The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 24, 1917, Image 7
ffcr ?iLu in ii? ^ciitlnon.
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c . m evca at cum Matte*.
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1
Mr. T It Itnhlr*, Who ?? now Io
rated at I'k Int.??ml. hid . has been
In the Ott] for ?evvfal day*.
Mr Isaac ? ?s b ?s f 'ui
i. in a trip to Indianapolis.
.Mr J K Itreedin. of Manning, w n
la town today.
w i n ?i? i i m ??? m
Mr. J. \\. ?s? dusMi Gives Twentj < ortfn
n. < b.iru > < ?r^aiilfljHtem
Mr. Bar tow Walsh, who is chair
man of tho Christmas Fund am.
therefore the head of the charitable
WoHt In Sumtor. announces that ho
his received a donation of twenty
cords of wood from Mr. J. W. JacU
s??n for distribution among the poor
o' the city where it will do the groat
? 1 ftoOd in relieving suffering. This
WOCH ie on the Jackson place. Just be?
yond the Poor House, and is ready to
he haul* .I to ihe city. Mr. Walsh ap<
peals to other charitably disposed peo
pie. who ba\e teams t<? haul thi
<l to town where it may he stored
for distribution as needed. When
r. il cold weather sets !n there will be
urgent need for wood and if It is in
t<?wn and quickly available much suf
fering and distress among the de a i
tute may he prevented. Those who
have teams can do a good work h\
e.?? h hauling a few cords, ami those
Inclined to remember the poor In this
io inner should communicate with Mr
W.,|?h.
I h. <>|MMiing ot I be Public librae*
T'te boo', ?i that ha' been ordered
IOC the Cirnegte Public Library hav?
ing arrived, it w.ih de hied at a joint
Reeling of the City Council and tin
Hoard of Education to base thf
formal opening of the library on Oe
eemher the third The Civic League
was requested some time ngo to take
trie necessary steps for th* opening o
the library 'In u formal way and thefe
arrangements will he made by tuest
I; dies.
In the meantime, the books will be
en re fully catalogued, In order that on
the very next day after the opening
tb?- public may In? able to tike out
books under the t egnlntfton* govern?
ing Ihe library.
I ?i .ii a I ntet-tainioonl
? >n Tuesda\ e ening. November -7
there will be a dramatic entertain?
ment at the GlrhV High School, given
by eome of the high school girls ami
td * Those who recall the enjoy
able patriotic evening given by the
gills last year, will he pleased to
see these young actors again. Th
proceeds of the entertulnment will ge
to nwell the funds of the Ji nlor or
rrnrlxutlon oV the Red Cross, which
has already accomplished some good
wovk in several lines.
Wftta-GalllonL
Mise Mary Pitts and Mr. Phillip ?.
(?aillard, both of this county, wen
married at the home of Mr. Paul I
Kennedy, the brides uncle, ?portal)
imrif, at ? o'clock Wednesday even?
ing. Nov. 21st. Father A. N. Murphy
pel forming the ceremony. There
were no attendants and only a few
relatives and friends were presort
After a whoit wed.ling trip to Was i
ington and New Turk they will re
turn to this oit) where they will
Make their home.
I a al I v 11' 111 > a i
A Hiesige from MayesvlUS at 4 itU
o'rloofc this afternoon stated that
bli; fire wn? rasing in l.-nchburg and
tbat the greater part of the bus!new
section of the town wai in danger of
Ucatrin tioa. The Pro is said to bo on
the south side of the railroad track
and that several stores bad already
twen burned, among th. number that
of w j McLeod,
< *n+ way la help along the grow
fowl campaign Is to repeal Ihe anil
boK ordinance ai d p. rout tin* peo|ih
bving In towns to raise I bog apiece
Sentiment |u Sunder sc?.? a io !??
strongly in fa*or or p.- repeal of the
ordinance.' if Ihe Hoard of lleatttl
?lid Coum II d?* not l ike ' ?ooi i a t o
matter of their own Initiative, it nuti
neeeaanry for Ihe i.pie to (lie
petUIon to bring the ipu stlou to ul
sswsa
The sort ?,f *p k i? ? i hat re.pihe
an sthdavii to >.?.a ( remedy seems to
bo on the incre is. in Humtsf com I]
end it it predleted Ihni the invalldi
??III centliitie to i;?,?w in number i.n
til after the U<mal N.-.v Near res hu
loom are mSih'
Tb#? Humtor Roller Mllhi have: pur
chased a new mill of I'm barrels
? as sggsssst] which win be lnotnP.ee1
?\ January Im Mo BtOtter how touch
wheat \n rasssd In gumtei county SjOJgl
ear th<* Nasal cull will be ready to
iuia it ull uue flour.
Fini: today.
Homo oi Mr. ,1. II. Wlnhurn Partial
l> Destroyed.
The residence of Mr. .1. II. Win-j
bttW DU North Washington street
was partially destroyed by tire about
??QfJ today, The house was badly
Wreoktd SlthOUgh the tire department
Unalrj sncceeded In getting the lire
under control. The furniture wai
' ?in.i , i b) Bra and in removing II
from the house. The origin of th
lire bei not been d< termined.
Mti.amin DtsewssM Hogs*.
I am wilting another letter on J
bogs, becauae if ire are going to doi
anything now hi the time. in six
months the yo'mg sows and shoats too
small to kill will be slaughtered, li
vei\ hatd to make people reali??
the Situation, I will undertake to set
a faith elearly:
I ? Production of foodstuff is th* :
.?? neeeesity in tins world crisis
th* man behind the gun Is useles
without the man behind the plow. An
IHtnle supply of food for ourselve.v
ai d our allies will win the war. pe
centra: a deAleney of food means *
defeat, becauae a drawn battle Ii
realty an overwhelming victory fo
I lermaaj.
2nd, The method of productiot
now In rogue must he supplemented.
I hey cannot produce the necassar\
food.
:rd European production has beet
diminished by 33 1-3 per cent. owin.
.?? able b.Odled men being in the arm.
cd ihi shortage of fertilizer. We
must export from this country, a
? ist 100 million bushels- of whed!
B| mi: a h normal export of 1st? thai,
lau million.
lib. This COUntry is calling foi
he bain nee of the registered men and
I bill Ml i xpected to'pass congress for
lo- registry of all men up to 35 and
pei h ips n? years of age. This mean
tin- diversion of millions of men fron
productive labor to war.
Ith. The high prices for meat, an
the OOntinned necessity of shipping J
the most concentrated foods broad (
i* already making great inroads upot
our breeding stock. Are we going t I
sit d.avu iu South Carolina and no j
Stake a comprehensive effort to fore |
; .11 this condition7 The governmeu
Is Satire in tin- cause of conservation j
but httie of a preetiesj nature has j
i sen accomplished in stimulating pro j
iluction, especially In meat and fat!: ,
<? sjs) Wo must immediately tun ,
>ur efforts towards increased produc ;
lion oi animal foods, or within on. I.
on ngj a penalty, Mr. Joseph P
lOtton of the United States Food Ad ,
ministration has just issued a valu
ibis bulletin on hogs. He guaran j
tees a minimum of $15.50 perhundre 1 ,
Og foot for hogs, and says that fo |
- iau a next spring, they expect t
inrnntee that the hogs will brln ,
i ?; times the average cost of th? cor. |
or bunhel fed into the hogs."
If that is prbporly but before th
ii era, they will ftnd hogs us gooo
or i>< tter propeettlon than :'.u cent cot (
..a Mind you those are mlnimun (
not maximum piic s. Coin is too ex
peiisi\,. to food alone. Experlmee
ihowa that best results are obtaine
from tnnhnge, oil cake meal, garbai
and corn meal mixed* I spoke o
keeping hogs in town, thit is entire 1
pi i :< ihle. To? have heard of the
wonderful I ? suits of the Philo system
of breeding chickens. only thrc
M|nnre feet tO each chicken. Thev
have adopted at the experiment sta
Hons tlm s ine ide . with hogs. The
? ill it the Cafeteria system. The old
time wasteful mothod of piling in i
maket of corn to be trampled over
ind hah of it lost, will not do in thesa
days Ol high priced grain. They have
kUtomntlc feed troughs and cleaners
just thO) do in tue Philo system
for chickens They are used by the
thousands in Iowa. Ohio, Kansas and
other hog raising states. Somebody
must leaeh our people to do the same
thine Bveri family with a little back
ml at th.- mill village and In the
Hies ought to hare two hogs to
ni same the wa de, and supplement j
that with scientific feeding. The
Htnte should establish certain breed
on the swamp lands like
the Pee Dee and furnish pigs at cost,
ino ' Shis to secure them,
bogs all. it should not allow another
v 111 be sidd to the butcher lntil
his ri Ii ll Is over.
John u McTAurin.
Bennettsvltle, Nov. 22.
M MTF.lt cottox MAKKJQT.
p. .: how man, Cotton Buyer.
Corrected deity at II n'eloog Noon )
Oood MeIdling II
st 11.1 Y kddHag 30 1-4.
Middling 2* US.
fl 1 |el Iaiw Middling 37 3-4.
Low Middling 11 Mi
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WITHOUT hissKXTiNt; von;
A MF, flic AN I-*K l> Kit ATIO N HI-].
AFFIRMS ITS CXKWFJtV
DtC LOYALTY.
Resolut i< u Relating to Organization
Negro Labor Causes Fxtonded De?
bate.
Buffalo, X. Y.. Nov. 80.-7Without a
dissenting vote llie American Federa?
tion of Labor today reaffirmed Ita un
swerving loyaltv to the country and
a determination Id stand behind th<
national administration until peace,
comes. The pacifist element, which i
\esterday mustered a small minority
against President Gompers* attitude
in supporrt of the wtir. was silent.
The resolution containing the dec?
laration was reported favorably by
the resolutions committee. It WO*
sweeping in scope. The course pur?
sued by President Gompers in cull?
ing il conference of the national and
international officers at Washington
an Matvh 1U was approved and all
his subsequent actions and those of
the executive council with reference
to the war Were concurred in.
The pacifists declared they were un?
aware that the resolution was to come
up today, They made no move for ti
reconsideration, however, and it wa*
pointed out that While their light yes?
terday was based on a vote of conti
deme In President Compere, today':*
resolution called for a declaration on
a clear-cut question of loyalty to th<
country.
Tills resolution, with others fron
the committee on resolutions, occu?
pied virtually the entire day.
The only resolution that caused ex
tended debate related to the organi
zation of negro labor. It Wag sub
mltted by Delegate Murphy of Sat '
Francisco, and embodied In its pre
amble a resolution adopted by the In
tcernational Negro League and pre
seated to the San Francisco Labor
Council for endorsement. The Negro
League's resolution specifically refer j
red to "Southern States" as scene
of wrongs Inflicted upon the race.
The resolutions committee report ;
Ing to the convention, assumed no re |
sponsibility for the statements in th<
preamble of the Murphy resolution ,
and recommended reference to th< |
executive council of only that part o
it referring to organizations df the nc
groes.
(). IV Gorman, of Georgia, protest
??d against the reference tb the South
??rn States remaining in the rccor.
ind moved as an amendment t<
strike out the entire section.
"The slaughter at Fast St. \*ou\
fame as a result of thefts by starvin
negroes enticed away from the!
Southern homes," Gorman said,
lefy and delegate to point to a singb
Instance of a negro being killed fo
robbery in the South. I resent thi
reference to the southern states. Th<
treatment ot the negro in the Sout!
is better than it has been In th
North."
Vloe President Duncan explains* 1
that the committee's recommendatloi
explicitly disclaimed responsibility fb i
the statements made in this part o* \
ihe resolution, but Gorman and othc
Southern delegates insisted that thi- j(
was not going far enough and de V
manded thai the question before th I
house was on the approval or di.sap
proval of the report from the commit
tee on resolutions, A motion to la
the report on the table was lost an
the debate was resumed.
Finally tho report was amended b
the resolutions committee to read:
"Your committee cannot be respon
sible for, and rejects the statements'
contained In the preamble of the res
olUtlon" and as so amended the re
port was adopted.
In his address on Russia, Vice Pres \
Ident Duncan expressed confidence Hnf
the ultimate formation of a stabh
and lasting republleatlon government j
there
Hog liaising in Town.
Editor Of The Item:
Dear sir: i am glad to see you
have taken up the matter of raising
hogs In the city. 1 wrote the mayoi
??ome time ago on this subject, but he
was so mUOb opposed to rcscindlm:
the old ordinance. that I said no
more.
Tile mistake Council made was In
wording the ordinance. They should
have forbidden any hog pens and al?
lowed any one to raise hogs win
would provide a lot of sufficient size
for the hogs to run In, say at least
.".?? foot by Tm feet or 2(0 square feel
1
for each hog, and rOQUlro the lot j
raked over si least once a month and
I i
the droppings used?as fertiliser. YesJ
v\e need the food, gnd my expei iem <?
of P"> years in raising hogs is that if,,
given a half chance he is the (dean
? st animal we have. And 1 never have
heard of an> sickness from a hog |ol
Yours truly,
i
I). James Wlnn.
Bumter, s. Nov. it>.
Letter postage is three cents now
und they won't even sell you two
Stump* for u nickel. - Anderson Mali
' Y.111. WAR FUND.
OY HR FORTY-XIX K MILLION WOL?
LAHS HA1SED.
tYoodrow Wilson Telegraphs Heart?
felt Congratulations to General Sec?
retory John it. Mott.
New York, Nov. 20.?The national
war work council of the Y. If. C. A.
announced here tonight thut the
grand total of the nation-wide war
fund campaign is $49,309,411. This
exceeds by nearly $1 $.000,000 the
$35,000,000 goal set at the beginning
of the campaign on November It.
President Wilson on being inform?
ed that the fund was greatly oversub?
scribed, telegraphed congratulations
to Dr. John R. Mott, general secre?
tary of the council.
"Ify heartfelt congratulations on
the remarkable and gratifying re?
sults," the president's telegram read.
"1 think it is national blessing."
The Southeastern department with
headquarters at Atlanta collected $1,
307,5S8. Its quota was $1,500,000.
The Eastern department with head?
quarters ip this city collected $20,
091,665. Its quota was fixed at $15,
400,000.
The tola Is and the quotas foV the
other departments are as follows:
Central, Chicago, $18,3x0,733, quota
$13,500,000.
Northeastern, Boston, $0,308,925,
quota, $5,000,000.
Western, Han Francisco, $1,773,500.
quota $1,250,000.
Southwestern, Dallas. $ 1,387,000
quota $1,000,000.
A. P. Whltford, national campaign
director, announced that the final tig
tires may exceed $5o,000. He con?
gratulated the 30??,000 workers.
Dr. Mott In his message to the
president said it Is "the desire of our
movement to strengthen your hands
in every way in our power, in ren?
dering a larger and better service to
the enlisted men of our army and
navy, and also the forces of the na?
tions which have made common caus^
with us."
Bumter County's share of the $35,
000,000 Y. If. C. A. War Fund has
been ratted after an active campaign
which came to an end last night. The
county was asked to raise $4,900 ami
this sum was raised by the various
local Cdmttfttteei that have solicited
contributions in this city and all sec?
tions of the county during the past
week. At the meeting of the Sumter
committee last night. when reports
wa re tabulated it was found that tin
goal bad almost been reached. With
tome committees still to make final re
ports. It was decided to guarantee to
raise the apparent deficit and to re?
port to headquarters at once that
Sumter county had agreed to give the
full amount asked for. There is no
doubt about the full $4,900 being
raised, and it is the hope and expec?
tation of the central committee to
make Sumter's contribution to the Y.
M. C. A. War Fund an even $5,00'J.
A GREAT INDUSTRY.
Sinnier Electrical Works Enters Pe?
riod of Fxpansion.
The Sumter Electrical Works, the
local branch of the great Splitdorf
Electrical Company, is at present in
process of expansion and develop?
ment so that the output may be very
greatly increased. To accomplish
this purpose the plant is being in?
creased and modernized by the in?
stallation of many thousands of dol
lars worth of machinery, the rear
rangemont of the plant and the re?
organization of the shop force. The
installation of new machinery is un?
der way, but will not be completed
for some weeks as the congested con?
dition of all transportation lines has
delayed the delivery of a great deal
of the machinery that is in transit.
The new organization of the shop
force has been worked out and at a
meeting of officers, department super?
intendents and foremen last night the I
program for promoting team work, ;
efficiency and speeding up the manu -1
facturing process was explained and \
discussed. The organization of the
working force is recognized to be of
more importance than the equipment
oil the plant and to make this organ- I
itatfoh as perfect and efficient as pea j
sible is the purpose of every man
connected with the company.
The next step will be the employ- j
ment of a large number of new work - J
men in all departments. The growth
of the Sumter Electrical Works is
just beginning and the number of
employees will probably be doubled
before the new year, if the men and
women can be found to fill the planes
open for them and do the work th: I
Is here for them to do. Orders are
piling up much faster than the
finished product can be turned out by
the present force, numbering abou*?.
four hundred. Consequently new ma '
chihery is being put in and more
workmen must be hired.
The growth and prosperity of the
Sumter Electrical Works means a
great deal to Sumter, for it is %ho
only real big manufacturing enterprise
that this city has ever had and the
possibilities of its growth are new un?
limited.
But there is an. obstacle in the w.r
of rapid enlargement of the working
force. The large number of men and
women needed cannot be obtained In
Sumter and If several hundred men
and women are brought here froni
other places, homes must be provided
for them. Some of the new workmen
will, of course, be men of family and
will rent houses and make their own
bonus, but the majority will be youm.
men and young women who mus.
have comfortable boarding places
Bight now the works needs fifty or
more young women to work in the
winding department and the proble a
of finding homes in the city for then.
Is more difficult than finding Una
young women. The people of Sumte
can materially assist in making cer?
tain the growth and prominence of
the Electrical Works as a great loeai
industry, with a | xy roll of thousands
of dollars a weel:?an industry worth
half a dozen e? ttoh mills to the
town?by making! homes for the
young women en ployees. The em?
ployees of the works, both men and
women, will he skilled workmen,
drawing high waives and their earn?
ings will grow larser as their skill in?
creases, for the i lece work system of
payment has b en adopted and a
workman's comp nsation is limited
only by his skill and productive ca?
pacity.
Tbc Sumter '.lectrical Works Is
backed by unlir ited capital, and a
great organization and its future
growth, and, incidentally, the growth
of Sumter as an industrial center, is
limited only by the ability of the town
to realize and utilise the opportunity
that Is now presented. The people of
Sumter are ended upon to furnish
both workers and homes for workers.
In order that the plant may grow an<l
prosper.
'Marriage Announcement.
Mr. and Mrs. l^eon C. Dove an?
nounce the approaching marriage of
their sister, Addle Pauline Dove, and
Mr. Henry B .Pitts on Wednesday,
November 28th.
II. O. Harding ft Co.
Bryon, ( a., April 11, 1917.
Old Kentucky Jo fg. Co., Paducah, Ky.
Gentlemen: I had cholera In my
herd of hogs recently and begun
feeding the B. A. Thomas' Hog Chol?
era Cure and stopped losing my hogs
at once. 1 wan losing from four to
five each night until I began the use
of this preparation. I raise about 200
head of hogs p* r year and never ex?
pect to be with out your remedy.
Yours very truly,
H. D. Hardison & Co.,
O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C?
Advt.
Molicod Succeeds Baker.
Columbia, Nov. 21.?Dr. F. H. Mc
Leott of Floren* e was last night ap?
pointed a member of the board of re?
gents of the state Hospital for the In?
sane to fill out tbSj unexpired term of
Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter, resigned.
Dr. Bilker was recently called into
the service of the National Army and
is now stationed at Camp Wheeler.
Macon, Ga. Because of these duties
with the army Dr. Baker submitted,
his resignation o Gov. Manning. This
SfOS accepted last night and Dr. Mc
Laod was appointed his successor im?
mediately. Dr. McLtod is president
of the State M dieal Association and
e
operates a hosp.tal at Florence.
-1_
Marf eting Hogs
beats burying them. S^Mrve HuifffCr
Mt. Pleasant, iowa. wntes: "Com?
menced feedin?. my herd of about
100 hogs B. A Thomas' Hog Pow?
der over two months ago. Fifty were
sick and off feed. Nearby herds had
cholera. I dl I not lose one?they
are well and *; vowing fast."
O'Donnell & Co., Sumter. S. C??
Advt. M
SUITS and COATS
We have just received a large shipment of both
Suits and Coats. Some very nobby Suits in Black,
Navy, Brown and Green. Coats in all the latest
shades. Values up to our usual standard.
FURS! f URS!
Single or in Sets. For Child
ren. Misses and Ladies.
LADIES'
LACED BOOTS
Black. Brown. Tan, Grey
and White. All sizes, B. C,
and D width.
new rwwc
The O'Donnell Dry Goods Company