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INSURES UFE FOR $100,000. T. B. Jankhaa Takes Means to Protect of Ino Vulcan Springs Tho 8t, Louis Star. T. B. Jenkins, president of the Jenkins Vulcan Springs company, bss bean insured for $100,000 l.i order that stockholders of the com may be doubly protected in of his death. Stock of the com? ic now being placed on the and protection of this insur? ance, It la aald, Is greatly increasing the sale. The company states that its capl ? tal stock recently has been increased, $100,00? worth of preferred stock, iteed 7 per cent, dividends, si ottered in lots of one or more at $100 a share. The Jenkins Vulcan Springs Corn commenced business just six ago. It is announced that the product has been on the the demand has constantly the supply and that a re? nt Westermann, Trader A Corn public accountants, Is to the that for the twelve months la Its report, the company 71 1-2 per cent on the capital EMBJ?UJO BILL APPROVED. Finds Favor In Senate Committee. ? Washington. April 1$.?Senator Fennelfl s bill giving the president eathortty to embargo exports in time Of war when he Ands the public an fat j or welfare demands was ap aeoved today by the senate commerce aammlttee. A similar bill Is pending WUH administration approval In the Oasmty Should Have an All Health Ofnecr. Dr. Paul P. Salter, field representa? tive of the State board of health of A la same, urges that each county In the State have sn all-time county health officer. "Two human lives at the lowest estimates." he says, "are worth $$.000. and In each of the 67 counties in Alabama there re an aver? age of 260 persona who die each year of preventable disease. An all-time health officer could save many of these. Two such lives saved has earn? ed his wages."?Southern Underwrit? er. - V Flax Palp for Fine Paper Mills. One of the most interesting new de? velopments in the paper industry is the manufacture in Canada of flax pulp. The bureau of plant industry of the United States department of ag? riculture has been investigating the matter for some time. Arthur D. Little. Ltd.. has under? taken the production of flax pulp In a sxrge commercial way. The flax pulp Is not a substitute for wood pulp, but Is used. Ir. finer grades of paper. It Is expected to be used Instead of rags as It (a believed It can be sold more cheaply than rags can be bought. Ia Canada alone some (100,000 tons of flax straw goee to waste each year, la the United States fully three times that mucA is wssted, so the Industry may spread to this country. Tho Ut? ile company has experimented with the flax pulp In their Boston plant and It has been tried by many mills both In the United States and Canada and found satisfactory In every way. afoot of the flax grown in the United States and Canada is for the oil. Some of It In for Abre, but very little. The straw from the seed flax does not fur a flbrv suitable for textile pur and so formerly has been wasted. The lew vise for it will be a great aid to llax termers. An official of Arthur D. Little. Ltd.. is credited in the Well Street Journal with the statement that if they could get all the waste straw It would mean $2.. #00.000 s year to Canadian farmers.? Commerce and Finance. Real Estate Transfers. P. F. Sulllvun. et al., to Planters Fertiliser and Phoaphate Company, tracts of 100 acres, 20 acres and 1G0 acres, respectively in county, $5 and other considerations. C. L Tlsdale to Oertrude O. Gra? ham, lot on McQueen street, $275. C. L Tlsdale to City of Sumter. strip of find known as McQueen strset, $1.00 and other considerations Msrlsn A. Osteen to Martha C. Smith, lot on Harby Avenue. $1..100 P. F. Sullivan, et al. as trustees, to 1. If. Pearlstlne & Sons. 10?, 199 and 14 acre tracts In county, $5 and oth? er considerations. Dave Lawrence to Sumter Heal Kattse snd Insurance Conipanv, lot and buildings southwest of City of Sumter, $S and other considerations. Realty Development Cootpnny to J. H. Archer, lot In city of Sumtei. $75. Realisation without hope los?a half its charm. Dwarf Essex Rape, Clemson College, S. C, March 3. ?Draft Essex rape has not been grown to the extent It should, in South Carolina, for the simple rea? son that many farmers have never seen or heard of it, and only in recent years has it been growTn in the State. Rape requires very fer? tile soil, and it is out of the question to attempt its growth on any but very rich soils, unless the soil can be very highly manured. It is a vigorous grower, furnishing an immense amount of excellent grazing during practically every month of the year, it will pay to make heavy applica? tions of manure or fertilizer before seeding, and get ready returns by so doing. Seed at the rate of about three pounds per acre in the drill or from five to six pounds per acre broadcast. Seeded in rows, it can be cut and fed in the lot, and will per? haps last longer than if grazed, but it may be best to sow broadcast, di? viding the lot and grazing one while tho other is making a rew growth. Rape may be safely grazed in fifty days or less on good lands, but care must be taken that the plants are not grazed too closely. Allow the rape to become well rooted before turning the stock on, or the young plants will be pulled up by the roots. Rape, besides being" excellent Dor grazing makes a splendid table salad, and should find a placo in every farmer's garden. Sow some rape as soon as the land can be prepared. Marketing Strawberries. Clemson College, S. C., March 22.? The Couty Demonstrator of Horry county and the State Market Agent of Clemson College have been busily engaged for the past three weeks, in establishing an efficient marketing plan for the marketing of strawberries in that county. This couity as well as Columbus county of North Caro? lina, grow some of the finest straw? berries in the country. This vicinity is particularly well adap.ed to the growing of this crop but the great? est problem was that of marketing. The first step towards better mar? keting was brought about by or? ganizing the growers into unions or cooperative associations. When the growers are organized into such as-' soclatlons, they can improve their grades and besides, attract the pro? duce trade on account of their in? creased volume. As the volume of shipping increases, so in proportion will the associations attract big marketing agencies. The State Market Agent succeeded in Interesting one of the largest mar? keting agencies in the United States in coming to Horry county and make a proposition to the strawberry grow? ers of that county. As a result, the associations have signed up with this marketing agency and have employed this exchange to market the straw? berry crop. This marketing agency has salesmen in every one of the import? ant markets and can reach markets in a manner that would bo prohibitive to the association working alone. This exchange does no buying or consign? ing but operates strictly to sell. It makes a specialty of selling for co? operative associations. Heretofore, the strawberry grow? ers wero either bound hand and foot to the local buyers or brokers, or the strawberries had to be consigned and shipped to markets where they were disposed of just as the commission merchant found to his best interest. Under the new arrangement, the growers will be kept in daily touch with all of the markets and if tho bids from the local buyers or brokers arci not in line with the markets, the cars will be ordered to roll to the market where they will be sold direct to the trace by the association representa? tives or salesmen. I This is the most logical and the most practical marketing schema yet employed and the strawberry grow? ers are to bo congratulated for usln^ such good judgment. Rap** Taw Officers. The Greenville county grand jury In their presentment submitted to Judge M. I... Smith, in general ses? sions court yesterday, about 12.20 o'clock, reported that complaint had been lodged with them that the coun? ty Is not being equally patroled by the rural police, and recommended that the county delegation request that the use of the system be more evenly distributed. They also rec? ommend among other things, that the court instruct the magistrates and re? quire that they comply with the stat? in regard to the filing of oases to be disposed of by the sessions court, stat? ing that it bad been called to their attention that the magistrates of the county are negligent in this respect It whs also recommended tbut the court instruct all the officers In the county to be vigilaut for drivers of automobiles and motorcycles who lire disregarding the law, and requested that the magistrates be Instructed to impose the heaviest tine the statutes I provide.?Greenville News. superintendent of the city schools will be glad to confer with them. As was announced last year, in ad? dition to tho regular work done in the high school, It has oeen deter? mined to have for all graduates of the high school certain minimum re? quirements in arithmetic, geography, and spelling. Special drill has been given in arithmetic during the year for accuracy and speed in dealing with members. A list of 160 words j hay been selected which every gradu ate of the high school is expected to I know. During their course the stu? dents spell several thousand words; but this is a minimum requirement of a carefully selected list of words. The minimum requirements in geography will be published from time to time and the students will do well to cut these out and paste them In the back of some book for ready reference. It will save having to copy them at school. The list of words in spelling fol? lows: 1. Absence, 2. Accept, 3. Accident, Notes of City Schools. The Sumter High School has the distinction of sharing with the Char? leston High School the honor of be? ing the first two schools to which a scholarship to the amount of $100.00 was offered by the University of Vir? ginia. This scholarship is for the first year only; but, as Mr. Russell Dick who is the present holder made such an un? usual record at the University, the scholarship was granted to him for two years. This scholarship will be vacant this year. Harvard University also offers a (list year $300 scholarship open to competition in the State of South Carolina. These scholarships have already been announced In the High School here and, if any of the par? ents in the city are interested, the 4. Accomplish. Accommodate, 5. Achievement, 6. Across, 7. Again, 8. All right, (two words), 0. Almost, 10. Although, 11. Always, 12. Among, 13. Any, many, 14. Associate, 15. Attack, 16. Been, 17. Beginning, ? 18. Believe, 19. Benefited, 20. Bible. 21. Break, 22. Built, 23. Business, busy, 24. Buy, 25. Can't, cannot, 26. Capital, 27. Capitol, 28. Certain, 29. Changeable, 30. Choose, chose. 31. Citizen, 32. Color, 33. Coming, 34. Connecticut, 35. Convenient, 36. Could, 37. Country. 38. Develop, If. Divide, 4 0. Divine, 41. Doctor, 42. Does, (He does this work well.) 43. Done, 44. Don't (do not.) 45. Early, 46. Enough, 47. Every, 48. Except, 49. Expense, 50. February, 51. Finally, 52. Foreign, 53. Forty, 64. Friend, 55. Government, (govern), 56. Grammar, 57. Grieved, 58. Guess, 59. Having, haven't, 60. Hear, heard, 61. Hero, 6 2. Hour, 63. Important, 64. Impossible, possible, 65. Instead, 60. Intellect, 67. Invitation, 68. its, (Let it take Its course.) 69. Judgment, 70. Just, 71. Know, knew, 72. Laid. (Ho laid the book on the desk). 73. Liberty, 74. Loose, 75. Lose, losing, T?i. Making. 77. Meant, (Mean), 78. Mnutes, 79. Much, 80. Named, (Hs was named John), 81. National, 82. Necessary, 8 3. None, N 84. Oeeurence, 85, Off (the coast), 86. Often, (Pronounced ofn.) 87. Once, 88. Peace, i 89. Piece, 90. Preparation, 91. Principal, 92. Principle, 93. Privilege, (college), 94. Pursuit, (pursue), 95. Raise, 96. Ready, already, 97. Really, (Three syllables), 98. Receive, receipt, 99. Recent, 100. Recommend, 101. Referred, 102. Relievo, 103. Religious, 104. Ridiculous, (ridicule), 105. Right, 106. Said, says, 107. Seems, 108. Sense, 109. Separate, 110. Servant, 111. Shoes, 112. Since, 113. Some, 114. Speech, 115. Stopped, 116. Straight, 117. Sugar, 118. Sure, assure, 119. Surprise, 120. Tear, (Do not tear your pa? per.) 121. Their, 122. There, 123. They, 124. Though, (tho), 125. Through, 126. To, too, two, 127. Together, 128. Tonight, 129. Trouble, 130. Truly, 1. Tuesday, 132. Until, 133. Used, (He is used to a cold climate.) 134. Very, 135. Was, were, 136. Weather, 137. Wednesday, 138. Week, 149. Where, ' 140. Whether, 141. Which, 142. Whole, wholesome, wholly, 143. Whom, (who), 14 4. Whose, (who), 145. Won't, (will not), 146. Worse, worst, 14 7. Would, 14 8. Write, writing, written, wrote, 149. Wrong, 150. Yield. Health Hints Girls Won't Follow. Every woman wishes to be beauti? ful, and beauty and health are synonymous. So in order to maintain health and beauty the Life Extension Institute advises girls and young wo? men to go to bed early every night, to shun cake, and under no circum? stances to eat ice cream or candy. The Institute might have suggested with the same degree of being obeyed for girls to quit using face powder, or wearing corsets, or talking about clothes.?Southern Underwriter. A Man and His Town. It is not often that one hears a man using the hammer on his home town or city, but occassionally one runs across his species. He is the fellow who imagines that he has outgrown his community, he longs for a larger and broader field wherin his brains and remarkable ability can find more play. He is sorry for his fellow citi? zens who are compelled by fate to live in a town that has no excuse for existence. He never stops to reflect on the fact that a town or city is Just what its people make it; its standards are the standards of its people. "Nearly every town," says an exchange, "has its home detractors who think it 'smart* to call it a 'jay' town. Of course, if a man's town is not sport> enough for him he ought to move; whether that would help him or not. it would help the town. It is not the sport or the sportiness that makes a town. Most towns are made by the 'jays' who attend strict? ly to business. Edison who gave the bright lights to the Great White way was a jay and is yet. Come to think of it and examine the list ,it will be seen that nearly every man in art. science, literature, production and commerce in all America today either is, or has been a jay. It is a safe rule that the jay who runs his own busi? ness gets further alon~ and is worth more to any town titan the 'sport' who tries to run other people's busi? ness.?Ashevllle Citizen. MaJ. Earle 111. Washington, April 19.- MaJ. Joseph H. Earle of the engineer corps of the army has been ordered to the Walter Reed hospital in this city for observa? tion and treatment. MaJ. Earle is from (Ireenvile and has ninny rela? tives in South Carolina. "Any girl can he as pretty as a pic? ture?there are so many kinds of pictures," What is Dave? Out of 123,7f>l answers to a New Orleans newspapers' question: "What. Is Love?" came these nine prize win? ners: 1. Love is the doorway through which the human soul passes from selfishness Into service, and from sol? itude into kinship with all humanity. ?Mrs. Anderson Haley. Mobile, Ala. 2. Love is a chisel that carves into soft outlines that granite block of stern reality.?Mrs. W. P. o'Toole, New Orleans, La. 3. Love is what makes red hair golden, white hair silver and no hair a noble brow.?Airs. Albert Gotchaux, New Orleans. 4. Love is the gentle art of being very miserable n a perfectly happy fashion.?H. C. Delcourt, Houma, La. 5. Love, like a well, and a deep one; a fact you have noticed, no doubt; it's easy enough to fall into, but hard as the deuce to get out.? Ella Bentley Arthur, New Orleans. 6. Love: A song, music by father; words by mother.?George Gowland, Arabi, La. 7. The thing that throws a halo around duty, makes poverty endur? able lightens burdens that would otherwise crush, and makes any four walls of home?that is love.?Mrs. V. L. Crawford, Meridian, Miss. 8. Love is a perfume you can not pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself?Mildrcl Blincoe, Vicksburg, Miss. l>. Love is a bank wherein every deposit bears interest and, notwith? standing frequent panics, has never been forced to close its doors.?Jennie N. Wheless, Travers City, La. The Inventor of the Circular 8aw. Some discussion appeared recently In several British technical publica* tiona as to who :nvented the circular saw, and the claim is mado that It was invented and used by a wood turn? er named Murray at Mansfield, Eng? land, about tho year 1820. The first saw is described as having been about six inches in diameter, and was un? doubtedly used on a wood turning lathe operated by water power. James Murray, the inventor, Is eald to have been the son of "Old Joe Murray," the favorite servant of Lord Byron. Tent for the Children. A tent in the oack yard is a great Joy to children; it helps to keep house and yard looking neat, for the children can be expected and required to keep their playthings In the tent vhen they are told that it is their exclusive playroom and that they must confine any untidiness to that particular spot. ?Today. DO YOU HAVE DIZZY SPELLS? It's Important to Leant the Cause, as. Many Sumter People Have. Dizziness is never a disease of itself ?it's only a symptom of some deeper seated trc.ible. Much dizziness la caused by disordered kidneys tailing to Alter all the poisons from the blood. These poisons attack the nerves and dizziness results. If you are subject to dizziness, there is good reason to suspect your kidneys, and if you suffer backache, headache, and bladder dis? order, you have further proof. Many Sumter people have learned the val? ue of Doan's Kidney Pills in just such cases. Head this Sumter woman's statement: Mrs. Annie C. Carnes, 407 Bart lctte St., says: "My kidneys were dis? ordered and my back ached. I had headaches and dizy spells, too. I used Doan's Kidney Pills as directed and they cured the trouble." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that cured Mrs. Carnes. Foster-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo, X. Y.?Advt. 41 M \ Thos. J. DeHass, representing the Elmer Candy Co. of New Orleans, La., spent the day in the city. Sibert's Druj., Store has the exclusive agency in Sumter for Elmer candies. S. M. WITHERSPOON, Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist Office: Bland's Stable, Mayesville, S. C. Office Telephon-? 12 Residence Telephone 9?2 DR. A. B. MORRILL, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special attention given to Rheuma* tism, Nerve, Stomach and Chronic Dis? eases. Residence1: 112 N. Salem Avenue. Oftice: Opposite Postoffice. Hours: 10 to 1: 2.30 to 5.30. I-* Geo. H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer. Prompt Attention to Day and Might Calls. At D. J. CRAI8 Old Stand, N. Main. rilUUCB. Night 201 Eveiything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE Phones 10 ? 631 Have You Planted That Garden Yet? Owing to the high price of all foodstuffs everyone that can should have a garden. Looking after it will benefit you physically and as all food is going up rapidly, the finan? cial end will be an important consideration. Not only that but you will be doing your "bit" for your coun? try. Everyone who raises foodstuffs is fighting for his country?a nation's strength is reckoned by its ability to live on its own resources. The National Bank of Sumter.