The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 15, 1918, Image 4
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?m in 1860 and the True Southron in
11*6. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation unu
influence of both of the old pupirs,
and Is manifestly the boat advertising
medium In 8umter._ _ I
The high school team closes Its
baseball season next Friday when
they meet the strong; Florence teim
st the fair grounds. When these two
teams met in Florence recently a
heavy rain bro\e ',p the game. A*
that tune the teams appeared to be
evenly matched and the game u- xt
Friday should be a close one.
With the arrival of summer weath?
er the season it' Pncallu opened and
ci uwda of your g people are already
docking there for a swim in the lake.
Dg| in* the winter the iuke was drain?
ed and several thousand loads of
Oleen sand spread over the bottom,
and bathers will tin I Pocalla a more
attractive resort this season than ever
before.
The Orooiim tract of land, situated
near Britton's Siding, and containing
one hundred and ilfty acres, was sold
at I uctlon on aalea day by Master K.
C. Haynaworth under order of court.
In partition proceedings, for $19,
825, the successful bidder belli? J. II.
Cttf on, attorney. It is understood
that the land was bought in by one
of the heirs. There wua active bid?
ding from the start, the price grail
u.ilt. going up from the opening biJ
Of $5.000 until it reached the record
breaking price at which it was knock?
ed down.
The campaign In Bumter countv
this year would be without great in- ?
terest. but for th? excitement own
the ? Congressional, Senatorial and
State contests, for there are few of 1
the county officials to be chosen at '
this time. The only countv officers ?
to be elected are, Superintendent gl
Education, Judge of ProhetS an I
Magistrates. The State senator an I
members of the House of Represen?
tatives and Sollclto* are also to be ?
elected, but count;' offices, over w hh h
there are usually lively contests, are
now four year terms, and were filled
two years ago. As yet there have
heen no formal announcements of
candidates, hut it Is understood that
Solicitor Method who was appointed
to succeed Solicitor Stoll. will seek
election and that Court Stenographer
I? R. Wood will oppose him. that
Superintendent of Education Hayns?
worth will seek re-election and that
Judfe of Probate Kiehardson will
do likewise, ns will Senator ft. D.
Kpps. Whether any of these will have
opposition is not known, hut there ure
rumors that there are likely to l?e
candidates for both Judge of Pro?
bate and Senator. As to the House
of Representatives there seems to bi
Brent apathy and there are not even
rumors of prospective candidates.
BUYING swjM.s STAMPS.
Two Hundred People at lllshnpvillc |
Huy Forty-nit Thousand Dollars'
Worth.
Blshopville. May 11 This was pa
t in,tie rally dav. war savings stamp
day. for Lee county and thousands of
people gathered lure. The features
were an oratorical contest, a n pn
eentutive from every school in the
county participating, a patriotic note
predominating in all ' ie speeches
Tfceni were aaiaeted as the four best:
Missen Hallte New.some und Annie
Mary Tlrsjmons, Theo Myers and Mur
tin Player, representing schools from
the county These will gC over the
inty next week and aid In patiiotlc
i allies i ad sell stampa
The feature of all Was an address
by l?r. F. vv Sikes of Coker College
who gave the bistoi v of Prussiamsm
her alms, bow near she has come to
accomplishing them. which was a
n, rfect exposition of why and srhal
we are fighting for, delivered la Ian*
icuage so clear, yet so forceful, that
the most unlearned or highl\ educat
ed could Understand m l apprcclab
Immediately after l?r. Hikes' address
ThomuM ?; Mel.eod took the stand and
ruiled foi nubscrlptlesai for war aav
tngs stampa Two hundred respond
ed In a fsw minutes taking $li'..oiiii in
stamps.
IIInibnlnirg stumMe* nwi his own
dead, and he II yet get tangled in his
own NM Atlant i Const it ut Ion.
Funny, but when a man has a yel
low streak In him be will show th
white feather.?Anderson Mail.
HUNS FAIL IN SOUTH.
RFPt bi.ics soiimiks again
CliAIM 1111.1/ II.
Allied Machine Gunners Work on
Advancing I nomy at Distance of
Four Vnnls.
With the British Army in France
M.lv 12 (By the AH.soclated Press).?
An Importal t section of high ground
9A ii the Vyverbeek Kiver, north oi
Kemmel, hau been completed by the
Fr?men in a strong attack. Both Hill
4 4 and (Joddesone farm were stormed
and occupied.
The Hermans also received a knock
on the southern battle front, where
they made a drive in an attempt to
capture defenses on the elevation
south of Mailly-Kalneval. Here the
enemy succeeded after hard fighting
Jn obtaining a footing in the French
front line, but their success was short
lived for a counterassault drove thorn
out. The battle for Hill 4 4 was the
outcome of the German attack May
8. W hen the Germans a. saulted the
allies were holding the eie ation. Bit?
ter fighting ensued all day long and
the Germans in the course of time se?
cured possession of the hill. The
British almost Immediately organized
a counterattack and forced the enemy
out. The next day the Germans again
drove forward. Thoy made such I
heavy assault that they again cap?
tured the hill which they held until
esterday.
No other infantry action of im?
portance has occurred in the last 24
hours. Raids and minor operation4*
have been continued by both sides and
the artillery has been exceedingly
Lusy at many points.
Prisoners recently captured declar?
ed that the German losse on the ut
tack between Voormezeele and Lia
clytte May 8 were heavy. Especially
severe casualties were inflicted by the
allied machine guns which WS re
worked to the last minute. One pris-j ]
oner said he saw rapid llrers shoot- J i
ing into the advanced German line > ?
at a range of about four yards. The t
nllled urtillery and rifle fire also took lj
iv heavy toll.
Considerable disorganization WSJ
[?aused hehind the German lines be?
cause the gas from their gas shells
blew hack over their territory and
forced them to don gas masks. For?
tunately for the enemy, the gas wa<
Duly an irritant, not lethal.
POLICY OF (iKIt.MANV lltltlTATKK
HI'SSIANS.
Ambassador at Berlin Instructed to
Ask Impei in I Government to Dis?
continue Aggression.
1?ondon. May 12.?In a wireless to
Ambassador Joffe at Berlin the Rus
sian foreign minister, M. Tchlteherin,
Instructs the amhnssador to "try to
obtain from Berlin cessation of every
kind of hostility." The dispatch adds:
? Captures of our territory are in vio?
lation of the state of peace with Ger
many and are causing great unrest
among the masses of our population."
II, Joffe also is instructed to notify
Ciermuny that part of the Russian
Black Sea fleet which has left .Selms
toped now is ut Novorossysk, on the
east coast of the Black Sea. which
port the Germans are threatening to
apture on -the ground that their own
war ships are in danger of attack by
the Russians.
CAKIiOAD OF BEKIt AT TYBKK.
Government Agents Take Possession
of Big Shipment at Saxannab Sea?
shore Resort.
Savannah, Ga., May 12.?A carload
Of heer was seized by the department
of justice agents at Tyhee Island. Sa?
vannah's seashore resort, today. The
Shipment arrived there yesterday and
soldiers from Fort Scieven were de?
tailed to guard it antl to arrest th
owner when he appeared 10 claim it
The oumr did not appear and th?
shipment was seized by agents of the
government today. The beer was ship
ped from Ju< aeonvtlle,
Government agents seized a 116,00'
Shipment Oi whiskey at Savannah tin
1 l*-t Wiek.
GORDON SOI.I>|| It SHOT.
fleetfjlg Man Thought to Have Been
killed by Negro.
Atlanta, M iy II Oarl Ware
member of the One Hundred an
i 111v-sevenih Depot Brigade, Camp
Cordon died at a loeal hospital to
night from shotgun wounds believed
to have been Inflicted by i.mu who
?we,i upon the soldier while he was
riding mar his home at WoodbUry,
c.i sari) today, A posse of Men
wether County citizens, it was re
ported from Woodhury tonight, ore
esarohlng Ihe county for Ihe aegro
who, i? is thought, formerly was em
ployed by Ware, Ware was farmei
before he entered ihe army and
was on a t in lough home
Ware was brought here for treat
mint but he lived only u few hours.
BORULtM ( hmk.i is mci.nioN
against sixm:r aky.
In Letter i<> President Wilson Con*
eernlng Aviation Controversy) Gut
eon Borgloni sn>s Baker is Party
to Untrue Statements Designed to
.Mislead Notion?Aircraft Group
Abuses < oiilidcnec.
Washington! .May 18.?-Qutson Bor
glum, storm center of aviation con?
troversy, made public tonighl anoth?
er letter to President Wilson denying
that hS had Im (rayed the president's
confidence, renewing his assertions of
grove misconduct in the government
aircraft production organisation and
insisting that the senate military
committee should conduct openly
and thoroughly the investigation
which he says he was prevented from
making "hy the war deportment un?
der Secretary Baker."
In regard to the documents put
into the senate record Friday design?
ed to capitalize his friendship with
the president hy secretly organizing a
corporation to produce airplanes, the
letter says, Senator lhandegoe of
Connecticut will sulnnit to the senate
Tuesday or Wednesday detailed evi?
dence and affidavits relating to "this
deliberate frame up."
"It is a matter of the gravest con?
cern to me," it added, "that credence
could he given to charges of such a
nature or that they could have been
in your possession, and 1 have receiv?
ed no intimation of the falsehood un?
til Mr. Marshall intimated that there
was some sort of a charge or charges
of disloyalty to you. This is so un?
thinkable that I dismissed and declin?
ed to even discuss them."
Mr. Bor.'Tlum repeats his published
mswer to the charges and continues;
"It la absurd to state that pro
lei mans are clamoring for investiga?
tions while the secretary of war is a
party to statements, untrue and un?
founded, issued to deceive the nation
*nd serving no other purpose except
lo warn Germany to hurry her own
ilrplano production.
"Never, I believe, in the history of
:he country, has a group of men beer,
riven so completely a nation's re
sources, together with the admlnis
ration and the people's confidence as
nave the aircraft group and never has
kUCh confidence been more wantonly
1 bused. I refer here to Major General
Bqulrss, Howard B, Coflln, Colonel
Deeds and Colonel Montgomery. These
Ivlllon and military members appear
IVOrywhere in the program planned to
meet our military needs and they ap?
pear everywhere in the deliberate am! ^
elaborate machinery that placed ami
held the colossal contracts among a
fOWJ they appear everywhere in tin
tine network of falaohod and cam?
ouflage und they included Mr. Baker
as their partner in the common
statements to the public-?they de?
liberately lied to you and framed up
their statements, particularly theii
f lilure, and misled congress before the
senate military committee, and they
directly are responsihle for no en
gloeOh no planes, no propellers, ami
our vanished appropriations . . .
"Mad there not been this molloiOUfl
etYort to discredit me with you and
Impugn my honor on the floor of th
MUSIS I might have with the rest of
America, though with shame and an?
ger, still he holding my peace, waiting
and watching for the iniernimahle
shifting from one deportment te the
other of responsibilities that can lie
only at the door of the executive
members. <>f the aircraft board. The
scurrilous slander by Deeds' friend
was a foul and unfair blow.
"This. Mr. President, compels me
to demand that the investigation by
the military committee of the senate j
Shall be complete, exhaustive' in the
matters relating to airoraft produc?
tion, but as these charges have been
brought before the senate, the inter-:
ferencs by the war department, under
Mr. Baker, preventing me from se
curing proper evidence. . . .
"I know you will agree with me In '
this, that I have a right to demand it. |
"1 am loyal to you as our president
and even better. I am loyal to your
though! as so often expressed tomb-:
Ing the state of the world and the,
notion's mission and I shall remain BO,
hut I am not loyal to. nor can 1 SUP
port, men or methods inimicahlo to
? .in- country's good, planned to deceive
you and the nation, and discredit us
m the eye? of the world."
A Hue Record.
The Methodist preachers are doing
I to n duty hy the country, SO far a-:
? he tender of services is concerned.
Four hundred members ol the South?
ern conference hove applied for ap
pointment as chaplains in the army
llOd 'lie Methodist tjUOtS his been
kept tilled, every call from both army
and navy having been met Charlotte
??hserver.
A SSlf-made man is just as apt to
be more interested in a tailor-made
woman than he la in himself. Wil?
mington Mar.
Plsffah News and Views,
I Isguh, May 13. Cotton chopping
i' ix full blast. From 7.">c to 66c is
the average price paid. The stand is
fairly good after much replanting.
Corn and the fruit crop is promising.
so is wheat and rye. not many OO-lB,
as compared with former years. <>n
the whole things look encouraging,
for which we should be very thankful.
A great effort is being put forth to
raise many things that wi re neglected
in past years. War has brought forth
its stern realities, and our people are
beginning to feel it. not only in the
boys going over yonder, but in things
we are used to and the changes due
to warfare. if it should come here,
OUr people will show the mettle they
are made of. I lately hear politics
ii entloned. The stem realities of the
day has brought a quiet feeling over
our people ami it is best that it should
be so. No one up here is worrying
about Lover or the rest. The people
will pick the best men for the various
Offices at the proper time. We should
.stick to the president. He is a safe
man to follow and will not lead us
astray. No more than Washington
did.
One of the most dlagusting things
of the day is to see people bragging
on their patriotism and making dis?
plays along that line. Washington.
Lee, Jackson ami Hampton never did
that. The quiet man is more to be
feared than the loud mouth fellow
Who nine times out of ten will show
the bottom of his feet from danger.
While in Bumter last Monday at
I
the convention the writer noticed a j
complete absence of anything hut a
kindred spirit which showed that our
people while differing on many things
when the nation la in danger will do
as they did in 1ST??. behind Hampton.
be a unit.
Nothing new to relate. Many are
hard at work trying to make the
best Of things as they are. hoping ere
long the white winged dove of peace
will alight.
SPEEDING IT SllllMll 1LDINC
Hon. Julian S. ( arr and Clarence J.
Owens on Job.
Washington, May 1 '?).?General
Tuliaij S. ('an- and Dr. Clarence J.
Owens, representing the Southern
commercial congress, will begin o ,
campaign for speeding shipbuilding In
the South at Wilmington, N. C nexl
Monday. They will visit Charleston.1,
Savannah and Jacksonville and will
spend several days in each town. 1
Ilagood Vcws Votes,
As before noticed in the columns of
your valued paper, stands of cotton
are broken, so much so In some places
that a lot has heen planted over.
Corn stands were poor, due principal*
Ij t<> hug depredations.
Government reports indicate a
bumper crop of wheat. That is the
Way it looks here hut, as already not?
ed in the Piedmont it is short.
Messrs. T .it. Moody and J. 1.?.
Jackson wa in to Lynchburg last week
to attend the district missionary
meeting, being delegates from the
Bethesda society.
Some people are so very religious
that they can't sing our national
h y m n.
Miss ESlolse Sanders who was re
ported sick the other week is Improv?
ing hut slowly.
Misses Kate and l?ssie I.enoir of
Camden spent the week-end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Lenoir,
who have moved down and are liv?
ing in the old Jackson house near
Dinkina' Mill.
Miss CoUI'tenay Atkinson. her
school having closed near 1 Wwego,
has come back home.
Who gathers honey may expect to
I e stung.
I >ften, when I sit in sadness
I've been turning roses o'er
Thorns have pricked me In their mad?
ness.
Letting out the ruddy ?
Some prick deep my hand in casting.
In my flesh their thorn conceal.
Dead the roses, the thorns still lasting
All my fondest pleasures steal.
"Hagood."
Item be rt, May 13.
The Germans refer to our soldiers
as American dogs. Maybe these are
the dogs of War WO have heard so
much about.?Florida Times-Union.
W. 1?. BEARD ARRESTED.
former Abbeville Editor Held on S *
rttHM Charge.
Abbeville, May U.?C J. Brneet
United states deputy marshal, er*
rested W. P. Beard this morning on
a W/Siran! issued l>y the federal gov?
ernment charging Beard with ob
?tructlng the army draft and sedi?
tious utterances. Mr. Pruce and his
prisoner left here this morning for
Qreonvllle where the preliminary will
be held. Beard was tried and con?
victed several months ago in the
United states court on similar
?haiges, being sentenced to one roar
in federal prison in Atlanta. He has
been out on bond pending an appeal.
Washington, May IS.? Lord Fiend
ing, the British snips ana dor, in a
Statement today declared that the an?
nouncement vie Ottawa th;.t the
American army would not he utilize 1
until developed to its full Strength
woa directly opposite to the Informa?
tion he had received from the British
war cabinet. This statement added
to the puzzle in which American otll
cers found themselves today on rend?
ing the announcement from Ottawa.
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
Ninety-six Names Listed?Ten Killed
in Action.
Washington. May 13.?The casual?
ty list todai contains ninety-six
names. Killed in action, 10; died of
wounds, 9; died of accident, 2, died
of disease, ; died of other causes, 1:
wounded severely, 12; wounded slight?
ly, 10; missing in action, 38. Private
Green Dukes, of Campton. Ga? died
of disease and Private Grady W.
Knight. of Oglethorpe, (in., was
wounded severely.
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