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Cjjt Sflatcjptan aiti ^outjjrtm. Published Wednesday and Saturday _____ ?BY? OOTKKN PUBLISHING COMPANY SCMTKJt, s. c. Terms: $1.50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. One Square first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be niade at reduced rates. All communlcationa which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisement*. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found ???. In 1160 and the True Southron in last. The Watchman and Southron now bas the combined circulation and Influence of both of the old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter._ Washington. March 30.?With the exception of cloudiness on Monday generslly fair weather, with nearly normal temperatures is forecast for South Atlantic States for the coming week. NITRATE CP SODA ALLOTMENTS. Only Those Ulm Asked for Soda For (.ruin Get Ally Now. I sm getting a number of inquiries sbout the distribution of the present allotment of 224 tons of government soda to Sumter county. This allot? ment was mads for small grain and those who did not have in their ap pllcaions number acres of gruln, did not get uny portion of allotment. In future allotments all will be given equal consideration unless the Wash? ington office advises us to give pref? erence, to grain or food crops over o'her crops. This present allotment did not give us mors than forty-nine per cent, of the amount applied for, for small grain. Instructions have been receiv? ed sttaing that shipping conditions in? dicate sbillty to fill all future require? ments. J. Prank Williams. County Agent. (.union Week. s South Carolina is prepared to dem? onstrate during War (larden Week, April 1, that it is out to beat the Kaiser with the hoe, according to re? ports to the National War Garden Commission. Plans aro being made to make that week one in which the home soldiers of the soil will show that they "mean business." "Speed up and Spade up" says the call which has been isaued by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the Com? mission. "Kt.tser Kllliam must be tooted; and War warden Week will be one of the biggest demonstrations ever given to show him that the American people are back of their army heart and soul. The Kaiser is not worried a?> mjch over the number of men tMs country is sending to France as to whether It will be able to feed them after it gets them there. ' War Gardeners will welcome the pussage of the Daylight Savings bill, beeuuse it will mean that 10.000.000 home food producers will be able to add 64 2.000 years of extra time to their food production campaign this year; and tin t will mean millions of dollars worth of extra food on the pantry shelf thie fall. Kv* i vom should aek his congressman to vote for the bill ' August Kuhn, chairman of the conservation committee, Columbia, South Cardin i, has received a lot of the garden primers from the Commis? sion, which will send a copy to any? one who writes for It, enclosing a two-cent stamp for postage. Tin Charleston Chamber of Commerce, which Is cooperating In the work, and many of the banks and industrial con? cerns also have been sent consign? ments Primers have bOOJI sent to the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and to the Farmern' Rank of Slmpsonville, 1? C. Dramlett, cashier. Captain Richmond Pierson Hobson. formerly congressman from Alabama, mul champion of nation-wide prepar? edness and prohibition will deliver a lecture In Trinity Methodist church on Wednesday evening, April loth. Cap* tain llolmon In an orator of extraor dtanufj ul.ilic, and he has frequently addressed congress upon the urgent importan< e. of national prohibition end naval preparodacoa He has also spoken from almost every noted ( haut.iuqua platform in Amern a. and Judging froan the press notices he ban a ringing message for tin- people of this country. There is a growing sentiment my erywhere that able bodied nor ol ill ?.gei must either tight or work, and those who are not fighting will not bf termltf'd to loaf much longer. 'cm-re li i lough road ahead fat ihs vagrants and loafers of all ages and all colors. If ?bis were a light for point I ,?m sj i satsjht now be declared win? ner. This is whv Cemiany Is anxious to quit and avoid the inevitable knockout that a finish fight Will bung ( hu lOJO D uly News DUTCH SHOW ANGER. BBUVRl Of SHIPPING DENOUNO BD AS INDEFENSIBLE. OIIk-UiI statement Says Holland Will Resist Action or United Sttaes With All the Idicrgy of Its Convictions ami Wounded 1 Oelings. The Hague, Saturday, March 10.? The seizure of the Dutch merchant? men in American ports is character? ized by the Dutch government, in a statement in The Official Gazette, as an act of violence which it will op? pose with all the energy of its convic? tion and its wounded national feedings The government hikes issue with tho proclamation of President Wilson re? garding the decision of the United States, saying it contains assertions which are contrary to the facts. The statement says: "With painful surprise the govern? ment ami whole Dutch nation has tak? en notice of the presidential procla? mation and the statement of March 10 relative to the seizure of part of the Dutch merchant fleet. "The seizure en bloc of a neutral merchant fleet, if only for the dura? tion of the war, is an act indefensible from the viewpoint of international law and unjustifiable towards a friend? ly nation, apart from considerations of legality. "Hut the manner also in which the presidential statement defends this act of violence does not contribute to? ward lessening the sting thereof, for this defense has plainly been drawn up under the influence of a com? pletely incorrect representation of af? fairs. "The manner in which the Dutch merchant Meet has been treated in the past month in the United States, the Incessant dilficulties placed in the way of our sailings from American ports, repeated refusals of bunkering j facilities and forced unloading of cargoes already bought?all this may be within the rights of the United states (save one case that of the Zeelandtu.) which with her own bunk? er coal entered nn American port and has been unlawfully detained there since. "It surely was against the tradi? tional friendship between the two countries, although on this point the president's statement is silent. "According to President Wilson's proclamation the Netherlands, owing entirely to German pressure, failed to observe the preliminary arrangement which was proposed for the purpbse of leaving no longer idle the Dutch tonnage in American ports and fur? nishing an opportunity for making voyages within a period of 90 days, pending a definite agreement on Dutch tonnage and rationing. This is dis? tinctly incorrect. "It is equally .is incorrect as the al? legation that Germany had threatened to sink two ships which were to sai. from Holland with American approv? al, and that Germany has made in? creasing threats to prevent both the observance of such a preliminary ar? rangement and the conclusion of a permanent one. The real facts of tin case are as follows: "After the (American) war trade board had insisted that Dutch ships in American ports muke trips pend? ing a definite arrangement, the Neth? erlands government proposed that .some of tne ships should make voy? ages for the commission of relief in Helgtum, which Holland has always fostered sedulously. When informa? tion was received that Germany ob? jected to America's demand that a Dutch ship sail from Holland each time in exchange for relief ship sail? ing from America, the Netherlands government deemed It a duty imposed by good faith to inform the Amer < n authorities so that a ship whi- h was then on the way towards Argen? tina could be given a different desti nation. The direct eensequence was that those ships were kept moving, which was exactly in consonance with the provisional agreement. "Respecting sailing to Cette, France, a Swiss interest, with which Holland svmpathized, the ship own era ft freed thereto completely ;is soon AI Franco gave assurances that ih> ?hiPfl would not be detained at Cette Accordingly, several ships were char? tered for this service. The charter Intfs and Oftlllngl of all these siri|?s were not sensibly delayed by the afore? mentioned Objection*. Neither did Germany attempt to Influence the exe? cution of the provisional ftgrOOment What did lOrlOUftly interfere with its execution was the fact that cable messages to and from ship owners were extremely slow in t ransinissior and sometlmei never were delivered. "The fact is thai a mnjorlty of tin - hips had been chartered under tin pr< latonal agreement through thf war trade board and part were ai rendy nailing lo Houtb America, but Wer e stopped en route by the Amen ?an authorities, while the Pact II C ship plying between the Wrstein coast Ol the Unite 1 Plates n nd Ihe I >utch Has indies made regular voyagei without any Impediment bj the Nethcrlnnd* government The ships now m Drittel ports In und outside Europe were pre vented from sailing. "As shown by the foregoing;, the al legation that tho Netherlands, owing to German pressure, was powerless to observe the provisional agreement Is OOntmry to fact. That the president was incorrectly advised is proved conclusively on a point of greater im? portance, namely, where the state? ment mentions the new demand tha1 Dutch ships would have to enter the war zone and the seizure which fol lowed Holland's reply. "After the incorrect allegation that Holland was unable to observe the provisional agreement, Great Britain on March 7 made Holland a final pro? posal, whereupon Holland came for? ward with a counterapproval which was unacceptable." The statement says further: "Even had the arrangement been concluded, Holland would have been unable to keep it in actual practice, for which reason the seizure was de? termined upon. This reasoning, strange though it may seem, lacks ono important link which is indispen? sable to place the matter in a proper light. What were the facts? On Feb? ruary 22 the Netherlands, in view of the food shortage threatened, asked America to advance 100,000 tons on account of 400,00 to be definitely arranged for. "It is true that the nssociated gov? ernment on March G replied affirma? tively regarding the 100,000 tons; without giving a definite reply about the 400,000, but to that apparent ac? quiescence they attached the onerous condition that they were to obtain Immediately tho disposal of all ofthat part of the Dutch merchant fleet to which, according to the projected London plan, they would eventually become entitled. "The Netherlands government, un? der the stress of circumstances, pre? pared to accept this condition as soon as the certainty could be had that the fullest reliance could be placed not only on the 100,000 tons, but also on the full 400.000 as the basis Of definite regulation. The government was in a position to accept, because at the deliberations in London and after? wards it was understood strictly that Dutch ships would be employed only outside the danger zone and that therefore, they would in no cases un? dertake services for a belligerent which would be an infringement of neutrality. "Suddenly, the aforesaid London engagement was broken, on March 7, when the cardinal point, that ships given in exchange for the advance of 100,000 tons of grain were not to be used in the danger zone, was revoked. The enorous character of this change lay not in the fact that the Dutch ships were to be sent into the danger zone?for this has nothing to do with neutrality?but because it was evident that to enter that zone, situated as it is, around the associated countries in Europe, would amount in a large e: - tent to the transportation of troops or war materials from America to the European co-belligerents. ?Moreover tue Dutch ships, if arm? ed, would run the risk of armed con? flict with German warships. Holland, as a neutral, eould not therefore con? sent to the use of its ships in the dan? ger icne unless the associated govern? ments eould guarantee that the ships would not be armed and would not transport troops or war materials. "In the light of the foregoing, the reasoning of the presidential state? ment, In accordance with which ihfc seizure was held to be necessary be? cause Holland would be unable to ob? serve the OOntract, can not be sustain? ed. It is contrary to the true facts The only true representation iR this: "The powers in question, owing to the loss of ships, felt constrained to replace the tonnage by obtaining the disposal of a large number of ships Which belonged not to them but to the Netherlands. They became awure that the Netherlands could not permit the ships to sail except on the conditions imposed by the neutrals, but which In the judgments of the associated gov? ernments was not sufficiently in ac? cordance with their interests. There? fore, they decided to seize the Dutch merchant fleet In so far as it lay within their power. "Tho Netherlands government deems it its duty to speak with com? plete candor, tl voices the sentiments of the entire Dutch nation, which seen in the seizure an act of violence whicn it will oppose with all the enrgy of its conviction and its wounded nation? al feeling. "According fo the presidential statement, this procedure offers Hol? land ample opportunity to obtain bread grain. This is so only appar? ently, for it would not be an Irrespon? sible act, after the experiences ol Dutch ships In America and British ports to permit other ships to sail t<' these ports without absolute guaran? tees that these experiences shall not recur. 'The American government lms al? ways appealed to right and .justice, lets always come forward as the cham? pion Of small nations. That It now co opt rates In un act diametrically op posed i" thoss principles is a pro Home Demonstration Work ANNIE KEELS, Demonstrator ALICE MARTIN, Assistant The General Kumter Demonstration Club, Stateburg, met on the 11th of March at the school house, with the County Demonstrator, Misses Keels and Martin. There were only live members present, and the following officers were elected: Miss Dykes, president; Mrs. Dargan, vice president, and Mrs. Bull secretary. After the business was over, Miss Martin talked very interestingly on poultry raising, the type of chickens for the different purposes, remedies for the diseases and insects. Miss Keels gave a talk on fruit and gardens, and distributed seeds and bulletins. Also gave rem? edies for plant diseases and insects, and showed how to preserve eggs in water glass. It was decided to try and sell Thrift Stamps in connection with the club, and Miss Henrietta Dargan was elected president. The meeting adjourned alter a very pleas? ant and profitable, meeting, deciding to meet again on the second Monday in April, 8th, at the school house. Mrs. Des Dull, Booty. MADAME STORCH DIES. New York, March 30.?Madame Despina Davidovitch Storch, the young Turkish woman, who was charged with being the leader of a band of German spies taken into custody in this city a fortnight ago. died sud I denly today In her quarters on Ellis Island, it wan learned tonight. The death of Madame Storch is be? lieved to have been due to pneumonia, although secrecy was maintained as to the details. She had been taken to Ellis Island pending action which probably would have resulted in her being deported to France where she might have met the traditional fate of a spy. Mme. Storch was born in Constan? tinople only 23 years ago. Her father was a German and her mother a Turk. Government agents believe that she had been for years in th.* secret service of Germany. The constant companion of Mme. Storch had been Baron Henri de Bev j ille, a member of a noble French fam | ily. Be was arrested with her and is ' a prisoner at Ellis Island. Rieding in Quebec Continues Quebec, March 31.?Anti-con script!an noting continued today. A mob of 3,000 threatened to storm the drill hall and liberate men held for evasion of the Military Service Act. but was dispersed when charged by cavalry. Many men were slightly in? jured. eeedin? which can llnd no counter? weight in the manifestations of friend? ship or assurances of lenient appli? cation of the wrong committed. ' TONE OF DUTCH NOTE BURPHI& Washington, March 31.?-In the I View of the American government, requisitioning of the Dutch ?hips In American ports was done in full ac? cord with recognized principles of in? ternational law and mo si*, generous guarantees were given for the protec? tion of Holland's commerce and the tights of the ship owners. It would have been within the rights of the United States to take the vessel*- per? manently, paying for them a just price, but recognizing thaJt Holland WOUld be handicapped after the Avar, by such action, it was announced thai only the use of the ships would b< re? quired. After the wur they will be returned in as good condition as when taken and any that have been f.unk will be replaced. Caught between the ruthless nub marlne warfare of Germany and. the need of the allies for self-presctrva* tion against the illegal practice* of that nation, Holland Is conceded to have had a most dilllcult time in satijf j fying the demands of Germany whi.V ! obtaining food for her own people. The allies promised to allow from their scant store sufllcient grain ami other commodities In return for ship? ping. Holland was willing but Ger? many refused to allow the igreemen' to go through, threatening to torpe? do ships leaving Dutch har'aors. Un? der the circumstances and after wait? ing two month! the United states and the allies took over the Dutch ves? ted Idle In their ports. Protest naturally w jis expected from Holland but officials frankle , were surprised tonight at the tone of the ofllclal communication and wore at a loss to explain it. Until this gov? ernment has been acquulnted official? ly with Holland's altitude, however, there will be formal comment. it has been rumored that Holl und WOUld ask for arbitration of the shipping question under the treat".' negotiated with Former Secrotavy Tryan. which provides for Investiga? tion for one year of all disputes l?? I fore resort to forcible settlement. ES CAPITAL. tiiliiiiiiiiitiuiiiiiiiiiiHiiiriiiiuiiiiiiiiiUiiHiiuuiiiiimiiiiiiiHHniimiitr^ Teiich Children to Beware of Flies Explain to them how fiies are hatched in filth. How, after crawling around in outhouses, privies, manure piles and over dead animals ?nd decayed matter, they come into the home and ">;v>e their nasty feet on the family food, leaving a trail of dis? ease germs everywhere. Flies Cause Infantile Paralysis, Typhoid and Other Fevers The best doctors in the world will tell r >u that fiie3 are t .3 cause of a great deal of sickness, especially summer complaint, infantile paraly? sis, y sent cry, typhoid and other fever:-. Don't let flies bring sick? ness into your home. RED DEVIL LYE KILLS FLIES Keep a can of RED DEVIL LYE in yosjff out-house and sprinkle It on the filth freely, once or twice a week. It consumes the filth, destroys the fly eggs and prevents odors and sickness. FOR SALE AT ALL GROCERS Write im Free Booklet" PREVENT" WM. S SHIELD MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. REDPATH MAN AG KMKNT AN- ? NOlNCKS GRKATKST Ait HAY OF TALENT KVKIl. i 10 in "Chocolate Soldier"?Sir John | Foster Fra**er, One of Headline Lee- I Hirers; Margery Maxwell or Chicago | Ofrand Opera Co.; Bunbur's Revue | Featuring Parade of the' Allies. Bigger and better than ever?even | than tho great program of 1917, i which was acknowledged the best in ] seven years, this season's Redpath Chatuuqua, according to the Red- | path management, is 10 eclipse them < all. , Everyone will he interested in the announcement that Sir John Foster Fr?ser, F. R. G. S., chairman of the National War Lectures Committee of Great Britain, and England's most famous newspaper special correspond? ent, is to appear upon this program Sir John has been in the British Army in France and Flanders, with the British Grand Fleet, has seen Russia, under war conditions and has trav? ersed the whole of the mountainous region of the Balkans. He has been a groat traveler and has decribed his wanderings in a dozen books. He has also long been famous in Great Britain as a speaker. At the beginning of the war, he placed his unique knowledge of foreign lands at the service of his country. As a recognition of h?c; wer* the honor of Knighthod wras con? ferred on him at Buckingham Palace, in June, 1917. ' The success of "The Mikado" last season was so pronounced that this year another popular light opera will be presented. "The Chocolate Sol? dier" is the 1918 offering and light opera night this year will again be a real sensation. Charmingly tuneful "The Chocolate Soldier" has a won? derful record before metropolitan audiences. A company of thirty, in? cluding orchestra, will present "The Chocolate Soldier." The stage set? ting and lighting effects will be a revelation in what can be accom? plished in this direction on the Chau tauqua platform. Dunbar's lievue in music and spe? cial costume will feature a grand spectacular Parade of the Allies. The music and costumes are extraor? dinary. This revue will be given on the last night of the- Chautauqua, as the culmination of a great week's pro? gram, in addition to the principals in the cast, loc;? young people will ap? pear in the Una] pageant spectacle. An evening with a grand opera artist has twice before proven a great attraction on the Redpath Chautuu qua circuit, and now alter a season without n prlma-donna, this year's program is to have a grand opera star in Miss Margery Maxwell, the gifted young soprano, who appeared this season O? principal with Qalll Curci, in the Chicago Grand Opera Company in Chicago, ami who ac? companied thfld organization on its tour to New Votrk and Boston. Prank MulhoUand, past president of the Internatiouial Rotary clubs of tin1 World, ami a magnetic, rapid-tire, eloquent speaker1 before business men's organiaatione everywhere, is to lecture on "Business and the War," a topic on which he is eminently quali? fied to speak, having added to his ex? tensive knowledge of American bust neaa conditions by a recent visit to Knghvnd and Prance. "Economy in the Home." will be tlie sublet t of a lecture by Mrs. Chris? tine Frederick, well known as a speak? er ?>11 home economics, and as a con? tributor on this topic to metropolitan newspapers, ami the Ladles' Home Journal Mrs. Frederick points the way to patriotic servlco through el iciericy in the home, and incidentally iho\\> how to SUt the cost of living. Th. Tamhurica, native musical in? strument of Croatia, will he a feature if the grand concert given by the Croatian Orchestra on the opening ifter'.oon. On the Tamburica the six "_\ nembers of the orchestra in their ? aright and novel native costumes will ?lay Balkan melodies, selections from he operas and American songs. The Chicago Orchestral Band, an )ther,attratcion of the week, is com? prised of a company of seven, organ zed by the famous bandmaster Bohu nir Kryl. T> "Man Who Stayed at Heine," he wonderful play based on the in iidlo< ? intrigues of the German spy system, will be presented by the beau? tiful and talented Miss Clarrisa Har rold. Lou Beauchamp, the "Humorous Philo.:opher," who won his title by ais success in mingling mirth with ths vital messages of his lectures; Chan? cellor Geo. H. Bradford, of Okla aom.!, great inspirational orator; and Oney Fred Sweet, Chicago newspaper prriter on his unique and thrilling ex? pert* aces in connection with a hun? dred different jobs in less than throe year,'., each has a lecture of compell? ing i i tcrost. Tc the children and adults who en JCOUd the "Mother Goose Festival" last year, there is a still greater treat in store this year, a real "Circus Time in Fairy Land." On the sixth day there will be an exhibition Of 100 of the famous war cartoons of Louis Raemaekers. This exhi' ition is similar to the one in the Congressional Library at Washington. A remarkable collection of 100 war postt rs of the nations in arms against Germany, will also be displayed on one lay of the program. : \ M i l: II COTTON MAKKJDK* p g BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. ? Corseted daily ?I 12 o'clock Noon ) Good Middling 33 7-8. Strict Middling 33 5-8. Middling 33 3-8. Strict Low Middling 32 5-8. NiW YORK OOTTON MAKKKt. Open Utah ***m IfJOSB r???-#* May . . 12.83 I3.CS 32.SO 33.46 32.74 July . . 32.28 32.03 32.28 32.80 32.12 Get . . 31.06 31.50 31.06 31.50 30.?8 Pec . . 30.86 11.23 30.80 31.28 30.7? News has been received by the family of Mrs. Charles Moise that her gra idSOUi David Levy of Philadelphia, ami injured by s fall from an air plare at Miami, Fla. Mrs. Sol Levy, the you nig man's mother, had just ar? rive l in the city on a visit and left for Florida immediately on receipt of the news. Lieut. Levy was com mission? ed \ the marine corps last summer, but 0 few weks ago was transferred to the aviation branch of the service. He had started Hying but recently. The extent of his injuries or how the are dent occurred nas not been learn? ed. The Court of Common Pleas is still In SSlon and will probably continue through this week and next, as there Is a heavy roster to be cleared. The Count) Council of Defense will endeavor to obtain ? complete roll of tvery man from Bumtor county who is in the military service of the na? tion whether In the regular army, National Guard, National army, navy, marine corps, signal corps or any other arm of the service. Speaking of academic freedom, the K. ser insists that he yields to no on- in his respect for freedom in nn academic sense. New York Kvcning I IV t. sV