Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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???ttiB-"ri? advance. first izrsertoia ?_;..$i.oe] insertion _ .50, ?fbr three inonths or long-) mad.* at reduced rates. will be charged for aents. and . tributes of. respect *?ge& for. uter ; Watchman was found atcci the True Southron in he Watchman and Southron 'the combined circulation and ot $cth of the old papers, ml^estly the best advertising * ?fa Sonter. ^^vative business men never j^lterstand. Samuel Gompers. At ^".JSontreai . Convention . the man '^.'/to keep his salary from being "from ,$10,000 to $12,000 a year. * * * ?H^whjax the San Francisco con would do about. prohibition, i Wilson replied that he had nfidence in the "sober jtfdg the delegates. . If their judgment is thorough tiwhat will they do about it? stwi ?CT J<S& PAPER-SATING ie ways to conserve print ;curtamn^ of accounts of j and distressing news items ccms??eration. It -may-1 bef to. report a^murder, iit& w&e?ier It is sec .all tl3e details of the fife of j", a^d of his murderer, es-] ?a in a recent notori | those details reek -rith rot pecsfcns 0. morbid mind .may ired to buy metropolitan sheets m sifch lurid stuff, but there of'people who prefer good, ^wholesome news tersely told, the paper brave enough to id aga*iist devoting its c?l iecency. is Jie. soul of wit. In such these' if is also the soul of and a healthy public ry people have an impression 'the- water-power bill passed by j | jrsss in the -last session has fail to become .a law because of a ret veto''. This, as appears from mt White House statement is Cas3. The bill was one of |1 ^passed during the last week of session, which the President an '^eujiced at the time he could not hecaus<i there was not time left which, to study them properly. \ the attorney-general gave, a for opinion to the effect that the int had the usual ten-days per if he wanted to sign them, even ; Congress has adjourne d The j Slcnt thereupon affixed his signa- j to this water-power bill and some] te others. i?s is a fortunate thing for the r. The measure is one of the important pieces of legislation-} it through by Congress in many years. It marks the end of a period of more than decade during which r-jjpwer development was held y question's of federal and state and disputes between and private interests. The na-j as a whole seemed clear about matter, but the conservationists could get nothing done. Sow the vex ed problem is settled at last, and the' ^solution apnears to be a sound one, agreeable to present popular theories of administering national resources. TitlevOf water-power sit?s rests with .the federal government, and it is-to r obtain rent for the use of them, butj .. private enterprise is enco iged to go ahead. As soon, then, as crejdit relaxes a little and money is available to put into new ventures, and sufficient build ;ng materials can be obtained, it may be expected that development will start on a big scale, and hundreds *ot thousands of horsepower in the form of "white coaT* will be turned to the use of indnstry. This is a pros -pect that should not be lost sight of amid pessimistic discuss'cns cf the failure of present fuel supplies. CITY AND COUNTRY RE-UNTTEI) The automobile brings new and dif ficult problems in the laying out and paving of streets and the handling of street traffic, but it brings its great compensations; Chief among them, perhaps, is its decentralizing of cities. At a time when urban populations are increasing so tremendously, when cities already far too large are grow *g larger at a bewildering rate, the automobile takes? the vast mass of hu manity aud scatters it through the outlying parts of the city and far into! the suburbs. But for a. this easy, con^ortahle, elastic means of transportation; the big cities would-W'congested in.coiu pariSLbiy worse than they are. ; With t^eni, a V^^^?^^?^ml^h^ other wise: he crowded into ton square miles may oe spread through a hundred, in stead of one compact city, there is the parent city or metropolis, and a group of dependent cities, growing continually in number and extend ing farther from the center. Boston, perhaps, is the best example in Amer ica. Every city, though, from New [York down to the modest community of a few thousand souls, shows the same tendency. j Thus the flow of population to the cities is checked and counteracted. City folk came from the country; nuw they are going back just as far into the country as they . _ in get. And though they may seem to remain city folk, it is not altogether so. Re establishing contact with the country, they not only relieve the city of con-] gestion and benefit themselves in [ health. They are drawn again, little' by little, into the rural life, and the j rural life itself is modified and im-| proved by Iheir presence. Old limits and prejudices of city and country) disappear. And the all-conquering motor car, more than, anything else has done it If the business men of this city and the farmers of Sumter county fully] understood the plans and objects of I the South Carolina Development! Board they would get solidly behind] it and have, a share in making it a ] success. They 'have in ,?the past four! pears given many thousand dollars to j nelp various worthy causes without j hope or expectation of deriving one lent of direct benefit themselves. rhe Sou*h Carolina , Development Board is a worthy cause and its firm establishment a.nd the successful ex ecution of its programme means the Jeveloprnent of tne iState- and the [inancial independence and prosperity )f all lines of biisiness.especially farm- j ng, this state's paramount industry. >wing to the -high price of eggs, thickens are being; raised in the apart nent houses of Paris- Going to es ablish a flat rate? \ * " * * All rents are high, but probably the nost expensive variety .is the one in rour last pair of trousers. * * ? * A good many people who call them ;elves 100 per cent Americans are ivilling to settle on a fifty per cent sasis. * * * "Milk Producers Form Company" according to a news report Have^ sven the cows caught the spirit of the] times? * * * 1 A big New York bank announces; hat the country is^ now panic-proof, j 3ut is it fool-proof? . | * * * Penal institutions, it seems,' have heir code of courtesy. A prisoner .erying a three-year term in a Sou'th i'rn reformatory was pardoned so hat he could be released to serve a :en-year term in a federal prison. * * * The packers explain that beef has jone up because hides have gone lown. Were more interested in food than we are in Shoes If there must | be a see-saw .arrangement, let 'erri j send hides up and meat down. Necessaries of life are said to be going up again. A good many people had a hunch that the recent much advertised drop in the cost of living would drop on them pretty bard be fore they got through with it. " > * * President Wilson announces that he has no preference for the Demo cratic nomination Now let Colonels House and Bryan speak up. ;*?** ' / Political note: A few men can nom inate a candidate, but it takes a good many to elect him. , * * * , Two good remedies for , political despair: Work in a garden and go fishing. * * * The farmer's the lucky man. He has his place in the sun. Popples. A characteristic of the corn poppy, beside its brilliant scarlet coloring, Is the large size of-its two outer petals, which hide the lesser pair until the bower has opened. Popples of Flan ders,' he they corn poppies or other varieties, are not of the oriental spe cies from which opium Is derived. The corn poppy, when cultivated, Is known as the Shirley poppy. The flower Is perennial or anaual, according to the variety. When Boston Was in Trouble. In 1774, on the 1st of June, the Bos ton port bill went into operation.. At noon the harbor was closed against] all vessels and business was suspend-] ed. In a 20 days' notice the citizens of Boston were deprived of their means of gaining a living. Indignation ran high throughout the colonies, contri butions were raised in other cities for their.relief, and the people of Marble-i head offered the Boston merchants the Vtt Of their wharves. iiiHise-Wli?t it Sfi?uld Be No. 2.?The tiroiip System of Warehouses (Editor's Note: This is one of a ser ies of articles by J. M. Workman who is serving the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Markets, as Specialist in Warehouse Construction and also as Engineer^ for the N. C. Department of Agriculture. His work includes the prepaz-ation of ware house plans without charge but in co 1 operation with local architects, and ?general assistance in forming ware \ house organizations.) The first article sketched several systems of warehouses ^which have I been used in different sections of the j country, and the sphere of usefulness J which these, organizations filled. It I was stated that this second article] would describe in part the warehouse j system which might best sen-e the in- j terest of the farmer. in order that the warehouse may | meet most perfectly the needs of- the j farmer, it is essential that the ware- J houses be convenient to him. In so! far as it is -practical the warehouse | must be brought to the farmer's door. I but as has been pointed out, the usual j means of providing this individual j service, renders it impossible for the I warehouse. company to store cotton I at low charges, subject to low rates I of insurance and to issue therefor a j receipt to the highest security value. I Group System ? As a means of affording the great-1 est. combined advantages, it is recom-| mended that warehouse companies I be formed and operated under a I group system. With this arrangement j the warehouse ^company would draw j its support from farmers ands business ] men scattered over an extended area j of at least one county, and preferably j hi some instances an area of several j counties having as the center of this area some outstanding town- at which v the main warehouse and office of the company may be located.. At towns well removed from this central town . and ' in themselves suit able in a measure for a warehouse location, branch warehouses may be erected, -which may be operated in most respects independently, but which would enjoy the advantage, of low overhead costs of operation, through being a part of the complete system-. In addition to those two type? of storage houses, small receiving warehouses may be erected for pure ly temporary storage. It has been stated that the central warehouse sould be located at some town which stood out for warehouse purposes. In the selection of this town there should be> taken into consider ation its geographic location with re spect to the area which the organiza tion will embrace, or in other words the section of country in which the stockholders live. Next in importance are the railway facilities which the town may possess considered in con nection with the character of cotton market which the town affords." View ed from another standpoint and in ( some respects of the utmost import ance, is the classification for insur ance purposes enjoyed by the town in question; this is a qualification which usually goes hand in hand with the commercial development of towns. Branc Warehouses Those c^**"'derations should affect the selection of towns for branch warehouses to a certain extent, though in this case the question of railway facilities is subordinate to that of geographic location, and convenience to the community. The receiving warehouses mentioned as a part of the system should be lo cated in the very small towns where there are several cotton gins, and in deed the receiving warehouse may be placed in a rural community adjacent to a gin handling a large amount of cotton. Such receiving warehouses may be very small buildings and need not have any great amount of fire protection' or any other of the advan tages enumerated for the branch warehouses. The. receiving ware house should*be in charge of some lo cal person, such as the ginner or some merchant in close touch with the farmers. < In the operation of the warehouse system outlined the warehouse com pany would maintain a system of mo tor trucks which would haul cotton from the receiving warehouse? and from the gin, direct to the central warehouse, or in some instances to the 1 inch warehouses. By this means the farmer will be able to place his cotton in storage without effort and,, with a minimum of expense, since the warehouse company by systematic hauling should be able to render this service at less cost than the farmer would be able to do the hauling him self. This is especially true' since at this esason of the year the farmer is particularly busy and finds labor dif ficult to secure. Moreover, the trans portation service will enable the farm er to get his cotton in storage prompt ly, thus saving weather damage to the cotton. The advantages of truck transpor tation to the warehouse company are that by this means cotton will be re ceived less frequently in a wet condi tion, and hence, the weight of the cot jton upon receipt will more closely ap I proximate the delivery weight, thus j avoiding unnecessary disputes and as suring more accurate stateme'nts of weight on receipts issued. Moreover, the prompt delivery of cotton to the warehouse will be a business advan tage to the warehouse company, and will enable it to secure for its patrons more economical insurance costs through a reduction in the volume of short term insurance policies which may be carried. The application for this system must, of course, vary in different sec tions of the country, depending upon the density of cotton production, the area included by the organization, and the actual and relative development of the towns in this area for ware house purposes. In some instances it may be well for the company to ope rate only the central and receiving warehouses, while more often it may be true that one or more branch ware houses should be operated in a way to ai?c/rd ?s far as: possible ail of the 'adVan'tages bf:^lfe .^eptral warehouse. A:-"aejfern^lh^--"%ctor in" developing a ? particnJar system" along these lines, is '?the condition of^the roads leading in to the various larger towns and also the development, or^prospect of bard surface \oads. This will determine, of course, .-the capacity of trucks which wifl be ^advantageous and the distance over which they may be. economically used. ?. It Anust not be inferred from this [discussion of truck transportation J that the warehouse company will re quire the privilege Of hauling cotton to be stored. .On the contrary the patrons of the warehouse will be en couraged to bring cotton direct to the central or branch warehouses and the truck system would be maintain ed for those who desired To a^ail themselves of its use. At one point in South Carolina where this system has been tried, it was found that -he hauling service rendered by the cotton warehouse company proved ex ceedingly popular. Indeed, by far the arger amount of the cotton received **as hauled by the warehouse trucks ind this at the urgent request of the farmer. . The Warchbnse Receipt. Where the warehouse company pro vides truck transportation and ope rates receiving warehouses the farm er on the delivery of his cotton to the gi'nner or merchan* *n charge would receive from him a memorandum rt- j ceipt stating that the cotton was re ceived for delivery to the central warehouse or branch warehouse of ?:he company, and when delivered there a negotiable warehouse receipt] would be issued therefor. Then upon delivery of the cotton to the central warehouse the warehouse manager would issue a.regular negotiable ware house receipt, good as securiity for loans. This receipt would be sent 3y the warehouse manager to the gin aeror merchant who originally receiv-' 3d the cotton, and by him would be lurned over to Jthe owner of the cot-| ton in exchange for the memoran ium receipt which was issued when the cotton was -left at the gin or re ceiving warehouse for storage. In ;his way the ginner or merchant or person in charge of receiving cotton would act as agent for the warehouse company. Thus the farmer would be xbie to conclude all tranactions inci ient to storage and to receive for his cotton a negotiable receipt good for oank loans, all .by the most' simple lealinfes with tho local . warehouse agent, who would usually be well -mown to him. -The warehouse com pany would keep the cotton insured free of charge during this period, so hat the owner would be relieved of responsibility and possible loss. Of course the above method in volves a few days' delay in the issu mce of the receipt, but if the farmer objects to 'this he is at liberty to haul his cotton to either the central or branch warehouse and immediately receive therefor a negotiable ware house receipt. Gives Fanner Service. Truck transportation from the farmer's standpoint has the advantage of affording him service, not only at less than the, cost at which he can supply it himself, but at a season when labor is most in demand; and when his need for it is greatest. From the standpoint of the warehouse com pany the system has the advantage of inducing early storage of cotton, of distributing the volume of work in cident to receivng cotton at ware house office/ of lengthening the aver age term of insurance policies and tending, to eliminate fluctuation in the amount of insurance-which must be carried, and finally of serving as a tremendous advertisement for the warehouse and the advantages of storing. Through these advantages the warehouse company is enabled to render the highest order of service at the minimum of cost and conse quently increase its volume of busi ness with resulting* advantage both to the company^ and to its patrons? at least this is the judgment of the writer and the experience of those who have supplied truck transporta tion for their patrons. The next article of this series will take up the warehouse designs , and types of construction which will best meet the requirements set forth above and also the question of fire protec tion and insurance rates. J. M. WORKMAN Youth Will Seek Its Fortune! Japanese are sturdy voyagers. Re cently, when many Japanese were go ing to Brazil, a patriarch of ninety gathered his descendants to the number of forty-four and at their head fared forth to South America in search of new adventures and a fresh fortune; he already had a very handsome com petence stored away. Ailing Women Get Quick Help from PEPSINOL, Whicfc Restores Good Health Debihry of the digestive organs, from which women frequently stiffen is the cause of thin, watery blood. By taking Pcpsinol you can ward off anemia, which destroys health and beauty. Pepsinol strengthens weak digestive action, helps your stomach do its work and promotes the, thorough as^imila- j tion of food that creates an unfailing j supply of the pure blopd necessary to give you rosy, robust health. i CITY DRUG COMPANY Lees County Court. < The1 summer- term of court conven-j ed -jast .Monday with Judge. Jno. S.! Wilson presiding. Solicitor F.. A. Mc- j aeod and Stenographer L. E. Wood j canie in on. early "morning train over j S| A. '11 and had every thing ready j to call court .when the Judge arrived j at li o'clock. , I Judge Wilson did not make extend-j j ed charge to Grand Jury, but simply j j explained the law relative to .e-ich ' I case handed them for their findings.! Several cases have been nol pross- j ted or continued. The following nave: been tried: State vs. Freeman McGuill, Rob:, i Green, Boss Fuller. Riley Boswell. j House breaking and larceny and for J receiving stolen goods. "Verdict, not guilty directed i?y court j ;as to Freman McGuilL Hobt. Green \ guilty of receiving stolen good* As to Boss Fuller and Riley Bos well, not j yet sentenced. f State vs. Ed. Amerson. assault and I battery with intent to kill. Not guilty. ! State vs. Rowland Harris, stealing j automobile. Guilty, IS months on the j j gang. State vs. Docie St -me. asssuU and! battery with latent to kilt Verdict; j guilty of carrying concealed weapons. I j $50.00 or 20 days. j ! The last case on docket was that i against Willie Stephens alias Mener! Mingo for the brutal murder of his! wife and wife's brother. The Court' appointed Messrs. Tatum & Jennings j to defend him and they asked that the j case be continued in 'order that uiey < 'might-prepare a defense. The Court! [granted the request. Court then adjourned sine die.? j Bishopvijle Vindicator. J ft -?- i r , ? V ?? ?- / { Clown and Pantaloon. According to a little book on syn> 'bollsm which Lady Glenconner had privately printed for her friends, the' harlequinade I? of sacred origin: The j ordeals through which the harlequin | (who is the Unknown) and columb bine (the Soul) pass are the tribula* j tions of the spirits in the material phase of existence. The clown repre smts the world and the pantaloon the body. Possibly, many clowns and paat aloons all over the country are una ware of this._ Green Always Harmonious. The professional mixer of paint knows that fierce color discord, cai easily be created by a ruisplaeirig o: green. But nature never misplaces It 1 Even blue stands without tying, cheel by cheek with nature's greens. Lark j j spurs and lobelias go quietly arm tr arm with their respective foliage. An? r I rose of any tint or color is best sei j off by a green rose leaf. Every spring I or fall color, pale or florid, will sliade j j pleasantly into green on the .very samt j le&t ! "Amen Corner.* (The phrase "amen corner" Is said | ! to have originated in London, where | at the end of the Paternoster row, I the monks at one time finished their i recitation of the "Pater Noster" as| they went to procession on Corpus. Christi day at St. Paul Cathedral.! They began in Paternoster row witt f the Lord's prayer in Latin, continu- j ing it to the end of the street, and ; then said "amen" at the corner of the} row. As used in this country the phrase describes the corner of a church where the elderly members sli and pronounce the word "amen" a?; intervals. _-i l^se of Rice Bound to increase. j The comparatively low cost of ricej has made it the staple article of food j In Asiatic countries. Rice is also j extensively used in Jill other parts oil . the world, as it is easily transported-; and can be held for .a considerable' period without deteriorating. Thert | Is no doubt that its consumption will; materially Id crease with 'he dissemina- \ tion of knowledge regarding the vari- j ety of palatable ways in which it mat j be prepared to suit the tastes of the j most fastidious ?E. G. Herr, in Grace j Log. - > . Z2 FT Got Him Guessing. "1 got my troubles," replied the ner;- ! ffaher. "When men have a friendly scrap about paying the check I can ! spot the right man' to hand it to every j time. But with women I make all j ands of fool mistakes."?Louisville t 3ourier-Journal, j Purified and Refined from All Objectionable Effects. "Calo tabs"?the New Name What will human ingenuity do next? Smokeless powder, wireless telegraphy,* horseless carriages, colorless iodine, taste-' less quinine,?now comes nausealess calo mel. The new improvement called "Calo tabs" is now on sale at drugstores. For biliousness, constipation and indi gestion the new calomel tablet is a prac tically perfect remedy, as evidenced by the fact that the manufacturers ^ave au :horized all druggists to refund the price f the customer is not ''perfectly delighted". \\*ith Calotabs. One tablet at bedtime with l swallow of water?that's all. No taste,, ao nausea, uo griping, no salts. By morn ing yptfr liver h thoroughly cleansed and r?u are feeling fine, with a hearty appe- - Lite. Eat what you please?^no danger:?go about your business. Calotabs are not sold in bulk.' Get an original ? package, sealed. Price, thirty dvc cents.?(adv.) GONE FOR GOOD. ." Results That Last arc What Appeal to Sumter People. Kidney sdfferers in Sumter want moro than temporary relief. Tii^y want results that last? Results like Mrs. Carnes tells about.-. Her's was a thorough test. Four years is a long time. ' , ..Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the test and stood it well. _ Why experiment with ah untried i medicine ? People here in Sumter ^ave shown" the way. Read the story of Mrs. Annie C~ Carnes, 521 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter. She gave the following statement January 12, 1915: "My kidneys were out of order and my back ached. I had headaches and dizzy spells, too. I used Doanss Kid ney Pills and they cured me of all the trouble." Over three years later, or on Feb ruary 13, 1918, Mrs. Carnes said: "I can certainly recommend Doan's Kid ney Pills, for they gve me a perma nent cure. I am glad to confirm my - former statement." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get, Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Carnes had. Foster-Milburn < Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, X. Y.?Advt 83 Mastering, Worry. ' The .person who knows no worry Ii a fortunate individual (if such a hu man being possibly exists), but worry - as well as its first cousins, nerves^jjati be mastered if we sensibly take ea<5r^ day as it comes, smiling at its prob lems, and forgetting ail about that "doubtful future'\which some folks do elare is full of woes. Odors of Plants. The odors of plants reside In differ ent pans "of them-?sometimes in the, roots, as In the iris and vltivert; the leaves in mint and thyme, the stem ^r wood in cedar and sandal, the flower In the roses and violets, the seeds' in the xonquin bean and caraway, the bark In cinnamon, etc?Brooklyn Eagle. \ * ? -? '"Pj*" Worth Seeing. We don't know much about this cft> ft/S that's coming, but . we hope it's the one Fat attended not long ago. "There was wan feUojv," he said, "that beat all the rest. Sure, he balances a lad der, on his nose, climbs up to* tne4 top and pulls tke,f ladder up after him.?? Boston Transcript FOR* SALE?One set of tobacco-barn llyes real cheap, if taken at once. See .T. P. Commander._?? - BEESWAX WANTED?About 50 pounds needed at once to make out lot for shipment. Will take any quantity?from one pound up. Best cash 'price paid for good, clean wax, N. G. Osteen. ' $750.00 CASH SECURES 51 ACRES NEAR MAYESVILLE/ On public road, good neighborhood, near schools and churches. Balance one, two and three years. Price $3,000.00. One T,ot 52 ft x 104 ft on Williams Street PRICE $5t)0.00 One-fourth cash. Balance 1, 2 and 3 years. Will Help Finance Building. : . ' ? - ? Desirable Warehouse or Factory Site ON A. C. L. RAILROAD, Reasonable price. Easy terms. Within city limits. Ill Acres Fine Land, About 35 Acres in Cultivation NEAR MAYESVILLE, On PuMic Road. Close to Schools and Churches. Price $S,000.00. $2o00 Cash. Balance 1, 2 and 3 years. JAS. P. MEEHAN , Sumter, S.C.