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snd Saturday ?BY? PVBI4HHING COMPANY SChfTKK, 8. C. per snaam la advance. AdvertisecucntA. Ose mtoore first Insertion .. ..$1.00 Kser> subsequent Insertion.&<? Contracts for three months, or longer will be mads at reduced rates All Qommunleutions which sub esnre fetvats Interests will be charged fee as) advertine in en tM. Ohituarte* and tributes of respect >r. w*H be charged f< The toaster Watchman was found, et sa ) HO snd the True Southron in l IM. tM Watchman and Southron nerw'hae tee) combined circulation und IsJeeece of both of tho old papers, and to manifestly the best advertisin: luTlV""Ur . Tee last of the successful candidates for officers et Fort Oglethorpo was made public Sunday and It reveals the feet that not a single Sumter man Who entered training failed to get Ms commission Out of the twenty five odd men who wont from this etmaty not one was returned as un? it. This apeaks well for the calibre of the men aent and for the cttlsen shlp of the county, It Is true that two of the men who left Sumter with the first Increment hsd to return on account of Illness which occurred before actual training commenced, tut both of thess will attend the second camp and will In all likelihood get commissions. Rumter Is proud of her sons and they have done more than waa expected of them. The ca? reer of each Individual will always! bs followed with Intense Interest by the cttisens of the Osmecock County. INSURANCE FOR KOLDIFRS. The plan of the Treasury Depart? ment to insure the lives of all sol? diers la the service of their country should hsvs the right of way In con? gress With troops alresdy in France sheet to snter the conflict and thou? sands of others preparing to enter the struggle. It Is Imperative that some? thing be done to adequately protect the men on land and sea and their loved ones at home. In Justice and fairness to the men, the government plan, carrying out Its various phaaes of Indemnity, should be speedily en? acted Into law. The insurance plan has been pre? sented In order that the pension sys? tem heretofore invoked, with Its opening for extravagance graft, and fraud, mltht be done away with and not be a continual drain upon the treasury of the country. As a busl aess proposition it Is straightforward snd worthy of consideration. We have hid enacted into law recently a workmen's compensation statute which indemnities employees engaged In hasnrdous work. Why not apply a slmilsr plan for our soldiers and sailors? Why not let these men have the comfort of knowing that what? ever their fate, their loved ones at home will not ?*? left to charity! Ann'h'T feature of the soldiers' In sursnce Is that the Insurance compa? nies hive expressed a willingness to cooper its with the government. In fsct severs) of the old line companies hsvs slready fallen in line with the Indemnity plan and hnvo themselves offered suggestions along this line. Chlefent among the suKK?*stlnns made wss tl e one submitted by the Equi? table life Ansurunce Society, which resds is follows: "1. Immediately to urse a law providing protection for the soldier's dependents dui ing hie absence. "S. To prepare to establish re? education schools to teach him a new trade. If through injury or sickness, he is prevented from following his um m I occupation. "1. To provide a monthly cash In? demnify (heretofore mlsnumed a pen? sion), which the people shall pay throui h their government to compen? sate Mm for loss of earnlng-power due to personal ln|ur\ of impaired health resulting from military ser? vice. "4. To give his dependents. If he loses his life a monthly cash indem? nity t > guard them against want un? til they are able to tako care of them - sslvss A tdll with some of the foregoing featuten would lx* benellclal both to the governm/mt and the person In? sured. It would keep down fraudu lent tensions and would at the same time protect our lighting men and their dependents. But as yet no nulsh 'd plan has been presented, and the t: me for action hss come. The administration should have little trouble In having enacted Into law the proposed plan. The situation de? mands immedlutc action and there should be no delay about getting the bih into definite form for its approv? al by congress. The Question of Peace. Now York Tribune. At a time when the whole world is beginning to discuss the Question of peace there is perhaps a certain ap? propriateness in reviewing briefly tho.se facts which seem pertinent to this discussion. It Is. In addition, necessary that The Tribune should set forth its view quite definitely, since certain of Its readers have seemed in recent days to misunderstand Its statements. At the outset we may say that the United States, like all the nations lighting* Oermany, is at war becauso Germany has attacked not merely or mainly the material Interests of the United States, but has assailed that whole body and framework of inter? national law and common humanity which represents the meaning for us of the world civilization. The Ger? mans have done this thing with the deliberate purpose of accomplishing thereby certain ends and alms, profit? able and desirable to themselves. When Germany Invaded Belgium she tore up, not a treaty merely, not a single guarantee of specific Belgian rights; sho thrust a German sword through the whole basis of inter? national right. When, having done this, the Germans sought to terrorize and subdue the people whose liberty they had Invaded by systematic arson, murder, rape; by carrying the meth? ods of the battlefield Into their re? lations with clvllan populations, they similarly did violence to that con? ception of humanity which had pre? vailed hitherto throughout the civ? ilized world and was up to that time believed to prevail in Germany. In sum. having set out to Impose a nesisn rule on certain pottlomi o the world, to conquer some races and to annex and permanently subjugate others. Germany had recourse to methols and to Instruments which were abhorrent to civilised man. The massacres of Belgium were the work of soldiers, with weapons in their hands; the crime of tho Lusitania, the loosing of poison gas at Ypres. the use of the Zeppelin and the aeroplane against the non-combatant populations of open cities represented the combination of modern science with ancient barbarism. Hut all were equally the expression of the same German Idea. The consequence of this German procedure was to give the present war a wholly different character from j all other wars In modern history. It I was recognised in Frunce, In Britain. It has later been recognised In Italy. KussL and the United States, that the real issue of the war was whether* the German idea, the Idea of force, violence, of tho use of every weapon und the employment of every ma? chine and method to attain a desired object an object not based upon moral right, but upon material in terest, should prevail in the world or be defeated. By slow but sure steps the war changed its character in the mind of the remotest neutral from a war of the old European type, from a war based upon rival ambitions of con? tending States, to a strugglo between two ideas and two ideals, the ideal of the world outside of Germany, which was based upon the concep? tions and teachings of a thousand years of progress toward humanity, Justier and equality, toward the mu? tual recognition of individual rights, and fio German idea that there was a special right vested in tho German to Igrorc all dictates of law und hu? manity when he, collectively and in the form of his fc'tate, desired some? thing. The German asserted through all his spokesmen that there was a hlgh?r law than the common rights of nations. He asserted It when he Invaded Belgium, and the German Chancellor frankly affirmed that what was '>elng done was wrong hut the wrong was atoned for by the fact that Germany was In a state of necessity. Bach lurther nssault of Germany upon the rights and liberties as well as the persons and lives of men and women, of neutral as well ns belli? gerent nations, was defended and Justified because it served a German purpose and contributed to the reall r.ation of a German end. In this time there wan frankly pro? claimed n doctrine In Germany which wns nothing more nor less than the sheer enthronement of brute force. France was to be partitioned, Bel glum nnexed, tho whole world made over without regard to the rights of the people Inhabiting various re? gions, solely ns this change benefit* 1 Germany and German ambitions or interests. And in this spirit regions of occupied country were ravaged, cities and towns destroyed, popula? tions enslaved and driven to work In a servitude recalling that of the Chil? dren of Israel in Egypt. In the face of this assault non Ganaan mankind, with few excep tions. entered the wur. In nil il?" nation* fighting there came to be a very distinct recognition that the war was being waged not primarily against a nation, but again ?t an idea; that it was above all a battle to de? fend civilization as they knew it against what seemed to them the es? sential and destructive barbarism of the German idea. This barbarism, this German idea associated itself in the minds of many people with the ruling caste of Ger? many, and with that ruling caste which controlled the army. We had therefore equally denunciation of autocracy and of the House of Hohen zollern, which was at its head, and of German militarism, which was the expression of this German idea. Quite loosely, therefore, wc have all come to talk about the war as one between democracy and autocracy, and President Wilson and others have asserted that there was no quar? rel with German people. Hut is this an exact statement? Do we yet know what was or is the view of the German people? Cer? tainly nothing that has so far hap? pened has suggested that tho German people found the things done by Ger? man soldires or statesmen abhorrent, elnco all the Germans we know or read have justified them. What we do hear and suspect is that tho Ger? man people are becoming tired of a war which has not succeeded and of tho leaders who have not achieved victory, despite the blood tax they havo levied. Are we quite sure that the Ger? man thing we all abhor and are fight? ing was merely the expression of the few who controlled German machin? ery in July and August, 1914? Granted that there Is no desire now in any sane man's mind to apply Ger? man methods to German cities, women, children, to apply to German provinces and German towns tho doc? trine of the Pan-German and th' Junker, Is it still possible to consider peace and peace terms to the utter exclusion of what Germany has done for three years? To Tho Tribune the fact seems per? fectly clear. One of two things must happen. Either the war must gb on to a military decision because the German people still remain faithful to the gospel of force and the doc? trine of barbarism, or the German people must of themselves renounce the doctrine and dispossess those who have applied the doctrine all over the world. If there must he a fight to a mili? tary decision, then there is no need of discussion. All discussion is, in fact, hopeless if the Germans are still of the mind that was written in Lou vain and the Lusitania, expressed In Zeppelin raids and submarine kill? ings, and to talk about peace with Germany Is like discussing relations of amity with a man-eating tiger whose jaws are still stained with fresh blood. But if Germany is to free herself from this doctrine and this policy, it remains patent that the measure of her own freedom must be her recog? nition of the duty of repairing the injuries she has done, so far as they can be repaired. Above all, If a new born German democracy is to super seie an overturned autocracy, we can only recognize its character when it presents as its peace proposal a pro? gramme which carries with it as a first article the indemnification of Belgium. When Germany attacked Belgium she visibly and unmistakably left the ranks of civilized nations. The issue of Uclglum is between the German people and the whole world. Untl Germany meets the Belgian issue suuarely there can be no crossing the gulf that divides the German people from the rest of mankind, because with ji nation and with a people that can permanently justify this crime, the rest of mankind can have no re? lations, save across the firing line To UBe Mr. Wilson's rather vague phrase In a specific application, tin v* orld will not be safe for democracy as long as any nation, with weapom | In Its hand, is able to Justify and in? dorse the Belgian Iniquity. The gulf dividing reparation from reprisal Is very Wide. There will be no attempt to visit against a Ger? many herself escaped from the lead? ing-strings of those who dictated her policies in recent years reprisals of the sort that Germany planned to visit upon her foes and did, so far as she was able, visit upon Belgium and Kranes, But if the German attack upon Belgium stands without repara? tion, if it is not paid for to the utter? most brick and the last demolished home, then Is it not plain that the German Idea, if it has not conquered the world, has yet demonstrated that it can function with impunity? Pence we all want, but only pease, not a prolongation of the war made possible by the perpetuation of some portion of the German idea. We must conquer this German Idea; it is a deadly peril to all that we love and believe in, whether it be democracy or decency. Nothing that we love or hold to In this world is safe if the German idea stands unrepealed. You can t live at peuce with a man who believes he has an inherent right to murder you, dishonor your wife and cripple your children whenever he can serve his own interests by such a course and has the power to do these things. The Oerman has asserted the right to murder, to maim, to abuse, to de? stroy, to attack the weak and the un? armed, the innocent and the helpless, to destroy the beautiful and defile the sacr "d, whenever his interests seem to be served thereby. He lias applied this doctrine to his neighbors for three years. He is still apply? ing it. He has built up a whole body j of doctrine founded on the essential detail that physical force makes J moral fight and that the strong man j is entitled to use his strength to I serve his own ambitions, appetites, material interests. As a result the whole world has gone to war with the Germans. It has not conquered him, but he has not conquered it, nor is there left any real belief in his mind that he can now and at this time conquer the world. Hut can the world afford to leave the issue at this point? The Tribune believes not. We must have a settlement, we must have a de? cision. We must have it on the battlefield if it cannot be had else? where. And It can only be had else? where if the German people lay Balde I this idea and in advance of military j decision consent to make that repara? tion which must be made. Abraham Lincoln in 1864 per? ceived with utmost clarity that there must be a decision in the dispute be? tween the North and the South, be? cause of the two ideas only one could possibly prevail. One may not com? pare the Civil War with the present war, because both sides remained loyal to their common ideal of hu? manity and of civilization, but it is still plain that two ideas were in con? nect and there had to be a decision, that there might be peace thereafter for those who were to come. We must have a decision in the present war, a clear, unmistakable and immutable decision. Our civili? zation will have to be vindicated or abolished. The German Idea and the Idea of the rest of mankind cannof live side by side, because the Ger? man Idea is at bottom founded upon the arrogated right to destroy all else In the world when It pleases and as it pleases. The man who lives in the vicinity of a tiger may have no animosity in his heart toward the tiger, but he will, nevertheless, have no choice of procedure, and the Ger? mans have left us no choice. When one speeks of a peace founded upon the doctrine of no an? nexation and no indemnity, we can all subscribe to it if it means no application to Germany or German methods, no seizure of German prov? inces, no effort to do in the Palati? nate what Germany did in the case of Alsace-Lorraine, no attempt to carry off the visible wealth of the country by a punitive indemnity, by an indemnity collected as war booty, as sheer plunder, as Germany exacted an indemnity in 1871. But who can subscribe to it if it means that Getr many shall not make reparation for what Germans have done in Belgium, Serbia and France, so far as repara? tion can be made? Who can sub? scribe to it if it means the perpetua? tion of the German wrong of 1871, the wrong that survives in Italia Irredenta0 If the German people think M wc think now, they will themselves rec? ognize what must be done In the case of4 Belgium, as the Russian deonoc raey recognized thnt the imperialistic ambitions of the Romanoffs must be laid aside and the policy of emslavlng other peoples abandoned. But if the German people do not rocogrdze this, we have no choice but to light until they do, until the power to apply this doctrine is taken from them, or until we can fight no more and mnst our? selves surrender to the German idea. We are nearer to victory than ever in this war, but because we are nearer we must keep on: we have no choice, for if wo hesitate now all these three years of agony will have been in vain. I The S. L. I. has not yet as yet re? ceived any orders to entrain, al? though cars have been stationed! for their use for several days. The 'boys thought that they would be nuovod immediately after inspection, as was done with the Timmonsvllls com? pany, but nothing official as been re? ceived. The men are still drilling twice a day and re gaining military knowledge every day despite the faet that they are not in a regular tr lin? ing camp. News received from the mem hers j of the boll weevil commission dated at Selma, Ala., was to the c.flVct that the party was behind SChedtMle time, but that 'icy had gained much knowledge of the destructive wo 11 of the woevii in that section. In some places, it is said, the entire locality was affected and almost tleserted I ?j I both whites ami negroes. Tt?e I party hopes to reach home late Tues? day night oi" Wednesday morning coming from Augusta direct. ANNOUNCEMENT. ?????nnBBBBaMHBainnHnini We have been largely instrumental in inducing the Planters of Sumter. Clarendon and Lee Counties to grow their own food. We vut our money in a flour mill to encourage the plant? ing of wheat. We have added a Kice Mill to our plant to help the situation. We feel that the people appreciate our efforts in this direction. We now beg to announce that we have arranged to install with least pos? sible delay, an additional Flour Mill of 100 barrels capacity, to take care of our trade. We are turning (>ut the finest flour that Gan be produced. Our "FLAVO FLOUR," "Nature Flavored" has no superior. Bring us your wheat, rice and corn, either to grind or to sell. We will pay the highest cash market price at all times for grain, and guarantee you satisfaction in every way. Sumter Roller Mills, Sumter, S. C. Foot of Sumter Street Phone 502 Storing Food Rapidly. There can be no doubt about it? this region is producing more foo l this year than it ever before dreamed of having on hand by frost and there is more canning, pickling, preserving, drying and the like going on than ever we imagined possible in the easy going years before this great emer? gency. It is somewhat droughty in spots, but as a whole the country is having a good season for growing pretty much everything commonly grown here. It is a pretty good fruit year as luck would have it. So the earth is yielding food for us and the preservative arts are being utilized on every hand to store up whatever is perishable. All of which is good to see. It gives one a comfortable sense of se? curity against possible want when winter winds eomo and frost has put an end to growing things. It means too, that our country's allies abroad will be just so much the more ample and effective, not to speak of aid t<> starving populations in lands thor? oughly devastated by war. Let the good work go on energet? ically, conserving and storing up ev? ery pound of food the earth will yield until winter arrives. We should have stores of food in pantries, cel? lars and store rooms to make glad tlie heart of every partictic man and woman, who realizes at all the dan* gers overhanging all the world as the fourth winter of war devastation cornea on apace. ? Spartanburg Her? ald. Loyalty is that quality which prompts a person to be true to the thing he undertakes. It means defi? nite direction, fixity of purpose, stead? fastness. Loyalty supplies power, poise, purpose, ballast, and works for health and success, Nature helps the loyal man. If you are careless, slip? shod, indifferent, nature assumes that you wish to be a nobody and grants your desire. Success hinges on loy? alty. Be H ue to your art, your busi? ness, your employer, your "house." Loyalty Is for the one who is loyal, it is :i quality woven through the \er> fabric of one's being, and never :i thing apart. Loyalty makes the thing to which you are loyal yours Disloyalty removes it from you. Whether any one knows of our dis? loyalty is really of little moment, cith? er one way or the other. The real point Is, how dot s jt ar t ourselves. Work is for the workei Love Is for the lover. Art is for the artist. The menial is a man w ho is disloyal to his work. All useful service is raised to the plant of art when love for the task- loyally?-is fused with the ef? fort.?The Fra. The Sumter Chanter, Red Cross, lias already shipped .r>4 pajamas and t!6 hod shirts to headquarters at At? lanta. Material is now on hand for other articles to he made and the ladies in charge request that each woman do her share in order to en? able them to make another ship? ment sometime next week. MFeej* Quits The Observer. Latte Observer. "Peg,* our office boy, has recently severed his relations with The Ob? server to accept a more lucrative po siion as bootblack and brush-off at the local barber shop. "Peg" in? formed us that the high cost of liv? ing was such that he was forced to have a raise in salary or would have to hunt employment elsewhere. It was with regret that our financial con? dition was such that we could not give him the necessary raise and re? tain his services. Now the editor will have to turn the papers off himself unless some of our delinquents will lend us a helping hand occasionally. If you have not got the money, just drop in on press day and turn your subscription out, then, we feel sure, you will enjoy reading the paper even more than ever while you rest. CASH FOR YOOR UND. You can get the ser? vice of a trained organ? ization to subdivide and sell vour land, quickly turning it into cash and interest bciring notes. We are now diting sales for the fall. If houhave land to sell, convince yourself that we are capable and reliable to handle your property* Our representative will call to see you and ex? plain our method. Write us to-day. ATLANTIC COAST REALTY CO. 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