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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
MAKING cAMoUFLAGE SCREENS.
French Women are Employed in
Making Nets for Disgusting Gun
Positions.

Behind American Lines in France,
Sept. 80 Correspondence OF The As
sociated Press Seven hundred
French women are employed in the
American Camou1iage station here
making nets to screen from observa-
ton American batteries and machine
gun sections There was a burst of
patriotic song as The Associated Press
correspondent entered the large build
ing where they work, for many of
them sing as they sew.
The screening of artillery is the
most important work of camoufage, as
it is the main reliance in deceiving the
aerial observer and camera and in
preventing the enemy from locating
our batteries.
For this purpose huge camouf1age
nets are provided, Of wire and fish-net,
which cover the guns like a great hor-
izontal tent. In the netting are TIED
punches of green burlap, of the same
color as the surrounding grass or
foliage. And thus viewed from above.
the overhanging green net merges the
battery into the landscape of trees
and turf.
Hundreds of these nets were being
made by the women workers. The
Is millimeter gun takes an overhang-
ing net, 80 feet square, the 165 MILL
meter gun has 81 foot net, and the
American machine gun gets an Is foot
net. The nets are graded in ten col
ors of green and earth-brown, so that
the shield may have the exact tint OF
the surrounding trees. The nets are
shipped to the front in huge bundles,
one for each gun.
It has been a problem to get the 100
women required FOR this deft work on
the nets, and one of the chief means
of drawing them is a Red Cross home
for the babies of the married wo-
men, and Y. M. C. A. kitchen which
gives them a good meal for go CEN
times (12 cents). Camouf1age gar
lands are also made by the women.
These garlands of green burlap are
strung between the trees, in order TO
break up lines and diffuse edges so
that the location of convoy or bat
terry will not show on an aerial photo
graph.
In the carpenter shop huge frames
for green umbrellas were being made
The umbrellas open like an ordinary
sun-shade, and camouhage machine
gun. In the blacksmith shop the men
were turning out steel cabins which
are sunk below the ground, for an
observer. They have front of bullet
proof steel and are about as strong
as small safe. In one of these an
observer is safe in the midst OF a
shower of shrapnel.
Laying on paint much as a scrub
woman wields a mop, an artist was
walking about on gigantic camou-
nage screen for an airplane hangar.
The great piece of painting was spread
on field and covered an area OF l.
500 square yards. The artist was
using a brush rs big as broom.
"Camouhage is making constant
battle against the aerial camera"
said the escort. for with photographs
made from airp!anes the enemy gets
complete view of our positions un-
Jess they are obscured by some de-
vice of mouflage."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
EXTENDS FLU QUARANTINE.
Restrictions in Force Until November
3-Takinw No Chances.

3-Taking No Chances.
Columbia, Oct. 24.-Quarantine re-
strictions, now in force over South
Carolina on account of the influenza
epidemic, will not be raised util No
vember 8, according to a telegram
sent out yesterday by DR.. James A.
eIayne, secretary of the State board
of health.
The telegram was directed to all
county sheriffs over the State and
was as follows:
"a careful analysis of the influenza
situation throughout South Carolina
indicates the necessity of continuing
The present quarantine regulations IN
force for at least ten days longer.
Under authority Of paragraph 1914,
South Carolina code Of laws, you are
directed to maintain present quaran-
tine status in the area under your con-
troll as regards closure of schools,
churches, picture shows and all places
of public meeting until November 3,
unless otherwise instructed by this Of
Ace. No exception modifying this Or
der will be made.
(Signed) James A. Hayne.
estate Health Officer"
The sheriffs over the State have
fully cooperated with the health de-
oartment in carrying out quarantine
orders. and the instructions in the tel
egram quoted above will meet with a
like response. The schools and
churches and picture shows were or
lered closed over the entire State, Oc-
tober z, and the order issued yester-
day continues the quarantine untll
November 8. The health department
s taking no chances with the epldem-
and is of the opinion that the safest
plan is TO continue the quarantine al
present in force
DR.. C. V. Akin. passed assistant
surgeon of the United States puohc
health service, who is in charge OF
influenza control work in the state
yesterday said that all reports recelv-
ed indicate continued improvement
in the general situation over the
state. An increasing number OF towns
have advised the Office that the loca.
epidemic is coming under controi, ano
others report a complete subsldence
with the exceptions of York, Union
spartanburg, Greenville, Aboevllle
Anderson and Lancaster. The DIS
case is regarded as being practlcallS
under control throughout the fleo'
mont.
The general trend Of the reports
received was encouraging. The great
.st severity of The epidemic yester-
day was expressed in Marlboro Dll'
ION. Darlington, Williamsburg Clai
erdon and Charleston counties. ihe
public health service is now concen'
trating it's medical and nursing re-
sources in two sections of the state
Physicians and nurses, together VIII
volunteer nurses, are cooperating II
Dillon. Darlington and Marlboro
counties. The other area OF concen'
tration of medical forces is comprls
cd in Clarendon, Williamsburg
| Georgetown and Berkeley Counties.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
AUSTRIA FREES HUNGARY.
independence OF hungary to be Made
Effective.

Paris, Oct. 2s.-Mqasures are being
taken to make effective Emperor
Charles proclamation conferring in
dependence on Hungary, says zu-
rich dispatch to 1he Petit Partisan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
SERBS MOVE FORWARD.
More Than Fifteen Hundred Prison
ers Taken.

London. Oct. ga Serbian semi
official statement of Monday:
"Our troops continue to advance.
lighting their way forward. Sunday
they cleared the regions OF ipeK,
Noyibasar and Pachka, Of the enemy.
More than 1,5oo prisoners and a
quantity of war material were cap
tured.''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
BOOZE NOT oUTLAWED.
Texas Appeal Court Decides Against
Prohibition.

Austin, Texas, Oct. 23.-The court
of appeals, in a majority opinion to-
day held that Statewide prohibition
law is unconstitutional in that it is
in conflict with the local option fea-
ture Of the State constitution.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
GERMAN STATE OF AUSTRIA .
Germans in Austria Form Assembly
for Conducting Their Affairs.

Basel. Oct. 23.-The German and
Austrian deputies in the austrian
reichstage have formed an assembly
for the purpose of conducting the af-
fairs of the German people in Aus
tria and have issued a declaration
announcing the creation. of the Ger
man State of Austria
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
RUMANIaN PORTS CLOSED.
According to German Wireless Dis
patches From Moscow.

London, Oct. 23.-The British ad-
miralty reports that German wire
less dispatches picked up at Moscow
are to the effect that the Rumanian
government has declared all Ruman-
ian ports on the Black sea and on the
Danube closed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
Stunnped.

A correspondent writes to the Phil
adelphia Inquirer to ask. How long
man and a woman must live together
before their marriage can be consid-
cred illegitimate?" The Inquire: cd
mits it's stumped. So are we.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26

Amsterdam, Oct. 23.-Austrian
aut1,orities. in that part of Poland oc-
! e,,nieI by the Austrian armies, have
-forroa11v handed over the admin
istratien to the Polish autnor'tles
Gays a Vienna dispatch to the Beriln
yosissche Zeitung.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
Chairman, Sumter County Council OF
Defense.
ofhcers and Members, Sumter County
Council of Defense:

oficers and Members, Sumter County
Council of Defense:
The state Council of Defense learns
with deep interest Of the movement IN
Sumter county to raise $4,000 to sup
splement the offer of $4,000 from the
International Health Board and/the
south Carolina State Board of(Health
for a complete county sa1Nary sur
srerg and continuous Selve month
health campaign.
with the most consZuctive and pro-
gressiYe plans ogthe war and the
nary departmenG and the Council OF
National Tense. The war has
taught is teaching-many i'm
portant essons, but none more vital
fhan that of the bedrock necessit>
for increased activity IN puoii'
health measures
Last August our State Council lnl-
4ated a. Statewide health campaign
ssxvr.ich attracted national attention
The Council Of National Defense sent
- special representative to South Car
.iina to attend the Health Institute
and make report on its success
Sumter county was selected as the
model county in which typical follow
up methods could be seen in action.
This new program Of Sumter
caEnty is the most effective means
nossiple of advancing and safeguard
ine nublic health Knowing the sum
ter county council and citizenship as
we do, we feel there is no need tt
point out its advantages or urge it
support It is mainly matter O
letting the people know what IS eA
pected of them
We are already accustomed to see
irg sumter county put over whateve
= If md ertakes and are Only walun:
To offer our congratulations on you
success in this splendid new under
taking.
Yours faithfully.
Reed Smith,
Executive Secretary
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
lTORS.
Estate of Miss Musidora I. Colclough,
Deceased.

All. persons having demands Of any
sort against said estate will present
them duly attested, and all in any
way indebted to said estate will please
settle with
Mrs. Gertrude E. Richardson,
Qualified Executrix.
oswego P. o. S. c., R. F. d.. Box
So.
Sumter, S. c., Oct. %, 1918.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
scmter, Oct. 21, 1918.

= skfSc1isl N011 I.
am addressing this letter to yol
sperspna1ly because I want your care
fm consideration of the attached very
irrportanf letter from the South Car.
olina Council of Defense. Unless the
leading men of influence and f1nan,
eiaI means take the lead IN the mat
Ser OF the much needed county health
survey and twelve months campaign
Of education which the war and navy
departments, the national and State
Councils of Defense are backing uT
for Sumter county, we are going te
lose the opportunity to secure the So
600 onered by the international
Health Board and the State Board OF
Health, together with a very deslr-
able educational campaign which we
are very fortunate in having offered
sas
am appealing to you personally,
as leader and one who appreciates
the value 4of saving human lives and
conserving human health, as an eco
ncnic as we'll as humane and pa.
striotic measure, to stir up interest In
yoas community IN this important
movement. Give it your moral and
Tnaucial support at once.
Many thousands of dollars are an
nnaazY lost to the farmers because OF
deficient labor due to malaria, hook
Worm and other communicable dis
eases which will be, prevented by
this health survey. The fact that the
National and State Councils of De-
Tense and the United States govern
Ipent recommended this health sur
rev and numbers Of health Institutes,
sanitary inspections Of premises and
illustrated health lectures. together
With the very high and scientific edu-
cational sources from which the s5,-
GEO come, are sufficient guarantees
that we, the representatives of the
government as members Of the Sum.
ter Comfy Council, should see thai
the $500 asked for are Immediately
provided. Mr. E. I. Reardon, ou.
secretary, will serve as financial sec
retary for this drive for the $1,000
Won't you let me hear from you
Back up the committees of ladies OF
the Weman's Council of Defense IN
your township, and if they are mac
tive help to get them started on their
drive for the money
Yours truly,
a. C. Phelps.
Chairman, Sumter County Council OF
Defense.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
A soIdi4er's Life in France.

] am sitting here and thinking OF tn
things I left behind,
And 1 hate to put on paper what Is
running in my mind.
We've dug a million trenches, ant
cleared ten miles Of ground,
And meaner place this side Of he'll
has never yet been found.
But there is still one consolation, lis
ten closely while tell,
When we die we're bound for Heaven
for we've done our bit in Hell.
We've built q hundred kitchens TO.
the cooks to stew our beans,
We've stood hundred guard-mounts
at least that's how it seems.
We've washed a hundred mess-kit
and peeled ten million spuds
We've rolled a million blanket roll
and washed million duds.
The number Of parades we've stoof
would sure be hard to tell
And / am sure Veil parade in HeaN
en-. for we've done our bit in Hell
We've killed million rattle snake
that hid behind our cots,
And picked a million sand heas serosi
out our army socks.
We've marched hundred milo
miles and made million camp
And pulled a hundred needle thorn
from out cur army pants.
But when our work on earth is don
our friends on earth will tell
How we died and went to HeaVe,
for we've done our bit in Hell.
But when final taps is sounded an
we lay aside hfe's cares,
Ard we do our last parsding u
Heavens golden stairs.
And the angels bid US welcome, an
the harps begin to play,
And we give up all our cigarettes an
bid farewell to booze.
It,s then you'll hear Saint Peter te
us loudly with yell.
Take front seat in Heaven, yc
| Soldiers. for all the SLAcKER
! 7 go to Hell.
Y Tr ploI,,c o+ Tho From
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-26
BRITISH CABINET MEETS.

nj Session Held to Discuss Will
aon's Reply to Germany.
on. Oct. o4.-The British cab
et this morning presumably to
President Wilson'S reply to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
SOCIETY BACKS
MOVE TO take
AWAY CHARTER

The American Defense Society puts
Gustave Odlinger, president of the
Toledo Chamber of Commerce, in ask
ing that the charter of the German
American Alliance be revoked. In a
letter sent to every u S. senator and
congressman, Richard M. Hurd, Pres
ident of the Board of Trustees, Henry
C. Quinby, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, and H. D. Craig, secre-
tary, speak for the Defense society in
maintaining that the German Ameri-
can Alliance has been a powerful en-
CINE of mischief and of German pro-
paganda The American Defense So
ciety holds that the ideals of the
German American Alliance and the
Republic of the U. S. are incompa-
tible. The text of the letter says:
1.-THE American Defense Society re-
spectfully urges upon you co-opera-
ton in multiplying the wrong to Amer
lean citizenship unconsciously done
in the granting (at a time when the
malevolent designs of Prussia were
unexpectedly of a Special National
charter to The German-American AL
lance.
ITO the now aroused comprehen-
sion of the nation the disintegrating
effect on American citizenship of the
binding together of immigrants of
particular nationality whereby race
prejudices are intensified and contin-
ued has become startlingly apparent
1.-The German-American Alliance
armed with a Special National char
ter as if it were accredited to the
country by Congress itself has been
powerful engine of mischief and of
German propaganda.
1.-THE appalling shortcomings of
German ideals, founded as they are
on the murderous and bloody legends
of German mythology which have
dominated the inspirational develop
ment of that country, have been now
exhibited clearly before our eyes. Any
association intended to perpetuate
German ideals among the free people
of America is a menace to the life
of the Republic.
'sThe country welcomes all who de-
sire to become Americans. The Ger
man-American Alliance welcomes all
who desire to remain Germans The
Republic and its ideals and the Ger
kman-Alliance and its ideals cannot ex,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
LOSS OF APPETITE,
LOSS OF WEIGHT,
sLEEPLEssNEsS ETC.

are all overcome by Recupertabs. they
are made after the formula of DIR.
Albert Robin. the famous French
physician, and are geing used very
largely in Paris and other European
capitals.
When taken for a short while they
will give positive relief in all cases OF
nervous exhaustion, mental depres-
sion, lack of vitality, general debility,
anemia, etc.
The Glycerph osprates of which Re-
cupertabs aar composed, contain the
element necessary to overcome these
conditions. Thew are now being pre-
gcribed and recommended by many
physicians in this and foreign coun-
tries as the best, quickest and surest
nerve and blood tonic that they know
Of
Recupertahs are for sale at all drug
stores at soc and $1.00 per package or
will be sent direct upon receipt of
price.
Curtis Chemical Co., No. Ala West
gard ST, New York. Distributed in
Bridgeport and vicinity by ]. D. Harti-
gan, No. 81 Fairfield Avenue.--Adv.
Ri TIA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
BIC SUFFRAGE
MASS MEETING
HELD TOMORROW

Everything is ready for the big
mass meeting of the suffragists to be
held tomorrow afternoon in Polls
theatre with Dudley Field Malone as
the principal speaker. With one Of
the greatest American orators as head
liner, and with women suffrage COM
ing as a war measure in every one
of the warning countries, it bids fair
to be the largest suffrage meeting
ever held in Connecticut. Besides
Mr.. Malone, Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer of
New York and Connecticut will speak.
Mrs. Havemeyer is great favorite in
Connecticut, where she has spoken
many times on both suffrage and Lib
erty Loan affairs. She is an informal
speaker with a keen sense of humor
and human sympathy which wins and
carries her audience with her.
Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn of Hart
ford, who recently resigned as presi-
dent of the Connecticut Women's
Suffrage association to take up the
more aggressive policy of the
Woman's party, is chairman of the
committee on arrangements for to-
morrow's meeting. Other members
of the committee are DR.. Valeria H.
Parker, Mrs. Annie G. Porritt, Mrs.
w. D. Askough, Mrs. William Billings
Green, Mrs. Toscan Bennett and Mrs.
George H. Day. Sundays meeting is
free to the public and all of those be-
| lieving in democracy including
women are cordially invited 20 attend
This meeting is one of a series
which have been held for the prr
pose of drawing attention to the votes
of Senators Mclean and Brandegee
in the Senate on the Federal Suffrage
amendment. From all over the
states letters, kilograms, petitions and
resolutions have been pouring into
Washington.
Word has been received that Miss
Martin, who is in the running for the
senatorship of Nevada, and who had
been asked to come here by request
of many people, is not able to do so.
| Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, we'll known
as a suffrage leader here in Connect
cut and the most brilliant woman Or
ator in this state, will speak at Sun
| days rally Miss Vida Mulholland is
| to sing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16

verge of starvation, and that the less
robust are dying off rapidly from dis
eases brought on by under-nourish-
ment.
Crime on the Increase
The well-to-do and good percen-
tage of the rural population, on the
other hand, can still get a sufficien-
cy of food. But starvation is not the
only trouble; crime is greatly on the
increase.
A highly controlled and state-dis-
ciplined people like the Germans be-
comes more rapidly demoralized I'M
der abnormal conditions than does a
more self-reliant race. The result is
thPt all moral standards have broken
down, patriotism and other civic vir-
tues are dead, and self is the only
god. HoardiEg and profiteeri lg are
the fashion, and most respectable
people are prosecuted, and pay their
fines unblushingly. Worse still, juv-
emile crime is rampant, and cases of
boys numbering old people for their
savings have occurred.
AS for the average soldier, to be
sent to the front is the worst pun
ishment that can be inflicted on him,
and his one cry is peace-peace at
any price!
''One Decisive Strolze''
The position of the ruling classes
is desperate one. They are mainly
responsible for the war, and realize
that only a German peace with an
neXation and indemnity can save both
the country and themselves from ruin
so they still hold on. hoping for a
split in the Entent- They know that
# Germany gains Thing by the war,
her economic position will be so des-
perate that, the army once demobil-
lied, and freed from the bonds of dis
cipline, popular discomfort will as
sumo a form that will imperil the
stability of the throne and the posi-
ton of the entire ruling caste.
Hence the forces of reaction are
daily growing more insolent, and the
military parry, with Ludendorff at its
head, is trying to force all the more
moderate elements from office by
threats of their own resignation.
AS long as the German front re-
mains unbroken in the occupied ter
iritories, there seems small chance of
tany understanding being reached. But
the morale of the German army and
the German nation being what it is,
one really decisive blow to her mill
tary prestige should suffice to bring
about a far-reaching and permanent
debacle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
WORKING RESERVE:
BOYS TO enroll
ALL next week

Hartford, March 15.-Enrollment
week will be observed in Connecticut
from March Is to March rs for the
United States Boys Working Reserve.
Under the plan of the campaign, boys
can enroll by giving their names and
other desired information to the en-
rolling officer in their local high
school or local Y. NJ. c. A. Enrolment
of volunteers will continue beyond en-
rollment week. Those who enlist are
assured that the work will not inter-
fere with, their regular studies.
Connecticut is expected to supply a
large quota of boys between the ages
of 16 and 81 for this war emergency
work, principally on the farms. In
addition, boys from II to 16 years
old will be enrolled for the Connect
cut Junior Agricultural Volunteers.
Director c. l. Kirschner of New Ha-
ven and Assistant State Director Ar
thur Howe of Windsor will conduct
the state campaign for the Boys
Working Reserve. During the past
week they have organized county
units and appointed count directors
to have charge of county campaigns
The loss of man power by the Sc
| lective army draft and the transfer
of many men to war industries leaves
gap in the ranks of the agricultural
workers that must be filled this sum-
mer to insure an adequate supply of
food.
| In the boy power of the United
| States, off arm labor age, the Depart
ment of Labor estimates a numerical
strength of 100000 youths. With
this wonderful force to draw upon,
the labor shortage on the farms has
become less of problem. The op-
portunity presented to the b-ys is
one of using their spare time to give
most effective aid to their brothers.
in-arms by raising food products on
! the farms.
| The Boys Working Reserve has
made comprehensive plans for mobil-
izing and organizing the boy volun-
teers and caring for their welfare and
comfort after they have been assign
ed to farms. Volunteers will be en-
rolled by the Reserve and trained and
supervised at their work. The re-
serve will also see that their living
and working conditions are congenial,
will make provision for the proper
use of their leisure time and will take
care that they are treated with con
sideration by their employers.
Organization of county units of the
Reserve have been perfected with the
appointment of the following direc-
tors and assistant directors:
| Fairfield county-Arthur Lee,
Bridgeport, director; D. Milford,
RidgefieId, assistant.
| Litchfield county-Walter D. Hood,
Winsted, director; George w. CreeI-
man, Lakeville, assistant.