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Cftt ?tcjjman n? j>out|jroiL Pubtlabe?! Wednesday and Saturday rx?*^ ?BY? 08TKEN PUBLISHING COMPANY st mn ic, 8. C. Terms: ?1.50 per annum?In advance. Advertisements. One Square firet Insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or toager will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub oerv* private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obltuariea and tributes of respect will be charged fer. The Bumtsr Watchman was found V?. la 1$60 and the True Southron in 1???. The Watchman and Southron now has the cutnt?lned circulation and influence of both of the olJ papers. ? nd is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. (.ItllMNt. OYEH LFVLTt. \ _ i Politics, viewed fium the side lines, afford considerable umurcment to the man of reflective turn of mind. In the present situation the most amusing feature is the assumption of Irreconsilatde grief i.v the offlce-hold Ing-beneflclarles of Senator Ttllmun over the needles.-* und terrible bash of a distinguish".! pollticul career that Congressman Lever has made by entering the sen-norm) race. No doubt they are grief stricken, also appre? hensive, but why '.ell the public they sorrow over Lever, when anyone with a grtln of sense knows that the cuuse of all this mourning is the fear of losing a fat Job? If Mr. Lever has wrecked a prom? ising and profitable political career and finds himself next year a states? man without a Job, he will have the satisfaction of feeling that he really socrlfted something substantial in the effort to serve his country. If he does no more than make certain the re-election of the Incumbent senator, after the munner of Jennings and Pollock four years ago, he will be able to carry with him always the consciousness of having done a worthy service for the people of South Carolina, which will be some small recompense for the honors that the voters of the Seventh District have so continuously showered upon him. We do not entertain the Idea that Mr. Lever has offered himself a candidate for the senate with any thought of being a vicarious sacrifice, that his old chieftain may retain place and power during the remainder of his declining years, but if the fates should so decide?which Is not en? tirely improbable?he will be the one who will suffer an I not the men who hold ofllce by grace of Senator Till man. If Tlllman is re-elected and Lever retired to private life the men who are now bowed down with sor? row on his account will be filled with mirth and ioy and gladness. Married Miss Itehan Iseman, of Btatesburg. and Mr. Jos. G. Fort, of Sumter, were married In Columbia Tuesday, Mav 7th. Mr. and Mrs. Fort are spending sometime with Miss Fort on VY. Hampton Avenue. Led Cross Not lee. If anyone has small remnants of yarn of any color from sweaters, the girls of Hampton School would ap predate them to knit squares. The squares are made Into ufghars for the Ked Cross ISJffOOSA Kg piece of wool is too small, as the girls Join the ends together and sometimes use sev eral colors In making one square I?eav? such remnants at Hed Cross headquarters. Annie Purdy. Secretary Sumter Chapter The Y. M. C. A. It calling for men to serve In France and In the army camps in this country. The 000d is urgent and the opportunity for use? ful service Is Immense. To be ac? cepted a man must be above the draft age or disqualified tor military duty. The Chautauqua season closed Wed? nesday with iMiiilm i Betrug, a very pleasing and well staged attraction. As a whole the programme of this season's Chautauqua was the strong? est and best the Kedpath organisa I inm his ever brought to Sumter. and the Ctsasjtesjsjsji has pttreagifceaed Its hold <>n the popular esteem Of the community The attendance this yen his hfen lam"a th. ii heietofore, and telng satisfied that Sumter wants the chautauqua as an annual event, the Y M. C A. has closed a contract for next season Mr Person. superin? tendent and assistants, left this morn? ing for Salisbury. N. C . where they will have charge of the Chautauqua which opens in that city tomorrow. 113 Sick and Wounded Soldiers Ite ttirn from Ft|ssl It binary Loire?.. The Surgeon General rd the army nuthorises the following: one hundred and thirteen sick and wounded soldiers, returned from the American expedition.u \ forces, troff landed In the l'nit ?1 States during fhe week endlnr fnd-.v m> ht. April fffi. BIG WHEAT CROP. H?H ixm hilia)n; m siiLLs or wheat strengthened hy report. Secretary Houston in Cheerful Mood ?i Discussing Future of Agricul? ture but Says Promise Does Not Warrant Relaxed Efforts for Pro? duction. \\ a^liington. May 8.?Hope for the billion bushels wheat crop for which the government is striving this year was strengthened today by the depart? ment of agriculture's May crop re? port, forecasting a production of . 7-\r.39.O0o bushels of winter wheat. Secretary Houston In a statement tonight said there was every reason to anticipate increased farm yields this year over the record production of last year. He added, however, that the promise did not warrant relaxed efforts for greater production and greater conservation, and called upon the people of towns and cities to realize that thi farmer can not work miracles, and lend him the assistance needed at harvest time. Realization of a winter wheat crop as large as that forecast would plaet this year's harvest of that grain as the third largest ever gathered. The estimate is 11:.500,000 bushels more than the forecast in April from con? ditions then existing and 154,400,00t' bushels more than the crop harvested last summer. On conditions from now until harvest t me will depend wheth? er the crop will be larger or smaller than today's forecast based on condi? tions May 1. Nearly every Southern State has greatly increased its winter wheat production. Tennessee showing tlu best record with twice the 1917 Ag ures. Estimates of production in South? ern States and the linal estimate foi IS 17 for comparison follow: 1918 1917 Virginia.20.176,000 17,920,000 N. Carolina . .13.1H7.000 9,765,000 S. Carolina. . . 3,148,000 1,838,000 Georgia. . . . 4,458,000 2,074,00* Tennessee.. . 10,192.000 4,830,00( Alabama .... 1,541,000 930,000 Mississippi . 513,000 210.00?) Texas.8,092,000 16,200,001 Oklahoma . . 29,531,000 35,650,00n Arkansas . . 3.525,000 3,360,000 Efforts have ncen made to stimulate production of spring wheat and pre? liminary reports Indicate an increase In the acreage of that crop which may be sufficient under good growing conditions to bring the total wheat production this year well toward the billion bushel ?ark. No official re port has yet been made on the acre? age of spring wheat and the first an nounoement will be made in June. Rye production will be a record, the forecast of the crop being 82, llt.Ml bushels, or 22,000,000 bushels more than last year's crop. CASl'M/TY LIST. Contains Forty-one Names, Twelve Deaths. Washington. May 7.?The casualty list contains foty-one names. Kill? ed in action. 4; died of wounds, 2 dlcii of disease. f>; died of other cans es 1; wounded severely, lft; WOUOdOC slightly. II; missing in action, 1. Factional light at Manning. Manning. May 6.?Th" County COO .ention today elected Charltnn Du rant president and J. M. Windham secretary. Resolutions endorsing the W ilson administration and the selec? tive draft act were adopted. Delegates to the State convention elected as fol? lows: John R. Dingle, I. I. Appe'.r. W W\ Johnson. M. H. Mellette, L. S. 1.1 K-kwcll. H. L. Johnson. M. It. Hud nall. A. C. Rradham. The delegates elected are reformers except Riad ham, Member of the State executive OOmmlttOe John R. Dingle. The con? vention was in session over live hours and the factional division was marked The City Manager Is repairing worn and broken places in the Main Street brick paving. This paving was put down under a five year guarantee, with a surety company loud back of rim guarantee, and the city will force the Qootroetlng eompony or the bond* liiK company to Bay tor the cost of all tin- re poire. The kaiser may be an interested ?poetOtOl of the bottle in Flanders, but nobody win ever oeeuee him el ??ein? an innocent bystander. - -Dal ly ? ?klahoman. Minnesota has sent to the penitcn tiarv for dialnsalty a Republican OOO lidaie f..i Doited States senator and I Socialist. candidate for governor. Wisconsin papers please copy. Chi ? kfg N'WS There si solo1 to be. a scarcity of l".nines but it would seem that they w< uld gOl DOOM Into emulation after belog nut info the contribution biss? et. Anderson Mail. APHIL SALI s ?Y COUNTY POST? orrici.s. What Sumter County Did During the Month <>r April?Total Considerably Behind March?Society Meeting Program! W anted. Add to Big Buy era: J. K. Croaawall.$100.001 Mr. Croaawall bought theaa through the Sumter postollice Tuesday. As Mr. Croaawall spends a great deal of his time away from Sumter these days it is probable that he has helped the sales of many other postottlces be- j side. His money goes right up to! Washington to Uncle Sam's checking' account and goes into all kind of J tldngs to help the fighting boys. Who is going to match Mr. Crosswoll? Big Buyers are coming in right well these days, but look here, what's the matter? Sumter did not Tip Top Worth a rent during April; fell down below the March sales over $1,700.00. Must DC a weak place in the line somewhere; that will have to be strengthened. War Savings do not sell in campaigns; there arc no War Sav? ings drives. War Savings are meant to go in small quantities but to gi> steadily. Everybody is supposed lo put by a little bit every month, every week, every day if possible, and to lend these savings to the government. Catch the meanings of the names. Thrift Stamps bougbt by your thrifty UtVlnga War Savings stamps? itamps in which savings are put to help win tbe war. Could anything be better named? Have you bought? Have you bought all you should have bought? Have you loaned the gov? ernment as much as you could have loaned the government? Won't you ?>ave and buy more today? The sales for Sumter county as re? ported by the Sumter postolllce for ihe county postolhces for April were is follows: Borden $21.90; Brogdon, $63.35; Claremont, none; Dalzell, $31.95; Hagood, $129.90; Horatio. 1189.50; Mayesville, $111.50; Oswego. 1208.00; Providence, none; Rembert, 1155.50; Shiloh, $56.50; Tindal. H24.S5; Wedgetleld, $411.15; Sumter, f6.661.25; total for county, $8,471.35.. May sales should be a whole '.ot Detter than preceding month, for the ?ospel of thrift and war savings is t>eing spread all the time. The War Savings Committee is working hard to sell the stamps, but they cannol ?eil them unless people buy them. Tbore some hundreds of buyers In this county who buy steadily and j have done their full duty. There are lomo several thousand people in tlv.s county who have not bought a single twenty-five cent Thrift Stamp so far. Wont' you please help to get those thousands started buying? Thank you. Here's some noise right from the big guns. The Washington oflice writes "won't you please make every effort tO get detailed accounts of how meetings are conducted by the War Savings Societies? We would like Lo receive reports on programs of en li rtainments, bazaars, etc., held as adjunct! to the meetings or separate? ly.' The Washington ofhco wants to publish theaa programs as helps to others. Tuesday afternoon the people o the Horatio, Hagood and Kembe: i section win bold a War Bavlngi meet ing. the meeting being under thi management of the several War Bavlngi socie ties of that section. Tlu War Bavlngi committee from town Will gO OUt. It is hoped that the meeting will be very largely attended not only by members but by every? one. The War Savings Committee is trying to get up these meetings Cor every section of Sunder county, an I would like to hear from the dlfferoni sections. Saving Bam my says: Why should Marion and Horry an 1 Marlboro rank ahead of Sumter In sales? Why should Orangeburg and Flor? ence have passed us? Does it make us feel good to know that I.cc county is a better stamp buyer than Sumter county? For the lovo of Mique isn't that enough to wake you up and make you buy a stamp? HKAYY PIHK ON AMERICANS. Huns I'ul Over 15,000 Stadls in Oriel Period. Witb tho American Army Forces on thi French Front, May ?;. -< By tho Associated Press) Tbe German? launched a heavy gas attack agalnai the American troopi on thi Plcardy front during tbe night. Early in the evening they sent over 16,000 shells oompoaed chiefly bf mustard gas, mj thin a bnel period. These shells wore followed by an intense artillery tire at midnight, Several hundred gal shells were dropped Into the I American llnea. Of courei Secretary Daniels knew t1 ,t his calling the C-b.; t an "ocean skunk" would not put it in bad odor with the Hermana Wilmington Hi? patch, GREAT FRENCH FAIR. Lyons Building Great Palace of Com? merer. Lyons, Prance, April 8 ?Corre? spondence of the Associated Press)? The first pll<bs have just been driven for the foundation of the palace In Which the Lyons Fair will be held hereafter. The building will cover thirty acres of ground alongside the pork of the Tete d'Or on the banks oi the Rhone, and will accommodate 4.00(i exhibitors. The cost is estimat? ed at 20,000,000 francs. This outlay is justified on the ground that the gross receipts from last year's fail were 1,200,000 francs The remarkably increased Interest of American Arms in the enterprise pros the outstanding feature of the last fair. They numbered 543 as against IB in 1910, and the United States passed from sixth in import? ance among foreign exhibitors to the first rank, with more than four times as many exhibitors as any other for? eign country. The figures were: American, 54 3; English, 130; Swiss, 114; Spanish, 33; Italian, 40; Dutch 22. Business approaching 500,000,000 francs was transacted. This exceed* the business done at the beipsiz fair of 1914 when the organizers an? nounced a total of 300,000,000 marks. The Palais de la Foire as it will be called will furnish oflicc accommoda? tions to exhibitors as well as stands, warehousing facilities, rail transpor? tation to doors of the palace and ample provision will he made for clearing exhibits through the customs at offices on the grounds. Ceneral Foch may have only one language at his command but he has four languages under his command ?Florida Times-Union. It's all right for a cow to be fresh. ?Bpartanburg Herald. Many a father is as happy as his boys when barefoot time comes, he cause buying leather now is no fun.? Charleston Post. Mind your own business, but re? member it is your business to help win the war.? Memphis Commercial Appeal. When the kaiser gets an opportun? ity to attend to Emperor Charles, he may decide that former Czar Nicholas needs companionship. ? Nashville Hanner. REX WEDNESDAY MAY 5 Spirited Mabel Taliaferro In the Patriotic Production De Luxe in Seven Part? "DRAFT 258* Big stirring appeal to the Loyalty of the American People KAISER'S PROPAGANDA IN UNITED STATES UNMASKED Contribution to the cause of America in its Fight for Democracy. How the Pacifist Klement is befog victimized by German Paid Agents. Why we must light for a Genuine Lasting Peace for the whole world. If you can not be a true American this country has no place for a traitor, and no law can be too severe for those who are working for the interests of the Beast of Berlin. DOWN WITH A TRAITOR! ENTERTAINMENT AT REMBERT. I Red Cross Entertainment Given by I Home Talent?Delicious 1 to fresh-j inenti Served by the Ladies. On last Friday night there was giv? en in the school auditorium an enter? tainment in which the amateur per? form em showed much talent, and gained the well deserved praise ol* their large and appreciative aud? ience. The play, "Some Where in France," was depicted in a graphic i and thrilling manner, and as the s? ene was laid in a Frenchman's home near the battle front it brought vividly to the hearts of the audience I what life is to our boys "over there.*' j The program was interspersed with patriotic songs, recitations and inetru- j mental music. That which gains 1 the greatest applause was the beau-' tiful portrayal of Liberty, which was carried out so admirably well, even in the minutest details, that the aud? ience was held spell-bound and feit indeed that the touching tableau made their coming worth while. Much credit must he given to Miss, s Elisabeth Reams, Fanny MeT.eod and Genie Montgomery for getting up and successfully carrying out the enter-1 tathment from which woo realized the neat sum of J7<>. They arc doing their bit and feel encouraged to keep on in the good work. Down ?fairs, in the domestic science hall there was served afterward, by the ladies, delicious cream, cake, sandwiches and coffee. SrMTEK CM>TT<?N MA UK KT (Corrected daily n( 12 o'clock Noon > P. BuvvmaN Cotton buy**. Cood Middling 27. Strict Middling 2G 3-4. Middling 2G 1-2. Strict Low Middling 25 1-2. NEW YORK COTTON MAKKET. VeoMys Open High Low Close Close .July . . 25.00 20.31 25.40 26.31 2"?.50 Oct . . 14.10 23.G3 24.7G 25.63 24.85 Dee . . 24.71? 25.52 24.75 25.52 2 1.73 n A favorite excuse of slackers Is that the business of the country could not be successfully carried on Without them?that they are of g. cat? er service in civilian life than they would be on the battle front. Per? haps so. hut a disinterested judge should pass upon the matter. STRAW HATS Balliluks, Leghorns, Panamas, Milans. Senate and Split Straws. We have the most up-to-date and com? plete assortment that we have ever shown. Come and see for yourself. Prices range from $1.50 to $8.50 The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co., Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.