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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
Great Cost of War De-
scribed by Baker
Cne Hundred and Ninety-seven
Billion Dollars Recko.,ed OR
Money Basis Alone

San Francisco. March 1S.-"The
cost of the war in money alone was
s197 900. 900. 900, or s11.00O,cO0,0 600
more than the total property value
of all North America" Secretary Of
War Baker told q gathering at the
Commercial Club here today. he
came with Gen. Peyton c. March.
chief of staff. to inspect army posts.
The deaths from wounds in battle
numbered 600 and the tota!
deaths in al! armies reached 9,0oo.-
600" he said.
Referring TO the proposed league Of
nations. Secretary Baker said:
'-Cnless such az organization was
formed under some name and under
some constitution anarchy bred by
disease. hunger and despair would
ovcrwhelm the earth.
NO child born in a civilized world
III the next hundred years will es-
cape paying a considerable portion OF
the debt this war has brought about
Secretary Baker and Gen. March
af1 TODAY for San Diego.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

German nunition plants to be su
pervised by the Allies.
German forts along the Rhine an6
in other stategic positions to be de.
stroyed.
Germany to lose the iron ore de-
posits of Lorraine and the coal of the
saar valley.
German territory to be bounded by
the Rhine on the west and the yis-
tula on the east, reducing Germany
from 212,000 square miles and co.
100000 people to a72,000 square
miles and 67.ooo,ooo people, even if
she absorbs German Austria.
All this in addition to the. indemn-
ityC which will probably approximate
$4,000, 900, 900, the precise amount
being determined by the formula.
"all that Germany can possibly pay"
If this program is carried out, it
will assuredly leave the world safe
from German aggression for many
decades. And if in the meantime
strong, smoothly working League Of
Nations has been built up, the safety
may last forever-or as near it as
inite man dares to estimates.
1t will indeed be monumental
punishment But however drastic, it
Mill not be so much as Germany de-
serves, because it will not come any
where near making amends to the
lations she has wronged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
TILE NEW PRICE LEVEL.

| Many people who keep hoping tha
prices viii drop to somewhere nea
their pre-war level base this hope @,
the fact that our currency system a
present is highly inflated. This infa
ton is bound to stop soon, they argue
Then. with less money and credi
available, the price of nearly every
thing Will go down accordingly.
Now, our currency is certainly in
fated, admits Prof. irving Fisher ol
Yale But he does not agree ina
there is going to be any let-up. Tht
government tried to force a deflatior
after the Civil War, he recalls. by re,
ducing the quantity of greenbacks ii
circulation; depression ensued imnae-
diately, and congress had to forbid
any further reduction.
Against any considerable reduc-
ton in bank credit" he says, I'VE
shalt find the whole business COM
n7unit in arms" And without such
a reduction there can be no general
fall in prices.
There is a world wide cause. too,
operating 10 maintain and even TO
continue swelling the general volume
of credit Deposit banking, he points
out. has increased greatly during the
war, in response to government de-
mands il, all the warning countries,
and it will increase vastly hereafter.
Money goes out of circulation and
out of improbable hiding places into
bank vaults, and there becomes ba-
sis for new circulating credits. Even
the Chinese and the people OF India
are learning This new habit will
lead to a great currency expansion.
"Ir is as if new source OF gold
supply had been discovered
Nobody then need talk hopefully Of
the prices of 1913 and 1914. 1t is fu-
tile to try to bring them back. Buy
ers have been trying it. with insigniti-
cant results.
There is a new high price level
maintains this expert, and it will
prove to be a stubborn reality. The
clever business man. he says, is no.
the one who waits to buy raw mater
i ials or manufactured articles ~
needs. but the one who accepts The
new price facts and acts accordingly
This testimony gives strong supper
20 the buy now movement alread,
under way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
PROPAGANDA IN THE SCHOOLS.

Public schools and higher institu'
tons of learning gladly gave time
and effort to spreading essentia
American propaganda during th5
mar All lines of patriotic endeavor
from Liberty Bond campaigns and
the raising of war relief funds to the
dissemination of conservation educa-
ton and the arousing of patriotic en-
thusiasn1 were given place in the
school program.
S 1t was all necessary and good for
9he time being. Much effective wo.'N
was onaplished, and many families
were reached that otherwise might
not have been brought into the main
stream Of cooperation for victory.
But educators believe that much s.f
this work took time from needed IL.
struction and let down the bars 20
appeals from too many kinds CT
propagandists. They urge the pu;eii.,
to realize now that the time for such
work is ended and the time for put
ting the schools back on a pure.y
sedncational basis, barring everything
sof propaganda nature, is at hand
This need not mean that education
viii crawl into a shell and proceed
without any practical relation to life,
that would be to lose much Of the
good that has come to us out Of the
war The schools cannot stop teach
ing the high American ideals Of free
dom and justice. The old lessons
mnst be adapted to teach the ever
important lessons Of civic responsible
nygand progress, OF honesty and ef-
Gciency and good will.
What it does mean is that all the
Nork shall be educational, tl.a. inter- |
esfs which can be. handled by outside |,
agencies shall not intrude on the
school curriculum. Teachers must
NOT longer be asked to take time from
constructive educational work to read
long printed or nimeographed >ap-
peals fer organizations working out
yde the schools, no matter ho-v
worthy those organizations are.
The step is a wise one. Worthy
propaganda will not be denied Al
hearing in any community, and its re-
ceptien will be the more favorable in
one where the educational process is
not interrupted constantly by outs:l,
appeals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

more canned goods, this time FROM
mothers shelves instead Of the gro
GERS. OF course, too. everything was
good. although not so good as it
would have been freshly gathered
from the garden. promptly cooked
and served in the summer months
when the family craved Just such
food
This womans thrift was misguid
ed. Much better eat some of those
fresh vegetables and put up for the
winter only a sane proportion!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

Salem. Oregon. March 1s.-The
first step toward the application OF
the referendum to the joint resolution
of the. recent legislature, ratifying the
national prohibition amendment. was
.akcn today when a Portland attorn-
ev fled a petition for the invocation
- the referendum for approval and
of ballot title.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

London. March 20.-The Luxen-
burg chamber Of deputies has passed
a bill calling for a plebescite to de-
eide whether the present dynasty
shall be maintained, new dynasty
created or a republic established, ac-
cording to dispatches received here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

Paris, March 2o.-The inter-allied
air commission has sub-commission
working TO elaborate the proposed
international air code. It is hoped it
will be completed within a week and
the results presnted to the peace
conference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

Geneva. March 20.-French troops
have occupied Mannheim and Karls-
:uhe. on the east bank of the Rhine,
on account of Spartacan outbreaks
there. the Berlin Vossische Zeitung
SAYS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

Copenhagen. March 20.-Bolshe-
Wiki troops under pressure Of Polish
forces will be compelled 10 retire and
evacuatc Pinsk, according to War
saw dispatch
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

CopenhaScn. March lS.-The Es-
1honian forces are again masters OF
the situation on the PSkov front. ac-
cordins TO an official statement is
sued by the Esthonian army head
quarters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
NOTICE
CT Application for Final Discharge,
Estate Of Edna Seymour. Minor.

On Apri! 18th. 1919, will apply
10 The Judge Of Probate for Sumter
County for a Final Discharge as
Guardian of said estate.
LAWRENCE T. SEYMOUR,
Guardian.
Sumter, s. c., March IA, 1919.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
N51w YORK COTTON MAi.%ET.

Open High Low Close Close
(OId StyEc)
May .24.1O 242O $3.50 $3.50 2S.79
July 22.S0 22.S0 2220 22.335 22.4S
(NcW Styic)
May .24.4O 24S5 24.27 24.44 24.42
July .22.95 23.O6 22.5O 22.67 22.73
Oct =. 21.43 21.30 20.95 21.06 2l.2S
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

FOR SALE-A small tract of land
at the corner of the Moses Road
and the road to the brick yard. Ap-
ply Davis d. Noise
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

FOR S.ALE-Milk COWS. fresh and
forward sprinsers. E. NJ. McElyeen,
.i.colu. s. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

OBJ aaattgnall ana ssutBroh-
Published Wednesday and Saturday
sOSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
SUMTER, S. o.
Terms:
Si.S0 per annum-iu advance.
Advertisements.
One Square first insertion ..s1.ee
Every subsequent Insertion. so
Contracts for three months, or
longer viii be made at reduced rates.
All communications which SUD-
serve private interests viii be charged
for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes Of respect
viii be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found
d In 1850 and the True Southron IL
1866. The Waterman and Souteco,
now has the combined circulation an6
influence of both of the old papers.
and il naanifestly the best advertise.
medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
Cotton Market
LOCAL.

LOCAL.
y. G.. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
fCorrecteG Daily at II o'clock Noon).
Good Middling, 26 1-2.
Strict Middling, rs.
SLiddling 23 Il
Strict Low Middling 23.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

Total to date from all
sources ..Sl,o 2.?'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

FOR SALE-F. O. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chena1>
cal and Fertilizer value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. a.
Strauss. Sumter. s. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22

a. N. T.. Church,
Middleton, T. S., Rev.
Edward Wells, pastor. Col
lected by r. W. Westber-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-22
County Health Survey.

Previously published from
white citizens, $l,069.So
j. II. Myers, Sumter township, 1000
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-21

Mrs. Mary Rauscher is quite ill at
her home in the Garden Tracts.
G. F. Gibson of Benton City was a
Kennewick visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. M. w. Matchbox and daugh-
ter Harrietdt returned Saturday from
a vacation spent at st. Maries, Ida.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. T. Tracy came in
from their Hover ranch to spend a
few days in the city this week.
Mrs. j. B. Slaugenhaupt, who has
spent the past two months in Valley
City, N. D., visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Green and son, returned to her
home Saturday.
Mrs. E. Y. Hawley and daughter
Sarah leave today for Lake Chelan
where they will spend a few weeks
with Mr.. Hawley.
Roy Yates and R. Sapp motored to
Pendleton Sunday. Little Ralph
Yates who went with them remained
to spend few weeks with his grand
parents.
A. w Madison, who came here &a
few months zago in search of health,
died at: his home in the Valley, We'd
nesday, leaving wife and two child,
rem. Funeral services were held at
the undertaking parlors Thursday at
2 p. I'M. He was a native of Finland
and aged 35 years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-21

- There will be services at the Cath
,1;c church Sunday at II a. m.
/. Holcomb has gone to Water
vile on business trip.
Mrs. E. M. Sly and Mrs. III. II. Da-
IL were Pasco visitors Monday.
Everett Butler, a sheep man from
poser. spent Sunday in the city.
2. Beste was called to Spokane
Monday by the illness of his mother.
Mrs, w. R. Crawford returned home
Friday noon.
n. Cox has been quite i'll at his
home in the Garden Tracts.
Mrs. Ella Wood has taken Miss
Ethel Watson's place at the bakery.
r Lyle Smith and bride have gone
70 spend their honeymoon on the
Sound.
Mrs. Chas. Haas, Irene and Chas.
r. motored to Seattle Tuesday. They
viii be gone week or ten days
G. w. Hamilton, prosecuting attor-
ney for Benton county, was in the city
on business the latter part of the
week.
Miss Audrey Graham left Sunday
as guest of the E. w. Trenbath's on
their trip to the Coast. Everett Sherk
also accompanied them to Seattle and
will 90 from there to Seaview to join
his family.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-08-21

Miss Hazel Kadow left on Sunday
for Spokane, where she will visit her
sister Bernice and from there she will
return to Walla Walla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
Suffered With Rheumatism
Catarrh and Stomach Trouble

81 think Number 40 For the Blood
purifier has no equal. When ! began
10 take Number IO | was In very poor
health, rs had Rheumatism, Catarrh,
stomach Trouble, Lead Poisoning, ana
an Itch that | had tried almost every
known remedy TO relieve. | have tax
on six bottles OF Number 40 and am
on a fast road to recovery. owe my
life To Il, as | used To weigh III
hounds and now weigh lts. my usual
weight. could write more but TINS
should be- enough 10 convince the
most skeptical, and you are at lher'
Is to use this letter anyway you de'
sire" Geo. Klinker, Lima, Ohio.
The ingredients in Number 40 FOR
The Blood" are set down In the u. =
Dispcnsatory and other reliable med
zeal books as follows: Employed in
diseases of the glandular system, IN
blood poison. constipation, stomach
and liver troubles, chronic rheumatism
catarrh. sores, ulcers, skin eruptions'
mcrcuria and lead poisoning. Under
its use nodes, tumors. scrofulous swell
ings that have wthstood all other
treatment disappear as If by magic
Prepared 10y j. G. Mendenhall, EN'
ansvillr, Ind, 40 years a druggist.
Sold by City Drug Store.-adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
FROM EIGHT
STATES TALK HIGHWAYS
At KANSAS CITY MEET

Kansas City. July 30.-Representa'
tives of the state highway departments
of oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska. Mis-
souri, Kansas. Iowa. Arkansas ana
Texas met here yesterday to plan con
certed action designed to obtain fur
ther appropriations from congress Tor
highway construction. This meeting
was called on the initiative of Gov
Henry ]. Allen of Kansas, who pre-
sided.
There are half a dozen or more bills
in congress seeking federal aid TOT
highway building. and In practically
all states there Is n desire to see some
Of these bills enacted into laws by the
present session of congress-" said GOV
ernor Allen. I'VE hope to have other
states take up this organized effort.
kansas has exhausted the appro'
priation of nearly ss.000,0O0 federal
aid. and other states have allotted all
their appropriations. These allotments
came from a congressional appropria'
tlon of 5000, ,O00. 900 available of fed
eral aid has just gotten "A good start.
L
to make n further appropriation to the
states would keep the movement from
sagging. Counties could continue 10
file their petitions for new highways
IL federal aid will be available.
There is bill in congress for the
construction of cross'continent ma
tional highway by the federal govern.
ment. calling for an appropriation Oh
5000. 600, 600 1t has some support, pu'
! believe the majority of the states pre-,
fer to have this sum allotted to all
states in general, as was the last ap'
propriation of $500, 1000 900"
Other highway bills in congress, IN.
cluding that of Senator Townsend Oh
Michigan, providing for the organiIi'
ton of a national highway commission
said TO have the backing of the Amerl'
can Association of State Highway VI
ficers. were discussed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
SENATOR DILLINGHAM; SEES
WILSON AND WILL VOTE
FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Washington, July 30.-Senator Dill
lingham of Vermont, first of the repup'
lican senators to see President wilson
today when the latter resumed his dis'
cussion of the treaty with members oi
the senate majority, announced on
leaving the White House that he eN'
neetod to vote for the treaty with res
ervations.
Senator Dillingham; said he had
very satisfactory and delightful taih
with the president, who could answer
any questions concerning the negotla'
tions at Paris, including the ShantuhB
settlement.
President Wilson did not indicate 10
the senator that he would make pup
lie statement concerning Shantuhs'
and Mr.. Dillingham; said he did not sct
the impression that such statement
would be forthcoming.
Senator Harding of Ohio, republican
member Of the foreign relations com
mittee, also conferred with the presi'
dent on the peace treaty Upon leaving
the White House he dictated this state
ment:
The president especially emphasized
he embarrassmentS and delays which
would result from reservations on the
part of the United States. because such
course will Justify like action on the
part of the other signatories of the
treaty"
Senator Harding denied that he had
become a convert" to the presidents 5
program of ratification of the treaty
without reservations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
MEXICO ABOI.ISHES BOARD
THAT HAS ADMINISTERED
PRIVATE PROPERTY D YEARS

Mexico City, July 2s.-After an ex'
istence OF five years the special feder'
al body created to administer private
property taken over by the cons'il"'
tionalist government was abolished To-
day by presidential decree. The duties
Of the central body and its branches
throughout the state have been turned
over TO the bureau OF national property
of the treasury department.
Brief unofficial statements placed the
value of former private property now
administered by the government at 10
900 900 pesos as compared with 4eo''
0OO, 900 pesos worth held AT the beslh'
ming Of 1917. Among the persons VINO
have not yet received their estates are
those actively opposing the present
government and those concerned In the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
IMPORTS FROM EUROPE
SHOW CONSIDERABLE GAIN

New York. July 3O-A gain of more
han $4,000 900 in European importa'
ions arriving in New York during
Iune. 1919, is recorded over the cor
.esponding month of last year in figures
compiled at the custom house ana maue
public today. According to these fig
,res. last months imports from Europe
otalled s44.1OS.S79, while in June. 1919
he total valuation was $26,1O4,S2S. EX
ports from this port to Europe last
month totalled s3O5, 222,9 ,975, while for
fune. 1918, they were but s146,S76,l5l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
SULPHUR
Papers on sale at
wiley's Drug city Drug
store. store.
East Side West Side
Family Reunion

A large family reunion was held al
ne home OF John Guerry saturday, at
ended by large number Of relatives
rho had not met In many years
Those present were four sisters Mrs.
tapp OF Altus, Mrs. j, +, Briggs OF
;riggsville. Ark, Mrs. sam Naughon ol
.ehigh. and Mrs. j, II. Hunt OF Rover
rk.
There were also present j. H. Hunt
frs. Ruby Floyd and two sons of Rover
.rk.; Messrs. Henry and John Hunt
( wapanucka and Bernice, little son
Mrs. Vaughan. Also "a large number
( friends and relatives of th" Guerry
amily living near here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
No Worms i'm a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms
have an unhealthy color, which lndl'
Gates poor blood, and as rule, there
s more or less stomach disturbance
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC
given regularly for two or three weeks
will enrich the blood, improve the oil
sestion and act as a General Strength
sning Tonic to the whole system. Ma
:ure will then throw off or dispel the
worms, and the Child will be in per-
feet health. Pleasant TO take. 6Oc
Der bottle.-adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01

p. B. Haney left Tuesday for Ala
anna TO be gone for several weeks on n
usiness trip.
p T.. EleaZer returned to wilson
tuesday after spending the weekend
I home.
Geo. w. Terry left Tuesday for Wapa
,ucka to visit some relatives Tor lew
ays.
Joe Youree of Electra, Texas, is here
listing o. l.. Stephens.
Mrs. Fila Horton and daughter Miss
;ladys, of Roxton, are visiting MIS-
Iortons brother, T. NJ. baltimore.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Miller will leave this week
or St. Joseph. Mo-, TO join her husband
.fter an extended visit with her parents
n this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. =. G. Donaldson Will
.aye August Sth for Bartlesville, where
dr.. Donaldson has accepted position
With the Empire Oil and Gas Company.
David c. Jones will leave this week
or a visit to his old home at Cooper
'exas.
Luther Howerton of Paris, Texas, is
tisiting his aunt, Mrs. j. K. Yates.
w. A. Rife and family of Mangum'
OKLA, returned home Tuesday after
pending week visiting with his pro'h'
q, Willie Rife. in this city.
Mrs. Alcott of saltwater is spending
ne week with her daughter Mrs Chas'
!. Bryan.
DR.. C. H. Henry was called to ms
I'D home in Kentucky the past week
N account of the serious illness OF ms
mother.
Mrs. C. f. Bowlin, who now lives at
IDA. was here the first of the week
listing.
Mrs. w. f. Harvey and daughter OF
ida spent the first of the week mere
isiting.
Misses Lucille and Lena Parks, dausn'
ars of Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Parks VINO
ave been spending a month in Kansas
yty. returned home this week.
Mrs. s. p. Holly and children of Ard
more are the guests of Mrs. c. G. White
his week.
Miss Marjorie White returned nome
yesterday after an extended visit with
riends in Durant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
ThoughtDead Back From overseas

Erwin Gierhart. another sulphur man.
, home from overseas and is here thls
,eek visiting his father and family ilis
,any friends in this city, who thought
,e was among the casualties published
ONE months ago. were surprised TO see
i'm home and to greet him when ne
rrlyed here last Friday
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01
Notice.

BARRIERS Union No. 4oS, Ardmore'
Okla. will raise prices as follows be-
ginning August LIST, 1919: Shave 25c'
Haircut, 40c,
G. Il. GLENN, President.
ORLANE NORRIS. Secretary
2s.3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-01

death OF President Madero in Febru'
ary, 1918.