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Evening star., 1918-02-17

We fnundate country Win SSa
tain style through the aid OF parcel
post. pattern books. chain of stores
and travelling statesmen; the waters
then quickly recede and another mum
dation is due. Therefore. another style
is sent out over the continent in a
series of waves.
We have millions of women to dress
vthere France has thousands, and we
have a population that is quite capable
"a indulging in its desire Tor new
e3othes from the rim Of the arctic circle
d q line above the tropics
Anerican buyers who 80 to Paris to
Gnt new clothes often refuse lovely
9owns IL they bear . close kinship to
0bse that were sold the year before
they wave such frocks away with the
remark that American women must
hkve novelty.
Shis act has always depressed the
4eeiEners In Paris, who care for beauty
aid detail rather than for startling
change. and it is the French designers
vho say that they rack their brains
far eccentricities to give to America far
Hiore than they would If their clientele
vdre only. Rome. Paris and London.
1t is this underlying trait in the
French dressmakers that gives them
the desire to persist in certain line
which is coming back to the original
discussion.
This line happens to be, at the present
nSment, that tucked-in effect at the
hem of the skirt, which is suggestive
Of the trousers of the Algerian troops.
Nobody would remember. probably,
The exact date of the beginning of this
Sd6a. but it was evolved long before
the war. 1t has been brought out in
VARIOUS kinds Of skirts.
The house of Caliot was probably the
4rst to bring out the idea in a narrow
aklrt, but 1t did not take. Poiret, who
has a devotional attitude toward any
thing that comes out of the east, used
tbs skirt throughout his years Of sue
cheruit adopted it in a modified man
~ half dozen years ago. Jenny took
It mp about two winters ago and accen-
tneted it in her popular costumes in
aaeA q manner that America grew more
vtary Of it through this channel than
eH other Somehow, as Jenny made it,
= did not SAVIOR of the east. 1t was
R1Fely awkward and extremely girlish.
LAST autumn the immense bulk of the
Evening star., 1918-02-17

RIOR to our own participation
in the war the State Depart
ment had worked out and put
into action a plan whereby,
through the agency of it's vari-
Evening star., 1918-02-17

ground had been plowed by men. Three
squads of eighteen girls each did the
work, the squads working one month
and the work starting June is last
Girls in charge of the gardening work
at the University of Wisconsin opened
a stall in the city market at Madison
for the sale of products of the gardens.
the receipts being turned over to the
local Red Cross chapter.
Several women's colleges have ban.
ished sweets from the campusses and
buildings, the girls turning over to the
local Red Cross organizations the
money that otherwise would have been
spent for candy. At the University OF
Arizona six wheatless and six meatless
meals are observed each week. in addi-
tion to the regular wheatless and meat
less days. Mount Holyoke girls eat
war bread six days a week and keep
two meatless days week.
Organized Red Cross.
Several of the women's colleges. the
pamphlet states, have organized Red
Cross knitting and sewing work on q
military basis, enlisting the workers in
companies or squads under captains.
who see to it that the work is done sys-
tematically. Practically every women's
college in the country has organised
an active Red Cross auxiliary.
Many of the colleges have added
courses in various war activities to
ing map making, automobile mechan.
ism. land and wireless telegraphy. in
dexing and filing, etc. Credits are
given to students taking these courses,
which are given outside the regular
college hours
Evening star., 1918-02-17
BY ANNH nITTENHoUsE.

-HE persistence shown by France
in the dressmaking houses In
continuing a certain trick for
several years deserves more at
<sntion than is usually accredited II
a study of the obstinate way IN Wh1ch
Paris designers have held on to thing
they liked might go far toward con-
v1ucins a vast number Of the critics OF
vomen.s apparel that fashions are not
M iirhty az they SEEM The weather
vane turns, 1t is true, but 1t sw1ris
hack into the same quarter so frequent
" that at times there is feeling that
it changes little
The American shops, it IS claimed
constantly convince their patrons that
an old gown must be replaced by new
one by showing a revolution in Sill
houette.
The first claim to fortune in TINS
country is novelty. 1t may be that we
,nduIee in far more of It when it comes
To women's clothes than the French oe-
Grners do. One thing is true OF trade
m this country. 1t is conducted on
much yaster scale, and 1t goes through
deeper and more uproarious channels
fbran the French trade in women's ap-
-DArel.
Evening star., 1918-02-17

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
hOCMANIANS AGREE TO PEACE.
statements From Berlin and Vienna
Announce That Central Powers
Will Send Delegates.

Amsterdam, March 3.-Semi-offi-
clal German and Austrian statements
received here today set forth claims
ol forward steps toward peace be-
tween the central powers and Rou-
mania.
The Berlin dispatch quotes a Bu-
chareSt message under todays date
declaring that the Roumanians have
accepted the basis for negotiations
proposed by the central powers and
VIII send representatives to deliber-
ate upon the conclusion of peace.
Ihe Vienna dispatch states that
"ord mas been received from Buchar-
est that the negotiations with Rou-
mama are progressing favorably.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
HERE'S HOW

There are many persons who
have an uncomfortable feeling
that they are not helping the
nation IN this time OF crisis.
They can not for various rea.
sons enter the military or naval
service OF the country. or do
other work that would help the
government In prosecuting the
war against the Huns. and yet
they want 10 help. There is u
solution to this problem which
troubles many earnest patriots.
Those who invest in war saw
ings and war thrift stamps are
actively aiding the government
They are placing at the disposal
OF the government not morCly
money. but the goods and SER
vices that the money can buy
and use In properly supplying
and equi?p,ng our army and
navy. Joining a war Savings
SocItey makes saving easy. The
government pays interest at tho
rate OF per cent. per annum.
compounded quarterly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
Many i'm Lumber Camps.

Spokane, Wash, March Fifty
five thousand men in the United
States are members of the Lumber
Workers Industrial Union No. 500,
Industrial Workers of the World, ac-
cording to Fred Hegge, district secre-
tary-treasurer of the union, with
headquarters here. Eighty per cent.
Of the membership, he said, are in
the Northwest lumber camps.
Hegge admitted that members of
the Industrial Workers advocate sabo-
tage, but he gave a different definition
than the destruction of property. He
said sabotage to the Industrial Work
ers means slowing up work if the de-
ln1nds are not met. In hope that the
industrial Workers will some day
control all property they do not advo-
cate destruction, Heggc declared.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
SAYS LINE Up SPIES.
senator Harding Declares Tha, Bomb
and Torch Men Should bc Shot

Baltimore, March 3.--A plea FOR n
Place against the wall" for German
spies was made here this afternyon
y Senator Harding, OF Ohio, in ar
address at a patriotic meeting under
the auspices of the Maryland branch
on the Council of National Defense
lie also refuted the suggestion that
capitalistic motives impel the United
States and her allies.
Among us are miserable spies
whom Germany would soon dispose
Of" he said. Il honor Germany for
1T. The trouble is that we think too
much of ballots and too little OF bull
WarkS of liberty. In justice to thesa
loc,V 600 American people there is
put ono place for the man with the
polnb ana the torch. That place is
against the wall. We must be for
America first.
"A lot OF men in the country have
sald THIS is a capitalistic war. That
IS Il lie. Capital was making ten
tlmes more before the war than il is
making now. We are taxing capital.
What are we doing for labor?
NO government founded upon so,n
hoN philosopy ever endured. We
don't want the government of chaotic
Kussia tried in the United state.
sometimes | think that soap box agi
tatlon is endangering this war"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
ROUND UP OIL. v. ".
GOVERNMENT DECIDES UPON
VIGOROUS POLICY FOR SUP
PRECISION OF LAW
LE,SSNESS.
IL Seattle Station Proves Inadequate
Government Will Provide Quar-.
tcrS.

Washington, March "A vigorous
pclicy for the suppression of anarch-
ists and all who advocate sabotage
and other forms of lawlessness was
announced today by Secretary Wilson
in orders to immigration officials in
the Northwest to proceed to arrest
aliens guilty Of spreading such doc
times. Even though they may not
commit any overt act they will be de-
tained and deported.
The secretary's action was in an
sWer to requests from employers and
civic organizations of Seattle and 9TH
er cities that the department under
Take the wholesale internment of In
dustrial Workers of the World, who
were blamed for Industrial unrest,
Particularly in the logging camps. Mr..
Wilson held that membership in the
i. ". w. organization was itself cause
Ior arrest or deportation, but that
alien industrial workers or other
aliens who preach overthrow of the
government by force, assassination, or
who are in any other manner subject
to deportation under the Immigration
laws should be taken into custody at
orce.
The department stands ready to
lNn Nf
ag;tators by supplying funds to OBJ;
'2in adCitional quarters If the Seattle
station proves inadequate for INTERN
ing them.
Orders for the suppression of radi-
cal propaganda by aliens are regarded
py officials as the final step in the
governp ent's determination to put a
stop to extremists who seek to inter-
fere with the prosecution of the war
from motives sincere or otherwise.
Citizens of the United States who
preach anarchy will be handled by
the department of justice, which
brought about the arrest of scores of
l w. W.'S in the nationwide raids
was issued with a full personal know
ledge Of the situation in the North
west. AS chairman of the presidents
mediation commission, he investigated
the unrest of the lumber camps and
saw mills last fall
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
THE LEADING JERSEY OF THE SOUTH

Farmers of the South have dayng
other branches OF livestock farming industry peculiar
North Carolina
this kind of farming
the OF the big records milk
dairy states and in nearly every case to believe that
record The thing will
opportunity
finished record that places her
worlds record butterproducing Jersey
This Blue Eminent Chrome 17736
Shankln Taylors Columbia,
meal meal bean meal sage and
needless
possible Starting
January 1917 finishing produced
milk and butter exceeds the record
places Chrome in the
Chrome big She weighs 1000
champion She is gentle
miked her while
Chrome daughter of Blue Foxs Eminent 1927
bull Noble Of Oakands OF the
daughters bull
the OF should
twenty-five head.
table will
permO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
SHOULD TREAT SWEET POTATO
Dlsinfect by lmmersng In a Sclu.
tion of Corrosive
Sublimate.

Some Of the most destructive potato
into storage in the fall, where these
diseases not only live but thrive dur
Ing the winter, producing serious
losses. If seed potatoes for bedding
are not carefully selected and bedded
in disease free soil these diseases are
carried bac,; 20 the field on the roots
OF the slips or sprouts,
In the spring carefully select me-
dunn size potatoes, that show no signs
Of rots, and disinfect by immersing
from five to ten minutes in solution
OF corrosive sublimate prepared by
dissolving one ounce of the crystals
in eight gallons of water. The above
solution should be prepared only in
a wooden cOntainer, which should be
thoroughly cleaned after being used,
as corrosive sublimate Is deadly
poison, and should be used only with
the greatest care. Seed, after being
disinfected, should be rinsed in pure
water and dried or bedded at once.
Probably the best container for tho
above solution Is barrel, and enough
Of the solution should be put in it 70
cover the quantity Of potatoes to be
treated ! each time. One solution
should not be used more than three or
four times as it loses it's strength and
effectiveness upon repeated use.
AS potato diseases often live ove-
winter in the soil, 1t is essential tina.
only fresh soil should be used in pre-.
pairing the beds. Woods earth, free
from undecayed leaves and twigs.
makes an exceptionally good bedding
soil. Sand is often used and is Just
rs good provided it is clean and free
from the potato disease organisms.
In case you have a permanent bel
never bed your potatoes in the oil
soil. Disinfect the framework by
spraying with a solution prepared by
adding one pint of formalin to thirty
gallons of water. In case you have on
hand some winter strength lime-sul.
phur solution It can be used, with
even better results; and some use a
white-wash to good advantage.
Select for your potato patch a field
that has not had potatoes on it, for at,
least three years, and you may expect
to harvest crop free from disease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
COTTON SEED FOR PLANTING
There Are Several Varieties For
Infected Lands But Best
Is the Dixie.

Our cotton crop can be materially
Increased during the present emer-
gency by preventing the enormous
losses caused each year by diseases.
Our two most common cotton diseases
are wilt and anthracnose; these two
diseases cause loss Of from $4,000.
coo to $ 100000 year in South Caro-
lima. This loss can be in a largo
measure prevented by the use of the
right kind of seed.
There are several varieties Of cot.
ton that are resistant to cotton wilt
and will produce excellent yields when
planted on land infected with this dis
ease The best Of these is the Dixie,
which has been grown and bred for a
number OF years In cooperation with
Clemson College and the United States
Department or Agriculture. This seed
can be had from the breeders and
growers in the counties where wilt is
causing serious loss. The Botany d.
vision of Clemson College will be glad
to put any one who needs seed in
touch with these growers.
Cotton anthracnose-(boll rot)-
causes probably a greater loss in
South Carolina every year than cotton
wilt does. Anthracnose can be con-
trolled by securing seed which are
free from disease and planting these
on land that has not been In cotton
for one year. The best way to secure
seed free from disease Is to get them
from fields where there was no an
thracnose. We have found that the
fungus which causes this disease will
not remain alive In the seed for more
than two or three years, so that old
seed are much better for planting pur.
poses than seed of previous season.
In order to help in reducing the loss
from cotton anthracnose, the Botany
Division OF the South Carolina Expert.
ment Station is making preparation to
test any seed that the farmers OF the
state will send in, In order to dedter.
mine whether or not the seed is in.
fected with this disease. We desire
especially to test seed that are two
and three years old. Any one, who
has old seed, or any one who is buy.
ing seed that he is not sure Is free
from disease, can send samples OF
these seed to the Experiment Station
at Clemson College and have them
tested. 1t will take from two to three
weeks to make a complete test. A
pint Of seed is necessary for these
tests.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
THOROUGH PROBE ORDERED.
GOV. MANNING EXPRESSES HIM
SELF EMPHATICALLY RE-
GARDING FAIRFAX
LYNCHING.
iraiseS Sheriff MCrris-SOlicitor
Guntcr Also Promises Aid i'm Pros
ccuting the Alleged Lynchers.

Columbia, March 2.-"There will he
Il thorough investigation by this Of
lice Of the lynching at Luck Branch
bridge, near Fairfax, Barnwen county.
last Saturday afternoon, and those
who participated will be vigorously
prosecuted that the law may be vim
dlcated,' said Gov. Manning today
Following conference with Sheriff j
B. Morris, of Barnwell county, and
Attorney General Thomas II. Peoples
The uncomprOmising stand OF Gov
Manning and the arrests already
made by Sheriff Morris indicate that
probably more arrests will be made in
connection with the lyHch,ng of Wal
ter Best, negro, at Duck Branch
bridge, following the killing of Will
liam Wilson. q young automobile man.
ut Fairfax last Saturday. The negro
was taken from Sheriff Morris and
two Of his deputies about one and
and one-half miles from Fairfax on
the highway to Allendale by a mob
of white men variously estimated at
between seventy-five and 100 and
taken into a nearby woods and shot
to death. Thursday seventeen promi-
rent farmers Of Fairfax and adjacent
territory were arrested en- warrants
sworn out by Sheriff Norris, charged
with completely in the lynching. and
were granted bonds aggregating
S97,5O0 that afternoon by Judge Will
liam II. Townsend, at Columbia.
Governor Manning has received
letter from Solicitor Il. L. Gunter, OF
the Second Judicial Circuit, in which
the county of Barnwell is situated,
stating that the solicitor will DO
everything in his power to see that
those participating in the lynching
are brought to justice.
Il am determined that there will be
thorough investigation by this Of
flee of the lynching at Duck Branch
bridge, near Fairfax, Barnwell coun-
ty," said the governor in his state
ment, ''and those who participated
will be vigorously prosecuted that the
law may be vindicated.
Il had a conference with the At
torney General and Sheriff j. b. Nor
ris, Of Parnwell county, this morn
ing on the ly'nching. I received let
ter from Solicitor r. L. Gunter, Of
the Second Judicial Circuit, in which
Rarnwell county is situated, and he
assured me that he would do every
thing in his power to see that those
connecpd with the killing Of Walter
Pest are brought to justice.
Il am glad to see that Sheriff Nor
ris had good memory for names and
faces and had the courage to call
names when the time came
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
FIGHTING MORE INTENSE.
Germans Increase Pressure at All
Points on Western Front

washington, March 4.-Continued
preparatory movements by the Ger
'''''h" along the west front are noted
'ooay Dy the war departments week .
y review of the military situation.
me momentum OF battle is increos-
'hS' the statement declares. citing
'iiree attempts Of the enemy to reach
'he American lines as an example of
"hat is taking place on a larger scale
"iohg the entire west front. It is def
i'l'ely announced that tho Americans
nave taken over the sector northw,>t {
u lonl' and that a number of dr.
'ached units are in action in thn
Champagne region
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
RUSSIANS DESTROY BRIDGES.
'Eoishcviki arc Wrecking Trans-Sibcr.
ian Railway.

Washington, March 4.-The Rus-
SLAMS have begun destroying the
prldSes on the Trans-Siberian arilroad
between Lake Baillal and the Chi
nese frontier. John F.. stevens, chair
man of the, American railroad mis-
sion reports this today to the state
department. This may prevent Am
oassador Francis from reaching Vlad-
ivotsk. 1t is believed here that tho
obstruction of the bridge is to pre-
vent the expected advance of Japan
ese troops. y large number of 9th
er constructions have been mined
Mr.. Stevens reports.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
GRANlTEEILLE STRIKE ENDED.
Striking Operatives in Horse Creek
valley Return to Work. Company
Granting Incrpasp

Aiken, March 3.-The mills Of the
Graniteville Manufacturing Compan,
at Granitevlle, in the Horse Creek
Valley, have resumed operation after
the strike which tied up the machin-
cry and left the big cotton mills idle
for more han two weeks, during
which about COO men and women op-
orators were out of employment. Tho
striking operatives demanded a 20
per cent. increase in wages.
An agreement has been reached un-
der which the operatives return to
work, and the Graniteville Manufac-
turing Company grants a 10 per cent.
wage increase at once. The matter
Of the additional 10 per cent. demand
ed by the operatives, is left TO arbi-
tration, and it is believed that this
will likewise be granted, though the
additional increase will likely be grad =
ual.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
SWITZERLAND SUPPLIES GER.
MANS.

Charges of Supplying Enemy Witty
NcccsSaries Brought Against ItaI-
ian Deputies.
Rome, March Mot only cotton
and silk, but foodstuffs as well, have
Eeen exported to Germany by way OF
switzerland in the last two years, ac-
cording TO the latest charges involv-
ing italian deputies and merchants act
ms as agents for former German
firms. 1t is pointed out that exports
&c Switzerland in 1917 amounted to
407. 7.00O.00 lire. as against 396,00O,-
00O in 1916, and 31I.OGO,900 in 1915.
One-half the exports last year are said
to have been such goods as silk and
cotton, needed in Italy for war sup-
plies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
FREE FROM TAX
U. s. War Savings Stamps Are
Free From Federal, State
Or Local TaxatiOn.-P
Good Interest.

One OF the advantages Of the war
savings stamps as an investment ia
that they are not subject to taxation.
The following statement In reference
to this feature has been issued by the
war savings committee:
when preparing for the issuing OF
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Ger
tihcates, the national administration
very wisely decided that they would
not be subject to any taxes-federal.
state or local. In this respect, they
are entirely unique. being free when
almost everything else Of value is sub
Ject TO impost.
AS the amount that an individual
may hold Is limited to $1,000, this con-
cession does not deal unjustly toward
other security holders. 1t Is simply
an inducement to the small investor
% make an unusual effort in his own
country's behalf by depositing as
much OF his surplus with the govern
ment as possible. Those who buy
these httie bonds-and all should do
'ft--should understand In advance of
the coming days OF taxation return in
April that whatever of their earned
savings or surplus derived from eco
nomics 10 converted into Thrift
stnmps and War Savings Certificates
need not be recorded upon the assess
or's blank. As the interest and prin-
cipal are payable In 1923, neither is 1t
necessary TO make mention of the in.
vestments in the return to the In.
come tax collector.
They are. as stated. absolutely free
and. as they also pay per cent. COM
pound interest. are the best securities
that one can buy IN these troubled
times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
SWEDEN FILES PROTEST.
GERMANY ANNOUNCES PLAN TO
SEIZE FINLAND.
'iuh campaign Against DiscorIant
Itussia is in Full Swing and Sweden
is Helpless to Check IL.

washington, March 4.-Germany's
occupation of the Aland Islands is
oHiy the preliminary step of the to-
TAI occupation Of Finland, official dis
pb'ches to the Swedish legation saw
ulA1 Germany has informed the
stockholm foreign office of the inten-
ton to occupy Finland and tbot
sweden has protested. Sweden pro-
tested also against the Aland Islands
Being placed in the war zone
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-06
WOODRUFF. LEADS STATE
Hss Largest Per Capita Of Money In.
vested In War Savlngs Stamps.

Charleston. 8. c. - The town of
woodruff. s. c.. has the largest per
capita sales up to date OF all the towns
IN the state. The population OF Wood
run is 1880 and the sales up to Feb
ruary 16 were $2,4412S, wich repre-
sents $1.30 worth Of war savings
stamps and thrift stamps for each per-
con In the town. The balance of the
state has sold only $oss per capita.
Woodruff. therefore. has made the
best showing In the state up to the
present date. and expects to conduct
the campaign evan more vigorously.