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Ifee SSialtgman anb jjoutjjrou. Published Weaa?day and ee*tirdaj. -BT OwTEKN PCRJJUSIUAU COMPANY. IUMTBR, B. a Terms: H.lt per annum?In advance. it Om Square firat insertion.$i.0o ?vary subeequent insertion.6t Contract* tor three months, or iuoger will bs made at reduced rates. All communications ?hieb sub? serve privat? Intartati will be charged (or aa advertisements. Obituaries aad tributes of respect win bo oharged for. The Sumtsr Watuhman was foutid sd la t?0 and the True Southron In 111*. The Watchman and Southron tow has the combined circulation and Inwasass of both of the old papers, aad Is sAenifestly the best advertising la Bumter. The way is now open for the en? forcement of absolute prohibition. The supreme court has declared the Wcbb-Kenyon law constitutional and valid, and liquor cannot be legally shipped from a wet into a dry State in violation of the prohibition laws of the State into which the liquor is shipped. The State that may wish to prevent the importation of liquor for personal use now has the assur? ance of the cooperation and support of the Federal courts in the enforce? ment of the anti-liquor law. If the legislature of South Carolina should see fit to repeal the gallon a month law and declare a State of absolute prohlbiton. there would be a dry time In this State, for the express, railroad and steamship companies would not dare to transport liquor and deliver It within the State, ose Thus far there have been no public expressions of opinion in respect to the refusal of the County Board of Commissioners to appropriate $2,000 in order that a complete sanitary survey of the county may be maue this year by experts of the United States Health service, and it appears strange to us that there is so little Interest in so important a matter. Dr. J. A. Hayne, State Health Officer, stated that the sanitary survey of the county would cost $6,000. Of this amount he said the State and Federal health authorities would provide $4, 000. if the county would furntub. thoj remaining $1,000. A sanitary survey ""wWsTuo woKli totne people* 5!^ county nitre than it would cost und they can have It made for their ben ont for one-third of tho actual coat. The County Hoard ot* commtseioncra say they do not want the survey at a! cost of $2.000 to the county. Tito grand jury, the Chamber Of Com? merce and n majori y of legislative delegation are on record in favor ot* j tho survey. What do the rank and lile of tho people say on the subject. I Is a pract.cal effort to wipe out ty? phoid fever and other preventable dis? eases not worth *-\<hm> to Bumter county? tee Villa has been defeated by Car ranza force* at Jiminez and is report? ed to be again on the run, having tied into the State of Durango. The trouble with Villa is, he has tli habit of coming back. me* The fire insurance question that was created by the enactment of tho Lanoy-Odom law is not by any man- j ner of means as live and momentous an issue as it was immediately after I the law went into effect. The wreck, ruin and disaster that the insurance interests predicted would 1 .fall the business interests of tho entire State have not supervened, and tho people have managed to exist without tho forrtering care of the Southeastern Tariff Association. There ha3 beyn , some inconvenience and insurance agencies have had their business dis? organized, but the effects of tho with- ( drawal of a majority of the old line j companies seem to have been greatly i exaggerated. Tho South Carolina tire insurance companies have risen to the I occasion and have enjoyed during the , year an unparalled period of growth ! and prosperity. For them, at least, the Laney-Odom law was not an un? mixed evil. The legislation that wilt be enacted by the general assembly this year will perfect and strengthen the insurance laws and the final re? sult of tho Ijoney-Odom law will be benflcial to the people who buy in? surance. I || The cotton market (futures) has exhibited a stronger tone during the past week, the net average advance in quotations on active months hav? ing been about three-quarters of a cent. Thero has been no activity in tho spot market, so little cotton hav? ing been offered for salo since the big break during tho latter part of November, that there has been prac? tically no spot market. The indica? tions arc that little cotton will bo aohl by holders until tho price again tngoroxlmates tho twenty cent a nd the majority of those who ui c: i holding It have confidence in the' I strength of this poslton ana will notl sacrifice it for Iom thoin its value. The spol market is exhibiting a decide*? disregard for the fluctuations of t\rfe Now York ?peculation market. * * * A The senate has passed the Bhappgrd bill abolishing saloons In the'District of Columbia by a vote of .r>5 to 32, the Democrats and Republicans being al? most, equally divided. Senator Smith voted for the bill and Senator Tili mnn against it. Senator Till man's explanation of his vote to retain the saloons would be interesting:. * * 6 We heartily endorse Gov. Man? ning's recommendation that the elec? tion law be amended by the adoption of the Australian ballot system. We do not endorse his. recommendation that this system be -confined to the cities and towns. \t is a good system and should be StaVc-wide in its appli* cation if adopted. To have one law for the voters in the towns and an? other for the voters in the country will cause confusion. We can see no good reason, for exempting the country precincts from the oper? ation of the proposed Austral Ian ballot Iwfw, but to the contrary there seem,' to be good and sufficient reasons for contending that thev law should be uniform for all sections and all casses of voters, whether they live in towns or in the country. a * * The Allies are reported to have now arrived at the conclusion that the great war must be fought out to a finish In the Balkans and will plan future campaigns accordingly. We have doubts of the Allies' ever having had any well considered plan of cam? paign from the very beginning of the war. If they have a plan now and are able to stick to it they may even? tually defeat the Germans, for they have the men and money to wear them out. Herctoofre the Allies, es? pecially the British, have appeared to posses neither the statesmanship nor the military leadership to utilize their. great power efficiently. vt * * * The introduction of a bill in the legislature having as its object the es? tablishment of a system of rural credits, based on loans on real estato, through the instrumentality of exist? ing State banks seems to be a be? lated eifert t,o do exactly what tlu? Federal Farm Loan banking system will do much better. The Federal Farm Loan banks will take care of all the safe real estate loans that no place for a competing system un ' der State supervision. What is need ed is a system of rural credit? thut will make loans to farmers, whether landowners or tenants, on their per? sonal crodit, with farm products a collateral, A system of this kind has been In successful operation in Bover; European countries, notably Prance and Germany, for a number of years. jDURBOROUCH BATTLE FILMS T?> BE SHOWN. ' j Invasion of Poland Depicted in "Mov? ies" of Warfare on Enstcrn Front, tiaycty Even in Berlin. Views of Kaiser and family includ? ed in 8,500 feet of remarkable photo? graphs. Stirring episodes of the great German offensive against Russia; in? timate views of Kaiser Wilhelm and the royal family and scenes depict? ing the economic and military life of Germany will he thrown on the moving pldture screen under the aus? pices of The Suniter Daily Hem at the Lyric Theatre starting at 2 p. m., Monday, January 15. The films, which are declared to he the most remark? able photographs that have come out of Germany, were taken there under special arrangements with the Ger? man government by \V. H. Durbor ough, press photographer, who tra? versed over 8,000 miles in securing. them and passed time and again through fire swept regions in an en? deavor to get actual scer.es from the front for his American audiences.? Advt. f Cotton Gtoners1 Report. The cotton ginners* report shows 11,045,000 hales of cot? ton ginned. Left Tuesday. Mr. C. D. Schwartz, left Tuesday ? for the north and east on his annual "mill visiting trip in the interest of the Great Schwartz White Sale. This is tin event of special importance and ' 'Interest to the ladies. Just wait and watch. Contracts made by them in? sures the success of this, the one great sale held yearly in Sumter. Advt. Washington. Jan. 10.?The State department today started an inquiry into the death of Luis Dantin, a form? er American diplomat, occurring in a leWtfBriv?ft-marr>pr ^ the cityof Mcx ico. Foul play is indicated by cir cu8tantlal evidence. 8i Allen. I have leased one-half the Singer Sewing Machine Store and will be there every business day in the year. 35 S. Main St. You can now obtain the very best glasses from Dr. A llen, who has fitted up an Optical Parlor for testing Eyes. I stand behind each pair of glasses with a guaran? tee. Will put new glasses in your old frames. Prices rea? sonable, and no charge this month for testing eyes. I ALLEN'S EYE LOTION FOR SORE EYES. i EYE SPECIALIST. | -? iilMlllillti.lln I. II? nil! l.l ? I IBIIM BRING THIS WITH YOU For 30 days this Coupon is gooJ for $1 00 off the cost of glasses. BUFFALO HILL DEAD. Old Pioneer (iws on Lour Scone Be> yond Hie Gmnt Divide. Denver, Jan. 10.?Col. W. C. Cody. <Buffalo Hill) di d here today. Washington, Jan. 9,?The census ^ bureau cotton report today shows 11,- : 046,226 bales ginned during the cur- : rent year, against l'O,077H to ' the ^ came date last year. Amsterdam, Jar 10.?A dispatch from C instantinople today states that the Sultan has issued an order to the Turkish army stating that his sol? diers must fight on to victory as the enteilte hafl v? h cted peace proposals. KBKI3 sAMl'I.F.?Lara*e paper-Shell Mine. Land-owners, write tor sample nuts ;uid prices of trees to-^ WmVfi "Souihgyn Nm-Tv^o ftus-arm ? Thomasville, Ga. You Can Have No Conception of What the Great War Really Is Until You Have Seen ON THE FIRING WITH THE GE 44 There are war pictures and war pictures, but the BLUE RIBBON goes to those taken by W. H. Durborough.M?Chicago Tiibune. The Eyes of the Camera Show: Storming of Novo Georgeievsk Fall of Warsaw Seven l ays* battle Battl* s From Aeroplanes Von Hicdenberg's Great Drive Murderous Machine Gun Fire The Kaiser at the Front Big Guns Smashing Forts Zeppdins Over Warsaw A Rain or Russian bullets Furious In antry Assaults Battle Raging for Mile* Desperate Trench Struggles Facing Awful Shell Volleys Actual, Authentic Scenes of Battle; No Posii Taken by Permission of German Military Authorities. See Them in 8 Reels at Lyric VP *2U MONDAY, JANUARY Continuous Shows, 2 to 11 P. M. 15th Prices: Adults, 20c; Children, Under Auspices of The Sumter Daily Item. 10c