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Published "Wednesday and Saturday ?-ov^'-V.--' ? ?BY?- ?? OStEEK PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. One .Square first insertion ..$l.uO Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longg?r will be made at reduced rates. - All communications which sub serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect "will be charged for. ' ? ? ;V The Sumter Watchman was found wJs 1850 and the True Southron in 3*56. The Watchman and Southron . now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, And ia manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. The epidemic of influenza has "reached a stage in Sumter that calls for co-operative service to prevent needless suffering and unnecessary deaths. Today there are families that are suffering for absolutely nec essary attention. In some instances there are four, five, six to eight per sons ill in a single family and those Who are not in bed are not able to care for those who are ill. The dis ? ease is spreading and the number of cases grows greater daily and need fo: nurses?not necessarily trained nurses but any one who 'can give medicine, . prepare nourishment and give the care and attention that are essential to the recovery of the sick, increases. In many cases it means life* or death to have or not to have a nurse. In some instances reported men and wo - men whose children are ill are risk ing their lives by staying on their y f^et day and night to care for their children, although they have in fluenza themselves and have high *cver. They ought to be in bed them ^frshres, but will not neglect other BKS* -?? g. niembers of the family who are worse off than they are. Those who * have thus far escaped the disease and are" -Still well should help those who are ill and need attention. Practical . ly .every physician in the city could ? use numbers of volunteer nurses and thosowho can do this service should volunteer at once. Both men and wonien could do this work and a I more urgent call for service to help a neighbor in distress will scarcely ever come to this community. ? * * The Liberty Loan campaign is lag v^jging,' the call by the government for six billion dollars is not being met by the-people of the United States and * thjere - seems to be some danger thai the mhiimum amount will not be subscribed. The government has not asked, for a dollar more than is abso lutely essential at this immediate ^naomdmt. for the successful prosecu tion, of the war. The men who are fightitig in France in defense of the :-- freedom of the world and the safety of the homes and the home-staying people of America are dependent for their safety upon the support of the people at home. Our government sayc ?*"*^hat Shryllion dollars are needed now to: maintaln^our army in France, and tho men at hdi?^whO/have called on to give their servic J^ftbeen ttleT^it 2? f er '? their lives on the battle must; Jf they do their duty, lend their money to the government to the limit of their ability until the requests of the government have been fully satisfied. No one has the right to withhold from the government a single dollar that he has in his pos session, so long as Liberty Loan has not been fully subscribed. The man who can lend the government a thou sand dollars and only buys a one hun dred dollar bond is a slacker and is helping the Hun to kill our boy 3 in France. Sumter county has "hot yet subscribed much over one-half the al lotment, and many mev/ who have money lying idle JfTave not done their duty. The issuers one that cannot be dodged or evaded. Every man with kfe bank, in his pocket or jie credit to buy Liberty 'must, if he is a patriotic cit his duty. Ask yourself: done my full duty, have I bought as many bonds as I possibly can? THE UNITED STATES BOYS" * .WORKING RESERYE. Attention is called to the articles Jn this issue of The Item relative to the S. Boys' Working Reserve. This rganization is growing day by day in Importance and the people every where are beginning more nearly to appreciate its plans and purposes. We especially wish to call attention to the expression of appreciation by Seneral Pershing and the call by resident Wilson. General Pershing ?ys, "The achievements of the Boys' Working Reserve during the past ix are beyond praise. The Ameri can Expeditionary Forces thank one and all for tho support which you are giving us. ' President Wilson has issued this call: *T call upon the able bodied boys of the land to turn in hosts to the farms and makescertain that no pains and no labor are lacking in this great matter." The United States Boys' Working Reserve does not in any way inter fere with a boy's educational op portunities; on the contrary, the Re serve makes the conservation of the boy of far greater importance than the cons?rvation of food; but in con serving food and in helping to solve the labor problem there is no reason why the boy's education should be curtailed in any way. The United States Boys' Working Reserve does not in any way con template the removal of a boy from his father's farm, unless the father himself expresses a desire for such a transfer. The people generally interested in the labor question which is growing more acute every day are beginning to recognize the fact that we must depend upon a hiterto unusual labor asset. If we are satisfactorily to solve this vexing question, the boy power of our State and Country must be employed. All boys over sixteen years of age must be used in farming and in other essential industries. The boys themselves are beginning to catch a vision of what this work means. They are beginning to see that they are an essential part of our democratic government; that upon their shoulders will rest largely the solution of the labor problem; that if their big brothers abroad are to be kept up to their highest efficiency, the boys who are left behind must work as they have never worked be fore. These boys, therefore, will be urged forward by the great qualities of loyalty and patriotism. While fheir big brothers are so true to the demands that are being made upon the fields of France, the boys will not be untrue to the call that has come to them. They will enlist in great numbers in this army of work ers at home, in order that they may sustain the great army of fighters abroad. i The headquarters of the United States Boss' Working Reserve for South Carolina are located in Sumter and we -coafidently expect to hear from this office of great results ac complished by these boys. We feei perfectly sure that South Carolina is just as patriotic as any other State and that her sons are not lacking in loyalty and allegiance for their coun try. The United States Boys' Work ing Reserve is a great organization and we feel sure that the boys will be proud of the fact that to them has", been given the opportunity of per lorming a work that is so essent&j to the well-being of our people at home and to the maintenance of ou<* soldiers abroad. IiITTIJ3i KIND FEELING. Peace of Reconciliation Not Held in High Favor in England Now. London, Oct. 13.?The sinking of the steamer Leinster gave a stunning blpw .to whatever feeling existing in "England for a peace of reconcilia tion. The affair caused more indig nation than any submarine exploit since the ^sinking of the Lusitania. The contrast of Prince Maximilian's benevolent utterances and Germany's day by day military and naval poli cies is the text for most of the news paper sermons on the situation. Not only the slaughter of women and chil dren on the Leinster and the Hirano Maru but the Germans' refusal to ex change prisoners and the stories com ing from the front of the needless devastation in Belgium and northern France are working together to put a damsjer' on any sentiment of len iency tbgfaards the central powers. It appears plain that the German peace proposals are regarded with more disfavor here today than they were a weefe ago. Even some promi nent papers with pacifist leanings are demanding punishment for the viola tions of civilized warfare and as a necessary part of any peace terms. The words expressed by Arthur J. Balfour. secretary of State for foreign affaire, were epitomic of the public feeling. Mr. tSalfour is usually most scrupulous in his observance of. the traditions of diplomacy for polite phrases under all circumstances. The public interprets his remarks as a sign that the government does not carry any leanings toward a compro mise with Germany. TRACTOR-CULTIVATOR DEMON STRATION. j Large Crowd of Farmers Witnessed Practical Werk by Farm Machines. A great many dealers from all over the State gathered here Thursday and Saturday to witness a tractor and mo tor cultivator demonstration, put on by the State distributors of the Avery j kerosene tractors and motor cultiva i tors. The motor cultivator is a new { proposition in this section and is con j sidered to be one of the most useful j machines ever invented and its man j ufacturers claim it will cultivate 16 to j 18 acres a day with one man. Largv I crowds ">f farmers from this and ad 1 joining counties were out to witness i the demonstration ami many com j mented very favorably on the work ; of the machines. A small -3-10 H. P.-tractor plow ing a IS roch turn plow attracted i KOOfl deal of attention, as it is th< ' smallest tractor made and can be usK by i. great many small farmers anc j is cheaper than a pair of mules. ! It is understood that several car l loads were sold to he used in ihi: j part of ih?* State and will no dou'> 'make farming easier and better. ? CAROLINA BOND DAY. H Whereas, national failure in 1 the Fourth Liberty Loa,n cam- 4 paign would be of inestimable comfort to the enemy and might prolong the war; Whereas, South Carolina, in the prosecution of her duty during this all important cam paign, has been hampered by the prevalence of a sickness which has reduced the work ing forces of the drive and im paired its efficiency; And whereas, for the State's honor and her right to remain . a proud commonwealth, some ?f remedy must be found for this critical situation: X Therefore now do I, Richard + "L Manning, governor of South Carolina, designate and pro claim Wednesday, October 16, as Carolina Liberty Bond Day and urge that the business of ?f the entire State for that day be ^ the buying and selling of Lib ?? erty Bonds. I furthermore T urge that every place of busi ,J ness in the State which can '. ^ possibly do so close its doors ? T on that date and release its + employees for the saving of South Carolina's honor and the furtherance of the country's fortunes in war. I ask that this proclamation be given wide and thorough 4- publicity by the press and the + ministers of the State. X Given under my hand and + seal this 11th dav of October, T 1918. I RICHARD I. MANNING, T Governor. ^ NEW FOOD REGULATIONS. New Rules Apply to All Places Where Cooked Food is Sold. Columbia, Oct. 13.?A new pro gran-; for all public eating places, ef fective October 21, is-announced by the Food Administration. Th-2 new rules applying to all places where cooked food is sold to be eaten on the premises, and effect 9,000,000 reg ular or occasional patrons. The new regulations, which are now being sent out to all public eating places in South Carolina, carry into effect the recent announcement ol the food administration that in ful filling the American promise to the' allieo to send taem 17,500,000 tons o'?f food this year the public eating places would be called upon "to undertake ih many particulars a more strict pro gram than last year." ?^ * The general plan of th^ f??d ad ministration with regard to public eating places has beep- reduced to 12 definite "general orders." Those 12 rules furnish /t?*J*?pecific measures by which toe'-T?od administration plans to carry out, so far as public eating places are concerned, the anndunced plan that for the next year the Amer ican food program will be a direct re duction in the consumption of all focd, particularly the staples, rather thr.n a series of emergency regula tions, such as meatless and wheatless Jays and meals, and the substitution of one food for another. Concerning these 12 general orders, the food administration in a circular to the proprietors of public eating places, says, "It has not been deem ed advisable or necessary at the pres- 1 ent time actually to license the op-j eration of public eating places, but in | cases where the patriotic co-opera tion of such public eating places can not be secured by other means, the United States Food Administration will not hesitate' to secure compli ance with its orders through its con trol of the distribution of sugar, flour and other food supplies. A failure to conform to any of the following or-! ders will be regarded as a wasteful practice forbidden by Section 4 of the Food Control Act of August 10, 1917." These general orders prohibit the serving of any bread that does not contain at least 20 per cent of wheat flour substitutes, and of this Victory bread not more than two ounces may j be served to a patron at one meal. If no Victory bread is served, 4 ounces ! of other breads, such as corn bread, muffins, Boston brown bread, etc., may be served. Bread served at boarding houses is expected as is bread containing at least one-half rye flour. No thread is to be served until after the first course is on the table and no bread or toast may be served as a garniture. Bacon is also barred as a garniture, and only one meat may be served to a patron at a meal. Included in the definition of meat are bee" mutton, pork, and poultry. Not n..^.; than a half-ounce of butter is to be served to one person at a meal, and Ched dar (American) cheese is limited to the same amount. "Double" cream is banned. No sugar bowls will be on the 'tables, a teaspoon is the limit for a meal, and then only when asked for. Two pounds is the allowance, to be observed for each 90 meals served, in cluding cooking. No waste food may be burned, but all must be saved to feed animals or reduced to fats. Simplified service, with meats and vegetables on one plate instead of in side dishes, and only necessary sil verware, and simplification of the menu and the menu card are empha sized in the new regulations. Small er menu cards, it is urged, will save food. The general bill of fare, says the food administration, should be abandoned, because the great varietj of dishes limited makes waste through spoilage. Simple bills for breakfast others as simple for luncheon ant dinner, with limited dishes, char.p:e< j from day to day for variety, are reo. ; ommended. also' the use of hor; : d'oeuvres. vegetables salads, fruits j sea foods, made-over dishes and ani ! mal by-products, which save staple: j and utilize many available foods. J The war program discourages tin j ?:<.Lie d'hote meal except when con j fined to a f<-\v courses and small vty j riety. American plan hotels shojyf require patrons to write their ozdm" I BETTER TEAS A CUBE FOB Spanish Influenza. PREVENT IT! Notice to the Public : An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Save yourself and your family from the ravages of this dread plague. Avoid the crowds ! Get plenty of fresh air and exercise! Keep the bowels moving naturally ! Keep cheerful! Thousands are protecting themselves against Spanish Influenza and keeping themse ves well and happr. they saj, with DR.ECO Nature's Great Preventive Get some right away? 3lwa}S havr it in the house SOLD BY i 009 DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE and all menus should be 1 in plain English, actually describing the food The new regulations affect hotels, restaurants, dining cars, steamships, clubs, and other places where food is sold to be consumed on the premises. American Casualty Last. Washington, Oct. 11.?The follow ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Kilied in action. IS? Missing in action. til Wounded severely.'.. 370 Died from wounds. 124 Died from accident and other causes . 10 Died of disease. 5s Died froiii aeroplane accident.. 3 Prisoners?. 12 Wounded slightly. 2 Total.T. 822 John W. V. Smith, Union, S. C. Willie B/?ney, Columbia, S. C, James N. McClellon Pelzer, S. C. died of dis ease, and .Luther F. Long, Lando, S. C, and Ne-il Baiter, Eulonia, S. C, are reported wounded severely Washington, Oct. 12.?The follow ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces: Kiled in action .. .. .. .. .. 127 Missing in action.. ... 2S Wounded severely. 267 Died from wounds. 11G Died from accident and other causes ..?. 14 Died of disease. 107 Died of aeroplane accident... 3 Total ... 66i' Richard Williams, Jefferson, S. C, was killed in action, and Keywood Dennis, Troy, S. C, Bryson E. Da vis. Greer, S- C, Launey 3. McQueen. Dillon, S. C, Columbus Tucker, Bor deaux, S. C., died of wounds; John B. Jenes, Fort Motte S. C, wounded se verely; Lieut. David E. Monroe, Ma rion, S. C, died of wounds; Ernest Gary Coleman, Ninety Six, S. C? Precy Jackson, Con way, S. C, Ulyse Taylor, Rion. S. C. Larking L. Thrift, Gaffney, S. C, died of disease; Thomas Duncan Holeomb, Union, S. C. was wounded severely. Distinguished service cresses have been awarded to the following offi cers and soldiers of the American Ex peditionary Forces for the acts of ex traordinary heroism described after their names: Sergeant Ezra M. Muse, Co. B, 7th Machine Gun Battalion. For extraor dinary heroism in action at Chateau Thierry, France, 31st May to Ith June. 19 is. While commanding a machine gun in a building which had i been struck three times he remained J at his post, though told he might j leave, because he had a better field of I fire from this building than could be I obtained elsewhere, j Home address: Mrs. E. M. Muse, wife, New Brookland, S. C. Washington. Oct. 14.?The follow ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action. 29 Missing in action. 77 Wounded severely. 233 Died of wounds and other cause?. 24 Died from accident and other causes. 7 Died of disease. 13 Died from aeroplane accident.. 1 Wounded slightly. 1 In hands of enemy. 1 Total. 384 Ileywood Campbell, Waterloo, S. C. died of disease; Thomas W. Brad fey, Spartanburg, S. C, James Mc Cutchen, Lake City, S. C. and Frank lin Carson, Dupree, S. C. were wound ed severely. j The Bible admonishes all believers j to watch as well as pray, and the I closing of churches clearly falls un J der the admonition to watch, for i watching our actions and refraining ! from gathering in crowds, the epi ! demic may be stayed. It iS not nec i essary for good people to crowd to ! gether in churches to pray, for we arc j taught that the patriots and saints of I old often retired solitary and alone tc desert places to pray in days ot I great trial and tribulation. Criticism j of the wise precautions the health j authorities have taken to abate th( ! influenza epidemic is not in gooc' j taste, and is founded upon neithet j every day common sense nor scrip ? turf. We all shou'ii and can pra> sir/fcerely and fervently for the re j nrnoval of the affliction that rests up j t>T\ us. and \vr> should not refuse u "j pray because the Board of Elealtl ; ordered the churches closed to pre vent the assemblage of crowds am the further spread of the disease. Commodity Wholesale Retail Plain flour.$11.50 to 12.50 24 basis.$1.5 5to 1.75 Self-rising flour .... $11.7: to 12.50 24 lb. basis.$1.60 to 1.70 Corn meal .. ..4.25 to 4.75, 1001b sack..5 to 6c lb Grits.55.25 to 5.75, 100 lb sack .. '.. ...6 1-2 to 7c)tF Blue Rose rice .. .. '..10.00 to 11.50 100 lb sack.12 to 14c tb Sugar.|9.85 to $10.40.$10.85 to 11.40 Dried Beans.16 to 18c.20c lb Lard?pure.29 to 30c ib.32 1-2 to 33 l-3c Lard?Compound.23 3-4 to 24 l-2c. 27 to 30c Evaporated Milk (small) ..$3.25 to4.25.5 1-2 to 7 l-2c Evaporated milk (large ..$5.50 to 6.25.12 1-2 to 15c Canned Corn No. 2 . . . . $1.75 to $2.50 (different grades). 20 to 25c Canned?tomatoes No. 2.. ..1.60 to 1.70.15 to 20c Canned tomatoes No. 3 ..$2.00 to $2.23.? ..20 to 25c Canned peas No. 2 .. ..$1.85 to 2.50 (different grades).20 to 25c Canned pork & beans No. 2.. 1.75 to to $2.00.17 1-2 to 20c Canned Syrups.$5.00 to $6.50 case.$1.00 io 1.15 gal. Cheese.34 to 36clb...37 1-2 to 42clb Butter.60 to 66crb.,....65 to 70c!b Hams.34 to 36c lb. 37 1-2 to 40c Ib Bacon Sides.28 to 29 l-2c lb. .30 to 33 l-2c Ib All dealers should sell flour, grits, meal and rice by the pound. ICE. 7 pounds. .?5 cents 15 pounds..c..10 cents 25 pounds.15 cents 50 pounds. .. - .. ..30 cents ? 0 pounds.-.50 cents * ) pounds. 80.cents FRESH FISH. % Wholesale Retail . . .10 to 13c lb. 15c lb. .17c lb. 20c !b. . .16 to 17c lb. 20c lb. Varieties Mullet. Salt Water Trout Salt Water Bass Salt Water Sheep Head.16c lb. 20c lb. Salt Water Brim .. .. 12 to 13c lb.. 20c lb. Salt Water Flounders.12c lb. 15c lb. Drum.14 to 16c lb. 15 to 20c lb. Snappers.12c lb...-. 15c lb. Spanish Mackerel.22c.25c lb. APPROVED: Abo Rettenberg, representing the wholesale dealers. D. G. F. Bultman, representing the retail dealers. M'-s. I. A. Ryttenberg. representing the consumers. Mrs. H. G. Osteen. Mrs. E. H. Moses, statisticians. IT. S. Food Admin-^ istration; E. I. Reardon, Assistant Food Administrator. Charimar., Sum ter Price Interpreting Board, U. S. Food Administration. Rice and grits .are not substitutes for flour. , . .: i-^iK sug?i- s.v-JuVl not be sold for over 11c per pound. Carton sugaris about l-2c per lb higher. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Response Must Be Completed Washington, Oct. 10.?President Wilson today issued this state ment on the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign: "Recent events have enhanced not lessened the importance of this loan and I hope that my fellow countrymen will let me say this to them very frankly: The best thing that could happen would be that the loan should not only be fully subscribed but very greatly oversubscribed. We are in the midst of the great est exercise of the power of this country that has ever been wit nessed or forecast, and a single day of relaxation in that effort would be of tragical damage alike to ourselves and the rest of the world. Nothing has happened which makes it safe or possible to do anything but push our efforts to the utmost. The time is crit ical arid the response must be complete." (Signed.) "Woodrow Wilson/' WHAT TO DO. Directions for Treatment of Spanish Influenza?Go to Bed and Stay j There. teachers to canvass among the people thoroughly, as there, is only one week left. Nutritious diet. Reasonable venti lation. NO CROUPE SALVE. Use a Mustard Plaster; 1 part mus tard and three parts flour on chest and back until redness appears. Ap ply every three hours. The Mustard Plaster is THE M?ST VITAL PART OF TREATMENT and is to be used when there is much cough. PAREGORIC in small doses; 10 to 30 drops for an adult is the only medicine needed. Gentle Purgative, The colored people or\the city are j doing very little in this direc*io,p, ^\ ^ \ few have taken liberally. All can and j should do something. Dr. I. D. Da j vis reports that his people, .in the ? i Goodwill section, have taken out $9, j 150.00 in bonds. ' What will the col i ored people in Sumter do? Remem j ber that in loaning the government I your money, you are making a safe j investment, which will bring interest i regularly. Much better than invest ! ing in automobiles, and spending for j things not needed in these stringent (Milk of Mag-.itimes" i?esia). , t call upon my people to be wise -" ;-j and invest their money whera Notice. j will be safe,, bring interest, and also - i help to feed their husbands, sons;, On account, of instructions coming j and brothers, who are in the trenches, from the State Board of Health, for- | and sneding their life blood for our preservation. bidding all public gatherings at pres ent, all meetings scheduled for the Liberty Loan drive, and the mass. , i t m.1, ? * * ! County Chairman, Fourth Liberty also for the 19th mst, at the- J . A.. J. Andrews, Loan Drive. A Considerate Father, meeting Opera House, are hereby indefinitely! postponed. j Our people, men and women, are I requested to call at the banks of the ! city, and take out Liberty bonds,' -? thus showing their patriotism and Tokio. Sept. 25.?So that his sol willingness t help win the war forjdierson, who had been orered to democracy. j Vladivostok, might be freed of worry To any one taking out bonds, any | on his behalf and able to devote all his bank in the city will loan them any j attention to his duties, an aged Jap amount they want, upon their paying j anese, ill and dependent upon the lad in cash, only ten per cent of the i for support, recently committed sui amount of the bonds. ! cide, according to an announcement We appeal to the ministers and j today by the war office._ 4Ml.iK''!"M'':''!''K'fr^ RECEIVED TO-DAY All this shipment of Books are the very latest, and are by the best authors. 00k Store, t 26 N. MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C.