The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 23, 1914, Image 4
Cfct 8?litt ({man mH Soutju on.
Pahtlsbed Wednesday end Saturday.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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