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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-03-24
CHAPTER XII.
Nan Drifts.


Without going in to speak to Gale,
whom Bull Page, his nurse, reported
very cross but not hurt much, Nan
left her packet for him and rode
home. Her Uncle Duke was in town.
She had the house to herself, with
only Bonita, the old Mexican serving
woman, and Nan ate her late supper
alone.
The longer she pondered on De
Spain and his dilemlha-and her own
the more she worried. When she
went to bed, upstairs in her little
gable room, she tossed on her pillow
till resolve seized her to go up again
to his hiding place and see what she
could see or hear-possibly, if one
were on foot, she could uncover plot.
She dressed resolutely, buckled on
holster to her side, and, slipping
revOlver-a new one that Gale had
given her-into it for protection, she
walked softly downstairs and out Of
doors. The night air was clear, with
three-quarter moon well up in the
sky. She took her way rapidly along
he trail to the mountain, keeping as
much as possible within the great
shadows cast by the towering peaks
Breathing stealthily and keyed to a
tense feeling of uncertainty and sus-
picion, Nan at length reached without
adventure the corner of the ledge
where she had first seen be Spain,
and there, lying fiat, listened.
= Hearing only the music Of the little
cascade, she swept the ledge as well
as she could with her eyes, but it was
now so far in shadow as to lie in i'm.
penetrable darkness. Hardly daring
to breathe, she crept and felt her way
over it with her hands, discovering
nothing until she had almost reached
De SPANS retreat at the farther side.
Then her heart stopped in an agony
Of fear-underneath the overhanging
wall she heard voices. De Spain had
confederates, then, and had tricked
her, after all. I.
But a moment later this explanation
failed to satisfy her. The mutterings
were too constant and too disconnect-
edit dawned on Nan that this must
be delirium. She could hear De Spain
throwing himself from side to side,
and the near and far sounds, as If Of
two voices, were explained. She crept
nearer.
He was babbling in the chill dark.
ness about ammunition, urging men
to make haste, warning them of some
one coming. Nan listened to his raw
lngs, overcome by the revelation Of
his condition. She told herself he must
die If he remained longer unaided, and
there were unpleasant possibilities, IL
he died where he lay. She did not want
to pity or to help him, she convinced
herself; but she did not want his death
laid to Morgan plot-for none Of his
friends would ever believe De Spain
had found his way alive and alone
to where he lay.
All of this Nan was casting up in
her mind as she walked home. She
had already decided, but without
realizing it, what to do, and was will.
Ing to assume that her mind was stil
open.
Toward daylight Of the morning, De
Spain dreamed he was not al0he-that
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-03-24

a figure moved silently in the faintness
OF the dawn-a figure he struggled to
believe a reality, but one that tricked
his wandering senses and left him, at
the coming of another day, weaker,
with failing courage, and alone.
But when he opened his eyes later,
and with clearer head, he found food
and drink near. Unable to believe his
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
AMGSEhIENTS.
EXPERIENCE COMING NEXT WEEK,
Strictly Up-to- Date and Adapted II
Modern Conditions.

The long expected engagement of Elk
perience, the modern morality drama
by George Y. Hobart, which has had
such phenomenal successes in all Of the
big cities in which it has been present
ed, opens at the Auditorium Monday
and Tuesday, April 16 and il. with a
matinee Tuesday. Mail orders for seats
are being received in great numbers and
it looks as though the play will do a
tremendous business here. 1t has
broken all records in many of the cities
in which it has been shown and bids
fair to break many more in the next
few years. The play is patterned after
the old fashioned morality dramas of
four centuries ago, yet while it re
tains the form of the old plays it is
strictly up-todate and adapted to mod
ern conditions. The great novelty lies
in the fact that it treats modern sltua,
tions just as the priest-plavwrights OF
four centuries ago treated the moral
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

chance of " Twin-State league this sea
s51, that there j, no prospect Of re-
yival of C.ass IA baseball in a Glass
y league circuit
Grover Cleveland Alexander of the
Fhilhcs has been in the mayor leagues
six gears, pitched PSI games, allowed
AN average of 2.7S runs in a game. won
1850 games, lost - and twirlad 10 no
decision contests. He has made only Is
wild pitches and one balk.
willard. whose publicity agent gave
out that the champion really wanted to
fsht, has had two offers. One ps ON. SEES
him "a Hyutcuancy in the reserve eff
GERS corps and the o,her offers him
travelling expenses to 20 to Newark,
n. j., and calist in the marine corps.
willard seeks notoriety by thus puoliy-
~ offering his services. There are
hogsauds ail over the country who
will make better soldiers, or oflic rs
whose names are net cXp.oited when
hey calmly and uuos.entatiouslg walk
mp to tn, recruiting officer ald sign
/ heir names.
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pitcher is going to slip notch in his
control and breeze one by the batter's
head. 1t takes courage to stand up at
the plate and take that old healthy
Courage is the big asset in batting,
and with all the respect in the world
to golf, where is there any great cour-
age needed in driving the golf ball? II
may be just rs difficult to hit the golf
ball and drive it properly as it is TO
stand up ut the plate and smash the
baseball. But they are two different
things. and there isn't a ballplayer in
the world who will take seriously the
attempt of golfer, pure and simple, to
teach the ballplayer how to bat"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
Sporting Notes

Some folks suspi, ION that ) haag Us
the first string catcher the Rcd SIX are
uickcriug Cor.
Sruuk has been sent to Philadelphia
d. Manager MACK who is peeyed be.
cause Amos did not speak to his mana
ger for 10 day..
Rabbit" Marauvillc spent Saturday
and SUNDAY in Springfield, Mass. and
reported himself 10 be- ia tine coudi-
tiou of the season.
Yale won uotn boat races against
puGsylyau % Saturday. Twenty feet
sapp ufcl the varsity boats and only
Two feet the juniors.
Holy Cross dropped SIS 81 game of
the spring. season after several VIE
tories by losing 90 Cath lie University
M " biugtDu by score of 3 to ia
II innings.
ira Thomas. coach Of the Williams
baseball team, has taken an acre OF
land In Nilllamstowu aud intends {.
hnyc potato crop a- the result %
work hc does him alt.
President Wilson uud Vice Pre- ilcu'
MARSHALL have received thejr hand ON
graved passes 90 American laagu
gaines So o. ~ NO .mj5e. need foI
delaying the opening of the son or.
The Springfield Bgrutl can is salts
fed, uow that word has been receive.
from Northampton that there is IA
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
SPORTING
COURAGE Is BIG ASSET
Idea of Golf Expert as Tutor Ridi-
Culed by MaranviIe.
Boston Braves Shortstop Insists 1t 10
Not the Swing That Makes Batter
Stunt Being Wished on
Fred Mitchell.

Not long ago President Weeghman
Of the Chicago National league club
made the announcement that he would
take Chick Evans to the coast with the
Cubs to teach the players a perfect
swing at the ball. The innovation was
received with anything but warmth by
baseball men, who say the two sports
differ so greatly that there is no COM
parisOn. The idea was ridiculed. Wal
ter Maranville of the Braves insists
that it is not the swing that makes
a batter, but courage that man re-
quires at the plate.
'Say, that story about Chick Evans
going to California with the Cubs is a
funny one" declared Maranville.
81 wonder if Fred Mitchell believes
the Cubs will be able to bat any better
because of the things Evans shows
them in California about hitting a golf
BALL Doesn't seem TO me as if Mitchell
is responsible for that stunt. / guess
it's being wished on him.
"In baseball the batter needs cour.
age. He does not know when the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
Motion Picture Attractions.

At the Empire today, William Fox
presents Virginia Pearson in The War
Bride S Secret, in six acts. Tomorrow
William Courtenay and Mollie King in
Kick In, also The Grip Of Evil with
Jackie Saunders and Roland Bottom
ley, are the features.
Today the Princess theatre presents
Marie Doro in the Paramount feature,
Oliver Twist, an elaborate adaptation
from Charles Dickens, also a Burton
Holmes travel picture. Tomorrow Car
lyle Blackwell will be shown in the new
Brady Made feature, Square Deal, and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

Francis y. Bushman and Beverly
Bavne in The Great Secret.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
and spiritual problems of that day ana

age.
Included in the original cast which
viii be seen here under the manage
mont Of Messrs. William Elliott, f. Ray
Comstock and Morris Gest, will be
Ernest Glendinning as Youth; William
Ingersoll as Experience; Marie Horne
as Pleasure; Frazer Coulter as Wealth /;
Margot Williams as Intoxication and
Frailty; Dorothy Newell as Passion
William Belts as Crouch and - other
PLAYERS who fit their roles to a nicely.
Seats are now on sale at the Auditori-
UNI box ofice.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
CAREER OF BILLY SULLIVAN
Famous Old White Sox Backstop Had
Been in Harness Score of Years
When Released.

Billy Sullivan, the famous old back
stop of the White SoX, was born in
Oakland, Wis, forty-one years ago.
and had been in the harness just u
score of years when he was released
by Comiskey early in 1915. Billy be-
gan his career in the old Western as
ISOLATION, playing with Cedar Rapids,
Dubuque, Columbus and Grand Rapids.
While with Dubuque he caught 124
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
A Practical Girl.

''Wiu't share my LOTT" his lordship
said,
And urged his courtly suit.
The hcircss absent. inquired
"'What is it worth per foot -
Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09
PLAYER NEVER MADE TUMBLE
Newly Elected Captain of Pacific
Coast College Went Through Sea-
son With Perfect Score.

Tommy Fowler, quarterback of the
1916 Pacific university football eleven
of Forest Grove, Ore, who went
through the recent season without
making a tumble and was one of the
best open-field runners with the ball,
has been elected captain of the team
for this year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

games. Sullivan broke
into fast company with the Boston Ma
tionals in 1899, but leaped to the Chi
cago Americans in 1901, and remained
with the White Sox to the end of his
active diamond career.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

A tool that unrol's roll of paper
md spreads it with paste as it is
rassed over wall has been invented to
enable amateurs to do their own paper
hanging.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

\ man can't expect the crowd to
hang around and listen very long VIII lie
he is lauding the beauty of his own
family tree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-09

If age could be as certain of its con
illusions as youth is this earth would
fairly effervesce with wisdom.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29

friendly spirit of cofldence and ssge,
together" friendship will mako the
1917 Game Cock County Fair one OF
the greatest ever held in South Caro-
lima.
The greater the interest i'm the an
nual county fairs, the greater the
number attending and competing for
prizes and honor. The city of Sum-
ter derives greater financial benefit
from these annual county fairs than
any other portion of Sumter county.
Therefore the business and profess
sional establishments of Sumter are
vitality interested in stimulating in
terest In diversihcaticn and conser-
vation, larger crop yields, greater
production of poultry and livestock.
This city has for years been very lib
eral In supporting community clubs,
crop rotation and agricultural pros
perity. Business establishments can
do nothing greater to their advantage
and advertisement, for the little mon
ey 1t Will cost each firm Offering,
than to make the Sumter Business
Mems Premium Department as at
tractive as possible, and do this in
time to get the offerings in the 1917
premium lists which will be read by
many thousands Of people, and by
some OF them several times, before,
and even after the fair has passed
into history.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29

that tho enemies and traitor.
within our borders were rounded w
and put whore they can do no fur.
ther harm. There are dangerou,
enemies and traitors who show theh
snmity by words only. but deliberate
~ incite others to disloyalty and
acts of enmity against the govern
ment and against the people Of tn
United States who refuse to bow
down and worship the Kaiser and his
army Of savages. These sly teachers
OF treason are more dangerous than
the crude fellows who blow up
bridges and set fire to munition plants
and II Is high time that they were
properly dealt with. We cannot un-
derstand the patience and forbear-
ance Of the government officials
whose duty 1t is to take action
against such enemies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29
THE TUBERCULOSIS CAMP
Free Beds for Patients in Sor,o
Counties.

Free beds at South Carolina Sano.
torium for Tuberculosis maintained
by the following cities and counties
Will be available on October 1st
treatment to be given TO tubero,
lar patients in South Carolina who
need assistance.
Application blanks to be obta,ro,
from DR.. Ernest Cooper, superintsnd
ent South Carolina Sanatoriur Co.,
tuberculosis. r. F. d. 3, Columbia
S. c..
Counties: Chester, Chesterfe,d
Clarendon. Georgetown, Oraneeburp
Union. Williamsburg, Charleston
Aiken.
Cities: Newberry, Laurens Dor
iington' Beaufort. Georgetown. Ben.
nettsville, Camden. Greenwood. Abbe
vile. Sumter. Anderson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29
ARE YOU RHEUMATIC?
Many Pangs That Pass for Rbeun..
tim are Really Due to Weak Kid.
neys.
Is 1t rheumatism?

Not every pain is.
Weak kidneys let uric acid collect.
uric acid causes many queer pains.
In the high it's sciatica;
In the back. lumbago;
In the nerves, neutritis.
Gout, gravel. dropsy are uric trou-
bles.
When you suspect the kidneys use
Doan's Kidney Pills
The home-recommended remedy.
Sumter testimony is the best proof.
Read this Sumter mans story:
j. A. Whittemore. IA Hardy Ave-.
says: "My kidneys were badly
disordered and my back ached. l
also suffered from rheumatic pains
In my limbs. The kidney secretions
passed too freely. Friends recon-
mended Doan's Kidney Pills and go,
some at HearUns Pharmacy. They
did me a world. OF good.
Price 60c., at all dealers Dom.
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney ills-thG same that
Mr. Whittemore had. Foster Alilburn
Co., Buffalo! N. Y. 80
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29

This country Is at war and 1t l.
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CONFUSION IN RUSSIA.
Nobody Seems to Know What L.
NEEDED to Save Country.

London, Aug. 27.-The Exchange
Telegraph's correspondent at Moscow
telegraphs that Premier Kerenskys
opening speech to the National Con-
ference did not satisfy single party
Various groups heads are expected
to voice their aspirations today and
echo in Kerensky's own aspirations" :"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29
COUNTY DEFENSE COUNCIL.
The Meeting Next Saturday Will
Discuss the Road Situation.

The semi-monthly meeting of the
Sumter County Council Of the South
Carolina State Council Of Defense,
this organization formerly known as
the Sumter County Committee OF
Public Safey) will be called to order
at IL o'clock, noon, instead of at IL
o'clock at Sumter Chamber of Com
merce next Saturday, September tn
LIST. The reason for the changing OF
the hour of meeting is that there
will be meeting Of the Tri-Count,
Farmers Cotton Marketing Associa-
tion at 10 o'clock. and a meeting O;
the special committee Of the Council
of Defense also at 10 o'clock to az
range for a program of community
meetings In every township to DISCUS
diversiflcation, planting Of grain,
conservation Of food and feedstuffs
all meetings to be held at Chamber
of Commerce rooms.
The committee on township meet
ings is composed of f. w. Dabbs, O..
Salem section. chairman: J. M. Kolb
OF Privateer. II. G. Osteen, of Sum
ter, w. w. Cunningham of Pleasant
Grove district, and w. L. Sanders,
Of Stateburg township.
There Is going to be an effor,
made to do something about better
public highways for Sumter county
during next Saturdays meeting of the
Council Of Defense. IL the plans o.
those who are behind this movemen
carry as they hope they will
No effort is going to be made to
condemn the supervisor or county
board of commissioners for past mis-
takes or failures. but those who ar
for having gravel roads or othe,
kinds Of more permanent high
ways. and highways properly drain
ed and properly graded. are desirou
of cooperating with the supervise
and commissioners.
An effort will be made to have q
representative delegation from East
ern Sumter County sections, with {.
delegation from the Sumter Cham
ber of Commerce to meet with the
County Commissioners and Superv,s
or Mt their meeting on Tuesday. Sep
cember 4th, at II o'clock, to try tc
solve the problem Of poor roads b..
seeing IL sufficient gravel and ella,
can not be secured in those sections
to warrant the use of the big five
ton motor road building truck ir
hauling this good road material ant
making more permanent, and bette
drained public roads without un
necessary delay.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29

washington. Aug. 27.-Considera.
ton Of the proposed eleven and
half billion war bond and certificate
OIL was temporarily halted because
Secretary McAdoo was unable to an
pear before the house ways and
means committee. He appears to-
morrow
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29
FARMS FOR SALE
In Sumter and Clarendon Counties.

% Acres on public road three
high state of cutivaion draned house
barn and stables Splendidly good
Can artesian
~ Acres public road three SUMTER
cultivation and 10 to b
year One four house. stables
80 Acres public road
in cultivation Good dwelling tenant house barn
stables
pa Acres public road three Sumter sxlorse
am in cultivation this which
horse farm next Four dweIl three tenant
houses barns and stables flowing Situated near
good school, gin. railroad siding, in good neghbo
hood
ten horse farm Of cultivation New
dwelling five ten tenant
and other outbuldings dairy equipment with
dairy herd, if desired Plenty and straw Thor
oughy drained About fence and
subdivided Property often offered
for sale, and if in
tically in the city, had at once
III PmewoOd, Good
land, but needs developing. enough to paw for
building place. BY Will subdivide if de-
sired, and sell cheap
12o Acres Pnewood. undeveoped. cheap
Easy Terms To Suit Purchasers
G. P. OSTEEN Sumter, S. C.
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Notice.

All hunting, fishing, trapping or
trespassing of any kind is hereby for
hidden on lands situated on Black
River, Sumter County, owned by Mrs.
b. T. Williams and r. c. Williams,
better known as "R. G. McFadden''
lands.
Hugh Witherspoon, Agent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-29

1Sse insertion !. ..Sl.oo
oooeist insertion. -. so
fos three months. or
- Hiads at reduced rates
\ on1nanlcation which sub
~. h 1rkerssts viii be charged
q ootUog)oo ana tributes Of respec,
| ~ 00Oter Watchman was found.
- - 1o1o and the True Southron IN
.xoOo. 1Ae Wstchman and Southror
NV No. The combined circulation an6
)n4uoo0o of both OF tho old papers.
en4 - uaoifestly the best advertising
Mo4lAm n sumter.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NOTES

Bright Outlook for 1917 "Gamecock
| County Fair"-Sumter Business
Mems Premium Department a Fine
Opportunity for our Business Con-
Germs.
The Chamber Of Commerce Is re-
ceiving numerous inquiries by phone
and In person from farmers. their
families. and from the men and wo-
men OF Sumter city about the COM
Ing "Gamecock County Fair" to be
held on November IS, IA. 15 and 16.
Secretary H. L. Tisdale Of the Fair
Association. Farm Demonstration j.
Frank Williams. and Home Demon
stration Agents Lennon and Jones.
also report great interest among tho
people Of this city and county in the
1917 fall fair.
Big harvests and high prices have
produced considerable prosperity,
there is the greatest diversity OF ag-
ricultural. live stock. poultry, fruit,
and other farm producta In the his
tory Of Sumter county.
Thousands of cans and Jars of
dried. preserved and canned foods
have been put up all over the county
and In this city. and the household
department exhibits will be the great
est ever shown in this county.
The boys pig clubs. the girls can
ming and tomato clubs. and the do
mestic science and home demonstra-
tion clubs Of the women folks of the
county have accomplished more this
past year and have more to exhibit
than ever before.
Tho livestock. poultry and field
product exhibits will be the greatest
and most varied ever seen in the
county. and the interest and friendly
rivalry and local pride are at the
highest pitch Of competition. \
The prize lists are unusually at.
tractive this year.
There Ia one department Of the pre-
MUM lists that the Chamber of Com
merce desires to empasize and nsa;s.
with In getting up. That department
consists OF prizes composed OF ar.
ucies 10 DO onered oy merchants,
manuiacturers and professional men
I<~R Gy...~ IA.
OK sumter CITY, the county seat OF
sumter county. The directors or the
FAIR association agreed that any bus
mess estapiishment could oner any
articies OF commerce. either ornament
al or useini' as premiums to be COM
peted tor Dy the boys pig. girls can
ming eso. womens home
demon other community
c"ps' xoF me pest Individual farm
oispiays.N
o'Donneil & Co. have offered $50
IN gold Tor the best individual farm
booth, Mr.. r. d. Cole. for the Sum
ter Coca-Cola Co.. offers SIS In gol
Tor the boys producing the most corn
peas. or velvet beans on one acre
w. A. Thompson, the jeweler offers q
handsome silver trophy cup, and tn
Sumter Loan Co. offers a handsome
gold bracelet watch. the two latter to
be awarded by the Home Demonstra,
tion Departments, as thought best for
contests among the community clubs
| Offerings of harness, wagons. farm
machinery or tools, oil stoves, kitchen
cabinets. school house library cabi-
nets, donations or flour or other gro
ceries for the use of the demonstra.
tion clubs. bakers, roasters, desk2
cash prizes to assist I'm euuippinr
/ country schools with home damon.
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