The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 20, 1918, Image 4
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OSTKI.N ITIll.lslIlM; CO.>H\\v
St >ITI K, s < .
Term-:
? 1.&0 per annum?hi advance.
Adu-i li-amcnts.
?ni Square first insertion .. . Jl "
Bvery subsequent insertion.;??
Contracts for three months, m
longer wtll ?.e m.ule at reduced rates
All communications which sub?
serve private Interests Will bo charged
for ms advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of respeci
will oe charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found
.a 1H60 und the True Southron 111
The Wutchmnn and eSout iro.
now hus tho com lined circuiation an.
influence of both Of tho old papers
end le manifestly the bebt advert s.n
medium in Sumter.
Washington. Feb. 1?; Fair and
colder weuther Monday, pndu'dy rain
Tuesday with somewhat colder V'ed
needay. Is the forecast for the South
Atlanta- States during tin- ?. oming
week. Conditions during the latter
part of the week are uncertain, hut
Without decided teui pei at n re ? banges.
Food I'euiilations
The County Food Administiator, G
A. Lemmon. has had his attention di?
rected to the custom of local n -r
chants selling Iii b pot s a su'?
stltute for wheat flour. This is | vio
latlon of the Food Administration
rules, und gsgjrjeets SU? h ?lealers i >
prosecution Votato tb>ui and not pe
tatoea being one of the substitutes.
For information oi no 1?. bants of
?water city and Sumter county it may
he stated that two mercantile ton*
cerns have been detected violating
the rule regarding sale of sugar in I
flour, that is. charging more t urn
eleven cents for sugar, and BSlllag
more than five pounds to one Individ <
ual In this city, also for selling mor?
than thirty days* supply of Hour to
one individual. These two cases of
violations are now in the hands of
the State and Fnited States Food Ad?
ministrators, and the decision as to
what will be done to these firms i.
pending with the higher authorities.
Wheat flour substitutes are as lel
lows: hominy, corn grits, corn men',
corn flour, edible corn staich. barlev
flour, rolled oats, oat meal, rice, lies
tour, buckwheat Hour, potato flou-.
geet potato^ flour, noy bean flour, end
fetsretia flour.
dpeciot rules governing tin- M?S ?<
mixed flour containing pJSg than |t
per cent, of wheat Hour will be pub?
lished Monday afternon by the local
administrator and Information 1 ue'
t?e received by phone from the Co in?
ty Food Administrator. C,. A. lem?
mon. at City National Hank, the as?
sistant County Foo l Administrator at
the Chamber of Commerce, or from
the representative of food administra?
tion for city of Sumter, H. A. Manga*
Phons 577.
F?*mI Administration Notes.
Kvery hoarding house proprietot In
this city who stands for the Fnited
Btaetes. Kngland and France and
what these countries stand lor. und
opposed to Germans. Austriu-1 lunga
ry and Turkey, und what these three
countries stand for and are do ng
against humanity, decency and de?
mocracy should sign the agreement to
r t wie by the rules and regulations o
the Food Administration. There is
no middle ground; you httVS to be
with the allies or ajalnst them and lr.
favor of German) a d her allies.
The <dd maxim, ' he that Is not lor
me is against me." is the only rule
applicable in the world wide Issues
not at stake in the present war and
Its 1 ? '.items to our activities.
There is no excuse for any hoard?
ing house or any privat?- family, or
for any boarder or other private citi
sen not ol serving th?- wa ntless and
meatless days to he!p win the war.
Mrs. J. T. Hose. Mrs. I>. F Nhuler.
Miss IJIIy Oregg und Mr. I^oshe Hrun
son. proprietors of four out of tin
flve boarding houses of this city rep?
resented at last Friday's meeting out
of about 27 boarding houses, consti?
tute a committee to sign up the other
boarding houses that did not hove
represent.! 1 on at the meeting called
laut Friday for cafes. hotels am
l.oarding houses hf local FOOd A ??
minifitrntor G. A. USSSSSSSI
The food administrator is .iu\lOtl
to obtuln the names of cms board
log house. cafe und hotel in t in
country, together with the names ol
Individuals who will not nhser\e tin
?wheat less and meatless days
In times of war It Is necessary "oi
the government to know who is S/itl
the Flitted States of America and win
are uauinst this country.
I Im * for Inrrlngl ig I'o.sl He:ulali? 11
in Germans
Amsterdam. Jan. 31 H'ouespond
encei Close upon 400.000 pmsecu
Hons for Infringing the food rogula
tlona were conducted in Frusslu ii
1?17. 161,421 fines of varyiw
..ssounts were inflicted gad 1.7MI gSJt
n<m% were *entereed to terms of Im
nntent The c?.nrts aro congt-tft
t . vv.ll? cuses of this dsscrlpHiMi
WORKING MAN'S WAR.
LABOR APPROVES w Alt aims as
m a u d III PRESIDENT
WILSON.
F\acuti\c Council Of American i. Hi
nation Dorians This in Working
Ma 11*1 Wat* ami Workmen Mael
I uht ta ( rush Prusslunisin.
Washington. Fob. 17.?American la
OndOTSOim nt ol war almi ex
.a ted by President Wilson and rcCOf
nitlon that the war against Prussian ?
hun is a working man's war kfl roeord
? d In a de<duration issued tonight by
the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor at the oloot of a
?u-day session at head<iunrlei s
here.
The declaration says the peace par?
cel WS en Russia and Germain
I 1 ?' shown the futility of diplomatic
votlatlona until the German mill*
t lists uro convinced they cannot s.i
P< rlmpose their will on the rest of
the world, and that spontaneous up?
risings in Germany have determined
't'?t ih.< Militarist government is ?tili
Stronger thaa the movement there for
emancipation. A gigantic Struggle
SI On ad. ami now Is a time when
all workers must soberly face the
grave importance of their dally work,
sayi the dot duration, which adds:
"GlVl workers a decent place to
protect thom against conditions j
to take aii their erases for bare exist-1
COCO, give ?hein agencies whereby
grievances can be adjusted and indus?
trial justice assured, make it plain
that tjioir labor counts in winning a
V it for a greater freedom, not for
profiteering, and workers can eonfi- j
dently be expected to do their part.
Workers are They want to do
their share for the republic and fot
winning the war."
THOT7.KY PLANS THICK.
lioltdicviki Hcprcsciitutivo at New
York I'ndcr Indictment in America
for Seditious Artivlty.
11 ickhclin, Fe)>. 16.?John Read,
the writer, who is under Indictment
in the United States for alleged sodl
UoaS activities li:is arrived here from
Petrograd on his way to New York
to take up the post of consul general
In that city under a Holsheviki com?
mission. Heed told the Associate'!
PrCM correspondent the followini
story of how be came to be appoint
Desiring to take a quantity of notes
and other writu n matter to America j
without^ interl e, ence by the i ? use,
hip, Rood rlsltod Foreign Mlnleter
TrotOky and aa ed to he appointed -
BolnhOVlkl courier. T.otzky told him
the government would do bettor than
that, and would make him 0OOSU
general In New York.
Trotsky is tatd t*> have told Reed
that if any attempt WCrC made by th(
American authorities to prosecute lum
under the pending indictment the
DobjhOVlkl would retaliate on Ambas
'or Francis. Heed's mission is con- j
stdcred therefore in the nature of a
lost to see whether the United State?
daies defy Tiotasky.
Dutch Prophet Says:
Cloudy and dtOSgTSSable weather
?111 continue Sunday with little
Change in temperature, followed by
fall and warmer weather Monday or
ruiOinj. the v/ind changing from
northoaot to .vouth and southwest by
the latter time.
The i aiin st spring within B1 years
h promised for Ills, in Marchi IMI
the trees were till in full leaf by March 1
He This was always the date fOI
planting corn In the days of the
I0h-?'o>s, and it appears now that eon
illttoas will be favorable for the re
l of the rusloui. Judging by the
t
ipidlty with which spring is ;ip
preaching,
Tin- Dutch W.athcr Prophet SCO
no reason that temperature will op*
preach any danger point again tili?
winter. It will be romeniho'ed thai
the pft sent |OW temperature was
forecast by him Iwc weeks ago foi
Pe binary 1 r,
a storm dlstnrbancs of wide area
win prevail with Fsbruarj z~> as the
i antrat ?lato.
Red < mas shipment.
Ons bos eent todas to Atlanta fro
the Red < ross headquarters'
i^ hot water bag covers, ip> com
tort pill..us. 11 bod shirts. 10 pan
pajamas. 2\ mufflers. ?'.i pair BOckt
?i 1 sw entern I] pair wristlets
Mins Annie Purdy, Se?
la.mbai Feb. 1" VHjCOUnl N'Uth
? ifN has " 1 spied 1 he pooltlon of A
tor of propsgandu in enemy ooui
trice, while eontlnntng lus position on
I PC American mlSSlon<
Washington, uv if, The btllloi
1 dollar nrgent deficiency bill 1* befor<
Ihe bouse today, it provides for the
immediate POOdS of the war. Htai
ami navy ami other departments, it
passae.e before adjournment is e\
p ted
AGENTS' MEETING ENDS.
i \: icm \( :; or swum M1?A
i-uoNot nckd successful.
Necessity ol Prcduclng U*g Food Croi
This V? ar Ntresscd lij Speakers.
Clemson College, Fob. 15.?Th
mOOtlUl Of the South Carolina lam:
? m nitration agents adjourned toda>
Utor the close oi the best OOnfOrenc*
ever hold at Clemson. Dr. \V. \Y
Long made tho following statement
In regard to the mooting:
?The meeting of the demonstra?
tion agents that has just closed at
Clemson Colh go was one of th? most
enthusiastic svor held by the organist
lion. The program was prepared with
tin- idea of stressing those thing*
that it is necessary for our fanners
to do in order to meet the demand*
of the government in waging the war.
The necessity Of a large acreage in
spring oats was dlsouassd and recom?
mended, inasmuch as there is less
roughage in the State than there huff
been for a number of years, an in?
crease in acreage in corn was al>-o
recommended to assure our people of
an abundant supply of bread for hu?
man consumption and grain for our
live stock.
"The possibility was recognized
that in the months to come all Wes?
tern wheat might be shipped to our
allies and our own armies. It was
Stated that there was never a time inj
tiie history of tins state when a large
com crop was so necessary for our,
people. An entire day was devoted
to live stock. Much time was given
to BWlne production and dairying and
it was pointod out that it was with the
hog and the dairy cow* that We had to
depend upon to meet boll weevil con?
ditions, l am sure that the people o;
the State will agro that such n pro
ram mual mean great good to the
State.
At last night's s"s--ion T)r. Brad?
ford Knapp spoke eloquently on tic
patriotic duty of producing food in
the mass for man and beast. He wns
followed by B. B. Oassett, who
poke of tho work of the fuel admin?
istration in tiding over the OOldotg Win
tor on record With a minimum amount
Of suffering. He said that there i j
enough coal in tbis country to las
4,000 years, but that the difficulty i
in the ? sarcity of mining help ant
transportation.
Frldl y was live i toch day. v. YV.
Lewis stressed pork production ip
South Carolina and outlined the bos
and cheapest methods. Ho made an?
nouncements in regard to the trip to
the Wcsl to buy 2,000 gilts for distri?
bution t> the pig olubs, The banki
of the State are furnishing funds fo;
the purchase.
F. c. Hare said that the poult:-;,
production improved in 1 y 17 and that
the OUtlOOk for 1918 was still better.
11? discussed ?'feg producion and th
handling of chlpkeni and stressed tin
Importance o;' poultry associations.
The paper of C. S. Adams of Heau
fort on root crops for stock feedlmt
was of unusual merit. The rutabagi,
the common turnip. the Mange
Wurtaol and tho sweet potato ,\c.c
highly recommended. These com
pare favorably with coin and Oth ?
standard foods.
D. w. Walking discussing dair
work, said that there are over :!0u silo
in South Carolina, every county bu
three having ::ilcs. There uro RIO?
i ull associations in South Carolin:
than In any other State SXCSpt Mich?
igan. He UlSO urged Increased dairy
ing for the purpose of meeting tb
i ominy ,,; the boll w oo\ 11.
VV. \v. Fltspntrlok discussed coop
(rat.vo dairying u>"1 *ald ,1,at i lh
.'.airy Industry In now llxod In th*
tat? und is Increasing rapidly groum
these cooperative dairies.
Dr. c. F, H irtmari spoke on th*
bog cholera problem. The discussion
led to forming Of practical plans fo> j
meeting the situation i>? South Cav
olina, Tho county agents are to In* |
truct as many nien as they oan In
Ihelr counties so that thoSS men can
take eure or the situation locally.
Resolution* of sympathy were pa<H
i d for W. J, Tiller of ChOgterfiOld
Whose 1st her dlOd SOOn after Th
I meetings began, necessitating his re
' I irn to his home.
Resolutions tip nking tns officers
ihn college, the corps ol cadets, the
Y. M< C. Am I?1"1 ??POClglly those id I
i< ms who gave m>t,llfi'' J??m? in ui"
rucks ior the oomforl of the agents
wore adopted,
AM who attended the sessions fei
that Hindi Mood has been done f
Miuth Carolina, ospeciolly in ths me
ier of enoouroglpg Inoi eased fo -
production. he ggonte N\'ill stti n
ihe meeting* ill firs ?nwood on Fe'
: uary la and sinnnu- on Fgbrg i ?
! 't?. i.h arranged by tin' Btata Council
? i Defense, In order to 1 p ifie bette
prepare 1 for helping In ,n" batflotj
work for booth Carolina.
|||iii|igr|tls siu.biini.
ifolumbla, Fsb, 17. < mt now eai ?
oi nisnlngltli In Columbia and *ev
. ? nl new i HI Sfl i m?I one dcatb ii) |, b
lens were i?ip(iile(| today. No new
gafft developed at Camp Jackson.
'II
Lin2."
Fiot-Passcn
Car wit!) A
mm i imm
lOHMS |0<)<{ NOW READY.
Collector Keyword Issues a Statement
to Employers,
Columbia, Feb. it, i>. c. Ueyward,
collector oi* Internal revenue, is now
in receipt of forma 1090, which form::
re Intended to furnish Information
in regard to salaries paid not onlj
l?y corporations hut by Individuals t?.
employes, it is required by the act oi
congress of October '<'>, 1017, that c\
ory person, corporation, partnership
or Insuranco company, includins
:<-ssee:; or mortgagors of real or por
sonal property, trusteos, executors,
? dmlnlstrutors, receivers, employers
ami all officers and employes of the
United States who paid interest, rent
salaries, etc. in excess of $800 shall
report, tin- amounts paid and the
names of the parties to whom p.?iti
to the commissioner of internal reve?
nue, storing division, Washington, i>
C, on or before April l of this cal?
endar year. These blanks will bl
mailed to corporations, and others
who do not receive thorn from tie
I office In* Columbia are roquestod tu
write and ask that they be went form*
10(16,
Mr. lleyward wiuhos to call till
report especially to the attention of
everyone in this State whose salary
exceeds $noo for the reason that
should any believe thai it will not he
v'onu known whether they rceel . n
ilai y w hich will m ike them liable
for a tax. they may ah woll at once
lisabuse t|toir minds of such an Idea,
i be reports otf o >rp nation: , etc . will
be carefully chocked over by the de?
partment In Washington, and it wll'
be Ascertained whether those who re
nelved taxable salaries have mads re
turns in their respective distrlots.
1'lvrn where a partv I.JVCS SH^ary
from a corporation in i imilu r district
there is no chance that on sccoun'
ol that fa? t he v. ill escape taxation
for the reason 'pat this informal "
xv dl i lurni' hed |hfl collet lor in tie
,l-'t:i|c ?? whu h the parly resides an I
$1195
F.O.B. DETROIT
re is inflexible logic in t
ice for the Maxwell close
I purpose of the Maxwell
e the MIDDLE LINE of ab
ry have done so with sci<
. Maxwell closed cars I
, comfort, efficiency, dura
id standard equipment.
t if built to sell for less
the other of these would
the other hand, for a high
et only larger size or f anciei
ny greater VALUE or fir
t is what we mean by 1
gei Sedan $i i 95, Slx-Pas&tnget Town C
\UWva I her 7 op, $655; Touring Car, $7 i
Alt Prices F. 0. ?. Detroit
MTER MOTOR
this collector will then Immediately
m c whether the party has made a re
I 11 I'll.
1 Tho government is in earnest ebotlt '
i , 1
collecting the federal taxes and Mr.
5 by ward wishes to warn anyone who
hopes to escape that it will he prac?
tically Impossible for him to do I o.
Kcd Cross Notes?City School (t'ol
ored.)
Friday, February l". was re porting!
day at. the Lincoln bchool, Cor the va-j
rlous class units which were orttan
isod very recently. In addition t
tho reports, there was o short pro
gram rendered by some of the pupil
? >i* the high school department.
in opening tho meeting at the goonj
hour, the principal announced to the
pupils that at the close < I the BChOOl'G
program, a real treat awaited them,
l ew, if any. of the pupils understood
what he meant. But later, after
more than six hundred young Amer
t
leans hod carolled forth the "Mar;
Spangled Banner," Principal Laww>n|
in a brief way presented Dr. t;. Ii. Ed?
munds, our city superintendent, an '
he, Dr. Bdmunds, ascended the i os j
trum amid prolong* d and apprecia?
tive applause.
Dr. Rdinundi proceeded in his char-j
actcristle. oloquont end Instructive
manner to give some positive reasons
why the United States is at war. He
congratulated the school upon tin
w ry excellenl financial report and
admonished them to I e loyal Ainerl*
cans in every sense of the term.
We regret that we are not aide t
teproduce that most helpful addrcM
but \irt feel greatly benefited by our
having heard far ourselves.
The oollections to date amount *<o
-t". We ft re striving to reach Ihe
$100 mark in the next ten day* The
following Is the re pari hy grades:
Flrsi <;rade, a \\-.? Lowory, |l.00;
Flrel Grade, H??Mm. Valentine.
Advanced Ftrsl tirade Miss Usher,
sieT"'; Pooond Orade Miss Savage,
fC.QO; Third Grade Miss QIOVOT,
he fixing of
d cars.
builders was
solute value.
entific accu
liave grace,
ibility, econ
than $1195
be lacking.
ier price you
if furnishings
ier "class."
'the Middle
Ik
ar,$H95; Touring
fj; Roadster, $745
CO.
?Ti^i'jiiitaniicm
18.55; Fourth tirade?Miss Sampson,
$8.7Fifth Gr:. <e?Miss Jones,
. o; Qth Grade.Miss Wilson, %&JAm*r
Seventh Grads?ISr. Jones, $2.75;
Eighth Grade?Mr. Prioleau, $2.25;
Ninth Grade, $2*63 and Tenth Grade,
*L\r>0. Total. $G4.-:0.
ThO prtSS kindly .'urnished by Mr.
y. H O'Oonnell, v. .'.I be awarded to
the Filth Grade, Miss Mabel Jones,
teacher. * r*
There were nine pirls from the up
er grades already working in the
lirsi unit under Miss Blanche Bamp
u. They had tun sd their collection
hi t.i the treasurer 01 the first auxil?
iary, hence did not report in this in?
stance.
Last year the formers of Sumter
county were warm to plant sufficient
food crops to supply their own needs,
and many of them profited by the
warning; and are not now worried by
the high price of ; orn. oats and fer?
tige. The conditions that existed last
year have been iccentuotod by the
laps ? of time and the prowinp needs
of '.he allies an. our armies in
France, and ii is vci more necessary
for the Smith t? prow it* own food
nd n surplua The South cannot
suffer for food If our own people will
make the effort to feed themselves, but
the transportatloi system of the coun?
try will not be al lc to transport food
from the v est to :he Booth in as larpre
quantities as In 1 he years before the
war, even if tb,e west has the food
spare.
Paris, Jan. II (Correspondence) ?
The right of a newspaper to SbUCl
members of the government is nay;
questioned and moot bo observed,"
?ays an offlelal statement announcing
that S provincial censor has been dis?
ciplined for suppress-in ft an article
which, aceordta*: to the stntssnenii
?did not allude to military or Medac
malic affairs, but merely contained
<ho InsnttS eoncernirr M\ Clem
enooeu."