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tVBUMBlSa OOMPANV ?curat, a a ? edvaace. t Ml.$1.00 t mesrtlos.50 for three months, or at reduced rates, which sul> wtll bo saarged * 0*4 artbntss of respect found Tiaa 80s thron in and Southron otrouhvtlon aad of tho old papers. advertising SURVEY. i County Board of Commission? ers; again refused to appropriate |*>000 to supplement the fund of ?awrkUd by the State Board o' the Internatolnal Health to Say the expense of making ssvajlet* aaoltary survey of Humter lac the purpoee of Improving ooadttlons In the county and decreasing sickness and hV from prsventlble diseases ?lerk of the Board in a letter to the Chamber of Com forth the reasons for this Jmm ft is for the public to d - or not these reasons and convincing. For are net convinced and w? that the County a grievous and cost that will do this county a at otmnot <>e estimated in oeafca Sumter county by tea survey made at th ? 1 n> hi ssTeasd 00 exceptlonn mo ay tu\e State Board Will suffer tn prestige and way. cannot un too point Of view of the (SJnS Of Commissioners. A and rspreaeitatlve body o' of them among the of the county?If not Of the taxpayers of the SOI only fhvor the survey, but erged and besought the County std to. appropriate some of the that they pay tn taxes for this necessary public work. In ad to the request of the cltlsens a* whole, the County Commissioners given official assurance by ?bers of the legislature that thev re the proposed appropriation that at the next session of the they would Introduce and we enacted a bill, validating appropriation and levying a tax In supply bill to take care of the ap asepriation of $2.000 for the sanitary survey In all the circumstances it , sosma inexplicable that the County J Boaed have set up their Judgment at 1 L opinion against and over and abov ? y the expressed wishes of so largo r, '' fjsmber of the people of the county. . . vhom they represent officially, but do K act control. It is the people's mon :; ?f that will be spent on the survey the survey should be made, and if want their money spent for this the County Board should par slat In refusing to make th expropriation. In the circumstances County Board would be able to Ovo Itself of all responsibility for expenditure, and no one would heap be me upon the shoulders of th? for the very email Increase In itlon that the appropriation would necessary next year. The whole question hinges upon the single Issue: Is the sanitary survey /worth 13,000 to Sumter county? A great many intelligent and un {?ftSsh public spirited cltlsens sin sorely believe that the survey would be worth many times $2,000 to the Oouaty. The State Board of Health v,thinks K would be worth more ihm I tljOCO to the State end they show ir faith by offering to spend $4 - on the survey, If the county will up an additional $3,090?making m fund of ft.000 In all. the estimated cost of the year's work that Is propos? ed to be done In the county. Is the County Board of Commissioner" right? Or la the State Board of Health i? Stae* the County Board has finally positively rsfused. beyond any suability of reconsideration, to IS the appropriation, is it not tn for those people, who believi that ft la a mistake to forexo the op? portunity to obtain the sanitary sur? vey at this time, to make an effort raise the necessary $2,000 lndspend entry of the County Board, on the as surancs of the legislative deelgatlon that tats Item will be put In therotm >ply bill next year to reimburse those who provide the money in this extraordinary condition of affairs? The copies of famoua paintings on exhibition at the Girls' High Bcho I this afternoon snd tomorrow after? noon should be seen by all who are Interested In art or have the wish to be well educated. The world s best In art is brought to our doora and Ws should not neglect the opportunity. ? e e Twenty-five to thirty thousand dol lars are spent annually on the public roads-of Suinter county to save time and prevent wear and tear on vehicles. There is no talk of retrenchment Of expenditure in this department of th. county government and no demand that tho roads be neglected. But it it is important to save automobiles and wagons from preventlble wc.-. and tear?so important that the coun? ty can afford to spend thirty thou? sand dollars annually?it is not lea I important that reasonable and SCfon tlflcially approved methods to save humun beings from suffering and death from preventlble diseases be adopted and put into effect. P seems that the county should be able to afford two thousand dollars to teach the people how to save them? selves. ? e e 1 Congressman Fred H. Dominick. of Newberry, representing the Third dis trlct, is the only South Carolina con? gressman who has qualified in th? "Gumshoe" Bill Stone class. He has announced his intention to vote against tho resolution declaring that Germany is making war on the Unit ed States. He just'fle^ his position by asserting that he believes a majoiit; of his constituents are opposed to war. o e e Any German emessaries who at? tempt to foment a race war in th South by inducing the negroes to turn against the whites will be in greater danger than the native whites. "W'?? do not believe that one negro out of a hundred could be persuaded to fol low a German or any other foreignei in an uprising against the governnu nt of the United States. "HagoodV' Rambling Remarks. A man without a backbone is no man. "Where there's a will thero'u a way," Is good doctrine for a boy or girl who wants to succeed. Books are companions, good, trashy, bad. "A man is known by the company he keeps," in other words is like it. A boy or girl is more plastic far than an adult. Some folks are constant! ? buying books, trashy or positiv* ly hurtful. Many a child in our land had it access to good lltorature would pick up a fair education in that way What kind of books. If any, have JfOl in your home? Parents should know the kind Of literature their children read, for it it is true that ono is what ho eat:., then, if the child feeds on trash, what? A great responsibility is here! There is a boy in Sumter, a small boy who is a veritable book-worm and his reading- la not trash. Dr. Edmund.* told the writer that one day when the boy asked for a book he inquired what he would like, thinking of An? derson's Fairy Tales and such. To his surprise the little man replied, "I am reading upon King Arthur and wan4 something on that line." One could wish there wero many such boys lit Sumter county, but arc there? We. are back to our text. Today as never before "Where thore's a will there' a way." A good rule for living is "Do the hard things first." Another is "T> first man on the ground with th goods." If you don't believe that was the secret of Napoleon's success, rea l his lift. Expedition. The wise man long ago said "Whatsoever they hand ftndeth to do. do It with thy might." Does a poke-easy get on your nerv? is? What about it girls? A poke-oas' suitor. Byron said; "I am unpracticcd in the art of court? ship. And know not how to deal out lov*? with art. Onsets in love seem best, like tho in war. Fierce, resolute, and done with all th' force. Then I would open my whole heart at onee, \nd pour out the abundance of my soul." Did you ever see a man that could blow hot and cold? What was he like? What did you think of him? Once b teacher, on examination in geography for a school, said: "Some teach tlv* world Is round, others that it is Rat I can teach either way." He did no1 ?ret the school Too aocommodatin: First Summer Spray. Clemson College. April I.? Ev< wide-awake orchard owner should gin making preparations for the Ars summer spray. This spray Is for th control of worms in peaches, plum and apples and should be applied < soon after tho bloom purls fall OS possible. Tho formula for this sp; Is as follows: One pound of arsenate of lead powder or two pounds of nftonate of load paste. (Powder form Is preferred.) Four pounds of stone lime. Fifty gallons of water. (The above formula Is also used for CO I trolling Irish potato bugs.) ARMED AMERICAN SUSP SUrt. STEAMSHIP AZTEC SUBMARINED BY GERMAN CRAFT. Is First Armed Ship to Bo Bunk? Members of Crew Missing uml Re? garded as Lost?Had Sailed for Havre. i New York, April 2.?The American steamship Aztec, first armed American merchant vessel to sail from a port or this side of the Atlantic, was sunk last night by a German submarine near Brest, France. The cable message from the Ameri? can consul at Brest that brought the news of the ship's sinking to her owners the Oriental Navigation oc.n pany, gave no inkling as to the fate of her crew. An Associated Press dispatch fror.) Paris said, however, that while soni ; of the men aboard the Aztec were rescued a number were missing and probably had perished. The Aztec, under command ofCa.pt. Walter O'Brien, was manned by a crew of 39. Seventeen of this num? ber, Including the captain, wore Americans. Whether the Aztec fought a losing battle with her under sea adversary has not been disclosed. Her owners believe, however, that she ha i no chance to fight because she was sunk at 9:15 o'clock at night when u heavy sea was running. The vessel was armed with two B, inch guns, ono forward and one aft manned by naval gunners under com? mand of a lieuteant officer. TO COMMISSION CITADEL MEN. Thirty Graduates to Enter Army an ! Mailne Corps. Charleston, April I.?Thirty Citad ! men, 17 of them members of ti, senior OlaM, and the others gradual' have been recommended by Col. Bon ' superintendent, to Washington an thorities for commissions as eeoon I i lieutenants, 20 for United States arm . \ service, and 10 for the United Sta?< .? i marino corps. These candidates v.:" have merely to pasa physical exami? nations, and It Is believed they, Will have little difficulty in doing this Those recommended for the army will stand physical tests on April 23. The Marine corps men will be OXavtlti physically April 7. All seniors quali? fying will be graduated before bob available. citadel commencement takes place on May 31. Immediate after the enure co'-ps of cadets is I go into military encampment un war department ausp'ces, most prob? ably at Piattiburg, unless the order as to location changes meanwh:>. ; Federal authorities have requested j these recommendations. _ Cadet S. Y. Dink'ns of this city is | one of the members of tho Citadel graduating class to be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army Feed for Tho Dairy Cow. Clemson Colege, April 4.?Success' in the dairy business is largely d< - pendent on the home-growing of the dairy feed* All the roughage and part of the concentrate or grain feed must be grown on the farm to insure a profit from the dairy cow. If th!| feed is grown a profit will be realise as may be shown by the testimony ol ninny farmers of this State. On tin other hand, if purchased feed IS re lied upon, little or no profit will b i .ade, even at a very high price fo dairy products, and often the pro ducts will be produced at a los . Most farmers that try the dairy bus iness and quit, do so because the:, buy the feed for their cows a a 1 find that the feed costs as much or moro than they receive for t!. milk, cream and butter. Every fa. mcr that is in the dairy business and doos not raise his feed. Will Sooner or later become diSCOUrai end quit the business. To be profitable the dairy cow must huve an abundance of f- ? il ? Very day of the year and at n time should she be starved through ?< period of weeks or months on shorl feed. A period of short feed. ev< n though It lasts but a few weeks, will reduce the milk production of ths cow for the remainder of the milk lag period and many times the bu I effects are seen for several years, Plans should be made in t!> spring for the production of I ' llcient feed for the entire year, foi the number of cows to be kept. 1 < I member that the best feed is not too good for th dairy cow. Do not buv feed?grow it. The work of beautifying th^ po ' oflice grounds is going on steadily and Indications are that In the near fu? tare this plot will be a place of beau? ty In the city of Sumter. A Strong Iron fence has been orected around j ihr? postOfllCS lawn, the fence being painted with a blue finish. Mrs. Julia Lester Dillon of Augusta, a landscape architect, has been granted the < tract to plant out shrubbery on Hie grounds and is In charge of this ' which has already been started. News Prom Kombort, Rcmbort, April 4.? Folks are cqn stantly asking about the picnic, but we have nothing- to date, more defi? nite than what has been given, save that Mr. Reardon has promised to take the matter up at his end of th line. Mr. James Adams of Clio, S. C, is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. J. Spence r. Mr. Sam Bhirer has been over to Pairfleld on business. Mes. re. Clifton Ledingham and Leroy Williams of Blshopvtile have been visiting Mr. S. W. Allen. Folks have been catching some nice fish in the Dinklns pond lately. Occasionally big loads of wheat come in to the mill. Did you ever eai any bread from the home-made flour? is it not line? We have been feast? ing: on home-made, ^reat hominy and it is great hominy. All home? made things are the best; the seams may not look as neat, but they don't rip at an unlucky moment; the bu tons don't come off .so easy; the POCH ets are not apt to leak. Folks are planting cotton. ? "Hagood." I Washington, April ?>.?Ambassador i I Sharp telegraphed today from Paris that nineteen survivors of the Ameri cau armed steamer Aztec, which wn torpedoed without Warning, had been ianded, and that twenty-eight are mis? ting, with their rescue doubtful, be eausc of a heavy sea. We have for sale <j good lot of high-class DUROG JERSEY PIGS Delivery about April 1st. Sired by .Sumtor Defender and Col. Crimson, two very fineJflres. Sec us for yout foundation stock. SUNTER DUROG FARM, Phone 482 II. Tj. TTSDAI/K, Owner. Eyei ythlng in the Building Line AH Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ON E PLACE Short Crops of food producta, coup? led with increased consumption throughout the world, calls for mi increased production of Hay. Ct reals, Vegetables, Meats, Fowls, Butter, Eggs. Fruits, etc. Americans must make extra efforts to feed, not only themselves, but as? sist in feeding the world There is danger thac a famine may prevail in parts of the world. L':t the pe pit; eliminate, as far as possible, all waste of food stuffs and wherever practicable plant acres and small patches of cereals, vegetables a ad fruits, and give closer attention to the production of fowls, e?g>\ milk, butter, meats, etc. Food wili be scarce, and correspond? ingly high, by reason of the world's demand. The National Ifcnk ? oi Sumter. We are offering for Easter, a choice line of Suits, Hats, Shirts and other Furnishings. Our prices are reasonable, and it is a pleasure to show you. GIVE US A CALL M?. a. it m l i ??????????.iiill?*WI*MI>*' Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Phone 166