The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 17, 1917, Image 2
Oll I) Kits <H I \U ST.IIKI s.
labor* \iiH\\rr (o President's Vpjveul
fur ( "of* ration
lluffalo. N. Y.. Nov. 11 Prtatdoal
N\ 11 son s plea to labor to maintain
unhindered al|f tl,.. prtu i.?>??*<* ..t laho
until QofUiany has been beaten re
Solved Its first answer today, whea
ibe building trades department ?f 111
American Feder.uion oi |ej)gf Ofd I
eo> the discontinuance of i M strike^
on government work umler Its jurN
dietron.
The action was taken afi< t arraag*
.. ? nts had been made for .\ commit
t??e of the general prexidem* of th'
? ulldlnt* trades to meet a* Washing
t ?n and confer with President Wilson
?I other r.ov, i imient official* for I?
v " of exiting dlflb tiltlei
While the immediate result Of th
partmeut'i movement will it fee:
strikes on buildings that are be?
ing- erected 'or ship building or th
manufacture of war munitions, it we*
rggprded as a pre< elettl fOI Ihe gd
? stment of ?II differences trat miKht
< i\y prosecution of the governments
u.ir plans.
Today s session of the thir tilth
n il < onventlon of the federate u
was brief. Among rcoorotlofts rectlv?
el and referred to OOSJimltteeO WHS
one eaitlug upon the legislative com
i i'tce to otitaln the enactmeni < i
legislation that will extend tbo eight- i
ir law to all classes *of rail a ? i
v orb ers. f I
President Wilson tonight expressed '
his appreciation for the actim taker i
?fct the btrlldlng trades In declaring ?
(?rf strikes. His message, i ddreoaea1 i
to President Donlth, reads:
"Your telegram has che? re?l me j
very much and T hope you will oonvoy I
any alnooro thanks and appreciation <
to those associated with you In the pa- I
triotle sctlon of which you give no
hrformatlon. You may be sure th?n
will bs all possible cooperation at I
this end."
Conference In Atlanta Take?, up lllg ?.
Atlanta. Nov. 13.?The taxation 1
problems of the various slates and ]
the relationship between State and I
Federal taxation were the matters hi ?
fore the eleventh annu.il conferc .
??f the Natl mal Ti\ \ . ? n .tut
?ns hero today, At ?? proMml tary eon- I
ferenye last night the first steps wcru I
iken for the formation1 of a national
i ouncll of States.
niSCTSSTAX PltOW.F.MK.
Question.
\l;\|\ DIUIT Ki:<;tl,AT10Ns.
IM Kults to Ik' Mailed Moulds Im
mediately.
\\ ..shiuvton. Nov, l2.-~Coples of
the new army dimfl n adulations came
tlie pres>. today a>i a DBA] reading
I rf oratory to mailing to the local
i si i dion hoards throughout itio
country. Tliey will ho in the hands
of all board. U0X1 week to govern ill
future dtafta
Inder the new )>!an the burden o
sopptrtng Information which win re
suit in his being placed in his propOl
olaaal Icatlon under the seleetlvs oor?
vier law bos'.s squarely upon the in
di\,dnai registrant,
.\il instructions now in the hondi
of the hoards will be annualled upotl
th lvceipt %uf the new 1 emulations
which are greatly reduced in exo-ut
and simplified in prows.
Included in the new book is c.a \
thing bearing on the draft prOCOSSef
as now organized from the time ilv
qosetlonnalre to bt tent to each reg>
iMtr.iu art idled out and reform i i"
the boards until accepted ths menarc
actually in the military service. Bach
book carries a copy of the statutes
and also a verified copy of the master
list of the drawing.
The qnoatlonnalrs process will elim?
inate from consideration for military
BSTVlcs probably II per cent of the
man who WOOld have been discharged
Off exempted lindor the old plan, t'n
der ths first call the average board
I i romnelled to examine live men
to Obtain one for service. In some
DOI more than one out of ten or
twelve' wi re sent to the camps.
It i- expected that under the new
leheme the average figures will be
reversed and at most, not more than
BUS man in every live called up wi 1
fail to pass his physical examination
iml be rejected.
The American liar Association and
the American Medical Association are
it work now organizing the lawyers
ind doctors to aid registrants in their
vicinity In filling out their question?
naire*. With the aid of these asso
iiiions it is hoped a high percentage
[)f the questionnaires will come bOOH
in such form that the boards wi!
nave little more than a rubber stamp
proceeding left to select the men to
1111 any call.
Times certainly change. A German
DOmmandOf now offers S reward for
an American soldier dead or alive
mil only a few months ago Von
Pernstorff was offering ISO,000 if W<
wouldn't send any.?Chicago Herald.
Bone Valley
HR. AND
J i S. Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed.
BONK VALLEY PHOSPHATE WHEN PROP- \
ERLY L'SED. WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE
tKODUCTION OF FARM PRODUCTS. PHOS?
PHATE ILONH is n<?T A COMPLETE PMR.
i IT DOBS NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA
OR POTASH, tt IT DOES OON-TAIN A Hic.ii
PERCENTAGE OF PHOSPHORIC ACID, WHICH
is ONK OF THE THREE ESSENTIAL PLANT
i"s. IT SHOULD I US USED N CONNS0
\ WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL SUPPLY
\MlfONlA AND POTASH. COVKH CROPS' ?F
VELVET BRANS, SOY BEANS, COWPEA8, CLOV
RR OR ?NI t THE LEGUMINOUS CROPS
PLOWED INTO THE BOIL wil l, SUPPLY \
BIT I 'ICIKX1 AMOUNT OF AMMONIA AND POT
1 IR IN THE tRSENCE OF C< >VER CROPS, USE
COTTON SEED MEAL TANKAGE OR STABLE
MAXI UK OJN MUCK LAND OR LANDS WHLL
PI 14 ED with HUM L A (4eaaylnj| organic matt or)
PHOSPHATE tLONE 18 SUFFICIENT.
AN AVJCHAOK* CROP ftp VELVET i. BANS WILL
?i iti.v PER ACRE APPROX1MATRLY 166
POUNDS OF A\l.\H?N'ia an'li 10 POUNDS OF
POTASH THIS IH EQUAL TO MORE POTASH
AND NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AMMONIA
IE IUPPLIED IN a TON t>r COMMERCIAL
j T.im i.i'/.KK OF THE USUAL FORMULAE
COMMONLY KNOWN AS s -'-L'
AT THE PRESENT MARKET PRICE 4 i!* 1 7 >
?>F FERTILIZE II MATERIAL. A CROP OF
VELVET UB\NH PLOWED IN IS WORTH IN
NITROGEN APPROXIMATELY IIa. 0(1 AND IN
POTANMII M tROUT $24.011 OR A T??TAL i IF
.00 in INCREASED FERTILITY, DUE TO THE
PLOWINfl UNDER OF A CROP OF THESE
111 VN To BAY NOTHING <t THE VALUE OF
THE in MUS ADDED TO THE LAND, PPT am
MONI \ n\i? POTASH ALONE IS NOT A COM
PLETE I KHTLLIKKR. PHOSPHOR PS ?>K PHOS?
PHORIC \' ii?. as IT IS CQMMOALY KNOWN.
!s BrtTKXTlALTO PLANT LIFE. THIS ELEMENT
CAN >t. SUPPLIER PROM A NUMBER OF
MH'RCRS; a TON OF II |?MH CENT ACID
PHOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY POUNDS OP
PHOSPHORIC ACID AI a COST OF APPROXI
M \TKl.Y $i ? ?? A TON OK IS PER CENT HONE
MEAL WILL SUPPLY lea POUNDS OF PHOS?
PHORIC ACID AND at a COST OF APPROXI?
MATELY ii-". a TON in' RONE VAI.LKY
pMOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY 040 POUNDS
PHOSPHORI ACID at a COST ?IF llt.Ofl DE?
LIVER HD.
M k! I K VOW U l KRAU RK
Harby & Co., Inc., su"cER'
Distributors foi ?istiTfl South Carolina.
making paI'KK clothing;
(.(Miiian People Wearing Many Gar?
ments Made of Paper.
Ameterdam, Oct. 81.?The employ
meal of paper yarn in all directions
id Germany has made enormous pro?
gress during ttio past year. Cloths
and fabrics made entirely of paper
yarp are hOW widely used. The base
of these is a simple onc-colured pa?
per yarn used in exactly the same
way as jute, prisoners camps are now
?applied with mattresses and even;
pillows in which the covering is made
of this fabric. In fact, paper weav?
ing has made such strides that twills
are now produced, and the time is not
far distant when it will be possible to
obtain excellent grades of worsted
made of paper ,and already the first
patterns of such fabrics are being ex?
hibited.
r \ I
Really-made clothing in paper is ut
present contlned for the most part to'
special workmen's clothing. Entire
suits of this are exhibited, as well as
aprons, overalls, and otTiec coats. The
?
price of paper fabrics varies between
IB cents and one dollar a yard.
Ready-made workmen's aprons and
overalls are sold at six dollars a doz?
en. Kor entire suits the price is
about $5.
The paper clothing Is not, how?
ever, entirely confined to workmen's
clothing. A beginning has been made 1
in supplying garments for women '
and children. For children there isi
a wide variety of paper garments
available. For women, the offerings
are thus far confined to undercloth?
ing.
Tliornwcll Orphans in Need.
The de; th of Dr. W. P. JaC?bs,
founder ami president of Thornwcllj
Orphanage, haves the orphan family|
of ov.-r SCO without a presiden;. The
vice prstldent, Rev. .1. H. Cava i e
signed effective October t?i ?*V.ch
leaves mo institution without u, >.:'
cial head,
The responsibility of the care of th?
Children IS on the Hoard of Trustees,
wh ? are unfitted to do the work.
A noW president has been elected,
but it may be some time before be |
can come. In the meantime the chil?
li ren need bread and clothing ami
sc hool books. There is no money in
the treasury, none whatever. Tho
property of the instittuion cannot he
hypothecated to borrow money. ThO
charter prevents that.
Will the reader try to realize these
hundreds of bright, beautiful orp^mri]
children actually without the m'nr.sj
to buy bread? For that is exactly thb
situation. When Dr. Jacobs found
the Institution In such a situation be
always told it to the good people. H<
trusted that Qod would mit it into
heir hearts :o m)'.i.: tbf :n n ??>? o he
food or the coltblng. and Cot] nevei
forsook him and neve: forsook the
children.
We are not competent to present
the matter as he did. but we tell th
story without any gloss and without
adequate language, it is literally true
that these children whom Dr. Jacob.
always called 'Mod's children' 'Ore
without fathers and Without a presi?
dent, and without money and v. itho i:
food, gnd they are in need of white?
clothing ami school hooks for th? new I
term. Everything costs more than i j
has been costing. The dollar:; which
are coining in are spent as carefully
os possible, but they arc too few V
meet the bills. The itistltvtlbn is
therefore face to face with the fact
that it cannot furnish the children
with nutritious food and with wart.,
clothing unless the Rifts of God's neo
pi*' are greatly enlarged fend qutbtb
forwarded.
If the reader could only pass froa
cottage to cottage and tfct acquaints ?!
with the beautiful girls and th fine
manly boys and talk with them iboitl
themselves, and ftb?Ut tho institution
their work, the love of the children
themselves would bring all that they
neod, but only a few of those vho
read this have opportunity to visil
the institution ami know the children
personally, To such it is only pos?
sible to realize the situation if the)
can imagine their own children with?
out a father, without mother, WithoUl
money, in many cases without friends
boused in a wonderful home when
liic leader, the adopted father, i;
dead, and ulnae there is no one to
provide.
We are trying to lay the matter
upon your hearts, gentle readers, that
you may he the more willing to share
the responsibility with us. "Inas
much as ye did it unto one of th<
least of these, my brethren, ye dl<
it unto me."
All donations should he sent to
Hoard of Trustees,
Thornw ell < ?rphanago,
Clinton, s. c
Washington, Nov. 11.?Any person
found with expolslves In his posses
Islon after November I? without a n
cense issued by ths federal govern
ment showing the purpose for which
ths explosives arc a bo used will be
' liable to arrest and llns of |5,ooo or
I one year's imprisonment.
TEXT BOOK CASE.
Arguments Hoard by Supreme court
nn State Hook Adoption.
Columbia? Nov. 18. The case of
James- B. Athly against the Hi at''
board of education was argued before
the Supreme Court yesterday. In lIiis* |
ease it is alleged that the hoard vio?
lated the State hook adoption laws
by changing more than 50 per cent
or' the exchangeable hooks at one
adoption. The petitioner was repre?
sented by lt. D. Melton and Cole L.
Bleaee and the respondents by Ceo.
B. Cromer and John J. McSwaln. In
his argument for the board Dr. Cro?
mer said:
"In authorizing readoption of text?
books at intervals of five years, the
legislature wisely foresaw that there j
would be improvements in school
books as well as in other instruments
of progress and .... it was intend?
ed that the State board of education
should have wide discretion in pre?
scribing courses of study, in adopt?
ing textbooks and generally In pro?
moting the interests o? the public
schools. But even if we assume that j
the inhibition of the amendment of
1914,' forbidding a change of more
than r.n per cent, of the exchangeable
books, is mandatory, still it is clear
that the respondents acted well with?
in its requirements.
"In the eighth paragraph of the
petition it is alleged broadly and
without specification, that the state
hoard of education changed more
than 50 per cent, of the exchangeable ,
books. The titles of the books arc
correctly set forth in the third para- ,
graph of the petition, and they are
quoted from the published statement
Issued by the board of education and
filed with the return as exhibit B. The
percentages of changes is set forth in
detail in the seventh paragraph of the
return, and in exhibit C of the re?
turn the State list of exchangeable
books of 1911 is given, with an ac?
curate analysis showing the percen?
tage of changes. From this state?
ment it appears that the board
changed 4 7 3-17 per cent, of the to?
tal exchangeable books; 4 4 4-9 per
cent, of the exchangeable books in
the first, second and third grades; 82
per cent, of the exchangeable books
In the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
grades, and 4 7 1-17 per cent, of the
exchangeable books in high school
grades . . .
"It is not suggested that there wa \
caprice or fraud or incompetency on
the part of the board. The very per?
sonnel of the board would refute any
such suggestion or inference. The
oiesumptlon is that the members
were Selected with reference to Char*
arcter, efficiency and special fitness
and training for that Important work.
It Is also safe to assume, and I say
it With the utmost deference and re?
spect, that these respondents are as
capable of deciding the percentage of
changes made as the members of this
court could possibly be."
Cole L. Blease. in summing up his
argument for the respondent, said.
"The total cost of the 68 hooka
adopted for use in all the grades in
1911 amounts to $38.51. The total cos
of the 115 books required under the
1917 adoption Is $70.84, an increase of
82 per cent.
"This gives an increase of over 801
per cent, in the cost of hooks of the
tust group; over uo per cent. Increase
in the cost of books In the second
group, and over 07 per cent, in the
cost of books In the third group, an.I
an average increase of 8 2 per cent. In
the cost of all books used in all tho
grades caused by the changes made
In the list of books required in the
1!?11 adoption and the list required In
the 11? 17 adoption."
LICENSE OS BAKERS.
Hulcs and Regulations Have Been Is?
sued by Focal Administration.
Washington, Nov. 13.?The general
rules and regulations governing the
license for manufacturing bakery pro
ducts under the president's procla?
mation yesterday requiring every ba?
ker, except those using less than ten
barrels of flour or meal monthly, to j
take out a license by December 10th.
wan e announced today by the food j
administration. BVen hotels, clubs
and other public eating places ser\
ing bakery products of their own
making come Under the rules. Till
penalty for doing business without n
license is $5,000 tine or two years' im?
prisonment.
GOODWYN RHETT NAMED.
Washington, Nov. 14.?R. G. Ithett
if Charleston has been named on di?
rector for south Carolina In the cam
?tap. u to gather for war purposes two
billion dollars in small savings within
year, beginning December through
a system ot selling thrift stamps, war
savings stamps and war saving cer
I tllleates
It Is yet a fact that Senator Till
man. even in feeble health, can beal
most any averaKo man. Lancaster
News. I nt an average man Is not
likely to bs a candidate against him
?Greenville Piedmont
ARE YOU ADEQUATELY INSURED?
Owing to tho increased cost of ?11 articles it is important
for owners of property to Investigate tins matter.
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Will be gla<l to serve y<> .
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^^g^-^^^^^rr- NEILLO ^onnkij.. President.
PROSPERITY -? M MEASURE
During peace prosperity is essential to
progress.
Daring war it is absolutely vital to the
nation's life.
The country's Chief Executive sounded
the call for immediate service in all lines
of industrial endeavor when he said that
"our industries must be made more pro?
lific and more efficient than ever."
This Institution is cooperating to the
fullest measure with business interests
in maintaining prosperity.
The National Bank
of Sumter.
J. P. Booth, Pres. D. D. Moise. Vice Pres.
W. J. Crowson, Jr., Cashier.
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