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?ftt t?Raltjjman aiti ^outjjron. Published Wednesday ?nd Saturday _ ?BY? OSTKKN Pt HUSHING COMPANY SI'MTKIt, 8. O. Terms: Sl.ftO per annum?m advance. A d I ? rt ise me n te. One Square rtrat Insertion .. ..$1.00 Kvary subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub eerva private interests will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect Will be charged for. Tha Sumter Watchman was found .u 1*60 and the True Southron in The Watchman and Southroa now has the combined circulation and Innuenca if both of the old papers, and la manifestly the best advertisia medium .1 Sumter._ Washington. June Im ?ll9mll weath? er, with lernp?>r.tturea slightly below normal is foiecast f<>r the South? ast? ern States during the coming week. Hirn*?' and Ihe Iksuc. There has rarely been a more pitiful exhibition in South Carolina politics than the effort of Cole I* lheas. to wriggle out of and explain the speech whah he mole gf Film it on August 2. i ? i i, four months after this coun? try had been at w.?r with Hci'inany, ??f course, be tries to unload on th newspapt r man Sjg I reported him; but as luck had it the newspaper m ill In this particular instante did not happen to be the sh.ff representative of any paper belonging to that sec tlon of the press which he has long been so fond ol den.?um ing. It ft*** Ja ll.es I > I irlel 1 bo .'o\ tt t4 I he I' ll bert meeting ami no one who knows him will ?|Uestion tor a moment eith? er his honesty, his fairness or his com? petency. Nor will M i - ae venture to com plain that the Yorkville Kumuiivi a publi-ln .1 James Qlk#/l lep.r. in full h.is e\.i ti.-at.il him with oth? er than fairness. The best he can do . Ml ggj that the reporter was not a stenographer and !oit out part of wh .t he said W hat Mr. Ph ase now says n" said is that if his soul was to be los., he did not care what kind of America we have ufter he is dead and gone, [< haa taken him upwards of a year to offer even this com . non and whu! a lame one It is when it is brought forward. Compare it with what James Grist at that time SjSjsjtSd hit i aa saying: "I atill say that there is no need for this country to go to war with German\ m.l peace coul.l hi had now. (?h, good p. ..pie. you don't realize what It means. Wall until you pies up the paper and mm 1 the cusualiv list. They talk about u free Amerc-. I don't cure what kind of America It is ufter 1 urn dead and gone, neither does your boy whom you are sending to wur." When on?* get* down to it the on'.v difference which appeals between What Cult v sa\s be said and what M Hrlet reported him as saying is th ? lualifylng clause which Coley nov throws In ubout losing his soul. How much of a difference that is, and whet effect it should have on the net result those who are interested in splitting! hairs can work out for themselves. The substantial question which th" voters of South Carolina have to de? termine is what sort of support M'1 Please could be counted upon, if s ant to Washington, to give to President Wilson in the waging of the war. Tha' question he has answered pretty com pletely and most convincingly. His at? titude toward Mr Wilson and his opinion of the president's leadership In connection with the war was set forth in his speech at Pomaria list July He will not deny his words is Officially recorded in his chief news paper organ at the line. Here is what he said It has beea published of late in the anti-reform press that I and the party to which I belong are outcasts In be political world just now. but I want to soy to you so far as 1 am per? SjSjSJSjSJg. concerned, that 1 would rath? er be an outcast In the eyes of Wood row Wilson, ami a follower of Jesus Christ, than to be a follower of Wood row Wilson und an outcast from Jesu Christ; and that 1 would mm h prefei being a waterboy in heaven, listonin-: throughout eternity to the chant SI tinge Is. than to be the commander-ill chief of all the foices of hell foievc hearing onlv the mi. nc ol the crack ling of coal, ami the Pashm* of tie hlusea and the shrieks of the damn.d 1 was opposed to this war. Had I been a Cnited States senator or a conci man I would have voted against it and I beliese religiously, us firmly us 1 believe that there m a Hod in heaven that In the final Judgment dav SVen American cltlr.cn who is killed in Ihl wnr off American soil will be . mtW ? against the psejsjMaMfft ??f the Pult? States and the members of the emi? gre** Of the Cnited States who vol. .1 for It. as an unwai ranted sorb... n, Ihe ?iaht of AlmUhtv Hod. or fie b American manhood " The News and Courier apologizes |S its readers for printing so horrible n statement as the I ongoing in Its SOl muns Not otherwise, however, can ii bring before Umih what this man, i candidate for th? high office ?>. United State? senator, raally itand? for on tins giaal laaua ol Ins times ami of all time. This was where in stood four months after America WM at war witii licnnany, This is when* in- stands today, for With all his t ilk about ' mm ire art at war it must be pushed to a euoeeeefUl oonclueton," he reaffirmed at York on Thursday tin bellel to which h?- gave sspression at Pomarla a year ago. H? declan i out? mors his eonvletlon that w? ?kould not have taken up arms again*i tin- hloody akhlessor who hail become th*> terror or the eivlliasd world, n said aK tm m so many words that m believed that President Wilson and the members of congress who no: I lor the war ?'would be held responsbe for every Ameriean life that was lost in it." This is the man who seeks to rcpro sent the loyal citizenship of Souta Carolina Ig the senate at Washington USt the voters of the State judge h pi out of his own mouth and say lie themselves whether one who hole such sentiments and occupies such ait attitude is qualified to represent thtdr kind of loyalty by word or vote.? x? era ami < 'ourler? WHEAT PRICE l\( HKASKD. Washington) June L':i. -Blanket au? thority to increase the price of WhOAl at primary and other markets, with the approval of Pood AdministratOI Hoover, above the $2.20 a bushel minimum price guaranteed by presi? dential proclamation. February fl, Is given the food administration grain corporation In NOW York by an ex? ecutive order of the president. Tin order issued under authority of the lood control law was made public to? day by Mr. Hoover. To carry out the purposes of the order, the corporation is SUthoiiSSd to increase itu capital stock from $f?0. 900,000 to 1110,000,000 in shares of 1 pat value of $100 each. All the stoc\ will be owned by the government. while no explanation of the order was given, two considerations wer?? believed to have Influenced the pres? ident's decision to permit the grain Corporation to pay higher prices fos Wheat The first was the increased freight ratci and the isoond was be< lleved to be the situation resulting tiom the deadlock in congress over Iks wnate*i amendment iq the annual IgrlCUltUral appropriation bill increas? ing the minimum guaranteed price for r heat to 11.10, < \slWl/riKs TO DATE, Washington. June l'!!. ?CaaualtlSI i.i tin- Ameriean army overseas thus fa I reported by ijem tal Pershing. nn lud l?g the list madi public today, total I ?34, a^ ecenpared with 1,011 a week ago They were divided in the wat department'i weekly summary toda? as follows. Killed in action (including 2m h><" at sea). 1.312. Hied of wounds. 4SI, died of dis? ease, I,SOI; died of accidents and oth er causes, H11 wounded in action, t - 111, Missing in action, Including pits onorgj If I, Casualties among the marines with the SSpedltionary forces are not in? cluded in tins list. .\o official tabu? lation ol these casualties reported I date was available today but UOOfll cial figures show that tin y total slightly mors than 1,4)00. Tin- .". tH names repotted by (Jener a! Psrshlng slues last Sunday Included 1 If kilh-d in action. II died of WOUndS, 14 'lied at disease. 2 1 died of ?indents and other casualties. 0 1 wounded in action and 11 missing in action. Including prisoners, With some 100,000 men now in Prance, Iks small number of deaths from disease reported is considered rather remarkable, Death. Miss .Juanita Hewitt, daughter 01 Mr ('. W Hewitt. of ' Darlington, died in t hospital in Richmond yea t- rdas at B p. m. after n long tllnoes. Tin- funeral will be held In Darling* ton tomorrow afternoon. Ons of the auto hsckmen charged a soldier $* tO take him to po? calls Hunduy uftemoon, He should he charged 1100 or thirty dayi for estor* iion ami his license rsvohod. At Isaat kli license should be revoked, It there li no law i>> which tin- Itseorder can Inflict adequate punishment. Tin city should not allow grafting on tin public or permit nu\ one holding city license |o use the opportunity a I' forded by Ike permit to de business hers tO make outrageous overcharge s lor services 1 emh-i cd. Chicago, June 13, Between fifty and <? bundled members of the Hog . Iibick NN .t IIa. e ?Heils were killed to day when four wooden conchee of tin circus train In which the personnel urers riding were crushed to epithler^ by 1 Mleklgan Central train of empty Pullmans The wreckage 1 caught : 1, ( nn- hundied and twenly -five lit id nid In IUI ed were taken to Oai hui ami twenty others to Hammond, UOVEUNMUNT soda. Memorandum Relative to The Dis? tribution of Nitrate or Bods by The Uated suites Department of Agri? culture, Dear Bin I have sent you several memoranda t relative to the distribution of nitrate : of soda by the department of agricul? ture, In the memorandum dated June 8. the last one sent you, I re ' ferred to the Muni'lo, the Canoga. the Danla. the Sutherland, and the BacramentO. These vessels have ar? rived as expected and their cargoes are heing distributed as outlined in that memorandum. In the memorandum dated June .s. the following paragraph occurs: The RedondO ll now en route with a cargo of nitrate, but it is probable that she will not reach this country earlier than June ju. Tin- depart? ment is making every effort to secure the assignment of additional vessels by the shipping Board for transport? ing nitrate and to ai range for an exchange of nitrate In order to make available for immediate delivery an additional quantity of nitrate. The' port or port! Of discharge for the car- I i go of the Redondo will be definitely fixed in connection with the distribu? tion of any additional nitrate that the department may be able to secure through the exchange. Advices as to any additional nitrate that may be? come available for distribution will be sent to the county agricultural agents and to the county nitrate distributors. I regret to say that we have been advised by the shipping board that the j Redondo has run ashore on the coast of Cuba and is probably a total loss. Consequently, her cargo will not be available for distrihdtion. The exchange of nitrate mentioned j in the quoted paragraph. If effected, would have resulted in placing at the disposal of this department for distri? bution to farmers an additional quan- j tlty of nitrate now in this iountry, or ?OOn to arrive, the department re? placing the nitrate 10 obtained from other owners with nitrate to arrive at a later date. The department has: continued its efforts to effect this ex? change, through the war Industries board, but has been unsuccessful. This department has made every effort to secure the assignment of vessels by the United states chipping board for transporting nitrate and all the nitrate that has been brought into; this country has been distribtued or is now being distributed to farmers. Owing to the lack of ships, it has not been possible for this department to transport to this country till the ni? trate purchased for distribution, and it has a large quantity Of nitrate now in storage in Chile. No vessels a* now sngaged In transporting nltratt for this department and oven it' vea is should be assigned ? t this tim meat of the nitrate would not arrive In time for use on the pretwnt crop ; UnleM the department should be able to arrange hereafter for an exchange of nitrate, it is not likely, therefore that any nitrate will be available fo distribution other than that with refcr * m e to winch county distributors have already been advised In case any additional nitrate should become available through sue'; exchange, county nitrate distribute!a will he notified at once as to the quan? tity for distribution In their respoc*iv< counties. Very truly yours, Charles J. Brnnd, Chief of Bureau. Note: County agricultural nf.nis and county nitrate distributors an requested to give publicity to tl.ls stutement In order that farmers may be advised without delay as to the present status of the nltrat-J tllstribu t .on. USE RAIMIOAII PLATFORMS. I - < I or Hie Handling and Weighing of Cotton. Washington, June :\. some days ago an order was issued by the fed eiai administration of the Southern Railway prohibiting the use of tb railroad station platforms for lb handling or weighing of cotton. Con gressman James P. Byrnes, of Boutl Carolina, today protested to B. ii Coapman, federal director of the southern, against this order, showim how onerous it would be upon smal fanning communities in compelling ih.em to construct platforms at tin ii own expense at . very station in CO? ton territory. Mr, H.vines said that he won' carry the mutter President Wilson ii necessary. Mi Coapman was eon vlnced that the order was n mistaki aiMl directed its immediate i e\ or, j I Sen i ?r fi, Herbert I Hxon Is Just back j from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where he gruduuted thl June with distinction, lie expecti Io be railed about the llrst ol July t< the navy, where he has been offered In position lie is spending, ins vacs tlOn with his pal cuts. Mr. and Mrs 11 i' Dlxon, of Sunder. Blspopvtlh I.eader ami Vindicator. If She Can Do This, What Can You Do? (0 r KEEPS A TINY STORE BUT TOOK $5 IN W.S.S. Has Ten Children to Support But Will Have the Money to Pay for Stamps. b'on.owhere in Columbia there is a woman who keeps a tiny store In her home. Tiio store is called a butcher drinks and canned goods. The ownci is u widow with ten children, all of whom sh<- supports, and she Is unable to send them to schol because sin- is too poor. The two oldest gills take care of the house, which consists ol only three rooms ,and look after th younger children. The other d war savings stamps committee cai!e?l anil asked her to liny > 01 nips. She promptly Invested to the amount of "When will I have to pay?" shi asked. "Any time until January,' the can? vasser answered. "Well." she said, "I shall pay in De? cember ? no that's Christinas. 1 h id better pay In October. I don't know bow I'll manage it, but I guess I can get the money by that time.'*?Th< state. June 21. / shop, but it usually contains only coli This Space is Contributed to the War Savings Committee by SIBERTS DRUG STORE. loon ADMINISTRATION ORDERS. State Food Administrator l I Hot i is? sues Regulations as to Ice and llecf. To soda fountain and soft drink deal in i: <oi account of the great shortage of U" you will please observe the fol? lowing rule: No crushed or shaved Ice shall bo used or served In drinks. This rulo effective s*t once. Wm. Elliott, food Administrator for South Caro? lina. Juno 21, 1918. To hotels, restaurants, boarding houses and public eating places: < >n account of the necessity for con? servation of Ice, please observe the following rules, effective at once: i. No crushed Ice or shaved Ice shall he served in drinking water. l'. No crushed Ice or shaved Ice -!u? II be served around fruits or Other dishes, or in linger howls, etc. :;. No Ice shall he bought except for necessary uses. Win. Elliott, Food Administrate for South Caro? lina. June 20. 1918. To all public eating places in South < 'a i olina : in order to conserve the supply of in of for our army and our allies, you are expected until further notice to uhservc the following regulations: "liOUSt heel', whether hot or cold. should be served only on Monday at mid-day meal; stewed or boiled beef or beef hash on Wednesday and Sat? urday at midday meals; steak in any i form, Including ham burg steak on Thursday only at midday meals. r>\ products of beef such ns oxtails, liv ? is. tongues, sweetbreads, hearts, kid? neys, brains, ami tripe, may he served "t any time, We do not wish any ad vcrtlslng either by lea.-is ami public eutlnu. places as to the days or routine in which this service proceeds for ? would focus attention of customers on these days and Increase consump? tion Of heel'. Wm. Rlllott, I ood Administrator for South Caro? lins . June is. mis. Tl e Pout th of July I 'eh h 'atlon Committee plans to have one of the best hands in the State to furnish mil sie for the paiade ami during the ex? ercises on the Court House square let Me Put ELECTRIC LICHT Western Electric POWER AMD LIGHT On Your Farm ASK,HE HOW! FORSHEE & CO., ? Sales Agents Sumter, S. C. Fruit Jars Now is the time to do your canning and this is the place to huy your Jars. 1 Quart .... 80c per dozen 2 Quart .... $1.00 per dozen O'Donnell 6 Company