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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23

Mr.. Clinton u. Walsh. who has been
on N trip To the Panama Pacific Expo
sition at san Francisco. Cal. and other
points I'm the west returned to the city
last night. lie reports IA most delight
tul trip as the guest of the Aetna In
surance Company. from which he won
his trip by work during the year.
Miss Annie Maye has gone for a
short visit To her sister. Mrs. w. T..
Ogier ut Savannah. ca.
MIR. and Mrs. w. T. Ogier, of Savan-
nah. Ca, have returned home after
the death OF the latter's mother. Mrs.
II. n. Maye. Sr.
Mr.. w. G.. Smith has returned to
his home az Spartanburg. whore he Is
attending the Textile Industrial Insti-
tute. He spent the weekend with
friends In the city.
A prominent visitor to the city sun
day night was Congressman A. r..
Lever. who spent the night In Sumter.
Miss Mary Riser. of Birmingham,
Ala, Is the guest of Mrs. .. III. Foley.
Miss Ruth Wilson. OF ST. Charles,
was an attractive visitor To the city
today.
Col q. G. Scarborouwh. of Sum-
merton, was a visitor to the city today.
Mrs. James NJ. Carson. Mrs. NJ. c.
Pennal and Miss Grace Carson, of
Dalzell. are visiting i'm the city, the
former being on her way to Summer
ton.
Miss Louise Siddall of the Winthropl
College faculty. who came homo to-
spend the. weekend In remaining over
I'm the city several days on account of
tl'e serious illness of her father. Mr..
"a. A. siddali.
Mr.. ID. c. Shaw returned from
Asheville yesterday. reaching here at
about o'clock I'm the afternoon. af-
ter making the trip from Charlotte
during the day I'm n Ford roadster,
he having come by Charlotte from
Asheyille. which he left about
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Shaw
reports the roads in some places
Ifearfully muddy as a result of the re-
cent rains, but the Ford pulled
through the mire and brought him
here nevertheless.
Mrs Hassie Earle. of Greenville.
VIII has been visiting her parents in
ths city for several days. having
come on for the Bakor-Anderson mar
risgo, loft this morning 70 return to
Greonvilie.
pr. Walter J. Brtstow has gone 10
Abbevillo 90 attend the marriage oil
hts brother otto Bristow and Miss
Mcmillan at that place.
Judge X. o. Purdy went to Lam
caster on business this week.
Miss Margaret Hoyt. of Sumter. left
"Wednesday for Beaufort. where she
will spent the winter with Mrs. c. c.
Brown.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
TO CHRISTIAN EN.
DEAVOR.
Will Attend State Convention i'm I.au-
rcns Next Month.

VIII AttcHu state convention In I.au-
rcns Next Month.
At recent meeting the Christian
Endeavor Society selected the follow
ing delegates to attend from Sumter
the State Convention which meets in
Laurens on November 5th to 7th:
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T.. White, Miss
Mamie Edmunds, Miss Claudia Fraser,
Miss Margaret DeLorme Mrs l.. j.
Leonhirth, Messrs. Hilliard Folsom and
Geo. G. Warren; alternates, Miss Car
RE Marshall and Whit Shaw. A spec
ial train will be operated from Column
bia to carry the delegates from the
lower section of the State, who will
gather there before going on to Lau-
rens.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
Transfers OF Real Estate.

acres in county, $74S.75.
Master to II. l.. Hunt, 1-2 acre lot
in town of Mayesville, lot on Salem
Avenue, also third lot in Mayesville,
1855.
Master to r. ID. Lee, I. c.. Strauss
and ID. ID. Noise, executors of will of
M. Noise, 200 acres on Sumter-Camden
public road, $500.
c. p. Osteen to r. S. Noise, lot on
Salem Avenue, 5000.
Master to l.. ID. jennings, lot in Sum-
ter county, 500.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23

IL Will be wen for hog raisers 20 re-
member that sprouted cockie-burs are
deadly poison to hogs. This Is not a
theory. but a well demonstrated fact.
Farmers who have fields infested with
cockle-burs and plow them under be-
fore frost. for tho purpose OF eradi-
eating the pest. should not turn hogs
on the ploycd fields. since they are al
most certain to eat some of the sprout-
ed burs.
Mr.. Robert Muldrow. OF Mayesville,
had fifteen hogs To die last week and
all the evidence indicates that they
were poisoned by cockle-burs. He had
a Held that was ovcrrun with cocklc-
burs and In hope of destroying the
weeds h plowed the field with a turn
plow. There was heavy growth of
forage on the land and thinking that
IL would furnish good grazing for his
hogs ne turned herd of thirty on the
neld few days after IL had been
plowed. few hours after the hogs
were turned In ne found two of them
dead and number OF others sick.
The hogs were Immediately removed
from the field hut by morning thlr-
teen others were dead. a neighbor
suggested To him that the hogs had
been poisoned by eating sprouted
cockle-burs, as he had heard that the
burs were poisonous To hogs when
sprouted. Mr.. Muldrow referred the
matter To Clemson College and the
swine expert Informed him that his
hogs were undoubtedly Killed by the
cockic-burs. as II had been established d
by number Of cases that cocklc-burs
when In sproutlng state are "A dead
ly poison To hogs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
TIE BUY A BALE MOVEMENT.
The Civic League Receives Profit on
One Isaic Purchased Last Fall.

Last fall IL was the farmer who
proiitcd by the BUY Bale" move,
ment. this fall the Civic League is
reaping the benefit. The following
letter was sent TO the League yester-'
day:
Miss Armida Moses. Treasurer Nurse
Fund, City.
Dear Miss Moses: We enclose here
with check $i.S2. which represents
donation made to charity by j.
Friedman d Co., OF New York City
Last fall we purchased bale of
cotton for this firm ut ten cents
pound. and they have recently request
ed that we sell the cotton and ap-
ply any surplus above the cost of the
cotton to charity.
Recognizing the good work the City
Nurse is doing among the poor of our
city, we take pleasure I'm turning this
amount over to you to be used for
this cause.
Very respectfully.
THE SUMTER CLOTIING Co,
Per. G.. T.. Hurst, Pres.
sumter. oct. 10. 1916.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23

The Lancaster News has issued
this week "a forty page County Fair
Edition. which Is big credit To tho
town. The paper Is exceedingly wen
gotten up. has plenty Of interesting
reading matter and enough local ad-
vertising To- make the edition a finan-
cial success. An article of especial
interest to sumter people la this pa -
per ~ an editorial taken from the
Anderson Iuiclligcnccr. boosting
Governor MnnninE's administration
for constructive legislation. The edit
tor ~ hearty congratulated on the is-
sue.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
Wins lIrst Prize nj KingStrcc.

News has been received here Of the
fact that Peacock. the handsome bay
saddle horse owned by j. II. Myers,
was doubly successful In the cxhibi-
tions at the Williamsburg county ;air
at KingStree. The horse won lirS;
place In both the gcntlcmens ana the
ladies' fine saddle horse classes open
tO all cOmers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23

1t will be Of interest to many of
those who attended the horse show to
know that Mr.. j. III. Levy. Jr., has pur-
chased the light chestnut mare, eX.
hibited at the show by Collins & Son of
Kentucky, which took the trophy cup
IA the horse show. Tho animal is "a
handsome one and is an addition to
Sunitc:'s s list OF fine horses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
A BIG COTTON SALE.
%. r.. Glenn Purchases 1900 Bales
from j.. NJ. IIcaron for More than
$50 900

FROM The Daily Item. Oct. 21.
One of the biggest single sales of
cotton made in this section was that
yesterday at Bishopville when j. f.
Glenn, the local buyer for Alexander
Sprunt & Son OF Wilmington, n. c.,
purchased from j. NJ. Hearon at Bish-
opville, a lot of 1900 bales at a single
sale, the check paid for the cotton be-
ing slightly i'm excess of $4,000. All
OF the cotton was in Bishopville and
will be shipped from there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23

The City of Sumter Is In very good
health just now thank you" Health
officer Forbes reports that there are
nO cases of any contagious diseases
In the city now the last one having
been dismissed. There was one case
of typhoid last month. the patient now
being better.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS WANTED.
Ten Young Ladies' Needed to Ride on
Sumter Float In Harvest Jubilee

Ten Young Ladies Needed to Ride on
Sumter Float I'm Harvest Jubilee
Parade.
Ten beautiful young ladies are
wanted by Sumter county TO ride on
the Sumter float at the Harvest Jubi-
lee parade On next Wednesday In CO.
lumhia. Just who they win bo hos
not yet been decided. but commit =,
tee whose names arc not disclosed foes
various reasons, has been picked 10.
selet them and Just as soon as the
ten have been obtained their names
will be published. Sumter county
wants TO put its most beautiful
daughters on the float. so if there are
ny young ladies who feel that they
are entitled To place i'm this ten,
their names will be received at the
Chamber of Commerce. If they care to
make application for a place on the
hoat. and the committee will make
it's selection Of those who can attend
the Jubilee Parade.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23

n license To marry has been issued
To Mr.. &. =. Anderson ana Miss En-
ma IL. Baker, Sumter.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
"SpeIls" as WEAPON Of War.

The belief in witchcraft is firmly
rooted in the Shan states and the Bur-
mese, themselves a most superstitious
people, attribute magical powers to
Shan women. To what extent this be-
lief dominates the actions of the Shans
is amply illustrated by a criminal
case reported from the states. A Shan,
whose domestic life was marred by
squabbles, murdered woman whom
he accused of casting spell over his
wife. The man was forthwith con-
demned to death, but the Sawbwa (the
chief of the state) committed the SEN
tence on appeal and sympathized with
the mans delusion Though instances
of such decisions are rare, cases OF
murder. where the prime cause is su.
perstition, are common all over the
East, but they are nowhere so fire.
quent as in the Shan states and Upper
Burma. Apropos it is of interest to re-
call the discovery of wives Of Shan
chiefs among the slain and captured
at the taking of Prone in 1925. The
women had been specially sent down
with the Burmese army to put spell
upon the British invaders!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
RFASSERTS THE
french STAND
Premier Says War Will Be Carried
on Till Victory Comes.

Paris, Feb. 19.-Premier Rene vi
viani took occasion to declare afresl
to the chamber of deputies yesterda.
that it was the determination of tn,
French government to prosecute tn,
war until victory for the allies hat
been fully attained.
1.-The government is determined, ;
the premier said, ito bring abou
the restoration of Belgium and t,
retake Alsace and Lorraine"
The deputies wildly applauded M
Viviani's statement.
Premier Viviani alluded eloquent
ly to the tenderness felt by Franc,
for the heroic fidelity of the popula
tions of provinces occupied by tn
Germans in northern France, which
he said, were suffering under tn,
brutalities of Prussian militarism.
France, he added, would persis
until German imperialism, which
had endeavored to crush all liberty
was itself crushed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
FRANK JAMES IS
DEAD; WAS ONCE
NOTORIOUS Bandit
Council Bluffs and Corydon, Ia.
Were Victims of Guerrilla
Gang

| Excelsior Springs, Mo-, Feb. 10
Frank James, one OF the last surviv.
ing members of the notorious James
gang, died on his farm near here
late yesterday afternoon. James
who was "A years old, had been in
| i'll health several months, and was
stricken with apopIeXy early yester-
day.
One of the last members of a no.
torious robber band, whose unapar-
allied career of crime during the civ
Ill war and the unsettled period that
followed, kept the people of a doz-
en- states in terror, Frank James had
been living the life of a quiet farm
err for more than thirty years.
Many notorious crimes of the de-
cade following the war have been
laid at the door of the James Young
er gang, of which the only surviving
members were Frank James and Cole
Younger, the latter of whom is now
living at Lees Summit, Mo. Among
these raids were:
The wrecking and robbing of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train
near Council Bluffs, Ia, in 1873. The
engineer was killed, the fireman
wounded and several passengers in
jured.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Ruskin on Science

John Ruskin used to be very angry
with the statue of Science on Holboru
viaduct in London, which, along with
the others there, they are cleaning
just now More than once he attacked
1t in "Fors," though not for it's utter
lack of artistic merit. His object was
otherwise. But you don't know what
science is" he wrote. You fancy it
means mechanical art, and so you have
put statue of Science on the Hol-
born viaduct, with a steam engine
regulator in its hands My ingenious
friends, science has no more to do
with making steam engines than with
making breeches, though she condo.
scends to help you little in such nee.
essary Cor it may be, conceivably, in
both cases. sometimes Unnecessary
businesses."-London Chronicle.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
GOT RICH
IN SING SING; THE
COPS Nab HIM AGAIN
Has Letter in Pocket From Warden
Offering Fortune for Aeroplane
Invention.

New York, Feb. 19.-Harry S
Britton, 62 years old, civil engineer
of Short Hills, N. j., was arrested
as he left Sing Sing and is again i1
custody, now on warrant issued
here in 1909, charging him with
grand larceny.
While in Sing Sing Britton per-
fected certain patents for aeroplancs
which have attracted the notice of
the Wrights, Curtiss, and others in
terested in aeronautics. In his peck
ct when he left Sing Sing was let
ter from Warden Osborne, Offering
him $4,000 for his rights in a GER
tain patent which he obtained while
in the prison.
Britton, according to the police,
has record dating from 1887,
which shows he has been in many
prisons. His specially, to the au-
thorities, has been the swindling OF
women.
Detective Haskin served the war
rant on Britton as the latter walked
out of the prison doors, ready to go
to his hangers on Long Island. The
man declared that he now had all
the money he wished and desired
only to tinker with his aeroplanes.
He said company has been formed
and that more than $4,000 has been
put up and great deal more capital
is ready to market his invention.
The police declare that Britton
was at one time reputable physic-
ian but fell under the influence
of several notorious women. At
that time he was known as James c.
Hart.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Lower Body of Legislature Passes
Senate Bill by Ovelwhelm-
ing Majority.
VETS BATTLE TO THE LAST
Try Every Possible Parliamentary
Ruse to Avert Defeat, but Drys
Are Invincible.

Des Moines, Feb. 19.-Iowa viii
60 dry on Jan. /, 1916.
By vote of 70 to 20, the house o
representatives voted yesterday tx
pass the Clarkson bill which repeal:
the muIct law and reestablishes stat
utory prohibition.
The senate had passed the same
bill on Friday. Only the signature
of the governor is now needed fol
its final approval. 81 shall not eros:
the bridge before I get to it," Gov.
ernor Clarke said yesterday, wher
he was asked if he would sign the
bill. 81 have not read the measure
yet, and l have no announcement tc
make concerning it,"
Friends of the law have no fear
of a veto from the governor, howev-
er. They know that it is his posi-
ton that the chief executive ought
to approve all bills which have the
sanction of the peoples representa-
tives unless they are manifestly of
a character opposed to the interests
of the great majority of the people.
Although the governor may feel that
the passage of the law was unwise
in view of the party's declaration
last summer, his friends do not look
for him to go against the evident
majority sentiment of the state fav-
oring immediate prohibition.
A two hour debate in which the
vets tried every parliamentary move
they could figure out to delay or
avoid altogether a vote on the bill
featured the history making session
in the house. Altogether, twelve
amendments were proposed and the
house was forced to a roll call on
not less than eight. All were defeat
ed, and the bill went through DIS
passed by the senate.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
j. S. OFFICIAL
WAS NEAR DEATH
Consular Agent Almost Executed by
Carranza Troops.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 19.-Ho"
w. o. Jenkins, consular agent of the
United States at Puebla, Mexico, was
confronted by firing squad of Car
rama troops who were about to ex-
ecute him when he was saved by the
timely arrival of an officer, is reveal.
ed in a long report just received by
the state department.
Details of the affair became known
yesterday together with the fact that
strong representations on the sub
ject as yet unanswered were prompt
ly made to General Carranza.
The United States government de-
manded the punishment of those who
had threatened the consular agent.
Jenkins, who has extensive property
interests in Mexico was first arrest
ed when the Zapatistas were in con-
troll of the city and when the Car
rama forces subsequently entered, a
sergeant and several CarranZa sold
iers claimed that there had been fir
ing from his house.
Later he was released only to be
rearrested, the report said, dubbed
with pistols and taken to barracks
where he was stood up for execution.
Just in time Carranza officer
rode by and when jenkins protested
that he was an American consular
agent the officer ordered that he be
taken before General Obregon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Processes to Feel No Alarm, But
Traffic From England to Hol-
land is Tied Up.
UNDERSEA WARFARE BEGINS
England's Reply to the United States
Also Voices Unwillingness
to Recede.

London, Feb. 19.-The blockade
of the United Kingdom by Germany
is on. With the dawn of Feb. IS
there went into effect the German
notice warning neutral shipping tt
avoid British waters.
What will be the effect of this dec.
laration will take a day or two tt
demonstrate. British shipping in.
terests profess to feel no alarm, new.
ertheless all passenger traffic from
England to Holland has been tied up
In the meantime the British pub
lie is perusing the German note an
swering the American communica-
ton concerning the war zone block
Jade. 1t perceives no yielding on the
part of the imperial government and
it now awaits the pronouncement of
Great Britain's expected retalitory
campaign.
Illustrations showing British and
German submarines are now being
distributed to acquaint shippers of
merchant vessels with the appear
ance of their own and hostile under
sea vessels, so that they will not fire
on or ram a British submarine by
mistake.
1t is not known what the admir-
atty instructions to shippers are, al
though a hint was found in the re-
cent declaration Of the captain Of
the British steamer Laertes, who re-
fused to surrender to German sub
The British press now comedies
that the Russians must have lost
heavily in their retreat in East Prus-
STA, but the newspapers refuse to
credit Field Marshal Won linden
burg with great victory pending
the outcome of the rear guard &C
ton before the fortified line on the
Niemen river. 1t is argued by British
military experts that the German
double thanking movement apparent
ly has failed and this view also is
held at Petrograd.
In the Champagne and the Ar
COME regions in the western thea
ter the Germans seem to be putting
forth all their strength to capture
the ground they are reported to have
lost last week.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
PHILADELPHIA Masons Hit Trail.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 19.-Four
hundred and ninety-nine men and
women, $50 of the men being mem
bers of special Masonic lodges which
attended in a body, hit the trail at
the Billy Sunday tabernacle last
night following the evangelist's SER
mon on the subject, "What Will the
End Be-" one of the most powerful
sermons preached here so far. One
hundred and five hit the trail yester-
day afternoon, making total of 604
for the day and a grand total of 25,-
O52 converts so far during the Sun
day campaign in this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
KAISER PRAISES
THE new TROOPS
Reports East Prussian Victory to
Chancellor-Says Russians Left
Mazurian Country in Ruins.

Berlin, (by wireless to London
Feb. 19.-Emperor William, in q
telegram to Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Hollweg advising him of the
East Prussia victory, emphasizes
how, under the emperor's own eyes,
the bodies of new troops behaved as
admirably as the cid eastern troops,
Neither the fierce cold, the deep
snow, the bottomless roads nor the
tenacity of the enemy were able t.
check their victorious course, the
emperor says. He reports that the
German losses fortunately were
small.
The emperor mentions especially
the brilliant direction of the opera
lions and concludes by saying:
my joy was tempered by the
sight of that one time so flourishine
region which for long weeks has
been in the hands of an enemy with
out human feelings.
"The enemy has in senseless fury
destroyed during his flight almost
the last house. Our beautiful Maru-
rian country is wilderness. What
cannot be replaced has been lost, but
1 know myself to he one with every
German when I solemnly promise
that everything within human pow
er shall be done to create anew fresh
life from the ruins"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
STEAMSHIP HITS
FLOATING NINE
Norwegian Vessel is Lost With Grew
in Baltic.

London, Feb. 19.-The Norwegian
steamer Nordcap, according to the
Exchange Telegraph company's Co.
penhagen correspondent, has run
against a German mine in the Baltic
sea and foundered. All her crew per.
ished. The Nordcap was a steamer
of 1872 tons and was owned by Wran-
CELL & Co., Of Haugesend.
The crews of one Danish and three
Norwegian ships at Aarhus, Den
mark, refused to sail for England
and left their ships.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Altar of Roses.

The rose gardens of Kaziulak,
Brouse, Uslak, Adrianople Ghazepore,
Damascus and the Isle of Cashmere
produce the famous altar gul, altar OF
roses. Two thousand rose leaves yield
but one dram of altar, and 500 pounds
Of leaves produce but one ounce of
the precious oil.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Damascus a Busy City.

1t is estimated at least 10000 pill
grims pass through the city of Da-
mascus each year. They are mate
rial to the financial welfare of the an
cient city, spending in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 for goods of every
kind. Damascus is busy and the peo-
pie are Industrious. Nearly every
thing actually needed by the native
is made there, and there is surplus
sufficient to supply large surround
ing territory and the pilgrims and WIS.,
itors who pass that way.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23

But chiefly, the mould Of mans
fortune is his own hands.-Bacon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-23
Five Die in Gas Explosion.

Rich Hill, Mo-, Feb. 19.-Five
miners were killed by gas explo-
sion in the workings of the Atlas
Coal Mining company near here yes
terday. There were no other men in
the mine. The five men had just en-
tered the drift to begin work on the
day shift when the explosion occur
red.