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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
NEGROES LYNCHED FOR MUIR
DER.


shreveport. La, Dec. 1.-Two ne
groes. Tobe Lewis and Monroe Iir-
den. were lynched today at Sylvester
Station. La. In connection with the
murder and robbery of Charles NJ.
Hicks. postmaster mt that place. Wat.
kins Lewis, n negro. Is under arrest
and another negro. Mack Knight. who
was capurod by the mob, was given
his freedom.
Knight. according to the story from
sylvester. gave the names of tho ne
groes to the officers. Ho confessed. 1t
Is said. that tho four negroes entered
Hicks store about 4 o'clock this
morning and. after securing between
$500 and $500. shot and killed tho
postmaster. Later to conceal their
crime. they returned. and after sat-
urating tho body with oil. set fire to
the place. Neighbors attracted by
the flames arrived in time to recover
the body of Hicks before II was entire
ly burned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
German Naval Policy.

New York. Dec. lit has been said
Of Rear Admiral Mahan that his works
on the influence Of sea power on world
history are responsible for the Ger
man Emperors naval policy, and
have had n moro profound influence
on the trend Of the naval thought and
action, not only in the United States
and Germany, bat in Great Britain
and throughout the world.
In naval circles the world over his
contributions to this great subject
have been hailed almost epoch-mak-
ing. In Germany his works have
been translated into the national
tongue by order of the Kaiser, AT
whose behcst they have become text
books for the German naval officers
The Emperor has been for twenty-five
years close student Of all that Ma
han had written.
Mahan first acquired fame in 1890
by the publication Of THE Influence
of Sea Power in History. 1660-17S3."
This work, like the one which fol-
lowed it, THE influence Of Sea Power
on the French Revolution and En-
pire," won immediate recognition
from statesmen historians and naval
stratcgiSts in Great Britain, Continen-
tai Europe and Japan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
The Day.

You boasted the Day. and you toasted
the Day.
And now the Day has come.
Blasphemer. braggart and coward
all, .
Little you reck Of the numbling ball,
The blasting shell. or the white
arms" fall,
AS they speed poor humans home.
You spied for the Day, you lied for
the Day, ... d..
And woke the Days red spleen.
Monster. who asked Gods aid divine,
Then strewcd His seas with the ghast-
ly mine;
Not all the waters Of the Rhine
Can wash thy foul hands clean.
You dreamed for the Day, you schem-
ed for the Day;
Watch how the Dav will 60
Slayer Of age and youth and prime,
(Defenseless slain for never a crime)
Thou art stepped in blood as a hog in
slime,
False friend and cowardly foe.
S&galssVx~>p
You have sown for the Day, you have
grown for the Day;
Yours Is the harvest red.
Can you hear the groans and the
awful cries?
Can YOU see the heap of slain that
lies.
And sightless turned to the flame
split skies
The CLASSY eyes of the dead?
You have wronged for the Day, you
have longed for the Day
That lit the awful flame,
Tis nothing to you that hill and plain
Yield sheaves Of dead men amid the
grain;
That widows mourn for their loved
ones slain,
And mothers curse your name.
But after the Day there's q price to
pay
For the sleepers under the sod,
And He you have Knocked for many
day
Listen and hear uhot LJo bo, 20 .o,
vengeance Is mine, I will repay"
What can you say to God?
Henry Chappell,
Railway Porter, Bath, England.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
NO DANGER OF Epidemic.
root ana Mouth Disease is Very Un-
likely to Reach State, Says Vctcrin-
arian.

Clemson College, Dec. 1.-There
is very little danger that foot and
mouth disease will extend to South
Carolina during the present out
break. This statement is made by
DR.. Il. o. Feeley, State veterinarian
and head Of the veterinary division
OF Clemson College, in order to re-
heVe the apprehensions Of many who
have been writing to Clemson Col
lege for information about the dis
ease and the probabilities of it's eff
fects, if any, on the live stock in
dustry in South Carolina.
DR.. Feeley is OF the opinion that
1T is safe to say now that there is a
minimum Of likelihood of the dis.
ease reaching South Carolina during
the present epidemic. He states
that owing to the excellent work
Of the federal bureau of animal in
dustry, the quarantine lines have
been tightly drawn, old shipments Of
stock have been traced and precau-
tionary measure taken to the point
where the men of the department Of
agriculture seem to have the situa-
ton we'll in hand. Owners Of stock
in South Carolina may therefore be
reasonably sure that they will have
no trouble with the dread disease.
From an almost diagorally oppo-
site angle, however, the foot and
mouth disease should have an effect
upon the live stock industry in South
Carolina, say the live stock demon
stratiOn agents of Clemson's extern
sion division. The disease and the
accompanying losses Of stock and
general uneasiness that is likely to
prevail in middle western live stock
circles for time will be one of the
causes that will contribute to a
shortage Of meat products next year.
The demand for meat will be COR
respondingly heavy. The time is
therefore, ideal for the South Caro-
lima farmer to engage more than
ever before in breeding cattle and
hogs.
Clemson's advice to cotton farm
ers is to grow into live stock.
rather than "go" into it. 1t is recog-
nized that the process cannot be a
sudden one At tho same time no
farmer will make a mistake this
winter by raising more hogs than
in any other year Of his history.
In cooperation with the federal de-
partmentt of agriculture. Clemson
College Is now organizing county
live stock associations in the tick
free counties of the State and ex-
perts OF tho "a. college will aid the
members of these associations with
their live stock problems.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
TO MAKE TRADE STUDY,
Japanese Government Appoints Spc.
cial Commission.

cial Commission.
New York, Dec. 2.-The East and
West News bureau today made pub
lie the following dispatch which was
received from Tokyo:
'The Japanese government has re-
Gently appointed several special COM
missioners to China. India, Asiatic
Russia, the South Sea islands, Aus
tralia, the United States and Canada.
Their mission is to make a careful in
spection of the effect Of the present
war on the worlds trade and to ex-
tend foreign markets for Japanese
goods. The commissioners, accom-
panied by many business men, will
soon start for their destinations.
"Mr. Sho Shido, who has been ap-
pointed to the United States, once act
ed as the Japanese commercial agent
in New York"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Tourist Travel Makes Two Sections OF
No. S5 Necessary.

Florence. Dec. 2.--On account of
the races at Palmetto Park In Cha:-
lesion, rs we'll as the heavy move
ment Of tourists to- Florida and the
South. the Atlantic Coast Line is do
Ing very heavy passenger business
at this time. Besides several specials.
they have been running train SO. tho
fast West Indian Limited from the
North. in two sections every morning
for the past week and will continue
tn do so until tho travel lets up. or
the winter train service Is establish
ed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
RENNEINKAMPF FIRED FOR DE.
LAY.
Russian Authorities SupCrSctlc Com
mandcr Because Of Neglect to
Close Up Iron Ring.

London, Dec. 3.-The Morning
Posts Petrograd correspondent says
he hears that the Russian General
Rennenkampf has been superseded
because he was two days late in TAX
ing up q position through which the
German armies in Poland were to
have been hemmed in. This failure,
the correspondent says, robbed Grand
Duke Nicholas strategic scheme of
it's full success n week ago, entailed
in the hurrying up Of large German
reinfOrcements.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Cn.4ntx, ~ Snvv,tnc

County OF Sumter.
We. tho undersigned. qualified
voters OF hte above mentioned coun-
~ and State. would respectfully pc
tition your honorable body:
ITO provide by law for an election
to be held throughout this State on OF
about the middle OF September, 1916,
for the purpose Of submitting to the
qualified electors of this State, tho
question Of Statewide prohibitions;
ITO make provision by appropriate
laws for giving US the benefit of the
Webb law as to the shipment and
transportation OF liquor from outside
the State. and a similar law for the
transportation Of liquor within tho
State:
For the enactment Of stringent
and efficient laws for the enforcement
Of prohibition"
OF course there will be certain nee
essary expenses attached to this cam
paign and any contributions, large or
small. will be gladly received. We
wish also. to secure canvassers ut
each voting precinct In the county to
circulate these spetitiona. All of
those who are willing to help In this
great movement. either financially or
In the circulation Of these petitions
will please communicate with the un-
dcrsigned.
The entire campaign ls to be one Of
common sense. The object is TO
bring more clearly before our people
the rell injury being done In South
Carolina by whiskey and to offer the
only sane and effective means of get
ting rid Of II. Let us hope that all
that Is written or said will be i'm n
spirit Of earnest good fellowship. and
absolutely free from bitterness or
fanaticism. Having on our side many
Of the most able and intelligent men
I'm the world. including William Jen-
nings Bryan. and considering the fact
that about half Of the people OF the
United states are now living under
prohibition laws. the old, thread bare
charge that prohibitionists are cranks
and fanatics has fallen as Hat as n
puncturcd balloon.
Carl Ii. Epps. NJ. ID.
sumter. Dec. 3. 1914.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Was Called Worlds Greatest Writer
of Naval Strategy.

Washington, Dec. 1.--Hear Admiral
Alfred II. Mahan, L. S. ~, retired,
acclaimed in naval circles as the
greatest modern writer on naval
strategy" died at the Naval Hospital
here today, aged - years. Death was
due to heart trouble.
Admiral Mahan had overtaxed his
strength studying the great European
conflict, and it is believed the many
long hours he devoted to following
the naval operations of the belliger-
ents probably caused the breakdown
that fastened his end.
In the early stages Of the European
war Admiral Mahan, whose works
are naval text books almost the world
over discussed FOR the Newspapers the
significance of various naval man.
Oeuvres. He gave up these activities
when President Wilson issued his
proclamation eXhOrting navy and
army officers to desist from anything
the conflict. He however, did not re-
lax his close observation Of all that
went on in Europe.
Admiral Mahan came to Washing
ton from his home in QuOguc, Long
Island, in early autumn, and had
planned to spend the winter here.
Funeral services will be held from
st. Thomas Episcopal Church, in this
city, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
In connection with Admiral Mahans
special wishes services will be of the
simplest character. There will be no
military ceremonies and no honorary
pallbearers. The body will be taken
to Quogue. Long Island.
A formal statement issued from the
navy department contained this ap-
probation Of the admiral's works:
Admiral Mahan's books were
classics in their line and were widely
read throughout the world. In every
country possessing a navy they became
veritable text books in naval strategy.
In England the leading naval men Of
the day confessed that it had remain
ed for Admiral Mahan to elucidate
the work Of the British navy in a way
that they themselves never had un-
derstood or even dreamed of. His
books and essays have kept him be-
fore the world as the greatest modern
close student of world politics and
his writings on the trend of the poll
tics Of the leading nations of the world
were accepted as authority. 1t may
be said safely that no writer Of mod
ern times evinced a keener insight III
the affairs of the world or expressed
concerning them more clearly and
cOnvincingly than did the late Ad-
miral Mahan. His death will cause
international regret, not only because
Of the high esteem in which he was
held in every country of the world
interested in naval affairs, but also
because Of the fact that his death
leaves a void among naval and poll
tical authorities of the world that
no author and writer can FILL"
The admirals literary achievements
had been widely recognized. In 1894
Oxford University (England) con-
ferred the degree Of d. c. l.. upon
him and later he was awarded the de-
gree Of LII. d. by Cambridge, eng.
land) Harvard, Yale, McGill and CO.
lumbia. He was a member Of the
American Academy of Arts and Let
ters and of the National Institute of
Arts and Letters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
Prohibition Petition.
To the Citizens Of Sumter County:

10 the Citizens OF sumter County:
Having boon appointed County
Executive Committeeman. for Sumter
County. Of the movement for State
wide prohibition. It Is my desire to
get In touch with our people who are
interested In this subject. and to start
the work at once.
BY circulating the petition. printed
below. at each voting precinct. 1t is
our desire to secure tho signatures OF
the qualified voters:
Petition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
Be Good 20 Your Eva

A New York homeopath. spcakine
at the recent convention Ia Atlantic
City. said that conserving tho eye
sight was q phase ot health conserya
tion too often overlooked. lie said tha
so per cent OF the blindness In this
country was due to conditions tha
might have been avoided,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Every dollar Of Sumter county
money spent in Sumter means thai
much more work for Sumter men and
Sumter women. These Sumter dol
lars kept at home mean that much
more hog and hominy" for Sumter
men, women and children.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

In northern Idaho and Montana,
which had many fires during the past
summer, 25 per cent Of the fires on
national forests were caused by rail-
roads, 26 per cent by lightning, and
10 per cent by campers. The remand
er were due to brush burning and
other miscellaneous or unknown
causes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

II requires Il lot of emergency talk
to make n sumter merchant lose his
nerve. therefore the Sumter business
establishments took q long chance.
like good sports. and put i'm the usual
up-t date stocks of Christ mas
goods
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Tho Sihlwald. or city forest Of w
rich. Switzerland. adds to the towns
revenue $7.2O per acre "a year re-
ducing the amount needed tn he raised
through taxation by more than $32.-
600.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
Sumter. Dec. 3. 1914.

The Office hours Of the Civic League
nurse has been changed to 4 to s
o'clock In the afternoon. when she will
10 found at her Office In the court
house basement for tho next two
months.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
Hot Supper ut Concord School.

There will he a hot supper at Con-
cord school house ON Tuesday night
next. December Sth. The public is
cordially invited.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05

treueIv so. The stage settings the
deDartlnent store office, the nOIle of
the adventures, the library OF tie rich
merchant and the office and surround
ings of the police inSpector-are all
true pictures The play itself has the
ring of truth and sincerity; it is like
mirror held up to nature: The audi
ence is made to look at picture OF real
life, not a mere fantasy of the mind.
The author of the play, Bayard Veil
Ter, is a New York newspaper reporter;
he knows his subject, the underworld,
the police methods, the position that
society takes towards the criminal
class; he knows it from personal con-
tact, and he has written 1t as he has
it as it should be. 1t is a powerful
sermon, yet is not pTeachy. 1t is an
interesting tale teaching a lesson that
the audience absOrbs uncOnsciOusly
while enjoying the performance.
When the great Roosevelt" as Cobb
would say of another well known man,
says to the author that he wishes to
thank him for a play with such lessons
and declares that he recognizes IN
some Of the police scenes actual hap
penings in the wicked New York pO-
lice departm ent when he knew II; When
Woodrow Wilson says Of the play that
Il was never more thrilled or interest
ed;' when DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst
declares that he wishes every rich en-
plOyer of girls could see it and learn
its lesson; that it is "a great play
with a moral lesson that breaches a
sermon against paying a girl 81 a
week when it costs her S12 to live,
when such men as these have spoken,
it is not necessary to say much more
about the play.
When Margaret Ellington acts the
leading role, it should not be neces-
sary to say anything of the perform
ance. Miss Ellington rises to splendid
heights and, although the play is melO-
dramatic it has the appeal of its re-
atty. It pictures life on its seary side.
yet it does not flaUnt naughtiness in
the faces of the audience
1t merely pictures a working girl
trying to live on 81 a week and be hon
est. Another girl working for the same
wage places stolen goods in her locker
at the store and she goes to prison TOR
three years. The rich stOrekeeper, who
gives $1,000 to a newspaper charity
without a thought and furnishes his son
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05

money for a steam yacht, and to buck
the bank at Monte Carlo, prOsecuLeS
her as an example to his oIner en-
plOyes, and in the same breath apOIO-
gises to the wife of a banker Tor neI
detention for ShOplifting, addlnS
weight to the girls declaration that
"the law is made for the rlcn5 lIat
they are no longer courts OF Jusuce'
but mere courts of law" Her three
years in prison gives the glrl time 70
think and develop and when she comes
out proud that she spent every Gay ana
minute she was sentenced for II you
OrII, knew ~ she declares what must
go on behind those bars in the women ;
ward for a girl to be given time OIL
for good conduct you would praise me
girl who served her whole peflOu o.
sentence"-she tries to start life anew,
but at every turn the bounding OF the
police drags her down Then she sSts
out to stay within the law, but make
a living by her wits-financlerlnS, she
saws it is called in business hfe-and
she succeeds.
She finds that to entice man into
writing love letters to her ana Iheh
hold him up for money IS blackmal4'
but to enter suit for breach of promise,
even with forged letters as evidence,
and then let her lawyer settle 1t with
the mans lawyer. is legal, and she
stays within the law" and heads a
band of crooks who the police can't
touch. When the police are cOntinu-
OusIv baffled and fail to run them out
IL
whole band, using a stool pigeon to en-
tice them into the home Of the mer-
chant who caused the girls downfall
and whose son she has married in re-
venge, but has learned to love.
The whole nasty method of police
operations in a big city is laid bare, IN
this and the following act; the schemes
laid to secure confessions. the cOntin-
nous bounding of a One-time criminal,
the brutality towards those who refuse
to confess. the fortunes TesOrted to, the
lies told. the sneaking, dirty, under
hand methods used to get evidence and
make evidence; the different methods
of the laws application to the rich and
the poOr-''there amt no such thing as
the constitution of the United States
here" declares the inspector to the
friendless prisoner. while he bows and
smirks and is abjectly servile to the
prisoner he believes TO be the daughter
of a rich railroad man-au are laid bare
in these last two acts of the play.
The first act Eliminates the traTesty
on Justice of many of the present day
courts and the second is an enlighten-
ing picture Of the clever methods by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05
Ell Pasoans Returning

A celebration of the 18th anniver-
sarv of its organization the FL Paso
lodge No. 2S9 FTaternaI Brother
hood. gave a successful dance at It's
hall Tuesday night. About 200
guests attended The committees in
charge. were: Floor committee, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs.
n B. LaRock; arrangement and re-
freshment committee, Mrs. Margaret
Locks. Mrs. F. A. Rehrig, Mrs. Mary
SHADING. Mrs Anna Mccullough,
Mrs. Adelaide Tyra, Mrs. Kate Muir
tie and Mrs. c. ". Geiger. Follow
ing the dancing, a supper was served
nv the committee Mrs. F. A. Rehrig
Won the SIS prize for selling the great
est number of admission tickets,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05

n 80 a GREAT playful of thrills and
,rascbing a lesson AGAINST the av-
L craze low wage paid to girls, the
abuse of mower by the police and the
uncbari+abIe attitude of society towards
q narson once convicted of crime, is this
NAV .evvitbin the Law" and Miss Mar
aaret UIfngton. by her ability as an
actrass makes it greater. Miss Ellington
is surrounded by an excellent company
aud ono at least divides hOnOrs with
the star herself rms is MISS agnes
Lynch who has the very 4aJ part OF
lie reformed east side girl who has
done a term in prison ana IS DelnS
taught the ways OF society IN the
higher life of a crook WITHIN the law
TTa - is not alone responsible for
the hit she makes OF the role, for 1t
requires real talent 70 ueplcl the char-
acter accurately, without CaTlcaIurlng
If Miss Lynch is splendid in the char
acter and affords most of the comedy,
which is excruCiaungIy funny, yet
never strained; it is al natural, just
like life.
has Dafd +he price of the crime of an
other and. after a term in prison, tries
to reform but is prevented by the pO-
lice and turns hlBn C!dss CIoO6s
crook who keeps within the law"
1isag +o tremendous heights throughout
tbe NAV. and it was the universal YER
dict Of Wednesday nights audience
that Miss Ellington gave satisfaction in
her performance such as is seldom
con in FL PasO. In the past she has
40 been familiar to Ell Paso audiences,
b1t in the future the name: of Margaret
Ellington will be on the list of favor
tie stage personalities of every theater-
ooer of Ell PasO. Miss Ellington is a fin
ished actress; all the little tricks of the
character. she assumes are carefully re-
produced. Hers is the delineatiOn of a
role carefully studied and faithfully
presented. The moods of sorrow, joy,
forced Iight heartedness, serenity,
sternness as quickly find expression in
her actions as in her face and words.
She is the living character of the girl
she pOrtrays, and no actress can do
better.
The supporting company is not only
capable in the exacting roles but ex-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05
Church Affairs

The Junior Queen Esther circle of the
First Methodist church will meet Sat
urday afternoon at the home Of Miss
Ruth Hyten, 10 North st. Vrain
street The lesson will be upon the
early Puritan cOlOnists.
x X
The business meeting of circle five,
Of the First Methodist church, was held
Wednesday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. R. H. Kerr, 1902 Ohio street. Mrs.
G. N Thomas, chairman, presided.
Following the business meeting, light
refreshments were served by the
hostess, assisted by Mrs B. F. Win
ters.
The Altar society of the Holy Fam
iIy chapel viii meet Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. W. G. Roe,
26Of Boulevard.