The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-10-17

eoW has the combined circulation and
hausncs Of both Of the old papers,
end = mauifsstly the best advertising
0e6ium IN Sumter.
Charleston people appear to be be-
ginning to realize the viciousness of
the race track gambling that has been
domiciled In that city for the past
three years. and the introduction of
Dill by Senator Sinkler to require
the attorney general to enforce the
law against race track gambling is
an indication Of the awakening Of the
public conscience Of Charleston. II
the sentiment OF Charleston Is against
the race track the attorney general
will have a comparatively easy task
In closing the race track. but IL he Is
not supported by public sentiment the
race track gamblers will continue to
operate the track In defiance Of the
statute law that has been In effect for
the past several years.
The farmers Of the community In
which the Baker school Is situated
have taken the lead In a movement
for dive,s, ed farming that might well
be followed by every other neighbor-
hood I'm this and other counties.
Having organized q Grain and Cattle
club they have appealed to Clemson
College for assistance In making the
effort to find profitable crops to re-
place cotton. Specialists from Glenn
son will visit Baker school at regular
intervals to instruct and advise with
the farmers OF the community and II
In the hope Of those who are striving
for agricultural independence and
prosperity that they may. through
the assistance Of these specialists avoid
the mistakes that have heretofore re-
suited In failure for so many cotton
farmers who tried to cut loose from
cotton.
In hoth the eastern and western
theatres Of war the Germans appear
to have gained decided advantages
over their enemies during the past
two weeks. The much censored dis
patches indicate that Austria.
strengthened by German reinforce
ments. have checked the Russian ad-
vance and at some points on the ex-
tended battle line In Russian Poland
and Galicia have repulsed the Rus
slams with heavy loss. In the extreme
west. In Belgium and northern France
the Germans are repeating their VIC
torious advance OF the early weeks of
the war and having captured Antwerp
and Ostend are driving the allies
before them INJECTING great loss as
they go. Along the remainder of the
long battle line In France the Ger
mans are holding their own against
the allies who have had no decisive
successes In their desperate efforts to
break through or drive back the Ger
man army of invasion. The latest re-
ports state that the Germans are pre-
pairing to bring their big siege guns to
bear on the French forts on the
Alsace-Lorraine frontier, and that
they will be reduced by the methods
that were successful at Liege. Namur.
Maubeuge and Antwerp. This charge
of tactics is an admission that the
German plan to conquer France by
sweeping across the country with an
overpowering army failed when the
Germans were driven back from
Paris. that their success with the
Paris. and that their success with the
methods used at Antwerp and else
where has encouraged them to rely
r.ore upon heav yartillery than upon
more upon heavy artillery than upon
other branches OF the army to clear
the way for an advance. III the allies
have anything like as large n force
operating I'm Fra ce and Belgium as
the Germans the showing they are
making Is decidedly unfavorable. The
Germans are waging aggressive cam
paigns against the allies I'm the west
and against the Russians I'm the east
and are keeping their enemies ON the
defensive In their own territories.
Thus far the Germans have had de-
cidedly the advantage In the active
lighting and their country has al
together escaped the devastation and
ruin that they have inflicted upon
Belgium. France and Russian Poland.