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DR.. and Mrs. Rice Entertained.


The Mizpahs class of Trinity NJ. E,
church gave a, reception to their pas
tor and wife, Or. and Mrs. ]. A. Rice,
on the afternoon Of the 14th at the
Home of Mr.. P. G.. Bowman. The
house was beautifully decorated IN
ropes Of red hearts. suspended from.
the electric chandeliers, while here
and there vases Of carnations, with
vindow boxes of trailing green wan
dering Jew lent the home beautiful
spring-like appearance. AT door Miss
Eula Reames, and sIrs. Lamb met the
guests, while Mrs. Horace Hardy in
trcduced them to those in the receiv-
ing line. DR.. and Mrs. Rice, Mrs
Braxton Wallace. DR.. and Mrs u. NJ
Mcleod, and Mrs ?. G. Bowman
The ever ready Victro1a furnished
music. Afterwards guests were taken
to dining room. where serving com
nittee. Mesdames Whitty. Parish
Faribo and Vogel served ice cream III
heart shapes. with rose colored cakes
and mints. Next into the drawing
room where Mrs. Harmon was reao!
with pen for each to register.
! Between four and six quite a mum
ler called. making the occasion ono
| of the most delightful receptions OF
, the season.
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Sz..s::ss;:. E::CUPERATISG.
s'c:t:;s> Nod Many things, But AFRO
;a.>:I:g Mex" Hold on Life.

E;sll. Serbia. Jan. 6.-(Correspon-
tence of The Associated Press. y
Tire months Of Unrem;tting indus
ti.... =: ham pcred b:- Bulgarian and
.i.;s;ee..:.:. depret:&t;ons or j:1terfer-
So. c.ve 2;s;Ied t:1e Serbian peo-
pc - scc;iE.e Q. new hold on life
T...i.it =. country entirely free of in
,';ed =, lhe lacge peasant population
hs-s succeeded IL setting things in or
dor "a surprising fashion. and condi-
t;o.s should he almost normal soon.
l1;,fSe quantities OF wheat and
other staples, which the slrewd Ser
,;an farmers hid from the enemy,
ave rcappcaccd. At the moment tie
Z. est pressing needs seem to be
clothing. shoes, fuc! and agricultural
Implements.
apparently there is plenty of mon
- n the country, some CT it having
cnIce from Austrian and German SOL
d..afs. who. it may be said to their
tnay took from tEe Serbians during
.lie:r occupation. However. the Buf-
..5;,&;;.ians who reQuisitioned almost
everything they required from the al
ready straitened population, often
ra:d nothing foi' what they took In
the cities most OF the stores have no
stoc'Is because they sod almost every
t.:..::.s5 -; t. ;i1c !Atisti.ians and Germans
Fortunately the harvest last fall
was exceptionally good and there
probably VIII be nothing approaching
starvation among the poor this WIN
ce:. The enemy troops carried off al
moss ever article Of value they could
:ay' naEG on. but they did not have
cir?c. ewing to the suddenness of their
retreat. 20 ta:>e with them more than
% per cent OF the available grain sup
:?y. Meat IS abundant though high
IL price. Before the war it sold for
six cents a pound. now it sells for 56
cents Large numbers of sheep rajs-
cd IN ihc mountain furnish not only
!.air.a;sic meat supply but an a&etaisa--- a&etaisa----
.,.pIl;c" Of wool which has provided
thc peasants with the only clothing
tne.. have had IN four years.
Sc-oia's most vital need is for
ciatb;ns. Even we11-to-do persons
80 si1abbily or at least, scantily claa,
G'}?e Associated Press correspondent
observed IN army officer Of high
ran!s dressed in q shirt made Of -four
;;c.z1.i:s The i;,tic clothing that may
% sol:::i.- Is held at prohibitiye
f:.Ic"s The ordinary peasant work
Ing costume ccs:s $50. shoes $50, un-
:,a.N-c..:' OF Door quality *25, and
thread Is priced at 81 spool. A con-
S;f,rment Of old clothes from the Buf-
f2io y. y. chapter OF the American
Red Cross. valued at home at s72,
.@,r':::G appraised, At $500 by merchant
ii ;fle Pirot district where the Ret,
Cross is carrying on relief work. The
Huffa'o supplies were distributed on
Christmas day and brought happiness
20 many homes.
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THAT SUBTLE SENSE"

No one, perhaps. had better op-
no-tunity to observe the workings OF
the German mind than Brand Whit
lock. minister' Of Belgium. who
w-est!ed with it for two ard half
years, through daily and hourly Diff
fculties and misunderstandinss-
through that crafty corruption which
he says again and again was deeper
than the atrocities
The Germans. he says in his story
of Belgium. could not believe thai
America would go to war. AT thc
very last naon1en: they could ont un-
derstaca III the least why we did. The
presidents enunications OF principles
were to them but idle ioonlbast. a.
treaties had been mercy scraps O
paper.
"sYour democracy. your idea o
liberty, pai.' said German officer Il
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me one day. and another remarked
| with more mildness:
"'It doesn't suit us: we have an
other way of looking at things
Precisely And that way OF look
ing at things deprived them OF tha'
moral discipline, that inner subjective
restraint independent Of all eXterna!
sanctions, which deters men from
doing certain evil things. That sub
tie sense which we 6etipe and recog-
nize as honor. however imperfectly
we may live up to it, seemed to be
unknown to them.
..There are things a fellow can
not do. says a character in one OF
Kipling's stories: it is . sentiment
that Germans did not seen1 to under
stand; there was nothing q German
fellow could not do. provided he
could say to himself that it was for
the Tatcrland, and provided, too,
that he had the physical force to pre-
vent others from interfering with his
doing it,
AS the Germans seem to be settling
their affairs in an orderly and more
or less decent manner, it may be we'll
for Americans to remember that the
Of Germany to really civilized
nations during the past generation
was only superficial. Underneath lies
the haracter-training in which clean
sport, square ideals have no place.
Before Germany can be reckoned
with on equal terms with other peo-
pies, she must have developed,
through generations, that subtle
sense which rye define as honor
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
Porto Rico Workers Return Home.

San .ruan. Porto rico, jan .
More r:&n LOO Porto &Ican war
workers IN the Uni,ed states iave .lrst
returned to the island We'll dressec.
prosperous. and in hig.. spirits. Most
Of them confessed they had real mon
ey in their pockets, some quit: COM
tortable amounts. and they seemed
to enjoy their Gree trip TO the United
States. Most Of them appeared to
Rave become quite metropolitan IN
dress and bearing. Some lett the
steamship pier to go to their homes
in automobiles.
One war-woIker gave his impress
sions OF New York 'y saying it vas
TOO cold and there was no rice ana
beans. Porto Eican s.y'e. The men
had been working III places from
New Yorl. to New Orleans. Many "'
| them said the only reason they re-
turned vas that theE could aot s;and
the cola weather.
Virtually all tho Porto Eican WORK
ers now have returned fro:" the Unit
ed States.
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rIBaARIEs AND AMERICAN1zA-
49, TIoN.

TIE part the public library must
iay in thorough Americanizatlon
work IS an important one. One H.
brary in. a city whose population con-
ai1s. 40 per cent of foreign-born res
s dents reaches 25 different national
ties III its special work.
part CT this work consists of keep
sing ia close touch with the night
schools, the immigration bureau, the
chamber Of Commerce and other
groups and agencies working with the
foreigners.
nis library sends representatives
TO the naturalization bureau to learn
at first nand what are some Of the
problems confronting applicants for
Enifea states citizenship. Then it
s helps to 5meet those problems. 1t in
rites these aliens to make use Of the
elifirary, -cncouras stng them to read not
-boeks ir, their. native language, but
& b6eds IN the English language. 1t
directs them to sources Of inforn1a-
ton on civic matters, sends them to
tlrs night schools. and tries in every
way So interest them in English class
In -every step Of the ibrary's work,
J. for Characterization Of aliens, it rec
ognizes the fact that genuine natural
szation involves good deal more
th3n eoi'ity to. speak, reed and write
Z our Language The applicant for
NATURALIZATION needs 20 be protected
against anti-American propaganda.
kacial prejudices must be- broken
down. Love Of his. adopted couatry
must DO awalened, with a desire to
support its institutions and laws.
There is much to be taught native
Americans, too, if the naturalization
-proeess is to. be complete and success.
full A more sympathetic and toler-
. ant attitude toward the foreigner is
necessary. The causes Of social unrest
and disorder must be understood and
] honest efforts. be made to eliminate
thsni. The library already recog-
nizes its duty in all this. It is up to
the rest of the community to cooper.
ate gladly, .intelligently end syn1pa-.
theticaiiy.
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DIR. SNYDER's ADDRESS.
Father and SON Day Fittingly OBJ
served

Throughout the city Sunday the
attention Of our people was directed
to the full significance Of Father and
| Son Day-a Cay that was observed
| throughout the whole. nation. In
Sumter an appropriate climax Of the
days observance was the address de-
livered ly DR.. H n. Snyder. president
Of WoTord College. DR.. Snyder IS so
well and favorably known III Sumter
that the mere mention Of his name
always suggests an address Of unusua!
merit and appropriateness. His effort
On yesterday was no exception TO this
general rule. He held for nearly an
hour the undivided attention of an
audience that comfortly filed the low
er floor Of the Opera House. The ad-
dress was unusually suggestive, help
full, and inspiring and is to be regret
ted That every father and son in the
city Of Sumter did not avail himself
CT the opportunity Of hearing this
T11aste:tul effort.
In order that everyone might have
the opportunity of hearing this dis
tinguished speaker, an invitation was
SAlGtiCSI IlOl O1iS W S1AC 1t@IiANAS SaiAN
sons. but also to the general public.
The mothers and daughters, therefore.
had IN opportunity OF being delight
fully entertained ard inspired. DR..
Snyder'S talks are always of q very
high order of excellence and on yes
terday he easily maintained this en-.
v.ablc reputation.
On r.ext Sunday afternoon at
o'clock the men and boys of Sumter
will have an opportunity Of hearing
one who is always welcomed to Sum
ter. DR.. F.. " Skies Of Hartsville. DR.:
tsikes will SPEAK next Sunday after
noon az 3 O'Clock in the Rex Theatre.
II is hoped, that ever. man and boy
will avail himself Of this opportunity
to hear one, of South Cardinals IA
gorite public speakers
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Japs Buy up Wood.

vladivostok. Jan. The Janancse
Drolitin:s by the low value of the
ruhle, have bought up all the aspen
trees in the Ussuri region and this
has caused scarcity OF fuel for the
use Of the Ussuli railway. says the
newspaper DalelSaya Okraina. which
adds that al III" local inhabitants
have been modified by the Japancse
"a prepare the wood for export. i'
proposition is under consideration tI
Increase the tax on cxportattcA oi tn'
aspen loa: 50 as % stop the JaDancs4
fro;;, shipping. tElm out Of the coun-
fry
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::l::S .iooT: Potash.


:; ::,;x::''o c.s' fNc'2 TIE -h'a6.tc;a.2 ger
::=cr. @''. Isl i9s3-}
-!',2 :..e y; - an, ''-e. i't ieas' oi:- :.
til :tp@il t. a!.;!a 2ot;,z;a .r9ia the pot
ash :ai:?es O. /. see. '!ise VAR .f}oe
pcarti. anna}.:5css that !: has re-
ce:vet, a:;:hcI'-ia a":i e.i!I;.;'' li;.@iii''.-
t:on 10 .i2;i; effect ron the french
High Commission il e" tn.tef:
states. .f!esa airices ti'rt;2er i'i',i-
cate tiat :o:' IL 2eAt f'-'& mon '--S
I:rac;:cAiiE fae 60 !.2 2o';'!' o''.iiS'i
Il ,hc A'.S;t!;iii ''i}t'; 1;lii ;'@ q
:. reoU;r@d lor ..3..e :i.i';!2.i .';:r:'s'.. :
- FIare>. 1t the rieE O. 'hH
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! ter is a.ided But it will not make.
any difference in the outcome. The
federal prohibition amendment is rat
/ fled It will not be unratified, nor
will the dry" law passed by congress
be an:lulled. by any such device as
general strikes. no matter whether
they arc the voluntary expression Of
; industrial sentiment or a thin dis
guise for liquor interest activity.
And i docs not seem likely that the
trade Unions will so very far with ii.
The American workman MAS never
been inclined to identify his citizen
ship rights with the right to drink
beer That is attested by the fact
that most CT the United States is al
ready beerless. as result Of the
dry votes Of the working people
themselves. And there will not be
any general class revolt against
federal prohibition, for the very good
reason that whatever its faults or
virtues, it is essentially democratic
The millionaire is being deprived Of
his beer--also his w1iskey and wine
just as s,1rcly as the manual labore-
1t is hardly more of a. deprivation in
one case than in the other. If there
is any strike employers and employees
might logically strike together
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
RESPONSIBLE FOR MEXICO.

Reports from Paris indicate that as
part sof the mandatory" system
adopted by the peace conference for
ths government Of German coionie:
and backward countries not otherwise
co.strclled, the United States will be
asked to look after Mexico.
It is a logical application Of the
plan. The United States is the nat
.uraI guardian of Mexico, because o.
the Monroe Doctrine and because
that: troublesome country is our next
door neighbor, and Americans have
arge interests there.
Many Americans-and also many
foreigners-think we ought to have
got on the Job definitely and earnest
II. long ago. President Wilson'S de
lay seems 10 have been due largely
{ to rs desire to convince Latin Amer
> ;ca in general Of the disinterestednes:
and good will Of the Unitea States
That purpose has been pretty wei
ACCOMPLISHED, by our conduct in th'
European war even more than By ou
fcrbearance with Mexico.
There would be little criticism nov
of our teSins Mexico in hand on ou
own .responsibility There could sure
ly be more if we do SO on the author
ity of the League Of Nations. actin
as a s;isinterested agent of tn
whole civilized world And Wit
such. authority, there would probabl
be little resistance offered by tn
.AIcxicaas themselves
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BEER STRIKES.

The trades council Of Essex Coun-
=. \. J.. representing $4,000 work
men. has adopted a resolution TO re-
s;st 10 tn. utmost prohibition enforce
a.ent. even to the extent Of a general
strike Labor union officials in Ncw
York City arc s;,id to be considering
the sam, star Similar action is talk
ed of in various other industrial COM
.nunit;es. The movement is also sale!
to threaten tn; mining industries.
Goa, cars from Pennsylvania mines
are found bearing placards that fiaua.
tho slogan. No beer. no coai.''
The :ener;il motto OF the men par
ticipati.g in this protest is NO beer
no wo1'z.' 1t is Inscribed on buttons
DESIGNATED as Liberty Buttons
which are being spread broadcast.
The Origin Of the movement is no
revealed. Maybe the labor official:
thought it all up themselves peris}
the thought that the brcwerieS hac
anything to do with il.
The ubic may hear :, good de@
more alcng this line before the mar
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-19
NATIONAL DESTINY.

! Those who talk about the desirable
! ty of 1.merica returning to her ole
glorious ISOLATION might as well de-
mand a return from the railroad te
the stagecoach and the automobile
20 the cne-hoss shay.
Fate has made the United States q
world power. Irresistible events were
driving Us toward full participation ir
the worlds affairs, and the war drag
ged us in. Once in, we can never ex-
pect to get. out again. And what
self-respecting American, imbued
with the characteristic energy and
idealism of his country, wants to get
out?
The .:nited States is recognized to-
day sas the equal of the other big
powers, and more than an equal. It
IS the literal truth that America dom
mates the peace conference. Our as
sociates all yield to American leader
Ship. It almost seems as if they in
I (sist on it.. They do so partly be-
cause Of what America is now, but
mostly because Of what they know
She will be.
The United States is plainly destin-
ed to lead the world. 1t is high
privilege. It makes every. normal
American feel 4 little taller and
stronger. It gives the. old flag new
beauty and meaning. It is a privilege
which comes naturally as the reward
of our national past.
And with the privilege comes the
responsibility. We cannot dodge that.
The nation that fails to use its power
or does not use it in the service of
mankind bly, loses it.
Our finest political ideals arr
towering in the new League of Ma
tions. We cannot have the honor Of
it without its obligations We cannot
write into it's constitution tie prin-
ciples OF ,unselfish. service to weak
and backward nations without pro-
ceeding to play our part in the prac-
tice of those principles. We cannot
stop colony-grabbing without help
ing the other powers to manage the
Internal :onalized territories. We
cannot urge the international polio
ing OF the world without contributing
to the policing army and navy. And
so on through the list.
( To imagine that when the Alne!i-
can delegation comes home from
st!,e peace conference everything vii
be settled and the machinery set. W
vii! run of itself thereafter is to have
| learned rothiNg at all from this
great war and TO fail wholly III un-
ders:anding the world we live in.
! Figuratively speaking, the wal
will ne--er be over. and our peace
conference delegates will never co,n'
home. The Cnited Statcs will rer11ais
at the head Of tie armies OF civi.iz:t
ton am! at the head Of the peace
table. because it is our destin:', ant
we cannot cyadc it without playin.
:,,.e coward and losing our nationa
soul.
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fartry Gi:c niG First SGG.h ca;'.;i.i!;s
Nat:ona! Guard infantry> 1T Canlo Sc
vier. i.reerv;iIe. arG 1Eo H;;.s i',.z.E'at.
of his com:nand IN I:cigiu.n. i@ ea'::ll
in cccan:an; OF Tx. res5;s32ent. ,f,f12
full text Of fh. Lite follows:
Ncsd:5uartors T:l;teiet!} American
Division,
Ba!lou. france Ja:l. i3, 1@1a.
NY Dear Gen. Moore: Eov!, letter
o. Decent reached ::?c TO-DAY.
noto that you estimate the casualties
# the T:aictiet!1 di son q p Pc
cent. The casualties "ere aH3utt -
per cent. for there wer, mere ti1an
1923, as stated by the News and
Courier and tI1cr. were c',-E 1S.c"f;
men Of the Thirtiesh division fighting
with the Fourth British army. Tie
Fifty-sixth field artillery brigade
(three regiments>. the. lG5th supply
train, the 1o5th ammunition tram
and the mobile repair shop upon ar
rival overseas, were sent to souh-
eastern part Of France to train with !
French 15s and 1855. IN Octobersthe
artillery and ammunition trains were .
attached to various divisions ornrat-
ing in tie St Mihiel sector r,'!eJI'
Snever do rejoin this division. T:n
:105th supply train never got ~ AZ.
fight, being used part at Eor6eau ;:iad
part for convoy duty elsewhere. Ta@
supply train has just recently joined
this division and the artillery. a:n.Gu-
milton train an1 other units Will jo;r
in q few days, to return with the d.
vision 20 America.
| "Orders have been received that no
rofHcers Of the aGjuta:::. generals DC
partment will be mustered on: With
their divisions, but will be kept ;of
service at dcmooilization ca.::,,s>to as
sist in mastering out the returning
troops ] have asked to be kept over
here and sent to the army CT occu-
patton in Germany, but, as 1 have not
requested o commission in the resu-
lar army, I do not know whether my
request will be granted Yesterday
|125 officers Of this division. who want
regular army commissions were
transferred to the Third division.
Third army. in Germany and an equal
number of officers from the Third
division have been ordered to duty
with tn. Thirtieth.
AS I wrote you from London, was |
taken i'll with Spanish influenza
shortly after the Thirtieth division
had gone into a rest camp, after 1t
had fought the battle Of the Hin
denburs line 7 am glad did not
miss any Of the fighting. for that
| would have broken my heart. was
i, o,,t,o,, r . boc,,ita, foy S;X weeks
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Casualties of the
Thirtieth Division
Interesting Letter Frore Major
J. Shapter CALDWELL

colun.ie;a !rebm. 15.-Tiae Tl2i~s;cth
t::;;-::.::3i,'s caeu;.l.. .es. amounted 10 ap-
j>rcx:natc,y . per cert. acco!y:iia;;e,s .
I. letter. nco:s: aIa5cr ). S'22ffste CID :
vei;ll, tat.?s,e.r:.; isSis-a:i, -t5toi.7e:.
General Of s;ot,a carol!l:a. 70 y. =.
.,..oore. the at.l1ssant General. laceiv-
I'd severa! days &go. Alajja'' G;s.a;fTell
is the adjutant CO sac old Hic!So"..'
division The Thirtictt division 49,
stationed at Bai,ou, france. CT J;<h-
uary Is. tie date the ;etter was ;:.:.t-
ten. The letter, Which. is fu!! o. IL
terestinS gossip relative 90. t!le c-N'i:i-
:on and the officers. SAID ti:at CO.;
GcCuily, who trained ne 116th IN
fantry tti.e old First South Ga:'cizI;:
Nat:ona! Guard infantry2 1T Calno s.
vier. j,reerS';ile. ard S,Eo n.s-s f,.z.I'st
of his com:.and IN Belgium. i :: ,'.: II
in command. OF tne re155is32e,lt. Tie
full text OF The lr1:e.s fciloT..:
Head .uaItol,s Tn:isi5t!} American
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-02-07
Christian Church.

Mrs. G. W. Atkinson very delight
fully entertained at a Sunday School
class social about thirty five young
people in her home Friday evening.
Simple. harmless amusements were
enjoyed by the boys and girls and
the hostess served light refreshments.
The Sunday School is starting off
encouragingly this year under the
leadership of Bro. Hun as Superinten-
dent The school begins at $3.50 a. m.
every Sunday, and most cordial well
come will lbe extended to any who will
come. that are not attending regularly
Sunday SCHOOL elsewhere. Prayer
meeting eaah Wednesday evening at
6: 80
The minister, j. H. Stambaugh, filled
his regular appointment Sunday morn
ing and evening A fine audience
greeted the speaker Sunday evening
and all listened with wrapt attention
and deep interest to a strong sermon
on 1.-THE Conquering Christi Bro.
Stmbaugh always has message that
is vitality interesting and never fails
to deliver 1t 10 his forceful character
istic way. His sermons are scriptural,
logical and eloquent, and the general
public is most cordially invited to
hear him the tirst and third Sundays
in every month.
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HENRY II. SEE
RETURNS FROM FRANCE


Mrs sam See OF Route 2, Louisa,
hears of the safe arrival of her son at
Camp Dix, N j. His letter follows:
Dear Mother:
viii write q few lines We arrived
In Philadelphia yesterday at 1890 and
came to Camp Dix last night. guess
YOU all had begun to think ] was dead
as haven't written since / left Mus
sey. We left there Christmas for
Brest, arriving there Dec. 30. We could
not mail anything from there We
left there on Jan. 18th and were on
the water Is days. We could have
come in 10 days but came southern
route to avoid storms.
You can guess how glad was when
we pulled up the Delaware river to
the docks We were the first troops
to land there. Two boats met us down
the river and they had bands and
think every whistle in Philadelphia
blew Couldn't hear thing but cheers
and whistles The pier was decorated
with flags and about fifty Red Cross
girls were there with ice cream cake
and coffee. We stayed there about an
hour and then paraded up Washington
avenue to Broad street, where we took
the train for Camp Dix. 1t sure was
some sight 70 see the people, They
acted like they were wild. They threw
candy out to us 1t surely was some"
reception; and after we got on the
train the "Y" r,,ye us lunches, cakes