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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
LEE PLANS FOR FAIR.
County VIII Hold First Event ot
NnQ-Company Is Formed and
Onlcers Elected.

Bishopville. May 20.-The Lee
County Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair association has been organized
and the officers and directors elected
and already force of hands is 81
work grading and preparing to erect
fences and grandstands. The first
thing that will be put in readiness will
be an athletic field and arrangements
made for summer baseball. A race
track will be built at once for the
use OF horsemen and motorcycles and
automobiles. The track as laid out
will be three-Quarter mile track. A
beautifully situated lot Of l6 acres
In the northeastern part of the city
has been purchased and the orders for
lumber and other building material
placed and arrangements will be hur-
ried so that Lee county will stage its
first fair the coming fall.
The fair association will be incor.
porated and will have paid in cap
ital Of $4,000. The officers and d.
rectors are all well known and promi.
nent business men. farmers, mer-
chants and bankers from all sections
Of the county and 1t. Ia to be In every
sense a county fair. The following
are the directors: e. 8. Newsome,
G. w. Houck. w. j. DuBose, r
M. Jenkins. Geo. McCutchen, Hal
Williamson. c. H. Peoples. H.4tW.
woodward. s. L. Austin. w. A. Stuck
ey, ]. c. Josey. r. M. Cooper. Jr.
The officers are: w. A. Stuckey.
president; s. L. Austin. vice president;
w. r. Scarborough. secretary and
treasurer.
Committee on baseball and track
sports is: Roland L. Hearon, chair
man; M. B. McCutchen. q. F. Parrot,
s. L. Austin. II. w. Woodward.
Buildings and grounds: j. P. Kill
gore. chairman; w. A. Stuckey, S.
Levy Austin. w. w. McCutchen, r. M.
cooper, Jr.
Each township In the county Is we'll
represented among the officers and
shareholders, especial effort being
made to scatter the stock over all of
the county SO that it will be truly a
county fair.
A committee has been appointed to
visit Batesburg and Orangeburg and
get ideas from their fair grounds
and buildings-this is not with a view
to duplicating them, but to excelling
them. vt
1t Is one of the good signs of the
times that In campaign year when
nearly every one Is absorbed in poll
tics people from every district come
together and put through such an un.
dertaking for the uplift and advertis-
ing Of this. the cream of the State ag-
riculturally.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

544S-Folsom Elec. Co., re-
pairing tel. line, 200
5449-Burns Hdw. Co., nails, $50
o4o1-Sumter Telephone Co.,
Telephone rent, 1st Or, 600
5477-J. K. White. bal. due on
work on fence, 800
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
FOURTH MONTHLY
REPORT

VI supervisor of Sumter County, S. C..
April 1-3O, 1914.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

int. on 1St series road
bonds, $4,000
IT. Co,poIo-oA n.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

Aims House.
54O4--Mrs. B. ID. Mitchell, diet
Ing and care inmates, $235.25
5428-f4eo. II. Hurst. coffin.
l mattress. l pillow. 1925
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

Farmers Baub . T 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17
ENGLISHWOMEN IN
THE ENEMY'S CAMP
(By ROBERT ELLSON.)

Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
London, Oct. 16.-A well-known
British woman of Nottingham, had Il
highly exciting and interesting time
in Germany when war was declared,
and has only now been enabled to re-
turned to London following upon a
journey from Hamburg which was
,fraught at every stage with difficulty
and anxiety. This lady left Noting
ham on July 30, proceeding by way
of Grimsby and Hamburg, to spend
few weeks with an old school friend,
a lady resident in county place in
the heart of Mecklenburg.
Excitement began practically at the
start of the journey. Germany was
waiting for Russia's reply to the ques
tion addressed to her regarding mobi-
lization and the whole situation was
one of great tension.
"On the evening of Friday, July 81"
said the lady to a Guardian represen-
tative, 1--WE were held up by a Ger
man torpedo boat off CuXhaven, and
were told that we were to anchor,
as no shipping was allowed up the
Elbe without special pilot.
"Tnere we stopped until half past
five the next morning, when a cutter
came off with customs house officers
and men. They looked all through
the passenger list and called a roll
Of the passengers and crew. Then
we were told that we must wait until
pilot came on board. We reached
Hamburg nine hours later, and heard
at once that mobilization was immi-
nent in Germany. The order came
about six o'clock that night. | went
to SEE an English friend at Hamburg,
but found she had returned to Eng
land. Things, however, seemed very
interesting just then, and | decided 20
go to my friends place in Mecqlen-
burg. Her husband, | might say, is
q dragon officer in the German army.
and although not obliged to go, being
over so years of age, he had returned
to the colors. The eldest son had also
gone to the front. Eleven Of their
horse had been taken, and out of
sixteen able-bodied men on the place
only four had been left behind, and
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17
Business Notices.
There Is Energy
In Every Package of
H-O Oatmeal

Every day you use u five and one
half times more energy than tissue.
That waste must be supplied in the
same ratio, if perfect health is to be
maintained.
Properly cooked Oatmeal comes
nearest to supplying this ratio of "five
and cne-half to one." But it takes
over two hours to cook Oatmeal prop
erly H-O Oatmeal is steamcooked
for more than two hours, before it
leaves the mill-and it is the only
teadl-cooked Oatmeal on the marker
When you open a package of H-O
you can at once tell by the golden
brown color of these selected white
oats that they have been steam
cooked, and treated by special pro-
cess.
This steGm-cooking, in sealed cook
ers, Of H-O Oatmeal before it is rolled
into flakes, retains all the flavor of
ripe grain--minus all surplus mois-
ture. That explains its rare tasti-
ness.
The two NEST important food ele-
mencs, especially in building up chill
dren, are protein for tissue and car
bohydrates for heat and energy. NJ
bo-hydrates for heat and energy. No
other food has SO perfect combina-
Mieilt as we'll buy the best-H-O. All
grOcerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17
SIDELTGHTS ON
WARTIME LONDON
(By Herbert Temple)
european Manager of the Interna
tional News Bureau)

London, Oct. 11.-London in wal
time presents a variety of aspects
strange to the habitues of the world
metropolis. The public of every coun-
It.y now knows that London is dark
O. nights in order not to present an
easy target for German Zeppelin at
tacks. But that is only one of the
strange things that attract atten-
ton.
The personal" and want ad" col
IUmns of the London daily newspapers
in these days present exceedingly in
teresting reading matter to those
who Lave time to read them. They
contain all manner of communications
bearing on the war. There are to be
3 seen daily great many advertise
mentS along this line:
Educated Englishman, eligible for
enlistment, needs rs pounds (S375) to
pay debts and provide for family in
order that he may enlist for service.
Best of references. Who will help?
Address X. Y. T." Another:
''Englishman, best of references,
has been offered commission, but
cannot accept because hard up. Who
will help with small loan to care for
family while at the front. Address
A. B. c."
Then there are a great meany ad
vertisements like the following:
Educated Englishman, speaks
French and German, willing to do
nate services as private secretary or
clerk to enable some young man to
enlist" And:
"Girls of all ages and accomplish
ments anxious to do mems werk in
order that men may go to the front"
In addition to these, there are many
curious personals" inserted in the
For instance:
Lady wishes to sell her bridal bag
in order to help maintain soldiers ON
the firing line"
Lady of means, desirous of help
ing men who want to enlist, is willing
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17

81 had box with me and among
Its contents was book containing a
few notes which / had been preparing
On an Italian holiday. These | showed
to the officer inspecting the luggage
without delay, and to my relief he
assured me that everything was quite
all right. He did not even search my
box while curiously enough, lady n
little further along the line of pas
sengers had everything in her box
tumbled out on the ground.
CAT the Dutch frontier we all had
again to turn out, and some of the
luggage was looked at again. We
were then penned up in a waiting
room which speedily became regu
lar Black Hole of Calcutta. Suisse
auently more officials arrived and ex-
amincd our passports, this being done
six times in ALL Rotterdam was
reached at 1890 at night, and some
of us went to hotel, where / was
compelled to share double bedded
room with three American ladies. |
left next morning at eight for Flush
ing, extremely relieved at having
reached the end of an exciting, ad-
venturous journey. The Folkestone
boat ! noticed, was crowded to excess
with German-Americans,w who seemed
to be very glad at getting away.
"The two points which stand out
the most clearly in connection with the
matters were the sympathy and help
which received at the American con-
sulate and the kindness and courtesy
of individual Germans during the
journeys, although they knew that l
was English. Money was offered me
by three people to assist me home, but
what l required was lent me by my
friend, for naturally one did not go
away expecting to have to stay at
hotel, and incur the extra expenses
which in the unexpected circumstances
arose.
zone thing that struck me as very
significant was the absolute secrecy
observed in regard to the wonderful
seige gun employed against the Liege
forts until the weapon was actually i'll
use.
'It is Al centimeter bore, carrying
Il very pointed narrow shell which will
penetrate any fortifcation, steel, iron
CIR earth, and explode few seconds
later. The point is, however, that not
a soul in Germany, except the work
men who make the gun and the mill
tary authorities, knew anything about
the weapon until it was placed in posi-
ton.
81 was struck by the orderliness and
sobriety which prevails everywhere
amidst the excitement. All the time
l was away / saw no drunken people,
with the exception of two sailors.
"The departing troops are voluntar-
lily attended to by the women of the
Red Cross Society, who provide for
them milk, coffee or fruit syrup, with
sandwiches, black bread, sausages and
hard boiled eggs, with cigars and
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17

7
to hire substitutes to take their COM
mercial positions"
Lady, expert chauffeur, owning
own car, would like to be of volun-
tary service, carrying dispatches, con-
veying recruits to camps, or in any
other possible way"
Lady offers diamond brooch to
highest bidder. Proceeds to go to-
ward relieving distress"
Other varieties of wants" that
strike the eye are for help in getting
to the front, such as:
"Will anyone owning service revolv-
er be willing to loan until soldier go
ing 20 the front can obtain another"
Gentleman wishing to form cav
airy division wants to meet other gen
tlemen willing to enlist"
Gentleman, unmarried, going to the
front, wants someone willing to write
him home news in exchange for oc-
casional censored post cards from the
firing line"
All of the London newspapers, too,
carry variety of advertisements urg-
ing recruits to join the army. One of
them:
"Your king and country need you.
Lord Kitchener wants every able
bodied. man to enlist. God save the
king Another:
can appeal to all exN. c. Ms
mon commissioned officers). Lord
Kitchener appeals to -non-eommis-
stoned officers of any branch of His
Majesty's forces to assist him now by
re-enlistirg at once for the duration
of the war. Particulars: Chiefly re-
CURED to act as drill instructors. Pro-
motion to non-commisisoned rank i'm
mediately after enlistment. Age no
obstacle, so long as competent. No
liability for service abroad if over 40.
Pensioners will draw their pensions
in addition to pay of rank at army
rates. God save the king"
Besides such advertisements, there
are scores appearing in all the daily
proclaiming "Made IL
England" goods. Clothing, boots and
shoes, drugs, edibles and all other
commodities are advertised as of Eng
lish make, for the reason that i'm
mediately on the outbreak of war
there was a. wholesale crusade
throughout the British empire against
all goods of German manufacture.
In this connection some really amaz-
ing advertisements may be seen,
Among them this:
"Action for libel j. Lyons &
Co., Ltd. (plaintiffs) VS.. Upton, Ltd
(defendants). In the high court of
justice, Mr.. Justice Sankey granted
an interim injunction restraining Lip
ton, Ltd, their agents and servants
from speaking 81 publishing or writ
ing any word to the effect or of the
substance that j. Lyons & Co., Ltd,
or the directorate thereof, is composed
Of Germans, and that by purchasing
their commodities the public is as
s;sting the enemies of Great Brit
ain.
81. Lyons & Co., Ltd. (By appoint
ment to His Majesty, the King) is an
all-British company, with all-Britisn
directors, and has $4,000 all-British
shareholders"
Vote California Dry
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17

a few days afterwards the youngest
son also offered himself.
at was just at harvest time and
Just as many farmers in England en-
fploy Irish laborers at that period, so
do Germans get in Russian harvest
ers, and at my friends place there
were 80 Russians, who were accom-
modated in building little dis
tance from the house. We had n
scare one night, although needless
one, 4 rumor being circulated that the
Russians meant to burn the premises.
And there were practically no men
about, with the exception of the old
farm steward and a German head
harvester, this was alarming, but the
precaution had been taken to disarrn
the Russians and nothing happened,
BY this time, as events seemed to be
marching somewhat rapidly, and al
trains were being used for military
urposes, | thought would see about
getting a passport. So | went gaily
into the little town to obtain one when,
judge of my surprise, the mayor re-
fused it, saying that England was de-
claring war.
"This was disconcerting, so wrote
to the American consul at Hamburg,
who was most courteous, but said he
could issue no passports except to the
person for whom it was intended.
Finally / started off to Hamburg,
which is ordinarily six hours jour
ney, hut upon this occasion occupied
fourteen. The train carried many Ger
man soldiers. 1t was eleven o'clock
at night when we got to Hamburg.
l had luggage with me which in the
general turmoil was rather difficult to
manage, but on three separate occa-
sions l was most kindly helped by
Germans, although l made no secret
of the fact that / was an English
woman. 1T does not NATTER one said,
IAN English lady is safe anywhere
On the Monday morning l went to the
American consulate in Hamburg and
was told that according to regulations,
which could not possibly be set aside,
/ should be required to prove my iden-
tity. 1t was suggested to me that
either my marriage certificate or my
birth certificate would suffice. l ex-
planned that / was unmarried, and
that as to my birth certificate, it was
not usual to carry such thing about
on ones travels. 1t looked rather like
an impasse, when fortunately I re-
membered Red Cross medallion
which I had with me, and they ac-
cepted the evidence of that
"Oa the Monday evening l obtained
my passport, but on Tuesday found
that instructions had been given that
no more Englishwomen were to leave
until further orders. On the Wednas-
day 1 went again, and heard that
great efforts were being made to en-
able an English clergyman to get
away 60 girls who had been employed
in Ge,many, governesses, helps and so
forth, but the authorities were still
saying that they must wait.
"But / felt that / could not wait,
and cn Thursday morning I went 10
the military officer and asked if there
was any chance of getting through the
German lines as an English Red Cross
polite and pleasant, said that this was
permitted in the Franco-Prussian war,
but he was very much afraid that it
would not be done in the struggle then
commencing.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-17
Cotton Seed Meal for Horses and Mules

of al
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of fine
free
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28
THOSE DESERT BOOKS.

\ librarian writing concerning tho re
plies received 10 the question What
books would YOU choose for a desert
island recently asked ny THE Sun.
says:
As usual. some OF hem head their list
with the Bible. Now. there are many peo-
pie who can put the Bible AT the head
Of their list for religious reasons and do
il sincerely. There are others to whom
the King James Bible appeals wholly as
a great work OF English literature. Again.
such persons can name II among their
desert island books and speak without
hypocrisy. But for the most part. when
somebody begins one OF these lists with
the Bible with or without their reasons
We turn aside 10 hide a smile and gaze
fNe1ly N large framed portrait OF Mr..
pechsnin.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28

q sweet domestic kind OF beauty, like
that OF young wife, gay. strong. alert,
enthusiastic a twinkle in her eve. "A laugh
upon her lips. She Ras temperament and
charm. qualities as rare and az fascinating
In a city as In a human being.
DO you ask why she o. different from
her sisters? was afraid you might
ask thai. They tell a romantic story.
| don't like TO repeat gossip. hut-thoy
say that hong ago, when her mother lived
upon a little farm by the river. thcr"
came along dashing Noyageur from
France who loved her. Mind you. vouch
for nothing II is legend. | do not
affirm that IT is true. But-voila There
IS Detroit. She is different.
Kansas city.
The most striking thing 10 us lay not In
the great buildings already standing, bu'
in tho embryonic structures everywhere.
All over Kansas City old buildings arc
coming down to make PLACE for new ones :
hills OF clay are being gouged away and
foundations dug steel frames are shoot
iag up never before or since have
sensed as | sensed that day a ci'y'-
growth. II seemed 10 me that | could
feel expansion in tho very ground he
meath my feet. Looking upon these null
hilarious activities was like looking
through an enormous magnifying glass at
some gigantic ant hill, where thousands
, upon thousands OF workers were rush
ing about. digging, carrying. construct
ing, all in GREATNESS haste. Nor WAS
| the Incidental music lacking; the air was
ringing with the symphony Of work.
the music of brick walls falling. of drills
digging at the earth and OF automatic
riveters Gathering their swift metallic
song high up among the tall steel frames.
where presently would stand desks and
Ming cabinets and typ.wrlting machines.
Did you ever feel city growing so"'
| asked my companion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28

America and is issued under tho auspices
Of the japanese Society, with an introduc-
tion hy Lindsay Russell, president =" the
society. II gives first hand Information az
TO present conditions In Japan, 20 the
ideals and policies OF japanese leaders.
and all important matter of the state Of
public opinion In Japan in regard TO tho
continuing interest of the empire in main
tanning peaceful relations with the United
States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28
COLORFUL
PICTURES
OF CITIES

THE reader who expects to find a
conventional travel book in .Ju-
Ian Streets book OF american
ramblingS.' Abroad at Home" Cen
tury). is destined to BE- disappointed
Humor. color and gay characterization
Light up the pages whether it be mat
ter Of description or narration. OF auec.
do,e or analysis. The personalities OF
localities and OF localized people are
as hard to catch as are the personalities
Of individuals, but this is what the au-
thor has achieved. He with the artist
Wallace Morgan made a Zigzag journey
across the country. stopping briefly at
certain points where they thought they
would I've Interested or necessity they
had to observe quickly. catching the high
Lights and shadows. but that the author
had ever present some delicate perceptive
sense, more subtly appreciativo than
those ui mere seeing and hearing. IL
at;est'd 20 10y unique quality which
distinguishes his succession OF city por-
trait Mr street says:
Cities Ike people have habits. Just
ds Detroit has the automobile habit.
p.tishnrg has tn" steel habit. Erie. Pa,
'he boiler habit. Grand Rapids the furni-
'ure habit, and Louisville the or one
may -. sn) whiskcy habit Buffalo had.
\ earlier times the transportation habit
Following are certain cities as they made
IMPRESSION upon the travelling author:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28
Prs tries.

] had imagined that ! understood the
prairies without having laid eyes upon
them. but when raised my window shade
that morning and found che prairies
stretching ont before me ! was as sur
prised, as stunned. as though had never
heard OF them before and the idea cim.
10 me- like an original thought; How per
fectly enormous they are And how like
the sea | had discovered for my self the
truth OF another piatitude.
For long time | lay comfortably in
my berth. gazing out at the appalling
spread OF iaud and sky. sven al sea the
great bowl OF the sky had never looked SO
vast Ia me, The land was nothing to it,
In the foreground there was nothing Go
the middle distance, nothing in the dis
, lance. nothing nothing, nothing, nothing.
met the eye in all that tracl<less waste of
railroad line and the horizon, on which
was disccrnlble the faint outlines of seN-
eral ships-ships when were In reality a
house, ii windmill and barn
Presently our craft-for ! had the feel
ing that | was on a ship at anchur-. gut
under way. ON We sailed over the ocean
of land for mile after mile. each mile like
the one before 1t and the one that fol-
lowed, save only when We passed a little
feet OF houses like fishing boats al sea,
| or crossed an inconsequcnta wagon
road resembling the family discri able
| wake of some ship, long since out OF sight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28
Den yer.

Denvers youth has saved her from me
municipal disease which threatens such
older cities as 81. Louis and -. Paul:
hardening OF the arteries of traffic Also
nature has given her what may be termed
a good municipal complexion" wherein
she has b.'en more fortunate than Kan
sas city, whose warts and wens have
necessitated expensive operations by the
city beauty doctor"
Now. city with the natural cha rm
of Denver is. like woman similarly
endowed. in danger of becoming oVersure
Either is likely To !ie back ana rest upon
natures bounty. Yet, to Denver's eternal
credit bc IL said. sh" has not fallen into
ways of indolent self-satisfdction | know
OF no American city which has done and
is doing more for herself