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?{jc KKattjpnan aiti ^outbrmi fohltabed WedoeexUy and Saturday. ?BT? OaTTIUtX PUBLISHING COMPANY. fUMTBR. 8. a Terms: li.?o per annum?in advance. (Jaa Square Oral insertion.|1.09 ?very subsequent insertion.(0 Contracts for taxes months, or ?andrer erlll be aiade at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charted for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ?in be charted for. The Sum ter Watchman was fouud *d la 11(9 and the True Southron In VII?. The Watchman and Southron a??w ass the oomblned circulation and ?seosaee of both of the old papere, t ad to manifestly the best adverthduff mdlnm Id Burator. Christmas Greetings. e e e A merry Christmas to all, both young and old. to whom this greeting comes. see < Mice again we welcome the Christ? mas season with feelings of joy and anticipations of pleasure. The world, at all times a sad old place for ?hose who bear the burdens of life's str ig gle and endeavor, has been, for more than a year, sadder than ever before for many millions of people, and Christmas to them Is a season of heart? ache and sorrow for their loved ones sacrificed on the altar of the god of war and hate. Only In this country of burs have the people been blessed with peace and the privilege of fol? lowing their accustomed callings un? disturbed. There have been hard? ships, anxieties and disappointments, but we havo been spared the horrors of bloodshed, rapine und pestilence, and It Is with grateful and thankful hearts we should observe the natal day of the Prince of Peace. Christ? mas should be a happy day in this peace-blessed land, for It is a day of peace, loving-kindness and the sim? ple Joys of a home loving people. The Turks and their German allies now admit that the attempt of the Al? lies to force the passage of the Dar? danelles with a fleet of warships real? ly succeeded, but tho cbramander of the Anglo-French fleet did not find it out. Th* attack caused tho low? nt three of the Allies' ships, and beeom- ' ing 'tineou^age ? ihcy esSMdoned tnekl attempt. The Germans and Tin!?:' expected the attack to be continued the next day, and were ready to abandon the Dardanelles forts, as their ammunition had been exhaust? ed, save for seventeen shells. In the first day's battle. The Allies failed to press the fight and lost the oppor? tunity to take Dardanelles and cap? ture Constantinople, which at that time was not in a condition to be de? fended, both men and ammunition be? ing lacking to withstand the assault of the great Anglo-French fleet. The Allies lack either competent leader? ship or have nothing but bad luck, see The decision of the Supreme Court In the case growing out of the remov? al of the sheriff of Kershaw county by the governor le Just one more Illus? tration of the haphazard work of the legislature. The legislature enacts laws, in total disregard of the consti? tution, directing the executive depart? ment of the government to do certain things and when the governor under? takes to carry out the law as declared by the legislature, he finds that the so called law Is unconstitutional and void. There should be some means devised to protect the State against the carelessness and ignorance of the legislature In regard to the constitu? tion. a e e W J. Bryan's position on prepar? edness Is not generally understood. He does not stand for peace at any price, nor does he advocate the dis? continuance of all military prepara t.ons ami the abolition of the army and navy. He is in favor of the main? tenance ot the army and navy on the present basis, including the building of new end more powerful warships, in accordance with the programme al? ready adopted by congress. He as? serts that the navy and army thus maintained in a state of efficiency at a roMt of I.TiO.oOO.OOO a year, are ample for the defense of the country against any nation that might attack us. He -isserts that those who de msnd a larger army and a greater navy are either ssttnittoa makers or those who have been iSSOtVCd by those who seek to protlt from equip? ping Um nation for war. Reduced to simplest terms the difference between Bryan and thoHe who stand for i greater army and navy is merely a matter of opinion. Th .van says he be? lieves a big army and navy unneces? sary, the prepareilnens advocates sav the present army and navy nre inade? quate and the money spent on them la worse than wasted, since in time of real need the military branch of the government would break down. rlIKlsTMAS CHARITY FUND. Tho Christmas charity fund has Itch increased since Sunday by tho following subscriptions: Previously acknowledged.. ..$511.33 S. M. McLeod. 1.00 K. B. Belser. 1.00 Mrs. J. B. Ugon. 1.00 Miss Martha Sutherland. 1.00 D. R. McCallum. 1.00 J. C. Cooper. 2.00 Total.$577.33 Messrs. J. \V. Jackson and Geo. L. Rickor have also contributed one car? load of wood. Mr. Walsh, chairman of the commit? tee, requests that all persons know? ing of needy cases will please report such cases to him or to other mem? bers of the committee tod' or to? morrow, so that they will be acquaint? ed vith them in time to make suitable preparations in the distribution of Christmas gifts. CORN STALK BORER. Clemson College, Dec. 21.?Do not let the winter pass without tak? ing steps to control the corn stalk borer, is the advice given to farm? ers by the entomologist of Clem ?on College. This is o) * of the most wide-spread and Injurious corn pests of the South, and although its period of greatest activity and injury is in summer, measures to control it have to be taken in late fall and winter. It is not yet too late to take steps which will materially reduco the damage from the Insects next summer. The corn staWc borer spends the winter as a creamy white grub in the bottom of old corn stubble, whero he has fed since summer on the. pith of the stalk. The grub changes to a chrysalis in early spring and emerges as a moth a little la? ter. Three plans of control are sug? gested by Clemson College, as fol? lows: 1. Plow deeply and plant cover crops. In late fall or winter, plow up stubble, rake up with hay rake, and compost or burn after it in dry. 2. Plow up stubble in win? ter so that It will be on the sur? face of the soil over winter. This causes the grubs to dry out and die. 3. Bury the stnbble in fall or winter to a depth of eight inches with a disc plow. Any one of these measures is ef? fective, but thoy do not help the situation very much when prac? ticed only by a few farmers here and there over t+i# stare To cet I t^e best results *'ron> ?hesr r<?< o:n i mendations, all the farmets in * ! commum'v Hho?,V? eOOperftte. NEGRO SCHOOL III. HNS. Florence, Dec. 21.?The negro graded school building was burned here at 1 o'clock today. Fire started in the roof from a defective hue, it is supposed, as the fire was first dis? covered in the roof of the building. It spread rapidly and before the de? partment could be summoned and get water on the building it was doomed. There were nearly 1,500 children in Uxe building when it caught fire and they were marched out in the fire I drill in one minute and one-half. Some of them, in spite of the most energetic work of the teachers, went back into the building to recover their books and to help save the desks and furni? ture. Many desks were saved, but in a broken condition. This was a large and commodious and one of the best lighted and most conveniently arranged school buildings in the State. It contained 16 large class rooms on two floors. It was insured for $10,000 and there was $1,000 on the furniture. Administrator's Sale. Khtate of B. R. Hodge, Deceased. By order of the Judge id' Probate km Sumter County, South Carolina, I will offer for sale at the residence of said deceased, Privateer township, S. C (near Tindals) on Tuesday, Jan? uary 4th. 1!?1?;, at 12 o'clock M., at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, the following personal prop? erty belonging to said estate, to wit: Five mules. 1 big ox in good order, one yearling. 12 head of hogs, 2 (2 horse) wagons. 1 (1-horse) wagon, 1 stalk chopper. 1 disc harrow. I mower and rake. 1 corn planter, and various ? Hot articles, farming untensils. gear plows, etc. T. B. HODGE, Administrator. Sumter. S. C, Dec. 2... ItlS. Trespass Notice. Boginning January 1st. 1910, nil persons are hereby forbidden to hunt, tish, trap or Otherwise tit- pass On the lands of Dabbs and Ml hide. The hunting Ashing and trapping privileges on these lands are for sale f"i ? term of years, in the mean? time a written permit for a day's hunting, ftohlng or trapping. In season, Will DSJ ".ranted for a small lee upon application to E. w. DABBS, BUY iMERIGAN MAGHI CHINESE COTTON MILLS T? UNITED STATES. Country's Consumption of Ya From Supplied by Factories peel?Chance for This Com Tien-Tsin, China, Nov. 25 (Cor? respondence Of the Associated Press). ?Contracts have been signed with a Massachusetts concern for $900,000 worth of machinery for the establish? ment of two modern cotton spinning mills here. The mills are to have 2-6,000 spindles and are to be capable of expansion to double that number after sufficient labor has been trained. The Chinese minister of agriculture and commerce is a shareholder in one of the companies, and the minis? ter of finance is interested in the other. This is the first time that Ameri? can cotton manufacturing machinery has been sold in China in large quan? tities. Heretofore the Chinese manu? facturers have looked to Europe and frequently have bought second-hand machinery from Japan. It was through the effort of Julean H. Arn? old, the American commercial attache at Peking, that the American manu? facturers were persuaded to enter into competition in the sale of machinery for the two mills. China imports annually about $28, 000,000 worth of cotton yarn, chiefly from India and .Japan. There are probably about 1,200,000 spindles in China operated in 25 mills, but the cotton consuming power of the Chinese would probably justify 20 times as many spindles. The depart? ment of commerce and agriculture has recently invited J. N. Jobson of the Texas agricultural experimental station to come to China to show the natives how to grow better cotton, and it is expected this expert will be | here in January. Most of the cotton now raised in China is from inferior seed. Tn some sections of the Yang-tse valley Amer? ican missionaries have imported high grade seed and enabled the natives to grow a better variety of cotton. "V^hilo there is a considerable acre? age in north China, the conditions are ndt ei.actly favorable and the plant has a stunted growth. )Cotton is used almost exclusively by the coolie class in north China for clothing. With the approach of cold wiather, the coolies who have been naked to the waist during the sum? mer ^radii.tllv piV 'n hea-Vj >'.:--.<u! gttrtncnts padded with quilted rotten. Wjpoien cloth Is beyond the cool! purse. As ihe Bi vere wii ter np- 1 prpachfs tU- ?" neat of the poorer class become rounder and rounder in appearance. Many of the children are so thickly waded with cotton tlu>t the linos of their bodies are en? tirely obscure. CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING. Friends and Relatives of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Spaain Gather With Them on Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary. It was a goodly company that as? sembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Spann on last Monday, 10th inst. to pay their respects to, and en joy tho hospitality of this aged couple on the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day. He is eighty and she is seventy-three and both, are still hale and hearty for their years. Mr. Spann served the whole four years in the Confederate army, and I have heard people say no braver man. ever entered the* ranks. There were the children, two boys and two girls, tho grandchildren, eighteen in number, with the bo*oth? ers, sisters and other relatives of, Mr. and Mrs. Spann, all there to do honor to the occasion. Then the dinner, tho hams, the turkeys, the barbecue, tho cakes, the pies, nuts and fruit; in fact almost everything that one can think frf good to eat, a real old time wedding, feast, served with good clieer and open-handed hospitality. Wre all en? joyed being with them at this time, for these occasions seldom come to us. May Mr. and Mrs. Spann have many years addod to their long lives of use? fulness, and may their last days be their best day a. ?L. F. D. Privateer Netra Letter. Privateer, Dec 20.?There is not much news In this section. Christ? mas is only a few days off with pros? pects Of Its being; a very quiet one. The liethel school will give a Christ* mas tree Thursday evening, aft if which the teachers will go to their ?I? homes for tho holidays. V. Miss Beatrice Ardls of Pinewood spent the J>U8< week at Mr. H, H. Hat Kiev's. Mr. W. I >. Lynam of La it re visiting In the neighborhood. Mr, and Mrs. George Nea< Batesburg niro visiting In tho nel| hood. Dr, It. Bl Fur man spent Ihe < ud in Asheville, N. <\ Mrs. lv W, Osteen, who was r ?-? l ill at last writing, is convah NEW SOTTON TRADE RULES. OUSTON AMENDS REGULATIONS ON FUTURES. langes Designed to Lessen Cost and RedUOO Amount ol* Clerical Labor Needed. Washington, Dec. 21.?The sccrc stary of agriculture has amended his rules and regulations under the Unit? ed States cotton futures act by mak? ing changes designed to permit the filing of what are known to cotton exchange brokers as "replacement disputes," to reduce the amount of costs which may be assessed for hearing a dispute involving a small number of bales and to lessen the clerical labor in connection with the determination of disputes. The first change permits the parties to future exchange contracts to refer to the secretary of agriculture dis? putes involving the grade, length of staple or quality of cotton tendered in replacement of other cotton pre? viously tendered which has been re? jected by the party receiving the ten? der. Complaints or stipulations in connection with those disputes may I be filed on or before the fifth busi? ness day succeeding the date of the tenders. The second change reduces from $10 to $5 the minimum amount which may be assessed as costs in any dis? pute. No change is made in the rate where the total charge would be more than $.r> based on the rates per bale set out in the regulations. The third change makes it optional with the office ol* markets and rural organization, instead of mandatory as in the past, to furnish the parties with the examiner's memorandum of con? clusions, this change having been made for the reason that ordinarily the formal findings of the secretary are prepared and sent to the parties on the same date as the memorandum of conclusions, making it unneces? sary in such cases to prepare and send out copies of the memorandum. Christmas Charity Fund. Previously acknowledged . . . .$677.33 Cash.: 1.00 lt. L. Wright. 1.0a J. K. Crosswell. 2.50 Total.v$ 6 81.8.1 Nyack, N. Y., Dec. 23.?Countess flda von Claussen, who once attempt? ed to sue Roosevelt for a million dol? lars, has won ho- release from a in? sane asylum for the third ih ?. We will open Ute ?rst of January with a complete line of Over? land Cars. The Overland people ore making a new No. Ii Five Pnesengcr Tonring Cor, complete with electric lights and starter, at $615.00 (F. O. B. Toledo, Ohio) This model ear will he ready for delivery some (into during the Orot of the year. Any one wanting one of these ears will please place their order with us at once, ns this So, 75 cur will be very' popular. Cur temporary neu quarters will be at The II & C Garage on Council Street, Phone Xo. KM). AI night call W. J. Shaw's resi? dence, Phone Xo. 7:t7. Our new place which Is BOW being con? structed, will be on the Rowland block, on liberty Street. WILUE SHAW, Sec. & Troas. .ES CO., WILL J. SHAW. Pres. & Manager. MSB Kttttttt PAID $51.32 Per Share to their 1915 Subscribers. This included amount paid io $50.00 plus interest and fines. For your 1916 New Year Resolution: Resolved to join The Peoples' Savings Fund. Our Savings Dept. Pays 4 per cent On Time Certificate 5 per cent. HENRY FORD ILL. called a doctor. He has postponed Christiania, Dec. 23.?Henry Ford, his trip to Stockholm until New Years. Will Arrive Monday, Dec. 27th. <1 Twenty mules, all sizes, and seven horses in this car. ^ We will have on hand about one hundred head of good young mules arid horses from which to make your selection. ^ Our Mr. J. P. Booth spent this week on the St. Louis Market selecting this car of stock for Sumter territory's special needs, and his well know ability is a guarantee of their quality. <f Come in and look them over. We will try and make prices and terms appeal to you. Sumter, S. C.