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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
NEW LIBERTY LOAN.
Treasury Certificates Of Indebtedness
Announced Which May be Receiv-
ed in Payment.


Washington, Jan. 17.-As the first
lnancial step in preparation for the
hird Liberty loan. Secretary McAdoo
tonight announced a new issue of
$400,000.0OO treasury certificates of
Indebtedness, bearing per cent.
rom January % and payable April
p. Subscriptions will be received By
tcderal banks at par and accrued in
terest until January 29 and payment
must be made by that date. The GER
ilicates will be received III payment
If third Liberty loans. This ar
angement indicates that the first
ayment on the third Liberty loan
ill be on about April %, and if the
ame plan of installment payments is
laintained for the third as for the
second loan the bond selling cam
,aign will be in March.
For the first time since the United
tates started its big war financing
movement, subscriptions will be re-
'eived simultaneously for two current
ssues of certificates, since an issue
IF so-called tax certificates is still
open. The interest rate is the same
IS on other recent issues.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

normal profit, SO, plus war profit, GOc
"a total of 1892. to which the deal
er should add rs cents per half-ton
when sold in half-ton lots.
Mr.. Epperson said that it was out
of the question to sell coal at such q
price and make any profit at all.
That there was always a shortage
amounting on one occasion recently to
eight tons on car, that he could not
do business on that small margin ana
would rather go out Of business than
undertake to do 1t, that unless H.
could make IA reasonable profit he did
not care to do business at all.
Mr.. f.. III. Moses stated that he was
interested in a coal business in Or
"hBeburg and that, while the coal tha
they handled cost them, delivered in
orangeburg, more than coal was cost
lhG Mr.. Epperson. delivered in Sum.
Ter ms firm had been required to sell
" al $500 per ton and they had SO
sold 1T. regardless of the fact that thu
margin OF profit was very close.
Coal prices were discussed general
Iy for few minutes, but the meet
ing took no action on the matter
a committee of ten. with Mr.. G. f..
hurSt CHAIRMAN. was appointed To
call on the business houses for the
purpose of carrying out the terms of
ne resolution. The meeting then ad-
'ourned to meet at o'clock FridaX
night TO receive the report of the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
CRISIS IN ROUMANIA.
Bolshcviki Send Two Hour Ultimatun
to Military Authorities.

Petrograd, Jan. 1S.-A dangerou
stage has arisen in the relations be
tween Roumania and the Bolsheviki
~ two hours ultimatum has beer
sent to the Roumanian military au
thorities by the revolutionary com
mittec OF the ninth Russian army de
mandlng free passage for Russian
troops through Jassy the temporar!
capital OF ROumania.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
SPECIFIC FUEL EXEMPTIONS
\ Few Industries Engaged on Urgent
Government Work Not Shut Down

Washington, Jan. 17.-Specifc OK
emption from the provisions OF the
.uel restriction order was given bv the
tuel administration tonight to certain
ohipyards engaged on government
work. a few plants turning out pro-
ducts needed Immediately by the
army or navy and to the parts of
certain munitions plants making
boiler tubing for ships.
Plants that are making woolen
army and navy uniforms and cloth
used in their manufacture. and con-
Germs engaged in fliing contracts for
tent and other equippage made of
heavy duck were exempted from the
We day closing period in special or
Ter issued tonight by the fuel admin
strator
Plants packing beans, canning
milk and roasting and packing cof-
fee under army and navy contracts
also were exempted by the order.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
APPEAL TO SOUTH.
NcAdOo Calls on South to Help Win
the War by Feeding Itself.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The South
should help win the war by raising all
OF its own food stuff and eliminating
the unnecessary transportation of
food from either section of the coun
try, said Director General McAdoo in
an appeal tonight to the people of the
south, particularly to the farmers
Without reducing the cotton produc-
tion the farmers ought to produce
more milk, butter, eggs. poultry. fruit
and vegetables. he suggested.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
AUSTRIANS WIPED OUT.
Itaiiahs Slaughter Attacking De-
tachmcntS OH Tiave River.

Only one spot on the military man
is showing any activity out Of the or
dinary for midwinter. and that is the
right flank of the Italian river front.
on the lower reaches of the Piaye
Here the Austrians made a furious
effort TO drive into The Italian lines
near Cape Sile, and to wedge their
way further towards Venice. The
Italians met the enemy with heavy
and devastating artillery fire, and
wiped out with machine guns and
rifles the few detachments that sue
ceeded in getting across No Mans
Land 10 the defensive barricades
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
RAILROAD OFFICIALS RESPON.
SIBLE.
Hallway Congestion Laid at Door of
Officials Who Sought to Give Public
an Object Lesson

Cleveland, Jan. I9.-The railway
congestion is laid at the door Of the
railway officials the nselves, by w.
q. Lee, president of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen today. The in
difference of railroad operating
heads, coupled with an apparent de-
sire to teach the public by an object
lesson of the need for increased rails.
had been noticed by seasoned rail-
read employees tor many months,
Lee said.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

The German cruisers Breslau and
he outbreak of the war and fled into
he Dardanelles, seeking safety from
he British and French warships.
since then their activities in the Dar-
'anelles at the Black Sea entrance to
The Bosphorus and in the Black Sea
along the Turkish Asiatic, Russian
md Roumanian coasts have brought
them fame for intrepidity second not
even to the German sea wolves, like
he Dresden, Seeadler and the Xarls
ruhe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
LABOR IS LOYAL.
WILL MAINTAIN STAND DESPITE
SUFFERING AND SACRIFICE.
Samuel GOmpcrs Speaks for Labor
Hopes Captains OF Industry Will
Heed Carfclds Appeal to Pay
Wages.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation Of Labor, in a statement
tonight declared that the workers OF
the nation will be the greatest sui
ferers from the fuel restriction order,
but that they will maintain their 10y
al stand despite suffering and sacri-
hces which they may be called on to
bear"
Mr.. Gompers expressed doubt that
hve day suspension Of industry was
the best way to meet the situation
and suggested that a wiser and more
practical course" would have been to
place all industries Of the country up
on an eight hour basis work day, at
least during the war.
Mr.. Gompers said that everything
must be done to see that the workers
are not made to suffer unnecessarily
and he expressed the hope that the
employers would heed Mr.. Carfelds
appeal to comply with the order with
out shifting the burden TO labor"
The shutting down of all indus
tries for five continuous days is only
warranted if based upon immediate
emergency, and have some doubt if
I'VE continuous days IS the best meas
ure," said Mr. Gompers. 1T certain.
~ seems a very radical measure t.
meet the problems OF transportation.
am in receipt of large number OF
Geographic protests from workers in
several parts of the country declaring
that the effect Of the order will throw
their men out Of employment; thai
due to the high cost Of living they
have been unable to lay anything
aside. and that their suffering during
their period will be very great.
I'm addition to this, / am strongly
of the opinion that to place the in
dustries of the country and as a war
measure would have been much
wiser and more practical course than
the creation of legal holidays, which
will mean holidays from Saturday af.
tcrnoon until Tuesday morning.
''The workers will be the creates,
sufferers from this order Others have
been or will be able to hoard tn
needs and supplies.
Il have just received a letter from
the executive secretary of Dr. Garfield,
the head Of the United States fuel ad-
ministration, in which he says:
In connection with the order clos
ing down industry for five days and
subsequent Mondays I am issuing an
appeal TO industries concerned ask
ing them not to allow labor to suffer
by reason of the shut down. that this
is war measure which confidently
expect industry will execute without
shifting the burden to labor.
Il prayerfully hope our captains Of
industry and business men will show
tfeir patriotism by needing DR.. Gar
feld's appeal. It would be most ur.
wise did they not heed it,"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
SAILORS DISSOLVE assembly.
FAILURE TO APPROVE PEACE
PLANS CAUSES ACTION.
Purpose Not KnOwn-~IntcntiOn of
BolshcvilIi to Take Egtreme Meas
ures, Kept in Dark-Japan's Friend
ship.

Petrograd, Jan. 90 (By the Associat-
ed Press. 1.-The constituent assembly
has been dissolved. The decree of dis
solution was issued last night by the
council Of national commissioners and
adopted early this morning by the
central executive committee Of the
workmen's and soldiers deputies.
Petrograd, Saturday, Jan. 19.-The
solved by the Bolsheviki authorities, it
IS officially announced today. Sailor
guards closed the assem- bly, at o'clock
this morning and q decree of dissolu-
ZION will be issued during the day, the
official statement says.
The text reads: When the constit-
uent assembly voted against the decla-
ration made by the president of the
central executive committee after an
hours deliberation the Bolsheviki left
the hall and were followed by the So
cial Revolutionists of $he left on the
assembly { showing its nwilligness to
approve the manner n which the
peace pourparlers were being conduct
ed. At o'clock tn 8 morning the
constituent assembly was dissolved by
sailors. Today a decree dissolving the
assembly will be published"
The first hint the newspaper men
received that extreme measures were
contemplated was at o'clock this
morning when they were informed
that the Tauride palace, where the
assembly began its sessions yesterday,
would be closed to the members of
the assembly to the newspaper men
and to every one else today.
Meanwhile the All-Russian Railway
Mems Congress has passed by vote
of 273 to 81 a resolution supporting
the constituent bly, and calling
upon the peoples commissioners to
agree with the majority with a view
to the formation of a government re-
! sponSible to the assembly
From Moscow it is reported many
persons were wounded and others
killed as the result OF the Red Guard
firing on demonstrators there in favor
of the constituent assembly.
The Japanese embassy here in an
official statement made denial Of the
reports that Japanese forces had been
landed at Vladivostok.
Japan is a sincere friend of Rus
sia." says the embassy statement, "and
does not entertain the least intention
OF interfering in the internal affairs
Of the Russian people"
| Regarding the peace negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk Count Czernin, the Aus
tro-Hungarian foreign minister, is
quoted here in an interview as declar-
ing that if peace did not result from
the negotiations it would not be be-
cause Of "any intentions Of ours in
regard to conquests."
81 am not going bock upon what
have already stated to be the dual
monarchy's peace program" said
Count CZernin. We want nothing
from Russia, neither cessions Of ter
ritory nor war indemnit:es. We only
desire to see friendly, neighborly re-
lations established on safe principles
relations which will both be lasting
and based upon mutual confidence"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
BOYS NECK BROKEN.
Charleston Lad Killed by Falling Win
dow sash

Charleston, Jan. Thames A. Bo-
wick, Jr., nine year old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Bowick, residing
at IA Bogard Street, was killed yes.
terday when q sash fell upon the hack
of his neck while he was in the act of
crawling through the window tc
open door so that his brother might
get into the house, which was locked
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

n. Is. langtry was elected in
special election held in Ricb,ara
county Friday to all an unexnired
term IN the House of Representatives.
There are five other candidates and
which will win the other vacant seat
VIII not be known until complete re-
turns are tabulated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

Now York, Jan. lS.-William r
Wilcox announced tonight that he
mad resigned the chairmanship OF tn,
Republican National Committee TO
accept service on one of the federal
war boards
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
SUMTER IS LOYAL.
BUSINESS MEN WILL OBEY FUEI.
ORDER IN LETTER AND
In SPIRIT.

Largely Attended Meeting Votes
Unanimously for Resolution Pledg-
Ing Merchants, Professional Men
and Banks to Obcsrve Mondays Dur
Ing Period Prescribed by Fuel Or
der as n Holiday-Au Stores and
onices Save Grocery Stores, VIII
he Closed all Day While Grocery
Stores Will be Open for the Sale
os Food Stuffs Only Until Noon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

the resolution was unanimous and the
ayes were given with a force and vim
that left no doubt OF the sincerity OF
all who Woodland apparently every
man in the room voted.
The question OF the sale of gaso.
line was raised. After some discus
sion on motion OF DR.. l.. s. Booth it
was decided that gasoline should be
sold only on order of the Chief OF
Police or a fuel administrator-I. G
Strauss. Il. B Belser or G. l.. Cuttino.
In effect the Sunday rule as to the
sale of gasoline is to be enforced on
the Monday holidays.
IL was requested that the mer-
chants display signs in their stores
and that each person use every avail
able means TO disseminate the news
as widely as possible throughout the
county that Monday. January q, and
each succeeding Monday. for ten
weeks. will he a holiday i'm this city.
and no business will bc transacted.
There was not n dissenting nor q
discordant voice i'm the meeting. Our
people are seriously realizing that the
country is at war and have pledged
their loyalty and their support.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

Petrograd, Jan. 90 (By the Associat-
ed Press. 1.-The constituent assembly
has been dissolved. The decree of dis
solution was issued last night by the
council Of national commissioners and
adopted early this morning by the
central executive committee of the
workmen's and soldiers deputies.
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to American hospitals. My is.,| and l volunteered. The train in about one o'clock in the mo,.. This was my first real touch of \ It was, of course, sad to see N splendid boys with arms and .'| shot off and otherwise mut1ss but their wonderful spirit of com,, and cheerfulness was glorious Nj. a murmur of complaint, never vm| of fault finding. Those who vsn N capacitated were sorry only beur| they could not get back into M fight, and others wanted to get HYa| up as soon as possible to enn N the front. Of the five hundred N one could walk to an ambulance ,D had to be carried on stretchen < worked for two hours and never rv ized was tired until after 1t va [ over. It is some job to carry m weighing between 150 and 200 psah between two of us. Their Lem spirit and Spartan courage made . ashamed had ever complshA about anything and that had N done my part in this fight for egsl thing worth living for.
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place that you don't find French peo- pie that speak English However, l
 have about doubled my vocabulary
 When I came I could say wee" and now l can say wee, wee" That's
 going some.
 I had quite an interesting experi-
 ence with charming French girl on
 the train when coming to Paris.
 You know the European trains have
 first, second and third class compart- ments. I was travelling first class. We left our port town about twelve o'clock and had a most beautiful day light ride through France, arriving at Paris about ten that night. In the afternoon about two o'clock we stop
 ped at a splendid city for lunch. While we were out this charming girl took a seat in our compartment. Of course it was reserved for the four of us, and five made the quarters rather close, but strange to say, none of us found fault After we were seated we started talking among our selves. The girl read her paper ana after saying "bon souir" paid us no mind I remarked to the boys that 1t was a shame we could not talk to the most attractive girl we had seen since we left the states, and l for
 one intended mastering the French
 language so I wouldn't lose another
 such opportunity Imagine my sur
 prise when she turned to me and
 said in splendid English, "I am al-
 ways glad to talk to Americans. We realize that America has saved us" The laugh was on me, but we had a delightful time all the way to Paris. She explained things of interest, gave us description of air raids on Paris. gave us lessons in French and made herself generally entertaining. She said she had attended school in Eng
 land and had sister who had mar
 ried an American and lives in Ken
 lucky.
 Everywhere we saw the women
 working. on the farms. driving the
 wagons, in the factories, and in fact
 doing everything the men do. The
 women in France and England are
 keeping the farms and factories go- ing
 When I reported at headquarters
 and had a conference with MT. Wolfe,
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LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS
Continued from First page)

service in the U. $. army.
 am glad that l know a lot about treating patients, as that will help me if l should happen to get trans ferred.
 Everybody is expecting the war to close this year, but you can never tell It might last long time, Out there is one thing certain. we are knocking all the Germans flat. Ia nearly every battle we capture from two to five thousand.
 This is the prettiest place in France. It is called Vichy. It Is more like an American city than any other one l have seen yet There are a great number of Americans come
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the assignment secretary, he sent me to Mr Towne, who is in charge of the entertainment department. He told me American singers were in great demand and he would place me in a concert company to visit all the camps. When I saw him later he said he had placed me with a com pany composed of two French and two English girls and that I, being the only man. would have charge and make all travelling arrangements, etc. I told him I was willing to do any thing and go anywhere, but did not relish the idea of having four women to look after, especially when travel ing and getting accommodations over : here now. even by ones self, is quite an undertaking, to say nothing of having four women to look after. However, intended seeing it through but shortly after leaving the office met a boy who came over in our party from New York. He is a pian- ist and is unusually clever with his "song stories.'' He doesn't sing at all but gives his readings with piano ac- compartment. We became fast friends and spent most of our time on ship in the music room going over his songs and mine. So we got our heads together and went to MT Towne with a proposition. Told him we could give an evenings entertainment, could travel light, go anywhere, and would like to go right up to the front where the larger companies, including wo- men, could not go; if necessary we told him we would even ride freight trains, trucks or walk to get to the camps. The idea appealed to him, so we went into his room to the plano and showed him what we had. l had not been wasting any time and have memorized several humorous readings and negro stories. Well, we made a hit with him. He said we had just the "stuff'' the boys would like, and he would route us in the hard places, out close to the front, where the boys didn't get much en- tertainment.
 Night before last they called for twelve volunteers to help the Red Cross workers carry 800 wounded American boys from the train to the ambulances, that they might be taken
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FROM c. E PRECISE

Mrs. J. H. Warr, who resides in the northwest section of the county, sends the Courier-IndeX the following letter, which she recently received from her son. c. E. Precise, now in France;
 France, Oct 30. Dearest Mother:
 l will try and answer your sweet letter I received a few days ago. sure was glad to hear you all were we'll. This leaves me well and feel ing fine. l have been building a house for my lieutenant, and, believe me, it has been job, too, for we had to scrap up the lumber We are staying where the Huns used to stay, but they are not here now.
 We can hear the big guns and see the air raids. This is some country It is all shot up All the little towns are now torn down.
 It looks funny. but the French peo pie are proud of us American sol diers because we have driven the Huns so far back
 No, mother, have not been wound ed yet. You were talking of seeing an airplane do some stunts, but. oh gee, you ought to be here and see some of these. M
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FROM WAYNE JACKSON

Fl. M. Jackson of the Courier-Index has received a very interesting letter from his brother. Wayne Jackson, who is an intertainment secretary in the r. M c. A. in France. Mir. Jack son has visited Marianna and other points in Lee county and is known to many of the people here. Portions of his letter that will be of interest to the public follow:
 Paris, Sept 24.
 Have been here several days. but have been using every minute at tending conferences and sight seeing. Paris is wonderful I have just re- turned from an all-day trip. Visited the Hotel des Invalides. Sounds like it might be a hospital but it really is a wonderful museum. In the court yard are dozens of captured guns, ranging from small ones to one that is a monster; also German planes of every type. including dirigibles. The airplane used by Guynemer in bring ing down seventeen German planes has the place of honor. Fresh wreaths of flowers are placed on it every day It is an impressive sight to see the French approach it with uncovered heads and kneel before 1t. Saw suits of armor and weapons of war used since the beginning of France Visited Napoleon's tomb. (which cannot be seen, as it is covered with sand bags to protect it from air raids). His favorite horse and dog have been standing there all these years and look Wonderfully life like in their original hides.
 I also visited Eiffel Tower and saw one of the long range guns that she'll ed Paris from a distance of 65 or 70 miles, and went to the ruins of the church that was struck by one of the shells, killing a large number of peo- pie I have seen so many things of interest that I hardly know where to begin to tell you of them. l wrote you of my week in London and going through the House of Parliament. Westminster Abbey, Tower of Lon don, St Paul's Cathedral, Spurgeon's. church, etc. but Paris is to me hun dred fold more interesting. Lafay. ette's tomb seems to be the mecca of Americans. 1 think the most beauti- ful place I have visited is the palace erected by Louis the Fourteenth at a cost of twenty million pounds sterling. The grounds and ornaments cost just four times that amount, or $400 000 ,000. It is no wonder the peo- pie rose to throw off the yoke of such a profligate ruler.
 The French people are wonderful. I expected to find Paris city of mourning. with business houses vac ant and no one smiling. To the con trary, I never saw better kept stores, and while women in black predomi- nate, there is an air of cheerfulness prevalent that should put us Ameri- cans to shame.
 Strange to say, one finds little use for one's hard-earned though limited French vocabulary You can hardly go into store, hotel or any pubic