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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
"A Brother i'm France.
CBy Anna Steese Richardson of The
Vigilantes.) sA

(By Anna Steese Richardson of The
Vigilantes.) 7t
Jimmy, the Boy Scout, who delivers
afternoon papers TO my friend, had
Just sold her another Liberty Bond,
after she had assured me that she was
carrying all that her means would
permit
But then no one can withstand
Jimmy. He has a fine, manly way
with him, and he is no ordinary boy.
He is president of his class in the high
school has a paper route morning
and night, and works for the best
grocer in town during the Saturday
rush hour.
SO l said to him:
Jimmy, how can. you find time TO
sell Liberty Bonds, and why do you
take such a great interest in the war?
Il have a brother in France."
TO me this explained everything
out my friend exclaimed in a shock
cd voice:
Why. Jimmy B-you're an only
SOM"
l got brother in France" he re-
lterated doggedly. Il got him all pick
ed out. He has brown hair and ewes
AND he wears his hat so" drawing
DIS own tan felt over his eyes at a
raklsh angle-"He amt much taller
than me, kind of thin, and quick as q
cat. / don't know his name, but I'm
going to get il soon. I've written a
ieuer-To Lonely American Sol
"'er ana sent it care General Perish
ms to the EXpeditionary Force in
france. l bet some fellow that hasn't
any folks over there will answer it,"
My friend ana | exchanged quick
Glances.
Dr' Corbin said to us wednesday,
nisht-Each one of you boys has a
brother fighting for YOU in France. Go
10 IT. Work for him like the mischief.
We'll I'm working for mine. If l sell a
Liberty Bond, it's for him. If | run er-
r'nds for the Red Cross. it's for him."
Jimmy folded the Liberty Bond
pledge and tucked it into his pocket.
Much obliged. Mrs. $ Good
evening"
y brother in France
Long aiter Jimmy left, we sat in
''i'hce' Dusk settled on the room.
ana the wood fire filed it with
strange shadows. And soon for me
the shadows were peopled with mon
ana boys Dominica who used TO fry
my tidy soul by scattering ashes ove,.
my blue stone walk when ho gather
'o garbage and ashes! lie ALWAYS
came bit late on Christmas morn
ings so he might receive in noreo,
ana express his thanks for the LITTLE
slit of money which he knew would
b" waiting for him. And Dennis tbo
responsible grocer's boy. who al
most invariably forgot the one most
important item OF my order. and who
went off whistling despite the repri-
mahd. He was always saying tender
hothings 20 my Finnish waitress who
understood his eyes better than his
words. And sallow, sharp-featured
Jacob, son of Kertola the newsdeal-
er who always made mistakes in my
bill. lie had told me, with light
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
CONTEST IN GEORGIA ENDS.
William Carter Wright, Lawyer of
Newman, TO Succeed Adamson i'm
Congress.

Columbus, Ca, Dec. 12.-William
Garter Wright. a lawyer of Newman,
i"'e tonight was nominated by the
Fourth District congressional conven-
tion to succeed Representative w. C.
Adamson. who has resigned to accept
an appointment on the board of GUS
toms appraiser& of the port of New
York.
Mr.. Wright was not one of the
original five candidates for the nom!-
nation. his name having been placed
In nomination as dark horse"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
We Who stay at Home.
(By Robert Grant of the vigilantes) }

(By Robert Grant of the vigilantes)
We shall conquer the ruthless Hun
Only by self-denial
OF our millions there is not one
Not now on trial.
Sc let US serve. We've who stay Al
home
That those who die i'm the darl,
trench or ocean foam
Can hold us not TO blame:
Else ours the endless shame.
Let each forego his pleasure.
Let each bestow his leisure.
There hangs on our behayior
The greatest issue that ever faced g,
land.
Either we prove the Saviour
or freedom or we fall beneath tn,
heel
OF a perhdious tyrant girt with Hrc
and steel.
And we be numbered with the un
stable sand.
Pay heed. ye slackers. aliens who
presume
Upon the safety of these peaceful
shores
Where cracks no whip and no gun
rOars.
Who're wages mount and there T..
bouudloss room;
Give Of your plenty lest YOU live TO see
Enlightcning liberty go crashing down
Before the invading Teuton cannon.
adc.
And you become the serfs YOU would
not be-
Awake and serve yhc cause that mad.
YOU free.
We must be victors IL we have your
aid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

Leon TrotzLy Announces Wholesale
Discharge for Failure to Obey Or
dcr>.

Petrosrad. Monday. Dec. 1O.-Leon
Trotzky, the BolshevilIi foreign min
ister. has issued a decree dismissing :
all Russian ambassadors ana their
stats because they ignored the Bol-
shcviki demand that they denounce G
the Kerensky government.
we have declared them deprived
OF oil further rights and pensions. "
TrOzky said.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15
"A Rare Compliment.

Endicott is an old Massachusetts
name and apparently the family is
sui vigorous. The Boston ncwspa-
pers tell how threatened strike OF
large proportions in that city has been
settled by arbitration. The employ
erS named Henry B. Endicott to rep
resent them on the arbitration board.
the understanding being that the un-
IONS would choose man and the two
would select a third. When Mr.. Endi-
COTS name was announced the heads
OF the union decided unanimously to
submit the case to him rs the sole ar
Ditrator. That is the kind of cOmpli-
ment that rarely comes TO citiZen.-
Louisville Post
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

London. Dec. 12.-The Russian
embassy In London has decided to ig-
more the decree of Leon Trotzky, the
Bo'shevih foreign misister, under
which Russian ambassadors and their
s.affs were dismissed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

ing of his dull eyes, of winning the
fair
Dominica. Dennis. Jacob! Their
names are printed every week now in
our village paper, under the cap
icn--"Our Roll of Honor"
And suddenly [ looked into the fu-
tUre. Can that be Dominicos black
eyes staring up unseeingly from No
Mans Land TO a mist-hung sky? Are
those Dennis merry lips twisted in
Lain us his pals carry him back to
the trenches? Is that Jacobs narrow
.orehead, ivory-hued and dripping
with The cold moisture Of moral ag-
ory, against the background of q
hospital pillow?
Such little time since all three Of
them were serving me and mine for
wages on which they could dream OF
sWeet-hearts and homes Of their own
and now all three OF them-fighting
for me, giving themselves, their hopes
their all that their country and
mine may be safe from invasion.
Dominica - Dennis-Jacob - my
brothers in France.
My hostess rose abruptly and
switched on the light.
Il think I'll put up the car. Il
can't burn another gallon of gas,
when l think how it is needed for
the ambulances voice broke
FOR my brothers in France"
At dinner that night we ate no
butter on our bread. We drank cof-
fee without sugar.
An emotional impulse, reused by a
boys vivid imagination.
No-a message SO stern that it is
rot to be denied.
All my life candy has been my one
Indulgence. 1t has taken me weeks
70 subdue the yearning and send
chocolate to my brothers in France
Last years coat, furbished with a
bit of fur, seems luxurious when ]
think of my brothers in France, plod-
ding through mud.
1t iS easy to forego the rug / had
promised myself all summer. and &c
darn and turn upside down the cur
tains which I thought would mover
do another season, when 1 think OF
Dominica, Dennis and Jacob huddleC
in dug-outs for me.
Last week, a Canadian man, the
only one Of his family not in France
land this only because of his years.
walked with me through our suburban
aown. Dozens of our handsomes
homes have been closed for the win
ter. This man stopped before a par
ticularly spacious house and stared
at its boarded doors and windows.
They'll all be open six months
from now-as homes for convalescent
soldiers"
Yesterday l rode the length of New
nYork's famous Riverside Drive. Like
"A stately panorama. the luxurious
homes and apartments unrolled be.
fore my eyes. Filmy lace hung a
windows, from which peered now 9
servant in uniform, now a woman
marvelousy coiffed and gowned, now
a pedigreed dog decked with ribbon
Yes hundreds of thesel But in five
EbIocks i counted on my fingers the
food conservation cards and the flag!
that hung in those windows.
And, l began to wonder if Cod
ard my brothers in would
stand between such homes-and in.
vasion What the women behind the
iilmy curtains would do if the Hun.
poured over Manhattan Island ant
these tents of luxury should rock un.
der their bombs.
America-awake.
Our men are in the trenches today
In your dreams in your soul, select
your brother in France, that un.
EHown, unnamed American man who
Is lighting for you-and then live fol
him-tWenty- -four hours a day,
a Rare Compliment.
Endicott is an old Massachusetts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

measured by ground taken, guns and
prisoners tured4-From Another
Year End" by Frank II. Simonds, IN
the American Review of Heyiews for
December, 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

Both the Germans and the Russians
as well as the world, may yet be sur
prised at the outcome of those peace
MISUNDERSTANDING Post,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

, Women arc now being employed to
run street cars SO you can say they
Ioro seeing service az the 'front.'
Greenwood Index.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

If some folks 'wculd keep the
Commandments as carefully as they
do their money, what fine old world
this would be.-Clint0n Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-15

\ clever girls Cecilia Bland: \
To her it must be handed,
She took a trip to Hero Land.
And there a hero Landed.
Columbia State.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-16
Death Traps on German Liners

Think Of a great deserted ship, 545
feet long. az feet wide and over SO feet
deep-as black and forbidding as aSi-'
berfan copper mine, with not a ray OF
light from h upperrnost ~deokhouse to
the caverns OF the lowest holes, in the
damp and Shiny bilges, or in the rooms
filled with engines, pumps, dynam0s,
pipes and valves without number.
Think OF exploring 1t, single handed,
with the warning fresh In your ears
that it Is full OF pitfalls, bombs and
death traps: that every door you ouch
blow you into eternity; that every lad
der you step IN will send you sprawl
ing down a bOttomlesH chasrn. and that.
IL you value your life. you must not.
touch a thing-wood, metal. or cloth
without first investigating Il.
How would you like to explore such
a ship with only a flashlight to guide
you through the abysmal blackness and
with no means Of communicating with
friends on the top deck once you start
o N your perilous journey? This was
the task assigned to a certain engineer
in New York shortly after the govern
ment seized the informed German ships
in his country, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly. It was q task fraught
with the greatest danger, requiring an
extraordinary degree OF caution and
patience, and calling for q rare display
u courage. 2DuC 30 fearless was this
young engineer and SO successful was
he in his undertaking that Sc hours
after the ship in question reached the
navy yard. the main boilers were gen.
Grating steam 1sT
Among the many interesting things
revealed blythe intrepid Investigator
were the location Of missing parts Of
the main engines. carefully hidden
away in the coal bunkxrs; the discoy-
cry OF bolts and nuts which led to q
minute examination OF the cylinders
and steam chests, where it was dis
closed that parts had been removed
and other parts carefully substituted to
conceal the omission; the location, in
other places, of studs and bolts partly
sawed through. with the saw slot filed
up; the finding of steel fitted into
steamports, so that n attempt to turn
over the engine would have ruined It:
the discovery Of distractions in pipes,
smokestacks and ventilators-lumps Of
coal and bars of iron placed on top Of
the closed damper valve in a ventila-
tor. recurring only a pull on the damp
er chain to prscipitate the entire load
down on the head OF the person foolish
enough to pull It, and other traps TOO
numerous to mention here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-16
"A Way to Do Your Bit.
From the Toledo Blade.

-. Ffom the Toiedo Blade.
The department of labor is promoting an
organization OF men past the military age
ito meet emergencies in employment con-
ditions with the government or Industries
and business on which the success of the
var depends" Thus, if there occurs q.
dearth Of b In a shipyard, IN i tent
making factory. in the harvest Held. Sor
In any plant working on war orders, mem.
bers of this organization can be drawn up-
on to meet the emergency. The need of
such an association, society, club or what
ever It Is to be- called. will be almost inn
peratiye when the srmy draws Its hum
.dred thousands from industry and bpsi-
ness. Secretary Wilson does we'll to an
ticipate that need. It is one more way by
be m%arshaled for carrying forward Dr.
war sN5r W 1NgE
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-16

The Belgian government has received
information to the effect that deportedi
BelgiaHs working in the Thyssena
works at Mulheim on Ruhr, declared,
as the Germans lad Violated their
promise to send hen back home at 1.-THE
to die rather than f0 continue. The
Germans imposed fine OF so laarka
each und imprisonment for 10 days Us
on the ysss
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-16

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Trade and immigration
Acts for War Drafted

Washington. April l3.-Senate com
mittees are now engaged in preiimi-
nary work upon two lines OF legisla-
ton, both Of which will affect the con-
duct Of the WAY. One is the so-called
trading with the enemy act, the other
an immigration statute designed 70
meet the German law which permits
dual nationality.
The illst draft Of the trading with
the enemy act 5 now being prepared at
the Depar,meI, o. Justice. The pur-
pose Is TO prevent trade. either directly
or indirectly. with Germany.
II was learned to-day that the object
Of the Administration .n urging the
passage Of law 20 permit the recruit
ing for foreign armies on the soil OF
the United State, Is primarily TO ben
eft Great Britain. which has 100 600
subjects in the United states. These
men have not been subject TO call 20
the colors. England has 10 reservists
as have other countries, and therefore
has been AZ a disadvantage. The legis-
,atiOn will not. however. enable any
foreign government 60 conscript its
subjects in this county, a. this would
authorize France, for example, TO con
script American citizens. The test OF
French citizenship is blood. while that
Of the United States il birth or natu-
radiation. France. therefore, claims as
French citizens both naturaiized French
citizens of the United States and native
Americans OF French paTentage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Wilson Summons
Leaders toConfer on
Red Cross Work
Financing Of Relief Organization
To Be Considered at
Meeting April q

Washington. April 10. President
Wilson to-day invited a group of lead
ing men from different parts of the
country to meet in Washington Aprl.
- to consider means OF financing the
American National Red Cross Tor Is
responsibilities toward soldiers and
non combstants.
Acting for the President, Secretary
Tumulty sent the following telegram
to the men selected:
THE President proposes to designate
day in May on which the entire ma
ton shall concentrate It's attention
toward the vitality important matter Of
financing the American National Red
Cross for its responsibilities both
toward soldiers and non-combataatS
The President requests that you will
attend meeting at the Office OF the
American Red Cross in Washington OF
"A small committee of representative
men from various parts of the country
to consider this matter. the meeting
will be held on Saturday April II, a;
1880 q. m"
The message was sent. to Cornelius
y. Bliss, jr.. Seward Prosser, Cleveland
II. Dodge, Charles d. Norton. II. P. Da-
vison and Henry Morgcnthau. New
York; Eliot Goodwin, Washington;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Rear Admiral Sims
In London; To Be
Navy intermediary
Will Help Work Out Problems
for l.. s. Participation
with Allies

Washington, April l3.--Resr Ad-
mirnl William s. Sims, president Of
the Naval War College at Newport,
whose arrival in Great Britain has
been announced in London private dis
patches, was sent there TO act as an
intermediary between British Admiral
" officials and the Navy Department
in the working out Of problems in
yolvcd in participation by the Ameri-
can navy in the ranks OF the Entente
Powers. HIS mission was admitted at
the Navy Department to-day after news
OF his safe voyage had been received
The admiral also Is charged with the
duty Of keeping the department fully
advised as 20 the conduct of the way
and OF supplying such information as
the navy needs IN preparing itself for
the tasks ahead. Conferences between
the French, British and American
naval officers, now in progress here,
are expected to produce an early agree
ment for concerted action between the
naval establishments, i'm addition to
the duty of patrolling the Atlantic in
this hemisphere, already assigned 10
The United States.
before his assignment 10 the Naval
War College, Admiral Sims devoted
much time to the study Of naval en-
gagements in the European war. He
prepared numerous critical reviews Of
The tactics employed by the opposing
commanders in such fights as the Jut-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Britain to Send
Labor Envoys to y. S.
Lloyd George Gables Compli
ance with Gompers Reques;
Prom The Tlburo Bureau.

From The nlburo Bureau
Washington, April 1S.-LlOyd George
has agreed to the request Of Samuel
Gompers, president o. the American
Federation OF Labor. that two repre-
scntstives OF Great BritaIn's labor
movement should be sent 70 the United
States with the high commission that
is loon to confer with this government
as TO the conduct Of the war. Follow
ing is a coy Of a cablegram TO Mr..
Gompcrs from Lloyd George:
Delighted TO comply with your re-
quest. Two labor leaders and repre-
sentat,ves 90 welfare department OF
Ministry of Munitions VIII leave for
America "a soon rs possible"
On March u MIR. Gompers sent a
cablcgram 10 y. s. Chekheiji. member
of the Russian Duma. congratulating
the Russian people, in the name of
international labor. upon their newly
achieved liberty. Information reached
ar. Gompers that the cablegram was
either not received. )r. ii received. not
made public in Russis. He then sent
another cablepram through the Amer
lean Ambassador ct Petrogrsd.
4 message from Ambassador Francis
a. Pe,rograd 20 the State Department
IN reply thereto, reads as follows:
"Gompers's cable delivered %
Tscheidze. MilHkof and given to the
press. Think il excellent and will have
good effect"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Roosevelt Army
Of 100000 Men
Urged in Congress
Resolution Introduced and
Brooklyn Democrat Will Try
to Amend Army Bill

Washington, April l3.-An amend
ment 10 the army bill now being con-
sidered by the House Military Affairs
Committee which would permit Theo-
dore Roosevelt TO raise a division or
possiblv 100000 men may be presented
~. Representative Caldwell, OF Brook
lyn. at the meeting Of the committee
IN Monday. Mr.. Caldwell announce
to-day that he had an appointment for
10 o'clock Sunday morning at Oyster
Raw with Colonel Roosevelt, at which
the ,1nguare Of such an amendment
would be discussed.
Mr.. Caldwell is a Democrat and a
member Of the Military Committee
Tho conference with Colonel Roosevelt,
therefore. takes on. in the Washington
view. more than usual Importance. Mr.:
caldwell is an advocate OF universal
militarv training, having introduced q
plsn for such training as an amend
ment TO the army bill last session when
war WIS not regarded as imminent by
most members Of Congress
A resolution introduced to-day by
Rerresentative Emerson, of Ohio, would
Kermit Colonel Roosevelt to raise not
onlv 4 division for European service,
but 100. 600 men Mr.. Emerson declared
his beIief that under The inspiring
leadership of IT. f." there would be
no difficulty in getting 100000 o. the
finest men obtainable to go to EUROPE
Immediately.
Wr Emerson is a hearty advocate,
however, Of the conscription idea, just
- he advocated universal service las;
ear. when It's friends were in small
,piuoritV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-14
Rubber Men to Help
". S. Meet War Needs
Baruch Names Committee to
Assure Government Of
Adequate Supply

Washington, April 13.--Rubber pro-
ducers and manufacturers will be
called upon 20 cooperate fully with the
government in meeting war time needs.
Commissioner Baruch, chairman Of the
committee on raw materials of the
Council of National Defence. announced
Today the appointment OF this COM
mittce to carry out this purpose:
A. Marks. of the Diamond Rubber
Company. Akron, Ohio; Fred Hood, OF
the Good Rubber Company, Watertown,
Mass. Stuart llotchkss, of the Gen
eral Rubber Company. New York
This committee" Mr.. Baruch's an
rouncement says, will have charge Of
obtaining for the government a speedy
and adequate supply Of rubber"
Commissioner Baruch already has
negotiated an agreement with the cop
per and steel producers under which
the government is guaranteed all these
materials it may require for war pur-
poses at price far below the market.