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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-01

WOMEN WILL BE ENPJOyEyn EOI,
FIRST TIME IN EXTENSION
WORK.
government Plans Formulated Will
HmDrace All Rural Counties and
Many Large Towns.

washington, Aug. 29.-Plans havc
been made to expand immediate,vt tbo
cooperative extension work of the
United States department of arricu,-
ture and the State agricultural co,-
ieges by a large increase in the Num-
Der OF county agricultural agents and
nome demonstration agents. This ex-
tension is made possible by funds an.
proprlated in the recently enacted
food production bill.
women agents will be placed for
the hrst time in the larger towns and
cities. More or less technical train
ing in agriculture and home econon,-
les will be required in this service
The appointments are to be made on
the recommendation of the director
or extension work at the State col.
lege. Approximately 1,4OO mer agents
and 500 women agents are at pres.
ent employed. The plans formu,at-
ed contemplate the extension of the
men county agent work to all rural
counties Of the Union in which there
is need for the work and the placing
of an additional agent in some ot
the larger counties already organic.
ed. They also contemplate a consid.
earble increase in the number of wo.
men agents engaged in extension AZ.
tivities. The number to he emn,ov.
ed will depend upon the number q,
trained men and women available
Proved ability in leadership as wei,
as technical training will be required
The use of city agents i'm the con.
duct OF extension work of the de-
partment. is a new departure mad,
desirable by the Importance attached
IN the present food crisis of tn,
world to the conservation and efficien
utilization of foods. The city dem
onstration work will be carried on b,
women agents who will work in CO
operation with the existing organiza
tions Of women.
The aim Of the extension work i
TO carry directly to as many people a.
possible information in regard I,
proved methods of agricultural pro
duction and home economies. Econ
omy in the purchase and use of foot
and methods Of food conservation b,
canning and drying, etc, will be EN-
phasized. The men county agents ar
concerned chiefly with agricuSura
production, while the women are EN-
ployed in demonstration work i,
home economics. With funds fur
nished IN the food production act tn
States relation service also seeks t,
enlarge the enrolment Of young peo
pie in the boys and girls clubs which
are devoted to increasing agriculture
production and conserving the foot
supply through canning, drying ant
other means.
] The service also will work ou
problems in the efficient utilization O
various foods and will aid institu
tons devoted to agricultural educa
ton to plan courses of instruction es
pecially suited to the present emer
gency.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-01

Pctrograd, Aug. 30.-Germany's in
tenticn to declare war in 1909 and
again In 1913 was known to the Rus
sian war ministry, General Michalsson
testified at the trial Of Gen. Soukhom-
liniff. who is charged with high trea-
son. -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-01

London. Aug. 3O.-The American
four masted schooner. Laura G.. An
derson, was sunk by bombs from a
submarine Thursday The crew was
picked up and landed at an English
port.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-01

journal Of Commerce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-01
RUSSIANS WON'T FIGHT.
Infantry Leave Trenches without Fur.
Ing q Shot.

Pstrograd. Aug. 2s.-The Russian
infantry left their trenches before
the enemy began attack In the region
Of Boyany. retiring eastward. 1t is Of
nciaily announced.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-01

The slogan OF the Sumter County
Council OF Defense will he Wheat on
livery Farm"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29
EPISODE TWO
Treasure" "

So young was the June morning that.
though cross-town streets already
giowed with sunlight well nigh as
bright II not so warm as that Of noon
day. wide areas OF shadow fingered
like still broad banners OF translucent
violet.
The thoroughfnre was as lIfeless MS
Main street In any village at church
hour OF Sunday; few policemen
blinked Indifference Mt the taxicnb fly
Ing soushwnrd at such lawiess speed.
!. A few blocks south OF Fourteenth
street the vehicle (driven with n reck-
lcssness arguing the prospect OF IA sub
stantial tip as reward for hnste) took
4 corner on two wheels and came to
an abrupt pnuse before residence of
the vintage cnste.
The moment II stopped, out of The
c1b hopped brisk young man and. on
his heels. an anxious young woman
who ran impatiently up the steps to
white front door while her companion
fnrried at the curb to settle with the
chauffeur.
by the time he WIS free to join the
young woman on the doorstep. she was
ringing the bell with sort of semi
hystcric persistence.
"I emit understand why no one an
swers." she faltered with little shiver
of apprehension. "Tye rung and rung.
-. You don't really think anything
can have happened-do you, Captain
PnrrT
II hope not. Miss Chnnning-but
mean to find out pretty pronto."
She stepped back, and Parr planted
firm thumb on the bell-push. From
the interior OF the house came re-
mLte buzzing-nothing more. At a
verturc the young man released the
button and laid hold OF the door-knob.
To the surprise and somewhat to the
CONSERVATION of both it yielded read
ily.
For n moment neither moved; only
the eyes of each sought the others,
muteIy eloquent with apprehensive In
Quiry. Then with quick gesture
which might have been interpreted as
bidding the girl to wait outside, the
young man crossed the threshold.
Quietly. the girl followed-to be
greeted by her name. spoken in accents
of wonder. miss Patty-fo' the lan's
sake!"
An aged negro servant clothed simply
in pajamas stood transflxed in recog-
milton halfway down the flight of
stairs to the upper stories.
THAT you, Martin? Where is Mr..
Ripley?"
"Mistuh Ripley? All reckon he mus
be into his bed. Miss Patty; he gin'rly
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29
the Cumming sccrct defense fnnc.

the Chnnning secret defense funcl.
You do not know what that last
means. 1t is to enlighten you-Iest l
perish with my secret undivulged-tbat
am writing tonight. have to inform
you concerning that sacred trust. that
bequest Of your patriotic forefathers.
One hundred years ago, almost to a
day. the first John Claiming died. He
was virginian, friend Of Washing
tons. soldier. a, patriot, gentleman
of fortune, character. Intelligence and
of almost prophetic foresight. He had
served through the War of Independ-
ence. When the War of 1912 broke out.
he resigned his ease and took the field
as COLONEL of militia.
In his military capacity John Chan
ming the First was an Intimate observer
of the lack of organization, military
spirit training ability to fight, that
characterized the American forces.
What he had experienced made a
profound impression upon him. He
never ceased to plan to protect his
country against its greatest weakness
and rs greatest enemy--Itself. In the
iHtu'uS DifiiunesS VI IL people WHO tneu
as today believed Il sacred and just
cause the equivalent of resistless
weapon of defense. who thought they
had no need to train themselves for
war so long as they warred only for
the right, the first John Charming fore
saw an intrinsic, inbred weakness of
the people, prolific OF perils which he
conceived it to be his duty to combat
Some time prior to his death, there
fore. he consulted with the first Peter
Ripley, my forebear and the founder
of that line of legal advisers to the
Claiming family which must perish
when / perish. Between them. the
two schemed out scheme for fund
for national defense In time of danger
through what we have lately learned to
term "unpreparedness." One half of
the, even then. very considerable Chan
ming fortune was set aside to be the
nucleus of the Claiming secret defense
fund. to be drawn upon or expended
wholly only in gravest national emer-
gency
The secret and the custody of the
fund was handed down from father to
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29

son as long as the Channngs and the
Ripleys had male children. That time
is now passed: My boy died before at
tanning maturity; you are your fathers
only child.
The fund today has grown, through
careful investment and unremitting
vigilance, to the appreciable total sum
of approximately S100,000,0O0. The
whole is stored in the secret vault be-
meath this room to which the password
is your name. Three-fourths of it is
comprehended in gilt-edged securities,
Immediately negotiable; the balance of
25.000.000 is in gdld-thus accumu-
lated for immediate resource in emer-
gency.
Wisely employed, this treasure may
prove the salvation of your country in
this, as 1t seems, its hour of direct
need. Europe is ailame with war
when peace is declared, Europes fore
ordained way to recoup will be by
means of preying upon some great and
wealthy but defenseless country, such
as the United States of America. On
the other hand, to the west of us, we
have great nation without room to
grow-Japan. Its natural course of
growth, following the line of least re-
sistance, must be in and through our
western states. To the south of us
lies Mexico. Il hotbed of revolution, in
trigue and racial hatred.
Evidence in support of Japan's de-
signs against our peace is not lacking.
The presence of her armies In Mexico,
the fact that Japanese officers have
been detailed to drill Mexican troops,
Is known to the administration at
Washington If not to the people; that
Japan maintains naval bases, with
Mexican consent, at Magdalena bay
and elsewhere, is a matter of common
knowledge. In my personal experience
1t is true that, following my refusal as
n loyal and patriotic citizen TO make
contracts in the name of Channings
Inc, for delivery of arms and ammuni-
tion In Mexico, Japan has left no stone
unturned TO induce me to revoke my
refusal, and even now threatens my
life because abide by it.
For myself. my dear ward. l do NOT
fear; when n man has passed a GER
tain age, death has few terrors fol-
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29

Her outflung hand Indicated the mas
sive marble chimney-piece. Parr knit
ted his brows, staring. The thing was
Interesting If only as a relic of the
curious artistic taste of bygone day ::
none but a mid-Victorian intelligence
could have tolerated the thought of
such IA monstrous monument to home
llness. And yet the carving was ex-
quisitely done. He crossed to 1t, with
Patria by his side, for closer inspec-
ton.
In whatever brain the design had
originated, it was patriots: the
American eagle screamed in sculptured
stone. the flag Haunted blatantly its
moveless folds, the arms of Virginia
flanked the arms of the United States,
Immediately above the fireplace the
Charming arms were emblazoned upon
a shield, beneath this scroll bore the
motto of the house
"PRo PATRlA NoBIs."
"To which the password is my
namel"
Patria put forth fingers which
touched lightly the initial of ttS word
Patria on the scroll She withdrew
her hand with an exclamation; the let
ter she had touched had fallen in flush
with the surface of the scroll. Parr
nodded excitedly. "Try the next let
terw
To her pressure the letter a became
as the letter p; the remaining letters
of the word followed suit as readily.
And when the last had been depressed
they heard u curious grating noise be-
meath the mantel and, looking down,
saw the apparently solid stone backing
of the fireplace proper swing massively
inward and disclose the mouth of a
narrow passageway.
Let me go firstr'
PARIS tone was imperative. Won
dering n little at the instructive docility
with which she obeyed him, Patria
stood aside. He ducked beneath the
Ymantel and disappeared. -.
The passageway proved short, upon
that level. Parr advanced three PAGES
in utter darkness. Then 1t turned
aside at a. right angle. At the foot of
some twelve steps he found another
level, advanced gingerly pace into the
denser imaginable murk, and stumbled
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29

him: hut for you ! 10 fear. when you
shall have<set your hand 10 the task
which mine must yield. | know your
|abreed well enough to know you will
not falter In the discharge of this
sacred trust. know Japan well enough
TO know she will stop at nothing to dis
courage you.
charge you above all things to be-
ware the man who calls himself
Baron HurokI-who poses us cosmo-
polite of Japanese birth-who is in
reality secret chief of the Japanese
secret service in this country.
More than this hope to tell you In
detail-if live to see you again. 9th
erwisezI shall die content in the
knowledge that I have, ut least, done
est dangers you must apprehend as
executris of the Claiming secret de-
fense fund.
Your affecfionate guardian.
PETER RIPLEY.
GoLD!
When Parr had finished reading the
Inst page of Peter Ripley's letter he
looked down to encounter Patria's d.
rect, uncompromising gaze. To her un-
uttered inquiry he nodded slightly.
"He was sane" said Parr. HE
feared Japan-and japanese assas-
sinated him. That much confirmation
Of what he wrote we possess. beyond
refutation. There remains only to be
determined the actual existence of this
defense fund In secret
vault beneath this room to which the
password is your namer What do you
make OF that?"
Patria shook her head.
ITS all too strange. never
had any suspicion of anything of the
sort. I'm afraid / don't quite
grasp 1t yeti"
1t was Patria who stumbled upon the
solution haphazard-or. as woman
would claim, intuitively.
The password my name-Patria !
That sounds us though there must be
a safe door somewhere with letter
combination :. or else :"
'Or else-?" Parr prompted as she
hesltated.
Look therel'
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29

After time he crept noiselesses
down the stairs.
.There are Japanese-several Of
them-in the house. Martin must have
seen them coming and locked us in to
prevent their discovering u.s."
But Martin? What will they do to
hIm?'
II don't know. Let's not
think about that Let's hope
for the best. It's all we can do. ]
cant bulge that door up there. and
even If 1 could, I've got no weapons OF
any sort :"
Five minutes passed. Throughout
the two could hear faint sounds of
hurried footsteps overhead-for all the
world like the scampering of rats In
wainscoting. Then were heavier. duller
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29
.r.E cAsr.
SYNOPSIS.

On the eve of inheriting sole control of
Channings. Inc. Americas largest arms
and ammunition Industry. Patria Claiming
TO Now York by Peter Ripley. trustee for
hor estate. Baron Huroki. chief OF tre
Japanese secret service. busies himself 20
Patria oyerridea his opposition with the
aid Of Capt. Donald Parr, Unite.i States
secret service. who suspects japan of In
Mexico.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29

over something soft and yielding that
0bstructed the floor. In stumbling he
threw out hand which encountered
an electric light bracket Steadying
himself by this he felt for and turned
/ the switch; the briIliance of single
| bulb dazzIingly exercised darkness
He stood in a small, airless. window
less chamber, furnished simply with
square mahogany table and four chairs
on rug. Otherwise II was featureless
| but for huge safe-door bcilt Into the
wall close by the foot of the staircase.
This door stood ajar. A black void
was beyond 1t. AT PARIS feet lay the
obstacle which had so nearly proved
| his downfall the body OF a little Jnpa-
nese clad in the uniform of u tele-
graph messenger-in his dead hand an
automatic pistol.
Turning, Parr called to Martin to
come down to him.
The negro's answers to his questions
enabled him rapidly to reconstruct the
prelude to brutal crime.
1t seemed that, shortly before Pat
ria's guardian had dismissed him for
the night. Martin had answered the
doOr-bell to admit n telegraph messen-
ger boy with n telegram for Peter Rip
ley. Signing for the message, Martin
had told the boy to wait for a possible
answer, and had taken the envelope to
his employer in the library. But when
Mr.. Ripley had opened 1t. he had found
nothing within the envelope; and
wheh he and Martin had gone back to
the hall to interrogate the messenger,
this last had vanished.
| BY this ruse (Parr reckoned) obtain
ing admlttance to the house when Mar
tins back was turned, the pseudo-mes-
senger had secreted himself and waited
till, finishing his letter to Patria, Rip
ley had found reason to descend to the
treasure vault. Then, following. the
messenger had tried to shoot Ripley
down, but had met death himself in
the attempt. Meantime Il confederate
had entered the house-gaiDing admit
tance through the front door, left un-
locked, as Parr and Patria had found
it, by the first japanese. And when
Ripley. emerging from the secret pas
sage-no doubt even then fatally
wounded-had called Patria in New
port by long distance-the second
Japanese had shot to kill and had sue
ceeded If Mt cost of his own life.
Asking Patria to turn aside while he
with Martins aid carried up the dead
Japanese and placed him with the 9TH
ers in the drawingroom. Parr left Mar
tin on guard and conducted the girl be
low to the treasure vault.
If any traces of incredulity had thus
far colored his thoughts, they were
promptly dissipated.
The vault was not large-perhaps
twice the size of its antechamber-and
was so well-filled with boxes, bales and
bundles that it afforded scant space in
which to move about. Aside from the
entrance, three walls We're hidden by
packlng-cases. The fourth, the farth-
est from the entrance. boasted racks
of pigeonholes in which were filed and
docketed packet upon packet of papers,
and in addition richly framed oil por-
trait of gentleman in continental uni
form, boasting a brass plate with this
legend:
JOHN CLAIMING, Esq.
(B. 1T57-D. 1861
Patriot, Statesman, Soldier.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-29
JOHN CLAIMING, Esq.
(B. 1T57-D. 1861

heavier than he had anticipated, and
slipped through fingers unprepared for
its weight. There was Il crash; the
box lay shattered at their feet, its con-
teEts spilled-stack upon stack of gold
en- double-eagles scattered upon the
floor.
There was pause.
Patria sank into a chair and rested
forearms upon the table. In her hands
she held Peter Ripley's letter.
After little, shufiling the sheets,
she brought that-o one uppermost which
showed the words
Wisely employed, this treasure may
prove the salvation of your country in
this . its hour of direct need"
God make me wise" she safd-and
faltered-"God make me wise to ad-
minister this sacred trustl !"
Without wholly appreciatlng what he
did, transported beyond himself, Parr
closed his fingers over hers.
amen to that" said he.
On the echo of his words dull graf
ing noise sounded above their heads.
HOLOCAUST.
In the twinkling of an eyelnsh both
appreciated what had happened: the
door to the secret passage had swung
shut; for whatever reason. Martin pre-
sumably had seen fit to close it.
Without hesitation Parr swung
about, out of the vault and up the con-
stricted stairway.
At the top he found only the smooth
surface of the closed door. His fingers
groped vainly over 1t and round its
edges; If any means there were of
opening 1t from the inside, 1t was too
cunningly concealed for his ingenuity.
| But If closed, the door was not alto
gether tight. Lights from the library
cleaned round three of its edges. Parr
could not contrive to get an eye to a
crack, but he could not avoid hearing.
What he heard was, however, difficult
to interpret. Several voices were
audible from beyond the barrier, all
chattering rapidly; and though Parr
had fair working knowledge of the
Japanese tongue he lacked as yet the
ability to translate the vernacular
] when quickly spoken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
Joe Bush Is Regular Hard-Luck Pitcher

the he twir beautiful ball allowed but five hits
a
a
ball stuny Mclnn Both bats should have been thrown and
Il
baseball will be
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
YOUNG PITCHERS
STAR in MAJORS
SO tn oron, Russell and
Schupp, All Kids, Show
Up Veterans

Young pitchers promise to cut a big
figure in the two major league championship
races.
The spectacle of Allen Sothoron, a
Brownie speculation. holding the Indians to
a single bingle; AL Russell. of the Yankees,
downing the mighty Johnson, and Ferdie
Schupp, youthful Giant, acting as the bal
ance wheel of that collection of ball players
is enough to make the veteran hurler grab
gun and go to war
Besides the stated trio of fingers, several
other youths are being harbored by big
league clubs who are likely to step out and
burn some of the fur off batting averages
most any time.
Howard Ehmke of the Tigers, although
he lost ball game yesterday, is far from
being the worst pitcher in the American
League. and Lee Fohl, Cleveland boss, has
an unmustached brigade of pitchers that
already has proved where it stands.
Connie Mack is putting lots Of faith In
Elmer Myers, Sebod, Ellis and Jing john
son, mere lads. Claude Williams has won
his spurs with the White Sox.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
AMATEUR BASEBALL NOTES

The ]. r. H., a seventeen nineteen year old
team, would like 10 arrange games with Hamil
ton A. c., Norris +. c. and teams II played last
season. The management has obtained the serv
ices Of several scholastic stars. among them them
being C. J. Heller. "ShSnck. seEai and DUKE DUKE
street.
Pearce A. A. would like to arrange games with
any travelling teams. Il. j. Stevenson. 3i3s
North 'Mascher street.
lockwood B. b. c. will play Bon, AIT. Of the
several open dates and would like 70 hear from
Potter A, A. and Strawbridge Clothier. James
McBride. 3048 North Twenty-third street.
cramp A. A: would like TO open its season season the
SENT pro rofessionai team on that day. Rad
Simons, 2626 East Indiana ave.
west Phiiadeiphia Boys Club junior team
would like to arrange Enmes with nome teams
:S1 n rS. Z. tscSt Ss az ss os
Nav L. II. 10. Donald ciune. b62T Cedar ave-
nue.. ~ kEeft 49,
buckley ~ c. would IKE 10 hear from Bacha.
rach 6lsnfs wildwood and Ocean City and
teams played last season onerng good guar
sntee. Milton Bcakes. 2i04 North Fourth street.
x.s.r r 6 sss.sss,sp- s.;ss ,rss;s .:s. .ls team
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18


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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
FIRST BASE HOODOO STILL PURSUES
PITTSBURGH; DREYFUSS SELECTS
FIRED MERKLE TO BATTLE WITH JINX
Nineteen Players Have Failed to Make Good
Since Kitty Bransfeld Left the Team Twelve
Years Ago-His Shoes Cannot Be Filled


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