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Terms:
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Advertisements.
Ont Square Hrst insertion .. . .|1.0(
Kvery subsequent insertion.&t
Contracts for three months, 01
longsr will be mads at reduced raten
All communications which sub.
serve private Interests will ho char**!
for as ad\9rtlsenien' a
ohltuuries and tributes of respect
win !>? charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found?
ed In 1*50 and the True Southron tr
IMC. The Watchman and 8outhror
has the combined circulation ami
influence of both of the old paper*
?0 I is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
A RKRlOt'S MATTER.
The work of food conservation is
IM lb.it should cii'inr.'.-! the atten
tlon of every thlnkliiK man and wo?
man and admit* of no OSSjlSel
H.?over. who I ?? p. t f. s-a
that the ask of bearing homo to the
people the necessity of food conserva?
tion Is a man's w ?rk. and a Pig man's
work at that.
Just about one out of each one
hundred of our people seem to restffcss
this necessity.
The time* are prosperous; products
are bringing big prices, work, that is
man power. is In demand and i*
bringing large pay. In the midst of
pl? gt]| few can realise that want is
lurking behind.
It Is the disposition of the usu il
man and woman to let others utter d
to public matters and public move?
ments* Let George do it" is the idea
"Mure, that's a good thing." says r;u h
to himself but 1 gue ;s somebody elre
will look after It."
Are you one of that kind. Of I I
you one of the few who will sacriti :e
yourself, you. business, your time. 09*4
will help?
Host probably you are one of tin
selfish and careless many.
Wh> not change your habits and
help with tho work taat will bOffOfll
the many? That will benefit you?
The real reason Is because you have
never thought Think ohout It .some.
The wheat, the meat, the sugar | I I
the fats of America and of her allies
are not enough by onc-tlfth. I'.v
?mixing one-tlfth. or by substlUt
Ing one-tlfth. there will !*? a plenty. It
Is this that tho government is tgfctflg
of each and of all of us.
The Kuropean nations have biead
cards and n i ds Their govern?
ments decree how much each Int'l
vblual shall have.
Free America does not wnn'? the
card system Installed here.
Our armies, our tig ding men. ar??
going to bo maintained In comfort, i.o
matter whether we stay-at-home*
gjpggf fat or grow thin.
Shall we control the fond suprl.\
ourselves, or shall we have It cou
tro b?d for u* I
You wb<? have n son In service, are
are you willing to leave undone this
little bit that you can do?
fSJSj gdjM afS at home enjoying your
usual life while your aotgdjbOf is
tearing arms, are you unwilling to
help at all?
The rood conservation 0001pal g0 Is
to bring home t> all the absolute at
resaity of this patriotic cooperation.
The campaign Is now on.
Will yon help?
Are you a slacker |
l,ee County t'ulr.
The Lee County Pair Associated
hav* opened all the departments of
the fair to be held at Ihshopvillc. N i
vember 2*. 29. 30 and Dee. 1 to all
the adjoining counties, and gstssroi to
have all her sister counties exhibit.
The premium list can be obtained by
h* tiding your name and addre** on a
postal card to W. K. Scarhorugh. P#S>
retury. Hlshopvllle. S. C. The I.e.
< oontv I'nr HI one of the few COUOt)
fairs that has opened it* department
lo other counties The horse and mule
cattle, swine and po iltry depart merit
are open to the. world.
The grounds havr been enlarged
additional building's er m ted. and ai
preparation made to accommodate un
and all exhibits.
The horae shOVf pmi ii*c* to be th?
birge*t ever held in the State Manj
entries have b. en received from tin
best show horse owners In the coun
trv. The show ring is the large*! It
I he State.
A future of the fair will he th?
running arid trotting raceg every day
OOI* iioisF/s hk. jotl,
IttilOff of Hie World From the IWgiu
BkflSJ Only u rart of It.
The history of the world from its
I' Miotr.st beginning, with special at
Icnlion to all collateral l.ran.hcs. side
eddies, adventures largefy begun that
came to small endings, questions of
every nature, social, politic.i , and re?
ligious, and much profound inquiry
into the nature of main, all these are
not merely germane to the work Colo
nel House has undertaken but arc
Imperatively a part of it. He is to
prepare the ?'case." all t te multi?
tude of cases, for the American poaoe
cominisslone-s who will have seats at
the council table of the nations when
the deftnlt? treaties are to be
drawn up that will restore peace to
the world.
Lttd Salisbury wa? the one man
ja Kuropc who really did master the
Sc hleswig-Holstein question. In his
i?iiperishable and unreadable work on
those provinces all needed information
can be had as to the right! and
wrongs of the scandalous intrigue .am!
the war that made them a part of the
Oar man empire. So that will be
easy. Alsace-Lorraine will demand
much delving into Frankish history,
but a year or two ought to suffice
Committees of the Congress of Vienna
worked weary months over Poland
and the line that was to divide. Pros
sia from Russia. The general disposi?
tion to give the Poles their inde
pendence will much simplify the tank
of the peace conference and of Col?
onel House In that quarter. Put th*
Falkau readustments. the future of
the Jugo-Slavs ? there is a lifetime Of
labor. Shall Posnla and Herzegovina
be made a part of Serbia, and what
Is to be done abot the Czechs am'
he Croats1, about Bulgaria's gains In
the second Ha Ik an war, about Ga
li ia, liessarabia, the Dobrudja and
Albania? Fortunately, the Sunjak
Of Xovi-Pazar has- been absorbed ami
will give Colonel House no trouble.
Hut Armenia, Indeed the whole ques
tlon of the Turk in Europe and of
the future status of the Dardanelles,
that will require much investigation
and profond study, if the Amer?
ican commissioners are to be fur?
nished with Information of such full?
ness that they will be able to hold
their own in the conference dis?
cussions with gray-beard statesmen
and professors who have thought of
nothing else all their lives.
The American position on all theso
questions. If an American position Is
to be taken, will have to be based on
i
some predetermined principle, policy,
or body of doctrine. Empiricism in a
peace conference, particularly in this
one, would oe an unsatisfactory basis
of action. The pacifists, who, con?
sciously or unconsciously, are laboring
to save enough of the German Im?
perial power to BOrVg as a continuing
menace to the peace of the world,
try to find crumhs of comfort in the
language cf the president's reply to
fin Hope He said that we should
deem Inexpedient "punitive dam?
ages, the dismemberment of empires,
the establishment of selfish and eco?
nomic leagues." Self-interest and the
common sense of the world will avert
the folly of selllsh economic leagues;
the assessment of punitive or even
compensatory damages upon the ccn
tral power* will be eliminated by the
somewhat important fact that the*
will be too poor to pay thoir exLstlng
debts. Hut conditions do not sanctlo..
the strict interpretation which the
pacifists would too gladly put upo:
the phrase "dismemberment of em?
pires." The restoration Of Alsacc-Lor
i
laine to France Is- an indispensabl.
{condition to peace, but that would oh
Jvioualy Involve an act of dismember
ment. So would the detachment o
Hosnia and Herzegovina from Austria, i
Hut it wo jld be monstrous to permit
,the Dual Monarchy, after her defeat
?in a war which she was instrumenta
in bringing on. to retain, against th
will of their people, these two prov?
inces grabbed by her less than ten
years ago by an act which was a de
bunt breach of a treatv based upon
the Joint pledge of all the great Eu?
ropean nations.
The pacifists, here visibly working
in the interest of Germany and ap?
parently determined to leave the way
open for future wars, are particularh
sensitive about the Turk and the Dar?
danelles They insist that the unfor?
tunate Turk must be left In full en?
joyment of his estate. That is in?
conceivable. Argument against the
expulsion of the Turk from Europe
disregards the teaching <>f ntnrles of
history. limits nil morals and the com
mom st < ui eh r 11 ions of humanity. H
is unlikeiy that the pea? e outerencc
win renew the Turk's lieenae to Con?
tinus his ear SCI Of murder and gtfOC
I Ity.
s<? th'- more diligent Colonel lions
and his o >rps of assistants show them
i selves to he in equipping the Anna
? nan commissioners with hlatorlcul
I material the less likely it is that t) 6
commissioners will insist upon
i point of view that will pleaas the
pro German pacifists In tin:, country.
? Our European allies. after all. ai>
going to havs something h sej nboul
the teritorial readjustments, dlsmom
boriiionts mill other questions that wii
oeoupy the attention of the conference
The Unltde states can not determine
them all.?New York Times.
The KOUth is Solid.
According to the estimate of the
Manufacturers Kecord, the total value
of the agricultural output of the
South this year will be considerably
over 16,000.000,000. That is a stupen?
dous total. The gain in value of this
year's crop over last year's is * 1,100,
000,000. To get an idea of how enor?
mous are the South's agricultural con?
tributions- to the wealth of the nation,
consider the statement that this year
they amount to a billion dollars more
than the entire country produced sev?
enteen years ago. The Manufacturers
Itecord analyses the agricultural out?
put of the South for th:s year as fol?
lows:
'The value of the South's cotton
crop of l!?l?;p including seed, was $1,
117,111.000, as reported by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The total value of the cotton crop,
including seed, for 1917, as reported
by the New Orleans- Cotton Exchange,
was 11,413,000,000, it Is difficult to
make an estimate which will be con?
servatively safe as to the value of this
year's crop, in view of the uncertainty
SS to the yield and the wide fluctua?
tions which have recently taken place,
without at the same time minimizing
the great possibilities in the value of
this crop. It is, we think, entirely
safe to estimate the value of this
year's crop of cotton and seed at $1,
700,000,000, with the chance of the
value largely exceeding this, and it
cotton should command the prices de?
manded as a minimum by the growers
the total would exceed $2,000,000,000
"The total grain crop of the South
is nearly 1,600,000,000 bushels, which
will probably exceed in value $2,350,
000,000.
"The potato crop, sweet and whit*
potatoes, will figure up between $180,- |
000,000 and $200,000,000. |
"The hay and tobacco crop can safe?
ly be estimated at between $4 50,000,
000 and $500,000,000, but even this
would be a small increas-e only over
last year's value of hay and tobac?
co.
"The total value of the livestock
products of the South two years ago
was over $1,000,000,000, and with the
high prices prevailing this amount
may lie exceeded by 20 to 25 pel
cent.
"This section is shipping to the
North and West of potatoes, vege?
tables and fruits, oysters-, fish and
other food products over $200,000,000
and the total value of stich diversified
agriculture as fruits and vegetables,
etc., Including these shipments to the
North* will this year be at least $650,
000,000.
"Thus the grand total of the South's
agricultural output for 1917 will con?
siderably exceed $6,000,000,000 and
may easily run several hundred mil?
lion dollars above that figure.
"It is true that the increased cost
of everything which enters into farm?
ing has added largely to the cost of
raising these crops, but the margin of
profit is still sutllclently great to bring
to this section enormous wealth.
"Last year's cotton crop, selling at
over $1,400,000,000, following a crop
of the preceding year valued at $1,
357,000,000, has put the cotton grow?
ing Interests of the South In a stronger
financial position than in the last 60
years, and added to this- unusual con?
dition is the fact that the South has
increased Its corn production by about
300,000,000 bushels over 1916, or about,
one-half of the total Increase of corn
In the Cnited States.
"These figures-, of course, are based j
to some extent on the forecast of the
Department of Agriculture for August
and September and there will be slight
variations when the total yields are
finally reported at the end of the year.
The difference, however, will not be
sufficiently great to make any marked
change in the broad survey of the
situation."
The "solid South" has been a poli?
tical term heretofore, but with such
'crops it will also be financially true.
All that is needed to make and keep
the South the richest section of this
country' is- scientific and co-operative
marketing so that the profits of South?
ern agriculture come to our farmers
and do not go to exploiters.
THE COAL SITCATIOX.
I'uel Commission Issues Orders to
Regulate Distribution,
Washington, Oct. 11,?Orders to
insure an Increased -supply of coal
? ais and an equitable flour of fuel to
railroads have been deter nined upon
by the fuel commission. A series of
orders provide for the distribution of
coal on a priority basis and regulate
the movement of coal co">.
Prices to lie Advanced.
Washington, t let. 11 The fuel
administration today announced thai
an upward revision of OOal ?rlCSS iu
certain Kentucky, Tennessee and Vir?
ginia district Is considered uecis
Saiy lO meet Increased dSlttSUdS.
NEW POSTAL HOLES.
INCREASE IM RATE Ol PONTAGE
WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON
NOVEMBER S.
Instructions as to Changes Huvo
Been Received From Postmaster
General.
Orders have been received at the
local postotbee regarding the Increase
in postal rates, which is one of the
means adopted by the United States
for raising revenue with which to
meet the expenses of the war. The
orders, of course, are of direct and
vital interest to every class of the
public, and it is the desire of the post
office department to disseminate as
widely and as quickly as- possible
knowledge of the changed procedure
which, beginning on November 2, must
be followed by all who use the mails.
The following excerpts from the olli
cial daily bulletin of orders affecting
the postal service set forth concisely
the most important changes of which
the public must take note:
Order No. 775:
Section 399, postal laws ami regula?
tions, is amended to read as follows,
effective November 2, 1917.
399. Upon all matters of the tirst
class . . . postage shall be charged
. . . at the rate of three cents for
each ounce or fraction thereof, and
drop letters shall be mailed at the rate
of two cents per ounce or fraction
thereof, including delivery at letter
carrier offices. (Acts of March 3, 1885,
and October 3, 1917.)
Note?A drop letter is one address?
ed for delivery from the office at
which it is- posted. There is no drop
rate on any matter except letters . . .
Section 100, postal laws and regula?
tions, is amended to read as follows,
effective November 2. 1917.
400. Postal cards shall be transmit?
ted through th* mails at a postage
charge of two cents each, including,
tho cost of manufacture. (Aits of
March 3, 1879, and October 3, 1917.
Section 402, postal laws and regula?
tions is amended to read as follows,
effective November 2, 1917.
402. It shall be lawful to transmit
by mail at the postage rate of two
cents apiece, payable by stamps to
be affixed by the sender, and under
such regulations as the postmaster
general may prescribe, written mes?
sages on private mailing cards, such
cards to be sent openly in the mails,
to be no larger than the size fixed
by the convention of the Universal
Postal Union, (and to be approximate?
ly of the same form, quality and
weight as the stamped postal card now
in general use in the United States.
(Acts* of May 19, 1898, and October 3,
1917.)
A. S. Burleson,
Postmastsr General.
From the office of the third assistant j
postmaster general comes the follow?
ing letter of instructions:
"Washington, Oct. 3, 1917.
Pursuant of the foregoing amended i
regulations postmasters shall, on and
after November 2, 1917, see that post?
age is- paid at the rate of three cents
an ounce, or fraction thereof, on let?
ters and other first-class matter ex?
cept drop letters. All drop letters,
that is, lcttors mailed for delivery
from tho office at which posted, in?
cluding those for delivery by city, ru?
ral or other carrier of such ollice, are
required to have postage paid on them
at the rate of two cents an ounce, or
fraction thereof. Post cards are re?
quired to be prepaid two cents, and,
therefore, the one-cent postal cards
must have a one-cent stamp atllxed
to them in addition to the stamp im?
pressed on such cards. Post cards
(private mailing cards) bearing writ?
ten messages must have two cents
postage prepaid on them. Postmas?
ters at offices of address shall be care?
ful to rate up with the proper amount
of postage due all mail matter reach?
ing their office with the postage in?
sufficiently prepaid. . . .
"A. M. DocUcry,
"Third Ass't. P. M. Gen."
Another letter of Instructions con?
taining information of importance Is
tho following from the office of the
first assistant postmaster general:
"Washington, Oct. 5, 1917.
"Postmasters:
"Chvistimus parcels intended for our
soldiers, sailors and marines in France
should be accepted only at the main
postoffice and classified stations, but
not at contract stations. It is neces?
sary that each parcel be opened and
inspected, in accordance with section
409 of the postal laws and regula?
tions, ami then marked, 'Inspected and
passed by-. Postmaster.' All ar?
ticles not prohlhited in the domestic
parcel post may be accepted when
paoked according to regulations, but
special attention should be given to
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cuif youv Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headache*, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Blimg, Old Sores, Stints ot'inseet?,
Fa t. Antiseptic Anodvne, imcd
I iut.'Ntallj aud externally, Piire'/r.??
FLORENGE, S. C.
NOVEMBER 6 - 9
The Biggest and Best Yet
All of Your Friends will be There
Write For Premium List
THE PEE DEE FAIR ASSOCIATION
the exclusion of intoxicants, poison.i,
explosives and improperly packed per?
ishable matter, and other matter pro?
hibited by the postal laws and regula?
tion*. J. C. Koons,
"First Ass't. P. M. Gen."
Attorney General Peeples' opinion
respecting the vacancies existing in the
legislative delegation from this county
is interesting. This county has not
only one, but two vacant places in
the house, and it is almost certain that
the senatorship will also be vacant
within a few weeks, when Senator
Epps com pies his course of training at
Fort Oglethorpe and receives a com?
mission in the army. There is no use
in considering the holding of a pri?
mary or any other election in this
county until it is known positively
whether Senator Epps will vacate hiy
office. When an election is held it
should be for successors to Hon. A. K.
Sanders, who resigned when he was
elected Superintendent of the Peni?
tentiary; Hon. W. L. McCutchen who
resigned when he received a commis?
sion in the army, and Senator Epps,
who will resign when he receives a
commission in the army. Elections
are expensive and troublesome affairs
and in view of the fact that next sum?
mer the regular olOttOM must be
held to select a senator and repre?
sentatives, as well as other county of?
ficers, it might be wise to fill the va?
cancies in the county delegation at
he general election to be ordered after
the legislature convenes, without
holding a primary. The men to be
elected will serve for only a few
weeks, since the election cannot be
ordered, according to Mr. Peeples, un?
til the legislature assembles in Jan?
uary, and the session will probably be
half over before they take their seats.
As a matter of fact the county's inter?
ests Will not suffer materially If the
vacancies are not filled.
DOCOWOS Wanted.
See me before you sell your wax. 1
will buy it for cash at the best cur?
rent price.
N. O. OSTERN.
NEW DRAFT ACT PROPOSED.
Representative Kahn r* cut
Idtw Docs Not Roach jfnrj Youth. .
Washington, Oct. 10.?Repressjata
tive Kahn of California, the Republi?
can who led the administration forces
in ihe house when the army draft
law was passed, said today a new
draft act would have to be passed at
the next session of congress to reav-h
the many young men who have be?
come 21 years of age since May 18
last and that it probably would amend
the existing law so as to register
youths from 1G or 17 to become auto
j rustically subject to call on reaching
the age of 21.
:\ r. Kahn also said he intended to
make a fight for a universal training
law and an act to deal with alien
slackers without violating treaty ob
! ligations.
BUYING LIBERTY BONDS.
People of Moderate Means BSC Show?
ing Loyalty to (Government.
New York, Oct. 11.?The marked
ineiease in the number of Liberty
Loan subscription,'., ranging from
fift> to five hundred dollars,-Indicate?
thai the great campaign organisation
built up by the liberty loan commit?
tees is beginning to reach the mass of
people in the sec?nd district.
WOOD WANTED?Ten or fifteen
CDrds oak wood wanted, delivered
Sumter. C. P. Ostcen.
FOR SALE?Mosley place, 113 1-2
acres. Good farming land, 1 miie
f "om Horden, 1 1-2 miles from
1 embert. Near a good graded
school. 2 tenant houses in go ..1
condition. 1 four-room house that
can be repaired. $:;3 per acre.
Easy terms. C. If. Emanuel, Bor
d an, S. C .
FOR SALE?Registered Aberdeen
Angus bull, four years o'd, tubsreu
ltr tested, without fault or blemish
C. P. Osteen. Sumter, S. C.
FARMS FOR SALE
In Sumter and Clarendon Counties.
?8 Acivs on public road, three miles from Sumter; 4 9 acres In
high state of cultivation; well drained; one four room hou?e,
barn and stables. Splendidly located with, good neighbors.
Can get artesian water.
711 Acres on public road three miles from Sumter; 4 2 acres 1n
cultivation, and 10 acres more cleared to be cultivated next
year One four room house, barn and stab,es.
SO Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; about 50 acres
in cultivation. Good 4 room dwelling, one tenant house, barn,
stables, etc.
221 Acres on public road, three n*iles from Sumter, six-horse
farm in cultivation this year, which can be increased to eight
horse farm next year. Four toom dwelling, three tenant
houses, barns and stables. Good flowing well. Situated near
good school, gin, railroad sioing. and in a good neighbor?
hood.
112 Acres on public road, two and one-half miles from Sumter;
ten horse farm open and in high state of cultivation. New
dwelling, live rooms, ten tenant houses, barns, stables, sheds
and other outbuildings; dairy barn and equipment, with
dairy herd, if desired. Plenty of wood and straw. Thor?
oughly drained. About one hundred acres under fence and
?undivided. Property situated like this is not often offered
for sale, and if you r.ro interested in a splendid fr.rm prac?
tically in the city, you had bet'er sec about it at once.
217 acres near Pinewood, two horse farm open, one house. Good
land, but needs developing. Timber enough to pay for
building up place. Saw mill near by. Will subdivide, I! de
sired, and sell cheap.
190 Acres near Pinewood, undeveloped. Will sell cheap.
Easy Terms To Suit Purchasers.
C. P. OSTEEN, Sumter. S. C.