Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published Wednesday antl Saturda) _ ?BY? OtiTKEN V\ UI ISIIINO COMPANY Kl MTUK, 8. O. TVrmi?: f i *>o per annum?in advance. Ad\ ertUementaw One Square first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or lenger will be made at reduced rates. All communications whl^h sub eervs private Interests will be charged f??i ?h sdvei tlsementH. d?t?M.tn. s ami tributes of respect Sfl I he chai sed for. The Sumte- \S itrhmun wan found I I In 1S60 and the True Houthron in IMC! The Watchman and Sauthron now has the combined elrcttlalion and inllucuce (?i both of the old papers. a i is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter._ ?? 1 sssassssssssssssss? Weekly Weather Forces at. Por South Atlantic and Kiurt Oulf Stutee: Fair weather will prevail un? til about Wednesday, inlu Thursday, and fair therafter; lower temperature laa' half of week. The Liberty I.o.mi campaign in Sum tor County has not ended, commit tees continuing to work In nil parts of the county. The amour t allot? ted to Sumter County was 1 640,000, hut it Is not expected that the entire allotment will be subscribed. The Indications are that the people of Sumter County will buy at leait $400, #00 worth of Liberty Bonds. There la no good reason why the full al? lotment should not be taken ?v Sum? ter County for there Is money enough In the bands of the people. Kstim.it Ins the cotton crop of the county at 13.000. and this Is* a low estimate, this years crop will bring In $4, 115.000. if it seile for an average of IS centa, which is $1.145,000 more than the* aame site crop was worth when cotton sold for 12 cent;*, not to mention the added Income from high priced ootton seed und other farm producta The cotton farmers of sumter county could buy a million dollars worth of Liberty Bonds and still have a couple of millions surplus left over and above what they would have received for their crop under anti-war conditlona Are Our Soldiers ami Sailors Overfed? That our soldiers and sailors are getting too much to fat, especially too much lean meat. Is the contention of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, food expert, and associate editor of Uoo<! House? keeping. He voices his opinions In the current lasue as follows: i l tm fully convinced that our sol? diers and sailors would be better off If one-third of the food Issued to them were cut off. The overfed sol? dier will not endure so mm h fatigue, march eo far, carry such heavy bu. dena or react so well under wounds and surgical operations us the one that Is fed on a normal amount of food. I believe, of course, very Mtrongly that if any orror is commit? ted In regard to the quantity of food It should be on the side of excess rather than Insufficiency but there iu no need of going to either extreme. Fortunately, the soldier and sailor are not required t<> eat all their ration. The\ ire allowed i money compensa? tion f..i Ho pari of the ration that they do n<?t draw. This happll] leads not only to thrift and economy, but also to better health If tie soldier does not like any particular rart of his ration, he ran in favorable dr? ums! UseSl take Its money value and purchase what he does like. For these reasons we need not have any great fear that the soldier and sall or are likely to bo Injured by over? eating. tun thev do eat too mich lean meat. All th*? evidence of modern nutritional Investigations ? how* that Sggsd foods are better suited to sus? tain phvsn il vigor than animal foods, and for that reason I would imt favor a reduction, |0 anv r.oted derre. of the cereal foods now used by our irfSjJ BSgl MVJ I m the other hand, meat Is the most expensive an I most difficult f.I product which we have to supply to our forces In the Held If the quantity of lean ? eat now gi\en to our soldiers should he (tit in halt. It would be a distinct mit autng**." Iin\l?s sKI.li VI l* Ml I Irnt Sale of \ew Mls-rt* Bonds on the stock Kichanxc. New York. ?nt 'j'i Fifteen hun? dred dollars worth of new Libert\ Ponds w re sohl on t ie Stock Rl change at par today. REGULATE FOOD PRICES. FOOD A1?IINISTHATH)N WILL ?QP OVERCHARGES. Prices of Food Will bo Dnsed I pon tost. Plus ii Normal Prollt and Not SpevftSStlvc Pit ?I its. W inhington, Oct. 27.?Wholesalers' prod's m war times, at leant on non perishable foods, should be governod by the prices they actually pay and not by prevailing market condition, the food administration has decreed 1:1 special regulation which will be put Into effect November 1 with respect to a number of commodities. The rule is one of many drawn up for the food procurers who will bo placed under licenses next Thursday, said a state? ment tonight by Food Administrator Hoover, and the commodities- affected im l?de beef, pork and mutton, syruns and molasses, cleaned rice and ric j flour. oleomargarine, lard and lard substitutes, iqleo oil. coking fate, con? densed milk and various canned goods and dried fruits. No dealers in these commodities-, the rule says, shall sell "at more than a reasonable advance over the actual pun-haw prices of the particular goods sold without regard to the market o replcement value at the time of such sale." Wholesale dealers in refined sugar are forbidden by a similar rule to sell at advance over the refiners' list price at 'which he purchased sugar, no greater than the normal margin charged by wholesale dealers In re? fined sugar in the same locality fo> such margin as may hereafter be es? tablished by the food administration. With regard to perishable foods the food administration announced that it will make a prompt and fu'l examination of any localities in which increases in price occur and will deal Individually by aidndnlstratlve orders with dealers charging excessive prices. A general rule covers all licensed food privileges that they thull not be handled anywher in the United Statos on an "unjust, or storage charge." Ilogular and special reports will be called for by the food administration from such licensed dealer. In Its statement the food adminis tration emphasized the fact that no business man/will be expected to fort go his normal reasonable profits, the sole object being "to prevent the ac quisttlon pf speculative profits result? ing from a rising market." PF.F.PLF.K IB A CAND'DATF. Attorey General Seek* Governorship on Ills Record and "Keform" Pint form. Columbia, Oct. 28.?Thorns H. I eeplea. Attorney Genera! it South Carolina, today reaffirmed hia pre? vious announcement that bo '.could be In the race for governor in 1918. He has Just been notified, he said, that there are a number of applica? tions along with his on Ale at the of? fice of the Judge advocate general of the army and his services will hardly be needed. Mr. Peeples applied for ft majority In this department some weeks ago. Plsgah News and Views. , Piagah, Oct. 27.?The high price of cotton will not induce ail farmers to plant all cotton another year. The lessons of the past along this line have been well learned. The Kershaw association had a tine meeting last week at Mt. Plsgab church ten miles east of Kershaw. A large amount was taken up for the old preachers and sent to Dr. C. C. ilrown, who Is in charge of this work. Mrs. Fannie Osteen. the blind lady was present and entertained the as? sociation for sometime. A contribu? tion was given her for Hed Cross work. The attendance from the churches was good. The ladies each day had a' grsftd dinner on the grounds. Knough to feed twice as many. Or. Watts-. o?* Columbia, wius present in the Interest of the Sunday school work. The meet? ing ended Thursday evening to meet j next year at DeKalb church, six miles j above Camden. The ollicers elected were: J. K. DuPre. moderator; M. C. West, treasurer, and L. 11. Cato, clerk. Mrs. Fannie Osteen had a mooting at Plsgah ehurch last Tuesday, work? ing In the Interest of the Rod CfOSS work. Tin- exercises were interestlm . A contribution was given her for Ri I Cross work. Crops are about gathered. Indi? cations point to a luge aereaae of small grain. As we ha\e got to food the allies it will take quite a l ue - amount of provisions to do so A ride through Chesterfield coun? ty. *nd Die edge oi Xm ii Carolina how a poor crop proopoot, They lii\<- AltS rOftdS nd that is the bOSl I I saw. Another Loan to laiglu nd W.mhinntnn. Oct. If. The govern monl has advanced |lt,000,0to addi? tional to lingl.tud. TIME HAS COME TO TAKE SIDES, DECLARES GEN. PAULO GON? ZALES. RttlDMlll Excites Mexican Capital? Merely Iiis Personal View, but Thinks Mexico Should Favor En terae Allies. Mexico City, Oct. 28.?Great excito mont has been created through the publication In El Universal of a state? ment by Gen. Pablo Gonzales, former commander of the Carranza forces in Mexico City and a well-known Con stMMionaliat, favoring Mexico follow? ing the example of other Latin Amer? ican countries and severing diplomatic relations with Germany. The entire front page of the news? papers were devoted to the statement, thousands of extra copie? of which were printed in order to supply the demand. In his statement Gen. Gon? zales said: "This |g an epoch in which neithor men nor nations can exist Isolated, and there Is no nation in which the conditions of other nations,do not fin I reflection in view of the magnitude of the present world conflict. In consid? eration of the fact that Mexico mu.i. sympathize toward one or the other of the belligerents, I deem it loyal an 1 patriotic to voice my opinions an 1 contribute as far as possible to the guidance of my fellow citizens. "Men of prominence and members of both chambers have given this mutter their consideration and do not think it indiscreet on my part to ex? press my opinions, but I must empha? size that this is my personal view end thai it by no means reflects the o\U\ cial view. I have no authorization to speak in the name of the government, whose orders I afh always ready to obey. "The constitutional revolution would bo worth little if its flag were not in? scribed with the highest humane Ideals and if you did not also maintain those ideals practically. "The invasion of France might be considered a consequence of the r.tnte of war with Germany, although the barbarous manner in which it hau been carried out has no excuse and Is a gigantic attempt en\bodying ineon ceivahle violations of International rights and there wws also a violation of sovereignty of a weak nation In the occupation of Belgium, a neutral pro? tected by treaties executed with the express purpose of preventing attacks on its neutrality and sovereignty. "The destruction of Serbia also was carried out by the Central Powers with stich absolute lack of scruples, with such retined cruelty and barbari? ty as to produce horror among all men, and it gives a clear Idea of the tragic slavery to which weak nat'ons would be subjected If the menacing Teutonic imperialism should definitely triumph. ( "As a man and by natural, sponta? neous impulse against what has been revealed before my eye?, and a cause for reason and justice, I am with the Entente Allies. As a Mexi? can and a citizen of a country wh'ch necessarily will fee| the consequences of the European convict, as it is re? moved geographically, commercially, and Intellectually from Germany and surrounded by Allied countries, which are held by bonds of race, culture and vast Interests that my government can not afford to put aside, and as a dim? ple citizen of my country, for whose interests it is my duty to be ever on the watch. I consider it most essential that Mexico should direct a frank and decided course in favor of the Allies." BIG THINGS EXPECTED. Secretary of War Baker Says Im? portnnt I>evelopmoms Are Pending On All Fronts. Washington. Oct. 29.?That im? portant developments are pending in the war Secretary Baker indicates in his review of the week. He mentions waves of activity on nearly every front and says a strategic retreat of the Germans on the Alsne and in Flanders may be expected. He says Italy is passing through a difficult moment, but points out that the Ital? ians once before Stopped an onslaught under loss favorable circumstances. He says the winter will aid the Ital? ians. SCOTT IN FRANCE, Former Chief of Staff Goes for Study. Paris, Oct. 27.?Mai. Gen. Hugh L S<ntt. former chief of staff of the United Btateg Army, has arrived in France and gone to the front. After his retirement last month as chief of staff Major General Scott was made Chief inspection otticer of th' new National Army, lie went !0 PranCS to study operations on tne Western front and on bis return Will supervise tin* Intensive training of the I.National Army in trench warfare. Fmle Sam may have to stop th 1 knitting craze in order to conserv? wool. -Wilmington Btai. FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN. PRESIDENT APPEALS TO COUN? TRY TO PROMOTE CONSER? VATION MOVEMENT. Every Home and Public Eating PtaoQ in America Urged to Assist in Fur? nishing Necessaries of I4fo to Eu? ropean Nations in Struggle lor Lib? erty. Washington, Oct. 28.?President Wilson, in a statement issued today, urged every home and public eating place in the United States to pledge its support to the food administra? tion and to comply with its request. His appeal marked the inauguration of family enrollment week, during which everybody in thv country will be asked to become a member of the food administration in order to as? sure nation-wide cooperation in food conservation. The president said that in no other way than through this cooperation of the people can the nation accomplish its object in the war. The state? ment follows: "The chief part of the burden of finding food supplies for the peoples associated with us in war falls for the present upon the American peo? ple and the drain upon supplies on such a scale necessarily affects the prices of our necessaries of life. "Our country, however, is bless-ed with an abundance of foodstuffs and if our people will economize in their use of foods providently confining themselves to the quantities required for the maintenance of health and strength; if they will eliminate waste; and if they will make use of those commodities of which we have a sur? plus and thus free for export a larger proportion of those required by the world now dependent upon us, we shall not only be able to accomplish our, obligations to them but we shall bbtain and establish reasonable prices at home. To provide an adequate supply of food both for our own sol? diers on the other side of the seas and for the allies is one of our first and foremost obligations; for if we are to maintain the?r constancy In this struggle for the independence of all nations we must first maintain their health and strength. The solu? tion of our food problems, therefore, is dependent^ upon the Individual ser? vice of every man, woman and child in the United States. The great vol? untary effort in this direction which has been initiated and organized by the food administration under my di? rection offers an opportunity of ser? vice In the war which is open to every individual and by which every indi? vidual may serve both his own people and the peoples of the world. "We can not accomplish our objects in this great war without sacrifice and devotion and in no direction can that sacrifice and devotion be shown more than by each home and puolic eating place in the country pledging its sup? port to the food administration and complying with its requests. (Signed) "Woodiow Wilson." A Year off Cheer. A lot of good fortune is in store for those families who are on the Youth's Companion subscription list for ID i s ?a year of cheer. There will be 12 glorious serial or group stories, ranging from a girl's war story by Grace S. Richmond and Indian adventures by James Willard Schultz, to the unrivaled tales of former days by C. A. Stephens. The charm of Companion stories lies in the fact that whether they are especially written for boys or for girls, everyone enjoys them to the full. Then there are special pages for the Fam lly, Boys, Girls, and even for little children?while the editorial page Current Events and a Doctor's Corner supply all the requirements of the family for good reading. And this particular feast can come from no other source. The Companion alone-is $2,00, but by special arrangement new subscrib? ers for The Companion can also, t>y adding only 25 cents, have McCall'3 Magazine for 1918, both publications for only $2.25. This two-at-one price offer includes. 1. The Youth's Companion?52 is? sues in 1918. 2. All remaining 1917 issues of Th" Companion free. 3. The Companion Homo Calen? dar for 1918. 4. McCall's Magazine?12 fash? ion numbers in 1918. All for only $2.25. THE YOUTH'S OMPANION. Commonwealth Ave., Poston, Mass. New subscriptions received at this ofliee. PLOT IN NEW YORK. Wholesale Attempt to Destroy Food? stuffs in City. New York, Oct. 19,?After discov? ering wdiolesale plots to destroy food supplies gu.irds were doubled at everv place where food Is stored in New York. The offic ials are ready to eali out the home guards it necessary. FARMS FOR SALE In Sumter and Clarendon ( ounties. <?8 Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter: 49 acres In high state of cultivation; well drained; one four room hou a, bam and stables. Splendidly located wP.ii good neighbor*. Can get artesian water. 7? Acres on public road three miles from Sumter; 42 aer?-s in cultivation, and 10 acres more cleared ta be cultivated next yea**. One four room house, barn and stables. Ho Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; about Z0 Korea in cultivation. Good 4 room dwelling, one tenant house, barn, stables, etc. 221 Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter, six-'r.orse farm in cultivation this year, which can be increased to eight horse farm next year. Four room dwelling, three tenant houses, barns and stables. Good flowing? well. Situated near good school, gin, rsJlroad siding, and in a good neighbor? hood. 412 Acres on public road, two and one-half miles from Sumter. ten horse farm open and in high state of cultivation. New dwelling, five 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 nnd subdivided. Property situated like this is not often offered for sale, and if you are interested in a splendid firm prac? tically in the city, you had better see 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. Siw mill near by. Will subdivide. I! de? sired, and sell cheap. 120 Acres near Pinewood undeveloped. Will sell cheap. Easy Terms To Suit Purchasers. C. P. OSTEEN, Sumter, S. C. GO?L PRICES AVANCED. INCREASE IN MINERS' WAGES PASEE!) ON TO CONSUMERS. Fuel Administration Orders Advanee of Forty-live Cents a Ton at Mines in Order to Cover Wage Increase and Still Give Fair Prollt to Opera? tors. Washington, Oct. 27.?President Wilson tonight granted an increase of 4 5 cents a ton in the price of bitum? inous coal at virtually all mines in the country, effective at 7 o'clock Monday morning. The new price will absorb wage raises recently agreed upon between operators and miners In the central competitive and other fields. The president's order provides that the increase shall not apply in case of existing contracts providing for an increase in price to cover any raise in miners' wages. Neither will it apply in districts where miners and operators fall to agree upon a miners' penalty provision satisfactory to the fuel administration. Millions of dollars of increased cost to consumers is involved in the order which was based upon recommenda? tions made to the president yester? day by H. A. Girfield, fuel adminis trator. When operators and miners of the central competitive field agreed upon a wage scale here three weeks ago, Dr. Garfleld made a careful sur? vey of conditions in the various dis? tricts as basis for his report to the president. The president's order follows: "The scale of prices prescribed Au? gust 21, 1917, by the president of the United States on bituminous coal at the mine, as adjusted and modified by order of the United States fuel admin? istration to meet exceptional condi? tions in certain localities, is hereby amended by adding the sum of 45 cents to each of the prices so pre? scribed or so adjusted and modified (subject, however, to th.^ following ex? press exceptions: "(1) This increase in prices shall not apply to any coal sold at the mine under an existing contract containing a provision for an increase in the price of coal thereunder in case of an in? crease in wages paid to miners. "(2) This increase in prices shall not apply in any district in which the operators and miners fail to agree upon a penalty provision satisfactory to the fuel administrator, for the auto? matic collection of fines in the spirit of the agreement entered into between the operators and miners at Washing? ton October 6, 1917. "This order shall become effective at 7 a. m. on October 29, 1917." While the order refers only to tho wage agreement reached at the con? ference in Washington it is expected that wage rates will be given in prac? tically all fields, as pay for miners in all other districts of the country are based on those paid in the central field. In his letter to the president recom? mending the price increases, Dr. Gar field said that the wag*? raise of 50 per cent, to miners and 78 per cent, to the best laborers over the wages of April 1, 1914. as agreed upon Octo? ber I?, were not In excess of the ad? vance In the cost of living since the war began. Ills understanding was, the letter continued, that in fixing provisional prices for coal at the mines, it was Intended to allow a fair profit to the operators and that under the new wage Reale present price* would not admit of such a profit. Consequently the increase must be placed on tho consumer. . "In reaching the conclusion that tho price of coal U the mines should bo increased to lbstantiaUy cover theeo wage increase.',," Dr. Garfield wrote the president, "I have been influenced^ particularly by the provisions of tho agrement intende dto secure an In? creased and uninterrupted production iot coai-"_*ii5i? TOBACCO WAREHOUSE LEASED. Mr. John W. Moore, of Durham, X. C , Will Manage Warehouse Next Season. Mr. John Wr Moore, of Durham, N. C, has leased the warehouse of tho Farmers' Tobacco Warehouse Co., of Sumter, for Vie 1918 selling season. Mr. Moore is ; ne of the largest ^bac ' co dealers in North Carolina., and is reputed to run the largest warehouse , in Durham. He was the lessee and j manager of the tobacco warehouse at Lamar, in Dar'ington county this sea? son, and made a great success of that J market. He i;- highly recommended i to the local tobacco warehouse own? ers. One feature of the lease of the Sumter warehouse for 1918 selling season attract, d the attention of the directors of 1:he local warehouse company. Thut was the unusual num? ber of applicants and the big increase in the amounts offered for the Sumter warehouse for 1918 selling season over any previous year. Competition for the Sumter warehouse was keen with more than three times the num? ber of applicants ever before. It seems that the bidders appreciate tho fact or believe? that tobacco is going to bring very high prices during tho next two years. Consequently there is a clcmor to rent warehouses and consequent gratifying increase in tho amounts bid, the Sumter warehouse receiving an increase of one hundred percent for the 1918 season over this year, and about 80 per cent, increase over any previous year. Farmeres wdl doubtless be able to profit by the information because warehou^men are paid by the num? ber of pounds sold and the amounts received bv the sellers. ' Believing In high price* next year thero are many who are very f.-nxious- to become ware? house lessees because nigh prices mean increased revenues for ware? housemen. Mr. Moore will shortly visit Sumter to arrange with the Sumter Chamber of Commerce for free distribution of tobacco seed to the farmers and to otherwise assist those who are going to plant tobacco next year. FATAL TRAIN WRECK. Several Persons Killed In Aeel ?'ear Austin. dent" Austin, Texas, Oct. 29.?Several Iwere killed In a rear end collision bo tween the Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger tram and a freight, five miles south of here, according to rtrst reports. ATTEMIT TO MAKE PEACE. * Germany Trying to Make Terms Wltti Belgium. London, Oct. 29.?I? Metropole, Belgian newspaper published bore, says a German attempt to make peao# with Belgium was defeated by tho Belglau forel n minister.