The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 27, 1917, Image 5
GO TO. THOU SLUGGARD.
No one now has any time to waste, certainly a plowman's time is far too valuable
t to be spent behind a slow stepping mule. With labor so valuable, with feeds and fer?
tilizers worth unheardof prices the sluggish mule is an unprofitable boarder] on the
farm. Farmers recognize this and their up-to-date policy of replacing all worn animals
with prompt, smart-moving, sound and durable ones is creating the greatest demand
for good farm animals the trade in the United States has ever known.
The Planters Mule Company likewise comprehends: We specialize in a select
grade of mules known as the Cotton type. Mr. Blanding is now in the West buying.
He already has one carload of mules enroute and due to arrive Saturday, the 27th; he
] remains to selectano ther car load of Horses and Mules, which should reach us Tues?
day, 30th. Come to see us and be equipped with the kind to make the great drive
on the farm of 7978.
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The Planters Mule Company
Geo. D. Shore, President. C. G. Rowland, Vice President. S. R. Chandler, Secretary. W. B. Blanding, Salesman
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PKRNONAL.
Capt. J. W. Cooper, of Mayis.llle
Wa* Id the city today.
Ceunty Demonstration Agent. J.
I\ran'< Williams ami Misses Mar>
Lemmon ami Annie Kerls, Hom(
Demonstration Agents, are attendinf
the State Fair In Columbia thli
weit.
Afra J. Z. Hearon Is spending th*
week with her paren s In Darling?
ton.
Dr. If. 8. Kirk, of Hagood. was In
the clly today.
In. a. Weinberg has gom- t. N\-w
York to attend a meeting of th<
Nat onal Dental Association.
Mrs. W. A. Bowmen la vlsltlrs hoi
daujrh.er. Mrs. Deas. In Charit ?ton.
Mr Hubert S. M? K i ;en. \s ItY ami
little girl have returned to .hen
home In Oreenvlle after a stay with
relatives In the city.
Mrs. O. 8. Kills and daughter, Miss
Itubv, who have been visiting John
Did ham Kills at Camp Sevler, are
spending a few dayw with Mrs U>m
Darr, en route to their home in Flor
snce. Mrs. Kilts report
getting along fine and enjoying their
cetnp hV as best thev ran.
Last Thumlay Private Horace B.
Curtis was transferred from the 323d
Infantry. Compan> K. i'amp Jagluttg
to Field Bakery. Company No. 308.
Camp Sevler. and is now office -1? rk
Mrs. R. A. Uttlefield, of Spartan
burg has returned hom?> after a visit
her daughter, Mrs II T .lane s, on
8. 8umter St.
Mrs. C. A. Luke has returned from
I>a>t'in. ?>. where she went last week
to attend a convention of the wives
of salesmen of the National Cash
Heglster Co.
Mrs. Lee 0 I' 1 rby. of Charleston.
U visiting Mrs. Altamont Moses
Mrs. Jeronn l'.itr. of Darling on, is
Visiting Mr 0 f . < MSJtm,
Mra E. 8. Booth Is visiting rela?
tives in Memphis. Tonn.
MJarrti il.
Miss Jane K. Cost in and Mr W. T.
M?ller were married on October
10th. at the home of the bride's
sister. Mrs. Have Walton. I leh n t
vide. 11a.
Mr. K. W. Dabbs reported today
that be obtained yesterday ami this
morning subscriptions for $s.",o worth
of Liberty Bonds from citisens of tin
Salem. Black fllver section- a ma?
jority of the suhsv"Ibers b* sg ne?
groes living in that immediate neigh?
borhood.
SCMTKR C(yTT'>\ MMIM'T
P. O. BOWMAN. OtHsjg Bt.yer.
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Strict Middling Ii 7-8.
Middling 27 3-4.
Ftrict Low Middling 27 1-2.
low Middling 27
mtw york tx/rniN mamkrt.
Opru llltfti h>f ( U?m He*
ITss/Am
Dee . .Is.OO 28.08 27.60 27.88 27.92
Ja i . .2727 :'.*. 27."2 2?..!?7 27.3*?
The ,o?ton in.nkrt is still strong
sttd prices are steadily moving up?
ward, notwuhxm elm* oeeasionsl lenj
inrary declines Those who . i hold
Ing cotton are encourag'd to hofd all
the harder to what th? \ h i e. for
thirty cents for cotton ?ppeSFI to b?
almost a certainty.
Ke trace bis been found of Ih
fbree convicts who es. .in. .; : nun th"
ehain sang Inst Frida v TlM v - ??
to have mad** good Iheli ot-cape
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CUE I T i x NOTATION.
IH'alors Cannot Obtain Supplies and
City Should Take a Hand.
BditOf Daily Item.
I went to Norfolk, Va., Sunday
night and spent Monday there In
? Hirst of coal. Found it impossible
to buy it at any price or under
any conditions, from brokers or the
retailer dealer*. I spent Tuesday in
Wilmington, N. C. where I acci?
dentally found a dealer who hud one
car of briquette, which are made of
the screenings of hard coal with e
composition, compressed into hard
cokes the size of a cake of toilet soap
I bought this at Wilmington's retail
price and shipped here, simply to
help out the fuel situation. Had to
beg the party to let this come, even
at retail price. The entire countr>
is In a like conditon and no possibh
relief for sometime to come. Th<
people had better conserve fuel eg
?11 as food. I would suggest th<
city taking a hand to secure ai
? m ergeney supply of wood for dis?
tribution here when cold winter doe>
set in. I will donate the sen ice free
of railroad track and storage yard
A few hundred cords, as an emer?
gency supply, would be a great pro
teeUOfJ and in line with the steps be?
ing taken by a good many, othei
attlee right now.
H. S. Waddoll.
TOWN MADE PATRIOTIC,
Manilla llrlngs Asplnwnll to Terms.
Manilla. Ia.. Oct. 24.?Patriotic in
dignatton at the refusal of the owner
hi the un'v ..s.'.'inhly hall in Aspin
wall, a village near here, to permi.
the use of his ;>lace by Liberty loa?
campaigners, stirred more than 7C
OltUM us or Manilla to such resentmen.
that they dOOOlUdOd upon the little
town today, closed all its stores, ob?
tained the arrest Of the recalcitrate
ball owner and obtained subset ip
turns for almost the entire quota o
the township's bond allotment. Th<
name of any citizen of the town
which ll ;i Herman settlement, wli
did not l>uy a bond was given to th>
ft (letal authorities for investigation
and the State council of defense or?
dered the resignation of the tow
marshal.
It had been told in Manilla th:"
residents of Aeptnwall were laughhn;
?corufully when approached by Liber?
ty bond salesmen and though Manlll:
Itself ll populated largely by expatri?
ated Germans, the mayor organized I
lug squadron of bankers and busl
ness men. put them in 15 automobile
and set out to m e that Liberty bom
day was celebtated in Aspinwall in a
substantial way.
A deputy I'nited States marsh:>
was in the squadron and when Jolr
Bltiai the owner of the town's hall
ft tei ited his refusal to open It for I
Liberty loan meeting he plaeed Brun
Under arrest Mrs. Drill turned ovei
lbs keys te the hall. The masting
was called .mil every able bodied
realdeni was forced te attend* Not n
icss house remained open and
subscriptions suddenly began to roll
In.
The fuel Situation In Sumter is bt
coming serious Tie re Is little coa'
to be h i l. and the dealers do not
know when they win receive anoths
supply. Wood ll scaree, hard to ft
and hh-li in'price. There Is a super?
abundance or wood in the country,
but labor 10 eut it Ii m?t to be ha
and even when eut and eorded it it
hard 10 Hud an.one willlnp, to haul
|t to town. The country Is too pros
roo :?nd the people who usually
I w< od have too much money for
tin ia to bother with wood selling. In
the meantl.town people are finding
I It h u d to ItUd 1 u?-1 to keep warm.
ALL FRANCE CHEERED,
Great Knthuslnttii is Aroused Through
Length mid Irrend th or Country by
Victory.
Paris, Oct. 24.?It would be hard
to exaggerate the enthusiasm aroys
id throughout the length and
breadth of France by yesterday':
splendid achievement of the French
army on the Aisne frort, falling on
the anniversary of the recapture ol
Fort Douaumont by General Potain
The blow apparently fell with all
the force of a surprise, for it'is tin
dcrstood that the German general
staff held the opinion that after hll
inoomplete success in the spring of?
fensive the French leader would not
And it advisable to rosnme offensi.vt
Operations' before the end of the year,
and this opinion was shared by mun>
Frenchmen.
The military commentators empha
si/.e the meat importance of the cap
ttire of Fort De Malmaison. the ke> ?
to the whole ridge extending U.
Craonne. The French from their
new positions are able to enfilade tin
Gorman positions not^only along the
Chemln des Dames line, but Anizyh
( bate iu, and to direct their fire di
rectly along the valley to Laon.
GUARDING AGAINST ill Ns.
?
Italians Csc Extraordinary Precau?
tion's to Bavo Sacred I Uli hoes. f
Venice, Sept. 25?(Correspondence)
?Measures for the protection ol
Saint Mark's, the most famous mon
ument of Venice, from the enemy'.
bombs have now been completed
The face and sides of the cathedra
are enclosed by an armor of bags o.
aaud held in place by scalfoldin;
which is lined with asbestos Us ffS
protection artuinst Incendiary bom
such as tin- one that fell a year
witliin a few yards of the main en
entrance.
Tin- mosaics, both inside and out
are protected from rushes of air
that might result from explosions b\
canvas stretched beneath them which |
would serve also to catch all the
fragments that might fall and pre?
serve them for restoration.
All precious objects and works of
art that could be removed, includ- j
ing the four colossal Greek horses or .
the facade have been removed t<
safety in the treasury of th(* basilica
Which has been transformed into a
t
1
Btfong room, stoutly armored. Those
in the interior that could not be re*
Opinions from
Folks Who Know
For malarial headache, Granger
Liver Regulator entirely relieved my
trouble.?.1. Height, Wetumpka, Ala.
Had heavy headache. Vomited
twice to si:: times a day. Four doses
of Granger Liver Regulator made me
well.?Loundas p# Rrindley, Somer
ville, Ala.
Mother had ^Ick headache. Granger
Liver Regulator did her more good
than all the medicine she had taken
before.?Pcarlcy Davis, Pacio, Ala.
I never expect to be without it in
my home.?Jcnie Usey, Gadsden, Ala.
It If. a groat saver of doctors' bills.
?Louis N. Kent, Honoruvillc, Ala.
There is none better.?Dr. T. E.
Cothram, Alexis, Ala.
AH druggists sell Granger Liver
"Regulator?r ar. Tn- it.
I
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embilmcr.
Presipl Atttntlts ??> Oil Mi
Nm\\\ Cat's.
At I?. I CRA'l UIS ':(aml. S Ma ?.
i no Ir s . N|fihi iq\
moved have been covered with mat?
tresses stuffed with seaweed around
which are piled buttresses of sand
bags.
The high altar beneath which Saint
Mark is buried and the tomb of An?
drea Dandolo have been protected
In this way. The domes of Saint
Mark have received a thick coat inn
of liquid cement which, hardening,
i constitutes an armor, while the
wooden portions have been treated
with a non-inflammable liquid.
MAYOR HAD COLD FEET.
Bast St. Louis, 111., Oct. 21? Coi.
Stephen Tripp of the adjutant gen?
eral's ollice of the Illinois National
Guard testilicd today at the congres?
sional Inquiry into the East St. Louis
race riots that on the day of the worit
rioting, Mayor Mollman of East 8t.
Louis practically turned the func?
tions of his ollice over to City Attor?
ney Feketc.
Colonel Tripp testilicd that he ar?
rived in Bait St. Louti at 8 a. m., July
'2, and went at once to the city hall to
see the mayor in the hope of on Hal?
ing the aid of the civil authorities in
the maintenance of order.
Colonel Tripp testilicd that the
mayor said; "I'm not feeling well. 1
hr.ve boon advised not to go out on
j the streets, as I might get hurt. I
will get Oity Attorney Fekete to rep?
resent me."
Colonel Tripp said he returned t<>
the city hall about noon and asked
; the mayor to accompany him on an
automobile tour of the city to lind tin
best places to station troops. Colonel
Tripp said the mayor replied: "No.
{ I can't*do it. You will cither have to
get along with Fekete'i assistance,
j or figure it out on the map your
1 selves."
It is decided credit to the Southern
negroes that they gave their new
soldiers a good send off when they
entered their country's service.?
X< wherry (?bserver.
? Anybody want to take a bet that
when women run the street ears
they'll abolish that "Don't Talk to the
IMotorman" rule??Columbia Record.
They say the sailors of the (Herman
high seas fleet struck for better fond
but they also objected to drafts for
the Submarines.?Jacksonville Times?
Union.
The exhibit of live stock at the
Bumter conty fair promises to be ex?
ceptionally large and of line quality.
The swine exhibit will be the fcatim
of the show.
London, Oct. 24.?Capt. Raold
Amundsen, the noted Norwegian ex?
plorer, went to the German legation
at Christiania on Tuesday, says Reu
ter's Christiania correspondent, re?
turned to the German minister his
German decorations as a "personal
; protest against the German murder
of peaceful Norwegian sailors on Oc?
tober 17 In the North Sea."
AUCTION BALE?Hagood, S. C. No?
vember 3, 11 o'clock. Will jegin
promptly. Valuable land and lots;
also 25 head of fine beef cattle,
hogs, mules and horses; also 113
acres of land between Rembert
and H?rdens. A brass band will
furnish the music.
WAMTTO* Party to bale 200 tons
hay, with power baler, at once. J.
H. Myers. Phone 5302.
Lost?Throe-quarter caret diamond
set out of ring, somewhere on
streets. Liberal reward to findor.
Apply Item Office.
FOR SALE?Registered Aberdeen
Angvs bull, four years old, tubercu?
lar tested, without fault or blemish,
C. P. Ostcen, Sumter, S. C.
Come to Sumter
Meet your friends here, bring the whole
family.
Spend four days profitably and pleasantly.
Plenty of fun and free attractions. A won?
derful collection of educational exhibits.
Fine Cattle, Swine, Horses, Mules, Poultry
and Farm Products. Beautiful displays of
Household Products, Fancy Work, Fine Arts,
Moulding, Carving, etc.
Big Parade on opening day.
Free Vaudeville Acts in front of grand stand
daily.
Krauss Greater Shows and Hidway during
Fair.
We shall expect you.
SUMTER WELCOMES YOU