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Cjp ?&jtfcjnnan a& 3&i$n& Published Wednesday and Saturday _ _ ?BY? OSTEEX PUBMSHDi'G COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. jS Terms: ? $1.50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements, One Square first insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All eonununications which sub serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ed in 1850 and the True Southron in 1966. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter._ ?^MBHWjMM?????l Now there's to be a cross-continent flight. May the continent not be so cross as the ocean! * * ? The Allies have started to clean up Turkish cities. They ought to have old man Hercules, who made a rec ord along that line when he cleaned the Augean Stables. * * * Miracles do sometimes happen. Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board reports that the government is selling ships for more than it cost to build them. * * * A . scientist of the Smithsonian In stitution says he saw a "talking ape" in the African jungle. That's nothing. Some people have seen "hoop snakes" and things right here at home. * ? * A Johns Hopkins professor says locusts are fine eating. So maybe, af ter all, it's a seventeen-year blessing. And there's certainly poetic justice in the plan?the locusts eat the crops, and people eat the locusts. * ? * ."Who said college education isn't practical? Columbia University an nounces that students in its summer school will receive instruction in "how to trim a hat, make a watch fob, care for the family stomach and dance, swim and march." ONE-THIRD OF A CENT A DAY. The Bureau of Salvage and Shop was established by the Pacific Division of the Red Cross in February, 1918. This bureau has now become a regu larly established commercial business. The basic principle of salvage and shop-work is that many articles and materials of no value whatever in the small quantities in which they are thrown out by individuals may be col lected and sold to advantage in large quantities. The tinfoil collection is one item. x The bureau has taken for its slogan ?*one>third of a cent a day," remind ing the country that if each person in the United States saved material worth even as little as that, the Red Cross would have, from this source t alone, practically $125,000,000 a year to spend for relief work. The expenses of operation so far have been kept to a minimum. A great deal of the work is done by vol unteers. There is no attempt to com pete with merchants in any way. The bureau makes no requests for funds. Not only does the work of this bu reau supply an increasing income for relief work, but it also serves as a means of education in conservation and thrift. So valuable has its work become in making over worn mater ials and used garments that many lo cal organizations are glad to cooper ate with the salvage and shop com mittee, thus avoiding duplication of effort. Now that the war is over, many are inclined to forget the lessons in thrift, learned so cheerfully and practised so patriotically a year ago. It is well to be reminded of the value of these small things, so long as they are kept in their place as aid and steps to bigger and better works. ?'? THE ADItESS CAR. The passengers in a trolley car felt bored. Those who had no papers to read got tired of looking at each oth er, and there was nothing very inter esting to see out of the windows. The ride, seemed, somehow, unusually mo notonous and tiresome. Something seemed to be lacking. Then a male passenger suddenly made a discovery. "Why," he remarked, "there are no ads in this car." It was the mournful truth. And all at once a couple of dozen people ' realized, for the first time, the part that trolley car advertisements pluy?d < in their scheme of life. "I miss the lovely ladies with their cosmetics." said the man who made the discovery. "I miss the babies with their soap and talcum powder," said his neigh bor. "I'm interested in the automobile ads," said a young man. "I don't care what it is," said a lady sitting beside him, "if the ad is cleverly worded or pretty in color and design." "It certainly is entertaining," vol unteered a quiet old gentleman, "to run your eye along a line of ads, when j you have nothing in particular to think about, and let your mind fol low the lines of thought they suggest. And sometimes you get a mighty good business idea out of them." Suppose the advertising were sim ilarly left out of the newspaper some day. Wouldn't there be a hiatus in the life of the community that day? Many people say they get tired of seeing so many ads in the papers and the cars and everywhere. But the chances are that they would get a good deal more tired if the ads were not there. Certain it is that every time anybody has undertaken to pub lish an adless newspaper or magazine, he has failed dismally in circulation. The public wants advertising, and insists on having it. And that is nat ural and right; for honest, sane and intelligent advertising means life and progress, not only to the business life of a community but to its mental and ; spiritual life as well. j Extract from an obituary published in 1950: "The deceased bore the distinction, unique in his community, of never Slaving ridden in an air plane." f * * * Just as the public was beginning to think it would get a peek at that peace treaty, Senator Borah went and hid it in the Congressional Record. * * * The A. F. L. seems to be trying conscientiously to earn the title, "American Federation of Loyalty." ? * * British fishermen say they don't learn to swim "because that would prolong the agony of drowning." Most people learn to swim so there won't be any drowning. * * * It looks as if that peace celebration, when it comes, will be a dry affair in this country. * * * Cold baths and a swimming pool are being installed for the United States senators. A cooling off seems to be exactly what the senate needs just now. HOW TO KEEP HOT. Arise about an hour late in the morning so as to escape the cool freshness of the early dawn. Proceed hurriedly to prepare the breakfast or for the business day. Do not take a cold plunge or sponge, as this may lower the vitality and re sult in comparative coolness for sev eral hours. Dress as nearly as possible as in winter. Flannels are not necessary, but high collars and heavy outer clothing should be worn. Choose new materials as much as possible?there is nothing so cool as worn cotton gar ments. Complain constantly about the heat. If necessary to raise the tem perature a little further, fly into fre quent rages. Take pains whenever writing let ters to mention the exact height of the thermometer for the last ten days. Do everything hurriedly. Do not seek the shady side of the street. At the close of the day eat heartily of hot meats, soups and rich pastries, and drink plenty of hot tea or coffee. After supper do not sit out on the porch in cool attire. Dress neatly, sit in the house and light the lamp early; sit close to it and read until bed time. Do not sleep with the window open. A draft may upset all the care of the day. If this regime is carefully followed it is guaranteed to give full measure of hot weather to anybody. It is even possible by crowding it a little to en joy a heat stroke or apoplexy. MONEY FOR BUSINESS NEEDS. The discovery made by congress that governmental expenses for the next fiscal year will be larger than was expected has given rise to the be lief that there will have to be one or two more Liberty Loans. This has had a rather unsettling effect on bus iness, coming at a time when busi ness men generally had just begun to feel relief from the long series of popular loan campaigns and the financial tightening that attended them. Secretary of the Treasury Glass does well to conteract pessimism, by announcing again, unequivocally, that there are to be no more Liberty Loans. The government will need to borrow money from time to time, but it will do so by the process of private loans?mostly short-term borrowings from banks in anticipation of tax col lections. This assurance should have its nat tural effect in loosening credit and making more money available for private enterprises of all sorts. Busi ness revival means, first of all, abil ity to borrow money promptly, at fair interest, for any legitimate in vestment or deevlopment. With 500,000,000 of the $4,500,000,000 Vic tory Loan already paid in, and with no more such loans in prospect, there should be plenty of money for busi ness needs. jThe Cotton Corporation South Carolina Expected to in vest One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars in Cotton Memphis, June 18.?Allotments of the $25,000,000 which the ten South j ern cotton producing States are ex pected to raise for the proposed $100, 000,000 capital stock of the American Cotton Exports Finance Corporation, were announced here today by R. Brinkley Snowden, Tennesee director, who is a member of the executive com mitte. Mr. Snowden explained that the ex ecutive committee- has tentatively agreed that when $25,000,000 of the stock issued has been paid in it will be justified in putting the corpora tion into operation. Texas, which is allotted $7,500.,000 is called on for the largest subscription, it was explained, not only because that State produces more cotton than any ether State, but because SO per cent of its output is for export trade. Louisiana is giv en the second largest allotment of $3, 000,000 and Georgia is third with $2, 500,000. Alabama, A.rkansas, Missis sippi and Oklahoma each are expected to absorb $2,000,000 of the stock. Ten- j nessee and South Carolina are allot ted $1.500,000 each and North Caro lina is called on for $1,000,000. Tax Commission Checks Up Lists To Summon Merchants Failing to Return Blanks Columbia, June 19.?During the last few weeks the South Carolina tax commission has been receiving stock ! statements from merchants over the i State, and at the present time the I commission is making its final check i of the lists of merchants in order to ascertain the names, of those who have failed to send in the blanks. Within a few days merchants who have failed to send in their statements will be summoned to appear before the commission with their records, books, papers and other documents so that the commission, from the date be fore them, can find out the value of their stocks of goods. In the act to create the tax commis sion, the commission is given author ity' "to summon witnesss to appear and give testimony and to produce records, books, papers and docu ments relating to any matters which the commission shall have authority to investigate or determine." In May the commission began its work of sending out blank statements to merchants in the State, asking them to fill in the blanks and return them as soon as possible. A short time thereafter, a second letter was sent out to merchants who had failed to respond to the first, again a blank was inclosed and the merchants urg ed to respond promptly. W. G. Query, a member of the com mission said yesterdy that the two letters had brought replies from a great number of merchants only a small per cent, failing to respond to one or the other of the two letters. The merchants who have not respond ed at al to letters sent out are now to be summoned to appear before the commission with their records, so that the commission may determine the amount of stock carried. NOTICE School Election, Privateer School District No. 24. Notice is hereby given of a school election to be held in Privateer School District No. 24 (New District), Tues day June 24th at th?- Providence School House, between the hours of eight (8) A. M. and live (5) P. M., for the purpose of voting a special tax of four (4) mills for school pur poses. Only qualified electors, showing tax receipts and registration certifi cates, and who pay either real estate or personal property tax, may be al lowed to vote, by law. The Trustees will act as managers of election. By order of the Sumter County Board of Education. T. E. Hodge. Chairman. School District No. 24. June 9th, 1S19 If your tired eyes are calling for comfortable glasses that will enable yo uto read with ? ?nse and to look into tho dis tance without eye strain you should visit us. We will ox amine your eyes and make for them the glasses that will again make life jseem worth living. Our prices are as sat isfactory as our services. HARBY & CO., Inc. COTTON AND FERTILIZER MERCHANTS If you-have cotton to sell, see us, it will pay you. If you have fertilizer or fertilizer materials to buy it will pay you to see us before you buy, Cash or approved collateral. 9 West Liberty Street Farmers Short Courses Inclosed please find a little booklet! containing" the announcement of the! Farmers Short Course at Clemson Col lege. The farmers of Sumter county | are more prosperous than they have ? been before. Great many are planning ? to take a vacation and spend money either going to a seaside resort, the mountains or the springs. In view of i the fact that the boll weevil is menac-! ing a large section of South Carolina, including Sumter county, despite con trary opinions, I think that the time is opportune for the farmer? of Sum ter county to make themselves ac quainted with feeding and producing live stock economically, and other j field cropte besides cotton. They j should also begin to inform them- j selves concerning the common dis- j eases and insect'. pests of our field | crops. With the margin of profit! that obtains under the present regime I of high prices, farmers can make I money and allow some loss on account of poor seed, plant diseases, etc. But the time is coming and it is not long distant when we shall have to face a reduction from a fifth to a half of'our principal crop, cotton, on account of, the boll weevil, in the face of de clining prices of other field crops, and we shall have to eliminate the leaks to make ends meet. The cost of board and lodging at Clemson will be only a dollar a day, less than half the cost at any of the resorts. With an automobile, farmers from this section can visit one of the many mountains and places of inter est within six to twenty miles of, Clemson. and can see all that you! can see by going to North Carolina un less it be the numbers of dressed up! people bent upon seeing how much j money they can spend. Some of the best lecturers in the country will deliver addresses in the evening. The Y. M- C. A. moving pic ture show will be given two evenings each week and there is no excuse for a farmer deciding between Clemson and sorm resor4 unless he is afraid he might absoi., some book learning, see a model dairy or orchard that would injure him in his farming business? I trust that parties from Sumter county will take advantage of this opportunity to visit Clemson Col lege and get acquainted with how the fertilizer tag tax has been and is be ing spent. I shall be glad to give any information concerning the course of study, lectures, etc. J. Frank Williams, County Agent. Guard Against Typhoid. ' In urging the people of this com munity to take vaccine, the i.umter County messenger sounds a note that should be trumpeted throughout the State. "In this age of enlightenment," says our contemporary, "when science shows us how to prevent disease, ev ery one should take the precautionary steps to safeguard his own health and that of his family and community., Particularly, is this true after the warning which physicians have given of the extraordinary perils of typhoid at this time. The waves of influenza, which swept the country last winter, left thousands of people in a weakened condition and therefore peculiarly sus ceptible to other diseases. It is more than ever important, therefore, that every piossible pre ventative be mustered into service during the summer which is upon us. Chief among these is sanitation. The household and the community that value iheir health will see to it that no fly-breeding uook or corner is left unpurged, or removed as drastically as though its every atom were the habitat of a legion of devils- And that is really the nature of every piece of matter on which a fly lodges and feeds. Carelessness in this respect is incal culably dangerous. ? But sanitation, alone, is not enough. The safest plan is to make assurance doubly sure by inoculation against this terrible typhoid germ. The State department of health,, reenforced by its county health offik cers and the cooperation of the loca7 physicians, is making an earnest ef fort to have this safeguard taken in every South Carolina community. i As a matter of self protection, the public should give whole hearted re sponse and cooperation. The health officer of Sumter coun-f ty will be glad to give typhoid vac-, cine to all who care to take it, in the rural districts. They would appre- g ciate the cooperation of all property* owners and land overseers. In some., parts of the county, ? they have met ? with hearty cooperation, some land owners taking all necessary steps -to safeguard the health of employees by having every one inoculated ; against the typhoid germ. All those wishing vaccine given, will please ? send Dr. D. T. Rankin, Rural Health Officer, a card, Box 291, Sumter, S; C. 1 Cotton Market LOCAL. P. Q. BOWMAN, Cotton Bn/er. (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon). Good Middling 31.75. Strict Middling 31.25. Middling 30.75. Strict Low Middling 28.50. NEW TORE COTTON MARKET. Yes'td'y* Oppu High "Low C7ow? none July r. 31.10 32.40 30.10 32.08 31.03 Oct -a rj 30.65 31.93 30.50 31.67 30.40 Dec >: in 30.35, 31.70 30.25 31.46 30,11 Mrs. C. C. Anderson and Miss Flor enec Anderson, of Walferboro are .visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Anderson on Baker Sti 1 ^1" See Table of Wash Skirts at 98c. See Table of Oxfords at $2.49 1; Colored Silk Parasols for Sun or Rain Specially Priced at $6, $7, $8.50, $10 $11 and $12.00 Another Shipment Of * PRETTY SILK SKIRTS $5.00 $7.00, $8.50, $10 and Up. AH Sizes To-dav. 25 to 40 Inch Waist McCollum Bros 15 Dozen Pretty Bungalo Aprons Going At $1.50 By To-days Express., a Few White Georgette and Crepe de chine Dresses