The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 02, 1917, Image 4
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Published Wednesday ami Saturday
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The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed In 1860 and the True Houthron in
HCl. The Watchman and Southron
now ha? ti e combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
and Is manifestly the best advert is. n?.
medium In Sumter.
From German prisoners and from
letters taker* from dead iGermans, the
Wench and Kngllsh ha\e secured the
explanation of the desolation and do
vastatlon the Germans have been
leaving In the occupied portion of
France. It uppeurs that some time
back, at Verdun and elsewhere, the
German soldiers were rather Indiffer?
ent about their capture. The state?
ment Is thut ut different times thous?
ands of them threw down their arms
and Morally run to the enemy wire
enclosure*. Cnder the situation of af?
fairs Von Hindenburg conceived the
Idea of ordering all kinds of out
rag???, on the French property und
French people, both mule and female.
In his power, so as to stir his troops
to a reallxution of what ought to hap?
pen to them If they Nhould fall Into
the hands of the French. It is said
that the German soldiers were told
that SO sure US they should he cap?
tured by the French they would be
tortured to death and thut if the
French and Kngltsh should ever get
to the other side of the Rhine they
would not leave a vestige of their
homes or their Improvements. The
whole Idea was to goad the German
troops to desperation. It is claimed by
the highest French and military au?
thorities that svery German prisoner
who falls into their hands comes ex?
pecting to be put to instant death, und
they are tremendously relieved when
they find that the real tl <ng thut is
in store for them is only the kindest
of treatment.
Cultivate to Co tiervc Moisture!
Clemson College. May 28.?Owing
to the long dry spell and the com?
paratively small amount of fertilise**
used on crops this year, care should
be taken to see that the crop gets the
maximum amount of the fertiliser and
mm much of the moisture as possible.
Grass uses up a great amount of
molsture und the farmer (an t afford
to allow the gr.tss to take up tin- plant
l Mid which he put In the ground for
the crop. Frequent cultivation of
tfie land will keep down the grass and
weeds and will allow the corn and
cotton to get the greatest amount
of the fertilizer. The crop needs all |
the moisture It can get, an I If
shallow cultivation is practiced, the
mulch formed on the land will con
snrve the moisture that is in the
soil, as well iin Kill weeds and grass
which UMe u Considerable amount of
s ater und plant food, which si need
?d for the crop. Don't lot the crop
aarve or go thirsty for lack of suf?
ficient shallow cultivation.
Torpedo Exhibition.
R. I* Harris. Petty Officer. V. S
Navy, who Is in charge of the torp< do
on display in Sumter, gave an In?
teresting talk to the hoys and girls of
the high school Wednesday. Ho ex?
plained the working of the torpedo
and Its uses, going into detail as to
the scientific part of the work. Mis
talk was listened to hy all with inter?
est.
lb* a Farmer Patriot.
Clemson Collie, May ?V With
the packing house assured for the
State this fall i II farmers should re?
cruit at once In the army of meat
producers which will put South Car?
olina on a self supporting basis,
as well as help feed flu millions of
people who are now dependent on
the United Itotca for food supplies
Thin is the Ilm" fo? Ihe farmer to
axert himself more lhan ever to grow
flinty of food stuffs on the farm
The possibilities or a good wheat
nnd oat crop are \ery poor, and this
Snakes it ?11 the more necessary to
prepare to grow more feed stuffs
I sind to grow none meat than ever
before, lie u farmer patriot.
MIRACLE TO SAVE RUSSIA.
minister or FINANCE statin
1mh sthi \l> 11USIS so gueat
covntry faces eco?
nomic hi in.
vMeU Government Finds Solution
Soon Plants Working for D?ren??
Will Shut Down^Blg Factories Al?
ready Closing. *??
Petrograd, May 28 (via London,
May 29).?The Industrial crisis in
Itussia is so acute that, according to
a recent utterance of the minister of
finance, M. Shingaroff, only a miracle
can savo the country from economic
ruin. The demands of the workmen
were so enormous, he declared, thai
it seemed Impossible to keep the in?
dustrial wheels going for any great
length of time.
The Socialist memhers at a recen'
ministerial council, said that the only
possibility they saw of settling the
difficulty w~j o hrlng the war m a
close.
Neither' tho coalition cabinet nor
the newly appointed commission to
regulate the difficulties between cap?
ital and lal>or has yet found a way to
settle the industrial crisis. The com?
mission is composod of the ministers
of finance, trade and 'industry and
labor, but sinco there is a. wide di?
vergence of views between the minister
of finance and the new socialistic
minister of labor, it seems probuble
that this commission will be con?
fronted with the same difficulties that
attended previous efforts at reconcili?
ation.
An investigation, of the factory
conditions In Petrograd leads to the
alarming but inevitable conclusion
that unless the government soon loots
a means of adjusting the present dif?
ficulties most of the industrial -enter?
prises working for national defense
will be compelled to close within u
few months.
outstanding features of the la?
bor situation are us follows:
An Investigation shows that vir?
tually the same difficulties prevail in
all the big factories in Petrograd, and
apparently authentic reports from
Moscow, Lionet* and Ural districts in
dicate general disorganization. In
many of the factories the demands
by the workmen for Increased wages
are actually greater than the entire
profits of the factories under the best
conditions of production. The work?
men, through their committees, arc
in virtual command of the factories
and all business has to be submitted
to them for approval. Wages in a
majority of the factories have already
been Increased from 100 to 150 per
cent, but there has yet been no offset
in an udvunce of prices of output.
In a numl.er of the works in Petro
grud the workmen recently demanded
the Immediate payment of 13,000,000
rubles?normally $6,500,000?to cover
an Increase of fifteen kopecks an
hour for each workman since the be?
ginning of the war. The directors of
the organisation Immediately commu?
nicated ?vlth the government and
asked to be placed under voluntary
arrest as protection ngainst the
threats of the workmen, which, as
usual, accompanied the demands.
The directors were two days housed
in the ministry of Justice. The gov?
ernment finally informed the directors
that the matter would be considered,
and with the demand of the workmen
held temporarily In abeyance, the dl- I
rectors returned to the factory.
An eight-hour day has become ef?
fective in all factories. According to
the estimate of a leading manufactur- |
er. the mit put of these factories has
suffered an average decrease of I"
per cent since the revolution. He ex?
plained that till these concerns were
confronted with an imminent short?
age of raw materials and with bank?
ruptcy.
I Not only have the prices of pro
ducts not met the advance In wage*;,
byt payment has been so slow that i
industry is in urgent need of working]
capital. The manufacturers find it
difficult to borrow money, as the
banks naturally are not eager to ex- I
tend credit to factories which are in
control Of temporary workmen's com?
mittees. As a result some of the lac
I torles. according to this informant,
will be compelled to close within a
! month. An ironical feature of th ?
ditficuties confront*.is the employers i
the f tot that although ?ufforlM terl?
oils loss, they do not dare to Olol
their establishment. OWlni tO threats
Of bodily and material vengeance. The
pov.c,- of IhS workmen's committee so
fur has superseded the authority of
the owners, No man In n factory can
be dismiss.d without the consent of
the OOmhllttrf There |? nu way of
. nforeln? discipline . ? .? Id I he manu
f.icturer. and Idleness i; prevalent.
fit si.but Kuller, ?r the union
trade and industry attended :i recen*
conference ol Iht council nl ministers
and laid before it figures showin?
that the d.mands of the workmen >>r
the lionets and I'ral districts' far e\
. ? ? ds ihe profits w hich any concern
..cild hoje to rontlM and that the
facioiies could operate under present
conditions for only a limited time.
The Socialist ministers, who were
present, declared that the only possi?
bility they saw of settling the ques?
tion was winding up the war llrst of
tall
Mr. Kutler said that in eighteen
metal establishments in the Donets
district, with a capitalization of 195,
000,000 rubles and annual profits of
75,000,000, the workmen had de?
manded an increase; of 240,000,000 ru?
bles. The owners had agreed to 64,
000,000, hut the workmen refused to
accept this.
In some of the works, according to
the statement of a representative of
the union, the owners decided to cede
all. the profits to the workmen, but
even this did not meet their exorbi?
tant demands.
The demands in the Southern Rus?
sian factories amounts to 800,000,000
rubles. If these demands are met,
iron and steel would have to rise to
unheard of prices. In the Urals the
increase in wage demanded reaches
30,000,000 rubles, while the annual
business does not exceed 200,000,000.
Wll/b GO TO FRANCE SOON.
South Carolina College Men Ordered
to AI lent own, I ?a.
Wr hlngton, May 29.?Students
from jnlversitlea and colleges through?
out the country picked through the
inter-colleglate intelligence bureau for
service abroad with the United States
army medical corps have been order?
ed to assemble at Allcntown, Pa., for
training before being sent to France
The organization comprises 1,600 men
formed in units of thirty-six, an?'
they ha\'? been assured of seeing serv?
ice at an early date. ,
Among the colleges which has
contributed one or more units are:
Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Florida, Washington and Lee and Se i
wanee. "* ',J% <
The men will be assembled to meet
'the need for medical service as re?
quested by the French commission.
The total number to be enrolled will
bo 4,000 and all will be members of
the medical enlisted reserve corps.
TILLMAN UNDERGOES OPERA?
TION.
South Carolina Senator In Atlanta for
Treatment of Infected Arm.
Atlanta. May 30.?Senator B. ft
Tlllman is impatient to get back to
Washington and into the work in
congress. A minor operation was per?
formed at a local sanitarium this
morning at the seat of an infection
?n the arm contracted several months
- ;o for the purpose of caretlng the
infected, tissue and tonight Or. Black
man reports the senator in fine condi?
tion and comfortable. He expects a
rapid recovery. The senator expects
to get back to Washington probably
in a week.
SEMI-ANNUAL PROMOTIONS.
Greenville to Change Plans in City
Schools.
Greenville, May 30.?Effective next
year, the public schools of Greenville
will have semi-annual promotions it)
the grades instead of only one pro?
motion each year as heretofore. This
plan <>f semi-annual promotion Is
recognized as a great step forward 111
the Greenville school system ami
the school here will be put on a mud
higher standard than heretofore for
the pupils will receive more thorough
instruction ami education.
8UMTKR COTTON MARK KT
Corrected Dally by
FUNKST FIELD, Cotton Buyer.
OoOd Midding 21.
strict Middling 10 S-4.
Midding 20 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 2U 1-4.
Low Middling 20.
I NEW YORK COTTON MARK FT.
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llfM*U ttltftl t,4?tt Clone ig? UM
July . . 2 1.7." .7a .til .7:5 ,40
I Oct. . .21.40 ,40 .1 1 .20 .OH
Dec. . .21.17 ,47 .25 .29 .17
New York spots 22.10.
1
Che the Work Stock Plenty or Wa?
ter.
Clemson Collogo, May 28.?-Three
' times a day is not enough to water
i livestock. They should have, espe?
cially iti not weather, an opportunity
Of drinking at least live times daily
before each meal, and at Intervals
of I 1-2 to :? hours apart between
'. meals.
The animal that works in hot
weather on a B or hour stretch
without water suffers Intensely from
thirst, frequent wuterlng prevents
water cholle and other ill effects.
Never allow ihe animal to drink
when very hot. Always force him
du!; 1 such conditions to drink u
1
little at a time until n I liSlled.
I
MoffhjgO Licence Hmurd
White Mr. P. P, London, Sumte;
to Miss Lea MoRlveon, Maycsvllle.
Colored: Janus McLeod, Oswego,
to Delia Jenkins. Providence.
Liiteoln s. (tool Exhibit,
specimens of the work done by the
members ot the sewing class of the I
domestic science and industrial de?
partment of the Lincoln School are
on display In ore of the .show win?
dows of the O'Donnell Dry (Joods Co.
The exhibit Include! stylishly made
hand embroidered shirt waists, hand
embroidered lingerie, embroidered. ?
hand-made lace, crochet work, fancy
hand-bags, dress hats?designed and
trimmed by pupils and various other
articles. The exhibit is a most at?
tractive and interesting one and
proves that the industrial teacher in
the Lincoln school is doing construc?
tive work and that her pupils are
profiting by her instruction.
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so she could get
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footer said. 'Poor ;
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to fall dead any ;
time.' A friend
told mo Dr. Miles'
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cured tier fattier,
so I tried it, and
she began to Im?
prove. She took ;
a great many bot?
tles, but site 1?
spared to me to?
day, a fat, ro?y
cheeked girl. No one can imagine the
confidence I have in Dr. Mile!1 Heart
Remedy." A. R. CANON, W urth. Mo.
The unbounded confidence Mr.
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others who know its value front ;
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