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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
sUBsIDIzE STEEL MAKING.
Norway Taking Steps to Encourage
Iron Industry.

Christiania, Norway, Nov. lit is
stated that the Norwegian govern.
ment has decided to put aside large
public funds for the encouragement
OF home steel industries. The city OF
Christiania is to subsidize a new
rolling mill TO be erected here. by
contributing a premium of s kroner
on every ton of rolled steel turned
out for period Of five years. The ex-
isting steel works in Strommen are to
double their yearly output Of steel,
and the product is to be entirely taken
over by the military authorities. e.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
MitchCFS Zinc Record.

All of those who have taken the
lead in denouncing the Mitchell ad-
ministration are aware that in it's gen.
eral conduct Of the affairs of the me-
tropOlis it has made an unsurpassed
record. Mayor Mitchel's standing in
the community has suffered nothing
from his defeat. Socialists and paci-
fists supported Morris Hillquit, Il So
cialist lawyer of ability, who came TO
New York from Russia. He won a.
most as many votes as Mayor Mitch
ell. The mayors tremendous on
slaughts upon the record of the Tam
many candidate. Il local Brooklyn
Judge named Hylan, had the useful
effect of bringing out from this man
o declaration of loyalty to the war
measures of President Wilson. SO
abnormal was the local situation, New
York being Il city of vast foreign ele~
ments, that Mayor Mitchell was prob
ably justified in turning his campaign
upon the issues of the war. He lost
at the polls, but he seems to have
gained a victory in what he did to help
clear the atmosphere. Tammany in
power again will find it less easy now
than in the past to loot and disgrace
the town.-American Review of Re
views.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Curtailment OF Women's Anporc,

And now we are told the edict has
gone forth that "the apparel Of Amer
lean women during the year 1918 will
represent curtailment of fully % per
cent in the amount of material used. -
San such things be? If so, it GER
tainly refers to % per cent. in the
aggregate amount of material used by
all the women and not i'm each individ-
ual case. twenty-five per cent is one
fourth. and IL some of the women
were to further curtain their apparel
by one-fourth, we blush to consider
the consequences. In the matter of
evening dresses the curtailment GER
tainly could not come from the top;
and one-fourth curtailment at the bot
tom OF some Of the street dresses
would be little short OF sensational
However. the carrying out OF this
decree Is not up to us; and we simply
publish II that women may know wha'
Is expected OF them. We leave il tC
the patriotic women themselves TO FIND
the place for that 25 per cent. cur
tailment. We are merely lockers on
Augusta Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Sugarless Coffee.
Chattanooga Times.

Chattanooga Times.
A statistican in the food adninistra-
tors department has just figured it
out by means of table of estimates
rlade up from an investigation Of a
certain number Of average families
that in every family of five in the
United States one pound of sugar a
week is used in coffee and tea, which
means that 20,OOO.OOO pounds of su-
gar are used weekly in sweetening
these two beverages. That means, "a
billion or more pounds of sugar vast
ed-.ras some think, for coffee and tea
are just as palatable and really more
wholesome without sugar--which has
suggested to the food conservationists
that we take cut tea and coffee DUR
ing the war. at least, without sweet
ening; or If we have to have it, use
sorghum as the Southern people did
during the Civil War. The Nebras-
ka State Journal, which appears to
have been making some Investigations
on It's own account, declares that
many persons within it's observation,
after trying the sugarless cup of cof-
zee or tea come to like it better that
way, finding that, as a matter Of fact,
poth lose their delicate flavor by the
use OF sugar. "On the whole" says
the Nebraska State Journal, 'there
are few articles whose consumption
can more easily be reduced than su-
gar. What, with the syrups, the sweet
fruits and the honey age American
consumption of cane and beet sugar
could probably be cut in half without
discomfort or i'll effect"
These figures and suggestions come
opportunely, since we are told that
the scarcity Of sugar is likely to be-
come acute unless there is a more
general practice of economy in its
use. The wise thing to do is to be-
gin "tapering off, in the use of SUI
gar, reducing the supply each day; if
then it should turn out that we have
been simply cultivating a habit that
may be easily and safely cured, we
can easily reduce our sugar bills and
at the same time perform a patriotic
act by helping the government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Time to Raise His Flag.

If it is true that the Emperor
Charles has stated that he was ready
at any time to conclude peace that
would guarantee the integrity of his
empire but that he would not cease
lighting till his enemies renounce
their purpose of dismembering it. he
should raise the white flag at once
None of the allies is fighting for the
purpose Of disme mbering Austria
Hungary. But it is for Austria to
ask the allies for immediate peace
on the basis of no dismemberment--
Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Some Governor.

Governor Capps OF Kansas, has re-
established the custom of lending the
boys of his State the money with
which to buy hogs. He finances two
boys in each county every year, talk
ing the notes of the boys at pc.
cent interest for the value of the hogs
The first year Gov. Capps put out
$1,000 in this manner and got all the
principal back except the value Of one
hog which died. Several of the BOYS
VINO invested in brood sows and went
in for raising hogs have netted more
than 5000 each, after paying the gov
ernor the amount borrowed Many
of the boys appear to have been per-
manently started i'm profitable bust
ness as the result of the governors
little enterprise and the governor is
out nothing. The State of Kansas
OF course. is profiting very greatly be-
cause of the interest in hog raising
developed among the boys.-Y Yorkvill,
! Enquirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Lucid Testimony.

The average individual" said the
Scotland Yard official, cant give
1T detective simple plain, straightfor-
ward information. Questioned by a
detective, he becomes as involved and
difficult as the office boy. A detective
asked an Office boy if it was Mr..
Jones or his partner 'ho reached the
office first as a rule.
We'll" said the boy. turning very
red, Mr.. Jones at first was always
late, but later he began to get earli-
er, till at last he wfs first, though
before he had always been behind.
He soon goI later again, though Of
late he has been sooner, and at last
he got behind as before. But / ex-
pect he will be getting earlier sooner
OF ater."-London Tjt-Bits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
HEALTH OF GERMAN SOLDIERS
Conditions Have Materially Improved
Since Beginning OF War.

Copenhagen, Nov. II Correspond
ence)-The health statistics of the
German army and navy, as published
IN the German medical journals, show
that the percentage Of illness among
both soldiers and sailors is steadily
decreasing. In the army, the number
or cases of illness is now about tWen-
ty per cent. lower than in the first
year of war. For the navy, very
complete reports are published, indi-
eating that the number of cases of ILL
ness per thousand men is about 25
per cent lower than in peace times.
Diseases of the organs of nutri-
tion" furnished more patients in the
naval hospitals than any other single
cause but it is stated that the num-
Ger even Of these cases shows a steady
Improvement, falling from rs per L.
600 men in peace times to 56. Tuber.
culosis shows slight increase, but
other diseases Of the respiratory or
gans have decreased very largely.
Nervous disease has decreased slight
ly; diphtheria has almost disappear
ed; scarlet fever shows slight ir.
crease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
The Price of Cannon Fodder.

(By Mary Austin of The Vigilantes.
The following proclamation appear
ed on the walls Of Warsaw last year.
just before 100000 families were ex-
PEELED to wander in the ruins of de-
vastated Poland.
THE government suggests that
mothers having children should send
them to Germany to be brought up
and educated. Mothers who are will
ling to make this arrangement will re-
ceive the sum of $50 marks for a boy
and 100 marks for a girl. No 9th.
er aid will be given.
(Signed Gov. Gen. Won Beseler.." !"
1t was to make this transfer of can
non fodder unavoidable that the FAM
lilies were expelled. And yet strange
to say there were many Polish fam
lilies who preferred to see thei. chill
dren die rather than have them
brought up as Germans. Terrible and
inhuman as it is to permit children to
starve to death, / am not sure it is
not the lesser crime, even for Ger
many, than to bring them up in the
German ideal. To take a Polish child
with its hearitage of liberty loving,
of heroism and genius such as have
distinguished that race, and make of
IL mere bestial unit of a fighting
machine, what greater offense can be
against the child and the. future? II
is heart-rending thing to read there
are no more children under seven
left alive in Poland, but it is better
than the other I
This cold-blooded purchase of boys
and girls under present conditions
arouses the question whether or not a
German victory would not mean a re-
Nival of chattel slavery. np
1t will not be easy to make Ger
mans of Poles, even by taking them
young. There are inherited strains in
that blood which may resist even the
insidious enslavement of the mind
which the German government knows
so we'll how to practice. No one can
doubt now that Germany will not
hesitate in the future to use physi-
cal restraint in these unfortunate chill
dren of adoption should they show
signs later of not having taken the
German Virus. We must rem anber
that our own liberty has in it soma
drops Of Polish blood, which makes us
a little more than brothers in sympa-
thy to this unhappy people. Mothers
Of America who give their sons to this
war must remember that there are
other mothers confronted with O more
terrible alternative
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
One Addition.

Pershing's message is a tonic to
the nation. II can hardly be improv-
ed. And yet there is one sentence
that might with propriety be added
to 1t. Germany not only can be beat
en- and must be beaten and will be
beaten but is now being beaten and
the evidences OF that are abundant.
IL has been stopped I'm Italy as 1t was
stopped on the Marne. II has not
moved on the western front for more
than two years except backward. II
has lost the eastern terminus OF its
projected Hamburg-to-th Persian
Gulf route.-Philadelphia Record
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

supplementing the letter OF Mr..
Nsin o'Donnell. Chairman of the
Sumter Red Cross Chapter. in yes
terday's Daily Item. calling attention
10 the great needs OF the men In our
army and navy for knitted wear, 1
wish to most emphaticaily endorse
this appeal. and to impress upon you
the great need OF our men In this
respect. and to urge upon every wo-
nan and every young girl In Sumter
county to do their utmost in this great
work. The woman-strength OF every
nation at war with the terrible Hun is
now being put forth to help win the
war. Speed up your work. oh women
of Sumter county. Do not fall behind
, your sisters I'm other countries. and
while I am no pessimist. know that
great sacrifices will have to be made
by the women as we'll as by the men,
4 our country is to win the war.
Do not let any petty jealousy or
personal feeling OF any nature cause
you. or any one OF you. to become
lukswarm In doing your full duty
The Red Cross work Is greater thar
any personal matter. IT is the greates
agency for the relief OF the soldier
that the world has ever known. Ev'
erything OF personal nature should
be laid aside. your energy. everybody,
energy should be placed at the dis
posal OF this great work. The sole
aim OF everyone should be: "HOW
CAN I BEST sERvE?"
Sincerely yours.
A. c. PHELPS. Chairman.
Sumter County Council Of Defense
December 18th 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Oh! For That Packing House

Is II true that there is no market
for hogs locally? We have been in
formed by parties having a consider
able number OF hogs for sale that
they cannot be disposed OF in the local
market. IL this is the situation. then
the marketing question is needing at
tention. When pork is selling for 40
cents the pound hogs raised I'm South
Carolina should not go begging for q
market.-Spartanburg Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
:.
BEER IN GERMANY.
The War Has Had Disastrous Ef-
feet Upon Brewing Industry.

Amsterdam, Nov. 1.-THE business
OF brewing beer, which ranks second
in Importance among German indus
tries, is in a bad way, and according
10 the Berlinger Tageblatt. so dras-
tic have become the restrictive meas.
ires of the authorities in the matter
Of labor and material that the future
is looked forward to with the graves!
apprehension. '
The aggregate capital invested ii
the German brewery trade amounts
to three billion marks distributed over
1900 breweres. The latter control
wholly or partly 100000 retail tusi-
nesses, employing some 100000 per.
sons.
Concentration of labor and saving
Of fuel is the line which the authori-
ties have adopted with ever increas-
ing severitf; needless security, so the
brewers say. The fact that the coal
supply has been cut down by one
half, solved in measure the concen-
tration problem, because it has auto
matically brought numerous small
breweries to a stand-still.
Among the north German beer pro-
ducers. bitter feeling exists against
the Bavarian brewers. The former
complain that the Bavarians have
been, and are being, .unduly favored
in the matter Of obtaining barley and
malt. Rumors are current that it has
been found necessary to placate the
people of Bavaria, who have suffered
cruel losses in men during the war.
Meanwhile, Bavaria remains the para
disc of beer drinkers from the Prus-
sian point of view. although the quail
ity Of the beverage is such that the
popular verdict is that. it is wet and
that's about ALL"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Lee County Fair Receipts.

Notwithstanding the bad weather,
the fair has been pronounced Il grand
success by all and their opinion is
sustained by the gate receipts which
were AS follows: Wednesday, 1851;
Thursday. $2,145,30; Friday, ST.
994.70; Saturday, $9O3.65. Total, $5,-
1896. Last year the total gate re-
ceipts were $3,O35. -Bishopville
Vmdicator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
RUTLEDGE COUNTY DEFEATED
Williamsburg Vote Against
County.

KingStree, Dec. 12.-Complete re-
turns from the seven precincts in
on the proposition of cutting off a por-
ton of the county for the formation
of "Rutledge County" give q total of
3Z3 against, and PA favorable to the
proposition. The necessary vote in
this county to carry the election for
the establishment of the new coun-
ty was, 35S. therefore the propositi ON
was deefated in Williamsburg by a
substantial margin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
BOMB SQUAD IN ARMY.
Now York Detectives Called to COlors

New York, Dec 12.-The entire
bomb squad and about 20 other detec-
tives Of the New York police depart
nent have been taken over by the
army intelligence bureau at the re-
quest of Secretary Baker, it was an
nounced today by Police Commission
CT Woods.
The detectives will enlist as pri-
Yates in the army with their present
officers commissioned officers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

As announced several weeks ago,
the plan was adopted by the Board of
heueafion to give an additional week
fo' Christmas, in order to meet the
unusual labor conditions 1t is be-
hsvec that the plan will work advan-
taseously for the schools. the pupils,
and the business interests of the city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
II Would Seem So.

Count Tolstoi thinks Kerensky was
too soft-hearted. Maybe so. But
there are, of course, inherent difficult
ties about enforcing II policy of blood
and iron where there are more people
to be shot than there are to do the
MISUNDERSTANDING News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

Instead Of making up one week at
the end of school. as has been Gus
tomary. two weeks will be made up
--the schools closing on the seventh
OF June. 1918.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

IL has been a great disappointment
to the High School boys and girls not
to have their play; but the fates seem
to have been unpropitious. They will
have II after the Christmas holidays.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

iJnching In suburb of Wyoming Town

Rock Springs. wyo.. Dec. 12.-An
unidentified negro charged with mo-
testing women of Blairtown. "a suburb,
was taken from the city jail today and
hanged. Twenty-Five citizens over
powered the jailer. ,...o.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

In Petrograd citizen goes to bed
n traitor ana rises Il patriot; lunches
as "a revolutionist and dimes as IL re-
bel; turns riot into a coup de'etat
by running two blocks; and never for
a moment knows what democracy is.
New York sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
FIGHTING DICK ANDERSON.
Biography OF Confederate General
Comes From Presses.

News and Courier.
Gen. c. Irvine Walker has honored
the memory of a brave Confederate
officer and done a valued service to
the State in his life of Lieut.. Gen.
Richard Heron Anderson. of the Con-
federate States army which has just
come from the press.
1t has been strange fact, often
commented upon, that life of
Fighting Dick" had not appeared
long before now. Gen. Anderson was
the ranking officer in the Confederate
army from this State At different
times he commanded every infantry
regiment and battalion except four
furnished by the State to the Confed-
eracy. and nearly all the South Car
olina batteries OF cavalry in the army
OF Northern Virginia was under his
command at times. He was one Of
Lees most trusted lieutenants and
had an active part in the great cam
paigns of Northern Virginia.
More than year ago Gen. Walker
took Up the task of getting together
the material for a life of Gen. Ander-
son. and he has worked indefatiga-
bly, upon this task until it's compile
tion. The book opens with a sketch
OF Gen. Anderson's ancestry and his
career prior to 1861. He had distin-
guished himself in the Mexican war,
his gallantry winning for him special
honors both from the United States
government and from the State of
South Carolina, resigning from the
United States army when South Car
olina seeded to offer his sword to
his native State. His activities in
the Confederate army began with the
outbreak Of the war. He took part in
the battle of Fort Sumter, saw SER
vice In South Carolina and Florida,
participated in the peninsula cam
paign, being rapidly promoted, see
ing service In Virginia from this time
forward while the war lasted.
The story of the part he had in
such engagements as the battle of
Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks. the battle
OF Cold Harbor or Gaines Mill, the
battle of Frasers Farm and Malvern
Hill. the North Virginia campaign
OF 1852 and the battle Of Manassas,
the Maryland campaign and the bat
tie Of Sharpsburg, the battle of Fred
ericksburg. the Charlottesville cam
paign, the Pennsylvania campaign
and the battle of Gettysburg, the
campaign Of Northern Virginia in
1858, the battles of The Wilderness.
Spottsylvania and second Cold Har-
Dor, the Valley campaign Of 1864 and
the siege Of Petersburg is the story,
In good part, of South Cardinals part
In the War Between the States, though
he had under his command many
troops from other States as well.
Gen. Walker has done full justice
TO Gen. Anderson's memory, has told
clearly and vividly the story Of his
achievements, and has brought out
the esteem in which he was held in
the Confederate army. The narrative
of the various campaigns and battles
Is clear and interesting. The work is
q valuable addition to the history
OF the Confederacy and will keen
bright the recollections of one who.
to quote from the editorial trib,,te
paid him by Capt. Dawson in The
News and Courier at the time of his
death. was "brave as a Pa,adin OF
old, gentle and modest as q woman "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

Our idea Of tho millennium is the
day when all the factions i'm Russia
will become reconciled. On that same
day Charleston politics will become
sweet and pcaceful.-Columbia Rec
ord.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

Villa will have 20 work n good deal
harder than he ever did before II he
expects to get on the front page now.
--PhiIadslphia Press! g so
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
Notes OF City schools.

The public schools of the city will
close tomorrow for the Christmas hol-
days and reopen on January the End.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

The price of coal has gone up but
what difference does il make when
you can't get it, anyway.-Lancaster
News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-17
DISCUSS CHANGES IN SPORT PLANS

The adjustment of athletics to wal conditions will be considered at the third Pacific coast conference which will be opened by Dean Arthur R Priest, of the University of Wash ington in San Francisco Dean Priest is president of the confer ence. While the freshman ruling will doubtlessly be considered, the whole body of rules will probably not be revised, according to Dean Priest, as they have worked very well.
 Representative to the conference from the other colleges are Prof Solon Shedd, of Washington State college Prof. H. c. Howe, of the University of Oregon Prof. M. C. Lynch, of the University of Califor- mia; Prof. Frank Angell, of Stan ford. On his way home Dean Priest and Coach Hunt will stop at o. A. c. and the University of Oregon to look over plans for intramural sports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-17
YOST WILL COACH WOLVERINES AGAIN

Rumors, which are always floating gan defeat, that "Hurry-Up" Yost will not be back again next fall to coach the Wolverine team, were spiked in a statement from the ath- letic association office which declar- ed that Fielding H. would be on hand in 1918 to handle the Michigan elev- en.
 Yost is now at his home in Ten nessee, having left with his family following the Northwestern game He has the power to cancel his con tract any time within the next six