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Published Wednesday and Saturtlaj ?BY? OSTEEX PUBLISHING C031PAXY SUMTER, S. C. Terms: f 1.50 per annum?in advance Advertisements. One Square first insertion .. . .fl.OP Every subsequent insertion.5?' Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub serve private interests will be chart'eu for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respec. will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ^ In 1850 and the True Southron ir. 1566. The Watchman and Sou:hro now has the combined circubrtion : n influence of both of the old papers and is manifestly the best ad vert is :? medium ia Sumter. ? _ The time is getting short for Sum ter county to take action on the "county health survey. The offer of the State Board of Health wH! net re main open indefinitely. The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign will open on the 2Sth instant and the people of Sumter county will be call ed upon and expected to subscribe for a greater amount of bonds than they did in either previous loans. The merchants who signed the agreement to close their store sat 6 p. m. every day except Saturday and at 10 p. m. Saturday, should live up to the letter of the agreement. It is stated that some merchants remain open after 6 o'clock during the week and considerably after 10 on Satur day. What is a signed agreement worth if all the parties do not live up to the pledge? There seems to be a general senti ment against holding a vhird primary for the office of Comptroller General. No principle is involved and no in justice will be done either of the can didates by letting the election go to the general election. A third primary : will cost six to ten thousand dollars in cash and the time of several thou sand managers and executive men. all of which in the circumstances will be a needless expense. It is to be hoped that the State Executive Committee will not order a third pri mary but will let Messrs. Osborn? and Elmore go into the general elec tion as authorized candidates of the Democratic party. The announcement of fh> prob ability of the fixing 'of orice of cotton by the war industries hoard was eagerly seized by cotton speculators as an excuse to raid the cotton mar ket and the result was the less of mi-lions of dollars today by the cot ton growers of the south, in this c:ty atone the loss, represented by the difference in price between yester day and today, was up in the' thou sands, for there were upwards of a thousand bales on the local market today. Practically all of this cotton , was sold at the current market pric? and what the sellers lost is an ir retrievable loss.. It may be necessary to fix the price of cotton, but if si prompt and decisive action should be . taken, for as long as uncertainty ex ists the cotton market is a happ " hunting ground for the bear specula- : tors. New Issue of Automobile Blue Rook ? ^ ? . ? j The publishers announce that the 1919 volume of the'Automob?e TAw' Book will be issued about October! 15th. The South Carolina Automo bile-Association has made arrange^ ments to furnish a copy of the Blue Book to all the members of all th; clubs in the State, so that the mem bers of the Sumter Automobile As sociation can expect to receive this valuable guide about the middle of October. MUCH GASOLINE IS WASTED. Fuel Administration States That I n less Better Conservation is Pr;:c t-sed Gasoline Will be Parcelled. Although Sumter recently has ha< a taste of what gasolineless days ar like, wasteful methods are to be see; on every hand. Running the engin? while the car is stan?. mg is one grea waster of gasoline, and spilling it ? another. The i'u-.-l administration :-uys that unless better censeryatior ; or' gasoline-is practised there will b< ? he ?'necessity more drastic eon j troi.**. in a circular tetter, copy of whicl was sent to the Sumter Automobil, j Association it is stated: ; "Motorists should not run thcil ? ngines when car is not in motion : They should avoid overfilling tank, [and should see that no oil or gasoline is spilled or allowed to leak. Carbu retors should be adjusted to operate . on the thinest mixture. All unneces sary driving should be discouraged I '"if sufficient gasoline and oil can not be saved from what is now wast j ed in the ways above suggested then such mandatory control as will as sure the quantities needed for the i conduct of the war . "ill be inevi table."! COTTON SELLING METHODS. Mr. Dahhs Makes Criticisms and Of fers Suggestions for a Better Sys tem. Editor Daily Item. It is time for the farmers who ser> cotton at Sumter to do so in a men businesslike way: f have noticed that there is a variation of more than 1-1 cent per pound at the same time of day. A gentleman who is in a position to know says it varies U per pound at the same time?de pending on whether the sellers arc in formed or not. Whatever it ma:, be. it is time to o.uit wearing shoe leath er and knee grease tramping fron buyer to buyer. We have a Cnitoc States grader, his work is of gren value, but not more than 1-4 or 1-f, of the cotton sold is graded by hiir this season. On the declining marke: of last year it was nearly all graded by the official grader. Why not ask the buyers to come to the grader's office and bid on the cotton and let every s'eiler have a square deal. A* a matter of economy of time alone it is worth doing. Just as a few raai! carriers can delive r mail more cheap ly than hundreds of patrons can g to the postoffice for their mail, so a half dozen buyers can stay on the ^ob at the grader's office and buy cot >n more cheaply than hundreds oJ 'armers can walk around several Mocks and climb several stairs to sell the cotton?buy it more cheaply and yet pay more for the cotton. I do not blame the buyers for the present sys tem nor for buying all the cotton then can at as low a price as the seller will take. But I do blame the farmers for not putting the sale of our greatest money crop oil a busi ness-like basis. But it will be said the buyers will not come to the mar ket. Then* send the cotton on to the platform, have it weighed and lined up, and let the co"ton selling associa tion go down there and sell it. It wculd not take many days to brin.c the 1 uvers to !hc grader's **'om?. 5 we will do so. What is tfc.v use for r cotton selling association, if we will not make it work? So fnr as I personally concerned I can g:*t alony for I usually sell about as high as any one else?but these observations are made in the interest of conserva - tion of time and a square deal to all. E. W. Dabbs. Death. Mrs. Maggie Touchberry died r, few days ago' in the Tourney Hospital. She is survived by four sons and on-; daughter. One of the sons is now in France fighting for democracy. Shi was a faithful and consistent mem ber o- Home Franch Baptist Church, ^?'.rf.jndon county. Home iieiiionsiraiion Work ?SNlc KEELS, bm&iS?l ALICE KARi 1.1, Assistant Conservation of Sugar in Making 1. Deserts. Xfethod of combining :swectcnci\: I with liquid in making l'rozoii deserts i Wiien sugar is used wiJ:h cane s rap, honey or maple syrup, bring o. th'e sweeteners to the boiling ! point in order that Lhey ? may be more easily combined with the liquid, then add gradually the cold liquid and flavoring. ' As both honey and maple -syrups rare slightly acid, the cream ,or mil!< I may curdle, especially i" they arc not '? strictly fresh. This will not affect [the final "product as the mixture is beaten smooth during the process of '< freezing. ; The following recipes are based or. : the pre-war proportion ot' 6 ounces of j sugar to 1 quart of cream. The ; sweetener used is 1 1-4 times the ] weight of the sugar replaced : Plain Ice Cream, i 25 per cent, sugar. 75 per cent oth ; er sweetener, i 1 quart thin crearn, ; 3 tablespoons (1 1-2 ounces) su ! gar, j l-l' cup (5 1-2 ounces) glucose or : corn syrup or cane syrup or maple ? vrup or honey, 1 tablespoon vanilla* i *Vanilla may be reduced one i half when maple syr^p is used. Plain Ice Cream. ; 7~> per cent, light syrup", 25 per j cent, honey or maple syrup. : 1 quart th:n crearn 1-2 cup (5 1-2 ounces) light syrup. I 2 2-3 tablespoons (2 ounces) hone-'. >r maple syrup. ^ 1 tablespoon vanilla. Plain] lee Cream. ".0 per cent. light syrup, 50 per; ? cent, honey or maple syrup. 1 quart thin cream 1-3 cup (2 3-4 ounces) light syrup '? 1- 3 cup (3 3-4 ounces honey or; ! maple syrup, j 1 tablespoon vanilla if honey U j :used or 1 1-2 teaspoons when using map!--1 j syrup. Plain Ice Cream. 100 per cent honey or maple syrup 1 quart thin cream 2- 3 cup (scant) (7 12 ounces) hon- i ; ey or maple syrup, 1 tablespoon vanilla if honey i: : : used and little or no vanilla with j naple syrup. Chocolate Ice Cream. 50 per cent, light syrup;, 50 pe ? J cent honey or maple syrup. 1 quart thin cream, 1-3 cup (3 3-4 ounces) light syrup ! I-?, cup (3 3-4 ounces), honey o ; maple syrup, 1 1-2 squares (1 1-2 ounces) cho ; colate, 1 teaspoon vanilla? H*1* Heat one cup of the cream in th" j top part of a double boiler and add] the sweetening agents and the meit-; ed chocolate. Stir until smooth an 1! hen cool and freeze. Chocolate may be added to any: of the plain icrt creams, if desired, i Ciiocolate Ice Cream. 25 per cent, sugar, 75 per cent-! ight syrup. 1 quart thin cream, 3 tablespoons (1 1-2 ounces) su- \ ?ar, f' ';- , 1-2 cup 1-2 ounce*) light syrup. 1 1-2 squares (1 i-2 ounces) cho : cclate, I teaspoon vanilla. Pineapple Ice Cream. 50 per cent, light syrup, 25 p< ?' en: honey or maple syrup. 1 quart thin cream, 1- 4 cup (2 ounces) light syrup.' 2 2-3 tablespoons (2 ounces) ma pie syrup or money, | 2- 3 cup pulp or pu'p nnd juice o' . f-'r.,>.,-\ ,-)?.-?,,] >.;rif >r)r)le. Otb<- ' [sweetened can neu fruit* may he used. Wlnrallcss Pastry, (i* Crusts). 1 I-;; cups barley dour, : cups corn Hour. ' 1-2 tsp. salt. tsp. baking powder, :; tbsp. shortening. Liquid (mixture of egg and milk,! about 1-2 cup. one egg and l?l the cup con-i taining it with mi!:; und us: as much ! as needed to make a softer dough than usual. Pat the d?ugh inio snap I :a ih<- pan, or roll it onto the outside of the greased and uourad van. Dak: '.he crust before adding filling. Oih . or combinations of Hours may be used ] Spice Drop Cakes. 1 cup bailey flour, 1 cup corn flour, 1-4 tsp. salt, 3 tsp. baking pow*der, j-:' (up sugar, i-2 cup syrup, 1-2 cup shortening, 2 eggs, 3-4 to 1 cup liquid. I Spices to taste. 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. allspice, j 1-2 tsp. cloves. 1-2 tsp. ginger, if desired. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased tin and bake in a moderate oven. A nice variation in the above i: j the omission of th.e ginger and th j addition of 3-4 cup seeded raisins. Or. j omit spices altogether and use i-1 eup each of raisins an.?. chopped nuts, j Raisin Cup Cakes. %(24 small mufS'n size.) 1 cup corn flour, 1 cup rice flour, 1- 4 tsp. salt, 3 tsp. baking powder, / j 1-2 cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs (beaten sopaartelyl. 2 tsp. vanilla extract. 1 curi seeded raisins, , 2-3 cup milk. Cornflour Sponge Cake. (15 small cakes.) 1 rup sugar. 1 cup corn flour. 1- 4 tsp. salt. 2- 4 tsp. baking powder, 3 eggs, 2 tbsp. cold water, 1 tsp. lemon extract or 2 tbsp lem on juice. j - Separate yolks and whites of eggs Ceat :he yolks until creamy, add the sugar, lemon and water and beat all until very light. Add to this th twice-sifted mixture of corn flour un making powder and blend thorough ly. Finally fold in the stiffly beat | n whites of the eggs. Tf lemon juic. I -? ?dded the water will not be requir- j ed. ? bake in 'muffin pans, filling on!;, j [?alf way. Have the oven at about ;:(J0 to 375 degrees and bake 20 t< | 25 minutes. . i American Casualty List. Washington, Sept. 14.?The fob | lowing casualties are reported by th Commanding General of the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action. 20; missing in ac | ticn, 74; wounded severely, 135: died of wounds, 7; died from aero plane accident, 2; wounded slightly j 2; wounded, degree uhdeterhiind j 12: died of accident and other cause* 2. Total, 25S. Bruce A. Price. Buffalo, S. C,! wc-unded severely, cl svrly. Tot?! number of casualties to date,: including these reported above: Kilied in action (including -f?l at; sea). 5,i5S': died of wounds, 1 '4:; died of disease, 1.72-1; died of a ? j dent and other causes. 82C; wounded j in action, 1 fi.?7n; missing in action (including prisoners) 3.962; total l? date, 30,CIO. . Dec County 3orrovrs Money. Supervisor C. T. Evans called for! bids on a loan of SIS.000 for school] purposes. After the bids were re ceived it was given to the- Pishopvill^ j National Bank at 3 $er cent, inter est, that being the lowest rate.?Bish-j ^pyille Vindicator. PREPARE FOR BOLL WEEVIL. Ail Interests Should Work Xogclhr er to Be Ready Cor Altered Condi tions. The following letter to Mr. A. C. Pheips, president Sumter Chamber of Commerce, from A. B. Bryan, agri cultural editor of Clemson College re writing it is distributed over? practi r-.\'ly all of Jasper County v.n*i half o i'??nufort County. The weevil entered Beau-On county some time last your, and owing to the comparatively, more favorable conditions for wintering, the pest did not receive a serious backset last winter. The present infestation in , this gar ding the approach of the Mexican State is the result of a continued Cotton Boll Weevil should be care- movement from year to year, and fully read by every cotton producer of this invasion has been predicted, al Sumter county. though the time of the first appear When thinking of the cotton boll ance cuuld not be definitely forecast, weevil and the necessity for prepar- Fart of Beaufort county is seeing ing for same, and methods of prepar- its second year of weevil ?nfestation ing by diversification of field crops, and the injury in some fields is ai aising of hogs, beef and dairy cat- ready very serious. As a rule., the tie. poultry, production of grai.i weevil decs practically no injury crops, fruits, and conservation to j the first year it appears. The second make Sumter county a live-at-home; year the injury is usually noticeable, ?ount'v farmers can do no letter while the third year enables the than to make up their minds that the I weevil to get its full momentum; -:nnual county fair is the best and; and people who were convinced in prickest cooperative and educational . their own minds that the weevil restitution towards these ends. The [would not reach them or that it county fair will do mot. n the short-I would not do any serious damage, est time to help make Sumter county j will change their minds, safe against adversity due to the] The weevil is firmly established boll weevil than any other institution : in our .State. It is rereading, in our midst. i From lite conditions in the south - ] era part of the Str?te, in the light -v Mr. A. C. Phelps. President Chamber I our 'experience further west we mxiyt of Commerce, Sumter, S. C. | expect serious weevil damage, it Dear Sir: I am writing to thank j will be a repetition of what has oc you for your interes-. in having boll i curred in other States! and southern weevil material published in the j South Carolina has no advantage in Sumter papers. We need the influence j climate or soil that will make the of just such people as yourself to j situation less serious. ?omhat the idea that the boll, weevil ? is not going to si ?ad in South Car- OFFICER IX TROUBLE, .lina and not goir:g to do much dam-i -- ige even if he spreads. Sumter county is just outside the limits of what we have designated as he boll weevil zone, but there is ev ?ry reason to believe that Sumter Policeman Seizes Valise on Arrival in Columbia. E. J. Brennen, Jr., formerly em ? in ihe Carolina' National Bank ounty will be included in the district and commissioned at an officers' likely to be reached within the next vear. I am sending to the newspa training camp this week, was ar rested at the station yesterday morn pers from !week to week just such ing when he arrived in Columbia to irticles as the one referred to above,, visit his family with a valise tilled *nd I shall be glad to have you urge with whiskey. ( your homo papers to pubMsh this- The assortment he brought inc!ud isterial as a means of edueating the! ed four quarts of Cutter BourTvon, leople concerning this pest. Very truly j'ours. A.' B. Bryan, A gricultura 1 Editor. one quart of Tlick?traw Dry Gin, two quarts cf Port wine, two quarts of Traeger's Creme and several quails of Virginia Dark wine.?The St-, to Tho Roll Wecvli is in South Carolina. J A new gauge for gasoline tanks is Clemson College. Sept 13.?The fixed in place under a piece of glass, Mexican Cotton Poll Weevil has be-j through which its marks can be *.un seasonal migration and at this seen. ? v Our Ginnery i^fYo*: r? a*i v for hu si ess, having in fact a]readv ginned seve-Ml bales nf counn. ^nr pi ?nt is in ftr^ c' -ss -e^it di'in-t ?nd seriell/ :ip-to-da?e. W s licit V?r p ir?h^ifi; of the ijfit\t?}Hi \> o'lc and tf.iHTtnie^ i a Iisfactory vS- rvic . Swift & Co. Oil Miii Ginnery, J. C. P VTE, Manager. ! 1 U. S Food Administration Licens? Wo. ? 09753 ANOTHER CAR OF ( ^ t ?m. ? TO ARRIVE 1 7 9 3 T F P iL ?L^X. E .|||lllllllllllllllllllll>l>i:>ll<l>ll>l<l'i^'*>*<'l*'llll)lll<ll>l<'1l(:iiiltlili|||illllll|l|lll|lllll?llll*ll>1ililt|lclliiJlii(*<<'i Ii? i i I i ? i ' I i I : I i i i : ? i i i r : i : ! i . : i ; i ; : : i j : i i i i i i ! . i i c i i i t > ----?? ??????.?? ??? ? ? ????? ?-.? ?m?_ i ? WIM?????? mm???118??????.Ii i? ? ii?mnpM?in.??wtti We have in this load Trotting Horses, g >od D iv ing ai d Werk Horses and Mares. Also several nice pairs Mules and Individual Workers, smil, medium and large; <j Just-unloaded font cars of BUGGIES; i-ave a tvw WAGONS oir hand a ad are expecting anther car this week. A large, ccnpLlu ass rtment of Buggy a ad Wagon Harness, Lap Robes and Accessories on hand. H We know what you want, and our prices are right. Come and have a look, we will save you mono;.' I.M ritt? Hl Ml ? ? trlin,!..,.? ..t*iU|.l. oyie L/ive atoc S vi mi or, South C?^roliriev