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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-01
AT LAFAYETTE7S TOMB.

When President Wilson visited the
tomb Of Lafayette in Paris, he de-
posted a wreath of flowers, but said
nothing.
What could he say-what could
any American say-after that su-
premely eloquent speech made by
Gen. Pershing, when he reached
France in the vanguard, of the Amer
lean army?
4Nous VOLTA, Lafayette!" Here
we are, Lafayette!'' Those words
told the whole story of the payment
of americas debt to France. The
president must have thought of chem
as he stood silent, in the presence Of
Americas great benefactor.
Pershing's visit to the tomb was a
promise and pledge. The prcsi-
dents visit represented fulfi;nent.
Let US hope that the spirit of that
brave and generous Frenchman saw
and understood, and was made hap
pier by the proof that there is such
a thing as gratitude between nations.
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The Federal Government is doing
it's best to aid in the tremendous prob
lem Of returning industry and labor
to 2 peace basis, by a transfer Of Ia
Dor from one industry to another.
careful consideration in the cancella-
ton of war contracts and a certain
de!iberation in the return Of our SOL
diers from the front. Nevertheless the
problem is serious one and one of
the most veNed questions is the poi
icy with regard to women.
This question relates particularly to
women who have taken mems places.
It seems only fair that any business
concern should offer the soldier his
osd place when he comes back if he
wants it, but it is manifeslE unf;uI
70 depose the woman who has faith
fully served in his place without first
giving her a chance to find "nothci
joh
The question most frequently raised
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THE FINEST ARMY.

Among the many high tributes to
the American army, here is one
from Secretary Baker that deserves to
be remembered:
No finer spectacle ever greeted
the human eye than the American
army in France today. When you
see that army. your heart, if you are
a normal American, will be near 70
the bursting point with patriotic
emotion. Young, brawny, smooth
faced, they iare an inspiration to ev-
cry American at home.
GAS seen in France under all con-
ditions, in battle array, in camp and
on the high roads, even at the hos
pital after battle, where their own
issue was in doubt, one saw free men
who knew why they were marching.
The American army, made in
America and finished in France,
fighting like heroes and living like
gentlemen, playing with the French
children, fraternizing with their par
ents, romping acrosssNo Mans Land
with death staring them in the face,
never lost its dash for a second, nor
did I ever hear a whimper from any
of them"
It is fine tribute. And perhaps
the finest thing in it is the character
ization of our. soldiers as fighting
like heroes and living like gentle
men" Is that not the beau ideal of
4 soldier?
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LoNG-DIsTANCE TELEPHON-
ING.

The new long-distance telephone
rates announced to take effect jan
uary 21 will please the public, wheth-
er they please the companies or not.
They bring the big advantage of uni
formity and cheapness.
In the smoothing out of rates in all
sections Of the country. naturally there
have been slight increases in some
cases. In general, however, the reg
ular rates for use of the wires by day
are lowered little, and for night use
the reduction is impressive.
The night service rate is to be one
half the day rate between s.3s and
IL o. m. and one-fourth the day rate
between midnight and $50 a. m. This
change is meant to encourage greater
use Of the wires during hours when
they would ordinarily be idle. If
the plant" can be made TO work con-
tinuously "a hours a day, instead Of
being overburdened during the day
light hours and idle the rest Of the
time it is obviously better fer every
body.
Ey the new arrangement it is said
that person will be able to hold a
five minute conversation between New
York and San Francisco for about s4,
if he does it in the early morning
hours. The only bad feature about
this sort of thing is the temptation to
business men to stay up late. There
will doubtless be a great increase of
long distance telephoning for social
and family purposes in the hours pre-
ceding midnight And this is as it
should be- Anything tending to pro-
mote the exchange Of intelligence is
valuable contribution to public pro-
! gress.
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ARMY LOYALTY.

The court martial records made
public by Gen.. Crowder are indis-
putable proof Of the wonderfully high
morale of the Americansarmy. 1t has
not been found necessary, from the
beginning to the end Of the war, to
put a. single man to death for the
commission of a purely military Of
Tense.
There have been 1900 to 1900
men brought before general courts
martial for various offenses, and
about 1900 of them were convicted
and punished This is a notably
small number, when the fact is con-
sidered that they represented an
army of 100000 men, of whom more
than 100000 served in a foreign
land under conditions tempting to
breaches of discipline. One enlisted
man was tried and convicted of being
a spy. Of all the hundreds Of
thousands Of foreign-born men draft
ed into the army, it appears that not
one gave enough evidence of dis
loyalty to bring him before q military
tribunal.
These facts should sweep away,
once for all, the silly stories that
were current some time ago regard
ing the prevalence Of reasonable
conduct in the training camps and
among our expeditionary forces. 1t
may well be doubted whether any
army ever made so fine a record Of
loyalty and discipline as this great
force of men hitherto unframed to
arms and unfamiliar with military
routine and tradition. It is con-
vincing proof Of the essential honor
and self-control of the american citi-
zen
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also unanimously adopted by,a rising
vote. Chairman Phelps requested
permissionsto say that he could; not
allow this body to adjourn sine die
without expressing MS appreciation Of
the very valuable services Of Mr..
Reardon as the secretary Of the Coun-
Gil of Defense and the Chamber of
Commerce, and that ne felt that Sum
ter and Sumter county do not really
appreciate "E. I. r." as such a valu-
able citizen and secretary in many
ways. And that he desired his re-
marks to be published as a courtesy
to Secretary Reardon.
Mrs. Nina Solomons, chairman OF
the Woman's Division requested per
mission to express her personal thanks
and those of the woman's division to
Chairman Phelps to Secretary Rear
don, and his assistant Miss Nancy
Richardson for courtesieS extended
and assistance rendered in their adj
nlin:strative and execrtive capacities
to her and the woman's division or
the Council of Defense.
Mr.. E. w Dabbs was unanimously
requested to go to Washington as the
representative of the Sumter County
Council of Defense to appear before
the War Industries Board, and to rep
resent this council before any and all
departments of the government hav-
ing to do with the cotton seed situa-
ton, and to attend all hearings about
the same. Mr.. Dabbs accepted and
left for Washington yesterday.
The following township chairmen
present guaranteed that their town
ships will raise the full amounts as
sessed against them for the county
health survey: S. a. Harvin for Pri-
vateer township; J. W. Mccoy for
oswego section of Sumter township;
I'M Coulter for Manchester town
ship; c. J. Jackson for Stateburg
township; A. c. Phelps guaranteed
Sumter townships full, assessment.
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UNIVERSAL ARMY TRAINING.

Whether or not the American peo-
pie want a continuance of un1ver-
sal military training, as many news
papers maintain, depends on what is
meant by the phrase.
Certainly the nation does not want
to continue as a permanent policy IN
time of peace the precise sort OF
training to which all our eligible
Young men have been subjected IN
preparation for the world-war. The
public feels that one of the principal
reasons why we fought the war was to
make that sort of thing unnecessary
hereafter. And if the peace confer
ence at Paris does it's duty. there will
surely be no occasion for always hav-
ing million or more men living in
barracks and devoting their time to
bayonet drill, trench-digging and otn-
er ultra-modern war practices.
We shall doubtless have some
what larger standing army than we
had before this war began. Until
world peace is absolutely assured, too.
we shall need a large army reserve.
But it is surely possible to provide for
these needs without imposing any
grat military burden on the nation.
The millions trained for the present
war constitute, themselves, wonder
full reserve. which will be available
for many years to come.
Any plan for training considerable
numbers of new men must have in
view the welfare Of those men them
selves rather than any compelling
military object.
Some new system must be evolved
It is likely that our requirements Will
most nearly be met by some modl-
| fication of the Swiss system, which
indeed trains all its able-bodied men
for military service. but does so by
taking them for short periods dur
ing the summer. without interfering
much with their ordinary life ano
work
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PUBLIC MEDICAL SERVICE.

The next three years are going
TO see developments in public medi-
cal service greater than those of the
past thirty years. says the superin-
tendent OF a big hospital
The d:sbanding of our armies, he
explains, Will start new era In this
regard There will be 100000 or A.
e00. 600 men who have become ac-
es1stomed to modern medical ideas.
They will not hesitate as Of yore to go
10 q hospital when they are sick.
Neither will they imagine they are
asking charity if they so to free
clinic fer treatment. They will have
the new point of view-that health is
largely a public matter, and that the
nui,Iic authorities must do more than
they used to for the health Of their
communities.
The doctors, too, as they come back
from army service will be inbued
with new spirit. They will lay
raore stress on public hygiene, on
pxblic hospital facilities, on popular
medical instruction. On handling
health as wholesale business IN
stead of confining their attention tc
Individual cases.
The government itself will be pro
found,y interested, not merely from
philanthropic motives but from
3 natural desire to keep down insur'
anee losses. Nearly al! the soldiers
carry federal policies of $4,000 t'
300 apiece The healthier they
$40 and the longer they live, ta'
easier it will be on Uncle sam
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is with regard to women never before
employed -5sho have come into indus
try for pariotic reasons but now wish
to remain. AS a matter Of fact,
though definite figures have not been
compiled, there is good evidence that
this class is but small per cent Of
the women employed, most women
having been shifted from the less es-
sential industries to those where their
services were more needed. The re-
sumption Of many pre-war industries
will enable lot Of these women to
return to their former occupations,
while many industries which have
been operating on war work will re-
sumo their normal lines on such a
scale as will enable them to retain
all the employees female and male
and welcome the returning soldier to
better place than the one he left.
1t has been suggested by people un-
familiar with labor conditions that
women should gracefully withdraw
from industry, especially the ones who
entered the field as a war measure.
This is not the solution. In the vast
work of reconstruction there will be
places in plenty for both women and
men. What is needed is the reorgan-
ization of labor with regard to sup
ply and demand, so that every bit of
available labor may be utilized
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o'clock, Saturday, January 4th, 1919,
that each township has come across"
with its share Of the necessary S3,-
800. Chairman Phelps said he would
pay the unpaid part of the guarantee
before he would allow the county of
Sumter to fall down. This offer was
unanimously refused.
The annual financial report Of the
finance committee, the secretary and
the treasurer were read and APPROX
ed and copies ordered sent to the
board of the county commissioners,
legislative delegation, and published
for the information of the general
public of all monies received and ex-
pended by this council.
The question of whether the Sum-
ter County Council should continue in
existence was discussed. 1t seemed
to be the general sentiment that an
effective organization of this kind
ough to be permanent affair. The
very satisfactory manner IN which
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce
conducted the most of the business of
the county council. and the results OF
coordinate activities of the two bod
les in uniting the city and the county
districts was emphasized by several
members.
The following resolution introduced
by Mr.. H. A Moses and seconded by
Mr.. E. w Dabbs was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas during the duration of the
war the work of the Chamber Of Com
merce nearly altogether consisted of
helping the Council Of Defense with
it's work, and other war activities.
Whereas in time Of peace the work
of the Council Of Defense must nearly
altogether be along the same con-
structive lines of work undertaken by
the Chamber of Commerce,
Therefore it is the sense Of this
Council of Defense that the two or
carnations should be amalgamated
into one body for the good of the
common cause of Sumetr county,
Therefore be it resolved, That the
chairman OF the Council of Defense
appoint committee Of three to take
up with similar committee which
we now ask the Chamber of Com
merce to appoint. full details OF the
amalgamation of the two organiza-
tions, this committee to have power to
act in all particulars without report
ing back.
And Further. Be It Resolved that,
should the amalgamation be not con-
summated. this committee is authoriz-
ed to wind up the affairs of the Sum-
ter County Council Of Defense and to
declare it adjourned sine die
Messrs RI. A. Moses, E. w. Dabbs.
and s. a. Harvin were appointed
committee 20 represent the council III
accordance with this resolution.
A resolution introduced by Messrs.
!. Frank Williams and F.. ". Dabbs
thanking Chairman y. c. Phelps for
his efficient public spirited and patriot
ic work as county chairman was
unanimously adopted by q rising vote.
and is published in another column of
this issue Chairman Phelps feeling
ly thaked the council and expressed
his sincere appreciation OF the CO.
operation Of that body during the en-
istence of the council.
Another resolution introduced by
)r. j. II. HaynSworth and Mr.. +. w.
| Dab thanllin" Secretary +. L Rear
| lon for his Jealous and patriotic
work rs tho executive secretary was
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A million men are said to be nee'

A million men are said to be need
ed for industrial jobs in this country
and the farms want 3,00O.0o That
seems to dispose Of our army all
right.
Perhaps it's just as we'll after all for
the head Of our government to get his;
information as to European condi-
tons at first hand. before he tries TO
lead the American people in any per-
mancnt peace policy
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70 W eu1seINeW 1Sdf -eSoIutlohine
early
President Wilson must almost have
thought he'd been elected president
OF France.
The new premier of Bavaria says,
sss1 do not want to be statesman. !
want to tell the truth" More light on
German ideas of craftsmanship.
Next year will not be Leap Year
On the calendar. From the present
outlook, that calendar is going to be
year behind the times. ~
anybody who didn't have a hide
like q rhinoceros would have .shriveled
Jap and died long ago. from the indig-
nation and hatred showered on the
my kind OF hat can be worn next
year. aftess all re government has
with drawn restrictions as to limita-
stio1 Of styles. This should be a re-
8 Lief to the big men who were secretly
dreading an era Of Alpine chapeaus,
and the a4ttle men who had heard that
Mexican sornbreros had been settled
upon:
French troops are going home, too.
Aid remembering that they have
been away four years and a half,
who can imagine the joy In French
homes?
Senator Poindezter wants Germany
ssto pay the United States war in
dsraniey Of $50, ,oeo, ,eoo, 600 Il would
be very nice to get the money, aside
from the fact that America renounced
az axpectation of indemnity when we
entered the war But hadn't we
zbsfar give our allies a chance? They
haHe suffered incomparably more
tlian ne have, and Germany's re-
sources are not inexhaustible.
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FOR SALE-F. o. B. cars, Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very little
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi>
cal and Fertilizer value rated very
high by Clemson college. A. a.
Strauss. Sumter, S. c.
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purse Thus many influences work
together for a new and better era of
national health.
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Council of Defense
Action Taken to Raise Balance
of Fund for Health Survey
Resolutions Adopted.

A resolution introduced and unanl-
nlously adopted would amalgamate
the Sumter County Council of Defense
and the Sumter Chamber of Com
1nerce, thereby keeping intact the Or
ganized effectiveness Of the County
Council, and strengthening the Cham
Der Of Commerce into county COM
mercial and agricultural body to be
what one member said he hoped 1t
would prove by the proposed consoli,
dation The Greater Gamecock Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce and Agri-
culture" Minutes Of the meeting Of
November 9Th, were approved.
The last meeting of the Sumter
County Council of Defense held Sat
urday was attended by about 45 mem
bers. with six townships represented.
The principal business Of the meet
ing was the determination Of the
council to make good its guarantee of
$4,000 to the State and the 1nterna-
tio,nal Boards Of Health for the
county health survey, and a further
resolution to try to raise $500 more
or a total of $1,000, the extra $500
being for rural visiting nurse for
the rural schools and homes. A dele
cation of ladies of the woman's dl-
vision was present to support the
health survey and rural nurse move
ment
Messrs A. C. Phelps, E. W. Dabbs,
L. D. Jennir gs, C. ]. Jackson, S. A
Harvin, H. D. Tindal, E. l. Reardon,
Mrs. Nina Solomons and others volc-
ed the sentiment of those present that
the Sumter County Council of De-
fense is honorably bound to raise and
nav over at least the $4,000 guaran-
teed. 1t was agreed that Messrs. +.
w Dabbs L. D. Jennings, A. G.
Phelps, J. III. Haynsworth and S. A:
Harvin should retire and decide upon
an equitable allotment Of the amount
of money eacilS township should raise
to carry out the plan Of paying the
$4,000, and the committees report
was as follows:
Sumter Township. .....S ioV
Rafting Creek township. 300
Manchester Township. 9o
Middleton Township -. Soo
|
| Concord Township. 5oo
Stateburg Township. SUI
Privateer Township. o2o
Providence Township =. 3oo
Mayesville Township -. 4.oo
Mrs Nina Solomoas. Mrs j. J.,
Jackson. Mrs Crawford Sanders and
Mrs. ]. w. Elkins were the woman's s
division delegates present. :.lrs. Sol
onions said the woman's division -
backing the health survey and nurse
plans. anG some Of the women are
collecting money for these two pur-
poses. They will continue to sup
port these movements until the neces-
sary $500 is in the bank.
The township chairman and mem
hcrS Of township committees are re-
Gucsted and expected to Immediately
organize Joint committees Of men and
women to get bus; and represent
their county b. collecting :hc amounts
assessed against each township SO that
the township chairman cam report vi
sumter Chamber Of Commerce at II
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MULES-on account of making a
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-08-14

noon and were at the Equinox Hous'
over Sunday, returning TO New lorl
on Monday.
Bishop Bliss and others will address
a meeting at Mrs. r. p. Hoyt's Tues
day afternoon, August 19, at o'clock
in the interest of the $4,000 fund to
be raised by the Episcopal Diocese OF
Vermont in increase the salaries OF
her missionary clergy.
Mrs. J. N. Hard is entertaining a
niece, Miss Catherine Fletcher, of San
Diego, Cal, who is here for the month
of August; also Miss Harriet Douglas
of Allentown, Pa, niece of Alfred
Billings, Esq, who is passing his sum-
mer at the Hard home.
George Fitzgerald gave birthday
party to little Miss Elizabeth Kinsella
on Tuesday evening, in honor of her
second birthday anniversary. There
was a large gathering of the little
ones from the neighborhood and all
enjoyed the ice cream and candy serv-
ed by the genial host.
The committee on afternoon enter
tainments for the Historical Week
held an enthusiastic meeting with Miss
Hawley on Wednesday morning, Plans
were laid for children's entertain
ments, card and dancing parties, with
tea every afternoon, Dates and addi-
tiional details will be published later.
The committee has been enlarged, and
row consists Of Miss Hawley, Mrs.
Thatcher, Mrs. Isham, Miss Gleason,
Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Young, Miss Fox,
Mrs, George 0rvis, Mrs. Ritter.
Advertised letters at Winchester, VT,
post Office August 10, 1919: Chas. H.
Bosler, William Barber, Jr., VIM. j.
Miss Charlotte A. Bishop,
Mrs. Geo. Gillette, Mrs. r. NJ. Corse,
Master Ambrose Craner, o. II. Dept,
Miss Julia c. Emery, Miss Kate P. |
Jenkins, Mrs. II. X. Kerr, George |
Mace, Mrs. AL Powell, Mrs. Boyden
Mrs. Joseph Purcell, Mrs. L. !
B. Purnell. John J. Ounce, John H.
Richarson, Mrs. Tally Roberts, Miss
Aln,a Richter, +. +. Tancbrtte, Miss
Irma Williams, Mrs. J, Morris Wynn.
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