Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fcjjt tfflatejjmait Wkm ^(ratljton Published \V?lK*ml?jr and Saturday -BY? OSTKEN Pi HUMUM; COMPANY St'.MTFIt, 8. O* 91. SO per ennuui?in advance. Advertisements. One Square first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.GO Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub. serve private interests will ne charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Rumter Watchman was found ed In i860 and the True Southron in lift. The Watchman and Southro: now has tpe combined circulation am. influence of both of the old papers and la manifestly the best kdvertisn.. medium In Hu mter._ War Tax on Paper?. The following are the provisions which affect papers to be recorded: ?'Schedule- \? stamp Taxes. I Bonds of Indebtedness: ItomN debentures, or certificates of indebt nesa issued on and after the first day of December, nineteen hundred ?it,d seventeen, by any person, cor? poration .partnership, or association, on each $100 of face value or frac? tion thereof, rj cents: Provided. That every renewal of the foregoing shall be taxed as a new issue: Provided further, That when a bond condi? tioned for the repayment or pay? ment of money Is given in a penal sum greater than the debt secured, the tax shall be based upon the amount secured. "?. Drafts or checks payable oth? erwise than at sight or on demand, promissory notes, except bank notes ieaued for circulation, und for each renewal of the same, for a sum not esceedlng $100. 2 cents; and for each additional $100 or fractional part thereof, 2 cents. 7". Conveyance: Deed, instru? ment, or writing whereby any lands, tenementa or other realty sold shall bo granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers or any other person or persons, by his. her or their direction, when the con? sideration or value of the interest or property conveyed, exclusive of the value of any Men or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of sale, exceeds $100 end does not ex? ceed $100. 50 cents; and for each additional $S00 or fractional par' thereof. 60 cents." In every case where a deed does not carry (he full amount of the tux on account of sn outstanding en? cumbrance on same. the reason <habeas whotTM be noted on the deed. Tbl* law becomes effective th? first day of December, 1917. so It would be well for all those who con? template having businesa of this na? ture to provide themselve? before hand with the necessary stamps. |h Must Peed Itself. The need for the planting of grain tu the South this year Is much more pressing than might appear from a mare casual consideration. The warn? ings of the government to Southern farmers are raking a more mandatory form, and there seems to be shaping up a policy of enforcement In a prac? tical way. which may come upon our people of this section with a shock. If the next crops harvested are. as many think they will be. money crops predominantly, that Is to say, of course, cotton. The national food admtnUttration holds that the South Is able to raise all the foodstuffs its people need, and that it can not look to the rest of the country, us It has been accustomed to do, to supply its requirements, while it raises cotton The surplus of grain above the aeeds of he sections in which it is produced, and of those in which it can not be produced, Is to te conserv? ed for the use of our allies, and ther will be dkvoouragement, amounting, perhaps, to prohibition, of the supply of grains to those sections which have neglected to produce it for themaelvea It Lb, of course, ques? tionable whether a rigid enforce? ment of such a policy can or will be made, but that is to be the tendency and It will have its effect, und a very serious effect, upon the food situation in .hose parts of the country which jgjfaTkave devoted their agriculture' energies to money crop* and depend? ed upon purchasing fool supplies from others That has been the 'Uth's weakness for many years, and It should, of Us motion, get away from the economic dependence under which it has so long suffered. Hut it ?nay be something more f.han a mat? ter of choice this year and for the duration of the war. We ran t eat cotton or the money It will bring, no matter how high ths pet00 may go. and it will profit us little If we have big baldness in the bank and no flour In the storeroom. The South can't raise too much foodstuffs, and the sooner our farmers get down to a realisation of the fart that they may go hungry In the midst of then wealth the better it will be Thirty . en? cotton is all very well, but it prove only ashes in the mouth I b n iest >n Pool mil \R AND lOCAT CAMPAIGN. iu pit m iitntivc <>r CTefjMoa Cottage I und local. Agents Canvu-^iiig the 1 Oil lily. The whirlwind wheat and hog cam puign of the Farm Intension Depart nient of Clemson Colkge was started yesterday by ? visit to the rural school of the county, and this will b* <ept up for several days. Mr. E. E. Hall, specialist In plant hreediiiK of Clemson College, and Miss Mary Lemmon, home demonstra? tion agent visited Bethel, Providence. Wraham, Lawrence and ConcorJ schools, while Miss Annie Keels, as? sistant home demonstration agent, Farm Demonstrator J. F. Williams, and Secretary R. I. Reardon visited Rembert. Pisfcuh, Dalzell, Frazer, Du - Hoae. and Boasard schools. Short talks were made at each school and pledge cards given each pupil with a letter to the parents- ask? ing that the farmers sign the cards agreeing to plant at leust two acres of wheat to the plow and to increase their pork supply by raising at least one extra litter of 'pigs to help the government win the war. Today the same parties, with Con? gressman Lever and Dr. Haynsworth, County Superintendent of Education, are out for the same purpose, and Mr. Lever will deliver addresses at mass meetings at Shiloh and Mayesville schools in Sumter county and at .Lynchburg school in Lee county. The pledge cards signed are mall I able without postage. NKW DRAFT REGULATIONS. local Hoard lias Received Instruc? tions Governing Assignments. The local board has received in i structions and regulations govern? ing the alignments of registered men 11 into classes under the new ruling of Hie Provost Marshal General. A copy ;' i jf the new selective service regulat ons hum been mailed to each lawyer or ^ firm of lawyers In the city, and they i ire requested to preserve the same, in i hat they can give intelligible infor? mation to the drafted men when ?.ailed upon. The president has re- ^ lueated every lawyer to be ready to, ^ insist the men in filling out the ques onnatre that will he mailed to each egkstered man shortly, and this local >oard therefore urges the lawyers of <umter to read very carefully the In itno tions regarding same. The discharges and exemption; icretofore allowed and grunted by , tlm local boards are revoked by the 1 new rules, and every man, whether', j :1 rafted or not, will he assigned to j I i certain class, in accordance with the ( itatus in each man's case. , [OMMISSIONFD AT OGUBTHORPE. ? raduates of Second Training Camp Receive Assignments. j' - ( L ili Three thousand young men who 1 completed the course of instruction at ( the Second Training Camp, Fort Ogle- * thtrpe, received commissions Monday 1 among the number were the follow-1' Ing residents or former residents r * Sumter: 1 Robert W. McKay, captain, infan-;* try, Camp Green. 1 Harold L McCoy, first lieutenant ' Infantry. Chlcamauga Park. I < Deus M. Richardson, second lieu- ( tenant. Infantry, Chlcamauga Park, j 1 Hansom Richardson, Plnewood. : first lieutenant, Infantry, Camp Pike. Andrew A. Manning, first Hauten - nnt, infantry,, Chlcamauga Park. Llneul W. Roykin, captain, infantry. Camp Jackson. Frank M. Cain, second lieutenant, Infantry. Camp Taylor. James McH. Dahbs, second lieu? tenant, field artillery. Camp Jackson John E. Edens, second lieutenant, infantry, Chlcamauga Park. Irving S. Reiser, first lieutenant, field artillery. Camp Jackson. Harn Burned. The barn of Mr. E. D. Hodge, who lives on the Manning pul lie road not tar from Alcolu, was burned Sunday aiternoon. A large quantity of corn and forage, a number of hogs confin? ed in a pen adjacent to the barn an 1 I considerable quantity of farm im? plements were destroyed. Mr. Hodge and family were away from home at the time, attending a funeral in Man ning, giid scarcely anything was saved from the barn by neighbors who gathered when the fire was observed. The gftglg of the tire was not ascer? tained. New York politicians are now busy explaining to the women how they were for suffrage all the time. - Chat? tanooga News The Germans were once nearer to Paris than they are to Venice. but they did not get there.?New Yoik ' World The anarchist s Mag is like the auc? tioneer s flag u sinn that everything will be Knocked down under it. I I r Ida Tiuies-l'nlon. shout ums chop. Heavy Hecrca.se In Corn Crop by Had (futility. (Manufacturers Record).) Repeatedly the Manufacturers Ree ord has warned the Department of Agriculture against conveying er? roneous impressions by predicting a yichl of crone long before it was pos? sible to know what the weather con? ditions would settle as the final yield. The wisdom of this If now illustrated in the report that the corr? crop, which is given as- 3,191,000.000 bush? els, has an average quality of 75.2 per cent, as compared with the average of 83.8 per cent, for last year, a de? crease in quality of 8.6 per cent., equal to a decrease in feeding value running into many tens of millions of bushels. Indeed, a report from the Depart? ment of Agriculture says that about 20 per cent, of this year's corn crop (or about 630,000,000 bushels) has been svriously injured by the early frosts, which has made the maturing of the corn an impossibility, and It can only be used for early feeding in the soft state or for silos. The Bu? reau of Crop Estimates in an official statement on this .says that, "unhap? pily, the bountiful crop contains much corn that did not fully mature, prob? ably in excess of 20 per cent," and I yet the country has been led to be? lieve that we have an abundant sup? ply of corn! This is a fatal delusion, and those who are responsible for it arc guilty of misleading the country. Moreover, the stock of old corn on the farms of the country on Novem? ber 1 as reported by the Department of Agriculture was 34,745,000 bush pis, as compared with 87,908,000 bushels a year ago and the average of 100,623,000 bushels for the five pre? ceding years. The country is thus shown to be practically bare of old corn, and before the new crop is ivailable the 34,000,000 bushels which *'ere on hand November 1 will have seen used up practically to the last niBhel. We go Into this crop year short to he extreme in grain and many other 'ood and feedstuffs. Moreover, tho hay crop is over 18, 100,000 tons short of the hay crop of)' ast year, and this is very largely an I \ jffsetting factor against even the1 lormal increase in corn. Flaxseed is nearly 6,000,000 bush ;ls short of last year's crop. Rice is 7,500,000 bushels short. Apples-, 24,000,000 bushels short. There has been an Increase In acaches, a small increase in pears, a sain in beets' and a large gain in lafUrs, with a good ineroa.se in onion s ind cabbage, but these gains do not it all offset tho hoavy declines which ve have noted. The Louisiana Way. When the State of Louisiana wants abor it goes and gets it. On Wrednes lay the mayor of New Orleans, in re tponse to an appeal from the suga' ?ane plantations, ordered the police o arrest all Idlers in the city and to elcase from the parish prison and muse of detention all minor offend? ers who are willing to work in the tugar belt. He also requested chari ahle institutions and similar organ zations not to feed able-bodied men. >ut to refer them to the federal labor Mnployment agency. This- ?eem-t Irastic. but sugar for the north de >ends on it.?Springfield Republican We noticed the other day a field of nighty poor, nubblnly looking corn iut right alongside that field of puny %orn was a glorious field of cowpeas That means that that man's land is >oor now, but that he's going to make It rich, and he'rt have better corn next year. He's a coming man Clover, vetch and cowpeas will make him a rich-land farmer yet. Some years ago a man came down from the West to South Carolina, and when his other neighbors got discouraged nnd went back and tried to get him to go with them, he replied that he had two friends he expected to pull him through. "And who are these two friends?" they asked. "Ood Al? mighty and the cowpea," he replied. And they did pull him through and brought him prosperity. The man who pins his faith to the "Three tVm" ?Clover, Cowpeas- and Cattle?will not scratch a poor man's back all his life.?The Progressive Farmer. The Newark News thinks Cadorna tried to Stetch a three-base hit into a home run and got caught at the plate. Sooner or later the Russians will find out that peace cannot be got by just wanting It. ? Albany Journal. To be frank, we don't care how many automobile motors they put to ?Irlving aeroplanes. ? Anderson MMb The ordinary housefly can lift match between two <?f its feet and carry it. A human being, to per form a .similar feat, would have to lift a beam Olghl und a quarter yards In length ami 16 Inches in diameter. LA POLLETTE PROBB POSTPON? ED. Failure of senators to Attend Com? mittee Mooting Stopped the Inves? tigation. Washington, Nov. 26.?The ab? sence of senators on the subcommit? tee appointed to investigate Senator LaFollettO'a speech at St. Paul last September caused the postponement today of the inquiry, probably until after congross reconvenes. GOVERNMENT OPERATION SUG? GESTED. Railroad* -May Ik* Taken Over to Re? lieve Situation. Washington, Nov. 2H.-Government operation of the railways, if the pool? ing plan does not afford relief from the present situation is being consid? ered here today by a committee 01 vice presidents of the Eastern lines, gathered to perfect general plans to put the pooling arrangements into ef? fect. Congressional action will be nec? essary if government operation is* de? cided upon, but that has been discuss? ed by Officials who are considering the matter. FORECAST or CONGRESS. Stup:nduous War Appropriations to lie the Feature of Session. Washington, Nov. 26.?Stupendous appropriation bills and other war leg? islation will be the features of the legislative program for the session of congress which opens Dec. 3rd. It will probably be run on until autumn, is the opinion of leaders here today. In addition a host of domestic mat? ters- like prohibition and woman suf? frage will bo pressed for considera? tion. CLARENDON CLERK DEAD. Fdgar C. Dickson Expires After Brief Rlnes8-*^-Funcral Held Yesterday. Manning, Nov. 25.?Mr. Edgar Charles Dickson. clerk of court for Clarendon county, died at his home in this place at 7 o'clock Friday night, ifter a few days' illness. He suffered nn attack of cholera morbus last Tuesday and gradually weakened un? til he breathed his last. He is surviv? ed by Ids wife and four children; llso by six brothers. Mrs. Dickson was a Miss Wells, sister of the Rev. P. R. Wells of the South Carolina Conference. Mr. Dickson had not been in ro just health for several months, but there was nothing about "his condition :o indicate an early dissolution. He Itlod the office of magistrate for sev? eral terms and was county auditor ihout twelve years ago. Last year ic was elected to the office of clerk )f court over several competitors and lad held the office less than a year. Re was forty-six years old and was i man of very quiet disposition, but ?njoyed wide popularity in this- his lative county. The funeral will take place at 3.30 his afternoon and the interment will )c in the Manning ceremtery. KERENSKY TO RETURN. ?icorotnry Declares He is Planning Fu? ture Activities. Christiana, Nov. 24.?Dr. David ''oskicc, contldential secretary to A. P\ Kerensky, the deposed Russian premier, passed through Christiania oday on his way to England. He car? ried a message from Kerensky who he declared is safe and preparing plans for future activities. Helped Ix>ts. Credit for the success of the Liberty loan has been given to about every? body but the newspapers. The latter wore glad to do all in their power but it is well to remember that the liberal advertising they gave the last loan was by no means the smallest factor in Its oversubscription.?Portland Ex? press. A big crowd of Sumter people are expected to attend the Lee County Fair on Thanksgiving Day and also on Friday, when the High School foot ball loam goes over to play the Blglt epvllle HiRh School team. The soy-bean crop in North Caro? lina has spread all the way from the seacoast to the Tennessee line this year?a remarkable development. In the west it has been largely planted ay a test, but growers are much pleas ed with results. In the oast the crop is heavy and fine In quality. The beans are being used freely by the people for food, cooked and served like the ordinary cornfield peas, hut are even better liked. Ten times as many cotton-oil mills will this winter press the soy beans as handlet! them a year ago. A news report says that in Ger? many they use more than a thousand Substitutes for food. Hub. that's nothing! North Carolina's record for Substitutes for whiskey alone knocks the Teutonic figures skj high Wil? mington Dispatch. REPORT OF THE CO>DITION OF No. 3809.- Reserve Disir'ct No. !? The First National Bank of Sumter, at Snmtor, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business, on November 20tU, 1917. - RESOURCES. I. a Ixxins and discounts (except those shown on 1? and c).$754,682.03 Total loans .. .. .. . 754.6S2.03 2 Overdrafts secured, $554.90; unsecured. $ 07.21... 1,162.11 "> U. s. bonds (other than Liberty Bonds of 1917): a U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value). .... 60,000.00 ? ? ?? .. ...... . ? ? >?i b U. S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value) . 7.uu0.oo Total U. S. bonds (other than Liberty Bonds) and certificates of indebtedness . . $1,009,041 6. a liberty Loan Bonds, unpledged, 3 1-2 per cent. and 4 per cent. 10.000.00 7. Bonds, seeurties, etc., (other than U. S.): b Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits. 4,000.00 e. Securities other than U. S. bonds (not Includ? ing stocks) owned unpledged. 5,225.00 Total bonds, securities, etc. .. .. 9,225.00 8. .Stocks, other than Federal Reservebank stock. . .. 2.000.OO 9. Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent, of , subscription). 6,000.00 10. a Value of banking house. 4 5,000.00 b Equity in Banking House. 45,000.00 12. Real estate owned other than banking bouse.. 2*0 ??0 13. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve bt nk .. 40,797.??9 15. Cash in vault and net amounts due from nat? ional banks. 99.660.18 16. Net amounts due from banks and bank ers, and trust companies other than included in Items 13, 14, and 15. 13/4C5. 16 18. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 17. 27.S21.9l Total of Items 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.168,739.36 20. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer .. .... ** ?>. ???? 2,500.b0 Total.?. $1,069,533.68 LIABILITIES. 23. Capital stock paid in. . .flOO.OOO.oO 24. Surplus fund.$100,000,04} 25. a Undivided profits.$53,534.21 b Less current expenses, interest, & ta>?is paid 11,190.29 s 42,434.92 26. Interest and discount collected but not earned (approximate).-. 6.000.09 29. Circulating notes outstanding. 60,000.09 Demand deposits (other than bank deposit*> sub? ject to Reserve (deposits payable within 19 days): 33. Individual deposits subject to check.. . . . 4:3,933.37 3 5. Certified checks. 222.00 36. Cashier's checks outatanding.2,165.47 Total demand deposits (other than bank de? posits) subject to Reserve, Items 33, 34, 15, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40. $456,320.84 Time deposits subject to Reserve (i ayable aj'ter 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings): 43. Postal savings deposits. 2.112.45 4 4. Other time deposits. 307.377.22 Total of time deposits- subject to Reserve, Items 41. 42. 43. and 44 . 309.489.67 4 5. United States deposits (other than posta. sav? ings: . 1 h other United States deposits, including de? posits of U. S. disbursing officers. 5,379.25 Total. $1.069.533.68 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sum'.er, ss. I, O. L. Tates, Cashier of the above name4 bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. O. L. YATES, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of November, 1917. A. M Broughton. Notary' Public. Correct- -Attest: NE 1 Uli O'DONNELL, H. D. BARNETT, ! GEM. F. EPPERSON, Director* LOWER COTTON FREIGHT. Committees From Manufacturers and Hull ways Meet. _ Washington, Nov. 23.?Plans for malting high density cotton the fu? ture standard of transportation rates for the staple were set on foot today | by a conference of two committees representing the national council of cotton manufacturers and the rail? roads. Immediate steps to facilitate the movement of the new crop wore urged on mill executives, the govern? ment and the railroads and the com? mute agreed to meet again here De? cember 14 to discuss readjustments of rates with a view to accelerating the cotton movement at the same time conserving railway equipment. Representatives of the council told the conference that to obtain desired economies in transportation and -stor? age, the cost of high density com? press be assessed against cotton con? sumers unil such time as the rail car r'ers can make effective a preferen? tial rate on high density cotton. The preferential will take the fcirm of ? premium for compression or an in? crease in the present rate on low den? sity bales, thus making higbly com? pressed cotton the standard. At previous conferences it was said that the present compression of 22 pounds g cubic foot could be successfuly in-' creased to 3 2 pounds. Thirty per cent, of the cotton mills of the coun- i try are engaged ir government work, according to estimates of the council, j The mill owners were asked to change their basis of purchases from 100 to 300 bales, or such units as will per- | mit the loading of 78 bales to a car. I thereby curtailing the number of less than carload lots. The federal ship? ping board was asked to divert ton? nage to the cotton carrying trade and the railroads were requested to co- ! operate with the national council in Standardising the g|n box and com press systems of the South. The council recommended: '?That to relieve the present con? gestion attendant at Northern ports ?lue to war conditions, the railroads join the national council of cotton manufatcurers- in urging upon the federal shipping hoard the diversion of a reasombie percentage of over? seas shipping and traffic to South At? lantic and <?ulf ports and the imme? diate apportionment of the maximum amount of available coastwise ton nnge for th;1 transportation of cotton djrect to New England ports." Mr. Frank M. Beckham, of Atlan? ta, Ca.. is In the city. MAGAZINE 360 ARTICL .S 360 ILLUSTRATIONS BETTER THAN EVER ISc a copy At Y?-?ur Neweooafer Yearly S inscription $1.80 Send fc oar new free cat? alog of mechanical fcoaft* Popular Machanioo Ma gait no ? North Mk ilgm Av*nua. 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