Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

?MMi M the *i foxmer, k> G, *? Seeons Cl**i *ft*i*e*. PERSONAJL. Mrs. W. H. Tales has received word from her son, Mr. Ansley L. Yates, that he has arrived safely over seas. Mrs. Marshall S. Dewell, of Bos ton, Mass.. and Mrs. J. F. Rumph, ol Savannah, Ga., are visiting Mrs. W. P. Rivers. Mr. P. D. Warner has arrived ir. France, according to a message re ceived a few days ago by his father to-law, Mr. W. H. Troubiefield. Miss Margaret Howell, of Green wood, is visiting Mrs. Leon Scott on Calhoun Street. Mr. W. W. Stailey, of St. Matthews, Is visiting his sons, E. M. and W. O. ?taiiey. Mrs. H. G. McKagen left for Aug psta this morning to spend some time -with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. H. Bowen and -her son, H. G. McKagen, jr. Mrs. H. E. Drevenstedt, of Salem, Ohio, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Haynsworth on E. Calhoun iBtreet. Messrs. Leland Emunds and Rich ard Baker have returned from a ~t9(9 weeks trip to Pawley's Island. Mr. H. T. Edens has received a card announcing that his son, Lieut. J. M. Edens, has arrived safe in France. Mr. H. B. Bar nett and family have returned from New York. Mr. H. S. Cunningham, Editor of -the Bishopville Vindicator, was in the city today. Mr. and Mrs. W. El Henry, William, Jr.,, and Marter from Macon, Ga., motored through the country in their ^car and are spending a week with Mr. 4knji Mrs. Roy W. Couser. _Mr8._H.-0. iStfphecker of Charleston is on a visit to her parents, Capt. and Mrs. E. S. Carson on Main St ? Mr. W. L. Williams, who has been yisiti?g in North Carolina, has re turned to the city. . Mr.. p. S. Waddell has returned ?tram Richmond, Va. ^Ei?. 3. F. Garland, of Jefferson, ?nd Miss Helen Smith, of Kingstree, axe visiting Mrs. H. Si Waddell. Mrs. H. D. Jones, who has been -visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones, re turned to her home in Summerville Monday. "jir. Q. H. Folley and family have returned from M^urrelTs Inlet. Mites Jewell Sandel?., of Columbia is visiting Dj. and Mrs. C. H. Andrews. . .^rs, IL CL Bradham and chil- j . drea. have returned from Hender :^^_iUe, N. C., after a stay ol six ^ A; telegram was received yesterday . -afternoon announcing the safe arri- j val overseas of Lieut. Orin F. Crow, j Mrs. S. R. Smoak and children are ; -visiting relatives .in Qrangebucg. .. ^Jlteaeg Evelyn and Luclle Sox, Ber- a fi^' Sheary; "Patrice Bf Innimah ??d' 2 Edna button, of Columbia, spent the , -5s^-eng with Mr. and Mrs. F. R. , ^feeatk ' j Sei$ft W. P. Sineath, Camp Wads- . worth, spent Monday in the city with . bis brother. Mr. Thomas J. Tedder, manager of the Traffic & Claim department of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, . of Georgetown, was in the city on business today. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Wilson, of Co lumbia, were in the city yesterday. BED GROSS NOTES. Canteen Report for Month Beginning July loth and Ending August 13th. Evecy two weeks, it is "necessary to send, to headquarters in Atlanta a re port of thf work that is done by the Canteen Committee. It was thought th^t these reports would prove in- , tersting to those wishing to know just what is being done by this com mittee. Up to the present writing, *so great have been the donations,, ?both in cash and in supplies, that the local chapter has not had to turn over any of its money to the Canteen. This is quite an enviable reputation. Following:' Is an itemized report for the month beginning July loth -and. ending August 15th: Men served?22.794. Sandwiches?-4,5>33. :Jeed tea?585 gallons. Iced lemonade?190 gallons. Chero-Cola?30Q bottles. Marches?1-2 gross. Cigarettes?1,056 packages. Candy?380 pounds. Poet cards?4,500. Peaches?7 bushels. Melons?946. Peanuts?500 bags. Tobacco?4 pounds. j Value of supplies donated?$540. Cash donations?$60.50. ?Call for Surgical Dressings Workers Answered. The call for workers to fin the spe cial order that has come to the Sur -gric^l pressings Department has been answered with a most eager response. All yesterday, and this morning, the workroom has been filled with work ers. The order, however, is nowhere near completion, so this crowded workroom must continue. A meeting of the Sumter County Marketing Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday after noon. Of the proposed capital of $5,000 more than $3,500 have been subscribed and the first installment of thirty per cent of the amount sub scribed has been Galled for. The as sociation will have one hundred shares of the par value of fifty dol lars each. The association will be operated under the auspices of. an in co-operation with Olemson College on the same general plan as the very successful association organized in Orangeburg county last year. One of the biggest tobacco sales of the season was held at the "\imter warehouse Tuesday, when considerab ly more than one hundred thousand pounds were sold. The tobacco graded up well and the prices aver aged high. Sumter is growing as a tobacco market and the second ware house will be needed next season. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE. SPEAK. Court House Was Filled to Capacity Tuesday Night When Brantlcy, Lev er. McLeod and Timnicrman Pre sented Their Pteas for Election v. "Congress. Six hundred or more voters and a ;'ew ladies attended the congressional campaign meeting in the Court House. This is an estimate based upon tht seating and standing room capacit> ?of the court room, there may have >een more than that number, for ev uy seat was occupied and large num ber stood in the doorways and in the side aisles. All of those present were not Sumter city voters, how ever, for there ware many from va rious sections of the county as well as quite a delegation from Bishop ville and several from Orangeburg. All of the speakers were cordially re ceived and given more or less ap plause, but the interest centered or. Lever and McLeod and both of them were the recipients of enthusiastic and long continued cheers when they were introduced and at intervals dur ing their speeches. The Lever boost ers are of the opinion that Lever wai greeted with the biggest volume of loise while the McLeod partisans are of a like opinion as to the ovation given their favorite. As a matter ol fact there was little if any difference in the noise made, the rooters foi both men doing their darndest to make all the noise they could and tc keep it up as long as possible. Both Lever and McLeod had several en thusiastic rooters whose strength of lungs and yelling ability evidenced long practice as fox hunters. Ap plause of the public is said to be sweet incense to the candidate and both Lever and McLeod evidently en joyed and appreciated the efforts of their friends, for their faces were wreathed with smiles as the clamor >U8 volume of cheers and hand-clap ping greeted them when they faced the audience. The burden* of the speeches of all the candidates was their reasons for being in the race for congress. Mr. Lever had Ittle to say about his ex cursion intc the senatorial arena and his precipita*e exit therefrom when Senator Tillman took his pen in hand and began to write a few chapters of inside political history. . He did say in this connection that he believed at the time he announced his candi lacy in opposition to Senator Tillman that it was his patriotic duty to make the race, and that he had told Sen ator Tillman prior to that time that he would neve:* oppose him for the senate, unless he was convinced that it was his duty to the State to do so. He quoted from President Wilson's letter advising him to withdraw from senatorial contest and seek re-elec tion to the house, and commented on it at length. This is his ark of refuge and his strong buckler of defense in a time of trouble ?.nd he is. making the most of it. In other respect Mr. Lever's speech was without features of interest. Of course he said a good deal about his length of service and his experience, his loyal support of the president and the policies of the administration, but there was nothing new or striking in this line of talk. As he was nearing the conclusion of his speech a man in the audience, asked why he had not made good the promise made in Orangeburg to say in Sumter exactly what he had said in Orangeburg about L. D. Jennings. Mr. Lever and several others in the crowd told the man to stand up so they could see who he was. This he did and Mr. Lever remarked that he thought he knew him to which the man replied, "Of course you know me." (Fe was a Mr. Courteney, of Orangeburg it was stated). Mr. Lever then said that he had not called Mr. Jenning's Little Langy, for he knew how big he was, had said Langy Jennings had gone to Washington and acted the bull in the china shop. He then abruptly changed the subject and began talking about something else, evidently preferring to side step the Orangeburg incident. Later on when Mr. McLeod and again when Mr. Timmerman was speaking, each of them referred to the Orangeburg incident, relating how Mr. Lever had spoken of Langy Jennings' asinine, puerile, etc. letter to President Wil son?a letter that a seven-year-old child should have had more sense than to write. It was stated that in this connection Mr. Lever had said in Orangebu-g that he had no feathers on his legs, had his gyves on and would repeat in Sumter everything he had said in Orangeburg. It was] a small matter and too much has probably been made of it in current gossip on the streets and wherever politics has been discussed during | the past two weeks, but it has nev ertheless made an impression, and Mr. Lever's apparent eagerness to pass it off with a smile and get away from it as quickly as possible, seemed to indicate that he was rather asham ed of trying to make capital in Or angeburg of a small piece of long dis tance sarcasm. Mr. McLeod spoke along practical ly same lines as when he was here with the regular campaign party, but did not stick to the address he then made, speaking with the force and fluency that is characteristic. He criticised Mr. Lever's course in the present campaign more freely and pointedly than he did at the previous meeting, and discussed the effort to get into the senatorial race and his subsequent appeal to president to help him get back into the house. As in previous speeches, heretofore report od. Mr. McLeod reviewed his record and asked the people to judge him by his service, his reputation and his ability. In conclusion he discussed the cotton situation and the necessity of more stringent immigration law? to protect this country after the wai from the evils of a flood of alien enemies. Mr. Timmerman covered practical ly the same prcund as he did in his speech here several weeks ago, al though he was somewhat morf caustic in his criticisms of Mr. Levei and his office-seeking adventures this year. Mr. "Brantley who was the firs speaker occupied his full time and r few minutes more in concluding re marks, but he did not bring in anj new matter, except a proposal that he government take a hand in regu ating the price of cotton. MRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. j >tore of L. Alpert Damaged Not Less Than Ten Thousand Dollars?Se rious Fire in Center of Town Avert ed by Prompt Work. The dry goods and ready-to-wear tock of L. Alpert. valued at thirty to orty thousand dollars, was damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon to an imount approximating ten thousand '.ollars, according to estimates rough y arrived at by insurance men. The ire originated in the rear of the store torn some cause as yet undetermined, md when the blaze was discovered about 8 o'clock had been burning for some time. All the rear part of the ;tore was in a blaze and the store .vas filled with smoke. The dense ;moke had also percolated into the. idjoining store of DuRant Hardware Company and was coming out of the . oof and windows, and the indications vere that a serious fire in the heart Df the business district was under way. When the alarm was given the iremen responded promptly and soon had several streams of water on the ire from front and rear. After a ight of less than an hour the fire was gotten under control and the danger vas over. The fire was not entirely xtinguished, however, and at an early l;our this morning it blazed up again and the firemen had to turn out igain. The stock of goods is said to be lamaged not less than $10,000, while the insurance is only $9,000. Canning Instructions. Columbia, Aug. y&l.?Instructors .or maximum canning with minimum sugar are incorporated in a bulletin ust issued by the Food Administra tion. The sugar shortage is one of the .nconveniences of the war; it is not a. tragedy, says the bulletin. A little, consideration will quickly help to les sen the inconvenience. Sugar is desirable in preserving :'ruit, but it is not necessary to its -uccess. Canning and preserving the surplus fruit is, however, regarded by the Food Administration as very essential. There are three things pointed out in the bulletin and urged upon housewives in order that the canning, program may be kept up and that the ?ugar conservation program may be caried out. These are: 1. Preserve ^ part of the fruit by methods requiring sugar. 2. Preserve a part of the fruit with a greatly reduced supply of sugar. 3. Preserve a. part of the fruit by replacing some of the sugar ordinar ily used with other sweeteners. When canning without sugar fruits may be put up by tbe usual methods, using for the liquid water alone in stead of syrup. The canned fruit may. be sweetened to taste when opened for eating, when sugar will probably be more plentiful. Other sweeteners which may be used instead qf sugar are given as fol- . lows: Honey?If honey is obtainable it may be used weight for weight to re place part or all of the sugar in any given recipe except jelly making. Three-fourths of a cup weighs about as much as a cup of sugar. Molasses may be used as a substi tute for sugar with very strong flavor ed fruits. The flavor of molasses re mains prominent. Corn syrup may be used to replace three-fourths of the sugar by weight in any given recipe except jelly mak ng. Three-fourths of a cup of corn, syrup weighs about as much as a cup of sugar. Messrs. J. Frank Williams, T. J. Kirven, A. P. Hinson and E. W. Dabbs, of Sumter county and R. M. Coper and W. A. Stuckey of Lee coun ty attended the Farmers' Union meet ing in Columbia Wednesday. A full report of the meeting embodying the resolutions adopted is printed today. To supplement the plans of the meeting arrangements were perfected to carry the campaign into every, county in *he State, so as to reach practically every farmer so as to se cure the cooperation of the cotton producers in stabilizing the price of cotton. The campaign will also be carried into all the cotton States by the same agencies that will be used in .South Carolina. If the farmers will :-tand together they can obtain for themselves a fair and just share of ?.he great profits that the cotton man ufacturers are now monopolizing. On. the present prices of manufactured cotton the mills could afford to pay 50 cents a pound for cotton and still make large profits. Registration Notice. On the following dates, the /Board of Registration will visit these sever al townships of Sumter county, for the purpose of registering all quali tied electors who have not already reg istered: Providence, September 3rd. Sxateburg, September 4th. Middleton, September 5th. Manchester, September 6th. Privateer, September 9th. Concord, September 10th. Shiloh, September llth. Mayesville, September 12th. Rafting Creek, September 13th. The books of registration will be opened according to the above sched ule, from nine o'clock in the mqrning. until six o'clock in the afternoon, at the usual voting places in the town ships herein designated. T. D. DUBOSE. J. M. X. WILDER, J. A. RE AMES. Supervisors of Registration Department of Labor?I nitcd States Employment Service. The Government is in urgent need of good brick masons (white or col ored) in Charleston. S. C. Will pro 75c per hour for eight hours work Ten hours work receives pay foi eleven. Apply to P. Moses, Chairman Com munity Labor Hoard. GQTTQH MW EXISTS. SO SAYS SENATOR SMITH IN SPEECH TO FARMERS. Gives Farmers' Fnion Govermnent Figures?Food Administrator El liott Makes Address?Union Adopts Resolution to Hold One Bale in Three Off Market. Columbia, Aug. 22.?At the night session of the annual meeting of the State Farmers' Union, held at the Colonia Hotel, important resolutions were adopted, being, in substance as follows: That farmers hold off the market every third bale. That the other two bales be mar keted slowly. That 50 per cent, of the cultivated land next year be put in food crops. These resolutions were submitted by a committee of three which had been appointed at the afternoon ses sion of the union. The resolutions in full follow: "Whereas, owing to the fact that Jack of shipping has restricted the cotton market so much that there is danger of the supply exceeding the de mand, thereby causing it to sell at un profitable prices; "Whereas, owing to the imperative need of our growing more corn and hay, wheat and oats, hogs and cattle to supply our home needs and the war needs of the nation and to fill our barns and smokehouses against the Jay when our boys will return to our farms to take up the great work of developing the marvelous resources of our soil and climate; "Whereas, the labor shortage which Will grow more and more acute as -he war continues, and for some time ifter the war ends, warns us that the world will face an atcual cotton fam ne when it returns to normal condi ions; "Whereas, those of us who can re all conditions that followed the great }iyil War remember that those farm re who had saved up cotton were the mes best able to begin the redemp .ion of the South; therefore, be it "Resolved, That the State Farmers' Jnion of South Carolina in annua meeting do recommend to the farm ers of our State whose energy, time and resources have p^poduced more cotton than the home mills can now pin, to hold off the market every bird bale of cotton, carefully gin, pad; .md store it until the time when the mills of the world will be crying for cotton. We believe that this is th'. . ane'and sensible way to meet pres ent conditions and to provide against the future and to keep in the hands o: the growers* rather than the specula tors the profits that are bound to ac crue. To those who say this is no worth while unless. adopted by the whole cotton belt we reply that i> other States do not, we who do wil" be proportionately more benefited. "Resolved, That we urgently advise ger^Cslowly marketing of other two '.hirds of, the crop to meet only the ctual needs of the mills, and to sell -? cotton on a declining market. "Resolved, That we urge the plant ng next year of not less than 50 pei "ent of the land we actually cultivate n food crops, and to use the same proportionate care in cultivating and ertilizing said cr^3s that we have al ways done and in many cases ever better than has been our custom. "Resolved, That we urge our farm ers to buy Liberty bonds, war stamp. and to contribute to Red Cross and other war activities to the limit of ou r esources, not only as our patriotic duty, but along with the food cam paign and cotton conservation, as tht best investments we can make. "Resolved, That we ask the Stat; Council of Defense, the State food ad ministration, the etxension division o: jlemson College, and the State com missioner of agriculture to confer Witt the committee of this body for the purpose of carrying out the provis ions of these resolutions. "Resolved, That we request like or ganizations in the other cotton States to join with us in presenting these matters to their farmers. (Signed) 'E. W. Dabhs, chairman "W. W. Long, "Robt. M. Cooper, "W. O. Tatum. "Committee." These resolutions were adopted ?md the same committee was appoint ed to confer with the Council of De fense, the State commissioner of ag riculture, the extension division o' Clemson College and the food admin istration to amend the resolutions ii amendments be deemed necessary. J. G. L. White of Chester was of i.he opinion that distress cotton would have to be taken care of and suggest cd the storing in warehouses of cot ton on which money may be borrow i ed. Mr. Dabbs wanted the third bale ',o be free of all incumbrancs. At the meeting last night, it was stated that a meeting of the Seed Crushers' Association had been held in the city yesterday morning, and that it had been given out that the association had fixed a price of $60 p ton for seed wholesale, and $57 a ton "pr seed by the wagon load. Efforts were made to ascertain whether or not these prices had the approval of 'he food administration, and Mr. El liott, food administrator, was sought but could not he located as he was not at home at the time. Messrs. Dabbs and Claffy were appointed a eommittee to meet Mr. Elliott and see whether or not the food administra tion approved of the prices said to have been fixed by the crushers' as sociation. Tf the food administration has ap nroved the prices mentioned above, the committee is u> ask for a hen ring. If such prices have merely been fixed by the crushers' association without the approval of th?-> food ad ministration, the union is to call the I growers together and make a protest e.gainst the price. > Officers elected last nifrht are as follows: .7. H Claffy. president; J. F. Williams, vice president; .1. W. Shealy. secretary and treasurer: W. O. Tatum and T. .1. Kirvin, member? of the executive committee. 'The union at present has about :t0 0 members in the State. : The first session of the Farmers i L'nion was held yesterday afternoon i: the office of the secretary of state. After J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg-, had j called the meeting to order the roll by counties was called. Men not di rectly affiliated with the union but who responded to the call were in- j vited to remain in the meeting and hear discussions and make sugges-! tions, being put on an equal footing with men who are union members. Many matters of interest to farm ers were discussed. Two matters of especial moment were brought out. Senator Smith, who was present, em phasized the fact that the 5.000,000 surplus which was being held some where, and the rumors of which tended to depress prices, was,practi cally non-existant. The other matter of special mo ment had to do with the prices of ginnning, and was discussed by Food Administrator Elliott, who said that a ginning price of $3.50 per 500 pound bale had been fixed. It' a gln ner gins below that ligure and investigation shows that he is not making a profit on the ginning or 1 seed somewhere else, then no penalty is attached. The food administrator emphasized the fact that the food ad- j ministration wants the farmer to be in a position to pay the ginner, take his cotton off if necessary and seU to some one else if he so desires. Sev eral of the gentlemen present said Lhey could get their cotton ginned Tor less than $3.50 per bald, and Mr. Elliott said that if the ginner was dealing fairly and no profit is made elsewhere, then the ginner could go ahead. Senator Smith, in his remarks, said hat a rumor that a surplus of 5,000, >00 bales was somewhere had had its iffect on cotton prices. He said he had gone to the director of the cen sus, and had secured from him some igures which brought to light some nteresting facts. The 1915-1916, 1916-1917 and 1917 L918 cotton crop aggregated about ;3.000,000 bales. The consumption for he same three years aggregated some 11,000,000 bales. The difference be ween production and consumption howed that about 7,000,000 more >ales were consumed than were pro luced, and yet the rumor that there .s a surplus of about 5,0.00,000 bales iad been in circulation. Senator Smith said he had asked ?arious officials what the surplus cot- i on amounted to, and they as a rule .vere under the impression that the surplus was about 5,000,000. When he actual figures from the census, of ice were shown, surprise was mani ested. Senator Smith also pointed out that overnment cloth is made out of cot on graded middling and above mid ling, and that this tended to run up he price of middling and at the same ime run down the price of lower ;rades of cotton. He said the lower .rades and practically the same ten ile strength as middling and bleach d as well. i In conclusion Senator Smith urged hat the farmers' organizations take ome steps to get men who would .eep them accurately posted on cot on affairs, so that scares and hysteria .light be avoided. He said that the /orld was in the midst of the great st cotton famine ever known, and if .iformation can be made available to aimers through their organizations hey can keep fully posted and not e scared at every rumor that may e set afloat. At the conclusion cf his remarks, enator Smith was bombarded with lany questions relating to fertilizers, tc, and gave much interesting infor aation. He was heartily applauded t the close of his speech. Food Administrator Elliott was ?resent by invite tion and was intro Luced to the m ting soon after Sen tor Smith had departed. Mr. Elliott, a his introduction, said he wished to peak of the cottonseed situation gen rally; he said there was much spec dation prevailing and that farmers lad thought they were selling too ?heap to mills, which sometimes had o hold their products until prices ad anced in order to sell at a profit. liq uid the efforts of the Food Adminis tration had been directed at stopping peculation and stabilizing prices. The .ncertainty in prices this year, he aid, was due to the uncertainty of he supply of oil; that when oil irices are stabilized then the prices >? seed will! become more stable. The >il mills, he said, are under control >Z the Food Administration; they are icensed; have inspectors who are ikely to hear of it if anything un :sual in regard to prices takes place. , md that licenses can be cancelled and he mill put out of business if unlaw ! ul practices are indulged in. Then the ginning price came, up for j iiscussion. It was said that some gin ners could gin at $2.50 per bale. Ii :uch a ginner does not make a profit >ut of the seed or somewhere else, hen the Food Administrator said no penalty would be attached. Mr. El liott said the administration could protect the situation if the farmers would cooperate with the administra tion, and he asked for the confidence ot the producers. He said th policy 'jf the administration was to cut out niddle men as far as possible so as o bring producers and consumers to gether. When Mr. Dabbs said that efforts seemed to be made to stimulate man ufacturers and mill activities and ?very branch of the industry except he production of the cotton. Mr. El iott said that the Food Administra j tion did not have the power to lix I the price of cotton. "Many other j ;>oints of interest were brought out in j the discussion which took place, Mr. I -Olliott saying that it was his desire to be absolutely frank. Some interesting figures in regard ? to the amount of wheat and meat which have boon saved by meatless I days in this State and sent to the Al ' lies were given. Mr. Elliott's state I meats being greeted with applause. I Before Mr. Elliott left the room, a j member present said he had the con ! fidence of the farmers and ho was congratulated on the work- being done After Mr. Elliott had left the room. ; ihe suggestion that the farmers or ; ganize a movement looking to tin* ' holding off of the market one bah ! >ut of evory three produced was tak I en up. Many of the men present ' vor?> heartily in favor of the plan ' -nying that tk<v farmers would be cnll eel upon in buy Liberty bonds am m stamps, and that money was neces sary to back up the government. "VV. W. Long of Clemson College thought the suggestion was along the line of thrift, and that the action of other States in regard to the matter should not be regarded. He urged the adoption of the plan, and in suggest ing the machinery through which such a movement could be carried out mentioned the work done through his department last year with regard to raising wheat and increasing the number of brood sows. After considerable discussion, a committee was appointed to draw uj> resolutions to be submitted to. toe union at the night session to be held at the Colonia Hotel at the invitation of F. H. Hyatt. After the meeting had adjourned last night the committee appointed to confer with Mr. Elliott, met him, at a local hotel and Mr. Elliott stated to the committee that the food admin istration had not fixed the price of cotton seed. The committee decided that it was not expedient to call the growers of cotton together to take further ac tion at this time, but recommend that they refuse to sell any seed at the prices said to have\been fixed by che crushers' association. The committee also asked Mr. El liott to take up with the food ad ministration the property of rescind ing the order of the food administra tion forbidding the use of raw seed for feeding or fertilizer, it did this because of the surplus of vegetable fats that have accumulated and be cause prices are not *ho.re than tho fertilizer value of the seed. GEORGE BELL TTM^EERSfAN, Lexington, S. C. CANDIDATE FOR CONG?ESSL A. G. WARREN?Wants the voters of Sumter county to know tk?t ha is candidate for Judge of- Probate lor Sumter County and will appre ciate the votes of all considering him worthy. . ' FOR SALE?In settlement MeBride estate I offer 1,000 acres Jaque lands, tracts 47 to 16 acres, wefl located in famous Pudding Swamp tobacco section. The four 1917 prize corn clubs boys of Sumter and Clarendon counties live one eight miles away and grow 78 to 90 bushels on same type soil. A nearby tract of similar unimproved land was paid for out of last year's crop. Prices right and terms rea sonable. E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, Mayesville, S. C._ BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity large or small, Am paying beat cash price. See me if yau have any. N. G. Qsteen._ FOR SALE?-F. O. B, carj?, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. 0??nii cal and Fertilizer value rated Vety high by Clemson college. A. A. Strauss, Sumter, S. C Candidate's Cards. For Congress. I hereby announce myself as a can* didate for re-election to Congreai rom the 7th Congressional District, abject to the rules and regulations <& he Democratic party. A. F. LEVER, THOS. G. MCLEOD Bishopville, S. C. Candidate for Member of CONGRESS SEVENTH DISTRICT House pi Representatives. Believing that knowledge of t&e Staters affairs and legislative expe rience gained in the past eight years of service will be of value to tfoe county, I am offering for re-electU? to the House of Representatives^ su?-' ject to the rules of the Democrati* primary. R. B. BELSER. We the friends of C. J. Jackson hereby place his name in nomination for membership in the House of Rep resentatives. S. A. HARVIN, STANYARNE BURROUGHS, E. C. BROWN, J. FRANK WILLIAMS, T. S. DUBOSE. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the House of itepresentatives, subject to the action >f the Democratic Primary. DAVIS D. MOISE. For Solicitor. I hereby announce that v I am a candidate for the office of Solicitor for the Third Circuit, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic Primary. FRANK A. M'LSOD'. For Probate Judge, Thos. E. Richardson is hereby nom inated for re-election to the office of Judge of Probate for Sumter county, subject, however, to. the wishes of his fellow Democrats. At the solicitation of many of my friends. I have decided to enter fh? race for the office of Probate Judge for Sumter county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. . If elected I would discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the best of my ability. All who enler the office, if I am elected, will be met with a smile and hearty shake of the hand. JOSEPH R. STNOLETON. Sumter. S. C... Route No. 2.