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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Count Beard Meeting
sueciaI Session Held to Consider
Road improvements


special session of sf1e Board Of
3 Ceusty Commissioners was held Mag
III with all members present.
Chairman McLanrin reported the
FIRE at the jail yard on the night OF
s May 10th which DESTROYED the shed
s known as the camp house and the
I White truck The loss was total on
both building and truck. The she'd
was insured for $500 and the truck for
per cent Of the original cost OF So
$50. He stated that he had promise
3 from the State Highway Commission
Sof4 fve-ton trucks and two two-ton
trucks for use on State highway road
CONSTRUCTION. but that delivery could
not be made within thirty days.
Mr.. jenkins. representing Pierce
Arrow truck and Mr.. Noise, repre-
senting The Indiana truck, appeared
before the board in reference TO sell
ing the county a truck. In view OF
the offer of the Highway Commission
the board postponed action. AIr. Dun
ning representing the Yuba tractor
appeared before the board in reference
ITO selling a tractor.
County Engineer Mcclellan recon-
mended the purchase of eight mules
for split-log drag work on the roads.
The board decided to purchase the
g mules and Commissioners Britton
and Min1ms were appointed to make
ihS purchase.
Engineer Mcclellan and Chairman
McLaurin reported that satisfactory
progress was being made by the
State engineers with the survey Of the
Mayesvil1e road.
Engineer Mcclellan made a state
nnent regarding the requirements Of
the State Highway Commission on
Federal aid projects in respect to
width curvature, etc. of highway
roads, Engineer Mcclellan was direct
ed to obtain the rights needed to cor
rect the curves that did not conform
to the requirement. The board de-
cided that the roads of the highway
system shall be made twenty-five feet
in width inside the ditches.
Rural Policeman John Bradley ap-
peared before the board anG made a
statement in reference to the trouble
at Trinity Church in the Shiloh sec
ton, which was substantially the
same as that heretofore published.
The bond of D. VI. Blanding. clerk
to the board in the sum of $4,000 in
the Aetna Casualty Insurance Co.
was approved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
WHY DOCTORS.
Prescribe !
new CAI0IEI.
Medicinal Virtues Retained and
Improved Unpleasant and
saliyating Qualities Removed
New Variety Called 1tCaIo-
tabs

~ -
Of all the medicines in the worfd,
doctors prescribe calome1 most often
and depend upon it most universaI-s
~ There must; be a good and sufA-s
clent reason--what is it?
2 If you will study the doctors books
you will find that the medical authori:s
ties prescribe calomel for almost eY-
cry disease. The reason is that caio-.
mel is the greatest and only thorough,
system purifier. It makes the liver
active drives out the poisons from the.
stomach, bowels and kidneys :, and
thereby purifies the blood. Calomel
puts the entire system in the most fa-
vorable condition for Nature to exer-s
else her recuperative power That is
why he prescribed calonel so often.
The new kind of calornel. called
"Calotabs," is refined and purified
from all of the nauseating and dan.
gerous qualities of the old style calg--
mel and is rapidly taking its place, for
It is more effective than the old styIa
calonlel as liver-cleanser and sys-
tem-puriher. One Calotab at beds
time, with a swallow of water-that,s-
all. No salts, no. nausea, nor the
slightest unpleasantness. Next morn
ing you awake feeling fne-With 81
hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat,
what you please. NO restrictions of
habit or diet g. -
Calo1ahs are sold, cnly in original
sealed packages, price thirty-fye
cents. RECOMMENDED and guaranteed
by druggists everywhere. Your monr
ey back if you are not delighted. -
Ad1t - -. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Wars Deadliest Poison
American Chemist Produced Gas
More Potent Than Any Huns
Made

Washington, May 24-Guarded
night and day and far out Of human
reach on a pedestal at the interior
department. exposition here, is a tiny
vial. It contains a specimen of the
deadliest poison ever known. It is
|Lewisite," product of an American
scientist. It is what Germany escap-
ed by signing the armistice before all
the resources of the United States
were turned upon her.
Ten airplanes carrying "Lewisite'
would have, wiped out every vestige
Of life-human, animal and vegetable
in Berlin. A single days output
would snuff out the 100000 people in
Manhattan. A single drop poured in
the palm of the hand would penetrate
to the blood, reach the heart and will
kill the victim in great agony.
What was coming to Germany may
be imagined by the fact that when
the arrnistice was signed it was being
manufactured at the rate Of ten
tons day. Three thousand tons Of
this most terrible instrument ever
conceived fer killing would have oee1
ready for business on the Am e1-ican
front in France on March l.
"Lewisite" is another of the big
secrets Of the war just leaking out.
It was developed in the bureau OF
mines by Prof. w Lee Lewis of North
western University, Evanston, Ill, who
took a comm ission as a captain III the
army 1t was manufactured in a spe-
cially built plant near Cleveland
called the mouse trap" because every
workman who entered the stockade
went under an agreement not to leave
the II acre space until the war was
won. This was to protect the secret.
Work on the plant was started lS
DAYS after the bureau Of mines had
completed it's experiments. The other
preparations to bring the gas into the
war went forward with like speed but
the armistice prevented the Germans
from ever experiencing a full realiza-
ton of what they had begun when
they turned their primitive gases on
the Canadians in Flanders in the
early days Of the war.
Experts are certain no one will want
to steal the sample. Everybody at the
exposition showing what Secretary
Lanes department did and is doing
keeps as far away from it as possible.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Superstition in Mexico

CuaUtla. Mexico. May Z.-LeSeHUS
already are beginning TO spring up
among the Superstitious and ignorant
Iudiany: Of this state regarding EmI-
liano Zapata. the rebel chief who met
death near here on April 10. In an
attempt to preserve the bandits body
as long as possible in order to give
the greatest number of his former fol-
lowers a chance to see it, it was pack
ed in ice. in the absence of embalm-
ing fluids The ice burst the sides
and top OF the fimsy coffin and gave
rise TO superstitious tales that the
"Attila of the South" as Zapata was
called, was not really dead. but had
burst his coffin and escaped.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Clean 2'eeth and Why?

No health problem presents o
greater field for necessary activity
than does proper care of the teeth.
as do lost, decaved, crooked or IN
clean teeth. Nothing makes one more
repulsiye to be near than foul
breath, caused usually by uncleap
teeth Nowhere in the body can
germs find more fertile fields for
growth than in uaclean mouths and
in no way can these be more easily
transmitted to others than in the spray
thrown off from an infected mouth by
coughing, sneezing, or even by ordin-
ary conversation A dirty infected
mouth caused by decayed teeth or
discharSing gums is menace not
only TO its possessor but TO all those
who are subjected to the danger OF
contasion. This applies especially to
children who do not appreciate the
risk involved in transmitting articles
such as pencils. apples, cups, etc.
from one mouth to another.
Only 10 per cent of our school Chill
dren are free from dental decay.
Teachers. nurses. dental hygienists.
medical inspectors and dentists must
ali unite in securing better care OF
chiidrenS mouths. On the teacher
especially. devol,-es the responsibility
Of giving the child instruction an6
systematic drill on the care Of tbs
mouth and the prevention Of dental
disorders The following ten sugges-
tons Will be helpful in this important
line Of educational work:
/. Clean the teeth with q brush
after each meal.
.. Brush down on the upper
teeth, and UP on the lower teeth, IN
line with the teeth forcing the brush
in,o the spaces between the teeth.
Brush the outside and inside surfaces
of the teeth in this nannI' and the
grinding surfaces in all directions
3. Forcjbly rinse the mouth with
lime water after each brushing.
q. Clean the spaces between the
teeth with dental floss. particularly
after eating meat
5. Childrens teeth should be ex-
amined and cleaned every or 4
months h: a dentist or dental hygien-
| list.
Touthache. swelling Of TIE gums
or the face, and most cases of neil
lalgia Of The face are pre9entab!e by
proper care Of the teeth.
| 8. The child's health depends
larrelv on the first teeth. The con
dition OF the second teeth is directly
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
The Missionary
Exposition
Interesting Feature Of the Aux
iiiary Convention

The Missionary Exposition given un
Ger the auspices of the Woman's Aux
iliary to the board Of missions Tas
held IN the SUNDAY School room o.
the Presbyterian church Thursday ~
$50 in the evening. Just after the
reception rendered the delegates arG
visitors to the convention by the
Episcopal church women of Sumter
The reception WIS held az Mr.. ana
Mrs. ". T. UpShur'S home on Church
Street. and was largely attended
Then the assemblage made their way.
over to the Sunday school rooms lent
for the occasion by the congregation
OF the Pre&bytcian church TO tb .
Episcopal women. It is proper here
to express a part cf the Appreciation
felt by the Auxiliary members in
Sumter for this kindly aid
The Missionary Exposition was
something new to most Of us. and was
woucerfully interesting and instruc-
tive. The different fields Of labor
were shown III q ,-eryr striking way
each had q booth in tn" following
order:
j. Domestic Field. The E'Iii work
cvs and mountain schools hand work
>. The church in Alaska and
among the indiais. This wa& one o:
.he lar.ez, and n1o@t interesting -
hjl,its in tl:e Luilding.
8. Porto Eica.
!. Canal Zone
;. Cuba Sanfo Domingo aad
Haiti were grouped.
! g. Mexico aud Brazil. tho Phll-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Ships for South
Regular Lines to Be Established
to Cuba and South America

Savannah, May '24.--After July !.
vessels of the South Atlantic Maritime
Corporation VIII sail from Savannah
to Habana ever: ten da:,s, and month
ly sailings 20 Argentine and Brazil
from Charleston, Jacksonville, Will
nlington and. Brunswick will be in
augurated as quickly as the vessels
can be obtained Six vessels have
been allocated for the service, two of
which are to be used in the Cuban
trade from Savannah. The corpora
ton has received assurance from the
United States shipping board that all
of the IA vessels requested for the SER
vice Of the corporation will be aIlocat-
ed as quickly as the vessels become
available to the operations division Of
the SHIPPING board.
After attending the meeting Of di-
rectors in Savannah today Matthew
Hale, president Of the corporation, left
for Brunswick, and from there he will
go to Atlanta to attend Monday a
meeting of the League of Cities Ex-
port Company, of which he is presi-
dent. This company has been organ
ICED among industries OF the cities
10 support the trade which Will be
given the lines.
The agents of the corporation at
foreign ports are: Nelson S. Pollard
Havana; E. W. Fontes & Co., Rio;
Acosta & Co., Buenos Aires.
Agencies will be established as the
business develops John F. Stevens,
manager at Savannah, will have su-
pervision Of this branch of the work.
4 representative Of the corporation
now is in Washington working on
rates inequalities which are being
brought to the attention of the ship
ping board for adjustment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Good Roads Meeting Called.

\ mass meeting OF all Interested ~
good roads is called Tor next Monday
ut The Court Housr. irtraediately foi-
loving he Saies Q; real cS'tate. ''ooa
rond na to- IN @ere'ai VIII be o4s-
cussed. and the now roads policy ot
the Suultc,. county ofllcIa!s, VIII be c&
plaijlct! ht,t = :0.t'ter oi FIRST import
anc.s to com. b"for" tilc n:"cting wi'i
be consideration Of some means |"
get :, crossing OF Tie Santee E;vcr .;
Pickncy's l'cfll
The Santcn i;it~r split :;o1:tio cs;t-
olina in two. and is inpassablc. \
bridge or a forty 1T Pinckey's landing
wo.,lH mean rnuctl 10 ii! e'a:iff Car
oljr.l. It wnIi,; max" sumter he
CHIEF point on :, n"w highway 10
Charleston. and i would add Orange
burg aud Calhoun counties 70 sum
ter.'s lrading area The people OF
Clarendon county have started q
movnmcnt thai they Bop" VIII provide
II bridge at pinchnry'S irei.ly. and this
plan viii i" explained ri tn" meet
ing
.Ns president Of tho sumter Auto
mobile Association ! have been in
stit!cted to call q mass meeting TO
consider GOOD read matters. This
mectiHg is not limited TO The members
Of The association but is for the pub
iic. and everyone is urged TO attend.
All members Of the association are
asked to help work Up a large at
tendance
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
NOTICE.
To The Rural Carriers of Sumter h

To The Rural Carriers of Sumter
County:
We are requested by our State pres
ident to meet in Sumter May Goth
and elect delegates to the State AS
sociation which meets in Gaffney July
34. There is not a, carrier that has
not received a direct benefit through
our national association. so let US
show our appreciation by rallying to
their assistance with full member
ship from Sumter county. Let us see
if we can invite the next State meet
ing to Sumter. Fraternally.
J. w. PARKER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
VALUABLE ADVICE.
Sumter Citizens Should Profit by The

Sumter Citizens Should Profit by The
Following Statement.
Doan's kidney Pills were used by
this Sumter resident.
Their merit was shown-the story
told.
Now comes further evidence.
The testimony IS confirmed.
The remedy was tested-the results
lasted.
Could Sumter residents demand
stronger proof?
It's Sumter testimo mony. It cal. be
investigated.
Mrs. Annie c. Games. 81 w Oak
land ST. Sumter. gaze the follow /:
statement January u, 1915: = !.
kidneys were out of order and h.
back ached I had headaches ana
dizzy spells, too I used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and they cured me Of all the
trouble
Over three years later. or on Feb
ruary 13, 1913. Mrs. carnes said 81
can certainly recommend Dsen's Kid
ney Pills for they gave mo perma-
nent cure. I am glad to csnfirm my
former statement"
Price soc, at all deal&cp. Don't
simply ask for a kidney resnedy-ge'
Doans' kidney Pills-the same thai
I Mrs. ,carnes had. Foster -Nilburn Co.
Mfgrs.. Buffalo. \. Y-Ad e. 90
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Calendar of City Schools.

The schedule Of the public schools
of the city for the rest of the year:
Tuesday, May 27th-Preliminary
Contest in Manual OF Arms.
Thursds... May 29th, G.15 P. NJ
Battalion Dress parade and Contest
in Manual OF Arms.
May seth-June etIl-Regular Ex-
an,inations.
May 27th-June stf1-Exan1inations
for the Fourth Year High Schoc!.
June 10th and 11th at p. M
closing exercises at the auditorium oi
the Girls High School building.
The schools VIII close for this yeaI
on June 18th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
City Manager Elected
City Council Selects Successful
Farmer and Country Merchant
TO Manage Municipal
Affairs

Ata special meeting Of City Council
Friday afternoon Mr. W. T. Brown,
of Wedgefeld, was: elected City Man
ager and he VIII enter upon the dis
charge of his duties June 1st. Mr..
Brown is a Successful farmer and
merchant and q man Of great energy
and business ability. While he has
had no experience in municipal af-
fairs it is believed that he has the
qualifications that viii make him a
capable administrative official and that
Sumter is fortunate in securing his
services.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Money for Soldiers
Past Due AlIotments Will Ee
Paid at Once

Washington, May 26.-Payments OF
past due and current a]lotluentS TO
falniies or solaierG and salor3 AMI
OF civil war veterans will
be made by the war risk insurance
bureau without waiting for the formal
signing Of The urgent deficiency 1ili
by the president.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28

Market advanced on strong Liver
pool cables and heavy rains in the
Eastern belt. There is q good demand
for spot cotton for export. We quote
on close Of market as follows:
Good DIiddling SO.
Strict Middling 50 II.
Middling 81 "a.
Strict Low Middling so.
Low Middling 27 "a.
HARDY & co. INC.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Another Remarkable Record in AZ
tendance.

During this present session the
boys Of the second year of the High
School OF MIS- I,iicy':, ci'ss haNe mac"
two remarkable records in attend
:.1ce. Som ctjilIe ago. these boys vert
..r 10 consecutive days without haE-
T., a single boy either absent o.
n-.rdg. Sine then they have nnade
Gotl1er record having gone for iS
consecutive days without single boy
being absent Such an achievement
is worthy OF publication. The names
of these boys follow:
Robert Band Edward Buck. Ma
ron Burkctt. Jack Chandler. Frank
Clarke. Charles cuttilo, Turner Davis.
peSapsslIre F,dmunds. James Fos!e.
+ Miller Fraser. Randolph Guthrie.
William Moran, Harry Ryttcnb"rs.,
Henry Shelor, STANLEY Weinberg, Har-
raj Whilden. Guisnard Wilder Geo.
Wray Jack Wright.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Three New Notes
Germans File Additional Pros
tests Against Terms

Paris May 26.-CC,:e German peace
delegation today sent three. new noses
to the secretariat of the peace con-
ference. The notes deal with repa
rations and responsibility for German
property in the alliedH countries and
German religious missions abroad.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Dividing the Jobs
Republican Senators Meet and
Confirm Action of Leaders

Washington, May 26.-The senate
Republicans az a conference tcda;
from which several progressives alb
sented themselves. approved commit
tees selections including choice Of
Penrosc and Warren TO the chairmen
Of the finance and appropriation com
m;;tees, respectively.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Z. d. g. Meeting.

Dick Anderson Chapter L. D. G.
,iH meet with Mrs. flaun. 500 West
Calhoun street. Thursday, May 18th
at O'Clock y. N. All members are
requested TO be present.
Mrs. Z. G. Williams, Secretary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Ice Cream Festival.

There will be an Ice Cream Festi-
val at the Oswego School House Fri
day evening, May 30th, beginning at 6
O'Clock, for the benefit Of the Mis-
sionary Society. The public is invit-
ed to attend.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Cotton Market
LOCAL.

P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 80.
Strict Middling 81 1-2.
Middling 81.
Strict Low Middling 2S 1-2.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28

Cotton is not doing we'll on account
of the cool nights. but there is still
plenty Of time for it to recover frotn
the Temporary backset.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW 1OIsh OOAAON nAa
Yes'td Us
Open High Low Close Close
July $3.50 32.75 31.43 32.53 30.s0
Oct. 5000 1920 30.15 31.S2 30.%.
Dec. .30.45 81 3o45 3l.55 1885
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
Gle dl5NlaitI,llli 90 aID ss5aaattDttoal|. q.

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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24

Lieutenant Commander Ii. b. Grow,
is. ~, who piloted the naval hydro,
Il, In d 24-h0ur flight, starting frcsn
dfolk. Va, and circling over Hamp-
III roads. Newport News, then to
gilmore and return. The record is
Il talk of aviation circles in the Unit
Estates. With the commander were
he ensigns. They all took turns at
II wheel, but the ranking officer WAS
t most of the trip, They ate three
thls in the air. The flight was made
3Segr most untatorahlA weather con.
tons. The men suffered severely
Ei the cold, but the machine he
Aetl splendidly and could have re-
led III the air longer had not the
& been exhausted TFey left with
"a gallons and When the machine
iYfed there was scarcely two gallous
/ gs tankg.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24

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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24

GA don't enjoy gardening"
80. l. initiates me. Too many fish,
,gworIus and no chance t. go 6thlng"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24

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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24

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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-05-24

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-11

GET THE FRANKFORT a." RUNNING

THE Mayor has the good wishes of every
4 citizen in his attempt to bring order out
of the transit chaos.
The rejection of the transit lease by the
Public Service Commission makes 1t nee.
essary that some temporary agreement
should be arrived at between the city and
the Rapid Transit Company for the opera.
tion of the Frankford elevated line to be
completed within few months. The peo.
pie should not be deprived OF the use of
that line while the authorities are trying
TO arrange for a plan for the operation of
the lines not yet begun. But no agreement
now should prevent the inclusion of the
line in any other lease plan which the city
may wish TO adopt when all the lines shall
be completed.
II must be assumed that the Rapid Tran
sit Company is wise enough to meet the
city more than half way in the matter of
the Frankford line and its physical connec.
tion with the Market street elevated. Tn
less the company dsappoints the expecta-
tions Of the people an agreement will soon
be made.