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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
ALLIES MUST RUN GERMANY.

DR.. Dernburg, known to Americans
as former manager Of the great propa-
ganda campaign by which Germany
tried to befuddle the American mind
and keep the United States out OF the
Sar, is now finance minister for the
new German government. His pres
ence in the Ebert cabinet, along with
several other statesmen OF the ole
regime, is one Of the many indications
Of how Slight the change really is from
the imperial government which wag-
ed the war to the so-called Socialist
government which is trying to evade
responsibility for IT,
All this by way Of introduction. Dr..
Dernbucg happens to come into the
!inlelight just now because Of a state
neat he, made last week regarding
he German attitude toward the Al
led peave terms.
Thosesterms he said, are absolute
y inaccepta bic to Germany. And yet:
Germany does rot intend to offer
.rnled resistance. If necessary, She
Will allow the Allies to step IN anG
ran the country
That really seems to be the Ger
man program. determined beforehand
regardless OF whether Or rot the Ger.
mans should so through the fornla-1it::
Of signing the peace treaty.
1t is all the same to Germany, and
pretty much the same to the Allies.
IN either case the only way the Allies
can get Germany to fulfill the terms
nd make amends for her crimes is to
use force. Germany will not pay eX-
cept az the point of a gun, and may
not even work to earn the money to
pay except at the point of a gun. All
signs point to the occupation of Ger
many BY Allied forces for an indef-
nitely long period 10 compel It sullen
and unrepentant nation to obey the
terms imposed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
SA WILL FOR WOMEN.

II, Lanning Of Hastings, Ne5.,
died recently leaving large estate
In his Will he provided for $4,000
hotel for working girls, a $4,000
maternity hospital and a home for
nurses perpetcally endowed. Mr..
tanning had already established a
Mary Lanning Memorial hospital
with nurses dornitory.
Here is a memorial worth while to
wife doubtless much beloved. And
how well it looks forward into the
future. A good maternity hospital,
with good nurses in attendance, is
) insurance for the safe and happy ar
rival of many a baby who might 9TH
serwise have had no chance at life, IS
HeH as n chance for health and hap
{ piness for the mother who might 9TH
erwise never have come back to eth
Ard hotel for working girls, who
may thus be able to live in comfort
and self-respect, is another founda-
ton for future human welfare. Where
seight-hour household helpers, living
outside the home where they assist.
are discussed, they are usually dis
missed as impossible until there is
some safe and comfortable place for
them to i've This hotel may an
swer that need for its community, as
well as for the needs of girls in Of
fees, factories and stores. Boarding
houses are forlorn places at best-but
hotel full Of girls might well be as
jolly and sensible as college dormi-
tory.
The maker of this, will has set ar
interesting example.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
EDITH .cAyELL's LAST LETTER:

beautiful letter written by Edltn
sEayeli on, the. night before her eHecu-
ton to the young nurses associated
with her at the-time Of he: death ane
for a few years previously has re-
Gently been made public. It IS so full
of worthwhile sayings, SO beautiful
". generous, that it should be read
wherever there are people who ad-
n1ire courage and a clear outlook up
on life. A part Of the letter is as fol-
lows:
Il hope that you will not forget
our evening talks. l told you that
devotion to duty would bring you true
Happiness and that the knowledge
that you had done your duty earnest
~ before God and your own conscious
ness would be your greatest support
in the trying moment; Of life and il
! the face of death.
Zone word more-beware OF un-
charitable speech. In these eight
years 7 have seen so much unhappi-
ness which could have been avoided
il a few words had not been whis-
pered here and there, perhaps without
evil intention, but which ruined tht
reputation. the happiness, the life
even, Of some one. My nurses shouil
reflect upon this and cultivate Loyalty
and esprit de corps
# was such woman as this wh'
& was foully put to death by German
command, but who. "he:ng dead. ye
speaketh.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

when the purchasers had paid lG0.
There was no diminution Of income
from them, Of course-their profit
paving value remained the same. But
if purchaser had to sell, he was dis
appointed in the proceeds.
Financial experts kept assuring the
public right along that this deprecia-
ton was due to temporary causes
that the bonds fell along with the
general price-level, and fell less than
any other standard securities, and
that they would rise when the tide
turned and other securities started
upward again. This prophecy is now
being fulfilled.
In the last few weeks the war
bonds have risen slowly but sureiST.
The first Liberty Loan issue is already
selling in the open market for a small
and diminishing fraction less than 100
cents on the dollar. The other issues
are crawling toward 100, and it is con-
ddently expected that within a few
months all of them will reach par
and some Will rise still higher. It is
merely question of the restoration
of normal business conditions
This fact should persuade bond
holders more than ever TO hold onto
their bonds. Their value is shown
not only in the rising market quota
tions but in the eagerness Of unscrup
ulous people to lure them away from
their present owners
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
NOTICE

Or acco@s1t Of i.innss The .,!'ar,; ,
Meeting Of the Mayesville Educational
ard Industrial Association was no.
held at the appointed time. February
2S,h. 1919. Notice is now given that
the Annual Meeting OF the Associ.a-
ton will be called 1T Mayesville IN
~-;tute Mayesv:lle. S. c. en- Friday
June 9th for the purpose Of elect
IN" officers and attending TO wha:
other business necessary at that time.
EMMA j. WILSON.
prnSiGnpt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

Congress seems to have received the
presidents 'prohibition-repeal recon-
mendation very dryly.
= =
Anybody who undertakes at Paris
or elsewhere, to save Constantinople
fer the TURKS Will certainly get into
trouble.
There will be new liquor mo-
nopoly pretty soon. The Salvation
Army is taking options on the sa-
looms.
*
The Germans moved e printing
press to. Versailles to print their re-
plies to the peace treaty. And the
output is just as reliable as usual
A big "favora bic trade balance" is
40 doubt a good thing, but the pres
ent situation cant last forever, with
everything going abroad and nothing
coming back except I. o. Us. It's
getting so that even the most con-
frnled exporter would like to see more
importing to help balance accounts
AS near as We can fathom the COM
ments Of aviation experts, air fights
are not going to be commercials
practical, on account OF weather. in
references, unless the fiers get UP SO
high that there isn't any air to make
weather out Of. Which is perfectly
all right, if they can get anywhere by
padding in a vacuum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY. SEWING

Correlating sewing with geography
and history lessons may sound like the
new education run mad. but it lsn'r.
1t means that one progressive under
standing school woman has Thought
Of a way to teach sewing 10 young
girls so that it may be an interesting
part OF their stuGies-not an endless
bit Of .drudgery .'readed alike by
weary teacher and restless scholars =
and at the same time a valuable los
son in proper costunling.
AS the girls learn the geography
of countries and the history Of races
they are to dress dolls in costumes ,f
the per cd and land which they arc
studying: and as they come to the
lessons about the founding of ti,ejr
own schools and the progress OF his
tory and education in this couu1'I.
they viii dress dolls as the school girls
OF America nave peen dressed III .-4e
various decades. Best Of all. they
viii study all these costumes from the
point OF color, line ard fitness for cli-
mate and occupation. finally design
ling and making costumes appropri-
ate for the wear of school girls todas.
This idealiZed method of te2ciiias
t,ressn!aking and sewing is far in adj
vance of the mere cosn!aon one where
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
BONDS NEARING PAR.

The steady upward climb of Liberty
Bonds is very pleasing to about 20
100000 Americans who have never
before paid any attention to the
.stocks-and-bonds market.
Nearly ali of these investors bought
their bonds as a patriotic duty. with
little thought Of the precise moneE
value OF them. 1t was somewilt dis
concerting, however, to find 'h"i1
market price sinking down toward 50
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
Cotton Market
LOCAL.

P. G. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
corrected Daily at II o'clock Noon)
Good Niddling 81 II.
Strict Middling 81.
Middling 80.
Strict Low Middling 2S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
Military Plans

Brownsville, Texas, May 31.-Gen.
Philips Angeles, recently proclaimed
provisional president, of Mexico, by
the Elllistas, PLANS simultane eous-at-
tacks on Torreon, Chihuahua City and
Juarez. according to- MeXicans VINO
have arrived here from Torreon. They
declare the Viliista armed force totals
13.o00 men and that it is being divided
for use against the three cities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

Rural Policeman John Bradley of
Shiloh has been critically i'll for several
days and today it was reported that
he was dead. but no definite infornla-
ton ha sneen obtainable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04


Anyway, Germany is in no worse
plight than John Barleycorn.
Looks as if peace will soon prevail
everywhere except in Washington.
What this country needs is fewer
business men waiting for good times
to start, and more who are willing to
do some Of the starting.
Some household expert recommend,
cooking in the furnace. Why not G,
back to the good old Chinese metho,
Of burning down the house to cooi
the victuals?
An agricultural college professor
says he'd rather have snake than &
dog for a house pet. And that's al
right, if his wife is willing to s,an(
FOR it.
Authorities seem to differ as tc
whether or not the peace treaty is a
party issue. The independent vote
knows, but nobody seems to want hi
opinion just now.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

museums are described in this work
From 1913 to 1916 Mc. Rea prepared
fer the annual reports Of the I. ).
Commissioner OF Education a series OF
reports on the educational work OF
the American museums. The Char
lesion Museum is today recognized as
one of the most progressive museums
IN the country. 1t is the only museum
in the South that covers the field OF
al branches of museum activities.
The educational features incorpor-
ated in the Charleston Museum Tray
cling School Exhibits for Nature
Study work which are used il. the
public schools in Charleston county
have been adopted IN many museums
throughout the country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

the children begin or a stale, flat, I'm
interesting dish towel, proceed to g
hated brown linen bag, and finish with
an uninspired nannelet petticoat.
1t is safe to predict that girls
taught after the newer fashion will
have a better education in geography
and history and a tar more practical
knowledge Of sewing and design than
they have ever gained under the olG
regime of abstract study.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04
The Kaiser's stables went un
! interesting example.

The Kaiser's stables went under
the hammer in Berlin the other day
{: Six hundred horses were sold, amons
ZEN the Kaiser's favocite charger
Might as well sell them, too. All the
Kings horses and al the kings mel
can't put Humpty Dumpty Hohen-
zpllern together again.
"A lot Of old tanks that had seer
service on the other Size have beer
brought to this country and used fol
exhibition purposes. After July
we ought to be able. to return the
compliment and send lot of ole
tanks to Europe for prohibition pur-
poses.
According to the New York World
there is liquor, liquor everywhere, es,
peciaIly in dry States. In that case
we should think the World and other
lsauor-loving organs would quit fight
ing prohibition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

FORD THCCkS-Nc are now getting
in Ford Trucks If YOU want one
for hauling cotton Dickcrs, farm or
other uses see Us now. Shaw Mo-
tor CO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

i.oIs SALE-Or Will trade for dry
cattle several Jersey Eeifers or
young cows with young calves. L.
W Dabbs. Mayesville. S. c. r. l.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

BEEHIyEs AND SUPPLIES have
lately received a, few Georgia made
hives and framcs-S and 10 franc
size Also on hand sections and
foundation for comb honey. y. G..
Osteen. 320 W Hampton Ave.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

Anyway, Germany is in no worse
plight than John Barleycorn.
* * K
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

Congress seems to have received the
presidents 'prohibition-repeal recon-
mendation very dryly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-04

Looks as if peace will soon prevail
everywhere except in Washington.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08
FIRST HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT

By a unanimous vote the national
council has named Count Michael
Karolyi the first president of the Hun
garfan republic, at the same time
charging him to form a cabinet in
manner which he considers best. Dur
ing the same meeting the National
council, which since the revolution has
been regarded as the sole legal source
of authority, received the designations
of all the members of the former cabi-
net. It long has been agreed that the
appointment Of Count Karolyi to the
presidency was the only way of clear
ing the atmosphere. as he is above all
the platforms of the various parties.
Count Karolyi protests that he al
ways was friend Of the entente. On
many occasions Count Tisza tried to
imprison him for bold interpretations
in parliament. Once his life was In
jeopardy for the same reason.
1t is unique to hear member of
one of the oldest and haughtiest aris-
tocratic families in Hungary talk like S
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08
BLIND LEADING THE BLIND

Sir Arthur Pearson is now at the
head of st. Dunstan's Hostel for
Blinded Soldiers and Sailors In Re
gents park, London. Six years ago
he was the proprietor of five big Eng
lish dailies and a string of magazines
throughout Great Britain. In the
prime Of life, he was advancing in
wealth and power when he mysteri-
ously lost his sight. Without warning,
this man of many activities was con-
demned by fate to spend the rest of
his days, in utter darkness. He sold
his papers to give him time to con-
centrate on great new ambition. He
would bring a message to blind men
everywhere. He would restore their
confidence.
Then he became president of the
National Institute for the Blind. Just
few months later the war broke out,
and Sir Arthur launched a plan for
the restoration to self-support OF
blinded soldiers and Sailors. st.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08
RECORD INCREASE
IN FARM ANIMALS
LOUISIANA MADE BIG STRIDES
IN PRODUCTION AND VALUE
OF ALL STOCK.
STATE CONTINUES PROGRESS
Total Value of Animals Estimated at
Sfoo, $4,000 An Increase Over 1918
Of $f6,f4o,oo Or Seventeen /.
Per Cent.

New Orleans
Louisiana made big strides in the
production and value of mules,
horses, cows and other farm and
range animals during the past year,
according to the estimate of live
stock in this state on January 1.
made by John s. Dennee, New Or
leans field agent for the United
States Department Of Agriculture bu-
reau Of crop estimates.
The total etimated value Of AMI
mails on farms and ranges this year
is $10s, 600, an increase over 1918
Of $16,140,0O0 or II per cent. Com
pared with the fve-year average of
1884, 900 for the years 1914-191S, it
is an increase of So per cent.
The total number Of animals this
year is S,25s,000, an Increase OF 1885,
900. There are $1,000 more sheep,
$4,000 more cows, 1000 more hogs,
5000 more mules and 5000 more
horses, while the total increase of
other live stock not included in these
classes is $4,000.
"The state is going right ahead in
blooded hogs and high grade cattle"
said Mr.. Dennee "The war has not
hurt Louisiana. AgrfcuIturally the
state has made progress. The yaYue
OF cows, due to prices for milk and
dairy products, has been going up by
leaps and bounds.
There are large increases in all
classes of farm and range animals,
including a big increase in mules.
prices and they have been buying
The farmers have been getting good
mules, as well as improved machin-
cry, for their farms, so rnat they are
now better equipped than before
The war draft on mules ended a
year ago. There have also been
many importations Of live stock from
other states
The big increases in live stock
are due to several causes, one Of
which is the operation of the new
state dipping law and the require
ments for reporting stock"
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08
HOW ABOUT liberty FUEL?"

Automobiles are in q state of
mind over the conflicting stories cur
rent about the new Liberty fuel" of
the war department. According to the
fuel administration the mixture was
found to contain about IS per cent Of
benzol. Inasmuch as the supply of
benzol is limited the amount Of Lib.
erty fuel that could be produced would
be only about per cent of the pres
ent output of gasoline. Moreover, the
fuel when tested left a gummy residue,
which would plug up carburetors, and
revealed many other drawbacks.
On the other hand, the war depart.
ment says that the fuel administration
must have tested one of the % fake"
mixtures fixed up during the war to
fool German spies.
According to the war department,
the cost of manufacture is 20 per cent
lower than that of making gasoline.
It is described as scentless, tasteless,
and without gasification scent. Its
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08

Bids for the construction Of i'm
proved highways in four parishes
were received at the office of the
State Highway Department. iberia
parish will construct an eight-miIe
link in the Southern National High.
way and Avoyelles VIII build SEQ
ton of the Jefferson Highway. Roads
IN Caldwell and East Baton Rouge
parishes will be parts of the state
highway system.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08

Rubert Blue, surgeon general ~e
the United States Public Health Ser
vice, in letter to DR.. Bowling, pres
ident OF the State Board Of Health,
suggests that a survey of the results
and effects Of the influenza epidemic
be made in the larger cities Of Louis
lana. The information sought by the
surgeon general is for statistical
purposes to be used to fight a further
spread of the disease.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08

Congressman w. P: Martin has in
troduced a bill proposing that the
Ordnance Department supply Thibo-
daux and other parish seats in the
Third Congressional District each
one cannon for ornamental purposes,
from the guns captured by the Amer
lean forces or from guns delivered
in accordance with the terms Of the
armistice.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

| -0@
FOREIGN NEWS.
! The Berlin government has decided
! to send troops to Bremen to maintain
order. The first contingents already
have arrived.
The newest irritation to arise at the
peace conference in Paris is what the
French call sgale," and what is known
| elsewhere as "the French itch" 1t is
annoying but not a dangerous ailment
of the skin, and is something like the
seven-year ITCH" which is indigenous
in almost every country under local
names.
According to plans of the Mexican
war department the Mexican army in
1920 will contain 100000 men. Re-
cruiting has been stopped. Only ma
| tive Mexicans will be admitted into
the military service. Soldiers of i'm
mature years are being discharged and
other reforms calculated to increase
the efficiency OF the troops are being
adopted.
Of the 203 German submarines lost
during the war, it is estimated 120
were sunk with all on board.
Field Marshal Won ~Hindenburg, &C
cording to the Echo de Paris, is en-
deavoring to bring about the return
to Germany of former Emperor Will
liam after the meeting of the national
assembly. Leading German manufac-
turers in Westphalia are said to be in
terested in the plan.
An appeal to the powers for justice,
an energetic protest against any ef-
forts by any power or group of powers
to take away her sovereign rights, was
made by China to the supreme war
council Tuesday when representatives
of the great nations met in Paris in
secret session.
The Turkish cabinet, headed by
Tewfik Pasha, has resigned as re-
suit of allied demands that Turkey
restore property carried away duringi
the war from occupied territories and
cease carrying out drastic measures
against Greeks and Armenians.
The peace conference in Paris Mon
day made distinct gain when the
nineteen small powers gave full adhe-
sion to the organization formulated by
the five great powers, thus securing a
united front of the great and small
powers at the outset of the work on
the main subjects before the commits
sion.
Thirty-four murders, 220 day and
night assaults and nearly 500 serious
fights, due to American soldiers, oc-
Cured in the department of the Seine
during December, says the Matin of
Paris Tuesday, discussing the reorgan-
ization of the American police in
Paris
Full returns from the German cleo
tions show the majority socialists poll
ed II, ,112,4 ,450 votes, or 39.3 per cent Of
the total number cast The Christian
peoples party, formerly the centrists,
cast 5,338,804, or 1873 per cent of the
total. The German national party cast
2,739,196, or 9.62 per cent
The bodies of DR.. Karl Liebknecht
and thirty-three other members of the
Spartacan group of socialists, who
were killed during the recent disorders
in Berlin, Germany, were buried in the
cemetery at FriedrichsfeIde, near Ber-
lin, Saturday.
Czech troops have captured Oder
berg from the Poles Nafter sanguinary
fighting.
The commissary of the Metz court
has placed the property of the former
German emperor in Alsace-Lorraine
under seduestration. The property In
cludes Urville castle, with it's farm,
valued at 100000 francs.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-02-08
China puts in Claim.

Paris.-An appeal to the powers for
justice, an energetic protest against
any efforts by any power or group Of
powers to take away her sovereign
rights, was made by China to the SUI
preme war council Tuesday when rep
resentatives of the great nations met
in secret session.