The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 01, 1917, Image 2
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* Comgflcio
jfuecow. Ali?. It.?At a third sit
of the Matronal Conference ,the
railway representatives said that the
4Ka%pavtatton system of the country
Sm ?ttetly dawrgealsed and unices it
It will osass completely
They lave warning
ess would be ter
a*Vd at the front, and
tarn oe the country
it excesses. The ex?
et railway workers,
I, caused a bis; part of
He?. .
Aleileff. former command
of Hie Russian army drew
the army under
poorly equipped, but
m warlike spirit, and tho
army well supplied, but
pehwned by Ill-applied
Tile soldiers maintained
for officers emit after the
of the government rightu
Re recited en Instance
twenty-eight officers, twenty
las toned officers, and two
marched to death, while tho
soldiers looked coldly on.
statement of Prince Kropatlk
MsMsea ?*!!l not bo proclaimed
federative republic brought a con
eVatien. other speakers de
ngelnet a separate peace were
iei.
ThooghtH.
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It tenet he disappointing Indeed to
woman who thinks she has mar
n ssan to real tee she has mar
a thing and that thing a mere
?h tgj t.
pretty miss of pretense said she
a rusty cat and accidentally told
ereta.
An empty wagon makes a lot of
Onoo there was a tailless hound
(that Is the way fairy tales
dry begin) about whom there
hangs a tale. When he wanted a
rabbit, he went to the woods, bawled
a bit. trail or no trail, calling the
othee dogs to the chase.
Then> he eat him In the shede on
interned expectation till they ran the
robbtt sett of the brier patch, when
ho nebbed it and stole away without
|(|0HjSjdj^0hfill^t?.true story about
e dawg. Hew about "The man. Men
net often like the two brothers In
the smithy; one did the blowing, the
fh* striking
are fruits; words ire only
that hi false In this world below
Itself In a love of show,
t nature hides her lash
In the purple black of a dyod
mustache.
That was the reason the old gray
recover i
ghs did
er had her tall in the air.
something you couldn't but
Me wouldn't have done hnc* her tall
been real."
"flic transit gloria mumti" to a
'great measure.
Only sagte* really scan.
m **Fty high If you alight In a bus
nerd's nest."
If you fry high you may fall there
be* you will never alight there.
Whet often heaps our kites from
Peering le some clog below.
"Extremes meet" said the stump to
the tree top that had fallen. "It is
tree." said the top "we ar? both on
the ground but i am still the full
length of the tree from you."
Where Is now the merry party
that camped at Dinklns' Mill last
T In Cam den we suppose.
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At lest cotton begins to open, and
work will be plentiful In this old
end then hard timen will be
Fodder pulling Is the ore er of the
Some folks will run around and
tell yoo to plant heavily In grain and
them run back and plant nearly all
la cotton.
Had not the drouKht, now on,
struck us we would have made nearly
a full crop of cotton. Our corn is al?
most splendid.
"Only remembered by what I have
done."
"The memory of the Just is bless?
ed."
Tom Williams' wife Ihn tie (colored)
Who lived Just srross the creek from
us Is gone, dying Tuesday. August 22.
and the world Is poorer.
Folks had better plant plenty of
fall truck, turnip*, rape, etc. How are
your fall tubers coming on?
Who knock* my country knoehs
me Shall i Just grin while he does
ht "Hagood."
ai'htri \ m:i:i?s coal.
Prssll. Hwltserland. Aug. 2?.?
Vienna dispatches nay that the Aus?
trian minister or public work*
st Mti...i the chamber of deputing by
saying thst the roal rrlsl? Is h+com
log vital. Twelve thousand, six hun
drsd miners have b??en brought Iwck
from the front to work the mint,
GOOD ROADS WANTED.
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Tfte People Who ose tlic Pnb.tr Hood*
Beginning to Realise the Cost of
Bad Hoods.
Rdttor Dally Item.
It Sems that the trend for building
good roads in Sumter county, Is taking
on new life, and aa you have tasted
the pleasures of good roads on your
recent drive In the boll weevil coun
try have also becomo an ardent ad?
vocate In that line. I hope that you
will keep on hammering at It until
the whole county will realize Its bene?
fits.
I am In favor of a substantial bond
issue, a special tax or anything that
will furnish money to build up goo 1
roads all over the county. There Ih
not another public Improvement that
will be so remunerative to the people
at large and bring In a larger return?
to Its citizens than good roads, and
no matter how large the outlay is
made, provided It is used judiciously
and with proper car? can be consid?
ered a waste or luxury.
Good roads will protect the faith?
ful horse. It will lengthen the ser
vlceablencss of vehicles, it will save
time for the farmer and the mer?
chant, it will4 Improve marketing con?
ditions, it will enlarge the facilities
for Intcr-communlcatlons, It will place
us all In closer relations to each
other, It will enhance the values of
our farms and homes and win Im?
prove our prosperity in innumerable
ways.
I have traveled on good roads and
had roads, and have taken notes in
ths difference' of fuels, time and
wear and. tear on machinery energy
and waste, and I have come to the
conclusion that good roads would be
worth $100 a year to me personally.
There are about 1,000 automobiles In
this county who are losing that much
every year. There are about 7,000
or more other vehicles In this county
to whom It would be a saving of
from $10 to $26 per year. This sav?
ing Is only from sctual operations,
not considering time, convenience,
pleasure and other features that go
with It.
There are about 660 miles of main
roads in Sumter county, and I am
told that good substantial sand clay
roads can be built In this county at
an average of $360 to $400 per mile,
but taking present prices of materials
and labor we may figure it at $500
per mile or an amount approximate?
ly $350,000. This amount on a
bond Issue at 5 per cent, on a 40 year
plan would tax Sumter county about
$15,000 per year for interest and re?
demption fund. On a direct levy
plan for t ay a ten year program of
$35.000. ire could build these roads
without paying Interest.
Now this amount will be greatly
reduced by adding to it the federal
fund which is available, and the di?
rect license tax of about $5,000 per
year which motor vehiclos are now
paying In Sumter county. By not
disturbing the present available funds
for road purposes, which are to be
used for the general upkeep of the
roads, we would have the best kept
roads In the State, If not In the coun?
try, and In keeping with city im?
provements and Sumter's reputation.
The city of Sumter has spent over
$300,000 In its pavements, and I am
glad to siy, you can not find a single
person In Sumter that would have the
old streets back by paying him three
times the amount of extra taxes he
Is paying
The orly one that would object to
improvements on account of the
higher rate of taxes Is the ignoramus,
tha chronic kicker, the pessimist and
the slacker who always looks for
somebody else to do his duties and
furnish him with charity pies. A
reasonable and honest person Is al?
ways willing to pay for what ho gets
?his personal needs, as well as his
share of public responsibilities, where
he lives, enjoys and prospers.
I understand, and wo all under?
stand, that thore Is no opposition to
good roads, the only thing remaining
to be done Is to got busy and do
something. Let us have good roads
or shut up. You Mr. Editor, are talk?
ing to the people daily through your
columns, knowing their wishes and
aspirations, can not you deviso some
method by which wo can go to work
I Instead of talking?
Respectfully.
S. L, Krasnoff.
FOlR SONS l.\ ARMY.
Quartet of Ollicers Crom Spartanburg
Family.
Sparenburg. Aug. 28.-?Mrs. J. A.
Brice of this city has four suns in
the I'nlted States army Three art
serving as enptains ami one as sec?
ond lieutenant. Her two eldest sons
are graduates of West Point, nnd one
of them, Cnpt. .Taines Brief? Is In the
regular army at Fort Sill, Okla.
('apt. PresHley llrlee is Stationed St
? Paso. Texas. Capt. Charles Hrire
in a Rhodes scholarship graduate, Was
commissioned at Fort Oglethorpe add
Is stationed at Fortress Monroe. The
youngest son. laither Briee. received
a commission as second lieutenant.
SEED BED FOR WHEAT. | |
Improperly Prepared S<ill May Result
In Poor Stand, and Loss or Entire
Investment, S|>oclalists Point Out.
Washington. Aug. 27.?"Make the
seed bod lit for the seed. Oo not
'intern' wheat worth $:: or a bush?
el for seed purposes in a condition of
soil impossible for germination."
That precaution is urged by the
United states Department of Agricul?
ture on all farmers who contem?
plate sowing the high-priced seed of
a high-priced food this fall. To plant
socd on poorly prepared land not only
wastes the seed that does not germi?
nate, the specialists point out, but it
may mean the loss of an ontire in?
vestment If a paying stand is not ob?
tained.
A seed bed for wheat must be
firm, moist, and well compacted be?
neath with a mellow, finely divided
upper three inches of soil, the spec?
ialists advise. If wheat is grown in
rotation with oats or after wheat, the
stubble should be plowed to a depth
of at least 7 inches immediately after
harvesting the preceding crop of
grain. The ground should be har?
rowed within a few hours after plow?
ing and cultivation with harrow, disk,
drag, or roller should be given as
necessary thereafter until planting
time. These operations are necessary
to kill weeds, to settle and make
firm the subsoil, and to maintain a
soil mulch on the surface. The earl?
ier the preparation of a seed bed for
wheat is started the better the con?
dition of the soil will be at planting
time. Late plowing does not allow
time for thorough preparation.
If a cultivated crop precedes wheat,
frequent cultivation given to this crop
will preserve moisture and maintain
a soil mulch. If level cultivation has
been practiced, a good seed bed easily
can bo prepared by disking and har?
rowing after removing the crop. How?
ever, if weeds aro present, It may be
advisable to plow shallow, the disk
preceding and following the plow.
Early plowing followed by thor?
ough tillage aid In catching the water
which falls and In conserving this and
the water already in the soil for use
by the wheat plants. The firm seed?
bed under the mulch thus made en?
ables the young plants to make use of
the subsoil waters which rise when
there is a perfect union between the
plowed soil and the subsoil. Sufficient
moisture is thus assured for the ger?
mination of the seed and for the early
fall growth of the seedlings, a very
importanti consideration. Plant food
is also likely to be more abundant in
the soil when such methods are em?
ployed.
If the importance of thorough til?
lage were more generally recognized
and proper methods of seed-bed
preparation were more widely em?
ployed throughout the so-called hu?
mid areas, thaie would be less fre?
quent losses from drought and better
wheat crops would result, the depart?
ment specialists declare. In this area
the mistake is often made of thinking
there will always be moisture enough
present for a maximum crop growth,
with the result that short crops often
are obtained where more attention to
moisture conservation would have as?
sured good yields.
GREEK SHIP TORPEDOED.
Vessel Loaded with Grain Sunk b>
U-boat.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 28.?The
Greek steamship Nea-Ellas, of 3,5 lr<
tons, gross, from Baltimore May 20.
with a cargo of grain for Italy, was
sunk June 9 in the Mediterranean by
a German submarine, according to
William White, a member of the crew
who arrived here today on a French
steamer. No lives were lost, White
said, the ship was sunk by gunfire,
after the crew had taken to lifeboats.
They were picked up by a French
cruiser and landed at Saloniki.
BRITISH STEAMSHIP SUNK.
Fate of Crew of the Mahla Unknown.
Boston, Aug. 28.?The sinking of
tho British steamer Malda, which Icf.
an American port on August ID, was
reported in a cablegram received here
today by the Cunard line. No de?
tails were given as to the fate of the
crow.
The Malda, under charter to the
Cunard line, had made only one voy
ago to this country, and was a ves?
sel of 7,88 4 gross tons.
PROTEST AGAINST DRAFT.
Petition Presented by Yaiuainun Re?
ferred to Committee.
Washington, Aug. 28.?A protest
against the draft law signed by
nearly 1,000 residents of Webster
and adjoining counties of Mississippi
was presented to the senate today by
Senator Vardaman and referred to
the military committee.
Tendon, Aug. 2:i.?Earl Gray, a
former governor general of Canada
' died today after u long illness.
YOItK COUNTY LYNCHING.
Zell Bolln and Dick Nor man Charged
With Complicity in York Lynching.
York, Aug. 27.?Two more men,'
Zell Bolin, white, aged 25, and Dick
Norman, white, aged 23, have been
committed to jail on the charge oi
complicity In the lynching of W. T.
Sims, the negro preacher, near York
Thursday morning. The other men
n Jail on the same charge are Fred
Penninger. white, and Frank Twitty,
Bill Sanders and Tom Sanders, ne?
groes.
The inquest, resumed in the court
house this morning before Coroner
McManus after an intermission since
Thursday, was this afternoon ad?
journed until next Monday in order
that additional evidence may be ob?
tained. No facts that would estab?
lish the identity of the perpetrators
of th crime were brought out at the
session held today.
Several members of Sims' congre?
gation told of the disagreement be?
tween Sims and Bill Sanders, treas?
urer of St. John's Baptist Church,
which resulted in Sanders' dismissal.
They gave a positive and emphatic
denial to the report that Sims was
at any time guilty of prejudicing th
minds of the negroes against the
whites, stating that they had never
heard him make any statement about
white people of a disrespectful or
hostile nature. One witness testified
that he had told his congregation to
"be polite and show your raising
when dealing with the white peo?
ple." Bill Sanders, the dismissed
deacon, was represented by one wit?
ness as having said that if the con?
gregation of St. John's did not get
rid of Sims he would get help and
do it himself.
Isaiah Williams, a negro, who lived
a short distance from the home of
Bob Burrls, where Sims was stopping
the night of the tragedy, told of the
departure of two automobiles in the
direction of Hickory Grove after Sims
had been disposed of. Williams said
he followed the crowd at a little dis?
tance In the dark in an effort to as?
certain whether they were whites or
negroes and to see if he could recog?
nize any voices. He was unsuccessful
in this, however, and heard only two
names called, "Shorty" and "Big
One." Burris declared that the crowd
beat Sims, ordered him to run and
then shot him, this being repeated
several times, after which Sims fell
and was evidently unable to rise.
The widespread interest in the case
was evidenced today by the crowd
that gathered for the Inquest, every
available seat in the court room being
occupied, while the audience over?
flowed into the aisles and windows.
Solicitor J. K. Henry of Chester
was present and heard all the testi?
mony.
KERSHAW TO BUILD BRIDGE.
Contract Let for $03,000 Structure
Across \v%tcrcc. J
Camdeti, Aug. 28.?Kershuw Coun- .
ty yesterday through its county com- ,
mission let the contract for construc?
tion of a steel bridge with concrete 1
piers to Austin Bros., of Dallas, Tex?
as, at a cost of $ 93,000.
Frank & Pinner of Norfolk, Va.,
were the consulting engineers. The
only other bid was a conditional bid
by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Co.
The new structure will span the
Wateree near the mouth of Twenty
flvo Mile Creek, ono mile and a-half
north of the old location, necessitat?
ing construction of one mile of new
roadway on the cast approach. The
right of way was donated by George
T. Little.
Tho work on the new bridge will f
commence within 20 days and the
entire bridge is to be completed with?
in 12 months.
An approach of 900 feet of creosot
ed timber trestle work will have to
be constructed on the east side with
1,4 2t> feet on the west side.
This is ono of the most important
highways on tho Washington to At?
lanta Highway and tho early comple?
tion of this structure will be good
news to travelers over this road.
WAR PROFITS TAX.
Senate Finance Committee Agrees to
Increase Levy.
Washington, Aug. 29.?The senate
finance committee has agreed to
amendments carrying war profits
taxes of thirty-three percent in place
of the present provisions for twen?
ty-six per cent. This change was to
meet the radical movement^ for
greater taxation of wer profits. Tin
war profits taxes under the agreement
will yield a third of the bill's total.
Senator Shields argued that peri?
odicals caused the deficit In second
class postage. He Is satisfied the news?
papers pay fully for the service re?
ceived.
A number of officers of the Train?
ing Camp left for Columbia this
morning and the of hers will go over
on the evening train, as they hnve
orders to report at Camp Jackson O'
the 29th.
SAW SUBMARINES BATTLE.
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Ship Captain Tells How British Sunk
U-Bout.
An Atlantc Port, Aug. 27.?The de?
struction of a German submarine with
all hands by a British submarine in
the Atlantic ocean was described here
today by the captain of a British
steamer which was torpedoed by
the enemy submersible. The trader,
which was attacked on a voyage
from this country to a British port,
returned here after being repaired
abroad.
According to the captain, the com?
mander of the German submersible
attacked the British merchantman
by tiring his deck guns when the
torpedo failed to sefid her to the
bottom. The traders' crew, who had
taken to the open boats, witnessed
the. arrival of the British submarine
and its attack on the German u-boat,
which was broken in two and sunk by
a torpedo from the British undersea
craft.
Aberdeen, Md., Aug. 30.?Seven
wore killed and two hurt when a
Pennsylvania train hit a wagon
load of tomato pickers going to work
this norning.
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Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalwer.
Prompt Attention to Day and
Night Calls.
At 0. J. CRAM Did Stand. N. Main.
Phones: Sf^Si
Eveiything in the Building Line
AH Kinds of Feed
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\ A checking-account with a bank is a great !
? convenience; not only to the business and prof es- j
f sional man, but to the farmer as well. More peo
l pie would keep such accounts if they knew just
J how to go about it. We gladly assist those who
j need help in getting started.
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All hats are off to the men on the
firing line who are defending our
country's honor with their lives.
All hands are outstretched to those
at home who are enlisted in the great
cause of increased production and
greater thrift.
Our complete facilities are at the
command of the business men of
this community.
We invite conference.
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