The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 19, 1919, Image 4
To Study The
Potash Situation
Expert From Clemson College
Making Investigation
Clemscn Collesce. July t6.? Follow
ing up The trouble with potash in
the Pee Dee section. Prof. C. P. Black
well, chief of the agronomy, division,
has gone to Florence and Sumter
counties to put in experiments and
to make further Held studies concern
ing the damages being done to crops
by the use of potash.
At the-Pee Dee Experiment Station
- " at f'idrence tests wbi be made by ap
plying potash with home-mixed fer
tilizers, both directly under the crops
and by broadcasting in the soil. !?:>:
?periments will be made with cotton,
; tobacco, and corn. Tests will a!s>> be
made by using boric acid in order to
determine the effects of borax upon
"growing crops.
Prof. Blackweil will make field
^ studies in Sumter County of the dam
ages reported from that section.
Premier Nitti
Shows Strength
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Give Him Vote of Confidence
Rome, July 15.?Th. government
of Premier Nitti, which took office
? several weeks ago, tonight received a
.?c^ote of confidence in the chamber of
? deputies.
Sheriff of Greenville
Capt. Sam D. Willis Named by
Governor
Columbia. July ? 14.?Governor
. Cooper tonight named Capt. Sam D.
Willis, who commanded the Butler
Guards in France, to be sheriff of
Greenville county to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent killing of Sheriff
Hendrix Rector.
Capt. "Willis is only 2y years old
? and'is probably the youngest sheriff
in the State. There were twelve ap
plicants for the office.
I. W.W. Ask New Trial
- Forty-Six Convicted Criminals
Allege Unfair Trial
San Francisco, July 17.?New trials
? for forty-four Industrial Workers cf
? the World and others convicted in
-' Sacramento six months ago of violat
ing the federal espionage act arV
'SQUght through a Avrit of error which
was on file today in the district court.
The contentions are that the trial was
.'? unfair and the verdict of guilty un
? warranted by the evidence.
Big Road Contract
Gilbert C. White Elected Super
vising Engineer of $2,000.000
Job
Mr. Gilbert C. \Thii<-. "of Dihrham.
? N. C, who was advisory engineer to
the <'iiy of Sumter in the negotiations
(or the purchase of the plant of the
j Sumter Lighting Company and will
supervise the rehabilitation of the
plant for the city stands high pro
fessionally and has tin- confidence of
the people of his own State. The f<;i
!'?wing special to the Durham Daily
Xews tells of his election as supervis
ing engineer of a $200.000 highway
system for Lenoir county:
j
j Einst?n. July ? Gilbert <\ White.
; of Durham, has been chosen to super
vise the building of Lenoir county's
[new $2.000.000 highway system. Out
[.of nearly 200 engineers applying for
the job only White and a Xew York
j man remained in tin- field when the
; highway commission completed its
elimination of candidates. The- Dur
ham expert was chosen after two
hours' deliberation, lie will get five
per cent for his work. Within 10 days
[ White will come here with 3 0 assist
j tant engineers to map the county.
j Demand For Papers
Senate Asks President Wilson
For Copy of Protest
j Washington, July 17?Without a
. record vote or debate the senate to
day adopted a lesolution by Senator
Borah, asking President Wilson to
send to the senate "if not incompat
ible with the public interest" a copy
?of the protest said to have been mad*
by some members of the American
. peace commission against the Shan
tung provision in the peace treaty.
Polk Going To Paris
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Under Secretary of State Polk
Leaves Washington To
I
I Morrow
t _
Wr.ihingtcn, July 17.?Under Sec
retary Polk announced today that he
would leave tomorrow for Kew Ynr.c.
where he will confer with Seer era ?*>'
Lansing before sailing for Paris to
take Sir Lansing's place as the head
of the American delegation. Secre
tary Lansing is expected to arrive at
New York Saturday. '
Mr. V. H. Phelps. while moving
i furniture and other things from the
' burning houses last night, wrenched
? his back and is now confined to his
bed.
Trade With Germany
War Trade Division Issues Li
censes
Yvashington, July i-I.?General li
censes covering, import and export
trading with Germany were issued
late i' day !>y the war trade division of
the suite department with the ap
prove I of Aetin.tr Secretary Polk. Ex
ci ;>; in certain eas? s provided under
the treaty of peace, trading between
the united States and Germany may,
be commenced at once.
The \var trade division's action was
in line with the order of the council
of five at Paris lifting the economic
blockade of Germany last Saturday.
The formal notice by Acting Secretary
Polk was accompanied by two sweep
ing orders, one abolishing the export I
conservation list and the other re
scinding bunker restrictions which
have prevented the coaling of vessels
at American ports without licenses.
Trading with Germany is expected
to begin at once, three- ships for Ger
tnahy already having been loaded in
American ports. The shipping board]
has announced that it stood ready to j
establish steamship lines between'
American Atlantic and gulf ports and;
[lamburg and Bremen as soon as car- j
go< s are at the dock:.
Restrictions i ... in force affect j
trading between the United States and!
.Hungary and with those- sections of
j Russia controlled by the Bolsheviki,
Tin- importation of dyes, dyestuffs,!
i potash, drugs and chemicals which)
jhave !.<??!) manufactured in Germany,!
even if they have been transported;
elsewhere bfore being shipped to the j
i Unit? d States, is still forbidden ex-j
cept when individual import licenses j
are secured to cover foe movements.
The importation of wheat and wheat j
j fiour also is banned to protect the!
'government price guarantee on wheat!
I grown in the United States and the j
[general licenses do not cover impor
tation of sugar or tin. in pig or alloy, j
In rescinding the export conserva
j tion lisu the board called particular
attention to the fact that all regula
tiens which have been in force affect
ing the movement of coal and coke to!
Scandinavia and Holland have be?n
set aside, while the bunker licenses!
are extended to authorize vessels
ftying the flag of any nation to coal*in J
the United States for any port with
out any formalities. All of the Ii- J
censes are made effective from July
Quality always commands a price
and earns a profit cn production,
while inferior goods are a drug on
the market and to not sell for cost of
production. This is a lesson that the
tobacco farmers are having impress- i
eel upon them this season. Last sea
son anything that smeiied like tobac-J
co seid for good money, but this year
there is no demnad for trash.
A Triumph of
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ious
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And yet, the 4RoyaI Cord' pos
. sesses amazing buoyancy and life.
That's the secret of this famous
tire's success.
Har^iJ^ood^Jthtit means many
extra *miles, combined with the
luxury of easier riding.
Let us put 'Royal Cords9 on your
gax* They are the utmost in equip
finent?the finest tires in the world
2?
'Royal Cord'
one of the five
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Unite
are
We know United States Tires */e good tires. That's why we sell th
Anchor Auto. Co.
Smnter Motor Co.
W. G Rogers. Bisbopville.
B. C. Gflfis & Co., Reinheit.
W. CL Plowden?New Zion.
Farmers Supply Co.?Pinewood.
Wexlgefield Mercantile Co.?Wed;
jtiehj, _;_
D. H. Skinner. Elliott.
Geo. M. Hall. I,u. Know.
1. \. Griffin. Lyiichbur?
J)a!*e!i Mercantile <<>.. Dalzell.
H. tu Thomas?Mayesville
W. 1>. DavL?Suirimerton.
Auto Sales Co.?Bisbopville.
J. L. Giliis &- Co., Pvcmhcrt.
-inchor Motor'Co,
Cotton Consumed
In June
Census Bureau Says 474,407
Bales; Linters 15,037
Washington. July 15.?Cotton con
sumed during June was 4 74.407 bales
of lint and 15.037 of linters. the cen
sus bureau announced today.
In June last year 515.823 bales of
lint and 102.496 of linters were con
sumed. Cotton on hand June 30, in
consuming establishments was 1.364.
727 bales of lint and 261.961 of lint
ers. compared with 1.673.12? of lint
and 1 54.455 of linters a year ago. and
in public storage and at compresses.
2 783,141 bales of lint and 209 543
of linters, compared with 2.116.193
of lint and 285.785 of linters.
Cotton spindles active during June
numbered 33.(?43.405. compared with
33.675,285 in June last year.
Data on imports and exports was
incomplete, the bureau announced.
Statistics for cotton-growing States
show:
Consumed during June 258.919
bales, compared with 285.401 in June
last year.
On hand June 30 in consuming es
tablishments. 636,472 bales, compared
with 74 2.829 a year ago. and in pub
lic storage and at compresses 2,523,
726 bales, compared with 1,726,504 a
year ago.
Cotton spindles active during Jane
14.532.336, compared wiih 14,248,664
in June last year.
The Memorial.
(Columbia Record.)
I It will be a source of gratification
j to the people of South Carolina that
I the Memorial Commission created by
! act of the General Assembly, has de
\ termined to erect, in the form of a
! building, a memorial to those of the
! sons of the State who made the su
j preme sacrifice in the Great War fit
! ting and appropriate to stand as a
I tribute to these martyrs to the sa
cred cause of civilization, democracy
I and human freedom.
I The people of State, justly proud
of the noble part their sons and bro
thers performed in the struggle to
! crush the might of the Hun and of
I their glorious achievements on the
I battefield, will respond with patriotic
i enthusiasm and with the liberality
j their pride and reverence will engend
| er to the call soon to be issued for
I funds to supplement the appropria
j tion already made by the legislature,
j They, can look upon this opportunity
j to subscribe to so worthy and so sat
I isfying a cause only as a great priv
j ilege which comes not* to all and at
best once in a lifetime.
The plans of the Memorial Com
mission, as these have tentatively been
determined, call for the erection of a
I memorial building tot cost $500,000, of
j which the sum of $100,000 has been
j appropriated by the last legislature..
? The remaining $400,000, it is proposed
i shall be raised through public sub
| scription. Thus two purposes are
j served. The memorial to be erected
j can take such form as will be fitting
j to its high purpose. And every cit
| izen of South Carolina may have a
{ part, however humble, in the mag
| nificent tribute.
The act creating the Memorial Com
J mission and giving it authority to
I make use of the $100,000 appropria
' tion. provides that the building to be
I erected "shall preserve in marble or
j bronze or other imperishable form
i the names of all South Carolinians,
j whether soldiers, sailors, or other
workers in the cause of victory who
have given their lives as the supreme
j sacrifice in the winning of the war."
It is further provided that the building
I shall be the repository of books, man
uscripts or other records of the his
tory of the war. The commission has
very properly concluded that such a
building as the purpose for which it
is to be erected seems to dictate can
not be provided for less than $500.
000. This decision, we believe, will
meet with the* hearty approval of the
people of the State. No memorial that
we might erect to those who died for
us and for the preservation of civil
ization, can do them justice. In no
way will we ever be able to pay our
everlasting debt to them. But we can,
as a proud and a reverent people,
give expression of our gratitude, and
raise a memorial which will stand as
our tribute to oi.r martyred heroes
and of which we need not be ashamed.
Votes for Big Bond Issue.
The largest bond issue ever submit
ted in any county in Te....s and one of
the largest voted anywhere in the
country was ratified by a big majority
recently in Dallas county, Texas. It
provides $6.500,000 for a complete'
belt line around the county, with 12
roads radiating from Dallas to all sec
tions and 6 intermediate roads con-1
necting the radial highways. The
system provides for 3 32 miles of road,
and in addition feeder roads amount
ing to about loo miles will be im
proved by the decrease in maintenance
expenses. Federal aid amounting to
5250,000 had been allotted to Dallas
county for its highway development,
and it is expected that a large num
ber of motor trucks will be assigned
to assist in the construction work!
The favorable > ?seption of the big)
bond issue in this county is expected !
by officials of the Bureau of Public |
noads. United states department of1
agriculture, to have a favorable effect
on similar proposals elsewhere. Road
building in Texas is at high tide. State
highway engineers estimate that
more than $20.000,000 worth of roads
are now under construction.
-j
Mr. Eugene McCollum, Miss Lucile
Bracey and Mr. E. Turner White left
n Monday night for New York on a|
buying Trip in tin- interests of McCol
um Bros. They expect to be gone
ibout two weeks. Accompanying the
party were Miss Perth.. Chandler
-nd Miss Ruth Brooks who have re
cently opened a millinery department
?t McCollum Bros, store having tak
n over ;hat formerly conducted by
\Iisses Wade. Misses Chandler and.
Brooks will spend their time in New
York selecting fall millinery and re
turn with the rest of the party. Mr. j
White, who is a well known dry goods
man. will be connected with McCol- J
ium 3rcc. this season.
Daylight Saving
Will Continue
House Fails to Overrule Presi
dent
Washington. July H.?The daylight
saving plan, under which the clocks
of the country arc turned forward an
hour in March and moved back in Oc
tober, will be continued indefinitely
This was assured today when, fol
lowing President Wilson's veto of the
$33,000,000 agricultural appropriation
bill because of its rider repealing [}<<??
daylight saving act. the house failed,
by a vote of 247 to 135. to pass the
measure over the president's veto.
Strength mustered by the repeal ad
vocates was eight votes less than the
necessary two-thirds of the members
present. Party lines were disregarded
in the voting', members from agricul
tural districts, the source of the op
position .favoring passage of the bill
as originally enacted with representa
tives from the urban districts op
posed.
House advocates of the repeal said
tonight that no further effort would
be made at this session, perhaps not
in this congress which continues in
existence until March IS21, to wipe
out the act.
Senate leaders also indicated that
no action would be originated in that
body to repeal the measure.
Good Roads Save Money.
The improved roads of Milwaukee
county. Wis.. save $25,000 a day to the
people who use them. This is the esti
mate of the county commissioner of
highways, as reported to the Bureau
of Public Roads of the United States
department of agriculture. The sta
tistics are based on a census of the
traffic taken periodically during the
past four years. The census is made
by selecting 52 points scattered
throughout the county, and" making
seven counts at each point, one for
every day of the week. The eount is
not made on consecutive days, but at
various periods from April to Novem
ber, so as to arrive at average condi
tions. This census is taken to deter
mine the durability of certain types
of pavement, according to the amount
of traffic a square yard. It shows
that about 25,000 vehicles of all kinds
travel the highway each day. Traffic
on the road has increased about 42
per cent a year during the four years
in which the survey has been made.
Recruits For Navy
The Naval Appropriation Bill ap
proved June 11th provides in part,
that, until June 30th, 1920, enlist
ments in the Navy may be for periods
of two, three or four years with pro
portionate benefits upon discharge
and reenlistment. Enlistments for
two, three of four years are at the
option of the Recruits and enlist
ments may be made it. ny rating now
open for first enlistment. Those rat
ings open for men on first enlistment
include practically every trade and
schools in which to learn the trade
with the exception of machinists.
Men enlisting for two, three or four
years are entitled to extra pay for
reenlistment under continuous ser
vice,, extra pay for citizenship and to
two, three or four months Honorable
Discharge Gratuity respectively, if re
enlisting under Honorable Discharge.
Present war pay now permanent for
men during current enlistment for
all men enlisting or reenlisting prior
to July 1st, 1920, for the term of such
elistment or reenlistment. Enlist
ments for machinist must be for three
or four years.
For information apply at Y. M.
C. A., July 16-17.
More Seamen Strike
Increase Fails to Satisfy Em
ployees
New York, July 14.?The threaten
ed strike of men employed on vessels
controlled by the United States ship
ping board was called late today. Ac
cording to union officials 50,000 sea
men and thousands of stewards,
cooks and other employees joined the
ranks of those already -on strike in
the coastwise trade.
The offer of the shipping-board of
higher wages and shorter hours hi
port was duplicated- today by the
American Steamship Association
which control 75 per cent of the coast
: wise shipping but failed to bring
j about a settlement. *
j Shipping board officials will make
j another effort tomorow to reach an
I agreement with the strike leaders
?and end a situaton which is admit
j tedly having a serious effect on ; sea
j borne com mere*-. The principal bone
j of contention, the union heads say, is
; over the question of a closed shop.
! The outlook was made more threat
ening today when William S.; Brown,
I international president of the Marine
I Engineers, telegraphed from Buffalo
that his union had voted to join the
walk out if the demands of the strik
ers were not met.
The steamship association consent
ed today to meet the. offer of the ship
ping board, but asserted that ad
vances in wages at this time "will' in
evitably interfere with the upbuild
ing and maintenance of the American
merchant marine in the overseas
trade."
The association declared that wages
paid on American ships are higher
than those paid seamen anywhere:elSe
in the world but that the award* pi
the shipping board makes it obliga
tory on private owners to concede a
similar rate of pajr. . . .
Will Investigate "Soft Pork."
The problem of soft pork is one. of
the most important now confronting
the hog growers of the United States.
That a more definite knowledge of this
question might be available congress
has appropriated $20,^00 to be llised
by the United States department of
agriculture for a study of this'ques
tion. It is the intention of the ^de
partment to make a study' regarding
the effect of feeding both peanuts
and soy beans to hogs. Possibility of
hardening hogs fed on these feeds
will be looked into' to determine tfife
conjunction with other feeds and stijl
produce hard pork. The department
hopes by close study, covering a, large
number of hogs and several year'tf
time, to determine some .facts &htt
solve some problems that are how
facing the American farmer, becah^
of the reduced price paid at the cen
tral markets for hogs- supposed^
be soft. Many bf the'agricurturai.ex^
periment stations will cooperate' close
ly with the department in these
studies. ' ? . ... r
The road to Pocalla has been re
built by County Engineer MeLeUan
and it is now in fine condition. T?p
have a first class road to Poc&'la is a.
great comfort to the thousands "of
Sumter people who visit this resort
during the summer.
The Stateburg road is also being re
built and will soon be in first ~cla.sk
condition. An arrangement will rfce
made with a number of farmers Irv
ing on this road to drag it at regular
intervals and to keep it in good1 cott
dition after the road construction
force has completed its work.
maximum amount
How Much is <
Hour farm Worth
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m
Date of Sale
Aug. 31, 1918 .
Sept. 10, 1928 .
Sept. 11, 1918 _
Sept. 13, 1918 .
Sept. 14, 1918 _
Oct. 1, 1918....
Oct 9, 1918....
Nov. 19, 1918,.
May 7, 1919_
Owner
-C. O. Dixon, Esq
_H. N. Singletary,Esq.?
_ Du rant, Horton & Floyd
.Mrs. Mary J. Harrell?
_J. D. Coker, Esq
_F.L. & John Wilcox
.W. T. Wilkins, Esq..
.York Real Estate Co...
.Catawba Real Estate Co.
South Carolina farms ran fee
sold to better advantage now
than ever before. Crop values
in 1918 increased Ninety Mil
lion Dollars. Money is plen
tiful. There is a demand for
small farms. By subdividing
your farm or idle land we cari
sell it at auction for you quick
ly and profitably. Note tHe
prices brought by these South
Carolina Farms sold through
us. *
Location Ain't SeU Fir
Near Mullins, S. C_$42,999.16
u Lake City, S. C.._ 66,723.6*
" Manning, S. C. 35,294.62
" Darlington, S. C ._ 25,134.56
" Hartsville S. C_10,116 20
" Timmonsville,S.C._ 71,589.85
" Kingstree, S. C..._ 19,206.72
York, S. C.._.11,331 25
Rock Hill, S. C._17,500 00
If we can sell property satisfactorily for the other fellow, and hundreds of en
dorsement letters testify to that fact, dosen't it stand to reason thaVWe can
sell your land to advantage? In 1918 our total sales of Ninety-Seven Thous
and Six Hundred and Eighty-Eight Acres of Farm Land amounted to
Over five Million Dollars
We are completely equipped with an efficient corps of publicity I
experts, accurate surveyers, energetic auctioneers and sales force. ' ' T
Write today tor booklet explaining our methods.
Farm Lands Our Specialty
?Territory Unlimited
Atlantic Coast Realty Co.
"The Name That Justifies Your Confidence"
Petersburg, Va.-Greenville, N. C.
Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, Va. or Greenv?le, N. C