The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 26, 1919, Image 5
French Iserts Returned
To Prance
All American Units Being With
drawn and Peace Activities
\ Resumed
Pari?, March 15?The American, .??
tivity which, during the past few
months has characterized (he life of
several French ports has ceased with
the- \P.hhdrawal of large American
units. The ports are Oeing handed
back to the French and an- resuming
their peace activities,
r Rouen is. already on a peace basis
and wholly controlled by the French.
Havre. Marseilles, Tonuay-Charcnce.
Lochefort. Marans. La Rochelle and
Sables d'Oionnc soon will be de
serted- by American soldiers.
The . ports mentioned have handled
2;5&6,634 tons of American army ma
terial. At Havre 64S, troops were
djaemharkedi.
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Cotton Exports in
March
Shipments Abroad Amounted to
f 504,239 Bates
. ."Washington, April 22.?A large in
crease, in the March exports of cotton
was reported today by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. Ship
ments, abroad amounted to 504,239
bales.^as compared With 311,681 bales
in March last year. For the first nine"
months of the fiscal year exports of
cotton-were 3,807.092 bales, about 62.
000 bales more than the same period
last year.
Exports of cotton seed oil in nine
months have been 121.4SS.926 pounds,
nearly; three times the amount shipped
in lfriS.
Trade in breadstuffs has amounted
thus far this year to $645,962,493:
meat and dairy products, $753.594.433,
and mineral oils, l.S99?113,304 gal
lons!
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Miu-der pr Suicide
Killing: of Laurens Woman
% Causes Sensation
I^urehs. April 2.1?Mrs. Mary Owens
Hill* wife of Irvin Golden Hill, was
found in a dying condition with a
oullet-vcound in temple at her home
at. Ctposs. Hill, Laurens County, at an
early;hour this morning. Mrs. Hill, it
was said^was discovered by-her hus-|i
bahd.-^ho missed her from the house
and; at once gave the alarm, but his
wife 'died before medical atteution
could he given, it w-as stated.
Coroner R. R. Owings held the m-\{
quest - this . afternoon and the jury re
turned a verdict that Mrs. Hill came
to her death by gunshot wounds in
flicted by parties unknown to the jury.
According to evidence given at the
inquest, it appears that Mrs. Hill left
her room before her husband awoke
this morning and when. he found her j I
she had-heen fatally .shot. Hill stated! i
on the witness stand that a pistol lay
at her side when he found her. Other
witnesses testified that they saw no
pistelt: whereupon Hill went back on
the stand and stated that he put the
revolver in his pocket. He indentificd
the pistol ai' his property.
Mi\:and Mrs. Hill are members of
prominent families of the Cross Hill
section and were married about two
years ago. One child six months old*;
survives Mrs. Hill. Kill is a salesman
at -Mountville.
WU| Protect Americans
Italian Government Finds it
Ncessary to Guard AH
Consulates
. ?aris, April 24.? Reuters lcams
that^fhe Italian government bas taken
measures to protect the American cOi
bassy, at Rome and American eonsu
late^Hi ^ll Raliar'n cities in the event
W ; ; * ? ? 'n?~?.: ?. ., ?
Tr?Ve?ng Man Says
thought My Time
Had Come
m :' ? -? ?
"B^d Given up Hope of Ever
peing Weff Again. It is Awful
lb f eel That You Have no
Chance. But Dreco Changed
If AIL"
. "4 cannot fully e.\pr<-ss my appre
ciation of what Dreco has done and
is still doing for me." declared Mr. I
Jas.i-T. ihockcr. the weil known!
traveling salesman who '"covers"
Gep?gia..bu.t whose home is in Green-j
woojl. S. C. He gave this statement i
at P*almer & Sons Dru^ Store in Ath-?
ens a few days ago.
"It is no wonder to me tin- cnor-1
morts sale Dreco has, since I knou'j
sojiHs of its's powers.' he continued. |
'"For I feel that it has.actually saved j
my "life, and it deserves the highest j
pra&e a-oy one can. give it."
"I have spent thousands of dollars j
in .search of health. Every stomach!
remedy I heard of, I bought. I had \
catarrh .of the stomach and nothing
ever; did me any good but this Dreco.
My kidnevs were weak and my liver
inactive., but the great Dreco has
remedied all the ills. Nothing is too
xo?d for.me to say?in met. 1 don't
knotv how to make it strong enough."
To keep the health up to the high
est, standard, one must keep his stom
ach in perfect order so that he can
digest and assimilate the. food prop
crl&. thereby eliminating dyspepsia,
indigestion, biliousness, gas on the
stopiach. backache, sallow complex
ion.' dark rings under the eyes: in
fact, all the symptoms that follow
stomach disorders. Dreco. the herbal
tonic, srives the desired results in
the^e. distressing symptoms.
Iptreeo is ridw sohl by all good
druggists throughout the country and
is highly recommended in Sumter by
Siberrs Drug Store.?Advt.
Peace By May Fifteenth
Paris Newspaper Declares That
?Germans Will Be Required
To Sign Treaty By That
Date
Paris. April 22.?The discussion <>f
the pence terms by the Versailles
I congress after the Germans are caiied
j in will not be continued longer ihan
.May 15th. the Echo <!<? Paris declaresi
today. The Germans will be rcquir-j
cd to sign the peace conditions, sub
ject only to ratification by their gov- !
eminent. The allies have not consent j
ed that these conditions shall be sub
mitted to a plebiscite, it adds.
President Wilson and the two pre-j
miers went again into the Japanese'
question presented by Baron .Makino |
and Viscount Chinda, which were
taken up when the deadlock over the
Adriatic question was reached yes
terday.
"Finish The Job"
?
Sfy Waldo Newcomer, President
National Exchange Bank
Baltimore, Md. *
In the previous Liberty Loan issues
the teed for the money was perfectly
evident to everyone, and it was a
simple matter for orators to discou:-e
on the need for backing up the men
at the front and for showing Germany
that the entire American people wore
back of t' :ar and prepared to give
their last ..t to carry it through.
Now- that peace has come and the
glamour has died out of the sky, one
is apt to think that the troubles are
all over. It is just as necessary, how
ever, to bring the boys home as it was j
to take them over^ and they must all j
be fed and clothed until demobiliza- j
tion is complete; and it is also just as i
necessary for the honor of the country
to pay the bills that have beet; incur
red as it would be to live up to any
other contract or agreement and not
attempt to make such a contract "a
scrap of paper."
Many of the munitions workers and j
other laboring classes who were get-:
ting very large wages during the prev. ?
ious loans and who felt that the money
provided by these loans was being used
to perpetuate their own employment
to some extent, arc now no longer
available as customers, and. it there
fore, becomes necessary for those who
can afford to buy the bonds and for j
those who have enough intelligence to ;
appreciate true patriotism to do their j
jest to till tin* diminished ranks.
Booze in Anderson
Officers Take Much Liquor From
Drug Store
Anderson. April 23.?Sheriff Sah-j
lers and his deputies, with the as- j
iistance of city policemen, raided J
-yles Pharmacy, a drug store located j
n West Anderson, yesterday and ;
found 22 gallons of corn whiskey. ?:
Lyles was placed nuder arrest and
furnished bond. Three live gallon !
<egs of whiskey were found with J
"our gallon jugs and three gallons of j
jrain alcohol stored* in different parts
of the place was sprinkled with a j,
powder which served to annual the |
Ddor, said the officers. The officers j
ire determined to put a stop to sell- j
ing or storing whiskey and are on j
the altert for any kind of blind tiger. '
German Samoa
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Future of Colony Bright?Self - j
Supporting for Years
Auskiand. New Zealand. Feb. 15.? j
Colonel Robert Logan, the New Zoa- j
land Administrator of former German |
Samoa, says the future of the colony
is very bright. Cattle-raising and c6- j
coanut growing are two important in I
dustries.
Colonel Logan said that former j
German Samoa had been self-support
ing since New Zealand military oc- :
cupatiou. In 1917 trade increased over
that of 1916 by over $1.000.000: and!
the figures for 19.18 would have been
a record but for the epidemic of infl.n
enza. Tin- increase in trade is*now|
nearly all with the Cnited States. Apia. 1
said Colonial Logan, needs a basin and
wharf where vessels' may discharge ,
cargo in any weather instead <>f having j
to discharge, in the open roadstead.
Miss Carnegie Married |
Millionaire's Daughter Becomes
Wife of Ensign Miller
______
New York. April 22?In th" prcs- j
ence of only a few friends and rcla- [
tives. Miss Margaret Carnegie, only!
daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie, and Ensign Koswell Miller, i
United States navy, were married afj
noon today in tin- Carnegie home
here. Tin- bride, who was without j
attendants, was given away by her
father.
The couple probably will spend '
their honeymoon at Shadow Brook.,
jthe f'arnegie summer home in Lenox.
I Mass. They will make their home in
Princeton. N. J.. where the bride
groom is to take a two-year course in
I'rincetc/Ji University.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given of the regu
lar spring Teachers' Examination,
(which win be held. Saturday. May
!at the Court House, in Sumter. Th<*
I examination will begin at it o'clock.
I Applicants must bring writing ma
terial. The questions will oo taken
I from the text-books adopted by the
j State Hoard of Education, and used
in the public schools,
j By order of the State Hoard of
! Education.
J. "H. HLAYNSW?KTH:
[County Superintendent of Education.
Sumter County.
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.Supervisors Form
j Association
I Clearing House For Koad Build
ing Information. Gov. Cooper
Speaks
Columbia. April 24.?Addressing the
Association of County Supervisors of
South Carolina yesterday at the Jef
ferson Hotel. Governor Cooper outlin
ed a program of good roads legisla
tion that promises much for the fu
ture growth and development of the
State. "Had I suggested twv years ago
that the State appropriate $20,000,000
a year for a period of six years for
the construction of permanent high
ways, the people would have thought
me crazy." said Governor Cooper.
"Yet today we know that this State
has appropriated approximately flOO.
000.'><)<) for war work of various kinds
in two years and no one has been im
poverished." While he made no fur
ther mention of definite amounts for
expenditure on good roads there was
an opinion that his remarks were in
dicative of his sentiments as regards
appropriations. .
Continuing, he said. "1 have asked
the State highway engineer to pre
pare three good roads hills. One v. :li
outline a .Stale system of highways,
built, maintained and controlled by
the State. I have also asked him t?>
pr pare a bill outlining a county sys
tem of good roads for the various
counties of the State. And J have
also asked him to prepare a bill out
lining a system of county roads un
der control of the county built with
the aid of State funds somewhat on
the plan by which Slates build
roads with federal aid. When these
three bills are prepared, 1 will send
copies of them to the county super
visors and to the members of the leg
islature so that some definite plan
may be agreed upon before the gen
eral assembly convenes next year.
"It is time for the county super
visors to perfect an organization t.*l
some sort, so that we can get I"
work at once. The people won't ob
ject to paying for roads if they get
the worth of their money. By organ
izing/ you will be able to present a
solid front when the legislature meets,
and will be in a position to plan for
Statewide improvement.
"There is about $7,000.000 available
this year for road building. 1 stand
ready to do what I can for this cause.
I want to see South Carolina take a
forward step in road construction.
Wc now have an opportunity before
us: the people are dissatisfied wi ll
their roads. Wc do not want condi
tions to remain as they are now.
Farmers will not be satisfied and vr\
likely the more progressive farmers
will consider seriously the question <>??
moving- to other States where trans
portation is easier if wc do not im
prove conditions.
"We want settlers from the West
tnd Northwest to come into the State.
tVe have a majority of n^gro popula
tion, and the cure for it is to have a
steady streath of good white fanners
.0 move in ami occupy lands nati
die. Good roads will offer an Induce
ment to settlers who have been aee-i.s
omed to tin* highways of the Nor.h
vest."
Governor Cooper in the course or
Ins remarks told why In- did not ? i
111 extra session of tin- legislator'.,
saying that the legislature had con
ddcred several good roads measures
ihd had adjourned without passing
[Item, and that as there was no extra
ardinary emergency he did not feel
that he had the right to call an ex
traordinary session as no condition
?xisted that had not existed previous
to the adjournment of tin- legislatocc
After having heard remark:; from
G?overnor Cooper and L. C. HawU:n.~.
secretary of the State automobile as
sociation and Mr. Wootcn represent
ing the State highway committee,
the supervisors organized with lb ?.l
Miles of Spartanburg as president and
L. 1?. McMillan of Hamberg as vice
j
president.
.The association is to serve' as a l
clearing house for in formalion with |
regard to road building. Supervisors
will exchange views as to the !??st,,
method of treatment of roads in dif
ferent localities and will point out
mistakes made so that Other super-!
visors may avoid them. Information
gained by experience will be passed
on to"other supervisors, and in this
way money will be expended wilh '>et
l.er returns. Plans were also discussed
yesterday for organizing good re els
associations in <-aeh county, so lh.it
ibe supervisors may have tin- back
ing of the people in the execution of
their plans.
After various motions .and sugges
tions had been made it was decided
to appoint a committee on legislation
which committee, is composed of W. j
A. Stevenson of Abbeville, T. W. B.?yJ
of York and Mr. Wooton of the Slate
highway committec.
A committee on by-laws was ap
pointed as follows: M. ('. West of
Kershaw. E. It. Knight of Chester
field and A. L. Ervin of Florence.
The second meeting of the associa
tion will be held at Greenville inj
July when a good roads convention
will be held in that city, at which
time various types of good roads ma
chinery will be oti exhibit. After tb.'sj
year, the association will meet an- j
nually in January at a date to be
fixed by the president.
All county supervisors and county:
commissioners are to be members of
the association.
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LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 27.
SI riet M iddling 2C 1-2.
Middling 2>:.
Strict Low Middling 2'-'. 1-2.
NEW YORK COTTON MARK IT.
Ycs'td'y?:
Open High Low Close Closo I
May . .27.SO 2S.1 ? 27.70 27.7." -7.7^!
July . . h> _??;.?;!? 2?;.ii 26.11 2?;J3$
Oei . 2*.~,:< 2F..15 24.50 24..">o 24.S7
Chain'
1 Usco'
You have doubtless
\ \ npticed the growing
\^ preponderance of United
Every one is asking for
tires of known value and
proved dependability.
And that is precisely
what United States Tires
represent in the minds of
motorists here and every-;
where,
The idea back of United
States Tires?to build g?Q^
tires?the best tires that
can be built, is appealing to
rapidly growing numbers.
We can provide you with
United States Tires to
meet?and meet exactly?
your individual needs.
Anchor Auto ?.V Truck Co.
Snmter Motor Co.
\Y. ('. Rogers. Bishopvillc.
15. C. GiJKs & Co.. Rciubcrt.
D. H. Skinner, Elliott.
Gco. M. Hall, Lucknow.
T. X. <? riff in. Lynehburg.
Daizell Mercantile Co.. Dalzell.
We know United States Tires are good tire*. That's why we sell them.
Bishop E. E. Hoss Dead
Methodist Prelate Passes Away
Following Paralytic Stroke
?- f
Muski^c'. Qkla.. April 2'.'.. Bishop
Embree I loss, of tin- Methodist 15 iris
copal Church. South. di<-<l ;ii hi.: home
here al 9.30 o'clock tonight foltuwipj;
?i paralytic stroke lvv*o mouths ago.
He was bom in Johnson. Tenh..
Aprii 14. 1 s
Advises Italy to Recede
London. April (yiy the \ s>
<-ia(<-d Press.).??Gro;U Urii.iia has ad
vised Italy in her own interests to
forego sonic of In-r claims, but if tin
Italians insist on their rights under
the treaty. Great Dritain and Fry tc<
arc prepared to honor their signa
tures. in which case, as pointed i?ut
to Italy. Fiurne must go in Croatia.
Ii is understood that President
Wilson issued his statement on his
sole responsibility., and that Premier
Lloyd <;<-<>ru<- .iiiil Premier Clcmen
ceau are still actively seeking to
bring about an arrangement.
The Music lor Sunday Afternoon.
In harmony with the request of tin
general committee ihe music commit
tee tor next Sunday has arranged :i
very simple program. Two simph
old hymns, two stanzas of America;
ami (nif of the Xational Anthem will
be sung i>y the whole assembly. The
comittee has requested Miss Truitt to
lead with the assistance of the lli.uh
School orchestra and she requests that
the violinists of the city and sonn- ol
the gentlemen who play other in
struments shall cooperate on thai
day. Sin- especially requests thai ail
of the members of the various church
choirs and the b??ys and girls of th<
High School shall come to the piano
in front of the Girls' High School
building wit hont further notice. This
feature of the program is entirely in
formal and it is believed that eve-ry
one will respond at once to this call.
Good Weather
For Cotton
Work Makes Good Progress
During Week
Washington. April 23.?Weather
conditions were favorable for cotton
planting in nearly all sections of the
belt and the work made good pro
gress, according to tin* national weath
er and crop bulletin reporting on con
ditions during the week ending yes-j
terday. The temperature was slightly
below normal in much of the cotton '
aria, however, and germination ofi
seed and growth of cotton already up
was retarded in nearly all sections.!
More favorable temperatures prevail-j
>?<! the latter part of the week.
Planting was begun during the week
as far north as north central North?
Carolina and in Southern Oklahoma.;
The werk was very favorable for j
plaining in Arkansas, but little of this'
work has been done in Tennessee'.
Cotton is coming up to a satisfac- ;
lory stand in South Carolina and
good stands have been secured in I
Southern Georgia while chopping out
has been begun in the southern por- !
lion of the Stale. Planting mad'' good '
progress in Texas, but more moisture i
and warmer weather are needed for:
satisfactory germination in that
State. The growth id* cotton which is
Up was retarded by cool nights.
l.Tnder orders from headquarters,
the Southern Cotton Oil Co's mill here:
will resume ?perntions next week t<> j
crush the seed now on hand. N<? an-j
ijounemeni has been made as to
whether or not the mill will resume!
buying this season, but there is!
.1 rumor eurrem thai ihc mills will all
begin 'lying seed soon. The Camden j
mill advertised this wek that the null j
was in the market to buy all seed of
fered at the stabilized prict?>'??>> perl
ton. j
The annual fish fry of Post G., T.
P. A., will be held tomorrow even
ing.
Governor Cooper
Asks For Sfcijps
Requests Allocation Be Made
Maritime Corporation
Columbia. April 23.?Governor
Cooper, in a wire this afternoon to
Edward X. Hurley, chairman of the
United States Shipping- Board, urged
that fourteen ships, petitioned for by
tin- South Atlantic Maritime Corpora
tion, representing the five ports, of
Charleston. Savannah. Wilmington,
Brunswick and Jacksonville, for trade
between these South Atlantic ports
and South America, be allotted to the
organization. A . hearing with 'the
shipping board arid representatives of
ihe corporation is scheduled for to
morrow* at 10 o'clock in Washington.
"Urge that the petition of South
Atlantic Maritime Corporation for
fourteen ships be granted." reads.'the
telegram of the governor". "Building
up of trade between the ports in Caro
linas. Georgia. Florida and "Latin
American countries will be sound
economy. Important that trade be
distributed. South Atlantic ports have
neutral claim to direct trade with
Central and South America, and with
islands off these coasts."
S. H. S. Win.
l'esterday afternoon, on th?> Bishop
ville diamond the Sumter High School
won over BishopviUe. scoring niu4
rims to their opponent's five. Th?
wet tield made the game more comical
than fast. Sumter's battery was good,
also their erroring. as is shown by thfl
scorer's tabulation below. Dennis
ton's hitting a home-run inline ninth
inning was tin- only feature of thi
game. Such batting practice bids.fair
to make the game Friday with Dar
lington an interesting scrap.
lt. H. E
BishopviUe.."> 3 i2
Sumter.11 It
All places of business are to be clos
ed on Monday. Drug stores will ob
serve Sunday hours. The day ha?
been set aside as a Holiday.