The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 12, 1917, Image 4
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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.
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