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Wednesday and Saturday s ?BY PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. C. Terms: 31.50 per annum?in advance. r - ; - Advertisements. One Square first insertion .. ..$1.00 Every subsequent insertion.50 . Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates, v All communications which sub serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. ^:6bituaHea and tributes of respect Will be charged for. * ~TnV Skmter Watchman was found SfclS. 1550 and the True Southron in f*eC The Watchman and Soutiron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers. inS.-ia manifestly the best advertisinj 'There-are two men of world-wide noto~iety in whom President Wilson's PifHicy and method of dealing with ?the latest Hun peace offensive arous ed, feelings 0f bitter anger ana efeagrih; They are Kaiser Wilhelm, the Beast of Berlin, and Theodore Roosevelt, v% the disgruntled gad-fly OX America. Judging entirely by Roosevelt's tirade against Presi dent-Wilson he would derive far more pleasure "from . the complete over throw, and defeat of the plans of the administration than to see the Huns check mated and brought into utter sublefctiOn by the diplomacy and "W?T-Tneasrares of our country's presi dent to whom the full and unreserv e? loyalty and support of every hon est-and. sincere American is due at t$ls crisis in the world war. Roose although an ex-president from whom the most exalted type of loyalty should be expected, has throughout ? > --". t&C war- done his: utmost to obstruct * ?' ?? a|id discredit the. administration in t$e eyes of the world and to arouse d^s^hteht and antagonism among the pj^ie^dl the United States. He has l^h^^ilty "time and again of se ditious and treasonable utterances and TW?n?&v**fl?hd as an example and a rnlng;to' domestic enemies of less inenee .who eagerly ape his dis ife^S^?3* toward President Wil S*fch%:-should be properly punished. I ^AP^ be made to feel the weight j hand of authority, that he Mints -?t> every opportunity. Roose ^fij^XaEolletle; Hearst and Bris j'and men lot lute' kidney are ly_ damned ? in the eyes of all ^^"dloyai. and .'patriotic Americans, fiX^?n?emh?tion>-hy '?' public senti r-iS/fi6t: *a penalty for their of fe-.T^eyAshould be made to suf l^t$^;ignominy ? of trial, and ? con: iOr their '" premeditated and seb?rate violdtion of the espionage p^wh^tn was'^r&nied and enacted -b^?^j3gr4ss-; to. prevent and suppress j^lo?chin?tiony'of domestic ene and Pncumorjc Plague. (From'Jthe Springfield Republican.) ?^&0^rt[i8..given- .;'in the Medica Record of-October, 12 for the theory ad>s^cW'%'* The Republican on Sep tjem.ber .28, and in a less explicit form ^^n^Jn^ earlier, that the "Spanish" in fluensa may -tie not influenza at all, va modified and milder form of le pneumonic plague of which there ra * serious otubreak in Mongolia last winter. The course of the plague had' hem' watched with anxious at tention because of the well known laistorieaV connection between war aim pestilence. To some remarks on that subject exception was taken, somewhat earlier in the war, by the Arn}y. and Navy Journal, which held that medical science had broken the connection. This was certainly to be fervently hoped, yet it was impossi ble to forget that enormous and im perfectly known disturbances were going ^on. in the vast interior of Asia, the. great incubator of disease. With this ^ta'mind The Republican vey tured to suggest on January 5 that tine censorship somewhere had cut ou?the wer?"plague" from the bang news ?w^hich* had just come of an ^epidemic of pneumonia in Northern China, which' had reached J?gchengtang, 1*0-.miles from Pekh^^"We cannot forget that it was in^Priat region that the-pneumonic foKn of plague took its fetaTt" a decade/agp." - '^^'erej could Jnardly be worse news for.the*'w^dJjnan that the plague was again l<xn Jthe 'march, but although tf*e'vptoea^s of the disease could be J?&jgfl?cross Asia to the West, ar ^?f^on the coast of the Black Sea t?t^bbu^\At proved so mueh mild er? tiS^??^vrb^'b'.''ezpected that there Wi^*r^S$ti to^Auestion that the dis 1^Ss-twere the same. In Northern ^%^ftiorteiity was at times 100 p^ftr'JteBt; in Europe it has apparent IfRbe^^tfout as-ln this country. Te t^S; poiiit the author of the article fi^tSe "; Medical . Record, Dr. James | Jbseph i5ihg' of New York, captain j iii-tne medical" corps of the army, ad- 1 dresses himself. In the pneumonic] plague epidemic of China which i reached Harbin. Manchuria, in thei latter part of 1910, the plague bacillus was -found almost constantly asso ciated with the pneumococcus and the steptococcus, the different strains, and also the severity of the disease, varying in different localities. Dr. King believes that in view of the striking similarity between the pneu monic plague of North China and the present so-called Spanish influ enza, "it is not unreasonable to be lieve that the two diseases may be the s?me; the influenza bacillus and the bacillus pests in typical forms may simulate each other." Thus far this is but a theory, and several variations of it are possible. Dr. King's explanation of the spread of "the disease does not appear plausi ble. He attributes it to the 200.000 Chinese coolies sent in 1917 to France ?Germany ?has only -ONE CHANCE ?Onry est chance of a Hua vjetory. ?Only ose cbaace of causing fearful outpoarinf of our Mood aad lives to prove a vain sacrifice. ?Gemany's oae chance is that America, dasxled by the prospect of victory, might lessen her efforts on which Allied victory depend; and, through over-confidence, slacken in her prosecution of the mi. ?Our government knows that Germany still has she frensied power of desperation, Che wfld strength of madness; and that she ati? possesses that brutal conning which never fails to take advantage of I an opportunity. She is still a power that menaces all free nations. We In America must see to It that the power of the Htm is smashed so that never again shall the world be drawn Into such agony and suffering as it has undergone during the past fear years. Force to the utmost, force to the Hrmt, must be oar only thought, our sole impulse, until victory is assured?until the war is finally ovsr. ?Failure se the part of the individual American to realize that there is yet a gigantic task before our armies would prolong the war disastrously, would open to the Huns their only hope of victory. ?The demands of our army and navy and of the fighting forces of our gallant Allies are constantly increasing and will not end until the war ends. We most, therefore, carry on to the end?must, more than ever, iispense with our consumption of non-essential goods and ser vices, and lend the money thus saved to our government so that the government can purchase the labor and material which we have given up. The government has devised a practical and profitable method for too individual to save in this way for VICTORY, and that is through the purchase of WAR SAYINGS STAMPS South Carolina Lags Behind in the Purchase of W. S. S. HELP WIN THE WAR ? BUY ALL YOU CAH They pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, com pounded quarterly. as. laborers: "They made splendid la-! borers, and were in back of the lines j during the German drive of March,; 1918. No doubt many of them were j captured by the Germans at that time. Hence the outbreak of it in th Ger-1 raan 'army and its rapid spread inj Spain." But even if the dates fitted, j which they do not, why should the! Chinese-' have infected the German j army before they did the French army? In view of the fact that byj February the disease had reached the I Crimea.and that even then the Ger-j man army was on the shores of the: B!ackr sea, a much closer connection) with Asia is established and it mustj be remembered that from January Germar? soldiers ' were being trans ferred from Russia to the Western front. Not. impossibly this treachery had something to do with Ludendorffs defeat. Even if the disease has taken a far ; less terrible form than in Asia, it is; quite seriousr enough to call for the 1 utmost vigilance. What it is called | does not make it worse, but its close I connection with the most dreaded of: all plages may induce the public to: take in,season the needed precaution-1 ajrj^neasures. * "A X'ery grave situa- j emhRYeseason-ih /necauthm mh mm ; tion," says Dr. King, "now confronts j us; every patient with the epidemic j should be quarantined and everything: possible should be done now at itsj outset to prevent its spread." The; measures are for professional skill to j devise yet the public can help by fcaking-.the matter seriously, but cour ageously, avoid panic and complying | loyally with all regulations that may be found needful. If this is done the epidemic may soon pass. TRUST SUIT DISMISSED. Motion of Government for Rehearing jin Shoe Trust Case Dismissed. Washington, Oct. 21.?The govern ment's motions asking for a rehearing of the dissolution suit against 'the United Shoe Machinery Co., so-called Shoe Machinery Trust, which was de cided in favor of the company was de nied today by the Supreme Court. PORTO RICO EARTHQUAKE. More Than Two Hundred Killed? Property Loss $5,000,000. San Juan, Thursday, Oct. 17.?La test estimates of the loss of life as the result of the earthquake placed the total at more than 200, and the prop erty damage at five millions, mostly at or near Maigue. Attention Catholics. Several checks have been voluntar ily given Father Mahoney with the request that they be turned over to the Relief Committee to aid in their effort to reach those who are in need of help during the epidemic of in fluenza, and that the donations be given in the name of St. Anne's Par ish. Any others who care to swell this sum are invited to do so at once, thus helping a most worthy work. Piflf, Paff, Pouf! Headquarters of Civic League Re lief Committee moved to Girls' High School. Phone 67, 2 rings. "That's what I call real help in need?" "What?" "Mrs. Van Dough called in her lim ousine to look at a poor hungry fam ily and she left them one of her new engraved cards." ; TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTt t t t t t t Workers Thanked. To The Citizens of The City and County of Sumter: Through intense and concentrated work on the part of the citi zens and committees from all sections of the county, with but few exceptions. I am delighted to report that the tabulation of the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign at the present moment shows that we have around $950,000.00 which is in excess of our allot ment of $900,000.00. The victory has been won and to each and all assisting in the campaign I tender my most grateful and sincere thanks. There are a few more subscriptions on the way to me for record and the Jjxral tabulation will be completed tonight. Considering the ar duous handicaps on account of influenza, labor shortage, etc., I congratulate the committees on the success attained. Yours very truly. H. J. M'LAURIN, JR.. County Chairman. Sumter, Oct. 21. 1918. Falls in Liae of Duty. i The death of Dr. Charles Rytten I berg in the United Hospital on Tues j day may not be strictly classed as 'death on the battlefield/' but noae ? the less he is one of the indirect pen alties we are paying for the war. He had not enlisted in so far as pledging his life and service to the United J Slates government by enlistment, but in the most strict sense of duty he had done more. He had given of hi*, vamable time and talents to the government without pay. Days ana nights he labored on the local regis tration board, performing perhaps the most important and valuable work 01 that essential body. We know per sonally that the exacting work of the registration board, together with his private practice, had sorely exhausted his energies, and a knowledge that he could not continue the extreme de mands on his vital powers compelled him to make a formal resignation tc the local board and government. But his intelligent services were deemed so valuable that his associates on the board and gentlemen interested in the success of the war, joined in request ing Dr. Ryttenberg to withdraw his-, resignation and continue to serve the local board and government. There is no doubt but what relaxation from his onerous duties would have been invaluable in restoring his breaking I constitution. His private practice, which was excessive at times, was suf ficient to tax the energies of a real j vigorous, healthy man, but disre ; garding that exaction and his person al feeling and condition, Dr. Rytten berg proved his great patriotism by waiving his personal feeling and con waving his personal wishes and condi tion and continued to give that which was best in him to bis country?re gardless of what consequences might I be. Great satisfaction was expressed at the splendid sacrifice and courage Oi the excellent young man and physi cian. With that saving wisdom of the successful practitioner, Dr. Rytten berg so adjusted his work after with drawing his resignation as to regain | in a measure the physical forces which had been severely drawn on. It | is likely that his sage decision and j course of action might have proved J successful had not the prevailing in- j tluenza intervened. It is generally be lieved that no ill would have followed the sacrifice of Dr. Ryttenberg, had not a more than double exertion been placed on him in a brief time. The demands on his services, with the ap- j proach of the existing influenza, not only made impossible the husbanding I of vital force, but broke down what had been badly shattered in the dual work of the government and his prac tice?the greatest of human endeavor. No human machine, no matter how great, could have withstood the add ed strain of the past few days with out failing. Valiantly, persistently, the self-sacrificing physician . strove, but he had exceeded his God-given powers, and the end was inevitable. The profession of which he was an honored and trusted member may be proud of the record left them by their j associate. It is a history of consistent well-doing, sacrifice in the interest of others, the perfoming of the Master' work for the poor, the rich, the high, the low. He has added to the lustre of the medical profession. He has left to his children a heritage more prec ious than^wealth. His death is as glor ious as though he had fallen on the battlefield. He died in the quietude of our splendid asylum for the sick the United Hospital, but by his splen did work, his sacrifice for the govern ment, and for humanity, he deserves to be enrolled with the martyrs who hav^ forfeited their lives in the most glorious cause possible. Dr. Ryttenberg was a popular mem ber of the local Lodge of Elks. His popularity in his home town was well attested by the endorsement he re ceived from his birthplace, Sumter, South Carolina, on being admitted to the splendid and patriotic brotherhood of Elks, through membership in Port Chester Lodge, No. 863, on his locat ing here in succession to Dr. Samuel Forstot. His brothers of the local lodge sincerely regret the loss of so valued a member, and deplore the sorrow which his death has created in this village. A good fellow, a splendid neighbor, a most valued cit izen, the village, the lodge and his friends generally mourn with his fam ily the taking away of so good and considerate a man. May God in His All-wise Providence heal the hearts that have been made sore, and bless those who so largely depend on the love and efforts of so good a father.? Port Chester, N. T.f Daily Item, Oc tober 17, 1918. Red Cross Notes. The Sumter Chapter shipped to At lanta October 12, 1,000 contagious ward masks and a box of hospital garments, 28 bed jackets, 48 pairs oi pajamas and 33 sweaters. The chapter has been allotted 400 refugee garments to make. Those who can help with this work will please call at headquarters for direc toins and garments to take home to make. There is also wool on hand for sweaters and socks. Notice to Juniors Making Property Bags. Those who have not yet cut the bags are asked to follow these in structions. Any bags finished. by former instructions will be accepted. Cut material so as to make a bag nnishecl about 12x18 inches, with hem 1 1-2 inches, wide at top for draw string. Leave the hem open at each end. Each draw string should measure 30, inches and may be made of 5-8 inch tape or of material 1 1-2 inches wide folded and stitched along the edges. Sew on the middle of one side of the bag a piece of white cloth 3x4 inches, to bear the patient's name. ALLIES ON GUARD. Take Place of German Troops on Dutch Frontier. Amsterdam, Sunday, Oct. 20.?Ger man guards at the frontier post Maa gavan-Gent, near Watervret, sixteen mile^s north of Ghent, were replaced by entente guards today. The Call to Service. We wish to issue this urgent appeal to the women of Sumter to help tn nursing the sick of our city. The need just now is very pressing. We knew that the" people of our city are thor oughly aroused to the needs of this crisis. We have no desire or no rea son to question the presence of co operative interest. On the contrary, we have many reasons to believe that our people are enthusiastically awake. We know that some of our women are nursing the sick; we know also that some of our teachers who have been in Sumter only a short time have given their unstinted services night and day to the relief of humanity; we' know that our high school girls are doing all their work at home to enable their mothers to have time to nurse the sick. The manifestation of co operative service on the part of these has been just as fine as it could be. But still there is need: there is great need. There is need of help just at this time when the situation is at its acutest stage. Some of our workers themselves now have influenza and, of course, can no longer serve. Some of them have from one to three cases in their own homes and their duty is there. Others, while not ill. are worn out and should be relieved. We believe that the influenza sit uation is clearing up somewhat in our city; but just now there are some who are dangerously ill and many others, while not in a serious condi tion, need the nursing that will en able them to have a favorable recov-' ery. Experience in nursing is not essen tial. In many cases it is necessary only for some one to be present to" give medicine and nourishment at the proper time. Care will be exer cised ,:i the assignment of nurses to patients who are seriously ill. We need volunteers and\we feel perfectly sure of a ready response on the part of the women of Sumter. They have never failed: they will not fail now. ; Just as soon as you have read this, please report in person to number 1^3 / West Calhoun street and let the chair man of the relief committee know that you are ready to serve and that " you are willing to be assigned where you can render the most effective ser vice. Let us all pull together now while' " the crisis calls and look forward te the brighter days that lie ahead. > Respectfully and urgently submit ted, ". Elizabeth W. McLean, Leonora C. McLaurln, Katherine Moses. STATE OVER/THE QUOTA. " Reports Indicate Substantial Over* ^ subscription. Columbia, Oct. 20.?All the South ^ Carolina counties and. towns heard'" from last night at the close of the canvass for the Fourth Liberty Loan reported subscriptions in excess of their allotments and it now seeinS ?' that the State, as in the former Lib- - erty Loan campaigns, will again over subscribe the amount allotted by the ' treasury department. FERTILIZERS We are having a good many inquiries about fertilizers for small grain and even for next year's crop, and it is our pleasure to be able to advise that we are prepared to quote prices on any of this material, except Nitrate of Soda, and any of our friends who are interested in buying for im mediate or future delivery, we invite them to come see us. The Government has placed an embargo on the sale of Nitrate for agricultural purposes, which we hope will be released in time, at leaift, for next year's crop requirements. Our contracts have been placed, subjedt to the adtion of the Government, and we may be depended upon to be in a position to offer this material at as early a date as any one and we are! prepared to take orders subjedt to the ac tion of the government. j / DONNELL 6 COMPANY Sumter, S .C