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NAVAL MINISTER CON UNIWtSEA WAR FAflft nWxJKSS. 0mmmm '^MUi FoW StAoanrtm Have ?'^(WW^x^eBbfbyetx^ WMfc VUfurindos YoeuMfe off Far mi es Has Boon Rc uboVed from TraAc. fc. Amsterdam, March 80 (via Lon? don).? In.a confidential statement to too reichster main committee, as re ,Y0ft0d la a telegram from Berlin, f%i$ Admiral von Capelle, German minister of the navy, said all expec g? regarding tho submarine war boon reslisei to tho fullest ex Tae total of tonnage officially re? ft! having been sunk in Feb amounting to 781,500 was de? in spite of unfavorable and loa noes, / Thai a wore the beet prospects for tp* furore, bo asserted all the more Oooa^sse^ tho number of submarines m aettve service was increasing con? stantly and because the craft were always becoming more efficient. AH tho reports In hostile and neu trad news papers rogarding the de? struction off numbers of submarines WOro false, continued Admiral von CapOUe, On the contrary, the losses at a lower level than had drtftnally estimated while the In the number of submarines aottvt service In February and Odd exceeded the losses by far. to tho reports received to dote, the month of March promised w**y wo)!, tho minister stated, a? oveiTwhere In tho ->arred tone had lately boon perceptibly a In shipping, tho submarines Jferta* onoountared far fewer vessels. 4h*s woo chiefly to bo ascribed to the OdattOdo of neutral?. .Ml navy, aald Admiral von Ouneile, as quoted in the telegram with pleasure the fact that shipping had avoided the bar The sinking of neutral ves % painful task for the Ger ufP naval force.*, but one which was afcsorulsly necessary. The navy, ho added, hoped that the urgent warn? ing -against navigation of tho barred oooo would more and more be under stood and hooded in neutral shipping B h?lse, dermany's enemies, especial? ly Great Britain, declared Admiral vom Capelle, had tried with every by compulsion, chicanery and promises, by concealing their und by false statements regard 4|ao* losoea? of German submarine, to ftndtuee neutrals to continue their im? ports to Groat Britain and to risk their lives for the British. Of the lesson ho eoold afford, he said, to ict tho facta speak for themselves. AMERICAN BAILORS PRISONERS. Forty Among Men Taken! y by Commerce Raider Copenhagen. March 80 (via Lorn don).?More than 40 Americans were tho prisoners taken to Oer by the German commerce radi? er Moewe. according to Jack Benson, an American seaman who has arrived bore. The Americans, he says, now Uro held as prisoners of war In Gor many. Loefs Second Cream Route. A number of farmers i- Lee county have organised for the pur? port of employing; co-operatively a man to collect their cream for ship? ment to the creamery In Darlington. The cream route bus been in opera? tion since the first of March and dur? ing this time the weekly collections have Increased from ten gallons to more than thirty. On Monday. March ttth. the patrons met at Regar's store and chose Mr. A. S. Flood, president, and Mr. E. Alexander, secretary treasurer. The patrons on tho route, to be known a* l*ce County Boute No. 2. are is follows. H. R. Basken, L. U Ba? tter. Mrs R. B. Wilson, W. S. Wheel - Or, W. B. Jenkins, Miss Helen La Coote. K E. Wells. W. E. Moore. B. Segars. R. N. Segars. W. M. Wil? son. A. 8. Floyd, J. L. Skinner, E. Alexander. Mr. W. W. Wooten, who Is the col? lector on Cream Route No. 1. has booh employed to collect on both routes The first route has bcon In operation since January 1918.' Messrs 8. N Wolsh snd E. A. Onarud were the principal movers in getting this route established? Bish opvilfe Loader and Vindicator. Leo County Hogs and Cattle. Mr. Eugene Hearon last week took ?o VFssnlngton a car load of stock consisting of 123 hogs. 23 cows. 17 goats and S sheep, which he gathered fr6m the fsrmers of I^ee county. He #et % food price for every one and died* a nice little profit for himself - Btshepvllle Loader and Vindicator. Tno students of the South Caro? lina university are taking military In et met Ion ander Col. Henry T. Thornp HOME Ii MO.. DISCOVERED AT SEVERAL POINTS NEAR TTRST "FTjOW. Still Uncertain What Exudation From the Earth in Marlboro Amounts To. Blenheim. March 30.?Interest still continues in the oil well on C. H. Jackson's place at Five Forks near here. OH has been discovered at other points adjacent to the first flow. The oil does not overflow, but seeps np through the soil, which is of a reddish gray character in small dark globules. Between 1.500 and 2.000 people are reported to have visited the "oil well" last Sunday, coming from many points in North Carolina. An interesting coincidence of the discovery is that a "fortune teller" some years ago told a man who owns the farm adjacent to the one where the oil well Is locate that he would discover deposits of oil and iron and other minerals upon his property. The quality of the oil Is being tested by experts in Columbia, and samples have been forwarded to the Standard Oil company for analysis. It Is reported here that the oil has been analysed and found to contain kerosene and gasoline, but the report hSs not been verified. The discovery of oil would mean much to this sec? tion, and would moat likely be the occasion of the extension of the At? lantic Coast Line railroad from Clio to Blenheim, a project agitated some years ago. and this entire section would be greatly developed. STATEMENT Of the Ownership, Management, Cir? culation, Etc, Required by the Act of August 94, It'll. Of Watchman and Southron, pub? lished at F'ir.ter, S. C.. semi-weekly, for April 1, 1917. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Before me, a notary public In and for the State and County aforesaid, personally sppeared H. O. Osteen, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that- he is the manager of the Watchman and Southron, and that the follow? ing Is, to the best of his. knowl? edge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date, shown In the above caption, requir? ed by the Act of August 24, 1912'em? bodied in Section 443, Postal .Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers'are: Publisher, Osteen Publishing Co. Sumter, S. C J Editor, H. G. Osteen. Sumter, S. C Managing Edltor, H. G. Osteen Sumter, 8. C Business Manager, H. O. Osteen, Sumter, 8. C. 2. That the owners are; Osteen Publishing Company. Inc., C. P. Osteen, N. G. Osteen. H. G. Oeteen, N. G. Osteen, Jr., Monota Osteen, Lee & Moise, I. C. Strauss, R. L. Wright, Levl Bros, C. M. Hurst, Abe Ryttenberg, G. A. Lern mon, Neill O'Donnoll, Levy A Mo? ses, W. B. Boylo, R. L, Edmunds. H. L. Scarborough, R. I. Manning, Booth Live Stock Co. All of Sum? ter. 8. C. S. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold? ers owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mort? gages, or ether securities are: People's Building & Loan Associa? tion of Sumter, S. C. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the own? ers, stockholders, and security hold? ers, ir any, contain not only the Hat of stockholders and security holders an they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the Ht x kholder or security holder appeals upon the books of the company.es trustees or In any other fiduciary re? lation, the name of the person or coo? peration for whom such trustee Is acting. Is given: also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders' and security holders who do not ap? pear upon Cne books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities In a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this afpant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corpoiuiion has any Interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. i?. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publica? tion sold or distributed, through the malls or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above Is (This informa? tion Is required from daily publica? tions only.) H. O. OSTEEN. Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of March. 1917. C. W. HICKS, (Seal) Notary Public. S. C. (My commission expires at pleasure of the Governor.) President Wilson will soon call a conference of the governors of all the states, to mobilise all the resources of the nation. PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN. Successful und Largely Attended Meetings in Rural Neighborhoods? Dr. Riser Delivered Nine Lectures. The outcome of the public health whirlwind campaign In Sumter coun? ty completed at Shlloh School last night was that a number of commit? tees were appointed from Bethel, Wedgefleld, Rembert, Pleasant Grove and Shlloh, wltfh a committee of voluntary citizens from Oswego who will meet the county board of com? missioners next Tuesday to ask that the county appropriate two thousand dollars for the county health survey. Dr. L. A. Riser, director of Rural Sanitation of the State Board of Health delivered nine lectures on pub? lic health, and at the night meetings and two day meetings delivered his stereoptlcan illustrated lecture. The sentiment of the people of the rural districts was felt out and after tr had heard Dr. Riser's lecture and .planation of what a county health survey will mean, numbers of repre? sentative farmers and other business men of the rural districts spoke In advocacy of the health survey. Oth? er sections of the county will have representation t next Tuesday's meet? ing of the co-nty commissioners, ac? cording to information received. Dr. Riser impressed his hearers in such a way that they were intelligen - ly informed, and erroneous impres? sions were corrected as well as many untruths exposed and refuted. At rive of the meetings, Oswego, Bethel, Wedgefleld, Rembert, and Shlloh more than one hundred men and women, boys and girls attended the high meetings, the attendance averaging one hundred and twenty-five and in two instances one hundred and fifty people. Secretary Reardon of tho Cham? ber of Commerce followed Dr. Riser at every meeting, explaining the eco? nomic value of the proposed health survey, and asked for expressions of opinion from those present. In not one Instance was there an expression of disapproval, and numbers of tax? payers voluntarily stated after the meetings that since they had heard Dr. Riser and seen his illustrated lec? tures to the school children and the patrons of the schools, that they sin? cerely hoped the county commission? ers would Immediately appropriate the necessary two thousand to supplement the four thousand dollars from the International and State health board's. The visiting party composing the whirlwind health and food produc? ing campaign were Misses Mary Lemmon and Minnie Jones, Home Demonstration Agents; Dr. L. A. Ris? er, and Secretary Reardon, these fdiir putting in three days from nine in the morning until 12 o'clock each night, holding three public health meetings each day, and one on last Tuesday night at Oswego school. Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, county superintendent of education and Mr. J. F. Williams, local farm demonstrator attended some of the meetings and made speeches advocating the health sur? vey and planting of the proposed bumper grain and other food crops. Some one has been putting in some protty shady work circulating all Kinds of false reports about the pro? posed health survey. For Instance ono very fine citizen of a certain sec? tion said that the report had been circulated that the State and Interna? tional Health Board sanitarians were going to arrest every negro In Sum? ter county and put him on the county chaingang, but that as soon as the ob? jects of the survey were explained that those opposed would bo glad to cooperate with the officials of tho gov? ernments. Miss Mary Lemmon, home demon? stration agent, is due the credit of in? ducing Dr. Rise- to visit this county to talk to her home demonstration and domestic science clubs, and his presence here was utilized by the Sumter Chamber of Commerce to do some missionary work in favor of the health survey. Miss Lemmon drove her automobile for four days, day and night, and besides did some good work talking up the health survey. The ladies and gentlemen of the ru? ral districts, everywhere, were very hospitable, and delightfully entertain? ed the party of boosters for better hygienic conditions and bumper food crops. SWEDISH CABINET OFT. Klug Accepts Resignation of Entire Ministry. Stockholm, March 28 (via London). ?The king has accepted the resigna? tion of the entire cabinet headed by Premier Pammarskjold. The Swedish ministry resigned March 5, according to previous Stock? holm dispatches, but King Gustave requested the ministers to retain olflce which they consented to do tempor? arily. The resignation on that occa? sion followed a defeat of the govern? ment in 'parllufnent on the matter of ?n appropriation to bo used for the preservation of Swedish neutrality, only one-tbl/?rt of the sum requested being, s-rantcjd. -1? aahi aV ?4 STAFF FOR FIRST BRIGADE, . ??<!? I ' . ? ? ? :, Commander, W. A. Clark of Coluiubia, Announces Commissioning ot Con? federate Officers. Columbia, March 30.?W. A. Clark of Columbia, brigadier general, com mahflfng the First brigade, Soutr Carolina division, United Confederate Veto-ans, has announced the follow? ing ttaff appointments: D. W. McLaurin, inspector general, Columbia; D. J. Griffith, quartermas? ter, Columbia; W. B. Lowrance, com? missary general, Columbia; James Simmons, judge advocate general, Charleston; the Rev. Tl omas Whal? ing, chaplain general, Columbia; Dr. Julius H. Taylor, surgeon general, Co? lumbia. The staff thus appointed each 10 have the rank of lieutenant colonel. The following aides are also ap? pointed, viz: D. James Winn, Sum? ter; Wm. G. Hinson, Charleston; Townsimd Mikell, Edlsto Island, Franc!:? H. Weston, Columbia. The officers thus appointed to hold the rank of major upon the staff of the commanding general. MADE CHIEF APPRAISER. A. II. Chapman, Columbia, Gets Farm Loan Bank Position. Columbia, March SO.?The Colum? bia Farm Loan Bank today announc? ed the appointment of A. H. Chap? man, for the past two years farm demonstration agent for Greenville coUnty, as chief appraiser. Mr. Chapman has resigned his position in Greenville and will come to Columbia at once to take up his new duties. He will have general supervisory au? thority over other appraisers through? out the dist^t, consisting of North and Soutn Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Gov. Manning is at Barnwell today, where he spoke this afternoon at the county's field day exercises. He is ex? pected to return to his office this af? ternoon or tonight. AID FAMILIES OF VOLUNTEERS. Completion of Plan? to Disburse $10, 000,000 Announced. Washington, March 29.?Completion of machinery to collect and disburse a fund of $10,000,000 for families ot 100,000 naval volunteers in case ot war was announced tonight by the Navy Leag je of the United States at a meeting ,U which Sir Herbert B. Atoes, organizer of the Canadian pa? triotic fund, was the principal speak? er. The Navy League, with its 2,000 branches, will cooperate In collection of the fund, which will be known a* the war relief fund for the navy, and pay all administration costs. Branch? es will be formed in every State, and by May 1 li. is planned to have sev? eral thousard local committees at work. A large sum already has been pledged. The immediate purpose of the fund, as announced by Col. Robert M. Thompson, president of the Navy League, Is to encourage many of the 50,000 former navy sailors to reenlist in response t"> President Wilson's call for the navy. It Is proposed to pay the families of volunteers a sum about equal to the difference between their bread winners' present Income and the government allowance to enlisted men. Rear Adm ral Richard Wayne Wright, U. S. V., retired, chairman of the league's war relief committee, was appointed a director of the fund. Bad breath, bittor taste, dizziness nnd a general "no account" feeling Is a sure sign of it torpid liver. Herblna is the medicine needed. It makes the liver active, vitalizes the blood, regu? lates the bowels and restores a fine feeling of enertry and cheerfulness Price 50c. Sold by Slberfs Drug Store.?Advt. Big Cotton Doal. Perhaps tho biggest cotton deal ever pulled off In Bishopvllle at one sale transpired last week when Mr. Matt Hearon sold over 500 bales of long staple cotton to Mr. R. O. Alexander, of Charlotte, N. C, receiving therefor a check for over $73,000.?Bishop? vllle Leader an? Vindicator. A prudent mother Is always on the watch for symp.oms of worms in her children. Paleness, lack of Interest i play, and peevishness is the signal for White's Cream Vermifuge. A few doses of this excellent remedy put* an end to the worms and the child soon acts naturally. Price 25c per bottle. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store.? Advt. Because of tho State department's vote announcing its intention of abro? gating the treaties of 1799 and 182S with Germany, it is believed that the United States Will seize 93 German merchant and naval vessels now in American ports. If you cough all night you set no rest nor does nnyrme else In the house. Keep within reach a bottle of r.al lard's Horehounc Syrup. It is then eisy to stop the tickling which causes tnc cough, whenever it appears. Price tBc, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Slbert's Drug 8toroa?Advt, CALLS no UNITS FOR DUTY. Government Summons Naval Militia? men Into Federal Service to Pro? tect I*ronerty. Columbia, March 30.?Gov. Man? ning yesterday ordered mobilized the4 First and Fifth divisions of the naval militia with headquarters at Charles? ton. The divisons were called out 'for the purpose of protecting government and private property." The order for the mobilization was signed yesterday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock, after a con? ference with Admiral Beattie at Char? leston over the telephone. Thirty minutes later a telegram was received from the chief of the milita bureau in Washington, ordering out the two divisions for "tour duty instruction two weeks with possible extension." Richard Carroll Makes a Personal Statement. Editor Daily Item. As you have many readers of your journal among colored people I de? sire to make a personal statement through your columns. I was invited two weeks ago to deliver an address before the colored Y. M. C. A. of Mor? ris college in your city. I selected as my subject "Solving the Negro Prob? lem Through the Gospel," or "What Some Christian Churches are Doing for the Negro Along Educational and Religious Lines." I laid emphasis on what the evan? gelical department of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board is do? ing. While on the way from the station to my stopping place I was informed that some of the colored people in Sumtes misapprehended my mission and thought I was going to speak against the migration of the negro to the north to please the white folks. R. W. Westberry, one of the best friends I have and one of the greatest colored leaders in the State, met me on the street and begged me to change my subject and speak on the Import? ance of Better Relations and Under? standing Between tiie races in South Carolina, as migration was great in the upper part of the State and was getting into Sumfer. This I agreed to do and that accounts for the change In the subject of my address. I did not go to Sumter to collect money for the colored Baptist school, Morris col? lege. I was not asked to do it. The understanding was that only a penny collection would be taken to pay ex? penses of the meeting. Rev. J. J. Starks, president of Morris college, told me that the most helpful friend he had and the man that had given the largest contribution to the school since his coming to Sumter, was Mr. O'Donnell, a Roman Catholic of Sum? ter. After I entered the court house and noted the tremendous crowd of white and colored people-^ome of the best blood of Scuth Carolina In the audi? ence?I toid President Starks that I would make an appeal for Christian education in his school and I wanted to prove to him and the other colored persons present that the negro who endeavored to do right had many friends in Sumter and that my im? pression had always been that Sumter surpassed any city or county in the State as to friendly relations, and that I was going to take a collection at the close of my rpeeeh. I made the ap? peal and $132 in pledges and cash was laid on the table from the white peo? ple. Contrast, this collection with that R. W. Westberry raised for the same purpose among the colored peo? ple?only seven dollars and a few cents. I told President Starks that In every community in the South he would find sympathetic people among . ..... .?> , the sons and grandsons of ex-slave holders willing to help the colored people carry their burdens if they were appealed to. President Starks was surprised at the generous re? sponse and I told him there are hun? dreds like Mr. O'Donnell represented by the Episcopal, Methodist and Pres? byterian denominations and that he should make his needs known. Of course I gave considerable time to talking about the migration fever, begging the white people to make the negro happy and contented and to give him justice and better treatment and I tried to show to white and col? ored that migration is injurious to both races: that Providence had plac? ed both races here to work o-it our salvation where wc are by creating a better sentiment, and that if the white teachers and preachers would take the suggestion of Gov. Manning against mob law, and If the negroes would coperate by teaching our school children the cause for which the ma? jority of negroes are lynched and create sentiment in this Southland for a better South. I told them that this is the greatest country for the South? ern white man and the negro if both races would wake up and help hear each other's burdens, etc. I did not go to Sumter to raise mon? ey for myself. Rev. Starks wanted to know how much I charged. I told him not a cent, that the money con? tributed by the white people was not for mo but for Christian education, that the spirit the white people show? ed in contributing was worth Walking 25 miles to see. Some of as good peo? ple live in the South as anywhere in America. We simply need a better understanding between the better element of the negroes and the better element of the white people. I write this letter that the colored people of Sumter as well as the white people will know that under no circumstances had I spoken against miration; nei? ther had a single white man asked me to speak against migration or offered to pay me one cent for so doing. I did not even go there to raise money for the colored school, but R. W. W'est berry, a colored man in'whom I have the utmost confidence, a man interest? ed in the development of the colored people in the South, asked me to talK along the line I did, and no white man. I promised that on next Monday night or in the near future to return to Sumter if arrangement* ?re made, and deliver a humane lecture on "God Luck and How To Get It," and as I made an appeal to the white peo? ple Sunday to extend justice and mer? cy to the colored people ih their midst, In the next lecture I shall make an appeal to show mercy to birds, horses, dogs and all God's dumb crea? tures. These meetings are hot held for the purpose of raising money or to court the favor of white or colored people, but to proclaim the messages of the Prince of Peace. Richard Carroll. ? MILL COSTS HUGE SUM. To Manufacture Fahrte for Rubber Company in Wlnnsboro. Winnsboro, March 29.?According to a statement Issued today by Bos? ton capitalists, Owners of the" Wlnns? boro mills the big annex now build? ing to the old structure will aggregate a cost of $1,500,000, the operation of the hew plant to begin July 1, 1917. The output of the mill will be consumed by the United States Rub? ber company In the manufacture oZ automobile tires. A large force of workmen is rush? ing the job to completion to insure the starting of the machinery on con? tract time. Winnsboro business men are elated at the prospects of a new industry "near the outskirts of the town as a concrete evidence of the industrial future of the town. Plans are known to have been sub? mitted for the erection of a hotel on the miTl property for the quartering of the office employes and others but . no definite information as to the size and cost is available. DR. RISER AT WEDGEFIELD. Director of Sanitation Visits Sumter Town. Wedgefleld, March 29.?Dr. L. A. Riser, director of sanitation of the State board of health, delivered an interesting illustrated lecture in the school auditorium here last night to an appreciative audience. Dr. Riser was accompanied by E. I. Reardon, secretary of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, who spoke of the value to tho county of the contemplated health survey. Misses Mary Lemmon and Minnie Jones, home demonstra? tion agents, were also visitors, th<4 latter among the speakers. The oat crop that escaped the freeze is putting on new life nbw, and wheat is looking good now, and the large acreage sown here will bring relief to many from the high price of flour. FOUR N. G. APPOIXMENTS. Announced by Gov. Maiming in Quar? termaster Corps. Columbia, March 29.?G?v. Man? ning tonight announced the follow? ing appointments for the quarter? master corps of'the National Guard: Major. F. W. Glen, Major A. C. Doyle, Capt. Andrew Ancrum and Capt. D. H. Cotter, all of Columbia. Major Boyle was supply captain of tne Second South Carolina regiment on the border. Capt. Cottter Is a re? tired regular army sergeant. Farmers and others who live at dis? tance from a drug store should keep I in the house a bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment. It may be needed at any time for cuts, wounds, sores, sprains oc rheumatism. It is a pow? erful dealing and penetrating rem? edy. Price 25c, 50c adn $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.? Advt. Secretary of War Baker has an? nounced that there will be no general Internment of German citizens or reservists resident in this country In the event of war between Germany and the United States. "Everybody of every nationality who conducts him? self in accordance with American law will he free from official nolestatlon,'* says the secretary. To have a fine healthy complexion? the liver must be active, the bowels regular and the blood pure. All this is brought about by using Her bine. It thoroughly scours the liver, stom? ach and bowels, puts the ?hody m fine condition and restores that clear, pink and white complexion so mm'h desired by ladles. Prire 5ftc. Told by Sibert's Drug Store.?AdM.