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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
Death.

r. 7. Geddings after an illness or
about eight months, died at the home
of his sister. Mrs. r. J. Kolb, in the
Privateer section of Sumter county
on the morning of the 2Sth Of August,
aged about So years. He leaves two
brothers, W w Geddings of Sumter
and F. C. Geddings of Paxville. and the
one sister besides several half broth
ers and sisters and host of friends
to morn his death He had never
married. perhaps. on account of the
burden of widowed mother and
Younger brothers and a sister assum-
ed by him upon the death of his faith
er thirty years ago.
""LeGrande" or Uncle LeGrande'
was household word in many homes
in Sumter. Clarendon and Richland
counties. where his welcome was al
ways as genuine az the hospitality be
accorded visitors 20 his farm home in
Clarendon.
TIe. was a Mason and his walk in
life vas that Of an upright and per
feet man. A>deacon Of Calvary Bap-
tist Church Of which since bcyhood
he was a pillar and support. a gen
tleElan whose every act and deed
pointed men to nobler life. He was
gentle and unassuming but substan-
tial in business, in religion and as
neighbor and friend. He was gen
erous to a fault ever ready for any
sacrifice to render a service to any,
one He was a child in faith il God
and his fellowman. woman in mod
esty and purity of character, mar
when tempted tc do a wrong.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
Dwight t-Trott.

Wedgefeld, Sept. 3.-On the after
noon of September End lovely home
wedding was solemnized at "Sher-
wood" when Miss Mary Carter, dausil-
ter Of Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Dwight. be-
came the bride Of Mr. Joseph Robert.
son Trott of Charleston. The spacious
front rooms were tasteful1y decorated
with potted plants. and evergreens:
A few minutes before the ceremony
-'At Dawning" and 80 Promise Me"
were sweetly sung by Mrs. Mckenzie
Moore. To the strains of Mendels-
sohn's wedding march, played by
Miss Sarah Moore the brides sister,
Miss ida Dwight, entered as maid Of.
honor, followed by the bride on the
arm of her father. They were met
at the improvised altar of ferns and
smilax by the groom and his best
man. Mr.. Henry Trott of Greenyiile.
There beneath an arch similarly dec
Grated the impressive ring ceremony
Of the Episcopal church. was perform
ed by the Rev. C. W. Boyd
Following the ceremony. an inform
al reception was held, after which the
bridal couple left by auto for short
trip. i
The lovely and attractive bride
wore a becorning travelling suit of blue
with hat to match and carried bou-
quet of brides roses. The groom is,
a popular young business man, and
the we'll known couple nave the best
wishes Of their many friends.
The out-of town guests present
were: Mr. and Mrs. Trapier Jervey.
! Mr.. Charlie Trott Misses Anne and
! Mabel FitzSimons. and Mr. William
Gaillard. all of Charleston; Mr.. Henry
Trott of Greenville. Miss Isabel Chap.
pelI OF Lykesland. Mr.. and Mrs. S. j.
! Dwight, and Mrs Langdon Long OF
! Eastover.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

number of buyers who had contracted
to deliver 3-1G inch cotton had !;
very hard time getting It. About
July goth a farmer brought to our
Office the samples Of over 100 bales
of cotton all Of one variety and pro
duced on one farm He was willing
! ~ srli tne round lot a.! 3oc. Oui
staplers went through the lot and paii
| him &c for 23 bales. We could nc,
have sold the balance OF his lot with
/ IL several cents per pound OF thi:
'rric" an.1 consequently could not use
the round lot at S5c.
The movement to hold, warehouse
and finance the cotton crop until g
! fair price is offered for it is very i'm.
portant. but it is equally important
! that arrangements \be perfected By
which. the farmer can sell his cotton
when the market does want it at a
fair price The time i; past whcn
any farmer can afford to sell his cot
! ton unsan1rled in the warehouse on
basis Of middling for all cotton
mills must know the staple as well
as the grade of the cotton they are
buying and no buyer can inteilisentlE
estimate the value Of a let Of cotton
without knowing its staple as well az
its grade.
1t is vitally important that every
lot Of cotton be tagged and sampled
before going into warehouse so that
the owner may be abe to offer hts lot
at any time without taking out the
cottoni
The big difference in value be-
tween the shortest and longest Of so
called short staple cotton will very
much con7plicatc the matter Of fixing
a fair price for the cr02 and should
be carefully cons:deref: by those who
undertake this responsibility.
Should no effective effort be made
to secure for the farmer the prem
iums he is entitled to for extra sta
pie. it will encourage rather than dis
courage the planting Of the Shortes!
and most inferior varieties and put
the South more and more into COM
petition with the inferior East indian
cottons. Arrangements. should be
made to force the consideration Of
the staple as we'll as the grade CT
every bale The vicious practice.
prevalent in some sections, of buying
on averages both as to grade and
staple should be eliminated every
where. When this is done and the
grade and staple Of every bale arc
everywhere recognized as the deter
mining factors in estimating the val
ue of all cotton. we will see an i'm
mediate and enormous Improvement
in the value Of and net returns from
he cotton crop Of the South.
David r. Ccker.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
SOME PHASES OF
COTTON SITUATION
Some of the Potent Reasons
Why Farmers Should Not
Rush Cotton on Market

There are some phases of the pres
eat cotton situation which L do no
think are generally understood in tn
South and which I believe we mus
have a thorough understanding OF i.
order that the coming crop and tn
carry over Of the last crop may bt
handled intelligently and advantage
ouszy.
The carry over of the last crop i
mostly of low grade cotton OF ever,
length produced by the lasfcrop ant
inch staple. Never in my career a:
a farmer and cotton handler have ]
seen such an urgent demand for cot.
ton which would class / inch on
longer in length. Considerable prem
iuns have recently been obtained fol
well classed cotton full inch il
staple and very wide premiums for
1-16 inch, while regular staple cotton
II 3-16 inch to i 3S inch-:a high
. grades have brought the highest
prices in fifty years. We have today
paid soc on our local market for
Ia smooth. we'll handled strict te
good middling cotton. The AM erican
demand is now almost exclusively for
I inch and longer cottons Of strict
/. low middling to- good nniddling grade.
Most of the low grades and short
lengths Of the new crop as well as
the same classes of cotton in the old
crop will have to be carried until a
market can be found for them in
( Central Europe or elsewhere.
The demand by American mills for
longer cotton than they formerly used
is entirely logical There has been
an unusual demand at high prices
for fine yarns and cloths and even the
ccarser yarns and cloths have recent
ly shown an excellent margin -of, pre-
fit to the mills. The labor cost Of
manufacturing has greatly increased
and the hours Of labor have been
shortened. Most Southern mills MAX
ing coarse yarns formerly used cot
ton averaging about 7-8 inch in
length The majority of these mills
are now buying or trying to buy about
l inch cotton as they can get a
mucn better production and thus in
crease their profits and decrease their
r
labor costs per pound. Besides they
can please. their help by the work
running better all through the mill.
If the situation is as have. out!in-
ed it ABOVE, it will be suicidal 10
force short length or low grade cot
ton on the market for some time: it
will be extremely important to bend
every effort to secure the promp:
signing of the peace treaties with the
central European powers and then
must be made the prorptest posi-
BILE arrangements to unload there our
unm araetabIe cottons. It will be
highly important cor the new crop
not to be blocked into the warehous-
es unclassed and unstapled. for.
American mills will need at least six
million bales of the better length cot
tons besides the amounts needed for
export 10 our allies. y<es1s--.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

t The 1918 crop, owing to the eN-
tremely dry season, was in length
shorter than normal over practically
the>whole cotton belt. This>of cours>
greatly decreased the supply Of cot
/ tons above one inch and increased the
supply Of co+tons below one inch and
when the increased demand for thI
/ !cnger .vngths came this sping, thecs
We're not enough Of the longer
lengths. available to SO around
a month or more ago when the
New York market wasa round S5t
] we were actively looking over oul
territory for cottons Of full i inch te
4 / lis inch in length and paying seV-
eral cents premium over New Ycrs
for them. while at the same time we
were unable to sell the shcr;n1
lengths at 1c a pound below the New
York market.
I expect full 1 inch and better cot
ton to continue. to bring fam prem
iums for several months although,
as we have had abundant rainfall
over most of the belt recently, the
staple Of the new crop should be
much better than that Of the old
and the deficiency in l inch and long
er cottons should gradually be filed.
for every farmer to know the staple
of the cotton ne is going to offer for
sale this fall for he is entitled to some
premium if it will pull a full inch or
longer III staple even in normal times.
The Department Of Agriculture has
recently gotten out set of staple type
running: IS inch, inch. Is inch
1-2 inch. I think our Agricultural
Department should get out the inter
mediate staple types. i. e., 1916 incn,
/ 1-16 inch, l SIS inch, etc., and
that congress should establish these
types as standards and require the
arbitration Of all disputes on staple
as we'll as>grade by the Agricultural
Department
l think that arrangements should
be made by the Agricultural Depart
ment to staple and grada every bale
Of cotton that goes into q. warehouse
in the South and that properly drawn
samples Of each bale should be pre-
served by the warehousemen so the
buyers may check up the government
classers and be responsible for their
own shipments. I am satisfied that
there is considerable quantity of
cotton in South Carolina warehouses
now which would net the farmer IS
cents or better if he knew they grad
ed ] lis inch and if the buyer
knew how to reach the owner OF the
cotton.
Il have discovered by carefufobser-
vation of staple for many years
that during nearly every season there
is a considerable variation Of the
staple OF cotton produced in any one
field at different periods of the pick
ing season. For instance, last fall
The very longest staple was produced
at the very top, Of the plant and
much of the low grade cotton now in
store is full / inch to LIS inch in
length while the high grade cotton
produced in the same fields were onl,
rs inch to l inch
During one season a few years ago
the bulk Of the cotton marketed il
Hartsville up to the 23rd Of Scp.e,n
her VAS about / 3-1G inch IN length.
Within three days the bulk Of the
running / IA inch and a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
SHERMAN ATTACKS.
PRESIDENT WILSON
Denounces Proposal to Hold La
bor Conference

Washington. Sept. 5.-Senator sher-
nan today bitterly attacked in tht
sencte President Wilson'S statement
that the international labor confer
rnce could meet here whether the
treaty issratified or not. characteriz-
ing it as a "conteDlptucus disregard
for laY... Xxx,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

Lake Geneva. Wis. Sept. 5.-The
Presbyterian. New Era conference
went or record as favorins; the i'm
mediate ratification Of the peace
treaty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

Mexico City. Sept. 5.-The mill
tarv authorities of Tampico district
have reported the capture of four
more bandits accused Of completely
in the murder Of John Correll o.
Ida Oklahoma
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10
Marriage Licenses.

Colored: Marion F. Bradford Of
Sumter and Lucy B. Williams of Sum
ter.
HI1iott McElveen of Shiloh, and
Hester Anderson of Shiloh.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

Rome. Sept. 5.-The chamber Of
deputies has adopted the woman sut-
frage bill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

Monroe. La. Sept. ga mob took
a negro. charged with assault. from
the sheriff and shot him to detah tc-
day. The negro was being brought
to iai1 here
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-10

Paris. Sept 5.-Thirteen were kill
ed and forty injured in train col
iision today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

ing ship by truck routes and the move
ment is rapidly extending to all parts
of the country. Government experts have
figured out that under the most favorable
circumstances it will take the railroads
80 years to catch up with the traffic of
the country. Therefore, the automobile
truck is the sole resource of the farmer
and merchant alike. william l.. Weeks,
progressive farmer of Rosslyn, L. l.,
who adopted the ship by truck idea this
year, said:
"A truck of medium size used on mar
keting route does the work of nine horses
and three men, TO say nothing of the
time and worry saved in trying to obtain
service from the railroad My location,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
MAXWELL STANDS
TEST OF THE ROAD
I'll. M. Bailey Tells How a
Driver Travelled $4,000
Miles in 1916 Maxwell

The supreme test of road service has
been administered by Eugene f. Cox
of Los Angeles, who has driven a slsls
Maxwell over more than 5000 miles of
good, bad and Indifferent highways in
the territory lying between the Missis-
sippi river and the Pacific coast, accord
ing to II. NJ Bailey of the Motor Sales
of the remarkable record established.
Mr.. and Mrs Cox are musicians and
give entertainments ON the saxaphone and
other instruments. and claim to have
visited every village west of the Missis-
sippi. Their car is specially equipped for
touring. with seats that may be con-
verified into beds and boxes and cabinets
built on the tenders and running boards
When weather conditions permit they
camp by the roadside at night.
I'VE have covered an average of Il. 600
miles each season for the past three
years." said Mr.. Cox while in Portland
last week, and the only serious trouble
we have had with the car was broken
spring while passing through Fourth OF
July canyon between Couer d'Aiene and
Wallace, Idaho. This is the poorest
stretch of road we have encountered dur
ing three years wandering across noun
tain ranges and deserts. For two miles
of the distance the grade is fully IS per
cent and the road is full of sharp rocks
and chuck holes. We wore out set of
tires gong through one canyon"
After three years companionship with
| the Maxwell on all kinds and condi-
of road. Mr. Cox is thoroughly satisfied
| he declaresS and win continue his wan
behring's in a 1920 model next season. Many
| special conveniences and built-in lock-
ers will be added to the equipment o. the
new car and provisions will be made for
carrying ar extra supply of gas
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
COLUMBIA SIX
PILOTS ROYALTY

The Henderson Motor company, Wash
ington, D. c., distributor for the Co
lumbia Six. reports that on October "a.
when the King and Queen of Belgium
visited Washington. a Columbia Six was
selected as the ear to pilot the royal
party on their tour of inspection of the
capital
1t seems that number of the Wash
ington dealers had offered cars for this
purpose, but when the question was put
up to the committee in charge, one of
them remarked that he thought The
honor should be to the Columbia if for no
other reason than on account of the name
II bore.
Accordingly, the Columbia piloted our
royal visitors on their trip aroufd Co
lun1bia's capital aud did the job in very
efficient and highly satisfactory man
ner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
WOMEN, HERE IS
A MONEY SAVER

Save five to ten dollars quickly by
dry cleaning everything in the home
just as easy as laundering. You can
dry clean suits, coats, waists, silks
iaces, gloves, shoes, furs, draperies,
rugs, mems clothes-everything that
would be ruined by soap and water
Place a gallon or more of gasoline
in a dshpan or wash boiler, then put
in the things to be cleaned and wash
them with Solvite soap. Shortly every
thing comes out looking like new.
Nothing fades. shrinks or wrinkles
No pressing needed. DO not attempt TO
dry clean without So1vite soap. This
gasoline soap is the secret of I'll dry
cleaning.
package of Solvite soap containing
directions for home dry cleaning costs
but a few cents at any drug, grocery
or department store. Dry clean away
from flame or out of doors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD SUNDAY NOVEMBER %, 1919

company, who has been active in the good
roads campaign for years, has taken a
hand in furthering the ship by truck
idea, which has the Endorsement of all
the organizations concerned, including
even the railroads. In corporation with
Harvey S. F'irestone of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber company, he has prepared a
motion picture film entitled, ship BY
Truck which sets forth in interesting
pictorial form the transportation prob
lem confronting the farmer and mer-
chant and how to meet that problem. The
keynote of the picture is the lesson of
better distribution and lower cost. Ship
by truck makes every highway a high
way through which business may circu-
late. Ship by truck removes the handi-
cap of being off the railroad
The "Ship BY Truck" picture has been
completed and will soon be ready for
national distribution. 1t VIII undoubted-
ly have the Endorsement of all state Of
ficials as we'll as the federal govern
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
CONCRETE SHIP
is HARD TO SINK

Lisbon, Portugal. November ia
Portuguese gunboat was kept busy all
night recently trying to sink an Amer
lean steamer built of concrete The
vessel the Milton 1000 tons. from New
York with cargo of coal, caught fire
when lying in the River Tagus
The whole vessel was ablaze in less
than half an hour. 1T was feared that
the anchor chains might snap and the
ship be carried away and set other
ships on fire so it was decided to de-
stroy the ship by gunfire.
After the gunboat had fired 1S9
shells at her. the Milton slowly keeled
over and disappeared from view Lis
bons population turned out in their
thousands to witness the impressive
sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

of course. is peculiarly favorable for
shipping by truck, but there is hardly a
community in the United States that
cannot be adapted to the idea Co-opera-
ton is the only thing needed"
Many ship by truck routes are now in
ope4atlon on Long Island and upstate,
and without exception the farmers and
merchants using them are highly pleased
with the results. In the case of the
farmers, men are released for work in the
fields and thus food products are saved
that otherwise would go to waste. The
gain to the merchants in time and eff
ficient service is obvious.
Recently Harry Levey, general manager
If the Universal Film Manufacturing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

At the beginning of the 191S-19is fiscal
year the factory of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber company. Akron, O., was
asked to produce 100000 automobile tires
during the year. Actually the Goodyear
production for the year will run about
900 tires, and even this prodigfous
number is not large enough to fill the
present demand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

The "Bayer Cross" is the thumb print
of genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
1t protects you against limitations and
positively identifies the genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians for over eight
cen years.
Always buy an unbroken package of
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" which con
tains proper directions to safely relieve
Colds, Headache, Toothache, Earache,
Neuralgia, Lumbago. Rheumatism, Neu-
ritis, Joint Pains, and Pain generally.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost
but a few cents, Druggists also sell
larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacfd
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
SHIP BY TRUCK
FILM WILL SOON
Be DISTRIBUTED

The farmers of New York have awak-
sned at last to the desirability Of utiliz-
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-10

Disc, ASE COSTS
II,L.IONJS "A YEAR

ductivity In order to reach the con-
science Of the average taxpayer, who
must be called upon to slefray the ex-
penses Of health departments and to
meet the increased costs laid upon
industry BY virtue Of the economic
LOSSES entailed through sickness and
death. The economic value merits
greater attention particularly at this
time. when every effort is being made
to secure the rehabilitation Of the
wounded and to increase the vigor and
potential power Of those who have
suffered from disease while pursuing
their course as part of the military or
naval forces Of the nation.
1T must not be forgotten, however.
that similar problems are Of equal inn
portance in connection with the every
day living Of the growing nation, now
bent upon renewing. national prosperi-
II and raising the standards Of health,
comfort, and prosperity for all the
types Of citizens which comprise the
nation st. ~ 4. y +
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-10
FATHER, 10 SONS, ARE SLAIN n.
Two Daughters In French Family Also
Killed by Germans-Remark-
able Record Of War. IA.

Paris. Thirteen sons killed on the
field Of battle, three discharged with
grave injuries, one wounded four diff
ferent times, the father and one
daughter summarily shot by the Ger
mans for going to Lille to celebrate
the centennial anniversary Of rela-
tive. and another daughter killed by q
German shell at Dunkirk, is the rec
ord Of the family Of NJ. vanhee, q
French farmer OF Repinghe, near
Ypres. ss AZ 1 n
n. yanhee had SO children, % sons
and IA daughters. all Of whom were
living when the war broke out. One
OF his sons was valet to Pope Plus x;
he returned to France to fight and was
wounded in each OF four different en-:
gagements. n "a. !:
One Of the sons lost both legs, an.
other returned from the front blind
and deaf, and another underwent the
trepanning operation. Il
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-10
BATS ARE WEI COME in. TEXAS
State Passes Law Protecting Them q
Killers OF Mosquitoes and
Malaria. r

New Orleans Malaria can be elm
mated. The mosquito alone is respon-
sibie. The surest method Of Kidding
the earth of mosquitoes is propagat-
ing the bal" I
These are the words Of DIR. Charles
"A. R. Campbell. mosquito extermina-
tor and protector Of the bat. He is
the originator Of the only municipal
bat roost in the world. at San Anto-
MO, Tex, which will accommodate
100000 bats, and already has about
$4,000 guests. l.S. 81.
Through the efforts Of DR.. Campbell
the city Of San Antonio passed, June
y, 1914, an ordinance prohibiting the
killing Of bats, and on March 10, 1917,
Texas passed the first law in the
world which protects the bat.
Since the erection Of the municipal
bat roost at San Antonio and the origi-
nal bat roost built by Doctor Campbell
at Mitchell lake malaria has practt-
cally disappeared from the territory.