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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31

Spent q Billion During October and
unclc sSh May Noon Have u Two
l,lllion Dollar Month Bill.

Washington. Oct 2s.-Government
expenditure OF one billion dollars ID
ths record which the month OF Oc-
tolger has established at the treasury
department. The total. which includes
lnhps to tine allies may exceed even
thls huge sum. possibly by 500, oOo.-
00g.
thus far II stands at sss5.3t2.3s7.
with yesteydsy's spending mot in
cisded. For the twenty-thre work.
inx days thus far counted, 1t shows
an average expenditure of approxi-
a@tely s4s.soo.ooo daily, or almost
$4,000. every minute OF the day and
nixht. Expenditure for last Frida"
the latest record published. were $685.
s75.s4o. but this was an unusual day
considerably higher than the average,
though not by any means a record.
The Increase In the daily expendi-
lures 10 greater at the present time
than Il whsa a month ago. and ia
steadily growing. It is thought that II
win contilue TO grow. A two biliior
dollar month. officials assert, Is not
TAR on ~ may be reached, with the
retirement Of shorr time treasury GER.
tiheates-to be met out OF liberty
bond receipts-by midwintcr.
: Expenditures for the fiscal year
thus far have reached the total o.;
ys.tts.5ss 7s&. OF which s1.g7o.7O
ooA. more than haif. is represented
by loans to the allies These loans
and the interest upon them are TO be
rspaid to the governmeht by borrow
crs and therefore do not represent
actual expense TO the american peo-
pie. ~ ~ - M
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31


and has not been carefully gathered,
handled and ginned. When the fain-
ers of South Carolina organize them.
selves for the production Of the graies
and the staple required by our manu-
facturers. then will South Carolina
growers furnish South Carolina mills
their full supply of cotton and ~.
be forced to look to North Georgia
and Mississippi for cotton-then there
will be complete accord and coordi-
ration of interests between prOi'r:-
ers and consumers, and to the coElr
mon benefit of both. 1t shall be r.y
effort TO develop system for the
marketing of cotton and to make the
State warehouse the easy and safe
medium through which the farmers
can sell their cotton direct to the
mills and at highest market prices.
w. G.. Smith,
State Warehouse Commissioner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31
|co~AR6icE CAUSED nErEsf.
Rene Gives Reason fer Left Wing oS
~ Army Being Broken on NJuilin
Front.

F.ome. Oct. 2S British Admiralty
per Wireless Press) Units of the
Italian second army surrendered or re-
treated without lighting. permitting
the Acknowledgement forces to break
tire Italian left wing on the Julian
front and invade Italy. says today's
ofacial report. The Italians now are
retreating in accordance with the plan
prepared.
The announcement follows:
THE failure to resist on the part of
some units forming Our Second Army.
which in cowardice retired without
firing or surrendered to the enemy.
allowed the Austro- German forces 10
break into our left wing on the Julian
front. The valiant efforts of oth,r
troops did not enable them to pre-
vent the enemy from advancing into
the sacred soil of our fatherland. We
now are Withdrawing our lire Accord
ing to the plan prepared. All stores
and depots In the evacuated places
wcie destroyed. fh H~ f'st
The record of many memorable
batties fought with success by our
brave soldiers during two and one
half years OF war is sufficient to as
sure the commander In chief that the
army to which the honor and safety
OF the country are confided Will know
how to fulhm its duty" u +
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31
CANADIANS DIG IN BELLEvUF
nsss BACK coupserapack Of German.

British Front In Belgium. Oct. 27
(By the Associated Press).-The Ca
nadians this morning were digging
themselves in across tho neck OF the
Bellevue spur. west OF Passche endaele,
having held this newly acquired heigii,
In the face of another fierce counter
attack last night. "F' f''
This was the most important news
from the front of yesterdays offensive
as 1t gives the, British dominating
position to which the Germans had
ciung tenaciously. - wy WI p
The capture was one Of the most
brilliant strokes in recent days and
involved bitter fiehting.
The Canadians had scarcely reached
the crest Of the spur after battling
across the marshy ground in the face
OF IA terrific hail Of machine gun fire
when the Germans counterattacked in
force along the crest Of the spur from
the east.
A sanguinary struggle followed at
close quarters and the men from over
seas were compelled to give ground a
little. They fought their way back,
however.
Last night the enemy again tried to
dislodge the British. After heavy
lighting the Germans were gradually
forced to withdraw. During the night
the Canadians readjusted their line
across the neck Of the spur and con-
solidated the positions.
Polderhoek chateau. north of Chelu-
welt. was In the hands OF the enemy
this morning but hard fighting was
continuing.
Taken as a whole yesterdays oper-
alton was a good one. The main pur-
pose, the occupation of Bellevue spur.
was achieved. f'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31
''No Time TO Disturb war Plans" :"


The several hundred clerks in the
genral Offices Of the Atlantic Coas;
Line I'm Wilmington to take "a patriotic
view of the 'ill-advised strike difficulty
which originated at the Richmond Of
nee and extended In a limited way to
the offices at Rocky Mount. Florence,
Columbia and Charleston as sympa-
thetic demonstration Headquarters
clerks have promptly volunteered to
take the places of 'disaffected men and
q number OF them were despatched
yesterday to Rocky Mount Florence
and Charleston, where a sufficient
number of clerks to hamper trans
portation had walked OUT in sympa-
thy with the Richmond strikers y
The strike has appeared more Sc
rious to the public than 1t did to the
railroad management. although the
Coast Line officials have taken every
precaution against possibilities Of se-
rious nature while it's main aim is to
be Of service to the government. Re-
gardless Of the merits of the contro-
versy which has brought on the trou-
BILE, the public cannot regard this as
an opportune time for a tie-up Of
railroad traffic to the least extent.
1t 10 no time to hamper the. govern
ment In its arranged plans for trans
porting recruits, troops, munitions
and army supplies at a vital period
for the nation In Its preparations for
war of most serious import for the
sepublic and the world as well.
The Coast Line hopes to he able to
handle the threatening situation with
out further serious trouble, but the
possibilities in 1t can but alarm the
government and the people when it Il;
vitality and imperatively necessary to
keep the transportation systems up to
the limit Of efficiency of service to the
nation and the public. Traffic so nee
essary for the government and distri-
button Of necessities for the people
everywhere make the least handicap a
very serious matter with the country
at war and the public facing a winter
with consequences that are difficult to
foresee in the matter of the distribu-
ton Of foods and foodstuffs, fuel, etc.
over and above the absolute require,
ments of the governments in this cri-
ais.
| Isolated issues at this time must
give way to the higher needs Of the
government and the people. The rail
roads never were SO vitality necesar,
to the government and the public as
they are at this time, SO 1t is to be
hoped that all railroad employees will
defer their individual grievances and
put patriotism above even the prin-
ciples involved In a controversy thai
can be settled without involving pos.
sible lamentable consequences to the
nation and the public. The nation
and Its people must come first with al
of us. regardless of our own selfish in
terests as individuals, groups or com
munities.-Wilmingto Morning Star
Oct A. 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31
racrrIsr souNDLy WHIPPED.
CineiDnau People Deal Roughly with
Traitor. "'''' -

Cincinnati. oct. 2s.-Herbert Bigc-
low. head Of tho Peoples chprca
here, and a leader In the Peoples
Council. Socialist and Pacifsts. wss
seized last night as he was entering a
hall To make speech. was taken to the
woods. tied To a tree, whipped and
warned not to come back.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31
HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB.
First Meeting Of Sumter Club to He
Held "Wednesday Afternoon.

The first meeting of the Home
Demonstration Club will be held at
the Girls High School. Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. October 31st
The subject for study will he white
bread substitutes. Miss Mary Lem
mon will demonstrate aid lecture.
All those who are interested I'm this
course are invited to be present at this
meeting.
D. l. Stuckey. Secty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31
\ HALLOWEEN PARTY.


A Halloween entertainment win be
given at Bethel school Wednesday
night for tho benefit of the school.
The exercises begin at s O'Clock. The
price OF admission will be 25 cents for
adults. is cents for children. The
public is cordially invited.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31

Memphis. Tenn. Oct. 29.-Miss No
kie Boyd OF Sumter. s. c.. and Mr..
Bryan j, Rhame. OF this city. we're
married yesterday morning at the
Second Presbyterian church by the
Pew. A. II. Curry. Miss Boyd arrived
yesterday morning from her home
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31

The Germans will regret to learn
that Lord Northcliffe is certain that
the war will last at least two years
mOre.--Charleston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31

IL somebody is to perfect something
to put the U-boat out of business
there Is no one the people OF the
country would rather see do it than
Thomas A. Observation-Disclosures Post,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31

There seems to have been a prohi-
bition with reference to the Germans
bottling up the Russian fleet.--Char.
lesion Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-31

To say that we are true blue
Americans" is conservation. Our
money In Liberty bonds talks-Wil-
mington Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-29
,ron1aAa. ro1no1osu1H SALE

Default having been made in the.
payment Of the sum Of One thousand
ns huHSrf 1ossas With fs Is
notice upon a certain Mortgage. duly
executed and delivered by Martin Is.ta M Riet
gagors, to C., ]. Carlson, Mortgagee,
1913, and with a power OF sale therein
% Of IL, and for the
nesota. on the 18th day Of November.
,s1s 100 o'clock A. Nj 1s in and ao oe
cover the debt secured BY said Mort
gage Sso% q any %Y{,RR a1t thereof NOTICE is
HEREBY GIVEN. That BY virtue q
Mortgage. and pursuant. to the statute
:: said 19sS Sass Wi en- by
Conveyed 9y s saI, .o y,fi
IF ts
{{sG, IN to1xnsSip one ss hundred f'fty;Sae
81. st Of n tss Ct p psnss
or less. according to the. Government
survey thereof, in Beltrami County and
state Of Minnesota, with the heredita-
viii be made BY the sherifi Of said Bel
trami County at the front door Of the
Court House, in the city Of Bemidji in
said County and State, on the 9Th day
NJ, Of that day, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder for cash, to pay said
debt Of 31,ss4.oo. and interest. and
Twenty five Dollars. Attorneys fees as
stipulated in and by said Mortgage in
case Of foreclosure, and the disburse-
ments allowed by law; subject to re-
demption at any time within one year
from the day Of sale. as provided by
law.
Dated November 18th, A.. D. 1917.
C. ]. CARLSON,
Mortgage.
F.. A. GRADY,
Mortgages Attorney.
It Sat. 1222-22
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-29
/ MARK TWAIN ~ TO TALK.
Melted Author Asserted He Also Prof.
He'd From instruction and Moral
Upheavat--Wou Not Charge. h .

Gen. Fred Grant once invited Mark
Twain to deliver a lecture for. the
benefit Of the Robert Fulton Monu-
3ment association for q fee Of $1,000.
TwAin agreed to lecture, comments 9
writer, but declined the fee. Grant
thanked him IN the name Of the asso-
citation, but urged him to take part OF
the sum, asking why, he should work
wholly without compensation. Twain
wrote in reply: >..@,.s s
,f "Dear General-Because I stopped
talking for pay q good many years
ago, I could not resume the habit now
without a great deal Of personal dis.
comfort. love to hear myself talk.
because get 80 much instruction and
moral upheaval out Of it, but I lose the
bulk Of this Joy when I charge Tor It.
Let the terms stand" b.. fl. b.
Later he wrote to Grant: &
"What shall talk about7 Ny idea
sis this: To instruct the audience about
Robert Fulton, and Tel me-was
that his real name, or was 1t his nom
de plumef However, never mind; 1t
Is not important-I can skip 1t, and
the house will think I knew all about
1t, but forgot. Could you find out for
me IL he was one of the signers Of the
Declaration, and which one1 Byt II
1t is any trouble, let 1t alone; I can
skip 1t. Was he out with Paul Jones1
Will you ask Horace Porter7 And ask
him If he brought both Of them home.
These will be very interesting facts, II
they can be established. But never
mind don't trouble Porter; ! can e.
.tablish them anyway. The way look
at It, they are historical gems-gems
OF the very first water" r..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-29
Don't Try To Gov
your home, your business, your ALI
with an understood, out grown polio

The next fire may be yours. Who
knows? This is the time of year
when fires in Bemidji are most s.,
frequent, and you have no right
to take chances. 1t doesn't cost ..
much to be protected. Better act
now.
To carry sufficient fire insurance
costs. but little more than you now
pay. In the last two years, fire in
surance rates in this County have
decreased. -
Telephone, call upon, write or send the coupon
to your insurance agent now. His address is
On your policy. Don't gamble on fire.
herman INSURANCE AGENCY
j. + nk keFf EA A899sSGG BANK
SECURITY STATE BANK
NORTHERN NATIONAL BANK
These concerns do not recommend ex'
cessive fire insurance, but they do
urge you to protect yourself properly
Your stock and store is worth. more
today and should be insured for more
Think it over. :
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-29

FOR SALE-1916 Ford touring
+ best of condition. Low prics
quick sale. SCI; America u,
Phone 446-J. a. AT. .i;;j5S ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-29

Your household goods, your home
and business buildings, your fix
lures, merchandise and machinery
If burned up today-would cost
infinitely more to replace than
what you originally paid.
Unless you have reValued your
property according to present high
prlces-unless you have taken out
more fire insurance to cover its in
creased vaIue-a fire today might
find you but partly protected-as
shown in the illustration above.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-29
Raino aura Of Heaven.

8e1n0 SuF0 Of F10NVen.
III would rather be q poor beggar's
wife and be sure of heaven, than
queen of all the world end stand In
doubt thereof by reason Of my Own
consept,-Ca Of Aragon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
Candles VS.. Electricity,

The Society for Electrical Develop,
ment, anxious to encourage wider
use Of electricity for lighting, has pre-
pared figures showing it is much cheap
er than candles or kerosene.
A recent test of six candles showed
that for l cent only 26S candle-power
hours were obtained. If electricity for
lighting costs 0 cents for a kilowatt
hour a 20-watt lamp can be lighted for
so hours for cents. The efficiency of
a 20-watt incandescent is a CANDLE
power for LII watts. Thus a 20-watt
lamp will provide about II candle
power. 1t will burn 80 hours for 8
cents, or $50 candle-power hours will
cost 8 cents. One cent will buy 94.4
candle-power hours, or 85 times as
much light as can be obtained from al
candle for ] cent,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
CHAPTER XIV.
A Strong Man Armed.

Smith put his elbows on the desk
and prOpped his head in his hands.
1t was not the attitude of detection A.;
1t was rather trancelike rigor of
concentration, with each and all of the
newly emergent powers once more
springing alive to answer the battle
call. At the desk-end Starbuck sat
with his hands locked over one knee,
too disheartened to roll a cigarette,
normal solace for all woundings less
than mortal. After u minute or two
Smith jerked himself around to face
the news-bringer.
Does Colonel Baldwin known" he
asked.
"Sure That's the worst of 1t. Didn't
l tell you? He drove out to the dam,
reaching the works just ahead Of the
trouble. When MGraw and the posse
outfit showed up, the colonel got 1t
into his head that the whole thing was
merely another trick of Stanton's-a
fake. Glnty, the quarry boss, brought
the news to town. He says there was
a bloody mix-up, and at the end of it
the colonel and Williams were both
under arrest for resisting the officers"
Smith nodded thoughtfully. "0f
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
BOY OF CHESTERFIELD TYPE
Newsy Divides His Papers With Pals,
Also Remembers Arresting Off,
GER on Reaching Station.

A policeman with kindly eyes, but
Spartan sense of duty, was towing
a small boy to the nearest station, says
the Washington Star.
A flock of other boys tagged be-
hind.
The criminal grinned with nervous
bragadoclo. Each boy was a human
geyser of sympathy and the whole
show, from a strictly scenic viewpoint,
supplied a comic supplement tempest
of the sort we know about-with the
teapot left out.
AS he reached his last edge Of free
dom the prisoner passed over a batch
Of newspapers to the nearest boy with
orders to divide them all around-ex-
cept one. He handed that one to the
policeman.
The officer accepted the courtesy.
Then he ordered the boys to return the
papers. Then he gave the criminal
good humored shake and told him to
be off.
And don't let me catch you scrap
ping again, you little scamp you"
And the little scamp took to his
heels.
Which is merely to note that there
is growing up in this town a certain
small boy who had already put Ches-
terfield among the also rams.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09

Lawrenceville Bank and Trust. You
have captured Tucker Jibbey, and that
means fuckers father; and my ia
ther-well, when it comes to the
worst, my father always does what /
want him to. It's his one weakness"
For one little instant Smith felt the
solid ground slipping from beneath his
feet. Here was a way out, and his
quick mentality was showing him that
it was a perfectly feasible way. AS
Yerda Richlander's husband and Jo-
siah Richlander's son-iD-law, he could
fight Durham and win. And the re-
ward: once more he could take his
place in the small Lawrenceville
world, and settle down to the life of
conventional good report and ease
which he had once thought the acme
of any reasonable mans aspirations.
But at the half-yielding moment a
word of Corona Baldwin's flashed into
his brain and turned the scale: at
did happen in your case CIV
ing you a chance to grow and expand,
and to break with all the old tradi-
tons and the break left you
free to make of yourself what you
should choose" 1t was the reincar-
mated Smith who met the look in the
beautiful eyes and made answer.
mo" was the sober decision; and
then he gave his reasons. "If could
do what un,1 pronoco cborIdn,+ bo
worth the powder it would take to
drive bullet through me, Verda, for
now, you see, know what love means,
You say l have changed, and I have
changed: I can imagine the past-and-
gone J. Montague jumping at the
chance you are offering. But the mill
will never grind with the water that
is past: I'll take what is coming to me
and try to take it like man. Good.
highland good-by." And he turned
his back upon the temptation and
went away.
Fifteen minutes later he was In his
office in the Kinzie building, trying in
vain to get Colonel Baldwin on the
distance wire; trying also-and also
in vain-to forget the recent clash and
break with Verda Richlander. He
was juggling the switch of the desb
phone for the twentieth time when 8
nervous step echoed in the corridor
and the door opened to admit William
StarbuclS. There was red wrath II
the mine owners ordinarily cold eyes
when he flung himself into chair ant
eased the nausea of his soul in an out
burst of picturesque profanity.
"The jigs up-definitely up, John,
he was saying, when his speech be
came lucid enough to be understood
"We know now what Stanton's 'othel
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
Charm Is Necessary.

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, the great
French actress, in Il signed article in
Harper's Bazaar, attributes the numer-
Gus divorces that have come into the
courts of late years to lack of charm
In the women concerned
"If I stood at the threshold of life"
says Nine. Bernhardt, asking of it
something with which to buy happi-
ness, | should beg for charm. For if
one has charm, she will be loved. And
a woman must have love to be happy.
Beauty does not matter. If a woman
has charm she can secure whatever
she wants--love, success, power"
The Divine Sarah also says that this
Invaluable quality can be cultivated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
Natural End.
RELIABLE REMEDY
RESTORES KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy.
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is a strengthening mcdi.
cine. DR.. Kilme- used it for years in his
private practice. 1t helps the kidneys,
liver and bladder do the work nature in
tended they should do.
Swamp-Roo has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help you. No other remedy can
successfully take its place.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer g. Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been u household panacea all over
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is a most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming of up food, palplta-
ton Of heart and many other symp-
toms, A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. 1t is a
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist.
Sold In all civilized cOuntries.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-09

string was. A half hour ago, deputy
United States marshal, with a posse
big enough to capture a town, took
possession of the dam and stopped the
work. He says it's court order from
Judge Lorching at Red Butte, based on
the claims Of that internal paper rail-
road!"
Smith pushed the telephone aside.
"But it's too late" he protested.
"The dam is completed; Williams
phoned me before I went to dinner.
All that remains to be done to save
the charter Is to shut the spillways
and let the water back up so that 1t
will flow into the main ditch I"
fright there's where they've got
u.s." was the rasping reply. "They
won't let Williams touch the spillway
gates, and they're not going to let him
touch them until after we have lost out
on the time limit Williams man says
they've put the seal of the court on
the machinery and have posted armed
guards everywhere. Wouldn't that
make you run around in circles and
yelp like a scalded dog?"