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PUt?, 81x ? mad rataii | tour plants Included Important visited and oommerciul feeds are rep I?f the author, ospoet wan! he whereabouts and ef earn, oats, mixed ffTits, flour, hay, K tacon, butter, tbbege, Irish po notatosn, onions, tur rotida* canned milk, liens, lire hogs, cot and rios. The Inquiry to obtain the following i-, <lj The number of Stock of each commodity; wlthMit stock: (3) stock the time of tho survey; vssbrk ci rrled at this season (5) sstlmatrd nmotint of Sold annunlly; <6> prices now and a year ago: prices now and a year ago; of supplies; (9> percent - pek of home growth; (10) time pre lent stock will last; of time stock bought or for will carry." It is em Hit bur two merchants In tailed to cooperate In the plan. lnre_of tho report, calculated methlng of the serious as tbe situation Is the number StSre* reported to he without stock eaftaln eommr dlttes. Out of a SJTef til stores, only :?s 1 reported nt stock oi* corn. An even percentage wer? without outs. Imately one-half had a wtocl: ggtSSil feeds, with about twn-thlrd.v ng a supply of corn meal, net 8ft per cent, reported a stock flour end lard. I*>hs than SO per t^jvere supplied with hums. redneed a, Vrfceu oi number of bushels of corn on now was reported to be 112,122 at tSl.Sflg for the corresponding period lsst year and 12:5,1*5 bushel: Sit oat* against i:'.tt.r,s.s last season ipply of corn meal has been re? ly 40 per cent. Only 11,461 Is of meal were reported against n stock of 59,20 2 one year ago. wpply of flour is another item of >ra than con mon interest. The 'try Indicates a stock of 47.769 bar dnat 58.787 last year, when condition- were by no means normal. dt bacon situation la even more afcftnalnjr From the business hous<v the survey, only 95.221 hundred light of bacon was reported to be on ad sgainat 296,145 hundred weight May, 1918. The supply of hams is ipproxlmately 20 per renf ?btslnlng are even more dis HfftSbSn*. The avonige retail flgur ?tftiCk for Hour fr< in the total nun has of markft? Investigated was $1 1.7 i n barrel against $7 4* one year ago: meal $1 99 a sack against $!.?>!> )'%2Q> a bushel against $1.07; BSrd If cents uguinnt I:'. rents; ha?-on cants against If cents; sugar 1 ihi against h cent i. Bouse of the most alarming con Stessens deducted by Col. Watson are; 'Thut 25 per rent of the wheat nrredgs has I ?een a ?andoned, leavlni anly ITS.ooo acres to be harvested with a prospective yield of l.xi 9,000 rfessnftje. sgnlnst 2.221,000 in lll< snd 1,410,00ft in 191 > '?That on March 1 of this year \) Stock of corn on tu? farms ??f tie fltats Was Iii.I00,00t? bushels. ai;ains, 17.104,000 st the strne date or tin preceding yesr. Ai the same d it. ?/ the home crop of oats still on tin farms there were on'y 900.000 bush ! against 1.496,00ft bushels the preced mg year st th? snmi date. "That the oat crop this year wib be the shortest perhaps In several years." The concluding paragraph of Col WatssaV* report reads: "i believe if the peopla of th* Htate understood thoroughly the cond 11 Ions revealed In this survey, they would speedily un flsrtssft to their utmost such measurer m m? * d,AM0Ji# BOARD ISSUES et Fabtl? Policy Should N? t ifrjtli Ittead of Su-cl May 27.?Replying to fdny ,to Mai, Oen. Goethal's deciarn tWn ileat the shipping board's woodon programme entrusted to the Kpsuit-la hopeless, Chairman Penman or ,the board issued a Statement do ctarlng that with most successful steel building campaign possible there still will be need for a thousand wooden Jar* Referring directly to Cen. Goe? thal's Speech at a dinner in New York Friday night, Mr. Denmtvn said: % "We believe that the committee of congress and not a public dinner with the head of the steel trust, are tho places for the discussion of matters of policy with regard to shipbuilding. "The shipping board has but one purpose in its activities in Washington at the present time." said Mr. Den man; "that Is to use its utmost en? deavors and powers to defeat the sub? marine campaign of the German em? pire. No person, nor any interested group of capitalists, can draw any one df u's into a controversy with Gen. Goethals. nor do wo think the Gen? eral is seeking It. "If all the ships that can be bulit within tho next 1ft months are.built, there still would be need for 1,000 wooden ships to make good the defio t in our merchant tonnage, though the Gorman rate of destruction is reduced ;?> half thai established In the month of April. I do not know whether 1.00?) wooden ships can be built In IS months. Thorp was hupe express? ed that we could and I have care? fully avoided denying the possihilitv of realising this hope. My rc?:?><?> i for not denying It is because I <lo not Bare to hatfS our German enemies In Herlin receive that amount of com? fort. I can state, 1^ think, that Gen. ?Joethals is of the same point of view with regard to the Germans. Every attempt to make H appear that ther.? is disruption between Gen. Goeth? als and the board is adding to German comfort and assurance." Of Gen. Goethals* statement that the ; r? ;t ury ha.-; made no effort to sell 0,000.000 worth of Panama canal l.onds to prov ide funds for the board's work Mr. Desman nald: "Kvery request wo have made to the treasury for money has mot ri luick response. R was necessary to sell Panama : canal bonds to obtain money und Gen. Goethals must have beOtl under some misapprehension In regard to this matter. I have deep faith that the resources of the Ameri can and nlllcd naval ollloei-s and in? ventors will destroy the submarine Until tho time we must keep the allies fed ami munitioned with Hoots con? stantly diminished by the torpedo. "It is not going to help tho war by spreading stories of disharmony among the various organizations < ; the government here in Washington." 8TJMTKR COTTON MARK KT. Corrected Dally by ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buy or. Good Midding 21. Strict Middling 20 3-4. Midding 20 1-2. Strit t LOW Middling 20 1-4. Latl Middling 20. NKW YORK f*>TTON MARK KT. Open ni?i? i.ow CksHP cio*? July . . 21.T.0 .7?; .25 .2S Oet . .11.11 .11 .so .01 ,31 Doc . .2 1.10 .41 .11 21.00 ,2$ Now York spots. 21.7"?. ANSWF.lt THE ALARM. Suniter People Should Not Delay, If j our kidneys are inflamed, Don't stund around and do nothing. Dike a lire It will soon bo beyond control. You will ?et the alarm in time? Backache, or dizziness or disorder: of the urnic. Herd the winning. Give your kidneys a rest hy hvin r more carefully. Use, Roan's kldtrcy Pills to help t:unp out the cause. Profit by -this Sumter limns e\ perlonoo. J. K. Drakeford, retired farmer. DM Went Hampton Avenue, says: ?*| was in such bad Shape With my back and kidneys that I could hardly stoop, and It was Just as hard to straighten. 1 had headaches and saslli or diz/inef.s, and the kidney Ho SrellSBjg annoyed me by passing too ireely. When I heard of Bonn's Kid iey Pills I got a box at DoliormVx I'harmacy. Th< y relieved all signs ot ? he trouble and put my kidneys in ?asjd shape." Price fd?c, at all dealers. Don't dm ply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Drakeford h?td. Foster-Mllbura te.^f^sT^tfWd; N. Y - (??) THIRD DAY OF FIERCE STORMS IN MIDDLE WEST SEES FUR? THER DAMAGE. Chicago, May 27.?More than ib? persons were killed, a thousand or more injured and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed by tor nadoe? which swept through Kansas on Friday, Illinois and Indiana on Sat? urday and parts of Alabama, Tennes-' see, Arkansas, Kentucky and South? ern Illinois Sunday. Reports indi? cate that a large number of farm im? plements, needed to produce the bum? per crop desired this year, were ruin? ed, although the spasmodic wind struck only here and there in its frightful play through the rural re? gions. Crop damage is said to be not hcaVy in grains. The heaviest toll of lifo was taken nt IfattOOnV 111., a city of 10,000 peo? ple, in the broom corn county of cen? tral Illinois, where 54 are known to be de?d and r.00 injured, With a prop? erty less of $2,000,000. Charleston, 111., ten miles east of Mattoon, was also partly wrecked Sat? urday evening with a loss of r,8 lives and 150 injured. The property loss there is $1,000,000. The next most serious loss was at Andale. Kan., where 26 were killed und a score injured on Friday. Dub? lin, Ky., suffered three dead and 1T injured today. BOUth Dyers bun?, Tenn., was re? ported to have lost six killed and 22 Injured in ? tornado that swept Dyer county today. Near Pdythcvillc, Ark., nine person! were reported killed and a dosen hurt and reports received in Birmingham said several were killed and many injured when a tornado struck Say re, Ala., today. Reports from Indiana show at least seven pefSOni killed at Hebron, KoUts Slid other places and the death may reach 20. More than 200 WSre '.ijured in the Indiana territory swep' by the storm. Smaller towns in Illinois lost a douca dead on Saturday with, two score ln? jured, while in the southern point of IIIinois Vv. ind storms today killed a hah doses and injured a score. : i.Mil of tornado dead and in? jured: Dead. Injure 1 Mattoon, 111. 51 500 Charleston, 111. 38 150 Andale, Kan. . . . .26 60 Other Illinois towns... 18 65 Arkansas. 9 l'J. Indiana . . . . ,. 7 200 Kentucky.. 3 17 Tennessee. 6 85; Alabama (not determin? ed) . I Total. 0.101 1,030 Property damage $5,000,000. Marriage License Record. White: Henry W. Itidgeway, Co? lumbia, and Pearl Trcscott, Sumter: William B. Moore, Asheville, N. C, and M. Ruth Jones, Tindal. Colored: Ksau Williams, Mayesvillc and Marian Benjamin, Mayesville; Thomas lMackwofl. Sumter and Heulah Prince, Mayesville; John Briggs, Sum? ter and Martha Singleton, Sumter; Thomas Frlerson, Brogdon and Cela Atkinson, Alcolu; James Baldwin, Sumter and Charlotte Gary, Sumter. Reil Cross Instruction. The SOmmlttee on Red Cross In? struction of the Sumter Chapter, American National Ued CrOss, Wlsheg to announce that classes for l^oth men and women are now being organ? ized tor First Aid instruction. Those who wish to join these classes should send in their names at once either *.o the undersigned or to Miss Antonio Qihson, secretary, and they will be notified when their class Is formed. B. U. Wilson, M. D., Chairman. Food Rnnmlstora. We have not a great deal of use lor speculators of any kind. They are not the people who are helpful to legitimate business, The coun? try would be far better Off could they he entirely eliminated, But the worst Kind of Speculator is the food specu? lator. He Is the fellow who should bo summarily dealt with. There s.'cius to be very rood evidence or the fact that he Is nt work ami he is suc? ceeding splendidly. There is no ?ith? er way to account for the treinend ous advunce in the price or ail rood. We unterstand that the depart? ment of agriculture is Investigating the tood situation, and thai it will be prepared to mala? a satisfactory report The parlies io blame tor it will be located, and it' their gtllll can he proven they will ho made to suf? fer the penalty or the law. The tood speculator is not loyal to his country, He Is cold hearted and selfish to the extreme. He is the fsllOW who Is willing for gain to put his hand to the throats of the hun? gry and starve them in order that he may yiake money by the operation.- - cWbnHrood Journal. COTTON CHOP CONDITION. Crop starts With Poorest Prospect for Many Years. Now York, May 2C.?We hand you herewith the result of our investiga? tion covering the condition of the growing cotton crop, and the acreage planted to cotton, with such informa? tion as may he pertinent thereto. This report is made up to and Including May 20th. The average indicated condition for the United .States is 71.1 per cent. The average Indiented reduction In acreage for the season of 1917-18 is 6 per cent. Summary by States. Virginia?Prom 10 to 20 days late. Cultivation poor .stands had. About 25 per cent, will be replanted. Labor ?care. Cold weather cause for low ' condition figures. Warmer on May 18th and 19th. PYospccts very poor. North Carolina?From 10 to 20 days late. A few counties report Stande fair and cultivation good; the remainder say stands poor and much replanting will he done, due to un? seasonable cold weather. Correspond? ents say there may be a further re? duction In acreage on account of seed scarcity. Root lice doing some dam? age, labor scarce, mules ample. Frost killed young cotton in some sections. Prospects at this time poor. South Carolina?From 10 days early to 15 days late. Cultivation and stands poor to fair, mostly fair. Due to low temperatures), considerable re? planting will be done. Seed scarcity is acute and may further effect the acreage. Root lice and cut worms have destroyed some stands. Weather condition now more favorable. There I is a pronounced shortage of labor, no scarcity Of mules, but some in poor shape due to high price of feed. Gen? eral prospec ts poor to fair. Georgia?From 10 to 20 days late. Cultivation fair to good, stands gener? ally poor. Growth of all crops re? tarded by continued cool weather and J?lich replanting necessary. Cut worms, lice and pea pod weevil do? ing some damage. Doll weevil in south and southwestern part of State ap? pealing on young cotton. Hail and frost killed early cotton in some counties. Labor scarce and still mi? grating north. Seed is scarce and while plenty of farm animals, their general condition is poor, due to the high price of feed. Pain and warm 'weather needed. General prospects poor. Florida?Crop preparations from ten days early to ten days late. Cul? tivation and stands poor to- good. Weather too cool to allow rapid growth. Seed scarce. Farmers un? easy because of shortage of labor. Doll weevil and lice in great numbers off young cotton. Mules sullicient but In poor condition. Alabama?From 10 to 20 days late. Cultivation with but few exceptions is reported ap fair to good, Stands poor to had. About 25 per cent will be re? planted, due to cold weather, which retarded growth. Young cotton dying. More corn will he planted which ac? counts for additional acreage reduc? tion. Weather more favorable around the 18th and 19th of May, but warm rains badly needed. No shortage of mules. Labor and also seed scarce. Weevil and lice destructive. Nights entirely too cool. Prospects poor. Mississippi?Average about 16 days late. Cultivation with some few ex? ceptions fair to good. Stands poor to bad. Further reduction in cotton acreage. Approximately 15 per cent, will he replanted and some going to food crops. Weather too cool; warm rain badly needed. Some parts of the State report shortage of farm hands and supply of mules but ma? jority of counties say sullicient for present needs. Many correspondents say farm animals poorly fed owing to high price of feed. No general com? plaints of insect damage now. but fear weevil and cut worms will destroy plant later on. Some sections report scarcity of seed for replanting. Pros? pects poor. Louisiana?Averages about 14 days late. Cultivation fair to good. Stands fair to poor. Cold, dry weather and hall caused damage and approximate? ly 15 per cent, will be replanted. More acreage will be devoted to food erops, causing reduction in cotton acreage. While some parts of State report scarcity of labor and seed, others say sufficient at this time. Amide supply of muhs. Plant growing very slowly; lain needed in most parishes. So far. weevil nut destructive. Prospects fair. Texas -From Ml to 20 days late, av? eraging about i i days late. Cultlva on and stands good to fair. Much i? planting because of cold and dry weather. More general rainfall need? ed in western and southwestern coun? ties where subsoil moisture lacking. Ueo, cut worms causing some dam? age. Correspondents say that more seasonable temperatures lately have made farmers in this State more op? timistic. While seed is of good qual? ity, the supply Is limited. Labor suf? ficient In Some sections and shortage i?{t?)i< i parts of State. Ample farm animals but are in poor condition on account .of high price of feed. Goner-j al prospects fair. Arkansas?Averages about 15 days j late. Cultivation fair to good. Stands DjObr to bad. Correspondents say ac- j reage reduction from last report duo entirely to consi Arable replanting. In many sections land plowed up and corn being substituted because of scar? city of cotton seed. Complaints of cut worms. No shortage of labor or mules. Was entirely too cold and dry; rain and warmer weather needed. More favorable on May ISth and 19th. Prospects poor. Tennessee?From 10 to 20 days late. Considerable decrease in acre? age since last month's report because abandoned cotton land will go into other crops. Cultivation fal to good. Stands bad to fair. Majority of cor | respondents complain that cold and dry weather has prevented proper germination, about 30 per cent, will be replanted. Shortage of seed and labor in some sections. Prospects pooi-. Oklahoma?Average about 15 days late. Cultivation fair to good with stands fair to poor. Approximately 25 per cent, will be replanted be i cause of very dry and cold weather. Correspondents say rains and warm weather needed, as entirely too dry. No shortage of labor, mules or seed. No general complaints of insects being destructive thus far. This State re? ceived good rains since our corre? spondents reported to us on May ltth. Prospects poor to good, averaging fair. Missouri?Aferage about 15 days later than normal. Cultivation and stands poor to fair. Labor scarce, mules and seed ample. No insert dam? age thus far. Approximately 20 per cent, will be replanted, due to cold, dry weather. General prospects poor; rain needed. ltcsume. Unseasonable weather conditions have caused the 1017-IS cotton crop to start with the poorest outlook for many years. Cold and wot weather oast and dry weather in large areas west of the Mississippi river early and laier continued low temperatures throughout the belt have delayed farm work and prevented the normal growth, retarding germination and requiring large areas to be replant? ed. Correspondents lay great stress up? on the question of labor and say that cn account of the number of negroes who have migrated and are continu? ing to, migrate North and the enlist? ments inthe army and navy a decided shortage of labor will result unless the season to follow is unusually pro? pitious. On account of *he large amount of replanting seed scarcity has occurred. There is no scarcity of work animals but they are Showing the effect of insulhcient feeding due to the hiph price of feed. These rea? sons are given for the further reduc? tion in the area planted to cotton. The Southern farmer is fully alive lo the food situation and there has heen a large increase in the area planted to food stuffs and in many cases cotton that did no germinate has been plowed up and the land planted In other crops principally corn. Using the government's formula for estimating the probable yield, the ac? reage and percentage shown in this report indicates with normal weather conditions henceforth a yield of ap? proximately 11,900,000 bales of lint cotton (linters excluded). Yours very truly, J. W. Jay & Co. GREEN PEED FROM SHAI>FJ> GROUND. In Yards off Limited Space soil Final? ly Idle May Re Fut to Work for Chickens. / Washington, May 27.?If thee is j a shady spot in the back yard not suited to other garden crops, it may bd possible to grow some green teed for the chickens on it. Oats and field peas, before the hottest weather comes, and millet and cowpeas biter in the summer, if sown thickly, prob? ably will yield cuttings of feed that will be much relished in the small hennery. While such a practice may j not be In harmony with the best cultural advice, mc.ny city dwellers with limited space will \v**h to utilize all available garden room this season, even for only small returns. Dense, continuous shade under old trees and shubbery that have drawn heavily on soil plant food, obviously Will be of little value for this pur? pose. But in many back yards ground ] shaded by buildings and small trees, not wholly removed from the day's sun. might well be expected to pro? duce some green stuff for a small flock. If the chicken pen Is largo I enough a small sowing made inside J P and protected by woven wire with one-inch meshes StTOtChSd about two inches above the ground reay be inade. This allows the chickens to pick off the green blades as they ?row through the netting wi.hout in? juring the roots. Another way to furnish green fe*d to hens not on range is by sprouting oats in trays or boxes. This method is used by many poultrymen, for large and small flocks. The oats are soak? ed for 12 hours in warm water and then spread out in a layer 1-2 to 1 1-2 inches deep on a floor, or In a tray or tier of flats, which have open? ings or holes or a 1-4 inch racih wire bottom covered with burlap, so that the water drains freely. The oats may be stirred daily and sprinkled or allowed to sprout without stirri.ig until ready for feeding. They are us? ually fed when the sprouts are from 1 to 1 1-2 inches long, although some pultrymen prefer to allow the sprouts to grow 2 or 3 inches long before feeding. Oats need a warm and moist atmosphere in which to sprout, so that it is necessary to furnish heat or to keep them in a warm room during the winter, while they may be sprout? ed out of doors during the rest of the year. It takes from 6 to 10 days to sprout oats, depending on the temperature. The oats are fed, roots, sprouts and all, at the rate of about one square inch, as they grow In the tray, to each fowl. IE 5 IS REGISTRATION DAY. June 5 is also BOND SALE DAY. Not every Citizen will be called upon to serve in the army, but nearly everyone can help the cause by taking a WAR BOND. BUY A WAR BOND, $50 OR MORE. We will handle transaction for you. The National Bank of Sumter.