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?RMatf gi&m m j?finlj)t8ii HBblisbed Wednesday and Saturday l^pTEEN PTJBLISHIXG COMPANY Bp SC3ITKR, S. C. m Terms: B ti.50 per annum?in advance. I Advertisements. ' One Square first insertion .. . .$1.0? Every subsequent insertion.5*' Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates Ali communications which sub serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituary and tributes of respect Will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found j . w in 1850 and the True Southron ;: IS66. The Watchman &*id Southro. now has the combined circulation am influence of both of the old paper.-* *nd is manifestly the best advertis. medium in Sumter. ?' ? ? ... i FIGHTING THE WIND. There is a story in a current mag azine about a farmer who took pride in- living by himself, never speaking until spoken to. He took pride in having the best crop methods, the best results, of all the country round. Finally he became chiefly interested in corn. He developed a variety which took a big prize and was called by his name. The next year part of his famous crop was inferior. It was the crop which grew near the irresponsible, happy-go-lucky, sociable neighbors. The prevailing winds were from that direction. And part of the corn of the no-account neighbor on the oth er side was fine and strong like his. "He stood there within his corn? corn which Tras changed by the corn around it, corn which impressed it self upon the corn around it. * * * "Without knewing it was coming, there was suddenly that anger which* which, makes men kill. He wanted to be let alone. He wanted to keep to himself. Hadn't a man a right to do that? "But the wind moved the corn and the corn responded?swayed, spoke. When you fight things larger than you you only know, that you are small. Because they were so much larger . than he,, he could only let himself go with them?only a fool will fight the winds that blow." That night he took some seed corn and stai-ted for the neighbor's to windward, explaining his purpose to Iiis mother: "To take them seed and tell them what I know about rais ing corn.' Because I can't have good com while their corn's poor." Has not the world grown as small as a countryside used to be? Does not ''the wind that tramps the world "blow the pollen of liberty, civiliza tion, decent and comfortable living from one land to another? \ There are people who think a na- j tion can live to itself. They think it j has a right to be let alone. Xo un selfish, motive?for the nation?moves ; them. But perhaps if they couli 3 meditate,a bit upon the ways of pol- < len?as'the man in the story did: ] "Only a fool will fight the winds that blow. For the first time in his whole life, without trying to limit his think ing, be thought. The corn * * * men * 0 * And he couldn't HELP this. It was that released him as wind re leases life for other life." Perhaps, after such meditation, they, too, would be willing to put the seed hitherto refused in a basket and prepare to work with the neigh bors in the future instead of against them. THIRTY HOURS A WEEK. The head of the United M?ne Workers is urging a six-hour working day. for miners, with a five-day weeic, and along with it, an increase of wages. Nobody has any objection to miners working only six hours a day and five days a week, or 30 hours a week al together, provided it involves no un fairness to the rest of the commun ity. But it is quite obvious that if. at -the same time wages are raised, the working time is so drastically re duced, the price of coal is going to soar. Will not the workmen in other in dustries, then, have to pay for the coal miners* leisure? Will they not have to work harder or longer in order to enable the miners to take life easier?' The miners will probably answer that nobody ought to work more than, j 20 hours a week, and that under a j proper system that amount of work j would provide enough goods for ev erybody and enough money for every body to buy the necessary goods. But that is pure theory. It remains to be proved that present needs of society could be met and present standards of living maintained, not to say im proved, if all Americans, brain workers, worked only 30 hours a week. It would be interesting to have some expert opinion on this subject. Suppose, for instance, farmers only worked 30 hours a week! ARMY 8?HOOL GROWS The army now has taken over con trol of the educational program which the Y. M. C. A. has been car rying on for our soldiers in France. Recently Gen. Pershing arranged to purchase *1,000,000 worth of text booU? from the T. ZL C A. The books cover general and technical subjects from elementary courses to advanced post-graduate work to be taken up at some of the French and English universities, where scholar ships are offered to Americans. There is also an A. E. F. school near Paris. It is reported that officers and men are taking advantage of 'the khaki university opportunities in consider able numbers. On February 20 a to tal enrollment of 1,998 Americans was recorded at the Sorbonne, the most famous of French universities. Some are taking advanced scientific courses; others are seeking degrees in .etters, law and medicine. It is a splendid opportunity for graduates from American schools to take further work in France and England. It is also an opportunity for men who had no such work be fore the war to make a start and perhaps discover the lines they will wish to pursue when they are back home once more. It is a fine thing, too, for the men who cannot come home at once to have this definite thing to do, to con tinue their studies and perfect their training along some specific branch of education while they are waiting. THE SAI/OOX SUBSTITUTE. In view of the- continued discus sion of quarters to be established to take the place of the saloon, the following quotation from an editor ial in a New Rochelle, N. Y., papei has real suggestive value: "In all districts there should be rooms well lighted and warm, liber ally supplied with daily papers am current magazines (minimizing the 'highbrows'). There should be check ers, chess, cards, puzzles, good cof fee and cocoa served at cost, also roli; and crackers and soda in summe. Let those who come smoke all they will, and talk within reason. Ne man should be barred unless quav relsome or unnecessarily dirty. "There must be an absolute avoid ince of any apearance of patronizing, and no sectarian influences must b< xllowed to get a foothold. The aver age man is of a very independent nature, and any attempt to force reform down his throat is futile, lie especially has a distaste for insidious religious propaganda." There is much sound sense in ihe ibove lines, and real comprehension ?f the problem. It will be very" ?:?? icult for many people interested and iruly desirous of being helpful to ic member that what must be offered f the saloon-going man is to be ?tr :racted. is a substittue for the saloon. 10t an uplift movement with smokiog *oom attractions. i The uplifting will come of itself to t very groat extent, as men begin to earn how much the same life is with >ut alcohol?that really all one nisses is the morning headache. >IAXI>ATORY FOR IRELANT). The latest and also the most startl- j ng suggestion for the solution of the | Irish problem is that Ireland shall be j given her independence under an j American protectorate or "manda tory." It has not reached the stage j of a formal proposal, but is said to have been mentioned in British state counsels, and to have the advocacy of at least one important British states man. This statesman, like many other Englishmen, is said to feel that Britain can never expect any positive benefit from her connection with Ire- J land. There might have been a se- j rious movement in England long ago ! to turn Ireland loose if it had not been for the natural fear that an in dependent Ireland would be gobbled up by Germany or some other hos tile power, thus menacing Britain's back door. If the United States as sumed the responsibility for Ireland, that fear would be removed. At the same time, the proposal looks very much as if it were meant for a practical joke on the United States. Americans for many years have been so insistent in their championship of Ireland and their demands that Great Britain do something toward the permanent solution of the Irish question, that Englishmen might now take a sardonic satisfaction in turning the intractable island over to America and saying: "There?tackle the blame1 problem yourself, and see what we've been up against!" Many Americans, including nearly all Irish-Americans, would doubtless welcome such an opportunity. But the majority would probably .1:ght :>hy of it. Having seen the muddle made by even the most likely-looking efforts in the last few years, Uncle Sam would consider himself rash in j deed if he ventured upon any such I task. ! If we are to accept "mandates." I we prefer to choose them ourselves: j and compared with Ireland, Armen i ia or Jugoslavia or Poland would j probably be child's play. A Buick Six touring car was stoien i from Mr. W. T. Lescsnc of Manning | Tuesday night, and up to noon to j day no trace of the car had beer. : found. Mr. Lescsnc offers a reward of $100 ?rr the recovery o? the 9?r.. Centenary Movement District Meeting of Missionary Centenary Held Tuesday A District Council meeting of the Missionary Centenary movement was held at Trinity Methodist church in this city Tuesday, in interest of the movement in the Sumter District. The attendance was made up of ihe pas tors and laymen of the churches oi j the various charges in the district, who are identified officially with the work, and there were also a hum bei of visiting laymen. Leland Moore, Conference campaign director, called meeting to order and conducted the opening exercises. He then resigned the chair to the Dis trict Director, T. G. McLeod. J. W. Hamel was elected Secretary. Mr. McLeod then stated the object of th< meeting to be to have full explanation made of the plans under which the 'Centenary movement is to be con ducted and the duties of the cam paign- Directors carefully outlined to them. He introduced as the first speaker Rev. A. J. Cauthen, the Con ference Secretary, who spoke very briefly in regard to the great work that was being undertaken and the great opportunity presented to those who were so fortunate as to be as-^ signed to active participation in it. J. E. Corfield. of Nashville, field representative of the Centenary Move ment in the Southern Methodist Church, was then introduced and he outlined in minutest detail the entire >lan for carrying out the campaign for eight day drive to be conducted Maj* 18-25, inclusive, for the accom pl'shmrnt of the objective. $35.000 - "'00 in subscriptions, to be collected in five annual installments. Mr. Corfield's '.ddress was not that alone of dry de- j tail for the accomplishment cf vast financial undertaking, but it was full of inspirational appeal as well for an enlarged view of the need of the world for a Christ of saving power and the solemn responsibility laid upon the church to see that Christ should be presented to the peoples of the world rn the most effective manner and in the briefest possible time. His cli rjax in concluding his address was a gem and made a most profound im pression upon every one who heard it. The Presiding Elder of the District, ?lev. D. M. McLeod; Leland Moore. Conference Director; T. G. McLeod. District Director; Char: ton Du Rant. Conference Lay Leader; eighteen of the pastors in the Sumter district; and twenty church directors and minute men, made up the official at tendance at the meeting. All of these seemed enthused to the highest pitch for the success of the great move ment in which they are enlisted and are expected to communicate the same degree of enthusiasm. to the ether members of th'c churches which they represent. War Cross For . Clemenceau, An Old Poilu Presents His War Cross To Premier of France Paris. March 3. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)?Premier Cle menceau was opening his mail this morning, hurriedly as is his custom, nrerely glancing at some letters, mak ing short annotations on others, in a fair way to dispose of his courier in the usual few minutes. Suddenly, upon opening a somewhat soiled and cheap envelope, the contents fell to the floor with a metallic sound : The Premier picked them up. read the letter slowly, then read it again, and again, and then sat there staring at the paper with tears tilling his eyes in spite of his efforts to suppress the m. J The letter read: "They have nut given you tl war cross; here is mine; ft has only two stars while you deserve two palms but it is the best I can offer; here it is.** It was signed: "An eld poilu." And the '?grand old man" o? France, who with Oxy. eyes. .has. hx>k?rt upon the horrors <?f two wars, picked up the little rusty piece of metal, the ribbon of which is soiled by the rain of the trenches or bespattered with the blood of its former owner, and wept. "It might have been given to me by the President of the Republic or by a Marshal of France, with great pomp at the Invalides. Coming from, this humble "poilu" I shall treasure it for ever," he said. Attack on Roumania Bessarabia Proclaimed a Re public and Military Operations Against Roumanian x\rmy Started London, March 27.?A republic has been proclaimed in Bessarabia and-its directorate has ordered military op erations against the Rumanian army, a part of which was forced to fall back, according to Warsaw dis patches. It is stated the movement is evi dently engineered by the Bolshevik! supported by the Ukrainians who! seek to break through Rumania to j establish contact between Moscow and! Budapest. HOLDERS OF LIBERTY BONDS are advised to hold them. If; ou. must sell, deal only with resp *i sible bankers. We Buy and Sell LIBERTY BONDS All Issues and Denominations. Write us if interested. TRUST COMPANY OF G'OBSIA Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000 Member Federal ISescrvo System ATLANTA, CA, HARBY & CO., Inc. COTTON Ui FERTILIZES ?58!HI8 If you have cotton to sell, see us, it will pay you. If you have fertilizer or fertilizer materials to buy it will pay you to see us before you buy, Cask or approved collateral 9 West Liberty Street . Red Cross Knitters Needed If we are to fulfill our obligation ncl complete the last allotment of -lO sweaters and 70 pairs of stockings or children, -that our chapter has undertaken by request from division al headquarters, we must have a more ready response to the appeal for '.nitters. So far only material for <5 ?a:rs of stockings and 9 sweaters has ieen distributed. Any one who can "r.it socks can readily make the ckinss. They are '.ike the socks ccept a i tt e more knitting is re<;u'.r ?<1. The sweaters are simple and :asy to any one who has knit sweat ers prior to this time. We are noti ied to have our allotment completed nd returned by May 1st, so there is io time for delay. All who can knit are urged to rally to the cause and uphold the chapter n :tz obligation to finish this work. When one chapter fails to do its part ?t throws double work on others, shall the Sumter chapter fail? , Galicia in Revolution Dispatch From Moscow Declares That Poland Has Civil War to Face. j Vienna. March 27.?A wireless messasje received from the .soviet government at Moscow declares that 'laiicia is in., a state of revolution. Troops have been dispatched by the Polish government the message states. NOTICE Of Application for Final Discharge, Estate of Edna Seymour, Minor. On April 14th, 1919, I will apply to the Judge o; Probate fur Sumter County for a Final Discharge a.s Guardian of said estate. LAWRENCE T. SEYMOUR, ? Guardian, j Sumter. S. C., March 14, 1919. Why Sauth ShcnTd: Increase its Grain J "i oduction. (Manufacturers Record, Baltimore? The gram production of tht: .South last year was almost exactly 200. ?00,000 bushels less than the yield of tho preceding year, and much less than in a number of other years, notwithstanding the enormous world demand for foodstuffs. Much of this decrease was due to unfavorable weather, but, nevertheless, the fact star< s us in the face that at a criticai v.v.-^ ;rt the word's food supply the h had a shortage of 200,000.000 busheis compared wiyth the preced ? year. It is doubly important, therefore, that the South should strive to more tban malte up that shortage by a larger grain yield this year. We do not at all agree with Con : ss can Merlin's prediction in this issue that a larger grain yield might cause a collapse in price. On the contrary, we see no reasonable hope of any serious decline in the price cf corn, and we believe that Mr. Hoover Is right in saying- that if all government restrictions were taken off the wheat market the price would advance beyond the present govern ment price. A wide open wheat market would cause a temporary break until the world's trade could adjust itself, and speculators would buy heavily, knowing that they could sell at high figures just as soon as we can begin to feed the hundreds of millions of half-starving people in Europe. We do not agree with all the rea sens advanced by Mr. Heflin for de creasing the South's cotton acreage, but we do most emphatically urge that grain production be made the prime factor in Southern agriculture and a reduced acreage be given to cotton. We would urge this as essential to the best prosperity of the South, even it we knew cotton would command double its present price. Paris. March 2t>.?The Prussian national assembly has voted unani mously against the relinriuishment by Germany of any Rhine territory, ac cording to German dispatches receiv ed here. Bio iiier Frtilizer Works Company Organized to Manu facture Fertilizer in This City The Secretary of State has issued a commission for charter to the Suin ter Fertilizer Works. The petitioners are J. P. Booth, Neill O'Donnell, and A. E. Tisda.e. The capital stock is to be SSO.OOu. it is stated that practically all the ;tock has been subscribed and that iho organization of the company w?l ????? completed at once. The location - ? the plant has not been definitely determined?at least nb announce ment cf that fact has been made. Cotton Market i LOCAL. P. (i. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. I (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon), j Good Middling. 26 1-2. Strict MiddiirtiJ, 26. ! Middling 25 1-2. j Strict Low Middling 23. I _ ! VKW VOHK COTTON MARKET. Yes'td'ys Open High i,ow Close Close (Old Style) May . 23.55 24.30 23.65 24.30 23.60 S July . 21.90 22.15 21.75 22.13 21.40 (New Style) May . .23.50 24.66 21.50 24.66 23.67 JuTy . 21.S5 22.52 21.75 22152 21.50 Oct. 20.00 20.80 20.00 20.30 19.68 ? ii? ii i?iii-i an? .in mi?? hiiii ?? FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars, Camp Jackson, stable manure; very little straw Car load lots only. Cherni' ea' ?md fertilizer v?iue ra*ed very high by Ciemson college. A. A* Strangs. Sumter. S. C. BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity large or small Am paying best ! cash price. See me if you have -nv. N C. ?stren. mm 'lll|r<IKWIIIIMBMMPMWBWWBWWW Is Your farm help scarce and high? \ v hi r n n r nrow ~ h P smaller acreage :-: WITH TRADE MARK REGISTERED* ORDER NOW AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Washington, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C, Atlanta, Ca. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ma Baltimore, Md. Toledo, 0.