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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
RED CROSS HOME
SERVICE

The Sumter chapter Of the Red
Cross is facing dissolution.
The chapter is without funds
with which to carry on its work;
the people of Sumter must con-
tribute to its support or the chap
ter must shut up shop.
The Sumter chapter Of the
American Red Cross was born dur
ing the world war. It's war record
is familiar to all; the good it ac-
complished need not be recount
ed here. Since the war the chap
ter. has been continuing work. II
has labored to relieve local want
and distress. The Home Service
branch has done this work Of
charity; also it has helped ex-ser-
vice men with the multitudinous
papers to be filed with the govern
ment in connection with claims
and requests for medical aid.
The Junior Red Cross labors in
the field Of childhood. Our local
Junior ranks high in the organ
ization as a producer of worth
while results. It's motto is SER
vice and its slogan is HAPPY
Childhood the World over" Its
work has been splendid. its
achievements a matter of pride.
After a long term Of service Mr.
L. D. Jennings has resigned as
chairman. A head must be elected
for fha ,rpa uiZatiOn.
The yearly meetings of the Red
Gross have been neglected by the
public Anyone may attend any
one may show his or her interest.
Everyone will be weicomedsto join
IN The work.
4 meeting win be. held early
next week-time and place will be
published. If the Sumter chap;
ter of the American Red Cross is
to live ard is, to continue to worli
the public Of Sumter town and
Sumter county must attend its
meetings, must support its efforts
CARR on or quit?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
National Careful Crossing Cam
paign.

Editor Daily Item:
I noticed in your issue Of the
22nd an item under the follow
ing heading: Danger Sharp
Curve Ahead, You Might Meet a
Fool"
This is certainly an unique warn
ing sign and n which should re-
ceive the serious attention of the
travelling public. In this connec-
ton it may be of interest to the
public that The American Railway
Association has recommended that
during the period June 1st to Sep
TENDER Goth, 1922, there be observ-
ed and carried forward a National
Careful Crossing Campaign, for
the purpose of reducing the num-
Der. of grade crossing accidents.
The Atlantic Coast Line, with 9TH
er railroads in the United States.
plans to enter into this campaign
Fundamentally, endeavoring to
awaken the public to the serious
ness of the situation through the
means Ol pOSleiS, CIil IliC
press, by the use of stickers on
communications addressed by the
railroads to the public, and to in
huence drivers Of automobiles and
other vehicles, as we'll as pedes-
trians, to observe caution in APP
preaching and crossing railroad
tracks. It is claimed that during
the four years 1917 TO 1920, III
elusive, approximately 1900 per-
sons were killed or injured in this
country by such accidents, and we
should not overlook a single OPP
portunity to impress those around
of the great Importance Of doing
everything possible to correct this
horrible situation.
Quoting from the item referred
to above Horsepower in the ca,
and horse sense in the driver
make the safe combination" is the
keynote to the whole situation.
Yours truly,
r. F. ROBINSON,
Commercial Agent
Sumter, S. c., May %.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
Truck Marketing Specialists
Assist Growers.

Clemson College, May 1S.-In
view Of the large acreage of truck
crops planted and being planted
this year by South Carolina farm
ers, the Extension Service is deep
~ interested in promoting bust
ness-liAe marketing so that a pro-
fit may be realized by the growers
if possible. The proper grading,
packing and loading OF truck crop
frequently spells the difference be-
tween loss and a profit and mas
much as there are SO many farmers
producing truck crops for the first
time who have had little or no ex-
perience in grading, packing and
shipping, the Extension Service
has secured three truck marketing
specialists, which Director Long
announced last week would be en-
ployed temporarily for the purpose
of i%nstructing the truck and fruit
growers along these lines. These
three men have had long expert
ence in Florida and the west in
this line of work and should be the
means through which South Caro-
lima farmers will gain quickly in
formation that it requires ordi-
narily years Of experience and
much loss to acquire. The truck
marketing specialists to be employ
ed r as follows:
Newton S. Franklin, Of Matt
and, Fla, has had two years ex-
perience as packing house foreman
at Orlando, Fla, with various crops
and several years experience in
Georgia, California and Colorado
and on the east coast of Florida
with cantaloupes,, tomatoes, cucum-
bers, beans and potatoes. He is %
years Of age.
Donald D. VIII omb, of San
ford, Fla, is Is years Of age and
has had two years successful ex-
perience as field agent and packing
house foreman for the Sanford
Truck Growers Association.
". A. Stringfellow, recently field
agent for the American Fruit Grow
ers, Inc, in Florida, is the third
man. All of these are expected to
be in South Carolina shortly and
available to assist local truck
growers associations and some in
dividuals in preparing truck for
market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

The rain Tuesday afternoon was
almost a cloud burst for several
miles south Of the city and in part
of the city itself, but northwest Of
Calhoun street comparatively little
rain fell. On Broad street and in
the vicinity of Shot Pouch branch
there was only a light shower. In
the center Of town and southwark
to Pocalla and beyond the down.
pour was unprecedented!y heavy,
various people estimating the rain
fall to have been anywhere from
one to five inches within less than
a half hour. Exactly how many
inches of rain fell the writer is not
prepared to hazard q guess, but it
was some rain and the streets and
roads were more like turbulent
creeks than highways for a time.
1t is reported that some hail &C
companied the rain in the vicinity
of Gains Mill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
The Place Of Sheep in South Caro-
lima.

Clemson College, May lS.-Ihe
production Of meat II South caro-
lima has always been less than the
consumption would warrant, n It
is now necessary to increase mas
production, because the purchasing
inower of man Of the meat consuma
ers has been greatly lessened on
account of the present economic
conditions. The sheep offers one OF
the most profitable types of i've
stock to make this increase, &C
cording to l.. V. Starkey, chief OF
the animal husbandry division,
who thinks that small farm HOOKS
Of about so ewes should be seen
on many farms. Sheep require
less care than hogs and much less
range than beef cattle, and IN a
thickly populated state of small
farms, such as South Carolina,
they should prove a profitable
source Of revenue.
Wool and Meat from Sheep.
An average high grade sheep can
produce a fleece weighing from
five to eight pounds, and raise a
lamb weighing so pounds IN
year. If necessary it can i've
without a single mouthful Of grain,
since u forage crops and per-
| manent pastures will carry sheep
the year round. Though in this
section of the country grain is
scarce. forage crops and perma-
nent pastures may be cheaply and
| easily grown, and sheep will utl-
lize these crops at a profit. In
fact, sheep have two important
advantages over other classes of
livestock. They require practical
" no grain and they destroy brush
and bushes.
Drawbacks May be Overcome.
1t is quite rue that there are
! many drawbacks to sheep raising,
such as dogs. stomach worns, poor
fences, poor markets, ETC.; put
! these difficulties may be overcome.
For example. if the people in a
community get interested in sheep
they also get interested in eHmi-
mating the ours and taking proper
| car of the good dogs. If sheep are
frequently changed from one pas
ture to another stomach worms
and other parasites may be con-
trolled. If a few neighbors go to-
sether and raise sheep they a
pool their wool and market lambs
by the carload.
The best way to get into the
sheep business is TO locate and pur-
chase a half-dozen high-grade
ewes. BY saving the eve lambs the
flock may be gradually enlarged to
the size desired.
There is probably no breed of
sheep better adapted to this state
than the Southdowns. They are
hardy, blocky sheep, we'll adapted
to the production Of mutton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

The remodeling of the building
on Caldwell street for the Sumter
Creamery is being pushed rapidly
an devereything will be in readi-
ness for the installation of the new
machinery when it arrives within
the next ten days or two weeks.
The creamery is carrying on as well
as possible with the old equipment
and is taking care Of all the cream
that is offered from the local ter
ritory. When the new plant has
been Installed cream from all this
section of the state will be So
licited. The plant will be modern
and efficient in every respect and
butter Of the highest grade will be
produced. What Sumter county
needs now is cows-and more cows
to produce cream at the rate OF
several thousands Of pounds of
butter fat every day in the year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
What is Good Cream:

Clemson College, May 19.-Many
people have the mistaken idea that
in order to make butter from cream
the cream must be soured before
it leaves the farm. The chief rea-
son For this belief is the fact that
practically everybody has the no.
ton that cream, for coffee and ice
cream purposes must be sweet but
that for butter making it must be
sour, and there are actually people
who believe that it is impossible to
make good butter from sweet
cream.
Sour Cream Versus Sweet Cream
1t is true that cream in a large
majority Of cases is ripened (sour-
ED before it is churned, and while
it is also true that this can best be
done at the creamery, it does rot
necessarily mean that the farmer is
compelled to keep his cream sweet
in order to ship it away to a cream
cry. However desirable it may be
for creamerieS to. receive only sweet
cream, there is often a practical
objection to be reckoned with and
that is, where cream is produced i'll
small quantities only, the expense
of keeping it sweet and delivering it
in that condition to the creamery
is too great to justify its being done.
The farmer often finds it to his
advantage to keep his cream clean
and in a reasonably good condition
even though it may be slightly sour
before it is shipped and sell at a
slightly lower price. The creamer-
les have no particular objection to
such a method, because it is pos
sible to produce a reasonably good
Quality Of butter from sour cream
of good quality; but it is absolute
ly impossible to make the best
quality butter from dirty and m
properly cared for cream which has
become absolutely too sour. 1t is
therefore to the advantage OF the
producer, say the dairy specialists
of Clemson College, to furnish to
the creamery a good quality OF
cream from which the creamery
will be able to make a much better
quality of butter, sell it for a much
higher price, and therefore return
a better price to the producer.
Price Depends on Quality.
To illustrate, the price for which
butter sells depends upon its quail
ity and is generally based on butter
scoring 80 points on a scale OF a
hundred. Within the last few
wears the difference in price on
butter scoring SO points and butter
scoring 81 points has been as great
as 10 cents and even more per
pound in favor Of the better but
ter. In addition to this, the higher
scoring butter finds a ready mar
ket where the poorer qualities often
90 begging. Another reason Tor
producing a high quality dairy pro-
duct is that it will help to increase
consumption and thereby increase
not only the demand but also the
price for the products which the
dairy farmers have to dispose OF
and in this way result in a double
benefit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
RAILROAD
WRECK IN
ALABAMA
Thirty-Two Persons Injured in
Collision in Alabama

birmingham, Ala. May 25.-
T~hirty-two persons We're injured. a
number seriously. when Il trolley
car was struck by = freight train
on the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad at Woodlawn. Confusion
in following III" signals Of the
crossing flasman is believed to
have caused the accident.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

indianapolis. May 24.-Indiana
republicans who are meeting in
state convention. heard party lead
ers sound the keynote for the fall
campaign. Senator Watson present
cd the claim that efficient and wise
management of nations domestic
and international affairs had
brought about substantial results
in relieving the evils of eight Years
of democratic misrule.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
Petition in Bankruptcy.

Charleston. May 24.-Three OF
the creditors of the Jackson COM
pany. Of Sumter, yesterday III a
petition for bankruptcy against
the debtor, through Attorneys Lee
& Noise.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

county agent, who, through his boy,
SET him right and headed him for
an old age of affluence.
Moral: Out of the mouths of
babes often issues the wisdom of
the ages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

TIE markets OF the country are
gfutfed with string beans and it
S difficult to find a market at a
price that VIII return ever a small
profit TO the growers. Those who
got their beans off early and ship
ped two weeks ago received high
prices and the net profits were
most satisfactory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
SWIMMING
ATPOCALLA


Fhe swimming season is at hand
and many persons have taken ad-
syantage OF the warm days and
Hove broken The waters" of Pos
havecaEla Lake for their initial
sHsfath1syear
Tha RecalEa OF this season Is a
new and greater Pocalia, fer
Observation-Disclosures wells havebe en
barsd and the lake is now being
fed byefeven of these wells which
pour into It hourly some ierty-ene
1fsoasan6 gallons of pure mineral
WatersThese wells were dugdus-
mg#the Wintes months by Mr. r
IL Jackson, q man having had a
great deal OF experience in this
Ene az werk. The average depth
cf shesesweils is IN the neighbor-
hDpaoes24 feet. One OF the new
wells HIS ar extremely good flow
and Is believed to be one OF the
largest artesian webs in this coun-
Adding to the amusement of the
water lovers, thirty foot slide has
been conveniently placed and set
uu In tke waters of the lake. This
slide Is the arstsof It's kind to be
introduced here and should be the
fa1nisher OF many a thrill TO the
aasentureus ones IN acquatlc aety-
on the hin, the ideal picnic
rounds Of thisFicInity, ayeritahle
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
NeH Books Arrive.


The followl.sg books have been
Esrslgea at the Carnegie Public
Library. ard may be borrowed at
any tirne.
For GhAdren:
First twelve Of Rover Boys
series byAM. NInfleld
First eight of Corner House
Girls Isl B 6. Hill.
Ruth Fielding series by A. B.
Iaaale eolenea Series BY 4 f.
yShnston.
HlIdegarde series BY R. E. Rich
&td
Wonderful Adventures Of Nils BY
Eelam Lageriof.
yankBroWn, Halfbaek, by David
Masters Of the Guild BY L.
esasss Rush Rowland BY R. H.
Barb9ae.
Isft Guard GILBERT BY R. H.
Barbour.
aMysferious Island by j. Verne.
FIFTY Missionary Heroes by
Johnston.
New World Fairy Book. by -
letter from Colonial Children
Tappan.
Being Boy, by Warner.
Adventures Of a Pebble, by
HawksHorfh.
Song Of Life by Moreley.
Book of Golden Deeds by G. n.
Yonge
Pretty Pony Perkins, by c. e.
Jackson.
Little smoke. BY stoddard>
Book OF Boyhoodss by Fryer.
For Adults:
The Greatest OF These by A.
Marshaii
Many Junes by A. Marshall.
Crimson Aiibi, By Cohen.
Across the Years by e. III. Por-
Four Feathers by Mason.
SIsppy MCGEE by NJ. G. oemler.
Green Alleys by Phillpots.
The Daughter Pays, by Rey-
nolds
Then Came Caroline by Carolyn
Wells.
Rich Relatives by Mackenzie.
Gentle Julia by b. Harrington.
Wednesday, Wife.
My Son, BY Harriss.
Great Modern French Stories.
Great Modern American Stories.
Great Modern English Stories.
Modern Drama by lewiston.
Poems OF Eugene Field.
IN Orr Convent Days by Rep
plier
Problem Of the Nervous Child by
Evans
Truth about tie Treaty by Tar
dieu.
American Government and Poll
tics by Beard.
state Government in the United
States by Holcombe.
abraham Lincoln. a Play, by
Dfinkwater-
Mary stuart. a Play by Drink
water.
New Psychology by Tansiey.
Famous Ghost Stories by Nc
Spadden.
southern Highlander and his
Highland Home by Campbell.
Soul of a Child by Hichison.
White Shadows Of the South
Seas by e. C'Bryan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

The health department is dis
tributing to those desiring it, fly
poison free, and instructions for its
use. Also instructions for making
fly traps, and other methods of
fly determination are given. See
the health officer or his assistant
for this information. Office on the
third floor of the opera house. Of
fee hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Telephone 621. Let's swat the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

Harding has a baseball pass; but
ven bet he has to send Coolidge
half the time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

The dairying industry has been
sold to the people of Sumter coun-
ty and there are now a great many
farmers who are ready and will
ing to go into the business Of keep
ing COWS and selling cream to the
creamery. Those who have the
money Or the credit are buying
cows. but there are many who
have neither the money o the
credit to raise the funds. required
to obtain the dairy COWS. Here is
where the business men and banks
can render valuable assistance in
promoting the establishment on a
firm foundation of an essential in
dustry. Cows are needed to turn
into money the grass that is go
ing to waste on every farm and
every acre Of waste land in the
county. When the farmers are
prepared to furnish the land and
labor to create a new money max
ing industry there should be some
plan worked out to finance the
proposition. The creamery and
the banks of Selma, Ala, working
in cooperation succeeded in devel-
oping an extensive and profitable
industry in that section Of Alabama
after the boil weevii had retired
cotton growing a. improbable.
There is no reason why the same
thing cannot be done in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

In Boston: a neighbor's rent was
cur because the landlords babs
cried at night. Alta baby!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27
Board of Health Notes.

At a recent meeting Of several
merchants with the city health de-
partment it was agreed that the
custom Of displaying vegetables
and fruits on the sidewalk would
be discontinued on the ground that
public health is endangered by this
practice.
In discussing this matter the
health officer stated that last year
fifteen deaths were caused by tu-
bercu1osis alone. These deaths do
not include those occurring in SAN
itariums where patients from Sum
ter have gone for treatment, which
it is estimated would easily bring
the figure to twenty deaths. One
of the many avenues of Infection
for this disease is through the
house fly. In the business section
of the city people with a tubercu-
ious Infection very frequently pass,
and sone of them r careless
about expectorating. Flies visit
such filth and carry this infection
on their feet and legs to nearby
fruit and vegetables or freely
pass, into the ~un.creened store con-
Eliminating the food within, and in
this way it is conveyed to the
susceptible human.
The health officer also men
toned that the fly is not the only
carrier Of contamination, and prob
ably the next in importance iS7the
human carrier. It is strictly a
violation Of the law for customers
to pick over food stuffs, or to han
die them in any way before buy
ing. The human is the only ami
NAL that can carry all Of the
diseases the human is heir to, and
by pfomiscuous handling by the
human agency makes the trans
ferreiice Of disease from human
to human easy through the con-
tamination of foodstuffs that are
uncooked or unpeeled2 before eat
ing. The public is here requested
to. bear in mind these facts, and
to use their eyes more, and their
hands less in the selection of fresh
meats, and Of foodstuffs that are
neither peeled or cooked before
eating. Remember this, the mer-
| chant does not know who are car
riers Of disease and who are not.
Let everyone cease handling food
stuffs and effectively block this
avenue through which disease
travels.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

Speaking of disease avenues. the
board. of health wishes to men
ton the glass at the soda fount.
The public is requested to insist
that the glass which is served them
is a sterilized glass. Every fount
living up to this rule is being given
a white card. Take no chances,
drink at the fountain where the
white card is on display.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

A soft anwser turneth away
wrath; but a soft head draws it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

If you don't believe they still
sell bootleg, call the hospital.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

Taxis or taxes, they cost a Lot
and don't go far.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-27

The judge and the jury did their
duty in the trial Of the three thugs
who planned and carried into eS-
eeueion the murder Of Annette in
Columbia about two weeks ago, but
as soon as two of them were SEN
fenced to death and the third to
life Imprisonment some of their
friends began running around CO.
iumbia with a petition for the COM
mutation of the sentence. Between
the lawyers who defeat justice by
means OF technical and trivial APP
peals and the friends of criminals
who circulate petitions, which are
signed by thousands Of unthink-
ing people the attempted enforce
inent Of law is made a travesty.
Unless the law is permitted to take
it's course in the cases of Kirby,
Gappins, Fox, Jefferds, Harrison
anu Treece, there will be little
use in going through the form of
trial with the next bunch Of muir
derers that fall into the hands of
the courts. The communication of
the death sentence is but the first
step toward q full pardon, which
the friends Of the criminals viii
demand in due season and weak
kneed or corrupt officials will grant.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-07-27
IRRIGATION OF BETS AT THIS STAGE OF
CROP MAKESTONNAGE

important with the beet from har
will be irrigation.
this favorable weather and moisture conditions
given crop fine This should be setback
by failure to rrgate promptly show Of
water.
The old theory that beets should be allowed suffer for water
being irrigated order make long root has repeatedly
unwse the beet field for the
month will make than other period Of
growing This of both roots and leaves
now therefore that the crop making its greatest de-
moisture Fortunately have ample irrigation water
this district this the best advantage by putting
it on all crops needed
hard exactly how irrgations should be
Piled sugar The itself the best indicator When
begin show the weknown of drouh when the
weather hot and long spell and the ground begins to
you may safely the and often these in
dicatons show the need of it,
this years fine beet prospect in this territory by
ample and timely irrgations
THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY