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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
TWO PROMOTIONS MADE.
Ii is Now Captain Bclser and Major
Johnson

Columbia, April 20.--Two promo
tions were announced at Camp Jack
son yesterday through the headquar-
ters office Of the division. One of the
promotions was that Of Lieut. Irvine
r. Belser, formerly of this city, to "A
captain Of artillery, with the ex-
act location yet to be assigned A
telegram was also received from the
Washington office stating that Capt.
Herbert Lyman Johnson has been an
pointed major and would be assign
ed to the Eighty-hrst Division. Both
OF the appointments were accepted by
the officers Immediately and will be
assigned later.
Captain Belser. while native OF
Clarendon county. has been q resident
of this city for several years and was
junior partner of the local firm OF
Melton d. Belser. He is a graduate of
the University Of South Carolina and
of Oxford. England. lie also attend
ed the training camp ut Plattsburg.
n. Y.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
HUNS WANT MONEY.
Expect to Demand Indemnities From
Allies.

Amsterdam, April 19.-Gerrnany
intends demanding indemnities from
her enemies, according to Prince
Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, son OF
the late Prince Albrecht, regent Of
Brunswick, as quoted by the Cologne
Vciks Zeitung. In a speech at Bres-
lau, says this newspaper, Prince
Friedrich Wilhelm said:
The enemies rejection of the hand
of peace Justifies us in demanding
financial and economic indemnities.
such indemnities are necessary for
our economic development"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
RHEIMS COMPLETELY DESTROY
ED.
City la Flames for Il Weck-Now But
Heap of Ashes.

Paris, April 19.-Rheims, which
has been burning for n week is now
nothing but mass of smoking ruins
During the past week the Germans
hred more than one hundred thou
sand shells into the city, according to
the correspondent of lie Matin.
Flames from the burning buildings
have seen by aviators sixty to sevent /;
miles away.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
GEIsMANS BOMBARD COAST

Amsterdam, April 19.---German tor
ptdo craft bombarded the coast be-
tween Dunkirk and Nieuport, behind
the allied lines i'm Flanders, yesterday
morning says an official statement
from Berlin today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
SOUTH TO BE INDEPENDENT
Planting Sufficient Foodstuffs for Own
Use and Cotton as Surplus

Washington, April .19.-Southern
farmers are planting sufficient food
stuffs to make them independent of
all outside purchases, and will devote
the remainder of their soil to raising
as much cotton as can be made with
the labor available. according to re-
ports made today 10 the Southern
Cotton Association
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24

Washington. April 19.--Italian reg
imcnts are already i'm France, and
FORM the right wing OF the allied
armies, the Italian embassy an
nounced today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24
ITALIANS IN BATTLE.
Premier Orlando Announces That
Troops Have Been Sent to France.

Rome. Thursday. April 1S.-Pre-
mier Orlando announced i'm the cham
Der of deputies today that Italian
troops would be dispatched to the bat
tie front in France. The announce
ment was received with a storm Of ap
plausc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24

centage OF Is and sales of $14.6OS.-
600.
New England is believed 10 lead
all districts i'm the number of individ-
uai subscribers. of whom $4,000
have been reported.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24

Fort DeFrance. Martinique. Thurs
day, April 1S-Slight earthquake
shocks have been felt here for the la ST
iive days, beginning at noon Sunday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24

managed 10 sink from three to four
ships i'm succession belonging to the
same convoy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-24

National headquarters today took
"eps TO gather definite figures on
subscriptions by States and by cities
arranged according to population
classes. In the hope OF stimulating in
tercity competition during the bal
ance OF the campaign.
sunday. April II. will he devoted by
thousands OF preachers to special
liberty loan sermons.
Particular interest was displayed
today In the achievements of the 81.
Louis banner district Arkansas is
second I'm the district. with per-
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consideration. he went on. Hence
forth, every ship sunk strikes at q vi
tai nerve of our opponents For when
only absolutely necessary cargoes of
foodstuffs and war necessities can he
transported, even the loss of a small
ship has quite a different significance
as compared with the beginning Of
the U-boat."
Admiral Won Capelle admitted that
Germany's opponents have had some
success with their anti-submarine
measures, but he declared this success
ut no time had any decisive influence
on the U-boat war, and according TO
human reckoning, would not in IN,
future.
The American destrOyers which hod
been so much talked about, had fail
ed. The convoy system. which, it was
true. offered ships a certain protection
had. on the other hand. the great dis
advantage Of reducing their trans
port capabilities
The German commanders were sne-
cially trained for attacking convovs
and not day passed but one or
more ships were struck out of the
conveys. Experienced commanders
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
ORDER OF SALE.

State of Louisiana. Parish of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
Quality, Value, Seryice

You get full measure of them if YOU make this
store your shopping place when in the city, or by
sending us YOUR mail orders Every article offered
is of dependable quality. Our prices, figured on
cash basis, insure you saving and our store and
mail order service you will find unexcelled. We
must please you or your money will be cheerfully
refunded
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

break down the American Red Cross
was Ia Italy with long lines Of
freight cars loaded with surgical
supplies, food, and clothing for civ
ilians. and distributing this aid to
the hospitals, and to the hundreds
OF thousands of refugees, men, wo-
men and children, fleeing before the
German invaders, and making
America felt for brotherhood in
northern Italy as no other country
ever was able to make itself felt in
the world before. Could the gov
ernment have done that with paid
workers and salaried politicians for
the job =?
Within ten days after the Ger
mans were on Italian soil. three
unpaid workers o. the American Red
Cross were going through Italy with
thousands of dollars in cash-not in
cheques but in cash-on their per-
sons, distributing emergency aid to
the stricken populations of Genoa,
Milan, Bologna, Ravenna and a
dozen smaller Italian towns.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
|" Why Doesn't the Govern
ment Do IT."
BY William Allen White.
BY William Allen White.

Over and over again the Red Cross
solicitor in Il drive for Red Cross
funds meets this question: Why
doesn't the government do it }" or
why are we asked to pay for some
thing the government itself should
pay for e? -
Considering Red Cross work in
terms of socks and sweaters and
chloroform and sweet faced nurses
bending over wounded young men,
or surgical bandageS, the question is
pertinent. But the medical aid or
the surgical dressing or the hospital
work. or the sweaters, socks and
wristlets of the Red Cross form
altogether but Il small part Of its
activities. And, of course, the gov
ernment could do that part of the
Red Cross work easily enough, mere
ly by adding another expensive
bureau to the national adminiStra-
ton, and paying men and women
by the thousands for the work that
they are now doing for nothing.
Naturally, it would increase the
taxes greatly; and it would put
into politics something that is now
kept high and beautiful in life
almost in the field of religion; but
the government doubtless could doit.
But could the government look
after the families Of the soldiers who
need help; look after them quietly,
without publicity. giving them the
benefit Of encouragement, sympathy
and fellowship as well as the fnan-
cial aid suited to their needs Z
Could the government spend half
a million dollars building canteens
at the railroad functions all over
France, where French soldiers COM
ing back from the trenches on fur
louehs might have lodging. food.
baths, and rest place, all but free.
and thus return home clean and
ISsstfd agad bappx apd aZen9y p =
and hungry, and lousy, and sullen
could the American government
do that ?
Could the American government
get from the commander-in chief Of
the French Army the names of all
the French soldiers whose families
are in want, suffering this winter
from cold, and hunger, and disease,
and look each family up all over
France and see that the family is
supplied with fuel and food and
shelter in plenty so that the soldier
fighting in the trenches will feel that
his family is cared for and will stick
-stick-stick to the end, full of
courage and ginger could the
American government do that work
which the American Red Cross is
doing, and spending American
money by the millions in doing I?
Well, hardly.
Before the work was six weeks old
some pro-German pacifst would
have an injunction in the Federal
court to stop it, claiming it is un-
constitutional-and with some show
of righteousness in his cOrSentiOn.
Less than a week after the Italian
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
SATURDAY tn. 9Th Day Of MARCH, A. 0. 1878,

offer for sale at the Court House door. in the
Town of st. Joseph. in this parish. between
the hours of II O'Clock A. NJ. and O'Clock
p NJ TO the last and highest bidder, for
cash. the following described property, sit
uated in this parish. and belonging in indi-
vision TO the minors, Grace NJ. and RObertine
NJ. Worrell.
The Duckpond Plantation, situated in Ten
sas Parish, Louisiana. and composed of Lots
or Sections y. 1s, 10, 20. 21. % and %. and
fractional section 43; all of section ~; the
North half of North half of section ~. all in
Township II North. Range IL East, containing
1850 acres. more or less, the said Duckpond
plantation being bounded North by the Town
of St. JOSeph, School Section No. l6. and
the Mound Place Plantation and West by the
Mound Place Plantation and lands formerly
belonging to Whitney. South by lands form
Place, and East nv he Mississippi River. There
being included all the river front. batture and
aecretlOn belonging 10 said plantation.
There being excepted from the above de-
scription all lots cut of from said plantation
lying within the limits of the Town of st. Jo-
seph. as shown by map of said town now Of
record in the NOtarial Records of Tensas
Parish. La, and forty acres hitherto sold off
Of said plantation to James Vandraught).
Together with all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon. all rights, ways, privil-
eges and appurtenances thereunto belonging,
and including thirteen head of mules, forty
head Of hogs and thirty-five head Of cattle.
Terms of Sale: To be for the price of not
less than Fifty-two thousand five hundred
dollars. and not less than the appraised value
thereof. OF which said purchase price the
sum of not less than Ten thousand dollars is
to be paid in cash. and the balance in six
equal annual instalments. bearing six per
cent per annum interest, said interest payable
annually. the deferred payments TO be repre-
sented by notes secured nv mortgage; and
upon such terms and conditions as set out in
n certain agreement between Mrs. Worrell
Tutrix, and the J. P. Flournov Co., Of date
the 4th day Of January. 1919. copy OF which
agreement Is made part of the proceedings
of the family meeting authorizing and recon-
mendng the sale Of the hereinabove described
property.
MRS. ELEANORF WORRELL.
Tutrix of Miners: Grace VI. and Robertine NJ
Worrell.
st. Joseph La, Feb'y. 1st, 1918.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

7s6-l02-Nfank JaCkson, DIck1rd
8S8-177-Chas. Perkins, Delta Bridge
843-842-Amos Kelley, st. Joseph
851--718-Andrew Postlethwaite, New
elton
S52-752-Chas. White, Newellton
S59-464-Ji White, st. Joseph
65-898-Fred Thomas, Waterproof
870-621-Henry Williams, W-proof
875-215-Ed Harriston, st. Joseph
SS5-737-Kilrain Stuart, Newellton
9Oi-798- Andrew Thomas, Notnac
Any one knowing the whereabouts
of any Of the above parties will kind
ly notify the Local Board, st. Joseph,
Louisiana.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
CuIverts Too Short.

Do not get your culvert too short.
Be sure that 1t extends the full dis
tance of the road embankment. II
should be placed as near as possible
In the direction of the flow Of wata
It Is intended to carry.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
Galvanized Iron Culverts.

The cost of high-grade, pure iron
galvanized culverts is not more than
10 per cent higher than ordinary steel,
and experts claim the life of the pure
iron to be many times that of ordinary
STEEL
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
L!fE-PRlCE We PAY FOR IT
Penalties of Fame Are Debts of All
Existence, With "Hioh Cost Of
Living" Significant.

The penalties of fame are the penal
ties of all life, which, when one views
1t resolutely and without taking refuge
behind rOse-colOred spectacles, teens
with contradictions that give deeper
Significance to that well-wOrn phrase,
1.-The high cost of living" And the
chief part of the expense lies not in
the things-food. clothing, shelter
which are demanded by our material
and bodily needs as human animals,
writes Mary Garden IN the New York
World.
Really to live a. Wqpan or as man
implies to want s0leo ling or other
very greatly. And really 5c want some
thing very greatly Tne1rS to strive for
that something With lnappeasable
eagcrness. And thur ~ strive means
one Of two things did ointment; or
achievement and The q ization that
In gaining the one ~ IA score Of
others have been mIG6c
Such Is life and prics we pay
Tor Il
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given. that b,
I virtue of an Order of Sale to me directed
bv the above named Honorable Court, in tn,
above named matter I will on
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

D s. Naval co1< [hu-
~ certnin dang essions used
b. tie Annapolis o 3 writes Ju-
liam Stxpsf in ~ tEpvel book.
.Americsn ~ e am In
isst.a g. 6 4 = 8. s:ps, !. From From,
b SIIS6d Is jGkce Is to fail in exam
ination In electrical engineering; to
get an 'unsat,' or unsatisfactory mark, :
or even a zip or 'swabO,' which Is a
zero. Cadets do not escort girls to
dances. but drag them; girl Is a
drag and a heavy drag or brick Is
an unattractive girl who must be Ia
ken to q dance. A 'sleuth' or Jimmy
legs is a night watchman. and to be
ragged is to be caught. Mess-hall
walters are sometimes called 'mOkes.'
while at other times the names Of
certain exalted dignitaries Of the navy
department or Of the academy are ap-
piled to them"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

Affairs Of the Minors: Grace NJ. and Rob
ertine NJ. Worrell.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
IoTIcE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.

state of Louisiana. Parish of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-15

DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that Leon
Kullman. Administrator of the sue
cession of w. ID. Martiniere. deceased, has
filed his final account in the above named
succession.
Now. therefore, unless written opposition
thereto be filed in my office within ten days
after first publication hereof, same will be
homologated, as prayed for.
l.. : Witness my hand and seal of said
Court. this 1st day of February. a. u. 1c.s.
JOS. CURRY, Clerk 10th District Court.
St. Joseph, La. Feby. LIST, 1918
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31

together at the conference table for an
Interpretation Of President Wilson's
fourteen peace points, hoping TO de-
fine a break between the main allies on
points Of sufficient Importance to de
velop a German advantage in the nego-
tiations. The peace terms arc going to
be made clear before conference is
considered
Specializing as to the time Of the an
nouncemcnl OF armistice and peace
terms, one would Judge from the latest
word from Versailles that the world
will know the provisions Of the agree
ment within a very few days, probably
not later than Monday
Americans scored again just west OF
the Meuse when they occupied Ancre.
vile, at the point of their wedge. This
gain takes them 10 the top Of series
OF hills which affords direct observa-
tion for several miles. II is another
forward step for the big operation
which we confidently expect in the d.
rcction OF the Metz railway The at
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31
DSTEND CASINO
| SHELL R|DDLED
NJ
Town Suffers Much as Ger
"a, mans Retreat,
By The Associated Press.

BELGIAN ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN FLANDERS, Oct 3l.-The
road from Osteld to Zeebrugge, which
he Germans recently held, is one con
tinuous fortress with many guns sill
houetted against the sky. The number
of guns increases as the fortified line
nears Zeebrugge.
The Germans evidently meant that
fhis line should be permanent one
One concrete bloekhouse, ninety by
thirly feet, remains unfinished AM
there are other evidences that the Ger
mans started work on new tortiiica-
tions as late as one month ago.
The town Of Blankenberghe, between
zeebrugge and Ostend, is virtually un'
damaged but deserted All the build.
ings have been stripped Of copper and
Iron
Ostend has suffered much. The ca
sino is desolate and empty and th'
walls have been riddled with shell fire
The maritime station is a complete
wreck Many houses have crumbled 4
the ground and most of the bridges II
the town have been destroyed.
i The fact that not all the bridges wer'
blown up by the Germans Is explained
,by an alderman OF the city who sal,
that the German general staff had Civ
en- orders to destroy all the bridge
hut that German on-comrlissioned OF
lficers detailed for the work Of destruc
,tion fell easy victims to persuasive lO
or W0-mark bills
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31

tached map covers the territory from
Verdun eastward, the likely scene OF the
extension Of the American attack The
sector to the west has been published
repeatedly in the last two weeks The
long range guns at work, the jumpiness
OF the Germans opposite, the ominous
pause, all warn us to expect thun-
defbolt.
Evacuation of the Persian city Of Ia
brir, reported yesterday, is OF impor-
tance as indicating that the Turks at
least see they must get out of their 'ex-
posed positions in Asia. Minor and get
back to Gonstantinople TO share in a de-
tense Of their homes against the threat
ering allies a dispatch yesterday said
the one remaining Turkish army is now
at work on defense lines against the
coming attack of D'Esperey We ven
ture the statement that the arms of the
allies will never fall on Turkey, for
there is no question but that she is now
asking for the minimum terms on
which to drop out Internationally.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31
Fo, Burning Ecssn,a

Greasy salves and ointments should n
be applied il good clear skin 10 wspset
From any druggist for S5c, o. 500 for
extra large sire. get q bottle Of reno
When applied % directed II effectively
removes eczema quickly stops itching. and
heals skin troubles also sorcs, burns
wounds and chafns n penetratea cleanses
and soothes Zemo 10 clean. dependable
and inexpensive penetrating. sntiseptic
liquid. Try It. % we believe nothing you
have ever used 10 as effective and satisfying
The E W Rose Co. Cleveland. O
(Adyertissment.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31
Side|ights on War Moves
By W. M, II.

CAPTURES totaling $1,000 Austrians,
~ the crossing OF the Livenza river
the cornering of a whole army corps in
the lower Pave country and announce
ment from Rome that the full pressure
Of the allied offensive has not yet been
cxerted upon the divided Austrian lines
forces lis to keep our eyes glued upon
the dual monarchy for the signs Of I'M
conditional surrender which we believe
sure 10 follow the successful develop
men, of the allied offensive in Venlta
Count Andrassy's supplementary note
to Washington in which he literally
begged President Wilson to get things
started so the Austrians could have an
immediate armistice and the quick fol-
low-up TO the effect that the new Aus
tro- Hungarian foreign minister had de
eided to go straight to Italy with an ap-
peal for peace, seems to many to make
N certain that the screws must be ap-
piled only a little more severely to
cause Austria Hungary to capitulatc as
completely as Bulgaria did.
We note the statement Of yesterday
morning telling us that the Austrian
army was in good condition We con
slider that, but see now that the main
line OF defense has been broken. that
the armies have been split and that the
allies are only beginning to develop
their offensive in the Italian plain south
Of tho Tagliamento, Having ruptured
the main line OF defense, the balance oI
the country until the l'onzo is reached
will be easy. With the temper OF The
people apparent in the splitup OF the
separate states. il Is unreasonable tc
attemnt TO make US believe that there
Is even a fair morale existent in the
Austrian army today Every word o
news that has come out OF the dua
monarchy in the last two weeks bear
the brand Of realization that the JIG i
un with the central powers and an in
clination to get out while there is an,
letting TO he done with
Germany's 'rejoinder received il
Washington yesterday streSsing IN
previous statement that the kaiser ha
been shorn Of all power to make peac
\ or war and that Mis- authority ha
I been vested in the peoples representa
{ tives in the reichstag, is further eiior
: to attempt to convince the American
, government that Germany is SINGER
seeker for peace
One sees some evidence Of the soin
to which we are moving in the state
ment that came from Versailles, wher,
the chiefs OF the allied nations ar,
threshng out the armistiee details, e
the effect that final peace terms will bt
announced at the same time the term
for an armistice are given Germany,
The opinion is gaining headway tina
Germany Is only waiting for armisticr
terms to accept them. Az the same tim
The thought has been quite general tha
Germany's ambition Is to get the allie
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31
halloween FRANKS
I MAY COST LIFE OF
h WOMAN IN K. G,

4 KANSAS CITY, No, Oct jl.-Mis'
Tracy Kloeppel, a oonductorette, Is IN
a hospital with internal injuries that
may cause death. and nine boys are
held without bond by the police, as the
result OF an early Halloween prank IN
Kansas City Kan, late last night
Street car tracks on a steep hill were
waxed with candles and a car slipped
back striking the one on which Miss
Kloeppel was riding and driving into
a third. The conduc,orette was caught
in the wreckage Of the rear platform
OF her car.
The Kansas law makes parents re
sponsible for Halloween pranks OF chill
dren.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-31
% MoIHERs Enni

Wien we hear OF so many school
rhs and girls in stores and offices
Who are often totally unfit TO perform
their daily duties because Of some de
sangement peculiar to their sex, nigh,
this mot have been prevented by the
mother who, perhaps through neglect
or carelessness, failed 10 get for that
Daughter the one great root and heIt
remedy for such ailments, Lydia p
Pinkham's Vegetable Compoundf Thi,
old-ia.hioned medicine Is said to hav,
aileviated more suffering Of womankint
than any other remedy known TO medi
cine. adv