The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 05, 1917, Image 2
I I \-*| roll Olli KOLPIKHH.
Ural Thanksgiving Dinner With
Turkey ami Trimmings served In
Fraut?.
With the American Army In Kr.nu r
Nov. ZI (Tuesday* tlly the Assm i i?
ed Preaa.)?Army cook? today began
to prepare what probably will he the
bent dinner ever nerved for an army
fighting; on foreign soil. In every vil?
lage in Fram where Auiernan troops
are stationed, company cook? hegai
making cranberry sauce and laying
out great piles of plump turkeys,
sweet potatoes and everything else
that goes to make up a real Thanks?
giving dinner. There |g not an Amer?
ican soldier who will ne unable to
eat to his full ? <i n ity. except a f>
Just arrived and some ofllcers who are
unlucky enough to he stationed in out
of th* way places and living in hotels.
Sven the wood cutting camps los*.
In the forests of France have had a
share sent to them.
Tomorrow the big Job of cooking
dinner for an army will begin early.
There wax many a cool; who turned
In before his usual time tonight so as
to get a good start. It was fully ex?
pected there would be some mince
pie casualties.
Thanksgiving day for the American
forces will be one of resting, eating
and recov ering and iust how the bird
and trimmings will taste were the
subject of much discussion tonight.
After the dinner settles there will be
real American doings, such as foot?
ball games. In which some American
stars who are here will pi
War Work for Our (ilrls.
"We can't do our work for our boys
unless some one looks after the girls,"
Is practically what the Government
Commission on Training Camp Activ- j
Itlea and the Y. M. C. A. said when
they undertook the task of making
the military camps safe and whole- ]
some for our boys who are to fight to
mike the world safe for democracy.
Representatives of al: the women's
organisations of tho country?and <
there are some 150 of them?were (
tolled to Washington. About f| or- ,
ganlsatlons were represented. The |
innal Young Women's Christian |
Association was asked to co-operate
with the commission by looking after ,
ON girls, because it baa had fifty j
years-odd experience In working with j
skis. It Is organize.I in over one j
thousand centers and has a member- t
ship of 362,000 In this country and j
ISO trained national workers who (
travel and have a country-wide j
knowledge of condition* and girls. ,
Bven before the commission sound- y
ed the call for help, the Nntional
Young Women's Christian Asuocla- x
tlon had railed a War Council of loo ,
iroOOsltOtlrs women from all parts j
of the country. They came to New J
York In June, from the Pacific coast j.
to the Gulf, to plan to strengthen and _
expand the i.??00 asM>clat'ons to meet
the war erls.s.
I'efore the War Council adjourned
this first meeting, there was $10.000 r
In hand and a call for help came i
from the commanding officer of the t
Training Camp at Plattshurg to y
come up and do something with the ,
glr:s of the town and wdh the moth?
ers, wives, sisters and sweethearts .
coming to camp to see how it fared
with thrir boys who were preparing ,
for a dutv that might k? ep them from
OOer coming back home. ,
Manufacturing communities were
springing up like mush ooms, and
young girls with patriotic ardor and
little rxperlener were answering by
thousands the call to labor. The cities
ami towns surrounding the camps
were suddenly to have their male
population added to by t? ns of thou?
sands?what would thi* mean to our
girls full of Ihe spirit and romance
of the hour and eager to venture on
new paths to "help?"
The C ?um 11 responded to the first
call and there is now a live girls' club
In the town of Plattshurg. with rooms
of its own In which th* girls take
great pride and wher* th?re Is much
knitting and Red Cross* work, with
othrr aOtlTlllOl and opportunities for
service, as well as plenty of the
right kind of recreation, for girls as
well as boys must have fun
Tb^ Young Women"' < hristian *Vo>
mo. I ,tlon has OJsOt the challenge am'
taken up larse responsibility. It
needs the sympathy and understand
imr "r every patriotic woman.
It has a program which will be
explained M three art e'.es to be puh
| hed In subsequent sWOrO of ?h<s pa?
per.
Ml* - < I I \ I I \M? w KM,
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O.iii i.i I "i mcr I'n shlcnt Wed
I'rim elon QrOjd uile.
Princeton. N J N?v. 2* M
Murlon Cleveland, daughter Of Form
ri president Crnver C . veland. wa?
marr.ed |o<lav to Wild , n Stanley l>e|!
of .Mori Mown. N J., I gi adua'e of
Frlmeton In the etjMsl of lilt, Th ?
ceremony w;|s performe l by l?? Grill
rr Hibben. president of PHROOtOH
Fnlverslty,
\ \ VY OPERATE MKKUIANT
SHU'S.
All Vessels Kaosjrejed in Tmns-Atlantic
SerOtv Will In? Manned by ( ii'ws
From Nn\nl Htwrvi*--Present Of.
li??ers uml Men i<? Ik* Fnllslcd Into
eeevlcc
\\'oefclggton, Nov. |8, Naval opera
ItOO ??i all American merchant ships
? tocagcd in traus-Atlantic service Ifl
planned by the government to safe?
guard vessels traversing the subma?
rine zone. The proposal has the ap?
proval of Secretaries Baker and Dan-'
n Is and will be adopted by the ship-j
ping board.
The plan is to operate the ships with
the present officers and men of the
merchant licet. Those who do not
wi..h to enlist would be shifted to the
South American and Pacitlc trades,
although officials believe the great
majority are ready to enter the navy
service.
Naval operation of the merchant
di et has been talked of ever since the
United States went to war but
heretofore the shipping board has oh
ie. ted to naval crews for any vess rif
other than transports.
AMI.HIFAN BLUMS GFRMANS.
llinois Man Safe After Hard Kv
Iterlenec.
Ixmdon. Nov. 22.?Lieut. Patrick
O*Brl0a of Momence. 111., the first
American member of the British dy?
ing corps to escape from Germany,
has arrived in London. O'Brien elud?
ed his captors by jumping from the
window of a speeding train. He then
i-ecame a fugitive for 72 days, and, as
his goal was within sight, narrowly
escaped electrocution from the charg?
ed wlrSl along the Holland frontier.
Last night O'Brien was dined by a
group of admiring tilers, who had be?
lieved he had been killed when he
was reported missing on August 17, '
last.
< ?' Brien, who is 27. was flying in the
American aviation squadron at San
Diego, when he went to Victoria. B. 1
C. and obtained a commission in the
Canadian army. Going to France the
llfll yea.- he distinguished himself by
his great daring over the German 1
lines. 1
In M emounter on August 17. there
,\ ere L'O German machines to six Brit
sh. O'Brien's machine alone engag- 1
ng four enemy craft and accounted 1
For ore before O'Brien was shot
I.rough the upper lip. He fell with
lis damaged airplane 8,000 feet
i
? l'.i ii-t says he can not explain why I'
ie wa/* not killed. When he Regained
?onsciousness he was in a German
lospitul. <
Later the lieutenant spent three :
reebi at ? prieon camp at Courtral i
refere he vv;is started for the inter- r
or of Germany. There were three I
dher prisoners under strong guard in 1
tis compartment when O'Brien as a I
use, bad the window opened by com- Y
? laining of the smoke. c.
The tram was now GO mile* inside f
'.crnutny and traveling at 30 miles an f
tour but O'Brien decided to take a c,
lOSperete chance. He jumped from \<
he trtln. skinning the whole side of \
tis feeO. reopetdng the wound in his l
ip and losing consciousness. It was t
ibout t o'clock in the morning and v
he darkness shielded him. When he
irrt red he was lying in a held. >
Then for 72 days he was a fugitive.
reveling only at" night. He trudged |
through fields end swam rivers and
tennis In Germany. Luxemburg and
Belgium before he iseehed the Dutch t
frontier. At the time of his flight he t
hed ? piece of sausage on which he i
in hoisted for severe! days, after which i
his sole sustenance consisted of tur- (
inps and other vegetables, i
O'Brien <lid not know German, but
he used ? little French on a kindly
Belgien who sheltered him for oevsrai
days. The Belgien gave him old I I
clothes to rover his uniform and dl-L
reeted him Ie the nearest route to the ?
frontier. O'Brien swam the river 11
Meine mar Namur and the next dav
wes challenged by German sentries'
who decided he was a peasant.
Bnt his narrowest escape was re-1
serv ed lot Iiis last day as a fugitive I
when he could see Dutch territory, To
Circumvent the charged wire O'Brien I
built a bridge in a nearby wood and
threw it screes tht wired. But it brok<
under his weicht and O'Brien receiv?
ed B ihOCh whi(di he seyi he can still
feel. When he recovered he due with
bare han&i i tunnel under the wire
md oHhongft h wes slow progress ef?
?rr several hours he had a hole l.ii
. noogtt to erawl through.
lie eeneeeled himself in a hay barn
until the next tnorning, when he hur
J ried to the nee reel Brit km consul who
I arranged for his transportation to
I .onon.
\VItll\M K, CHAN11IJCR IM A 11.
I "liner I'nilod State- Senator and
Secretary nf the \a\y.
Concord. N. II.. Nfov SO, Will la I
Raton Chandler, who. as secretan ,,;
the navy In President Arthur's cahl
net. was largtdx responsible for tlx
modern United States n:i\ died ?>'?
his home here today.
kumter 17, bishop vi i jLE o,
Local High School Overwhelms Leo
County Boys at Count) ' air This
Morning.
The Bumtor high school closed their
foot bull season with a victory over
Blehopvllle this morning at the Leo
County fair, store IT to 0. The Bish
opvtlle boys offered little Opposition
the Gamecocks making seven touch
downs and kicking five goals. Thei
field was wet ami the Bumter team
had to stick to straight football al?
most entirely; they scored one of
their touchdowns by the use of the
forward pass but the ball was so slip?
pery that it WOS impossible to throw
it with accuracy. The weather was
responsible for several fumbles on the
part of the local baektield. Howev?
er, the entire team played well.
The young Gamecocks have had a
very successful season, winning live
out of seven games played. The
only two defeats were by small scores.
Th? team this year was composed of
entlrel) new men, not a single one of
whom ever played high school ball. A
strong team was developed and next
year the locals will be out for the
Slate championship.
The scores of the games played this
season is as follows:
Bumtor o, Winnsboro 13.
Bumtor 7, Orangoburg 6.
Bumtor -7, Camdon o.
Bumtor 67, Marion <>.
Bumtor 14, Columbia 7.
Bumtor 7, St. Matthews 10.
Bumtor 4 7. Blehopvllle 0.
POOD fOR CEKMANS.
-
Von Waldo Slates With RootrlcUons
Stocks Will Hold Out.
Amsterdam, Nov. 29.?Speaking in
the Prussian lower house today on
food conditions. Herr von WaldOW,
president of the German food regula?
tion board, said:
"Considerable supplies of grain for
making broad have been provided by
arlier threshing. The imperial grain
un au has already received 1,000,650
11 ns. as compared with 890,000 tons
ast year. The potato crop may be
?egarded as satisfactory?almost as q
*ood one, and we count upon having
: ?,:.?>o,00o tons. v
' We shall still have to hear many
restrictions, but we have adequate
food supplies for the new year."
DAVIDSON HEATS OLEMSON,
loath Carolina Eleven Loses Game.
21 to ?.
Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 29.?Davidson
lefoatod ciomson here this of ternoo
11 to 9. Both teams wen- handicap
>ed by a soggy Bold and Intermltteni
?ain. Douglas Klliott, tackle for tin
>avidsonians, broke his left leg be
ow the knee in the second period. ,
lankl, half back for Clemson, on the
tick off, received the hall inside his
?wn fifteen-yard line and raced to the
our-yard line of his opponents. In
our plays the pigskin was shove I
nrer for i touchdown, Armstrong
llOkod goal. Hums lat< r In the first
lOflod scored a safety for Clemson. j
lavldoon soorlng came in the fust and
bird periods. Spann and PlOWOn
vere the stars for I 'avidson.
?Ol TH 1AHOI.1MANS IN CAMP.
fearly :?,."?oo arc Now at Jackson With
Hundred Cases Pending.
According to statistics compiled by
he eastern district exemption board
here m e ?.4.r.7 South Carolinians now I
it Camp Jaokson with 116 cases pend-,
mg. Out Of the total sent to th'J
?amp ::?;<> were rejected upon re-exam
nation and 7s exempted.
The Useful Peanut.
ThS peanut is a sturdy friend i:
lime Of need. Now when the food
idmlntetratton is asking that fats t>?
laved, the peanut comes to th > rescu
in more than one combination. Tim;
It peanut butter, for instance, [i
?hould be more widely used. The only
reason that it isn't is because people
do not know how best to use it. Even
peanut butter sandwiches are seldom
well made.
The "butter" for them should nev
er be spread OS it come a from the Jar
,>l|t it in a cup or bowl and combine
it with twice as much thin cream
milk, or water. Stir Utttll thoroughly
creamy and of the consistency of
mayonnaise, then vary ihs flavor b:
adding a little shaved choose, chopped
pickles or olives, hot catchup, orange
marmalade, chopped dates and lemon
Juiee, salad dressing. >r onion juice,
with a little bit of sali as required.
I'esides ItS IMS in saudwehes. how?
ever, there are countless other dc
llelous ways of using peanul butter,
si in soups, breads, and cakes. I
serves both as shortening and thick
ening and adds richness, color, and
flavor. No food, of course, can I >
lUdged by Its ftml value alone, but P .
interesting to not?, that from th
point of fuel value, peanul butter ?
worth three times i' weicht in round
steak, four times its weight In or ? ?
seven times its weigh! in pot itoes, >n
l\\ ice its weight in bread.
? KEEP <>N KNITTING"
National Red Cross so Urges Women
01 Tills ( ounlry,
Harvey D. Gibson, general manager
of the American lied Cross, ai|thoriss -
the fololwlng statement:
"A groat number of Inquiries iire
being received by tin (ted Cross from
women knitters throughout the Unit?
ed Stales as to whether tiny should
discontinue Knitting.
"The Red cross, therefore desires
io place before the women of this
country its conception of the knitting
situation. As Is wi ll known it is the
polity of the lied Cross to supple?
ment, so far ns it has the power, the
efforts of the army and navy in con?
serving the health and comfort of oar
soldiers and sailors, either in this
country or abroad.
"Sweater.* and Other knitted ar?
ticles arc designed primarily for
warmth. They certainly are not or?
namental. Therefore it must follow
that when there is an almost univer?
sal demand on the part ?>l our soldiers
ami sailors for sweaters and other
knitted articles the demand is a real
one. Such articles. therefore, ein
only be classed as equipment, sup?
plementary though they may be, to
that furnished by the army and navy.
And tiny .undoubtedly constitute
equipment that .will add greatly to the
health and comfort of our men under
conditions generally met with.
"Tiie Red Cross knows that the sol?
diers ami sailors want sweaters and
other knitted articles. These goods
can be obtained from the lied Cros
?:> single garments only upon individ?
ual rennest; or if in bulk, then upon
the request of a commanding officer.
How great the need is. is shown by the
fact that irt addition to the hundreds
of thousands of knitted arides pro?
duced by our lied cross chapters in
the last few months v.o have been
compelled to purchase 550,000 extra
sweaters alone to meet the insistent
demand made upon us by our men
lor them. Wo are sorry that we hid
to do any purchasing at all becaus
WS know how much the soldiers and
snilors of this country prefer the
sweaters* and .otin r articles knitted by
'lie women of this country.
"it may i?c understood further that
in addition to the demands of our
army and navy we have very urgent
demands from commisions abroad for
like articles for destitute civilian pop?
ulations?men. women and children
who. if not actually homeless are
.-cry scantily clad and usually without
duel, in this cold weather, to warm
I heir housi s.
"It is hoped that this general state?
ment will Satisfy the women of this
country who have been devoting all
their possible time to knitting for our
men, We c an not too s rongly urge
all women who are now knitting to
keep on knitting."
Soldiers in Need.
Another appeal has come from
Washington to the women of the
country to keep on knitting. Oui
warm climate keeps us from realising
the imperative need of the warm
knitted garments. < me of our Bum
tcr boys has Written from ?Somewhere
In Prance:" "We ere well fe 1,
warmly clothed, and comfortably
housed, but we get cold, m> cold In
si Ite of this."
Wo have hardly started on ou
jti.da of knitted garments, as we
have yet to knit 523 sweaters. 422
inunTcrsi 'i'.' pairs of socks, and i!'/
pairs of wristlets, before .we reach
oar assessed number of li"1' sweaters
600 mufflers, 600 pairs <d- socks, and
500 pairs of wristlets. We urge a I
experienced knitters to make sweat?
ers and socks, and leave the mufflers
and Wristlets for tho e who are barn
Ing. Every nXternoon after four
o'clock Mrs. p, <;. Bowman is at head?
quarters to give Instruction in knit?
ting There are pounds of wool
. i headquarters for distribution, n
you know how to knit come get wool
for sweaters and socks. If you do
not know, come next Wednesday af?
ternoon a.ni learn In ten minutes, and
help gel these garments made before
severer weather conies.
Those who have yarn left over troi i
garments will pleuc? return same to
Red Cross Head) in rters, it has been
Impossible to gel yarn the same shad
of tlie last shipment, hence it Ie im
t'i.rt i ,t th it all loft ov< r wool be re
U?rn< d, unless one has enough to com?
plete d garment, in ihls case keep
the >a! n und make it up.
ANNIE P1JRDY.
Secretary Sunder Chapter Red cp>
SWEDEH ACT AS MEDIATORS.
legation at Petrograd Conductlni
XVnee Xcgol lat Ion ;.
London. Nov. 29, A Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Company
ays the Swedish legation t1 Petro
: i id h is agreed at Leon Trotsky's rt
quest to act as mediator 1 etween Rub
>-i:: and Cermauy and has nlreadj
st id to the Berlin rort ign office a in ?
proffering n truce und peace m * o
tlatlons.
l?IW>? t . \ H TORY.
Imcrlcun Commander In Prance Bends
Message Ui People Through r.ir-hop
\\ .Nun.
New fork, i ?< e. 2.- Bishop Luther
r. Wilson, who recently returned troni
fSurope, where he went on a mis-dor. i
for tiie v. M. c. A., brought buck I
with him a nesaage Lo the American
people Crom General Perahlng, Araor
ican commi tider In France, The mes?
sage, which was read for the flrai
time today, said:
"Tell them there is no ground fori
the heresy that Germany can not he
beaten. Germany can be beaten. Oer-j
many must be beaten. And Germany]
will be beaten."
WAIt COUNCIL MEETING.
Freight Situation the First Matter to
be Considered.
Washington, Doc. ?The tirst
neeting of the new war council was
he'd today, with interest centered in
the council's attitude toward the ques-j
?ions of priority of shipment* The:
food and fuel administrators were!
called upon to expalln their views as
i to what articles' were needed so Im?
peratively that they should he given
the right of way over all other
freight.
The mooting of *h" war council to- j
da> was Without decision on im- |
pot rant questions, owing to the ab?
sence of live members.
I
MRS. DESAITLLES ACXJUITTKD.
Minoola, N. V.. Dee. 1.?It required
but one hour and forty-three minutes
for a jury in Supreme Court here to
night to reach o verdict of not guilty
in the trial of Mrs. Bianca De Saullcs j
for the murder of her divorced hus?
band, .lohn L. DeSaullee, former Yak'
football star and club man, at his
home near Westbury, Long Island, th;>
night Of August '?'>.
In the verdict no reference what?
ever was made to insanity. It was a
idea of temporary loss of accounta?
bility which formed the basis of th'"
defendant's case.
Mrs. DeSaullee, Who had main?
tained an air of extreme self-pososa?
a< n throughout the two weeks of the
trial, received the verdict smilingly.
She shook hands with each of the
jurors as they left the box and tC
fach gave a nod of appreciation.
Washington, Dec. 3,?Congress rc
assombled today, but did little more
Lb in go through With its formal open?
ing. In the senate Sir Geo. Raid,
former premier of Australia, was a
guest. A committee was named to no
tlfy the president that congress was in
Session and then adjourned in respee
to the memory of the late Bonatoi
I lusting. The house aeOSlon was tnk
en UP in swearing in new member.
I and routine buolnooa.
Kuniier C rl Wins Honor.
At the College State Press Assocla
ti< i Miss 3aili< Kembert was award?
ed a gold medal for dramatic art. The
subject of her play is "The Roman
rtli tlon," Which appeared in the
I 'onverae Concept.
In winning this medal Miss Rem
hert hau not only brought honor to
If and hei Alma Mater, but also
to her home loam, and her many
friends extend to her their sincerest
? eng ratulatlona
Miss item be rt received the degree
of Master of Art! at Converse Collego
last year.
The cotton n arket is moving along
??ward thirty cents, the price that
ay holders lave fixed for turning
" ? bul it remains to be setm how
many will sell on a rising market.
Tf Kerensky -an't do anything more
than deplore the demoralization in
the Etusslan army he might as well
quit doing that.?Jacksonville Times
l *nion.
ANSWER the alarm.
Snmter People Should Not Delay.
If your kidneys are inflamed,
Don't stand round and do nothing.
Like a fire j: will soon be beyond
controL
You will get the alarm in time?
liackache, ct dizziness or disorders
of the urnie.
Hoed the w; rning.
Give your k Ineys a rest by living
more carefully.
Use Dean's kidney Pills to help
Profit by this Sumter man's ex?
perience.
J. K. Drake ford, retired farmer,
101 West Hampton Avenue, say's:
"I was in s ich *bad shape with
my hack and kidneys that I could
j hardly stoop, and it was Just as hard
j to straighten. I had headaches and
spells of dizziness, and the kidney se?
cretions annoyed me by passing too
freely. When I heard of Doan's Kid?
ney Pills I gi t a box at DeLorme's
Pharmacy. They relieved all signs of
; the trouble and put my kidneys in
good shape."
Price GOe.. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's KidneV Pills?the same that
Mr. Drakefor 1 had. Foster-Milbura
Co., Props., T 'ffalo. N. Y/. (46)
Geo. H. Hurst,
I Unienaker mil Enbtlmr.
stamp out the cause.
Frojiipt Attention to Bai and
Night Call?. ?
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Piones: SSm?
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t
You will eventually Bank with
The First National Bank
of Sumter.
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