Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H ?tcftman and Southron jet*. Wednesday and Satur 1 Iday by Xstez* Tixblishinz Company, St?tffer, S. a Terms: ! C >i per annum?in advance. Advertisements: : c first insertion -. $ 1.00 iry ^bsequent insertion .50 ??ntraets for three months or ir will be made at reduced - 31 communications which sub -'e prh-ate interests will be fcrged for ?s advertisements. ies and tributes of re et. will- be charged for. ? r: inter Watchman was Li 1S50 and the True *cn "m IMS. The Watchman i now has the com "^Ireulation and influence of 'of the old papers, and is man r^the best advertising medium iter. '" ' ?DiYJEKSTTY. northern; editor says: flight of the South, with ned cotton crop and its e of famine and disease, is ? ? ? < ng object lessGn which >..be. taken to heart by other ?D6? tending to over-specializa in crops: b^ sure, other sections us ^rais^ : foodstuffs for their and a farmer with abund ;fb?d can always manage Whether he sells his crop * ,fcy eating it and eating the ? it is fed to. But there is ahywtiere; to sections, com and individuals, in thus rin g a good old American rul? ^putting -all their eggs into basket. . ?".Lite.at home", a slogan earn 2^ preached ,in Georgia the last ^Bcars^ is the safest rule for e. who ? makes his living the land. The farmer of ad *~houid come nearest to eco independenee by having at hand, under his control. fSasic necessaries of life. Yet ty a,, northern farmer, who is ^?ggo^ed. to criticise the cotton :.^5w?rs for their extreme speci }n,' goes in altogether for jteat^?r corn 'or apples. Many a ^rfhern farmer, too, with, every f#^^fey;,'?or'. easy production of '%0X&t?:skiftt- and. the keeping of is and i cows,- buys his veg am.and cotter. 1 - '~ - i''* v &?.!:?;xl&sa ? ?pfetrteiple - applies tr> .busi^ A ^-ihd^ry^tWn^brives -f*el * ' *rs*and then goesj'fi^ad^ ket for its riroduct Poo many irons in ? -the .^ad^b^ the businesa.map itr-m^i. oia&rdn somfgHw^ftegs; ^fe in a^d wky^ooWiei JfrVe$ee: <S^?^Wf^? ?<T%el&# cyme^o^ * li^f-'SOTne .time. v--:r? ? ndj ; r JH? iac^?je -"principle might be*' aj^>Ii-e,d sH^^ere" broadly. The : persxjJK wJho does only one thing, '?\(: ?X work - or ,pkiy -or r&st, tends to .-. '^vert^r/Of some- sort. He fails to :^oa-dt'n his -fortune and enrich his Iif'.T. 'DiversftyV the word. % GKEAT l"?riT REGION. :> For a hundred and more years ?:.^Jhe..hi!! section stretching across i'c^tl>b; northwestern part of Suniter ^tottniy from Wedgefield to the sand :f_-hlas. of Kershaw, has been locally >i.' known and. to a limited degree, ap n pBoeiftted asV.pne of the best fruit 'regions of the^ state. Mitts' Statis ^Ttie^-?A long ago as IS23 recom mended this region as the fruit !ilhd"grape 'growing region, par ex r./ceHwnce^ of^South Carolina But no attempt has ever been made to uti lize and turn to commercial profit ^?incalculably valuable natural asset. The .finest of peaches have , *been grown for home use and a tew have been sold on the local [ market, hut never t-nough to supply the demand. While the Fort Valley .--?regjojx of-Georgia has won national fame and the peach growers ac ^ xrumulated wealth the land owners .of the High Hills of the Santee. JS^ve/lteen eontent to plant cotton and wring a bare living from their picturesque hills that were created ts> be the peach orchards of the ?g^;:Spt;theast. In years to come the High Hills of the Santee will be p^r}oiis for their peaches and grapes, and the peach growers will 'reap greater profits from their /than they ever dreamed pos ' sible?, ?When these thousands of - roliing'acros are covered with peach , -orchards they will prove to be ver itable "Acres Of Diamonds" that ^have been Ising at our door steps ?V?nappreciated- and unmined for 'j?tna?y-years. - Butr? better day Is at hand. The I>eop<e?a few of them?have awakened to the possibilities that they have within their reach, and yesterday the first step was taken to realize upon this asset. The Wedgefield Peach Growers Associa tion Aorganized yesterday and this fall at lesat one hun drcd acres will be planted in tpfcaches under the direction and ^porvision of the horticulturist of Clcmson College. This undertak ing will not be an experiment, for it has heen proven that the best of peaches can be grown throughout the High Hills of Santee. and all that remains to be done is to grow peaches on a commercial scale and perfect a marketing system. The Wedgefield Association will be the nucleus and the inspiration from which the peach growing movement will spread throughout the hill sec tion of Sumter county. For years this newspaper has urged that fruit growing in the ('High Hills be undertaken on a i comercial scale as a supplemental ; industry to the growing of the staple crops, but thus far without appreciable effect. But now that a number of the most progressive farmers of that section have band ed together to grow fruit and mar ket it on the co-operative plan, we believe that a large and most prof itable industry will be established. If these orchards had be?n plann ed three or four years ago, the boll weevil would now be no men ace to the High Hills region. 'BALE TO THE ACRE MADE' There are cotton growers?not farmers?make note of the distinc tion?who still stand on the street corners and assert, with dogmatic positiveness that the boll weevil is not doing so much damage, and there is no sense in picking up forms, using calcium arsenate or trying any other preventive mea sures to check the weevil. They, declare that they are making cot ton in spite f the boll weevil?"I've get a bale to the acre already made," is frequently heard. Those who. think so will think otherwise if they, take the trouble to examine the grown and partially develop ed bolls in their fields. Farmers who know and do not make asser tions on "thinking" find that prac tically every boll has been punc tured already and the weevils are still working on the crop. Few if any bolls will be left unpunctured. The only farmers who' will make any cotton to count, are those who started the fight early in the season, picked the weevils from the bud of-the young cotton and gathered the punctured squares as rapidly and as frequently as they /ej^'.[There will'be no bale 'to the taoriti c^tjton^ifc Sumters county th^s ^^'Siireriii?Boss .whesdid ^t-^h^e^ r^aS^e^Sf ^e"g^ernmentL??lll rrnow Jml? soil ,t?3aajb?v , ? ^ee^jl^x^erta^wiff be lucky if : *i^i^e^?i^\^ien rfees..,\ *u^^*i=oa9fcitfcat are usaable at ,!ktlnBeMS^th'fmt ?r^air sorts of i ^h^mM^^e^\^ tfoigfc^a (fcHoted.^to, d|v^r^^. i tfa?Wi?^iiianH?rher?itiiere a*y- ^ **** &rple crops1- that fire} marketed fri hrulk at the end' of t?e'seas?n. S?m ter county must henceforth go in for diversified farming and good "oads are absolutely essential. * # i ? Too much has been made of the .report that the Philippines are 115,000,000 in the hole. If that's maybe they're nearer ready for self-government than anybody has supposed. Book at our own de ficit: ? - ? - * They say the Mexicans are play ing baseball now. From Mexican characteristics as revealed in the past, we suppose they play the game 1919 post-srason style. % * ? * Several of the congressmen from the Northwestern States that have a large German population are suspiciously active in opposition to the Forney tariff bill provision for the protection of the America-rf dye industry against the German dye trust. ? ? ? Intead of a dozen members of the Wedgefield Peach Growers' As sociation there should be fifty or a hundred* and instead of a hundred acres five hundred to a thousand acres should be set out in peach trees this fall. a ? ? When the Santee-Cooper canal is completed and a regular boat line from Charleston to Columbia established Sumter will need a hard surfaced road to Pinckney's Landings at Wright's Bluff so that freight may be transported by boat and truck to ibis city. - The Sumter Gas and Power com pany claims that at the price of gas. fixed in the franchise, \vhi"h was granted When the company was organized years ago. they can not pay operating expenses. City Council appears to have discredited this statement by refusing to per mit the company to charge a high er rate. There Bhould be some way of determining the cost of making gas so positively that no doubt could exist. The Sumter (las company cannot remain in business long if it has to seil gas at less than cost. Sumter needs the gas company and an adjustment of rates should be made that will he fair to the company and the public. Funeral of Capt Ravenel Remains Laid to Rest at Holy Cross Episcopal Church at Stateburg The remains of Capt? in Theodore D. Ravenel. Jr.. killed in France the day gefore the armistice were recently returned from the battle field where he gave up his life, and buried Saturday at the Episcopal Church in Statcburg at 11 o'clock. Captain Ravenel was among the very first of Suinter's sons to volun teer after, the declaration of war with Germany. Before the opening of the first officers training camp ' at Fort Ogletho?pe. Ga., he stood an examination for a commission, was made a second lieutenant and sent to the training camp as an instructor. He graduated from the camp as a First Lieutenant and was then assigned to Camp Jackson with the 316th Machine Gun battal ion. After training with his outfit at both Camp Jackson and Camp HanCock he went overseas in the latter part of July 1918. He first saw service in the Vosges Moun tains, St. Die'sector, supporting a part of the frontline trenches occu pied by the Infantry units of the 81st division. Lieutenant Ravenel's unusual ability as an-officer was responsible for his having been commissioned captain just prior to the 81st division jumping off in the Meuse-Argonne drive, his outfit occupying that part of the line just east of Vedun. On the 10 th of No vember, receiving ordere to send out a patrol to locate some machine gun nests, which had been har , rassing the advancing infantry, and not willing "to assign so hazardous an undertaking to any of his offi cers, he led the patrol himself. The Germans had the nests well mask ed, and observing the patrol ad vancing, they ceased firing until the patrol was only a few feet away, when they opened up, mor tally wounding Captain Revenel. killing a sergeant, while the other members were taken prisoners. During the night the Germans dressed Captain Ravenel's wounds, but the machine gun fire was so intense htat his body could not be reached by his comrades, and the next morning he was dead. After the armistice his body was burled in the little town of Haudiemont with full military honors. There was a large gathering of friends and relatives at the Church yesterday when his body was laid to rest, conspicuous among them being many members of the American Legion, the men who had fought with him and found in him an of ficr of the'" highest type, a soldier 'uhdahanted and unafraid. n* pallbearers were: B.-? D. Hodges, George D. Levy, Mi! W. Seabrook. William Reynolds, Jack H. Forbes, Joe S. Chandler. Shep ? herd "KT. Nash;'and Corporal Rollins, who was on the patrol With Captain1 Ravenel wxhen he was killed. * ^reer Peach Crop Pays. That Grtvmts getting in the mar : ck**t good amd'isti'ongMDn ? peaches is ^SVidenced by^ the fact that one grower alone shippx>d sixteen solid tears-of this fruit. In a letter from J. D. Grace, agent for the- Georgia Fruit Exchange, he had the follow ing to say in part: "Regardless of the damage d? ne by the hail to a certain percentage of the first crop, it has proven a wonderful carrier, and due to the firm quality of South Carolina Elbertas. a good portion of these will be shipped and marketed in Canada. It affords me great pleasure to make this statement; your South Carolina soil and its altitude makes it possible for this to be the lead ing . peach growing state in the South. You also have a good ad vantage over other sections, as the cool nights have a tendency to re tard the ripening of the fruit, here by giving your growers a moderate output each day. which Is very convenient to handle, avoiding the rush during the gathering season that other sections with even tem perature have to contend with."? j Inman Times. ? ? ? In The Court. In the case or Walter J. Jen nings vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company for damages sus tained by him last year in a wreck the plaintiff was given $5,000 dam ages. The plaintiff sued for $100,000. * Gral'am Sunday School Picnic. The Graham Baptist Sunday scnool, of Brogdon, gave their an nual picnic la-t Thursday at Tin dal Mill, near Manning, and was largely attended by residents of both Sumter and Clarendon coun ties. This is one of the largest j Sunday schools in the Santee As i sociation. ? ? ? Death of Mrs. Dunlap Mrs. M. A. Dunlap died at the Tourney hospital Tuesday, August 2, after a long Illness. She is sur vived by the following children: Mrs. Q. J. Jolly. Timmonsville; Mr. fc. E. Dunlap of this city: W. T. I Dunlap, Atlanta; Mrs. G. W. Mc ! Manus, Eastover. j The remains were laid to rest ,-at St. Johns Methodist church. Spring Hill. in the old family I burying ground. -? ? o Fire in Manning j Manning. Aug. 4?The Harrison I Motor Supply c< npany's build ing was almost completely de stroyed by lire this morning. The building was situated in th? cen jter of the business block, but the ffire department rushed to the spot land succeded in subduing the fire before it could spread to adjoining j stores. The battery supplies and (rfdectrical furnishings were a total iloss. The building and furnishings {were fully covered by insurance. Cabinet Officers Favor Dye Embargo Heads of Navy and Army See Less Danger in Home Mo nopoly Than German Washinton, Aug. 6.?Secretar ies Weeks and Denby have come out in support of an embargo on dyes and chemicals and have urg ed restoration to**--the Fordney tariff bill of the embargo provis ion, stricken out by the house. The attitude of the two cabinet officers was made known today when Chairman Penrose, of the senate finance committee, made public letters from them to the committee on the subject. The cabinet officers explained that they favored an embargo be cause cf national defense, needs. "It is of great value to the navy," Mr. Denby wrote, "to en courage the development of chem ical activities in the manufacture of all products connected with ex plosives and gases, especially those manufac.u -crs whose establish ments can easily be diverted to the manufacture of war mater ials. The restoration of the em bargo clause will be of material help and I will greatly appreciate 3'our assistance to this effect." Embargo orders have been found necessary. by England, France, Italy and Japan, Mr. Weeks said.- He also declared that the chemical industry was vital to Germany in prolonging her efforts in the world war and expressed the opinion that high explosives and war gases would play a far more important part in future wars In the world war, he said, the United States had found it could mobilize, train and ecpuip with clothing 4,000.0 00 men far quick er than it could supply the guns and ammunition. He related how the munition makers had worked j feverishly to supply the munitions and war gases, adding that evert then little was available for more than a year after the formal dec laration of war. "So ful?y; did Germany realize be fore, during' and after the world war," he continued "that predomi nance in the organic chemical in dustry and particularly the dye industry meant the most valuable measure of preparedness possible, that she has united all her or ganic chemical industries into one great trust. . _ _ "The use of high explosives and war gases will unquestionably be { far greater in any future strug gle than'in the world war. It is ot the most vital importance to our preparedness that the dye indus try be developed to the fullest pos sible extent in this country"- It is felt that this danger is so great that 1 urge the enactment of the embargo ft at tire, of the Fordney .tariff bill as submitted .by the ways and, means committee as th<* only way. to..prevent crushing our chemical market by German com petition." Sunday Auto Accidents Three Young Men Injured Near Greenville Greenville, Aug. 7.?J. W. Mc jCullough, Jr.. and Dan MoKeithan. Jr., of Darlington are in a hos pital here suffering from Injuries received six miles from .Greenville this' afternoon when the automo bile in which they were riding turned over. D. D. Witcover of Darlington and Theodore Kohn of Columbia, son of August Kohn, were only slightly hurt. A negro chaffucr was pinned beneath the car. The machine had to be jack - ed up before the driver could be rescued. Another driver was thrown clear of the machine. The party was on its way to Hendersonville. Mr. Witcover was shaken up, but was able to pro ceed- on his way to the mountains. The two other white men expect to be able to leave the hospital Tues day. One of the drivers Is palnfully bruised up. The car was badly wrecked. It was being driven around a sharp curve when the driver lost control, and the ma chine is said to have turned over several times dewn the embank ment on the Laurens highway. Virginia Family Injured, in Wreck Savannah, Ga., Aug. 7.?P. H. Shackelford, his wife and five children of Portsmouth, Va., were injured this afternoon when a Sea board Air Line train struck their automobile at Riceboro, Ga. A local train following picked up the seven injured persons and backed with them to Savannah. They are at a local hospital and all are badly hurt. The family had been in Florida and were on their way back to Virginia. Automobile Wreck Takes Two Lives. _ Newbem, K. C, Aug. 7.?Jesse Grainger, age 21, of Kingston, fa tally injured last night in an au tomobile accident, ten miles west of here, died this morning. This brought the death list from the wreck to two, James Parrott hav ing been killed instantly. Herbert Temple, third passeng* r, is still unconscious but is expected to re cover. All three were students the past year at the University of North Carolina -?o ? ? Washington, Aug. S.?The Louis ville and Nashville railroad com pany has asked authority of the interstate Commerce Commi sion to Issue fifty-three million dollars of capital slock for distribution as stock dividends. ->????? New York, Aug. S. ? Babe Iluth j knocked his fortieth home run of the season in the third inning of the Yankees-Chicago game. Bonus For War Veterans Many States Have Appropri ated Millions to Satisfy Demands New York, Aug. 7.?State legis lation converting more than $375, 000.000 to the aid of world war veterans has been passed or is awaiting popular referendum, the Bank of America announced to night at the conclusion of a na tionwide survey of the bonus situ ation. Veterans in 14 states already are receiving cash bonuses total ling $184,000,000 and in eight more states legislation providing for cash bonuses of $191,000,000 now is pending. Only Alabama, Georgia and Miss issippi have failed to pass legisla tion authorizing aid to veterans in exemptions or benefits of some kind, the report declared. The bonuses range from $10 a month for service in a number of j states to $25 a month in North Da kota. Several states set maximum rates, ranging from $100 in New Jersey to $500 in Oregon. North Dakota claims the honor of having been the first state to pay the bonus, and Illinois heads the list for amount with $55.000, 000 provided the bonus law passes a popular referendum. Many states which have given cash bonuses also ere providing aid of a practcal nature. In 15 states aid is offered for vocational educa tion and in California a bill has been adopted providing for voca tional education of veterans' de pendents. Arizona, California, Oregon and South Dakota provide aid in buying homes, and in Oregon the bonus is made optional with the privilege of borrowing up to $3,000 on real es- j t?te from the state. Nine western states offer assistance in settling on farms and in eight more Western state special boards have been as- | tablished to look after the interests j of former service men. In Connecticut. Iowa. Massachu setts, Michigan. New Jersey, North Dakota, Texas and Wyoming vet erans are exempted from taxation. Sixteen states provide for civil ser- j vice preference in the cases of for mer service men. ? ? ! News Briefs From Mayesville Mayesville, Aug. 6.?Mr. A. A. Strauss of Sumter. S. C, was in town today on business. Mr. Gilbert Young from Sumter is visiting Mr. H. L. Thomas this week. Our baseball club has disbanded and the players have gone to differ ent teams in the state. We cer tainly enjoyed the games this sea son as our boys played good, bail and large crowds attended every game. The Baptist meeting will start the coming Sunday and will be con-, ducted by our pastor's brother. Rev. Guy from the west. Le.t's all come out to hear him and have a good meeting. Big Score in First Game Sumter Wins First of Series With Newberry Yesterday afternoon Sumt'r's baseball team encountered the fast Newbeiry team and came out the victor after a slugging battle in which the Sumter Gamecocks prov ed themselves the bf**t batters. It looked for awhile &t if the supply of balls would be exhausted so many were knocked over the fence, 'or the first few Innings Sumter lad everything her. own way and seemed headed for an easy victory, but in the seventh inning Newber ry tightened up and Sumter got careless and the outside team scor ed five times. In the first three innings of this game the ball was] put over the fence five times, four] times by Sumter and once by New- j berry. Two of these were home j runs, each side, making one. The final score was Sumter ten, New- j berry seven. Sumter will play Newberry again today and tomorrow and everyone j who iikes good ball will be out to j see these two games. Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing We follow the tailor method in : ! pressing. Our steam presser has an ; j oval buck which gives your coat its j original shape. Steam Pressing. No Scorching. No Burning. I Palm Beach Suits Washed and Pressed. Palm Beach Suds Dyed in 3 Days. ! _ Panama Hals ( leaned ami Blocked. i BEE & DEE CO. 28 W. LIBKKTY ST. PHONE 717 Everythin Bothin UAUT7 i THAT'S OUR IDEA in making CAMELS?the Quality Cigarette. "Why, just buy Camels and look at tlie package! It's the best packing science has devised to keep cigarettes fresh and full flavored for your taste. ft Heavy paper outside?secure foil wrapping inside and the revenue stamp over the end to seal the pack age and keep it air-tight. And note this! There's nothing flashy about the Camel package. No extra wrappings that do not improve the smoke. Not a cent of needless expense that must come out of the -quality of the tobacco. Camels wonderful and exclusive Quality wins on merit alone. Because, men smoke Camels who want the taste and fragrance of the finest tobaccos, expertly blended. Men smoke Camels for Camels smooth, refreshing mildness and their freedom from ciga retty aftertaste. Camels are made for men who think for them selves* ikts?! COTTON LOAN. trict. It. has been and,is one of the gratest. possible. Uberaiity. j We are" Washington. t5A-\Th6i c no |&?rb$ddenj jb^yjaw to^re^'iscb?nt pap warrant 'for' the ''a^silm'ptJ?'?!!i\thati'enjlj)^j>r/jcee?is:o? jW.hJcJ^ave been loans will be made by that bank or or offer to take paper secured by are being made on cotton already i cotton being deliberately held for produced, Deputy Governor Peble I no^.other purpose ,than_ to force up! siderableJ:i^jrtifrn of^he S^.-OOO.-^the, jpurjp.ose^of" ^nabf?ng. f^e jorodaic 000 already-redi.-icounted for the: i ers of cotton,to market in an order rnernber -banks of -North .-Carolina > ly manner".and not to be forced to and South Carolina consisted of ad- dump it on the market, particular vances made on cotton gathered and in storage. already ly when there are no buyers." . qj Mr. Peble said that a considera-; "Our policy in this respect," the jble portion of the $21,000.000 lo?n lettcr said, "is or ought to be well led to South Carolina banks and.the known throughout the whole dis- $25,000,000 to North Carolina banks represented money loaned to farmers for planting, fertilizing and cultivating the! growing cotton crop. Heis?id tfiatsther-circular of July 23 was. issued rforatfeedpurpose of ireasasuring-menibeasljanks of the cotton states of-thep.IRichmond dis trict, and*through them the cotton growers, that I such further assist ance as might- be needed and could b3 represented by pamper eligible un der the - regulation o^the federal reserve board. wqy,?Vf jd3?TIgiven re gardless of.;preyi#3^f.adVan.ces and present debts, exc^t^f/rcourse, in such cases "in which prudence would forbid." An Austrian crown is worth nearly one cent; which makes it more valuable than some other European crowns.?Saginaw News Courier. jUy^hliilnLL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS King's Kash & Karry Grocery will he in their new home across the street at 23-27 W. Liberty, The new store is large and roomy with ample floor space for hand ling the rush trade without crowding. In connection with the wholesale and retail Grocery business there will be added A SANITARY MARKET AT THE NEW STORE v/ith a large stock of fresh meats at the same low Kash & Karry prices this store has made a reputation for in gro ceries. Everything up-to-date, with the newest fixtures and time saving methods. Call on us at our new home. ? . V "KING OF LOW PRICES" w s nas irocery