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for the supposed bride and groom, and
last night the girl came home, but the
young man was missing. The young
man arranged to get license here
married by Rev. w. P. Fisher of the
Baptist church.
p The first locomotive to be operated
on the new Winchester and Western
railway, which is being built from this
city to Wardensville. w. Va. was
from the Baltimore and Ohio tracks
south of town. and other rolling stock
is also being used.
Henson v. Anderson. wealthy
farmer and widower, and Mrs. Martha
]. Anderson, an attractive young
widow; were married here last even aver ID
twice previously. His bride is daugh-
ter of Madison Marple.
John J. Kiger of Winchester has been
elected cashier of the Farmers Bank at
The Plains. Fauquier county. Va. OF
ceeds Robert Murray. now in the mil
itary service Mr.. Kiger was formerly
assistant cashier of the bank.
Although five new cases OF lnfantlie
reported in Rockingham county during
the past few days. the health authori-
ties Of that county are considering INT
ing the quarantine and 1t is planned 70
do this next week. There is said to
ulations being abolished at this time.
There were nineteen new cases re-
ported ofncially in that county during
August In other counties the totals
for August were: Greene. nine; Fau-
doah. d two: warren. seven: Page. three.
and one each in Amherst, Middlesex,
Rockbridge. Albemarle, Halifax. Alex
andria. Roanoke and Frederick
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color schemes. splendid emoroideries,
daring and clashing, but harmonious
juxtapositions of gay colors.
The decree for narrow skirt was &C.
tually made last spring. but none paid
heed to 1t. Women insisted upon keep
ing the hve.yard width, in gathering
the the fullness to the belt, and in add
ing flounces and bands of trimming
above the hem, because they liked the
idea and because 1t was not time for
the mass to change.
This time France insists upon narrow
skirts in the name of conservation of
material That dictum appeals to
America. We are not out of the COM
modities of life yet, but we may be
soon. No one is very optimistic about
being able to get a great deal of ma
terial. food, leather, trimmings and cot
ton If this war keeps on for two years
more. Our government will need every
thing it can get hold of, and the Ameri-
can woman will have to do without.
Rest assured there will be no complain
ing: but it is wise for every woman to
put her household in order now, so that
when the time comes she will not fall
from heaven to earth. injuring her
moral resistance and needing a stern
adjustment of her plan of life. Better
begin by wearing narrow skirts now.
Fortunately the alteration from wide
to slim Is easily accomplished. and II
thousands of skirts in this country are
to be reshaped into the new lines a
thousand seamstresses will get work
by the day. However, one does not
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POULTRY YARD NOTES.

, late spring or early summer the wheat
and rye become tough. but they have
furnished green food for the fowls and
Will protect the more tender shoots OF
grass and clover that come on later.
Early in the spring. as soon as the
ground can be worked, part may be
sown to oats; even if snow falls or
been planted, the oats will not be
injured.
All poulsTymen have recourse to
sprouted oats as a green food. but the
question arises: Does it pay? This
must be settled by each operator for
himself.
Sprouted oats has been one of the
standard feeds among commercial egg
producers for many years. and it is one
of the most satisfactory methods of
providing succulent green food at times
when other vegetatio is scarce. 1t is
a simple matter to sprout oats If the
vessels used are sweet and clean and
the seed is kept in a temperature of
sixty to seventy degrees and sprinkled
with tepid water at frequent intervals
Oats may be sprouted in small guam
titles by soaking them in a bucket for
a few hours. after which they are
drained in sack. They are then
spread on a floor or in shallow pans,
one-half to one inch deep, and sprin-
and night. When the green shoots
are two or three inches long, they are
ready for feeding. The shoots may
be clipped and fed. Or the practice is
to feed the entire maSs-roots, sprouts
and all.
Fowls that are kept under normal
conditions and properly fed may be
of green food that should enter into the
ration. When kept in close confinement
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Maryland and the Virgi11ias

Pulaski, va.-James w. Poore died
recently from acute Indigestion. aged
seventy-three. He was Confederate
veteran. being member of Long
streets division.
Danvflle. va.-Mrs. Augustus Pannill
of Chatham learned recently that her
son, Lieut.. Augustus Hunter Pannfll.
had been decorated for distinguished d
conduct in the storming of Vimy ridge.
He won the military cross. Pannill is
Pittsylvanian and Joined the Canadians
two years ago.
Gordonsville. va-Miss Mary E.
Kemper. daughter of the late L. r..
and Mary E. Kemper of Cedar Grove.
near Warrenton, died recently at her
home.
Richmond, ya-Overton Howard. a
lawyer. and Thomas P. Howard. bank
examiner, prominent Richmonders. and
Richard Bagby, relative, were In
stantly killed near Ashland recently
when . Richmond Chesapeake bay in
terurban car crashed into their auto
mobile.
j Fredericksburg. Va Rockingham
county pays a bonus of so cents for
every scalp of hawk and owl killed in
the county. During the last year 654
scalps were turned IN by hunters, VINO
received 1927. j. A. Pitting1on won
first honors with 1o7 scalps. which net
ted him $3.50. 1t is said that there has
been a great increase in partridges and
other game birds since the war started
on the hawk and owl.
standardsville, Vn.-Mrs Turner.
sixty years old. wife of Rev. B. T. Tur-
ner, died recently in Fredericksburg.
She was the mother Of Mrs w. A. Rose
of King George county.
stanton, ya.-After having his
right eye gonged by thrust from a
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| large screwdriver B. H Shithoist, an
employe of the Waynesboro Furniture
Company, was rushed to Staunton by
automobile and was taken to the King.
Daughters Hospital, where his was
given medical attention.
Newport News, va.-Mails entering
and leaving Newport News have al
activities here. according to Postmaster
c. w. Mugler. The postmaster now is
, working out a plan for distributing and
collection the mails when the 10000
soldiers are assembled in Camp Stuart.
concentration rest camp.
Norfolk. Va.-Craney Island. across
the Elizabeth river from Norfolk. is to
be used as national quarantine sta
ton. 1t has been turned over to the
United States public health service by
the Navy Department. and the public
health service has asked Congress for
100000 to build modern hospital IA
cilities on the island.
Winchester, Va.-Found with the
back of his skull crushed in and uncon-
scious. George r. Stump, flfty-seven
years old, tenant on Charles E. Funk
houser's farm. died recently without be-
ing able to tell how he was hurt. He
was found near the barn by Thomas
Dove, another employe. 1t is thought he
was either kicked by a horse or fell.
Annapolis. Nd. The Cambridge
Banking and Trust Company of Cam
bridge, Md, contemplates the estab-
lishment of branch banking institution
| in Annapolis, it is reported here.
Winchester. WA. 3. Richards. a
wealthy fruit grower and farmer, who
had been taking it for granted that
his son Roy was attending to his sum-
mer school studies at Elon College. N.
c., has received word that Roy is now
a sergeant in the United States Army.
having enlisted recently at Fort Riley,
Kan.
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Average Man Honest.
From the Toledo BLADE

FROM the 1oieCo BLADE
A banker who, for the first time in
his life, has come into intimate contact
with poverty-stricken folk. says: The
average man wants only half q chance
to be honest"
This is a thing worth learning. But
it did not require visits to the slums
to find 1t out. A little thought would have
served as well. The mass of people IL
constituted of average men. The mass
has the power to do whatever it wills to
do 1t could, If it wished, rise In the
night and strip the rich bare. and, since
it is the mass that represents the ma.
jority will, it could. so far as law Is
concerned, go unpublished.
But the average man is honest The
mass wants nothing of bloodshed and
robbery. Those who possess are safe
from those who have nothing Our
banker friend who visited Poverty row
used his eyes. His remark shows that.
for most of his years, he hadn't, on this
particular subject, used his brains.
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CITY Of RIGA FOUNDED
BY BISHOP Of l|V0N|A
Seaport Grew Rapidly in Importance.
Resembles Medieval Ger
man Town.

The National Geographic Society is
sues the following war geography bull
Ietin on the history of Riga. the capital
of the Russian Baltic province of Lii
vonia. which has been captured by the
Germans:
Although colonists from the German
port of Bremen began to settle near
the mouth of the River Dvina. on the
site of the present city of Riga as early
as the middle of the twelfth century.
the usual date of the founding Of this
important seaport is given as 1901. with
Albert l. Bishop Of Livonia, as its spon-
sor. The place grew rapidly in impor-
tance and long before the close of the
thirteenth century it had become a
a flourishing member of the Hanseatic
League. that group of commercial cities
of north central Europe which for so
many years controlled practically all
the channels of trade in continental
Europe north of the Alps.
The older section of Riga still bears
the stamp Of its early days. and closely
resembles a medieval German city. The
populous suburbs are modern.
Falls Before Polish King.
"At about the time that Riga became
member of the Hanseatic League it
acquired the right of electing its own
magistrates and it also extended its
walls In 1547 it fell before the Pol
ish King Sigismund II. and eleven
years later suffered greatly at the
hands of the Russians. who burned it's
suburbs and destroyed many Of the
ships in the harbor. Three years after
this disaster the master of the Order
of Teutonic Knights, which had been
all-powerful in Livonia up to this time,
publicly abdicated his mastership. and
Riga, with southern Livonia, was made
a part OF the Polish kingdom
For many years Riga was coveted
both by Sweden and Russia. 1t was
seized by the former in 1921. when
Gustavus Adolphus led his army to its
walls. Ninety years later it passed
into the possession of Russia, after
Sweden's terrible defeat at Poltava
Home Of Writers.
in a previous bulletin on Riga it
was stated that nearly half the popu-
lation of the city at the outbreak of
the world war was German. Among
the distinguished Germans who in the
past made their homes here was Herr
prolific writer's of his country, a pi-
oneer of the romantic movement in
German literature during the last half
of the eighteenth century. Herder went
to Riga as assistant master at the Riga
cathedral when he was under twenty
he did his first important literary work
Here also Hardenberg wrote his
memoirs Of the reorganization Of the
Prussian state. Richard Wagner was
the conductor Of an orchestra here from
1887 to 1889.
"One Of the most interesting build
ings in old Riga is the Domkirke, built
| in the thirteenth century and rebuilt
| in the sixteenth century. It contains
one Of the largest organs in the world"
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VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.
WINCHESTER. Va. September

WINCHESTER. Va, September B.
Corp Charles L. Worthington. a Win
chester boy who went with a Canadian
regiment to France shortly after the
outbreak of the war. is in a German
prison camp at pullman, Westphalia.
and so far he cannot complain of his
treatment, according to several post
cards received a few days ago by his
father, Bruce Worthington. Corp.
worthington was taken prisoner at
Fresnoi May s last. He was tempo
rarily blinded by a tear" shell md
lost his way. He says his German es-
cort was q very decent chap" At the
time of his capture he was a stretcher
bearer. and on that account he has been
promised special treatment at the
prison camp.
Announcement is made OF the mar
riage of Miss Fannie Magin Graham.
daughter of Rev. DR.. James r. Graham.
Presbyterian church missionary to
China. to Robert Stelle Hutcheson. OF
Staunton, Va, which took place few
days ago in Washington. the ceremony
being performed by Rev. DR.. A. J.
McKelway. Mr.. Hutcheson is at the
ofi1cers' training camp at Fort Myer.
His bride 70 = granddaughter OF the
late Rev: Dr.. James ,..;.na r, Graham m tSs fos
Presbyterian church in Winchester.
John Wesley Hite. who died recently
near Bloomery at the age Of eighty
years. was perhaps the most useful
man in that section. He was handy
man and honest and dependable. He
made shoes. repaired watches and
clocks. served as the villave dentist
and was also busily engaged for years
as a blacksmith, machinist and farmer.
He is survived by his third wife. two
sons, one daughter and q brother.
Walter v. Thomas and Leila Wilkin-
son, who went to Hagerstown. Md,
fully expecting to be married before
returning, were sadiy disappointed
Q license because Of their ages. Friends
hanA had ntanaxad,- = slamptuopa- aunrlAx
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jade green and also white trimmed with
a brilliant red.
Lanvin, Poiret and others have taken
up the Slavic influences in dress with
exceeding enthusiasm and have worked
them out with remarkable results.
p When the average person thinks of
Slavic clothes 1t is in connection with
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Open the Windows!
,e Industrial Mauagement.

From the Industrial Management.
1t has been abundantly demonstrated
that good ventilation pays. but in the
absence Of artificial methods for use in
cold weather much more can be accom-
plisnnd by % wnaoW asttin ventiiati1n az on t tnan
ter and to the direction and force Of
the wind will usually. find a means Of
admitting air to and exhausting it
from the room in sufficient quantity
and at the same time so di1using 1t
that no questionable draft VIA be con-
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various ways in which the dressuakers
incorporate the Chinese ideas in modern
clothes. but it is well to know that
whatever one can find to adopt in this
country will be worked out through
the medium of French art.
ALL the Chinese colors are in fashion.
such as yellow, that queer gray blue,
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and heavily fed on highly concentrated
grain rations. there is some danger of
their consuming more greens than 10
good for them, and the operator should
be governed accordingly
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as Lanvin should be able to get at the
core of the costumery of these coun-
tries and make capital out of it. In
Rumania. Serbia, Montenegro and
among the Jugoslavs there are superb
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POULTRY. PETS AND LIVESTOCK

FOR sALE-Pedigreed English setter pup Il
months old. Apply 1919 Park road.
FOX TERRIER PUPPIES. s. so: born with short
tails. Poodle. l year old, IS. 2025 Wisconsin
ave-. above r NV.
wANTED-To buy genuine Belgian hares.
Phone Col. s71 after O'Clock. es
WANTED-Home for very valuable screw
tail Boston terrier dog; answer by letter. I25
3rd St NV. 9s
WHITE PERSIAN KITTENs-Pedigreed: bar
gains. go Rock Creek Church road.
WHITE FRENCH PooDLE-Male: years 1888
E ps
200 WHITE LEGH0RN yearling hens; Corning
strain: s1.25 each. Box IS, Garrett Park. Nd. 15S
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Russian headdresses and blouses. high
red boots and fur bands, but there is
a world of untouched material in Slavic
dress that is worth ferreting out. and
it is only natural that such designers
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A Rash Promise.
From the neston Tr,nscript.

0otto1 1ttUHcfIpt.
Wife (complaininGly) - Before we
were married you promised could
have everything wanted.
Hub--l never dreamed you would
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Jenny. as well as certain other houses
in France, has laid emphasis upon the
continuance OF the Chinese influence in
fashions. 1t is dificult to describe the
Evening star., 1917-09-09

- ACH steamer that comes across
Ih the Atlantic today probably
brings over new fashions to
N this country.
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Gordonsville, va-Miss Mary E.
Kemper. daughter of the late l.. r.
and Mary E. Kemper of Cedar Grove.
near Warrenton, died recently at her
home
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08
INCREACSD WHEAT YIELDS.
Improved Methods and Seed ScIcc-
ton Used with Much Success.

Reports of the United States De
partment of Agriculture and State
agricultural colleges cooperating in
improved methods show that in 1915
there was an increase Of 1864 bush
els of wheat on 4,S00 acres where
these methods were followed This
increased yield will make at least
two and fourth million one
pound loaves of bread.
In six States where 1876 wheat
growers conducted demonstrations By
using selected varieties of seed, the
yield on 3,343 acres was increased
1854 bushels. The breeding and
selection of special varieties Of wheat
adapted to particular regions or 20
calities is one of the most important
items in the experiment station pro
grams for producing increased yields.
When these varieties have been derer-
mined it simply remains for the
farmers to secure the adapted variety
for seeding. The intelligent use of
commercial fertilizer, treating seed
grain for smut, the fallow system in
some dry-land areas of the West, and
the growing of peas in the place of
summer fallowing in other western
sections were also included in the
successful program used by the coun-
ty agents in these States last year. Re-
ports from eastern Washington show
very successful results in growing
peas after wheat. The wheat crops af-
ter peas were increased in yield, and
the pea crop itself was available.
If these improved methods had
been applied throughout these Ia
States generally, instead of upon a
limited number of farms where tests
mere made, and the same rate Of in
crease had held the increased wheat
yield upon the same acreage would
have produced a considerably enlarg-
ed bread supply.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08
GERMANS DRIVEN OFT
Last or African Possessions Lost

London, Dec. 3.-"East Africa has
been completely cleared of the enc
my"
This official announcement was
made tonight.
The text of the Announcements
reads:
'Telegraphing under date of De-
cember l General Vandeventer. com
mander of the military forces in East
Africa, has reported that reconnais-
isances have definitely established that
German East Africa is completely
cleared of the enemy. Thus the whole
OF German overseas possessions have
passed into our hands and those of
our Belgian allies.
only a small German force now
remains in being. This has taken
refuge in adjoining Portuguese terri
tory and measures are being taken to
deal with it,"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08
SUSPECTED spy HELD.
Wan Who Talked on Train Investigate
Ell ut SDartanburg.

Spartanburg, Dec. "a man giving
MS name as j. Bronx was taken from
southern Railway train this morn
ing by United States deputy mar
Shal ana is now being investigated by
u secret service agent on the suppo-
Sition that he may be German spy.
United states officials here received a
telegram from passengers on the train
saying that the man had INDUCED I'm
suspicious talk on the train. He claims
W De prominent business man OF
Nov orN' engaged in importing sur
s'cal rubber. Correspondence found
~ ms possession indicated that he
h"o been operating i'm the munitions
'"''rNet' Ills baggage bears labels of
several steamship lines. The man
says mat he is an American citizen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08
NAVY NEEDS MANY MORE MEN
Eight Thousand Recruits Needed for
Ground Personnel of Flying Corns

washington, Dec. 3.-Navy recruit
ing oiIlcers 1T was announced TODAY
have been ordered to begin at once y
drive for 5000 men between 21 and 35
to form the ground personnel of tho
navy's flying corps Carpenters
woodworkers, machinists, copper-
smiths, blacksmiths, fabric workers
flggers, acetyline workers, gas engine
repair men and instrument workers
are needed especially.
After intensive training the men
will be eligible for promotion to high
er grades.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08

Hat Manufacturers the First to BE
Rounded Up.

New York. Dec. 4.-Conspiracy 10
defraud the federal 20 yernment out
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
ON contracts for more than a million
service hats Is charged i'm an indict-
ment filed today against William II.
Thom. John j. Slattery. Joseph Ives.
Edward Slattery, conneced with cor
poratiOn of Thorn and Bailey. tho
feekskill Iiar Corithe firm of III. ID.
Parmalee & Co. and Arthur c. Glib
son and Peter j. Duffy. inspectors OF
the quartermasters' corps are named
ms co-conspiAators.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08
Dirt Roads and the War.

Thousands Of miles of the roads
which furnish the only outlets from
the farms on which is grown the. food
for ourselves and our allies still re-
main as dirt roads. Even if it should
bax considered justifiable in this emer-
gency to place the most durable sur
face upon all of these roads, it
would be impracticable today or in
one year or two or three. Most of
them must remain as dirt roads for
years to come yet. They must, how
ever, carry to the shipping centers,
and without serious Interruptions, the
increasing quantities grains and 9TH
er food products which are so yitally
necessary at this critical time.
The problem of maintaining dirt
roads has therefore become q more
important one than ever, and county
and state highway authorities should
see to it that every effort is made to
put all of these roads into the best
possible condition as soon as prac-
ticable. There is still time this fair
to do considerable grading and shap-
ing of roads so as to permit them to
resist more successfully the effects of
winter weather, and be in better CON
dition in the spring, for immediate
use or more rapid Improvement. An
highway officials are now familiar
with methods of treatment that will
prevent excessive rutting, such as the
use of the drag, scraper and other
simple means, and these should be en-
plOyed now and whenever, advanta-
geous throughout the winter in order
to prevent the formation of ruts and
mud-holes, which make so difficult
the putting of the roads into shane
when the frost goes.
In great many localities it is
possible to improve dirt surfaces with
local materials at comparatively little
O'"', Su'l as DN the construction OF
sand-clay roads. by gravel surfacing. |
etc. Advantage may be taken .of the |
comparative idleness of teams and |
farmers during the winter to haul the !
sand, gravel or clay necessary for this |
purpose and distribute it along the
sides of the road ready for use as soon
as weather conditions permit in the
spring. Even the snow plow can be
used to advantage in many cases to
prevent the concentration of all traf-
Tic TO single pair of wheel tracks
through the snow. which generally re-
suits in n cutting through Of the road
surface along these two lines, to the
dctriment of the road
Much of the above applies to north {
ern climates. In many parts Of the {
Southern States maintenance and !
of roads can be contin-
ued throughout the winter. In such To-
ralitics work should be begun prompt
~ and continued to insure that there +
shall be no delay at any time i'm get ]
ing TO the distribution centers all the
foodstuffs grown { any ]
where in the Statc.-AIunicipal Jour I
nal. I
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-08
Planting Wheat.
(Union Progress. }

Union county farmers are sowing
grain-lots of it-about 35 Der cent
more wheat than last year. But
more must be sown if South Carolina
is to feed itself. So keep sowing
grain. preferably with a drill. and
put it on your best and not your
poorest land, so there viii be an album
dant harvest.