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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
COUNTY UEALTH SURVEY.
Home Demonstration Clubs Working
for Worthy Cause.

The first report from the country
districts in financial support of the
proposed county health survey come!
from Miss Eta Cox, member Of ths
Rembert Home Demonstration Club
ID shows that Miss Cox has collect
ed and turned over fifty dollars ant
twenty-five cents.
If all of the ladies of the variou:
township committees do this we'll tn,
survey and twelve months campaign
Of education is assured.
DR.. J. H. Haynsworth. County Su.
perintendent Of Education comes
out very forcibly for the movement
rs indicated in the open letter he has
written, copies of which have beer
forwarded to each of the ladies of the
ZEN township. and twenty-three
school, district finance committees az
.ollows;
Mr. E.. I. Reardon, Secretary Sumter
6.
Dear Sir: I note with interes
Jour effort to secure for Sumtcr coun-
" rural health survey and twelve
;:.onths campaign Of education. TEi:
will be of incalcuable value as {
means Of impressing upon those ir
attendance in our schools, and upor
their parents at home, of the grea
iced of maintaining proper physica
conditions in order to secure the
highest possible degree of mental ef.
iciency.
The offer of the Internationa
Health Board, and our own State
:'oay6 Of Health, and our own State
3card of Health, of FIVE thousand dol.
ars should. with the comparatively
mall amount required from ou!
,ounty, bring this matter to oul
houghtful attention in such a way
to. make every citizen in Sumter
county feel that the duty rests upon
,im to lend every effort to see that
he survey is secured.
I congratulate the ladies of the va.
''ious townships who are serving on
he c0mmittees to assist in raising
he necessary amount required from
the county, upon the attitude they
assume in regard to this important
,noye for the physical and intellectual
lplift Of our citizenship.
If can be Of any help to you il,
bringing this matter to the favorable
attention of our citizens, shall be
realty pleased to do so.
Yours very truly,
iSigned) j. II. Haynsworth.
County Superintendent Of Educa-
ion.
Dr. Haynsworth has authorized the
Use, Of this letter by the committees
:oifciting funds for the county health
:urrey and campaign of education
e Yours truly,
!. Mrs. Nina M: .Solomons,
.ha5rman Woman's Division, County
Council of Defense.
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er been taught before the benefits OF
cooperation. If we shall cooperate
cordially and intelligently in utilizing
this hitherto unusuad labor asset, all
of us will find out that the govern,
ment was wise when it sanctioned and
supported the organization of The
United States Boys Working Re-
serve.
Respectfully submitted,
8. H. Edmunds.
Federal S5ate Director for South Car
olina
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
A BMoB1NG SQUADRON.
\ Visit to Headquarters Of American
Air1nen in France. -

AirInen in France.
With American Aviators in France.
epEr 80 Correspondence of The AS
;ociated Press)-Picture dozen hug
,irplanes standing in rows of three O.
our, their engines roaring and pro
;;ellers whirling like mad. imagine the
,at-tat-tat Of a dozen machine guns
)eing tested at targets and shouts
.viators and mechanics and you have
IN. accurate tcst impression Of TIL.
scene on the field of an American
',om bing squadron about to start fol
ierman territory.
Over the broad sloping field bor
lered by low trees, half a dozen othe
iirplanes are wheeling in the sunny
sky. The suns rays are glinting from
their wings and the colors of thei,
insignia fash brightly as they turn
and twist.
A score or more of aviators pers-
piring in Arctic furs, fur-lined hel.
NETS and boots hasten here and ther6
while men in soiled and greasy KHAKI
cling to the wings of the airplanes
tugging to be free.
Nesting in the border Of trees are
tiny bungalow huts covered with
branches or canvas to conceal then,
from prying enemy aviators. Half g
dozen grotesquely canoudaged hang
ars are scattered about the field
! The airplanes OF this squadron are
not quite the fantastically painted
| machines used by most Of the pur.
suit pilots; but they are still rathe'
Kaleidoscope and each bears the
.iumorously conceived insignia Of {
red colored devil within white tri
angle, who with one hand holds q
| white bomb, and with the other
thumbs his nose sarcastically down
ward-toward the Boche underneath
With one of the observers The AS
sociated Press correspondent inspect
ed the machines, now laden with
bombs. The observer explained the
intricate system of releasing eacf
bomb in turn by means of trips. ant
at such instants as his desired goa
/ appeared beneath him through ar
| opening in the floor of his little cub
by hole in the rear of the plane.
| He called attention with pride tt
the tiny Iron Crosses on the wing
and fuselage of each airplane-mark
ing the spots where shrapnel ant
machine gun bullets have torn peril
o1sly near to pilot or observer o.
both, and where the repairs have
4 been made by mechanics who arr
i jealously proud Of the little insight;
4 of narrow escapes.
One of the machines bore mor'
than twenty such crosses in one small
part of the fusclage between pilot ant
observer alone. and the conducto
| said with a laugh that it was grea
4 luck that no vital part Of the ma
chine had been hit
He told, noEchalantly and witt
nodesty, Of narrow escapes he ant
| his fellow observers and pilots hat
lad. One man had been fairly rails
ed off his seat by piece OF shell tina
had penetrated the airplane from be
Meath. Another had been wounded il
feet and legs by shrapnel that enter
ed the fuselage. He could have toll
s.Icl, anecdotes for hours. but sig
/ nal frcn the commander Of tn
ASuuadron announced that it was near
! tx time to start.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
American Winter Quarters in Rus.
Sia.

Northern Russia, Sept 2O.-In this
village on the Dwina Of the North
one part Of the American contingent
has established itself in barracks
once occupied by Rolshevik soldiers
and has rapidly brought cleanliness
to wooden houses which they found
almost ankle deep in dirt. Now the
place is quite habitable.
There are plenty Of stoves and
when a good supply Of wood is
brought here from the great piles OF
it stationed along the river banks
the men will be snug for the winter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Mrs. Bessie Raffield, wife Of Mr.. j
A. Rame1d, died at her home after
short illness Of pneumonia, following
influenza. Mrs. Rafield was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Nc
Kinney, of Mayesville. She is surviv-
ed by her husband, one daughter
Mildred aged nine years, her parents
and the following brothers and sis
ters: G. p. Mckinney, of Green
vile, S. c.; C. d. Mckinney, of Tim
nonsville; G. A. Mckinney and w. H.
Mckinney, of Sumter; Mrs. j. NJ.
Baylston, Of Florence; Mrs. c. L. Tis-
dale Of Sumter and Mrs. Susan Cox.
The funeral services were held
at the cemetery at $50 o'clock Sun
day afternoon, the procession leaving
the house, II Oakland Ave, at S.15
o'clock.
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1nfluenza Prevention and Treatment

Health Department has given following nforma
ton including instructions for the prevention OF
the disease and the in the households
THE SYMPTOMS OF INFLUENZA
Slight chillness nd alternating.
Dulness about head and watery eyes
Thsse symptoms attention at the hands Of
physician, Commissioner Blake go to bed at
once for the Doctor
FREQUENCY AND DANGER.
nauenza is who have should go to
necessary exposure exertion are to be avooeo.
MODE OF SPREAD OF NFIUENzA GERMS.
The germs causing BY and by
cents and contacts dust Of and the
frequent and the more intimate your conae
your and portal of entry into the hui
Not h9 comes er IN mta of those
have affected though they transmit it to
others
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE TO M
FIUENZA GERMS.
Avoid unnecessary avoid those
who are sneezng coughing talking directly
drink from cups or otner unsls tna haV
been used by others they thoroughly washed All
aip PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OTHERS
Do in the face Of others Cover your nose
expeceoae eAeep NV IN ino the sewers snitng
on the public buildings the streets
the serious crime against the laws OF health
:. ENZA PATIENTS.
no attendants should wear over
made Of several thicnesses incosng wad Of
They should avoid in all possible ways coming IN
soap and solution always oeore eat
and burned or
cloths used such must be burned or seenze y % ~
the attendant to keep every VISITOR OUT Oh
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INFLUENZA.
the mouth and spraying the nose and
throat ansepc solution such as Dobel So
1on or washing with water to which little
probably useful in preventing or in
modifying influenza In, ecioh
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
Isn't He the Generous Guy!
Macon Telegraph. J

or. course. everybody knows Hin
dcnburg gave up the st. Mihiel sa,
lieut to the Americans on purpose.
And wasn't it kind of him to throw in
more than $4,000 prisoners for good
measure!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Always.
hat shall we do after the war;:
Listen, pal AS far as / am per-
sonalIy concerned between me and the
Huns there's always going to be war"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
Red Cross Meeting Postponed.

The meeting of the Red Cross an
nounced for the 23rd instant has been
postponed. Due notice of the meet
ing will be given when date has
been set.
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We Should WorrE
fe+ pa11l. Disnatcf J

Mr.. Hohenzollern accuses US of
..reprehensib1e, methods of comhat.
Doesn't it make you feel sort O. broks
el. up about it?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Mr.. L. w. Taylor died at the Toum-
ey Hospital Friday OF pneumonia
after few days illness. Mr.. Taylor
is survived by his wife and two chill
dren.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Mr.. Charles D. Miller died at his
home on Warren street Sunday morn
ing after several months illness of
Brights' disease. aged forty-elght
wears. The remains were taken to
Florence, his former home, this morn
ing for interment. Mr.. Miller had
been living in Sumter only few
months
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o. 4H .
Death.

Mrs. J. A Revill died Friday at her
home on Edwards Street of pneumonia
following influenza. She is survived
by her husband and three small chill
dren.
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RELIEF WORK ORGANIZED.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE APPOINT.
ED AND HEADQUARTERS ES-
NTABLISHED AT THE
GIRLS HIGH
SCHOOL.

The Relief OF Suffering Resulting
From the influenza Epidemic to Be
More Fully Systematized and An
Adequate Force of Nurses to Be
Obtained by Calling Upon All Men
and Women Who Can Do This
Work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
A Modest Youth.

a Modest Youth.
"WNo Is the smartest boy In your
class RAbby?" asked the caller.
I'D l;ke to cell you" replied Bobby
inodestly. only papa says I mustn'S
boast
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23
Cotton Market.

7 PER CENT NEW AEAI-For
prompt shipment; also blood. hiaA
grade tankage, potash, acid eheS.
ground phos. rock. and grouAd ainse
stone. Call or write U.s. for prizes
Southern Brokerage Co, surater,
s. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Mr.. Morris London, of Olanta, VIII
died on Thursday of influenza, wa
buried here on Friday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

FOR SALElF. O. B. cars. Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. ehepaF
cal and Fertilizer value rated esEy
high by Clemson college. q. A.
Strauss, Sumter. s. G.
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BEEsWAx WANTED-Any quantity
large or small. Am paying best
cash price. See me il you have
any. n. G. Osteen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Mr.. Robert A. Chandler died at
his home in Mayesville Sunday after
noon Of pneumonia, after a few days
illness, aged thirty-six years. He is
survived by his wife and two children.
Mr.. Chandler was leading merchant
and farmer Of Mayesville and his un-
timely death is the cause of profound
sorrow in the community in which he
had lived all his life.
The funeral services were held at
4 O'Clock Monday afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-23

Mrs. Lee G::-Harby, widow of the
late j. D. Hardy, died at her home in
Charleston at an early hour this
morning. The funeral services wee
held in Sumter at Jewish cemetery
Tuesday morning on the arrival Of
the train from Charleston about $50,
the funeral party going direct from
the train to the cemetery.
Mrs. Hardy was well known and
had many friends in Sumter where
she has spent much of her time. Mr..
Arthur S. Hardy and Mr.. Cyril A
Isaacs of Sumter are her grandsons,
and Mrs. DeLeon Moses and Mrs. Al
lamont Moses are sisters. Mr.. Marx
2. Hardy Of New York city and Mrs
Lily Lee Hardy of Charleston are her
son and daughter. Mrs. Hardy was
a writer Of both prose and poetry, the
product Of her pen having found pub
lication in many Of the better maga-
zines and journals Of America.
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Mr.. -. ..Dees died at Camp
Alice Sunday night. He was strick-
en- with pneum onia last week and was
removed from his borading house in
the city to Camp Alice in order that
he might be under the care Of a train
ed nurse. He was desperately i'll from
the first and died despite the best Of
care
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TX
aess of the organization that repre-
ent.
The farmers themselves have fell
that the assistance that these boys
night render would not be OF much
value. 1 shall very soon be able to
procure and publish atatements that
will convince any doubter of his er-
-or. In the mean time. beg that
he farmers will accept from me the
simple statement that these boys can
)e used to very great advantage and
trial will remove any doubts that they
may now entertain.
Our purpose is to enroll every boy
in the State who has reached sixteen
years of age or will be sixteen before
the end of this scholastic year and
with this force organized we can say
TO the farmers and to the essential IN
dustries: Our boys are ready in an
organized capacity. II YOU neeo
them, call upon them and you wiz
see by results that it is through TINS
organization that you will find the
safest solution to the labor problem
that is now causing you so much anx'
| iety. You. of course. will have TO ad'
lust your schedules to meet the edu
cational demands Of these boys; fo1
nothing shall interfere with their ed
ucation; but surely you are willing Il
make some readjustments in order t
receive the benefit that will come It
YOU through this orga anization. Th'
! war has taught us as we have nev
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-03-14
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FREER
Is -TTT-.7TT = . I a'7Tl7-s - = ~
The Swedish Ladies Aid society
meets next Thursd ay afternoon, March
81, at the home Of Mrs. Albert john

The Swedish Ladies Aid II society
meets next Thursday afternoon, March
81, at the home Of Mrs. Albert john
son. M IL ~ Il. iii III ts. NE s55
5 Mr.. and Mrs. o. III. Uglem enter
tanned a number Of friends to- a FIVE
o'clock luncheon on Sunday. Covers
were laid for ten. 3#I s, N II 4 VI
Dan Anderson has returned from
his visit to the cities. N: II rs
The Misses Ida May Schmidt and
Eta Davis spent. Monday night with
the Jacob Eye family. 5s All
Miss Zelpha Erstad returned on
Monday after a weeks visit with
friends in Greenwood. , 4.
Miss Olga Teutz, we are sorry to
say, has been forced to give up her
position as principal in district 8, be-
cause of illness. 81 III ..s =
On Friday evening neighbors ten
.dered Mr.. and Mrs. O. G.. johnson a
farewell in the shape Of a party and
presented them with purse Of money.
Mr.. Johnson, who for the past five
years has served as manager of the
county farm, leaves this week with
his family for Pine City, where they
will make their future home. It is with
regret that their many friends see this
estimable family leave their midst, and
all unite in wishing them success and
happiness. Lew Pierson Of Princeton
will succeed Mr.. johnson at the coun-
ty farm. B;
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OPSTEAD

The John Strom family, who recent
~ sold their farm at Malmo, spent
Sunday at the John Anderson home
here. They leave this week for Spo-
kane, where they will make their fu-
ture home
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mccullough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Peterson and Miss
Anna Ed visited at the Kilmer home
at Eastwood on Sunday afternoon.
The Willing Workers met at the
Mccullough home on Friday after
noon.
Mrs. c. G. Haggberg visited at the
George Lundquist home on Saturday
and Sunday.
Ray Sandberg has been hauling logs
for Andrew Kalberg this week.
Jonas Grant and wife spent Sunday
at the Alfred Johnson home.
George Fisher was here this week
looking over his logs on the F. M.
Grimm place.
A Red Cross sale was held at the
Skretting home on Saturday evening.
A surprise party was given at the
George Lundquist home one day last
week in honor of Mrs. Lundquist.
Many ladies were present and pleas
ant afternoon was spent.
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The Y. M. c.. A. at the Front.

Next Monday evening DR.. Peatfeld
will give his last lecture in Princeton,
when the work Of the Y. M. C. A. will
be clearly presented and pictured. We
shall see what this splendid organiza-
ton is doing in camp and behind the
lines to keep the morals, and in conse-
quence the morale Of our boys up to
the highest standard. Also pictures
will be shown depicting some new fea-
lures Of Red Cross work, and many
war scenes will be presented that are
quite new, DR.. Peatfeld having had
them specially made. Come out and
see some Of the very latest methods
and newest designs that are being
used to whip the horrible Hun. Mon
day evening at p. m.
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Food Law to be Enforced.

The state dairy and food commits
sion has begun the enforcement of the
1917 food law, which has not hereto
fore been put into practice in conse-
quence of the fact that the legislature
made no provision for funds to carry
out it's requirements. Now, however,
A. D. Wilson, chairman of the state
committee on food production and con-
servation, has made arrangements by
which the law will be enforced to the
letter.
Hence the dairy and food commits
sion announces that after March 81
any agent, employee, retailer or manu-
facturer who has in his possession,
offers for sale, or sells any feeding ma
terial which is not labeled according
to the state law, and which is not ac-
companied by a guarantee of the per-
centage Of chemical nutriments pres
ent in the feed, will be prosecuted"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-03-14

Potato Prices Show Further Decline.
Since the Unions quotations of last
Thursday potato prices have taken an
other downward trend ranging from
10 to rs cents per cwt.
A greater number of cars have been
available during the week but not
sufficient of the refrigerator kind to
meet the demand. Box cars, however,
have not been scarce and many of the
buyers have used them to ship seed
stock south. Seventy-fve carloads Of
potatoes, mostly seed stock, have left
this point for various destinations dur
ing the past seven days. The rail
roads seem to be putting forth an eff
fort to meet the demand for shipping
facilities.
The seed stock season is virtually
over and warehousemen are only buy
ing Triumphs and Cobblers to fill late
orders. The outside demand for eat
ing potatoes is light and in conse-
quence but a small quantity is being
purchased by local buyers.
At this time there is no congestion
of stock in Princeton warehouses.
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"A Milaca Farmer Wants to Know.

A Mllaca Farmer Wants to Know. Il
The subjoined letter appeared in the
Minneapolis Journal of the 10Th inst. /
To the Editor Of Ths Journal:
T have read with some interest the
letter Of Mr.. Reck, New Rockford, N.
D., and observe that you consider it Of
sufficient Importance to warrant an
editorial on the subject in the same
issue. If the "seed wheat" situation
is as he says it is in North Dakota it
is unfortunate that other men claim
ing to be we'll informed of conditions
in that state should go over the coun-
try painting it in a bright roseate hue.
A. C. Townley and his troupe were in
this town last Wednesday. In his
speech he berated the farmers for not
having fixed price on what they sell.
He talked as if the fixing of these
prices were just as simple as that of
a barber collecting the price Of a
shave or haircut. The Nonpartisan
league stands ready to help the far
mers do this. The league is waiting
for the farmers to get ready and
"agree," "When you agree you will
not need me any longer and I can go
back to my farm" In North Dakota
he said the farmers had learned this
lesson though it took them Is years to
do so, "and now they are having the
best time of their ives.''
When the wheat price was fixed last
fall I was not aware that North Dako-
ia, more or less under Townleyism
government, had any advantage over
Minnesota or any other wheat produc-
ing state. am inclined to think that
Mr.. Townley is capable of making ex-
aggerated and inaccurate statements
when it is thought that it may help to
bring in few SIG fees from those who
do not know better. Is he sacrificing
himself and his interests by absenting
himself from his farm and devoting
his time and energy to great philan-
thropic effort. wish some of the peo-
pie Of that state who know something
of the inward workings and the out
ward results Of that movement would
let the rest Of the world know what
they think of it's real character.
II. -Richland Farm.
Milaca, Mimi, March A.
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p. w. Jensen Sells II Holsteins

P. w. Jensen Sells II Holsteins.
2. W. Jensen Of the Diamond Leaf
Stock Farm recently disposed of II
head Of pure-breed Holstein cattle to
Edison Washburn Of Monticello, broth
er Of Prof. Washburn Of the Minnesota
experimental farm. Prof. Washburn
judged Mr.. Jensen's cattle at the Mile
Laos county fair number Of times
and recommended them to his brother.
The conditions Of sale were that the
cattle be free from tuberculosis. DR..
Neumann tested them and found them
perfect-free from any disease. These
cattle have all been raised in this part
OF the country and they show what a
farmer can do with a pure-breed herd
when VIII well cared for. MI. Jensen has
the finest stock farm in this territory
ms Holsteins are always in demand.
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sentenced to IS years each. The eight
prisoners were at first arrested in st.
Paul for evasion Of the draft and sem
fenced in federal court to eight months
impris onment. The federal sentence
was later commuted and the prisoners
taken under heavy guard to Camp
Dodge. There they refused to recog-
nize the authority Of their officers or
to perform the duties required Of them.
Sentences Of the sort passed upon
these incorrigibles should have sal
utary effect upon other men in the
service who are inclined to be OBJ
streperous.