The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 23, 1918, Image 4
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'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." ;
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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.
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DONNELL 6 COMPANY
Sumter, S .C