The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 21, 1919, Image 5
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PERSONAL.
Miss Minnie DeLorme is at homo
from Winthrop College to spend the
week-end.
Mr. Carl T. Mason of Newark, N.
L. has been in the city for several
lays on business.
Mr. and Mrs. J., H. Strong have
I iust. returned from New Orleans
'" where they have been spending their
- honeymoon
Mrs. Wm. Bultman. who has been
visiting relatives in Columbia, return
ed to Sumter Thursday.
Mrs. E. D. Cole left Sunday for
Savannah. Ga*. to be matron of honor
\\ ? nthe wedding of her niece, Miss
Gladys Cassels, which will take place
v Tuesday at'high noon in the Inde
- pendent Presbyterian Church.
Dr. J. A. Rice, pastor of Trinity
Methodist church, returned to the
city today and will occupy his pulpit
at the usual hour tomorrow.
A, J. Cauthen, of the Methodist
Church Centenary Committee, pass
ed through the city today enr^ute to
his home in Darlington from Man
ning.
Miss Robbie Gene Truesdale, of
Columbia is spending a few days with
Mrs. Joseph M. Chandler. .
Lieut Wade Willeford, who has
been in France for more than eigh
teen months, having volunteered fori
foreign service immediately after re
ceiving his commission at the firsf j
officers training camp, arrived in the.
city this morning. Lieut. Wille- j
ford was attached to 'the heavy ar
tillery and saw a great deal of active
service on various fronts in France.
Recently he has been with the army
- of occupation in Germany.
Mrs. J. "Louis LaBruce, of George
town, is the guest of Miss Katie
Smith on Calhoun street.
Mrs. R. L. James and son have re
turned to the city after an absence of
two weeks, having been called home
on account of the illness of her moth
er.
Dr. A. N. T. Roach, a prominent
surgeon of Mobile, Ala., accompanied
by his wife, spent yesterday with his
sister, Mrs. R. A. Dixon, on Salem
Ave.
Mrs. L. C. Dixon, of Columbia, is j
visiting' her son. Mr. R. A. Dixon on
Salem Ave.
Mrs. Heywdod Clark, of Wilming-1
ton, N. C. is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Horace Emerson, at 322 Church
St v
Mr and Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg have
returned from a trip to New Orleans
and Savannah. While in Ne .v Orleans
Mr. Ryttenberg attended the South
ern Wholesale Grocers' convention.
Mr. Ryttenbegr was re-elected a di
rector for South Carolina. The asso
ciation now numbers over 1,600 mem
bers.
Mr. F. W*. Nicholson spent the
. week-end in -the city with family.
Dr. E. R. Wilson and Miss Mary
Wilson have returned from New York
City.
Mr. C. G. Edge, has returned to the
city after a few days spent in Wil
mington, N. C.
Mrs. Walker P. Rivers and little
daughter Katherine have returned
from a visit of several weeks to rel
atives in this State and Georgia.
Mr. and Mi-s. W. C. Wolf left Sat
urday f?r an extended trip to Ft.
Lauderdaie ar.d Miami, Fla.
Important Notice
To Purchasers of Government
Nitrate of Soda
All purchasers of government ni
trate of soda who have not paid up
and arranged for shipmentof their
soda will have to do so before May
31st, 1S19. at 12 o'clock, noon, or they
Will not be able to gel the nitrates.
These applicants had better see E.
L Reardon. Federal Nitrat?? Distribu
tor without unnecessary delay, cer
tainly prior to June 1st. 1919.
Hon. Char.es J. Brand. Chief of the
Bureau of Markets, r*. S. Department
of Agriculture. Washington, has sent
out the following orders:
"To County Agents, ZTederal Nitrate
Distributors and Applicants for Ni
trate of Sodar
"In order to close the recbrds for
the present season and enable the
department of agriculture to settle
obligations arising from the purchase
of nitrate .of soda before the end of
the present fiscal year, it is nee<ssam
that all unfilled orders be shipped in
the near future. Therefore all ship
ping instructions covering nitrate ap
plied for, but for which no shipping
instructions have been given must
reach trm Washington office not later
than June 1st.
No shipping orders will be honored
after June tst, and applications not
covered by shipping instructions will
be cuBcPed after that date.
"Individual applicants should com
municat?* at once with their Federal
Nitrate Distributor."
(Signed) Charles J. Brand,
Chief of Bureau.
The local agents of the Federal Ni
trate Distributor throughout Sumter
county, postmasters and other public
officials are respectfully requested to
-. oread this information. Every farm
?_r who has applied for but who has
EOt paid up or ordered his soda ship
ped will please do so without delay.
J. Frank Williams,
County Agent.
Republicans in Saddle
They Are Busy To-day Organiz
ing Congress
Washington. May 19.- The "re< t;
struction" congress assembling in ?
traordinary session =it noon today, ori
der the call issued by President Wil
son from Paris on May 7th. marks
the return to power of the Republi
cans and the loss by the Democrats
of control of the national legislative
body. The organization of both sen
ate and bouse by the new majority
was today's principal business.
j Salvation Army Drive
jThe Campaign for Home Ser
I vice Funds Opened Yesterday
Afternoon. Sacred Con
cert at Chautauqua Tent
Enjoyed by Very Large
j Audience
Sumter county's campaign for its
j ?f?.000 quota to the Salvation Army
{Home Service Fund ras opened Sun
j day afternoon at the Chautauqua
j tent and was attended by probably
j the . largest crowd ever gathered to
| gether in. the interest of any cam-1
paign. thus manifesting the intense!
j interest and loyalty of Sumter coun- j
j ty in'the drive for this most worthy
, organization. The exercises were
opened by an invovatiop. by Rev. J.
B. Ferguson, followed by a most in
spiring address by Rev. J. P. Ma
rion.:
While the committee was disap-j
pointed in not having cither the i
Harvesters Company or Madam Ben- j
ska appear on the program, the
audience was delighted with the mag
nificent scared selections rendered by
the choir of St. Anne's Catholic
church under the direction of Miss
Ammie Teichcr. In addition, one of
the most eloquent addresses ever de
[ livered in our community was listen
ed to with the greatest interest yes
terday afternoon when. Ca pt. Perigord
I appeared on the platform. Certainly
this charming gentleman has endear
I ed himself to the community, and
everyone who heard him yesterday
expressed the hope he would return
to Sumter in the very near future,
for no speaker has ever impressed an
audience as did Capt. Perigord yes
terday afternoon.
Chairman A. C. Phelps of the local
committee for the Salvation Army
opened the drive for funds. The to
tal subscription for the afternoon
amounted to nearly $2,000. leaving
$o,000 to be subscribed during the
week. It is an assured fact that
Sumter canont and will not fail an
organization that did so much for our
boys overseas, and are striving to do i
equally as much, if not nore. right
here in our own State. It would cer- :
tainly prove a great help to the so
liciting committees if everyone would
promptly send in their pledge cards.
Chairman Phelps stated this morn
ing he is most anxious to report ;
Sumter county's quota being raised *
in the next forty-eight hours. Other I
towns are launching their campaigns <
today, and we have a substantial
start on them, so it is earnestly hop- i
ed everyone will seriously consider <
the nature of this appeal for assist- *
ancf?an appeal that /really must 1
reach everyone of us way down t
dee?and forward their subscriptions f
or pledge cards either to the chair
man, or to Mr. W. x. Whitehead, c
treasurer, by tomorrow morning.
Pledge cards will be distributed at
:he Chautauqua tent again this even- i
ing, so men and women of SumtVr <?
;ounty, you know what is expected i v
>f you. Help us to get. this drive over! t
vith and out o fthe way by tomorrow r
aight; fill in your pledge cards and! t
land them by at the earliest possible
moment. . t
Congress in ? ;ssion I
Washington. May ig.?Attention of c
America and the world is turned upon
the new congress?the Sixty-sixth in .
American history?which is to con- j {
vene at noon tomorrow in extraor- (
dinary session called by President
Wilson from Paris. I
Ail was in readiness tonight for the (
inauguration ~f the special session ,
which is expected to open a new and ,
important chapter in American and
world history, with its long program
of action, including consideration of
?.he peace treaty, the proposed treaty
fo rthe military protection of France,
and of innumerable and vital ques
tions of domestic concern.
The opening day as usual will 'be
taken up with routine business, in- j
eluding the organiaztion oi the sen
ate and house by the Republicans wno
supplant the Democrats in control for
the first time in eight years.
President Wilson's message cabled
from Paris was being prepared to
night for submission to the congress I
and probably will be read to the]
house on Tuesday and in the senate
Thursday, adjournment of the latter
body being planned from tomorrow j ,
until Thursday.
Organiaztion tomorrow by the Re
publicans proposes election of Sena
tor Cummins of Iowa as president
pro tempore of the senate and of
Representative Gillette of Massachu
setts as speaker. The Republicans
have a majority ot two in the senate
and of about 40 in the house. Major
house committees ">'id be organized
tomorrow, preparatory to beginning
work immediate;", but senate organ
ization will be deferred
Work of congress throughout the
session will be entwined with prepa
rations for the 1920 presidential elec
| .ion.
i Congress expects to turn it:; atten-J
tion immediately to tie- seven regular;
appropriation bids. including the]
large army and navy measures, which;
; died in the Republican filibuster last I
March. Passage of hese hills will be I
followed by consideration of revenue,
railroad, shipping, woman suffrage,
prohibition a od other legislation.
The peace treaty is expected to !???!
submitted next month by President I
Wilson in person. Ratification of the
treaty including the league of nations
promises to develop into one of the
niot dramatic and hard fought con
tests m congressional history.
I Addresses on peace subjects are < :< j
? peeled to begin soon in the senate.
Children's Garden Market
Tie- Children's Garden Market
[which was so successfully conducted
[last Spring and Summer will be con
lducted again this season, every Sat-S
[urday at 9 o'clock a. m. in front 'of I
[the Court House. All children who
Pace vegetables etc to sell are ex
pected i<? take part ami the house-1
.keepers of Sumter are asked to pa-l
tronize the young gardeners
I The Cotton Corporation
South Carolina Planters Will Be
Called Upon to Take Their
Pro Rata Share
Columbia. May 19.?South Carolina
farmers, merchants and business men
generally will shortly be called upon
to take their pro rata share of the
I stock of the big $100,000,000 cotton
! exporting, marketing and financing
corporation, plans for which were ap
proved at the big cotton convention
held at New Orleans last week. Thi?
corporation, on men declare, will
solve the cottton . problem in the
South and will enable the cotton pro
ducers of the South to sell their cot
ton each year at a reasonable profit.
A campaign for the sale of stock in
the new corporation will be waged by
the South Carolina. Cotton Association
and first efforts will be to sell the
stock to the cotton growers them
selves In ?ict. plans for the cor
poration provide that the majority of
the stock must always be in hands
of the cotton planters. The banks and
business men of the State and of the
cotton belt generally will, of course,
be expected to assist in the forma
tion of the corporation but the cot
ton people themselves will always
control it
To prevent the corporation from
coming under control of outside in
terests the constitution provides that
"the sale of stock shall be limited to
bona fide resident individuals, part
nerships, firms and corporations or
other associations of cotton growing
States."
The corporation under its constitu
tion wilj not engage in buying and j
selling cotton on its own account. The]
par value of the capital stock will be
$50 and it may be bought with Lib
erty bonds. It is figured that many J
farmers will trade all of their Lib
erty bonds for stock in the corpora
tion. The bonds will be bought at
par.
The authorized capital stock of the
corporation is fixed at $100,000,000,
all in common stock. The corpora
tion, however, is authorized to begin
business when the amount of capital
stock subscribed reaches $50,000.000
Mid when $25,000,000 shall have been
paid in.
The powers of the corporation are
far reaching. They include:
To purchase and sell or discount
md negotiate or pledge notes, drafts,
mecks. bills of exchange, acceptances,
elegraph and cable transfers or other
evidences of debt.
To purchase, sell, pledge or other
vise deal in bonds, notes and certifi
:ates of the United States and of for
eign governments, obligations issued
>y foreign banks and syndicates and
o make loans on the security of such
oreign obligations.
To accept bills or drafts drawn up
n it.
To purchase and sell exchange.
To borrow money upon the secur
ty of shipping documents or upon the
ecurity of warehouse receipts con
eyhig security title in cases where
he commodities represented by such
cccipts are "being-assembled for the j
?tirpose of export.
The charter also gives the corpora* j
ion power to act in any State, terri- i"
Dry or possession of the United K
'tates, or any foreign country asj
prent, trustee, broker or consisnf-o of
thers in buying, warehousing, selling:,
nd procuring insurance upon and
?therwise dealing in cotton of ab
Tades and many goods manufacturer" j
rom cotton and cotton se"d. inchid
ng oils, cotton yarns. and cotton
roods, where such goods are being
iXported or assembled for export.
It is the opinion of many of tie
fes? business men in the South that
he stock in the corpration will be
co'"th more than par shortly after the
:orporation begins business.
Cotton Market
LOCfi
P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at 12 o'c'ock Noon), j
Good Middling 29.
Strict Middling 28 1-2.
Middling 28.
Strict Low Middling 25 1-2.
NEW YORK COTTON MA It RET.
Yes'td'y*
Open High Low Close Close
July . .28.60 ?8.37 23.50 'JC-:.:-; 1 2S.2>
Oct. . 27.27 27.41 26.95 27.11 26."5
Dec . . 26.60 26.98 26.52 26.72 2';. :
GREAT MASS OF PROOF.
Reports of 50,090 Cases of Rhine? j
Trouble, Some of Them Sunitt j
Cases.
Each of some 6,000 newspapers of
the United Stales is publishing from j
week to wee?c. names of people, in its
particuiar neighborhood, win* bav<
used and recommended Doan's Kid j
uey Pills for kidney backache, weak I
kidneys, bladder troubles and urinary!
d-sordcrs. This mass of proof include: i
ever 50.000 recommendations. Sum
;er is no exception. Here i. one <>.
the Sumter cases: j
W. T. Rail, blacksmith; 225 Salem !
Ave., Sumter. says: "I am glad to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills, fo: |
they have been of great benefit. There
was loo much uric acid in my sys j
tern and 1 "vas bothered a great deal
with my back. When l bent over, i?
was difficult for me to straighten up
1 heard of Doan's Kidhey Pills being
such a good remedy and I used them
It only took one box of l>oan*s to
make me fell a whole lu4 better."
Price 60a at all dealers. Don't
simply as!: for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr, Hall had. Foster-Miiburn Co..!
Mfgra., Buffalo, N. Y.-Advt. (*5jG)J
PURIFIED FROM
ALL OBJECTION;
Chemists Rid. Doctors' Favor
ite Medicine of Nauseating
Qualities?New Variety Call
ed "Calotabs/'
A triumph of modern pharmacy
that is a blessing ^o the whole world
?that is the opinion of physicians and j
druggists who are familiar with di^i
new. nausealess calomel thai is whol-j
ly free from the objectionable effects]
of the old style calomel.
An occasional purifying" of the
system and thorough cleansing of the
.liverare absolutely essential to health,
and, as all doctors know, calomel was
the only drug that accomplished this
result. Now that the unpleasantness
and danger of salivation are entirely
removed the popularity of the new
calomel, Calotabs. will be vastly in- i
creased. Its effect is delightful. One
tablet at bedtime, with a swallow of |
water?that's all. No salts, no nausea, |
no gripping, nor the slightest uh- j
pleasantness. You wake up next morn- j
ing feeling fine, your liver cleansed i
your system purified and with a \
hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat'
what you please?no danger of j
salivation. No restrictions of habit or|
diet.
For your protecion, Calotabs arc;
sohl only in original, sealed packages
price thirty-five cents. STour druggist!
recommends and guarantees them bv
i
refunding your money if you are not]
delighted with them.? Cad v.)
Washington, May 17.?President I
Wison's message to the special session j
of congress was in the hands of Sc--1
rotary Tumulty today, having been I
cabled from Paris. It consists ap
proximately of forty-five hundred}
words and probably will be transmit-'
ced to congress Tuesday.
10 Hour Kodak Finishing
?____/ Ail rolls developed 10c; packs
20c up; prints 2 1 -2c-4c-5c; enlarging
55c up. Specialists?we do nothing
jut kodak finishing. All work guar
anteed to please. Eastman Kodaks,
riims, Supplies.
Columbia Photo Finishing Co.,
1311 Taylor Street. Colombia, S. C.
LiOSX?On Broad or Main streets, or
on road from Sumter to Stateburg,
a lady's blue serge coat, white col-;
lar. Reward for return to Mrs. M.
S. Kirk, Hagood,_S. C._ j
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JEEHTVES AND SUPPLIES?I have
lately received a few Georgia made
hives and frames?S and 10 frame
size. Also on hand sections and
foundation for comb honey. N. G.
Osteen. 320 W. Hampton Ave.
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We offer a large assortment children's summer hats,
in all the light and dark shades at 1-3 off regular price.
Come early if you want choice of selection.
Ask to see our line of Sailors and Sport Hats at
$2.50. Included in this lot are values up to SSjOO.
2nd Floor: McCollum Bros.
I beg to announce that I have secured space in the
City Drug Sore and will open office there about Jane 1st.
I have for the past year had charge of the Optical ?e-f
partment at the Thompson Jewelry Store, and will be
glad to meet my former customers and friends as we?j
as new patrons.
My office will be equipped with the most modern In
struments on the latest methods used in testing and
tihie fitting of glasses. Lens grinding by the new mat
chine outfit which, assures accuracy and prompt service.
D. L. WILLIAMS
optometrist
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all ai onv M<?rr and let us show you bow flits
-!<.\c v.orl.s iiUv V.c are ?fcliioiisilraljllg
.?? biovos i'vn*) day.
Detroit Vapor
hl Stoves
No Wicks?Light Instantly?Work like gas
Delicious Birthday Cake! puts the joy into
Johnny's birthday. And the new Detroit Va
por Oil stove insured the rapid, thorough bak
ing necessary for a perfect result. It's real
pleasure nojw for Mother to frock and bake
with le i- new stove. So different from the
ordinary oil stoves.
The Detroit Vapor Stove is the only oil
stove without a wick. Lights itistanty and at
once you have an intensely hot blue flame di
rect!; under the cooking utensil.
Burns kerosene, gasoline or distillate?19
hours to a galon. More economica than gas,
coa! or wood.
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1ERRY COMPANY
18 North Main St