The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 12, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
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The Sumter Watchman was |
founded in 1850 and the True!
Southron in 1866. The Watchman j
and. Southron now has the com- j
bined. circulation and influence of j
both of the old papers, and is man- j
ifestly the. t?egt advertising medium j
in Sumter. :
TAKING THE LONG VIEW
(The News and Courier.)
"1 certainly took up farming at j
the "wrong time," said a young man
from one of the middle counties of
South Carolina recently. He had
made his first crop in 1020, follow
ing1 his discharge from the army,
after ai fine record in France. The
first crop was a big crop, but costs
that" year were excessive, and the
price of cotton slumped steadily.
Last year the price was better, but
the. boll weevil cut the crop in
half. Now he does not know what
is ahead. He is still trying to make
cotton, but with the feeling that
it is not much use to try, and for
the other crops with which he has
experimented there has been no
marKet. '""What am I to do?" he is
asking himself. "Shall I stick to
the farm or try to get a job? Can [
I, indeed, stick to the farm?1'
It was just such farmers as this
young Legionnaire whom Dr. W.
3$r.' Long, of Clemson, doubtless
had especially in mind when." in
his address before the South Caro
lina Press Association the other day
at' Myrtle Beach, he declared his
firm conviction that "the potential
agricultural power of South Caro
lina is greater today than at any
time in its history.*' Dr. Long did i
not make this statement careless- j
ry. 'He had just been discussing [
some of the serious phases of the J
. present situation. He was fully ap
preciative of all '-the difficulties
whfchf this "situation presents, and
had: just stressed especially the de
plorable fact "that 57 per cent, of
our cultivated lands are in the
hands of an ignorant and shiftless
class," pointing out how this most
perplexing of our agricultural
problems has been magnified and
made more acute by the presence
of the boll weevil. But Dr. Long
believes that the farmer in South
Carolina has at his command to
day resources which must enable j
him to overcome the existing dif- ?
ficultfes and to reestablish agricul-1
tute in thisjp. state upon a founda.- i
ttoli suchr as? it has never had be- j
fore. Here is how he summed up j
his reasons for saying that the j
state's potential agricultural power
is greater than it has ever been j
until; now: -t
FdrsC: There has never been
x\ time-in the history of the
woVW when there was such a
store of practical and useful
information for the guidance
of the. jfarmer as today.
Seeond. There was never a
time in recent history when
ti&jrje wa**a greater sympathy
a*iM?a'-more general under
standing of the farmer's prob
^e*fe%_J?^^Jrhe general public
than 'today
^.^irct ! There was never as
m^cjh.f^?rable legislation en
acted--of a financial and eco
nomic-character in the interest
of.^agriculture a3 there is to
day."
Fourth. There is no soil
th&t. Will* respond to intelli
gent-treatment more readily
than the <soil of South Caro
ling.
'Fifth-. There is no country
that can produce as many soil
building crops as South Car
olina and the adjacent states.
. Sixth. There* is no coun
try .that can produce a great
? er-Avnumber of nitrogenous
crops fof^forajarc than South
Cajrtrlina.
, iSeventh. There is no coun
try 'that can produce a great- 1
erf number of money crops
than South Carolina: namely.
cotfon, tobacco, peanuts, soy
beans, sweet potatoes, and
practically; all the truck crops
in1 the lower counties.
Eighth. There is no country
that can produce pork and ;
dairy products more economi
cally than South Carolina ow- ;
ing to our ability to produce
such a variety of forage crops.
Ninth. There is no country ,
that can produce more profit- j
ably peaches, grapes and small
berries than Sooth Carolina.
Tenth. And last, but by no
means least, the. farmers have
at last determined to put the ;
business end of farming,
which is largely the marketing >
of farm products, on a husi- \
nesa basis, by organizing farm
ers* -cooperative commodity
marketing associations.
It Will be observed that Dr. Long:
speaks of "potential power." That ',
mean*, of course, power which is I
yet to be developed and used. He j
is confident that it can be develop
ed and that it will be developed.
"I have." he' declared. *'a sublime
faith in the liber, the stability, and
the ultimate common sense of our
people, for the agricultural record
that has been made in the last 25
years justifies this faith. Twenty
five years ago the average yield of
corn per acre was 11 bushels. To
day it Is 19. The average yield of
oats per acre was 13 bushels, to
day it is 24 bushels. The average
yield of wheat was five bushels, to
day it is 12 bushels. The average
yield of cotton per acre was 137
pounds of lint, today it is 247
pounds. The average yield of all
the great stable crops of South Car
olina has increased within the last
25 years, expressed in percentage
85 per cent., nearly doubled. And
we have just scratched upon -the
surface, the next decade will see a
further increase of 100 per cent.
No one who has to contend with
them 12 months in the year is like
ly to forget the troubles which
beset the farmer and landowner at
the present time. It is pleasant
and profitable to have some one
remind us authoritatively, as Dr.
Long has done, of the other and
brighter side of the picture: The
future of agriculture in this state
was never surer or brighter. We
have experienced a rude and heavy
jolt and we still have some hard
pullihg ahead but the road is open
and the way is clear..
BASEMENT BEAT7TY. j
The day of dehydrated vegetables !
is at hand, says a man who has
been interested in foods. Ten years
from now. he prophesies, hardly
any canning will be done. Cans
are too heavy and take up too
much room and cost, therefore, too
much for storage and transporta
tion.
Maybe so, but how uninteresting,
then, will be the cellar shelves!
Just boxes of drab, dark wisps of
something whose nature can be
told only by the labels.
The man, being but a man, for
gets among the dry advantages
two sad facts. How, in those days, j
will the housewife, belated by hav- !
ing to change a wing on her air- j
plane, be able to get supper on the j
table in 20 minutes after her en- '
trance into the hause? She can't
be heating up a can of salmon and i
a can of peas while she stirs up a j
little quick cream sauce for them,
arranges a canned-asparagus salad
and pours a jar of cherries into a
glass dish.
Then there is many a busy and
happy housewife who. never saw a
ruby or got near an art museum
who takes out her love of beauty
by counting her jars of crimson,
royal purple, emerald and fine gold.
Dehydrated potatoes, carrots and
turnips will be welcomed with their
cleanliness and labor-saving. But
for a long time ^he will cling to
her 'treasures of Ind., ..
BRINGING THE WORLD TO-1
G ETHER '
Addressing a convention of wo
men the other day, Theodore Bur
ton, one of the leading Republicans
in Congress, and a member of the
American commission on the al
lied debt, remarked:
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"A nation, like an individual, has j
duties, and we now must assume j
that leadership which belongs to j
us because of our might, our great I
resources and the fact that we have i
;' wir.4. . , ?' I
the confidence of other nations.
"As Washington opposed perma
nent alliances and Jefferson en- !
tangling alliances we have been
disposed to keep aloof from the
alliances and quarrels of Europe.
Now all this is changed. Science,
by reason of improved methods of
transportation and communication,
has brought the whole world to- j
get her."
There is more of this sort of talk
nowadays than there has been for
some time, and the public seems to j
he in a more receptive mood to- j
ward it. The change has come j
about largely through the activity j
of business men rather than states- ]
men or "reformers."
Business today is. in reality, the \
most effective force working: for !
practical internationalism. Busi- i
.???*-? ?*.-.: i
ness leaders see that they have to !
deal with other nations, and get j
along with them, and establish the
j
machinery of co-operation, fori
purely selfish economic ends, if
for no higher reason. And more i
and more, governments are coming:
to listen to the judgment of big j
business men in regard to foreign
affairs.
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ENGLISH JUSTICE
It geos against the grain for
Americans to admit that foreigners
anywhere do anything better than
we do. Nevertheless we are bound
to admit, in our modest moments, j
that we are not supreme, in quite
everything. Court procedure, for
i instance. !
The visit of Chief Justice Taft to i
I ?
England, on a frank quest for
I? t < ? ??>- .'
improvements to import for the
benefit* of our* own Courts, has
shaken the American public out of
its complacency in this respect, at
I least. Americans have long re
jgarded their system of judicial ad
{ministration as unsatisfactory, but
' it would not have occurred to citi
i zens less versed in legal history
'than Chief Justice Taft to seek the
j remedy abroad.
j American and English' law were
! one in the beginning, and are still
l
! fundamentally the same, but have
1 diverged considerably in appiica
i tion. The English have simplified
] the administration o? justice W'hile
: we have made it more complex.
Contrary to what might have been
! expected from the character of the
! two naitons, they have gone in for
j quick action and we have gone in
j for technicality and delay.
Students of the two systems say
i that English judges, on the wThole,
J know more law than American
j judges do, and have more power,
and use it more effectively. They
are out of politics. The power of
lawyers to postpone and protract
trials through technical delays' is
reduced to a minimum. Criminal
justice especially is renedered with
a dispatch unknown, in the- United
States.
If Mr. Taft can bring some of
these benefits home with him, they
will be welcome to the public, if
not to the legal profession.
? ? ?
A collision is reported between
an airplane and an automobile on
i a street in Los Angeles. The im
pudence of that airplane! You
I don't see any automobiles bother
ing planes up where they belong.
? * *
It's hard to understand, this kind
of weather, why Amundsen post
pones his flight to the North Pole.
* * *
The Irish seem to have taken
Dublin again..
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CHILD FEDERAL OFFENDERS
The national Children's Bureau
urges certain changes in existing
federal laws to authorize proba
tion in federal courts and to pro
vide a system of reference to state
juvenile courts. The reason given
[ for these changes is the fact that
j every year 1,006 boys and girls less
than IS years old are arrested for
I violations of federal laws. The
^specific crimes with which they are
charged include larceny of the
mail, larceny of postal funds left
in rural mail boxes, breaking and
entering postofficcs, forging money
orders, and so on.
Under the present system, such
child offenders, instead of being
turned over to juvenile courts or
probation officers and given the
! second chance under proper guid
| ance. which might set them
! straight, must be sentenced and
; punished. Many are given jail
j sentences, while others are com
1 mitted to institutions. The propor
l tion of such punishments is far
greater than in state or local juve
[ nile court work.
A child offender is in just as
great need of constructive help
when he breaks a national law as
when he breaks a state or county
or municipal law. If juvenile court
work is valuable in these latter
I cases it must be equally valuable
and necessary in the federal cases.
TOO MUCH SELF-DETERMINA
TION
Self-Determination of peoples is
admirable in principle, but in
I practice it is making a lot of
j trouble in the world at present.
Everywhere nations, and races
have had their self-respect stimu- i
|lated and their sense of independ
I ence strengthened, and that is well.
'Anything that makes men and wo
[men more self-reliant serves a
I good purpose. It enlarges their
j creative power and promotes world
j democracy.
J But the trouble is that the prin
| ciple is being carried too far. Na
! tion after nation has been busy,
I since the war. over-stimulating the
j pride of its people and over-devel
| oping their contempt or hatred for
! other nations, erecting unnatural
I barriers and impeding the circula
j tion of ideas, goods- and people,
j This is particularly true of the
! small nations and races.
Travel, trade and industry in Eu
rope is greatly impeded by such
barriers, and general economic re
construction and international un
derstanding are hindered. Even in
i our own country we see the same
; tendencies, working out in the
j greater racial sensitiveness of our
; various (dements of population and
! their greater difficulty in getting
along with each other.
Our negroes arc .made so self
; conscious that they become easy,
i victims tor grandiose schemes of j
exploitation. Our Hebrews are !
animated by a new zeal for nelf
I advancement and self-expression.
[And simultaneously opposition is
developed against both. The opera
tions of the Ku Klux Klan have
been due indirectly to the new
racial stimulation.
It should be self-evident that
self-determination is only workable
when it is accompanied by the
counterbalancing principle of co
operation. Without co-operation
of nations, and of races within na
tions, it is bound to be mischievous.
THE LITTLE YELLOW GIRL
In the Mulberry Street school.
New York City, Florence Low.
twelve years old, has won the first
prize for being the best cook in her
district and the second prize for
an essay on American history, in a
contest open to all the school chil
dren of New York.
Little Miss Low is Chinese.
"The Chinese make ideal pupils,"
says the principal of her school,
who has many of them Under his
care. "In the 20 years of my
teaching career, I have never en
countered a Chinese who did not
have an excellent school record.".
No particular "yellow peril" in
that! We don't want too many
Chinese, even so, for good and suf-.
ficent reasons. At the same time,
it is well to recognize their in
trinsic worth and their possibilities.
They may become as great a race
hereafter, given a fair chance, as
they were in the ages when most
of the Caucasian race were sav
ages.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
DEPARTMENT
MISS CARO TRULUCK,
* County Agent.
Girls* Camping Trip.
Let all club girls remember the
camping trip Friday and Saturday i
at Bethel school house. We shall!
assemble Thursday afternoon and
evening. Through the efforts of
Mr. E. I. Reardon, a truck has been
furnished by the Carolina Machin
ery Company to take out from
?umter those who have no .way of
getting there from Sumter. Mr..]
Reardon, has also been instrumen- i
tal in getting some other arrange- j
ments made for us which.will help !
to make our stay happy. , . j
) Poultry Club boys are invited to j
come on Saturday and bring lunch, j
All poultry work will be done oitj
that day. . I
Camp will break at 4:00 o'clock i
when: all* will-be free;-to ego. - j
Egg Laying, Contest. ,1
? The ladies are reminded to have :
all in readiness for the contest
which begins Monday, 10th. If;
you have not a record card or sent j
in record of number of hens begin j
at once. .
Rules Governing Egg Laying Con
test.
1. ? Contest begins July 10 and
ends November 10. n
: 2. Prizes will be awarded
monthly to the flock makmg the
best average egg yield per hen.
? 3. Contestant must b ? a member
of a Home Demonstration or Poul
try club.
4. Contestant may enter for
one month or for entire time.
5. A statement of the total num
ber of hens in the flock must be
mailed to the agent at che begin
ning of each month.
t>. Daily egg records must be |
kept and mailed to the. agent at the j
end of the . month. Cards for this j
will be furnished by the agent.
7. Prizes will be awarded as fol
lows:. . .
First Prize?Choice of 50 pound
sack each of Punna laving mash
arc scratch feed c* 50 pom.d sack
scratch feed.
Second Prize: The unchosen
from first.
Third Prize: Choice of 25
each of Alfocorn laying mash and
pound sack each of Purina laying
mash and scratch feed or 25 pound j
ssuck each of Alfocorn laying mash I
and scratch feed.
Fourth Prize: The unchosen |
from third.
These Purina feeds are contribut
ed by the W. B. Boyle Co., and Al- j
focorn by C. L. Strauss.
Efforts will be made to secure
some grand pri::es for winners for
entire period.
Those wanting record cards will j
apply to the county home demon
stration agept's office.
Wateree River
Bridge Approaches
The State Highway Commission
advertises for bids for the con
struction of 4.4 miles of apporach
es to the Wateree River bridge at j
Garner's Ferry in Sumter county.
The work to be done consists of:
the following approximate quan-1
tities:
Necessary clearing and grubbing I
within right of way.
Embankment. 24,257 cubic yards.
Ditching. 13,464 linear feet.
Gravel surfacing, 10.344 cubic j
yards.
Treated piles, 3.000 linear feet. :
TreatecT lumber, 35.8 M. B. M.
Untreated lumber. 2S.5 M. P.. M. j
Untreated wooden railing, 1.120]
linear feet.
Marriage Licenses.
White: Mr. L. C. Mathis and
Miss Evelyn Allsbrook of Wedge
field.
Colored: Wesley Grant, Jr., and
Georgiana Dyson of Sumter.
When an undertaker sees an un- \
screened restaurant he goes home j
and gets ?out his coffin catalogs.
We think the best looking girl ,
in the movies is selling tickets. '
To-day's Best Jokes
and Stories
-The*trouble with the dreamers is
that they can't evolve a system to
discard capitalism without dis
carding the dinner bell.
These "perfect lovers'' who take
the ladies by storm appear to
make excellent target's, also.
Europe can't expect us to save
her yet. We always like to wait
until she goes down the third time.
. If you really love a woman, it is
possible to forgive her anything
except wearing white stockings.
Getting back to nature would be
fine if one had about two more
hands with which to scratch insect
bites. .
Jiang it. Isn't there some way
we can vaccinate our popular idols
to prevent fatal cases of swell
head?.
vv?-v ?
When Germany gets her swords
beaten into plowshares, the Russian
heifer knows who will pull the
plow.;
So this is civilization.
There are signs that the shim
my has about finished its coarse.
,The pitcher's work is lighter this
year. All he has to do is throw
the ball and dodge.
It must be fine to be a great hit
ter and have nothing to do but get
suspended once in a while.
Daughter is home from college,
but we don't really need a maid.
Mother waits on her very nicely.
Nationalization may not work
in all .cases, but it might be a good
idea -to try it on the various blocs.
.- - Perseverance isn't a virtue in the
fly obsessed with an ambition to
park-.on your bald spot.
Senators charged with absentee
ism may show little patriotism but
few' will quarrel with their taste,
rlt "is hard to believe that a big
amist'could find eight' wives until
you %ee protraits of the kind he
found.
Apparently the gentlemen who
laugh at Colonel Harvey's knee
pants" don't realize how they look
hv-goff1 togs.
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% College education is worth while.
11teaches young men to think fast,
and fast thinking is needed in the
infield.,.
That New York man who said it
was .dandelion brew didn't impress
the, judge. The judge had heard
daridy lyin' before.
America never has failed in any
great undertaking except in her ef
fort to work up a feeling of deep
sympathy for the Chinese.
^Delegations of ladies seldom
bother a business man except on
the day when he hasn't had time
to shave.
As we understand the argument,
the American merchant marine
can't hope for full passenger lists
unless it has full passengers.
.We are a funny people, nad *he
only news value in a slight opera
tion on a rich man is the fact that
he tries to keep it secret.
Just now the back-to-lhe-farm
movement is encouraged by coun
try relatives who offer free board
and good fishing for the summer.
Stories that the former kaiser
is plotting a come-back would
sound more convincing if he didn't
need the advertising to sell his book.
Drat the man. Every, time Con
gressmen plan a little joyous spend
ing to tickle folks back home. Mel
lon makes some ..remark about a
deficit. . , ...
CROP CONDITIONS
Corn Bein? Neglected for Cot
ton1 in Southwest?Weevils
Doing Damage
.
Washington. July 9.?General
improvement in crop conditions j
along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
and in the Northwest east of the
Rocky mountains was noted by the !
agricultural departments in its j
crop summary for the last half of I
June made public today.
"Throughout the corn belt," the
department's observers found,
"small grains were more or less
injured by the unusual hot and
dry weather and in the Southern
states much badly needed field ,
work was accomplished."
The corn crop generally made
progress except in the Southwest
where it was neglected for cotton.
Wheat threshing is going on in the
Southwest and some of the South
eastern states. Oats are reported
generally poor to fair, and cotton
had fairly good growth. Weevils
are numerous and eonsiderable
damage, as yet uncstimated. has
resulted. The Irish potato crop is
reported to be "fair to good." a
large acreage of beans and cab
bages has been planted and other
vegetables are said to be in good
condition.
Tobacco harvesting has advanced j
in the -"cigar wrapper" section of j
the Southeast, and the crop has ad- j
vanced elsewhere. The crop is re- i
ported well advanced in Virginia
and Maryland and full acreage is j
predicted in Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan.
The ox-kaiser's book promises to
be among the six worst smellers, i
INCOMPLETE!);
BILL CAUSE
OF ARREST
Orangeb?rg Holds Richland
Farmer Short Time
(The State).
Orangeburg:,. July 9.?C. M. Mar- I
tin of Richland county, who was j
placed under arrest here this af
ternoon when he offered in pay
ment for some gasoline a $20 bill
minus the signature of the cash
ier of the bank issuing the money
was released early tonight after of
ficers had communicated with the
bank in Sumter which issued the
currency.
j The Sumter bank said some of
the money had been sent out withr
out the signature of the cashier
and this information satisfied the
officers that Mr. Martin was N.hej
victim of an oversight and had not |
intended to pass incompleted bills.
A telephone conversation with
Gen. Wylie Jones of Columbia,
chairman of the board of; directors
of the Palmetto National bank,
also helped to clarify the situation.
Genera) Jones said he remember
ed cashing a check for Mr. Martin.
Orangeburg, July 9.?Following
the presentation, to a filling station
proprietor, of .this city of a $20 bill
minus the signature of the cash
, ier and president of the South Car
olina National . bank.r of Sumter,
which institution. issued the cur
rency, C. M. Martin, farmer of Cen
ter township, Richland county, was
arrested here at. about ? 4 o'clock
[this afternoon and is .being held
in the city jail pending ap investi
J gation, which is being made by offi
! cers. .
At the jail Mr. Martin was
searched by Officer Segrest, who
counted out 77 of the bills of $20
denomination, ail of which were
issued by the Sumter bank. The
arrested man denies any knowledge
of the fact that the bills were un
signed, and stated this afternoon
that the money had been handed
him at Columbia by W. D. Barnett,
Columbia attorney, who recently
negotiated the sale of 223 acres of
land, formerly a part of Camp
Jackson.
According to Mr. Martin, he went
to the office of his attorney and
asked for a settlement in the mat
ter of the sale of the; property,
which Mr. Barnett promptly
made, procuring the money from
the Palmetto National bank of Cor
lumbia.
in a statement given out this
evening Mr. Martin said that he
was a native of Richland county,
but for some time past has been
; living in Raleigh,. N. C., where he
j was engaged in a picture business
j and conducted an automobile. re-:
pair shop. He is accompanied by
his wife, who is also in the custody
of officers.
According to Mrs. Martin, . they
were oh their way from. Augusta
i to Charleston, where they were. to
j visit relatives. Mrs. Martin says
' that one of the bills was tendered
j an automobile dealer in Augusta
j yesterday in payment for two
[ tires, and that the fact that the
I bill was not signed was evidently
I not noticed by the salesman, as no
j objection, was raised,at the time ..of
j the purchase of the tires..
j Officers conducting an investiga
j tion of the case .were handicapped
i this evening, due to the fact .that
{a heavy wind and rainstorm, . ac
! companied by much, lightning,
' practically prevented communica
tion with parties -in Columbia and
Sumter.
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Govenor Harvey l\
Visits Newberry
Attends Session of Pulaski
Lodge of Odd Fellows?Of
ficers Installed
Newberry, July 7?Gov. Wilson
G. Harvey paid his first visit to
Newberry . since he became- the
I state's chief executive tonight, com-,
j ing to attend the meeting of Pu
! laski lodge No. 20 of the Indepen
| dent Order of Odd Fellows.
Governor Harvey is an Odd Fel
! low pf many years standing and as
j grand master at one time was the
! head of the Odd Fellows in the
i state. He has also represented the
j members of this jurisdiction in the
j sovereign grand lodge of the.Uni
ted States.
With Governor Harvey were: Dr.
j S. F. Killingsworth. grand secre
tary; W. A. Hantske, deputy grand
master, and A. "B. Langley, grand
representative.
Governor Harvey and the other
high official were invited to New?
! berry to participate in the cere
i monies incident to the installation
of the Pulaski lodge officers for the
ensuing pear.
A. large class of new members
who have just completed their
lodge degrees were also welcomed
by this lodge. Refreshments were j
served. .
A man's friends . are surprised
when he marries. So is the man. j
Who remembers when a man j
that wore a checkered suit had a |
dark past ahead of him?
! If dreams go by contraries, we j
should hate to dream we had a mil
! lion.
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THE CHERRY CO
18 N. Main Street
Motor Equipment |
KELL BRUNSON
Licensed Embalmer,
Night Phone 798-L.
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GREAMERY
! Sumter Ice & Fuel Company
Will Install Modern Plant
E. L Reardon, secretary of the
Sumter chamber of commerce an
I nounced today that he has been
! authorized by Mr. E. H. Moses,
I general manager of the Sumter Ice
(.and Fuel company to publish the
j gratifying information that this
corporation, has purchased the
brick for the home of, a modern
; and up-to-date creamery which j
will be located in connection with
j and as a branch of the Sumter Ice
j and Fuel compnay. .
Mr. Moses further said that all
arrangements have been completed
[for the installation of the latest
improved butter making machin
ery and that the establishment of
this new and important Sumter
enterprise will be pushed forward
with all possible haste. In com
menting on Mr. Moses releasing
this information for publication the
secretary said:
"The new creamery will have for
its chief object the manufacture
of a high class product of butter,
will have the ample financial back
ing of the Sumter Ice and Fuel
company which, has a paid in cap
ital stock of one hundred thousand
dollars and thousands of dollars
I of reserve capital, and everybody
in Sumter county knows that with
I Mr. E. H. Moses as supervising and
.financial agent.of this new cream
ery.it will be a success if the farm
! ers of this and adjoining counties j
; will.only do their part.in backing
j up this enterprise which is being
| established, to help make Sumter
one of the be?t butter, fat markets
in the South and to help the farm
ers in fighting the bol,l weevil with
the "stepmother of the human
race?the dairy cow" as a im
portant factor in diversification of
farm products.
I Mr. Moses has made success of
every enterprise he has managed
and has made a success of his own
business affairs. The highest pre
vailing market prices will be paid
our farmers at all times for butter
fat and the Sumter Ice and Fuel-;
company will be fully prepared to
pay as much as any creamery in
this state for butter fat. With
Sumter having two modern butter
fat and milk creameries at a!n early
date the farmers of Sumter and ad
joining counties are assured of a
permanent market for dairy pro
ducts and can go ahead putting in
dairy cows and getting ready to
j make money as there is now no
i doubt that Sumter" will have a
! splendid market* for butter fat.
: The new creamery will be in
stalled in brick building and will
have every sanitary and up-to-date
method of processing in the manu
facture . of butter. Further parti
culars of this desirable enterprise
j will be given out later on. In the
j meajQtime .Mr. .Moses, is ... getting J
I. things'^ sh'aped up. as rapidly' ?s i
j possible and it will, be but a com-: i
j paratively short while before . the i
I Sumter Ice and Fuel company will
[ be buying thousands of dollars of!
(butter fat and selling.many thou- J
I sands of dollars worth of first class j
butter, thereby heiping to make \
thousands of dollars of Sumter1
county money, work at home, and j
board at the same .place we do. j
I Sumter and vicinity can and doubt- j
j less will, for some time consume!
all of the-butter manufactured in!
the two Sumter creameries and that-j
will mean many thousands of dol- j
lars annually kept in Sumter that |
now go out of the city and county j
for butter.
Every now and then a. writer
turns out to be a wronger.
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Most of these big movie salaries
are stage money.
Men who think they are sharks
usually forget sharks are big fish.
Looks as if woman's work is
hunting a husband." She does it
before and after marriage.
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Health hint: Flies lhat are not
stopped* often Jive five years.
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Meeting of
Kiwanis Club %
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The second gathering of the
members of the newly formed Ki
wanis club was held- last evening -
at the Claremont Hotel at 7:30
o'clock where a delightful lunch ; f.
was served to a splendid ? attend- -
ance of club members- The meet
Iing was in charge of Kiwanis Geo.
A. Selig, of Knoxyille, Tenn., who'
is a field representative of the in
ternational organization. . Kiwan- ?
ians C. M. Allen of. Columbia and. %
O. F. Grew of-Hartsville were-also
guests of the club. The Sumter
club has been officially designated
as number'802 and the baby, club
of the organization. . As in the ?
previous meeting there was plenty ?>.':
of enthusiasm and a jolly good
time was had covering a period of
one hour and fifteen minutes.
A letter was received from the
Rotary cl-ib extending to the -entire
membership of the Kiwanis club .
an invitation to be their guests, at
a supper on Monday night, Jury ? ?
17th. The invitation was heartily =
accepted by a rising- vote and the
officers of the club instructed to *
convey to the Rotary sincere-thank*
for the generous invitation.
The prize winner, in the drawing .
for the attendance, prize fell to the -
lot of Kiwanian R. D. Eppe who?
now has a full case of Georgia
Cape syrup donated by Kiwanian
LeRoy "Wallace of ? the, .Atlanta
club. In the initial meeting Bob
Brown drew the "ucky prize, a.fiye .
dollar check donated by Alex . r
Broughton. This, check must be
spent among Kiwanians and Bob
explained what he had gotten for
the check since the last meeting.
The check is now in possession of*
Kiwanian Geo. W. Hutcheson who
must dispose of it. before the, next;'' $
meeting.
A motion was passed challenge'
ing the Rotarians to. a baaebali
game, the proceeds to be devoted
to some worthy cause. Kiwanian
John B. Duffie Juas the task of get- *
ting the "Kiwanis Stars" in shape
for the .game in the event the chal
lenge is^ccepted. ? '' ...
President Scarborough then read
the list of .permanent committees ,
who were instructed as- to their
duties by "Geb. Selig. The commit
tees are as follows:
Program Committee?H. A. Mo-1' ;
ses, chairman; H. LV. Shaw, vice
chairman; J.' J. Brehnan,'r J., W.
Carroll, John D. Lee, S. F. Stoude- -
mire, R. T. Brown, R. K. Wilder,
F. E._ Gibson,"" M. A. Doughty. - '
. Membership' Committee?R. B.
Waters, chairman; F. W.' Chan
dler, W. R. Plowden, W, ST Van
Aucken, T. R, Littlejohn.
Attendance \ Committee?T. C.
McKnighf, chairman; I. A. Ed
wards, J. A. Hughes, S. O'Quian, -
vice chairman;' H..E. "Parker. .
Reception Committee?E. P. "Du^
Rant, chairman; J. Z. Hearon,
John D. Lee, J. J. Brennan, J. Jk.
McKnight, E. E. Austin.
House Committee1?G. W. HutcbT- '
eson, chairman: E. M. Hall; - Wv R.c -
Parker, J. C. Fate,.. G".'-E. Hayii?-'
worth. ''' . " ^
Finance ? A. M. Broughtoh;
chairman; B. C. Wallace, W. E."
DuRant, E. M. Hall, Milton Wein- ?
berg. . ."T
Education Committee?W- E.
Thayer, chairman; J. Frank Wil
liams, R. T. Brown, Milton Wein- .
berg, R. D. Epps.
Publicity :Committee-r:-John B.
Duffie, chairman; R. W. Beaty, IX
R. McCallum, J. H. Beaman, M.
W. Shelley:
Inter-City Relations ? W. r,
Whitehead, D. L. Pierce, W .E." '
Thayer, F. A. McLeod, ~R. Leland f
Moore.
Public Affairs?J. Z. Hearqnu
chairman; J. A. McKnight, vice
chairman; R. D. Epps, S. A. Har- ?
vin, E. P. Du Rant.
Business' Methods?W. R. Par
ker, chairman: A. M. BroughtbsL
W. B. Burns, Jr., J. G. Bagnall, J.
C. Pate. . '
Classification & Grievance?IL L*
Shaw, W. E.. Thayer, ? W. L White-,
head, S. F. Stoudemire, J. G. Bag
nalJ. - ^
Music Committee:?D. L. Pierce,
chairman; W. R. Plowmen, Frank .. .
W. Chandler. J. Leyni King, R. K.
Wilder. ......
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If you dor.'t pay as you. go. you
are.gone,. .... _... ,.. .....
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The National Bank of South Carolina
Of Sumter, S.C.
The Bank With the Chime Clock.
The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COURTESY
Capital $300,000 Scrplus and Profits $300,000 !
STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE
Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU,
C. G. ROWLAND, Pres. EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier j
HE HAS A FORTUNE.
We mean the boy who has one hundred dollars that h? "
himself has made and saved, he feels like a millionaire.
He has learned many a lesson by this. He has caught the
thrift habit. He has learned to do without unnecessary
things. He ceases to squander his money. His judgment
of values is better. He is all in all a much better boy. '? How
about your boy. Has he got the habit yet? If not better j
get him started at once. This bank will be pleased to handle
his account.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SUMTER S. C.
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