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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10
More Bank Capital
South Needs Stronger Banking
Institutions

Columbia. May THE proposition
Of increasing the banking capital OF
the South will be discussed at the an
nual bankers convention of each
Southern State. says a statement is
sued yesterday afternoon by the South
Carolina. Cotton Association. Letters
received by the association from the
/, heads OF a great number OF the banks
i of outh Carolina indicate that the
matter will be brought before the di-
rectors of the various institutions in
this State almost Immediately.
At a conference between the South
Carolina congressional delegation and
! a committee Of 30 from the South
Carolina Cotton Association held IN
this city last month a resolution was
adopted urging every bank in the
South TO increase its capital stock 20
Der cent. Copies of this resolution
have been transmitted by the South
Carolina Cotton Association to the
presidents of the bankers conventions
Of all Of the Southern States. The
presidents Of each convention has
written assuring the association that
lno matter VIII bS tdhVII QP t'N tiIN
annual meeting Of his convention.
The South Carolina association ALSO
! sent a copy of the resolution to The
president of every bank in South Car
olina and asked Il reply as to whether
he would take it up with his board OF
directors. Replies have been receiv-
ed from a number Of the bank pres
iderts in the State and in practically
every instance the answer has been an
assurance that the matter would le
taken up. Most of the presidents ha">
written stating that they were strong
ly in favor of the proposition.
In statement urging the banks to
take action on this matter, the aSSo-
citation says:
Reports received by our central
committee indicate that the propo-
sition is meeting with much favor. II
seems to be generally agreed that the
South has always suffered from lack
Of banking capital The Time to rem
edv this trouble seems at hand.
Our suggestion has been ind0rsea
=, some of tie leading bankers ana
business men OF tha south. tbs
president OF practically eve>'T Soulh-
arp States bankers convention has
written assuring us that 'h:. lIa'ttf
will be brought up at The :iilnuta
meeting of his convention this Sui!;-
ner. The presidents Of = vcrv large
number OF South Carolina banks
have written us assuring us that tacl
will bring the attention OF their dl.e':-
tors to the proposition and nlse &C
ton along he line suggested.
We believe that the banks VIII
have no trouble selling the additions!
stock if Liberty bonds ara accepted
in payment thereof. There is no fe;i-
son WHY these bonds should not be st-
cepted in payment thereof.
'If the South is ever TO eaten inc
pace and keep step with the balance
of the nation it viii he necessary Tor
its farmers to regulate the cot.9n
situation and for its banks TO haze
more capital The farmers can mol
regulate the cotton situation as II
should be regulated until the banking
capital of the South has been M
creased"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10

\ corps uf engineers Of thr STATE
Highway Commission. under The di-
r.,.;ion "f Mr Carleton arrived here
TUESDAY 10 survey In" pnhiic roads
that are 10 be improved this Y..ar with
funds provided Jointly by tn" Federal
government and th" county. The
first work is 10 be done on The road
10 MayeSvillc ::"d the engineers ar
now engaged in mai!n: the SnrH'E
of this road The road Ia Camden.
The road TO .lan,!inG ard tn" road
to Bi&hopville will next be surveyed
in the order named, and il is planned
to improve these roads to the county
line. if the funds available prove to
be sufficient for the work to be done.
1t is PLANNED to put in concrete hrid-
ges where necessary. to properly drain
and grade the roadway and to con-
struct sand-clay roads according TO
approved methods.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10
Admit Newspaper Men Troops zSaH For Europe
The First of Volunteer Army
Sails on Steamer Agamemnon

New York, May s.-one thousand
officers and men who will take the
place of as many troops with the
American Army OF Occupation in
Germany. sailed today for Brest on
the steamship Agamemnon. The vol
unteers the first of $4,000 volunteers
TO go abroad so that men VINO nave
been in action may have the priv1i-
ege of an early return nome, are
mostly under the age of 80 years ana
have been recruited within the past
six weeks in the middle and far west.
Most Of the officers were in the serV-
ice in camps in America when the
arnistice was signed and are on thelr
first voyage 10 France.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10

The Cow Testing Association organ
lied by the dairymen Of this section
of the State will prove a potent factor
in raising the standard Of dairy cows
and Increasing the profit Of the dairy
business. BY means Of the systema--
tic testing Of the cows those that Go
not pay their board and a profit be
sides will be spotted and eliminated.
The first months record shows. that
DR.. China's Holstein COW. Queen, pro-
duced more m ilk and butter fat. than
any other GOV n the test.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10
Guns On Display
Veterans of Champagne Front
in Columbia

Columbia. May S-The big coast
artillery gums and mort;trs and seiSci
lights will give public exhibitions at
Columbia Friday and Saturday nights.
beginning at 6 o'clock. There will be
drills by The n1"n of the 42nd coast
artillery. veterans Of the Champagne
front who were decorated by the
French government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10

concluding program of the Chsntau-
qua.
As q cartoonist Mr.. Packard sketches
upon sheets OF paper and canvase>
eight feet square, said TO he the largest
sketches ever attempted on the plat:
form. so they can be easily seen in
detail from any part Of the big Chau.
tauuu;t tent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10
Weti-Known Cartoonist,
Musician. Entertainer
Here cnautauqua Week

Alson Packard i: is,"wn everywhere
as Il !,lmori>t. & lnn>t gifted cartoon
ist, It singer of Jolly lsongs and with
al q Inor,;liSt. With this combination
he Is an ideal entertainer He will
appear In Joy Night supreme Oh the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10

Copenhagen. May S.-The Hungar-
ian communist government refused
the armistice. terms offered by Ru-
mania and decided to fight TO the ut
most. a Budapest dispatch says.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10
Kerensky in Paris
Man of Destiny Who Made
Hash of Russia Turns Up

Paris. May S.-Alexandcr Kerensky.
former Russian premier is in Paris. it
became known today. He has not
however made his appearance in the
peace conference circles
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10
Message by Cable
President Wilson Will Send Mes
sage to Special Session of
Congress

Washington, May s.-As President
Wilson will not attend the opening Of
the special session Of congress May
18th he will cable his message from
Paris and it will be read Immediately
after congress convenes. the White
House announced today
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10

Paris, May s.-A. full text Of the
peace treaty with Germany will not be
published until after its signed, the
Echo de Paris said today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-10

The advance sale of season tickets
FOR the chautauqua is greater this
year than ever before at the same
date before the opening OF the sea-
son.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
TO REvOLUTIONIZE SUGAR
INDUSTRY BY MACHINERY
Montrose Men TO Manufacture Beet
Harvester that VIII Greatly En-
courage Culture of Sugar Beets.

Montrose Enterprise:
F. J. Hartman and Mr.. r. Butter
field returned from California on
Tuesday, January l4th where they
have been investigating a newly pat
ented Beet Harvester, and while there
they secured the assignment of all the
patents.
The Harvester is an entirely new
device for the harvesting of beets. 1t
will dig, top and load from four to six
acres day being operated by one man
and either pulled by four ordinary
horses or light tractor.
The principal of the machine is en-
tirely new in design. The beet tops
are raised by the action of two six
foot rotary spirals rotating in op-
posite directions. About middle way
Of these spirals q litter lifts the beets
from the ground. The spiral in turn
pulls the beet up until the crown of
the beet hits the spiral and then they
are taken back to the rear where q
knife takes off the top. The beet
drops into q conveyor which can either
be used to convey the beet into wag-
on or dumped into pile at the will Of
the operator.
The machine vii do the work Of
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
FEED NEEDED BY wEANED CALF
Hay or Grain Should BE Given As
soon As Ii Will Eat-Should Weigh
500 to 500 At One Year.

". z. Clark, Of the Colorado Ag-
rlcultuTal College, has the following
TO say regarding weanIng calves:
AS soon as l calf will eat, hay or
grain should BE- gwen The calves
should be fed IN stanchions so that
each one will get its proper share.
Calves not 50 fastened sometimes
learn TO suck each other and this is
undesirable After feeding the milk.
place IN the manger box, preferably
oats or bran in equal parts, increas-
ing the amount TO correspond with
the appetite until the animals are
large and well developed. All the
hay they will cat should be given.
using preferably a mixture of clover,
or alfalfa, and some gind of grass
hay. The feeder must be guided en-
tirely by the condition of the calf
IN determining how much Of any one
food shall be given. While Ill results
may come from feeding too much.
the aim should be to feed sufficiently
well TO secure large daily gains. II
properly fed and taken care Of, the
skim milk-fed calf should weigh
from 500 TO 500 pounds at one year
Of age"
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
MILKING MACHINES A SUCCESS
Field and Farm:

Field and Farm:
The milking machines are now past
the experimental stage and are giving
the best of satisfaction in the hands
of many users, although others soon
discard them. The successful use by
the many shows that the machine is
all right when properly operated. 1t
saves a great deal of hand labor. max
ing il possible for one man to milk
twenty-five to thirty cows in an hour
although extra time is required for
cleaning up. The machine does not
injure the COW in any way and animals
prefer machine to hand milking. It is
a question whether the cows MIXED
with machine hold up in milk toward
the end of the lactation period quite
so well as when hand MIXED. It is
possible that the yield for the year
may be a little less. Apparently, the
machine will do better work than poor
hand mixers, but it is not quite equal
to skilled hand mixers which by
the way are becoming rare birds now
adays. When the machine is proper
ly handled the quality of the milk with
reference to its sanitary condition is
better than when hand drawn.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
THE LURE OF THE LETTERHEAD
tBy 4. l.. RoatD

tDy \. l.. ioalD
As ! 20 about my own farming bus
mess and mix with other farmers,
am often at a loss to understand how
so many energetic farm producers car
hope TO win success in their farm bus
mess when they make no attempt "a
advertise the products they have to
sell. Every other important business
industry lays as much stress on the
advertising end as is placed on the
producing end.
! will undertake 10 prove in almos,
any community that of two equally
successful farm producers one is real
izing a good return as a result of ad-
vertising, while the non-advertiser is
barely breaking even or even exper-
iencing actual loss.
My experience is that whenever
can market my crops ION the hoof" |
stand good chance Of double profit
one from the growing of the crop and
one from feeding it to the cattle, sheep
swine or poultry to be marketed.
In particular my aim is always to
keep my customers and prospective
customers on the watch, interested,
and eager for my different side lines
before they are quite ready to put on
the market. l bring this about by
adding to my letterhead new items at
tractivcly displayed-for example:
Fat, juicy spring lamb, capons,
squads, next week." or whatever new
may have TO offer.
AS the holidays approach, the spec
ial business lures on my letterheads
may be turkeys, geese, spareribs,
roasts of beef and lamb. and bushel
lots of fancy potatoes, vegetables, and
fruits. This plan of advertising
find is winner and low in cost, par.
ticularly where one is carrying on a
direct trade.
A sprightly. well-printed letter
head kept full of new lures anil sur
prises, and going to the best custo;,-
ers regularly, will bring result; ' tn
out fail.
hardly need to add that such ad-
v,rt.sing will not sell inferior p,oduce
or win good results unless absolutely
fair and square DANG backs up the
good impression created by the p it
licity | have descri'sed.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
LAND YET
IN CT SNISON COUNTY

Tho State Board Of immigration has
issued pamphlet telling Of the large
amounts Of homestead land still re
naming in Colorado and describing
GunnisUu county as possessing 562.-
$50 acres. This is, we suppose, out
side Of the forest reserves, which con-
tain fully As much more. altho under
the policy Of that department TO dis
courage homesteahing in every pos
siblc way il has lately had 4 survey
made Of alleged homestead land, in the
reserve which excluded everything
that was not so plainly arabic land,
that not even the most barcfaced
government agent could deny it.
Even under that showing there are
hut n few counties in Colorado which
are listed as possessing more land
available for homcsteading. These
are Monat with l.72s,s63 acres, Rio
Blanca with l,3i5 800, Garfield with
955,776, Mesa with 957,.55, and Mont
rose with 2,07S.
The reports says.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
WHY IT PAYS TO HATCH EARLY

II. " Sanborn, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.
Il Is necessary 70 hatch early or
obtain early ha,chcd chicks in order
20 receive worth while profits from
poultry keeping.
Early Matching means more vigor-
Gus chicks.
Early Matching means more chicks
raised.
Early Matching means chicks less
troubled by lice and disease.
Early Matching means longer
growing season.
Early Matching means better grown
chicks
Early Matching means higher prices
for the surplus and Ior cockercis mar
kctcd as broilcrs.
Early Matching means well matured
pullcts which begin TO lay in the fall.
Early Matching means eggs from
the pullcts while the hens are moult-
ing.
Early Matching means eggs in the
fall and winter when prices are high
est.
Early Matching means larger pro.
fits.
This is cveryone's opportunity. Don,
miss II this year. Hatch early and
provide suitable broodcr equipment to
keep the little chicks warm. They
live and grow much faster. 1t pays
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
Renewed Testimony

No one in Gunnison Who suffer,
barl-achc, hcafaches. or distressing
primary ills can afford TO ignorc this
N0rtrur" wpWan's twicc-,old story
I Is confirmed t'stimOny that no resi-.
t'rt Of this locality can doubt.
hrz- Martha Wood. lf6 s. Second
s.. Montroa~. Colo. says: My kid.
hcys wen" weak and a slight cold
you'd always hrlng on an attack Of
kidney trouble Ny kidneys didn't
3 uyht at all and caused me a grca,
d q. uf dlstrvas. Ny back wa, weak
end painful had dizzy spells and
h'olarh"E. too Sryoal boxes Of
Ion1's Kidney Pills bruugh, ne
wn-i.rfu' u''.." tStat.mcn, gly-
en- January TO- 1919
STILL PRAISES DOAN'S
On March q, 1917, Mrs. Wood
sa.a. Dc IN" public sta,"mon, | gave in
Pra.s" Of Doan's Kidney Pills before
holds gooj take Doan's when ! feel
ny kidneys becoming dIsordcrcd and
They always help me-
Ir.cc GOc, a, all dealers. Don't
simply ask for 4 kidney rrmcdy-get
DDa1's Kidney Pills-the same that
Nj Wood had. Foster Milburn Co..
hisrs-, Buffalo, y. Y.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
WHAT THEY DID
IRionioWn lkY.A Telegram:-

Once upon time a boy left the farm
and got a job in the city. He wrote a
letter to his brother, who was sticking
to the farm, and in his letter telling
about city life, he said:
Thursday, we autoed out to the
Country Club and golfed until dark.
Then we trolleyed back to town and
danced until morning. Then we mo-
tored to the beach and Fridayed out
there"
The boy on the farm wrote back and
said:
''Yesteris we buggied to town and
baseballei al afternoon. Then we
went to Ned's and pokered until morn
ing. Today, we n,ulnd to the corr field
and gehawed until sun-down. Then
we suppose and then We gabed for Z
while. Then we staircased to our
room and bedsteaded until the clocl
fived."
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
"OH, If | COULD
BREAK THIS COLD!"
Almost rs soon as said with
DR.. Kings New Discovery
Get a bottle todayl

The rapidity with which this Fifty.
ycar-old family remedy relieves coughs.
what has kep, its popularity on tho
Increase year by year.
This standard rcliever Of colds and
coughing spells never loses friends. Ie
docs quickly and pleasantly what it b
recommended to do. One trial puts ID
in your medicine cabinet as absolutely
Indispensable. Sold by all druggists.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
CATTLE BRANDS OF COUNTY
RECORDED FOR MONTH

The cattle brands Of our section Of
the mountains recorded with the sec
rctay Of state for the past month ar.
printed below. Any z,Ockman wish
ing 10 have hi- new brand become IA
mlIiar 20 n" rang" users can have II
continued IN the News Champion for
the small cost Of zoe week.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

Kansas City Post: A Boston doc
tor says one hrst-class choice, juicy
porterhouse steak will sustain q mans
/ life nine days II will do better than
that We have lived on just the bare
memory Of one for more than three
weeks.
o
Earl Carpenter now has the former
T Floyd Fluke ranch on the mesa this
side of Cebolla and with 200 acres of
| fine land is getting a good start with
4 herd Of cattle. He was in town last
I Friday, and mentioned the fact that
flock Of Belgian harcs on his place
are multiplying fast and he now has
l25 OF thercabOuts. They furnish all
the rabbit meat his family can eat,
and he is planning to put them on the
market by parcel post.
o
Some readers have asked US con-
ccruiHg the Chicago fur house which
is advertising so extensively in our
columns. We don't know a thing
about them except that they paid US
for the advertising, and paid in ad-
vance. This is generally considered
reasonably good recommendation.
There seems 10 be a general rush for
fun this winter. and the wild game is
suffering in consequence. We don't
suppose the ranchmen are a bit sorry
10 sec the coyote tribe decreased
either
Representative Rockwell of Delta
has introduced 4 bill to appropriate
Sl5,O for the use of the State En-
tomologist in fighting the alfalfa
wecvil, the poison milkweed, prairie
dogs and other pests OF the state. The
department has promised to put one
or more men on the Western Slope
to do this work, besides continuing
the fight against the weevil. As the
alfalfa weevil, milkweed and prairie
i dogs all affect Gunnison county, the
. two former especially in the North
Fork region, we have no doubt our
representative and senator will Iavor
the bill and assist Mr.. Rockwell.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
Bowels Usually Cloeeede

Regulate them with safe, sure, COM
Portable DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Correct that biliousness. headache,
Sour stomach, tongue coat, by cimin.
s.ias the bowc!-cloggincss.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

about thirty men. Messrs. Hartman
and Butterfield do not know just what
action they will take st this time but
in all probability a company will be
formed for the manufacture and sale
of these machines.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

Harry Rosenbaum was among the
ranchmen of the Spencer district who
had business in town Wednesday. He
took back 4 mammoth load Of lumber
by four horse team.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
Ranch and RANGE !;

The total land alleged TO be avail
able IN Colorado Is placed al ten mil
! lion acrcs out Of 90 million.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
UP AND DOWN THE VALLEYS
=. -:

II. c. Bartlett IS in Denver. taking
m the Stock Show, and intends going
further east rs soon as that doings Is
over.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

Among local stockmen who are at
tending the stock show are c. T.
Stevens, W. l. Anderson. Geo. An
derson and Louis Rouviere. No. a
very large degegation from our
county this year.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24
Third Is High Up

Somewhat more than one-t third of
the homestead land in Colorado, ap-
proximately $500 900 acres, lies at an
elevation Of 1000 feet or more. Some
of this is in the states mountain park
districts and is primarily useful for
ck-raising purposes. Such land is
found in Rio Grande, Saguache, Con-
ejos, Grand, Jackson, Park and Gunni-
son counties. Small areas of home
stead land in each of these counties
are suitable for restricted agricul-
tuarl operations. In other counties
having homestead land lying at high
elevations the surface is principally
rugged or broken, adaptable only for
grazing purposes, tho there is some
fine level land along the small noun
tain streams. Such conditions prevail
in Pitkin, Eagle. Hinsdale, Summit,
Clear Creek, Gilpin and Telluride
counties and in parts of Archuleta,
Chaffee, Dolores, Delta, Garfield. La
Plata, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray and San
Miguel counties.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-01-24

Whether there will be any special
effort to place the soldiers upon this
land depends on the outcome of the
proposed legislation. Practically
speaking it is not the most desirable
land for that purpose, since it is eth
er land that compels expensive irri-
cation projects, or that requires con-
siderable investment in live stock
to make it a success. Add TO this the
fact that most western land under
semi-arid conditions takes years of
cultivation and handling to come to
full production, and we have another
reason why it will not be SO very at
tractive to returned soldiers, unless
they fully understand and are famil-
lar with the conditions and are staked
to some assistance from the federal
government, instead of the constant
annoyance and nagging which has con-
stituted the land policy OF the federal
authorities for the last two decades, or
since Pinchotism became the fad.
| A large addition TO the agricultural
population of Gunnison county is one
of the most desirable things that
could happen to US. The land is here
and when pressure becomes great
enough young men. with health, en-.
ergy and the desire of home behint
them, can carve these ranches from .
wilderness in spite Of government in
lterferenee and discouragement, but ~
confess It docs not look promising
from the standpoint Of farms for sol