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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04


County Farm Demonstration Agen
j. Frank Williams. who il also chair
man Of the Sumter County Boil Wee
vii Commission which will leave her,
on Monday morning next on a tour q
observation through the weevil infest
ed sections Of Georgia and Alabama
has revised the tentative itinerary q
the party which was published a few
days ago. This action was taken a.
tho suggestion Of several Federal Boil
Weevil experts who are working II
Georgia and Alabama. as we'll q.
county farm demonstration agent.
and commercial secretaries OF Cham
bers Of Commerce of Georgia and Ala.
bama towns. The consensus OF opin.
lon of these ofiicials is that the sumte,
commission will obtain more informa
ton and see boil weevil conditions Ia
better advantage IL the tour is extend.
ed further to the South than originally
planned. In middle Georgia. in the
vicinity of Dublin. Americus and
points to the north Of these places, the
boil weevil hrst appeared last year and
did comparatively little damage. The
severity of the winter killed a great
many weevils and thus far the infesta-
tioD has been light and the damage
inconsiderable. To see the boil wee
vii at Its worst 1t Is necessary to- 70
through the southern tier of counties
of Georgia and through Alabama
south Of Montgomery. The route to
be travelled by the party has therefore
been revised to conform to the sug-
gestions Of these men who are on the
ground and know the conditions. The
route will be the same as originally
planned until thep arty reaches Dub
lin, Ca. thence the party will 60 to
valdosta and on by way Of Moultrie
and Eufaula to Montgomery and
Selma. Ala. The return trip will be
by way OF Columbus, Americas, Ma
con and Miledgeville to Augusta.
The itinerary as now outlined Is us
follows:
Monday, August 9.
Sumter. Columbia. Augusta. San
dersville. 222 miles,. Monday night.
Tuesday, August z.
Dublin, Ss; Eastman. 32; Abbeville,
20; Fitzgerald. %; Triton. 25; VAL
dosta. 45-1ss miles. Tuesday night.
Wednesday, August 8.
Moultrie. 45: Albany. 40; Dawson.
rs; Cuthbert, 20; Eufaula, 26-157
miles. Wednesday night.
Thursday, August Q.
Union. Ala. IS: Montgomery, SO;
Selma. 40--10S miles. Thursday
night.
Friday, August 10.
Montgomery. 40; Tuskeegee. 25;
Auburn. II; Opeiika. 6; Columbus, 2s
-13e. Friday night.
Saturday, August II.
Buena Vista, 35; Ellaville, 13; Amer
icus. II; Marshalville. 35: FIT. Valley,
IL; Macon, 26-l:S miles. Saturday
night.
Millegeville, 80; Sparta, "a; Warren
ton. 20; Thompson. IL; Grovetown,
10; Augusta. Is; Columbia. 76; Sum-
ter. Ga. Total 1850 miles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
COTTON MARKETING ASSOCIA
TION.
Government Expert Will Attend I'll
Meeting on Friday,

80 MCctluS Oh fflO0y. ar
Hon. A. F. Lever, chairman of the
house committee on agriculture wired
to Secretary Reardon of the Chamber
Of Commerce today that the depart
ment of agriculture will have an ex-
pert cotton grader and organizer to
attend the meeting of cotton growers
Of Sumter and adjoining counties call
ed for next Friday, August 3rd, at
Glcnn's Tobacco Warehouse in Sum-
ter. The objects of this meeting is to
form a cotton growers marketing as
sociation. The meeting will be called
to order at IL o'clock, noon, sharp.
The government organizer will dis
cuss the methods and value of or
ganization, Importance of pure seed,
clean picking, better ginning. packing,
and cooperative marketing. The
Sumter County Committee of Public
Safety is behind the movement for
the cotton growers association tt
Systematically sell cotton. 1t is ex.
pected that hundreds Of cotton grow
ers will be present. All cotton grow
crs of Sumter, Lee and Clarendon
counties are invited to attend mex,
fridays meeting.
Gov. Manning writes as follows to
Socrotarv II On rdOp n, rofarapoo <o ~,
cotton marketing meeting:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04

Miss Buchanan, of Oxford, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Alston Stubbs, on
Church Street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04
1AE b0lL'NEEHL Emp.
CHANGE IN lTINElsARY MADE BY
ADVICE OF FARM DEMON
TRATION AGENTS OF
GEORGE.

Chairman >. Frank Williams of Sum.
ter County boil Wccvil Commission
Having Received Letters from Sew
orM Farm Demonstration Agents,
Secretaries Of Chambers OF Com
nicrcc OF Georgia and Alabama
Counties Rcviscs tho Itinerary OF
Sumter Commission.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-04

Miss Maude Warren. Of Allendale is
visiting Miss Virginia Chandler.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
WHY THEY SALUTE.

Just after the Russian revolution II
was reported that Russian soldiers were
refusing TO salute their officers and de-
manding that the duma abolish the Gus
tom. The idea seemed 10 be that II
was undemocratic 70 salute. The de
mand was soon abandoned and the sa-
Lutte restored TO honor
There has been talk in this country
among people who either don't under
stand what the salute is or who don't
care anyhow. urging that the salute be
cropped from our army customs. II is
worth while at this time, when we are
organizing and training big democratic
armies. 10 understand just what and
why the salute is II is not military
snobbery.
In the first place, II is not undemo'
cratic. The private salutes his officer
and the officer Is equally bound 20 re-
spond. II Is not sign OF degradation.
on the contrary. Il is a sign OF mutual
respect for the flag and country both
officer and private represent The only
subortination II can be said 20 typify
Is the voluntary subordination to the
laws of courtesy and respect for coun'
try. The salute is an essentially friend
~ thing, although II Is made formal and
dignified by custom and regulation.
The history OF the salute goes back
TO the days when people indicated their
intentions by their actions. II two
knights met with unfriendly intent they
usually rushed TO battle on sight. But
Il they were friendly they raised their
right tr fighting. hands. to show they
had no weapons or at least were not go
ing 20 hse them on each other SO gen
tlemen tip their hats TO ladies today
And soldiers, privates and officers alike
salute the flag. the national anthem. or
any person whose position makes him
representative Of that country we all
love and serve.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
VIGII.ANTEs AFTER SEDITIOUs
EDITORS.

Victor Berger's Milwaukee Leader"
e. not printed In the German language
or published In Berlin, but Il might as
well be both Here is an extract from
a recent editorial:
Words. words. words!
That Is the impression we get from
the presidents Flag Day speech.
III our motives In the war are so high
and holy, why is II that our rulers are
not willing to practise democracy at
homer
"Deeds-deeds making for democracy
In our own country-would be more
eloquent than words at this time
For example. submit the coAscrip.
ton law TO a referendum vote OF the
people. II is not too late by any means.
II would not take long TO take the
vote.
This would be thousand times
more eloquent than words, words.
words" ros.
We sometimes wish that there were
vigilantes OF the Montana sort in the
L. $. A. these days Meanwhile, we
are glad to see that the writer's who
call themselves the "Vigilantes" are
gotting after some Of the seditious edi.
tors, who. as p recent Vigilantes arti.
clc said should be treated as a man
a begieged city VINO Is caught poison.
irg the driuking water"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
aREFORM" IN GERMANY.

The accounts OF political unrest In
Germany are interesting as evidence
that the German people are beginning
20 resent their political impotence. But
they offer little hope OF immediate re.
form. The kaisers promises represent
concessions with little practical value.
He Is reported 20 have offered equal
suffragey TO Prussia. II viii be a not.
able step toward self.government II the
present system whereby one East Prus.
sian landholder can outvote five Ber.
liners Is done away with. But IL isn't
clear whether that equal suffrage" is
10 be. like our own. universal. direct
and secret And nothing is said about
the date nf the change. The reform is
presumably not TO be inaugurated until
after the war.
And ifsPrussia and all Germany
should be granted this boon, immediate.
~. what would II mean3 Merely that
the German people were permitted to
elect thef own reichstag by fair rep.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

resentation. And that would get them
nowhere. For the German reichstag
is not governing body at all. 1t is lit
tie more than a debating society. 1t
has been called, by its own members a
hall of echoes" 1t has no more power
than the old Russian duma. 1t can
talk and falkland the emperor, when
he gets tired of its talk. can dismiss It..
So it matters little how the reichstag
is elected.
The real governing power Of Germa-
ny is the bundesrath, which meets in
secret While the reichstag talks the
bundesrath acts. Ii is a council made
UP Of representatives of the various
German states composing the empire,
and it is chosen not by the people of
those states, but by their sovereigns.
IL is therefore really a council of kings.
1t may veto any act Of the reichstag.
And yet il is not supreme. The kaiser
may veto the bundesrath. The authori-
" is given him by the constitution.
There can be no change in the German
government amounting to anything un-
I'll the constitution abolishes that i'm
perial veto. And there can be no such
basic reform as that unless the kaiser
himself consents. He may veto any
attempt TO limit his veto.
So there you are! The German ma
tion has been neatly hog-tied by the
constitution in which it formerly took
such pride. The German empire is a
federation not Of the people Of its
twenty-five states, but of the royaI
houses Of those states. with the Hohen
zollern family at the top.
Suffrage grants, therefore, are spe
cious. The dismissal of ministers is un
important. But they represent nobody
but the kaiser. Their master may sac
rifice them as goats" 10 popular dis
content, and keep right on doing as hi
| pleases.
Political reform in Germany must be
gin at the top.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
FOOD BY WEIGHT.

An ordinance is pending in New YORK
CITY for the Standardization of bread
loaves A recent investigation by the
department OF weights and measures
revealed a chaotic condition. There was
no uniformity in weight, quality or
prices. There is a popular demand for
legislation establishing definite stand
ards in all three respects.
The commissioner OF weights and
measures says that such drastic action
as this is not necessary, but that there
must be definite weight standards. The
only logical and fundamental way OF
selling bread" he says, 'is by weight.
Quality and price will be regulated
through competition"
He may be wrong about that The
bakery business is now so well organ
lied in most communities that compe'
tition may prove ineffective as a regula'
tor Of price and quality. But there can
be no question as TO the desiraoility OF
establishing fundamental weight stand
ards. The consumer should know pre-
cisely how much he is paying for his
bread per pound. The weight Of every
loaf should be plainly indicated on that
loaf.
II is the same with other foodstuffs
II would be an excellent thing If our
whole absurd system Of weights and
measures used in the various food indus
tries were abolished and everything Cd
ible were sold by weight. AS matter:
stand we have our dry measure ant
liquid measure. which, although def
mite in themselves. are not clearly un
derstood by the ordinary purchaser, an(
make cheating difficult to detect. Worse
still. we have the ridiculous system o.
selling all sorts Of food by boxes, crates
baskets. punches. etc, units Of meas
urement which are not established by
law, which vary with the locality anC
season, and which are seldom uniform
in any particular locality at a specified
time
Who knows today the quantity Of ap
pies or peaches or grapes in a basket?
or the quantity Of strawberries o.
blackberries in a 'box?" Or the guam
tity OF onions or radishes or rhubarb o.
celery in "bunch?"
Let US have everything by weight
and know exactly what we are buyinl
and selling There is no other rationa
basis Tor trade in foOdstuffs, no othel
way Of safeguarding tb public from in
territorial or accidental misrepresenta
tion and extortion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

sketches OF prominent pacifists
which Miss Hawthorne is writing
for the Vigilantes.
who Is this David Starr Jordan, any.
how" asked the man seeking informa.
ton.
His business has been teaching and
his avocations have been peace and
fish"
ANY sort OF fish?'
Yes. and any sort Of peace too
What has he done for fish,
He's written volumes about them"
Has II helped the fish,
you mustn't ask 10 many questions"
well. what has he done for peace?'
He has belonged 10 every peace so
ciety he could find
Has II helped peace?'
Look around"
What Is he doing now2"
. Hes trying to help the Germans"
"Why?"
Because. now that they have got
hold OF all they can possibly hold on TO
that doesn't belong 20 them and are in
danger Of losing Il and getting punished
for snatchlng what wasn't theirs, and
particularly for the way they do their
snatching. they want peace"
And David Starr Jordan is for any.
one who wants peace, no matter why
they want IT."
Yes"
Does he think a German peace VIII
be good for American"
HE isn't thinking about America. A
peace fiend Is even worse than a golf
fiend. Get golf fiend off the links
and he'll admit there are other things
worth while In life, but you can't get
q peace fiend off peace. Since David
Starr Jordan lost interest in fish D."
Has he stopped caring about fish?"
"In a way"
But doesn't II strike you that the
kind Of peace he's roofing for is sort Of
fishy7"
Hush He considers himself very
great mamie has long string OF let.
ters after his name. and he used TO
write Tor the German scientific publlca.
tions In Germany and Germany, as we
all know, Is the great peace nation"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
QUALIFYING GOLF MATCH

Next Friday has been designated as
the day on which the sixth qualifying
match for the presidents cup will be
played at hte Dornick Hills Country
Club. Plans have also been made for
a dinner match. the captains Of the two
opposing teams to be John Edwards and
Joe Echols The losing side will be
hosts TO the winners. The dinner is to
be served in the evening at the club
house. The players are invited to bring
their wives and friends.
The opposing teams follow:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Picked Up-Bay mare, about ten
years old, is held at the city pound
Split in left ear, wire cut on left should
er, about IA hands high. If not claim
ed and charges paid for the animals
feed and quarters, It VIII be sold at 10
a. m. Saturday, July 2S at the city
pound. Bill Ford, pound keeper. 1s.lot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

The corn cror~ in this part Of the
country will be better than fifty per
cent Of the normal crop. according TO
5 A. Mills United States field clerk,
who bases his estimate on the informa-
tion gathered while on his trips through.
out Carter and adjoining counties The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Sorghum, peas, and maize are being
planted by many Of the farmers in DIFF
ferent parts of Carter county. accord
ing to local seed dealers. The farmers
are trying to forestall any possibility of
feed shortage. There is enough moist
ure in the ground as a result Of recent
rains to permit the turning Of stubble
land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
DAILY ARDMOREITE
CITY NEWS AND VIEWS

The Electrical Workers will give
dance tonight in the l. o. o. F. hall.
James Maddox. of Dallas, was in the
city today.
NJ. NJ. Hightower and NJ. p. Duncan,
of Loco, We're here last night.
l. R. Bynum, of Wilson, is in the city
today
w. NJ. Harding, of Dallas. is in the
city.
L. H. McAlister. of Oklahoma City,
was in the city today
Bert Robinson. of Madnl, is in the
city.
V. A. Eckel filed suit for divorce in
district court yesterday, naming Char
lotte Eckel as defendant.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day afternoon to Ben Smith and Miss
Eunice Garner, of Berwyn.
An appeal from judgment of the JUS
tice court filed in district court today
in the cause of Ollie Collins VS.. Hudson
Houston Lumber Company.
DIR. Vera Buchheit, graduate of the
Kirksville American School Of Osteopa-
thy. OF Kirksville. Mo, who has recent
ly come to Ardmore, has opened an Of
flee at 1881 East Main street.
L. A. Henderson, manager of all the
yards of the Chickasaw Lumber Com
pany, has not sold his Ardmore home
as stated yesterday, and does not in
tend to. he says. He recently sold some
rental property.
Three criminal cases were placed on
the appearance docket of the district
court yesterday. The defendants and
charges are: Jim o. Rear, assault to
kill; A. w. Gaines, murder. and Elmore
Johnson. larceny Of live stock.
September first is moving day in Ard
more and several merchants viii trans
fer their places of business. The first
TO receive notice is Miss Fern Ryburn
who reports that she will seek another
location after that date.
Charles Davenport, Of Glenn. was
here today Mr.. Davenport reports thai
farmers in that district have despaireC
of making a profitable corn crop OF
account of the drought. The rain, HI
says, that has fallen within the pas
few days will not relieve the situation.
Neil Allen, who is a member of com
pany F. Fifth engineering corps, sta
toned at Brownsville, Texas, writes hii
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. +. Allen, tina
two German spies were captured a
Camp Browns last Friday, papers il
their possession proving beyond doub
their identity.
The board OF county commissioners 4
in session today going over details o
the recent Hewitt township bond issu,
of $4,000 for road and bridge purposes
Roads in that township will be mad
permanent with this money togethe
with the money derived from the regu
lar levy.
George Evans Of Newport was in th'
city today Nj Evans served as coun
" commissioner for one term and 3
deeply interested in the matter Of gooC
roads Crops IN his locality. he says
suffered from the drought and the corr
crop will be reduced more than one
half.
The corn CROP in this part Of th'
country viii be better than fifty pei
cent Of the normal crop. according t'
A. Mills, United States field clerk
who bases his estimate on the informa
tion gathered while on his trips through
out Carter and adjoining counties. Tit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

take leaf from the Russian women's
scrap" book and form a regiment or
two for service at the front.
Bartlesville Examiner: The employees
OF the Santa Fe railroad had kept the
news Of a raise in their salaries from
their wives until the newspapers had
&c come along and let the cat out OF the
bag.
Muskogee Times Democrat: Yaphank
New York, has but 800 inhabitants but
II must have furnished a large number
of Yaps TO other parts Of the country.
Gainesville Texas Register: This
much may be said for our grocers. They
are not going 10 discredit Mr.. Hoover
by making it appear from cheap prices
that there really is no food shortage
in this country. and why kick as long as
We have the dinero to pay the price?
Bartlesville Enterprise: Mother
always looks with suspicion on Father
when she doesn't have to gag and
hlindfold him 20 get him into his dress
suit.
Guthrie Leader. The East st. Louis
front seems TO be poorly equipped with
~ centimeters. but well supplied with
everything else.
Sherman Texas Democrat: No doubt
! fa Frrff hs.
Of the East 81. Louis race riots to the
fact that a pleasant south wind has
been blowing recently. and claim that il
inoculated the northerner with the mob
microbe.
Tulsa World: In view OF the fact that
Emma Goldman has so little respect
FOR law II is surprising how she clings
TO technicalities Of the statutes.
McAlester News Capital: About the
only people taking any interest in the
next gubernatorial race are those who
expect 10 run.
Drumright Derrick Says a British
army officer. speaking in Kansas City:
And now America Is IN II. az last at
last" We hope he's right about Il being
near the last.
Kingston Messenger: OF course three
dollars a ton FOR coal may be too high
for the government 20 pay. but the Ok.
lahoma folk pay three times as much.
Herbert c. Hoover told congress the
food hogs have robbed the public Of
S25O,0OOOO0 In five months No wonder
we grunt
Fl Reno Democrat: What has become
Of the old fashioned man who used TO
say that the United States could not do
anything II Il did get into the war?
Drumright News: One OF the main
questions before the American public
now IS. What are we going to do with
that St Louis baseball operator who
sent those phony official draft mum
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

George Evans. Of Newport. was in the
city today. Mr.. Evans served as coun-
" commissioner for one term and Is
deeply interested in the matter Of good
roads Crops IN his locality. he says,
suffered from the drought and the corn
crop viii be reduced more than one
half.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18
SCISSORS AND PASTE

Kansas City CMo) Journal: Those fus-
sy Washington suffs who are counting
notoriety and trouble so fervently might
take a leaf from the Russian women's
scrap" book and form a regiment or
two for service at the front
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

A letter received by Walter S. Gil
bert from former Governor Lee Cruce
who is in. Arizonah states that the
health Of Mis- daughter, Miss Lorena
Cruce. is vastly improved and that they
will arrive in Ardmore before the first
of the year and will reside here perm1
nently
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

An unusually small number of deaths
has been reported this summer, ac-
cording to local undertakers. For the
summer time the health of the county
is said TO be far above normal. Few
cases of typhoid fever malaria, etc,
have been reported as compared. with
other years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Drumright News: One OF the main
questions before the American public
now Is, What are we going TO do with
that ST Louis baseball operator who
sent those phony official draft mum.
bers over the wire?"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Fl Reno Democrat: What has become
Of the old fashioned man who used to
say that the United States could not do
anything II Il did get into the war?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Jesse p. Lloyd, of Floydada, Texas,
and Marcus Fillmore, of Fillmore, Chick
asaw Nation, are the two army recruits
received at the Ardmore station. In
creased interest is being taken in the
work offered in the navy, according to
Chief Electrician Winans. Seven made
applications yesterday, only one of
which was accepted. THE Navy in
1915" consisting of several reels OF
screen pictures which are to be shown
at Healdton tonight will be shown in
Ardmore some time this week. The
Hotchkiss revolving cannon which has
heen on display at Krueger's store in
Ardmore has been sent to Healdton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Food spectators are said to be behind
the movement for nationwide prohihi-
ton. Certain it is that the movement is
delaying food regulation. something the
country desires, and this delay is very
comforting to the food spectators.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-18

Each player IS urged 20 telephone
his opponent and arrange the time for
play.