The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 24, 1918, Image 5
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c. ? 8e*und Class Maiter.
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PCKSONAL.
M.mh Julia Riser, ol Mi mim;li.ini,
Ala. .! visiting Miss Vi miellc Pitts.
Mr. .iml' tffB, ??. II. Pulley ami lain
tl> Mfl l iila> im tin u sum nur home
ni Murr* TVs Inlet. Tin v were ao
comp.um .1 l.\ \| rs Mars Fitzpatrick,
und Mrs. HlSOV an?) Mrs. Abholt ai d
>f i. ?dm Riser, or I :ir niinnha in, Als.
Mr. F.lvln Whit*- left Tuesday for
Jacksonville, Kla., to spend a few
days. He will return home Saturday
Bight.
Mr J. V. M.miis. who has been an
employe of the Sinnier Has & Power,
Co., tor several years, hdt last niuht
for Charleston when he has ac?
cepted a position with Mason ?Sr llan
i? i ? outiactoi ?
/Mr. ft. W. Stuhhs. after spemling
two weeks in the city has returned to
his summer home ut Lake Junulusku,
N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Roykin. or
Po).Uiih. and Mrs. F. C I Hi Hose, of
Cumden, mid visiting Dr. and Mis. J.
C. Spann
Mr. I J. M IteaseleN spent yesteidav
In town.
Mr. A. O. Fishbuine and family
have gone t<? iiemh-ionviiie, n.
for several weeks' stay.
Mrs. Ar, hie china'. 11111.- niece, An?
nie Doiay?. uho his been vnating her
lor the p e I t. n .1 i 1 ? l hel
home m Columhta this afternoon.
Mr. s. A. Morels god i sjnily hevi
gone to denn Springs.
M i It U W i n;ht has ret urned l rom
Battle i "reek, Mu h., where he went
shoot three weeks ago.
Dr. G H COOrteaj and fandlv hOVS
gone to Kit. hens Mill \., . ,, eounty.
to spend a week ot MSI days.
Mrs. W. Percival Smith has gone to
Ashevllle for the rest of the summer.
Mrs. Lul i M Ti inter. ol Austin,
Texss. Is visiting her sister, Mrs. AI
ston Brown. I
Mr. J. J. Loach, d ist Hot monogi i
of the Hell Telephone Co , with head
quarters at Alken, spent Sunday whh
he ggBjgfi Mrs I: \ In.on.
Miss Irene Dixon is visiting relative;
In Columbia.
Lieut I i in;> M Cain, of Camp
i ; onion, S/hO MOO a visit to his fat m r,
Mr w i? i am. ot f*\ rootoofi OTOS .n
the elty today.
Mi an I. F.. A uld, of Colum
gOh spent goods] in the SMJ with fei?
st Hen.
Mr. W. J. TronhleiieM left last Sjghl
for s week's visit to New York. Wash
ington and 11 i It imm I
Mrs. M. W. LilHngtOn, or Winston
fwhm. N. C. and her daughter, Mrs.
M. <}. Tates, of Louisville, Kv. are
v-lting Mis C. M. Phiter on West
Oakland Ave
Mr. and Mrs Kehl Aid w ut to
Florence yesterday.
Col. It. C, Hlchardson received I
card toduv a.h. i a.??? him of the safe
arrival overseas of his son. Lieut. Deai
M Rieh i rd ??n.
Miss S.lie N Slreadwiek, or Tryon.
N. C. In Vinning Mr. and Mis F W
issei ?? 144 ? ii M \ iu st
CCti cures by removing the cm
Advt
Hhsnm ThomaM |*,o\le and John
Omen leave this evening for dm
Hattaburg Training Camp, N00
York.
ICC COree Ldious Fever ? Advt
I iikland Hal-dor. I ..od in Ilm Paihv
i undun, July LMI The rood prodgc
lion department estimates that there
I? under cultivation In Creat Mithin
more than :imi.oimi a< res in allotments
Home oi tins land under cultivation |.y
Individuals i in tin great parks ol
Ixindon. even Hyde Park not being,
spared. In the city tin- individuals
V?y about lOTOnt) live c uts for plots
from thlrtv to fOftf feet m length to
fifteen or twents reet In width.
Food officials sav there are more
than 1,4?o,iniii allotments and that
Shout |a0,(Hill acres of potatoes ale
giowlnr In stlotod mound.
CCS contains no alcohol, arsenic, nor
o her poisonous drill's. Advt.
Mease could not elect himself when
he had the ItqOOf eonsttlhleOj tin
game Wai.leiis ami whole blineh ot
other Slit. DOld employees workinc
for him. and he cannot ami will not
gO elected this \ear. tainted as he r
With <h lovall' and rank with lonl
stsndlng opposition to Pft Idem wd
son and the dot.ratic adndtiistru
ti<?n Domini, k. PeepleS arid e\erv
other othce seeker who endorses
HI. as. 'l Con,aria, Filhcit and York
speeches should be defeated A vote
for a man who i ndorses this dislnval
pliitroim b, a disloyal vote
11 ,? t I leid ich. - , I'a I ban n. -
Lohn id Appetite, or that tired tub
ing fueling, due to Malaria 01 Colds
fins Tonic.?Ad.t
M \i;m t|N(. ASSOC IATION OR
(. \m/.i:i>.
s.Hilter (niiilv Inimcis Arc at Last
netting Tilings Down In a Business
Boats.
Rlghty-flve farmers attended the
meeting nt Bumter Chamber of Com-1
meree Monday, and organised n co?
operative marketing association with
five Ihom und dol lai i on pltM stock to
sell grains, vegetables, hogs; and
any other farm produce, and also to
arrange for purchasing ot fertilise i ?
through th<"? association's selling and
porehaalni agent, At the same time
one thousand dollnrs Were guaran
teed bj signed agreements to pay foi
a government eotton grader on the
Bumter eotton markt t this fall, the
government paying ti?" rest of the sal?
ary,
it was agreed that no one Individ
ual should hold more than two share
a the cooperative marketing asaociu
lion's stock, and fifty-three per ei n
4?t the stock eras oheerfully taken
during ih<- meeting, at titty dollars pei
bare, it was decided to llmli the
number Of share". oi stOCH taken by
Ihe ? t tin- meetIng in ordei to have
stockholders representing every sec
lion ol this county and t?? give Lee and
i ? ndon ? ounttee oppoi tunity to
i o 11 ilclpote,
\u es pei t pm chat Inj and selling
ii nt will be employed to handle the
marketing ot tin- produce, and an ex?
pert ootton marl etlng man to soil cot?
ton in bulk for the gaeoclatlon in ad?
dition to tin- government cotton
sampler( gradei. ami recorder,
i >i. \v. Wi Long, director of exten
slon, of Clemoon College was unavoid
hly al sent as his automohile broke
down and geloxed train connection at
merry, the rlemson foil.-, station,
hut Assistant Marketing Acent of
Clornaon College, John P. Blanche,
honed at the Orangeburg Coopers
live Marketing AaOOClatlon, 11 present
d Dr, lamg. Mr. .i.ji. illgginaboth
am, government cotton grading expert
from tin- Btate Warehouse Commls
oner's otUce attended the meeting
i dni Mr. Knight alao of tin bureau
of marketing of tin- department of
agriculture.
Mr. hiam in- gave oome Interesting
facts ami figures about tic necessity
>? cooperative marketing of grain and
other produce tueh as vegetables ami
fruits, hogs, et?*. ,aml Interestingly
told >}' the value of putting up pro
[luce in marketable and merchantable
mil attractive shape to bring the
highest market prices, told of the
value of farmers growing ootton ol
ufflci? nt st iple length to suit ihr cot
ton mill ., ami told how pee Doe sec?
tion Short staple cotton was at lie
merry of the export eotton buyers be
rause South Carolina cotton mills can
not use Pee Dee section cotton, owing
to shortness of the staple, and Pee
Dee cotton producers base to sell to
cotton exporters on purely speculative
prices, whereas Piedmont counties can
HI their e. tton ??n tin- basis of supply
.mil demand.
Conned ami preserved fruits ami
vegetables ot home production will he
aid bj the Bumter cooperative mar
el as Nictation.
at r, Blanche emphasised I he im
portance of selecting a competent
manager for the cooperative market
IHK association to sell grain, VOgO
.bit loo-, .etc., ami said he advo?
cated selecting a home m in for tin
|ob If possible as home or local men
? ii tili the position Just as well ami
:,?? nevoi was in favor oi sending ofl
Ol men to nil johs when tin re are
plant] ot local men who do just as
roll if not bettor.
i h- ad\ |i ed sgalnst loo mm h Intel
?. i ence on the po rt of t in- ? h ectoi ?
With the selling agent, who i: !?s per
. . nt of i in- whole business, if In- tin
derntanda'hhi nalness, ami tie man
iger should not be hampered with
no much sup< rvlslon er bossing by the
direct ore,
??f course the manager or selling
igent should he subject to tin- super
i ion of the hoard of dll ? ? tor- and
hooks ami accounts regular!)
? lucked up. ami the directors mu t
? ? that the manager attends to in
business and deals honestly by tie
farmers ami the association.
\ temporary board of director
kits elected to see about completion
the organisation, selecting a managet
ami purchasing ami selling agent, ami
lectlng the a^Ocesoar) officers such as
pre Ident, vice presidents, sec re tan
111. l treasurer,
Tin- Tri County Farmers' Cotton
\ soclntltm with henduunrters in Sum
ici. organised one year ago will oc
cupy its same quarters ami will have
iir. force oi clerks to seal t the grad
Tim Bumter Chnmber of Commerce
md Farm |)emonstrator ?I. Prank Wll
Mams hnve iin n trying tor years to
nrimnlse this produce cooperative
in; rketlnp asaoclatlon, hi t there \va
not sufficient mirplus prmluee to wat
rnnt stu b a marketing isnocintion
.Messrs f .1 .lack-on. I! ft. Pel
er, i ii Myers, i B. Britten, O. \
lisgnmon, .1 M Kolb, J Prank Wil?
li in wore elected temporary dlrec
torfl, and R, U Uelser, C. L c'uttino
1
..ml J, ii. Myers, board of eoopera
lors to secure tho necessary charter,
tlumter will be the chief business
headquarters of both the cotton and
,h<i produce associations. Farm I ><*in -
nustrntnr J, 1\ Williams presided at
he meeting.
Mr. Blanche oatlmnted thai govern?
ment cotton grading In Bum tor and
i ?ran: ? inn ., hud saved cotton pro
ducera who had their cotton gradi I
not i?:.-: than |F>.00 per hah-, ami gave
good reasons for his estimates.
4.<11 s o\ in THE TOP.
Lieut. Pcrrj Brown Writes of K*?
pel leitces lu Pronee,
I >. W. I h ow n, a la mn-l at M< \ i |
i
.I'll, has two hoy: in France ami one
a ISnglnnd with tin flj log corps\ 11e
i\ in- i. \ti\ proud "i them ami i
proud that they are trying t<> do theii
?art to win tin- war. Il<- has three
acre boys in ihe draft age, ami when
hey are needed, tiny will answer th*
?aii. He sends two n i ters from one
of his sons in France, Pen:,.
h writing of Iiis in,) over, "When
ir< "i Into the submarine /.one. w<
an. ot eourse, absolutely dark. ISach
night the deck was closed ami no
ven smoking was allowed except In*
ilde. To makt mat: ?rs more tense,
in- ocean was terrlblj spooky thon
ill hi., hut the old hip continued tt.
ilough along in tin- dark, ami aftei
i ? ii ly two w< sks, landed us happy end
sate in a most oharmlngly quaint city,
enjoyed the ? ntlre trip, just as i hav<
mpjoyod each day over lu re. Nevei
store ha \ e i been ha ppler.
"if lust ;i intie that i can: do. bui
1 am dour; that little, and hence an
>eellng happy, despite damp weather
trans ? people, ami a strange lan
lUOgO. We have a big Job in front or
II hut if the people of tile States will
? ut up tin- money and leave the n
io US, we can do it. That's all tin
Imerlean soldiers ask Tor. Qive them
food enough to live on, and a little
money to spendlnow ami then, tin
...ii always he content ami happy.
I'hank God, America is in it. a great
drams is this, ami the curtain is al
raya up. it la our tight, just as much
is it la England's or Prance's fight.
M y French vocabulary consists oi
ihoul :i deren words, With the e i
tuna go to order a meal now ami then
Sometimes l do not know what i hav<
ordered to "at. ami sometimes I do no.
now what i am eating when I g< t it
But that makes small difference. Anj
iy, thousand:-, oi people over here
?an speak ISngllsh, so even if i cat
not parleyvoo I can pa t along."
from another letter to the sann
? me time later; "Got back from tin
front line trenchCS last night, Had a
rreai time up there. Went 'over th<
top' with a raiding partj once, I u<
?ounted for live Llermuns during th
aid. Only brought one ol them had.
with me, however, He had a photo in
his poi kel and told no- that 1 had shot
his other two pals shown in the ph
uro, Five ol them were operating a
mat hlno gun when I suddenly came
upon them. I shot those nearest tin
,un in rttpld BUCCesslon and as tin
last one was hi t ween me ami the grin
yid h id his hands up I spared hin.
ami took him hack with me. The rain
w i a i real nuc< ?? aWe didn't losi
a single man Tin- Germans are not
in h line fighters as i expected then
lo he. Thing the 'Sammies' will shov
them a thing, oi two about ihe samt
i efore very long, w in n we get or
. nized a mi start in foi good, I am
ure they will be tenor Btrlcken, foi
"in- men are in the best of fighting
hops ami spirit. <>m men have al?
ready won tin- name of being vor
i t t and that is what counts We have
put over a few tricks they can'l unit'
nndei its ml ami ha \ i n't played bui
Irumpa yet, I want excitement ami
helleve me going 'over the top' I
where one can lind it. it is great
ipoi t "
W l rivv; v \st ALTV LIST.
Depart meito Iteporls Ovorscas Casual
tics.
Wusnlngtou, .Ittlj :'l -Casualtle
in arm.\ ami marine corp oversea:
increased !?s : during tin- week com
pared with 64 "J the previous Week sal
iki?1 ??? ated 12,71 >? ? -ih the Inclusion
? I today's list of i'1'' ami tho marin**
? ia p Hsl of 26, While tllO w eek's lo
?al casualties were tin- largest an
nouueed lor an-, we,-;, since American
IroopH have been on Ihe battle fron 11
ii i unlikely thai ltn> ol tIn- casualtb i
which have ri ulted rront Ihe heavj
Ught in ! In Which th< Ainet leans hav?
been pari Iclpnl In?? since la t Mond r
an- included in t he totals. The pi o
i osh ol Irani milting ihe names by
cable front the headquarters of th<
Vmerlcan sxpcdltionnr> forces In
l-'ra UC0 ami then notifying Ihe rehl
1 i? ? ? in this country after n earefui
I'llCck im-. Up Ol till I - eoi ?I ; Is slow
i n tin- i 2 , I casual! i<-s. lota i
death-.. InclUdlll] " ? I men I OS i at SC i
Ilten killed III action, dead ol WOtlll'l
lissase, .and other causes, number. !
1,100?army men 1.4-1, mamma 67'.
The wounded aggregated 6,941?army
inen -"..sit; marines 1,124, Those
missing Including prisoners, total 675
army men :,:?::; marines
<)i the week's increase 7sl wer?
army men ami 202 marines. Killed
in m tion ami other deaths numbered
125, compared with the previous
week, Hi,, wounded numbered 465*,
coibpared with :!"7 the previous week,
and Ihe missing and prisoners 91 com
pared with HI the previous week,
The army casualties nummary a
officially announced follows:
K llled In uction < Including 1 at
Men), 1,801,
i ?i< d of w ounds, 670.
i Hed of dh ease, 1,399.
i >i?? <l of accident and other causes
- is.
Wounded In action, 5,817.
Missing in action (including prison
?rs). 59S.
Total to date, 10,831.
The marine corps casualties sum
aais as officially announced follows:
Deaths, 679.
Wounded, 1,124.
i n hands of em my, l
Missing, 7s.
Total to date, 1,886.
Officers included in the marine
corps summary were: Deaths ?0
VOUnded 29, missing 1.
Tin army summary does not not
1 he faumber of* officers.
?'GIVING BOCHES HELL."
drs. r. E, Rinnan! Receives Letter
From Brother Who Is Fighting
With Marine-.
The following Is a portion of .1 lei
er received by Mrs. p. b. Hlnnant
rom her brother, J. Otey Reed, who
b now with the marines in Prance
dr. Reed . as not subject to draft, but
'hen the United States declared wai
ie enlisted. When tin- first detach
neu of marines were preparing to go
rver, in- w? nt to see Senator Tillman
11 person ami asked to be transft rred
0 it. His request was granted and
e- has m?w seen a year's active Ber
ice in Prance:
"For three weeks we have had out
lands full and we have given the
loch es hell, taken prisoners, ami left
he ii, id covered with dead. Have
..st heavily ourselves, loo, hut will
lay tin ? it's finished. 1 w ish i could
? ii you all ah,?ut the happenings of
he la 1 1. w weeks, hut have no time
IOW, um We ale si ill on the battle field.
? ur licht was a glorious and victor
? us ore hut of COUI'Se we had to mal <
Baerltice, Thank God, i am still in
he land of the living. No tune to
? iii' more. Wil try to Bend detail
iter."
This letter was dated June 20th.
l i t TONIC si:i:\ 1111 \ .
den in Uniform Obeyed Without
Question.
Amsterdam, June LT, Correspond
nee of Tin- Associated rarest > - An <?
raordinary instance of Teutonic set
lllty where uniforms are concerned
tas occurred at Essen. A party oi
hree urmed individuals, two in sol
Hern ami one In a policeman's urn
orm. made a round of all th
chools of the town. represent iii;
heiflselves to he authorized to collect
he children's satchels, They paid a
1 die in each CO 86 for th" leathei
trapn attached to them, ami carried
way their booty Atter a tew days,
he whole affair was discovered to bi
. swindle.
? How ii is possible that this could
iave been carried on fot days with
?ut anyone having1 the courage to
hullenge their authority remains one
?f the mysteries of this war." say:
Ft he nil h w. 11 pha llan t lasette,
ioidlci'h Mu l Sot Buy f ood in I n
laud.
With the American Army in Eng
md, June ;; (Correspondence ol Tie
?.: oi iated Press) American officer!
iiii\in". at rest camps have been re
luested by the officers in command
iot to purchase meals or any supplle
,t food in the nearby town.-; it hat
>, en explained t?? them that a BUfll
?lent on intItj ol food Is d their dl
,i ;,i ramp and that it would not
die fa Ir to the resident population foi
h ni to buy food that England is si
arnestly endeavoring to conserve.
The cnllstc l men v. ho arrh e at tin
i ? t camps are subjected to no such
temptation because on their brie!
ta> at ihe ct.mps they ai? not yrant
?ii any leave of absence.
German \rl.
\ He lord im, -i uii' i " < i 'orrespond
. ii, ni Th.' Associated Press? Tie
Itoj 11 Museum oi Wuerttemherp
i iermany, h issued a protest again
itie "ugl> looking ileslgn ol German ii
v> hieh now adoi ns I lerman pOf la
In nips oi pi o i ically all denomlno
lions "
The museum has asked German or
ists lo t ike part in a n itional com
petition for a new design.
CAPT. ROHKRT M KAV IN BAT?
TLE.
Was in ( ominaml of Compaii) of Itog
ular Army mid t in Hin Was liui
Aller lleing Sum..nihil b\ I.im in;..
The following paragraph, taken
from tho Now JTork Timea ol the
; th, refers to Capt. Robert McKay,
o! this city, it is said, although the
name Is ;i*<n as Mackey. Capt. Mc
Kay uttunded th<' second, officers'
training camp al ft. Ogtethorpe and
received a commission ai captain. He
went tn Prance In March and In the
recenl fighting on the Main?' was, in
command of a company In active set
vice. The special correspondent of
the Mew fork Times says:
?'The stuff thai American soldiers
; re made of is shown In the cess of
a company led by Capt. Mackey. in
the fighting in tin- Cans de ('nude, thi
company of 250 men was surrounded
bj the enemy and reported captured
Three hours later Capt, Ifacke) show?
ed up with thlrty-eighl men. Tin
had refused to !??' captured, although
surrounded, and bad fought theli was
back against great odds."
HUMTKR OOVTON MAItfcfMr.
(Corrected daby at It o'eloeh Mooo
t>* n ROWsfAR Cotton rniyar.
Good Middling 80 3-4,.
Strict Middling 10 1-2.
Middling SO 1-4.
MAV VQRK < <>TTO\ MAHKI T.
VenVlye
Open High Cms does < lose
July . .28.70 20.78 28.02 2S.05 88.56
tut . . :>5.20 ^r,.st 25.20 2r?.:2 25.2..
Dec . . 24.60 25.15 24.00 25.01 24.57
Jan . . 24.48 25.00 24.4s 24.81 24.11
School for Tractor Instruction.
There will be a school at Orangi
hurg for three days for the hem-tit ol
farmers who own tractors or are con
tern plating owning them. July 24th,
? tin- day set for the farmers ol
i'umter county. The school s/ill be
onducted by engineers of the exten?
lon department of Clemson College
ind tin- Department of Agricultbre.
tt is very important for a man to he
informed concerning a machine which
he is io operate ami some instructions
?oncerning weak points ami how to
et the (greatest efficiency may save
iveral days ul very valuable won, at
. linn- wln-n tin work is moot ne. d
d.
There are some farmers in Sum
er count} who are not convinced thai
i tractor i,; thoroughly practical.' .\
Lrlp to"9ringeburg ami a study of the
uachines in operation with experts t i
? plain might convince some of the
louhting Thomases, a great mans
' hingu that have not keen practical
?i the past may be loo! ed Upon with
avor with the high price for labor
hat is Bure to obtain in the next year
ir two.
Hoping t<> meet i large number o'
farmers on ihe twenty-fourth, next, i
m \ ery truly ours,
, J. Prank Williams,
Count) Agent.
I'p to noon yesterday less than si"
lundred cltisens of Sumter count)
? ad applied to tin Supervisors of Re ?
-itration tor certificates, There an
tpproxlmately fourtthousand electoi
registered on tin- old books und there
hi- not less than thai number pel
haps several handled more eligible
or registration at tin- present time
["ho books Will he open and the ,Sn
?ervisors will be in their office in the
Court Rouse every day until Amu'
? :t to Issue certificates of registration
o those ?\ lo applv ami how tin m
ehes duly uuttlitied foi suffrage Ev?
tv tine ami loyal Democrat should
egistcr, 'or there may he another
boll tin tail, similar to that attempt
.1 two years ugo by Blease ami
ieard, in which event the vote <?'.'
eerj Democrat will he needed. There
ire men in the; Si it,- w ho call theni
ii ives Democrats for tin- sake of gel
im: otiiee. who w Ml sell out the party
iolate their oaths and betray th
I tiate ai tin- flrst favorable opportun
I ity. There are men in Rumfor who
minted their primary oath two rean
? o ami \ oted t he i(Ii aae i Ieard t Iclt
i a mi the) w ill do Ho- same thli ? ?
sain if t hey Sat tin < hm. e.
666 cures ?Mull and i'e\or. Advt
hl iHKd. Ill It- TIMMKRMAN,
I cxim-.ton. S. C.
CANDID M l POR CONtiltKKS.
I
Gert. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Emta'.nn
hrenst stteatlato ua* sat
OlSjM Call?
At j. t? craio nid Bliss, n Male
Phones: Ift?,
\\ ILL SPIAR 100,000,
South < nrutiiuVs share ni OofOtaV
incnl Health Pud.
Im. j. \ Kay no, State health officer,
has returned from Washington where
i < interviewed the surgeon general of
' nited Bl ? , . Public Health Serv
ice /ii regard to ihe distribution of
funds i?? venereal disease recently
appropriated I? ?-onvrcs.s.
This sum is about $306,000,000 and
it! allotment Will he based on census
..i the population taken in ItlO. South
Carolins will probably get about $50,
006 Which Will he spent by the State
board of health under the rules and
r< gulations of the United State? Pub?
lic Health Service. This money will
he used lor the control of venereal
diseases.
Tin- Hoard of Health is now pi tting
mit circular letters to all physicians
urging them to report all cases of such
disease cornlvig under their notice or
ccurring in th< Ir practice. Free sal
arsan n i ? I he futwbfhed.
Dr. A V. akin of the United States
Public Health Service has charge of
ibis work and Will he glad to attend
to Mich matt is as may he brought to
htm m conm tion with this work. Hts
thee la .\o is 13 in tlie Palmetto build?
ing.
The department of agriculture is
risely bt ginning the campaign for a
greater grail crop this fall nlready.
Heretofore the campaign has not
been Inaugurated until it w!Ts time
for the wheat and out--- ami rye to be
in the ground, it would bea great
hing for the South if congress would
enact a law eojotring one-half of the
total arable land to he planted in
rood crops next year. In the South
aot lees than two acres of wheat
hould he planted to the plow.
Registration Notice.
The County Hoard of Registration
will be in their office at the Court
House, continuously from July 1st to
\u a t 31st, excepting July 4th, for
he purpose of registering all qualified
oters of tli" county of Sumter, as the
'aw -ei^uires.
T. T>. j^IjBO.SE.
J. If. N. WIL.DER, *
J. A. RE AM ES,
Supervisors of Registration.
Auto Signals.
Rev. VY. at. Cahlwcll. Sumter. S. <l,
uis Invented a system of automobilo
ends tor use of automobile drivers.
Fe lue- tin- copyright on it for the
nlted State- and the international
i ights have been applied for. The sys
?lo combines safety, convenience and
deasure. It is a means by which one
: 'leer ?an salute, call or stop another
river by the use of Iiis horn as far as
i can be heard. It is a simple inven
on ami yet it is destined to revolu
ionise automobile driving. Already
rders for a thousand copies have
, een placed with Knight Bros. The
?lice 25c post paid.?Advt.
>VE HAVE IN STOCK In our wa.C
houses In Sumter Nitrate of Soda,
Mixed OOO?S, Meal, Aeid and Lime.
Kindly call or write us for prices.
Southern Brokerage Co.
'Ott SAME P. O. R. cars. Camp
i- arn, stehle manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi?
cal and Pertllisser value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. A.
Strauss. SumterT"ft C.
MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?-Can be
Obtained at Item Cilice at r^ason
able prices in lots of 106 or more.
Candidate's Cards.
Cor Congress.
1 hereby announce myseli as a ran
didate for re election to Congress
rom tic 7th Congressional District,
Ubjecl to the rules and regulations of
.le Demociatlc pal ty.
A. F. hKVER.
Titos. <.. M l ioi?
Itlatiopvllle, s. C
Candidate for Member of
CONGRESS sl \l\lil DISTtttt I
tor Solicitor.
1 hereby announce that 1 am a
andidate for the office of Solicitor for
the Third Circuit, subject to the so
ion of the Democratic Primary.
PRANK A M'LBOlf
l or Probate Jiplgc,
\t He- solicitation of many of my
tri* nds, i have deeid< ?i to eattat the
, , t,,, He office of Probet? .lud.:?
tor sumter county, nut led to the
i ub :. of tie- I temoccatte party it
elected I would dl? barge the du? lea
,,r the offi< e fatthfull) ?*?< in tn"
... st of my nblllt) Ml UThO tnter
the office, if i am elected, anal i>?* met
willi a smile and hearts shake of the
ha lid
II >SI PH Ii S1NCI.ETCX
Sumter, S. C, Route No 2.