The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 22, 1917, Image 3
IK WINHR ?Iii CHOP.
t.?.\ h:\mknt rumi iu:< I ivi:
*f\ i Iii sn im k
?*eces?eer Crop Hcport Fslimatcs
USjs> Her Hum bed aim! Forty Mil
Sou B??hel*--llurt by Weather.
??
Wftihinnton. Dfje. 19.-(lovenim?Mi<
plans for a billion bushel whcej orop
seat year to help the United State*
feed its allies have received a set
??rk. It whs dlMclosed today h\ tlv
December crop report of the depart -
eient of sericulture that while winter
wheut was planted on the largest
svieage ever sown to that cereal its
condition on December 1 was the low
est on record for that date.
A winter crop of e.oon hush
els wax forecast hy the bureau of er??,,
estimates. Th. lejtSJSj production will
be greater or less than that quantity,
Seeording as conditions hereafter an
better or worse than average.
Through a great spring crop it still |
hoped to bring the year's tot 1 t
somewhere near the billion mark.
An area of more than 4 7.uua.a00
acre* wss the mark set bv the co\
ornmeut for farm*? to plant to win-1
?er wheat this fall, but tin- Decem?
ber canvass shows that 42.1T0.eiei
acres were sown. The farmers did
<helr best, department of agriculture
>lnctala ssy but conditions were |
against them
The very dry weather in most of
the whiter wheat belt VMM a larSjf.
drawback, while late harvest of olio i
* rop* and shortage of farm help
Were contributing sssjj? for the fail
ure.
Should the winter* wheat crop in :
lure to 640.oOO.OOo bushels as forecast
today It would be the third largest or
re. ord heini; exceeded only by crops
? t 1914 and If St. Hovernmcnt of?
ficial* had figured on having Winter
Wheat prodmnon rc.< It ?72."'>..,.|
1 u*h?ds hut toda\'s for.-east lndu .it.
that it will tell 1;:.'.<mm?.> bushel
rt of that figure. Indications art
that rye production will be 25,000.000
larger thnn Inst vein's record crop.
j
Htepn are l?elng taken for large (
Increase In the acreage of the snrinv r
??vheat crop to be planted next sprin;:. .
Oeuncll of national defense and de
psrtment of agriculture of!U lals have 1
?oenferred and will adopt measures- t<> .
insure tin adequate labor supply for ^
olantlng operations, ample supply
c
.seed of wheat and help for tin bar
I *
vests The largest spring wheat crop 1 ^
fieretofose wui In 19 If. when 3S1.
i s
'?54.000 bushel* were buvesTcl frOWl
.*:61.0S0 seres. F
Acreage of winter wheat with the (
percentage of Increase over last year {
in Southern State? follows:
Virginia l.4tg.060 acres, Id per
sent. i
North Carolina 1 170.000 acres. 1." ^
per cent.
South Onrohna .ffSSJ, H '
per cent
Oeorgla 428.060 acres. 9 per cent.
Tennessee MO.Ooa acres. 5 per cent
Alabama 1 14.000 acres. N I er cent
Mississippi Bt.efO acres. 100 per
eent
Texas l,ff2,00o acres decrease r.
per cent
Oklahoma 3.264.000 neres decreas- j
ed 4 per cent.
Arkansas 28S.000 acres. Increase SI
per cent.
HAID on k\(.l,\m>.
London. Dec. is.?Herman air?
planes raided Rnglish coast towns to-'
night Some of the raiders reached
fanden where they were met with a
heavy Mire. Numerous bombs w : <
dropped.
An efTiclal announcement of lh?
raid sgys:
"Hostile airplanes crossed the F.s
sex and} Kent coast abotit 6:15 o'clock
and proceeded towards London. Some
of the raiders reached the Ijondun dis?
trict and dropped bombs, llomhs also
w??re dropped In Kent and Kssex.
"Reports of casualties and damage
hove not yet been received. ??ur
guns end airplanes were both in ac?
tion."
UITMTKK COTTON MABKFT.
P. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer,
u'orrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon
Good Middling 20 1-2.
Mrut Mbhlllng 29 1-4.
Mhelling 29.
tritt U>w Middling 2^ 1-2.
UM Middling 2?.
Ng|g vobk OOVfON MAHTilcT
Ssjsj Hieb I ou i keg* tSese
> sjASes
J. ??.. . 20.17 2'M',:, -.2 7 20 20. H
Mch . .290? 29.24 2HM2 20.IS 29.'?:!
May . . 2vht jh js i 2 oo - .
July .2H.-.'? 2s ?,.; 2v.:2 2v'.7 2j?. ??
Mtnttl* MeFov. colored, was foui
? :? id si . lo< I: this morning in h
loom *on Itickei I ob neighhni *
t ho Reported the case to the pell ?
ard asked that an imp" *t be Sei I
foroner Reales took charse and ha
en autopsy perform* d and H
rlded dhal the worn in died from l?M
lU. it e iu8< m
lMPOKTWY NO I H I'.
To Ucglstrants \ <u\vv ,lui l-dlctlon of
i i?i- bogal Hoard WhoM order
NiuoU'is arc Hctween No. 1 and] No.
l.-Slo, Inclusive.
There hat this day boon mailed to
H -I questionnaire which you are re?
quired bjf law lo execute and reti rii
within seven dayi from dale hereoi
Failure to do so constitutes a mil*
demeanor punishable by not to exceed
DIM year's imprisonment; and su h
'allure may also deprive you of val-J
i ide rights and result In your imme?
diate induction into military service
. nd trial by court-martial.
John II. Clifton.
Member of Local Board.
I ate, Dec. JO. 11.17.
Sfolloo to tin* rtihiic ami to Regt*?
Hauls.
Anv pOTOOII dostrlng to claim a de
forrod classilication by either Local or
Diotrloi Board on any ground in re?
spect of any registrant designated
'?Km may. Mithin sovon days from
the date hereof, and not later, submit i
>u< b claim to this Local Hoard n< -
nonipanted by such affidavit evidence
sii. ii person may desire to hav
i oust do rod,
Such claims either by a roglstrani
or by another In respect of any reg*
Intrant may be submitted either b3
entering ths same In ths place pro?
rMed on ths Ami eheei of the regte?
tront'i quest Ion nalrt or by ?ubmlttinj
hiu ii claim to this board on a dupli?
cate of such fiist sheet (Form 1001?
A), If it Is desired to submit affidavit
evidence in support of such claim and
In addition to the evidence contain' -'
? ii the registrant's questionnaire, BUCh
Affidavits must be prepared on pa PS
?I tiie tamt size as the Iluestionnaire.
ind should be responsivo to the QUCl
ti< us asked the registrant respecting
the ground of snob olalm in the poi
i nein division of the questionnaire.
Section 7 of the Selective Servi".-1
ROfl ulatious provides:
The process of examination and se
Icctton of registrants, under these
rules and regulations, shall begin by
the posting of notice |p the OfflCOS Of
ths Local Boards <m Form 1002, and
t>y mailing a /luestionnaire (Form
lOfl) to every registrant included
a hi ii such posted notice as provided
n section II hereof; and notice o
rvory subsequent action taken by eith?
er the Local Off District Board in 1*0?
pet of each registrant shall bi civ?
il by entering a minute or date I
. h notion On the classification Iis*
Pom! 11.) in the ottice oT the Lo?
al Board, and In addition to such cu?
ries, by mailing to the rorgtetrant, ami
n some cases to other claimants, a n I
00 of such action.
Whenever a duty Is to be performs I
n a period of time l>egins to run
tvlthln which any duty is to be per-1
formed by any such registrant. pr|
within which any right or privilege
? > be i laimed en- exercised by or In
i spect of any s-uch registrant. I no
tlee of the day upon which such duty
to he performed, or stich time be
1 ins to run. shall be mailed to the
regtet rant, and the date of inoh mall?
Inf of ndtlce shall be entered oppo-1
ltd the name of su?h registrant on
the classilication list (Form 1000
which is always* opon to inspection by
the public at the office of the Looal
I'.oard. In addition to the mailing of
uch notice to registrants, notice o'
bo disposition of claims made by oth
? r persons in respect of registrants
I all be mailed to such other persons
Blther the mailing of such notice or j
ths entry of any such date In the
. lassiflcatlon Hsl shall constitute the
Ivlng of notlee to the registrant and
'.. all concerned and shall charge Iho
registrant and all concerned with no
t|Ci of ths day upon which such duty
to bi performed or the beginning
of the running of the time within
? hlch sin h duty must i?e performed or
Mich right or privilege may he claim?
ed, regard less of whether or not a
mailed notice <?r questionnaire is i d?
tu illy received by the registrant or
Other person.
Failure by any registrant to per?
form any dutv prescribed by the Se?
lective BOfVlOi law or by these Rules
nnd Regnlntlona at or within th
time required, is a misdemeanor pun
ihablo by Imprisonment of one year,
nd may result in loss of valuable
ihti ami ImmoeHatc Induction ot
Mg registrant into military m rvlce.
Failure of the registrant or snj
oth< r person eoneerned to claim and
m :sc any right or privilege on the
>> or within the time authorized by
'lose rules and regulations shall be
d. r< d a WSlver Of such right or
privilege, ai d shall foreclose such per?
? ii from there,ifter claiming th
me, subject only to the privlle t ?
nted bj the i rulee gad regulations
? . apply for as extension of time.
Ill registrants and other persons
re reunited and Strictly en.lo.ncd ?"
examine from time to time said no*
ties (Perm 1161 >. so posted by t be
I,im iI I'.oard. and the classitication lid
(Form !???) upon which said fate)
.to be entered, pi order to be In?
rmed of the time for the perform*
nee of any dutv or the oxerolsc ot
right or privilege; and it is the
duty of every registrant concerning
Whom any liolue is posted, l?tlt Wll?
fOI gome reason lias not received th.'
questionnaire or OOtlcO, as the cas"
may l?e, to apply to his Local Hoard
or a copy thereof. Failure to receive
notic e or questionnaire Will not exctis ?
tho registrant from performing any
duty within the time limit, nor shall
i< be in Itself ground for extension ol
time.
.lohn U. Clifton.
Member of Local Board.
Date. hec. 15. 1917, No. 1 to 250.
Dee. 17, 1917, No. 2.*,o to 500.
Dec. 18, 1!?I7, No. BOO to 700.
Dee, 18 No. 700 to i?09.
I lee, 1!? No. 909 to 1010.
Dec. 20 No. 1010 to 1210.
HOME GUARDS NEEDED.
.Men Above Draft AJJO t ailed to Serve
in United sttaes Guards.
To Newspaper Editors, City and
County Officials-.-, Clergymen, and tu
all Patriotic Citizens:
You are informed that 15,000 whib
men ars needed at once lor enlist?
ment In the United states Quards for
protection Of public utilities in the
United States, The enlistment will
be for the period of existing eraer
gl ncy, .M'n enlisted must he beyond
the draft age; that is, over thirty
years of ape. The enlistment of mar?
ried men is authorized. Men with
former service In the Bpanish-Amcr
it an war. Philippine and China BOXOI
ct mpalgm ; men with former service
in the army, navy and Marine Corpi
and men with experience in well or?
lanlsed lire and police departmccnt.^
arc especially desired.
Where practicablo, men enlisted for
the United states Guards will serve
the vicinity of tholr home.
Liberal allowances will be made by
the government for the support of
families Of nan enlisting for the
United States Guards on the same ba?
sis as other enlistsd men Of the army,
under the system of compulsory and
family allowances.
It is requested that he widest pub?
licity be given this matter in Order
that men beyond the draft age, and
men beyond the age of enlistment in
ti e regular army, National Guard
Mid National At any be given an op
portunltey to serve their country.
Men desiring enlistment In the
United staie:; Guards should be re?
ferred to any of the following re
ruitiuK stations for enlistment:
Savannah, Ga.
i in rleston, 8, c.
Florence, s. c
Kock Hill, S C.
Postoffice Greenwood, B, C.
Postofflce Btatesboro, Ga.
Postoffloe Collins, Ga.
Poetofllee Bylvanla, Ga,
Columbia, S C,
Greenville. S. C.
Alben, s. c.
Cheraw, s. c.
Poetofllee Anderson, s. c.
PoetofSce Brunswick, Ga.
Poetofllee Fairfax, B. c.
i lespeotfully,
B. II. Cheever,
Lieut. Col. U, B. Army. Let. R. O,
Savannah. Ga , Dec. 16, 1917.
A Brilliant Wedding.
The marriage of MISS Minnie
: ou.se Williamson, daughter of Mr.
and Mis, W. L. Williamson, to Lieut.
Chariot Walter Parker if Camp
.i ickton was one of the most beau?
tiful and unusual weddings that haH
iver been solemnized in Columbia
The wedding was a military one and
?].<? .'?a was uniquely carried nut Iii
OVery detail.
Plugs wore used chiefly for decor?
ating purposes In the body of the
church, draping the pillars and the
balcony, small silken ones being used
In clusters to mark off the pews re
: crved for the family. The Hags were
? au confined to the body of the
Church, however, a big one forming 8
background for the massei of palms
holly and white narcissus which con
Verted the pit Into a veritable bower.
'I he color scheme of red, white and
blue was further carried out in ib
mdloi which gleamed from massed
i green and in the costumss of the
brldd! parly.
The maid <d hmor. M'. ?: EUlsabeth
Wocdson Of V'lCksbtirg, Miss, wore .".
finme-colored gown of eharmeuat
with a short full overdress of sstf
th r silk net ami gold trimming, and
? iiia-d a bouquet Of red roses. The
. Of honor, Mrs. Wihno
I'm v. n Of Columbia, wore a Pekit
blue .-own of tulle over heavy satin
with a satin train, ami carried
white mahne mult from Which fell tl
shower of red. white end bine >d
bins. The btidesmaidt were daint'l;
and girlishly gowned in vhi'e tllll
frilled dresses and carried white nio
line mulls trimmed in the nation
pi lore, The bridesmaids were Mlsssc
tnnlu Parker ol Woodland, N. C, sis
? i of the groom, and Blmlrae dt
.i :i: micni. (.itace Barle, Lydii
Urown ami May Lachlcotts.
Ueut. Parker's groomsmen, who
yrere all In uniform, wore the fol?
lowing lieutenants from Camp Jack
on: Cherry Steele, Masych Iluchln*
in, George Doyle, Chaika Daniels
m
The New Year is approaching and a great
many of our friends are considering their fer?
tilizer requirements for the next year's cn ps.
It is our pleasure to announce that we are
fully prepared to meet their requirements with
anything in the fertilizer line except Potash, of
which we have only a limited quantity.
Fertilizers are high, but not in proportion to
cotton and other farm products. They are
cheaper in comparison with the price of cotton
than when it sold at 10 cents.
' Order Your Goods Early
Whether you buy from us or not, our advice
is to get your orders in early, for it is our can?
did opinion that those who delay may be un?
able to get their goods in time ior the planting
season. Everyone who reads the papers, knows
the railroad situation now and the difficulty
in getting goods, and we might be permitted to
ask, what do you think it will be when the
fertilizer movement starts?
If you have room in which to house your
fertilizers, get them in before the first of the
year.
But Be, Sure And Get Our Prices Before Buying
O'Donnell ? Company
and William L.ec Browning*. The best
i un was the groom's brother, Dr.
Raleigh Parker.
The brido entered on the arm Of
her father by whom ehe was given In
marriage, she wore a gown of si!
ver cloth over which was an irrldos
cent drapery which als.? formed the
[train. rut of her veil and tht
I wreath of orange blossoms she WOI
were her mother'i Bhc carried a
bower bouquet or orchids- and bride's
roses.
Mrs. Heinrich Bellamann sang sev?
eral songs before the cermony an I
Oeorge Btimner Kittredge rendered a
aiusical program before the ceremony
as well as during it. Immediately be
J ton- the wedding march Mr, Kitt
iicdge played the "Star Spangled Ban
not?" which announced the wedding
I party.
There was no reception, only lb ?
1 tidal party being informally enter?
tained by Mr. and Mr*. Williamson
in their home on Pdunding street im?
mediately after the ceremony. Tha
house, like the church was decorated
la patriotic colors and in evergreens
An ice course was seised and at
tractive red, white and blue mints.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker lei; at 8.30
last night for New York, where th<
Will spend their honeymoon. Mrs
Talker's going away suit wai Ol
taupe colored cloth with hai and
shoes to match.
Mrs. Parker as Miss Williamson
has enjoyed an unusual amount or
popularity, being not only attratclvi
personally but also being a muslclai
Of no mean talent.
Mr. Parker is from North Carolina
receiving his education at A. am! M
college in Raleigh and at Wake For?
est, He is now among the officer)
stationed at Camp Jackson.?-Colum?
bia Record.
'I he bride is a niece of Mrs. Archu
China and ha", been n freoucnl and
popular visitor in Sumtcr.
\ COLD-ttLOOllFJ) AiTlil Di:,
i vi the Poor Work or Starx??W
Sympathy for 'nee,. Who IlltVC
SulVcrcd Me.fortune.
Ji'ltor Watchman and southron.
I note in your columns a rCQUCSt
> : b regard to the pity poor, and I
h!nk || would be ?>i general Interest
o know why these people are poor,
tml Why there are so main more
1.1 or people in town tb in in the COUU/
try. We occasionally have a family
In the country who gel in bard lue!,
tml need help for a few days or
W i 1'ivSi but the churched look afl *
t. ? m. and they are soon aide to heb)
I
, than selves: and others as well. For
the permanent poor of the city and
country we have the alms house,
there are several lodges, both white
tid colored, and they tare for their
unfortunate members.
There is plenty of work to do, and
there is no excuse for anybody being
starved or naked, unless they are un?
able to work, and if they are per?
il anently disabled, there are institu?
tions to care for them. It is not
reasonable to believe that there could
be many cases of temporary disabil?
ity among working people, who would
have to appeal to public charity.
We wonder if it has occurred to the
city people that the country people
are up against some tough problems
themselves. There is not corn enough
in the country to last until May, 1918.
?according to the best information we
? an get. The potato crop was not
'arge and they are not keeping well.
There will not be as much meat
killed this year as usual ami how
will the farmers get any more when
(he supply on hand is out? It is true
that cotton brought a good price, but
there was only half a crap made, and
it was- made with high priced labor
and fertilizer and everything else
high. The farmer has to pay the
same high prices as everybody else.
ad credit prices are unmentionable.
The farmers will get no move in?
come from the farm until next fall,
crops cannot be produced Wlthcut
fertiliser, and we must have labor
t,? . The labor supply is being cut
off by some being called Into the
ullitary service and some to various
aia places-, and just anybody can-)
ot farm. Farm work is as partleu- I
lar and takes just as much skill, if it j
[s to be worth anything, as any other j
ark. and the farmers are expected
i produce more in 1918 thin ever
I
before. j j
Why should people be living in the';
;lty in such bad bouses? The farm- !
I !
rs have to furnish comfortable
muses for their workers.
Tin- business people of Sumter. I
im Informed often cannot get wood I
0 make themselves a lire. There is ?
1 quantity of wood in places that i
OUld be got. but there are no h ind- I
m the country to cut and haul it. yet ?
here are plenty of folks in Sumte- |
- ho never pretend to do s day's work t
Men and women ?both White ami fc
?olored? and if they have ever con- 1
ihuted anything to the betterment E
i Sumter county I have never heard l
jtl
?f it. Occasionally they cause somelfi
M
Mil's death. They keep up the sal 4 |<
? :' blind tiger, shoot crap and con-i*
tribute many ot ier things to the law?
lessness of the -ity and country, and
it is nothing but a foolish waste to
uivo that class of people our food?
stuffs, and especially at a time when
every ounce of food is so sorely need
ed, both at hon e and among our al?
lies, and to fc?. d such people is, to
my mind, just i s criminal and unpa?
triotic as it would be to throw that
much food into the fire. Before ra?
tions- and clot.l-.t-s are given out it
should be ascertained that the folks
are producers of something and are
actually deserving of help. And let
those who do not work go without
awhile and maybe they will learn how
to work and tl ere will be less poor
people.
Yours very truly,
J. Dargan Osteen.
Tlndal, Dec. 19, 1917.
In the published report of the con?
tributions to the War Camp Recre?
ation Fund in this paper last Situ? -
dl y. there was an error which Secre?
tary lieardon desires corrected. The
toport showed Mr. E. W. Dabbs, o'
?'ayes\i!le township as having tuh
ccrlbed $1.00 when it should have
been published as a $5 contribution.
We Grind l an sec, examine the
eyee scientifically and fit eye?
glasses perfectly. Let us work
l ?r > ou.
We have all prescriptions
on file. Broken lenses replac?
ed promptb (Graduate Opto?
metrist and optician in charge.
W. A. Thompson, |
JEWELER I OPTOMETRIST.
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