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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

Lugofr. 3. c.. Sept. S.-Mr. w. l..
Jones and A. Robert Taylor left here
several weeks ago for City Point, Va.
to secure work at the Dupont Powder
Cos plant at that place. Since they
left. word has been received that Mr..
Jones had been struck I'm the head and
robbed several days ago and Is now
confined In "a hospital near that city.
MIR. Taylor I'm returning to Lugofr had
the misfortune To get one of his legs
fractured while riding on a railway
train near Hamlet. lie has returned
to LugOff.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

Governor Manning is some farm
err" says the Rock Hill Herald:
"The governor spent a short while
in the city yesterday afternoon on his
return from York, where he made an
address at the "Home-Cominr."
While in conversation with some citi-
zens on the streets here he stated that
he was going to plant fifty acres of
burr clover on his farm this year to
help reduce the fertilizer bills and
make his lands more productive. He
said that parties in Anderson county
mad stated to him they had reduced
their fertilizer bill from 81 per acre
to sixty cents per acre and increased
their production from a half-bale of
cotton to the acre to three bales, and
from Is bushels of corn to Is bushels
or corn by sowing burr clover and
rotating their crops. He also made
this statement in regard to what these
parties had done in his address at
York yesterday. The governor came
over from York In the automobile
with Col. John T. Roddey and fam
ily."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
WALNUT TIMBER FOR GUNS.
War Causes Cutting OF Trees I'm Mis-
souri, Valley.

IL the European war keeps up much
longer all the walnut trees In Leavens-
worth county and this part Of Kansas
will be cut down, says a recent Leaven-
worth, Kan, dispatch. Three gangs
OF men are at work in this section
cutting and saving the trees and
shipping the timber to the east.
The walnut timber is wanted for
gun stocks and big price Is paid for
II. IL Is all sawed into short lengths
and rushed to the gun manufacturers
In the east by fast freight. A Kansas
City firm Is buying the walnut trees
and getting out the lumber. All tire es
six inches In diameter are taken.
Those selling the trees have not been
told for which country they are being
purchased.
One manufacturing company in the
east is reported to have received an
order for 100000 rifles to be ship
ped to tho Allies as soon as possible
These guns require stock OF black
walnut. the wood that Is found to be
the most suitable for the purpose. This
additional demand coming just at a
time when black walnut is coming into
favor again for furniture and for in
terror finish Is likely to send the price
to unexpected heights.
ltinerant log buyers are likely to be
along at almost any time now picking
out black walnut for shipment to the
mills. Now and then a grove of fine
trees Is found to be worth almost as
much as the farm. unless the buyers
take advantage OF the land owners
ignorance. 1t Is not improbable that
other woods will be substituted for
walnut before the war is over, but for
the present the Specifications almost
Invariably call for this material.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
sUMMERroN SCHOOL SESSION.


SummertOn. Sept. THE Summer
ton graded and high school opened its
doors to begin a new session on Mon
day morning at 0 o'clock. The Rev.
ri. w. Gordon conducted the devotion
al exercises. after which some very
timely and and encouraging remarks
were made by Supt. Browne. Mr.. Eli
son Cepers. and Revs. Derrick and
Tr. nbie. On his visit Mr.. Browne ap-
pointed Mr.. Ellison Capers to sue
ceed Mr.. j. w. Lesesne as n member
Of the Board OF Trustees. The pa
irons regret MIR. Lesesne's resigna-
tion. but count themselves fortunate
An securing Mr.. Capers' services. Miss
scarboroush and her assisting corps
OF teachers were much pleased with
the first days attendance. and they
feel that they have begun upon very
pleasant and prosperous session.
/, The total enrolment was 14o. that
OF the high school being 80. the
greatest In the schools history. Quite
n number have enrolled from other
districts. The teachers are: Princi-
pal. Miss Ida Scarborough: assist
ant high school teacher. Miss sallie b.
Anderson: sixth and seventh grades.
Miss Annie Brown; fourth and fifth
grades. Miss Agnes Riggs; second and
third grades. Miss Kate Cantey: pri-
mary classes. Miss Cora Cantey.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
A GLOWING TRIBUTE.
Why Grateful Lad Would Like to
Resemble His Father.

In the American Magazine boy
makes a splendid tribute to his father,
part of which Is as follows:
Because my mother knew that
from the day he first met her until
she died or for all the days in fifty
years, she was the woman ne loved.
should like the woman 1 marry to
know the same thing of me, all our
lives.
Because he was gentle. Because
he loved all flowers, in cool woods and
in sunny fields and by dusty roadsides
and brought them home, gathered
into clumsy bouquets for Mother,
If she could not go herself to see them
In the places where they held up their
shy faces. Because he loved all
children and let them climb over his
shoulders and pull his hair.
Because his eyes twinkled and his
face was jolly. Because he smiled at
his children even in days when he was
hiding back despair In his heart.
Because, although his work kept
him away from home for so many
weeks at time. he wrote jolly letters
every day to mother and us, making
jokes out of icy winds and beds cover
cd with snow that had drifted in
through farm house windows and of
all ha.Aehips.
Because he was deep-chested and
strong, and because his strength came
from work in the fields in such days
as he could find no work in his own
profession. Because he thought nc
work of his hands beneath him If II
brought us food and shelter.
Because he talked to farmers and
carpenters and to learned men and to
diggers OF bitches and to little girls
and boys and to presidents alike, and
all loved him.
Because he wore his overcoats for
ten years and his shoes for two years
and called his coat "as good as new
with little fixing Of the lining"
Because he thought no sacrifice OF
any Importance If by it we were made
to love more truly whatever is good
and beautiful and true in life.
Because he used to put his arm
around mother and tease her until
her eyes twinkled and she sadi. &c
away, boy!'
Because everybody missed him
when he went away Somewhere Else
and will always remember him.
That is why I should like to bt
such a man as he was.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
CONDEMN DUMBA ACT,
Austrians in Chicago DOyal to United
States.

Chicago, Sept. ia mass meet
ing of former subjects of Austria
Hungary today condemned the action
Of Ambassador Dumba that caused
the United States to ask his recall.
Resolutions adopted resent the refer
ence Ambassador Dumba made to the
Austrians in America as ignorant and
themselves and declare loyalty under
any conditions to the United States.
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ESTIMATING WAR LOSSES.
Each Side Ovcrestimates Losses of the
Enemy.

A list OF killed, wounded and pris-
oners on both sides in the great war,
which Is said to have been reported to
the French Senate, is obviously not
Official" as stated. and there are rea-
sons to believe that 1t is deliberately
padded. The list is not official, be-
cause the governments policy Is one
OF reticence about its losses, and to-
tai of 100000 French killed in action
or died of wounds Is given. And these
figures cannot be right. because the
British dead are declared to be 1S0.-
600. and In parliament but the other
day Mr.. Asquith announced that the
British killed I'm action or dead OF
wounds were 61,3s4 up to July 20. in
cluding 1929 casualties in the naval
service.
Should the prime ministers formal
statement not be convincing, 1t is ap-
parent that IL the British. who in
France are defending a comparative
ly short line of intrenchments and are
waging the Dardanelles campaign not
alone, but with the French co-opera-
ton, have casualties of 10000 dead,
the French total should be very much
greater than 100000. When we come
to the wounded we find that the ratio
to killed is considerably less than two
to one. The total for the wounded Of
the Triple Entente allies Is said to be
2,5SO.000, while the sum Of the killed
Is put at 1.73s.OO0 or only $4,000 less
killed than wounded. The compare
tive figures carry their own refuta-
tion. AS to the total of 100, 900 TURKS
killed. that is wild conjecture. Be-
cause the Anglo-French troops gener-
ally have taken the offensive in the
Dardanelles campaign, and the latest
London bulletin gives the British cas-
ualties of all kinds. killed. wounded
and missing. at about 10000.
Turning to the losses sustained by
war this official list submitted to
the Teutonic allies and Turkey In the
the French senate, 'incurs even more
suspicion. for the killed reach the stu
pendous figure of 3,35O,OO0; the
wounded singularly are only q little
higher. 3.ss5.OO0: while the missing"
or prisoners in the hands of the ene-
my are 1,7s5.OOO. being actually 6OO,-
900 more than the missing of the
Triple Entente allies. exclusive of the
Italians. Thus a grand total of o.
o3o,o00 casualties for the Germans,
Austrians and Turks is achieved, or
we'll on to twice the losses Of the
French, British and Belgians, which
are estimated at 5,463,000. The COM
parative totals. IL on speaking terms
with accuracy, would portend the in
evitable and early collapse of the Teu-
tonic campaign on all fronts. 1t isn't
casualties set forth, because Petro-
grad has had nothing to say about the
matter for publication.-New York
Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
villa Forces DemOralized.

Washington, Sept. Estate de-
partment advices from Ell Paso say
that the Villa forces at Torreon are
demoralized. Many threw away their
arms and fed, without the semblance
Of fight, when the town was given
up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
ARCHIBALD TO BE PROSECUTED.
President Wilson Will Make an Eek.
ample OF Correspondent.

Washington. Sept. 13.-President
Wilson has issued orders to the de-
partment OF justice to prosecute James
Archibald the American corresponds
ent who carried the famous Dumba
letters, to the full extent of the law.
lie Is determined to make an example
OF Archibald for abusing the privil-
ege OF American passports.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

You can not decrease the demand
for any commodity without affecting
adversely It's price. No argument
should be necessary TO prove this AK
iom- But some In the South are let
ting their sympathies for England
and her allies deceive them into the
belief that England and the banks of
this country can give needed relief to
the Southern farmer. Notwithstanding
mis- market for several million bales
OF cotton Is being unjustiy taken
from him.
But all the people are not being
deceived. Those who wish to buy
cheap cotton. regardless OF the mis-
fortunes attendant upon a low price
are fully aware OF the effect Of an
inability to ship to Germany and Aus
tria. or even to neutral countries. like
Sweden and Holland.
The intelligent cotton merchant Is
alive to the situation. Here Is an ex-
tract from the letter OF one:
Cotton has been declared contra
band. and IL yet remains TO be seen
what effect this declaration will have
on the movement to neutral countries.
but we are inclined to believe that 1t
In going to seriously interfere with
the trade that has heretofore been
put through direct from America with
these countries. IL looks to us as IL
the risk Will be out OF proportion to
the amount of profit that can be OBJ
fained for the average trader TO at
tempt to sell cotton TO neutral coun-
Z tries and upon terms that he will have
20 thoroughly faniiiiarize himself
with and. even then. the shipments
viii be In danger OF seizure by the
allies"
Hear another one who Is advising
farmers TO sell and mills not to buy.
lie says:
The consumption last year ap-
proumated II 1-2 millions and out OF
this "a millisns went to Germany.
Cotton has been declared contraband,
and the consumption should be rs-
duced by 2 3-4 millions plus possibly
good portion OF cotton which Hol-
land and Sweden imported last year
Tor their own use. but which Engiand
will prevent going there. owing TO the
friodliness OF these countries for
Germany. Therefore. consumption
should not exceed IL 1-2 millions.
American mills are stocked for a good
portion OF the next six months
Which consumers will help the bulls
carry their burden? December,
New Orleans. Is almost at 10c. and
I'm New York over 10c. A good profit
viii be made by farmers who sell at
these prices as they have grown
very cheap crop.
We strongly advise taking advan-
fage OF this rise for when cotton
breaks IL will decline so fast that Il
will be small panic. Ten cents for
cotton at the ports In very high con-
sidering these hard times"
We do not agree with the last writ
or. but do npt deceive ourselves.
The fact that cotton has been de-
ci srod contraband will be used most
effectively to reduce the price.
The farmer will have to stand the
brunt. lie must not DO ratified, and
fhIs " no time for hysteria. II IL n
lime. however. for careful considera-
tion on the part of our government
OF the needs OF thds section. which.
AZ understood are the needs OF our
country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

The gins have all started up and
many Of them are running full time
now, as farmers seem to be hurrying
their cotton to the gin as fast as they
can get it gathered. Not a great deal
of the new cotton is being sold how
ever, on the local market
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
REBUKES ROOSE-
WELT.
Arm yand Navy journal Declares His
Criticism OF President Breach OF
Etiquette.
New York World.

New York World.
Men In army circles have begun to
give voice to their opinions regarding
what they call "the Plattsburg epi-
sode," and Colonel Roosevelt Is handl-
ed in no gentle manner whenever his
name is mentioned where army Off
GERS gather.
In it's current issue the Army and
Navy Jorunal says:
"As there appears to be call for an
expression Of opinion on our part, it Is
we'll to say, what it would hardly seem
necessary to say, that there can be no
possible sympathy in the army with an
attack before an army audience upon
their commander-in-chie There can
be but one opinion on this subject in
the service.
"A gentleman enjoying the hospital
ity of a body of Catholic clergy would
hardly need to be reminded that in
their presence he should refrain from
an assault upon the policy of the See
Of Rome. Even a convocation Of
lawyers would hardly regard an at
tack upon the Chief Justice of the
United States, however disguised un-
der a suggestion Of the folly of his
opinions, as a happy choice of sub
jects.
THE case Is still stronger when it
concerns officers of the army. Not only
are they restrained from criticisms of
the president as their commander-in-
chief by their instict as soldiers, but
by positive regulations governing their
conduct. No officer would publicly
criticise the president OF the United
States himself, and no officer should
be put in situation where he appears
to be party to such criticisms, no
matter how yelled, so long as the in
tent Is clear.
Respect for authority Is the foun-
dation stone of military discipline, and
military men are the one class In this
country who arr habitually trained to
respect the office, regardless of any
private opinion they may entertain OF
the incumbent Of the office. An officer
who lives through his active career to
the retirement age serves under some
10 or II chief magistrates. to each of
whom he is expected to show like obe-
dience and like respect. regardless OF
the storms of partisan hostility and
criticism that beat about his head, and
to which no officer can ever be made
a party.
"As to General Wood, 1t Is hardly to
be supposed that he could imagine
that ,one who had himself served as q
soldier and as commander of sol.
diers could be ignorant of the etiquette
OF the occasion. AS to the speech It.
self. we are not called upon to express
an opinion. Whatever its merits, Il
invitation which might seem to involve
was not one proper to be delivered be.
fore an army audience in answer to an
the hosts Of the visitor in his express
sions Of opinion"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

1t Is one Of the anomalies of war
fare that the machinery for fighting
and killing has been brought to its
present CHASTITY perfection not by
swashbuckling. bloodthirsty soldiers,
but by mild-mannered. peace-loving
civilians. True. both army and navy
officers have exercised their ingenuity
to heighten the terrors Of battle, but
theirs are rather academic improve
ments on the more daring contriv-
ance Of civilian mechanics and engi-
neers. Who gave us the turreted IRON
clad? Not naval officer, but Erics-
son, marine engineer. Who in
vented the machine-gun, which squirts
death every day on a dozen European
backgrounds? Not colonel or a
captain, but Hiram Maxim. q brilliant
American mechanic. Who have the
battleship it's quick-acting gun-elevat-
ing mechanism? Not an ensign or a
commodore. but Janney. an American
mechanical engineer. Who invented
the motors for turning turrets rap
idly? Not a lieutenant. but II. Ward
Leonard, one Of Edisons former as
sistants. Who planned the subma.
rine? Not Hull or a Nelson, but
Robert Fulton, an artist.
So, one after another, the really
important. the really epoch-making
inventions comprising the mechanism
OF warfare prove to be the conceptions
of romantically imaginative but lamb
like private citizens. Usually their
contrivances are anything but per-
feet. They must be developed, and it
Is In their development that the pro-
fessional soldier has been most SER
viceable.
1t Is thus not only with the guns and
submarines Of war. but also with the
telephones and electric lights of peace:
for the inventions that have made the
United States and other countries COM
mercially great came not from with
In given industries. but from without.
Always it is a dreamy pioneer, an in
trepid free-lance, afiame with enthus-
iasm, who enriches his country with
a radically new labor-saving device or
way OF utilizing energy. Morse was a
portrait painter when he first turned
his attention to the telegraph: Bell
was a teacher Of deaf-mutes when he
began his experiments with the tele-
phone; Edison was patentee of
telegraphs and monographs when he
gave us the incandescent lamp; Mar
conf was mere lad with a liking for
physics when he conducted his first
successful experiments in wireless
biography. With the single conspicu-
Gus exception OF Edison not one of the
inventors who have blazed new trails
gave to the world devices that could
be marketed at once. DEVELOPMENT
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by less
brilliant intellects identified with the
industries that were benefited. RE
view OF Reviews
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To Investigate Disaster.

Honolulu, T. H., Sept. 1.-THE ball
last tanks of the wrecked United
States submarine F-4 now in dry dock
are to be tested, it became known
today. 1t is believed the tests may
furnish some clew to the cause Ct
the disaster.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
AMERICAN CAVALRY ATTACKED,
McXlcans Fire on Patrol On Rio
Grandc Near Brownsville.

Brownsville. Sept. 13.-A United
States cavalry patrol was attacked by
Mexican troops on the Rio Grande
near here this morning. Two Ameri-
can soldiers were wounded.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
Why He Rushed.

"The woman threw herself into the
river" read the teacher. "Her hus-
band rushed to the bank. Now tell
me why her husband rushed to the
bank"
ITO get the insurance money yelled
the class.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

II was later reported that one SOL
dier. Arthur Craft. was killed and two
Others seriously wounded. After
lighting an hour. the Mexicans fled
into the heavy growth of MESQUITE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

The hot weather OF the last few
DAYS has proven n great help to the
farmers, for 1t has opened their cot
ton very rapidly and they are given an
opportunity of picking out clean cot.
ton while the weather keeps dry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15
Villas Lieutenant Executed.

Washington, Sept. 13.-The Villa
agency here today received confirma-
tion of the execution Of Gen. Urbina, a.
wealthy Mexican, the second in COM
mand in Villas army. on the charge
of bribery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-15

Total.. .. .. -. :. :. $500, 2,48S.73
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Sumter.
Before me came 8. NJ. Mcleod,
Cashier OF the above named bank,
who. being duly sworn. says that the
above and foregoing statement is @.
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books OF said bank.
8. M. MCLEOD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of September, 1915.
II. l.. Edmunds,
Notary Public for South Carolina.
Correct Attest:
L. d. JENNINGS,
Il. ID. KNIGHT,
r.. X. WILDER,
A Directors.
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NEEDS MORE NfIDDIEs.

talon.
Washington. Sept. 11.-Secretary
Daniels will recommend to congress
that tho number OF midshipmen In
the Naval academy be increased TO
capacity. That would mean the ap-
pointment OF practically 500 more
midshipmen than will be enrolled
this faIl OF about 1900.
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SUMTER COTTON MARKET.

Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cot.
ton Buyer.
Good Middling ga.
Strict Middling SIS.
Middling 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 8.
Low Middling 1-2.
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
New York Cotton Market