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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-04

CAPTURE CITY
Of WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. Junr THE ma
jonal capital in wartime throws open
It's arms this week 10 welcome the
survivors OF the Confederate army
which sought 10 capture it more than
half Il century ago. GrayElad Teter-
ans If the great war between the
states will march up Pennsylvania av-
t1iuc next Thursday morning through
Il court Of honor and past the White
! House. in front Of which they will be
,rrviewcd by the president OF the Unit
ed States.
! For the first time since the fnrma-
ton of the United Confederate Voter
ans their annual reunion. the twenty
seventh, is held outside what were the
! confederate states. The Confederate
Southern Memorial association, the
, nltcd Daughters Of the COnfcderacy
land the Sons OF Confederate Veterans
hold their conventions simultaneously.
Although the reunion actually be-
gins tomorrow, thousands Of veterans
| had arrived today in time 10 parucl-
pate il the memorial exercises IN the
'Confcdcrate section 1T Arlington Ma
lional cemetery. where the unyelilng
,of Il southern cross. the gift Of camp
No. %O5. Sons of Confederate Fctel~
ans. was on the program.
An rScorLng column Of Unlnn and
;Cunfederatc veterans, members OF
congress and citizens Will meet Gen
irral George p Harrison. commander
in-chief OF III" veterans, unon his ar
rival in Washington tomorrow, and
, President Wilson and Mayor John 7.
j Mitchell OF New York are expected 10
address the nncnlng session OF me
Veterans on Tuesday. Wednesday
probably will be dcvOIcd 10 campfire
talks and renewing old acquaIntmceS'
ibni the reunion committee has an.
!nounccd that each day will b" filled
with :iXlern hours Of entertainment.
The big event Of the gathering
parade and review by the prrsldent-
will lake place Thursday morning and
on Friday. the final day, IN" veterans
will 20 10 Gettysburg battlefield 10
take part in the dedication OF the Viz
ginia memorial. the central part or
which is an equestrian statue OF Gen
tcral Robert r.. Lee.
; Probably for the first time in his
tory Confederate battle Tags arc hy.
in. in great numbers over the city and
in places where for several weeks they
have iloatrd alongside the colors or
, France. Great Britain, Italy and the
tuthrr allies. more than one puZIird
spectator has had To "bruSh up tQ de-
irrmnlc the identity Of The NEW ally.
, The veterans will camp upon the
great Union plaza and congress. work
! ing almost llTntically speeding up
measures of national defense. need
! only look nut or It's windows 10 see Il
once hostile army bivouaCk"d almost
. in The shadows u! he national capitol.
J. Grand Army men recalled ihr con
-rosr br,wprn the multitude, OF Con.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
WANT TURKEY CREEK OPENED

A largely signed petition will be
presented to the County Board OF
Commissioners and Supervisor at their
next meeting asking that steps he
taken towards improving the Turkey
Creek drainage proposition. The pc
tion has been signed by members Of
City Council, members of the Board
Of Health. citizens owning property
in the district affected and q large
number of other persons interested ii
securing better drainage facilities in
that section of the county and there
fore better sanitary conditions the
eastern part of the city.
The petition states that while the
Turkey Creek problem has been dis
cussed by the Board of Commission
ers. no action has been taken and the
situation is getting worse all the time
The Board is asked to consider the
problem and take such steps as will
remedy present condit bns
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

men Of the navy will be the first line
Of defense and IL this line Is made
strong and impregnable the co,,ntry
will be spared the horrors of warfare
that Europe has suffered. The post of
honor and the post Of duty at present
Is on the decks OF our warships and
the men who have the patriotism and
the enterprise to desire to be in the
forefront and near the flashing of the
guns will quickly answer the call of
President Wilson. The president says
the men are needed and needed now.
Therefore. the call is to the men who
have been saying that when the need
for men became urgent they would be
roady to 60. The need is urgent and
the call to duty has been sounded.
Who will answer the call?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

denced spiritual and numer;coI
growth of the church, and there ,s
hopeful outlook for future proyr: ..
Manning was unanimously selected
as the next place of meeting.
The following delegates were elect
eo TO the Annual Conference which
VIII meet at Bishopville; A. ]. Beat
'ie' Charlton DuRant, j. w. Hamel,
LII. >. e. Wannamaker. The follow
ihg four alternate were elected: J. r.
Driiiin' S. w. Fairy, L. r. Roilings,
DIR. F. NJ. Zemp.
"A collection was taken for Epworth
'fphanage at the Wednesday evening
service.
twenty clerical and about thirty Law
delegates were in attendance upon the
Conference.
L. III. Tatum, of Bishopvllle, Confer
ehce lay leader, was present at tho
last session and made talk on
hnances.-Camden Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
COUNTIES JOIN FOR FERRY.

Oraifgcburg and Clarendon Men Ar
range Crossing for Santce-Meeting
of Committees.
Elloree. March 23.-In response to
a telegram from committee from
Manning looking into the advisability
or operating a ferry on the Santee
river e. F. Trick, WIN. Fair, and
P. P. Hungerpiller. president. vice
president and secretary respectively
OF the Elioree Chamber of Com
merce and Agriculture met with ].
x. Breeder, Smith and Burgess OF
Manning in Sumter on Tuesday nigi,:
and discussed plans for operating this
ferry. The Manning committee re
ported something like $1,000 subscrii,
ed and the Elloree committee som,-
thing like $500, each committee as.
suring the other that more would he
forthcoming. The plan so far is TO
reach the river on the Clarendon side
at point where there is no swami
crossing in motor boat sufficiently
large to carry several automobiles.
buggies, ETC., motoring down stream
to a point on the Orangeburg county
side to a point whore there is no
swamp. After going over several
plans it was deemed that this is the
best one. and there is no doubt that
it Will be put into operation at a
very early date unless something bet.
ter is brought forward.
Another meeting has been arranc-
ed and there is no doubt that the
project will materialize. If put into
operation it will serve as a COM
mon good to both the people of Clar-
endon and Orangeburg counties, who
these many years have been so near
and Yet so far away, as we'll as being
of Statewide benefit to motorists and
others.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
In Session This Week at Ii.t,cton
Street Methodist Church.

The Sumter District Conference met
in Lyttleton Street Methodist Church
tuesday night at 8 O'Clock. DR.. III w
Bayes, the Presiding Elder of the Dis
tr1ct presided over the sessions of the
Conference and Rev. G.P. Watson
pastor of the Bishopville church was
elected secretary.
The opening sermon was preached
by Rev. S. w. Henry, pastor of the
Oswego charge. DR.. ]. w. Wolling.
pastor of the Elloree charge preached
Wednesday morning at II o'clock. and
DR.. r. S. Truesdale, pastor Of Sumter
First Church preached at the evening
service.
Rev. F. H. Shuler, Commissioner OF
Education; Rev. H. z. Nabors, super
intendent of Epworth Orphanage;
Rev. w. c. Owen, Conference Sunday
School Secretary; DR.. D. D. Peele, o.
Columbia College; and j. c. Guilds
Of Carlisle School were present ana
represented the various institutions
with which they are connected
The reports Of the preachers of the
various charges in the district evil
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

stroyed by recent freezes. Cominc
nearer home. the prospects for whea
and oat crops in South Carolina are
the most discouraging in years The
fore, little gardening has been done
in this Stals.
"The country is virtually in, state
of war and we have every reason to
expect that in a short time thousands
of young men may be called from the
fields to arms. Therefore, it is neces-
sary to impress upon all classes of
our people the urgent need Of grow
ing all vegetables for table use and
for canning purposes.
You should take this matter up
not only with the farmers but with
the officials and residents of cities
and villages and bring about organi-
zations for the cultivation of vacant
lots in food crops. Chambers of COM
merce, women's clubs and every agen-
cy should be appealed to assist III
this most important work. The pro
duction of forage crops on large areas,
particularly the velvet bean, sor-
ghum, soudan grass, COW peas and
soy beans. is urgent. The acreage in
corn should be greatly increased.
"The greatest care should be taken
with spring pigs. Hogs are now sell
ing in the Northern markets at Is 81
cents pound on foot; beef cattle
from 10 to IL cents a pound on foot
with every prospect of increasing. The
acreage of sweet potatoes should be
increased many fold. Every farmer
should plant crop of fall Irish po-
tatoes-the Lookout Mountain va
riety if obtainable.
with the food supply of the world
in it's present condition, we may be
assured Of a profitable demand for
all food crops. We owe it to our
selves and our country to produce the
necessary supplies for the family and
in the event that war is declared, for
the men who are performing their
patriotic duty. The indications are
that for the first time since the Civil
war we will be unable to purchase
supplies from other countries. There.
fore. it is imperative that we produce
them at home. This possibility %.
shortage may bring some of our peo-
pie to actual suffering.
IF you think wise have this ar
ticle published in your local paper.
Call your bankers. merchants and
farmers in conference so that the
most powerful influences may be pu;
in motion for the growing of neces-
sary food crops for man and beast"
w. w. Long,
Director.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

Z H - Resssvslt type Of citizon.
~ e1voeatea war on all occasions
- hna>s love Of fshting and
fee l'cety--psliticai preferment
~ sebo(antial rewards that the
- p>an can ssise during war,
~ ncpe IN the Background along
- Man typs who cry Tor peace
~ pe1cs and would try to mako n
lomonly settlement with . mad
- Z man eating tiger. this coun-
~ - Able to wase the war tina,
ncnnry is forcing upon US in q bus
- He unanncr. 81
- 1ro-0srman editors are still,
vGcng peeeistsntly In the Interest
9 the1s forslgn ovsrlords and asains'
- ooontEy that has been to them
81 uer followers a haven Of refuge
4>eon tns oppression to which they
0HO subjected under the military
4eepetism OF Germany. They con
o9me their Systematic and evidently
0}ruan -directsd effort to shake the
eeno1ence Of the people In the hon
esey an1 the loyalty Of Presiden,
Wusn TO the best interests OF tho
Un1ee1 states. They are stirring ur
entnoonisn. creating discomfort ane
ine1eng the German sympathizers tc
dls,oyalty. Their purpose seems tt
b 70 bring about condition Of do
nestle strife and to fight the battle
o. Germany In America by dividing our
people into hostile camps. The doc
trane they are preaching is pernicious
sAd reasonable. leading inevitably tt
q whole train Of evils. They are SOW.
sng dragonS teeth In q fertile sol
that will produce a harvest Of fright
fumes in the near future. The pro
tsstations Of loyalty to America frs
Of all with which these German
sxitators premise every disioyal an,
un-Amertcan TRADE against Presidcn
Wilson and the government deceive
no one-they are enemies of Americt
and American institutions. and n,
more to be trusted than the tories O
Evolutionary days. Men who con
done bomb plots. conspiracics. In
cendiary fires In this country and ap
piaud Zeppelin raids and submarin
outrages are not to be trusted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
DEAnH OF MRS. p. X. TALON.

The numerous friends Of Mr.. an6
Mrs. p. X. Talon were panied te
learn Of the death of Mrs. Talon
which occurred at an early hour Sun
day morning at the home of her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert M. New.
man, sos West Oakland Avenue.
Mrs. Talon before her marriage
was Miss Itasca. more endearingly
known as Miss '"Tassie'' Newman, am
was in her thirty-sixth year wher
she died.
She 10 survived by her husband anC
one child. her parents. four sisters
Mrs. 8. E. Angle. Of wirtz. Va, Mrs
Bunyon Talon. Of Kershaw county
Mrs. Wesley A. Brown. and Mrs. Wal
ter G.. Cheaper. and one brother, Mr..
Charles b. Newman, the last three of
Sumter.
The funeral services and inter.
ment were held at Wells church, Lee
county. at noon today in the pres
ence Of a large number Of sorrown'
relatives and friends Of several coun-
ties.
The death Of Mrs Talon Is pecul-
iariy sad owing to her being taker
away Just In the prime of her useful
christian, and devoted lifework o
motherhood. wifehood. relative ant
friend to hundreds to whom she en-
deared herself by her sweet an,
sympathetic disposition. and by he
womanly traits Of character. She wa
dcvotee of the beautiful principle
Of charity. In thoughts. words an,
deeds.
For several years she had been II
failing health. and her fortitude an.
Christian character helped her t
bear her sufferings. and by her faitl
and her uncomplaining acceptance O
Gods DEGREES, she was a shining ey
ample OF forebearance to other!
While she is mourned. and her life
sufferings are ut an end. she Is anon
the heavenly souls who earned the
reward by living an Christians shoul,
but she will bc grea'iy missed. an
reverentiy and lovingly remembers
as one OF the sweetest and most 10,
able. kind-hearted. and brightest q
women who have made the world be
ter that they had lived. The sympo
thy Of hundreds Of friends goes on
to the grief stricken family of tn
noble young woman who has left tn
earthly sphere. ~Yt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

President Wilson has made the first
call on the men of America to rally
for defense OF the country against the
aggressions Of . foreign foe. The ma
wy 10 short Of men. twenty-six thou.
sand are needed Immediately to maj
the ships. and IL Is the duty Of those
who feel the responsibility of serving
the country In tho defense Of theli
homes and the protection OF thelI
mothers and sisters to respond to the
cali OF the President. Upon the navy
viii fan the burden of defending th'
coast OF the country against attack
and preventing the enemy from gain.
Ing fosshelde In shls country. The
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
GUARD AGAINST HUNGER.

It seems to the writer that steps
should be taken by the business men
OF Sumter to inaugurate q movement
20 bring about concerted action
among the farmers Of the entire coun-
" Tor the planting of large acreage
In food crops. to the end that enough
food may be produced, even under
the most adverse weather conditions
during the coming summer, to make
Certain that there shall be harvested
this fall a SUFFICIENT quantity of corn,
peas. rice. potatoes and other food.
stuffs for man and beast to afford
abundant sustenance for every living
thing In this county until the next
years crop can be made. Sumter coun
ty and every other county in Sout!.
Carolina. should bend every effort ana
use every possible means available to
render the county absolutely indie
pendent Of the balance Of the world
insofar az food is concerned. We have
before us the planting season and the
entire productive period of the year
and In the face OF the conditions now
confronting the United States and tho
unknown and unknowable conditions
that may speedily arise. It Is but com
mon sense to. put our house in orde
and prepare for anything that ma,
come. II the people Of Sumter coun.
ty utilise tire opportunity that they
now have they will be fortified agains'
hunger and want In time Of trouble.
Under ordinary conditions South Car
olina would suffer hunger and a stat
Bordering on famine would prevail I
communication with the west should
De cut on for q few weeks. 1t lies
within the realms Of possibility tha'
such a condition could be brough-
about and without a store of fooG
within the State sufficient for on
needs there would be untold hard
ships In country that should be :
land Of plenty. Now is the time tt
prepare for the future and the me-
who occupy positions of Leadership
should lose no time in planning to ar :
upon the advice Of the president anS..
the secretary Of agriculture to mobil
lie our agricultural resources. SEED
time In at hand and now is the time t.
prepare for the harvest. !.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
KAISER is NERVOUS.

London, March 23.-Private mes
sages have reached the Hague that
Emperor William has suffered a Sc
we're nervous breakdown. and has
pcen ordered to take the cure at
'Homburg. according to a dispatch
from The Hague. far
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

A'0i ouAhter item and Watchman
and Southron.
lnc.osed you will find q letter from
Mr.. Long to all demonstration agents,
which explains itself. Sometime ago
You told me that you would come
out and stay with me if paper kent
going up and the price of food scared
beyond your reach. I am planning
to produce enough food crops to take
care OF as many people as are en-
gagged upon my farm producing crops
and of course to take care Of nv la
Dor. If every farm in Sumter coun-
ty would do this wall could be built
around the county and we would not
suffer much If nothing could be ship
ped into the county. 1t would be very
poor living without gasoline to give us
exercise. but before we see the end of
the catastrophe confronting us, we
may look upon some of the necessities
at present as very great luxuries. Our
farmers certainly will not be taking
any chances to grow large supply of
food crops this year. It makes me-
tired to hear farmers talking about
tho high prices of things that are pro-
duced and should be produced on
farms In Sumter county.
Prof. H. e. Savely. field agent in
charge of five Southern States in tho
farm demonstration work, four OF
which are In boil weevil territory,
said that government made a survey OF
a number of farms in the Mississippi
delta, some OF the richest land in the
world, and that they found on those
farms the farmers who were growing
all OF their home supplies were near
ly all out Of debt and not one who
depended upon cotton to purchase his
supplies. but owed money and in
many instances this class Of farmers
owed money and had their farms
mortgaged to the farmers in the delta
growing their home supplies. The
same is true in a large measure In
Sumter county. Those farmers who
despise these small things that bring
them In a small income all during
the year are handicapped with debt
and find out that 1t takes more than
they can produce of cotton TO pay
their debts no matter how high tn.
price of cotton is For when cotton
IS high other things are, high b. pro
rortion. Cotton will not purchase a.
much feedstuffs or food at the press
ent prices as 1t would when lcotton
was worth ten and twelve cents.
On his recent visit to Sumter Coun-
ty Prof. Savely said that the velve'
bean grown on every acre Of our Ian
in corn would double the Value of the
yield Of the land planted to corn be-
sides furnishing ten dollars worth Of
fertilizer. He also stated that the
farmers in Alabama grew beans ir
all of their corn or practically all Of
1t and that it was no longer a qucs-
ton out there of keeping the animals
fat in the winter, but it was theiI
only problem to keep them in good
cndition in the summer. He said that
me bean was q success planted bot,
n the drill and the n.iddles of ,rn.
If the beans were planted before the
lrst Of May. Velvet beans arc tho
cheapest seed that can be pu-cha SEE,
,oday. They can be l"id down in
Sumter 1T $3.50 per tushel or less
md bushel Of beans Will plant fro,.
our to six acres. So plant veivet
beans
]. Frank Williams.
County Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28
GROW F0oDsTUFFs At home.
FARMERS URGED BY DIR. LONG
AND DEMONSTRATION VIII.
LIAMS TO RAISE FOOD
SUPPLIES FOR
THEMSELVES.

Mr. Williams Points out tho Grea,
Return from Planting Velvet Beans
In Corn Ffclds-Dr. Long Tells of
conditions in State Which Make
imperative That Every Farmer
Grow More on His Place Than Suf-
hcient to Sustain People Living on
It.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-03-28

w. w. Long of Clemson, directo'
If cooperative extension work in az
'iculture and home economics ir
south Carolina. has addressed to al
the demonstration agents in the State
men and women, letter urging them
to impress on the people the need o,
growing vegetables for home con
sumption.
The letter is as follows:
The conditions. as being reportc6
OF the food crops OF the world if no
tlarming are serious. This Is espec-
'ally true whom we realize that tn,
reserves will be exhausted at the cn,
If this crop year.
1T Is reported that the Englisl
wheat crop is exceedingly barkward
The Dutch crop Is small The Frcncl
crop Is very much less than usual an.
what is most alarming Argentina vii
have little wheat or corn to export
The Australian wheat crop is re
ported 5O,O00,0OO bushels less tina,
last years. The statement Is mao
that the English government has con
tracted for the entire surplus of thi
years wheat crop OF Canada. Whea
in the winter growing States in on
country has suffered much Tor tn
want Of moisture. Early vdAetable
N the Southern States have lueen dc
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

The submarine menace is not
ended but it certainly has been
greatly iessened in recent weeks
For four consecutive weeks the
number ofboats and tonnage sunk
by the Kaiser's u boats has been
much less than during any week
PRIOR to that time since February /,
when the threat of unrestricted
submarine warfare went into effect.
The sinkiDgs of the last week are
the smallest of the three, indicating
increasing effectiveness in the meth.
DDS employed for combating that
lawless system Of sea warfare In
the meantime the construction of
new shipping is going on with in
creasing expedition and it is prac.
tically assured that the attempt to
bring Great Britain to its knees" by
shutting off its food supplies is
doomed to fail.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

This action may surprise many per-
sons who had thought Of France as
bowed under calamitous invasion.
The bank, however, gives figures indi-
eating that France is not only meet
Ing her military and civilian problems
with a stout heart and never failing
courage, but Is re-establishing her ex-
port business with this country.
In 1914, the year of the outbreak Of
the war, imports from France to this
country totaled s141. 446,252. This to-
tai was reduced to S77,15S,740 in 1915,
but last year the value of French Inn
ports to the United States rose to
1O2,077, $50.
"a nation that can achieve such a
commercial recovery while her terri
tory is being ravished by the invader"
says the Trust company's statement,
possesses recuperative powers which
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-12

The Marion-Ralls Association I
o O.. F. will meet with Marion
Lodge No. 81 in this city FRIDAY Oc-
tiber 10 The meeting will be held
at the opera house, both the after
noon and evening sessions and the
committee of the local order has
made big preparations which will
make the affair great success and
a large delegation from every lodge
in the two counties and from lodges
in adjoining counties are expected.
Palmyra lodge No. 228 and Marion
lodge will confer the second degree.
The last word received from the
Grand Master, R 0. Hartley of Kan
sas City stated that he expected to
be here on that date The Rebekahs
will serve meals for the visitors =
Palmyra Spectator.