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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
Health Meeting at Concord.

The schools patrons and teachers
and children Of Concord schoof turn
ed out in large force last night and
flied the auditorium Of that school at
the first health lecture Of the county
health survey.
Miss WooffoIk. of the Red Cross
Home Service work now assisting the
s inter section of that service ad-
dressed the meeting in a splendid in-
terpretation of the peace program OF
that service; and Miss Mamie Chan
ldier, local directress also invited the.
people Of Concord to cooperate with
the Red Cross in this work.
Miss Alice J. Martin, home demon:
stration agent who originated the idea
of last nights meeting in cooperation
with the Red Cross and the health
survey. and who arranged for the
meeting delivered a very interesting
contaminated milk. Miss Martin used
the care Of milk and the dangers OF
contaminated milk Miss Martin used
lantern slides in her lecture showing
how 0nclean milking and dairy sur
roundings Of the milking place. un-
Clean utensils for milking and holding
milk caused bacteria to infect the
milk. and produce disease. She en-
piasized the unusual disease spread
ing qualities of contaminated milk: =
Dr.. D. T. Rankin, director Of field
work Of the health survey went very
thoroughly into the fly borne disease
problems by his. illustrated lecture.
His description Of the history Of the
f1y and its various methods Of disease
spreading was plain, comprehensive,
and easily understood by his hear
ers. Dr.. Rankin also used lantern
slides in his lecture.
The applause given esch speaker.
and the thanks extended them by
numbers Of the audience after the
meeting showed that the meeting
had secured results in so far as future
cooperation is concerned.
Secretary E. I. Reardon. OF the
Chamber Of Commerce presided and
made a short talk about the general
objects and benefits of the health
| survey and the rural visiting nurse
soon to be put 70 work in this coun-
! ty.
The teachers Of Concord school are
much interested in the public health
| work Of the health survey and CO.
| operated in getting out the patrons
and pupils for last nights meeting
The patrons are also giving the san
itary experts their hearty coopera-
I ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
Mss saars inssu,uter.

+ Mrs. Staahope Sans, publicity
chairman for sehe State In thesss Blue
5Triangfe investment campaign, ne
turned to- CeFunibia yesterday: after
having spent several days travelling IN
the interest of the campaign She
visited Bsshopville procured there
as cam paign chairman ONE Of the
prominent men OF the place. Roger
Scarborough, a. banker and a.leader
m Liberty Loan drives and other pa
tffiotic work. In Sumter yesterday
morning She went on an active can
vass with the district and county
chairman, Mrs. P. G. Bowman, and in
an hour procured half the county's
quota of s1oo.
F TIE beginning Of the work Mrs:
Sans visited Manning and made Mrs.
J. Zee Stab1er chairman:
Mrs. SAINTS declares that the cam
paign viii be brought to a%successfr
finish this week, if, the signs and
promises can be relied upon.-The
State:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
American Town
In England
Where War Material is Being
Collected. Sorted, Stored and
Held for Sale Later On.

London, Jan. % Correspondence
of The Associated Press)-Cn the
banks of the Thames, less than twen-
ty miles from London. there is an
American town of the mushroom kind
such as you might find in a new
California oil field. It's population
consists OF more than 200 white men
and about $50 negroes. It covers 35
acres which nine months ago were
fallow grass land. The business. Of
the town is toereceive, SORT and store
war material It is the great Ameri-
can supply depot in England: -
There is a street of wooden huts
another of corrugated iron hl1ts, huge
iron store sheds asquarter Of a mile
long, office buildings, water supply
and electric lights, the whole sur:
rounded by a hedge, a few armed
sentries and much mud. All day long
the khaki-clad negroes push and
haul railway trucks full Of war ma
terial.
Englishmen peer over the hedge,
and ask satirically if the United States
doesn't know THAI the war is over.
If they ask an officer for enlighten-
ment about this strange camp, his ex-
planation is something like this:
America came into the war with
both feet, banking on at least three
years Of it, which was the safe thing
to do. Our government made con-
tracts with British manufacturers to
supply our army with tons of war
material, from a tin tack to a steam
roller The British factories built
new plants and took on new hands to
meet our needs, and deliveries We're
going smoothly when the armistice
was signed. 49,
eff we had. scrapped our contracts
then, some British firms might have
been driven into bankruptcy, put
ting thousands of men out Of work
and leaving the factories with tons of
useless material on their hands So
the United States government mere
ly cancelled orders for material that
had not been actually started on, and
told the factories to go ahead with
what they had in hand. 1
3 This place is the collecting station
for that material. We are receiving
tractors for guns. entrenching tools,
of yards of ca1nouAage
wire netting, stacks of. asbestos, roof
ing for hospitals, timber frames for
huts wheelbarrows, shovels, pick
axes, bolts, screws and a lot of other
stuff We are going to store it all
here and sell it later on. 1t will all
be useful, and we can wait for the
The manufacturer couldn't
have waited"
War material coming back from
Russia IS being stored at this camp,
also the fittings of disnlantled hos
pitals which the American army es-
ia ablished in England.
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TO HELP THE CRIPPLED. =,
Officials Of Seven Nations to Hold a.
Conference in New York March
1922 to Plan for Disabled Men.

New York, Feb. 2E-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press1--0H-.
Gals of governmental agencies. Of:
seven nations and dominfons VIII
meet here from March 13 to % to
plan for the rehabilitation Of dis:
abled men, civilians as we'll as sol-
diers, and put them back on: the pay
roll. The conference will be held
Under the auspices of. the Red Cross
Institute for Crippled and Disabled
Men. <:
The authorities to be represented
are the British Minister Of Pensions.
the French National Institute for
War Cripples, the Belgian Military
Institute for Crippled Soldiers, the.
italian Ministry of Pensions, the Ca,
madam Invalided Soldiers Commis-
sion, the Australian Department Of
Repatriation, and the Bureau Of Re-
education and Reconstruction of the
American Red Cross in France. Indi-
vidual organizations of other .coun-
tries also will be represented.
Authorities in the United States
who are expected to attend are rep
resentatives Of the Federal Board OF
Vocational Education, which is pro-
y'iding for American disabled soldiers
training for self-support; the Di-
vision of Physical Reconstruction OF
the Office of the Surgeon General Of
the Army, which is providing resto-
ative treatment and education during
the convalescent period; the Bureau
of War Risks Insurance, which fur
nishes artificial limbs to soldiers OF
the American Expeditionary Force,
and pays disability compensation; and
the American Red Cross Department
Of Civilian Relief, which, through its
home service sections, provides So
cial after-care for disabled men.
To make disabled soldiers or civil
ians self-supporting rather than to
permit them to lose initiative and
lapse back upon the support of war
pensions or workmen's compensation
relief is one Of the aims Of the con-
terence. Pointing out that many
more men are disabled annually in
than have been incapacitat-
ed by military service, the authorities,
who have an interest in the cripple
are planning to give the civilian the
same relief as the soldier.
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Stomach Pains
Doubled Him Up
His Kidneys Caused Pains in His
Back Also. Dreco Gave Re
lief.

Many letters are received stating
the good Dreco has done. We print
this one coming from Mr.. S. G. Deane
Of 1912 Main ST., Columbia, 8. c.,
who says:
II suffered awful pains in my ston-
ach that would draw me double: My
kidneys were deranged. the urine be-
ing of high color: feverish and pain
full. l havt taken three bottles OF
Dreco and all these troubles arc COM
pletely eased. My wife is also taking
Dreco now"
Dreco acts on e kidneys and
stops the backache. dull, tired. drag
ging down PAIN; relieves constipa-
ton: assists the stomach to digest the
food: ends gas misery; relieves dizzy
spells; biliousness: coated tongue:
bad taste in the mouth: increases the
appetite and induces sound sleep.
Dreco is q combination Of many
medicinal herbal plants. which have
direct effect on the vital organs.
Being q natural herb medicine, it acts
in a natural way, so that the effe..t
are permanent.
Dreco is now sold by all good drug
gists throughout the country and is
highly recommended in Sumter by
Sibert's Drug Store.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
Ousted by Republicans
Britt Given North Carolina Seat.
in House of Rep
resentatives.

Washington, March 1.-Repu5licans
of the house found themselves in the
majority late tonight and after bit
ter debate. by strict party vote OF
1872 to 173 unseated Representative
zebulon Weaver. Democrat, Of the
Tenth North Carolina, in favor Of
James ]. Britt, Republican.
There was much parliamentary
naaneuvering by the Democrats to
prevent final vote on the contest
but they lost Britt will hold his
seat only two days. but the victory
gives him salary and allowances for
the full term The contest was over
the 1916 election Weaver was eject
cd to succeed himself last fall.
Britt was Immediately sworn in by
Speaker Clark.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05
,GLosISG. TIRE CHURCHES.
Resoiut1ons adoptad by the Minister
-. ial Association OF Sumter.

ResOfut0ns adbhtad by the Minister
ia1 Association OF Sumter.
Whereas the. Church is the body of
Christ, composed only OF redeemed
soIag VINO Fave Been Baptized there
unto by the Holy Spirit, and hence
is Christ s 'niedium Of self-expression
on earth and
Whereas to the Church has been
committed the great work OF repre-
sensing Ghra and OF pfoclaining
His Gospel of reconciliation to lost
ana Rdsc5hdefnhedssinnefs for, the pur-
pose OF bringing them into harmony
with G6Hssaifd -.ss.s.s
Whereas this work, which is def
mite and specific, can be done by no
Other agency than the church. and IS
MS6ihpatabiy the most important
W6fk Iii, fke: w6 w65ffd: therefore -
BE itt resolved that We, the mem
BIS Sf tbs ASSOCIATION. do Hereby
dscssrS sKat We are opposed to the
cI6s,ng cf our schnrehes at either Of
the stated hours OF worship oa Sun
Day ii order to promote the inter-
ssof some worthy but purely
paHRsfropls and humanitarian en- m
It resolved further that this
acton Oh our part IS not intended
Is convey the idea, or even remotely
To- imply, that We as Christian min
isfkssFs are opposed to works OF phil
anEhropys For we are not. It's pur-
poss sfs only to register our. conyic-
Hon that it g sni1wise to interrupt Al
sTeatef Work IN order to give place
ffs6sas lesser: We believe. that the In
tgfsst of those philanthropic causes
WSala SIS Better promoted by meetings.
sor sacR PURPOSES, held at an hour
ofEer thin at the regular hours OIL
service on Sunday: -
John A. Brunson,@ -
Sumter. March g. 1919.
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s. L. I. SUPPER.
Members Of The Sumter Light Infan--
try Reserves Combine Pleasure With
Duty.

Following the regular drill Thurs
day night the mem bers of the Sumter
Eight infantry adjourned from the
arfaory- to Charles Cafe, where
they spent most enjoyable social
session discussing substantial and
tempting menu provided by the com
n4ittee ufzarrangHfhents The supper
was a regular o3ae time oyster feast
stew and fries and all the accessories,
and there was an abundance-it. was
not Just a menu. but enough for all
the drill weary naiIitiamen to satisfy
their appetites.
When@ the; battle with the knives
and forks had been fought to a fin
.ish, the reserves were called out and
the evening was concluded with
speeches by DR.. s.. III. Edmunds, MAJ.
A.. c.. Phelps, Lieut.. George Warren,
Lieut.. c. E. Hurst, sergt. Pat Gal
lagher and others who were called
on.
THE Sumter Light Infantry is now
drilling regularly and is making up
for the time lost during the influenza
epidemic. It is the determined pur-
pose Of Capt. r. X. Wilder, and his
officers and men to bring the COM
pany up to high state Of efficiency.
for they are sensible Of the necessity
of maintaining an efficient and thor
oughly equipped militia in this State.
If the public will give the company
its support they VIII never need feel
anxiety or uneasiness in time of trou-
bic: The company roll 1s' not full
Just now and young men who can do
so and feel that BY serving in the
militia they will be discharging du-
ty. they owe the State and the COM
msinity shoald apply for admission.
The benefits that the members derive
from regular drills and the fellowship
of This body of representative citizens
viii more than compensate them for
the time given: -
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Unscathed by War
Athens Practically Undamaged
During the War.

Athens, Dec. Correspondence OF
the Associated Press)-Few large
cities of the country that were en-
gagged in the war have been less af-
fected by it than the ancient capital Of
Greece Free entirely from the men
ace of air raids and hostile lombard
ment, and participating actively in
the war for comparatively only
short time, Athens is today in all es-
sential features exactly as it was in
pre-war days.
There is scarcely any outward sign
that the country ever was in the great
world conflict During the entire pro-
gress Of the war, all the stores, the
atres, cafes, museums and places Of
amusement in the Greek metropolis
we're doing business as usual and the
inhabitants felt only remotely the ef-
fects of the war: Prices of food and
clothing were much higher than in
peace times but the people suffered
from no such scarcity Of these and
other necessaries OF life as did the
populations Of London, Paris and 9TH
er continental cities.
The tourist. who at one time was
one of the most abundant sources of
revenue, however. disappeared entire
ly during the war;; -
The passing years appear on the
whole to have made little change in
the Athenian capital. If the visitor
who knew Athens we'll in days long
ago could pay another pilgrimage to
the historic city, he would see still the
same quaint sights that have always
made Athens appear TO the foreigner
rustic and ophisticated. in the
midst of all Its .cosmopolitanism. He
would see number of mich goats
roaming down one of the main streets,
picking up orange peel and paper
Gags in the gutter, while their own
sr drew the sweet warm milk from
them to fill the bottles and pitchers
Of the busy Greek housewives who
emerged from their homes in response
to the tinkle of the. goats bells and
hawking cry of the fustanella-clad
herdsman He would see also the
countless little Greek gamins. dirty
and ragged, that are so much a part
shine shoes and sell lottery tickets.
Another familiar sight would be the
old women, thin, tanned. ana bent
with ears. with black handkerchiefs
tied under their chins. and carrying
on their backs dilapidated hampers
of wild herbs and salad leaves. Which
they dispose of to the ahstemious
Greek householders Of the neigh
borhood for about 25 lepta 6 cents)
a quart. Greek funeral professions.
in which the body Of the deceased is
carried in an open hearse. fully ex-
posed and without coffin or covering,
are familiar sights
Other cities change with times. but
Athens seems as immutable today as
it was in the centuries that have
gone. Three wars within decade
have altered only slightly the life,
characteristics and institutions OF the
ancient city OF Hellas.
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ALL TIRED OFT.
Hundreds More in Sumter I'm tho
Same Plight. -.
Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches; head aches,
Your kidneys are probably weaken.
Tired all the time;


You should help them at their work.
Let one who knows tell you how. :
Mrs. An. Skinner. 2oS w. Oakland
Ave-, Sumter. says: 81 certainly can
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills I
had kidney trouble and was subject
to headaches and dizzy spells. Some
times 1. had to hold OF to- something
for fear. / would fall over. Tired
spells" often came over me and i
would feel languid and sleepy. My
kidneys acted irregularly and worried
me great deal. knew would have
to get something, so when I heard Of
Doan's Kidney Pills, 1 got some. Two
boxes of Doan's cured 1ae of all the
trorble and think they are splendid"
Price 6oc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney rcmedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Skinner had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.-Advt 6s
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Death.

Mrg gorne1ia S: Bradford died at
heE Home Is Ia this city Saturday af-
SALOON, February 22nd. Of apopiexy.
aged siSfy-ive years The end came
sEddenE and Unexpectedly, Mrs.
Bradford Being as Well as usual up. to
the moment she was stricken. The
VnefA services were Held from the
5afice and the interment was at
the Sumter cemetery.
Mrs Bradford was the widow of
Mersiats John D. Bradford She is
survived 81 two sons. Messrs. Julian
D aid ". n. Bradford and one
daughter, Miss Carrie Bradford, OF
this city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

P,1fesBred Sires Prove Their Worth.
Wisconsin dafrynhen and farmers,
desfrous of increasing their proffss
and adding still greater honors to
their already famous dairy State; have
joined in a Statewide campaign to
eliminate the Scrub Bull and use only
pure-bred .sires The record male
last year in the Brown County Cow
Testing Association typif1es the nter-
itst of puire-bre6 bulls and illustrates
why farmers and dairynen will not
Tolerate the scrub. In this association
1s cows qualified for the register Of
production. All Of these cows were
daughters Of pure-bred sires. six OF
them being daughters of one sire. The
FIVE best herds in the association are
headed by pure-bred sires. while the
eve poorest herds are all headed by
grade or scrub sires. The herds of
those farmers who used pure-bred
sires averaged s5 pounds more fat a
: COW than those using grades or scrubs.
Last year eight Of the members pur-
chased pure-bred sires Of known
preceding to replace their scrubs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

FOR SALE-F. O. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi>
cal and Fertilizer value rated ver1
high by Clemson college. A. A.
Strauss, Sumter, 8, G.
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Election at Omsk

Omsk. Sunday, March 2.-The
council of ministers Of the Omsk gov
ernment is planning an immediate
Of a general assembly.
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.B1ILY IN JAPAN.
1Fe Civic Leagues Play HAS Merry
- P1nf

The plot of the japanese opera to
be presented on wednesday, March
18th; deals with young college chap;
Bffy fIardgrave (Ben Hodges}, who
loses his four front teeth in q game
Of football. Being very sensitive on
the, subject he keepssit a secret from
all but his immediate family. In or
der to- grow accustomed TO new set
he takes a trip TO Japan, accompanied
BY shis sister Alice dorothy Fra
leigh and his mother (Tindy Hoyt}.
While IN Japan he meets his sweet
heart. Beatrice Sloan (Lowrine Cam
mtngs), travelling with her mother
ffIannah Christianson3 and his rival,
Sam Estus. George Bultman). Billy
IS about to propose to the lady Of. his
heart. when he again loses his teeth.
This episode leads to many amusing
situations But Billy buys his teetf,
az they are being auctioned off and
so all. ends well:
ssosners taking principal parts are:
< rPearce, Margaret Beaumont,
Blanche spann, Grate Ferrilr Ethel
Green. Peaf9e Scale Harold De:
Lorme, Marion Jackson, May Bland
fhg. Ruth Lyon and a hundred others.
Pianist: Marion Ard. -
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Panama, Sunday, March Eth.
lhieh license law which was effectiv.
I Yesterday, reduced the number Of sa
l]oons in Panama from $50 to 100.
| -----s---.----------G
That Little Boy Of Mine.
live missed him so-that little boy o:
mine;
! :. SO blank it, been-his place beside
my chair;
My heart is sick for just a sight OF
him,
His big bright eyes and wealth OF
tousled hair.
They've said to me: He is soldier
/ man,
Tall, brown and grim, and on the
firing lfne";
1t may have been: I've seen him
dressed like this
Full khaki clad-that little boy OF
mine.
But never once did he seem that to
me;
The soldier man was always pass
ing strange;
I could not grasp, nor think nor feel
That his few years could work so
great a change.
/ sew, in him the baby that I nursed;
The sna1f boy praying nightly at
my knee;
The sturdy lad just home from school
or play.
Glad that was-and always want
ing me!
I could. trace this baby, boy and lad
Tn, that grim man ON the line across
T. he sea;
Folks talked in vain; I never under
stood:
And he was just my little boy to
me.
Out there in France knew he would
be brave
That soldier man SO tall and brown
and grim
And he wonld meet with steady hand
Whatever fate might hold in store
for him.
Back here at home kept secret
hoard.
OF humble gleanings from the pass
ing years;
A battered top, a knife, a picture book,
Worn by my lips and wet with rain-
ing tears: =.
I counted these, and gathered to my;
breast -
The dog he loved, a nut Of Gypsy
line, -,
And worked, and hoped, and asked
through all the hours
That God would keep that little boy
Of mine.
And now, they say he's coming back
to me; =.
Back home from France; from out
s Of Flanders mud; II
From field, from trench, from out OF.
he'll itself;
Back home from death; batlled
deep in seas of blood.
He's coming back from battles
:. scarcely cold;
With soil Of carnage mattered where
it fell;
He's coming home, proud stripes upon
his sleeve,
Their tale Of daring, gallant deeds
toteI, 3rcE'
I wonder now just what my eyes shall
When look up and find him at the
door
The soldier man Of whom the records
proudly boast,
Or that small boy nursed and
loved before?
It seems to me my heart can never
change,
No wisdom come to make my vision
Let record count him soldier if it
He'll always be my little boy to me.
And so. perchance, when he comes
back to me.
All spent, full honored. from the
battle line, -
My arms shall hold, not soldier brave
and great,
But clasp, instead, that little boy Of
mine.
Katharine Danger1eld. in Brook
fyn Eagle.
Stomach Pains
Doubled Him Up
His kidneys Caused Pains in His
Back Also. Dreco Gave Re
Iiaf
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Married.

Married.
Announcements Of the marriage Of
Miss Lillian Fort of Sumter and DR..
Archie H. Brown. Of Lee county.
Thursday. Feb. 9th. have been is
sued.
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Privateer, s. c., yester-
day one liver and white spotted
pointer dog. If found return to
W. G. Geddinss, Sumter, r. and
receive reward.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-05

Keep Your War Savings pledge
Cultivate the saving habit.
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M. j. c. d. Creighton died sud-
denly aY s o'clock a. M. Saturday at
the Rome Of Mr.. Wolfe on South Main
street. He was 7a years Old and had
made his home in Sumter for several
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Subscribe to The Daily 1tem.I Onl
10c per week. delivered.
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Panama Saloons Closed
High License Law Puts $50 Out
of Business.

Panama, Sunday, March 2.-The
high license law which was effective
Yesterday, reduced the number Of sa-
looms in Panama from $50 to 100.