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Che f?aUjiman anb jpraitjjraK. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? O&nOKS PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTE II, 8. C. Terms: ?1.16 per annum?Iu advance. Advertisement*. One Square first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.f>0 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub. serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will bo charged for. The Burnt er Watchman was found ad la Ills and the True Southron in 7 Stf. The Watchman and Southron new has the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and la manifestly ths best advertise ssssssssm It is reported that in some places butt meat la being sold by lien mer? chants on time at thirty-five cents a pound. If this is not famine prices tt sj the next thing to It. The remedy at to plant snap beans and early speckle peas and In six or eight weeks they will be ready to eat. With a bountiful supply of beans or peas it Is possible to get slong and keep in goad health with very little meat, a a o The fight 'hiit is bolng made n the ?elective conscription plan for ruising the army is not based on common sense nor experience. We fear that the congressmen who are telling the repr?sentatives of the press in Wash lagtoa that they sre In favor of the volantter system and will never con seat to compulsory service, except as jUaa laat resort, are playing polities aad talking for the effect they thin!; 4t Win have upon their constituent." ?A home, believing that the folks back . ~fcosna are not in favor of conscrlp tiOhu The congressman will wake u<< ' to tfc* fact that the people back home altogether fools and hav oaough to realise that und' It conditions the volunteer sys teen la not practicable. The selective draft system Is the only system that can bo made to work successfully in the emergency that confronts the 1 eosjetry. The government does no. Waat tm take men for irmy service who are more useful and more ne eaaary la other lines of effort, end un lean Una government has authority of Jaw to gay who shall serve In the army dad who In the workshop, mine, on tha railroad, or on farm, the entire fadjaatrlal life of the country will be dtaarganlssd and thrown Into confus togu There should be universal com palaory military service, every man physically fit bolng liable for service la tjhe, arssy or navy, but leaving it to tha government to say who shsll be called to active service In the military fortes aad who shall serve in other psaaaa whore their services will be mere useful. The volunteer system to crude, out of date, inefficient and paatttvaly dangerous to the country B? a crisis. Let's quit talking about tha brave aad patriotic volunteer sol? dier and get down to practical bus! neos. The war must be won by prat Beat methods, if it Is to be won at all aad this to no time for impractical aad sentimental ideas. LAND WASTE ????? waste of land Is as much to be condemned as ths wsste of food, for is potentially food In Sumte as this seasOn. There sre many of vacant and unimproved lots of land aow tying Idle within tho city of Susnter?if you do not believe this statement take a drive over the town and count the vacant and unplanted lota The owners of thene lots have thus far evidenced no disposition to plant these lots In food producing vegetables, com or potatoes and (he land Is going to waste. This Idle land could be made to produce sufftclen' food for hundreds of people and there should be some means found to make ths idle land "do Its bit" to? ward feeding the South. If the own? ers will not make use of their prop? erty for their own benefit they have no right In the present situation to make this waste land unproductive?to prevent some other person who willing and snxlous to have the use of land so that he may be able to convert the sunshine and rain and their labor Into food. There are hun? dreds of people in Sumter who are without land, but who have the ener? gy and the time to grow food crops. There are hundreds of idle acres of land within the city and within easy reach thta are lying idle. Is it not possible to bring the land hungr people and the idle land together so that ths land may be put to work to produce food to feed the hungry peo pie. If the men who own the many vacant lots within the city limits anil the many Idle acres within a mile of tho city limits will evldonce their pubic spirit by giving this land rent free for this season to those who will agree to plant tt In food crops and cultlvsts the crop*, we will undertal o to find ths people who will do the work. We have slready had more than one sppllcatlon. one from ti e psetor of <sne of the largest negro churches of the city, who says if ho can obtain the use of tn'e land he will organize and direct a large fores of his people who will undertake to grow food crops. There is an oppor? tunity for some organization or some voluntary committee to do good work in the civic preparedness and food campaign by rounding u;j the owners of vacant and idle land and obtain? ing their consent to others planting it. ! DALZELL PRIZE WINNERS. School Baseball Team Anxious to Ar? range Series of Game- With Other Country School Teams Editor Dally Item. I am sending you a list of prize winners in scholarship contests fron Dalzell on Field Day: Sixth reading?Rosalie Rembert. Seventh spelling?Crnelia Parker. Seventh Eng"sh ? Gwendoline Smith. Eighth English?Lena Mae Mobley. Seventh arithmetic?Ethel Ardls. Eighth algebra?Walter Mobley. Several who were to enter some of the contests were absent. In son-, cases substitutes were entered; in oth? ers no entries could be made at all This Is not offered as nn excuse, it is merely stated as a fact. Dalzell is not ashamed of the results.. In fact, un? der the circumstances, we are just a little proud of them. This school, as well as one or two others, evidently made a mistake Li entering pupils in athletic contests foi the smaller groups. We were figuring on tho basis?twelve linear laches make one linear foot. The school baseball team WOtlld like to arrange for a series of games with any school team In the county, city schools excepted, to be played between present date and close of school term. The team must be com? posed of bona fldo pupils, only. The teachers and pupils of tr?i school wish to thank the teachers and pupils of the city sch' , Mr. Duncan. Dr. J. Herbert Haynsworth, and the j people of Sumter in general for; the many courtesies extended them Saturday. In behalf of this school, l oxpro?s its sincere thanks. Respectfully, E. S. Dunbar. Dalzell. April 18th. CORN CIA7B BOYS JOIN. Three) Thousand Member* Grow Food to Help Win the War?letter to Manning. The 3,000 members of the boys' I agricultural clubs In South Carolin . havo joined the "Service for AH" campaign which is being conducted by the preparedness commission. Gov. Manning has received the fol? lowing letter from I* L. Baker, State director of the bays' agricultural clubs: "I desire to Inform you that 1,100 boys in the rural districts havo en listed Ii to corn and pig clubs of South Carolina, and others are join? ing daily. They have entered the ranks with the slogan 'Service foi All." with the determination to do their part in the great crisis facing tho country by 'growing food to help win the war.' "If it la posaiblc I would like to secure for each of these young farm? ers one of the buttons or badges of honor that havo been adopted for thoso who are enlisted in the ranks of the producers of more abundant food crops." ROLLER MILL MANAGER. The Sumter Roller Mills has em? ployed Mr. C. E. Thornton, nn ex? perienced miller from North Carolina to operate the plant the ocmlng sea? son. Mr. Thornton arrived in the city and will start overhauling th<. plant immediately. The mill wil probably be operated one or two day* within the next two weeks to enable those farmers who have wheat on hand to have same milled. The management states that due notice will bo given of the date so that all farmers can bring then wheat in at that time. Notice to Sumter County Teachers. As announced on Field Day, a med? al will be awarded the boy who senda in the besg essay on the Cigarette and its Evil. This does ont Include high school boys. The papers muht be sent, in not later than May lfith to Mis Rllcn Heach, Sumter. Ii is the earnest wish of tne W. C. T. r. that ail the teaehers in the coun tQ urge the hoys to try. The meda' will be sent to the teacher of the es say winner, so as to have It presented at commencement. Mrs. J. It. Sumter, chal man <>: the Bed Cross service work in Sun. ter, tbMs afternoon received a com munication from Miss Jane Ever, head of the Bed Cross service WOrl in this State, that .she WOtlld be Sumter Saturday to make hn dress to the women of Sumter lnte< eated In the worl:. Announcement o time and place will bo made lute: Tho commislon and the campaign committee for civic preparedness held a joint meeting in Columbia on the 10th inst., at which a day for inaugu? rating in your county a campaign movement for civic preparedness for war was designated and speakers representing the State Organization were selected. The farm demonstration depart? ment of the national government will furnish an agricultural speaker in ad? dition, and it would be well for you to secure the services of one or more loc il speakers for short talks. You will be expected to advertise this meeting and secure the largest possible attendance and contribute In every way to it enthusiastic success. After the county meeting the I i speakers representing the State or- j gania.ztlon will meet with you for a i conference as to your plans lor a | vigorous county-wide campaign. You will be expected to hold. In the shortest possible time, meeting-; \ in every church and achool house In the county, secure the best possible speakers for arousing effective en? thusiasm and cooperation at these meetings; you will be expected to secure tho hearty cooperation of j every available agency?churches j schools, boards of trade, farmers, as? sociations, benevolent asociations. labor unions, women's clubs, etc.? for your campaign. Your campaign j must bring to the whole people a j realization of the fact that the world is facing a *arnine?that the success ful prosecution of this war dopen?!. fully as much upon the production adn conservation of food in the United States as it does upon any military; action which can be taken by this; country. The people must be ma-1 to ?alizo that the duty of responding 1 .e call of our nation and Btot< I0r the production and conservator of foodstuffs is just as patriotic, ami j under present circumstances will prove just as effective from a mill- ; tary standpoint, as actual service with arms. The State omission for civic pre? paredness suggests the following pro? gramme, which may be modified By the judgment of your committee to suit varying conditions in the diffei - ent sections of the State. First .urge the immediate planting of such crops as will In the shorn possible time furnish food for ntroi | and beast, and thus stop the drain upon tho depleted national food re? serves which our State is now RiaJctnyg. Tho duty of every family to plant and cultivate a garden must be stresse 1 The following vegetables are sug? gested : Sweet potatoes (plants can be se? cured at once at about $2 per 1,000.) Two hundred plants, planted 1& i inches apart in four foot rows on ^ good soil, should produce six to ten bushels by July 15 or August 1, A single garden row each of ok?;i tomatoes, snap beans, pole bean should be planted now and duplicated a month later. Garden corn, squashes and the va? rious greens are all easy to grow and should be planted in succesion in quantity according to the size of Che garden, properly worked and fer? tilised. One-eighth of un acre will supply the average family with an abundance and great variety of vege? tables during the entire summet and full. I Land owners should urge their croppers and merchants their cm torn ers to plant gardens and the see should be furnished to those who a. unable to buy. Every farmer should be urged to plant at least one-quarter of an acr each of sorghum and early yellow dent corn (Learning variety sugges t od) per horse or cow owned, and thi.?1 will furnish ample feed in July and I Vugust. Every farmer should put |r ! at least ono acre of sweet potatoes per horse, and land owners shoulC construct potato houses, built accord? ing to government specifications, Co* curing and storing this crop for their tenants. Cow peas and soy benns should be liberally planted for human and ani? mal food. Early varieties of cow pea planted at once will furnish dsllCiOUi green peas in eight or ten weeks. Every farmer should be induced to increase his acreage of field corn am SSrly velvet beans should be plant" ! not later than May 1 in every acre ol corn. They will not reduce the corn yield und may be expected to produce j 1 to :>(> bushels pe.- acre of a splen I did nitrogenous food. Hulletlns on velvet beans, potato houses, etc., will be furnished by the farm demonstration agents in each county, The merchants of your county must be mads te> realize that their COopera tie?n is absolutely necessary for tin success of this campaign. Unless i I piles e>f the necessary seed and ? sans and jars for canning are avi|il ' able, much of the effect e>f our Work Will bo neutralized. Wholehearted cooperation from all the people In fact ,is vital if the State is to do the necessary and patriotic work which the rational and Stato authorities have called on us for. There is a great shortage of some kinds of seeds, and tho merchant may he unable to secure a full as? sortment of those recommended. Substitutions, however, can usually be made without seriously affecting the programme. The two most effective agencies which may be used for our campaign are the churches and the schools Gov. Manning has asked all the mini.siers in South Carolina to take up and advocate in their sermons food production and conservation. 1. would be well to hold a meeting of the county teachers' association*, (both while and colored) and urge tin teachers to enter wholeheartedly int ? the work. Patriotic songs should be frequently sung by the schools, sho) ? talks an the war and the national situation should be given and the pa? triotism of the children should o< stimulated in every possible way It must be made plain to each child that he has a part in the programme for national preparedness for war. We suggest that a society be formed in each school called the "Volunteer Service League," into which shall be enrolled all children who will volun? teer for the production a"d conserva? tion of foodstuffs. Each member of this society shoukl pledge himself 01 h< rself to cultivate a small garden or corn patch or to help (so many hour.-, per week) in the cultivation of th home vegetable garden or in attentio:. to the live stock on the farm or *? raise a pig or some clvckens. In addition to this, they should dedp-e themsel\cs not to waste ;. crumb of food and to use their Infk: *>ltoe to stop all food waste in the ? homee. They should be made to un? derstand that now, when the nation needs every ounce of surplus food for war purposes, it. is nothing less than criminal to throw away pro? visions of any kind. It is a common sight around most of the school houses of the State to see child.-: oat half of their lunches and dump the rest on the ground. No mor? iood should be prepared for vb family or brought to school than can be entirely consumed. If this wer', done, probably 25 per cent, of the food consumption of the State woubl stop. i Your committee should cooperate with the negro preachers and teach? ers to aecure the adoption of thi programme. Without their help or; campaign can be but partially sue cessful. Meetings should be arrange, at negro churches and school house? j and white speakers should bo furnish? ed wherever desirable. In tome ; counties it will be necessary for y< 1 to appoint subcommittees in differ en* townships in order to make your j campaign most effective. This should he done wherever it is necessary. The effectiveness of this campaign for civic preparedness for war will de? pend almost entirely on the work of the county committees. The com? mission can do little except start the speakers, some literature and some advice. We are going to count on the patriotism and unselfish servic of your committee to make a con spicuous success of your county cam paign to the end that your people will do their full duty to the State and nation at this crisis. Very truly yours. David R. Cokcr. Chairman South Carolina Commission for Civic Preparedness for War. Soy beans have never been grown in Sumter county as a staple crop, but i number of farmers have grown them successfully for the past Bev? iral years. The yield of beans per acre on good land is large and it i but a question of time when s-\ l eans will be a staple crop of this ?action as they now are in Blastem North Carolina. The oil mills will buy ail they can get, the packers of pori a id beans are heavy consumers an-: the beans are a valuable and nu tritious food for man and beast. The. are rich in fat and proteim. two of the most Important and necessary ele? ments in the dietary of man. The beans are also a superior food for dairy cows, beef cattle and hogs. Soy beans will grow on land that is too wet for COW peas but does best or. tho average type of land suited to cot? ton or corn, John Kilonls, the Greek, will Wrestle Fritz 1 la nsen, the Swede, on next Monday night, April 2:>, in this city. P?oth men have enviable rec - ords to sustain and the match i< therefore apt to be one of the very '?est which has ever been seon here, '{pth men are skilled In all of thVj arl i On tho wrestlers and should give tl < snfectators their full money's worth. THE TRUE "SUITE! SPIRIT."! T. B. JENKINS BAYS IT IS "TEAM WORK AN ?/ TOLERANCE.** Says Tliat Ability of People t<> Pull Together Without .traiousiy Among Themselves Makes Town stand Out 1 by Itaalf as Distinct?Sumter Win ! Always lie His Home. Th*> following letter from Mr. T. B. Jenkins will be distinctly Interesting to Sumter citizens: Bdltor Daily Item. ^ A number of my friends seem to be under the Impression that l am leaving Sumter, and as this touches a question that is very near my heart. I wish to suite most emphatically thai Sumter is, and I hope, will always be my one and only home. Unfortunately for me, business rea? sons may demand my absence fron; my home town for a part of the time in tho next few years, but I feel that the most urgent reasons may nevei suffice to keep me away for good and all. For a number oars I have been .seeking: in my mino a satisfactory in? terpretation of the expression "Sumtei Spirit," and the true meaning of the words have never been revealed to me j until I had breathed deeply of the at- j mospherOS of other communities. I do not feel qualified to set forth j their interpretation, nor to explain ! the cause of what is undoubtedly a j fact, almost a phenomena. Xeverthe- 1 less, creditable things which are so ? common with US In Sumter as not to be noticed, are conspicuously absent in towns of similar size, and they call forth unusual continent on the part of unbiased visitors, Tliere Is always danger in gettinv satisfied With ones condition, but a little holding up of the mirror is good t tonlo for a modest pride. Many rea- ? sons have been set forth for the out-1 Standing fact of a "Sumter Spirit." I and most of them are good, but all have seemed to me only contributory. One says it Is due to our lary;e share of Jews. Another claims it to be n bequest of heredity from the distin? guished family whose name we bca," People have said it was born out o': martyrdom when most of our mer? chants went almost bankrupt to finance a carnival, advertising ou. many trade advantages while Coxey's army was marching on to Washing? ton. All of these, and many others are A'ood, but I feel sure that two easily dig* Sted English words may t'Mf. satisfy our Inquiring minds, provided they are properly mixed with a it U > amount of thought. The words are "Team Work on 1 Tolerance." We have more of that In Sumter than I have ever noticed or heard o? elsewhere, and if rrybody douhts that it is j^ocd "dope" Just try the reveres for a little while an) see how easy you get on. and v.h <: size you attain in the world s eye. Keep to youreelf all that to j n seems good, and whatever spare tiino you have, spend it nhur.ing and ridi? culing the poor misguided fools w! i do not see it just as you do. K p ( it long enough, and St. Peter v I need a forty million power mlcrOSCOp*! to see you at aU when y rj s'and h - fore the pearly Baten. Oh the other hand, we notice that those who. mixing a proper degree of perception .n their activities, always pulling and lending encouragement, tai:e on else and character as '<h<y go, and it s I <> '\nuso so many of our people are doing that thing in Sumter today, that ac? counts for the "Sumter Sp?rt." I have not visited all of the town" of about our size, but have seen enough to convince mo that o r town stands out. In very few of them do you not always find a man spendi'i" a whole lot of money tr ing to outdo a rival in building a finer house, or buying a finer car or something. O', eouise, that is only one form of so' fish intolerance. We do cry naturall ' suffer from some forms of it. Put In the main our work is broad and unselfish. At all of our fune - als. marriages, public gatherings, StC you will find our Protestants and Jew.; and Catholics mingling together with a good grace, burying each othc.'s dead and marrying one the daughter to the other, and may it be ever so. Our whits and colored population have always lived in peace and har? mony .working locrether for the bet? terment of the community and the Olory of Cod. "Team Woirk and Tolerance." Theso are the things that have made o\r J country great, and I am sure that ! of us will continue to nourish in our ! hearts the "Sumter Spirit." Respectfully, T. B. Jenkins. ' BAKERS TO AID ENLISTMENT. Will Put Appeals on Wrapping of Bread. Jacksonville, April 19.?The South? er stern Master Bakers' Association voted to wrap enlistment appeals on every loaf of bread the members sell. We Will Handle Without Profit War Bonds. In order to facilitate the sale of Government Bonds to be issued to provide funds for war revenue this Bank will be glad to handle all orders for these bonds without any charges. The National Bank of Surnier. Evei ything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD. Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE Phones 10 ? 631 ^a:?taiitniitn?:uiin;iiiiiiiii)inirtimnwuun^?:ii;n:tTit:;?:a: