The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 01, 1918, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found
*w n l?&0 snd the True Southron in
lift. The Watchman and Southron
now bss the combined circulation and
tnfloence of both of the old papers.
I nd Is manifestly the beat advertising
medium In Sumter.
The reports from the battlefield of
France, while not tidings of com
pesos disaster, are decidedly not en?
couraging In the area of major op?
erations along the Alane, where the
Oermans have again struck with
overwhemllng forces and seeriingly.
i.Ttsistible power, the news in any?
thing but reaaauring. The French and
British line In thla section has been
broken and driven back a distance of
approximately eight miles over a
front of twenty-tlve miles. The
army of the Allies has not been de?
stroyed snd put to flight, it is true,
but It has been driven out of the for
ttfted poeitlons that it occupied and
baa been forced back and still far?
ther back, snd with eaeh retreat giv?
ing up territory for which they bud
battled through many bloody months
of strife to reguin from the Oermans
after they dug themselves in follow?
ing their defeat at the Marne. The
French and British are not whipped,
they are fighting on with determined
and unshaken resolution, but the tide
of war la aetting against them at
present. The result muy finally be
to the advantage of the allies, the
price tbe Oermans are paying for ev?
ery foot of territory that they take
may be so great that thev are work?
ing out their own destruction; but un?
til the tide turns we can do no more
then hold steadfast to the belief I
that In the end America will throw ?
the weight of her might into the bal- <
ance and administer the blow that i
will destroy the Oerman war ma- I
? hoc t
A great erowd assembled on th*
school square yesterday afternoon at
f.ll to witness the annual dress pa- '
?rfcde and elimination drill of the
Utah School Battalion and the flag '
drill and folk dances by the girls ot I
the echool. The drills and dances by
tbe girls which came first on the
programme were most attractive and
were executed with grace and pre- <
eftdon. The dress parade of the bat?
talion was carried out in accord with
tbe prescribed tactics under the com?
mand of MaJ. Long. Commandant. 1
The picked squad was then put
through the manu.il of arms for the
purpose of selecting by elimination
tbe three best drilled boys to drill at
commencement for the medal an?
nually offered for the best drilled boy 1
in the battalion The boys finally se?
lected were Marion Hurst, Marlon <
Cothran and Henry Edmund* The
Judges were Lieuts. S. Y Dink Ins and
Karle Bowland. of the army and
Nfessrs P. J Oallagher and B. O.
Cantey. The High School Orchestra,
seideted by Mr. K K Wilder, furnish
ed the music for the drills and p..
I i.ito
I ngh-di I 'ihhI Regulations.
London. Msy 20.?The Ministry ot
Kood has t-Bsjed i wat alni t>> -hop.
keepers who aan been in the babd
of giving over weight for food cou?
pons, that this must tic discontinued
otherwise prosecution and withdraw*
als of trading licenses will follow.
At the same time a BOtiCS is lasuet'
to the public that they must not pur?
chase more than the couposj v.iluc
they must also see that when buying
food for which no coupon Is required
i* license to sell such food is hung up
In the shop from which tney wish to
it The public is warned against
keeping- fOOd < 'i ds of per-u.ru who
may have left their houses for othei
districts or to join the foices Thcv
are also not to lend their food cards
to any other person or to sell or give
ration bought on the card to anyone
else.
Wnr Hcfiigccs in Holland.
The Hague. May 20 There are
now In Holland about I on.mm Del
gin n refugees. Mil British mllit.n\
prisoners, I.?07 Oerman military
prisoners. ?71? escaped prisoners of
War. and 1,0 13 refugee Itussiuns and
Poles.
.In making these figures public, Die
mler van Unden said the interned
prisoners and refugees were receiv?
ing the same rations as Dutch eilt?
ftens ItelglaiiH. he pointed out. could
fiol n* asked to supply food for Mel
gpan refugees, adding that lie would
neither take measures against the ml
BaJMaaee ed fOJfOAgssirfl not la iipe
Belgian and Oerman refugees.
COTTON CROP OUTLOOK.
CON HIT ION COMPA1UBD TO NOR?
MAL IvSTIM \ti:i> \t 87 PER
(i:m.
Plain small hut 'Healthy?GfJOfl hi
Only State Reporting; Roll Weevil
?Drouth Broken hi Texas ?.More
Fertilizers Being I'sed ? Cam?
paign for Food < tops shows Re?
sult*.
???
Memphis Commercial Appeal, May
27.
A cotton acreage of 101.8 per cent
compared with last year is indicated
by reports *?ont in by Commerical Ap?
peal correspondents. A condition! of
8 7.0 per cent, compared with normal
In indicated.
Government figures !ast year to
May 25 showed a condition of 69.5.
The 10-year average is 79.1.
The acreage increase means 34,
677,000 acres devoted to the 1918-19
crop, against 34,086,000 in 1917, ex?
cluding, in both instances, Virginia,
Missouri/ Florida and less important
cotton producing States, which in
1917 had a combined total of 514,
000 acres.
It may be, and the case presents
itself as a probability rather than a
mere possibility, that a revision of
acreage figures a month from now
will show an actual decrease as com?
pared with last year. This prospect
is due to the fact that up to May
20 from live to 25 per cent, of the
lands Intended for cotton had not
been planted.
Lite planting lar.t year was one of
the chief causes of the short crop.
The other was the early frost in the
fall. All plantings shoulJ have been
completed by May 10. Rather than
risk another season abbreviated at
both ends like last year contributed
to the farmer's school of experience,
farmers say they will plant corn
I^ands that cannot be planted in suf?
fice at time to assure a growing sea
*dn of reasonable length will be
abandoned to quicker crops.
A great deal ?f replanting has been
necessary. While no figures have been
compiled to ascertain the effort re I
riuired in this direction, it is probably
lafe to say that 25 to 40 per cent, o
the crop planted did not come up to
Stand that could be profitably work
[mI. or was killed.
T urners in their anxiety to be be
forehanded with their work were
I
lured by the springlike weather aboui
Baetef to plant unusuully early. Coh
Snaps which came along later oaught
a lot of these planting" in the crook;
some was nipped after coming up.
mi.i cold rains played the mischief
with the seed that remained in tin
?round.
Texas. Oklahoma, portions of Lou?
isiana. QOOfgH and South Carolin;
were especial sufferers from damage
to these early plantings. Seed put In
the ground about the average date*'
for plantings in the various localities
fared better.
Kvery correspondent of the several
hundiad from whom replies were re?
ceived made some mention of the la?
bor situation. With few exceptions I
ihortage was reported. Notwithstand?
ing this fact the correspondent of
the opinion that the crop was endan?
gered was also an exception.
t ?ne correspondent prophesied that
A greater crop was being planted than
could be cultivated and that more
would be cultivated than could bo
gathered. The chopping period will
test the labor supply. Wages are
hl?h. In many Instances IS-year old
girls are being paid $1.25 a day and
art hard to get at that. For more
reaeenfl than one this crop will be the
most expensive, acre for acre, 0vo1
produced.
Florence. Alabama, reports the offi?
cial estimate of labor shortage at E
pet cent, but ?ays the actual shortage
is very much more. Florence is in
the heart of the most active section
industrially to be found in the cotton
region BlatOS. .Mussel Shoals is clos"
at hand, to tin- south are the coal
mines and iron industries of the Bir?
mingham dlatrlet, and northward the
gn>ii preparations for powder plants
near Naahvllle, With all this the
farmers Of North Alabama are not
ill.iid that lack of labor will cost
? hem ihew oropa
The labor problem presents Iteoll
about as seriously to the farmers ol
Arkms.is as it dOSS to the farmers of
Alabama. Correspondents report that
landlords who have not fell the ne
eeeatty of dome: manual labor for se^
si ii years have shveked op* then
conti i nd i re "going to It."
Mmv reports are to the effeet tin
while the shortage of laboi exists and
is growing, th.it wtileh is left is more
efficient, others are less optimistic
The geneml impression seems to he
that lhere is ? shortage ol laboi ol
III to 20 per cent it is pointed out
however, that the tanner. beeaUSS la
his been more prosperous has been
able |0 supplv himself with modern
implements, and that labor Is beim
replaced by machinery to .some ex
tent
The situation Ii nimmt I up In tin
MMrilOa that tlit? supply of Hold
hands Will be ample under beat con?
ditions, but if the weather should
COUOt periods of idleness and 0000081?
t?te extra efforts to catch up there
will be tho dickens to pay.
The high price ol cotton?about 3.".
cents a pound?-whon planting start?
ed Induced many farmers to attempt:
a killing- at the risk of ruin.
The campaign of the government
for food crops and the counsel of
thinking people that a big cotton crop
might mean financial suicide and a
famine in foodstuffs went a long
way in holding down cotton acreage.
The present acreage is sufficient for
a 13,500.000 to a 1 1.500,000-bale crop.
Alabama leads in acreage increase
and Tennessee in condition. South
Carolina, one of the most important
producing States, indicated the low?
est condition. Savannah, (la., report?
ed signs of boll weevil.
Texas is being watched this year.
The breaking of the long drouth in
that State may mean that the slight
decrease in acreage may bti more than
offset by improved condition.
An increase of 15 to 25 per cent is
indicated in the use of fertilizers In
sections customarily using fertilizer.
It is difficult, however, to tell just
how much of this increase is being
used for cotton, because most of the
increase has been in sections which
have greatly increased food crops, and
which are fertilizing these crops
heavily.
ft has been necessary to omit a
great many summaries because the
correspondents answered questions
categorically instead of reducing their
answers to narrative form. Manifest?
ly it was impossible to rewrite so
many answers. The ?lata contained in
these answers, however, has been
utilized in the acreage estimate and
condition figures.
Continued warm weather seems to
be the present hope.' The weather j
has been ideal for the past three j
weeks, and most of the progress. |
which has been satisfactory, has been'
made during that period.
The only complaint is that the
plant is somewhat small. It is healthy
and free from insects. A great many
sections reported a condition of 100
or bettor.
ACREAGE.
State? 19 IS 1917. Pet.
North Carolina .1,845 1.475 100.7
South Carolina .2,950 2,950 lOO.n
Qeorgla .5,143 . 1 t8 99.3
Alabama. 2,927 2,498 1 17.2
Miaalsalppl . . .1,110 ".si4 110.9j
Louisiana .. .,1,401 1,323 105.01
Texas. 11,475 1 1,640 98.?; ;
Arkansas. 2.428 2,577 9 t 3
Tennessee. . ..2.874 2,745 9S.?
Oklahoma .. _ $73 886 101 s
Totals .. ..34,677 34.086 101.S
Condition by States with condition
at corresponding date last year for
comparison follows:
State? Condition Last Vr.
North Carolina. . . .87.2 68
South Carolina.76.5 65
Georgia.8 5 1 70
Alabama.80.6 68
Mississippi. 88.7 73
Louisiana.90 1 78
Texas.10.0 80
Arkansas .90.2 75
Tennessee.104.7 65
Oklahoma.92.5 79
General Average ..87.0 72."
THE RESULT OF Till: ELECTION,
Overwhelming Majority in Favor of
the School Tax.
In the election today there were!
eighty live votes east. There were
eighty-three in favor of the tax asked
for and two opposod. There were at
least forty men who came to vote;
but as they did not have their receipts
and registration certificates, and as
there seemed to be no opposition,
they did not take the trouble to go
home tO get them. Three members
Of the City Board of Education serv ?
ed as managers of the election: Mr.
C. M. Hurst, Mr. Mitchell Levi, and
Mr. Percy Smith.
There has never been a petition
circulated in behalf of education In
Sumter or any election for the same
cause. |n which the people have
shown a greater readiness to simi
the petition or a greater williugn?
to vote in favor ol the tax asked for.
You can afford to chesty If you
prove that your war chest measure
.nt is right.-?Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
perhaps being a sculptor, Boi
ghum's object was simply to chisel
his name in the hill of fame. In
dlanapolls News.
<?ur obaervatlon Is that the kind ol
Kill who looks nice in a bathing Mill
would lather not spend her suiniuei
In the mountains. Dallas News
Our observation Is that n little
boj would enjo) hi* piano lesson more
H he weir allowed to JllOlp UP and
down on the keyboa ? fJnlveston
> ? WM.
- .'i-41'J L 1
\\ 1 1H.1I 11 l,l> CLOHIXG.
End of successful s< ssiofi ?Vittlnglj
Celebrated.
Wedgetleld, May 28.?The clotting;]
exorcises of the Wedgefleld school
covering three nights marked the
(lose of another successful year's'
WOrk under Prof. S. M. ciarksnn ol'
Columbia, Principal and Misses Ruth
Cain, Harriett Owens and Janette
Thomas, all of this county, as assist?
ants. T\he first night's recital by
1 I
Miss Thomas' music pupils was a de?
cided success and a pleasant surprise
to many, so many of her \ upils show?
ing such an Improvement since last
year.
The program was as follows:
The Monkey (duet)- -Spaulding?
Bather Ramsey and Florida Coulter.
The Scissors Grinder?-Clark?Mary
Rameey.
Learning to Waltz - Missa?Thel
ma Hair.
Johnny and Meg?Riehl ? Marie
Hurrows. ?
National Patrol (duet)?Spauldlng
?Evelyn Ramsey and Eva Geddings.
The Bridal March?Schneider ?
Lucy Coulter.
The Merry Mountaineer?Anthony J
?Marian Watts.
The Rride'.s Welcome?Durand? j
Evelyn Ramsey.
The Anvil Chorus (duet)?Verdi??
Myra Ramsey and Mary Celestl? Par?
ier.
Dance Grotesque? Ward ? Floride ,
Coulter.
Tin Pan Guard's Parade?Spauld
ing - Esther Ramsey.
La Matinee?Bartoris?Eva Ged?
dings. ? ,
A Court Dance?Kern? Tillie Price
Rhapsody March No. 2 (duet) ?
Lists?Lucy Coulter and Marian
Watts.
Les Mescadines?Wachs ? Ger?
trude Mcljaurin.
Gique in G?Watson?Mary Celestla
Parlor.
Military March < duet) ?Flagler?j
THlle Brice and Gertrud*] McLaurin. j
Minuet?Mozni i?Myia tamsey.
Grand Qallop Brilliant <trio>?\\
lenhaupt Tillte Brice, Ma y Calaatla
Parier und Myra Ramsey.
The F. I?;. Thomas modal awarded
to the pupil making the highest mark
in music during the session, was won
by Mary C Parier.
<>n Thursday night the declaimer -
conteat was held for the Robert .Sinus
Aycook medal. All of the declalmera
were good, hut one had to win. The
medal was awarded to Richard C.
i rwlght.
< 'horus ?<; rooting.
The Light on Dead Man's Bar?
Ida Price.
The President's Flag Day Address
?Manstield S. Ryan.
A Carolina Volunteer?Thelma
Troublefleld.
The Coward -Mary Celesta Parier
The Woman's Plea?Karline Watts
War-Music -Myra Ramsey.
Chorua?The Rally.
What Amelia Has Done for the
World?Archie t ieddingS.
America's Future at Stake?W.
George Ramsey.
Why the JJ. S. Declared War
Richard C. Dwlght
The Fallen Hero?Lillian Burrow.-.
Miss Mary Janes Buoys' Baptism?
Cornelia Rrice.
War and Labor?Edison D. Wright.
Chorus?ft od Save Our Men.
The final exercises were held last
night. The address to the graduating
claaa being delivered by Hon. R. D.
Epps, of Sumter, which was masterly
and eloquent.
The following were '.he graduates
and the part they took in the pro?
gram :
Chorus?May Day Song.
Salutatory?Ida Brice.
Declamation?Thelma Troublefield.
Class History?Lillian Burrows.
Class Orator?W. (leorge Ram
sey.
Class Prophecy?Edison D. Wright.
Claim Will?Man afield s. Kya*.
I Valedictory?Richard ON Dwight.
<'hoi us?Flag of the Brave.
Address.
Decision of Judges.
Delivery of Medals.
Delivery of Diplomas.
Chorus -The Star Spangled Tan?
ner.
The scholarship medal was won uy
Richard Marion Ramsey.
Delivery of Music medal?W. H.
Ramsey.
Delivery of Scholarship Medal -
Prof. Clarkson.
Delivery of Declaimer's Medal ?
Mi. H. D. Kpps.
Delivery of Diplomas?Prof. S. M
('la rkson.
Presentation of Berv! Pin to Prof.
Clarkson from graduating class by l:.
C. Dwight
? 'losing song by school. S. S. Ban
Rducatlon is considered one of th?j
moat essential features in the prepa?
ration of the young people of ou:*
country, for handling the affairs of
the nation, hence the men and wo?
men who disseminate the all import?
ant instruction should be of the hist
class and such people naturally com?
mand salaries of the first class. Ail
over the country public school in-'
structors have been paid too little for
their aervioes. Dook at the monthly
reports of the various school boards
and you will see teachers' salaries
listed at from $4 0 to $75 a mont;i
[and principals from $100 to $200 a
month. This year carpenters, plumb?
ers, plasterers and masons are mak?
ing $1.")0 to $250 a month and many
of them never spent a dollar in equip?
ping themselves for these jobs.??
Florida Times-Fnion.
With the "spirit of *76" operating a
lot of French ''75V' on the western
front we ought to get substantial re?
sults.?Chicago flerald.
ner.
Pay of Teachers.
The Wreck Store
10 Days ? Of Value Giving ? 10 Days
Starting Saturday Morning, June 1st
HERE'S a chance for the average family to save enough to meet, their
monthly contributions to the 44WAR CHEST" by buvm^ every
thing that you need to wear for THE WHOLE FAMILY, at this
store for the next 10 Days.
SEASONABLE DESIRABLE MERCHANDISE MARKED AT
LOWER PRICES THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME OR PLACE
This means more than in normal times, because there are very few
lines in which there are a surplus in the markets, and hundreds of articles
will be sold at this Sale, at a considerable sacrifice of our legitim tte profit,
in order that that tha 10 Days of our VALUE GIVING SALE, shall be an
exceptional Money Saving Opportunity for our Customers.
FOX WOMEN
Women's Silk Drosses $7.?S to $15.00
Women's Wool Skirts . .$2.98 to $7.98
Women's Wash Skirts . .?8?- to $5.08
Women's silk Waists . . . ,88c to $5.98
Dainty Cotton Waists . . |$C to $2.50
Muslin Undergarmenti .. 10c to $2.50
Women's tiause Umlerwetir 15c to 50c
Women's Union suits .... I9e to 08c
Women's silk lloso .. , .40c to $2.00
Lisle and Cotton Stork inn- 15c to 50c
Women's House Dresses $1.10 to $2.50
Women's Aprons. lOc to si. in
Women's Klmomts.10c to $1.08
Women's Corsets .50c to $2.98
Women's Braseters.25o to 50c
Women's silk Petticoats 08c to $2.50
Women's Muslin Petticoats ?? to $1.40
Women's Pumps ?v Oxfords ??s to $5.08
Women's liiuii shot's $1.08 to $8.00
Women's Millinery.. ..One to $8.00
FOR BOYS
Boy's Norfolk Suits
$2.08 to*10.00
Hoy's Palm Brach Suits
?l.9* to PJW
Boy's Cool Cloth Suits
14.08 t') >:V!ts
Boy's Wash Suits
;tsc to ?:i oo
Boy's Knlbkerbockcr
Pants use to f.'.uu
B?>3 ?s II als and Cups
'2?C tO ^1.01?
Bojf's Blouses08c to
Boy's Shirts Mc to il.UO
Boy's Underwear
lo f l.UU
For Misses & Children
Glrl'i New Wish Presses
80c to 12.98
tiirl's Now White
Dresses 11.25 to ${.98
Qtrl'sand Missis Middy
Blouson <?!?<? to $2.00
Misses A Children's Low
shors .v uxfords
|I.2S Ui 12.08
Children's Ktocklnsjs and
socks I5e to Xh'
t 'hlldren's M uslln
Underwear ~i><' to Wc
FOR MEN
Men's Palm Bench suits ITJI to $io.
.Men's Cool Cloth . . 8.50 to $11.00
Mtu's Mohair Suits.$11.98
Men's Worsted Suits $12.98 to $18.00
Mon's Blue Sorgo Suits $12.08 to $17.
Mdi's Drees rants.. ..$1.08 to $tt.5?
Men's Work I'ants . . .
Mon's Overalls.
Mon's Work Shirts . .
Men's Dress Shirts ..
Moil's Silk Shirts . . .
Moo's Straw Mats . . .
Men's Panama Hats
Men's caps.9t5c to |l?
Mon's Buspettclcrs.25c to 50c
.Mni's Uarters.toe to 58a
Men's Neck l ies.25e to $1.(M)
Men s Muslin Night Shirts at ..88a
Men's Hose.15c to f5e
Men's Silk Hose.$5fl to $1.00
Men's Bumnser t'miei'wcar :i9 to $i.-oo
Men's BOJttmor I nion Suits 75c to
$1.50.
Men's Low Shoos & Oxfords $2.19 to
st.an.
.$1.28 to $i.ou
.$1.50 to $2.50
< . .etc to $i.5o
. .880 to $1.50
.88.88 to $1.50
.81.88 to $2j00
.22.08 to $1.50
Things for the Home
Blenched Table Damask,
Table till cloth.
11 tick Towels,
l urklsli Towels,
Muslin Sheets.
Illeached Pillow Case*.
r.e?i spread*.
Piece Goods
< alieo.
sheet in?;.
I ?leaehiii^.
Homespuns.
< >in*> hntiis,
< hevoits.
Chamhniys.
I.aw us.
Percales,
Tickings,
Poplins,
Bciajea,
NOTE Most, of specials that we have on sale are in quantities to
last the whole Ten Diys. but many oF the items miy be closed out on the
first day - Be here early, that is the way to save money.
The Wreck Store
Phone 601 SUMTER, S. C. Phone 601