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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-04-27

Thousands, nay, hundreds of
thousands of men otherwise liable
to military service will of right and
necessity be excused from that SER
vice and assigned to the funda-
mental, sustaining work of the
fields and factories and mines, and
they will be as much part of the
great patriotic forces Of the Nation
as the men under fire.
[ take the liberty, therefore, of
addressing this word to the farmers
of the country and to all who work
on the farms: The supreme need
of our Nation and of the nations
with which we are cooperating is
an abundance of supplies, and es-
pecially of foodstuffs.
The importance of an adequate
food supply, especially for the pres
ent years, is superlative. Without
abundant food, alike for the armies
and the people now at war, the
whole great enterprise upon which
we have embarked will break down
and fail.
The worlds food reserves are
low. Not only during the present
emergency but for some time after
peace shall have come both our
own people and large proportion
of the people of Europe must rely
on the harvests of America.
Upon the farmers of this coun-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-04-27

Gentle farm and buggy mare
also buggy and harness for sale.
Good bargain for immediate sale
for cash. or will give terms if de-
sired. Would exchange for good
young fresh milk COW. On notifi-
cation will be brought to Camden
for inspection. G. T. Sarratt, route
4, Camden, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-04-27

The annual convention of the
Tennessee Sunday School Associ-
alton will be held at Murfreesboro
June 10 to 81 and the West Ten
nessee Institute will be held at
Dyersburg June 26 to 28.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-04-27

Jesse Howell, who is employed
at Sugar Tree, spent the week end
at home.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-04-27

The plow is rs potent in the
great world war as the gun.
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19

lapsed on the low shore, like house of cards upon which has been laid the weight of q massive hand. The river section, carrying the greater load at the top and torn from its base. plunged, like an avalanche of steel, 200 feet down into the river. throwing far ahead of it. as from giant catapult, the traveller on the outward end of the suspended span and a locomotive on the floor beneath.
 Wilchings, and the few men safe on the shore, stood trembling, looking at the bare pier head. at the awful tan gled mass of wreckage on the shore between the pier and the bank; floor beam and stringer. girder and strut, bent, twisted, broken in ragged and horrible ruin while the water deeper than the chasm 1t had cut. rolled it's waves smoothly over the agitations of the great plunge beyond the pier. They stared sick and faint at the tangled, interwoven mass of steel, ribboning in every direction-for in the main the rivets held so 1t was not any defect of joints. but structural weakness in the body of the members that had brought it down-and inclosing as in n net many bodies that q few seconds before had been living men.
 They had seen body after body hurled through the air from the outward end and. as they gaZed fearfuliy i'll horror here and there dark figures tloated to the surface of the water. They caught glimpses of white. dead faces as the mighty current rolled them under and swept them on. And no sound came from the hundred and fifty who had gone down with the bridge. The 200 foot fall would have killed them with out the smashing and batteriug and crashing of the great girders that had fallen upon them or driven them from the floor and hurled them. crushed and broken. into the river.
 Meade had been right Abbott had one swift flash of acknowledgement, one swift moment packed with such re grets as might fill lifetime-an eter- nity in hell of remorse-before he. like the rest, had gone down with the bridget
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19
Meade. The father had told him just what he intended to do with it.

Meade. The father had told him just what he intended to do with it.
 Shurtliff might have been great man if left to himself or forced to act for himself. But pursuing great pas sion so long as he had, he had merged himself in the more aggressive person. ality of his employer and friend. He had received a good engineering edu- cation. but had got into trouble over a failure, rather bad mistake in his early career, too big to be rectified. to be forgiven, or condoned. The older Meade had taken him up. had been kind to him, had offered to try to put him on his feet again, but his big fail- ure had increased his natural timidity. so he stayed on. He had become a part of the old mans life.
 Young Meade had never been able to get very far into the personality of Shurtliff, but he liked him and respect ed him. He realized the mans devo- ton to his father, and he understood and admired him. Aside from that jealousy the old man could not but like the young one. He was too like his father for Shurtliff to dislike him. The secretary wished him well he wanted to see him Il great engineer. Of course he could never be the engineer that his father was. That would not be in the power of man. But still, even if he never attained that height, he could yet rise very high. Shurtliff would not admit that there was anything on earth to equal Meade, ST.
 The secretary was greatly surprised as he stopped beside his own desk to hear his name called from the inner office. He recognized his employers
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19

much valuable time. for he had not passed so busy a day as that one since the bridge began. Everything was ex- actly as 1t had been. Those hair-line cracks had troubled him little despite Wilching's remark. He studied them a second time. They were just as they had been, so far as he could tell. no larger, no more numerous. The lacings rang exactly the same under his ham, mer.
 He climbed back to the floor of the bridge and spent the next half hour in- specting the progress of the work. The suspended span had already been pushed out far beyond the end of the candlever. The work on the other side of the river had bsen stopped. As soon as they got the suspended span halfway over they wotld transfer the workmen and finish thf opposite canti- lever. Abbott calculated that perhaps in another week they lcould get 1t out If he drove the men. He looked at his watch. grudgingly observing that 1t was almost i've o'clocf. The men were
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19

men and bridge. The workmen al least had no suspicious or premonitions of disaster.
 Wilchings, the chief erecting fore man, knew about the camber. It had not bothered him. As he approached the two exchanged greetings.
 You're out early. Mir. Abbott" said Wilchings.
 "Yes. I've been down to examine ! C-10-R."
 Wilchings laughed.
 That little spring Is nothing" He looked over the track and through the maze of bracing at the member. If We had pier somewhere we could hold up the earth with that strut. You didn't find out anything. did you2"
 Not thing except some hair-line cracks in the paint around the rivets.'
 You'll often find those where there s heavy load to take up. This bridge will stand long after you and l and every man on it has quit work for good"
 Now Wilchngs was a man of expert ence and ability. and If Abbott had needed any confirmation of his opinion this careless expression would have served. He did send him across the river to examine the half-completed cantlleyer on the other bank, upon which work had been suspended. await ing shipments of steel. Wilchings later reported that 1t was all right, which was what he expected. of course. and this also added to Abbott's confidence. The day was an unusually hard one. A great quantity of structural steel that had been delayed and which had threatened to hold up the work. arrived that day and the chief of construction was busler than he had ever been. He was driving the men with furious energy. Even under the best conditions 1t would be well-nigh impossible to complete the bridge on time. Abbott had pride in carrying out the contract and the financial question was con- siderable one. Had 1t not been for that. perhaps. he would have paid more attention to Meade's appeal. So he hurried on the work at top speed.
 Late in the afternoon. without say ing anything to Wilchings. who had re- stunned his regular work, or to anybody In fact, Abbott went down to look at the member again. He climbed down Il hundred feet or more to make an- other examination at the expense of
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19

voice. of course, yet there was c strange note in 1t which somehow gave him a sense of uneasiness. He went into the room at once and stopped aghast.
 Good God, Mir. Meade!" he ex- claimed.
 Ordinarily he was the Quietest and most undemonstrative of men. There was something soft and subtle about hls movements. An exclamation of that kind had hardly escaped him E the thirty years of their association. He checked himself instantly, but Meade, Sr.. understood. The Iay be- fore Shurtlif had left hirq a hale, hearty. vigorous somewhat ruddy man. Now he found him old. white, trem- bling, stricken. Meade looked at Shurt- Tiff with lack-luster eye and with a face that was dead while it was yet alive.
 MT. Meade" began the secretary a second time, what is the matter?"
 "The International bridge" an- Swered the other. and the secretary mo- tieed the strangeness of his voice more and more. Its about to collapse. Per- haps 1t has failed already"
 Meade passed his hand over his brow and then brought it down heavily on the desk.
 ''As we sit here. maybe, it is falling" he added somberly In q sort of dull, impersonal way.
 Into the mind of the secretary came foolish old line: London bridge Is falling down, falling downr' He must be mad or Meade must be mad.
 'I cant believe 1t, sir. Why?
 There's q defection fin one of the lower chord members of one and three quarters inches. It's bound to col- lapse. The boy was right, Shurtlin," explained Meade. T was wrong. 2 am ruined"
 Don't say that, sir. You have never failed in anything. There must bs some means"
 "Shurtliff. you ought to know thero is no power on earth could save that member. It's only question of time when 1t will fall"
 The secretary leaned back against the doorjamb, put his hand over hie face. and shook like a leaf. The old man eyed him.
 Don't take 1t so hard" he said. "Itss not your fault, you know"
 'Mr. Meade" burst out the other man, 'you don't know what 1t means to me. A failure myself, have gio- ried in you. I-you have been every. thing to me. sir. I can't stand it."
 T know" said Meade kindly. He rose and walked over to the man, laid his hand on his shoulder. took hi0 other hand in his own. ''It hurts mora perhaps, to lose your confidence In nc than 1t would to lose the confidence q the world"
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19
CHAPTER VII.
For the Son.


 The message was received in ghaSt- ly silence. No one spoke for Il moment None moved. Colonel Illingworth $ face was fiery red. Bertram Meade %as winter than any other man in the room. He was thinking of his father.
 The girl moved first Her father and the young engineer were the two most deeply touched They were both in agony, both in need of her. Unhesi- tatingly she stepped to the side of the younger. And the father saw and un- derstood even in the midst of his suf- fering. She had chosen.
 We are ruined" gasped the colo nel. tugging at his collar. We could stand the financial loss. but our reputa- ton! We'll never get another con tract. might as we'll close the works And 1t Is your fathers fault. It's up to him. The blood of those men is upon his head. Well. sir I'll let the whole world know how grossly incompetent he is, how"
 sir" said young Meade. standing very erect and whiter than ever, "the fault is mine. made the calculations I checked and rechecked them. No body could know with absolute certain ty the ability of the lower chord mem bers to resist compression. But what ever the fault. 1t is mine. My father had absolutely nothing to do with it. He is"
 Hes got to bear the responsibility. cried the colonel passionately. Tt has his name"
 No, I tell you" thundered the younger man. For I'll proclaim my own responsibility. The fault is all mine and I'll publish the fact from one end of the world to the other"
 "1ts load I wouldn't want to have on my conscience" said Colonel Hing worth.
 The ruin of great establishment like the Martlet." added Doctor Sev- erence.
 The dishonor to American engineer ing" said CurtiSs.
 And the awful loss of life" con- tinued the colonel.
 ''I assume them all" protested the young man, forcing his lips to speak, although the cumulative burdens set forth so clearly and so mercilessly bade fair to cpush him.
 It was only mistake" protested Helen IllIngworth. drawing closer to her lovers side. and with difficulty re- slsting a temptation to clasp him in her arms.
 "A mistake!" exclaimed her father bitterly.
 You said yourself" urged the wom- an. turning to the chief engineer. that you didn't know whether the designs would work out. that nobody could know. but you were convinced that they would"
 Wait" interrupted the father. Meade. there is one consequence you have got to bear that you haven't thought of"
 What do you meanT'
 Do you think I'd let my daughter marry a man who had ruined me, an ChSihtSi py ils oWu lOu- fession, a."
 Ut Is just" said Meade. "I have nothing further to do here, gentlemen. I must go to my father"
 "Just or not" cried Helen nling- worth. q can't allow you to dispose of me in that way. father. If he is as blamable as he says he is, and as you say he is, now is the time above all others for the woman who loves him to stand by him."
 Miss Illingworth, you don't know what you are saying" said Meade, forcing himself into a cold formality he did not feel. "I am disgraced, shamed. There Is nothing in life for me. My chosen pre- .~'e-- Np-l tation-eve
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19
THE FAMOUS ENGINEER LEARNS THAT HE MADE THE BIG MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE AND MANY LIVES MUST
 PAY THE PENALTY

Marlet putting a ona planned
  nngwort Colonel ngworth company bridge  laughed HIS doubts
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19

How the gods conspirs to make complete the wrecl<aue oS reputations and how young Meade is cast Into outer dark ness Is told In the next lnstaIi- ment.
The Dermott news., 1917-07-19

eTo B1 coNTINuEDl
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
SOME SHOVELING.

w. E. Taylor awoke at four
o'clock the other morning and
found the first floor rooms of
his comfortable farm house
filled with coal gas, the coal in
the base burner having burned
out during the night and the
gas was escaping from the stove
magazine. During the next few
hours there were things doing
around the Taylor place. Here
is the story as w. E. tells it:
eyes sir, that magazine was
full of gas. Of course it's not
unusual nowadays to find a lot
of gas in the magazines and in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14

some newspapers too, for that
matter-The Democrat excepted
of course-but this was a diff
ferent kind of magazine and a
different sort of gas and it was
leaking out to beat all.
I grabbed up the bod and
started out to get some coal for
the stove. The coal shed stands
only a few feet from the kitchen
door but between the house and
the coal shed there was snow
drift so high that | couldn't see
the top of it. | caught up the
scoop shovel and began shovel
ing snow.
At six o'clock the family rose
and | was still shoveling snow.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14

AT six-thirty they sat down to
breakfast and ] kept on shovel
ing snow. When they had fin
ished their breakfast the boys
came out and took my place
while | went in to breakfast. At
ter partaking Of about 16 buck
wheat cakes / went out and re-
lieved the boys. We couldn't
all shovel at the same time be-
cause since the fire we have had
only one shovel on the place so
we had to take turns with the
one shovel and of course it was
rather hard on the shovel. Fin
ally the boys got kind of tired
and / told 'em to go in the house
and sit down a spell while | kept
on shoveling. They did and l
did and an hour later when ma
looked out of the kitchen VIM
dow she saw smoke rising above
the snow bank and she came to
the door and called to me that
something was burning. | took
look and sure enough | had
been shove[ing snow SO fast that
the shovel was getting so hot
that / couldn't rest my hand on
it. Looks like we was going to
have more snow, don't it? Well,
let it come."- Adrian Democrat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
NEW BOOKLET TELLS OF
WHITE PLAGUE.

"What every Minnesota citi-
zen should know of tuberculo-
SIS" is the way DR.. I. J. Muir
ply, executive secretary, sum-
married the subject matter Of
a pamphlet recently issued by
the Minnesota Public Health as
ISOLATION. The pamphlet con-
tains advice for consumptives
and much information of value
to any one interested in tuber-
culosis and the statewide cam
paign against it, Doctor Muir
ply says. Specific directions to
persons afflicted with tubercu-
losis and to those associated
with them; how the disease is
contracted, when it develops and
how it may be prevented and
cured are things told in the book
let.
All the county sanitoria and
other institutions in operation
in the state in the fight against
the white plague are Illustrated,
and lists of the superintendent
Of all the institutions and of the
resident or staff physicians are
given.
Copies for distribution will be
sent free to anyone writing the
Minnesota Public Health asso-
citation, Old Capitol, st. Paul.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
House Dresses
Bungalow Aprons
3 special lots of Children's Wash Dres-
ses that are slightly soiled, on the Econo-
my Tables, Friday and Saturday

House Dresses in a beautiful
range of light and dark patterns.
The styles are all new and the
values we assure you will not be
duplicated again this year. Some
are the new patented adjustable
waist band. All these dresses
have arm shields and patented
let out on hem to take care of
shrinkage. For Friday Ct o.
and Saturday, each. y Iu0l
Bungalow Aprons in light and
dark colors, full length and
roomy widths, worth 75c for
Friday and Saturday, E0o
at each .UJU
Special lot of Plain Solid Color
Bungalow Aprons, come in pink,
blue and tan. Rick Rack trim
med. 5 dozen for Friday E0o
and Saturday, at ....... .UJG
New lot of Electric House
Dresses, in light and dark col
ors. Surely elegant values when
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14

you consider the high prices on
Percales. For Friday and co.
Saturday, at ...... JUL
LOT |.
About Is Children's Bingham
dresses that are slightly sOiled,
sizes 2 to 6 years, while 0Ea
they last, each .ZjC
LOT 2.
Elegant quality Children's
Wash Dresses, in a great vari-
ETY. of styles. We warrant they
are worth double what we ask.
Slightly soiled, for Friday E0o
and Saturday, each -. .UJI
LOT 3.
Many very pretty dresses in
this lot including a lot of white
lawn dresses, richly trimmed
with laces. Also. boys wash
suits, the Oliver Twist styles, in
this sale, Friday and or
Saturday, at vi u
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
Big Hosiery Sale

but it will be hard to find the imperfec-
tions in some of the hose on account of
being so small. For this sale Friday 00o
and Saturday, per pair ...........E EG
so dozen Silk Hose, the regular SOC
quality. These also are seconds, they
come in grey, black, white champagne,
bronze and sand color, all sizes, and
wonderful bargain. Buy your needs gno
for the summer, at per pair UJO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14

Ladies' Black Cotton Hose, fine quality,
Seamless, rich black. This hose is easily
worth Csc, but on account of being sec
onds with an occasioned small hole, we
are Offering these for Friday and IT.
Saturday, at per pair IL
Very fine black hose, one full case of
60 dozen, in all sizes-impossible to buy
under 35c a pair. These also are seconds,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
Muslin Underwear

AT soc we include all our 75c and S5c
gowns that are slightly soiled for I'm,
Friday and Saturday, at Jul
Very special Ladies' Muslin Gowns and
petticoats, exceptional value slip over and
button front gowns. The petticOats come
lace or embroidery trimmed For az,
Friday and Saturday, at ii y
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14

Children's Muslin Drawers, made of
good quality muslin and are well IN,
made, per pair IUU
Children's Muslin Drawers, pet TX,
ticOats and waists, at each. lJU
Children's Muslin Waists, pettic0ats,
gowns and drawers. Some embrOid- H.
cry and some lace trimmed, at .ZJI
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
Lingerie Waists

10 dozen new wolfe, lawn and organdie
waists, also the new sport waists will be
found in this lot for Friday and IN.
Saturday, each IutJU
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14

Is dozen new Lingerie Waists materials
are lawn, striped lawns, wolfe and sport
style lawns. Elegant value for this OF
sale, each .:.............. jill
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-14
REPORT OF SECURITY
STATE BANK

Statement of the condition of
The Security State Bank of
North Redwood, Mimi, at close
of business on March 5th, 1917.
Date of Report by Bank March
1917.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $104,873.26
Overdrafts SOB
Banking House, Fur
niture & Fixtures 100000
Other Real Estate. :. 1,575.00
Due from
Banks .$13,189.79
Cash on
Hand IS 2,542.95
Total Cash Assets. 15,732.74
Checks & Cash Items 1927
TOTAL 1928, $500
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock IS 100000
Surplus Fund 49,. 100000
Und. Profits, Net. 60S.98
Deposits Sub
ject to Check 29,913.74
Cashiers
Checks -. 1,237.43
Total Immediate
Liabilities $31,151.17
Time Ger
ticates = 7s,o76.15
Total De-
posits $1O9,227.32 1O9,227
TOTAL 1928, $500
Amount of Reserve on hand,
$15,732.74.
Amount of Reserve Required
by Law, $7,640.95.
State of Minnesota, County of
Redwood.-ss.
We, H. A. Baldwin, President
and E. w. Currier, Cashier of
the above named Bank, do sol
EMMY swear that the above
statement is true to the best of
our knowledge and belief.
H. A. BALDWIN, Pres.
E. w. CURRIER, Cash.
| Correct Attest:
H. w. SHOEMAKER
g. KUENZLI, Directors.
, Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me this 18th day of March,
1917.
(SeaD FRED w. LANDER. I
Notary Public, Redwood Co.,
Minnesota.
My commission expires April
l, 1921.