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C54AMIYER OF oO\ MEKfE NOTES. BeccvUry Rtardon Disrawr* Market Ii? Produce a. 1 Cooperative Aswa-ftatfoi. The necesttity tor organized bus; m+% methodu and a cooperative mar fcotutff aaaociation to dispose o Irish potato*a, corn, peas, beans, and other produce was so clearly empha? sised in Sumter yoaterday that th< anaiaaging secretary of the Chamber o: ONiiunerce felt it worth while handing salt for publication. While some want "volurrinous" as they say o SMtctsaarUy l>ng articles, yet It l* wwth while reading by those who arc interested in crop diversification air s&arktting?farmers particularly. A Sumter county farmer phoned the president: of the Chamber o Ci?mri>erce that he had fifty bushels o hrtah potatoes to sell and wanted t> know what re could get for them or: the Sumter market. The presiden called up the secretary and that offi elal after phoning wholesale and re? tail establishments found that thr Sumter market was "glutted" as all of them said, with Irish potatoes be bag offered at 50 cents per peck o rwo dollars a bushel, and more beim1 ?offered daily. The farmer who phon sd the Chamber said he would tike - not leas tha i seventy-five cents per pect and would let the potatoes ro 'before selling for less. The secretary phoned the farmer advising that the Chamber was trying I? ret the South Carolina Produce As nociation to handle the fifty bushels but the farmer said he hud no bar? rels and didn't know where to ge any Just then, even if he was offered anything by the Produce Association Thfc? farmer also said that unless th business men of South Carolina, and that included the Sumter busines men also, made sorie arrangement lor disposing of surplus produce o the farms that the farmers woub probably become discouraged and g l?ck to planting practically all cot ton* and importing corn, bacon, vegc tables, potatoes, and other food an?1 feed stuffs simply because there is n* rtarkct or practically no market foi surplus produce of many kinds. "Now, right here." said the secrc tiry. "is where the undcrstandin ought to fit lit, but where the misun? derstanding puts business on the blin' about this diversification and market ir g of surplus product;-. To begin with in the natural pre cess of producing and marketing al commercial commodities there mus be some business at both ends of th line, with the producer who produce and offers for sale, as well as wit! the middle mm or business man wh bujs and resells produce. To begin with the producer, Bcllln; to dealers in bulk, meaning the farm er, must make rp his mind to sell :v producer's prices and not at retai prices, because if a wholesale house o a" retailer has to pay a farmer fo produce as much or more than it ca' be resold for by the middlemen then is no business in buying from a hon farmer under such terms when th middlemen can have produce shipped In here and p.t.y freight on same ah resell at a living profit. Every producer must sell at ma* ket prices according to standard mar ket quotations and not according t what every farmer thinks he ought t get for his produce. They sell theh cotton according to prices fixed i Liverpool and New Y^rk and all se' for practically the same price, a cording to grade. Not at what th cotton producer thinks it worth eil er. as a rule. Then again the farmers should sys tematic illy organise an associatlo wlth a selling agent in Sumter. if th farmers, are going to'produce surplu for market in bulk. One or tw< crates of peas and*a bushel or two u potatoes offeree, on Sumter market d not interest a produce dealer in Char? leston. Baltimore or,New York. Tit volume of business or rather th amount of produce offered on a ce. tain day Axes the prices and guaran tecs a demand for same, among deal era. Is It reasonable to expect a numb; of Sumter business men to form stock company of thousands of dc lars and employ a professional age* to buy produce for reselling at price above what the market quotatio are? Can a bunch of business m< afford to capitalize a company, bul' or rent a warehouse and employ mi to buy and resell produce without ai reasonable guarantee that there \v be sufficient produce offered at stam ard market prices to do enough bus neaa to even pay expenses. Can these business men handle tl produce, with profit?if the produce not put U!) in merchantable shape. ; boxes, barrels, crates, or sacks, ai graded according to standard mark ( reqa dements? That Is where organization com? { In among the farmers. Thev nre e< i ucated about putting up their t j.T | merchantable shape. They are tauT' j hy cooperation and business-like ma < agement how to avoid "glutting" tl 1 market. A cooperative marketing n i lofiiaiioA? Kttfe a ?fiiUog agQut j standard price for any local market on ali produce offered on that; market. It shows farmer* how tu prepare tQ market their surplus stuff. The Sumter Chamber of Co r neree has never guaranteed that i.u people ef Sumter city would buy and eat all of the food stuffs produced in Sumter county. That would be a foolish guarantee because Sumter city people are "living at home" largely by pro? ducing protty near enough vegetables to supply their own needs, and if 8 Sumter family has more vegetables eggs, chickens, milk or butter than this family can dispose of by eating or drinking the surplus, this Sumtei family sells the surplus for anything it will bring, feeling that by produc? ing sufficient to feed the family it ha? saved a lot of money, and that surplu. produce sold at any old price is like finding money in a horse shoe track The Chamber of Commerce has re? quested Dr. W. W. Long, of Clemsor College, to visit Sumter and talk wltti ihe farmers and Sumte? business mer about how to form a cooperative mar? keting association like the one startet in Orangeburg county where the> produce sufficient surp'us produce tc warrant a cooperative marketing as? sociation, both for livestock and foi grain and vegetables. Dr. Long writes that he will fix : date in a few days and do the besi he can for Sumter county farmers. The farmers will take no step? towards or ganizing themselves. They put it al up to the business men and then re fuse to cooperate with the business men or organize themselves, am doubtless when Dr. Long comes V Sumter to talk to the farmers anc business men, he will find that then ire not more than a couple of dozer farmers present to listen to him, ant his audience will be composed largel: of city of'Sumter "agriculturists"? bank presidents, lawyers, doctors merchants, real estate men and other Sumter men who farm as a side line Cooperation at both ends of the line is necessary to cooperate. It there is produce of any kind fo sale anywhere in the world, whether hogs, beef cattle, corn, wheat, po? tatoes, peas, or anything else, in suf? ficient quantities to make it profitable for produce dealers to send represen? tatives to buy the farm products, the markets will be furnished and there will be buyers tOD. But business-like marketing and putting up stuff In merchantable shape must be prac? ticed by farmers. And soiling at retail prices or above, direct from the farm to the retail dealer or produce deale. In other places does not interest the middle men who wish to buy for re? selling produce of any kind. And there should be considerable farmer's cash in any marketing estab? lishment, whether for livestock, grain or produce Just to create interest among the producers in the success and management of the marketing fa? cilities. Why does the Union Brokerage Co of Sumter continue to exist and pros? per while doing business exclusive!' imong farmers? Simply because this company is owned by farmers who aie Interested in pationizing a farmer's cooperative organisation tc keep down he prices of the things (armen have to tuy. Cooperation and business management keep this entcrpriso go? ing. The same proportional ownership o the capital stock of a selling associa ion in which what farmers have t< lal], will bring about an equitable nd ustment of selling price*;, .and a more usinefs-like method of marketing arm products. The farmer who produces things to tell Is naturally more Interested i;i vhat the market prices are than s 'umtcr merchant or banker who do s rot sell farm produce. The banker ind merchunt are interested in wh:r hey have to sell and while indirectly interested in the /armor's prosper it fet it is unreasonable to expect bus! ness men in Sumter to get out an 1 regulate prices of farm products who the irmers who produce the sun are not interested enough to organ!/, themselves or do anything to assist In methodical marketing or price fixing. Efforts have been made by Sumter business men to organize the farmers for selling direct to consun eis on th curb market, and for selling in bul to middlemen for resale of produc': in excess of local demand. Will th farmers kindly say how much int? r 'hey have taken in either effort' Th amount of products and where to ^ ; them, availahlity of volume of pro ducts, marketing prices by standard market quotations are what make market that Interests produce dealei i'nd middlenie-n. Investing money enterprises to accommodate friend is a thing of the past in Sumte und Is not fashionable anywhere els at this time Furniers must sin :hat they have something t<? sell an lellver the gjooda in sufficient voliim ind merchantable shape if they wish buyers to come here to buy their sin )lU8 products. This hag never l?e< i iccompiished successfully anywhere xcept by organisation and cooperatio ?etween the producers and Ihe I us iess men. Almost every f irmier i ^Qftfihcd about joining u murketini oshoc ntlon replies?T do not produce suftlc ent surplus to pay me to belonfl to su-h an association. f I'Hl IT .11'ICES roil JELLY. I' Agrk nlturul PcpOrfOllt Tells How to Keep Then Without Sugar. 1 Washington, June it.?Fruit Juices for use later in Jelly making can be sterilized and bottled without su?j.ir and node into jellies at the house? wife'}; convenience. This enables her to de with fewer jelly glasses and to distribute her purchases of sugar for [ jelly making through the year. More? over, with the bottled Alice she can make a greater variety of jellies, as ? juice*: which will not jell can be put up when the fruit is ripe and com? bined later with fruits that will jell, or fruits ripening at diffe ent seasons can be combined. For example, the juicct: of strawberries, cherries, or i ^ pineapple can be kept without sugar ( and later, when apples are plentiful. can I e made into combination Jelly, j From the unsugared sterilized juices of currants, apples, crabapples and ^ grapes, kept from nine to eighteen montis, the Bureau of Chemistry United States Department of Agricul r ture, recently made jellies of excellent texture, flavor and color. i t To put up unsugared fruit juices for jelly making, proceed exactly as il jelly were to be made at the time. j Cook the fruits until they are soft and strain out the juice through a flannel bag. Heat and pour while hot into j bottles previously scalded. Fill the bottles full, leaving no air space be j tween juice and cork or seal. Place the filled sealed bottles on their sides in water near the boiling point, a id j keep them in the hath for about thirty minutes. Make sure that the corked or sealed end is under the hot water. As soon as the bottles are cool, cover the cork wi.h a parafln seal. Thorough sterilization and sealing arc absolute? ly essential to success. To nake jelly from the sterilized juices, test its jelling quality, add the proper amount of sugar, and proceed as in making jelly from freshly ex? pressed juice. How to Double the Returns From Each Acre in Corn. During the past ten years the aver? age acre of corn in the South has yielded, on m average, 15 bushels. We propose here to show that it is possible this year to exactly double the returns from each aero ii> corn. To do this, three things must be done. 1. Cultivate shallow and often. Drouth at a critical period often is re sponsible for heavy decreases in coin yielels. Drouths of course are beyond our power to prevent, but cultivation of the right kind may largely offset their e/il effects. When we destroy grass anel weeds by cultivation the moisture and plant food they would have taker, of course go to the cora crop. Let us, then, see to it that these robbers are never allowed to grow In our corn fields. Good culti vition also saves moisture for the con crop by preventing loss through evap oration. Every farmer should aim to have a dust blanket or dust mulch maintained in every corn field. This ia stop No. 1, and should, if generally practiced, raise the average yield n>? lc.s than live bushels per acre. 2. T3p-dress with nitrate of sod i or sulphate of ammonia. We think there is no possible doubt that th" greatest plant fooei need of corn, at least In the South, is nitrogen. Of course the best way to get this nitro gen is from the air through legUOH crops, but right now we have many millions of acres that arc sorely In need of nitrogen, and there Is n time to wait for the legumes. The corn crop needs it and needs it im mediately. To supply this Immediate need, nitrate of soda or sulphate o: iramonla at the rate of go, so or 10" pounds per acre should be used. This Is step No. I and should) on million! of aores of our thin land* raise the corn yield another live bushels per a ere. ::. Plant peas, beans or peanut: v/ith all corn, Just as nowadays tin farmer who fails to get a second cros alter his small grain is doing poo I work, so the farmer who lails to grow ja legume crop with his corn is falling short of his opportunities for Inereas ling the feed and plant food supply ("sing any on? of the three crop* named will certainly result in an in i creased return from the k?nd that will i be worth at least live bushels Of com, and prol ably ten or fifteen. This is step No. J. Are you going to do these things that will double the return from your land, or are you going to be content with the usual bushels??The Pro? gressive Far .i. <.ov. Manning Buys Bonds. Befeora leaving Columbia ye?t?rday for I'ittsburg. Pa., to attend the National Conference1 on Charities and Corrections, flov. Manning *elegraph e?i tin National Bank oi Sumter to enter bis subscription for $,r?,000 Lib erty Ijnnn ltonds. This makes his to ?:il subscription |6,000, having pre? viously ?uLscribed for 11,000, i REO cross WORK Commit.rc? an* Making an Active Canvass of CHf for Members' atufj Flint K 1'resident Wilson. Who Ii also ox ollit lo president of the American lied Croat, has issued a proclamation des* ignatlng the week beginning June 18 as lied Cross week. During this time committees will canvass the country for new members and solicit suhscrip tions for the organisation. There Ui now an imperative need of $100,000, 000 for our troops who will leave shortly for France, and it is the de are of the Red Cross to raise this amount in the near future. For the collection of Sumter's share of this fund, committees have been appointed which have been doing good work during the past week. When '?ou are .-sked hy a member of one of these committees for a donation, be is liberal as you ic*l that you can and any amount given win be gladly re? ceived. The Red Cross of ^umter will stablish, within tho next fe\. days, headquarters at which any Information pertaining to the Red Cross work ran be obtained. All members of the local organization are asked to re port to headquarters as soon as they ire established and he assigned their portion of the work for the cause. Fach member that will report to Mr. R. L. Edmunds, at the Sumter Trust Company, within the next few days will be presented with a Red Cross badge ami- it is hoped that each mem? ber will get busy and obtain one of these badges immediately. The local organization wishes to thank the following committees which | have been making a house to house canvass for funds during the past week: j No. 1.?Mesdames C. 71. Barnum, 7. C. Tucker, J. C. Clack. No. 2.?Mesdames C. S. Kingsmore, Wray, Dwyer, Joe Guthrie, Walter Cheyne, J. C. McNeal. Willie Burns. No. 1.?Mesdames W. L. Boyle, J. EC Bradford, Hinnant. Hobt. Brown. A. S. Harby, L. I. Rarrott, J. P. Booth, Francis Moisc, W. C. Boyle. E B. Boyle. No. 4.?Mesdames H. M. Stuckcy, A. M. Broughton. No. 5.?Mrs. W. \V. McKagcn, no re? port. No. 6.?Mesdames Abc. Weinberg, Perry Moses, Louis Williamson, Man? ning Brown, Horace Emerson, I*. (5. Bowman. II. N. Forrester, Henry Mcl^aurin. No. 7.?Mesdames H. C. Hayns? vorth, J. C. Hugcr. No. 8.- Mesdames Ferd Levi, &Id !_ . ? I_?!g ney BtahlM4 Archie China, John <'lif ton, Tracy McCollum, u. J. Dland, Graham Motfee. No; !? Mksj Rlleon Hurst, Ifcf dames Bel Hurst, W. Bilx rt, Trueadale No. IO?-Mesdames Ii. L Scarbor? ough! Alive Lowry, Beaumont, S. C (laker, Geo. rtcardon, Blanche Cox, Geo. Hun . No. II Mrsdamo.s Kugenc Moses. Iff, i.cvi. Ulli? Dorn, R. K. Wilder, T. E. White. No. 12- Misses f\?ue lie Phelps, .Min" Marby, Dorothy Phclps, Mabel Bow? man, Bthel Green, Mesdames Bdwin Boyle, Francis Mo!se, Misses Hen rietta Boykln, Edmonla Barrett, Mrs Alfred Scarborough, Miss Mary Pitts. Mis. Young Shackle ford, Mrs. Rena Cbahdler, Misses Theo Gregg, Mildred I hirst, Asile I hirst. Marie Hurst, Beu kih Wilson, Roberta Williamson, Adele PlttS, Marie RotholS. 4 Tim committees report the following mc mberships secured: No. 1?13. No. 2?16. No. ::?11. No. 1?3. No. I?If, No. 7?35. Na. 8?3 7. No. 9?24. No. 10?1C. No. 11--72. No. 12 ? 179. WAR BUDGET PASSED. Senate Finally Agreed to House Com? promise. Washington, June 13.?After ac? cepting the house compromise for the acquisition of the Jamestown expo? sition site for a naval base the senate finally enacted the three billion, tv^o, bandied eighty-one million dollar war budget bill and sent 't to the White House. Early Morning Fife. Tuesday about 3 o'clock a. m., When the whole city was aslepp, the lire hoys had an early call to a lire out on Manning avenue, across the railroad Despite the early hour, the dremen were on their job ami did good work in getting to the lire and putting out the conflagration. When the truck reached the scene, the building was almost half destroy? ed hut i connection was soon made and a couple of streams were playing on the blaze. The building, which was a store owned by Mrs. Ligon, but occupied by a negro, was too far gone [ to he saved but good work was done in saving the adjoining building which caught several times. MAI HMVIJJ'K fc r:r> ritoss. IttXtlfterj of Siuiitrr County <'hauler ?igsnlassd Mosntsf Afternoon. m< mi"th of the local Red Cross or? ganisation journed Monday after? noon by automobiles to Mayeavllle, where an auxiliary to the Stfsnfsr chapter was organised. a mass meeting ef tho citizens of MayesvJlle was held In the high school auditorium, presided over by Mr. Nf ill ODonnell, president of the Sumter chaptera Enthusiastic addresses* were dellv ered by Messrs. o'Donnell, A. C. Phelps, Dr. Walter Cheyne. Dr. H. C. Baker and Mrs. C. It. Stuhbs of this city, and Mr. J. F. Bland and Mrs. C. K. King of Mayesvillc. Instrumental and vocal talent from Humter supplied the music, patriotic airs and national hymns being rcn dcred during the meeting. Mr. Wd llam B. Daughtrey sang the French national air "The Marseillaise." After organizing those present who desired to become members of the Maycsvllle Red Cross auxiliary, Mr. J. F. Bland was elected president, with Mrs. C. B. King as vice president and a committee of five members was ap? pointed to perfect the organization, whoh other oflicers will be elected and a house to house canvas made throughout the Mayesville district. The members of the new auxiliary seem to be alive to the necessity of lied Cross organizations on account of the anticipated war conditions of our count) \ and many expressed a desire take the course of lectures which will be delivered In this city. Tuesday morning rural policeman Hamilton Boykin was called to Man? ning to identify a negro, held at that place, as the person who '?noke into Mr. Charles Galllard's store in Dal sell a few nights ago. The day after the burglary occured, bloodhounds were brought from Columbia, but were 'unable to follow the trail, as the burglar alati stole a mule and made his escape on it. Since that time, however, a nei;ro suspect has been captured in Manning and it is thought by tho authorities that this rn uro is the one wanted for the roh bery at Dalzell. Monday while on the look-out near rlagood, Mr. Boykin, who is always on the job. had the good fortune to cap? ture a negro who is wanted in Rich land county. This negro will he sent back to Columbia as soon as the prop? er papers and an escort arrive to car? ry him back. "Solenne in Quest' Ora" from La Forza Del Destino by Mr. Karl J?rn and Mr. Authur Middleton of the Metropolitan Opera Company. New York City Mes>rs. J?rn and Middleton have given a wonderful performance of this surpeib duet, which, as every? one knows, is one of Verdi's masterpieces. Their p rt'ormance is literally Re-Created by The NEW EDISON 'The Phonograph with a Soul" That ih ir voice* cannot be told from the New Edfoon's Re-Creation of them in this wonderful duet has been proven! by direel comparison. Messrs, .lorn and Middleton idood beeide the New Bditon and sang this beautiful duct. Sdddcnly, without warning, they ipiil Hinging, and the New Edison took up the duel ahme. So perfectly are their voices Ke-Cieate I that ii was necessary to look at tlicil lips to till when Messt*, .lo.n and Middleton had ceased to sing. We want you to hear the New Edison's Re-Creation of J?rn an I Middleton in this wonderful duet. We allO Want you to hear the Ra-Creation of Other great voices; for example. Mat/.enauer. Kappold, Case, Destinn, Kenatello, LTrlus, < Jotitz and Fontana. Let us give you an hour of IJe-( reated music. Von will not he embarrassed by solicitations to buy. Bring your friends. We want every music lovei to hear the Ncs Edison. NOTICE:?Please rfon't ask un to sell y mi Edison quality of Edison Itc-Creations. I urthermore, in Re-( rcations if you intend to at tern pi to play them jury to the record* is likely to result if you attemi ft on any other instrument than llio Se* Edison. No to play them on an ordinary phonograph or talking other instrument can being out the true musical machine. J. E. KING 6 COMPANY 39 SOUTH MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C