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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03
WHEAT LICENSE
TO BE REQUIRED
Director Barnes Announces In
tention to Prosecute

Washington, Aug. 31.-Another
move in the governments campaign
TO combat the high cost of living was
made today by Wheat Director julius
H. Barnes in warning all dealers in
wheat, wheat flour and other pro-
ducts delinquent in taking out feder-
al licenses to obtain them at once. un-
der threat of prosecution by the De-
act of congress Of last March and
partment Of Justice.
The license requirements under an
presidential proclamation of last June
will be rigidly enforced. Director
Barnes notified the dealers.
The only exceptions to the regula-
tons of the wheat directorate are
bakers consuming less than fifty, bar
rels of wheat flour monthly, retailers,
farmers and farmers cooperative as
License control under the wheat dl-
rector is made necessary, Director
Barnes said, in statement today, as
sociationS.
one Of the steps in carrying out the
price guarantee for the 1919 wheat
crop, and to protect the. government
against undue enhancement Of its liza
bilities hereunder.
Another effect. he said, of the Ii
censing ef wheat and its products
would be to prevent boarding and
profiteering in these commodities
and permit regulation Of profits.
"Not only is it a criminal offence to
engage in business requiring IL
cense without such license. Director
Barnes statement said, but also one
of the important conditions upon
which licensees hold their licenses is
that they will not engage in business
with any one required to obtain a IL
cense who has not obtained such IL
cense"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03
Republicans Plan to Follow on
the Trail of President
Wilson
THE FIGHT TO BE CAR
RIED TO THE PEOPLE
Crew of Speakers Being Organ
lied By the Anti-Wilson Party
For the Purpose

Washington, Auga 29.-As the final
itinerary for President Wilson's
speaking tour in support of the peace
treaty was announced today, Republi-
can senators began conferences to de-
eide on plans for sending opposition
speakers along behind him.
The presidents plans call for
speeches in the 80 cities throughout
the West between; the time he leaves
here next Wednesday and his return
to Washington, September 80. While
resolutions were being offered in the
house calling upon the president to
abandon his tour and engage himself
in Washington with domestic affairs
of the nation, Republican senators
who oppose the treaty met with Sem
ator Mccormick Of Illinois. Nothing
was finally decided and another con-
ference viii be held tomorrow when
it is expected a. definite program will
be announced.
Leaving Washington on a special
train, the president will swing
through the Middle West, thence
across the Plain States to the Pacific
coast at Washington and down the
coast as far as San Diego. On the re-
turn trip he will speak in Nevada,
Utah. Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and
Kentucky, his last address being at
Louisville on September 30.
Whether the president will make
speeches from the rear platform Of
his train has not yet been decided.
He has set for himself the task Of
making 80 addresses. in 26 days and to
carry out this program 1T Will be
necessary for him to deliver two
speeches a day for eight. days of the
trip, as his itinerary does not call for
any addresses on sundays:
The president will leave Washing
ton before General Pershing returns
from overseas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03
THE COTTON
CAMPAIGN


= The membership campaign of the
South Carolina Cotton Association in
Sumter county is progressing nicely,
and it now looks as though Sumter
County is going to make a splendid
showing At Chamber Of Commerce
the headquarters Of the Sumter
county unit Of the asseciation-many
committeeman have turned in their
membership applications and many
hundreds Of dollars to Ell. Reardon
who is acting secretary and treasurer:
Mr.. T. j. Kirvin, of the Sumter Town
ship Committee is very proud Of the
record made by his township.
A number of township committees
have not yet turned in their reports,
and the city of Sumter committees by
wards have not turned in report, and
the city committees have been urged
to continue working throughout this
entire week The city of Sumter is go
ing to make a splendid showing,
Judging by responses already made to
the soliciting committees. Reports
from the rural districts show splendid
work with results to be proud Of as
far rs the canvas has progressed.
Sumter township, outside Of the
city of Sumter, -0swego section, par
tial returns from Privateer: Concord.
Stateburg, Mayesville, townships show
up splendidly The town Of Mayes-
vile has not yet organized, and Provi.
dence, Rafting Creek, and Middleton
townships are organized and working
hard but not vet ready to report.
Manchester township has gotten its
committee to work There is going TO
be many names ON the honor roll of
committeeman who have done ratriot-
ic and telling work.
Some striking 900 per cent clean
ups" have been made Of every man
solicited by Mr. L. Z. Reames in the
eastern section of Sumter township
and Mr.. E. C. Brown in Oswego sec
ton of Sumter township. There arc
doubtless other record breaking stunts
like these not yet reported to head
quarters. They will all be published.
None Of the townships have COM
pleted their campaigns. Every town.
SnlR WtIS Wl1IlCA " Ny S'A-
secretary last Saturday urging them
to continue the drives until everJ'
farmer, doctor, merchant, banker,
lawyer, ard employee, and men and
women of every profession, trade, and
occupation, enlist in this great move
ment which means so much for the
South Chairman L. D. Jennings who
has been away Ior the greater part of
the time during the membership
cam paign making speeches in other
counties for the movement, and re-
also in the mountains, has
returned. He is expected to talk to
the Mayesville mass meeting tomor-
row evening, while Secretary Reardon
will probably address an organization
meeting tomorrow night at Dalzcl
school house.
Every member Of the Sumter coun-
ty unit of the South Carolina Cotton
Association, by individual, firm. and
corporation names will be published.
by townships. th, number of members;
Of every township. and the total
amounts paid in by every township.
and the names of the committeeman
doing the soliciting. The honor
rolf will be interesting indeed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

Nashville, Sept. 1.-THE police
promise an early arrest in the case
of Robin J. Cooper. the prominent
attorney who was implicated in the
shooting of Former Senator Car
mick in 1909, whose body was
4aund in creek near here. Search e
being made for the mysterious man
who was with Cooper.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

The friends Of Mr. Walter Jennings
will be pleased to learn that he is
doing as we'll as could be expected.
Mr.. Jennings was IN a wreck about
week ago, in which he had his leg
broken and heel cut very severely.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

Copenhagen. Sept. 1.-Lettish ana
Lithuanian troops have driven Bolshe-
viks from Revo Alexandrovsk, south
west of Dvinsk, according to state
mont issued b. ,he Lettish press BID
reau. They claim the capture OF a
large number Of prisoners, and report
a steady advance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

washington, Aug 30.-Senator
Owens advocating a ratifcat tion of the.
peace treaty in the senate, accused.
Senator Lodge Of empartisanship and
said Senator Lodge had changed his
views since 1915 when he urged the
making Of such a treaty as The one
now before the senate. s. s.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

washington, Sept. 1.-The National
Federation of Postal Employees began
their annual convention today. 1t IS
planned to assist the government IN
reducing the cost of living and run
ming down prof1teers. They advocated
better wages and working conditions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

New York, Sept Suspension OF
all the strikes in the country anda
labor truce for six months to en-;
able President Wilson to force down.
the cost of living was recommended
in report of the committee to the
State Federation Of LABOR.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

Rome, Sept. FORTY thousand
Italian soldiers who had been SEN
fenced to long prison terms by court
martial have been granted amnesty by
King Victor Emmanuel
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03
NAVAL DUEL
NEAR KRONSTADT
Bembardment Heard at Viborg
Believed to Be Between
British and .Bolsheviki

London, 9ug. "a heavy bom-
bardment lasting two hours was heard
in Viborg, Finland, in directions of
Kronstadt, the Polsheviki naval base
near Petrograd, a Hclsingfor message
said today. 1t is supposed British
naval forces were engaged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-03

Brest, Sept. 1.-Gen. Pershing sail
led for the United States today. Mar
,shaI Foch babe him farewell aboard
afle transport Levithan.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14

Aside from the manifest advantage
Of owning a house when houses are at
a premium, the family which owns its
own home strikes roots deeper into the
soil than do those who move from one
part OF the city to another as convent
ence dictates. Their children go TO the
same school and the same Sunday
school year after year.. Teachers and
friends have time to grow interested in
them and to make plans for their i'm
provement or pleasure. The heads Of
the family take their duties as citizens
seriously, because bad government
reacts on them directly in the form Of
increased taxes which they see and
feel. OF course, the rentpayer pays
taxes Indirectly. but so nany other
elements complicate the rate of rent
ais that he hardly thinks of taxation
as one of them. The home owner. too,
takes a greater interest in local i'm
provements, because he expects to
stay in the n~eighborhood long enough
to get the benefit of them. Home own
ing involves responsibilities. but the
man who faces responsibilities is us
ually a stronger man. a better hus-
band and a better citizen than the
man who lodges them.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
WOULD SET OUT NUT TREES
Idea Of New York Man for Practical
and Beautiful Adornment Of
the Highways.

A correspondent writing to the edi-
tor of a New York paper suggests a
thought that has probably occurred to
very few persons interested In the
adornment of American highways with
trees, but that may be the %forerunner
of a new idea In such decoration. re-
marks the Christian Science Monitor.
His suggestion. In brief, looks to the
planting of productive as well as SIM
ply ornamental trees, preferably nut
trees. because the common fruit trees,
having been cultivated for generations,
are more or less spoiled children, re-
quiring continued cultivation II they
are to be happy" Such planting, he
says, would combine the Greek idea OF
utility and beauty; yet his own expe-
rience with fruit trees on the border
of a private estate suggests n diff
Guilty, for the trees were ruined by the
needless way in which n miscellaneous
public gathered the fruit. Nuts would,
perhaps, present less temptation, and
there is, OF course. hope that the pub
lie, once IL individually realized that
identifying the common highway was
n important function of the trees,
would be more careful in its treatment
of them. Meantime, the setting out OF
any trees at all is IN important step
In the right direction.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
BENEFITS OBTAINED
FROM BETTER SIRES
Farmer Increases Products and
Receives More Money.
Crusade Launched by Department Of
Agriculture Will Eventually Result
In Reducing Cost Of Living
to Consumer.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The definition Of the term pure
bred sires" is written in one word
economy" There are many defini-
tons, many of them learned and long,
that might be written, but the breeding
experts Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, when they met to
launch the state and national crusade
for Better Sires-Better Stock"
agreed that the primary meaning Of 1t
is economy.
The scrub hog requires a certain
lumber of bushels of corn to make 200
pounds Of pork. The pure-bred or high
grade hog takes the same number of
bushels Of corn and makes 300 pounds
of pork. The pure-bred or high-grade
COW makes three gallons of milk out
of the same quantity of silage that the
scrub COW uses to make a gallon and
a half of milk. These figures are not
meant to be scientifically exact. of
course, but merely to illustrate the
principle. The result is that the farm
er gets more pounds Of salable prod
uct out of his feed when he uses pure
bred sires at the head Of his herds and
flocks. He gets more money and his
family lives better. But something
else happens. When he sells more
pounds Of q better class of meat or
more gallons of rich milk he feeds the
city family better than he did when he
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14

BUILDING
MOTOR TRUCKS ON HIGHWAYS
Series Of Impacts Being Conducted at
Arlington to Determine Impact
on Roads.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
To determine the destructive effect
of heavily loaded auto trucks On high
ways and streets, and to meet the de-
mand for data or the design uf road
surfaces and foundations to Withstand
such heavy traffic, a series Of expert
ments is being conducted by the bu-
a of public roads at the Arlington
experiment farm to determine the i'm
pact of auto trucks on roads.
The most striking single develop
ment in the highway field in 1918 was
the tremendous increase in motor
truck traffic. Five years ago heavy
motor trucks were few In number and
limited practically entirely to the
paved streets of larger cities. These
vehicles now comprise probably 4 to
5 per cent of the grand total Of all
motor vehicles and are to be found
wherever traffic conditions permit
profitable use. But very few roads
were designed to carry any large vol
ume of this class of traffic. Conse-
quently, the cost of adequate main
tenance was increased greatly during
the year. In many places the damage
due to the ipcessant pounding of these
fast and heavy vehicles was so great
as to require complete reconstruction.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14

F. II. Akers, Chicago, manager of
a large automobile concern, has pre-
sented the results of some investiga-
tons relative to motor stages and
freight lines.
While Mr.. Akers believes in COM
mon with many other automobile men
that rural express lines have q future
before them, he has run across sew
eral problems which must be met and
solved before they can be a complete
success. He advocates the establish
ment of n rural express commission
operating under the state government,
and regulating rates, competition, ETC..
as a protection to this very young in
dustry. Here is a case which Mr..
Akers investigated:
"NOt long ago one of our truck deal
ers in Washington saw a very feasible
u~ntraversed motor express route be-
tween a small town and a fairly good
sized city. A young clerk in a clothing
store had consistently saved his mon
ey-had been reading the govern
ment's propaganda-and saw in the
rural express idea an opportunity of
becoming his W bOss-a proprietor
of q rural express line-with every
chance to expand. The young man
enlisted the help of the truck dealer.
Together they canvassed the mer-
chants in the town and were assured
of enough business to make the line
pay, providing a reasonable amount
Of freight could be secured in the
city to haul back.
"The young man purchased the
truck and soon had a thriving little
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14

kept scrub stock. The final result OF
pure-bred sires is that the farmer
makes more money and the city family
gets more and better food, probably al
lower prices.
The crusade, the experts say, eventu-
ally will tend to result in reducing the
cost Of living to the consumer without
taking the difference out Of the pocket
of the producer. For that reason, they
point out. the city nan has a definite
money interest in the better sires cru.
SADIE. While he can hardly be expect.
ed to put the same amount of effort
into 1t that the live stock breeder
should, he is expected to give encour-
agement and aid to the program when
ever the opportunity offers. And there
will be no lack of opportunity, partic.
ularly in the smaller cities and towns
where the farmers are in close con-
tact with the city business men.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
Hometown
|fHelp6Y
NEW YORK BARS BlLLBOARDS
Edict Banishes BIemishes on Land.
scape-To Be Allowed Only Be.
side Business Buildings.

Unsightly signs and billboards must
not deface Father Knickerbocker's fair
real estate landscape.
This is the l3test edict Of the coming
committee. Secretary Swan announced
that the law wound be enforced forth
with. whoever might be the offenders.
THE city's determination to enforce
this provision of the coming resolution
has been demonstrated in several in
stances by the revocation OF permits
mistakenly issued for the erection of
b%illboards in residence districts and by
the removal of %billboards where the
owners have not complied with remov-
al orders" said he. ''TO bring about
effective enforcement property owners
who have suffered from an invasion
should Immediately place the matter
before the superintendent of buildings
on their borough.
Instead of merely regulating the
height, size and construction Of signs,
it frankly recognizes the fact that
there is no such thing as a billboard
respectable enough to rub elbows with
churches, schools and private homes.
When hereafter erected the billboard
must 60 where 1t will cause a minimum
harm-alongside business buildings
and industrial establishments. Those
existing before the law was passed, are
allowed to continue. Commercial adj
vertising can in no sense be deemed
accessory to any of the uses specifical-
ly permitted in residential districts"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
ADVICE ON BUILDING ROADS
Much InvestigationaI and Expert
mental Work Done by the De-
partment Of Agriculture.

Much investigational and expert
mental work on road building has
been in progress for a number Of
years and road engineers are able as
a result of this work to give valuable
advice as to the most economical
method Of building and maintaining
roads for the varying conditions exist
ing In different localities Much Of
this investlgational work has been
done by the highways division of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture and some by the various state
highways commissions. No road build
ing operations ought to be undertaken
without the aid and expert advice
which these agencies are willing and
able to give. Taxpayers should insist
upon this.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
AUTOMOBILE HINTS

Replace the old rubber before 1t
becomes entirely useless.
Slow down when a horse shows
signs Of fright and. IL necessary, stop
the engine.
Become thoroughly familiar with
your local traffic regulations and fol-
low them to the letter.
The popular idea that repaired or
questionable tires are used to best
advantage on front wheels is a per-
ilous one.
Don't neglect necessary adjustments
and repairs until ii is too late and
you are laid up by the roadside.
Car owners should be reminded that
shellac is lot satisfactory for paint
ing rims; it peels off too quickly.
Graphite paint is better for this pur-
pose.
A new semicircle defector, to be
placed upon automobile headlights to
block their glare is claimed by its in
ventor to have 1900 rejecting sur
faces.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
tfRkfRanfaERsSHFab
Where is your binderf

Get the stables ready for winter.
Save some clover seed this season.
|
Comb honey should be removed from
hive as soon as capped.
There is nj money In working team
or man in the rain.
Use the best seed obtainable; poor
seed means low yields.
Trace chains and short tugs are o
happy farm combination.
Don't waste and burn the straw. II
is valuable and should be returned to
the land.
You can sometimes cheat folks and
get by with 1t; but you can't rob the
land you farm and not pay the bill
sooner or later.
Success in controlling quack grass,
perennial sow thistle and Canada
thistle is all summed up in the advice
keep the leaves from growing"
Speed Is an important factor in de
termining the number of acres which
a given-size tractor will pillow and
should be considered In the rating Of
hhe tractor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14

business. Then another truck dealer
got busy and persuaded another man
to enter the business. A truck dealer
in the city at the other end of the
line induced a man there to inaugu-
rate a line on the same route. Shortly
there were four competitors on the
n line and when the business was
split four times there was not enough
money left to pay gasoline bills.
Commission Needed.
Had a properly constituted COM
mission been established with the nee
essary authority TO grant franchises
and limited the route to two COMPETE
tors the enterprise would have been
a success. With the franchise there
would naturally go some undertakings
On the part Of the truck owner. For
example, he would have to give n
bond to deliver on schedule the same
as the parcel post contractor in any
city. with a penalty attached for fall
ure. Rates would be established by
this commission. A truck owner
should not be compelled to make rates
so low that he can't give good serv-
fee or yet. because of his franchise.
be allowed to charge exorbitant rates.
1.-THE return loads bureau. which is
another factor in conducting the rural
express system, is something else that
will need careful attention. The evil
of all loads being return loads, will
be a nj to the rural express
system unless carefully guarded
against. 1t is the greatest system OF
transportation ever devised and as
such should be protected from its pit
falls"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-11-14
Beautifyino the Back Yard.

Those who have sufficient ground
in the rear of their city or country
houses in which to plant trees. or
who are planning to plant trees In
ground on which they plan to build.
will do well Il consider the useful
hess Of trees that are to occupy the
space before deciding just what they
will plant.
Not only r apple trees. cherry and
peach trees ornamental in their shape
and their foliage. but they vary the
year around. They are not only as
decorative as the purely Towering
shrubs. but they are much more lovely
than the average shrub or tree In bios
som time.