The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 23, 1919, Image 3
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THE MILK-DRINKING HABIT.
- The. milk boom is growing, aided
by health workers and the United
States Department of Agriculture. The
government is doing its educational
work by means of lectures, moving
pictures, charts and demonstrations.
It is carrying the instruction to fac
tory groups, to the crowded sections
in big cities, to the rural school, in
fact, to people of all ages and classes
and nationalities in all parts of the
country.
An Illinois factory has recently
.- \iopened its doors to milk vendors who
?:-go through twice a day at 10 and 3
o'clock, with sweet milk and butter
milk. A considerable number of the
men have developed the habit of
buying a pint each time and drink- J
ing it as a between-meal lunch. The
? foreman states that the men have
?*y gained in efficiency, that they are in j
fcetter health-and more contented and
even-tempered since this custom was
introduced.
A department store in .Connecticut
distributes half-pint bottles of milk
among its employees twice each day.
Straws are furnished with the bottles
sovthat the milk will not be taken too
rapidly. The employees pay for the
milk, but the price is moderate, no
effort being made by the company to
make profit on the sales.
In Michigan a special effort is being
made to insure every growing child
having all the milk it needs. Re
cently parents of under-nourished
children were asked to send three
cents a day to the school for a 10
o'clock lunch of milk and a slice of
bread and butter. The parents re
y sponded well; only five out of a large
number of under-nourished young- j
sters were fed at public expense. All!
soon showed a marked improvement!
in health. !
It's a fine habit to cultivate, espe
cially in children who need this vi
talizing food for their proper nourish
ment and growth. There will be less
. tuberculosis abroad in the land when
there is more milk-drinking.
COMMUNITY MACHINES.
Community ownership of farm ma
chinery is growing in favor, especial
ly as concerns such types of ma
chine as are used infrequently or only
for short periods.
r The members of one farm bureau
in Oswego county, X. Y.. joined in the
purchase of a lime-spreader. The
farm owners use it in rotation, turns
being decided by lot, and non-mem
bers can rent the machine for twen
ty-five cents per acre to be spread.
The use of lime in large quantities
is coming to be recognized as of the
greatest value for sour, heavy soil, it
is often neglected because of the
time and labor required to spread it
without the aid of some mechanical
device, and the individual hesitates
to put the money into a spreader just
for his own use.
The community purchase settles
this problem for a whole neigh
borhood without excessive expense to
any member, and then- is much farm
machinery which if purchased in this
manner will result in profit to all the
shareholders.
FOOD AT FAIR PRICES.
The government turned down .''11
the bids submitted for the army food
supplies recently offered, because they
were too low. The highest of them
were only about half as much as the
Wrar Department itself paid for the
goods.
There is certainly no reason why
millions of pounds of smoked bacon,
canned beef, corned beef hash, etc.
should be sold at such a sacrifice; for
the prices paid by the department,
high as they may have been jf
judged by wholesale standards, were
low compared with current rccail
prices. The department accordingly
has decided upon a way by which it
can get its money out of that surplus
stock and at the same time confer
a benefit on the public.
The goods are now offered directly
in the open market, without bidding.
The only condition, it seems, is that
they will not be sold at less than cost.
This condition, it seems, is being met
by many offers, one of the first of
which came from the mayor of Bal
timore, asking for $2,500 worth o(
canned meats and vegetables at actual
cost to the government, to be retail
ed at cost to the people of Baltimore.
This offer was accepted, and the War
Department promptly declared its
willingness to sell any or all of the
remaining stock on the same terms. It
would rather dispose of the goods in
this way for public distribution than
sell them to private interests to be re
tailed at a profit.
Here is an unusual opportunity for
any enterprising city o?* public insti
tution or group of public-spirited cit
izens to help meet the cost of living.
LAxrangements for the purchase of
i the goods can be made by commun
icating with the "surplus property of
ficer*' of the War Department at the-j
nearest zone supply office. There is]
one in Boston. New York. Philadel
phia. Baltimore. Newport News. At
lanta, Chicago. St. Louis. New Or- i
t I
j leans. El Paso. Fort Sam Houston,
I Omaha and San Francisco. Or in
j quirers may deal directly with the
"subsistence branch of the surplus
property division," Municipal Build
ing, Washington, D. C.
ROOSEVELT ON THE LEAGUE.
There has been considerable specu
lation of late as to what position
Theodore Roosevelt would have tak
en with regard to the peace treaty,
and particularly the League of Na
tions covenant, if he jkere living to
day.
It is impossible, naturally, for any
living man to say precisely what he
would have thought of the document
as it is drawn. As to his views on
the main principles involved, there
does not seem-to be any occasion for
doubt.
Mr. Roosevelt had written a great
deal in favor of a world federation
before the. war. In October. 191??,
three months after the war broke out. j
he wrote, an article for the New York
Times which includes these passages:
"The one permanent move for ob
taining peace which has been suggest
ed with any reasonable chance of at
taining its object is by an agreement j
among the great powers, in which
each should pledge itself not only to
Abide by the decisions of a common
tribunal, but to back with force the
decision of the common tribunal."
"The nations (members of the
League) should agree to certain rights
which shoud not be questioned, such
as territoril integrity, their rights to
deal wi'h their own domestic affairs,
and such matters as whom they should
or should not admit to residence and
citizenship within their own border-?."
Recommending, as part of the
League organization, "an amplified
Hague court," he maintained that
member nations should "agree not
only to abide, each of them, by the
decision of the court, but all of them
to unite with their military forces to
enforc ihe decree of the court as
again any recalcitrant member, j
Under these circumstances it would
be possible to agree on a limitation
of armaments which would be real
and affective."
As for the resu-ts which might
reasonably be Expected from such a
League: .
"It would be impossible to say that j
such an agreement would at once j
and permanently bring universal j
peace, but it would certainly mark*!
an important advance. It would cer- !
tainly mean that the chances of war j
were minimized and the prospects of
confining and regulating war im- \
mensely increased. Such a scheme j
will mean that at la~t a long stride has j
been taken in the effort to put the col- j
lective strength of civilized mankind j
I behind the collective purpose of man-]
kind to secure the peace of righteous- j
ness, the peace of justice, among the ?
I nations of the earth."
"Ecachmaii & LeGrand, Architectural i
rimi in Greenville.
(Greenville Piedmont.)
Announcement was made yesterday!
of the formation of a new architectur
al firm in Greenville. Beachman &
LeGrand, with offices in the Finlay
building. The firm is composed of
James i>. Beachman and Leon Le
Grand. both of whom have for several
years past been employed in the ar
chictural department of J. E. Sh
rine's business here.
Mr. Beachman is the son of William
C. Beachman. He attended Clemson
College and the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, and has had eight years ex
perience in general architecture. For
two years he was employed by Russel
Eason Hart, architect of Nashville.
: Mr. LeGrand is originally from
! Sumter. but has been a resident of
i Greenville sine*- his completion of the
architectural course in Clemson in
I 1915.
i Associated with the firm will be
Eugene W. Beachman. graduate in
architecture from Georgia "Tech" ami
j the University of Pennsylvania.
I Th<- firm has contracts at Greer, and
j will maintain temporary branch of
I fice there.
? A post card, dated in Paris, from
I Mr. Clifton Moise who has been in
(France for the past ten months with
j the .Jewish Welfare Work, states that
?he would sail for borne on the 15 th.
j It is reported that the ferry at Cam
! den was put out of service yesterday
by the high water, and travel between
(this city and Columbia will be sus
pended on this route until the flood
I subsides.
The water was still rising on all the
j rivers in the State at noon today and
j there is some apprehension that there
may be a repetition of the flood con
ditions that prevailed in 1916. if the
rains continue in the up-country for
forty-eight hours longer.
Cotton Market |
LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 34 3-4.
Strict Middling 34 1-4.
Middling 33 3-4.
Strict Low Middling 31 3-4.
Low Middling 29 1-4.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yes'td'y?
Open High Low Close Close
jOct . . 35.85 35.SS 34.SO 34.91 35.70
Der. . ' 35.92 35.95 34.92 35.02 35.70
I Mch . . 35.60 34.76 34.S3 35.45
NEW ORLEANS.
! Jan . . 35.50 35.50 34.62 35.31
Mch . . 35.4T, 35.45 34.?S 34.69 35.25
O?t . . 35.40 35.40 34.4S 34.49 35.29
Dec . . 35.40 35.40 34.50 Sl.r.3 35.26
The market was irregular today
caused from bad reports from foreign
exchange. Livermore was a big sell
er in the market today. Wc are still
exceedingly bullish on the market
and look for much higher market.
Frank H. Barrett
Pretty Weding at Sumter.
On the evening of the Wth inst.
Miss Louise Barton*, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wade H. Barton, was mar
ried to Mr. Joe Barl Gibson by the
Rev. Jno. A. Brunsen.
Among the guests were Mrs. James
Pagan. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Neyle of
Eureka. Misses Alice and Nan Martin.
Misses Mannic and Hattie Barton, of
Greenville.
After the ceremony a. delicious
course luncheon was served and de
lightful music was rendered by Misses
Neyle, Iva Barton and others.
The happy couple went immediate
ly to Greenville and from there to the
mountains of North Carolina to visit
friends and relatives. After somp'
weeks Mr. and Mrs. Gibson will be at
home at Cloverdale.
Homicide at Denmark
Denmark, July 17.?Two negroes
were killed and three whit" men
wounded, two of them dangerously, in
a shooting scrape here late this aft
ernoon between a. white man and one
or two negroes. The dead arc Agent
Brown and George Stevens, negroes.
Carroll Mobley, white, about 20
years eld, has two bullets in his breast
and a third in one of his arms and is
not expected to live through the
night.
Henry Murray Bay. 22 years old.
son of Sheriff S. G. Bay. was shot
through the neck and is paralyzed
from the waist down. His condition i.
also critical.
J. Ralph Thompson, white. 25 years
of age and unmarried, had an arm
shattered by a bullet. His condition
is not serious. All three of the young
men will be taken to a hospital in Co
lumbia on the early morning train.
Thompson is an employee of the tele
phone company.
The trouble arose out of a case in
court between the two negroes. In tin
trial Stevens was charged with steal
ing some watermelons from Brown
and Carroll Mobley was a witness for
Stevens. When court adjourned this
afternoon, with the trial unfinished.
Brown and Iiis brother -in-law. Ozell
Anderson: left the court room first and
one of the negroes was heard to re
mark. "We'll get him yet.'* In the
er>urt room were 35 or 40 white peo
ple. These came out alter th" ne
groes, and Mobley crossed the street
toward the negroes, when Brown
opened fire. Mobley.dashed back to
ward the street, with Frown continu
ing firing. Mobley took refuge be
hind a tree and drew his pistol and
shot Brown dead. In the meantim*
Brown hud shot Bay, Thompson and
Stevens. Anderson is micsing tonight,
but is being searched for. as eye wit
nesses claim thai Anderson had Part
in the shooting .
Both of the negror- were middle
&ged. each being about 35 to 40 years
old. Stevens was employed" by the
American Telephone Company.
Patrone, of thes^ Sumter Lighting
! CompanyNwho arc dependent upon i;
for power are hopeful that the City
Council is making every possible effort
to obtain the equipment necessary to
put the plant in good condition at
the earliest possible date. The city
takes charge of the plant on Septem
ber 1st. and as is well known the
plant is now kept in running condi
tion only by main strength and the
special knowledge of the weak points
of the outfit possessed by Manager
Moses and his assist a Tits. If the city
does not make haste in obtaining new
j machinery the city is likely to be in
darkness and the establishments that
[are operated by, electric power fur
I nished by the Lighting Company may
j have to-shut down. The situation
that confronts (lie community is quite
serious and no effort should be spared
to have the plant rehabilitated at the
j earliest possible day.
! Valdivostok. Friday. July IS.?Ma
\ j<fr General Graves, commander of
American expeditionary forces in Si
i beria and Roland i'.. Morris; Ameri
!<-an ambassador to Japan, left this
j morning for Omsk.
I ? >li i ??i? I IIM_IJ. u
; MILK COWS FOB SALE?Having
I sold my farm. I am offering my <-n
' tire herd of dairy cows for sale,
eitlmr as a herd or as individuals.
This is an yh usual opportunity to
g<-t high grade, big producing cows.
that have been proven satisfactory
; in every particular. Also dairy
equipment for sale. G. I*. * >stoen.
; Sumter, S. C.
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'WANTED?To haul your tobacco to
Sumter. Any quantity. For rate
Phone 372?J. Parrish Dray Line.
BEEHIVES AM) SUPPLIES?I have
lately received a few Georgia made
hives and fnames?8 and lu frame
size. Also on hand sections and
foundation for comb honey. N. G.
Osteen, 32Q W. Hampton Ave.
BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity
large or small Am paying best
cash price. See me if you have
any, N*. G. Osteen.
If yuu have cotton to :^elS, see us, it v/ijj pay you.
If you have fertilizer or fertilizer materials to huy it will pay
you to sec us before you buy, Cash or approved collateral
9 West Liberty Street
Loss Up in Thousands
Great Devastation on Individual
Farms in Orangeburg and
Darling!on Counties
Columbia. July 19.? There is no
doubt in th^ mind of A. C. Summers,
chief chemist of the State department
of agriculture, thai trona potash from
the Searles Lake deposits of California
j has ruined thousands of dollars of
'growing crops in South Carolina.
Some day- ago he made a preliminary
report after an investigation made a
the invitation and reques< of Bright
j WlUiamson of Darlington. AI tha'
time there was no doubl in Dr.
Summer's mind thut the cause of tfc
[death >r the growing crops was sou*<
element in the potash. A s>u, ;quen
visit has strengthened his belief. :.
"ii the occasion of his second vis-:
Dr. Sumers had photog phs made of
a number of fields which had n
ruined. Ln soph- places ii was found
i that this potash had such marl -
j cd injurious effects, and Dr. ru
in ers has found that such a. condi
tion was due to the fact that th
! potash in some localities contained
more borax than in other:.-.
I The chemical laboratory has p..-??\
a careful analysis of samples :???.???
I from th<- potash that was used in
: Darlington County and Dr. Summers
finds *,hat there is a considerable per
centage of- borax which i* a known
poison to plant life, and is unques
tionably responsible for the damage.
I On the farm of Alex Me.?><??'? in Dar
lington County the damage, according
to Dr, Summers' estimate, is around
$20,000. ETe has oJco found coticider
j able damage to have been done t<
I farms in Orangebtirg County and
j the Morgan Boy testen plantation at
Springfield he thinks the damage wil
i run as high as $30.000. Jake Stro
! man and other farmers of Orange
burg County have been damaged b:
the us* of_ this potash.
I Dr. Summers states that the negrc
tenant farmers use this potash fei
[washing powd< rs and say that it beats
? "Red Devil lye.'? In some places
! where tit-? potash has b? en used anr
j 'he crops ruined, the farmers say that
it. was done by "that Peruna potash."
Reports from North Carolina indicate
that many farmers in thai State also
have received serious damage from
! the use of this potash,
j In going over Darlington County,
I Dr. Summers was accompanied by J.
H. Napier, county demonstration!
agent, who has been in conference!
I with Mr. Wi'iamson about the effects
of the potash. Mr. Napier has very
decided ideas himself a'.; to the re-j
I sponsibility for the loss of th< crops.
Pari?. July 19.?The supreme
council of the peace conference tod . y
discussed the disposition of two hun
dred and forty thousand Russian pris
oners of war who ar< stiil in Germany.
There prisoners were held bv Ger
many at the request of the allies af
ter signing ot the armistice and b ?.ve
bren fed at the expense of th : entente
powers .
12
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All roils developed 10 c: parks
20c up; prints 2 l'-2c-4c-5c; enlarging
^?r?c up. Specialists?we do nothing
but kodak finishing. All work guar
anteed to please. Eastman Kodaks,
Films, Supplies.
Columbia Photo Finishing Co.,
till Taylor Street,
Columbia. S. C
From the time we PC ru: c our
paper in Ih" morning until sleep
curtains our eyes at higiil good
eyesight brings to us our ir.'.l
3 meed of en joy men' I i v? ar
!cye museics no lonfter fo< us
Life's moving picture upon your
eye's retina our experienced op
tometrist will examine your
eves and we'll fit you with per
fect glasses.
Daylight Saving S'krk
A Good Friend.
i A good friend stands by you when
Renewed Attempts of Repubil-lin need. Surater people tell how
, r, i r- ., j Dean's Kidney Pills have stood the
cana to Repeal rail .
Washington. July IS.?Renewed at-! lj- xV- Vogel, prop, furniture store,
tempts of House Republican leadcrsjof '"" EJ Liberty St.. Sumter endors
to repeal daylight savin:; through ajed Doan's eleven years ago and again
rider to the 19S9 agricultural appro-[eomirms the story? Could you ask
oriation bill were defeated in the * tor more convincing testimony?
house today when Republican Qppc- "1 suffered with kidney trouble and
Dents of repeal joined with the Dem-;pains through the small ot" my back
?crats. in voting to eliminate the rc-7>;everal years ago." says Mr. Yo
peal provision. Immediately after- jgeL "Sometimes I would be so
wards, without c. dlsczriiius vole, the j bad. I cculd hardly i toop -over,
agricultural bill ?caiTving $33.900,000 j^y back was weak and I had to give
passed and sent to the senate.
! up work several times. I tried many
Final action on the daylight saving,
... ., ..a i ? different kidney lemcdies, but they
sharp p< itical clashes :? both houses?tltdn'i do me any good. At last I
and in committees. Democrat??, in- read about Doan's Kidney Pills arid
eluding those favoring repeal, refused 1^ SQmc a| y ... VhitYm:,Q^ ACtcr
to ioin in making the '??peal rider in]
order and in ??v,oiv*u? the floor at-l osing one box. all the pains disap
tacked the RiepuTtfieans as "playing peared and six boxes in all cureaVmc/'
i l>eli'i*! Mr. Vogel gav?. the above stater
j Republican leaders. however; insist-: -^ F?bruary s, 190$ and over ten
:-d that tin- rider alone would assure i
parly passage of the agricultural :-^:r:: -',lcr- or 011 February 11, 19LV,
iwhich Democrats : ?d was certain to pic added: "I still have great faith in
vetoed again bj "f Mertt U'il ?nvjxjoan's Kidney Pills. JPhey certainly
i if it included the repeal provision, i, - , . r . r
_ _ have O'.'iic me worlds of good and I
W- i? ? t t> 31 am glad to confirm the ^'r.tement I
atkins Leaves Board ?, .. ,omc tinic agc?,
! Columbia. July IS.?Judge il. \ Price 60c- 'at 1(11 balers/ Don't
[Watkins. of Andereon. win. v.m.: nom-;Stmply as!: for a kidney remedy?get
I inated several days ago b> President |Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
j Wilson as Chited States judge of the!Mr> yo?cl had< Fosfer-Milburn'Co.,'
{Western South Carolina Circuit, has?
j resigned his membership on the j -ufgrs., Buffalo. X". Y.?Advt. (70)
Board of Chariti s and Corrections, j_
? Governor Cooper tonight appointed ?
? as in:, successor Harry h. Watson, of | Old Point Comfort. Ya.. July 19.?
j Greenwood president and editor of {The vanguard of the Paoiiic fleet sail
it he Index-Journal the daily paper pub-!''! at 8.30 tins morning bound for the
j hshed at Greenwood. Mr. Watson's j-western coast, via tie- Panama Ca
lappointment is considered an ideal onej.nal. No unusual ceremonies marked^
las he is not only one of the leading j the departure of the six superdread
uewspaper man of the State, but is ( naughts and thirty destroyers and
deeply interested in the serial develop- j tenders, which are leading Iho'way for
:neni of Ike soc-ological problems be-; the two hundred naval craft assign
fore South Carolina. W. .1. C. l ed to Pacific waters. ?
? AT SERVICE.
EooseveJ* Is himself a Champion Show Horse and the
sire of Champions. His performances in the show ring
and bis progeny have made him famous" throughout the
middle West and South, and even in Cuba where the
president of thai is?;mr> rxmght and imported one of
1 Roosevelt's finest colts.
The following mdhiduals arc only a r<w of the Koos**
veil horses known to fame: Lena Oidson, Princess Lb.
The Smneror, Teddy Pepper, Oriana, Alicare, Daphne.
Peter Pan, and Lord Ncvi?c.
Roosevelt was sired by Bourbon Kings t he mos! famous
saddle horse sire living?or that has ever lived?his dam
was Ladv Houston by Blue Jeans.
He is ready for inspection and for service at