Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PEBaONAL, ILM?. 4L N. Wunnamaker and Mint {^JB* tfaneamaker have raturned fteea Baltimore. Hr. Perry Brown spent Sunday in fUsp orty oa furlough from Camp aVrtsjr. efeeenvtiie. IseVwerd Bradford returned Berler. UreeaviUe. Sunday aft or ependtng a few daya in 1 IM i' i 1 < ?OULAND iJf DISTBKSS. Cut T*# ?Wi Netherlands, Au* 30 IflNrsTSusr^esieaea of Tos Aseociatsd %**?>?Qlousey pictures are being 1 ?Mefuuj hure of tau agricultural out lfge> tm Holland, as the reeuit of the of fodder exports from T>e acuteaeas o( the po? ssum enhanced by a poor ftguT ejreex and the email farmer In lias ui laced with the greatest Aisarelaeaj to the well-informed as iejrai osiieegaiau,fiit ol the Nleuws Tao Der Dag, cattle breeders are In dbetreue and cattle are growing hi Use nail ere. Ptg fattening ?oute to a standstill. If the sup Odd sr and fertilisers are he writes, ' caUle breeding will go to rack and >ld market be closed to whet happens If to Germany?aaxkcul amadeaJng will re death-blow, aad not only at the whole nation will flaaaclal status of the will decline. Mas* far man have already Use Haan el their aaanclal ca aasV are eat' the verge of abso sBPeeeeiehment. Matters have t# stach a paan that the cattle ta> he seed at half their original % ea?ttal. together with the profits. SS? m\mmm aatlon Is face to face with wmU) Patch farmer Is aoTvssad? by oae fellow ag? io feed hie eettle em willow j smarting that the willows arei ?gat? eeeea hp Use oatue. aad that ^ as* s*h?eja taeive em them. "It ?ftoa a ?reat deal oft hay." he asserts.' datd m the eattle d# not become fat? eat UM essMaary. they become a little! are perfectly healthy Am etfteteJ repeat Just issued shows aei.rly 41,tee acres less land la emg? teas year than in lilt, is party ewtag to the shortage There Is an Increase of fie area under grain, but this la Hire a! drop la ths bucket compared with Imports. stead the large) ad of the Sumter Dry Oeeda Co -Advt I Fooa Value of From infancy to old age milk 1? a Mfjonty to body building. Aside earn wheat bread, milk is the only fioet that contains In sufficient quan? tise the three elements so eeeentlal %m the maintenance of good hesjth. Whole milk end wheat bread will keep teje- suuty la prime condition without ether foods, and at a lower coet. Seeons! m, and medical research has domonstrated the neceeaky for milk in the growth and proper development a? the human body. la the South, where a large per cent, of the people have not yet realised the value of milk as a food, infant mortality is much greater than In other sehtlons. Large quantities of milk should be consumed in this section Instead of so much meat, particularly on account Of the warm climate, furthermore it le a much lern expenelve food. A quart of whole milk, even at 20c has more teed value and la more economical than e pound of beef steak, and at the eatae time will keep the body in a seers healthful condition. The increased cent of stock food to aearty double that of three years ago has necessarily raised the price of milk to the consumer, but such con? ditions should not keep the consumer from buying milk as there in no food accessary *o maintaining a healthful body that will take Its place, there lore It hi Indlapenetble. No farm la complete without one or more registered or grade milk cowe Of the dal-y typo, for the use of his . own family and some to epare. With aa abundance of wholesome milk and good bread the health will not only be conserved >ut the body will be kept In proper condition for efficient service J. W. H. ?sunter. S. C. Read the larsd ad of the Sum tor fisT ?awds Oov?Advt. Ehlands Present Effort. It Is perhaps an appropriate time to call attention to the fact that at the present time the main work is be? ing ?lone by the British. In the Marne operation und In all the first cam? paign of the war the British share was small, ueeful as it was, and magnin cent as was the British stand at Ypres A ye.ir later the new British army Jut/, coming on was still Incapable of a mighty effort and the French, first in the offensive in Champagne and ther> in the desperate defensive at Verdun, were comyellled to carry on, only in part aided by the British. ' At the Somme the proportions be? gan to change, but even at the Sommt it was the French that made the Mrs considerable gain, and all through this battle the French part was material [while the defense of Verdun had still to be maintained. But with the Battle of Arras in April of this year, the British practically took over the main teak of the western offensive. The British task was materially increased when the French attack at the Alsnc failed to make decisive progress and Incurred enormous casualties. Today the British are doing th? main Job on the West. It is no re? proach upon the French that this is so, as the French have certainly done their share and more than their share. Yet it Is only Just to the British to recognise that they are making the big sacrifice now after delays that were long, but were Inevitable, given British unpreparedness. and are be? coming more comprehensible to the American people now that we are struggling with the problem that confronted Britain three years ago. The British have arrived and it is the British armiee that are delivering the heavy blows. Tb? measure of the British effort i: not the respective fronts held by Brit lab and French armies, but the amount of action on the two fronts Already we have seen this year three considerable British attacks?the Ar? ras battle, which was the most suc? cessful in size and ground gained of any western attack, one of the most successful in artillery captured in the j history of the war, the retaking of the hfesuines Ridge, and now the new of? fensive in the Tpres sector. With those three, one ahould perhapa class the Hill 70 exploit of the Canadians, which was brilliant and of permanent value. If anyone ever doubted that the British would arrive, these doubts have been answered. Britain Is now paying the price that France paid over two bloody years. Her artillery haa seised end maintained the mas? tery over the Qerman. Slowly, stead? ily, surely the British are breaking down the material and the moral re? sources of Germany. Because the .Russians collapsed the chance of a decision this year has been banished, but the British strategy is that ol Grant, la that of wearing down, and there are unmistakable signs that the Germans are beginning to weaken, al? though their resistance must still command admiration. The new British campaign seems certain to be one of the great cam? paigns of the war. It already shows greater power than that at the Sommc and it is not marred by the curb blunders of that former batjle. The Summe "eaow," ae the British call It. was the trainin? school of the new Brit iah army. It was expensive, it was bloody, it was protracted, but the re? sults were visible at the end; they were discoverable in the Beaumont Ham el victory last autumn and in thi Arras offensive this year. Today the British army is unmistakably the finest army In the world. All the oth? er nations suffer from the loss of the younger and physically fitter men i The British have still a considerable share of their youth left and the flow? er of the manhood of Great Britain and the Colonies is now suffering and achieving aa did the flower of the French at the Marne and at Verdun. Today the British have taken over the main task from the French; they have also had to assume much of the Russian work. They justly expect a measure of relief next year, when American troops arc available in con? siderable numbers for the final cam? paign. Then France, too, will be abb to spend reserves; a new class will have come on the field. But until America arrives the British task will be of great Importance to the Allied cause. Meantime the character of this taek is not to be mistaken. The Brit? ish are not seeking this year the de? cision which Russian failure has post? poned. They are simply striving; to continue the pressure and the pound? ing, to permit no moment of relaxa? tion and recuperation to the German until Russia recovers, which la a hope, and until America arrives, which is a reasonable expectation.?Frank H. Slmonds In the American Review of Reviews for September. 1917. V---~v T I Our tawed Off Sermon. It is sometimes better for a jounf nan to get the marble heart than to marry the girl and' bitte to eat her MM**** THE ??BOSS BOUT. -1 INTEREST KEEN IN COMING EVENT. Fans Delighted at I*rospect of Seeing Two Best Men In State Meet Here Friday Night. Fritz Hanson, welterweight cham? pion and holder of the Police Gazette belt is to meet Jack Ross, the mighty Greek, here Friday night at the Acad? emy of Music at 8.30 o'clock, with the toe hold barred. This match will un? doubtedly prove an exciting one as the two men met once before under like conditions but with no decision. The local promoter induced Hanson and Ross to come to Sumter for another tryout as Ross feels ho can work to better advantage in Sumter than in Columbia, where he states the official.' can not render him a just decision. Much interest has been displayed in the bout by the local fans, and the rooting is going to be strong for both men. as each of them has a strong following here. Referee Fox, who has given such favorable services here In the past, L* scheduled to referee the bout Friday night and fair and impartial decisions are assured. As stated the toe hold will be barred as also the strangle hold, but then will be every other Imaginable hole put in execution known to the game of catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Ross friends feel confident that Hansor. cannot throw him with the toe hold barred, while Hanson's admirers be? lieve that he can better his record h Columbia the other night when tin two men went for something ovo: three hours to a draw.?Advt. GOV FERGUSON OUSTED. Texas Governor Impeached by Senate Court. Austin, Texas, Sept. 22.?James E Ferguson was tonight completely sev? ered from his office as governor o Texas, to which position he was twicv elected by the people of the State, th< ?senate high court of impeachment this afternoon having sustained tet of the 21 charges in the bill returnc< against him by the house committee of the whole. Acting Gov. William P Hobby, an editor of Beaumont, as sumes the full power of office, his ten ure extending to January, 1919. Next Tuesday at noon the senate a a high court will formally pronounct its judgment. Conviction carries dis barment from future office, but it V understood this condition may b< ameliorated. The vote this afternoon on the firs' of the 21 articles was sufficient t< convict. A two-thirds vote was neces sary. The ballot was 27 to 4 in favoi of sustaining the charge. Death. Mr. S. Yeadon Delgar died at the Tourney Hospital Sunday morning ut? ter a long Illness. For several day.1 his condition had been hopeless und his death was not unexpected. Tht funeral services will be held from h\t late residence on South Harvin street at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Delgar wrw a native of Sumtcr. a son of the late Capt. W. It. Delgar, and had spent his entire life of fifty one yeans in thin city. For a numbei of years he had been in the cottor, business and wt.s generally regarded as one of the most expert cottor graders in this section of the State. He is survived by his wife, to whon. he was married only a few montfc ago, and three daughters by a formei marriage: Mrs. Carl Mason, of New? ark, N. J., Mrs. Fowler and Miss Wil? lie Delgar of this city; ono brother Mr. Robert Delgar of Baltimore, and one sister, Mrs. Lily Dorn, of Sumter. Light on Obscure Law. A clay tablet benring a map of an* clent Babylon, which has Just been discovered, throws, according to Dr. Stephen H. Lnngdon of the University of Pennsylvania museum, "a welcome light upon an obscure luw In the great law code of Babylonia. In column XV, lines 6,*? following, there is n ref? erence to the custom of blowing a horn nt the village gates to notify shepherds that the grazing seuson was over. These rural villages appear to have been so arranged that the village buglers were able to make the shep? herds and farmers hear the sound of the horn in every part of Babylonia." The tablet dates back probably to ,1500 B. C. Simple Remedy for Cuts, Housewives and laboring men'are continually subject to cuts and scratches of varying severity upon the hands and arms. These hurt places may be treated successfully and pain? lessly with pure castfle soap. The Ideal Army. Some men think fast, and then act; others act and think uftcrward, If ut Sil. One type Is deliberative, Ihe other impulsive. The army :?f coobheuded officers mid hot-headed soldiers makes I magnificent military machine.? anuiiam altSMllht, lift POTTO* MARKET. DECEMBER CONTRACTS SELL UP EIGHTY-NINE POINTS. Reports That Southern Mills Are Buying Spots Was a Factor In Ad? vance of the Day. New York, Sept. 20.?Rather ner? vous and irregular early fluctuations were followed by another rapid and excited advance in the cotton market here today. December contracts ?jld up from 21.10 to 22.12, or 89 points above last night's closing, and closed at 22.06, with the general list closing strong at a net advance of 46 to 83 points. Trading was comparatively quiet early. The extent of yesterday's ad? vances seemed to have created some reactionary sentiment, or partially re? vived bearish confidence in some quar? ters around the ring. The opening was 7 to 18 points higher but the market met considerable cotton, which includ? ed Southern selling as well as- realiz? ing, or scattering local pressure. Early reports from the Southwest said that spots were offering more freely in Texas and Louisiana. These ad? vices encouraged the early selling, and prices gradually sagged off. October held up well to last, night's closing figures, however, and the strength of this position, although attributed largely to the difficulty of replenish? ing local stocks, had a sympathetic influence on the later months. Offer? ings were gradually absorbed by thi buying of Liverpool or trade houses and towards the middle of the after? noon the market became very active and excited on a renewal of general covering. Wall Street and Western buying. Reports that Southern mills were buying spots in the Eastern belt, the larger exports for the day, and a tendency to scale down crop estimates were factors on the advance which extended to 22.25 for October and 22.00 for January, or about 78 to 91 points net higher on the active months. Closing prices were a few points off from the best under realizing. Weekly Weather Forecast. For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Generally fair weather except showers first half of week in South At? lantic States-; no decided tempera? ture changes. Read the large ad of the Sumter Dry Goods Co.?Advt. Petit Jury List. Petit jurors for the first week of the fall term of court were drawn Sat urday. Court convenes Monday, Oc? tober 8th with Judge Gary presiding: W. T. Edens, L B. Phillips, Barton Levan, F. A. Stuckey, J. W. Wheeler, W. T. Player, P. L Jones, H. Bethea Hodge, H. S. Tisdale, S. J. Blackwell, James T. Brogdon, -G. C. Truluck, W. J. Frierson, E. W. McCallum, Richardson Sanders, J. D. Graham, S. B. Kolb, B. R. DuRant. J. Haskell Broadway, Silas Mellctt, C.x Elvln Stubbs, J. S. Kennedy, S. M. Pringle, H. B. Eraser, R. E. DuBose, J. H. Myers,, Julian D. Chandler, S. E. Davis, A. L. Ardis, E. W. Gibbs. L. A. Prince, C. L Baker, T. S. Ross, Z. J. Jackson, W. T. Goodman, R. E. Evans. At Tlic Sumter Dry Goods Co. Every purchaser, no matter what the article purchased may be, wants to feel as though they have secured this article which has passed the ex? perimental stage and on which they are taking no chances. The larger jad. of the Sumter Dry Goods Co. di I rects the attention of the public to 'some well known lines, almost alt of which they control in Sumter. Their ready-to-wear department is- already a very busy plaee. and they are always glad to show you through.?Advt. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure youy Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, ("ramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Outs and Burns, OKI Sores, Stings oi'Insects, I ISct Antiseptic Anodyne, use4 j Inter ally and externally. ftiG? 1% in Iii m mnm Water Systems and Plumbing, also Electric Light Planta for Country Homes. I sell and install Water Systems, using either elevated or compression tanks and Fairbanks Morse & Co.'s gasoline and kerosene oil engines. Also agent for Septic Tanks. Will be pleased to go over your work and give you an estimate without cost .to you. Get my figures before giving out your work ? I have satisfied customers in all parts of the county. A. J. ARD Phone 420 24 E. Liberty Streit FATHER MURPHY TO LEAVE. Popular Rector of St. Anne's Catholic Church Transferred to Sparta n burg. i At the close of the retreat of the priests of the diocese at the Isle of Palms, which commenced lavt Mon? day evening and closed this morning, Bishop Russell made several changes, in the diocese, the following appoint? ments being announced: | Rev. Fathers Kennedy and Quinn were assigned to Camden and Orange burg, respectively. Father Lanigan, of Camden, was transferred to Sumter, from which town Father Murphy was transferred to Spartanburg. Father Tobin, of Greenville, was transferred j to Columbia, and from Aikcn Father i Daniel O'Brien was appointed to Greenville. Most of these priest? were at one time or another stationed in Charles? ton, and are well known here, and their many friends are felicitating them on their appointments to larger fields. A large number of priests of the dioceso attended the retreat at the I^Iq of Palms, which was?- conducted during the past week.?Charleston Post, September 22. The news of the transfer of Father Murphy from this parish to Spartan burg was received with surprise and regret by h's congregation and the large number of friends he has among all denominations in Summer. Father Murphy has been in Sumter only about two years-, but in that short time has so thoroughly identified him? self with the life of the community and had made so many friends that his removal will be felt as a distinct loss. He will leave for Spartanburg the latter part of the week. An Important Distinction. "One great difference between a man and a mule," began the affable cynic, "Is that a mule is very quiet just be? t?re be ? registers a leVclt/A ??, No: Six-Sixty-Six This la a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. Five or six doeee will break any case, and if taken then at a tonic the Fever will got return. It acts on the liver better then Calomel end does not gripe or sicken. 25c STAPLE COTTON If you have any staple cotton, see us before selling, as we are in the market for all grades at full prices. O'DONNELL 6 CO.