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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19

New Orleans. Feb. 16.--Large por-
tions Of Tensas. Concordia, Franklin
Catahoula. Avoyellez. RED River and
Madison Parishes are flooded today
Thousands ef cattle have been drown
ed. Six asnndred thousand acres OF
fertile land Is submerged and govern.
ment engineers declare that the wa.
ter will not reenter the river. but will
30 overland to the gulf, flooding sever.
al million acres.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19
CARRANzA GOVERNMENT DOOM.
ED.


Whshink,onl Feh is.-Connden-
uai Information. received by high gov
srnment ofieiais today from Mexico,
stated that the Carranxa government
10 doomed. The information which Ia
OF semi-oficial character. declared
that the Caranzistas have lost enor-
nous territory recently. The whole
structure Of the Carranxa government
In crumblinE fast.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19

10 rnssed ~ Iesislaaare Places WORK
- Aaads q Cumnaassion.
Orangsburg. Feb. 1l.-Orangeburg
county Will have its jail remodeled,
- . BIN has pa.sd the house and will
bA ratified this week by the senate
Drovidins $500 with which to do this
work. The present county Jail
was eonstructsd shortly after the War
Between the Sections and. although
the walls are perfect, the interior Is
not adequate and suitable for pres
ent day jail. The law provides that
the work Of rsmodsiing the county
jail MI be In the hands Of q commits
sion consisting OF Eugene Atkinson,
foreman Of the grand jury: ].
Leroy Dukes. clerk to the county
board Of commissioners. and A. Nc.
Queen saiiey, sheriff Of Orangeburs
county. Just ~ soon ~ this law ID
approved and made law. the com.
mission Will begin its duties.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19

49, ffssodeat Wants Boys 70 Lean
qnn1ona1sa, How to Take Orders auti
uew - vlrs Gsn.

Warrington. Fsb. 1s.-In recent
Duoo)e addrsss here Vice President
4n>mas n. Marshali advocated mill.
NJ training Of students In the
4hee,s ana colleges Of the country.
- want some sort Of education in the
eooea@ienal institutions OF the land
v4ersby our young mon may be
Apght thrss thinss-how to take care
g thsir health. how to take orders
eFo Asw 70 nrs gum" said the vice
11Q11Aent fsA
~ such work II being carried on
- ~ leational RiGs Association Of
At11siea n cooperation with the Nat
ttpal Deard for Promotion Of Rifle
3sactice and ~ : rssalt thera. are TO.
~ IN our pubic high and pfspara.
ses3 schools. o',r military schools and
cer colleges and univsrsitiSs, . large
49, os young men trained and being
s1eansd IN the Art OF rife firing. This
training really began several years aso
= Nov York City whore Gen. George
~ Winsats. who 10 regarded By many
g ~ ''Tathsr Of Rifle practices" or
nnno1 ne Public Schools AthiStic
4(oo& OF late years the National
II Assseiation has orsanized rifls
oRooo - Ne schoola colleges and uni.
yeotoc ai,d today thsrs u hardly an
lnQ1leu>)on of this Aind without It's rifie
-. The clubs Ars offered induce.
eo1g - train h rias shooting BY the
49, . them of rihes and amsnuni-
- - he government. ana BY an
npAl competitions for school ana col
Nm championships which carry with
them trophies and medals. This
trsinins Il had with - caIibre rifios
- a. distance Of 50 fss~s snd prssss
~ alee sivsn eor making euaiifying
opsrss AZ present ril,e clubs are or
eanissd In about 80 public high and
pfstasatory schools. In Is military
schools and In 90 colleges and univer-
1neso cIuoo are now parttci-
peespg = ths annual indoor rins COM
peae3eos a the National Rifle Ass,cia-
go ~ shseting covering . period OF
~ - moro weeks. Forty college. 50
nloA ephool and 30 military school
- eoubs are competing for rife
e1anoienship In their class. There
ere tea men on each team and each
eaests - shots In each weekly match.
1Ae scores Of tho five highest for each
wstch are counted for record. Major
rrsd II. Phiilips Jr.. Secretary OF the
Natiouai Rifle Association. washing
ton. y daily In receipt Of applications
for the formation Of additional clubs.
In january two college and four school
clubs were organissd.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19
TAKES ELECTIoN FROM ASSEM-,
BDY.
senate Passes BIN Tor People 70
Choose STATE Warehouse Commits.
siouer. - 3

Columbia. Feb. 14.-At its session
tonight the senate passed the bill
taking the election of the warehouse
commisaioner out OF the hands OF the q
general ae.eI6bH and putting Il Ia
the general sasction. This means tina.
the warshssse commissioner will h
chosen In TIE primary. The bill. II
u passes the house. viii become Of.
fective In 1918.
The bill authorising the warehouse
commissioper to negotiate insurance
upon farm buildings and all buildings
In which agricultural and farm pro.
ducts are stored. passed the senate
without opposition and was sent to
the house. -
The bill raising the population limit
OF incorporated towns which can re-
,csive State aid for high schools from
800 inhabitants to 400 inhabitants
passed and vas sent to the house.
The -5eint- resolution SHOWING the
name Of the manufacturer and the
Grade and analysis of the fertilizer to
be printed on tags attached TO the
sacks containing the fe,tiliser, instead
OF requiring this Information to be
stamped on tho bags themselves,
passed and was ordered enrolled for
ratification.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19
Marriage License Record.

Marriage License Record.
Licenses to marry have been grant
ed to Robert Dickerson, Pinewood.
and Minnie Kennedy. Remini, and
James Brunson, Jr., and Maggie w.
Adamson, Horatio.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19

Licenses to marry have been issued
to Allen Moses and Wilhelmina Scar
borough. Borden; Il. Black, Wedge
field, and Doras Brailsf0rd, Pinewood.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19
THE wAToHMAN AND sourHRoN, FEBRUARY 10, 1915,


Preaching ut Baker School,
The Rev. W. E. Thayer of the
First Baptist Church Of Sumter will
preach at Baker school on Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19
Candidates Cards.

Announcements Of candidates will
be printed in this column until the
close OF the campaign for IS. No
cards accepted on credit.
At the request of my friends 1 an
nounce myself as a candidate for N.
7th Masisterial District subject to the
rules OF the Democratic party. am
IN the race to finish if I don't GET
but one vote.
T. B. SANDERS, JR.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
FRANCE is GRANTED
EXTENSION OF TIME

Bricklayers on the paving job have
completed the work to Mary street.
The brick will all be laid to Covert's
store before Saturday night. Brick
have been arriving in plenteous
quantities the last few days, and it
appears that nothing will now inter-
fere with the speedy completion Of
the work on both ends of the street.
Contractor Prange asked an extern
sion of time on his contract from
September to October 10. This was
granted to him by the council in Fri
day evenings meeting, provided Mr..
Prange would pay all the additional
engineering expense, etc. The mem
bers of the council were in favor of
attaching the penalty and hence did
not vote for the extension of time.
He will probably be held to the new
date
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
FORMER N. A. c.
STUDENTS HERE
HOLD FIRST MEET
PLAN TO MAKE 1T ANNUAL AT
FAIR. AT GREENVILLE
NEXT YEAR

Wednesday evening, September 20
the graduates and former students
of the M. A. c. located in Belding
and vicinity, through the courtesy Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Upholt, enjoyed
a pleasant social hour. Plor en-
gagements prevented a few from at
tending The event, the first of it's
kind held in this city, proved quite
successful, and may assume perman-
ent form. A chicken pie dinner was
served.
After the dinner college reminis-
ences were indulged in for a while.
Mrs. L. w. Ranney played several
choice selections on the piano Of
which, perhaps "Traumerei" held first
place. For the college songs Mrs.
Upholt relieved Mrs. Ranney at the
piano while "Old Solomon Levi" !"
"Upidee," and other spirit stirring
songs were sung. Miss Norma Loewe
gave two dramatic monologues that
will linger in the memory for a long
time.
1t was near midnight before the
party broke up. Everybody felt the
effort was worth while, and the sug-
gestion-was made that a similar gath
ering be arranged to meet in Green
vile next year. With a dozen or
more M. A. G.. people in Belding and
similar number in Greenville the
time seems ripe for an M. A. c. as
sociation in this vicinity
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
MISSIONARY WILL
LECTURE At BAPTIST
CHURCH MONDAY
REV. HUIZINGA OF KURNOOL,
INDIA WIDELY EXPERIENCED
IN EDUCATIONAL WORK

Rev. Henah Huizinga, PhLD., of
Kurnool, India, will speak Monday
evening, October 2 in the Baptist
church at 7:30 DR.. Huizinga has
spent twenty years in missionary
work in the Telugu field in South In
dia. While in regular charge of
large mission high school, he has also
been honored by the British govern
ment with an appointment on the
government board of education, in
connection with which he held the
important position of chief examiner
in English for the presidency of
Madras. This involved the prepara-
ton of curricula for over 200 high
schools, and the examination of 5000
high school graduates each year. At
the same time DIR. Huiznga has done
evangelistic work, preaching in Eng
lish and in two Indian languages in
halls and in the streets of many vii
lagos and towns. His story will be
of great interest and Importance.
Come and hear him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
BY CAIRNS
GIVEN IN UNIQUE
IRISH MANNER
UNION MEETING TALK AT THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST PLEASED
LARGE AUDIENCE N

People who attended the union tenn
perance meeting at the Church of
Christ Sunday evening were surpris-
ed at the kind of address they heard.
T. A. Cairns of New York, who is
typical Irishman, palmed off his Irish
wit for almost an hour, keeping his
audience laughing all the time. His
stories and illustrations were almost
entirely new and original, and they
all served the one purpose of fasten-
ing one point in the minds of the
hearers, the utter folly of continuing
this country under wet rule.
Mr.. Cairns explained the difference
between the Home Rule" amend
ment, so-called, and the statewide
prohibition issue. He pointed out
the reasons why every voter should
Get out to the polls and. vote mo" on
the amendment and "yes" on the
statewide issue. Cairns presented
his topic in very unique way that
captivated the audience. Many of his
assertions will be remembered by his
listeners and passed on to other vot-
ers before the election November z.
The singing of J. T. Packard also
helped to liven the audience. Mr..
Packard was formerly a singer in one
of the big shows. His heavy base
voice strikes the extreme low notes
with as with as much ease as the
average singer does the staff notes.
He writes his own music, and hence
is able to give it an individual ex-
preston.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
HOLDING EvANGELlSTIC
MEETINGS IN lANGST0N

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Simmons are in
Langston this week assisting in a
series of evangelistic meetings which
are being conducted by Rev. j. S.
Raum, state evangelistic of the
Church of Christ. Langston has the
distinction of never having had a
church or church organization build
ing and the meetings are held in the
Cleaner hall. They will continue
from September "a to October Is.
A Sunday school was organized
there several years ago by VIM. S.
Garfield of Grand Rapids, a former
business man of this city, who went
from Grand Rapids each week remain
ing over Sunday to superintend the
school. This school has grown to be
a factor in the life of the village and
the necessity of having a church there
is an outgrowth of its organization.
Before the close of the meetings it
is expected that move will be made
to build a church as lots have al
ready been donated and a number of
pledges have been received.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
ALFALFA
GOOD IN NEBRASKA.
HUGHES IS STRONG
VIM. /. BENEDICT TELLS SOME
THING OF THE COUNTRY'S
PRODUCTIVE SOIL

VIM. |. Benedict, former druggist
here, now live business man of
Franklin, Nebraska, and a constant
reader of the Banner, writes us as
follows:
Franklin, Nebr.,
Sept. %, 1916.
Belding Banner,
Belding, Michigan,
Gentlemen:
Enclosed is $100 for another year
of the Banner Everything looks
Republican out here. From the talk
Hughes is the man to take the ''wob-
bic out of Wilson.
Crops have been good around here
this year. Big wheat crop, oats were
heavy, one man has brought in about
1000 watermelons and has now start
ed on muskmelons. An 1S-acre field
cut 25 tons of alfalfa the first cut
ting, thirty tons next time and TWEEN
ty-three tons the third cutting and
the fourth is nearly ready. The own
er gets half the hay, the party cut
ting it gets the other half. The cwn-
er has sold his half at $500 a ton in
the stack which makes a fair return
on 500 land. Our new Carnegie Ii
brary is soon to be turned over to the
city. VIM. l. Benedict.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
West MICH |GAN
FAIR WAS attended
VERY LIBERALLy
BELDING HORSEMEN FIGURE IN
THE HARNESS
EVENTS

Belding was not derelict in send
ing visitors to the Western Michigan
State fair last week. Every train
carried many passengers from the
city and surrounding country. Still
more went in automobiles than on
the train. The attendance was also
spread out over the week.
Considerable interest centered in
the horse racing, as some of the local
horsemen had horses start. W. C..
Spceir started Sidney S. and Dan Fox.
In Thursdays performance Sidney
took third place in the first heat of
the 2:30 trot. Thursday evening Mr.
Spicer traded Dan Fox for Fritz Lo-
beck, owned by Ed Waud of Kala-
mazoo. Fritz was started in Fridays
event and won a share of the money.
l.. C. Upson also started his horse
in the same race and won part of the
purse.
Spicer's horses are at Berlin this
week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
FINE BUNCH OF STU
DENTS AT YPSILANTI

There was fine bunch of young
ladies who left last Thursday to be-
gin a college course at the Ypsilanti
Normal school. In the merry group
who left on the noon train were /:
Miss Lucille Bricker, Miss Hazel
Davis, Miss Verona Pike, Miss Edith
Glass, Miss Sarah Hawley, Miss
Ethel Fricke, and the Misses Helen
and Hazel Gotta.
Miss Eleanor Fisher, who was
home from Ann Arbor where she is
in training for a nurses diploma at
the university, accompanied them on
her return.
Arrangements had already been
made for their boarding places and
the young ladies are now nicely set
tied in pleasant quarters and hard at
work in their studies. These young
people graduated with honors from
the public schools and our citizens
will be pleased to know Belding is
represented in the state normal by
such corps of students.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
SAVINGS PLAN IS
INAUGUR URATED BY
PEOPLES BANK
PLAN is ABSOLUTELY FLEXIBLE
AND PERMITS OF SYSTEMA-
TIC SAVING TOO

The Peoples Savings Bank Of Beld-
ing has recently adopted a system for
saving money that is entirely new and
it will make a strong appeal to hun
dreds of people of Belding.
1t is called the Depositors' Weekly
Savings club and admits of the great
est fiexibility, in that it adjusts itself
to the depositors' pocketbook.
The cashier of the bank explains it
to US about as follows:
"If boy wishes to get $1,000 or
$500, he may take out card and
once a week make payment ranging
from two cents to fifty cents and at
the end of fifty-two weeks, the bank
will pay the boy $13.73.
People will do a thing better with
an ultimate object in view. A per-
son can save better if he tries to ac-
cumulate $50 within a specified time.
In the same manner, if a person
desires to get an amount such as
$27.45, $54.89, $109.78 or $2l9.56,
he can make weekly payments that fit
his income and may choose the
amount he wishes to lay aside so that
If the depositor has sickness, loss of
position, or hard luck of any kind,
there are small payments he can
condition and at the same time have a
definite and fixed amount to his credit
at the end of the year.
By using this system, you can save
money for definite purpose such as
buying home, or paying off mort
gage.
1t offers an ideal way TO secure
money for paying taxes, insurance or
debts of any kind
If you wish money to spend at
Christmas time you can start in now
or at any time and withdraw your
money just before Christmas.
Another good feature about it is
that a person can take out more than
one card if he finds that he can save
little more than he thought. Then,
too, it is open TO all 'depositors on
every business day of the year"
1t strikes us that this system fur
nishes about the best illustration we
ever saw for accommodating a sub
stantial fund with the least amount
of trouble and we can readily see
why people will want to open new ac>
counts on this plan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
GERTRUD DE WILSON
HAS PASSED AWAY

! Miss Gertrude +. Wilson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. David +. Wilson,
and sister of Wilbur S. Wilson, Sum-
ner II. Wilson and Mrs. Brinton +.
Hall, died at the home of her parents
in Belding Friday, September %,
1916.
The funeral was held Sunday, Sep
tember "a, the services being conduct
ed by the Rev. Allan j Blair, of the
Congregational church.
The interment was made in the
River Ridge cemetery.
Miss Wilson was born in Belding
November 25, 1880. She graduated
from the Belding High school in 1899
and in the fall Of 1900 she entered
the University of Michigan, specialize
ing in the languages and graduating
from that institution in 1904 with the
degree of A. b.
In the fall of 1904 she began teach
ing in the Belding schools, and dur
ing the last nine years she has taught
Latin and German in the High school,
only giving up her work at the clos
ing of the schools in June of the pres
ent year, when she was granted
leave of absence on account of failing
health.
The deceased, whose life was spent
in Belding, possessed a most excellent
character and her unassuming and
gentle ways and manner won for her
legions of friends who will regret her
untimely death in the prime of life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
FUNERAL OF JOHN DAY.
DIED IN GRAND RAPIDS

The funeral of John Day, whose
remains were brought here from
Grand Rapids Thursday. was held
in the Congregational church Sat-
urday afternoon at 900 o'clock. A
large number of relatives and friends
were present. Rev. Allan j.. Blair
gave an excellent sermon and Miss
Glenna Cook and Mrs. Luther Berry
sang several appropriate selections,
accompanied by Miss Ellen Blair at
the organ.
The interment was made in the
Otisco cemetery in the family lot
beside of his mother. The bearers
were j. b. Essex, John Mehney, Leon
Gleason, Will Haviland, ]. w. Bolen-
baugh and Frank Simons.
John L. Day was born in Otisco
township and at the time of his
death was "A years and 18 days old.
He died in Grand Rapids Wednesday,
September 20 at the Globe Hotel,
where he had been staying several
days. For the past year or two he
had been in the employ of the Rich
ardson Silk company, but recently
had worked at odd jobs, the last be-
ing for Frank Conant, whose house
he painted. Mr.. Day finished his
work just before leaving for Grand
Rapids.
Besides his father, Oscar A. Day,
he leaves THREE brothers. Will of
Caledonia, Clyde Of Otisco and
Jesse of Grand Rapids.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
OWOSSO PAPERS ARE
NOW IN FRONT RANK

With Mondays issue The Owosso
Press-American discontinued it's pub
lication as separate and independent
newspaper, having combined its inter-
ests with those of the Owosso Daily
Argus. The business of the two con-
Germs were merged under the name of
The Argus-Press company.
There has been a tendency to con-
solidate newspapers for some time.
Big towns like Lansing, Flint, Pom
tiac, Kalamazoo and Bay City, have
reduced their their number to one,
where there were formerly two or
three. The high cost of print paper,
which has more than doubled since
the war began, the increasing cost of
labor and all material that goes into
a newspaper or print shop, will prob
ably force other consultations or sus-
pensions.
Under the consolidation George T..
Campbell becomes president and gen
eral manager; III. Kirk White, Sr.,
vice president, and Julia G. Rexford,
secretary y-treasurer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
CHARGED WITH STEAL
ING FROM F. MIKESELL

Fred Stevens, IL years old, is in the
county jail on a charge of stealing
about $1,000 in small change from the
home of Floyd Mikesell of Orleans
township, and has admitted the
charge. The case will come up in
circuit court later. Stevens was ar
rested last week on a charge Of sim
pie larceny, but the case became
more serious when the full circum-
stances of the theft were disclosed.
He had been employed in the Mike
sell home and knew of the box in
which Mrs. Mikesell, mother of the
complaining witness, kept small
change When the money was miss
ed he was suspected, and the first
idea was confirmed by the discovery
that he had paid $500 or $4.00 on a
board bill in small change. Floyd J.
Mikesell is a mail carrier out of
Shiloh.
Stevens appeared in court to plead
guilty to larceny, and was ,remanded
to Jail for sentence, which will be
pronounced Saturday. He is a circuit
court probationer, not yet twenty
years old.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
NOTICE TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

day, and the BANNER was six
column, eight-page 1.-TWO and four
pages "ready- -print") paper; less
than half it's present size and giving
less than half the local and country
news the subscription price was then
$1.00 a year.
Until Saturday night we will accept
payment for the BANNER at the
present price. After that time we
will charge $3.50 for a years SUBJ
scription. Our readers all know, we
because we have to and not because
we want to do it. We would gladly
stick to the old price if we could. But
the moderate advance we have made
is matter of necessity and only par
TALLY covers the increased cost of pro-
duction to us.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-27
SCHOOL LIFE WAS
STARTED IN BANNER

Readers of the Banner are request
ed to turn to the section of the paper
known as "School Life" and see the
clean, spicy news of the schools to be
found there. "School Life" was orr
ginated and planned by the manage
ment of the Banner three years and
half ago. The feature was started be-
cause the Banner realized that the
schools deserved good efficient rep
resentation and that the patrons of
the schools were anxious to hear from
the institution each week.
After "School Life" was started
here it was initiated in several of the
other papers of the state. As this
feature became attractive to our
readers and was improved, so the
same features in other papers were
improved. But the Banner started
the feature, and has kept it going to
the satisfaction Of the school patrons,
the students and faculty. "School
Life" will take on new features the
coming year and will be worth read
ing each week.