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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-25
*Dally except Sunday.

Trains Nos 80 and 33 connect at BIack.burg
with trains on the Gafney Division
Train No 32 connects at Camden with the
Charleston Division of the Southern Railway
for all points south.
Train No 80 leaving Camden at 724o p NJ,
going West, makes connection at Lancaster,
S C.. with tie & K Il, at Catawba juno
ton with the s L, going north: at Rock Hill
with the Southern Ry going north.
Train No II connects ut Blacksbu-g with
the Southern Railway from the South. At
Marion, n. c., w;tE the Southern Ry going
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TRIP, Superintendent.
S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen'l Passenger Agent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-25

DR.. N. a. Simmons Liver Medicine quick
ens the appetite. aids digestion, gives tone aud
vigor TO all the fu1ctions, and forti6es the
system against epidemic influences.
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SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

Dentists will appreciate a Missourian's in
vention, which Will enable them to see their
work more clearly, consisting of a rubber
dam for use in the mouth, covered on one
SIDE with a light-refiecting coating OF
aluminium bronze.
Petroleum cannot be exploded in a new
can invented by a Belgian, the nozzle be-
ing intersected near its base by q fiat strip
OF tin having a narrow slit, which will pre-
vent the passage of flame, but which allows
the oil TO flow freely.
A handy gate has been designed which
can be opened without e1ertion, a pivot pin
being set in the side of a, post on which
the gate is hung, with weights suspended
on an arm at the rear OF the gate to coun-
terbalance 1t in any position.
Street car conductors Will appreciate a
new fare register designed for their use, and
use, the new apparatus being held in the
hand, with a sliding yoke to be gripped by
the thumb and depressed, regis tering the
fare on a dial and ringing a bell.
A summer street car has been resigned
which has windows on the sides for use in
stormy, weather. the window frame being
piyoted on the roof supports and fitting
tightly between them when lowered, with a
curtain at the lower edge which completes
the closure.
A newly patented device for spinning a
top consists of a wire doubled and twisted
spirally. with a button at the top by which
It is suspended, a slotted handle being
forced down over the spiral TO impart a
burning motion to the rod, which fits at the
lower end into a slot In the head of the top.
Playing cards can be rapidly. and evenly
shuffied by a Boston mans device, which Is
trail stem, on which 1t r~evolves. with a de-
tent arranged in the top OF the box 10 In
termittently hold back a portion OF the
cards as thsy rsyolve
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sometimes twice to their destination. While
such a tedious and expensive journey may
be inevitable where the goods must be con-
veyed for long distances It rs obvious that
any method of transportation which would
receive the goods in Liverpool and carry
them over all sorts of roads right to their
purchaser UP to fifty miles away, would be
a boon in economy TO merchants and man
ufacturers, thus also lessening the cost to the
consumer. The American who travels in
this part of England could almost imagine
himself In the bustling United States by the
signs of enterprise displayed In such towns
as Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham,
In contrast to fogy old London, tramping
along half a century behind the times. Brisk
methods OF business prevail h~ereabouts, and
1t did not take long for the keen business
men OF Lancashire and Yorkshire to see the
possibilities which last years autotruck DEM
onstrations opened up for the saving OF time
and money In the handling Of goods. There
fore, the supporters of this years exhibi-
tion were lone OF the leading commercial
people Of this city, who are now aiming to
tie Liverpool trade to Manchester and all the
country round by putting ON lines OF freight
ing wagons to give a cheap and rapid deliv-
cry service from the wholesalers to their
provincial customers.
Every Possible Test Made.
Rigid tests were made at the Liverpool
steamship docks on the ability of the driv-
ers to maneuver their wagons in such nee
essarjly small spaces as are met in directly
loading and unloading vessels. A masked
bay, about half as long again as a motor
wagon, was arranged some twenty feet
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from and nearly opposite to a gate, into
which they must back. Entrance was made
successfully with two reverses by the most
Of the contestants. who showed their care
full training as motorneers.
The tendency Is to make the freighting
cars heavier and heavier, like the NAM
moth American railway locomotives, and in
this way a vaster power and o greater
speed may be expected to develop. At pres
cnt the government lays restrictions upon
the weight Of a~utocars and limits their
highway speed to six miles an hour, but
a more liberal enactment is hoped for to
meet the changing conditions of auto
matte traffic. Twenty-Five tons can be
moved over an average English road as
readily as a fourth Of that weight and II
this system of transport develops as rap
idly as 1t promises to do there will come
In some new problems in town paving and
country ~road-making. 1t must revolution
lie the present system, suited as 1t Is to
comparatively light t%rafics.
Last years tests In Liverpool showed
the advantage OF petroleum in Fighter We
hicles and this year proved anew that steam
is still the standard for heavy fractions.
On the previous occasion the wheels and
other working parts gave trouble by the
severe strain and the vibration, but this
year the tires and wheels were found per-
fectly sound at the end of the exhibitions,
thus demonstrating the notable advance-
ment made in one year.
The ONO In England.
The British government is steadily nd
vancing in its use OF the automobile for
civil and military purposes. An official
who witnessed the late hill climbing and
long distance road trials said he would
urge upon the war office an enlarged use
OF a~utocars for heavy artillery and
campaign service. as a few hun
dred OF these will dispense with
thousands OF horses and be more ef-
~fectiye. he thinks. In the postal service
motor cars have for some time been in sat
isfactory use, and at the late Richmond show
mail vans were run up and down the steep
hills along the Thames at high speed. on
Newcastle car dashes up hill at thirteen
miles an hour. 1t is said the rate OF travel
for such heavy vehicles may be raised &c
fourteen miles an hour TO make possible q
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Books
Bibles
Prayer Books
Office Supplies
Blank Books
Artistic Engraving

We have Just added to our
stock a complete line Of Cath.
Ole prayer books. There are
numerous styles and our prices
are always right.
Just received, the only com.
plete Kipling on the market,
fine green cloth library bind.
ing, nicely boxed, $1b. 90 net.
The newest fiction can al.
ways be found on our coun.
ters.
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New
Novelties
For
Fall
Trade
Just
Received.
Received.

rapid cross-country postal delivery service.
Such a one is operating now on the Lon
don and Brighton route, which needs speed
dng-up to meet the requirements. Private
motor car stage routes are being established
about the country, one OF these lying be-
tween Bedford, where lived and wrote John
Bunyan, and Kempston, a neighboring vii
lage. One day recently 3S7 passengers were
carried the three miles for the regular fare OF
t~wopence, and the trade is rapidly growing.
The United States has definitely entered
the competition in the worlds markets
against both the French and English makers.
American machines are now entered at
nearly all contests in Europe, and western
wheels are being ridden In increasing num-
bers in Paris, the home of the automobile,
as well as here. The artistic Partisan has
been a long time in getting lines OF beauty
onto his wares, although one can now see
some real beauties in the show rooms Of the
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taken almost daily now. John Stirling drove
his motor dogcart from Edinburgh to Lon
don lately, making one day ITO miles, and
the first long motor drive in Ireland has been
performed by DR.. Colohan of Dublin, who
made 122 miles in eleven hours over rocky
reads and against heavy grades.
Horseless cabs have not as yet proved a
success in conservative London and the
project is temporarily abandoned, ostensibly
by the lack of drivers to operate them.
The company had a hard time Of 1t and
their operatives suffered many indignities
from the ubiquitous hanson and "~growler'
cabbies, of whom there are more than H.
900 in London. Many of the horseless
drivers gave up their positions, some of
them to take private situations as auto
mobile drivers, and the management has not
yet been able, they say, to find capable
substitutes. A deeper reason than all is
the evident aversion Of the shilling paying
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Count dc Dion and the other makers there.
The American carriages are better covered
in their working parts, and there Is evil
IDENTITY more security to the rider, as we'll
as to the mechanism. The English autocar
is also being improved by the influence OF
its energetic American rivals, and the noto-
rious u~gliness is being slowly worn away,
with a plenty OF room still for improS ement.
American sporting dogcarts are becoming
especially popular for their lightnesB and
beauty and European manufacturers ar,
more and more sending across the ocean for
their fittings. Even such parts as rawhide
pinions are being imported from Chicago.
AS usual. the Germans are counterfeiting
the American articles, and with their usual
lack OF success.
Evolution of the Automobile.
The evolution of the light and graceful
automobile of France into the heavy and
still u~ngainly looking autocar of the British
isles is an interesting study. In France the
machine is one for pleasure and luxury. burt
in this country 1t has been rapidly adapted
to the serious business of life. Among the
hundreds OF automobiles / have seen dash
ing about Paris and through the Bois du
Boulogne, there was rarely one that served
its owner other than In pleasure. On the
contrary there are but a few hundred pleas
ure automobiles in all the United Kingdom,
and in the streets OF London a rider of one
Of these is still stared at as a curio. France
is, therefore, first in its adoption as a pleas
ure machine, while England leads the world
when solid work and utility is under debate.
While Europe Is keenly watching the Amer
lean developments, IL is not unlikely that the
west will be for some time a rival in the use
Of the machine generally, by the inferior
roads in most parts OF the states. The
League OF American Wheelmen will likely
find the automobile a powerful ally in the
good roads agitation.
All of these demonstrations are e~xerting a
powerful stimulus 20 automobilism in this
country, and International races with the
French are being held frequently. A few
days ago, when l was at lenhe palace, the
young duke OF Marlborough was dashing
about for the first time on a new machine,
while his youthful American wife Miss Con-
suelo VanderbilD and the babies looked on
approvingly from their seats upon the porch.
Trips TO the limits Of the LAND are being
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WITH TRAILER CARRYING FOURTEEN TONS. ONE OF THE
PRIZE WINNERS AT THE LIVERPOOL TRIALS.
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pocket instead Of carrying a tin pail full Of
all kinds Of things that are a mess when 1t
is time to eat them. 1t must be cheaper than
the food Of the present, for it will be pre-
pared in large quantities and there will be
no waste. All parts of the OK, for instance,
are equally nourishing, and the neck will
be as valuable for this food as the tender
loin. 1t is impossible to think Of all the
problems which this food may aid in solv-
ing. But OF one thing We may be certain,
that it will be of infinite value to the ex-
plorer and the traveller. Polar expeditions
will be greatly simplifed, for a man can
easily pull on a sled all the food he will
want for a year in the compressed form.
There Is no more need for whole colonies
OF reindeer or dogs to drag the provisions;
each man can take all that he needs for a
long time to come. But undoubtedly the
chief boon of this food Of the future will
be in its solution Of the housewives prob
lens of help and supply.
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EDUCATIONAL.
BROW HALL.

Boarding and Day school for girls
-unde the direction of Rt.' Rev.
George WOrthingtsn, s. T. D., LII. ID.
Fall term beginning Sept. 1S,
One Of the Oldest and most successful
educational institutions Of the west-its
high standard allowing 1t to compete with
eastern colleges and schools. Buildings In
complete order-perfect steam heating. san
itary plumbing; collegiate and preparatory
courses; special students in music, the IAN
guages and art: competent corps of teachers.
Every advantage offered as regards the
moral. mental and physical training. Send
for circular or apply personally to Mrs. l.
R. Upton, Principal.
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COMING DOOM OF THE HORSE
Burdens of the Noble Animal Going to Motor
Trucks and Carriages.
THRESHOLD OF THE HoRstless hGt
Growing Demand for Automobiles at
Home and Abrond-wholIy Salts
factory and Trying Test nj
Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 9.-whether It means
the doom Of the horse as a draught animal
is what all this part OF the world Is wonder
ing. Long ago France, England and finally
America reluctantly made up their minds
that the advance OF the automobile would
do away with our gentle friend" as a mo-
dive power for pleasure and light driving.
Now-on the heels of tho automobile cabs,
and drags, and runabouts, and phaetons,
and coaches, and so ~forth-comes the auto
mobile truck. For some years men have
believed that perhaps steam, or electricity
or condensed air, or petroleum, or another
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public to riding in the ugly, noisy and
vibrating motor cab as turned out by
British shops at present. It's lines must
notably improve before public popularity is
gained.
Progressive Englishmen who are lovers
OF clean streets and happy horses are
awaiting the day when horselees omni-
buses will ply up and down the Strand,
as by a present proposal; when the Co
vent Garden markets will be fed by me-
chanicar vans, and when all the brewers
and other heavy teamsters will emulate
the stout-brewing Guinnesses at Dublin by
adopting this method. 1t would go a long
way toward settling the crowded streets
question. the most habitually troublesome
problem before the London county council.
EDWARD PAGE CASTOR.
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tatd out, over all sorts OF highways, for
the Liverpool country road contests, Two
days were given 10 this under the dragging
burden Of heavy loads, and the engines
moved steadily along the route, barring a
few minor mishaps, at a speed varying from
four to six miles an hour. At present the
law does not allow a greater speed to that
class OF engines. Two judges and blowers
travelled by special automobiles. the freight
wagons being officially stopped on several Of
the steepest grades, both up and down, and
the time was telegraphed back TO Liverpool
from specified points. Besides the regular
cargo Of corn, the winning Thornycroft car
rted seven passengers, aside from its driver,
and led the way throughout All the vehi-
cles received their stores Of fuel and water
before starting and were not permitted to
take on more, except that water was pro-
vided at fixed points, II necessary.
Question of
Cost Of present means Of transport is par
ticularly evident in a commercial city like
Liverpool, where thousands Of cotton bales,
boxes Of produce and merchandise of all
kinds are moved daily at an enormous ex-
pendtture Of money. Goods landed from
ships have TO be carried from the quay 20
warehouses or railway sidings, transshipped
upon the railway wagons, conveyed therein
to inland towns and carted once again, and
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-02-24

ing fund and interest tax in school dis.
tricts where bonds have been issued.
House Bill No. log. committee substi-
tute for, fixing the salaries of county
t%reasurcrs.
The house then adjourned to meet at
10 o'clock this morning.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The resolutions expressing the senti-
mcnts of the state against the holding of
a seat in congress by a polygamist, which
passed the senate and house yesterday,
have been passed by the states of New
York, Minnesota, Kansas, Wisconsin,
California, Illinois, Rhode Island, Ne
braska, Oregon, Missouri. Massachusetts
and Delaware.
The substitute for the temperance
commissioner bill introduced by the SEN
ate committee en- temperance makes a
number of changes from the original
bill. The salary of the commissioner is
fixed at S1,50O annually. The number
Of regular deputies must not exceed two
at S75 a month and not more than eight
special deputies must be employed ut
any one time ut more than $50 a month.
The power of the attorney general, vest
ed in the commissioner in the original
bill is taken away. The druggists per
NIT feature of the law is also amended
by the substitute. The requirement of
an affidavit of applicants for permits that
the law has not been violated by them
for the previous year is stricken out.
The fee for the permit is fixed at s..
Twenty-Five signers are required for
an application. Tho provision limiting
licenses to one year is stricken out, but
new bonds have to be given every two
years.
The senate committee on a%ppropria-
tons last night considered a number of
requests for funds. Superintendent
Moore of the state asylum appeared be-
fore the committee and urged the con-
sideration Of the claims of the asylum
and the need Of additional facilities for
caring for patients.
Col. Il. Il. Whitford came in from the
east yesterday and was a guest in the
city during the day. The colonel has
not been in the city for some years, and
was much Interested in the improve
mcnts since the fire, which he believes
will result in the end in benefit to the
city, and the improvement of the burned
district, already largely rebuilt.
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The House..

The house met at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning.
In the absence of the chaplain prayer
was offered by Representative Sanford
The committee on warehousing, grain
and grain grading reported, recommend
ing House Bill No. 118, Swenson's,
fixing rates for the storage of grain to
pass.
House Bill SO, was recalled from com
mittee of the whole and referred to the
committee on education. The same &C.
ton was taken with reference to House
Bill No. las, which was referred to the
committee on state affairs.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
House Bill No. 172, Mr.. Thomson.
Provides for destruction of grasshoppers
and locusts. County commissioners
may order blowing of land.
House Bill No. 173, Mr.. Tousley
Prohibits discrimination by railroad
companies in providing cars for shippers
or platforms and warehouses.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The house resolved itself into commit.
tee of the whole for the consideration OF
general orders with MI. Hale in the
chair.
MILEAGE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
House Bill Nc. A, Thomas, regulat.
ing the visits of schools by county sup.
erintendents, was up for consideration
M. Thomas offered an amendment
striking out the portion of the bill pro.
viding that the superintendent shall no,
charge mileage for more than one visit
in three months. Mr.. Thomas explained
that under some circumstances it might
be necessary to visit schools ~oftener. HI
explained the object of the bill, provid.
ing for records of visits, attested by
teachers, to be fled with the auditor Of
the county to be used in making up. &C.
counts Of mileage. Mr.. Stevens asked
why the committee has made no report
on the bill. Mr.. Sanford explained the
bill. Mr.. Wallace said the committee
was divided on the bill. He thought thu
bill should be indefinitely postponed
as applying only to a few case.
and a reflection on all superintendent
Mr.. Stevens said his county superin
tendent had explained that the bill
would be cumbersome, that in many
cases superintendent had to visit schoo
districts to assist district officers, when i
would not be actually a visit to schools
MI. Thomas spoke vigorously in defens,
of the bill. he said it was no more a re
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state institutions. Synopsis in another
SENATE BILLS PASSED.


Senate Bill No. SO, providing that all
monies coming in the hands of state Of
ticcrs shall be covered into the state
treasury each month and receipt taken.
Senate Bill No. So and concurrent
resolution taxing grain at the rate of
onc-half ccnt per bushel when held for
storage.
Senate Bill No. 121, which provides
that a person who shall pay the taxes
and peacably posses land for a period of
ten years shall be considered the legal
owner of the same.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 60.
Committees amended temperance com
missioner bill.
Senate Bill No. AL, by the committee
on appropriations. Repeats Section 1887
of the Code, providing an appropriation
of 500 for the expenses of the state
agent for the prevention of cruelty to
animals in the enforcement of the law.
The senate then adjourned.