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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
Meeting Fidelis Class Grace Baptist
Church. -

The Fidelis class, Grace Baptist
church met at the attractive hOne
of Mrs. A. d. Rodgers on last FRI
day afternoon, and was formally
organized. Despite the inclcment
weather 20 members reported for
enrolment. After an hour Of pro-
gressive conversation the meeting
was called to order, and after scrip
ture reading and prayer. the cleo
ton Of officers followed, resulting
in the election Of Mrs. Schuyler
c. Rose. president; Mrs. r. +. Rob-
inson, vice president and trcasur-
er. and Mrs. y. d. Rodgers. secrc-
tray.
Part of the membership of this
class consists of ladies formerly
with the Ihilathea class. This
class plans arc we'll founded.
and it aspircs to great things in
the future Twenty-sevcn mem
bers arc most enthusiastic. and we
are hoping to increase the mem
bership every Sunday. We hope
that every young lady member. OF
Grace church will come to aid us
in our work. and cordial invita-
ton extended and a warm welcome
assured TO visitors.
The first business meeting will be
held G1is afternoon at $50 at the
home of Mrs Schuyler {. Rose. 403
IN l. 10 Nd t,-E iC I,nnn1
member will attend. IN matters OF
vital Importance 10 each member
will be brought up for discussion.
We want our plans TO be COM
plete in the minuteSt detail. and
the absence of any member will
make this tn impossibility.
Glass Reporter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
SWEET potato
CURING HOUSE
Dalzell and Providence Town;
ship For Sweet Potato Cur
ing House. Movement on
Foot to Build Same

Two farmers from Providence
township came in Saturday and
conferred with the secretary OF the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce
about organizing for a big sweet
potato curing house to be located
at Dalzell. Several other farmers
of Dalzell and vicinity visited Man
ming few days ago to look into
the potato curing house at that
place.
The Sumter Chamber of Com
merce has offered to secure Mr.
George T. Hoffman, extension hor-
ticulturist of Clemson to visit Dali
zell when Mr.. Hoffman comes to
Sumter to so to Rembert to tell
the farmers and merchants OF that
place about the proposed twenty
five thousand buShel capacity cur
ing house for that section, of Sum
ter county. Dalzen is a splendid
location for big POTATO curing and
marketing house as there are
ample railroad facilities for ship
ping. direct IN carload lots, and
Dalzell is located, like Rembert is.
convenient to large agricultural
territory peculiarly adapted 10
sweet potato production. If Dali
zell and Providence township
farmers and other business men
want government advice and CO.
operation i'll the building Of potato
curing houses the Chamber Of
Commerce is ready to get the ex-
perts there Tor cooperation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
Grow Your Own Vitamines.

Have you taken your vitamines
today.
This is now the pertinent ques-
ton to be considered at meal time
by all those interested in the prop
er diet to furnish efficient upkeep
for the human machine. a short
time back the health obsessfonists
were greatly worried about their
calories. They measured them out
and ate according to calory pre-
scription.
Now the vitamine is the big idea.
Just what vitamine is has not yet
been definitely determined but
chemists and dieticians know that
it is something in food, particular
~ vegetables and fruits, that is a
cell builder and without which
food and nourishment are incom-
plete. Lack Of vitamines leads to
scurvy, according to latest discov-
cries.
Grow your own vitamines-that
is, vegetables eaten raw, contain
plenty OF them-lettuce in particu-
lar. Dieticians agree that the
widespread lettuce habit is one OF
the best things that ever happened
to make for healthier dieting.
Cooked vegetables also contain
these mysterious subjects II they
are not overlooked. too often a
fault in vegetable cooking. An
other form of vitamine is found
in good, real butter and milk
Cooking fresh vegetable not toe
long and dressing it with real but
ter. or in cream, oils the human
machine up with vitamines to keep
it going at top speed.
y vitanine garden is. in effect, a
salad garden if one wants to set
his needed yitamines the easiest
and quickest way. A little garden
of lettuce. tomatoes, celery, young
onions. parsley, endive. cress, corn
salad. witloof. cucumbers and so
on. for crisp fresh salads all the
year will fill the bill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
Egyptians Boycotting English Mer-
chants.

Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 30.-In
declaring boycott against all goods
OF English manufacture, the Egyp-
tians have adopted the tactics Of
the Nationalists Of India. They
have heard that the Indians have
been successful in their attempt 10
boycott British goods and are en-
dcavorinS to use the same means to
bring the British government to
terms.
AS yet the extent of the boycott
is not clear. However. many Egyp-
tian merchants are now refusing
to buy English goods and sales
men calling on Egyptian customers
are promptly told that he wishes
no quotations on such merchandise.
But the great majority Of import
crs and exporters are foreigners
who desire to continue te buy and
sell in the best markets.
Ii the ESl pt;ans are able to hold
together on the boycott program
and force the importers to no long
er deal in English cotton piece
goods, iron and steel products, the
result may be serious for Eng
liSh factories in Lancashire and
birmingham.
British banks are included in the
boycott. Ii is stated that consider
able sums OF money have been
withdrawn from English banks in
Egypt and placed in other foreign
banks.
School boys have boycotted the
schools and the native bar asSo-
citation voted to suspend all work.
Ii has been proposed also 10 re-
strict thc cultivation OF Egyptian
cotton. which would be OF interest
to the cotton growers OF the United
States. 1t has even been suggest
ed that the Egyptians should re-
fuse TO export onions TO England
which now takes SO per cent OF the
Egyptian onion crop.
Certain members Of the Edtendl
class. Egyptians Of leisure. have an
nounced that they would cease TO
drink English whiskey and refuse
10 wear short-cropped mUStacneS
as the English do. Various other
bovcotting plans have been pro-
posed.
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The Mothers Club.

The Mothers club was delight
fully entertained on Thursday af-
ternoon. March 2nd, by Mrs. f. A.
Staley, at her home on Oakland
Avenue, there being present
twenty-threc members and two
guests.
After the bus.*"ys meeting. a
new, important and interesting
feature Of the program was the
Question Box" in charge of Mrs.
L. J. Marsh. The social commit
tee then entertained the club with
a clothespin-doll contest. and later
served refreshments consisting OF
block ice cream and waters.
The Nursery Club" met with
Master Norwood. Middleton and
was entertained by Misses Bryan
and McNaIly
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long Driyc in Golf.

London, Feb. IA drive OF 40
yards is credited to Frank Dennis,
20-ycar-old professional OF the
Crewc Golf club. The distance IS
vouched for by two members. ac-
cording to the Star. The ball was
hit from tee slightly above the
green, 335 yards away. 1t pitched
on the ground, which was frost
bound, and ran over the green
so yards beyond the hole. Dem
mis- achievement is considered one
of the greatest recorded.
James Braid, a leading English
professional. has driven ball on
frost bound ground at Walton
Heath a distance OF 3?5 yards. and
declares that to be his longest
drive. II. Fl. Horne. another Brit
ish professional. noted for long
distance driving. has recorded d
distance Of SIS yards al North Ber-
wick.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
Civic League Names Officials.

AT it's annual meeting held Mon
day afternoon, the following ladies
were elected to serve as officers
in the Civic League during the en-
suing year:
Vice presidents, Mrs. John Vii
son, Mrs. Perry Moses; secretary,
Mrs. Sam Sanders: treasurer, Mrs.
/. A. Ryttenberg, Mrs. H. A. Mood
who has filled out. the unexpired
term of Mrs. L. r. Williamson as
president, refused to retain that Of
fee and after several ballots and
no name had received the neces-
sary. majority. the election of presi-
dent was postponed. TO the next
meeting. d c lie g ates TO the
federation convention at. Co
lumbia will be elected at that time
also. At this meeting, on request
from Mrs. J. r. Dillon, city park
SUPERINTENDENT, a half dozen bench
es were ordered bought for the
Sumter Memorial park. The league
expects to give an Ada Jones con-
cert March II.
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SCIENCE: SHOWS HOME
GARDEN is BEST

Among the profits Of the home
gardener is one which is seldom
counted, but which would alone be
sufficient TO justify The trouble and
expense of growing ones own veg
etables.
1t lies in the huge advantage Of
serving things fresh, within n
short time of being picked from the
plants on which they grew. 1t has
long been known that the exquisite
favor of fresh peas and sweet corn
TO cite notable examples. began 10
deteriorate if they were not served
within an hour after they were
gathered This opinion has now
been fortified by science, through
experiments conducted by Messrs.
Straushn and Church and publish
ed by the bureau Of chemistry Of
the department Of agriculture.
Prof. Charles a. Appleman Of the
Maryland experiment station has
published a full report of chemical
experiments OF the same order.
The experiments establish that
the sugar content Of sweet corn VIII
range in the neishbrohood OF five
per cent. This is in the proportion
of three spoons or sugar in cup
of coffee. In a normal summer
temperature, even with the husks
still ON, the sugar content will be-
gin to fall in an incredibly short
time, perhaps in the first thirty
minutes after picking. In scientific
language the cause of this is the
condensation of polysaccarides,
chiefly starch. Respiration IS. in
directly also factor.
IN the first twentS-four hours
after corn has been picked. thirty
per cent of its sugar will have dis
appeared and in the next twenty
four hours. twenty-livc per cent
more About thirty per cent Of
the sugar remains fixed in the corn
cut after nincty-siX hours all evil
dcnce OF the. delicious corn fla-
ror has disappeared.
Wrapping the corn in oiled pa
per does not help. The only thing
which will prevent the loss of su-
gar is refrigeration. In freezing
temperature. only seven per cent
loss occurred in twcnty-four hours.
and in n temperature Of fifty, about
fifteen per cent.
In general what is true about
sweet corn is true about all vege-
tables. especially all those which
depend upon their sugar content
for flavor. The experiments cN-
plain why vegetables which are
displayed for sale in the hot sun
hours after they have left the Sar-
den, never possess the flavor of
the home garden product. They
teach leSon for both the green
grocer and the housewife. First.
that if vegetables cannot be served
Immediately after picking. they
should be placed III the refrigera-
tor. and second. that TO enjoy veg
ctablcs at their best they should
be picked in the garden not more
than half an hour before they are
placed on the fire for cooking.
And one moral of this is that full
enjoyment OF that great American
dish. corn on cob, is reserved
for the tprtualc families that grow
their own.
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favorites in English gardens, but
little known here ard have beau
tiful spring display of their yellow,
orange, mahogany and crimson
flowers of delicious fragrance. Pens
temon, those gorgeous perenials
that must have long start il they
are to be crown as ANNALS, are
easily Available. These may be
started in summer. wintered IN a
cold frame and bedded out as
soon as the weather is warm and
furnish spikes of their gorgeous
trumpets all summer.
Foxgloyes and Canterbury bells
and the so-called hardy garden
chrysanthemums, which often are
not so hardy in the open ground,
come through with their leaves
green and thriving and the nuns"
will have start sufficient to en-
able them TO bloom ahead Of the
killing frosts which often come be-
fore they have a chance to flower.
Where u supply OF horse man
ure for l1otbed cannot be secured,
the cold frame is the best substi-
tutc. Bank it up with earth or
leaves. The ground within it will
soon thaw with few warm days,
and seed can be planted from a
month TO two weeks before the
outdoor season. Tender plants
such as tomatoes, egg plants, and
peppers. Of course cannot be plan
ted in q cold frame until later, but
lettuce, radishes, onions and the
like can be started on their way
and the nuisance of having many
boxes in the windows indoors is
done away with.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
MARKETING NEWS
An Optimistic Outlook For
Marketing Sumter County
Truck. Buyers Write
Hopefully, With Good
Advice


Replies are beginning to come IN
from northern commission houses
that handle perishable truck in re-
sponse to fifty letters written by
Sumter Chamber Of Commerce.
Efforts to secure an f. 0. b. buy
er from Sumter to pay cash for
green vegetables have not as yet
resulted satisfactorily, but one
firm writes rather optimistically as
regards local purchases direct from
the farmers.
a. CT. Ballbach and company,
wholesale commission merchants
of Philadelphia write as follows:
The very best plan is for your
association Of farmers to engage
the services Of an experienced, high
class man to conduct commun-
ity packing house. He will be able
to give directions and manage the
affairs Of such a concern so that
the cost Of said service will prove
an investment and not an expense,
for by that service you will pro-
duce expert packing that is abso-
Iutely necessary to be able to reach
top prices on the market.
Adopt a brand for your goods
which will become known and a de-
mand created by the standard Of
grading and packing he produces
and you will always deliver the
best and receive a premium price.
1t will be to your advantage to ap-.
point one agent on your market,
and let him sell for you your regu-
lar shipments, for the regularity
of shipping to a market every day
or two Will strike the highest av-
erage of prices, and Philadelphia is
as good as the very best markets
OF the country
Louis Hanselman, fruit and pro-
duce merchant Of Philadelphia also
writes encouragingly but hands out
some optimistic information re-
garding possibilities of f. o. b. buy
ers for Sumter Mr.. Hanselman
says in part:
There Will e no trouble for
you to find a market if you can pro-
duce the goods. The more You
grow the more men you will have
in the fields after them. No douct
there would be enough buyers
there"
The South Carolina Sweet Po
tato Association has an eXtablish-
ed market for dehydrated or cur
ed sweet potatoes Of the right
kind. About all that is necessary
in order to have markets for
sweet potatoes is production of the
right kind, grading, curing, and
shipping through the association.
In every section of this county
there should be potato curing
houses located on railroads for
convenience of shipping. The sweet
potato can be so handled, by prop
er curing as TO make it a non-per-
iShable product that can be stored
and marketed gradually with pro-
tit. That is no longer an expert
ment. 1t is being done daily all
over this country, in this state.
Communities wanting informa-
ton or cooperation should address
the Sumter Chamber Of Commerce.
The Young Mems Business League
is cooperating with the Chamber
Of Commerce in these matters and
there is plenty OF interest, energy,
and cooperation in Sumter to CO.
operate with our farmers Of Sum
ter. Lee and Clarendon counties in
agricultural matters.
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WORK ON
MAYESV LILLE,
ROAD BEGUN

Work on the grading Of the
Mayesyillc road has been begun by
the Slattery &. Henry Construction
company of Greenville, which
company was recently granted the
contract for the -surfacing Of
the four miles of this road. The
mules and equipment that are be-
ing used on the grade work were
moved to Sumter several days ago
from Ricilland county where this
company has just completed a
piece of work. Work on the
Mayesville road has been begun
about two miles out Of the city
limits and the4aread- viii be built
back toward Sumter,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
BAPTIsTS
HOLD GOOD
MEETING
Good Meeting Of District Two,
Santee Association Held
Thursday

q The meeting Of Distrit Two Of
tlae Santee Association was held on
Thursday. March 2. with The
PRECEDENCE Baptist church. A full
a1tenaances being present. mum m
ber. of interesting papers Were read. /.
talk by Miss Hattie White was
much enjoyed. Mrs @. Barwick
made s most excel eHents address ON
the saDject: .sTh he Use OF Our OPP
portnnities.
SOLO by Miss Lille Nay Smith
was next en- the program, and fol-
lowing this beunteous dinner was
served BY the ladies of the church.
During the afternoon the Sum
beam werk was a feature OF the
program. An interesting paper
was read by Mrs. Cooper, and a
sleafiet BY Mrs. Hodge.
Among those attending from
Ssnster were: Mrs ". 3. Costin,
aIrss j. ID. Barwick, AIRS w Nc
eirews Mrs. Frank Willianas, Miss
FIettie White and Miss Lille May
Ss,si
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
WRANGLING
OVER TREATY
Real Battle Will Start in Sen
ate Next Week

Washington, March 2.-Fire on
the four power Pacific treaty was
opened in the senate today from
both Republican and Democratic
quarters when it was called up for
debate after. ratification yesterday
of the zap treaty. The debate,
however, was declared to be only
skirmish with the real fighting
scheduled for next week.
Declarations against the four
power treaty We're delivered today
by Senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska.
ranking Democrat on the foreign
relations committee, and Senator'S
Borah cf Idaho and France OF
Maryland (Republicans). irrecon-
cilables in the Versailles treaty
! fight. Senator Hitchcock, who sup
ported ) the Yap treaty, said he
would vote for the naval limitation
and Chinese treaties also, but would
not support the Pacific pact unless
it was materially changed. Sena-
tors Borah and France declared
their uncompromising opposition 20
the Pacific treaty.
+; Plans Of Republican leaders from
proceedings with the four power
treaty apparently. surprised the OPP
! position. When it and its supple
,nent, the latter bringing the scope
Of the territory embraced, were
| laid before the house, Senator
| Lodge of Massachusetts,. Repubh-
! can leader, p. opposed that their con-
sideration be deferred at least until
tomorrow unless some senator de-
sired to discuss the treaties Mr..
Lodge said he aid not desire to
force action and said he would
not open the debate but intended
to hear first from the opposition.
| Senator Hitchcock, who is to be
absent "a few days, therefore took
the floor and 4aunched the at,
tack.
The Nebraska senator declared
that the treaties constituted an
alliance" and he also criticised
vigorously the apparent secrecy
surrounding their negotiations. It
appeared, he declared, that .Iie
principal object was to aid Great.
Britain in getting rid Of the Anglo
japanese alliance.
A reservation proposed IN the
foreign relations committees de-
liberations by Senator Brandegee
! (Repubiican) Of Connecticut was
advocated by Senator Hitchcock. He
proposed insertion either by.apend-.
ment or reservation of the. word,
"unpreyoked," in the obligation
clause. without this change, he.
said, he could not support the
treaty, asserting that the United
States should be obligated under
the treaty only in case Of unprovok-
ed aggression against the esignatory
powers.
Senator Borah said that the. al
legged defects could not abe. cured
either by reservation er amend
s1ent and Senator France declared
the treaty would bring america
into terrible war" Mr.. France
also declared that the Democrats
would receive their award at the
: hands of the American people If
i they stood against ratification. He
added that he would not attempt
concealment of the hope that this
would result. s-zs
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Queen Lis Estate.

Honolulu. r. H.. Jan. 25.-The
estate Of the late Queen Liliuoka-
lani, last native ruler of the tor
mcr Kingdom Of Hawaii. still is
valued at more than $lS5.000. ac-
cording TO the annual report filed
today by the trustees.
Queen Lii" died in 1917. p
3'ears after her rule WAS over
thrown.
The total receipts Of the estate
during the year were $93,24S.36
and the total disbursements. most
Il for philanthropical reasons or
dcrcd in the viii were $9l. .2S0.24.
The estates value is SlS3.o59.0o.
according to the report.
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Attention, Sumter Federated
Clubs.

Mrs. Adam Moss of Orangeburg.
Vice President at large of the
South Carolina Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs, wishes to meet the
members Of all the Federated
Clubs in Sumter, Friday afternoon,
March 10th, in the auditorium of
the Girls High school building at
4:30 p. m. All members of Fed
Grated clubs are urged to attend.
Mrs. Mitchell Levi.
Corresponding Secretary of The
Woman's Afternoon Music Club.
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woman's Afternoon Music Club.

The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Afternoon Music
Club will be postponed from
March 18th to. March 20th,. on ac-
count Of the convention Of the Nat
ional Federation of Women's Mu-
sic clubs to. be held in Spartan
burg, S. c., March 18th and 14th.
The South Carolina State Chairman
club presidents and delegates are
expected to attend.
Mrs. Mitchell Levi,
Corresponding Secretary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08

The success of the campaign to
organize a creamery company with
sufficient capital to put the en-
terprise ON a solid foundation is
practically assured. The most diff
fcult phase of the undertaking
has been passed. The idea has
ebeen sold" to number Of the
most conservative business men Of
Sumter and they are now backing
the enterprise with their money
land -,neir influence. All that is
now necessary is for all other bus
mess men and progressive farmers
to fall IN line.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
American Legion Popularity Con-

There will be given away to the
young ladies Of Sumter and Sumter
county three prizes in the popular
ity contest for selling tickets to the
Spring Festival.
First prize, ivory toilet set.
Second prize, pearl necklace.
Third prize, pearl lavalier.
Tickets and information can be
procured from DR.. Sidney Burgess,
L. l.. Bradham. A. II. Boykin.
Headquarters Mitchell's. Drug Store.