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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Corn Thieves Captured.

Rural Policeman Sam Newman ar
rested John and Marion Mccoy, col
ored. Saturday night on the charge OF
housebreaking and larceny and they
are in jail awaiting trial at the next
term of court.
They were detected in the act OF
stealing corn from the barn OF Mr..
Hazel Brunson, Of Concord. They
were loading a one-horsc wagon with
the corn and We're about ready to
leave, when Mr. Brunson and Police
man Newman came on the scene.
Hoth negroes ran for the nearby
woods and succeeded in making their
escape for the time. Messrs. New
man and Brunson pursued them. One
of the negroes fired at them with
gun and Mr.. Rrunson returned the
fire, but thare were no casualties.
While the thieves were making a get
away through the woods their horse
took charge of the corn on his own
initiative and proceeded to go home
by way of the road. When Policeman
Newman returned from his unsuccesS-
full chase Of the thieves he followed
the horse and wagon to the McCoy's
home, but when they arrived the ne
sroese had gotten there first and had
unloaded the corn from the wagon
They We're arrested without difficulty
and the stolen corn was recovered.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Ha,onod News Items.

Hagood, Dec 21-Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Sanders, and daughter. Miss Janet
of New York city, are spending
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. T. p
Sanders.
Misses Mary and Susie Kirk of Con-
federate College, Charleston, are at
home for the holidays.
Miss Ida Sanders, of Anderson Col
lege, Corpl. Charles Sanders, Jr., OF
Carlisle School; Corpl. H. L. Sanders
of Camp Jackson are at horne with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w
Sanders.
Lieut.. Emmett Emanuel, Sergt
Dudley Sanders, and Private Draytor
Sanders are at home from Carlisle
School, Bamberg.
James Sanders. Thomas Ellerbe
and Thomas LeNoir of Bailey NJ u
tary Institute are at home sor tn
holidays.
Mr.. Jessie Jackson of the Univer
sity Of South Carolina, is at home.
Sidney Couturier of Charleston i
with his mother Mrs. L. X. Courturie
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur w. Meade o
Waynesville. n. c., are spending tn
winter with Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
Sanders.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
American influence in Turkey.

The natur, and importance OF
Americas position in Turkey are bet
ter understood by British statesmen
than by many of our own public men.
This American interest is almost
wholly educational and altruistlc. FOR
the greater part Of century Amer
leans have been spreading a system
of missions and schools in Turkey
which. before the recent war, had be-
come the most promising Of all agen-
cies for human progress IN the Near
East. The defeat Of Turkey has now
come about in such a way as to open
before these American influences such
fulness of opportunity as they had
hardly dared to anticipate. Engilsh
craftsmanship has never failed to ap--
preciate the noble and unselhSh WORK
of the Americans in European and
Asiatic Turkey Our recent ambassa-
dors at Constantinople. notably Straus,
Morgenthau ard Elkus, have been
the firm friends and helpers Of all our
schools, hospitals, and similar agen-
cies. Our technical neutrality has en-
abled Robert College, on the Bos-
anu SO--N -
(fer women) to keep their doors
open and do good work through the
war period. But the American col
leges and schools in Asiatic Turkey
were mostly within zones Of military
action and were seized by the Turks,
their Armenian students and teachers
being nnassacred or mistreated. Al
most at once it will be possible to re-
open these American colleges, school,
and medical relief stations. Through
out the war, the American Commit
tee for Armenian and Syrian Relief
(now incorporated by congress Us
"The American Committee for Re
lief in the Near East") has been able
to distribute money and food and to
carry on large work in Turkey.
with the support Of the American Red
Cross and the constant help Of our
State Observation-Disclosures Review
of Reviews.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Real Estate Transfers.

County Auditor r. E. Wilder has
recorded the following real estate
transfers in the city Of Sumter:
E. w. McCallum to Frank Broom.
one lot and house for $1,000.
E. w. McCallum to Fragrant Ander-
son, one lot and house for $1,1O0.
W. B. Boyle Co., to Sadie B. Wac
tor one house and lot for $4,000.
Mutual B. & L. Association to Edith
r. Schwartz, five acres Of land for
$G25.
r. c. Banding to A. A. Howell, one
house and lot for $3.50.
H. p. Moses to j. NJ. Watts, one
house and 10 for $1,000.
J. n Brown to Mary Dell Ducum
house and lot for $500.
TT. Hardy to p. B. Belser, Interest
conveyed in one house and lot for 81
900.
Mary A. Hughson to Iva Be;,e
Tlughson and Mrs. Z. II. Scale. oae
house and lot for $3.50 and other con-
siderations.
T. NJ. Partin to jamie w. Mccall
lum, one house and lot for S. and ota-
err considerations.
James w. McCollum to Anthony j.
Fielder. one house and lot for $500.
Katie Is. O'Donnell to Reid Ard.
one house and lot for $4,000.
C. C. Jacobs to J. P. Garrick, one
house and lot for s3,400.
Mettie w. Garrick to c. C. Jacobs,
one lot for $500.
A. Blacker to Perry Krasnoff, two
lots and two houses for $1,000.
A. J. Ard to Nettie A. Stoudemire,
one house and lot $1,375.-
The Sumter Trust Company, trus-
tee, to Kate H. Weinberg, one house
and lot $4,000.
The Master to Augusta G. Jennings,
one lot for s1S5.
Bernard Manning to the Bank Of
Sumter, eight lots for IS.
M OH. and j. A. Schwerin to L.
E. and Geo. r. Calder, one lot anG
house for $4,000.
J. X Crosswell to E. D. Cole, one.
lot for $1,000 and other aonsilera-
tons.
Converse Reid to Kate r. Duncan.
one lot and house for $1,000.
B. c.. Wallace to Fl. p. Moses, one
lot and building for s5 and other CON
siderations.
D. r. and Lucy McCallum, Execu-
tors to Adam A. Team, one house and
lot for $4,000.
Barlow Walsh to L. D. Jennings,
one lot for s..
Lizzie V. Josey to r. B. Belser. ono
house and lot for IS and other con-
siderations
Davis u. Noise to F. Warren Noise,
interest conveyed in three lots for
SIC, 900.
Louis Boone to aIcCallum Realty
Co, one acre for $3.50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Books For Soldiers
Great Call for Reading Mattes
Since Fighting Stopped
Many Want School
Books.

S<<rS
Paris. Nov. 25 Correspondence OF
the Associated Press)-With more
reading time on their hands than ever
before now that the fighting has
stopped. the American Expeditionary
Force which required a million books
a, month, will devour literature at a
much more staggering figure. The
book shelves of every Y. NJ. c. A. hut
are polished daily by the constant re-
turn of books read and the taking out
of new books, and the difficulty is IN
supplying rapidly enough according
to Burton Stevenson, head Of the
American Library Association.
What the soldiers like best in the
way Of reading is reported back to
Mr.. stevenson through the Y. M. G. A,
the Red Cross, and the other organ
izaticns among which the books of the
American Library Association are dis
tributed, as well as through letters
straight from the soldiers themselves
His forecast of what they are COINS
to want was cabled back to the United
States the other day, in the following
order for books:
Need Immediately 1000 each ele-
mentary, advanced arithmetics, geo
metries, trigonometries. chemistry
books, physics, agriculture, stock
breeding, forestry, business methods
accounting, commerce, banking, law
architecture. Two hundred each book
keeping, poultry raising Requests
pouring in show tremendous demand
oI,
organizing warehouses to expedite
distribution"
Fiction continues to be read by the
army, in spite of it's more serious
trend of mind, at rate Of hundreds
of thousands of volumes a month, Mr.
Stevenson said. Kipling and Service
are still the favorite poets Of the
American soldiers. Among the re-
quests that come in during the past
week were two for ordinary primers
or A. 3. c. books, from American
born men who are finding their first
opportunity to study their own Ian
guage in a foreign country Mr.
Stevenson believes that the need fol
such educational books in the months
after peace is declared before the mer
can go back to their own country
will be tremendous.
The American Library Association
is so we'll organized in France that any
soldier who makes request for
particular book from any camp is APT
to find it in his hands almost more
quickly than he would be able to pro
cure it in the United States. The as
sociation beat its own records the
other day, however, when two boxes
Of books were delivered by airplane
to aviation camps.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Paul Wierse in Jail
Ordered to Serve Sentence in
the Federal Penitentiary.

Charleston, Dec 22.-Due to his
actions in aiding in the sinking Of
German merchant steamer Liehen-
fels in Charleston farbor in January,
1917. Paul Wierse Will pass his
Christmas behind prison doors: he
was taken into the custody OF the
United States yesterday and Will pe
escorted to Atlanta shortly to serve a
tWo-vear sentence passed on nm IN
the United States Court at Charles-
ton, by Judge Henry A. NJ. Smith IN
October. 191 Z.
Every appeal known to American
Jurisprudence has been resorted to 10
save Wierse from the penitentlarE.
but every plan failed, the last straw
lbeing swept away when Justice j. Z.
Pritchard, Of the United States CIR.
fcuit Court. affirmed the decision OF
.Judge Henry A. NJ Smith, of the
court below and ordered the fine OF
$4,000 and the sentence Of two years
at hard labor in the Atlanta penlten-
tiary to be enforced
The mandate from Justice Prltch-
ards office reached Charleston in the
morning mail yesterday and Wlerse
was taken into custody by the mar
shall. He has been free on bonds
since his conviction in the district
tcourt more than year ago. during
this time attorneys for Wierse have
appealed to the Circuit Court on al
legged errors of the court below, have
asked the Supreme Court of the
United States to review the case and
! have sought annu!ment Of the SEN
tence through clemency from the
President. The appeals TO the high
est court and to the President We're
denied. Now Justice Pritchard ends
the case by affirming Judge Smiths
decision in every particular.
The sinking Of the German steam
ship Liebenfels in the Cooper river
early in 1917. resulted in arrest and
conviction of Wierse and also of Jo-
ham r. Klattenhoff. captain Of the
vessel The German consul at At
Ilanta who was also indicted on a
similar charge had succeeded in
leaving the United State; before he
could be arrested. Klattenhoff IS
serving a sentence in the Atlanta pris-
on for his part in the sinking Of the
Liebenfels. The steamer was raised
soon after it was sunk in the Cooper
river and was repaired and is now in
service of the United States under
the name of the Houston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
British Welcome Plans
Program Announced for Stay
in England.

London. Dec. p (By the Associat-
ed Press).-Following is the official
program in connection with the visit
OF President Wilson to England:
The presidential party will arrive at
Dover at 1210 p. m. Thursday and
will be received by the Duke Of Con-
naught. representing the king; John
w. Davis, the American ambassador;
Lord Reading. British ambassador to
the United States. and Lord Herschell,
lord IN waiting TO the king, who will
be especially attached to the presi-
dent during his visit.
Commander Sir Charles Gust, equcr-
ry to the king, will meet the presi-
dent at Calais and will be especially
attached to him.
The party will arrive at Charing
Cross station in London at 2.30 p. m.
and will be received by the king and
queen and with the sovereigns will
drive to Buckingham Palace. The
streets will be lined py troops, who
will be assisted by contingents from
the royal navy and the air forces
Clubs and these occupying private
houses along the streets through
which the president will pass, arc
asked to cooperate in making the dec
orations as effective as possible.
On Thursday evening the president
and Mrs Wilson will dine privately
Friday morning and afternoon will be
reserved for the president to meet
the British cabinet ministers. In the
evening the !:ins will give a banquet
at Buckingham Palace.
On Saturday the president will pro
ceed to the city to receive an address
at Guild Hall. On that evening din
ner will be given by the government
at Lancaster House, at which the
british ministers will be present
After the dinner the president vii
leave London for Carlisle, his mother:
birthplace, where he will spend Sun
day This visit will be without cere
monials.
From Carlisle the presidentia
party will proceed to Manchester
where the president will be the CUES
of the Lord mayor. Arrangements
have been made for the president t
receive on Monday the freedom o
the city of Manchester. 1t is expect
ed that the president will leave fo
France Tuesday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Famine i'm New York
East Side Children Reported to
Be Starving BY Hundreds.

New York, Dec. 21.--Aroused by re
ports that, with Christmas approach
ing East Side children are "fainting
in school rooms and dying at home
because their parents canont pay the
prevailing high prices for milk and
staple foods, representative citizens
today organized committee to feed
them first and investigate after
wards
A plea that something be done Tor
her pupils, who were slowly starving
to death was made recently by a
teacher to JOS. S. Markus banker,
who now heads the relief organiZa-
ton. Mr.. Markus himself visited
schools, hospitals and tenants and To-
6ay issued u statement dealing with
conditions on the East Side.
One settlement, he said, has, the
names OF $50 babies, who, recovering
from influenza, now face death from
pneumonia because their parents can
not buy milk needed to restore them
to health. Every hospital in the dis
trict, he continued, contains hundreds
of underfed children, many of Whom
are physically unable to continue
their studies.
OF his visit to one school he said ::
I'm one room there were twenty
two children. A rag man would nos
have paid ) cents for all the clothing
they wore Many mad no undergar-
ments, and those who did could hardly
call them by that name. Many We're
without shoes and others had heel
less and soleleSs ones.
we learned that most Of them
came there without breakfast. Some
kind people We're giving the teacher
little money every week, and with
that she purchased some milk and ce-
reals, preparing Cruel over small
stove in the room. She said with the
! high cost of milk now she was moi
/! able to buy much, and that severa
Of the children haid tainted right
there in the class room. Others were
too weak to leave home and dleo
there. Malnutrition was the cause
starvation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Marriage Licenses.

During the past few days the Coun-
ty Clerk Of Court has been kept very
busy issuing licenses but most
of these were obtained by colored
couples. The only license issued to q
white couple was obtained by E. c.
Hart. Sumter, and Lottie G.. Woods, OF
New Zion.
The following colored couples have
secured licenses: Ezen Williams and
eliza Howard, Mayesville: Peter Cay
mon and Sallie Brown. both OF sum
ter: Harry Owens and Eron Raney
Sumter: Alfred Mcdowell. Shiloh. and
Evalina Smith. Olanta: Robert Felder
and Ella Jane Prjnglc. Pinewood;
Thomas Mack, PaXvillc, and Nellie
Wells. Sumter; James Richardson and
Coline Rarno, Sumter: Oliver Clark
and jamie Peterson, Sumter; Wesley
Wilson and Diana Davis, Sumter;
Thomas Wilson. Manning. and Annie
Huggins, Sumter: Willie Frazer and
Queenie CoIcloush. Sumter; James
Spann and Ella Benjamin. Mayesvllle;;
Junius Carolina and jamie Ragm.
Mayesville; Grant Shake and Ollie
Randolph. Tindal; Julius Hoplin and
Lucille Bager. Sumter; Robert Ma
hcncy and Hattie Jackson, Provi-
dcnce: Frank Jones and Celia Dicks
Sumter: Charlie Burgess. Ninston-Sa-
lem, and Alger Thompson. Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
BolsIleYis1n Spreading
Plans Made for d General Revo-
luton By Radical Labor
Element.

Christiania, Nov. 19 Correspond
ence of The Associated Press)-The
Bolshevik faction of the Norwegian
Socialist party has. since last spring,
exercised a controlling influence over
the organization. For some months
this was done more or less secretly
sInd. the objects aimed at were not
made public But after the revolu-
ton In Germany concealment was
abandoned.
In speeches at public meetings and
by. articles in socialist organs, labor
ers were urged to organize revolution
ary associations, similar to those IN
Russia, provide. themselves With arms,
and be ready for q revolutionary up
rising, to overthrow the government.
They were told that they should en-
piey force and terror to whatever eX-
tent it might be necessary to accom-
plish their purpose and establish what
would virtually amount to minority
dictatorship on Bolshevik lines.
It is admitted by the leaders or the
Bolshevik faction that the latter con-
stitute only very small portion OF
organized labor but they declare II
is for that reason they are justfhed IN
having recourse to force because they
could not attain their aims py parma
naentary, methods and lawful forms OF
agitation.
The president of the labor party is
Bolshevist and in conjunction with
certain Russian Bolshevists establish
ed a Russian telegraph news agency
here for the ostensible purpose OF
furnishing the Norwegian press with
reliable news from Petrograd.
No date has yet been approximate
" fxed for starting their proposed
revolution The leaders declare it de-
pends on '.how things turn out IN
England One of them openly stat
ed. en there is no revolution in Eng
land there will be no use trying one
here for England would at once step
in and suppress it."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Former Rulers iii
Ex-Empress Of Germany Not to
Live Long.

Copenhagen, Dec. 22.-The Frank
fort Zeitung, a copy of which has
been received here, says the former
German empress will hardly live to
see the new year. Her ailment, heart
disease, has grown considerably worse
during the past weeks. Previously for
several months she had suffered from
the effects of a stroke of apoplexy.
The condition OF the former en-
press, the newspaper adds, has had
a serious effect on her husband, who
also is seriously i'll. 1t is feared that
his ear trouble will spread to the
brain. Also his nervous condition is
bad.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
SUMTER WITNESSES.
Tie Names of Sumter Persons Fa,
miiiar to All.
Who are the witnesses?


They are Sumter people
Residents of Sumter, who have had
kidney backache, kidney ills, bladder
ills; who have used Doan's Kidney
Pills. These witnesses endorse
Doan's.
One Sumter resident who speaks is
w. B. Costin, proprietor Of grocery.
11s e. Calhoun st. He says: ga
good many years ago was troubled
with my kidneys and I had all the
symptoms of that complaint. GER
tainly was in bad shape. All the fam
lily had used Doan's Kidney Pills and
| had great faith in them, so 7 got
Doan's and used some. never speEt
my money better, for, after had TAX
en- three boxes, I was entirely cured
OF the trouble. I gained in weight and
felt better in every way, so it is
great pleasure to recommend such a
fine remedy"
Price 6oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-tte same that
Mr.. Costin had. Foster llilburn Co,
AIfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y-Advt. (539
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25

Andrew Buddin. a negro employed
by Mr.. J. f. Glenn, has been arrested
and lodged in jail charged with steal
ing a bale Of cotton and selling 1t on
the local market 1t seems that BUD
din obtained a sample Of cotton from
a bale which had been stored in TIE
warehouse and sent it to the city lii
order to get p price on it. The sale
Was made. iYut in the meantime thn
b,l .cr had been notified that the cot
ton had been stolen and he had an OF
licer on hand tor the negro when ca
latter returned for his money tn
case is being held for the hlghtf
court.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Nitrates For Fields
War Department Plans to Help
Farmers.

Washington, Dec. 21.-In response
to suggestion from Senator Smith
of. Georgia for. diversion of army nj
trate stores from munition to agrl-
eulturaI fertilizer purposes, Assistant
Secretary of War Crowell has advised
Senator Smith that the war and ag-
ricultural departments are WORKING
with that end in view and in few
days expect to announce plans for
distribution of the nitrates to farm
erS at cost
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25

Washington, Dee. 23.-Ambassador
Fletcher advised the State department
today that FL Pueblo, the government
organ denied that Won Eckhardt, the
i;erman minister to Mexico, had. been
recalled Other Mexican papers, how
ever say that his mission to Mexico
has been terminated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Peoples League Formed
odge-Podge of German Politi-
clans Unite for Safety.

- nDnden, Dee. 2e.-A People S
League has been organized in Berlin
saws Central News dispatch from
Copenhagen. The leagues commit
tee included Prince MAMMALIAN, the
fofne, chancellor, Hugo Haas, an IN
dependent Socialist, Count Won Bern
storn. former ambassador to the
United sttaes and Matthias Erzberger
the centrist leader.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25

Judge Moore has refused rcw
trial in the case of Eargle VS.. The
Sumter Lighting Company. in which
a verdict was recently rendered for
$4,000 in favor of the plaintiff. The
defendant appealed but since this hos
been denied. it is understood that the
case will be carried to the Supreme
Court.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Cotton Ginners' Report
Crep in Sight Up to December
18th Only Ten and a Quarter
Million Bales.

Washington, Dec. 2o.-Cotton gin
ned prior to December 18th totaled
1925, ,402 running bales, including
81 600 Sea Island.
Ginnings ty. States was as follows:
Georgia, $4,000; Alabama, 723,-
600. Florida, $4,000; South Carolina,
I.32g. 600.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Snow For Christmas
Weather Bureau Promises Win
ter Weather for Some Parts
of South.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The posi-.
bility Of snow in parts of the South
for Christmas Eve was indicated to-
day by the weather bureau which
said that Tennessee and the northern
part of Mississippi would have rain or
snow Tuesday. Colder weather is in
dicated for the South Atlantic States
tonight
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25

Munich. Der. 23.-Ali Ravarian in
dustrics employing more than ter per
sons have been ordered shut dow
from December % TO January zhn
for the purpose OF saving coal. In
workers will receive ninety per cen
of their usual wages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25

Mavence. Sunday. Dec. 22-The
French threw pontoon br1Gge across
the Rhine at Nierstein Friday. 1t was
a thousand feet long and was built in
FIVE hours.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25
Boys Coming Home
Three Thousand More Sailed
From France Thursday.

Washington, Dec. 23.-It. is an
nounced that the transport Rijndam,
with about three housand officers and
men sailed from France on December
10th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-25

The bill as introduced provides an
appropriation OF s25O,OOo for the first
fiscal year, to be allotted on the halt
and half plan to the several States,
and an appropriation of an addition
al $3.50 600 each fiscal year thereafter
until continual antnal appropriation
Of 81 .000,000 is reached.