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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
THE wATCHMAN AND soUTHRoN, APRIL q. 1918.

the soap mixture before it hardens
This gives large bulk; but you ar,
not getting as much soap as YOU ma,
think you are.
perfumes and cOlors do not ordi
narily affect soaps; but sometime:
perfumes are added to conceal bad od
ors due to using decomposng fat
Partly for this reason highly per-
TUNED soaps are undesirable.
The great bulk of securing soaps
consist of certain abrosive materials
Only about 1920 per cent is SOAP
The finer the abrosive the better the
quality of securing soap.
Medicated soaps may contain cav
bollc' acid, tar or oatmeal or some
other medical substance. AS a rule
t is better to buy your medicine and
soap separately. Use soap for what
it was originally intended for. i. e. its
cleaning power. These two-in-one ar
tlcles do not always give the results
that they are claimed to-.
Soap Authorizations.
Soap adulterations are of two kinds
CD other detergents CD filters. IN
der the first class there are sodium,
ana potassium carbonates, water
glass;" rosin, petroleum products and
oorax. The last two, petroleum pro-
ducts, which include Kerosene, wax,
naphtha, etc. and borax, have value as
detergents and. therefore, should
not be classed as adulterants. but tho
others are.
Sodium and potassium carbonates
are harsh alkalies that should not he
put in any soaps except those for
rough cleaning. If more than s DER
cent. of the soap is sodium carbonate
there will be white crustaton on TOP.
Therefore, beware of white encrust-
ed soaps. Potassium carbonate, on
the other hand, makes soap seem to
nave finer grain, and by it's use more
water can be held in the soap. There
fore, it seems to be the worst of these
two adulterants
Water glass;" like potassium car
Donate makes it possible for water to
be held in the soap without being
readily detected. This causes the
soap to waste away quickly. More
than a little water glass in soap used
for laundry purposes is very bad as
the silicate deposited by the water
glass wears out the clothes.
Rosin is often used in laundry
soaps, especially yellow soaps. 1t
forms cheap substitute for fats and
is Objectionable if present in more
than small quantities as it often caus-
es yellow stains on the clothes.
Filters are cheap Substances such
as minute marine organisms, fine
clay. chalk. etc., used in soaps to give
bulk. They can readily be detected by
the fact they are insoluble in alcohol.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

to keep the tiny pores OF skin open
ton Of getting rid of certain impuri-
Ties. If the pores are kept open and
i'll good working condition a soft
velve'y SKIN is the natural result The
massa ging motion used in applying
lace creams and lotions helps to make
the muscles of the face strong and
the flesh firm and elastic.
Face powders are beneficial i'm bro
tecting the skin from the weather.
but powder should not be applied in
large quantities and it should always
be entirely removed from the face 1T
night by bathing in order that the
pores may be open all night to thrcw
of all impurities.
Health as well as beauty depends
upon strong, clean, beautiful teeth.
The root of all tooth troubles is an
albunllnOus transparent film that Gov
ers the teeth. In this film thou-y
SANDS OF germs find home and from
here Ihey scatter to all parts Of the
body. Soapy substances only harden
this aluminous film. This albuminous
substance must be digested and pep
sin is the natural digestor of albumin
III the stomach. But to digest albu-
min pepsin must have the aid of hy
drochloric acid, and this acid is in
furious to the teeth. 1t has been
found that calcium phosphate will
neutralize hydrochloric acid so thar it
Will not injure the teeth, but at the
same time it does not take away the
power of this acid to help pepsin di-
gest albumin. 1t was also found that
calcium phosphate was a wonderful
polisher of enamel. Therefore, a tooth
paste that, contains pepsin to digest
this albuminous film. acid calcium.
phosphate to aid in this digestion, \
and calcium phosphate to polish the
teeth, would be an ideal cleanser for
the teeth. The following have been
tested in the laboratory and found to
be good preparations for cleaning the
teeth: Pepsodent, Kolynos and Peb-
ecco.
Although prfumes have no real
value as far as health goes, yet they
cultivate our aesthetic sense. A faint.
delicate perfume we associate with
1aintiness. culture and refinement. BY
a wise choice in the selection of our
perfumes we can add to the attrac-
uveness of our persons. Perfumes
are obtained from fruits and flowers
~ subjecting them to pressure or by
destructive distillation with steam.
The fruits and flowers must be at a
certain stage of ripeness or the per-
fume will not be good. For good
toilet articles the following companies
are recommended: Colgate, Jergens,
Dagger and Ramsdell, Palmer, La
ella, and Hines
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
GERMAN BASES ATTACKED.
NAVAL FORCES MAKE RAID ON
OSTEND AND ZEEBRUCGE
Five Old Cruisers Sunk to Block the
Channel-Raid Was Reasonably
Successful According to Admiralty
Reports.

London, April 23.--British naval
forces today raided German subma
rine buses at Ostend and Zeebrugge
the admiralty announces. Five old
cruisers, which had been filed with
concrete for use in blocking the
channels, were run aground, blown
up and abandoned by their crews
The admiralty reports that according
to incomplete information the raid
met with a reasonable measure OF
success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
A Prize Winning Essay.

Editor Sumter Item.
One of your Sumter County girls
Miss Elizabeth Dabbs, has won a prize
in the contest we are running in our
Household Chemistry Classes. This
is a splendid article and / know the
people of Sumter County will be
proud that Miss Dabbs wrote it. ]
feel that you would be glad to pub
lish it in your paper and am sending
1t for that purpose. Please send me
copy of your paper containing the
essay. also the original essay for Miss
Dabbs.
Sincerely yours,
Roy 2. Thomas,
Head Household Chemical Depart
rhent. rS s..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
FURLOUGHs FOR NONE.
Camp SEWER Authorities Make I'M
portant Announcement.

Camp Sewer. Greenville. April "a
No furloughs whatsoever for agricul-
tural purposes will be granted anyone
In the Thirtieth Division. Maj. Francis
M. Hinkle. division adjutant, an
nounced today. Hundreds OF appli-
cations for agricultural furloughs
have been received. but it Is hoped
that this announcement will stop fur
ther applications.
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Honor Roll of Statcburg School.

First Grade-Frances Richardson.
Second Grade--Gillespie Boyd
Julia II. Simons. Hope Williams
Third Gradc-Elizabeth Richard
son.
Fourth Grade--John Frank viii
liams.
Firth Grade-Charles Boyd.
Sixth Grade-James Brown. VIII
liam Brown.
Seventh Grade-Marion Boyd.
Eighth Grade--Marion Boyd.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

Wichita Falls, April 24.-Second
Lieut.. stephen X. Warner, of Maple
wood, New Jersey, Flying Instructor,
and Cadet Edwin ID. Cryer, of Allie
gheny County, Pennsylvania, were
Killed at Callfield this morning when
their plane suddenly burst into flames
and fell
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

The open letter OF Mr.. ID. r. Coker,
Chairman OF the State Council of De-
fcnss. I'm reference to the urgent
and Immediate necessity of increas-
ing teachers salaries. in order that
the services OF competent teachers
may be retained in our schools. is of
local as well as general interest.
There Is such great demand for edu-
Gated workers In many lines of bus
mess that wages have been advanced
to unheard OF figures and II is but
natural that many thousand teach
crs will leave the school room to en-
ter business In order to increase
their earnings. II man or woman
can increase his or her earning ca
pacity nifty TO one hundred per cent.
ty change OF occupation the COM
mon sense thing to do Is to make the
change-and school teachers will not
continue to work for small pay when
high salaries can easily be obtained
Ina other lines OF work for the asking.
The problem Is clearly stated by Mr..
Coker and the remedy suggested is
the one that first presents itself to
ones mind. viz. increase the teach
er's salaries and keep them in the
schools where they are rendering the
best service to the country of which
they are capable. and a service that
the country needs most at this time.
The problem is primarily up to the
taxpayers. but any action to be i'm
mediateIy resultful must come from
the officials In charge of the schools
the trustees and school superintend-
ents. III other communities are at all
like Sumter the matter can be easily
settled. Heretofore all that has been
necessary to obtain an increased m
come for the city schools has been
for the City Board of Education to
tell the people of the city exactly
what schools need. in a plain. busi-
ness-nke statement, and funds have
been forthcoming. The situation to-
day is no different. essentially. from
when II was found that additional
school buildings were urgently need
ed. The schools need more money to
guarantee the retention of an ef-
hcient force of teachers. and to OBJ
tain this money the people of the
city must pay more taxes or provide
the money In some other way. That
is all there Is to 1t. 1t Is not q COM
pick problem at all. II is up to Su-
perintendent Edmunds and the school
board to tell the public what Is neces-
sary and to formulate a plan to OBJ
tain II. The suggestions and the
plans must come from those who
have been placed in charge OF the
schools. and not from the public. for
the public Is not informed and can
not suggest wisely or advisediy. 1t
seems that the schools must have
more money II they are to be kept
open next year and up to the stand
ard. and II is the official responsible
ity OF the school board and superin-
tendent To tell the public how much
more is needed and to formulate a
plan TO obtain all that Is essential.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
NEW YORK COTTON MAItKFT.

London, April 23.-The British at
tack last night north of Albert wa
carried out on a front of one thou
sand yards, on which the advance wa
made to depth of two hundred and
fifty yards, Reuters correspondent al
headquarters reports.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

West End No. II w. s. S. with
members has bought to the extent O
$4,000. AS this society has not beer
organized month, if they continue
to buy at the same rate they will
pass the per capita quota asked by tn
government for 1918, $4,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

scs and Misuscs OF Various So,nc
All alkalies act upon the proteir
in wool and silk, therefore. never
wash Woolen and silk goods with any
nut neutral soaps. Harsh soaps, that
Is soaps containing free alkaH are
very injurious to these goods.
Neither should free aIkali soa.,s bo
USED TO clean vanished articles. The
alkali in the soaps will unite with
the oil in the varnish and cause il to
separate from the wood work.
Glass windows and fine china should
be washed with neutral SOAP. Harsh
soaps will scratch the glass and take
the decorations off of the china.
Cctagon is a very good laundry soan
out 1t should never be used for wash
ing the hands or hair. The hands
and hair contain protein and fats
that react with alkalies
Alkali is not injurious to iron.
Therefore, harsh soaps and securing
powders such as "Old Dutch Cleans
err may be used TO clean stoves. AL
Kali soaps and securing powders will
clean aluminium ware, but they will
scratch it. Aluminium should be
cleaned with a neutral soap or soap
ana ammonia. The best way to clean
SILVER is to use neutral soap or
place the silver in an aluminium or q
tin pan, cover with hot soda water
and boil until the silver is bright. The
tarnish on the silver will be trans
ferred to the pan.
For laundry purposes washing soda
is far more efficient than any SOAP
Tor softening water. One pound OF
washing soda Will do the work Of
eighteen or twenty pounds of laundry
soap.
10 save money on the soap propo-
s'tion buy a whole case at a time and
rut it up in the attic to dry out You
will find that it will not waste away
nearly SO quickly
The following soaps are recon-
mended as good toilet soaps: Ivory.
Fairy, Palmolive, Woodberry's and
Colgates. For laundry purposes. ex-
cept for woolens and silks, Octagon
and Naptha soaps are good. Fairy
and Ivory are good neutral soaps to
use in laundering silks and woolens.
Toilet Articles.
1t should be the business Of every
one to make him or herself as attrac-
tive as possible. BY the wise use OF
toilet articles you can, to a large eX-
tent make yourself attractive and
beautiful in person
OF course health is the foundation
of good looks; but many healthy peo-
pie do not have good complexions
simply because they do not take care
Of it. Face creams and lotions helr
TO kee the tiny pores of the skin open
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
PLAN TO CONTROL LABOR.

Washington. April Establish
ment OF a director General of La
bor," consolidating all federal labor
agencies. and with power to control
government employees and those work
ing on government contracts is being
worked out by the prcsircnt. it was
stated today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
MANY MORE MEMBERS FOR THE
TIP TOP CLUB.
Ihc People of Rcmbert, and the
Young Ladies of the Magnetic Works
Get i'm the War Savings Game
Another Big Buyer.

ID. v. Keels, Rembert :. $1,000
One more. 1t looks good. Not
town man either. but from near the
end of the county. Way off on the
road to Camp Jackson his example. is
set; his money has gone to the gov
ernment and will help to buy bread
and guns and bullets for the boys that
are battling the Huns. Do you think
there are not more in the country
who has bought them in quantity?
Not bit Of 1t. They are there. The
trouble Is they are bashful. AS soon
as they overcome their bashfulness
and tell their names they will be lined
up in type.
Let IL be known what you have
bought. Where you have lead others
will follow.
Tuesday was banner day for the
Tip Top Club; 1t received many
members, and they are right spirited
members too. In the afternoon the
peoples of Rembert met and elected
n War Savings Committee consisting
of Mr.. j. A. Reames, chairman and
Misses Elizabeth Reames, Mrs. s. w
Young. Mrs. j. L. Gillis, Mrs. II. J
Brown, Miss Lula Gillis, and Miss
jackson. Moreover they decided right
there and then to form two War Saw
ing Societies, and a number of mem.
hers were signed up right on the SPOT
The two societies will be completed
and organized formally at an earl,
date.
+. w. Wilson and j. N. Boykin ant
other colored people were present
and these two agreed to form com
rhittees and War Saving Societie
among their people, and they too go
right down to work. There is going
to be more War Savings around Rem
bert In short while than you can
shake a stick at. Watch it grow.
A moving spirit in the meeting, in
fact the organizer of it was Mrs
Mary q. Rembert, postmistress. If al
the postmasters were as interested as
is Mrs Rembert Sumter would
quickly be at the very Tip Top.
Mr.. Ben F. Myers president an6
Miss Ida Sanders secretary of tho
Hagood War Savings Society wert
present at the Rembert meeting
They gave as their experience tina
whereas before the meeting the Ha
good postoffice had sold hardly an.
stamps at all, that after their. organ
ization pad gotten under sail the post
office had sold out. and had sent TO-
more stamps.
Tuesday night was when the Mag
neto young ladies decided to organize
which they did by electing Mrs. Leb.
by president and Mrs. Porter secre.
tary. The organization will 81
pushed right along, and will be per
fected In day or two. I'VE are go
ing to surprise you" said Mrs. Lebby
SO any society that does not want
be passed In per capita purchases haC
better begin humping itself rig:.
away
West End No. II w. s. S. with
members has bought to the extent
$4,000. AS this society has not been
organized month. if they continue
to buy at the same rate they will
pass the per capita quota asked by tn
government for 1918, $1,000.
SUMTER COTTON MARKKr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27

Washington. April 2i.--The casual
IT, list today contained forty-three
names divided as follows: Killed in
action. s; died OF wounds. 3 died of
diSease. IL; wounded severely. 10;
wounded slightly. 13. Lieut.. RenviIle
wheat was among those slightly
wounded
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-27
SUMTER COTTON MARKm.

y q BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected daily at l2 O'Clock Nooc
Good Middling 20.
Strict Middling 2S ga.
Middling 2S 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 27 "a.
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AGRICULTURAL
LIME

have agreed to act as Agent for
the q. c. BUQUO LIME CO., In this
section and am prepared to quote
prices on GROUND LIMESTONE. in
Carload lots. either in Bulk or Sacked.
delivered at either Of the following
points: Yorkville, TirZah, Guthries,
Sharon, Hickory Grove, Smyrna,
Kings Creek, Glover, BowliIg Green.
A Carload is 80 tons. The Agricultu-
raj Department recommends that not
less than three or over five tons be
used to each acre. A car OF Lime de-
livered will cost about the same as two
tons of 1872.
Hon. Carl Vrooman, Asst. Secretary
of Agriculture, says: The cheapest,
quickest, and most profitable known
means Of increa-ing production, Is
lime. Lime supplies no new chemical
plant food. and in that sense Is not,
strictly speaking, a fertilizer. but by
neutralizing the acidity Of the soil. 1t
facilitates the growth Of legumes and
other crops to an extraordinary degree.
Every farmer who has soil containing
an excess of acid and, fails to apply
lime to II, Is neglectinng the most prof.
table investment he can possibly
make"
Practically every crop raised in this
country will be nefitted by lime be-
ing I'm the soil, and the benefits will
continue on for .5 to 25 years
will be pleased to furnish any de-
sired information.
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AN ORDINANCE

Fixing the Communication Street Tax;
Time of Payment Thereof; Number
OF Days Work Required in Lieu
Thereof; Time Of Performing Said
Labor; Penalty for the Non-Per-
fOrmance Thereof; and the Penalty
for the Payment Of the Said
Communication Tax for the Year 1918.
DE it Ordained by the Mayor and AL
- dermen, the Town Council of the
Town of York:
Section /. That all persons residing
within the corporate limits OF the
Town Of York, who, under the laws
of the State of South Carolina are lia-
ble for road duty, shall on or before
the first day Of July, 1918, and not
later than the fifteenth day Of July,
1918, pay to the Treasurer Of the Town
of York, at his Office, the Cummuta-
ton Tax of THREE and DOL 100 DOL
LARS, provided, however, II the said
Communication Tax shall not be paid by
the 18th day Of July, 1918, then the
said tax shall bc Three and 5OilOO
Dollars, if paid by the first day oI
August. 1918.
Section 2. That in lieu of the pay
mcnt Of the said tax all persons liable
for road duty as aforesaid. may per-
form days labor onthe pubic streets
of the town. provided said labor bc per-
formed by the 18th day of July, 1918;
but If performed thereafter and prior
TO August lst, 1918, then the said per-
sons shall perform eight days labor
on the said streets.
Section 3. That after the first day
Of August. 1918, all persons who have
not paid the said tax, or performed the
saidIabor, shall be liable to pay fine
Of Five and 00l100 Dollars. or be re-
quircd to work on the public works
of the town for a period of fifteen
days.
Done and Ratified in Council assem-
blcd in Regular Session It York, this
18th day Of June. 1918.
]. e. WILBORN,
Attest: Mayor.
w. $. WILLIS. Clerk of Council.
53-july 2 [. ct
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Humorous department

Wouldn't Wait.-Thcy had been en-
gagged three years. but there seemed
no indications that the. good ship mat
rimony was lowering in IN" o'hn4'
She was getting restless. but when
she touched the subject he d"xt"rouslT
turned the conversation.
Recently ne turned II on I" phSsl-
oIopv a science OF which hr WAS Il sta
dent.
Yes" ne said. airily. 1T is strange
but well authenticated fact that IN"
whole human body changes every
seven years. You. my dear are Miss
Jones now. In seven years you VIII
have changed completely. Not par
ticlc of y0ui present self will hr LETT;
bui all the same. YOU will still b" Miss
Jones"
"Oh. | shall" said tn" an"ry dam
sci. tu.ging away al the third finger
OF her left hand. Il assuI~ you | won't
II have to marry ia milkmhn' Oh
all the impudcnc"-lier". take your
ring and I never want TO sec y"'I
agaIn."-I.ouisvilc Courier Journal.
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Ready for il All.-Douglas Pa

Ready for il All.-DouglaS Fair
banks told the other day Christmas
story.
~ poor chap from the country" h'
said. took his best girl to - fashion
able broadway restaurant for their
Christmas dinner and in his Ignorance
committed gauchcric on gauchcri".
The bill of fare was in French. and
the chap pointed TO an item on ii and
said hushily:
Wen begin with that
"'Sorry. sir said the waiter. but the
orchrstra's playing that
"Thcn the waiter handed him a nap
kin. The chap looked AT it carefully
frownrd. got up. spread it on his chair
and sat on II.
"Thc waiter. taking pity on him
said:
win YOU have the table d'hote or
a Ia carte. sir"
BOTH said the chap. coughing
Both with plenty of gravy. Boston
Transcript.
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Seemed One Short to Susie

Seemed One Short to Susie.-"chil-
dren," said the Sunday school SPERM
tendent. this picture Illustrates to-
days lesson: Lot was warned 10 take
his wife and dau~hters and flee out Of
Sodom. Here are Lot and his Iaught-
ers, with his wife just behind them;
and there is Sodom in the background.
Now, has any girl or boy Il question
before we take Up the study Of the les
son? Well Susie?"
"Pleathe. thir." lispcd tie latest
graduate from the infant claas, where
ith the fiea?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-09

When Home is Best.-Whcn lunch
con time came Mrs. Robinson asked
Willie Jones II nc wouldn't stay.
mo. thank YOU" said Willie. I'D
better go home. Mother will bc cx-
pecting me-"
Suppose | telephone and ask her
IL you may remain" suggested his
hostess.
"Oh. no. please don't do that. Mrs.
Robinson" said Willie. "Wc'vr got
cocoanut pie for dessert today and
your cook told me that you only got
pruncs."-Country Gentleman.
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we CAN JAR YOU

No, We mean that we can supply you
with the Glass Fruit Jars-Pints, and
Quarts. and Half Gallons-That you
are going to need for your summers
preservin and canning. See Us for
your needs Blu. do II early.
FEEDSTUFFS-
For Cows. provided you want the
maximum Of milk and butter produc-
ton. the best feed Is Spartan Dairy
Feed. For Horses and Mules, the best
feed is Purina Horse Feed. and for
growing pigs, there Is nothing better
than Rice Meal. We have these feeds.
PRATTS REMEDIES
Insure better l.calth for Horses, and
Mules. Cows. Hogs and Poultry. We
especially recommend Pratt's Cow
Remedy and Pratts Hog Worm Pow
der. The best in their class
COTTON HOES
Let us supply you with COTTON
HOES and CULTIVATOR POINTS.
FERGUSON & YOUNGBLOOD
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They Cheated Him.-Sandy had re-
turned to his native village in Scot
land after a visit to London. On be-
u tin ilsskeSo Eh.tt b ntbQlSht Of the
great city he said:
1T IL grand, hut the folks are not
honest"
How Is that" asked his friend.
We'll. bought box of pins label
cd thousand for two cents. and
coming home on the train. counted
them an found them seventeen
short London standard.