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?out|)ron. ? ml Saturday NO COMPANY 8. C. ailvancc. AsTverUsecnents. 0ns gquare first insertion .. .. |l.?u Dil I suteeeuent insertion.5n Contracts for Ihre? months, or laager will bo made at reduced rules All communications which aul> sorro privat? Intarosts will bo charted for aa so^srtisements. Obttrsjrioa and trlbutos of roapect wttl so charged for. The) Ikamter Watchman was found la ifet and the True Southron in Watchman and Southron tho combined circulation and of both of tho old papors. manifestly the best advertising Sumtsr. "My country, msy she ever be right, rlaht of wrong, my country." "Whom do you love best?" My toother " "Whom next?" "My broth Sjr." "Whom nsxt?" "My brother.' Tho above sentiment* or whatever SUSS may call them, have gone down In history and will ever abide, because they as press that which In certain rotation* Is hughes* snd noblest In man. snd will always serve to Indicate the rule of our conduct and the lim? it of highest endeavor In thoso rela? tions. No man should ever be ashsmed of wall-doing, but strange as It may seem 'The highest and rarest of hu? man virtues Is moral courage." The lack of It Is the crying evil of our times. Men have not simply grown hold, but defiant In al sorts of wickedness. Ail you lue c to do to make a lot of deviltry, using that ' word in its broadest seniie, acceptlble,1 to % lot unpeople. Is to respectably; < tabllitatt^sTt. then to popularize It. let a lot of high browed, side mouthed advocates braxenly chare plon It. No ons surpasses evil doors in effrontery hut the devil. An old woman hinted to t. preach? er In hot conflict with vice. Kiss licks kill the devil." Long sgo, when Rome was In the tasking, cincinnatus decreed the death of his own son. who was In a compact to overthrow the state. Romo grew to bo a great snd powerful state, the mistress of the world, only because It had a cltsenshlp ukin to this great father. Hla love of the stato con- j trlbuted more than aught else to his immortality. History tells that he was a great geners). sn impartial ruler hut who will deny thai, his love for tho stats was the Inspiration of these. No state Is greater than Its people. It Is as true now us ever that "United we stsnd, divided, we fall." It was a wholesome lesson the old farmer taught his beys with the bundle of sticks. Acsoj, In his fable of the two oxen and the lion brings home to us the same truth. As long as the oxen stayed together, and were friendly, they deflod the lion. It Is true todsy as ever "There's none so blind an those who will not see." It does look like reasonable beings would bow to tho truth when they see it. but such is not the case A perverse spirit, like a mad bull, closes his eyes to sll reason, and rushes to destruction. How loudly he will declaim, snd the weaker his cause the more furious ho becomes. We are In a terrible war, and fight If for no thcr reason because it Is' our country's. If we are Americans our all Is on Its altar to win out. When Napoleon said "What France needs Is mothers," he meant such mothers us the Roman matron who said, calling her two boys to her knees. These are my gifts to Rome." Years sso In a backwoods school a teacher asked his pupils "Who has a llrst claim on you?" "God," they answered. "What next." he asked. Our country And next? My parents. Only children with smalt opportunities but with right conceptions of thing* The children were rtKht. My coun? try msy she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country. That Is the status of the citlx'-n. the patriot. Wo do rod vv uif the rest. To all th> world he says I lOVS mv country best. And next? My country. And ad flnlturn. .\l\ country to the utter ex elusion of the wor d. Wild rumor has It that our bane today is political harlotage. men accepting our good offices, enjoying the BflvHSffSI of clt Ixennblp but playing the harlot with the kaiser. And some of these Amer? ican born and bred are in Its pay. it "?II pay the authorities to remem>>i r the Trojan horse. In the gtoflott* struggle, for Independence all who supported the red coats were for many years called torles, a name coupled with shumo and social ostra? cism, and even to this day thelf descendants bitterly resent the hint of such descent. The time hus come when we ought to demand to know who's who. Ijet every one come out under his true colors. Old Joshua, pacing the camp of Israel in the long ago. came upon a stranger, and forth? with demanded: Are you for us or against us? Who doubts for a mo? ment they would forthwith have come to blows had the answer been unfa? vorable? It is not a time to mince matters. The idea of attempting the death of a huge rattler by tapping him with the cracker of your driving whip. Such conduct would damp you as a stark fool. Rattlesnakes are not killod that way, the devil is not overcome that way, the old woman's advice to the contrary notwithstanding. God knows one would prefer any day to be an alien, a hyphenated American, anythl ig. than this other kind with? out a namo. H. C. Bethoa. Rembert, Aug. 6. Wlsacky News Letter. Wlsacky. Aug. 8.?It is getting dry and our crops are beginning to need rain. It looks like we will get some soon, from tho appearanco of Uli clouds. Wo are saving fodder and it gener? ally rains during that time. Our corn crops are unusually good. Cotton looks woll, and is fruiting finely. Fruit and vegetables have bean abundant and quantities have been and is being canned or perserv ?d for future use. Our farmers have finished their crops and some gone on pleasure trips. Others gono at other tvork. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Montgomery loft last afternoon for Black Mountain, N. C. I hope the trip will be pleas- i int and helpful to both of them. ] Mr. Robert Coof r, Jr., has just | returned from a trip to Kentucky, : where he went to attend a sale of ilgh bred cattle. He bougnt 25 head, tmong which was a Guernsy bull for ] vhich he gave $350, this being about ; i&lf of his selling value. Mr. Cooper iow owns a herd of fifty high bred , 'ruerr.sv cows and heifers and two ' Ine bulls. He sold a male calf of one >f his beat cows one day old for |10J lollars. There was only one white man Irawn for service in this Immediate lection and he was exempted on ac? count of shortage in weight. It was l great relief to his parents, who were very anxious for fear ho would j :>e passed. The revival meeting being carried I on in the Frcsbyterian church of Bishopvllle is drawing crowds. Rev. Thacker, Presbyterian evangelist, is lolng the preaching. He is an earnest, fluent speaker, well versed In scrip lure and thoroughly prepared for the work. The music is led by Prof. .1. W. Jelks. The services aro held in the church. 11 A. M., and 8.15 P. M In the open air. The meeting will continue through the week, closing next Sunday night. Wo are pra/mg ind hoping for rich results. Miss Caroline Dick of Sumter |s visiting at the home of R. M. Coop tr. Misses Mary Hill and Elizabeth Ntuekey of Bishopvllle are visiting at Iho home of H. W. Scott, and i\lrs. Stack of Ellorce at the homo of her ?later, Mrs. J. N. S*cott. Tho red spider has made its ap? pearance in two or three places. Ef? forts are being made to check them by plowing a wide space around th? Infected spots. I have only sean one Rpot and that was quite small. The War and Oilier Things. Dark Corner, Aug. 7.?War, war la the great topic discussed here now. Some weeping while others arc down hard on congress and the conscript law. But the way of the transgres? sor Is hard and we as a nation haw got so far away from God until it wil take hard persuasion to get us back to Him. Yet He hath said 1 will be Inquired of. Also ho says call on me j in the day of trouble and I will du llver thee. Are wo calling? I fear not, as We should. For it seems as if some are almost ready to cry out thut God is not Just. Oil how mean we poor wretches can become. We have had good rains recently and crops are doing fairly well. Fo 1 der gathering has commem cd an I cotton is beginning to open. Rev. A. C. Corbett of D.il/tdl !? carrying on a protracted me."ting her at Btwoll'a chapel, tommenolng losl Sunday night. Kevs. Leslie of Plne? wood end w. g. Blwell were here tfunday night. Rev, Blwell is assisting in the meeting. He preached a tin ? sermon last night. I don't know how i long the Mooting win continue. Mor< \ soon from "lbrd Tlnieri " I .\-l*re*ldcut Taft ImproGng. Ctnyeenter, KaaM Aug. The con* dition of Former President Taft is Inn proved 1 ut he la still confined lo his room, lie suffered a sudden attack of I tomaetl trouble on Monday night. Why We Are At War With Germany. (By George Ade of the Vigilantes.) Hazeldcn Farm, Brook, Ind.?If you had approached the average citi? zen of the United States in June, 1911. and had asked how his sympa? thies lay as to the commercial war? fare going on between Great Britain and Germany, the chances are that he would have shown a cold indiffer? ence and an utter lack of partisanship. As between Great Britain, recorded in all school books as our hereditary foe, and Germany, a country that sent us many of our most amiable, industrious and useful citizens, the chances are that he might have expressed a good natured desire to have Germany get the upper hand in the markets of the world. Only five years ago the prosperous Americans Who mude frequent voyages to Europe or the West Indies showed u marked preference for the Ham? burg-American or the North German Lloyd. You would lind on one of those German boats an almost fra? ternal relationship between the offi? cers and the first-class passengers. I was on a big German ship in the West Indies a few years ago and I recall, with somo shame, that wo celebrated the Kaiser's birthday and sent him a long cablegram of congratulations and good wishes. Our students of music and art. our families seeking the placidity of an old-world atmosphere, our young doctors and surgeons, have flocked to Herlin and Vienna and Munich and Dresden, have adjusted themselves easily and comfortably to the Ger? man manner of living and have come home with a sincere affection for Ger-! man friends. Of all languages other than English, j Jermp.n has been favored in our pub-j lie schools. The accepted governess for a child of wealth has been aj frauleln. When England subjugated th< ! Boot* our sympathies ran with the! Boers, although the war was between 1 in English-speaking people and a race j related to the Continental Teutons J snd we got all of our war news from' British sources. We have had two great waves o* Immigration from Germany. Great' Britain sent to us only the Irish and ! they came to increase our distrust' find dislike of the socalled English-, speaking cousins. We have fraternized with the Ger? mans emulating their glorious exam? ples as to foaming beverages and Frankfurter sausages, but wo have always shied at an Englishman fresh ! from hi own shores. What I am trying to lead up to is this rational conclusion that: in the closing days of July, 1914, there was in this country no deep-seated racial prejudice In favor of the Anglo-Saxon as against a resident of the Gorman empire. To begin with, wo are not ad Anglo- j Saxon people. We arc a composite? a n - Iting-pot mixture. Wo do not even speak tho English language. I can prove that by the literary reviews of Great Britain. Only a few alarmists and extremists ever suggested that we were in danger of a German invasion and tho man who wanted to talk about tho coming European war couldn't find any one to talk to. V by. David Starr Jordan had demonstratedv by higher mathe? matics and biological research that such a calamity as a general Euro? pean war was an absolute impossibil? ity and that it was criminal folly for us to build up an army and navy with money that might be devoted to the strengthening of each congressman In his own district. Dr. Jordan is still running around, trying to collect the fragments of ids busted theories. He is our best authority on fishes and he provos it every time he talks about i war. All the soothing assurances of the' peace-lovers have come to naught I This time the cry of "Wolf!" was not' a false alarm. The unbelievable thing has happened. We arc at war with our friends of yesterday. We have marked as an enemy every man i Who gives Undivided allegiance to the Kaiser because we know that the Kaiser would, if he could, do to us ten times over what lie did to unoffending Belgium. x In Gernian>' it is commonly believed that the pro-ally sentiment over herc^ Is a poisonous product, encouraged1 and fostered by British falsehoods We are n simple and credulous peo-, t le. avaricious and lacking the long Vision of those who would build em- i pires and control large destinies Is there any measure of truth In their belief that We have been misled snd hoodwinked by Britain? Now thai we are In the war, can any man convince himself thai we might have kept out of it'.' Should we have re? fused to sell munitions to the allies'.' Could WS have repressed and held In cheek our feeling of gratitude to France for services rendered lone, ago? ' If we can give straight answers to these questions we are doubly fortified for the war. And, if these questions suggest themselves to us, time and time again, it is not because we have our doubts, but because the more judicially and cold-bloodedly and impartially we cross examine ourselves, the more evident it becomes that we either had 10 go into this war or surrender our ? harter as a free people. Two prodigious facts stood out be? fore us at the beginning of the strug? gle. All the sophistries and indirec? tions of the diplomats, all the green books and blue books and white books Hooding the world, all of the libraries that will be written In expla? nation and defense never can remove or even alter these two mountain peaks of truth. One fact was that Germany de? liberately forced the war because it seemed that the fortunate Day had arrived when the continent of Europe could be pounded into submission. The other fact was that Germany deliberately broke her word of honor and outlawed herself by the brutal in? vasion of Belgium. With these two facts looming in front of them, the American people immediately and instinctively turned against Germany. Our sympathies were given whole-heartedly to the al? lies because they couldn't go any? where else. The issues were too plain. The evidence was too unmistakable. Great Britain and France did not lead us. We were led by an old-fashioned and elemental preference for decency and fair play. Af ^r that we sold food and mu? nition to the enemies of Germany. The Germans have always insisted upon their right to sell guns and shells anywhere In the world at any time. Our soldiers in the Spanish-American war were killed by German bullets bred from German guns. Every Fili? pino insurrecto hiding in ambush to get one of our men carried a German weapon that had been smuggled to him. We had a right to sell our products to Great Britain and Frunce. And now, thank goodness, we can say Openly what we have felt all the time, j that it was our duty to supply them.' With half of the world on lire, a good many dark places are being il? luminated. This war has vindicated Brltleh policies ani crowned France with glory that never can perish. Germany with all of her cleverness, foresightedpess and preparedness forj any contingency has persistently blun? dered in her guessing as to other na-. t ions. Germany played every other . country in the world for either a fool j or a coward. France could not long1 resist because her army was disor? ganized and her people lacked heroic fiber. Belgium would yield if it saw an invincible army crossing the fron- i tier. Great Britain dared not come j in. If she did, Ireland would rebel, Egypt would uprise, there would be! civil war in India, tho Boers would j light for Germany, and Canada might be seized by the United States. Bus- \ sia was to be bamboozled and corrupt- I ed. The Balkan states were to be had for the picking. The qualities which enable a peo? ple to wage war successfully?tenacity, obedience to superiors, unfaltering loyalty, the willing spirit of sacrifice, the ability to husband resources and concentrate energies?these were not to be found anywhere except in Ger? many. The disappointment of Germany has been the triumph of democracy. We find the London cockney lighting alongside of the Canadian, the New Zen-lander, the Arab from Soudan, tho Irishman from Cork, Sikhs and Ghourkas from India, and Boer Dutchmen from South Africa. Which means that Great Britain is on tho square. We know that France is on ? j the square and we have a very definite suspicion that we are trying to be on the square. There isn't a reasonable doubt on the horizon. We arc lined up with the friends of humanity against the archdevils of despotism. If the Eusitania had not been j sunk; if our men, women and chil- j dren had not been murdered; if our flag had not been fired upon; if we had not received insolent orders to tie our ships to the docks; if spies and .agents had not blown up our fac? tories; if Mexico and Japan had not been urged to attacks us; if Germany had never struck us in the face, even once?we would belong in this war just the same, and duty would call us to do the very work we are taking up today. SENDING FINDS TO GERMANY. Federal Authorities Find Teutons in Cleveland Are Forwarding Mono v. Cleveland. Auer. 7. Federal agents today were Investigating reports that thousands of dollars in money is be I j ing sent monthly from Cleveland to I Germany through the Swiss govern? ment. i Investigation! if is said, has revealed that scores of Germans and persons of I(leiman extraction are sending fund: to Germany, ostensibly to relatives, j Federal officials want to learn wtieth or .iny of this money Is reaching th I (lermnn government. Programme Sumter Co. Sunday SGhool Convention. (Convention Keyword: "Service.") To be held In the PIr?t Baptist Ciiurch, Sumter, S. C, Aug lUh und 15tli, 1917. l"lr?t Duy, First Session. 10.00 A. M.? Song Service. 10.10?Bilde Message and Prayer. 10.20?The Convention Keyword, "Service." by Bon. T. B. Fr?ser. 10.50?Thoroughly Furnished for Service, by R. D. Webb. 11.20?The Teacher a Part of a Great Movement, by Mrs. S. P. Moore. 11.60?Brief Reports of the Year's Work by Chas. [* Cuttlno, Count. President, Mrs'. H. L> Birchard, Secretary and Treasurer; Mrs. R. E. Edmunds. Elementary Supt., J. H. Haynsworth, Secondary Supt.. ('. M. Hurst, Adult Supt. 12.30?Appointment of Committees, Enrollment of Dclcgatss. Adjourn? ment for Dinner. First Day?-Second Session. 4.00 P. M.?Song and Prayer Service. 4.16?Reports of District Presidents: District No. 1, B. P. Cuttino; Dis? trict No. 2. J. C. Dunbar; District No. 3, W. H. Ramsey; District No. 4, S. D. Richardson; District No. 5, J. H. Wilson; District No. 6, W. H. Beall. 4.35?Securing Home Co-operation, by Mrs. H. M. Stuckcy. 5.00?Programme of Service for the Adult Class. Discussion and Con? ference led by R. D. Webb. 5.30?The Elementary Programme, by Mrs. S. P. Moore. 6.00?Adjournment. Second Day?First Session. 10.00 A. M.?^ong and Prayer Service. 10.15?The Needs of the Rural School, by E. W. Dabbs. 10.45?The Challenge of the Teen Age, by Mrs. H. P. Moore. 11.16V-Service for All and by All. By R. D. Webb. 12.10?Adjournment. Second Day?Second Session. 4.00 P. M.?Song and I*rayer Service. 4.15?Reports of Nominating Committee. 4.25?Work with the Juniors, by Mrs. S. P. Moore. 4 55?The Spiritual Goal of the Sunday School, by T. V. Walsh. 5.25?Question Box. Conducted by R. D. Webb. 5.50?Time and Place of Next Meeting. fi.00?Adjournment. TO REMAIN GOVERNOR, Manning Denies Rumor of Prospective Resignation. Columbia, Aug. 8.?Rumor that CJov Manning would resign as chief exe? cutive of South Carolina to become a member of the interstate commerce commission in Washington was gen? erally reported on the streets of Co? lumbia yesterday. The governor de? nied that there was anyhing in the report. BLAME IT ON WILSON. Austrian* Hitter Over China's Kntcr-: ing War. Amsterdam, Aug. 8.?Austro-Hun-j garian newspapers, according to a j telegram from Vienna, view China's] declaration of war as the work of the ! entente, especially President Wilson, j It is aimed as a blow at German and | Austro-Hungarian business interests in China and to oust two troublesome trade competitors by furnishing the Chinese with a pretext to cancel their debts, rescind railway and min? ing concessions granted to Austrians and Germans, confiscate Austro-Ger ma capital invested in the country, seize their ships and intern their sub? jects. HOME RULE CONVENTION. Meeting in Dublin Reassembles After Long Repose, Dublin, Aug. 8.?The Irish home rule convention reassembled today. Since it was adjourned July 26 a more sanguine feeling was developed that the conference will have good results. Importance is attached here to the interview which Sir Horace Plunkett. chairman of the convention, had with King George, it being taken to indi? cate the royal interest in the pro? ceedings. All the Dublin newspapers today give prominence to a letter from Sin? clair Lisburn, a leading l ister Union? ist, strongly favoring a home rule set? tlement including all of Ireland. IMMENSE CORN CROP. Indications Point to Record Urea king Yield. Chicago, Aug. 7.? Extremely satis? factory conditions in regard to the crop outlook for corn were greatly heightened today by soaking rains that broadly speaking covered the western half of the corn belt. Ac? cording to some estimates current here the total yield of corn in the United States this season promises to be 100, O00.OOO bushels in excess of any pre? vious record. A generally accepted forecast this afternoon was that the government crop report to bs issued tomorrow would IndlCStS a crop of about 3,200, 000,000 bushels against 2,683,000,000 bushels harvested last year. Men of Training Camp Create Splen? did Impression, American Training Camp. Aug. 9.? The deepest Impression one gains af? ter three weeks in an American camp is the absolute earnestness and se? riousness of the splendid young men who take the task before them. There is no disposition to underestimate the meaning of the work cut out for them. They are eager to absorb war knowl? edge ami when called upon to act RS instructors, it is believed they will be found eminently qualified. GERMANY'S LOSS. Her Rulers Have Brought Her Name Into Disrepute. From the New York Evening Post. After three years of war we hear a great deal about German man-power being exhausted. There is renewed talk about German finances being at the point of collapse. That Germany's food supply is failing everybody knows; that many of her industries are ruined, is not denied; that her shipping and commerce have suffered blows from which it will take a gen? eration to recover, is admitted by Ger? man business men. It is not strange that they are reported to be urging peace as an imperative necessity if anything is to be saved out of th: wreck. But Germany has to mourn today a greater loss than any of those men? tioned. Elte has lost her reputation. She has squandered her moral assets. At a time when she needs to call up all her reserves of good faith and confidence, she finds that they have been wasted. Nobody believes her. Nobody trusts her. Upon the German government the disagreeable evidence that it is morally bankrupt is being pressed from every quarter. This Is the indisputable truth which stands out in the reception throughout the world of the latest peace proposals by Germany. They meet with almost universal skepticism and suspicion. It is Germany herself that nas taught tho world to distrust her. A long course of lawlessness heaped upon duplicity, of brutality inter? mingled with deceit, has made every utterance of the German government suspect. Hence the amazing, the pain? ful, unanimity with which public men and tho press in all belligerent and neutral countries have looked upon the repeated peace proffers of the Gorman authorities as merely a snan for the unwary. What new betrayal are they preparing? For,what fresh burst of ferocity t? all this a mask? Such are the questions everywhere provoked by the German official ad? vances in behalf of peace. Germany ostensibly holds out an olive branch, but prudent Statesmen insist upon ex? amining it to see if it does not conceal a dagger. Thus Is the fatal and terrible pun? ishment of Germany already begin? ning. She is reaping what she ha I sowed. Her rulers have brought the good name of their country into dis? repute. Their promises no longer pass anywhere at their face value. Every government move by German is closely scrutinized to see if some treachery is not wrapped up in it. It is as if the word ' German'* had now become the international trade? mark for double-dealing. \ii-ship Passes Over the City. Quite a number of persons this morning SSW an airship BUSS over the city at aboi.t 11 o'clock. The machine was very high, seeming only about two feet in length, and the kind could not be ascertained. It was moving in a western direction. Miners Want Pence by Agreement HIM| Democratic Reforms. Amsterdam, Aug. 9.?A meeting of eight thousand miners at Essen for the discussion of coal production, food and wages, developed into an impres? sive demonstration for peace by agree? ment and democratic reforms. Es? sen is the center of Pan-German propaganda.