The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 29, 1917, Image 5
PUMONAL.
IV. t M. Ptttman. of Turbeville.
W*a m the city on huidneaa today.
Pr- *?*? D. Los, director of the
90* Ooonty Fair waa In the city to
W$- Ha report* that the succ?h* of
ifm fair thta year la assured and that
Ipat ysmr'a fair will he aurpaaaed In
mp doaartmanta and It la a known fact
1*04 the) 1*1 ? fair waa one of the blg
$jm\ aad best agricultural fair? held In
*? ?lata.
Mr. Pttta Bradford la at home on
faWlateBh from Camp Bevler.
> Maat L. C. Bryan who la atatloned
'?at Camp Jaohaon, apent Sunday at
[ Mr. Robert Muldrow, of Mayesvllle.
? ^MKf m IM city today.
' Mr. R. If. Aman, of Blahopvllla.
" m Iowa Monday.
Mra 11. H. Evans, of New
ara spend ag aomatlme In the
d** mm aar ay at at the Ulnaaa of their
imm* Who ta oada* treatment at the
tiataij Hospital.
Mr. H. W. Lea returned to Camp
Taosday after apandlng a few
i
m\yu la Uta city.
Mr. Edward Large, who haa been
iNa mother In Florence, on
from Caiap Sevier. stopped in
JaaO Ottjr OR hla return to the camp to,
Witt hat aant. afm R. W. Bowey.
hftm C. W. ManaUl returned laat
?iaht from a vlaii. to her aon, Mr. C
9k% aswilOhi. In Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. Waver h/ B. Levy la at home on,|
from Cairtp Jackson.
Mr. Jomo auik. of Hembei-.. was
as lews today.
Mr. Joe And of Columbia waa in]
ta%a mm bejelnee today.
AM irmWAL ACCIDENT*
fatally lojared by
Of ICmory Wheel.
I Caatl Bradford, i. young man about
II years old, waa druck on the back
4f ?Mao head and fatally Injured by
d SphsS fragment o>f an emory wheel
?tat bejrst while be ng operated In the
Oluaaj of tho Sum tar aiachinery Com
?M?y WMneaday. The fragment that
mit htm weighed about seven pounds,
hat for tho fact that It first atruck
honoi and then hit him a
blow death would have been.
As It waa the Injury
If be necessarily fatal
"Woo takes to the hospital, where
am ?mmmatlni ahowad that the skull
waa not fiaoturod and there wars no
1 O'aaaoa, although he war
shoe <. It waa thought
that ho woold recover from the shock ]
taken to hla homo, at
4
adhahs Una ho was able to walk from
ilro oat amu hi la to the house. Later
JR) haoasao unconscious and died
I o'clock. An examination af
aatabltsh h\ the fact that
romhad front the rupture of u
in the brain.
Tho Dotty Item, Sept. 27.
Mr. W. H. aoott died at hla home
mm Church atraet at 10 o'clock thin
?k?rnln%. after an lllnea of several
WMka. air Scott waa a native of the
Mi. ZVon neighborhood of old Sumter
oeajajty, now a part of Lea county, but
removed to this city about 10 years
ago to obtain better echool ad van
****Os for Ms children than ths coun
try than afforded. He waa a Confed
?Ante veteran, having served In Gard?
en'* Battery durinjc the War Between
Mas States Ha it survived by hla,
wife, five sons and two daughters.
The funeral aervicea will be held
at ML Eton Presbyterian church, near
04. Charles, at It >'clock tomorrow.
Mew. J. P. Marlon offlciatlng. The fu
moral procession will leave the resi?
dence on Church street at 10.30
o'clock.
B*pt. 16.?Mrs. Zelnnd
died at h t home near here
af tarne on. aged about
?six years. The funeral ser
held at Providence church
afternoon i t 4 o'clock, Rev.
Haynawort i officiating. The
neighbor* soted as pah
T. E. Hodge. K. J. Hodge.
Withe Hodge. John Ooddlnga und
Pater Tiro mon*.
I
of ft?H?Tt Skirts.
Tho Sumter Dry Ooods Co. are
Itofwlus; m big lino of atyllah akirts.
n?l vow but at praetlcallv tho samt
?ftres, vis. fron fS.OA Up. The
are beauties, from |e\*d Up
Advt.
Jfotloo.
All persons are fot bidden to hunt or
ta aay other manner treepas* upon
the lands of the und*mlffn?d hi Prlvn
toor township. Ivette lands are pout
ad and all trespass* rs will be pro
ewtsd
"~ J. DAK (JAN OSTEEN
4
>ee*
?VIT TO BE STAB TED AUAINST
STATE EDUCATION BOARD.
Alt ?stimmt General Will Consent to
Actio? If State Im Indemnified
Against Dohm From Suit.
Columbia, Sept. 26.?Providing
that the plaintiffs will agree to in?
demnify the State against any loss
and to pay the coats of the case
ahould the verdict he against them.
Thomas H. Peoples, attorney general,
today agreed to allow certain persons
represented by Law son 1). Melton, an
attorney of Columbia, to bring suit
in the name of South Carolina against
the Stats Board of Education for al?
leged Illegal adoption of text books
for the public schools of the State.
Mr. Melton bases his contention
on the i.-round that the board adopt?
ed a new set of text books contrary
to the statute of 1914, which pro?
hibits "the said board at ono meeting
from adopting more than 50 per cent
of new books for use in the said
public schools, and said changes not
to be ma de ohener than once in five
years."
On September 24 Mr. Melton re?
quested the attorney goneral to allow
him to bring suit in the name of the
State. The next day the attorney
general replied that this he would
not consent to do unless Mr. Meltor.
assured him that he had no intentior.
of clogging the educational machin?
ery of the Sta e t .id causing the State
loss.
"It is very doubtful." said the at?
torney general in his letter, "wheth
er or not at this late day the educa
tional Itnerests of the State would no
now suffer more damage from under
taking to enjoin the enforcement o
the contracts made by the State Boan
of Education during the last sum
mer, even if the board exceeded th<
limitations of power given it, thai
they would suffer by permitting th<
contracta to stand. For these reason:
I am reluctant to consent to the in
stltutlon, on behalf of the State, o
proceedings against the State Roan
of Education to enjoin tho enforce
ment of the contracts made by them.'
Under date of September 25. Mr
Melton wrote assuring the attornej
general th it It waa no* his nor hit
clients' purpose V> obstruct the edu?
cational progress of the State in nn>
way, on the contrary they desired tfl
clarify the situation and advance th.
cause of education. Upon being thu:
assured, the attorney general, toda<
consented lo the institution of tie
lult, under the stipulations stated li
Ihe foregoing, and, in addition, re?
quiring the names of the parties t<
the suit, in order that he may Judge 1;
they are financially responsible.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET,
P. O. BOWMAN, Cc?ton Buyer.
(Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon
Good Middling 23 5-8.
Strict Mi Idling 23 1-2.
Middling 23 3-8.
Strict Dew Middling 23 1-8.
Dow Middling 22 3-4.
KIW YORK COTTON MARKET
Yee'd>>
Ofen High Dow Close tllnsr
Oct . . 24.25 24.47 24.22 24.45 24.0<
Dec . . 23.60 23.88 23.60 23.84 23 4<
Jsn . . 23 68 23.75 23.4? 23.70 23.3',
New York spots. 26.20.
Red Cross Work.
Sumter Chapter of the Red Cros:
hsa made tie second shipment of gar?
ments and other articles for the
army. In this shipment were the
following articles:
11 1-2 doden sheets,
9 12 doson Pajamas,
4 1-2 dozen sponges,
1 dozen ?beets,
2 1-2 dozen wash cloths,
1-2 dozen water bag covers.
Off for Camp Jackson.
From The Daily Item, Sept. 27.
The following men were sent to Co?
lumbia this morning for enlistment in
the Nationrd Army at Camp Jackson.
A. K. Brunaon,
W. A. Brown,
K. O. D?ren,
T. H. Haynes,
J. A. McClure,
Marion Pate,
W. D. Ryan,
C. M. Ryan,
W. J. Sanders,
Varmle Watts.
Recently there have been rumors of
the extension of the power lines of
tho Southern Power Company from
Cumden to this section, the lines com?
ing by way of Blshopville, from which
plnce a branch will be extended to
llnrtsville and Dnrllngton. The ru?
mor may be pure hot air, but it is In
Ureatlng.
3S in. Percale* 12 1-2 Cents.
Have you had an opportunity to
become acquainted with those 1J 1
cents pen a ea at the Sumter Dr>
Uoode Co??Advt.
CHAIJSRS POWER, SPEED and STABILITY PROVED
Fifteen New Speed Records Demonstrate Chalmers
Perfect Performance \
The 15 New Chalmers Records Officially Approved by the American Automobile Association
NEW MILE RECORDS
1 mile
2 miles
H miles
1 hour
44.37
1:27.11
2:11.80
4 miles
5 miles
10 miles
2:51.01
3:37.83
7:10.80
15 miles
20 miles
25 miles
10:58.55
14:30.30
18:15.07
U milev
75 miles
100 miles
NEW TIME RECORDS
83 miles
12 hours
957 miles
24 hours
30:12.03
54:32.15
1:12:10.17
1H08 mill -
i ?
Traveling farther and faster than any human being has
ever traveled on land, sea or water in 24 hours, Joe
Dawson in a stock Chalmers Speedster Chassis has
smashed sill Speedway rc/cords by covering the aston?
ishing distance of 1898 miles in a twice around-the
clock race against time on the hhfeepshead Bay Speed?
way.
The old twenty-four-hour record was 1819 miles,
held by a Hudson. Chalmers bettered this wonderful
mark by 79 miles.
The old* one-hour mark of 77 miles, also made by a
Hudson, the Chalmers bettered by six miles.
' The 100 mile record, also held by a Hudson stock
? car, is 80 minutes, 21.40 seconds. Chalmers covered
this distance in 8 minutes, 11.23 seconds less time.
The 12-hour mark of 923 miles made by a Hudson
was bettered by the Chalmers which ran 957 miles in
12 hours?34 miles farther.
The contest Board of the American Automobile
Association has approved and accepted these perform?
ances as official record* The trial was made under
its supervision and was timed with the automatic
electric timing device.
Great as was the performance of the Hudson in es?
tablishing such wonderful marks, the achievement of
the stock Chalmers Speedster chassis was all the more
wonderful, particularly b< cause of its motor piston
displacement of 224 cubic in. This test of endurance
is conclusive evidence of the economy of the small,
powerful Chalmers motor.
1898 miles in 24 hours?that is approximately the
distance from Chicago to San Francisco.
In the first hour the Chalmers covered 83 miles; in
the twenty-fourth hour over 81 miles; and for the en?
tire distance the average was 79 1-12 miles per hour.
Any engine that can travel at this terrific speed day
and night for 24 hours on a day that averaged 90 de?
grees in temperature and without the slightest mishap
is certainly an engine to marvel at.
For sheer endurance, for ability not only in speed
but in sustained speed, this performance is without
equal in history; and yet it is a regular stock Chal?
mers engine.
Come and see the Autumn and Winter Chalmers
?there are eleven of them.
We will sell the 5 passenger Chalmers lor $405.00
less than the Hudson price today.
SUMTER MOTOR COMPANY
REGULARS IN ENGLAND. |
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AMERICAN ARTILLERYMEN IN j
TRAINING FOR SERVICE IN
FRANCE.
_ >1
! ? i A
Men Art? Hein?: Taught by English'
Officers How to Handle Rig (?uns in
Trench Warfare?Officers Say
American*-, uro Finest Troops Ever
Seen in England.
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Somewhere in England, Sept. 1? ?
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press)?Several thousand America n
artillerymen, who noon will he handl?
ing heavy num. in Franco, are en
camped here for drills and training,
after several woks aboard Hhip on the
journey over seas. The men I belong
to the regular forces of the Unitco
States Army and are otficered largely
by West Point graduates. British
olllccrs, who have inspected the men
pronounced them to be union;; th? '
finest troops over seen in England.
The camp is located in one of the
many valleys to be found in the roll
lng surface of this section of Eng?
land, on a site once occupied by Ca
nadian troops. Heather covered hills
form a background for the sea o:
tents, and on either side men of th
royal artillery are being trained. It
is from these camps that the Ameri
cans get their tiist lessons in hand!
ing the "heavies on wheels" b>
simply looking on. These American*
know all about big guns, for a lar.?<
number of them were draffed from
the coast defense forces of me Angl?
ican army. Hut they have much to
learn about hip guns that are mobile
The particular thing tbey aro interest
ed in Just now is the line are of hau'
ing a heavy field piece out of a hole.
The English instructors of artillery
recruits have a deep hole dug for ttt<
tpecial purpose. They wheel a hi:
gun and its carriage up and push i
in. Then it is up to the recruits t<*
haul it out with the assistance of n
variety of levers and a mass of tackb
and gear. Sometimes, the student rr
tillerists get the weapon out In a few
minutes?if they are lucky. Othei
times, however, it is an operation tBS
may require the better part of Hi
afternoon. When the Americans hav<
played audience long enough, they
themselves will start holing and un
holing the field pieces.
Meanwhile, they are spending mo
ments learning the proper way to ad
just a gas mask and are being giver
an opportunity to take a little smell
of the different kinds of gases to 04
encountered across the channel.
This camp is a bit of tho Tinted
States in the In art of England
When off duty the hills abound with
Americans and tho latest ragtime b
hammered sut on the pianos in tlv
Y. If, Ci A. tents nearby. Some of
the men spend most of their leisure
moments writing home in another
tent opointed by the Y. M. C. A
whore all materials may be had. Til
tent, as big as that lissd for a ein e
sideshow, is crowded with tabloa an
ih^.lrf? The earth forms a floor an
oil lamps hung from the ridge pOl
fWlPg back and forth as the Win
blows. The top of the tent is colors*'
so that at night some roaming (lor
man airman may not have a good tar?
get to drop bombs.
Ragtime with a true American
tinge, it seemk, attracts the American
soldier as nothing else can, even
when played on a piano that has been
out in the rain. The moment the tune
starts there is a general rush for the
ispot where it comes from. The men
pour out from the "store tents," the
canteen and from their own canv;i ?
"houses." They gather around the
musician and insist upon him goitp:
on, regardless of how tired he may
he.
The piano recitals also attract
British troops who aro quartered
nsarby, but the Hritish, "after having
some" music, do not tarry long. They
go back to their own, where beer is
to be had at their canteen instead
oi the pop on sale in the American
camp. There used to be beer In the
canteen of the camp being used by
the Americans, but its sale was dis?
continued on their arrival. In this re?
spect, as in every other, the camp Is
as much an American Army post as ii
it was actually In the United States.
It is bone dry and the nearest "pub"
is some miles away, much to the an?
noyance of the soldier who likes his
beer.
MANNING COURT ENDS.
No rases of Special Imoprtanec Tried
at Term.
Manning, Sept. 20.?Court of gen?
eral sessions conveyed here Monday
morning with Judge Frank R Gary
presiding. The ehtargo to the grand
jury was short and trial of cases \va.
soon entered upon.
! There were no cases of special mo?
ment during the whole court, most of
them being for assault and batter)
among negroes, though one for tlv
same offense against Henry Poseman
a white man, resulted in a verdict ol
guilty, and he was sentenced to on?
year or a fine of $200.
Court adjourned from yesterday
evening until this afternoon at
o'clock in honor of the memory of the
late Maj. A. lx>vl. Judge Gary and
several members of the bar and court
bouse Officer! attended the funeral ai
Sumter at 11 a. m. yesterday. Tli
schools, banks and all business hous
es closed from 10 to 1 o'clock.
The court adjourned sine die thli
evening and Judge Gary left foi
Charleston. The eourt of commor
pleas will open Monday morning, wltl
quits a heavy docket to be dispose1
of.
Satisfactory progress is being mad?
on the County Fair building at tie
(dd baseball park and it is expecte?
that the buildings will be complete.
and the grounds in thane tor tic
fair In ample time for the openliu
at the advertised date.
TO ADJUST STUIKU.
Washington, Sept. 17.-?The govern
men! shipbuilding labor adjustment
board will leave Wednesday for Boat
Us t<? take up the Pacific coast strlki
situation. They also will visit Tort
land and San Kranckseo.
tllugood News and Views.
Kembert, Sept. 2?5.?Don't you like
to see things that are good, grow ?
Yes, especially if it is a preacher. But
you have seen them that chewed to
balco and sat on goods boxes at store
fronts and whitted and when they
went into the pulpit they were little
better than the beating of a tin p.m.
The Methodist preacher here, Mr.
Derrick, is a growing man. This even
ning he preached an excellent sermon
on the text "What shall 1 do then
with Jesus, who is called the 0)1 gist7"
He said we are facing three crisis: the
world war, the boll weevil and las!
and greatest, the Christ, and showed
how we were trying to meet the first
two, which we might in some way
avoid, and asked what we are doing
to meet the last.
This fact was brought home to
BOme of us: that the man who is not
willing to, and is not doing his bit for
his country is a Judas, an Arnold.
That Is it exactly. Is America your
country, either by birth or adoption?
What are you doing for it in the
swelling of the waters?
Miss Amelia Mayer of Newberry is
the ellicient teacher of the Statoburg
high school, and has come not simply
to draw her salary, but to teach. We
are glad, for the patrons-, that they
have secured her services.
Another of our boys, whom we
failed to mention, Douglas Sanders,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Banders,
has gone to Carlisle at Hamberg, to
school. We wish him a pleasant and
successful year.
Miss Drusllla Amons, of Clio, who
has been Visiting her faster, Mrs. W.
J. Spencer, returns homo tomorrow.
Miss Ruth Thompson of Lake City
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
W. S. Thompson.
Mr. W. M. Sanders, who has been
in failing "health, sustained some In?
jury the other day by an unlucky fall
while fishing at the Dinkins Mill. Ho
Ul better at this writing.
Our boys at Camp Sevier report
well of themselves.
Mr. Iceland Myers of H.igood passed
through the peninsula going out t?>
Dalsell today.
When Bob Atkins' "injine" is not
working it is blowing, swelling tit to
burst and poping off.
There are some fellows just like it
only they are never working.
A jolly old soul is Mr. Mug,
Who dearly loves the little brown
jug.
He keeps it by him in his bed,
And lings it till till nose gets red.
It is calamitous for the aged,
through their own fauK, to be con?
temptible to the young.
"Hagood."
Miss Agatha Wilson, who is visiting
in Btshopvllle, was seriously burned
vest* day afternoon and it is feared
that her injuries may prove fatal. II
la said that her clothing ignited from
an open fire-place.
Every farmer In Sumter county
should be interested in the County
Pair and should help t<> make it a
1 mccesH by sending samples of hit
best producta for exhibition.
White clay kaolin, Fullers Earth,
etc. Give description, location, price,
terms, etc. Address MINING DE?
PARTMENT OF CITIZENS CO., C1C
Stephen Girard Pudding, Philadel?
phia.
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Some of the girls who are knitting
for the soldiers never would knit for
tho home folks, but it is all right.?
Anderson Mail.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND.
Kumter BOf With Vnitcd States Regu?
lars ai Training Camp in England.
Mr. B. R. Sanders received this
week a letter from his son, Walter,
dated "Somewhere in England." Wal?
te has been in regular army for sev?
en years and has s-een service in the
Philippines, on the border and in
Mexico. He is now in the artillery and
holds the rank of sergeant. His let?
ter does not give any information as
to the part of England the camp
located, how long they here been
there, how long they will remain or
When they will go to France. Ho
says that he is well and that he wdl
have lots of things to teli when he re?
turns home.
The Daily Item feels a peculiar in?
terest in Walter Sanders, (or the rea?
son that he was one of the city car?
riers from the time he was big
enough to carry a sack of papers until
he was able to operate the Meiling
machine, and then tilled the jo'? of
mailing clerk for The Item tor a year
or more. He enlisted in the rcgi UUT
army when less than twenty years old
and at the expiration of his bast en?
listment signed up for another term.
Reduoc Fire Loss.
Columbia, Sept. 14.?Help to rcduco
the shingle roof tires by advising the
people at this season of the year, that
they should put a piece of old sheet
?zinc or an old discarded dry cell bat?
tery in their fire places and stoves.
The fumes from this will 1 id the chim?
neys of soot and save money and
houses.
Help prevent tires by urging BeoptS
to rid their cellars, gS rets and prem?
ises of trash. Have no greasy rags
about the house to start spontaneous
combustion tires. Do not put ashes of
any kind in wooden boxes. Replace
weathered shingles with tin or some
n on-combustible roof and see that
the electrical wiring has not the In?
sulation worn off and is in good order.
Help save the property of the peo?
ple. This may not reduce insurance
rates but it will save loss- to many
citizens.
F. H. MToHnstor,
Insurance Commissioner.
No:Six^ixty-Six
I This is s prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any sate, and
if tflkeo then as s tonic the Fever will not
return. It sett on the liver better than
Calomel sod does not gripe or sicken. 2Se