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Writes of German Frenzy. Miss Karo Levy, of Philadelphia, Tells of Scenes After Outbreak of W^r. Miss Karo Levy of Philadelphia, who, with her mother, has Just re? turned from F.urope, writes Interest? ingly to relatives In Sumter of seems witnessed by them ami their MptTt? ences in get tins; ??ut of Germany dur? ing the war. Making the lett r of additional Interest is the faet tii it Mrs. Levy Is the daughter of Mrs Charles H. Molse of this city and both she and her daughter, Miss Karo are well known in Sumter. The letter follows: As tlte white-capped top of Fujiama, tbe jacred mountain, rose out of the water, the tlrst point seen on reach ins Japan, my mother saw. some years ago, g Japanese fall dead with Joy. Luckily our feelings were not as fatal when the statue of Liberty appeared two days ago to our de? lighted gaze, but the joy that hlb d our heart* made all that we had been through seem but a nightmare. This fevered fancy of a tired brain had its beginning for me on the 26th of July In Wildbad, Germany, a tiny spot In the Black Forset. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, tho gentle pealing of the church bells came floating up from tho valley, and as I was listen? ing, my soul at rest, the branches rustled and Herr Doktor &>tnod before me, a crumpled newspaper In his hand. "Austria has declared war on Ser vla." he said slowly. Was it the sud? den cessation of the bells beneath, that made my heart beat faster or the band striking up at the Kerkaws and the sound of many voices singing to its strains. "Deutschland, Deuts? chland," ?ber alles, ?ber alles in der Wel\" Ihe national hymn? Nu. no It could not be. "I have had In my possession." tbe Herr Doktor was saying, "for four years, a notice telling mo exactly what dtv. house, and number of the door and o which Moor I must go af? ter the fti st day of mobilization." On that day and at that appoint.-d time the Doktor was at the place, leaving no physician In the village to replace him to care for many 111 pa? tients, and a wife and five small chil? dren. I We with all the other Kur guests had long since left Wildbad and stor ing our baggage .n Stuttgart, which Is ths nearest city, had gone on to N?rnberg hoping things would blow aver. It Is true that tbe populace was very excited but It was not until tbe 1st of August an Inkling of the truth forced Itself on ua Coming down In the hotel to breakfast a yel? low slip was given me whhh read that mail was at the poHtotllcc. The hotel clerk ?eeing my surprise, ex? plained that no more mail was being delivered. l".ut why?" I inquired in astonish ment. "<>n account of the war," be an? swered. I spent a full hour trying to Und tho pla?e wlu re my letters were be? ing held. The head postmaster showed them to me but said I had to go to the "Hezlrk's commando" (mili? tary commander for the cityi have htm photograph me. and issue me a pass, after w hieb I rould reeei\e nn mull. However, as they advised OS to return at once to a center like Stuttgart, besides our luggage being there, although 1 asked them to for? ward it. until this day 1 have never received my mall. We arrived safely in Stuttgart, es? caping a bomb thrown at our tram und found the city in a SOStttVS tur? ned. Tin French revolution Is ths m y Using I DM liken It to. The mob filled the stn ets and in their madnssa arrested anybody as spies. whether It was the wife of the bank director, bet anas she gad on ? mod? ern dress, In the mans of which a bomb might be bidden, or innocent foreigners Ih Ing peaceful I) ia Stut? tgart for years. All the Kngll h wen ordered out within tw cut ?? d'our hours and put over tbe Swiss border with money or not. one woman n irrled for forty yOftfl WM torn from her bust.ami and children. Stuttgart v tt ? only city to make this n o\ e. flStng to the staton |0 find nut il any trntns wen- leaving, are were a1 sweat noshed to death in i lerrlbh ( rowel. Thes had .-lung the arms "f a Frenchman wide apart and Wen dragging him along, followed by his w Ite In |||,. .x , po ||t|on, both screaming: und the din was dreadful. After that day. the Rtntlog was closed and guard* d and all trims Were used for soldiers, but the rrawds in Its streets SCSI Id not be kepi down. The soldiers had to rush through With drawn swords to save ? spy, who had been cauuht. from belni torn In pie.es. Two Americans at our holei were arrested aWOanss they bad been heard speaking Kngllstl tod were nl ihe penes station several hours Im foro they eoubl satisfy Ihe e t Germans that tiny wctv not spi< . The lady collapsed afterwards from the fright and Iht genth man had ids kodak and nima taken from him. our trip tn N?rnberg bed used up ull nur money, and to our horror on try* lag to draw on our letters of credit We found ii impossible to get a pfennig, For two weeks about forty Americana were in the Marquardt hotel pennl lens; bnt the manager was most kind, saying as long as he OOUld ect food we were welcome to remain. For sev? eral da\s we were not allowed out and even standing on the steps to ua-t q breath Of air. the crowd became so Violent, that the doors were locked, not seeing that we stood outside. i >n our plight being discovered the men in the little party were about to smash them in. when the attention of tin porter was drawn. Sitting at the lounge windows dur? ing the long days that followed we watched the endless procession of nu n coming from the neighboring villages to report for duty. Hundreds went by to return later equipped lor service. ?Vary day regiments left lor the bat? tle Held, it w.as not then that one felt the misery of it all. but when the little slip of a Woman in black, car? rying a heavy, golden haired baby, came staggering from the farewell at the station, then ?IML turned away blinded by tears, then one OOUld un? derstand the set faces of the soldiers. Why does ho not look Idled with the, glory of going to serve his country? ? Because he has left in some tiny vil? lage a wife and small children with no food and nothing, nothing. On the 3rd of August about 11 o'clock at night we were already |n| bed when suddenly began the report of muskets, unceasingly, shot after shot. The halls became alive with screamed from mouth to mouth. We lay paralyzed with fear while the fir? ing continued, it was afterwards proved that in their frenzy they had been shooting at a star. Count Zeppelin was at our hotel, with grizzled hair and a very youth-1 ful appearance for bis sixty-five years, Fach time he went out in his auto? mobile the crowd ''heored him deaf snlngly, as they have almost as much faith In what ho will accomplish in the air as in the army crops. Under cover '?f the night the wounded ar? rived and the nurses left. We saw Only French prisoners brought through the city by day. Everything went like clockwork, silently, systemati ally. Ah the days wa nt by and order re? turned mir bank took upon Itself the' chance of giving the Americans mon-j ey. The same day passenger train: were again put on and although wt were unable to get definite Informa? tion or even buy tickets for more than a very short distance we decided l"j leave for Hannover w here w e had I friends and from which point W< hoped to reach Holland. The trip whic h is USUally ten hours took us two days, traveling all of both nights or rather going ten minutes and slop? ping two hours. The entire way w< passed train after train of soldiers. Freight cars, gayly decorated with green branches and scribbled over in chalk: "To Paris," etc., were used, having horses in both ends and sol?j diers on straw in the center. Flat cars bearing supplies, boats and can* nons, under each of Which a soldier slept at night followed. Thousands of soldiers swarmed In overv station, where temporary kit' hens were c reel? ed -mi they were fed by the Red Tross societv and ladies who volun? teered, spending whole nights in this manner. We were unable to bt y food, but a nirl seeing our distress handed us brown bread and sausugc intended for the soldiers. .\s we were Hearing Hannover only two worm n go! Into our compartment and things seemed to be getting qulot er, when one of them called ihe conductor in and demanded with an eloquent gesture and n disdainful ex* presslon "bow it was that Ri rll h people were allowed to travel, "Why they are Americans! (he conductor assured her. i wonder what, she would base done to two \,o men had we bee), Rngllsh? io lion* novet it w as ominously quiet, Tin > have not the hot temperament of the south Germans and do not vent thelt feelings In an exelted way but their intense bitterness, to the Kngllsh ? peelally, made us have n very dllll eutl time. We were Insulted fre? quently, ??Von are Rngllsh," exclaimed ? woman In the street car my moth? er, hearing by her bad Germai Ihnt she was ? foreigner - oil no. I a in * ? i American." "II you bad 1.i Rngllsh w< Would base thrown you out the ear. Wlun WS wen? t" Ihe slut but l< And OUt about trains |tl I I'.. bioc I h< man at the li' ket office merel: shi 11 people and "a French u? il his shoulders to nil our Inquiries. "Hul we Americans anxious to k? i home," 1 exclaimed at the end ol my pallence. "Americans? Really?" and he beamed. Within five minutes we were walking oat the station our tickets in <?ur pockets. Large sinus told us "Speak Ger? man) think German." Tin- nephew of one of our friends wai brought back wounded. Ho had been found l?y n police dog uncon? scious where he had lain for twenty four hours. Ii?? was ?not through the temple, depriving him of tin- sight of one eye entirely and only being able to sei? as by moonlight with the other. The French soldier who had shot him was also unconscious beside him and they were lying hand in hand. Hannover on the whole was very depressing. There was not an able bodied man. unless In uniform, on the streets, all the automobiles had been taken by the government and the Shops displayed nothing but mourning. Every evening at seven there was a "Kriegsbetstemde" (war prayer service) at which tears Howe' from every eye. Already they had suffered terrible losses. Newspapers were tilled with casualty lists and "My only, dearly-l-cloved son, a hero's death lor the Fatherland*' took up many pages. From Hannover to Flushing ordi? narily eight hours took twenty-lour. Going into Holland we crossed aj carefully guarded bridge over the river Maas, which was loaded With dynamite, in case the Germans tried. to get in it could he set off at a mo? ment's notice. Even the friction of i our train, which only crawled, might have caused it to explode aid had we opened a window we should Imme? diately have been shot for they feared a lighted match being thrown out. "YOU want to go to America?" an official had inquired as we were leav? ing (joch, the hist point in Germany. "Yes," fervently cried my mother, her soft blue eyes, Which are gener? ally so meek, biasing, "and 1 can't get, there too soon." AMERICAS RED CROSS. An Appeal for More Than a Million Once Happy but Now Wrecked ami Helpless Women ami ( hihlrrn. To the People of South Carolina: In asking your paper to present tol you this appeal in the name of hu-, manity from tho American Ued Cross l shall be brief and not overtax your I patience. There is suffering and ditress pre valllng In Europe today the magnitude and depths of which never entered the mind of man. The victims now from conservative investigation have reached the appalling number of one million fatherless children, and one hundred thousand widows. Think of it, in tin- fear of God. These an In? dependent citizenship having had all ? I tin- comforts and conveniences of lire living in happy homes and in charity with all the world. A war for which no one can give a reasonable cause came upon them like a thunderbolt from a clear sky Involv? ing two-thirds of the nation's of the earth, Those prosperous people Ii ing? in the Bectlon of the war /.one that has become the theatre of the most blood) merciless war that has ever blacken? ed tic story of civilisation have met with reverses and barbarities that] rea< h Bantanlc cruelt v. Their crops huvc been destroyed, their houses ruined and burned?' their all gom?their all eon,?this Isl no overdrawn picture, it is almost be? yond our Imagination. Shelterless, | clotheless, provislonless, In dismay, hopeless, not knowing where to turn, with no eye to pity, and no arm to save. My friends and fellow citlw n? think of the Situation und take ii In If you can, We plead and pra> lhal your hearts may !>e touched snd your poeket books opened. Don't tn.it this petition with indif? ference, it comes to i ich and every one of you us ?? message from nbov??. "lie thai hath this world's goods and Berth his brother In need and shut i tet it up his bowels of compassion from him how dwellcth the love of Gpd tii him." Semi your contributions \<> the un derslgned, they will be most weleonu and prompt i\ ncknowW dg< d hn< let ndled. in ill modesty and esteem. 1 ? lenvi to remnIn, Your friend und servant, A. C. Kaufman. Aetlng President H, C. Ktute H??ur< American Ued i 'ross, i (*hn rleston, s. < \, i ?et. I... l U i I. federal Hank Meeting Today. Washington, ???1. r.? Nearly !<? representatives of the Iwclv? fedcr n s? rve banks nre expected in W 1 Ington tomorrow for n two-dn j ron fere net with the rederal reserve boar to determine when to open I In <A* h reserve banks, n wts paid loiil .' i' .< banks would be opened vvttbl ; i liii t \ das s, If possible. Till) RED LT tOSS WO It Ii. What Mhs Roardltuill Has Dune to Relieve Suffering Humanity. " And it* war should conrv, there Is a. little lady who will play a part in it as Important as that of the command? ing general." The speaker, a member of the general staff ol the army, and his companion, a newspaper corre? spondent, Were standing in front of! ?In- .-state, war and navy building. They had just saluted a modishly at-1 tired woman who, with a pleasant smile, was hurrying past them Into the building. In ihe literal sense of the word, she is not "little." Jh- had used the term in affectionate admira? tion, she is tall and slender. Her eyes, large and keen gray, are set Widely apart in the Prow of an Intel-1 lectua l -a dreamer. Rich, her own mistress, this wo? man yet chooses to to an office at { '.? oclock every day in the year, ex Icept during the oppressively hot pe? riod. I What salary does she recei* e? ? None. Why does she do it? For the love ?.f service. This is Mabel Thorp Board man, member of the central committee of tin- American National lied cross, chairman of tin- American National Red Cross and of tin- lud Cross Xa Itional Relief Board. Upon the occasion of her being dec-! orated in 1909 by the King of Italy for the notable service she rendered in! alleviatb n of tin- suffering of the Mess na earthquake victims, sin- was i asked why she chose to work as she does, in the words of Abou Ben Adhem she answered: "Write nn down as one who loves his fellow men." And SO not only Italy has written her dow n, but Japan and Sweden and I the American institute of Social Science s. it was Miss Board man who in? duced former President Taft to or? ganize the American National Red Cross and procure its Incorporation by Congress. During the eight years that have passed since that time the offices which the government assigns for her*Use In the* State, war and navy, building have collected and disbursed In the Intcersts of humanity $7,510, ill. And is Mabel Boardman efficient? She is. She believes that money con? tributed for the alleviation of specific suffering should be expended for that Specific purpose and no other. She in? sists and sees to it that no more than two per cent, is spent on administra? tion. But to illustrate this efficiency: One half hour after the reports of tin* dis? astrous Ohio floods of 1913 had been received in Washington, Miss Board man was bound on a special train to the devastated, district. She covered the Hooded ana personally, and with in twenty-four hours had the Red Cross organisation working In the Held. It was her reports that guided , the war department in its relief activi? ties. Her first word to Washington, was that the loss of life was greatly overestimated, she assessed it at ap? proximately five hundred, and this in the face of newspaper and other esti? mates running into the thousands. She was right. When at next Christmas time you buy a Red Cross smmp to atlix to your gifts and letters, you will be furthering the realization of one of Mabel Board man's biggest dreams the obliteration of tuberculosis. That little red stamp is her idea. It has brought, more than $} 00,000 to the national battle against the white plague and is certain to contrlbut much "more- In years lo c< me. KKKSIIAW ASSOCIATION MEETS, Officers Elected and Interesting Ses? sion Held. Pisgah, (>et. 19. II is amusing to read the many plans proposed to uhl the farmers and the whole of them don't or won't amount to a row ol pins. Tho farmers will take the price the market here gives for their col ton, pay as far as they can and thai is tin- w hole ot* it. Tin- Kershau Association had. very Interesting session here. Ilc\ R, T. lilacknmn was elected modem lor, I*. C iMvhurn, clerk, and M. 1 West, treasurer. The spoukcrs wen nil Une, especially that on "Slab Mist Ions," by I >r. I ?angst on, I HI Pit WHS eh I ted .. dele fulc It I til Itaptlst State eon* eni Ion in 1 'hnrlett ton. The Association g??cs lo Th r Hill church next sosshm. Rev. W. j. Wilder of I >nlxdl s|k?i ;, short time here I ist Krida> and hi friends were dad to sec blm. _? \WM WOMAN \ SI M IDI Mrs. < y lltlihl I ? <iih*oii I no - 1 II With Pol ? HI. Spartauhi11 g, Oi l, \'>. Mrs. Cyntlu i ; flibson, i years old, cmumith .suicide Sumla> al her Imme - n B? mar avenue by swallowing r ii contaltu il ir enle. Mrs, till>snn had been in ill hcalt . ,t,i p:ld remarked that she wi I tempted lo "< nd il all ' t ? Very Often You Pay With Cash And lose the receipt. Don't take chances on paying twice when there's a better way. Checks in settlement of accounts is the ideal bill paying way. i ? f X -5*- OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT W:TH US I The Peoples' Bank ? "To Safe-Guard Ch?dren" ITomo training is more potent than lliftlilt, else in forming* Character. No one tiling- taught in the home will do more to sale-guard the future welfare of a child from the evils of th? world, than the SAVING HABIT. The parents who tako the op. portunlty to Instill Into the child's life the HABIT OP SAVING, helps that GUILD to become a useful man or woman in the bus- \ Incss world. j The Commercial & Savings Bank "Teach the Desire to Save, the Habit Will Grow" MM??? ? " "ur Lady Patrons i X 2 Will find that in the arrangement of our NEW ROME we have 4? made special provisions for their comfort. In addition to a cozy .t. corner of the loboy, provided with writing tables and comfortable I seats, we have a special r? st room for the ladies, and we cordially V invite them to muhe use of It. z ? I The First National Bank I OF SUMTER The Bank of South Carolina SUCCESSOR. TO THE FARMERS' BANK ?. TRUST CO. CAPITAL - - - $200,000.00 SURPLUS - - - $150,000.00 Interest at 4 per cent compounded quarterly in Sav? ings Dept. 5 per cent on time certificates of deposit. WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT and. ffort are your f0WWX\ tools for, ^S^mml./Bank account proves neither , were vastedr \\\\ 9 L b H Why don't you learn the advantages of having a Hank account in a reliable Bank ? ?;! To start is the tiling?don't be backward because your beginning may be small, all big things had small beginnings and there is a pile of satisfaction and comfort in watching your account grow. We want to help you save and be somebody, if you will only give us the chance. Begin with 91.00. 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings. ^ BANK OF SUMTER ESTABLISHED 1889