The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 18, 1918, Image 8
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fhmnA mt PostoMco it Sumler, 8.
Ol. *a Second Ciaee Mutter.
PERSONAL,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Team have re
oliirned to the ciy. Mrs. Team was be
fore her marriage, Miss Eleanor
Pescheil of East Orange, N. J.
Mr. A. P. Jones, who has been sta
tioned at Fort Thomas, Ky., and who
lias been released from the service, is
.visiting at he home of his wife's
mother, Mrs. W. C. King on Harvin
Street.A ?
Seaman Maurice Randle, who is
connected with the naval unit at
Cleinson College, spent the week end
at home. ?
After 'spending a week's furlough
at home, Mr. William Bynum has re
turned to his duties at the base hos
iit?l at Charleston.
? - Mr. Clinton Lawrence, who has
recently received his discbarge from
taV navy," left this morning for Tur
beville, where he will be employed
in' theBank of Turbeville.
?1 Mr: English DesChamps has gone
to Columbia, where he has accepted
a position.
Mr. John Ri!e3', who has been sta
tioned in Charleston for the past six
aaonths, spent Sunday night in the
city. He has just receiyed an ap
pointment to the ensign school in
Tf?rfblk "and expects to leave for that
city* tonight.
Mr. Hogh" Brown is at home spend
ing: the holidays with his parents.
; ' After spending the week end in the
city, "Mi*. B. C. Wallace, Jr., has re
turned to Charleston, where he is em
i*oyed in the government service.
The friends Of Mr. John B. Duffie
"wiil be. glad to learn that he has ob
tained his discharge from the navy
and" will resume the practice of law
?jt once.
' ' y^essrs. Henry Spann and Whit
Shaw, "who have 'been members of
the S. A. T. C. unit at Davidson Col
lege, are at home for the holidays.
' 'Mr. Mac Browder, who has been
'Rationed at Camp Wadsworth, in
Sparenburg, for several months, has
obtained his discharge from the ar
my.'
. Mr. James Dick is at home for the
Christmas holidays, having attended
Presbyerian College for the past ses
sion.
Mr. Ralph Flowers, who has been
a member of the naval unit at
Georgia Tech., arrived in the city on
Stmday.
After spending a few days at home,
Mr, Stiles Marshall has returned to
his boat which has its base at Char
leston.
Lieut; George Rowland, who re
cently won his bars at Camp Taylor,
has been honorably discharged from
t&e army.
? Among those who have come home \
to spend the holidays are Marion ;
Hurst, Inland Edmunds and Charles
Shaw. These young men have been .
members of the S. A. T. C. at Presby- 1
terian College.
Mr. Hiliiard Bolsom has returned 1
home from Trinity College, where he
ha3 been for-the past term.
\.-Mr. L. E. White has received a let
ter^ *dated November 14th, from his
son, . Sergt. E. Turner white saying
thai: he was well and looking forward
to an] early return from France.
Death of A. M. Wheeler.
- I^ynchburg; Dec 9.?Albert Mills
Wheeler, youngest son of Anderson
M. Wheeler, who had been a soldier
fs" the' regular army for the past
seven years, died at the hospial at the
soldier's home at Johnson City, Tenn.,
last Tuesday morning and the body
was sent here for interment. Tne
Bfervice' was held in the Lynchburg
?Pnjsbyterian church, of which he was
a member, and was conducted by the
paikor, the Rev. H. C. Hammond, as
sisted by the Rev. J. W. Guy, pastor
of the Baptist church.
Death.
? Mrs. Hoyt H. Grant has received
notice of the death of her husband in
France on November 19, of bronchial
pneumonia.
Mrs. Grant was;Miss Belle Brinkley,
a life long resident of Sumter until her
marriage to Mr. Grant in October,
1917, at whch time she went to Mc
Bee, S. C., where her husband had
large farming interests.
Mr. Grant entered the service a few
weeks after their marriage, and left,
for France in August of this year.
Death of Mr. R. M. Aman.
News reached us late yesterday
afternoon that Mr. Robert M. Aman
died yesterday about one o'clock at
his home near Heriott's Cross Roads.
Mr. Aman has been confined to his bed
for several months and his death was
not a surprise. Mr. Aman was one of
Xee county's prominent citizens and
by his thrift aad economy had ac
ctrmulated a nice competency for
himself and family. He w?s about
j68 years old and had retired from
active business.?Bishopville Vindica
tor. '
Death.
?arlington, Dec. 10.?C. W. Hewitt,
Jr., one of the most prominent young
business men of Darlington, died at
his home Saturday, after a lingering
illness of several months, and was
buried this morning at Grove Hill
Cemetery. Mr. Hewitt had been en
gaged in business with his father for
? number of years and they together
had" built up one of the largest auto
mobile and buggy concerns in eastern
Carolina. Mr. Hewitt was taken sick
about a year ago and went to Rich
mond for treatment. He remained
there for several months and was
brought home, but was never able to
resum^v^^sin ess.
Kings Still Ahead.
"There is a big difference between
the~kings of old times and kings now."
"In what way?"
"In former times the kings used to
keep fools. Now. they let the fools
Jseep them,"?Baltimore American.
CAROLINA
MEN AT COBLEN
American Sentrids Face Ger
man Sentries *Across the
Rhine.
BUT ONE SMALL OVERT
ACT BY GERMAN PEOPLE
However, Instead of Showing
Deep Respect, the Populace
Adopts Independent Air.
Coblenz, by Courier to Nancy, Tues ?
day, Dec 10.?{By the Associated
Press.)?Sentries of the American and
German armies face each o:her across
the Rhine tonight. From Andernach,
below Coblenz. northward to the Brit
ish lines, American, forces hold the
west bank of the stream. South of
Coblenz advanced elements of the
American army have reached th^ riv
er.
It is expected the movement across
the Rhine will be well under way to
morrow. The First and Third divi
sions have been designated to occupy
the advanced positions along the thir
ty-kilometer arc east of Coblenz,
consituting the bridgehead stipulated
in the armistice. The Thirty-second,
Ninetieth, Fourth and Forty-second
will occupy positions in support of the
advanced lines.
First, Third and Fourth divisions
are of the regular army. The Thirty
second is made up of National Guard
regiments from Michigan and Wiscon
sin, Texas and Oklahoma, national
army men make up the Ninetieth,
while the Forty-second is the "Rain^*
bow" division, composed of National
Guard regiments from ! Tennessee,
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South
and North Carolina, Texas, Oklaho
ma, Virginia, Maryland, Missouri,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York.
Ohio, Iowa, Illinois,' Indiana, Minne
sota, California, Kansas, Michigan,
New Jersey, District of Columbia, Ne
braska, Colorado and Oregon.
The Thirty-second, and perhaps the
Ninetieth, will cross at Coblenz, and
the others will use the bridges north
and south of the city.
Engineer regiments have inspected
all bridges beyond the river, while a
commission made up of German army
officers and civilians has given every
facility for the Americans to collect
information as to the territory that is
to be ocupied east of the Rhine.
Across the river from Coblenz, in
:he fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, there
iias been a small force of Germans,
out it has been withdrawn and an
American force entered the fortress
;oday, following a request to that ef
fect from the German authorities.
The German commandant of the place
informed the Americans that by to
norrow the entire German army with
the exception of small detachments
of guards, would be nine miles from
the Rhine.
A bottle thrown from a window by
a. woman at an American soldier has
been the only overt act of hostility
reported since the Americans have
entered Coblenz. The incident was
regarded as being so trivial that it
was left to the local police to deal
with the woman. There has develop
ed, however, within the past twenty
four hours an unmistakable air of in
dependence on the part of the peo
pie, reflecting their conviction that
the Americans are going to deal with
them much more delicately than have
the French or I h with the people
north and south of the city.
The position of the Americans is
slightly peculiar. Coblenz was Infer*
mally occupied by a battalion which
arrived on Sunday, and which served
only as a guard, which probably would
have been inadequate in event of seri
ous trouble. German officers are here
treating with the American authorities
and discharged soldiers wearing their
uniforms are still numerous in the
streets, which seems to offer the
civilians who have not yet felt the
strength of an invader's hand reason
to believe that the Americans are not
of the resentful nature.
Instead of cringing or even showing
deep respect, the population adopted
an attitude today that found expres
sion in jostling American soldiers on
the streets and in sneers and laughs
which were only vaguely concealed.
The burgomaster has published
only the rules regulating local affairs.
The latest one orders the closing of
cafes at 11 o'clock in the evening. It
is estimated at his office that there
are sufficient foodstuffs in this district
to last them till February after
which assistance will be imperative.
Mrs. W. C. Chandler received a let
ter Saturday from her son, Capt. Jo
seph S. Chandler, in which he stated
that his company had been in a big
drive just before November 11th and
had been under very heavy artillery
and machine gun fire. Capt. Chandler
stated that he "came out of the scrap
without a scratch." and that very few
of his company had been killed or
wounded.
TAX RETURN NOTICE.
I will appear in person or by deputy
at the following named places, and
on the dates given below, for the pur-1
pose of receiving tax returns for year)
1919. Return should be made on per-j
sonal properly, poll, road and dogs:
Privateer Station?Wednesday. Jan.
S.
Levi Siding?Thursday. Jan. 9.
Wedgefield?Friday. Jan. 10.
Claremont?Wednesday, Jan. 15.
Hagood?Thursday. Jan. 16.
Rembert?Friday. Jan. 17.
Dalzell?Wednesday. Jan. 22.
Brogdon?Thursday, Jan. 23.
Mayesville?Friday, Jan. 24.
Pleasant Grove?Tuesday. Jan. 2.S.
Shiloh?Wednesday. Jan. 29.
Norwood Cross Roads?Thursday,
Jan. 30.
R. E. WILDER.
Auditor.
THE CHRISTMAS
FUND MEETING
Inclement Weather Reduced At
tendance But a Large Fund
, Was Raised: Nevertheless.
THERE WILL BE XMAS
CHEER FOR THE POOR
The Annual Mass Meeting Was
Held in Trinity Church Sun
day Afternoon ? Standing
Committee Re-elected.
The annual meeting of the Feder-'
ation of Sunday Schools of the city
was held yesterday afternoon in Trin
ity Methodist Church for the purpose
of raising a Christmas fund for the
poor. On account of the inclemency
of the weather, the meeting was not
largely attended, though the collec
tion this year is not-expected to fall
far behind that of last year. Mr.
Hugh C. Haynsworth acted as chair
man of the meeting and Mr. D. W.
Cuttino was elected temporary secre
tary.
On motion, all the old officers were
re-elected for another year and Mr.
Bartow Walsh, the chairman, was
given authority to call to his assist
ance three others whom he might se
lect. Mr. Broughton, treasurer of the
committee, submitted his report for,
the past- year, which showed a bal
ance on hand of 172.43, this amount
being what was left of the amount
collected last year. Committees were
called for from all the churches to
assist the chairman in purchasing and
distributing the goods among the poor
but only a few names were handed
in. The Sunday schools which did
not report yesterday are requested to
to hand in the names of their com
mitttees at once. Those committees
which were handed in are as follows:
Presbyterian Church?Mesdames H.
M. Stuckey, Fred Gregg, W. L.
Brunson.
Trinity Methodist Church?Mrs. J.
T. Green, Mrs. J. A. Brown, Miss Has
sie Parrott
Grace Baptist Church?Mesdames
J. C. Cooper, D. P. Kelley, Miss Delia
Osteen.
Salem Baptis'i Church?Mesdamec
Lily D. Raffield, E. W. Reynolds. B.
P. Cuttino, Jr.
Christian Church?Mrs. Ballough.
Miss Sallie Smith.
Dr. J. A. Brunson delivered the ??d
Jress of the afternoon, after which
he collection was taken. This result
ed in $4 71.50 being raised, exclusive
)f the interest from the Tuomey and
DuRant funds, which amounts were
lot reported at the meeting. It is
estimated, however, that they will
imount to practically $320.00, thus
naking a grand total of about $791.50.
This amount falls short of last yearV
joilection by only sixty dollars, and
us donations to the fund are still coni
ng in, it is thought that the collection
his year will be fully as large as it
was last season. The individual col
e-^tions of Sunday are as follows:
Plate collection.$93.00
Baraca. 1st Baptist Church . . 50.00
3'Donnell & Co. 25.00
3'Donnell Dry C. ods Co. 10.00
3. S. St. Anm-'ii Church. 32.00
Paraca, C-race Baptist. 10.00
McCollu i Bros. 25.00
3. S. Salem Baptist. 10.00
tfcLeod-Wesley Bible Class,
Trinity.. ... 25.00
Ladies Missionary Society,
Presbyterian Church. 25.00
SVar Work Camp Fire Girls.. 11.00
Sumter Dry Goods Co. 25.00
Masonic Lodge. 20.00
W O. W. 25.00
K. of P. 10.00
3. W. Stubbs. 5.00
H. J. McLaurin. 5.00
J. C. Cooper. 5.00
L* D. Jennings. 10.00
Mrs. Teicher. 10.00
Manning Brown. 5.00
H. C. Haynsworth . 5.00
Miss Louise Siddall. 5.00
Lern King. 5.00
E. W. McCollum. 5.00
R. A. Dixon.50
Total.$471.50
Huns Are Queer Beasts
Prisoners fin English Camps
Sing Star Spangled Banner.
London. Nov. 13 (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)?A German
band at a prison hospital near Lon
don played the Star Spangled Ban
ner and several hundred wounded
German soldiers sang it as if they en
joyed it in celebration of the signing
of the armistice. The music was in
honor of a parade of American
wounded quartered in a hospital near
the prison hospital.
If the sentiment of these prisoners
may be taken, as a criterion the Ger
man people will harbor no old scores
against Americans for helping to de
liver the final blow of the war. They
entered heartily into the armistice
celebration arid were glad the war had
ended.
Soon after news of the signing of!
the'armistice was received at the bigj
American hospital at Dartford it was j
sent over to the Germans, whos pris-j
on hospital joins the American es- \
tablishment.
On the following day every Amer- j
ican able to walk was mustered into!
a parade the route of which took
them through the prison grounds. As
the. vanguard entered the German
band?Germans always manage to
sc va ne up a band wherever a large
number of them are quartered?be
g= n playing the anthem of the T". S.
A. and the Germans sang it as hap
nv Americans passed. They werei
happy too and showed no animosity
towards the Americans.
Wanted
A large turkey gobbler before New
Years. Will pay market price. H. G.
.Osteen.
Cotton Market
P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling- 26 1-2.
Strict Middling 26 1-4.
Middling 26.
Strict Low Middling 24 1-2.
VEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Open High Low Close Close
Yes'dys
Jan . . 26.55 26.91 26.46 26.91 26.35
Mch . 25.4 5 25.79 25.40 25.79 25.25
May . . 24.58 25.05 24.68 25.05 24.55
July . 24.20 24.40 24.12 24.40 24.00
"Just Tell Them To .
See Me," Says This
Sumter Man.
"If Anybody Wants to Know
What I Think of Dreco." Has
Suffered From Kidney Trou
ble, Indigestion and Bad
Stomach.
"If anybody wants to know what I
think of Dreco tell them to call on
me, I'll tell them what it will do for
a case of kidney trouble or a bad
stomach," says Mr. J. S. Anderson of
Claremont, S. C. near Sumter. Mr.
Anderson is sixty years old and has
taken much medicine in his day but
he claims that Dreco has been the
best of all.
"I suffered from awful pains in my
back right over the kidneys and it
I hurt me to turn around quick and to
bend over. My liver was acting
poorly and my stomach wr * out of
shape, causing indigestio * was
failing off right along and getting
onetty weak and my sleep was badly
broken. I didn't know what it was to
jet a good night's rest.
"I have always behoved in the old
time root and herb medicines like my
parents used to make. I think they
are better than all these new reme
dies you see advertised so when I
read about Dreco I decided to give it
a trial and it sure has done me a lot
of good. I am feeling better than in
many a day. The pains are gone from
my back, my liver is active and I sleep
^cund every night. My appetite is
i:..;a good and I am gaining back my
? t-ength fast. I heartily recommend
Dreco for troubles like mine."
Dreco acts on the vital organs and
tcnes them up so that they act as na- \
ture intends them to. That is why
p rsons who take Dreco stay well
w ien they pet well on it. It does i
n< t just patch you up for a while but \
by going to the bottom of the trouble j
??. d getting rid of it the results art-j
p< rmahent. The kidneys, liver, stom
ach, bowels and the blood in every
body needs a good tonic every once in
while.
Dreco is now sold by most all good
druggists everywhere. It is highly |
recommended in Sumter by Sibert's j
D -ug Store.?Advt. I
jResolution Introduced in House
* For Permanent Operation.
For Public Lenent.
POSTMASTER GENERAL TO
NEGOTIATE PURCHASE
The Law of 1866 Said to Give
Adequate Authority to Pur
chase Telegraph and Tele
phone Lines.
Washington, Dec. 13.?Telephone
j u.Tfl telegraph lines would become per
j nr.- nont government owned utilities
: t .ider a resolution introduced in the
nouse today by Chairman Moon z
j the postofnce committee. Mr. Moon
isaid the measure had been drafted in
consultation with Postmaster General
iBurleon, who had informed him that!
I the legislation was approved by Pres-;
j ident Wilson.
The resolution was referred to the I
j postofnce committee, which soon will j
begin hearings on it. Discussion of:
the proposal in the house, however,!
will precede the committee report.!
Mr. Moon announcing today that he j
expected to deliver an address on the j
subject during consideration of the ?
pestoffice appropriation bill. Govern- j
mcnt control and operation of the te:- i
egraph and telephone lines is limited!
by the existing resolution to the v>f ? j
riod of the war, but under the meas- i
ure offered today it would continue!
until otherwise ordered by congress: J
The resolution directs the postmaster!
general to negotiate contracts for the :
purchase of the telephone lines sub- j
ject to the approval of congress and
to have an appraisal made as to the .
value of th- telegraph property.
The right of the government to pur
j chase the telephone systems is given
! under an existing law, according to
j administration officials. This law
passed in 1S66. was designed to give j
government aid in the construction of j
to'egraph lines and provided that the [
privileges of operation given the com- j
prnies were nontransferable except
?that the government might purchase!
the property.
Provision was made for the ap- j
pcintment of five disinterested persons;
to appraise the properties should the;
sv.vernmon: decide to purchase them, j
Two of the appraisers would be named i
by the postmaster general, two by the
companies and the fifth by these four I
men. ?- Si^tJE?j
?
* Austria to Pay Debts.
Budapest, Dec. VZ.?The minister;
Of finance announced today that
Hungary would endeavor 'o meet all j
it" financial engagements . :s nation- I
ai ? as-, well as to foreisrne. : I
?RLESON Ni
CABLE CH
President Carlton of Western
Union Placed in Charge of
All Cable Lines.
MGR. WARD OF POSTAL
REFUSED THE PLACE
Mac7:ey and Other Commercial
Cable Officials Excluded From
Any Supervision of the Cable
Lines.
New York, Dec. 13.?Newcomb
Carlton, president of the Western UnV
son Telegraph and Cable Company,
. been placed in charge of all
m. rine cable systems of the United
States by Postmaster General Burle,
son, it was announced at Mr. Carl
ton's office here today. He has ac
cepted the appointment which wais
declined by George G. Ward, vice'
president of the Commercial Cable
Company. :
Mr. Burleson's order appointing Mr.
Carlton directs the exclusion of Clar
ence H. Mackay, president of the
Commercial Cable Company and Mr.
Ward and William W. Cook "from ?
any connection with the supervision,
possession, control or operation :oX
any and all marine cable systems'or
any part thereof," whose possession
and operation was taken over by proc
lamation of President Wilson Novehi
ber 2. " . '' *P>*
The refusal of Vice President
Ward, also general manager of the
Commercial Cable Company, to take
over the joint management of the sys
tems, was based on the attitude of his
company toward the proposed con
solidation under government contract.
This is being fought by the Commer
cial Cable Company in the courts.
TO INCREASE SALARIES.
House Passes Bill Relating to Feder
Washington, Dec. 13.?By a vote of
1&3 to 79 the house tonight passed a
bill providing salary increases'of
$1,500 a year for each of the 131
judges of the United Sttaes district
and circuit courts and the court of
claims. The measure now goes-t<p
the senate. District and court offi
cials claim judges would receive' $7-;
500 a year and circuit judges $3,500.
Copenhagen, Friday, Dec. 13.?The
German armistice has been extended
until 5 a. m. of January 17th.ftTlfe
a-lies have notified Germany ' that
they reserve the right to occupy tljie.
neutral zone east of the Rhine frolb.
the Cologne bridgehead to the Dutch
frmtier, according to a dispatch frohi.
al Judge's Pay.
Stimulated by the joys of peace, and the great happiness that is ours; the giving
of Diamonds is certainly appropriate at this season.
The restraint that many people have felt in purchasing gifts of more than ordi
nary character has disappeared.
Our line is one of the most complete and attractive ever shown in .our store.
Our Solataires, Clusters and Dinner Rings command admiration; the -mountings
are so unique and novel in design, that they are certain to please the most critical
buyer.
Come in and let us show you.
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OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.