The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 21, 1918, Image 4
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,_In 1850 and the True Southron
1566. The Watchman and Southro
now has the combined circulation an<
influence of both of the old paper*,
and is manifestly the best adverus.:.
medium in Sumter.
Chamber of Commerce Notes.
lion. Myron T. Ilorrick, former
ambassador to France, and chair
man of the National Finance Com
mittee of the War Camp Community
Service for the War .aid Navy De
partment, and Dr. ? H. N. Snyder. ot
;-'2airtanburg. State chairman of the
same service for South Carolina, have
appointed Secretary E. J. Reardon.
of the Sumter Chamber of Conimr-rce
as a member of the State executive
comittee for the War Camp Com
munity Service division of the big
First United War Work Financial
campaign in November.
Mr. John Wood, managing secre
tary of the Roanoke, Va.. Chamber
of Commerce, formerly secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, at Roca\
Hill, and Greenville, S. C, has been
selected as field secretary of the War
Camp Community Service for th:
States of Virginia, North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia, and he
has his South Carolina organization
headquarters in Spartanburg Cham
ber of Commerce. [
A conference of the South Carolina
committee of the War Camp Com
munity Service, with Mr. Wood, will
be held in Columbia tomorrow to ar
range county organizations for the
big November drive.
Sumter about one year ago sub
scribed one thousand dollars for the
War Camp Community Service Rec
reation Fund which funds are used
for doing for our soldiers outside o:
the' cantonments about what the
War Y. M. C. A. does ir the camps.
Mr. C. G. Rowland was the Sumter
chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce committee that raised 'hi?
money.
Opening or the City Public School-.
The public schools of the city
opened Monday with an unusually
large number of pupils in attend
ance. It is especially gratifying to
note the number of pupils in the
high school. In spite of the labor
conditions and the high prices that
service everywhere demands there
^ar^jnore boys in the Sumter High
1?ohool>than at any time Tn its history.
Full statistics will be given later.
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TO PROHIBIT UNNECESSARY
BUILDING.
I Explanation of the Rule and the
! Reason Therefor, by the Saudi
I Carolina state Council of Defense.
I Columbia. Sept. 17.?Unnecessary
building in times iikc these is re
garded as waste. There is neither
the labor nor the material to spare.
State and County Councils of Defense
are asking banks to limit their loans
for unnecessary building.
The War Indutries Board has
placed in the hands of the Councils
of Defense throughout the country
the problem of stopping all unneces
sary building where the construction
totals S2.500 or more,
i The War Industries Hoard, in 6th
| cr word?, has asked the State Coun
cils of Defense to act as its rep resent
j atives in passing upon proposed con
struction. The plan has been adopt
: ed because of the imperative .neces
sity of conserving labor, material and
.'capital for war purposes.
I Persons interested in a construc
tion project must hereafter apply
; with a full statement of facts under;
; oath, to the State Council of Defense
; for a construction permit. Local,
representatives of the Defense Cou- .
rail will investigate the necessity of.
the proposed construction and trans-,
mit their recommendations to th.\
State Council to review. The action j
of the State Council is to be forward
ed to the Xon-War Construction.
Section Of the Priorities Division of]
the War Industries Board. In case-C
where th^ Defense Council decider;
against the projected construction *
the person concerned will be directly j
ntified. j
The War Industries Board will in
form all persons applying directly ir.
it that they must "first take up ihoi>
projects with the appropriate lcca!l
representatives of the St'ite Council;
of Defense. Persons interested in
construction projects against which j
a. State Council of Defense has role'rM
can appeal to the War Industriell
Board, but in such rases the Board
will attach ^reat imoortancc to th* i
negative decision e,f the Defense j
Council. .
The ability of the War Industrie?
Board to enforce this whole plar. ;
rests upon the fact that it controls,
priorities and has also secured fror: j
*he manufacturers of building mater
ials a pledge not to supply materials;
for projects which are not nutfc-j
prized under the regulations of th'-:
War Industries Board.
The State Council of Defence v-\v j
? w.co a sriall committee on Propos-j
eo Crnsirr.cti"n. tha personnel o*'
which is yet to be announced. Al-j
ready four building projects in dif
ferent parts of South Carolina have
been referred tc the State Council
of Defense for approval.
American Artillery too Muc h for Ger
mans.
With Americans in Lorraine. Sept
IS. 2.30 p. m.?The German infantry
altempted an attack on the American
lines west of Moselle- on Tuesda-*
evening, but were driven back by
American artillery fire.
SAVE PEACH STOXES.
They Arc Xccdcd for Vsc in Gas
Masks.
Every citizen <>'?' South Caroina lias
;ni opportunity to ;:i<l the government
i:i it- light again*? Prussianisni: , A
great campaign has been launched to
pr< cure materials with which to com ?
tat German poison gas. On-, of Che
essentials in the gas mask designed
?-.'> protect American soldiers from
poison gas Is ca-*bon. As the qualitv
of tin* carbon determines in a large
measure the efficiency of the gas
mask, it is important that every ei
fert he made to procure those mate
rials from which the best carbon can
be procured.
There is a serious shortage of the
best law materials and iho coopera
tion of all citizens is urged so thai
the best raw materials can l?e secur
ed.
Belcjv is a list cf fruit pits and nut
shells to be collected. Most of the??
materials are now j.:olr.g to waste.
When it is realized that these wasie
materials will save the lives of
American soldier:-, every effort should
be made to sec th i* no more go to
waste.
The ppopl ? of South Carolina ar>
urged to tave the folowing for the
use of the army: Peach stones or
pits, apricci pit?, prune pits, plum
pits, olive pit ;, date seeds cherry pits:.
i 'i ::;'ii nut shells and the shells of
riekny nuts, walnuts and butter nuis.
All. pits and stones should be care
fully dried in an oven oi in the sun
before delivery. .
The Conservation & Reclamation
Division at Camp Wads worth. S. C
has been instructed l>y the Quarter -
"-?'yl'T (.'eneral's ofHce to rollect aii
pits and stones going to waste in the
camp. The division desires the coop
eration of the people of South Caroli
na, in the campaign. Pits and stones
from the above named fruits which
are sen: to the Conservation & Re
elrmation Division will be forwarded
to the gas defense school for use.
Unfortunately there is not a fund
available for paying the express or
parcel pest charge on the pits and
stones. Patriotic citizens are urged
to send the pits and stones from
fruits to the Conservation & Recla
mation Division. Camp Wadsworth.
S; C., postage prepaid. It is hopjki
to collect several thousand pounds of
these materials in the State.
NO SEPARATE PEACE.
Eclghim Will Rofn.se Offer of Separate
Peace With Germany.
Paris. Sept. 18.?The Belgian gov
ernment after consultation with' tha
Allies, according to the Petit P?risien.
'??as d*e;ded to refuse without elabora
tion the reported offer of a separate
peace made by Germany. " :
I _ - ? fi '- . .
Providence Favored Americans.
With Americans in Lorraine, Sept.
IS. 2.00 P. M.?The German''aviator?
attacked what they supposed to.be ar.
America^ position in the region west
of Vadiere last night.. Mists anjiJow
clouds, however, prevented- tne-Tier
mahs finding their targets.
KXSSLY SV l VEHS KEICX <:V TVM
TOR.
Wholesale Murder?Outside World
Can Have Xo True Ccjurcption ol
Actual Condition Prevailing.
Washingt ort. Sc-;>t. .' 7.? ia formation
-? at hint: ihe State department today
from neutral count: y threw new iisrh
v. ?k ? situ ?ii?n in Centra! Russia,
where a rc?*:n (?;' terror conducted by
the Bolshevik: h. a made tin* positlo:
Ox th populace tragic :a th extreme
and :?? endangering ?:'ti-;;?ns o;* th
entente peweas v.'ho have been un
able o leave the country.
Declaring that tin- outside world
c n not have a true conception of the
actual condition, the dispatches said
' that since May the Bolshevik ha
! made a campaign of wholesale mur
der. Many person.-, have been shot
'without trial for politicj>l views which
! they .-assort. The acrrassination ci
.Moses Critsky, head of ihe commission
I against the counter-revolution and
; the attempt cn tin- life of Premier
' Lenine were direct results or' this con.
dition of tyranny, said the advices.
Desides the 300 persons who wore
; shot in connection wit!: the death of
! T'ritsky. a large nun;' er of other per
| sens are held for execution in the
i nvent'that further attempts are mad?
kon the life of the Bolshevik leaders.
I A genera! search Is being made of
[the home:-- in Moscow of the well to
j do and of former officers in. an effort
I tr secure any shred of evidence upon
wh;ch to make arrests, said the di
: patches. The prisons are filled to
! oversowing and executions continue
daily. In many cases, it was said.
;<.nter.ccs are passed upon the slight
' grounds that the accused might be
dangerous to TJolshevik power. In ad
dition irresponsible and vengeful
gangs are v- nting on innocent per
sons their desperation ever th" daily
declining power of the Bolshevik.
All newspapers in M >seow except
! the Bolshevik organs have been sus
i pended since July il, the dispatehe
add.
; Allied Citizens Said to Bo in Danger.
,' Washington. Sept. "7.?Information
j reaches] the State department today
from a neutral country that allied
citizens in central Russia are in d:>n
; gor. The position of the Russian.
! populace was described as tragic in
I the extreme. Five hundred person?
! wgre shot in conneetion with the as
sassination of CJritski. Holsheviki cab
i inet minister, the message raid. A
! large number of other pe-sons are
I held for execution in the event fur
ther attempts on the lives of the j'ol
sheviki leaders are made
INLAND WATE! I v. \ V.
A System of Deep '-er. Level Canals on
Atlantic Coast Recommended.
Washington. Sept. IS.?A system of
government-owned deep sea level ca
nals from Massachusetts to the At
lantic States has been recommended
in a report .submitted to th:? senate
trday J ; Secretary Rcdfiold in re
unions a resolution adopted last
July.
TEN .LIVES LOST.
EigiK Girls, a Boy and Man Perish in
Maines Destroying Button Factory
at Newark.
Xcwark, X. J., Sept. 17.? Trapped
In a cloak room on the top floor)
eight girls, ;i boy and a man perished
here today in a fire which destroyed
the plant of the American Button
Company. Another girl was killed
when, seeking to escape from the
(James she leaped from a window.
>"me oilier girls were injured, several
probably fatally.
At 2 o'clock the factory hummed
with the industry!:of more than 300
young women engaged in making
buttons for army and navy uniforms.
At $.30 the building was ;l flame swept
ruin, the top iloor of which formed a
tonib for workers who h,:d been
driven into the cloak- room by flames
and smoke. At i.'?'?') the fire was vir
tually extinguished and the task of
indentifying victims begun.
The girls on the lower floors es
caped by jumping and going down the
lire escapes. Most of the dead and
injured were working at the top of
the building. Their bodies were found
nuddied together, burned beyond rec
ognition. Only through trinkets and
bits of scorched attire were they iden
tified.
AMBASSADOR TO EXGLAXD.
Jno. W. Davis of \V. Va.. Appointed?
He Also (iocs to -Berne for Confer
ence on Treatment of Prisoners.
i -.
Washington, Sept. 18.?John W.
Davis, of West Virginia, solicitor gen
eral of the United States has beer,
selected by the president to succeed
Walter Hin es Page as ambassador to
Great Britain.
The announcement today disclor.ed
the fact that Davis has safely arrived
in Switzerland where he is to.head the
American delegation at Berne in a
conference between the American and
German missions on the treatment
and exchange, of prisoners of war.
BRITISH C&PTCXKE ANOTHER VI I.
LAGE.
Germans in Sight Attack at Mouevres
Push the British Back Slightly.
fjtondon. Sept. IS.?The British at
tacked this morning northwest of St.
Quentin. it is officially announced to
day. Gen. Haig reported the capture
of the village of Kolnon. .3 inilos
no -thwest of St. Quentin.
A German attack last night at
Mouevres; under heavy artillery pro
tection resulted in the British being
pushed to western outskirts of the
village.
?--r-,
Lieut. David W. Loring Killed.
telegram Monday afternoon an
Captain Geo. W. Loring received a
nouncing that his son. Lieut. David
Worth Loring died from wounds re
ceived in action on August 24th.
Lieu .. Loring enlisted as a private in
Wilmington, N. C., where he had liv
ed for several years, and won his
commission as lieutenant after he
went to France.
SOLDIERS KILLED IX-TRAIN"
WRECK.
Twenty-live Re}H>rtcd to Have Met
Deatlj With Thirty Injured in Mis
souri.
Springfield, .Mo.. Sept.. 17.?Twenty
tive soldiers are rej>orted killed an.'
:jc others injured in a headr-on col
lision lx-tween a troop train and a
St. Louis & San Francisco freight
train one mile east of Marshfield,
Mo., tonight.
The injured were carried into a
rear coach of the troop train where
they were given first aid until the !ar
rival of a relief train from Spring
field, y
A guard was immediately thrown
out around the track and no one al
lowed to approach. No information
as to where the troops were from or
their destination was available. The
a.e; d and injured are being brought
10 Springfield on the relief tram
which is expected to arrive here at
12.30 o'clock.
T ill MI) PRIMARY TCKSDAY.
Ci?icc of Comptroller Genera! to Be
Filled.
Columbia, Sept. IS.?A third pri
mary lor LiiC election of a comptroller
;;? r*< ral was ordered for n"xt Tues
day. September 21, by the State Dem
ocratic executive committee yester
day.
The iwo candidates te be voted for
are Rut. L. Osborne, Columbia, preis
en.' cornntjjqller general, appointed to
nil out the unescpired term of the late
Carltun W. Sawyer, and E. C. Elmore
of . Pickens county. In the second
primary Mr. El-more received 2^,218
vote?, Air Osborne ?2.5$<5 and Jaaies"
A. Summersett of Columbia, a third
candidate, 20,280. . 'r'
Several petitions were read to the
committee yeserday asking that th '
oificc be fiiled at the general election
November 5. One oi these was from
Dillon county and another from Aik
cn. Lack of funds with which to
meet election expenses and unwilling
ness of election managers to conduct
another primary were cited as reasons
to justify such action, if ^he commit
tee could so determine. A petition
was aiso received from Charleston,
asking that precincts in that city be
consolidated. The committee also re
garded this, as contrary to primary
election rules. The following were
declared the nominees of the /second
primary: each having received a clear
majority in the respective races: .
T'rited States senator?W. P. Pol
le ek. Che raw.
Attorney general?Sam Wolfe. An
derson.
Railroad, commissioner?H. H. Ar
ne id. Spartan burg.
Commissioner of agriculture ?B.
Karris, Pendleton. ?
The following was declared *'* be .
the official vote:
United States senate: Peoples 30,
044. Pollock 49,020.
Attorney general: Sapp 2t-^f2,
\y,a.e 4 ".078.
Railroad eomr'>i-_~:^rfer: Arnold
44.078, Richardson .?,.",652
Commissioner of ? agriculture: Oar-"
rison 37.0(18. Karri?. A 1.300
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cular figure?slim, average, medium or
Mouf. you will Iii d am rile ,s. i<r.ti<.n in
just the style of Si its yo s pr fer.
Prices, $25 with easy steps
up to $125.00.
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Sfinpf]
Women's Frocks
of Silks, G r-eUe. ^ertf. JS?iin,
Crep - (ie Ciiian?! J rx'v. St> c p~
tivatirigthey simply <? mm-ind ><>ur
undivided atuntijo. Ma :\ ??| th.sd
materials v. ill not he ob*h!:g lafi r,
which emphasizes fh^ importwee of
e-ariy eiedion.
Prices, $15 up to $69.50
CTDUirc IV T\IV MCACIlDr AC MID Clirrrcc The Demard m tr.e f'resent Is ttr Service ar>d Stye, and fiy Senrlse is Meaet the Amount of Wear a Garmsnr Will Bve, WHICH IS
jHCVHjL fj lilt NtAjUKt Ur UuK jl'ttLJJ?ibt HAi?REO ITS VALUE. TO THE WEARER. quality?YOU ARt SAFE V/KcN YOU BUT AT SCHWARTZ'S.
Autumn's Millinery Modes
H^re Asserts t< Charm Anew!
THE M'AV SWEATERS ABE HERE
THE NEW CXliEEWEAR arc Ucrc
THE L\ ( AMfliljE Corsets arc Bore
THE XEW BLOUSES ARE HERE.
THE XJS\V GLOVES ARE HERE.
TBE NEW KIMOXAS ARE OEBI
THE NEW BOSIEBV ABE BEBE.
TB XEW SKIRTS ARE HERE.
And so on down with Everything to Wear, for what is it you can't find a<
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I/aily ?he <fi>p?:iy chanj>*s. N\ m arrivals adding to
I he d< -Hit hi <;! a.. i?sortin? ni now ..j its veiy zenith.
From such K?mous e>:^ners.as **G-AC?h,:' "HvK; v'
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