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rfctt&fched Wednesday and Satartlay ?SaiEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTKR, S. O. Terms: ?1.50 per annum?in advance. _ Advertisements, ?n* Square first insertion . .$l.o< Svery subsequent insertion.. .. .5?* - Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates, fe^fi*- communications which sub :?erve private interests will be charsed for as advertisements. '/-Obituaries and tribute's pf respect ;wiH he charged for. * TOe Sumter Watchman was found ?j^.-Sn 1850 and the True Soufchron u. The Watchman afid Soutliro: now has the combined circulation ant infiuenee of both of the old papers and: is manifestly the best advertish* ge^UumL^r^S^u^vter. .^ ietit not be forgotten, now or here - aff?SF;:that the Turks in this war have m?aered 3,000,000 people?harmless civilians, mostly Christians, and the most industrious, respectable and in telligent people in the empire. For this, there must be a1 just reckoning. * * * We'll bet there's one Big League whose presidency Taft wouldn't re ifuse. It's the League of Nations that he's been shouting for all these years. . * * * If.^Secjr?tary McAdoo can't support his fatnily on a cabinet member's sal ary, how do all those business men : who;are working for Uncle Sam man age to live in Washington on a dol lar ? year? % a- vr. < *'? * * Now if we could only have an ar mistice between the president vand the isenate! tflO^eOO IN SMALL CHANGE. f In 1883 Thomas Cain and his three children, Mary, Anna and Hugh, living in Brooklyn, N. Y., agreed to put-into a common funQ, every week, all the dime3 and quarters that they did-not need for any immediate pur-j pose.. Their idea was to establish^.1 family cash reserve to take care of] any- nnexpected needs that might arise. Keeds did arise, occasionally, and ^erevme*t with ease and comfort to allconcerned, from this little store of ready money. But they did not come sO often as the family had expected,. : nor-did they make a very he-vy drain whjen they came. The fund grew steadily. Anna died in 1895. The others j continued to add surplus dimes and quarters. ' The Other day the father t?ed^ Those dimes and quarters p^d-als^funeral expenses, as they Jta$ paid Anna's. Then Hugh and iSary decided to quit ?-savirig and di .vM-up. the fund. They had $5,000 apiece. % ;'-.j&a lessor: in practical thrift-this li&ie. story speaks for itself. ? ? " : %; I fc?E CRISIS OF THE WAR. s I . _ ?; - This^period, between the armistice j add tlie conclusion of peace, may be j set down by future historians as the) taost/critical period of the whole'} great war. It is critical because, in] the- relaxation that has come to the! "public mind, the whole purpose for I which the war has been fought may be forgotten and lost. :; ? This war. on the part -of th.e Allies, j and-particularly on the part of the; United States, has been fought to J make-an end" to wars. And yet, as the New York World says eloquently, VThe dead are hardly buried, the wounded still languish, the scourged peoples still hunger and the guns* ijaye not cooled, and yet Toryism and Jingoism are at work for bigger arma ments, trade restrictions and terri torial acquisitions, just as though the war had been fought solely for vengeance and conquest." Those millions of dead have net died to perpetuate the burdens of militarism, to promote the glory of war-loving generals or ambitious Statesmen, to extend the territories of empires already great, to swell the fortunes of exportors and exploiters. They have died to make a freer, hap pier world for their children and their children's children. ??^There are powerful influences at work today, abroad and at home. Strich ? through their blindness m* selfishness would condemn those martyrs' sons and grandsons to the trenches and guns of new, and per haps bloodier, wars. The democracies of America. Brit ain. France and Italy must speak, clearly and quickly and loudly, if they do not want to lose the war at the conference table after winning it on the field of battle. ARMIES AND NAVIES. It is reported from England thai the British representatives at the peace conference will demand general and absolute abolition of conscription throughout Europe. Th^ report is corroborated by a speech of Winston Churchill. This is excellent, as far as it gees. Such a rule would free Europe, ami America as well, from the burdens Oi' I great armies and eliminate the dan , ger of militarism. No nation depend j ing on the volunteer system can be { "a nation in arms" and a peril to its I neighbors. But it only goes half way. If land armament is going to be reduced, i why not also reduce sea armament? ; If nations are going to be freed from j compulsory army sendee, why not . free them also from compulsory pay ment of high taxes to build and sup i i port great, competitive navies? EQUAL PAY. Uncle Sam wants his nieces paid the j same wages as his nephews for the j same work. This doctrine is part of j the recommendation of the depart ! ment of labor. The department has i worked out a standard of war to peace reconstruction affecting wo men in industry. The report, now be ing forwarded to employers and state officials, has this to say upon the sub ject of women's^ wages: : "The most important question aris ing now is the comparative wage paid to women and men. The princi ple of equal pay for equal work was affirmed repeatedly by agencies of the; federal government during the war as I a means of preventing the lowering of industrial standards, " The principle j ! should be carried further. Wage? should be based upon occupation and i not upon sex." Some of the other provisions of the i standard are: Eight-hour day; .one) day of rest in seven; prohibition of night work; allowance of three-quar ters of an hour for meals; establish ment.of methods of negotiation be--j tween employers and* groups of em- j ployees in determining wages and | working conditions; clean and sard-j tary .wording conditions seats proper- i ly adjusted to the work; safety de-j vices; fire-drills; protection against dust, fumes, excessive '? cold and heat; rest periods, rest and lunch rooms; j and protection of women against j lifting heavy weights. These are all matters of such ele j^nenary and obvious common sense ? that the wonder is that they need, at this -late date, to be made matters of moment in restoring the country to a peace basis. The fact that the depart-^ ment of labor takes official cognizance i of them is, however, proof that th&yj would not be attended to otherwise. ] Since private employers have been so j lax in the past, It is quite tfme that* Vnclb Sam took a, hand in the pro-T tection of his workers. These other provisions are neces sary, but the very foundation of the j safeguarding of women in industry the provision for equal pay for equal; worfe ?? ' ? ?-? ? :? *? -. - r SOMETH1XG TO HEAD. Our.' wounded, sick and con vales- j cent soldiers are arriving in tSts j country in great numbers and arc j placed in the various army hospitals until they shall have processed ftjfjj enough toward recovery to be sent t?j? their ^bmes. ^\\ 'There/is a' tedious period in any m-ii ness, when long hours are to be tili- i l ed in, and the pationt has little; strength for any activity to while the/.: ; away. j '?Read me something!" begs the j armless lad who cannot hold a book. { "Give me something to read!" de- j mands the legless soldier as the drearv i process of healing goes on, before he j can be fitted with artificial limbs and j I get once more about the business of i jure. - j i "Can't you read aloud for a while?" i p'eads the blind boy, trying to forget j for:a, Httle that to him reading and j all- the joyous pleasures of the eye are j ' forever, darkened. . ">fore books than ever!" calls the; American Library Association. "Ev- j ery returning transport increases the need ,of books. We could use a mil lion!" What is wanted most is good, live' modern fiction, that will hold the at- '' j tention, amuse and cheer. Why should not everybody buy one! j n<*v. jrood bock and send it to th< . nearest library or book-receiving sta-; i i tion, to be sent to the army hospital?; j Why not every one make this a part of his Christmas shopping? i The American public, anticipating ! the gayest Christmas it has ever ! known, should not forget how entirety jit is indebted for that gayety to thes^ ! boys who must spend their Christmas , in hospital beds, and who from those I beds are rsking wistfully for "some ' thing to read." There arc several thousand bales of i cotton in Stftiter county still in the hands of farmers and at a conserva ? tive estimate not less than half of it is lying out on the ground without j the semblance of protection. The price will have to advance consider ably to cover the actual damage that this cotton has sustained already. Unless unusual care is exercised in handling this rain saturated cotton the damage will be over greater. It does not pay to hold cotton and leave it exposed to the elements for sever al months, and it is difficult to un derstand the point of view of those -who year after year practice this fa.s. economy. * * * The Germans who undertook to stir up trouble among the negroes in the United States defeated their own scheme by their first move. They promised to give the negroes a part of the country for their exclusive use and occupation and any one who is familiar with the southern negro knows that the negroes are bitterly opposed to segregation?they do not want to be put off by themselves and : the Germans could not have adopted ; a surer plan to arouse their antag onism than to suggest it. * * * There will be opposition to the plans of the Illiteracy Commission, of I course, and men will be found to stand up in the legislature and speak against an appropriation as useless ex travagance. But this is to be ex pected and should not discourage those who are trying to lift the pal: of ignorance from Souh Carolina. En trenched ignorance has long ruled some sections of South Carolina a nd j a hard fight will be necessary to over come the coalition of ignorance and i selfishness. * * * i Col. T. Roosevelt no doubt firmly; believes that he would have been re-1 .ceived in Paris more cordially end! with a greater martial pageant than; the arrival of Wood row Wilson arous- j Library Notes. The following books have been giv- J en to the Carnegie Library since the j last report was made. Ey Mrs. M. B. Randle: Set of Thackery's works, Tom Brown's! School Days ("Hughes) Than Sand-! hiller (Mrs. Clark Waring), A Garrison! Tangle (King), The Last of the Mchi-J cans (Cooper), The Woman in Bat tle (Worthington), Frank Meriweil at! Yale (Standish), Andy Grant's Pluck ! (Alger). Herbert Carter's Legacy (Al-j ger), Chester Rand (Alger) Maori and Settler (Henty), Orange and Green j (Henty), The Boat Club (Optic). Boy j Scouts of America, The Cougar Tamer? (Calkins), Bonnie Prince Charlie f (Henty), Strive and Succeed (Alger), j Do and Dare (Alger), The Yankee: Middw (Optic), Charge It (Bacheller), j Practical Track and Field Athletics, I The Reckoning (Chambers), Ranson's 1 Folly (Davis), Heath's French Die-j tionary. By Mrs. Mark Reynolds:: Face to I Face with Kaiserism (Gerard). Presented by Robert Walker: Rover i Boys on Treasure Island (Winfield). Rover Boys Down East (Winfield), Chester Rand (Alger). By Perry M. Phelps: Now or Nev- j er (Optic). In the Region of Terror ! (Henty). Life of Robert E. Lee (Ham- i dton), Rainbow Stories. t? M Py Buford Randall: Red Rock | (Page), The Leopard's Spots. (Dixcn), j Woodcraft (Douglas), Pathfinder! ^Douglas). -t ffrBy Mrs. "Nina Solomons: Nov.*! Worlds for Old (Penty). By Miss McLean: Addresses by Dr.; Carlisle. .By Dr. Truesdale: Life and Timfjsj of Gladstone, The World's Greatest j Literature, (a valuable set of f>9 vol- j umes), The Promised Land (Antin), j , ..The following^new books have been j purchased and tire on the shely.es: ] Two Runaways, and Mother stories j (Edwards). His Defense and othe: j L:tories (Edwards). The Rough Read j \Locke), Keeping up With William. (BacheHer). The Pretty Lady (Ben-1 net)i Cheerful, by request (Ferner), j The Wings of the Morning (Tracy), j The Tree of Heaven (Sinclair). Thej Magnificent Ambersons (Tarkington). Mv Home in the Fie"d of Honor) (Hnard), Typhoon (Conrad). As there are no funds on hand for j th.e purchase of books, these new books are charged for at the rate of ;wo cents a day until paid for, when they will be placed on the general -Shelves for free circulation. j Good Roads Movement Growing. Secretary Cofield of %the South Car olina State Automobile Association was in Sumter Friday. Mr. Cofield says that th.e association is right down to hard work planning and carrying! out move for good roads legislation by the general assembly at its next session. Although the Association is for the purpose of looking out for all matters of benefit to its members, good road work is its greatest charge and now it is laboring on its. big work. The convention in Columbia Wed nesday authorized Secretary' Cofield to appoint a legislative committee con sisting of one from each county. Mr. Cofield last night appointed Mr. S. A. Harvin as the member from this coun ty and Mr. Harvin consented to act. The secretary of the local club has blank applications to be used in ap plying for license plates for next year. They can be had from him and this will save writing to the State Highway Commission for them. He says that although he has them for J rhe benefit of the members of the Sumter Association that he will be very glad to accommodate other own ers by letting them have them. The State Highway Commission is urging; people to send in their application! now and not to wait until the last j minute when everything will be in a great rush. Death of Mr. Manning Davis. Mr. banning Davis, who had been i sick with influenza for ten days, died \ :it his home in the Ionia community! last Monday morning. December 0. j and b;s bodv was taken to Rembort: church for burial Tuesday. The fu neral \v:?s conducted at the church at 11 o. m. by Rev. R. C. Morrison. Mr. | Davis was :i member of Cedar Creek F-apt:st church. He 'oaves a wife and! one child, and two brorr- rs. Messrs j v*'. P. Davis and Willie Davis, and! three sisters. Mrs. Marguerite Elmore.; Mrs. . Alic? Clark and Mrs. Sarah j Brown.?Bishopville Vindicator. ' COrXTY CCXJXCIL CF DEFEXSi: XOTES. j Chairman A. C. Phelps Makes An Ap peal to Tlxc Members to Carry Out a Gentlemen'*, Agreement, And Continue to Back up Oar Didiers and Gm* Gorernment. Council Kot Yet Bis: anded and Will Xot Ho Un til Last Army Division is Mustered Gut of Service. j The meeting- of the Sumter County j Council of Defense called for last Sat urday, for the first time in the ex istence of this/very efficient and pa i trictic body of farmers, merchants, ; bankers, and professional men, failed i of a quorum, and had tc be postpon Led until 11 o'clock Saturday, Decem ? ber 28th. Rainy weather and muddy I roads accounted for che small num j ber who were present and who de ! eided to postpone the meeting until j the 28 th. j Chairman A. C. Phelps was very ! much disappointed for several rea ; sons. First, it is the duty of the ! membors of this Council of Defense ? who are now, and have been serving ? a<; official representatives of the Nat \ ional and State governments, and who ; will continue as such representatives I until peace is formally declared, be i cause the war is not yet over, to j meet and wind up the 1918 year's af I fairs of this business and patriotic I body in as business-like manner as 1 possible, and render a detailed finan ! rial report of the receipts and expen ditures of public funds appropriated for the support of this council, for the year 1918. This is a public business organization and must account to the public for the monies received and paid out. Second the Sumter County Council of Defense has not been disbanded by the signing of the 30 day armistice, and the government docs not wish the Suite and county councils of defense to disband, as there is a great deal of important work yet %to be done. The soldiers have finished the fighting, we. the civilian population yet have much to do backing up our soldiers who will remain over seas for some time yet. Another matter cf no little interest and partaking of a gentleman's agree ment, because, of the fact that the Sumter County Council of Defense, at its meeting on November 9th, which was attended by about seventy per cent of its membership, representing practically every township, instructed Chairman Phelps to write a guaran tee to the State board of health, which he did, that this council would see that $2.500 was paid over to the "t?te board of health for the coun ty health survey. Now the chairman feels that every) member of the Sumter County Coun- j cil of Defense is individually respon- j sibie, as honorable men, to stand j back of that voluntary guarantee, j which he as the county chairman was ordered to make to the State board of health. The State Health Officer, Dr. J. A. j Haync, thinking that this was a de pendable guarantee; from a represen tative body of Sumter county citizens, which the Sumter County Council of Defense undoubtedly is. went ahead and secured the $5.000.0G guarantee from the Interanfipnal health board and the South Carolina .State board of health to put with the $2,500.00 guaranteed in Chairman Phelps' let ter of November 11th to the State health officer. It was intended to close this matter up at last Saturday's meeting which did not materialize. So that Sumter county's reputation for carrying out its "promises to pay," and the guarantee cf its citizens is at stake. Every member -of this council should consider:himself personally re sponsible for carrying out this agree ment, and every member should not only subscribe liberally himself, but he should also get busy in his town sliip and ne:ghborhood and collect all that he possibiy cnn. and come to the meeting of the Council on December 2Sth, fully prepared to participate in the Sumter County Council's hor.or able and business-like carrying out of this gentlemen's agreement which they authorized their county chair man to enter into. This they r.wc Chairman Phelps. to Sumter county's good name, and to the reputation of the Sumter County Council of De fense. .?????!?.mm.. in ??. ?. ? i FOll SALE?One 1917 Ford touring! car, good as new. New tube and casings all around. Shock ab- j serbers and speedometer. A bar gain._ H. L. Tisdale. _ FOR SALE?Registered Duroe Jer seys. 1 male, weight 600 pounds: 1 sew, weight 300 pounds. 2 gi.t . weight 135 pounds each. Dr. A. J. Pennock, R. F. D. 3. FOR SALE?Several bred gilts, weight about 3 50 pounds, farrow latter part of December to middle of January, pork prices. VY*. R. Wells. Phone -JG13. FARM LAND FOR SALE?In Sumter! Lee and Clarendon counties. C. P. Osteen, Sumter, S. C. FARM FOR SALE?Containing 10 ' acres, four miles from town; 6?^ under cultivation, 14 acres in peach orchard?very fine; 3 tenant houses. Tobacco barn and plenty of wood. C. W. McGrew. _ 7 PER CENT -NEW MEAL?For j prompt shipment; also blood, high | grade tankage, potash, acid phos. j ground ,'hos. rock and ground lime stone. Cal' or write us for prices. Southern Brokerage Co., Sumter, HOGS FOR SALE?Eight or ten nice) Duroc Jersey gilts to farrow in j short time for sale at 20 cents per pound. Can be seen at farm near I town. C. P. Osteen or A. G. Brown. Phone 550?. __ BEESWAX WAXTED?Any quantity .'arge or small Am paying bes' cash price. See me if you have j a ny.' X. G. Osteen._ FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp .toekson. stable manure; very little straw. Car load lots only. Cheml- j cal and Fertilizer value rated ver* j high i>y Clemson college. A. / j Strauss, Sumter, S. C. I j THE CHRISTM i ? The Red Cross Christinas Roll starts' c n Saturday. December 23rd. During ? his week it is the earnest desire of, [the American Red Cross to enroil ev ery citizsn of the United States as a, member of 1019. The fiscal year of the A. R. C. will in :he future run from January to, January, and unless some unforeseen' ; event occurs it will never again bo; necessary to appeal for further funds, j The membership fee of one dollar ! being sufficient to carry on the work j in time of peace, and each year the j week proceeding Christmas will oe I known as "Roll Call Week." Beginning on Monday morning a. j vigorous campaign will be conducted i in the city of Sumter. and throughout j Sumter county to enroll every man. woman and child as a member of this j great humane society, j The following committee has been ! placed in charge of the work: I Henry P. Moses, Chairman; Mrs. j Alston Stubbs, Mrs. Perry Mos^s, Jr., assistant chairman; Mrs. Geo. L. i Ricker, Chairman Street Booms; i Mrs. A. C. Phelps, chairman Chil I dren's Auxiliary; Miss Mary Wilson, j chairman Publicity Committee, j And the following ladies and gen I tlemen will solicit your membership j subscriptions: ? Ward 1?Mrs. A. S. Merrimor;, M/s. ?W. R. Phillips. Ward 2?Mrs. Bruce Lynam, Mrs. j John Morse. ! Ward 3?Mrs. C. J. Dwyer, Mrs. j John Cain. j Ward ^?Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg. Miss j tsadore Teich er. j Wholesale . district?Mrs. A. D. j Harby. Main Street business houses?Mr. I Marion Platt. Mr. R. L. McLeod. j Please help these patriotic work : ors by having your dollar ready with i a Smilo. Remember this is not a : dreary ceremonial. It is a cheerful ; reconsccration at the season of good j cheer. It is not the gift of money, j It is the answer to the Chrismas Roll ; Ca:l for membership in the Red Cross. It is the great gift of your I faith and loyalty. ! Everybody join up! Let our slogan i be "Universal membersnip." 0 MARY WILSON. ^ Chairman Publicity Committee, t _ I ! By request of President Wilson all i of the ministers in the United States ! are asked to preach a sermon on Sun | day, the 15th, on the Christmas Roll j Call Red Cross Campaign. I I I suppose you have read in the pa | pers about the plan of the American : Red Cross to , enroll every citizen or j the United States as a member of the ; American Red Cross for the year 1919.; ! The Red Cross will depend upon the j money collected as membership fees j j for its support hereafter ?and will not conduct another campaign for funds i as it has dene heretofore in the spring] i of 1917-18, Unless some unforeseen j conditions arise. As chairman of the I The Influenza Situation in the City Schools. i - I i In order that the public may have i u. i the facts, a census was taken /today I relative to the influenza situation in i the white schools of the city. In the j Girls' High School of the 1S9 pupils reported there are 31 cases. Of these 21 are convalescent. Many of these cases are confined to one room. Two weeks ago the samo condition existed in another room in the building. In this room all but two have returned. In the Hampton school of the 297 nupi's reported there are twelve cases, j There or? reported convalescent, j In the Washington school of the 436 j pupils reported there are 12 cases, j In the Boys' High Schooi of the ISO ! pupils reported timre are 5 cases. Very careful inquiry has been made ; and there seems to be no serious ccr-es. j Over 359 of the pupils have already i had the disease and are back hi j school. ! We wore to'd by the physicians at [the beginning of the epidemic that ! there would be cases of influenza dur-' AS ROLL CALL + membership campaign for Sumter county I am writing to ask you if you will give some time to this subject in your sermon of next Sunday. Please call attention of your congregation to the fact that while the Red Cross has dene a wonderful work during the war it has a larger work immediately ahead of it. it has pledged itself to administer to* the families of our own : men who are now in the service until ;they have returned home and also to serve <vs an information bureau for the government in giving information to soldiers who return-home concern ; ing getting ;i job. keeping up their in ! surance, their rights under the civil \ act, if they h: \-e a mortgage or in surance premium due or a suit or judgment against them. It will also give return soldiers information con j corning compensation claims, treat ment for disabled men, teaching dis abled men a trade and solving home problems. In other words, the home service section of the Red Cross plans in o:ich county to help each man read just himself to new conditions and civil life when he returns from the army. The American Red Cross, in addition to this, has pledged itself in helping to rehabilitate the refugees of Pelgium, France, Italy, Armenia, and ; Montenegro. Please try to lead every member of ; your congregation to realize that ev ' cry man and woman who has a hear? i and a. dollar should do his or her ! part in this wonderful world-wide ! campaign to serve humanity. ? The plan is to make a house to ; house canvas for membership in ev ; ery county in the United States and \ of course Sumter county will fall in i line with ether counties. During the ; week of December 16-23 it is hoped I that every person in Sumter county j will be given an opportunity to pay a . dollar and become a member of the ; Red Cross for the year 1919. To each person paying this dollar a 1919 Red , Cross button, a Red Cross service banner and also ten Red Cross Christ mas seals will be given. / Every person regardless of when he I paid his last membership fee of $1 I should be asked to join during Roll Call Week for 1919, as the fiscal year I of the Red Cross hereafter is to run : from Christmas to Christmas. How ! ever, if some person, who has joined ' and paid his dollar since September ; 1st. 1918 objects to paying another dollar now do not press the matter, i but give him credit for 1919 mem , bcrship. In addition to making the facts in this letter known to your congrega tion on next Sunday will you not tlso co-operate in every way P?ssil?& I with those who canvass in your rmdiate community. _ * _ I With best wishes for the greatest success in this work. I am, yours. HENRY P. MOSES, Chairman Christmas Roll Call, j (Copy to every preacher in Sumter : county.) ,_ j ing the whole winter. With us the j%isease is well in hand. The pupils 'are watched very closely and are sent j home as soon as the slightest indica j tion of influenza manifests itself, i There are no signs of a general epi I demic and no serious cases have been ! reported to us. The majority of the ! cases are at his time convalescent. ! This report has been sent to the j Chairman of the Board of Health and ! has been read to the Chairman of the j Board. Dr. Mood, and by him trans j mitted to the whole Board of Educa ; tion before its publication. Respectfully submitted, S. H. Edmunds, Supt Oldtime Refrigeration. Ice is said to have been first cut and harvested for storage in 1805, from a small lake near Cambridge in Massachusetts. But the millionaires of ancient Rome made snow serve the same purpose. They got it from the mountain summits and stored it in pits covered with straw and earth. I Farm Land For Sale ? H in Sumter, Lee and Ciavendon II p Counties |1 1 C. P. OSTEEN, :: Sumter, S. C | BIG COTTOX FIRE. Two Thousand Sales Burned at Moul hrie, 'Ja. Moultrio. Ga., Doc. 7.?The build ings and two thousand bale? of c>tl.*.i stored at the Mbultrie Compress Co.. were destroyed today by a f.rc of un known origin. The loss is estimated at $225,000. BE WISE?NOT SORRY Phone 577 Heap6?P. Moses Co, 0tWR\KCE of All Kinde Opposite Postoffice