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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
What Officers Learn i'm the Training
Camps.

The first months infantry course
consisted Of the usual drill in close
and open order, manual of arms, mus
kerry training, physical drill, sema-
phore and flag signaling, and hayonet
and saber drill. In addition 10 the
books covering these subjects, the
men also studied the Manual Of
Court Martial" Small Problems for
Infantry and manual Of Interior
Guard Duty" The care of equipment,
organization Of the regiment, and
other branches of the military art
evening conferences. In the second
period of training, all the phases of
actual warfare in Europe will be real
istically taken up. Conditions of
trench warfare will be accurately re-
produced, the men taking their turns
i'm dugOuts and on firing lines, and
learning all about grenade and gas at
tacks,. both offensive and defensive,
barbed-wire entanglements, machine
gun work, night attacks and trench
raids, to the paniment of star
shells, and all the other paraphernalia
Of modern warfare, with n three-day
period of war manueuvers to finish up.
The courses are designed to develop
the men as instructors, managers and
leaders. They are subjected to the
same drills and individual training
that they will be called on to give as
officers, and must submit to the same
discipline and rigid attention to detail
that they will have to exact i'm turn
from those under them. They are
living the same mode of life that their
future subordinates will have to live,
with added instruction in the proper
method of supplying, messing, admin
istering and disciplining organiza-
tions, and caring for the welfare and
comfort of their men. Leadership is
being developed by giving every man
by turns an opportunity to command
various company units in field work.
From Making Officers for our New
Army" by William Menkel in the
American Review of Reviews for July,
1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
RELIEVED TO BE- RAIDER.
Spectiier British Vessel Escapes From
Supposed German.


An Atlantic Port. July 22.-The
presence OF strange vessel. believed
to be German raider. due west from
the Spanish coast and two-thirds of
the way across the Atlantic from Eu-
rope. was reported by British freight
steam ship which escaped from the
unidentified craft and arrived here to-
day.
Officers Of the British vessel de-
scribed the stranger as bark-rigged,
with four masts and a smoke stack
rising between the mizzen masts. She
was steering northwest at seven knots
an hour when sighted early on July
IL. and bore down on the freighter
The latter outdistanced the supposed
raider after a brief chase.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25

a. G. Spears, Jr., ianitor at the
postofticc, was painfully injured Fri
day afternoon by Il fall from n step
ladder while washing the windows i'm
the lobby. When ne fell from the
ladder he struck his back against the
corner OF desk and was severely
bruised. The fall rendered him un-
conscious and he was still confined to
bed Saturday afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
CLOTHING STORE LEAGUE.
The Sumter Clothing Co. Defeats
StubbS Bros,

In the best game of the present
League the Sumter Clothing Co, down
cd Stubbs Bros. by Il score of to G.
Lloyd COthran and Willie Barrett
were the opposing pitchers COthran
pitching for the Sumter Clio. Co. had
the edge on the other side. But in
the ninth with the score : to . Geo.
Wray with two strikes on him put the
ball up Church street for "A homer
Bert DeLOrmc secured three two base
hits. G. Wilder brought i'm two runs
with two Dagger in the sixth.
The whole game was very thrilling
ana the score was tie ut several
times. No one knew who was going
to have the big end of the score un-
til the last man was out.
Cumter Clio Co. .O03 120 12X-9
StuDbs Bros -. .O01 021 lot
Umpire Mcknight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
How tn Fighters viii be ProvisIoned.

: Uncle Sam has written generous
menus for his lighting men on land
and sea and II the regulations which
he has prescribed are followed his SOL
dtsrs and sailors need never 20 hun
gy. He provides approximately rs
cents day TO buy food for each one
Of his soldiers and like allowance
q made for his sailors. says the Popu-
lar Science Monthly for July. To the
housekeeper who has to contend with
wartime prices of foodstuffs. this sum
seems entirely inadequate. but II must
b remembered that Uncle Sam buys
his supplies In ton lots and not by the
pound.
The fixed allowance or portion OF
food furnished a soldier or sailor each
day In called a ration. II consists of
specified components or substitutive
articles. There may be an over Is
sue Of any ration component. provid-
ed there In an under issue or equal
value of their components; but the
total cost OF a mans rations at the
end Of a month must not exceed the
average OF the daily allowances for
that period
In garrison or permanent camp. n
soldiers allowance Of food consists OF
the following components and guam
titles. or specified quantities OF sub
stitutes: Beef. 20 or: -four, Is or. /,
baking powder. 8 o.; beans. "a or. !;
potatoes. ~ o.: beans. 1.2s or. !:
coffee. LIZ oz.: sugar. SO o.; evap-
Grated milk. 6 or: vinegar .16 gill;
salt. 90 or: black pepper. .Oi OF. !;
cinnamon. .o15 o.: lard. "a o.; but
ter. q or: syrup. .32 gill. and flavor
Ing extract. .014 on. A number OF
substitutive articles are provided
for each OF the ration components.
For instance. instead OF the 20 ounces
OF beef. a like quantity OF mutton may
be supplied or 12 ounces OF bacon,
1s " canned meat. IL OF dried fish
or other meat substitutes. Instead OF
the bean component. lie ounces OF
either rice or hominy may be sup
piled. Prescribed quantities OF dried
apples or peaches or OF jam and
preserves may be substituted for the
prunes The reaerva rattan La tosa
varied.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
KERENSKY GOES TO FRONT.
russian Premier Hopes to Arouse
Troops.

London. July 22.-Premier Keren-
SKY has again started for the front at
the Instance of the central committee
OF soldiers and workmen's delegates.
according to "a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd.
Dispatches from Galicia state the
breach I'm the Russian line Is eight
miles wide and ten miles deep.
The Bourse Gazette says that at n
meeting of delegates from regiments
at the front II was resolved that il
has become imperative To turn over
all authority to NJ. Kerensky.
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Mr.. A. G.. Warren was painfully
bruised Saturday afternoon by being
knocked down on Main street by an
automobile driven by Philip Booth,
Jr. The accident occurred at an hour
when the street was very much con-
gested by traffic, and Mr.. Warren, who
was riding a bicycle, attempted to
turn across the street to get to the
sidewalk, and was struck by the car.
The car was moving at a slow speed
and was we'll under control, otherwise
Mr.. Warren would have been more Sc
riously injured. He was picked up
and carried into the Carolina Furni-
ture store and then taken to the hos
pital. According to Mr.. Warren's
statement Immediately after the acci-
dent, it was due to the fact that he
did not realize that the car was fol-
lowing him SO closely at the time he
attempted to ride in toward the curb
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New Honey.

1 am now extracting the new crop
of honey and am selling at the old
price, 35 cents per quart, on draught,
or in glass jars, As cents per quart.
Have limited supply of white
comb honey in sections, about one
pound. that 1 am selling at 20 cents
per section.
Send to my residence, 800 West
Hampton Avenue or Phone No. 2.
N. G. OSTEEN.
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WHY FRANCE NEEDS Am.
Approaching J Fixhaastion OF Man
Power of the Country.


written by ]. Iothrop stoddard, Au-
vtheF OF Present Day Europe.D
The spirit of France In magnificent,
incqnparablc. What is lacking is
men. 1t In no exaggeration to say
that France IN bleeding to death. The
tragic effects OF the national hem.
orrhase are. becoming increasingly
patent with every passing day. Since
the beginning OF the war France must
ha lost over 5000. 900 men. There
cannot be more than 1.boO. 900 French
men left who are fit to bear arms. and
of these 250.000 are In mhnition fac
tories and other indispensable civilian
postA while fully $4,000 are at Salon
ica or In the colonies. This leaves
little moro than 1000. 900 soldiers for
The battle lines In northeastern France.
OF course every year brings It's fresh
crop Of youth. but the annual French
military class 10 less than s0Q 900. and
the class OF 1913 Is already with the
oolora France has done her very best
she has given her hearts blood to
the cause Of liberty. She will be able
to hold . diminishing portion of ths
western front--but that is all. :
The internal condition Of france Is
- might be expected. critical The
complete absence OF the able bodied
men has profoundly disorganixed both
her Industrial and her agricultural life.
True. the women Of France are show
ing . spirit fully the equal of their
mems. but all the spirit In the world
VIII not make up for inferior strength
anA relative lack Of staying power
IN hard manual labor. The fields of
yfancs are therefore inefYiciently TIN
"a. while many lines OF industry are
heps,ss.iy handicapped.
In fact French industry was dealt
: body blow at the very start of the
war The majority OF Frances coal
ana iron mines and the chief indus
trial centers lie in the east and north,
and most Of these therefore fell a prey
to the German invader. Hence. France
has been compelled to import most OF
~ iron and coal--a herculean task.
especially now that water transporta-
tion = becoming such a difficult prob
lsR owing to the German u-boats'
fsightful depletion Of the shipping of
the world.
Tnus France struggles herolcally on.
her manhood drained away to the
iettle lines: behlnd. a land OF old
men, children and women in mourn
M toqtng herolcaIly at tasks beyond
16lr afenSth. And With all this.
Gsvsly = nurmusi yHsrs and there
3 - mint hearts or cosmopolitan
9ociallsts may murmur hints OF a
eenPromiss peace, hut such whispers
are drowned in the sterner cry. "Jus-
eu'au bout!"---To the end!"
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South America and the War.


There is additional evidence almost
every day that South American coun-
tries are in sympathy with the United
States and the Entente Allies. And
there are some indications that they
will eventually show hostility toward
Germany by concerted action. They
see the cynical insincerity of Ger
manys official message. Some time
ago the Berlin government sent to
Buenos Aires an expression of regret
on account of the sinking Of an Ar
gentine ship. But on the 9Th inst.
the submarines sank another Such
treatment does not tend to confirm
expected that when our warships, so
gladly received by Brazil, arrive at
Buenos Aires they will be heartily
welcomed and have all the privileges
of nOnbelligerents. There is no room
for doubt rs to the attitude of Brazil.
She has seized forty interned Ger
man ships, and probably they will be
used, by agreement with our govern
ment, to release others which are re-
quired for service between our ports
and Europe. Germany" her foreign
minister says, has declared war on
all neutrals."
Uruguay, in full sympathy with
Brazil has decided to open her ports
to our warshps. Her government
seeks war union of all the nations
of this hemisphere. In it's note to
Brazil, expressing approval Of that
country's course it said:
The government of Uruguay reiter-
ates it's very earnest desire to see
the American countries, i'm collective
and actual cooperation, adopt Joint
policy which will find expression in
lawful forms or in practical methods,
to the end that these countries, united
as they are by everlasting bonds Of
democracy and identical conceptions
OI justice ana llDerty, may achieve
solidarity beneficial to all. The prin-
ciples and the interests involved
logically demand for the efficiency
of the forms and methods above
referred to, and the free development
of the countries-in the hight OF the
appalling events which move the
world-a close union of action, so that
any act perpetrated against one OF
the countries in violation of the pre-
ceptS of international law as univer-
sally recognized, shall constitute an
offense against all of them, and con-
sequently cause common re-
action i'm ALL
BY forming such q union as Uru-
quay suggests. the South American
nations can shorten the war. We
hope to hear that statesmen i'm the
southern continent are moving to Sc
cure concerted action. The opportu-
nifty waits for leadership.-New York
Times
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Premier Kerensky. as minister of
war; personally led the Russian often
sive which began on July 1 and swept
everything before 1t until some of the
regiments became mutinous and re.
fused to obey orders. IL evidently is
the hope of the central committee
that he may again instill the lighting
spirit into the soldiers.
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HELP TIE RAILROADS.
Public Should Make No Demands That
Will Interfere With Winning The
War.

washington, July :3.-Thc Rail
roads War Board has addressed "A
plea to public service commissions ana
MI state. county ana municipal au-
thoritics throughout the United States.
urging cooperation with the railroads
In II suspension during the period of
the war Of "all efforts not designed to
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-25
Something New In Novols.

wv" ~ NVNOi0s
have an idea for O novel," said
Mr. Penwiggle. What is it?" "A
very large volume thlckly upholstered.
When y0 get sleepy after reading a
few page. you can use II for sofa
pillow"
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BeeswaS Wanted.

See me before you sell your wax.
win buy II for cash at the best cur
rent price.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-17

clear sailing with Marie. You're a
great one to spout about honor
You'll go and blat to her about this. -
You know very well I cannot do
that. Yet if you refuse to give me
your word, 1 shall feel justified in
telling Dupont my reason for ordering
you off the reservation
Vandervyn burst into a cynical
laugh. DO you think Jake's the sort
to care.
when the happiness of his daugh-
ter is at stake
Precisely. He thinks I'm her one
best chance.
Very we'll" replied Hardy. Since.
like this poor girls, her natural
guardian is unfit, my position as acting
agent requires me to take his place.
My appeal to you as a gentleman hav-
ing failed. 1 must conclude that you
are not a gentleman. 1 shall be COM
PEELED to disclose this incident to Miss
Dupont. You shall be escorted of the
reservation under arrest
You'll order me" cried Eandervyn,
and again he bent forward as if TO
leap at his rival. Hardy stoot cold
and mOtiOnless in the dim starlight.
The younger man checked himself.
His voice shook with suppressed an
ger: You've got the drop on me now.
Wait till we hear from Washington. !"
Until I am relieved from my pres
ent detail, 1 shall consider myself the
guardian of everyone and everything
belonging to the tribe" stated Hardy.
There followed a silence of several
moments duration, in which Wander
vyn must have found time to reflect.
He drew back a step or two, lit his
pipe, and at last remarked in a some
what forced tone of Cancellation: Il
see you're like an army mule-nO use
trying TO bulge you when you balk. I
give you my word to act as a gentle
man in this affair."
Every well" replied Hardy.
Eandervyn started OF, sucking at
his pipe. Hardy turned about, and
locked the door on the outside with
the heavy paddock that hung loose in
the jamb staple He put the key in his
pocket, and walked around the cabin
20 make certain that there were no
other openings larger than the narrow
crevices OF the lOOphoIes.
When he returned to the tree. he
found Yandervyn already outstretched.
He picked up his blankets and moved
down the slope, to spend the night in
the more cOngenial company OF the
two remaining Indian policemen.
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Movement of Formulation.

Emigration from the eastern states
10 the middle West began in a small
way soon after the close OF the Revo-
IUtiOnary war. but was not large till
after the admission of Ohio as a state
in 1903 In 1900 the government
adopted the system OF selling public
land In Ohio on credit and thus start
ed a current OF emigration TO Ohio
which soon made it a state and over
flowed into Indiana Old letters writ
ten from towns in Massachusetts,, New
York and Pennsylvania describe the
roads leading west as thrOnged with
large covered wagons filed with PEG
pie and household goods, moving 10
the Ohio" An Englishman who came
West IN 1916 wrote: In passing
through the upper parts Of Virginia
observed a great number OF farms that
had been abandoned, on many Of
which good houses had been erected.
andPfne apple and peach orchards had
been planted On inquiring the resI-
son. 1 was always informed that the
owners had gone TO the western cOHn-
try. From the New England states tlI,.
enigrafiOns are still more numerous
They mostly cross the Hudson river
between Albany and Newburg. and
must pass through Cayuga on their
way 10 Pittsburgh was informed
by an inhabitant OF Cayuga in April.
1916. that more than 1000 wagons
had passed over the bridge at that
place within the last IS months. con-
taIning eInigrants TO the western eOun-
Try"
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a iow-growing tree. and soon both
were seemingly fast asleep
After several minutes Vandervyn
spoke to his companion in a low tone.
Hardy did not answer Vandervyn
/ drew out his pipe and struck a match.
he held the flame above Hardy's face
The eyes were closed, and the severe
nalf-melancholy expression of the
harsh features was relaxed as If in
heavy slumber.
Nandervyn extinguished the match,
and slipped out of his blankets. Noise
iesSly he crept down to the cabin
ana around to the door. 1t was barred
or the inside. He tapped on it.
There was a sliding sound within
the cabin, and the heavy door began
to swing inward. Vandervyn put his
foot on the threshold to enter. At
the same moment sinewy hand
gripped his shoulder and jerked him
away. He cursed, and clapped his
hand to his holster as he whirIed
about 1t was empty. He bent for
ward TO spring at the dark form in
the half-Open doorway
Stand backI'' came the stern COM
mand- Il have your revolver Oinna.
close the door,"
The door swung shut In the tense
silence the rattle of the bar as it shot
back into its socket was distinct. Van
dervyn's teeth ground together
You = straight-Iaced prigi" he
choked out. Get away from herel
I'm going in
Suppose L do not choose to give it?''
Then 1 will protect her by ordering
you TO leave the reservation as fast
as you can travel"
I See" tainted Vandervyn. ''You
want TO get rid of me. so you can have
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CTo BE CONTINUED3
VICTORY FOR FUTURIST ART
Painter Found Himself Famous at Mo-
ment When He Feared That All
Was Lost

Rafhsbane HummOck struggled
wearily up the nineteen flights OF
stairs TO his draughty garrett studio.
No food had passed his lips that day
except twenty hard-boiled eggs and
six cans Of spoiled sardines originally
packed in lard.
Il was a brute TO marry Emmaline
before 1 was able to provide for her"
he thought bitterly. NO man ought
to marry on less than an assured in
come Of four dollars and fifty a week.
L wonder If the eXpressman has come
10 take 'Skeehaw Bridge in a Drizzle'
to the Futurist exhibition If that. my
masterpiece, fails to win prize. fear
we all must starve or eat sauerkraut
all winter
The first thing that met his ey@he
had but one left-when he entered the
studio was 'Skeehaw Bridge in q
Drizzle''
The expressman came and took
away the picture" his wife told him
right One-the little square canvas one
the little square canvas in the cor
ner? These futurist things all look
so alike"
HummOck buried his SCARED fea-
lures in his unwaShed hands
You gave them that old fiawed can
vas 1 gave the baby to daub orr he
mOaned- I'VE are ruinedl Ruined ]"
But at that moment a messenger boy
arrived with a telegram from the
judges It read:
First Driza of % cents for ,-or.r
canvas without title. We have taken
the liberty OF naming 1t Opening Oys-
tiers in the Cleaning as that was so
obviously your subject"
Hammock rushed out with a glad
yell to buy a lemOn--Detroit Free
Press
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MUSIC ROLLS QUICKLY MADE
Useful Machine Designed Especially
for the Use of Retail Dealers
Recently Put on the Market

Designed especially for the use OF
retail dealers. a compact machine that
perfOrates music rolls for use in play
er pianos is being introduced The ap-
paratus is described in the Popular
Mechanics Magazine. 1t Is capable OF
making from one TO 10 records at q
time from sheet music, and viii also
turn out copies OF any standard roll
Its operation is said to be so simple
that satisfactory work can be done by
persons who are not musicians. The
particular advantage OF the machine
seems TO be that II enables q small
dealer TO ell his customers orders
promptly without having TO carry q
large. expensive stock It also ObEf-
ates the Inconvenience that confront
patrons when special orders have 70
be mailed TO a factory before their
wants can be supplied Since 10 sheets
can be perforated simultaneously, a
dealer in making a roll 10 order has an
opportunity TO add 10 records to his
stock with no expense other than the
bare cost OF the paper and spoOls-
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CHAPTER XIV.
In White and Black.


In the morning Oinna did not show
herself outside the cabin, though
Hardy called a kindly good morning
to her Her brother, with one arm
carefully bandaged and in a sling,
brought out the breakfast that she
cooked. He looked so weak and IN
steady that Hardy at once assented
when he mumbled that he wished to
go back to bed and rest until the
council
You must have your wits about
you this time" added Hardy. What
ever the cause OF the misunderstood
ing at the first council, il must not
recur. You are too careless in your
interpretations. Inform your sister
that she is TO be present shall re-
quire her TO check you"
Would you make a girl as shy as
she is stand up in a tribal council
and interpret" demonstrated Wander
EyD, as Redbear SUNK around the end
Of the cabin
The presence OF her grandfather
VIII give her courage, replied HARDY.
1T is necessary that she should Be
present I % not trust either she
ability OF the honesty OF her brother.
VanderTyn shrugged, and said no
more Half an hour or 50 later be
asked permission to use Hsrdx's pen
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MOTHER! LOOK At
CHILD'S TONGUE
If cross, feVeriSh, constipated,
give California Syrup
of FIGS"

A laxative today saves & sick child
tomorrow. Children simply viii not
take the time from play TO empty their
bowels, which become elogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour
Look at the tongue. mother II coat
ed. or your child is HstIess, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full Of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give
teaspOonful Of California Syrup OF
Figs" then don't worry, because It is
perfectly harmless. and in a few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste viii gently
move out Of the bowels, and you have
a we'll. playful child again A thor
Ough inside cleansing is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware OF counterfeit fig syrups-
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle OF
California Syrup Of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.