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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
Are You Planting More Wheato

Clemson College, S. c., Nov. g.
ro<aid in the promotion OF the ta:A
food campaign the -Agronomy DIVis-
ion OF the Extension Service make:
some good suggestions on plant!ns.
wheat in South Carolina.
Soils for Wheat-Wheat requires
a fertile soil, preferably clay or q
clay loan. 1t will grow successful!
on the lighter sandy soils only whef'
heavily fertilized. The soil shou}s:
De well drained and should not be
low and marshy.
Preparing the land-If the land T.
10 be piowcd in preparation 10:
wheat il should be piowed Is early
as possible and medium deep. Lane
should not be plowed deep just be
fore planting, as wheat needs firm
soil with loose mulch on the sur
face.
Much Of the wheat will, Of neces-
sity. De planted on corn and cottoi.
land. This can be done by using a
one-horse drill. 1t can also be don.
by seeding broadcast and plowinS H.
with a cultivator or spring-tooti?el.
harrow.
Fertilizers for Wheat.-The bcs'
fertilizer for wheat which is available
to the farmer at the present time i
a. mixture Of equal parts of acio
phosphate and cotton seed meal ap-
piled at the time of seeding and q,
the rate of 400 to 500 pounds pc;
acre. 1t is advisable to top dres:
wheat in March with 100 pounds o.
nitrate of soda per acre if it is avail.
able. If the nitrate of soda is not
available it will be profitable to tol
dress with. barn-yard manure early
in the spring.
Time to Plant-.Anytime from tbs
middle Of October to the first Of De
cember will be satisfactory, but the
sooner wheat is up after the frs
killing frost the better it will be.
Amount of Seed to Plant-The
best rate of seeding is to 6 peck:
per acre.
Best Varieties to Plant-Some o;
the best varieties of wheat for Soutf
Carolina are Red May, Fultz, Full
caster, Blue Stem (purple straw
and Leaps Prolific.
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Driving the German Out Of France

The British and Canadian troops,
with one gallant American division,
were called upon to deliver the most
considerable thrust in struggle
which was actually raging from the
Meuse to the Sea. They were not put
in until the Belgian and Frane,o-
American blows at the two ends had 4
put a severe strain upon German
reserves. They were not called upon
to attack after an artillery prepara
ton Of the old sort, made tolthe
complete advertisement of the purpose
to the enemy. They were put in@ att
Foch's moment, the moment for
which he had been preparing for days
and weeks.
And being put in at Foch's moment
they achieved what he had hoped for. 4
They went in and on and through,
they pushed forward their fianks as
well as their centers They upset
the equilibrium of the whole Ger
man front west Of Verdun Within
the briefest time q crumbling OF the
Lorraine, Champagne and Flanders
| fronts became visible. Whatever the
German might be able to endure IN
! Belgium, it was at once clear he was
done for in France. Remember the
French offensive in Champagne in
| 1915, the Anglo-French attack at the
Somme in 1916, Nivelles try at the
t Asne and Haig's drive in Flanders
last year. After the initial advance
in each of these there came the fatal
slowing down, the pause, the costly
and useless effort to get on again. The
same thing was true in both of Lu-
| dendorff's opening successes this year,
that against the British and the oth-s
er against the French. He broke
through, but he could not keep it up.
BY contrast Foch has kept it up:
since July Is, and, as the Tommy
would say, "he is still going strong
In fact, each of his major blows
seems more effective than the last.
Each time he has sent his troops
against a more difficult barrier, each
time the task has been far more
terrible, yet each success seems acde4:
gree more complete. And this can
mean but one thing, it can only mean
that the German army is breaking
down under the strain. Foch is con-,
quering not territory, not armies. He.
is conquering the German military
system and, thanks to the British de
votion and perseverance and to the
renewed strength, energy and eff
cheney of their armies our allies have
been able to avenge First Cambrai by
a Third, which is a finer achieve
ment than Waterloo and Blenheim.
rolled into one, and more thoroughly
British into the bargain.-From THE
War is Won-Mitteleuropa is Fin
ished," by Frank H. Simonds. in the
American Review Of Reviews for Mo-:
tvember.
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RA1NBows WITH REGULARS.
Americans Cover Themselves Wit.
Glory.

With the American Army on tbs
Sedan Front. Nov. {, 1890 P. NJ. (Bs'
the Associated Pressl.-It was con-
tingents Of the noted Rainbow Dl-
vision and of the First Division thai
made the final whrlwind dash into
Sedan.
It is now permissible to mention
the division which participated in the
famous drive that cleared that part
Of France west Of the Meuse occu-
pied by the Americans. It was the
Second Division which, operating at
the center made the strenuous push
on the afternoon of the day the Ger
mans began to weaken and pressed
forward until It controlled the height
below Beaumont. This made possible
the sheliing OF the Mezie:es-Mets
Railroad.
The Fifth Division (resulars!
crossed the Meuse under machine gu.
fire. aided by the Thirty-second Di-
vision and covered themselves wltr
glory for four successive days.
Continuing its successes in tn
Argonne Forest, the Seventy-seventf
Division fought its stubborn way up
ward along Bourgonne Wood. in con
junction with the Seventy-elghth
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VAR WORK MEETING.
NEGROES VIII Hold Mass Meeting jn
Interest of War Work Campaign.

On Saturday, November 18th, at II
o'clock noon, there will be big coun-
tv. negro United War Work Cam
paign patriotic mass meeting heId -
sumter to be addressed by DIR. E. l.
Baskerville, State Negro AssocE"ee
Executive Secretary Of the First
United War Work Cam .algn.
At the meeting of the neSro com
nittees held yesterday to confer with
county chairmen of the negro divis-
ion A. C. Phelps and E. I. Reardon
DR.. Baskerville delivered one Of tle
most eloquent and common-sense
speeches ever delivered in Sumte:
His talk SO impressed the white an%
colored committeeman present tho;
if was unanimously resolved that h:'
be invited to address a meeting o.
Sumter county colored citizens next
Saturday. DR.. Baskerville is a ne
gro OF whom the colored race may
we'll feel proud, and he gives to his
race a line Of talk that is worth
much to the negroes ana the white
people of South Carolina and the en-
tire South. not only for the present
but for the future. Sy request
the white chairman q section Of the
opera House will be reserved Il"
white citizens.
Rev. I. d. Davis and Rev. A. j. Ar
drews. together with the chairman
and vice chairman OF the ten town
ship cfa;rmen and four City of sum
| ter ward chairmen and vice chair
men were appointed a committee q
arrangements to advertise the mass
meeting. 1t was also suggested ami
unanimously adopted that this corn
mittee provide for a special choir Of
several hundred colored men and wo
men to sing during the meeting.
Mr.. r J. Baker, War 7. NJ. G.
secretary and district director fo'
Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties,
was present and delivered n very IN
teresting and patriotic talk to tht
committeeman and committee women
present. Chairman a. c. Phelps. ir
charge Of the organization Of th'
negro division Of Sumter county ais:
made a short but impressive speecl
which inspired his hearers to get husN
and put Sumter county "ovec tn
top IN next weeks campaign.
Eight townships and wards we"H
represented at yesterdays meeting
out of fourteen, and the six othe.
township chairmen had previously
reported and received instruction.
and pledge cards.
Of the eight townships and ward
represented all but one reported or
ganization Of committee for woc':
There will be q, number Of mas
| meetings at negro churches over th
county tomorrow to be addressed b.
white and negro speakers.
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SUGAR WITH CEREALS.
,ss Administration Moaiaes Htlsl,,g

Food Administration Mo0i6cs Ruling
Restaurants and hotels Throughout
the State have been notified by tn
food administration that, with the s.
per cent. increase in the sugar ration
which. became effective November /,
that is, three pounds for each g.
meals served in place Of two POUNDS
for that number Of meals, cereals o.
fruit may be served to patrons, with
sugar, provided not more than one
teaspoonful of sugar is served with
fruit or cereal, this in addition t.
sugar served for tea or coffee. Sine
the country was put on a sugar ratloi-
it has been impossible, until now, 10
hotels, restaurants and public eatin-
places to serve cereals or fruit anu
coffee, all with sugar and at the one
meal; and this has been very ncon-
venient to many patrons who nave
been accustomed to making then
breakfast on cereals or fruits, witt
coffee; but the ruling was acceptee
ungrumblingly as a general propose
ton and when walters have toie
their patrons that only one teaspoon
full of sugar could be served-walcs
would obviously leave none for eth
er the coffee or the fruit or cereal
it has been with a smile and a chang
of the order that this has been hearc
Now, however, the food ad1n:nistra
ton says that the sugar supply is suf
fcien to permit OF half as much agal
being used, which permits Of on
teaspoonful for coffee and one tee
spoonful for fruit or cereal. Thi
rule can not be stretched, however
to permit Of sugar for both fruit an'
cereal at the one meal. One sIna
lump is the allowance for denlitasse.
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A Gigantic Work.

1t is now evident that the country
must subscribe to the United War
Work campaign very much more
than was originally contemplated. The
campaign will be conducted next
week by the seven organizations
which at President Wilson's request
will work in unison.
There are many individual needs
which make it necessary to raise
much more than the s170,500,080
fixed upon last spring. To begin
with, instead of the million Ameri-
can soldiers expected to be in France
by this time, there are more than
double that number, and our mill
tary leaders are preparing for a
constantly increasing army.
The expansion of the navy is not
less impressive, and it is the desire
of the organizations uniting in this
campaign to help this arm of the ser
vice as much as any other. Unlike
other wars, this one involves vast
numbers Of the industrial classes, and
more money is necessary to meet the
needs of these millions of men and
tc war industries
Millions Of prisoners of war must
look solely to the United States for
aid, and helpful facilities must be
supplied to the armies of France,
Belgium. Italy and Russia. The fact
is accentuated that these needs will
continue for at least year after the
conclusion of peace. 1t is said that
it will require not less than q years
time to bring beck the American
soldiers TO their homes.
Al;o=c;' '>Nr it is evident that more
much more-than the sum originally
fixed Will be needed to enable the
Of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association. the Knights IT Co
lumbuS. the Jewish Welfare Beard.
thc Salvation Army and the other
united organizations to successfully
carry out this gigantic programme. :
The United War Work campaign must
be made an unqualified success
New York Herald.
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UNITED WAR WORK.
City of Sumter. Ward ?, s. J. McDon,
aid Chairman.


District No. MAIN Street. c
Prioleau, Capt.
District NO. 2-sumter st.-Mis
NJ. E. Glover, Capt.
District No. 3-Washington St.-M
J. Frederick, Capt.
District No. Council St.-S. j
Mcdonald, Capt.
District No. 5-Wrisht, Salem ans
Blanding Sts.-Mrs. Alma Boykin
Capt.
District No. 6-Purdy and Edward.
St-Mrs. c. A. Lawson, Capt.
District No. Walker Aye.-A. P
Spears, Capt.
District No. S-N. w. R. R. Ave
Prof. C. A Lawson, Capt.
District No 9-West Liberty St
Mrs. P. r. Spears, Capt.
District No. 10-Bartlett St.-E. E
Jones, Capt.
District No. 11-Oakland Aver
w Westberry, Capt.
District No. I2-Dingle St.-Mis
C4rrie Wilson, Capt.
District No. 13-Bee and William.
Sts.-A r. Donnelly, Capt.
District No. 14-Atlantic Ave. ani
Eoyt Heights-S. P. Williams, Capt.
Every captain is asked to raise
least 5000. as ,@e want to go ove, tn;
;op with our apportionment Of 81,
600 from Ward Three. The worker
of Ward Three are asked to meet &.
r. W. Westberry's office at 10 A n
,harp next Saturday, November 1Gtl
and make compete reports. peas
begin work at once.
S. J. Mcdonald. Chairman.
J. C. Prioleau, Secretary
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Shock Was Too Severe.

Once there was woman who NOV
ed into an apartment and found ev.
erything swept and scrubbed and as
clean as if she had done it herself
The shock left her lying helpless OF.
the floor, but soon she managed t.
drag herself to the telephone, where
her strength fast ebbing away, She
gave central number. Presently 2
voice came over the telephone. >
just wanted to tell you" said the suf
fering woman. "how th2nSful an.
to find the apartment in such lovely
condition. You are one in Il million.
and 7 shall never forget
There was sudden c1atter at th'
other end Of the line. The woman
who had Just moved out of the apart
ment fell to the floor with q crash
tearing the telephone connections
from their fasteninSs. She had
swooned. for though she had c!caneE
apartments annually since her we'd
ding day. no succeeding tenant ha"
ever admitted it before.
They met in the hospital three
weeks later. in u ward marked
Quiet" Both recovered slowly an6
whiled away the long hours getting
acquainted. They became friends
such good friends. indeed, that the!
have Cancelled their leases. broken VI
housekeeping. and have moved theii
husbands off TO family hotel. in or
.ler that they may he together for
ever and forever.-Kansas City Star
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MISUSE RED CROSS INSIGNIA

With the American Army ii;
France, Get. % Correspondence Q:
the Associated Pcess)-Nisuse OF tn
Red Cross emblem by the German
army is bringing bitter comment from
American officers in position TO know
what is being done A lieutenant i.
the medical corps and an infantry o.
fice,. assert that '.;;ll the stories tolG
about German ;trmy's devilish and IN.
human tactics are true"
Taught to respect the Red Cros:
flag, American troops were Lex; mi
many an alnbuscade by Boche trick
cry in the display Of this insignia
And what has incesed the American
the most is the fact that the Ger
mans refused to recognize the Re
Cross emblem at any time.
Before going TO the front Wa
inclined to doubt some Of the Storie
eing circulated about tie Ger
mans" said the medical officer, .,bu
after one month in the front lines :
can believe anything that IS s;il'
against them. They are so gu;iiE
inhurear and bar5arous acts them
selves that they refuse to respect IN
use of the Ped Cross by the allies
Taeir use of the Red Cross insigni
is one of the biggest crimes the.
ought to be made to answer for afte
the war
one of the tricks used by the Boch
was to plant Red Cross flag in tn
tower Of a church Of village IN TN
path Of the advancing Americans. re
specting it, the Infantry would no
call for any concentration OF actliler,
fire on these buildings.
| The American troops upon takln:
one particular village advanced upoi
q church, from which was d1spiayes
a Red Cross Gag. without suspectln,
any trick. When they were within
short range. murderous machin
gun fire was poured into their rank
from the windows and towers Of III
church. When the Americans finaH
gained the interior, they found 81
machine guns, manned by a p!atoo
of sturdy Boches-not a sign OF an
! hospital or dressing station. Need
less to say no prisoners were taken.
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LAST Line GUT.
CAPTURE or MAUBEUGE SIN-
ERS GERMANS CoMMtNI-
CATION.
Gen. Pershins's First Army Has Ad-
vanced Thirty Miles in Eight Days

Washington, Nov 9.-The capture
of Maubeuge by the British marks
the definite severance Of the last Ger
man artery to that sector OF the west
front. This will make it impossible
for the enemy to shift his forces to
meet a new attack. General March
stated today. German occupied ter
ritory in France has been reduced
from ten thousand to less 1n:sn
TWENTY-FIVE hundred square miles
The first American army under
Gen. Pershing has advanced thirty
miles in the last eight days.
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PRICE FIXING UNNECESSARY
President win be Advised by Com
ntittee on Cotton.

washington, Nov. fixing OF
prices of raw cotton is unnecessary
and impracticable President Wilson
viii be told by the cotton investigat-
ing committee Of the war industries
board This announcement was made
tonight by DR.. Thomas w. Page,
chairman Of the committee.
The committees conclusion, Df
Page said, was base@ on the fact that
there Is no prospect Of a shortage o..
cotton and the belief that the cotton
distribution committee can secure g
proportionate marketing of the lower
as well as the higher grades ct cot
ton more effectively by other n,eth-
DDS. Continuance Of the work OF
this seemmittee is recommended.
Or. Pages statement WIS said tc
embody the essential points OF the re-
port which the committee viii pre-
sent soon to the president. IT IS sac
that there would be no way Of enforc-
ing a fixed price except through ''th1
readiness of the government 70 pur-
chase the entire cotton crop.
This. the statement continued,
would involve the closing OF cotton
exchanges, while merchants, bank
sers and other Intermediates woulc
be seriously affected and many prob
ablW put entirely out Of business Th'
establishment at great cost Of gov
eminent system Of inspection an>.
scertihcation also would be necessary
it was said, if price fixing We're under
taken.
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We Shall Not Sleep.

In Flanders fields the poppies ploW ss
Between the Crosses, row on roW,
That mark our place; and in the SKY;
The larks still bravely singing ny,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below
We are the dead.
Short days ago we lived, felt dawn,
Saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved, and now we les
In Flanders fields. 81
Take up our quarrel with the foe,
To you from falling hands we throw
the Torch.
Be yours to hold it high;
If ye break faith with us who die, 8
We shall not sleep, though poppies
In Flanders fields
(This beautiful lyric of the war. was
written by Lieut.. Col. DR.. John Nc
Crae of Montreal, Canada, while the:
second battle Of Ypres was in pro-
gress The authors body now lies;
buried in Flanders elds.)
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Harvest Sweet Potatoes Properly

Harvest Sweet Potatoes Properly
Clemson College, Nov. Much
has been said with reference to the
time to dig sweet potatoes. A time
honored custom is to wait until the
pie think that the potatoes are no.
matured until the vines have been
killed by frost. Sweet potatoes should
not be harvested until nlatured. A
good way to tell when they are ready
to harvest is to cut or break a few
Of the potatoes and lay the pieces
aside for few hours. If the cut or
broken surface heals over without dis
coloration the potatoes are ready tc
harvest. The digging should be done
if possible, when the weather IS clear
and the soil dry.
Various implements are used in
harvesting sweet potatoes. Probably
one OF the best implements is the
plow with rolling Golfers on the bean.
to cut the vines and with rods at
tached to the moldboard to free tn,
potatoes from the soil and vines.
Where no potato digger is available.
a good plan is to bar off the rows
with a small turn plow Or similar
implement, and then use the mid
,lle buster to turn out the potatoes
If the middle buster" IS not avail
able. it is we'll to bar off the rows a.
indicated and then plow up the po-
tatoes with an ordinary turn plow
being careful TO keep the plow wei
under the potatoes so as to rcdCc
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Sharks and seagulIs Follow Subs.


On Board an American Destroyer /.
French Waters, Sept. % (Cowespona
ence Of the Associated Press).-
Sharks and seagulls, the scaVengef
of the sea have learned TO follow i:
the wake of the submarines an
watch and wait Tor the iocd likely
come from the wrecHaSe OF nler
chant vessels destroyed by the Ge:'
man sea wolves. This fact has peel
observed by the commanders O
American destroyerS and IS used q
q. clue 10 hunt down The Hun Ut So.
The presence ,of schools OF snass
and tlocls OF seagulls puts the !oel
Of the American destroyers on IN
tip-toe OF expectation when they. AZ
hunting for periscope in the patf
Of American transports. one cohl
mander returning to port the othe
day said We saw q good nian!
sharks and hoc:ls Of seagul:s an
these. you Know, are q pretty goo.
sign OF submarines
''Afer several years OF sinkin@s :.
submarines, the sharks and sea f"W
nave formed the habit OF following il
the wake Of submarines knowing TIA
iood is likely 10 come from the wreck
,se. Whether it is cargo throw
overheard from the frei=hter
wrechase thrown up from tile tor
pedo explosion makes 40 difference
the appearance OF sh;i>Ns and i1iri
usually means that there are sub
marines around"
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The world war

The world war is not yet ended
but it is entering upon the final stage
Even when the Huns surrender an,
submit TO the terms dictated os Ger
;Soch. the war work will not be ove
md The services of the y. NJ. {. y
and kindred organizations vii b
needed for months to come. There
fore every american should make /;
generous contribution 20 the Cn:tet
W;.r Work fund as a thank oiIt:in
that he fighting is over
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CniccrS Needed.

Washington. Nov. 7-The war de
partn1ent announced that severa
thousand Hen experienced in admin
.stration. production and ensineerin.
are needed as officers to fiE vacancie:
in various staff corps of th" army
Older men who have been placed i
pecia, cr liraiied service classes o
in deferred classification other thal
essential industries are wanted pan
ricularly. Application should be mad
20 local branches of the MiIitar:
Training Camps Association.
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REPUBLIC Of BAVARIA.
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS
4 OF THE BOLSHEVikI.
Leader of Socialists Prociaims Re
public and Organizes Committee o.
Norkmen and Peasants.

Paris, Nov. e.-Eerr Kurt Eisner, g
Munich newspaper man, promlnehs
in Socialist circles, is the leader Oh
the revolution which has broken out
in Bavarian capital, according 10 m
formation received here. Some O.
the reports designate him as pressoeh'
of the Bavarian republic. when mas
been proclaimed, Eisner, the acvices
added, has organized committee OF
workmen. soldiers and peasants sim
liar to the Russian soviet, IN many
respects.
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RayaRfAN TROOPS WI1HDRAWN
prembier Tells German Government
That HIS Soldiers are Needed al
Home.

Paris, Nov. There is reason to
believe. according to a Berne dis
match to The Temps, that the pre-
naSer of Bavaria has sent an urgent
note to the German government to
the effect that if an arnist.ce IS not
concluded without delay, he will be
obliged officially to order the Eavar-
ian troops to return from the front.
This action, it is added, would be
taken owing to the fact that Bavaria
is nlenaced on her southern frontier
by allied forces and that the i1atern;s
situation in Bavaria is unsatisfactory