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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-30

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sHAREHOI DERs MEETING.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Shareholders of The First National
Bank of Sumter will Re held at he Bapk on
Tuesday, Jan y, 1897, 1T u o'clock noon.
L. s. CARSON, Cashier.
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fHE ROPED ARENA

In spite OF the signing of the anti-prize
fight bill! by President Cleveland, there
seems 10 be every Likelihood that the big
fights at Ell Paso will be pulled off by Dan
Stuart. News of & disquie,ing nature from
all over the country do not seem to bother
the man at the helm. The suave and even
tempered Texan has rouS right along about
mis- plans ana announces tonight that no
human contingency can arise which will
interfere with the carrying out Of the ful
and complete program. You can saw"
remarked Stuart, THAT | will pay tho en-
penses OF any man who comes to see the
fights, and who has the money to pay for
shat privilege if he does not get that whicil
his money calls for" What Stuart has no
his sleeves but few know. All sorts of
Guesses are being made. but Stuart main
tains q discreet silence and if any of them
have hit the mark, Stuart has failed TO
confirm them. Special trains along the
lines OF ali five roads entering this city
have been arranged foc and large crowds
are coming in daily.
There is every probability that Stuart
will find some place for tho fighters to
meet. There is dispu ed territory very
near Ell Paso AMI Stuart has already an
nounced that the place of meeting is less
than three miles from the town mentioned.
Wh'ie there is no doubt that it would be
difficult to fight in the territory or any of
the American states, it would seem to be
easier 10 lind place on Mexican soil. Tho
apathy displayed by President Diaz on the
subject should be cause OF great Joy to
Stuart. The various chortlings Of Cover
nor Ahumada OF chihuahua are neither
consistent i'll expression nor dangerous i'll
meaning. In fact, MIR. Stuart was reason
ably certain OF what he was talking about
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L. A. A. c. CHATTER

The members OF the Los Angeles Ath-
letc club arc beginning to discuss ways
and means to raise the money necessary
for the furnishing of the new club rooms.
There will be meeting of all members at
the club gymnasium on Wednesday even
ing, February ~. The matter of the adj
visibility of making All assessment will Dc
fully discussed. This method of raising
money is one that should only be used as
a last resort. There are many members
who are paying dues who rarely enter the
club rooms except on entertainment nights
These men would be likely to suddenly
drop out were an assessment 10 De sud-
denly thrust upon them, and regular
source of income would be lost. The most
likely method seems to circulate petit
ton and all who have the welfare or the
club al heart could donate whatever they
choose. There are plenty of men in the
club who are we'll able to give money to
such worthy object Moreover, the aver
age man would much rather donate of his
own accord than be told to stand and de-
liver. Decidedly, the petition plan is the
better of the two.
Preparations for the clubs vaudeville
show 60 merrily on. The date selected is
March 20, and the Los Angeles theater
will be hired for the occasion. Outside
talent of a very high order has been on
gagged, and the clever men OF the club are
working hard at their respective turns.
Rehearsals will be commenced under the
stage managers direction on March |, and
there will be two rehearsals week up to
the night of the performance. Don Brock
away. the champion fencer Of the Seventh
regiment, will be pitted against Carl Me
Stay, the she shining light of the club
They will fence for the amateur champion
ship of Southern California. Scott and
Foote are working hard at their balancing
feats, and they do some very remarkable
work. The Sheckles Banks trio are prac-
ticing without Sheckles, he having hurt his
neck while performing in the gymnasium
The excellent dancing OF Chapman and
Palmer will be feature of the evening,
and the rest of their turn will be quite up
to the mark. The entire performance
promises 10 rank very high. and will prob
ably be considerably better than anything
OF the kind yet given by the club.
Billy Gallagher, the clubs boxing. in
structor, has received o letter from Jack
McCann of San francisco, asking Gal
iagher for match. McCann wants Billy
to go to San Francisco, as there seems to
be greater possibility of arranging a
meeting up there than i'll this city. Nc
Cam has met Gallagher before when the
latter was n lad of Is, and the decision
won't TO McCann.
The Trampers' annex visited Abe ia
coby at his ranch at Orange yesterday. A
royal good time was given the boys by their
excellent host. A fine dinner was set for
them, and afterwards q trip was taken to
Olive Heights. The members returned in
the evening loaded with oranges.
The bulletin board is full of applications
for membership, which will be passed
upon at the next meeting of the directors
Members are coming in at the rate OF
thirty a month, presenting another method
of raising money without levying an as.
se5sment.
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POLICE WORK
Operations OF TIL, Department During tn!
nonth of January

Operations Of tn, Department During the
1onth of January
Secretary Cottle of the police depart
ment has compiled his monthly report for
January. The total number of arrests
during the month was 4Sl, as follows:
Assault with deadly weapon, 8; assault
to kill. 2; begging, 80; battery, 10; bur-
glary, IL; carrying concealed weapons, 4 I;
cruelty to animals. l drunk, l59: dis
turbing the peace, 50; escapes, D; false
pretenses, 2: fast driving, q; violating
hack ordinance, l: violating hitching or
dinance, 2; soliciting, 9; grand larceny, 81
petty larceny, %; violating license law, & !:
selling lottery tickets. ] misdemeanor.
al; malicious mischief, 8; receiving stolen
goods, resisting an officer, robbery, each !:
violating sidewalk ordinance, - vagrancy.
90; incorrigible, 3; suspicious persons, 10.
In addition. 40 persons were booked for
medical treatment. 100 dodgers were ac-
commodated, A lost children we're restored
and IS loose horses, elc., were cared for.
The detective department during the
month recovered SlG9l worth of stolen
property.
The total amount of fines and forfeitures
paid in police courts was S7O9; amount
saved by having cooking done in Jail.
S735.30; total number of days prisoners
worked on chain gang. equivalent of : i per
day, $500; cases interpreted by bailiff at
$l.5O per case, 10 cases, $3.50; total.
5000. $50.
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A GRATIFlED AUDIENCE
A Brilliant Assem5lage Greeted the Boy Wiz
ard At the Los Angeles Theatre Last Night

A Brilliant Assemblage Greeted the Boy Wiz
The demonstration by the Boy Wizard
last night drew ono OF the largest audiences
that ever assembled within the walls of the
Los Angeles theatre. 1t is n noticeable fact
that the hes; and most cultured classes of
the people are deeply interested in the
philanthropic work the noted magnetic
phenomenon is engaged in, that of healing
and benefitng the afflicted upon the pub
lie stage free. The liberal, and at all times
vociferous applause with which the audi
ence greeted the Boy Wizard at tho re-
markably successful! effect that folio we'd
each treatment showed beyond peradven-
ture that the vast assemblage was heart
and soul with the youth in his effort to
perform miracle like cures, and if the in
tense and hushed attention which prevails
is criterion to judge by, then it is safe to
say that great faith abounded in the multi
tude.
Preceding the magnetic tests by the Boy
Wizard, Prof. w. Fletcher Hall descauted
for few n nUtes on the power of animal
magnetism and it's wonderful results from
application TO chronic diseases. His re-
marks were listened to with close attention
and he acquitted himself in mastery
manner.
There were fully a score of invalids
treated on the stage, and III every case but
two the patient testified to immediate re-
lief, some unqualifledly saying that all
pains and aches were dissipated by the
magnetic touch of the boy.
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LABOR ASSOCIATION


The International EiGcationais Meet and
Denounce the U. :. Senate
The International Educational Labor as
ISOLATION held its regular meeting yester-
day afternoon at 1919 North Main street.
The question: Resolved, That the United
States senate is a useless body and should
be abolished, was taken in hand by r. j.
Morris in a thirty-minute speech. lie said
in substance:
The present body is an old. petrifed lot
OF conservatives who ejfectually obstruct
popular legislation. They are historically
'''go-betweens," from the Roman senate
down through the centuries. Rich, priv-
legged and non-progressive, they are the
bulwarks of oppression and the fruitful
source of much class Legislation.
The United States senate is the counter
part of the British house of lords and en-.
houses are natural born obstructionsts
and nothing that will benefit the great
common "disinherited masses' goes
through their hands. Millionaire lawmak-
ers are not as rule in favor or progressive
enactments. The majority of senators are
protected" manufacturers or their friends
and that that they are not there for patr-
otto purposes all will concede. The rail-
road, iron, cotton and other gigan-
tic corporations entirely monopo-
lie the senate and it is not
popular body of legislators,
These remarks were we'll received and
met with hearty response from the en-
tire audience. Mr.. $. S. Steel, DR.. Savar-
tina, Prof. Bowman, j. r. Armstrong, w. S.
Smith, G. Severance, w. S. Fulton and
others INDUCED in flve-minute speeches.
The subject for next Sunday is "Resolved
That it is the duty of Prohibitionists, So
cialists and Populists to combine to fight
capitalism" J. r. Armstrong will lead in
thirty-minute address.
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TIE SANTA MONICA MEET

The Southern Pacific company has COM
pleted its prize list for the coming bicycle
meet at Santa Monica on February 22d.
AS usual, the prizes offered are excellent
and the riders may be sure that they are
well worth their advertised value.
Another innovation in the way of races
will be tried. Dad Gleezen's method of
running unpaced races will receive O trial.
In the class i mile race three diamonds
worth $40 each will be hung up for the
winners of the three laps, and in addition
the winner of the race will receive a dia-
mond worth $50 if the race is ridden in
. go or better; if in 2:l0 or better, $40
diamond will be given; if in = :O5 CT bet
ter, n diamond to the value of $50 will GO
to the winner. This plan should make the
race hard one, the value increasing in a
direct ratio with the speed. In the class A
mile post 800 mile book will be given to
the winner if the time in the class b mile
is heateir.
The prizes FOR the various events are as
follows:
Class Alive mile military relay, cup for
winning team; one mile military novice,
three medals; ono mile post, locket, one,
diamond, SIG. locket, five diamonds, SIG,
gold dolIbie-chain, SIG; one mile handi-
cap, go!i doub!e-chain, $l5.75, 5O0-mile
beck ticket, $3.50, doubie-dolphin scarf
pin, W; two-!nie tandem, snake ring. da-
mond, SIS, cuff links, diamond $l3,
lcoket. 50, bcryl ring, 50.
Glass Bone mile post record, three da-
monds ut $40 each, an addition if ridden
in . 30 or under. one diamond. $40. 2:l0
or under, diamond, $40, 2:Oo or under,
diamond, $50; one milo handicap, ring,
diamond, emerald aud sapphire, $42,
1000 mile book ticket, $50: one-third
mile, sleeve buttons, diamond, 1872, cuff
links, diamond, SIG.
The admission will be nominal, % cents
being the price fixed upon. The railroad
company will run excursions from all i'll
terror points, and no doubs there will be a
very large attendance.
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California. Pomona is determined to again
pull down the coveted trophy, but it is not
likely that she will have as easy time this
year.
Chaffey college, with its usual pluck. is
working harder than ever. The college
has better athletes this year, and by no
means does Manager +. b. Braden mean
to let the team lose in a single event.
C. e. Aplin, the giant of the team. stands
6 feet 1 inch and weighs 21O pounds. He
unfortunately hurt his wrist last year and
made poor record. This year he is in
prime condition for the sixteen-pound shot
put. 1t is reported that he has broken the
record several times. l.. 5. Francis is a
flyer for the 100 and 220-yard dashes. He
is new man. Il is the object OF the l. G.
A. A. to cultivate this new athletic material
in the colleges in Southern California. w.
G. Gutter, pole vault and high jump, is not
to be daunted by his competitors. His
vaulting and jumping are excellent. Au-
drew Noble was Chaifey's sprinter last
year. He is entered for the 44O-yard dash.
w. L. McEwen is the mile runner and Alva
Fuller holds good record for the hammer
throw. G. Il. Phillips has the mile bicycle.
BY little hard work and iudcous train
ing he has become the crack mile bicyclist
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when he offered to bet four to one that the

when he offered to bet four to one that the
fight would take place.
While the main interest seems to be cen.
tered in the heavywe ght mill, a deal of it
attaches itself TO the smaller ones.
Wacott will get into the ring two to
one favorite over the Dallas fighter,
Upright Eyes" While the Texans VINO
their money on Collins think that he has a
shade the worst of it at evens, they contend
that the price quoted against their man Is
q false one, and that the short end makes
a good bet even though it does not win.
The fact of Dixon's hardness in getting
here and becoming acciimated to tue alti-
tude has much to do with the price that
prevails here now on the featherweight
fight.
1t was thought that Marshall would be
held at as long figure as Upright Eyes,"
but 10 to z is the best to be had, and there
is none too much for the Marshall people
even at that figure. The really tight fight
of the five appears to be that between
Leeds and Everhart. The men are so
nearly matched. their records are of SO
similar a character and their condition so
nearly equal, that there is little or no line
to be had on the chances of the men based
on the betting.
Little Jimmy Barry is being put through
his finishing rounds by Joe Choynski, and
is down to ITO pounds, at which notch he
will put up his hands against the red
headed midget from Boston. While Barry
is the favorite with the speculative ones at
about 4 to 3, there will come to the surface
a big pile OF Boston coin should thu little
at Las Cruces think well of his chances
against the champion.
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WITH THE COUNCIL TODAY

Some Of the Important Subjects Which are to
Receive Attention
The city council will in regular session
today open bids for the purchasing of 5000
feet of cotton hose for use in the tire de-
partment. The ordinance defining iust
how druggists may retail liquo. and in
what quantities, is to he again reported
from committee.
The ordnance for the new annexation
election is to be presented today, the pro-
ceedngs filed in the superior court late on
Saturday afternoon, may delay somewhat
the settlement OF the question.
The supply committee will today report
having o bill for repairing the city hall
plumbing, which cannot be paid owing to
the fence recently built by the council
about what is still left OF the cash fund.
The city attorney will today make a re-
port regarding the alleged overcharging of
some of the commissions for the opening
and the widening of streets, and the va
rious municipal reports, the text of which
has been published in these columns dur
ing the past week, are to BIO submitted for
approval.
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of Chaffey. +. G. Ensign, two-inile bicy-
Gle, ia new man, but the time he holds
will come to the surface when he meets
Rogers u. S. c. and Smith (Pomona).
The University of Southern California
held it's local field day last Monday. Most
of the winners OF the events on that day
were CHALLENGED.
Following is list of the men who were
successful on that day:
One hundred yard dash, II. J.. Leland;
1G-pound hammer throw, G. Z. ID. Ballou;
high Jump, o. A. Martin ;'5O.yard dash, II.
L. Leland; mile run, f. p: Elliott: mile
bcycle, G. Rogers; two-mile bicycle, e..
ROGERS; pole vault. G. G. Toland 220-yard
run, j. Il. Spencer; 4t0-yard run, l.. II.
CaswelI: l6.pound shot put, G. J a.. Human.
AT the present time there is good tloa
of rivalry existing in the Varsity for the
honor of representing the college in the
events Athletics on the average are ND to
standard. All thai is needed is the grit to
keep training the way they are now doing.
G. f. Robinson, who took the medal for the
Seward dash last year, has challenged Le-
land for the place. u. &. Elliott, the old
reliable of the u. s. G.. is training hardest
of any one on the team. He says some
thing will have to break when he starts
from the stake. 1t is reported that Voor-
bees of Pomona is going to press him hard
in the 440-yard and mile run. These will
bs two of the prettiest races of tho day.
A, O. Martha is doing some fine work in the
high jump, and Q G. Taland has already
broken last yeat s record for the pole vault.
w. w. Burnett has made u record of 36
feet, and has challenged G. J. Hinman in
the shot put. G.. y. y. Bailou is making
good distance in the hammer throw. 1t
will be pretty match between l.. Tolman
(Pomona). Alva Fuller (Chaifey) and Bal
lou U. S. G j. az the men are pretty nearly
matched. ". j. Petit has challenged G..
Rogers, and last Tuesday won his place for
the mile bicycle, making the unpaced mile
at Athletic track in 2:l5. w. =. Bennett
has challenged him. He is getting in
prime condition.
Pomona college is not behind in any of
her athletics. For the last tire years she
has held the cup. This year, however, if
she wants to keep the cup it will require
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some harder work than heretofore. E. II.
smith. who is training for the one and two
mile bicycle, is now in prime condition. He
made some excellent records in the Wis
consin circuit races last summer. His ex-
perience in the last two field days will be
of great value, as he has somebody to ride
against. II. NJ. Voorhees, is showing ele-
CANT form in the mile run. The race be-
tween him and Elliott (U. S. ca ia bodnd
10 result in some surprising time. r. Toll
man, a younger brother of the veteran, is
making good time in the quarter-mile
dash. Pomona says ne will be a treasure
for future track teams. F. Nance has got
down to serious training in the so and 100
yard dashes. Luclus Tolman il Pomona's
veteran and all-around athlete. He puts
the shot Sc feet, and has tine finest pros
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New Orleans Race Entries

The following is the list of entries and
weights of the races to be run at New Or
leans today, which are posted at the Los
Angeles Turf club, 212 South Spring
street. Commissions received on these
races and full description of each event:
First race seven furlones selline-Carrie b.
l02 Little Billy, d. +. Fly jr.. Pulitzer Jack
Bradley 1o4, Lovless: Tom Kelly, Verdi. Dutca
Arrow, Red John. Balk Line. Teriapin 10Y.
second race, flfteensiXl zenith ,se!lng-ilaw-
thorne Belle Laura Davis 9S, Carl Holland,
Dan o. onnell lO3, satinet, Glees ONE 10.
Uncle Jim, Bustup, Jimmie r., Bore liz,
Freedman, Arkansas Traveller 10.
Third race, mile, selling-Sauterne 80, Ben
Johnson 93, Ondague l04, Jamboree, 1usca-
rora Jim Hogg, iegrande, Billy Bennett lO9,
Bitten, Dave Pulsifer, Prg. jim Henry 112.
Fourth race, handicap, one mile-Wedgiield
81. TuscGrora % Jamhoree 1903, George W
103, Picaroon 1U4. Jim Hogg I02, Remus %,
Constantine 81, Robert Lstta ..
Fifth race. maidens, six furlongs Helena,
Little Alta, Bessie Stebbins. Queen of Dark
ness, Sister kosalind l05; Cleburne Jack b,
Billy Kenny. Fiddler, Cualong, Delrder,
Condr Cox, ITO.
sixth race, seven furlorgs. selling-Vda.
Lena. 1902: Bob Wagner, Tamerlane. Sir John,
The shark, Kiador, l04: Potsdam, Rainmak er,
Oak Fores, Taylor Hayden, King Elm, 107.
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INTERCOLLEGIATE FIELD DAY

The college men are hard at work train
ing for the coming fourth annual interco!-
iegiate field day, which will occur Oil Feb
ruary 22d at Athletic park. Enthusiasm of
all kinds is being worked up for this event.
college sports being productive of much
joy and noise. There is strong rivalry be-
tween the three colleg yes competing, Pomo.
ma, Chaffey and University of Southern
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poets of making an excellent record. He
also takes the hammer throw for Pomona.
Condit has challenged Tolman for the high
jump.
Manager William Edgar Mckee GU. S.
CO reports everything in most favorable
condition for the Creates track athletic
field day Southern California has ever
seen. The same field officers who Of
ficated last February were reelected at
the last meeting of the |. C. A. A. Many
pleasant surprises await the public on that
day.