The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 21, 1917, Image 4
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The County Board of Commission?
ers have decided to accept the offer
of Mr. H J. Harby to provide an en?
dowment of $10.000 for a Tuberculos?
is Camp to be established and main?
tained by the county, the only eondi
MggJ attached by the County Dourd i
being that the City of Sumter co- '
operate with the County to the extent
of assuming one-half of the cost of
maintenance, over and above the in?
come derived from the endowment
and contributions from other sources
The City Council has tentatively ac?
cepted the conditions laid down by
the County Board and a meeting will
be held to discuss the matter prelim?
inary to undertaking the establishment
of the camp. At tho meeting of the
County HosggJ at which it was decid?
ed to accept Mr. Harb)'s donation
the proposition was ma do that the
proposed camp be located on the
Poor Houite Farm, but thl* was not
positively determined upon. Without
the least disposition to infringe upon
the prerogatives of the County Board.
It Is suggested that before finally de?
ciding to establish the tuberculosis
camp on the Poor House Farm that
the matter be carefully conaldered
and that all the disadvantages as well
as the advantages of thin site be
thoroughly canvassed. That there are
serious objecldn* to locating s hospi?
tal for tu^-ercular pi. tlents on the
poor farm la evident to anyone who
gives the matter the least consider?
ation, and we !>elteve tbnt the dlsad- (
vantages of the location greatly over- ,
balance the advantagea The matter ,
of cost of a suitable site does not enter (
Into ocnslleratlon. since Mr. Harby f
has offered to provide a suitable sits,
if the County Board will accept It. as i
well as to endow the camp with $10,- ^
^^e^^jThe Tuberculosis Camp and tin- J
Alms House will he separate and die- (
timt institutions and under altogeth- i
V different management rules ajid (
legulatlons, and there should be no ,
connection between two Institutions, (
If the best results are to be obtained. ,
The Alms House will gain nothing
from being In close proximity to Tu- ,
berculosls cam,), and the camp will
certainly be the more advantageously j
situated elsewhere. {
IJCT I S HAISI HOtiS.
i A solution, or at least a partial so- j
lutlon, of the meat problem tha*.
threatens this country is to be found
10 the Immediate repeal of the ordi
nances. that practically all towns
have on their statute books, prohibit?
ing the raising of hogs within the
town limits. These ordinances were
enacted as necessary sanitary meaj
ures when the concensus of opinion of
the medicul authorities was that hog
'pone were prolific disease breeders,
and that to have a healthy town the
hoes must be absolutely outlawed and
driven out. We accepted the dictum
of the medical men, and fifteen or
twenty years ago this paper was
moat ggtree in promoting and keep?
ing alive the crusade a gal ma the
hogs, and we never tested until the
anti-hog ordinance was adopted and
a health oflleer provided to onfon .
the law forbidding, under any clr
< umstances or conditions, the keep
lug of any hog or hogs anywhere
within the city limits.
The progress of medical sclenc"
within the last decade has complete?
ly reversed many apparently well es?
tablished llreerftea end ens of Um ?
that have been thrown on the sera;
heap Is the belief th.it heggj are dis?
ease breeders ami that hog pens are
Incubator* of deadly maladies to
which human beings are subjected
The most eminent authorities .,te now
unanimous that no hnnmn being has
ever contracted disease from | hog
or from u hog pen.
A filthy and ill-kept ROg peg m
undoubtedly offensive to the sense of
smell, but that is the worst that ggn
be said against a hog gad Ig* hag
Is not responsible for a filthv pen
Olve the hog u fair chance and tin
pen will not be offensiv If tin- gOS
In filthy ami offensive it is due to the
carelessness and neglect of the own.a
of the bog. On* or two hogs could
be kept on the average towr loL If
?lue care Is used to keep th?? pen clean,
without It becoming offensiv?* to the
? ommuultv.
That the pens should be kept eban
and Inedfenetve eonld be Insured ay
Ihn adapt aa ol a satiable sedinaaes
prescribing the size of pens and lim?
iting the number of hogs to be keoi
in a prscertbed size lot, and making
It the duty of the Health Officer to
?OS tbat the rules and regulations
M I rigidly enforced.
Since we are satisfied that the keep?
ing of hogs cannot endanger tin
health of the residents of the idly, and
thttt by the enforcement of simp'e
rules the hog pens can easily be pre - \
vented from becoming offensive to j
the olfactory sense, It follows natural?
ly that the Hoard of Health and the
City Council* should at the earliest
possible date take steps to repeal th ?
old antl-hog ordinances and permb
tho people of Sumter to do something
to produce meat for their own use.
I i h family could raise one or HIOM
hogs a year largely from the wasto
from the table, and the meat thus pro?
duced would go a long way toward
relieving the scarcity of meat from
which the town people are beginning
to suffer.
Salaried people cannot afford to pay
twenty-five. thirty and thirty-live
cents a pound for meat, and the time
is at hand when some ot us will not
he able to buy, at these prices, as
much meats and fats as we neod to
keep us in health and strength. Since
we can raise our own pork If an out
of date and useless sanitary regula?
tion is stricken from the statu, ?
books, and as the need Is urgent to
increase the food supply by all pos
sible means within reach, It Is the
duty of the city authorities to lose no
time In repealing the antl-hog ordi?
nance. With this ordinance out of
the way it will be possible for &. thou?
sand or fifteen hundred hogs to be
raised in the town of Sumter within
UM next year. Every citizen who is
of the same opinion should make It
his biiHlne.su to appeal to the city au?
thorities to take quick action.
Tlie Time to Put out a Fire.
If ther? were a smallpox epidemic
in yoar city and the health depart?
ment were to buy a tine automobile
hearse with silver and white silk
fittings and were to invite the citizen*
to inspect It. would you be proud of
the progresslveness of your city and
of the hearse?
Hut theie are frequent Tires In your
r.ty and when your department buys a
new blazing red triple combination
tvith nickel and brass fittings the
lellghted citizens drop in at the Are
muse and pat tho chief on the back.
There Is no difference between
hese two cases?only in matters of
public health we have recognized that
he first duty of the city Is to prevent
ilisease. but In the matter of public
?afety we have not realized that th"
first duty ?if the city is to prevent lir? s
iccidents and erimew. In the ti dd o
fire protection we are still where we
were about a hundred* years ago in
public health?when people believed
that smallpox was an act of God
When we have ? typhoid epidemic
now we do not hold public prayer
meetings?we boll the water, pasteur?
ize the milk and Isolate the patients.
Xot only that?we want to know why
the water was allowed to become
polluted and why the food regulation!'
were not enforced. We have become
educated to demand prevention. When
we have a big fire we should demand
to know why the building was of
tinder construction, why there is no
stringent building law being vigorous?
ly enforced, why the citizens and ch:l
dren have not been educated out of
carelessness and why gross over-in?
surance is allowed to encourage ar?
son.
The average annual fire loss during
the past ten years in this country and
Canada has been $2:10.000.000. Is if1
becauas our firemen are incompetent
untrained or cowardly? There is no
more splendid body of fire-fighter* in
the world than those of America 1
cities. The truth is that fire-fighting
ha? renalisI the limits of its effective?
Man. We are fighting fire as well a**
we can. Lot us take the burden off
the firemen?it Is now up to the cit
council and the State legislature. The
only way to reduce fire losses b
through prevention.
I^ot us reoogn ize that every piece o
fire apparavus is a splendid confessioi
of civic crime and every foot of hose
an admission of failure. Some ore
necessary, but it is in our power ?.o
need them loss. We cannot legislat
and educate fires- out of existence, but
we can perhaps reduce them by half
The time to put out a fire Is bofon
it starts Municipal Journal.
c\sr.\i/iY i.ist HIOM rnwer.
Gen. ivrdiing Reparil Death of Three
Soldiers.
Waehlngton, Nov. It.?Tha casual
ly list ambled by On. I'ershing todav
shows one man killed by aceldent and
two deaths from natural causes S i
psejsjl Oaf 0. shew, of the Coast \i
tlllery w?s killed by a train.
Geeaaans rupture Mountain.
Berlin. Nov. H?. ? Monte Cornello,
on the nUrtherH Italian front has been
l iken by storm and Italians have boon
driven f om Monte Tomba. the war
other an, IQUUI Sd.
BIKER'S WAR REVIEW.
':<iu:t\i:v comidkntia EX
PECTH IT A M AN DEFENSE TO
COM TIN UH.
National Army Takes Serious Hold on
Work:?Germans lall lO Make
Headway Against French and Brlt
isl,?threat Turk Losses in Pales?
tine.
Washington, Nov. IS.?Hardening,
of the Italian defense and the pre?
cision wth which British and French
reinforcements are being delivered in
the Italian theater lead Secretary
Baker In his weekly review tonight to
contemplate the future In that field
with confidence. He points- out, how?
ever, that the full strength of the
Austro-German effort has not yet
been developed.
Renewed1 allied offensives on the
Western front after the lull of the
past week, Mr. Baker says, are indi?
cated by increased artillery fire and
the nervousness exhibited by the Ger?
mans. The only reference to the sec?
tor of this front where American
troops occupy first iine trenches is
that the men have shown themselves
worthy of the best traditions of the
American army.
"The training of our National
Army is now progressing rapidly,"
the statement says. "The morale of
our new citizen soldiers is reported as
excellent.
"The men who have been called
upon to defend our country in the
present emergency are taking hoM of
the work in a serious, high minded
spirit, which will produce the best
results.
"The British and French officers
who are to assist in instructing out
new armies nre arriving.
"In France the training of our
troops is being carefully continued. In
the sector where our forces are in the
trenches they have shown them
?lelves worthy of the best traditions of
[>ur army.
"After the successes gained by the
lilies In the West during the preeed
ng week the relative calm of the last ,
leveral days was to be anticipated.
"It is significant, however, that the f
eactlon of the enemy ha.s been rela- ,
Ively slight, both in the region north
>f the Alsne and In Flanders. ,
At this season of the year the sod
len. fog-bound fields of Flanders and (
he bad weather which prevails alonv .
he entire Western front makes it dif- .
Icult to coordinate major operations .
tri tri precision. t
"Along other sectors of the front
leid by the British no engagements
?f Importance are reported. ]
"Along the French front no engage- 1
nents of importance are recorded. ,
"The news from Italy Is more en- j
?ouraglng. Operations involving the
iklllful handling of large masses of (
roops and the reorganization of de- ,
'enslve positions, entailing superhu- .
nan efforts on the part of officers am
men alike, have been called out b\ j
he Italian armies with energy am! <
courage.
"All sectors of the Italian thoate,
Jt operations continue the scene o'
much hard fighting.
"On the Piave and in the region o'
r^ake Gards. as well as along the
Brenta. It would appear that the ene?
my, while scoring local advantages-, i
being successfully restrained.
"On the lower Piave the hostile at
tempt to cross the river was partiall
unsuccessful resulting in the captun
of Zenson. The Italians have opened
the dikes in this sector, which wP
render the enemy advance .difficult.'
The secretary then reviews a
length the military situation in Pales
tine and Mesopotamia, which he soy*
"must be considered if we are to ar?
rive at a clear perspective of the pur?
poses of the war." He SSSOTtS that
the Investment of Jerusalem by the
British is taking shapo. that Jaffa, the
principal seaport of Palestine, Is un?
der allied gunfire by land and sea
and Indicates that its fall is Impend?
ing, to the great relief of the allied
supply lines. (The British announced
late Saturday that they had taken
Jaffa). That the Turkish forces ii
Palestine have lost half their effec?
tives In the fighting also is noted.
Mr. Baker notes increased activity
In tho Balkan theater and concludes
With the statement that the situation
in Russia continues disturbed.
rihtisii TAKE JAFFA.
Capture From Turks City on IfeditOr
ranean.
London. Nov. IS.?The city of Jaf?
fa, on the Mediterranean coast, was
taken possession of by the British
army in Palestine yesterday. The
text of the official announeemeat
making this statement reads:
"Yesterday Jaffa was occupied bv
Australian and New Zealand mount"!
troops without opposition. The ?'man
appears t?? be continuing his retire
men I t<> the north."
Washington. Nov. 19. The fuel ad
ministration announced today the ap
polntmenf of Arthur T. Williams, o
Jacksonville, as State fuel ndmlnlstrn
tot of Florida?
ITALIANS TAKE HOPE. !
tkyink WEEK ENDS i\ ITALY'S
FAVOR.
Austrotiermans Pail to Breach Ca-1
dorna*s Linea ?Knemjra id mit a
Ilona Established in Nix Most Fear
fttl Days Country Has Known.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 1". 5 P- Mf. (by the Asso?
ciated Press).?The battle of th<
Piave River, as it will ho known, now
has developed to a stage where the
enemy's first attempts to make a
breach in the Italian lines have fail?
ed. This defensive result has not
only been accomplished by the Italian
Army but time has been secured to
effect that recovery from the ret rent
which will permit the army to resume
its offensive power as well as its de?
fensive.
The enemy was taking full advan?
tage of the delicate period after tht
retreat knowing that every day
counted for the restoration of the
solidarity of the Italian offensive
force. In this knowledge, too, tho
Italian supreme command is proceed?
ing methodically.
One hears talk in high quarters to
night that if the Piave line holds
another few days, the tide will bo
turned as its successful defens
through six fearful days has estab?
lished that the* enemy has his limi?
tations.
Thus far nothing beyond battalions
have crossed the river. Only at Zen
son and Grisolera are there any seri
r>us lodgments on the west bank of
i ho Piave and today the enemy was
forced back to the river at Zenson and
slsewhere. It is because the Piave has
resisted ho well that the enemy now
Is turning his attention to the north
and trying to make a breach there,
ivhieh he failed to make on the Piave.
The lino on the north runs along
Aal ago, Ciamon and Quero, and there
[he Italian position remains virtually
unchanged. In the east, whore the
mountain line Joins the Piave. the
Italian position has been moved a Ut?
ile farther back, not in giving ground,
but to edltdify the whole Northern
'root from Mont Tondarocar, on the
vest, to the Piave. on the east, thus
?onsolidating the defense at the cen
?r and on both of the wings.
This is the .situation tonight after
me of the most trying weeks Italy has
?ver known. It makes the whole
country breathe easier and await
vith serenity, almost confidence, those
TUeial days still ahead.
A trusted man sent by the corres
?ondont to the Lower Piave this
nornlng returned with details of th^
earful scene of desolation made by
:he release of the Hood waters to
>ar the progress of the enemy.
What was a smiling farm, land ter
lay.t ago now is transformed into a
rast sheet of water stretching for
niles. Above tho level of the water,
?oofs and the upper stories of farm
louses can be seen here and there.
3reat flocks of ses fowls have come
n from the Adriatic and their mourn
'ul cries add to the weirdness of tho
icene.
Intense silence hangs over the deso
ate waste, broken only by the sea
ilrds and tho muttering of guns at
he mouth of the river. Some of tho
tpper floors of tho farm houses ar.
dill occupied by the local constabul
try of the valley.
MTE OP PERSHIXO'S BfEJf EXE?
CUTED IX FRANCE.
killed French Woman?Details of
First Drastic Action by Courtnmr*
tlal in Europe Withheld for Time.
Washington, Nov. 17.--An Ameri?
can soldier of Gen. Pershing's forces
found guilty by courtmartial of tin
issaulting and murdering of a French
(Vornan, has been executed by a tiring
squad.
All details of this, the first death
penalty imposed since tho troopi
landed in Europe, are being withheld
by the war department.
When a full report has been receiv?
ed from General Pershing it prohabh
will be published as officials of the
department want the world to know
how tho American army deals with
men who commit! such crimes. Secre?
tary Baker said today that General
l'ershing has full power to carry out
tho sentence of the court martial wit h
out referring the case to tho Presi?
dent,
DIXIE division ItKVIEWED.
Daughters of Gen. Wheeler inspect
Georgia and Florida Troops.
Ifacon, On., Nov. I?. Tin* Dixie
Division. Stationed at Camp Wheeler,
composed exclusively of troops from
Georgia and Florida, passed in review
today before four daughters of the
late Gen. Joseph B. Wheeler. Thou?
sands of civilians witnessed the re
vie w.
Washington, Nov. 10. Gen. Persh?
ing has reported two men killed in
action on November 13th. three se?
verely and tour slightly wounded.
t inmtttt'fm" h,""!",nfl
To the People of Sumter County:
The 1'nited States Government needs prat ically all of. the coal
available for railroad transportation, for the tperattoa of the ship
building plants, and other niCSSSSIjr war operations It Is the oh
Ject of the Puel Administration Board to reduce the .mnsumptioa
of coal In homes and in manufacturing enterprises; which cau
substitute wood as fuel, t0 tne lowest possible figure. To thib
end the people are urged \o substitute oak nd other woods a?
far as possible. The farmer* ;md land own rs are urged to sup?
ply the wood to the eitles and towns as a patriotic duty in or?
der to aid in this saving of coal fuel. Any of the wood and coal
dealers of Sumter will gladly buy your wood at good prices and
put it into suitable shape for use In the stores and grates of th*
city. Oak cut into sm all blocks nan largely be substituted for coal
111 grates and open stoves. We ask the cooperation o' ihe farm*
ers and of the people of the city in our efforts to effect the sub?
stitution and release the coal for use in the manufacturing Sad
transportation operations necessary to the w ir.
R. B. RELSEll
Chairman Bumter Fuel Administralien Board.
Sumter. S. c., Nov. 19, 1917.
11C. ft. APPEAL.
WAR COUNCIL URGES XllcKs.
SITY OF GREAT DRIVE.
Campaign for Money for Welfare
Work Among American Soldier*
Ends Today.
r i
New York, Nov. IS.?With tomor?
row the last day of the campaign of
the Young Men's CarLstian Associa?
tion to raise $35,000,000 for Its wa??
work fund the members of the war
council sent out today a final appeal
for the BUCCOOS of the drive. To khow
the urgent needs of money for wel?
fare work among the soldiers of the
United States lighting in Frame this
coble message from E. C. Carter, nat?
ional secretary of the American Y.
M. C. A. in France, was made public
tonight.
"1 have just returned from visiting
Americans in front line trenches.
Their spirit is inspiring, their appre?
ciation of the association already be?
ing operated under shell fire is un?
bounded. At the same time, princi?
pal criticism on every hand is that
the American association in France is
?still Inadequately furnished with men.
money, supplies and transport."
Reports available of the efforts of
hoys between IS and 20 years of age
to raise $1.000,000 toward the fund
showed last night that 4 4.274 boys
had contributed $442.274. The com?
mittee expects more than $1,000,
000.
The boys are earning the mono*
themselves. The committee has r.
ceived w/ord that some obtained then
contributions to the fund by pave?
ment repair work, beating carpets,
washing windows, running errands
tending furnaces, picking orange,
selling papers and shoveling snow.
The committee announced that 1.
500 college Y. M. C. A. brar.ehes and
300.00?) students and faculty mem?
bers in colleges and universities plan
to give $1.000,000 to the student fund.
MARSH WOMAN FREED.
Jury at Caniden Acquits Defendant
Accused of Responsibility tor Reuth
of Mrs. Estolle Raker.
Camden, Nov. 17.?Lucy Marsh, the
white woman, who was churned With
the murder of Mrs. Esteile Daker a
few weeks ago. was acquitted in the
court here late Friday evning. This
was one of the most sensational cases
heard in this county la many years
and the court room was packed all
day. Much of the testimony was sor?
did and sensational. The State at?
tempted to prove that Estelle Laker
was murdered through jealously on
the part of Lucy Marsh. "Doctor"
(J. J. Baker was brought in as the
main witness and the originator of
the crime. Baker was subjected to
the most Scathing denunciation by At?
torney Blakeney. The jury was out
only about 40 minutes before bring?
ing in a verdict of not guilty. An
air of mystery still surrounds the
killing, The state was represented by
Solicitor Cobb while Lucy Marsh was
represented by Blakeney and Wil?
liams.
DTSCCSS PARIS RPEECn.
Lloyd George Expected to clear Up
Misunderstand in?:.
London, Nov. ix. - The pari lam en
tary correspondents of The Bunde*
News are unanimous in their sntld
pation thai tomorrow's important de?
bate in the house of COmmOtlS on
Premier Lloyd George's PS is speech
will clear the air and end the contro?
versy which has been raging during
the last ereek.
it is expected that Mr. Lloyd
George will clear away any miscon?
ception that hi* remarks in Paris
were Intended as a inflection on army
leaders, He also is expected to deal
with the prospective Inclusion of
American representatives In the coun?
cil.
NEU I MAN MANIFESTO.
GEN. MITGITA SAYS HE I? NF?
THAL.
A Thinly iV^gutsed Attack on Polio.?
of the United ptnlan l>y Carraaz*
Geilen?!.
El t a.s.? Texan, Nov. 18.?"North
America u< es not need our passi ?
Ultance. North America needs oaiy
our c,uota of soldiers, as its men sro
going to v. sr not singing; the Mar
I seillaijiv,' >ut sorrowfully singing
I Home Sweet Home.' "
The fofegoing is the opsulng stn
tence of a nmnifeb-to sigued by Gen.
jFrancisco ! -urguia, commsnder of the
Carranza army in northern Mexico.
* hundreds f copiss of which hare
j been distributed in Juarez.
"It would be the limit of ohildlae*
! nees," the manifesto says, "to balltva
jthat our Joining the entente would re?
sult in our indebtedness to those ha
tions being forgiven.
? I stand for neutrality. I do not bs
lleVe (hat vc Mexicans are under < ?
! ligation to >upport the cause of eith
ter of the righting parties.
"I>?t us abandon the idea of giving
'he entente our moral support. Ameri
; m does n t need our moral support,
, nor our pensive influence. Ameri*
ica does not need, ns a matter of help,
, our oil. car ores, nor our henequin.
These the: fan obtain by trade and
should are dare refuse them they
w ould tak. them by the right grume*
to a cot .ry in war. What North
America i "eds is our men.
"The itcd States have only b*ett'
table ?o se; d 2 per cent, of the forces
I they promised to send to Europe. To
'this end ?hey have enlisted the ne
grres. the aliens, und?most sorrow?
ful?the Mexicans. They know they
will h".ve to sacrifice a lot of lives and
if is clear (hat they wish to sacrifice
Ieverybody but their own countrymen,
i "The tu 'ional feeling of Americans
Is opposed to the war. The anti-war
I propaganda in America has reached
, the h< art.< of the people.
"Tf we chake off our apathy, forgst
jour hatred, consolidate our forces,
j exert all i ur effort. Mexico's neutral
| ity would be respected.
j "We do not expect anything from
Germany, nor do we ask any favors
of that nation, but far less coalld ha
expected from the Paited tSates* Let
this be 01 r attitude towards the r?st
of the world. We need ous, hundred
thousand ?oldiers fpr our own use."
AMERICANS LEAVE PETROGRAiW.
Embassy Vsks for Train to CV??ey
Two H id red Nationals to Harb! a.
London, Nov. 1?.?The America*
embassy at Petrograd, according te
n Iteuter dispatch, has requealed that
a train b. provided to convey 2et
members of the American colon;/ la
Petrograd to Harbin.
SUMl^TR COTTON MARKET,
p. G. BOWMAN. Co?t on Buyer.
iCorreete.? daily at 12 o'clock Noon >
Good Middling 28 1-8.
?ttict Middling 28. d
Middling 27 7-8.
Strict Low Middling 27 1-f. t
Low U Idling 27.
NEW 1 ORK COTTON MAkKRf
l l>t u llltfti I.??%? t^Sonc <
Ye?*d??
1?. C . .21.41 II.?3 28.41 18.63 28.1?
Jan . . :7.79 27.92 27.71 27.02 27.48
Mar . 2T.?I 27.63 27.61 27.63 27.28
Mariposa Goes Down.
Seattle. Wash.. Nov. JS.?Tns
steamer Mariposa, which grounded en
the rocks in the narrow paaaaga ef
Snmnor Strain Southeastern AJaska,
slipped from the piers last night sott
sank, according to word received ta
day. T\v. hundred and strty-fiva pas?
sengers were picked up bv steamers
and landed at Wrangella