Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pa bit abed Wednesday and Saturday. ?BY? OSTKEN PTJBJjISHJ n(< COMPANY. fUMTER. a a ll.lt par annum?tn advance. Adrartiacaueaita; Oaa Square Or at inaartloa.11.0t atrary subsequent Inaartloa.50 Oontraota for thraa mouths, 01 fearer ?rill be roads at reduced ratea All oommunt cations ahlch sub? serve privat? In tar sets will be ehariad tee ae advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charted for. Th* tumtar Watchman was foutid afJ fee 1**0 and the Trwe Southron la lift. Th* Watchman and Southron a?w has the combined circulation and aaftaeooe of both of the old papers* and la manifestly the beat adver Using anedtaaa in Sumter. -la. The News and Courier observes that only newspapers with I Mease af? filiations are rejoicing over the an? nouncement ..f r*dlcktor R. A. Cooper s Intention to enter the raoe for Governor next summer. Last year the Hleasltes and Blease news? papers srere the Jubilant ones when It appeared probable that Coper would be In the second race with Richards. see Becker has been electrocuted, Frank la In prison and Thaw is free, now 1st us have a rest. The press gSBStatlion* would do flu- country a service If they would <|uit exploiting criminals of thin type. a a e The wonderful campaign of the Germans that baa resulted in the re? covery of Gallcla from the Russians id the conquest of practically all of usninn Poland, including Warsaw, id a large p.irt <>f the liUH.si.in Ral - provinces, rnds another phase of e great war. Im ports today state 11 at the Russian armies have success lly made an orderly retreat from M araaw, carrying with them their heavy artillery and immense quantl * of munitions. The official report ? m Batrograd asserts that the Grand i > ike Nicholas has skillfully escaped the German trap and that his armies re fighting successful rearguard ?t!ons with undlmlshed spirit as they retire to the second line of de? nse If It be true that the 0 laslan] ?mles retired lntot to the fOrtl aarded front, intending from UM *rew to the Hu- ? . -r. it be t down aa a fuct that the German ive into Russian territory will- now be definitely checked. The battle line .at the Russians will have to defend Is much shorter than the Warsaw line and Is said to he stronger In ev? ery respect. Military critics say the Russians can hold this line Indefinite? ly against any force the Germans c m throw agalnt it?provided the supply of ammunition holds out. Conversely the Germans can hold the Russians on this shorter line with one-third^ or at most, one half the imm* use force they have used In the great offensive movement to expel the Russians from Gallcla and Poland. If 'In- Germans adopt the plan of merely holding what they have gain* I from Russia, with the smallest force possible, they will be able to release probably two million men f a offensive movements In Franc? and ??n the Italian battle line. This is exactly what the mili? tary critics predict wll occur, there terrtflc fighting of unexampled mag? nitude on the W. stern front is to St expected within the next few d lys The French and Kngllnh armies haw had a tamporury r.-spne. but they will now be put to th.- severest test they have yet been subjected to. Winthrop Scholarship Vvvari's. Announcement has been made by President 1?. I'?. Johnson of Winthrop College of rhe award of scholarship to Winthrop College. from Sumter Sumter county. Miss Katie lllnso i. Miss Leonora Pick Sf Hartsvilh. se? cured the achi4arshlp for the State at large and Miss Lilly Gregg. Sumter. and Miss Mattle Matthews. York countv. were awarded the Wv he scholarships. th<> having ha 1 the highest average of any of the |g| applicants throughout the State. Hereford Hull" Have \rrl\cd. Two pun bred Hereford bulls Were brought Into f>rangehufg county thai week. One was purchased by the Four Hole?? Livestock association, the other was bought co-operatively by men of the Limestone section, using these regist? red sires, the st?r!? already on hand can be graded u.i to product* good beef rattle. It Is an excellent idea for farmers of a community to ro.operate in thb* manner. The cost on each man is small, and the plan is about as satis? factory ns If he personally owned ihe animal ?Times and Pemociut. Marriage llcciec Record. A license to marry has been Issued lu F W. Wilson ami Anita Kendiict,. Itemhert. DEER CAME Ii? WITH COWS. \m<I WtiH Driven Into Lot by Sons of RolK'rt Webster Tuesday. POS Dee Advocate. A phone message to the Advocate Tuesday told of the capture of a line dOOT in the upper part of Dillon coun? ty by A. H., W. D., C. M. and E. G. fYebeter, sons of Robert Webster. Mr. Webster has a river pasture on th?? Little Tee I >ee, and the young nu n found the deer herding with i be COWS Tuesday. They drove the b er and cows into the lot, where they now have the deer in contlnement. Numbeis of people have been to see it and tiny invite all their friends to come and see the deer. laist week deer tracks were seen crossing the new ( heraw road which was being built across the planta? tion Of K. i>. (Jrabam. in Smithvllle townNbip. It seems that deer are in? creasing in this section, and If the game laws are enforced, there may soon be many of them in the lowlands of the Pee Dee. England's War at Home. If one will take a tile of English newspapers and study them for an hour, one can then begin to grasp the reason why England's re? sources of men, money and material tre ineffective, and why England has done no serious offensive work on the continent. We have before us copies of the London Mall, the Belfast Whig, The Witness and other representative English newspapers. The Mail de? votes an editorial every day to a fierce denunciation of the British cabinet. It devotes half Its news col? umns to contributions from critics. The Mail runs a column under the caption of "How to Win the War; the People's Crusade Against the In? competents." Every arm of the ser? vice is criticised. The editorial man? ager in charge of this sheet is clever enough to eliminate any criti? cism of the soldiers in the trenches. A well-trained writer is given an? other column, In which he tells what the <eople at home are doing. The Brltn* government gives to the fam? ily of every one who enlists a certain amount of money. Instead of those thus assisted attempting to add more to their store, they do little. Some of them abandon positions and depend Out t ? iy upon the gOVUfnn SOt botn.ly i or suio'.M? nr. . fltnrtHtHffi indicts Kite honor In o . ry line, but BOl by name. Hi "gets by ' through par fervid de< Inn lions of patriotism. This man, * who was once a very plain fellow, but amasred money by printing cheap newspapers and blood and thunder weoklles, got himself made a lord, and now he sems to be using every situation as fodder for his vanity. The Witness is a newspaper print? ed in Ralfast. It is a semlreligious publication that is Idled with politics, controversial articles and what not. It priats a column In which it al? leges that the pope and the kaiser are In league. It says that-the kaiser is determined to become the material lord of the universe and the pope the spiritual master of the seven seas, j Naturally the injection of a religious controversy into an issue of war is not calculated to increase the enthu? siasm of the Irish Nationalists to? wards getting themselves shot. The politicul war at home in Eng? land is fiercer tnan the trench war In Flanders. The English are lighting more with their mouths than with their lists. The politicians are fight? ing each other and paying little at? tention to the Germans. If England expects to accomplish anything worth while, some strong man at home must have the nerve to procure a declaration of martial law, put the whole country on a war foot lug and suopress about nine-tenths Of the nev s papers and censor the rest. The Ii ist prominent politician or Journalist breaking the rules should be court-martialed and put in Jail; the second offender should 00 backed against a wall and shot. Then the anger of the English peo* should be directed against the com MOa foe rather than against indivi? dual Members of the empire.?Mem? phis t torn merelal ? A ppcel. Three In One. We suppose it is pertinent to Spec? ulate now. as to whether the State's I before Judge Watts on the tax commission question would have been more successful if Hon. o. Eraser Lyon had staid ln.M The Supreme Court Will try three cases in one on the prospective appeal The case of the ,\s.st. Atty, General, the case of Judge Watts and the case of the Ta \ Commission* Florence Times. I Death of an Infant. The two-year-obl son of Mr. and Mi J, If, bradham, who live on Mr. L i?. Jennjng'i place on the State? burg rood, died on Thursday night and WaS buried liblay a' Home Branch ehurcb. WILL TAHK OVF.U VESSELS. Foreign steamers Purchased for American iiiin>-Atlantic to Be Ad? mitted to Registry, Washington, July 3u.?Admission to American registry of i- toreign steamers purchased for the American Trans-Atlantic company was assured today when Secretary Lansing trans? mitted to the department of commerce a written memorandum holding that neither international law nor policy stands in the way. Registration is ex? pected to he granted without delay. Despite the bureau of navigation's information that the transactions S/ere financed by a capitalist of Besen, Germany, the State department con? cluded that neither this government in>r the prise court of belligerent na? tions could gr? behind the bona Ilde ownership Of ths vessels by an Amer? ican company and that a mortgage held by a citizen of a belligerent coun? try on a ship would not justify iu seizure if the ownership was neutral. Eleven of the vessels were originally of Dutch, Norwegian or Greek owner ship, but six of these since their pur? chase by Albert Jensen, agent for Stinnes, have been placed under the Danish Hag* One vessel is under con? struction in a German shipyard. The vessels are at various ports mew. Some are in European waters and three are in Hampton Koads. RALLY FOR PROHIBITION. Women of Paxvlllo Plan for Dig Meeting* August l Ith. The Women's Christian Temperance Cnion convened at the home of Miss Jessie Curtis Tuesday afternoon. Christian citizenship was the subject of the meeting. A co-operative meet? ing of the W. C. T. U, and Mission Societies of the town and community was planned. Tins meeting, the ob? ject being to create strong temper? ance sentiment, will be held at Home Branch church Wednesday, August 11th, at 10.30 a. m. Lunch will be eaten in groups, so all are urged to bring well filled baskets. Ice water will be served by the union. The programme to he< used on this occa? sion was the one planned by the W. C. T. U, of South Carolina. At this time a medal contest for the young people will be held. The speakers for the day are Mrs. Joseph Sprott, State presidoni of the W. C, T. U.; Chari? tou Durant. recently elected Senator from Clarendon county; and John.K. j Breedln. Ministers of all denomlAi ?l lion* end all inten ted In the coming election are urged to be present and help push forward the prohibition cause.?Manning Herald. PLANS FOR SIX CRUISERS. First Vessels Whoso Design Has Been Influenced by the European War. Washington, Aug. 1.?Plans for six big cruiser destroyers, authorized by the last congress, have been ap? proved. They will be the first ves? sels whose design has been influenced by the European war. Naval infor? mation from abroad was scrutinized closely by constructors before the plans were drawn, says a department sta tement. The vessels will have a maximum sustained sea speed of "10 knots; they will displace 1,111 tons, measure 310 feet over all, have a width of 30 feet 7 Inches, and a mean draft of 8 feet. Baeh destroyed will carry four triple torpedo tubes, a main battery Of four 4-inch guns and two 1-pound er anti-aircraft guns. Bids for con? struction will be opened October G. RPILD LONG HIGHWAY. Volunteers Work on Patlucah-Mem? phis Road. Paducah, Ky., July 30.?When 10, 000 volunteer workers engaged in construction of a highway between PadUOab and Memphis put down their picks and shovels tonight they had completed In its most important de dails the entire roadway over its length of 100 miles. Finishing touches will be put to that part of the road extending from Pnduoah to ths Kentucky State line tomorrow. Congressmen, judges and city and county officials were among the most active of the workers. Dinner was served by the women of cities and towns along the route. The new highway passes through Mayth ld and Fulton, Ky., and Union City. Dyersburg, Rlpley and Coving ton, Tenn. Death. Mrs. W. J. Davis, a former rest* dent of Sunder, who for the past two years has been making her home at Lam-, S. C? died at thai place oil July L'lst. alter an illness of some, time. Mrs. Davis had made many friends in Sunder who will regret to hear of her death, She is survived three sons J. A., W. T, und 1?. U. I'avis. and two daughters, Mrs. Jnmqs IGucsm and Mrs. L. 15. Powell, TO INDICT GUILTY. Federal Inspectors und Ofticlals of East land to lie Named. Chicago, Aug. 2.?When the feder? al jury convened today it was report? ed that federal inspectors and olll ctals of the Bastland will be indicted. liishopvillc Infirmary. Leader and Vindicator. The Lee County Hospital Associa? tion has opened an Infirmary In a large building situated in a beautiful grove near the edge of town. This lills a long felt wr.it which has been needed for some time and is established solely for the purpose of enabling us to do our work more thoroughly and efficiently, and care for the sick of all classes which have been neglected heretofore. only those fortunate enough in this world's possessions could get such treatment j before, hut the management of this institution proposes to treat the poor as well as the rich. The delegation in its wise delibera? tions has created a small fund for the medical attention of the paupers and indigent persons of the county, and there will come a time not in the distant future, when every county in the State will do likewise. Most of the larger towns and cities have al? ready this. Swat Him. Newherry Observer. The Birmingham News says that pessimists are doing the South great harm. There is no doubt of that. What stranger would want to come to a country that is represented by its own people as always on the verge of starvation? Swat the calamity howl? er. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE ? Full blood Jersey hull calf, five months old, dam twenty quart registered S cow. Will sell, or exchange for well grown heifer or young cow. Apply Dr. C. P. Osteon, Sumter, S. C. J. Sumter Moore, COTTON ? 12:0 Washiti^on St. Phon? 585 | COLUMBIA 5. C. Send samples from both sides of bale and I will name you best price for cotton landed in Columbia. Greenville ^VSSBS*: ?9 Womans College Greenville, S. C. Affords complete advantages for a broad, liberal education. Trains its students for lives of fullest efficiency and responsibility. Equipment, faculty, courses of study, and cultural influences are entirely in harmony with present day requirements. Administration, instruction and dor? mitory buildingsequipped along the must modern lines, for convenient, comfortable life uuu CfflclOttt work. Entrance requirements upon 14-nnit basis. IIl?:h standard courses leading to B. A., B, L. and If. A. degrees. Literature, Languages, Sciences. Practical train* login Domestic science, BMinwConrM, luudlug u> diploma. Thorough emirsos loading to dipio mas 111 Coiuervi tory o 1 Music, departments of Art, Expression, Pbysica I Cohnre, Kindergar? ten, Normal Training Coarse. This institution aims to afford tho best educational advantages obtainable at a minimum cost. For Catalogue address DAVID M. RAMSAY, D. D? Prea. Greenville, S. C. r THE WORD PREPAREDNESS Has gained an international reputation on account of the existing conditions in Eu? rope. We adopted it more than THIRTY YEARS AGO Our success is largely due to it. Not only are we prepared with the necessary fur? nishings for the FLEECY STAPLE But anything else needed for the farm or household. We carry a stock, of Bagging and Ties in our warehouse in Charleston from which we can ship direct, thereby saving the outgoing local freight. Come in BROTHER FARMER ? And let us talk it over. You have been buying this class of material as well as a large pecentage of your other requirement* from us for more than A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, and each year finds us in better condition to take proper care of you, thanks to your loyal and generous patron? age. O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY is54 WOFFORD COLLEGE 19*5 SPARTANBURG, S. C. A Christian College with high standards and ideals. Well equipped Labora? tories anil Library. Strong faculty and full course. Ne\t session begins September 15th. Write for catalogue. HENRY N. SNYDER, President. WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL A high grade preparatory school for boys. Individual attention. Care? ful moral training. $185.00 pays all expenses. Next session September 15. For catalogue address HEADMASTER, SPARTANBURG, .... SOUTH CAROLINA. ? A Shoe Store Without Shoes. A shoe store without shoes would not do very much business would It? And each shoo store buys its shoes from those makers who manufacture the kind of shoes for which it has u market. It must have shoes adapted to lite requirements of its trade. IT w many men?yes, and women, too?are trying to do business with? out a Hank Account. . You can no more do u successful business without a bank account than a shoe store can sell shoes without stock. You need a Hank of Personal Service. One that takess a hearty, personal interest in you aud your individual needs. This Is a Hank of Personal Service. It gives the same individual attention to the small depositor that It does to the large. THE PEOPLES BANK ^???????????????????t????*->e4eee?e ^ I ??????? umiiir? Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Hooth-Harfoy Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Geo. Eppersort'a Old St&vrvd Opp. Court Houee