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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
WILSON VICTORY PLElsEs.
BRITISH PRESS SEES ISSUE
CLEARLY DRAWN,

ocnate's Decision Regarded by English
Papers as Of Far Reaching Signifi.
canoe.
London, March 4.-Few things
snort of an actual military victory
could have given the British press
greater satisfaction than President
Wilson'S victory in the senate.
The Manchester Guardian regards
editorially that Germany, having
iaiied to covince the United States.
apparently will ignore sentiment in
mat country. 1t continues:
Germany has now definitely as
sumed the line that she is within her
rights and means to abide by the con-
sequences. If American citizens lose
their lives she will make no apology
or promise of amendments"
The Guardian says it can not
imagine that Americans will accent
such a reversion to absolute bar
oarism" and therefore regards the de-
cision or the senate as having the
81 eatest significance.
All London afternoon papers COM
ment on the size of the vote to table
tbc Gore resolution. The Pail Mall
daZette says President Wilson's diff
hcuitles have not been appreciated
iuliy here' and that it will be possible
10 Judge the magnitude of his victory
In the light Of these difficulties
FROM the moment the president
based his appeal on the question of
hauonal honor, The Westminster
IaZette remarks, it was certain the
nation would rally to him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
MOEWES CREW HONORED.
Capt and Men to Receive Iron Gross
Vessel Captured Fifteen Ships.

Berlin, March G.-Count Won
and his crew of the
commerce raider Moewc, which has
returned to home port, are the
heroes of Germany today. They will
receive the iron cross and many 9th
er honors. All newspapers laud
their exploits and point out tho fact
that other swift raiders can cvadc tic
British fleet and destroy commerce, as
did the Mocwc. She captured or de-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
ooNVlCTED MEN RETAIN IJR.
ERTY.
DIsmisses one Rule and Continues
others Brought in Connection With
Blind Tigers Gang Sentences.

+ charleston, March flames A.
Hennessey,:J. P. b. O'Neil, II. o. Has
Nseimeyer, Dannhauer, S. p. Schiada-
ressi and Vincent Chicco, Jr.. sum-
moned on rule by Special Judge r.
G. Mcleod. to show cause why thew
should not serve the chaingang sem
tences imposed upon them at the last
term OF court for violating the dispen-
sary law and suspended, were heard
IN the court of general sessions today.
The ruletto show cause was dismissed
in the Chicco case and continued in
the others.
In a general order continuing five
or the cases, Judge Mcleod declared
that 1t appeared that the places here
fore alleged TO have been occupied by
the defendants ere now alleged to be
operated by other persons who have
had true bills returned against them
by the grand jury on indictments
charging violation Of the liquor laws
and for this and other reasons salts
factory to the court, and without
prejudice to the right of the State to
before the circuit court upon
the evidence submitted in the returns
on the rule to show cause" the rule
TO show cause is continued.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
WILSON TO RETURN TO WORK


Washington, March 5.-President
Wilson who left on the naval yacht
Mayfiower with Mrs fWiison: last night
tor week-erd "trip DOWN the Poto-
mac river. is expected back early to-
morrow. Hc probably VIII confer
during the day with Col L. NJ. House.
who returned from Europe this morn
ing
TWO OF the presidents callers to-
morrow will be Representatives Len
root OF Wisconsin and Bennett of
New York, members OF the house
rules committee, which is to pave the
way Tor vote on the armed ship
issue III the house Tuesday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
such a law NOR do we see how you

such a law NOR do we see how you
can.
Please acknowledge receipt Of this.
Hold all supplies subject to further in
structions and send us at once your
account covering all transactions to
date. with remittance I'd balance. If
you have issued any policies taking
effect later than the 18th day of this
month, please cancel and teturn them
together with any and all other out
standing policies on which the prem
ium has not been paid. AS the South
Eastern Underwriters Association
withdrew all jurisdiction from the
State on the 1st inst, you will please
send all daily reports directly to this
office instead Of to Columbia as here
tofore. Yours truly,
F. G. BUSWELL,
Vice-President.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08

several more companies notified
their local agents today that they
were withdrawing from business in
South Carolina. 1t is believed here
that practically all Of the big fire in
surance companies will withdraw
from the State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
i teachers of these grades )

TO all teachers of these grades)
Blue ribbons will be given to the
winners in all the athletic contests.
One ribbon only in each contest. The
County Board of Education will give
book to each winner who will pre-
sent his ribbon to the County Superin-
tendent of Education, and who will
place the book in his or her school
| library.
Some Points to be Remembered (Read
More Than Once.)
That all the people of Sumter
county are invited to attend the Sum-
ter County Field Day, Friday, April
9TH, 1916.
That all prizes given will be to the
Rural schools
That each school is asked to carry
banner with name of school on it,
While in the parade
That for the sake of uniformity. If
| is suggested that, where possible, each
girl wear white dress with purple
bunting sash. That the boys in each
school dress as near as possible alike.
That only those pupils can enter
the parade who have been in regular
attendance since the 1st OF March.
That only those pupils can enter the
athletic contests who have been in
regular attendance for the twenty
school days previous to April 7th, and
VINO are making passing marks.
That you should encourage your
pupils to stay in school, if they wish
TO take part in Field Day. ;-
That all who come to the Field Dav
should get acquainted with as many
other folks as possible.
That this program was accepted by
the County Teachers Association at
its last meeting as an amendment to
the program first adopted.
That it is necessary for the County
superintendent of Education to know
by March 25th, exactly how many
children you expect to bring to the
Field Day event. (This is in order to
provide for the right number Irof
lunches.)
That it would be we'll for each
school TO learn several good songs and
several good yells. (Songs suggested
-
are America Carolina" and "Old
Black Joe.")
That the County Board of Educa-
ton will ask your trustees to give tho
Tth Of April as holiday.
That it will never do for Won not to.
be in Sumter on April the 7th. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
SUMTER PROOF.
should Convince Every Sumter Reader

The frank statement of q neighbor,
telling the merits of a remedy,
Bids you pause and believe.
The same endorsement
BY some stranger far away
Commands no belief at all.
Here's Sumter case.
A Sumter citizen testifles.
Read and be convinced.
p. r. Maye, retired grocer, 1875 Z.
Liberty ST.. Sumter. says: II hurt my
back and after that I had backache
all the time. Some days / could hard
ly get around. I used plasters, lini-
ments and several other medicines,
but found no relief. The kidney Sc
cretions were filled with sediment
and I could not rest we'll. If tried to
lift or stoop, sharp pains darted
through me. On using Doans Kidney
Pills the pains In my back left, my
kidneys became normal, and felt fif.
ty per cent. better in every way
Statement given Nov. IA, 19OS.)
On Jan. IL, 1915. Mr.. Maye said
whenever my back bothers me, OF
1 have the least sign of kidney weak
ness / get box OF Doan's kidney
Pills ut Zemp's Pharmacy. They nev
er fail to relieve me-"
Price Soc. at all dealers. Don
simply ask for kidney remedy---ge
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tina
Mr.. May has twice publicly recon-
mended. Fostcr-M Milburn Co, Props
Buffalo, n. Y.-Advt. (26
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
Fire Saturday Night.

Fire Saturday night about 10 o'clock
practically destroyed a building on
East Canal street. The building was
occupied by Alberta Brown, and was
owned by H. Hardy estate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08

say. has the lowest average premium
rate Of any State in the union, while
at the same time 1t has the highest
average Of loss of any State in the
union. The Southeastern Underwrit.
ers' Association was an independent
rating bureau, whose rates practically
all OF the old line fire insurance com.
panies operating in this State had ac-
cepted. Now, the agents say, since
these companies have withdrawn the
insurance will be left to the local and
Independent companies. The local
companies have not sufficient capital
and none can reinsure their risks in
the companies which have withdrawn,
so this will leave the State practically
without insurance, or that is the pres
ent indicat' n, according to the
az us VS.
=. agents will not have com,
panies. they will have to find others,
an almost impossible task. or close
up their businesses. This, of course,
makes 1t necessary to hunt other
work. Another thing which affects
the insurance field here is that the
business done by the big companies
Is comparatively small and it will at
feet them to only a small extent to
withdraw, conditions being different
from what they were In Kentucky and
other States in that section several
years ago. when similar legislation
was enacted and the companies with
drew, when the insurance was larger
and affected the companies to great
er extent, making them seemingly in
different to the matter here. 1t seems
that no fight will be made on the law.
In fact some of the companies have
not only withdrawn. but t>have written
their former agents. who are no long
or agents upon the companies with
drawal. to cancel all policies now in
effect. not merely waiting for their
N~ffs@tsCas 'tt thio, Va touiSc. tiiGy
cannnpt enforce, If >the agents and
policy holders are unwilling.
Some OF the companies heard from
today notifying their agents OF their
withdrawal were: The Home. Lon
don Assurance. Merchants Union,
Phoenix of Hartford. Glenn's Falls,
Aetna. Firemen,s Fund. Hartford,
Connecticut, Northern Assurance, At
las. Quenn, Westchester, Rochester
German. German-American, .Aachen
and Munich. Dixie. Yorkshire. Provi-
dence Washington. Security, German
Alliance. Hamburg Bremen. The four
local companies in the State to care
for tho insurance now are Palmetto,
Sumter; South Carolina. Columbia; !;
Southern Home and Equitable. Char
lesion. These four are all very small
companies and can give only q small
per cent of the insurance which will
be required.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08

The fre insurance situation In this
state 10 creating quite great deal of
interest just now. both among the
agents, who say that 1t seems that
they will be forced out OF business,
the companies. who say that they are
forced to withdrawn under the recent
act ief the legislature. and property
hol3sra who do not know that they
Will able to place any insurance on
their property. whsn the present poll
ciss expire. The Insurance act passed
by the legislature has caused a big
stir and the withdrawal Of numerous
large companies from the fire insur-
ance neld In this State Is in effect
lsavins. the State practically without
means TO write nre insurance.
The local agents are much concern
I'd and say that indications are that
they Win have to go out of this busi-
nssa. Letters from no less than twen-
ty-tvo. large companies were received
hT their agents here this morning,
Following mp telsgrams which had al
rseey BEEN sent, stating that they
had withdrAwn from South Carolina
and would 40 no further business
here under the recently enacted law,
which goes into, effect the latter par;
% this month. Hartford and New
Iork are the centers Of insurance for
the large companies Of the United
jStatss and the Hartford companies
Are practically all sending out the
1ams circular letter TO their agents
inttifyins them Of their withdrawal.
The Me- York companies are sending
out smilar letters. under an apparent
SG2nenent Of the companies. stating
'th3ttthsy viii do no, further business
-m~xhS state. The letters are all very
much alike. and the following letter
to . local agent indicates the reasons
of the companies for withdrawing:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
Home Insurance Co..
Sc Cedar street, T,

n.
New York. March q, 1916.
rhs sumter InsuI ance Agency. gent.
sumter. south CArolina.
Dear sirs; Please note that from
ar after the receipt Of this and nn-.
I'll ferther notice. your authority to
aeeept r,s,ss asainst tire.. lightning and
wine storm or hail. and to issue
policies Of this compsny thereon. Is
discontinued. and YOU are prohibited
accordinsiy from psrforming any and
All acts ~ agent Of this company.
sxcepting the collection OF unpaid
premiums. II any on policies written
before that date.
In Justification or our action and
In support of the conclusion above
stated. we cite the following provis-
ions OF the law recently enacted by
your legislature lind approved by
your governor:
Under Section six the law vests In
the Insurance commissioners the paw
or tson written complaint or upon his
own motion TO review any rate and to
determine whether same Is discrimi-
ratory or unjust. with the authority to
require us to substitute rate which
In his judgment ia not discriminatory
Or unjust. In other words. the price
OF the Indemnity ve are prepared to
offer to your customers Is no longer to
be under our control.
In Section seven. II Is provided tha,
no company or agent shall make OF
permit any difference or distinction In
rates. In methods CT payment of pre-.
MUM or In any oeher way whatso.
ever between insurers of risks Of es.
sentially the same fire hazard"
ANY company or agent violating thi,
section shall be guilty of misde
meanor and upon conviction Thereof
shall be fined not exceeding $500.
Manifestly II Is impossible to com
ply with these two contradictor,
conditions. The one takes from u,
all control over ou. rates; the othel
penalizes US IL we DO not apply oul
schedules uniformly. 1t subjects yo,
to n fine OF 500 II you collect pre-
MUM In ten-days from one custome
and give another thirty days credit.
Section two requires that an ofi
Ger or agent Of the company "wh,
resides In the state" shall on the frs
day of March 1917 and In each yea
thereafter. file with the insuranc
commissioner an afidavit stating tha
the company has noe I'm the preceding
twelve months entered into any com
bination for the purpose of preventin
competition I'm insurance rates i'm tn
State. IL will be wholly impossibl
for any agent OF this company eve
TO make such AN affidavit and we sha1
never ask one of them to do SO.
Clearly IL In unsafe for either you q
us to- do business under this statut,
While II is long time since our oper
ations In South Carolina yielded
profit To this company. we are reluo
tant to withdraw our protection froI
It's property owners and To interruI
our very satisfactory relations wit
you but We cannot do business undo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
MlllneE COMPANIES sIDE.


1ro insurancc Agents Much Worried
aAd say That They WIN Probably
HAvc % Close mp OGlces-Nunaber
of Largo Conapanics are Withdraw
ine and Some went PolHics Now I'm
ERcct Canccllcd-Agcnts Say That
Local and independent Companies
I, Csnnot Handle Inmrancc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28
TAKING NO CHANCES.

For years country merchants have
been fighting the mail order houses in
the big cities.
Some Of the most effective warfare
has been carried on through the local
newspapers which at times have car
ried columns of boiler plate advocat-
ing trading at home.
This year the state press association
made up largely OF the country weekly
editors meets in Chicago.
One Of the foxy mail order houses
there has extended an invitation to
the editors to visit the plant during
the convention for a tour Of inspec-
ton. with an elaborate banquet at the
end by all who will participate"
Notification of the editors intention
to attend the meeting and to accept
the invitation of the mail order house
to the banquet is to be made on a re-
turn postal card.
We have a picture of country edi-
tor accepting an invitation to a meal at
the hand of Chicago mail order house
and spreading the news on a postal
card 10 be read by the village post
master.
Lions may lie down with lambs and
frisky calves may play hide-and-seek
with hungry wolves, but the country
editor is taking no such chances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28

Protein, that element Of diet which
builds and repairs waste, and restores
the energy of the body, is. found in
meat For hundreds of years, the roast
beef of old England was looked upon
as the basis of her power. Roast beef
is no longer food for common people Of
England, and the aenemic condition Of
army recruits has astonished the mil
itary authorities and filled them with
apprehension.
The necessity for a liberal allow
ance Of meat, the energy maker, in the
diet of the fighting man has led to the
feeding up Of the millions now under
arms in Europe on daily ration of
meat to which they have never been
accustomed.
The people of the United States are
famous among the nations for their
remarkable energy. What this nation
has created and accomplished in the
few decades of its existence, has no
parallel in history.
The people of the United States
have been big meat eaters. They con-
sumed, a few years ago, 172 pounds of
meat per capita annually, which is
about four times the average for the
world-39 pounds per capita. But in
| the past few years the people of this
country have been consuming less meat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28

all right for me to have my teeth
crowned or filled or extracted during
pregnancy? The teeth are in bad con-
dition.
Answer-By all means have the
teeth put in good condition at once.
That or any other minor surgical
treatment is perfectly safe and advis-
able.
Milk of Magnesia for Bloating and
Hives.
I suffer considerably from bloating,
indigestion and hives. l find milk Of
magnesia very helpful. Could pepsin be
added to it? If so, in what form would
you adyise it?
AnsW'er-It could, but 1t would be
pepsin wasted, as pepsin requires an
acid medium. Moreover. pepsin as
remedy never in itself does any good.
Electric Vibrator.
Is an electric vibrator good for the
health?
Answer-Absolutely useless.
Will the following correspondents
please send stamped addressed envel-
opes for private reply: Mrs. L. Y, H.
E. B., A. X, W. H. r., Subscriber, Mrs.
S., Thankful s., c. A. W, j. NJ. s, One
Who is Interested. ]. F. A. Miss N. X,
r. c. L., n. NJ. E. H. W, Joe l. A, Mrs.
F. A. B., E. B., NJ. c., E. A. D., Mrs. +.
H. H., and D. H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28
BishOp Harris Henored.

Toxic, March 26.-Unusual honors
were paid to Bishop Merriman c. Har-
ris of Korea before his departure from
Japan for the United States. 1t IS
understood that the bishop, who is the
head of the American Methodist EpiS-
copal mission in Korea, will retire.
but friends and admirers have agreed
to provide residence at kamakura-
by-the-sea If he will return to live
here permanently.
Among the prominent men present
at farewell dinner were Baron lshH'
the minister of foreign affairs; George
W. Guthrie. the American ambassa-
dor, and Viscount Kaneko. Baron
Ishii in the name Of Emperor loshl-
hito conferred upon the bishop the
second order of the sacred treasure
and at the same time eulogized the
veteran missionary's work in Korea
Ambassador Guthrie likewise made 4
speech of appreciation Of the bishops
labors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28
[EALTHETAL|
Brady,n.D.
Changing Medicine.

Our irrepressible friend, the "old
doctors Nemesis. She is always on
hand to point out his errors or to en-
phasize the evil or untoward effects of
his treatment, and, if you are in her
opinion mentally inferior, to tell you
just what you ought to take.
She it is, in her figurative being,
who creates and maintains the fear OF
antitoXin harbored by uneducated
people. 1t is her suggestion that
causes the patient to discontinue this
or that part of the treatment without
seeking the doctors advice, whenever
any new or unusual developments
arise in the course Of an illness. The
old woman of the neighborhood leaves
in her meandering wake a trail of
distrust, suspicion and despair. She
hastens the inevitable bad ending, and
postpones the hoped-for GONZALES
cence. She comes TO the house of
sickness like a well-wishing friend
and usually she does mean well-but
she only contanimates the atmos-
phere.
Although hundreds of different med
icinal agents are commonly admin
istered with hypodermic needle, the
old woman acts and yammers on the
assumption that anything so admin
istered is dangerous dope. Although
nine out of ten of the modern sera or
vaccines are utterly harmless, even
when they fail to produce the antici-
pated results, the old woman finds
therein a sufficient explanation for
any possible skin disease or constitu-
tional disturbance the patient may &C
quire at any future time-among the
troubles being eczema and tubercu-
losis. The old woman knows-hasn't
she had experience" in gossiping
about the neighbors' health?
The old woman steps into the breach
and contributes the straw that turns
the decision against life-saving or
Misunderstanding operation. They
, didn't do them things" when she was
a girl. And look at her, But don't
look at the mortality tables OF her
time-Decause II you do you will be
Mortified at the high death rate from
durable diseases.
What we wish to convey. when We
say such mean things about the "old
| women" Is just this: No one under
| takes to give you advice unless he or
she assumes to know more than you
know. And no one offers gratuitous
advice unless you are of weak. easily
influenced character In short, when
the old woman takes you in hand she
tor maybe 1t is hel betrays lack OF
respect for your personality. The as
sumption is that you don't know enough
TO know your own mind
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Dentistry for Expectant Mother.
Will you please tell me II 1t would be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28
Diss0lving Merchant Marine,

Buenos Aires, April 28.-The COM
plete dissolution of the ancient Argen-
tin mercantile marine appears to be
fast approaching as result, primar-
lily, Of the European war.
Before the conflict in Europe began
there were a number of indications
that attempts to create and maintain
a national mercantile marine repre-
senting the Argentine republic might
be successful, notwithstanding that
the efforts were handicapped by a
number Of factors. Onerous and vex-
atious laws and regulations are in
force, among them law that requires
that every captain or commander Of
an Argentine vessel must be an AZ
gentine. One-third of the crew must
be Argentine.
Notwithstanding that the Spanish
race has always been notable for the
number and merits OF its navigators.
the Argentine descendants of that race
show no marked liking for the sailors
life. AS result, there are on record
many cases of owners of vessels
searching for weeks for properly quail
flied officers and men for an Argentine
ship. In a way the law was circum-
vented by naturalizing Spaniards,
Greeks and Italians, but even this ex-
pedient was not always successful.
Many European nations are now