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C j-t S?att?mim aiti jfoutjjtcm. hi i* hiil Wetlncmlay anil Saturday ?by? ostkex rl hushing company St'MTEIL S. a Terms: gl.M) per annum?In advance. Ad vert I no men is. Ont Square first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.II Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ???. in I860 and the True Southron in 3*81. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation ami Influence of both of the old pupers. and is manifestly the best advertis.m me^hijm^bt^Sujm^ Washington. Dec. 8.?Generally fair weather with rising temperature, after Monday, la forecast for the Mouth Atlantic States for the week, beginning Sunday. Wuuuamokcr-Spcnecr. A pretty wedding took place en the evening of Thursday. Dec. 6, at the h g| I of Mr SJMl Min A \ Wanna maker. when t heir eldest daughter. Bertha, became the brfde of Mr. Hemphlll LeOette Spencer of Cheraw. The ceremony was performed by the bride's pastor, Dr. lt. S. Truesdale. During ths ceremony Master William Truoadale played softly on the violin Schumann's Traumerei, accompanied on the piano by the bride's sister. Miss Sarah Wanna maker. The bride wore a navy blue tailored suit, with accessories to match, and her Mowers were carnations. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple le:'L for Washington. Baltimore. New York and other points North. The bride Is a graduate of Dander Female College and the groom is a Carolina man. The bride has bee-i a success? ful teacher and is a young woman of great personal charm. The groom Is a young man of sterling worth and is a prosperous planters and has other business Interests. The Christmas Mush Meeting. 'I he annual Christmas meeting to raise money and appol it c mimlttees to distribute the Christmas fund will be held In the Presbyterian church at 4 p. m. Sunday, December 16th. The pastor- of alt churches are re? quested to announce the meeting to? morrow and next Sunday morning. Although there is mu^h money in the county and there is general pros? perity among the farmers, the wage earners and other salaried people living in town are not sharing in this flood of prosperity. As a matter of faot there la more destitution and suffering, owing to the high prices of food and clothing than ever before Ths Christmas fund this year should be larger than ever. Mrs. <, ml lard I internal nod. Mrs. Leon Scott and Mb* Martin? et Bryan were hostesses on Friday afternoon ir compliment to Mrs. Phil ij> P. Gaillard. whose recent mar ringe came as quite a surprise to l|af n .nds. The rooms were arranged'' for five tables of bridge and aftOI several progreasions Mrs. He\wa>d Crowson, holding the highest sere, was awarded a cut glass vase. Mrs Gnlllurd was presented with a ?Jal-uy ?tsee of lingerie. The guenrn wer?? served a sweet course before l sie? o.g. Would he Carles*. umhlu indignantly denies thut her cafes and restaurants rob folk j who eat there, but every man who goes to Columbia and eat? yells out thut he run been robbed. The e l. lor of the state goes so far. in de? fense of the situation, to cite a cer? tain cafe, where employees of The ? can buy coffee for cents and I ham sandwich for 10 cents. Beta a heartlesa Greek would not have the nerve to put prices up on a poor newspaper guy.?Marlon Star. 1.1 tie Girl Burned. From The Dully Item. Dec. 7. Mr. Hugp'ln*. SSAterO maker for the Sumter MSchho i . ? .. . who lives on Chestnut Sheet bad a litM.- girl very hady hurntd yesterday. The child caught Pre and In her efforts to smother the flames. Mrs. Hugglns was also pamfullv burned on her hands and arms The little girl was about eight years old. Her injuries were so severe that Mho has bad two con? vulsions tol.'. USS is in a critical condition. J. V. Myirs. colored, who lit/OS near Al<olo. brojght a photograph of a half acre patch of sugar cane th# picture hiving been made at harvest time. From the patch he n.ido 811 gallons of syrup and saved a thou sand stalks for seed That was a line crop and a profitable one. Ixmdon. Dec s ?All Ano rie m cit? izens resident m Jerusalem have been removed to the *?uibeast, according to a Beuter dispatch from tire Ihillsh grgs] heutbiuurters in Palatino. THE PRKNDENT OF VHB 1*1 AN SVIA AMA STATION Till: S1T LATICN. An Kquituhlc Ilnsls lot Revenues should U' K-sluhlisluMl at Once. New York, Dec. 7.?A plea that President Wilson and congress should, without delay, order that in equitable "basis for railroad revenues bt instituted at once" was voiced by S.nnin l U"a, president of the Penn sxlvania Railroad company, in a mes? sage read today before the Annual Convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, in session here. "Let us have an end of restrictive, cramping punitivo regulation and be? gin an era of constructive, broaden? ing work, said Mr. Rea. "Let us con? sider how much the railroads can wisely spend, rather than how littl * they can get along on." Owing to his duties with the Rail? roads' War Roard, President Rea was unable to deliver his message in per? son. Instead, he wrote in part: "Let me say. most emphatically that neither American agriculture nor industry can possibly progress be? yond the capacity of the transporta tion facilities of the nation to handle their raw materials and their pro? ducts. When you stop railroad ex? pansion, in a country of such dis? tances, population industrial and ag? ricultural activities as ours, you au? tomatically set a dead limit to the expansion of commerce and produc? tion. As one of the chief unders? aving causes which have been sap ping our resources of transportation. I would name the continued failure to provide an adequately remunera? tive basis of rates. The direct effect of this error has been to make it dif? ficult to raise and sustain sufficient capital for the improvements and ex? tensions which are sorely needed. In the mania for restricting the charges for transportation, the financial pos? sibility of permanently maintaining quality of service seems to have been overlook* 1. Aside from military considerations, we, In tho railroad in? dustry, know from personal observe tion that what the public and indus? tries need D service, rather than tho saving of a fraction of a mill per ton mile. We know that there are many shippers in this country today who would gladly pay more than the e3 tabllshed rates to have their com? modities moved promptly and regu? larly. The operating results and the net returns of the railroads for many years show I here has been a constant rise in expenses and taxes, and a de? creasing rettirn on the investment in road and equipment. 1 do not want to convey the im? pression that the railroad situation is hopeless or that the credit of the roads is entirely crippled. Such is not the cas-?. Their credit can be sustained and their usefulness In? creased through the adoption by the regelating authorities of a responsible und unified policy of fair treatment lit the matter of freight rates. The government is allowing reasonable prices and profits to industry; why not to the railroads? "Such a policy, and not the loan of government credit, would, under nor? mal conditions, be a permanent so? lution for the problem of railroad credit. I do not wish to be under? stood as saying that i government loan mlRht not be a desirable expedient If. under war OOndttlone, the entir** capital market is t r> bo absorbed by lbs government. But it should be re? garded as an expedient only, jlisti tiable. it at all. :i an emergency meaeui o, "The war is. to a great extent, re onsible for the present congestion \ tratlie and its movement out of normal channels, but the carriers OUld be far better able to cope with this condition if t toy had received move liberal treatment in the matter 0l rates during the past, at a time when they could have marketed to curdles and financed Improvements while labor and materials were rea? sonable in cost, and the supply of both adequate, The and Ol expan? sion and Improvements on railroads Is the beginning of decay and the letting down of the standards of service. The lack of a sympatotic attitude toward the railroads In governmental quar? ters has unqueatlonably led to appre hension as to the future of their se? curities, and this. I personally be IIOVO, If not corrected, Will ultimately affect the eredll of the government . itself. "Notwithstanding prevailing high prieea and the difficulty of getting capital, it is imperative thai prompt measures be taken to give tho rail ,'Mds relief from the present over? crowding of laeihties. and a pom- in ? .Uncut return. Nothing could be more helpful to the country in these trying linos than the adoption Of S broader, a more liberal and unified policy of regulation, The railroads are the great reliance of the public and the country. The public owns them Speedy?Efficient?Economical Makeshift?Unreliable?Costly Slow?Uncei: sin?Costly Today,?8 out of 10 merchants need motor trucks and don't realize it;?that's why their business 8 times out of 10 is falling behind their competitors'?for want of motor trucks. When you realize what a motor truck will do for your busi? ness, don't make the mistake of taking on the burden of tc ? big a truck; don't buy a makeshift, and don't wait too long to buy. To-day you can get a Maxwell One-Ton. Worm-Drive Track for several hundred dol? lars less than you can buy any other one-ton truck of equal specifications. How long this low price will last, no one can tell. We expect to sell Maxwell trucks at a premium in a few months. Maxwell Truck Costs Less To Operate Besides this lowest first cost, a Maxwell Truck has the lowest upkeep cost of any real truck, even lower than horses. ? a ?it uses very much less gasoline per mile, with or without load, ?it weighs hundreds of pounds less than any other one-ton truck, ?is therefore easier on tires than any other one-ton truck, ?is just as strong and enduring as the heavi? est one-ton truck made. Maxwell Truck Immediately Lowers Delivery Costs The Maxwell One-Ton, Worm-Drive Truck has power enough and the chassis strength enough for a bigger, heavier truck. Its rugged, sturdy chassis, from its reserve powered motor to its unbreakable rear axle is built for endurance and dependability. It has the speed and ability to get there and back, that is not possible in a heavier truck, or with horses. Its spare parts cost very little. ?and it will increase your delivery efficiency and immediately lower your delivery costs at least fifty per cent. \ The MAXWELL ONE-TON, WORM-DRIVE TRUCK is the only truck for you to buy?its efficiency, endurance, low first-cost, and low operating cost break all previous truck records. Come in quick and see for yourself the figures on Maxwell trucking and operating costs that are the wonder of the trans? portation world* Cash or easy terms while our allotment lasts. One Ton Chasris, $S85; Chassis with Cab and Windshield, $1025; Combination Box Body, $1035; Combination Box Stake Body with Cab and Windshield, $1075; Stake Gate Body with Cab and Windshield, $1080; Express Canopy Body, $1095. F. O. B. Detroit SUMTER MOTOR COMPANY, Sumter, S. C. 1 MOST MiiES L?N-r/iOSTH?UES ON TIRES CONSIDER THIRD LOAN. Liberty Committees Confer With Me Adoo Today. Public ownership 's Mot ;i Possibility, it i? ? fact. "The snergies of our country an l its railroads are belns devoted pri? marily to an International service and! - danger threatening the Ufa of the na-1 Washington, i >ec. ;?. - Organization tlon and ths world. The day for u plans for a third liberty loan cam email policy ami slow action has past.Ipalgn to be started some tlAie after The rallreads have subordinated their I February will be discussed tomor Interests and activities, the citizens!row by more Mian a hundred repre and our courts-arc ready for a larger sentntives of local Liberty loan com and more equitable policy, and t!, mittees, ,m?m tin:' with Secretary Mc presidsnt and congress should without Adoo. Tln-y will exchange ideas, of ; delay recognise thai fad and order fer Btigge lions for Improvement of that an equitable basis of railroad I organization work, und probably per revenues be Instituted at once, which feet nationwide machinery for pro will encourage Investors to retain motion cd' th< third loan, their railroad securities and do their Th ? meeting is expected to last share in providing the capital which most of the week. can be spared as the government de mands are met from time to time. Wo itltlXfi k1iki3i? To gi<:oik?LY must get away from the present Iii ef eonflscatory return for an equi? table return on the Investment dc voted to public use. The statistics nr< . at hand to emphasise what the re turn must be; all that Is required the requisite courage to enact th policy in regulation and legislation. Paris. Dec Savannah. <!a., Dec. 8.?it was announced In Bavnnnah today that sufficient tree grazing lands for 260, sheep had been offered J. A.. Del feldcr, of Rlverton. Wyo? as repre? sentative of Western sheep men. b> th" (leorgla Land Owners Association, Waycross, Qu., which represents -? 000,000 acres *>f land In ths coastal Two nttemps wer pla in region <>? < leorgla. made by the Germans last night to it Is planned <<> transfer this great atack the French line east of the | number of sheep t<> Georgia because Mouse in the Verdun region, nfter a the Western ranges are stocked to ca heavy bombardment. The attacking pacify and the sheep neu wish to forces were driven off by French fire,[avoid Ihe necessity of turning off the war office announces, [ewes ai five years of age. Mr. Del ?- I felder has been In Georgia ten days Berlin, Dee. 7?Four thousand und has examined the sheep posslbil inoro Italians have been captured by ities of tl,000,(. acres. The basic] the Teutons in their new offensive In reason for his visit was the desire to northern Italy, bringing the total up Increase both the mutton and wool to fifteen thousand, it Is offlclallytnn supplies m keeping with nation-wide nounoed. Monte Blselo was captured efforts at conservation and Increase by storm, the statement says. ol supply. Opera House Two WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY ?~ Nights 19&20 TIM KREDERICK RAY CINEMALOGUES WITH STORY ?MUSIC-SONG AM) $118,030.03 KILMATIZATION WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 John Banyan's PILGRIMS PROGRESS" it THURSDAY, Dec. 20 The Grail Legend "PARSIFAL" Either Night Nights 50c. Auspices of the Y. M. C. A.