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One 8quare first Insertion .. ..$1.0'?
?very subsequent insertion.50
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longer will bo made st reduced rates
All communications which sub
serve pri/ate Interests will be charge*,
for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of respect
will be charged for.
Ths Bumter Watchman was found
?*. a 1850 and the True Southron in
III! T ie Watchman and Southror
now has the coinh ned circulation and
influence of both ol the old papers,
and is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumtwr.
Tbe Appeal of I Vance to The Red
Cross.
To s recent news cablegram sent by
t*ss> American lied Cross Commission
in Francs to the War Council in
Washington there was appended this
sentence:
"If the American people could only
get a picture of the misery among
those dally driven out of their homes
snd dumped In poverty among other
parts of the country?oftentimes ter?
ribly sick or mutilated?they would
gladly do all in their power to help."
This was not an appeal for aid; it
was an Involuntary OlgfOSStOII gajgl
prayer?of unselfish men drawn from
11 by the i'c on which they
had gased since the War Council goat
them to France a ghastlier picture
*a* never llmne I hy the brush ot
Verestchagln This- picture?| pano?
rama of France r nd Bosgtom SH itOd
b> the Insensate and insatiate savag?
ery of the Hun?is in a great meas?
ure dimmed by distance to most of
ue In America. The pictures of Ser?
bia. Rumania. Armenia?any spot
whsre the super-Goth has wiHded his
weapons of destruction, torture, and
death?are equally shocking, albeit
even dimmer to us than the canva i
depicting tbe misery of France and
Belgium. It has taken Prussianlsm ]
nearly three and one-half years to 1
create this picture. If peace were to
come today It would take ten times 1
three and one-half years to erase It;
and there would still remain some in- c
effacahle blotches?From "What Our i
lied Cross Is Doing in France." by <
Marion O. Scheitlin, In the American t
Review of Reviews. f
Ha good's News Notes.
The children's society, auxiliary to
the VYeCnan's Missionary society of
Uethssda church met December 8th.
at the home of Mrs. T. R. Moody,
whose daughter. Frances, that day
guvs a birthday party to her little
friends, amoug whom were Emma.
< hartes. Jullun and James Jackson,
Charles, Nelson and Eugene Freeman,
Hugh. Halbe and Alma Drown, two
little Brown girls und Edith McCabe
of Columbia, Pauline Kvaternlk of
Hvigood, the chil< ten of Messrs. Nel?
son Murray and Phil Kirk of the High
Hills of Kantee. and others.
Quite a number of the colored fra
ternity of our community are Jump?
ing the broom. To a number of our
young white fi ler ds we say, "Co thou,
snd do likewise.
Some one has naid men and women
before marriage are as figures and
ciphers. The woman is tbe cipher
und counts for rothing until she gets
the figure of a husband beside her
when sh*? to. < of importance and
adds tenfold to his. Just think a bit
and you will call to mind numbers of
men who Mfif+M accumulated any?
thing till they married A gentle?
man In the lower part of Florcm ??
county told the writer hi< earthly be?
longings when be gSSHled was a SOU
snd ten pigs. At that tun* he graj
worth seventv-tve thousand. M? I
tion COUld be ma.lc of others.
Often the young man too poor to
marry knows he is of no account.
Do you kn?w him, the man who
l.olr* a good opportunity. Knows
It sets down on It. doing nothing, but
trying to look Important. There he
?Sta He will and he will not. He
Will hold on. and he will not permit
other ? to make a farthing out of Mi
chance. Only leath releases the op?
portunity to those who will make the
moat of It He is tfSJgfSJ than a hedge
of briers
<>H Pokev gets on one's nervei.
'Tis said when Gabriel blows hiv
trumpet he will request that the\
wsit 'till be Hunts his pi| e
Mis Sim Sh ier W Sjfgttf SSfS, The
physician hns been called In. We
hop* Mhe will he up In a few ftSXfS
Tboae of us wh<> were late plant?
Ing small gralr fear It may be killed
In the sprout bv the severe cold. In
more than one respect the snow is a
C od- send.
II ..mod."
Itemberr. Dec. If,
Wishinicton. I ?er. I 7. ? Represent I
tlv? Johnson, of Mouth Dakota, en
listed today ntt n private In tbe |Og?"
lar nrniy and was assigned to Caan?
Mendn Ho OAS not restirned his sent
In tongrnHii.
CHRISTMAS MASS MEETING.
largest Amount Ever Contributed lot
Christmas Fund.
The annual mass meeting to raise
a fund for Christmas- oheer for the
poor children of the city and the re
liof of all poor families, was held in
tiie Presbyterian church Sunday after
no,,,! with the usual large attendance.
Vi<e Chairman of the permanent
Committee presided and the program
M previously announced was carried
out, the address of the afternoon be?
ing delivered by llev. R. S. Truesdale.
Treasurer A. M. Broughton read the
tlnancial report for the year, showing
a total of $915.51 collected during the
year, of which $S72.rt0 had been dis?
bursed, leaving a balance of $43.21 on
hand. The amount collected at the
annual mass meeting before Christ?
mas last year was supplemented in
February by a collection amounting to
more than $200.
By a motion unanimously adopted
all the officers were reelected for the
ensuing year as follows:
Chairman. Bartow Walsh; Vice
('haIrman, B. C. Wallace; Treasurer,
A M. Broughton; Secretary, S. F.
Stoudenmire.
The committee from the following
churches were appointed to work with
the general committee, to assist in the
distribution of funds:
First Baptist?Mrs. T. S. .love Mrs
L X. Ligon.
Orace Baptist?Mrs. B. 1*. Kelly.
Miss Thelma Turner.
Salem Avenue?Miss Lillie RafTleld.
Bertie Cuttino.
Presbyterian?Mrs. H. M Stuckey.
Mrs. Fred Gregg.
St. Annes Catholic Church?Mrs.
E. H. Moses, Miss A. Telcher.
Christian Church?Mrs. S. P. Miller,
Mrs. A. N. Skinner.
Episcopal Church?Mrs. J .R. Sum
ter. Mrs. Jos. Palmer.
Lutheran Church?Mrs. C. A Mur?
phy, Mrs. E. Kinard.
Trinity Methodist Church? Miss
Hattle PhilUps. Mth. Louise Stubbs.
Broad Street Methodist Church?
Miss Anna Sanders, Mrs. M. M. Brink
ey.
Temple Sinai?Mrs. i. A. Ryttcn
>erg. Miss Armida Moses.
The above committees were request- 11
?d to meet with the general chairman
it the Y. M. C. A. building on Tues- |1
lay at 10 A. M. o'clock for making
irrangen.ents for distribution of
unds. I
Chairman Walsh requests that any- i
>ne knowing of cases of distress, of ?
iny families In need or of any children
vho should he remembered by the
committee in the distribution of
^hristmas gifts, report same to the
hairman or any member of the com-j i
nlttee. Anyone desiring to make con-h
ributions may do so through mem
>en! of the committee or Treasurer A |i
H Broughton at the Peoples' Bank
Treasurer A. M. Proughton reports
he following funds contributed at the
nass meeting yesterday afternoon.
Hhor contributions will be acknowl?
edged later:
Mate collection.$209.28
laraea Class. Sr. and Jr. First
Baptist Church. 50.On
?leymour Council No. 15 _ 25.00
Sumter Shrine Club. 10.00
Timar Patrol, Sumter Shrine
Club. 10.00
Claremont Lodge No. 64, A. F.
M. 10.00 h
Barecs Clasa (Jrace Baptist
Church. 10.00
Little Colonel Club. |.00
Sunday School, St. Anne's
Catholic Church. 30.'j:;
C'Donnell & Co. 16.00
J. K. Crosswell. f,.00
W. E. Thayer. 5.00
McLeod Bible Class. Trinity
Methodist Church. 15.00
Birchard Bible Class Trinity
Methodist Church. |,00
Wlnn School. 5 00
MeCollum Bros. 35.00
.John tiaynsworth. ;,.n
Sh.iw Motor Co. 10.00
lunday school, gglem Baptist
Chureh. .".0<?
Knmhts of Pythias. 10.001
II. S. Truesdale. 2.On
Miss Marian Miehaux. |.0(l
Sunday School. Christian Ch. . 5.00
Woodmen of World. 88.00
Inter set from Tourney fund... Ito.on
Intereet from Du Kant fund... 14.07
E. C. Dunne. 8.00
Cash. 1.00
Dr. Walter Clmyne. 5.00
Cash. 1.00
C. J, Dwyer. 1.00
W. O. Staley.50
M re Annie I. Nash. 5.00
O, E. Havnsworth. l.Ofl
Total. $811.7s
Shaw a MeCollunii mdee.... $r..
H, A. Moses. 48 lb. wk flour
Won't Recagntse PolshcvlU.
wnnhinKton Dee, 17. - Recognition
Ol the Bolsheviki government I>y th?'
I nlted st;it.-s is stiii remote, it was in
dleated tn<i,iv bj the State derart?
ment? Reports fron? Ambusaadoi
[Francis ;???? now coining through w?th
more > ?ku Isi Ity.
THE ROAD TO VICTORY.
Over \\ itii'ii Moves a Novcr-cndlng
Procession Across the North ol
Franco.
Et hind British Linea In Prance, No?
vember 15?(Correspondence of the
Associated Press)? There is a broad
road which runs like a spinal column
across the north of France, which the
British private has nicknamed the
"Road to Victory." His fondness for
this- road is perhaps due to the fact
that it is broader, better paved, and
I
more direct than most other roads,
being one of those highways which
Napoleon laid out many generations
ago.
Over this "Road to Victory'' there
moves a never-ending procession of
transport of the most varied charac?
ter. Standing at a cross-roads, one
sees first group of four wagons; theirs
is a pleasant load, for they carry ra?
tions, clean, wholesome yellow cheese,
sides of prime bacon, fresh white
biead in sacks, chests of tea, sugar,
jam, tinned butter and bully-beef.
gU?lt! of potatoes and onions, sides of!
frozen beef and mutton.
Behind the ration carts follow a
string of twenty great hooded motor-1
lorries laden with lumber of various
kinds. Each lorry In this group car?
ries its name proudly on its side, the!
names all taken from Dicltens' charac?
ter!?Betsy Prig. Martin ChusslOWit, j
Micawber. Oliver Twist, Mr. Bumble, '
Sairey Gamp, and others. Some are
carrying "duekboareW which are lit?
tle sections of skeleton sidewalk for
foot traffic over the mud. Others are
laden with "turkey trots." little wood?
en bridges for shell-holes. Still oth?
ers have long bundles of brushwood ,
"fascines" for filling in hollow place.,
in re,als. Yet others have lengths of,
beech planking for corduroy roads.
Next in line behind the lorries is n
battery of field guns painted in a
strange motley of greens, browns and
yellowa The horses are in the pink
>1 condition, their coats- agleani, their
I rivers tanned brick-red by exposure
After the guns come long strings ol
>ack mules wearing brown canvas
carriers." from the pockets of which
>eep the gleaming cases of eighteen*
>ounder shells, or the squat yellow
>odles of field howitzer ammunition
rhe mule |g certainly doing his bit in
ills war. Plodding and patient, h<
vorks his ten or twelve hours n da' :
>ack and forth between dump and
run position, mostly under shell-fire
ilways through roads muddy and wel
tnd shell-torn.
So the long column moves onward
indei the beckoning hand of the mili
a.ry policeman at the cross road-;
More lorries Dags, filled with men a!
anging lustily. Then come two
ttrange looking tractors hauling big
howitzers; a labor battalion march
ng forward to work and carrying
ihovels instead of rides; more mules:
nore lorries?an endless procession
ilways going forward along this grea*
?oad.
And the road itself, on which th;
raffle never ceases day or night
neves always, pushing further and
urther forward to the east.
DISLAYAL WOMAN CONVICTED.
?frs. Kate Richards O'Hare Sentcncvd
to Serve Five Year* in Penitentiary.
Bismarck. N. I)., Dec. 14.?A sen?
tence of five years in the peniten
iary at Jefferson City was imposed
Oday by Judge Martin J. Wade of
Dos MoinOS on Mrs. Kate Richards
i'Hare, convicted of making utter
i.oes in :t speech at Bowman. N. D..
lasi summer tending to discourage
[?bediene? to the military registration.
The sentence followed a long
speech by Mrs. O'Hare, in which sh
reiterated her opposition to war and
dolled Federal Judge Wade to do hh
worst.
Wltnssses at her trial testified thai
Mis. O'Hare declared in her speech
it Bowmanthat" netted i F h m ml
?it Bowman that "mothers who raist
their sons to be cannon fodder were
no better than a farmer's brood sow,"
and that "young nun who are fOOllsh
enough to enlist or volunteer are only
good enough fur Herman fertilizer."
Mrs. O'Hare was editor of a Social?
ist paper in St. Lotus and later wen?
on a lecture tour.
m:\RV c. BARNABEE DEAD.
Actor Made "Sheriff of Nottingham'
PaW Famous.
Boston. i>,.(. i,; . Henry Clay Barn
abee, familiar to thousands of play
goera aa ths ' Sheriff of Nottingham.'
in Ds Kovsn'a comic opera, Rohm
Hood, died ;.t bis home in ths Jamai?
ca Plain district today niter a long
illness, lie was eighty-four years e
age.
Mr. Barnabee was seriously injured
j by a f| II a few months a?o. For son
time b?> hovered between life and
death in private hospital.
Bven during th<> Buffering of ?>;
last days the famous operatic come
disn never lost the spirit of cheerful
ness th.it marked his career on tin
tage, \ newspaper reporter who In
t er viewed him a few weeks ago found
him in a jo\ i ll mood,
IH \s MAKE SLIGHT GAINS.
Italians litflic'l Heavy Losses Re fore
^ lekllng Ground.
Headquarters of the Italian Ann;,
in Northern Italy, Saturday, Dee. 16.
? (Ily the Associated Kress - After a
heavy sacrifice of met), and five days
of continuous fighting, the enemy has
succeeded In making another slight
advance, bringing his position ui> t<.
Capri He Hill, just east of the Brenta
river. This represents an advance of
about three quarters of a mile, its
chief Importance being that Caprille
is one of the dominating heights at
the head of San Lorenzo valley, lead?
ing southward to the plains, toward
which the enemy is persistently exert*
ing all his pressure.
The struggle yesterday and todav
took on a double aspect, with the Ital?
ians attacking on the right of Mount
Pertiea, occupied by the enemy, while
the Austriani concentrated their at?
tacks 0:1 the left around Mount Bren?
ta and neighboring hill, Caprille. The
; Alpines again distinguished them?
selves in an effort to redeem the hill.
I but while all reports agree that
heaps of enemy dead marked the
course of the Alpines assaults, they
were unable to maintain their po?
sitions at the summit, exposed to the
sweep of enemy batteries.
Austrian attacks on the left were
twice repulsed, but late yesterday,
with a large addition of fresh troops
the Austriani reached the summit or
Caprille, while the Italian lines wen
correspondingly drawn back. Al?
though Caprille is at the head of San
Lorenzo valley, the passage along* this
valey ist controlled by the heights on
both sides by the Italians.
HIE MEANING OF GERMAN VIC
TORY.
W hat Would be Required to Maintain
Supremacy.
Amsterdam, Nov. 14 ? (Correspond?
ence)?Herman victory in the war
would mean that the Germans "as
the dominant race, would have to
keep in subjection by force of arms
the crushed and dispossessed peoples,'
aaerts George Gothein, a leading Lib?
eral member of the German Reichstag
in an editorial article in the official or?
gan of the influential German Associa?
tion for Commercial Treaties.
"Should we actually succeed In
gaining a decisive victory, which only
a few persons believe possible," he
writes, ' we should have to bear a
weight of armaments for that pur?
pose which would make it impossible
lor our national strength, so terribly
weakened in any case by blood lOSS
< again to regain its economic pow?
er. And yet without this permanent
political strength 11 impossible. One
day the world would rise against the
German sway, would burst its fetters
would destroy our power which would
be lacking in economic support. For
tl we have been able to hold out this
time, we have above all to thank out
economic efficiency.
"There remains only one .s-olution,
peace by understanding. A pea<;<J
which is permanent must remove
from the world the rivalry of power."
"An economic war after the war
would be unbearable for Germany."
ROME WAR REPORT.
Link* Infantry Fighting on Brentn
Rront.
Rome, Sunday. Dec. 16.?There was
little infantry lighting on the front be?
tween the Brenta and Piave Baturdaj
and one hostile attack was checked,
s::ys the war office statement. There
Was much artillery fighting on th
northern front.
ARE VOlT RHEUMATIC?
Many Fangs That PSSS for Khcuma
Um arc Really Due to Weak Kid?
neys.
Is it rheumatism?
Not every pain is.
Weak kidneys let uric acid collect.
Cue acid causes many queer pains.
In the high it's sciatica;
In the back, lumbago;
In the nerves neutrltls.
Gout, gravel, dropsy arc urie trou
! blee.
When yen suspect the kidneys use
j Doan's Kidney Pills?
j Tiie home-recommended remedy.
Bumter testimony is the best proof.
Read this Bumter man's story:
3, A. Whittemore, H Harby Ave.,
nays: "My kidneys were badly
disordered and my bsck ached. 1
also suffered from rheumatic pains
in my limbs. The kidney secretions
passed too freely. Friends recom?
mended Doan's Kidney Pills and I got
come at Hearon'l Pharmacy. They
Aid me a world of good.
Trice 60c, at all ?lealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doan'l Kidney Pills-?the same that
Mr. Whittemore had. Foster-Mllburn
Co., Buffalo, N. V. 39
The bakers are going to raise the
portion to meet the price. If Others
would do likewise it wouldn't bo a bad
Ictou.?? Spartanburg Herald,
THE STATE s.WATomi M.
MKjxm Will be Seeded to Continue
Work at Sanatorium Xext Year.
Columbia) Dec. 16.?The <out!i
Carolina Santarium, which institu
tlon was established for the care an?!
treatment of tubercular patients, in
tnis State, tins year will ask the gen
eral assembly for an appropriation of
148,000 for the prosecution of its
work In ens, according to the an?
nual report of the Held secretary of
the sanatorium, Mrs. Annie [, Rem
bert, of Columbia. The various items
to be asked for follow: Tax levy.
1918. $20,000; completion of new
buildings. $2.<>00; servants' quarters,
cow barn and refrigerating plant, $5,
000; maintenance, 116,000; cooperat?
ing committee tuberculosis war prob?
lem, $5,000; educational pamphlet! te.
be issued by .State Board of Health to
public schools. $1,000. The legisla?
ture for 1917 appropriated $50,000 for
this work of which amount $40,000
was used for the erection of an Infirm?
ary with wards and dining room, now
almost completed, and $10,000 for
maintenance.
"We will present this program to
the general assembly at its next ses?
sion," stated Mrs. Rembert In dis?
cussing the appropriation to be re
quested. "As us-ual we are asking
for only what we actually need. The |
fact that we have never been denied j
a dollar that we asked for establishes
and emphasizes the wisdom and right?
eousness of our cause."
Mrs. Rembert's report shows that
free bsds have been endowed at the
sanatorium by the counties of Ander?
son. Abbeville. Alken, Reaufort.
Charleston. Chester. Chesterfield. Clar
endon, Georgetown, Kershaw, Orange
burg, Colleton, Sumter. Union and
Williamsburg. Other endowment?
have been made by the cities of Co?
lumbia. Charleston, Xewberry. Lau?
rens, Greenwood, Abbeville. Sumter,
Darlington and Wateree mills; Pacific
mills, Knights of Pythias. Southern
shops, and the Manning Rible class.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
'Corrected daily at 1 2 o'clock Noon.)
Good Middling 28 7-8.
' Strict Middling 28 5-8.
Middling 28 3-8.
Strict Low Middling 27 7-8.
Low Middling 27 1-4.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Open Hlgb LOSS Clow
Jan.. . 28.SI 29.17 28.60 29.1 7 28.75)
Men . . 28.3;: 28.77 28.18 2S.75 28.38
May . . 28.13 28.55 28.06 28.30 28.1 5
July opened 28.03, closed 28.2",.
Spots. 30.30.
Election in Canada.
Ottawa, Dec. 17.?Upon the deals*
ion today of the voters throughout
the Dominion rests the fate of the
DOW government, which, if retained
in office will enforce selective Con?
scription. By declamation 11 Un?
ionists and 18 Liberal supporters
have been returned without oppo
sition.
! ITH ST BTBDU SHIP LAUNCHED.
Shipping Board HuIIm Quick Work us
Evident?* ol American Kntcrprise. .
i
_
Washington !???<?. |ga a telegram
to the shipping board today told of.
i he launching ;it Ix)* Angele? of the
first steel merchant ship contracted
f<n by the la. ergency Fleet Corpora?
tion. The vessel was one of 8,800 tons
capacity, ordered May 12 from & U
Napthaly.
Turning oir the vessels within sev?
en months when the yard in which it
Was built had to be constructed after
the contract was let was hailed by
shipping board officials as demonstra?
ting what American industry can do
in an emergency.
DominiekN Vote.
Congressman Dominick has align?
ed himself i rarely with the admin?
istration. This is as it should be
to keep the .South solid. Mr. Domi?
nick may h;? ve been very much op?
posed to the war but now that we are
in it he is not going to allow his op?
position to block the progress of tttO
necessary preparations for its- prose?
cution.?Abbeville Medium.
AN OPPORTUNITY WORTh^
WHILE~-DOr^lSS IT I
F. very hoc;, knows that the prices of
Pianos have gone up from |75 to
$125. It is an absolute fact that
all dealers are paying more for their
Pianos than I am. I am selling qual?
ity Pianos at a price that makes it an
investment for you. You wonder why.
About 18 months ago I contracted for
the Pianos !. am now selling, they to
be delivered in car load lots at the
then prev iling prices. There Is
where you and I profited. I am still
able to maintain the truth that "Till
sells 'em for less."
I have so id thus far this season 4
carloads. PHce and quality did it. Out
of that 4 carloads I have just l? pi?
anos left, h eluding such well known
makes, as 'lallet & Davis, Conway
and I^exinp on. In addition to the
above I ha e several other makes
that will he sold as low as $125.00,
$150.00, $1:5.00. $250.00. The latter
include such makes as Ivers & Pond
like new. Weser Bros. Sheringer; also
organs. $20 00 and $30.00. No higher,
for you know "Till sells 'em for less."
All of the above pianos have the well
known in; ported felts and that is
something hat will be hard to get
from any firm next year. You may
have from 24 to .16 months time to
pay for any of these pianos. Free
Stool, etc. This sale of instruments
is for next Saturday only up to Xmaa.
Applications by mail will be answered
at once. Pianos are on exhibit at the
rear of
The Wreck Store
s. 1. mi
Sumte 1 S. C.
1
WERE YOU LUCKY ?
$
We mailed on Thursday,
several hundred checks '
to our Chrismas Savings
Fund depositors.
If you were not fortu?
nate enough to receive j
one, come in at once, join
our 1918 Club and be
prepared for Christmas
in 1918.
The National Bank
of Sum! er.
J. P. Booth, Pres. D. D.'Moise. Vice Pres.
W. J. Crowson, Jr.., Cashier.