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Ionian ana Soutjjroti FvblBBbed Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? 06TKKN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTKR, S. C. t ivniift: $1.50 per aiu um?in advance. Advertisements. One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 Kvery subsequent insertion.G<> Contracts for three months, or longer wtll be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub eerve private Interests will be charged for as advertiser ?out?. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged lor. Tbe Sumter Watchman was found? ed In I860 and the True Southron in 1816. Tbe Watchman and Southron aow has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and to manifestly the best advertising medl ira In Sum'er. Weekly Weather Forecast. For South Atlantic and East Gulf Statet: More or less cloudiness and occasional local rains, although most? ly fair over northern section. Tem? perature will be nearly normal. The sudden death of Hartwell M. Ayer. editor of The Florence limes. Thursday afternoon was a shook to the newspaper fraternity of the State, all of whom feel his death as a per? sonal loss. For more than twenty five years he was actively engaged in newer aper work, the greater part of that ime having been editor and publisher of the Florence Times. He gave the best years of his life to the betterment and upbuilding of his town, and now that ho has been call? ed h?nce. he will be greatly missed, for hi gave sincere and disinterested service and his time and ability were expended more for the benefit cf the community than for his own finan? cial or political advantage. His life was ons of real, constructive public service and his greatest reward was In tho consciousness of having given the best that was in him to make ? Florence and the State of South Car? olina a better and more wholesome place ia which to live. Cooperation Makes Life Worth While The September Womun's Home Companion says: "If you asked the folks who live around Oak Mound, Minnesota, if thsy find farming hard an . farm life: dull, they would laugh at you. That community has learned the secret of cooperative social life, with the school house as a community cen? ter. "The Oak Mound Farmers' Club is responsible for the building of this school house, and also for the con? tinuous series of educational pro? grams presented there. They conduct an open forum for discussion of the problems vital to the vicinity; they invlte competent speakers to come before them and discuss topics or world-wide interest; their young peo? ple give plays, und they have u sing ing society with more than fort) members. "Other cooperative ventures which have to do more with the business Interests of the community are a farmers' telephone line und a farm? ers* elevator at k ra<iucs, the nearest railroad stutlon. "The success of tho Oak Mound community is due to the fact that all work together, everyone helps, from the pastor of the church, who by the way, organized the singing society, to the school children of the first grades. The result Is u farming com? munity which bus most of the pleas? ures and none of the drawbacks of the city- and this, we believe, makes * state of existence which is very close to Ideal." Tho suirtlng Point. News and Courier. Heven tons of buncombe, says the Manufacturer's Itecord. arc shipped through the malls every day under congressional frunks. Isn't this a good place to begin In bringing about the proposed postal reform? Red Crow* Huppllc*. The Surnter Ited Cross Chapter has received ait acknowledgement of the receipt of srtlcles forwarded on August Vth. Mi W R Hush. Ah ststant Idrector of Southern IHm < i Dunau of Supplies writes: "Wc take this opportunity of commending you very highly for the beautiful work being turned out by your chapter " Miss F.llle Hi.ker has returned from a pleasant visit to friends and relatives In Charleston. PLAN ARTILLERY RANGE. GOVERNMENT REPORTE I > TO UK READY TO TAKE OVER TRACT OF 150,000 ACRES IN CHESTERFIELD COUN? TY. Tract Is Fifteen Miles Square und ts Not Employed to Any Extent, It is Said. Charleston, Sept. 17.?That the government is considering buying a large tract of land in the sand hills of South, or North, Carolina is re? ported here. Such a tract of land will be used as an artillery held for the men in training for the surround? ing territory, and several government agents and inspectors have been over several large tracts situated In Ches? terfield county and they are likely to report favorable. If such a report is made and the officials of the Wash? ington government buy, the transac? tion will Involve several hundred thousand dollars. Not only will there be a direct result of such a sale, bu' the whole country around Will benefit materially. A large field situated in North, o South, Carolina will be utilized as means of training the raw men in thv national army, and perhaps be usei also as a target Meld of the National Guard units that are to be trained a Spartanburg and other camps. The field would be in the sand h?ls and it is the plan of the army officials to secure fifteen square miles of land and it is said that a tract of these di? mensions has been offered and in? spected in Chesterfield County. If it meets the qualifications of the inspec? tors and is bought and developed into a target field, the men in the camps will probably take hikes to and from it and a large number of men can be trained In the arts of war in a short time in this way. Mr. W. R. Bonsai, well known rail? road builder and a controlling factor In the Valk A Murdoch Co., of Char? leston, Is reported to be one of the principal owners of the Chesterfield tract, which, it is said, Is not used to any extent at this time. The land? owners are reported to be ready to cooperate with the United States gov? ernment, either selling the property or leasing it for a term of years. The government, it Is stated, it< ready to purchase, or lease, the Chesterfield tract, the question Ol price being under active considera? tion at this tlir?. An officer, repre? senting the headquarters of the Southeastern Department, at Charles ton. has been in Chesterfield for I thorough Inspection of the 1 GO,000 acre tract. KERSHAW WOMAN SHOT. Mrs. Andrew Baker In Serious Condi? tion. Camden. Sept. 14.?Mrs. Estolle Baker, wife of Andrew Baker, resid? ing seven miles east of Camden. Ofa* found in an unconscious conditio): near her home today. A gunshoi wound In the hand and many blow Inflicted on her head with a blun Instrument caused the Injuries. Sigm of finger prints upon her throat indi? cated that she had been strangled the would-be murderer evident!: | leaving her for dead. Mrs. Baker was alone at tho tinu gathering grapes and tracks aroum' showed that she had stuggered i considerable distance. The shootln, is supposed to have occurred aboui 9 o'clock and sh~ was found four hours later by hcv sons. She w.r brought to the hospital here and been In an unconscious- condltloi since. Physicians hold out no hop? of her recovery. Sheriff Hough and deputies have been working on tin case all day, but no arrests have been made. COAST FEELS STORM. Strong Northeast Winds From Char I -sion to Nsntueket. Washington, Sept. 14.? -Strom, northeust winds along the North At lantlc Coast from Charleston to Nan tucket were forecast tonight by th? weather bureau, in announcing thai ?tOfni warnings had been posted be? tween thOOS points. The winds, which are expected to increase in force Sat? urday, have their origin in a disturb? ance which the bureau said was cT the Georgia and South Carolina coast tonight. There Is no additional information 101) tho recent tropical disturbance 111 l the Caribbean, the bureau announc e EFFECTS OF STORM. Wilmington ami WoMoo llallroa. Still Blocked. Wilmington. N. C. Sept. 17.?Dis rupted train schedules are the on)) remaining effects of the storm las week, which caused heavy crop dam? age and reported loss of 1 iv? ? in Mastern North Carolina, It will bff the latter part of the week before srrvlep Is resumed on the Wilmington and VVeb'on branch of the Atlant I' Coast Line, NO NEED FOR ALARM. Secretory McAiloo Toll* Southern Congressmen British Farm Loans Will be Arranged. Wushington. Sept. 17.?Secretary McAdoo told a delegation of South? ern congressmen that tin re is no need of alarm over the prospective withdrawal of ten million British pounds invested in farm land mort? gages. The government will probab? ly ask England not to call for the money. GERMANY THANKS SWEDEN. Imperial Government is Appreciative of Services. London, Sept. 17.?Germany has sent a note to Sweden regretting the disagreeable issues raised 0*1 account of Sweden having transmitted tele? grams to Germany, according to the Stockholm correspondent of the Cen? tral News. Germany says the Im? perial Government is obliged to Sweden for sending the messages, but regrets that German representa? tives used the phraseology they did. tolMThilt COTTON MAJtatfeT. R O. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyor. .Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon.) Good Middling 19 7-8. Strict Middling 19 3-4. Middling 19 5-8. Strict Low Middling 19 3-8. Low Middling 19. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. * es' dys MSStSl ?neu irfiw Clone Close Oct . . 20.30 20.41 20.12 20.33 Dec . . 20.17 20.29 19.95 20.18 Jan . .20.10 20.21 19.86 20.12 Cheap Dread a Calamity. When the organ of the baking in? dustry proclaims the imminence of the 5-ccnt loaf and appeals to the trade to save itself from such a ca? lamity, it is evident that bakers in considerable numbers are convinced that a return to the old standard Is possible and desirable. Tho plan to produce a 5-cent loaf is spoken of a a "danger" resulting from the fact that some bakers "do not know how to figure," and it is said that unless the Association of Master Eakcrs takes drastic action at its forthcom? ing meeting, there will be "nothing to hinder short-sighted men from baking 5-cent loaves and thereby in? juring themselves and tho entire in? dustry." What a trade paper say:; about prices does not bind the inter? ests for which it assumes to speak, but the Department of Justice can hard? ly fail to note with care the effect of this advice upon the master bakers Men who are planning to produce 5-cent loaves are acting within their rights. To head them off by Intimi dation or combination will be to vio? late the letter of many laws and tc antagonize tho whole theory of food administration.?New York World. Opening of City Schools. The public schools of the city open? ed this morning promptly on time with a very large enrollment. All or' the teachers were struck with th< especially vigorous and healthy ap pearance of the pupils. The buy. and girls both looked as if they were unusually ready for hard and suc? cessful work. At the Boys' High School building the anticipation of a very large number of boys for the seventh grad ? was realized and there were nearly titty boys present for this grade on the opening day. A room for this anticipated contingency had beer, reserved at the Calhoun school build? ing and the services of Miss Margaret Cheyne ve been procured tempor? arily. Miss Cheyne is a Winthrop graduate with several years' experi? ence as a teacher of the seventh grade. The Board was, therefore, fortunate in being able to procure her services for this emergency. The atmosphere of earnestness and zeal gives promise of an excellent year's work and it seems to be the purpose of ?he teachers and pupils to make this the most telling year's work In the history of the schools. Community Fairs. a meeting will lie held at Lynch burg School House on Monday night, September 84 th at S o'clock for th purpose of organizing a community fair to be held in October <?r eat!; November, ah those residents <>' that section of Leo county who SI % interested in the movement are ln? Vlted to attend the meeting. E2I1 lot I has already formed a con. munlty fair organisation and the fail will be held in 1 October. These community fairs ar?- auxill arlei of the Lee County fair ant will undoubtedly arouse meat inter est in the County Fair and will con tribute largely to the variety of ex hlbltiv and the success of the Count? Fair at nishopvllle. GRAIN SMUTS DECREASE YIELDS. Increase Production or Grains By Simple Seed Treatment With Fun? gicides. Clcmson College, Sept. 11.? There was a loss of live to ten qa v cent of our small grain crop.-, In thin 'State last year clue to smuts. These smuts may be destroyed very easily by seed treatment. Due to the fact that grains are of very great im? portance at this time, and in most cases seed from last year's crop is to be used, it is urged that the seed be treated before planting. To prevent smuts of wheat, oats And barley use only the very best seed obtainable, and before treating be sure to try to have the seed passed through a fanning mill to re? move light imperfect kernels and any smut balls that may not have been removed at the time of threshing. For chemical treatment of seed the following methods are mo.it effective: (1) Take an old molasses or oA barrel, clean well, and till about two-j thirds full of formalin solution?one pint of formaldyehydc to forty gal- j Ions of water. Place about a bushel of seed in a bag and tie near the top so the s*eed will have free move-1 ment within the bath. Allow sach bag to soak In the solution for ten or fifteen minutes. After treating from fifteen to twenty bushels a new solution should be prepared. As fast as the sacks of seed are treated and allowed to drip, they should bo emptied from the bags in u pile, and allowed to remain over night. The seed should then be planted at once or dried to prevent damage. (2) Place the seed in a pile or. a floor or in one end of a wagon body, and as- you gradually shovel from one pile to a new one the seed should be sprinkled with the formal? dehyde solution. The shoveling and sprinkling of the seed should be re? peated until the seed arc thoroughly damp. Then place damp bags over the piles of seed and allow to re? main over night. The former treatment Is prefer? able and gives better results as the seed are more likely to be thorough? ly wet. The above methods may be varied by the use of bluestone (one pound of blucstor.e to four or five gallons of water) instead of formal? dehyde. The bluestone solution Us likely, however, to prove more in? jurious to germination, especially oat seed. Materials for making the so? lutions may be purchased at an) drug store. FARMS FOR SALE in Sumter and Clarendon Counties. *?H Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; 4'J acres in hi;:li state of cultivation; well drained; one four room hou "C. barn and stablos. Splendidly located with good neighbor* Call get artesian water. 7:? Acres on public road three miles from Sumter; 4 2 acres in cultivation, and 10 acres more cleared to be cultivated m .t year, one four room house, barn and stables. H'.i Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; about 50 acres In cultivation. Good 4 room dwelling, one tenant house, burn, stables, etc. -il AcrOS on public road, three miles from Sumter. slX>fcors* farm In cultivation this year, which can be Increased to eight horse farm next year. Four room dwelling, three tenant houses, barns and stables. Good Rowing well. Situated near good school, gin, railroad siding, ana in a good neighbor? hood. 412 Acres on public road, two a: . ono-half miles from Sumter, ten horse farm open and in high state of cultivation. New dwelling, live rooms, ten tenant houses, barns, BtaMoii sheds and other outbuildings; dairy barn and equipment, with dairy herd, if desired. Plenty of wood and straw. Thor* OUghly drained. About one hundred acres under fence and subdivided. Property situated like this is not often offered for sale, and if you are interested in a splendid farm prac? tically in the city, you had better see about it at once. 217 acres near Pinewood, two horse farm open, one house. Good land, but needs developing. Timber enough to pay for building up place. Saw mill near by. Will subdivide, li de? sired, and sell cheap. 120 Acres near Pinewood, undeveloped. Will sell cheap. Easy Terms To Suit Purchasers. C. P. OSTEEN, Sumter, S. C. New Workers for Clem>on. Clemson College, Sept. 14.?V. \Y. Lewis of A bama and a graduate of Auburn, class- 1912 has entered upon : his duties at Clemson as livestock agent for the State to take the place of Paul H. Calvin who resigned some? time ago to go into commercial work in Georgia. Mr. Lewis has been with the Southern Railway Company for the last four years as livestock and agricultural agent. Mr. Lewis' train? ing and experience well fits him to take up his work In South Carolina. J. A. Clutter of Iowa has been appointed assistant professor of , dairying and head of the manufac? turing work in the Clemson College creamery. He entered upon his duties last week. Mr. Clutter is B graduate of Iowa State College, hav? ing graduated in dairying in 191ft. For the past four years he has held ! a position at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, as as? sistant professor of dairying. Ho comes highly recommended for this important work. FEDERAL INSURANCE BILL. President Wants Act for I*rotcotion of Soldiers and Sailors Passed at OSJOD. Washington, Sept. 15.?President Wilson today communicated direct? ly to senators his wish that the sol? diers' and sailors' insurance bill pa.<ss before adjournment. It is praeU ! cally certain that this plan will be followed, but unless debate is cut down the plan to adjourn October I 1st will doubtless be disarar.ged. LOK BAUC?Registered Aberdeen Angus bull, four years old, tubercu? lar tested, without fault or blemish C. P. Ostcen, Sumter, S. C. "TAR HEEL BLANKETS" BUY THEM NOW They will prove a good investment as we do not beiieve you will be able to buy them again at the prices we are now selling them. Our contract was made on a Wool basis fully 50 "|? Less Than Present Prices We are forced to notify our friends that when our present stock is exhausted it will be practically impossible for us to get any more as our mill has contracted to furnish the Government 300,000 Pairs By January HI And we were able to get our contract filled by reason of the fact, tnat we have been one of their oldest and most loyal patrons, handling their pro? duct for 30 Years If you feel that you will need a pair of blankets any time this Winter, invest in a "Tar Heel." The Best Blanket On Earth For The Money And do it now, or you may regret later on, your delay, when you find you cannot get them. The O'Donnell Dry Goods Co.