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Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? OSTEEX PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. 0. Terms: $1.50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. * One Square first insertion .. . .$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub-' serve private interests will be charged ! fer as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect " will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found la 1850 and the True Southron m 2X6$. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the *old papers, and is manifestly the best advertising medium in Sumter. _. Heaven or Hell, Freedom or Slavery: Which Do Y'ou Choose? (Reprinted from Manufacturers Rec ord, Sept. 26. 19IS.; Liberty bonds stand for freedom and Heaven. Germany stands for slavery and . hell. Which will you have? Germany is fighting to enslave mankind and make of all the world a hell under German domination. America and^our Allies are figntlng to save human freedom and make a Heaven on earth. The battle is on; we will have one or the other. .To the extent that you back our nation in every way in your power - and buy Liberty Bonds to the utmost stretch of your ability you are work ing for freedom and Heaven. To the extent that you fail to do your share you are helping Germany in its effort to enslave mankind in an earthly hell, ruled by the vilest brutes that earth ever knew. You cannot shirk your individual responsibility without being a traitor to your country, a traitor to every sol dier who has offered his life to save you and yours, a traitor to outraged womanhood, a traitor to God and to all mankind. * No one else can do your duty. \ If you knew that the Liberty Loan would be oversubscribed a hundred . . fold, your duty to subscribe would be just as great as though you knew the needed amount would not be raised. What others do does not relieve you from your responsibility any more than the religion of your neigh bor relieves you from the responsi bility of a religious life, nor any more than the protection by a neighbor of his family through life insurance re leases you from obligations to pro -tect your family in the same way. In buying Liberty Bonds you are - helping to buy liberty for our country and all mankind. In buying Liberty Bonds you are protecting your loved ones from the tearful crimes wreaked by savagery upon the women and children of Bel gium and France. In buying Liberty Bonds you are ; standing by the millions of our be loved boys who over in Europe arej being blinded and maimed and \mur dered in your defense and mine. ' In buying Liberty Bonds you are doing infinitely more than making < the world safe for democracy, for you j : are helping to make the world safe for your wife and your daughter and your mother, and the millions of oth er-women whose honor would be gone if once the German beast broke down ^fchsbarriers of armies and navies whicfKnave stood between us and a "made ftt Germany" hell, or a "made in hell" G^^^if?A^,^ In buying LibeTfy^^ds you areJV making it possible for civwzation/l j beat back barbarism, for Cfl^j^^mty to drive back atheism, for the civiliz ed nations to punish the murderers, the outragers, the manglers of babies, the highwaymen, the looters, the free booters, the destroyers of temples, the wreckers of cities, the "bully" of the world, the only people who glory in war as a holy thing and preach frightful ness as a duty. These are some of the things which Liberty Bonds mean, and unless you buy to the utmost of your power you become a slacker, and a slacker, whether financially or physically, is1 a coworker with the men guilty of all these beastly crimes. Which do you choose? Will you stand by America and its soldiers? . Will you stand by our devoted Al lies? Will you stand by outraged France and Belgium and Italy and Serbia by buying Liberty Bonds; or. Will you be .false to all that is sacred on earth, false to man and to Heaven? There" is only one true answer pos sible/ and deep down in your heart yjyo should make your answer before Almighty God, and vow: 'T will buy Liberty Bonds to the Ia'st dollar I can invest for world salvation from German damnation. ' Hurrah for Mayesvillo. The Pank of MayesviHe, with an allotment of $20,400.00 has already raised in excess of $55,000.00. The good citizens of that community are i working night and day for the Fourth j Liberty Loan campaign. Enthusiasm j is at fever heat and everywhere the | committees are meeting with loyal re- j sponse and warm cooperation If the remainder of Sumter coun-j ty displayed the same loyalty and en- i thusiasm as MayesviHe our allotment j of $900,000.00 would have long since! been completed. Chairman C. E. j Mayes is still on the job and has by! no means completed his work as yet. j We would not be surprised to see; MayesviHe go over the top to the tune: of $100.000.00. We commend this! glorious patriotism to the careful at tention of Sumter county citizens and hope to see some other community get in this class in the next forty eight hours. H. J. M'LAURTN, JR., County Chairman. At a meeting of the County Board of Commissioners today Mr. W. J. Crowson, Sr., was elected Clerk of the Board to succeed Mr. E. W. Wilson, who resigned last week. Hagood News and Views. If a stray dog conies on your prem ises you watch him. Even if it is your neighbor's dog and he is con stantly sneaking around, you set a trap for him, don't you?- You say "yes," and look as blank as possible. Some people have to be knocked down be fore they take a hint. What is sweeter than an innocent lassie, but a rude touch to her wing may give her a tarnish nothing can eradicate. It is ail honey now with the triumph of the arms of the allies. Reverse the fortunes of the war and a lot of it would be Huny. Some of our people are trying to j save gasoline by driving out in bug gies on Sunday. Some walk to church, the distance not being very long. Nearly every one around here has a car. W. S. Thompson has a Buick and Manuel Benjamin, color ed, has a Ford. The only "buckry" around here that have not a car are R. G. Richburg, S. W. Allen and H. C. Bethea. The ginners are all crowded" to overflow with cotton. It will soon be time to begin to | put in small grain but will the peo ple stop picking cctton long enough to do it? As a rule the fall garden non est around here. Have you ever seen much better weather for gathering cotton? \Y. Allen is threatened with an other carbuncle, so oar good friend J. R. Corbett, who visited him Sun day, reported. Do you love "pumpkin" pie and sieh things? We have the pumpkins. Come up. Who said "Hagood" cussed when his old sow ate his fine rooster? It's not so. lie don't "cuss," however much he may feel like it. Mrs. W. J. Spencer was too unwell Lo attend church last Sunday. Like many others of our good women, she Some of the schools are linding it iust overworks herself, difficult to procure suitable teachers. Mrs. Sam Shirer is ailing again, so we hear. Bill L. Holland is quite sick at Mr. R. C. Richbourg's. The many friends.of R. E. Atkinson will be pained to know that his' health has so declined that he is not able to stir about much. Our. worthy friend and fellows-citi zen. D. V. Keels, returned from Johns Hopkins, whither he carried Henry Sanders, quite sick, so out informa tion is. We hope to hear of his sp< edy recovery. The Woman's Missionary Society Of Bethesda church, Methodist, with quite a full attendance and splendid reports, met yesterday at.the home of Miss Etta Cox of Rembert. The next one will be at Mrs. D. O. McLeod's. ?<lso of Rernbert. ' r. All day long yesterday the cars have been whirling past, what per cent white and what colored we can not say. The laboring man travels little save^on Sunday. W. H. Freeman is sick again. Thomas Lenoir, back from Bailey's its sick; nothing serious we hope. "Hagood." Rembert, Oct. 7. American Casualty List. Washington, Oct. 3.?The following casualties are reported by the C?m rr.anding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action. 7& Missing in action^. 107 Wounded severely. 345 Died from wounds. 34 Died from accident and other causes. 3 piedA of disease. 10 p>wl .from aeroplane accident 1 Prisoners .. ... 11 Wounded slightly. 4 Total. 503 Edgar R. M. Gore, Wampee, S. C. James E. Hoffman, Orangeburg, S. C, James E. Johnson, Pelzer, S. C, Walker B. Samuels, Warrensville, S. dli and Robert Lee Young, Spartan burg, S. C, are reported severely wounded. Washington, Oct. i>.?The follow ing casualties are reported by the commanding general of the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action. 125 Missing in action. 40 Wounded severely. 327 Died from wounds. 65 Died of accident and other causes.? .? S Died of disease ...* . 51 Died from aeroplane accident 4 Wounded slightly. 3 Prisoners. Total .... . 622 Lieut. Harry C- Horten, Columbia. S. C, was killed in action; Alonzo D. Russell. St. Stephen. S. C, Robert G. Hayes.' Marietta, S. C, Scott Benson, Anderson, S. C, are reported to have been severelv wounded. Closing of Public Schools. Orders were received from the State Department of Health yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock to close all the schools of the city until further no tice. The news was received too late for publication in the newspapers but through the use of the telephone it was generally known throughout the city that there would be no school today. As a result of the dissemina tion of this information only a very few pupils reported for work today. Notice will be given through the news papers just as soon as it is known when the schools will reopen. As the question is determined solely by the State Department of Health, infor mation will have to come through this body. Many of the older boys of the school are taking advantage of this cassation of their school duties to help the farmers in the harvesting of their crops. By the end of thb week there will be a large number of boys at work on the farms. Death. Miss Agnes Corbett, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Corbett. died Mon day of pneumonia, following in fluenza, in Greenville. S. C. The fun eral services will be held in Columbia at 1 o'clock tomorrow. ' XEW FLOUR ORDER. Flour May !>e Sold to Fanners With out Substitutes on Millers' Certifi cates. Columbia, S. C, Oct. S. 1913. G. A. Lemmon, Sumter, S. C. Effective immediately, -retailers may seh wheat flour without substi tutes to farmers who tender corn .millers' certificates. William Elliott, Food Administrator for S. C. For Health Survey. One hundred dollars, as a minimum i ?um, were pledged by the ladies of Providence school. Privateer town ship. Home Demonstration Club yes terday at the meeting of that club to help raise two thousand and five hun dred dollars for a county health sur vey and tw-elve months campaign o: education, in order to receive five thousand dollars offered by il e In ternational Health Board and the [State Board of Health for <:his health [ survey in Sumter county. I The following ladies were named as a committee to solicit the one hundred or more dollars: Mrs. E. B. Hodge, Chairman; Mrs. W. M. Broadway. Misses Mabel Pier son, Nina Hodge. A regular public health meeting was held in view of the fact that the three speakers touched entirely on sanitary subjects. Miss Annie O. Keels, home demonstration agent, lectured on the preparation of diets for babies and mothers and the phy sical care of infants, and the sani tation of the home. She interest ingly outlined what should and should not be given infants and other young children to eat, and told also of the various foods containing the necessary tissue, bone. and muscle developing factors, what foods con tain necessary mineral salts, car bohydrates, fats, starches, etc., for the human body. How to avoid in fantile? enteric diseases was a very valuable phaze of her very complete lecture and demonstration. Her demonstration of how to pre pare baby's milk and the hygienic care of the milk bottle for bottle fed babies was exceedingly interesting and instructive. Dr. Sophia Brunson combined a very scientific discourse on the ex pectant mother and the speaker in terestingly and in a manner devoid of complicated technical terms, com prehensively pointed many of the rea sons why women are physically de fective because of ignorance of the most ordinary precautionary meas ures which should be taken during their girlhood days and after .na^tur ity of womanhood, and of the foolish ness of fashionable modes of dress, and she also discussed the general principles of health in a very convinc ing manner. The speaker stressed the importance of education of the masses, and particularly during the formative stages of manhood and wo manhood, and thought that if the boys and girls were taught how to avoid > youthful indiscretions and health and life destroying practices that much unnecessary surfering would be naturally avoided. Mr. E. I. Reardon explained the offer of the International and State health boards for a county survey and twelve months campaign of educa tion. He told about what this survey will accomplish and what the rural J people ought to do to safeguard their health. The meeting then entered into a discussion of this offer and unani mously decided that every township and school district ought to try to raise a sufficient sum to guarantee the ?2,500 necessary to secure the of fer of ?5,000. That the women of the county are' peculiarly the ones to take the initia tive in this movement which will mean the saving of the lives of thou sands of infants, as well as other children and adults by teaching peo ple how to take care of their health was the unanimous sentiment of the ladies present. Campaign for Health. Th? fact that more than one hun dred intelligent and patriotic women and girls of Sumter have been select ed to conduct the couny-wide drive to "put over the top" the effort to secure the five thousand dollars offered by the International and State Boards of Health, for the long discussed ana much desired county health survey and twelve months campaign o;: edu cation to decrease the number of ab solutely unnecessary and preventable diseases and premature deaths, in the rural districts. looks as though something is going to be done by way of popular si; inscription, since the county commissioners would never do anything along this line. By read ing the names of those who will com pose the army for doinj? what the United States government has asked of the people to help win the war, those who have advocated this health survey will doubtless take hope for its success. Only $2,500 are asked for in order iO have $5,000 given us. together with corps of trained and expert special ists from the National and State gov ernments. One human life saved will more than compensate for the two thousand and five hundred dollars asked for. and the trouble in solicit ing this sum. Watch the women folks put this stunt over. But in the meantime also help ihem do it. This is a war meas ure as well as a humane arid life and health saving proposition, and a money saver. tr>o. E. T. Reartlon. Death. Mr. William D. Frierson died at his hom^ on W "st Calhoun St. Wednesday morning after an illness of only three ? lays. He was horn in the Stateburfl neighborhood May 1. ls;7. and was the second sen of the late J. J. Frier son. He is survived by his wife an] three children, his mother,' thry brothers and three sisters. / The funeral services and interrafeu were at the Church of the^Hol? Cross, Stateburg at 1? o'cdocj^Thurs day. JT John B. Ryan, Jr. The Sumter High School has given another life to the service of our country. The cause of patriotism has been enriched by the precious blood of another of her devoted sons. When John ?. Ryan left the Sum-1 ter High School he entered Clemson j College where in due time he receiv- j ed his diploma of graduation in the j agricultural department of this insti- I lution. After leaving college he be-1 came engaged in an essential industry J I and was, therefore, placed in class j ! four. He heard the call of his coun try, however, and with the cheerful consent of his wife he volunteered for itctive service. He was accepted in an Ollicers' Training Camp at Camp Gor don and on the first of September received his commission as Second Lieutenant. On Wednesday of las!, week he was taken ill and within just a few days had made the supreme of fering of his life upon the altar of his country's service. Few men have a clearer record of disinterested patriotism than John Ryan. He could so easily have stuck to his essential industry and no question could or would have been raised. The clarion call to duty was too loud and too clear not to be heed ed by his patriotic soul and his life was a willing offering to the love that nc bore his country. The pa> ents have the deep sympa thy of all who know them. Counting the son who is in the Students' Army Training Corps they have given six sons to the service of their country. No one can estimate what this means to them or can count the sacrifice that they have been called upon to make. When we contemplate the anguish of the mother and of the wife, we are .made to realize anew that the real heroes of this war arc its heroines. They tell their Sons or their husbands good-bye with their faces wreathed with smiles and then go to their closets to pour out their broken hearts in prayer to God. And then they wait day by day for the news that may mean walking thence forth within the shadow. The example of such a life volun tarily laid down simply for the love of country is an inspiration to those who are anxious to do what they can for their country's welfare and an ever lasting rebuke to those who hide be hind the pretext of the shirker and the slacker. It makes one blush with shame unless one is willing to do his best for the country that he has always professed to love. On last Sunday morning all that was left after the departure of this heroic soul was laid to rest beneath the stateiy pines of the cemtery ai Wedgefield. A large number of sym pathetic friends had gathered to pay their last tribute of respect and to show those who mourned that they were not alone in their grief. It was fitting that the body should have been laid to rest beneath those droop ing pines whose stateliness manifest ed the majesty of consecrated grief I and whose unfading verdure typified the immortality of the soul. A sur cease from sorrow will Be granted to those who mourn from a contempla tion of an earthly immortality as sured by a realization of plain devo tedness to duty and from an assur ance of an endless life beyond the stars. Grief ii consecrated by a realization of duty fully and nobly done and by the hope of a realm where the rainbow never fades. S. H. Edmunds, Superintendent. Junior I ted Cross. With the temporary cessation of school duties surely this is a splendid time for all members of the Junior Red Cross to busy themselves with ] the work of the organization. It is sincerely hoped that there will be much accomplished during this pe .riod of enforced absence from class, and that each member will make the most of this opportunity of service. It will be remembered that the girls of the 7th grade undertook the making of forty property bags. These bags are so s mple that if directions below are closely followed, bags can easily be made at home without spe cial supervision. StoUt gingham, tick, or cretonne, such as many o:' you will probably find in your scrap boxes at home is the material requir ed. Place on, a strip 12 inches' by 27 inches, 4 3-4 inches from the 12 inch side, and 3 inches from 27 inch side, the piece of material (white) 3 inches by 4 inches. The long side of this white material should be parallel to the 27 inch side of cretonne. When the bag is finished this white label should be in the center of one side and nearer the bottom than the top. Fold material and sew with French fell into simple bag about 12 inches by 13 1-2 inches with one inch hem at the top for draw string. Make strong buttonhole on seam side of hem for draw string. Sew A. R. C. Chapter label inside below hem. Rod Cross Notes. i Directions for face mask for nurs ! ing Spanish influenza for the benefit j of home nursing: S layers of gauze, 6x8 inches, 1-4 j in tape cut 12 1-2 in. in length, sewed I on four corners. Work black dot on j outside so the outside will not ; come in contact with the nostrils. Ask physicians what disinfectant to use. Mrs. Wm. D. Boy kin, S. W. 1 Cotton Market < ?irr-cte?! dah.p at 12 o'cJork Noor? *? (; >wm,\N. 'y.tt.ui Buvur. od Middling 2:' 3-4. ?ict Middling 29 1-2. .Middling 29 1-4;. Strict Low Middling 27 3-4. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Open High Low Close Clos< Ycs'dy; Oct . . 31.05 31.1S 30.42 31.15 30.S< Dei- . . IM).20 30.30 21?.77 :*.?.r.O 30.1 Jan. ." 29.04 30.U2 29.31 3D.02 29.0: j BATTLE in CjWBPg. GERMANS MAKE COUNTERAT TACKS IN VAIN. Puhls of Huns Broken Up by Vigor and Perseverance of Allied At tack. With the French Army in Cham pagne, Oct. 1?, 1 p. in. (By the Asso ciated Press).?The battle in Cham pagne is going on with increasing in tensity today from the Aisne in the region of Vaux les Mouron. which was taken this morning by the French, to the Suippe River at Ba zancourt which is being violently at tacked by the Germans. North of St. _tienne on the Arnes River the enemy made a vigorous as sault upon the positions won by Gen eral Gouraud's men Tuesday but with out other result than to increase largely the German casualties. Notwithstanding the stubborn op position the enemy is offering on the Suippe and north of the Arne, the impression still is that he is merely seeking to gain time to reduce the dif ficulties of retreat, the extent of! which, in view of the development'in the extreme left wing of the fighting! front, it is impossible to forecast, j The vigor and perseverance of the j allied pressure appears to have de-1 ranged all the German plans. No- j where have ihe Germans, with all j their genius in organization, been able to prepare a stable position upon which their defeated troops could re tire in security, which suggested that they again have erred in their judg ment of the strength and endurance I of he entente allied fighting forces, j They are being defeated not only at points chosen for attacks by Mar- | shal Foch and his generals, but on \ ground selected by themselves for counterattacks. . Their reaction all along the Cham pagne front thus far has been pro ductive of only one result relatively favorable to them in the region of the Grand Pre gap which they 'have been able to keep open up to the present, although the gap is under the heavy fire of the French guns. The latest American advance northward to the East Argonne for est has practically neutralized that result. The Grand Pre gap is vir tually closed and the only real lines of communication for the enemy forces operating in Champagne are northward by Vouzieres and Rethel, and most of these lines over consid erable distances are being shelled by the French artillery. Unless by a supi^-me effort and utilizing o.vailable reserves the Ger mans are able still to make a stand on the Sisson line north of the Aisne, their elastic retirement may turn suddenly into a general retreat. STRANGE ARGENTINE MALADY. Medical Experts Raffled by Malignant ft Juvenile Affection. Buenos Aires, Monday, Oct. 7.? The national medical department is alarmed by the persistent spread ot an unidentified epidemic among chil dren in Catamarca province. In a month 109 children have died out of a total population ot 10,000. The dis ease resembles dysentery and is high ly contagious. Government doctors from Buenos Aires, after working for nearly a month in the province, report that no improvement in the situation can be observed. Spain and France have diplomatically notified Argentine and Uruguay that there is no cholera in those two countries and protest against the designation of their ports .is "suspicious" in recent joint meas ures by the two republics. All ves sels from France. Portugal, Spain and Italy now are carefully quaran tined. Court Has Adjourned. The Court of General Session ad journed Tuesday, all jail cases having been disposed of by trial. All cases in which the defendants are out on bond were continued. The grand jury completed its work for the term Monday afternoon and made the final presentment and was discharged. The only feature of the presentment was the report of the finance committee, which stated that the county treasurer's office had been examined, the bocks and vouchers checked up and everything found in first class condition. The following grand jurors were drawn to serve next year: Stanyarne Burrow's. E. E. Austin, E. H. Rhame. Sr., W. E. Cuttino, W. H. Shelley, H. B. Fraser. CONFIDENCE IN WILSON. PARIS PRESS AND PEOPLE AP PROVE NOTE TO GERr MANY. -? v Refusal to Entertain Suggestion of Armistice While Germany Occupies Invaded Territory Causes General Satisfaction. Paris, Oct. 9.?President Wilson's reply to the German peace note was published in the noon editions of the newspapers today and was greeted with general satisfaction and expres tion'of approval throughout Paris. The note could not be improved upon; substitute Paris for Washing ton as the date line and tho reply might have been dictated here, is an epitome of French opinion as indicat ed by the popular reception of the presidential document. '/The note could not be improved when the newspapers containing the note came out and the people liter-* ally fought for copies of the edition. The note was reproduced in these tfou#nals in heavy black type under big headlines. The significant passage in the note in which President Wilson refuses to entertain the possibility of a cessa tion of hostilities and demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Ger man troops is interpreted in mili tary circles as meaning that the al lies will give the Germans no respite in their retreat. Commandant Miribel, one of the best known military critics in France, expressed the view of the Associated Press correspondent ? in this connec tion that the Germans, if they were harrassed and pressed during their retreat- to the Meuse would lose one third of their effectives and one-half of their material, und would .find themselves comparatively as weak on the line of the Meuse as they are now. On the other hand, he declared, if they were allowed to retreat to the powerfully fortified lines of the Meuse-with their armies intact, their line shortened by nearly 300 kilome tres, 40 of their divisions would be available for maneuvering. Commenting on the note the In transigeant says: "The response of President Wilson, by its sincerity and good fatih, cuts with a single stroke the snares laid by Prince Maximilian of Baden. President Wilson responds by asking: 'What do you mean? Do you accept my conditions? Do you "speak in the' name of the government and the peo ple?" He requires before any nego tiations that Germany evacuate the invaded territory of France, Belgium, Servia, Russia, Poland, Roumania. and Montenegro. This is an answer similar to that given the Duke of Brunswick after his defeat at Valmy." La Liberte says: "We* know al ready that the French government fe licitates itself without reserve. The country will unanimously share' this I sentiment. With a high conscience the president of the United States has comprehended that he is not an ar biter, but a belligerent. The presi j dent's note also established'?? what j guarantee must first be'given before ! he and the allies will be even able to j examine the proposition." Deputy Marcel Sembat in Le Heure, which expresses the Socialist: view*" says: "The reply is not a brutal refusal, the door remains open for ultimate negotiations, after first accepting the ! 14 points with complete guarantees." i The last paragraph of President Wilson's note made a^deep impres sion on Parisians and caused much favorable comment as it was taken by the population to directly concern the Hohenzollern family and the, j military party of Germany. The. general feeling is that the diplomatic tables have been turned on Germany^ which tried to place the allies in a difficult position and that Germany now finds herself face to face with a great problem which she attempted to force the allies to solve. Speed Up?A Call to Workers. The following telegram will be of interest to the public generally, as it shows the need of regular work and better work of all who are able to work: Washington, D. C, Oct. 8, 1918. , Fern Sumter Lumber Co., Sumter, S. C Influenza is interfering with our munition plants throughout the country. It is up to the men and women who are still on the job to make good the loss of their com rades. Speed up! Your country needs every bit of your energy today for the men in France. C. C. Williams, _Maj. Gen. Ordnance. V V V V VVVrrro T ? ? _ _ _ _ RECEIVED TO-DAY In this lot are all the latest numbers. Cjme in aod hear the great War Songs; Rags, Jazz and Band Music. Ask to see the SONORA Machice. Get a "BABY GRAND." "The House That Made Sumter Musical" * 26 N. MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. A ?I*