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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15
had to do their walking hungry:

had to do their walking hungry.
Overseas men, homo for dcmo:.I
zatton, c.aess. ng from railway sta
tons with their heavy kits, discover
ed they would have to walk to the
other side Of London.
London is certainly mean to me, y
said an American soldier cheerfully.
Last time l visited here on leave
there was 4 bus strike. Time before
that the taxis had quit"
British Tommies during the tube
strike stopped a Royal Air Force lorry
throwing their kits into it while they
bargained with the driver to take
them to their destination.
(. Many West End business houses
put. their motor delivery vans at the
disposal Of home-going women and
aged men employed in the huge
ana endless professions Of pedestrians
homeward bound of an evening it
was curious to Americans to note the
large number Of old peoplc-mostly
men-sray-haired clerks Of the
shops and CITY brokerage Offices.
Besides delivery vans and lorries,
many rode in Red Cross anbulances.
Thousands were awheel, rusted BIZ
cycles having been brought to light
from many basement.
Girl conductors showed skill and
patience in the emergency. The con-
ductorettes kept a watchful eye on the
struggling crowds for. the hospital
blue. 'Full-up except for that lame
Tommy" you would hear her cry,
and the crowd would fall back to let
the Iimping and embarrassed soldier
through to the coveted place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15
The [ L0nesomest
American
He Commands the Company
on Outpost Duty in Ger
many.

Coblenz, Feb. 16-In great castle
j ON a hill and with a count and count
esss and their four daughters as his
nearest neighbors dwells today the
American in all the occn.
pied territory of Germany. He is
| Lieutenant John w. Scott, Of Detroit
commanding apany K, 2Sth Infan.
try on outpost duty at the stepping
off, place of the Coblenz bridgeheae
where it skirts beautiful valley
stretching away. toward Berlin.
Just across the hallway from the
quarters Of the Lieutenant on the
second floor Of the castle, Count and
Countess Won Walderdorf have been
allowed to remain by courtesy of army
| officers. But the Germans keep tc
themselves, looking upon the Ameri-
leans as invaders, and an army anti
determination order prohibits L!euten-
ants Scott from visiting them.
On the first floor Of the castle fifty
American soldiers have their beds and
mess and a large living room where
they play cards and enjoy each others
company during the long winter even
ings and tell of their war experiences,
and Of all the wonderful things they
intend to do when they get home
again. Lieutenant Scott spends his
evenings, alone, devouring book after
book.
Visitors are few at this furthermosl
outpost across the Rhine twenty miles
from Coblenz. During the day the
Lieutenant makes his rounds, visiting
one sentinel after another, always
alone. AT the foot Of the hill crowned
By the castle of Molsberg is the vii
Iage Of Moleberg of which Lieutenan,
Scott is military commander, but he
talks to the townspeople only on ques-
tions Of business. And so, day after
day, the Lieutenant meets no one eX-
cepting his soldiers and the civilians
on routine matters Of duty.
The meals of this Ioneliest of Amer
leans are served in his quarters where
ne dimes alone, with giddy green war
rior tapestry figures gazing down up
on him from their places on the walls
just where they were hung something
like three hundred years ago. The fig
ures of one panel picture gay and
Jolly party and all the others suggest
companionship in some form.
The officer has a telephone which
reaches to Montabaur, the First Divi-
sion headquarters, but its use is re-
stricted to business only. There are
other conveniences too including cleo
tric lights and running water and a
wonderful stove reaching halfway to
the ceiling and at the bottom the old
German makers name and the date
1854. But to the lonely Lieutenant
even the FIRE in the stove sonetin1 cs
seems almost cold.
Lieutenant Scott's nearest Amerl-
can officer neighbor is five or SIX miles
away out across the eight thousand
acres owned by the Count. After dark
vists are out of the question. And so
when overcome by lonesomeness, and
WEAKNESS from reading, the lieuten-
ant tunbles into seventeenth cen
fury bed which stands in the same po-
sition it has, been all these years. And
within easy reach is the telephone by
which he know eventually will come
the welcome news for which so long
he has been longing-"We've been
ordered hOmei"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Newark, March 12.-yirtua1ly all
surface car lines of the public SER
vice railway company, operating
through one hundred and forty cities
and towns Of northern New Jersey,
were tied up today by a strike Of its
employees. Union recognition is the
chief decmand Of the men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Chicago. March 11.-An important
extension Of the exemption provisions
of the income tax law in ruling by
Commissioner Roper was made public
here today. It provides that the
exemption for wife or children covrls
the whole year 1918 even if the wife
was wed or the child born on the last
day Of the year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Washington. March 11.-Secretary
Daniels talked by radio telephone to-
day with navy airp!ane en- route
from washington to Norfolk. Com
munication was established at dis
tance of more than one hundred and
fifty miles. This was the longest
transmission of radio telephone sig
nails with an airplane ever achieved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Washington, March 12.--Explosives
NAV be purchased without license.
except by enemy aliens, after March
18th, for reclain1ing land, stump
blasting and other agricultural pur-
poses. the interior department an
nounced today, in an order modifying
wartime regulations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Geneva. March 11.-Disorders in
Rhine towns not under allied occu
patton are continuing. German and
Austrian consuls have been with
drawn from the Lake Constance terri
tory on account Of the hoatile arti
tude OF the peasants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Copenhagen, March 1.-THE re-
Gently reported recapture by Germans
OF Riga is denied in a Berlin dispatch.
The German troops. it is stated are
still a co.. iderable distance from
Riga.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Take care Of .;our dollars now and
they will take care of you later. Put
them into War Savings and watch
them grow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Berne, March 12.-The. Swiss gov
ernment has decided to recognize the
Czecho-Slovok States and to estab-
3i,h diplomatic relations with them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

Thrift helped win the war. 1t will
enable us to enjoy to the fullest the
advantages Of victory and peace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-15

M ,oseo District No. 5.
The National Bank of South Carolina,
SUMTER South Carolina at The Close OF Business oa
March 4, 1919
RESOURCES
jnelusins ua e-disoou sl44ossss7
: Notes and bills rediscounted tother bank
acceptances sold) 57a) zo1ooSa za',zoo.oo
g. overdrars secured, unsecured N0'e"
a. Customers account Of 'Accepeances % e
executed and by other oanks hor r1oaaas
"a aeso 6 honds 1 @ 1oher @ than Liberty in
cluding u S. Certificates o indebtedneS):
U S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par
sA'ur! - $. bonds and certificates Of indebtedness
nledged as collateral for other deposits
a Liberty Loan Bonds 2, 4 IA
cent unpledged 2oeeseo
Liberty Loan Bonds q, 4, and l.
pledged to other deposits or bills
Bonds securities ETC. (oher than
Securities other than bonds (not including
stocks) unpledgd 100000
g.. Stock of Bank ESQ per cent OF ..
10 a Value of owned and unn- ,..o..
numbered :. :. -: .soo.a
II Furniture and fixtures . .. $4,000
- -. 80. Federal Reserve Bank
H. Items with Bank in process OF
collection (not reserve) Slosi.es
IT, in amounts due from na'on-
s checks on other banks in
town reporting (oher than Item I'D ~ssssSf
Total Of Items Is 1s, IT and IL S'Sof'44
1s Checks on banks located the city or town
Of reporting other cash items 0O@''i
90 Redemption with u S. Treasurer and o
due from u Treasur loess.oo
- Interest earned but approximate
and receivable not past due SOW
- -, - +ron.i+ - - - =. :.
- - - - - =. . s1,782.7s172
LIABILITIES.
e. Capital ~ '.s1oo'oeo.oo
9z srnrs funa . ..-~ 49, - ..-- 175,ooo.oo
ss a Undivided profits . ;. :. s1s4sss7
Less current expenses paid 1o2424 4412ss
g. Interest and collected credited IN
maturity and not earned (appoa-
mate). 1o'o.o.sa sa
s Amount reserved for accrued 1Soo'oo
2s Amount all interest accrued l'oSs'io
go Circulating outstanding sp''oo.0'
49, Net banks bankers ano trust
companies (other included in Items 81 or
s2) . :. ioso0.oo
s4 certified checks outstanding 2ois.a4
35 Cashiers chec bank outstanding 040'0'
Total of Items s5 1SleS4s
Demand deposits {oher bank depoits) sub
jec to Reserve deposits payable within 80 days.: i
se individual subject to check 9Ss'sio'z
81 Certificates Of less tnan 81 days
(other han borrowed
" 7n+a, or demand deposits (other
posit subject Items &c. 81 49,
Time deposits subject to Reserve payable after
30 days. or subject more notice.
postal sayingO:
40 csrtscates of deposit (other
borrowed) - 80 ""~. .aeo,
~ o+her time deposits :. . 2eL7S6o1
Total Of time deposits Reserve. Items
, a. en, 49, avable with Federal Reserve 100000
"a a Accepances this bank for Gus
49,, .......- :. :. =. : st7ss.7s1.7z
81 !. liabilities for rediscount, including those
with Federal (see Item Id 2o7ooss&
Total contingent liabilities (s7 a b. and g 2e7Oessf
srArE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County Of Sumter
OF the above named bank do soemniy
swear that the best of and
"a, E. H1NNANr Cashier
sunscrbed and sworn March, 1918
"
Correct
r. J.. BLAND,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01
Who is He?

The home merchant. Who is he7
He is the chap who gives you
credit when you are financially
broke, and carries your account un-
til you are able to pay, says all ex-
change.
He is the chap who meets you
and gives you back your money
or makes exchanges when you are
not satisfied with what you have
bought.
He is the chap who meets you
at the door with a handshake, and
lets you out with a message to the
kids" and a real come again"
goodbye.
He is the chap whose clerks and
bookkeepers and other employees
live in Monroe and spend their
money with you and other local
people.
He is the chap who helps sup.
port our church and charitable or.
CARNATIONS and talks for the home
and town and boosts for it every
day in the year.
He is the chap who visits you
when you are sick, sends flowers to
your family when you die. and fol.
lows your body out among the
trees and tombs, as far as human
feet may travel with dead.
He is the home merchant-your
neighor-your friend-your helper
in time of need.
Don't you think you ought to
trade with him, and be his friend
and his helper in the time OF his
need9
Don't you know that every dollar
you send out of our town for mer.
chandise is sent to strangers to
men who never spend a dollar here
to men who would not trust you
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

for a box of matches; to men who
would turn you over to the police
If you should enter their offices.
You don't save much, frequently
nothing, when you send your
money out of town and take all of
the risk yourself Of short weight
or measure and of getting damaged
or inferior goods And don't you
know that the growth and prosperi-
ty of the town depends very largely
upon the success and prosperity of
the home merchant? Out of town
people judge our city by the appear
ance of our stores and the degree
of enterprise shown by our mer-
chants. And our home merchants
cannot succeed unless home folks
give them loyal support.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01
Gains From Education

To judge the value of education
solely by money, is narrow way
to look at it, Still it is all many
people consider. And even judged
by that test, education abundautly
makes good.
Figures of the earnings of college
students at various periods after
graduation show average salaries or
other compensation very much a.
bove what these with less schooling
get One of the most interesting
tests of the practical returns of
education was made few years
ago by people who not only figura
lively but actually came from Mis-
souri,, namely, by the University of
Missouri. 1t was a study of returns
of individual farmers in johnson
county, Missouri, made with Il
thorouehness that was very convinc
ing. 1t related only to farmers. a
class some members of which were
formerly rather skeptical concern
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Livingston county will vote on
the question of issuing road bonds
to the extent of 100000 on Au-
gust IS Linn county will vote on
the question of issuing 100000 for
the same purpose on August 10Th.
In each case the plan is to build a
system of hard surfaced roads.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01
.ng the value of education.

ing the value of education.
A survey of $50 farms was made
in this investigation. and out of
these farmers, 554 had only a
district school education, while 102
had more than that.
1t was fouad that the better
educated farmers operated SO per
cent more land, and owned four
fifths of the land they cultivated
Only three fifths of the land operat-
ed by the poorly educated farmers
was owned by them. The educated
farmers earned II per cent more
clear income, and kept one sixth
more stock.
The amount of time a young per-
son spends in education for any cal
ling is only small part of his life.
1t can do one of two things. One
kind of education will give him ex-
ceptional skill in some one calling.
which will be rewarded promptly
by exceptional pay. And the other
kind of education will give him a
general development of his fscul-
ties, enabling him to think more
clearly. broadly, and comprehensive
ly, to work more intelligently and
Systematically and correctly, on
any line he may take up.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01
Loyalty to Missouri

State Dairy Commissioner E. G.
Bennett of the Missouri State Board
of Agriculture tells this incident of
loyalty to ones home community
that illustrates the Missouri spirit
which has done so much for this
state:
A number of years ago a Missouri
farm boy, who had reached the age
of young manhood, decided he would
leave the place of his birth and look
for county with greater opportuni.
ties, He had read of the land of
milk and honey" and of the bounti-
full yields of acres in newer countries
where land was cheap. He there
fore left his native state, with vision
of great wealth, and followed the
footsteps of many who had gone be-
fore him He went from place to
place in search of the promised
land" where success waited and
where riches were for the asking.
But he travelled in vain, and did
what many other men have done
continued to live as best he could
in the new land of disappointment
The time finally came when this
same mans son decided to leave his
parents and seek for himself wealth
and fame in other lands. Then aud
there, this father. who was born on
a Missouri farm, took his son by the
hand to bid him goodbye. saying:
- My son. when | was about your
age l left my home, looking for a
country of greater opportunities, the
same as you are now about to do.
My life and money have been spent
looking for that country. have
nothing to offer you but good advice,
knowledge l have gained through
experience.
Remember this, that no matter
where your travels may take you,
when you come to place where
the people are happy and prosper
GUS, where the sun seems to shine
more brightly. where water is plenty
and pure. where the grass seems a
little bit greener, and the corn grows
as high as you want it. and the
wheat and the oats yield is plentiful,
with an abundance of all kinds of
fruits, and you find nature smiles
more often. and the people are living
(not staying). that. my boy, is the
place to stop-for that is grand old
Missouri, the birthplace of your dad,
the real land of milk and honey, the
real land of opportunities, aud the
only place that surpasses it is
Heaven"
g1Vs. zx.Az
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Lost, Strayed or Stolen-A good
family watch dog, English bull. has
one glass eye and left ear has been
lost in fight. Notify Mrs. S. B.
Thiehoff, this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Extra quality Khaki one piece
work suit with the drop seat feat
ure can be found at Hanly. e.
Green's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01
Woman'S Part

ness ana entered the war, American
women at once mobolized their
forces and Joined the many big Or
CARNATIONS equipped to accept their
service. Each ship that sailed car
ried away scores of our splendid
women who asked for nothing bet
ter than to join the vast army whose
mission it was to heal, to help and
TO save. They, too, would not come
back until ali was over. over there :"
Those who stayed at home. those
who could not 60, they too were
ready, they too would work. Through
the Red Cross and other national Or
CARNATIONS. each day as the ships
left Our ports, untirinG and efficient
canteen workers served in the
stations and on the piers. Each
day the soldiers and the sailors
were hidden God speed. They were
fed and lodged and cared for. And
the women who had to stay at home
inspired them with much of that
courage which carried them over
the top. The women who remain
ed at home inspired them with the
memory of Gods own country and
the unwavering confidence that
their beloved ones who remained
behind would be taken care of, no
matter what their own fate might
be. DE-"
And so. just as the women of
France were moboliZed on that
August day in 1914, so were the
women of America mobolized in
1917 and all became sisters in the
defense of one common cause. They
had found their souls 10 a service
which had rekindled their faith in
humanity. The road to Calvary
had been revealed to the women,
when it had become the highway
of the gen.
What an inspiration it has been
to American women! It has lifted
them out of pettiness and sordid
ness. 1t has submerged the little
into the large. 1t has shown them
at last that the sting of death is OF
little moment. when principle and
noble purpose are its price 1t has
made manifest that to gain all pro-
fits nothing, if the soul of the world
is lost.
No woman henceforth has the
right to ask what she can do. If
she has rightly learned her lesson
from the war. she knows that she
may no LONGER stand idle, she knows
that she must forget her frivolities
and her extravagancs. She knows
now. that she must be faithful even
until the end, that she is here on
earth to prove herself worthy of her
WomanhOod. She must educate
herself to think rightly and to act
rightlyD She must realize. now that
she has suffrage. that to vote is not
merely a privilege but also a re-
sponsibility. She must study the
principles she is at last called upon
to protect
Principles. not politics, should be
her guiding star. She must vote
for the best man, the just man and
the man whose administration will
be founded on Christian and demo-
cratic principles. She must under
stand citizenship in its broadcast
sense and she must strive that she
is qualified to be a citizen. Her
flag in the window must not be
merely decoration. 1t must be.
comes an inspiration.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Miss Anna E NoIen Editor of
the Semi Weekly News is unable
to be at the Office owing to a nerv-
Gus breakdown.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Mrs. Mary Rouse returned home
from Bucklin, Monday after a sew
eral weeks visit with her daughter.
Mrs. T. P Middleton and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Rev. T. P. Middleton and wife, of
Bucklin spent part of the week in
this city with Mrs. Middleton's
mother, Mrs. Mary Rouse.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. W. L, Ely returned
home Friday night after a several
weeks visit in Chicago and Sturgeon
Bay, Wis.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Attend the sale of the Julia A.
Lewis land at Paris. next Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-01

Drop seat one piece Khaki work
suits at Hanly & Green's. :
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-27
TAX LEVIES ARE LAID
IN MARSHALL COUNTY

The county court of Marshall county.
sitting nt M"urdSvill" yesterday. lad a
levy of 20 cents on tho $lu0 Valuation
Of taxable pr, p"rty in tn" county for
g'Nlrrtl county purposes. y Sp"ciRI road
low Of ten cents and district l'Vy l
fifteen cents was laid for all districts ~
tho county excerpt Washington. Cameron
and Franklin. for each of which tn" dis
tr!ct levy is ten cents.
The McMcchcn city council laid levy
Of So cents on the 500 valuation. TIL"
Benwood council fixed its levy Mt 81
cents. The MoundSvillc school board
laid a levy totalllnE IS cents. for which
- cents is for the school board fund. -
cents for tho building fund and 30 cents
for the teachers fund. TIL" Union dis
trict. Marshall county. school board.
which includes III" schools ~ McMrCh"n.
Bcnwood and Sherrard, laid levy total
ing - cents.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-27
PLAYGROUND "KIDDIES"
HOLD PICNIC TODAY

Tomorrow morning they are all or
Cor rho final frolic OF IN" summer anu
tomorrow the playground p"puIa''"h "a
wheeling will board cars healed 10.
Wheeling park. whore a general go"u
time will await tn" children. Races
and games Of every description Will De
stace1 and the three playground a'h-
ro,ic tcams will compete in variety
Of games in n great athletic tourna-
rncnt, which will include baseball. VOL
leyball. newcomb ha'ball dodgcoall, run
ming races and an aquatic meet Points
vim hc awarded IN all kinds OF COM
petition and Zach ground is preparing
it's teams 10 win.
The boys and girls. realizing that
,,,o,n Of tl,, rates offered by the
traction company to get final outing
at Tho park. After the picnic the re-
rnaining days Of the playground season
will bc devoted 20 checking up sup
pl:cs and dlsman;lng the swings tee
trrS and bars.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-27
ST. MARYS IN

Mrs. y. A. Brown. Of Canton. Ohm
IS visiting friends and relatives here. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Need Smith: Of AiAdlAe,
bourne. were the guests OF 11enoA
town few days this week ss ~
Walter Bachman. Of LaBelle, WAl Is
caller here Saturday. 5'i,lss
BE sure TO have a representative
your town in the intellisenccr AutonrHes'
bile and Diamond Campaign. ..slE,
Harry Morgan spent the wee2.
with relatives and friends at New
Miss Esther Fogle. who has been W.
itimg here the past week. returne4 ~
her home at Hundred Monday.
Horlcy NJ. Slime. OF New Martinyh
spent few days with relatives
Mrs. Is b. 4. Locke and children.
Raven Rock. were shoppers here,
day.
Anvil Houscr. Of Marietta, was q bust
ness visitor here. Monday. 49,.
#. u. Stage Of Eureka, was here MOI
day looking after business natter
Miss Golden Mccoy. returned MonoTx
from a few days visit with friendS ~
DrnzcI Rockwell was at Marietta 80
urday. s,.
"' r. g Eaiicy. Of Grape Island. 49, 4
business visitor in town. Friday.
Everett Oldficld is home from Aens
ltuckry OIL fields.
MIR and Mrs. ]. B. Boley. OF Hle4N
ants. were callers here Friday. .x.;
! Mrs. Harry Kinds. Of Oklahoma NtAe
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. N. Hindls ~
MIR and Mrs. Geo Wentz. Of Follcn
bee, arc the guests Of Mr. and Mrs, - ~
Stamford. .sls.s
Mrs Jane Mercer and Mrs. Sud PQH1ek
'of Maxwell. visited friends and rel1ttys1
here Sunday. No.
! Frank Garrison. Of Newport. 49,
business visitor in town MONDAY. :.
e. &. Horncr, Of Peasants, Wa~ ~
town Monday. y q
! John Tripictt. Of Willow. was . cAlse
icr here Saturday.