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? it ffflakjjman ani &out{jrou Pnttashod WNtocsday and Saturday li\ ? OsWEJLN PTIUJSHINO COMPANY Si MTF.lt, 8. C. Terms: ? l JM) per hihiuiii?in advance. Adfrentserncota. Ona Square fimt insertion .. ..11.00 ?very subsequent insertion.60 Contracts for three month*, or longer will be mads at reduced rates AH communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for ae advertisements, Obltuartss snd tributes of respect will be charged for. Ths Sumter Watchman was found *~ in 1160 and the True Southron in lite. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation ami influence of both of the old papers end is manifestly the best advertising Notes of City Schools. The report* of the teachers to th superintendent for the scholastic month j?nt ?mied show a total enroll? ment In the white schools of the city of eleven hundred three pupils. The number of pupils in the Wash? ington School building?grades 1-3 (inclusive)?exceeds the total num? ber of pupils in the whole (white) system during the first scholastic month of the Full of by one hundred thirty-six. The number of pupils In the who!** (white) system of schools exceeds tr>e total number of pupils in (fee system during the first scholastic itimth of the session of 1895 by eigh' hundred twenty-one. n ths seventh grade, the point .it f 1 ich statistics show that a gr?ct m*ny pupils leave school, there Is .? total enrollment of one hundred tw? ti? ny pupils. There are four teaehcis for this grade Ihs prospects for next year's high ?eheel are exceedingly gratifying. In the seventh grade (the grade th it goes Into the high school next y?ar?. tfis first year high school, the.eecnmi ysar high school and the third v?ai high school, there is a total emoll merit of one hundred fifty-one boys and one hundred fifty-five girls, n to? tal ef three hundred si c. If the girls snd boys remain as they have dorn In the past?and there la no reason w.*iy they should not?there will be ? v??ry Inspiring number of student t III the high school of nest year. Tie time will soon be upon, ifs for Ihs) consideration of home gardens Last ysar with the coperstlon of >he C'utmber of Commerce a great do,l WiM done In this respect. The demand for the production of food is even more imperious than It was last year ' it is hoped that the demand will be met with at least the same spirit an?! effectiveneh? as characterized th > < reegonse of last year. TiiMlal News Items. Tlndal. Jan. 21? Mr Noah Hodge died at the home of his father, Mr. T. | K. Hodge, on Saturday afternoon after a ?hort illness of pneumoniu. He was; only about twenty years of age. and ws.s an industrious young man. Ho leavea an aged father, three brothers. Messrs. Ii. J.. Graham, and Mood Hodge, und one alater, Miss Tet?ea> who la ut Imme with her f a t h sr. Vhe funeral services which was largely attended by relatives ami friends waa at Providence church on Hu Kitty afternoon at four o'clock, and wa* conducted by the pastor. Rev Tr ilett. 'lie pallbearers were Messrs. Ram meti Betts. Alex Ard. F,rncat Ard. Nouto Cockerel. Ingrain Hodge, and fteretaee Hodge. Mr. Karle Puh.u son. of Camp Jackaoii. Is at home (or a few days. Mr. J Wi Wheeler, of Newberry. is visiting in this section. The oat crop Is badly damaged by the cold weather, some of the bottom lands will possibly have enough- left es) It to make a crop. I.Msrusalng the question of fixing the price of cotton. W. W Morrlaon of N*w Orleans, gives some tlguies that throw some interesting and Im? portant light on the subject, doing back to the year 19!3. the year next preceding the brat year of the war Mr Morrison finds that the average prlee of cotton was 13 1-2 e<?nta, and at 10 centa a pound at the time the article waa written the advsnci was IS! per cent. Imring the same time ?>th*?r standard commodities have ar? vsnce-1 .is follows Hacon ribs, til per cent; leaf lard. 150 per cent corn meal. 240 per cent.; flour. 12*. per cent. oats. ||fl per cent.; corn. 22*. per cent, whe;it. 14 5 per cent; farm Implements. i?oo per cent; standard rotten goods, ?,oo i???r , >nt; standard woolen goods. |#i per cent; standard shoea, 100 per cent TbH Is war time und all that; but In the light of then fletiTea. it would aeem to us th || tho*?? who think cotton la too hl?h. are . Mt srtrensonable to say the least of IV EDUCATION AND TAXES. statk-widk school comtcl ?out law r/ncoBD hi oovfhnok. Chief Executive ( ?Um for IXu-mitory nt Winthrop and One at University ?Would Vt tr Bonds to I*ut State on Cash Bn?is?Highway Building Ini|Mirtant. Columbia, Ji.n. 2 4.?A message was received from the governor in the house last nigbt, supplementing the annual message at the opening of the general assembly, the main topics being education and taxes. Among many other things to strengthen the educational system of the Stute, the chief executive urged jthe passage of a State-wide compul? sory education law In substitution for the local optior. plan. Medical Inspec? tion is also again urged. In the pro? posed State compulsory school law It is suggested that only districts pe? titioning for exemption be allowed to remain free from operation of the measure 12 months. Concerning the compulsory attendance the message says: "In my first inaugural address in 19 I & I urged the enactment of a 1 teal option compulsory attendance .aw. Sin h a statute was passed and it has been accepted with good results in 209 school districts, embracing cities, towns, tnaaufatcuring centers and ru I ral communities. Under its operation there have been few prosecutions. "Many other communities are pre? pared for the application of such n law. and I have reached the conclu? sion that we should now enlarge the scope of tbis law so as to place the entire State under Its provisions, per? mitting exemption from the operation of the law only to tbose districts pe? titioning foi the susn nsion of the law for one year. "In order to make the new law ef h tcive, there should be a trust offi? cer, who should be given discretion to grant exemptions where facilities are Inadequate, where children are com? pelled to support themselves or their parents, or where children are phy? sically unable to do school work. It ihould also require the attendance of pupils throughout the full term. "I again urge the passago of the lull. wbi< h is now on your calendar, 1 providing for medic al inspec tion in the schools." Additional clerical help is asked for j the oftlce of the State superintendent] of education and a salary for this of? ficial, commensurate with the Impor? tance of the work. A State board of examiners for teachers, to establish "unification in . ltiitcatlou of teachers." Is urgently i ?( onunended and also the creation ' of a teachers' registration and em? ployment bureau, to be conducted by the State department of education. The bureau "is so designed as to work to thf Interests of trustees and teach- ' ers. It would save to the teachers I commissions which they now have to pay the teachers' employment agen? cies." Construction of a woman's building at the t'nlversity of South Carolina is. urged. There are now 53 young wo-1 men attending the institution. It is also emphasized that a new dormitory must be erected at Win throp College. If the work of that school is not to continue to be handi l nped More than ?00 young women are turned awa> annually, because ofI bl doQUOte accommodations. Con cernlng the situation at Winthrop, the governor says: "With a full realization of the im-, portaneo of educating our women, I draw your attention to the need at Winthrop Col logt of another dorm!? lory Monthon of the board of true* i. s are unanimous in their appeal to thi general assembly for this greatly needed addition to the aeeoraniodatlon for the young women. More than ?'?"" girls are turned away each year be? cause of lack of homing facilities. We are prOTtdinf us liberally as the state h reeoureei win permit for our voung men in the institutions of higher tearing, but at present Win? throp College ? an only aeeoininoil.it. about I,eel girls, and to do thii re? Qutrea often the crowding of three glrle hi i room end having eoine of the llUdenU board out in the town of Hoch Hill. The war has drawn OUT public schools many teachers, and as Winthrop is the main supply of teac h? ers, we can not afford ty let this sup? ply be reduced. "i therefore recommend the espen? IdltUjfi of $100,<IOti, over a period of three \e;irs. This would build a dormi? tory lmge enough lo aeeommodats |t| students. While this does not meet the demands entirelv. 1 feed tbat i l.i'g-a an appropriation should be asked for at tbis time The faet re? nmins. however, that if Is a good poll r,. m,i , patrtotJi duty to see that our educational institutions are not only Ml . 11 i\ full strength, but are ilOO Strengthened and expanded." Many other matters pertaining to ti,.. educational welfare of the Hate sie gsfCQOasrt Among other things It Im suggested that educational exteti sion work bo attempted In agricul? tural, industrial and vocational effort. The message read: "Statistics show that approximately 80 per cent, of our people are engaged in agriculture; an increasing number are textile workers. The federal gov? ernment, recoginizing the importance ot* the Industrial education of our boys and girls, has thrown down a challenge to the States. Will we ac? cept it? "I therefore recommend that an ap? propriation be made to make possible activities relating to agricultural, in? dustrial and vocational education in our State that can not come under the federal law. If we fall to qualify our? selves to use tin? federal fund, any un? used portion of that fund will be deducted from the State's next allot? ment and will therefore cause a direct loss in money, and what is more im? portant, a greater los-s in educational efficiency." Of the $.'0,000 appropriated last session for the enforcement of State laws, $15,024.51 remains unspent. In justification of the appropriation the governor points out that during the year constables seized 10,200 quarts of whiskey, besides a large volume of wine and beer valued at more than $7."?,000. More than 200 persons were convicted, in which cases more than $1 5,000 in fines was collected and an aggregate Of 12,ooo days In Jail sen? tences Imposed. The governor asks for continued liberal financial and moral support In suppression of illicit liquor traffic. It requires constant vigilance and ac? tivity to enforce the prohibition laws of the State, "ard we can not afford to relax our efforts," he saS's. Construction of a system of high? ways would do much to relieve the present congestion of railroad traffic, it is pointed out. The situation would be Rreatly relieved "if our highways generaly permitted the use of auto? mobiles and heavy truCks, if out highways were letter, the city of Sparta 11 hi 1 rg, now largely the dis? tributing point for coal over the r'linchlield Railroad, would be easily; accessible. Similarly, if the road". I out of Charleston were improved the prompt distribution of nitrate of soda | would virtually be solved." ' The work of thu State tax commis? sion is highly commended. Tho gov? ernor emphasises that the commts rton has already placed $21,000,000 <> additional taxable property on the Mats tax books by equalising assess-; ments on many classes of taxable property. Passage Of the bill now on ihe calendars of the general assembly Lo make a survey of the State in urged. "I can see no honest, gOUn i reason why tins bill .should not be passed. It WOUld be a step In the right \ llreotion and would provide th /round work for 1 workable and ef fective Torrens system of land regln .ration, which is demanded by on farmers and people generally." iti meeting appropriations this yen ? ?vhich is the time for reassessment, i' ' s recommended: * "That after making the appropria lions you dt-em necessary and wis for State purposes during the yea. 1918, you fix such a rate? of levy ; . 1 will raise the amount ot appropriw lions upon the present assessed vol? lst with the proviso that in case the assessed value of the proper'./ imounts to more, after tho action of Lhe boards of assessors-, the boards Ol equalisation, the tax commission and the board of review, than is guffi ?icnt to raise the amount appropriat? ed under the levy named, then th ? comptroller general be directed and required to reduce the levy to such rats as he finds necessary to raise lr taxes no more than the amount of lhe appropriation made by you." Suggestion is mude that the ques lion of increasing the bonded indebt? edness of the state be submitted to the people at the next election, the amount of the bond issue to be lart:< enough to provide for the building Cl State offices, for the necessary Im? provements to be made at the v 1 rious State institutions and for the re Wood's Seeds -Fop 1918 The patriotic duty of farmers and gardeners everywhere is to increase crop and food production. Inten? sive (arming and gardening, and 1 the liberal use of fertilizers, together with proper rotation of crops, so as to increase and Improve the fer? tility and productiveness of tho land, are all vital and necessary considerations at the present time. Wood's Descriptive Catalog For 1918 gives the lullest and most up-to-date Information in regard to all Farm and Garden Seeds And tells about the best crops to grow, both!or profit ami home use. Write for Catalog and prices of Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, or any Farm Seeds Requited. Catalog Mailed Fixe On Itequost. T. W, W??D~& SON s;:E0.>3IEN. lliclimowl, V" funding to the State troawjij of tho amount expended out of the annual appropriation bill during the pant three years for permanent Improve? ments. Tho a] proprlation bill has to i>e Increased annually, without a bond issue, by reason of appropriations necessary for permanent work. Dur? ing the last three years $746,000 ha* been expended In buildings an<i per? manent improvement. The passage of a law to deal ef? fectively with dogs to promote sheep raising is classed as a war measure; by the governor. It is recommended that any firm or corporation, which invests in Liberty bonds, should be exempt from taxa? tion on such investment to the sxtont of 10 per cent, of its capital and sur? plus. KILLED AT WADSWORTH. Floyd Dickey Shot to Death and Lawrence Schoville Wounded at ( amp Wadsworth. Bpartanhurg, Jan. 23.?Private Floyd Dickey, Company A, One Hun? dred and Eighth infantry, is dead as the result of a gunshot wouild receiv? ed Tuesday night when he. with two Other soldiers, tried to escape from the regimental guard house. Private Lawrence P. Bohovllle, Company s. of the same regiment, received a flesh wound In the hip, which is not con? sidered serious. Private Henry K. Beard, Company A, of the same reg? iment, was not hurt. GERMAN SHIPS FOR FRANCE. Washington, Jan. 23.?The 30 Ger? man ships seized by Brazil when it entered the war have been chartered by the French government for war purposes. The vessels represent an aggregate of about 120,000 gross tons. This- announcement by the state de? partment gave further evidence of the interallied agreement that the provis? ioning of France should not be ham? pered by troop movements from America. This government had con? sidered entering into negotiations for the vessels to supplement the trans? port and supply fleet of the expedi? tionary forces, but France's need of tonnage to bring in food was recog? nized as being more urgent. The terms under which Fiance ha:: Chartered the ships from Brazil In? clude an agreement to move the Bra Kilian coffee crops. It is expected that the vessels wil be used in moving much of the 2,500.000 tons of wheat recently sold by Argentina to the al? lied governments. TIPS CASTOR BjKAX. Man Who Knows Tells All About the Product. Greenville Piedmont. The wide-awake farm en of the Carolina? should he interested in the growing of the castor oil bean. The government offers the seed to ihc farmers at cost, |i per bushel. Then pays $3 per bushel lor the harvested product. The bean is used solely for the manufacture of castor oil. C. F. Dill of Greenville, has had experience in the growing of the bean in Texas. lie harvested a pay? ing crop from 350 acres of Texas soil. He believes the land and the climate of South Carolina admirably suited to the glowing Of the castor oil bean. Any information Which he has gleaned from his years of exper? ience be will be glad to give to any who may consult him Mr. Dill gave one of the Pied? mont's reporters some facts as to the growing of the bean, as found from actual experience. The soil should be in condition as for planting cotton, the richer the soil the greater the production. Planting should take place in the spring at cotton planting time. The ground is laid off in squares, four and one-half feet apart. The beans are planted three in each square. After the beans have come up, they are thinned, one to a square and cultivated as cotton is cultivated. Early in .June the beans begin to bear. There is a sturdy stalk from which extends stalks bearing spikes. On the .-pikes are the bean pods, numbers to each eplke. The pods are round, something like a chestnut burr; inside are the beans, round speckled little beans. When th? spikes are matured yet green, th' Stalks bearing the spikes should be clipped from the body of the bush. The clipping of the spikes does not affect the main bush of the bean. The spikes, piled on sleds drawn through the fields are spread on a clean, dry stretch of ground in the sunshine. The sunshine turns the pods to black, slimy objects. The pods should be scattered out and stirred until the pods begin to pop. The pods pop something after the manner of corn popping in - popper over a Iii'-. The beans shatter out on the ground, the empty pods and spikes- are removed, the trash is fan? ned from the beans, which are then ready to be sacked for market. The harvesting continues all summer un? til frost comes, crop after crop being harvested in the i armer described above. it* a farmer has large crop to harvest, lacks can be arranged in a. building, the pods placed on the racks, a tire built beneath a slat floor and the beans allowed to pop out on the lloor below. The cultivation of Ihoae beans is an , !<mt plan for the farmer whose ? ott on crop may be cut off by the boll weevil. The plants are hardy, the cultivation sinipV. With the in? ducements offered hy the govern? ment, tho farmers of the Carolinas should plant castor oil beans this spring. Nothing has; been found tJ take the place of castor for certain lubrication. The man who has a !" -v acres in the edge of the city can plant this in castor oil beans unafraid that thieves will molest his crop. A man who stole a quantity of th ;e beans- could , not dispose of them without being apprehended. j ' i POUND DEAD IX HIS ROOM. 1 Army Officer With a Bullet Through His Bra - i. Sparta nhurg, Jan. 22.?A coroner's inquest this afternoon failed to clear up the mystery surrounding the death o; First Lieut. Dean ii. Buchanan of Camp Wadsworth, who was- found dead shortly after noon today in his room in a hotel in this city, with his , brain penetrated by a ;>istol bullet. Bieut. Buchanan's home is at Grove City. Pa. He was of r.he officers' re? serve corps and came here a few days ago from Camp Gordon, Atlanta, being assigned to one of the machine gun battalions- now being organized in the new provisional training brigade at Camp Wadsworth. He registered at the Hotel Brooklyn Monday, oc? cupied his room last r ight, went out this morning and returned before noon. A new pistol, loaded, with one cartridge discharged, was found in the room. The theory of ruicide is ad? vanced as the only om that will fit the facts, as- so far learned. In the room with the body, however, was a letter to his mother, Mrs. Alice C. Buchanan, apparently just written, and indicating a ha.py frame of mind. \ Italian Headquarters. Northern It? aly. Wednesday, Jan. 23.?The ene? my lias evacuated territory on the north? rn mountain front behind Monte Horn ha, extending from the Plave river westward. Their lines have now been mo1 ed bafck to Monte Spinonica. SEASONABLE GOODS Our buyer is just back from the market where he picked up some good values in winter goods. We are offering them to you at attractive prices. Boys' Corduroy Suits and Extra Pants Boys' Winter Suits and MaGkinaws Men's OverGoats Men's Corduroy Trousers Fleece-lined Gloves Sweaters and Underwear These goods are marked at bargain prices, and it will pay you to buy now. The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co. Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes