The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 25, 1917, Image 5
mar"
M.^nd Mm. N. L. Oregg snd ohll
ItM of Norfolk. V?., art visiting the
SafcnUy.af Mr. A. D. Ores*.
Mi Perry Moses and family have
returned from summer home > on
Mawtey's Island.
'.'.Lst'Ut. W. U JleCotchen is spendin?
a <?? days pith relatives at his old
hasse In wtlllerasburK county.
Dr. J. A. Mood has gone to his
summer home at Murrell's Inlet to
spend a brief vacation.
.Mr* Held Ard and children have
retaraed from a vfait to Shady pale.
Oa>
-Dv J. H. Morse has gone to Sua
.asjehanaa. Pa., to spend two weeks.
JMfftYC. T. Mason and Mrs. E. K
mar sad children left last night for
and New York.
Willie Bultman has returned
*rom New York.
v&r Milton Weinberg has gone to
Kew York for a months stay.
.Mr. Qeo. Q. Tweed has returned
fresn Philadelphia,
r Mr. .Jake Weinberg, of Manning.
la the city yesterday.
.Mrs. C. W. .Crouser has gone to.
Mtt Airy. N. C, to spend sometime
will then go to White Sulphur
Ipeiags and Merryvllle, Tsnn.
,Mr. P. W. Walker has gone to his
eld home In Wellston. Ohio, to spend
Uret week*
Mi si .Mary Branson of Florence is
vtjagdag Mies U>i*Jee Carson.
? Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brock, of Vir?
ago etattlng Mrs, Rose Jsnklos.
Mr. and Mrs. Neill O'Ponnell. ac
i??d ay Mkts Louise CT>on
aaU* have sjwae on a motor trip to
of North Carolina.
Wfa Weaver has gore to Mt.
Airy. N. C. and White Sulphur
to epepd als weeks.
Miss Anne Carroll, of Ben net ts
vilto. la visiting Miss Bess Hood st 201
******
Mftw Alice Btubbe. of Knoxvllle.
?WA*.. who (hast been vtsting her ahv
tgr^Mra. W. Y. Spann, returned to her
this saorping. She was ac-|'
by Mrs. Spann, who will
for seme time.
Mr. J. fM. Bajrwiek and two little |
da/e^hlari have returned from
JlbeJlMirton. D. C. after a pleasant
vbjft, to hie sister. Mn Ieadore Man-11
Th#V ware accompanied by'1
Mr- Berwick's nephew. Johnl? Man
"1
8. J. snd J. M. Blackmon. 1
of Kemnaw. are -visiting their sister. 1
Mrs. O. H. McKagen
Mr. F. B Creech has gone to
Charleston to join the army as field 11
c>rk of the Southeastern Division.
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Wilder hayve
to flslgj^s. R C. to spend
sometime.
Miss Maria Mlchaux has gone to 1'
Montgomery. Ala., to visit the family
of .Mr. J. E Brogdon.
IMBATH.
MeMahan Passes Away.
Columbia. Aug. 23.?Miss Annie|
MeMahan. for more than 30 years a
resident of Columbia, a sister of
John J MeMahan and Miss Uly H.
MeMahan. passed awsy yesterday
metnlng near t o'clock at her home.
Itll! Pendleton street. Miss MeMahan
had been 111 for a week and died of
heart failure
Mum MeMahan was born near
Btrother. In Fslrfield county. Her
mother was Mrs. Susan N. MeMahan.
who died here In 1896. 8ns was
Miss Haynsworth of Sunder before
her marriage and was the aunt of
William H Uyles and Mrs. M. U
Klnsrd.
sites McMahsn was a woman of
steiJUig qualities She pose seed mark?
ed Intellectual ability and moral f,orce.
She was essentially a homemaker and
delighted In the pursuit of her duty.
She wsa welt known for her high
tTPO ef Christian character snd her
charming q us h ties as a hostess and
companion
The funeral cervices will bo con
dueled by the Bev. C. K. Burts. D.
D. at the First Baptist Church at 1 30
o'clock this afternoon.
Tobacco Market to Close.
Glenn's Tobseco Warehouse will
close for the season of It 17 on Auk
net jltth. Those who have tobacco
for sale should bring it to the
warehouse on or before the day of
ei?etag. As always the highest prices
will be paid at this wsrehouse every
day until the close of ths keason.
1 J. W. OliENN.
Ths public ginners of the county
held a meeting today at the Chamber
of Commerce and adjourned to meet
4gam at 11 o'clock Tuesday next,
Aug. Ilth. at the Chamber of Com?
merce. All ginners sre requested to
attend this meeting ss mstters of con.
siderahls importance are to be con
Timely Comment on the Condition of
Public Road* In Snmter Comity.
Editor The Dairy Item:
Some months ago when a commit?
tee waited on the County Commis?
sioners to urge better roads to 1 the
tobacco section, we were told that the
White truck: and trailers were bought
to transport road material frpm such
beds as we have In various sections
to the parts of the roads where, the
soil is too loamy for road build?
ing. I told the board that If thai
purpose was carried out they would
be justified in the purchase of this
outlt. and that there are two beets of,
as fine road material as there is in
the State on this side of Black Riv?
er In sufficient quantity to surface
all the roads for miles around, and
that tl could be bought at a reason?
able price. The road from Mayeaville
to the county tine at the Molse farm
and from Scottsvllle to Shlloh epule*
be made a turnpike with very little
hauling from the material alongside
the roadway. The Shiloh and Trlnit\
roads can be made turnpikes fron
the gravel about Spring branch. >Th?
road from McBridb's to Sumter anr
up and down the Brewlngton road
from gravel on the east hill of Black
River. ,
Id a recent editorial about th?
boll weevil trip and the fine roa 1 j o;
Georgia you mentioned a gravel bee'
In th* Stateburg section that woul?
surface all the roads of the county
It is a pertinent inquiry to nsV,
why this truck and trailers are noi
put to this permanent road build in*
for which the board said they were
bought7 Why the truck and scraper:
were put on the road toward the to
bacco country on the 8th making i
almost impassable until the rains o
Sunday and yesterday? I drove ove
It before It was recently scraped ane
since it was scraped, and not untl
yesterday was it as good as it was th
d*sy before the scraping. Surely I
Mr. White would drive his Ford ove
this road before and after scrapim
he would never again commit th
folly of scraping it.
I know of much tobacco that ha
gone to Manning, five or six milei
further, and to Timmonsvllle, tei
miles further, largely on account o
the road from Black River to Sumter
How much goes to other places fron
Buddins and Turbevllle because o
bad roads and no direct route te
Dabbs-McBrlde cross roads, it is Im
possible to say. Some of these to
bacco men say: "Sumter is the bes'
town to trade In, but its tobacco mar
ket Is not as good as the others, an?
the road is too much worse." A gen
tleman from another county was witl
me on Thursday afternoon and sah
be did not know what we wer
thinking about to tolerate such i
road on a main highway leading t?
such a city as Sumter. We passe?
a member of the county board wit)
his family, and my companion re
marked: *T do not see what he take
his family out on such a road as thi*
for."
We are told there is no road ma
terlal on this road. I think if the:
would ditch for it, as has been don
in three places, a fairly good roa<'
could be built, and I know that witl
Black River gravel It can be mad*
as good as Liberty Street by Ken
nedy's saw mill.
The road from Dabbs-McBrld'
Cross roads to Buddins' has becT
surveyed and cut out and can be
opened for traffic cheaper than th
Shlloh-Trlnlty roads were built. i>
is tho most direct route from Sumtei
to Turbevllle and will cut off ahou
three miles of the distance. It fol
lows slmost the same course as th<
proposed railroad. We are rlghtl>
making preparation for the boll wee
vll, and the leaders of finance lr
Sumter ought to see that transportn
tlon will be more a factor of pro
gress under the new agriculture
when more bulky fertilisers will be
used and more bulky produce will !??
marketed than at presnt. Of course
we country people can live way oP
from lines of railroad and with pool
public roads, but we will furnish
much lees business for the city people
to live off than if we have railroad
and public roads that keep us in close
touch with the cities. So that really
this In perhaps more of the city's
problem than the country's.
In mentioning what was told mo
about Sumter's being the best town
I to trade In I should have called at?
tention to this fact: A farmer will
not sell his produce in one market
and let his wagons go home empty,
to buy in another market, where the
extra hauling will offset the differ?
ence In price, but you will find that
he does most of his trading in the
town he sells in. This is perfectly
natural, and I do not doubt that
Sumter loses nnnunlly enough protlU
to build the railroad and the public
roads to this section.
R. W. Babbs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Balr hnve re?
turned home after spending tho
week-end at Savannah and Tybee
Beach.
f M-!**4fc?i
wilson Shirs levkl FOR BIT
vminois AT pus where IT
is produced, i ,
Next Step in Government Activity to
Meet Problem Will be Establish?
ment of PViees (or Retailers and
Middlemen?To Name Controller.
Washington, Aug. 21.?Bituminous
coal prices were llxed by President
Wilson tonight for every mine in the
United States. The next step in coal
control, a White House announce?
ment said, will be to tlx the prices
to be charged by middlemen and re?
tailers.
Prices were set on cost of produc?
tion estimates furnished by the fed?
eral trade commission after months
of exhaustive Investigation. Tht
country is divided into 29 districts
and every producer in a district will
market his output at the same price.
The president is expected to ap?
point soon a coal administrator who
will be given entire control of tht
<oal industry. Rumor tonight named
President H. A. Oarfleld of Williams
College as the man. Mr. Garfleld
now heads a committee appointed by
the president to fix a government
price for wheat. The wheat commit?
tee probably will be dissolved Septem?
ber 1.
The price asked for run of mim
coal in the large producing districts
averages slightly more than $2. In
i few districts they are below that
figure and in the western territor.v
they are higher. Washington State I:
highest with $8.26.
The president's statement said.
"The following scale of prices if
orescrlbed for bituminous coal at th<
nine in the several coal producini
districts. It is provisional only. P
is subject to reconsideration wher
rhe whole method of administering
he fuel supply of the country shali
have been satisfactorily organized
Subsequent measures will havo a:
heir objects fair and equitable con?
trol of the distribution of the supplj
ind of prices not only fit the mines
but also in the hands of the middle?
men and the retailers.
"The prices provisionally fixed
here are fixed by me under the pro?
visions of the recent act of congress
regarding administering the food sup?
ply of the country which also con?
ferred upon the exective control of
the fuel supply. They are based up?
on the actual cost of production and
ire deemed to be not only fair and
just but liberal as well. Under them
the industry should nowhere lack
dimulatlon.
MAY STILL ENLIST.
War Department Ruling Applies to
Men on Registration List Await im.'
Draft.
Washington, Aug. 22.?The war de
partment ruled today that a man on .
the registration list for the draft, but
not yet actually called to appear be?
fore the draft board for examination,
may enlist in any branch of the
irmy or navy of the United States.
After he has been called to appear
before the board, however, he has
no such option, but must await the
process of the draft.
CROPS ARE BUFFERING.
Dry Weather Hurting Cotton and
Corn.
Sustained drought in the greater
portion of the State is proving ex?
ceedingly detrimental to crops, par?
ticularly cotton, late corn, sweet po?
tatoes and gardens The sappy con
dtlons of the cotton is causing the
crop to suffer severely. Of the con?
ditions obtaining in the State, Rich?
ard H. Sullivan, meteorologist in Co?
lumbia, says:
?Except in favored sections of tho
Western and Northwestern portions,
where generous showers have occur?
red, the dry weather of the past week
has been detrimental to all crops. Cot?
ton has deteriorated materially in
considerable portions of the Eastern
and Southern counties, with some
complain' of rust and shedding;
picking has begun in sections of the
coastal plain. Late corn Is turning
prematurely In large areas; fodder
pulling has become general. Timely
copious rains are now needed for all
vegetation, especially late corn, sweet
potatoes and other Held truck, gar?
dens, forage crops and pasturage, and
would greatly Improve a very large
portion of the cotton crop. Semi
drought has reduced the visible sup?
ply of vegetables, but canning ami
prosrving continue. The tobacco
harvest Is completed."
RUMTKR COTTON MARK KT
P. C. BOWMAN, CcMon Buyer.
(Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon
Good Middling 23 1-2.
Strict Middling 23 2-8.
Middling 23 1-4.
Strict Low Middling 23
I Low Middling 22 5-8.
BRITISH DRIVE ATTAINED DEFI
II . NITE SUCCESS.
Heavy Fighting in Progress on All
Tho Fronts?'Italians Continue Ad?
vance on isou/o? Russians Driven
Back.
Definite successes for the British
in the Ypres section in yesterday's
battle, tho result of which was some?
what obscure yesterday, owing to the
stiff German resistance, were record?
ed today. Whatever gain the British
made in this sector it is expected
must be fiercely fought for, owing to
the nature of the defenses of the
Teutons and their anxiety to hold
their positions at all costs.
The Italians report that they ar<
continuing their advance in the great
offensive against the Austrians, in?
creasing the number of prisoners to
ixteen thousand. Furious fighting con?
tinues on the Isonzo front. Rome
reports further gains on both the
northern and southern wings.
Petrograd reports that the Russians
have been forced to retire in the
face of the German offensive on the
line where the Teutons delivered an
intense artillery fire.
Fighting on the Verdun front is
dying down. The French objectives
north of the stronghold were appar?
ently attained.
The retreat of the Russians on the
northern front has amounted to five
miles. The Germans give very few
details. It is not known whether the
Teutons expect to sustain an offensive
in the north. Attacking is ever ex?
ceedingly difficult ground.
GERMANS ATTACK HOSPITAL.
Aviator Drops Bombs on Hospitul Be?
ll 1ml Verdun.
French Front, Aug. 23.?Bomb'
dropped by German aviators on hos?
pitals behind Verdun killed ten
wounded men, one woman nurse 19
male nurses and wounded many. The
nurses had Just completed dressing
the. wound:; of 180 Germans. The hos?
pital was so marked on the roof that
the aviators could not have mistaken
the building they attempted to de?
stroy.
INFLICT GREAT LOSSES.
Udine, Italy, Aug. 23.?The enemy
losses during the first two days of
the Italian advance has been 30,000
in killed, wounded and prisoners.
MEN WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
An Opportunity to Secure Im port aid
Posts for Service in France.
Charleston, Aug. 22.?Wm. V
Howard, Director of Employment,
Charleston, S. C, has received the
following telegram from the U. S.
Employment Service:
"Give all possible publicity to fol?
lowing: Wanted by United States
Engineer Corps for service In Europe,
one hundred fifty clerks qualified as
stenographers and typewriters, type?
writers, book-keepers and general
clerks. Salary about one thousand
to twelve hundred per annum In ad?
dition to which rations, quarters,
medical and surgical treatment and
transportation will be furnished. Also
about fifty draftsmen, topographical,
architectural and mechanical, salary
fifteen hunderd to eighteen hundred
per annnin (dependent upon experi?
ence and qualifications) in addition to
rations, quarters and medical attend?
ance. Applicants not desired from
men of conscription age. Men de?
sired for service in about three
weeks. For further information ad?
dress Chief of Engineers, United
States Army, Washington, D. C."
Anyone who can qualify for any of
the positions enumerated in the to!c
grams above quoted should apply at
once to Mr. Wm. Vaughan Howard,
Room 30, Custom House, Charleston,
S. C. Those who are unable to ap?
ply personally should either telegraph
or write the ofiicer named with as lit
tie delay as possible, in order that
their applications may be sent in to
the Washington he. dquarters.
Attention is dUectOd to the fact
that these men are desired for im?
mediate service, it being more than
likely that within four weeks from
the date of application those accept?
ed will be on theh way to Europe.
No civil service examinations will
be required for the positions to be
filled. Attention is further directed
to the fact that applications are pot
desired from men of conscription age.
This Is a great opportunity for men
qualified along the lines indicated in
the telegram to go to Europe and
rentier equal service for their country
With those who enter the trenches.
Applicants should write address
plainly and send application in du?
plicate
The HartOVlUe Boy Scouts who are
encamped at Pocalla are reported to
he having a very pleasant outing and
Having tine sport fishing and swim
I hiing in the lake.
DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS AMONG
TEUTONIC ALLIES ON PEACE.
Austria Anxious to End War Now. on
Papal Terms, While Germany
Wants More
Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 22 (Brit?
ish Admiralty per Wireless Press).?
In diplomatic circles the passage in
the speech of Dr. George Michaelis,
the German chancellor, in which he
said: "Notwithstanding efforts to
hasten a decision it has not yet been
possible for Germany to agree with
her allies concerning a joint reply to
the papal note," is interpreted as in?
dicating a difference of opinion be?
tween Berlin and Vienna and also
between Vienna and Sofia.
Austria, according to reports, de?
sires complete acceptance of the pa?
pal note whereas Germany wishes
only conditional acceptance and Bul?
garia demands public assurance by
her allies that she may annex the
territories now occupied by her.
The text of the speech delivered
yesterday by Chancellor Michaelis
before the rcichstag main committee
has not been received. Cabled sum?
maries of the speech said the chan?
cellor had informed the committee
that Germany would not reply to the
papal note until she had consulted
her allies, but there was no intimation
that difficulties had been encountered
in reaching an agreement.
SUITS VIENNA'S VIEWS.
Much of Pope's Proposal Found Ac
cooptablo
Copenhagen, Aug. 22.?The Vienna
Reichspost says it has reliable infor
matlon that the pope's peace note iff
in absolute harmony with the ainu
of the monarchy. Austria-Hungary
according to the paper, is willing te
evacuate occupied territories and re?
nounce claim to indemnities once tin
pope's ideas of disarmament, inter?
national arbitration and freedom o*
the seas are guaranteed and world
peace is carried out but all the con
sequences deducted from the pope's
proposals must be understood to in?
clude therein: Namely, the disap
pearance of the British naval base:
at Gibraltar, Malta, and the Sue?
Canal and also the Italian abandon?
ment of Volona.
PERU SENDS UI/TIMATUM.
Hamburg Prize Court Recently Re?
fused Damages.
Amsterdam, Aug. 22.?The Berlin
Vossische Zeitung announces thai
Peru has sent an ultimatum to Ger
many.
The Hamburg prize court reeontlj
refused damages to the owners of tin
Peruvian sailing vessel Lorton, which
was sunk by a German submarine on
February a off the coast of Spain. Th<
reason assigned by the court was thai
the Lorton, when stopped and asked
for her nationality, hoisted the Brit?
ish flag. It is also alleged that tin
Lorton was carrying contraband tr
England.
The Vossische Zeitung says that in
view of the threatening tone of Pe
ru's note, the Imperial German chan
cellor has ordered the Hamburg de?
cision referred to the upper prize
court at Berlin for final adjudication
Recent advices from Lima showed
that the tension between Peru and
Germany aver the sinking of the
Lorton was high. Peru, it was an?
nounced, had declined the offer ol
Germany to submit the question to B
prize court. Peru insisted that the
sinking was unjustified and that Ger?
many pay the damages and also an
indemnity. The Chamber of Depu?
ties unanimously approved the en?
ergetic handling of the Lorton case
by the Peruvian foreign minister. The
lorton was sunk last February inside
Spanish territorial waters.
MORE PAY THAN EXPECTED.
Uncle Sam to Pay Guardsmen at Rate
of Remuneration in Guard.
Washington, Aug. 2 2.?Officer! and
men of the National Guard, tie
comptroller of the treasury ruled to
day, are entitled to pay in the federal
service at the rate of their service in
the Guard. A third enlistment man
In the guard, for instance, is entitled
to third enlistment pay from the gov?
ernment. Thousands of officers and
men will by ttiis ruling receive more
pay than they expected.
Dentil.
From The Daily Item, Aug. 23.
Wilson, the sixteen-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Parker died
this morning at 11 o'? ok after a
brief ? illness. The funeral services
ami Interment will be conducted ;?t
Horeb church, Dalzell, at It,St to?
morrow. The funeral procession will
leave the house, 322 West Hampton
Avenue,, at 10.30 a. m.
Georgia Man Get! the Plum.
Washington, Aug. 23.?James T.
Newton, of Georgia, was nominated
today for commissioner of patents.
Do you know why you have s
headache, diabetes,, neuralgia, rheu?
matism and liver or kidney troubles?
It's because you are being poisoned
by products of your own body. Your
organs of elimination are not work?
ing properly. Waste material that
should be thrown out is being; retained
to poison and intoxicate your sy?Um?
That could not happen if the bowela
were kept open with Granger In er.
Regulator. This splendid preparation
is purely vegetable and nonalcoholic.
Demand Granger Liver Regulator at
your drug store?25c a box?and take
no other. There is nothing; "just aa
good,"
CALL FOR KMTTKRS
lfed broei Has Huri) Call for Knitted
Garments.
Editor Daily Item.
Our Red Cross Chapter has had an
urgent call from Washington for
knitted garments including sweaters,
sox, mufflers and wristlets for the
men of our new army.
We with to make nn appeal to
every patriotic woman in Sunder
County to aid in this their country's
Ii i st call for help. We believe that
there are a great mar y women in this
community who are anxious, in some
way, to do their duty if they only
knew some line of work that they
eould take up, so surely this is their
opportunity to be of real assistance to
their country by knitting their "bit."
The yarn for this purpose will, in
a few days, be on hand at our head?
quarters at the Y. M. C. A. and any?
one calling there for wool may re?
ceive instructions for measurements,
etc. for garments.
The work must be quickly done,
as the need is imperative. Winter is
coming on and we ask your earnest
assistance in helping us stir up sen?
timent enough among the women to
get them to work at once, so that
our boys at the front may not shiver
in the cold, thinking that they are
forgotten by the slackers at home.
Help us to show the world that t iere
are no slackers in America. That
we are all anxious and wilhng to do
our part to help in this great struggle
for right, even if it is only to knit
our -bit."
Thanking you for your cooperation,
I am,
Yours very truly,
Mary Wilson,
Secretary, Sumter Red Cross Chapter.
THK HARTSVILLi: SCOUTS.
The Roys arc Fn joying Their Stay at
Pocalla Springs.
Camp Reardon, Aug. IS.?Troop
No. 1, Boy Scouts of Hartsville, arriv?
ed at Pocalla Springs, Camp l^eardon.
Thursday, the ICth, inst. The troop
hiked from the train at Sumter, in
"double quick" time, all in good
shape, except one, one hundred and
seventy pounder. lie had to go in
on two wheels instead of two feet.
Camp Reardon (named for the
gentleman who was so thoughtful as
to procure the splendid camp site)
was soon in order, situated on a
beautiful hill overlooking the lake
and the first day end night wav tqient
without a special event except the
initiation of the "rookies."
Mr. Beck, the proprietor of Pocalla
Springs, has, and is now doing much
for the boys' pleasure. Free bathing,
fishing, and use of everything we
need for our pleasure.
The young men of Sumter gave our
troop a complimentary dance at the
springs Monday night. Such a time
we had. Each scout claims? a girl
now and, at least, one engagement
has been announced.
The troop has been invited to take
a part in the parade and banquet
given complimentary to the Sumter
Light Infantry Thursday. The boys
will be on hand with what they have
left of the best. The boys are beg?
ging to stary longer than first Intended,
They are cutting down the quantity
of eats. Artie only eats one loaf of
bread now, at first, one and a-half.
Jas. Carpenter,
Troop Scribe.
Omca Baptist Church.
Owing to the absence of Dr. J. A.
Brunson. who will be away on hi9
annual vacation foi four weeks, there
will be no services in Grace Baptist
Church during thai period, on Sun?
day or prayer meet lag; WedneeAsy
evenings, Sunday ichpei will be held
?s usual.
Geo. H. Hurst,
nones s#oaas*.
Prompt Attention to Oat and
Night Calls.
At 0 J. CK A 8 Old Stand. N. Main.
Phones: Itfft