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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11

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blue Ridge. n. c.. to attend confer
sncc of Y. M. C. A. secretaries.
Misses Reba spann and Annie
Laurie Ipoth have gone to savannah
to visifhflss ciarice Wise.
Mr., Archie Wilder has gone to Co
lunsbia. 80
Miss Emma Mood has gone l.,
eupmertoa to spend several weeks
wish relatives.
Dr. VI. M. Stuckey left last night
fer Henderson. KY. whore he will
spsnd week or more.
, Miss Maud Chandler, of sun,ser
county. Is spending few days with
her cousins. Misses Annie and Lutte
Observation-Disclosures vindica,,r
Nh Ethel Green. who has been
Waiting In Rlackviile. has returned
homs.
hr. -. r. Coksr will be I'm Sumter
ON Saturday to attend the meeting
Of the Committee OF Public Safety for
Rev. L, L. Legtsrs of Bishopvills. is
spsnding the day In the city.
After a pleasant trip to Bishop
Vile. Mr.. Hilliard Folsom has return
"a to the city.
Mr.. n. c. Haynsworth and family
have gone to Hsndersonville to spend
the remainder OF the summer.
Mis Lila Brown has gone to Myrtle
Beach to spend some time.
Mr.. Hammond Bowman b in the
city.
Rev. ~. A. Murphy has gone to
ths North to spend his vacation with
relatives
hrs. II. c. psschamps. Misses Min,
ME and Resale DssChamps and Miss
1snnis Barnett left today for Hen.
dsrsonvills. ". c.. to spend the re-
maindsr of the summer. returning
in September.
Miss Rosie Klein and Miss Miriam
klein OF Nav York are visiting their
sister. Mrs- III. ID. Barnett.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Renneker and
children OF Charleston are visiting
Mra cI s. Kinssmore.
Mr.. and Ara Isaac Strauss left
Sunday 70 ra trip to the north.
Mr.. Hsriot Rembert. a recent grad
sats of woKord College. Ia spending
sometime In the city.
Messrs. Carlisle stuckey and Law
renee Brunson have gone to Columb bia
whore they have secured employment.
Miss Nell McKassn. who has been
visiting IN Camden. has returned to
the oity.
Mr.. and Mira ]. A. Brown and Miss
Olive Brown spent Sunday In Flor
Saes.
DIR. r. s. Trussdale has gone TO
Lamar.
Miss Lena McI.eed. of Camden, Is
Visiting Miss Nell McKagen.
Mrs. p. II. Smith and children. OF
Georgetown. are visiting relatives and
friends I'm the city.
Miss Kate Tobin. who has been on
q visit to her mother. has gone to
New York. where she will take sum-
msr course In graduate work at CO.
iumbia University.
Mrs. Andrew Davis. OF san Fratcls-
co. who has been on visit to her
mother. Mrs. II. w. Noise. left FRI
day afternoon for a visit to Philadel-
phIa and New York before returning
home. She was accompanied by her
daughter. Miss Helen. who has been
with her ON her visit to Sumter.
Mrs. Agnes Begin has gone ON a
visit Of a few weeks to New York and
Philadelphia.
Miss Louise King. of Mayesville. Is
spsndinE the day In Sumter.
Rev. Edwin Hurst. of Lugoff. ts In
the city.
Judge John Wilson, who is to pre-
side over the court which convened
I here today. arrived In the city this
morning.
Mr.. Aiva Green has gone to Hender-
sonvtils. where ne viii spend his va
cation.
Mr.. y. Herman Myers left Saturday
for boston. New York and Baltimore
whore he win spend several weeks.
Quite n crowd OF spectators were
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
MARE ISLAND EXPLOSION.
Navy Yard Near San Francisco DAM
aged by Tremendous Explosion
Twelve Magazines and Two Store
Houses DESTROYED

San Francisco, July 9.-Two store
houses at the Mare Island Navy Yard
were destroyed by an explosion and
twelve of fifteen magazines badly
damaged. The explosion broke thou
sands of windows in the valley half
a mile away. Fire started in wreck
ed buildings. Desperate efforts are
being made to prevent it spreading to
other buildings where explosives are
stored.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
Navy Men Injured.

vallejo. July 9.-It is reported
here that eight men were killed in the
Mare Island explosion. Navy officers
admitted that q great number of men
were injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
Beeswax Wanted.

See me before you sell your wax.
Will buy it for cash at the best cur
rent price.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
THE POTATO CROP IN THIS
COUNTRY Is RECORD BREAKER

The huge potato crop which the fed
eral forecast indicates will be produc-
ed in the United States this year
means that this most important food
staple will be cheaper. and make il
possible, says the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, for Ameri-
can families that had TO cut down on
potato consumption because of III.
high price to restre the tuber to a
prominent place on their bill of fare.
The department forecast, based on
reliable estimates from all parts of
the country, places the fatal potato
yield at more than 467 million bushels
as compared with 2S5 million in 1916
and $50 million in 1915. Potatoes of
the current season are already in the
market in large quantities, and, since
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

1t is with pride and pleasure that
we announce the coming to the
Minden Theatre of Cecil b. De Miles
Cinema Masterpiece Joan the Wo-
man" with Geraldine Farra as the
star
Saturday evening. September 1st,
we will present this production i'm the
elaborate fashion demanded by such
a mighty photodramatic achievement,
in ten reels.
Peculiarly appropriate to the trag-
ic times in which we are living Joan
the Woman" stands super-eminent in
power of story, in the lesson it teach
es for good, in patriotic feeling, and
In everything that goes into the maxi
ing of masterful, compelling, dra-
matte spectacle
Since the world began Joan of Are
stands supreme as the greatest wo-
man who ever lived. Igorant and un-
lettered she rose from peasants s
hearth, until within the short span of
two years, she was commander in
chief of the French armies. 1t is a
story that has thrilled men, women
and children through centuries. The
uncomfortable spirit of France was
crystalized in Joan of Arc in 143O.
The same spirit is saving France in
1917. OF the star Geraldine Farrar
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
HOGS TO YIELD
GREAT PROFITS

There Is possibility of the farmer
in Nevada making a big profit on his
hogs this fall, according to the weekly
market letter of the Nevada Packing
Company and the company is urging
the farmers to keep their grain for
hog feed instead OF selling the grain
at good price.
"The market on provisions Is decid-
edly active" says the letter, land ad-
.ances have taken place on hams.
bacon, lard and all pork products.
The market on hogs will und0ubt-
edly remain on a high level for long
time to come, and it would seem to be
good business judgment on the part
OF the farmers to raise as many hogs
Is they possibly can.
I'm order to do this and place their
stock on the market In good killing
condition, they should retain on the
farm enough grain to properly feed
them. 1t might seem that the best
thing to do would be to sell grain at
present high prices. but with hogs
selling at present prices, there IL a
rofit In feeding grain costing up to
four cents per pound.
with the present conditions of food
supplies in the United States. It Is
really the patriotic duty of everyone
who has hand In producing the food
supplies of the country to TRIP and In
crease this supply in every conceiv-
able way, so that In this case patrio-
tism and profit run hand in hand.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES

Next Sunday morning at the usual
morning hour regular divine services
will be held at the Lutheran Church
The pastor will base his discourse on
the Gospel of the day. The text is
recorded Mark Z. 31-35. The Gospel
treats about the healing of the deaf
mute. You are most cordially invit-
ed to attend these services.
Sunday morning at $50 O'Clock the
Gardnerville Lutheran Sunday School
will meet for instruction. All schol-
ars are requested to be present
All parents who have failed to an
nounce their children, who are OF
proper age, for confirmation are re-
auested to do so very soon. At 2
At 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
Lutheran services will be held at the
Methodist Church in Carson City.
After services the class of Sunday
School scholars will meet
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

world famous prima donna, actress
and beauty. it is unnecessary to
speak, other than to say that her
portrayal of Joan seems almost in
spired-as Joan of Arc herself was
The maid of Orleans has been
characterized by Cecil De Mile as
THE Girl Patriot who fought with
men, was loved by men, and killed
by men, yet with all retained the
heart of woman. II is this human
ized Joan that Farra portrays. Sup
porting Miss Farrar are such cele-
brities as Wallace Ried, Theodore
Roberts, Hobart Bosworth, Tully
Marshal, Raymond Hatton. Charles
Clary, Marjorie Daw and others. As
spectacle Joan the Woman" has
never been eclipsed The fierceness
of reality characterizes the gigantic
battel scenes of conflict .of Orleans,
and the coronation of Charles VII is
gorgeous in pageantry and staggering
in its magnitude AS work of art,
for its irresistible fascination of
story, for its worth as an instrument
for patriotism and love for country,
this picture should be seen by every
one. Nothing like Joan the Woman"
has ever yet been shown.
Mlnden Theatre Management.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
Governor Issues
Proclamation

On Wednesday, September 5. 1917
every community in this State and
Nation will observe and share In the
most remarkable military mobiliza-
ton OF all history.
each county will send forth the first
of four contingents to the Army
Cantonments, to pay the debt of
service imposed by the blessings of
Liberty. From the sixteen counties
of Nevada the patriotic exodus will
proceed and henceforth the COM
munities that have sent their very
flower of youth as friends and rela-
tives, will follow their far-fung
fortunes under the Flag as soldiers
OF the worlds greatest and most per-
feet Democracy.
In these circumstance, l. Emmett ID.
Boyle, Governor of the State of Ne
vada. by authority in me vested, have
appointed and do hereby designate
and proclaim Wednesday, September
o. 1917. as a legal holiday and | do
urge all public and private organiza-
tons to make II one of patriotic
demonstration. of inspiration and ac-
acknowledgement alike, in honor OF
those we send to fight for us. | do
further urgently request that all
saloons be kept closed during all of
said day.
Given under my hand and the
great seal of the State Of Nevada, at
the Capitol in Carson City. this 21st
day of August, 1917.
EMMETT d. BOYLE,
.sy the Governor: Governor.
GEORGE BRODIGAN
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
MRS. B. YAM
TAKEN BY DEATH

One OF the Saddest deaths that has
occurred in this community in some
time. was the taking of Mrs. Bob
Yam, whose death occurred Tuesday
afternoon. Hers was sacrifice of
motherhood and died that another
might live. With brief and happy
r1arried life of two years the parents
were blessed with one child. Life
was dear to Mrs. Yam and her great
love for those dear to her, made her
admired and respected by wide
circle of frineds in this community.
She was native of Switzerland
and at the time of her death was
aged II years months end rs days.
The fueral services will occur this
friday morning at the Gardnerville
Methodist Church, Father Horgan of
the Carson Catholic Church officiat-
ing. Interment will take place in
Garden cemetery.
Mr. Yam and other relatives have
the profound sympathy of the entire
community in their dark hour of
sorrow.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

lion work III Nevada, the Western
racine railroad, which recently an
nounced plans Tor extensive work
.iong this line, has made arrange
ihents TO put mto operation sevcra.
l'n.hpins irrigation projects at var
iuus points in this state .nd i'll Cali
iornia counties north OF Reno. The
i'lan Is to take i0-acre tracts in var
ions sections and erect pu.nping
plants where water from other sour
ceS Is not available. he land viii lie
improved and when a prospective set
Ter arrives the company viii turn
over 10 him the tract. charging him
4 nominal sum for the land and inn
srCyemerts.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
THIRD DRAFT CALLED BY
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD

In the second county draft of Ss
names the following passed the ply
steal examinations and have been ac-
copied for services by the board:
Charles Vincent Williams
William Henry l.ampe
Masao Miasako
John Christensen
Golden BENJAMIN McInniS
viii Schacht
Frank +. Settelmeyer
Henry Frank Caglieri
Arendt Jensen. Jr.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

by the secretary Of agriculture that
there is ar asonable prospect OF its
being used as a post road throughout
its entire length Immediately or with
III reasonable time after its i'm
provement;
An entirely new road. In respect to
which the facts warrant a finding by
the secretary of agriculture that II
the aid requested be grained there ii
reasonable prospect that through
clit its entire length it will be usel
for the transportation OF mail i'm
frediately or within ar easonable time
after its construction;
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

the early harvested tnbers can not be
kept easily, should be eaten more
ahundantly now If spiolage is to pc
avoided.
Next to the breadstuffs, potatoes
are the most important food crop OF
the western nations, the department
eoints out. They are all the more
-iMportant now that the worlds, wheat
supply is short, since they furnish
starch. the principal food element
contributed by bread, and SO may be
substituted in art for bread.
Ii is no hardship to Americans. says
the department. to eat freely of pota-
toes; rather 1t has been hardship to
them during the past half year to
forgo somewhat the use of this COM
mon food
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that I
strictly forbid the dumping of rub
bish of any and all kinds on my land
near the Central school house and on
the road leading to the fiat. Those
liable to prosecution.
w. F. DRESSLER.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
RANCH FOR SALE

On account of Ill health | offer for
sale so acres good land for alfalfa
and grain. also 80 acres wood land:
all cattle horses and machines in
cluded. For information inquire at
Tins office
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

John Wanamaker remarks that
alenef isn't everything In life Yet
John has devoted n largc portion o.
his life to anncxing 1t.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Exepmtion claims OF the last three
listed were denied.
In the second draft the following
were exempted for physical disabili-
ty:
VIII Thran, Albert Edward Space,
Peter Quanchi, Chris Henry Nedden-
riep. James Hickey. Edward V. Fettic,
Nazareth Hachquet
Charles Andcson WIS exempted be-
cause of dependent relatives.
The following were exempeted, be-
ing aliens:
Albert Berthelsen, Max Fritz Adolf
botzer. Angel Bidegain, PIERRE An
chartechahar, Francisco Craiz Law
rerce, John Iriarte. Henry Herman
Eartels, Antonio Yribarren, Francisco
Il. Gonzalez.
Wednesday the county board issued
the third draft call of 3s men whose
names appear next on the list. The
following have been notified to ap-
pear Monday for examination:
II SO Louis James Falette
IS l05 Freddy Jespersen
rs SO Bert Dandy
so 205 Francis Charles Canonica
81 40 Luciano Dep;olo
SO 100 Charles william Jacobsen
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-02
ENTIRE SYSTEM
OF ELECTION TO
UNDERGO CHANGE
New Franchise Reform Bill
Provides Sweeping Chang
es-Before English Body.

London, July 2.--(Correspondence)
Sweeping changes in the election
system in this country are provided
for in a bill now before parliament.
Proportional representation which
aims to give all elements a larger
voice in the government, the grant,
Ing Of the vote to women more than
thirty years old and giving the fran
chise to all soldiers and sailors are the
outstanding features of the measure.
This new franchise reform bill. Off
the Peoples Bill, Is to a large extent
the result of Investigations conducted
over. a period Of nearly ten years by
a royal commission appointed ito ex-
anime the various schemes which
have been adopted or proposed in or
der to secure a fully representative
character for popularity elected legis-
lative bodies" Here are some Of the
provisions of the bill now before par
lament:
Men of FL years and over to have a
vote on the basis Of six months resi-
dence or occupation of business prem
Uses. An elector may have two votes
and no more-one for residence in
n constituency and one for business
premises, of the value of Flo a year,
in another.
Any woman Of thirty years old who
Is entitled to vote at the municipal
elections. or who is the wife of any
man who is entitled to vote at such
election, is to be entitled to vote in
the national elections for members Of
parliament.
Soldiers and sailors of legal age to
be qualified to vote in the area in
which they ordinarily reside.
H~alf-yearly revision Of the national
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-02
PLANTERS NOW
WANT CHINESE LABOR
I'm LARGE NUMBERS

Melbourne, Australia, July a.
Sugar planters in Fiji are anxious to
secure Chinese labor in large guam,
titles, as the government OF India has
withdrawn all the coolie labor form
erly employed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-02
Installing "% way ~ % IN %@9b@ @ %@ &% Gee e9p% e ne S way % s M% S@%% %H p %p n0nsf '
Heavy Tax on Railways.

Heavy Tax On Railways.
There will be miles Of camp streets
within each military reservation, and
there must be suitable parade
grounds, drill grounds and target
ranges. While the military personnel
will number 100000 and more. there
will be many hundreds Of civilian em-
ployees and the like. In short, it is
safe to say that each Of these canton
'ments will contain a population Of
$4,000 non-producers, and this means
a good sized city which must be fed,
clothed and otherwise supplied entire
ly from without. This will involve a
heavy tax upon the railways, already
battling with a shortage.
The cantonment camp now nearest
completion is located at Quantico, Va,
on the Potomac river. It overs an
area practically two miles square. The
assembly halls, mess houses, kitchens,
sleeping quarters and all other build
ings are built along the same general
lines, the materials being weather
boarding inc tarred roofing. About
twenty-five feet separate the rows, this
street being a company. street in each
case. Construction Of these buildings
is being rushed to the limit by a pri-
vate contracting firm. All the work is
being done by civilian labor.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-02
AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES FOUND
BEHIND A BUFFET

Paris, July 1.-The equivalent of
$4,000 in securities recently was
found hidden behind a buffet by a
French official who was rearranging
the furniture of his apartment. The
little fortune was traced to a German
cook who was employed by the official
and whpse excellent attitude since the
war began gained for her the privilege
OF remaining in France.
The police made inquiries about her
movements recently and she disap-
peared. The official and his habitual
g lests were we'll placed to acquire
confidential information regarding the
national defense. That fact and the
discovery Of her unexpected wealth
led to the suspicion that the cook
might have been in communication
with the enemy. The fortune has been
sequestrated.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-02

been constantly threatened with
blockade, which has only been pre-
vented by almost continuous embar-
goes. It has been necessary to move
out Of the ~congested districts cars
needed for the general business Of the
country In other sections. In certain
of the producing sections OF the
country BIS fast as cars could be dr1v-
en- into them they Immediately moved
out again and back into the longest
ed districts with the result that an
almost continuous car shortage has
existed IN parts Of the country and a
constant accumulation Of loaded cars
in other parts"
Continuing, Mr.. Harrison says re-
gardtng the transportation situation
with which railways and country are
confronted as a result Of our en-
trance into the ar:
1.-THE same condition exists today,
intensified, however, by the fact that
this country having entered the war,
the necessity Is to continue these ship.
| ments into the congested districts or
the east.
ITO the complications surrounding
the handling of traffic under these
circumstances there must now be add
ed the fact that vastly increased u r
chases of material Of all sorts by the
army and the navy must of necessity
require that a constantly increasing
proportion of the transportation bust
ness Of the country be for the account
of the government.
"It may be assumed that during the
past winter more traffic. was constant
ly offered for transportation than
could be promptly handled. The ne
supply to shipmens made for the gov
eminent necessarily involves a cores
ponding reduction in that handled for
commercial interests, unless the EN-
cheney Of tho transportation macnln-
cry can be increased to a still greater
extent. The physical plant cannot
suddenly be enlarged. 1t is possible,
however. to increase IN a measure sne
supply Of transportation by increased
efficiency and especially by co-opera-
ton betweei shippers and railroads.
ITO accomplish this, suggestions
have been made and it Is necessary,
not only for the railroads to adopt
every means at their disposal, even at
increased cost, but that every shipper
and receiver of freight do his part to
carry out the suggestions made to
them from time to time, with this end
in view.
IAN army Is to be created. From a
transportation point Of view, this in
wolves the erection Of many cities,
each having many thousand inhabi-
tants. These cities u be con-
structed within a very short time. All
the material for their construction
must be assembled by the railroad;
cars must be furnished 10 move 1t;
tracks must be laid on which to dis
pose Of it; after the cities are built,
facilities must be provided n the
subsistence Of the army living in
these cities must be assured.
"An army must be sent across the
water. The part of the railroads in
this is to mobilize their equipment to
provide for the prompt movement OF
vast bodies Of men at such times and
to such points as the government may
designate. There can be no failure
nor delay. It will involve treating
coaches, cars and locomotives as
though there were no individual own