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TO Buy DIS
TREl,sS COTTON
Three Holding Companies Get
- Commissions

Columbia, Sept. 225.-17hree cotton
holding companies. were commissioned
yesterday by w. Banks Dove. seere-
tary of State each with "a proposed
capital stock of sf00,0eo. The cor
.porations are in Florence Marion
and Mullins. The object of the or
ganizations is to provide means with
which to buy distress cotton and hold
it in warehouses :until the minimum
price is fixed by the American Cotton
association has been reached.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

The civil service commission will
hold an examination at the, county
Court House on October 11th to I'LL
the. position Of rural mail carrier for
Sumter county. :,
On the 22nd of October the civil
service commission holds an eXaml-
nation for the postmastershlp OF
Camden. Both examinations are to
be held hero and at O'Clock
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
SENATE INVESTl-
GATES STRIKE
john Fitzpatrick is FRS. Wit
ness Before Education and :
Labor Committee

Washington; Sept 25.-The. :: senate
investigation of the nationwide steel
;strike to determine whether reme-
dial action can be taken by the fed
,eral government opened today with
John Fitzpatrick, chairman OF the
union committee conducting the strike
as the first witness before the educa-
ton and labor committee.
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Marriage Mcenses.; y

: white-J. E.sTerry .of Tinmonsvills !.
and Aline Stewart Of. Sumter. j. y : I
: Waiter, .C.sWhite of Cleveland saTff
Mary ". Saunders Of Stateburgg. :. :. 4; ~. t.
~ Edward. M. Mcleod Of Sumter and
Florence Justice Of Sumter 4 !. -. ~.
Colored-RobertSM SMcFadden OF Olan-
ia and Rosa Singletary OF Olant2. -
Lutte Franklin. Of Sumter and Daisy
Loney Of Sumter.
Willie Wheeler, of Sumter andsLeila
Bruner Of Sumter -
Henry Johnson: Of Sumter ana
Isabel Easiey. Of Sumter g
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
Suzerainty of Territories Own.
ed by Norwegians is Grant
I ed Norway
BEFORE SUPREME COUN-
GIL PEACE CONFERENCE
Konga Territory in Northern
Mozambique to Be Given to
Portugal

Paris, Sept 25.-The supreme coun-
Gil Of the peace conference today ap-
proved the report Of the commission
on Spitzbergen. granting Norway po
litical suzeranity Of territories chiefly
valuble for coal mines owned by Nor
wegians. The council also decided
that the Konga territory in northern
Mozamb bique, detached from German
colonial possessions, should be given
to Portugal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
JURY LIST

The following have been drawn tc
serve as jurors during the first week
Of the fall term of the Court Of Gen
eral Sessions, which Will convene Mon
day, October 9Th. Judge Edward Nc
Iver will preside at this term.
j. c.. Rogers, Sumter, R. F. D. 2.
L. r. Dickerson, Lynchburg.
w. L. Proctor, Oswego.
w. NJ. Winn, City.
2. W: Chandler, City.
T. j. Brown, Rembert.
OH. Foley, City.
j. e. Mcdaniel, Tindal.
J. T. James, City.
w. D. Colclough, City.
Jesse Hammond, Sumter, R. 3.
Horace Emerson, City.
NJ. H. Flaun, City. :.
A. P. Hinson, Tindal.
J. S. Buck, City.
Ralph Hill, City.
B. O. Cantey, City.
L. P. Turner. City.
s. w. Pringle, Mayesyille, r. ?.
John l.. Frierson, Sumter, r. g.
S. W.~Aiien, Rembert.
J. P. Plumber; Shiloh.
3. Reynolds, City.
z. j. Jackson, Sumter.
r. c.. MacNeal, City.
Jessie L.. Morris: City:
L. w. jenkins, City.
NJ. s. Davis, Sumter, r. i.
c. w. Coston, City.
w. Y. Spann, City.
Samuel Sanders, City.
r. +. McElveen, ST., Shiloh,
P. c.: Kirk, Horatio.
S. B. Geddings, Tindal.
j.. H. DuRant,. Jr, City.
W. L. Gibbs, olanta.
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Marriage Licenses.

colored-Iewis Hamilton Of Sum-
ter and Gree Tisdale Of Sumter.
Daniel W. Johnson of Sumter and
Rosa Moses of Sumter.
Willie Dudley Of Sumter and Ma
rie Wiley of Sumter
Isaac Epps of Shiloh and Queen
Mcknight of Shiloh.
Colored: Ellison Nose, A1ayesville
and Daisy Williams. Mayesvilie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Washington, Sent. 24.-rhc ceder-
al trade commission report just puo-
lished declared. the profits allowed the
FIVE big packers during the war un-
Ger the food administration limited
were double those in pre-war years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Austin, Sept 23.-All railroad
bridges leading into Corpus Christi
were wiped OUT b ythe floods, which
is hampering relief work.
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Married..
.-

Mr.. Ei Ei1w-srd:sM. Meleod saad Mfss
e florence Just.,iios.wefe 1laraisd at tie :
tP,::eshS<lsria1.s. Manse "a t. 5:o'cfcck We'd,
nese;ay afternoen by Kev. j. sP. 1da-
lion = y go -. q: -:
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TEACHERS

Fifty to one hundred requests:
daily from all classes South Ca
rolina schools. If you wart ru-
raj work, graded, high school or
principalship, salary $50 to
$3.50, write us today for special
enrolment.
Southern Teachers Agency,
Columbia. S. C..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

The local postmaster states that
owing to the change in the rate OF
postage, the orders for government
eHFkfopes have been delayed. How
etHf,. he expects to fill all orders al
an carly date.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Mr.. ]. A Metts, chief clerk Of
railroad mail service IS at the local
postofnce today inspecting the clerks
for their. annual examination On
railroad distribution of mails
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Eno.;sh Left.

The percentage OF alcohol in Mil
waukee beer may haze been reduced
but it seems there's still enough Of II
to make the Milwaukee voter act fool
ish.-Macon Telegraph.
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The Story of Our Minister to Denmark

the custodians of this royal villa that II
contained no bathrooms until long after
tire princcsses We're grown up-such was
the simplicity of their carly days.
When he was Chancellor Bismarck al
WAYS appreciated the political Importance
Of Denmark to Germany, and Mr.. Egan
attributes the antipathy of William Ii. to
the Nun of Blood and Iron In part at
least to Bismarck's declaration that he
had married the Emperor to n princess
"of the blood of Struensee," meaning
thereby that there was faint of Height
macy in her line of descent from Christian
VII. of Denmark. "This Struensee, the
German physician who through the de-
genpracy of Christian VII. had become
the guide, philosopher and-it was said
the more than friend of his Queen, Caro-
line Matilda, tried to be the Bismarck of
Denmark but he was Of too soft mould
"a disciple Of Rousseau and Voltaire
rather than OF Machiavelli and Caesar
Borgia. He was drawn and CHARTERED
after having confessed in the most IN
eentlemanly way his relations with the
Queen, sister of King George Ill of Eng
land" Allowing the Queen died at Celle
in exile protesting her innocence, she had
previously acknowledged her inidelity;
and Struensee has generally been regarded
rs tie father of the supposed daughter of
TI,-,e{,on VII hA rnor,aI into Aa
family OF Sehleswig- Holstein- Sonderburg
Augustenburg and became an ancestor of
the iride of William ii. of Germany. Mr..
Egan says that Bismarck thus chose an
empress of the blood Of Struensee "to
correct the supposed faint in the blood of
the Hohenzollerns," but we are left in the
dark as to what the latter faint was or Is
believed TO be.
w.
His agency in bringing about the ac-
QUESTION of the Danish West Indies by
the United States was of course the most
important achievement of Mr.. Egsn's Dip
lomatie career. Some of the ablest public
men In Denmark felt that their country
would: certainly fall prey to Germany
in the event of war between Germany and
England; and if Denmark became a pos
session of Germany so also would the
Danish West India Islands. After the
great war began in 1914 the value of the
islands to the United States became every
day more and more manifest, and in 1915
Mr. Egan began a renewal Of the efforts
TO purchase them which had so long been
unsuccessful. Comparatively few persons
are aware that these efforts date back to
1865, when Secretary Seward suggested to
the Danish Government that the United
States would like to acquire its islands in
the West Indies He met with discour-
agement at first, but renewed the pro-
posal a year later, and in 1867 treaty
was negotiated providing for the eession
to this country Of St. Thomas and st.
John for $7,500,O00, but reserving the
sister island of Santa Cruz to Denmark.
The islanders themselves voted for annex
ation almost unanimously; but in the end
the Senate Of the United States refused to
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~ AhhAllNES OF ulplomatlc eNpe-
4 rience abroad are very much in
vogue nowadays. Notable among them
have been Ambassador Gerard's two vol
umes describing his life in Germany
previous to our entry into the great war,
and Ambassador Morgenthau's story of
diplomacy at Constantinople In contact
with the willy Turk. Ten Years Near the
German Frontier, by Maurice Francis
Egan, our Minister to Denmark in the dec
ade beginning in 1908, is not so distinct
lively a war book as those which we have
mentioned, but it breathes the atmosphere
Of impending var which prevailed among
the Danish people during Mr.. Egan's res
idence In Copenhagen and it presents a
feature of special interest in the authors
account of our acquisition of the famous
island of St. Thomas and its neighbors of
the Danish West Indies now and here
after to be known al the American Virgin
Islands.
Maurice Francis Egau may best be
briefly characterized as an American Ro-
man Catholic man of letters of rather
liberal or progressive tendencies. He was
born in Philadelphia in 1852, received
his academic education at La Sale Col
lege and Georgetown, and occupied HIM
self chiefly as the editor of various Cath
Ollie publications until 1888, when he be-
came professor Of English literature In
the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Seven years later be was appointed to q
similar professorship at the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, D. c., where he
remained until 1907, when President
Roosevelt sent him TO Denmark as our
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potntiary. After ten years of service
there he has been succeeded in his diplo-
matte post by Norman Hapgood, q
diplomat of wholly different type, who
will deserve well of his country if he
serves it as faithfully as Maurice Francis
Egan has done.
II.
Mr.. Egan's long residence in Washing
ton had made him we'll acquainted with
diplomatic manners, courtesies and usages;
and he soon found himself pleasantly at
home in the whispering gallery Of Eu-
rope, as Copenhagen has been aptly de-
nominated by reason Of the close relations
of the Danish capital to the great centres
Of world politics particularly to Berlin.
Having been brought up, as he tells US, to
admire Germans Of the type Of Carl
Schurz and the patriots of 1913, he had
no liberation for anything Prussian or
Bismarckian; and he was thoroughly in
sympathy with the hostility of the Danes
to Germany growing outaof the Schleswig-
Holstein war of 1864. "This was the be-
ginning Of the mighty German Empire; it
made the Kiel Canal possible and laid the
foundation Of the German navy" Schles.
wig is es nquestionably Danish as Alsaee
and Lorraine are unquestionably French;
and no feature of the Paris Peace Con-
ference is more 81 'isfactory than the pros
pect that Schleswig will be restored to
Denmark, thus verifying the saying at
tributed by the Scandinavian historian
Sinding to Talleyrand: "On the very verge
of ruin, the Almighty always has a mir
acle in his pocket to save Denmark"
For many years all patriotic Danes
have feared that their country would
suffer the fate which befen Belgium at the
hands of the Germans in 1914 This ap-
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ratify the treaty. The three large islands
together with all the ad jaeent islets were
the subject of 4 second treaty which was
ratified by the Senate in 1902 but was re-
jected by the upper house of the Danish
Rigsdag. That provided for a purchase
price of only $5,OOO,OOO, or one-ffth of
what we paid eventually. The treaty Of
1916, which Mr.. Egan 80 largely nego-
tiatcd, gives US all the islands for $685.
0GO.O0O.
In the whispering gallery of Europe at
Copenhagen, So near the German frontier,
the certainty Of a great European war had
SO long been fOreseen that Mr.. Egan was
amazed at the increduity of his official
superior on the subject. in 1914" he
tells us, Secretary Bryan seemed to be
sure that no war cloud threatened. When
L saw him early in that year he was en-
tirely absorbed In the Mexican question
and in extending the knowledge Of the
minutie of the Sacred Scriptures among
American travellers In Palestine. l had
just opened my lips (having silently
listened TO the most delectable elOquenee L
have ever heard) to say that Russia had
begun to mobilize and that Germany
would be ready to pOunee by September
when Mr.. John Lind came in and the See
rotary had attention for no other man.
The affairs of Europe faded" Only few
months later western Europe was ablaze
with war and Mr.. Egan was experiencing
the embarrassments that befell our diplo-
matte representatives as long as the United
States remained neutral Among his
troubles were the indignities put upon
travellers who claimed to be entitled to
American protection by German officers
who searched them at the Danish frontier.
Il did not mind when they took all my
letters" wrote one lady, "but when they
rubbed me with lemon juice to bring out
secret writing / said it was too much"
v.
The Danish capital, however, was full
Of interesting stories and incidents in
those days. Mr.. Egan then first heard
of Prince Liehnowsky, the German Am
bassador at London, who has since COM
planned that his own Government misled
him into sincere belief that it did not
intend to make war. A Russian diplomat
said to him: "The Austrian Ambassador
to London and Prince Liehnowsky ara
such honest men that the Prussians find
it easy to deceive them into deeeiving the
English as to the designs of Germany"
During the period of vexatious neutral
ity Mr.. Egan was once more patriotic
than prudent On hearing of Bernstorff's
advertisement warning Americans against
taking passage for Europe on British
transatlatic steamships he exclaimed:
"The day after an American is killed
without warning at sea we will declare
war; This ought to have been prophetic,
but our President willed it otherwise. Mr..
Egan admits that the remark was undip-
lomatic
TEN YEARS NEAR THE GERMAN
FRONTIER. BY MAURICE Francis
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DR.. MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN,
Author Of" TEN YEARS NEAR THE
GERMAN FRONTIER
prehension pervaded all classes of society
IN Copenhagen when Mr.. Egan arrived
there, and evidence that it was well
founded was afforded by the frequent men
ton of Denmark in the Pan-German press
as "Our northern province" Prussia, it
is true, in acquiring Schleswig- Holstein
had agreed that the northern districts of
Schleswig should thereafter be restored TO
Denmark if the inhabitants by free vote
should declare their desire to that effect;
but it would have been just as easy to
declare the treaty containing this pro-
vision "a scrap Of paper" as it was in the
case Of Belgium. Furthermore, the Ger
man propaganda in Denmark has been
maintained necessarily for half a century.
Denmark was In close business relations
with England. Denmark furnished the
English breakfast table-the inevitable
butter, bacon and eggs. But the trade re-
lations between England and Denmark
were not cultivated as were those between
Denmark and Germany. The German
drummer was the rule, the English COM
mercial traveller the exception" A SINH
lar course was pursued in literature and
science. A Danish author was never praised
or petted until he visited Berlin and had
his works translated into German. "Ber-
lin never allowed herself to praise any
Scandinavian books in the original" Nor
did the notable achievements of Danish
men of seience-whieh were many-ever
receive any recognition in Germany un-
less it was personally sought in Berlin
and through the medium of the German
language. Reading between the lines of
Mr.. Egan's narrative, it is easy to per
eeiye how intolerable the insolenee of
Prussiar culture" must have become to a
proud and patriotic people like the Danes
The intellectual reimbursement which
the allied victory has brought them must
be correspondingly grateful.
...-, III.
LAhC al ihOacIH hlsitoto w SOptilldStIit
MIR. Egan was deeply impressed by the
simplicity of Danish royalty, particularly
as manifested in the family of Christian
TX, who was the father of two expresses,
Queen Alexandra of England and Dagmar,
the Czarina of Russia. These Processes,
We art told, made their own froeks and
were taught personally to perform all the
duties Of Danish household. "There Is
villa en- the Strandvej (the beach way)
called Hvidhore, white as BELTS the name,
with sculptured sea nymphs and pretty
gardens and a path under the strand to
the sound. Here, until 1914, the Empress
Dowager of Russia and the Queen of Eng
land regularly spent part of the summer
and autumn. The Russian yacht the
Polar Star and the English Albert and
Victoria appeared regularly in the sound,
the officers added to the gayety of Copep
hagen and the rpyal ladies went to
Hvidh0re, where as the widow Queen of
England said to Mrs. Egan, smiling, we
can make our own beds, as we did when
we were girls" Some years before this
the present writer was assured by one Of
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TEN YEARS NEAR THE GERMAN
FRONTIER BY MAURICE FRANCIS
EGAN. George H Doran Company. 90.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26
CUMBERLAND COMES
FOR GAME TONIGHT
Fast K. @. G. Team To Appear
At Y. M. c. A.

What promises to De one o. the
fastest games Of BASKET bail OF the
season W Il be played on the local
Y. ". e. A. gymnasium floor Fri
H. night, December g. The locals
wjll have for their opponents on
that night the fast K. O. G. team Of
Cumberland. Nd. conceded to bs
he best team in Western Mary
lau1.
Members OF the local quinn are
last Getting in condition for Friday
sisu's contest, and hey will have
10 be "a the best Of condition If they
hcpe 10 successfully combat the of
#aHsi9e battle which the Cumber-
and boys VII und0ubt edly put forth
Last Friday night. when the locals
aiayed the Central ~" of Cumbcr-
Hd, our boys we're not at their
hest due to the fact no doubt that
they lad juat returned from very
strenuous trip and that every mem
ber Of the team was nearly exhaust
4 Ioweeer. The boys are now full
ly rested ard are going to demon
ifde on Friday night that Martins
nue has enc Of the ia test teams
in HIS section III the country 50
Get yeur' tickets early Cumberland
Will arrive in Martinsburg at G30
u. NJ. and The game will start
promptly IT. S15 Reserved seat tick
e55 sre oh sale at Harper's drug
ore and the Y NJ. c. A.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26
A WOMAM'S BACK
The Advice of This martinsburg
Woman Is of Certain Value.

The Advice of This martinsbufg
Woman Is of Certain Value.
Many woman's back has many
aches and pains.
Outlines It's the kidneys fault.
That's why D0an's Kidney pills
are 50 effective.
Many Martinshurg women know
this.
Read what one has to say about
It:
Mrs. VIM. Riker 910 Pennsylvania
Ave, Martinsburg, says: Last sum
mer | suffered severely with d'sor-
dered kidneys. The worss complaint
however weG VIII my back, which,
the doctors claimed was lumbago.
Sharp pains darted through the
small Of my back and I suffered
with nervous headaches, alb. As
many remedies had failed to help
me. tried Doan's Kidney pills
which | bought at Snodgrass' Drug
Store must say that this medi
cine did me more good than any
thing else l ever took. Deans Kid
ney Pills made a great improvement
n my condition"
Price 6Ge, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a Kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Riker had. FosterMil-
bu 20, Mfgrs, Buffalo, y. Y. It
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26
TRY THIS TONGUE TWlSTER
"THE HAPPY HELP 70 HAPPY
HEALTHY"

Dri-Tonic is called the Happy
Help to Happy Health" because it is
easy to make and easier to take.
Simply mix one package with a
quart Of water aud you have a quart
Of pleasant. aromatic, favored ton
ic that will purify your blood, elimi-
nate body poisons nat cause rheu-
matism. blotchy complexion, head
aches, etc.
Dri-Tonic Is the modern scientific
remedy. based on the prescriptions
Of thousands Of successful pnysic-
ians and it builds up a strons and
healthy body by i1surin perfect di-
gestion and appetite.
Get package today from your
druggist, under the money back
guarantee, and prevent disease by
removing the cause. 1t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26
eANCTOYN NOTES

Ganot WI, Pee. 9i.- Some Of thu
kiddies are very much alarmed over
a report that Santa was seriously
Ill. One little tot even wept but says
she feels much better since her no
ther had been TO town and saw
him on tie street
Mrs. Ga,dsha DelIaten has ne.
turned home after pending a week
visiting relatives in Grede..fk roun-
", Va.
Miss Ethel DeHaren called on
Miss Blanche Gain Sunday evening.
Yr. Jerry Slonaker is seriously
IL at this writing
Mr.. G. c. pelIayen and son, Oslo.
were visiting Mr. R. N. Mason sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lamp are
visiting friends in Shippensburg.
Pa, this week.
Mr.. and MIS-. c Y. Frye spent
Monday with Ms Flg's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. doc" Dunham.
Mr.. Peter Mason and son. Den
nts, spent Tuesday in Martinsbure.
Mr.. B. o. Tyson is spending the
holidays with friends in Martins
burg.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26
&oHooL GIRLS WON'T SIT
BESIDE SKUNK HUNTERS
(By international News Sc yice.)

SBy International News Sc yice.)
Nashville, Ind, Dec. ~ Either
the pupils of the public school here
will have to give up skunk hunting
or they will have to change clothes
before they return to school after
profitable skunk chase.
1t all started when the girls at
tending the school complained to
the teacher when compelled to sit
close to the mighty skunk hunters
The skunk hunters are stand az
firm. declaring they will not forfeit
the profits OF the chase
The girls are also standing FIR.
declaring they viii not attend school
unless something is done with the
ldnters.
TAe school Eoard has taken the
matter undee a2vlsement aud de-
ri Is expected within the next
dd3 oc 50.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26
TWO ARE KILLED
IN BOOZE BATTLE

Charleston, Dec. 2G. - Preston
Mullens, an alleged moonshiner, and
John p. Kennedy a deputy sheriff.
were killed in a battle at the head
of Panther creek, in the noun
tains near Welch, Wednesday, ac-
eording to reports which reached
the State Prohibition Department.
The Panther creek region has
long been noted for the activity Of
moonshiners operating in that sec
ton, and last night it was decided
10 raid suspected farms early to-
day.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1919-12-26

IS to receive 500 a week. During
the next four she IS to receive $I23
week, and for the six months fol
lowing the completion Of her eighth
play S150 week.
Thereafter the finn company is 10
have the option of continuing to
employ her six months at a time. in
creasing the wage scale 325 a week
for each period until $3.50 a week
has been attained. the $3.50 period
to last for six months, at the end Of
which time the OPTIONAL right is TO
expire.