The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 01, 1918, Image 2
tKit to W.n'thv War. *+*
There's a lot ot loyal people,
In this bright and sunny land,
That ure out to win the war
At the cost of heart and hand.
They are standing by the Stars and
Stripes,
And the powers that bo
And they say. We ll whip th? Kaiser
And we'll make the people free.
1 Ml there's a man among us),
Who says he's tried and true.
Ills proper name in kicker,
He's always In a stew.
He kn ked at heutless Morula)?.
Bays Hartleld's off his base.
A dollar blurs his vision,
And he's hindered in the race.
He kicked at wheatless days and says
That Hoover's all gone sour;
That meat )? good for pigs and fowls
But we must have our flour.
His greatest trouble Is plenty.
He's always lived too high.
A dollar blurs bis vision.
He's blind, he can't tell why.
He soys it's right to fix the price
On wheat and other grain.
I hit when congress mentions cotton.
He simply "raises coin."
He claim* he's patriotic,
A slacker, no not he.
A dollar blurs his vision,
Nothing noble can he see.
When we speak of feeding the Allies
And our boys beyond the sea.
He pulls his hat und shouts aloud.
Three ( beers for our country free.
Hut by bin constant kicking
He's helping the Kaiser win.
A dell.ii blurs his vision.
BelhahnesB Is his sin.
For want of a better name, we said
We'll call Mai kicker, true,
Hts other name is legion
You'll find him our eountry
through.
He's doing bin bit. In selling us out
Poor fellow. hasn't counted tie
cost,
A dollar blurs his vision,
He's helplessly and hopelessly lost.
But when thin cruel war is o'er
With quiet and peace restored,
And the Kaiser descends to that low
land.
To receive his Just reward
He ll meet with the kicker who help
ed him on
A traitor to his own fair land.
No longer blinded, his chances gone,
They 11 |>a\ their penalty, ht.nd ir.
hand.
?J. C. Lee.
Fort I_iwn, A C.
Attention! Patriotic Women of Sum
ter.
<>n the Keil Cross membership
drive last spring many women ex
BMSjSjed n desiie to help With the H*'W
Ipg, but said it was impoesible to come
to the Ked Cross rooms, or even to
semi after the work, as they did then
own work and looked after their
Hinall children.
Tor the convenience of those who
arc willing to facilitate the war work,
and whose circumstances do not
permit them to leave home, even :?
part of the day, a Ited Cross motor
'wrps has been formed from the
members of the Junior Chant)
Leagio- These girls will be in reg?
ulation uniform und drive their own
cars They will deliver the cut out
garments mi Monday und call i ><
ihem on S itumI i
There Is work piled high or til
shell as snd e\ ?-i s worn in in town
should feel personally responsible
for this sewing und wish to see It
shipped ti? th?- hospitals m Franc? i
BOoa ss possible. The awful Cerniari
drive now In progress makes the need
for these articles absolutely impera?
tive.
There Is saareely a woman in town
whp i anrml sew an hour or two a
Week, and we ask every woman S/tlO
reads this to consoler this a direct
il lo )>? i patt lot Ism, ami turn In
ss her share at h ist min finished gar?
ment a week
There are many patriotic women
In t?iwn who work every day In tin
surgical ?I reusing department This
sjseemd totes their rising early and ar>
ranging their household affairs so
the> can l?o ghsent Tills w?u k can
not be tuken out. but the sewing Is
ouite as Important, md will be left
st your door.
The motor corps girls will bring a
sitmpli fj the llnlsbed garment, and
gladlv Blee \<>u any inhumation
in.-, have un?ilertabea le peosatoa the
I CreSSJ anpervlsor as tlodr sum
iner'e work |#J garments a week
u Iii gssj help Usess, make ?hin pi sen
|t?C good ' If so. phoi ? Ilss Kthel
? ireen, ehatrmsn, or any BBaaV
her of thin commltbo, which will be
puldUhed in full later. your name
street address ami number of gar?
ments wanted, l?eforo Monduv. .lune :t
Mia )l ML Stuckc\
Bubserlbe to The Dally Item. Onlf
lue per week, delivered.
j -?t"
Revenue Officers tu Kein! Out Notices.
Taxpayers Should Mako Payment
?'roniptly.
Columbia. May 29.?The collector
of internal reevnue advises thut the
notices for income tiixea, both individ?
ual ami corporation, which were pre?
pared by , the . department at Wash?
ington, have been received in ids
Office, end are being sent out with the
h its' peeajbhj delay. All of these no?
tices should be out within a couple
of days at the most, and should be
in the hands of the taxpayer by due
course of mail.
Attention is called to the fact that
these taxes must be paid on or be?
fore June 15, 1918, otherwiso pen?
alties will accrue, and In order to
avoid tin* probability of checks being
delayed in the mails, the collector
urges that the taxpayer remit imme?
diately upon receipt of notice, if con?
venient to do so. This will also as
?1st the collector's ofllce in taking up
these payments, for if all taxpayers
wait until the last few days to remit
these taxes, this will, of course, con?
gest work in the collector's office and
it is desired that these taxes be taken
into the accounts of the government
as soon as possible.
It is also desired, whenever conven?
ient for the taxpayer to do so, thai
remittance be made in the form of
New York or Columbia exchange or
postortlce money order, as this form
of remittances can be handled rendi
ls l?y the banks at par, and such re
mittanees do not have to be deposited
for collection before being creditcJ
to the taxpayer.
If the taxpayers will render wtinl
assistance they can In these dirts]
lions, it will be greatly appreciated
by the department, and will assist
materially in the handling of th? he
taxes.
< olebrate Golden Wedding.
Marvin, May 28.?Mr. and Mis
John I, Brogdon, of lirogdon, celc- (
brated their golden wedding today at 1
their beautiful home on the Sumter- 1
Manning road, amidst the assemblage 1
of eight children, sixteen grandchil- '
dren. one brother and six sisters, and 1
two sisters respectively. The chll- '
dren: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Proc?
tor (nee Gillie Hrogdon) and daugh?
ter Mabel, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs.
John B. Hrogdon of llarvin, two chil?
dren (Sam John and Lillle Eudora); 1
Mr. and Mrs. J. Eddie Hrogdon o: '
Montgomery. Ala., and five children,
Misses Lucile, Myrtle, Alice and Ed
wina; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Brogdon
and daughter Ethel of Florence; '
Mr. and Mrs. Julius L, Hrogdon of 1
Hrogdon; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hrogdon
of Charleston and son Cecil; Mr. and
Mrs. F. A Wells (Mrs. Wells nee Su- 1
sie Hrogdon) and children, Inez and
Frank, of Sumter; Mr. and Mrs. J.
Darby White and five children, Darby *
INI die. Sei ma, Jno. I. and Addie, ol
Sumter; and Mr. and Mrs. Jake 1.
Hrogdon of Hrogdon.
Brothers and sisters, respective^
Mr. W. T. Hrogdon of Brogdon; Mm.
Polly Jones. Mrs. Louise Cook, Mrs,
Margaret Curtis, Dr. and Mrs. J. A
Mood and Mrs. H. J. Lawrence o
Sumter; Mrs. J. J. Wideman of Way
BrOBUj Ga.. and Mrs. Anna Black well
of Manning. Mrs. Lizzie Davis and
Mrs Howard Jones of Brogdon (two
last sisters of Mrs. Brogdon.) There
were a few invited guests.
The color scheme was beautifully
nary led out, the floral doe orations he
ing nastuitiuni. Dinner being an?
nounced Mr. and Mrs. Brogdon and
their eight children were seated at
gsji table and their brothers and sis?
ters and invited guests occupied seats
;it another.
The da] was clear and Ideal, indi
entire Of Ihg lift and character of
those in whose honor this festive >c
casion was arranged. Mr. and Mrs.
Hrogdon are among the oldest and
most respected residents of Sumter
County, Mr. Hrogdon owing his home
and other property within a mile 01
D of the Spot wheer his gramlfnth
01 Battled many years ago. Mi:
Brogxtoa was miss gnaan Rebecca
m. lmnald of Gourdln, Willlainsbure.
counts , this State.
Ben II. llarvin.
At Her Word.
a maiden lady of uncertain age
bean an rory Indignant when the eon
sum lake! asked how old she was
sou see tin- Kiris neaj door," she
aahed 'he Hill twins'."'
??certainly' " replied the census
man.
"And did they tell you their age?'
'Yes."
-Weil." sin- mapped, "I'm just as
old aa they are.
"Oh, very well," said the census
man; and he wrote in Iiis book: Sar
ah Stokes, hi old as the hills"
Washington star.
A boy digging in the back yard Is
not neoaaaarlly b sikh of a war sar
den lie BIB] h?* going *t fishing.
Audersou Mail.
I'.vbl tit kin <*r'*Wrldn*s' rflglrwuys.
(By George K. Annes, Division Fngi
goer Florida State ROJld Depart?
ment. )
Twenty years ago there were prac?
tically no roads in Florida worthy of
mention, it is true that some of the
cities were paved, and all of the towns
were connected by trails, but it was
quite an undertaking to try to drive
from one county to another.
Today there are nearly 5,000 miles
of hardsurfaced roads in the State.
These highways, along with other ad?
vantages, are making Florida famous,
and tourists are. coining here in great
numbeis to spend their winters. At
the same time the residents are real?
izing more than ever what good
toads can do for a community, nnd
they are now rapidly enlisting In the
army of progress.
About 35 or 40 years ago the two
great empire builders, Flagler and
Plant, extended their railroad lines in
a regular network throughout the
peninsula and built great palatial ho?
tels, thereby inducing thousands of
people to move into the State.
With the advent of these new set?
tlers the people found it necessary
to spread out. More land had to be
brought into cultivation and a great
interchange of business with the sur?
rounding towns was gradually built
up. This latter caused the birth ot
the agitation for good roads, and ac?
cordingly a meeting was called in
Orlando and the Florida t.ood Roada
Association was formed. The purpose
of this association was to promote
highway building and the improve?
ment of all the roads in the State.
The greatest factor of all, however,
in the promotion of good roads hue
booa the automobile, and it is nothing
unusuul now to find merchants trans?
acting business in several countief
?luring the same day.
For several years after the agita?
tion for good roads began.the county
officials were confronted with some
vary perplexing problems. Only r
few men in the State had ever had
experience in road building, add it
was therefore impossible to secure
experts in this line. Fach county Was
* law unto itself and each set of coun?
ty commissioners felt that they knew
more about road work than anyone
fdse in the community. Very gener
illy they were right, too, for not many'
Df their fellow-citizens had given
much thought to the matter.
The big problem was the matter of
inanclng. The general fund was not
sufficient, in mosj cases, to even star;
road work. As a solution to this
problem the method of bonding was:
adopted. This was patterned, more
or Itfss from the railroads, but it did j
not occur to our county fathers to fol?
low the railroads' lead any further.
The lawyers' work was finished as
soon as the money was raised, and a
little thing like the location or the
construction could be handled by any?
one. No such word as "maintenance" ,
was ever dreamed of, for the roads
would be built and it was expected
that they would "stay put."
It was therefore not to be wondered
tit that great mistakes were made, for i
who was there to show the way? The
highway engineer in the 1'nited States
la a very recent addition to the ranks
ot the profession, except in extremely
small numbers.
After a few years of experimenting
the people woke up to the fact that
Iheir money was being woefully wast?
ed. The roads were not holding up,
no maintenance' funds were available
and the bonds were* rapidly matur?
ing. The poor county commissioner
had to stand the brunt of the numer?
ous indignation meetings, with the*
usual result of tho election of an en
tlrely new board.
The Florhla legislature' was finally
petitioned to provide for a State high?
way department. After several ses?
sions of this body of lawmakers a bill
creating the* State? Road Department
was enacted, In the fall of mir? Qov.
Trammel] appointed live of the beat'
known good road hooste rs in the State*
to serve as a COmmleslon. These men
all se rve' without pay and they devo-tc
a great deal e>f their time te> the* cause-.
in May, 1914, the* commissioners se?
lected Win. F. Coeke of Virginia to
serve as state- road commissioner, or
snglneer, Mr, Coeke assumed his ne?w
duties m June, ami for the- next year
his work was nearly :?n advisory. He
mapped oul a plan of procedure, how*
ever, and Iben he* had t?> wall for the
next legislature to pass bills permit*
ting the department to do some real
work.
The- r.iiT legislature was very fa
vorable to the- road department, and
they passed the- following bills and
amendments:
An amendment authorising th?> ?h>
partmenl t<> enter Into eontracta for
the construction, and maintenance of
ii. 1 ! Ighwaya and bridges ;?s may by
law or resolution of any board ot
eount.v commlesioners he* placed un?
der its aupervlalon,
A law giving the' department tin
liKlit lei designate* certain roaels Iis
Stute or State-aid leiads.
A law providing lor the acceptance
of-the f?deral trUd Tor YtirWkrrtlr>?j*Jf
tai routes. . i
A law creating a convict road force
and giving the authority to work cer?
tain prisoners on same.
A Uiw providing for the protection
of roads.
And last, but not least, a law pro?
viding for the registration of automo?
biles.
The main feature of this last law is
the collection and the distribution of
the money received from the sale o!
license tags. Something like $300,000
will be received during the year, and
this money has to be distributed as
follows:
After deducting sufficient funds to
pay for metal tags and incidental ex?
penses, 15 per cent, of t^e entire fund
is set aside for the maintenance of the
State Road Department. The. remain?
ing 8G per cent, is to be spent cm
Ihe roads in the several counties, in
proportion to their assessed valuation.
This money lias to be spent under the
direction of the State Itoad Depart?
ment and is to be generally handled
on a fifty-Mfty basis. That is, each
county will put up an amount equal
to or greater than the amount of the
automobile license money that is to be
spent within that county.
The department has worked out a
general plan for a ayatam of roads
connecting all of the county seats and
important towns with one another.
The missing links in these main roadH
will first be built and then attention
will be turned toward widening all of
the narrow roadways.
Two trunk lines have been designat?
ed as Federal-aid projects. One of
them will be a highway from Pensa
cola to Jacksonville, following the
Old Spanish Trail, across the northern
part of the State and passing through
De Funlak Springs, Marianna, Talla?
hassee, Dive Oak and I^ake City. The
other will start at the Georgia line
and run southward through the cen?
ter of the State, passing through Lake
City, Gainesville, Oeala. Idenburg,
ftustis, Orlando and Arcadia.
During the past three years the
traffic on our roads has increased tre?
mendously. What was considered the
best type of construction a short while
ago simply will not support the heavy
motor trucks, and more permanent
paving is now required.
There are several very acceptable
forms of paving in use, among which
are the Dunn wire-cut lug brick, with
cement grout filler; bituminous con?
crete; asphalt, in its several forms,
properly laid on a good foundation,
and concrete constructed of some
hard rock. The concrete, however,
has been found too expensive, as hard
rock has to be brought here from
other States, because our native lime?
stones are too soft for wearing sur?
faces and the local deposits of flint
are too small for general use. %
Most of the brick used in the State
for paving comes from the Birming?
ham district, with a fair percentage
being shipped in from Tennessee and
Georgia. The freight rates make it
quite expensive, so only 12 of the !>4
counties have adopted that type of
surface.
In the sparsely-settled sections
sand-clay roads are giving satlsfac- i
tion, provided they are properly main?
tained, The best example of that
class of material is in I*ake county,
near Leesburg. County Commission?
er A. B. Lees and Iiis road superin?
tendent, H. W. Tompkins. have work?
ed out their maintenance problems
until it is worth going a hundred miles
out of the way just to drive over
their roads.
The majority of the county com?
missioners are now beginning to real?
ize what the Road Department means
to the State, and a great many of
them are seeking advice and instruc?
tions at every opportunity. Some of
the counties are turning over their en?
tire trunk-line work to the depart
ment. and it is now up to the engi?
neering staff to secure results.?
Manufacturers llecord.
Croix Do Guerre tor a Chaplain.
The first American chaplain to re
celve the croix do guerre from the
French government is the Re\\ Walter
S. Danker, of Worcester. Mass., an
Episcopal chaplain in the (me hun?
dred and fourth United States Infan?
try. The Living Church announces
thai Mr, Danker's name beaded the
list of 117 Officers and men of the
regiment who a/ere decorated for bra
very. Moreover, the regimental col?
ors were officially decorated in hon?
en- of the bravery of the entire regt-?
ment.
The clash between Col. Roosevelt
and George Creel, being one of words,)
nevei will come to an end because ol
lack oi ammunition on either side
Louisville < 'ourler-Journal,
If George Creel looks like the
pictures printed of him, who blames
congress. Add Borglum.?Lancaster
News.
Only one religion today, that ol
following the Hag And only one po
Ittieal party the American party.
Zanesvills, Ohio. Tiinoi?Recordar<
Take Care of
Your Tires
America's greatest need is for ships
more ships.
Every available vessel is being utilized
in government service.
Many ships that have been carrying rubber from
Sumatra and Brazil have been taken for active
transport duty. The number now left to bring
rubber to this country is extremely limited.
This will necessarily force a temporary curtail?
ment of tire production.
So, make the most of the tires you have.
Use good tires.
Take good care of them. Keep them in perfect
repair. See that they are properly inflated.
Increase their mileage by careful driving. Keep
out of car tracks and away from
bumps. Don't scrape the curb
or apply brakes too suddenly.
Get every mile your tires
have in them.
Only in that way can you be
assured of your car's contin?
uous service?and remember,
your tire is a vital war-time
necessity.
So again,
? take care of your tires.
United States Tires
are Good Tires
'f/jco ' Tread
A complete stock of United States Tires is car?
ried by the following Sales and Service Depot :
SUMTER MOTOR C?.
Flowers for Soldiers.
SUMTER COTTON MARK ETI,
The C. B. coin mit tee which sends
lowers to the base hospital at Camp
laekson wishes to thank those who
esponded to its request for Howe is
ast week. Practically all lb w eis now
n season, nasturtiums, daisies, pop
ties, sweet peas. etc. are suitable tor
tending;, as they go by Bpectal deliv?
ery and are on the way only a short
(me, Please semi flowers to thj
tome of Mrs. R, L. Bdmunda, Cal
ioun street, by 9 o'clock on Thurs
lay morning.
i Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon )
P. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling tfl.
Strict Middling SI 3-4.
.Middling 26 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 25 1-2.
Red fit km Notice,
duly
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XI.\V YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yea'dys
Open High Low Close Ci?me
84.7? <i 14.71 2e.tt 24.ss
23.r.fi 24.41 2.1.II 24.37 23.70
23.40 21.23 23.40 24.IS 23.4$
Bring all old newspaper.', to Red'
i'loss headquarters. They are verj MttS.tmtir.ttHmtUtrttirtttt:::
nuch needed In surgical dressings de- | jj
?artment. Annie Purdy,
Secretary, Sumter Chapter jj
Notice Housekeepers.
- iL
The menu charts that were order-js
ftl at the Chautauqua from Mrs. |
Frederick have come and may be ob?
tained from Mrs. 11. M. Stuekey.
Price 25e.
We don't believe we ever knew two
ions In the same family th;it re
lembled each other less than DoUgla*
>nd Charlie Fairbanks.?Ohio state
Journal.
We hopr that the next American
ambassador to go to Berlin will be
len. "Jack" Pershtng. Mew Orleans
States.
As a sort of last trump, the Huns
ire threatening to throw Mackensen
nto the game on the western trout
Chattanooga News.
Nobody can undertake t? weaken
me of the Allies without weakening
ill. Including tie- United Btatei
buffalo Enquire.
!
I j We Grind Lenses, examine the
Ej eyes scientifically and fit eye?
glasses perfectly. I^et us work
for you.
Wc have all prescriptions
on tile. Broken lenses replac?
ed promptly. Graduate Opto?
metrist and optician in charge.
r?
I W. A. Thompson,
IHWHsjH A OPTOMETRIST.
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