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~?= ! C*AROLLVA MEN WERE MAG NIFICENT. London Papers Praise Men From This State. -r^?--have- sent a few clippings from ^me of" the London papers which concern our boys, the boys from our ?jtm^-^mme State and town, I think that, these clippings will be of inter est' to many: people "back home" and T haw therefore asked my father to lend'them to you for publication. Our ^HjjJtfs: "over here are doirg great worJtjawS .it .may be of interest to you to know.-that the Thirtieth Division ;<Hortl|rHGaroliua One Hundred and , J^.^eeath and One Hundred and s Twentieth Infantry and South Caro lina. One.-Hundred and Eighteenth "?X'-'i^^ti^^n^.Tenne^seg One Hundred itnd Seventeenth infantry), took one ^i?.'^th.? leading roles in the breaking ?? ?C- the.;- Hindenburg line at-. j c-JL'Wish that you would also mention the ; fact that these boys who are \ UCKert&g; themselves with glory and; . upholding the hcnor of their States, are. National Guardsmen; men who have, inliays gone by marched down j?s?ufc .streets on. their weekly drills and have been railed as "tin soldiers.' .V:&h!Bi same blood runs in their veins a&did in their fathers and forefathers IfceFr "True.to the . instincts of ; their birth," upholding the glorious t?gfct of man-Kberty. I am not writing ~ 3n^artic2e^ for -I am no writer, but I think, the boys who have fought and Medt.amd those who have set out on -the-'long trail west"' are due some mention in their papers "back home." II ata thankful to say that I am re covering from my wounds received on August 3. v Thanking you for your kind favor, I am yours very truly, Lieut Thomas B. Marshall, U. S. A. A. E. F. ,v The clippings which Lieut. Mar shall: sent follow. ?Ohe was taken from the London Times of October 7: -TTT dt, was not possible at the time to speak more than : cursorily of the share of the Americans in our attack >.??J3epemher .2S, when, on their whole -feont of about. 6,000 yards. United .States troops broke through the de fenses of the Hindenburg line and ca nal tunnels and on farther right forc ed the crossing of the .canal itself. It - would. have been a great achieve ment for the most experienced sol diers in. the allied armies. For in experienced troops, as the Ameri cans were,, it was a truly extraordi nary performance. .The American troops were South erners, -chiefly Carolinians and men ytt Tennessee > and New Yorkers. All alike went straight into the German defences, which were of a most for- 1 midable kind, and swept on to their -'ohijectives: -.The. impetuosity of their : . advance made. possible the great ad vance of the British Ninth Corps on their right, - It was the Southerners * -*feo :took the .villages of Bellicourt and Nauroy, where the New York .ers,.. reckless of the intense enemy * machine gun fire on their left, swept " xar towards - Guoy and Mont St. Mar tin. That . some of the latter went too ; -fast and too:far. you know. Nests of .?Germans, Who skulked in the ramifi cations of the tunnel and in various . Jatfrs and burrows, were left unde stroyed as the advance streamed on, .and these were reinforced by other enemy, who trickled southward ^through the barrage on the left. Prob - ably;-, if those Americans on the left of the attack had been less whole hearted fighters, and could have curb ed: their -impatience to get at and . -kilb the-enemy in front, they would Starve had .fewer casualties. But the episode would have been less glor ious. ??''.'?> Australians were to follow up be hind,' and they have- jsppken bo me in Itarmfr - only of superlative praise of the way the Americans behaved. An English colonel, himself the holder 4t the Victoria Cross, and something of a judge, has made a memoran dum on the Americans' charge, and speaks of it in highest possible terms. 3"ne American dead, he says, lay stretched with their faces to the ene my, and-"not in one case was there - a man moving backwards when kill x?&?r The success of the Sotttherners On the right was perfect, and "with out the gallant fighting of the New York troops on their left, it would have been impossible for the South erners to. have made their advance." He concluded by saying: "The offi cers and men did all that it was hu manly possible for brave men to do, and their gallantry in this action must, stand out through all time in American* history." / isHow difficult the ground was is, perhaps, best shown by the fact that it was not till after three days' more hard fighting that the Aus tralians succeeded in finally mopping up all the defences which the Amer icans then overran at one splendid burst, and other divisions of Home troops on the left completed the capture of Guoy and Le Catelet. The American performance that day was truly magnificent, as their fighting has been on every occasion when they have fought with British troops on this front. The London Daily Chronicle of Oc tober 9 says: "On the extreme right of the Brit ish attack the Sixth Division and .troops of another English division have driven the enemy from the ridge of high ground southeast and east of! Bontbrehain, and have captured the hamlet of Beauregard. I . "In the right center the Thirtieth American ? Division, comprising troops from North and South Carolina and Tennessee, under the command of General Lewis, captured Brancourt after heavy fighting, and further to the northeast took Premont, com pleting a successful advance of over three miles, in the course of which they cleared the enemy from a num ber of farms and woods. .."On their left English. Scottish and Irish trops. including troops of the Twenty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Di visions, made equal progress and cap* tured: the village of Serain early in the day." Well, the prospect for thrones for all those six sons as the outcome of the war begins' to look pretty bad. - Columbus Dispatch., DOLLAR CHRISTMAS FUND. Plan to Provide Dinners for The Belgian People. To the Editor: On the eve of Belgium's deliver ance there is a danger lest we forget that the sufferings of five million peo ple wholly dependent upon aid from the allied governments for their daily bread continue and will not terminate until some semblance of restoration has been accomplished. Long before the United States enter ed the war V - Dollar Christmas [Fund was tht means of bringing hope and comfort to the destitute [ Belgian children at a time when hope and comfort and American sympathy were badly needed. There are 1. 500,000 such children "and thanks to American support given during the Christmas season we have been able to bring a ray-of sunshine to all the most necessitous cases?the poorest of the .poor,, the orphan, the sick and Jhe suffering. Th3 inspiration of the day has lent a spiritual meaning to our help far in excess of the cost oi buying the: Christmas..dinners albeit we have spent over $250,000 dollars in four successive Christmas season. The Dollar Christmas Fund trans fers its annual collection to the Com mission for Relief in Belgium which has the necessary machinery for pur chase and distribution amongst the children in Belgium, and today a* treasurer of the fund I make my fifth annual appeal?and by the grace of God the last?to the generosity of the American people. There are stir some food supplies in Belgium which can be bought by agents of the Com mission for Relief and with thes* supplies we hope to be able to give every necessitous child an extra mea1 on Christmas Day. If Americans could read some of the heartfelt expressions of pathetic gratitude to "les Americains gener eux" from thousands of children in Belgium which have somehow reach ed me the tragedy of the Belgian child during the past four years would be fully realized and your purse strings would be unloosed. Special arrangements have been made to cable the Fund to Brussels on Christmas Eve in time to be dis tributed on Christmas Day and any sums addressed to me as Treasurer of the Dollar Christmas Fund, care of Hery Clews and Co., Bankers, Broad Street, New York will be gratefully acknowledged. Our representative committee of former years has been honored this year by the addition of His . Excellency the Belgian Minister at Washington, Baron E. de Cartier who joins with :us in begging you not to forget the Belgian kiddies thi? Xmas. They need your help, and! Christian sympathy as much as. ever Help us cable on Christmas Eve c sum worthy of the United States. * Tours very truly, Henry Clews, Treasurer of-the Dollar . Christmas Fund for Destitute Belgian Chil dren, Broad St., New York. Chamber of Commerce Notes. The Sumter .Chamber of Commerce has been requested by the Counci! of National Defense, and the Statt i Council of Defense to urge the peo ple to do their Christmas shopping early, and to ship their Christmas gifts by mail and express at the earliest possible moment. There i?. much to bxs done yet before the war will finally be over, the railroad* will have as much to do in hauling troops back home, and in haulin? food and other .supplies to the sol diers as they had dtrring the war. Christmas gifts can be -purchased early and kept until a reasonable time before Christmas, then mailed and marked "not to be opened j unti Christmas Day." Our merchants win be greatly benefited -by this move ment, they will- not be rushed at the last moment so to speak, they can serve you better and you will have more time in which to carefully se lect your gifts, and you will have more time to visit different estab lishments. By every customer visit ing different establishments a spirit of competition is created, and prices are therefore necessarily somewhat lower because of competition. Through the Sumter County Homf Demonstration Department the Coun ty Fair Association offers three prizes, $75, $50 and $25 for the best school and home demonstration booths at the fair next week. The first prize is $75. The second prize is $50 and the third prize is $25. These are prizes well worth trying for. Besides there will be a lot of desirable advertising of the progress and intelligence of the teachers, patrons, and pupils of the schools and clubs participating. Farm Demonstrator J. Frank Wil liams and Secretary Reardon have distributed thousands of the food sur vey cards among the farmers during their whirlwind boosting campaign 'this week. These .cards are to be [filled out by the farmers and mailed I co Dr. W. W. Long, Director Exten sion Service, Clemson College. These two officials put in two more good days this week also boosting the county fair which opens^ up next Tuesday for three days, and boosting the United War Work Campaign. Misses Annie Keels and Alice Mar tin, our efficient and popular home demonstration agents are still can vassing their club members in the interest of the county fair. All of the rural and city school teachers and school children are cordially invited to attend the fair on the opening day, under escort of their class teacher** as the guests, without charge for admission. Pupils must jcome in a body under the supervis j ion of their teachers to the fair gates ' for free admission. DISORDER IN BRUSSELS. German Soldiers Kill Many of Their Officers. London. Thursday, Nov. 14.?More than a hundred men mostly German officers, have been killed in disorders in Brussels, and soldiers committees have been formed there and in Ant werp, according to Amsterdam dis patches. UNION LABOR'S ULTIMATUM. NO CUT IN WAGES NOR ADDED HOURS. Gonipers Serves Warning at Great Labor Conference?Says American Workmen Will Not Stand for Re vision Downward After War. Laredo, Texas, Nov. 16.?Samuel Gompers, president of the American j Federation of Labor, in the closing ! hours of the pan-American labor con- i ference here today served forma! ! warning that no general reduction of I wages nor increase in working hours after the war would be accepted with- j out a bitter fight by organized labor. He issued a statement inspired by a recent public utterance of Wm. H. Barr, president of the National Foun ders' Association, that a reduction of wages and longer hours would be the only means to enable American manufacturers to continue to cope with\foreign industries after the war. "Notice is given here and now," Mr. Gompers said "that the American people will not be forced back by either Barr, his association or all the bourbons in the United States.' President Gompers read into the record a published statement in which Mr. Barr was quoted. "Perhaps I might have not taken notice "of' this declaration if the same character of information had not come to vme from various quarters," Mr. Gompers said. "With the understanding of the re sponsibility which goes with n^ words, notice is given here and now that the American working people will not be forced back either by Barr, his association, or all the bour bons in the United States. "There are some people who will not understand; there are some peo ple who do not understand all that is meant by the willingness of the peoples of the democracies -to fight and make the sacrifices in order thai a better time shall come to the work er. The time has come in the world whea the working people are coming into their own. They have new right and new advantages. They have made the sacrifices and they are .going to enjoy the better times for which the whole world has been a. .convulsion. The American labor movement whole heartedly suported this world strug gle. The American labor movement went to the fullest lengths in sup port of that struggle .and we knew just what was involved. "Onie word more: "The American labor movement will , cooperate with all other agencie? to help in this reconstruction time. Our movement is not to destroy, but. to construct. And all may just a? well understand now as at any . other time that the advantage which the workers of America and of the allied countries have gained, and which we hope to extend to the people of the conquered countries, are not going t*" be .taken' away from us. "And we wil resist in that attempt to the utter most." A Danger to Guard Against. (Manufacturers Record.) We need to beware of the tremen dous power of the financial interest in this country, as well as in Ger many, which will be used in the propaganda to secure peace for Ger many without punishment. Every pro-German in this countr; -r?and there are still many of them? will in every way possible try to plan the seed of "peace without punish ment." ?? . Every business interest that can be influenced through the devious way; known to the German propaganda will be put to work in neutral coun tries, as well as in our own country and in Great Britain, France and Italy, to save Germany from punish ment. German banking houses, private and State, having wide ramifications throughout the world, . know thai their bankruptcy is inevitable unless, they can prevent the confiscation o: Germany's war bonds, which should be one of our terms of peace, and full indemnity of all the cost of the war to the allies, which should be another of the terms of peace.; Through Switzerland and other neutral countries these financial in terests will move, as we recently said not heaven and earth, but hell and earth to prevent their own finanncia' destruction. In many places where least expect ed there will be a quiet, but none the jless aggressive, effort to bring about "peace without punishment." We shall find it cropping up here and there, advocated often by people whe do not realize that they are beinf made a part of the German propa ganda. Begging pleas for the wo women and children of Germany will be heard as one reason why we must not punish that nation, and these very pleas will be a part of the propaganda of German bankers to save themselves from loss. Tie power of these financial in fluences is enormously great. We need not for a moment underesti mate the effect of their work throughout the world. They will say to other bankers everywhere that the confiscation or forced repudia tion of Germany's war indebtedness would be setting a precedent which might in the future endanger all bonds issued by governments for war, and must, therefore, be opposed j by all bankers. This is one of the specious plea? which they will put forth. ? We need to be warned and to be put on guard against it. This will not be openly advocated. Probably no man will put on paper this plea against a con fiscation of Germany's war indebted ness;. Nevertheless. by word of mouth it will be passed from German bankers to the bankers in neutral countries, and to the- utmost extent of this influence . the propaganda against financial punishment for Ger many will be pressed in this country and everywhere else. Against such a move the nation should be on its guard. If a league of nations is to include barbarians who fire shrapnel at boats laden with women and, children, there won't be any waitingTist of ap plicants.?Indianapolis Newsfe yiSE? MAY RETURN. WILLIAM. JETSDS HOLLAND TOO DISTURBED FOR COMFORT. Berlin Paper Says IHe May be Peroiit ted to Return to Germany to Re side. London, Nov. 18, 3.47 A. M.?The Potsdam soldiers' and workmen's committee learns that William Hoh enzollern intended to return to Ger many because of disturbances in Hoi land, according to a Copenhagen ! dispatch to The Exchange Telegraph Co. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger states he is likely to be permitted to return. I Prince Eitel Frederich, a son of I Former Emperor, has appealed to I his comrades in Potsdam garrison to j place themselves at the disposal of I the new government of Germany. HUNS WOULDN'T FIGHT. Geiman Fleet Ordered to Engage the Allies Until the Last Ship Went Down. Copenhagen, Nov. 16.?Bv the As sociated Press.?Friday afternoon's edition of the Vorwaerts of Berlin declared that the report was true ?that the German fleet wail ordered out on Oct. 20 for a final battle, which was to be fought until the last ship was sunk. The pan-Germans be lieved that such a battle would re animate the German people with the spirit of 1914. It is said that he order to the fleet spoke merely of a "maneuver cruise," but the report that a sacrificial battle was intended spread like wildfire. A general mutiny followed. "This," says The Vorwaerts, "was the real spark that kindled the rev olution." The number of persons killed in Berlin since the revolution broke out is said to be about 100. MARCH TOWARD BELIGUM. American Troops Have Almost Reach*! ed the Boundary. Washington, Nov . 18.?^Reporting today on the march of the Third American army into Belgian territory Gen. Pershing announced that by nightfall yesterday the advance ele ments reached the !line of Ecouviez Sorbey, Mars Latour, or the near border. SOLICITOR GENERAL NAMED. Alexander C. King of Atlanta, Sue* oeedc John W. Davis. Washington, Nov. 18.?Alexander C. King, of Atlanta, has been nomi nated by President Wilson to be so licitor general of the department of justice to succeed John W. Davis, who was recently n'ominated ambassador to Great Britain. SENATOR MORSE SWORN IN. Republican from New Hampshire Takes His Seat. Washington, Nov. IS.?George H. Moses, of New Hampshire was sworn in today as a member of the senate, after a sharpe debate. Lord Charnwood, Biographer of Lincoln. If the world is to be made safe for; democracy, the great democracies of the world must know, love, and' trust j one another. The great English speaking democracies, largely sprung from the same stock and inspired by the same ideals, must be th e first to establish their relations on v.his basis of knowledge, affection, and confi dence. As between ourselves and the Brit ish people, we encounter at the out se, a traditional obstacle. We were told as children that the English peo. ple made war on the colonies in America, when we should have been .taught that all that was liberal in i English life refused to make war.oni their brethren in America, so that) the German King of England found] it necessary to employ Hessians to j I fight his battles over here. As a 1 matter of fact,- the English Liberals! of that day were fighting the battles! of the American democracy, just as J 1 the colonists were winning the bat j tie of English liberalism. A pervert ; ed history, however, made of the ! Revolutionary War a non-conducting medium between the people of Great Britain and America. The present war, in which Britain and America are fighting side by side, is surely destined to bring about a better understanding between all all those who speak the English tongue. The good feeling and mu tual understanding thus begun may be most effectually developed through the friendly contact of the people themselves rather than through for mal alliances. Lord Charnwood's visit- to this country will prove a great. and last ing contribution to the coming era of good feeling between the people of Great Britain and America. Lord Charnwood is a democrat, in convic tion, taste and habits. His. home life is simple and beautiful. .At..the little parish church near his home he reads the lessons on Sabbath morning. The members of his family sustain an un affected friendship with their neigh bors and servants. In public life his record is that of an uncompromising progressive. He has frequently appeared on the plat form at meetings of labor unions and is everywhere regarded as a friend and champion of labor. His demo cratic convictions are based on in telligent sympathy, wide reading, and thorough knowledge of social and political conditions. Lord Charn wood has traveled extensively in America, has observed ' our institu tions, appreciates our ideals, and in his "Life of Abraham Lincoln" has given perhaps the finest interpreta tion of our great national hero. He has studied American constitutional history with rare insight and he ap preciates the problems of our social and political life with an amazing comprehension of every side of our history.?From "Lord Charnwood. a Great British Liberal." by Wallace Buttrick, in the American Review of Reviews. TO DISCOUNT COTTON PAPER. Lever Takes Up Matter With Feder al Reserve Bank. Washington, Nov. 16.?Congress man A. F. Lever today was informed by persons in South Carolina that the Federal Reserve Bank, of Richmond had stated that it was unwise to re discount cotton paper, which would enable the farmers to hold their cot ton for higher prices. Mr. Lever was indignant at such a procedure and got in touch with Gov. Harding, of the federal reserve board, in Washington and informed him of the report. Gov. Harding as sured him that no such policy was authorized by the federal reserve board and that he would take prompt action to investigate the matter and rectify it. Commenting upon the situation, Mr. Lever said: "I am glad to say that I found Gov. Harding of the reserve board, in full accord with my own views; he gave me every assurance 'that the reserve board was in sympathy with the efforts of the farmers to get a just and fair price for their cotton. He assured me that he would see to it that no unwise discrimi nation should be made against the farmers of the South. I regard this as a very important matter because the farmers can hold their cotton if the local banks, which are members 'of the reserve system are permitted to have their paper discounted through the reserve banks'." Colds and Grippe Yield to Calotabs Overnight. '* To break up a cold over night or,to cut short an attack of influenza or grippe, physicians and druggists ?ife now recommending Calotabs, the new nausealess- ealomel, that !s purifiecl from all dangerous and sickening ef fects. Those who have tried it say that it acts like magic, hy far more effective and certain than the ojd style calomel heretofore recommend ed by all physicians. [r One Calotab on the tongue at bed time with a swallow of water^-thaf,s all. No salts, no nausea nor the slightest interference with eating .work or pleasures. I Next -'.morning your cold has vanished ;and your whole system feels refreshed and purified. Calotabs is sold only in orig inal sealed packages, price thirty five cents. Recommended and guar anteed by all druggists.. Your money back if you are not delighted.-rAdvt. Ripened Judgment. "Then we're engaged?" ; "Of course." "And I am the first girl you ever loved?". r "No, dear, but I'm harder to su^t now than I used to be."?Kansas City Journal. ... .. r. tj -.- -1;-" \ -: / I At Quarantine. s Examining Surgeon?"Have' yoai any scars?" -: ij? 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