The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 08, 1917, Image 3
fOlNTY llO\m> MFKTINO.
Tubercnhmim (amp formally Accept
c*l?*JUm Superintendent or IV? u
Uumrv fleeted.
_ ?
The Count] Doord or Comniletlftii
era met In regular monthly nosslo 1
Tnaoday at Hj o'clock.
Present; L, R. White. Superb*
IliOlriOOn; Commissioners J. J. IJr.t
t<-n. IL J. McLsurln. Jr . W M. 1.0
notr, K. T Mima and Ii. M. OlUer.
Mr. McLaurln reported thl t th*
4\>mmlttee on Tuberculosis Camp hoff
this morning met with City Coun
etl. end the> had jointt\ accepted Mr
M. J. Harby a offer to donate the an
saaal income from $10.000 towards
support of the camp, and had als? de?
cided to accept a site from Mr Harbv
Oft It had b*en determined nof to !??
Vste the osmp on the Alms H?fel1
lands. He further stated that a 00*1
>>f seven would be appointed to con
duet the institution; which Heard of
^Managers was to be named, two by
the Commissioners of the County. \w I
by City Council and three private tit
isens; and that titles to the proper ,
would be vested In this Hoard. The;
bull,I and operate the comp, 1
wss ordered that the present c >mmi \
? so bo continued, together with May
?*jr L?. D. Jennings, for the pur ?ose of
soliciting money and material j ; and
proceed with the building und? r th
limitations heretofore imposed.
A cert 111 cat ? was received fr Ml the
'?oblic cotton weighers of the city that
.heir scales had been tested on th 1
? rd Instant, and found to be un u
rets.
The clerk* was lnstructcl to rOQUOSt
I he rural policemen to enforce th I
autorpbhile speed law. as many Viols
tdor.s were said to occur.
Mr. White reported that he hid ac?
cording to orders of the Posrd. n<>
ttftOd Mrs H. IX Mitehell. superin?
tendent of the Alms House, thtt
< banges were contemplated, which
would demand the services of a man
In the position which she had held so
long, and so acceptably; and that th"
liroposed change wns de di ed to be?
come effective on next January 1st
This action Mas approved but OWll
to the present decision not to meets
the Tuberculosis Camp on Aim
Hr?u*e lands, as had formerly 1 I u
intended, and which was the piinci
ssjl change In slew. St the time of th-;
notice, the Board reconsidered its SC
t.on. Hy conversation over tho tele
phone,- and by messender. Mrs Mitch
<* 1 wss requested to continue as su
S*rtntenrient. she .declined to r
reals, however, because cf other t r
r^ngements. and on account of 11. '
^health which made a more uul:d lif<
necessary for her. She expressed he
intention to vacate In two weeks, ard
the board/ proceeded to elect her SUO<
ausser. Applications were jrecelw
from Messrs. B. R Defiant J L
Xunnamaker and J. J. Chrlctmai.
Mr. Nonnamaker was elected, pi
vlted satisfactory arrangements can
? he mode with him b Met-srs. Whit
Britten. Mcl.surln and I ?Hvci?. v. h i
were appointed to confer with M
Nunnsnmker on the :?th instant.
Mr,. McLaurln reported that hi
committee had agreed to pay fo * |
gaaolttoe and oil used by the Ku
?Meevc.en while on duty ,n their Of
ftcial capacity Police r??j orts for N
m mber were examined and receive 1
aiv Information
The Judge of Probate reported tin
ho has in custody a citizen of QecA ,
f.n, who hud been adjudged Insane I
that he hud notified the proper an
thorttles of that State but had no r j
ply. Th?- Poard directed that th
u at *r ' ? disposed of as the law pro
vi des..
I>r W S BurgSOS resigned the po
?itlon of County Physician, as he h o.
been .accepted for military servlc
away from home. His resignation
was accepted with rennt and be*
wishes for his future welfare.
A epeektl meeting was appoint
for 14 th hist for consultstlOfl Will
t te rOKid. ti\e delegation on conn:
stairs
J .iL .
MSftoiA i It >\ m t oiii: not si
v - -
tongr%?e* \MII \ct Promptl] 00 fltr?
hiraHon \gain-i N i driu.
Washington, Use. ' -Congress to?
day took up the work of de otrll
oji Aostre llsagsrr with oapee
, . im <?f having a fori ?1 Wai res i
h.'.lon passed on Kriday The stltfl
was not In session hut the Ittel) i
r latins committee, which will hi
die a\* resolution declaims war is i.
I nfennce In tpe house the t
resolution was brought out by chair
i an Fh?'?d of the foreign affairs con.
in.ttet The sentiment in favor 0
Ii 'eluding Turkey and Kulg.iri.i m lb
list ?st recognised enemies persist*'
a d there prom ; ad to bt some nt
ii apt\ mode to em od the r smiut o
m:>ii-i K i wi t ti Rffl MANIA
I i tslsgj 1 . .am |0 Make Joint Pt It I
W lib Km la and RoSUMOttJ '
Heqlln I?ec B.?The licgotlillot
?*-twOen lh?? Hermans and Ku- SOU
fur at> armUtice have been extend.,
i . Include th* Itministiiiiu Iron n t!
Sur office annouix ? ?
Harvksttvc; soy hfws.
iMsqptlMMfd Pi Out 11 BtowM la>
form Themselves.
Kor the information of forniOVW
who sow soy tyPlM fOf grain rath
than for hay and who arc unfaml'i.i ?
with llM handling <?f the plants III
iit i the former condition*, the I'ftit I
Mfttgg I?.-!? trtincnt A Agriculture h
puhiished a hinMfl1 BttUttl?, "Har
rifcltnj Mow B?MH for Bead." ThJ
demand for these seeds for use In
the production of oil. feed cuke, an 11
other hc;\n products Is rapidly in
lieOlffi and the farmers of th
; nit.d States are preparing to mu i
this demand.
The character of growth, the unl
form maturlhK habits, and the hea\)
seed ylehls of the soy heans. sa
'the bulletin, contribute to the eas
of harvesting and recommend th
plants for seed production* The many
disadvantages which attend the har?
vesting of cowpeas for seed are not
common to the soy hean. Whc
grown for grain alone the shatter?
ing of the pods of the soy hean is a
serious fault and incxperk need grow?
ers are likely to sus'aln a heavy los
'of *ecd through lack of knowledge
i
and improper handling of the soy
bean plant. The shattering varies
'with the varieties of the ' >oan. It Ii
well, however with most varieties to
give special attention as maturity
Approached to prevent serious lost
from this cause.
In general, the bestf time to har?
vest, except where special bean har
ves-crs in used, is when ahout
hree-fourths of the leaves have fall
in and most of the pods hive turned
color. If cut at an earlier stage, the
plants are difficult to cure properly,
and the yield will be lessened mn
itnally on account of the Immatun
i iin. On tho other hand, if the
plants are allowed to become too
ripe, the pods will shatter before be
Ing cut. and much seed will be lost.
When special harvesters are used tc
k ther the seed, the plants- must
i each full maturity to obtain the bei
1 results.
Various methods of harvesting th
nop are in u.-e In different geotlons
v. here the eoy bean Is grown largOlj
fOf seed production. The crop may
M cut with ordinary mowing ma?
chines, self-iake reapers, self-blnd
I, or even with scythes, corn
knives, or sickles. The beans also
may be harvested with a special hen -
harvcetcr which gathers the grai
> torn the standing plants.
When the plants are cut befoiv
maturity, they are cured In shock
and allowed to remain in the lit 1 '
until a convenient time for thresh
ing. If thoroughly dry they may be
housed and threshed later.
Threshing may Of done with an
oidinary grain separator, but if tin
machine is used it must be altered
somewhat to prevent the cracking o !
the beanp. In some cases a special
set of thin concaves is lived fo
threshing beans and in Other In
elgnoei some of tin- ooneavea are re
moved. Good Judgment on the par
of the thresherman will enable b in
to adjust the ordinary .separator s?
that the beans may he threshed w it!*
little splitting. Special pea and hca
separators are on the market, an
their use may he advisable when
large acreages of tho l eans arc to h
handled. If thoroughly dry. sir
ai i.e threshed with a Hall.
If only a small acreage Is to be
tnreahed 1 ag acre or so?this moth*
Od la practicable and economical. 1p
a few sections a corn shre hier ha
Wen used t-> advantage in threshing.
?ana if property cured and dried
out I he hemns sh. P. out Vciy rapidly1
With Mi? h a machine.
?| Thi atraw obtained from thrcah
mg aoy beans for feed Is a valuah!.
Ifttd for all kinds of slock. i? man:
{vcctlons the atraw is haled ?,t the
? I :??!?? siiin:; and s<dd to liver) -
en, dairymen, and stock feeders,
.\s aoi ?bean >t d spoils rnthei
tall) if not propcrl\ handled, can
should he exoraaaad in eurin and
[storing. After the beans gre ihresh
ted Ihey should be watched careful!;
to ovoid heating and Holding. W hca
hOrOUghly dlT? there Is no sue.
danger. The beat plan, perhaps .
??) spread the sogga out on o floor
Immediately after ihreahlng and
? shovel '.hem over from tlote i?> i\:\:>
{until ihey art thoroughly dry. Atfcs
, thH ihey may be aafoly put Into
sack* or blna The store room should
bi dry and with a free circulation o1
i Soy-bean feed lose? its via
hlilty rather rapidly, and it is nc
afe t > hold **?<.,? for planting pur
'?. ora than two aenaona, Thi
. : of the soy bo*uii unlike th >.
>f iha rowprai are rarely attar!.id
greevlls or other grain Inaeota
Mai. Parana in France.
Oapt. K S Carson received a tele*
ti this morning notifying him of
lbs at fa arrival hi France ??r it 1m son
i. i lAwrenoe s caraaaii of the quar
lermaatertf doparttnonti who salted for
Pi ?nee with I ha n.Ml dlvbnon of
the cApcditionai j foi < e.
A SUGGESTION
Do your Christmas shopping early. Add usefulness to beauty in
t he selection ot your Gifts. Make others happy and forget your troubles.
A beautiful line of Shirt Waists, Voiles, Crepe De Chine and Georg?
ettes, from $1.00 to $5.00.
New Styles
Illufttra'cd
on Sale
Tomorrow
Wirthmor
Waists?and
true to name
Worth More
Tliere'*. no good reason why these Waists shouldn't be decidedly popular at
this season of the year?and every reason why they should.
And as things are generally as they should be?tlv^y are popular?here and
everywhere. The styles are seasonable the fabrics rre seasonable; and they are
entire a cord with fashions latest dictates
A Beautiful Line of Bath Robes
Fur Gentlemen. L- dies and Children. Also Robe
Hankets, Light and Dark Patterns.
. Big Lire of Toilet Articles
Colgate & C)., and Andrew JergenS
Ladies9 Shopping Bags
Latest Styles. Genuine Morocco. Black and Col?
ors. Prices from 503 to $6.00,
Handkerchiefs
Plain Linen and Embroidery. Crepe De Chine in
White and Colors.
Rugs, Art Squares, Down Comforts and many other useful articles
that it Would give us pleasure to show you.
The O'Donnell Dry Goods Company
LOW KU PRICES COMING.
Fnormous Crop of Corn Will Help,
Now York, Dec. 3. Lower prices in
meats, milk ami other commodities as
a result of the enormous crop of corn
which it is expected will be distrib?
uted throughout the country by Jan?
uary in, was forecast by Federal
Food Administrator Hoover in a state
n.ent tonight. He declared that this
extraordinary crop is "the certain eco?
nomic remedy for high prices."
Don't Overwork?Yonll I*>se in the
laid.
This country might well be callc.'
Ambition instead of America. Ever> -
one is eager to get ahead in the world
The result is often overwork. Th<
November American Magazine prints
an article In which the writer says
"1 know now that the most Impor?
tant thin/; a young man can learn iv
his own limitations. Men differ Ivb
son can work eighteon hours a day.
bm may think you can. i know i
can't. Rockefeller learned his llmlta
tiom Hi had u eofu in his of?oe.
? ?r i half i.our after lunch each da?
a ? used to lie down and sleep. 1
i lYi n't QUltC the courage to follow
llockefelltr'e example, tlio'uah I bo?
le o it wo ld add to my efficiency if
' did. But this rule 1 have set down
for myself:
"Sunday work does not pay. Nigh'
work does not pay, An occasional ball
Bnmc even on (t terribly busy day ?
does pay. An occasional day or hah
day In bed does pay. To get too tired
no matter what the cli'CU insta nces. Il
always a mistake. When you come t i
the point when you don't tingle wit
anticipation on the way down to lh
office, there's something the mattet
;h you or t'ne job. Probably with
'U If it's just tiredness, find some
to gel rested, even if it means i
I inporary break. To go on spells In
He ? ncy and future trouble."
\ Unman Centipede.
An Irish housekeeper was bowl'
lo some vMtors tin- family portral
a the picture gallery, relates Til
liits.
"Thai officer there in uniform." sh
said, "was ihe great-great-grand?
father of the present owner of th
property, lie was as brave as a lion
one of the most unfortunate of
n en. iie never fought a hntile hi
hl< 1' in- did not have a leg or arm
an ied away."
Then -d?e ndded, pi audly:
"Hi- tools pari in Iwotlt) four i?fi
gugements**'
Don't Be a Quitter.
I l,clieve the trouble with a great
many boys and girls is their lack
of stick-to-it-iveness. Qo into any
i schoolroom and you will (Hid boys
i and girls abandoning problem! 'In
arithmetic or some other study be?
cause they failed to solve them at the
i first trial. I know boys and girls
? who have entered contests of various
kinds. lUCh as declamation, recita?
tion, debates, etc., and because of
their failure to win the tirst time,
they would never try again, laying
? the blame for their failure on the
I r
, judges of the contest. I have seen
ball teams defeated by a rival team
take the defeat so much to heart
{that they would never challenge ih
j victors to another trial. And worst
of all, 1 have seen farmers and farm
I
? er? BOm who seem to have fallen
I into a rut?content to *:?> along Iri
the same old way, doing profitless
farming and never trying t<> better
? . . . . i
'jtheir condition. To every man or
'woman, boy or girl, who lia:^ a tend-;
I
oncy to become u "quitter to de?
spair ol the light i would quote 1
11these lines by Edmund Vance Cook:
? j' You are beaten to earth? Well, we?.J
what's that?
' Come Up with a smiling face.
It's nothing against you to fall down
' i Hat, I
I5ut to li<- there?that's disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why, the
higher you bounce:
j He proud of your blackened eye'
it isn't the fact thai you're iteke'd
that counts;
It's how ?Ii<I you tight?and why?"
p, t. II.. in The Progressive Farm
j or- _m !
\o "Combination*' sales.
( Ashevillo ' Times.)
The food administration has p<>>-i
tlvely forbidden the practice of offer
ing combination sales of sugar with
other'Commodities, with one excep*
?n. Dealers may offer sugar and
1 ... ? ?
i orn meal at the rate of one pound
< t sugar and two pounds of corn
. pal, The mini in int rot ion dorn not
.: i i vi * "combination" sales, but dot :
prohibit any others with ih>" one ex-1
? ption mentioned. Thin i; another
?'ep toward tin* conservation of
" !u at food,
Money is Plentiful,
( A nderson Ma 11.?
II j on don't hi 11 >vc t here Is pl< nl.
money In the rountry read ih<
i ink statement* that are being print
i I. and look at the heavy deposits.
I All those deposlta belong i" ihe cus?
lomers of the banks, i
i ?
SIBMARIXKS SINK SIXTEEN VES?
SELS.
London, Doc. 5.?Sixteen British
merchantmen of more than i.coo
tens wert? sunk by mines or subma?
rines in ihe past week, according to
the Admiralty statement tonight. One
vessel under 1,600 tons and four fish?
ing vessels also were sunk,
Arrivals 2.174; sailings 2.133.
British merchantmen over 1.600
tons sunk l?v mine or submarine 16;
I
under 1,600 tons 1; tishing craft four.
British vessels unsuccessfully at
j tacked, including one previously re
! ported, eight.
j The losses to British shipping by
?mines or submarine the previous
Week comprised 14 merchantmen of
[1,600 tons or over, and seven of less
than 1,600 tonnage.
i
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ITALIAN BOATS SI NK.
shipping from submarine activities
dining the week ended December 2
were one steamer of more than 1,500
|ton:i, one under that tonnage and
three small sailing vessels, it was of?
ficially announced today.
Clothe the Soldiers.
-/
(Columbia Record.)
Up to now we have had no seven
weather. A cold ruin has set ii
Thanksgiving morning, and this is the
kind of weather that clears up cold.
There are thousands of our soldiers
at Camp Andrew Jackson who hav.
not been issued winter clothing. How.
would n spell of rainy, cold weathei
affect them?
The government has4 undertaken h
tremendous Job to equip a gigantic
landing army, but if the storekeep?
ers can get clothes, we can't see \vh>
the government is unable to do so.
We know a young man. not rug
ged, who closed his office and cams
to camp. He has had to buy most o'.
his underclothing and now is faced
with the necessity of buying a winter
suit of olive drab, at a cost of $25.
11 seems to us that the government
tdtouid commandeer, at reasonable
prices, all uniforms in the hands ol
merchants and us>> them as far as
hey will go. We want no svandal
<>n account Of deaths from exposure
. ml In some camps there have been
loo many already.
The friends of \i?\ Rerlven Moore
formerly of Stuteburg, w'H regn: to
learn thai he was stricken with pa
rnlysls at his home in Charleston "
Monday and is In a crl' en! cond;
lion.
??,000 Airplanes for 1?19.
With all our genius for invention,
with all the knowledge of skilled au?
tomobile manufacturers to draw
upon, with the best^ expert informa?
tion of Europe at cor disposal, it is
not likely that we shall see asr many
as five thousand American airplanes
on the battfleld by he spring of
1918. We can do ttle more than
'.ay the foundation tot* a not too dis
ant future. No army officer with
any regard for his reputation will
?laim that we can win the war in the
?r in another year. But by 1919, the
world will open its <yes. Then we
mall be manufacturing four thou
rand airplanes a mo' ih, and we shall
have thirty thousand of them ieady
for the campaign of that year.
Hew many of us realize whet it
meant to build not only 23.000 air
:?.ane.s, but just one pair of wings on
a hich a brave man may soar among
the clouds, just one trustworthy en
-inc. just one exquisitely-fashioned
propeller? Here is ? machine which
has some of the attributes of a but?
terfly, which is driv< a through the
ttmosphero at such speed that each
*ust is like the blow of a powerful
dedgc-hammer, and which, unlike a
notor-car, almost always runs at full
tower, so that it is severely strain
Mi. Safety depends on the most rne
iculous choice of .aaterial and en
orrect designing. .V llying-mac him*
?mist be as airily light for its size as
histledown and yet as* strong for each
quare foot of its surface as a girder;
? ml it must travel sometimes at a
-peed twice that of the fastest ex
oress train. Twenty-three thousand
dmes innst a mirac'. a in mechanical
engineering be performed within a
year." Pro The V inns of Victory.*1
by Waldemar ICac npffert in the
A merlcan Review of Reviews.
\ Greet Victory.
(Andersor Mail.)
The News and Courier says that
when the Hritish cs 'tine Jerusalem.
Constantinople and l erlin will collab?
?rate in pointing out the strategic
'selessness of the place. Hut Btratag 0
consequences are no1 everything an I
he capture of Jerusalem will be is
?? matter of fact, one of the groat
victories of the war.
The trouble with some men is that
heir trains of th??i '^ht are always
unnlng late.? Charleston Host.
li looks as |f the railroad strike
is in t o sidetracked, for a while at
least. Anderson Mu.i.