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The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-08-31
BONUS ON GOLD

The only producer of metals who has not found his product increase in value in the past few years is the gold miner.
 With copper at a high selling price and all metals used in the production of steel higher yet,
 gold remains at the old value but it's purchasing power is much less. Ten years ago the ruling prices of supplies and the cur rent wages made it possible for the gold producer to make a profit at the old standard, but Low, the scal city of lator, the need for food conservation and the difficulty in obtaining mach inery severely handicaps gold miners: especially those whose proper ties ore low grade. For this reason many Californian & Oregon gOlda1eas ;Ie idle, and many camps in Alaska.
 At the same time the financiers of the nation look upon this as serious condition, for the only real purchasing power in the world today is gold: sheaves of currency are merely promises to pay, which will be as scrap paper when the books are balanc-
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-08-31
OV FIR RUS SIAN CITY

O1yia R Francis, American am bassador to Russia, has at last found safety from pursuing BolSheviki of the Lenine sort.
 According to the dispatches Am oassadOr Francis and the dip Iomats of Great Britain and France have left Kandalaka ana gone to Murmansk, 15O miles north of the Arctic circle, where they will have the protection o1 the allied troops recently landed on the Kola peninsula,
 Murmansk is a town of about 6, GOO people, mostly refugees.I housed in frame shacks of the| klondlke variety and it's prevail ing temperature in the winter isl about 30 degrees below zero, but, to Ambassador Francis it will]
The McCarthy weekly news., 1918-08-31

doubtless seem warm and com |fortable after his long journey north of the Arctic circle. At least, he will be safe from annoy ance and can communicate with hlS home government, fOi. the Murman coast is beyond the sphere of German influence. at least, and Kola being near the path of the gulf stre om, is visit ed occasionally by steamers.
 Since the fall of the Kerenskv government and subsequent SUD of Lenine and his crowd 5O the persHasIons of the Huns he allied ambassadors have been frequently on the move. They declined, for obvious re ,S- ,ns, invitations to go t0 Moscow.
 Continued on plae 5.
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OLD GLORY IS WAVING
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Ono Hundred ana Fifty Plants I'm
Carohnas Suspend Until Monday
Morning.

Charlotte. ~. c.. Jan. 3.-Approxi-
nateiy $50 cotton mills In the Pied
mont section OF North and South Car
oiina will be closed down from to-
inorrow until Monday morning on ac-
count OF fuel shortage and low wa
rer In the streams of the sections
from which the hydro-eiectric power
furnished them by the Southern Pow
er Company is developed. according
TO announcement from the company
here today. The company's own plant
will not close down nor will any in
dustry other than cotton milling be
affected. according to the company's
statement. which also says that there
will be no eurtailment in the munich
pal lighting systems In the Carolinas
which are supplied by the company
The mill communities will be supplied
with light as usual.
The fact that the streams OF the
section are frozen Is a factor in the
shortage OF the water power and II
In the hope OF the company that
n:ilder weather between now and
Monday will relieve the situation 20 a
great extent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN DEM.
ONSTRATION WORK,
Takes Issue With
County Board OH DiscOntinuancc of
Same.

The proposed cutting off of the
appropriation for home demonstra-
ton work in Sumter county cannot
3ut be viewed with serious concern
by all those who realize it's great
md effective influence.
Considering the small amount of
the appropriation, it touches in SO
many points the economic life of
he rural communities, and is direct
y in line with the campaign for in
creased production.
1T may be said that the withdrawal
of the demonstrators will not affec;
the food campaign. 1t will soon be
found that the withdrawal Of train
ed leadership will cause a break
down of organization, a loss of in
terest and disintegration of the
'orces now at work with the result
that an attempted later resumption
Of the work will cost twice as much
money and energy. A number of
schools have invested (and this in
;ludes one of our local schools)
money in necessary plant for in
stfutcion, and if this is idle it will
n each place, breed a spirit of dis
couragement and feeling that
there has been taken out Of the
school some of the first aids to prac-
tcal education.
In short. our women and girls all
over the county, who look to these
leaders whom it is now proposed to
dismiss from their work, for guild
ance, inspiration and instruction in
the most modern phase of education
and the women who as leaders in
their respective communities supple
ment the work of the demonstrators
will receive such a blow to their as
piration as will take some years tc
overcome.
The withdrawal Of the appropria.
ton means the stoppage Of the work
and injustice to those who have
| given the use Of their homes, theil
time and energy to forward it. The
results of the work in the city OF
Sumter alone are argument enough
| for it to go forward.
The proposed action or Legislation
is extremely short-sighted, unstable
unman-like and unpatriotic
L. II.
Hagood, S. c., Dec. q, 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
GOVERNMENT OWNER.
SHIP.
Lever Not Certain of Success Of Plan,
However.

Washington, Jan. 4.--Representa-
tive Asbury F.. Lever of South Caro-
lima, chairman Of the committee on
agriculture. stated today that he is
not entirely satisfied that war condi-
tons Will furnish an ideal test of the
wisdom of government ownership OF
transportation. but nevertheless well
comes the opportunity for a tryout
I'm my studies of the problems OF
agriculture" said Mr.. Lever, Il have
become moro and more convinced
that inadequate. wasteful, uneconomi.
cal agencies of distribution of farm
products are q vital factor in prices
Of such products. both to the pro-
ducer and the consumer. I have
been brought more to the viewpoint
that the agencies of distribution to
and from the farmer ought to be un-
der the direction. control and owner
ship of an impartial government su-
pervision-a supervision that has no
axe to grind, no purposes to serve, ex-
cept the interest Of both the produc-
er and the consumer.
"The postoffice department has been
authorized to establish and Is about
to establish what might be called
produce routes by the operation OF
motor trucks. These are to be under
government direction and probably
will work up to q point where they
will be under government ownership
as we'll. This Is the recognition
of the thought of public ownership, o.
distributing agencies.
II am especially pleased that the
president has seen fit to take over tn.
railroads at this time. because / feel
that it will furnish a basis upon
which the public mind may form a
correct Judgment touching the wisdom
of governmental control and owner
ship Of the railroads under normal
peace conditions.
ITO my mind 1t appears that gov.
ernment ownership Of railroads, tele-
graph, telephone lines and subsidiary
agencies Of distribution will rcsuI,
from the experiment.
"Of course, the thought is advanced
that the operation by the government
OF railroads under war conditions vii,
not be a fair test of the wisdom OF
their operation under peace condi-
tions. The suggestion has force, but
such operation under war conditions
will at least furnish a point from
which students may argue and draw
conclusions"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
WHAT THE GERMANS SAY.
That America Is In the War To Take
Their Potash Mines.

Amsterdam. Dec. 2S Correspond
ence of The Associated Press)--The
German people now are being told
that the United States went into the
war, not to make the world safe for
democracy! but in order that Ameri-
can capitalists might acquire the
potash mines Of Alsace.
Prof. Roth of Grefswald University
In an article in the Vossische Zeitung
says: American troops, we hear
are now occupying a portion OF the
French front. 1t is quite possible that
they will soon appear along the
Rhine-Rhone canal, in order to es-
tablish American claims to the pot
ash mines there. seeing that America S
peaceful designs on our potash in
lsO9-10 (by purchase) were defeat
ed by the passage of the German pot
ash law. which prohibits foreign own
ership.
Along with coal and iron. potash
Is Germany's strongest weapon, and
IL the best of it should be taken
away from her, she would be de T..
prived OF the best economic club she
can WELD against the United States
without the 250.0OO tons of potash
rertiiizer which the Americans an
nually import from Germany in peac
time, their cotton, tobacco. sugar and
fruit crops would be in perpetual
jeopardy. SO 1t is necessary that our
world monopoly In potash should re-
main intact. 1t will enable us to de-
mand In exchange certain necessary
raw materials from our present foes.
our watchword must be, not one inch
or potash-bearing soil to the enc
my"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
@ ARE HURT IN AUTO WRECK.
Practically No Hope for Anderson
Man and Son,

Anderson. Jan. 3.-w. Hamu Bry-
ant. n well known farmer OF the
county. Is at a local hospital with his
hips crushed. His son. Ansel. aged
thirteen, is at the same hospital with
his skull crushed and another son.
Clarence. aged eight. is at his home
In Pendleton. with both limbs broken
between the knees and ankles as a
result OF the falling of Mr.. Bryant's
auto from the overhead bridge over
the Blue Ridge railway near Pendle.
ton. The machine and occupants fell
thirty-hve feet. Mr.. Bryant says the
machine skldded and smashed against
the bannlsters OF the bridge. which
gave way. His condition and the con.
dition OF Ansel Bryant are considered
extremely precarlous and practically
no hope ls entertained for their re
covery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
Won HERTLING SPEAKS
chancellor Appears Again Before
Rcichstag Committee.

Berlin, Jan. Count Won Uert
ling. the imperial chancellor. spoke
again today before the main commit.
tee of the reichstag. In referring to
his remarks Of yesterday in which
he had said that Germany had 70
deal with incidents which migh,
change the Russo German position
from day to day. the chancellor pro-
ceeded to alludc to the Russian pro.
posal to transfer the peace nccntia- =
iions TO Stockholm as such an inc,.
dent In this connection he dccIar.
ed:
Apart from the fact that we are
not i'm a position TO permit the RUS.
slams To prescribe where we should
continue the negotiations, the trans
ference to Stockholm would lead to
great difficulties"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
COMBINATION SALES PROHIBIT.
N ED.


State Food Administrators Gives Warm
ing to Grocers.
Columbia, Jan. 4.-Reports of vio-
lations of the sugar combination sales
ruling recently issued by the United
States Food Administration have come
to the attention of the food admins
traitor for South Carolina. The Food
Administration has issued a warning
to all grocers that only one combina-
ton sale with sugar is allowed, that
of cornmeal. Grocers are allowed
to require a purchaser to buy two
pounds Of cornmeal to every pound of
sugar. No other combination is per-
mitted The following telegram was
received recently from the United
States Food Administration in Wash
ington:
"On and after this date all combi-
nation sales food commodities are
forbidden, with exception stated be-
low. Sale of one or more food COM
iiiouiIieS upon CONQltlOn tn0t pur
chaser shall buy one or more other
food commodities from seller is re-
sarded as combination sale within
meaning Of this ruling. Combination
sales frequently result in sale of
more foodstuffs than particular pur-
chaser would ordinarily buy and are
therefore determined to be wasteful
practice within meaning of section A
Of Food Administration act of Au-
gust 10, 1917. Exception, pending
further notice and as wheat conser-
Vation measure, dealer may sell su-
gar in combination with cornmeal
at rate of one pound sugar with two
of cornmeal. No other combination
will be permitted, nor will any other
ratio than that here stated be allow
ed Dealer shall not sell either su-
gar or cOrnmeal at price yielding him
profit greater than he has normally
enjoyed upon the particular commod-
ity. Dealer is not required to make
Animation sales sugar and cornmeal
but may do SO at his discretion. Ac
tive steps should be taken at once to
enforce this decision"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
SHORT SUPPLY OF SEED.
Secretary Houston Tells Congress
That Urgent Deficiency ApprOpria-
tiOn Should be Passed.

Washington, Jan. 3.-If normal
production of the nations food and
feed crops is to be had this yeal
prompt action to protect the seed
supply is necessary, Secretary Hous-
ton warned congress today i'm ask
ing for an urgent deficiency appro-
priation for government purchase and
sale of seed to farmers at cost.
There is urgent and immediate
need for at least s6,O00.OOO and it i
probable an additional sum will be
required in the near future" said the
secretary. THE seed situation pre-
sents many difficulties. Two general
areas have suffered severely from
drought during the past season-the
southwest, including q large part OF
Texas, and part of Oklahoma, and
Il considerable portion of the North
west. including large sections OF
North Dakota and eastern Montana.
These regions represent large par.
of the grain producing areas of the
United States. The seed corn situa.
ton in the northern half of the corn
belt is more serious than it has been
for many years."
The secretary said it is important
that adequate seed supplies of SOY
beans and white or navy beans are
available for the next planting sea
son.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
RUSSIA TO BUY COTTON.
Home Production Reduced Onc-hair
Need 100000 Bales.


Dallas Journal.
SO pressing Is the need for cotton
In Russia that one OF the largest
firms in that country and leading
bankers Of Moscow and Petrogra,i
have sent representatives TO the Unit
ed States TO purchase the staple for
shipmcnt when conditions become
normal again. III. Raisbeck Jones
and Adam Paterson OF the Asiatic
Cotton Company, Id. arrived in Dali
las yesterday 20 make purchases in
Texas.
Russia will need 100000 bales of
cotton from the United States within
the next IL months" Mr.. Paterson
said. The suffering from the lack
OF clothing in Russia this winter is
terrible. The country usually pro-
duces about 1.250.oOo bales and this
year only 100000 bales were produc-
Cd"
The Representatives have establish
ed headquarters In New York and
are making a tour OF the cotton
States for the purpose OF getting ac-
quainted with cotton merchants and
making plans for purchases and ship
ment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
PUBLIC SCHOOL NEEDS.
superintendent Swearingcn Estimates
Appropriation Required for System.

Columbia, Jan. 4.-The public
school system of South Carolina for
1918 will need an appropriation Of
s5Gl 100, compared with $444,10O
appropriated for 1917, according to
The estimate given today by John E.
Swearingen, State Superintendent Of
Education, to Comptroller General
Sawyer. An item in the appropria-
ton estimate appearing this year for
the first time is $4,000 for vocation
al training in the schools Of the
State. There is an increase in the
item for rural graded schools from
$1S7.5O0 to 100000; of the equal
izing fund for weak schools levying
an eight-mill tax from $4,000 to
100000, and night schools from So
500 to $4,000. Another new item is
the bureau for employing and regis
tration of teachers, $1,000.
The State Superintendent gave out
the following statement relative to his
estimate of the needs of the public
schools:
state superintendent of Education
j. +. Swearigen today submitted to
the Comptroller General his estimate
of public school appropriations from
the legislature in 1918. Since South
Carolina has no State tax for schools
the legislature has to make UP the de-
ficiency by annual appropriations. The
amounts requested by the State Su-
perintendent correspond closely with
similar appropriations in preceding
years. with two exceptions. To take
the place of the State contingent fund
heretofore disbursed by the State Su-
perintendent according to his discre-
ton, the legislature passed the equal
izing law guaranteeing to each dis
trict minimum term of seven months
If the district should levy an eight
mill tax for current expenses and
should pay the salary fixed in the
in raising their taxes to eight mills
has made necessary increase of $5O,-
600 in this fund.
An entirely new appropriation is
the item Of $4,000 for vocational edu-
cation. This is required If South Car
olina is to match the appropriation of
congress under the Smith Hughes
act The federal law requires a
dollar of State money to cover every
dollar of federal money. The recon-
mendations follow
Rural graded schools, $780, 900.
Equalizing fund for weak schools,
lcvying an mill tax. 100000.
High schools, $4,000.
Term extension, 100000.
Public school buildings, $4,000.
Vocational education. $4,000
Night schools. $4,000.
Teaching of agriculture under the
Smoak- Rector Act. $4,000.
Public school libraries, $1,000.
Bureau for employing and registra-
ton of teachers, $1,000.
School Improvement Association,
$2.1OO
State Board of Education, $4,000.
Total, s5G1.1OO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
AGAIN SEEKS PLACE.
Judge Spain Candidate for Reelcc-
ton.

Darlington, Jan. 4-Owing to Sc
rious operation, Judge II. II. Spain
was partially incapaCitated for hold
ing court for some time, but had suf
iiciently recovered at the beginning Of
1917 to go regularly on the circuit
and hold all of his courts for that
year. except small portion Of term
ing from IN acute attack OF tonsilitis.
He returned Just before Christmas
from Il seven weeks term and will he
q candidate for reelection to succeed
himself as Judge Of the Fourt Cir
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Washington, Jan. 5.-New plants
for war material production will be-
located entirely in the middle west
under the policy OF the war departs
ment, which became known today.
Sites at least two hundred miles from
the Atlantis seaboard is regarded as
good strategy in case OF future wars,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

London, Jan. ga raid which was
attempted by the enemy last night in
the neighborhood Of Hollebeke was
repulsed without loss by our troops.
the war office reports. Another hos
tile raiding party succeeded in rushing
one of our posts east of Zonnebeke. A
few Of our men are missing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Tampa Congressman to Speak for I'm
mensc Ship Plant to He Built I'm
South.
Washington, Jan. Am import
ant step in carrying out the plans Of
Henry Ford and Chairman Hurley Of
the United States shipping board to
erect mammoth ,shipbuilding plant
somewhere along the South Atlantic
seaboard will be taken here tomor-
row. when Congressman Herbert J..
Drane. representing the Tampa dis
trict In the house. will appear before
Mr.. Hurley and make an appeal for
Tampa.
IL seems to be settled here that this
plant. TO be one OF the largest OF the
Kind In the world. will be located
either on the coast Of South Caro-
lima. Georgia or Florida, and what its
establishment will mean from fnan-
cial viewpoint can not even be con-
templated at the present time.
From inside information II Is learn
ed that not only will millions of dol
lars be expended for steel and other
materials. but labor and lumber, the
latter from Southern forests, will
swell the total to a gigantic amount.
IL Is also learned that In all prob
.ahility.fhe plant will be permanent In
character and continue in operation
after the war is over.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Norfolk. Jan. i.--Sixtcen men. n
majority OF whom were government
employees. were injured when two
colches carrying men to the cDnccn-
tration depot at Portlock. ran into u
light engine w the Norfolk 4 West
ern yards at Portlock this morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
So Think We.
Manning Times. }

Three-ceNt postage is all right. and
we will pay ii with grin if 1t will
help win the war Still we can't helu
thinking there should be some way
to extract 81 few dollars from the tons
OF matter carried out OF Washington
under the tranking system. .x.i
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Madrid, Jan. 5.-A revolutionary
movement has been unearthed by the
government. Telephone and tele.
graph communications have been sus-
pended and other precautions taken.
1t is announced that the government
is master of the situation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Daytona, Fla, Jan. 5.-For the
fifth time in six days ice formed here
There was a heavy frost this morn
ing. Truck raisers have suffered
heavily.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Washington, Jan. Payment OF
the interes- on the Russian loan OF
fifty millions, was announced by
representatives. of the Russian gov-
ernment here today. Payment will
be made hy the National City Bank
of New York on January 10th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09
ALLENBY ADVANCES ONE NILE.
British Line North Of Jerusalem Again
Moved Forward. SAYS War O0irc.

London, Jan Am official con-
munlcation issued by the war Office
tonight says General Allenby repor:s
further advance by part Oc his
line north of Jerusalem over n Gts.
toncc Of mile.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-09

Hundred Men EntOmbCd by Explosion
I'm Mine.
Wilkcsbarre, Pa, Jan. 5.-An OK
pioslon today in the Barum mine. at
Pittston, cntombcd one hundred
men.