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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31
Celebrates 3rd Birthday.

Little Miss Rosalind Sineath enter
tanned a number of her little friends
on Friday afternoon from to 6
o'clock at her home on East Calhoun
street. Games were played until five
o'clock, then the little guests were
ushered into the dining room, where
refreshments were served, consisting
of hot chocolate, cakes. candy and
fruit. The color scheme of orange
and white was in evidence every
where. Those present were:
Nell and Iva Bell Folsom, Mary and
Sara BarwiCk, Natalie Darr. GOldic
Phelps, Eugene McGrew, Kathleen
and William Costin. The occasion was
much enjoyed by all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

of the large farmers, merchants and
bankers and to reach through them
that large class of our farming popu-
lation who depend upon these not only
FOX advances. but also for advice. Spe-
cial efforts must be made toward MAX
ing all who crop or rent their lands
realize that their future revenues alb
solutely depend upon their tenants:
changing their crop system at once
to meet the menace of the weevil
South Carolina can largely avert
the calamity which has brought the
cotton States further west to their
knees, but it will take the combined
intelligence, energy and patriotism of
her farmers. merchants and bankers
to do 1t. d. r. COker.
Hartsville, S. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Farmers who intend to plant Irish
potatoes for market this year should
write the department of agricul-
ture, Washington, d. c., and get q
copy of Farmers Bulletin No. 1853
on the Commercial Handling, Grad
ing, and Marketing of Potatoes.
This bulletin gives information on
the best methods of gathering, grad
ing, packing and shipping. and Is
we'll worth a careful study by the
potato grower.
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the period Of readjustment.

the period Of readjustment
The raising Of truck crops, peanuts
soy beans. velvet beans and live stock
should be especially encouraged, and
the boil weevil propaganda should be
fostered in every possible way by
bankers. professional and business
men.
II this general program is carried
out 1t will result in the rapid enrich
ment of the soils and our farmers can
produce even after the weevil reaches
us as much or more cotton per acre
than they are now producing. The
added revenues from food crops and
live stock will more than make up for
any reduction on the cotton crop.
The program am here recommend
ing Is not original. but Is approxi-
mately what the authorities. govern
ment and State, have been preaching
right along. We have adopted this
program practically in full in the op-
eratlOnS OF our own farms. we are
planting only about one-half Of our
acreage in cotton, seeding this to rye
for winter cover in September and Oc-
tober, following our oat crop with
peas and our peas with rye cover crop
| to be turned in for cotton, and plant
ing ninety-day velvet beans in ou.
corn middles. These produce large
humus crop and from fifteen to thirty
bushels per acre of beans-a splendid
high protein feed.
If an effective program to meet the
boil weevil Is to be carried out it will
keen interest and cooperation OF most
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Nsw Evsdsnce Couseanly Being Pub
lishcd.

S,ncs the long succession OF Sumter
reports were FIRST published In the To-
col press there has been no looking
back. Sumter evidence continues to
veur In And--bettsr stili---those whose
rsports were first published many
years sso. verify all they said IN "a
most hearty and unmistakabie way
Read the experience Of Mr.. w. Yea
Con. 27 Haynsworth street. He says:
Il suffered from dun. naggins
backscnes. and my kidneys acted
too freely. used Doan's Kidney
Pills for these ailments. and they re-
iisvsd me. tonins up my entire sys-
ssm." (statsment given January O.
fs11.)
Over four years later. Mr.. Yeador
laid: The beneftt Doanis Kidney
Pills gave me has been permanent"
Price 60c., at all dealers. Don,
simply ask for q Kidney remedy--ge'
Doan's kfdsey Ptits-<he sarne that
Afr. xsaaon has twice publicly rec
Ommended. Foster Milburn Co.
yssp&, Buffalo. ~ Y.-AAvt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31
BROKE ARM, FOUND PURSE,

Harvin, Jan. 26.-Geo. Legare Har-
vim broke his right arm yesterday af-
ternoon in Manning in cranking his
automobile.
While waiting on the train ut the
depot to return home, he found @
purse containing a considerable sun
of money which the owner may Sc
cure after identification by address .a
his father, Ben. II. Harvin. Ha:vin
s, c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Licenses to marry have been issued
to Ben Mcleod, Tindal, and Miss
Ethel Mcleod. PinewOod; Robert Bell
and Annie Coulter. Dalzell. Negroes
securing licenses were: Marion Nc
Elveen and Maggie Lowell, Mott
Bridge; Charlie Benton and Hattie
Rembert, Dalzell: James Richo and
AAizzie Pringle. Horatio.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Miss Matte NJ. Strong and AIR.
William Nelson Brown of Sumter were
married on Saturday afternoon in the
office Of the clerk OF court, Mr.. Scar
eral witnesses to the ceremony.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

At this time Of the year during
wet days when no plowing can be
done. much time can be profitably
spent in repairing the broken or
damaged bridges on the farm A
bad bridge is q menace to the stock
and a very great Inconvenience in
place to place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31
vT11 lIE LEGISLATURE.
SPIRITED DEBATE IN SENATE ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEAS.
URE.
xAAy q ssaason Favor sherard R,n
--Nese Bs1ls Introduced IN scsmtc

Columbia. 8. c.. January 2s.--
The frst tendency 70 engage In
vpfritsdS debate took place in the sen.
ate sariy today. when the sherard
resolution. providing for q referen.
N0m Of <hs question Of woman SUI.
Sra9s was rsaeaed on the calendar
"A motion by Senator Epps Of Will
iiamsbu.g to strike out the enactins
words brought q number Of senators
70 thsir feet. many Of them clamor-
~ for IN opportunity to debate the
3sRses Later Mr.. Epps withdrew the
netion and tomorrow immediatel,
Sfesr third reading bills the question
- sQsel suFrase viii again be con-
aesrsd. Concensus OF opinion Ia that
large proportion. possibly q major
~ In ths, upper house. are in favor
- allowing the question to 90 before
IL pscpss,on its own merits. although,
many OF thess advocating the referen-
esn aye not committed to Its sup.
Dest In, ths iIsusral election.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Columbia, Jan. ss.--After consId-
srabls debate and d decisive vote re.
Tossing 10 Nm the measure. the Lille,
ban prcsiAins for $500 travelins ex-
psnsss. each, annually for the TWEEN
sy.fcur circuit Judges of the State wa.
passsd from second 70 third eadine
N the house this morning. AT presen,
ths jadsss sst q salary Of IA. 900 pc,
annum and have to pay their own ex.
psnsss.
p Ths Bradford bill requiring a ma.
jority vote OF the people OF counties
or other political divisions. In 9
referendum election before d bond is
sns can be noated. passed the thirt
tsedins and was sent to the senate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Paris, Jan. 26.-Lieut. George Guy
nemer brought down his twenty
eighth enemy aeroplane yesterday the
war office announced.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

Rspresntative MscFarlan of Ches-
cesssad county has Introduced q bin
70 eehcsl winthrop scholarship hold
~ niD Anne Frssil Houser. on the
Bounes that the family lived In
ClssNssuesa county only . Few month.
and chat the family has moved away
= y sAjtssty anfavorabie report has
sesa made By the ways and means
Senmksss % the house on Rspresen-
vn<lvs DanislS prohfbitson bill which
Sncludss Hrom the State alcoholic H.
Suefs ana wines. except for medicinal
purposss. n minority favorable re-
poft we made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-31

the look of me, and the smoke of me.
The finest, whitest, cleanest home you
ever saw. Only the purest, sweetest, rich.
est Virginia and Carolina tobacco enters
there. And when I come out, wrapped
in the daintiest of white imported paper
don't you know I am proud to be a
SOVEREIGN?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
NEW ARMY DISEASE
CALLED SHE'LL SHOCK

Let us quote from a recent edition
of the London Post;
THE casualty lists last issued by
the War Office account for 4,2S8 non
commissioned officers and men, Of
whom Cos are dead, 2,G7j wounded
and 94S missing, among the wounded
being PA cases of shell-shock.
Trench warfare, like that on the
Western front waged in bitches nine
feet deep, has developed It's own mill
tary peculiarities. TO the medical
profession it has brought new dis
ease, known as shell-shock or "shock
shell" as the British War Office Off
cially calls it,
To understand its causes and ac-
lions We must take our place in the
trenches with a company on the first
line. An attack is simmering and the
constant preliminary bombardment
OF heavy and light artillery is on.
Shells, shrapnel, high explosives
are rained on them and on the trench
with its narrow communication to
the supports in the rear. until there
Is a constant din Of tremendous ex-
plOsions and the air is filed with
noxious gas Time has como TO seek
cover and the soldier ducks his steel
helmcted head into HIS underground
dugout. crowds down with his mates
and waits for the storm to blow over
Hours pass. days pass. some prelim-
mary commandments lasting four or
i've days, and food, wafer, patience
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
How's This +?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
Il. J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O..
We. the undersigned. have known l.. ]
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by his Arm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, y.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood ana mu.
cOus surfaces Of the system Testimonials
sent free. Price IS cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
HOW this COUNTRY
SECURED ALASKA
WILLIAM II. SEWARD CHIEFLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ACQUISI.
TON OF TERRITORY.

The man chiefly responsible for
the acquisition of Alaska by this
country was William II. Seward. then
Secretary of State, writes Thomas F.
Logan in Leslie's. During John
sons administration Seward renewed
old discussions regarding such pur-
chase with the Russian Minister, Ed
ward de Stoeckl. He found that
Russia was not unwilling to allow
her possession to pass into the hands
OF traditional friend. but would not
permit II to go to European power.
The price to be paid was largely
matter of maintaining the dignity OF
the contracting parties. Russia
thought S10.000,0O0 would be about
right. Seward proposed $4,000, 900.
Splitting the difference" followed,
after which Seward suggested
knocking off" half million. This
brought the sum down to $1,000 900.
1t was then found that the Russian
Fur Company had claims against the
Russian Government which IT was
thought the purchaser should extin-
guish. This was agreed to, and
100000 was added for that purpose.
The general argument was that the
interest on the payment, $780,
000, would easily be met by the an
nual yield of timber. mines furs and
fisheries.
On. the evening of Friday. March
20, 1867, the Russian Minister in
formed Mr.. Seward at his home that
the Emperor had given consent to
the cession And by o'clock the
next morning the treaty was en-
crossed. signed, sealed, and ready
for transmission BY the President 10
the Senate. There was need OF
haste. for the end of the session was
near at hand.
In the debate which followed the
Presidents message the extremes of
ridicule of the proposition were
reached. The matter dragged along,
with outcries and protests, until the
ratification on May 2S But Il was
not until the 27th of July of the fol-
lowing year that an act making APP
preparation to pay Tor Alaska was
finally passed and approved. On the
next day the Secretary of State made
requisition upon the Treasury for
$1,000, 900 10 be paid to the Russian
Government, whereby Alaska became
ours by payment in full.
Within the half century that has
since elapsed, Stewards Folly" has
long since ceased TO be a byword. or
incalculable value have been the
treasures taken from sea and land
in Alaska and its borders In fish. fur
and minerals. During thirty-two
years of mining Alaska has produced
over 1851 100000 worth of gold.
silver, copper and other minerals, |
and il has seams of coal as yet scarce |
ly touched that are not second in !
to any in the world.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
Muscle Soreness Relieved.

Unusual work. bending and lifting
or strenuous exercise is strain on
the muscles. they become sore and
still. you are crippled and in pain.
Sloan's Liniment brings you quick
relief, easy to apply, it penetrates
without rubbing and drives cat the
soreness. A clear liquid, cleaner
than mussy piastets or ointments. It
does not stain the skin or clog the
pores. Always have a bottle handy
for the pains aches of rheumatism,
govt, lumbago, grippe. bruises, stiff
ness, backache and all external pain.
At your druggist. 25c. 8
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
Clear Away The Waste.

Bowel regularity is the secret OF
good health. bright eyes. clear COM
plexions, and DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are a mild and gentle laxative
that regulates the bowels and re-
lieves the congested intestines by re-
moving the accumulated wastes with
out gripping. Take a pill before re-
firing and that heavy head. that dull
spring fever feeling disappears. Get
Dr. Kings New Life Pills at your
druggist. csc 3
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
PARIS SEES But
LITTLE OF THE WAR

Paris has really seen very little of
The war despite the fact that all the
Dalatial hotels of Champs Elysees.
public institutions, schools, and great
numbers of private residences have
been converted into hospitals, but
he wOunded--at least those the pub
lie sees (the so-called "grands bless
es" remain inside the hospitals -
so neat, so well and so happy that
they attract little attention, and
while it is unusual to meet some who
are badly crippled. they are mostly
young, wear their war cross proudly
and are smiling like the others.
Nearly every Thursday there is
review in the Cour des Invalides at
which hundreds of these soldiers.
most Of them manned. are decorated
with the military medal or the war
cross.
Besides these simple ceremonies,
with the exception of the pompOus
funeral Of Gen. Gallieui and the
i4th OF July review, the city powers
have grudged the Parisians all mil
itary spectacles. The joys of victory
have been dOled out to them, so to
speak, in homeopathic doses; hero
ism has been kept anonymous. Thus
il was only slowly and by degrees
that the significance OF the Victories
of the Marne and of the User was
permitted to reach the public.--CGr-
toOns Magazine.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
THE STENOGRAPHER IN
GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Former President Taft, in the
course of an article in the Youths
Companion, says;
If ] were a young man with col
lege education, and If had no lean
ing toward any particular profession.
hut did have taste for Government
work, ! should learn thoroughly
steaOgraphy and tyPewritiug. Then
should apply for position in the
civil service of the Government. con.
fldont that should be appointed to a
good position.
The routine wOrk--taking routine
letters from dictation, indoXing and
filing and copying routine matter
would be nothing more than an ap-
premiership 1t would familarize
me with governmental methods Of
doing business. And it would teach
me loyalty to the Government,
which every person should have.
II had got full value from my
college education and my special
training in stenography I should
have acquired fund Of general in
formation and an efficiency in my
work that would make my superior
anxious To give me q more important
and responsible place. The fact that
had general or college education
might seem for the time 90 be an
unnecessary adjunct, but as gained
tho confidence OF my chief il would
make him more and moro dependent
upon me and my judgment. do not
mean 30 say that a college education
IS necessary. A high school educa-
ton, an alert mind aud an apprecia-
ton Of wsat Is going OF in the world
about you viii serve; but the wider
your mental discipline and general
education tho better.
A knowledge OF stenography aud
typeWriting Is useful in any profes-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06

and nerves are exhausted by the aw-
full din. the noisome air and the
crowded quarters with the sickening
sights of nearby men disemboweled
or otherwise wounded unto death.
Then Il is that minds go awry.
Shell-shock attacks the vetrans as
well as the recruits. The poor lads
with neurasthenic tendencies, with
poor nervous reserve or with histor-
les of sapping excuses and habits,
begin to experience an ever-growing
fear. Their limbs start to trembie,
their hearing becomes affected, they
cannot talk or see. and when they
can be rescued in a lull, they have
become jibering or silent. trembling
human animals. almost literally
scared to death.
Scientifically. the disease may be
divided into two classes. One is the
pseudo shell-shock following the
course outlined I'm men OF unstable
nervous equilibrium, deprived OF
food and made to fear for their lives;
and the second class is true shell
shock occurring in men who really sus
tain blows of falling sand bags and
planks, or are buried in the upheaval
of earth following shell explosion.
Unfortunately the false division COM
prises over 80 per cent of the total
number reported and they offer the
poorest hope of recovery of the prop
er material spirit which the soldier
should have. The true cases generally
recover within fortnight. They
may, however, slip on then into the
pseudo class and become unfit for
military duty.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
GAVE BIRTH TO TEN
BABIES IN TEN YEARS

Frank Scott and his wife. OF Ken
sett. Ark. have been married ten
years. Nineteen boys have been
born to them. Six died at birth. or
the thirteen living there are three
sets of triplets and two sets of twins.
The parents are partial to the let
ter "a" of the alphabet in naming
them. Ashbell, Archer and Austin
are Az years old; Arthur and Ar
mold 3 Il years: Alfred. Alban and
Adolph Is months, and Abel and
Abner months. Chicago Tribune
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
Children Cry
FOR FlETcHER'S
Q n . Q p ; ~
Soldiers of Fortune.

Thirty-three Scotch girls and one
Irish lass took plunge into the un-
known. setting sail on the steamship
California from Glasgow to Join their
prospective bridcgrooms in America.
The bridal ship arrived last week
with the thirty-three brides-to-be CAV
and cheerful. though not one Of them
had ever seen this country, and some
hadn't seen their intended for years
And yet it is sometimes said that
women are lacking in courage.--New
York Sun.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
Safe Medicine for Children.

us il safe?" is the first question TO
be considered when buying cough
medicine for children. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has long been
a favorite with mothers of young
children as il contains no opium or
other narcotic, and may be given TO
- child as confidently as to an adult.
1t is pleasant TO take, too, which ii
OF great importance when medicine
must be given to young children.
This remedy is most effectual in re-
lieying coughs. colds and Group. OBJ
tainable everywhere. IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06

ional or governmental career. When
the Pitman system was invented my
father, who was then practiclng
lawyer, made himself familiar with
it. tie used it to great advantage
In his practice and later, when he
became a Judge and a Cabinet OFF,
Ger. ] have often regretted that |
did not take time IN my youth, or
IN my early professional life, to pos
sess myself of that instrument for
shortening work and for making val
Cabie memoranda, which. because of
tho tedium OF writing In longhand,
you usually do not make al ali.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06

which brought me out of it all right, 50
am now well and DO all my housework,
besides working in my garden. Several
OF my neighbors have got well by talk
ing Lydia Il. FiNkham's Vegetable Cora
pound. -" Mrs, VIOLA FRICAL, Wagon
ar, Okla.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
guffocaGon, h0tilashes, headacheg, back.
aches, dread OF impending evil, timili,y,
sounds in the ears. palpitation Of ths
heart sparks before the eyes, iitogu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness should be Needed
by middle aged women. lydia z. Pak.
hama Vegetable Compound has cor-iat
many women saiely through lae cris!s.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06

ia bic Compound
because during
Change of Life /
was in bed tw o
years and had two
operations, but all
the doctors and OPP
erations did me no
good, and L would
have been in my
grave today had it
not been for Lydia
Il. Pinkham' $ Veg
etqble Command
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06

feel Obliged admit regretfuliy that
not so very much had been made OF
this affair.
Explains.
IL was reproached for thinking
just of Mexico and japan. First Of
all, Mexico was a neighboring State
TO America. II we wanted allies
against America Mexico would be
the first to come into consideration.
The relations between Mexico and
ourselves since the time of Porfirio
Diaz have been extremely friendly
and trustful The Mexicans. more
over. are known as good and efficient
soldiers.
ut can hardly be said that the re-
lations between the United States
and Mexico have been friendly and
trustful. but the world knows that
antagonism exists between America
and Japan. | maintain that these
antagonisms are stronger than those
which. despite the war. exist be-
tween Germany and Japan.
when | also wished to persuade
Carranza that Japan would join the
alliance there was nothing extraord-
mary in this. The relations between
Japan and Mexico are long existent.
The Mexicans and Japanese are of a
like race and good relations exist
betweeh The countries.
rsking Away Allies"
when further the entente press
afTirms that il is shameless 10 take
away allies such reproach must have
? peculiar effect coming fron pow
prs who, Liz, our enemies. made no
scruple in taking away from Va two
powers and people with whom we
were boEnG by treaties OF more iGan
hirtv wears. The powers who de-
sire to riaFe plant ar old European
.puEtr.. uf culture like G-re'e by "
'urJ',rled and viol"nt means GanI II
raise such reproach agains: us.
"Wh"n ! thought OF this allianc9
with MC>icC aud Japan | allowed NJ,
sci 20 De- guided by the consideration
that our brave troops already have to
light against a superior force oil enc
mics. aud my duty is, as far as pess-
ible. TO keep further enemies away
from them That Mexico anu japan
suited that purpose even Herr Haase
will not deny
Thus | considered il patriotic
duty to release those Instructions.
and ! hold to the standpoint that
acted rightly"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-04-06
4 Ai,nnIn Rp,iunst-

Murderer--Is this tho guy who t.
TO defend mel
Judge--Yes; he's your lawyer.
NJ If he should die could have
anOther2
J--Yes.
M.---Can see him alone for a few
minutes?