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Cfct 8?litt ({man mH Soutju on. Pahtlsbed Wednesday end Saturday. ?BY? OeTTKKN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTER, a C ? _ . IM* per annum?In advance. Adwertleeumta: One ?qua** tret laeertlon.$1.0? ?eery sabeequsnt Ineertlon.. .. .60 Contracts for three month* or, ?omrer will be made at reduced rates. All communications s hieb stib ?sne prlrats interests will be charted fee as advertisements. OMtusxtss and tributes of respoct will be charged for. The tarn tor Watch man was fouud aa la lilt and the True Southron In lift. Tfce Watchman aid Southron nww liia the oomblned oirealatlon and mJresao* of both of the old papeis, sad hi manifestly the best advertising mediam la ftamtsr. A pound of hog meat Is worth twice as much as a pound of cotton but At costs more to produce cotton than pork. a e a The U. S. government's estimate of the winter wheat crop indicates a smaller wheat crop next year. Thcr ? is small prospect of low priced wheat, snd flour will probably be higher, a a e The Mutation in the Canal Zone cannot be so critical as the result oi the violation of neutrality regululom by vessels of belligerent powers, as the alarmist news reports have led the public to apprehend. Col. Gooth als, governor of the Canal Zone, sail? ed from Colon Thursday afternoon for New York, on a month's leave of ab? sence, to spend Christmas with his family If a crisis, demanding the Instant presence of a fleet of warsmps, had existed Col. Goethals would not have left his post of duty. a a a The Christmas pardons should clean up the remnants In the State peniten? tiary. Hol ids v Notice. Our store will be closed Christmas day an l also on Saturday. December llth. Customers will please antici? pate th<ir wsnts. O'DONKfiLL A CO. Sumtor. S. C. Dec. 21, 1914. Bed Cr ?ss Seals may be secured from all of the drug stores In town the poetotnes and the Claremont Ho tsl. MERCHANTS AGREE TO CLOSE. Practically Every Merchant In Town signs Agreement for Saturday. December 2ttth. Practically all the merchants in the city have signed the agreement to close their stores on the Saturday af? ter Christmas, tbus giving their force two days for Christmas. There will therefore be little or no trading in Sumter on that day and the clerks, and merchants will have three days continuous rest to recuperate from their Christmas work and in prepara? tion for the taking of stock and the sales which come on with the New Year. The petition which has been cir? culated an I signed, is as follows: We the undersigned merchants do agree to close our stores on Saturday, December 26th, giving our force the extra day's rest: Schwartz Bros. Lev! Bros. D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Stubbs Bros. McC Hum Bros. Jos. M. Chandler. O'Donnell & Co. Wreck Store, Rlvers-Bultman Co. Sumter Clothing Co. Sumter T?Ty Goods Co. Krasnoff ik Co. H. D. Bainett, W. M. Fclsom Co. Is. W. Folsom Jewelry Co. Shaw & McCollum Merc. Co. McCormick Jewelry Co. Burns Hardware Co., W. B. Burns & Son, Du Han t Hardware Co., Ij. Alpert, Thompson Jewelry Co., Gordon Bros., Richmond Bargain Store, The Economy Store, Bultman Bros., Sumter Shoe Co., Cash Dry Joods Co., Miskoff ft Komorrow. U E. LeGrand Jewelry Co., W. H. l atus, V. H. Phelee. Carolins. Grocery Co., Cuttlno ft McKnight. Union Brokerage Co., Geo. D. Shore & Bro., Ryttenberg & Co., Phillips & Co.. New York, Dec. 21.?Cotton steady, six lower to one higher. Considerable selling. December seven fourteen, March seven forty-nine. May seven sixty-eight. Liverpool quiet, middling four forty-two. THE GERMAN RAID. History Furnishes Instances of Similar Attacks on English Coast?The Real Work of English licet. Editor Sumter Dally Item: j With pleasure I read the able edi? torial in your issue of the 10th, apropos the recent raid of German j ships on the coast of England; and, without any intention to infringe up-; j on the injunction of our great and good president against the expression I Of unneutrai opinions, 1 shall under? take to briefly answer your closing question, to wit: What service does j Britain's Meet perform? Besides [driving the German merchant fl'tg ifrom the seas, forcing the latter to [depend on her own resources, it is the British navy that enables Britain to j subsist at this time by keeping open jher commerce with all the world, and It is the means whereby, unannoyed, she pours her growing hosts into the arena of war. And, up to this date, the greater Germany navy, which is no smalLunit among the worlds' sea-i I powers, has not been able to do any-1 thing which will perrriTlnently count |g the final outcome of the war. It is true that one of the Kaiser's sub? marines successfully raided the Eng? lish blockading fleet and dostroyed j three cruisers, and that three English port! have boen temporarily shelled by German guns. But wherein lines | the permanent gain to Germany, and how will this affect the final de? cision of the war? If in any way, these raids will work for the jrood of' England, for their only logical effect j can be to stir the British people to greater action. Nothing could serve better to draw a tardy people into the ranks. No clarion can sound the call to arms like the roar of the enemy's guns about one's home. Scarcely has there been a war in history where raids of this character have not been carried on by one side or the other; but, In nearly evory in? stance, they counted for nothing in the final event of the struggle. Many cases may be cited as, for eximple, the raids of Morgan's men into Ohio and other Union States in our own I Civil war, and the destructive effect Ion the.Union commerce of the Canfed lerate Cruiser Alabama. Nearer home, we have the heroic example of a lit? tle Confederate submarine stealing out of Charleston harbor and sinking a Federal ironclad, but it made no im? pression on the blockade, or the final outcome of the war. We must, indeed, admit age and ability of thi Germ in these exploits* but w .xu on done equally as well, but with no bet? ter effect on the decision of our strug? gles. Yea, we may even boast of such raids upon the coasts of England and Scotland too. In 17 78 our own ro nowned John Paul Jones, With a single ship, the Hanger, laid open the weak? ness of those coasts, and kept them in a state of alarm. He even made u descent at the large town of White haven, where he surprised and took two forts with thirty pieces of can non, and set (ire to the shipping. His! men plundered the house of the earl of Selkirk and carried off the family plate, which, to the honor of Jones and America, was afterwards return? ed or compensated for. Singular enough, Whitehaven is not very far away from Scarborough, the scene of one of the recent Germain raids, be? ing situated just directly across the neck of the island on the Irish sea. Then again, the far famed battle be? tween the Hon Homme Richard and the Serapis, in which the name Jones and the American navy became im? mortal, took place of Flamborough Head, which is only about fifteen or twenty miles southeast of Scarborough, and at a time when those seas were patrolled by numberless ships of Brit? ain's navy when it was reaching the height of its ascendency, for it was only about twenty-five years later that it found its zenith at the batle of Trafalgar. Yet those American ex? ploits had no real effect on the final outcome of our war for independence. It must obviously follow that, no matter how large and powerful a fleet may be, it can not be everywhere all the time; and, on the broad expanse of the ocean, it is not an over-difficult matter for skillfully manned ships to evade that fleet in hurried raids; but this can not be accepted as evidence of decreased efficiency of that fleet, or of any telling effect on the decision of the conflict. Very truly yours, . Marion W. Seabrook. I Sumter, Dec. 17. Notice Teachers* Examination. There will be an extra teachers' ex? amination for Sumter county, January 16th. This examination will be held in the Court House, beginning at 0 o'clock. The questions will be based on the text-books prescribed by the State Board of Education, for the ru? ral schools of the State. J. H. HAYNSWORTH, County Superintendent of Education. Mis?s A1JJ Harby has come m .sheville to spend the [t ' rtm ta holiday*. ATLANTIC COAST PLANT CO., Wholesale Cabbage, Beets and Lettuce Plants MAINE GROWN SEED POTATOES. IR SA COBBLERS, HOULTON ROSE VARIETIES A SPECIAL*? SELECTED BY AN EXPERT- SWEET POTATO PLANTS. ALL VARIETIES, SOMETHING FO?. NOTHING. fosnga island, s. <\. Nov. 23,1914. iiiwviiwi? nunis auumonai r nmm, aou yon can repeal wsgrarrii many i vmwmm ?s you like. I will glee you r pedal prices on Potato Seed and Potato Plant* later. We want tin accounts ot close buyers, large unC small. We *ian supply all. ATLANTIC COA*T PLANT CO. ttmtwttttttwmtttmtwtmtiwittwt^ Opens Monday, Dec. 21 Christmas Savings ClubllZl OF The Bank of Sumter ?In 1914 we had 999 members. ?We paid out $17.499.68. ?We want more members and increased savings for 1915. The War and Hard Times is no excuse for not joining our club, it Is a Reason For Saving! ?Those nickles and dimes will be needed next year. This club is an excellent plan to make you save. Come in and join with the ether hundreds who will not be in want next year. The Bank ofv Sumter 'She D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. ANNOUNCES THEIR Semi-Annual Clearance Sale All Clothing and Overcoats 331 Per Cent Off MEN'S $27.50 Suits and Overcoats, 25.00 Suits and Overcoats, 22.50 Suits and Overcoats, 18.00 Suits and Overcoats, 15.00 Suits and Overcoats, 12.00 Suits and Overcoats, $17.34 16.67 15.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 BOYS $13.50 Suits and Overcoats, \2.00 Suits and Overcoats, 10.00 Suits and Overcoats, 8.00 Suits and Overcoats, 7.50 Suits and Overcoats, 6.00 Suits and Overcoats, $9.00 8.00 6.66 5.34 5.00 4.00 A Large and Handsome Assortment of Xmas Goods at Reasonable Prices The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Telephone 166 "The Home of Good Clothes" Sumter, S. C. ? |4tMMM.MtMMtttttf f t.m + m****^^