The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 30, 1918, Image 3
M l II KIN IN M \1 I 'Villi
MiulhoroM IaM\oi lio Kon Addis s-< s
Patriotic Meeting on I?*mcs mid
Problems of Um? War
Several hundred Indies and gentle
men of Maycsvllle uid M ??y e < ??; i 1 <
township l ? --t nh;ht he.ird ilon. Jahn
Ii MeUiurtn deliver ? forcible ami In
tetestinir Interpretation ot the htatOI*]
of the present world wnr. and IfaOl
out the orlftln of Its causes datlnl
hack vo the relan of Frederick th
Great. Mr. MrLunin f spe. eh Wa
absolutely de\old of politic * mi .? Eft t
charuc.er. except In on#t part, v. lit ?
he mild "that any man who attain pi
to bring about discord and di
ond to arraign men against n.en an
against our government dorn | li< ?
critical tlmen in order to i ido Into of
flc? Im worn* than the Qtmuinn, and I
dastardly traitor to hi?i country, an*'
unworthy Ol the OOSjldplM S an?
frlsndNhlp of thf people. The meetinr
wa.-? held in Ihn l.'i'T.e attdltOfllMI
the Mayosvilla Graded school
Mr. McLaunn addressed the Vnys
villo patriotic moot ? in compliance
with i lu :r?:y -i^n' d petition and h:
had ihe la d ai d most intelligent, an
prOHr->j,w i en and women o:
Mnyfrllla to talk to.
R? I. Gier, of the M:??.???wlili
town.hip aasntaltlaa of the sum te
County Council of Defense pflilfltd
and In a short hut patriotic tall: wel
named Mr. McLuurln, and Secretary
K. I. Kcardon. of the ininUr ('linn
ber of Cntjuhcrco, tin- two inonaora a
the Pvi-Mmf.
Secretary Kcardon opened with a
thirty minute plea for taoro OOmpac
and systematic community arganli
tlon for war purpoaos and ho paid hi
respect* in warm language t.i al
prof.teer*. :.l ?' ? i ?. snd 11 ado-. - - i l ci?
tawn?. lit stressed the Importance o
estraordine r f production a;;d conscr
ration of food and feodatuflfa, and tali
that it Im larnefv up to tlx South, an
to the Southern .'a rin er and th
f*outh? rn housewife to win the wa:
Tt.. ' . ; : : I ?.<?'.? * ? 'hit ?!)?? x Mini,
al Pood Administration will i.uild at
? ron f- in ? ? i ..ii' ?! ' S il h n .it.
other yenr and not permit the Impor
tatlon of th ? annual on" hundred am
trn million dollars wort I of win .
corn, meats nn<l feedstuff* into Soul
Carolin:?; thai tho 0OO)tJl sin and r.iu
feed Itself, because it ca i do so. an
tii t tbot.?* who planted ?n or nn>rl
nil c otton and tol. ??< o. and !?? t i.
food coos will likely ho hungry WH\
gold J|nf;lln?c in their po.-' ts
The secretary, cnii-harixod I he
time it t of the ftumter county GOVM
of l?efenoo, that any firmer who de?
not plant at It st one third of hi
crops In food and feed stuft* || lltslfl
up and symputhlalns With the Ge:
man Kaiser und hit horde* of l.araa
Ian:1, in h'dpini; the i ?>? to wla t*n
war. Is stabbing In the back the m
Hans of aUtii n. Kremli and I rl'
Ish soldiers, and In. heeau?e Nile
farmers ?re prol.te? is, i IrallOf eae
of them to the ir flag. !!? applied U
attonftent terms to prOitlSSt mOTOhanl
who i leed their fellow i It.sens by un
patrlott? profits.
The ?penker pleaded for support o
the lied Cross, the orKaniaatlon f?<
?stiing the tlmd lihartl NWI DOttd
?War Havm^H 0tautpa\ and mid Iba
nmy man wlm < ?n .md m ill n?.f Bttppoi
the ltet| Cross, buy Liberty Laaa
bonds, and War Ha\lnK< St iinpa, wli
wtn not produce food and onoonrai
hin tenants and Hbareeiopnora to .?
likewise, that all men who can hv
literally of UlaHy loan bond i
War ,';n nu;s slaiip-i, . i ml who . |g ;il
fi/r.l t?? lit erally support tbe Rtd < i<?
ffnd Will do so only as sparingly |
appearnnees p rmlt. and who ovei
charges Is a traitor, a slacker and
profiteer and when he walks aOFOi
th'- piitde Ii hways the rh.id< \v (,:
ti ii.tr foil.. '. , hin:, in*I when h
I
Orlnd fransen, evnmlne the
mymtl /c lentillcally nnd fit eve
atusses' a^rfectly. I^et us work
for you.
We h-.v?? pH jM'Merlptloii
on III? I l oi ep l- . Hi i epl.o
e?l promptly Nfsktle "'wt''
nisti'.nt nnd lipMalan it* charge
VV. A. Thompsoii,
.J' u I i K 4k OPTOMI 11IIMT
iimintiHititniiitnittimiutiiiibi
1 into ft mirror the face of ft
profiteer n ilecksr, end ? Iraitor con
rionu him.
Mfc McLaurin then was introduce1.,
and received a cordial reception. I it
ma terfully Outlined the liistoiy of
tim QertUftH theory oi might against
right, he told of the ?mailed tis.
idea's of German etllciency, and
hewed ins audlsnot just what Ger?
htany d elrei t*> do in the shape oi
World CUWQUCSt. and depicted clo
? utly and instructively ju.st how
Ihe i nited States might be Invaded
( ? rmany through p Qorman-Mexi?
ci a allli nee should Bngland ami
Kranes Iis forced to their knees an i
los. control o?" the seas by thslr na
I or large portions of their navu.
Which would ^o to Germany for
American invasion. Hs told how
Herman) would in such an alliuno
educate Mexico in "Gormen ofltctsn?
" methods, and finding ? base on
.he North American ?h?re?, sooner <>i
later glvs this country much trouble,
if. lnd< sdi ws do not have to nght an I
light hard to maintain our free P. n
'lorn German domination.
A new piMUM of the menace to
OOmmsrcC Of this country and of tin
?ntlre world, should Germany arlu
war, .v.is e'early brought oul hi
? he i , esher. 1Is said iluii the bli
I er man war debts have to be paid
And lh;it If Germany wins sim wd
lletiits to Prance, Bngland and Italy
their tarlll sehemee, both for sxpor1
?.Ii?! Import and will insist that a'l e:c
?hange go through Gorman nnnk*
md -hat by thla process Gorman?
?on! i ii>. the i rice of cotton an i olb
r eammodltlcs of this and othe.
ountrlei to the advantage of Ger
nsny and against the Bouthern farm
r, i Manufacturer, and against the con
mmeta< German victory moans rils
ester to the agricultural, financial
Manufacturing and general commei
world, Th.l not ton is the great
at or amaag th? greatest of sxpor
commodities.
Ha I rid In eold hleeded terms, in
IS .I th in. Of some of th?
atrocities of German eoldlers on t'..
iron n snd glrht of Belgium; In fact,
is area very plain, and he Showe?
.vh.it the women of thi.s countr;
night eapeot if ever Germany eruahe
?ngland ami Wittnoa before the tJnli
d : rates < I ti get a OOUplO of mllllOl
ncn seress to exert the balance <?
.i?w.?r.
Mr, atetsittiin mads n clear an
?rv.cilcal preaentatlon of the reason
food should be the mam crop o
la gOUth snd of this entire conn;.
luring the w\ r, Hs said that al
on*} era farm ptodvx ts will hrln
IK j.iices during the war, and soim
f I hem afterwards, but that it Will
lie food to win this w:ir in orde
eilt we may enjoy the prosperity Oi
. priced cotton <? for I hi war, N<
i er c it be patriotic and not plan
n . bundanoe of food crops to th<
\< I ision tf cotton.
'.' ns is, in his opinion, no time foi
.>' ileai profiteering stthori and that
<? oountr)', city and town, the farni
?I. .rchsnt, banker, mechanic, 1
Horer, tenuher, preacher and men.
sn, bcyi ? a<i girli of every pro
i->sion el .:? trade and occupation
? Ii nt to he closely and compactly
und thoroughly arganlasd in aver)
nuiiit. to support the president
?r the rnite?i states, the national ami
i te gave nmcnte, and sacrifice i
<??. stry, everything, except honoi
o Rapport, feed and otherwlst bac
ip our soldlors ami those of our al
He brought out Information ahotii
Uerntai tpy system to show that
lormany h is for years believed thai
sea ose al the German-American >>o
ti .1 Influence of this country, an<
use of the millions of dollara ol
.?'Jim: !! money Invested here,thatthl?
oun! ry would not dui to docla i ?
.\;ir on Germany. lie s.id that tie
It . ian Kn ear had boasted, as show
pagers aalsed In German propn
lands secret offices, that Ihe Unite!
ftates would never dare to take sldci
rtth Bngti nd and Pi ancs agninai
srinanyi Mr, MoLnurfn told a
many thlngi about Ihe German
ptonage system, and how n work
? mi enlightened his audience ohm.
mi ? not heretofore brought oul b
iiiv speaker in this county, lie til
St liver a political talk, hut h
pteoh was educational, Inaplrlni am
patrlotle all ths way through.
Mi Wi 0, f bawdier nd Mr, J, i
v. st of M i)esviiie etime to Humtt
a meoi Mr, Mclsiurln, nnd with m,
?\ i:. Rtuebu, in Mr, Chandler's cn<
tec impanled Iks spsaksi ? t i
M i - villa, Ths vkUtari were hoepli
ibry sntsrtalned at supper b) ih
Anderson hotel, as the gUCStfl Of lh
PS pie of the ho pltllhlo Ifffl n ..
Mayi m\ die.
Jaa C, Dryaa, far twelve yenra si
sffielswl slei ? In Iks Bumter p > I
office, and for u ntmihei of yen I
ssomber of gas Local Civil Rervlc<
Beard, has nsrtgnod his position with
I'm |S Sam ami has SCCCpted a p
'Hltio-i iih salenninn with i| IS, r? i
Real Batata Ilrokei
It has been lUggeap i that con
kits* adapt "hud less*1 days." HI I
<udn*lou InapaUh.
WHISKEY LAW IN COL'ltT.
Judge stasc Hears Arguments of
iawyors as io the constitutionality
of Amendment to Qunrt?a*Montti
Law.
Bportanburfi Horaid, March 34.
Arguments were heard )>y Judge
Thomas s. Beate In the courtroom
yesterday In the case of Singleton
Bradford, of Bumter, against Thomas
B, Richardson, probate judge of Bum
tor county, the case being brought to
't > t the constitutionality of the quart
ii-month law which was passed at tho
leal hsu Ion "i the general assembly.
Appearing in the case were D. B
Henderson, of Alken, representing tho
plaintiff, and Assistant Attorney Gen?
ial (Maude S. Sapp, and Senaloi
Carlton Du Rant, of Manning. Probate
Judge Duncan Echinger, ot Rlchlano!,
look an active part In the proceed
ingn In behalf of the plaintiff; Tin
arguments were begun at i" o'clock
and were coricludcd shortly after 2
?'doch In tho nfh rnoon. Judge Sens
reserved hll decision.
The decision of Judge BOOSS lfl be?
ing awaited with interest In all sec
Ioni of the state, for should he de
jldo In favor of the plaintiff tho law
will stand and every probate judge i*
the state win he required to comply
with the omendement to tho qUart-a
month law.
This case grew out of an amend?
ment to the ono-quart law passed by
he lost general assembly, which
amendment provides that the judge
)f probate <>f any county in tho State,
i t satisfy bimst If that the oath
made by deponent that the quart o:1
whiskey la needed for medicinal pur?
poses, is entirely true and correct. I'n
Issa so aatlafled, the judge of probate
mual not lasUe the license and a penal
lino is imposed for n violet.on of this
is w?
Bingleton Bradford, of Bumter
made application sfter the new law
v? nt Into effct mi March 10 t<
rhon.as R. Richardson, judge of pro?
late for Bumter county, for a whia
IlSy permit. Tim Sumter official dc
cllned to issue the permit on two
grounds, tie said in his decree thai
he was perfectly aatlafled that the ap
plleant for tire whlekey permit waa
telling the truth and that he believed
he affidavit to be true, hut he would
iot laaue the permit because he ?,<>
.leved the act to be unconstitutional
in two grounds,
I Irst, he takes the position thai
he nature of tho act is not sxpresse I
a full In the title, as is required by
hi Constitution, and his BSCOnd ohj?'i -
Ion la that tin* constitution preecrlboti
what the duties of a judge of probat?
ihtill bS end names the various dUtiCi
Ol the oilier, one hy one, and that no
a.cut ion of handling whiskey matters
is made in the constitution, and that.
thi retort, the act must bo unconsti?
tutional, Tim mandamus proceedings
v ? a then brought to determine
Whether or not the act is constitu?
tional, and the matter was brought f
Bpartanburg to be heard before Judge
Bee e because the Bpartanburg judge
la presiding In the eitcuit in which
Bumter is located.
Militia Company Election.
At the appointed meeting of the
Bumttr Company, S. C. Reserves, in
the army at 6.30 o'clock Tuesday
evening, the election of officers w.:.
held, !'.;. unanimous vote of the com?
pany the appointment of Mr. A. ('.
Phelpa .im Captain by Col, Thompson
waa confirmed, it was decided i<?
SlCCt the two lieutenants by ballot
For First Lieutenant Messrs. R, K
Wilder and George C. Warron wer?'
nominated. Mr. Wilder received a
majority of the sixty-eight votes cast,
and, on motion of Mr. Warren the
election was made unanimous. For
Second Lieutenant Mr. Warren was
the only nominee and he was elected
acclamation, it was decided t<
hold the ncxl meeting at 8 o'clock
Thursday April Ith, at which time
ine question of regular meetings nnd
lulls will be taken up and decided,
t?ic Coming of the Clmutanqun,
The following letter will doubtless
piove of meat lnt< i at!
\ir. s. H, Rdmunds, President V. M,
('. A.. Stunt, r. B, C.
I ear M r. ? Idmunds: The definite
opening dale l?.r the Sunder pro
grain has now been arrnngt d fol
m.ij 1st, The program is now com?
plete and our advertising material
goea to pies:-- Immediately, You will
be delighted, we know, In the Hat of
attractions Which we have SCCUl'ed fOi
'ins summer, and we take plonaure In
encloslni to you herewith an outline
ol the mam features, a< too carl>
publicity takes ths "edge" from our
sdvertlalng, we will appreciate it q the
enclosed outline is not allowed to got
IntO the papers.
Cordially yours,
Redpath ? 'hatitauqu is,
I'.y R, M. Kendall. S- et s to Man e .
Chicago, March 21, 1018,
I >r. gj, It. Wilson has heen eh rt- :
an executor and trustee of the Toum<
S) estate to till the Vacancy caused
b) the i ecent death of IM. B. C, 11 ?
her?
U tl Si Si Mh-ffSkMkaSW -? ?i ?.*t
I
Till: POOD CAMPAIGN,
?I -sod und Feed SuiiVH Pttll, and Kun
iilng Ovor.M
Farmers of Bouth Carolina,
Tho moat Important question bo*
foro America toduy is the production
ot i'oqi! and Coed stu.":s nooeasary to
carry on the war, ihe feeding of our
armloa ami the finding ol the arm lea
o?' our nlllca
We have proudly boasted that Im?
perial Dough Carojina might bo cut oil
from ail the rest of the world and she
could still supply her own needs. 1 Jut
we have not been feodlng ourselves by
hair.
The allies entered 19is with a food
supply smaller than at any time since
the war began. The crops of Europe1
will l?e shorter this year than ever. It
is up to America, and it is up to the
Bouth. I
The tood administration will draw
an iron rii.m around the South an?
other year. Do you wish to face
starvation like Europe is facing it
ami go hungry while your pockets
jingle with gold, or do you want to
share gloriously In this war for lib?
erty ?
History records no instance in which
the South ha:: ever failed 10 do her
share, For God's sake let history re?
peat Itself now.
You farmers of the South: Forget
yourself and put your heart and soul
in winning this war. No one has Ji
greatei opportunity than you.
Plan! food ?food??food, Let your
slogan he "Food and feed stuff, full
and running over.1
Augusta Cotton E::chan?re.
To the Farmers or Bumter Comity.
The above message from the Auk
is,is Cdtton Exchange meets with our
hearty approval, and we hope that
j you will patriotically respond to the
I sentiments contained therein.
Faithfully yours,
A. LEMMON,
County !? ood Administrator.
E. I. Reardon, Asst. County Pood
I Administrator.
MIXT WINTER'S COAL.
i I'oei Administration Planning to
Porestall Pnel Shortage.
To,Each City chairman. Fuel Ad?
ministration for South Carolina.
Hear Bin Under separate oovor
Ae are mailing to you as Chairman
for your city 1,000 copies of Form X
1 Which are to he tilled out by the
coal consumers In Bumter and Mied by
them wit 11 their respective coal deal?
er. We are also sending In the same
package a number of copies of form
X-3 which are to be Mied out by your
coal dealers and (lied with you as fuel
j chairman.
These forms are sent In accordance
With instructions from Washington.
: which read in part as follows:
I "Every consumer should he urged
I OP or before April 1st, 1D1S, to place
! with his regular dealer Iiis order for
jh!a reasonable normal requirements
for the year ending March Slat, 1919.
Such orders must be In writing. Wlxm
SUOh orders have been entc red, the
dealers shall proceed to make deliver?
ies thereon, until each consumer, wil
1 ling to accept same, has received two
i thirds of ins normal requirements of
j
anthracite coal, provided that orders
of sis tons or under may .ho filled is.
j 'nil, and until each eonsumer Is fur
i nlshed his normal annual requirement
of bituminous cbal for domestic use.
If a consumer already has a quantity
ion hand, he shall receive only stich
j additional amount as shall make up
. ins normal annual requirements. New
'customers who are unable to have
their orders accepted by a dealer
should apply to the local Fuel Ad?
ministrator Who should sec that tholl
I l'Oqulremens receive attention from
the proper denier. Carload or cargo
load lots shall not be delivered to a
Ringle domestic consumer or to ?.<
group of consumers except with the
permission of the local Fuel Admin
Istrator. Dealers shall Me with the
.local Fuel Administrator on the Ural
of each month a statement containing
? he names ami addresses of consumers
to whom deliveries have been made
during the previous month and tin
quantity delivered t<> each one."
Until consumers have Med with
their lealers Form K*\ properl?
executed 'In- dealers .-bill net dellv*
or any coal to them.
Any dealer or consumer v.bo vi<>
I lates the foregoing regulations will
I o Htibjcct to i he pemi Itles preset Ibcri
by the Lever act.
B, F> Ol ?S8ETT,
Fuel Admlnlstratoi
\\ Inthrop Dnugtitcra. |
At a lecent meeting of the Win
Ihrop Daughters the following olil
rers woe elected: President, Mrs. it,
?'. Forester; Vice President, Ml b Ab
e Itryan; Becretary and Treasurer,
.1 Ism Mattel Dooth. The chnpU v la in
;i most OourishlnR condition and I.,
tow supporting two scholarship girlH
it Winthrop, The members are
plunnlng n silver tep foi the near ru
ture and wish to solloll the support
Of their loyal friends in this urn!'.
Utking.
(?et the .Men to (lie Partner.
(By Murk Swan of The Vigilantes.) ;
The greatest question before the
American people today is "wherewith '?
shall we !).? fed?" We neglect to an?
swer the question because we don't
have to answer it now. Some of us
won't even admit that it Id B question.
Reginald has always gene to Hec?
tors after "the show"; there's always
been Ii lot mlgnon and mushrooms.
Splko, the truck driver, has always
j gone into that quick lunch, around
I the corner, and called for "ham and"
?and from some mystgrlOUS region
"ham and" has appeared. Why should]
lilot mlgnon?and "ham and" fail to
answer "present" as long as one has
the price?
Reginald has every confidence in
Rector's and Spike places unbounded!
dependence in the quick lunch, it is
absolutely Inconceivable to either of)
them thai thoir haven of food should
fail them.
And they won't believe it?now?j
they won't even consider it ?-or try to
Understand it, until one day Hie Food
Card will softly step up and tap them
On the shoulder. Thereafter Spike will
have to get along with a lightweight
portion of war bread One - in a while
?and the bogt Reginald will gel will
he shredded peanuts and a split prune
for breakfast?and the wii>g of a
shrimp every other Thursday. Yet if
you warn them-?they call you Ca?
lamity Howler.
It's a terrible thing, for people to
have to listen to a Calamity Howler.
ami read his dire prnphec.es, when
there are so many pleasant things to
do; hut it's worse, much worse, to be
a calamity howler; see calamity ap?
proaching slowly but relentlessly and
feel that howling is in vain.
Y?-i calamity Is coming. We have
had :t slight foretaste of it this win?
ter. We have had meatless days and
pork less days and wheatless days and
we've had to deprive poor Fido of the
daily lumps of sugar he so gracefully
poises on the end of his nose and gob?
bles up on command, but what we've
had is nothing to what we will have
this time next year.
Short rations will he with us and in?
stead of feeding Pido sugar we mas
he appraising him with hungry and
speculative eyes. The question can
I he stated in thirty words. We need
I more fOOd atopies than WS raised Jas!
year and we're not going to raise near ?
ly as much as We raised last year be?
cause the farmer can't gat labor.
Does this sound like panic, like
I right, like a bogy man ? Ask the
farmer. There aro meetings all ovo;
the country where men are agonizing
over this question. The) are begging
lor help. Their planting time is upon
them. They haven't the men to plant
I for them, besides why should they he
SUCh fools as to plant what they cant'
harvest? Would you start something
you couldn't finish?ami lose money?
if you want more evidence, read th
j papers. A great New York daily ear
, tied four columns of a front page ar?
ticle Sunday, .March 3d. And if you're
: not satisfied read the report of the
Secretary of Agriculture of the Cnit
od States, who admits this condition
and states that the department of
agriculture Ii doli what it ojlu to
cope with it, and that he hopes?
hopes, mind you ? that the labor
shortage will be n et.
Is this a question to be met with
hope? Is this a problem to be solved
with some city g. rdens, and a few
volunteer high seliool boys and girls
to work on a few farms?
When war was declared with Ger?
many, we called on every man be?
tween 111 and 31 io be ready to light
to defend the national honor and de?
fend our Ubertie . But this food
question is a great r question than the
war peril?the ? CCCea or failure of
the war depend* on it. We must Iced
oar allies and our army and navy or
they'll have to quit cold: the bravest
man alive can't Aght if he's starving.
Our very lives dfepend on it. Your
life. Mine. The lives of all of us.
Consider the sei ?tiflc way In which
we went to war, nd the unscientific
way in which we go to work. We have
met tiie war OjUSC ion fairly, to the
best of oar ability, and we're not meet?
ing the food question at all.
There's only on way to meet it.
Double the crops. Get. men to the
farmer. Get them to him at once so
he can plant, Keep them at it till af?
ter harvest. Subi disc the farmer,
or subsidise the t irra hand. Double
their wages?do nything?but get
them.
If necessary, draft them. Draft
two million men, and put them at
work on the land. Just as the men
who arc lighting were drafted. Put
them under the same conditions. At
thai they'll be better off than the boys
at the front, for ih y won't be risking
their lives?and n'ne-tenths of them
Will come home?at harvest time?
.. ill a "back to tho land" bee in the
bonnet.
If this question Is put squarely up
to the people in Iiis country?and
our desperate need explained?i?uhlie
opinion will back a draft. No one'win
object -least of all the men who have
i
u go. And this is the only remedy m
i lent. Get nun to the farmers?HOW.
? Books Needed by Our Soldiers ami
Sailors.
Look over your -helves and pick out
ih<- hooks you ar?- roing to send to the
man la khaki.
Select the books you enjoyed, but
will never read ag ain.
I boose some j an would like to
I.p. Others wlli like them, too.
Men like advent tic, Western stories,
detective stories, biography, travel,
history, and poetr; of all kinds.
War hooks, mi itary manuals and
up-to-data technical hooks are let
great demand.
Wrap them tip and label the pack?
age "Library War Service, American
Library Associate
Fend the packa, e to the public li?
brary.
Some of the fanners who took a
long shot on planting cotton have
early plantings up to a stand. They
are fortunate?if there is no more
frost. The dange ? is not past, how?
ever, as there was a light frost Tues?
day morning, but not enough to do
any damage.
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Indications are that there will l>? a good business in Etna lands this
Call. Those who have lands they wish to sell Will probably have excep?
tional opportunity to sell them. The farmers are making money and are in
position to satisfy their ambitions to acquire their own lands. It will pay
them better to buy while they are Able than wait for period of reaction
in the hope of securing better prices as in such periods credit is restricted
and they may he unable to finance any balance of the purchase money
which they are unable to pay in cash. And even if linaiu ed under unfavor?
able farming conditions, which we have learned by experience come in
recurring periods, they may find it difficult to meet the deferred paymoata.
From the standpoint of the seller the time is favorable to sell for the
reason that the prospective buyers are in shape to buy, and as we know
l>\ exnerlence such is not always the case. From the standpoint of the
buyer, while the present prices may leem full, under th< prevailing favor?
able farming conditions he is better able to pay the pii< mi asked than low
er prices Under unfavorable farming eonitions. And la ving before hin?
the object of completing the payments on his farm, ho will put to Uta
beat possible use the profits which the high prices cf farm products are>
enabling him to make.
bor the past fifteen years we have been making i careful study of
farm lands of Bumter, Clarendon ami Lee Counties and we believe that in
this period we have made observations and come into i aaeaaalon of facts
which enable us to make our services of the highest value to prospective
farm buyers and sellers. The fact that during the past season we sold
$008,000 worth of farm property is evtdenco thai we have In a measures
at least succeeded In this end.
.\ good deal of property was liste i with us so late it the sea sc * last
J/ear thai owing to tb<" amount Of our time taken in showing pros rctive
buyers we were unable to inspect In time to properly advertise it. f you
have farm lands which you want to sell it will pay you to list the i with
us now so that we ? au have ample time to go over the aoperty cattfully
and prepare a suitable description to go in cur advert sing list.
A prospetclve buyer by letting us know In advance what he will /rob
ably want will put us in e pos;tion to give him the ehol? 8 of a large num
i t?i< of suitable places, We expect to have ? special salesman for both Clar?
endon ami I.ee Counties, and believe we will be in a better position than
ever before to handle your busines in the real estate line. If yon have land
In sell or expect to buy this vear, take It up with us n w.
R. B. BELSER,
Real Estate Broker.
26 N. Main St Suriter S. C.