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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
FRENCH To Build NON.SJNK.
ABLE SHIPS.

Shipping Board Approves Construc
lion of Twenty New Vessels In
United States.
Washington, Nov. 1.-THE shin.
ping board has approved the build
ing of 20 1900 ton on-sinkable
ships by the French government in
the United States.
The non-sinkable ship, developed
by French experts, is said to have
withstood torpedo attacks in a test
in which four shots were fired into
the hull and the only effect was to de-
stroy the cargo Immediately sur
rounding the point of attack.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
PNEUMONIA AT SEWER.
Six Privatcs Have Died i'm Past Two
Days.

Greenville Nov. 1S.-Siy nrjvates
nave died at Camp Sewer in the last
two days of pneumonia following
measles, it was announced tonight.
Three of them succumbed today and
three Saturday.
The men who died today were Pri-
Yates Hardy Lawson, George X. Nc
Collum and Herbert E. Tharington.
Those who died Saturday were Pri-
Yates Lee Lane, Davis c. Avent and
Joseph Copper.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
VILLA IN NEW REVOLUTION.
In Same Boots, Hat and Flannel
Shirt OF Former Campaigns--Ban-
dit Chief il Stirring up Mexico.

Preside, Texas, Nov. 17.-Wearing
his campaign costume of high boots,
high Panama hat and flannel shirt,
Francisco Villa again is in the saddle
in Mexico at the head of a new revo-
lutionary movement which he calls
FL Partido de la Convention. His
headquarters had been in Ojinaga
opposite here since his troops captur-
ed the town from the federals Tues
day night.
Villa now wears a black beard, a
relic of his recent trip through Mex
leo TO confer with his chieftains and
heads of other movements who he
claims to have correlated under mis-
leadership for the first time in more
than a year.
Villa today authorized the follow
ing statement for the Associated
Press:
Upon taking possession by force
Of arms of this town, which / found
in the power of the socalled consti-
tutionalists who criminally defended
it for Venustiano Carranza, the trai-
tor and despot, l think it my duty to
make the following declarations in
order that once more my aims and
motives may be shown to- the world
TO be patriotic and noble.
First of all have no personal am
biuons but my earnest desire which
l have already expressed is that my
people may obtain unity and my coun-
try peace, To that end, 1 bring to-
gether the principal revolutionists
who since 1910 have been striving TO
attain that end. Contrary to every
thing they have said Of me, I wish to
make it known that / will strive with
valor and decision against the enc
my, but / will be magnanimous in
victory, the proof of which was the
recent occurrence here of turning
over to the CarranZa consul in Presi-
dio the Carranza wounded who were
made prisoners and also the release
OF prisoners Incorporating them in
our army because they decided they
were on the wrong side.
Il wish now to make a solemn call
10 all Mexicans in general and in par
ticular to CarranZa soldiers to notice
how l have conducted myself in COM
parison to the conduct of Francisco
Murguia in the State of Chihuahua.
He has said many times that ] an,
fighting for fortune only, but / wish
to make it public on this occasion that
| have never fought for fortunes
sake, and it is absurd and ridiculous
to accuse me of it.
Il repeat that my strongest desires
are and will be to make happy and to
unite the people of my country"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
THE JEWISH QUESTION.
The Establishment of a Jewish state
in Palcstinc--Will This be One or
the Matters to be COnsidcrch When
Peace Conference is IlclIo

The Hague. Netherlands, Oct. IL.
correspondence of The Associated
l'reSs) One of the first ministers of
neutral country publicly to express
himsef in favor of u Jewish State in
Palestine is Marie Willen Frederill
Ireub, Hollands Minister of Finance,
who has frequently been called the
strong man" of the Dutch cabinet.
THE Jewish question is an interna-
tional problem the solution Of which
Is OF world interest" declared Minis
view. IF an international solution OF
the Jewish question proves possible,
and the formation Of Jewish state
is one Of the consequences Of the uni.
versal war, l personally should be
very pleased. One of the first re-
Quirements would naturally be that
the sacred places of Christianity
should come under the control of
Christian authorities or be internat-
ionaliZed. But L do not think diff
culties will arise on that head. Every
friend of humanity must desire the
rebuilding of the Jewish nation in
Zionist sense. Every endeavor will
therefore have to be made in the di-
rection of transplanting the Jewish
people to its old place of residence in
order to solve question that is so
painful for the Jews and tor the
world
1T cannot yet be said with certain
ty what questions will be discussed at
the coming peace conference" con
tinued Mr.. Treub. in reply to an in
quiry. Whether the Jewish question
will come up for discussion depends
on the manner in which the peace
conference is held. The question is
whether peace negotiations will be
restricted to the most important
points, or whether an endeavor will
be made to solve all international
questions. In the latter case, it mav
be hoped that the Jewish question
will not be forgotten.
Here in Holland there is no Jew
iSh question. We know no definite
anti-semitic movement, such as exists
in Germany and even in Austria. Ev-
cry able Jew makes his way equally
as well as an able Christian in Hol-
land. Talent is here the only reouisito .
demanded for success, and with us a
gifted Jew may become cabinet
minister We are proud of our ira
ditions of freedom. Holland has nev-
er known hatred of Jews or Jew
ssh prosecutions. If we had not been
so philosemitic we should have had
no Spinoza. (The great Dutch-Jew.
sh philosopher.)
From a moral standpoint too. Hol-
land has an interest i'm wise solu-
ton of the jewish question. as laid
down in the Zionist program. 1t is
that for that reason
wide circles in Turkey. and i'm coun- i
-ries allied Herewith, are also in fa-
vor of the realization of Zionism. !
II lies in the line of historic develop- |
ment that every people be offered
Lhe opportunity to freely develop its
powers concluded Minister Treub.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
FATE OF WOMEN SOLDIERS.
Russian AmazOns Transferred to Dis
tant Point In Finland.

Peirograd, Noy. 1.-THE fate of tn
women soldiers captured at the Win =
ter Palace IS arOusing speculation.
They are said 10 have been trans
tcrcd To- a point in Finland whcrc
hey are harshly treated. The British
embassy is unable to get information
concerning them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
PEOPLE LEAVE VENICE.

Venice, Nov. 1G.-Only about TWEEN
" thoIsand Of the usual hundred and
sixty thousand population remain in
the city, but despite the proximity of
the enemy lines at the mouth of the
Piave river, this remnant remains
calm. The city may not be defended
In case of attack, in order to spare
the monuments and art treasures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
GONE FOR GOOD.
Results That last Are What Appeal to
Sumter pcOplc.

Results That last Are What Appeal to
Sumter People.
| Kidney sufferers in Sumter want
more than temporary relief.
They want results that last
Results like Mr.. Vogel tells about.
His was thorough test.
Two years is q long time.
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test and STOOD it we'll.
Why experiment with an untried
medicine?
People here in Sumter have shown
the way.
lead the sto"y OF +. w. vogel 401
l.. Hampton Ave. He SAYS: .For
several years 1 suffered from pains
through the small of my back and
whenever 1 stopped. I was in mis-
cry. My back became very weak and
several times 1 had to give up work.
physician treated me, but his med
icine as well as a number of others.
brought no relief. After using one
box of Doan's Kidney Pills. the pains
disappeared and siz boxes complete
ly cured me-"
A Permanent Cure.
over two years later, Mr.. Vogel
said: "Doan's Kidney Pills made q
permanent cure in my case"
Price 60c.. at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's kidney Pnls--the same that
Mr. Vogel haS twice recommended.
Foster-Milbui Co, Props, Buffalo.
y. Y.-Advt. ,4al
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
FRENCH NEWS CENSORSHIP.

Paris. Nov. 17.-'rhc French gov.
ornmcnt. II H. reported. will supprcs
tlre political censorship Immediately
~ for the military and diplomati,
ctnsorah'p special Office VIII he os
tablishcd Ia the war department
aFvisc tho newspapers daily wha, .o
to- pubIish as dangerous 10 tho ON,
duct OF the war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
How to Save.

Maybe some of these cheap sports
who have been corresponding with
girls in other towns, will get local girls
TO save the high cost of the correspon-
dence method of courtship.-Abbe-
vile Medium.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
BOYCOTT OF GERMANY.
Norwegian Association Through With
All TcutOns.

Christiania, Nov. 16.-The Tidens
Tegn says the Norwegian Water AS
sociation has adopted resolution
proclaiming a complete boycott OF
Germany, German shipping. German
trade and German citizens i'm Nor
way.
Similar resolutions have been
adopted in other Norwegian towns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
FEE ~ BROOKLYE.
.iuCthcr Warehouse Destroyed ny IL
CcnNinrN Elayc.

New York. Nov. 17.-AnOthcr Hr,
ou the rrook!yn waterfront today de-.
strOyed fifty thousand dollars wort
0t spices i'm a warehouse. Invcstiga.
ton disclosed evidence that TN
.h''vc WAS probably of inccndiary ori.
Gin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21

An official statement issued by the
British war office August "a said that
the number of prisoners captured ov
the British in all war theatcrs since
the beginning of the war, exclusive Of
African natives, at that time totallel
131,776.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-21
GEN. MAUDE DEAD.
Victorious Leader i'm MesOpotamia
Sick Only EcW DAYS.

London. Nov. 19.-Major Gen.
rrederick Stanley Maude, the British
commander in Mesopotamia, died yes
'efday, after brief illness He cap
'ured Bagdad and was rated as one of
me most brilliant officers in the Brit
ish service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04

How much of saving could we Ell
feet by eliminating our manufacture OF
distilled spirits and fermented liquors >
Let's look into this thing little bit.
Last year the grain used in this coun-
trv in the manufacture Of distilled
spirits was, in round numbers, 10000
600 bushels. and in beer and ale 78,OOO,-
900 bushels. total of 1l8,00O,OOO bush
els. The three principal grains used
in the distiIleries and breweries were
corn. rye, barley and rice.
What did we get out of this grain?
The distilleries turned out $4,000
900 gallons of spirits and the breweries
60.O0O0 900 barrels of beer or 1860, 0OO,-
900 gallons, which is the largest annual
OUTPUT of beer in the world, England
coming next with 42,700,000 barrels.
Germany third with 26,300,000 barrels
and France fourth with 100000 bar
rels. In this connection it may be men
toned that the output OF distilled splr-
its in the United States in 1916 exceed
ed the output in 1915 by $4,000, 1000 gal
Ions. an increase of more than 100 per
cent
To begin with. then. we are more
blessed than any other nation IN the
natural resources of our food supplies,
in the manufacture of improved ma
chinery for developing these supplies,
and in our man-power for making the
machinery ard working the soil so 1t
will reach the maximum Of its produc-
tivity. But we only partly make good
with the means at our command. We
come far from reaching the best results
in agricultural progress. We come far
from reaching the man-power and the
science of bringing all out of the earth
that is in it; and we are sorely lacking
in that greatest of all sciences--econ-
omy: individual and national.
Here we had 4,715,429, 900 bushels of
grain raised on our harvest fields last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
They think so in Great Britain.

They think so in Great Britain
Llovd George, in MS address before
the House of Commons the other day,
bringing before the English people the
menace of the U-boat war, urged the
necessity for economy, especially the
economy of food. He said the products
of the breweries would be reduced by
100000 barrels of beer annually and
that a similar deduction would be made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
John Barleycorn's Or

women and children were suffering Tor
food in a country where the vastest
food supplies in the world were raised.
You perhaps asked yourself what was
the reason for it all-who was respon-
sible for it. You perhaps figured out
for yourself that it was caused by
wrong system due to bad politics, to
avarice, to inequality of wages and
prices. to the war. If you thought OF
drink at all, it was more in the sense OF
exceptional cases, viewed by Individual
inability to make livelihood, as, per
haps, you argued that this was prop
osition of the actual lack of food, rather
than the lack of the means to buy the
food.
You were getting on the right trail,
but perhaps you did not follow 1t, for
the true reason for all the food distress
is economical. Putting aside all mora
issues, the physical issues show that
large quantities of grain come over sa-
loon bars in fancy glasses, stems, mugs
and schooners. instead of out of ovens
IN the form Of bread. cakes and other
edibles that satisfy the hunger and
nourish the body.
There are other causes for hunger,
but this is one Of them. The economic
world has been whitfield down to such
a fine point that every ounce Of suS-
tenance counts in the physical philoso-
phv of man. The war has wrought
many changes, and among some of the
changes are important reforms. The
living problem has been confronting
every nation in the Old World, and now
il is confronting us of the New World
with a power that we never before
knew. The greater part Of us now re-
alizo that the food question is one OF
the mighty problems before us. We
must anaIyze it and work it out.
Does drink enter the economic
scheme?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04

in the output of distilled spirits, thus
saving 100000 tons of foodstuffs a year
to England.
Sixty-fve million bushels Of grain
have been used every year in England
in the manufacture Of beer, ale and
spirits, but under the new order the pro-
duction has been decreased 80 per cent
from last year.
Well how about the United States?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04

w nth malice toward none and
w charity for all, this query IS
propounded: We're you ever
at an old-fashioned temperance lecture?
If you were, you know that the gen
teman attired in long-tail black coat,
black trousers too elongated at the bot
tom and too abbreviated at the belt
line, high white collar and suffOcat-
ing black choker, who sat on the plat
form with the Board Of Selectmen, was
surrounded, when he began to lecture,
with colored charts indicating various
phases of intimate human anatomy
from the normally active and vigorous
to the leathery and galvanized.
To-day the digestive apparatus OF
man is again playing a part as an Cd
Jet lesson in the temperance field. we
have been experiencing more impress
sive temperance lecture than that de-
lvered by the gentleman Of the long
tail black coat and the colored charts
It has been given by many women al
the New York City Hall. The news
papers call it "The Food Riots.
From this new temperance lecture
arises the Spectre of Hunger. In It's
frightfulness" it is more appalling
than the ancient array Of charts. From
II We are becoming familiar with an old
Sord-a word which we have neglected
since the days Of our forefathers. This
word is economies" BY deduction and
induction we may draw from 1T not only
The secret Of living well, but the secre'
Of existing.
You who saw the crowds Of hungry
women and children in City Hall PARK
N you who read about them, were per
Maps brought in closer touch with the
bread Line than you were ever brought
oefore. You perhaps realized that men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04

Does this mean anything to your
Have you ever considered how much
of this grain is going into beer and
whiskey? Well let's stop minute and
look into it.
What are the distillers in the United
States turning into spirits every year?
Thirty-two million bushels of corr,
100000 bushels of rye and 100000
bushels of wheat, oats and other grains
used in poorer products of Oscillations.
And what are the brewers of the
United States turning into beer every
wear? Ten million bushels of corn, 81
100000 bushels of barley and 10000
600 bushels of rice A total Of about
lO0,O00,000 bushels of grain year goes
into whiskey and beer that could go into
food. Something like 2,745 900 gallons
Of the distilled spirits are used for scien
tific purposes and 84,000,000 gallons for
denaturation purposes, but we still have
left for whiskey about 98,000,000 gal
Ions, besides the 1860, 100000 gallons
of beer, or enough to give every man,
woman and child in the United States
nearly gallon of whiskey apiece and
more than eighteen gallons of beer
apiece for year, so there seems to be
scant danger of anybody going very dry.
Of course, other ingredients than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
FOODS THAT GO INTO KEGS AND BOTTLES

eorain made whiSkey and beer last year:
supplied with bread for Ioo ds;
supplied with cornmea TOR o days;
supplied iW days;
supplied with 10 POUNDS OF rice eh
supplied with gallon OF noeS eh;
Ioaye have from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04

year, and yet people to-day are crying
for bread We put 118,000,000 bushels
of this grain into drink instead of food.
and now there are hundreds Of thou
sands suffering for food, but no one IS
suffering for drink.
Glance at the crop yield in 1916:
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05
HOW LONG WILL iT LAST?

There was never time where it
was safer to prophesy after the event
than when asked to predict when the
war viii end.
Nobody can predict it. A sudden
detection on either side or great
victory by either side might bring it
to a speedy conclusion.
Many see the struggle going on, bgt
few weeks longer Still others hope
that we shall have peace before the
year is ended.
1t is possible we may, We hope 50.
Nobody desires long war
But We. do not know. Therefore.
VIC are adopting the only wise course
il, making our minds~up for long
struggle.
The president has said that three
years plan must besput in operation
that we must prepare for three
| years struggle.
We ought to let that sink in our
taiGds And we ought to add to il
the knowledge that We are in the war
for all we are worth We must enter
it wholeheartedly and with all our re.
sources.
To do this will be to bring the war
to an end sooner,
We have got to take this matter
more seriously, we have yet not
realized the Importance of our part
in tho conflict or its serious charae
ter.
| We must be prepared to do our par
nobly both as individuals and as /
| nation.
| These are facts that must be mad'
clear and these are reasons why w
deprecate hesitancy or temporizatio0
OF which We have traces even among
our legislators.
| The war win last much longer thar
otherwise il We daily aud delay doial
our Bit, and viii cost US more in bloo,
and treasure.
No matter what our president cali
for-whethcr men or money it mus
tbe given without stint or delay
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

who attend the officers training
camps.
4 Rich men, or their sons, and young
men without any established business
or family responsibility are the only
ones who can afford to spend three
months without pay preparing them
selves for commissions, as the pres
ent plan, proposes.
This is not criticism Of the rich
man or OF the young man. Both may
make excellent officers.
But, If we are to send million or
more Americans into the army, il
should be our first duty to see to It
that they are provided with capable
leaders. The ability to command is
rare gift. Men who combine with
it previous training in the technical
side Of. military matters are not so
numerous that the nation can reject
their seryices-as 1t tacitly does un-
der the present "no-pay pIan"--be.
cause they have assumed family re-
sponsibilities or are not blessed with
an income which will continue while
they are dcvoting their time 10 ma
tiOnal service.
A little more care in scrutinizing
the qualifications of those who apply
for admission TO these camps, coupled
with reasonable pay for the time, de.
voted TO the training, will give our
army better officers.
Discipline and morale will be better
II the men IN the ranks feel that those
set in authority over them have been
selected solely because they are fit to
command than IL the impression that
only the man with money can obtain
a commission gains credence among
them.
An even greater evil lies in an IN
due proportion of very young officers.
Three months is 4 mighty short time
in which to fit any man for the Sc
rious duty Of guarding the comfort
and the safety of enlisted men under
him. Other things being equal, the |
man who has lived long enough to !
learn the lessons Of responsibility, |
self-control and decision in civil life
is the better material for the short
term officer.
In many cases the sacrifice which
the man of this type must mako 10
serve with the colors is a heavy one.
1t should not be rendered prohibi,
tive by asking him to undergo train
Ing at his own expense.
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

After several years spent abroad, /
have returned TO Brunswick, where
practIccd fifteen years before soins
away. treat all kline Of eve troubles
WITH all the latest and most i'm
proved test lenses ana ins.fu.98nte
for examining eyes, and with putieaee
ana skill geccnd 10 none, | will make
o careful examination and diagnosis
OF AL eases OF failing or i'm aired
vision. pud dt glasses 20 such as re
quiro them, adjusting them TO posi-
ton that WIN eQuo!ize and locate the
rays Il harmony with the crystalline
Eyes SO 0ttod endure greater service
without fatigue. and last much longer
without change
All kinds Of optical repair work
promptly attended to. New Gold. Sil
yei,, AiIm.num and Nickel bows, alao
springs and guards ior eU ksuds oE
esq glassos always en- hand II yoa
1resk your glasses. bring me the
pieeos and I win Duplicate leases,
Free examination.
DR. w. F, LADD.
1t Roberts Pharmacy.
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

latest reports are to the effect that
chile has also broken with Germany
Gradually all OF the civilized nations
of the earth are coming into line as
common foes against this monster
enemy Of democracy
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

Here's hoping that those Canadians,
so hanay in smashing German lines
rigat nov, viii be able, together With
Uncle Sam 10 smash the present
wheat line which is stiflor than the
llindenburs line at It's best.
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05
GET GOOD oEElegRs.

Oaicering nm American army with
men of wealth only is contrary to the
democratic spirit of this. country.
Yet this is the very probable effect
Of the failure os congress TO make
provision for the payment OF those
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

That fertilizer factory for Bruins
wick ought to mark tho beginning of
another great Industry for the city
our advantages in that special line
are manifold, as the gentlemen at the
head of this movement will soon find
ont.
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

The Florida legislation has referred
the prohibition question TO the peo'
pie OF the state, aud at the next gen
erai election the issue viii be present.
ed 10 the electorate. That at least is
the only proper way to inspire conf
dence in the new law.
The Brunswick news., 1917-05-05

Nicholas Romanoff seems to be liv.
ing really retired sort OF life these
days. True, he Is in a palace, but he
Is also In jail at the same time.