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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
The cenens to be Taken During til'
Month or January.

The census which is taken every tcu
wears; by the United States govern
nlent will again be taken in January
1920. The main subjects that will oc
ennmerated in this section OF the
country ;,re population and agricnl-
tll-e. The period Of enumeration sha!i
be dnlring the month OF January. In
IN incorporated town Of 900 inh'.bi-
tau;s or more. each enumerator Will
he allowed two weeks in which to
enurncrate his ward. and thirty days
in which TO ennnerate u township or
division Of a township. There arr
four wards in the city Of Sumter an I
each will be sub-divided. these sub
divisions will be approved at aa earl?
date by the Census Department in
Washington. Applications for enume
rator con now be sent Mr.. Julian :.
wolfe. Supervisor OF the Seventh Con
e.ressional District 1t Orangehurg, =
c. Application blanks have not bee:
received as yet. but are expected a
.,n .arly date. To become an eililh''..
rator one must be honest. thcff' I ''
I'D able to read and w:itc. Ih" .''i'-
e onnmnra'n or viii pa frGin Il II
Ger Gay, approximately.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

governor Cooper has appointed the
commissioners 10 arrange the pre-
iiminary steps incident to an election
For the annexation OF a Fart OF ker-
shaw TO Lee county. The people Of
the Lucknow section want about four
square miles of Kershaw county an
n.xcd to Lee county. because the pco-
pic q. that section haze to send
lhc!: children to The school across
the line in Lee county. and they want
;ne school district consolidated. The
commissioners who are opposed to tlte
anne> alton are ". II. Radcliff and w
x. IhumphlIes. and those in favor Of
INC project are p. T.. Johnson and H.
G. Pate. All are residents Of the
r.;lcknow section.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Col. Leon S. RoudieZ. the new ~
spector-ins:ructor of the South Caro-
lima National Guard. assigned TO 't.i>
State by the war department. h:l
had an interesting career. A naliV;
of France. born June I. 1860. has ris-
ca from the ranks in the regular
army 10 his present high commission
He was successfully private. coi11or
al, sergeant and first sergeant in %
Il, Sixteenth Infantry, from Januars
26, 1879, until August 6, 1881, Whef
he was commissioned second lleuteh'
ant. He was promoted to first 'ie''-
tenant August l. 1891. and receive q
his eaptaincy December go. ls?S. IL
%as commissioned q major l'ee'"l
her. 81. 1907, a lieutenant eoione
.Tane 81. 1919 and reachoa his p'ae
en1 rank July i, 1916.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
FIRE IN COLUMBIA

columbia. Sept. 233ss-Fire. last nigh
threatened the Masonic Temple occu-
pied by the r. J.. Bryan company and
the several branches oT Masonry. The
blaze was discovered ut /? o'clock il,
the heater room which is located II
the basement midway Of the build
ing. Chief May directed five hyGrali1
streams and in As minutes the flames
Were under control.
e. $. Bryan said that the stock il
the book store was valued a. appreXi.
r1ately $4,000, and the losses wouiT
be confined TO smoke damage. Yer.
little water was spilled On the frs
floor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
treasury T s. csrtsficates..

Tae Sumter banks and ,tfnst cont
5panies have received Official notice
;ssfrepa sIls Federal Ee eser.te Eank z t
ESehnan d. hat the total, sales. OF 4 p Z
Iast Series sofs Treasury Certificates OF
sIaaebtsaness. the books for WHICH
closed September e. aggregated ap...
sproxifnateIy $3.50, ,000, 900. While the
1 banks are the primary markets for
these securities, special attention OF
the bankers of this city is directed 20
tie desisabiiity Of developing a pop
ular demand for them, particularly
for those OF the longer maturities,. as
these certificates are not really ab-
sarbeG until they are placed in the
hands of the investing public.
= By reason of. the favorable cash
condition OF the United States Treas
Try the banksS here probably will
fad transactions in the recent Treas
ury Certificates OF Indebtedness ex-
tremely. profitable; inasmdch as The
redeposirs of funds realized from the
sale OF the last offerings are expected
10 ,eStand-over longer average pc
rioa than usual.
BY stimulating the popular demand
for these securities the banks wal
mako their own conGit on more hanid
it is shcwn. and better safve their ~
resting customers. At. the same I,tilS
they win be cooperating With the
United States Treasury. Recent n;aii';
reports have proved that this cooper
alton is extremely profitable To
bankerss Largely as result OF the
york done by the I:nited States Treas
ury and the banks in floating thf
I'VE Liberty Loans. the total bank
deposits in this district increased with
in the two years of the war period
more than s43S 100000, the banks
OF Sumter alone showing an increase
of more than s2.200,000.
known to the bankers as tax Sc
ries T-9 and Tie. the last issues 81
Treasury Certificates Of Indebtedness
mature March Il. 1920, and Sep
fernber Is, 1929, respectively. They
will be received in payment OF fed-
eral income tax insta!ntents due on
iae dates Of the uiaturit. OF III.
certificates. One OF th.se issues
T-l0-bears i-2 per cent interest
ff1e other pays Ia per cent Tslt'
is taken TO mean that tho problems q
government finance are 40 we'll ~
hand by the Secretary OF the Treas
ury that il is the governments por-
pose to marke, its'future securities II
rates lower than 4 1-2 per cent II pos
sib,e. The banks are therefore ASK
ed TO encourage those customers whc
appreciate the value Of governme ~
securities as sinvestments to absofs
in an increasing degree the issues OF
Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness
how OUTSTANDING
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
REFUSES TO
INVITE KING
Milwaukee Mayor Suggests
Warm Place for Royalty

Milwaukee. Sept. I'll stand for
the Nr1an who works. TO hell With
the Kings.
This qpon1ion closes 4 letter to y.
T. yanscoy, president OF the Milwau-
kee Association of Commerce. from
Mayor Hoan. in which the latter re-
fuses to invite King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth OF Belgium to visit Mil
wankee. The mayor. offers. howe. er,
20 forward such an invitation present
ed by any group Of citizens.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
ITALIAN MINISTER
RESIGNS POST

home. Sept. 2a-Tomaaso Tit'oni.
Ita ian foreign minister, has resigned
because o1' the Tiumo incident. ac-
cording 10 Ciornale .D'Ital;a. The
1cs. 1,one,aen1 of The opening Of par:
i.,lnent indicates The gravity Of tho
si1naiien. according 10 the newspa
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

A!bcraarie. \. G., Sept 24.-Twenty-
seven textile workers faced The court
here today on charges OF melting TO
riot in connection with tfe strike dis
orders at the Wiscasselt cotton mills
..eu CIV: AGO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
D'ANNUNZIO RE-
MAINS DICTATOR
He assumes Supreme Authority
At Fiume

Paris. Sept 23.-D' Annuilzio is re-
ported as saying that King Victor
Emanuel himself would not be adj
nlitted TO F'iume. unless he affirmed
himself King OF Italian Fiume.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
RESULTS : OF
TEX AS. STORM
Towns Surrounded by sWater
- and Trains Held Up

Brownsville. Sept 2t.-Hida!go,
Texas and Raynosa. Mexico. are re-
ported completely surrounded by wa
Ter and an trains held up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Paris. Sept. aS.--The upward
alovcment in food prices is reported
70 have been checked and a reduction
in some necessities was no;cd after
the government bes:,n price fixing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Washington. Sept 3,:2..----Thn senate
ana house conferets are cXpectea !"
reach an agreement today on the pro-
hihition amendment and vote Is pre-
lliclc,l this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

6'onnellsvillc. Sept a":-0h" is re-
oor1n1 killed and fourteeIf injured in
lhc wreck CT baltimore & Ohio
express train at Huston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

PI1iladelphi:. Sept. 2s.-Edward
Boll. editor OF the Ladies Home
Journal has resigned. effective Ian
uary lst.l > .S :...tsaa>s5: -.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27
THE COST OF WAR
Man Power Loss BY the United
States

Washington, Sept. 23.-The nla1
powei, cost OF the war 10 the United
400. $4,000 are dead, EOS, ,lS2 were
wounded.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

Pensacola. Sept Fwenfy-
FISHING. snlacks are idle at the docks
on account Of the fisher rfnen,s strike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-27

VOTE ON TREATY
] French. Chamber Of neppllies TO.
: Act To-day

PARIS. Sept. :2s4:-i,remier Ciemen-
cca,t is expected to=asle the chamber
of deputies for q vote ass1ifsing the
peace treaty this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
BOOTLEGGER WALKS
INTO TRAP THAT WAS
SET BY E. M. POLICE

After laying a trap for Gust Hari-
atr last night, the East Moline po-
lice succeeded in getting the goods
on him and today Gust faces a
charge of bootlegging. He asked
that the case be continued until
next Tuesday morning, so that he
may be able to obtain legal coun-
sci. The continuance was granted
by Magistrate a. A. Niles.
Hariatr lives at Warmers Cross
ing. Several complaints have been
received lately that liquor was be-
ing retailed at the Hariatr home.
Two cases of beer and quantities of
whisky were confiscated by the po-
lice and are being held as evidence.
Hariatr is out on bonds of s110
furnished by himself and a friend
Hariatr is an old offender and
recently was released from the
county Jail where he served a SEN
tence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline
ROCK ISLANDERS
ENTERTAINED BY
EAST MOLINERS

One hundred sixty-five students
of the Rock Island high school and
of the East Moline United town
ship high school enjoyed a get-to-
gether party in the East Moline
building last night
At $50 So boys, members of the
Rock Island Hi-Y club, with four
faculty members of the Rock Is
land school, were given reception
by the East Moliners. A buffet
luncheon was served, followed by a
program in the school auditorium.
Speakers were Arnold Lau, prin-
cipal of the Rock Island high
school, John AShantz, and MI
Houghby, both of the Rock Island
school, Harold Lundgren, boys sec
rotary of the Rock Island Y. NJ. G.
A, Richard Dopp Ray Reitz, c. +.
Mitchell, president of the East Mo-
inc township board of education.
and Carl Anderson, former teacher
in the Rock Island high school, and
who was just discharged from the
army after seven months of service
overseas.
At s o'clock the party broke up
and the boys Joined the girls of
both the East Moline and Rock Is
land schools, in two hours of dane
ing. The music was furnished by
Robert Schurr's ochestra of Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
five MEMBERS
TO Be ELECTED
VIII Vote Tomorrow for One Presi.
dent and Four Others to the
Board of Education.

Five members to the Moline
board of education are to be chos-
en- at the school election tomorrow
in Moline. There will be five poll
ing places and regardless of the
precinct in which one lives, votes
may be cast at any of the polling
places.
Candidates at the school election
tomorrow are:
For president-Wilson P. Hunt
and Matte Collin.
For member, three-year term-T.
F. Wharton, DR.. Mabel Otis, Albin
Anderson, c. r. Rosborough, D. H.
Dank, May Greene, Nels Nelson and
Clara Pearson.
For vacancy, one-year term-L-
E. Mutt and Jacob Luschinger.
Mr.. Hunt, DR.. Otis, Mr.. Wharton,
Mr.. Anderson and Mr.. Rosborough
are candidates for reelection.
The polling places are:
Central fire station, Sixteenth
street, between Fourth and Fifth
avenues
Willard school. Sixteenth street
and Sixteenth avenue.
William Carr school, Seventh
street and Nineteenth avenue.
Gordon Memorial chapel. Twenty
sixth street near Sixteenth avenue
Moline Welding company Office,
Fifth avenue and Forty-hrst street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
Z. M. TO URGE
GOOD ENGLISH
One Week April 21-Win Give Pro-,
grams Showing Necessity of
Correct Grammar.

Good English week" will be in
augurated in the East Moline town
ship high school during the four
days of April 81, %, 23> and "a.
Each day a speaker will address
the assembly on the meaning Of
SO I'd English, especially as an as
set to a person in the business and
soc. ii world.
Several methods are being en-
ployed to impress upon the pupils
the necessity of good English. Post
ers. and cartoons will be placed in
each class room, constantly re-
minding them Think before you
speak" Critics will be in each
class to take care of the language
criticism and tabulations. There
will be one day of impromptu de-
bate work in all sections. A pro-
gram will be given each day, which
is not to interfere with the regular
work but will supplement it in
broad and constructive way Wis
itors are asked to come during the
week. The programs to be given
IL the mornings are:
Monday-"Good English a Pleas
ure"-E. C. Fisher. Rock Island su-
perintendent
Tuesday-"Good English as
Business Asset. W. Caste, East
Moline township superintendent.
ednesday-"Good English as a
Patriotic Duty"-Augustana college
representative.
Tffursday-"GoQd English as
Social Factor''-Arnold Lau, Rock
Island high school principal.
Thursday afternoon = Playlet,
"The People of Illinois VS.. the Four
Verb Brothers"
Cast: c. d. Long. V. Barrett, G.
Sandholm, D. Kelly, c. Young. B.
Lohrmann, F. Bookman, H. For
rest, F, Filbert, S. Boxman. W. Long
and P. Haddick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
ESCAPES FIRING
SQUAD OF ENEMY
TWICE; HONORED

Paris. April IL. = Correspond
ence of the Associated Press. y
Twice sentenced to death by the
Germans, a young heroine of the
war. Louise Thuilliez, of Valen-
ciennes, was decorated on March
81 by Premier Clemenceau with the
cross of the legion of honor and
the Croix de Guerre with the palm
leaves.
She distinguished herself by
helping French and allied soldiers
to escape from German durance,
and twice the urgent intercession
of the Spanish minister in Brussels
saved her from the firing squad.
She was eventually sentenced to
penal servitude for life but after
serving three years of her sentence
the German retreat put an end to
her Imprisonment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
MOLINE COUNCIL
NEEDS A LARGER
MEETING TABLE

Several changes will need to be
made in the Moline city hall, when
the IA aldermen and other newly
elected officials enter upon their
duties.
In the commission form of gov
eminent only six officials attended
the city session, using one table.
Now with IA aldermen and several
other officials more accommoda-
tions will have to be made When
Moline was last under the alder
manic plan the council met in the
old municipal building, now the
Central fire station.
Another problem for the new
council is what will be done with
the extra rooms, used by the de-
partments of public improvement,
public works and the income tax
men.
Arrangements for meetings and
the other problems which must be
met at once, will probably be fixed
at the first meeting of the council,
Monday evening, May 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
FINES and COST
TOTALS SA,132
Largest Check In Years Is Turned
Over To City by Magis-
trate Gustafson.

Fines collected by Magistrate
Frank Gustafson during the year
just ended represent the largest
collection made by any magistrate
in Moline Magistrate Gustafson
turned over a check for $4,132.S0 to
c. V. Johnson, Moline commission
er of accounts and finances, this
morning.
The check is for fines collected
during the fiscal year ended March
81. The check turned over for the
year ended March 81. 1918, was
$2,379.45. All fines levied for VIC
lation of city ordinances goes into
the city treasury.
Magistrate Gustafson collected
$1,099O5 from speeders last year
and S3.033.75 from persons found
guilty of violating city ordinances.
Salary and expenses of the po-
lice magistrates office amounted
to only S632. Fines and costs
amounting to $4S2 we're suspended.
March was the biggest month OF
the year Magistrate GustafsOn col
lecting $760.50 in fines and $43-20 in
costs during the last 81 days of the
fiscal year.
Fines collected for violation of
state law are turned over to the
county treasurer. However, it has
been the practice of Magistrate
Gustafson to issue city warrants ID
all possible cases, as the city re-
ceives all money collected in such
cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
MOLINE ELKS VOTE
TO PURCHASE $1,000
IN VICTORY BONDS

Again the Moline Elks have voted
to buy bonds of the United States
government. Last evening the ETks
voted to purchase $1,000 worth of
Victory bonds, which will make a
total of $4,000 in bonds that the or
der has bought in the Liberty and
Victory loan drives. The lodge also
has several hundred dollars worth
of war savings stamps. 1t recently
voted to contribute large sums to
the Salvation Army and to the Mo-
line council of Boy Scouts.
Six candidates were initiated last
evening. A dozen or more applica-
tons for membership were recelv-
ed. Bruce Campbell, grand exalted
ruler of Elks, will probably be IN
Moline in June, it was announced.
The Elks will celebrate mothers
day by special ceremony to be
held May Is. William Whiteside VIII
give the address. A committee to ar
range for public flag day exercises
was appointed last evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
TWO TAKE JOBS
FIREMEN LEAVE
Chief Ed Larkin and Matt CaTin
Asked to Resign-Maberry and
Cartwright Named.

Elmer Maberry, brother of Frank
Maberry, chief of the East Moline
police department, and Clyde Curtt-
wright have been named as temper
airy fremen on the East Moline fire
department to fill the vacancies
made by the leaving OF Chief Ed
Larkin and Matt Cain yesterday
morning.
Both men will serve until definite
appointments are made. Both were
recently discharged from the
United States army. Buck Sargin-
son, the only remaining fireman ON
the department after Mayor G. F.
Johnson requested Chief Larkin
and Matt Cain to resign yesterday.
is acting fire chief. The two new
firemen started work yesterday
noon
Trouble had been brewing be
tween Chief Larkin and Matt Cain
for some time. Wednesday night
the climax came The chief and
Cain became engaged in a verbal
and then fistic battle. On the
request of the mayor, Larkin and
Cain were lodged in the police cells
for the night. The next morning
both were asked to sever connec-
lions with the department.
Larkin was appointed chief or
the fire department several months
ago. On the first vote the council
rejected him. but on a motion to
reconsider his application the coun-
Gil confirmed the appointment. Cain
was made a member of the fire de-
partment after his discharge from
military service overseas several
months ago. He previously served
as a member of the force in the
city of Peoria.
Mulberry had, prior to his enlist
ntent, served as truck driver for the
East Moline fire department and
had also been night desk sergeant
on the police department. Curt
wright was a truck driver in the
army.
Appointment of fire chief and
definite firemen probably will be
made at the next council meeting
Monday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
Two SITES FOR
SCHOOL CHOSEN
Moline Voters TO Cast Ballot On
Gordon or Blackwell Grounds
for Building.

Moline voters will be asked to
ballot on the proposition of a
school site at the school election
tomorrow
There are now two new sites
available for the new building to
be built in the Logan school dis
trict, which embraces the govern
ment housing district. The school
will be erected if the voters favor
the proposition of issuing bonds.
The two sites which will appear on
the ballots tomorrow are desig-
mated as the Blackwell site and the
Gordon playground site.
The Blackwell tract comprises
one and half acres of ground and
is on Twenty-fifth street near E1gh-
teenth avenue A. The Gordon play
ground site takes in four and a
half acres of ground and is located
on Twenty-ninth street between
and Fifteenth avenues
Voters should fix these thorough
fares clearly in their minds. The
street property was
a part of the Gordon es-
tate; it is not the old Gordon home
stead on Twenty-fifth street near
avenue that it is pro-
posed to buy. Either tract may be
purchased for $4,000.
Advocates of the Gordon tract
admit that it is not quite so CEN
trally located today as the Black
well tract, but they urge that the
trend of population is such that it
will be more nearly in the center
of the district five years hence.
They urge further that the large
site is preferable because it Will
afford a playground, a feature that
would be impossible, they say, if
the Blackwell tract is bought.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
REPORT REVEALS
WHEAT IN KANSAS
BEST IN HISTORY

Topeka, Kan, April 1S.-The
first Kansas wheat crop report of
the year, issued today by ]. c. Mob
Ter, secretary of the state board of
agriculture, shows that the condi-
ton and acreage of wheat in Kan
sas this year is the best and larg-
est in the history of any state at
this time of year
Mothers report places the acre
age of wheat in Kansas at 10,75S.-
600 acres and the condition is esti-
mated at 1892.
Mohler did not make an official
estimate on the yield. If the ordi-
nary methods of figuring the yield
is used, however. the forecast is
that the state will produce more
than 215,0OO,0OO bushels of wheat
from this crop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
ELLINGSWORTH rs
IN CITY ON LEAVE

Lyle Ellingsworth Moline con-
tractor, who succeeded in enlisting
in the United States engineers after
being turned down several times,
and then won a commission for his
work in France, is in the city on
a brief furlough.
Lieutenant Ellingsworth, though
an engineer, was wounded in action
and is still rated as a convalescent.
He is stationed at the base hospi-
tai at Fort Sheridan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-18
COMMISSION LETS
PAVING CONTRACT
TODAY FOR ALLEY

The Moline commission this
morning let the contract for the
grading and paving of the alley
north of Twelfth avenue and be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets, to the Western Construc-
ton company. the contract price
being $2,675-35.
The alley has been the cause of
much controversy between the city
and w. r. Moore and a number of
other interested property owners.
The commission sighed with re-
lief when the representatives of the
alley left the city hall today salts
fed.