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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-07-20

legged partiality in the draft laws
and the unrighteousness of the war.
Mr.. Rice challenged Blease to poln.
out one line in history to prove that
Robert e. Lee and Wade Hampton OF
Petigru or Stephens or others to
whom Blease referred as being cp-
posed to the War Between the States
had uttered one word against the war
after war had been declared. Each
ha done his duty as a patriot then
and had not gone around on the stump
villifying the president calling for a
debate Of the question 16 months af.
ter the heroes in gray were on the
battle lines.
Blease had cited all these as being
opposed to t he War Between -he
States, but failed to make the dis
tinction dwelt upon at length by both
Of the opposing candidates.
Mr.. Blease read the following as
his position on the war:
whatever 1 may have said, or
whatever 1 may have done, the people
of South Carolina know that 1 have
never made them q promise that l
have not fulfilled. I have never said
that would do q thing that I did not
do it, 1 have never said that / would
not do thing and then go and do
it. That everybody knows.
And 1 want to say this: That when
am elected to the United States SEN
ate, l am going to President Wilson
and tell him that here is an American
senator, and whatever is necessary to
win this war. l am with him to the
finish. If it be necessary in order to
win this war to break the precedent
set by President Washington in refer
cnce to a third term, / shall tell Pres
ident Wilson that | will support him
for a third term and make speeches
for him in any part of the American
continent to which he may wish me
to so.
II go still further and will say to
him, that If he deems it necessary T
will raise a regiment of as true
South CarOlinians as ever went on q
field of battle and resign my seat in
the senate and lead that regiment for
the fight of the American people"
About 400 voters attended the meet |
ing today. Sentiment i'm Clarendon !
county Is pretty evenly divided. i! |
sentiment at today's meeting is TO be
accepted as a political chart i'm the
present campaign. The county was
carried by Blease by narrow margin
OF 1O7 votes two years ago and by
only S5 votes four years ago. Polti-
ral observers say there has been con
change OF sentiment, hut
whether enough to put the county in
The anti-Rlease column is n dcbatabln
question.
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1890 and had stood unswervingly by
those principles ever since. He believ-
ed that the government is drifting
from the masses of the people where
u belongs and is becoming dominated
oy the classes. Il believe Cole r.
Blease is the friend and the hone NJ
the poor man, of which 1 myself am
one,' he continued, "and between Mr.
Blease, Mr.. Dial and Mr.. Rice In tho
race for the United States senate. If
God spares my life 1 intend to cast NV
ballot for Cole L. Blease on August
27.' AS he turned to leave the star
MIR. Bethea reminded Major Richards
that his original question had not
been answered. 81 don't propose to
answer the insolent questions put by
any such thing as you, SIR" thunder
ed Richards, as he shook his fist ot
Mr. Bethea, who flushed up at the re-
tort. Richards then left the stage.
Il don't blame Major Richards for
not answering my question" Mr..
Bethea told the audience as his oppo-
nent left the building.
"A large majority of the audience
did not appear to approve Of the in
dorsement of Cole l.. Blease by Major
Richards, and Mr.. Bethea got a good
deal of applause. The other candi-
dates departed little from their set
speeches
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With the American Force on thu
Marne, July 16.--Reports from one
end Of the battle line to the other say
that except for few minor local sue
cesses the great German offensive
has been a complete failure so far.
Additional German prisoners taken to-
day say that they are convinced that
their commander Is dead.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-07-20
GERMAN AIRDROME BURNED.
RcvOiutiOnaries at Work I'm Army.

London. July 1.-THE destruc: :on
~ fire of the new German airdrome.
with twenty-five airplanes near Brus-
Sells ls attributed to revolutionists
IN the German army, says an Ex-
mango Telegraph Amsterdam dis
patch. Ten Belgian and two Ger
man non-commissioned officers have
been arrested.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-07-20
FRENCH TRAITOR EXECUTED
German Tool i'm Paris Pays Penalty.

Paris, July I'm. Duval. the di-
rector of the German hostile newspa-
per. Bonnet Rouge, was executed to-
day for reasonable actions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-07-20
ALLIES OOUNTER-ATTACK.
Second Phase OF Battle of Marnc Re.
gan Today.

Paris, July 16.-The battle con-
tinues violently. especially south Of
the Marne and near Chantillon. Ex-
cept for one sector south of the
Marne there is no change in the sit
uation. The Americans and French
are counter attacking magnificently, it
Is officially announced. The French
have taken thousand prisoners in
one section.
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HUNS LOSE 100000.
Casualties To Date i'm Big Drive Es-
timaten to BE Great

London. July 1.-THE casualties Of
tho Germans up to the present time
in the offensive is estimated at one
hundred thousand. according to news
from the battle front.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-14

yer, Ward. But, maybe if l don't make
1t very strong and put in lots of
cream Wen take a chance, bucka-
roo!"
"How much sugar, %patient?" Billy
Louise turned toward him with the to-
mato can sugar bowl in her hands.
"None. l want to taste the coffee,
this trip"
"Oh, all right It's the worst thing
you could think of, but that's the way
with a patient. Patients always want
what they mustn't have"
"Sure-get it, too" Ward spoke be-
tween long, satisfying gulps. "How's
your other patient, Wilhelmina? How's
mommie?"
"Oh, Wardl She's dead-mommie's
dead! !" Billy Louise broke down un-
%expectedly and completely. She went
down on her knees beside the bed and
cried as she had not cried since she
looked the asst time at mommie's still
face, held in that terrifying calm. She
cried until Wards excited mutterlngs
warned her that she must pull herself
together.
"You be ~s-still," she commanded
brQkenly, fighting for her former safe
cheerfulness. I'm all right. Pity
yourself, if you've got to pity some
body. I-can stand-my trouble. 1
haven't got any broken leg and
hookin' cough" She managed a laugh
then and took Wards hand from her
hair and laid II down on the blankets.
Now we won't talk about things any
more. You've got to have something
done for that cold on your lungs" She
rose and stood looking down at him
with puckered eyebrows.
"Mommie would say you ought to
have a good sweat" she decided. 'Got
any gingerT"
II dunno. / guess not" Ward NUT
tered %confuseGly.
"Well, I'll go out and find some sage
then, and give you sage tea. That's
another cure-all."
She did not spend all her time pick
ing sage twigs. A bush grew at the
corner of the cabin within easy reach.
She went first down to the stable and
led Blue inside and unsaddled him.
Ward was lying quiet when she went
In, except that he was waving her
handkerchief to and fro by the cor
ners 10 cool 1t. Billy Louise took II
from him, wet ii again with cold water.
and scolded him for getting his arms
from under the covers. That. she said.
was NJ nice way for a hookin-cough
man TO do.
ITO BE Continued)
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business like I've always done.

business like I've always done.
But you've o~verplayed your hand.
This time I'm going to get you-and
Foxy and the breed along with you. Ii
was a rotten trick, running Yes over
Seabeck's brand. If l hadn't caught
you In the act, you'd have planted
them cattle where all HI couldn't
have saved me when they were found.
If / hadn't caught you at 1t and run
NIX monographs over the whole cheese.
I'd have been up against Ii for fair.
So now you're going to get what's COM
ing to yuh. l won't take any chances
on your not trying 1t again. I'm going
TO protect myself right.
"You throw that gun on the bed"
Chilly Louise did so, her eyes still
upon Wards flushed face.) "Now, get
down hat tablet from the shelf.
Here's a pencil" He drew one from
under his pillow and tossed Ii toward
her. snow you write the truth about
all this rustling. It's a bigger thing
than shows right in this neighborhood.
a hhVN that Ill Il hhONg wv AAAd
Foxy has been pulling down some on
the side. He never paid for all the
stock that's running around vented
and %rebranded NIX. I've got that sized
up. Pretty smooth trick, too; a heap
better than working brands. He ought
to have been satisfied with that-but a
crook never is satisfied. l knew he
wasn't the tenderfoot he tried to make
ont, and when / saw some Of his stock
and that gate fixed to ring a bell when
IL vas opened. l knew he was a crook.
But he made a big mistake when he
threw in with you, you
81 want you to write down the
truth about that Hardup deal; who
was In with you. l know, all right, but
l want 1t down on paper. And 1 want
to know how long Foxy's been In with
you, and who's working the game on
the outside. Get busy; write it all
down. I'll give you all the time you
need don't leave out anything. Dates
and all, l want the whole graft. Don't
try to get away. I've got this gun
loaded to the guards, and you know
I'm aching for an excuse" He
stopped and eoughed again, h~oarsely,
rackingly. Then he lay quiet, except
for his rasping breath and watched.
Billy Louise, with the tablet on her
trembling knees, pretended TO write.
From under her lashes she watched
Ward curiously. She saw his attention
WaVer. saw his ewes wander aimlessly
about the room. She sat very still
and waited, making scrawly marks
that had no meaning at all. She saw
Wards fingers loosen on the revolver,
saw his head turn YEARLY on the pill
low. He was staring out through the
window at the brilliant blue of the
sky with the dazzling white clouds
drifting like bits of cotton TO the north
ward. He had forgotten her.
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head. He wanted a drink. And when
she held a cup to his lips and saw how
greedily he drank. a little sob broke
Unexpectedly from her lips. She
gritted her teeth after IL and forced
a laugh.
you're sure. a hard drinker," she
bantered and wet her handkerchief to
lay on his brow.
That's the first decent drink I've
had for a month";" he told her, drop
ping back to the pillow, refreshed to
the point of clear thinking. "Old Lady
Fortunes still playing football with
me, William. I've been laid up with
a broken leg for about six weeks. And
when | got gay and thought l could
handle myself again, l put myself out
of business for a while, and caught
this cold before / came to and crawled
back into bed. Tm-sure glad you
showed up, old girl. / was-getting up
against it for fair" He coughed.
Looks like IT," Billy Louise held
herself rigidly back from any emo
tional expression. She could not af-
ford to Ego to pieces" now. She tried
to think just what a trained nurse
would do, in such a case. Her hospi-
tai experience would be of some use
here. she told herself. She remem-
bered reading somewhere hat no TX
p%erience is ~valueless, If one only APP
plies the knowledge gained.
First" she said cheerfully, "the pa
tient must be kept quiet and cheerful.
So don't go jumping up and down on
your broken leg, Ward Warren; the
nurse forbids it. And smile, If 1t kills
you"
Ward grinned appreciatively. Sick
as he was, he realized the gameness
of Billy Louise what he failed to real
ize was the gameness of himself. I'm
a pretty worthless specimen right
now" he said alphabetically. "But I'm
yours to command, Bill-the-Conk.
You're the DOCTOR"
Nope, I'm the cook, right now. I've
got a bunch. How would you like a
cup of tea, %patient?'
I'D rather have coffee-Doctor Will
liam"
'Tea. you mean. I'll have it ready
in ten minutes" Then she weakened
before his %imploring eyes. "You really
oughtn't to drink coffee, with hat fe-
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riding skirt. She stopped, as soon rs
she realized what she was doing; she
stopped and stood with her hands
pressed hard against each side of her
face, forcing herself TO calmness again
-or at least to sanity. She had to go
back. She told herself so, many times.
SO Billy Louise went back TO the
cabin, slowly, with shaking legs and
a heart that fiuttered and stopped,
iuttered and jumped and stopped, and
made her stagger as she walked. She
reached the doorstep and stood there
with her palms pressing hard against
her cheeks again. you've got to do
1t. You've got to I" she whispered to
herself commandingly.
She never doubted that Ward was
inside. She thought she would find
him dead-dead and horrible, perhaps.
No other solution seemed to fit the
circumstances. He was in there, dead.
1t took courage to open that door,
but Billy Louise had courage enough
to open ii, and TO step inside and close
the door after her. She did MOI look
Z Ut any lilluS III lllt NdDtu Ntlit Slt ulu
II. though. She kept her eyelids down
so that she only saw the floor directly
In front of the door. She had a sense
Of relief that ii looked perfectly nat
ural, though dusty.
Throw up your hands" came
hoarsely from the bunk. Billy Louise
gasped and pulled her gun, and
dropped crsuching to the floor. Also
she looked up.
From her crouching position she
looked into Wards fever-wild eyes.
He was sitting up in the bunk, and he
was pointing his big f~orty-five at her
~relentlessly. "Get up from there !" he
ordered sternly. Don't try any game
like that on me, Buck Olneyi Get up
and go over and sit in that chair. I've
got a few things to say to you"
Billy Louise somehow grasped the
truth, up to a certain point. Ward was
sick; so sick he didn't know her.
She thought she would better humor
him. She got up and went and sat in
the chair as he directed.
Ward, keeping the gun pointing her
way, sneered at her in a way that
made the soul of Billy Louise crimple.
She faced him big-eyed, too amazed
at the change in him to feel any fear
that he would harm her. He had whis-
kers two inches long. She wouldn't
have known him except for his hair
and that was terribly tousled and his
eyes, though they were wild and angry.
His voice was hoarse, and while he
glared at her. he coughed with a hard,
croupy resonance.
$50 you came back, did yuh?" he
asked grimly at last. swell, you didn't
get a chance 70 plug me in the back.
How long did you lay up there on the
bluf this time, waiting TO catch me
when l wasn't looking? I've been wish
ing I'd left that rope so 1t would have
hung you. you -" (Billy Louise
listened r~ound-eyed to certain man
sized epithets strange to her ears.)
II suppose you and Foxy and that
hslfbreed have been fixing up some
more evidence, huh? You figure that
/ can't catch 'em this time and work
the brands over, so they'll stand Yes,
and I'll get railroaded to the pen.
Well, you've overplayed your hand,
old-timer. let you fellows down easy,
last time. | don't reckon Foxy object
ed much to those few turned back to
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XIV.
The Hookin,-c Couch Man.

nILLY LOUISE waited another
Il minute or two, weighing the pos
sibilities. She saw Wards fin
gers drop away from the gun. but they
remained close enough for a danger
ously quick gripping of it again, if the
within seized him. Still-surely to
goodness, Ward would never get crazy
enough to hurt her. Perhaps her fem
mime assurance of her hold on him,
more than her courage, kept her nerves
fairly steady. She bit the pencil abb
sently, watching him.
Ward turned his head restlessly on
the pillow and coughed again. Billy
Louise got up quietly, yer close TO
the bed, and laid her hand on his fore
head. His head was hot, and the veins
were swollen and throbbing on his
temples.
Brave Buckaroo got a headacher'
she queried softly, stroking his tenn
plies soothingly. "Got the hookin'-
cough, too. Got every measly thing he
can think of. Even got a crouch against
the Flower of the Ranch-ohl % Her
voice was crooningly soft and sweet,
as if she were murmuring over a sleepy
baby.
Ward closed his eyes, opened them,
and looked up into her face. One
hand came up uncertainty and caught
Ter fingers closely. "Wilhelmina-
mine !" he said, in his hoarse voice.
His eyes cleared to sanity under her
touch.
Billy Louise drew a small sigh of re-
lief and reached unobtrusively with
her free hand for the gun. She slid
Ii down away from his fingers, and
when he still paid no attention, she
picked 1t up quite openly and laid 1t
against the footboard. Ward did not
say anything. He seemed altogether
occupied with the amazing reality OF
her presence.
you've got a terrible cold and from
the looks of things, you've had 1t for
about six months" said Billy Louise.
Her eyes went comprehensively about
that end of the cabin. with the de-
pleted cracker box, the half-emptied
boxes of peaches and tomatoes, and
the buckets that were all but empty
of water. She was shocked at the pitt
full evidence of long helplessness. She
did not quite understand. Surely
Wards cold had not kept him in bed
so long.
"Well, this is no time for mirth or
laughter" she said briskly, to hide how
close she was to hysteria, "since II
looks very much like the morning
after First, we've got to tackle that
fever of yours" She picked up a
water pail and started for the door.
AS she passed the foot of the bunk,
she coniscated the two revolvers and
took them outside with her. She had
no desire to be mistaken again for
Buck Olney.
When she came back Wards eyes
were wild again, and he started up
in bed and glared at her. Billy Lou
Use laughed at him and told him TO lie
down like a nice buekaroo. and Ward,
recalled to himself by her voice,
obeyed. She got the w%ashbasin and
a towel and prepared to battle his
49, -
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him, and / don't reckon you did any
kicking when you found I'd cut the
rope so 1t wouldn't hold your rotten
carcass. You can't let well enough
alone, though. You thought you'd raise
me, did you? You thought you'd come
back and try another whack at me be-
hind my back. You knew hanged well
| wasn't the kind of man that would
jump the country. You knew you'd
find me right here. attending to my
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-14
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

Thomas Nelson. the Stone House stockman, spent yesterday in Win .
nemucca. Q
John G. Taylor came up from Rye Patch yesterday. 9
. Assemblyman Thad L. Hoppn has gone to Point Arena, Mendocino 9
county, California, where his mother-inlaw, Mrs. Willis. is reported 9
to be very ill., g
. The Joanna mine, located at Ely, White Pine county, has just been 9
> sold to Montana capitalists for 100000. 9
. Only n prisoner in the county Jail at present g
> Z. W. Stewart and wife of Willow Point we're among the arrivals 9
. yesterday. 9
, q
|. Q Q
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McAdoo has decided that the baby
carriage factories are essential in
dustries. If that doesn't reconcile
T.R. TO the administration. he's hope
less.-lCleveland Plain Dealer.
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ORDERS


HUMBOLDT LODGE No. 1e
1. o. o. F.-Meetings every 49,
Wednesday evening at ~3@@~
Winnevs hall. Visiting brothers II
good standing always welcome.
H. NJ. COUZIN, NC.
GEORGE VAN VOLKENBURG, Sec'y
WINNEMUCCA LODGE No.
10, +. d A. M.-Stated com ~
m~unications will be held at ~
their hall in the Silver State
block until further notice at 1880 p
M. on the First Friday evening u
zach month. All Master Masons IN
good standing are cordially invited
to attend. T. M. PATTEN, w. NJ.
CHRIS WOLF. Sec'v.
WfNNEMUCCA COMMANDERY No.
4, Knights Templar - Stated
conclaves of Winnemucca Comman-
derry No. 4 will be held at their hall
at 8 p. m. on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month. All Sir
Knights are cordially invited to at
tend w. A. BROWN. e. c.
T. M. PATTEN, Recorder.
HUMBOLDT CHAPTER No. A
9, R. A. Meetings held w
at their hall at 8 p. m. on ~
the Second and Fourth Fri
day evenings Of each month. AL
Companion Royal Arch Masons in
good standing are cordially invited
to attend. L. G. CAMPBELL, H. P.
CHRIS WOLF, Sec'y
WINNEMUCCA AERIE No. 487, FOE.
Regular meetings on second and
fourth Monday evenings of each
month in Winneva Hall. Visiting
Eagles are cordially invited to a.
tend all sessions.
j. A. LANGWITH, President.
F. C. KRENKEL, Secretary.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-02-09

the clash Of rings on a rod. But he
was beyond being startled. He was
not really sure he was In the world.
He was not certain whether II was the
twentieth century, or IS b. G., or ear
ller yet; or whether time had ceased.
The place where he was did not
look like cave, but palace chamber.
for the rock walls had been trimmed
square and polished smooth: then they
had been painted pure white, except
for wide blue frieze, with line of
gold leaf drawn underneath It. And
on the frieze, done in gold-leaf too,
was the Greclan lady Of the lamps,
always dancing. There were fifty or
sixty figures of her, no two alike.
A dozen lamps were burning, set In
inches cut In the walls at measured
intervals. They were exactly like the
two outside, except that their horn
chimneys we're stained yellow instead
Of red. suffusing everything in golden
glow.
Opposite him was curtain, rather
like that through which he had en-
tered. Near to the curtain was bed,
whose great wooden posts were
cracked with age. In spite Of its age
1t was spread with fine new linen.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-02-09
CHAPTER XVI.
"Athelstan 7"

AtnelStanI
She pronounced his given name as
II she loved the word, standing straight
again and looking into his eyes. There
were high lights in hers that out
cleaned the diamonds on her dress.
"Your gods and mine have done this,
Athelstan. When the gods combine
they lay plans well indeedl'
II only know one God" he answered
simply. as a man speaks Of the deep
things In his heart.
II know Of manyi They love me i
They shall love you, tool Many are
better than onei You shall learn to
know my gods, for we are to be part
ners. you and Ir'
She took his hand again, her eyes
burning with excitement and mysti-
cism and ambition like q fever. She
seemed to take more than physical pos
session of him.
"What brought them here7 Tell me
thatl" she demanded. pointing to the
bed. you think he brought herr I