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500 Reward. s1Oo

pleased to learn that there is at lea
one dreaded disease that science haa
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh CautrFh being greatly
influenced by constitutional Conditions.
requires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
acts thru tie Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation OF the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work The proprietors have so much
faith in the curative power of Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
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funds to care for the teachers pay
rolls. Thirty-one votes, three short
of the necessary majority. were re-
corded in support Of the measure,
which was tabled with the prospects
favoring a further consideration be-
fore the end of the week.
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Euttanho!eless Collar.

T@atead CT b1tt0nho,cs, a new collar
for men has slots to slip over the but
tons, those in front interlocling to
hold the collar securely.
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when l sat in the hotel corridor when
we were on our wedding trip. Per-
haps ne would think this worse.
Tomorrow-Eyerett's Letter Disap-
points Sandra.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Negroes Held In Jail
Judge Townsend Overrules Ex-
tradition. Flea From Georgia

Two men are being held in the
Sumter county Jail as fugitives from
justice. and thereby hangs an inter
esti:lc tale.
Several days ago Governor Cooper
hcnOred q requistion issued by the
SoVe:no: OF Georgia for two negroes,
Isaac Nurray and Christian Harrison
who arc w;i:te,, =: Pichmone couH+y.
Georgia. on the charge Of burglary
and who had been arrested at Sumter.
Then The prisoners employed J. Fl.
Clifton, who went before Judge w. II.
Townsend with {: writ Of haDeas cor
pus and demanded their release on
the ground that the Georgia official
did not bring 4 copy Of the indict-
nle2t With him. and Judge Townsend
granted the writ anG ordered tn"
prisoners released.
The Georgia sheriff then had the
mea rearrested or q fugitive warrant
and again placed in jail.
Governor Cooper has the matter
under advisement and has asked the
attorney general for an otficia! cpin-
ION. The governor has not said what
he Will do. but, it is likely that he
kill order the Sumter sheriff to turn
the prisoners oyer 10 tho Georgia Of
ficials
The constitution provides that ex-
traditions arc soiclJ' within the ju-.s-
dic,ion of-t1c executive department.
The following is a copy OF the or
Ger issued by Judge Townsend in or,
dering the prisoners released:
This is an Application upon writ
of llabeas corpus for the discharge Of
the petitioners from the custody OF
the chief Of police.
1t appears that the chief Of police
holds them under arrest upon requisi-
ton papers signed by the. governor OF
Georgia and the governor OF South
Carolina. It is recited i'll these requi-
s!tion papers that the defendants are
charged with burglary. but there is
no copy or other evidence of their
Indictment or Of any affidavit cfarg-
ing them with such an offense.
g! am of the opinion that the eX-
tradition warrant does not authorize
their retention in the custody OF the
chief OF police o.; eNtradition from the
State, because it does hot show that
they are charged With an eXtraditablc
offense.
1T is therefore ordered that the
petitioners be discharged from the
custody CT the chief Of police"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Years CoalOutput
Report or Production of West
Virginia Mines

Charleston. W. Va. March 81
Mines Of West Virginia produced So
G74.s13 sross tons Of coal during the
fiscal year which ended June 80.
1918. according to figures just issued
by the State Department OF Mines
While official figures are lacking Tor
the calendar yea, o.: 1918, the denart-
men. estimates the production at
about 10000 600 tons.
Ccke production during 1hc fiscal
yea1 OF 1918 inc:eased 3%9, idS tons.
according 20 ,:lc report. jhe total be-
ing 3.l22.7722 tons Tho production
of coal ana ccl.c III West Virginia re-
qui-ed the services o. 9l.Ss' nl:n cur
ing 1915. an increase of ~" men
ovc- 1917. \ total OF 1?3 companies
operating 1.%:59 mines. produced tie
.coal and coke. this feature OF the re-
port showing increases OF 10 COM
,;lni,.. and 1916 mines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Russians Bitter Against
League Of Nations
Red Handed Murderers Hate
Allies Because They De Not
Lay Aside Everything to
Render Material Aid
to Russia

Vladivostok, Feb. Correspond
ance of The Associated Press):-seThe;
Russian nation follows with a harsh
feeling Of bitterness all the efforts for
creating q League of Nations, de-
clares Dr. Vaclav Girsa, local mem
Der of the Czech National Council. 1t
! comprehends with difficulty how the
allied democracies can entertain this
noble but rather distant IDEA, and at
the sane time look quietly on at what
IS transpiring in Russia" continued
DR.. Girsa.
Russia today is in need Of assist
| ance. First Of ali she needs reorgan-
;; .zation Of her railroads. Neveythe-
4: less any form Of assistance to Russia
is imaginable only in conjunction
with military expedition which
you'd be able 10 guarantee that the
undertaking Will not be destroyed by
perpicious rebellions and disorders
which have become chronic along the
Siberian railways.
In order. however, that such
military intervention and economic
assistance shall succeed, it is neces-
sa,'y TO carry it out according to a
clearly defined plan, that is to say,
the removal OF the Bolshevik govern
a,ent from Russia. the reestablisNn-
nlent and maintenance of order and
peace throughout the country up to
the time when it will be possible for ,
the Russian people to constitute for
themselves. freely and without coer-
cion. their desired form of govern
ment. Such allied intervention will
be accepted with exultation and with
full confidence by all notwithstand-
ing its even more efficient interfering
with internal Russian affairs
Adherence to the principle Of nom
interference with Russian internal at
fairs. he said, prevented the allies
from supporting either the Siberian :
government or the government Of the
TIA directorate because of lack OF
assurance that either constituted a
government having the confidence Of
the nation. Similarly. he pointed out,
neither Of these governments, even
with the best programs they could
Gevise. were able TO win the conf
Gence Of the nation because they lack
ed the support Of the allies. The re-
suit is a deaGloct. and a situation at
fosd;ng fertile ground for new revolu-
ITEMS calculated TO strengthen Bolshe-
viSni by driving into their ranks the
u::vering left-SocialiSm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
MANY LIKE THIS IN SUMTER.
Cases Being Published in Each
Issue.

Similar Cases Being Published in Each
Issue.
The following case is b"c one Of
a.:lny occurring daily in Snmler. y.
is an easy matter to verify it: You
cannot ask for better proof
w. M. Folsom, proprietor dry
sooos store. Main Street, says:
Il used Doan's Kidney Pills for trou-
bic with my back and kidneys.
My buck panied me nearly all the
/: ne and any qtiich move [ made
caused the pains to be all the more
severe. 1t vas difficult to get up af-
ter sitting down because of the pains.
Ny kidneys acted i:rcsulariy and the
secretions were highly colored and
contained sediment. Doan's kidney
Pills, procured from Zemp's Phar-
macy. gave me the desired relief.
Backaches and kidney trouble van
ished. | felt better in every way.
(Statement given March II. 19oS)
On February II, 1918, Ny. Folsom
added: Il can always recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills as being reliable.
Deans have proven so to me. as
have always had good results FROM
their use"
Price 6Oc., at all dealers Don't
simply ask for "a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Folsom had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Advt. (47)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
CLOTHES FOR REFUGEES.

The call of the Red Cross for
clothing for the refugees abroad Of
fers a. golden opportunity to the
housewives Of America. From genar-
ations of thrifty forebears has come
the habit of saving any article which
might possibly be used at some fu-
ture time AS result, almost every
house has accunulations OF partly
worn clothing, slightly antique hat
trimmings and odd lengths Of cloth
kept to mend dresse and other gar
nlents which long since have fled.
AS matter Of fact, our ancestors
did their penurious bit of saving be-
cause supplies were scanty. We suf-
fer from no such handicap, but we
save our old things just the same.
Conditions abroad are truly ter
rible.. There are thousands ragged.
cold. shoeless, hat.ess. A dotted line
goes from these accumulations IN
our closets and attics to those needy
people as straight as it goes from
eye to eye in the funny pictures. To-
disregard it is to practice selfshness.
And as always. the selfishness will
react: upon the person who practises
it; for she whose conscience with old
garments is corrupted must even feel
guilty at buying new ones.
This is the time to be a good sport. |
to send to the needy. anything the
owner might possibly use, if there is :
also the ghost Of chance that she .
may possibly not use It. The woman
who has the courage to do this will
be happy in having helped the help
less. And having tasted the, Joy OF
storage spaces freed Of their piles Of
.old, unhappy. far-off things she
vii lnerer willingly return to the slav-
cry of mere accumulation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION.

President Wilson is TO be congratu-
lated By friends and opponents alike
FOR reversing his unconlpron: isi1lg at
:itude on the League Of Nations and
submitting the first draft Of Con-
stitution to revision and amendment.
Many able authorities Of both par
ties, including former President TaS
and former Attorney General wicker
sham. have held that the document
as it stood was sound in its funda-
mentals and in most Of its details.
Nevertheless even the friendl;est crit
les have suggested the wisdom of MAX
ing certain clauses more clear and
definite, and inserting certain amend
ments in order 10 reasSuTe those
who feared that vital a. ,erican rights
were being surrendered. Recent re-
ports indicate that the president has
taken their advice, and given SERIOUS
and respectful attention TO such rec
concentrations Of his political oppon-
ents as were obviously honest and
constructive.
AS result, it appears that the doc
ument will soon be freed from those
alleged defects which have provided
the concrete grounds o. opposition
! 1t is announced that thel are TO be
sufficient guarantees regarding 1ht
Monroe Doctrine. immigration. au,
! thority over armament liability t(
war, acceptance of mandatory re
sponsibilities and various details OF
League organization and policy.
Thus a srra; deal Of honest oppo
] sition is already demanded. At tht
same time, a good deal Of opposition
whose sincerity or intelligence wa
open to question has been disarmet
by the discovery that the nation i
Overwhelmingly in favor Of the leagu
idea. and has little patience with OBJ
structive efforts.
All patriotic citizens may we'll re
joice over the fortunate outcome nov
promised for what lately Seeme
about 70 arouse u bitter political con
fict over an issue that has nothin
properly to co with partisan politics
# the present treatment Of the mat
ter continues, in Paris and at homo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
MERCHANTS AND WEATHER
MAPS.
3TEIEI'

The up-to-date merchant stuGle:
the weather map.
Tine was when only the farmer
was supposed to study the cloud:
and remark, ..mackerel sky-it'll be
wet before dry Eut this is true nt
longer.
Such advance has been made in the
study and forecasting of weather con
ditlons that it is possible by perusa1
of the maps issued by the bureau =!
Washington to have a fairly accuratS
idea o; what atmospheric changes arr
likely to be for some time ahead.
The weather Bureau urges tha;
,.,nre use he made Of this inforllia-
ton. One Inan proved its wisdom il:
Inc electrical goods business last sam-
ner. The season was late and thf
heat long continued. His supply CT
electric fans save out. His partner
urged new order; but a study Of th.
map showed :, cold wave on the va.
due before the new supply of fans
co.,lG possibly arrive from the &C
tory. None were ordered, heatin:
appliances were made ready inste:l,l
the storm came. and after it the seq
soma, cool weather
Similarly the umbrella dealer can
determine the wisdom OF q sale &:
the dry goods merchant o
.;lc retention OF winter underwear cr
prominent shelves for few days
longer OF the ACCESSIBILITY OF getting
his cases Of spring goods opened and
ready.
Fruit growers ard gardeners long
nave availed themselves OF these
maps, but evidently they car
be studied to advantage by men en-
gagged in many varieties of business.
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i
business which is necessary to the re-
vival of Russia
And there, hidden in that sentence,
lies the key of all Russia's troubles.
Russia has been thinking she could
live without business and without
government. Some sort of vague an
archistic mama was to feed her when
government and business were gone.
But the mamma Of heavenly interven-
ton has failed. Living requires work
And both living and work require or
der. Ard the ordering Of life and
work are the realities of govern
ment and business
Gaping at unrealities, Russia is
starving and dying Of cold and mis-
cry and disease Her sense Of real
values must in some way be brought
back to her.
Most governments have been badly
ministered in the past So has mos:
business But to throw them away
means to throw order overheard, re-
tanning chaos. And in chaos people
perish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
REALITIES IN RUSSIA.

Walter Lippnlan, in most Keen
and interesting exposition OF The
Political Scene in the current New
Republic, says Of Russia:
.It is possible to make war upon
a nation organized under a govern
nnent. There is no way Of winning a
way against several hundred thou
sand more or less independent VII
layes Yet that is the fundamental
condition in Russia today. All the or
dinary rules OF warfare are inappii-
cable. Il is not possible to bully Rus
sia. into order nor to curse her into
IL She will have to be drawn into
IL by re-establishing the bonds OF eco
nomic interdependence between her
fragments and the organized soc;ct>'
of the west.
He follows this with somewna.
complex scheme for an internauonal
trading corporation somehow under
rho wing of the League OF Nations.
Then:
.eNow the raising Of the standards
of life resulting from this trading
and from relief, might gradually re-
store the contact of the Russian
peopae with the outer world And
with contact would come that seAst
of the realities Of government ano
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
A FRENCH woMAN's sons"

An army chaplain who has beer
with the Americans at lie Mans sends
back to America the sweet, simple
story of an old French mother de-
yotion to all the sons who ga:e
their lives for the final victory.
This woman had sea in the
French army He was captured,
taken into Germany and put into
prison camp. For while she heard
from him quite regularly. Then the
letters stopped coming and for four
teen months she has had no word
of him.
st know he is dead" she says, sc
each day when an American soldier
is buried / make little wreath OF
flowers and put it. on the grave. l
think the mothers back in America
would like to know that another We
man, who, like them, has lost boy
is dropping a flower and tear on
their graves"
Rain or shine, she slowly travels
the n1ile TO the cemetery in spite OF
crippled limbs, and places flowers or
the little mounds that mark the rest
ing places of some of our American
boys
It is touching tribute, and mean:
more than all the protestations O
friendship uttered by public official:
can ever mean American mother
will indeed be grateful to the old wo
man who faithfully does for othe
bows what she cannot do for her OWE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02

The development of the dairyins
industry in Sumter county waits upof
the establishment of a pasteuriZatior
plant in this city which will affor,. {
certain and profitable outlet for al
the milk that can be produced W;rf.if
ten CT fifteen miles OF the cry. lie
matter has been under consitieral;oi.
Fy DR.. China, Mr.. Pickens, manage.
of the Sanitary Dairy and others
who are interested to q greater OF
less extent in dairying for some time,
bat no definite steps have been tax
en- toward organizing q company to
establish . plant. il is Il matter o.
first Importance to the business
Growth OF Sumter and the surround
ing country that the dairying indus
try be encouraged and developed to
the fullest extent, and the one thing
that will insure a market for the
milk that the farmers may produce
is a plant to prepare the milk fol
shipment and to conduct a wholesale
business in the purchase and sale OF
y ilis. A farmer living at distance
from, the city cannot sell his l::illl
here at retail by peddling il IT retail,
from house 70 house, and few Of
them viii undertake to do so. II a
is guaranteed for milk in bulk
cutie number Of men would at once
take up dairying as a side line. Sorl-
ter county is nearing the end Of the
cotton era, for the boil weevil will
! eac1. this territory within tie next
two years, and then other rnoney
crops must be found for the farmers.
All Of them cannot turn to tobacco or
matter what crops are pianted every
farm should have ons it number OF
good tn.ilk cows 10 balance the bust
ness. There is. money in live stock
Ana a farm with plenty of cows is .
fertile and a profitable farm. 1t is
to be hoped that the men who ;.:e
now interested in dairying, in con-
junction with Farm Demonstrator
Williams Will. set in behind this pas
plant proposition and keep
behind it until it is established. There
is no use in waiting until the boil
weevi; panic is upon us to begin to
~. ready to fina other profitab.a
to take the place OF cot
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02

use has any idea CT their cost. Many
farmers who still nlaint;ii'i the!r
smoke houses and corn cribs in the
West use at the present prices
$40 TO $50 worth Of fertilizers per
acre and plenty CT farmers use S25
90 $50 worth per acre it is p:air
that high priced cotton is necessary
10 mee: these conditions.
Conditions are changing and 5aust
change laore en- Southern farms. Ten
.Eears ago 1t was not unusual for &
Hiily OF. fiye or SIX to be housed in
4 s;aGIe roc,. rcGay. despite the
h:Sh cost @: llfa'oer. nails. etc. much
:arger houses are demanded by labor
y 5G:rily wi.o rad one room right
fully wants two; :. family who for
l.iarly lived in two rooms. rislltfu!ly
demands four. Common doceacy de-
iGands these Improvements and many
more.
Perhaps the people OF the West
would oe interested to know a COM
mon sa:i.ig Of the negro OF many
EearS standing. and always remember
i;l >lcai was bought on time from
'L I:.'!i -iiici t:.t- lit pOuiiti VI tCttott
IS worth 4 icu1d OF meat. Aud
lately a good citizen of Texas ex
planned this text: y pound OF cotton
is worth Il pound Of meat and, gem
tlemen there is cotton and cotton as
we'll as there is meat and meat. a
pound Of poor cotton is worth q pound
Of poor meat-"sow belly'-and IL
pound OF good cotton is worth a
pound of good meat-han1-and
friends, my name is Ham and I want
you to stand by Ham for the price OF
HAMS cents
Anyone who lives near a tourist
town gets sick and sore hearing these
gentry. most of whom have gotten
rich out OF some phase of the cotton
industry, complain CT our roads and
the general Inconvenience of travel
i.,s IN the South. They do not know
how hard il has been with us for fifty
years 10 accept ali the responsibilities
OF free men and discharge these re-
SponsibiltieS on the wages Of slave.
These men make one sore but the
nan who makes ME SoreSJ is the
sca|lawag at home, who runs skin
ming game that could not be run
among a prosperous people The South
has for years been the Vests best
customer. We have bought their meat.
their corn and their flour at their
pr;ccs. We nave "i3den IN their bug
.;icS. driven their horses and piowetl
tilci.' males and ROW. oh Lord. We
mast lissoa? 10 ,ae hrayins OF their
1:.sss
Mr. -Nlen. haze dispenser OF Chris
'i,.:.it!-.i in France. should remember
that the lowest deed Il man can be
guilty Of is to steel his neighbor's
good name. 1t is evident he is will
ing" but he Will rot get any further
than he did in Washington in his ef-;
fort e besIlirch the American army
in France When we have completed
the moving Of our corn cribs and
smoke houses from the West to the +!
South, our next step will be TO raise
cur mules. Perhaps then we will well
come the bray of the braZcn ass Of ,
Kansas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Another Transatlantic
Entry

Halifax. March 31.-Colonel Ray
n Canadian aviator, sailed
for England today 10 bring back an
a.rplane to enter the Transatlantic
contest. He will attempt a fight
from New Foundland in May.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Chinese Consider Peace

Picking. March 31.-The reopenins
of the peace conference between rep
resentatives OF north and south
China at Shanghai next week has
been indicated in official circles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Prison for Debs
United States ST. teme Court
Refuses Application for Re
hearing of Case

Washington. March 31.-EuScnc Y.
Debs' application for reheariAs OF
his appeal from his conviction and
sentence OF ten years imprisonment
for violating tho espionage act was
denied today by the Supreme Court.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02

Adyertisements.
One Square first insertion :. ..s1.oe
Every subsequent Insertion. :. SO
Contracts for three months. or
longer viii be made at reduced rates.
ALI communications which sub
serve. private interests will be charged
for as advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes OF respect;
viii be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found
O.. n 1850 and the True Soutaron IN
1866. The Watcnman and Souteron
now has the com bined circulation and
influence of both OF the old papers,
and is manifestly the best advertlsi&s
medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
DEPART.
DRESSN.AkING

Eoi, SALE--F. O. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi>
cal and Fertilizer value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. A.
Strauss. Sumter, SIC.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02

the Constitution when finally submit
ted to the senate will be approved bs'
an almost unanimous vote Of Repub-
licans and Democrats alike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Cotton Market
LOCAL.

P. 6. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at IL o'clock Noon).
Good NEiddling 26.
Strict Middling 25 1-2.
Middling %.
Strict Low Middling % IL.