The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 26, 1919, Image 3
Chamber of Commerce
Notes
Secretary Reardon Discusses
Marketing Association
Selling of cotton, cotton seed. corn,
oats, peas. ho*:s. beef cattle, and oth
er farm products of a surplus nature
under the cooperative selling plan is
. ' again being agitated in Silinter. The
success of the Orangeburg Kar .; Pro
duets .Marketing Association, par
ticularly with regard io the selling of
cotton under the pooling plan has
aroused a number of Sumtcr county's
bankers, farmers, and merchants to
the importance of trying at least to
make the Farmers" Marketing Asso
ciation of Sumtcr county 'which was
organized in ID IS. but never mater
ialized, a real live business proposi
tion. Getting the right man t<? man
age such an association has been, an
is "still the trouble, but ??/fens are be
ing made along this particular line of
the proposed cooperative selling plan.
The above association was organ
ized in the spring of IfrlS and had
- about thirty-five hundred ^dollars cap
ital stock subscribed. An effort to
have thirty per cent of the stock paid
in resulted in six hundred and ninety
dollars being paid up which has been
in a local bank ever since. About
twenty-three hundred dollars, more
would be sufficient, if the rieht man
- ager is available, to start the busih? :- :
Frequent appeals, by letter and
" through newspaper publicity in 1918
failed to secure sufficient funds to
warrant a beginning. The fact.that
the association had no one experi
enced in the handling o? farm pro
ducts for intelligent ami profitable
marketing, arid preparation of same
for market, or to organize the farm
ers, and to educate a sufficient num
ber of the farmers in cooperative
marketing to make a beginning had
more to do with the failure of the
association than the scarcity of mon
ey if the truth be told.
There are three things necessary to
the success of such a plan:
First: Sufficient farm produce to
create a market. There is always
great demand for farm products of
all kinds. We now have sufficient pro
? ducts to make it ii teresting, financial
ff, for 4he right manager.
Second: Intelligent preparation of
farm products for marketing in mer
chantable, attractive, and marketable
shape. .Education of the farmers
along the lines of cooperative mar
keting.
Third: The business manager or
. salesman who knows where to find the
markets and how to sell the farm
products offered by the farmers. A
'man who can tell farmers how V
?;. prepare their products for intelligent
and business-like marketing without
- waste or deductions due to unbusi
ness-like preparation.
; That the time is now ripe for such
| a cooperative plan, is net doubtedTj
That the selling of cotton alone un
der such a plan would within itself
? pay the expenses of a first class man
*: ager and his necessary office force pro
vided that the cotton graders' head-,
?quarters be utilized as a branch of the j
cooperative selling association, seems j
: to be generally believed by. those who
have investigated the proposition.
. Revenues from selling cotton wou!
make possible the cooperative selling
of all other surplus products by th<
same manager and. business ?orce hi ?
the office.
The farmers could have their cot
ton sampled, graded, stapled, carded,
recorded and offered for sab- at the
same place, and if a hundred or one
thousand bales of cotton were offered
'for sale by an :experienci d cotton sell
er under the pooling or ?cooperative
plan, the farmers would be offering
their cotton in a much more busi
ness-like, intelligent, and profitable
manner than by "running the rrrar
ket" as th??y do now.
Each cotton seller now has the op
portunity, without cost, of finding
out what his cot I on grades, and a'--"
of knowing just what his cotton
ought to bring. And from a govern
ment cotton grader without interest.
Hut in as much as hundreds of cot
ton farmers are ??running the market"
and competing with each other in the
sale or offering for sale of thousands
of bales of cotton, and without any
j regular standard market price, why
! the cotton seller is at a great disad
vantage to shy the least i11 offering
i tor sale cotton that he does not know
j the market price of. Or at. least a
j majority of them do not know what
j i in- value of their - cotton is. Ami a
.majority do not take the trouble to
j Jind out. as 'hey can, without cost,
j what grades their cotton is.
j One trained, experienced'; competent
business man who knows what cotton
? ought to bring could get much more.
p< r bale, all around than hundreds of
j farmers 'trashing the market" and
j taking what is offered them.
I If ea<h farmer paid twenty-five
cents or even fifty cents pert bale to
1 have his cotton, cut, sampled, stapled,
graded, recorded, ami offered for
: sale, by grades and by market prices
j of grades instead of selling all grades
on a middling basis./many hundreds
of thousands of dollars would an
nually :>(.> saved by these cotton, sellers
beyond any doubt.
At tiie maximum price of fifty
cents, (and many believe that twen
tyrfivc cents a hale charged would
be ample for all purposes) the farm
er would save money because the time
alone wasted in "running the market"
and selling his cotton for what some
body else thinks it is worth, instead
of tor what the farmer ought to
know it i- worth, would amount to
at least fifty cents, if not more to
every farmer.
A cooperative selling association
would he : bio to put in a telegraphic
system of getting cotton market re
ports every thirty minutes just like
the cotton buyers and cotton ex
changes enjoy, and these wire re
ports could be given the farmers, or
used by the manager of the associa
tion in . selling the farmers' cotton
strictly on grades.
Tlie sane.- manager who handles the
cotton could also handle cotton .seed,
corn, oats, hogs, beef cattle, etc.. un
der the same business-like and in
telligent, time and money saving
plans. 11 has been done under the.
cooperative selling plan for years and
is still being done m many other
places. Why not in Sumtcr?
A reasonable commission would be
charged for handling and for selling
all products offered of course.
Seve ral business men of Vhtmtor and
?several farmers have had this matter
up with Secretary Reardon and Farn:
Demonstrator W'il?ams witliinythe
past two weeks. Efforts have been
indde to secure th-- right man who
can sell cotton and other farm pro
ducts in cooperation with the cotton
grading business; If such a mafi can
be secured then those who subscribed
for the stock of the association or
ganized in ISIS will be called to
gether at Chamber of Commerce and
requested to come across with the
dough, and what is lacking will be put
up by others.
Secretary Reardon said today that
the- right man will be given the neces
sary financial backing and coopera
tion, and a guarantee made of so
much for Iiis services for the first
year to warrant the "right man" in
underTakiii? his job.
The appearance of the sun yester
day afternoon put fresh hopes in the
hearts of County Agent .1. Frank
Wiiliams and Secretary Reardon 'hat
the proposed trip to the Pee Do<
Expei mental Station at Florence cat:
be made next Friday. July 25th, and
also increased their appetites for th<
delicious barbecued shoat. tie", ber
becued hash and gravy to "kiver" the
rice with, and other "substantia!s"
that the superintendent of tin- sta
tion is going to prepare provided the
Pee Dee River hasn't overflown and
drowned out all the shoats in that
section.
Mr. Williams is anxious to know by
tomorrow evening or early Thursday
morning who will make this trip je
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'Tfourcare for your health prompts
you to seek the skilled advice and
expert medical attention of a rep
utable physician. You can afford
to be no less careful in selecting
your druggist."
The doctor prescribes. We follow
his formula, but both he and his
patient must depend upon our
skiD and knowledge if proper re
sults are to be obtained.
Qualify Plus Accuracy
is cur watchword. You can accept, on our
word of honor, the assurance that these two
important demerits arc included in every
prescription we fill. In addition nothing but
the pur; drugs are used! Jf you value
these and wish the a ided service of
promptes , bring your prescriptions to us.
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CITY DRUG CO
automobiles and how many will be in
each car as the superintend* nt of the
station desires to know in advam
how many to prepare dinner for.
The superintendent has dim de ar
rangements to devote the entire day
to the Sumter County farmers in at
tractive, instructive, and profitable
I demonstrations of results in fertilizer
I applications, rotations, etc. He wants
the Sumter party to be there by ll
A. M.. if possible. As many as can
leave Sumter at !> A. M. in a body win
please meet at the Sumter Chamber
of Commerce prepared to go at tha?
hour. Those who prefer to go di
red from their homes or at a later
[hour are at liberty however t<? do so.
j Immense Peanut Crop
^lililon Bushels More in Sight
This Year Than Last
Washington, July 21.?:The Souths
peanut crop this year promises to be
a million bushels larger than last
year's. Forecasts nt" the crop in the
various states, just announced by the
department of agriculture, which
based its estimates <>n conditions ex
isting July 1. show a total crop of
55,531,000 bushels, compared with
54,434,000 bushels last year.
Alabama leads as a producer, grow
ing more than one-quarter of the
country's output, but her crop this
year shows a decrease of 1.700,000
bushels from last year's. All the oth
\ er peanut growing States east of the
Mississippi river, excepting Florida.
I also snow smaller crops this year.
I while tlie States west of the Missis
sippi?Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tex
as?show increases. Texas, with an
increase of almost 5,000,000 bushels,
makes this year's total crop lor the
{ country larger than last year's.
The country's peanut acreage this
j year is 1.73$.400 acres, a decrease of;
23 per cent from the acreage of last
year. Arkansas was the, only grow
ing State showing an increase in
acreage.
Production forecasts of the various
States follows:
I Virginia.4.795.000
North Carolina.5,498.000
South Carolina.629.000
j Georgia .-.9.979.000
Florida.5.336.000
Tennessee. 400,000.
Alabama . 14,708,000
Mississippi. 117.000
Louisiana. XI ,000
Texas.12.4 7^.000
Oklahoma. 550.000
; Arkansas . 936,000
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Lloyd George
Answers Critics
I Premier Takes Tart in Debate
j London. .July 21 (By the Associated
Press').? Premier Lloyd George re
! plied to his critics in the debate in
; the house of commons today on the
[second reading of the. German peace
[treaty and the Anglo-French conven
tion. His recent announcement that
the former German emperor would be
: tried before a tribunal in London had
created much discussion and several
members, including Lord Robert Ce
cil, expressed doubts as to the advis
ability of the trial being held in Lon
dpn. The selection of a neutral coun
I try for this purpose, it had been con
| tended, would have been better,
j The premier, in answer to this, said:
"What right have we to assume
I thai any neutral country could desire
jto be the see,;*, of such a trial? The
?.alms have sufficient confidence in this
I country that whoever conies here for
j trial will receive a trial equal to the
j highest traditions of the British na
! tion and there are no higher in the
j world.
[ "If war is to be abolished it must
j be treated, not as an honorable game
j with the prospect of personal glory.
! but .as a crime. That is why we de
I cided that the author of this war
should be tried.''
Another matter of extreme impor
tance which came up for discussion
was the Irish 'pies! ion. and to this
the premier devoted considerable time
j with numerous interjections by Jo
seph Devlin, Nationalist for Falls di
! vision of I Belfast.
J Sir" Samuel Hoare, Unionist for
Chelsea, warned the government that
some of the Unionist considered tie
j settlement of the Irish difficulty just
j as urgent as did the Irish members.
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Black Leg Disease
In Anderson County
Work of Inoculating Cattle Un
der Way,
Anderson; July 21.?C: S. Patrick
has been busy since Saturday morn
ing inoculating cattle against the
tread black leg disease. This disease
has appeared in two sections of the
county and as the disease is communi
? ?abb- it must !.?? handled ai once. The
serum is furnished by Clemson College
and to be checked at once should be
handled by an expert, ? e r the coun
ty demonstration agent or a vet< rinar
The symptoms ?f the disease
are drowsiness and lameness, later
black'Spots a paring on the legs and
shoijiders, which is. accompanied by
swelling. After this occurs the cattle
u ually die.
Swiss Will Vote Aye
Geneva, .Juy 21.- By-the Associated
I'ress).?A committee of Swiss ex
perts considering the league of na
tions adopted today a resolution fav
o.in:- Switzerland*s membership in
the League, by a vote of 2: to 2. Tie
;?...? :.);?? r>e VOles were east by So
. b ; members of the committee. A
? ?!? !????:? ii on joining the league wi!
?? held probably in September.
Washington. July 22r.?President
Wilson lias su-fficieotly recovered tu
da- from bis indisposition to resuma
ob coi fer? noes with Republican sen
ators?;ti the White Mouse, with?tx?
?bjectj'?n from his personal physician.
President Wilson went into roii.t'-n'ii^:
at 10 o'clock and hoped to till OtWei
? igagjements, which ho was forced
co ide-Zer 'esterday, because of a'a
?cut ' attack of intestinal trouble
Germans Sold Secrets
Officers Close to Hindenburg
Furnished Information for
Pershing
Washington. July 21.?A story of
the betrayal of the German high com
mand through the efforts of the Amer
ican military secret serviee and of the
orga-ni?ttion among German officers
of a vendetta aimed at the live*; of
the traitors was brought to light with
the arrival at Xew York today of "two
German prisoners of war consigned to
the director of military justice in
Washington. I). C."
According to information here, the
mysterious prisoners who landed from
the steamship Agamemnon under
heavy guard formerly were German
officers of high rank, occupying posi
tions of gr^ft responsibility under Von
Hindenburg. Before the inaugura
tion of the American offensives in
1918 operatives of the American mil
itary in justier corps prevailed upon
ihm. through inducements which
have not been divulged to deliver
plans of the German general staff,
covering the proposed movements on
:he western front, probable lines of
retreat, points at which stands would
be made and other detailed informa
tion of inestimable value.
With these Plans before him. (gen
eral Pershing was able to lay out his
campaign with great freedom and it
is believed that a result was to cut
the cost of the American advance
practically in half.
The German officers later surrend
ered themselves to the American
forces. Certain of their former as
sociates had become suspicious., how
ever, and are believed to have hand
ed together to mete out stern jus
tice. Utmost precautions were taken
even within the allied lines to pro
tect the informers, but as officials
believed thai as long as they were
kept in France their lives would be
in d'<:,ger. orders were given for their
transfer to this country.
Preparations for the moving of the
prisoners were kept a close secret and
it was only through the carelessness
of some clerk that they were included
in the roster of the Agamemnon when
she left France.
The plan was to'send the prisoners
to some isolated army post.by which
they would be given military protec
tion for a time. Eventually, it is sup
posed, they would have been permit
tee! to "escape" to some other coun
try, there to begin their lives anew.
Officials will not say whether or not
this plan can be safely followed now.
New York. July 21.?The two Ger
man prisoners who arrived here today
on the steamship Agamemnon were
in charge of a detail of 15 American
soldiers from the Fifth Division. They
spoke fluent English and were well
dressed in civilian clothes.
Although guarded night and day.
the prisoners were given consider
able liberty on hoard, being allowed
the privileges of first class quarters,
and conversing with any one they
chose.
Neither the guard or the other
passengers on the Agamemnon knew
the identity of the prisoners or why
'hey were being brought to America.
Pageant at Oxford
American Soldier Students Take
Part in Peace Celebration
(Correspondence of Associated Press)
Oxford, England, June 2".?It fell
to Oxford* to inaugurate England's
!?<? ace celebration with a joyful Victory
Pageant, and ^thirty-odd American
soldier students took part in one of
its most stirring episodes.
' Tin- Allies ami the British Empire"
wa sthe subject of the vast drama,
which was dedicated "to the valiant
living and the nobie dead who fought
to bring about the peace of the*
world."' The scene was the univer
sity's football Held, a huge lawn with
a "background of noble old trees.
Belgium. Serbia. France, Japan.
Italy and America were the Allies
represented, and the pageant laurels
fell to Japan and America. The Jap
anese scene was a cherry Blossom Ces
:iv;;l in which T^i children, wonder
fully arrayed, participated.
The American episode, a mixture of
history and allegory', was the signal
for the first martial note sounded by
the pageant, and :t stirred the big
crowd to a high pitch of enthusiasm.
"The Old Country and the- Xew.
1.496 and l?lT." the episode was
termed. The first scene represented
a pier of Bristol Quay and the depar
ture of the caravel to take John Ca
bot and his sons to the Xew World.
[n the next scene. "In 17." tue
American flag was depicted as waving
over the land the Cabots went to find.
Heralded by the Spirit of Freedom,
symbolized by a young English wo
man in a flowing white robe, America
joined hands with the Allies in resist
ing the common danger. Then a de
tachment of the [Tinted States army,
student soldiers, marched out on the
Held, with <>ld Glory waving in the
ivening breeze, a thrill of admiration
seized the spectators and they jumped
to their feet, cheering.
.A gay interlude was the Barr.hu rv
Revels, shov ing a country holiday of
the time of Queen Elizabeth and il
lustrating songs and dances of old
time Metric England. There were
M.-? polrs a nd a May Queen in scarlc
Iress and yellow hair of remarkable
length, who rod* a cork horse to
Ban bury Cross. Ii was a children's
frolic. In all. more than 2.000 ehil
ireu were seen in the pageant.
A notable scene was a Serbian vil
lage spinning meeting. ; featured by
l.ative songs and dances. The chief
?? ?! oi iners were Serbian students
?esjdent in < ?:ford.
Til-- pageant was concluded with a
rand march of war workers.
Berne. July 22.?Tt has been learn
d from reliable sources thai the new
Bavarian government is negotiating
vith Former King I.ad wie. who for
several months has been residing in
'alls Castle, at Zizers. the capital of
he canton of Grisons, for a legal
:ettlenien1 of his landed property in
lavaria. l! is said the former kin":
>os. ibly may he permitted to retain
me of his Bavarian castles a.s a
lace of retreat.
News From The Flood
High Water Mark Passed by
Rivers, Streams Will Be Re
ceding Today
Columbia. July 22.?Upper branch
es of Ihe San tee system had become
stationary yesterday after doing con
siderable damage to bridges and
crops throughout the water sheds
above Columbia due to heavy rains
of the last three days. The Wateree
at Camden continued high yesterday
and is expected to crest at 36 feet
early this morning. The Congaree
reached 20 feet at Columbia early in
the morning and remained stationary
throughout the day. It will be falling
today.
The Saluda at Chappells was rag
ing at 18.5 feet yesterday and will be
falling today, dependent upon no fur
ther rainfall. The Broad at Blairs
reached 18.4 feet and will be receding
this morning. The Catawba was 20
teet and practically stationary with
no further rise expected.
The tremendous rains in the cen
tral part of the State indicate an
amended crest stage of near 22 feet
at Rimini on the Santee by the 25th
and at Ferguson possibly above 17
feet by the 27th. No great loss of
livestock has been reported to the
weather bureau, but much damage
has been wrought to the lowland cot
ton and corn. More rain and general
unsettled conditions are predicted for
today, but not enough to cause any
great rise in the rivers, officials of the
weather bureau said yesterday.
Train service which was interrupt
ed by washouts and washed away
trestles Sunday was almost normal
again yesterday. The Seaboard re
ported all damages repaired and
trains practically on schedule. Some
1 fear was held for the bridge over the
Wateree near Camden. but it is be
lieved, now no damage will be done.
The Southern is detouring trains by
Blackvilie while the trestle near
Childs, which was carried away by the
waters Sunday, is being repaired. The
Coast Line has repaired damaged
[ tracks near Childs and trains are run
ning normal. Xo further damage is
expected unless heavy Vains begin fall
ing today.
jMemorial Commission
Meeting
?Plans for Memorial Fund to Be
Discussed
Columbia. July 22.?Members of
the executive committee of the South
Carolina Memorial Commission will
meet in Columbia this morning to for
mulate some plans relative to the
campaign to procure funds for the
proposed memorial to commemorate
South Carolina's part in the great war.
Members of the committee are: Form
er Governor R. I. Manning. Dr. Reed
Smith and Mrs. F. S. Munsell.
Douglas. Ariz., July 22.?Employ
ment of foreign labor in Sonora,
Mexico, is limited to twenty per cent
of employed force under a law pass
ed at the recent session of the State
congress of Sonora. This is revealed
in t^ie publication of the law by El
tiepo. a Cananea newspaper, copies of
which reached here today.
Paris. July 22.?The American re
lief administration has received a
message from Major Joseph G.. Green,
who is in charge of the Armenian re
lief work, saying that the Georgian
government has placed an embargo on
supplies passing through Georgia for
tin* Armenians.
Overcome While in Surf
John Pope, Of Columbia Dies
Off Station 24, Sullivan's
Island
Charleston, July 21;?John Pope,
of Columbia, was overcome with what
(is believed to have been heart failure,
1 while in the surf, at Sullivan's Island
i yesterday afternoon, and succumbed,
j long sustained efforts to resuscitate
i him proving in vain. The remains
j will be sent to Columbia this evening.
Mr. Pope was enjoying the surf
j with relatives and friends and they
i were using a float, which got a bit
too far out. It is thought that over
j exertion on the part of Mr. Pope in
j trying to get his party back taxed, his
heart too severely. The two ladies
with him were promptly rescued and
? he was given aid at the same time,
being under water only a short while,
i but he was beyond help when brought
1 to the bcaeh. The accident happened
I about 6 o'clock- Several physicians
I attended the stricken visitor. Mr. Pope
j had come here to spend his vacation
j with relatives, it is understood.
Riot in Norfolk
Four of Wounded in Riot in Vir
ginia City are Negroes.
Detective Hurt.
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j Norfolk, July 21..?Six persons -were
shot, according to the police, during
a clash between whites and negroes.
j in the negro section of Norfolk late
'tonight. Four of the wounded wer
?' negroes.
Patrolman C. H. Sheldon was shot in
the foot and Detective B. C. Vick re
I ceived a bullet in the leg while try-,
i ing to arrest the negroes. Two of
! the negroes were' probably fatally
j hurt. The trouble started when the
; police attempted to arrest negroes
fighting among themselves. They re
isented the interference and were join
i ed by other negroes. In a few minutes
j there was shooting in several places
i in the negro district. . '
j Tonight marked the opening of a
jweek of festivities to celebrate .the
j homecoming of negro troops and dur
j ing the trouble the police closed a
(street carnival held in connection with
': the celebration.
j Fire in Kentucky |
j Business Section of Marion
Wiped Out
? Louisville. July 22.?The business
I section of Marion, Ky.. was wiped out
I by a fire which started early this
! morning. The damage is estimated
! at one hundred thousand.
The crops on the State farm near
i Ha good have been seriously damaged
by flood, a large part of the swamp
land having been under water for
several days, according to reports
! brought in yesterday afternoon by
[residents of the Rembert section,
j These gentlemen stated that the roads
at Ballard Hill and vicinity were al
most impassable, yesterday afternoon
and that it was with the greatest dif
ficulty that they made the trip to
town in their cars.
The next enterprise that City Coun
! cil should undertake for the benefit of
the municipality is a city abattoir.
Several of the towns in the up-coun
.Tt^?notably Greenville and Green
woo(!-^re. operating them success
fully. ^^P*"'~~^<i??p!
The Lieutenant Governor
of North Carolina
USES AND ENDORSES
Our Service
HEAD his letter reproduced below:
O. Mit '.!j^a?r. Pf?W?5t
S. S R0711?. Vioe-Pr?*i<leot
V C. Qtlffls, SwTtarj
THE BOARD OF TRADE
SHELBY. N. C
October 16tb, 1918
Atlantic Coast F.ealty Co.
Petersburg, Va
Sirs.
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previous to the sale. There was nothing sensational or exciting
about your methods and tn* nubile was ?'?a.-el ?ith the manner in
which the sale was handled. I unhesitatingly recommend ycur com
pany as being absolutely reliable and thoroughly efficient in tna
line of work in which it is engagei.
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CJ4S/M
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