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A MAfULfcTTIXG ASSOCIATION.
I
Too meeting of farmers to be held
ot the Tobacco Warehouse on Friday
to consider tho organisation of a Cot
tost Growers' Selling Association af?
fords an opportunity for the farmers
off hie section to do something for
their own betterment and the im?
provement of marketing conditions in
Soest sr. The proposition is put up to
the producers of cotton by the Mark?
eting Bureau of tho National Depart?
ment of Agriculture In a practical and
business-like manner and If hi for
them to toy whether or not they -will
SB set thee; overnment on half way
ground and do their part to help the
government help the formers to ob
taio maximum prices for the products
that thsy hove to sell. AU that the
government can-do under existing
conditions lo t? furnish the plans and
provide oxpert supervision snd ad
vtee. The formers themselves must or?
geats* tho agency end by cooperatiqn
Institute a system of collective selling.
00 that they may be able to eell at
direct to the consumers of
predicts, thereby obtaining the
starbst prices and cutting
sax . ? ;4feS/ obtton;
got- ligsahir m a PJar
eu t? werk lo cooperation with
tho government cotton grader, they
will ho able to sell thslr cotton In lots
Off one hundred boles or mors of a
standard grade direct to the mills or
to exporters, the result of which will
be that he farmers will receive the
fall market price of the cotton. The
profit that the local buyer and the
other middlemen now receive for
handling the cotton will be eliminated,
and the producers will be the gainers.
Tho cost of operating a selling asso?
ciation will not begin to approximate
tho total of the commissiones and
handling charges that the buyers now
tax up against the cotton that they
buy, and the difference will go Into
the pockets of the growers of cotton.
Rut the maintenance of a selling asso?
ciation will cost money, and unless the
cotton farmers are prepared to enter
Into the undertaking on a business
Iths basis snd with the determination
to carry It through on that basti. put?
ting up the necessary funds to make
It a business organisation, the) had
Just as well not even consider th>>
matter at all. If they ere to have u
selling agency they must realise at the
outset that It Is their organisation and
that thty will have to pay the cost of
operation and give It the necessary su?
pervision to make It efficient and pro
tttsble. A selling agency will not run
Itself nor are business men In other
lines of trade going to run It for the
farmers. It In not to the Interest of
the men who are now engaged In buy?
ing and selling cotton that the farmers
oerate their own selling agency in
co-operation with a government cot?
ton grader. If the farmers succeed In
organ Iii na; snd maintaining an efll
c ent se. ling sgency. It will practically
put out of business a large number
of the ocal cotton buyers, for the
profits that the local buyers now make
on handling cotton will go to the
farmers and a local buyer cannot
compete with an association that rep?
resents the producer* and controls
the aal? of s large part of the crop
crodurtd In thf? county. It Is up to
the fanners to help themselves In thlH
ristter >?f Improving the cotton mark?
st and unless they are willing to or
? anise und co-operate to control the
marketing of their chief money crop,
conditions will rcmuln as they are at
present It is u fact that may um well
be recognhwd that the cotton gfOp
must be made to tlnauee Its own sell?
ing costs. It la doing It now and the
roat Is heavy, although those who do
cot look beneath tho surface may not
ace It Maintaining a fomiOfS*
rolling ngeney the costs will hi fixed,
and will be known In advance and ?,.ie
farmers will know exactly what they
are paying to market their cotton to
the best advantage. But the farmers
will have to pay thla coat, just as they
are paying the coat under present con?
ditions. In the shape of commissions
and profits that the cotton buyers re?
ceive. The farmers must realize that
unless they are willing to pay the ex?
pense of operating a selling agency,
no one else will pay It. They will re?
ceive all the benefits and naturally
they muat pay the expenses. The ex?
penses will be Inconsiderable in com?
parison with the benefits derived, and
we believe that the organization of a
selling agency will be the greatest
thing that the farmers of this county
could do to advance their own pros?
perity and to make them Independent.
IGNORANT UNCLE 8AM CANT
READ GERMAN.
The Kocmy Allen Talks to Robert J
Wlldhaek of the Vigilantes.
U suppose that he thinks that he
has my sympathy aroused for Ger?
many and that because I listen, I must
agree. My Job, when I meet him, Is
to encourage garrulity, exercise self
control, and report. He la an unin?
tentional stool-pigeon.)
Well, I suppose the fools in thit
country, they think that Germany is
locked up with armies all around and
we have to tight inside the circle and
can't get out. Let 'em think it. Iff
a good thing for us they should be so
fast asleep.
But Just the same you know and
I know that Germany is fighting the
war all over the world?right here ir
this country the war is?and nobodj
knows it, the way they act
Look here at the silly way to carry
on a war. Do you suppose that in
Germsny anybody could publish a
newspaper Where it says that the al
lies of Germany are bad and that Uv
enemy is really the friend? So crazy
it is in Utls country every day. Al
over the United States the Gorman
language newspapers are knocking
England and never a word again
Germany. Really they are boosth
Germany in many ways, besides, their
readers already are German in senti?
ment and every word against England,
is a stab In the back of this country's]
allies. It is fine for us, you bet, but
what r can't understand is how they
get away with it so easy. I guost
Uncle 8am can't read German, he U
so lgporant. Honest, I better r*m<
?lfm ***** s*eause he can Toad|
English and he dote nothing with thr
Irish papers here. They are just a>
strong for German/ as any Germar
paper In this country?and they arc
printed In English!
Weil, that's all part of the Job?out
job?and it's a lot better than blow?
ing up factories and railroads anc*
such things. Germany Is smart, the
smartest In the world, and everybody
that reads a German-language paper
knows It and they know that fighting
a war Is not Just guns and ammuni?
tion and submarines and airships. We
got other things to. We got secrci
service but we don't need it. Nothing
Is secret in this dumm country. We
say what we please In our newspa?
pers, here. In German and English
We have the Irisn editors, the Paci?
fists, and these now I. W. W.'s, t
help us. We do what wo please 21
hours a day fighting Uncle 8am right
In his home, while he is doing lltth
or nothing very hard to fight us 4,
000 miles away.
Well, the whole world, will rea<'
German some day, Junger, and all th'
newspapers will be edited from Berlin
Then I bet you we show these, now.
contemptible boobs what it is to be
careless and slow-pokes and dumm!
MILITARY AT UNIVERSITY.
Coarse Under U. S. Army Officer
Starts Next Session.
Columbia. July 29.?An excellent
course In military training Under
competent instructors will be off ere I
at the University of Soutn Carolina
next session. This course will Is
compulsory for freshmen and sophn
mores, and voluntary for all other
students. Ouns and accoutrements
have been furnished by the United
States government and an army ot:l
cer will be detailed for service at th<
University as soon as auch an Officer
is available.
The war department promises tha*.
when this officer has been appointed .
reserve officer's training corps will hi
established at the University. In the
meantime, students must furnish thell
own uniforms. These are less ex?
pensive and more durable than ordi
nary citizens' clothes, and will, there
fore, be more economical.
Weekly Weather Forcciist.
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
State* Warm and generally fair
\v?\itber will prevail during the week,
InttttOUgtl widely scattered thunder
storm are probable
CITY COUNCIL MIIOJTES.
Mutters Considered ut The Last Meet?
ing of Mayor and CounciUncn.
At tho meeting of City Council,
which w held on July 23, Mayor
Jennings and both the councilmen
were present.
Mr. Davis D. Molse was present and
made a statement regarding tho sew?
erage disposal tanks, which a^e sit?
uated near the septic tank on the
Graham property. Mr. Moise stated
that he was interested in this prop?
erty and had a prospective purchas?
er for It, provided the tanks, which
aro generally Offensive to all those
living in this locality, could be moved
or some way found of abating the
disagreeable feature. The Clerk was
instructed to write the city of Green?
ville and ascertain in what way that
city disposed of tho refuse from the
surface closets.
Manager E. H. Moses, of the Sum?
te r Lighting Company, requested that
he be allowed to move the poles of
his company to the curb lines along
those streets on which the curb linos
had been changed'by the recent pav
ing. Ho wished to move them in or
dor to overcome the difficulties ex?
perienced by the leakage of 'current
through the trees. Council ordered
the matter investigated. Mr. Moses
also asked for a readjustment on the
prices for the current which is being
used at the pumping station. He stat?
ed that the Increased cost of coal and
other materials used In the manu?
facture of current had risen so/much
that it was almost imperative that a
raise In price be made. After due
consideration, council decided that
they were not warranted in readjust?
ing the prices at the present time.
A letter was read from the South*
ern Railway, which asked that a con?
tract be entered into regarding the
water mains of the city which are on
the right of way of the railroad.
Council decided that they would con
slder the contract If it be drawn up
and presented to them.
Inspector Finn asked instruction
regarding the proposed shed which i
to be erected at the jail. According
to the ordinance covering such mat?
ters. Council said that the, shed
should be constructed of inoqmbus
tlble materials.
1 The question of reducing the extra
bond of the Clerk and Treasurer was
discussed. The clerk hud stated that
the bond was excessive for the
amount of paving funds which he
handled. The Mayor is to determine
whether the bond , can legally,, be, de -
Some discussion occurred concern
'ng tho laying of additional cement
walkways at the places of the city
which wero not paved recently
Though the Mayor favored the paving
of these walks on the abutting prop?
erty basis In order to have the pav in
uniform, the other members oi coun?
cil opposed the plan and It wad' decid
ed not to carry on this work for the
present.
Councilman Rowland reported a
complaint against the odor from the
scavangcr carts which are left at
night in the back lot. As a new kin
of disinfectant has been ordered, it 1?
thought that this difficulty can be oh
viated.
A letter was received from the cs
t?te of W. B. Boyle offering to do?
nate the city a street 40 feet wide,
running from Broad street to Sara?
toga. Before accepting this offer.
Council decided to ride out and in?
spect this property.
A representative of the Stoudebaker
Corporation was present to talk to
Council relative to the street cleaning
apparatus. Council decided to buy o
new sprinkler for the present street
broom and a number of brooms and a
tiller, so that the brooms can be re
filled without being sent out of tlv
city.
Councilman Rowland presented his
correspondence with the A. C. L. rail?
road in which the railroad had re?
quested that they be permitted to
erect a pole at the intersection of
Hauser street with their right of way.
This request was granted.
Major Lee presented a profile map
showing the cost of repairing the sew
er line on Mary Street, which is now
badly In need of attention. He also
presented On estimate of the coat o
laying an entirely new line. Before
Council takes any action on this mat?
ter, an Investigation will be made bv
Major iv-'e and the City Manager and
a report made to Council.
Mr. R, J. Bland appeared in behalf
of his brother and requested that he
be given permission to erect a gaso
line tilling station in front of his plac?
of business on West Liberty Street.
Council granted this request with th"
usual conditions that only one gallo i
of gasoline be kept above ground at
one time, that the tanks be erectfjd in
the rear end thai the work be done
Under the supervision of the ,Clty
Manager. Under the same conditions,
Mr. J, P, Commander was allowed
to erect a similar station on Manning
Avenue. \
Recorder llsrby asked extra 'pay
i for Ids handling of the numetou?
? blind tiger cases, Council decided that
his salary covered this matter and re?
fused his request.
The Clerk asked to whom were to
go the paving assessments against
the school property. He was in?
structed to collect these assessments
from the School Board, but Mayor
Jennings went on record as favoring
the payment of these assessments by
the city.
Petitions were received from the
citizens on West Hampton Avenue,
beyond Furdy Street, asking that an
arc light be put up and a hydrant
erected along this street. Mr. E. I.
Reardon, representing himself and his
neighbors, requested that another
light be installed on Harvin street be
tween Liberty and Caldwcll. In view
of the fact that large sums of money
have been recently expended on the
streets, Council refused all these pe?
titions.
A letter was read from the City
Clerk of Orangeburg, asking that two
young men from Orangeburg, who are
spending a short while in Sumter, be
exempt from the street tax, as they
were members of the volunteer Arc
department of Orangeburg and would,
therefore, be exempt In Orangeburg.
The Clerk was instructed to get full
information on this matter before
Council takes action.
A letter from General Superintend
ent Newell, of the A. C. L. was read
relative to the employment of a gate
keeper at the station. He stated that
in cities similar to Sumter, passengers
wore satisfactorily handled without a
gate keeper and Intimated that this
city could also get along without
one. The Clerk was instructed t;
write him and request that the
fence, which is now at the station be
extended to Magnolia street, the city
offering to prevent any person's goin*r
around the ends of this fence.
A letter was received from Mr. Bar
tow Walsh stating that the refund foi
the Y. M. C. A. sidewalk was in pro?
gress of adjustment and asking tha*
they waive the 10 per cent, penalty
on the first payment. Council granted
this request, with the understanding
that the adjustment was to be mad
on the basis of a sidewalk the same
Width as the other sidewalks of that
block, and not on the actual widt
of the walk in front of the Y. M. C
A. building.
The resignation of Mr. J. F. Glenn
from the City Board of Health was
received and accepted. Mr. Geo. L.
Bicker was elected to fill the unexpir
ed term.'
The election of a cotton weigher,
for recommendation to the County
Board? was postponed.
Attention was called to the fac
that the curb on North Sumter strec'
had been broken on order to make
a driveway to a garage. Council agreed
to this provided the person having
this done, will do it at his own ex?
pense, i
The reports of the Chief of Police
and the Librarian were received and
filed.
As there was no other business tc
come up, Council adjourned.
PREFERS DEATH TO ARMY.
Man Summoned Before Exemption
Board Commits Suicide.
Savannah, July 28.?James B. Na
bors, 29, a traveling salesman foi
Armour & Co., shot and killed himself
in a local hotel tonight, after receiv?
ing a summons to appear before the
exemption board at Greensboro, Ala?
bama, where he was registered for
examination.
Nabor's number in the drawing was
the first drawn?258, according to the
official notification, which was fount
open beside his body. His friend
here said he had brooded a great den
ovor the probability of being drafted,
but the notice was not received untl
tonight.
WANT REPRESENTATION.
Negroes Demand Places in New York
Assembly and in Aldcrmanic Board.
New York, July 29.?A demand for
negro representation in the State As
semhly and in the board of aldermei
of New York was made In resolution
adopted today In a mass meeting he'.a
here for deletfatea from negro Clubs
The meeting, which was held under
the auspices of the United Clvi
League, also asked that a squad oi
negro firemen and a squad of negro
policemen be appointed in New Yor\
Examining the Guardsmen.
This morning Captain Brown, 0
the Sumter Light Infantry, began in
earnest preparing his men for their
departure from Sumter sometime in
the near future. Captain Cliff S
Trice, of the 1st Alabama Infantry,
und UeUt. L. W. Shaw. I*. S. U. M. C.
are here assisting in the matter. Lieut
Shaw, who is giving all the men the
physical examination, is highly pleas?
ed with the showing being made by
the Sumter men. Up to noon today,
not a man had been turned down on
account of any physical defect. All the
men examined seemed to be making
a very high average for perfect
teeth, one of the weakest points on
which a number are usually turned
down. Captain Brown Is Justly prom
Of his buys.
WILL WELCOME COMMISSION.
Georgia and A la ha ma chambers of
Commerce ami ratal Dtoiossstioiloii
Agent* win Giro Cordial B>cept*oi
lo Sumter Holl Weevil Port/.
Letters have heen received by the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce from
the secretaries of the Montgomery.
Ala., Chamber of Commerce, the
Americas and Sumter County, Ga..
Chamber of Commerce, the Crillin and
Spalding County, (Ja., Hoard of Trade,
the commissioners of agriculture an!
the governors of Alabama and Geor?
gia, saying that the Sumter County
Boll Weevil Commission will he cor?
dially welcomed in their respective
States, communities and counties and
given every possible assistance in se?
curing information about the boll
weevil infested areas.
The Tucker Implement Company of
Greensboro, Ala., manufacturers of
the Tucker Boll Weevil machine, have
written inviting the commission to
visit their city and sec the machine
This concern offers a demonstration
of their machine and a cordial wel?
come, and every assistance possible
Greensboro is not on the itinerary,
but may be included, if there is time
County agents of the government farm
demonstration departments of several
Georgia and Alabama counties hav??
written Chairman J. F. Williams, as
has the farm demonstration agent of
the Southern railway development
service, Mr. T. O. Plunkett, ofl'criner
their services to the commission. Mr
Plunkett will meet the Sumter party
in Augusta and go all the way with
the Sumter county commission.
All of the letters from commercial
organizations and officers express
pleasure at the coming of the Sumter
county party and have requested nc
tices of the day and hour of the ar?
rival of the party in the different cit?
ies, towns and counties.
FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.
Citizen May Curry One Quart in His
Grip.
Columbia, July 28.?A citizen cf
South Carolina has the right to trans?
port one quart or less of whiskey for
personal use in his baggage, under the
terms of the Quart-a-Month Act, ac?
cording to an opinion today rendered
by Assistant Attorney General Claud
M. Sapp. The opinion is given in an?
swer to a query from L. D. Bearden.
of Westminster. The letter to Mr
Bearden follows:
"Your letter of the 26th instant to
the attorney general in which you
state that one quart of whiskey which
you were transporting in your per?
sonal baggage and for -personal use
has heen seized as contraband by the
officers of your county, has been
handed me for attention.
"In reply thereto I beg to advise
that section 7 of the Quart-a-Month
Act, passed at the last session of the
general assembly, provides as follows:
" 'It shall be unlawful for any per
son or any common carrier, servant.
atTOItt or employe thereof to knowingly
ship or transport from without this
State Into this State, or from one
point or place in this State to another
point or place in this State, any trunk,
valise or package of any kind, con
'aining any alcoholic liquors, unless
the true nature and character of the
contents of the'package is clearly and
legibly marked or the outside thereof
in letters at least one inch high. This
provision shall not apply to one quart
or less of such liquors in the bag?
gage of a passenger and carried for
his personal use or that of his imme?
diate family or for sacramental pur?
poses.'
"You will see from the provisions of
the above quoted section that a per
son has the right to transport in his
oaggage for his personal use or that
of his immediate family or for sacra?
mental purposes one quart of alcoholic
liquors, containing not in excess of
?0 per cent of alcohol by volume, and
I am of the opinion that if the liquor
refered to by you was received and
was being transported by you for the
purposes mentioned in the section/j
above quoted it would not be subject
to seizure as contraband by the offi?
cers enforcing the prohibition laws,
nor would you be subject to any pros?
ecution for violation of the Quart-a
Month Act."
STILL MORE TAXES.
Senate Finance Committee Working
OH Plan to Raise War Fund.
Washington. July 2S.?The addi?
tional seven billion dollars needed for
this year's war expenses will probab?
ly be met by tWO billion dollars ad?
ditional taxes and by authorizing live
billion dollars In additional credits, ac?
cording to the tentative plan of the
tenate finance committee.
ARMY BALLOON DESTROYER.
Pell at Torre Haute and Burned?
Crew Escaped.
Terre Haute. Indiana. July 30.?An
army balloon from St. Lotus, carrying
eight men. was forced to land neat'
here, because of a rent In the bag.
The bag was destroyed by lire, nfter
lauding.
COMMENT ON FOOD SITUATION.
J);il/< II Furnier Discusses OrofBJ nn-l
the Effect* ol War Demands.
Editor Daily Item.
The cotton crop in this community
is rather spotted. In looking around
you will lind where there was good
preparation, f< rtillsntloo ami cvllrra*
tion, the crop does very well, yet,
I do not think it up to the avo:ir>,".
The rains have had a tilling effect
even where the crop has been we 1
cared for and where it has not, it is
a somewhat gloomy prospect. Of
course, there is considerable time ye*,
for improvement and we may ma: e a
good yield. The corn as a rule is
good. From the pro poet now an I
with no disaster in the near future,
this section will gather lots of it. I
fact the farmers of this immedi.u
section plant plenty of corn as a gen?
eral thing and with the condition un?
der which we arc now laboring, it is
the one main crop that the farmers
of the South should look well to. We
are told that there arc fifteen hun?
dred million people in the world an I
four hundred million in Europe are
looking this way for their bread and
meat. Then add one hundred mil?
lion in this country to that number
and ere find one-third of the world's
population depending on the Ameri?
can people for sustenance.
Fnder such circumstances, it seems
to the writer that every man who pre?
tends to farm, should first consider
i
that he is a factor in supplying this
great mass of people with their food?
stuff and should make his plans ac?
cordingly.
We as farmers, must iccognizc the
fact that a large percent of the one ,
hundred million Americans arc non
producers of feeds and food, but are
consumers and the cry coming from
Europe for those necessities should
admonish us. that unless we give the
proper attention *o the situation wttil
a resolution individually and collec?
tively to make our farms and coun?
try self-supporting, we will have suf?
fering among our own people. This
cruel war is on us and no man can
tell when it will end; therefore we
should do everything in our power to
help push our course on to victory
and the lot which has fallen en tho
farmer of this country is to contribute
his bit in the way of something to
eat.
The situation now prevailing in
country and unless the premier suc?
ceeds in reestablishing order and sys
Russia is a problem worthy of very
serious thought by the people of this
country and unless the premier does
succed in reestablishing order and sys?
tem among his people, that they will
help prosecute this war to a near and
victorious conclusion, this country
will have to carry additional burdens
which will tax her to her financial
limit and I fear her food limit before
the end of the struggle.
Should the authorities now at tho
head of the Russian government fail
in their efforts being put forth In
trying to bring system and order out
of the chaos now prevailing; should
another revolution materialize, anoth?
er government organized and separate
peace made with Germany, the gra
neries of that broad and expansive
country opened up to the central al?
lies, the war would be prolonged to
an indefinite period, and the bur?
dens upon the people of this country
will grow in proportion to its enor?
mity and length. Mr. Farmer, pre?
paredness should be the watchword.
J. C. Dunbar.
Canadian Officers to Train Southern
Boys.
Our colleges in the South, realizing
the necessity of training the young
men who attend them for the respon?
sibilities of war are preparing to do
their bit. Dr. Robert E. Blackwell, of
Randolph Macon college. Ashland,
Virginia, was hi New York a few
days ago on his way from Canada
where he? had gone to obtain the ser?
vices of invalided Canadian officers
to act as drill masters at the college
next season.
In an interview he said that he
found two other college presidents
from the South on the same missio-i.
The three colleges had applied to th^
war department for officers, he said,
and finding that instructors could not
be furnished, they had gone to Can?
ada to secure the aid of men whJ
had seen service on the front but
who were physically unlit to return
to active service.
The idea is a new one. The col?
lege boys of the South will gladly
give up college athletics and devote
the time to military training if Capa?
ble InstUCtOrs can be found. The
plan to enlist the aid of our Canadian
neighbors is ? good one. The expe?
rience of these otlieers in front of the
German trenche makes them espe?
cially suited for this work of instruc?
tion, and the bringing of them to the
South will help to develop the friend?
ship and comradeship of the allied
countries.- Rpartanburg Journal.
Mr. W. S. Tisdale sold a h ad of to
baece on the Sumter market today
for an average of $.V?.0o per hundred,
lie sold .Mi pounds lor flTV.'O.