The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 21, 1918, Image 4
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?ow has the combined circulation am
ia?uenee of both of the old papei>
mn4-^-^aiiffe?t^^e'best advertisin
3Stere has" been a great deal writ
t^-and^published during the last few!
months about the county health, sur
*^yr-^Secretary iieardon has kept up
an^ earnek .and .vigorous campaign of
puhlicky 'and the .time has arrived for
something^ to be done. Several of the
township ,^*committees have, raised
substantial amounts: towards the $2,
500 needed/ "but other sections have
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dpne>-nothing thus far, although the
Caunty Council. of Defense . formally
guaranteed \o"raise funds. A number
of the business men of the city are
deeply interested in this movement to
improve the health conditions of the
county and will contribute liberally,
but unless quiefc action is taken it
tjrfil be impossible to start the work
immediately after New Year, as
planned by the State Board of Health.
Secretary Reardon can't get the mon
ey by writing articles for, the news-j
papers and he needs substantial sup
port/to make good' Sumter County's
pledge. / If revery public spirited citi
sen who wishes to see Siimter county
a-Wealthier and heater place in whifch
to live will chip in the fund can be
raised without It being - a burdensome
tax on 'any individual.'
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- J HOW WAR SAVES LIVES. '
? "r.rany a. town has never had good
^Sre-figh ting apparatus until -it has had
a - great. ? fire," writes Prof. Irving
fisher, economic expert,, in The Amer
lean Journ?l of Public Health,
- >v*tWe did :not m^^rmucb^Bogfeai
in'- ssttpy?k -sea 'u'nt?.'.we /had the Ti
4^ic^disa^ei?> ?e' ^ir is a means
pf^tysXtftiig human -Iifev and" tnVre
t\ in- iWctto^iirHl: ^probably:* bf
^St^'.e?aulusTto We-^n^rv-a%
^^.^hlch w? ha%v eyer experrehced'.
tdyHhe armies-and the navies of
>rent "nations have been
; '6f jthe vjery?best medfc?:
^^nt ^a^iUable:-.td. keep'the soldier in
|^K&;ift% "P^Vent him from gettmg
tri?Sij?;4to safeguard him from/other
epidemics; to provide him with safe
d^kli^v*ater... At. the end, of thl*
jm?J^p ^jE&iU . have new medical
An^trledge.which we would not.bther
'?^fe alcohol' problem has . come in
f^y>rr?*atudy; because of the war, coh?*
;jpr;. Fisher.- So haa the rener?,
ec^ disease problem. ; So has the mat
tex b? ^dividual health.
>A -universal system of vital statis
tics ought to . be . established. Only
ttrVthirds> of the population of the
United^ States ke?P records - of death
even nosr. : A ; national bureau of
health which could keep track of
such matters as these, and see to the
establishment of health insurance
would perhaps solve the problem. Only
nine States have commissions at work
on this subject, but this is a good
start
py stimulating interest in prob
Jem? ot life and health, recovery
from, Wounds, accidents and disease, j
and Jltx the preser\*ation of health by
pre?ventive measures, war has proved
itsfilt potentially a greater life-saver
than life-destroyer. It remains to be
seen^whether this temporary stimulus
?stfli result in lasting progress.
RED CROSS.
The Red Cross membership cam
paign is on. The membership fee of
one . dollar is all that they seek, and
It is hoped that even* adult in the
United States will come in for the
coming year.
'[Just the words "Red Cross" bring
so .many pictures to the mind that
there is little necessity for a detailed
?rehearsal Of the glorious deeds for
Which the name stands. The incon
ceivable thing would be that there
should live the person who does not
long to give his dollar, or who does
not give it with a sense of deep hu
millty that iso .little is asked for so
great a cause.
IlEJl VENATED FARMS.
Some years ago there appeared in a
magazine an article entitled "Aban
doned Farms of Old New England.*'
The article was profusely illustrated
with pictures of quaint old farm
houses falling to decay, of fields
grown up to goldenrod and thistle, o?
orchards run wild and dying. All this
was accepted a. matter of eoursv.
These farms had "run out." Nobody
thought anything about it.
T^he ?l?eonrag<?d owne?? had dritt?
ed to the neighboring- cities, or set sail
in their prairie schooners for that
golden west where with a minimum
of effort they fondly hoped to reap a
maximum of reward. With the story
of their awakening it is not the pur
pose of this article to deal, but rather
with the false premise which allowed
any farm to go to ruin when by prop
er rotation of crops and careful fer
tilizing it might even now be as pro
ductive in its small way as its mighty
brother of the west, with no idle years
to its account.
,We have learned much durng the
war. Bvery little stony back yard
converted into a garden whence came
vegetables for two or three famiiles
has taught its lesson. -
' There is a great back-to-the-land
current starting. The subject of farms
for soldiers is being carefully consid
ered. Our food and industrial prob
lems are greater than ever in our his
tory. Inevitably, there arises to the
mind a vision of rolling prairie, of
farming on the mighty scale possible
only in those vast spaces. But this
kind of farming takes experience and
financing on a scale proportionate
with its grandeur, i these farms
will be, of-necessity remote from
markets.
On the other hand, .there are be- j
tween the Atlantic and the Mississippi
over 40,000,000 acres of unused lands,
lying adjacent to the great food mar
kets, y
Much of this is land formerly farm
ed but long abandoned. That there is
j money in Its reclamation and in its
j operation in small plots is being prov
ed every day. In old Massachusetts
there are reclaimed farms netting as
high as $1,000 an acre under modern
intensive methods. If we have profit
ed by our lessons, in economy here is
a field we can no longer afford tb neg
lect. -
At St. Louis there were recently}
auctioned off 600,000 pounds of Newj
Zealand and Australian rabbit skin?:.
From .now on, daddy will know where
to go a-hnaiting.
* * *
'-Foch-isn't such a stand-patter on
armistice terms but what he isr al
ways willing to revise them?upward.
* * *
Maybe it adds to the ex-Kaiser's cup
<k sorrow^; and. maybe it .doesn't; but
anyhow, a-jot of German bartenders
irf this cW^try will soon* haye to go
6o work. > * * "
< ?'??"-?v ???..*"???* ? ? -
Will.Santa come this time In.an
airplane-or a* tank?
*??'.
We have "heard of Greek meeting
fjfeek,v bot what is to be done when
the I J9re engine / begins to. burn, as
happened; recently in Cleveland?
Here is \.kjob worthy of Mr. Mc
Ajdoo>. ^rsatiiity. It rtakfes a man
"who knows everything about ali," as
tabert Hubbaxd used to say, to han
dle ah emergency like this. :
Xow that Italy has finished her task
of ''redemption," the Jugo-Slavs un
fortunately have decided to do a lit
tle fancy irredentist work of their
own. There ought to be a law against
two nations redeeming the same piece
of territory.
* * ?
One -war garden director wants to
establish a bureau to teach soldiers
how to raise food. After making the
world safe for democracy, have they
got to turn in and feed the democ
racy?
The British are occupying Cologne.
I Truly, revenge is sweet!
[ * $ *
[ Herr Scheidemann says Germany
is sitting on a powder keg. That's all
right. Germany is past due for a good
blowing up.
* *
Taft says the only way to get rid
of Bolshevism is to shoot iz out of!
Russia. When it comes to the real
peace-stuff, William H. has the right
idea.
* * ?
American troops will have to
march to Berlin yet, to make "the
most orderly and law-abiding people
in the world" behave themselves.
* * *
Maybe the reason the sailors cail
themselves "Gobs" is that there's so
much poetry in sea life.
THE ESTEEMED BERNSTORFF.
Certain influences at Berlin have
been urging the appointment of Count
I von Bernstorff as a delegate to the
j peace conference, on the ground that
j "he is undoubtedly more familiar
with American conditions than any
j other person, and was highly esteem
I ed in Washington."
The Berlin Tageblatt, endorsing
i this suggestion, remarks that "the
i numerous disclosures published by the
I American press regarding the propa
! ganOa -of members of * the German
i embassy and of German agents have
i probably not been able to change the
j view Washington had regarding
I Count von Bernstorff. as it will be
j known there how little these activi
1 ties were in harmony with his policy."
i Thus Germany still Germanize*:.
] Surely nowhere outside of Berlin or
an insane asylum should we expect to
I find anybody to propose this crafty
: and discredited crook as a man fitted
1 for the peace conference because he
! stands so well with the American
! government and people. Here is the
. same old psychological stupidity man
; ifested in all Germany's propaganda
and -diplomatic relations during the
j war, and the same old moral blind
, ness that lay back of them.
! Americans hold Bernstorff respon
sible for his actions, as they hold
j Tirpitz and the Kaiser responsible.
; They are straightforward enough to
j think that if Bernstorff had had an |
honest policy, he would have acted
honestly. They regard a man of
i Bernstorff's lies and crimes as him-1
. self a liar and criminal.
If Germany wants the peace
terms made harder, let her send!
Bernstorff to shake hands with the
'American delegates at Versailles.
j
Real' instate Transfers.
The following real estate transfers'
have recently been recorded in the i
office of the County Auditor:
Mary F. Davis to J. F. Bland, one
lot. in Mayesville, for $50.
Elizabeth P. Phillips to Henry
Wei n berg, one lot, situated in Maycs
j ville, for $ SO.
j H. L. Hunt to E.. G. Spencer, three
I lots, f,or $1,875.
J.-F. Bland to Hazel JacKson, one
I plot, 'of ground containing 31 acres, I
j for-$930. j
The Master to E. G. Spencer, one !
j lot in Mayesville, for $1,500.
i J. R. Phillips to H. Weinberg, one!
I lot. for $S0.
Julia White to Mack J. White, four)
lots for $5 and other consideration, j
Grant Holliday to Mack Barnes :
for Apostolic Church, one lot for $50- j
William White et al to Julia White, 1
one tract of land containing 132 j
acres, for $5 and other consideration.
E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, to Charlie W.
Prince..one tract of 111 acres for
$5,571.50
E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, to H. L.
Johnson, Sr.. one tract of land con- j
taming 364 acres for $1C,62S.50.
E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, to James j
Cooper, 78 acres of land for $1,726.34. j
E. W. Dabbs, Trustee, to Eddie and
George Cooper, one tract of 101 acres j
for $3,448.62. j
Neptune Plowden to William
White et al. 132 acres.
William White et al to Neptune
Plowden, one tract of 55 acres.
Lucy Bucannon and Hattie Johnson
tc Joseph Gregg, one lot in Mayesville
.or $15*.
Robert Marshall to Joseph $r?gg,
one lot of land for $30.
'? The County Auditor has recently re
corded the following real estate trans
fers from Manchester township:
Bank of Pinewood to Cornelia Out
ney, one plot of 29 acres, for $370.
O. J. C. Rose to Elmira McKain,
tract of land containing 49 acres for
$496. - ' ?
G. JL C. Rose to Pinckncy Robinson
10 acres for $400: .
O. J.' C. Rose to Cornelius Outney
et al,'trustee, one acre-of land for $1
and other considerations.
O. J. C. Rose to Robert W. Ardis,
one tract of land containing 100 acres
for $1,000.
\ Elizabeth Ramsey, et al, to Fred
Ramsey, one trac;: of 103 acres for
$280.
Marriage Licenses.
Within the last few days, marriage
licenses have been issued to the fol
lowing white couples: George W.
Pemberton, New York City, and Ma
ria W. Capers, Charleston; R. F.
Ridgeway, Columbia, and Lee Rich- '
burg. Davis Station; James C. Nes
bitt, Oswego and Mary Nesbitt, Shi
loh.
The following colored couples have
received licenses: Dan Coleman and
Maria Sumter, both of Sumter; Silas
Cooper, Lynchburg, and Gertrude
Spann, Oswego; Richard Bradley,
Sumter, and Mary Charles, Sumter;
Willie Atkins and Mary Devine, both
of Sumter; Richard Pringle, Sumter
and Bessie Colcicugh, Sumter; Archie
Miller, Horatio and Rosa Fuller,
Claremont; Moses Brad well and Alma
Vincenc, Sumter: William Goodwin,
Wedgefield, and Janie Craft, Eastovcr;
Willie Watson, Privateer and Rebec
ca Williams, Privateer; Simpson Mc
Elveen and Mary Willis. Sumter; Jas.
McClue. and Margaret Wells, Sumter;
Edward Hunter and Ollie Wilson,
both of Elliott; Thomas Bailey and |
Elizabeh Haynston, Sumter; Fred
Metter and Longenia Grant. Sumter;
Frank Anderson. Wedgefield, and Jo
sephen e Walker, Eastovcr; Hazel
Young and Lillie B. Robertson, King
ville: Birch Britton and Lutina Isaac,
Remini; William Robertson and Hat
tie Gary. Sumter; Simpson Young and
Martha West, Rembert; James Mul
drow and LIddie Swinton, Sumter;
Thomas Wilson and Hester Wat3on,
Mayesville; Stepney Gadson. Clare
mont. and Sarah Clarkson, Hagood;
Philip Mack and Ethel Murray, Sum
ter; Homer Bi*own and Margaret
Rlcksboro, both of Horatio; Charlie
Colclough and Julia Champion, Sum
ter.
PLANNED TO BURN PARIS.
Story of What the Germans Failed to
Do.
Paris, Dec IS.?(Havas.)?Infor
mation of a plan which, it says, the
Germans had for a terrific air attack
on Paris is printed by the Figaro.
Their purpose, says the newspaper,
was to use about 35 airplanes which
were to drop 5.000 incendiary bombs
containing chemicals, which would
cause fires of such a nature that
pouring water on them would only
serve to feed the flames.
A second squadron of machines was
to follow with ordinary bombs, to be
dropped on the fire-fighters and
crowds revealed by the burning build
ings.
Charity begins at home, but Red
Cross mercy knows no boundaries.
The flame of the Red Cross iights
the refugee's way.
STAY ABROAD
! MAY BE SHORT
j /
'President Considers Return to
Washington Sooner Than
Anticipated. *
NO EXPLANATION OF
j CHANGE OF PLANS
_
I
Paris Hears Rumor That He
Finds It Necessary to Be in
Washington at Early Date.
Paris, Wednesday, Dec. IS.?The
reason given for President Wilson's
desire to make an early visit to
?England, it is understood is that he
has found that it might be necessary
for him to return to Washington
sooner than expected. Whether this
means a change in his entire program,
including the journey to Italy, is not
known here.
State's Vital Statistics
State Health Officer Issues Re
port Convering Ten Months
of Year.
Columbia. Dec. IS.?According to
statistics compiled by Dr. James A.
Hayne, State health officer , 24.50S
deaths occurred in South Carolina dur
ing the interval between January and
October 31, 1918, while the number
of births for the same period was
36,209. ^
The number of deaths from the
same period of time in 1917 was 19,
672 with 35,401 births.
Of the deaths in 19IS, pulmonalis
tuberculosis caused 1,356 and in 1917
this disease brought about the same
number of deaths, 1,356. Pellagra in
1917 caused 544 deaths and in 191S
558. Diphtheria in 1917 caused 4 7
deaths and in 191S, 66. Typhoid fe
ver in 1917 caused 39 o deaths and
in 1918. 421. Cancer and malignant
tumors in 1917 caused 430 deaths and
375 in 191S. Cerebro spinal menin
gitis in 1917 caused 33 deaths and 191
in 19 IS. Pneumonia caused 1,064
deaths in 1917 and 2.956 in 1918.
There was an increase in the num
ber of suicides, the statistics for 1917
showing 33 suicides and 53 for 1918.
Railroad accidents caused 84 deaths
in 1917 and 74. in 1918. Deaths from
general accidents in 1917 amounted to
216 and in 1918 to 250.
Lightning in 1957 caused 38 deaths
and nine in 1918.
Automobile accidents in 1918 caused
39 deaths.
There was a decrease in ths num
ber of deaths from tetanus, the figures
for 1917 being 25 while the statistics
for 1918 show 20 deaths from this
disease.
In 1918 pellagra caused 558 deaths
up to October 31. Few if any coun
ties in the State are altogether free
of it, though in some counties very
few deaths have been caused by it.
Some of the more thickly settled
counties report deaths from pellagra
as follows: Charleston, 80; Anderson, I
28; Greenville. 33; Richland, 54; Spar
tanburg, 31; Sumter, 20; Florence, 24.
In 1916, the number of deaths from
pellagra was 553. In 1917, 544. In
1918, 558.
Sabre For Foch
Argentine Admirers of Great
Commander Send Testi
monial.
Buenos Aires, Nov. 20 (Correspond
ence)?Prominent Argentine citizens!
have rendered homage to Marshal \
Foch by sending him a copy of the i
eabre used by General San Martin, j
the South American liberator with a
model of the statue of San Martin.
The sabre was made by the Argen- j
tine ministry of war. It is accom- j
panied by a book of those who sub- j
scribed to the gift, containing the j
names of the Ministers of France.
Great Britain, Italy and Belgium and
the charge d'affaires of the United
States.
The sabre also is accompanied by a
parchment in which Marshal Foch is
told that it is sent to him by tmose
mme Argentine citizens who early Ini
the war signed the testimonial de- j
manding that the Argentine govern
ment join the allies; that no reverse
of the war has ever shaken their
faith in the cause of the allies and
that they now wish to send this sym
bol of their joy at the great victory in
which they have been denied a part.
Glass Makes Appeal
?
Wants Government Securities!
Kept Off Market. % I
- i
Washington, Dec. IS.?Secretary!
Glass in a statement tonight request-:
ed charitable organizations seeking
funds by public subscription to re
frain from making any suggestion to
the public that they will accept Lib
erty bonds or war savings stamps
unless they intend to use these se
curities as endowment funds to be
held for permanent investment.
Mr. Glass said the taking of bonds
by charitable organizations and their
consequent resale on the open market
has a tendency to depress the price.
This, Mr. Glass said, makes it more
difficult for the government to obtain
the money it needs upon reasonable
terms.
The holiday shopping has been
rushing during the past few days and
if the weather continues good so
that the people can come into town
there will be a record breaking
Christmas trade.
Our soldiers and sailors look to the
Rod Cross for comforts. They have
never been disappointed.
The Health Survey
Secretary Reardon Makes One
More Appeal For Funds for
a Good Cause.
Dr. C. W. Maxwell, a well known
I colored physician of Sumter has sent
I his check to the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce for $25 for the $3,300.00
county health survey and rural visit
ing nurse fund. Several other pub
lic spirited colored citizens have sent
$25 and $10 checks and quite a num
' ber of colored men and worn ' have
I sent checks for $5, besides ^reat
[ many having subscribed from ? i cents
I to $2,'and their subscriptions have
been published.
That is the kind of spirit that will
put the county health survey and ru
ral visiting- nurse propositions over
j the top. The colored citizens of
j Sumter and Sumter county have
j guaranteed that they will put up not
! less than six hundred dollars for these
j two purposes, and committees are at
? work to make good their pledge. It
j is said that more than three-fourths
j of this sum has been already pledged j
; and possibly half that amount in i
i cash already paid in to the commit-!
j tees doing the soliciting.
I Newspaper publicity undoubtedly
j has a lot to do with directing atten
i tion to campaigns for raising money,
i and continuous publicity has beyond
i any doubt given the county health
j survey renewed iife within the past
few months, because publicity tells
j just what a certain movement stands
j for and enlightens the people.
! The time has now arrived for the j
! white citizens of Sumter and of Sum
j ter county to treat, trade, or travel |
I on the question of whether they will
j make good the guarantee of $2,500
j made by the white men of the Sumter
County Council of Defense. All that
! is needed is positive and influential
J leadership to appoint committees to
I go out after the money. Get every
j one to put up a reasonable amount,
! do this work just like the Red Cross,
j War Savings, Liberty Loan, and other
j war campaigns were put on and the
i $3,300 will be subscribed in a great
hurry. Nearly every one knows by
now or ought to know from the
amount of publicity given in the pa
j pcrs. and from the numerous speech
es made dozens and dozens of times
! all over the county about the survey,
j just what this health campaign of
j education means to Sumter county.
A few more substanital cash subscrip
j tions like Dr. Maxwell's will start the
ball to rolling, but going after the
cash from individuals is the only safe
and sure way to deliver the goods.
The next and last, but not least
question is this: Who among the
white men of Sumter or Sumter coun
ty will volunteer as a leader to see
that Sumter county does not, for the
second time, turn down an offer of
five thousand dollars in cold cash for
the health survey and twelve months
health campaign of education, and
about fifteen hundred dollars in cash
for a trained visiting nurse for the
rural districts of Sumter county, be
sides a corps of trained sanitarians
and engineers and skilled laborers.
If the rural districts which will re
ceive most of the benefits does not: af
ford a man of sufficient breadth of
vision, humanity, progress and lead
ership to prove to be the man of the
hour, why it looks like the city of
Sumter will have to again furnish
the organization and the leadership
and most of the money as this city
has had those things to do in about
every other movement heretofore
made for public funds or purposes.
But furnish a leader, and go after
the money. Sumter county has
pledged itself to raise $2,500 and
wants eight hundred extra to provide
an automobile and other equipment
for the rural visiting nurse that is or
who is rather being shook at us for
twelve months, with salary and all
expenses paid by outside sources. $6,
500 and all of these experts offered for
[$3,300, nearly two to one in dollars and
brains. Will it slip by or will we get
these things in time to start work by
January 1st.. 1919.
But don't permit a coalition of
ignorance, indifference and selfishness
! to advertise Sumter county as so
lacking in sanitary intelligence and
j human progress, that we will turn
down such tine opportunities as are
being offered us as above mentioned.
Our reputation can't stand this kind
of advertisement.
Sumter county must make good its
j guarantee of $2,500 at least, even
though we aren't able to furnish the .
i extra eight hundred dollars for the
visiting nurse,
j A leader is needed who will not ac
cept defeat. Where and who is he?
Cotton Market
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 27.
Strict Middling 26 3-4.
Middling 26 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 25.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yes'dys ,
Open High Low Chwe Clo^
Jan. . 27.45 28.00 27.45 27.96 27.30 [
Mch . .26.50 26.64 26.36 26.64 26.12 ,
May . . 25.63 25.40 23.63 25.2S '
July . . 24.70 24.77 24.55 24.67 24.55 \
The Christmas Fund.
j Several additional subscriptions to
the Christmas Charity Fund have
been handed in to the treasurer, Mr.
A. ML Broughton. These subscrip
! tions. which bring the total up to
$S01.50. are as follows:
Previouslv reported.$471.50
J. Y. Todd. 2.00
J. J. Whilden. 5.00
L. E. White .x.. 2.00
J. R. Sumter.50
Mrs. J. R. Sumter.50
Cash. 2.00
W. E. Mims. 1.00
Ceo. L. Ricker. 5.on
Cash. 2.00
Proceeds from TuomeyFund 240.00
Proceeds from Du Kant Fund.. 70.00
j Tota 1
$801.50
Fever Left Him Weak
Dreco Made Him
Strong Again
Well Known Auto Mechanic of
Sumter Says He Can Eat a
Pound of Steak Now and Go
Right to Bed and Have No
Bad Effect.
Persons who have hac a spell of
i sickness of any kind, whether influ
j enza, fever or what not, are ir need
j of a good upbuilding- tonic. Something
I that will give them a good appetite
and at the same ime strengthen the
stomach and digestive organs so that
the entire system will be nourished
and the blood enriched. No better
tonic is within reach of the public to
day than Dreco, the new herbal prep
aration made from the juices and ex
; tracts of nature's own roots, herbs,
barks and berries. It builds up the
whole system by producing rich, red
blood, by strengthening the stomach
and keeping bowels and kidneys well
regulated.
"A* spell of fever left me in a very
weak condition," says Mr. W. E.
West, the well known auto mechanic
who lives at 105 Magnolia street, Sum
ter, S. C, "but 1 have been taking
Dreco and it has built me up wonder
fully and I am as strong as ever in
my life. My stomach is so well now
that I can oat a pound of beef steak
and go right to bed and it never both
ers me- My kidneys and bowels act
regularly every day and I do not have
any more dizzy spells I used to have
either ?and my tongue does not have
that white coat over it nor any more
heartburn. Dreco is fine medicine
and sure has done me a lot of good
and you can count on me always
speaking a good word for it."
The above words are the very best
evidence of what Dreco can do, and
and has already done. If they were
not true this man would not allow his
name to be used in the papers.
Dreco is now sold by all druggists
and is highly recommended to the
trade by Sibert's Drug Store of Sum
ter.?Advt.
There are still a number of influ
enza cases in Sumter and vicinity,
but conditions are not anything like as
serious as during the epidemic of Oc
tober.
The Red Cross has great work
ahead of it. Be sure to help them
out by joining. All needed is a big
heart and one little dollar. .
FOR SALE:?Registered Duroc Jer
seys. 1 male, weight 600 pounds;
1 sow, weight 300 pounds, 2 gilts,
weight 135 pounds each. Dr. A. J.
Pennock, R. F. D. 3._
FARM LAND FO*t SALE?In Sumter *
Lee and Clarendon counties. C. P.
Osteeji,_Sumter, S. _C._^
7 PER CENT NEW MEAL?For_-,
prompt shipment; also blood, high
grade tankage, potash, acid "phos.
ground phos. rock and ground lime
stone. Call or write us for prices.
Southern Brokerage Co., Sumter,
S. C.
HOGS FOR SALE?Eight or ten nice
Duroc Jersey gilts to farrow in
short time for sale at 20 cents per
pound. Can be seen at farm near
town. C. P. Osteen or A. G. Brown.
Phone 5503._\
BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity
large or small Am paying best
cash price. t>ce me if you have
any. N. G. Osteen.
FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi'
cal and Fertilizer value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. A*
Strauss, Sumter, S. C.
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?R LENS GRINDER
We Grind Lenses, examine tke
eyes scientifically and fit eye
glasses perfectly. Let us work
for you.
We have all prescriptlona
on file. Broken lenses replac
ed promptly. Graduate Opto
metrist and Optician in charge.
W. A. Thompson,
JEWELE & OPTOMETRIST.
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Undertaker and Eiafcalgy
Prompt Attentin to Dr and
Night Calls
At J. 0. CRA1G Old Stand, N. Main
Phones: Sg?%i