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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-21

MT. and Mrs. R. A. Cleveland of 396 Fairview avenue returned yester- day after spending the past few weeks in Atlantic City.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-21

Miss Elizabeth Long of 27 Alanson street is able to resume her duties again after being confined to her home for the past few days with the grip.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-21

The Comfort club of the 1o2 In fantry will hold their regular meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Presbyterian church.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-21

Mrs. Marie CoverdaIe of Fairfield, and Mrs. w. Willard Fleck spoke be- fore the Parent-Teachers' association this afternoon at o'clock in the Huntington Road school
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-21

A Red Cross party was held last evening at the home of Miss Ruth Flood, 1278 East Main street. Those attending were Mrs. Frederick Bachamp, Misses Beatrice Fox, Mil dred Coggswell, Jane Strauss, Con- stance Whitstanley, Jane Killian and Kate Strauss.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
Invited to Visit Holland
President Leaves Question of
Accordance Omen

The Hague, Dec. 24.-Before the
departure of President Wilson and
Mrs. Wilson from Washington Queen
Nllhelmina sent him an invitation
to visit Holland. The reply which was
sent by President Wilson to the queen
early in December has just been pub
Eshed. 1t leaves the question of ac-
ceptance of the invitation open.
The reply expresses sincere graft
fication" for the queens invitation and
promise sthat the president and Mrs.
Wilson will keep in mind your kind
and generous offer of hospitality and
take the liberty Of letting you know
if you will not deem it discourteous
of US to do so, whether it will be pos
sible to give ourselves the pleasure Of
accepting your offer" It concludes:
please accept from Mrs Wilson
and myself the assurances Of our most
respectful friendship
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

mans image. In the beginning Sa-
tan's tempting suggestion was you
shall be like gods; in the Incarna-
ton, God becomes like US; in the
beginning, man in his pride wished to
be equal to God; il the Incarnation,
the Son Of GOD, who was equal to the
Father, condescended TO become an
equal OF man.
Today Heavens angels sing for the
first time on earth; today the fallen
angels in he!! experience their first
corfusion-t0ur Sunday Visitor).
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

! bombs. The submarine reappeared
standing almost on end. Five rounds
were fired into her at nearly point
! blank range and she went to the
bottom Of the sea.
Prior to that action the Farnbor-
ough had cruised throughout the en-
tire winter without being attacked.
Within {. month the Farnborough
coaXed another submarine near
enough to sink her by gunfire. Com
mander { npbell later was trans
ferred TO the command Of the Q-5 and
in the following February, 1915, his
vessel was torpedoed by submarine
which eventually approached so near
that a shot from the Farnborough be-
headed the u-boat captain as ne
climbed out of the tower, the subma-
rine was sunk with her coming tower
open and her crew pouring out. De-
stroyers towed the Q-5 in and beach-
ed her. For this exploit the victoria
Cross was awarded to Campbell.
The decoy ship Pargust with Camp
bell in cor md was torpedoed on
June 7, 1917, while disguised as a
British merchant vessel. The subma-
rine came within fifty yards of the
Pargust which then. opened fire on
her with all guns. The submarine
crew poured out Of the coming tow
er and held up their hands in token
of surrender. but the uboat steamed
away trying to escape in the mist.
The Pargust again opened fire on her
and sunk her with one man clingins
to her bow as she went down. Inc
decoy vessel was towed back to port
by American destroyers. Two Vic
toria Crosses were awarded for this
successful action.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
What Christmas Commentaries.

The event chronicled by st. Luke IN
the second chapter of; MS Gospel, was
the most wonderful ever enacted IN
the world.
The Christian poet, the Christian
artist, the Christian orator have ever
been at their best when dealing with
that great mystery. but neither pen'
nor brush, nor human eloquence nave
ever been adequate to portray 1t.
Mary and Joseph. unknown to the
world. but enaclored Of Heaven; Mary
and Joseph, seeking in vain for snelt-
er. while themselves sheltering the
God who made them; the providential
arrangement Of the time and occa-
sion and place: the wretchedness OF
1he wayside stable; the cold night;
the miraculous star; the angels
heavenly voices; the supernatural
light; the solenanity Of it all, yet the
fewness of N!tnesses-these circum-
stances attending an unimaginable
event make it impossible of true de-
scriptlon.
All that we can do is to initiate
the shepherds and wonder "at this
word which has come to pass" and.
like them, to answer the summons to
come over and adore Him-Heaven's
God made flesh, who as an infant
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lies IN
nlanger.
Heaven and earth are reconciled
after thousands Of years of separa-
ton; the Almighty had hitherto re-
ceived but little honor from His chill
dren and the world had known little
of peace.
IN the beginning, God made man
to His own image; in the Incarnation
the reverse takes place: God adopts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC
CONTROL.

Secretary McAdoo, retiring from the
MANAGEMENT of the railroads, explains
that he facors policy of public
mana cement with private ownership.
This is probably what the major
ity of citizens want, though there has
been no broad, convincing expression
of opinion on the subject.
It is unthinkab!e that the railroads
should ever slip back into the po-
sition they occupied Is or 20 years
ago. when they were virtually inde-
pendent. contemptuous alike of gov
ernmental restraint and public opln-
ion. There has been much public reg
ulation since those days of arbitrary
railroad kings" We Sail have no
more Harrimans and Hills. The pub
lie grip on transportation has grown
tighter, year by year. It gre so tight
finally that it came near s1rangllng
the railroads.
The intervention of the govern
ment. for war emergency, has prob
ably been fortunate for everybody. 1t
released the railroads from the tyran-
ny of the States and modified the
strict and sometimes unwise supervls-
ion of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. 1t provided the centralized
authority necessary to help the sys-
1enl as a whole by eliminating many
| unnecessary Implications Of service or
equipment. 1t is; maintained by most
men who have studied the question
that Capitalization must continue. in
creasing rather than diminishing. I'm
limited and irresponsible competition
in this field can meyer return.
1t is not likely that so much power
as this Capitalization implies will be
trusted to private hands. That would
be a step backward. The only power
| in Amerira big enough and safe
enough to trust with the policies Of a
national transportation system is the
govern .nent Of the United States.
AS for ownership, that is different
matter and an extremely debatahle
one. 1t may be that the nation will
eventually make up its mind In favor
of public ownership. as most European
nations have done But at present
there is little indication that the pub
lie is ready for such a step.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
INSTRUMENTATION FOR
BLACKS.

The attempt Of leaders Of the ne
gro race, under American guidance
to gain the sanction Of the peace con-
ference for a great, selI-governins
unfea OF African negroes. is to pe
viewed with sympathy rather than
riSicu.e. Nevertheless its imprac-
tieality must be apparent to nearly
everybody interested except the Uto-
uan negroes themselves.
with all due respect to scme of the
black leaders Of this movement, il
must be said that the negro, par
tfcatarly IN his native State, has new
e- SHOW any marked aptitude for po-
iitica1 organization and administra-
ton. The negroes Of Africa had self
soyernment for several thousand
years. 1t is not evident that they
ever made much use Of it. Even
Liberia, with all its encouragement
from white nations, has been a fail
iire.
Tie principle of self-determina-
tioh can be applied to the African
negroes, and probably will be. in
spirit. The natives Of the colonies
taken from Germany, at least, will
be given a voice in deciding which
power shall protect and govern them
It is proper, too, that the peace con-
ference should adopt more definite
rules for safeguarding the rights o.
al politically incompetent peoples
Farher than that the conference car
hardly go until evolution has beer
at work in Africa a while longer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
POSTWAR COMMISSIONS.

{ = :
T.he announcements of the secretary
OF war that promotions and commits,
sions viii be granted the men reaos
for them just the same as II the wal
were still going on gives satlslac-
ton. In cases where training ioi
commissions is nearly completed, the
men who wish to finish may DO SO
before returning to civil life. Men IN
the arnay who have been recommend
ed foG promotions will receive them
One reason given for this is that II
they are ever again called into SER
,. ,yice they will be enabled by this plan
I'd enter with the rank with which
they retire.
with our great hope that they will
never be wanted for war purposes
aga.n, that reason seems less I'M
uoftent than the simple consideration
ilust;ce. The award of the conf
missions and promotions after the
close. of the war is simply recogni-
ton of the fact that the men receiv-
i,g them have earned them. 1t is a
a6rt OF certificate Of work well done.
II seems only right and fair that every
mar, who has worked haro and serv-
ed faith fully, showing special ability,
loyalty or courage, should be granted
tie reward Of his efforts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
IN BERLIN.

In Berlin they are gay, they gre
dance-mad. There are about fifty
ca barets in Berlin where crowds drink
act laugh and dance unt!.. The n'ne
o'clock closing hour. Soon the nine
o'clock rule is to be suspended, then
they can dance till morning. Ber-
liners are longing for this. Ladies in
gorgeous toilettes, soldiers in uni
form and wealthy civilians meet and
drink wine at ten dollars a bottle.
The musical shows are crowded. 1t
is necessary to reserve seats two
weeks in advance.
Soldiers are returning at the rate of
10000 a day, and are greeted with
cheers, laurels wreaths and flowers
But Berlin is getting little tired OF
returning soldiers. It pals after a
while, and Berlin wants to be anus
ed. Why? Berlin is trying to for
get!
Berlin is trying to drown with the
crash of orchestra the crash of her
falling world.
Her soldiers march down Unter Den
Linden to the strains of Deutschland
Uber Allies
Germany over all! Yes, oyer all
that made her Germany. Over 1t for
years to come, the certainty of her
doom beginning finally to penetrate
even the thickness Of her head. SO
Berlin is trying to forget. But Ber-
lin will have more and more to re-
mind her Of the truth she hates to
face. She MAJ dance and sing and
feast for little while now, but In the
meantime there is; assembling that
stern tribunal which shall tell Berlin
and all of Germany her dancing days
are over, that the time has come for
her to don sackcloth and begin the
days Of repentance and penitential
toll. Eat, drink and be merry, for
tomorrow ys die"
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there is little need of sympathy. The
sooner his money gets into circulation
the better; some of it may drift into
deserving hands. The hard-working
thrifty, honest soul, on the other
hand, is entitled to protection from
the smooth-tongued sharper whose
trade is to make nothing for some
thing sound as safe as the bank of
England and far more attractive
The dishonest spectators in hon
est peoples money should be driven
from our financial systems as vigor-
ously as the rodents from our cellars
and barns. They are the rats gnaw-
ing at the roots of our business life.
The capital issues committee has
made a careful study of these schemes
and is in a position to realize the dan
ger menacing. Any suggestion COM
ing from these able men, who have
served their country honestly and
well, is worthy Of hearing.
They urge that the matter is essen
tally one for federal action, since It
is the nationwide investment in fed
erai securities which has enlarged so
greatly the danger zone. 'rompt ac-
ton is also urged before the letting
down Of all federal financial control
shall put the whole army Of the inno-
cent and confding at the mercy OF
the confidence men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
Cunning For Subs
The English Used Decoy Ships
in Hunt for Submarines.

London, Nov. % Correspondence
of the Associated Press)-One Of the
most exciting chapters Of the war
against German u-boats is series OF
accounts Of notable engagements be-
tween British decoy ships and the
submarines, made public by the Brit
ish admiralty. While the whole story
of the part played by these decoy
vessels. mystery ships" or 20" craft
has not been revealed, it is evident
that several of them were used to lure
the Hun undersea craft to their de-
struction.
Some incidents in this campaign al
ready have been made known, dealing
chiefly with few of the exploits of
Commander Gordon Campbell as
master Of the decoy vessels; but 9TH
ers in which he and other captains
participated now are available. That
at least a small fleet was used in this
work is evident from the fact that
Campbell at different times appears
as the master of the Farnborough, the
Pargust, the Dunraven and the Q-5.
The Prize, another decoy ship, was
commanded by Lieut.. William =.
Sanders and the Stock Force by Lieut..
Harold Auten.
Stories of the encounters between
these ships and the u-boats are filled
with deeds of heroism and instances
in which the discipline of the British
navy was displayed under the trying
circumstances. For many months the
decoy ships heavily armed but with
their guns hidden behind false bull
warhs, steamed zig-Zag paths In the
seas which were the hunting grounds
OF the submarine.
In their chara cter of lazy golfers
or slow cargo craft they presented to
the submarine commander an invit-
ing object of attack but once he was
well within range of the British guns,
the false superstructure hiding the
guns fell away and the helpless col
lier became suddenly transformed into
a fighting craft. bent on destruction.
It was dangerous work requiring the
high order Of courage for the subma-
rine must be lured near before the
SullS COOlO SdlCAS DCSlll IAASAA 'OA-N'
Meantime the Hun frequently had sent
his torpedo home and the decoy ship
was disabled, sometimes on fire and
part of her crew wounded. In that
condition the battle was fought and
often the submarine destroyed.
Panic parties" was one Of the ruses
practiced by the decoy ships COM
to coax the submarine along
side. When the mystery ship was
tcrpedoed these panic parties took to
the boats, apparently abandoning
their vessel but always leaving on
board another crew to man the guns
and finish the submarine if it came
near enough.
The first encounter mentioned by
the admiralty took place in March,
1916, when the Farnborough, disguls-
ed as collier was attacked by sub
marine. The panic party took to
the boats and when the submarine
closed in to about 500 yards the Farm
borough opened fire on her. The u
ooat submerged and the Farnborough
passed over her dropping depth
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
DRIVING OUT FINANCIAL RATS

The capital issues committee has
to congress that that
body should pass laws of extreme
stringency Ito check the traffic in
double securities which for years
has been a blot on our business life
but now bids fair to assume unlimit-
ed proportions.
There has been need Of such legisla-
ton for long time. but the extent to
which it is needed has been too little
understood.
During hostilities the committee
controlled all the stock and bond IS
sues of the country, and the necessity
of determining which issues were es-
sertia! led to disclosures OF system
or coincidence games extending over
the whole nation.
The issue of Liberty Bonds and
their purchase by the entire Amerl-
can population opened an immense
field to the trafficlers in insecure Sc
curities'' These smooth crooks ne
longer are confined in their operations
TO people known to have little extra
change, but have for their range al
the bond buyers. which means all th'
country. 1t is with little difficulty tina
the ignorant and credulous bondhold
er is persuaded to part with small
bond at low rate of interest when NJ
is offered in exchange chance tt
come in on deals which promise un
.old wealth in n short time and rate
| Of interest which IN itself would temp
. n,;&er to throw away his gold.
For the brainless. silded fool wh'
wastes his substance in riotous livin!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

The slogan. EARNS for Soldiers"
excellent as it is, may give way soon
to the reverse slogan, Soldiers Tor
farms
The employment bureau of the fed
eral department of labor says that
5000; 200 men are needed for work
on American farms the coming
spring.
This is an angle Of the food prob
lem. as well as of the labor problem
TO which little attention has yet been
given by the public. The worlds 1000
demand is going TO last through neAe
year, nearly or quite as lnsistent aS
it is today. The only way to feed the
world and the only way to lower the
cost Of living is to speed up agricui-
tural production. And yet the farm
ers. who have done SO we'll, under
severe handicaps, during the past
wear. cannot even keep up their pace
unless they obtain large labor rein
forcements.
It may be found desirable to ease
Up a little on the effort to place re-
turning soldiers on new land. whose
development will take years, and try
to get many thousands of them tenn
porarily on farms already producing
where they can do their bit in in
creasing the production at once.
1t will certainly be necessary foi
those who direct the employment o.
labor and for the general public, te
take this situation into account. Ev
erv possible volunteer should go t'
the country. Farmers must Go theil
snare in paying the highest wage
they can afford. and treating tEea
worimen with the utmost considefa
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

Well, the president has been gone
two or three weeks, and the govern.
ment at Washington still stands, ano
the western hemisphere plugs along
pretty much as usual. Maybe the
nation needn't have been so distu,b b
ed about it, after all.
= =
No punishment the Allies are likely
to iriflict on Germany can surpass the
penalty already imposed by Russia.
That country has inflicted complete
and poetic revenge by Bolsheviking
Germany.
X i =
Certainly there won't be any more
secret diplomacy if this business OF
appointing female ambassadors keeps
UP.
The Allies have occupied CO astan-
tinor.e. It will soon be clean, for the
first time in 465 years.
= y
The seas are not yet free enough t,
suit German ideals. That is to say,
they're not free for u-boats to rHn
amuck.
Z * K
Those incomprehensible Germans
are still paying the ss.aries of such
royal personages as have not il PED
the country Is it because the eX-
pect to restore those worthless. to pow
er, or because they're fattening them
for slaughter?
Art works all over Europe are com.
ing out of hiding. But the owners
and custodians had better have .
care. The Hohenzollerns are 40
hanged yet.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
THAT PROTECTING" ARMY.

Chancellor Ebert, addressing the
returning German troops, welcomed
Them according to the usual German
formula, as an "unbeaten army" and
praised them as follows:
you protected the homeland from
invasion, sheltered your wives, chill
drea and parents from flames and
slaughter, and preserved the nations
workshops and fields from devasta-
ton
Maybe there are political reasons
compelling the chancellor to talk like
that, but the chances are that he does
it just because, being German, he
can't help it. With the usual egoistic
psychology Of his race, he takes it for
granted that Germany's neighbors
would have done just what Germany
did if they had had chance, and
mentions the details without trace
of remorse for the brutal and shame
less part played by his own people.
That "unbeaten' German army did
not protect Germany from invasion.
Germany is invaded by conquering
armies. And it is the invaders them
selves, as descent, clean, humane rep
resentatives of civilization in arms,
that shelter German women, chill
dren and old men from flames and
sla ghter and outrage, and preserve
German fields and factories from de-
vastation.
The Allies in Germany today ara in
position to burn and smash and
slaughter to their hearts content, as
the Germans did in France, Belgium,
Poland, Russia and Roumania. There
is no power to stop them, if they were
bent either on wilful crime or calcu-
lated retaliation. And they do moth
ing but police Germany more justly,
honestly and humaneiy than Ger
rf1ai.y-s own soldiery would 10.
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IN. They will lose nothing,

ton. They will lose nothing, at
that.
Experts say there is no possibility
IF the old ougbear, "over production" "
for at least two years to come. Ev-
arvthing that can be produced within
transportation distance Of market
centers can be sold at a good profit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

NULES-On account of making a
change in one of my farms, will
have four or five mules for sale at
Shaw Motor Company Saturday,
January 4th, at a bargain. Can be
seen sooner at my farm. D. c.
Shaw
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

FOR SALE-F. O. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemf
cal and Fertilizer value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. A.
Strauss, Sumter, S. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

FOR SALE-Registered Duroc Jer-
seys male, weight 900 pounds;
1 SOW, weight 800 pounds, 2 gifts,
weight 1875 pounds each. DR.. A. J..
Pennock. z. F. D. 5.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

BEESWAX WANTED-Any quantity
large or small Am paying best
cash price. See me If you have
any. n. G. Osteen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

LOST-Male pointer dog, white and
liver and small liver spots. An
swers to name of Bob. Reward for
dog or information leading to re-
couerv J. Ard. Phone 420.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

, PER CENT NEW MEAl-For
prompt shipment; also blood, high
grade tankage. potash, acid phos.
ground phos. rock and ground lime
stone. Call or write us for prices.
Southern Brokerage Co., SUMTER,
S. c..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28

FARM LAND FOR sALE-In Sumter
Lee and Clarendon counties c. F.
Osteen, Sumter, S. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
MEN FOR FARMS.

The slogan, "Tarms for Soldiers
excellent as it is, may give way soon
to the reverse slogan, Soldiers for
rarrns.''