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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06
DRESS RESTRICTIONS
FIXED BY BOARD FOR
WATERFOWL SCHOOLS
Students Of Upper Grades and
High School Cannot Dabble
in Fashions Foibles.

Watertown, S. D.. Oct. after
September /, 1916, girls attending the
Seventh n Eighth grades and the
high school here must dress in sailor
suits or middies of a solid color and
made of wool OIL cotton, with high cut
necks and sleeves long enough to cover
the elbows. At the same time. boys
II not be allowed to wear sweaters
or Jerseys to school.
Not only this, but all silk and velvet
dresses and other clothing which tends
to set off the personal charm of the
young girls OF the city are to be
abolished at once in the schools.
This drastic action was taken by the
city board of education at q meeting
held in conjunction with q. committee of
eight members of the parents'-teach-
ers' associations.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06
INDIAN GIRL rIckETEp TO
"YANkTON INDIAN SCHOOL
CHANGED MIND ABOUT
WANTING TO LEAVE PRISON

Sioux Falls, s.. D.. Oct. 2.-As the
result of the prisoner discovering that
the federal authorities were prepared
to take him into custody ,Afshe was, re-
leased by h state authorities. Thomas,
Condor, better known as Irish
wanting to get out of prison IN a
technicality.
Condor was arrested or h charge
of killing Joseph Marcelle in Ziebach
county in September. 1912, and was.
sentenced to a term of four years in
the penitentiary following his entering
Of a plea Of guilty to the charge Of
granddaughter.
Recently a habeas corpus applica-
ton was filed on the ground thai the
crime for which Condor is serving a
lOtment OF Wa Head Dress, a full
bloOded Sioux Indian belonging on the
Cheyenne River reservation. and that
because Of this location question the
state courts had no jurisdiction.
When the case was called for hear
ing CondOn's attorney noticed that
United States Attorney Stewart and
q deputy United States marshal were
In the courtroom. It was suspected
that they had q federal warrant for
the arrest Of Condor in case he was
sceedings. Condor evidently made up,
his mind that he would prefer to
serve he remainder OF his term under;
the sentence OF the state circuit court
rather than take q chance in the.
United States court, and accordingly
he had the habeas corpus proceedings
dismissed and now has gone to the
peMitentiary to serve the remainder
of his fOur-year term.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

The 10000 girls employed in the tai
loring and dressmaking shops in New
York city wants a special detail OF 200
women police appointed to protect
strikers from gunner.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06
BRITAIN HURLS 100000
MEN INTO FRAY FRANCE:
ALLIES DRIVE SLOWING UP
Paris Reports Further Successes in Great Artois Battle and
RepuIse of German Counter Attacks in Champagne Region
Wounded Survivors Declare Ferocty of Present Struggle
Is unprecedented-Britis Forces Now Consolidating Re-
Gently Gained Territory.
GERMANS ASSERT OFFENSIVE: CANNOT SUCCEED

New Thrust Already Has Been Brought to StandstiI, They Claim
Machine Guns Work Havoc Among Attacking Troops
Tales of Remarkable Heroism Are Related But Little
Change in Eastern Campaign-Joffre's Guns Are Now Sta
toned at Points to Hold off Reinforcements.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

German and Japanese physicians,
working together, have demonstrated
that 1t Is feasible to disinfect the
mouth. nOse and other body cavities
With the ultraviolet rays.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

A "tinker's dam" is a wall Of dough
" Of soft clay, raised round q spot
which q plumber, in repairing. desires
TO flood with solder. The material
Sf this dam can be used only once, and
ID thrown away after this very tenn
porary period of usefulness. Hence
the well-known proverb.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06
e. BENEDICT. BELLE FouRcHE,
WOULD SUCCEED DR.. SMITH

Belle Fourche. s. D.. Oct. 2.-Willis
p. Benedict. Of Belle Fourche. a local
attorney, former member Of the state
legislature and a pioneer resident of
this state. has announced his candi-
dacy for the position OF railroad COM
missioner from the Third district. to
nounced that he will not be a candidate
tor re-electiOns next year, but:5Wiilsre-.
tire to his Perkins county ranch to de-
vote his time to extensive cattle raising
operations.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

A Kansas City man who
10 able to go in for fancy farming, has
more than 40 varieties of iris growing
In his yard and garden. The colors in
clude yellow, blue, pink and bronze.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

In the West Indies a large cater
pillar, found OH the palm tree. is es-
teemed a table delicacy, while the
edible nests of Java swallows are SO
rich a dainty that the ingredients of
= dish will cost as much as SIS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06
STOLEN ABERDEEN AUTO
RECOVERED AT MOaRlDc

Aberdeen. 8. D.. Oct. Bob willetts
and Frank johnson giving their home
% Joy, ILL.,. suspected Of robbing q fur
store and stealing an automobile here
Thursday night. were arrested at Mo-
bridge Friday night with the stolen
automobile in their possession. they did
not have the furs and deny having
robbed the fur store.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-06

The FOREST CITY PRESS
e. p. THoRNE.
FOREST CRY. SOUTH DAKOTA
A "tinker's DAM is a wall Of dough
q Of soft clay. raised round a spot
which q plumber, in repairing, desires
TO flood with solder. The material
of this dam can be used only once, and
ID thrOWn away after this very tenn
porary period OF usefulness. Hence
the well-knOwn proverb.
In the West Indies a large cater
pillar. found on the palm tree, is es-
teemed a table delicacy, while the
edible nests OF Java swallows are SO
rich a dainty that the ingredients of
= dish will cost as much as SIS.
A Kansas City man who
10 able to go in for fancy farming, has
more than 20 varieties of iris growing
In his yard and garden. The colors in
clude yellow. blue, pink and bronze.
German and Japanese physicians,
working together, have demonstrated
that 1T Is feasible to disinfect the
mouth. nose and other body cavities
With the ultraviolet rays.
The 10000 girls employed in the tai
l0ring and dressmaking shops in New
city wants a special detail OF 200
women police appointed to protect
strikers from gunner.
A bill has been introduced in the
California legislature providing pay
Of ~ for each day lost by people ar
rested and tried for crime who escape
conviction.
The Order of Fools was founded in
1890 by Adolphus. oun of Cleves, for
humane and charitable purposes. And
some one has the temerity to declare
Il extinct.
1t has been estimated that the earth
can maintain q population Of 5000. OOO.-
eoV, Z total which will be reached about
=. y. 2lOO at the present rate Of in
The French government has awarded
gold medal to Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt,
VINO 10 president Of the American com
mittse Tor clothing for the wounded.
Weather records compiled for more
man e q~uartAEaof . century indicate
ma the atmosphere OF London is be-
coming less foGsy.
The marketed production of sulphur
IN the United States last year. 327.684
!ong tons. was the greatest in the his
tory OF the industry:
Irritation projects under way or
than 3~so.ooo.ooo.
= French translator OF plays once
trAnslated Cibber's comedy OF Loves
Last Shift" - La derniere Chemise
- siAmour."
Documents containing details OF the
veooeaya cargo n the ports for which
- = bound are called the ships
Herring. great quantities OF which
are caught In Japan each are
used chiefly to fertiltxe rice fields.
The women conductors and cleaners
q the tramcars OF Newcastle, Eng,
have been refused . war bonus.
The women conductors on the Glas-
eow traIncars wear green straw hats,
nm black watch tartan skirts.
One drop Of petrol will kill. q wasp
instantly. but Il applied to Z bee or q
~ ~ WALL be quite ineffective.
There are nagless than go persons
walking across the entire continent to
ne IAN Francisco exposition.
a selsmograph invented by q Japa-
nese ~ecientlst registers the velocity OF
al earthquakes 200 fold.
More than two.thirds Of the gold now
within the last 50 years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
SPECIAL RATES TO CLEMSON.
All Railroads Will Give Reduced
Rates to Those Attending Summer
SC',OOI.

Clemson College, Aug 3.-The rail-
roads have agreed TO give special rates
from points in South Carolina to
Clemson College TO those who are in
tending to attend the summer school
to be held at Clemson, August to
September 4. Persons who are COM
ing to the college to attend the sum-
mer school should ask for these
rates when buying their tickets. The
tickets will be on sale August z, 3,
and 8, and will be good on trains Ieav-
ing on those days. The return tick
cts will not expire until September 6.
The prospects are for a large en-
rollment in the four summer school
courses that Clemson College is Of
fering. These courses are for farm
ers, rural school teachers, rural min
listers and corn club members.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
An Eye-opener to the Old Boys, Who
Wore the Grey.

Hello, Mr.. Editor, my compliments
please. l pause for a moment to re-
move the cobwebs and dust, from my
mental vision, that l may hark back
to years that have passed into OBJ
livion, from the year 1861 to 1855 in
part. TO you old boys, remember
this, we fought fair, we did not take
any undue methods against our foe
l remember we'll that our battle lines
had gotten quite thin, our resources
were insufficient to stand the jolts of
resourceful foe; we stopped the
fight, and the end came. And not
without honor. We fought for an
undying principle, believing that we
were right. "Old Time has blended
the nation together that was separat-
ed for four years We are now rest
ing securely under the folds of "Old
Glory" basking in the sunshine of
peace; in this our favored Dixie land.
The old soldier is passing away
one by one, it won't be long, before
time will be with us no more ticking
the seconds Of our lives.
Once upon a time tender-foot
]ourneyed into the South on a hunt
ing expedition. He lost his way in
the back woods. Presently he came
upon cabin. In front Of the cabin
sat an old man. The tender-foot said:
Hello" The old man said Hello"
The tender-foot said: Have you lived
here all your life?" The old man re-
Piled, mot yet
Those of us who are lingering on
the shores of time. using the old mans
have not lived all of our lives here
yet. Thanks he unto the great God
Of the universe, who holds the destiny
of man In the hollow Of his hand Now
veterans OF the lost cause" although
battle SCARED, MANNED, and withered,
he still. Comrades, what l want to
impress on your mind is this, that it
is only when the soul is withered or
crippled. that things are truly bad.
But If the soul is not involved, re-
member this. beyond the graveyard, is
your Fathers House." with many
mansions. The Prince of Peace i'm
pressed II upon a dying world when
he was on earth in the flesh If we
do not realize tho eternal fitness of
things, get right old bows. and i'm the
sweet bye ana bye, then we will UNI
dcrStand. Old Rock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
Wreck Store I'm Bankruptcy.

An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy was filed i'm the United States
District court here yesterday against
Sam Myerson, Joe Wynne and Will
Mercanticle Company, of Sumter. At
tached to the petition is n statement
by the defendants admitting the in
solvency Of the company and con-
senting to be adjudged bankrupt. Re-
spective claims of $191.51: SIS. and
s422.56 were fled against the de-
fendant company.-News and Cour-
ier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
BEAVERS is REDUCED.
Atlanta Police Chief Disciplined by
Commissioners.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 3.-James l..
Beavers. chief of the Atlanta police
department, was found guilty of in
subordination and reduced to the rank
of captain by the Ioard of police COM
missioners late today. 1t was an
nounced that the charge of ineffi-
cheney, also brought against the police
head, had not been sustained.
Disregard Of the boards instruc-
tions and failure to suppress crime
were alleged against Beavers. He had
been head of the police department
since 1911 and attracted wide atten-
ton IN 1912 when he abolished At
lanta's segregated vice district and es-
tablish vice squads" to patrol the
city. 4. -. aliiJ
After Beavers had been deposed,
w. M. Mayo, a captain, was elected to
succeed him.
Beavers announced late tonight that
he would submit formal refusal Of
the captaincy to the police board to-
morrow, but would not indicate what,
if any, other action would be taken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
BOY PAINFULLY WOUNDED.
Pleads i'm Vain for Older Lad Not to
Shoot Him.

Columbia, Aug. 2.-Refusing, il is
said, to listen to his victims plea not
to injure him, Keith Wallace, a white
youth, aged IS, this morning at z
o'clock is alleged to have fired a load
of small shot from a shotgun into the
right shoulder Of Raymond Cooper, a
white lad. aged IL. as they and a
crowd of other boys were assembled
at the corner of Ashley avenue and
9Th street in Olympia village. Coop
er was taken to a local hospital. The
boys attending physician, DR.. w. A.
Boyd, stated this afternoon that while
Cooper was painfully hurt, he did not
think he was seriously injured, al
though this could not be correctly as
certained until the youth was operat-
ed on. Wallace and Earle Coon, from
whom Wallace got the shotgun, were
placed under arrest by Officer Lewis
Knox,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
DEATH DEALING STORM.
Violent Storm Sweeps Across Country
From Oregon to North Carolina.

New York, August A succession
stretching from Portland, Oregon to
the North Carolina coast resulted in
the loss of possibly seventy-five lives
and a damage of millions. The
greatest disaster was at Erie, Pa,
where a cloudburst swept away many
btildings and destroyed railroad traf-
flee for IL hours. Two lives were lost
on the New Jersey coast. The crop
damage was enormous in the central
West. Many small vessels were sunk
between Massachusetts and Cape Hat
teras, while millions of damage was
done at Richmond, Va.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
LOSES LIFE IN PIPE.
Iron Door Closes With Diver Below.

iron DOOR closes WIN Diver Below.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 2.-Hundreds of
persons crowded Highland park to-
day while a force Of policemen, fire.
men and water bureau employees
worked frantically to save Charles
Carpenter, a diver, who was lost in a
51-inch pipe connecting two reser-
voirs in the park. Carpenter had en-
tered the main just before noon to
remove an obstruction and was eff
fectively imprisoned when a cable
snapped and the heavy iron door,
deep in the water, dropped behind
him. Nothing was thought of his
absence for an hour, but when he did
not responded to signals another div
er went down and found door closed.
The air hose seemed to be intact,
and the pumps were kept going while
other divers worked to open the door
and still others sought for the second
entrance to the pipe. Just before 5
o'clock the door was lifted and Car
penters body was located. He had
been dead only few minutes. His
mother and sister were in the crowd
which waited all afternoon for news
from the main.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
KILLS WHEAT PESTS.
Insects Likely to Damage Stored
Wheat Unless Precautionary Meas
urCS are Taken.

Clemson College, Aug. 2.-The en-
tomQlogy division of Clemson Col
lege is receiving from farmers many
complaints about insects in stored
wheat and issues a statement to the
effect that insects will seriously re-
duce the value of the grain unless
steps are taken at once to control the
pests The most effective method is
by fumigating with carbon bisuifide.
Several kinds of insects attack
stored wheat, feeding principally on
the starchy material in the grains.
These insects destroy the terminating
power of the seed, rendering it useless
for planting. Even more serious is
the injury they do by rendering the
wheat inferior for milling purposes
Flour from insect-infested wheat is
of poor quality, containing a lot Of
the little brown remnants Of the in
sects work. Worst Of all. the pests
form webs in the grain which clog
up in the milling machinery when
the grain is ground.
! To control stored wheat insects
use carbon bisulfide, which is an al
most colorless liquid, and non-pois-
onous. 1t kills by suffcation. Some
people store wheat in barrels and
others in bins, the usual size, Of the
bins being about 100 bushels For an
ordinary barrel holding about three
bushels, use carbon biulsfide at the
rate of one-half teacupful to one bar
rel. For a 1O0-bushel bin, use 8
pounds or about one gallon.
Apply the carbon bisulfde by
sprinkling it over the surface of the
grain in the barrel or bin. After
sprinkling cover the top of the barrel
or bin with heavy burlap or other
like material to hold the fumes in.
Leave this cover on for twenty-four
hours or longer. Repeat this treat
ment after ten days or two weeks to
destroy the young that hatch from
eggs after the first treatment
In the late summer or early fall,
examine the grain to see that no REIN
festation has occurred. If the insects
are present again, carbon bisulfide
must again be used.
Carbon bisulfide is highly infiam-
mable and fire of all sorts must be
kept away from it, 1t is dangerous
even for a man who is smoking to
80 near a wheat bin in which the ma
terial has been sprinkled. BE sure to
keep every form Of fire away from the
barrels or bins and from the vessel
which holds the. carbon bisulfide.
Carbon bisulfide can be bought in
5O-pOund and 100-pound drums for
about cents per pound, at an ad-
dress which will be given by the En-
tomology Division, Clemson College.
Drums must be stored in a cool place.
away from every possible source of
fire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
Some Facts I'm Bank Controversy

|
| Mr.. Lyons brief analyzes the pres-
ent assessments of bank property and
sets out alleged inequalities, I'm part
as follows:
For further defense to the alleged
cause of action and for cause why an
injunction should not issue herein.
these defendants respectfully show to
the court:
The basis Of taxation as it appears
on the face OF the returns for bank
stocks lin Pickens county for the wear
1914 is 60 per cent OF the value of the
stock. but an examination into the
facts shows that the assessment in
fact ranges from 90 per cent. of the
real value of the stock to 60 per cent
thereof. To illustrate:
The Bank of Central has a paid
capital of $4,000; it has neither sur
plus nor undivided profits: it is as
sessed for taxation at $4,000. The
Pickens bank has s2O,5OO paid capital
and IL assessed on 60 per cent. basis
on this amount. $4,000; but the
Pickens bank has surplus fund of
S29,5OO. undivided profits $1i,177,
making in all s64.l77. In asccrtaining
the value of stock. IL is manifest that
the stock In the Pickens bank is more
valuable than that OF the Bank OF
central, because of the large surplus.
etc. yet the stock i'm each bank has
been assessed as being Of equal value.
whereas the Pickens bank stock is
practically four times az valuable as
the stock In the Bank of Central The
actual result is that the stock OF the
Bank of Central is assessed at 90 per
cent of It's value. or $500 on each
$1,000 of value. while the stock OF the
Pickens bank Is assessed at 20 per
cent. Of it's value, or $500 on each
$1,000 of value. The above are the
extremes Of inequality, in Pickens
county; but an examination of an
assessments therein will show other
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
THREE DIE IN EXPLOSION.
Experiment at Government Arsenal
Proves Fatal

Philadelphia, Aug. 3.-Two soldiers
and civilian were killed at the Unit
ed States arsenal at Frankfort, this
city, today in an explosion of time
fuses used on shrapnel shells. An
other civilian was injured. The dead
are:
Arthur B. Rundlett, first class pri-
rate, ordnance department; home
Boston. Prasileo Frasco, second
class private, ordnance department;
home Trinity; James F. Harkins,
civilian, Philadelphia. The men were
working on the firing range some
distance from the main arsenal build
ings. They were unpacking fuses
withdrawn from service and sent to
the arsenal to be broken up, when
one of the boxes exploded.
The cause of the accident has not
yet been asccrtained 10y the arsenal
officers. Arthur T. Brown. the injur-
cd civilian. the officers said, may be
able To explain the cause. He was
not in condition today to be question:
ed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
taxation in full OF said counties.


1t is not attempted herein to give
the facts in regard to all of the in
equalities and discrepancies that exist
In regard to the various bank stock
within the State. The foregoing are
only few of the inequalities either
now or heretofore existing among
some Of the bank stocks within sew
eral of the counties named and be-
tween some of the bank stocks of diff
ferent counties, and some Of the bank
stocks Of given county in the aggre-
gate with those of another given
county in the aggregate and referred
TO for the purpose Of showing the de-
STABILITY Of putting all such stocks on
terms Of equality as nearly as can be.
Having this end in view, this COM
mission intends to find the average
rate or percentage of assessment Of
all bank stocks of the whole state for
the year 1914, and apply that average
rate or percentage.to the value of the
bank stocks of the whole State, for
the purpose Of obtaining equalization
OF assessment as to all such property
for the year 1915. The rate, basis or
percentage of assessment for the year
1914 will be taken for the reason that
this commission does not desire to
disturb such equality or parity as may
have been heretofore, or as may now
exist among bank stocks on the one
hand, with property of textile and
other industrial or public service cor
porations, money, capital. real and
personal property generally, on the
other hand.
And your defendants. South Caro-
lima tax commission. aver that it is
now and always has been their pur-
pose and intention to proceed in
equalizing the assessment of bank
stocks and other money capital in the
manner equality or parity of assess
ment may be obtained among bank
stock and other money capital, and at
the same time the equality or parity
heretofore or now existing between
such property and other different kind
and classes Of property in the State
may not be disturbed, and that all
property be taxed on the same basis.
Your defendants further aver that
1t Is their purpose and intention to
inquire into and ascertain, so far as
possible, whether the various banks
have furnished full and adequate in
formation upon which to base an as
certainment of the value Of taxation
OF the shares of the bank, and that if
1t should be found that any Of the said
banks have through fraud. excusable
neglect or otherwise failed to render
an account Of all mtaters and things
that will go toward determining its
stock value, then. and in such event,
II is the purpose of respondent COM
mission to take into consideration
such omitted facts and things in the
ascertainment &C the true value of
such stock.