Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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iJjvtf?laiilMiiaii.iiio ?o*1I}I?h Fubllslied Wcdm-dnj und Mlur.l.n ?UV? USTHhS VI IlllMHM. lOMI'AM M M 1 I IC. s C. Terms: f I '?0 |mt annum?In ikImiim c. Advertisement*. One Square tlrst Insertion .. . . > 1 a > Every subsequent insertion. Contrscts for three months. 0| longer will be made at reduced rates All communications which sub nerve private Interests will ho < hargeo for as advertisements. (?ituanes and tributes of resp Hill be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ed Mb 1850 and the True Southron in life The Watchman and s? uthroi now has the combined clrculatIon and Influence of both of the old pgnei and is manifestly the bes' ad vert Lit I] medium in S> inter. _ 8umter County has raised th amount alloted to the counts aS itn contribution to the Y M. C. A. Wm\ Fund. The fund for the Community Recreation Fund is BOtni reletd and the county will give the amount ash? ed. In a short time there will be another call for funds for the Red Cross, and as long us the wur con? tinues there will be calls for other and larger contributions, our people may us well make up their minds that they will be asked to give and give again and aagin with a liberal? ity that they have never believed pos? sible. Our young men are In a |gf rlble fight to the death to save Amer? ica from the scourge of the Hons, and the people who stay at home cm n do their little part by providing the means to help keep these tlghtln.-, men fit and strong to fight ? victorious bottle. e e e If the Board of Health and the City Council have any hesitancy gb sjt taking the Initiative in repealing th?? anti-hos, ordinance they might DAll the physicians of the' city in COgfi I to pass upon the guegfttog see The few rsbld Hlense n. wi , apers in State are raking up all the oil Oeanda's of the dispensary regime and laying them all at the doorstep oi S? nator Tlllmun. They are also r v? . inn evei \ .1 una/.iatf charge tha was ever made against Tiilman. o on. of his under-strappers, ami are holding him responsible for all Uli trouble and bitterness that grew out of the partisan administration of th'" i >rna regime. It is sad but t. i that hlekens will come to roost, and the men who were thee * b jowl with TtlfSaan In the turbulent d.iys of the roform era. and were the bone II ItjrJ at the upheav.il. are now leading the puek in tin- ?'Tort to pull him down? when age has shorn him O' hi strength and Hie al?ility to take care of himself in a rough and tumble i" bei e no .piai ter is given. * * I It is rcpoitel that a few of tho farmers of Bumier county wh > plant larg< acreages aie laying plans to p] ml all cotton next year. It Is said that the aie ?uying oats and corn 1 1. I to feed heir slock and will ; Pit nt neither imall gm lit this fall nor , com neat eprtng, The report may h v u.thout foundation, hut if it is tPUC thseo farm on win force the govern ment to adopt measures- to restrict ml re nlate the acreage devoted t> nop-food i rops and perhaps to plac ? i heavy tax upon those who plant more than one>half of their arable land in cotton and tobacco. The men who have charge of the food admin tfltration Will not qul tly sit by and M I BOtttS men do nothing to help supply I he fooil needed by the army and Uli Davy and the Industrial classes in thi?' oountiw and j.hroad. They will n t I?. ruiit ihcse men to draw upon the < earplug Of food produced by othe farmers in Iiis and other sections of i the country. I * ? * |t The fiirmo '.s of South Carolina wh i t are loyal and patriotic will respon i j (heerfu?y tc the call to plant two 1 acres of wheat to every plow. That Is ' tin- contribution they can make to 1 help win the war. | i cot veil. OF PETEWIK. |( - 11 Movement Started to Largely Increase the Wheat Acreage In Sumter i County. .1 A meeting of the County Council of' Dafotias was held in the rooms of the Chambat of Commerce Wednesday,: with a majority of the township com-1 mtttOdi represented, between forty j : ml fifty members of the council he? ilig present. The most Important matter l>efore the meeting was the r< Ojttest of the State Council that an ac- j live campaign be Immediately started I to increase the wheat acreage of' Sumter county. The National and ; state r mneils of Defense aroused to the urgent and Imperative necessity of . Innroaolng the wheat acreage and pro<luctlon very largely in the South, as well as In all other sections of the i country, |g order that the shortage of ( grneat supplies may be made7 up and . a bread famine prevented next year. Baoh BOdtlOn of the country outside of the wheat belt is being urged to plant SUfdoiant wheat immediately t ? i produce huIflclcnt wheut for local con> sumption not barely sulllc'ciit f??r formers, but for the entire population <>; ii?c respective Btutos, If possible, und some lo spare. The Natlonul Food Administration is gradual y lightening the fcgulutlons and It li almost cer Inln tiiut the shipment of wheat from the grain sections to the South will be greatly curtailed if not entirely prohibited in the near future, and the South to have wheat bread mast pro? duce the Wheat it needs, as it can . easily do. The appeal to the fann? ers is to plant not less then two acres of wheat to each plow operated, to plant the wheat on the best land, to prepare the land thoroughly and to fertilise the wheat crop as liberally as possible. The effort is to produce a n.a' hnuin yield on each acre planted, for every bushel of wheat that can be produced will be needed. The South oaitnot possibly prodlfOO too much i wheat. t, The situation was fully discussed In the light of the information fur? nished by the Council of Defense and .he Agricultural Department, which Chairman Phclps laid before the i neetlng. It was decided that each' ownship chairman would at once or? ganize his committee to make a house , o house canynas to urge the farmers 0 plant more wheat at once und to i ?ecure pledges from all farmers as t? he acreage they have or will plant. The committee men present pledged hemeeives to make the energetic, tampalgn at once, since it is real- | zed that there is no time to be lost, j is wheat should be in the ground be- j ore December 15th-20th, if possible, j The farmers present at the meet- j ng pledged themselves to plant the | ollowlng amounts of wheat?a num >er having already planted* W. T. Frown, 8 plows, 16 acres. 8. D. Cain, 3 plows, 0 acres. 11. o. Purdy. 2 plows, 5 acres. A. C. Phelps, 2 plows. 5 acres. II. D. Tin da i. ?i plows. 10 acres. J. W, McCoy, 4 plows, 6 acres.( J. B, M. Hodge. 9 plows, lfi acres M. M. Brown, 1 plow, 2 acres. Miller Coulter, G plows, 12 acres. Dr. Push Mclaughlin, 10 plows, 2", icrevs. 8. J. White. 10 plows. 20 acres. H. M. Moore, C plows, 1R acres. It. B. Atkinson. 6 plows, 16 acres J. H Myers, 50 plows, 50 to 100 scree, Joe Davis. 10 plows, 10 to 20 icres. ? B, W. Dabbs, 10 plows, 0 acres. J. It Pall, 3 plows^ 8 acres. The members of the ftimter Coun y Council of Defense who visit farm r .~"" j ein in ih? ir noctlonn it? Induce wheat .:inl mil planting arc requested to re ? . ; i to Secretary B, I. Rcardon the number of acres ?>f wheat, oats, and I as mar as possible the estimated number of hogs each farmer expects to raise during the next twelve months. This information is very im? portant for war purposes and for the benefit of the people of this county also in the furnishing of information te the National Food Administration to show that Sumter County is trying to he self-sustaining in the food the government insists should he grown 01 raised by each county. Equally as important as wheat pro? duction is that the number of hogs he rapidly increased and the town? ship committees are urged to do ev? erything possible to induce people of their respective communities to raise more hogs next year than ever before. The prosperity that the farmers of this section are now enjoying as ihfl result of high prices for cotton and tobacco and a big corn crop may have tended to blind many of them to the fact that this country is- face to face with a most serious food shortage and that ere another harvest season ar? rives many thousands of people in the United States may be suffering for food. Even these who have plenty of money may not be able to buy food to satisfy their hunger. and those who have little money will not be able to buy sufficient food to support life, i owing t? famine prices. The food ad? ministration will limit the amounts of foodstuffs that dealers may sell to a person, and will regulate prices, if the emergency becomes more acute than it now is. but even these drastic meaSCUres will not relieve suffering if there is not sufficient food to go around. It is to guard against such j a deplorable situation that the effart is now being made to show every farmer the urgent necessity of plant ing wheat now and planting 08 mnnv OCreS as possible on each farm. And unleap the South raises- hogs in suf ticient number to fed the people of the South there will be many meat? less days in thousand! of homes with- , in the next twelve months. LatBt spring the slogan was "Crow Food or Co Hungry." Today the situation is even more serious than it was then? and the South must grow its own food j or our people will suffer. The farm? ers must bear in mind that they are expected to produce food not only for their immediate families and depend? ents, but also for the many thousands of town and city dwellers who are so situated that they can not produce food for themselves. And they are also To the People of Sumter County; The United BtatM Covernment needs practically all of the coal available for railroad transportation, for the o eration of the ship building plante, and other necessary war operations It is the ob? ject of the Fuel Admin stration Board to reduce the consumption of coal In homes and in manufacturing enter rises, which can substitute wood as fuel, to the lowest possibi figure. To this end the people are urged to substitute oak an ! other woods 04 far as possible. The farmers and land owners are urged to fcrup ply the wood to the cities and towns as a patriotic duty in or? der to aid In this saving of coal fuel. Any of the wood and coal dealers of Sumter will gladly buy your wood at good prices and put it into suitable shape for use jn the stoves and grates of the city. Oak cut into small blocks can largely be substituted for coal in grates and open stoves. We ask the coopei tion of the farm? ers and of the people of the city in our efforts to effect the sub? stitution and release the coal for use in the tmanufacturing and transportation operations necessary to the war R. Ti. BELSER, Chairman Sumter Fuel' Administr ation Board. Sumter, S. C, Nov. 10, 1917. called upon to remember that the surplus food that they produce will all und a ready market at prices that will yield a profit that should satisfy any one. Tindal News Notes. Tlndal, Nov. 51.?The farmers in; this neighborhood have about linish i'd gathering cotton. There has been very little oats and wheat planted so far. There will be a hot supper at Prov? idence school house near Tindal on Wednesday night. November 58th for the benefit of the school and Y. If. ? A. The public is cordially invited lo come and be served in the Old lashion country style. \Vc had occasion recently to trav 1 from Bumter to Mayeavflle and St. diaries by auto. We found a road worse than any road we have in Clar? endon. We mention that because some of our people think that all Suinter roads are like the ones which lead into Sumtcr from Clarendon county. The best roads we know of are in! Lee county, though there, too, we may have passed along the brag ioads.?Manning Herald. Los Angeles, Nov. 21.?This city at an election yes* ?rday voted to abolish saloons after .April 1st, next year. The ordinance, however, permits the sale of wines and liquors .of an alco? holic content not exceeding fourteen . per cent, in original packages and limited quantities. I Washington. Nov. 22.?Cotton seel .received at mills between August 1st and October 31st, less shipments. I amounted to l.f.91,916 tons; crushing* i mounted to 8i:9,549 tons; on hand R9f,Si4 tons, the census bureau an t nouneed. Mr. Lloyd C.eorge says that unity is essential. In fact, it would be a very good idea if the allies would adopt "E PlUribUS Ununt" as their motto.?News and Courier. ? BgEsaBsgs?ggsqgcciaa 11.1 t f{ Will Keep You Well . 4 i? > r^2SSL iiBiMSr sick headache, becon.e contti patcd or hare ar.y btomach or liver trouble, a doue or t..? of C::nger Uw Regulator trill pnt yoo in r-d siiape, ft S purely vegetable pre: aratfoa, non-elcohoJic an? acts pleas.:.vOy and effectively. Ccecord. M. B . Im If, 1?IT I w?? ? -k ?ix tntmli* U.t year and Cm i*. , ., V 'i l im? In fl) |b PlnrliB I fOt ?nfD? SlMkfP L.ver K?*tul?t..r Ii lioOda aei It SM Dt? r-0. i : ? i. ? ? i~ - K b* hum* pSa o?? Mtd mi *>rt : ?? . s a $re?t i -il be ter. (Scned) V J. Rowland Sold by *H ciruMrsriftts?26c a box Or*n?ei Koiio u(k, ChaMirooga. T?a&. mi r^3.-;?Tr-tsnnaiaB^si^?rir' Don't Miss This Opportunity! Today you have the chance to buy winter clothing at reasonable prices, prices that you will not be aole to duplicate for years to come. Ail goods bought now will be sold at greatly advanced prices to correspond with higher prices that the dealer has to pay. We Still Have a Large Assortment whiGh we bought early and they are going cheap. Why not get yours before the best values are gone? Men's Suits Boys' " - Men's Overcoats Bovs' $12 50 to $35.00 4.50" 12 50 12 50 " 30.00 4 00 M 13.00 Copyright Han Stluffner& Mine Mats. Caps, Odd Trousers, Underwear and other Furnishings are all priced reasonably today. We can make no promises as to what they will be later. THE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO., Home of liar! Schaffner & Marx Clothes. r\ 9TTl htZUctDcfeaC i?? M.rx