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War Song’s First Trial.
Sioux Falls, S. D.—Colonel Thomas
H. Brown, a pioneer resident of Sioux
Falls, and a veteran of the War of !
the Rebellion, had the honor of being
present at the first rendition of the |
famous war song, “Sherman’s March
to the Sea.” While in a reminiscent |
mood he told about it. |
Colonel Brown was with General |
Sherman on that famous march as a!
member of the 5th Corps. He was |
in the Third Division of the First |
Brigade. Colonel Brown was with |
the first Union troops under General |
Logan to enter Columbia, S. C., this |
being on Saturday morning, Februa-
ry 16, 1866. Just as the troops were |
nearing the city some negroes came |
running up to the men composing the
Union army, telling the latter that |
there were Union prisoners over in|
the asylum. Colonel Brown and his
comrades saw a few ragged, dirty
men coming from the asylum. They
were escaping prisoners. They told
the Union trocps that the rebels had
removed some of the prisoners before
Sherman’s army reached the city, but
these escaping prisoners, who had
made their way to the Union lines,
had eluded the rebel soldiers by hid-
ing in a garret until they saw “Old!
Glory,” when they hastened to make
their way to the approaching Union
troops. Colonel Brown relates that
these escaping prisoners were terri-
ble looking human beings, almost na-
ked and very dirty.
“One of them,” said Colonel Brown,
“accompanied me to Logan’s head-
quarters. He was barbered and bath-
ed and when he appeared in a new
suit of regulation blue he was an ele- |
yards Busy For onihs.
(Another incentive for the public,
particularly the wage-earner, to make
a success of the Victory Liberty Loan
is found in these remarks of Secretary
of the Navy Daniels. The naval ex-
pansion favored by Mr. Daniels and
the prospective labor boom are indus-
trial developments that will be aided
by the new Loan.)
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy.
During the war the business of the
Navy Department expanded, but the
end of the war will not see us go
back to the small navy which we had
| when the war began. The pending
bill in Congress carries, and any bill
that passes must carry, for the pres-
ent and future needs of the navy, a
five-fold increase of navy personnel
and naval expenditure over that which
prevailed in the early part of 1917.
This means, of course, that we shall
| not return, in employment of labor, in
the repair of our ships, in the construe-
tion of our ships aiready authorized,
gant-looking gentleman. He asked! or any other agencies of a peace navy,
for a good singer, saying he had a ¢, the conditions of two years ago.
song which he had composed while in !
prison and would like to have it sung |
to General Logan and others. Logan
always had good singers at his head-
quarters.
“He and the singers,” said Colonel
Brown, “repaired to a nearby vacant
house and soon returned, and, in the
presence of several generals, the au-
thor, assisted by others, sang for the
first time under the Stars and Stripes :
that popular song, ‘Sherman’s March |
to the Sea.” The author, as most:
everyone knows, was Major S. H. H.
Byers, now a resident of Des Moines,
Ia. While I was calling on Mr. Pen-
field, of Boston, Mass., he took from
pis Hy oR ol din S00 anny | employing to bring soldiers back from
Major Byers’ own handwriting, say- France. Not only that, we have fitted
ing: ‘I was a prisoner with the au- | out and helped to keep in repair scores
thor of “Sherman’s March to the of transports of the army and the Ship-
Sea;” he could not be found when the | Ships have returned with
ping Board.
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rebels moved us from the asylum. many accidents, minor, to be sure, and
this has imposed a heavy burden upon
the navy yards in keeping their ships
in repair.
When the war began there was a
lack of enough ships of smaller capa-
city in the navy to engage in the new
warfare against submarines, and we
took over yachts and all kinds of small
craft with the contract that, at the end
of the war, we would return them to
their owners in the same condition as
we received them. We had to make
changes in these hips, and they have
had a rigorous sfrvire, and that is a
large work which, for months, will give
employment to skilled men.
With all speed, we are completing
the ships already begun, and beginning
work on those authorized by the last
Congress. So that with the navy, for
the next few months, there will be no
unemployment, and the men who are
skilled in shipbuilding have jobs at
their hand at high wages, #1. | we are
enahled, by these reasons, to tide over
the days before normal conditions will
return.
When the armistice was signed
there was a drastic necessity to annul
contracts or to make such readjust-
ments as would save many millions of
dollars. At the same time there was
the compulsion upon us, the strongest
in America today, that every returning
soldier should have his job when he
came back home. And in the naval
service we have seen to it that every
man who left our service at navy yards
or stations to go into the war should
In 1917, or the early part of it, 36,000
skilled men were employed in our na-
vy vards. When the armistice was
signed, there were employed 86,000,
and today 92,000. We are employing
more men in the navy yards today
| than at any time during the war, and
necessarily so,
You may ask why is this, with the
end of the war. There are three rea-
sons. The first is the imperative ne-
cessity of repairing and altering and
equipping and keeping in repair for
constant service the older types of
battleships and cruisers which we are
U. S. Sells $200,000,000 Worth of War |
Supplies.
Washington.—Sales to foreign gov-
ernments of more than $200,000,000
worth of surplus war supplies has
been announced by the War Depart-
ment. Most of the material went to
France, whose purchases included
smokeless powder, acids, copper, can-
non and steel plates, for which $155,
000,000 was paid.
Italy bought $41,000,000 worth of
machine guns and ammunition, acids
and other supplies. The Netherlands
bought $685,000 worth of nitrate of
soda. About $1,000,000 worth of air-
planes and supplies, $496,000 worth of |
soldiers’ personal equipment, $285,000
worth of machine guns and $171,000
worth of hand grenades went to Cze-
cho-Slovakia.
Supplies were sold to other coun-
tries in the following amounts:
Great Britain, $2,300,000; Cuba,
$108,000; Liberia, $14,500; Switzer-
land, $9500.
Live Hogs at Fifteen and One-half
Cents a Pound.
“At present,” says one of the largest
pork dealers in the county, “I would
not pay over 20 cents a pound for the
very finest dressed hog that could be
offered me. I am buying the best kind
of live hogs for from 15 to 151 cents, |
and am finding as many as I can han-
dle at such prices.” This is in striking |
contrast with last year when the far-'
mer was paid from 22 to 25 cents a!
pound for live hogs, and they were not
very plentiful, even at that price. Sis
There has certainly been a great deal ' have his job when he came back; and
of interest taken in the production of then there was the compulsion not to
hogs the past year or so. i discharge men who had rendered faith-
EE i ful service in the war. And how have
‘we done this?
We have sought to give naval work
so it will be a stop-gap in the months
before normal conditions shall return.
For example, we have in these last few
days made it possible for every manu-
facturer in America with a small ma-
chine shop to bid on contracts for the
small parts of torpedoes. We will as-
semble them, and instead of giving a
contract to a manufacturer of torpe-
does—all of them—to a single concern,
we are making it possible for any small
machine shop in the country to make a
part of these torpedoes, assembling
them in our new plants. So, in other
ways, we are giving work to small fac-
tories and keeping the work going.
Now the duty comes to us in these
days of transition for State govern-
ments to enter upon the work of pub-
lic improvements; for city govern-
ments and for county governments, so
‘that employment may come to labor
until conditions in individual enter-
prises make a demand for labor,
I am not one of those whe have
fear of the future employment of la-
bor. [ am one of those who believe
that as soon as we tide over the pres-
ent conditions the demands of the
world for what America makes will be
so great that, with ships to carry our
products, there will be abundant labor
for every man in America who wishes
to work. As soon as the terms of peace
are signed and the country of Bel-
glum and that portion of France which
tan’ - was devastated, begin their work of
ren’t you paying too much rent upbuilding, there will be demand for
for this studio, old man?” .
“No; but I'll admit that the rent is Serving sas Aime 20 When,
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too high.”
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
Absent Treatment.
Mrs. Newrich—We shall not give
the lady’s real name—took her young
niece abroad with her. Everything
went well until about two months
after their arrival when the girl be- |
came ill and a physician was sent for.
“The child is suffering from ner-
vousness and nostalgia,” said the phy-
sician. “Take her home and she will
be all right.”
“If she has nostalgia,” said Mrs.
Newrich, “give me the name of some
European specialist and we will have
her cured. I have no faith in our
home doctors.”
State Militia Muster July 12.
Harrisburg.—Formal announcement |
was made by Adjutant General Frank
D. Beary that the Pennsylvania Re-
_ serve Militia camp of instruction
would be held at Mount Gretna July
12 to 19, and that the camp of instruc-
tion for officers would be held June 8
to 18. The current season for gallery
practice of the reserve militia will
open April 1, and outdoor rifle prac- |
ice SA May 1, and run until Novem-
er 30.
At the Little Window.
Clerk—We can’t pay you the twen-
ty-five dollars on this money order
until you are identified.
Man—That’s tough! There’s only
one man in town who can identify me
and I owe him twenty.
Not | the Same Thing.
that demand,
Secrefary Uaniels Sees Ship-
| speaks only in terms of chops and
Lamb and Mutton.
The difference of a few cents in the
cost of a pound of meat determines
whether that meat appears on the ta-
ble in many households. Yet that
difference of a few cents just as fre-
quently is caused by the limited
knowledge of the housewife of the
meat which she desires.
_ Take the cost of mutton and lamb;
it is regarded as high. But'the aver-
age housewife who so regards it
hind-quarters. The fore-quarter of
: mutton is just as dainty, just as full
‘with /ision, is gettdng ready to supply
of flavor, just as eatable in every way
if it is properly prepared. It also is
many cents cheaper per pound.
Your butcher, if he is up-to-date,
knows how to bone and roll a shoul-
der of lamb or mutton so that it may
be cut into Saratoga chops or made
into a roast of unusual sweetness.
Breeders of sheep have paid more
attention to raising a better flayored
meat in the last few years, and ‘their
efforts show clearly in the resulting
product.
Some objectors to lamb and mutton
say that they cannot eat it because
of the “woolly taste,” and that they
know of no way to remove it. That
is merely a case of pulling the wool
over your own eyes. If the fell, or
tough outer membrane that covers
the meat, is removed, there will be no
“woolly taste.”
You are taking no chances when
you order lamb. The healthfulness
and strength-building qualities of
this meat have long been recognized
by physicians, who have prescribed
its extensive use in the diet of conval-
escents.
These facts are worthy of your
studied consideration. They haye
long had that from the New England
housewife, as is attested by her con-
tinued buying.
Kaiser Growing Feeble.
The Hague.—The Kaiser was seen
taking exercise on the gorunds of
Amerongen Castle. He seems to have
considerable difficulty in walking. He
rested every few steps and a chair
was being carried after him.
According to the Telegraaf, the for-
mer German Crown Prince is renting
the manse at Wieringen for another
three months.
: Overheard.
“Don’t you find old crusty rather
hard to deal with?”
“Heavens! As hard to deal with
as a worn out pack of cards.”
U. S. Bureau Has Vacancies Paying
$10,000 Per Year.
If you worked in some sort of
government position during the war
the professional and special section of
the United States employment serv-
ice will find you something to do at
from $1000 to $10,000 a year.
Joseph D. Stites, in charge of the |
local office at 1518 Walnut street,
Philadelphia, said he has 184 opportu-
nities on file, including vacancies for
a superintendent of a paper mill, min-
ing engineers, electrical sales engi-
neer, power plant, construction engi-
neer, draftsmen and chemists of near-
ly all kinds.
For instance, a chemist who is ex-
perienced in pigments, dry dyes, can
have a good position. A similar good
opening awaits a machine tool design-
er. And one of the leading technical
schools wants a man as head of its
electrical engineering department.
A $10,000 a year position is ready
for a man who has had fifteen or
twenty years’ experience in Philadel-
phia real estate to act as an estimat-
or on reality values. The positions
are many and the workers few, ac-
cording to Mr. Stites.
More Relief for Europe.
New York.—A Methodist relief ship
laden with food, clothing, medicine, |
farm implements and portable houses
for war sufferers will start within a
few weeks for France, Italy and:
southeastern Europe, the Methodist |
Board of Foreign Missions announced. |
The Department of War Emergen- |
cy and Reconstruction of the Metho- !
dist Centenary Commission, has ap- |
propriated $997,850 for immediate re- |
lief work in Italy this year, $796,000 |
for France and sums for other coun- |
tries which bring the total to be spent |
in Europe to $2,906,850. An equal
amount has been allotted for recon- |
struction needs in the United States.
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Mistaken.
Maud—Your friend, Miss Blank,
going to be married? Why, I had
in her declining years.
Ethel—Oh, dear, no, she’s in her
accepting ones.
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the impression that she was a woman
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Concrete Illustration.
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Physiology Teacher—Robert, you
may explain how we hear things.
Bobby—Pa tells ’em to ma as a se-
cret and ma gives ’em away at the
bridge club.
Expenses
Labor, Freight A
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£2.96 %
Expenses
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MAGNIFYING GLASS
per dollar of sales:
Total 2.04 percent
A “Close-Up”
Swift & Company's Profit of 2.04
cents on each dollar of sales
The diagram at the top shows the distribution
of the average Swift dollar received from sales
of beef, pork and mutton, and their by-products,
during 1918. The magnifying glass brings
out the distribution of the 2.04 cents profit
94 of one per cent goes to pay interest
on borrowed money, taxes, etc.
508 of one per cent goes to pay divi-
dends to shareholders.
60 of one per cent remains in the
business to help in improving and
___ financing the business.
1919 Year Book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
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Yeager’s
Shoe Store
I PURCHASED SEVENTY PAIRS OF
Men’s Sample Shoes
in sizes 574 to 7. These shoes were carried
on the road by the salesmen of one of the
very best shoe manufacturers in the United
States. Not one pair of these shoes sold for
less than $10.00, and
Many of them are Worth $12.00
Your Choice for $6
You can have your choice of any pair for
$6.00 if you can wear any of these sizes.
This is an opportunity to purchase a
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Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Lyon & Co.
Spring Coats, Capes
and Suits for Ladies
We are showing a wonderful line
of Ladies’ Coats and Suits; also
the new Dolman Cape and Coat.
Everything up to the minute. Exqui-
site styles, lovely colorings; guaran-
tecd lowe st prices.
New Georgette and
Crepe de Chene Waists
We are receiving New Waists
every few days.
New Spring Footwear
Women’s High and Low Shoes,
Colonials, Oxfords and Pumps.
Misses’ and Children’s High and
Low Shoes.
Men’s Dress and Work Shoes.
PRICES THE LOWEST
Rugs, Carpets and Linoleums
See our new Rugs in Wiltons, Axminsters and
Brussels. Also new Carpets, Linoleums, Draperies and
Tapestries at new prices—which means lower than wholesale’
price today.
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