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The Sumter Watchman was found
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2*6?. The Watchman and Southron
now baa the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
end Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
Linn? Sulphur Solution.
Sulphur has long been known to be
a good fungicide. A few years ago
our present lime-sulphur solution
was developed for the purpose of
spraying certain plants that have foil
Age too tender to be successfully
sprayed with ItordeaUfl Mixture. This
solution has proved so successful in
combatting both insects und plust dis?
eases thut It In now one of our stand?
ard apray solutions. It Is especially
valued as a winter spruy for killing
scale insects and dormant stages of
fungi Heal remain over winter on the
brsncbea and trunks of trees and an
a ?ummer aprny for spraying apples
for scab, roses for mildew. and
peaches and plums for hrown rot and
I.i'ite-aulphur has come Into su^
general uae that It la now made and
?old by all of the leading; spray
manufacturers In the country and Is
handled t?y druggist* everywhere. The
commercial lime-sulphur solution 13
a clear, umber colored liquid, contain?
ing; calcium ?Uli hide in solution. It
la mude from beating lime and rul
pbur together. Calcium sulphide is
the active ugent that kills the fungi.
This solution la very caustic ami if
used in too gre it concentration will
kill the plants. Practically all of the
commercial solutions of lime-sulphur
on the market are guaranteed to hOA'S
a density of 32 degrees Heaume, und
dilution* are recommended on this
basis. When M is recommended lor
spraying plants hat are dormant, we
mean t gallon ol lime-sulphur with
a density-of 32 degrees Heaume to ?
gallons of water. It is essential that
the density be known because of
course the greater the density the
"stronger" It Is.
Commercial lime-sulphur Is used
almost entirely now for winter sprsy
snd Is being used quite largely for
summer spruy. It Is perfectly safe
to use It on apples und roses und oth?
er plants with foliage not especially
sensitive. In such case, use one gal?
lon of commercial lime-sulphur to 36
gallons of water. With peaches and
plums und somo few other plants
thut buve espec ally sensitive foliage
commercial lime-sulphur is not al?
ways safe. I nder certain conditions
it seems to Injure the foliage. For
peaches and plums, use 1 gallon of
commercial hue -sulphur to 80 gal?
lons of water. For apples and roses
use 1 gallon of commercial lime-sul
phui to 35 gallons of water. It seems
better and safer, however, to use the
self-bollen lime-sulphur for thes"
It nder foilage plants for the present.
It is Just as efieient and ne'er in?
jures the foliage.
In making self-boiled lime sulphur
use I pounds of fresh QjUlch lime und
t pounds of sulphur < flour) to 50
gallons of wntei. Make this up
pi icing the elgh| pounds of fres i
line in a tub or barrel and add Just
enough water to slake it. An excess
of water seems to drown the line ami
refkids the slaking process. As *oo i
ss the lime begins to crumble apart
and P violent b ahm; Is set up, add
eight pounds of sulphur and stir In
thoroughly, add ng enough water to
Veep any part of the mixture from
I e< oidng dr\ o - burning. Keep this
well stirred and ullow the boiling to
continue for from I to 10 minute*.
Special cure shrub! be exercised u
thl* time to keep an' part of the mix
til.e from beenming dl\ KnOUgil
water should lie added In fact so th it
the paste is tbl > enough to he easily
stirred. After (he boiling Aus con?
tinued for f? or 10 minutes, enough
water should tie added to cool the
mtsture. It Is then ready to apply.
A pump with a good agitator should
be used so as to keep any part of the
mixture from settling out lame sul?
phur solution should be applied with
force of about loo pounds pressure to
the square Inch
The retail price of sugar In Sum
t.n Is TKN CK NTS per pound?only
one grocer selling at nine and a-half
cents. As the Kood Administra?
tion has issued orders that no retail
Oealer shall charge more than one
rant profit per pound on sugar. the
pteeumption Is ttii! Ihe wholeeele
prlci of aigai in this territory Is nine
Ig WTholeeels grocers are allow?
ed a maximum pi ofit of twmit\ five
cmts per bundled pounds.
KNTF.R'lWIN MF.NT.
"Sonu'whoro in Fraiuv," Thi'ilUim
Drama of the War, Oiven al IUiii
bcrt Sc1mh>I House.
There will be an entertainment giv?
en, under the aueplOOS of the iteil
Cross, at Rembert School house Fri?
day night, May 3rd, at 8.30 o'clock.
Refreshments served. Everybody cor?
dially invited to come.
Wisacky News Notes.
Hiahopvllle, April 27.? I am sittirig
by a good tire while I try to give you
the news from Wisacky and this place.
It feels more like January than the
first of May. The little cotton looks
very sick. The farmers have good
stands of corn and cotton. Oats are
looking fine. I see some heading
out. Wheat is also very good. With
? first class flouring mill which will
SOOCJ be ready to convert their wheat
into Hour, the farmers wont* suffer
for want of wheat bread. The mem?
bers of the creamary association are
building a llrst class creamery' at
Wisacky. They have the most mod?
ern machinery which will be under j
the supervision of an expert in this
line of business. This new enterprise
will no doubt prove a success, as It is
owned by our most successful and en
terpi Ising young farmers, who do not
know the meaning of the word fail?
ure. I have no doubt this new enter?
prise will invite other business, on
other lines, and Wisacky will put on
new life. "So mote it be."
?>ur whole community was greatly
shocked, as well as deeply saddened
by the sudden death of Joseph, the
oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mc
Cutchen. He was ill about one day
only. Joseph was a noble boy. A
beautiful Christian character. loved
by all who knew him for his gentle.!
courteous manner and that high
toned princlpel which marked his
dully life, and often held up as an
example to other boys. Our tender
est sympathies go out to his bereav?
ed parents and grandfather who loved
him so tenderly, and who bore this
louvy stroke with such beautiful
Christian resignation. The mound of
beautiful flowers that covered his
grave bore testimony to his popular?
ity, especially with his schoolmates
and teachers.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Wilson, of Co?
lumbia and Mr. J. C. Scott and his
daughter, Mrs. Phil Porcher, of Mt
Pleasant, were ou*- guests this week.
The gardens aro looking fine and
will soon furnish an abundance of
vegetables, which are much needed,
and will be greatly enjoyed.
I Harmony Presbytery.
Harmony Presbjtery held its spring
session with the Sumter Presbyterian
Church Monduy of this week. This
body usually remains in session sev?
eral days, but thin year the business
was concluded, by hard work In one
day, final adjournment being reached
late Monday night. The Presbyteiy
wa% organized by the election of Rev.
J. P. Marlon as Moderator. The usu?
al routine work and committee reports
were disposed of expeditiously, but
with thoroughness. Messrs. /.. P.
Toomer and Mr. Davis were licensed
to preach. Mr. Toomer will go to
Kastover and Mr. Davis to Clemsou
College to preach. Roth have re
i ently completed i heir course In tha
Theological Seminary. Rev. L> D
MeCord, of Manning and Mr. W. W.
Mei'utchen of WUucky were elected
commissioners to attend the General
Assembly which neeti In Durant,
I IklahOme, May 4 th.
"The Taming of the shrew," a I
modern rerelon arranged and pro?
dneed b] Rde ird Waldermann( was
preeented In Opera Houeo Thursday
evening to an audience that tilled tin
auditorium to capacity. The large
attendance was attributable to sever?
al etrcumstaneoi -the play was pro*
dined ander the auaplces of Trinltj
Methodist Church for the benefit of
the Red CrOeS and the cast was eom
i d ol local talent, with the oXecp
lien el Mr. Waldermann, as petruohlo,
and Miss Dorothy Morton as Katln-r
inc. I he Shrew. The cast was an
noonoed several limes In the ad*
ranee notice;; and is not neeeaaary to
rep4 it it hen-. The production, as p
winde was pleasing and the MUil
lenee was generous Its expression of
approval.
(,l ItMAN MIssl M. Mi 1,10 I.
Amsterdam. April 17.?Speaking be?
fore the mum committee ol the Oer?
man Flatcaaslag on Friday, according to
v.MuaertH. <ien. von Rlaberg stated
that on March 31 last the number of
Herman missing had reached n. total of
I A4,104, Ol t his number. he sa id.
, I3f,t7f were i rlsoners In France,
lit,001 In Bngland, I ft 7,000 In R?is
i sla and Rumania and the remainder
? mud be i agerdad as dead.
MILLION roil paius ysiyND.
Congressman Djrnioi secures Dig
Appropriation fOf Training Ten
Thousand .More Marines.
Washington, April 25.?Through
tiu' efforts or Congressman Byrnes,
Paris Island iH soon to secure a
large appropriation for the addition?
al marines to be sent there. As the
personnel of the marine corps has
been greatly increased, Mr. Byrnes
requested General Burnett to use
Paris Island for training the addi?
tional forces. The request met with
the approval of General Barnett and
the secretary of the navy will re?
quest the senate to increase the ap?
propriation from $?00,000 to $1,100,
000. It is proposed to send 10,000
men there.
GERMANY BULLIES Rl'sSIA.
Demands Immediate EiellMlgO of
Prisoners and Threatens to Take
Petrograd.
Washington, April 29.?Germany
has demanded that Russia exchange
prisoners, threatened to take Petro?
grad unless the Russian government
agrees to the terms advanced, the
State department has learned.
Washington, April 20.?The two
casualty lists given out today con?
tained 150 names. The killed and
missing in action number 2 2. Ten
officers are named. Killed in action,
18; died of wounds, six; died of acci?
dent, two; died 01 disease 13; other
causes, I; wounded severely, 25;
wounded slightly, 87; missing in ac?
tion, four.
BtTMTKK COTTON MAKKKT.
P. O. HOW MAN. Cotton Buyer.
? Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon
Good Middling 27 1-2.
Strict Middling 27 1-4.
Middling 27.
Strict Dow Middling 2G.
M-'AV YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yee'dys
Open High Dow Close Close
May . . 25.10 20.51 25.00 25.02 25.4 0
July . .24.85 26.10 24.00 24.88 25.02
Oct . ,14.40 24.47 24.00 24.20 2 1.42
Dec . .24.28 24.35 23.80 24.08 24.29
Spots 26.75.
NOTICE or ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Sumter.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be an election held in School
district No. 18, Maycsville, S. C, at the
voting precinct fixed by law, on Tues?
day, May 7th, 1918, for the purpose
of electing three school trustees un?
der and by authority of Special Act of
ihe General Assembly.
Polls will be opened at 7 o'clock A.
M., and closed at 4 P. M.
Qualifications for voting are same
as for a general election and only
persons mvlng registration certifi?
cates and poll tax receipts for 1917
will be allowed to vote.
At the close of the election the man?
ager? will proceed to count the bal?
lots publicly and within three days
thereafter, the box containing all
ballots and papers must be delivered
to the Commissioners of Election who
will declare the result of said elec?
tion.
Tin? following Managers have been
appointed to hold the election: R. J.
Maycs. Sr.. J. M. Curry, J. II. Bur
kett.
One of these Managers will call on
E. F. Miller. Clerk of the Board, at
The Item office, Sumter, S. C, not
later than May 6th for the box, regis?
tration bok, etc.
A. S. HA.RBY,
S. D. RODDY.
T. E. HODGE,
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for Sumter County, S. C
April li>, 1918,
Teat hers' lvvumtuntion.
The regular examination for those
desiring to secure certificates to
teach in the public schools of the
;;tate will be held In Sumter, Friday, i
.May 3rd, beginning at 0 o'clock. Tin
questions will be taken from the text?
books last adopted by the State
Board of Rducatlon. Applicants are
requested to bring material suitable
to take the examination.
By order of the state Board >'?
education.
.1. Ii. HAYN8WOHTH,
County Superintendent of Education
i
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer
Prompt Attentln to Day and
Night Calls
At I. 0. CRAIG Old Stand. N, Main
Phones: S?
gUUAlt i am im: lUiPIIABLK.
Unless Lecnoiii) Is I'ructicctl There
Will be shortage Soon.
Columbia, April ?Unless there
is a big saving from the present con?
sumption, and unless every possible
spoonful Is saved during the next
few weeks, there will be hardly sugar
for the canning season during the
?Ummer and early fall.
This statement is made by the
Food Administration upon receipt of
advice from Washington in effect
that after considering the Inventory,
ol sugar in this country and the
amount expected from Cuba, it is
.shown that even with fair conserva?
tion until the preserving season there
will be barely enough to supply the
needs of the American people. To
avoid a sugar famine, and at the same
time to provide for the canning of
fruits and vegetables, which must be
preserved, it} is of the utmost import?
ance, says the Food Administration,
that conservation of sugar be rigid?
ly enforced and that conservation
must be practiced in every possible!
way. The strictest economy and
even slight shortage now may be nec?
essary so that there will be no. actual
shortage during the canning season.
Retail dealers of the State will be
instructed by the Food Administra?
tion to maintain the prescribed lim?
its on sugar sales. Consumers re?
siding in cities or towns must not buy
more than live pounds at one time
and consumers in rural communi?
ties are limited to 10 pound pur?
chases, or 50 cents and $1.00 worth
respectively. Sugar will later be sold
In larger quantities, for canning and
preserving purposes, as a matter of
course; but it will be furnished for
such purposes only upon the Signing
of a certificate, the form of which
has not yet been determined upon by
the food administration for south
Carolina. Further announcement
concerning the use of this certificate
Will be made in the near future.
It is further announced by the
Food Administration that in order to!
I uild up reserve stocks of sugar, so
that there may be B supply available
later for canning and preserving, job
b< rs are now permitted to carry a
60-days1 supply. If, however, there
I.H going to be sugar enough to sup?
ply the needs when the canning sea?
son comes, sugar consumption should
he cut down in every possible way in
the meantime.
Ensign I.. Arthur O'Neill, U. S. N\.
is in the city for the day.
Tili: KAISER is BOASTFUL
Declares His Foes Are Digging Tiieir
Own (.raves.
Amsterdam, April 2?.?"The people
who wish to deatroy us are digging
their own graves, said Bmperor Wil?
liam, as quoted in an inquiry by Karl
Rosner, which the Dusseldorf pub-1
Llshes.
The emperor, who was commenting
on the large amount subscribed to
the new war loan, said further: "Our
victories In the field and the viet?rit a
of the Qermans at home must make
those over yonder realize that we
cannot be Bubdued by arms and eco?
nomic isolation.' j
Liberty liond Day Observed.
Without preliminary notice it was
decided Saturday morning that Liberty
Bond Day should he observed ir.
Sumter by closing the stores and oth?
er places of business at noon for the
balance of the day. A committee was
sent around through the business sec?
tion to notify the merchants banks
and others of the decision and all
promptly agreed to close, some of
them on only a fevc minutes notice, as
the committee did not get started un?
til late in tho forenoon. At noon bus?
iness was suspended, the drug store
being the only places to remain open,
and they agreed to observe Sunday
hours, closing at nine o'clock tonight.
No special exercises were arranged
for the day and no organized work
was carried on to increase the Liberty
lo.an subscriptions in this city?a half
holiday was the only notice taken of
the day. Sumter has already large?
ly over-subscribed the minimum
quota of the county and city and hav?
ing already held two special Lib?
erty loan patriotic rallies?on the
opening4 day of the campaign and
again last Friday?it was the gener?
al opinion that another all day cele?
bration would be unnecessary. It is
a known fact, however, that a large
number of those who are well able
CC buy Liberty bonds have not given
tangible evidence of their loyalty to
the government, and it is to be re
greted that a special drive was not
organized and carried out to round
Up those who are still without the
fold. If the business men who were
Idle this afternoon had been organ?
ized into committees and the city
thoroughly canvassed the total sub?
scription to the Third Loan could
have been materially increased.
Pr. Charles Harrison, of Varnville.
is the guest of Mrs. M. S. Nelson.
ill NS- REPLY TO rm '.l AY.
llcportcd Unsatisfactory AltfcWCT
sinngthcns Fore u*t of War.
Montevideo, Uruguay, April 26.?It
is rumored here today that the reply
to the Inquiry to Germany as to
whether tin German government con
uldered that ? state of war existed
between Uruguay and Glermany le an
unsatisfactory one. it is expected
that i n official statemt :.t on this sub
ject will be Issued ton j^ht.
C aused by I -Boat.
Washington, April ?6.?1'ruguay's
inquiry to Germany asking whether
Herlin considered a stfl e of war ex
Istlng between the tw< countries was
caused by the action of a German
submarine commander, who recently
stopped a Spanish stft nier and tot,!;
off the Uruguayan i mimission to
France. The submarine finally per?
mitted the commission to proceed, hut
tin- act so aroused the 1'iuguayan
government that a sharp inquiry was
sent to Herligv
An unsatisfactory reply, which it is
indicated Berlin has made, is consid?
ered as strengthening the probabili?
ties that Uruguay may soon enter the
war, as recently force st from Lon?
don.
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WE HAVE?In stock. In our ware*
houses in Sumter, tobacco, coro
and garden and cotton fertilizer.
Also Acid Phosphat- . Call or write
us for prices. Southern Brokern.]?
Co. Phone 89.
Foil SALE?Choice oaled bay and
oat straw. Heavy seed oats for
feed. Corn in shuel . Choice hams,
sides and shoulder* from youn?
thrifty hogs, cured and smoked just
right. With our own flour and
meats and feeds we are neverthe?
less observing all the food regula?
tions. Why tax the railroads when
better food supplies can be obtain?
ed at home? Help feed our sol?
diers and Allies by buying homo
products. We have bought bonds
to the limit. Hav you? E. W.
Dabbs, Pineland & ?gypt Farms,
Maycsville. S. C.
POE SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp
Jackson stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Cheml
caj and Fertilizer v?lue rated very
high by Clemson college. A. A*
Strauss. Sumter. S. C.
A 100 PER CENT PROGRAM
IS OFFERED THIS YEAR BY THE
GREAT REDPATH CHAUTAUQUAS
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER
1918 REDPATH CHAUTAUQUAS1918
1ST DAY
Croation Native Music
Lou. J. Beauchamp
2ND DAY
Quartet
Frank Mulholland
8HD DAY
Chancellor Bradford
Margery Maxwell,
of Chicago Grand Opera Co.
ITH DAY
Knight McGregor
Scotch Songs
5TI1 DAY
Oney Fred Sweet
"Chocolate Soldier"
30 People
?TU DAY
Chicago Orchestral Band
War Posters
Sergt Herman
7T1I DAY
Clarissa Harrold
Raemaekers War Cartoons
Dun bar's Revue,
Featuring Parade of the Allies
CHILDREN'S WORK
Mornings with Circus Time in Fairyland 6th Night
SEVEM BIG VACATION DAYS
Season Tickets $2.50 and war tax .
SUMTER
MAY I, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8