The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 10, 1917, Image 4
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The Sumtor Watchman was found
ed In 1S50 und the True Southron u
1866. Tho Wutchinan aud tSouthro
now has the combine ' I ul. tion an?
nf'uence of both Ol the old paper:
end la manifestly the best ad vert is In
medium In Buinter. _
llu^inosx \'ntl<<\
Statements v.ere sent in Scp'omboi
and October to all subscribers who?
subscription* were p.i .t due or fell
due during thOSS s.-wnihs. A lar-o
nOmlwr have ?WMit ehe? Ich or ha??
called at thin ?ih?-?. to roaevf lhair
subscriptions, but there .ire Mill unite
a number still Indebted fo.- s^SbnoHp
tion who have not m ole s? .'lenient
and i-enewed their subscript! as \\".
have carried these at counts through
the summer and now that money la
plentiful?mere plentiful ihm OVOf
before In Sumter County?ve are
looking to those who have ecelveu
the paper to pay the money due us
The cost of publishing the Wa'?!:
man and Southron Is greater than
ever before, but the subscription his
not yet been advance*!. We canno'
i' rd to semi the paper to anyon ?
ppfcS does not pay for it. and indue |*
Bfvda that on the lr.th, Instant, th
list will he revised an?l del mtneut
f?t!l be drotiped from the mal ing Hat.
Kvery subscriber has had a si it> n.e ?
of the amount due. and in uldi'i >
the lu)>el on the paper Is a semi-week
t) reminder of iho data of cxplrulu
of subscription. Wo rreod the 01 i
due and we ask that our friert I* ? ?:< I j
00X1 WOOfc when || Iowa UttOl till
the County Fair and pa) their .su'>- j
scriptum. We dO not ward to lose ill
sniK-'e subscriber and we do no be
lu ve that on] reader of the Wa eh
m m and Southron ? an afford .0 do
Without tlta paper. This is a UniO
? her every family should ha\ ? .1
newspaper that waves the news of
lha wot Id, and this the Watchrtmn
and Southron is doing as ft'lly i?<d
completely as any newspaper pob
UohOd 1" the State It is worth more
than the subscription price and thos,^
who want the paper will pay up
promptly.
I.mich t toot It.
Thai TVedatofleM Baptist Bunda*
iehool win have n Ltnch Booth at the
County lair loxl week. Sandwiches,
ke, ootTee and eold drinks will lie
served. 'Look for the sign when' you
arc hungry.
AMIN i:\KMY AKHKSTKl).
t.crnian Pound Working M a Poiv
iM in Suvaitttali.
? j
l'a va n nah. Nov. 7.?Conrad Mo
aaupt, an unnaturaliaed Geaman
ooming within tha full moaning 01
alien enemy, was found hero by fed
? . it agents today working as fore?
man of carpenters at the Terry ship
building plant.
.Moh.au pt held n pernilt to reside I
Ibooklyn. V ion 0X0mined by the of
flaori he stated that he was out o
Work in Ihooklyn and had come to
Savannah when Offered the place
lo re. Me has in en ordered by Wash*
i t(? return to BrOOklyit, where
the case Will be disposed of.
Two Crimean veterans, probe Id
the last in Ireland, have im * died One
\\ is lohn Me vt:> , .' :'<M HL\ \, , <> wa
unded at the siege of flobastopol.
and the other Denis Heligan. aged
14, who had II ye; is' service.
In addition tO gtass sk.irts and
ukuleles Ha v ui sends ovo* near))
nine million lollars in I.ihe ty Loan
Buboeriptiona, Ueefu), as well as orna
n an tat Tampa Tribune
lie who holds that all men are Lam
ainipt) Judgea all men by himself.?
Abbeville Medium. That's rather
rough on David, the sweet singer of
Israel.
l'?|!OATH MAKJO TIIK SMALLEST
s< uiuc <jf r;:i: VKAll,
14i ? Wn k (Tilly VAuhi targe cxa?1
Four Kigali British Khlps Were
Oestruycd?\o Decrease in Ocean
Tronic,
London, Nov. 7. A mark od do
crease In British merchant ship*'
sunk during the last week is noted In
the admiralty report tonight. Only
eight \es.sels over 1,600 tons were
sunk by mine or submarine and four
vessels under that tonnage. No nail?
ing vessels were sunk.
The summary: Arrivals. 2,684;
sailings, 2.::7!'; British merchantmen
over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or
submarine, including two previously,
eighl; under 1,600 tons. Including one
previously. four. Fishing vessels
sunk, none. British mer< hant ves?
sels unsuccessfully attacked includ?
ing live prevlously, si*.
The British ships reported lost by
the latest admiralty report are small?
est In point of number since the Un?
restricted submarine warfare began j
early In the year. They probably arei
'he smallest in tonnage also. Co*'
while In the week ending Sept. 16
only eight ves-sels of 1,600 tons or
over were sunk. 20 vessels under that
tonnage were destroyed. The r.ea
best record in point of nun,bei- waf.
in the week ending .Sept. 20 when 13
VessOlS were sunk, 11 larg ? and tv.o
small.
ITALIANS LO0B IT VF.
Rome, Nov. 7.?The Italian ship
ping losses from submarin.? ir. all
Seas for ths week ending No \ I were
two steamers under 1,600 tons and
three sailing craft under 100 toil*.
Successful attempts have been made
? o bring under profitable cultivation
the desert rubber plant, guayale, The
wild shrubs have long been collected
In great i,uantitios in Mexico and the
rubtx r, w inch grades much lower
than Para, Is extracted by such sim?
ple processi s as to make its produc?
tion very profitable. The task is de?
veloping methods of cultivation, says
a Ca/nogle institute report, has now
been successfully accomplished by ]>r.
w. B. McCallum.
; The Lake Helmet dam in the San
Jaolnto mountains is said to impound
1,000,000,000 gallons of water and to
effect the irrigation Of 10,000 acres
In the Helmet and San Jacinto val?
leys. It cost about $2.000,000.
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN.
nim: hiixion pkhnoxh uot tan
LHlEltTY' i:?'M)S,
tnicrcnos OvcrHubscrllicd the Second
Loan by 51 Per lent., Investing
Over l our IlllliOII Six Hundred and
Seventeen Mlllon Dollars.
-_ . c
cvurhlngton, Nov. ?.--Americans J
responded to the eall rol. a second '
Liberty war loan by ?ubicriblng $4,-|
t; 1 7,532,300, an oversubscription byjC
w4 per cent, of the $3,000,000,000 T
i.s.ved and only $383,000,000 less than H
$6,000,000,000 maximum fixed by
me treaaury. Tabulation completed t
tonight, 11 days after the close of the ?
nationwide bond selling campaign, t
showed thai every federal reserve *
district exceeded Us quota and ?,400,-M
. peisons aubaoribed In the bigji
war financing operation which Secre?
tary McAdOO described as the great- 4
est ever attempted by any govern?
ment. I
Half of the oversubscribed sum
will be accepted, making the actual
total of bonds to be issued $3.808,
760,130. Ninety-nine per cent, of the
iULa iribera will receive the amount
for which they bargained, all sub?
scriptions for $00,000 or less being
allotted In full and those above that
nmount being pared down in varying
proportions, ranging from a 90 per
cent, allowance on subscriptions be- 1
tWOOn $."0,000 and $100,000 to 40 per
cent, for the largest single SUbacriP- 1
tion of $50,000,000.
?'The success of the second Libert
loan, like that of the first, is a dis?
tinct triumph for the . people of the
United States." said Secretary Mc
Adoo. announcing the loan results to?
night. "It not only demonstrates
their ability, patrlotlem and resources,
but augurs the certain success of any
fUTUre loans that may be offered by
the government/' ***
GERMAN OFFICE SEIZED.
Hamburg-American Steamship Com?
puny Taken Over by Custrdian of
Enemy Property.
New York, Nov. X.?The offices of
the Hamburg-American Steamship
Line here were seized today by Tnite 1
States .Marshal MeCarty on orders
from A. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of
enemy property. Julius P. Myer,
vier' director Of the company, and 7!?
employeea were ordered to leav<
forthwith. It is said the offices will
be used by the port board of the wa
boa rd.
Horns Demanstxaton Kork
MARY LE*#OJ, DtiMSiltir
MMpIc JQNIS, Assistant
The tlugood Home Demostrailou
Mill) met .Monday afternoon at .Mrs
ulian Sanders' home. There were
? dies present.
Miss Keels, Assistant Hume Hem
nstration Agent, gave a talk on)
Food, the Vital Factor in tin- Wor'd
Var."
Mrs. Julian Sanders, who is known
o oxeell in lighthread making in this
icighborhood gave a demonstrat?
ion of lighthread. showing the finish
<l loaf ,of bread, and the setting
?f the sponge and explaining the steps
letween.
Mrs. T. P. Sanders exhibited a loat
it steamed brown bread. This is a
>:'? 1-3 per cent, wheat Substitut?,
lelow is recelpe for same:
Steamed Drown Hrcari.
- cups Graham flour,
1 cup corn meal,
2 teaspoons baking powder,
1-2 teaspoon ?salt,
1-2 cup molasses,
1-2 cup raisins,
1 egg,
2 cups sweet milk (skimmed).
Sift together the flour, corn meal.
?aU and baking powder; add the
raisins and molasses, and mix with
he well betiten egg and milk.
Have ready well greased tins with
tightly fitting lids, fill two-thirds full
the bottom. Grease and fit on the
covers and steam three hours. The
loaves may be placed in the oven for
i few minutes, after steaming, if a
Jry erusl is desired.
Tomato Mince Meat.
Si ice up a quantity of green to
aatoes and sprinkle well with sal*
Pour into a bag and hang up to drr>
all night. The salt which is left o i
tomatoes will not need washing off.
In the morning take equal parts of
ajgar and tomatoes and cook until the
'omatoes are thoroughly done. 1*j
even pounds of the mixture of to
moatoes and sugar add three pounds
seedless raisins, with mace and t-inmV
;non to suit the taste. Cook a sho*1
Ime after .adding the seasoning an 1
nut into jars. Thia will make deli ?
lOUS pies which many considf r a:
.food as those made from ordlnat)
mincemeat,
Mr. Waverly B. Lievy is at home fo
a few days on furlough.
ADVAMI B COTTON
RATES.
Ocean SCoai?.sliip Company Wams to
Add Twcidy-?vc IVr Cent to Cot
ton Frogjtti Rates.
Washington, Nov. 8.?The Ocean
Steamship Company has applied t<>
the Interstafe Commerce commission
for permission to raise rates on cot?
ton from Savannah to New York and
other Eastern points about twenty*
bve per cent..
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION'.
Maj. R, ii. Thomas, ol The Citadel,
Elci tcil Chairman.
Columbia, Nov. 8.?Maj. R. O.
Thomas hea 1 of the engineering de?
partment of the Citac !. WO* yesier
day elected chairman of the State
highway commission, to succeed Mn.
J Monroe Johnson, now in Fianc !
Oommandlni the battalion of So Ith
Carolina I in at era, a unit i n th I
Rainbow h don.
Thomas \ Cothrau of 12reenv.ee !,
who was t' p point cd a member of the
eommiss on 1 y Governor Manning t o
days ago, att -tided the meeting of the
commission yesterday.
In the morning ?< ss on the comnt --
sion heard . K. Brooitn an! J. II.
Kelly, county supervisor of CSarendon
county, who presented a pro.elet to
build a brid e over the Ban tee River
between Clai endon rand Orange bu.g
counties.
At an early meeting of the co i
mission, reja esentatives of various
counties in that section of the Sti I I
; will be asked to appear before lh)
j commission for a general discussion
; of thifc proposed crossing. A mem?
ber of the commission said last ni^ht
j that the greatest need in South Caro?
lina, apparently. Is for bridges ar a
' rivers. "Feu State highways can OJ
\ built or eve; considered without In
I volvtng the problem of river cross*
Ing/" he continued. "The question is
one that mV t be given thorough con?
sideration tnd ultimately disposed
of."
During thi afternoon the annual re
[ port of the comrai-sion, which is to
be submitted to the general assembly
in January, was road and discus^-ed.
I lm report goes into every phase' of
tithe commission's activities during the
? j year. Figures yesterday in the high
t wsy office showed that 41.675 automo
I i biles bad been registered in South
? Car-din:*.. The Income from the licene
i ing or ihce* machines was lilt',
t 7 7*. M. An average of 100 applica?
tions for licenses are being made
1 daily, which arc new machines. The
r highway commlaston will probably
meet again about November 28
McCOLLUM BROTHERS
FOR
READY-TO-WEAR, SHOES and STAPLE
DRY
13
Our Ready-to-Wear Buyer is now in New York replenishing our department of
Coats, Coat Suits and Dresses,
The Express biings us New Arrivals in these lines daily. So come in and complete your winter
I wardrobe, for these nobby styles don't stay with us long.
Utz & Dunns Shoes for Ladies, and Play Mate and Scuffers Shoes for Children, can't be surpassed
in style, comfort and wear.
We carry a full line of Warner's Rust-Proof and Redfern Corsets, guaranteed not to rust, break or
tear. Price $1.00 to S0.00.
Holeproof, Rayser and Luxite Hosiery for Ladies. Holeproof and Wonder Hose for Children at
prices that save you money..
See us for staple dry goods, such as Silks, Serges, Poplins, Ginghams, Outings. Sheetings, Sheets,
Pillow Cases and Towels,
McCOLLUM BROS.
New shipment of Waists
and Blouses