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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31

Sardinia Home Demonstration Club.
The ladies of Sardinia, under the
direction of Miss Katherine Richard
son., have organized a Home Demon
stration Club. and already several
very enthusiastic meetings have been
held. The club meets twice each
month. and the ladies find this none
too often. Home Better,nent is the
line of work we have chosen for our
first study, and we have begun by
having n demonstration at each
meeting. Quite a number Of our
club members have made ireless
cookers, and in this way cooking has
become less burdensome.
Our ladies are very much interested
in the Demonstration work and the
club has grown from seven to seven
teen members. Miss Richardson has
kindly promised to have held in our
town a short course in domestic
science n we are looking forward
to much pleasure in this work.
The club hopes to accomplish great
good in the work we have started,
and we find the social side Of our
meetings more pleasant. At our next
regular meeting hope to have q dom
o~nstration showing how to care for
the sick, at which time we are to
have a trained nurse to give some
lessons.
We hold our meetings in different
homes and in this way We develop q
more cordial feeling, and as each
home is different we find more to
give VI though. which only stirs up
more interest.
The club members are allowed to
bring along their fancy work if they
like. and after the program is over
We exchange ideas along that line.
We are hoping in the near future
TO hold a community fair where we
will have on exhibit all kinds of can
ned goods, fancy articles and many
other things. All of these will be got
ten up by our ladies OF the demonstra-
ton 'club.-Manning Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31
Miss knight Entcrtains.

Miss Mary Knight entertained a
few OF her friends ut her homo OH
Hampton venue Friday morning.
Tables were t~astefully arranged for
"Bunco." which was tho game IF the
morning. After playing for a while
Misses Emma Pinckney and Marion
Foresman tied and threw for the
highest. Miss Marion Foresman be-
ing the luck winner. was awarded
with a lovely embroidered banker
chief. a dainty salad course was
then served by Misses Marion
knight and Alice Bynum. after which
tho victrola was started and dancing
was enjoyed by all. Then the mt
steal members rendered lovely selcc-
lions on the piano. The guests who
attended this enjoyable affair were:
Misses Emma Pinckney. Vermcllc
Pitts. Marion Foresman. Jeanne
Foresman. Marion Bynum. Mary
Bland. Rae Dunno and Grace Itey-
nolds. NJ. Il.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31

Mr.. w. II. James expert account
ant from Atlanta, Ga, is here this
week by recommendation Of the last
I'll the officers in the court house
Mr.. amos said to the editor that Inc
ccllcnt condition, ana with the eX-
ccption Of few minor discrepancies
are accurate and correct. This is
quite fiattcring to our public official.
md speaks we'll for their efficiency
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31

Governor r. /. Manning has ap-
pointed DR.. S. c.. Baker, Sumter;
Is. w. segars. Lee county; T. J.
Strait, Columbia; O. c. Scarborough,
summerton; r. II. King, Charleston,
among the seventeen delegates to the
forty-second annual meeting Of the
National Conference Of Charities and
Corrections which meets in Baltimore.
May IL to 10.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31
Sumter, s. &.

Davis -. Noise, r.. 7. Reardon Of
this city and \. V. Smell of Charles
ton are among the thir,y-four dele
gates appointed by Gov. Manning to
attend the sixth session of the South
Carolina Commercial Congress. which
meets at Muskogee, oklahoma, from
April 6 To so.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31
Billy Sundays Priceless Services.
Washington Herald.

"aShlnkton herald.
The gift Offering TO the Rev. Billy
sunday from the people OF Philadel-
phia Is. TO date. below $50. 900. and
the evangelist's Is disap-
pointed. IL Is less than Pittsburgh
gave n year ago. and much less thar
was estimated when the coin and bills
and checks were showered into the
collection plates last Sunday. But
much OF tho coin was silver. the bills
OF small denomination and none OF
n checks large. The campaign man.
ager says that all the churches OF
Philadelphia promised to take up COL
lections. but they have failed TO make
cash deposits and he insinuates that
there has been bad faith on the part
OF the ministers.
The old admonition To not look a
gift horse In the mouth Is ignored by
he friends OF the evangelist. lie went
To Philadelphia TO work for the sal
walton Of souls. without money and
without price. but IL appears with
great expectations as to the financial
returns. AT n time when star theat-
rical attractions have been recalled
from the road. when even baseball
stars are looking for jobs. and bust
ness men are c~urtailing their expenses.
where 10000 unemployed are being
cared for in New York city alone
$4,000 for ten weeks service I'M addi-
ton TO all living expenses. appears
like n handsome gift. But not SO TO
the manager % Mr.. Sunday. The
criticism Of the gift OF Philadelphia
20 Mr.. sunday reflects upon the evan
Reii5t more than II does on the peo-
pie OF that city. IL places big ser
vices on a financial basis, rather than
on that self-sacriicing for the good
OF humanity. and suggests a tariff on
the salvation OF souls.
But even though the free-will Offer
ing I'm money may be disappointing.
there are many ways in which appre-
citation car be shown. A prominent
manufacturer took Mr.. Sunday and
Ma" to the biggest store in town and
invited them TO select the gift he pro
posed TO make. weare told that Mr..
Sunday was like n boy I'm a candy shop
and could not for a time select any
thing. but finally found a beautiful
scarfpin priced $500 and selected 1t
with the remark that he just dotted on
scarfpins. which does not read at all
like MIR. Sundays denunciation Of the
extravaganza and ~frivolity OF society.
IL Is easier to understand why Ma
selected a $3.50 diamond ring, for
Ma" Is not running the revival bust
ness. or denounclng society or any
body else for enjoying jewelry and
nice clothes.
There are so many sides TO Billy
Sunday that IL Is difficult to judge Us
TO which Is most prominent. Ho has.
as Col. Roosevelt would say. had q
corking time In Philadelphia. dcnounc-
ing sinners: and some OF the sinners
have for many years plodded a'ong In
n seff-sOcrilcing way under the Inn,
preston that they were Christians
and doing Christian work. for he mas
pummelled the churches and church
members quite as hard as ne has those
who had no connection with the
n revival canno be estimated until
Philadelphia has cooled down. and
with hysteria cured. ooks over tn,
result.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31
Letter to
Or. Kilmer q Co.,
B~inghamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do For

Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do For
You.
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y, for q sample size
bottle. 1t will convince y You
will also receive a booklet Of valuable
information, telling about the kid
neys and bladder. When writing, be
sure and mention this paper.
Regular ffty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale at all drug stores
Advt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31
Pointers for Orchard and

POINTERS for Orchard and Garden.
This is the best time to top graft
apple trees.
IL is v too late to prune fruit
trees until the flower buds begin to
open.
Fertilize and cultivate the straw
berry bed preparatory to mulching.
III for any reason your garden
plan is not completed, get at it now
Plan to have a variety of vegetables
coming off i'm succession.
Asparagus beds will fare better
with a top dressing of commercial
fertilizer containing some readil,
available nitrogen.
Cut back old Seeding pecan trees
for top budding during the coming
summer.
IL is not desirable TO set out peach
and plum orchards on low land on
account Of the increased danger of
spring frosts.
In planting out asparagus crown
or roots it will pay to use only the
largest ones as they produce larger
and better quality shoots.
a dozen vegetables that can be
planted in the early spring, before
danger of frost is past. are: as
paragus. garden peas. beets, radish-
es, lettuce. kale, c%aulihower, onion,
carrot. parsnip. satisfy and cabbage.
Destroy all decayed vegetables and
rubbish about the garden, as these
things harbor insects and plant dis
eases.
Soak Irish potato seed in a for
malin solution 10 prevent scab. Use
one pint OF commercial formalin TO
thirty gallons Of water. Let the
potatoes remain in the solution for
two hours and plant two or three
days after treatment.
Cabbage or Irish potatoes should
not be planted on the same land
for many years in succession. in or
der that the soil may not become
with troublesome diseases.
To burn all waste after you have
finished pruning trees will aid great
ly in the control Of insect pests
and diseases.
In pruning operations. paint oil
wounds that are more than an inch
In diameter. to prevent the entrance
OF disease germs and to keep them
from drying out.
When an orchard Is planted on a
hillside. the land should be terraced
to prevent washing. Many orchards
in the South are becoming unprof-
table through neglect in this particu-
lar.
A good barrel spraying outfit costs
not more than nrtecr dollars and
viii last Tor u number Of years.
Get one. use II, and note the i'm
provement In size, color and quality
OF your fruit.
Spray fruit trees for San Jose
scale before the flower buds open,
using concentrated lime sulphur So
luton. The commercial fern is
very satisfactory and should be used
in the proportion of one gallon of
the mixture to nine gallons Of water.
Look after the old neglected fruit
trees. Remove all decayed branches
and watersprouts and hen cut the
top so as to let in plenty Of ali
and sunshine. Scrape of the old
dead bark on the trunk and apply
a strong solution of soap suds and
I've.
Plant Gamma and dahlia root now.
In separating tho roots Of both
these plants. be sure to leave q
portion OF the old stem attached to
the part to be planted.
a dozen annual towering plants
which are adapted for culture In the
garden OF any amateur are: aster,
sweet pea, petunia. SALIVA. vinca.
sDapdragon. v%erbena. nasturtium.
zinnia. sweet alyssum, dianthus and
marigold. +. j.. Cridcr,
Asso. H~orticulturist. Clemson Agri-
cultural Coilepa
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
6. A. R. subcommittee
Worries over BADGES
Puzzled as to Whether Local or Out.
of-town Firm Should Get
Contract.

Buying a badge is a problem. Buy
ing more than 1000 badges is a serious
problem. This was the statement made
last night by J. Harry Cunningham
chairman of the subcommittee or
badges of the citizens committee fol
the G. A. r. encampment. Mr.. Cum
ningham declared that persons who
never bought badge ought to try to
buy several thousand when they get
over weight and want to reduce a lit
tie.
I've perspired more tonight than on
any single night before in my life
time" said Chairman Cunningham when
he emerged from the executive COM
mittee meeting room in the Chamber
of Commerce chambers after opening
and examining the bids submitted by
eleven firms which make and sell
badges.
Eight bids were submitted by out-of-
town concerns. Three Washington firms
submitted bids. The problem that con-
fronted the subcommittee on badges is
better understood when it is recalled
that boost and buy in Washington
campaign" Is in progress. Further. all
OF the local firms which submitted
bids just few weeks ago made liberal
contributions to the G. A. r. encamp-
ment fund.
If an out-of-town Arm is awarded
the contract for the 1000 badges there
may be an interesting how-d'ye-do. In
his dilemma Chairman Cunningham
had as committee members A. H. Van
Deusen. Louis c. Wilson, William H.
Parsons. and Edwin c. Callow The
subcommittee decided to pass the badge
bids. and in fact the whole badge
question. to the full badge committee.
of which William T. Galliher is chair
man.
The Washington firms which sub
mitted bids are the Meyers Military
Shop. r. Harris & Co. and Edwards
& Tanner The eight out-of-town bid
ders are the Robbins Company. of At
tleboro, Mass; Bastian Bros. Co., Of
Rochester. N. Y: American Railway
Supply Company. of New York; Joseph
X. Davidson's Sons, of Philadelphia :
Whitehead & Hoag. of Newark, N. j.;
Dieges Clust, of New York; Frater-
nal Manufacturing Company, of Gin
cinnati. and Simmons 4 Faust, local
representatives of out-of- town con-
Germs.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
AUSTRIAN BASE,
once PIRATES HAVEN
Town and Harbor that Has Played
Prominent Part in History Called
Second Helisoland.

In a bulletin recently issued the Ma
tional Geographic Society gives the
story of Pola. the great Austrian naval
station. which is described as 1.-THE
Heligoland of the Austrians." Pola is
only few hours from the east coast
ports of Italy.
'Pola," the bulletin reads. (which
is the chief naval station and arsenal
of the Dual Monarchy and one of the
best protected ports in the world, may
soon become known wherever wal
correspondence is read as the most
vital strategic point on new. wide
sweeping battle front. For Pola ia
the Heligoland of the Austrians to-
ward their Italian neighbors; and, in
case of rupture between these peo-
Piles. it would be Austria's most pow
erful advanced base.
History begins for this little
known city with its first capture by
the Romans in IFS b. G. Pola has
been a war port since its appearance
in the ancient chronicles. 1t was
once the strongest and widest of
those Istrian pirate retreats. where
the rebellious spirits of the Roman
world empire gathered, and whence
they made their raids upon the rich
commerce that flowed from every
Eastern Mediterranean port to Rome.
The Romans destroyed the place. I'm
der the Emperor Septimus Severus, A.
D. 1921, it again became an i'm
portant war harbor, and its city grew
to $4,000 inhabitants. The trade ri
walls. Venice and Genoa, fought each
other for its possession. as it was a
key to the freedom of the Adriatic.
Destroyed by the Genoese in 1879. it
continued under the sovereignty of
Venice until 1897. when it fell to Aus
tria upon the disme mberment of the
Venetian State.
"Pola now number about $4,000 peo-
Pile. 40 per cent. of whom are Italians
and the rest largely Serbo-Croat The
city lies at the head of the Bay of
Pola sheltered and screened by rug
ged heights 1t is defended by a very
extensive and modern system of for
tifications. defenses prepared upon a
scale fitted to the importance of the
harbor. The mountains around 1t
conceal powerful batteries that over
look the town and harbor, while the
chain of defensive works is continued
to the entrance waters and to the
nearby islands. The passage to the
bay is guarded by two strong forts"
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
MANY PICTURE HOUSES
TO BOOST WASHINGTON
Majority Agree to Display Slogan
Of Retail Merchants
Association.

The buy in and boost for Washing
ton" campaign of the Retail Merchants
Association will be given widespread pub
liCtty by the moving picture managers
OF the city. the majority of whom have
agreed to place on their screens during
intermisSIon, a slide bearing the above
slogan.
Charles j.. Columbus. secretary of the
association. made tour of the theaters
yesterday. and, as proof that the matter
WAS received with more enthusiasm than
had been expected he disposed of all the
slides before h" had covered the city.
More have been ordered.
meeting OF the board of governors
nf the association has boon called by
X. =. Andrews. president. for Thursday
afternoon to arrange details of the auto
boosting trip. on which the merchants
will motor 10 SIX important cities of
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
EXPLAINS CUT in
| MAIL MEMS wage
Praeger Says Raise for Ef-
6cient Collectors Must Come
Out of Poor Workers PAY.
NOT ECONOMY SCHEME
Postmaster Indicates Order to Reduce
Salaries Came from
Higher Up.

inefficient mail collectors in the Dis
tricts postal service must suffer re-
duction of 800 year in their salaries
In order that their more efficient COL
leagues may receive an increase. This
Is the reason announced by City Post
master Praeger for his new order cut
ting the wage of thirty-four employees
on June 80. Mr.. Praeger declared the
plan was not an economy scheme.
The collectors to be affected adversely
by the new order have been asked TO
show cause tomorrow why they should
be retained at their present wage. The
carriers are helpless in the matter. says
their representative. E. j. CantwelI, Sec
rotary Of the National Association of
Letter Carriers.
Came from Higher Cp.
In his written statement for publica-
ton Mr.. Praeger intimates the order did
not originate In his office, but came
from higher up.
The proposed reduction in salary OF
certain letter carriers Of this office Is
not restricted to the Washington Of
nee and does not involve collectors only.
nor Is II an economy proposition on the
part OF the departnen but it Is in line
with the general policy of the depart
ment to adjust salaries to the labor per-
formed the statement reads.
The city postmaster explains the situa-
ton follows:
The salary law enacted in 1912 provided
Tor the successive promotion of carriers
In large cities to the $1.lOO grade and
the promotion of the more efficient ones
TO the Woo grade. and since that time,
Congress has appropriated from year to
year sufficient funds for the promotion
OF from only so per cent to 10 per cent
OF those eligible to promotion to the
S.2D grade. II being intended that only
the most efficient carriers should receive
the maximum salary of 81, 100
Appropriation Bill Failed.
As the last Congress failed to pass the
postofice appropriation bill, making ef-
fective promotions for the fiscal year be-
ginning July !. 1915. but passed a con-
tinuing act making available for that
year the amounts appropriated for the
year beginning Julp /, 1914. it will be
necessary for the department to reduce
the inefficient carriers in order to provide
for the promotion of the efficient ones
during the coming year.
I'm my opinion, the law is more likely
to be violated BY a failure to promote
the efficient ones than by permitting the
inefficient ones to receive salary of
LOO and 1t is manifestly unjust to
the employees who are performing eff
GENTLY the more exacting service to con-
tinue them at a smaller salary than is
given those performing less exacting
service
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
ITALY'S KING STARTS
FOR BATTLE FRONT
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

Department to formally communicate
the facts of the situation to Secretary
| Bryan.
After two long conferences with Sec.
| rotary of State Bryan yesterday, Coun,
Macchi di Cellere. the Italian ambassa
dor. announced that there would be nc
difficulties between the United State:
| and Italy on the question of contra
band
Count CeIIere spoke for his government
as he had received from the foreign of.
| flee a long cable dispatch which had
| been partly deciphered and which. he
said. he would present today to the
| State Department.
The action of Naly has caused hardly
q ripple here, since her entrance into
the war on the side of the allies has
| been long anticipated in official
quarters.
1t is expected that today proclama-
ton of neutrality will be issued to the
public. 1t will not differ in any essential
from the numerous other proclamations
since last August
The chief interest in the situation ap-
parent here yesterday was not with re-
gard to Italy's immediate acts, but as
to what Roumania is going to do. There
is general belief here that whatever
part Roumania is to play. it has already
been assigned to and accepted by her.
1t is not doubted that England and Italy
and other allies have made very definite
arrangements with Roumania. 1t is
thought more than probable that Rou-
mania will enter the war. though it Is
doubted il this action will be taken at
once.
1t has been accepted as fundamental
that Roumania's course would depend
largely on the arrangements she might
be able to make with Bulgaria. It Is
believed that an understanding has been
reached which is sufficient, at least, to
protect Roumania from all danger Of at
tack by Bulgaria il she does decide to en-
ter the war 1t is thought possible that
Bulgaria may even have arranged with
Roumania that she will attack Turkey
as soon as Roumania may attack Aus
tra-
Greece. 1t is thought likely here. will
be found wholly out Of the situation for
some time. as it Is understood the allies
are not now particularly anxious to have
her. Join them. because of the compensa-
tions she would ask In the event of vic
tory over Turkey.
1t was positively make known yester-
day that the United States is not at pres
ent having charge of Austrian interests
IN ltaly ~ mas not been invited 10 take
charge of Austrian diplomatic interests
1t is presumed that this is due to Ger
many's action. Germany having invited
the Swiss to assume her diplomatic In
terests, instead of asking the United
States. which represents Germany In the
capitals Of the countries with which she
was at war before Italy Joined. It Is
supposed that the German and Austrian
governments have taken cognizance OF
the possibility of strained relations with
the United States growing out of the
Presidents note to Germany regarding
submarine operations. The United States
has taken charge Of Italy's interests in
Vienna and will probably be asked to
do the same at Berlin and CONSTANT
nople when Germany and Turkey issue
the declarations Of war against Italy
which are expected from them.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
OBITUARY..

Funeral services for Charles W. Bell
who died Saturday at his home. 1853
Irving street northwest, will be held this
afternoon at o'clock at the Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. W. r.
Wedderspoon officiating. Interment will
be in Glenwod Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be the following nephews of the de-
ceased: DIR. Frank. Wilbur Leech. DIR. D.
o. Leach, Walter Beall. George Beall and
Lawrence Green.
Mr.. Bell was a veteran of the civil war
and an employee of the Supreme Court
of the United States for nearly fifteen
years. Death was caused by heart dis
ease.
Robert Trouland. of ~ Massachusetts
avenue northwest, while on his way to
the Northminster Presbyterian Church.
at Rhode Island avenue and Eleventh
street northwest, Sunday night became
suddenly Ill at Ninth and X streets.
where he died about l o'clock yesterday
morning. His death was due to cerebral
hemorrhage. Mr.. Trouland was a native
of Pennsylvania. He came to this city
soon after the close of the civil war,
later entering the employ of the city
postoffice. He was IS years old.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-25
STRIKERS WANT TO CONFER.
Brewery Workers Are Wearing O,
Hardships, IL Report,

Considering it unnecessary to say they
are undergoing hardships because of
their strike. discussing it rather as a
financial loss for all parties concerned,
brewery workers who quit their employ
ment in District beer factories five weeks
ago are thinking that a conference with
their former employees would not be an
unpopular plan.
Rumors coming out Of labor circles tell
OF division in the camp of the strikers.
especially In the leaders council. Among
the conservative members Of NE general
strike committee a settlement of the
troubles by a mass meeting Is being
talked about.
The brewery owners and their repre-
sentatives would be invited to the meet
Ing, which would be open to the public
Other guests would be saloon proprietors.
The plan IL to have the meeting called
for an early date. Some members of the
committee look upon the suggestion a.
rather premature
The strikers have not discussed the
plan with the brewery owners, but they
feel the brewers would consider any
concessions or suggestions.