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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05

Copenhagen. Nov. 3.-Ici"rts that
Eolshcvik battles around I<rontat nave
i,eeu si!rnccG b.. bombardment by al
led warships ard contained III Heval
dispatches received here today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05

The authorities of the High School
football eleven trust that the people
of Sumter will support the team to-
morrow when Columbia High comes
for their return game of the season.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05

yHosT-strayed or Stolen, one bay
mare, five years old, little grey in
face. Scar above left knee; nail
cut above hoof on right leg. Noti-
fy w. a. Cakes, Providence, S. c.,
Y = D BOX
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05
G1s MattEnan ana gsutbron.
Published Wednesday and Saturday
By
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The Sumter Watchman was found
a,s IN 1850 and the True Southrono IN
1856. The Watchman and Southron
now has lie combined circulation and
influence Of both of the old papers,
and is ma ifestly the best advertisi.as
medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05

! Mr.. Leonard schenk Of Camden
was in Sumter on Sunday to attend
the memorial meeting.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
THE SILVER STRIPES.

When we've honored the heroes returning
And we've mourned for the heroes who fell,
When we've done all we can for the home
Who stood to the shot and the shell,
Let US all keep in mind those who fingered
behind
The thousands who waited to go
The brave and the true, who did all they
could do,
Yet Rave only the silver to show.
They went from their homes at the summons
They drilled in the heat Of the sun,
They fell into line with pluck that was fine
Each cheerfully shouldered a gun:
They were ready to die, for Old Glory on high,
They were eager to meet with the foe;
They were Just like the rest Of our bravest
Though they've only the silver to show.
Their bodies stayed here but their spirits
were there;
And the boys who looked death in the face.
For the cause. had no fear-for they knew,
waiting here,
There were many to fill up each place.
Oh. the ships came and went. till the battle
was spent,
But he still might have regained but for
those who renamed
And have only the silver to show.
So here's to the soldiers who never saw
France,
And here's to the boys nnafraidi
Let us give them their due; they were glor-
And it isn't their fault that they stayed
They were eager to share in the sacrifice
there:
Let them share in the peace that we know.
For we know they were brave, by the service
Though they've only the silver to show.
Copyright, 1919, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.

Up from my office window came the city s
ceaseless din,
1 had just paused moment when the evening
A nile Of business letters and the papers with
the news
OF wars and murders. fires and wrecks-most
anything to choose.
cast them one by one aside and tOunu De-
meath them all
homely country paper, blurred with ink
and somewhat small,
That seemed to steal my preferences 10 IT'S
columns up and down;
The little weekly Monitor they print in my
home town.
The country paper always tells of things in
quiet tone,
1t deals not with the outside world. but topics
1t tells about abb the folks who visit in and out
of town;
That meat is soaring upward and that eggs
are going down; ,:..,.na
That some old chum is married or lifelong
The sto rE'ef has nd Brought the newyeds their
barehead joy and pride.
You don't enjoy this paper til away some place
But then you're always glad to hear what's
going on at home.
The punctuation's awful. and bad spelling
admit
Some letters, too, are upside down it's smear
ed with ink bit.
It's face is worn and haggard and the news
Sometimes because the makeup man forgets
to change the date. :. .
It's welcome to my office, Tor 1t brings me
1t let's me live an hour each week with friends
I've loved the best:
It brings a homelike feeling. and I'm happy to
I've been 2 printers J, devil. "settin' type an
fred Keller DIX in Columbus (o) Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
Will Be Held Accountable.

The responsibility of President
Wilson for the situation to be Gre
ated by deferring the extra session
of congress until his return from
Paris in June is in no wise lessened
by the refusal of the republican
members of the senate to resort to
filibustering to prevent the passage
Of those measures which otherwise
would have forced an earlier, if not
immediate, session Of congress. 1t
is not entirely the matter of greas-
ing the machinery Of the govern
ment itself. The appropriations are
imperatively necessary to the func-
tioning of the government, but the
colossal error, in which President
Wilson participates, is the assump-
ton that if the routine of the gov
eminent is not interrupted every
thing else may wait.
There is no doubt that public
opinion thoroughly understands the
situation and will hold the admins
tration to strict and stern account
for the loss and trouble that may be
precipitated by the delay which IS
widely regarded as a stubborn whim
Of the president. It is easy to fore
see the avalanche Of popular wrath
that will be loosened if difficulties
reach crisis when the country IS
left without executive or legislative
authority on duty while President
Wilson is absent from the country
If times were normal, with COM
mercial and industrial affairs run
ming along in their ordinary smooth
channels and no rocks ahead, it
would be an entirely different mat
ter. But the country is in critical
condition. It cannot be left to drift
without power or rudder. It cannot
be safely guided from vast distance.
There are grave problems crying for
immediate solution and they are
waved airily aside to await the
pleasure and convenience Of the
president. It is a situation which
thoughtful Americans see with dis
turbing doubt, if not apprehension.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
Government Advises Advertising.

Government Advises Advertising.
The following letter from the Unit
ed States department of labor to one
of the largest advertising agencies in
the United States is self-explanatory:
"William H. Rankin Co., 104 S.
Michigan Ave., Chicago, III.
"Gentlemen: It is the desire of the
department of labor to stimulate bust
ness by suggesting to present adver-
Users that they increase their space
and to prospective advertisers that
they bring their plans to head and
start advertising Immediately. The
surest and quickest way to bring bus
mess to it's pre-war basis is to over
come the general apathy to buying
which exists in the minds of many peo-
pie at present. Advertising will do
this. We would like to see more re-
tail advertising and more national adj
vertising, and we believe that the
press Of the country and yourselves
will appreciate the fostering Of such
a movement by the department of la
Dor. May we ask you to prepare one
or more advertisements for the de-
partment of labor carrying the mes
sage outlined Your cooperation in
this matter is earnestly desired. Pub
fishers of newspapers and magazines
of general circulation will be asked to
run this copy over the signature of
the United States department of labor,
it's secretary, w. B. Wilson, and the
director general of information and
education Regarding the size and
appeal to be used, this we believe is
matter which your own judgment
will easily determine. It is impera
tive that this movement be gotten un-
der way at once. Therefore, it will be
appreciated if you will plan to send
your copy as quickly as possible to Mr..
w. C. Eckhardt.
Address: United States Department
of Labor, Information and Education
Service, Washington, D. c.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
They Can't. Eli?

Exc Women can't keep secret.
Mrs. Exc Nonsense! The cook
never tells you she is going to leave
until you have invited houseful Of
Boston Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06

But it must be remembered that
the Salvation army's 40 points, or po-
sitions, were at the front, under an
incessant hail of missiles and clouds
of poison gas, while most Of the Y.
M. C. A. workers were located miles
behind the danger zone. Then, again,
the Salvation army furnished dough-
nuts, coffee and other comforts to our
boys exactly when and where they
needed them-under fire and in the
trenches-free Of charge. The "Y'
did nothing Of this sort and charged
high prices (if we may believe Prince
ton boys who have returned from
France, and we certainly do) for ev-
erything they obtained. AS to the
moral part of the "Y's" program,
boys returning to the rear for rest af-
ter fighting for weeks in veritable
inferno-in trenches knee-deep in mud
need a god meal, not a lecture on
morality-Editor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
A Practical Conservationist.

A Practical Conservationist.
We are indebted to the Minneapolis
Daily News for the following carica-
ture illustrating local item which
recently appeared in the Union. The
main points of the cartoon are true to
life just as it happened.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-03-06
Did the "Y" Fail?

Some say the Y. M. c. A. utterly
failed in it's service to the soldiers
and sailors during the war. The 'Y"
did not fail during the war any more
than our schools, churches, hospitals,
mercantile establishments, our gov
eminent, and even the Red Cross are
failing in their work. All make mis-
takes and all come short Of their
ideals. The "Y" leaders admit that
free tobacco was sold by mistake, that
some workers were misfits, that the
canteen system which the government
asked the "Y" to take over was like
a milestone around it's neck. The |'Y"
served at 1900 points with 1000 men,
some of whom worked free while
others had allowances, while the K. c.
served some 100 points and the Sal
walton army served 40 points. To
save duplication Of service the ~"
workers were not to carry their work
into the hospitals. Again the "Y,"
by taking over the canteens, agreed
to sell all canteen articles at cost, but
not to give things away. The "Y"
workers were unarmed and were not
expected to go into battle and yet
many went so close to the zone Of
danger that they lost their lives and
were gassed and wounded. All of us
at home who did our duty during the
war event over the top" II the
seY" failed overseas General Pershing
did not find it out for he sent home
this cablegram: "With deep feeling
of gratitude for the enormous con-
tribution which the Y. M. c. A. has
made to the moral and physical well
fare of the American army, all ranks
Join me in sending you Christmas
greetings and cordial best wishes for
the New Year."
While in the city heard Hon. Will
liam H. Taft and E. c. Copper, former
president of the Minneapolis Civic
and Commerce association, make elo-
quent speeches in favor of the work
of the ~"Y" here and, over there, after
admitting minor mistakes.
james A. Geer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
METHODISTS
CHANGE DATE
CAMPAIGN FOR $4,000, 900 IN M. e.
CHURCH, SOUTH, CENTENARY
DRIVE WILL BE HELD
MAY 1925.

The dats for the Methodist Cen.
tenary financial campaign has changed
from April 27-Aay 4 to May 1895, Of
ncial announcement of which is being
made throughout the length and
breadth Of Methodism today. Several
weeks ago It was found necessary to
change tho April date in order not to
interferes with the Government plans
for the forthcoming Victory Loan
Drive. The selection Of another date
has been held in allegiance pending the
decision from Washington which was
forwarded headquarters Of the M. b
Church, South, recently.
The change in this date Is Of wide
import to all Methodists who are, at
this time, lining up plans Of definite
action regarding their part as individ
uals in the campaign. Dr.. w. B. Beau
champ, Secretary Of the Centenary
Commission, stated today that he anil
other Centenary workers at headquar
ters have, through Secretary Carter
Glass, pledged the loyal support OF all
Southern Methodists to the govern
ment at this crucial hour and that In
setting MAY 1926 as a date for the
Centenary drive, he knows he will
have the immediate and hearty CO.
operation of all conference secretaries.
directors, field representatives and all
workers connected with the campaign.
The Methodist Centenary financial
campaign is the largest religious cam.
paign undertaken in the history Of the
world. One hundred and fifteen mil
Ion dollars is the goal set-Southern
Methodists pledging themselves to
raise thirty-five million OF that sum.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
CHINA HAS A VERY
IMPORTANT ROLE:
PRACTICALLY ONE HUNDRED AND
WFTY THOUSAND COOLIES
aGNr TO FRANCE.

What optimist generation ago
would have thought that backward
China would have a hand in the settle
ment Of a world war? But China is
having a very important role in the
great war that is Just being brought
to close. Not as soldiers-fighting
men-but as laborers behind the front
line trenches. And Just SO many al
lied troops have been released fol
other duties. Practically one hundred
and fifty thousand Of these coolies
have been transported by way Of the
Suez to France. This work has been
done under the direction Of the British
Government and Church Missionaries
Among these missionaries are many OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
which is just finishing the details OF
its campaign May 1925 to secure $35,
0o0, 1000 to further work Of the kind that
is being done in France and other
places.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
WHAT TIME IS It?
Tick-tock-

T1ck-tocE-
It isn't much Of a cleck Al clocks
go. Just an ordinary, everyday affair,
such ~ one sees ON the wall OF almost
any Office. Perhaps you'd never glance
up at it unless you happened to be
late for ls1cheoa.
It hangs tn the counttnS-roem Of one
Of tho biggest banks In New York,
and there's nething unusual about 1t
except that it was put up the same
day N Austrian princeling got him.
self killed at SaEajevo-and started
the war.
1t used to keep pretty good time.
After we got into the war and got
to going good, some one put little
red sign across the face Of it so that
whenever you looked up to see what
time it was you saw the little sign
staring at you impertinentlyT
TIME TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS"
Tick-tock-
That clock was ticking of the min
utes when the guns were booming
along the Somme and while the
Crown Prince was battering vainly,
at the gates Of verdun. It was tick
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
BANDING TOGETHER TO SPREAD GOSPEL

Nashville, Tenn.-One hundred and
forty thousand Southern Methodists
have signified their determination to
pray for the success Of the missionary
work Of the NJ. E. Church, South, and
for the spread of Christianity through
out tho world. These people have not
only decided to do this, but have band
cd together In . league known as the
Fellowship Of Intercessios, each sign
Ing q small card which It is thought
will make the cause for which they
pray more definite in the minds Of the
signers Of the cards.
DR.. s.. A. Neblett, secretary OF the
Department of Intercession Of the de-.
nomination, stated to reporter that
the way in which the prayer cards
were coming in was an inspiration
Ssssn t8s thousand to five thousand
.:ssass sSsSass - opened in the mail every
morning, the number Of 100000 rep.
resenting the complete total up to date.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
NOT As BIG As
BR|T|AN'S BILL
Cost Of War to America Not
Nearly Equal to What Eng
lish Ally Must Pay.

Twenty-oae months Of our war with
Germany cost the United States SIS.
S5s,eoo, 80, the treasury department
calculates. Huge munitions and other
contracts have been cancelled. Man
ufactursrs are now presenting their
bills and receiving payments fer ma
teftals delivered months ago In the
heat Of the struggle.
Included In the enormous total OF
$26, ,s56, 900. 900 is the sum Of $7,S7b,
o00, 900 loaned to tho Allies. When we
began lending to the Allies, the gov
ernment contemplated turning over
to them about $500, o,ooo, 900 month
but actual loans ordinarily ran around
$685., zoo, ,ee0 monthly.
OF the total war bill about $4,000,
000,0 has been raised so far BY the
Liberty Loans. The fact that We have
not covered our war debt is the rea
son for the Victory Liberty Loan. In
other words we haven't paid for the
job.
The cost of the war to Great Brit
ain was $4o,s4o, 100000. Germany is
out $sS, 760, ,o0o, 900 exclusive Of indem'
mites the Allies may impose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
FOX TROTs ON
LIBERTY LEGS
Limbs Blown OFF by Shell, But
This Man Continues to Trip
Light, Fantastic Toe to Jazz
Accompaniment.

Lillard Evans is . eolosed ssldier
boy who had both legs blown "a In
action. He lives for the present at
Letterman General Hospital ak e
Preside in San FrancfseA - G6
and does dance fox trots and one
steps. How? Why?
OF course to dance fox trot or
a one-step fellow has to have legs
good legs. Well, Evans has them
not his own legs Of flesh and bone,
but his own willow legs with Joints
and everything. He is going to leave
Letterman pretty soon and 90 back to
work and make his living and prob
ably get married and raise children.
That's the how.
The why of it is-the government
Of the United States has gone in for
leg and arm making. 1t is giving a
specially built leg or arm or hand or
pair Of legs or arms or hands to eV'
cry soldier who lost his legs or arms
in the war. At Letterman in particu'
lar they are making Liberty legs and
arms and hands in their own work
shop. They are making them because
they have hit upon better artificial
limb than some manufacturers were
turning out.
This is one phase Of the reconstruc'
tion work that Uncle Sam is quietly
carrying on. It is one Of the least ex'
pensive, but it is costing hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. Remember that
when Uncle Sam comes a-knockins at
your door with the Victory Liberty
Loan. Much Of the money you will
lend is going to regenerate these
men who gave of their flesh and blood
for their country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
SAVING BEATS EARNING:
TOO BAD ESAU DIDN'T
LIVE TO ENJOY IT ALL.

II Esau and Jacob who lived
some six thousand years ago,
were still alive, and II Esau had
earned $40 every day, and I'D
saved it all, he wopld haS0
s21, 300, 900. On the other hand,
if Jacob had deposited 81 at
per cent. interest, compounded
every 100 years, he would have
today $576,46o,752,3O3,423,4SS.
Can anyone figure out how
much Jacob would have had had
he purchased one IS War Saw
ing Stamp then, which pays in
terest at the rate Of per cent,
compounded four times every
year? There is an idea In all
this: How much would every
child have if its parents should
start it out with a IS stamp, and
then encourage the youngsters
to save!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22

ond.
Tick-tock-
$555.
Sixty seconds make a minute-sixty
minutes make an hour-$50,0 900, 900 a
day. @. '...
SeeA ease ~ - - eses
. :.<s 49,. - s.ss.3 sc3 Csc
signed.
Quick! Some one! Stop the clock!
Well, some one did.
That day of our first Peace Cele-
bration when we all went crazy and
tore loose, some wag in the bank did
stop the clock. Took out the pendu-
lum and tied big piece Of black
crepe on the clock itself. And every
body laughed and yelled their heads
off-because the war was over.
That was the end Of it. The war
was over-the clock was stopped and
everything.
Well-almost everything.
Other clocks still went on ticking
at $555 a second! They're still tick
ing. Not at $555, to be sure-but it
will run far into millions before next
June.
We still have a job to finish. We
still have war-bills to pay. And Amer
lcans always pay their bills.
We still have an army at the bridge
heads Of the Rhine, and we've got to
keep it there for a while-if we're 60
ing to get a real peace in place OF an
armistice.
And then there are the soldiers to
bring back and the wounded to care
for and the crippled to make over and
Jobs to fnd-before our job is finish
ed-bsfore We can turn all our ener-
gies to making plows and automobiles
again.
It's going to take money. And
we've got to raise 1t. That's part OF
our job-yours and mine and the peo'
ple's next door.
The bank with the clock cant do it
all the banks in the country can't do
tiff We are going to go ahead after
ward making plows and automobiles
and opening up new mines and plant
ing more wheat fields.
We've got to have credit, If we are
spAsG o. &gs ssas, ssasss, Sy,H :. is's2ssssss
bnsfs.~es sS..,. e. s xsszs
credit, if the banks have all their
money tied up in Liberty Loans.
Whenever one thinks Of the pros
perity and happiness we can have In
this country, if we make good use OF
the opportunities that lie just ahead
he should think Of that clock In the
bank with it's streamer Of crepe and
it's little red sign:
And Of the millions OF other clocks
that were ticking of the minutes dur
ing the war just as that clock in the
bank did and-well-
Tick-tock-
Those clocks are still ticking
There's another liberty loan coming
Tick-tock-
What time will it he by your clock
! next month when the Victory Liberty
Bonds are offered?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22
FIVE HUNDRED WOMEN WANTED

Nashville, Tenn.-Five hundred
young women are wanted at once by
the Women's Missionary Council OF
the M. E. Church, South. They are
wanted for services and missionaries
Of the church in both the home and
foreign fields and the best type, OF
womanhood is asked for. Women to
whom the desire to serve has come
very keenly, women whom the spirit OF
the hour has gripped earnestly, this is
the type with whom the church wishes
to make connection for various forms
of missionary endeavor.
The particular forms Of missionary
work open to the young women OF
the South are in the medical, evange.
listic and educational departments in
tho mission fields. One hundred and
fifty are wanted az evangelists and
deaconesses; two hundred and fifty
are wanted as teachers and one hun
dred are wanted as doctors and
nurses. The call has particularly gone
out for young women Of college educa'
ton in order that they may be able to
grasp quickly the leadership In the
work which the church needs.
The calling Of these young women
Is made possible through the Cents'
nary Of the church which is being OBJ
served this year. A fund Of $a5,o0O..
900 VII be raised soon, and tAii
:ABgR 40 0aks possible the. sending
Of mary missionaries to Africa, japan
China, Brazil, Mckee, Cuba, Ksfss
! snd In the home field. &.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-04-22

ing when the Lu-
s / t q n / a went
wn W b e n
Bernstorf went
b a ck " b e n
Pershing W Q n t
over. 1t was tick
ing when there
wasn't an Alneri-
can soldier on
the W e 8 t Q rn
Front, and when
there were two
million, with
more on the way.
Tick-tock-
It was ticking
that day fou r
months ago when
the German Ar
mistice Commis-
sioner took out
his fountain pen