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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-14

their clubs, communities, schools,
md farms to prepare exhibits for the
1918 county fair.
The merchnats, bankers, real es-
tate dealers, brokers, manufacturers,
automobile dealers, machinery agen-
cies, and all business and profession
al establishments of Sumter are
urged to talk up the 1918 annual
county fair of the Gamecock Coun-
~, and to interest every one Of
heir customers in this coming event
The directors and other officers Of
The Sumter County Fair Association
IRE of course also lending their best
efforts towards creating interest in
the 1913 county fair. The premium
lists will soon be ready for distribu-
lion by Secretary II. L. Tisdale, and
his years premium list exceeds any
,ther year in the number, variety,
and amount of prizes.
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SECOND PRIMARY RETURNS.
Executive Committee Met Today to
Tabulate the Returns-ElectioD
Not Declared as Returns From
Mayesyille Were Not In.

The County Democratic Executive
Committee met at noon today to tab
ulate the returns and declare the re-
suit of the second primary election
The return swere tabulated, but as
he returns from Mayesville had no.
been received it was decided, on mo,
ZION, to defer the declaration of the
result until IL o'clock Friday, 18th, sc
rs to include the vote Of Mayesvllle
# the return of the managers ts re-
.ceived by that hour. The chairman
md secretary were empowered 20 In
clu1e the N.ayesville returns in the
tabulation and declare the result OF
in default of the receipt of these re-
turns to declare the results as tabu-
lated.
The third primary to nominate a
candidate for Comptroller General
will be held on the date ordered by
the State Executive Committee. OF
which notice will be given. The same
managers were appointed to serve al
the third primary as acted at the first
and second primaries.
Checks were made out and IN
readiness for the payment Of man
ayers and clerks for the first and sec
ond primaries and were delivered to
the members Of the committee who
attended the meeting today. Each
manager or clerk who came for and
returned the boxes receives mileage
at the rate of five cents per mile, one
way, for each primary. The checks
will be delivered to the Executive
Committeeman of each club and the
managers should call on him for
their pay.
The result Of the primary, Mayes-
vile not included, was as follows:
Fer u. S. Senate-Thos. H. Peoples,
206; W. p. Pollock, 1,022.
For Attorney General-Sapp. $50;
Wolfe, 90S.
For r. r. Commissioner-Arnold,
945; Richardson, 329.
For Comptroller General-Elmore.
231; Osborne. 6s4; Summersett, 266.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
Garrison, 792; Harris, 511.
y For Judge of Probate-Richard-
son, 7O1; Warren, 6o2. :
: For Magistrate-Cuttino, $50;
Moore, 500.
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ROBBERY OF BELGIUM.
Germany Has Taken From Belgium:
Vast Sums OF Money, Besides Ma
ehinery. Materials and Men,.

Paris, Aug. 10 Correspondence OF
the Associated Press)-Germany mas
exacted war contributions from Bel
GUM during the first four years OF
he war amounting, to a. total OF
s466, 100000. This is in addition to
the vast amount of machinery, ma
.erials and men taken from Belgium
to sustain Germany.
In this fifth year Of war it is in
.eresting 10 review the financial &C
tivities' of the Germans in Belgium
since that fateful day in Belgium S
history, August 20, 1914, when the
German hordes entered Brussels.
During that month, as the German
armies were hacking their way
through the little kingdom, numerous
towns and cities were fined anu
war contributions were levied from
each province as the Germans pro-
gressed soutEwestward.
The first move of the German stal:
when entering a town was to pro-
eeed to the city hall and announce to
he Burgomaster that for RESISTING
the advance of the Emperor VIII
Hams armies, his city or town had
been fined so many thousand or MIL
lion francs, as the case might pc
When the Burgomaster would re-
monstrate. Uhlans and Deaths Heao
Hussars would cavort innocently II
City Hall Square or tho Burgomastel
would be taken prisoner.
In one instance in the Province o:
Liege the German commander O.
the company entering the town in
formed the Burgomaster that wat
contribution of 100000 francs would
have to be forthcoming within two
hours The Burgomaster demurred
Never in the history Of the iittlt
town had there been SO much money
in the city treasury. At the present
moment, here was only a little owe:
three thousand francs in the strons
box
well, we'll take that" calmly re
sponded the German.
More than 200.000,000 francs wcr,
-hus levied between August and No
vember 1914.
Then Field Marshal Baron Won de-
soltz-Pasha decrecd that Belgium
! would have to pay monthly cor
-ribution Of 10000. 0nO francs durins
me year and it would not be increas
! sd and that it would not be renewed
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L. Bragg Anthony, NJ. D.,
Sec. Council Of Defense (Col.

Mr. r. B. Belser, Local Fuel Ac
ministrator, states that the Fue'
Administration has made a positive
request that all owners of automo,
Diles use their machines olny wher
absolutely necessary, and that pleas,
ure riding be reduced to the mini
mum. Unless there is the utmos:
economy in the use of gasoline ant
unless the public generally cooper
ates with the Fuel Administration II
conservation measures, a positive or
der will be issued regulating the sail
and use Of gasoline which will D
drastic in its nature. If the peop'
voluntarily conserve gasoline and Inn
it its use to necessary and reasonabl'
purposes it will not be necessary
take control Of it's sale and use. bu
the noAt step will be such an orde
unless the wasteful use Of gasoline
immediately stopped.
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The Pasha's decree, however, proved
to he-h,1t another scrap of paper.

The Pasha's decree, however, proved
to. be but another scrap of paper.
In Novermeb 1915, Baron Won Bis
sing called upon the councils OF the
nine Belgian provinces to meet and
Informed them that the promise OF
his predecessor had been made. sin
good faith but with the implied con-
dition that war would be ended
within the year and that he saw no
alternative but than to renew the
monthly contribution of 40,o00,0O0
francs for another year.
On the Goth of November, 1915.
instead of abolishing the onerous tax
on Belgium, Won Kissing decided that
owing to the duration of the war, the
increase in prices-high cost OF liv-
ing-he would have TO increase the
monthly payments to 5o,OO0,oOo
francs. He added ominously, "tem-
porarily."
It proved to be so, indeed, for, on
the 21st of May, 1917. the contribu-
ton was further raised to 60,O0O,O0o
francs.
The HOW OIL IIdllCS ilLO l1lO NOAAS,-
of the "War Lord" was too small to
satisfy the gargantuan appetites OF
the military men however, and on
the 18th of September, 1916, they
seized" 430,oOO,Ooo million marks
constituting all the deposits in Ger
man bills of the Banque Nationale
and the Societe Generate de- Belgique
! the two largest banks in Belgium
When one of the Directors of the Sc
ciete Generate refused to divulge thai
part Of the combination of the vault
which he alone knew and wlthou
j which the vaults could not be open
ed. the Germans said that the.
would blow them open with mig
explosives. The director rather thar
have the vaults of the institution
wrecked decided to acquiesce. Thu:
what will probably go down as th'
! greatest burglary OF modern time
was perpetrated.
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PERSONAL.

Misses Lucille and Lenora John
son and Mrs. S. J. Killett, of Man
ming, are visiting Mrs. J. II. johnson
on Broad Street.
Misses Dorothy Shilling and Azile
Mellette have returned, to the city
after stay in Charleston and Isle
OF Palms.
= Mrs 6. II. Burgess and Miss Mar!
Belle Burgess have returned from
Sullivan's Island.
Misses Thelma and Constance Built
man left last night for Frederick
Md, to enter Hood College.
Mrs. E. D. Owens and little daugh-
ter have returned home after !,
pleasant visit to friends and rela-
fives in Kershaw county and Cam
den.
E Mrs. j. Campbell, who under
went an operation at the Tourney
Hospial last week and who has been
critically; i'll, is resting easily now.
Her many friends wish for her q
speedy recovery.
Miss Martha NJ. Benson, of Colum-
bia, is spending sometime with her
mother on Church st.
Mr. S. La Gilreath has gone te
Greenville on account Of. the death
OF his sister, Mrs. F. D. Cureton.
Miss Inez King has gone to Lake
City, having accepted a position to
teach music in the school at that
place.
Mss Carita Randle has accepted a
position as teacher Of domestic sci
ence at Stonewan Jackson College,
Abingdon, Va, for which point she
left. Tuesday night.
Mrs. II. T. Crouch and three chill
dren, of Manning, formerly Of Sum
ter, who have been the guests Of Mrs
John Lennon on Liberty Street. ,e-
Surned home Sunday night, after
stay of a few days.
Misses Caroline Dick and En-
ma PfncKney who are on the re
cesp5tion COM lDniIttee Of he Y. w. G. A
leave tomorrow mornj7g for Win
drop. Misses Elizabeth China,
Doreda Noise and Others Of the
freshman class also leave tomorrow
Wilson, of Columbia. is
In die city.
mrs. E. S. Booth and family have
returned from Saluda, n. c., where
they spent several months.
Mr. e. w. v0gel has returned to
the city from Hendersonville, N. G.
MRS. VIM. H. Bowen has returned
to- her home. In Augusta, after visit
Mg her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
McKagen.
MTs Berg. of Augusta, who has
beef visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. G..
MeKagen has returned to Camp
Harock, where she win join her.
Edsnaad. Lieut.. Berg. She was ac-
eSnIpan1ed by Miss Elizabeth Nc
kagen. -
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.Hagoode News and views.

The best way to aSenge yourself
isnet to become like the wrong
man has done wrong; the
harm isShis own. Marcus Aurelius.
Ar last the rain came and did it
not find a loe Of cotton IN the field?
We can always find, ample reason
tosbe thankful Are you not glad we
did not have gale.
No one dares pray for his deserts.
Miss Courtenayi Atkinson, after a
most pleasant visit to Winnsboro and
other points, is at home for a few
short days. She will teach in Fair
field county this season. Somebody
haA good teacher.
= Prof.SJ: b. Jackson, who has been
teaching in Indiana during. the sums
ner has accepted work at Carolina,
his alma mater.
Man is born for mutual assist
arce. Ycu must live for another if
yon wish to live for yourself
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Aliens second
little boy is in very delicate health.
The little fellows can not tell where
hurts them. How they suffer some
times and we do not know it. If We
kaew It they might not be the bet
ter off:
.schildren are heritage from the
Lord =
rne general health Of our com
nunity Is good.
e.whae ought not to be done do
not ming Of doing-Epicteres.
Guard well your thoughts, for
thoughts are heard in heaven"
Fate corn is almost total fail
ure. 49,
Fate broadcast is. almost as sad.
The pea crop promises to be slen-
der, as also velvet beans on upland.
4dr fall Irish potatoes are poor
indeed
.sHaye you planted your fall gar
aeno 49, 80 'tHagood."
Rembert, Sept. 10.
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Y. Nj. c. A. Secretary Shows Fear
lessneSs in Danger.

Paris. Aug. 2-Repeatedly expos.
ing himself to terrific shell fire. CIV
ing first aid to the wounded and go
:nr without rest or food that ne
night help those on the firing line
with cigarettes and sweets, were only
q few of the things that won the per-
sonal commendation of battalion
commander for stephen r. Brown, OF
ST Louis. a Y. NJ. G. a. secretary.
The battalion commander writes:
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Seattle, Wash, Sept. $50 that
he may "do his bit'' for his country,
Fred Fauquier, an American whose
nearest of kin resides in Seattle rs
making journey of $1,000 miles
Fauquier gave up his position as
manager of a great rubber estate m
the Malay peninsula to come here Tor
enlistment in the United States army
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rs. H: school Football Notes.

The sumter High School football
saua d has been putting in some har5
practice. during the past week, the
boys are turning out regularly and
from what is shown by them they
ought to develop a good team. The
COACH ''Bar" Vim, has been giving
the boys splendid attention and they
have also received some very ga
"dope' from Buck" Burns and
Ralph Flowers for the last few days
they having consented to help the
boys out a little before returning to
Davidson
J. Football practice this week will be
held at the Calhoun Street school at
6@o'cfook for the rest, of this week for
tlfe reason that most Of sthe players
cam not get ont until they are off
from work, but next week, when
school starts, practice will be held al
the fair grounds daily at 4.30 p. m.
The following schedule will prob
ably be<used:
Sept 27-Camden in Camden.
Oct st. Matthews in Sumter.
Oct. 1f-0rangeburg in Orange
burg at Fair tPending>.
Oct. 18-Marion in Sumter.
Oct. 25-Winnsboro in Winns.
5oro.
Nov. 1-Open.
Nov. .s--Rock Hill in Rock Hi
(Pending).
Nov. 15-Open.
Nov. 20-Columbia in sumte'
(Fair Weekly.
Nov. 23-Florence in sumte'
Thanksgiving.
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FOR SALE OR RENT-severai nice
farms near town. Wanted an over
seer for 10 or u horse farm. Must
be above draft age and, familiar
with general farm machinery. ).
H. Myers, Sumter, r. F. D. 4.
Local and Long Distance Phone
1902.
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FOR SALE-In settlement Mcbride
estate I offer 1000 acres Jaque
lands, tracts Al to Is acres, rwell
located in famous Pudding Swamp
tobacco section. The four 1877
prize corn clubs boys Of Sumter
and Clarendon counties live one to
eight miles away and grow 70 to
90 bushels on same type SOIL. A
nearby tract Of similar unImproved
land was paid for out of last years
crop. Prices right and terms rea-
sonable. E. w. Dabbs, Trustee,
NI. vceville. s. G..
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Fair Price List for Week Ending September l7th

Retail
1885 $3.50 to 75
.s16 to LIS
rs 4.5o.... 5 to 5 Sac H.
$500 80 o1c pound
Sugar $50. $40 to $3.50
%oo
Iard-pure 20 to aoc lb 32 IL TO SO l-zc
"a 27 to 2Sc pound
milk IL to 12c
mike Ia 15c
195 30 to % 12c
Canned tomatoes $50 to 1s5 10 to zoe
$500 to 81 20 to 25c
Canned No. s1S5 to 2eo. 70 to ~ loac
pork q LIS to II IL to 2oc
Cheese 80 70 ave
To-. 90 10 ooc -
! BIC H. 81 IL to soc ~
2? to 2sc b . I 81 TO 90 Loo
and rice pv the pound.
ICE.
~ -
pounds
.oo 80
,oo pouas :. :,
wholesale -
suIet 10 to 13c lb. -. aoc ao ~ ~
sa1 Water Trout . . . tic zoe ID
Salt Water Bass o lb... 1oc ~
Salt Water Soc ~
Salt Brim. 13c lb.. sVc -.
Salt .l2c do loc ~, ~
Drum: - ~
snappers... .12c h.. 80 -: ~ -.
spanish 22c b.. loo 40
Abe yttenher the wholesale dealers
D F ultnan,e dealers
Mrs aistcians u s. FOOD Ao1nh-
Chairman sum-
ter Price Interpreting Toed Administration
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
"Waacs' Proud of Their Battle Casualties

LONDON, May 1o.--The first British
women who, wearing their country's
military uniform, ever have been
wounded in battle returned from the
fighting zone in France few days
ago and are now being nursed at a
Red Cross hospital in London They
are all "Waacs." otherwise members of
the now famous "Women's Army Aux
Hilary Corps" and the whole corps is
proud of having members on the cas-
ualty list.
The "Waacs" have occupied an espe-
cially prominent place in the limelight
of late, not only by reason of the fine
account Of themselves which they have
given in the course Of the great battle
still raging, but because of a persistent
campaign of calumny directed against
these plucky girls--a campaign, how
ever, to which it appears likely that
the final quietus has now been given.
Not long after the present great Of
fensive Of the Hun began all sorts OF
wildcat rumors of disaster to the
"Waacs" began to circulate At home
Hundreds Of them were said to have
been brought home wounded.
Then sinister report to the effect
that large number of the Women's
Army Auxiliary Ceps had been capt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

sons and yet retain her military SUI
periority over continent from which
Russian man power, except as used
in her favor, would have been elimi-
mated. This would mean that Ger
many's energies would be concen-
trated more and more directly on
the ocean. Her navy, manned and
financed by 2oo,ooo,oO0 people, could
be increased far beyond the limits
of a navy like the British, which is
manned and financed by 45,O0O,O0O
people. In the Adriatic and the
Egean, in the Persian Gulf and the
North Sea, German sea power would
be comparable with and even su-
perior to British sea power.
A postponed struggle would have
to be endured without the help of
European allies. These have from
tiers adjoining Germany. And if,
therefore, Germany to-day energies
victorious, such countries in the fut-
ure would be terrorized into stand
ing aloof. The one hope then for
the world would be comradeship
between Britain and the new coun-
tries beyond the sea, which Germany
can only reach after a naval victory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

ing military tasks that until thew came
had always been done by men, began to
get much too warn. to suit the military
chiefs who are responsible for the
safety of this feminine wing Of the
British army. A fee. of motor lorries
was promptly dispatched to bring the
"Waacs" away. But when these We
hicles arrived the plucky and devoted
"Waacs" declined to avail themselves
of the proffered Gift"
"Those lorries may be wanted for the
wounded" they said We'll march
back to the base" And march they did
fifteen miles or more, along roads
that were under she'ifire all the time,
arriving dog-tired AMI foot weary, but
one and all avowing themselves "in the
pink" as the army phrase goes. The
pink" Of course, is the pink Of condi-
ton.
1t is not permitted 10 give exact fig
ures regarding the present member
ship of the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps, but the Strength" of the corps
represents many thousands. The
"Waacs" wear khaki. and their officers,
including many notable women, are all
of their own sex. The corps was
formed to release men from the lighter
forms of army work 10th at the front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Brain Capacity

u. Alas mans brain capacity in
creased and improved, let US say, with
IN the last two thousand years =? And if
not what. is the probable explanation
OF this phenomenon
While the quantity and variety of
human knowledge has increased i'm
mensely during this period, and every
speciality in science, art, literature and
technics makes to-day a showing of
; more encyclopaedia works than re-
quired all the knowledge possessed by
the ancients. we are to-day with re-
gard to quality-at least, in the domain
OF art, literature and philosophy-hard-
ly superior to them, and in some re-
spects even their interiors. This proves
that, despite our accumulated knowl-
edge, our brain faculties have neither
increased nor improved. Our progress
merely consists in the great accumula-
tive possibilities of encyclopaedia
works, which are due to the art of
printing and the developments of tech
MICS. But the parrot-like acquisition
and memorization Of the crystallized
knowledge laid down in those works,
far from Improving our mental quail
ties, only serve to render them sterile,
j. e., incapable of original thought. We
forget that the child's brain Of to-day
is the same as it was two thousand
years ago, and labor under the super
stition that stuffing it with mass
Of dates and names learned "by
heart" did improve it. Instead. we
should endeavor to disincumber the
brain as much as possible, and reduce
the study "by heart" to the most ele-
mentary subjects (letters. multiplied
ton tables, etc.,, Incorporating the
subjects of simple knowledge in we'll
indexed encyclopedias easy of consul
tation. But these encyclopedias should
be as little studied by heart as are
our railroad guides. The brain should
be saved for better work. 1t should
be used as an instrument Of thinking,
understanding, reasoning, willing, judg-
ing, combining, investigating, etc. and
not as a mere photograph rendering
mechanically only that which has been
engraved upon it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Optical Illusion

B. R.-It is a matter of common oh
servation that after fixing for q long
time our eyes upon a red object il WI;
appear to look green. What causes th;s
illusion! 'nis
1t is we'll known that when a raw of
white light is analysed, as by prism.
It IS found to be composed of seven
coiors' the so-calied colors of the
spectrum-red, orange, yellow. green.
blue, indigo and violet--and that when
the colors of the spectrum are RECON-
olned white light reappears. If. how
ever. we eliminate the red rays and
tnen recombine the remaining six col
ors we obtain the so-called compie-
mentary- color of the red, namely.
green. IT we eliminate the green rays
the remaining rays will give red light.
and so on with the other complement
sary colors, orange and blue, yellow
and violet. Now. II the retina has been
iiatigued through being exposed too
long to the action of red rays it will
be susceptible only to the remaining
SIX colors, and the eye, when imme
diatcly struck by the white light. will
receive the impression of the connie
mentary green color. Many other i(lu-
sions are based upon the same min
ccipie. Thus. when looking for q long
time through blue soectacles, imme-
diateiy after their removal all objects
will appear yellow. When the retina
has been irritated from Gazing at red
fireworks the gay flames will look
greenish after their extinction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

ooh, have almost nothing to do"
That was true. In the film, one of
the episodes of which they were going
to run off that morning, Marie Liaison
appeared only in the hospital ward.
She came and went graciously, between
the row of cots. Arriving at Doguin's
cot, she was to lift him up, smooth his
pillow and give him something tc drink
During the scene with the two women
Marie Liaison remained motionless
She began to act again, only TO quiet
the emotion Of the sick man, applying
her hand softly to Doguin's brow.
1t was little enough.
But small as the part was Marie
Liaison had gladly accepted it, Since
the war she had not appeared in pub
lie. Her theatre remained closed and
she had found no engagements else
where. AS we'll go into the rovies as
do nothing. 1t was means of not let
ting herself be entirely forgotten. And
many illustrious associates had set the
example.
The modesty of the role didn't worry
Marie Liaison, since it certainly as
sured her an opportunity to emphasize
her personal charms.
It is half past ten. The reels have
been run off. The stage manager wipes
his brow and leads the troupe away to