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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

~ q. Il. Rollins geneeal yard master
AtAntic Coast Line. left last night 70
nsmingham. Ala. to visit his mother
. Aiss May Antley. after spending /,
few days with Mrs. c. w. McGrew. re
oornsd to hep home at Cameron O,
1saday night.
1er. David Doar received notice yes
tsrday OF his appointment to the pay
mastsr corps of the army and was or
dsrsd 10 report at. Camp jackson, a
oaes.S This morning he received or.
1ors 70 report Friday morning.
1etaw Sallis Wan..amaker has gone
10 Johns Hopkins Hospital at Balti.
mere. Her mother went with her.
Mr.. Charlie Wilson has returned to
Davidson College.
A'ss 0saevlsvs Boyd. OF Anderson.
= vipiting her sister. Miss Nokie
Hel,d.
1lra., I. +. Jennings has returned
&qn Z visit to relatives at Rembert
n 1tra H. L Lesesne and. Miss Eliza
o9e1 Lssssne. who have been spend.
in9 thA summer in Hendersonyille.
bate rsturned to the city.
1uD Ruth Hussey left for Charles
ten this morning for weeks stay
vltll her father. at the Roper Hos.
DDlal .
nr q. Marvin Bsassley was In the
e1ty today on business.
~. wilfrsd Shaw. who has been nj
ne9A for several weeks spending his
vQct>en leaves tomorrow for Phil
e4elohia where hs Will complete his
eossss Of study at Jefferson Medical
CoRUe He win make the trip as fsi
- 1nltimore hy sutomobils With DR.,
Udiides Baskin. who has been visit
NJ rslasives At Bishopyills.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

Sumter for a number of years where
he has me many friends. The bride
is one of Sumter's we'll thought of
young ladies. She was beautiful in
her dress of tope satin, with hat and
shoes to match.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins have the
best wishes of their many friends for
a long and happy life.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

0mmhAA. Sept. 1.-THE greater
utashation ee corn products Is advo-
caooit.by Daxid n ecker. Of Harts-
St1o& Nred Administsator for South
capouzA. IN . letter to George r.
Uooe On. 'of Savannah. member Of the
ocotssrn Hosel Association.
-. Coksr's letter follows:
uours of the I'd. TO hand, and 4
aoossciats the offer Of your assoeia-
~ thrcagh you. to cooperate with
- y0o4s Administration Of South
CefS has ! think ofions way In which
Al Southern hotels can be OF tre-
uleatlous assistancs. and that In the
0soAsr utilization OF corn products
Ihers h no better breakfast food than
old-lashioned Southern hominy. or
srits. when served In Southern style
with butter or gravy.
Tho right kinds of corn bread are
always appreciated and enjoyed by
southern people. but unfortunately
they hardly ever set them In South
ern hotels. I was delighted to see re-
Gently In q small southern hotel. small,
crisp. unieavened corn cakes. and I
noticed that every one at all the tables
Was eating them with relish. Corn
munans are very palatable. and highly
nutritious. but practically never see
anything called corn mullins served
unlsss II is heavily loaded with sugar
and sometimes with navoring extracts
Ny breakfast In Columbia this morn.
Ing was ruined by bite Of nice look.
Ing corn mufYin that was as sweet a.
cake and favored with lemon extract
Two weeks ago In Washington at /;
Hoover lunch sweet corn mufflns wer,
served. and the Southern representa-,
tivss there all commented on Its grea
inferiority to Southern homo products
81 think many hots'n could to ad
vantage reduce the pDrtions served
Signs could stso DO pu;' up In dinini
rooms urging patrons not to order ev
srything on q table d'hote menu. an,
walters should be- instructed to insis
on patrons ordering what they wish
and not saying Bring me a good din
nsr." and then leave half OF II on tn
table.
The people generally will cooper
ate with the hotels and restaurants Il
e6ecting a saving Of food products
and will recognize the necessity 70
ssnslbls rules. believe the HON
Economics Departments OF the South
srn states will eagerly cooperate wit
your association In furnishing pala
table recipes for corn breads an
munins. and hope you will get 4
touch with them.
II would suggest that placard
urging the use OF fish instead OF =
much meat be placed I'm restaurant
and dining rooms. and that hotel
specialize on q good variety OF SO
food.
yours very truly.
David II. Coker.
Food Administrator for South Cal
oiina-"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

Mr.. Erwin Shaw who has completed
the preliminary course OF training for
tho aviation corps. spent Saturday at
home with his parents, leaving that
night for New York. He will shortly
60 abroad to complete his training.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

j. DARGAN OSTEEN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15
ANOTHER FOREST REGIMENT.
WOOdsmcn and Sawmill Men Needed
for Service In France.

washington, Sept 1O.-The forma.
tion of second forest" regimen,
comprising ten battalions and com.
posed of lumbermen and woodswork.
ers' who will go to France and get on,
OF the forests materials for the use OF
the American. French, and British
armies, has been authorized by tn.
war Department, it was announced
TO-DAY. Two battalions are to be rails
ed at once with the active aid of the
Forest Service of the Department OF
Agriculture. 1t is expected that the
remaining eight battalions will be
caiied for in a short time. Nine
service" battalions, made ND of la
borers who will be used in connec-
ton with the Forest regiment, have
also been authorized and two battal-
ions have been ordered raised at once
In order to provide for future con.
tingencies it has been decided to com.
mission at the present time enough of.
ilcers for other battalions yet 20 be
raised. Those men not needed now
VIII be placed on the reserve. anc
Will be called as the other units arc
formed. According to the presen,
pian' fifty per cent of the officers will
be sawmill and logging operators
twenty-five per cent will be technical
roresters and twenty-five per cent
VIII be men with military training. :
number Of the graduates of the engi
neer camps have been selected fo,
service with the new units.
A considerable number of CAPTAIN,
and lieutenants L. be selected in the
Immediate future. The minimum ag.
limit for commissioned officers ha:
been set at 81.
A first regiment of woodsmen mum.
bering about 1900 men and desig.
mated as the Tenth Engineers (For.
esD has already been recruited ant
assembled and is now being trained
at American University, d. c. This
regiment was raised at the request O.
the British government to undertake
the production in France of crossties
bridge. trench. and construction tim.
bers. mine props. lumber, and othe,
forms Of wood required in connection
with its military operations. The
landing OF the American expedition
ary forces has made necessary simila,
provisions for their needs, while tn,
French military authorities have indi.
Gated that some of the work inciden.
tai to their operations might bt
taken over by woodsmen from thi.
country. Decision to raise the new
and much larger force has followed
a study Of the field of possible use.
fulness to the allied cause, made b,
American foresters attached to Gen
Pershing's staff.
Each Of the ten battalions of tho
second regiment will comprise three
companies Of $50 men each, an(
will be under the command of it.
own major.
The regiment will be made up o.
volunteers. Applicants must be whit,
and between the ages Of Is and 40
Skilled lumberjacks. portable mil
operat ors, tie cutters. logging teams.
ters. camp cooks. millwrights, and
charcoal burners are among the class.
es Of men desired.
For the Service" battalions both
negro and white laborers will be en-.
listed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

Mr.. II. G. DesChamps leaves this af-
ternoon for Atlantic City to attend q
meeting of agents Of the New York
Life Insurance Company. and will be
absent from the city for some time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15
Strangc.Hawkins.

A marriage Of much interest to the
people Of Sumter was that of Miss
jamie Ruth Strange to Mr.. Jesse
Thornwell Hawkins. They were mar
ried at the parsonage of Rev. J. S.
Rice Wednesday evening, September
IL at eight o'clock.
Mr.. Hawkins has made his home in
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

why not Ave cent bread In Amer
ica." In Great Britain the price Is 32
ounces for IL cents. I'm France IS
ounces for nine cents. In Italy 35
ounces for eight cents. in the United
States 2s ounces for 10 cents. And
Europe pays the freight across the
At.antic.-Columbia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15

Mr. 7. A. Hussey who was taken t.
the Roper Hospital, Charleston, OF
September 3rd for treatment for :
broken leg is improving rapidly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15
Trcspass Notice.

All persons are forbidden to hunt or
In any other manner trespass upon
the lands Of the undersigned in Priva-
teer township. These lands are post
ed and all trespassers will be prose
cuted.
J. DARGAN OSTEEN.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18

County, at 1O'.A. NJ, and will
end on the 9th day of September,
1917. ,ll8goo d..A -
There viii be exhibited some
Of the finest stock that can be
grown in the United States by
our people. There will be farm
products of all kinds, there will
be>machinery, aud in fact an.
sxposit164} OF. every conceivable
industry in which the Negro is
engaged. There is no state in
the Union where. the Negro owns
as much real property, and good
real propertyHas he does in the
state Of Oklahoma. Some. Of the
best Negro blood IN the United
States may be found in the state
of Oklahoma, and we Say un-.
ihesitatingly that there is no
other state in the Union that can
give an exhibition OF the various
Industries in the way as can our
people in the state OF Oklahoma.
AT the same time the National
Negro Baptist Association of the
United States will hold its an
'inuaL session in the city of Mus
kUgee. There will be from out
the state and from all. over. the
United States an aggregation of
Negroes Of not less that twenty
thousand people, These people
who. come to Oklahoma andview
this fair in which the Negroes
of Oklahoma will display their
wares, win carry away with
them the" news Of what eur
peoplesare really doing. It. means
other peopleofour race Wi
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18
TO the Negro Public Of
Oklahoma, Greeting: C

90 4 few of the leading members
sf our race got together in the
city Of Muskoges a. during the
month of May, 1917, and formed
IN organization to be known as
the Cooperative Negro Farmers
and Industrial State Fair Assoc
,ciation. This Fair Association
aims to represent the progress,
wealth and varied industris en-
gagged in by tho Negroes in the
state of. Oklahoma. These ideas
sands forms for, the State Fair
Association for our people were
first given impetus in the dem
'onstration held in Muskogee by
the Negro Business League on
the last visit four distinguished
citizen, Booker T. Washington,
to, the state of Oklahoma. That
il the, first date in the history Of
our lives that, we realized what
the Negro in a small section OF
our state was doing. This idea
has been kept alive in our mind
until it took different shape in
: the form of a. Negro State Fair
Association. In this Fair Asso-
citation, which Belongs exclusive
4 ly TO, our people, we propose to
sshoW TO the. world what the Ok
Jshoma Negro is Capable of do
eng yanda to this end we have
fixeds the 4th day Of September
. 1917, for the beginning Of THIS
fair. - 4begfair will be opened
1t the State Fair Groundin tho
|, city Of Muskogee, in Muskoge<
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18

De ln0uceu 10 come TO gOOQ Ok-
lahoma. 1t means that 'lmoReI
money will be brought to, the
state Of Oklahoma. To- ,1sgaad I:
The several Expositions that
have been given by the different
countries OF the world were but
Fairs on a larger scale, and they
served to advertise the business
to the world Of the countries that
gave these EXposfions,b What
is true of the Worlds FAIRS or,
Expositions is true also OF! the
State Fairs. s0t '""h1ihod +.
Our farmers get a chance to
exchange ideas with their BROTH
err farmers, and get q chance to
see what the 'othersfeloWi IS 40
ing, and at the same time they
show the other felsOwi twhatthey
are doing. HlThe stotklnan'l gets
a chance to exhibit his st8cR To
the other stockmen, the mo.
chanic his machinery, the poul-
tryman his poultry, and the
women folks theiri fine needle
work. There will be premiums
given for the besteof every ,iDr
dustgy that is exfibitea'iata this
fair. Over $3,5U0:00sya will BE
{ given away absolutely ID
pretiiums. This will be the
greatest fair ever exhibited by
Negroes in the United States.
) The Fair Ass9eis tinn. hasnbeen
Il organized and Incorporated un,
deraths laws of tn sstateuoflO OK,
lah0ma, with a Ca pital stocka01
uS2S,Q00,00 in shares 8fsS1.00 per
lshars. Every Negio in the state
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18

Irvine has been In the state "a
Oklahoma since 1891. He livse
i'm Muskogee and has a lucrative
practice in his profession as law
yer. He owns several tracts of
oil bearing land and is an all
around good fellow.
Mr.. L. III. Traylor of Okla
homa City, is q member Of the
board Of directors. Mr.. Tray
lor is truly the biggest and best
known Negro in Western Okla
homa, and owns some very yalu-
able property, also several brick
buildings and an elegant home in
Oklahoma City, the capital of
Oklahoma.
Mr.. O. w. Gurley is a leading
Negro business man Of Tulsa,
-0klahefma. Mr.. Gurley is reput-
ed to be worth anywhere from
$4,000 to $3.50, 900. He is a sue
cessful business man and one of
the boys that came up from the
grass ROOTS. s,H.
Mr.. John W. Simmons, retired
merchant of Coweta, Oklahoma,
who is now giving his Individual
attention to his vast real estate
holdings and fine stock \raising
is another member Of the board
of directors. Mr.. SimmVns is
a native born Greek Negr6NWith
very limited advantages, but ei
crept pp step by step through the
darkness and the maze of a bust.
ness career while others were
asleep. 1t can be truly said of him
that he was climbing upward
through the night"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18


shases one share, the dividend
from this immense undertaking
viii more than pay you for
what you have invested.
The men who are at the head
OF. this fair are men Of our own
and are men who stand
among your people. j. Coody
j Johnson of Wewoka, Okla, is
President of the Fair Associa-
ton. There Is probably no Negro
in the state of Oklahoma, or slse-
where, who is more widely
known than Colonel j. Coody
Johnson, the lawyer, stockman
'ahd fnancier. He is the organic
'er and. originator of the famous
Black Panther Oil & Gas Com
one of the richest corpora
s.a6nsinthe state of Oklahoma.
oDr. Il. IL. Waterford Of Mus
kogee, is Vice President. He is
the leading physician in Okla
hQma, a man OF excellent habits
cod full Of energy.
yiitT.? j. Elliot Of MuskogeS is
Treasurer of the Fair Associa-
fioh.. Elliot is the Negro
,Merchant prince Of Oklahoma
He owns a number of stores, his
principal store being in Musko,
gee, and is, without a doubt, the
/ finest Negro Dry Goods, Ladies
land Gents, Furnishing store II
'lthe United States.
b4tse wine, an attorney a.
'iaSa and a great race man, is Sec
rotary of this company. Mr.
hlo
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18
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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18

. The ether member e Hs
board Of directors 10 the 1sq.
Robert Emmett Stewart. nr.
Stewards an attorney ut Law sf
one of the best firms Of Negro
lawyers in the state Of Oklahoma
and in factAhrm of lawyers that
stand sec0j1 Ito none among eur
people in IN United States. He
Is q mont Of the Arm Of
Brown and kewart, Of Musko-
gee. MI. wart 10 . man Of
considerably beans. The Arm
of Brown ard Stewart probably
do the la4ye1 business for Ne
groes. aItd epresent more
wealthy ~ 8 than any firm
of lawyerb lr nationality In
the United rs. It is safe =
say that lisntsle runs ~
into the mn ID.
Mr.. Stexfa is the gentleman
who cares the legal end e
this Fair Dciation, and We
can safely : that there IL ne
danger W.T. such men a. thee
at the head this Fair Associa-
ton, that veil ever 90 to the
rpcksseithS or lack Of funds OF
by improu management.
s Don't ct the date, Sept.
4th at 10 M, city Of Musko-
gee, Qkislbl X, Lasts until the
ANY fnrther Information that
yop may 6esire about this Fair
or the 4frhase of stock. We
chSerfuOv PIER you to DR.. r. II.
Waterford First Vice President
and ensSM Manager. At 200 Ia
South End St., Anskogss, on.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-08-18

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association, a copy of which may be seen at the office of the secretary. and a copy of which was published in the Arizona Republican, the Arizona Ga zette and the Mesa Tribune on the Six teenth day of July, 1917.
 Also for the ratification or rejection of the proposed amendment to Article XII of the Articles of Incorporation of the Salt River Valley Water Users association, a copy of which may be seen at the office of the secretary and copy of which was published in the ' Arizona Republican. the Arizona Ga zette and the Mesa Tribune on the ' Sixteenth day of July, 1917. 4 The shareholders will vote Yes or 1 No on the amendment as they express their approval or disapproval of it. Tie election will be governed by :. the by laws governing general cleo tions of the association so far as they apply.
 1 Witness my hand this Sixteenth day of July, 1917,
 CHAS. A. VAN DER VEER,
 Secretary of Salt River Valley
 Water Users Association. First notification Julv r 1912