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R(KE[: VIEWS W)1Es

ROANOKE, VA, April =. The
Rev. George G. Taylor, ID. D..
preached Sunday night to large
and very attentive audience, what he
termed q closing sermon OF four
years persuading those who had lis
tened to him during that period to
take warning and accept the Gospel
message he had labored to deliver
to them. He appealed to them to
accept 1t without delay. Several
the Church. The collection was very
gratifying. Dollar money, $4,000
with other Conference claims In hand
and forwarded.
Rev. George c.. Taylor, d. D. and
Rev. Harris, OF Cave Springs Circuit
left for Danville, va. the seat of the
Virginia Annual Conference, Tuesday
morning, gratifled over the achieve
ment OF another Conference years
works, both financially and spirit
ually.
Rev. William Holland, OF Seventh
avenue, N. w. left this morning for
Danville, tho seat Of the Virginia An
nual Conference. He was appointed
to fill tho moxpired term at Bethel
A. M. 70. Church, Salem Va, caused
by the death OF the lamonted Rev.
j. l.. Jones. Having filled the ap-
pointment with credit he COOS up to
Jerusalem to make his report.
Rev. Slade, OF the A M. Il. Zion
Church, OF North Carolina, filed tho
pulpit OF Mt. Zion A. M. f. Church
Sunday morning with very great
credit to the occasion. Tho Rev.
Slade is quite an able prelate and a
wonderful instructor Of tho Bible, the
greatest guide book to man. He has
been In the ministerial work for Afty
years. All were pleased to listen to
this able divine and would love to
have him speak to us again.
Assistant District Deputy, Sir l..
70. Board has been quite Ill at his
home on Fourth avenue, N. w.
The entertainment at the First
Baptist Church last Friday night
proved to be source OF high enjoy
ment, both socially and financially.
Stanfield and Joe are on the road to
furnish the people with news to read.
Stanfleld furnishes you with plastors
for your aching back, your bunions,
corns, callouses, warts and in fact,
any ache or pain Is relieved BY the
use OF those wonderful Ordway
Plasters, Of which he has sold in the
last twenty-three years, ton thousand
dollars worth and relieved all who
have used these remedies. No one
has ever complained of their failure
as yet. The pills cannot be excelled
and have no equal for 1O1 OF tho
Ills OF the human family, and I have
known thom to cure pet dog, at
515 Ninth avenue, N. w.
MRS. r. e. HARTH PASSES AWAY
Rachel Emma Harth was born at
Sumter, S. c., May 10, 1868 and de-
parted this life March 80, 1918, at
10: 80, in the flfty-fourth year, tenth
month and eighteenth day Of her ago.
She was converted at the ago OF
fourteen years and joined the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, OF which she
remained faithful and devoted
member. She attended school at
Hampton Institute and having fn-
ished in 1880 she returned to her
homo in Sumter and began teaching
school.
She was united In marriage to Roy.
ID. w. Harth on September 20, 1856
with whom she happily lived for
thirty-two years and five months.
When her husband pastored at Taze-
we'll Court House, she taught the
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COUNTRY HOME
For Sale Cheap

NICE LITTLE 20 AOIsTG FARM
About Two Miles from Laurel Sta
tton-Eight Miles from Richmond.
Fine Spring and Branch on Property.
Now Five Room House with Large
Porches. Large Oak Grove Around
House. Colored Church and Colored
School Across the Road. Will Sell
Cheap or Trade for City Property.
GEORGE II. TAYLOR,
1921 West Grace Street.
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BRITISH MAKE RAIDS.

Paris, April 1.-The war office an
nouncement tonight says:
"The day was marked by quite apir
tied artillery figrting, particularly be
tween Montdidier and Lassigny. Our
batteries caugt under their fire one
my concentrations east OF Cantigny
A strong German reconnaissance at
tackled by our troops on the left bank
Of the Disc, south west Of Servals was
repulsed.
'In the Woovre and upper Alsace
enemy attacks were without RESULT
ARTILLERY FIRE HEAVY.
The mornings OFFICIAL statement
follows:
"Tho night was relatively calm on
tho front between the Disc and the
Somme. Tho artillery fighting be
came rather heavy along some parts
Of the battle field.
'Frnnco-BrlHsh troops made some
proarcss during the night between
the Somme and Demuin.
''In the region Of the Colonne trench
and at Ban do Sapt the French made
two successful raids and took prison
ers. At Chambrettes a German attacks
on small French posts were repulsed
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ne O. Cheek One Day o. the Week.
AS GOD GIVES US THU uIGlITl
(By e. d. canco Richmond va)
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AS God gives to the right
We view His enshrined Of light!
His great America!
Enwrapped with might! Pledged from tho eagles nest!
:, We sue with ceaseess wandorings
Freedom, Columbia
:, We c,eaye aeep darkness With our wines
Beat back tho might Of Storms abreast!
Though windworn yet we'll only halt
Against the sheen of heavens vault.
AS God gives reht -
Well dwell In tempted Rsa,na Of IdsAtl
OF Now Ameriaa
Foh-borne with mighty wings full-speea
i: We swcep away clouds along
Thy heights Columbia!
Assault the South tho Land O Hate and Wrong!
Sereaniaa, axpiera the apaoe ahead
- Twin wsaGs sFebaarine-+Duty Lows.
Washing liku tannHSrstoaea Of aove.
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OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

London, April 2.-Thc war office
says:
J'The day passed quietly ON tho
British front. There was no serious
Fighting on tho French front"
The report from Fold Marshal
Haig's headqunrtcrN In Franco to
nigrt says:
Except for minor enterprises which
we carried out In tho neighborhood
Of Serre and as q result of which we
captured German post tho day pass
cd more quietly on the whole battle
front"
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LAON AGAIN SHIELDED.

"Tho French have continued to shen
Laon and numerous of the inhabitants
hayo fallen victims. Accommodating
engagements occurred on the eastern
bank Of the Mouse near Haudiomont
and southeast Of Thanh; some prison
ers were brought in.
"Twenty two enemy airplanes and
five captive balloons were brought
down. Lieut.. Knoll won his twenty
third aerial victory. BY tho energetic
carrying out of long distance obserya
tions from the coast as far as south
OF tho Somme aerial detachment No.
3 under Lieut.. Friecke rendered OK
traordinary service.
an the other theatres there Is moth
ing now"
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MADAM Il. JoHNsoNs Box 45s 1OUIsyIIdR XIV
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-05
'EMPERoRs REVISE OFFER.
HITCH IN PEACE APPROPRIATIONS
CAUSES TEUTONS TO GET
BUSY.
German and Austrian Empcrors Held
Important Confercnces-Rcpres
atives Sent Back to Peace Confer.
cncc With New Instructions.

London, Jan. 3.-The situation ere
ated by a hitch in the Russo German
peace negotiations: according to Am
sterdam dispatches from Berlin, has
aroused the activities of the rulers
and politicians of Germany and Aus.
tria. Important conferences have
been held by Emperors Willicm and
Charles with their political and mill.
tary leaders. 1t is reported that
both Won Kuhlman and Count Ger
min returned to Brest-Ltovsk with
new instructions.
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GERMANY coERc|NG RUSSIA.
FE,ACE CONDITIONS REGARDED
AS UNREASONABLE BY
BOLSHEVIKI.
Kaiser Treats Occupied Territory as
Conquered Provinces and Would
Allow Inhabitants No Voice in
Peace Negotiations.

Petrograd, Jan. (By the Asso-
ciated Press. )--The chances of q sep
arate peace between Russia and the
central powers being effected seem re-
mote, because OF what are regarded
as Germany's unreasonable demands.
Leon Trotzky. the Bolsheviki foreign
minister, and his associates take the
stand that the Baltic provinces are in
reality under military pressure while
they continue to be occupied by Ger
many and that their votes with re-
spect to peace must be ignored. as
now these provinces are virtually Ger
man dependencies. the loyal Russians
having fled.
The Russian delegation upon it's re-
turn from Brest-Ltovsk Tuesday laid
before the council Of commissioners
at Petrograd Germany's demands
which caused amazement and the
declaration that the council was not
favorable to acceptance. An elabora-
tion OF the German position in letters
and statements which followed the
general terms showed that the Ger
mans hold that Poland, Lithuania,
Coupland. Livonia and Esthonia have
already defined themselves nationally
within the meaning of the peace
terms proposed, and insist that they
shall not vote again.
The Germans also explained,
through General Hoffman that Ger
many can not evacuate Riga. Libau
and other occupied points until GER
Rain that all Russia sanctions peace !;
otherwise, Germany's enemies might
assist Ukraine. or other disaffected
sections in opposition to the central
powers.
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planned by eliminating trains as fast
as railroads can arrange to do so. No
general increase IN rates according to
the plan adopted n England is in i'm
mediate contemplation. Commuter
trains will not be affected by the cur
tailment plans. Engines released in
this way will be put into freight SER
vice the trackage facilities and en-
ployes will be released for other use,
Legislation to provide a basis of
compensating railroads under govern
ment operation ana to authorize gov
ernment purchase Of equipment to be
leased TO roads. was complete today
by President Wilson's legal advisers
and discussed by the president with
Representative Sims, chairman OF the
house interstate commerce commit
tee, who will introduce the measure
in the house soon after the president
delivers his address Thursday. In the
senate the same bill will be intro
duced by the new Chairman OF the in
terstate commerce committee. Sena-
tors Smith of South Carolina and
Pomerene are constesting for this
honor.
Joseph w. Folk. chief counsel of
the interstate commerce commission,
and John Barton Payne, counsel for
the shipping board, who has been re-
tanned by Mr.. McAdOo as legal advis-
er, will have charge of most all legal
questions arising under government
operation Of the railroads.
The railroads war board tonight
gave out n final statement in the form
of Il report to the senate interstate
commerce committee attributing the
recent congestion to the overwhelm-
ing amount of freight dumped upon
the carriers by war industrial activi-
ties.
The board also outlined the accom-
plishments since organization and re-
forred to the difficulties under which
the railroads laboreG
Director General McAdoo tonight
ordered railroads to close their ac-
counts at midnight and open them
tomorrow as of a new year for gov
ernment accounting purposes, as di-
rected by the president in his proc
No change in accounting
systems is required, he specified. This
was issued as general order No. 2.
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.er of attack to another.

ter of attack to another.
THE Germans are now endeavor
ing to persuade Russia that they are
eager to assist in the task Of restoring
normal internal conditions in that
country.
Already the Germans are taking
up the work openly in Petrograd d
Largo numbers of German officers are
at large in Russia. The German en-
bassy building in the Russian capital
IS being made ready for occupancy.
In the Balkan theater n new COM
mander in chief of the allied forces
usual military activity is reported
from this area, information reaches
us Of hostile concentrations and in
certain quarters it is believed that
the enemy may undertake an Of
fensive operation in an endeavor to
strike at the point Of junction of the
French and Italian forces.
I'm Palestine the British have con-
Inucd their successes and are push
ing northward from Jaffa. Now that
details of the campaign in this area
are reaching us we are able to survey
tho situation there more fully.
The operations which eliminated
III the capture of Jerusalem must be
ranked among the most strikingly
successful of any Of the present war.
'All detectives were gained rapidly
and without serious loss.
IN Mesopotamia the British
forces are consolidating their posi-
tionS and securing their hold on tho
country. The Russian contingent op-
Grating under orders of General Mar
shal has refused to accept the ar
mistice decreed by the Petrograd au-
thorities and is fighting vigorously
with the British"
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asked to form several regiments in
the State.
The question Of military service in
tho schools Of the State is a broad
one and will no doubt receive much
attention at the hands OF the legisla-
ture. This question Is being studied
by a committee from the State Coun-
ell of Defense.
There seems to be little doubt but
that ample funds will be provided for
the continuance of the State Council
of Defense. The council was organ
lied soon after the declaration of
war and has already proved its worth.
To date the council has spent less
than $4,000. The South Carolina
council is ranked by the National
Council as among the five best in the
United States. This rank has been
placed despite the fact that the other
-FOUR councils have unlimited funds at
their disposal. 1t liz probable that
the council will ask for an appro-
priation of about $4,000 for 1918.
Gov. Manning will have some i'm
portant recommendation to make in
connection with the work of the
state department of agriculture which
has done such good work under the
leadership of the late l.. j. Watson.
The weights and measures bureau is
branch of the department OF agri-
culture. An appropriation will no
doubt be asked to be used i'm the
rigid enforcement of the weights and
measures law. Every effort will be
made by the State government TO
prevent short weights on the part OF
food dealers. now that food is such an
important factor IN the winning of the
war.
The legislature will be asked to
p"ss several measures looking to in
creased production OF food crops. The
campaign for more food Is under the
direction of Mr.. w. w. Long of Glenn
son College and the United States Of
nee OF farm management The solons
VIII no doubt give all assistance asked
IN the programme for greater produc-
uon' The boil weevil is approaching
south Carolina and certain laws NAV
DO needed in the fight against the
pest 1t is certain that these meas
ures viii not be denied.
IL is hoped that the members of the
legislature will cast aside factional
nights and that all will act for the
common good. OF course tho mem
"ers viii want some local legislation
'or home consumption. because the
erection will be held next year.
me schools of the state will nor
Wv neglected, because it is vitally nee
'sSary that they receive ample sup
port The keeping of the schools
running at high power is one OF the
oeS' war preparations measures.
i'e legislature convcncs January 3.
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WINTER STORM RAGING.
Warning OF Dangerous Gales On Coass
North OF Hatteras.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Northeast
storm warning FOR the Atlantic coast
from Hatteras 10 Boston was issued
today by the weather bureau. The In
dications were chat disturbance of
the South Atlantic coast, apparently
moving northward, would cause dam
gerous gales thas afternoon and TO-
night, and also "A snow storm on the
southern coast Of New England.
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BIG DRIVE EXPECTED.
GERMANS MASSING TROOPS ON
WESTERN FRONT FOR OF
FENSIVE.
Gen. Maurice, Chief Director of Mill
tary Operations ut British War Of
flee Points Out Possibilities.

London, Jan. 2.-The probability Of
fensive attitude on the Western front
was pointed out by Maj. Gen. f. Il.
Maurice, chief director Of military Op-
erations at the war office, in his week.
ly talk to the Associated Press today
There were two factors that contrib
uted to this probability, the general
said, the first being the steady flow Of
German reinfOrcements from the
Eastern front, and the second the
fact that the American forces were
not yet ready to :ake any consider
able part in the operations.
The public shoI.d be prepared, Gen.
Maurice said, for some losses OF
both ground and men if the Germans
attempt really determined offensive
operations They would not however.
be able TO infict any such losses on
the allies as the latter had inflicted
on the Germans during the last year,
he declared.
"The enemy in the past fortnight
has been attempting numerous raids.
mostly on small SCALE" began Gen
eral Maurice. "At Cambrai, however
| he tried larger operation on the
British flank, whence he hoped he
could strangle the supplies to Brit
ish salient and force it's withdrawal
His attack, however ended in an al
most complete failure, for although he
gained few hundred yards of our
front trenches he failed to set foot on
the ridge anywhere.
These attempts to take the often.
sive," continued the general, "are a
sign OF new distribution Of the bel
ligerent forces on the Wester, front
The enemy is steadily bringing troops
from Russia with the aim of reestab.
fishing his superiority over the Anglo.
French forces. The Germans do MOI
possess a magic carpet and can no,
transfer troops at supernatural rate
especially under winter transport con
ditions. Nevertheless there is q steady
flow Of German troops westward.
'The Germans are still a long way
from having superior numbers or
this front, but the relative strength
OF the forces is so altered that it is
doubtful whether the allied com.
nlanders would feel justified in under
taking offensive operations on a large
scale. The enemy's constantly i'm.
proving numerical position, VIII, or
the whole, lead inevitably to offensive
operations by the Germans, but 1 see
TO reason to believe that he will be
able to inflict anything like such loss
es on us as we inflicted on him during
the past year.
Owing to our work of the past
year we are In an excellent defensive
position, holding practically all the
high ground. On the other hand, We
are everywhere on new ground where
we must prepare to lose ground and
we must prepare new defensive sys.
TENS. We must be prepared to LOSE
ground and men If the enemy makes
determine dattack with the usua
artillery preparation followed by en-.
ergetic infantry assaults, Tor our owr
experience has s\taught us that it is
practically always possible to move q
certain distance under these condi.
tiOns Of attack"
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MAY RESUME WAR.

Russians Discuss Fighting With Re-
duped Army. eS
Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 2.-The
malt in the negotiations and indica-
tions of German refusal to move the
peace conferences to stockholm. in
neutral territory, have revived uni
versai discussion here of the resump-
ton of fighting with greatly reduced
army, probably not greater than three
million men. -
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BOLSHEviRI WONT CONSENT.
IrotzI<y Declares Russian Workers
VIII Never Accept German Terms.

Petrograd. Jan. 3.-Bolshevih
Foreign Minister Trotzky declcred to-
day that the government of Russian
workers would not consent to the
German peace proposals
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FIGHTING ON THE AIsNE.


Paris, Jan. 3.-Heavy artillery
hghting occurred last night particu-
larly on the Aisne front, the war office
reports. Two enemy raids, one south
OF the Disc, the other near Carnillet,
were completely repuleed.
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ARMY CONTRACT INQUIRY.
WOohen Manufacturer OH Stand I
Tell Of Cloth Contracts.

washington, Jan. Enquiry into
army contracts. involving the work
of the supplies committee of the Nat
ional Council OF Defense was contin-
ued today by the senate committee,
with Michael j. Drlscoll. a wooden
mill superintendent of Raritan, New
Jersey on the stand ready to tell of
cloth contract negotiations he had
with the supplies committee.
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London, Jan. 3.-Compulsory rat
ioning will be put in effect in Eng
land soon, it wa announced officially
today.
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