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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Cold Comfort,

81 was arguing with fellow about
politics the other day and I'm blest
If he didn't advise me to consult an
alienist!" exclaimed the contentious
man. "a
well! Welt"
81 suppose he thought that a fine
piece Of sarcasm?"
"Oh, don't know. Maybe he meant
t."
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A WAITING Attitude.

"Have you learned any of the new
dances yet?'
NO." replied the man who takes
himself seriously. 'Tve been thinking
of trying the Chinese toddle. but Tn
waiting to hear how the political stu
alton in China crystallizes. don't be-
lieve in encouraging country as long
as it shows monarchistic tendencies"
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BY the greatest of I'll purifiers. /

BY the greatest of I'll purifiers.
A common mistake in the treat
ment of scrofula Las been the use
of mercury and other mineral mix
lures, the effect of which is to bot
tie up the impurities in the blood,
and hide them from the surface.
The impurities and dangers are
only added to in this way.
For more than fifty years S. S. S.
has been the one recognized reliable
blood remedy that has been used
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Baker Wants Mountain Guns.

Washington. Jan. "a reQues' tc
congress was made hy Secretary B X
CT for $4,000 for mountain field an
siege cannon, 1.-The need of whic'
could not have been foreseen wAer
the military estimates were submit
ted" Some nersons believe { is fore
casts shat American troops Gill HI
sent to Italy
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choetaw. Volunteer For servie.

Mobile, Ala, Jan. 9.-One hundred
Choctaw Indians in Baldwin, Escam-
bia and Monroe counties, Ala, have
volunteered their services to the army
J. w. Roberts, postmaster at Raburn,
Ala. came here to arrange for the
muster in of the troops.
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The Presidents Address.

The presidents address to congress
| was Hs follows:
Gen lemen of the Congress:
( Once more, as repeatedly bsfs re
The spGkesmen of the central emp. g.
| have indicated their desire to discuss
! the objects Of the war and the possi
D hssis of a general peace.
PJTleys have been in progress al
prest-: itovsk between Russian rep
Tcsen Iatives and representatives o,
the central powers. to which tha a.
ten5ion OF all the beilige:ents has
Seen invited for the 9gEposs q sseeE;
t..ining whether it may be possible
, to extend these parleys into general
conference with regard to terms OF
pe2ce and settlement.
scented not only a perfectly definite
! statement of the principles upon
! which they would be willing to con
clude peace, but also an equally def
ton Of those principles. The repre-.
sentatives of the central powers. on
| their part presented an outline of set.
, Element when, If much less definite
seemed susceptible of liberal inter
probation until their specific program
| of practical terms was added.
| That program proposed no conces.
sions at all, either to sovereignty OF
Russia or to the preferences of the
population with whose fortunes II
dealt, but meant, in word. that the
central empires were to keep every
had occupied-every province, every
city, every point of vantage-as a per
manent addition to their terri olies
and their power.
! 1t is a reasonable conjecture that
the general principles OF settlement
1 IL II, SrrJ cd nrycY
mated with the more liberal states
men of Germany and Austria, the
men who have begun to feel the force
| OF their own peoples thought and pur
D Sc while the concrete terms of &C
| taal settlement came from the mill
tary leaders who have no thought but
| TO keep what they have got.
| The negotiations have been broken
Off. The Russian representatives
were sincere and IN earnest. They
cannot entertain such proposals OF
conquest and domination.
icance. 1t is also full of perplexity
With whom are the Russian repre-
sentatives dealing For W ON are
the representative of the central EN-
pres speaking? Are they speaking
Tor the majorities OF their respective
ties. that military and. imperialistit
minority which has SO far dominated
their whole policy and controlled the
= fairs of Turkey and Of TIE Balkan
states which have felt Obliged to be
come their associates in THIS war?
The Russian representatives, have
Insisted, very Justly. very wisely. ant
, n the true spirit of modern democ
that the cGPf9 4sa they havf
Turkish Statesmen should be helt
within open, not closed doors, and al
he world has been audience, AS wal
| desired.
To whom have we been listening
hem? To those who speak the spin
and intention Of the resoluti, ms Q
he German reichstag of the ninth
lily last, last, the spirit .a and n in,eno,
| Germany or to those who resist an
lefy that spirit and intention IN
insist upon conquest and subjugation
Or are we listening. In fact, Il
,nth. unreconcilei and in open AM
,~na'ees contra d 'ct'on? These ar
! .~~'~''c nni n~aonant questions
Upon the answer to them depends thu
| naaca of the world
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But whatever the results Of the par
leys at Brest-Litovsk, whatever the
ccr fusions OF counsel and OF purpose
IN lie u.Lerances o. the S. .-esm Ct
the central empi. es. they nave "galI
attempted 10 acQua!nt the word VT.
then Objects IN the war, and -.evc
again challenged their adverslIies 10
say what their objects are and What
sort of settlement they would deem
Just and satisfactory.
There is no good reason WY that
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the PRESIDENT
STATES WAR AIMS
Says i. S. Will Fight Unit
They Are Won.
JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLES
Demands Restoration of Alsace lor
raine, Evacuation Of Russian Terri
tory, Reparation to Belgium AM
Sanctity Of Ire atIes.

Washington, Jan. 9.-With Il neV
statement OF war aims, approving TIT
declarations of the British p~~u;a
David Lloyd George, Pres'dcn W
son presented to congress nd -
world a specific declaration of term
on which il would be possible to max
peace with the German military 2u
tocracy.
The presidents program is m
posed Of fourteen separate artic' es
II provides for restoration and repai
alton. guarantees for territory md "a
tionai life. i~eedom of the secs n
access % them. reduction OF anna
rerts and guarantees for the S9nci J
Of agreements between nations
IN word, the president sail sc
program removes the chief p-ovoca
tons 10 war.
T'ha: his pronouncement should y,
!ifaiteIy understood as one o. "
ans rather tran peace aims. the
president said:
Fer such arrang ments and cove
nants we are willing 10 Go'; nd tC
continue 70 fg!l; uni. they az.
ac&iev@
IT, ha followed with reststn
ment hot the world wars only unou
a Ca~'tsAy crszed BY war. no upo.'
Germany 81 peaceful pursuits. nc
matter however great she may be.
I'VE wish her only to accent ii
place Of eanality among the peop'es
of the world" said the p-eSiden', 1T! =
raw world in which We now live
instead Of a place Of T, sterv.'
These aims, the president said
shars1 bv the co-beilige-ents. are tbs
aims md principles Of the people o.
n" T-Hi-ed States fer whin1 they are
vil!ir" % sacrifice everything.
IT rlorH! clim@x Of this, the cul-
min9tine and final war for human
rhery has coma" said the nrasid n
at tho end. "ard they (the Tn''"
Statcsl arc lady 20 put their 0wH
siren 9Th, thei" own highest purposes
their own int gritty and devotion t
the test"
The practical a"rsemTn Mt OF funda,
mentais in the presidents pro 'rar-s
with those expressed by the P-i''sN
pvemie~ needs an Immediate and p 0
found impression upon all who heard
him.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09

Now that paper money is a perma-
nent part Of our pocket currency, We
await the inevitable nickname for the
notes, which is sure TO come, says the
London Chronicle.
If we follow the precedent set across
the Atlantic In 1862, when "greenbacks"
first made their appearance. we might
be satisfied with Westminster" with
reference to the very admirable litho-
graph Of the palace which adorns the
reverse Of the hew notes. Something
better than that Is sure to come along.
In the army the notes are known IS
''C3's," in ocular allusion to the re-
markably narrow chest which the art
list has given st. George, who is In con-
f1ict with a very robust dragon.
STUFF THAT MAKES HrPC-S
70 FIGHT For Flag He Loves.
Wa h;ngton. Jan. 9.-There's a lit
lie spot in Ireland that Michael Nc
Namara had in his IN ,in1's eye" fol
a long time-thirtv wears in feet.
All that time Michael was obeyinl
orders. drilling. campaigning ard do
ing the hundred and one things that
fall to the lot of the American ma
rine
Michael finished his time retiring
with the rank of "sarjint major. nc
less" and went back to that !ittle
Snot in County MayO
Then came our participation IN tht
war Did Michael stay retired? He
did not He came right back On he
steamship st. Louis. paying his owr
fare, and went directly to the United
States marine corps headquarte S tc
volunteer his services.
Mcnamara could have signed UP
with some Irish regiment, for despite
his fifty odd years he is still a ''foine
brot av boy" Instead he BRAY the
submarines to fight under the fap tina,
for thirty years he had called his
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Only Possible Peace Program.

The program of the worlds peace.
therefore, Is our program, and that
..rogranl. the only. possible program.
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Teuton Challenge Accepted.

Upon the answer to them depends the
peace of the world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08
TELEGRAPIIERS WILL STRIKE

Only Government Can Stop Plan.
Washington, June 4.--Only inter
can prevent 4 general strike of Oper-
atOrs employed by the Western I'm
ion and Postal Telegraph Companies,
). j. KOnenkamp, president of the
telegraphcrs union. said tonight be-
arrival there he planned to mail out
the call for a walkOut rs a result of
the refusal of the Western Union
Company to submit to the jurisdiction
Of the national war labor board which
sought to compose differences between
the companies and the men.
After two days spent here in dis
cussing the situation with admins
tratiOn officials members of congress
and labor leaders, Mr.. Konenkamp
said he doubted that, even should
the government decide to intervene.
,ctiOn could be taken in time to pre-
vent the men from going out.
Secretary Wilson, who discussed
the situation with the union president
is understood to have laid the matter
before the cabinet at its meeting to-
day. Mr.. Eonenkamp said he had
been assured by President Gompers
If the American Federation of Labor
If his interest and sympathy and of
'uch assistance as the federation
could lend an affiliated union. Mr.
iompCrS made no statement
Edward Reynolds. vice president
ma general manager of the Postal
ompany. issued u statement tonight
aging there were not enough union
operators To make Il strike. and that
I strike were called not . per cent
IF the tclegraphers would respond.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08

The rain and wind storm Monday
afternoon was quite severe i'm the city
but did no particular damage. excep,
to some OF the wires Of the L.ightint
Company On East Liberty street g
pole and n tree were blown down
carrying number OF wires ant
blocking the street. The current was
necessarily cut out until the wire.
could be repaired and i'm tonsequenc
the Daily Item was. as usual the chioi
sufferer. as the last and most import
ant kilograms of the day. dealing with
the submarine raid had just arrived
and could not be put into type unit
the power circuit was turned on.
North and east of the city tn,
storm was more severe and was nc
companied by considerable hail. A
the Sumter Brick Works one smok,
stack was blown down and the other
twisted out of shape. and the build.
ings were somewhat damaged. Tn,
plant has been shut down for repairs
In the country districts the hail die
great damage to crops. especially to
bacco and oats. In some sections tn,
tobacco crop Is reported TO have been
practically ruined. but IL is probabl
that the damage is over estimated OF
FIRST appearances, The damage Ia
oats Is large. as the high wind AID
hail beat II To the ground and il will
be difficult To save much of II. IL be
ing too Hat on the ground to- he har-
vested by either reaper and binder
OF moving machine. The wheat was
not as seriously damaged as oats, az
II stood up better. but the loss on
both wheat and oats will he quite
large The grain crop was just ready
for harvest and those who started
harvesting last week and had their
grain shocked In the field were for
tunate. In the districts whore the fall
of hail was heaviest corn and cotton
were both iniurcd--a few reports
having come In OF total destruction
of corn and serious damage To cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08

power, / would wipe it out and start
with the budget system, practiced by
big corporations and in progressive
civil governments all over the world.
The commission started right by
taking the census of the United States
as basis, but instead of trying to
equalize land values in the various
counties, / would assess the county a
lump sum in proportion to wealth and
population and let each county assess
its land and other property and pay
it into the treasury. The present
plan will create jealousy, suspicion
and endless discomfort. The idea is
TO take land at AZ per cent. of the
selling value, minus tho buildings
The banks were assessed at 4S per
cent. of their value and tine commis-
sion reduced them to AZ per cent
Who knows and how can the selling
value Of land be determined? 1t is
easy as 10 stocks, which are constants
ly changing hands and whose divi-
dends are fixed. The value of land
can not be determined by it's selling
price. The value of lands is fixed by
the yearly gross products and the net
sales thereof. On this theory the
commission has reduced the assessed
value Of banks from 48 to ~ per cent,
while land has been advanced approx
imately 100 per cent.
Now when the 1918 tax levy of nine
mills is levied on this increased VAL
uation it places the entire burden on
/ land and practically doubles the
taxes of the owner thereof. The
theory may be good, but it is rotten in
practice. In other words, take Marl-
boro county. The assessment on
! banks will show a decrease of per
cent, while the increase on land is
129 per cent. Land in Marlboro was
assessed at $6.13 an acre. Under the
order of the commission it will this
year be $3.50 an acre If all the
buildings We're destroyed (and they
are assessed separately the land Of
the county would hardly bring $3.50
| an acre.
PicEens was assessed at $3.50 and
is now placed at $9.O7. Barnwell was
assessed at 1888. 1t is now assessed
! at $10.93. Anderson was assessed at
SG.75 and now at $12.75, or about SO
per cent. increase. Richland was as
sessed at 1918 an acre under the old
assessment and under the new assess
ment $4.95 per acre. What will the
people Of the other counties say when
they see Richlaad practically at the
old valuation and they increased 100
per cent
l believe | can be of great service
TO South Carolina and intend to dis
cuss public matters and outline public
policies instead of singing mud and
creating factionalism. Your only no
t!ce, Mr.. Taxpayer, is a levy of a 100
per cent increase on your land when
you go to pay taxes next fall, and it
is so arranged that practically the
entire burden is on land minus build
ings. 1t does not hurt the town.
but it skins the country.
=. --..----..-1
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Ger the Federal Reserve Act. Since
that year, too, the farm loan bank has
become tremendously constructive
iofce IN the producers economic life
IT. is prophesied now that tho
"eishl Oh the new crop will break the
price. The same thing was prophe-
sled in 1915, 1916 and in 1917. The
Prooucers' however, each time took
care or the cotton and prices each
time actually advanced as the move
meht rose to its crest. 1t is said that
priccS during these years were not so
h'sh - they will probably be this fall.
mat !" likely true, but neither was
the cost OF producing these crops so
hi%h as will be the cost of growing
the crop this year. Taking these rec
Cf"s ihto consideration, it seems on
the whole within reasonable Ger
tainty that the producers views as to
what 1t Will cost him to grow his cot
ton VIII have more to do with finally
determining the price throughout the
coming season than any other factor
that is likely to develop.
What is the record as TO this cost :?
The last year of normal conditions
preceding war was 1913. The average
price of cotton that year was 13 1-2
cents. The staple products consumed
IN the production of cotton advanced
in price, from 1913 to 1918, 1877 per
cent. Or, in other words, the advance
in the price Of corn, meat, meal, flour.
fertilizers, farm implements and
standard dry goods increased the cost
OF growing cotton 25 IA cents n
pound during this period. The crop of
1913 was produced by labor at from
us to $40 per month. In producing
the crop Of 1913 labor will cost ap-
proXimateiy $75 per month The de-
partmcnt of agriculture in bulletin
1872, just issued showing the cost of
growing cotton in the year 1913, fully
confirms the higher cost of produc-
ton which these records Indicate
The merchants, bankers and plant
ers constitute the cotton producing in.
terests. They are the real construc-
tive force in Southern life and are
perfectly familiar with these records.
EOr fipna a
are still, subjecting the cost of grow
ing cotton to n business-like ANALYSIS
such as it was never subjected to be-
fore. The writer knows that through
out this investigation they have been,
and are still, keenly differsntiating
between what is history, what is ar
gument and what is merely market
news. These men are fully aware OF
the difficulties that are likely to de-
velop in the future. and they fully
understand just how such difficulties
nave been met and overcome in the
past.
With existing labor conditions it is
OF course. possible to produce and
harvest a cotton crop that would bc
menacing burden. but it is clearly
wei beyond reasonable expectation
Nor is decline in the price of labor
or food products any more to be ex-
pected. Based upon these clearly
defined records it seems safe to calcu-
late, therefore, that the crop of 1918
Will go out of the hands of the pro-
ducers ut Il higher level than did the
crop of 1917. 1t is interesting to note
that this forecast depends for justifi-
cation. not so much upon theoretical
speculations as it does upon mathe-
matical deductions.
w. w. Morrison.
New Orleans, June I.
TEI WIFI, STRIKE
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SUGAR PRODUCTION.
What America and Germany Have
Done to Develop the Beet Sugar In
dustry.

london, June Correspondence
of The Associated Press): In a re-
port on the sugar supply question i'm
Great Britain. Prof George Martineau
OF the University of London, urges
the British government to learn from
Germany and the United states which
he describes as the two countries
which have handled the sugar ques-
tion most successfully" Speaking OF
Germany's success with sugar i'm the
past decade he says: There are two
causes at the bottom of this mystery.
Energy. ability. efficiency. and more
than all. persistent research, con
stituted the first and best cause. But
this was supplemented by stimulus
designed to induce capitalists to risk
their money in the beet root industry
1T was Germany that hit upon the
right kind of stimulus. 1t was a bril-
liant idea ami carried out with great
judgment. The sugar duty was
but the roots. This at once stimulat-
ed the farmer to produce the richest
possible quality of root. and the
manufacturer 10 extract from the roo;
the largest possible quantity of su-
gar. Great pains were taken to breed
an improved variety OF sugar beet.
This research still goes on i'm Ger
many and its success has been as
founding. At the beginning the su-
gar beet contained less than G pei
cent of sugar. In Germany the aver.
age quantity of sugar actually ex-
tracted has been brought up to prac-
.tically Is per cent.
THAT this wonderful result was
caused by the stimulus, plus OF
course great efficiency. Is proved by
the fact that poor France continued
getting a uper cent. yield until IL
adopted the German system, and even
then never succeeded i'm catching up
I'm the race. That is the worst of be
ing too late. In industry II ~ fatal"
In the United States, says Professor
Martineau. the industry has been sc
carefully fostcred that the production
has increased many-fold. '1f Ameri
en- had not created this great increas
I'm production" he explains wv
should at the present moment be suf
feriag-and so would Amortization
a real sugar famine.
I'm 1915 the consumption of sugar
I'm the United states amounted TO thu
large figure OF 100000 toas, ever
ounce OF which. with the purely acci-
dental exception of $4,000 tons. came
from her own states. territories anG
protectorates. This striking fact IL
entirely the result OF giving prefer.
ence. The United States. so far as
sugar Is concerned. is now entirely in
dependent of the outside world. anC
Is even able to spare US million ton,
whenever we are short OF supplies"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08
PARDON or MOONEY URGED.

Washington. June 5.-Prcsidcat
Wilson has written "a second letter to
Gov. stephens, of California. urging
That he pardon Thos. j. Mooney. the
labor agitator who was convicted scv-
"ral months ago of murder and sen
fenced to death.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08

OF course personally my purpose in
entering the contest is to perfect the
state Warehouse system, So as to pro-
vide Il certain and safe method Of
financing our cotton and making sales
direct to the mills.
We will be confronted with disas-
ter this fall parallel TO that of 1914,
unless this is done. We must have
State insurance on cotton and prepare
ourselves TO hold the surplus until the
war is over Prices of goods have ad-
vanced an average of five cents a
yard, while cotton has declined $l5 a
bale in 80 days Our cotton is just as
valuable as it was 80 days ago; the
banks are simply declining cotton
paper. We will need the full power
OF the State behind our cotton crop.
They refused me that power while |
am. going to ask the people for il
direct. If they give it to me, / will
give the South an object lesson on
financing and marketing cotton, which
will forever put us out Of the power
of gamblers and proiiteering middle
men.
There is another thing I will do, if
given the power and that is over
haul and repair our fiscal system. j
do not intend to place the Diane on
any particular man. 1t is the system,
and ! could not have done any better
with the wornOut machinery myself
Extravaganza increases each year,
and unless it is changed will bankrupt
the State. In 1913 the tax levy was
five and n half mills. In 1917 it was
eight and three fourthS mills. In 1913
tho total amount raised was $685.
94S.G3. In 1917 the total was $2,716,-
922.7G. This is an increase i'm State
taxes within four years 100000
There is no corresponding increase il
efficiency. Nor is this all. The figures
are not available as yet, but I warn
the taxpayers that under the meth
DDS adopted by the State tax commits
sion the amount collected for 1915
will approximately double the taxes
of the preceding years.
The entire scheme of taxation is
gets impotence and is the fruitful
mother of extravaganza. The tax com
Will make n pitiful failure on the
plan they are pursuing. If given the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08

General Won Below is scheduled
to command the next drive against
civillZatiOn. Here's an instance
where there should be something i'm
name.--Greenwood Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08

Most Of us can remember the old
fashioned man who scratched match
CA on the seat of his pants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-08

When n maa feels too biz for his
job. the boss accepts his resignation
with resignation.