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C|[t SHatcjjman m\D jJoutjjron. Published Wedncmlay aiul Saturda> ?BY? OeTTKEN PTRLISHINQ COMPANY Sl MTi li. s. a Terms: gl. 50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements, One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be mads at reduced rates All communications which sub. nerve private Interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumtsr Watchman was found m? In 1160 and the True Southron m a?ts. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and la manifestly the best adverttsini. CHARITY WHERE NEEDED. Tis? Difference Between Helping the Worthy Poor and letting the Needy Starve When They Cunnot Work. Editor Dally Item. I see Mr. J. Dargan Osteen is "at ts agmln." and 1 must confess that I tin not understand his aim. He seems t? be of the opi uon that we are har fcorlng a worthless "thriftless'" gang Of Idlers, and he asks that you und 1 will have "sympathy" also for a ccr t in - lass whieh be says came to us /loin the countr ;e thoy could i>it run a farm, that they were hon? est and induHtri<ais, and had obtained employment, but on account of com* petition with our thriftless set. they hud to .work for wages barely suf* fieieiit for dally support and when overtaken by sickness they had noth? ing. We would like to say to Mr. Oeteen that this Is sxactly the class that we are helping. He has drawn as perfect a picture of them as it is peenJble to mnk?* and If he had avatl baa^hlmself of the invitation which we gavs ntrri in our former communica? tion, and tried to Improve himself, your valuable space need not have beo.i taken up with further communi? cations I spent most of the day Monday trying to get somo wood to some of trvs very class, but on account of the estreme weather no draymen were out and but for the kind assistance of thtt City Manager who sent a cart to me and Mr. J. A.. Parris. who used hU truck, some of them may have bean fronen and when I got home aal my attention was called to Mr. J Dargan Osteen's come back, 1 m ist say that my feelings ware quite in contrast with those of a boy with kit first gun One illustration On yesterday our City Nurse reported to me the case widow with six children, only ess boy old enough to work, t nd he dtotag hie beet, the mother and one child in bed with measles, with no eeeerlng for their beds, save a straw rest trees, and no wood with which to make a fire. I If Mr. Osteen Instead of sitting be fere his big oak logs trying with his set i othly flowing pen and even 7*ctlnjr from Solomon and Paul, to '"Onvlnoe as that there is no virtue >n our work, will Just come to town ana go with ms to a few of these rdUoee of distress, he will at once trade his pen for a cart and help us tistil srood to keep them from freez? ing, and I believs he would even be wl.'lng to kill one of those hogs that he speaks of and divide It out am ing them. But It appears that Vfr Osteen Is a writer and no doubt enjoys It I am not I prefer to give what time I can spare toward help? ing the unfortunate ones. 1 am glad that not many farmers adjacent to us. If any, endorse Mr. Ostssn's position. Quits a number of them havo expressed themselves as heartily In sympathy with our work and strongly opposed to Mr. Osteen's i roposltlon. And their generous do? na t one are the very best evidence of their sincerity. I don't think Mr '?sieen h learned that "it is more blessed to give ttvin to receive." Mr. Osteen speaks of boys In our teen ?hinin* shoes who should be on the farma I h?v< lived here all of my life, having seen Sumter grow oat of Sumtervllle. and,I have never seen a white boot black. li Mr. OHtirn will gftfjpfl nur Invi? tation I shall be ph ased to show him. Let him "come and see." ' Respectfully. iv renal Walsh, Oeneral Ch t hrlstmns Cheer Fuad. Officer Sli'sls Overcoat. Washington. Jan. 3.?Second Lieut. Claries W. Ferguson, quartermaate eorp?. national army, attached to tb Elshty-second division at ( imp <'?<< den. Atlanta. has been dismissed from the service and sentenced t<> Ihe penitentiary for it year for the thefl of an evereeal fellow ofltoer? London. Jan. 3. -Hostile raiding parties ware repulsed lean night south and southwest of Ui Baasee, leaving I tew prisoners in our hands." the wat office reports. NEED MILLIONS OF MEN. UNITED STATUS PLEDGED TO si XD GKKAT ARMY TO FR ANC I ',. Allied War CYmneil Mgsfe Plans for Unification of All Forces and Rc wunn Military. Naval and In? dustrial to Win the War. Washington, Jan. 2.?An engage? ment by the United State? to send a great army against the Germans in time to offset the defection of Rus? sia was disclosed today through the publication by Secretary Lansing of a review of the work of the American mission which recently participated in the Intcr-nllled war conference at Paris. American fighting men are to cross the Atlantic as rapidly as they can be mustered and trained. France and GfffJUt Britain on their part undertake not only to join in providing ships to carry them but tee that any deficien? cies in arms and equipment are made up on the other Hide. This was one of the great decisions reached at the conference through which the cobelligerertts planned to pool their fighting resources and move as a unit toward driving the Oi mans and their allies out of con? quered territory and crushing the Teutonic world dominating scheint. There is to be coordinated effort not Ollly In fighting on land and sea, but in production at home and in the vast shipbuilding projects upon which de? pends the vital problem of maintain? ing uninterrupted transportation in spite of submarines. Even before Colonel House and his associates of the American mission reached home the machinery to again to speed up wir preparations here had been set In /notion. In to? day's announcement is- seen the ex I 1;:nation of the reorganization of war department control embraced in the formation of the new war council of genera) officers, of renewed efforts to speed up the shipping hoard mer? chant building program and possibly of the decision of the administration to take over all th.? nation's railroads without waiting for action by con? gress. Other indications of the new pressure applied since the House mission returned ore manifest about the navy and war department but most of the things being done can not be. discussed publicly for the military reasons. It can he stated c.uthorltatively. however, that definite steps to make good the pledges given to the allied leaders by Colonel House have already been taken. ' The first recommendation of the mission is for "entire military, naval and economic unity of action between the powers opposed to Germany." That is regarded as having been ac? complished. The summary of the military con? ferences attended by General Bliss ?hows that an agreement to "pool re? sources for tho mutual advantages of all" was entered Into. There follows this significant statement: "The contribution of the United States to this pooling arrangement was agreed upon. The contributions likewise of the countries associated with the United States were deter? mined. This pooling arrangement guarantees that full equipment would be available to the United States in Itlt." Looking beyond 1918 the United States will have no need to seek mil? itary equipment of any kind away from home. The third recommenda? tion of the mission to which the coun? try is committed Is for extension of the American shipping program. Cnder a resolution adopted by tho inter-allied conference a unified use of ship i.milage was agreed upon which would permit "the liberating of the greatest amount ol tonnage possible for the transportation of American troops," a policy to govern the use or neutral tonnage was agreed upon. Even M the nature of this agree I n nt whleh has bound all the re "ourres of more than half the world Into one force to go foal Germany was 04 irn; published definite action ' to? wn I making it good was In progress !so in Paris. Assistant Secretary Crosby of the trea-sury department, who remained in Europe as president of the Silted council, met there today with the financial representatives of th" other power? to discuss question! of credit. The derision to lo-ep American troops moving to Europe in a stead' stream marks another advance in th* k< >\ei nment's war plans. Originally if n is proponed to use all available ton f.>r the transportation of eup? piles and munitions and to send n< Hers until they had been given I year s training. This win Ohang* wheg Marshal JesTre came to th? Fl ud States with WOrd that Franc? wanted a1 onci any number of Amer leans Who OOUld come to put the Star: and stripes on the firing line nn< hearten the French soldiers. wearlo? by their long battle against the in v, i d?? r. The following statement by the de partment of state, was made public in oonnectlon with the recommenda? tions: "A review of the report filed with the department of state by Colonel Ilout>e, the head of the special war ?nission which visited Great Britain and France in November, shows that it succeeded in its purpose of reach? ing a definite working plan for the prosecution of the war through co? operation of the governments repre? sented at the conferences held in Par? is in the various fields of activity and through marshalling the resources of the nations at war with the central powers- and coordinating their uses under a common authority thus avoid? ing the waste and uncertainties that urise from independent action. "The results of the conferences, as shown in the report, are most grati? fying to this government, first be? cause they indicate that the confer? ees were inspired by the desire to be mutually helpful, and second, be? cause the agreements, which were reached, when in full operation, will greatly Increase the effectiveness of the efforts now being put forth by the United States and the allies in tho conllict against Germany and Austria-Hungary. "A summary of the results accom? plished at their conferences and of the recommendations made by the American mission will indicate the value of the work done and the prac? tical methods which were considered by the conferences and which are recommended in the report." The "summary of results accom? plished" is divided under diplomatic, naval, military, finance, shipping, war trade, war industries and food. MESSAGE BY 1IINDKNBURG. Says Germany Will Gain Victory This Year. Amsterdam. Jan. 7.?In a telegram to Gen. von Holtzendorff, head of the German naval general staff, as for? warded from Berlin, Field Marshal von Hlndenburg declares the cap? ture of Oesel and Dago Islands, off the Russia Baltic, brought the Ger? man army and navy still closer to? gether. The German submarines the field marshal says, have given considerable relief the action of the western front. The message con? tinues: "Hand in hand, with God's help, we shall gain victory in the coming year." Admiral von Holtzendorff replied, thanking the field marshal for his words, which "will spur us to our ut? termost effort." 1'lsgah News and Views. Pisgah, Jan. 2.?It still snows. Not since January 12th, 1886, have we had Buch cold. The ground froze then 12 inches deep, and mill ponds and streams froze solid. If the small grain can pass through this and live, j It will do more than it did last yea*". To lose this year will be a blow to tin farmers that they would feel. Christmas and New Year passed oh quietly. Not a gun was heard, no drunkenness was seen, everybody was quiet and mostly stayed at home. We have no needy ones to require aid. although we have a number of lazy people, who feel themselves too goad j to work. Another year of war wdl j bring them to their proper level. Li bor is very scarce and high and a number of people who have always depended on hiring will have to hin themselves \t they get anything dorn . Our gr^ii>rTathers and mothers made this country what it is and they wer. just as good as the people of today. The writer could never see that it ia a disgrace to plow, hoe, or pick cot? ton, yet a number of people believo that it is beneath a gentleman or lady to do that. I say this because it is practiced year In and year out. Anything to avoid manual labor. The war hai demoralized things in gen [ oral. Now since Russia has left I thOSS She commenced to light with it is going to put the ending cf this war on this country, a burden that will tagger the people to bear, for it now looks as if we are going to have many years of conflict before the dawn of peace. Many years of suffering, j heart-aches and loss of manhood. Jackson said only by experience could people know what war Is. Miss Annie McMillan, the teacher I Of the Pisgah school, is spending th holidays at her home in Columbia. Miss Carrie Baker, who is attend? ing the graded school in Sumter, is home for the holidays. Miss Annell Klmore spent Christ? mas week with relatives at St. Charles She returned Saturday, accompanied by her cousins. Misses Vera and ElOSlo BlntOrO. They are very pleasant young ladies. Mrs. <;. w. Blmore and daughters Misses Annell and Lois, got many blue ribbons and cash premiums for their ( Xhlbttg at the State and Lee county i fairs. The writer has read Billy Sunday 1 I life and sermons. It Is fine. He fits In the religious world as Washington dl 1 in the revolutionary war, and Lincoln ' did In the < JlVll War. SCMTKR RED CROSS MST. Members Added to Roll In Cbrlet nuts Drive for Increased Membership. Mrs, J. M. Causley, Carlisle Booth, I Maxwell Booth, Mar:. Adda Booth, I R. B. Spann. <;. T. Brooks, W. J. Jones, Mis. J. J>. Graham, Mrs. Tims. R. Melntosh, Geb. M. Foxworth, Mrs. Geo. M. Foxworth, Mrs. Catherine Young, Robert Lamar Butt, Jr.. Mrs. L. L. Hunter, Miss Edith William-! son, 11. <\ Kolb, Mrs. F. E. Holladay, Misses Mary and Elizabeth White, Baby Emma Baker Anderson, R. L?. Burkette, Mrs. R. L. Burkette, Chas. Shaw, Joel Davis, Master Linwood Davis, Jas. A. Ard, Jno. H. Archer, Mrs. Chas. Btanstlt. Mrs. F. A. Lynarn, J. A. Middleton, Mrsv Ralph Loyns, Mrs. J. A. Middleton, T. Scott DuBose. Sr., Fritz M. Behre, Miss Minnie Moore Mrs. W. D. Pitts, Mrs. D. M. Campbell, itly Wilson, J. D. Strother, ( has Lb Williamson, Mrs. Peter Pitts, M. J. Moore, Dr. Milton Weinberg, Mrs. W. A Weathers, J. S. Cain, Mrs. Rosa Jenkins; Baby Catherine Rivers, Mrs. H. L. Ttadale, Charlie Lewis (colored), Marion Andrews (colored), Master lriving Shaw, Master Wm. Shaw, Mrs. W. J. Shaw, Miss Cath? erine Warren, Mrs. J. A. Warren, W. T. Hall, Mrs. Annie F. Nelson, G. A. McKinney, Mrs. S. Marion Mathers, Mrs. Sarah M. Drown, E. B. Muldrow, August Schilling. Mrs. S. R. Abbott, Miss Bailie Rembert, Baby Louise China, Mrs. W. A. Thompson, Miss Clare Hoyt, W. A. Thompson, Jr., Baby Sarah Louise Hearon, J. C. Gainoy, Mrs. J. C. Gainey, J. H. Darr, J. M. Brogdon, Graham Bowman, Mr. A. B. Morrill. F. M. Coulter, J. A. McDaniel, S. M. Pringle, L. E. Windham, S. D. Richardson, D. S. McEaehern, W. B. Seegars, Jr., Miss; Fannie Krasnoff, Mrs. Perry Kras? noff, Melvin Batchellor, Perry Phelps. s. l. Krasnoff, J. D. Rawl, E. o. Limmer, M. Graves. Sybil Brunson, Otto Du Rant, W. E. Brunson, T. B. Edwards, Harvin DesChamps, De ward Bultman, Mrs. W. B. Lynam, H. A. Taylor, Leslie McNeal, Mrs. Nora Brown, Miss Lucy Skinner, Miss An? nie Baker, Mrs. J. L. Ward, Miss Ma? bel Myers, Miss Alma King, Mrs. O. E. Bostick, Mrs. S. E. Rickenbaker, J. H. Strong, C, M. Brand, John Clack, II. R. Love, M. L London, R. d Rose. D. L. Pierce, Mrs. J. D. Wilson, II. W. Crowson. Alice Stubbs, Thornton Weinberg, Eugene DuRant, Jr.. Virginia DuRant, Evalino Loyns Mrs. B. C. Wallace, Jr., Mrs. A. 3 Holmes. M. C. Jones. Mrs. A. J Jerry M?lmes, Miss Ruth Hussey, Et. M. Warren, Jimmie Paus, J. G. Hoover, W. A. Wood, W. O. Staley, ? w. L. Boaaard, Mrs. P. P. King, Miss Mabel 1:00th, James Bradley, James j i rower, Leslie Brower, Boyd Brown, Hugh Brown, Dr. B. P. DuRant, Mrs. E. r. DuRant Baby Louise DuRant, ?loan Shaw, Oaither Shaw, Mrs. J. W. Power, J. \V. Power, Miss Nettie Btoudemlre, J. T. Bright well, Jr., Elizabeth Bright well, C. M. Chandler, Miss Genevieve Handle, A. L. Ardis, Mrs. A. L. Ardis, H. C. Mayes, M. C. 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Keels, Murray Xelson, L. Alpert, S. S. Brun? son, Mrs. J. J. Epperson, KT, P. Ray, R. D. Allen, Hon. T. B. Fraser, Hor? ace Harby, Jr., Donovan Harby, Esth- j er Dick Miss M. I. Colelough, M. W. Forner, W. D. McClam, Mrs. Lee Morrison, R. P. Cooke, Miss Ida Raftield, Miss Xita Brunson, Mrs. W. H. Sholar, Mrs. W. W. Sibert, Thos. H. Blddall, Jr., Mrs. Fannie Simp-' son, F. R. Sineath, Mrs. F. R. Sineath. Nathan Averbuck Mrs. Alyex AVer buck, Logan M. Allen, Jr., Gales B. Andrews, M. W. Seabrook, Ilenty Ross, B. D. Groom. Jack Rowland. L. :K. Jackson. R. L. Geddings, T. M. (McLcod, Glfford Shaw, Whit Shaw, Mrs. Henley Chapman, Mrs. J. H. Johnson, Mrs. Charlie Lemmon, MiSS Annie Lyde, Elizabeth Womble. L. E. Wood, Mrs. J. F. Workman, J. F. Workman, C. L. Ray, Sr.. Mrs. S. B. Mitchell, Silas Mellette, Emma Mel lett, Mary Mellett, H. W. Harby, Mrs. H. W. Harby, Miss Lilian Fort, Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, S. D. Cain, Mrs. S. D. Cain. D. G. Cain, Ernest W. Wilson,, Nkfesatsfls*^^ [Gertrude Steel*, L. T. Gillesple, Mrs. R! E, 1>u Pose, Mrs. T. J. DuBose, n. S. McLeod, lira J. w. Brunson, ilrw. W. G. Batemroi, Miss .Laura Vance Marion, J. A. Boykin, Miss Alice Tov. j. h. Wlnburn, Fugh Dick, G. C. Warren, T. A Wells, H. C. Hayns woith, Jr., Perry B. Haynsworth, Jr., Miss E. V. Hayrsworth, Mrs. Anna, Muller, W. L Whitehoac ., Mrs. W. t Whitehead, A. C. Howard, Paul Ken nedy Bowman, D \ Ahe Weinberg, R. C. Tallon, Fain. Thompson. Otto Gerhardt, Charli' Freeman, Nellie Freeman, Banks Boykih, Martin Boy kln, Hughey Bri wn, Hallie Brown, Frances Moody, ( harles Jackson, Em? ma Jackson, Henry Jackson, Nei'a Pelk, Barslee Jolly, Fusan Kirk, Ju? lian Jackson, Blanche "'".ompson, Jno. Thompson, Sarc h Murray, Jameu Jackson, I'Ans Jackson, David Jolly, Alma Brown, Win. Sanders, Annie McOatherine. Per y MeCatherine, Miss Aurelia Mayer, Mrs. J. E King, J. E. King. Mrs. a. B. Young, A. B. Loung, J. M. Brad ham, .'. B. Osteen, W. L. Dew, J. R. Early, W. K. Hill, W. A. Davis, J. h. Cooper, Lee Geddings, B. O. Groves, G. Jones, Richan! Stelzner, Miss Ma y Smith, E. .Boney, Mrs. E. Boney, I -msby Blanding, A. R. Bobbitt. Mrs. It, C. Forrester, Mrr? Bill Costin, Miss ennie Barrett, Mis. E. Allen Paker, 3 rs. John A. Baker, A K. Bernshcuse. Mrs. R. B. Belser, Wm. Berg, Miss I a by Beaty, Mrs. E. Button, J. T. V itherspoon, J. I. Lesesne, D. J. Braihara, C. M. Witn erspoon, L. B. Hyatt, F. R. Bradford, T R. Minis, Jule- Pack, J. Perry Poole, Ernest Ard, Dr. C. B. Gamble. h. G. Stom. LoRoy Wells, Wade Al? len, Wr. G. Hicks. S?MTKR COrfON MAHKKT. P. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. (Corrected daily s: 12 o'clock Noon ) Good Middling :0 5-8. Strict Middling ,10 3-8. Middling 30 1-8. Strict Low Mide ing 29 6-8. Low Middling 29. NRW YORK OCTTON MARKET Ugsst IH?Sj Low CTltoe CS ose Tcsfdys Jan . . .31.47 31.75 31.32 31.32 31.44 Mch . . io.91 31.21 30.85 30.85 30,87 May . .30.60 30.9.! 80.49 30.49 30.66 July . . 30.37 It.M 30.14 30.14 80.22 Spots. 32.70. Bennington, Vt., Jan. 3.?Mrs. An? nie Sherwood Hav ks, the author of many famous Gospel Hymns, includ? ing, "I Need Thee Every Hour," died ?MsW4ssVni,hgrtf Js^lsWssii Ms**, i m, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU We are now selling SUITS, OVERCOATS and BOYS' CLOTHING i at prices that you will be unable to dupli? cate for years to come. It will pay you weil to buy next winter's supply now if you can. Underwear is going at less than whole? sale price of the same goods today. Don't miss this opportunity, it will be the last time that you can get goods at these prices for some time to come. The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co. Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes