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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
LIST YOUR FARM LANDS NOW.

indications are that there will farm. ora
Kill hoSe VINO have lands they wish o,
o opportunity to sell them The ro in
pouoh 10 satisfy their ambitions
e 10 ouS whe they able than reaction
anu eS may be unable finance purchase
Ivy " '1pe 10 pay IN cash. And
e farming conditions which bv experience con ~
peioo they may find difficult
FROM the standpoint to sell for IN.
~ o uie prospective buyers know
such not always standpoint OF the
' "e the present
uhoer uniaVoable
o''ec OF completing the nut n ~.
~ POSSIBLE use the profits which
enabling to make ~ f''NON'' "fe
'or the past careful study
" Nds or Sumter Clarendon and
w peod we have made observations facts
"h'h enable us to make 70
am buyers and sellers The past season IVA sa
S'oSooo worth bayo IN c,u.
ed in ii, end
good with late tlo oS ,,St
owing to the amount
buyers unable
nave i'lm lands Whch YOU want to sell lis
have
ana prepare suitable description 20 in
~ '"S'' o etung us know he
ably want Will put us in position
" Su" pceS we expect to
onion and Lee Counties
ever o " fn"e your bunes
I" sell or expect to buy this it with
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NEXT WINTERS COAL
Fuel Administration Planning to
FOrestall Fuel Shortage

Forestall Fuel Shortage.
To Each City Chairman, Fuel Ad-
ministration for South Carolina.
Dear Sir: Under separate cover
we are mailing to you as Chairman
for your city 1000 copies Of Forr, X
4 which are to be filled out by the
coal consumers in Sumter and filed by
them with their respective coal deal
cr We are also sending in the same
package number of copies Of form
N-3 which are to be filled out by your
coal dealers and filed with YOU as fuel
chairman.
These forms are sent in accordance
with instructions from Washington.
which read in part as follows
Every consumer should be urged
on or before April 1st, 1918, to place
with his regular dealer his order for
his reasonable normal requirements
FOR the year ending March 31st, 1919.
Such orders must be i'm writing. When
such orders have been entered, the
dealers shall proceed to make deliver
les thereon, until each consumer, will
ling to accept same, has received two
thirds of his normal requirements of
anthracite COAL provided that orders
Of six tons or under may Ia. filed III
ful, and until each consumer is fur
nished his normal annual requirement
OF btuminous coal for domestic use.
II consumer already has quantity
on hand, he shall receive only such
additional amount us shall make up
his normal annual requirements New
their orders accepted by dealer
should apply to the local Fuel Adj
ministratOr who should see that THEN
Requirements receive attention from
the proper dealer. Carload or cargo
load lots shall not be delivered to d
single domestic consumer or TO %
group Of consumers except with the |
permission of the local Fuel Admin !
istrator. Dealers shall file with the |
local Fuel Administrator on the first !
of each month q sta;Cncnt containing |
the names and addresses of consumers
to whom deliveries have been made
during the previous month and the /
quantity delivered to each one"
Until consumers have fled with
thclr dealers Form N-i properly
= %ccu!cd The dealers shall not deliv-
cr any coal to them.
ANY dealer or consumer who VIC
I2tcs the foregoing regulations will
hc subject to the penalties prescribed
by the Lever act.
B. Il. GOSSETT,
Fuel administrators
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agriculture is dOiry what it can to
cope with it, and that he hopes
hopes, mind you--that the labor
shortage will be met.
Is this a question to be met with
hope? Is this a problem to be solved
with some city gardens, and a few
volunteer high school boys and girls
to work on a few farms?
When war was declared with Ger
many, we called on every man be-
tween 21 and 81 TO. be ready to fight
to defend the national honor and de-
fend our Liberties. But this food
question is a greater question than the
war peril-the success or failure of
the war depends Oh it. We must feed
our allies and our army and navy or
they'll have 20 quit cold: the bravest
man alive can't fighc if he's starving.
Our very lives depend on it, Your
life. Mine. The lives OF all Of u.s.
Consider the sci 'tific way in which
we went to war, md the unscientific
way in which we go to work. We have
met the war ques ion fairly to the
best of our ability, end we're not meet
ing the food question at all.
There's only ona way to meet it.
Double the crops. Get men to the
farmer. Get them to him at once so
he can plant. Keep them at it till af-
ter harvest. Subsldize the farmer,
or subsidize the farm hand. Double
their wages-do :&nythng-but get
them.
If necessary, draft them. Draft
two million men, and put them at
work on the land. Just as the men
who are fighting were drafted. Put
them under the same conditions. At
that they'll be better off than the boys
ut the front, for th9y won't be risking
their lives-and nine-tenths of them
with a back to the land bee i'm the
| bonnet.
If this question is put squarely up
to the people OF This country-and
our desperate need exp!ained-public
opinion viii back a draft. NO one'wiIl
! object-least OF all the men who have
to go. And this is the only remedy in
sight. Get men to the farmers-now.
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Militia Company Election.

At the appointed meeting Of the
Sumter Company, S. C. Reserves, in
the army at $50 OclOci; Tuesday
evening. the election OF officers was
held. By unanimous vote of the com
pany the appointment OF Mr. a. G.
Phelps as Captain by Col. Thompson
was confirmed. 1t was decided to
elect the two lieutenants by ballot.
For First Lieutenant Messrs. II. *.
Wilder and George c. Warren were
nominated Mr.. Wilder received q
majority of the sixty-eight votes cast.
and, on motion of Mr.. Warren the
election was made unanimous. For
Second Lieutenant Mr.. Warren was
the only nominee and he was elected
~ acclama;ion. 1t was decided to
hold the next meeting at O'Clock
Thursday April 4th, at which time
the question Of regular meetings and
drills will be taken up and decided.
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Books Needed by Our Soldiers and
Sailors.

Look over your shelves and pick out
the books you are going to send to the
men in khaki.
Select the books you enjoyed, but
will never read again
choose some You would like to
keep. Others wili like them, too.
Men like adventure, Western stories,
detective stories, biography, travel,
history. and poetry of all kinds.
War books, military manuals and
up-to-date technical books are i'm
great demand.
Wrap them up and label the pack
age Library War Service, American
Library Associati ="
Send the packae e to the public Ii
brary.
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Il. Il. GOSSETT,
Fuel Adninistrato
Winthrop Daughters.

At a recent meeting of the Win
thrOp Daughters the following OH
GERS were elected: President. Mrs. -
'ic Bryan; Secretary and Trcasurcr
Hiss Mabel Booth The chapter is ~
- most tlourshnG condition and /.
now supporting two scholarship Eirls
at Winthrop. The members are
planning silver tee for the near fli-
ture and wish TO solicit the support
of their loyal friends in this under.
taking.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30

Judge Scasc Hears Arguments OF
lawyers us 10 the COnstitutiOnality
of Amendment to Quart-a-A Month ,
Law.


Spartanburg Herald, March 81.
Arguments were heard by Judge
Thomas S. Sease in the courtroom
yesterday lin the case of Singleton
Bradford. Of Sumter, against Thomas
Il. Richardson, probate judge OF Sum
ter county, the case being brought to
test the constitutionality Of the quart
d-month law which was passed at the
last session Of the general assembly.
Appearing i'm the case were d. s
Henderson, Of Aiken, representing the
plaintiff, and Assistant Attorney Gen
oral Claude S. Sapp, and Senator
Carlton DuRant, of Manning Probate
Judge Duncan Eel!inger, Of Richland,
took an active part in the proceed
,ng1 i'm behalf of the plaintiff The
| arguments were begun ut 20 o'clock
and were concluded shortly after 9
O'Clock i'm the afternoon. Judge Sefsc
reserved his decision.
The decision Of Judge Sease is be-
ing awaited with interest in all sec
lions Of the State, for should he de-
:idc in favor OF the plaintiff the law
will stand and every probate judge j..
The State will be required to comply
with the amendement to the quart IA
month law.
This case grew out of an amend
mcnt to the onc-quart law passed By
he last general assembly. which
| amendment provides that the judge
of probate of any county i'm the state
:luat satisfy himself that the oath
made by depOnent that the quart OF
| whiskey is needed for medicinal pur-
poses. is entirely true and correct. I'm
less so satisfied, the judge of probate
| must not issue the license and a penal
.nc is imposed for n violation OF this
| Jaw.
Singleton Bradford. of Sumter
! made application after the new law
vent into effct on March 10 to
batc for Sumter county, for whis-
Key permit. The Sumter official de-
clined to issue the permit on two
| grounds. He said in his decree that
he was perfectly satisfied that the ap-
plicant for the whisltey permit was
telling the truth and that he believed
,hc affidavit to be true, but he would
not issue the permit because he be
icyed the act to be unconstitutiOna
IN two grounds
First. he takes the position that
he nature OF the act is not expressed
in fun in the title, as is required by
he constitution, and his second obiec
lon Is that the constitution prescribcs
what the duties of judge of probate
shall be and names the various dutic,
OF the Office, one by one, and that no
mention Of handling whiskcy matters
| is made in tho constitution and that
| therefore, the act must be uncOnsti-
.utional. The mandamus proceedings
were then brought to determine
whether or not the act is constitu-
tional, and the matter was brought tc
.Spartanburg to be heard before Judge
Scasc because the Spartanburg judge
is presiding in the circuit in which
| Sumter is located.
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Get the Men TO the Farmer.

(By Mark Swan Of The Vigilantcs.) }
The greatest question before the
American people today is "wherewith
shall we be fed?" We neglect to an
swer the question because we don't
have to answer it now Some of us
won't even admit that it is a question.
Reginald has always gene to Rec
tors after the show; there's always
been filet mignon and mushrooms.
Spike, the truck driver, has always
gone into that quick lunch, around
the corner, and called for ham and''
and from some mysterious region
ham ANA has appeared. Why should
lilet mignon-and ham and" fail 10
answer present" as long as one has
the price?
Reginald has every confidence in
Rectors and Spike places unboundcd
dependence in the quick lunch. 1t is
absolutely inconceivablc to either OF
them that their haven Of food should
fail them.
And they won't believe it-now-
they won't even consider it-or trv to
understand it, until one day the Food
Card will softly step up and tap them
on the shoulder. Thereafter Spike will
have to get along with q lightweight
portion OF war bread once in a while
and the best Reginald will get will
be shredded peanuts and Il split prune
for breakfast-and the wing of a
shrimp every other Thursday. Yet if
you warn them--they call you Ca
lamity Howler.
It's terrible thing, for people to
have to listen to q Calamity How!er,
and read his dire prophecies, when
there are so many pleasant things to
do; but it's worse, much worse, to be
calamity howler; see calamity APP
preaching slowly but relentlessly and
feel that hOwling is in vain
Yet calamity is coming. We have
had q slight forctaste Of it this win
ter. We have had mcatless days and
porhless days and wheatless days and
we've had to deprive poor Fido Of the
daily Jumps of sugar he so gracefully
pOse3 on the end of his nose and cob
bles up on command, but what we've
had is nothing to what we will have
this time next year.
Short ratons will be with us and in
stead of feeding Fido sugar we may
be appraising him with hungry ant
speculative eyes. The question car
be stated in thirty words. We neet
more food staples than we raised las
year and were not going to raise near
ly rs much rs we raised last year be
cause the farmer can't get labor
Does this sound like panic, lik,
fright, like q bogy man? Ask tn,
farmer. There arc meetings all owe
the country where men are agonizin;
over this question. They are beggin:
for help. Their planting time is upoi
them. They haven't the men to plan
Tor them, besides why should they b,
such fools as TO plant what they cant
harvest? Would you start somethinl
you couldn't finsh--and lose money?
If you want more evidence, read tho
papers. great New York daily car.
ried four columns OF front page ar
ticle Sunday, March Sd. And if YOUR,
not satisfied read the report Of the
Secretary OF Agriculture of the Unit
ed States, who admits this condition
and states that the department OF
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THE FOOD ciMpA1GN.
Food ana Feed Stuns Full. and Rum
hing Over"
Farmers Of South Caroline.

Farmers Of South Carolina.
The most important question be-
foro America today is tl.c production
of food and feed stuTs necessary 70
carry on the war, the feeding of our
armies and the feeding of the armies
OF cur allies.
We have proudly boasted that i'm =
pcriol South Carolina might be cut off
from all the rest Of the world and she
could still supply her own needs. But
we have not been feeding ourselves bv
half.
The allies entered 1918 with q food
supply smaller than at any time since
the war began. The crops of Europe
will be shorter this year than ever. II
is up to America, and it is up to the
South
The food administration will draw
an iron ring around the South an
other year. DO you wish to face
starvation like Europe is facing it
and so hungry while your pockets
jingle with gold, or do you want to
share gloriously in this war for lib
erty?
itiGtory records no instance i'm which
the South has ever failed TO do her
snare. For Gods sake let history re-
peat itself now.
You farmers of the South: Forget
youEscil and put your heart and soul
in winning this war. No one has Il
greater opportunity than you.
Plant food-fOod-food. Let your
slogan he Food ana feed stuff. full
and running over
Augusta Cotton Exchange.
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Cordially yours

'NVUT'IlII ' 'IItHIdUIUl",
by Il. NJ. Kendall, Sccty to MANAGE
Chicago. March 81, 1918.
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Jas. G.. Bryan, for twelve years NJ
efficient clerk i'm the Sumter post
Office. and for Il number of years ;
member OF the Local civil Servic,
Board. has resigned his position with
Uncle Sam and has accepted a pc.
sitlor as salesman with IL t.. pclic
Real Estate IirOkcr.
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Some of the farmers who took a
long shot on planting cotton have
early paintings up to a stand They
are fortunate-f there is no more
frost. The danger is not past, how
ever as there was q light frost Tues
day morning, but not enough to do
any damage.
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The following letter will doubtless
prove of great interest:
Mir. S. II. Edmunds. President Y. NJ
&. A., sumter, s. G.
Pear Mr.. Edmunds: The definite
opening date for the Sumter pro
gram has now been arranged 70,
May lst. The program is now com
plctc and our advertising material
goes to press Immediately. You Will
bc delighted, we know, in the list O:
attractions which we have secured TO i.
this summer, and we take pleasure in
enclosing to YOU herewith IN outline
OF the main features. As too early
publicity takes the edge" from our
advertising. we will appreciate it if the
enclosed outline is not allowed To get
into the papers
Cordially yours,
ltedpath ChaItauquns.
by Il. NJ. Kendall. Sccty to Managor.
Chicago. March 21, 1918.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30

DR.. IL. II. Wilson has been elected
an executor and trustee of the Toum-
ey estate to fill the vacancy caused
by the recent death Of DR.. $. G. Ba-
ker.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30

TO the Farmers Of Sumter County.
The above message from the Aug
u$ta Cotton Exchange meets with our
hearty approval. and we hope that
you will patriOtically respond to the
sentiments contained therein.
Faithfully yours,
G.. a. LENNON,
County Food Administrators.
T.. /. Reardon. Asst. County Food
Administrator
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II has been suggested that con
grcss adopt bull less days" *
xainston Dispatch,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-24

age and heart to take hold Of things,
as must be done in this country il
we are to escape something almost,
If not quite. as bad as Prussianism.
With the wars end in sight the
people Of this country cannot look
these problems in the face too soon.
The masses must open their eyes to
the sure signs and their meaning.
Call a halt to this insatiate grasping
for power without authority Of law;
this dictation in a pretense Of war
necessity where only personal ambi-
tions are served.
The most insidious method Of rob-
bling a free people of their rights is
that which masquerades under the
camoufiage of war necessity" when
in fact no such necessity exists.
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BOWDOINHAM

Mrs. Bertha A. Skolf1eld. wife of
Capt. J. F. Skolfield of Medford
Mass. passed away Tuesday, Oct. IS.
Of pneumonia. Mrs. Skolfield was
formerly Miss Bertha A. Blenn OF
Bowdoinham and was aged % years.
She was born in Gardiner, and moved
to Bowdoinham when but five years
Of age and received her education in
the public schools, being a graduate
of Bowdoinham High school in the
class Of 1912. She at once began her
work as a teacher. which vocation
she followed until her marriage, hav-
ing taught in various towns through
cut the State. among them being
Bowdoin, Woodwich, Bowdoinham,
Richmond. Dover. Elliott and Magal-
oway. She was married last June to
Capt. Skolfield, master Of the s. S.
Matoa, running between Boston and
Norfalk, Va. and had made several
trips with her husband.
Besides the husband. the mother,
Blenn, two uncles, John Hall and Jo-
seph NJ. Hall, all Of Bowdoinham,
survive. The remains were brought
to her mothers home and funeral
services were held Saturday. Oct. 10,
by Rev. S. N. Browne, OF Richmond.
Tho many floral tributes told Of the
esteem in which she was held. The
interment was in Capt. Sholfleld's
family lot at Parker's Head.
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BELGRADE

MI. and Mrs. Leighton Castel have
moved into the William Knowles
rent at the Depot. Mr.. Castle has
employment at the Farmers Union
store.
Louis Wyman from Aroostook
county was in town recently. His
little sons Alton and Lester, who
have been passing the summer with
their aunt, Mrs. E. A. Abbott, re-
turned home with him.
Rev. and Mrs. L. L. Dunn and son
Willard of Readfield Depot were in
town last Thursday to attend the
funei al of their uncle, Fred Dunn.
Mr.. Dalton, who is working in f.
H. Mosher's grain store. has moved
into the Howard Gowell house.
Calvin Brooks has gone to Bath
where he is employed in the ship
yard.
Clyde L. Dunn, who has been very
i'll at Camp Devens with influenza
and pneumonia, is able to sit up each
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Hanson and
grandsons, Oliver and Ramon were
recent visitors at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Leo l.. Dunn Of Readfield
Depot.
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In Wrong.

The Catholic clergy's defiance OF
orders issued by health boards for
bidding public gatherings looks very
much like defiance for its own sake.
Never before has the country beef
fighting such a swift, sweeping and
fatal epidemic. The siYation de.
maids drastic measuzsg and most O,
all full cooperatio9sn preventing the
spread Of diseaze
rather ssavant of springvale
i''snoPS Walsh of Portland. Cardinal
1l2Gons of Baltimore have all defied
I the health authorities who are Of
ficers of the civil government. The
Springvalc priest was arrested and
treated as any other law breaker
would te.
Bishop Walsh "rescinded his
| church service announcements at the
request of his friend, the Mayor
after Friend Mayor had issued orders
to tire police department to. be ready
to stop all services that might be
held. Cardinal Gibbons has been
sharply criticized for holding cere.
monies in honor of his golden jubilee
at which some 500 persons were
present.
| The whole business is on a PAL
with the medieval idea that the
church exists for its own sake rather
than as q means to an end. 1t is not
good gospel, it is not good American
ism, it is not even 500 sense. as
proven by the fact that they are
obliged to submit to authority aftel
having displayed the recalcitrant
spirit where the progressive SHOULD
have appeared.
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SAVE YOURSELF FROM
INFLUENZA

II you are run down" or out Of
condition, il sluggish bowels have
allowed poisonous impurities to ac-
cumulate in your system, you are
certain to suffer severely with the
grip. DR.. True's Elixir, the famous
household remedy OF 81 years
reputation, will ward off the grip
entirely or make an attack light
and easily thrown off. Why? Be
cause DR.. True's Elixir is a vege-
table tonic that puts the system in
good condition, prevents and re-
lieves constipation, stimulates the
appetite and strengthens the diges-
tive powers. 1t can do no harm
because it contains no mineral
drugs. All purely vegetable. A tonic
not a stimulant. No reaction. Ask
your druggist for it, or write DR.. ].
F. True & Co., Auburn, Me.-Adv.
oct15eodtf
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Railroad Notes

The director general of railroads
has sent notice to the several rail-
roads under the jurisdiction of the
administration relative to car heating
during the winter months. 1t is be-
licveo that large amount of coal is
used for car heating that can be
saved by giving special attention to
the heating equipment of the trains
Much of the loss of heat is due to
carelcssness, it is believed, and meth
DDS Of overcoming the difficulties are
suggested.
The railroad administration and
.t+ "a ar and Navy Departments have
recently agreed upon a special ar
-angemcnt for furnishing meals in
dining cars and in railroad restaur-
ants. The meal allowance has been
raised to IS cents per meal.
a special department has been
formed by the director general to re-
ceive and investigate complaints con-
corning the movement of live stock
and perishable freight.
Another feature Of the railroad ad l.
ministration will be a special bureau
OF investigation to be connected with
the agricultural department to cut
down the great loss of former years
due to the killing of live stock by
passenger trains. One railroad alone
paid over 100000 for such losses.
Animals thus killed made serious in
roads in the food production and the
department will make efforts to cut
this loss to minimum figure.
The car shops of the United States
since Jan. have completed a total
of 1856 cars Of various types.
Railroad men did a quick piece OF
work at Mineola, N. Y, few days
ago where an emergency hospital was
under construction. Orders came for
preparation for 1000 emergency
Patients. The hospital had no heat
Ing plant. Crews from the railroad
were called. track laid in q few
hours and locomotive was run out
onto the track. Steampipes were
placed in the hospital and the loco
motive was transformed into 4 heat
Ing niant.