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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
CITED FOR BRAVERY.
WaltcrborO Lieutenant One OF Thirty.
eight Americans HOnOred by Divis-
iOnal Commanders.

With the American Army in
France, June 2 (By the Associated
Press) Thirty eight officers and men
of the American expeditionary forces
have been cited by their divisional
commanders in divisional orders for
gallantry.
Those hOnored include:
Lieuts. Edward b. Hope, marines,
WATERFORD, S. c.; J. p. Ratajozak, ar
tillery; Lieut.. Allan c. Perkinsol,
marines, Petersburg, Va; Second
Lieut. j. j. Bush, infantry; NJ. X.
Harrison, artillery, Battalion Sergt.
Maj. Festus j. Wade, artillery; Gun
merry Sergt. Arthur Johnson, marines;
Bernard Rome, artillery; Kenneth w.
Squire, infantry; Corp. John Koh7,
marines; Lance Corp. Thomas w
F@itz, artillery. Privates Edmond l..
FOns, marines; L. Kantrowitz, ma-
chine guns; l.. Pistik dudes, machine
guns; Edawrd A. Mcintyre, medicai
department., infantry; Walter Kal.
marines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
WAKE UP, SOUTH CAROLINA
Unique Plan to Remind People to Buy
War Savings Stamps.

very unique plan has been de-
cided on by the South Carolina War
Savings committee for the purpose of
waking up the state OF South Carolina
In the forthcoming intensive w. s S.
drive in June. From June II unti!
June 2S 1t is planned to have all
church and fire bells, factory whistles.
and other mediums of noise. ring and
blow as loudly as they know how, ev-
cry day at 12 o'clock noon. Every
man, woman, and child i'm every com -
munity on hearing the noisy demon
stration. will interpret ii as follows
wake up. South Carolina! Sign
the pledge to save. and buy all the
War Savings Stamps YOU can. Wake
up"
The State wide concert will be ~
clarion call to duty. and wont disturb
anybody except Bill Kaiser-Lnd no
loyal American is very solicitous about
Iiill Kaiser's welfare.
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NOT WILSON'S CANDIDATE.
LEVER NOT BROUGHT OUT EUT,
SENATE BY ADMINISTRATION
Senator Tillman Takes Steps to Con-
fradict Rumors That Mr.. Lever is
Making the Race ut tho Instance of
the Administration and With Its
Support.

Washington. June 1.-Senator Till
man today gave out the followins
statement:
II have learned from friends who
came into my office, as well as from
letters received. that it has been cir.
culated extensively in South Carolina
that Mr.. Lever was claiming that he
was in the race for the senate be.
cause OF having been asked by the
president TO enter it. have thought
1t best to go direct to Headquarters
and the following correspondence
gives the result.
L have had no reply as yet from,
Governor Manning, but am expecting
one, as l feel that he owes it to the
people who have honored him to give
full explanation of the part he has
taken in regard to the senatorship. |
still believe that the office belongs to
the people and not to any coterie of
politicians, and is not to be filled at
the dictation of any one man."
The correspondence referred to by
Senator Tillman follows:
Washington d. c., May 8, 1918.
Hon. A. 9. Burleson, Postmaster Cen
eral, Washington, d. c.
Dear Burleson: After our talk this
morning 1 am perfectly satisfied as to
your loyalty and friendship. I did not
need assurances for have perfect
faith in your integrity and truthful
ness.
/ must however, fight the devil
with fire, and they are lying like the
devil and claiming all sorts of things.
! expect to go to the State convention
on the 18th and 1 want you to do
this. Write me a brief letter saying
that you and no member of the ad-
ministration has ever asked Lever or
anybody else to go into the race for
the senate. The president and his
cabinet cannot afford to butt in, in a
states political affairs. You know
what l mean and what l ought to
have. i want a plain blunt, straight
forward statement. Something l can
publish.
Yours sincerely,
B .R. Tillman.
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The Federal labor administrators
will take notice OF the fact that there
are too many able bodied men run
ming automobile hacks when they
should be engaged In some useful pro-
ductive occupation. There are said
TO be more than four hundred in Spar
tanburg. the same number In Green
vile. more than that number In CO.
lumbia and In other places In the
state a similar oversupply. The rule
OF fight In the army or work will he
enforced more and more rigidly.
There are more hacks In Sumter than
needed and workers are scarce.
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For Believing That an Active Cam
didatc is Needed in Senatorial Race

For believing That an Active Can
didatc is Needed i'm Senatorial Race.
Columbia, June 1.-Gov. Manning
gave to the press tonight letter in
which he has advised Senator Till
man stating why, in the governors
opinion, some one other than the SEN
ior senator should be in the race for
the United States senate to oppose
Former Governor Blease. The letter
was in answer to one from Senator
Tillman, in which it is understood,
the governor was taken to task and
asked if he had not brought Congress-
man Lever into the race. The gov
crnor would not give out the Tillman
letter, because he stated IL was mark
cd personal" and he did not feel
that it could be made public with
prOpriety. However, in his letter to
senator Tillman he appended post
script requesting that the correspond
ence be given to the press. The gov
ernOr told Senator Tillman that he
did not think the senator was physi-
cally able to make the county-to-
county campaign and stated that Ser
ator Tillman had been quoted as say
ing that the state of his health was
OH the "hustings."
The governor, in his letter, asserted
that a pure and untarnished Ameri-
canism must be preached from every
stump" in the State, and, for that
reason, he among hundreds of others
in this State, had written Congress-
man Lever to get into the race. The
governors letter said that 1T was Il
state and national duty to see that
South Carolina was represented in the
United States senate by one who was.
and is, loyal to the United States, and
y strong supporter of President Will
son and his administration" "Blease
does not fill these requirements" con-
tinued the letter.
Governor Manning said that while
he believed Senator Tillman has been
| loyal to the president and sound on
the war ISSUE" yet in this hour of
national peril it is imperative that II
man active as we'll be sent to the
senate. Congressman Lever. in the
opinion of The governor, will fiji all
! these requirements.
! Senator Tillman evidently cast a
doubt upon the sincerity of Governor
| or in his letter, said:
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long and prominent service in con-
gress makes him worthy OF the con-
sideration of any man in this connec-
ton.
Il stated my views with entire
frankness to the president and also to
Postmaster General Burleson, and
stated to the latter that he was at
liberty to tell you what i said. MY
views would have been available to
you with equal frankness had you
sought them, but 1 did not feel justi :
fled in volunteering advice to you"
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HAPPY WOMEN.
Plenty OF Them i'm Sumter, and Good
Reason for 1t


Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years OF backache suffering.
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles.
When she finds freedom.
Many readers will profit by the fol-
lowing.
Mrs. \. Hancock, 1913 Blanding St.
Sumter says: Last ycar | had q
slight attack of kidney trouble and
there was a bad pain through the
small of my back. My head ached.
NY nerves were all unstrung and diz-
~ spells bothered me. Black specks
floated before my eyes most of the
time and blurred my sight. NV kid
aeys acted irregularly and I knew I
would have to do something. Final
ly / bought a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills and used them. Doan's acted
like magic and after l had finished
the box, the trouble disappeared. T
haven't been bothered since and II
gives me great pleasure to recon-
mend Doan's"
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Hancock had. Foster AIilhur,,
Co, Mfers., Buffalo, n. Y.-Adyt al
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

The medals that will be awarded
at commencement exercises tomor-
row evening are. the Mitchell Levi
medal for Manual OF Arms. the G. III.
Wilson medal for athletics. and the
Palmer writing diplomas and the
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ments about myself which it EN-
J bodies.
You refer to the Postmaster Cen
erals letter to you of May and are
kind enough to let me see it. ! beg
to assure you that it expresses with
entire accuracy the attitude which |
have assumed in all contests between
genuine friends of the administratio a.
aid the attitude which shall always
try to maintain. hope and believe it
TO be the right position.
| Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson.
Hon. B. II. TillmaA, United States
Senate.
Letter to Governor Manning.
Washington, d. c., May %, 1918.
Hon. r. l. Manning. Governor Of
South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.
My Dear Sir: 1 am not accustomed
to playing the game of politics with
the cards stacked. 1 have followed
Jefferson's maxim, Teach the people
and trust the people," and tell them
the truth.
Please inform me. governor, what
information you have furnished the
president or mis- advisers as to South
Carolina politics and the senatorial
race; the substance of it at least if
not the actual facts, or statements
On a recent visit to Washington did
you tell anyone for the purpose of it's
reaching the presidents ears and
those of his close advisers that Biease
would beat me for the senate? Did
you urge or suggest that Mr. Lever
enter the race for the senate against
me in order to make sure that Blease
should be defeated? If you really
thought this, had it never occurred to
you that Mr.. Lever now holds the
most valuable place in the house of
representatives, so far. as the farmers
Of South Carolina are concerned, and
that there are perhaps dozen or
more men as able or as we'll qualified
as he to fill the position as senator
acceptably?
Are you responsible for Mr.. Levers
candidacy or are you not!
If you did bring Mr.. Lever out are
you aware that even if elected he will
have to serve twelve years at least to
even approximately WELD the influ-
ence and power l now have? Did you
remember that the three chairman
ships South Carolina now holds are
among its most valuable assets and
that none of them ought to be need
lessly sacrificed?
will be obliged if you will deal
with me frankly so / may lay all the
cards on the table and let the people
judge whether your patriotism and
motives are entirely above suspicion
l do not want to do any injustice
and that is why 1 am thus writing
you, and I hope you will deal with
ne with equal frankness.
prompt reply will be appreciat-
ed. Yours truly,
B. r. Tillman.
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SUMTER CUrNDN MARKET.

{ Corrected daily ni az O'Clock Noon
P. &. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Good Middhng 81.
Strict Middling 26 "a.
Middling &c 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 25 L.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

A city is place where people dis
trust one another and yet live IN
amlty The country Is n place where
people distrust one another and make
q scandal OF II.
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Yours sincerely,
= .R. Tillmaa.

The Postmaster General, Washington,
May 8, 1918.
Hon. Benjamin II. Tillman, United
States Senate.
My Dear Senator Tillman: This ac-
knowledges the receipt of your letter
Of May 8.
In reply thereto, please accept my
assurance that it is the fixed policy
of the administration, from which it
does not vary to refrain from inter-
ference in the State political affairs.
At no time has the administration
in South Carolina or any other State
urged or invited any person to be-
come a candidate for the United
States senate.
I sincerely hope that the contest for
the nomination for senator in your
State will be so conducted as not to
interfere in the slightest with the very
cordial friendship which has hereto
fore existed between you and Repre-
sentative Lever.
Sincerely yours.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05

Work on the buildings at the Tu-
berculosis Camp is progressing " a
satisfactory rate. and the camp will
be completed before fall
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-05
Medals Won.

Mcdais won.
Scholarship In High School-Miss
Grace Hodge.
Attendance In High School depart
ment-Niiss jolly DuBose.
intermediate department scholar
ship-Edna Osteen.
Attendance-Fred Hodge.
Penmanship-Miss Aline Pierson.
Hodge Medal for best average
Lois DuBose.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKEC

A woman will catch a man in n
score Of lies and yet continue to trust
him, but the average man wouldn't
wipe his feet on a female liar.
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PROVIDENCE SCHOOL PICNIC
Closing Exercises of Successful School
Year.


dence school (Privateer township,
were held last week and wound vi
with delightful old time basket pic
mic at Pocolla Springs, Sumter's pop
uiar pleasure grounds. last Friday. A
goodly number of the patrons OF tn,
school and all Of the pupils, with 9
number OF guests from Sumter ant
other parts of the county enjoyed 9
sumptuous dinner.
Misses Aline and Elizabeth Hay
the patriotic and efficient teachers
have a great deal to be proud of in
the successes attending the las,
years work OF this progressive school
The pupils show every indication OF
having been faithful In their work
The patrons are said to be well pleas
cd with the work of the Misses Hay
The pupils love these young ladies'
During the picnic last Friday Mr..
Wade Hampton Cobb. OF Columbia,
Solicitor from that circuit. delivered
highly interesting and instructive
talk regarding the Importance of
maintaining the highest possible
standard of efficiency and support OF
the public school system. Mr.. Cobb
proved to be fluent speaker. especial
ly well versed regarding educational
problems.
Secretary +. /. Reardon, OF the
Chamber OF Commerce discussed War
Savings and touched upon the con-
servation OF education. and stressed
the importance OF increasing teach
ers' salaries to hold them In our coun-
~ schools. He told OF what this city
has done to increase teachers wages
During the past year Providence
school has been particularly active
In war work and other public welfare
work as evidenced by the following
financial report OF monies collected
and disbursed for various war pur-
poses.
Providence school donations:
Amt. on piano :. :. =. :. $500
Amt on Liberty bond for
school. :. :. -. :. E. 5000
Amt. for Red Cross =. $500
Amt. for tuberculosis Camp. $500
Amt for Army Y. M. C...... $500
Amt. for School furnishing. 1000
Amt. for w. s. Stamps E. :. 1000
Totai ..S27O.OO
Liberty Loan bonds purchased by
pupils:
Miss Retha Hodge E. :. :. $4,000
Burgess Pierson 80. =. =. 5000
Elisha Hodge E. :. =. :. 5000
Fred Hodge .... :. :. 5000
100000
Medals Won.
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Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
The White House.
MIR. Wilson'S Reply

The White House. Washington, 81
May. 1918.
My Dear Senator: | have your let
tor of May %. and want to tha1l< YOU
very sincerely for the generous scnti-
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letter to the President.


Washington, d. c., May %. 1918.
My Dear Mr.. President: Mr.. Levers
friends are circulating it throughout
South Carolina that he catered the
race for the senate because you asked
him to do it to make sure that Mr..
Blease would not be elected to the
senate. Indeed, Mr.. Levers an
nouncemcnt as good as says that. J
am enclosing it for your perusal
or course, ! know it is not true,
but the only way to convince some
people is for me to publish a letter
from you stating the facts. You can
10 this in any way you think best.
am, however, sending you letter !
received from Postmaster General
Burlcson and if you will say that this
letter Expresses the attitude of your
self and your cabinet that will be all
that is necessary. / will then give &
copy of my letter to you with your re.
ply along with Burlcson's letter, to
the papers.
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Sincerely y ours,

B. Il. Tillman.
i. :. You know my love and ad-
miration for you--but ia your Red
Cross speech i'm New York YOU rose
20 such heights of inspired eloquence
wife and | both cried. There is
nothing i'm the Bible or the New Tes-
lament. except perhaps the Sermon on
the Mount, that is superior to 1t.
t. r. II
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-18
TUESDAY, NOV, 10, 1918
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News

paper Syndicate.)
This is not a lucky day, according to
astrology. Neptune rules strongly for
good; however, Mercury is strongly ad-
verse.
1t Is not a favorable time for enter
ing into any sort Of an agreement,
whether a public contract or a private
lease.
The planetary rule Indicates that dan
ger lies in double dealing on the part
OF some foreign power and the enemy
Is to be suspected of something more
cunning and traitorous even than has
been looked for.
This is a rule read as particularly
promising for the success of our ships,
Neptune ~foreshadows great achieve
ments for Americans who send men
and merchandise across the seas.
All writings should be watched with
particular care while this c~onfiguration
prevails. Letters may bring trouble to
a public man.
Newspapers and periodicals should
come into a period Of change and ben
efits after the war, when a new litera-
lure and a higher standard of writing
will be demanded.
Swallowed.
Warning again is given against the
fear Of epidemics which increases had
effects. 1t was foretold many months
ago that diseases affecting the respira-
tory organs would be prevalent and
it Is now prophesied that fevers NAV
be Viruient, especially in their effect
on children. Neptune gives indication
or perils in unclean cities.
With the ending Of war and the
daWning Of the new era will come
many experiments in education, which
VII bring about improved social con-
ditions, 1t Is prognosticated.
Cooperation will extend to many new
activities affecting not only business
affairs, but domestic conditions.
Again it is forecast that food will
present many problems to residents of
the United States, even after the war.
formed. No
Persons. whose birthdate it is NAV
nave many annoyances in business dur
ing the coming year. They should guard
against SANDER and false reports,
Children born on this day NAV he
hlgh,strung and hard to control. They
should be taught steady and m~ethodjcaI
habits. These Scorpio subjects partake
of Sa~gittarius characteristics.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-18
MAGAZINE FEATURES
e9VNCWN lGGIYB q
kBEDTINE STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE FEATHER BUSTER.

uncle, The feather buster IS going
away from me, must catch up to IT"
So he hoped faster, but the feather
buster. as he could see through the
bushes, still went on ahead Of him, and
he couldn't seem TO get any nearer.
Il wonder II that can be Johnnie and
Billie Bushytail, the squirrel boys, with
Nurse James old buster, fooling me?'
thought the bunny. But when he looked
at the feathers in the buster he saw
they were new and fresh, and not old
and worn.
Il must get this new buster for Nurse
Jane" cried the bunny. Then he hoped
faster. and, all Of a sudden the feather
buster, which also hoped on, came to
a stop, II a sad voice said:
oh. Uncle WiggilY, | didn't think
you, too, would chase me-. | thought
you were a friend Of mine!'
what's that? A feather buster talk
ing How can that be? Who are you
and what does this mean2' asked Uncle
WiEgily.
Il am not a feather duster at al"
was the answer, 1t must have been
my tail you were looking at, and chas-
ing" and just then, out from behind a
bush. all tired from running, came a
big turkey gobbler.
that you?'
Yes" said the turkey. at is. You
see I'm hiding in the woods because
Thanksgiving is so near. and when |
saw you chase after Newell, | didn't
like it at all"
Il don't blame you a Bit" laughed
the bunny. But | chased after you
because l thought your spread-out-tail,
sticking up over the bushes, was a
feather buster. Pray excuse me
Il will" said the turkey, and please
don't tell any one I'm hiding here,
They might ant me for Thanksgiv-
ing"
"Tu not tell" said the bunny. Then
he hurried on to the eleven and twelve
cent store, and bought Nurse Jane a
real feather buster, and not a turkeys
tail, and she made the hollow stump
bungalow very clean, and the turkey
stayed in the wood8 a long time.
And il the grapevine doesn't try to
climb upstairs and get in the cats
cradle with the puppy dog. I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wigg1y and the
starch.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-18
(To BE Continued
Daily Recipes
Jenied Apples.

One quart sliced apples, one cup
spoon gelatin. Pare, core, quarter and
SLIGO apples enough to fiji a quart dish
Place with sugar in layers in a bakIn~
dish, using about one cup OF sugar or
white corn syrup, add one-half Gun hot
water, cover and bake about three hours
In n slow oven, Soften one "a blcspoon
OF gelatin IN one-halt cup OF cold water
and dissolve in one-Quarter Gun hot
water. Mix carefully through tho hot
apples. turn into an e~athenware mold
When cold serve as n dessert, with or
without cream, Preparc this dessert
right after breakfast IL it Is to be
served at the evening meal) ~
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Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
az HOWARD B. CARS.

N~NEJ AA6hhr ttAos " "N@lhAO |N"A
paper S~yndicate,)
BY HOWARD r. CARTS.
Dear me! Such a dusty bungalow
as this Isl" cried Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy. the muskrat lady hOusekeeper,
as she looked. one day, around the hol-
low stump where she lived with Uncle
Wtggiy Longears, the bunny rabbit
Dusty? Oh. I don't see that it is
so very had" spoke Mr.. Longcars. rs
he took his shiny silk, Sunday go-to-
meeting hat down off the mantle and
brushed it with his pink. twinkling
nose,
1T is very dusty" said Nurse Jane,
and the worst OF il is that l can't
clean our hollow stump bungalow until
! get a new feather duster.
Why not" asked Uncle Wiggily,
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, the two
squirrel brothers, came a little while
8 and borrowed my old buster, I'm
sure there will be nothing left Of It
when they get through
it," asked Uncle Wiggily, curious-like.
They said they wanted to play In
dian answered Nurse Jane, You
know; stick some Of the feathers on
their heads the way the Indians used
We'll. I guess II they do that, there
wont be much left Of your old feather
duster," laughed the bunny uncle.
Pulling feathers out OF its tail isn't
good for any buster.
But / know what ! can do. I'll go
to the five and six-cent store and get
you a new buster, Then you can dust
the hollow stump bungalow ms much as
you please spoke the bunny,
That will be nice" said Nurse Jane.
I've been wanting "A new feather dus-
ter for some time
So Uncle Wiggily. giving his pink
nose an extra t%Winkling, until II was
as shiny as a new pair Of shoes, hop
woods.
The bunny rabbit gentleman was
thinking what a good h]ousekeepcr
muskrat lady Nurse Jane was, and how
nicely she kept the hollow stump
bungalow, and he was wondering how
soon he would come TO the three and
tour-cent store, where he could buy q
feather buster, when, all OF n sudden,
ne saw, In between some bushes, a
bunch of feathers.
"Ha' There's a buster now" ex-
claimed Uncle WiggilY. Perhaps that's
the seven and eight-Cent store, which
has moved nearer my bungalow. Any
how, it's a feather buster sticking up,
and Ill get 1t for Nurse Jane. II looks
like a new strong one.
SO Uncle Wiggily gave a hop. a skin
and a jump closer to what he thought
was a feather buster, but, TO his sur
prise, the duster hoped. too. or, If il
didnt hop 1t ran, for IL kept getting
farther and farther away from hIm.
That's queer thought the bunny !