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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
DOPE KING JAILED.
Dr. Riley G. Hammers Sent to Allan.
tn Federal Prison.

Dr. Riley G. Hammers Sent to Attain
tn Federal Prison.
Convicted of operating a bogus san
itarium for drug users and of secretly
importing heroin and other narcotics
from Havana for distribution through
out the entire east. DIR. Riley c. Ham
mers, a wealthy physician, was SEN
fenced yesterday afternoon by FEEDER
al Judge Hand to two years and nine
months In Atlanta Federal prison and
to pay a fine of $4,000.
Although Hammers operated from
Florida. his arrest came i'm this city
when Revenue Agents Yancy and
Dobbs of Inspector Nuts squad trap
ped him. and with every word being
recorded by a dictaphone got him to
arrange for the sale of large guam
tity of heroin and cocaine. Seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars worth
OF smuggled drugs which he had
clinched the case against him. and
100000 worth which was discovered
stored in his sanitarum. made Ham
mers give up all hope.
This sanitarlum was at Tampa.
ana was supposed to be Il place for
curing drug addicts. but .he revenue
agents found that instead of curing
people there. Hammers was selling
them drugs.
His profits were enormous-S3O ana
$40 an ounce being paid him by secret
retailers of narcotics. In urging a
heavy sentence for him. Assistant
United States Attorney John C. Knox
told the court that i'm running the
youth of the country Hammers did
more harm to the government of the
united states than could any hostile
agent. He declared him to be the
most extensive dealer i'm narcotics
ever seized.
Tho conviction of Hammers is an
important chapter i'm the campaign
which local Federal officials are wag-
ing against the drug traffic. While
such cases formerly were left to- the
police the department OF internal rev
cnue Is now attacking the hcroin
trade fcrociously, and has run down
mary dealers. Many of the dope ped
dlera of the underworld" here are
said to have been supplied solely by
This physi' 'ian.--New York Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28

= .'s "a -s-ss E.-s
visions properly equipped and train
cd for service i'm war.
can assure you that every step
taken by the war department for the
organization and training of all our
military forces has been prompted
solely by the desire to further the
prosecution of the war in such a man.
ner as to effect the best results. IT
is impossible to foresee what difficult
ties may arise in the future, but the
present plans Of the war department
are so framed as to provide for tho
training of each portion Of the army
as soon as the equipment can be fur
nished. and to dispatch each portion
Of the army to France as soon as il
is trained and equipped and tonnage
becomes available"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
"Is Your BOY Going ?"

A writer in the August Woman's
Home Companion says:
"Close to me lives a man whose in :
terests have been separated from
mine by more than mere ivy-grown
stone fcnce-to be exact, by several
hundred thousand dollars. The other
day he leaned over the fence and in
quired:
Your boy gOing?'
Yes
Mine, too. Had a notion he didn't
want to wait for conscription. BY the
way. those eggplants of yours are not
coming on very well. May l send my
man over with some fertilizer that has
helped Ours?'
THE fonce is still there-but not
the barrier. Our boys and our coun-
try levelcd it.
There's bound to he a lot of such
lcveling from this time on. Some of
us who have been too busy TO get ac-
luaintcd are going to know each 9th
or. Some who have been too absorb
cd by moncy-making and reputation
seeking to make friends will suddenl,
feel the need Of comradeship Some
OF us who have worried because our
ncighbors dressed better than we did
mad finer phonograph or ran n fast
or car are going to have our cvos
opened to the falscnoss of the stand
ards by which we have Judged our
SclcV8 and each other. We're going :,
IKE each OF ier "a great deal better AMI
To need each other n great deal
more"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
!, MAY "a, sUIot,or'I.ir LEVINE INV,
Seems More Likely, However,, That
Provisional Government Will Iso-
late Him During War.

| New York, July 25.-Information
that the Russian provisional govern
ment has decided to terminate the APP
parent pro-German activities of Niko-
lai Lenine, the Radical Socialist lead
or. by arresting him and many of his
Followers. has reached the Russian
information bureau here. These ad-
vices indicate Lenine probably will be
shot IL he is convicted as a spy work
ing In the interest of Germany, but
IL not convicted he will be isolated
during the war. So far as informa-
tion received by the bureau shows no
evidence has been uncovered in Petro-
grad TO confirm tho statements impli-
eating L<nine as an agent of the Ger
man general staff. News dispatches
of recent date have variously report
ed Lenine to be under arrest and to
have escaped to Kronstadt disguised
as a sailor.
Lenine Is described by the Russian
information bureau as a man with a
record which before the revolution
commanded respect throughout hi.
country.
His articles on agrarian, economic
and scientific problems won him high
place in the estimation of Socialists
and eciepficto ar;Lo r. .~u-~..u
with his believed pro-German ac.
tivities. documents declared to have
been found recently in the records ol
Former Emperor Nicholas depart.
ment Of police are regarded by Rus.
slams as significant. These documents
show. according to information here
that while Socialist named Malinov-
sky was leader of the Social Demo-
cratic faction Of the third duma abou,
five years ago. ne was on the payroll
OF the emperor's police. Presumab-
ly leader of the opposition and elect
ID by the workers to represent them
he was In reality. according to this
purported evidence, acting for tho
emperor as an agent secretly paid tc
confuse and disrupt the opposition
Russians here recall that Malinovst.
at that time was known as Lenine's
right hand man and the discovery now
OF documents indicating Malinovsiy'.
duplicity Is said to have strengthened
the provisional governments sus.
picion that Lenine and his followers
are In one way or another connect.
cd with the German spies known tc
have invaded Russia since the revolu.
ton, These are estimated here tc
lnumbsr tens 1of thousandss. go
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
When to DO Your Canning.

The Woman's Home Companion for
August says:
The time to do the canning is
within twenty-four hours of the time
when the fruits and vegetables are
picked. The fresher they are when
the canning process begins, the surer
they will be Of keeping and the bet
ter they will taste when opened. Fruit
should be picked before it is over ripe,
and vegetables while young and tend
or. DO not wait for the end of the
season, but put up the new things as
they come along. If you do not know
how much better small beets are than
large ones, find out this summer. Car
rOts two or three inches long seem
like different vegetable when COM
pared with coarse. woody full-grown
ones. Can them while they are small
"A jar or two, put up every day
while one is getting dinner, seems to
take no extra time. If one hurries n
bit. or if one serenely plans to take
of the odd minutes while
waiting for something else to cook.
these little extras can be done with
out any trouble. while on the farm
canning parties may be planned ahead
when it is known that large amounts
of produce will be ready to can at a
given time"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
Mixing Politics and Religion.
(By Herman Hagedorn of the
VigilanteS.)

(By Herman Hagedorn of the
Vigilantes.)
1.-THE Messenger of Peace" oder
Friedensbote") is the dovelike title Of
religiously weekly published in st.
Louis by the German Evangelical
Synod of North America. 1t prints on
it's front page two biblical texts, n
piOus poem and two sermons, and con-
tains in each issue, besides these, q
number Of religious articles, reports
on. domestic and foreign missions,
and one or two pieces of Sunday
school fiction. At the end of each
issue it contains furthermore a de-
partment entitled "Aus Welt und
Zeit.' In this department is given in
brief words the weeks news from the
four corners of the earth. It is here
that the ClOven HOof appears.
Here is sample of the tone of the
editorial notes printed in this section
Of a religious weekly:
Our yellow press has recently been
speaking with particular glee of for
eign language papers Well, isn't
English foreign language? We hope
that no one would assert that it had
grown up on American soil. It comes
from another, from a foreign land.
The fact that English is the language
Of the courts makes no difference.
After all, English is only a German
dialect anyway. Where did the
Angles and the SaxOns come from?"
On the same page with this gem of
erudition is an article quoted from
Friedrich Naumanns "The German
Soul in the World War" explaining
and ppholding German militarism.
The following page is devoted to
advertisements of four books, glori-
flying the heroic exploits of the
"Emden." the "Ayesha," the Deutsch-
land" and of "zeppelins over Eng
land" 1t is noteworthy that, where
as these advertisements have nothing
to do with religion, they do make ex-
cellent propaganda for Germany.
The "Friedenbote" is not the first
religious paper which the German
government has used for its own secu-
lar ends. In Strand House, London,
there is a room devoted entirely to
books, magazines and pamphlets pre-
pared by Germany to be scattered
over creation. Every language and
many dialects are represented, and
practically every religion of the world
is there used as a medium of pro-
German arguments.
The German armies are no greater
menace to the freedom Of the world
than this insidious invasion of news
papers and magazines by German pro.
paganda. 1t should be thwarted
wherever it raises it's head. Papers
like DER Friedensbote" should be told
strenly to- keep out of politics or sus.
pend publication.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28

IL mas been officially announced
that no f1imsy claims for exemption
from military service will be consid-
cred by the exemption boards. Those
who have been drafted will have to
serve, unless they are physically un-
fit. or have n good excuse. or are of
moro service in some other capacity
th.n aS a soldier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28

Comptroller General Carlton w
sawyer spent yesterday in the city
ana made the annual settlement with
he Auditor and Treasurer. AS usu
At the books ana accounts OF Auditor
wider ana Treasure" Wallace were
FOUND in excellent condition and the
settlement was made in a short time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
MORE MEN JOIN ARMY.
iiccruitins Takes Jump Under Stimu
ltis Of Draft

Washington, July 25.-Under atimu
lus OF draft, recruiting for the regular
army showed decided Increase. yca-
'crday bringing i'm 2.2oi with four dis
tricis yet To bc heard from. Th tt
maScs the total obtained since April
ibo.OO7. leaving only 23.S9I To be ob
tanned to bring the regulars to wal
strength.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
GERMAN VESSELS SUNK.
British Dcstroycrs Make Succcssfu
Raid ON German shipping.

Amsterdam. July es.-Two German
vessels were sunk aad two have becl
taken To England by British destroy
ers. according to- the Textile corrca-
pondent OF The Telegraph. a Ge--
~Ipan vessel which was. togpedosd hai
frivsd at psnhelder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
RUB-MY-TISM

Will cure youy Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects,
Ect. Antiseptic Anodyne, used
internally and externally. Plils 2sc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
30 ) " -s,- u e,,DsI-
v. NJ. G. a. FOR SOLDIEi,S.
Local Association Placed at the Sel-
vice of the Modified National
GlIartlsmcn.

The following letter from Secretary
III. l.. Birchard of the Sumter y. M.
c. A.. to Capt. r. T. Brown, Company
l., End Regiment, s. C. National
Guard. brings home to the people of
Sumter a concrete conception of THE
great work that the Young Mems
Christian Association is doing and has
undertaken to do for the men who
nave been called into the military
service OF the government. This SER
vice Is needed by the enlisted men and
III the Y. M. G. A. was not in exist
ence. or If it failed to measure up to
It's duty and opportunity men would
suffer. Capt. Brown says that tho
men not only need the comforts and
conveniences that the Y. M. 9. A. af-
fords them, but that to a man they
appreciate what the institution is do
Ing for the enlisted men of the army
capt. Robert Il. Brown, Sumter. S. c.
Following is an extract from the
findings of the Conference Of South
eastern Division Y. M. c.. A. Secre-
taries held at Blue Ridge. N. -, July
1873, 1917, and is a standard for all
Associations in above division. II Is
compiled to avoid as far as possible a
repetition Of certain Objectionable fea-
lures of Border Associations during
the service i'm 1915. Any association
disregarding this agreement docs so
against the best judgment of the
brotherhood. i
Soldiers i'm United, States uniform
shall be granted the, use of all priv
ileges as though they were members
of the local association.
Soldiers are expected to pay for
use of towels. etc. on the same basis as
local members.
ITO prevent the spread of infectious
or contagious diseases full co opera
ton should be had between Y. M. c.
"A. officials and army surgeons or
commanders, prompt reports should
| be made on every known case"
think that these three out Of Is
sections are all that affect the local
| situation at the present time.
May we no have the pleasure of the
fullest cooperation possible wherever
1t is practicable under the situation
A soldiers first duty is to the service
into which he is called and we will
avoid any infraction Of this regulation
but If we can serve you or your mer
between times you win do us ia
lvsr ia command vs.. {
How about gymnasium league OF
indoor baseball or basketball or some
thing to keep pep in the boys
Use the gym for setting up" exer-
ciscs IL you want to when the wealth
er is not fit.
Wilson, has honored the Y. M. G.. A.
by recognizing it as the only civilian
organization to be allowed to do wori,
In camps or cantonments and has
issued an executive order to that ef-
feet and the Y. NJ. C. A. is on it's
metal to merit this great confidence
and i am sure that you will find from
that reason as well as from a real de-
sire on the part Of the individual an
inclination to do all that we can i'm
this stern time.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
II. L. Birchard.
our Commander-in-C Chief. President
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28

If the farmers want government
cotton grader on this market they
should take steps to organize "A live
Il timely subject for consideration at
the next meeting of thc County
Committee of Public Safety.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28

FOR SALF-Registered Aberdeen
Angus bull, four years old, tubercu-
lar tested, without fault or blemis;
c. p. Osteen, Sumter, s. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
,,, ronAcco, g, pr,2v ,,;,s' ssII;s -; - :
eerh Prizes offered Tobacco Growers
1hrough Chamber OF Commcrce-
Money Distributed Each Week ut
Gecnn's Tobacco Warehouse.

.
The sumter Chamber OF Commerce
- o6ering several hundred dollars In
cosh prizes to tobacco growers of this
epeeson OF South Carolina. the compe-
ue'on lists open to all counties. be-
staining Monday. July 2Oth. and clos
~ Friday. August IL. 1911. On next
friday. August srd. the sumter to-
oneco market will ofrer additional
'oDoctal prizes for the greatest amount
~ /Dhacco brought to Sumter marke,
lay. This is made possible
s~osh the generosity Of a number
~ oumter's mercantile. banking. and
vefsssional concerns contributing to
~ prize fund.
On Friday OF each week thore will
\ ~ paid out forty dollars In three cash
1>Res at tho tobacco warehouse for
- Individuals bringing during each
{,>eh the greatest number OF pounds
@< >obecco to this market. as follows;
Isue Prise ;. :. =. s.. ..$25.O0
eeond Prize -. 1000
t1u1rd Prize :. /. 500
N rSa Friday of each week there will
80 b awarded three. cnsh prizes,
rneunting to forty dollars to the three
c'Sidusls receiving the highest
nount Of money forsail of the to-
1900 sold on this market each week
~ Follows:
n - fri1e ..$25.00
4 .Z>''Fo frxe 81. 1000
11rd Prize r. 500
N 80 to individual receiving highest
1F,cs per pound not lAss than 100
fsssnds each week :. !. IL. $500
On Friday. August srd. three cash
<Hes agEresating forty dollars will
awarded to the three individuals
r0ging In the greatest number OF
veNnds on that day as follows:
0(Eu< Prize !. :. -. $4,000
rrize =. 10.0t
4~'ro Rrixe IL 500
1very business and professional
49, In Sumter. and all Sumter men
80 women are cordially invited to at
|(qnd tho tobacco sales during the
91t three weeks beginning next
ooday. Hundreds Of farmers will
~ On the tobacco warehouse floor
nrlng that time andi the men and
oDen oe Sumter are urgei to attend
- sales and meet and wslcome the
1ecco erowsrs TO the Sumter tobac-
y su>nrket Any mercantile concerns
rjng 70 make special prices. on any
upooos-eSs.modit1As durlns sth<
<lns sueh a. orsrins any line Of gro
'o>r'es. dry goods. clothing. shoes at
i - % very much below the normal
80 price h at rbArty. to do so and
nlbh the articles, at the tobacco
Uorehouse and to ADVERTISE the same
~ NE tobacco warehouse. This Offer
opsn to all concerns OF Sumter In
esery line OF business.
The Sumter Chamber OF Commerce
seports the following business firms.
eevporations and individuals who have
- far contributed to the fund for the
uree weeks prize awards and the spc-
Gal tobacco break next week. Friday.
August srd. on the floor Of Glenn's
'obacco Warehouse. Further contri-
Nations are needed In aopc that tho
special prize offerings RAY be con
tmued for Mt least four weeks. Every
Subscription win be acknowledged
s|hroush local newspapers contribu-
lions can bc mailed or handed to eith-
% Mr.. q. A. Lennon, at CITY Nation
= Bank or TO Secretary Reardon at
rupter Chamber Of Commerce:
o hneil & Co.. -. =. ..ss5.oo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28
RePSWax Wanted.

See me before you sell your wax. I
will buy it for cash at the best cur
rent price.
N. G. OSTEEN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28

The Cure for Grief,
The only cure for grief is action
George Henry Lewis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-28


structiOn to the sites selected in va
riOus divisional areas for the National
army.
You correctly assume that it hop
cd to send the National Guard TO
France within a reasonable time, but
it is manifestly impracticable. with
the limited tonnage available, to
transport all the National Guard of
the Northern States to France before
cold weather, even if the dispatch of
the division of the regular army be
postponed for that purpose.
"lf the National Guard of the New
England division should be campcd
in New England considerable cxpcndi-
ture will be necessary at the site Sc
lected. On the approach of cold
weather it will be necessary to trans
port them 20 the South and to spcnd
an equal amount on the construction
Of a camp there. In the sites which
have been seleced, training of the
National Guard may be continued
throughout the winter. During the
winter. If not before, it is hoped that
sufficient tonnage will be available for
the dispatch OF most of the National
Guard to France. namely, those di-
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07
The Woodchuck's Lesson

There are too many commissions,
made up for the mos tpart of lame
ducks -
The speaker was Senator Ttllman,
He continued.
I'VE don't need commissions to do
cur work for us. We. the senate and
house. can do our " work IL we
will only persevere.
We mus be. you know. like that
woodchuck.
Once upon a time there was a
~woodchuck. Woodchueks can't climb
trees Well. our woodchuck was
chased by a houn' dawg, and very
hard pressed. he came to a tree.
THE woodchuck knew IL he climb
ed that tree he would be safe. He
knew that II he didn't climb IT the
houn' dawg would get him.
Nov. woodchucks can't climb
trees. But this one had to. SO he
did st. Louis Globe Democrat.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07
Elko 02177
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
U. s. LAND OFFICE,


Elko. Nevada, December Is, 1916.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Frank j. Doolin, of Baker, Nevada,
who, on December 30, 1915, made
desert land application, No. O2177.
for lots2, 3 and 4, So NWA and
SWA NEA of Sec. 2; and lots l
and 2, of Section 3, Township Ii
North, Range 70 East, Mount Diabio
Meridian, has filed notice of inten-
ton to make final proof, to establish
claim to the above described, before
F. d. Oldfeld, Clerk of White Pine
County, at Ely, Nevada, on the thir-
tieth day of January, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Guy Saval. of Baker, Nevada.
George T. Baker, of Baker,
Nevada.
John w. Cram, of Baker, Nevada.
Philip w. Baker, of Baker,
Nevada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register
First Publication December, "a,
1916.
Last Publication January 81, 1917
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07
The Classic Breakfast Foods


"a Chicago professor claims that
the ancient Greeks used certain va
rieties of breakfast food
Where burning Sapho loved and
sung
How Diomedes would roll a piece
OF Cero Sweeto on his tongue.
Just think of Homer sitting down
Beside some bubbling, babbling
brock,
And m%unching with a thoughtful
frown,
Grain-o swiped from some Attic
cook.
Was old Ulysses handed out
A breakfast food on Ciree's isle?
Was brave Achilles rendered stout
BY eating Hoco POGO vile?
Was young Adonis fun of Flakes
When Venus spoke of loves re-
morse
And of her hearts distressing aches?
And say. did Hercules use Force.
Think of fierce Ajax, just before
He did his bolt-defying stunt.
Splitting some Musho Pura Ger
His castiron vests expansive
'front.'
And picture wise old Socrates
Eating Damflno with a knife.
Now, did the Greeks use foods like
thesee
We answer, No, not IN your
lifei"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-07
Good Reading for Sunday
Start the Day Right

Start the day right. When the sun
comes to greet you
Give it a smile for each ray that
1t sends;
Shake off the worries that long to de-
feat you,
Strengthen your faith in yourself
and your friends.
Yesterdays errors may come to your
brain;
Throw off the worries that trouble
and taunt you;
Start the day right; begin over
again.
What a brief span is the longest ex-
istence-
One flashing journey from Moth
ing to Night!
Show while you may the old Roman
resistance
on with your drowsiness-into
the fight!
Never an empire was won by lag
gard,
Never a prize was obtained but by
worth;
Heed not the sneers of the misan-
thropes haggard;
Start the day right and they'ell
know you're on earth.
Start the day right and you'll find
as il passes
Something to live for and some
thing to love;
View not the future through indigo
Note the bright ream and the
blue skies above.
Failure may mock you through years
of endeayor;
Fame and success may not come
at your will;
But nothing can battle a climber for
ever,
Start the day right, and you're
half up the hill.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune .