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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

Mr.. Stubs says that everyone of
the grand jury whose appear to
the recommendation, signed without
the slightest hesitation, and that
without exception every one express-
ed himself as heartily in favor of the
county erecting the market shed, and
spoke highly of the value and import
ance Of the curb market.
Foreman j. c. Dunbar, of the
grand jury, one of the most progress
sive farmers of the county, and five
other leading Sumter county farmers
on the jury who signed the recon-
mendation. were outspoken in their
endorsement of the curb market and
their desire to see il maintained and
it's usefulness extended.
Mr.. Dunbar will present the rec
ommendation to the county commits
sioners at their next meeting. at the
special meeting to be held this month
If possible. Mr.. Dunbar in speaking
OF the necessity for q general market
shed emphasized the fact that the
producers receive greater prices for
their produce, and the
get fresh. wholesome and palatable
foodstuffs for much less by the elm
nation OF h middle mans profits.
He ~ that the county should do
anything within reason to
with the consumers in providing mar
ket facilities to the N rmer
To live at home" and to diversity
their crops, while at the same time
getting better prices by dealing di-
rectly with the consumers. He be-
lleVes also that the thousands of con-
sumers should be protected by reduc-
ing the cost of living. Every section
or sumter county is represented by
the grand jurors i'm the
ton.
several or the grand jury could not
be reached by Mr.. Stubs. He be-
lieNes that he could have secured
out of eighteen OF the Jurors
mad he waited, but "a majority is SUI
hlcicnt under grand jury working
rules.
With this recommendation from
high authC ity az the grand
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
WANTS STREETS WIDENED.
Secretary ReardOn Tells of Need q
Making Progressive Move.

Secretary ReardOn Tells of Need of
Making Progressive Move.
ANY Sumter citizens who doubt the
advisability OF widening Sumter's
streets should take a ride from Sumter
to Mayesville and see the big improve
ments brought about by the widen
ing of that road" said Secretary
Reardon, Of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Through Scape Ger and Rocky
Bluff Swamps particularly the widen.
ing has been exceedingly beneficial.
Where heretofore have been narrow,
one vehicle causeways are now roads
sufficient for three vehicles to pass.
The country looks different in many
places. The road is in fine shape,
we'll drained, and wide bitches prevent
blowing up of the road bed.
Many Sumter citizens have APP
preached Secretary Reardon and sug-
gested that he try to have North
Main street widened and other mar
row streets before circulating the
petition for the election to issue
bonds for street paving.
Miss Lucia Roach has already made
application to the secretary to donate
whatever land is necessary for widen.
ing North Main street and her offer
alone covers a strip of land over five
hundred feet in length. Miss Roach
also offers a strip of land sixty feet
wide, or wider if necessary, through
her lands covering a length of nearly
an eighth of a mile to extend Live
Oak street through to North Mag
nolia street. and to extend NORTH
Magnolia to intersect the proposed
Live Oak street extension.
Those citizens interested in widen
ing streets and paving should get bus!
helping to build up interest in tn
widening movement. and should alse
help out in getting the petitions sign
ed to order the election for street AM
sidewalk paving.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
BULGARS SEEKING REVENGE
Minister Suggests That Rage Over
Alleged servian Cruelties May Have
Been Cause.

Minister Suggests That Rage Over
Alleged Servian Crueities May Have
Been Cause.
Washington. April 12.-Sem omcial
mail advices to Stephen Paranetoff,
Bulgarian minister here, declared to-
day that the recent raid by irregular
Bulgarian soldiers into Servia prob
ably vas instigated by reports of
cruelties inflicted on Bulgarians liv-
ing in that part of Macedonia now un-
der Servian rule.
"A report to Sofia from the gov
ernor of Strumnitza said that recent
Is "a considerable number of refugees.
Bulgarians and Turks. arrived from
Radovish In Servian Macedonia"
The governor said: THE population I'm
the county of Radovish have been
subjected TO "a regular massacre i'm
the full sense of the word. All of
the inhabitants, irrespective of ma
tionality or sex, are being killed by
the Servians I'm a most cruel manner
III this continues the whole Macedon-
ian region will soon be devastated
and depopulated."
MIR. Paranteoff asserted that there
could be no truth in a published re-
port from Nish via Paris that on the
bodies Of some of the Bulgarian ms in
the recent raid, were found Bulgarian
postal cards containing views of
Strumnitza, which were taken TO in
dicate that the raid was planned on
Bulgarian territory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

jury n the guarantee Of the Sumter
county delegation that the next gen.
eral assembly will enact a bill rati-
Tying n expenditure OF the neces-
sary money and the use Of the county
property. added thereto a we'll defined
and healthy public sentiment both in
county and city favoring the rec
concentration of the jury, surely the
county commissioners can now see
no reason for not reconsidering their
refusal at their last meeting to erect
the curb market shed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
Real Estate Transfers.

Master to w. 1. Whitehead, "a acre
tract. $4,000.
Geo. Harvin to f. w. A. BHltman
lot on Webb Avenue, south of city
$4,000.
Naomi Dipes Smith to Eugenia p
Dimes and Mamie A. Dimes. lot or
Harvin Street. lot on Manning Avenue
and two lots on Bee Street, $1.O0 and
other considerations.
Perry Moses, Jr., to ID. G.. Shaw,
lot on Sumter Street, S1,75O.
Master to w. +. Flake, four lots
southwest of city, $1,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

ices will he in charge of Edmun A.
Fielder. manager OF the Southern de-
partment Of the Earp-Thomas Farm
ogerm company, who will look care
fully To the promptness Of all ship
ments upo orders certified from the
department.
The department will have ead
for distribution this week a very COM
plete bulletin. in plain language, so
that any farmer may understand it.
dealing with incubation. explaining
its use, telling how to prepare the
seed and the soil, and giving complete
instructions for all of the various le-
guminous crops; this bulletin will be
free to everybody" said Commission
er Watson yesterday.
The crops that will be dealt with
in the bulletin will be those more
likely to be used, but the department
will be I'm position to furnish cultures
for the whole gamut of legumes and
even gardeners can increase their
yields by securing bacteria at the
price offered. The department will
be In position almost Immediately to
furnish the cultures for all Of the
following: Alfalfa or lucerne, red
clover, mammoth clover, crimson
clover. white clover. burr clover, sweet
clover. yellow clover, yellow trefoil.
berseem clover. Japan clover, garden
peas. chick peas. or g~arbanza Canada
Held peas, sweet peas. tangier pea,
pidgeon pea, Jerusalem, cow peas,
soy beans, velvet beans. sword or
jack beans. garden beans, lima beans,
moth beans, horse beans, kudzu, vetch
(spring and winter. peanuts, mani
clio, beggar weed, lupins. lentils,
sanifoin, f~enugreek. serradella, wis
taria, lespedeza. sand clover and other
legames .
Mixed or compost cultures will also
be supplied as follows:
l. Good for red. white, crimson, al.
sike, mammoth and berseem clover.
2. Good for alfalfa or lucerne and
sweet clover.
3. Good for vetch and canada field
peas.
4. Good for soy beans and COW
peas.
8. Good for garden peas. garden
beans and sweet peas.
Applications for order blanks ma,
be mailed to the department now an6
orders may follow as soon as those
desiring bacteria for COW peas, pea
nuts, soy beans and velvet beans are
ready TO do 30. Within ten days the
department will be In position to com
mence shipment
The next forward step that We
need to take now following the Sc.
curing of cultures for legumes,% sait
Commissioner Watson. lis to secur,
lime for the farmer at a living figure
for sweetening the sour soils and re.
"H"e ~"iSo'oeo VI hiHc 10 the SOL
This believe we are on the way e
accomplish before fall. And then We
must do something towards securinl
and using properly raw rock phos.
phate at a reasonable figure and cou,
pie its use with an intelligent use OIL
commercial fertilizers. When we &c,
these three things accomplished, az.
riculture In South Carolina Is going
to be something that will make the
whole country take notice and nc
collapse Of a cotton market or manip.
ulation of the price Of cotton will
ever again make gray hairs in the
head OF any farmer"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
THREE STRICKEN. ONE DEAD
Meningitis Attacks Sons Of Oranecburc
County Man.

Orangeburg, April 12.-Dan Gibson.
the 1~2-year-old son Of MIR. Henry
Gibson, of Cordova. this county. died
this afternoon after an Illness Of sew
eral days. Three OF Mr.. Gibson's
sons were stricken with the same
malady. which the doctors pronounc-
ed cerebro-spmal meningitis. and
the other two. Mack Lee and Fritz.
are now desperately III.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
MANNING'S BOOSTER WEEK.
C~hautauqua Opens with Special Elk.
ercises-Big Auto Parade.

Manning, April 1S.-The Booster
club chauta u in Manning opened
auspiciously yesterday morning with
exercises in the court house and con-
tinued in the afternoon and evening
with concerts and lectures in the au-
ditorium of the graded school. The
first feature in the morning was an
excellent and timely address by E. j.
Watson, State commissioner OF agri-
culture, the burden of whose mes
sage was the Importance of replen-
fishing the earth and producing neces-
sary supplies on the affirm instead of
robbing the earth of it's natural fer
tility by using commercial fertilizers
to produce n crop to sell while buy
ing food and all necessaries from
abroad. 1t was an old story but fresh
ly and vigorously told with iteration
Of we'll known facts to impress the
truth. He was followed in an in
teresting and instructive address by
SOA'h IL SldlC WdIeklOuS6
commissioner, who explained the
purpose and Possibilities of a ware
house system to enable the cotton
producers to market their product in
a systematic and profitable manner.
The lectures and concert features
in the auditorium in the afternoon
and evening were we'll attended and
very much enjoyed, their underlying
purpose being one of good cheer,
amusement and inspiration-an op-
portunity to forget for the m
that there is a war going on in Eu-
rope.
The feature of this morning was an
imposing automobile parade, with
cars ta%stefully decorated to represent
severally the boys corn club. the
girls tomato club, poultry farming
and small grain production. Follow
ing the parade there was a lemon
stration of fruit and vegetable can
ming suited to domestic
This was conducted by Miss Kath-
crime Richardson, superintendent of
the girls clubs, assisted by c. A. Nc
Faddin, county farm demonstrator
and superintendent of the corr clubs
The programme for this afternoon
was an entertainment Of magical
illusions and a humorous lecture on
~"Grumblers'' or 1.-The Evils of Worry.
Ing" while this evening there was an
other half hour Of fun and magic and
another lecture on More Tafry and
Less Epitaphy.'
Tomorrow afternoon there will be
given in the auditorium a concert by
tho Lyric club, followed by an enter
tainment by Ellsworth Plumstead, the
impersonator, n tomorrow night
three will be a medley of imperso-
nations and a grand concert by the
Lyric club.
The grand climax of the week will
be on Friday when the annual school
fair and field day takes place and
everybody will be in Mannirg 10 witt
ness the friendly contests between the
different schools and to gain new
ideas as to h best ways Of making
the schools better and more en.hu-
siastically supported.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
90 10 Methodist Conference.

Messrs. j.. r.. r. Goodman, Ben
Mitchell, j. Is. Barnes, j. Ii. Wilson
Methodist Church have gone to the
district conference at Bcthune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

The effort to nave q curb market
shed erected on the lot adjacent to
the Court House square has not been
abandoned,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

last fall will result i'm ultimate good
and when the boil weevil makes his
appearance We will be better prepar-
ed to meet him.
j. Frank Williams.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17
GRAND JURY ENDORSES PLAN.
TWELVE MEMBERS SIGN RECON-.
MENDATION FOR SHED FOR
CURB MARKET.
Ask That County Lot be Set Aside
for This Purpose and That Board
OF Commissioners Erect Suita bic
Structure-Foreman Heartily En-
dOrses Scheme.

The grand jury of Sumter County
has recommended that the County
Commissioners set aside the property
owned by the county, on the southern
edge OF the court house lot for the use
Of a public market, and that the
county commissioners expend such
money as may be necessary, not to ex-
coed seven hundred and fifty dollars
for a curb market shed.
A copy Of the recommendation.
signed by twelve of the eighteen
jurors, printed below, has been fur
nished by Mr.. c. Elvin Stubs, him
self a member of the grand jury for
the year 1915.
Approaching the value of the curb
market to the farmers Of Sumter
county and to the u Of Sum-
ter, and having watched the opera
ton and success Of this market very
closely. and hearing a great many
consumers, and many farmers express
their desire for a curb market shed to
be erected by the county commits
%sioners. Mr.. Stubs interested him
self to the extent that he had mem
bers of the grand jury to discuss this
matter with the result that the rec
ommendation herein mentioned was
made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

The small grain crop in Sumter
County is making rapid growth and
the prospect for a fin crop is ex-
~ceptionally good.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-17

To the Supervisor and County Board
of Commissioner for Sumter County.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned,
members of the grand jury for Sum-
ter county for the present year, here
by respectfully recommend, that you
do set aside the property owned by
the county on the southern edge of
the court house lot on the southern
side of the Law Range, for the use of
the public market. and that you do
expend for the purpose of erecting a
suitable market building thereon for
the use Of the public such amount as
may be necessary, not exceeding,
however, the sum of seven hundred
and fifty dollars. We believe that
the expenditure will result in great
good, not only to the citizens Of this
city of Sumter, but more especially to
to the farmers of Sumter county,
thereby giving them a fit and suitable
place to dispose of their country pro-
duce, and thereby bring the produc-
er and the consumer together. elimi-
mating the middle man, and reduce
the cost of living for those who re-
side In the city of Sumter.
Respectfully submitted,
j.. c. Dunbar, Foreman,
j. s.. Folk.
s. A. Harvin,
c. E. Stubs.
b. o. Cantey,
J.. p. Brunson,
j.. w. Kinard,
w. j. Crowson,
G. s. Mason,
Willie Shaw,
j. w. Spencer,
Thos. ]. Baker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

foul deed, attempted to redeem him. self by scampering to third on a wild pltch where he starved to death wait ing for Shotgun" John Wallace to come through with the blow in the pinch-in other words the safe wal lop
 After this Baronial exhibition of squirting on the paths in the second. the visitors religiously abstained from embarrassing Pitcher Holmquist with their presence on the bags until the ninth when one lone Baron secured Tree transportation to first base. It was Useless eSertion as ii0ifiiquist steeieti hin heart against further philan- thropies and the Molesworth band had quaffed of bitter defeat
 One Clayton Perry materially aided the Gulls in their victory by securing three of the six safe raps off Robert- son. The Gulls started scoring in the third when Schmidt singled. was sac rificed to second. stole third on the dumbness of Hale and scored on Car rolls weird throw. In the fifth North en singled, stole second and third on the poor throwing of Hale and scored on Hicks sacrifice fly. The last run of the game was made in the sixth when with the bases full due to hits and errors. Robertson deliberately walked Hub Northen and forced in run. Calhoun then proved an easy out
 The features of this afternoons game Jeff Holmquist, was the fielding of Perry. Dobard and Miller, and the bat ting of Perry.
 Tomorrow afternoon Townsend will ritch for the Gulls and Black for the B3rons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
PETE KNISELY IS HERO. OF CUB GAME. OTHER SPORT NOTES
RUbE PASSENGER MASTERS LOOKOUTS New Orleans Increases Lead. Vols Are Displaced by
 Memphis Chicks

Atlanta. June 1s-The only change in the club standing in the Southern association as the result of play during th week ending yesterday was the dis placing of Nashville in third position by Memphis. New Orleans bettered it's percentage in the lead by winning five Of seven games, while Birmingham, in second place, won four and lost three
 Memphis led for the week with six wins and one defeat, while Chattanooga lost only one game in five starts At lanta and Mobile had a rather disas- trous week, each team winning but one in six attempts. Little Rock returned one victory in five contests. Nashville split even in six games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
WASHINGTON TEAM
 SHOWS GOOD FORM

The remaining clubs in the league seem already out of the running even for first division honors, although Brancn Hickey ooubtless expects to get better results with his St. Louis club when his really formidable pitching staff rounds into form again. With Connie Mack the sea
 son looks more like one of foundation laying for future years than one in which serious bid for honors is to be made now. Neither Cleveland nor New York seem strong enough to break permanently the ranks of the present leading quartet
 fortunes of National league teams ran remarkably even Only the Philadelphias ulu pelter than the average and only the New Yorks did worse. The advantape gained by the Quakers, however,, was largely lost today when they remained Idle while the Cubs played the Bostons
 beat them and after a days trailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
Bar0ns Held To One Lone Hit

One of the most remarkable come- backs in baseball is Harry Cove leskie, the big blond haired Pole, who Is starring with his portside slants for the Detroit Ty-gers. Coveleskie, several years ago as- tonished the baseball world by win ming three victories from the New York Giants in the latter part of the season, and by so doing nosed out the New Workers from the Ma tional league pennant. After this notable pitching feat Coveleskie faltered and went back to the minors. A year as a Baron and then Covie went to Cincinnati only to come back to the Southern league again. Finally, the Detroit Ty-gers drafted Covie and last season the big Pole came through with re- markable record. This season Cove leskie ranks as one of the best pitchers in the majors.
 This Roy Ellam person who has been hanging around Birmingham for the last four or five years, ain't liable to remain here much longer if he continues to wallop the ball. Ellam is overdue in the majors as it is now.
 Robertson pitched a nice game yesterday but the premier hurler of the Southern league could not ex- pect to win with his opponent pitching. onehit game. Dickie, when you draw a hard one there is honor even in defeat.
 We broke six chairs over Larry McLeans head" lawn McGraw's press agent got to the newspaper boys first and big, good natured Larry Mclean was made the goat. Now, curtains for Larry
 The way these minor leagues are threatening to close up shop brings to mind that there soon will be a hungry bunch of ball players on the market. Big salaries. the Feder- als and the players fraternity are due for the toboggan into oblivion. Good riddance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
BRAVES DEFEATED
 BY CHICAGO CUBS
STANDING

Chicago, June 1S.-Chicago defeated Boston to in the first game of the series here today. The worlds cham pions hit Vaughn hard in the opening inning, scoring four runs Chicago tied it up in their half when they punched four hits, which included doubles by knlsely and Zimmerman and home run Dy Williams. hnlseIys double and two sacrifices put Chicago in the lead in the third Lavender replaced Vaughn and held the visitors to three scattered hits.
 Extra players on the Boston bench had verbal duel with Umpire Quisley and eight were sent to the clubhouse. They were Captain Evers, Ragan, Whaling, Tyler. Moran. Egan, Gather and Hughes. Score: R. H. E. Boston ..........5. 400 900 000--4 s o Chicago 301 100 00"--6 12
 Batteries: Rudolph, Hess and Gowdy; Vaughn, Lavender and Archer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Of the two Chicago teams the White Sox made the better work of 1t, holding their lead with an even break, while the Cubs lost more games than they won and relinquished their premiership.
 The American leaguers found the going easy in New York, but encountered thornier paths in Boston and Washington Meanwhile, however, Detroit was finding the Bostons equally hard to beat Jen- nings' men thus were forced to surren- der the leadership after one days oc- cupany and failed to regain lost ground yesterday by succumbing in a battle in Philadelphia, while the White Sox were losing close struggle with the Nation als.
 Clark Griffith's team made the record for the week in games won and mounted faster than any other team in either league. With the return of Shanks and Chick Gandil to the lineup the Wash ingtons have shown improved form. They passed New York and went to the first division and if they continue to main tam their recent game the race in the younger league is likely to develop added interest On recent form the Washing tons will have to be included in the list of possible pennant candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Mobile, June 13.-tSpeciaI. )-Jef Hoimquist, the Irish franc-tireur. who was selected by Manager Charley Schmidt of the quavering Gulls to humble the Barons obeyed the orders of his boss and humiliated the hench- men of MoIesworth by allowing them one solitary smack this afternoon and no runs. On the other hand. aided by the somnambulistic MT. Hale, the schmidtmen were able to garner trio of counters off the six bingles secured from the cuspidOrinn slants of the ge- niaI Dick Robertson. The sad tale sue cintIy told, isi GuIls 3. BarOns o.
 For the last five games the Gulls had met defeat despite the noble work of the moundsmen. This afternoon the nephew of the German Kaiser-Herr Holmquist-decided it was up to him ana his Prussian assistants to blanket the Barons with an aching void as far as hits and runs were concerned. Jeff succeeded tolerably we'll and Mobile Is flattered with another victory--a refu- tation to the seers of the Southern cir cult who continually predict that the Gulls are doomed to be on the losing end all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
Couldn't Feaze Him
Louisville Herald.

FTOn Ine IOUlSNIIIe HeraId.
 A Kansas paper tells of man who went home under the influence of liquor and in his anxiety that his wife shouldn't know it. he put on pompous mien. Why Will" she said. you're drunk Not tall.'' How in the world did you get that cut on your forehead?" That stumped him. but a bright thought came: q bit myself" You bit yourself? Now, how did you bite yourself on the forehead?' But he had her there and he came right paCh; stood oii d chair