The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 05, 1918, Image 4
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a?ts. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
and la manifestly the best adverttsini.
CHARITY WHERE NEEDED.
Tis? Difference Between Helping the
Worthy Poor and letting the Needy
Starve When They Cunnot Work.
Editor Dally Item.
I see Mr. J. Dargan Osteen is "at
ts agmln." and 1 must confess that I
tin not understand his aim. He seems
t? be of the opi uon that we are har
fcorlng a worthless "thriftless'" gang
Of Idlers, and he asks that you und 1
will have "sympathy" also for a ccr
t in - lass whieh be says came to us
/loin the countr ;e thoy could
i>it run a farm, that they were hon?
est and induHtri<ais, and had obtained
employment, but on account of com*
petition with our thriftless set. they
hud to .work for wages barely suf*
fieieiit for dally support and when
overtaken by sickness they had noth?
ing. We would like to say to Mr.
Oeteen that this Is sxactly the class
that we are helping. He has drawn
as perfect a picture of them as it is
peenJble to mnk?* and If he had avatl
baa^hlmself of the invitation which we
gavs ntrri in our former communica?
tion, and tried to Improve himself,
your valuable space need not have
beo.i taken up with further communi?
cations
I spent most of the day Monday
trying to get somo wood to some of
trvs very class, but on account of the
estreme weather no draymen were
out and but for the kind assistance of
thtt City Manager who sent a cart to
me and Mr. J. A.. Parris. who used
hU truck, some of them may have
bean fronen and when I got home
aal my attention was called to Mr.
J Dargan Osteen's come back, 1
m ist say that my feelings ware quite
in contrast with those of a boy with
kit first gun
One illustration On yesterday our
City Nurse reported to me the case
widow with six children, only
ess boy old enough to work, t nd he
dtotag hie beet, the mother and one
child in bed with measles, with no
eeeerlng for their beds, save a straw
rest trees, and no wood with which
to make a fire.
I If Mr. Osteen Instead of sitting be
fere his big oak logs trying with his
set i othly flowing pen and even
7*ctlnjr from Solomon and Paul, to
'"Onvlnoe as that there is no virtue
>n our work, will Just come to town
ana go with ms to a few of these
rdUoee of distress, he will at once
trade his pen for a cart and help us
tistil srood to keep them from freez?
ing, and I believs he would even be
wl.'lng to kill one of those hogs that
he speaks of and divide It out
am ing them. But It appears that
Vfr Osteen Is a writer and no doubt
enjoys It I am not I prefer to give
what time I can spare toward help?
ing the unfortunate ones.
1 am glad that not many farmers
adjacent to us. If any, endorse Mr.
Ostssn's position. Quits a number
of them havo expressed themselves as
heartily In sympathy with our work
and strongly opposed to Mr. Osteen's
i roposltlon. And their generous do?
na t one are the very best evidence of
their sincerity.
I don't think Mr '?sieen h
learned that "it is more blessed to
give ttvin to receive."
Mr. Osteen speaks of boys In our
teen ?hinin* shoes who should be on
the farma I h?v< lived here all of
my life, having seen Sumter grow
oat of Sumtervllle. and,I have never
seen a white boot black.
li Mr. OHtirn will gftfjpfl nur Invi?
tation I shall be ph ased to show him.
Let him "come and see."
' Respectfully.
iv renal Walsh,
Oeneral Ch t hrlstmns Cheer
Fuad.
Officer Sli'sls Overcoat.
Washington. Jan. 3.?Second Lieut.
Claries W. Ferguson, quartermaate
eorp?. national army, attached to tb
Elshty-second division at ( imp <'?<<
den. Atlanta. has been dismissed
from the service and sentenced t<> Ihe
penitentiary for it year for the thefl
of an evereeal fellow ofltoer?
London. Jan. 3. -Hostile raiding
parties ware repulsed lean night south
and southwest of Ui Baasee, leaving I
tew prisoners in our hands." the wat
office reports.
NEED MILLIONS OF MEN.
UNITED STATUS PLEDGED TO
si XD GKKAT ARMY TO
FR ANC I ',.
Allied War CYmneil Mgsfe Plans for
Unification of All Forces and Rc
wunn Military. Naval and In?
dustrial to Win the War.
Washington, Jan. 2.?An engage?
ment by the United State? to send a
great army against the Germans in
time to offset the defection of Rus?
sia was disclosed today through the
publication by Secretary Lansing of a
review of the work of the American
mission which recently participated
in the Intcr-nllled war conference at
Paris.
American fighting men are to cross
the Atlantic as rapidly as they can be
mustered and trained. France and
GfffJUt Britain on their part undertake
not only to join in providing ships to
carry them but tee that any deficien?
cies in arms and equipment are made
up on the other Hide.
This was one of the great decisions
reached at the conference through
which the cobelligerertts planned to
pool their fighting resources and
move as a unit toward driving the
Oi mans and their allies out of con?
quered territory and crushing the
Teutonic world dominating scheint.
There is to be coordinated effort not
Ollly In fighting on land and sea, but
in production at home and in the vast
shipbuilding projects upon which de?
pends the vital problem of maintain?
ing uninterrupted transportation in
spite of submarines.
Even before Colonel House and his
associates of the American mission
reached home the machinery to
again to speed up wir preparations
here had been set In /notion. In to?
day's announcement is- seen the ex
I 1;:nation of the reorganization of war
department control embraced in the
formation of the new war council of
genera) officers, of renewed efforts to
speed up the shipping hoard mer?
chant building program and possibly
of the decision of the administration
to take over all th.? nation's railroads
without waiting for action by con?
gress. Other indications of the new
pressure applied since the House
mission returned ore manifest about
the navy and war department but
most of the things being done can
not be. discussed publicly for the
military reasons.
It can he stated c.uthorltatively.
however, that definite steps to make
good the pledges given to the allied
leaders by Colonel House have already
been taken. '
The first recommendation of the
mission is for "entire military, naval
and economic unity of action between
the powers opposed to Germany."
That is regarded as having been ac?
complished.
The summary of the military con?
ferences attended by General Bliss
?hows that an agreement to "pool re?
sources for tho mutual advantages of
all" was entered Into. There follows
this significant statement:
"The contribution of the United
States to this pooling arrangement
was agreed upon. The contributions
likewise of the countries associated
with the United States were deter?
mined. This pooling arrangement
guarantees that full equipment would
be available to the United States in
Itlt."
Looking beyond 1918 the United
States will have no need to seek mil?
itary equipment of any kind away
from home. The third recommenda?
tion of the mission to which the coun?
try is committed Is for extension of
the American shipping program.
Cnder a resolution adopted by tho
inter-allied conference a unified use of
ship i.milage was agreed upon which
would permit "the liberating of the
greatest amount ol tonnage possible
for the transportation of American
troops," a policy to govern the use
or neutral tonnage was agreed upon.
Even M the nature of this agree
I n nt whleh has bound all the re
"ourres of more than half the world
Into one force to go foal Germany was
04 irn; published definite action ' to?
wn I making it good was In progress
!so in Paris. Assistant Secretary
Crosby of the trea-sury department,
who remained in Europe as president
of the Silted council, met there today
with the financial representatives of
th" other power? to discuss question!
of credit.
The derision to lo-ep American
troops moving to Europe in a stead'
stream marks another advance in th*
k< >\ei nment's war plans. Originally if
n is proponed to use all available ton
f.>r the transportation of eup?
piles and munitions and to send n<
Hers until they had been given I
year s training. This win Ohang*
wheg Marshal JesTre came to th?
Fl ud States with WOrd that Franc?
wanted a1 onci any number of Amer
leans Who OOUld come to put the Star:
and stripes on the firing line nn<
hearten the French soldiers. wearlo?
by their long battle against the in
v, i d?? r.
The following statement by the de
partment of state, was made public in
oonnectlon with the recommenda?
tions:
"A review of the report filed with
the department of state by Colonel
Ilout>e, the head of the special war
?nission which visited Great Britain
and France in November, shows that
it succeeded in its purpose of reach?
ing a definite working plan for the
prosecution of the war through co?
operation of the governments repre?
sented at the conferences held in Par?
is in the various fields of activity and
through marshalling the resources of
the nations at war with the central
powers- and coordinating their uses
under a common authority thus avoid?
ing the waste and uncertainties that
urise from independent action.
"The results of the conferences, as
shown in the report, are most grati?
fying to this government, first be?
cause they indicate that the confer?
ees were inspired by the desire to be
mutually helpful, and second, be?
cause the agreements, which were
reached, when in full operation, will
greatly Increase the effectiveness of
the efforts now being put forth by
the United States and the allies in
tho conllict against Germany and
Austria-Hungary.
"A summary of the results accom?
plished at their conferences and of
the recommendations made by the
American mission will indicate the
value of the work done and the prac?
tical methods which were considered
by the conferences and which are
recommended in the report."
The "summary of results accom?
plished" is divided under diplomatic,
naval, military, finance, shipping, war
trade, war industries and food.
MESSAGE BY 1IINDKNBURG.
Says Germany Will Gain Victory This
Year.
Amsterdam. Jan. 7.?In a telegram
to Gen. von Holtzendorff, head of the
German naval general staff, as for?
warded from Berlin, Field Marshal
von Hlndenburg declares the cap?
ture of Oesel and Dago Islands, off
the Russia Baltic, brought the Ger?
man army and navy still closer to?
gether. The German submarines
the field marshal says, have given
considerable relief the action of the
western front. The message con?
tinues:
"Hand in hand, with God's help, we
shall gain victory in the coming
year."
Admiral von Holtzendorff replied,
thanking the field marshal for his
words, which "will spur us to our ut?
termost effort."
1'lsgah News and Views.
Pisgah, Jan. 2.?It still snows. Not
since January 12th, 1886, have we
had Buch cold. The ground froze then
12 inches deep, and mill ponds and
streams froze solid. If the small
grain can pass through this and live, j
It will do more than it did last yea*".
To lose this year will be a blow to tin
farmers that they would feel.
Christmas and New Year passed oh
quietly. Not a gun was heard, no
drunkenness was seen, everybody was
quiet and mostly stayed at home. We
have no needy ones to require aid.
although we have a number of lazy
people, who feel themselves too goad j
to work. Another year of war wdl j
bring them to their proper level. Li
bor is very scarce and high and a
number of people who have always
depended on hiring will have to hin
themselves \t they get anything dorn .
Our gr^ii>rTathers and mothers made
this country what it is and they wer.
just as good as the people of today.
The writer could never see that it ia
a disgrace to plow, hoe, or pick cot?
ton, yet a number of people believo
that it is beneath a gentleman or
lady to do that. I say this because
it is practiced year In and year out.
Anything to avoid manual labor. The
war hai demoralized things in gen
[ oral. Now since Russia has left
I thOSS She commenced to light with it
is going to put the ending cf this war
on this country, a burden that will
tagger the people to bear, for it now
looks as if we are going to have
many years of conflict before the dawn
of peace. Many years of suffering, j
heart-aches and loss of manhood.
Jackson said only by experience could
people know what war Is.
Miss Annie McMillan, the teacher
I Of the Pisgah school, is spending th
holidays at her home in Columbia.
Miss Carrie Baker, who is attend?
ing the graded school in Sumter, is
home for the holidays.
Miss Annell Klmore spent Christ?
mas week with relatives at St. Charles
She returned Saturday, accompanied
by her cousins. Misses Vera and ElOSlo
BlntOrO. They are very pleasant
young ladies.
Mrs. <;. w. Blmore and daughters
Misses Annell and Lois, got many blue
ribbons and cash premiums for their
( Xhlbttg at the State and Lee county
i fairs.
The writer has read Billy Sunday 1
I life and sermons. It Is fine. He fits In
the religious world as Washington dl 1
in the revolutionary war, and Lincoln
' did In the < JlVll War.
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Members Added to Roll In Cbrlet nuts
Drive for Increased Membership.
Mrs, J. M. Causley, Carlisle Booth,
I
Maxwell Booth, Mar:. Adda Booth, I
R. B. Spann. <;. T. Brooks, W. J.
Jones, Mis. J. J>. Graham, Mrs. Tims.
R. Melntosh, Geb. M. Foxworth, Mrs.
Geo. M. Foxworth, Mrs. Catherine
Young, Robert Lamar Butt, Jr.. Mrs.
L. L. Hunter, Miss Edith William-!
son, 11. <\ Kolb, Mrs. F. E. Holladay,
Misses Mary and Elizabeth White,
Baby Emma Baker Anderson, R. L?.
Burkette, Mrs. R. L. Burkette, Chas.
Shaw, Joel Davis, Master Linwood
Davis, Jas. A. Ard, Jno. H. Archer,
Mrs. Chas. Btanstlt. Mrs. F. A. Lynarn,
J. A. Middleton, Mrsv Ralph Loyns,
Mrs. J. A. Middleton, T. Scott DuBose.
Sr., Fritz M. Behre, Miss Minnie
Moore Mrs. W. D. Pitts, Mrs. D. M.
Campbell, itly Wilson, J. D. Strother,
( has Lb Williamson, Mrs. Peter Pitts,
M. J. Moore, Dr. Milton Weinberg,
Mrs. W. A Weathers, J. S. Cain, Mrs.
Rosa Jenkins; Baby Catherine Rivers,
Mrs. H. L. Ttadale, Charlie Lewis
(colored), Marion Andrews (colored),
Master lriving Shaw, Master Wm.
Shaw, Mrs. W. J. Shaw, Miss Cath?
erine Warren, Mrs. J. A. Warren, W.
T. Hall, Mrs. Annie F. Nelson, G. A.
McKinney, Mrs. S. Marion Mathers,
Mrs. Sarah M. Drown, E. B. Muldrow,
August Schilling. Mrs. S. R. Abbott,
Miss Bailie Rembert, Baby Louise
China, Mrs. W. A. Thompson, Miss
Clare Hoyt, W. A. Thompson, Jr.,
Baby Sarah Louise Hearon, J. C.
Gainoy, Mrs. J. C. Gainey, J. H. Darr,
J. M. Brogdon, Graham Bowman,
Mr. A. B. Morrill. F. M. Coulter, J.
A. McDaniel, S. M. Pringle, L. E.
Windham, S. D. Richardson, D. S.
McEaehern, W. B. Seegars, Jr., Miss;
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noff, Melvin Batchellor, Perry Phelps.
s. l. Krasnoff, J. D. Rawl, E. o.
Limmer, M. Graves. Sybil Brunson,
Otto Du Rant, W. E. Brunson, T. B.
Edwards, Harvin DesChamps, De
ward Bultman, Mrs. W. B. Lynam, H.
A. Taylor, Leslie McNeal, Mrs. Nora
Brown, Miss Lucy Skinner, Miss An?
nie Baker, Mrs. J. L. Ward, Miss Ma?
bel Myers, Miss Alma King, Mrs. O.
E. Bostick, Mrs. S. E. Rickenbaker,
J. H. Strong, C, M. Brand, John
Clack, II. R. Love, M. L London, R.
d Rose. D. L. Pierce, Mrs. J. D.
Wilson, II. W. Crowson. Alice Stubbs,
Thornton Weinberg, Eugene DuRant,
Jr.. Virginia DuRant, Evalino Loyns
Mrs. B. C. Wallace, Jr., Mrs. A. 3
Holmes. M. C. Jones. Mrs. A. J
Jerry M?lmes, Miss Ruth Hussey,
Et. M. Warren, Jimmie Paus, J. G.
Hoover, W. A. Wood, W. O. Staley,
? w. L. Boaaard, Mrs. P. P. King, Miss
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Hugh Brown, Dr. B. P. DuRant, Mrs.
E. r. DuRant Baby Louise DuRant,
?loan Shaw, Oaither Shaw, Mrs. J.
W. Power, J. \V. Power, Miss Nettie
Btoudemlre, J. T. Bright well, Jr.,
Elizabeth Bright well, C. M. Chandler,
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D. Lemmon,- Mrs. Alice Lenolr, Mrs.
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Brunson, J. C. Dunbar, H. B. Frazer,
H. B. Galloway, P. H. Kolb, D. T.
Tyner, Miss Alice Tisdale, Miss Doro?
thy DUttOn, Mrs. Wm. Mills, Miss M.
C. Craham, Mrs. S. P. Stoudemire,
Mrs. Tyree, Miss Marion Gentry. Mrs.
J. B. Gordon, T. D. Forbes, ES. Murr
Hall, Mrs M. A. Williams, Mrs. R. A.
Burgess Mrs. 1>. 1?. Shuler, Mrs. X. C.
Stokes, Miss Martha Sutherland, Mrs.
Walter Clark, Master Earle Weather
ly, Mrs. VV. M. Barfield, J. X. Ca Id well.
Priscilla Shaw, L. S Colcolugh A. A.
Davis, S. J. Blackwell, M! B. Jackson,
B. A. Keels, L. Jackson, W. J. I^aw
rence, Jr., J. X. Edwards, T. A. Caus?
er, L. L. Shaw, J. M. Causley. Mis
Harriett Strother, Edward F. Stroth?
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G. Fox, E. E. Rembert, D. V. Keels,
Murray Xelson, L. Alpert, S. S. Brun?
son, Mrs. J. J. Epperson, KT, P. Ray,
R. D. Allen, Hon. T. B. Fraser, Hor?
ace Harby, Jr., Donovan Harby, Esth- j
er Dick Miss M. I. Colelough, M. W.
Forner, W. D. McClam, Mrs. Lee
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H. Sholar, Mrs. W. W. Sibert, Thos.
H. Blddall, Jr., Mrs. Fannie Simp-'
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Nathan Averbuck Mrs. Alyex AVer
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Andrews, M. W. Seabrook, Ilenty
Ross, B. D. Groom. Jack Rowland. L.
:K. Jackson. R. L. Geddings, T. M.
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Johnson, Mrs. Charlie Lemmon, MiSS
Annie Lyde, Elizabeth Womble. L. E.
Wood, Mrs. J. F. Workman, J. F.
Workman, C. L. Ray, Sr.. Mrs. S. B.
Mitchell, Silas Mellette, Emma Mel
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H. W. Harby, Miss Lilian Fort, Dr.
J. H. Haynsworth, S. D. Cain, Mrs. S.
D. Cain. D. G. Cain, Ernest W. Wilson,,
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woith, Jr., Perry B. Haynsworth, Jr.,
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Frances Moody, ( harles Jackson, Em?
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Stelzner, Miss Ma y Smith, E. .Boney,
Mrs. E. Boney, I -msby Blanding, A.
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Bill Costin, Miss ennie Barrett, Mis.
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Lesesne, D. J. Braihara, C. M. Witn
erspoon, L. B. Hyatt, F. R. Bradford,
T R. Minis, Jule- Pack, J. Perry
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h. G. Stom. LoRoy Wells, Wade Al?
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S?MTKR COrfON MAHKKT.
P. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected daily s: 12 o'clock Noon )
Good Middling :0 5-8.
Strict Middling ,10 3-8.
Middling 30 1-8.
Strict Low Mide ing 29 6-8.
Low Middling 29.
NRW YORK OCTTON MARKET
Ugsst IH?Sj Low CTltoe CS ose
Tcsfdys
Jan . . .31.47 31.75 31.32 31.32 31.44
Mch . . io.91 31.21 30.85 30.85 30,87
May . .30.60 30.9.! 80.49 30.49 30.66
July . . 30.37 It.M 30.14 30.14 80.22
Spots. 32.70.
Bennington, Vt., Jan. 3.?Mrs. An?
nie Sherwood Hav ks, the author of
many famous Gospel Hymns, includ?
ing, "I Need Thee Every Hour," died
?MsW4ssVni,hgrtf Js^lsWssii Ms**, i m,
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i
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Don't miss this opportunity, it will be
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