Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m?m t4 tee rmsioMce at ben u>r, 8 m Seooed disc Matte* MW* _1. JL.lJUl 1 - 4 * Pl ItSONAl. Mr. A. K. Saunders. Superintend ?nt of the State Penitentiary, wuh in the city today on business. Miss oliv*? Boauid returned to her home In Orangeburg after a pleasant visit to her friend. Miss Lisxle Worn lea. Mrs. Lydi.. Murchison and duugh ter, Kathenne. have returned to Cam den after sending several dayn #ith Mr. and Mrs s. R J. Smith of tins city. Mrs. Jake Marvin is spending the week in Manning. Mix* Minnie Oillespe. of Brevard. N? la vlsltlntr her brother! Mr. L. T tJillesple on Hampton Ave. Mrs. Jas. W. Hates and Miss Helen Bates, of Baltimore, are visiting Mr. and Mrs C\ S Mason. Mr. and Mrs. T H rlarke. accom panied by alias Klbaboth White, have gone for a short stay In New Torn and other northern points. Miss Dutch Crews has returned to her home In Uuirens after a visit to Mrs Marshall on Broad street. Miss Allee Martin, recently ap? pointed assistant home demonstration agent for Sumter county, has arriv? ed and entered upon the dischurge of her duties Miss Murtin is a Winthrop graduate and has recent)) been teaching at Kaseley, Bickens i ounf v The Church will go With its soldier* and Sailors. (An Incident. I Yesterday, when the last rays of the winter sun were turning the snow covered fields of New Jersey Into a ehest of sparkling stive I turned homeward from Camp Merrltt. Camp Merritt is the embarkation camp of tho t mied States. The greater part of the soldiers make their last stop before departing at this ramp. A mother drew near with her son to the bus in which I was seated to go the nearby railroad station. She was a little woman, plainly dressed, one of the thousands of mothers who are bravely giving their choicest treasure, their sons, to this land. He was an upstanding, el mi youriK man o. whom a mother could be proud. Be? fore handing ter Into the bus they kissed farewell and their eves be camo moist and wistful for they knew what it meant. Then the gear* mesh? ed with a grinding sound und we were off. He remained in the roud as long as I could see and the little woman looked back to him. a proud little smile playing around her face, mois? tened by the tears of love and fore? boding. When a beipl in the road blotted the camp out of view she look sd down and ter hands folded in prayer. They were Lutherans. 166,000 young Lutheran men like this one are with tho United States grmy to go to France; 165,000 moth? ers are wistfully bidding them fare? well, hoping that they may return, folding their hands in pruyer that Uod may go with them. What will tho church do to com? fort and reassure the mother, to strengthen the boy? That is the great emergency call which the war has brought to our church. Can the church go to that moth? er without going with the hoy? Can the church bid him welcome upon his return if Uod spare him, If it did not stund by in his hour of need? For it Is not an army thai is going to Kurope. It is a boy from this home, a boy from that home, thousands of them from thousands of home?, each dear to a mother, a father, each filling his place of service in his church, each leaving a vacancy of mingled fear ??ml hope that Hod may bring him bark, safe in limb, clean In heart and soul. the Church's Agency Is the Natioiuil LtUlicmn Commission. The church has responded to lb great emergency call of a century b\ appointing a National Commission td see that Its ministers go with that boy to cum p. ucros* the seas. Into the front line trenches. For Lutheran boys in the army and aavy the church needs |flO.SCe for the first year's war time service. Campaign week. February F?th to 2?th. At St. James- Lutheran church nett Sunday, offerings will ?>.? reoert ed. It is ursed that every BSOmbOl attend Now the time is OOmO when ?very one must make tils Sacrifice without countlnn eeot, 'that the ehurch may < out mm to K<? With ISsV boy. m mestlv, J i ( Wilson. Mr I A livtti nt.eia; li ? m decided t<? plant rWenl \ o i ? h ol ? o'? "i I.e.i ns for the Kovernment on the Prick Yard ' > t m. Several other S.unter 000At! i innere will plant cantor beans for the government but the total acreage In the county cannot now be estimat HULKs GOYLKNLNi. WHISKEY. Officers und Unlisted Men May lie Served in 11*1 v a u? Homes of Guests. Washington. Teh. 20.?Revision ol the rules prohibiting the .sale or serv? ing of intoxicating liquors to ol'ieeis and enlisted men of the army, an? nounced yesterday, is designed, Chair? man Fosdiek of the commission on training camps activities, explained today, to stamp out "bootlegging" out hide of the "dry zones'* around mili? tary camps. Not only is the old ruling not relaxed, he said, hut the revised regulation is much more stringent. Tnder the Original order," .Mr. Fosdiek said, "only the sale of liquor to officers and enlisted men in uni? form was prohibited outside of the dry zones, ami 'bootleggers' and un? scrupulous liquor dealers were en? abled to evude the law without vio? lating It technically." As revised the regulations prohibit the nerving, giving or delivering of intoxicants' to an officer or soldier out? side the zone except that in private homes liquors may be served to of? ficers or soldiers who are members of the family or bonu fide guests. Per? sons convicted of violating the new regulations would be liable to a line of $l,o00 or 12 months impiis-onment or both. The definition of the term "military camp" has been enlarged in the re? vised order to embrace training camps or the ordnance and quarter niasteis' departments and medical of? ficers throughout the United .States Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In making public the now ordei Chairman Fosdiek asked the cooper? ation of liquor dealers and cafe pro? prietors in preventing all sales of li? quor to be consumed off the prem? ises. cotton wMuternra associa? tion. Annual Meeting Held und Otlicers Elected. The TrI-County Farmers' Cotton .Marketing Association of Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties, with head? quarters at Sumter Chamber of Com ? merce until next fall, when the asso? ciation's regular quarters No. 12 Fast Liberty Street will he opened again, had a very satisfactory meeting Mon? ilay and reorganized for the ensuing year. The following otlicers were ro e'ected: President, J. M. Kolb, Sumter coun? ty. Vice President, J. H. Myers, Sumter county. Secretary, J. F. Williams, Sumter county. Treasurer, G. A. Leinmon, Sumter. , Board of Directors: G. A. Lein? mon. W. A. Bowman, W. L. Saun- I dera, J. M. Kolb, J. H. Myers. L. E ? Kennies, J F. Williams of Suintet 1 county; It. 'M. Jenkins- of Lee coun? ty und N. L. Hroughton of Clarendon eeunty. The financial condition of U\e as? sociation was such that all debts for the year's expenses were promptly paid and a couple of hundred dollars in the treasury. Seventeen thousand bales of cotton were graded by the government expert cotton grader, o. T. Brooks. Resolulons were unani? mously adopted endorsiivg govern? ment grading of cotton as benetleiai to cotton producers in educating th?ni as to staples and grades, an I injuring market price because the cotton seller knows the staple aim gride of his cotton and the market value. The association asked for a government grader next fall. BVBMAK1NMR SINK ilFTKRN. London, Feb. 20.?British mer? chantmen sunk by mine or submarine in the past week numbered 15, ac? cording to the admiralty .statement is Hued tonight. Of these II were of l.iiOO tons or over and three were un? der that tonnage. Ono fishing erat, also was sunk. The arrivals at ports In the Cnited Kingdom for the week number 2, 822; sailings 2.393. Eight vessels were unsuccessfully attacked. The sinkings for the past week show a slight diminution from the im ?-Vinns when in merchantman WOffe ?unk. II of l.?ioo tons or more .ml six under that tonnage. iu v fr:\ <;k \fti:kk indicteh N.w fork, Feb. II.?--Eight cloth ing manufacturers, two employes and i ? lei is in the ouertormssteri depart meat Of the army ha\c been Imlict od h> the federal grand Jury, chare od with being concerned in extensiv? army uniform eloth frauds, it is si tin Sled their thefts amount to OVO? live million dollars. Another Bctall. He (pompously) ? I always speni my mind. She (shutply)?But are you a I particular to mind your speech? 1 PaAtlmors Araorloan. Moni: JL'jLALlUN PIIOPAUAXDA. Senator Bnnki Teils McLgrtrin'e Hirt In l'.stablishing State Ware? house System? To the Bditor of The News and Courier; When John L. McLaurin entered tho Btate eenate In 1918, he eatne with u definite purpose to ln> augurate a new program ot* industrial progress by using the sovereignty of the Btate to stabilise the market val? ue of the South'! money crops-. The program' was: l. Warehousing and financing cot? ton. i. Direct sales ot cotton from the warehouse 10 the mills. 'I. State gradin?. 4, state Insurance. 5. A farmers' hank to ha mile the receipts. These ideas at first found little fa? vor in an ultra conservative South Car? olins senate, hut finally under the persuasive power and lire of enthus loom of its uuthor, and under the sirens of six cent cotton caused by the war in Kurope, the "warehouse hill" was enacted into law at the extra ses? sion of 1914. The law conferred but limited pow? er and provided a meager appropria- j tlon. McLaurin was chosen commis aioner and given his "baby" to rear to manhood. Ihe home was unshelter? ed, the "wolves" numerous, fierce and hungry, but he loved this "offspring" ot his mind and fought for it with a valor that has commanded the ad- j mirdtlon of every generous spirit t a Inch has not been obscured by po? litical partisan goal. Ho got farmer tc build warehouses on their farms; he reduced Insurance rates on rural warehouses from $3.50 to $1.58; he secured an abundance of money to finance cotton at C per cent at a time when none was available even at 8 per cent, he enlisted the sympa? thy and cooperation of Mr. W. 1'. G. Harding, chairman of the Federal Re? serve Board in Washington, and he and 1 had developed a plan and se? cured the consent of Mr. Harding to establish a bank to serve as distribu? ting agent for the money available ; to finance cotton, so that the farm era could get it at 1 per cent instead Of ti per cent as provided by existing distributing agencies. The thought had taken root and was growing. Tin government In Washington wai sounding a harmonious note. The State warehouse Office and the gover? nor's office seemed in harmony ami everything seemed fair and promis? ing \o set up in South Carolina a light to guide Southern agriculture OUt Of the gloom of its years- of de? pression. Then came the May convention 0< 1916, which violated the rules of tlu j party and broke the law of the StaU i in denying the warehouse commis? sioner the right to a place in tlu State. Campaign. Which right had been demanded by a resolution introduced by Mr. R, W. Dabbs, president of the! State Farmers' I'nion, at a meeting ol the State Warehouse Association, and unanimously adopted, as expressing the universal desire to have the auth- 1 or Of the law explain to the people Iti beneficial purposes and enlist theli cooperation to like end that it might become all that its friends hoped for McLaurin felt that he lost the support of the administration then in otuct and in my opinion made the mistukt of currying the light into the cam? paign for the election of the factlOl which supported our resolution. It i: my conviction that our program b bigger than either faction and if car? ried before the people by its nuthoi would muku all which they stan for look small Indeed. Additional evidence of the fact that McLaurin's thought has taken roo' and is growing may be found In th*. recent passage by almost unanimou' consent of my bill to insure StaU warehouse cotton by the state. Thi: law not only settles the question o I insurance for cotton, not only build a. w. ii between the cotton "baby" and the "wolves," but it sets up a light to guide tho thoughts of states men to the ultimate solution of al insurance problems and to lift th weight which presses so heavily up on the commercial life of our people Men are thinking everywhere on thi* t ml it is well worth your attention H??w government can be used t< conserve the resources of s people ha evi r been the task of the statesmen a statesman has been found In Soutl Carolina. Will South Carolina aval herself of his- genius, or will ?t wal Until another is born ? .1 A. Hanks. Senator from Calhoun County St Matthews. .Ian. 80, Big Saving in Flour. Mncon, Feb. 20. -The trustees o the State suniturlum at Milledgevlll reported today that since tho instltu tlon has been observing wheatles di > i thore has been a weekly savin ; Of thirty barrels of llour. In observ Ing meatless days it was figured tha 4 I'.t'.nn pounds of meat a weck wer saved. Soya beans ate being used it the diet for pellagra patients. Mvasage oi Commendation and con? gratulation to chairman Coker. David R Coker, chairman of the State Council of Defense, received today from President Wilson the fol? lowing telegram commending the meetings held last Monday and Tuesday In Greenwood and Sumter at which plans were laid for the bet? ter prosecution of war work in this State. ; The telegram follows: "D. R. Coker, Chairman of the State Council of Defense. "I congratulate South Carolina up? on patriotic spirit that has led to this war conference. From the personal contact among war workers in such meetings there comes an understand? ing and inspiration that will soon be reflected In a like enthusiasm and unity of purpose among their fel? low citizens, it is only the united and determined efforts of all loyal Amer? icans that this people will win its great tight for fair and honest deal? ings among the nations of the world. (Signed) "Woodrow Wilson." The Other Side of War. You wouldn't think that men would go to war to learn how to be kind, but they do. There's no kinder creature in the whole wide world than the av? erage Tommy. He makes a friend o! any stray animal he can lind. He shares his last franc with a chap who isn't his pal. He risks his life quite inconsequent ly to rescue anyone who's wounded. When he's gone over the top with bomb and bayonet :'or the express purpose of "doing In" the Hun, he makes a comrade of the Frltfue he captures. You'll see him coming down the battered trenche.* with some scared lad of a German a his side. He's gabbling away making throat-noises and signs, smiling and doing his Inarticulate best to be in telliglble. He pats the Hun on the >ack, hands him chocolate ami cigar? ettes, exchanges souvenirs and shares with him his last luxury. If anyone Interferes- with his Fritzie he's willing to light. When they come to the cage where the prisoner has to be1 handed over, the farewells of these companion! whoso acquaintance has been made at the bayonet-point are >ften as absurd as they are affecting. I suppose one only learns the value ol , 'Cindnesfl when he feels the need of it himself. The men out there have laid "Good-by" to everything they loved, but they've got to love some one?s-o they give their affections to ?aptuled Prltaies, stray dogs, fellows who've collected a piece of a shell? n fact, to anyone Who's a little worse j off than themselves.?Coningsby j Dawson, Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery, in Good Housekeeping-. Colored .Fair Meeting. The annual meeting of the Color? ed State Fair Association, was held in Sumter, February 20th, at Shiloh Baptist church, on account of recent quarantine order in the city of Co? lumbia. The gross account of the as? sociation was read to the stockholders No further action was taken, as the association is still involved in the 'ourts by a few disgruntled members. The following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, that the State Colored Pair Association condemn the action I of the four members, who have in? volved the association in a law suit because of their personal ideas; and the said action on their part is de? nounced as unwise ami unwarranted. Be it further resolved, that we af? firm our faith and confidence in the Officers ami endorse their administra? tion. "Resolved, that the State Colored Fair Association endorse the effort now being made throughout the coun? try, particularly in our State, to pro duce more food and feed stuff, and Conserve the same, to the end that our SOjdlerS ami those of the a Hie . may be sustained in the great conflict, the object of Which is to make the world safe for democracy; we urge our people to redouble their efforts along all lines, and thus aid in a speedy and successful termination of the war." The otlicers for the ensuing year ire in-. .!. II. Goodwin, president, Co lumbla. s. C.s T. A. Williams, treas urer, Ncwberry, S. C; R. W. West berry secretary. Sumter, B. C; Prol l> j.< Hubert, .superintendent, Or tngehnrg, S. C. ADVANCE IN I'M.I STINT.. London, **eb. 21. ?A further ad? vance Of three and a half miles on a. from Of nearly eight miles has been made bj British forces in Palestine Who are now within four miles ol JerlchO, the war OfflCfl announces The British also Advanced one mil* northwest or J er sun lern. FOR SAI.lv-F. O. B. cars. Cami Jackson, stable manure; very litth straw. Car load lots only. Chomi oal and Fertilizer value rated ver; high by Cietnson college. A. A Strauss, Sumtor, S. C. FOOD ADMINISTRATION XOTKS. I - Boarding House Keepers Hold Meet? ing ami sign Agreement, An enthusiastic meeting or the boarding house proprietors or Bumtcr was hohl at the Chamber of Com? merce yesterday to discuss observ? ance of the wheatless and meatless days. Every one present signed the agreement, and others telephoned that they wore Unavoidably absent, inn will gladly sign with the other boarding hOUSe keepers. Those who signed the agreement it yesterday's meeting are as follows. YV. Leslie Brunson, J. A. Calhoun, Mrs. L. M. King, Mrs. J. J. Johnson, Mr. (1. A. Brown, Sr., <d. R Phillips. Airs \V. L. Lose, Miss D, H. Hudson, Mrs. 1>. P, Shuler. Miss Lily flregg, H. J. Lawrence, Mrs, W. C. King, Mrs. J. h Lesesne, Mrs. J. Ben bow, Mrs. Doiu B. Dennis. The following committee was ap< poined to submit the agreement to those boarding house proprietors who did not attend either of the meet Inga ;>nd to endeavor to make the agreement unanimous. All houses Which furnish meals, whether one or a dozen boarders, are requested to en? ter into this agreement. Committee?Miss Lily rjregg, Mis. W. L. Rose, Mrs. D. P. Shuler, Miss May King, W. Leslie Brunson, Geo. R. Ph'llips, (',. A. Brown, Sr. H. A. Moses. reprosenath e of th food administration for city of Suni ter and Assistant Food Administrator E. 1. Ueardon conducted the meeting and explained the rules ot the food idminiatratlon. Placards for display in tho dining rooms were furnished the boarding house proprietors. The agreement provides that the -subscribers thereto will Observe as closely as possible the whoatlOSS and meatless days, that when they can se? cure substitutes on Monday they will serve no wheat and will f-crve corn and rye bread instead, and will serve either corn or buckwheat cakes, or some other substitutes instead. On Tuesdays they will serve no ham, beef, lamb, or pork, ami on Wednes? days they will observe the same rules as on Mondays. On Saturdays they will serve n<> ham, Uo breakfast bacon, or fresh pork. H seems thut same boarders are hampering the boarding house keep? ers In observing tho wheatlcss and meatless days. The food adminis? tration is- desirous of obtaining the names of those citizens who are un wllllng to help their country win the the war by observing* the wheatless and meatless days in the hope that they can be persuaded to comply with the request! of President Wood row Wilson and the food administration. Those who will not or can not fight for their country should be willing to make some little sacrifices to help t? ed the men who are brave enough to go off and light and die lor their country. ' Service For All" is the motto of the nation, and there are no people more indebted to the boys who are lighting and dying than the people of the United States. The time is here right now w hen a man or a woman who will not cheerfully make some sacrifice for our country will be known to their government and to their fel? low citiseni, and will be judged ac cordlngty. MEMORIAL DAY ORATOR. Dr. EL W. Bikes Accepts Invitation to Relit or Annual Address. President Sikes of Coker College has become such a favorite with Sum? ter audiences the local I*. D. C. chap? ter has invited him to deliver the an? nual Memorial Day address here. The chapter publishes his letter of ac? ceptance with pleasure: Miss Arm Ida Moses, President Dick Anderson Chapter, U. D. C, Sumter, S. C. My Dear Miss Moses: Though I have been to Sumter very frequently lately, I do not lind it in my heart to decline your kind invitation for the afternoon of ?day the 10th. I suppose that if you can endure me once more, I can lind the time to be with you. With sincere regards, E. W. Sikes. Death. From the Daily Item. Feb. 19. A telegram was received at Wedge Qetd this morning announcing the death at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York, Of Miss Floride Rrohum, as the result ol a recent operation foi ap? pendicitis. From the Daily Item, Feb. 19. Mrs. W. T. Rrogdon, of Rrogdons, died last night after a protracted ilU rtesa, The funeral services will tSe held from the residence of Dr. %J, J. Eemmon, West Calhoun street at le.au o'clock tomorrow morning. _ Subscribe to The Daily Item. Only 10c per week, delivered. IS YOUR GARDEN READY? piagK'azMHifiKKv.n ?um in i ?urn ii We have the seed that you will need, now in stock. Extra L'arly Peas Woods' Pedigree - Alaska Medium Early Peas Potlatch Late Pole Peas Telephone - Champion of England Onion Sets - White and Red Dwarf Essex Rape Small Seed in bulk and 5g papers KARON'S PHARMACY Phone 36 Get It Quick