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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11

(By Cyrus Townsend Brady of The
Vigilantes.)


The papers chronicle day by day
the steady advance Of the British
soldiers northward through Palestine.
Their lines extend from the Jordan
to the sea and they are slowly but
in this latest, greatest and most de-
cisive crusade.
If the followers of Mahomet can
make any stand against the followers
of Christ it will surely be in the plain
or EsdraelOn, one Of the natural bat
tletelds of the world. 1t is singular
how some places lend themselves in
evitably to conflict. The plain of
Jezreel, to give it another name, is
one of these. 1t has been fought
over continually since Thothmes
there defeated the Hittites in the
dawn of recorded history. Jew and
Gentle; Canaanite, Assyrian, Baby
lonian, Scythian, Persian, Greek and
Roman contested for it's mastery in
the past; English, French, Italian,
German, Arabian, and Turk from
Godfrey and Richard and Saladin to
Napoleon drenched it's fertile soil
with blood in more modern times
May the forcoming be the last of it's
many battles. and Allenby the last
Of the long line of Crusaders.
One of the most decisive of the
conflicts upon that plain occurred in
1898 B. c. when Barak, the Light
ming, inspired by Deborah led ten
thousand men down the slopes of
Mount Tabor in a successful night
onfall and surprise of the army of
the oppressor, Jabin Of Hazor, unc.kr
the command of Sisera. The Haz-
zorites were disastrously defeated,
driven in panic terror down the mar
row pass cut by the Kishon, then m
full flood, and killed or drowned IN
large numbers.
Deborah made a great song about
the triumph. One stanza runs THIS
way:
Curse ye Meroz, said the Angel
of the Lord, curse we bitterly the in
habitants thereof; because they came
not to the help o. the Lord, to the
help of the Lord against the mighty"
No one knows where Meroz lay. No
ruined vestiges remain to identify il
There is no other mention of it in
the pages of history. There is no
ground even for speculation about it.
Yet for over thirty-two centuries it
has been pilloried in it's infamy in
that immortal song. Whatever it's
prosperity and its works. whatever it's
hopes and achievements, the loves and
hates the successes or failures, of its
people--they are all forgotten in the
blistering. withering condemnation of
the singer 1t stands as a place ac-
cursed forever. Perhaps it's utter
oblivion is the result of the merited
condemnation.
Shall there be written against our
city, against our land, the curse of
Meroz? Shall we apply to these and
to ourselves this slackers' text?' Or
shall we come to the help of the
Lord today. tomorrow and forever, in
the great conflict, and at all times be-
ing waged in Europe and everywhere
against sin and the devil?
Curse We Meroz? Non nobis, Do
mine-Not unto us, Oh Lord!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11
M'LEOD FOR CONGRESS.
liOn. Il. &. Mcleod, of Lee County,
Makes Formal Announcement OF
Candidacy.

In entering the race for congress
from the seventh congressional dis
trict, l do so because feel that in
this capacity 1 can render effective
service to my country; and for the fur
ther reason that 1 appreciate the fact
that it will be a distinguished honor
to be the representative of this dis
trict. An office is honorable and
creditable just to the extent that it is
hOnorably and creditably filed.
I wish to state that 1 am in hearty
accord and sympathy with the present
administration, and consider that VIC
are all providentially favored in hav-
ing at the head Of this great govern
ment in this crucial time, a president
honest, sincere and with an intel
lect which seems capable of Overcom-
ing the greatest difficulties, and the
solving of the most difficult problems
The entrance of this country into the
war met with my hearty approval for
the reason that. briefly stated, as a
self-respecting nation we could no
longer remain neutral. AS a citizen, ]
have tried in every way to do my bit
and uphold the hands of our president
and representatives in congress
propose to carry into this cam
paign, and If elected into congress
the motive which has been the domi-
nant one in my own life since the be-
ginning of this war, and that is, win
the war. All else is subservient to
this and dependent upon it. have
no difficulty in pledging myself to
this and to heartily support the ad-
ministration in every way both as g
citizen and officially. if elected.
We are living in a time when the
current of the worlds history is being
changed. The resources of the
country in men and substance must
be conserved to every extent con-
sistent with the dominant purpose of
winning the war. Should the war
close soon, and 1t will not and must
not close until a righteous and en-
during peace has been secured, condi-
tions more or less chaotic are bound
to follow, hence. both during the wa,
and after, our country will need the
very best of it's brain and character
both In Our State Legislative body and
In the national. and a man with the
ability and character to properly rep
the most efficient service Is the Cne
who should be chosen. Should ap-
peal to my fellow citizens as measur-
ing up to this standard their support
would be most gratifying to me in
deed, and 1 would cndeavor to show
my appreciation by placing at their
service my experience in public af-
fairs. all the ability / possess, and
laying aside all other interests to de-
vote myself entirely to their service
During the campaign and upon. the
stump I hope to have something to
say that will interest the people, con-
firm their faith in the righteousness
of our cause and strengthen their
hope in the ultimate victory of our
armies. the triumph of democracy
over autocracy and the winning Of
righteous and lasting peace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11
GERMAN SPY CAPTURED.
Man Landed in Ireland From Ger
man Submarine Will be Court
1nartialed.

London, May "a German sub
marine recently landed a man on the
Irish coast where he was arrested by
government officials. The man is
now in the tower of London, and he
will be courtmartialed, it was an
nounced in the house of commons to-
day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11
The County Medical Association and
the Public,

|
the Public.
There is no title in the United
States more abused and belittled
than that of M. ID. 1t is msapplied
times without number and unfor-
tunately the public at large makes no
differentiation; the reputable doctor
of medicine is given the same title
as the corner quack who waits to
make his stealthy spring on the guile
less sucker. The public at large is be-
ing now educated in many profession
al ways, for there should be nothing
mysterious nor secretive in the prac-
tice of medicine.
The public should know that the
County Medical Association is the
doorway that the guack, the shyster
and the man who got his NJ. ID. from
some illiterate school of the past, can
not enter.
So great is the abuse of the medi-
cal title that not only graduates of
pharmacy, but soda jerkers, illiterate
veterinary men, without any degree,
and dentists are called doctors, yes,
even colored chauffeurs who drive
for physicians, are all called doctors.
Party because of this abuse of title,
England does not allow our M. DIS to
practice in that country without q
special examination; and the English
surgeons are always called Mr..
Membership in the State Associa-
tion can only come through being a
member of the County Association
and physician cannot be a Fellow
of the American Medical Association
without being member of his State
and County Associations.
Why should not the public at large
know, that while the medical title i'm
our country has been belittled, that
the county society stands as it's
guardian, and to be a member, means
the practitioner has graduated at a
reputable college, that he has COM
piled with the legal requirements Of
his State with regard to the practice
OF medicine, and that morally his
character and methods entitle him to
association with his fellow practition-
er Again, we know that the men,
ber of the County Society is the man
who keeps up his knowledge of the
new methods and the advances i'm the
science of medicine which come to
us every month; and every member
of a live county society knows that
he carries away some new thought or
some ideas he can develop later, at
every meeting.
1t is a fact also that the county
and the State meetings are attended
by the men who are the busiest men
in the profession. / can give personal
testimony that since 1892 / have al
ways been a member of a county
society and 1 believe it has been the
one continuous inducement to study,
equip myself, and keep up with an
ever advancing profession. AS your
president both to show our patriotism
and to preserve the integrity of our
society 1 recommended that all dues
of the members of our association,
in the military or naval service of the
United States, be kept up and paid by
our society as body.
WALTER CTIEYNE, M. D.,
President Sumter County Medical As
sOciation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11

New York. May 7.-lTammany Hall
established precedent today when it
admitted women as members of the
executive committee After the fall
primaries there will he an eoual
number Of men and women chosen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11

The fruit crop prospect is unusually
fine this year and early peaches will
be on the market within the next ten
days Or two weeks from Sumter coun-
ty orchards.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11

Washington. May 2.-The Shah OF
Persia has applied for 100000 of
liberty bonds. The request reached
the state department today from
Minister Caldwell at Teheran.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11

birmingham, May About one
hundred and fifty white robed men
attired i'm regulation ku klux khan uni
form with the American flag and n
fiery cross i'm the lead rode through
the streets last night warning idlers
to- find work and do It.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-11

Berne. May S.-Emperor William
has returned TO Potsdam owing to the
political crisis arising from the re-
lection or suffrage reform by the Prus
sian diet. Chancellor Won Hertllng
has bccn summoned to Potsdam To
report on the situation.
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in fact, machines for almost everything connected with the making of clothing. The best factories are modelled along cost efficiency lines and are worked accord ing to the idea of efficiency as given me by David Kirschbaum, who has some of
 There are also machines for making the largest of these army contracts MT. Kirschbaum said: Modern efficiency means the accomplishment of a task, as well as it is humanly possible to do it, with the least expenditure of time, effort and money"
 In this connection I would say that most of the ready made clothing of the country is not manufactured in sweat shops and also that some of the up-to- date factories show as good service work as is done in any branch of in- dustry. The agents for the department of commerce at Washington. which have recently investigated this indus try, give the story of one factory which is worthy of mention along welfare lines. This ready made cloth ing factory employs many hundreds of workmen. Its plant is modelled after the latest of sanitary methods. The lighting is all overhead and so ar ranged that no shadows are cast on the work. So much air space is allotted to each workman. There are sanitary drinking spoutS and running water ev- anywhere. There are bathing arrange ments for women and men and the women have shower baths which come only shoulder high to keep their hair dry. Liquid soap and paper towels are used.
 The agents of the department of commerce say that the owner of this factory knows every one Of his em- ployes. He calls them by their first names and keeps himself posted as to their personal affairs. His employees are studied for the special jobs fer which they are fitted. and if girl is not good for one place she is trained for another so that the square pegs get into the square holes and the round pegs into the round holes. The efficiency study; it keeps up records of all operations and it's wages are increased according to the amount of work done. The speed of the machln- cry is studied and everything is on a cost efficiency basis. No employe is allowed to clean or oil his own ma chine This is done by special re- pair department and is found to pay
 The owners of the factory do much of what is called welfare work" They object to this name. however, and say they prefer it to be called service worl1'' They do not consider It char ity. but a business proposition, ana they say that it pays. In thls prahen are included doctors, dentists ana nurses. The factory has an emergency
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No Liberty Loan Slackers
 Among Women Workers
Continued from Page one,

full work with the girls of the nation and to seek her advice regarding the work to be established in Anniston.
 Mrs. Coleman told of the establishment of the Girl Scouts in England, the move ment being started by one of our own southern women, Mrs. Juliette Gordon Lowe of Savannah, daughter of Gen. W. w. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon, who married wealthy Englishman, started the or ganization with 6000 English girls, who, after seeing the work of the Boy Scouts. desired the same privileges for girls. The organization was called Girl Guides at first but afterwards changed to Girl Scouts. Mrs. Lowe is the president of the national organization of Girl Scouts and presides at the conventions which are held in New York, prominent woman from every state in the union at tending the conventions. Mrs. Coleman is writing a book. entitled Scouting as I Know It. to be published in few months.
 The Girl Scouts are taught all of the essentials of good citizenship; their duty to their county. The scouts inter- pretation of the Golden Rule is Helping others at all times" The Scouts band is patterned after no grown-up organiza- tion. It is peculiarly their own, every feature, especially adapted to girls. It used effectively. The. truthfulness and honor of the girls never questioned. Mental alertness, quickness of decision and physical development are three at- tainments gained by members of the Girl Scouts They are given first-aid course and taught to cook in and out of doors.
 Mrs. Coleman told of the splendid war work accomplished by the Girl Scouts of the nation. Nearly all of them belong to the patriotic leagues of the Young Women's Christian association. work in- defatig aoly for Red Cross, Liberty Loan and other patriotic activities. Thousands of sweaters have been made by the Girl Scouts, thousands of dollars raised by them for Liberty Bonds and thou- sands of sweaters made for the Belgian children. The girls of Washington started a melting pot to receive old silver and trinkets, the proceeds to nuy an ambulance. The girls in other parts of the United States have become in terested, and are lending helping hand with melting pots in many towns and Mrs Coleman feels sure that ere the summer is over, an ambulance Will De presented to send lover there from the Girl Scouts Mrs. Coleman spoke Of the aid and interest given to the Wash ington scouts by Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Dimuck.
 Mrs. Knox appointed Mrs. T. l.. Rob- inson as chairman of a committee to perfect plans for organizing and main taining a Girl Scout organization Tn Anniston.
 As Mrs Coleman says. the utilization of the girl power of today is one of the country's greatest responsibilities The reconstruction period of the war, which will be borne by the girls of today, will call for genuine heroism of the highest type. It is the duty of the women Of today to lend their time and influence to these women of tomorrow who will have burdens to shoulder, re- responsibilities more stupendous than per haps have ever before faced the
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chine sharpens the knife as it goes,
 and it is so accurate that it does equally well in cutting crescent which has the short curve of a watch
 case as in making the long line which
 measures the back of the coat. With
 this machine pieces for 50 overcoats
 can be cut out within a very few
 minutes. The waste is carefully saved.
 and it now goes back to the govern ment to be reworked over for the wool in it, which is used for making more cloth.
 In this same room I saw them cutting out the Innings and trimmings. The cut goods go from the cutters to trim- mers who match up the fabrics with
 buttons and thread, assembling as it
 were everything employed in making the
 garment. The materials for each uni form are laid up together and the pieces are sent in bundles of 10 garments to the shops where they are made into uni
 forms.
 The most of the sewing and pressing and finishing is done in one enormous room, which covers almost an acre This room is filled with machinery of
 many kinds, and it looks more like
 great mill or manufacturing establish ment than a tailor shop. One thousand or more men and women are engaged on the many processes required for making uniforms and the pieces go through p,ocess after process and machine after machine, starting in at one end of the room as pieces of cloth and coming out at the other so nearly complete that they have only to fly down chute to the gov ernment inspectors to be ready for ship ment to the armies. Every garment is inspected again and again, and it goes from the hands of the packers into the train for the camps or for shipment across the ocean to Europe.
 The making of the clothes requires many different operations. More than
 40 are used in making the brooches alone and almost as many in the coats and overcoats.
 Among the interesting machines which are used in the process is one that makes stitches at the rate of from 9W to 3000 a minute and another that makes shoulder pads at the rate of 1900 per day There is a button-hole machine, run py electricity, which can be speeded up to 1000 stitches a minute, and the button holes turned out look better and are stronger than those made by hand They have in that factory machines for sewing on 5000 bottoms on coats in day, and this machine will put just the same number of stitches in each button. and will tie the stitches and trim OH the thread The button machine looks not unlike the ordinary sewing machine. pockets which work at 5000 stitches per minute There are machines which make collars, which sew on lapels, which 1oln the seams of the coat and machihes which put tape around the edges, and'
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i hospital and consultation rooms. A physician spends sometime at the fac tory three times a week and the dem lists and oculists are there once a week. No employe is engaged until and the employees are required to keep their teeth in good shape Every em- ploye must have his eyes examined, and the factory oculist arranges that glasses. if necessary, are supplied tt 50 per cent discount. The factory tries to have every employe examined by the physician. dentist and the oculist at least once every six months.
 The heads of this establishment pay especial attention to the social we'll being of their employees. They have a library and amusement grounds for both men and women. They pay q dancing instructor to come once a
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Copyright, 1918, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Philadelphia, 1918. 7 HAVE come to Philadelphia to tell
 you how we are making clothes
 for the soldiers. I could have done
 equally well by going to New York. Chicago, Baltimore or Boston; and there are thousands of men and women upon the same job in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cleveland, Louisville and Rochester. More or less army clothing is being made in the factories of some of the oth- CT cities. but the great bulk will be turned out in those I have mentioned. Here at Philadelphia I visited one establishment which manufactures 4OOo overcoats every day. as well as thousands of jackets and bSeeches. The plant has 2OO0 men work .I E on uniforms alone, and it turns out ven overcoats minute all the work
 Is day through.
 lThe most of the work is done by ma hinery and the machinery is of high ~ specialized nature. It is the culmi- nation of long lines of invention by which metal of various kinds has put on the aspects of life and seems to think it's way through the various processes Imagine knives worked by electricity which will cut out 50 over- coats at a time, needles that will sew riding brooches so that they fit the leg as closely as though made by hand, and machines that will even sew on but tons by the thousands a day, giving each just so many threads, and fastening the ends so that the buttons will not come off. Think of machines that will put in eyelets and make buttonhoes, that will insert sleeve Innings and cut the trim mings to suit, and of electric instru- ments of one kind or other that will per- form. almost every operation needed to make the uniforms fit for our soldiers in the camp or the field.
 But first let me give you some idea of the size of this big tailoring job. It is hard to realize the enormous de- connection with the forces we are send ing to Europe. The amount of money estimated for quartermasters supplies this year is just absut S2,50OOO0, 600. and the greater part of this will go for uniforms, shoes and similar supplies. It is estimated that Uncle Sam will pay s101 for the clothing of every soldier sent to France. and this in addition to his eating utensils and fighting equip lnent. Every soldier has to have an over- lcoat, the average cost of which is about ls14. By the first of last January 6,000,000, lsuch coats had already been contracted for and more than 2,000, GOO delivered. The remainder is now being turned out at the rate of many thousands per day.
 And then the uniformsi every man has two suits as well as woolen shirts and underclothing for summer and win
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I week and teach the employees modern dancing, and there is piano in one of the rooms connected with the shops, where at noon every Wednesday a dance is held. the shop orchestra fur nishing the music. The employees also have a choral society and parties are given now and then at which the man. agers. superintendents and foremcn, with their wives. mix with the em- ployes.
 The establishment has a penny bank and about 50 per cent of the employees have bank accounts. When they have saved as much as $100 the money must be taken out and deposited with one of the city savings institutions. The factory also loans money without in- terest to it's employees, but this is only up to a limited amount and the loans are deducted on installments from tho pay of the borrowers.
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BURGERS Weather-Fair
BURGERS BUY RUGS ON CLUB PLAN
Some Timely Hints From
 The Silk Department

It's just little early for the sweet girl graduate dress vet not too early if you want to yourself the worry ot
 rushing things at the last minute With the idea of beg little early now showing for the fTst ume huil Der of new novelties
 This new showing too long to into detail but heres tho news briefly:
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Buttons, Special by a card

Trimming Department special sale of buttons in as- sorted sizes including small and medium and in and 4-eye styles They are beautiful in finish as the Jap anese so expertly make things of this character. Marked for tomorrow special at SC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Manhattan Square Hotel 50 to ss West 77th St.. New York 300 Rooms, FPS with Bath and Shower Opposite Museum of Natural History euwoundcd by parks. Halfa Block of entrance ts Central Park. Convenient to everything koom. with use of bath {. $l.50 per day Rarlor. bedroom and bath. with
 shever. for one or two persons. $3.u0 per day Parior, two bedrooms and baths.
 shaxe1. thsee or four persons
 $500 to $8.oo per day Exreiiene Res1urant. Moderate Prices. a. FnOHMANN, Pres. GEO. W. 0nARE. Mgr.