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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
COTTONSEED MEAL PRICES.
The Price i'm South Carolina is S4S.5O
Per Ton.

Columbia, Jan. 31.-The United
states food administration has an
nounced maximum wholesale prices to
DC charged for cotton seed meal and
cake throughout the South. The
new scale was established with the
cooperation of the trade, which has
promised through voluntary agree
ment to observe it until such time as
the food administration deems it ad-
visable to make further changes.
The food administration believes
that the stable prices, representing
substantial reductions compared with
the scale ruling few months ago
Will play an important part in en-
couraging the production of meat and
milk. Prices in the Southern States.
where all of the cotton seed is pro-
| duced, control quotations throughout
the country. BY establishing the
trade in that section, the food admin
istration has virtually placed the en-
tire country on an equal basis.
The prices are in carload lots per
ton. +. o. b. shipping point, net to the
manufactures. Cake and meal con-
tanning SO per cent. Of protein is used
as the basis. Each additional per
cent. in the protein content brings a
corresponding increase of 81 per ton.
II purchased through broker or
dealer, reasonable profit is allowed
The scale Of prices follows:
For Texas. Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi,
$46.5O.
For Alabama and Georgia. S47.5O.
For South Carolina, $4S.5o.
For North Carolina, S49.5O.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

For long time it had been known
that the Brazilian fleet would assume
the responsibility Of patrolling the en-
tire coast line from the Guiana border
10 the southern boundary of Brazil
put this is the first indication that
the brazilian fleet would cooperate in
European waters. with the warships
o" the allies.
Brazil in her navy has been consd-
cred equal in strength to the combin-
ed power of Chile and Argentina.
The pride Of the Brazilian navy is her
TWO modern dreadnoughts of 1921
tons, the Minas GeraeS and sac PaulO,
both of which were built in the Unit
ed States. These vessels carry II
l2-inch guns and subsidiary batteries.
Iii addition Brazil has number of
cruisers and gunboats. torpedo boat
destroyers. torpedo boats. submarines
and mine layers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
High Priced Hogs.

The so registered Poland China
hogs sold TO the highest bidders at
Greenwood last Saturday brought n
total OF s5,095, or fraction over
$l1S each. Nineteen of the lot were
bought by Greenwood county men
ana as of the total remain i'm South
carolina. only two going out of the
state these being purchased by III
L. Currie' or Brownsville. Tenn. The
highcst-priced animal went to Mr..
H. G. Walton. OF Cambridge. for
s362.5O. The next highest was
bought by DR.. :. j. Summers. of Cam
eron. Calhoun County. y.-Greenwood
Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
DEBATE ON TAXES.
APPROPRIATION BILL NEARING;
COMPLETION.
Item for Vocational School Denied
Both Houses Spend Day i'm Camp

Columbia, Jan. 31.-Consideration
OF the appropriation bill occupied the
greater portion of the attention of the
house yesterday, exclusive of the
election of judge for the Fifth Cir
cult and the hour given to the ad-
dress by Mr.. Taft
When adjournment was taken at
11.30 o'clock last night until this
evening at 8 o'clock, 40 of the A Sec
tions of the appropriation bill had
been considered with additions in
items amounting to $2S,2OS and re-
ductions of s14,9S6 made. The bill
VIII in all likelihood be completed to-
night and given third reading tomor-
row, so that it will be in the upper
house with the opening of the next
legislative week.
Last night the house refused by a
vote of SO to &c to insert the item
for $4,000 for the creation of q
school for vocational training under
the federal Smith-Hughes act An
amendment was also rejected appro :
priating $4,000 for a teachers en-
ployment bureau in the State depart :
ment of education.
BY an overwhelming vote the
lish title to the office, out of the game
warden to pay litigation fees, to estab-
lish title tot he office, out Of the game
protection funds. The sum of s125
was added to the registration item in
the State election section, making this
$1,000. An item for $1,000 was also
stricken from this section, the amount
having been duplicated by error. The
sum of $1,000 was added to the
amount provided for repairs at the
Confederate Infirmary the original
amount asked being $500. The sum
Of $12,536 was stricken from the ap
preparations for the University of
South Carolina, this sum having been
provided last year and being still un-
spent. Writing the amount in the ap-
preparation bill was thought to be a
mere technical necessity.
The section relating to the board OF
charities and corrections was under
consideration when adjournment was
taken last night out of respect for the
late A. G. Brice, State senator from
Chester county. The amount for
travelling expenses for this depart
ment was cut from $2.75O to $500
and an amendment to reduce the sal
ary of the secretary from s2,5OO to
$1,000 was under advisement at che
time the house adjourned.
At the morning session Sam
-o'Quinn, member-elect from Sumter
county, took the oath of office. The
two houses will attend the review at
Camp Jackson today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
Red Cross Notes.

On Saturday, January 26, the coun-
ty teachers met at the Girls High
School. 1t was perhaps the largest
and most enthusiastic meeting of it's
kind held here in a long time, ana
was mainly for the purpose of dis
cussing the Junior Red Cross Auxil-
iaries in the schools.
DR.. Kinard of winthrop College
was the principal speaker. His talk
on Service" was very helpful to
those listening. DR.. S. II. Edmunds
also spoke on the reasons why every
school should be a Red Cross auxil-
iary and outlined a plan Of organiza-
ton.
The pupils of the Sumter schools
are doing Il great work towards help
ing in this world war. Food conser-
walton is discussed in the classroom
and they take a special interest in fol-
lowing its directions. There is also
II "Trinket Fund" in view, when the
pupils will give up pieces Of jewelry
to be melted into gold and silver.
The girls do their bit, too, in the
way of knitting. A report on Jan
uary % showed a total of one hundred
and fOrty-one knitted garments hand
cd i'm by the Girls High School since
October.
Service" shall indeed be theii
WatchWord
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
Washington.

Washington, Jan. 30.--Railroad
tracks can not be kept in proper re-
pair unless higher wages are paid
laborers, the railroad wage commits.
sion was told today representatives
of the maintenanc of WAYS EN-.
ployees' union. Thousands OF men
nave left the roads to take Jobs with
industries or mines paying mucb
higher wages and it was said manv
o'hers plan to quit early in the
spring.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
My Dear Mr. Sanders:


have recently returned from
france and just before leaving made
"trip among the American troops on
our front, talking with the men in the
\. M. c. A. huts. 1 had the pleasure
OF meeting and having little CONVEX
sation with your son Walter and he
gave me your address and I promised
10 write you a line to give you news
OF him. He was we'll when I saw him
ana showed a fine spirit; seemed glad
to be in France doing his duty.
The French have welcomed with
great enthusiasm the arrival of
American soldiers in the villages of
Northern France where they are quar-
tered. Our troops are warmly CLOTH
ed are having excellent food and q
good bed with warm blankets. and ali
or them seemed to be glad of the ex
ptrience of having a chance to fight
the enemy.
T. you have any questions you
"ould like to ask me 1 should be very
glad to answer them, or, if at any time
you are in Boston, it would be a ,pleas-
ure to me to have a personal meeting
with you.
/ am, sincerely yours,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
AIR RAID ON LONDON.
Air Squadron OF Fifteen Bombing Ma
chimes Attack Londcn.

London. Jan. 29.-About fifteen
German airp,anes. OF which four or
five reached London. participated I'm
the first OF two raids last night. IL is
officially announced. Only one OF the
raiders engaged In the second attack
penetrated as far as the city. One OF
the air craft was brought down. fall
ing 10000 feet In flames. Three OF
tho crew were burned To- death All
British pilots returned safely.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
NEWS FROM FRANCE.
Mr. B. X. Sanders Receives Letter
from Boston Lady Who Recently
saw His Son Walter i'm France.

Mr.. b. r.. Sanders received from a
Hos'on lady who has recently return
ed from France the letter reproduced
below. Mr.. Sanders youngest son.
Walter, is serving as first sergeant
with the regular army in France. He
has been in the regular army for sew
eral years. serving on the border and
In the Philippines. The detachment
to which he belongs went first to Eng
land where it spent some months in a
training camp:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

The most sensible thing that the
grocers of Sumter ever did was to
enter into the agreement to cut out
useless deliveries. Two deliveries a
day is sufficient and if a house keep
er fOrgets or neglects to order some
thing needed for dinner until too late
to be sent out on the first delivery
then it is up to the housekeeper to
go after it herself or do without until
the next day, just as she would do il
she lived out in the country where
such a thing as a delivery system is
unknown. A delivery system by re-
tail grocers is a great convenience,
but it has been most scandalously
abused by those whom it was design
ed to benefit. Some house keepers
think nothing of ordering a five cent
box of crackers and demanding that
it be sent up instantly, while others
have been known to order a three
cent cake of yeast and get mad when
it was not delivered p. d. q. It is tC
be hoped that the grocers will stick
to the agreement and insist upon a
rational delivery system.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
Watch This Sale!

See IL 1t isn't the largest one Sum-
ter has ever seen. We are sure Of 1t.
Why? We own the merchandise
That will be passed over to you.
Bros.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

just as no man at this time last ycat
could have forecast a Russian col
lapse, no man can today foresee what
viii happen to France. Italy or Brit
ain. One or all of them may go down
as Russia has. although nothing
seems less likely or more preposter.
Gus. But it is clear to all, that if none
OF those three nations collapse during
the next campaign, then German ruin
Is assured. and the outcome of the
war can no longer be hidden from the
German people. II next New Years
Germany faces the world in arms
against her without any strategic re-
serve, with n million fresh American
troops. by this TIME fully equipped.
trained. and prepared to join in the
attack. her doom will be sealed.
But before this time Germany will
have approximately a year in whicl,
her foes will lack the numbers to
crush her. and she will have the num-
bers needed to conduct one or sever
al great attacks. If she does not con-
duct these attacks this year. If she ac-
cepts the defensive, then she will still
be outnumbered in 1919 and con-.
demned to the defensive then, for her
reserves are below a million and by
no means first class But for year
she\c can stake all, her last mark and
her last man on seeking to break the
will Of her opponents and persuade
them to quit while she still has re-
serve.
Accordingly l look for German at
tacks on the west front. in the Bal
kans and I'm Mesopotamia, where she
is now free to use all Turkish troops.
released from the Russian front in
Armenia. Salonica. 'Bagdad and Ven
ice may be prizes of her new efforts in
the next six months. No one Of these
successes would win the war or
change the actual situation. but each
would contribute much to creating
just the atmosphere in Britain.
France and Italy which Germany de-
sires to create. Taken together with
some major German offensive against
the British or the French on the
west front. they might do the trick
and bring Europe to a peace by me-
gotiation within the next twelve
months and before the United States
can become an effective factor on
land
And this, ] believe, is the sum of
what we have to fear for the cam
paign Of 1918. That the Germans
can succeed now against the, British
where they failed in the first battle
of Ypres. with everything in their ia
vor; that they can succeed against
the French. when they failed at the
Marne and ut verdun. with the odds
overwhelmingly with them. seems un
believable. But they are condemned
to try, because they are in no temp
er to admit defeat and have still the
resources for a new bid.-From "The
Fifth Campaign" by Frank II. ST.
monds. in the American Review OF
Reviews for January.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

Albert Q. Oliphant has resigned as
assistant secretary OF the State hoo "a
Of charities and correction to becoma
field agent of the State food adr,r,.
tration. The resignation is to becone
effective February 1.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

Those snowy white goods are piling
In on us. Watch for the word "AIl
Ready" ana don't delay for you'n
sure buy. It's the real White Sale
You know. that's Schwartzs-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

London Jan. 31.-British casual
73,017. These figures show a slight
falling off from December, when the
total was 1857.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
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1Soe. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
innuencc OF both OF the old papers.
and 10 manifestly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02
BRAZILIAN NAVY IN SERVICE.

Fleet Joins Allies I'm European Wa
terS.
RlO JaneriO, Jan. 3O.-Admiral Pc
oro 'FRONT.', has been appointed the
commander of the Brazilian fleet
which will cooperate with the allies
in European waters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

Some citizens OF Sumter who do not
own farms In the country are still
urging The Daily Item TO keep up the
agitation for n repeal of the anti-hog
ordinance 80 that they may raise a
hog or two I'm their back lots and
thus provide meat for their families
at small cost. The Item has done
about all the agitation 1t proposes to
do ON the hog question. We believe
that existing conditions justify the
repeal OF the hog ordinance as a
means OF increaHng the meat supply
and at the same time reducing the
high cost OF living to town dwellers
who are not the fortunate owners OF
firms In the country from which to
obtain their meat. There is no sound
argument againsc permitting the keep.
Ing OF hogs In the city under propev
regulations. and a great many people
would keep hogs In strict compliance
with reasonable rules. II permitted tc
do so. The matter is up to the peo-
pie themselves and the City Board OF
Health and City Council. II those
who want 10 keep hogs are as earnest
as they would have The Item be.
heve. they will take the matter up tc
the two Official bodies mentioned b,
petition or committee. Newspaper
agitation is n good thing in its way
but is useless and poweriess unless 4
has the active backing OF public sen
timent. The Item has agitated b,
stating the case; II is now time 70
those who want the ordinance repeal
cd to act
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

Is making his itinerary under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

The advice OF Chairman ID. r. Cox
'er. OF tho state Council of Defense. in
respect to the general planting and
CAREFUL cultivation of home gardens is
timely and should be needed by every
family that has or can make a gar
den. The problem OF providing food
th's spring and summer will be more
dfricult than IL was last year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

Hon. John L. McLaurin has broken
loose In a new and unexpected place
once again. The Bleaseites OF Ander-
con county and elsewhere have been
humeiy beseeching him to make the
race for governor expecting him to
be a useful running mate for Blease
In his senatorial campaign. but now
comes John L. with an open letter
that says little of a definite character
respecting his own candidacy for the
govsrnori,hip, but attacking Biease's
scnaoriaI aspirations in bitter terms.
II the politicians. newspapers and
others who have been acclaming Nc
Laurin as the political Moses of the
sse have any confidence in his wis
dom and judgment. Blease Is down
snd out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

plete answer to Senator Chamberlain
and the other partisan critics who
have been trying to make a political
issue out OF the war departments man.
sgement OF the army under war con-
ditions Secretary Baker made a
plain statement tf what had been
done and how and why. II there Is a
man In congress who will say that he
knows he could and would have done
better than Secretary Baker. had he
been '~seretary of war. he thinks very
well OF htwself indeed and is in the
Roosevelt class. II Is a captious critic
who Is not satisfied with the secre-
tsry's statement. Vuhken as whole.
Hindsights are always better than
foresights and looking back from the
vantage ground OF the present u Is
easy TO see minor mistakes that have
been made. but who can honestly say
that another man would have made
fewer mistakes and accomplished as
great results Ira the same circum-
stances? Perhaps Senator Chamber
lain, Col Roosevelt or some of the
easy chair warriors who have been
hounding the war department with
hostile criticisms might not have
done no well.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-30
lMEJORARANLAS
P0BLACI0NES
FR0N1ERIZAS
Podrdn va proueerse de mer-
cancias los del lado
ElextclnO

Yel-orduG Espcc'ai pnrG Ii PRENSA.
LAREDO. Texas, noviembrc %
Tn mejoramiento muy significatIvo
habra dc operarse en- las poblaciones
mexicanas inmediatas la frontera-
como resultado de las disposiciones
dictadas por el Consejo de Comercio
de Guerra, para que Sc permita los
habitantes de esas poblaciones, abas-
tecerse, en- Il, escala que 10 requie-
ran exclusivamente las necesidades
familiares, de articulos de prinera
recesidad en- general de todos cuan-
tos sean menester- para el hogar.
Sc ejercera, sin embargo, una vi
gilancia estricta en- el peso de mer-
cancias, pues Sc desea que unicamen-
te sean llevadas a las poblaciones in
mediatas al Rio Bravo, en- el lado
mexicano, los articulos que sean ex-
clusivamente para satisfacer las ne
cesidades.
Con el objeto de que los articulos
que .pasen las poblaciones inmedia-
tas al Rio Bravo, en- el lado mexica-
no, no sean destinadas a otro propo-
sito que el de satisfacer las necesi-
dades familiares, Sc procedera a Sis
tematizar el trafico comercial al me-
nudeo en- la frontera, mediante el
CPsss ls "a. Col. ia.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-30
Ia ENTREVISTA
SERA ENTIRE DOS
COBERNAD0RES
S6lamente Mr.. Hobby y Ell
gobernGdor 0suna uendran
q la conferencia
.crcnn Espcriai pare Ia P2ENSi.

TcI-CrcnI ESpcriai pare Ia PHENSi-
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Noviem-
bre 29.-Estan dandose los tiltimos
pasos tendencies Ia organization de
las confcrcHciaS entire varioS gober-
nadores meXicanos y el primer man
datar:o dc Texas, Mr.. William P.
Hobby, confcrenciaS que de5eran
tcner lugar en- esta ciudad, probable
mente Il mediados del proXimo mes de
Diciembrc.
Conforme LA PRENSA anUnci6 ha
ce pocos dias, G gobernador de Te-
XaS. parecc haber acceptable la inyi-
tacion que para asiStir a las mencio-
nadaS conferenciax Sc le ha hecho.
En- cuanto a los gobernadores me-
Ncanos. sc cree que solo vendra a
Brownsville el de Tamaulipas, Prof.
Andres OSuna.
Por 10 tanto. en- IA cntrevista dc
amboS mandatarios. 500 Sc trataran
asuntoS -elacionados con los intereseS
De Tamaulipas Y dc Texas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-30
CATALUNA QuIERE
QUE LIE DEN SU
AUTONOMIA
La situacion es grave a
causa de la irritaci0n
de las muItitudes

Des SerE-1-'o especial dc IA PFENSl
MADRID, noviembre 29.-No obs
tante que ia censura imp!dc que los
periodicos den cuenta de todos los
detal!es que Sc reciben accrca de Ia
situacion que prevalecc en- Barcelona
Sc sabe cue esta es de 10 mas seria.
No llega, como algunoS Green, 4!
extreme de que amenacc una revoIu-
ciou Immediate, pero 81 Sc puede de-
ducir de la orientacion que sc esta
poniendo de manifesto en- Ia opinion
publica. que ell pueblo catalan esta
completamente decidido a obtener su
autonomia. quiera no qulera c! 60
bicruo V cualquier;- que sean las ra-
zones Que este pueda alegar para 10
concederla embellishments.
Parece que los lideres cStan Wen
do la manera de llegar a Ia consccu-
cion de sus demandas de una manerl
paci+ica, pero en- Barcelona dlaria-
mcnte Sc celebran juntas y el tono
de los discurSos quc Sc pronuncian
en- elias 10 que sc dice en- todas las
conversacioneS, causa la impression dc
que cl pueblo esta dispueSto a He
gar cualQuier extreme que sea nece-
sario para lograr su autonomia y ESQ
hasta en- el case en- que cl gobierno no
le presto al asunto una Immediate d
tencion.
Esto hace que, en- los circulos po-
liticos. Sc considere que cada dia sc
hacc mas precaria Ia poSicion del &C
tual gobierno, no obstante que de
los grupoS radicales ha surg;do un
nuevo partido. llamada "federa!ista' y
que apoya al gobierno que, aparen-
temente al menos, ha venido 4 fcsta-
lecerlo un tanto.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-30
LA PRESENCIA DE- PALAVLCINI DA
LUCAR MIL COMENTARIOSDELN
. POLITICOS DEL CARRANClSMO
SUPONEN QUE VA A HACER CAMPANA POR SU
PROPIA CUENTA EN- LAS PROXIMAS ELECClONES

encrgias de politica batallador, y Sc
puso 4 punto de hacer los baules, V
emprendi6 el viaje hacia doade 10
llamaban sus deberes de meXicano.
Pero respecto de 10 que piensa
hacer. respecto de quienes son sus a.
migos de quien es enemigo, quien
defendera Y a quien combatira, no
dice una sola pa abra-
Palsvieini candidate.
Los admiradoreS del antique direc-
tor de Eel Universal. dicen QUE Pa
lavicini no trabajara por nadie nj
servira a nadie, que Palavicini no
servira, en- la proNima contienda poll
tica. sino q Palavicini.
Ell tiene hecha toda una vida poll
tica una bri.lante hoja de servicios.
-segun else ha Sacrificado por el
trasa "a "a. Col. Sal
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-11-30
-. Ccr,on narc IL PRENS.4r

For Corrco pare Ia PRENS4'
CIUDAD DE MENICO, Noviembre
22.-El asunto politico de actualidad,
es Ia presencia en- Mexico del Ing.
Felix F. Palavicini, perdonado por Ca
rranza de SuS pasadoS erroreS, y dis
nuesto a ertrar de nuevo Ell Ia po.iti
ca nacional, armada de todas armas Y
dispuesto a todas las !uchas.
Natura mente. los repcrteros de
los peri6dicos metropolitanos, han "a
cosado 4 preguntas al 1ngeniero Pala-
yicini, este ha guardado absolute
reServa.
Consta en- pccas palabras, en-
frases vagas que no satisfacen Ia cu-
riosidad politica nj de los reporteroS
nj del publico. Dice que en- Naeva
York trabaio mucho. que p@nso mu-
cho. que hizo un libro que pronto
vera Ia luz que un dia Sc encontro
con que estaba robando j Mexico sas