Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tt( i I GEES FROM PARIS. People Uli?) Have lleeu Curing for Fugitives I nnn Nortlicrn France Now Seek Safety lu Southern France. i ? Paris. April 2?.?Many Parisians, after harboring refugees from north? ern France for three and a-half years, have become refugees themselves, go many of then) have tied to the sun? ny south that most of the resorts are reported full to overtlowlng. This exo? dus Is attributed to the airraids but it is by no means an indication that Parisians have been terrorized by the Gothas. The circumstances connect? ed with the casualty lists show that the victims were not frightened enough, many deaths resulting from rash Imprudence. The average citizen is so proud of the share he takes in the general dan? ger in these raids that he regards the fugitives to the south as deserters in the face of the enemy. Thus has been opened a debate as to the propriety of people of means abandoning the city. The majority agree with the philoso? pher, Emlle Boutroux, who holds that the rich especially are In duty bound to stick to their posts as an example to those who are unable to lsave. I,FTTF.lt FROM FRANCE. I .lent Joseph R. Edwards, R. M. C, Writes to Ills Mother. The following letter from Iaeut. Jos. R. Edwards, now in service in France, Bives vividly the point of view and the Spirit of the American soldiers who sre lighting for humanity shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers of France and Knglund. laeut Kdwards is from Ridge Springs. 8. C. and Is a brother of Mrs. Jamie Cutting of this city: U. 8. A. P. O. 716. Somewhere in France, April 7th. 1918. M) Dear Mama: Your letters of February 19th and 21st just received, and :'rom the tone of them I fear you are a little blue. Now please get the Idea out of your system that we are heroes by getting into this war. We certainly are not. To kill a snake does not make a hero, und Cod knows that is nil we are doing, when we polish a bayonet on the Insides of Frits I say this with due apologies to tt e snake, please understand. 1 lung for the time for one big blow to be made that the Kaiser will realise was from the I'. S. A. 1 hate do hu? man being, but they are not human. I don't know how our people in the States look at It. but I feel sure every man In the army wau proud when (Jen. Pershlng told (Jen. Foch: "Take me and my men and all 1 have an I will have and use us as you see lit." You wonder at the bravery of the French perhaps. I do not. As I go about my duty oftlmes over roads Na? poleon has been, and those perhaps Josephine's footprints have made sacred; the lands where Caesar's msrk Is still visible; the land whose history Joan of Arc has made sac? red as each road and chateau has it> own peculiar story of bravery. I no longer wonder at France's heroism She could not be otherwise. Can the bravest of the brave beget cowards? No, you no longer wonder when you have been here and know them. The spirits of Napoleon and Joan of Ar~ still lead on and guide this people in the right, and the men who gars their all at Verdun taught the world a new lesson In bravery. I pray Ood that America may realize the glory of the privilege of? fered her to save the world. Each soldier, regardless of poli? ties, for there is no m h thing in the army, is proud of President Wilson and realizes full well his wonderru! grasp of the situation. Each man here echoes the desire, and we won't be back till its over, over there." \\ e ii ?? proud that we are here, ami looking unto Cod as our guide, we an prepared to cheerfully w.oie Uirotigti hell to restore right. Just n-c, htimanlt) and mercy. I am well. rcasonahlx happy and doing m\ part It tlM best of my ability. Your de\ ote.l ion. josep'i it. Edwarde 1st Lieut. M. It. C, France f I when bim- isod Realm II, t n (.l.tsil M?ll* hi ii,|)|\ . Seventeen Standard Steamer* Turned Out This Year. London. April 29.?An omcil an? nouncement slates that 17 Staff lord ships have b#?en completed In OrOOt Britain, of which one BOS SI read) been lost. Seventy-seven ships daw Red b submarine^ wen? andOT repair in Drtl i?h nhlpyiirda on March 1. ami live more were awaiting repair faellltes Montreal. April _"? Suniuel (losnp t '* pi-eneN-nl of the Alto-ie <n Pedei ation of Ijiibor. was taken BUddenl) ill whito sddreentng s mean ?.tine of labor representatives here tonight. CAMP JACKSON Y. M. C. A. Letter of I hanks to Sum let* County People for Entertaining Soldiers. Camp Jackson, April 28.?There are so many friends of the Y. M. C. A. in Sumter that I shall have to ask you to allow me to use your widely read columns to thank them, for I really have not time to write so many per? sonal letters. In the lirst place, 1 want to thynk the Brick Church commun? ity for entertaining the boys two weeks ago and again last week, and the same thanks are likewise due to the town of Sumter. If you could have have seen the boys when they return? ed from the trip and heard their many expressions of gratitude, it would be entirely unnecessary for me to say a word. . i This week the good people of VVedgefleld asked for 18 ana o >mter for two. We were so anxious to get the full quota that we asked a num? ber of boys, and they were to report by a certain hour the Y, but as they did not, we went to one of the captains and asked him to give passes to some of his boys that they might accept our invitation, which he did at once. When we went to the station to get their tickets, we found that in? stead of the twenty for whom we had invitations, we had 27. Each boy be? gan wondering If he had to be sent hack to camp, gnd seemed so disap? pointed, that we had not the heart to send any of them back, hut sent them on to Wedgefleld and Sumter. Then we telephoned one of the hosts at Wedgefleld and told him what we had done. He seemed rather glad than otherwise, and we had no fears for those boys who went to Sumter with? out an Invitation and we await their reports tomorrow without any trepi? dation. A host in Wedgefleld prom? ised to phone the news of the inun? dation on to those In Sumter. Sever? al times we have had to disappoint the hostess because all the boys ask ?d could not come; but we feel that we are getting the plan better system itized and no one need fear for thH reason to send an invitation. If there is any one or any com? munity that would like to entertain soldiers, if they will send me theii names I shall he most happy to send them some soldiers. I want to thank the teachers and pupils of Sumter and Wedgefleld and the C. E.'s of Salem, Mayesville and .'umter for the beautiful flowers sent to the boys of the Base Hospital. The scrap-books and the Afghan wert most welcome, and I will take them to the Base Hospital. Please makt some more of them. Words can not thank you for the big box of jellies which came through Miss Elizabeth White. They will speed some sick lads to health and strength. I have just come from the receiv? ing station where I saw six hundred hoys from Tennessee and as many norc from Florida detrain. They were such a tired, lonesome looking bunch, so different from our soldiers. It was a wonder to think how I'ncle Sam could make them in so short a time so fit. I was talking to the boy. I'rom Florida and It struck me it would be so nice if the Red Cross or the V. M. C. A. would meet them at some of the stations and serve them sand? wiches nnd hot coffee as they passed through. I know it would be appre? ciated. Please send me some plants for the bOtfl around the Y. If, C. A. build mg. Ours have been prepared for a month, ;ust waiting for the plants All the other buildings have theirs M>t out end growing. Please direct all my mail to 13f? V. M C. A. building as I know that lOme thlrlgO sent me hOVi never been ? eoetved, You i s truly, Mrs. ii w. Beeil. HOLLAND YIELD* to HUNS. Mej TeoiMOjOQi Hood ami f3 ravel in Limited Qaaotttlee. Londor. April Holland hai yielded to Oermany'i deittandi con* trnlOg transport aod thi supply el -<;iiid and icravel. although it is un ? iM.d thai Ihe amount <>i sand and travel erlll be limited instead oi* un Imlted, gccordlni lo ? dispatch from no- HOfftic ?<? The Daily Mall, dated Mind.iy It is added that b general understanding will be required from lermanv that the sand and gravel will not re used for military purpos? es. Rumors are current in the Dutch rapltal, the dispatch adds, thai Dr lohn LOUdOn, minister Of foreign af? fairs, will resign. These, it is said ,ue hosed on the supposition that he COUld not rets 111 Office now that hi undertake k respecting the grave] mini ia> revoke i Washington, April |0.??Dr. Carlo? Marie Depeno, minister from rru ii i\ rlta at a hospital here today lie h.is beon minister here since 1911, WAGES IN GERMANY. salaries Have Increased Fifty Per Cent?Li vmg Expenses Three Hundred. Washington, April 29.?Increases in wages paid in Germany have utterly failed to keep pace with the increas? ed cost of living says the April bul? letin of the Department of Labor. The average increase in wages has been 50 per cent, while the living cost has gone up 300 per cent. The greatest increase in wages has been received by Prussian metal workers who are now getting 69 per cent, more than they formerly received. In? creases as low as 16 per cent, have been reported and some women are still being paid less than $2.50 per week. * ' The purchasing power of money has dropped one-fourth its valae before the war according to the bulletin. German workingmen, it says, are be? ing underfed. One egg per week is their allowance. Gleomargarine is limited to an ounce and a half for a family of four. Sugar is more plentiful, the fam? ily allowance being one and one-half pounds. Coffee is practically unob? tainable. Potatoes are the heaviest item in the ordinary diet. DISLOYAL PERSONS MUST BE RE? PORTED. GOT. Manning Issues Proclamation Urging Citizens to Do Tlieir Part. - Columbia, April 29.?Members of the State and county councils of de rense are adjured in a proclamation issued today by Gov. Manning to re? port all suspected cases of espionage, sedition, traitorous conduct and deser? tion from the army and the navy to the chairman or the secretaiy at the office of the State council in Colum? bia. Every such case reported will be thoroughly investigated by the agents of the United States secret service, and when they are true the suspected ; persons will'be prosecuted. The proclamation of Governor Man? ning is one of the incidents In the general drive to bring disloya persons in this country to justice. There has been a general awakening in South Carolina and the people will not coun? tenance anything that smacks of se? dition, disloyalty or treason. The trou? ble heretofore has been that people have not known where to report dis? loyal acts and utterances, but: on the face of the governor's proclamation that difficulty has been obviated. The council of defense suggests that when there is an apparent act or word of disloyalty the suspected person be re? ported to the chairman of the county council of defense in which it. occurs. This chairman then can investigate and. if the case appears to be authen? ticated from the facts, he can notify the Columbia office, which will turn the matter over to the federal author? ities. Text of Proclamation. The following is the text of the proclamation: "In order that the laws of the State and nation against espionage, sedition traitorous conduct and desertion from the Army and Navy of United States may be more thoroughly and promptly enforced, and in order that the people of Souh Carolina may know that In every locality there are agents of the government whose duty it is to take cognizance of, and promptly report all violations of law affecting the nation? al security; "Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Man? ning, governor of South Carolina, do hereby especially charge all members of the South Carolina Council of De? fense, all county chairmen and all members of the County Councils of the State, to take cognizance especfal ly of the above mentioned offenses against the State and Federal laws, reporting same to the chairman or Secretary of the State Council of De? fuse at their Office In Columbia. In testimony whereof, I have here? unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the i * ate to be affixed at Columbia, this 29th day of April in the year of our Lord. 19IS, and in the 143d year tf the Independence of the United States of America. ship BUILDERS respond. Washington. April 29,?American ship builders have responded to the Shipping Board's urgent demand foi speed In production. In the week end? ing today they launched 11.10", t ins making a total of 1,405,000 tan* launched since the building program ro1 under way. Nearly 50,000 ; >n^ of completed ships wore deli vi red during the week, Washington, April 50, -Contracts have been lei for the manufacture of three and a half million pairs ol me tnlflc fastened field sines for over? seas use. at an average price pet pair of 17.75 ami two million pairs of Mehl I.welt shoes at $6.50 a pair, WAR HELPS ARGENTINA. I inaneial and Economic Conditions Strengthened by Wur Situation. Buenos Aires, April 29.?Argentina's) financial and economic condition ap? parently is being strengthened as the war drags on. The republic recently signed a convention for financing the sale of several million tons of cereals to the Entente Allies, which really amounted to a huge loan, and there have been no other events in financial circles which show that Argentine credit abroad and confidence at home are progressing hand in hand. The fact that is being most widely commented upon by the Argentine newspapers is that confidence at home has become so strong that stocks of the National Mortgage Bank, known as "credulas hipotecarias" are being quoted at par for the first time in their history. These credulas are look? ed upon in financial circles as baro? meters of the nation's condition, for they are shares in a bank which is backed by the government and they fluctuate with the improvement or weakening of government credit. Usually they are quoted around 94 to 96 and they have never gone to par even during the boom seasons when everything else was being sought by investors. Now there is an animated compe? tition on the Stock Exchange for these credulas and large blocks of them are changing hands daily, which the newspapers take as an indication that the public's confi? dence in the Irigoyen government has become so strengthened that it, at last, is willing to invest in govern? ment shares the lxrge surplus of mon? ey which has been lying idle in sav? ings banks ever since the war began. Cut Out Useless Work;. We all know, in a general way, that some men are engaged in nonessential work in every town in the country In Athens, Ga., a census was taken tc find out the exact wastage of muscle that could be turned to war work. It was found, according to conservative reports, that the non-essential house servants alone, in that town of 20.00C people, could furnish the labor foi cultivating enough land to produce at a moderate yield 75,000 bushels ol corn. There is only one test to apply tc ariy human effort today for the de? termination of its value- -and that is 'Does it help win the war?" Usually within a few hours' ride of towns where men are engaged in work that is utterly useless from o war-winning standpoint there are farmers seeking laborers to produce crops?crops that will help win the war- crops without which we cannot win the war! In every town local public senti? ment can cause these nor-esential workers to go to farms and help win the war! Do you suppose Hindenburg is los? ing sleep over the surplus servants in Athens, Ga.? Do you suppose the \aiser worries because a town of 20,000 keeps enough useless house help to produce 75,000 bushels of corn?IP they were on farms? But ?vhen Athens, Ga., actually has 75, )00 additional bushels of corn to show for the work of the useless servants?when every town in this country has taken husky men from such jobs as running elevators, itandlng in liveried glory in front of aotel doors, checking grips, waiting on tables in hotels and restaurants, iriving taxicabs and doing a score of ihings women can do or the public an do without or individuals do for themselves?then the blasphemous braggart Of llerlin and his companion butchers Will And in Athens, Ga., something fearful and foreboding? ?something to give them the dread that comes to all beasts when they ?;ense the real arousing of a superior foe. Our town is Athens, Ga. Every town is Athens, Ga. That particular place is named here merely for the sake of illustration, because it hap? pens that Georgia extension workers took a careful survey there and the figures are available as substantia? tion of general statements applicable o practically all towns in the coun? try. You know we can't win the war without food; you know food can't he produced without farm labor. As long as our town continues to employ men In non-essential work while farmers In the county need help, you haven't gone to war! You may buy Liberty Bonds and give to Ihe Red Cross, but you arc not at war when farmers seek help and you continue husky men in needless work. Your windows may fly proud service Hags, hut you are contributing to the linn's effort to crown with sombre crepe those brave banners, After the survey. Athens. Ga., was risked these questions: "Have you a l>ny in camp or fight? ing in Prance? lie is washing his own clothes, perhaps, doing his own j ning the elevators most satisfactorily, dressing, cleaning up his own place | Eighteen males who make their living; of abode and working many hours per day in the midst of danger, lie is doing these things without useless servants. Are you better than your shining shoes were listed as non-es? sential workers upon the theory that neatly polished shoes in Athens, Ga.. do not hvlp the American army break boy? Do you want him to do your j through to Berlin, whereas these lighting, and be his own servant, and eighteen strong men at work in the at the same time go hungry, because j fields to produce food will help us to your surplus servants were not sent to farms to grow food for him?" You must answer that. Our town must answer it. Apply the acid test: Is this work of war value; can the man now doing this non-essential work do valuable work on a farm? On that basis. Athens. Ga., found between 300 and win?the Athenians shining their own shoes the while if necessary! And so the survey continued through various classifications?use? less delivcrymen, soft drink dispens? ers, surplus servants. And farmers not far away desirous of labor to produce war crops? % Will our town do as Athens, Ga., declared it would?turn non-essential BOO men uselessly employed in a town1, * rt? ?nn -r, , xi i town workers to an activity that will of 20,000. For example, the survey i ? ,. - . ... really amount to something in this shows forty licensed chauffeurs, with * . . .'? war??Greenville Piedmont. the conclusion that thirty-five are non-essential. Women could take ?????? their places or owners could drive j New York, April 29.?There are their own cars. These men handling 11 107,000 women employed in the farm tractors would be really help-1 Prussian railroad service. The Prus ing to win the war. Eight men were running elevators, all of farm quali? fications and all listed as non-essen? tial, because In another office build? ing in Athens girls are already run- could do. sian Rai. road minister, von Breiten? bach in so announcing in the Prus? sian House of Deputies, said it was astonishing to see what the women TVV tTtTttTTTTttTtTTTTT" BOOTH & McLEOD SAY: Buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps ...ITIRST... ? Send us an order next, and first, last and all the time X ??Swat the Kaiser" <*->?? ????4 M 4 H+Og+440 AN EASY WAY TO PAY FOR YOUR LIBERTY BONDS CALL AT YOUR BANK, GIVE IT A CHECK FOR m OF YOUR SUB? SCRIPTION AND A NOTE FOft THE BALANCE. YOUR BANK DOES THE REST. DO IT TO-DAY. Ihe National Bankof South Carolina CG. ROWLAND, President. F. E. HINNAN r. Cashier. !" T-HL Thrift Stamps. The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. ???????^??????^??????????????'?????4 MIHI Hf, * LIBERTY OR "KULTUR"? The most miserable people in America today are those who were presented with the iron cross a couple of years ago and those who WONT Buy Liberty Bonds. At heart both arc German and un-American. "KUI/TCR*1 cut the tongues out of grandfathers and grandmoth? ers who refused to betray their Belgian fighting sons to Germany. "Kri/rVK" turned over to German soldiers the daughters of the people who were only defending- their homes aiul country. "KlM l K" sent the male DOTH of these daughters to Germany to grow up as German soldiers for wars of the future. "KULTUR" bound the bands and feet of .alhers and husbands and then buried them in ci ir, leaving their heads only above ground, so that tlieir eyes could witness the outraging by German soldiers of (heir wives and daughters. * "Kl'l/rrB" outraged Serbian womanhood and theiT'drove the poor ruined creatures Into the hills to starve to death. ??Kl I.Tl ll" has in lids wa> murdered a mlMosTdefenceless wo? men and children, ? Kl LTl K" sank the Taisitania with OfJB women and children on board. ??Kl I.Tl It" planned tba same ?'lesson" for America. Liberty Bonds Bought NOW .j. will save you?your children?your home from "Kl'LTl'lL" + J. P. BOOTH, President. W. J. CR0WS0N, JR., Cashier. -M--Ii*