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Sfr?msheZ Wednesday and Sa turday -HB*? *8X5S?X PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMXER, S. O. Tfcrms: 91.50 per ann am?in advance. Advertisements. . ?n*. Square first insertion .. .. $1.0?? . Evwy 'subsequent insertion.50 Cistracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All eemmunications which sub ?exve .private interests will be charge^ 'for at advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of reaped i Mil be. charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found t . -??* ia IS50 and the True Southron lr j ' 5S?. % The Watchman and Sou tiro- j *BOVhas the combined circulation an<; -''influence of both of the old papers : and'i? Hxariifestly the best advertisi - medium in Sumter._ IJiSKARlES AND A3IERICAXIZA- i TTON. 'The part the public library must] play in thorough Americanization! ?work is an important one. One li-j .'brary in a"city whose population con-? tains 40 per cent of foreign-born res- j i?ents-reaches 25 different national-] ities.'in its special' work. Part cf this work consists of keep- | .ing in close touch with the night! . schools, the immigration bureau, thej CHaanber of Commerce and other j groups and agencies working with the j 'foreigners. j S This librae?* sends representatives 4b the r.aturaI>zatiori bureau to learn ?t . first hand what are some of the problems Confronting ? applicants for 'United States citizenship. Then it heIpV.to'"meet those problems. It in . rites thes^ aiiens to make use of the -library,*encouraging them to read not -books in their native language, but feb&ks m the English'language. It . directs them to sources of informa tioh-Xm civic matters, sends them to /tbe night schools, and tries in every w&ytb interest them in English class es. '" - - " In .-every ster> of the library's work ->for^Am?ricani-ration of aliens, it rec ognizes the fact that genuine natural " ffcafion involves a good 'deal more . th^n" abiHt5* to sneak, read and write our language. The applicant for \ i .na^anilfzation needs *o be protected Iftgamst an ti-American propaganda, ^aiiai prejudices must be ' broken .down. Love of his adopted country must-be awakened, with a desire to 'sup>brt its institutions and laws. \ Then&.is much to be taught .'native .Americans, too, if the naturalization -Process.is to be complete and success fat A more 'sympathetic and toler-t ? ant: attitude toward the foreigner ist 1 nece^san*.. The causes of social unrestn :$nd disorder must be understood and! - honest -efforts, be made to eliminate tn?fi. - The library already recog-ft rdizg ils duty in all this. It is up tc |*j ??( ?/v ? ? ? ' ' - the. j?st^>f the community to co-oper ? ate.-gladly, intelligently and sympa the^eaiiy. RESPONSIBLE FOR MEXICO. Reports from Paris indicate that as "part'of the ' mandatory" system adopted by the peace conference for th? government of German colonies and backward countries not otherwise "controlled, the United States will be asked to look after Mexico. It is a logical application of the plan. The United States is the nat ural. guardian of Mexico, because, o' the Monroe Doctrine and because' - that troublesome country is our next door neighbor, and Americans have 'arge interests there. Many Americans?and -also many foreigners?think we ought to havef got oh the job definitely and earnest ly, long ago. President Wilson's de lay seems to have been due largely to !r"s desire to convince Latin Amer ica in general of th?- disinterestedness and good will of the United States, j That purpose has been pretty well! accomplished, by our conduct in the European war even more than by ourj forbearince with Mexico. There would b;- little criticism now! of our taking Mexico in hand on ouri own .responsibility. There , could sure ly be none if we do so on the author- j ity of the League of Nations, acting! as a Jismterested agent of the' whole civilized world. And with > such-authority, there would probably j be little resistance offered by the I **r ' " j .Mexicans. themselves. "THAT SUBTLE SENSE." No one, perhaps, ban' a better op-1 portunity to observe the workings of the German mind than Brand Whit-1 lock, ministe** of Belgium, who1 wrestb-d with it for two and a half years, through daily end hourly dif-1 faculties and misunderstandings? through that crafty corruption which he says again and again '"was deeper than tho atrocities." 'The Germans, he says in his story Of Belgium, could not believe that America would go to war. At the very last momem they could ont un derstand in the least why we did. The president's enunications of principles were to them but idle bombast, ar treaties had been merely scrap.- of paper. " 'Your democracy. your idea of liberty, b?h! said -j German officer to me one day, and another remarked with more mildness: " 'It doesn't suit us; we have an other way of looking at things.' "Precisely. And that way of look ing at things deprived them of thai moral discipline, that inner subjective restraint independent of all external sanctions, which deters men from doing .certain evil things. That sub tle sense which we define and recog nize as honor, however imperfectly we may live up to it, seemed to be unknown to them. I "There arc things a fellow can j not do/ says a character in one of \ Kipling's stories; it is a sentiment that Germans did not seem to under stand; there was nothing a German fellow could not do. provided he could say to himself that it was for the Vaterland, and provided, too, that he had the physical force to pre vent others from interfering with h:s doing it." I As the Germans seem to be settling their affairs in an orderly and more or less decent manner, it may be weil for Americans to remember that the likeness of Germany to really civilized nations during the past generation I was only superficial. Underneath lies the character-training in which clean sport, square ideals have no place. Before Germany can be reckoned j with on equal terms with other peo ples, she must have developed, through generations, "that subtle sense which we define as honor." ? ? ? NATIONAL/ DESTINY. - Those who talk about the desirabil ty of ^-m erica returning to her old "glorious isolation" might as well de mand a return from the railroad to the stagecoach and the automobile to the ?. ne-hoss shay. Fate has made the United States a, svorld power. Irresistible events were' ?riving us toward full participation in the world's affairs, and the war drag ged us in. ?nce in, we can never ex pect to get out again. And what self-respecting American, imbued with the characteristic energy and j idealism of his country, wants to get ">ut? ' , . y \ The United .States is recognized to Jay -as the exjual of the other big powers, and" more than an equal. It s the literal truth that America dom inates the peace conference. Our as-v i joCiates all yield to American leader ship, it almost seems as if they in- ; sist on it. They do so partly be- ? sause of what America is now, but. : mostly because of what they know ! she will be. , [? The Fnited States is plainly destin- . ?d to lead the world. It is a high Privileg'?. It makes every normal Ajnerican feel. .a* ', little taller and ?tronger. It gives the. old flag new jeauty and meaning. It is a privilege j vhich comes- naturally as the reward >f ,bur national past. And with the privilege comes the ?esponsibility. We cannot dodge that, die nation that f?ils to use its power ?or does not use it in the service of nankind?inevitably loses it. I .Our finest political ideals ar; '? lowering in the new League of Na- j ions. We cannot have the honor of t without its obligations." We cannot vrite into its constitution *u.e prin ciples of .unselfish, service to weak tnd backward nations without pro ceeding to play our part in the prac ice of those principles. We cannot stop colony-grabbing without * help ng the other powers to manage the i internationalized territories. We cannot urge the international polic ing of the world without contributing. to the policing army and navy. And ?o on through the list. To imagine that when the Ameri can delegation comes home from the peace conference everything will : be settled and the machinery set. up will run of itself thereafter is to have I learned nothing at all from this j great war and to fail wholly in un t derstanding the world we live in. j Figuratively speaking. the warf will never be over, and our peace j confer'nee delegates will never come home. The Unit4 d States will remain' at the head of the armies of civiliza tion and at the head of the peace table, because it is our destiny, and j i we cannot evade it without playing the coward and losing our national soul. BEER STRIKES. The trades council of Essex Coun ty. X. J., representing 4o,000 work men, has adopted a resolution "to re sist to the utmost prohibition enforce ment e\*en to the extent of a general strike.'* Labor union officials in New York City arc said to be considering the same step. Similar action is talk-; ed of in various other industrial com munities. The movement is also said to threaten the mining industries. Coal cars from Pennsylvania mines are found bearing placards that flaunt th" slogan. "No beer, no coal." The .?{ nerai motto of the men par ticipating in this protest is "No beer, no work!" It is inscribed on buttons, designated as "Liberty Buttons." which are hieing spread broadcast. The origin of the movement is not revealed. Maybe the labor officials thought it. all up themselves. Perish the thought that the breweries had anything to do with it! The public may hear a good dea! more alona this line before the mar j ter is roded. But it will not make any difference in the outcome The ! federal prohibition amendment is rat I ified. It will not be unratified, nor j will the ??dry" law passed by congress jfc'e annulled, by any such device as j general strikes, no matter whether ! they ar<- the voluntary expression of j industrial sentiment or a thin dis j guise for liquor interest activity. And it does not seem likely that the trade unions will go very far with it The American workman^has never been inclined to identify his citizen ship rights with the right to drink jbeer. That is attested-by the fact! that most of the United States is al ready beerless. as a result of the! "dry" votes of the working people: themselves. And there will not be any general "class revolt" against federal prohibition, for the very good reason that whatever its faults or virtues, it is essentially democratic. The millionaire is being deprived of I his beer?also his whiskey and wine?j just as surely as the manual laborer, j It is hardly more of a deprivation in t one case than in the other. If there is any strike employers and employees.' might logically strike together. MT-iir- ni i fi ?a? ii i i ?? in DR. SXYDER'S ADDRESS. Father and Son Day Fittingly Ob st1 t-vc-d. Throughout the city Sunday the j attention of our people was directed j to the lull significance of Father and} Son Day?a cay that was observed; throughout the whole nation. In j Sumter an appropriate climax of the! day's o hservan ce was the address de livered by Dr. H. X. Snyder. president of WoiTord College. Dr. Snyder is so well and favorably known in Sumter that the mere mention of his name always "suggests an address of unusual f merit and appropriateness. His effort j on yesterday was no exception to this I general rule. He held for nearly an j hour the undivided attention of an i, audience that comfortly filled the low- j cr floor of the Opera House. The ad dress vas unusually suggestive, help ful, and inspiring and is to be regret-. ted That every father and son in the j city of Sumter did not avail himself cf the Opportunity of hearing this! , masterful effort. In ordc r that everyone might have! , the opportunity of hearing this dis- j, tinguished speaker, an invitation wasJ.i extended not o.nlv to the fathers and son;;, but a'so to the general public, j The mothers and daughters, therefore, had an opportunity of being delight fully entertained and inspired. Dr. Snyder's talks are always of a very high Older of excellence and on yes terday be easily maintained this en viable reputation. On text Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock the men and boys of Sumter will have an opportunity of hearing' one who is always welcomed to Sum ter, Dr. B; W. SUtes of Hartsville. Dr: Sikes, will speak next Sunday after noon at ii o'clock in the Rex Theatre It is honed that every man and boy will avail himself of this opportunity to hear* one of South Carolina's fa vorite public speakers. -;-hj Dr- and Mrs. Rico Entertained. }i The Miz'pah class of Trinity M. E. church gave a reception .to their pas tor and wife. Dr. and Mfs. J. A. Rice, p.n the afternoon Qf the Hth at the home of Mr. F. G. Bowman. The house was beautifully decorated in ropes of red hearts, suspended fron. I the electric chandeliers, while here | and there vases of carnations, with window boxes of trailing green wan dering Jew lent the home a beautiful spring-like appearnce. At door Miss Eula Ream es, and Mrs. Lamb met the guests, while Mrs. Horace Harby in troduced them to those in the receiv ing line; Dr. and Mrs. Rice, Mrs Braxtoh Wallace. Dr. and Mrs. D. M. McLeod. and Mrs. P. G. Bowman. The ever ready Victrola furnished music. Afterwards guests were taken to dinincr room, where serving com mittee. Mesdames Whitty. Parish. Faribo and Vogel served ice cream in heurt shapes, with rose colored cakes and mints. Next into the drawing room where Mrs. Harmon -was ready with pen for each to register. Between four and six quite a num.- j lor called, making the occasion one] of the .most delightful receptions ofj the season. Porto Rico Workers Itctnrn Home, rj San Juan. Porto Ilieo, .Tan. 2s.? More 'ban 1.100 Porto Ricau war- j workers in the Unk< 0. Suites iiave just returned to the island well dressed. . prosperous, and in high spirits. Most j of them confessed they had real mon- j ey in their pockets, some quite com- .? fortable amounts, and they seemed j to enjoy their free trip to the United} States. Most of them appeared to j ha ve become quite metropolitan in | dress and bearing. Some left the steamship pier to go to their homes; in automobiles. j ( me war-worker gave his impres- j sion^ of Xew York by saying it was j ? too cold and there was no rice and j beans, Porto Ilican style." The men had been working in places from ( Xew York to Xew Orleans. Many ot , them said the only reason they re- ? turned was that they could not stand the cold weather. Virtually all the Porto Rican work ers now have returned from the Unit- ! e<! Slates. Japs Buy up Wood. Vladivostok. Jan. 7.?The*Japanese profiting by the low value of the ruble, have bought up all the aspen trees in the Ussuri region and this has caused a scarcity of fuel for the { use of the Ussuri railway, says thej newspaper Dalekaya Okraina, which J adds thai all the local inhabitants have been mobilized by the Japanese to prepare the wood for export. A | proposition is under consideration to i increase the tax on exportation of th aspen logs s<> ;<s to stop the Japaneso from shipping them oul of the coun try. mum If you have cotton to sell, see us, it will pay vgu. If yeu hare fertilizer or fertilizer materials to buy it will pay you to see us before you buy, Cash or approved collateral 9 West Liberty Street ?Wi ??IHIIBI ihm??? Casualties of the Thirtieth Division Interesting Letter From Major J. Sfeapter Caldwelk Columbia Febm. 15.?TV- Thirtieth division's casualties amounted to ap prcximate'y -IS per cent... according * ? a letter from Majcr Jv Shapter;~Galil General ol South Carolina, to V-.*. Moore, the Actjutant General, receiv ed several (lavs ago. Maiov Otldwi !' is the adjutant of the "Old Kicltcry division." The Thirtieth divisi >\, stationed at Ballou, France, on .Jar.-' nary 15. the date the letter was writ ten. The Idler, which is full of in teresting gossip relative to. the divis ion and the officers, said that Col. ""?IcCulIy. who trained '.he 118th in fantry (the old First South Carolina STatlonai Guard infantry) at Camp Sc :ier, Greenville; air"! who v:; s r.; ? vet*.. >f his command in Belgium, is again in command of toe regiment. The full text of the letter fellows: Headquarters Thirtieth, American Division, .Ballou. France. Jan.. 13, ISIS. "My Dear Gen. Moore: Tour letter' )f December 17 reached me today. fj lote thai you. estimate the casualties *f the Thirtieth dr ision at 27 per ;ent. The casualties were ah out ; >er cent, for there wer. more than T.62S, as stated by the News and Courier, arid tliere were &r?ly i^.e*- :. nen of the Thirtieth division fighting vith thA Fourth British army: The ?ifry-sixth field artillery . brigade [three regiments), ihe-iC^th supply; rain, the 105th ammunition train end the mobile repair shop, upon ar rival overseas, were sent to south eastern part of France to train with ?"Tench <5s and. 155s. In Oct?bei#thej irtillery and ammunition trains were tttached to various divisions op. r^t ng in the St Mihiel sector; They/j lever did rejoin this division. The 105th supply train never got in any ight, being used, part at Bordeau and jart for convoy duty elsewhere. The mpply train has just recently joined his division and the artillery, ammu nition train anr*1 other unite will join h a few days, to return with the di rision to America. .''Orders ha.ve been received that no )fficers of the adjutant general's de partment will be mustered put with heir divisions, but will ho kepi tor lervice at demobilization camrps'Ho as rfst in mustering out the returning roops. I have asked to he kept over lere and sent to the army of occu >ation in Germany, but. as I have not ?eo.uested a commission in the regu at* army, I do not know^whether my \ -oquest will be granted. Yesterday? 125 officers of this division, who want: -egular army commissions.' were ransferred to the Third division, i Fhird army, in Germany and an equal i number of officers from the Third i livision have been ordered to duty J vith the Thirtieth. As I wrote you front Dondon. T was. :aken ill with Spanish influenza j shortly after the Thirtieth division bad gone into a rest camp, after it j had fought the battle of the Hin-j denburg line. I am glad T did not j miss any of the fighting, for that! ivould have broken my heart. I was in London in a hospital for six weeks; ?cid in Scotland on sick leave for otici wreck, and have been to Paris for a short time. I have been all over the; Dart of Belgiern <'f--:- : ??? by Pi-itish j 'rem July to Septein'oirr ". and over ' a eonsiderable part of northern j France. England and Scotland. Now j I am ahxibjds to go to Germany and . see what manne-: of beasts live ia j that country. -The 1:5th fnfantry (o\? first Sourh Carolina), has had various colonels, j McCully was rc'ieved Belgium and was succeeded by Col. Wolfe a :? ? "-; Jar, why commancied the regiment ail j during the great Fihulcm ir; ball!- s. Colonel Wolfe was relieved in - No- : vember or early I'.-ef: " .' an ? '"? to j America at Iiis own reouest. L?:eui. j Col. Hartigaa. another regular, was; then assigned to command. A ecu ?. of weeks ago he was succeeded by j Col. H->aly. who was transferred from ! rn Arizona regiment in the 1 th di vision. A few days ago Col. M; -*,.;;y : drove up in an automobile and asTv^a Con. Lewis to ?<?? ::e*st his assignment back '.;> his old tegrr ?' ' as he d - regiment. The result was tha; Cully has been sent back here ??'? ' :> once mere in command of the I'TSt'h infantry. "Workman is a major in the ilSth. haying succeeded Ma hon, who was badly wounded. McFadden and Gil :?-soii? fi.tr hnt.M -najors 5n the LlSth, saving won their promotion'by gal lantry in battle. Col. Springs has made more than coo.', lb- h:?s been acting division quartermaster and also acting general. Capt. Meyer (former ly adjutant of the r,],] Second South Carolina) was ammunition offices ind assistant general and hr.s made . : record. Capt. Poroher (former!? commander of the Charleston Ligh' T>ragoons. now the divisi '. ad quarters troop.; is now ? ??? - .'? v Company A. tl'3'th m'achira l:j talion. Cantey is in command of (he ! 114th machine gun battalion am j made a splendid record. Mnjoi i Brailsf ord is with the Lt*?ih in fa ntry i a Xorth Carolina out fit. Majoi O'DriseoIi is. f b? Sieve, with the 105 th rr.un.ition tram, wir h has not [been with us in France. : "Lieut. Col. Lewis Cef the old First South Carolina';, is attending a school "or field artillery oncers. He made ? n .esrcefleiit r cord at Camp Savior, but 1 ac not know what he did dyer here. A? i.tst accounts Major ilar ? ban;, was in commr id of the am aiunitio':' train. Major S;Icex having been Ec?:t to r"<> Sr^O S. for other duties. Ca-".*. IJsstty Is adju'ant of itht- USth infantry. Capt. PjTes having been kill-.' at iV-ha:--. Capt. pete Hudgcns was wounded about eighteen times. and ; hear will re cover. "With kindest regards. "7. Shapter Caldweil.*' "P. S.?Since writing the above or ders ha*"/; be* n received directing many CifTcers hi the Thirtieth divis ion who applied for the regular army r-o report to the Ninetieth division in, Germany for duty. Among these or dered art: Major Bradford and Capt. Walker. LODth supply train: Capts..'{ Garrety, Ortman and several others | with the ammunition train and sup ply train whose names I do not recall. * saie w: m mLsox. JassoraiHl a ad Fraa< *s F-tm n on i George *.Y:.*mrr "ton. Brest. Saturday, Feb. !.">.?M Jus-! serand. French am* assad?r to the Catted ?S'tat? s. ??": to. Jusserand, David, P..' Francis, former ambassador to, Russia: and his son and daughter? were among the presidential party ! which sailed cm the George Wash-] Lngton today. - ,s I 'a* is About Potash. ; ( ^'Extracts front Th" - American ? For-. \ ???????\:<.ry. Feb. 1st. 193:0.) '.' "Fra ice wi : b ? unable, at least un- . tit Apr:!, to ship potash from the pot- j t ash mines of A sa.ee. The War Trade; Board? announces that it has re-L ceived authentic ant; official informa?,.: iion to that effect from the French r Iltgh Commission in the United / States. These advices further indi-f;r care that for the next few months s ^practically the entire potash output I"; bjf Lho Alsatian htines will be urgent:-; t ly reeu:rerl for agricultural purpest s. ^ fn France. it the view of thei. War Trade Board. Based upon 'his in- . formation, that even under rh* rnpstjs favorable circumstances. ta> potash . i'ror.i Alsace could be available in theji United States Tor agri-cultural :v-.es. .. before June IHs, and that, therefore. ; it will be necessary that the United!( States rely entirely upon Its domes- i tic potash production for the coming i( spring season.** ! r The American Fertilizer adds: "The false report that imported, pot ash would soon be available was wide- j ly circulated in the farm papers, and; has tended to diminish the sale of. American potash. This is particular-! ly unfortunate in cotton, potato and ' tobacco growing districts. All these ' crop1? must have potash or the yield ? 1 will be seriously reduced. The fer tilizer manufacturers realize this andj* many of them are urging the use of more potash. Pin they cannot com- i eel the farmers to buy potash, and, when orders come in for mixtures ? containing little cr no t*otash, ther ?s nothing to do but fill them." i RAPP/ iVCMSX. i<-: it y of Them in S a niter. ami Good ivcason It. .* ou-.un " any v ? a happy, After years of baikacha suffering;] Days of misery, nights of unrest.. j The distress a urhtary: troubles; When sht; itnsis frevdotal . j Many readers will pro.1t by the fol owmg. M-s. A. Hancock;, 103 Bland ing Sb. ! Shmti r. sayin "!. ist year I had slight attack o1' kidney trouble and; there was a bad pain through ?i . ?'. my back. My TiHt? ached.; nerves were ail uPstruug and dix- 1 /.: speds bothered mo. P'ack spc^x;- . ? -i : be- ? . :' .: . I-time ' ? .- : ' .. ' ' ?. My ! tv-ys acted irregularly and I knew J | would have to do something. Final-j !y I bought tt box of Dean's Kidney j I Pills and used them; Doan's .acted! I like magic and after T b.-d finish ?d! ??.lie !-o\. the trovrbie disappeared. 1' ! havee'i. been bothered since and it! : ';:\-es nie great pleasure to recom- j mend Doan's." ; Price 00c. oi all dealers; Don't fsimply ask for a bile-y romc-d>?gel: 'Man's !li.P.e\ pp-^?the traPie tha; Mrs. U ha d vest or-Milbum j b*c. Mfgrs.. Uu.iuio. X. V.?Advt. 6i ] SEilBXA KE< -UPKR ATIXG. Pci?r?o Yccd Many Things, Hut Are Taking >7c*v tloJO on Life. Xish. S< rbia. Jan.' G.?(Correspon '? ? ?' the Associated Press.)? ? ? months of unremitting indus try. mhampered by Bulgarian and Austrian 6 precations or interfer ? " ? aabled the Serbian peo ple to secure :: new hoid on life. V ill Hi country entirely free of in va ' s, ': large peasant population h -? ided in setting things in or der in surprising fashion, and condi tio;?? should be almost normal soon. Lars quantities of wheat and other staples, which the shrewd Ser bian farmers hid from the enemy, have re; ppearecL At the moment th-e most pressing needs seem to be clothing, shoes, fuel and agricultural imph mentis Apparently there is plenty of mon ey in the country* some of it having ? ome from Austrian and German sol diers, who. it may be said to their it. paid for most of the articles they took from the Serbians during their occupation. However, the Buf garians. who requisitioned almost everything they required from the al ready straitened population, often paid nothing for what they took. In tir- cities most of the stores have no ?. s because they sold almost cvery :?" to the Austrians and Germans. Fortunately the harvest last fail was exceptionally good and there probably will be nothing approaching ;tarvation among the poor this win ter. The enemy troops carried off al most ev< ry article of value they could iav hand on, but they did not have :tme. owing to the suddenness of their retreat, to take with them more than 2~> per cent of the available grain sup rdy. Moat is abundant though high u price. Before the war it sold for jix c< nts a pound, now it sells for 56 ;ents. Large numbers of sheep ra/s ?d in the mountain furnish not only a ?aiuabie moat supply but an ~ ahtm ianteo of wool which has provided he peasants with the only clothing ;he: have had in four years. Serbia's most vital need is for Nothing. Even well-to-do person* ire shabbily or at least, scantily clad. -'.(? Associated Press correspondent >bserved an army officer of high ink dressed in a shirt made of flour : The little clothing that may >? oought is held at prohibitive ? ?ic'-s. The ordinary peasant work ng costume costs $150. shoes $50, un rwcar of poor quality $25, and hread is priced at $2 a spool. A cou :gr.ment of old clothes from the Buff alo. X. v.. chapter of the American ted Cross, valued at home at ?72, ras app'vised at $1,500 by a merchant n the Pirot district where the Red ?ross is carrying on relief work. The Buffalo supplies were distributed on Christmas day and brought happiness o many homes. TAX RETURN NOTICE. I will apnear in person or by deputy it the following named places, aud jn the date:* given below, for the pur pose of receiving tax returns for year 1919. Return should be made on per sonal property, poll, road and dogs: Privateer Station?Wednesday, Jan. Lev; Riding?Thursday, Jan. 9. W - -id?Fro lay. .Jan. 10. Cl remont?Wednesday, Jan. 15. Hod?Thursday; Jan. IG. ;: fa ?t- Friday. Jan. 17. ? : ! -Wednesday, Jan. 22. Thursday, Jan. 23. \) -hi ^?Friday. Jan. 24. Pleasant '. rove?Tuesday, Jan. 25. ? : ? hr unesday. Jan. 29. nt orv ' Cress Roads?Thursday, Jan. 'JO. R. E. WILDER, Auditor. Atop DELORME'S PHARMACY. Sumter, S. C. CXDEH MAY >XAX~AGEM?XT Sieaks. Chops. Deviled Crahs, Sal ad^. Home Made Pie, Cake and Pud '? Delicious Sandwiches. . a? ?t Daily 10.00 A. M. to 12 P. 31. Sunday S2 M. to 0 P. M. Music All ftie Time. Dance if You Like.