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?|jr Q.?hnliiuaii anj ^Qutjjtou. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?IIY? OSTtlN PlItLlslIlNG COMPA1T1 SUMTE Ii, S. C. Terms: $ i M> per annum?In advance. Advert btciuenta. One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Inte-ests will be charged for ss advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found In 1150 and the True Southron in IS**. Tho Wub humn and Southron now has tha combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers and is manlfeetly the best advertising medium in Sumter. The Charleston American ha* Anally been denied socond class mail privileges on account of its pro-Oer msn sympathies and un-American at? titude. The only surprising thing Is that The American waa not called to account long ago. * 0 0 The Garner's Ferry road to Colum? bia, which the Stave Highway Com? mission has not recommended, seems to be the obstacle that threatens to prevent the cooperation of Sumter county In the bridging of Ihe Santee and opening a State highway to Char? leston and tho western part of the 8tate. Without the financial assist? ance of the State Highway Commis? sion the Garner's Ferry crossing Is an Impossibility and it would be fol? ly for Sumter county to undertake to build and maintain a road through the swamp to the ferry. A bridge at Oarner's Ferry von Id be desirable. but It Is not n?.the bridge at Ptnckney's landing would be worth a great desl more to this section of the State than the Garner s Ferry crossing. see The annual report of Mltses Mary Lemmon and Annie Keels. Home Demonstration Agents for Sumter County shows what th?y have done In the line of educational and eco? nomical work during the past year. Every woman, every taxpayer and cltlsen of Sumter county should read this report and then, after carefully considering It. decide whether or not? the work of these two sealous work- | ers for the bettermen of educational and industrial conditions in the ru? ral dfetrlcts of Sumter county is , worth f I .?"??? 0) a year. The work will ; coot $2.500, next year, but the Fed- j eral government will pay $1,040 of j that amount. < PROPOSED FOR JVDGESH1P. i Cot Edward Melver's Friends Urge , Him to Run. { Chersw. Dee. 24.?In vlsw of \ Judge Thomas H. Spain's continued , Illness and in view of the further ^ If act that other attorneys of the Fourth , fts-d/clal Circuit are announcing their ( Hdidaeles for the Judgeshlp. th Wmds of Col. Edward Mclver, of , Kheraw. are urging him to allow his , name to be used as a candidate to succeed Judge Spain before the next , session of the general assemblv. Col. Mclver has been a member of the bar for a number of years, and during the past several years has served ss special Judge In different sections of the State under appoint? ment of the chief Justice. Ills ser? vices as special Judge have been most satisfactory and the people In the counties where he has served and the miMlc generally throughout th State will be Interested to learn thai Col Mclver has taken the matter un? der serious consideration. Ho expect*: to ro i. b ji d> < i>don as to whether or not he will allow his name to be pre? sented to the general assembly within the next few days. ^IT/.F I.KH OR STIIX. OutHt Taken und Man Arrested In Chewier Me Id County. Pageland, Dec. 26.?Monday even Ing J. Q. Grant, deputy sheriff, and T \N'. Greiory. constable, seized a 30 gallon still and about a gallon and a half of whiskey on Lynche** River( In the upper part of Chester? field county, and arrested W. m Rushing. The still Is said to hnv been In operation the day before and It la thought that the output was sohl largely to citizens of North Carolina. Rushing furnished $500 cash bond. COAL FOR HOL'TII CAROLINA. Wsshlngton. Dec. 24.?Formal or? ders to coal o|?erators In several m it by States were issued by tho fuel administration today to pfSMfMO im? mediate shipments to meet the acute conditions In several towns In Souih Carolina. The operators were recent? ly requested to SAM for the Smith Carolina situation. but shipment* have not been of sufficient volume t?? relieve the shortage In certain sec? tions of the State. Mr and Mrs. M. F. Pope, of Co? lumbia spent Xmas da'' with MM Nell McKagnn. HUNS WANT PEACE. AI NTKIAX IXnUOQII MIMSTLU SA\S rilKY ARK RESOLVED TO EM) WAR. Desire Peace on Terms Equally dusi to All Heiligerem*, Without ABU HI tlon or I in lem nit les? Want Gunran tees Prom Allies of R-ussia. Petrograd. Wednesday, Dec. If, The central powers solemnly tied an it to be their resolve to Immodia,. i i sign terms which will terminate tin* war on conditions equally just to all belligerents. Count Czernln. the Aus tro-German foreign minister, told the peace conference at Breat-Litovsk yesterday. The central powers also] favor a general peace without forci? ble annexations or indemnities. They could not bind themselves to such terms without a guarantee that Rus sia's allies would recognize them and carry them out honestly toward the central powers. Count Czerni i declared that tho central powers be? lieved the basic principles uttered by the Russian delegates could be used as the basis for such peace. llagood News and Views. Don't you like to get out and visit around. It is profitable as well a? pleasant to see what the other felldSv Is doing and how he does it. Don't be such a slave to your business as to be in bondage every day, and above all never allow your business to run you but you run it. What a whole lot o. rolks need is to get away from the affairs and cares of life for a time leave these behind and take a rest. That is not exactly what the writer did last Wednesday, December 2G when he ran down to Latta. At Flor? ence I saw a thing it seems I could be looking at yet. You know it is not unpleasant to look at a pretty wo? man and when that pretty woman is busy, actually busy doing lovely things. It Is so much easier. Well that is what I saw at Florence, only it was not one but a score or more. I knitting, knitting, knitting, quietly, 1 steadily, almost without pause or 1 break. Knitting sweaters for our sol- i dler boys. A great big lump got In my throat and I felt proud I was an American because that made mo akin < to them. i Down at Latta I met a farmer, a little, old dried up fellow that made I Bfty bushels of wheat per acre. Had 1 heard of it( before I went there over t in Columbia. When I met him 1 < Inquired about it and this is the way f It was done. Four hundred pounds of < meal and acid, half and half was < broadcast on good strong upland, J hen ploughed In. Then one bushed I ind one peck of wheat, the best seed f obtainable from the mountains oi 1 Virginia was disked and harrowed In <. ill done early in October of last rear. In March an application oi I three hundred pounds of soda. All t this on one acre, and he had several 0 ficres. They did not always do I things that way. Far back so 'ti> I ?aid there was a mill In that country t that ground very slow. A custom- I sr complained that he could eat the t meal as fast as it came. "Yes but 1 how long could you do that?' 'asked I the miller. "Until I starved." 1 Say, you know that feftow down i there about Sumter who Is frettin--' abOIlt who will attend his funeral.' t Ills brother lives In Dillon county. < Tl.e busiest man in all the country i- 1 there too; at loaat i left him there, i What Is he so busy about? Trying \ to do things different from the rest, y Small grain has suffered much from the recent severe cold. The Hour mill at Dinklns Is busy i all the time these days. Bight now i there are four hundred bushels on hand to be ground and more con? stantly coming In. lira, S.im Shirer Is slowly recover? ing. Mrs. H. C. Bethea is suffering with severe eoid. Miss Courtney Atkinson is at I home for the holidays. There is quite a lot of sickness ii our community, resultant from tin i ? eent hard weather. "Hagood." Rembert, Dec. 24. IIrx AI 11 FLEET DEFEATED. Eleven F.nomy Machines Brought to the (.round. Borne. Dec. 27.?Eleven Austro German airplanes were brought down by the Brltslh and Italian flyers in gn atrial hattlo which was developed when the Teutons made an unsueeess ful attempt to bomb Trevlso, slxte m miles north of Venice, according to tho war olilce. A Suggestion. if you contemplate giving your kid a toy hank for < I 'in istmas present don't do it. Bid instead start him oil with thrift stamps. Then he can see his money grOW and there Will be no temptation to be robbing the bank for a few pennies to spend now and then iVllmlngtOD Dispatch. , I - - Home Demonstration Work MARY LEMMOrV, DenDns'iator ANNIE KEELS, Assistant Report of Home DemoMtrtloii Worn in sumitr County* Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen .\ as the most successful year in ih history (?t Home Deraonetratlon Work In Sumter county. The work began here llVS years ago. At iirst an agent was- employed for nine months t?> carry on Tomato Club work for girls and to supervise rural schools. At the end of the iirst year it was eeen that the Tomato club work alone would require tbe entire time of the agent. The second and third years, the agent was employed for ten months. In 1910. an assistant agent was found necessary to carry on the i work. Sumter county was the second county In the State to put on an as? sistant county home demonstration agent. The work had grown to such an extent that one agent could not meet the demands of the people. It would have taken three or four agent! this year to give demonstra? tions and instructions requested. However, the two agents met the de? mands as well as time would per? mit. The home demonstration work Is carried on through homo demonstra? tion clubs for women, domestic sci? ence classes and girls' canning clubs In the home demonstration clubs- a definite programme is carried Ott pach month. These programmes are prepared by experts from Winthrop College and the United States Depart? ment of Agriculture. During the past year, we have tak? en up at monthy meetings the fol? lowing subjects: Curing of meats, ?ookery of fruits and ? vegetable-, lome and community sanitation. iome nursing, canning and preserv ng of fruits and vegetables, conser- i ration of grape products, breads us ng wheat flour substitutes, and plan ling three meals a day. There are 332 women enrolled in [tome demonstration clubs. Thes<? dubs are in the following continuit? ies: Wedgefield, Bethel, Concord. I Providence. Shiloh. Trinity, Hagood j tembert, Salem, Oswego. Dalzell and), mmter. Graham, General Sumte. chool and Mayesvillc have asked for! dubs. Demonstrations have been riven In the Graham and Stateburg ?( on m unities. There are 115 girls nrolled in canning clubs: 34 firs*, j ear, 25 second, 20 third, and 361 ourth year. These clubs are in th ollowing communities: Oswego. Pa- j ;er school, Trinity, Pleasant Grove, j Hanta. Route No. 1, liembert, Ila ood, Wedgefield, Bethel, Concord nd Dalzell. These clubs not on! an tomatoes and beans from their wn plots, but also conserve the sur- j dus fruits and vegetables from tin iome garden and orchards. Domes Ic science equipments have been in- , tailed In nine schools. Two hun? ted and six girls from Bethl.il i Tvedgenoid, Concord, Providence, tembert, Dalsell, Oswego, Bhlloh an "rinity have; been taught bread mak ng. Sumter county has been very for unate in having every specialist thai ame to the BtAte to visit the count >r. Lund from Washington gave to l crowded audience Of < diy women . lemonst ration In drying fruits and egstablee. Miss Wessllng, from the lureau of Chemistry. Washington rave demonstration break makin . islng wheat Hour substitutes, before in audience of eighty-two country iris and as many city women as the lomesttc science room of the Girl's High school building could accoinmo late. Miss Gladys Smith, of Win? throp College also gave a demon ItratlOn using wheat Hour Substitut. Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, of Winthrop Cpllege, gave to five hundred women of Sumter a practical talk on gar? dening. The agenl had Dr. L. A. Ris? er, State director of rural sanitation, to eome to the county last spring, an I glVS twelve illustrated lectures on home and community sanitation an : personal hygiene. The county home demonstration agents worked with the county coun? cil of defenss In then- campaigns and meetings for extraordinary produc? tion and conservation of food last uprlng. We distributed 7,000 papers of Karden seed; 2,860 bulletins of canning', preserving and pickling: 076 on bread making, using wheat sub? stitutes; 766. (?n bread making in th* home; 1,780 on home gardening an 600 on how to select food. One of the most enjoyable feature; of the work for girls is the annual oounty short course, EBlghty-two girls attending this course lust sum? mer were entertained In Bumter i I; homes. Instructions were given them in gardening, canning add bread making. After the girKi course, the iflty women were given three days Instruction In conning, Three mem ben of the girl's elul * were given seholui ships to (Imitate short course for girls at Wintliorp College last ?ummer. Two women club members were given schol n ships to State short COUrsc for wo men at Winthrop College. Ten of tin- home demonstration club.-; had exhibits :it county fair. Wedgefleld winning the first ]>riz<-. $.'0.00; Bethel, the second, $30.oo Bnmtcr, the third, $20.00; Dalzell, | Hi" fourth, $10.00. In the Wedge Held booth, 88 varieties of vegetables from winter gardens, 26 varieties of corn meal products. 12 home mad?; conveniences and 1" meat Substitut? were exhibited. Bethel showed varieties of fresh vegetables. 21 corn I products and 15 meat substitutes. All booths brought out the conserve lion of perishables, and many the conservation of meat and wheat. Among the labor saving devices installed In the homes were thin flreless cookera, fifteen Icelese refrlge rators, twelve ironing boards, six wheel trays and two kitchen cabi? nets, Number of met tings- held .... 682 Estimated attendance . mom In 1912 Winhrop college and th* United states Department of Agricul? ture put $75.00 in the work In tl county. In that year, the lirst year of the work in Sumter county, ninety six girls hi the tomato (dubs, valued their canned tomatoes. vog? tables and i fruits at $1,085.00. in 1!>17, aevei hundred and fifty-three girls and wo? men In our Clubs reported 103.500 j quarts of fruits and vegetables-, val? ued at $34.050.00. Next year the government and Win? throp College have planned to give one thousand and forty ($1,040.00)1 dollars. Respectfully submitted. AXXIK O. KEELS, Assistant County Agent. Home Dem? onstration Work. MARY. A. LEMMON, County Home Demonstration Agent., Sumter. S. C, Dec. ?4. _ The Rembert Home Demonstration I I Club met at the school house on Thursday, December 6, at 4 o'clock. ' with is members present, The subject of meeting was "Plan? ning Three Meals a Day." On the blackboard the various common foods were divided into five classes, viz: foods rich in mineral, protein, fat. Itarchi and sugar. The foods (beef, mutton, pork, veal, sugar, and wheat) Which the people are requested to us economically, were written In re 1 I ?halk. , ] The agent gave a talk on meal- I planning With the view of insuring;; i_ l BBgg iin- proper diet, and effecting eco? nomy; and showed a display of i*0 caloric portions of some common foods. The club ?will meet the hrst Thurs? day In February; no m sting will '.?<? beld In January as the agents will spend (hat month at Winthrop Col? lege. Rembert, Dec. 20. Tin- Dalsell Home Demonstration Club met at the school house or Thursday, Xov? mber L'2. The demonstration was given by the assistant agent, Miss Keels, and was enjoyed by all present. Mrs, Doby resigned as president of of the c lub and Mrs. H. W. Hood was elected In her place. The names of two raw member! were added to the roll, increasing the membership to 29. This club won $10 on its booth at the county fair, one of the most at? tractive displays In this booth was an exhibit of tomatoes, beans and peaches In tin cans. These were put up by Miss Ethel Ardls, a tomato club girl who canned S10 quarts last summer. ^ Miss Camilla Parker won a brace? let watch which was offered by Sum? te r Loan Co.. for the best exhibit of breads. The club will meet hereafter on Thursday before the 4th Sunday of the month at :> p. m. ITALIANS REGAIN GROUND. Desperate Battle Lasted All Day Monday. Home. Dec. 25.?In a desperate bat? tle which lasted all day yesterday the Italians fought their way back to the positions frorfl which they were forced the previous day ou the Asiago plateau under a Austro-Gcrman at? tack, according to today's war office statement. Some guns and numerous machine guns which had been aban? doned by the Italians in their retire? ment were recaptured when the old positions were rcoccupied. GERMANS PROTRACTING NEGO? TIATIONS. Their Sincerity Again Questioned by Their Opponents. Washington, Dec. 27.?Conditions surrounding Czernin's proposals for a basis of peace has caused of? ficials here to feel apprehension for their sincerity and there is a dispo sit ion to feel that the object of Ger man representatives to ?simply pro tracting negotiations as long as pos Bible. FORD TO l ISIT CR ARLESTON. Likely to Urge Charleston as a Log: ceJ Por* for War Uses. Washington, Doc. 24.?It is' bein* brought out more clearly at Washing? ton every day hat a mistake has been made by the government in not hav? ing proceeded more promptly to the utilization of Charleston and othe/ Houth Atlantic ports for the shipment of war supplies and provisions as well as for manufacture and storage. The congestion which now exists ..t New York ari l other Northeastern ^ ports a us \on j, ago predicted. lienry Fort!, the great automobile builder whose specialty Is standardiza? tion and rapid output, is signalizing bis connectiOA with the shipping board by em pi as/.ing the possibilities of the Southeastern seaboard as the -eeiion for launching standardized steel merchant ships to overcome the submarine obstacle to peace. Mr. Ford will start: next week on a tour of the Southeastern ports, including Charleston, wl ose advantages for the purpose in mir d have not escaped his attention. Mr. Ford boieves that if his ideas are followed, the United States can turn out several merchant ships a day. After his tour he will lay his plans definitely before the shipping board. There is no intention; of course, to interfere with the progress of work already underway, most of which is now understood to be pro? ceeding satisfactorily. PLANS FOR FOOD SURVEY. schedules Have Recn Mailed to Every 1 Food Dealer. Washington. Dec. 25.?Plans for making the nation-wide war emer? gency food survey are well under way. the bureau of markets announc? ed today, schedules having been mail dto every fool dealer, manufacturer and holder of supplies in more than family lots. The survey will cover more than 100 different foods and returns must ?how the stock8 on hand next De? cember 31, and the same day last year, with estimates of quantities in transit outwa'd by freight and ex ress cn the last day of the month. Washington, Dec. 27.-?The wooden hipbuilding program is pictured as tlmost a complete failure by Rear Admiral Powles. assistant general nanager of the emergency fleet cor? poration, testtJying before the senato ;ommittee od;.y. / FERTILIZERS FOR 1918 The New Year is approaching and a great many of our friends are considering their fer? tilizer requirements for the next year's crops. It is our pleasure to announce that we are fully prepared to meet their requirements with anything in the fertilizer line except Potash, of which we have only a limited quantity. Fertilizers are high, but not in proportion to cotton and other farm products. They are cheaper in comparison with the price of cotton 1 than when it sold at 10 cents. Order Your Goods Early . Whether you buy from us or not, our advice is to get your orders in early, for it is our can? did opinion that those who delay may be un? able to get their goods in time for the planting season. Everyone who reads the papers, knows the railroad situation now and the difficulty in getting goods, and we might be permitted to ask, what do you think it will be when the fertilizer movement starts? If you have room in which to house your fertilizers, get them in before the first of the year, ; But Be Sure And Get Our PriGes Before Buying -II ? WM IUI HI III O'Donnell ? Company _|_! ? ' - ? ? I I I??? I I II I. <i . ? T????. ? , ?