The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 11, 1918, Image 3
On. SOLDIF.lt til'FSTS.
Interesting Letter From Camp Jack?
son "Y."
Editor The Item:
The boys who came from Wedge
field on their week-end outing were
delighted with their trip. They still
speak daily of what a fine time they
had. And the hostesses seemed "per?
fectly delighted" with them and
thought they were u set of selected
boys whereas there was no selection at
all, but they were tuken as they came.
This seems to me the best refutation
of all charges that can be made
against t'ncle Sam's army.
? My object In writing this letter is to
try to Induce other communities to
throw open their doors to the soldiers
here. I And that the officers with
whom I have conferred on the sub?
ject are, to a man, very heartily in
favor of the plan and regard it as
the best yet devised to sustain the
morale of the army. Some of them
have anld that they proposed to use
tho week-end trip an a reward of
merit and allow those to go who ha\?
proved that they deserve the trip. And
I find that it Is proving of no le?s val?
ue to the communities \ islted than it
Is to the hoys. Their visit awakens
the love of mothers and fathers for
the glorious boys who are going by
the thousands to the front to lay down
their lives for their homes, and makes
such parents prouder of their own
bars. If they have any In the army
and sorry If they have not. It is
thus a great begetter of patriotism
and destroyer of all lurking German
Ism. It welds closer together the
homes and those who are lighting for
the homes.
? Can not such communities as Oswe
go. Dalsen. Prlvaleer, St. Charles.
Btshopville, Hartsvllle, Lynchburg
and Florence open their doors and
get and give some of these blessings?
It Is worth a great deal to the boys
to sleep once more "between sheets
and hear the rooster crow In place of
the reveille at 6 A. M. und it costs the
communities less to confer these
pleasures than It costs the boys te
come after them.
Let us give them to those who ar<
so willing to receive them. As I
write this afternoon I am thinking ot
how much Mayesvllle and Salem an
enjoying the entertainment of the
twenty-odd fellows whom we were
able to send them yesterday. I know
they will be royally entertained. Ami
I feel that It will be another cast
where It Is more blessed to give than
to receive. I have Just said good
hye to one dear boy who Is going s<
Joyously to the front. He was telllm
me with so much pride about his
eQUlpment.
The personnel of our Y has changed
almost entirely since I came. Pur re?
ligious secretary has been sent to a
more Important position at the audi
orlum. '>ur business secretary has
Joined the army, our social secretary
K>" is. and our building sec?
retary becomes religmm .em-taiy ai
.mother Y. So we are tho only ones
bat are left, and any day "our
change" may come. So If there is
anything you wish to do for this Y. do
it ?nilckly The army, like time and
tide, waits for no man.
Next Sunday is mother's dav and
our Y is going to observ, it Please
send me some red and some white
roaes so that the boys may wear them
?hiring service in honor of the las'
mother in the world.
Mrs. H. W. He ill.
FILLING ntOIM II1NS.
American Itcd Gross Mission to Itou
mnnia liarHy I -coped
idam May 7 In the event
nil flight from i Roumanian cup
it.'I the Amen? .in lied Gross mission
to Iloum inla which now has arrived
In Ijondon. escaped from Odessa 3H
hours before the Germans entered the
city only to be fired on by a Get man
battery In t'kraine. No damage was
done to the Hod Cross train.
I iiion Hacks Manning.
Cnion. May ?.?The county Demo?
cratic convent on met here today,
Macbeth Yotim; being SlOCtOd shell
man and W. W Colton secretary. Tb
delegates to go to the State conven
tlon were Instructed to uphold Presi
dent Wilson In his every action. A
resolution was passed commending
(lov. Manning for his fathfulness and
lo>alty. The delegates are Macbeth
Young. W W Johnson. G. A JStOr,
H T Hames. John Little, .1 i: I
Lancaster. The meeting was QVjIel
und passed off without g hitch.
dap vhlp MUsing.
Tokio. May I.?The fate of the
Japaneae steamer Saigon Mud of ?">.
4*0 tons, owned by the Harid?
?te.imnhlp company of Osaka which
was reported as missing for sometime,
lemaln?. i mvsferv. She i? l.-l.evea
I ? have ben sunk bv an em m.v wai
ship or SWOPS OF lOQ, The nlr:.r 07OI
last heard from at Saigon in JonOOrj
lost, when she sailed from that port
on bet wiv to Marseilles. HolOg cfen
tared by the French government.
t AI I I 'D 11Y SINGLE VOTE.
senate Defeats Motion to Consider
Woman Suffrage.
Washington, May 6.?By a margin
of one vote a motion proposing that
the senate consider the house woman
suffrage resolution for umondment to
the constitution next Friday was de?
feated In the senate today. The vote
was 4 0 to 21, just one less than the
necessary two-thirds.
Although the motion to make the
resolution a special order of senate
business next Friday was lost, its con?
sideration at that time virtually Is cer?
tain. When Senator Jones renews his
motion Friday to proceed with the
house resolution only a majority vote
will be required to begin debate, the
two-thirds rule, which was enforced
today .npplying only to motions made
In advance of the day proposed for
debate.
Confidence of the resolution's sup?
porters of favorable final action was
indicated in the effort for a Tote this
?eck. They have stated that a vote
would not be sought until the nOOOf
I i pledges . or two-thirds majority
were had.
Although the vote was on beginning
dobato only, most of those voting were
believed to have recorded themselves
an they would vote on the resolution
itself, which the house adopted last
January. If the lineup of today is
maintained the resolution would be
defeated.
ITALIAN EXCHANGE FINED.
One of The Effects of War on Fin?
ances.
Home, May 4.?No money can now
l>e sent out of Italy by means of bank
drafts unless the sender can prove the
absolute necessity for so doing as b\
the presenting of bills to be paid. This
is particularly true of large sums ot
money. This Is one of the measures
taken by the government to stabilize
exchange and prevent speculation
in Italian money. Exchange rates
ire also fixed by law weekly, to pre?
vent artificial fluctuations.
According to Oscar T. Crosby, who
was recertly here representing the
Cnited Stntes Treasury department in
connection with efforts to assist Italy's
?ances, the real difficulty of not only
Italy but also England and France is
that they are. in need of American
money to tlabilize their exchange.
"What they need is dollars," he said.
By the plan of Minister of the
Treasury Nitti, so far as concerns the
Americans here who desire to send
money home for any reason, or to any
foreign country, they must fill out in
duplicate a blank form provided by
the bank selling them drafts and on
this blank they must give the name
of the person to whom money is sent,
with the exact reason. Persons trav?
eling may buy the money of tin
country to which they are destined on
presentation of passports or other pa
pom
Win War Crosses.
With the American Army In France,
May 5.?In a beautiful chateau
wlucli is now a hospital, near Verdun,
a Frenc h general accompanied by an
American general this afternoon be?
stowed the Croia lie Guene (French
war cross) upon Lieut. Harry J. Kelly,
of Ottawa. Ills., and PrlvatOf Dcwey
Smith, of Steens. Miss., and GOOrgC
Hopkins, of Baltimore, and Aloysius
idown, ot Brooklyn, ail for bravery
in the recent >"'d by German shock
troops south of Verdun.
Prtvatf. Brown? who received tht
I'rolx de QttOrrO, with the palm, was
oltOd in an army order. while the
others were mentioned in corps or?
ders Kelly, iiopkms and Brown each
lost a leg.
Lieut. Kelly's citation reads:
"Wounded in both legs and made
pi isoner by live Hermans, this Officer
bravely defended blmaelf and escaped
with the aid of a few men who ran
to his help. NNOunded a second time,
he had to pass the entire ni iil at tin
end of a trench before being remov?
ed."
Kelly If a reaorvc officer from Fort
Bheiiddn, 111? Hopkins, who is a
veteran of the Bpanlah-Amerlcan war.
has a son in France. His citation s;iys
"He is a model of bravery, He was
wounded while fighting Bt his post "
Brown i* cited for "having vitally
performed ids duty in the course ol
i Gorman attack, He killed two Ger?
mans: by hi* OWn hand."
This occurred when seven Germani
demanded of Brown that he surrend
? i own as a reply killed two
with his rifle,
(?f Smith IhO Official citation says:
lie i-; ? - ridler "in of bravei \ 11"
* i lerloualy wounded while nghtlni
it bis peat,"
The American general who attend
sd 'lie decoration ceremony said
"I am sorry lo love such rood men.
sei I am pi oiid lo know that they
helped to defeat some of the best ??n
eiov troops."
All of the four woumb d heroes are
in cheerful Spirits and have much
pratal fOI '!?'? cooking and nursing.
An Oath That Every American should
Vow.
I will not drink from a German cup,
Or eat from a German plate;
I will not deal with a German man,
All foul with German hate.
I ll use no drug with a German name
That's grown on German land.
I'll cat no food and drink no beer
If made by a German hand.
I will not use a German tool?
Rater or knife or saw.
1 will not trade with a German shop
Tha* lives by a German law.
I will not sail on a German ship.
Where German songs are sung;
I will not breathe, where God's clean
air
Is soiled by a German tongue.
I'll not forget those awful deeds
To Kirls and little boys;
No more I'll hang on Christmas trees
Those bloodsaincd German toys.
I will not take a German's word?
He'll break it if he can.
There is no love in a German heart
or faith in a German man.
This is my oath. When war is done
I'll swear to keep it true;
And since I know you feel the same
I'll pass it on to you.
?Kenneth Graham Duffield in
.Memphis Commercial Appeal.
DRAFT FOR MAY 2?TH.
Four Thousand anil Sixty Specially
QnallflOC] Men Called Out.
Washington, May 7.?A requisition
on all States except Arizona, Dela?
ware and Vermont for four thousand
and sixty especially qualified draft reg?
istrants to go to camp May 20th was
sent out today.
Soldiers Wives, Attention!
Camp Jackson, Columbia, May G.?
Now that large numbers of men
from the States ot South Carolina,
North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and
Tennessee are coming to Camp Jack?
son through the operation of the
military draft, it is quite antural that
many wives and mothers should wish
to come to Columbia so as to be near
ll air loved ones.
We, the undersigned agencies, wish
to send a word of warning to you
women, and to urge you to stop and
consider before taking this journey.
It is well to know facts, and to act
?enalbly, Living is expensive. Twelve
dollar! per month will pay for a poor?
ly furnished room only; and rooms of
any kind are hard to lind. Table
i hoard is at least $10.00 per month in
i addition, As is usual in cantonment
< Itlei groceries, laundry and other in?
cidental expenses are very high. Fur?
ther than this allotment checks are
often two to live months late in arriv?
ing, So a soldier's wife to visit her
husband at an army camp should
have enough funds to defray he - ex?
penses for a month. Well paid work
of any kind is hard to secure, even for
skilled workers. Again, there are still
other difficulties beside the lack of
money. The camp is seven miles
from the city, and your husband can
perhaps get In but once or twice a
week. He may not meet you at the
train. Probably will not. Your mar?
riage certificate may have to be
shown before room and board can be
secured. The welfare agencies are
overworked, baring for those already
here, who, ignorant of the true con?
ditions, have followed their husbands
to the city.
So do not come to any cantonment
city unless you are prepared to count
the <ost. At best your husband is
only hers for a few weeks or months.
The safest plan, the truest patriotism
and the best way, is to say good-bye
at home.
The Travelers' Aid (meeting all
trains.)
The Young Woman's Christian As?
sociation (which furnishes rooms,
boarding places and advice.)
The Ked Cross Home Service Sec?
tion (for help of 11 kinds to the sol?
dier and his family.)
The Bureau Of Protection at the
City Hall (for relief from embarrass?
ment and difficulty.)
The V. W. C, A. Hostess House a*
Camp Jackson (which strives to care
for the women visitors to the c imp
and to render all assistance and ad?
vice in its power.)
LI SU AM \ ANNIVERSARY.
Commemorated by English Ph;?ers,
Which Fear That People Ma> Cor?
net .
London. May 7.?The Lush nli
innlversary was commemorated by
newspapers today with big captions
and special articles recalling the crime
wlm h the British public is not likel>
to forget, The Dally Oraphlc In an
editorial laments that the public is
apparently becoming dulled to the
horror of the Luiltanla atrocity.
1 Am a German.
At last I oast my mask aside
And bare the hate I used to hide.
Now to myself I can be true
And do the deeds I love to do.
1 am a German.
The stolid, kindly man is dead;
A ruthless beast is born instead,
The bars are down?the beast is free
To roam at will on land and sea.
I am a German.
I love to send the good ships down,
And sec the helpless children drown.
And when the mothers scream in pain
I laugh at struggles all in vain.
I am a German.
And sometimes, in a sheltered place
I spy a baby's dimpled face.
Ah! then I ft el a fiendish joy,
And kill it quick if it's a boy.
I am a German.
T poison wells so more may die;
No pity lives in sucn as I.
The simple homes I burn at night,
And in this pillage blind delight.
I am a German.
The sick and wounded feel my hand.
And when I see a Red Cross band
I straightway set upon their track,
because I know they can't strike back.
I am a German.
I rape and ravish, rend and tear;
With hideous noises 1111 the air,
The loudest screams of pain and fear
Are sweetest music to my car.
I am a German.
There Is no law of God or man
Rut I will break it if I can.
I oniy live to maim and kill,
And while I live I always will.
I am a German.
?Kenneth Graham Dufflcld.
GREATER AIRPLANE FACTORY.
Plant at Philadelphia to Is- Quadrupl?
ed by Order of Secretary Daniels.
Washington, May 6.?Quadrupling
of the navy's big airplane factory at
Philadelphia has been ordered by
Secretary Daniels. It will be accom?
plished by making the plant an as?
sembling center for navy aircraft and
placing contracts for parts of ma
Chines with scores of manufacturers.
Production ligures can not be dis?
cussed but eight months from its in?
auguration the Philadelphia plant
has reached the maximum output
possible with existing facilities. It
has been decided .therefore, to change
the system of operation in order to
meet the demands of the navy's aug?
mented air program. A large pro?
portion of the machines used by the
navy are equipped with Liberty mo?
tor's obtained from the army signal
corps.
The Debts of The Wafting Nations.
The London Economist for Febru?
ary places the total gross debt of
Great Britain at 5,6 78,600,000 pounds
($27,616,000,000).
The French minister of finance in
presenting the budget for 1918 esti?
mated the public debt of France on
December 31, 1918, at 115,166,068,000
francs ($2li, 227,000,000).
The public debt of Italy at the
end of 1917 Is estimated at about
85,000,000,000 lire ($6,676,000,000).
The debts of the Central Powers
are estimated as follows: Germany.
$25,408,000,0002 Austria, $18,814,
000,000; and Hungary, $6,704,000,?
00.
Our own public debt is now around
$8,000,000,000, but more than half of
this amount has been loaned to our
Allies and will be repaid us. It is es?
timated that of the total net expendi?
tures of the United States for the
fiscal year of 1918, exclusive of our
advances to our Allies, more than
one-half will be defrayed by taxation.
Conquest.
iBy Henri Chapelle Of The Viligantes)
The broad, beloved life of a peace
fllL home-keeping nation, is a prod?
uct, not an ordinance to be pro?
claimed. Why, then, do we talk oi
negotiating peace, when it has been
destroyed by violence The forces
that make peace must first be re
ssts bllshed.
One might as well talk of peace to
a man Struggling In the hands of a
murderous highwayman, one might
as wdi talk of a peace settlement
with the thief, to a man who has
been robbed.
Wherever moral issues are Involved,
the Instinct of mankind demands a
clean-cut conquest of evil.
Wherever there is a definite at?
tempt to injure another person, the
one assailed knows he must win a de?
cided conquest to be safe.
Wherever there is a man who lives
.iustlv. he is entitled to conquest over
those who attack him.
Right, safety, and justice all de?
msstd conquest over wrong, donger
:?nd brutality. Let conquest be tin
word we use in speaking of the dis?
position of this war.
O (?: 11M A N IN I'< )HM AT [ON
ED.
WANT-j sired and may be shipped without
sorting and without any attempt to
avoid duplication. Many copies of the
same objects may be desirable in spe?
cial instances. It will not be prac
ticable to return the material to the
contributors. It will be a gift to the
government. The active assistance of
I residents of south Carolina, especial
I lv those who have resided or travel
I
! ed in the countries indicated, or have
friends or acquaintances who have
done so, is especially requested.
Any and all agencies, such as
branches of Councils of Defense, li?
braries and reading rooms, Boy Scouts
and other organizations are requested
by the war department and the
American Protective league, which is
organised with the approval of and
operating under the direction of the
United States Department of Justice,
Bureau of Investigation, to take no?
tice of this matter and to assist the
government inevery w xEOdib. .bmsd
government in every way within their
power, as above indicated.
Loyal Americans Asked to Supply
Photographs, Drawings and De?
scription of German Towns.
At the request of the war depart?
ment, the American Protective League
has undertaken to procure for that
department for immediate use for in?
telligence purposes, photographs
drawings and descriptione of bridges,
buildings, towns and localities now
occupied by the German forces in
Fiance, Belgium and Luxembourg
and likewise in that portion of Ger?
many lying west of a line running
north and south through Hamburg.
The entire organisation of the League
throughout the country will be em-j
ployed in this work in order that a
large result may he obtained.
Wide publicity of this announce
ment through the local press Is re
quested by the war department. All
citizens are urged to make diligent
search for this material and deliver
it in person or by mail to either the
editor of The Item or send it direct | London. May 7.?British casualties
to Col. A. B. Coxe, ll&G Fifrtecnth reported for the week ending today
Street, Washington, D. C. | reached tt.Otl. Of these 32,136 are
A large quantity of material is de-J wounded or reported missing.
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The National Bank of Sumter wel?
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starting out in the business world.
Our complete facilities are at their
command; the benefit of our exten?
sive experience in the solution of
business and financial problems is
theirs for the asking.
Consultation is cordially invited.
J. P. BOOTH, President. W. J. CROWSON, JR., Cashier.
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