The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 18, 1917, Image 2
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ine Liter On is to Grow Food Crops.
Pittei 0f ^ftAJ^pkArticle. Indicate Tfa^t Livipg This Sum
Mr WfllSe Higher Ttjan Ever Before?People Usiog
Mggi T sifilT of ClmfMHr Food Products?*'Grow Food or
Cu II?gu" Must Be Renlized by Sumter County People.
tlM slogan "Grow Food or Oo
Naagry" of the Sumter County Safe?
ty Committee la no mere myth, but
!* a positive fact that la staring citl
Jh Us* face, la coming to be real
mare and more each day, and
tjfc*- people who are paying now the
|j*jfrea* price* they have ever paid for
fJEadjsfuffa are becoming alarmed and
afleuaa I. aa they long ago should have
-Iftjp, over tho situation.
of the cltlaona of Sumter were
m% kfi disposed to pooh-pooh at tho
stags which were being taken by the
QssjjsjsJHoo of Public Safety of the
C&asnfeer-of Commerce to arouse clt
ftjeftt ?> aa appreciation of their per
4a>-4k** Ussy are now beginning to see
? fjrtat? lUvht They are coming to
toasts* tfcac they may be among those
to go hungry. If they do not raise food
Strops, and they are acting according?
ly H? the recent soaring of prices
*f sjftl kinds of foodstuffs which has
r snore to arouse them than all
preaching of the Chamber of
1 ^reo could, although the plan-* |
?*?? by tho Committee of Public
and tho stops being takun by)
of Commerce aro help
tBg tSMft Ir pke* their efforts along
t)to right channels.
v^SSHsjrSjws wHh brokers and
'sihotssaIsis of Sumter wMl show orte
Vsat lUWd prices are higher now than
t*>vo soon at any time since the
Xtwssn tho States and the top
has not boon reached. Indtca
aro that prices will have soar
to l. much loftier heighth before
Whoat and com crops are gather
It Is not a rosy outlook,
tfct It ft* troe
'?" Ttls high prices are being felt now.
fed* tftty win so felt a great deal
BSSjiu when prices of staples go
Wf? %?g a hundred per cent, higher
than fwty are now, as ovary Indication
jsarnta h+ Honrs articles have more
Kdtnibled their prtce within the
ytgf. or since the war In Eu
ropo commenced, and they are apt to
ressMt thfa performance before the
war enls, say these who are most
closely In touch with the situation,
tkf only remedy for this state of af?
fair* is tho raising of more food
stwflV Everybody who ran la urged
to plant vogetablos now, that they
may have food m the near future.
They sto urged to plant grains, vege?
table* and other foodstuffs, so they will
have something to eat later on, with?
out having to pay what are practically
is?islno prices for things to oat.
Ih order that poor Mr Ultimate
may gain a real Idea of the
Of staples, tho prices of the chief
articles of food as they are to?
day ami as they normally are will be
ejess? o?er.
As corn and wheat are probably the
moot sued foodstuffs In this section,
a start will be made with them ar d
tho other articles will be taken up nsj
they ar^ come to.
The iiormal price for corn Is 7Sc to
II .Of ? bushel. The price being
Ptitd now Is ft.7ft to 11.00. In whots
stla role tt may be purchased it
about 1 1.7?) to I1.7S. This Is sn ad?
vance t f about 76 per cent, fifty per
dent ot which has been added within
tho post forty days. Meal and grtU
have advanced proportionately, or
more. Meel has advanced from M
?mt $1 21 a sack to lift and 3 35
OrUe leas increased from 11.25 to
ft. 31 a sack. And when the whole?
salers *re out of their present supply
they will have to pay more for these
staples than they are now getting for
Whe?t has advanced from 10 cents
* bus hid to 11.16, more than doubled.
FtoSr, KelHng for $11 IS a barrel last
week, coufd hot be replaced at $11.20.
TheHrvoreg* price of this same Horn
befftr* the War was |6.00 to |5.&0 a
barrel. Again the priese has more
t Ima doubled.
?ats* havb also gone up. ?0 to S5
cents are what fhSy are selling for
flaw pfcr bushel, against SO tb r.r? cents
normally. At that more oats hsve
be#* Sold recently, as thHr advance
Ms not been so much as other grams,
Hie? irt'an everday diet for South*
aVn people IAst year the biggest
ieriage and the biggest crop the
wwrltt had ever sows was produced.
Rico started going up abbat twi
ate knt 11 steadily ellmbln*
Recently tne tovernment and
vftrwrn* WrgantairhSns uSV-tj b?on
pYShehisg to rtrS pertpta In the north
that Hat should take the ptnf% of po?
tatoes wtvfeh were too Costly f*?r them
to eat. This change Is being made
and the consumption la being greatly
increased. Another reason is given
for the soaring price. Heretofore
rice has been imported into this coun?
try. This year because of the con?
ditions brought about by the war no
rice has been imported, but a consid?
erable quantity haa been exported,
liice formerly selling at from $3.25
to $4.00 a bag la now $4.00 to $5.00
and the consumption la steadily in?
creasing, because It la one of* the
cheapest articles of food.
Sugar la hard to get now and dally
the brokers Who have been handling
It are withdrawing from the market.
It has gone up from 6 cents a pound
to 9 cents, nearly seventy-five
per cent, advance in prico.
Take hog producta. Butts, the
cheapest meat on the market, have
soared to an almost unreachable
helghth. From the normal 7 1-2 cents
a pound they are bringing 19 1-4
cents. Other meat Is in proportion.
Lard, normally 7 3-4 cents, Ts now
17 1-2.
Molasses Is another common
I household food harder to get than
ever before, at least some brands of
it. Take the cheapest grades, which
formerly sold at 11 cents a gallon.
They now bring 30 cents. More mon?
ey Is made by converting this grade of
syrup Into explosives than by selling
it for eating purposes. Corn syrup
jumped from 30 to 36c a gallon and
it ia almost impossible to get it at
that price. Cane syrup has not In?
creased so much. From 40 to 42 cents
a gallon It has gone to 64 cents. Ail
can ayrup la high, having Increased
from 75 cents to $1.00 a case.
Salt la another neecsalty which has
been caught up In the ascension. It
haa gone from 50 to 80 cents a bag
and is steadily going higher.
Peas and beans are also ballooning.
Lima beans which one time sold for
$ to 7 cents a pound are new selling
at 13 and 13 1-2 cents a pound. Mar?
ket peaa have gone from four cents a
pound to 8 3-4 cents.
Take the various kinds of con?
densed milks. The Dime brand Is up
from $3.50 to $5.50 a case, and cans
from ten to 16- cents. Evaporated
milk has Increased about fifty per cent
In price and it la almost impossible to
get it.
The ordinary sardine, salmon, and
other kinds of canned fish have in?
creased In price from fifty to a hun?
dred per cent. Canned tomatoes have
gone from 80 cents a dosen cans to
$1.45. No. 2s and can't be bought
at that price now. No. 3s have gone
from 90 cents a dosen to $1.80 and
cost more on recent prices. Other
canned goods have increased in about
the same proportion. Pickles have
gone up twenty-five to thirty cents a
dosen Jars.
Maccaroni is stdl a cheap article of
food. It has only increased about
15 cents a case, but indications point
to it going higher. Cheese goes with
maccaroni. This is not the season for
it, and it is even cheaper now than
It was in the winter, but with the new
cheese coming in the latter part of the
summer, the price is now an unknown
quantity.
Canned meats have gone up, as the
price of meat has chained. Potted
ham is seven and a half cents more
a dozen now than formerly; Vienna
sausage sells for twenty cents more
per dozen cans than formerly and
can't be purchased. Hash, tripe
sausage meat, corned and roast beef,
all command very much more fancy
prices now than they ever did before
Formerly they were looked upon o
common food; now the hli?h price re?
quired for them prevents any but the
wealthy eating them. j
Nearly everybody uses soap. Com?
mon grades have gone up about fifty
cents a box. Tobacco is in ?he swim
Ordinary chewing tobacco has gone
up 4 to 6 cents a pound. Bmoklnc.
tobacco has Increased even more.
Paper is with the bird sang. It ha
gone up like the lark, and now prac
tieally all grades are nearly triple in
price what they were a couple of
years aar?. Ordinary wrapping cord
is nearly as bad.
Hut changing from the groceryman
to the hutcher, see what is being done
there for Poor Mr. Ultimate Consum
sr. Cattle have gone up two cents a
pound on the hoof, from 6 1-8 to 7
1^2 cents. ' Hogs have gone from s t?
10 cents and can't be bought at that
price. Hogs and cattle were shipped
from Humter last fall. Now it is hard
to get them at any reasonable prico
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REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA COMING - APRIL 19. 20. 21. 23. 24. 25: 26
The products of cattle and hogs
handled by the butcher have gone up
practically double the increase on the
hoofs, that is 4 cents a pound higher
than they were.
At the same time clothing has also
skyrocketed. At least most forms of
clothing have increased in price. Men's
clothing and furnishings are up about
25 per cent., boys' clothing has gone
up 50 per cent. Shoes are from 50
to 75 per cent, higher, while a great
many kinds of shoes have been with
drawn from the market. Many of the
clothing houses stocked up heavily
prior to the general increase in price
and the purchasing of these goods at
that time has tended to keep the
price of clothing down. However, it
is expected that when these stocks of
goods are expended that the prices of
clothing will soar, as much or more
than the prices of foodstuffs have
soared. The great need for cloth to
make uniforms and tents for troops
la expected to be an incentive to fur?
ther increase in prices of the various
kinds of cloth and no one knows what
the future may have m store in the
way of high prices.
? A resume of price increases has
been given. It all shows that prices
have risen and are rising, not only on
foodstuffs, but on all other stuffs as
well. The entrance of the United
States into the war is calculated to
still further increase prices, as this
country will export the supply of
goods here.
The slogan "Grow Food or Go
Hungry" seems a most appropriate
one. Every man woman and child
should heed the call and "do his or
her bit" for State and country, ar
well as for self preservation.
To Speak at DaUell School.
Dr. K. V. Millard will speak at the
Dalzell school auditorium on Friday
nlKht, April 20, at 7:30 o'clock. His
subject will be ' Recent Discoveries In
Egypt?How They Stand by the
Bible." The public is invited to at?
tend. '
8CMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by
ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 20 1-4.
Strict Middling 20 1-8.
Middling 20.
Strict Low Middling 19 3-4
Low Middling 19 1-4.
Staple cotton 23 to 27.
Corrected Dally by
HARBY & CO., Cotton Buyers.
Good Middling 20 1-4.
Strict Middling 20 1-8.
Middling 20.
Strict Low Middling 19 3-4.
Iw)w Middling 19 1-4.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yoe*dys
Open High Low Close Close
May . .20.45 .48 .1 1 .2!) .42
July . . 20.04 .04 19.68 .8 ? 20.05
Oct . 18.85 .89 .56 .67 .96
Dec . .18.89 .89 .60 .70 .99
New York spots 20.50. 1
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"The man who It his own worst en*
emy la a paradox for he thereby goef
back on his best fiiend."
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
He Is the Man Behind the Man With
The Gun.
Not every man can afford the lux?
ury of enlisting in the army or navy
tn time Df war. In this country mil?
lions needed in the factories and on
farms w ll not in fact, be permitted to
enlist. The commercial, and Indus?
trial, and agricultural activities must
go forward with as little interference
as possible. Each Is as necessary to
the prosecution of war as the govern?
ment's military campaigns. Perhaps
it is mere correct to say they are a
part of :he military campaigns.
Farmers who raise more food,
miners who speed up the output of
coal and iron, lumber men who rush
timber lrom the forests, the railroads
and ships that speed up transporta?
tion, as well as the munition factories
and battleship builders, are necessary
to the proper prosecution of the
war. Every individual or corporation
that performs with increased effi?
ciency in bearing a part of the nation's
war burden.
Military service Is the point of the
lanoe, the edge of the sword. It is
the more spectacular service, but
credit should be given those who
maintain the soldiers in the field
through efforts as onerous and as im?
portant and often as dangerous as
those o;' the fighting men.
No rran should be content who is
not serving in the one capacity or th(
other. He who is indifferent is to be
pitied and will be scorned.
Vrtiat "State or War" Is.
A "declaration of war" by one na?
tion agninst another is an outright
announcement that one intends to
wage wir on the other. The declara?
tion is 'ormally sent to the enemy's
government. Usually the responsi?
bility fcr the war. in such a case lies
with the nation declaring it.
The United States has engaged In
four foreign wars, but never has
declared war in any of these cases,
nor has any nation ever declared war
against the United States.
"State of war" was declared to
exist in 1812 with Great Britain, in
184G with Mexico and in 1898 with
Spain. A declaration of indepen?
dence brought on the war of 1770.
"Stat3 of war" means that the
country recognizing such a condition
believee it has been attacked, war is
being waged apainst it, and is neces?
sary fcr national defense and se?
curity to fight back.
Recognition of a "state of war"
pl.-icos the responsibility for the war
and its consequences upon the other
\ nation.
The HaKue, April 13.?Soldiers in
uniforn today were reported as join?
ing the food rioters in Germany. The
unrest over starvation rations has in?
creased to an alarming extent, says
news from the frontier. Unconfirmed
report* reached here that food riots
in Eldorff on Easter became so se?
rious that troops were forced to fire
into the mobs. Many arrests were
made.
"Why Is it that an overdressed, or
undepressed woman, will be angry
when men stare at her and disappoint?
ed when they do not?"
THE WEEK'S WEATHER.
Showers Middle of Week and Colder
Near End.
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: Showers and thunderstorms
probably Tuesday and Wednesday,
otherwise generally fair weather will
prevail; first half of week will be
warmer, latter half colder.
The Darlington Paving.
The Bank of Darlington's bid of
$1,900 premium for the $50,000 issue
of local street improvement bonds
was accepted on April 6, there being
seven other bidders. About $30,000
of tha issue will be sold at once; the
balance to be sold as the revenue is
needed for the prosecution of the
work.
Lee & Palmer, of Sumter, who were
elected engineers, finished the survey
several days ago, and will shortly
submit plans and specifications for
the paving of tho business section of
the city. Bids will then be called for,
and the work will begin as soon as
the contract can be awarded.?Dar?
lington News and Press.
NOTICE.
All negro citizens of the city and
county of Sumter are invited and
urged to be present at a mass meet?
ing to be held at the Lincoln School
building at 8 o'clock Monday even?
ing, the 16th of April, called for the
purpose of affording the men of the
race opportunity of giving expression,
in a public way, of their loyalty to the
government of the United States. Let
every man turn out and attest his al?
legiance to the flag.
W. T. Andrews,
E. A. Walters.
C. W. Birnic, M. D.,
C. W. Maxwell, M. D..
W. W. Felder, M. D.,
A. J. Andrews,
M. J. Frederick,
S. J. McDonald,
Chas. A. Lawson,
Rev. I. D. Davis,
Rev. C. C. Jacobs,
Rev. J. W. Moultrle,
Rev. I. W. Williams,
Rev. E. W. Dix,
Rev. J. J. Starks,
Rev. J. W. Foster,
R. W. Westberry,
E. E. Jones,
J. C. Prioleau.
There does not seem to he anything
approximating a rush of volunteers to
enlist in either the army or navy.
Sumter county's quota for the navy
is twenty-one, and thus far only five
or six have applied. Those who are
liable for military service and do not
volunteer will be drafted into service
when the selective compulsory ser?
vice law becomes operative, and then
Sumter will furnish quite a number.
Chief of Police Sumter, acting un?
der instructions of the Attorney 'Vn
eral of the United States, has posted
notice for all aliens of enemy coun?
tries resident In Sumter to report to
him for Immediate registration and at
the same time surrender any arms
that they have In their possession.
Failure to obey the order will be
followed by severe punishment.
TO CAMP AT srrx.
(, .1 . ill I
First Reghnent Troops to More to
Cntnp Moore Monday.
Columbia, April 14.?The war de?
partment today ordered the compa?
nies of the First regiment to proceed
to Camp Moore at Styx m Lexington
county, "upon completion of mob?
ilization." Lieut. Col. P. K. Mc
Cully, commanding the regiment, In?
formed the adjutant general's office
that he would be ready to move by
Monday morning. Arrangements for
transportation by special trains were
made immediately by the adjutant
general.
The regiment Is expected in camp
about Monday night to be mustered
into the federal service.
The opinion was expressed today
that it will not be many days before
the call for the Second regiment
and the troop A cavalry.
RENT FREE FARM.
F. H. Hyatt, of Columbia, Offers Five
Hundred Acres For Food Farms.
Columbia, April 13.?A progres?
sive step to help solve the food prob?
lem in South Carolina was taken to?
day by F. H. Hyatt, a well known Co?
lumbia business man. He offered rent
free a tract of land containing iOO
acres near Columbia to anyone who
would plant food crops. No man will
be allowed more than 5 acres, ""he
working people of Columbia will be
urged to% accept the offer.
It is said that other men in South
Carolina having large tracts of land
are contemplating the same move. A
garden will also be planted on the
State house grounds under the- di?
rection of the State house commission.
The slogan of the South Carolina Pre?
paredness Commission is "Service for
all." The farmers and city folk are
being- urged to grow food and help
win the war.
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
Reer nits for Both Branches of Ser?
vice Have Been Secured.
The recruiting officers of the two
branches of the service have heen
exceedingly active of late and some
recruits have been added to both
branches of the sen-ice. *
The following order was received
here today by Army Recruiting Offi?
cer Feterson: "It is the policy of the
war department to discharge from
service at the termination of the
emergency all men who have enlist?
ed in the regular army since the dec?
laration of war, or who now enlist.
This policy also applies to the Na?
tional Guard."
Sergeant Peterson has secured two
recruits for the army; Messrs. John
V.\ Wethersbee and Charley E. Whlt
tington.
The following men have made ap?
plication for enlistment In the TJhtted
States navy and are now waiting for
their age papers, Charles Met>onald
Briet?, Ralph Heyward fcamsey,
Wediteneld; Dewey Tomltnson,
Lynchburg. The men have been ex?
amined by J. O. Hackler of the Unfted
States navy, who fs in charge of the
recruiting party now located in tho
city.