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^blished Wednesday and Saturday -_ ?"-BY? PUBIJSHIXG ?XX^PANY SUMTKR, S. C. *, L, ? r Terms*, ?g&r- 5 L50 per annum?in advance. P Advertisement One Square first insertion ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, 01 longer will be made at reduced rates. AD communications which sub serve private interests will be charged .tor h* advertisements. ...Obituaries and tributes of respect Will be charged ior. tho. Suxnter Watchman was found er*? 18 5^ and 4110 True Southron in 1S56. The Watchman and Soutiro; now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers and i& manifestly the best advertisin. gtt^um^in Sumter. _' THE NEW YEAR. - Now, more than ever, as the new year approaches, the famous verses of I Tennyson have a special fitness andj truth: ' ?"Ring, out the old, ring in the new, King, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; ' Ring, out the. false, ring in the true. "Ring out the shapes of foul Disease Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; j Ring put the thousand wars of old. Ring in the thousand years of peace." That is what the world is ho^ xig, in the dawning year, from the great victory of a righteous cause. OBLIGING GERMANY. The Youth's Companion recalls that in .1848 the German government ask ed the United States for an experienc ed naval officer of suitable rank to take command of the German navy-! President Polk refused to send one. Now President Wilson sems to have ;?bligi'? 'em by leting Admiral Sims iake charge. Which just goes to show that you can get 'most any little fa vor from the American government, if you Only exercise patience. A GOOD FOSTER MOTHER, It has been suggested by Prance and Great 'Britain as desirable that "ifhe United States should assume joint responsibility with them in estab lishing some sort of protective gov ernment over the colonies and terri torial possessions which become a 'world charge as the result of Ger many's downfall. The announced policy of the Unit ^d States is opposed to anything like - annexation of any lands or peoples in this war. A helpful guardianship, however, which allows the countries in ctiestion the protection of the ?great powers, does not mean annexa tion in any sense of the word, and, it may* well be the duty of our nation to share this responsibility. That the United States is a good j j foster mother is proved by the pres- J 2 ent attitude of Cuba. The other day 1 there was a parade and celebration 1 there in honor of America and her i army which was the most impressive 1 ever held on *the island. Thousands of 1 men and women marched, the women J for -the first time in Cuban history. Nearly every marcher displayed an / American flag, while pictures of Wil son, Roosevelt and McKinley, and ban ners expressing admiration for the United States, were prominent. The United Sttaes went into the European war in the same spirit in which it entered the war for Cuban freedom. It is surely willing to finish its task now. by helping the newly lib erated nations across the seas just as it has helped its little neighbor. BEING FAIR TO GERMANY. Former Ambassador Gerard re cently addressedXa meeting of several hundred New York women. In the course of his talk certain questions! were, asked him as to the fairness of various proposed methods of dealing justice to Germany. In reply Mr. Gerard himself asked the following questions: "Was it fair for Germany to starve prisoners ? 'Was it fair to devastate Franco and Belgium? "Was it fair to take 20,000 ladies " like you in this audience and compel them to work and live with Prus sian troops, with all that implies? ? "Was it fair to sink the Lusitania? "Was it fair to sink unarmed mer-j ehantmen and murder the sailors? . ''Was it fair to do- any of these j things contrary to international law; of which Germany has been guilty?"; He then added, "There is no con-, trition in Germany. So far we have heard only the squawks and squeals of the bully when he is down." There will be steady pressure ex erted, by means of all possible Ger man propaganda, to arouse a feeling of undeserved pity for Germany. She is especially hopeful that in the ad justment of peace terms tnere still may be some sort of split between the Allies and the United States. It is well that such words 'as these of Am bassador Gerard's be taken as a warn ing so that there may be no mistaken pity expressed for Germany. Mr. Gerard did not begin to name over the iist of Germany's unfair and premeditated assaults upon the peace and safety of mankind, and when the peace congress determines her final punishment, its decisions, severe as they may be, should have the undivid ed support of all the decent people in the world. END OF THE WORLD. There is ? good deal of discussion nowadays as to whether the Kaiser is I in truth the "Antichrist" spoken of in j the Bible, and whether the "wars and I rumors of wars" do not portend the second coming of Christ and the end bf the world. It is a fact that in almost all re ligio us bodies there now exists a rath er strong feeling that the time is ripe for a new teacher to come forth. Some believe literally that it will be Jesus in the second ministry foretold in scripture. Some believe that it will be another Teacher, no less great, teaching the same truths taught by Buddha and by Jesus, but with an other emphasis suited for this other time. Some look for him imme diately, others believe that it will be nearly the end of the century before the present chaos will have quieted sufficiently so that he may be heard. From one point of "view the end of the world has already been accom- : plished. There has been no literal destruction of the visible universe, or even of our little earth. But all the : ideas, beliefs, prejudices, political sys- ] terns which made the world of the : past have been consumed. Thought in ? every line is new. The springs of life < have been quickened. From the ashes of the fires of old hatreds and misun derstandings is sprouting a new era. * The old world is indeed gone. The i tender shoots of the new plant must i be fertilized with faith. They must ? not be stunted wtih old dulness or < incredulity. We, who have been 1 born again in the baptism of fire of the past few years, must tend and 1 nourish this new world. And to do i it;we must cast off the old garments < and clothe ourselves in mental and t spiritual vestures suited to the time. 1 ? 1 GOOD-WILL INDUSTRIES. "Not charity, but a chance" is to be ;he watchword of a nation-wide move ment to aid handicapped people of svery age, race and creed. The plan xnder consideration is to develop oc- ( upations whereby the crippled, the c maimed, the untrained and the un- r Fortunate o ~1! sorts may earn money r lor immediate relief, and trades by ( vhich they may become self-support- ? mg. v This is a big undertaking. The r worst of it is that it is so much big- y jer than it need have been if the vorld had not remained so long blind r o the truth. { More mistakes are committed in the ( lame of kindness and charity than r ?eems possible. It is generally mis- s aken kindness to do for another what j le can do for himself. The good cit- 2 zen is the1 self-respecting citizen, and t here is nothing more injurious than ;o weaken any person's sense of self- t ?espect by injudicious charity. <? There is ho^e and joy in this pro- . >osed revolution in old methods and labits of thought. Busy people are } iiappy people, and happy people are ] rood people. Good people make good ( citizens. To provide a cripple or j my unfortunate honest work by which . tie can even partially support himself ( is not imposing a hardship on him. It ( is "setting him in the sun, where God ] can find him." ] GREED. It is said that greed has been re- ( sponsible for every great disaster . from the flood to this last war. The j building burns, and lives are destroy ed, because the greedy owner would not pay for proper fire protection. The . excursion boat turns turtle because , too many tickets were sold. The con crete building of improper construc tion collapses, the dam on which somebody collected a little graft . breaks down with the result that lives and property are destroyed; and so on through all the list of public catastrophes. That this grea war arose purely be cause of greed there is no question. That greed is the most dangerous ele ment with which the peace conference will have to contend is unquestion able' true. Fear of thi* most of human fail ings was at the root of the suggestion to sink the German warships? To pursue this course in regard to them : is to fly from a common foe. There ist .some method for their disposal which] will operate fairly toward everybody, j This is the thing to be sought. If it implies the yielding of a point here. I the conceding of something there, so much the better, for the world will then be on the highroad to generosity and the dispassionate adjustment which must be the standard of hu-i man dealings if peace is to rule from j now on The disposal of the battleships may j well be made a test rase of the prac ticability of peaceful division or c?- J operative possession. That they } j should be sunk would be a confession j of the superior power of Waste and: (Freed. i TUE STRONGEST BOND. "One nation, indivisible," says the child standing a", salute before the American flag. Yet where do we stand with regard to the strongest bond of all the many bonds that go to make a nation indivisible?a common speech ? Ten per cent of our adult popula tion are unable to read the language of our country or understand it un less; it is translated into some foreign tongue. Of the "coming citizens" of this country eighteen per cent do not go to school at all. Out of the first 2,000,000 men sum moned by the draft 200,000 could net read their orders nor understand them, nor read the letters they re ceived from their friends after they got to camp. For these men it was necessary to maintain a school at each army camp, to teach them English before they could be inducted any further into army life. If the principles which mean Amer ica are to continue, education must in crease. The man who cannot under stand the plea addressed to him ex plaining the advantage of these prin ciples, and who can understand the snemy propagandist or agitator who iddresses him in. his own language, is ?oing to follow alien ideals. Says Mr. Lane: "There can be neither national unity in ideals or in purpose unless there is some common nethod of communication through) which may be conveyed the thought >f the nation. "There is no such one thing so su premely essential to a government ;uch as ours, where decisions of such mr)ortance must be made by public >pinion, as that every man, woman aid child shall know one tongue, that ?ach may speak to the ether, and may >e informed." While the teaching of the English anguage is only a part of the pusi less of Americanization, it is the fun damental without which the rest of he structure must be insecure. We lave been negligent too long about j < his great factor of our progress, it is ime that men who speak with au hority were heeded. ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. Anyone who has studied the drug [uestion at all knows that prohibition ?f the liquor traffic increases the de mand for habit-forming drugs. It is iatural enough that the prospect of [3 omplete national prohibition within . few months should alarm those ir*ho understand the devastation a! eady wrought by opium, morphine, teroin and cocaine. It is reported that SO.000 men were ejected in the first army draft alone ecause they were "drug fiends." Congressman Kahn, who has been naking investigations along this line, ays there are no less than 1,500,000 eople in the United States today who re known to be habitual users of tiese deadly and demoralizing drugs. It does not follow, however, that he way to fight the spread of the :rug evil is to let down the bars once j iiore to the whiskey evil. Alcohol itself has been condemned ?y the sober judgment of the nation, t is being banished because of the lirect harm it wrought. And W. J. ?ryan remarks, properly enough, that 'if the iiquor habit can make a slave >f a man so that he seeks other Irugs when he cannot get whiskey, it nade against the further use of whis nade against the furthe ruse of whis \ey." The logical and sensible thing to lo is to accompany the abolition of :he liquor traffic with tighter restric :ions on the "dope" traffic. It should be made practically im- \ possible for any person not already iddicted to drugs to obtain them and i ;hus develop the habit. Those already enslaved should be regarded not as outcasts but as sick folk, and given proper medical treatment, if neces sary at pubhc expense. Titus', in a few /ears, the country might be freed Cotton Market - LOCAL. P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon). Good Middling 28 1-4. Strict Middling 28. Middling 27 3-4. Strict Low Middling 26 1-4. \K\V YORK COTTON MARKET. Yesfrty: Open High Low Close Close .Tan . .30.00 30.00 2i?.05 29.40 29.5* Mch . . 2S.35 2?.45 27.60 27.9S 28.25 j May . . 27.36 26.60 26.9S 27.17 j July . . 2<;.50 26.58 25.78 26.07 26.35 ; Salvaging War Ma terial in France Tours. France. Dec. 31.?The Amer-j ican Expeditionary salvage depart ment has saver! during the past six j months over $3,500,000 worth of war! material by recovering, repairing and collecting th<> previously rejected j equipment Of the soldiers, according; to officers of the Quartermasters De partment here. First Americans in Metz I Two Red Cross Nurses Were the First Americans to Arrive in Metz After Armistice. Metz, Nov. 25 (Correspondence)? Thirty-three American wounded sol diers in a ward of a hospital here who were left behind by the Germans when they evacuated Metz cheered and shouted when two American Red Cross nurses arrived here to care for them. The nurses were Miss R. H. \ Baxter of Lewiston, Mont., and Missj .Marion Whitney, of New York City. It is asserted that they were the first j American women to enter Metz after I the Germans left. They had been summoned in haste from Paris by an American Red Cross physician. Dr. E. F Pope of Spokane, Wash., who en tered Metz four hours after the Ger mans departed. When the nurses arrived the Ameri cans were overjoyed and f all wanted to taik to them at once."* They had been virtually unattended for three days. Many of them were unshaven. A Farewell Banquet Governor Manning Entertained by Members of His Staff. (The State, Dec. 31.) 3Iembers of Governor Manning's military staff last night gave the chief executive a farewell dinner at, the Jefferson Hotel and at the conclusion of the brief laudatory speeches pre sented to him a beautiful silver wait er. The speech of presentation was made by Col. J. Rion McKissick, edi tor of the Greenville News. The handsome piece of silverware was ac cepted graciously by Governor Man ning, who responded feelingly in a speech in which he reviewed the work of his administration, and paid a beau tiful tribute to the members of his staif who have been his comrades in service during the last four years. It was the sense of the staff that ivith the close of the Manning admin istration there should be no disband ing of the staff, and Col. George W. Dick of Sumter, who presided, ad journed the meeting of the staff, sub- r iect to the call of the chief. Speeches ivere made by other members of the staff and W. W. Ball, editor of The State, William J. Cormack of The ^Cews and Courier bureau and Harold 2. Booker of the Columbia Record, William Banks and H. G. Osteen of Sumter. In concluding his speech of presen tation. Colonel McKissick said: "Governor, you will carry with you is you return to private life the satis faction that comes from duty well and ?robly performed, often under unusual : tnd difficult circumstances. You will iarry with you the consciousness that ;our fellow citizens now?and even i more as time} goes on?will say of ,*eu. 'Weli done, thou goo? and faith- i :ul servant.' You will carry with you ? :he realization that your administra- < ion will be accorded uncommon hon >r by the future historian. '< "Speaking for . ourselves, governor, j < I you will take with you our lasting- af fection and admiration. Wherever you go and whatever you do our heartfelt good wishes will follow you. For we shall ever count it a high honor to have been associated with you and j shall ever be grateful for the cour I teous and kindly consideration which [ we have unfailingly received from j you. "It is our desire, however, that you shall take with you something from j us more tangible than mere senti ments of amity and good will. So i am commissioned by my comrades of the staff *to present you with a sym bol that will be a constant reminder of what we feel toward you and think of you. Uke your record, it is un-1 tarnished; like your character, it is! true metal: like you, it can stand | much wear and tear and still come out shining; like you it is well fitted for service, not merely for four years, but for many years, whatever else may freight it. Let it always bear to you the recollection of our imperish able love for you and our prayer that God will bless you and prosper you, and that He will raise up more men of your character, devotion and ser vice in our beloved old Palmetto State." The inscription is, "Presented to I Governor Richard I. Manning by his| staff as a token of their esteem and j affection. 1915-1919." Members of the staff who attended the banquet were: Coy George W. Dick, Sumter; Col. R. M. Cooper, Wisacky; Cel. Henry J. McLaurin, Sumter; Col. W. H. Keith, Timmons ville; Col. J. C. Duckworth, Williams ton; Col. G. D. Walker, Johnston; Col. L. Wigfall Oheatham, Edgefield; Col. C. L. Cobb, Rock Hill; Col. John T. Roddey, Rock Hill; Col. W. R. Dar lington, Jr.. Allendale; Col. J. Riofrl McKissick. Greenville; Col. Arthur Gaston, Chester; Col. Walker Duvall, Cheraw; Col. B. P. Davies, Barnwell; Col. W. A. Klauber, Bamberg. Otthers who were present were: W. W. Ball. H. G. Osteen. W. J. Cormack, Walter E. Duncan. J. Irby Koon, Har old C. Booker, William Banks. Americans in Berlin Berlin, Tuesday, Dec. 31 (By the Associated Press)?The ambition of five American soldiers to be the first of the American expeditionary forces to reach Berlin is likely to .have se rious results for them. The men, who arrived here Sunday were attached to the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment, now at Coblenz. They were absent without leave and unexpectedly ran into members of the American mili tary commission now here in con nection with the repatriation of pris oners. One of rhe men has been cap tured and is being detained, while the Berlin police are seeking the oth er four. Senda, Japan. Dec. 31.?A party of , line Japanese students and teachers who went mountain climbing on a lear^by range lost their way in a mow-storm and were frozen to 3eath. Searchers found the bodies huddled together in a ravine, the irms entwined in a vain effort to keep Dff the cold. A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. County Roads SHbuld be Built as Com petitors with the Railroads. j Columbia. Dec. 31.?The Spartan J burg Herald in endorsing- editorial ? ly the proposed $25,000,000 bond is jsue, brings out a strong point. It jsays: "There are critics of the pro ; posed state bond issue for the bnild I ing of a system of State roads Who j profess to see in the proposition a I great joy-riding program-roads . being I built for pleasure. This view is, of course, a hark back some eight or ten [years before the business of trans | portation of the country climbed in jto motor-driven vehicles.' Today roads are needed not for sight- ~ seers. Roads were not built '-be tween Spartanburg and Camp "Wads worth for the benefit of the visitors and the pleasure of automobiles. '. They were built because the thous ands of men at that camp could" not , be fed without roads. The same was true of every other camp. The road situation was *of first importance. '?Now in South Carolina the peo ple of the cities and towns are hot going to be fed by products of their own state until there are roads. South Carolina is fed today over, the railroads. And it will continue to be fed from the West or the East so Jong, as it is easier to get provisions over the railroads than it is to get them over the county highways. "The road question is no longer a matter of joy-riding." "Were the roads used only; for pleasure purposes there would, never have been any serious talk of a big bond issue for improving. The ..roads are being used now more for business than for pleasure. And business is demanding that they be improved. THE FUTURE OF SYRIA. Paris,' Dec. 31.?A Franco-Aineri can congress will meet at Marseilles on Thursday for a discussion of the' future of Syria. M. Franklm-Bouil lon, vice president of the foreign af fairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies, will preside._?_ FOR SALE?Registered Duroc Jer sey. . Male, weight 600 pounds. Dr. A. J. Pennock, R. F. D. 3. FARM LAND FOR SALE?In Sumter Lee and Clarendon counties. C. P. Osteen, Sumter, S. C_ 7 PER CENT NEW MEAIi^-For prompt shipment; also blood, high grade tankage, potash, acid. phos. ground phos. rock and ground lim? stone. Call or write us* for prices. Southern Brokerage Co., Sumter, S. C._' ?? - BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity large or small Am paying., best cash price. See me if you have any. N. G. Osteen. FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very' little straw. Car load lots only.: Chemi' cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clemson college. A. As Strauss. Sumter. S. C. THANK YOU! You, dear customer, have made-it possible for us to enjoy the best year's business during 1918 that this store has ever had. We know that this means your appreciation of our efforts to give you the best quality goods and service. This makes us resolve to try even harder the coming year to merit your good will and pa tronage. So to close our books for 1918 without first thanking YOU would leave our biggest debt unpaid. T he D. J. CHANDLER Clothing Company Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothes.