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fjjc (uHalijjmaii urt jSoutjjron. Pebltsfted Wednesday and Saturday ?UV? OSTKKN PlIlllsIHNO COMI'ANV SlMTKIl, S. C. IVrms: ft.SO per annum?la advance. m Advertisement*. One Square llrst Insert on .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.50 , Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communication! which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ^ la I860 and the True Southron in lilt. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, sod Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter._ Washington. March 23.?No decid? ed change In the weather is indicat? or the South Atlantic States dur? ing the coming week. The tempera? tures will average somewhat lower and more nearly seasonal. The news from the war front this morning and today, while not as opti? mistic aa all of us would have it. Is not as black and as discouraging as Pro-tier ma oh and worshipers of the German efficiency would have the people believe. The British and French have not been crushed and de- j moralised. The front line forces haw been driven back a distance of eight to twelve miles, but they have fallen! back fighting and the losses inflicted' Upon the thickly massed Herman troops have been frightful and unpre? cedented. The british and French are st.il fighting ohotlnatoly on the saaln line of defense in the I'.apaume end I'eronne regiOC and tin- ?briuar advance has been slowed down If not entirely checked. The Allies have not been crushed, they have not been thrown into a panic, fhe road to Par la has not been opened, the French and British armies have not been separated and the unit." of action of the great army destroyed. The Anglo French army and the American foi ore stiM on guard at the bulwarks < civilisation and once aga in they say to fh, Huns 'You Shall Not Pass." We feel confident that wit iln the next three days news will come that the Huns have failed to accomplish what set out to do at steh great, risk, and that they have paid I OTtOS thai will prove u death hlov to On great ? reman military machine. Dr. H. N. Snyder, President of Wofford College, addressed the pupils of Int Boys' nnd QVhV High School* this morning, the topic of hi* addre bOing, "Is a Cultural IMucatioll | Worth While." Dr. Snyder treated the subject in terms of the develop- ; ment ami advancement of the human i moo from the rude an?i savogs hu-i man animal of prehistoric times to the educated, refined ami efllcicnt man ol tin- twontloth ??? iitury. demonstrating how ami whv this advancement and Improvement hnd boon the direct and ( ?rt mi result of the mental and mo-j ral development of man by the trtim Inf nnd culture of the intellect. By training the mind man had been lifted to higher ideals and endowed with the power to branch out into new hues oi thought and endeavor. The mind made stiong and more eflicient by cultural training had dominated the world and had made the purely phy? sical operations of wresting a living from nature subservient and second? ary to the spiritual and intellectuaj processes, which by the exercise of trained intelligence utilized human energy to greater advantage and ac? complished the great transformation that separates savagery from civiliza- j tion. If men had never learned to [ use the mind in the realm of pure j thought and had not so developed the mind hg intellectual exercise that it could reason and speculate the man of historic times would have differed little from the primitive human ani? mal who OXlatOd prior to the stone SgO. If all tinman enerxy had been OOnoontratOd upon the effort to do practical things in a more thorough and a more remunerative manner the program of the race would havo been n t .i ded if not arrested altogether. Dr. Bnyder made his talk as interesting and lllu nlnntifUJ as In- usually doe. any SUbJoOt that he discusses and the till Ohool pupils and the small audience of patrons were entcrtainei and edified. The time for making Income tax re turns expires at v6 p. m. March 31st and those liable to an income tax not making a report before April 1st will be subject to a heavy penalty. No\eitles in Draperies nnd Cretonnes. Spring ( leaning time is at hand, and the Sumier Dry Qoodl Co, arc show? ing g very attractive line of window draperies In rotte? madras, and mar? qUOOatta, Also the new Spring pat? terns in cretonnes. ? Advt. The auto-seaventrer carts now be ing used by the city are a great im provement on the old mule power ve hides. Ilnguod News und Views, Went Olli to HagOOd .vcsti-rdii;.' where abldeVi "Guss Hloks." You know him don't you, Mr. A. !1. Saun ders? Jf not broaden your acquaint nnee a bit tor ho is one of those souls so full of sunshine that there lu little room tor shadow. And then 1 met affable and genial lien Myers, plain, practical Bob Moody and J. L. 1 once thought he, Laval Jacksoti, had grown fat laughing, but ant changing my opinion. He married one of the best eoo,<s (iod ever made, a Miss Mary IS, Creighton, she was, of Lancaster, whose mother was a Hilbert, whose ancestors long agp come over in the Mayllowcr. Hut even the best of cooks must have* something to cook. "Oh, you say, "that fat fellow provides it." Not much, believe me, and yes, too, for there's many another wile with the good things of earth around who Is?well the least said is the soonest mended. 1 just dropped in there at dinner time and took "pot licker." I wish you could have seen it, there was ham, spinach, peas, rice, beets, l ot pickle, and such pickle, bread, corn and wheat cand mince pie. All of it was good home product but thai mince pie! Mr. Editor were you to eat it you'd always have a "hank erin otter dat table." Not alone as a cook does Mrs. Jackson excel but at anythin- to which she puts a hand. Atl he county lair last fall her work was the talk of the town. There arc some people who, figuratively speak? ing, always put a good taste in your mouth. Not that, they try to, but that they are so oonstitued. Well, Mrs. Jackson's activities are Unding con? stant expression in benevolent work. It does one good to see what a live man 0841 do. one time, and this is no fairy Story, an Irishman bought Sight acres of land to make a living on, and when asked if he could make a living on it he replied that if he fail? ed he could sell off half and then he knew he could make a living on four acres. You just ought to see what "the Colonel" has on a small plot cd land, with sleek cows, horse and hog nil running out on some part of it. 1 once thought he did nothing but read' If that wore true he has turned OVO! a new leaf. We found the old Scotch preacher, none of your driveling German sympathisers, a patriot to the core down at HagOOd booked for two ad? dresses for the week and one Suijda . to the colored people, in the intens of the Red Cross. Mrs. H. C. Eethea is quite Weak SILK GINGHAMS. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM YET ? Tliey are a beautiful Silk Fabric, woven in handsome Gingham patterns, and noth? ing is ahead of them for newness, beauty or popularity. 36-in. wide and all Silk, at THE SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY. just dragging around. Mr. B. w. Allen continues to have sickness In his family, but not so se? rious as lately. Polks here are planting corn an I preparing land for cotton. Many <-?' them have not fertilizer for small grain which makes a serious situation for some. Did you ever see a green Hasard9 He did not look green when I saw him. Some men are like your liz zard. Are they of our crowd Do vou want to claim kin with them, the worse than Revolutionary tories? Hagood. Rembert, March 81. AMERICAN CAM ALTY LIST. Two Men are Killed in Action. Washington, March 22.?Slxty-tw > names appear on today's list of csh ualtlSS among the American expedi? tionary forces, including two men kill? ed in action and 13 missing in action. Fifteen died of disease, one was killed! by accident, one died of wounds, nine were severely wounded and 21 sligh; - Is woundd. ; The list follows: Killed in action: Corp. Henry H. Fall, (previously reported wounded) Pi ivate Richard Gross. Died of accident: Private Bylveste? P. Sullivan. Missing in action: Sergt. Joseph Stoniea, Corps. John J. Payne and Ed? ward E. Struck. Privates Rudolph M. Backus, Barn? ey Rogin, William O. Carander, Mar ICUS Hansen, H ins Hirsen, Adelherl Morey, Hugh O'Neill, Samuel J. Pe? ters, Hector R. llohnan and John ! Track a. I I Died of disease; Bergt, Aliehael H. McESlhinny, pneumonia; Coip. Alfred H. Israel, Corp. Alfred j. Renaud; Privates Efarman Becel, Charles ES. Bons, Rylan E. Hrillhart, Alh-n K. Hartman, Henry K. Larsen Milton H. Michaelson, Waltor H. Owens, Henry Perry, William T. Robbins, Rettert Smith. Elmer Spears, John Trimble. Died of wour Private Holeslaw (Irochoarski. Wounded severely: Lieut. Harry \V. Goos, Corp. Harvy G. Stickley; Pri? vates: Stanley Ai'ezey, Simon Gondol, 'diver W. Morh i.n, James J. O'Don nell, Carl Ander on, George B. Grier, Abraham L. Lei ufsky. Wounded slighly: Lieuts. Lee Mor? gan Picket, Char !es Glenn Roberts, Chief Mechanic George LaVictorire, ?ergts. Kenneth V. Hughes, Lonnie Winstead, Corps. Floyd Heath, Elmer J. Part low, Ja> k reet'J. Mechanic Prank B. Blossom. Privates Robert A. Foster. Sah tore E. Beatrice, Edward Boilinski, Charley Cain, Les? lie S. Emerson, Baatl Glass, Frederick V. <;ould. Oliver W. Holmes, Earl B. Kastner, Mike Peoris, Michael Ty mchoke, Fred S. Yates. j Subscribe to TVe Daily Item. Only t 10c per week, d* ivered. YOUR. 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