The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 21, 1919, Image 3
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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._
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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