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Wcdnt s(!ay and Saturd.it ? MY ? PIIUIMIIM. COMI'AW SI M II IS. S. <J. Term-,: 11.50 per annum?lu advance. Advertisements. One Square first Insertion .. , . fl.m ITvsry eubsequcnt Insertion.Ill Contracts tor three months, or loader will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub aerve private Interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wui be charged lor. The Sumter Watchman was found v._ .a 1S50 and the True Southron in 2MS. The Wat hinan and Southro. now has the oesabtned dreumtlon end Influence of both of the old paper, sjM IS m mlfestly the best advert.j.n medium In Sumter. The Anderson Mail I few da;a .go printed a lengthy leview of th?? po btical situation in South Carolina, in which the men who h \e bsstl . id era In seeking and winning otlloi in the State durlm; the last quarter of a century are generally and quite severely enthused. There Is consider? able truth and some Justice in the criticisms, but with all the assertions and conclusions we cannot agree. The men who have been leaders and have won olllce by virtue of their j leadership are blamed for all the mis? takes that have been made and all the wrongs that have been committed hi the namo of the State. That the leaders have their full share of re? sponsibility is patent, but a calm ami Impartial survey of the political rec? ord will coin .n e nil mind* amen? able to reason that the legislature ha> b-eeu more responsible for btMfctlil progressive and constructive legisla? tion than the men who h ive held the office of governor. Even Qoi Please, vicious as he was. and lacking in almost every qual? ity that a public servant should have ommended and nought to have en? acted some measures of u constructive nature, but which the legislature re? fused or failed to adopt other gov? ernors suffered more at the, hands ol en progressive and politics ridden legislatures than Oov. I Pease; and Munning has not b.-en the leasl 6^ he sufferers In this inspect Re hiss recommended and sought to in? fluence the enactment of more Bjftega ures of a constructive nature than any of his predecessors within tin I past flfteeTr*7ears or more. Some ot theee recommendations have been enacted into law. but more of them have been side-trucked. In spite oi the evident unfriendliness of the writer of the article toward Oov. Norn n|ng he was not able to utterly coa densn his administration, although hi did seek to damn it with faint praise. Oov. Manning has fe.v friends In and around Anderson, in consequence of his action in sending the militia tc Anderson at the time of the trouble between the cotton nrtlls and their operatives. The course he adopted kept the peace and resulted In o settlement of the differences on S basis that ga\ su? ? * mm! lust < v t both parties. }J. rel'u 'd to use the power of his oil ce to lid the mill owners to ride rOOgh-ohod OVOV th" striking mill oper itlv es. and. at th' same time, he used his DOWOf to pre? vent law -an >m on the part of the operativen. Me forced inspect for law .in I gpder ami brought about a settle? ment by arbitration and. as a result won the enmity of both sides. ? Jov. MoMtMr*! sdmlnlstrat en h i not lieen without mist t;%?>*, no on' exi"-cted that 1? would be only hl> enemies have demanded It of him. His administration has beer a b i ne-*s administration, as he promise ! it Would be, and the pa rt >sa ndtip th t h?* m accused of by his critics h: s been the rmult ff the ( -rttsan tight made on him. In more thin one in? stance Issues have been raised und a light forced upon him for the BSjypOOf of creating partisan fe? ling ami li< had either to submit or make the fight on the lines laid down by his politi? cal enemies. We believe thai he has made a sin? cere cffoit to give lie State ft busi? ness administration and to allay bit-1 lerness and pa: tisanship. and it hi P?oof that he haw measurably HUOieed ed in b.s effort that his MppOfl not his friends?who exp' ted to pro it from their alli ? m ?? with his fsc-1 t'on. criticise h.s ad,n|g|StrattOn SS SO- I ver* !\ as his opponents. Anothei proof that ll.I Itanalns administra? tion has not been a failure l-i th: I II.os" people u Iim ne.lb I eX| e -ted nor asked personal favors from him aid bis adatliawratios me satisfied Ift ? he has dorn- In ggf] fal. ll patriotically. There is sjsgthef ggpeel gf Um ?h dorson Mail's article that is worth passing comment tb.at all that ,.J sild .boot Pie .*. . Manning and oth ? p ist and preeenl political leaders serves merely a c ? inmrlnge, so i? qr iik, for referee es to Hon? Jnex i. Maisinrln'a aetlvltj In the polite?i eld M'l-nurin Is th. center of the pi ture and the remainder of the so # died political review is designed to brow the spot light or. bin. It ll just s.irre more MoLaeirls propaganda. und it ig cleverly conceived .:nd c.\c cur ed. Ml !.r: ixm TUK H< i BKRKKl'Eli. FotatOSS arc IMonliful. "Sat mc, lest i portal) la valh," I the cry of every potato in the land Have you ever noticed thai win n JfO eat a great deal of potato for dinnei you don't care lor bread.' Satis! > >our hunger v itli potatoes. They win help eave the wheat. Here art o ti w different ways of preparing them. Scalloped Potatoes and Cheese. Arrunge a layer of sliced raw 01 boiled potatoes in greased hak in;.; d;.sh and spriaklt with gratsd oheoac and i littl? dour. Repeat until dish marly full, l our milk over the whole, about one-half cup to ever) three potatoes, tfkini mill; is good. Hake in a moderate) oven until dOne The length of time required depend: upon whether the potatoes are raw or boiled and whether the baking dish used is deep or shallow. Hoile I potatoes baked in a shallow dish Will lake only -0 minutes. Haw potatoes ir a deep dish may take as much a^ 1 1-2 hours. rotato sausages. I cup of mashed potatoes, 1 cup ground nuts, lish or meat, 1 egg. well beaten, 1 1-2 teaspoons salt. 1-8 teaspoon pepper, 2 tablespoons cooking oil. Mix the mashed potatoes and sea? sonings with the ground nuts, fish oi meat. Add beaten egi?. Fori l Into little cakes or sausages-, roll In flour and plaru in greened pan With a Ut? ile oil on each sausage, liake In i fairly hot oven until brown. A Shepherd's Pic. 1! iease a halving dish; cover the bottom with mashed potatoes. Add a layer of cooked minced meat or t.sh. seasoned well and mixed With meat stock or gravy. Cover with mashed potato* s. Hake long enougl to heat through?20 to 30 minutes. t orn Meal (.riddle Cakes with Rice. One cup cornmeal, one cup of boll pd rice, one egg, one teaspoon ol salt, one teaspoon of soda, threw tablespoons of Hour, one and one ball OUPt sour mill;. Try this Co I I our breakfast. j ggi on Rice, <?il a bailing dish, till it half full Ol \s oll seasoned boiled rice; make n. many depressions in the rice as then are people to be served; break ai egg Into each of thesv. sprinkle with ?alt and strew with bits of buae substitute, bake until tho eggs arc I at, Bet vc not. iHeg Hatter takes. One teaspoon of salt, o:?" cup milk one cup Hour, one-half cup eoo!:< ? rice, on* leaapoon baking powder, F*rj in takes. Itcc and Indian l-rcad. Boat two eggs very light, add on< pint milk, two caps white Inda: corn meal, one cup cold boiled r. two teaspoons baking powder, om half cup more mibe, beat hard. - In shallow pan In hot oven. Rise Gems. 1 A pint of buttermilk or sour milk one egg. a tcaspoonful of soda, a little sugar If desired, half a teaspoon' :ui of salt. Miv 3-1 cup of wheal Hour With 1 l?l cups of cooked rice and beat into the milk and egg. Tin mixture should i o Uli consistency o* graham gems. Drop into the heat? ed Rem pans and bake about fifteen minutes. Good lioada Where llic Split-leg Dr ? hi l ss? A citizen of Spartanburg county. writing to the Oaffney l*cd er and pral ing the Cherokee OOUnty roads. says: "Every loot of the roods had been dragged and I found it no trou? ble to make :'.<> miles an .hour all r. long." w lahlngton. ivh. IS,?one Atnerti can was killed and three wounded in an attaek by |f< \n an b indits on an oil boat at ThmptCO last Wednesday lOIBeiahl regard the incident as ac? tuated by robbery rather than an out i i in Mt of untl-Amerlcan senthnent, Washington, Pob, 2r?.?Ainerloai mini lei Morris, si Stockholm, ha forwarded advi???.-. gathered from al tied diplomats at Petrograd that al the ? mbassloi had mads anmngements I tO leave I'ebi tl:. ry i:;. if it became m oeeeary. $k n l Pi sjietaso, Pah, 18.- Two mem bers ol Prsstdsal Wlbren'M cabinet, [formier Reeretary ???? State, id Rubin drnnath Tagors, the Indian poet, a*n i ? subpoenaed to testify In defense ol thirty-one persons ehari d With (mi I ? si ring to foment a revolution against British rule ia Imli ii w n announced today, Washington Feb. 2". The first o a scries Of ronferenei between icp rfSSfltntlVes Ol capital md labor, sn, i.ioncd here by Secret :, . Wilson It the hope of formulating n labor pro i for tto war, was be;un todnv i i r representatives each side are at tad they win select two oth em to repre ent the general public. I Heina Qemonsiraton mi i AMII KEELS, DtsVni. dtcr ALICE MM I?, Astistlfit So many people have asked how sad where the Home Demonstra? tion Agents .'pout the month of Jan? uary, I shall give a summary of th he work done. Three weeks of the month were spent at Winthrop Col? lege, attending the annual meeting of County Agents, six years ago only llx agents from six organized coun? ties attended this meeting; this year there were seventy-one agents; every one of the . counties being represent? ed! We received special instruction in gardening, poultry raising, dairying, home economical dietetics, canning, pickling, etc. Mr. Randall, expert in city garden? ing, Bureau of Education, Washing? ton, gave a practical talk on organisa? tion of towns and cities for gardening. Mr. McFaddin, District Agent, Man? ning, S. Cm talked on the planning of a garden and rotation of crops. Along with the need for a garden, \here were discussions on the urgent need of) more poultry raising, includ? ing an Increase in the number of turkeys, geese and guineas raised. These are live issues since the meat- j less days come so regularly. The Babcock test for butter fat w; s made and a demonstration In but ior-making was given. There Wer? demonstrations in the preservation ol foods, in the body requirements of food for different ages and occupa? tions, and in the making of home conveniences. Mr. Charles Dearlng. of the Depart? ment of Agriculture, gave a course of lessons and showed a number of lantern slides dealing with the pro? duction of grapes, their general cul? ture, pruning, and the utilization ot 'he producta lit' made excellon' grape p ?stc and exhibited grape Julci l syrups and jellies. Tie is anxious p iromotc tin* culture of the Musca dine grape in the South, and BXpfecti the manufaoturs of unfermente?*' grape Juice to become one of The lead Southern Industries, The Thorn as, a native of the State, can be Ob med from the P. J. IJerckman Nur? sery Co., Augusta, Ga.; the Luoh from G, w. Lemmon, Lumberton, x C. The time to plant these :-:r;.po- Ifl ?he spring as soon as the sever* weather in February Is over. Th' -'Ith of Marth is not too late. We are anxious that O number in thll county begin to cultivate those vn- \ 11< tier, right away. Mr. Prank P, Lunda a specialist! from Denmark, gave lectures and lern ?nstratloni in the canning o meats, using the steam pressure can nor. Miss Madge j. Heese of Wash? ington gave dsmonstrations in mak? ing of cottage cheese; also in dryin. of fruits and vegetables. Other lecturers and visitors wt ? Mr. o. :\ Marti;' of Washington; Mr W. w. Long, Director of Extension Clemson College; Mr, William Billot' ?ood Administrator for South Cam 'Pa; Mis--- Mar..- B. Crcswoll, Washing an, D. c.; Miss <d,i Powell. Wash? ington, i>. c.; Dr. 1* a. Round, itu sau of Chemistryi Washington; Mr. w. v, Blllott, District Agent, Wlnna ?uro, s. c.; Mr. D R Conor, Chair? man State (?ouno11 of Dofetiss, Harts Ivllle; Mr. Luoo Gunter, state Bupcr Ivisor Of Rural Bchools, Columbia; Mr I 'eo. Crown. Supervisor of Mill Schools, Columbia.. Besides atb ndlng lectures and demonstrations, we found time to go to the lyceum numbers given at the college and the receptions tendered Ufi by the faculty and. by Dr. and Mrs Johnson, The '-i h" club, former canning club members und now stu? dents at Winthrop College, entertain od US one afternoon. The Y. W. C A, als?, gave us a delightful reception All of the agents left Kock Hill pleasod with the coins.' of study and the gracious hospitality of i>r. John ?on and Winthrop college, whose Quests we wore for the three weeks, t will next be the privilege of sever i of the sunder county olub mem? bers t-? enjoy th's splendid hospital? ity. Thi ?? 1 idles ami three girls have ,. i\ been seleeted to attend tin ! ort roil res Ii Winthrop. .lane ?. ir.; and i>; Miss Parrott, our Btate ? gent has arranged to entertain a lar er numl er than thai at Brat expect? ed between now und June two more ladle* and two more girls will he se? lected from this county. Thli selection will be made from thorn making thi best records In club work. If you are reach of cue of our clubs already [organised In the county end want to Join, we shall bo glad to have you i write us. I Let us make Bun?er county let* ' the Btate In food production and tfnn serration this year. President Wil ; n Is i ailing on every woman and ev? ery child lo help with this great work ?and we should respond as willingly as our boya who have gono to the battle front. ALICE MARTIN, AN Mio 0 KEELS, Homo Demonstration Agents. Homo l>cmonstrntlon Meeting at Rembert. The Rembert Homo Demonstration club met at Rembert Friday after? noon with a very good attendance. The subject of the meeting was gar? dening and very approptate garden jingles were recited by Kate Mack Young, Louis Reams, Lela Bpencer, Annie Murray McLeod, Thomas Me i-t o?l and Carlton Anderson. Miss An? nie K? e!s gave a very definite and ex? plicit talk on gardening and Mis. Alice Marlin demonstrated the mail m of a hot bed. Miss Elizabeth Rei ni! read a paper on wool conservation and Miss Lllla Kibler a paper on the rules of the food administration, on wdieat substitutes. Mrs. L. S. Yin son, preaident of the club, presided at the meeting. Death of Mrs. W. T. Brogdon. Brogdon, Feb. 22.?Mrs. Addh Chandler Hrogdon, wife of Mr. \Y. T. Brogdon of Brogdon, after months of lingering illness, died Tuesday at the Toumey Hospital, Sumter. The re? mains were interned Wednesday in Sumter cemetery by the side of her departed daughter, Dessie an Infi nt. who preceded her to the grave many yean ago. Mrs. Brogdon was educat? ed at the Sumter Institute where Bhe graduated with high honors, after? wards teaching the Brogdon school 'or *sev< I 'M sessions, where she mot and afterwards married W. T. Brog? don, Mrs. Brogdon was bom Feb? ruary 10, lftBO, and was therefore op nroachlng her 88th birthday. Bhe is survived by three sons and two daughters: Messrs j. c. Brogdon. a M. Brogdon *t Brogdon, Mrs. Dr. C. J. Le/nmon of Bumter, Miss Kate Brogdon of Brogdon, and Mr. W. C. Brogdon of the C. S. a., now or route to France. Mrs. Brogdon was'a member of the First Preabyterlan church. Pumter. a highly educted. refined Christian wife and mother has gone to her otornal reward. Ben n Harvln. Halifax. Feb. 25.?A wire'oss dis? patch from St. .lohn:- today sa?s that twenty-six survivors have I con taken off the Red Crosa liner Ploriael, which was wrecked at Broad Cove yesterday. This is the first word received as to the fate of any of the 77 passengers, 09 Of the crew being Saved. a num? ber of others are reported alive on the ship. Twenty-Six I Monday. All si your mule. We Just received Drills. C ?mjbioed ers, Mowers und the* market toda Sv racuse one ways Oil band. (V-mplfte line Saddles etc., un Car of Hack nt FfRE M ANERLm?. KATRIOT6 MAKE PKRSISTENT EF? FORTS TO PENTRATR LINE BUT Alii: DRIVEN BACK. Large Troop Movement Going on Bock Of lipo Linea Opposite Ameri? can Sector. - I With the American Army In France. Feb. 84?(By the Associated j Press.)?Lost night and today the Merman bombardment on various points v ithin the American lines northwest of Tout was considerably more Intense than usual. Today the enemy, who was more active in many w.-ys, apparently was using still more guns than customary. Little damage has been done by the bombardment, although three men were slightly wounded early this morning, Last night enemy patrols made per? sistent efforts to penetrate the Amort* Can wire defenses, hut without suc? cess. One patrol was fired upon and driven off while Wire-cutting, prob? ably preparatory to a contemplated raid. barge troop movements are going on back of the enemy's line:} during the night. There was no aerial activity today owing to weather conditions. Horse, Muh* and Buggy stolen. Mr. W. F. Matins had a horse, buggy and mule stolen from him last week. The thieves covered up their traeks so well that no trace was left for detectives to work on. However, sheriff Scarborough telegraphed to all surrounding points and in a day Or tWO he received a telegram fro.a the sheriff of Georgetown to come en down and get the horse, mrle and buggy and the tbloveo as well. Sheriff Graham of Williamsburg arrested one young white man, C. J. Cathay, at Klngatree With the mule; and the po iice of Georgetown arrested Tom Win gate w ith the horse and buggy. Sher? iff. Scarborough went at once and brought the stolen things back and lodged the young men in Jail here. ; Both of the young men lived not ifcr from Mr. Mathts*a home.?Blshopville , Vindicator. The Sumter Chapter sent to At? lanta Saturday, February 23, a box of i the following: 43 sweaters, 15 mu.* IflerSi 36 pairs of socks, 11 pairs of wristlets, 2a pairs of pajamas. 30 comfort piliows ami i<? hospital bed shirts, Annie Purdy. Secretary Sumter Chapter. lead Broke Mules ready for v zes, large, medium and small will please you. a car of the M0!d Reliable" .1 I Corn and Cotton Planters, G Rakes The best line of Far y. Let us demonstrate. and two-horse PIowh and Mic Disc* Harrows and Drag Han of Hackney and cheaper 1 hand. ey Wagons expected this wee BtmuBL'WPti'issiBiBii j u .eaasssMB* From The Daily lern, 22. it was Caesar who sent ihe ^amoui ruesj ige, thrasonical and laconic, *? - , 1 saw, 1 cun'iuered." It is not necessary that Dr. Bikes should make ihs same statement; for there are ny to make it Cor him. Dt. SUtes has keen in Sumter frequently nOM each time that he cornea he gets a. Stronger hold upon our citizens. This morning he made a mcmor- 1 able address at the Boys' High Scho>l on England oar Comrc.de. He held the Undivided attention oT his whole audience lor over an hour ard in that audience there were many younff hoys. He gave the v. nole audience a new conception of America's deht oi gratitude to England. It was a wonderful exposition of the truth; but the truth that has long been clouded by arrogance, ignorance, and unwar lanted prejudice. This address is so striking and so true that Dr. Sikes has been induced his many friends and admirers to lie it as a bulletin of COker Col? lege. This will he a genuine OOSdsie button to history and literature. At noon Dr. Sikes gave Just as* striking an address on Washington, in which he demonstrated beyond ?a: stion that he is really the first in r. first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. There was * a single member ^of his large nejfc dienco whose heart did not thrill With the pride of belonging to a race and country great enough to rear a r.ian iike Washington. Washington's birthday will long he a red-letter day in the memories 0 fthe girls and boys of the Sumtor High School and they will think al? ways with appreciation and gratitude of the distinguished president of Coker College, Dr. E. W. Sikes. RfTbfTRK POTTOSI MA UK ITT. P O. BOWMAN Cotton Buyer >Corrected daily si 12 o'clo?* Na? i > - Coed Middling II 1-2. Btrlet Middling M 1-4. ' Middling 31. Strict Dow Middling 30 1-4. \*W YORK <? Cr??\ H^t'.Kfr-r* r* - *sg ?. ,. ??>,-?. t ... #~*...? ? ?.? e Mch . . 31.00 31.19 30.92 30.92 30.89 May . .30.75 30.:>0 30.6.1 30.72 30.56 July . .30.22 30.41 30.18 30.27 39.09 C#ct . .29.05 29.31 2D.0? gp.fflli.rt^ Doc . .28.84 29.0C 28.73 2S.90 28.07 vork arrived last . We can mate < hn Deere Corn [rain Drill?, Bind m Machiuery on Idle Breakers al "O'.VS to\ Uifgies, Harness, v