Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? Iii tj'iMatcbuun an) ?routbton. Pu bushed Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? OSTEKN PI HUSHING COMPAW Sl'MTKR, b. C. Trims: 91.50 per annum?In advance. Advertisements. One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 JCvery subsequent insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisement!*. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In 1860 and the True Southron in 18ft. The Watchman and Southron now ban the combined circulation und Influence of both ot the old papers, and ie manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. TIIK HUNT SACRIFlCr!. From The Dully Item. Ihjc. 1. Private John A. Mitchell, of the 118th Infantry, who died of pneu? monia at Camp Seveler yesterday, was the first Sumter man to lay down his life for bis country in this war. He volunteered for service In Com? pany D (Sumter Light Infantry) 2nd B\ C. Infantry and went to Greenville with that command. When the Sec? ond Regiment was disbanded the men were assigned to other units and Pri? vet? Mitchell became a member of the 118th Infantry. Altnough he was not killed In battle and saw no ser- j vice on the battlefields of France, his, Ufo was as truly an offering on the altar of patriotism as if he had fall? en in the front ranks charging the German trenches. He died in the line of duty and the people of Burnt. owe it to themselves that his body be laid to rest in his native soli with ap proptrate honors. Private John Mitchell is the ttrst man that Sumter baa given in the defense of our com? mon country against the barbarism of the German autocracy, tut before the war is ended and the world made safe ? for democracy we shall be called up? on to record the names of other of our young men who have gone forth to war that we might remain at home tn peace and aufet> . Bridging tin* San tec. The fact that the State Highway Commission, after hearing arguments as to various crossings, went on rec? ord as favoring the erection of two bridges over the Santee River is in? dicative of how seriously such bridges are needed. It has been rothing short I of a public disgrace that the Santee i i ..er \as been without bridges of any i kind and almost without ferries: the I few fertes which are in operation he- 1 Ing widely separated and most of them being very poor affairs at th.it. There J are thousands of people in South Cam- t lina who have grown to old age within I a few miles of each other utter i strangers because the Santas Kiver rolled between them. This condition, of affairs has been bad. In this day of automobiles . ** hen the various counties of lower and eastern South Carolina might so enw?l\ gg knit SSSJStSMM SB the glSJSl good of all, It is Intolerable. The de- ? gsand for easy crossings of the State's I great waterway has been growing ' more insistent each year. The State Highway Commission could take no action which would better Jus fy itv establishment than the early fulfill - ment of the program to which it has given its endorsement, namely, the construction of two tlrst-ch^s bridge.* across the Santee at such points as will best promote tho public welfare. ? News and Courier. A $2.1.000 TluinkHgD In ; Offering. The American Committee of Ar? menian and Syrian Relief has received a check for $25.?00. which the Chris? tian Herald In behalf of its naders has asked lo have used as a Thanks? giving offering for the relief of suf? fering and destitution in Armenia und Palestine. A total of more than $80.000 has within the past year been collected and sent by the Chrlstla i Herald for tellef work in Itlble I^tnds through the above Committee. Ten Thousand Dollars of the recent contribution is to be administered by the Amern m Colony in Jerusalem for the relief of the destitute and starving in and ,ronnd t Im Holy City. The ii oney Is SSJSSSJ sent by cable, and with the approval and cooperation of nil governments concerned will be administered by Americans who re? main in Western Asia for this pur? pose, and who give their services without expense to the relief fund The total of remlf.ta MNSj of the Armenian-Syrian Relief Committee for relief purposes during the month of October was $\,l*?f?.l'>" and the total to date tMlMST.ST. six Thousand Prisoner*. Berlin. Dec g, Since l/tlday the Dermins have captured six thousand Cntish prisoners In the Cnmbral re gegs> the renenl staff announced to day ? me hundred guns were takggj, THRIFT CAMPAIGN BEGINS. s.XI.F. OV war stamps am) C R Ml Fl c at l:I OPEN s. Ollicinls Anticipate Wide Popularly for Plan to Help Country to Vic? tory. Washington, Dec. 2.?Amerh a>| ?iWSOl plan for raising war funds and encot raging habits of thrift will go into operation early tomorrow morn lug with the opening of Kales on war savings stamps and certillcates at post offices und hanks. The campaign is to < ? utinuc for a year in expectation of i < ivlng the |i2,00D,000,000 maximum authorized. The smallest unit in the war sav? ings plan is the thrift stamp, which Mgll 25 cents; the largest is the war savings certificate, which costs jfcMU and is redeemable in five years at] $100, at the rate of 4 per coiA. inter : est, compounded quarterly. Officials expect many millions of persons to in vest regularlv in the stamps as a means of helping the nation win the war and laying aside money to be re? turned to them later. Every post offlco in the country has > a big supply of the stamps. Hy the , end of the week arrangements will be made to supply millions of agen-j <des. such as retail stores, schools and savings societies. Allotments for each State and the mx districts into which the country has been divided for organization purpose have been made and will be announced tomorow. Every Stat*? director then will assign a certain portion of expected sales to each coun? ty, city.' town or other subdivision on the basis of about |20 for each per? son. Preparations for the war savings campaign have been carried on in Washington by the national war com? mittee, headed by Frank A. Vanderllp I, of New York and supervised by Sec- j retary JdcAdoo. i Public meetings have been planned , for the ?rat few weeks of the cam- , paign in nearly every locality.. [ < PHI board advertising", circulars an?' t ntrcet car posters have been provid? ed in most States to boost the sale j j of stamps, particularly for Christmas presents. Oftlcials believe many mil lions will be purchased in the next three weeks for this purpose. In a statement tonight Secretary McAdoo said: "This war can not be financed un? less the American people lmmediatel.\ ?top waste, practice self denial, econ? omize In every possible direction and end the money they save thereby to be government. "I appeal to the heart and patriot- , , sm of the American people to help . heir government and help themselves j >y a whole hearted support of this var savings plan." PICOTFSTS FOIl AMF.IUCA. \mh is ador Frauds Acts in Kogard > to Ar in 1st Ice. f I'? trograd, Wednesday, Nov. It,*- I 1 dajor Kerth, Amor, ^un military at- 11 ache, has been instructed by Arnim? atdor Francis to make a protest on 1 Im part of the Cnlted States similar |l o that catered hy the hearts of the 1 Bntent?? ??niPass.es here to the negotla-iii lions for an urnu.stiee between Kus and Oertnaay, The omission to 11 Join the Entente protest was duo t - I ihe fact that it was band on the Lon don agreement against a separate i pe o e at which America is not a Signa- . i tory. AjabaaaaaOf Krauels, however, has i assumed the attitude that all aid I Ameiiet has extended to Russia was done With the express understandln. ' Often reiterated, that Uussia intended to continue in the war and that therefore he believed himself Justified In the absence of instructions from W ashington to protest against an ar m lot loo, Asks london to CONSIDER PF.ACK. lOOtrlaa POpet Invites Fngland to Think Matter Over. Amsterdam. Dec. 2.?The Vienna 1 Neu Freie Tress invites England to I i onoldor whether it is not possible to open poam pour purlers. It eonsnh-r that li in invitation should prop? erly come from Austria as dissen? sion between Germany and England I itn.g from the death of QUOOII Vi? t< rlfl do not directly effect Austria. Th? MA DO! argues that a war of do Htructu ii has already been rejected iy Lanodowne und probably by Asqultb . i.,i tb. t it ly comes impossible on the day Rsaolt and (brmany agree upon 1 ,? ice. iil ssiw PRACK DELEGATES, i;oiMiie%iki DommlUee Arrives at Oer? man Headquarter*. p., , i sk :. The Russlon depo lallen, the official statement saya has in rived at headejoarters of Prince Leopold, <>f Bavaria, with the object ,,l arranging a general armistice. CONGRESS IN SESSION. WAR coxgrkss BEGIN8 its sec? ond SESSION. Many Mutters of Great Importance If aal Ik' Disposed of?War Hill W.ill Have Precedence, Washington, Dep. 3.?The Sixty tilth Congress reconvened today for its second and "long" session, with the leaders prepared to stay here until next autumn. The keynote of the legislative pro? gram will be sounded Tuesday by President Wilson in his opening ad dress before the joint session in the chamber of the house at 12.30 o'clock. It will be the president's lirst ap? pears; nee before congress since the nicht meeting on April 2nd at the I opening of the special session called to permit him to ask for a declara? tion of a state of war against Ger? many. Today's opening meeting was as usual brief and prefunetory, accompanied by the ordinary scenes] of a new session?handshaking and other felicitations with well filled gal-: Itries and much bustle and confus Ion. After appointment of commit- | tees by both bodies to notify Presi-1 dent Wilson and each other of their \ presence for duty and fixing their daily meeting hour at 12 o'clock, the Senate and house adjourned until to morrow out of respect to members who died during the recess?Senator Hustings of Wisconsin and Rcpresen tative Martin of Illinois. Arangeinents will be made tomor- J row for a joint session, probably Wednesday, to hear President Wilson I deliver his address, expected to large-| l> definite the legislative program. Organization of both senate and house under Democratic control hav? ing been effected at the special ses? sion, both bodies w ere ready to \ i plungS into the mass of waiting bus iaSSS Legislation, however, is not Sipeoted to get into full swing until icxt month, after the Christmas re- j :pss, although there is aonie agitation ] o forego the holiday. Tomorrow Will come tho initial lood of bills, resolutions and pe- i itions. Among the latter are many ictitions accumulated during the re- 1 ;ess, demanding the expulsion of Scn itor LaFollette of Wisconsin for^il cged disloyalty. His speech last Sep :ember at St. Paul, Minn., was con- { lidered today by the senate privileges j ind elections committee in connection vith a sub-committee's invesigatioti. General, miscellaneous legislation Is i o come immediately before congress t )Ob*sibly Including some measures af 'ecting this country's course in th a i var against Germany's allies. Austria- |j ?lungatfy, Turkey and Bulgaria. Con-j t fress is expected, however to follow ' \ he views of the president in this re ?pect. 1 Appropriation measures will require | nueh time. Fourteen general and l* >robably several special supply bills or the fiscal year beginning July 1,1 1918, as well as estimates of addi-j . 11 ional money for present War needs ire to be considered, probably imme llately after New fears. Two bills he Isgislattvs, sxseutlve and Judlctu md District Of Columbia measures , il/oady are under preparation. With 121,890,000,000 already ap ' ?ropriated for the present fiscal ysar'ai iceds, many msmbsrs believe that .vith forthcoming appropriations, he lifty-billion-dollar murk may be i ached for two years of war. New war revenue legislation i: ' not scheduled for active oonsldsra lion for a month or more. A deficit Of IOC,000.000 in this year's ex pi ndltUrSS remains to be provided for Political affairs will come in for much consideration during the ses Slon, with considerable speeohmak n g, In View of general congression ul elections next fall at which thirty two senators, nineteen Democrats and thirteen Republicans, und the entire house membership are to be chosen.! Many msmbsrs believe political cam pi Ign necessities may shorten the ses? sion. The Democrats start the session In control of both senat" and house with. 52 Democratic senators against 131 Republicans, with one Beat?Senator; I ! Hutting's- vacant, in the house the Democrats have 21?; members. the Republicans 313, with live indepsnd t nts and one seat vacant. Several new members joined the house today, Representative Lufktn, I Republican, of the Sixth Massachu? setts district succeeding Augustus IV Gardner, Republican, who resigned: Representative Beshlin, Democrat, of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania dis? trict, succeeding former Rspresenta jtlve D leak ley, Republican, who re? signed, ami Representative Merritt, Republican, of the Fourth Connecti? cut, sue.??-ding Representative Bbo neser HUI, Republican, deceased. Important war legislation expected to come before Ihe present session in? cludes measures to give the president further authority, especially over enemy aliens. Senator Chajuberlain". mill for universal military training Stover Engines Grist and Feed Mills Steam Machinery "Everything In Machinery" Carolina Machinery Co., SUMTER, S. C. DISTRIBUTORS FOR. Chevrolet and Columbia Automobiles i.prl measures to meet labor condl ions. Chief among domestic concerns ard uohibition and woman suffrage. Sen? ior Sheppard's proposed Constitu ional amendment, whose submission .vas approved August 1 by the senate IS to SO, will he pressed in the louse, while both bodies will be urged 0 approve submission of the socalled Itiaan U. Anthony amendment for cjual suffrage, which has been fa? vorably repotted to the senate calen lar. Speaker Clark soon will appoint 1 chairman for the new, special hous I committee on woman suffrage. Important general legislation pend? ing because of its exclusion from the ast Special war session are the Webb bill permitting exporters to combine n foreign trade, which has twice pass ml the house and h; the senate's un? finished business; the Shields water power development bill; the Waish I lit man oil and coal land leasing measure, and the Colombian treaty, proposing payment of |S6,000,000 to Colombia. The administration soldiers and sailors civil rights bill, which pass ad the house last session but failed to get through the senate, soon will be taken up by the senate judiciary committee, it operates in the nature of moratorium, suspending court processes against members of the American military forces. Other un? furnished war legislation includes Senator Chamberlain's resolution to subject alums to the draft; Senator ('alder's bills for daylight saving and expeditious naturalization of aliens, and Senator 1'omerene's bills, to en? force government control of iron and steel produc ts and for reclamation of physically unfit men for military se r? vice. Revision of second class postage rates for publications also promise! to be agitated during the session. ? 'nation of a congressional commit? tee to supervise War expenditures, which President Wilson prevented during the last session, will be urged by Senator W'e. ks of Massachusetts ..ml other Republicans The propos? al of Chairman Kit/.gern Id of tin house appropriations c ommittee for a Isingle committee to control war ap? propriations also is pending Closer scrutiny of appropriations ami departmental estimates, during the present session is generally pre* dieted, with efforts to prevent extrava? gnnce while at the same time provid , inc. adequate funds for war needs. Mpectaculnr features during, the ses? slon are regarded as possible develop ' i,i.an from the ngltatlon agalnei Senator La Kollette and others because of their opposition to some war leg? islation. He and Senator Ilardwick of Georgia have announced their in? tention to seek repeal of the draft law. Senators LaFollette and Sher? man of Illinois have peace resolu? tions pending before the senate for? eign relations committee. Within the next few days President Wilson is expected to send to the sen? ate nominations of many military and civil oflieers appointed during the re? cess or who failed of confirmation at the last session. HOUSE PREPARES TO LEAVE. American Mission Winding up Affairs in Paris. Paris. Deo. 2.- The members of the American war mission began windin ; up their affairs today preparatory to leaving for America. They were busy compiling report! and clearing up mi? nor details in conference with their French and British associates-. It is officially announced that no plenary meeting of the conference will be held and that the Americans will take no further part in the meet? ings of the supreme war council unl;l the mission has returned home and made its report. Col. House and Lien. Bliss represented the United states at the meeting of the war council yes? terday, but the permanent represen? tation is still undetermined. Col. House has been in frequent com? munication with President Wilson, who Has been advised on all the im? portant developments. The Inter-Allied War Council, which is a permanent body dealing with finance, shipping, munitions and eco? nomic and industrial aspects of the war, will open its meeting in London within a fortnight 0. T. Crossby is the representative of the United Slates at this conference. BOLS1IF.VIKI IS AMERICA. land lloncy-oombcd With Them. Ray? Hoy. Plough. Washington. Pee. 2. A Warning that the "United states is honey? combed with a Bolshevik! composed Of I. W ,W, leaders, (iormnu s| ies. stealthy Lenlnes In diplomacy, in weak Trotskys of American pacifism, were uttered by Governor Charles H. Drough, of Ai Kansas, in an address her today at a memorial session of the \? w York I^odge of Rlks. He de? clared that America nevertheless will triumph in the war "because of the jo nius of our government.*' HOW TO CONSERVE FOOD. To The People of South Carolina:^? 1 desire to appeal to the |Woplc of South Carolina to ay down for them? selves certain definite and specific days on which We will save flour, meat, sugar and fats. Our National government has come to us asking for the performance of specific duty. V. e are asked to save meat, Hour, sugar and fats. I urge our peop.e to adopt the fol? lowing program: To use no beef, pork or mutton on Tuesdays. On a basis of 7 ounces per person, this will save about 700, 000 pounds of beef, pork and mutton per week, or save enough meat to feed all of the Bouth Carolina soldiers In the army. To use no whoa- on Wednesdays? this will save about two million dol? lars a raor. and would supply our South Carolina soMiers in the army. America uses now one hundred mil? lion barrels of flour. This must be cut down to seventy-five million bar? rels. To use no hog meat on Thursdays. This will save about 700,000 pounds or enough bacon and ham to feed our South Carolina soldiers in the army. To use no cake of sweet deserts on at least two days in each week. We can use poultry, fish and veg? etables. We can h .ve them in abund? ance if we will raise them. We shoidd savt fats by broiling, boring and baking instead of frying. No family is asked to stint, but to save and avoid extravagance and waste. Elaborate mea.s should not be permitted. Use no beef, pork or mutton on Tuesdays, no wheat on Wednesdays and no hog meat on Thursdays. The saving of food is a war meas? ure. If our army is ;o be fed we must meet the very re; unable demands of the Pood Administration. The sacrifice asked at our tables is a small one compared to the price our soldiers stand ready to pay in blood. 1U . .ember the v omen and children of France have not tasted sugar dur? ing the past seven months, and in many towns and provinces meat ia allowed only twice in a week. Pres? ident Wilson and Mr. Hoover urge these requests upon our people as voluntary icts. J am confident that South Carolinians, red-blooded and patriotic. realizing that American freedom, liberty, justice and honor are at stake will respond to this Call, and W H do their part to Win the war. 1 Richard l M nning, Covernor.