The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 04, 1917, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed In I860 and ths True Southron in
1M??J. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
ami Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
Tho Sumter County Fair.
The Sumter County Fair Association
Is about ready to put its 1917 Fair
Premium LLit in the hands of tho
printers. Thin bus been delayed be?
cause the directors were Informed that
a number of Kumter's business estab?
lishments desired to offer premiums
for different departments of the fair.
The directors have requested Mr.
E. I. Keardon'to call on Sum tor's
business establishments early next
week to give them an opportunity to
subscribe either cash or commercial
commodity prizes. Knch firm, cor?
poration, or individual donating any
article or cash wll be well advertised
by the names of the donor's being
printed In the 1917 Sumter County
Fair Premium list. Mr. Reardon has
been selected as superintendent of
publicity and information for the
county fair, and will have a commit?
tee of ten business men and farmers
serving with him to thoroughly adver?
tise the fair and to furnish informa?
tion. Mr. H. L. Tisdale has been
eleetsd secretary of the fair associa?
tion, and is a very busy man indeed;
he with President O. A. Lernmon, vico
president J. F. Williams, and Dr. M.
I* Parier being the committee In
charge of the erection of the various
fair buildings and arrangement of tho
fair grounds.
Tho Sumter County Committee of
Public Safety has promised to stand
behind the 1917 fair, and with one
hundred of this committee working,
and Sumter's business men coperat
Ing with the stockholders and offi?
cers, the 1917 fair ought to be made
a success from svery angle.
A Few Dots From Dark Corner.
Dark Corner, June 28.?Things are
'aim and serene In this corner. Farm?
ers are laying by corn and planting
>ei\* side dressing cotton, etc.
.?'lent ? of cotton blooms to be seen
Some cotton has stepped growing and
the stalks have become red. Mr. Gus
Weeks has the prettiest piece of cot?
ton 1 have seen. It Is green and
growing nicely, and C. P. Weeks has
some trie corn. Mr. Hlandtug Ardis
also lias good corn. Wheat has all
been gathered and the yield has been
fairly good.
Mrs Johnston, wife of Mr. W. P.
Johnston, who lives Just across the
line over In Clarendon, and one of
her children were bitten by a mad dov
last Friday. It was Mr. Johnston's
do* and he succeeded In killing it be?
fore It left home.
The health of the community is
pretty good.
Mr. T. II. Osteen has been some?
what Indisposed, but has so far recov?
ered we 11 he and Mis. Osteen expect
to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ged?
dings near Tourney's today.
Mr. J E. Johnston has a very bad
ease cf tooth achs.
Mrs. Joe Rartlette of Pinewoo 1
visited her father Mr. C. H. Johnston
of this place Tuesday and Wednes?
day, returning home this morning
Mr. and Mrs. C. H Johnston visited
st Mr. II. C. Scott's near Paxvllle last
Saturday.
Mrs. Theodoela It. Kolb formerly of
this place, hut for several years a
resident of Charleston, spent ln^t week
hero at Rlmhlll. She expects to spend
sometime around here and at Pine
wood with relatives and then she In?
tends to go to Sumter and stay awhll?
with her son. Mr. C. T. Kolb and
from there she expects to go t<
Chadburn, N C, to slay awhile wit.i
her brother, Mr. II. I* Wells.
Rev. A. C. Corbett. of Dal/ell fail?
ed t ? till his appointment here on the
third Sunday from sickness. Hope ho
will be able to be with us next Sun
day A. M.
Rev. VV H I Iwell preached a fine
sermon here on the night (Sunday) of
the 17th. Come again Uro. K.
Hi1 d Times.
Hid Russian vokda leak Into China
or was Chinese opmm smuggled Into
Russia? What causes this spree"
Perhaps It Is Herman kummell that
has brought on the Jag?Columbia
Record.
If you wl*h to find a prize idiot,
watch on the street corner for the
man who will not lift a linger to help,
I g4 who Is willing to tell you bow h<
would manage the situation If he wa
prssldent.?Commercial Appeal.
IW1IU1I FIGHTING IS IMMI?
NENT.
London, June 30.?A year ago to?
morrow the ullies started the battle
of the Somme. Sir Douglas Ralg*S
Canadians served notlefc today thai
they mean to celebrate the anniver?
sary in the shadow of the ruins of
I?ns. They tightened their grip
around the battered citv still furtlu r
pushing ahead another mile on ;
front of four miles.
On the other hand, the German
crown prince made It clear that h<
has by no means given up his effort
to redeem himself for his failure at
Vordun. It was tho battle of tlu
Somme, coupled with Pruslloff s great
drive, that forced the Teuton throne
heir a year ago to stop the greatest
drive of the war at a moment when
the prise seemed within his grasp.
A new drive against the big French
fortress is on. The bitterness and fury
accumulated in 12 months of constant
sparring with the British "niggers" is
being thrown into this new effort.
Verdun is an obsession not only with
the crown prince, but with nil Ger
I mans. Troops hurled into battle there
fight with fanatic death defiance, die
with a smile on lips that murmur
"Verdun." happy in the belief that
another inch toward the fort -ess has
been gained by their valor.
So It was late yesterday. Picked
troops, veterans who were In the thick
of tho Douaimont and Vaux storms
a year ago last February; others whe
served under Falkenhayn in the
Tran8>*lvanlan passes and still oth?
ers who were with Mackensen at the
Dunajec, "the kaiser's best," leaped
across their parapets into a cyclone of
fire. )
A field gray mass one and three
quarters of a mile long stormed o >
through the hall of hot metal to the
west of Dead Man hill that gruesome
height on and around which hundreds
of thousands of Teutons and IJjetu ;
men have died.
"Over the whole length of tho front
attacked," Paris frankly conceded to
day, "the crown prince's troops suc?
ceeded In penetrating the Frond
line." But they were "almost anni?
hilated" in doing so, and when Petain's
men had rallied and began to hit bac
the invading muss had surged back
at most of the vital point?! pierced
Only on the slipes west of Dead Man
hill did they hold their gains com?
pletely. Eighty prisoners were taken
by the French. They belonged to fou
different regiments.
A fierce battle also took place near
the other gruesome height, Hill 304. It
la between this height and Dead Man !
Hill that the crown prince is trying
to wedge himself through toward Ver?
dun's eastern forte. Two days ago the
Germans In what then seemed more
like a local surprise attack had made
some gains west of Hill 304. The
French canto back yesterday and
snatched most of these gains back at
tho point of the bayonet. The German
big guns are pla>ing their fire stead?
ily upon the French lines nil tho way
from Avoncourt to Mort Hommo. The
crown prince's strategic aim hero Is to
break through to the Verdun-Paris
railway.
Meanwhile the crown prince als^
pushed his new offensive below lAon.
There, too, the French suffered a re?
verse, according to official admission
from Paris. With tho use of 11 pild
flames the Germans gained a foothold
In a salient northwest of Corny. This
salient was, however, "completely lev?
eled by tho bombardment." the French
report says.
Berlin today reported the capture of
FiOO motors of French positions on ttio
eastern slope of Hill 304 and of sever
al French lines near Corny, south of
Li hovel I*- farm.
Sir Douglas Halg's report tOdA!'
placed emphasis on the slight casual?
ties suffered in the advance on Lens
while the Oeirnans sustained consld
erable losses.
"Positions of strength as well an of
tactical and strategic importance pi"
ours," says the statement.
The German war otllce today flatly
stated that attacks are expected on
the eastern front. The Russian can?
nonading is on the same front which
Brusslloff attacked with such vigor a
year ago last month?tho wnolo line
southeast of Ilmberg.
Rome admitted today lb ? enforced
evacuation by the Italians of part i f
Angello pass. They bold tin* eastern
end. however.
Tho Russian offensive h n already
begun, according to tonight's official
statement from Rerlin. It stated that
General BntSSHofTl Infantry ate at?
tacking on a front of about 37 mlleti
southeast of Lemberg, tho G.iliciar
capital
The attacks broke down, the Ger?
man report stated.
The British night official said an?
other siirbt gain towards bens for
General llalv's troops h i I been made
Who could have foretold, even a
f? w months ago that before the war
should be concluded Mrs. Pank hu re I
ami KllhU Root would have bad a
conference in Petrograd??The State.
GERMAN VESSELS TO 1VE VSEB.
Washington, Juno 30.?a long itrido
towards the solution of the shipping
and transport problems was taken to?
day by the president. lie signed an
executive order turning over to the
United States shipping board 84 seized
German vessels, a total tonnage of
500,000.
These ships undoubtedly will be
used exclusively in trans-Atlantic ser?
vice. Some of them have already be?
come transports.
The president authorizes the ship?
ping board to repair, commission and
man them for operation by the gov?
ernment or under lease or charter.
This tonnage does not include the
14 German ships already taken over
by the navy department nor the Aus?
trian vessels acquired by purchase.
The total Teutonic tonnage now In
possession of the United States is
about con,ooo.
The ships included in the ordei in?
clude half a dozen of the famous At?
lantic fliers which have been rusting
in New York harbor since the war
began. Others are German ships
which sought protection In nearly all
our deep water ports as soon as war
gave the British cruisers control of
the seas.
The repnir of these ships has been
proceeding rapidly despite efforts ol
the Germans to cripple them. Secret
processes for the repair of the ships
have been in the possession of our
navy for years. It was supposed that
it would take months for the United
States to reproduce these parts as
they were all in German standard size
for which we had no designs and no
models.
The navy beat the Germans at their
own game, however. It has been
known for some time that the nav
has applied its scret repair method?
to the damaged parts and that th<
?hips will be shortly as good as new.
NORWAY GETS ANGRY.
Christiania, Norway, June 19.?
There is great Indignation along the
northwestern Norwegian coast ovc
the action of Germany In practically
prohibiting Norwegian coastwise traf?
fic in that region through Its declar.
tlon of a danger ozne in the Arctic.
This entire district is without rail?
roads and must be served with tho
necessities of life by means of sea
borne traffic. But it is Impossible for
the coasting vessels to sail from -one
port to another without^ coming out
into the German danger sone, there?
by risking ships and lives. The re?
sult has been the practical abandon?
ment of this very vital traffic, with
a considerable pott of Norway threat?
ened by starvation as soon as the
present stocks of food for men and
animal, fuel and other necessary ar?
ticles are exhausted.
Germany, while making no mov
to enable Norway herself to serve the
district thus cut off, has been prompt
to take commercial advantage of the
situation by putting a line of German
boat;', which are immune from u-boar
activity, on the route from which
competition has been thus eliminated
These Gorman boats expect to have
on absolute monopoly of sailing to
and from the northern Norwegian
ports and the principal Norwegian
fishing markets, where they can ex
change German goods at war price;
for dsn, ore ana flsh oils.
The German company has even
been daring and impudent enough to
offer its service to the Norwegian gov
irnment, desiring to enter into a sue
cial agreement with the government
here for the maintenance of regular
freight and mail routes. Thus far the
government has refused to have any
dealings with the company, but it
may be forced to accept the German
offer In order to save its own peopl ?
in the north from famine.
Sunday afternoon as he was board?
ing the train for Bishopvllle, Archie
Pholps picked up a roll of greenbacks
which contained $210. The roll was
found in the aisle of an empty pas?
senger coach. Though Archie could
easily have appropriated the money
for his own use, he reported his find
to Policeman Berwick, who found
that 'be money belonged to Captain
Scott, a railroad man, who had drop?
ped it when changing cars.
Archie is to be highly oommends'J
for his honesty In reporting that, he
ha?l found this amount and in turnin;
it over to its owner.
Free Bulletin on Potatoes.
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
has received twenty-five copies of bul
letlon No. 548 from the United States
Department of Agriculture In the hur
veelng, storing and marketing of
sweet potatoes Which Will be distribut?
ed free lu those desiring same. With
cob bulletin will be also furnished.
bills of material for potato hous<
Construction. These bulletins will b<
mulled out free with bills of matertfl
Or delivered to those who call Jit th
chamber of Commerce. Clemson W?>i
legs will also mall Ihls bulletin to apy
one wi Itlng for same.
THE Xi:\Y BRITAIN.
(From the London Daily Mail.)
Britain is rapidly advancing to the
position of a self-contained country.
The nearer she advances to that point,
the worse it will he for her enemies.
Before the war a certain school of
politicians taught that wealth and
happiness, which are not synonymous
terms, were only possible through a
world-wide trade. Under their au?
spices the age-old proportion of rural
and urban population was reversed,
and at the outbreak of the war three
fourths of the population lived in
towns and only a fourth lived in the
rural parts. It WU believed that in
industrialism alone lay the path to
wealth. Agriculture became a "side
line," as the shopkeepers say.
It has needed a world war to teach
us the truth that not only wealth but
security and industrialism rest upon
agriculture. /We have also discovered
that under normal conditions foreign
trade can alone sustain a population
which has become mainly urban, and
that social conditions dopend upon its
volume. But for the fact that indus?
trialism today is mainly concerned
with the production of munitions of
war, millions would be crying for
bread. If we had no industries beyond
munitions, we should have nothing to
exchange the food that is brought us
overseas. Munitions are providing the
bread of millions.
Here is a problem for labor to solve.
Can prosperous agriculture exist side
by side with flourishing industrialism?
The man who can solve this problem
will bo a greater than tho man who
made two blades of grass to grow
where only one grow before.
There will ho no revolution like it..
A self-contained Britain, whenever it
comes, will mean the spreading of the
people over tho face of tho country
and the breaking up of unwieldlv
masses crowded together, because
only in that way can they oarn their
broad. We shall learn that agricul?
ture and industry are one and tho
same when the commonwelth comes
into its own.
23 States Bono Dry at Midnight.
Washington, June 30.?Twenty
three states become bone dry at mid
night tonight, the hour at which be?
comes effective the iteed amendment
prohibiting the shipment of liquor into
any territory where its manufacture
or sale Is prohibited. These are the
States wholly affected by the act:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo?
rado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine.
Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolin",
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.
Washington and West Virginia.
Those partly affected are: Califor-J
nia, Connecticut, Delaware, I^ouis.ana.
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minne; eta,
New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and
Texas.
These states will be affected at fu?
ture dates:
Alaska, January 1. 191S; Indiana
April 3, 1918; Michigan, April 30
1918; Montana, December 31, 191S.
ajid Utah, August 1, 1917.
The law bars from publication,
whether in states or smaller corpora
tions .all mail matter containing ad?
vertisements or solicitations for or
dors for intoxicants, in order to sup?
press the activities of mail order
houses.
Justice and postofflco department
officials have made every preparation
to enforce the law. Methyl alcohol is
regarded by the federal government
as an intoxicating liquor within the
meaning of the act, but wood and
denatured alcohols are not so re?
garded. No ruling has been made
regarding the status of patent medi?
cines containing alcohol.
DO YOU HAVE DIZZY SPELLS?
It's Important to Tiearn the Cause, as
Many Sumter People Have.
Dizziness is never a disease of itself
?it's only a symptom of some deeper
seated trouble. Much dizziness Is
caused by disordered kidneys failing
to tllter all the poisons from the blood.
These poisons attack tho nerves and
dizziness results. If you are subject
to dizziness, there is good reason to
suspect your kidneys, and if you suite
backache, headache, and bladder dis?
order, you have further proof. Many
Sumter people have learned the val?
ue of Donn's Kidney Pills In just such
cases. Read this Sumter woman's
statement:
Mrs. Annie C. Carncs, 107 Bart
lette St., says: "My kidneys were dis?
ordered ami my back ached. 1 had
headaches and disy spells, too. i used
Doan's Kidney Pills us directed ami
they cured the trouble."
Price &0o, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
I)oati's Kidney Pills?the same that
cured Mrs. Carnes. Fostor-Milburn
Co., Props., B'ttslO, N. Y. ? Advt. 4 1
soi,nil:ks' livkh will bk in
Sl ki d.
Government Determined Upon In?
demnity Policy.
Washington, July i.?Represents.-1
tives of all the great life Insurance
companies In the country arc ex?
pected to meet Secretary McAdoo and
other cabinet members here tomorrow
to consider plans for insuring the lives
of men in the naval and military ser?
vice.
The administration is determined
that the lives of soldiers, sailors end
marines shall lie insured. It is prob?
able that the insurance men will be
asked for expert advice on the plans
presented by the commerce depart?
ment two weeks ago to the council of
national defense.
| Under the proposal the government
would insure the men in service for
I limited amounts in case ol death, in?
jury Of capture?I system similar to
that imposed upon owners in the mer?
chant marine. In addition to this men
would bo permitted to take further
insurance.
Buch ? plan, if accepted, probably
would sound the knell of the pension
system. The total amount of money
paid in pensions growing out of the
Civil war, In which 2,200,oti0 federal
fighters were engaged, has approached
$.-,.?1(01,000.(?00. Officials point out that
assuming the United States sent the
same number of men into the present
war and was forced to pay the ex?
treme liability for all of them $5,
000,000,000 would allow nearly $2,
200 for each man. In the plans sub?
mitted to the defense . ouneil, the ?
extreme liability of $4,000 was sug- "
pested. In the merchant marine
death benefits range from $1,500 to
$5,000.
NOT TOO LARGE NOR TOO SMALL
This Bank is not TOO BIG, nor TOO LITTLE
It is VAG ENOUGH to give confidence and assurance to its
customer?.
It is SMALL ENOUGH to give careful attention to YOUK
affaire.
YOUR little account will not be neglected.
And no mattet how LARGE your account, we can take
J care of It.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
United States, County and City Depository
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
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Independence Day
July 4th
Liberty is our national heritage.
Our forefathers sacrificed ;tll to its
cause.
For 141 years it has been the birth?
right of our people.
The time once more is here when
America is in arms maintaining
the fundamental rights of man.
On July 4th, the day on which we
celebrate the birth of our nation?
A Legal Holiday
?let us pledge anew to each other
"our lives, our fortunes and our
sacred honor" that this "govern?
ment of the people, by the people,
for the people shall not perish
from the earth."
The National Bank
of Sumter.
Banking By Mail
A pleasing feature of this bank is the
rapid growth of its out-of town business.
Every mail brings us deposits from dis?
tant customers. We give particular attention
to this class of business.
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