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

American Ship Discovers U-Boat and Des-
trOys it With Bombs in Twenty
Minute Fight.

Washington, Oct. 6.-The navy de-
partment today issued a report of an
engagement between an American de-
stroyer and German submarine, re-
sulting in the destruction Of the sub
marine. The destroyer sighted a per-
iscope in a calm sea early one clear
morning. 1t crossed the submarine
wake dropping a depth bomb to no
avail. 1t circled about, firing and used
depth bombs. The explosion of the
fourth depth bomb resulted in wide
spread boiling on the surface of the
sea, and large bubbles and a heavy
film of oil appeared. There was no
further trace of the submarine. The
engagement lasted twenty-five min
utes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
RED CROSS ELECTIONS.
All Chapters to Elect Officers During
October.

The national organization Of the
American Red Cross has designated
October as the month for annual cleo
tions in all chapters. According tc
it's directions for the method of these
elections, the executive board of the
Sumter chapter has appointed a nomi-
mating committee to report at q pub
lie meeting consisting Of DR.. E. r.
Wilson, Judge r. O. Purdy, Mr.. w. E.
Burns, Mrs. Hubert G. Osteen, Mrs. E.
II. Moses. A meeting of the entire
chapter, and it's auxilaries to which
the public will be invited will be held
in Trinity Methodist church. Thurs
day evening. at eight o'clock, October
18th. The programme for the busi-
ness Of this meeting besides the cleo
ton Of officers will be announced
shortly.
A nice shipment of knitted ar
ticles has been made to division head
quarters from this chapter and all the
wool on hand has been given out to
be turned into socks, sweaters and
other warm garments. A great deal
more wool has been ordered and is ex-
pected in very shortly. Meanwhile
there is on hand very large number
of cut out garments at headquarters
waiting to be made up into pajamas
and bed shirts. People are invited to
drop in and sew whenever they have
time or take home garments to make
as they prefer. The d. A. r. are sew
ing at headquarters regularly every
"Wednesday afternoons; the ". d. c..
have selected Tuesday mornings. Will
not other organizations set day and
come regularly to sew?
In response to the request from the
National Red Cross for the appoint
ment of committee on Civilian Relief
the following has been appointed by
the Sumter Chapter: Chairman, Mr..
Neill O'Donnell; Messrs. I. c. Strauss,
s. A. Harvin, l.. d. Jennings, J. L.
Irby. c. j. Jackson, and DR.. Walter
Cheyne. This is practically the same
as the committee appointed by the
County Council OF Defense and will
cooperate with that committee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
vIcTOnS 1T YpRES.
HOLD ALL HIGH GROUND IN FA-
NOUS SALIENT.
British Attack Surprised Germans and
They Were Caught by Barrage--
Their Loss May be Very Heavy.

The British are entrenched on the
crest of most Of the high ground Of
the famous Ypres salient and are in a
position to throw shells down hill at
the Germans IL they essay the difficult
task Of counter attacks up hill. From
the captured village Of Broodseinde
the British can lombard the Rouler-
Menin railroad. the principal commu-
nication line Of the Germans in the
Ypres section. Yesterdays tremend-
Gus and well organized attack evident
ly took Germans by surprise for they
had massed troops for an attack them
selves. These were caught in the
British barrage fire. Those who were
spared from this inferno were ami
hilated by the British attack following
the barrage. Besides the ground lost
the German casualties were very
heavy. More than three thousand
were taken prisoners The German re-
sistance did not seem strong against
the clocklike precision of the forward
rush of the British. The German con-
crete redoubts, bristling with machine
guns gave the British the most trou-
BILE.
The Russian political situation Is
again acute. Premier Kerensky threw
down the gauntlet to the Democratic
congress by announcing that he had
made public the coalition ministry
against the wishes Of the congress. II
will include constitutional Democrats
to whom the congress are opposed.
The lack Of German activity last
night was a further evidence what q
shock yesterdays battle was to them
They kept up heavy artillery fire last
night. but did not deliver a single
counter attack. The British are busy
consolidating their positions. The
French are busy with surprise attacks
OF Germans. particularly in the Cham.
payne region and In upper Alsacc
which gained the Germans nothing
The artillery is active northeast oi
Verdun. where the Germans recently
took a bit Of French territory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10

The local cotton market was some
what stronger today than yesterday,
but in spite of the fact that cotton
buyers were Offering 25 IL and above
there was no rush to sell and large
number Of bales were placed In the
warehouse. Two farmers were heard
1914 crop in storage and they had de-
cided to hold this crop until the early
sellers had gotten rid of their cotton.
The belief Is strong that cotton will
go much higher before spring and
many farmers are I'm position TO
wait until mills need the cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
THE WORLDS SERIES.
Chicago Fans Rejoice in Prospect of
Fine Weather,

Chicago, Oct. 6.-After a night OF
cold rain the skies cleared this morn
ing and the prospects for the first
world series game was fair weather
with temperature about 55 degrees
All night long two or three hundred
some of them women, huddled over
fires or under imprOvised shelters to
be the FIRST to obtain the fifteen thou
sand pavilion and bleacher seats. by
o'clock the line stretched several
blocks. Most fans believd thae Schupp
would pitch for for New York and
Cicotte for Chicago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
PLEA IN FORMER MINISTER.
Not to Send the Drafted Army IN
Europe.

Washington. Oct. 5.-An appeal to
congress to prevent tho sending OF a
drafted army To Europe. on the
sround that II violates the constitu-
ton was received by Vice President
Marshall today from Hannis J. Tay-
lor. former minister to spain, and was
referred to the military committee.
III no constitutional exemption
should he found to exist. then con-
sress. Mr.. Taylor contends. should
pass a Joint. resolution expressly au-
thorizing the sending OF men to Eu-
rope. 40 that the electorate at the next
election may be able to express their
approval or disapproval.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
Presents for Men i'm France Must be
Sent Through Red Cross.

All Christmas presents going to SOL
oiers In France have to be sent
through Red Cross channels and the
Red Cross have issued directions that
such packages must be in the mails by
October 18th. or else delivery at the
front by Christmas can not be prom
ised
Comfort kits are recommended az
acceptable presents to send to tho
msA. Directions for making these
and for what should be placed In them
can be had from Red Cross headouar-
ters.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
Arrived Safely i'm Italy.

Mr.. ID. c. Shaw received a cable
gram today, dated this morning. at a
port IN Italy from his son Erwin. say
ing "Safo. Well" This means that
Erwin Shaw. who is n member Of the
American Aviation Corps. sent abroad
to complete his training. has arrived
safely at his destination.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
FIVE CENT LOAF.
New Style Bread TO be Tried Out

washington. Oct. 8.-The new five-
cent bread loaf. which saves sugar
lard and milk which was adopted after
long experiment by the bureau OF
chemistry. will be tried out in Phil
adeiphia under the direction OF the
bureau. 1t Is attractive to bakers as
1t allows a fair profit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
Supreme Court Orders.

Washington. Oct. S.-The Supreme
Court has agreed to review the feder.
"' decrees which restrained the In
ternational News Service, or Hearst
service. from "pirating" Associated
Press news.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10

washington. Oct. S.-To permit an
early decision the Supreme Court ad-
vanced to December 10th the hearing
OF arguments I'm cases involving the
constitutionaltty OF the selective draft
law.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
MIXING WHITEWASH.
House Committee Makes Slushy Re.
port Oh Helm Charges.

Washington, Oct. 6-The house
committee investigating Representa-
tive Hefin's charges gave it as an
opinion that Hefiin had rendered
himself subject to criticism"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
GREAT APPROPRIATION BILL.
President Wilson Signs Largest Bill I'm
History.

Washington. Oct. 6.-The largest
appropriation bill In the history of the
United states became law when Pres
dent Wilson today signed the urgent
deficiency bill carrying seven billion.
~ ven hundred and hfty-eight million
dollars.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10

washington. Oct. S.-Supreme
Court has agred to expedite the anti
trust case against the United Ma
chinery Co. IL set January 7th ns the
hearing date.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
AMERICAN SHIP LOST.
PatrlO Vessel Founders i'm European
Waters.

Washington. Oct. 6.-An American
patrol ship foundered on October 4th
i'm European waters while on duty
without life loss No details are Civ
EN- in the brief report.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-10
Becswax Wanted.

See me before you sell your wax.
VIII buy 1t for cash at the best cur
rent price.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21
SANTA CLAUS is A FAITH
Take KRIS krlngle Away From Chill.
dren and You Rob Christmas Of
Half Its Joys,

Some very honest people are such
stlcklers for truth That they are con-
cerned about our firm belief In Santa
Claus. Well, II Is II good thing TO
stand up for truth, II we really know
the truth. But we know that n great
many very learned people have been
wrnngllng nbout what truth Is for sew
ernl thousand years, and yet IL does
not seem to be definitely settled. But
for the most OF us truth Is what we
truly believe. II Is the faith that Is IN
us, and Santa Claus Is n faith, II not
n fact, and so we say again that we do
believe In Santa Claus, says an ex.
change.
Take Santa Claus away from the
children and you rob Christmas of half
It's JOY. Grownup though we may be,
we would rather hang up our stocking
1.-THE night before Christmas and find
II bulglng full of gifts In the dim light
Christmas morning, than to have n car
lond come duly tied up and labeled,
and delivered by the mailman. Who
wouldn't? There Is n lure In the mys.
terry OF Santa Claus that has endeared
him TO every childish heart, and 50 do
not take him away until you have
something better to offer.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21
Only Once a Year.

But how seldom Christmas comes
only once a year and how soon It Is
over-a day and u night! If that Is
the whole Of II, II seems not much
more durable thnn the little toys one
buys OF a faker on the street corner.
But surely that need not and ought
not to be tho whole of Christmas; only
a single day Of generosity, ransomed
from the dun servltude Of a selfish
year, II every gift Is n token Of per-
sonal thought, n friendly feeling, and
unsclish interest In the Joy OF others,
then the thought, the feeling, the IN.
%tercst, may remain after the gift II
made.-Ilenry van Dyke.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21
ND there were in the same
country shepherds abiding
in the field, keeping watch
,Var thar Ho,k h,s ut,ht

And 10, the angel Of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory Of
the Lord shown around about them I;
and they were sore afraid.
And the angels said unto them,
Gear not, for, behold, | bring you
good tidings Of great JOY, which
shall be to all people.
"For unto YOU is born this day
in the city Of David, the Savior,
which is Christ, the Lord.
"And this shall be a sign unto
you ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger."
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God and saying,
GLORY TO God in the highest. and
on earth peace, good will toward
lei st. Luke 2:S-14.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21
BY WIN. BRADFORD DICKSON


a. this fair christmastlie,
when JOY bells ring out
The song OF plenty and ring IN
The reign OF peace throughout
This wonderful land 81 ours
The while across the sea
Ola Mother Earth Ia drenched with blood
And hate ~ carnage reign supreme.
while suckiings wall for milk
And children faint for lack Of food;
While strong men fan beside the way
And homeless women kneoi In prayer
] do not ask for gifts
or frankincenae and myrrh.
or gold, OF Ophir or Of either Ind.
OF Jewels rare or priceless merchandise.
or marble halls or vast estates.
Nor cen the costly honng OF mankind;
But this
n.
That I may give each day full meod
Unto the willing mind and heart.
OF light OF Truth and warmth OF Love,
OF mntchleHs skill In comforts art
That magic all transforming touch
which henlH the lepor's spots
And turns 20 naught the wounds and
scars
Deep scared upon the heart OF man
on iife's great battlefield.
That I may bind carth's broken hearts,
Lifting up the dropping heads
OF the oppressed and burdened ones.
That I may plant within young hearts
a deeper longing for The Right
OF mercy for the hapless weak
And those who suffer daily throea
or hunger. pain. diseasc, neglect;
That I may know forgetfulness
For daily sights and wrongs.
That I may hourly grow
In love OF liberty, OF friend and foe.
And an the world
May grow IN love-a fruitful love
For all the beauty and true
In nature. art, the heavenly realm
And for the noble deeds OF all mankind
That I may Ill the widening hours OF
life
with courage. cheerfuiness. and hopei
That / may help my fellow man
Behold the dawn beyond tile night.
The gentle calm beyond the storm.
These are the gifts I crave
Above the blind worlds treasure trove
OF gaud and gilt.
who gives his better self the whole year
through
Gives llfe's own priceless gift 10 all the
world and you-the gift divine.
Chicago Evening Post.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21

81 believe In Christmas Day home
celebrations their frlendliness, their
mystery, their joyous excitement; and
In the feeling OF security and peace
a child hns In the midst of them,
writes a w%ell-known authority. And
/ believe that the memory OF child has
OF them fifty years later should still be
strong and sweet"
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21
Christmas Carols.

Then arose n joyous clamor, from
the wild fowl on the mere, and n voice
within cried, Listen Christmas Gu.
rolls even here Charles Kingsley.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21

81 don't believe In giving expensive
Christmas gifts"
"Nelther do I, but It's a lot of FUN
expecting them"
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-12-21

Some people seem actually proud
of u headache after u New Year ccle-
brutlon."
ut isn't the headache they are proud
Of, but the fact that they had enough
money 10 acquire one"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-14
Shoes

Lot 1-13 pairs $1,000 White Wash
s soIG Kid Lace Special $500
Oelllng ......'.........
Lot 2-11 pairs 800 Chamagne Kid
Lace, Special QS 00
SGlllllS ........ ........!. -
Lot 81 pairs 800 to $3.50 Novelty
Boots, 1917 purchases, QS 00
special selling ............p O"OO
Lot 4-29 pairs Misses $500 Button
Shoes, sizes 3 to 4, 60 00
special selling ........... p~'OO
Lot 5-What remains of White Can
vas Low Shoes, special Ct M
Remember Everything New-Noth-
ing Old
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-14

Towels and
Wash Clothes
Crash Toweling, regular -
zoe yard, Clearance AT
Large Turkish Bath Towels, -
seconds of the sec quality, II
Clearance Price ................~ ~
Odd lot of Wash Cloths,
well worth &c, Clear III
ance Price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Six Wash Cloths in ~
a sanitary package, Clear S0
ance Price ....................A ND
So inch Absorbent Gauze, ~ ~
Clearance Price, ...f. nc
yard ..s.... .'s''''"'s''.'.'.-
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-12-21
DARING STEEPLE JACK RECOV.
Frs HIS LOST NERVES
Tanlac Restored His Digestion; Wife
and Baby Also Find It Good

Il lost my nerve" said C. E. Short.
2524 Harlan Street, Philadelphia. a
steeple- jack, in a recent interview.
MY appetite as well, went back on
me. Dizzy spells from gas on the
stomach after eating often forced me
to stop work at dangerous heights.
My stomach Vas all upset. l lost all
ambition.
"a friend advised me to try Tanlac.
did, and today my nerves are as
strong as they ever were. | eat like
a horse and my food digests right. NV
wife and baby are taking Tanlac with
equal success"
Like Mr.. Short, most men and wo-
men, too, pay too little attention to
their health until they are on the
verge of serious illness. Tanlac is
even more efficient as a preventive
than as a combatant of digestive
troubles that plague so many. By
cleansing the organs it prepares the
way of Nature. Try a bottle OF
Tanlac today and acquire the "stayine
qualities necessary to ~present-day
life. Tanlac is being distributed by
Robbins Pharmacy, Penns Grove
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-12-21
INTERNATIONAL
NNDGYSGIOOL
LESSON
(By T. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 30
~REvIEW-coD's REDEEMINe
LOVE.

LESSON TEXT-Read Psalms 1:23; 1924.
GOLDEN TEXT-With Jehovah there is
loving kindness. and with him is plenteous
redenaption.-Ps 1907.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-27

after having sustained an injury in a
mine of the Delaware and Hudson
company Commissioner Leech up
holds the referee and says: "Whilse
we regard the point in dispute be-
tween the doctors as close and in
teresting medical question we are sat-
isfled that the referee was fully JUS
titled in his finding" which was that
the pneumonia resulted from the in
jury.
The board has approved the new
finding of the referee in the Johnson
Bethlehem Steel case. which estab-
lished the ruling in dependency of q
parent and on which a new hearing
was held and has declared in a claim
from Mexican county that there can
be no compensation for the loss of a
finger because the act proceeds en-
tirely upon the basis of lost compensa-
tion.'
In affirming an award of Compen-
sation board referee, a case of de-
pendency, Chairman Mackey, says
I'VE have at all times been keen to
secure compensation to deserving
claimants through the administration
of this law. but at the same time we
that compensation law is not based
upon charity nor is 1t an insurance
scheme by which those who are in
jured can always be allowed compen-
sation." Judgments. he said, must be
based on substantial testimony and
dependency is question of fact.
In another decision in which testi-
mony was admitted by a referee
against objections by the defendant
the board orders q rehearing
because some objections were
we'll founded in that number of
hearsay statements were admitted in
conjunction with hospital record.
The hospital record is also pronounce
ed to be purely hearsay" In a third
case a new hearing is ordered because
"a full exposition of the truth can in
jure no one.'
The claim of Myers VS.. Wehr, a
Pittsburgh case. was refused because
there was no proof of marriage. The
claimant alleged she was the lawful
wife of man While at work for his
employer, but Commissioner Leech
says that there is no competent evil
denee that the parties ever entered in
to contract of marriage. The Com
missioner says that while there is evil
dence that the parties lived together,
there is no proof of reputation OF
marriage
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-27
DISTINCTION TO
BE- CONSIDERED
Law Does Not Intend Fine
Points 10 Be Raised Against
Worthy Claimants

The State Compensation Board, in
an opinion by Chairman Mackey,
has dismissed the appeal of the Le-
high and New England railroad in
the claim of Clair E. Hayden, Pen
Argyll, who suffered an injury to an
eye which was SO severe that the doc
tors claimed that if his other eye was
destroyed he would be able to see
very imperfeetly. The testimony was
that to get anything like use of the
injured eye the good eye would have
to be lost.
"The workmen's compensation act
never contemplated such fine distinc-
tions," says the chairman. "A care
full reading of this testimony is abso-
lutely convincing that this claimant
has lost the use of his eye and ought
to be compensated. 1t is not within
the spirit of tho law that in the inter-
probation of this act we should apply
any unnatural meaning to it's Ian
guage in order to defeat it's plain
provisions"
In the case of Frank Alamboski,
Parsons, who died from pneumonia
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-27
V-69 HIT FAIR
EARLY IN FIGHT
Steering Gear Damaged Caus
ing Vessel TO Ram Other
Boats

Berlin, Wednesday,. Jan 24.-By
Wireless, Jan. 26.-Details of the en-
eagcment between the German tor
pedoboat flotilla and British light
naval forces on the morning of Janu-
airy Il are given to-day in an .Over-
seas News Agency announcement.
Immediately after the beginning
of the engagement which took place
in darkness" says the agency state
ment, 1.-The commanders boat, the V
SO, received full hit on the bridge.
The commander of the flotilla, captain
of Corvette Max Schultz, who always
had commanded his flotilla with cour-
age and success was killed as were
two other officers and some men. The
steering gear was damaged, causing
collision with other boats. The V
81, in Il badly damaged condition, en-
tered the Dutch port of Ymuiden
without being molested by the enemy.
The boat rammed by the V-69,
Notwithstanding the damage sus-
tanned, continued to participate in the
combat and inflicted heavy damage on
a British destroyer by ramming it.
Later Il German who recognized the
destroyer stated that it was in a sink
ing condition. The German torpedo
boat, although its speed had been di-
minished by the collision with the V
60 and by ramming the British de-
stroyer, succeeded in reaching a Ger
man base unhindered by the enemy.
"A third German boat in the dark
ness encountered numerous hostile
torpedoboat destroyers. Entering into
action, it sank large hostile de-
stroyer by discharging torpedo at
short range. Owing to the superior
forces of the enemy, this boat with
drew from the fight and arrived in
port undamaged and unmolested by
the enemy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-27
Turks Must Be Driven
From Europe, Bryce Says

London, Jan. 27.-The demand for
the expulsion of the Turk from Eu-
rope, included among the terms in the
Entente Allied note in reply to Presi-
dent Wilson, is justified by Lord
Bryce in his views on that phase of
the entente reply
This is the first time the former
Ambassador to the United States has
appeared in connection with the peace
discussion, for, while he has been
carefully considering President Will
sons moves and the responses made
to them, he has refrained from any
utterance on the subject.