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&||t Sf?attjjman an) ?out{jr m. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY ? OvTOCf PVHI.IMIl.XO COMPANY Mt'MTKR, s. c. Terms: tl 30 per annum?in advance. AdTerti?ciuciita, Ont Square first Insert on .. ..$1.00 Every eubaaquent Insertion.50 Contract* for three months, or longsr will hs mads at reducod n.tes All communlcatlono which sub senrs private Interests will be charged fur as advertisements. obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Hum'sr Watchman was found? ed In 1160 and the True Southron in 1 1ICC The Watchman and Southron ?tow ha* the combined circulation and influence of both ot the old papers,' and Is manifestly the best advertising ni^HHurn^m^b^ The County Board of Commission? ers have decided to accept the offer of Mr. H J. Harby to provide an en? dowment of $10.000 for a Tuberculos? is Camp to be established and main? tained by the county, the only eondi MggJ attached by the County Dourd i being that the City of Sumter co- ' operate with the County to the extent of assuming one-half of the cost of maintenance, over and above the in? come derived from the endowment and contributions from other sources The City Council has tentatively ac? cepted the conditions laid down by the County Board and a meeting will be held to discuss the matter prelim? inary to undertaking the establishment of the camp. At tho meeting of the County HosggJ at which it was decid? ed to accept Mr. Harb)'s donation the proposition was ma do that the proposed camp be located on the Poor Houite Farm, but thl* was not positively determined upon. Without the least disposition to infringe upon the prerogatives of the County Board. It Is suggested that before finally de? ciding to establish the tuberculosis camp on the Poor House Farm that the matter be carefully conaldered and that all the disadvantages as well as the advantages of thin site be thoroughly canvassed. That there are serious objecldn* to locating s hospi? tal for tu^-ercular pi. tlents on the poor farm la evident to anyone who gives the matter the least consider? ation, and we !>elteve tbnt the dlsad- ( vantages of the location greatly over- , balance the advantagea The matter , of cost of a suitable site does not enter ( Into ocnslleratlon. since Mr. Harby f has offered to provide a suitable sits, if the County Board will accept It. as i well as to endow the camp with $10,- ^ ^^e^^jThe Tuberculosis Camp and tin- J Alms House will he separate and die- ( timt institutions and under altogeth- i V different management rules ajid ( legulatlons, and there should be no , connection between two Institutions, ( If the best results are to be obtained. , The Alms House will gain nothing from being In close proximity to Tu- , berculosls cam,), and the camp will certainly be the more advantageously j situated elsewhere. { IJCT I S HAISI HOtiS. i A solution, or at least a partial so- j lutlon, of the meat problem tha*. threatens this country is to be found 10 the Immediate repeal of the ordi nances. that practically all towns have on their statute books, prohibit? ing the raising of hogs within the town limits. These ordinances were enacted as necessary sanitary meaj ures when the concensus of opinion of the medicul authorities was that hog 'pone were prolific disease breeders, and that to have a healthy town the hoes must be absolutely outlawed and driven out. We accepted the dictum of the medical men, and fifteen or twenty years ago this paper was moat ggtree in promoting and keep? ing alive the crusade a gal ma the hogs, and we never tested until the anti-hog ordinance was adopted and a health oflleer provided to onfon . the law forbidding, under any clr < umstances or conditions, the keep lug of any hog or hogs anywhere within the city limits. The progress of medical sclenc" within the last decade has complete? ly reversed many apparently well es? tablished llreerftea end ens of Um ? that have been thrown on the sera; heap Is the belief th.it heggj are dis? ease breeders ami that hog pens are Incubator* of deadly maladies to which human beings are subjected The most eminent authorities .,te now unanimous that no hnnmn being has ever contracted disease from | hog or from u hog pen. A filthy and ill-kept ROg peg m undoubtedly offensive to the sense of smell, but that is the worst that ggn be said against a hog gad Ig* hag Is not responsible for a filthv pen Olve the hog u fair chance and tin pen will not be offensiv If tin- gOS In filthy ami offensive it is due to the carelessness and neglect of the own.a of the bog. On* or two hogs could be kept on the average towr loL If ?lue care Is used to keep th?? pen clean, without It becoming offensiv?* to the ? ommuultv. That the pens should be kept eban and Inedfenetve eonld be Insured ay Ihn adapt aa ol a satiable sedinaaes prescribing the size of pens and lim? iting the number of hogs to be keoi in a prscertbed size lot, and making It the duty of the Health Officer to ?OS tbat the rules and regulations M I rigidly enforced. Since we are satisfied that the keep? ing of hogs cannot endanger tin health of the residents of the idly, and thttt by the enforcement of simp'e rules the hog pens can easily be pre - \ vented from becoming offensive to j the olfactory sense, It follows natural? ly that the Hoard of Health and the City Council* should at the earliest possible date take steps to repeal th ? old antl-hog ordinances and permb tho people of Sumter to do something to produce meat for their own use. I i h family could raise one or HIOM hogs a year largely from the wasto from the table, and the meat thus pro? duced would go a long way toward relieving the scarcity of meat from which the town people are beginning to suffer. Salaried people cannot afford to pay twenty-five. thirty and thirty-live cents a pound for meat, and the time is at hand when some ot us will not he able to buy, at these prices, as much meats and fats as we neod to keep us in health and strength. Since we can raise our own pork If an out of date and useless sanitary regula? tion is stricken from the statu, ? books, and as the need Is urgent to increase the food supply by all pos sible means within reach, It Is the duty of the city authorities to lose no time In repealing the antl-hog ordi? nance. With this ordinance out of the way it will be possible for &. thou? sand or fifteen hundred hogs to be raised in the town of Sumter within UM next year. Every citizen who is of the same opinion should make It his biiHlne.su to appeal to the city au? thorities to take quick action. Tlie Time to Put out a Fire. If ther? were a smallpox epidemic in yoar city and the health depart? ment were to buy a tine automobile hearse with silver and white silk fittings and were to invite the citizen* to inspect It. would you be proud of the progresslveness of your city and of the hearse? Hut theie are frequent Tires In your r.ty and when your department buys a new blazing red triple combination tvith nickel and brass fittings the lellghted citizens drop in at the Are muse and pat tho chief on the back. There Is no difference between hese two cases?only in matters of public health we have recognized that he first duty of the city Is to prevent ilisease. but In the matter of public ?afety we have not realized that th" first duty ?if the city is to prevent lir? s iccidents and erimew. In the ti dd o fire protection we are still where we were about a hundred* years ago in public health?when people believed that smallpox was an act of God When we have ? typhoid epidemic now we do not hold public prayer meetings?we boll the water, pasteur? ize the milk and Isolate the patients. Xot only that?we want to know why the water was allowed to become polluted and why the food regulation!' were not enforced. We have become educated to demand prevention. When we have a big fire we should demand to know why the building was of tinder construction, why there is no stringent building law being vigorous? ly enforced, why the citizens and ch:l dren have not been educated out of carelessness and why gross over-in? surance is allowed to encourage ar? son. The average annual fire loss during the past ten years in this country and Canada has been $2:10.000.000. Is if1 becauas our firemen are incompetent untrained or cowardly? There is no more splendid body of fire-fighter* in the world than those of America 1 cities. The truth is that fire-fighting ha? renalisI the limits of its effective? Man. We are fighting fire as well a** we can. Lot us take the burden off the firemen?it Is now up to the cit council and the State legislature. The only way to reduce fire losses b through prevention. I^ot us reoogn ize that every piece o fire apparavus is a splendid confessioi of civic crime and every foot of hose an admission of failure. Some ore necessary, but it is in our power ?.o need them loss. We cannot legislat and educate fires- out of existence, but we can perhaps reduce them by half The time to put out a fire Is bofon it starts Municipal Journal. c\sr.\i/iY i.ist HIOM rnwer. Gen. ivrdiing Reparil Death of Three Soldiers. Waehlngton, Nov. It.?Tha casual ly list ambled by On. I'ershing todav shows one man killed by aceldent and two deaths from natural causes S i psejsjl Oaf 0. shew, of the Coast \i tlllery w?s killed by a train. Geeaaans rupture Mountain. Berlin. Nov. H?. ? Monte Cornello, on the nUrtherH Italian front has been l iken by storm and Italians have boon driven f om Monte Tomba. the war other an, IQUUI Sd. BIKER'S WAR REVIEW. ':<iu:t\i:v comidkntia EX PECTH IT A M AN DEFENSE TO COM TIN UH. National Army Takes Serious Hold on Work:?Germans lall lO Make Headway Against French and Brlt isl,?threat Turk Losses in Pales? tine. Washington, Nov. IS.?Hardening, of the Italian defense and the pre? cision wth which British and French reinforcements are being delivered in the Italian theater lead Secretary Baker In his weekly review tonight to contemplate the future In that field with confidence. He points- out, how? ever, that the full strength of the Austro-German effort has not yet been developed. Renewed1 allied offensives on the Western front after the lull of the past week, Mr. Baker says, are indi? cated by increased artillery fire and the nervousness exhibited by the Ger? mans. The only reference to the sec? tor of this front where American troops occupy first iine trenches is that the men have shown themselves worthy of the best traditions of the American army. "The training of our National Army is now progressing rapidly," the statement says. "The morale of our new citizen soldiers is reported as excellent. "The men who have been called upon to defend our country in the present emergency are taking hoM of the work in a serious, high minded spirit, which will produce the best results. "The British and French officers who are to assist in instructing out new armies nre arriving. "In France the training of our troops is being carefully continued. In the sector where our forces are in the trenches they have shown them ?lelves worthy of the best traditions of [>ur army. "After the successes gained by the lilies In the West during the preeed ng week the relative calm of the last , leveral days was to be anticipated. "It is significant, however, that the f eactlon of the enemy ha.s been rela- , Ively slight, both in the region north >f the Alsne and In Flanders. , At this season of the year the sod len. fog-bound fields of Flanders and ( he bad weather which prevails alonv . he entire Western front makes it dif- . Icult to coordinate major operations . tri tri precision. t "Along other sectors of the front leid by the British no engagements ?f Importance are reported. ] "Along the French front no engage- 1 nents of importance are recorded. , "The news from Italy Is more en- j ?ouraglng. Operations involving the iklllful handling of large masses of ( roops and the reorganization of de- , 'enslve positions, entailing superhu- . nan efforts on the part of officers am men alike, have been called out b\ j he Italian armies with energy am! < courage. "All sectors of the Italian thoate, Jt operations continue the scene o' much hard fighting. "On the Piave and in the region o' r^ake Gards. as well as along the Brenta. It would appear that the ene? my, while scoring local advantages-, i being successfully restrained. "On the lower Piave the hostile at tempt to cross the river was partiall unsuccessful resulting in the captun of Zenson. The Italians have opened the dikes in this sector, which wP render the enemy advance .difficult.' The secretary then reviews a length the military situation in Pales tine and Mesopotamia, which he soy* "must be considered if we are to ar? rive at a clear perspective of the pur? poses of the war." He SSSOTtS that the Investment of Jerusalem by the British is taking shapo. that Jaffa, the principal seaport of Palestine, Is un? der allied gunfire by land and sea and Indicates that its fall is Impend? ing, to the great relief of the allied supply lines. (The British announced late Saturday that they had taken Jaffa). That the Turkish forces ii Palestine have lost half their effec? tives In the fighting also is noted. Mr. Baker notes increased activity In tho Balkan theater and concludes With the statement that the situation in Russia continues disturbed. rihtisii TAKE JAFFA. Capture From Turks City on IfeditOr ranean. London. Nov. IS.?The city of Jaf? fa, on the Mediterranean coast, was taken possession of by the British army in Palestine yesterday. The text of the official announeemeat making this statement reads: "Yesterday Jaffa was occupied bv Australian and New Zealand mount"! troops without opposition. The ?'man appears t?? be continuing his retire men I t<> the north." Washington. Nov. 19. The fuel ad ministration announced today the ap polntmenf of Arthur T. Williams, o Jacksonville, as State fuel ndmlnlstrn tot of Florida? ITALIANS TAKE HOPE. ! tkyink WEEK ENDS i\ ITALY'S FAVOR. Austrotiermans Pail to Breach Ca-1 dorna*s Linea ?Knemjra id mit a Ilona Established in Nix Most Fear fttl Days Country Has Known. Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Nov. 1". 5 P- Mf. (by the Asso? ciated Press).?The battle of th< Piave River, as it will ho known, now has developed to a stage where the enemy's first attempts to make a breach in the Italian lines have fail? ed. This defensive result has not only been accomplished by the Italian Army but time has been secured to effect that recovery from the ret rent which will permit the army to resume its offensive power as well as its de? fensive. The enemy was taking full advan? tage of the delicate period after tht retreat knowing that every day counted for the restoration of the solidarity of the Italian offensive force. In this knowledge, too, tho Italian supreme command is proceed? ing methodically. One hears talk in high quarters to night that if the Piave line holds another few days, the tide will bo turned as its successful defens through six fearful days has estab? lished that the* enemy has his limi? tations. Thus far nothing beyond battalions have crossed the river. Only at Zen son and Grisolera are there any seri r>us lodgments on the west bank of i ho Piave and today the enemy was forced back to the river at Zenson and slsewhere. It is because the Piave has resisted ho well that the enemy now Is turning his attention to the north and trying to make a breach there, ivhieh he failed to make on the Piave. The lino on the north runs along Aal ago, Ciamon and Quero, and there [he Italian position remains virtually unchanged. In the east, whore the mountain line Joins the Piave. the Italian position has been moved a Ut? ile farther back, not in giving ground, but to edltdify the whole Northern 'root from Mont Tondarocar, on the vest, to the Piave. on the east, thus ?onsolidating the defense at the cen ?r and on both of the wings. This is the .situation tonight after me of the most trying weeks Italy has ?ver known. It makes the whole country breathe easier and await vith serenity, almost confidence, those TUeial days still ahead. A trusted man sent by the corres ?ondont to the Lower Piave this nornlng returned with details of th^ earful scene of desolation made by :he release of the Hood waters to >ar the progress of the enemy. What was a smiling farm, land ter lay.t ago now is transformed into a rast sheet of water stretching for niles. Above tho level of the water, ?oofs and the upper stories of farm louses can be seen here and there. 3reat flocks of ses fowls have come n from the Adriatic and their mourn 'ul cries add to the weirdness of tho icene. Intense silence hangs over the deso ate waste, broken only by the sea ilrds and tho muttering of guns at he mouth of the river. Some of tho tpper floors of tho farm houses ar. dill occupied by the local constabul try of the valley. MTE OP PERSHIXO'S BfEJf EXE? CUTED IX FRANCE. killed French Woman?Details of First Drastic Action by Courtnmr* tlal in Europe Withheld for Time. Washington, Nov. 17.--An Ameri? can soldier of Gen. Pershing's forces found guilty by courtmartial of tin issaulting and murdering of a French (Vornan, has been executed by a tiring squad. All details of this, the first death penalty imposed since tho troopi landed in Europe, are being withheld by the war department. When a full report has been receiv? ed from General Pershing it prohabh will be published as officials of the department want the world to know how tho American army deals with men who commit! such crimes. Secre? tary Baker said today that General l'ershing has full power to carry out tho sentence of the court martial wit h out referring the case to tho Presi? dent, DIXIE division ItKVIEWED. Daughters of Gen. Wheeler inspect Georgia and Florida Troops. Ifacon, On., Nov. I?. Tin* Dixie Division. Stationed at Camp Wheeler, composed exclusively of troops from Georgia and Florida, passed in review today before four daughters of the late Gen. Joseph B. Wheeler. Thou? sands of civilians witnessed the re vie w. Washington, Nov. 10. Gen. Persh? ing has reported two men killed in action on November 13th. three se? verely and tour slightly wounded. t inmtttt'fm" h,""!",nfl To the People of Sumter County: The 1'nited States Government needs prat ically all of. the coal available for railroad transportation, for the tperattoa of the ship building plants, and other niCSSSSIjr war operations It Is the oh Ject of the Puel Administration Board to reduce the .mnsumptioa of coal In homes and in manufacturing enterprises; which cau substitute wood as fuel, t0 tne lowest possible figure. To thib end the people are urged \o substitute oak nd other woods a? far as possible. The farmer* ;md land own rs are urged to sup? ply the wood to the eitles and towns as a patriotic duty in or? der to aid in this saving of coal fuel. Any of the wood and coal dealers of Sumter will gladly buy your wood at good prices and put it into suitable shape for use In the stores and grates of th* city. Oak cut into sm all blocks nan largely be substituted for coal 111 grates and open stoves. We ask the cooperation o' ihe farm* ers and of the people of the city in our efforts to effect the sub? stitution and release the coal for use in the manufacturing Sad transportation operations necessary to the w ir. R. B. RELSEll Chairman Bumter Fuel Administralien Board. Sumter. S. c., Nov. 19, 1917. 11C. ft. APPEAL. WAR COUNCIL URGES XllcKs. SITY OF GREAT DRIVE. Campaign for Money for Welfare Work Among American Soldier* Ends Today. r i New York, Nov. IS.?With tomor? row the last day of the campaign of the Young Men's CarLstian Associa? tion to raise $35,000,000 for Its wa?? work fund the members of the war council sent out today a final appeal for the BUCCOOS of the drive. To khow the urgent needs of money for wel? fare work among the soldiers of the United States lighting in Frame this coble message from E. C. Carter, nat? ional secretary of the American Y. M. C. A. in France, was made public tonight. "1 have just returned from visiting Americans in front line trenches. Their spirit is inspiring, their appre? ciation of the association already be? ing operated under shell fire is un? bounded. At the same time, princi? pal criticism on every hand is that the American association in France is ?still Inadequately furnished with men. money, supplies and transport." Reports available of the efforts of hoys between IS and 20 years of age to raise $1.000,000 toward the fund showed last night that 4 4.274 boys had contributed $442.274. The com? mittee expects more than $1,000, 000. The boys are earning the mono* themselves. The committee has r. ceived w/ord that some obtained then contributions to the fund by pave? ment repair work, beating carpets, washing windows, running errands tending furnaces, picking orange, selling papers and shoveling snow. The committee announced that 1. 500 college Y. M. C. A. brar.ehes and 300.00?) students and faculty mem? bers in colleges and universities plan to give $1.000,000 to the student fund. MARSH WOMAN FREED. Jury at Caniden Acquits Defendant Accused of Responsibility tor Reuth of Mrs. Estolle Raker. Camden, Nov. 17.?Lucy Marsh, the white woman, who was churned With the murder of Mrs. Esteile Daker a few weeks ago. was acquitted in the court here late Friday evning. This was one of the most sensational cases heard in this county la many years and the court room was packed all day. Much of the testimony was sor? did and sensational. The State at? tempted to prove that Estelle Laker was murdered through jealously on the part of Lucy Marsh. "Doctor" (J. J. Baker was brought in as the main witness and the originator of the crime. Baker was subjected to the most Scathing denunciation by At? torney Blakeney. The jury was out only about 40 minutes before bring? ing in a verdict of not guilty. An air of mystery still surrounds the killing, The state was represented by Solicitor Cobb while Lucy Marsh was represented by Blakeney and Wil? liams. DTSCCSS PARIS RPEECn. Lloyd George Expected to clear Up Misunderstand in?:. London, Nov. ix. - The pari lam en tary correspondents of The Bunde* News are unanimous in their sntld pation thai tomorrow's important de? bate in the house of COmmOtlS on Premier Lloyd George's PS is speech will clear the air and end the contro? versy which has been raging during the last ereek. it is expected that Mr. Lloyd George will clear away any miscon? ception that hi* remarks in Paris were Intended as a inflection on army leaders, He also is expected to deal with the prospective Inclusion of American representatives In the coun? cil. NEU I MAN MANIFESTO. GEN. MITGITA SAYS HE I? NF? THAL. A Thinly iV^gutsed Attack on Polio.? of the United ptnlan l>y Carraaz* Geilen?!. El t a.s.? Texan, Nov. 18.?"North America u< es not need our passi ? Ultance. North America needs oaiy our c,uota of soldiers, as its men sro going to v. sr not singing; the Mar I seillaijiv,' >ut sorrowfully singing I Home Sweet Home.' " The fofegoing is the opsulng stn tence of a nmnifeb-to sigued by Gen. jFrancisco ! -urguia, commsnder of the Carranza army in northern Mexico. * hundreds f copiss of which hare j been distributed in Juarez. "It would be the limit of ohildlae* ! nees," the manifesto says, "to balltva jthat our Joining the entente would re? sult in our indebtedness to those ha tions being forgiven. ? I stand for neutrality. I do not bs lleVe (hat vc Mexicans are under < ? ! ligation to >upport the cause of eith ter of the righting parties. "I>?t us abandon the idea of giving 'he entente our moral support. Ameri ; m does n t need our moral support, , nor our pensive influence. Ameri* ica does not need, ns a matter of help, , our oil. car ores, nor our henequin. These the: fan obtain by trade and should are dare refuse them they w ould tak. them by the right grume* to a cot .ry in war. What North America i "eds is our men. "The itcd States have only b*ett' table ?o se; d 2 per cent, of the forces I they promised to send to Europe. To 'this end ?hey have enlisted the ne grres. the aliens, und?most sorrow? ful?the Mexicans. They know they will h".ve to sacrifice a lot of lives and if is clear (hat they wish to sacrifice Ieverybody but their own countrymen, i "The tu 'ional feeling of Americans Is opposed to the war. The anti-war I propaganda in America has reached , the h< art.< of the people. "Tf we chake off our apathy, forgst jour hatred, consolidate our forces, j exert all i ur effort. Mexico's neutral | ity would be respected. j "We do not expect anything from Germany, nor do we ask any favors of that nation, but far less coalld ha expected from the Paited tSates* Let this be 01 r attitude towards the r?st of the world. We need ous, hundred thousand ?oldiers fpr our own use." AMERICANS LEAVE PETROGRAiW. Embassy Vsks for Train to CV??ey Two H id red Nationals to Harb! a. London, Nov. 1?.?The America* embassy at Petrograd, according te n Iteuter dispatch, has requealed that a train b. provided to convey 2et members of the American colon;/ la Petrograd to Harbin. SUMl^TR COTTON MARKET, p. G. BOWMAN. Co?t on Buyer. iCorreete.? daily at 12 o'clock Noon > Good Middling 28 1-8. ?ttict Middling 28. d Middling 27 7-8. Strict Low Middling 27 1-f. t Low U Idling 27. NEW 1 ORK COTTON MAkKRf l l>t u llltfti I.??%? t^Sonc < Ye?*d?? 1?. C . .21.41 II.?3 28.41 18.63 28.1? Jan . . :7.79 27.92 27.71 27.02 27.48 Mar . 2T.?I 27.63 27.61 27.63 27.28 Mariposa Goes Down. Seattle. Wash.. Nov. JS.?Tns steamer Mariposa, which grounded en the rocks in the narrow paaaaga ef Snmnor Strain Southeastern AJaska, slipped from the piers last night sott sank, according to word received ta day. T\v. hundred and strty-fiva pas? sengers were picked up bv steamers and landed at Wrangella