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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-30
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
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ANSWER THE ALARM.

Sumter People Should Not Delay.
If your kidneys are inflamcd,
Don't stand around and do nothing.
Like fire 1t will soon be beyond
control.
You will get the alarm in time
Bockache. or dizziness or disorders
of the urnie.
Heed the warning.
Give your kidneys rest by livina
more carefully.
Use, Doau's kidney Pills to help
stamp out the cause.
Profit by this Sumter mans eX-
pericnce.
]. *. Drakeford. retired farmer,
1O1 West Hampton Avenue. says:
II was i'm such bad shape with
my back and kidneys that could
hardly stoOp. and 1t was just as hard
to straighten. i had headaches and
tpells OF dizziness, and the kidney Sc
cretions annoyed me by passing too
freely. When ! heard OF DOan's Kid
ney Pills / got a box ut DeIOrme's
Pharmacy. They relieved all signs of
the trouble and put my kidneys In
good shape"
Price 60c.. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Drakeford rad. Foster Milburn
(tt0l s1fG1Nc cfsuff,sio; NJ n t4a s =.
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Marriage License Record.

White: Henry w. Ridgeway, Co.
lumbia, and Pearl Prescott. Sumter
William T.. Moore, Asheville, N. c..
and NJ. Ruth Jones, Tindal.
Colored: Esau Williams, Mayesyille
and Marian Benjamin, Mayesville
Thomas Blackwell, Sumter and ReulaI
Prince, Mayesville; John Briggs, Sum.
ter and Martha Singleton, Sumter;
THOMAS FriersOn, Brogdon and Celia
Atkinson, Alcolu; James Baldwin
Sumter and Charlotte Gary, Sumter.
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planted in other crops principally
corn.
Using the governments formula for
estimating the probable yield. the ac-
reage and percentage shown in this
report indicates with normal weather
conditions henceforth a yield Of ap-
proximately 100000 bales of lint
cotton Qinters eXcluded).
Yours very truly,
j. w. Jay & Co.
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GREEN FEED FROM SHADED
GROUND.
In Yards of Limited Space Soil Usual.
ly Idle May BE Put to Work for
Chickens.
J. w. Jay & Co.

Washington, May Eff there is
a shady spot in the back yard not
suited to other garden crops, it may be-
possible to grow some green feed for
the chickens on it. Oats and field
peas, before the hottest weather
comes. and millet and cowpeas later
in the summer, if sown thickly. prob
ably will yield cuttings of feed that
VIII be much relished i'm the small
hennery. While such a practice NAV
not be in harmony with the best
cultural advice, many city dwellers
With limited space will wish to utilize
all available garden room this season,
even for only small returns. =
Dense, continuous shade under old
trees and shubbery that have drawn
heavily on soil plant food, obviously
VIII be of little value for this nur.
pose. But in many back yards ground
shaded by buildings and small trees.
not wholly removed from the days
sun. might well be expected to pro-
duce some green stuff for a small,
flock. If the chicken pen is large
enough small sowing made inside
ana protected by woven wire with
one-mch meshes stretched about two
inches above the ground NAV be
made. This allows the chickens to
pick off the green blades as thev
grow through the netting without in
juring the roots.
another way TO furnish green feed
to hens not on range is by sprouting
oats in trays or boxes. This method
is used by many poultrymen, for large
and small fiocks. The oats are soak
ed for IL hours in warm water and
then spread out in a layer 1-2 to /
IL inches deep on a floor, or in a
tray or tier of flats, which have omen.
| ings or holes or a a inch mes,, uy;re
bottom covered with burlap, SO that
'he water drains freely The oats
may be stirred daily and sprinkled or
allowed to sprout without stirri ,e
until ready for feeding. They are u.s.
ually fed when the sprouts are from
to 1-2 inches long, although some
pultrymen prefer to allow the sprouts
10 grow or inches long before
FEEDING. Oats need warm and moist
atmosphere in which to sprout, so
that it is necessary to furnish heat or
to keep them in a warm room during
the winter. while they may be sprout-
ed out Of doors during the rest
OF the year. 1t takes from to
~ days to sprout oats, depending on
the temperature. The oats are fed,
roots. sprouts and all, at the rate of
about one square inch, as they grow
In the tray, to each fowl.
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DEATH DEALING TORNADO.
THIRD DAY OF FIERCE STORMS
in MIDDLE WEST SEES FUR
THEIR DAMAGE.

Chicago, May 27.-More than 150
persons were killed, q thousand or
more injured and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed by tor
nadoes which swept through Kansas
on Friday, Illinois and Indiana on Sat-
urday and parts of Alabama, Tennes-
see, Arkansas, Kentucky and South
ern Illinois Sunday. Reports indi-
cate that a large number Of farm i'm
plemcnts, needed to produce the bum
per crop desired this year, were ruin
cd, although the spasmodic wind
struck only here and there in its
frightful play through the rural re-
gions. Crop damage is said to be not
heavy in grains.
The heaviest toll of life was taken
at Mattoon, ILL.,, q city of O,OOO peO-
pie, in the broom corn county of cen
trail Illinois, where Sd are known to
be dead and 500 injured, with a prop
erty loss Of 100000.
Charleston, Ill.,, ten miles east o,
Mattoon, was also partly wrecked Sat
urday evening with a loss of SO lives
and $50 injured. The property loss
there is s1.OOO.O0O.
The next most serious loss was al
Andale, Kan, where 26 were killed
and score injured on Friday. Dub.
lin, Ky. suffered three dead and l.
injured today.
South Dyersburg. Tenn, was re-
ported to have lost six killed and 32
injured in tornado that swept Dyer
county today Near Blytheville, Ark.
nine persons were reported killed and
dozen hurt and reports received in
Birmingham said several were KILLED
and many injured when a tornado
struck Sayre. Ala. today.
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven persons killed at Hebron. Kouts
| and other places and the death lis,
may reach 90. More than 200 were
injured i'm the Indiana territory swept
by the, storm.
Smaller towns in Illinois lost dozeu
dead on Saturday with two score in.
iured, while In the southern point OF
IHinoisEwind storms today killed a
half dozen and injured a score.
snmmdfy of tornado dead and in.
jured:
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more, than common interest. The
onrvey indicates a stock of 47.769 bar
rols against 5s.7s7 last year, when
oondftions were by no means normal.
The ALT bacon situation Is even more
alarming. From the business houses
- the survey. only 95.221 hundred
Wetght OF bacon was reported to be on
a nd against 296.145 hundredweight
~ Nay. 1916. The supply of hams Is
oo4oced approximately 20 per cent.
fftcep obtaining are even more dis
V>Ding. The average retail figure
ols{sck for -four from the total num-
\ ~ of markets Investigated was s14.7i
. barrel against $74S one year ago:
eorh mcal si.99 n sack against $1.O9;
eeru e2.o2 n bushei against S1.O7;
hv6 - cents against 13 cents: bacon
- cents against IL cents: sugar IL
cents against 8 cents.
Some OF tho most alarming con-
ciusidns deducted by Col. Watson are:
That 2s per cent. of the whea,
ncredte has been abandoned, leaving
only 17s.ooo acres to he harvested
with a prospective yield OF 1919, 200
bushels. against 2.226,OOO In 1916
and s,tso.ooo in 1915.
That on March 1 OF this year The
stock Of corn on the farms OF the
State was i3.1oo. 900 bushels. agains,
l79of,ooo mt the same date of the
preceding year. Al the same date
OF tho home crop of oats still on the
farms there were only 300. 900 bushels
ssainst $4,000 bushels the preced-
ing year at the same date.
That the oat crop this year will
be tho shortest perhaps In several
years."
the concluding paragraph of Col
Ratsen's report reads: "T believe if
me peopis OF the State understood
(horotghly the conditions revealed by
(Als eorvey. they would speedily un
lestnGe 10 tAsir utmost such measures
z sas = putin ,ss; e ..,;l ,as
'1l!I p~sSss'
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A
animals but are in poor condition on
account of high price of feed. Gener-
al prospects fair.
MISUNDERSTANDING about Is days
late. Cultivation fair to good. Stands
poor to bad. Correspondents say ac-
reage reduction from last report due
entirely to considerable replanting. In
many sections land plowed up and
corn being substituted because of scar
city of cotton seed. Complaints of
cut worms. No shortage Of labor or
mules Was entirely too cold and dry:
rain and warmer weather needed.
More favorable on May 18th and 10th.
Prospects poor.
Tennessee-From 10 to 20 days
late. Considerable decrease in acre
age since last months report because
abandoned cotton land will go into
other crops. Cultivation fair to good.
Stands bad to fair. Majority of cor
respondents complain that cold and
dry weather has prevented proper
termination, about 80 per cent. will
be replanted. Shortage of seed and
labor in some sections. Prospects
poor.
Oklahoma-Average about Is DAYS
late. Cultivation fair to good with
stands fair to poor. Approximately
20 per cent. will be replanted be-
cause of very dry and cold weather.
Correspondents say rains and warm
weather needed, as entirely too dry.
No shortage of labor, mules or seed.
No general complaints Of insects being
destructive thus far. This State re-
ceived good rains since our CORE
spondents reported to us on Nav 10Th.
Prospects poor to good. averaging fair
Missouri-Aferage about Is days
later than normal. Cultivation and
stands poor to fair. Labor scarce,
mules and seed ample. No insect dam
age thus far. approximately 20 per
cent. will be replanted, due to cold.
dry weather. General prospects poor;
rain needed.
Resume.
have caused the 1917-1S cotton crop
to start with the poorest outlook for
|
east and dry weather in large areas
west Of the Mississippi river early
and later continued low temperatures
throughout the belt have delayed farm
work and prevented the normal
growth, retarding termination and
requiring large areas to be replant.
ed.
correspondents lay great stress up
on the question of labor and say that
en- account of the number Of negroes
who have migrated and are continu-
ing to- migrate North and the enlist
rlents inthe army and navy a decided
shortage of labor will result unless the
season to follow is unusually pro-
pitOus. On account of the large
amount of replanting seed scarcity has
occurred. There is no scarcity OF
work animals but they are showing
the effect Of insufficient feeding due
to the high price of feed. These rea
sons are given for the further reduc-
ton in the area planted to cotton.
The Southern farmer is fully alive
10 the food situation and there has
been n large increase in the area
planted to food stuffs and in many
cases cotton that did no germinate
has been plowed up and the land
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|! 5 N 5F !: .'' ~ Heed OF Steel
>sn, l6ss 7Replying to-
~ 80 Nal Qen. Uoethal's declara-
tlsR "a sliippfnE board's wooden
|Sel!D prosrAmms entrusted to the
tsEul = hopeless. Chairman Denman
g ~ toard issued q itatement de-
q yine that with most successful steel
qnild(ns campaign possible there still
ytll beFneed for a thousand wooden
Referring directly to Gen. Coo
thafs speech at o dinner in New York
Friday night. Mr.. Denman said:
I'VE believe that the committee OF
congress and not public dinner with
the head of the steel trust are the
places for the discussion of matters of
policy with regard to shipbuilding.
The shipping board has but one
purpose IN It's activities in Washington
at the present time." said Mr.. Den
man; that h to use it's utmost en-
desvors and powers to defeat the sub
marine campaign of the German em-
pire. No person. nor any interested
group Of capitalists. can draw any
ons 81 us'Snto'a controversy with Gen.
Goethals., nor do we think the Cen
cral Is seeking it,
IF all the ships that can be built
within the next 10 months are butt.
there, still would be need for 1000
wooden ships to mako good the deficit
I'm our merchant tonnage, though the
German rate of destruction is reduced q
to half that established i'm the month
OF April. / do not know whether
1000 wooden ships can be built In
Is months. There was hope express
cd that we could and I have care
fully avoided denying the possibility
OF realizing this hope. NV reason
for not denying it is because / do not
care to have our German enemies In
Berlin receive that amount of com
fort. i can state. I think, that Gen.
Goethals is of the same point of view
with regard to the Germans. Every
attempt to make Ii appear that there
is disruption between Gen. Goeth-
ais and the board is adding to German
comfort and assurance"
OF Gen. Goethals' statement that the
treasury has made no effort to. sell
s50,0O0.000 worth of Panama canal
bonds to provide funds for the board's 8
work Mr.. Denman said:
Every request we have made 10
the treasury for money has met n
quick response; 1t was necessary to
sell Panama canal bonds to obtain
money and Gen. Goethals must have
been under some misapprehension in
regard to this matter. have deep
faith that the resources of the Ameri-
can and allied naval officers AMI in
ventors will destroy the submarine.
Until tho time we must keep the allie.
fed and munitioned with fleets con-
stantly diminished by the torpedo.
1T is not going to help the war by
spreading stories Of disharmony
among the various organizations OF
the government here in Washington"
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gUlETER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by
ERNEST FIELD. Cotton Buyer.

Good Midding 21.
Strict Middling 90 ga.
Midding 90 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 20 Ia.
Low Middling 90.
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sHizIES Wii1oUT SiiilvI

/ havs received ~ 1setsr - - =:
80 . few 9ays agp; H. eeADoo -
sure Good and thnt Woe . ve1y 1gUI
ard interesting letter. wi6k ] -
have ben there Whsa Geas oxztVe
l lust at around Ill evening - eel1
picture you fellEs and Cens hnwilg \
good time. do hope be can ct tto9c.
fered to this camp. He was b ene =
the trains that was wrecked, - ] -
pose he viii write ne al abeat T. !
will send you . picture abodt mflei
long Of Battery SD~ sometime ~
week. II get ten days, ! VIII sure -
home for Christmas. To-day, they 80
ed how many wanted to 70 home IT
ThAnksgiving, but they only ct threo
or four days 20 there was no use txy.
ing to 60, I would only get to ~
hello and goodbye.
Orders came that we could not wear
sweaters on the outside Of our shires,
have to wear them underneath tto
shirts. The doctors say that they are
unhealthy to wear. The captain aaad
army regulation sweaters are without
sleeves. The only thing that We can
do with the sweaters is to wear them
when we come in from the drill. am
sorry did not hear about this sooner.
If you have not sent the sweater, put
the sleeves in the sweater. The Red
Cross started the sleeveless sweaters to
save yarn, which went against the
army regulation.
Tomorrow we will go to Fort Riley,
the whole Battery. We will escort .
body to the train; boy died that was
in this Battery. He took bath one
morning when it was too cold, and
caught terrible cold; he went to the
hospital and in about two weeks he
died. His mother and father are
here.
We have steam heat in the barracks
and bath house SO it is more comfort
able. am feeling fine so far, most
everyone has a cold.
We have about seventy head Of
horses, all nice looking, some heavy,
some light. We are learning how to
saddle, and uasaddle and curry them.
They do everything different than the
the most of US are used to, SO we just
have to follow orders. We learn the
different names of the different parts
of the saddle, different horse bones,
etc. tell you, we have great deal
to learn, keeps US busy to keep track
Of everything that goes on. There
are only three cannons to each Bat
terry besides the wagons.
With lots Of love,
Your son,
CHRIS FALLETI.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-21
John FREw EXPECTS TO
DB IN FRANCE SOON
Camp Kes.ney. Calf; H.,

Camp KeaEney. Calf.
Nov. "a, 1917.
Mr.. and Nm. 7. Y. Miller,
Floresta, Colo.
Dear Sister and Brother:
Just . few lines 70 let you know
I am feeling hne and getting along
nicely with my drill work.
We are having steady practice with
our guns and bayunets. We sore Are
going to give the Dutch the devil when
we get over there. I see where the
French and British are making big
gains every day. I wish the Russians
would settle down to business. 1t surs
makes It hard on our side with no pro
lection there.
They are sending US through the
PAGES here and II I am not mistaken
we will zee border service before the
first Of the year. David told me in
his last letter that he would probably
not 90 to France before Feb, but Il
he waits that long l may beat him
there. Il il the infantry they want
there and that accounts for the hard
drilling we are getting. Next week
they are going to give rs target
shooting.
You know We are only thirty-five
miles from the border and quite q
few Of the Mexicans have quit US.
They are bringing in two and three
every day. Some dead, some alive
Two of them that left this company
were captured yesterday. About two
weeks ago = stage driver was killed
and a couple of days ago . lieutenant
and two privates were arrested and
confessed SO suppose the soldiers in
this camp will get some more of their
liberty taken away. The officers of
this company treat the men fine,
Capt. Chase. il you remember, was
one of the men in charge at Ludlow
during the strike. He was not in the
N. G. but the cavalry. There are quite
few N. G. men in the company, but
they are all cripples or the most Of
them. Some Of them are only seven
teen and they would average all the
way through about eighteen or nine
teen SO you know how much of man
they were then.
We are feeling fine and dandy and
getting fed we'll here.
Hoping you are all well and to hear
from you soon, remain,
Your brother,
JOHN FREW.
Since receiving this q letter from
David Frew to his sister, Mrs. T. Y.
Miller at Floresta says that he is now
bound for Somewhere in France" )"
He enlisted in N. Y. last April and is
mechanic in the 21st Field Artillery,
Battery E, Leon Springs, Texas
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-21
NOTICE OF ADVISORY D0ARD 10
RECISTRANTS AS 10 QUES-
Gunnison. Colombo.
Dec. nth. 1917.

Gunnison. Colombo,
Dec. 17th. 1917.
Commencing Saturday, December
18th, the Local Board for Cunnison
County. et Gunnison. Colorado, conn
menced sending out questionnaires to
all registered men In this county who
have not been heretofore drafted into
the military service. It is very i'm
Portant to each Of you and to the
Government that you answer al ques-
tions required, plainly. completely,and
intelligently.
The Governor Of the State has ap-
pointed County Judge Clifford H.
Stone, George Hetherington, and e.
NJ. Nourse, Of Gunnison, to act as an
advisory board to assist registrants
in answering their questionable, and
they also are given power to select as
sistants to this Board for the same
purpose. These assistants who have
been appointed by the Advisory Board
are as follows:
John A. Steele, Henry F. Dunkel,
Allen p. Berkstresser, E. G. Palmer,
and NJ. ]. Schmitx, Gunnison; Edgar
0. Wilson, Crested Butte; w. s. Hem
derson, Pitkin; Thomas.J. Boughton,
Marble; Robert Williams, Somerset.
If at all possible, advise with one
of these parties before answering and
returning your questionable, and any
assistance given will be without ex-
pense to you. II you are engaged in
some industry, you must specify what
particular position you hold. For ex-
ample, If you are working for the Dem
Yer 4 Rio Grande Railroad Company,
state in what capacity you are employ
ed. the same If you are working for q
coal company, a mining company, or
in any other occupation. II your case
requires any supporting affidavits to
be filled out which are given in the
questionnaire, they must be filled out
in the handwriting of the party max
ing the affidavit; If supporting affa-
davits are required which are not in
the questionable, they must be writ
ten out in legible handwriting or with
a typewriter, on one side Of white
paper, not longer than the question
naire, and attached to it. The ques-
tionnaire, answered and sworn to in
accordance with the rules and regu-
lations, must be filed with the Local
Board at Gunnison on or before the 7th
day from the date of the notice, on the
first page of the questionable mailed
to you, excluding Sundays and legal
holidays.
The name of those to whom ques-
tionnaires are mailed, with dates of
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-21
HOMER GOT OUTSIDE OF
TWO THANKSGIVING DINNERS

Dear Folks:-
am going to tell you about my
Thanksgiving day. As luck would
have it, our company was detailed as
army guard for that date and l was
Corporal for the second watch, from
twelve to four, and had given up all
hopes Of q turkey dinner in Chicago.
Cards had been given out by Chaplain
Moore and signed by all the Jacleies
who wished to 60 to accept an invvi-
tation to dinner. l signed my card
"Yes," and later was chosen as one
Of the fifteen from the regiment to 20
to the Casino Club. So got away
from my guard duty.
We were marched over to the main
camp about 7:S0 A.. M. and arrange
ments for transportations were made.
We got into Chicago about 11:15 and
marched immediately to the club
where we sat down to = soul satisfy
ing turkey dinner that fairly made our
eyes bug out. Turkey dressing, cram
berries, sweet potatoes, creamed tur-
nips, celery, ripe olives, cider, finger
bowls, nuts and cigarettes, and per-
haps twice that much more that I've
forgotten. then spent an hour or
two playing pool, and then took the
train for Evanston to all another en-
gagement 1t the St Marks parish
house. Here. we had another fine din
ner ut 500 followed by dancing and an
entertainment by the people of the
parish. finally hit my old hammock
ct l:80 A. H.. after having wonder
ful day.
am guard today, making up my
time that took of yesterday. Am
writing this between watches. have
another invitation to dinner Sunday,
from friend in Evanston, and am
certainly going to try and get away
again. The clekk notified me that /
will be IN the mess hall next week, 70
! really don't know whether can get
away Sunday or not, but am going
to try and talk him out Of it.
It ID getting TO be quite q pleasure
TO get the Champion and read all the
letters from the men in service. Some
Of them sound rather different, but
you have to be in this place before you
can understand the working Of it.
can't tell you Of everything that
happens here, but can only give you
side lights once in . while about such
things as Thanksgiving Day.
Well, must close and get back 70
the barracks. Write soon to
Your loving son,
HOMER GRAY
3rd. Regiment, LIST Bat. Co. A.
Great Lakes, Illinois.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-21
SOME ANSWERS BY DRAFT REG.
ISTRANTS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC

Answers Of registrants on the Sc
lective draft questionnaires relating to
health and answers under the head
dependency" with the exception Of
the names and addresses of persons
claimed to be dependent will not be
open to inspection by the public with
out the consent of the registrants.
Imprisonment for not to exceed one
year will be the penalty imposed on
anyone connected with the admins
tration Of the selective draft law who
shall make this information public.