The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 10, 1917, Image 2
Wil l. HI GRFAT SVVi I ss
Pr? partition*- i n I vent arc Going For?
ward sali* lai mrily for Pec IK?o
Fair.
Preparations for holding the Pee
Pee Fair in Florence are going for?
ward feittsfartoi aly. *nd there is
?trtff Indication that the fair will be
AI unqualified success.
People all over this great section
:eillng so much better than tin |
have for the past three years, on ac
. aunt of better crops and better
prices, that they are tnklng more in?
terest In outside affairs, and even
t!i<aiKh the IV.- I ?.?( I air is more
thhn a month off. there is already a
let of talk about it. As the fair
? over. t|g mtlre PSS I>ec. this inter
? t is Ii im al The attendance will
I ? r.M ore breaker, and the exhibit.*;
will surpass any heretofore shown.
Great advancement has been made
In agriculture and In the live stock
Industry, and |.i.-:i.s: in the, - liars
will he demonstrated by the exhibits,
i IM a the women have accomplished
wonders, and the nomen'.s depart
i ? id Is certainly going to shine.
The grou ids will be put In tho
\cr'- best shape. There \\\\l b<?
plenty of water, the lack of which
I is hot n something of a handicap be
?' ???. the city mains having been cx
t< ndeil to the grounds. The amuse
? ? nt feature will he all that fun lov?
ers ean desire. The premium list Is
cow in the hands of the printers and
v% 111 be mailed out as nion as printed
It carries over three thousand dol?
lars In awards.?Florence Times.
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RRFAKS WITH GERMANY.
Peru Joins the lH*innerutlc hmir
In llattlc Against Vu(<* racy.
LJma, Oct. 6.?The Peruvian con?
gress today almost unanimously de
I oled to sever diplomatic relation;1
ffWk Germany.
Why Wo Arc ai War,
. n> Hi n s I rwlgltl Bodgn Ich of Th?
Vigilantes I
\\v arc ;i peov sable people, After
I ha War there ?rat s universal
hope that we should hevei go to war
again; hut Cuba lay at our doors, ex?
ploited. Ill-treated, maklni, her path
?Ut appeal te American chlvalr) and
American justice, and we regarded
war no? lesser evil than a heart hard
i.? d to the suffering (?r otlu is. Against
that war neither pacifists nor Geiynun
Americans made objection; they had
no Spanish sympathies.
The Spanleli war was soon ended,
and CflCi more we hoped that Ann ri
I Would never i;o tC war again. l'ut
our hopes wir?- t?? s.i?Kuinc. a great
country In the centre of l&urope had
waxed wonderfully strong during forty
? ars dv m nee. in 111 9 I lermany ai d
Prance were equal lu population nod
I h< In 1914, the German populfi
tlon was 70 mi|lions\ the French 3S
millions; German commerce amount?
ed to live billions of dollars*, French
commerce to three; the German mer?
chant marine was double that of
jTr. . Gorman agricultural produce.
wheat, rye, potatoes, In spite of an
inferior sod. w:is 27* per cent, to 50
per cent, greater than the French. By
peaceful means Germany was rapidl>
iiiiring a very great, even a guid
llig, inf.in nee in world's affairs. The
German government, however, remain
? t governmonl of the warrior caste,
I red upon the Prussian tradition that
might makes right; at Its- head was an
emperor, who declared that he ruled
I
by divine in h , and that his army WSJ
ths rocs on which his empire was
built. This great nation and e- pecial
i\ its Intellectual leaders, became
drunh with summe, self-love, boast*
'ful and truculent, it pressed upon it ?
thborg, until the peace of Europe
gave way at it; weak eel point. Qer*
many thOUghl She Saw her way clear
to dominate Europe, ami. dragging
Austria with her. da ifted over Bel*
glum, In ordd to deal knock out
loo 0ns) to France end then to Ruo?
sla.
\\ e were astounded. We admired
1 lermany, her n ualc, her science, her
scholarship, her universities and
schools, her municipalities, her indus?
try, skill and ?UCCejSi. Wc could not
be)levs thai Germany was so utterly
m the wrong gS her enemies said. I'm
little by little we were forced to 00
1- ve it. First the allies published the
Story of their ilplomatie efforts to
prevent the war but Germany never
published her 'orrespondence With
Austria; then came report after re
i rt ol murders, devastation and pll
?
lags in Belgium and lYanee; then fed
1 lowed, one after the other, lawless
sinking or American vessels, the tor?
pedoing of the Bush ania, the drown?
ing of American women and children,
the intrigue:-; and plots in this coun?
try, the IllbUlting order that Ame:i:ii
ships shoud keen off a great part of
the high seas, and Anally the plan t->
I
: involve us in war with Jupaa and
Mexico,
Even these insults and injuries lid
not push us directly into war, but they
Opened our eyes, and we learned a
lesson. That lesson was that a Prus
dan, feudal, military government with
I a kaiser by divine right at its head.
will act in accordance with its nature;
that, in order to fulfill its ambition, it
will burn and pillage cities, devastate
Heidi and orchards, that it will order
priests shot, women raped, laborers
deported, that it will tear up treaties,
sink innocent traveler! by sea, and
seek to cow nations into submission
by tenor. With such an Imperial
government, supported by the might
i It army that has ever existed, no
democracy in the world is safe.
siowiy, reluctantly, we faced this
alternative: either we must submit to
the divine right, of an emperor who
bids his soldiers act like Huns, or we
must tight for our own right to exist.
So, .slowly, reluctantly, we decidt d to
fight,
If we cannot overthrow the Prus
i
? an military aristocracy and its em
perdr now, not only Bngland, Prance
Italy und Russia, but the United States
also must kiep armed to the teeth;
imi with national military prepared
i e.ss moulding our national life, reshap?
ing our honored institutions, breaking
down our old ideas, our democracy, a
We hoped to see it, will be impossible.
A military nation cannot be run by the
methods of a town meeting, it must
be run by despotic methods. We shall
b< obll fed to economiic and ?crimp on
schools, hospitals, asylums, play?
grounds, Institution! of research, to
refrain from all activities which,
Rjprung front a.sense of human broth?
el hood, make the lives of the mass of
men more worth while to thcmselv? I
and to others. Armories and arsenals
Will be the School bouses for young
n eu; ammunition plants will be their
laboratories 1 ride and bayonet drill
Will take the place of ball and boat?
ing.
For the sake of our children we
must Stop all that wickedness and fol?
ly now. We must hnht till the C.cr
r. an government has passed out oi*
the hands of the feudal aristocracy
and their supporters; into the hand;
of the German people,
ii was a clear understanding of the
mutters at Uwue and of U12 Immense
consequence* to our future and to the
future of the world, that has ranged
u.s at last tide by side with England.
rrame, Russia, Italy, Belgium and
Serbia. May God defend the right.
HK.UtST DBHE8 LEWIS.
Challongce Under Threat of Suit for
Slander.
Los Angeles, Oct. 4.?William Ran?
dolph Hearst, the publisher, com?
menting on information made public
day In NOW York by Merlon H. Lewis,
attorney general for New York, con?
cerning Mr. Hearst's actual social ro?
ll tions with Bolo Pasha, alleged Ger
n.an spy, defied Mr. Lewis to "sub?
stantiate any one of his own unwar?
ranted Implications" under threat ol
proceedings for slander.
"The statements and innuendos of
the attorney general of New Y'ork in
regard to myself and Bolo Pasha ar-m
not true," Mr. Hearst said in a writ?
ten statement, ' and f challenge him
to substantiate his utterances, which
are distinctly discreditable to him as a
political partisan. |
'1 met Dolo Pasha merely as a
French newspaper man, the reputed
representative of the Paris Journal.
"Ho came to me and said, 'You use
more print paper than any other man
in the United ?States. Will you tell
nie where to get it best and cheapest?
Print paper is almost unobtainable in
Parle.'
"1 told him where we got our print
paper and what we paid for it, and
gave him all the information about
the paper market that I could, and
that any newspaper man with any
courtesy would naturally give to a
visiting French journalist.
"Polo Pasha seemed wholly loyal to
his own land and I had no reason !
to suppose he was not.
"He was very polite and apprecia
tlVO, like all well-mannered French?
men, and invited me to a dinner,
which he gave to a number of ladles
a* well as gentlemen, in the public
dining room at Cherry's.
"The conversation was general and
trivial as at all such social dinners.
"That is all I have ever known or
seen or heard of Bolo Pasha.
"I have never met von Papon or
Capt. Boy-Ed in my life and Attorney
Lewis' implications to that effect OTC ,
unfounded in fact.
Mr. C. \V. Sanders, of Hagood, spent
the day in town.
Tili: COMMUNITY CLUB.
People of Sumlcr Asked tp Assist In
This >Vork for the soldiers.
The Community Club, about which
so much has been written was spoken
of by the ministers in the different
churches who could be reached by
telephone or otherwise Sunday.
The club, as In generally known, is
for the enlisted men in the canton?
ments all over the United States. At
each of the camps an effort UK being
made by the women to ehow the boys
that they want to help in every way
they can to make life better for the
soldiers, who must soon be ready to
fight, and, if need be, lay down their
lives for their homes and their women
folk. The objection to the raising the
money in the towns where there arc
no cantonments has been advanced,
and it has been urged that they be
left to do this work, where the town
la getting the benefit of the soldiers.
If every one in these towns was deep?
ly Impressed with the desire to aid
the boys morally it might not be such
a hard task, but, unfortunately, it is
usually left to the church people and
the women to realize the need a young
man has of a home?other than the
great aid of the splendid Y. M. C. A.
?where women have given the touch
i to things that mother or sister of
j wife haa always given. The boys are
all away from home, and Sumter saw
some of them go from among us per?
haps never to come hack. The Co?
lumbia women cannot do it all and
i the women of other towns are work
J ing to send money. Do you want to
help? The banks have all promised
to open accounts for the Community
Club, and it has been suggested that
every one who wants to help will stop
In the nearest bank when down town
and leave a dollar for the boys in the
ranks. The names and amounts will
be published from time to time and
the fund will be kept until November
1st. A meeting of the women will be
held in the auditorium of the girls'
high school on Wednesday afternoon,
October 10th, to try and get the wo?
men interested. Every one. young
and old, is urged to come, if the idea
appeals to you: No otic is begging
for the boys?only we have the oppor?
tunity of helping a little in a plan for
their good and pleasure before they
leave for France.
London, Oct. 8.?An Exchange Tel?
egraph dispatch from Melbourne says
it is reported that a whaleboat used
as a German raider has been captured
near the Fijji Islands*.
RED CROSS AT OSWBOO.
An Auxiliary Chapter Organized With
Eighteen Members.
President Neill O'Donnell of the
Si inter County Red Cross Chapter
(attended a meeting at <'swego yester?
day afternoon and organized an Aux
jltlarjr Chapter of the Red Cress wich
the following officers: Chairman. J.
W. McCoy; Secretary and Treasurer,
M ss Clelia Terqr; Executive Commit?
tee, Chairman and Secretary, ex-olJi
cio, and Mrs. S. W. Henry, Mrs. M. Id
Brown, Mrs. ? Andrews.
The Auxiliary was organized with
j 18 members, but it is expected that
this membership will be more than
j doubled. Every person present at the
< meeting who was eligible for member?
ship joined, which was evidence of the
Internat in Red Cross work that
the people of Oswego are taking.
1 Mr. O'Donnell was accompanied to
j the meeting by Miss Mary Wilson,
j Secretary of the Sumter County Chap?
iter. Mrs. Xina Solomons, vice chair
i
ma t, Dr. E. R. Wilson and a quartette,
! consisting of Miss Keller, Miss Roth?
olz, Mr. Daughtry and Mr. Jackson,
Mrs. J. D. Graham, painist and sever
!al ether members of the Red CrO?s.
I Mr. O'Donnell stated the reasons for
organizing auxiliary Red Cross chap?
ters in the different towns and neigh
bodhoods of the county, as well a? the
necessity of all the pecple everywhere
joining the Red Cross and supporting
the work liberally and loyally. Dr.
Wilson explained the courses of In?
struction that are being given under
the auspices of the Red Cross, and in?
vited all members of the Oswego
Auxiliayr to join the classes.
The quartette sang several selec?
tions during the meeting that were
j greatly enjoyed.
LA FOLLCTTE OV RACK.
Senate Committee Will Make Investi?
gation of Disloyal Speech.
j Washington, Oct. 5.?A formal pre?
liminary inquiry into the alleged dis
loya speech of Senator La kTolTdtte at
St. Paul has been ordered by the sen
i
,tate committee on privileges and elec
Itlons. The appointment of a sub
!committee was directed with authority
i to first inquire into the ?orreetness of
(the teport of the speech second as to
j the correctness of the statements
j there in. The sub-comm ttee is order
jed tc report at the December session.
The committee decided that the
charges against Senator Stone do not
I warrant an investigation.
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