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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Hun SHELLS oApTUREI
Immense Stores Taken by Americans
in Forest.

With the American army on the
Aisne-Marne front, July 80, by An1eri-
can Press.-The tremendous stores Of
German ammunition found by the
Fr&nco-American troops in the for
ests OF Eere and Ris leads officers to-
believe that the allied offensive nip
ped IN the bud German plans for
monentous drive upon Epernay.
The forests and the surrounding
country north Of the Marne were viz
tually one. great arsenal for German
ammunition Of all kinds, big gun
shells being particularly numerous.
At places on the edges Of the woods
there were large shells stacked like
cordwood over large areas.
Thousands of these shells were in-,
tended for the German 210-millimetre
guns. only a few Of which have heen
captured The Americans assume the
Germans withdrew many of these
guns and others intended for the
great drive, had not yet arrived when
the allied offensive began. All
through the forests the Americans
came upon ammunition depots, vt
some places more than an acre eHf
ground being covered with shells Of
all calibres Some Of the smaller
shells were labelled For immediate
use Along the roads everywhere,
ard even in the open places. the shells
were camoufaged with limbs OF, trees.
From the roadway skirting the Tor.
est in every patch of wood Shells
wee visible. Every clump OF trees
or shrubbery sheltered shells OF va
rious calibres. Some depots were d7f3
voted entirely 10 big shells and othef
exclusively to Drojectiles of smaller
sizes. including gas shells, high ex-
plosive projectiies and cartridges for
machine guns ard rifles. From the
roadwaN-s near the forests edges miles
after miles of eases Of rife cartridges
were seer winding in and out and
following TIE tree lires like fences.
The allies are planning = systeEla-
TIED assembly Of the shells for use
l;.ter against the Germans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
War Prc:itecrs Everywhere.

Buenos Aires June 30.-Argentin;t
although not in the war IS suffering IL
material consequences, as evidenced
by the constantly increasing cost Of
living. scarcity OF work, lowering O.
wages, development of trusts. cor
nering Of articles of consumption. and
extensive private speculation in pub
lic necessities. The government is be-
ing urged TO adopt emergency me.ts-
ures similar to those pursued by
other countries where the War pro
cluced such conditions. 1t has been
suggested that special committees b
appointed by the State to intervene.
Or that additional powers be extend
ed to those branches OF the public
administration. such as sthe police.
hygiene labor. which from the natura
of their functions are best equipped
for coping with the evils. Compact
son of prices Of various articles OF
prime necessity in force last year wit!
those ruling tod;ly indicate that
I.1any increases may not be attrihutcd
directly to the wal. but rather to arti-
fcial factors enSendered by spccuia-
ton. price juggling ard cornerirs ai
supplies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
NO MORE HoBoEs.
Work or Fight Order Has Weedcd
Them Out.

St; Paul, July 29.-War has viz
tually blotted out the grimy trail OF
the professional tramp in the North
west, according to railroad officers
and officials of states from Minnesota
TO the Western coast.
The Northwestern tier Of states
long the summer playground OF the
box car transient, have so vigorously
enforced the work or fight order
and other war measures that the
tranaps who formerly appeared IN
droves after having wintered IN the
cities, have been reduced 20 few
lonely stragglers.
And the demand for labor is so
keen that town policemen and village
constables are quick to draft these
stragglers and put them to work de-
clared an official of Il railroad with
headquarters here.
The armed guards about railroads
yards, bridges and tunnels have also
been a thorn in the side of the care
free wandcrer He is in constant
danger OF becoming a target while
ioatinS around his old haunts.'
In past years tonws wnic3 were the
headquarters OF farm laborers were
packed with professional gamblers,
gunner and thugs who devised vari-
Gus schemes OF fleeing the worker OF
his money They mingled with the
men. wore the clothes Of the worker
and could be weeded out by officers
only with difficulty.
The war has. in the opinion OF the
authorities, sounded the death kneli
Of tnis small army which annually
reaped a golden harvest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Decide fc Yourself!

The State does not say and has not
said the man who votes for G. L.
Blease for senator is 6isloyal. The
State says nothing Of the kind--but
the people ask these questions Of all
voters:
Do you believe that in the sight of
the Almighty. President Woodrow
Wilson and the majority in congress
will be answerable for the killing OF
every American off OF American sol.
in this war ''aS an unwarranted sacri-
fee of fresh young American man
hood?"
That Mr. .Blease said in his Pomaria
speech about four months after the
United States entered the war, and he
reaffirmed the Pomaria speech at Yor:.
June 20, 1918.
Do you believe that the United
States would not have been in this
war but for English money? That
Mr.. Blease said in his Filbert speech.
Are you unable to see any just o.
righteous reason why the United
States was plunged into this war
That Mr. Blease said as to himself III
the Charleston American long after
the war began.
Would you, if you had the power.
displace every officer, executive, judi
cial and legislative. who had a pat -
bringing the United States to recoy-
milton of the state of war with Ger
many? That Mr. Blease said he woulG
do if he had the power, about four
months after we had entered the war.
1t is for you to decide for yourself
whether or not you can support can
ditlate for senator who holds these
opinions and at the same time suppor;
your government.
The State has merely printed the ex-
pressions of Mr.. Blease as they We're
reported By his own newspaper. Il
you think you can vote for Mr.. Blease
without indorsing what he says. Ii
you think you can separate your can
didate from his declared principles
when you cast YOUR ballot, that is yonr
affair.
One thing is certain: You can't vo:c
for Dial. Pollock, Bcnct or Rice with
out indcrsing Woodrow Wilson and thr
majority in congress and the Amc"i
can cause You can't vote for any tsy'
OF them without thereby sending to
the boys in France the message that
you ut home arc supporting thcm.-
! The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
THE PRICE OF COTTON.
The Only Reasonable Plan is to Keep
Some of it OFF the Market.

To the Editor of The Item:
From a sick room l have tried to
keep up with the plans for cotton. Our
panic stricken friends are doing more
damage than all other agencies. IN
the first place a bumper crop can not
be picked out and much of it will be
in the fields when .plowing COR another
crop. Much of the last crop was not
picked until March.
Then we are depending on brok-
en- stick, if we wait for the govern
nent to organize a cotton corpora
ton to take over the surplus. The
only remedy that I have seen was
suggested by your fellow townsman,
a1r. w. \. Rowman, to retire 10 OF
the crop and reduce acreage next
year. This campaign should be vls-
orously prosecuted. We will get more
money for 2-3 Of the crop than Tor
3-3 and we will have the other l." to
supply the shortage that is bound TO
come when exports become normal
again. Who should be the gamer
the farmers who grow the cotton. or
spectators who buy up from strand
ed farmers and then sell to anxious
buyers?
This is a common sense proposition
and should be given the widest p1lD-
licity. It should be done now. II w
do it, not a bale need be sold undei'
35c. unless we just insist on giving Ii
away. If ,wo bales will sell for more
than three then why sell the third !.
Keep it. Keep it, to look at. DO no
use it, as a basis of credit, for tnat
Will impair it's ownership and WI
lower the price Of the other two.
Let US be assets Of the I nite''
States government and rot liabilities
We can # we will.
+. w. Dabhs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Hunting Submarines.

London, July IA (ErlllSn NlTeIS'oS
Sci elvice)-A sea sport which has arls-
Ell out of the war-huntlng German
submarines by airship-is described
in The Times. The writer's story con-
cludes with telling how the crew OF
the u-boat apparently preferred death
to being captured.
One of the crew of an airship spot
ted a submarine lying on the bed Of
the ocean, in fairly shallow water.
The wireless sparked" reads the
account in The Times, and soon away
on the horizon there appeared a lit
tie destroyer. followed far astern by
four squat trawlers. all racing toward
the spot above which the airship
cruised around.
"The destroyer came up first, OF
course, and it was rot lonS before,
guided by wireless instructions, her
guns were trained in readiness to
greet the unsuspecting u-boat should
it bob to the surface. 1t seemed ages
to the impatient crew before the
trawlers arrived, but things moved
rapidly once they were at the scene
of action, for they knew their job of
old.
working in pairs they approach
ed their victim from opposite direc-
tions, steaming toward each other.
Between each pair a strong sweep
was stretched and allowed to hang in
a huge loop that it might traverse the
seabed. The vessels met and crossed
each others tracks Immediately above
the doomed craft. The sweeps Of
either pair engaged, the u-boat fore
and aft simultaneously and held her
in /, gigantic cradle,
Thus far the German boat had
shown no signs of alarm although
those with her must have heard the
churning of the trawlers' screws. Now
she suddenly seemed to awake to the
menace that threatened her" The
article goes on to describe the fate Of
the submarine. "She wriggled and
squirmed about in a frantic endeavor
to escape but it was useless. Not
loophole was there to be found, and
at length, realizing the helplessness
VI llC1 plight, S11C SOCSSo W SS1 066 biz"
This fact was duly wirelessed by those
on board the airship to the destroyer
below. Trapped securely, the enemE
vessel could still rise to the surface
did she so desire, and, to give her an
to do so, the British craft
now waited for several minutes. She
preferred to lie still; and so, at a flag
ged signal from the destroyer, the
starboard foremost trawier and tn:
port aft one attached a tin of high ex-
plosives to each of the cradle wires
and allowed it to slide downwards un-
til it rested upon the u-boat's hui.
Then those in the airship tagged
signal and upon the two trawlers two
firing keys were pressed.
Followed then the uprising Of 4
geyser of water, and when the troa
bled ocean became calm, Of the sub
marine there was no trace other than
an extensive patch of oil floating up
on the surface of the sea-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
a Cal! to Putty.

From the battleGelds in France
there comes an unspokea call that
should lind an answer in every
Americans heart. The recent great
events in Europe. the successes OF
American arms on the fields OF France
should spar every American to great
er effort.
our people at home should not rest
On The laurels OF our soldiers in
France. Every death on the field Of
honor in the line OF duty and for our
coun;rys cause should be 4 call to us
COR every sacrifice and every eNertion
to aid the cause for which our SOL
,;ie.S are fighting. for which our SOL
dierS have died
Increase production. decrease con-
sumption. save. and lend to the gov
ernNent. Every cent lent to the
nite, States is used to support.
strengthen and aid soldiers in
France.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
ASK \ RURAL POLICEMAN.
Pcevish Correspondent Makes In
quiry That Only Law Officers Can
Answer.

To The Item:
AS citizen Of Sumter, / would like
to ask through your columns why it is
that most all automobile owners OF
the city had to secure State license
tags by certain date, while there are
a few that are constantly using the
streets of Sumter with yellow" tags
still affixed to their cars and continue
to do so with seemingly no degree Of
concern for either State or city law
forbidding the use Of same?
Why are some car owners given
such wanton freedom along this line?
What is true along this line is also
true concerning speeding.
Please inform us. if possible, why
such conditions exist, for we are all
supposed to be law-abiding citizens.
"One Who Wants information
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Ar individual Matter.
(Nevberry Observer

llr. Richards boasted at Walhall;t
On TUESDAY, when the question OF
loyalty-not his loyalty, however
was being discussed on the stand
that he has ''one son and three neph-
evs'' in the war.
That is something K proud OF:
but the question Of loyalty is a very
personal one There is no vicarious
service in this war. Whatever credit
and honor belongs 10 a soldier is his.
AID his alone Il proves he is loyal
and patriotic. but not that anyone
else Is
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
just Like Blcas@.

Up in New York man named
Hears; is going TO run for governor
Yes he is The fellow who owns sever
81 yellow newspapers which have an
unsavory reputation. Hearst is anofn-
er fellow WHO was pro-Germ3n De
fore this country Went into the war
and even &fter the United States de-
cared war. but is now hoWhnS NM
self black IL the face in t:le 10
convince the country OF MS y
!,ucN Hill Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
THE NEED OF NURSES.
A Message From Surgeon General
Gorgas to The Young Women of
The United States.


The United States.
II want every young woman in the
country every woman between 19 and
and 35, to read carefully what 1 have
to say, and to give it earnest atten-
tion. 1t is a message which everF
girl ought to welcome because it tells
al an opportunity to help the gov
ernment.
The army and the country face a
strong shortage Of nurses.
The army alone will require some
thing like twenty-five thousand nurs-
es by the first Of next January. We
have abou. thirteen thousand Of this
number We need twelve thousand
more We have got to have them OF
the army will run short, and this
would be an outcome increditable ao1
ir.tolerable to the American people.
Only graduate nurses who have tn,
full course Of training are available
fer this high service. These nurses
have to be taken out Of the hospitals
and from care of sick at home. This
means that when we recruit our full
quota for the army, their places in
civil life must be filled. Hence this
call for student nurses, to fill the w
cancies prepare for professional ser
vice, and meanwhile to make it pos
s:ble for our hospitals. both civil and
military, to carry on, and for the
American people to hold the health
standards of the country as high as
they can.
If / were young woman and want
ed to do my country the greatest ser
vice in my power, would go at once
to the nearest recruiting station OF
the Woman's Committee Of the Coun-
Gil of National Defense and enroll IN
the United States Student Nurse Re-
serve. This enrolment would at once
make me a candidate for any army
nursing school or for one Of the civil
ian nursing schools. I cannot COZ
ceive of more valuable service, a
more womanly service. can give
every girl Who enrolls il this reserve
ny. personal assurance that she is
making herself count, and I should
lie ashamed Of any wolnaES~who dbl
not lend with all of her heart and
soul to make herself count in the de-
feat Of Germany.
(signed) W. c. Gorgas,
Surgeon General, United States Army.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03

The anti-loafing ordinance enact@''
about TWO weeks ago BY City Eounci..
under the provisions Of which al aplc
Bodic,l men are required 10 engage
IN so!ae useful occupation has had 4
most lonelicial effect upon the labo:
situation in this city. TIL" lu'nhef
mills and other industries that nave
been shor. of Labor for months h;Ne
jc Ioafers have sought and ohta!hc;l
regular employment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Governor Manning has issued

Governor Manning has issued g
parole during good behavior to Pfinins
McAdams of Charleston county con-
victed in 1888 Of burglary and larcen..
and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The attention Of the pardon boaf1
was called to the fact that this o'o
neg . had been serving more than -
wears for burglary and larceny. IN
their report to the governor the pafooh
board said For US to refuse 10 rec
ommend clemency for this old negro
after he has spent q lifetime toilIns
for the State. would be to refuse 10
temper justice with mercy We rec
ommcnd that he be granted pardon
The governor granted the negro q
parole during good behavior.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Helping The Farmers.

Verda. Ala, Aug. 1.-On three days
each week business men and their en-
ployes here desert their counters and
offices for the piow and hoe and take
to the surrounding fields to assist the
farmers with their crops. This is
owing to the shortage Of farm labor
and was suggested by the local Coun-
ell of Defense The plan has proved
q success
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03

The saw mill men of the South are
neld up for condemnation by the
Emergency Shipping Corporation for
not supplying tim Der for wooden ship
construction as rapidly as needed.
The fact that the labor that the saw
mills must have to get out the timber
has been drafted into the army Or in
duced to leave the mills to work in
shipbuilding yards by the lure Of
higher wages than the mills have ever
been able to pay, seems to be lost
sight of entirely. The saw mills can
not tuln out timber without labor and
if the labor that they have heretofore
depended upon is taken from them by
the army and by the ship yards, how
are they to meet the demands of the
ship building corporation?
*
Blease is not charged with d;sloy-
atty because of what other men say
about him, but because of what he has
said himself. He is condemned by the
words Of his own mouth. The man
who votes for Blease is ainst
Woodrow Wilson, for Rlease has said
that Wilson is guilty before Almighty
God for the blood of every young
man who is killed in this war.
Sumter county needs good citizens
to represent her in the legislature and
the State needs it's most able, patriot
ic and level headed citizens in the
legislative department of government,
as never before, and it is the duty OF
men competent to serve in this ca y
pacity to volunteer for this duty. The
flower Of the young manhood of the
State is in the army, giving their all
in the service of the nation, and the
men above the draft age should not
shirk service in places of responsible
ity in civil life. IT young man can
give all his time, and; perhaps his life
the middle aged men can afford to
give twc months out of the year to
service II the legislature.
+
The government price for wheat is
s2.20 per bushel. Congress tried to
Increase the minimum price to $40
per bushel and passed a bill to that
effect, but President Wilson vetoed the
bill, saying that he did not believe
conditions justified the price suggest
ed by congress. There is no law to
prevent farmer or dealer in wheat
demanding more thain $3.50 bushel.
but that is a matter of barter be-
tween seller and buyer. The govern
ment price is $3.50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03

The candidates for governor and
rher Stale Offices VIII speak in Slua-
ter ncNt Tuesday. Auetst 9Th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03
Advertisements,

ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Every subsequent Insertion. so
Contracts for three months, or
longer will be made at reduced rates
All communications which sub
serve private interests will be charged
for as advertisements
Obituaries and tributes of respect
will be charged for.
The Sumter Watchman was found
~. n 1850 and the True Southron IN
1855. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
and is manifestly the best advertIsine
medium in Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-08-03

The State does not say and has not
said the man who votes for G. l..
Blease for senator is disloyal. The
State says nothing Of the kind--but
the people ask these questions of all
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
Refnsed 800 Per Acre

Mr.. John Spiers, Of Midland town
ship, stopped in Miller a few days ago
on his way to Wolsey. Mr.. Spiers
owns and operates one of the best
Hand county farms On the Black and
yellow Trail between Miller and Rec
Heights, consisting of $50 acres. He
states that he refused an offer of 500
per acre for his farm, sig miles west
OF Miller. 1t is not for sale. He is II
of the county's most progressive farm
ers and stockmen, and knows the
value OF a good farm.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
First Number Miller Lyceum

Wednesday evening, December 4th.
The Means-Anderson Company.
Next to Katherine Ridgeway, Miss Ed
ma Means is probably Redpath's most
popular reader and entertainer. Miss
Eve Anderson, violinist and Miss
Helen Brady, soloist, are the other
members of this. talented and versatile
trio.
Season tickets at Collins Drug
Store on and after Monday morning
at 10 o'clock. Seats can be reserved
when tickets are purchased. Notice
will be given II any change is made on
account Of influenza.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
= CROSS NOTES

The Junior Red Cross OF South Da-
kota has been allotted $500 of the
French orphans to be provided for
during the next twelve months. The
sum OF $3.50 90 cents a day. will be
required for each child on the list.
This amount will he raised by pledges.
The funds must be in by Christmas.
For further information inquire of
Miss Jessie Moncur, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, who is in charge of
the Junior work in Hand County.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
Thanksgiving Services

The Thanksgiving services will be
held Thursday morning at eleven
o'clock in the Methodist Church. The
Rev. Thomas Jay Simons of the Pres
byterian Church will deliver the ser
mon. The music is being prepared
under the direction OF Messrs. H.. K.
Schroeder and George f. Richardson,
This will be a community service and
a large attendance should be in view
of the moving" cause for Thanks
giving.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
November 14t3
Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration

November 14t3
Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration
State of South Dakota, County of
Hand, IS. In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Harry
C. Carl, deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends
Greeting to Sadie Carl and all heirs
at law and next of kin Of Harry G..
Carl. deceased, and to all to whom
these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Sadie
Carl has filed with the Judge of this
Court. a petition praying for Letters
Of Administration of the Estate of
Harry C Carl, deceased, and that Fri
day, the 10th day of November, 1918
at ten o'clock A. NJ, of said day, being
a day of regular term of this Court,
to-wit: OF the November term, 1918,
at the Court House in the city of Mil
Ter, County of Hand, has been set for
hearing said petition, when and where
any person interested may appear and
show cause why the said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Miller. S d., this 18th day
of November, A. d., 1918.
r. C Anderson
;SEAL) Judge of the County Court.
Attest: w E. Morrow, Clerk.
Harlan ]. Bushfield. Atty.