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egl ftflalc Jjmari anD ^outjjton. Published WimIii? ala> and Saturday ?BY? OSTEEX Pl'RXISHINQ COM PAN \ St' MTER, 8. C. Therms: gl.54) per annum?in advance. Advertisements. One Square flnt Insertion .. ..tl.oo Evsry subsequent insertion.5?? Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All commur (cations which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman waj found? ed in 1150 and the True Southron in 1861. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation ami Influence of boxh of the old papers, and le manifestly the best advertism, medium in Sumter. LFTTFlt CA It RIFUN \PPFAU The mail carriers are nab lag an or ganlied appeal for higher wages. They cannot take the means that employes in civil life do to secure higher sal? aries but are dependent upon the ac? tion of congress. As congress more or lets acts in response to what it be? lieves to tie pjggtte opinion The Item S'ves space here to the appeal of the Nation.il Association of UtttOff Cu? rlers, which is as follows: class of worker i In the ited States has been granted an in? crease of wag*s except the postal em? ployes. The letter cauiers are a high grade class of employes recruited to the service by a rigid method of se? lective choice, who perform un Impor? tant snd indispensable service for the people and that. too. m the only gov? ernmental htnlness thst shows a profit in operation. "The scale of wages now paid post; office clerks and letter carriers was fixed in 19<>7. more than ten years ago In the meantime the cost of liv? ing has advanced fully 60 per cent. The purchasing price of the dollar has been ut In two This means that the letter carrier has suffered a 50 per cent reduction in wages. It means Just this and nothing else. "To meet this increased cost of liv? ing, there has been a Wholesale in? crease of wages to every other class Of workers. In many instances, these Increases usually voluntary, aggre? gate 100 per cent. An army of girls are now being hired by the government at Wash? ington as stenographer* at an initial satsry of 91.000. $1.100 and $1.2oo pet annum. Carpenters assigned to gov- I eminent work nre now receiving a minimum wage of $6.60 for eight hours work with other trades In com I psrlson. The Navy Department re? cently set the following scale per day i Blacksmiths $4.90; craneman $.'.74. i drop forger $5.20 and $6.60. Such i wages are universally the rule, not the ( exception. "The government has urged private i employers to patriotically grunt sal- t try Increases to avoid labor troubles. 1 lo many such Instances agents have < acted as Intermediaries. Employes In < civil life may enforce their demands < for a wage increase by a strike. Pos- < tal employee must wait until congress i taken note of their condition and grants relief. It is Impossible to be lieve that congress will continue to permit the long suffering letter car? rier to be an object of special discrim? ination. It is up to us to see that theee facts are laid before the presi? dent of the Fntted States, the post? master general and every senator and representative m congress as well as the public 1 "Roosevelt the Crltlelrer." The Koosevelt stock is getting be-, low pur again. When his would-be friends try to boost him up a little for his patriotism along some lines, they run across a snag because of his acti? vities along other lines. Some time ago he was hailed as the great pa? triotic one who wan willing to go an) length for his count! y lie was so full of energy and so verbose that an out? let had to be had somehow. He wunt ed to lead the army to France, but since he could not do that, he was satisfied to take an editorial posi? tion on a western paper where he could reach thousands with his words of wisdom. Hut the colonel's tendency toward criticism has ?o obsessed him thst he is unahle to forego it even If he has to criticise his government la a time of great stress am) strife Jlis recent editorials h.i\e had to dee with the un preparedness of the OOUn try when wur was impending. The country is making as great progress in getting ready f<?r the great strug gle as any nntion In history. If III Ronssvelt wants to serve his countr> at this time with his great ability he can do a great deal more good by standing by it and encouraging It its great work than In pointing out Jtn shortcomings -Smithlleld Herald. The place where we draw the line between graft and theft Is that New York baxaar, which took In $71. 475.9il and all hut $754.96 went for ? >l>enses." Anvl.odv who would pgh s soldier of his comfort kit deserves to he run over by a steamboat I Jin master News. IT *% LIA N S REP U L S E ATTACKS. \i stko-gkkman ItlSllFS on LF1T wing fail with iifavy . lossfs to attack FILS. Lcfeiidcr* of Plave Line Now Sntislicd Huns Will Never Rrcak Through. Italian Army Headquarters ia Northern Italy. Monday, Nov. 7 p. m.? tlly the Associated Press.)?Five determined attacks by Austro-German forces on the left wing of the Italian fourth army, near Monte Fertlca, be-; tween the IJrenta and the Piave were delivered today. The enemy rushes were broken by the defensive troops vith heavy losses to the attackers. Not only the left, but the right, vlng and the center of the army hold? ing this sector was subjected to at? tack, the enemy effort now attaining its full force here. On the right and center the struggle raged fron? Monte Monfenera, westward, with the Ital? ians holding their lines at all points SIM fluctuations of the great battle have now developed to a stage where the resisting power of the Italians have been demonstrated to be suffi? cient to retard, if not to prevent any nudden rush through the passes lead? ing to the Venetian plains. This was regarded as a serious menace six days ago. There is the feeling that friendly allied support is near at a timely mo? ment and that the mingled ranks wili combine to form the barrier Italy has sustained alone until now. Many British officers were at head quarters today^ The Prince of Wale, renewed his earlier visit, going about the streets and mingling with the of? ficers at public restaurants in the most democratic fashion. It is reported from the FrulM i glon. occupied by the enemy, that the civil population has been required to turn over all copper articles, grease ami oils in its possession within live days. Kmperor Charles is said to have made another visit to the invaded re? gion, going to the coast cities of Grado and Monfalcone. A PIPELINE 750 MILKS LONG. Germany Prepaiitvg to Convey Oil From Rumanian Wells. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 31?1| (Correspondence)?A pipeline 750 miles long is about to be laid, accord? ing to a Oermnn nutomobile journal, between Ploestl. Rumania, and Oder berg, on the Austro-German fron? tier. This pipeline will convey oil di? rect from the Rumanian wells through the entire width of the Aus tro-Hungariun monarchy to the very door of the industrial districts of lerman Silesia. At present, railroad freights run up the price of 90< marks for ten tons at the well mouth :o 3,000 marks at the German fron-jt. tier. Df the projected pipeline the'< ?ost of transportation is to be reduc? ed to only BO marks for the same juantlty. The estimated outlay for constructing the line is fifteen million narks. Tilings That Concern Your Town Con? cern You. The most common thing one hears'1 is "I haven't got time to attend that meeting. It doesn't concern me.' hut w hen an epidemic starts, then you are concerned. The Womun's Home Companion prints an editorial lit which the writer says: Someone comes to you and re mar <s " The water supply of this town is polluted. Will you be one of a com? mittee of one hundred to arrange a mas-* meeting and get speakers here from the State Hoard of Health to see what can be done?' And you say, 'I'm sorry. Bot J t. (by haven't the time for anything outside my own home.' "Or, as I lately heard of a woma i BOytng with some impatience: " 'Don't ever ask me to do things like this. I have all that one pair oi hands can do right here inside these four walls.' ? Kvery other person approached says that. too. The mass meeting is not held. Nobody points out, publicly, the langer to whieh the people of the 'own are exposed. "And presently the little boy in the ii?\t Mook dies from typhoid fevei Then another child, and another, an ! an adult or two. i For the health re? ports of state after st.ite show how :he typhoid lever epidemics come from polluted water supplies.) ' You say, This ought to have been attended lo boforo.' And now suppose that your own child falls ill of typhoid, and also Urs Perhops It wdi not be until then I h it vou will realize Ihat this mattet of the WOtor pollution was. after all vom- buKiness. Perhaps, after all. th I wasn't a matter outside your owe home." The allies ii ay survive u li^ht he weeti their polltloal and military leoderOj but we warn them not to let an polltlelana gel mixed up In < olumWa Rot old. Li:VI It spfaks TO FARMERS. Food Campaign in BnmtCT County As? sisted by Seventh District QusjUliS man. Shiloh and Mayesville, in Sumter j county, turned out in splendid style to hear Congressman A. F. Lever on Tuesday at meetings held under the' auspices of the Sumter County Coun-1 oil of Defenvo in the whirlwind, wheat ami "hog and hominy" campaigns ?J help I'nelc Sam wipe Germany off the may, Lynchburg, In Lee county fail? ed to respond to the call of the State Council of Defense, as only about four or five citizens of that section of Lee county, with several from Sumter county, were out and it was decided to call the meeting off and Mr. Leverj did not speak, although Col. J. A. Lhame, end those few others who were from Lynchburg invited Mr. LiVOr to come there again and assum? ed him that he would have a large audience, to hear him the next time he visited Lynchburg. At Shiloh school Mr. Lever had B very appreciative and attentive aud? ience of about seventy-five ladies and gentlemen and school children who treated him cordially and guaranteed j their loyal support of .the United States government in every possible: way they are called upon by "Uncloj Sa in." At Mayesville school between two j Ii und red and fifty and three hundred ladlef and gentlemen asemblexl at ?ight o'clock that night and gave our congressman a hearty welcome. Mayesville, like Shiloh indicated in more ways than one that that town md township do not propose to be behind the procession in loyalty and :levotion as soldiers of the "second ines of defense" in raising an abund ince of wheat and meats, and in con? versation of food and in many other Aays to back up the gallant men be? ilud the guns in winning this war. Mr. Lever drove home In very com? prehensive and convincing manner he many reasons why it is important o support our armies and navies and hose of our allies. He divulged some nside information about the strength hat Germany is still showing and minted, out just why Germayn is not. et conquered nor thinks herself and ter despicable causes to be con inered. He gave facts and figures ibout the armlos, resources and spir t of the nations at war to show that here is a possibility of the war Insl ng at least three and probably tour ears longer. He then showed the reasons why his country, the Sou'.h particularly, vill possibly have to grow sufficient ood or go hungry, if it does not. He feelingly explained the German rvethod of destroying innocent non ombatants' lives, of men and women md children, on the high seas and In American munition factories, showed he betrayal of our friendship by ?erman intrigue, and the way that lernstorff and hundreds of other ?erman diplomats and agents, under he guise of friendship, and while tonored guests of this country, con pired against this country and caused he murder of hundreds of our cltliet ? Jld all of these during the time when fl were at peace with Germany, not t war. He certainly educated hll hearers Jong lines that some of them wer tot posted on before, and he left th" kUdtenoea with keener ideas of what ?very man, woman, hoy and girl must xpect if Germany wins this war, and le pointed out dearly Juet how Ger nany will win the war In Kurope. and ust why the Flitted State* will have o send ten million men to Kurope to lefeat Germany at sacrifice of the ives of thousand* of our boys, if the farmers don't e,et busy producing oore wheat, hogs, fats, and other foods, and hack up the men in the trenches from this country and of our lilies. Mr. Lever left the beaten track Of Intimations, and went innne 4lately down to plain facts, and he nave some Information which un questionably will awaken hundreds *o thinking about the grave menace of food famines, high prices of food, coal shrotages, and other dangers un? less the Southern people and all oth ei peoples in this country shake off their lethargic feelings ot* over-oon ndence, disinterestedness and the false notions Of future luxury because Of the present abnormal prosperity thai may be merged into disaster. want, and other suffering not dreamt of or believed now to be possible, and fully realise that this country is at WS r. At Shiloh Secretary Iteardon of the Chamber of Commerce was-called upon by Chairman 1. M. Truluck for a talk, but the secretary merely ex? plained the presenl whirlwind cam? paign and the reasons that farmers are asked to sign the cards agreeing to plant two seres ot wheat to every plOW and to raise one extra litter of pigs. Mr. K. w. Dabbs made a short talk warning the farmers thai thej must md bo behind the times in plant Ing wheat ami raising hogs and oth r food.. RoV. R. It. tiller presided at Mayesville, and spoke feelingly of the ilutlcvi of citlsenshlp and welcom? ed Mr. Lever. AI I '!?? isunl ?Irove school M r. and Mrs. \v ,W. Cunningham delight? fully entertained Congressman Lever. Mr. K. E, Hall, of the Department of Agriculture, Miss Mary Lomnion, home demonstration agent, Dr. .1. If. Haynsworth, county superintendent of education, Secretary Reardon, Mr. John Minis, and Mr. S. J. Minis at a sumptuous 'Thanksgiving dinner" which caused each and every one of the fortunate guests to have a great deal to he very thankful for. The white rural schools of this county have been visited by the home and farm demonstration agents, sec? retary of the Chamber of Commerce and the county superintendent of ed? ucation, assisted by Congressman Lever and Mr. B. B. Hall, in the whirlwind food campaign ,and thou? sands of pledge cards sent into the homes of the farmers through the school children of the county. Paxvillo News Items. Paxville. Nov. 2S.?A pretty event et last Wednesday was the birthday party given by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Keels, at their residence near town, in honor of their little daughter, Elizabeth, who celebrated her foutrh birthday. The little ones made mer? ry with various games, many of which were quite inteersting. About -1 o'clock the youngsters were marched into the dining room which was bright and brilliant with lights and flowers. Refreshments in abund? ance were served, consisting of am? brosia, pound cake and various fruits. The center of the table held the birth? day cake with four lighted candles, and the name "Elizabeth" made of green letters was another of the many decorations. The happy little girl received many sweet remember ances. A few grown-ups were pres? ent BlrtO to enjoy this delightful oc? casion. Mr. Deny Reynolds is at home from the Carlisle school at Hamberg for Thanksgiving week. Mrs. W. H. Cox of Florence is spending this week at the home of her mother, Mrs. II. J. McLeod. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Keels- returned from Hishopville where /they attend? ed the Methodist conference. Private Waldo Reynolds of Camp Jackson spent last Sunday and Mon? day visiting his relatives near town. There will be a community sun rise prayer meeting at the Daptist church on Thanksgiving morning, to which every one is most cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hodge, of Lamar were here last week visiting at the home of the Messrs. Hodge. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet next Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. W. Hunter. The president, Miss aessie Curtis is arrang? ing a very pleasing program for this meeting. There was no preahing at the Bap tist church on last Sunday morning on aceoujit of the .absence of the pas? tor, Rev. J. D. Howen, who was in Washington, D. <\, on a business trip. Miss Earlo Perritt will leave today to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents at Mullins. Messrs. Durey Reynolds, Kirklan 1 CorbOtt, the Misses Leatha Edmunds and Leila Corhett will spend Thanks? giving Day at Camp Jackson visiting friends and relatives. Honor Roll of (.niliani Graded School First Grade?David 1 Hack well. 90. Second Grade?Gerline Triplett, 98; Lin wood Davis, 93; Marshall Blackwell, 93. Fourth Grade?Bessie Thigpen. 92. Fifth Grade?Oney Triplett. 9"?. Seventh Crude?Ruth britton. 90; Clyde Triplett. 90. Eighth Grade?Carson Blackwell. 90. The gold medal which was given by Mr. John A. Klaekwell for the high? est monthly average has been won both months by little Gerline Trip '.< tt of the second grade. SUMTER COTTON MARKJCT. P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon Good .Middling 29 1-4. Strict Middling 29. Middling 28 3-4. Strict bow Middling US 1-1. Dow Middling 27 3-4. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET, open High Low Close Close Yee'dya Dec. . .30.20 20.28 30.05 30.14 S0.28 Jan. . .29.25 29.H 29.10 29.87 2!?.:::? Mar. . ,28.72 29.08 28.72 28.95 28.97 HOLLYWOOD CAM I*?W. O, W. will Unveil the monument erected at the grave of the late M w. Preseott In the Crimson burying ground In Concord township. Sunday, Decem? ber 2nd, at 8.80 o'clock. All mem? bers of the order are Invited to take part in the ceremonies. R, S Hood. Clerk. WARNING TO MERCHANTS. .Must Not Charge Twelve Cent? or More for sugar. It is a matter of common report that some Sumter merchants, whole? sale as well as retail, who were for? tunate enough to have a supply of sugar on hand when the sugar fam? ine struck this section, have taken advantage of the .situation to boost the price and exact unusual profits. Instances have been cited of sugar selling for 1 1 1-2 cents and even IB cents a pound in small quantities. Other merchants, however, sold sugar as long as their supply lasted at 10 cents a pound. In view of the conditions on the lo? cal market and the current reports of excessive charges for sugar, the fol? lowing official warning from the Stale Food Administration will probably bo of interest to merchants anoMhe pub? lic generally: United states Food Administration, Federal Food Administrator for South Carolina, David R. Coker. Columbia, Nov. 27, 1917. Subject: Excessive charge for su? gar. Mr. A. c. Phelps, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Report has reached this office that certain merchants of Sum? ter are charging 12 and 12 l-l cents per pound for sugar. Pending the appointment cf a food administrator for your county, will you please wain the merchants that a recent ruling of the United States Food Administration considers 12c to be excessive for sugar. A charge of 12 1-2 cents is therefore consid? ered a violation of the food laws and subjects the dealer to prosecution. Yours faithfully, JOE SPARKS. Executive Secretary. DEMONSTRATION IN RFDA PKST. Austrian Socialists Demand That \Ya< be 1 aided Soon. Amsterdam, Nov. 28.?A great Sc? cialist demonstration at Ruda-pest Sunday in favor of an armistice and peace is reported by the Vossische Zeitung. of Rerlin. Declarations were made that democracy must em? ploy all means to end war, that it is impossible to bring about peace by force of arms. These statements lead to demonstration against war and in favor of a general strike. BOLL WORM IN COTTON. Pink Variety Discovered in Georgin. Houston, Nov. 27.?Three thousand acres of cotton in Galveston and Har? ris counties are infested with the pink boll worm, according to announce? ment made here today. Scientists from the State and federal departments of agriculture with gangs of laborers in that section are at work gathering all vegetation that might harbor a boll worm. When their work is conclud? ed It will be burned in an effort to de? stroy every vestige of the insect. 1 Annapolis Scholarship. Representative Lever wishes to an? nounce that he has a vacancy at An? napolis for which he will hold a com? petitive examination on Saturday, the 22nd of December. Prof. E. S. Dreher Superintendent of the City Schools. Columbia, will be in charge of the examination, and those who desire to take the examination should report direct to him on the morning of the 2 2nd of December. Only those who are residents of the 7th Congression? al District are eligible. The age lim? it is from 16 to 20. Further infor? mation can he had by addressing Representative Lever at Washing? ton. German Propaganda in Rio De Janeiro Rio do Janeiro, Oct. 31?Corres? pondence)?A new paper, published in Portuguese, called the Correio de Berlin, has begun a pro-German pro? paganda, opening its campaign with anathemas- upon the Cnited States, which it declares has coerced the Lat? in republic to break relations with Germany. Desperate attempts are being made here to undermine American solidar? ity hut they are not making much im? pression on the Hrazilian people. It has been suggested that th^re is no more reason for special legislation prohibiting the keeping of hogs within the city limits than for similar legis? lation forbidding the keeping of cows and horses. Horse and cow stables furnish breeding places for millions more Hies than do hog pens, and to be consistent the Hoard of Health and City Council should forthwith out? law cows and horses. Sanitarians assert that COW and horse stables are a greater menace to publk health than hog pens, since stables produce myriads more of Hies than hog pens. If they continue to kill the Turks in Palestine, the Sultan may be able to secure a few more wives.?Greens? boro News. MOTOR BUILDING NOT CHECKED. No Drastic Curtailment at This Time. Washington, Nov. 26.?Drastic cur? tailment of passenger altomobile PrOf^jj duction, which has been talked 001 since thi manufacturers were callesBH into recently with the O^Hl visory commission of the Council'^ National Defense has been found uO*' necessar: , according to expert advls3?|fl ers of the commission. Facilities of^j the plann were said today to be suf Ificent fov handling government work now in sight and steel manufacturers have given assurances that they can 'supply al the metal needed. A statement last night by Judge Lovett, f riority, direr* or of the war Industrie! board, that he did not con? template an order shutting off freight cars froi i the automobile industry, I was pron pted by exaggerated reports of what the government intended to do in restricting the manufacture ot socalled nonessential products. Tha automobile industries board has plac? ed before the war industries board a plan to transfer overland all cars in? tended for private sale within 100 miles of he factory, and it was said ! there won no reason why the radius of transfe r might not be extended as far as read conditions will allow. The experience gaine<| in sending overland :o the Atlantic seaboard all the trucks made for the army will be studied by the manufacturers, who expect that material relief in the transportation situation will result. Some p ants already have reduced voluntarily their output of passenger ? cars. In his connection, it is pointe 1 out that the United States is the only country ij the world now producing automobilea for private use. Automobile plants now are making various k: ids of munitions, including depth bon bs used so effectively by destroyers in hunting submarines. Wireless Station Discovered in Buenos Aires. Buenos \ires, Oct. 31 (Correspond? ence)?The arrest of Count Luxburg, formerly German minister to the Ar? gentine republic prevented the oper? ation of a gigantic wireless station which had been erected by a German company on a bluff near Buenos Aires. When Lu.curg received his passports the company was installing an appa? ratus whi was expected to put this city into <i rect radiographic commu? nication with the German station at Nauen, Germany. The next day the minister of ma? rine closed the wireless station and orde~red""aT>-tMBcer of the navy to su? perintend the dirmfflrtJing of the ap? paratus. .* Although the official exctu^/glven for the clos ng of the station was that its experiments had not been success? ful, officer-" of the ministry of ma? rine have stated that the real reason WM to prevent secret communication with Germany during the crisis which, followed th? expulsion of Luxburg. It Tie Next Hour. An editorial in the Woman's Home Companion mya: "Everything can happen in the next hour that haa ever happened. It con? tains all th?: possibilities of a uni? verse. In D I next hour children will be born, mm and women will die, whole worlds will be smashed to at? oms and drcp out of space, and the girl you love go oack on you. In the next hour the house may burn, you may quarel with your best and-'dear est friend, someone may give you pois? on, your fortune may be stolen, the government may change, the temper? ature may rise or fall forty degrees, and the world may come to an end. "You plan how you will pass the next hour and lo! the train is ditch? ed, the auto turns turtle, Aunt Jane arrives, the neighbor's baby has con? vulsions, the ious<? 10 struck by lightn? ing, your tocth b*gin3 to ache, a tele? gram is delivered, the wires are out of order, you are discharged, somebody dies and leaves you a fortune, you are operated upon. The next hour la what you over w??re and what you ever may be compressed into sixty, minutes. It Is the period of hope de? ferred, of supreme victory, of total annihilation, \nd the entrance to an assured immortality. Fixed as the stars in heaven, unalterable as the law of gravity, H stands before you like the grim sph nx, containing within it? self all the n arvelous variety of hu? man experience. "To know how to meet the next hour with joy. with head erect, with courage singirg In your heart is to solve the deep mystery of eternity." Approximately 45,000.000 square feet of lumber have been utilized in the construction of Camp Jackson. With an average of 18.000 feet to the carload. It would require 2.500 freight cars to transport the lumber to the cantonment. Practically all of this lumber was p irehased in North Car? olina and lOUth Carolina. A needless and nasty remark never hurts the ot ject aa much aa tho speaker.?Ora geburg Times and Democrat, t ;., t ^ AiflM