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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
{ Proclamation

! on November Z3th Woodrow Wll-
son, president Of the United States
I Of America. signed the proclamation
/; ican people on December 18th. II
j shows conc!usively the deep inter
est the president has IN The Arnen-
| ian ard syrian Relief drive cf the
American Committee for Relief in the
Near East. and also certifies to the
great work the committee has already
lone for The relief oi the four million
people who are starving in the Near
East. The proclamation is as fol-
lows:
For more than three years Ameri-
can philanthrophy has been large
factor in kce2ing alive Armenian, Sy-
,.i;l,l. Greek ana Other exiles and rcfu-
gees OF Western Asia.
or two former occasions I have ap-
pea!ea. to the American people in be-
half Of these homeless sufferers,
whom the vicissitudes Of war and
massacre had brought to the extrem-
est need.
The response has been most gen
crous, but now the period OF rehabi-
litalion is n hand. Vastly larger
sums VIII be required to restore these
once prosperous, but now inlpo"crish-
cd, refugees to their former homes
than were required mercy to sustais
life in thei. desert exile.
Il IS estimated that about 1000, 900
Armenian. Syrian. Creek and other
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
'sg Register Me Right
Now, % Says A Wei
Known Sumter Man
ssPlt Ne Down as One Person
Who VIII Always Have a
Good Word For Dreco, the.
New Rcot ard Herb Medi-
cine" He Says.

..afteY n man mas suffered like L
have fer some time, and tried many
different medicines without good re-
:;,lltS, then finds the medicine that
pulls h,ln out like Dreco has done for
me. [ think it only his duty to speak
out and tell the people living around
him about it, are the words Of Mr..
II. d. Brunson. a Wei known and
hielliy respected citizen VINO resides
on Route. One nom Sumter, S. c..
For some time past I have been
troubled Witn a sluggish liver, my
stomach was out Of order and indi-
gestion was daily torture to me.
NV appetite dropped to almost moth
ing and | was bilious and my tongue
wa; coated, and felt thick. Ny nerves
got bad so that / could not sleep, we'll
al night was Just feeling bad all
the time and felt that l had no in
terest il anything but dragged around
with my work.
u read OF the new root and herb
medicine called Dreco, and bought a
bottle and I am here to state that it
! has dcae me more good than any
n2edici.!a ever took. 1t, was the
very thing I needed and did me good
from the very frs. It soothed my
stomach and stopped the gas and
bloating and relieved the indigestion
altogether. Ny liver begun TO operate
and the billiousness passed Oft, My
sleep became refreshing and I'd ger
whole nights OF sleep which was
something I had not done for, a long
time My appetite is fine now and
enjoy my meals every day: am
glad 10 register as friend of Dreco
and l VIII always say good word
Tor II.
Dreco does not simply try to patch
you up and make you feel good only
as long as you take it, but it works
to remove the cause Of the troubles
SO that when you get results from it
the. arc lasting &c, borfi, today
atn.; see for yourse L hp". :istt4l 'at.l-
ter you VIII De feeling II week
Dreco is sold by most All good
d~J,e,-;st; and is particularly recon-
Inen.lea ;n Sumter by Siaert's Drug
store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
Homo demonstration Club.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Bethel Home Demonstration Club was
held 1t Bethel school house Wedn@s-
day afternoon, December eth al SO
O'Clock, tn" president, Mrs. Win.
Haynsworth, presiding. There was Il
good attendance and much business;
was transacted The practical dem
onstrations gwen By Miss Alice Martin
were on the making Of Brown Betty
and Cranberry Snow Pudding va
sugar substitute. Roth Of which wer@
agreed by thc members present to
be not only economical but appetiZ-
ing The incumbent officers were
unanimously reelected for the ensuing
year a general discussion Of plans
for another year in which the mcm-
bers showed considerable intcre t was
held After ;tn expression CT appFe-
ciat;on by the president, for the fine
work done by Miss Martha. the cab
year was brought to a close.
Mrs. r. z. Furman.
Secretary & Treasurer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
PERSONAL.
Miss Marie Redwood has gone 8
OlSla homo 70 .nord conanfin1e

Miss Marie Redwood has gone t1
Oklahoma to spend sometime.
Mr.. H. J. McKagen. Jr., OF Angus
ia, Ga, has been in the city FOR sew
eral days visiting his parents.
Jno. T.. Green, Jr., and Eugene
Purdy are at home from Wofford, the
college being closed until January Isl
on account Of influenza.
Mrs. Rosa Dufie, of Sumter, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. c. w.
Hewatt.-Darlingto News.
Nessrs. ]. Craig Hurst and Phillip
Booth, Jr, are at home from Officers
Flying School at Americus, Ca, where
they elected to discontinue their
courses for discharges from the ser
vice.
AIRS. H. NJ Meadors. of Savannah,
Ga.s is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. w. H. Shelley.
Rev. David kleine, of New York,
has been in the city for several days.
Mr.. Henry Spann received letter
"Wednesday from his son, Maj. Wilson
Mckay Spann, who is at the 'front.' in
France with 1st. A. A. NJ. G. Battalion,
second Army. The letter, which was
dated November 2Sth, contained the
welcome news that he was safe and
well and also the first news Of his
promotions from captain to major.
x saaG1. B. E. Estridge, of Greenviile. is
iR the city ON business.
= MT. Wilton Wallace is at home from
Spartanburg, having received his dis
charge from the S. o. T. c., at Wof-
ford College.
s8fr.H. II. Brunson, formerly prin-
eipaI OF the Mayesville school, has en-
tered Y. Ne. CA. army worS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

The big public health meeting
which was scheduled to have been
held in Mayesville some weeks ago.
but which had to be called off be
cause of the Flu" quarantine against
public gatherings, will be held next
"Wednesday evening. December IS, at
s O'Clock. at the auditorium of the
Mavesville Graded school building.
Mrs. Ruth Dodc, State supervisor
of rural visiting nurses who has spok-
en- twice in Sumter within the past
week. and who addresses heaiil
meetings at Stateburg No. 10 grade"
school and Rembert graded scnoo'
next Thursday. December 18th. VITA
DR.. 7. A. Hayne or DR.. Vance f'f%o-
| nam. Of the State board OF he;titf'
will address the Mayesvllle meeufiS.
Mrs II. l.. Thomas, chairman. Mass
Alice Cooper. Mrs. Rembert Mayes
Mrs z. /. Gr;er, Miss Mary Sue All
derson. Mrs. ". s. Chandler. MIS-
w. +. Anderson, are the local com
mittee of arrangements The M:iy"s
vile Home Demonstration club ne:a
hers and tile Aaayesville Civic League
are The leading spirits for better i!v
inc. conditions so far as improved san
;tarv conditions arc concerned, an'
arranged for this meeting.
The public is cordially invited to IN
Mayesville public health meeting. tn
people of the rural districts are par
ticularly invited by the Mayesvil4
|citizens to join with the toTn o
MAY ,svilIe In this meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

There are many hundred bales OF
cotton still unpicked in the fields OF
sumter county and the probability Is
that a great deal of it will never ot
harvested for winter is at hand ano
cotton pickers will not work in pad
Hasshers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

The wife Of Sergt. Anthony Ballard
co,ored received a telegram Tuesday
from the war department statins th'''
he had been severely wounded IN ac-
ton few days before the arnlsuce-
Sergt. Ballard was recently cited iof
bravery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
Tenants and Landowners Should be
Business Partners.

sf.s5s! \
Any attempt to put landowners and
tenants in separate classes and con-
tend that the inerests of the one are
opposed to- the interests of the other
E Vicious and dangerous. Landown-
ers are only human beings, with all
the virtues and frailties of human
Kind, and the same is absolutely true
of tenants. Moreover the tenant Of
today IS often the landowner OF to-
morrow, and. nine times in ten, the
honest, painstaking. industrious and
thrifty tenant graduates into land
owner who is successful in his rela-
tons with tenants
But plainly, the primary object Of
any business, farming included, is to
make mo:,ey or its equivalent; but the
very first lesson any man, landowner
or tenant, should learn is that making
money dishonesty is the worst Kind
OF business bad not only because it
is wrong, but bad also because in the
long run it never pays. Too many
landowners and tenants have yet to
learn this lesson. There are land
owners; We regret to say, who
have no scruples against -skinning
tenant, and there are also tenants who
-gieat over getting the best" of the
landowner.
To the landowner, we say that the
surest way to make a dishonest ten
ant is to- be dishonest in your rela-
tons with him. Even the most ig-
porant tenant senses it when he does
not get justice, and he resents 1t ana
the landowners interest invariably
suffers. The landowner, by virtue OF
his superior business position, should
set the tenant an example Of unques-
tioaed business rectitude. His prohts
should come out Of the land, not out
Of the man. 1t will pay hln mana
someN to cut out inquitous time
prices and high interest rates and ao-
vance cash at the legal rate OF inter
est. The profits from cheer1ui
worker. a tenant who knows ne is
getting a square deal, will TAR out
weigh those that come from time
prices and excessive interest charges
TO the tenant, let us say that your
whole business future depends upon
your reputation for honesty and square
dealing. These mean trust and con-
fidence ON the part Of men who can
help you, and these. coupled with IN
dustry and economy, lead straight to
home ownership and independence
However dishonest your landlord may
be-. it will be fatal mistake for you
to follow his example. better
plan will be to leave him, and leave
him as quickly as you can.
The only right relation between
landowner and tenant IS as business
mariners. each working for the gooc
of the firm. Such relation means
satisfied landowners. prosperous, con
tented tenants, and farm lands IN
ereasing in fertility and value. II i
simply another case where the Colder
Rule is not only good morals pu
good business as well.-The Progress
sive Farmer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Open High Low Close Close

Corn advanced seven cents bush
el TODAY on the government report or
a short crop. The cotton crop is snort
according to the government report.
but the price goes down instead Oh
advancing in seven cent jumps as
does corn,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
DeWSDllrV.

DewsDury. England Wednesday,
Dee. IA league Of nations is the
solution of the question OF ia
"freedom Of tho seas" and Great
Britain ana the United States car
reach a compicte a-Teasncnt cn :he
quest on BY joining such league. de-
cIared Niscount Grey, former foreign
secretary Of Great Britain, in a
speech here tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

wash.nSt;n Z. 9. f2-C5nGrcss will
take up for consideration 1t once Sec
re..s4ry NcAdoos Ts"oif. ton
ta@1 he period of Sove.ra.uei} control
oi railroads be extended 20 January
1st. 1921. il was said today IN
making the recommendation Mr.. NC
Adoo stated President Wilson con-
CARED n his views.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
County Health Survey

At the Salem School Home Demon
stration Club meeting last Tuesday.
Secretary z. I. Rcardop was invited 10
talk to the ladies about the county
health survey, and the rural VISITING
nurse plans. The speaker explained
both propositions The meeting
showed great interest and guaranteed
that ut least one hundred and fifty
dollars would be subscribed from Sa-
lem School patrons. Miss Alice Mar
tin, the home demonstration agent,
followed Mr.. Reardon in u short but
strong appeal for cooperation on the
part of the women and girls OF th;lc
section with the State board OF health
and Sumter Chamber. Of Commerce in
landing the county health survey and
the visiting nurse. Salem School I'M
provement association subscribed So
from it's treasury for the health sur
vey, and promised to get busy r;uslnS
more money for this purpose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

Amsterdan.. Monday. Dec. 9.-The
LoHaI Anzieger Of Berlin says It learns
from competent sources that Ger.
Foch agreed to postpone the date for
the surrender of al German loco
motives until February 1st
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

Paris. Dec. 19.-Pr:nce Heary, o
Prussia. q h1ot!le: cf the forna@r eil1-
pszror, has proclaimed the estahilsh-
nlert Of he Eoyalist party IN Ger
many. according tc reports from Hol-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14
Cotton Market

+. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected Daily at II o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 26 IL.
Strict Nfiddling &c. IA.
Miodling 26.
Strict Low Middhng "a IL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

MIS-. K. =. Furlnan.
Secretary & Treasurer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

s3fr.H. II. Brunson, formerly prin-
eipaI OF the Mayesville school, has en-
tered Y. ne. ca. army wolS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

I'VE did not have the machinery
for an offensive war. Our navy is q
defensive weapon ard not an often
sive enc; and that is why we do not
mean to give it up. We have kept
these islands free from invasion for
centuries and we mean to take no
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09

and pathos, did exceedingly well, and
Churchill did not allow himself to be
outdone." The paper says that every
thing was done for effect. Wilson spoke
at washingtons grave, thereby arousing
the best memories of the nation, while
Churchill laid stress and gave form TO
Anglo-Saxon brotherhood, although this
was smack in the face for American
independence. 1.-The father of this work.
II says. would turn in his grave could
he hear how Wilson morally destroys his
work" Wilson, who never lacks words,
the paper argues. imagined he was echo
ing the same idea when he declared that
England in the meantime had recognized
this idea of independence. while, the
paper says, in reality Anglo-Saxon power
is a menace for all the free peoples,
land we know that Wilson Is allied with
England and that the American declara-
ton of independence has become hollow
words"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
GERMANS SAY WILSON
DESIRES TO DOMINATE
Enemy Press Sees in Presidents ADDRESS Lust for Su
premacy Over Central Po,Uers and Entente.
Scof at "MiIlion Arny''

america does not seek annexation or to
reap commercial advantages, and says
america is getting nervous about the
war, and SO resorts to tarring and feath-
ering atrocities. It pretends that Amer
ica mas designs on Mexican silver mines
ana OIL wells. aa5 that wall street
gentlemen coset these
Says America Is Isolated
another article, entitled Uncle Sans
Birthday" is by Colonel Herwarth. for
mer military attache at Washington,
who says It is difficult to understand
now the practical people which produce
me sen-made man who strives for In.
dependence In private life should be sud
denly blind to their own interests and
should forget George washington's
creed. He says that oceans are nothing
when 1t Is a question of commerce and
communication, adding: "Our modern
gray ships cross in a few days, but mill
tarlly the whole American continent from
Hudson Bay to Cape Horn remains as
isolated and unreachable as ever"
The writer argues that Washington
was right in speaking of 'the detached,
distant, peculiar" position of the United
states. If the Amerlcans are cele-
nrating Independence Day, they are ly-
ing to themselves" he says. "and as
burnt rockets fall about the Washington
Monument and the White House garden,
so Americans will one day say to Will
son: He went up like a rocket and
came down like stick He promised
everything and kept no promise. His
words were big, but his horizon lin
ited."
The Lokal Anzeiger says independence
Day gave America. England and the
other allies a welcome excuse for a new
agitation and the expression of the
brotherhood of Anglo-Saxondom. It
adds: Wilson, the master of phrases
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
WARSAW COUP IS EXPOSED
Pro-Cermans Had Plotted to
Overthrow Polish Government
SpeciaL Gable to Euening Public Ledger

Copyright. 1918, bv Nep York Times Co.
Stockholm, July "a sensational con-
spiracy has been exposed at Warsaw,
says a telegram from that city. In pro-
German circles n coup d'etat was pre-
pared a la Skoropadsky, directed against
the Polish Government. A welfare COM
mittee had been formed consisting of
eleven members of the Polish national
council. A leading person in 1t was
Studnizki. a well-known activist. He
tried to win over one of his acquaint-
ance for the coup, but did not know
that this man was member of the Sc
cret military organization for the free
dom of Poland. The man invited Stud
nizki into conversations, which were lis
tened to by some members of the secret
organization hidden in the next room,
who made shorthand notes of what was
said
The plan was to compel the three re-
gents, Ostrovsky. Kavanovsky and Lubo-
mirsky to resign. All the details have
now been published causing a great sem
sation throughout Poland
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
FEARS SURPRISE
IN WESTERN LULL
Object of Delay Is to Make
Allies Relax Vigilance,
Perris Says
TINE HURTS, HOWEVER
By G.. H PERRIS
Special Cable to Epening Public Ledger

CopyriOht. 1913. By Nctc York Times Co.
with the French Armies. July Q.
The abnormally dry summer days are
passing and Ludendorff still does not
move his legions.
There is reason for this inactivity, be-
sides the main factor of the decline in
power of the enemy. Numerical and
moral surprise is his only hope, and the
lull the Allies into a state of optimistic
sleepiness. 1t is n danger never to be
lost sight of.
Time is working steadily for the AL
lies 1t is not Won Below and his few
German regiments that will be able to
put the Austrian Humpty-Dumpty up
again. Russia is recovering. and with
the new peril rising in the Far East.
Berlin sees her work of intrigue in Mos
COW and Petrograd falling TO ruin. In
the west the balance Of force is now vir-
tually level and every day several new
American battalions are ready for the
field
Increasing Vigilance Necessary
But the promise of developments and
of Foch's Fabian strategy can only be
realized on one condition-an unceasing
vigilance. A single great surprise may
CdHCtl lne Ndlut Ol All army. his uOtS
not mean only that sentinels and out
posts must not go to sleep or that oh
servatories and advanced command posts
must watch for the slightest signs of a
suspicious movement. The daring and
scientific extension of German espionage
has compelled the Allies gradually to
improve their information service. and.
doubtless there is room for further i'm
,provement.
Naturally cannot speak of what has
been done in this direction. but there Is a
minor German invention of recent date
that can be spoken of and that will sug-
gest the kind of efforts each army makes
to tear from the other the crowning ad-
vantage of the factor of surprise.
After the stosstruppen tstorm troops)
come the spachtruppen (scout troops)
Their business Is to bring in prisoners
by means of raids and by surprising pa
trolls and outposts.
The men enrolled in these special de-
tachments must be particularly ener-
getic and resourceful, keen as Indians in
strategy and in familiarity with the
ground. They study minutely the habits
of the adversary, the hours at which he
carries on such and such a work, the
positions of sentinels and so on. When
this study is completed raid is organ
lied.
There is a sudden dash of a score of
men, who return as quickly when they
get two or three prisoners. with the pa
pers of those killed and pieces of their
uniforms showing to what unit they be-
longed
On their side, scout troops must not
leave in the trench raided any sign OF
their own regiment or any intelligence
It is a most characteristic work of the
short phase of the struggle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
TROTSKY AGAIN HARPS
ON IDEA OF HOLY WAR
Safety of Soviets Depends on
General Conscription,
He Declares
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

cop,r;obt rntc h, N,,, yo,I T;,,,, ra
petrograd Tuno oornisnatch ~ tho
'
Lohoon DAILY bNpress)'
The latest stage reached by the Boil
shevist JTtopia reads Ike a fairy tale or
. .id,i. 90 ,,n e.. -, 49,. =
''o''' '''" ou' III
huSsla the truth Is stranger than fiction.
Trotsky's recent report on the situa-
ton of the republic is causing comment
and apprehensior o,,c,, all c,,sses of
,L,,.
so,,. 10 go, haIpl"s on the
w.. We" ,uea SaS ing .na, tne sale,! OF
s, 80 , co. '"o iepuoi'c uepenoS Oh
81. =. :, ,,p ipt'p,' nut according 10
20 ','oie " .ah .he younger
,r.., D' ~ ar''S. as.
o,,,,,, ,u,s ,I a'N io' .es oi
,,.a,,Ia -. t"sse natufaiy
''' ~ "s'' '"e pioie'ar'at.
Inc tertlle BolsheVik mind has found
way out or the dilemma by imposing
on the memoers of the bourgeoisie, old
ana young. light duties for home and
,, use Nueh aS cieanihs OUT
..!, 80 anu ca,"ps' s.ree. sca'enelng
49, ,,,a,. ,, ne hu'''or OF 'ne
. 49,. !" 'ne announces
.ho,,,,x 10. a. uni's VINO are
,ro,r,ots, s,.,, s.., 'naiH Heai VIII ne
5iorin =, 'ro' .L s,n ia,iEu. ou1y 10 real SOL
oonsoio,.;o,, h;eaa "','t. ~, '".' herS' NJ,
.,,n. anu 'hose Ia,l'ns
czo go - H'eo 'o'h H'oo 10
t., 'I'"' VI "e,'t P'aceu III con-
,.,"iI ."',p"' "'u rue S'ric'eSt su-
,,. 49, 10 ~ -. eH'"''iei'eu o'er nrones'
&C., anu '"oSe n'' engaged IN USE
"''N
Ihe conundrun1. who are bourgeoisie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-09
Hindenburg Calls Million
More Men to German Army
Special Gable to Euening Public
Ledger

Copyright. 1918. bu Nep York Times Co.
The Hague, July 9.-Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg has just
called for 1000, 900 more men. Re-
cruits are being taken from the
factories, and the vacancies are
filled by prisoners and foreigners,
as well as with exchanged pris-
oners of war, contrary to all agree
ments. Several crippled Germans
recently repatriated from England
are now working in the Krupp
works, where conditions are COM
paratively good.
While every nerve is being
strained to finish the war this
wear, there are already indications
that Germany is preparing for the
coming winter. Recruits of six
teen, seventeen and eighteen are
being called out for the coming
drive on the west front. These go
singing enthusiastically, but the
older ones are less joyful.