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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02
WINCHESTER

number OF persons from here at
tended the Garrett, Puckett, Starbuck
family reunion, at Glen Miller park,
Richmond, Sunday. Lewis Moore of
Lafayette Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Moore, of West Washington
street. Miss Henrietta Kelch gave
five-hundred party Tuesday in honor
of Miss Julia Kallcher of Frankfort.
Charles Hess Of Cincinnati, has re-
turned to his home after spending
few days with Clifford Hobbick, OF
East Franklin street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Bradford, Mrs. Minnie Mckinley
and Roy Williams of Anderson spent
the weekend here. the guest ofMr. and
Mrs. w. Y. Pickett. The Misses Mel
lie Botkin, Nellie Starbuck and Clara
Avery of Indianapolis, spent Sunday
here visiting relatives and friends,
A number of persons from q distance
attended the Coffin family reunion,
held at the home of Aldon Miller.
east of the city Sunday. :. q. Raymond
and Richard Goodhue, who are sta
toned at Nitro, w. VA, are home
on short through. :. Mr.. and Mrs.
o. NJ Eiler and Mr.. and Mrs W. 90.
McBeth spent Sunday in Greenville,
Ohio, with frienrs. The Messenger
society Of the Friends church met
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Win
Hawkins, south Main street. :. Mrs.
Mary Rouch of Portland, is guest of
relatives here. ;. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Hinshaw entertained relatives at six
o'clock dinner, Thursday. =. Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Hinshaw, Mrs A. J. Strake-
brake, Miss Anna Hinshaw and Mary
Rouch of Portland, were at Celina, O.,
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fixele
have returned from two weeks Wis
it with friends and relatives in Penn
sylvania. :. Miss Nellie Miller of No
blesviue is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Oliver. -. Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Martin and Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Martin
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02
The War Situation

A glance at any war map will bring sense of
satisfaction to patriot. The Most Highs Huns
have been pushed back uniformly from Lens in
Flanders to Reims in the south, one-half the dis
tance between the Hindenburg line and the far
thest 1918 German advance has been reconquered
and the triumphant allied armies are persisting in
their eastward march.
The famous Chaulnes- -Roye-Nesle triangle,
the most powerful fortification of the German
center, has fallen, forcing the Huns to evacuate
adjacent territory and retreat toward the Hin
denburg line Military critics are wondering if
Marshal Foch's strategy includes an attack
against the strong Hindenburg line. with Cam
brai, st. Quentin and Laon all highly important
railway terminals, detectives, or if he will close
his campaign when the Germans have retreated
to this line.
West of Cambria and north of Lens, this line
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02
DNNERSTOREs

A very young housekeeper decided
to do her bit by papering the kitchen
herself. She would thus give hubby
q nice surprise. and also save the
nice surprise, and also the expense
expense of having a professional wall
paper hanger.
When hubby arrived home. how
ever, the surprise" that greeted him
consisted Of yards OF soaked and
crunpled wall paper, smeared walls
and Respondent wife.
There. there. DEAR" comforted
John, Did you follow the printed di-
rections?'
"Yes," she vowed, "only OF course" "
and her eyes shone with pride and
patriotism" where 1t called for -four,
l used halt cornmeal."
A novelist said at a Bar Harbor
tea:
1T is incredible what some women
will spend to get into society. A
western millionaire's wife came to
New York, took a house in Fifth
avenue and gave a ball Of great mag
nificence.
When her husband totaled up the
bills, he WINGED and said:
My, Maria, these here bills total
up to 100000
1t costs money, dearie,' said the
wife, to get into society.
Humph,' said the millionaire, it
don't seem to me that we are gettin'
into society as much as society is
gettin' into u.s.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02

Williams. Martha Feemster. Helen
Adams, Winifred Clapper, Alice Corn
waithe, Lillian VanBuskirk, Thelma
Millar, Lucille Ogborn, Vesta Brum-
field, Madge Mannon. Victrola fur
nished the music, refreshments were
served. The executive committee
for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive in
Jaskson township is composed of r.
A. Hicks. chairman. Irwin J. L. Har-
meiers, T. ]. Butler, P. r. Gipe, F. G.
Mosbaugh. The same subcommittee
will serve. Mr.. and Mrs Bennie
Miller are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Kirkwood of Constantine. Mich.
Claude S. Kitterman will go to New
York Monday. from there to France to
enter service for the government. -.
Mrs. John Mungavin Of Richmond has
been visiting her sisters the Misses
Pusinella-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02
Flowers on Battle Fields
is Dispatch.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
a WRITER calls attention to the fact that after the
~ battle of Landen in the Netherlands, in 1893,
millions of scarle poppies on the battle
field He REFERS further, that the thing
happened after the battle Of Waterloo So he wonders
whether bloodstaned fields of France and Belgium
will become radiant with blossoms.
He might have referred to incident of our Civil
The fields about the city of Atlanta whtened
daisy for the first time the
spring and forces of Sherman had
camped upon them and to this day the blossoms OF the
daisies used decorate the OF those who fell
and lie buried about the city.
But there wasn't anything strange about It. The
seed of the daisies found their the fields In the
Northern hay shipped the armyjust the kind
of seed will find its way France We predict that
when the many American flowers will bios
upon the graves of soldier dead in that far OF
landI-and by virtue of the process.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02
A Labor Day Message
BY w. B. Wilson. Secretary Of Labor.

This Labor Day finds America at the greatest
crisis in history. The nation is engaged in the
greatest war the world has seen, and upon
the results of this war will depend the fate of
humanity for centuries.
We have sent a great army abroad to CO.
operate with the armies of our allies Our navy
is clearing the seas of the German submarines.
Our men in blue and khaki have glory by
many heroic deeds they have helped to inflict
upon the foe crushing defeat which, we hope,
may prove the turning point of the war.
But whether it does prove such depends as
much upon those who remain at home as upon
those who go abroad to fight. We have no fears
for our soldiers in France, provided we can keep
them we'll fed, well clothed and properly
equipped; they have already shown themselves
more than the equal of the Kaisers best troops.
Upon this day, of all days, must consider
seriously the problem before us at home. We
must maintain our armies in the field at the top
notch fighting strength and we must supply the
needs of our allies and the starving people of
Belgium.
This is day on which Labor must consecrate
itself to a great task-the task of winning the
war. For this tremendous duty halfway meas
ures will not suffice. There must be absolute
loyalty and devotion to the nations cause-these
/ believe, our people have already shown beyond
a question. But more than this, there must be
clear understanding of the great need, and a
new determination to crafty it
Maximum production is the goal for which we
must strive With every workman giving his ut
most strength and will power, we shall attain it..
The task will not be easy, nor the effort small /;
but we have no choice. To save all that we hold
DEAR we must work. work, work for the boys in
France and the allies. One phrase sums it up:
"Work as you would fight"
The coal miners are doing that. They have
produced the greatest amount of coal in history,
despite the heavy loss of men through enlistment.
Many records have been broken in shipbuild-
ing. Great industrial plants are producing ma
terial for the army at unprecedented speed. The
Nashville powder plant, the greatest in the world,
was completed three months ahead of time.
One workman made a record by driving
4S75 rvets in one day. Only short time after
ward the mark was passed by another who drove
5000. Now we are told that a workman has
driven 5000 rivets in one day. Such deeds as
these show the spirit that animates our people
and have served as examples to stimulate the
whole great body of Americans to nobler tasks.
The glory of it all is that labor has visualized
the needs of our armies and our peoples and its
own relation to those necessities. Labor accepts
that responsibility enthusiastically, loyalty With
our splendid Army on the battle fields of Europe,
reinforced by an efficient industrial army in
America, militarism is doomed to defeat. Demo-
cracy will be triumphant on earth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02

have returned from q weeks outing at
Lake James. NE. and Mrs. Oren
Sloan have returned from two weeks
visit with friends and relatives In
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02
Osn@e6pU1;
aMeh1Or1Qnt

Hindenburg's circus will have to
play the rest of the season without
a clown.
The first-bon of All-Highest has
packed his six trunks Of medals and
is on a six months vacation.
The kaiser can now work the old
excuse on friend wife for staying so
long in France.
He has been sitting up with a sick
friend-Ludendorf
Why not tax chins ?
Ten per cent for a single chin, 20
per cent for double chin, and 80
per cent for triple chin.
Would not that settle the food thing
on an equitable basis?
In a geographical magazine we note,
Germany is a low-lying country"
Not punctuated properly. 1t means
that Germany is low, lying country.
Another thing we positively refuse
to worry about is the Oft reported
scarcity of table luxuries in Sweden.
This also goes for Holland, Norway,
Denmark and Spain
Not forgetting our old friend Mex
leo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-09-02

Howard county. Mr.. and ,irs. ". T.
Wilson accompanied by their son John
and Mrs. j. J. Pretlow, attended the
fair at Warren, Ind, Thursday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
RED CROSS NOTES.
More Comfort Kits are Wanted will
Socks and Tobacco.

Every American woman who has
helped to pack Red Cross comfort
Nit for our boys lover there" will be
Interested In a cablegram received
February "a, al the Naional Head
quarters, from Major James III. Per-
kins. American Red Cross Commits
sioner to Europe:
Every American soldier now en-
tering the trenches carries an Ameri-
can Red Cross comfort kit contain
Ing towel. shirt. writing paper. pen
ell. soap. handkerchief. socks. mirror
and tobacco. The number of kits can
not be stated. but the fact that every
soldier has one means that the work
done by. American women Is q biz
comfort to the soldiers now on the
nring line. This fact should be
solace to the American women who
have made them. as well as to the SOL
dier. More kits wanted with socks
and tobacco"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
Result OF Contest.

A few weeks ago the members of the
School Auxiliaries OF the Junior
Red Cross In the Southern Division
were asked to enter messages In the
contest TO secure the best express
sion of good will from the school
children or the South to the school
children OF the Virgin Islands. our
newest colonial possession.
Dr. MacCracken In announcing the
result states that the following mes
sage from Kingstrec. South Caro-
lima. was the one chosen to repre-
sent all OF the children OF the South.
I'VE. the school children OF Ameri-
ca. bid you a hearty welcome, and
may you be happy living under our
nag"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
The Public Schools OF the City Wir
Follow the Clock.

The City Board Of Education has
unanim ously and unhesitatingly de
cided to direct the public schools OF
the city to comply with the letter and
spirit of the daylight conserving
plans that have come from Washing
ION.
1t Is believed that every business
interest in the city will comply ana
Tor the schools not TO fan in lin =
would nullify all plans that rnight he
contemplated. The board believes
mat the schools should take q posi-
ton of leadership in compliance with
every request that comes from Wash
ington; not only because this crisis
demands it; but because there is thu.
afforded an object lesson Of obedienc,
10 law
The pupils have been given def.
hlle directions in order that there ma,
be no hardship in complying with this
law.
III everyone will simply advance n
imepiece one hour before retiring on
saturday night, the right time will b.
'eEistered the next morning; for at
iwo O'Clock Sunday morning the
clocks throughout the whole countr:
VIII be advanced one hour. If all in
INlduals and organizations fall into
lihe Immediately. there will he II
confusion. Simply advance the clock
one hour and thereafter follow tn
clock.
The city bell will ring for schooi
rs usual on next Monday morning "a
S.-5 and this Will be the signal for the
children to go to school
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
Home Demonstration Work
ANN: KeElS. Dsmsnsaater
ALICE MAR Ii, Assistant
|SWcS" Canning ard Poultry Club
Meeting


Inc Oswego Canning and Poultry.
Club had a joint meeting at .h.,
school house uesday, March 26, at 2.
O'clock. Officers For the year werA
elected IS follows: President, Mss
Mary Mccoy; Vice President, Miss
Katherine Andrews; Secretary, Miss
Edith Cummings.
Repores OF the work were given
from each member and it was grari-.
flying to learn that the Poultry Claa
members have at least one hen ses-,
ting anG thst the Canning Club mem
ieTs have their tomatoes and pimertos
up.
NJ IS Martin expl&;ned the m9kfr-
If = nest, testing OF oggs, feed for lit
;e chic..s md urged ihe members TO
nIart Sun flowers eor chicken feel.
!eld Day was discussed along with
Tie making of the caps, aprons. and
2a.blcns to be worn on that day. The
proper method of setting out planrs
Was demonstrated.
Edith Cummings. Secty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
MORE PRO-GERMAN LIES.
PrO-Gcrman Papers I'm Sweden Prim.
Stories About America.

Stockholm. March 26.-The pro-
German newspapers in Sweden ar.
printing fantastic stories regarding
conditions in America. This propn
ganda is designed obviously to awake,
hostility toward the Entente power
and the United States and to ofls,'
the effects unfavorable to CermanS
caused by the sinking Of Swcdis'
ships and by the Luxburg affair.
The Nya Dagligt Allehanda print
IN alleged interview with a Swod
late returned from America. AccorG
ing TO this unidentified voyagcr Amer
can soldiers are committing suicid.
by the hundreds through fear OF suh
marines: American provision shop
are being plundered and the propri'
tors lynchcd by the masses; Swcdc
are faring hard I'm America. due to th
i'uXburg disclosures; the homes q
$4,000 Germans I'm New York are be-
ing watched by the police and the in
haoitants searched in tho streets ev
cry tline they leave their houses, an
american newspapers mot owned f.,
BRUSH capital have disclosed tia
Inc American embassy i'm Hudapca
had been boarding bombs
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
LudcndOrH Made Plans.

London, March 2T.--Thc Cerma,
war correspondents agree that Gen
Won Ludendorr made the plans f.
the German offensive. the Copenhage
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph Company reports. The genera
OH Friday was present at the scene
action in order personally to contro
the attacks.
German great headquarters. III
correspondent continues. have bee
established in an old castle near 81
Quentin. which is visited daily by tn
Emperor and the Crown Prince.
When the Food Administration hc -
gins talking about putting an iron
ring around the South to preve
shipment of any wheat or other FOO
products into the South next year. Il
that, therefore. the South must plant
sufficient food crops TO supply all it
own needs. or 60 hungry. the though
that is uppcrmOst i'm the writer's mind
is--will this iron ring operate In both
directions? If the South cannot oO-
tain food stuirs from the North and
Vest. are those sections to be pre-
vented from obtaining food stuifs
produced I'm the South? What will th,
North and West do without cotton
'eed oil. and meal, rice. peas, vego
tables and the many other article.
which the South sends the North and
West every year millions OF dollar
worth. AZ q matter Of rock bot
tom fact the South can feed itself an
not suffer at all, while if the North IN
;hcv viii suffer very grioviously. The
south does not produce wheat. mea
nd II FEW other articles sufficient 20
Is own needs. but II does produce &
surplus Of other articles to more THAI
countcrbalance what it obtains frOn
other sections. The South is not Tho
poor relation I'm this country and i
not dependent upon the bounty o.
other sections II produces more an
furnishes more to other sections thai
- obtains in nVchnngP. The point IS
however, that the South can an
should produce more than It does.
could and should be entirely indepen :
cnt of the balance of the country --an'
If the effort is made this yonr tn
..,tgo on food shipments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
As HUNS SEE It.
EMPEROR GLAD THI, FATHER
LAND HAS BEEN SPARED
SUCH TERRIBLE
TilfNGS
IudcEdorn Declares Great Ccnric3 :,
Going just rs it Was Mapped Out.

Amsterdam, March 27.-The VoIks
Ieitung, of Cologne, says that accord
ing to Gen. Ludendorff, Emperor Will
liam has been deeply impressed by
The terrible devastation in the battle
area, remarkinG:
How glad we should be that our
country has been spared such terrible
things. Why did we succeed in keep
inS the fighting beyond our frontiers ?
Because before the war we ALWAYS
urged the need of armaments. When
mankind changes these things also
will change. but first mankind must
begin to change"
Gen. LudendOrff praised the British
for their tenacious resistance and con-
tinued:
THE British believed they could re-
ly on the strength of machinery. The
employment Of tanks and great num-
bers of machine guns is typical of
their methods Of warfare"
The German infantry, the general
adds, had only one nights normal rest
during five or six days of battle.
"In battle like this" he remarked.
the infantryman must risk his life
not only once, but continuously from
trench to trench
In an interview. which is published
in the Volks Zeitung, of Coolgne, Gen.
Won Ludendorff says:
The course Of the battle goes eX-
actly as 1T was planned, and as it was
hoped it would go. The infantry has
completely maintained the spirit with
which 1t entered the war in 1914, and
this will bring further success. al
though the enemy is still strong and
tights with determination.
I'VE have succeeded in changing
the lighting from position warfare to
warfare of movement. although the
attacler had everything against him
and the defender had stronger defen-
sive means i'm his favor. Undoubted-
ly the British use machine guns with
much skill. For instance, they con
struct subterranean corridors starting
from trenches, in which machine guns
are planted. Such installations can
not be observed by our artillery and in
foggy weather especially cannot be-
reached. Our infantry had to take al
these machine gun nests. scattered ev.
erywhere over the battlefield
Our men advanced with grea.
elan 80 that it was difficult to follow
them with tired horses and damage,
carts. but the spirit of the men is
splendid. The preparations for tn
battle occupied two months of siren
uous labor. In the beginning Of Feb
rIary the order was given and on the
night OF March 2O-21 the attack was
begun. right to the minute. Every
thing was ready. We see the result. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
Chamber of Commerce Notes.

The Sumter Chamber Of Commerce
las received letter from Lieut.. Col.
Z. Fl. Chever. U. S. A. in charge O.
he Headquarters Savannah. Ga, Re
cruitjng District which comprises the
tate of South Carolina and Southeast
fcorgia Offering to inaugurate an hon
or roll of every man who has volun
;eered to serve his country in The war
t!om Sumter, through the Savannah
.'ccruiting district, and other dislri Is
nd to have this honor roll posted in
'he Sumter postohice lobby, ana i!
he recruiting headquarters in Sa-
vannah.
Col. Cheever writes in part tha
ms honor roll is intended as pub
ic notice to show the patriotism an
deity OF the young men OF YOU
own, and to ne posted in such pub
nc place that it can be sccn by ever,
one concerned, but this would not de.
"r your official body from inaugurat p.
H.g separate honor roll i'm Justice tc
he men who nave volunteered.
You are advised that a separat,
honor roll will be inaugurated in this
T. ice bearing the names Of men from.
your locality who have volun,ee
TN ouS this district in the military
or naval service, and this honor
roll will be posted in conspicuous
place in your postofice.
If practica BILE, would appreclot,
very much if you will cive me n list
~ mcn from your toWA who have vol
Gntecred their services 20 the army
navy marine corps, National Guaru
md National Army in order that
ecord may be kept in this Office on ::
duplicate honor roll of your city, ana
would request that the names of sac
nen be entered on your honor roll.
Secretary Rcardon has written that
he Chamber of Commerce Will be de
:shtod TO receive the honor roll of N
'umter county boys ana men ana wi
c1nspcuously display same i'm the
umtcr pos.ofHce md postnaster
Gorge w. Dick says he will be proud
1" see that ihis honor roll is CON
'"icuously displayed in his onicc loi-
by.
lhero are Eroat many Sumter city
ma county men who volunteered for
ervice in different branches OF the
ervicc In other districts than the Sa -
annah, Ca. District, and Secretary
Iseardon VIII be vcry glad to have
heir relatives or friends send their
Aamcs 10 him for information of Co.
| hceNcr and to complete the Sumter
'ounty honor roll,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30
Patriotic Entertainment.

A patriotic entertainment for the
benefit OF the Red Cros will be held
Mt the Gen. sumter Memorial School,
Stateburg at p. m. Wednesday. April
9TH. Addresses will he delivered and
an attractive musical programme will
be rendered. Refreshments will be
served. The public is cordially invited
to attend and assist in making the oc-
casiOn success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-03-30

girls of Middleton township. at
Wedgefeld school at o'clock tomor-
row afternoon.
There will be couple of speeches by
Mr.. z. G. Bowman and another speak
or to be selected
Delightful refreshments will be
served, and there will be other en-
tertaining features on the program.