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^b?shed Wednesday and Saturday ;-_ ?BY? : .*mgEEH PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER, S. a Terms: $1.50 per annum?in advance. Advertisements. One Square first insertion ..$1.00 SJvrery 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 for as advertisements. " Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found w in.1850 and the True Southron m 1*S6. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and Snrhjeace of both of the old papers, and Ss manifestly the best advertising medium fax Sumter. Rain and ': Cooler First Part of Tlte Week. Q -Washington, Oct. 26.?Probably rain Monday, cooler Tuesday, seasonable temperatures thereafter, is the weath er^ prediction for the Southeastern States during the coming week. Negroes and Service. v. An important thing that the color vfedv-preaehers and teachers shouM try to instill into their people is an un derstanding of the binding quality of a^contract. The white employer of a soared cook who for no good reason [dismisses her without notice is i '4inTty Of . a dishonorable act, but the t^S?igation of faithfulness is not less ?^rnding on" the cook, or other domes ..That the relation of employer i employed is too often severed observance of the ordinary of justice and fair dealing: rhaps due in part to both, but ?think we do not exaggerate in xhat-the sense of obligation to a promised'service for a giv .is rather commonly absent colored domestic servants. These ! le can not hope to expect indul- j or even considerate treaimen* ;they shall: learn how to recip- ] 5?ecent years the disposition-; of ?employers towards negroes|has ^ a^ . rapidly impro ved and in vgreater: than it- h?.s improved the servants. In too many of S&e 5?o^on does hot appear to found. lodgment that they com wrong whatsoever when, ai ^they pick up and leave with word. ; present scarcity of labor will ^ast Jong and one of the results waic -wili be hvareased independ ef "white people -ol negroes' ser ^^^people ^;?? are learning to :"for themselves; ithey arei iinto their houses numerous ?s that save the labor of in our opinion, it is al thai wrth the end of^'the m^the South white ie* and the time Is not far off. white- domestics will to a large extent supplant blacks. Many persons are paying a negro cook or maid now as much as in normal times a white servant receives in a North ern city, and the white servant does the work of at least two negroes. In the North negroes have failed to com pete in domestic service with white "help,'* the employer finding that it is; more economical to pay the white do mestic a higher wage and save the feeding of one mouth. . Too many negroes imagine that the: joyous times that have come to them! with war wages will continue, but: unless we are mistaken, the negro in! South Carolina soon after the c.onclu- j sion of the war will begin to see the j hardest time that he or she has ever experienced. Heretofore the negroes have been free from the competition of white labor and, though wages may remain high after the war ends, only the most deserving and faithful will receive them. That we shall have an influx of white labor in this part of the country The State believe;? to. be certain and it may begin to ar rive in five or two years. Only those negroes " will be able to hold their own in the South who prove a capacity to do a white man's or a white wo man's work with equal skill and faith fulness. These things we address particular ly to the intelligent negro leaders who have the future of their race at heart. They can take it for what k is worth. In the past the South has been a paradise of opportunity for the industrious and thrifty negroes by reason of the comparative command of labor field that they have had. The opportunity is going and within a. few years the jobs will remain only for. those negroes who have proved effi ciency and fidelity.?Columbia State. Ralph Flowers S?~.rs. Atlanta, Oct. 26.?Georgia Tech de feated Camp Gordon's team of forme: gridiron stars, 28 to 0 here today in a .game that was anybody's until Strapper, former Tech quarter, now in the army, fumbled in the second period.. Half back Ferst, former Sa vannah High School player, recover ed for Tech and raced thirty yards to a touchdown. Liinebucks by fullback Allen inter spersed with end-runs by half-back Flowers, former Davidson star, now a Yellow Jacket, caried the bal! hah way down the field in the latter part of the second period and quarter-back Barron added another Tech store. The third period was scoreless, but in the fourth Barron scored again. on a twenty-three-yard run, and half back B. Adams tallied the final score Capt. Fincher kicked all goals. Former college players on *he camr team put up a fast game, particular ly Strupper, Beers, of Dartmouth; Kraft,. Syracuse, and Waller!, Prince ton. Tech . which won ^ its fourth straight. game of the' season today with a total of SO5 points to naugh for its opponents, has only two regu lars left''from last year's champion ship eleven, Guy on. and Fincher. -Mr. C. W. Cofield, secretary of the State Automobile Association, is in thc city' on business of. thei association. . FIRE PREVENTION DA* IS NO VEMBEK 2. Governor's Proclamation and Com missioner's. Letter to People. Insurance Commissioner McSwain is bending every enegry to make less the- lire loss of the State. He is send ing to the mayors and chiefs of tire departments of the State a copy of a proclamation of the governor making j November 2 a fire prevention day, and is writing a letter setting forth in de-! tail how the lire losses may be de- j creased. He is urging- the cleaning j and keeping clean of aljNpremises, the examination of all flues and repairing of every defective one, the removal of rags, especially greasy rags from closets, the careful storing of kero sene and oils, the storing of waste, the protection of matches and the careful guarding of property, urging householders as the last thing at night to see that all danger of fire is pre vented. The proclamation which Governor Manning has issued as follows: Proclamation. At no time in the history of our country has the menace of fire been greater and the preservation of our resources more necessary. Activities of hostile incendiaries threaten in many parts of the country, causing de struction of needed supplies of food stuffs and other vital staples. These fires will strike at the foundation of national power and wealth by the elimination of resources. Fire causes enormous direct de struction of cotton, lumber, grain and other foodstuffs, as well as a large variety,of other materials essential to the prosecution of the war. Fire cripples productive industry engaged upon war orders to a far greater ex tent than is generally realised. While causing a vast impairment in America's fighting efficiency, fire loss is, in the main, unnecessary. The loss can be materially lessened if each citizen will do his part towards see ing that precautionary measures are adopted for his premises. The burn ing of your property through negli gence or carelessness may not only cause you loss and inconvenience, but the fire may spread to yom?neighbor's property also. Fire prevention, there fore, becomes a patriotic duty of ev ery citizen. The cooperation of news papers, civic bodies, and particularly school systems, will contribute pow erfully to this end. The annual loss] by fire to the State of South-Carolina ' is approximately $1,250,000. \ In view of the importance of the matter and as a means of arousing out citizens to the magnitude of the fire waste and induce them to* take more interest in the- subject of fire preven tion, I, Richard I. Manning, governor of the State, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby designate and proclaim Saturday, November 2, 1918, as, Fire Prevention Day, and urge that'on this day all citizens inspect their property and give personal at tention to the removal therefrom of ill rubbish and debris: that chimneys, fiues and heating apparatus be put in order; that mayor of each town anc" eity by proclamation ask the cooper ation of its citizens in having a thor ough inspection of all premises in their respective municipalities, to the end that the number of fires may be lessened and the losses therefrom checked. 3 In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State of South Car olina to be affixed at Columbia on this the 23rd day of October, in the year of our Lord 191S.4 Richard L Manning, Governor. W. Banks Dove, Secretary of State. WORKING RESERVE BOYS MUST CONTRIBUTE "FOOD. Rescued Civilians and Liberated Ba bies in Lands Freed by Allies Will Require Rationing Until Countries Are Again Self-sustaining. Washington, Oct. 26.?That there must be no slackening of effort on the par;; of the United States Boys' Work ing Reserve, which has done such re markable work in the harvest fields this year, is made clearly evident in a statement issued by United States Food Administrator, Herbert Hoover, in which he says: "We are pledged to deliver to the allies'in Europe next year 17,000,000 tons of food stuffs, a tremendous out put, 50 per cent, greater than our to tal food contribution this year." The civil populations of countries rescued from the Huns must be fed by America, for some time to come and, in order that America may pro duce the required supply, renewed and sustained effort on the part of the United States Boys' Working Reserve will be required. STAMPS FOR PRIZES. Fairs to Help Wrar Saving Stamp Sale. Prizes at several of the county fairs to be held in South Carolina will be offered in' war savings stamps, and if the prize winners will respond to this patriotic step from $15,000 to $20,000 worth of war savings stamps will be distributed as prizes, and these pa triotic prizes will help Uncle Sam give the finishing wallop to the kais er and his precious lot of sons. At the county fairs of Florence, Sumter, Lee and Orangeburg, Avar sav ings stamps, it has been announced, will be offered to the winners, who have the option of accepting the prizes in cash. Other fair associations have also decided on offering war savings stamps, but some of the fairs have been called off on account of the nfluenza situation. This plan means that the winner of x $100 p^ize, for insahce^would re ceive war savings stamps which, at maturity, would b.e worth about $120. War savings stamps pay interest at the rate of about 4.27 per cent., com pounded qarterty, and may<be re deemed at anytime before maturity at the rate ofc about 3 per cent, London, ^ct 26.?Kralevo, sixty miles east and northeast of Nish has oeen occupied by the Serbians, says he Serbian "official statement today. INOCCLATED AGAINST FLU. Employes of Sumter Works of Split dorf Electrical Co.," Given Treat ment. One hundred and fifty-eight em ployes of the Sumter Works of the Splitdor'." Electrical Company were in oculated with vaccine as a safeguard against the spread of influenza. Dr. Archie China , is directing the work and Miss Heinrich, Superintend ent of the Tuomey Hospital, assisted by Miss L. M. Davis and Mrs. W. Cheyne. administered the first inocu lation. The treatment consists of three hypodermic inoculations, covering a period of about one week. The sec ond inoculation will be given Monday. Over 1,500 employes of the main factory of the company in Newark, N. J., have- taken the treatment. The Splitdorf Electrical Company will bear the entire expense of the treatment and no charge will be made to its employees. Vaccine remaining after the em ployees of the company have been treated, together with the surgical! instruments will be donated to the city. Notice. On account of postponement of call A1461-G for entrainment of white men on October 30th, men summon ed under that call will not report un til further notice. J. H. CLIFTON, Chairman, Local Board, Sumter Co., Sumter, S. C. October 26, 1918. Red Cross Notes. In response' to the humane appeal to help, Mrs. C. C. Moore and Mrs. Amanda .Williams begged today $17.82 to help a family on West Lib erty Street. They, with the rest of the neighbors have been doing their bit. I wish all our colored Red Cross members would just fall in line, and do what they can to help the suffering in our city. Mrs. C. A. Lawson, Vice Chairman, Red Cross Auxiliary. WOMAN EDUCATOR DEAD. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Victim of In , iluenza. Washington, Oct. 26.?Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Chicago, chairman of the National Woman's Liberty Loan Campaign, died here today of pneu monia, following a short illness with influenza. Mrs. Young was formerly superin tendent of the Chicago City Schools. Red Cross Notice. The work room is still open and more workers are urgently needed :o take care of the large amount of work that has accumulated. The ^alls from headquarters are as great as heretofore and unless more of the members of the local chapter assist regularly it will be impossible ? tc complete' the assigned allotment or time. 7 ? Request of thePasto All places of 'public woi closed until the ravages of infr are past. But private worship never be barred. If ever personal, well as national humility; with er and supplication are to be ex< cised, it is in the midst of war'an pestilence. These are upon us. Many a time of,old, God's people called up on Him and he heard them and deliv ered them out of all their troubles. His ear is still open to the cry of the] broken heart and the contrite spirit. . Let us remember the hour of prayer on His day. . At 11.30 each Sunday morning while our places of public worship are closed, let all of us, ? each of us, who ; believe in a prayer answering God. humble ourselves in prayer, to . Al mighty God. If we are at home, gath er the household around the, family ; altar. If we are out with a circle ef friends, let us pray together. There is great power where two or three are gathered and agree as touching any thing. There is courage ixi. the touch of hearts in prayer as well as the touch of elbows in the trenches. If we must be alone, let us pray,, if it is only the burden of a sigh or the up-., ward glancing of- an eye. God will hear. Let us pray: '/ 1. For a clean heart and a right spirit, that our prayers may be', ac cepted. 2. That God will stay the pesti lence, that we may praise him for .the . help of his countenance and, serve him with joy and gladness... 3. For peace and salvation to all the nations of the earth, for the sake of righteousness, humanity, and the glory of God. In all our supplications, let us askv God to give us faith to receive his ,blessing*. \ ..... This is the earnest request pf the ?. Pastors' Union of Sumter to. all who fear God. J. H. "Wilson, President, Are You Praying** Are you praying together daily, - Are you pleading with God in pray er. V ?;, t ? Or going on still in the old way,-..: As you've done year after year.:. Do you thank Him for^alT'of His mercies, Do you implore Him for His care. But oh, are you earnestly praying? We are needing so much*, more PRAYER! POWERFUL. GAS SHELLS. Many Germans Killed in Spita'/of Their Masks. ? New York, Oct. 25.?Gas sheils pre pared in America are more, deadly than any so far made in Germany. and their fumes can penetrate, even': the most modern gas masks, M?j... H. \. W. Duffy of the British-American gas \ service, declared here tonight in a> lecture before the Society of ^hjeirnical' Industry. Major Duffy said that 7 " tours of the battle fields in- France, had observed hundreds of" all' of whom wore masks of the German design, killed by' American-, gas. ? ? ' t:y?jtitiBir.<'i.yT^l|yajr:iv-i;r:i:,i-r-i-n^'t't'i?':?''?,-?'< m ARE HANDLING I LNAN has always been c< AN .... . j , I , , , . i i i i im5 i i i i in i i 11 i.ii.rrriin.'n-MwaWM>n?Mri.-.|iiOT?iiW?? and the BOSTONlM is one