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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
Real Estate Transfers.
Sunlter Township.

ouhktS-E -1oNIStilP
Oct. 1.-R. l. Manning to C. C
Cooper, lot, s2,400.
Sept. 1G.--Mary E. lyles to Mary
j. Phillips, lots. $500.
Sept. 26-R NJ Edens to Single
ton Bradford 5 62-100 acres, $1,9e7.-
90.
Oct. S.-Louise B. Stubbs 10 r. w
Lewis, lot, $3.50.
Oct Ill. G. Osteen to HeZeikah
Cat bagestalk, lot, $50.
Oct III. C. Haynsworth to My
ers Johnson. lot, $3.50.
Oct 1G.--Sarah and Mary Nc
Cullocl: to L. c. Brown, lot, $500.
Oct. 17.-E. W. McCalium to Nancy
Windhan, . lots, $1,000.
Oct 4.-Annin F. Davis to Rufus
Shannon. lot $50.
Oct. &c. A. Witherspoon to- D.
D. Burgess, IS ga acres. $4,000.
Oct. 21.-L. 2. Stubs to r. w.
Westberry, lot, $3.50.
Sumter City.
Oct. 6-E T. White to P. Kras-
:1off. lot. house, $4,25O.
Aug. w A. Bowman to L. D.
Jennings, lot, s25, 900.
Oct. City National Bank to E.
II. Moses. l lot. $1,000.
Oct. 7.-McCaIlum Realty Co, to
T. NJ. Brown, , lots. house, $4,000.
Oct. 9.-F. E. Hinnant to A. B.
Minis, ! lot. house $4,000.
Oct. o.-Mark Reynolds to A. S.
Merrimon. lot, house, s1,100.
Nov. 9, 191S-D. D. Noise to N. B.
Nelson, II $40 acres, $1,G95.
Sept 27-Paln:etto &c Fidelity Fire
ms. Co., to H. j. Hardy, 1 lot. $5,-
$50:
Oct. SIS. NJ. Pierson to S. NJ.
Sampson, lot, $50.
Oct. S.-M. d. Burgess to Robert
Shelor, lot. house. $4,000.
Oct. 13.-H S. Waddell to f. H.
Moses, 2 lots. $3.50.
Oct. 10. X. Crosswell to Ralph
Hill, lot, house. $9,S45.
Sept. 2O.-H. c. Haynsworth to Ju-
lius Phelps. ! lot. s1.10o.
Oct. 6.-Jno. Haynsworth. ct al..
to J. A. Haynsworth, ct al. lots,
$4,000
Aug. 2s.-D. c. Shaw to ]. B. Fol
som. lot 5000.
April Mrs. r. V. Moses to c. A.
Lawrence. ! lot. $4,000.
Oct. 15.-The Master to Buelah
'uttino. lot. house. $1,000.
Oct: 17.--Thc Master to I. c..
Strauss. ct al, 1 lot. $50.
Oct 14.-G. r. Rarringer to w. 7.
Prown. lot l house. l,250.
Oct. 11.-C. l.. Cuttino to Kathleen
Herdtman. lot house. $3,250.
Oct. Julia D. Womble. ct al l.. to
McCallum Realty Co.. lots, houses.
$40, 500
Oct. Maria f. Nash to Mccall
lum Realty CO., lot, house, SIS. ~
Oct. 22.-R. W. Westberry to
ella Tate, lot, l house, $1,000,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
IRISH PROTEST
ARTICLE BY SIMS
Declare it is Insult to Millions
of American Citizens"

Washington, Nov. 2.-Protestins
against current magazine article by
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, in
which he is said to have charged
the Sim Fein party off of Ireland With
having been openly ''pro-German"
during the war, the Irish National
Bureau, in a letter to Secretary Dan
iels made public today. declares Inc
article "enlbodies an open insult 20
millions Of Americans citizens by IN
ferentially charging that they have
allied themselves with a cause Which
was openly hostile to America IL the
great waE.'
Denying the truth Of Admiral Sims
statements, the letter protested
against their being given "credepce
and dignity by emanating from an
officer oc the United States navy and
asked that they. be corrected or with
drawn in justice to millions of Amer
leans and to preserve the honor OF
the navy The letter declared the
bureau would in the near future
point out to Admiral Sims the truth
of the things about which he writes
Attacks upon sailors in the streets
of Cork, which Admiral Sims. the let
ter said, declared to be an open as
sertion of pro-Germanism by the Sim
Feiners, were said by the bureau to
have been entirely due to a deter
mination of Irish manhood to protect
Irish women Statements by De
Valera, president of the Irish Re-
public" that this motive led to at
tacks on American sailors were re-
ferred to in the letter as having been
made after careful inquiry" De Va
lera being credited with the remacN
that with the same situation con
fronting them today the men of Cork
would inflict the same punishment as
before"
Declaring that Admiral Sims at
tcmpts to cast otiuna' on De Valera.
the letter drew a parallel between 'ho
admirars expressions and the "odiur
cast by the British upon George
Washington before our republic was
recognized Admiral Sims, the bu-
reau said. is lending announcement
to a form Of English propaganda
that viii be used to the disadvantage
of the United States navy whenever
lit serves the selfish interest Of the
English to do So
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
SCRAMBLE FOR
COTTON COMING
High Prices Predicted For De-
cemaer-Farmers Should
Market Slowly

Columbia, NOV. 3.-'"The great buy
ing movement and wild scramble Tor
cotton has beguU and as "a result that
staple is now bringing between 3S AM!
~ cents pound, says a statement
issued from this city by the xAmeri-
can Cotton Association today. The
statement declares that the best
grades are extremely scarce and that
the mills are in virtual stampede
fer it. The prediction is made that
cotton in December Will reach the
highest level it has reached since the
reconstruction days following the civil
war"
AIiddling cotton was bringing 1870
in Galveston, Texas Saturday. accord
ing to the statement, and there was
scramble AFR every bale offered
iol. sale "If the farmers would hold
the:r cotton off the market and not
cffer i; all for sale now, there is no
telling to what figure the market
would so' says the statement.
IL has been clearly demonstrated, y
the statement continues that we are
not only facing world shortage in
cotton for several years to come, but
that the present crop is alarmingly
short. This is Admitted now by the
spinne.s on every side. Another great
problem confrorts the spinner, also.
Recent rains and storms IN many sec
tions Of the belr have greatly dam
avcd the cotton and the amount Of
White cotton will he the shortest
known for man, years. Those farm
ers who have stored their cotton in
warehouses are going TO reap a har-
vest. Ey this time next year the
American Cotton Association hopes TO
have the belt dotted with warehouses
so that every farmer may store his
cotton and protect it from the wealth
er.
1T must now be apparent to cotton
farmers over entire belt that cotton
is going higher They should market
their cotton very slowly and they
should do nothing to depress the price.
The crop Is short The mills must
have it. The demand Will be tremene
dous. Sooner or later the mills must
have the cotton. it matters not what
Dfic.' lUeJ IEiNc= 10 l>ity lOl H. i!S
cotton farmer IS coming INTO his own!
The American Cotron Association feels
:hat ii has played an important part
in this condition
''rhe association has already Sc
cured recognition from the spinners.
At the recent world cotton conference
in New Orleans it was, for the first
time in fifty years. thought necessary
by the various organizations engaged
il the cotton industry to invite the
grower into the conference and to
consult his Judgment. The spinners
adn,ittcd that IL was erroneous for
anyone TO believe now that the
growers did not possess the faculty Of
organization, as one Of them expressed
it.
The .statenaent concludes with: an
appeal sf6 The farmers everywhere to
unite With the American Cotton AS
sociatmn that they might hold to
what, they have gained"
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Nlcx;c:,ns in the United States in Ead
Shape.

Mexico City. Oct. l:@:.--Newspaper.
here. printing stories Of thousands Q
E;cNican& in the United States "nt o
work and without funds. advise per
..ens who wish to go 70 IA" Enitc'
s'tsi,c" l:iat conditions are unfa
vor&,.le a,!d ,r&c them TO sta,
~ home. The Excelsior point:
on, That tho man. MeXioans VIII" have
hecn wcrKin" in tire harvest fields il
<an..:... 'rcyas. oklahoma and Mis-
scrf.i ;,a,: IN !ii. cntton fields Of tl:'
South haze i.cca mad good wages bu
!,aye savnd 3ot!iine. They now fin.
s,vark scarce and are asking for hel'
&c ccue aacn to Mexico.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
DUCK SEASON z
NOW OPEN
Game Warden Directs Attehtion
to Regulations

Beginning November 1st and until
February l. the season for migratory
wild fowl will BE open. Attention is
directed to the regulations which
prohibit the sale Of such game, the
penalty in the United States courts
being severe. IT is expected that
those fortunate persons who nave
The privilege OF using preserves Wall
he early in the field after wild ducks.
Large hocks have already been OBJ
served in fight to this region In
fact, strings OF wild geese have also
been sighted here.
Attention is directed by the game
warden to the regulations with re-
spect to all classes Of migratory
birds. The federal laws are going
to- be applied severely where hunts
men are detected in violation. Wild
fowl may not be sold in any clrcun-
, stances and only non-resfdents have
legal right to carry them out Of the
State. They may be received as gifts
within the State.
The game warden said that on
and after today the open season Will
! apply to wild fowl, deer rail, doves,
bear, rabbits, opossums, raccoons and
other beasts ani birds Of the air. He
said that violators Of the bag limit
will be prosecuted whenever they are
detected and that the game war
.ten's department was, anxious for
the cooperation~of all humsmen in
the State.
NO game Of any kind" Warden
Sloan said "can be bought and sold
except rabbits and squirrels, and
these only between October and
March 15, the legal open season. .
Federal courts he said, have al
| ready passed on the validity OF the
| migratory bird regulations Out IN
Kansas. he said. some hunters were
! so cocksure that the new migratory
bird act was unconstitutional that
they shot some ducks. The attorney
general Of Missouri himself felt that
same way about it and then wished
he had not The case went into the
federal courts and the huntsmen are
| now wiser.
The whole fght was made on
whether or not the United States had
Ife rlSul 10 ldW'o SdHQ AS0oieA
tions in furtherance OF a treaty en-
! tered into with Great Britain for the
protection Of migratory wild fowl.
Article VI. clause 2, of the. Constitu-
ton provides that laws made in the
| furtherance Of trea ties are the SUI
prer7e law Of the land.
Judge Van Valkenburgh says
| Primarily, the State, both as trus-
tee for the rights of all its people and
in the exercise Of its police power,
has control over the right to reduce
animals ferae natruae to possession.
That this power in the State is
subject to any valid exercise Of all
thority under the provisions Of the
federal Constitution is clear, and
that valid exercise Of treaty making
power may be recognized as such a
valid excuse of authority has been
! foreshadowed by necessary implica-
ton or by express reservation in the
decisions Of the Supreme Court OF the
United States"
The decisions go on to show that
migratory birds are properly the sub
ject of negotiations with foreign
countries, as are migrant fur seals,
sea otter and fish.
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No. SS.---A:s:S. M erIinF0n VS.. w. A.
Bownlan--W. c. Davis; Lee & Noise.
no. 74.-Crystal Optical Co. VS..
Southern Express Co.-Lee 4 Noise;
Mark Reynolds.
no. 75.-P. G. Bowman Us. South
ern Railway Col. D. Jennings; T..
6. Tompkins
No. 76.-P. G. Bowman VS.. South
erl Railway Col. d. Jennings; T.
G. Tonlpkins.
Tuesday. November 25.
No. IA. Is. Stuckey VS.. Luther
r. Northcutt-M. w. Seabrook;
No. 7S.--S. Green VS.. a.. c. LII.
d. Jennings; Mark Reynolds, L. w.
McLemore.
No "a. j. Andrews VS.. A. C. L.
j. d. Jennings; Mark Reynolds, l..
w. McLernore.
No. .S1.-Caro5na Machinery CO.
VS.. 6. u. Tomlinson-A S. Merrimon;
il. Fl. Clifton.
No. S2-Otis Hedden CO. VS.. The
Cherry Company-Lee & Noise; J. II.
Clifton.
NO. s3.-otis Holden Co. VS. r. S.
6 s. Cherry-Lee & Noise; J. II.
Clifton.
Wednesday. November 26.
No. S4.-Sumter Live Stock Co. VS..
a. G. L. r. r. Co-Lee & Noise;
Mark Reynolds.
No. S5.-Sumter Cotton Company
Reynolds, L. w. McLemore.
No. ST.. d. Nettles VS.. A. c. L.
s. K. Nash & J. II. Clifton; Mark
Reynolds.
No. Sc. f. Mayes VS.. Deer Is
land Lumber Co.-J. n. Clifton;
No. S9.-Avcry Lumber Company
VS.. Deer Island Lumber Co.-Lee &.
Noise; j. H. Clifton.
Thursday, November 9th.
No 9O.-Isabella j. Gordon VS.. +.
X Homan-L. 3. Jennings;
No. 9l.-W. f. Fludd, Adm. vs. A.
C. LII. D. Jennings; Mark Rey-
mods.
No. 92.-Caneila Williams VS..
Frank Brogdon, ct all. L. Jen-
nings; L. w. McLemore.
No. 92B-J. w. Brown VS.. A. c.
LII. D. Jennings; Mark Reynolds.
No. 93-Minls L. Co. VS.. a. c. L.
L. D. Jennings: Mark Reynolds.
Friday. November 28th.
No 94.-Mims & Co. VS.. A. c. L.
l.. D. Jennings; NJ. Reynolds, L. w.
McLemore.
No. 95.-Mims & Co. VS.. A. C. l.
Id. Jennings; NJ Reynolds, L. w.
McLemore
No. 96.-W. G. Holder VS. N. H.
Beck and Julia V. Beck-R. D. Epps;
L. D. Jennings.
No. s7.-Jackson-T Tweed I.umber
Co. VS.. S. A. LIS. X. Nash:' Lee &
Noise.
No. 9S.-Jackson-Tweed Lumber
Co. VS.. A. c. LIS. X. Nash;
Monday, December 1st.
No. 99-Jackson-Tweed Lumber
Co. VS.. Southern. H. Clifton; Lee
& Noise.
No. 1oo.-Frank Robertson VS.. n.
c. Mutual. D. Jennings; L. ". Nc
I.emore.
No. 1O1-Nancy L. Early VS.. J. r.
Early-L. D. Jennings;
NO. lUZ-J. n. SlOuOSiIllIe w
Thos Brogdon-C. B. Ruffin; T. A.
Mcleod.
No. 1O3-Peter p. May VS.. Sumter
ter Live Stock Con-. ". Seabrook;
No. 1G44J. NJ. Hardy VS.. F. X.
IIolman-Epps & Levy.
Resolved, That no cause shall lose
its. position on the calendar by reason
of the same not being reached and
called for trial on the day assigned
but such cause shall stand in regu-
lar order to be called for trial when
the same is reached in due course.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
WOMEN TAKE
PART N RIOT
Attempt to Prevent Worii-e1.'s
From Entering Steel Plant
In Youngstown

Youngstown. Ohio. Nov. 4.-Bricks
and stones flew. While deputies fought
with enraged women, when a CROWD
of a hundred and fifty women this
morning attempted to prevent work
ers from entering the steel plant
here. Five men and four women We're
saSrested for rioting. none were Sc
riously injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
COAL PRODUCERS
ARE PESSIMISTIC
Think Strike Will Be Long
:. Drawn Out-All Union Men
Out and Others Joining
Ranks

Pittsburg. Nov. 4.-Sone coal pro-
ducers in the Pittsburg district to-
day expressed the opinion that the
coal miners strike viii be Il long.
drawn out affair Union leader. said
that there is no change in the situa-
ton, that all union miners are out. and
indicat tons are that additional unor-
ganiZed miners are joining The strl!>-
erS ranks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
U. S. TROOPS IN
PENNSYI4V AM A
Company of Infantry on Duty
In Brownsville

brownsville. Pa. Nov. 4.-i'niteG
Stor6.s troora entered Pennsylvania on
strike duty today when :; compans
Of infantry arrived from Buffalo. They
Were held on the train until arrange
r?rlltS were made for scattering them
throEgn the districts Brownsville is
,n ;he edge Of the non-union mine
.ol;ntrE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08

The aeroplane which, is stationed
on the Green Swamp road about two
miles from the city, is under the care
Of aviator r. c. Oertel OF Augusta
Georgia Mr.. Oertel expects to be in
Sumter until Saturday The object Of
the visit is to advertise the Curtis
planes. In order to advertise, several
passengers are being carried up.
Amongst those made the trip on Tues
day were: Messrs. C. D. Ketner, Craig
Hurst, William Miller, Charles II.
Curtis, j. NJ Hardy, L. L. Boney and
Aubrey Bradham.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
FRANCE MAKES
NEW Proposal.
Suggests a Settlement of the
Fiume Question

Paris. Nov. 4.-France has taken
che initiative in presenting TO the
Washington government new pro-
posal for the settlement of the
I'iunac question, according to The
Echo de Paris. This newspaper says
The move has the support Of Great
Britain.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
GOVERNORS TO
BE ELECTED

New York. Nov. ELECTORS from
rivc states went To the polls today TO
a!iot FOR governors. while the cleo
ION of lesser officials and decisions
n constitutional questions faced tn"
ctcre OF several "ther States. Gov!
"nors are being elected for Kentucky
1arylanl. Massa chusetts, Mississippi
-.n6 New Jersey.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
CONFERENCE WITH
D0CTOR GARFIELD
Fuel Administration and Coal
Association President
Confer

Washington Nov. efforts to,
reach basis for possible settlement
of the coal strike were made today
at a conference here between Fuel
Administrator Garfield and J. y.
Morrow. President National Coal AS
Sociatio
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
LEGISLATORS GO
HOME TO VOTE,
House Recessed, But Senate j:
Still Discussing Peace
Treaty

Washington, Nov. 4.-The house is
not in session. having recessed so that
members from s:ates where elections
We hcinn held could rctur: home.
The senate. however, continued it:'
;c,is:;ion Of the peace treaty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
ANENT THE
COAL STRIKE
Presidential Commission Pro-
posed to Arbitrate the
Matter

Washington, Nov. A specia]
presidential commission to attempt
arbitration Of the coal strike was pro-
posed in resolution introduced today
by Chairman Kenyon Of the LABOR
tOrnmittcc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
STRIKE IN MIAMI
General Strike of Labor Unions
:. Called For Monday-Wiil
Tie Up Electric Liect, wa
ter and Gas Plants

Miami Fla, Nov. "A general
strike of ali labor unions in Miami
has been called Tor next Monday on
account Of the employment of nom
Mnion labor in the construction OF
the hotel. If the strike is effective.
the electric light, water and gas plants
will be included among the industries
tied up
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
eRJJSSIAN ARMY
4 4 IS SURROUNDED
s.
General Yudennite's Attack OF
Petrograd Fails

:: London. Nov. TIT claim that
<..ho northwestern Russian army o.
Several Ynaennite which has hc"2
attacking Petroerad. had been sur
rounded by folsheviki was mace y
stSssa,7; so1;e e.a--ernn7ent wireless n.:e-
SAGE from -Moscow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08

The Red Cross drive seems to be,
making good progress in Sumter gnsier
the leadership of Mrs. Aston -Stubbs,
the different teams hope(fo conlpfete
the canvass at an cary date. The
committee in charge ,rusts~cnat the
people Of Sumter will not hesitate in
joining this worthy organization.
, 1919-09-25
A VETERAN OF MANY BATTLES.
Young Man Who Passed Through Hot
test Part of Late War With
Germans, Visiting Here.

Howard S. Durrie, a brother of Fred
B. Durrie of the Stock Growers State
Bank arrived in safatsga last week
for a visit with his brotlihy and fam
lily, and has decided to refhain here for
the present. This is the young man
who has been mentioned in these col
umns evera times as being overseas
with the 9TH L.. s. Marine Corps. which
organization is crdited with the turn
ing of the tide against the Germans ut
Chauteau Thierry on June 6. 1918.
When all resistance that the French
and English could put up had crumbled
and the darkest hour of the war was
upon the Allies, the American Marines
We're called for, and to the stirring
strains of The Star Spangled Ban
ner.' 5000 Marines marched to the
front and engaged the Prussian
Guards. the flower of the German
army.
Being greatly ou~tnumbered. their
'NF,' "N'N ''p hipt'' 'ui -1"p w tiit
original 5000 remaining after the con-
fiict. hut they had effectually checked
the triumphant march to Paris. for
which all plans had beer made by the
Germans.
Mr.. Durrie carries medals and other
insignia for distinguished service rem
dered, and while he considers his ex-
p%eriences as worth while. he has no de
sire to repeat them. Having been ell
gagged in six of the eight main drives of
the Allies, and receiving but one
wound. he says he is willing to stop
the war business before his luck
changes. He is now assisting his
brother in the Stock Growers Bank
and will remain there ut least during
the busy fall season.
1t is indeed a pleasure to meet young
men of this type who have rendered
such service to their country.
, 1919-09-25
PROSPECTING ON HOMEsTEADs
Oil P%rOspeetOrs May Enter Grazing
Homesteads, but Not Those Taken
Under Other Homestead Laws.

Following IL trial in the district
court of Weston county. lodge ]. ii.
Burgess has rendered Il decision in re-
gard to the prospecting for oil OF home
steads, which in substance makes a dis
tinction between lands taken under the
grazing homestead law (640-acre law 3,
and those taken under the other home
stead laws.
In effect h court holds that pros
pectors have no right to enter upon
lands taken up under the OLD law t1G0
acresl. or the enlarged homestead law
t320-acre law, and may be evicted
therefrom as trespassers, but that lands
taken NJ under the grazing home
stead law may I've entered upon by
prospectus, and the only damage for
which they will he liable will he
damage'to permanent Improvements and
growing crops
The case WAS brought in the Weston
county district court by Charles ID.
Roy. a homesteader. against repre-
%sentativeS of u Sheridan Oil company,
who were prospecting for oil on his
entry. Roy brought action for damages
and served an injunction on the opera
tors to prevent further oil exploration
on his entry. He had taken his first
so acres under the enlarged homestead
law and Il second $40 acres under the
grazing law. The decision of the court
-. A. - ...:,... .....t.
, 1919-09-25

consumed by the successive crops
that the soil can no longer produce
the clover which for several seasons
grew luxuriantly II in the same
way n for the same reason the soil
becomes sick, unable to produce any
crop raised continuously upon it for
a number of years. So with epidemics {;
they can begin. spread, and exist only
for a certain period of time. When the
susceptible population has been affected
and made immune. the epidemic, under
natural laws, must stop.
Now comes the real question {:
What percentage of the influenza sus-
ceptible population did the epidemic of
last winter affect? On our ability to
answer this question would seem to
rest ou right to draw conclusions as to
the prevalence of influenza this fall
and winter. The history of influenza.
extending back over a period of SOC
years and recording over 100 epidemics.
indicates that an epidemic usually in
wolves about 40 per cent Of the pop
ulation. Recalling the more recent cpl
denies tthat of last year excepted) the
epidemics of 1890, 1891. and 1892, and
that of 1900, 1901 and 1902, we had an
involvement during the entire course Of
the epidemics of perhaps 40 per cent OF
the population, possibly 80 per ent
In both of these last two mentioned
epidemics there was during the sever
al years of their prevalence, IA total of
less than 100 deaths per 100000 pop.
u%lation. In the epidemic of last year
there was al involvement of at least
30 per cent of the population, and there
were 400 deaths per 100000 population.
These figures would indicate that the
epidemic OF last fall and winter CON
sumed the major portion of the suscept-
ible material, and that there remains
hut a small percentage of the suscept-
ible material to be affected this fall
and winter"
, 1919-09-25
Change of Agents on S. & f.

w. NJ. Horton, for several years
local agent for the Saratoga and En-
campment railway. is checking out to-
day and turning over the local station
to his successor, Lee Wilcox. Mr.. Hor-
ton has accepted n position with the
Union Pacific at Laramie and will
leave this afternoon or tomorrow to
take up his new duties. His family
will move TO Laramie within a few
days.
&. X. Fairman. for ten years agent
mt Encampment. and also auditor for
the company. has also severed his con-
ncction with the company and expects
to cave oon for the west coast to enjoy
a well earned vacation. He has recent
ly proved up on his 320-acre home
stead Il ~Encampment and has his
business affairs so arranged that he
can enjoy a much needed rest. He
will be succeeded in the Encampment
office by a former Burlington agent,
who, it is reported, will take charge of
the general offices of the company the
last of this week.