Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<l ?<. t?jlaltjjuwii auo soutjjron. I*ubllnhc<l Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? ostkkn pi bi.1miing company St'MTEK, 8. c. Terra.* i ?1.54) per mm um?-in advance. Advertise meut h. One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communlcnt.ons which sub serve private Interests will be charged for ss advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect ?111 be charged for. Tho Sumter Watchman was found ad in 1800 und the True Southron in 1866. Tho Watchman and Southron now han the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. _ ResMons for Buying Liberty Bonds. Hca.son No. 1. "It In my business to decide If there shall be war. There Is only one law and that Im my law." The German Emperor. lU'mnoii No. 2. "Let all who fall Into your band? | be at your mercy. Just as the Huns a thousand years ago, under the lead? ership of Attila, gained a reputation In virtue of which they still live In , historical tradition, so may the name < of Germany become known in such , a manner in China and no Chinaman , will ever dare look askance at a Uer- ( man " The Herman Emperor, | At the time of the Boxer Rebellion , Reason No. S. j "our might shall create a new lau In Europe. It is Germany that strikes. ( When she has conquered new do- \ minions for her genius, then the , priesthood of all gods will praise the ( God of War. I Germany Is not making this war , to punish sinners, or to free oppress- , ed peoples. She sets out from the im- y movable conviction that her achieve? ments entitle her tc den and more el- \ bow room on the earth end wider out- | lets for her activity." I Maximilian Harden, Sometimes a critic of tho Kaiser, i He a son No. I. "And ye have heard men way. Bless i ed are the peacemakers, but 1 say unto you. Blessed are the war-muk ers. for tin y ?hall BS called, if not the . children of Jahve, the children o! Odin, who is gre.itci than Jahve.* ( Ifeitanoae, Reason \o. 3. "The commonest ugliest stone | placed to raark the burial place of a j German Grenadier Is a more glorlout | and venerable monument than all the cathedrals in Europe psjfl together. ( They call us barbarians. What of it? ( For my part I hop" that in this wai we have merited the title of barbai lans. <>ur troops must achieve vie toiy What else matters? man Ms lor ? leneial Pbfurth. , The above are taken from Sir Gil bert Parker s The World in the ( Cruclbh HcuHon No. ti. ' It Is better to let | fsuadlll wo men and ? htldrcn boloasjtag to tin enen?\ ggf of humrcr than to let I single German SOkUsi sviifci "? A leading i'.criuiin General. j (From 1 ??ut of Their Own Mouths. ' Reewaei No. 7. ? '\ <? 1 ige nothiriK fto treaties" A Gram! l)uk?- of M SOk I c n h u r ? I tiA? rln. Oatafd'S foal yean In tier many. I teuton No. H. "Amcra a had | look out aftei thin war." "I sh.ill stand no nonie ns> from America, alt-a IBM war." The German Emperor to Ambassador Gerard. Rsawsai No. e. Cssssaissgsa ISassotoa\ stepseoabanr S?tli. "Admiral von Tlroitx pulnto.. out thnt in?* sasssenstas warfare 1. German) m \vkh\ rluht und that Tad-1 alum now ha* her Just deserts. Admiral son TsTSJttl further declar? ed that Massaee without a heavy wa. indemnity meant I lei ninny's defeat siel tho victory of Anglo-American ? .ipltnllsm." The rice mill recent I. Installed h\ the Mumtcr Boiler Mill is n?iw in oper? ation. Th? rl?e efSSJ in Sumter coun? ty did not turn out as well as anticl-j pated tn tb<- early part of th?- wanon a* weather condit ions were unfavor? able, und mnnv farmers who planted rtee an ss espofiment this year had to nejfle< t it when it needed work la order to nix e eltSOtlan l<? tlieir cot? ton and corn. Some who planted lee howc\?M\ soeared goad yields seal IherS is none home STOWS 1 1 < * im PMtaeai eesrati ihas fat ream. SECRET ENEMIES ACTIVE. (?1 OILMAN A'UllNTS WORKING TO DEFEAT L1BERTV LOAN. Pressure Brought to DOM on Bank?, Efforts Co PiOUOlIB Individual Subscriptions ami Anti-Loan Pub? licity. Washington. Oct. 17.?Pro-Ger? man agents in the United States, ac? cording to reports to the treasury de? partment. have directed their encrgi< I toward defeating the Liberty loan. Their organized propaganda has borne fruit, from Minnesota to Texas, it is asserted, in scattered localities. WhOT l weak efforts have been made, nor openly, but by indirect methods, lO discourage subscriptions. The work of the pro-German agents, officials asert. has been carried on for more than two WOOkg. Some of the workers have had the temerity, reports to the treasury indicate, to conduct their operations here in the national capital. Official recognition of the propagan? da against the loan was voiced today by Col. Herbert M. Lord, represent? ing the war department at the war risk insurance conference, at which the details of the new sailors' and soldiers' insurance law are being ex? plained to officers and enlisted men from the various cantonments. "There has been an organized ef? fort," said Colonel Lord, whp was chairman of today's meeting, "to dis? courage and defeat the plan." This effort, ho added, has been made by "seeking to misrepresent th'J patriotism of the new National Army." An official account of tho proceedings of the conference, which was behind closed doors, issued to? night by treasury department, reads: "In convincing refutation of the slander, which was to the effect that the men of the new National Army opposed the war Colonel Lord an? nounced that subscriptions from the army to the loan already aggregate L1i.000.ooo and that some of the sub? scriptions were written in foreig. anguages. "The announcement caused great enthusiasm among tho delegates Trom the army and navy, marine :orps and coast guard, attending tho jonforence. many of whom swarmed Jp to the platform, folowing the ad? dress, and signed war insurance ap? plications, all of which except 40 wore for the maximum of $10,000." Assembled from various SOUTCSS, the efforts of workers against the loan appear to have been directe | ilong four channels: Attempts to dlscrurnge prospectlv ? buyers of Liberty bonds. Efforts to prevent certain banks rrom handling the bonds. The publication In certain newwpa pen and other mediums of publieitv af editorials and articles, which WhPoj not directly opposing loan subsetip lions, tend to discourage buyers. Tho prevention 90 far os local ami iporadic efforts can prevent of phv - | ing Liberty loan posters and advertis? ing literature where it will bo mos ' beneficial. Attempts to discourage buyers by :he personal plea method have D001 ?ontined mostly to the Last. Boosts to prevent banks from han? dling the bonds ha\e centered ohiofly In Wisconsin. Minnesota, North an I Isjtttfe Dakota. Montana, Missouri and Dhhthotaa Tho president of a Wis consin bank hag advised the treasury that his depositors, mostly Germans Off of German parentage, have with? drawn many thousands of dollars from his bank because h?- aided tho tlrst Liberty loan. These depositors, he added, had taken their accoun:., to two rival banks on "he understand Ing that those banks would not aid the second Iaberty loan. Many banks have felt tho pressure of German Influence in this Propa? ganda? reports Indicated. So pro? nounced was the movement that th > Mates of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana recently decided that they would Withdraw State fends from any hank which did a | support the loan. In Missouri and Oklahoma the pro German element in said to have ap pMsi strons] pressure su bank direc? tors und oWeerM to Iniliicc them to rsfrala from parttei patina In the ttotution of the sscond loan. The banhOi howeeeri turned a deaf ear to th?-s?' representatives and subscrip? tions are now reported to bo Increas? ing heavily in that section. A Cheek is kept by thS treasury dt partmeni on ;,ii newspaper editorials and articles referring t<? tin- loan, not only l0 publications printed in Bngltah but In ths foreign languaa press as well, a number of such pub inations. it is asserted, havs been in? dustriously printing editorials and u llelss of a tone apparently Studied t" seeeHses Impressions unfavorable t?i tb man, Attempts t ? prevent Ihc posting ol Liberty loan posters end placards In advantageous places have been made In many places notably Washington In some Instances posters have been torn down. 1 Not until Colonel I oi i nnnoune< NEW DRAFT PUNS. IX NEXT C ALL MEN WILL BE DRAWN ON SELECTIVE OASIS. All Eligible Men Will bo classified and Those With Dependents and Others Valuable to Industry Would Thus lie Last Colled Up. Washington, Oct. 17.?A compre? hensive new plan for applying the army selective draft, which would take first only men without depend? ents and of no particular value to war industries, and establish various grades of dependency end industrial value from which future drafts would be made strictly on the selective draft basis, has been worked out tentative? ly by-the provost marshal general's office and discussed with the presi? dent. The plan, it was learned today was submitted recently to a conference of civilians-, who directed exemption board activities In a number of States, and received the indorsement of most of them. It is proposed to formulate in each draft district a table of all registrants placing each in a column denoting his dependents and industrial value in the war s prosecution. For instance, hori? zontal columns or classifications would b<. baaad on dependency, Men with no dependents would be placed in the fiist class, those with dependent dis-I tnnt relatives In the second class, j those with wives, in the third elaai and so on. Similarly the vertical columns might represent certain industries- ar ranged according to their respective merit, as war necessities. Industrial classes under consideration in thi connection are farmers, shipyard em- j ployees, munition workers, railway | and telephone employees, miners, I I steel plant and motor industry work-1 men and certain other individual ! t plants or industry branches to be designated from time to time by the president or the war department as temporarily essential. In selecting men for examination the board would first take all men physically tit having neither depend? ents nor value in essential war indus? tries*. When this class was exhausted draft authorities would draw on the classes having the slightest depend? ency claims and the leant value in ctt'sential industries. I No class would be exempted a = such but the valuable men would be j placed so that they would not be j called until the need for soldiers be Came more urgent and all less SS* I scntial men were exhausted. The plan Involves indication by the; government of what industries arc; the most valuable and this is giving officials considerable ditlicultv. It la tin derated the entire program will be made known as soon as- completed, t ' allay the anxiety prevailing through |out many industries over the ne\ [draft, which had been planned for a i early as December before the nev plan was proposed, but which nov ! ; may he delayed. A committee of officers in the pro? vost marshal's office is at work on technicalities of the plan, which has been outlined only In a general way to Secretary Baker and the president. i ' The proposed plan would meet i President Wilson's objection to clas exemption. <>n the othor hand, it is claimed, it would successfully prevent the drawing of men into the army who arc needed more in the Industries ot in agriculture. It also would give each man a more or less detinlb place in the liability list and set his mind at rest as to when he might bt summoned for service. The scheme contemplates- imme? diate examination ot all men register ed, but this course depends on an ap? propriation, which can not be obtain ed until congress convenes in Decent< bar, Advocates of the plan point out. however, that it might be put lnU< operation for even a single Incremeni Of a million men and COUld be e\ tended down the preeent liability lists as fast as funds were made available War department officials explain that the program la far from complete and wain tli tt many ehanses may ? made In the plan aa drafted now. They aay, however, tn-t wome elaael ll< atlon system seems Imperative foi the futuro draft calls. SOCIALISTS SCPPOUT KA18EH Stockholm. Oct. is Tho Wurx burn Poclalisl conference voted tw< hundred and elghty-fnur t?? twenl rix against n motion t<? idiot tho part) t ? vote against the wir credit In th Itelehstng. VOX 111 I LOW ItFTVnXK. Amsterdam, Oct. 18.? Forme i Chancellor von Buelow hns retunre i to Merlin, according to iho Loktt Anselger, which a id i ?'.: .t it Is he In k*ed he will be olYered his ? Id pos ' men! today, however, did official I.now that ihe effort was organise" i ii now Is said thai it boars all 111 imprints of n carefully ill root od eon > piracy. Support Your Government Do your duty. Subscribe for a Liberty Bond. The President has designated by proclamation, Wednesday, October 24th, as Liberty Loan Day. All the Banks in the City of Sumter and Sumter County will be dosed on Wednesday, Oct. 24th, and all of the bank officials and employees will give that day exclusively to the duty of receiv? ing subscriptions for Liberty Bonds. The Banks have entered their subscriptions for Liberty Bonds as follows : The First Nation? al Bank of Sumter $10,000, National Bank of South Carolina $20,000, National Bank of Sum= ter $20,000, The City National Bank $15,000, The Peoples Bank $10,000, The Sumter Trust Company $5,000, and the Commercial Bank & Trust Company $5,000. Don't wait for some one to call on you. Send in your subscription to the bank with which you do business. Yours truly, L C. STRAUSS, Chairman, Liberty Loan Committee, Sumter County. LIVE stock HEN MEET IN Ol?? ANGEBtTRG. State Association Meeting in Amin ill Session Hears Addresses by Proinl Deal Men. Orangoburg, Oct 17.?The 16th an? nual meeting of the ?outh Carolina! Live stock Association convened In Orangeburg today. The morning and afternoon sessions wi re given over t< addresses by prominent speak era Tin sessions are being wed attended and interest is being manifested. Promi? I ncnt men in live stock ami farming) industries are in the city. The scs Blons will continue through tomorrow A special address will In delivered at, tin* court house by J. A. McKie of V? realties, K v. ? LOST?Tal k bay mare Cot away j i riday night; had blunkct on. Lib? eral reward tor return. Bills Por? ter, Amans Siding. Oswego, s. c. Route 1. WOOD WANTED?Ten or tiftecn cords oak wood wanted, delivered Bumtcr. C. I*. Ostoon. roil sali:?ideal fan... about five miles north of Suinter. DaJzell road, 33fi acres, 150 cleared ami in very high state of cultivation; 30 to in acres track patches, wired off; bul ance long and short h-at timber I Saw mill on adjoining place, mat railroad; practically new six-room dwelling, painted; new modern bat us and stables with brick walls and concrete doors, servant's house, seven tenant dwellings, eood or cahrd. Nveral largo pecan treei*. loaded with excellent variety of nuts now. This will make an Ideal cotton, stock or truck farm. Price *7.".<?u per acre, terms to suit pur chuser. .). H. Myers, sunder, s. C. WANTED?You to come to tin- auc hon sah? of horses and mules Sat? urday, October 20th at Tobacco Warehouse, K. liberty Bt. Hal K?ster, j l'oi; KALE?M?sle) place, 1 l1-2 acres. Good farming land, l mile from Horden, I 1-2 miles from Her?ber! ? Near a good graded school. - tenant hon: . in good , omiilion. i tour >rooiti house the ran be repJiireo. ?> p^r ucre. Lasy terms, i'. M. Kmanuel, Hor? den, s C . roll salk?Ueuistered Aberdeen Aliens bull, foui yearn old, lubercu l.n listed. Without 1: i tilt or Mentis:. i'. J ?. listven, I: 'u 111ter, S i'. GET SOY UMAX BKKtJ NOW* Imatic ojspotchss re ort munities In - the Austrian navy md clashes bo May in* Had Lots Cheaper Than stitween Auatrlaa sailors and crews ft Planting. tin- German submarine I'.eet at Po!a. Clemeon Colloge, Oct. 10.?FarmenIOfficers en both aides were killed, it who are going to plan soybeans next hay been decided to change the Ger spring should provide seed this tall |?an base. Despite attempts of tue at thrashing time, according to the Auatrlaa admiralty suppress tho farm crops nun of ClemsOU College. UCW8, it reached here via Derne. The. An important advantage to be Austrian crews said they revolted be galrted from securing seed in tho cau*8 of in hreatment and bad food, fall Is that good soybean seed i- They fought the Germans because of usually scarce and it commands the overbearing attitude of the lat much better prices at plantin? than ter. at harvest. A year ago farmers sohl soybeans for about $2 b bushel. GERMAN HARVEST slIOKT. while at planting time this same1 sted was purchased at |5 to $6 a Pood Pnminc Has X? 0000) Ap bushel. prcciably Relieved. AV8TRIANS ALSO MlilVY. Washington, Oct. 18. ? Reports to the st.ue department i idleate that the German harvest has rot relieved tho food situation to any appreciable ex? tent. There is a groat scarcity of Washington, Oct 7.- Official diplo- fats. Eight Occurs Between Austria ns and Germans at I'ola. ????^?^??.^e^eeeeee-ee ?eeee?eee?eeeeeee< veein | FARMS FOR SALE ? in Sumter and Clarendon Counties. X OB Acr. - < :i public road three miles from Sumter: II acres in X high Blato of cultivation; well drained; one four room house, ? barn and stables. Sp endidly located with ?:ood neighbors, e- Can got artesian water. O Ti? Acres on public road three miles from Sumter; IS acres In X cultivation, and 10 acres more cleared to be cultivated next X yea*" One four room house, barn and stables. X 00 Acres on public road, three miles from Bumtor; aboi I 10 acres ? ?;?> cultivation. <!ood ( room dwelling?, one tenant house, barn, e stables, etc. ?J21 Acre* on publte road, three miles frorp Sumter. slX-fcorsS farm in cultivation this year, which can be increased to eight t e e horse farm next year. Four room dwelling, three tenant O houses, barns and Stables. Good How in' well. Situated near good school, gin, railroad siding, nn.l In a good neighbor* f hood. ? 11:2 Aero 011 public road two and one-half miles from Sumter, 0 '< it horse farm open and In high state of cultivation. New J ,; rellhtg, tivo rooms, ten tenant houses, barns, stables, sheds f .,nd other outbuildings; dairy barn and equipment, with e dairy herd, if desired. Plenty of wood and straw. Thor? oughly drained. About one hundred acres under ler.ee and subdivided. Property situated like this Is not often offered ? for sale, and if yoa are Interested In a splendid term prac ? tlcally In the city, you had letter see about it at on:e. JIT acres near Plnewood, two horse farm open, one home. Good ? land, but needi developing. Timber enough to pay for * building up place. Raw mill near by. w in subdivide, IS d% x sired, and s.ii cheap X 120 Acic? near Plnewood. undeveloped. Will sell cheap O X Easy Terms To Suit Purchasers. X C. P. ?STREN, Sumter, S. 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