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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS.
Local Chapter Has Established Office
and LUNCH Room on North Main
Street.

The local organization Of the Red
cross has now established it's head
Quarters at the Dixie Electric Com
pany. on North Main street, where
several Red Cross workers are sta
toned throughout most OF the day.
The committee in charge Of the
headquarters Is kept busy these days
serving lunches to those who drop in
Lemonade. Ice tea, and sandwiches
are served. Two very attractive tables
have been arranged by the ladies for
the lunchers and everybody is invited
TO come I'm and be servc with re-
freshments, while he is being cooled
OH by fans lent by the Dixie Electric
Company. Let 1t be borne in mind.
however. that these lunches will be
served only for few days until the
material arrives which is to be made
INTO sheets. pillow cases, and 9th ~
things for our soldier boys who will
be at the front.
For the making of these things, the
Singer Company. M. b. Randle and
T.. w. Vogel have each been kind
enough to lend sewing machine.
These machines will be run by mo-
tors borrowed from the Dixie shop
Mr.. ]. f. King has also been kind
enough to lend an Edison machine
with n number Of records.
Red Cross caps. banners and arm
bands are kept for sale ut the head
which is kept open from 10
o'clock In the morning until / O'Clock
In the afternoon and from 4 to G
o'clock In the afternoon. Any ladies
doing shopping down town, who find
that they haze some spare time, are
requested to come to the Red Cross
headquarters and assist in making the
various things which are to be sent
abroad.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
Candidates for Flying Corps.

Mr.. Erwin Shaw, who recently ma de
application for admission to the Ayia-
ilon corps of the United States army
mas been accepted and has been noti-
ned to report at Columbus, Ohio, for
training.
Mr.. ID. j. Pendleton, another Sum-
'er candidate for the Aviation corps.
has been notified to report i'm WASH
ington on the 2Sth for examination. If
nc passes the examination successfully
he VIII go into training at once.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
POSTOFFTCE LIGHTS.
Secretary RcardOn and Postmaster
Dick Explain and Elucidate Pre-
ViOus Comments. O..

In statement to the supervising
architect Of the United States treas
ury, and to the Sumter Daily Item
about the electric lights not being lit
at the Sumter postofficc, referring
more particularly to the four arc lights
on the outside of the building, Secre-
tary E. /. ReardOn said: POSTMASTER
Dick informed Secretary Reardon
that he had been ordered to cut out
the outside arc lights and that this
was done to cut down the expenses"
Postmaster Geo. w. Dick has called
Mr.. Reardon's attention to a discrep-
ancy in this statement which the post
master thinks should be corrected as ii
does the supervising architects Of
flee an injustice and misquotes Post
master Dick. Secretary Reardon has
had the Sumter postmaster to die
tate his own version of the converse
ton which has also undertaken to
give further information about this
matter as per DR.. Dicks own state
ment verbatim.
DR.. Dick said in his last statement
to the secretary:
AT the beginning of my admins
tratiOn all four outside arc lights were
turned on until II o'clock, midnight
But at the suggestion of an inspector
Of the treasury department which
owns and maintains the building,
these lights which were simply for or
nament were ordered cut down to very
short hours, and on my own accord
they were ordered cut out entirely.
1t was shown by the treasury de-
partment that little saving at each
office meant the saving of many thou
sands of dollars per month in theii
thousands of public buildings.
The department stressed the fact
that the motto of this office which is
efficiency" must be maintained, and
to bring about a still higher degree OF
same, the former system of lighting
was removed, at great expense and an
other combination system of gas AMI
electric lights was installed.
Furthermore a contract has JUS
been closed to have even this system
augmented by more lights, this for the
The postmaster stated further that
he was glad always to have the pat
rons Of the office come to him, a pub
lie servant. to bring any of the short
comings of the Office to his attention,
but always let the criticism fall where
It justly belongs
The treasury department, i'm other
words, the supervising architects Of
flee, has always given not only at
tentive ear to what the Sumter post
master had to say i'm his various trips
to the depar nent, but has without
exception granted every request that
nc has ever made.
Therefore. the supervising archi- |
tect's office is absolutely beyond crit
icism, and on more than one occasion
the postmaster has been congratulate
ed by the various engineers and in |
SpectOrs who have been sent here, not |
only on the quality. but the quantity |
Of the various affairs of utility and or
namcnt that this office has received.
Economy is the watchWord of the |
postOfiice and treasury departments |
But at the same time the fact that il |
must not be false economy has been |
stressed by threse two departments, |
maintaining by precept and example |
that the best is the cheapest"
In The Recorders Court.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
RED CROSS IN MANNING.
Clarendon County Has Already Raised
More Than It's Allotment of War
Fund. J

Yesterday afternoon q party of Red
Cross workers from this city went
down to Manning to organize an
auxiliary chapter and assist in the
campaign being carried on there to
raise $4,000, which amount has been
allotted Clarendon county as it's share
of the $1OO,O00,0O Red Cross war fund
now being raised by nation wide
campaign. A very enthusiastic meet
ing was held in the court house at
which the Rev. Mr.. Way, of Charles
ton, and Mr.. Neill O'Donnell of this
city, Senator j. Charlton DuRant.
charm of the meeting, made ad-
dress j.,
AT the conclusion of these speeches,
donations to the fund were asked for
and, within n short time $3,511 were
subscribed. This morning at 11.3O
O'Clock. when only a partial report
had been handed ir by the committees
1T WoTk III Clafen' on county, II was
reported that the amount subscribed
in rhe county was $4,312, which con-
tribution is larger than the amount
asked.
The Red Cross workers Of Manning
wish to thank those who went from
here yesterday to assist them in get
tins the campaign started over there
and in working up so much enthus-
iasin for the cause. Besides those
going who were especially interested
in the Red Cross work, several mem
ners OF the Philharmonic Society
went along to furnish music for the
occasion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
a Friend.

ON Friday night. the silver Moon
Cafe. an establishment on West LIB
crty street run for negroes, was brok-
en- into by an unknown thief who
succeeded I'm getting away with about
eleven dollars. Entrance was gained
by breaking through the back door
and. as the cafe was not closed until
130 o'clock Saturday morning. it IL
thought that the building was enter.
ed shortly after that time. 1t was
only three weeks ago that another at
tempt was made to get into the build
ing but. though the glass window In
the rear was broken, the wouid-bs
thief failed In his attempt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT.
Car and Motorcycle Collide on East
Liberty Street.

Late yesterday afternoon smashup
occurred on East Liberty street. when
a car. driven by Kenneth FORESTER,
cOllidcd with and demolished motor.
cycle owned by Eugene Sanders. The
only person seriously injured was Dur
ward Scurry. the driver of the motor
cycle, who had his leg broken in the
accident.
Mr.. Forester was headed south on
Magnolia Street and was following a
car which was hardly more than
twenty-five or thirty feet in front. Eu
gene Sanders and Durward Scurry,
who were riding the motorcycle, We're
headed east on Liberty street. The
head car, going south on Magnolia
| street. had just crossed over Lib
erty street when those on the motor
cycle attempted to pass between the
two cars When Mr.. Forester saw
that the motorcycle was only few
''NN away, hc tu'hiy 'ppiSV
brakes and swerved to one side, but
he could not avoid hitting the motor
cycle. When he applied the brakes
to his car. the machine turned turtl:
spilling out all the occupants. There
were i'm the car. besides the driver,
| five young ladies who are i'm town tax
inG the short course i'm canning being
| given at the Girls High school
Though all the young ladies were con-
siderably frightened and scratched,
Miss Pauline Kvaterink was the only
one hurt she having had her arm
spraincd.
The motorcycle was practically ruin
ed. while the car. although it was
badly damaged, was not entirely
wrecked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
The Marketing Of Crops.
Editor Daily Item.

Editor Daily Item.
The call of our president to pro-
duce larger food crops has stirred the
patriotism of our farmers I'm eyery
section OF our great country and they
are responding nobly.
The average farmer Is not only
raising sufficient amount for the
needs OF his own family, but will
nave some to spare. How to market
this surplus at a reasonable profit is
giving the farmer Of the South no
small concern just now. To change
from an all cotton production to the
raising of perishable foods for man
and food for beasts will require an all
around readjustment.
On account Of this quick change the
careful farmer will 60 slow for the
first year or two until he Is assured
that his surplus will find q market at
fair profit for his labor, therefore
the surplus Of the average farmer
will not always be large enough to
justify him In putting up in proper
size marketable packages. hence he
must have some place where he can
dispose of his produce in bulk.
There are just two things that arc
indispensable to fiji the need in this re-
adjustment. the cooperative canning
factory. and the produce commission
house. Both Of these should be in
every county seat i'm the State.
The canning factory will pay hand
some returns on the investment. The
writer knows Of one community where
$500.000 worth of Strawberries went
to waste in one season for the lack of
a canning factory.
The farmer must be willing to ac-
cept the Wholesale market price for
his produce. or be content to sell Il
from house to house. and when the
season Is well on he will likely find
the local market glutted. The pro-
duce merchant buys the load, grades
the product carefully and packs in
proper size packages for market. Az
ter the readjustment Is firmly estab-
lished the farmer should do the grad
ing and packing which will pay large
returns for the time and trouble. a.
his products will be easily sold at toI
prices. The commission merchant Is
In constant touch with the markets OF
the North and East. There IL a grea
future for the commission merchant In
the South. Even after the war i.
over the ravages OF the boil weevi
will make all cotton farming hazard
Gus.
Provision should made withou
delay to conserve this years surplus
to the advantage of the farmer. The
business OF the banker and merchan
will depend upon it.
a Friend.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23

Two cases FOE the violation OF the
traffic ordinancslwere brought up this
morning I'm the Recorders court.
Chas. III. Curtis was charged with
exceeding the speed limit out on Man
nins Avenue. lie plead not guilty and
an the witness for the city could not
prove that his car was going more
than Is miles an hour. his case was
dismissed.
Ryan >ite was charged with driv-
Ing motorcycle on Main street at q
greater rate OF speed than tho traffic
ordinance permits. He plead guilty
snd. 90 this was his first offense. fine
Of only IS was imposed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23

Mr.. S. L. KrasnOff returned home
yesterday from his trip to the North
Mr.. KrasnOff made the trip to New
York i'm his car, and reached Wash
ingtOn last Wednesday on the re
turn trip. While passing through that
city his automobile was run into ana
demolished by a street car which was
in charge of an Inexperienced motor
man. Mr.. Krasnoff escaped serious
injury but was i'm a hospital under
treatment for three days
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
More Cotton Blooms.

MIR. j. H. Dohrman, who is fore
man of Mr.. III. L. Scarborough's
Rocky Bluff farm, sent in a cotton
'ioom tuesday, making the sec.
ond first bloom" of the day.
The Item received cotton blooms
,oday from Mr.. T. S. DuBose, Jr.. of
DuBose's and from Mr. w. ]. Stafford
of the Jordan neighborhood. Mr.. p.
6. carlisle of Dalzell also reports cot
Ton blooms i'm his field yesterday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23

The Red Cross campaign i'm Sumter
of the $1,000 allotment of the county
has been raised. The committee is
making good progress, but the sui
sCriptiOna arc not coming i'm RAPIDLY
nor in largo amounts. What is need
ed is more large subscriptions and Il
great many more smoii subscriptions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
The CantOnment Problem.

Greenville News.
Valuable time has been lost IN
preparing for the construction of the
sixteen great cantonments at which
the first national army will be quart
cred during the initial days of train
ing" is the comment of the Wash
| ington correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, who points out that, with
the middle of June at hand, camp
sites have just been selected and the
construction work has not started
ut single camp, although "in little
more than two months these camps,
large enough to quarter forty thou
sand men each must be completed"
The task of location and construc-
ton has not been delegated to one
man or one board in supreme author
:ty The result has been that usually
attendant upon division and diffusion
Of authority. 'There has been no
head or tail to the start of the work
and 1T is. next to impossible to place
responsibility for the delay" When
it was decided to build sixteen camps.
the commanders of the several mill
tary districts were instructed to Sc.
ect the sites in their districts Tha
commander appointed a board which
reported to him after making selec-
tons. He reported to the War Col
ege. the War College reported to the
assistant chief of staff, the assistant
rhicf Of staff reported to the acting
chief of staff and the acting chief of
staff reported to the Secretary of
war, according to the Transcript cor
respondent, who is of the opinion
that had the report been made di-
rect to one engineering officer or an
engineering board, all Of the sites
would have been selected long before
his time" Such was the statement
made by a high department military
official, who said that the task might
''"'S VII NSh TIC Hi'tIl III supreme au-
thOrity to a sanatorium, but never
| theless it would have been worth the
price.
The. period for criticism will como
| on September if the camps are not
| ready for the drafted regiments by
| that time, is further assertion Of
ficials, doubtful as they are, hope
that some human dynamo will be
discovered to direct the work, it is
| stated. AS far as actual time is in
vOlved. this is the biggest task yet
attempted. In two months and a
half more money will be spent on the
camps than went into the cOnstruc-
ton of the Panama Canal in any one
year. Each camp will have thou
sand buildings, ample water supply,
the best of sewerage, streets, roads
and railroads. Thirty eight hundred
carloads of materials will be required
for each cantOnmcnt, while thirteen
hundred cars will carry the 26,OOO,-
900 feet of lumber needed to build
each camp" The only thing that can
be said now is that it seems next to
impossible to finish the work by Sep
tember /, is the parting word Of the
Transcript correspondent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23

Tuesday morning No. 35, the A. c.
l.. passenger train which is due here
at i.2o, passed through at $50, run
nng five hours behind time. Ii is un-
derstood il was delayed i'm Florence on
account of having to wait for a train
Which was wrecked little beyond
that city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
RUB-MY-TISM

Will cure yOuy Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects,
Ect. Antiseptic Anodyne, used
internally and externally. Price 2sc
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-31
HER WORK NOT APPRECIATED
Cook Thought Efforts Wasted Because Master Was Not Laid Up Peri
 odicalIy From Overeating.

A lady had a cook who gave her ev- cry satisfaction, and she was under the impression that the cook was equally satisfied with her place. But one morn ing, to the lady's intense surprise, the cook told her she was going away.
 "Whatever do you want to leave for, Jane?" asked her mistress. q am very pleased with you, and I thought you were quite comfortable here"
 "Yes, mum, Pm comfortable enough in a way, but"
 The cook hesitated and fdgeted about.
 But what?" queried her mistress.
 Well num-" she blurted out, "the fact is, master doesn't seem to appre- ciate my cookery, and I can't stop in a place where my efforts to please are wasted; so I'd rather go, num-"
 But what makes you think that your master doesn't appreciate your cookery? Has he ever complained to you?" asked the lady.
 "No, mum; but my last master was always bein' laid up through overeat- ing-he said he couldn't help doing so, because my cookery was so delicious |; but master here hasn't been laid up once all the three months I've been with yoH, and that's just what both- CTS me so, num-"
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-31
Lemons Whiten and
 Beautify the Skin!
 Make Cheap Lotion

The juice of two fresh lemons strain ed into bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quar- ter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordi- nary cold creams. Care should be talk en to strain the lemon juice through q fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lem on juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener Smoothener and beautifier.
 Just try it Make up quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. IL should natur- ally help to whiten, soften, freshen and bring out the hidden roses and beauty of any skin. It is wonderful for rough, red hands.
 Your druggist will sell three ounces of orchard white at little cost, and any grocer will supply the lemons. Adv.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-31
Not a Poet.

Excuse mel Do I see the manag ing editor, Mir. Quill?' asked brawny- looking female of the proprietor of the Jabrille luminary.
 ''We don't wish any poetry, thank you" &-
 "Yes, yes; I know. l can't stop to hear it just now"
 But I tell you I don't"
 Well, it don't make any difference; 1 have barrel full of gushing effu- sions on unrequited love in the cellar already"
 You misunder-"
 Look, here madam. How'd you get in here? I've got a man outside that I pay six pence head to throw love poets down the stairs.'
 You idiot! I'm no poetry fiend. I just took your man and left him stick ing head down in an ash barrel. If you say anything more to me, I'll wedge you in alongside of him. I'm a nurse, I am. The doctor told me to run down here and tell you if you are Mir. Quill that the baby is a boy, that he weighs nine pounds and your wife wants you to come right home and see it.''
 Great Caesar, Why didn't you say so at first? Where's my hat !"-Lon- don Tit-Bits.
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-31
LIKE AJAX AND ACHILLES
for as Much as It Did in Days of Ancient Greece.

Individual proWess counts for as much as it did in the days of ancient Greece. Waldemar Kaempffert writes in McClure's. Names will stand out in The history of this war like those of Ajax and Achilles in the epic of Ho- mer Lieutenants Immelmann and Boelke on the German side haOve brought down nine and ten adversaries in mortal combat Their exploits are tinged with a chivalrie glamour which seems anything but modern.
 When Boelke landed to aid an enemy whom he had wounded he was greeted with the comment; "Since It is Im- melmann who beat me, am satisfied" When the German replied that it was 'tonly Boelke," the interchange of com plimentS seemed like a barley between Hector and Ajax.
 The analogy between Homers battles and twentieth century aerial cOmbats extends even to the vehicles used. What is a flying machine but the an cient war chariot soarding on wings? In many an encounter tWo-man machines still battle for supremacy-one man an observer, the other a pilot. The ob- server is the fighting hero of old, wield- ing a machine gun instead of sword, the pilot his faithful charioteer
 Carry the analogy still further and consider how much is at stake when battleplane meets battleplane. The fate of an ancient army depended on a prince in his war chariot; the fate of an army corps now hangs on the information gleaned by victorious
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-31
Had a Warm Job.

The fact that half of the world hasn't thought of how the other half is living has been pretty well eStab- lished, but even now the details of old and expressing duties and routine are of interest A remarkably pretty girl swooned while standing at the side of a bench on d subway platform, says New York news letter. She fell heav- fly and soon from the rush hour throng several women had gathered about her. She revived quickly and looked about rather apolOgetically. "Thank you," she said to woman who was holding a wet handkerchief to her forehead. 'I just got dizzy for a mo- ment" She closed her eyes again and looked very white and weak q guess I'm all right" she said after a little. "I'm tired and warm. I'm working as a cloak model downtown and all day I've been trying on fur coats. I'm just tired"
The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-31
TROUBLE COST HER
 S1OO0 SHE SAYS
Mrs. Andrews Was Confined to Her Home for Four
 Long Years.
ALMOST GAVE UP HOPE
Soes to Movies Now With Her Friends and Enjoys Life Since TanIac Relieved.
 Trouble.

"When my friends and neighbors see me going out to the movies with my daughters and enjoying life once more they tell me they can hardly believe l am the same bed-riddeu woman that I was" said Mrs. c. A. Andrews, of G007 Missouri street, Fl Paso, Texas, the other day.
 T was laid up for more than four years with rheumatism SD 1 was unable to leave my house and fully half the time I lay flat of ms back in bed un- able to move. My body and limbs were so swollen they seemed to he twice their natural size and my face was puffed up so I could hardly see. My kidneys gave me no end of trouble, my head ached all the time like 1t would burst and my feet and finger tips tingIed like they were asleep. My nerves were all on edge so l would go all to pieces at any little noise. My appetite failed and I got so I had to force myself to eat enough to keep me alive.
 "I had spent all of a thousand dol lars trying to get well, but nothing did me any good and l was about to give up hope when I heard of Tanlac. was actually amazed to find I was get ing better from the first few doses. I have taken three bottles so far and the swelling has entirely disappeared. My nerves are ali right and I have so much life and energy I want to keep on the go all the time. 1 help with the housework and the sewing and I signed my name today for the first time in four years. 1 could not have believed it possible for any medicine to do so much good in so short a time as Tanlac has done for me"
 There is a Tanlac dealer in your toWn.-AdV.