The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 13, 1918, Image 6
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tlon hoard lias itnmuiu. ? ?| the list
?Mo) foojtnter?'?! on Juno I. Those nu n
brennt?' L' l . .1 r . . .1-1 ?s ?
registration one year ugo. The It .1
of now registrants an<l their ordi
nun?ber foll?. ?
241?Robert Holland, Oswogo, eol.
1.
154?Ivor) White, Lynchhuri;, < "I
10?John Glover, Providence, eol.
21-?ChorlOO II. Curtis, Sumtt r, v. it
4.
HO?Kdwaid Me Mel? od. Sun.i- I ,
wh. :..
J."?9?? Lin wood Chatntan, ltembert,
nil ? ;.
17?Julius A. Stul ls. Sunder, wh
1.
/.f 4)?Willie Itoaeh, Suniter, col. H.
Ht-AUrel Kno>. l.'.n.i-'it. ? ol. 9
145?Milton James, Suintor, col. 10.
It7??Hugh Gilbert Brourn, Bumter
wh II.
22??Kdtli? Kieh ii.l-ioii, Suiobi
col. 1J. J
57 ? Ithhanl K' lnbeit, Sutoter, < ??'
13.
7*?Thorn.1 Kan... \, Sinnt? r. ? .1
14.
7S?Alva Jaekson, Tlndal, col. I .
122?John Carrau I nchburg,
wh. II
K7? itarton SN bile, Bum tec col. I
252?Murray Jennings, Delsoll, col
II.
2IIU?i Tu?-nee II. Ila> nsw a lb
^Fu> ?
m$S 177--Jan?es Mi< k- a , 11? 1 n>?? ? I 1 ol
1ft?Andrew Mel?OA,ll. Slttlob. enl
II.
4?Clinton Brown, Charleston. < ??
12
139?W.iMi.' Wilsen l!i.. .. .I. i. Miro
ler, wh. 2"?.
lit?Daniel Chandler, OlttUtO, wh.
** 4
22'>-James Allen Kuersou, Suuit- r.
OOl. 21.
70?DavM Ptttft, S'uu^t r. eol.
1tfl?Hnvid Mm ray DrUUOOn, BUAV
ter. wh. JT.
24?John Madden Larrelt, Sunt tor,
wh. It.
19?Willie W? on, Tlndal, col '? j
151- Charlie N*. Hrowti, lul.a il, C I
10.
?0?Paul ,\b Mu h l. I, Bumter, col
?5?George flutter, Humter, wh.
125- Choik 1 Carolina, II
col. 33.
45?William II Shaw. Sunder. Wh.
24.
72?Elijah Jons?, Brogden* ?"i
135?Maii..n Mather*, l>alzell, eol
3C.
212?Thomas A. BdsOO, DolBOll
wh. 37.
SI?ilanmbul West..11, 1> .< col
? 38.
214?Mi Ktnlgy I ? Sumtcr, col.
3?.
91 ? Harmon Blnklcr, Wsdgcflchl,
col. 40.
II? Henry .Mcl/od Sanders, Ha
good, wh. 11.
244?John Hunt, OCfWOgOi COl I I.
?3?John l?ld< 11, W? d :??!!< Id, col. 13.
2ai?John Wesb y McKhecn,
L> n< blau ?', * ol, I 1.
41?iNeby Johnson, Bumtov, sol, V"
14?Hernn Dlnkln . Hni.tool, \f
32 --\s Uttum i.< 11 ? ? I rover, Bui
*h. 47. '
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43.
1??BMon Dtxon .m? Kaj 1 am
tor, wh. It,
113?Jerry Kor.I. Bttmter, OOl, |t\
21* ?W. Henry BVOUO, MuyOStllli
j wh. 51.
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54.
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ggsj?General Bumter, Rember
...I ?.
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59.
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wli. 73.
16)?ix,,, Cato, Muyesvtlte, col, 74,
11 WHlle (lardner, I tetuell, col. 7.'?.
II Ja Hoi Bernard Madrey* Bum*
tor, w h. , 'i.
141 Lucius taring Brunson, Suuc
i?-.-. v. h. 77.
i . Ii Dal .<i<- J or dan i Lynch
Wh, 71,
11 t< hn Philip Booth, Jr., Bum
I< .-, wh. 7i?.
Joshua Ballard, Bumter, ool.
It,
i ^ -.\> wtou Lowory/ Bhlloh, col,
11.
i II Willi.- Eaide, Bumlcr, ool, 12.
333?Joseph Wilson, Bumter, ool.
Itt i tin Siaynaworihi Dalaell,
eol, ni.
Mat If v.' J- iiuiir ', Dalaell, OOl,
:.:?.
/ i ?WIlHam .1 one*, Wedgenold, ool,
II,
173 John Ludd, Bumter, col. 87,
i 8 James Johnson, Bumter, ool
M;
is i Charles Mack, Bumter, ool. II.
Bamuol Eloblnaoni Horatio, ool,
It,
j>s Willie HeXlever, Bumter, eol,
II, .
i : Edward Mtxon, tlagood, eol.
141?Bhuvtnc boney, Dataell, col,
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124? Raphael Btokes, Oswego, col,
11.
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nil ". Ah. !?:?.
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' ? John Anderson, Bumter, ool, !?7.
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i. wh, II. ?
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? '. -Amhruse I*miu-r, < ?1.itit:i, col.
Ill Murray Nelson, Bumter, col,
t frecnwell Pollard, Bumter, . ol,
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IH aVhrnrn' Parket1 Banders, Dal
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..h. 107,
;' i V 1111am Thomas Atklni "i
Turhevllle, wh. 108,
Peter Gamon, Bumter, col.
Iff,
i r.?--Samiy Canty, Bumter, ool. 110?
IIS?James B, Davla, Bumter, eol,
in. ,
I William Curtis, Dalaell, eol 11
II V -?- Chalmers Ingram, Tlndal, wh,
HI,
James < .rant. Dalaell, eol, lit,
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I'.-Wtshy Willis. Jr., BumtOT, OOl
M7.
Kit hard Roache, Rem bei t.
ool, 111,
241- Walter rilokman, Oswego
cot 11?.
?J7?Ahrain Tomllu, Brogdon, col
i It,
8?Joseph Johnson, Mayesvllle, ool,
I -1.
101 Thomas Koy Mima, Bhlloh,
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8 : \i irlon 11. Brown, Wedgeth 1 ;.
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i It rBammlt su 1h, ?!luieniont, ? ??i
I::: v M Bi aat II, Jr., Sum
i pC'hurles Muldrow, Bumter, col
137,
I ?; I Ii.,, ne I't.tt.s, Suinter, eol.
i i , .i.i Jamca, Uayeavllle,
. ol. i ?
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t< r, v. h. ISt,
i < i i lui ? ne Brou n, Borden, ool
III,
ISO ? ? iheun Plnck nej. Bumter,
M Willie Williams, Wedgotleld
t l ImiIaIi IV i hi no-ton. Bumtei
nb< rt, Borden, <?
er, Burnt* r, ool, i ?
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262?Wilson Alex Boykin, Horden,
?ol. ms.
17'.)--Frank Hunter. DalkOll, COl.
I 19,
i Richard Preston, Bumter, col?
! SO,
? William K. Wright, Bumter,
wh. 161.
,;-Harvey Fleming, Jr., Mayes
'. llle, ?Ot, 1 *?L\
213 lienjamln Montgomery, ShL
loh, col. iU.',.
24 Willie Johnson, Bumter, col.
154,
i i Johnny Ardis, Mayesville, wh.
185,
IGG Maliclah Vaughn, Sumter, cOl.
ir,?;.
237?Samuel Warren Browder,
Rumter, wh. i ?7.
'?i Lee Wilson, Brogdon, col, 158,
u'ts Roberl Livingstone Qrier, Jr.,
stay< ovilio, wh. 150.
178 Daniel Taylor, Rembert, ool.
i
::? Stephen Evans, Wedgefleld, col
k;i.
250 - Preaton Willi?, Bumter, col,
i
196? Isaac Lewis, Bumter, col, 163.
i E ?Wallace Steadman, Tlndal, col
164,
19?Hubert Atfclnn, Bumter, col.
ItO,
::7 -Jim' Benjamin, Mayesville, col.
hat.
86 Kuli. 11 Lenoi d i linklns, Ho
ratio, col, 167,
88 Bernard Anderson Blddall,
Burhti r. wh, 169,
86?Pinckney Thompson, Bumter,
? ol. 169?
196?Willie Bradley, Bonden, eol,
17':.
172 Jack Nixon, Horatio, eol, 171
161 .i<> i?h Frlcrson, Bumter, col,
! 7 :.\
lolman Spencer, Bumter, ool.
173,
M Roberl James, Bumter, ool, i T ?
116?Mai ion Moise Brown, Mayea
vllle, wh, 170,
138?Horace Allen Preecott, Bum?
ter, wh. i 76,
92 Paul Western, DuBose Siding,
COl, 17 7.
164- Richard Pringle, Bumter, eol
I7S.
ix I Willie Smith, ' Dalsell, eol.
1 7!?.
i 10 Aaron Ja? kaon, Dalsoll, col
I 180,
i.u!.?' Iii? hardaon, * inwego,
col, 181,
i Collin F. Schwerin, Sumter,
wh. is-.
JI7 -Edmund Jones, Bumter, col,
i v;;.
i7 ilolly Thompson, Jr., Paxville,
eol, ini.
103- James Murray Hcnenhahy,
Sumter, wh. in:"?.
7:? John Crawford Fleming, Sum
ler, ool, 186,
r ?Thomas Baker spann, Bumter,
Wh, 1X7.
Ml -Clarence McDanlel, Bumter,
eol. ins.
?Jamei R, Mayen; Mayesville,
wh. 189,
110- ?Wilson how. Oswogo, ool, 190,
M James Gerald Keels, Mayea
rille, wh. 191.
hM My rah Mannin:; Edens, Sum
irr, wh. 192,
|f?7 Colin Austm, Sumter, col, 193.
:; i Troy Edward Turner, Sumter,
wh, 194),
96 William Holllday, Rembert,
OOl, 198,
i ?! \i, K in:?:. Thompson, I Jlare?
hm lit. I'll). 196,
iteorgi \ Beaumont, Bumter,
wh, h?7.
pelton Welch, Lynchburg, wh,
(98,
13?Willie Kelson, Mayesville, eol.
142?Moses Prince, Mayesvlle, ool,
900,
106 ?Alexander Hooks, Sumter, col,
201,
848 David Samuels, Florence, eol,
'??:!.
I : i .lohn .h ol.ins. < ? IWCgO, COl,
80S,
mi Clarence Ford, Tlndal, col, 204
"i .lohn Kendrick, Horatio, col,
306,
i r; i "i.i i. nee E, Locklalr, I o neh?
i urg, wh. -.''?Ii.
iui .lohn Ambrose Gallagh r.
Sumter, \\ h. 807?
i...? Untren Conyers, Sumter, col,
i, u Elllol i Tindul, Humter, col,
i i i Roland Williams, ilalzell, col.
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i Aiurem ?? lt< mtk 1t. Mayesville,
| i?jI, :? 11.
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? i inj i 'ronlberger, May< ' \ i?-'
! ?1 i \\ iiiiam Me Hilde, Humter, <*oi
I 114,
21 rahmige w. Mit< Sumter
\* h. 216,
I Harn Wells, Sumter, col. 21
. . 'i homas Wright, Bumter, ool
ii Ton nie Cooperi Mayesville, ool
, !. rnyetto MePadden, Mayes
i ?. -hi lie Audi se H, Ji ?. l*yw h
Luit, t Ol? |10,
86 ?Samuel Phillips, Wedgeneld,
ol. 221,
80?-Able Brailsford, Bumter, col.
I2tf<?Augustus Wright, Bumter, col.
206?Joe Goodlow, Bumter, col. 221.
183?John Henry Bvans, Bumter,
?ol. 226.
78 Brie Brown, Bumter, col, 226.
167 Robert James, Bumter, col.
'L'7.
i ?- Henry Dlckey, Lynchburg, <?>i
l M?Sol Reese, Bumter, col, 229.
176? ttlchurd Coleman, Bumter, col.
530,
Ii?; .lo<- Davis, Bumter, col, 231,
8?Julius Ringle ton, Bumter, col.
20 ?Prank Wilson, Mayesville, col.
J?J. , \
220?George D. Prlchard, Bumtdr,
wh. 834.
-.",."1?James Caraway, Bumter, col.
236.
242?Simon Chalmers Truluck,
Planta, wh. 236.
100?-Lowry Burns, Privateer, col.
116? Rob< rt Malette, Mayesville,
col.
109?ESugene Billups, Tindal, col.
:::::>.
249?David Hilling DesCham ps,
Bumter, wh. 8 10,
?Newton Muldrow, Mayesville,
col. 241.
215?Sylvester McDowell, Olanta,
ool, J I U.
'., -Dudley Jackson, Sumter, wh.
2 18.
i?.<; Charlie McKnlght, Lynchburg,
ool. 8 11.
i it - DoLoach Vaughn, Bumter, col.
246.
139- Ben i?. Purse, Bumter, '.vi?
246.
183?Ansley U rates, Bumter, wh.
?.17.
105 ? .J?>!> Jackson, Oswego, col.
248.
i William McKinley Muldrow,
Bhlloh, col. i!>.
iJohnnie McElveen, Bhlloh,
wh,
176?Theo Pord, Brogdon, col. 251.
2'!.< James Western, DuBose Sio
? liiur, col. 252,
174?Vandcrbilt Jones, Rembort,
col, ~r?:i.
121 Bishop J, Willis, Bumter, wh.
lt. i.
22 i -Sink i ilair, Tlndal, col,
iMajor James, Bumter, col.
256.
132 Charles 13, Bradham, Bumter,
wh, 267.
118 -Isaiah Brown, Bumter, col.
LT.*.
'.?7?Peter Nelson, Sumter, col. -?<'??
236?John Henry Whi tobend,
! ,j nchburg, wh. -?i<>.
171?Thomas Moody, Horatio, col.
201.
162 -Willie Hunter, Bumter, col.
262.
W'?li.tin Dieks, Sumter, col.
203,
Archibald B. Richardson, Sumter,
wh.
(Ulbert F. Young. Itembert, wh.
AMIOIUC \\ i AM \l.TV LIST.
Armj Losl l i urtceii killled In %(??
i Ion.
Washington, July 9.? The army
cnrualty Ii i contains 57 names. kilh'.i
in action, i I; died of wounds, 10; <li?.l
i : disease, I; wounded severely, is;
wounded slightly, ~; missing In action,
11; prisoner, I, Private Kniest C.
i uns, of Milner, Oa., died of wounds.
Captain James B. Moors, of Atlanta,
died of disease.
Marines l^oso Seventeen,
?Washington, July 9. The marine
corps casualty list totals Rfty-two.
Killed in action, 17; ?|m<i of wounds,
10; wounded severely, 13; missing in
uction, 12, Sergeant Grover C, < >' K? *l
ley, ?>r Commerce, Ga., Private Thos.
I?. Glenn, <>i' Mlanta. killed in action,
Private Lionel T. Williams, of Atlanta,
missing in act ion.
l \ |?Ht H>N hi \ \ST vri s (j \m.
Vincrlcaii Island In Mid Pacific Sai?
lers (ircnl Disaster.
Washington, July 9. The Island of
? uani \\ is devastated bj typhoon on
Jul} ' ill. The inhabitants are destl
lule, Ibe cropN destroyed and mue!i
material damage was done. Captain
llots Smith, i o\< inor ol the Island,
und eomntandant of tie' naval station,
ri pot ted Ihe ?ii i tor today to th<
navy dopurtnn nt.
i l> \mi\<. i;l \ M I. HILL,
li.ai r Committee :il Work on Wa?
las law".
Washington, Julj 10. I 'reps rn lion
for framing the new war revenue bill
,.:it forward in the lions.- ways und
means committee today, with atten?
tion cent ? ? i in:', upon the Iis! of sugges
Lions for new or higher taxes on 1"n
uric i and necessities submitted ycRter
day bj the treasury department, Com
mitte? men Indien h I lhal the Iii I will
i,? i mi i he bat La ror con ld< rat Ion <>i
taxei in their draft.
Declaration of independence fotf|
American Publish* .
(1 rrom the Manufacturers itecord,
July 4, 1918.)
in announcing the raise of the sub?
scription price of the Manufacturers
Uecord ii in well to ?all attention to
: ? mu facts in regard to the- publishing]
business not generally known to the
masseH of the people, often not un?
derstood by men Who arc famili?r with
all oth< v lines of industry than that of
newspaper ami magazine work.
it is a fact, we believe, not to bej
successfully controverted, that taken
as a class the worth-while publishers
of this country, whether this term be
applied to the publishers of the great
dailies, or the weekly or the monthly j
periodicals of business, science, pro?
gress or fiction, are leaders in the
constructive thought of the nation.
Consider, for one moment, what iL
would mean to the lifo of the nation
and of the Individual, and to civilisa?
tion itself, it these publications did
not exist. The lighl of the present
would be supplanted by the darkness
of tin middle ages, and chaos would
reign.
The publishers of America meet
their responsibilities In a way that
docs credit to American genius, and
beyond o doubt, they make possible
Iho great advancement we see in our
national life. Thej do it without a
question as to the sacrifice of profits
for the nation's welfare.
Despite tin- popular though! thai
publishers make fabulous profits, the
business is at all times, measured by
the wank and capital involved, one of
the least remunerative In the lan k
And today, in war times, poverty
Ire ids rapidly upon the heels of nearly
every publication In the country, with
cost of raw materials ami all other
items which enter into publication
work leaping forward with seven
.. igue boots.
The publication business calls for a
dl play of energy and nervous force
and hard thinking and quick action to
keep abreast of the times, that is not
imposed upon any other business, it
is beyond all question a business of
ipeclallsts; highly trained, dependent
every day upon the nerve force and
the thinking or the men who run it.
And yet, these men must, perforce,
work on n lower basis of remunera?
tion, bj virtue of conditions which
have surrounded the publication bus?
iness, than any other set of nu n of
equal ability and equal nerve-Tacking
vv ork in the count ry.
Because of circumstances, ?lue, in
part, to the early history of publica?
tion work, In part to the modesty or
lack of courago on the part of pub?
lishers themselves, this business has
been conducted on a basis where |f it
has not been in the position of a sup?
pliant, it has, to say the least, never
had the courage to demand n fair
price for the product that it Issues
ami a due recognition by the world of
the dignity and responsibility of its
work and of the fad that the worker
i ! w oi l hy Of his hire.
people have been educated to pay
but a small sura for a newspaper or
i magazine, no matter how meritor?
ious it may be, ami without regard to
how far below the actual cost of the
White paper and the printing, the price
may have been.
The average man has come to feel
thai he has a. right to asl< for a free
copy of a newspaper, when he would
never think of going to his grocer and
asking for a free pound of sugar,
Muny men, oven some business men.
who would view with horror the sug?
gestion thai they invite from their
rrocer or butchor a free contribution
ol food for tlnir talde, take it for
granted as a matter of course that
they have a right to ask of Iho news?
paper free food lor tlnir brain; ami
thus thej pul the feeding of their
brain ; as far less Important than the
feeding of their stomach.
The newspapers themselves are
partly to blame for Ibis condition.
Man ol them started without a dol?
lar of capita] ami in early struggles
ought business on the basis of "help
ihe paper," when, in reality, the paper
was helping Hie community in which
it existed far more than the business
men could possibly "help the paper."
Growing up from those early days,
in. came Into the newspaper world
a spirit which permitted subscribers
:,nd advertisers, und even iho:.- who
wanted to use the paper without being
either subscribers or advertisers, to
lake it for granted that the newspa?
per was a purely philanthropic Insti?
tution upon v. ho e resources they
could dm to without limit, however
I .| mi] |)( be tile burden tllUS placed
upon the brain and strength of the
t ditory and publishers,
.Mam who have been ready to run
? ? crlj to the ncwi paper ottlce foi Us
i,i in furthering their work or their
plans have yet somehow held lliom
ielvefl as superior bclni i lo the men
who made the papers and thus held
n t heb hands the powi r of w hat Is
io ijjv the superior element of the na
t Inn's life.
The time has come in the history
,,; the world for a new declaration of
independence which shall mark a rev
Olutionldng change in the relation,
between the publishing business and
the public.
ii is time Cor the. no wipe, peri ami
the mage tinea which are worthy to
Oxist to place a true value upon their
work and their services, ami upon
their part In maintaining the very life
ol thO nation.
Thia new declaration of independ?
ent,;', which should be issued from the
oliice of every American publication,
may mean some Struggle* It may
mean that those who have counted
Ihemsi ives as superiors will think that
Lhey inn ignore this spirit of freedom
und continue to deal with the publish ?
ing business as the people of the
country have done in the past?disre?
gard it when it suits their conven
lence, m ek its favor when it can help,
and then pay a beggarly sum lor the
paper or the maguslne tin y buy while
getting ten times the value of the
amount they pay.
There are publications In this
country selling at from three to livo
cents a copy easily worth to every
buyer ii.'- to ton times as much, and
costing that much to produce. These
publications, In thQ prase for large cir?
culation, nave sold their product at
less titan tbc cost of the white paper
and trusted to large adv ertising to re*
coup t b? ir treasuries.
We do not blame the public half as
much as wo blutns the publishers.
The publishers have for years placed
Lbemselves In the position of sup?
pliants, and the public, has naturally
accepted the estimate which the
publishers have put upon themselves
and their work.
In congress there lias for years
I been a constanl denunciation of tho
I newspaper postal t?te, though the
United states is charging twice as
iiij'b .t postal lute lor its newspapers
and mai aslnes as Is Canada, and the
move mis now been put into'effect to
greatly increase tin- rate. It has been
claimed that tin; publishers are mak
ing enormous profit out of the govern?
ment. As a matter of fact, they are
tlOt doing BO. The public, lias been
getting the benefit ol the low postal
rab a which were brought into ex?
istence years ago by congress for tho
express purpose of serving the public,
and now that the government has in
rreas* d the postal rats and added to
ihe Hal increase a cone system, which
during tho next four years will ad
vam e rates from 50 to 900 per cent,
over former rates as the zone dis
tance increases, American newspa?
pers and magaslnes must choose be?
tween liberty or death. If they choose
liberty they must utilize the occa?
sion to place their business upon an
entirely different foundation and to
establish it on a declaration of inde
pendence which, so far as the pub?
lishing business is concerned, will ho
as revolutionising as that of 177C in
world a flairs. AVbat that declaration
meanl In liberty enlightening the
world the publishing business means,
as in all of its ramifications it en?
lightens the world and advances the
progress of science and art and ev?
erything else which makes for human
advancement, and in this hour when
the life of civilisation is at stake the
newspapers and magazines must dedi
cate all that is in them to the mighty
tusk of winning the war.
\\ lli:\T CROP i> IMAGED.
Billion Bushel i timatc Now Rests**
?-d.
Washington, .inly 9.?Government
hopes for a billion bushel wheat crop
received a setback today when the
department Of agriculture July fore?
cast showed a reduction of 40,000,000
bushels In the prospective crop, rn
favorable weather in June cut *he es?
timated harvest to B9t,0tt,eSS bushels
from the 931,000,900 bushel forecast
in June. Production estimates on
other crops also were .slightly reduc?
ed.
A record production ?>f corn, the
most valuable of all the country's
crops, is promised with an estimate of
:!,160,000,000 bushels,
Although June wreath er was sonta
what unfavorable for most crops, in
dictations are thai the season's har?
vest will make tins a bu a per year. In
addition tO 0 record crop of corn. bar
It >, rye, sweof potatoes and rice, are
forecast to exceed all previous year*
lv productions. And the harvest sf
oats, Irish potatoes, tobacco and hay
will be larger than the average of
1 he i.\ ?? > <?:? rs, 1912-11,
Wheat, notwithstanding the reduc?
tion will have a larger production
than tho fllvo year average of ist,?
Doo 000 bushels. The government crop
es |m 1 is explain that the final output of
tho crops will be larger or smaller
than forecast by them today as con*
ditions between now and harvest time
are better or worse than the average.
I I I IT OF TRANSPORTS.
Washington, July ?Chairman
Hurley after a visit to the White
House today announced that the ship?
ping loud had let contracts for 1*2
army transports. After the war the
transports will be put into the pas?
set carrying trade.