davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-22
The claims were as follows: " /

Russeli auditor Of kershaw county,
SIS; w. r: Hougb, treasurer of Kes.
shaw county. $50; j D. Wilder, au-
disor OF Sumter, 1925; q. L: Scar
borough. treasurer of Sumter county,
SIS; j W. Woodhan, treasurer Of
Darlington, $40; J. P. Moziogo, su-
disor Of Darlington, $50.
At the night session number Of bills
we're given the second reading.
T@o bills regulating the manage
meDs of primary elections and dxing
uepishmens for fraud were continued
The supply bill was read third time.
as vas also Mr.. G. W. Browns bill to
protect the owners of vineyards aud TO
license the sale of native wine in this
State.
On motion of Mr.. G. W. Brown, the
vote whereby the Henderson resolution
as regards the war claim vas adopted,
vas reconsidered. The whols matter
will be fought over again on Monday
The bill fixing the number of trustees
OF the different State institutions pass
ed fnal reading.
Columbia, Feb. 2o.-In the senate
this morning Senator Grayson moved
to reconsider the house bill giving an
sgent fifteen per ceot. for collecting
claims of the State against the national
government. he said that precedent
had been established BY Gov. Hampton.
but at she same time be shoughs fifteen
per cent too much. Five per cent
vas enough
Mr. Henderson said that if an agent
had already been appointed the one
proposed would confics With it. He
said such fact had ros been brought
out.
Mr.. Barnwell was opposed to have
paid lobbyist to secure the passage of
the bill, as senators aud representatives,
sin congress could take care of it.
The senate refused to reconsider and
Mr. Henderson's amendment stands.
8 Il provides that 20 money shall be paid
to spy one for collecting the claim. but
that all shall be left to representatives
from the State to poah the bill through.
Senator e. W Brown tried hard to
get. a bill through TO encourage tbe
manufacture Of home made wine. The
bill provided that the wiae could be
sold on the premises in quantities Of
not less than one gsllop. not to be
drrak on the premises. On a vote
being taken It stood a tie, II to II.
lieutenant Governor MoSweeaey voted
against the bill aod killed it.
B Mr.. Mowerintroduced an amendment
shat all money received from the
fertilizer tax over $4,000 be used as
an esdcwmeos for Clemson. The
amendment was ioally rejected.
The house spent the day in routine
work and shsae was nos much discueaion
except on dieting prisoners, and
inevitable pdments se the county
government bill A large Dumber of
bills we're passed to third reading.
ssIr ssarkiassried to get through q
biH TO prevent the use of the State
honse for the State ball. but the house
Erefzsed 20 take up the matter. and saas
ended it.
TIE house also refused to make a
special order ofsthe amendment to the
appropriation Bill increasing the salary
of the State librarian
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-22
NOTICE.

BTNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, / will be
at ms Office 10, ,,e sransactior OF oa-
cial business ouly on Tuesdays and Wednes-
days of each wees and On Sales days. Spe-
oa! appointments for other days must be
arranged for. ". q. INGRAM,
No7. l6, lS9s.--lf Master.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-22

The heppiess ladies' are those using th'
Whitesewing machine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-22

-T1oR SALE, CABBAGE PLANTS, now
q ready for shipment Wakefield and
Succession, the hardest, largest, earliest add
bes. varieties. Prices f. o. b here 1000 TO
5000 Sl.s0, 5000 to 10000 81 25. over
10000 ST. They are grown in the open air
and will stand severe cold. Address
NORMAN = BLITCH,
Jan II Hi2gett, S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-22

Section l That the governor and
state treasurer be. and they are hereby,
requested and directed to furnish all
information available to our senator's
and representatives 10 congress with
the seaaess that :hey nrgs forward al!
Legislation esdsd On sbesubjecss
Mr. LslDg Dgsssne bill 10 prevent the
double pagofswitnesses was killed The
bill provided:
'Phae from aud after the approval Of
tbisacs aliswituesses for she State wi,o
shsII be suumonea and shall appear 10
the courts of the general sessions 10
State cases shall be paid per diem Of
so cents and 5 ce8ss for every mile
necessarily travelled 10 going to and
from court: Provided, That DO per
diem shall De paid TO aoy aisDess who
is in receipt OF a salary, OF fees or Per
diem ooapeDsasioo from the State or
from any county. town OF city thereof.
and In 90 case shall say witness receive
more than cents for every mile oeees-
sarily travelled. OF mere than 50 cents
pes diem through attending court or
sessifyiDg in more cases than one
Several claims for work done for Lee
county were then taken up. These
we're elaine for county officers in Ker-
shaw, Darlington and Sumter counties
for extra work done in preparing the
books of Lac county.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
PECKVILLE.

There has been much rivalry among
the members of the Peckville Gun club,
and to give each member a show for
his ability as wing shot, a live pigeon
shoot was arranged for last Monday.
Notwithstanding that the mercury
hoVered around the zero mark, the
members Of the club showed up at the
grounds on the Griesdale farm. Will
lam GOyne and Frank Davis were
chosen as captains. Goyne chose j. II.
Peck, James w. Smith and Thomas
Goyne, while Davis selected James
Shone, G.. NJ. Pierce and John Reese,
jr. Each one was to shoot at five birds
After each member had shot at his
number of birds it was found that the
result was a tie, each side having killed
fourteen birds. 1t was then decided
that the two captains, Goyne and Da-
Wis, should shoot OFF the tie, 50 n bird
was placed in the trap and the two
captains were to stand with their back
TO the trap, then turn, the first to Kill
To win. Goyne killed the bird and his
side won. Following is the score:
Goyne (captain), 4; Peck, &; Smith, a;
Cioyne, ]; total, II. Davis (captain), 8;
ShOne, /; Pierce, 4; Reese 4; total, a.,
Merchant +, A. Peck has moved his
stock into the new store in the odd
Fellows building
Mrs. ], G. Bell is Ill with the grip.
The borough schools reopened Tues
day, after the holidays vacation.
Donald. the 2-year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs, Orin Spencer, who died Sunday
night, was buried yesterday afternoon.
Interment was made in Prospect cenne-
terry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
About the County

to Mr. George w. Reynolds. of Wilkes
Barre. Miss Santee and Mr.. Reynolds
are each graduates of Wyoming semi
nary and Mr.. Reynolds is also a mem
Der Of the Independent Glee club of
the seminary
The skaters who have been enjoy
ing the fine skating are now passing
many merry hours sleighing
Mr.. Nelson Dershimer, of Wyoming
seminary, is spending his vacation with
his parents.
The thermometer registered is de-
grees below zero Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith and fami-
ly are visiting in Pittston..
Miss Bertha Santee, Of Bordentown;
Miss Rosa Santee, of Cortland, and
Charles Santee, of Wyoming seminary,
are spending their vacations at their
home in Dalton.
William Slmms is i'll with the grip.
Rev. and Mrs. Leacock entertained
Rev. and Mrs. Santee and family and
guests last Friday evening at dinner.
Nelson Dershimer spent New Years
at Mr.. Jerome Marrow's, Gravel Pond.
Mrs. Henry Ives was calling in town
last Thursday.
School will open after a vacation of
two weeks next Monday.
The week of prayer is being observed
in the Methodist church.
Miss Mildred Smith is visiting with
friends in Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss Margaret McAndrew returned
to the Stroudsburg Normal school yes
terday.
Joseph MOnohan and and c. p.
O'Connor have returned from Wilkes
Barre.
Miss NIillie Morgan has returned
from a visit with Hawley friends,
Miss Alice Patten, of Olyphant, Is
visiting friends in this city.
Mrs. A. o. Fidiam, of Darte avenue,
is entertaining her mother, Mrs. II.
| NJ. Gregory, of Lake Winola.
| Mrs. II. b. Burnham, of Richmond,
Va, is spending the winter with Mrs.
w. =. f. Morss, of North Church
street.
| II. +. May and family will move into
their new house on High street this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ. Peck entertained
DR.. Lincoln Huley, of Bucknell uni
versity, who is attending the teachers
institute.
Ralph Blair, formerly of this city.
is filing u situation as travelling en-
gineer for the Paterson Locomotive
works.
John Price viii run for constable OF
the Fourth ward.
Pioneer castle, No. 2Oj. Ancient Or
der Knights of the Mystic Chain. will
be addressed by Rev. r. T.. Jepson. of
the Berean Baptist church, this even
ing,
The work Of widening the gravity
road bed along the light track has been
suspended owing to bad weather.
The gravity car shop has been
closed.
Waite's Comic Opera company will
be at the Grand Opera house all next
week. Eleven performances will he
given.
Dr. and Mrs. f. +. jenkins, of New
York, spent New Years here. The doc
tor returned to his studies Yesterday
Mrs. Jenkins will remain a while with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Vannan.
Mrs. William Thompson and daugh-
ters, Mrs Maude Wright ana Miss
Jennie Weller, of Hotel Anthracite. will
leave in a few days for Detroit, Mich,
where they will visit friends.
Frank Collins, formerly a clerk il
the People s Shoe store, this city, who
was injured a couple of weeks ago by
being thrown off street car, is il
a serious condition. Gangrene has af
fected the injured leg and an ampu
tation may become necessary.
The sleighing in this city is now per
feet and the liverymen are doing al
the business their faculties will per
| nit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
LYNCHED A PUMA.
Was Caught Stealing Heifer and
Suffered UNIQUE Punishment.

From the Galveston Daley News.
Colonel Peter McCleland got letter
from George Wold, his stepson, giving
a graphic account of a hunt in Jeff
Davis county, in which a puma was
killed after a thrilling experience in
which narrow escapes We're made by
the writer and his companions.
George Wold is a dashing cowboy
and his associates are also cowboys.
They ride and shoot with the ease and
accuracy characteristic of the south
west. The region in which the hunt
took place'is not far from Fort Davis.
Those in the hunt We're ]. 7. Weather
by, r. d. Mulkern, George Void, Rob-
ert Adair and G. ]. Palmer. JEFF Davis
county has not been organized many
years, 1t is rugged but rich, and is
now one of the hest cattle sections of
Texas. 1t is a mountainous region the
valleys being particularly rich, the long
grass nearly hiding the yearling calves.
The cowboys drive g. good trade in
skins of wild beasts, which they are
frequently called upon to slaughter in
order to save the nocks and herds in
the range, which without the protec-
tion afforded by the guns of the herd
ers would be 'eXterminated.
The cowboys recently shipped a car
load of wolf skins to be converted into
rugs. They have now begun the work
of exterminating the panthers which
prowl in the hills and slaughter cattle
to an extent that has aroused the
ranchmen to action. In his letter TO
his parents George Void tells of the
excitement following panthers, which
10 rH NJ iuh NJ IN sn;I
which approximates closely to the cry
ing of a baby. The gunners trail them
with dogs, and one of the bold hunters
bears the marks on his breast and
| shoulder of the claws of one of those
gigantic cats, whose strength is equal
to that of the tiger
Panther skins command a good price,
and the boys have several on hand
which they intend to ship to the north
| ern market, They killed a Mexican
| lion three weeks ago, a splendid fellow,
! with coat as fine as silk and a length
! Of body that shows him to have been
| one of the finest specimens of the tribe.
! The lion was stealing a heifer when
| the cowboys detected him. He was
| creeping close TO the ground. keeping
| bushes between him and his prey,
| showing as good judgment as a hunter.
| So eager vas the lion for tender beef
! that he neglected TO watch for his enc
| mics, and the Eunners, while the lion
| was stealing the calf, stalked him and
! potted him, too. Crippled by bullets
| he leaped wildly and blindly into the
| air until larlat settled around his
neck and the mighty brute ended his
| life hanging in the air.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04

driver, who lives at No 4l9 East
Thirty-first street is again a patient
in the Presbyterian hospital suffering
from a broken kneecap. He is known
at the hospital as the chalk man."
and the day is not far distant, the
surgeons say when his malady will
have advanced so far as to render him
helpless. Fishers bones break very
easily. On Wednesday night he raised
his right leg suddenly and the knee
cap snapped. He had suffered similar
accidents before, and was cautioned
after each of them to move carefully
at all times. The progress of the dis
ease, however has made his bones so
brittle that only extraordinary caro-
prevents recurrence of the fractures.
The malady from which Fisher suf-
fers Is known to medical science as ar
thrites defOrmans, chronic disorder
allied to rheumatism. 1t is more ac-
curately described as chronic hyper
trophy, and in its more advanced
stages the slightest movement on the
part of the patient results i'm fractures.
Fisher is in the initial stages of the
disorder, for which no cure is known.
In its progress the animal substance
Of the bones gradually becomes call
cined or Challly until fractures refuse
to heal and the patient must lie
strapped in bed so as to prevent all
movement
one OF the most celebrated Of these
cases was that of Peter Peters, Of
Union Hill n. j., who died last year.
For twenty-one years Peters lived
strapped to his bed, SO as to prevent
any movement that might fracture his
brittle bones. on one occasion, ten
years before his death, Peters endeav-
ored tn raise a glass of water to his
lips. The effort broke three Of his
fingers. At another time. while tossing
about on his bed, he Clipped a piece as
large as Il silver dollar out of the right
sled of his head
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC OF LA GRIPPE
Is Now Raging i'm All Parts of the
United States, Striking Down Its
Victims Everywhere.
HIGH AND Low, rich and POOR, Great And SMALL,
ARE falling, One BY One.
The Greatest Scourge of the Century
Is Feared

La grippe has always been a pecu-
liarly fatal disease. It's ravagee are
not so alarming as diphtheria OF so
much dreaded as smallpox, but its
number of victims is greater than
either.
ly-irsidiously-it gathers in its
fearful harvest of precious lives. 1t
does not spread from man to man like
contagious disease, nor does il be-
long to limited localities like malaria.
1t Is in the air everywhere. 1t is of
climatic origin No man can escape
from 1t, no woman is safe from it,
La grippe is epidemic catarrh. La
grippe Is acute Catarrh excited by pc
culiar climatic conditions. 1t sweeps
across a continent in II single week,
like the blizzard of winter or the hot
wave of summer. 1t does not depopu-
late whole villages like the black
plague, nor dosolate a home like ma
lignant diphtheria, but It counts it's
single victims here and there incessant-
ly night and day, week after week.
La grippe is acute epidemic catarrh.
Our climate at all times. especially in
the winter, eXcites numerous cases Of
acute catarrh. Just now the climatic
conditions are such that very few es-
cape. 1t is called by the French name,
la grippe, but in plain English it is ca
tarrh-acute catarrh. The last two
weeks many hundreds have died of it,
In the coming four weeks many thous-
ands more will Gle.
Unlike the hot wave, we cannot flee
from Ia grippe by going to the noun
tains Unlike the winter blizzard, we
cannot escape la grippe by going to
southern climes.
AS to the nature of la grippe, au-
thoritieS differ. Even now the New
York Board of Health is declaring it
to be contagious disease, while other
men Of equal authority do not regard
it as such. And what is worse yet,
doctors do not agree as to the remedies
for la grippe. No school of medicine or
set of doctors have reached any def
mite conclusion as to what remedy or
remedies will either cure or prevent Ia
grippe. One doctor says this and an
other says that, and in the meantime
the people are dying all around us.
Since 1850 DR.. Hartman has passed
through four or five epidemics of la
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
LebeCk 6 COrin
q = q s4@AassS@~A~ 90

the Municipal Savings bank loaned
/ G. 500 at a nominal rate of interest,
The balance of the a25,0 was made
up at the bazaar, etc. The Contribu-
tions thus amounted to over G1 per
| head
| On the subject of seating capacity
and cost of construction of the great
| theatres of Europe Mr.. Sachs gives
some wonderful tables. The great Par
| is Opera house holds AN audience of
2,166, and cost &l,5O0,00O.
The new theatre at Wolverhampton
| holds exactly the same audience, and
cost 9l3,S0 The Budapest Opera
house cost G2G6,000 for an audience OF
1850, and the Vienna HOfbure theatre
& $50, 600 for an audience of 1,755.
OF recent London theatres, Her Mai
esty's theatre is put down at ECO 900.
! D'Oyly Carte's, now the Palace Vari
| ETY., is supposed to have cost the most
money, l. e., over G150000.
! Drury Lane is supposed to hold 2,5G0,
! Covent Garden, 2,3C0, and the Palace,
| just referred to, was built to accom-
modate 1,562.
| On the subject of theatre fires Mr.
/ Sachs records no fewer than / 100 cat-
astrophies between 1897 and 1897 The
statistics show that the outbreak gem
orally occurs on the stage; that nearly
half take place during the night af-
| ter the performance. while only about
a seventh of the number happen while
! the audience is i'm the building.
/ January is the heaviest month for
fires in the playhouse, Their number
Is on the increase, for there We're 800
! I'm this decade, as compared with 30l
of the previous decade, but the number
of theatres is, of course. rapidly grow
ing.
London heads the list of theatre fires
with thirty-flve i'm twenty-seven build
ings, but the loss OF life has been
nominal; New York has had forty one
fires Paris thirty-one.
The heaviest loss of life at any one
theatre fire in England was at Exeter,
where there were about lsO deaths.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
THE WORLDS THEATRES.
Their Comparative Size, Earnings,
Income and Fires.
From the London Mail

From the London Mail.
The greatest theatre proprietor in the
world Is the Car of Russia. No the
atrical manager pays 50 much money
for the privilege of owning places Of
amusement He owns no fewer than
seven big theatres in ST. Petersburg
and Moscow. Next to the czar the
largest theatrical patron in the world
is. Emperor William, who assists two
theatres at Berlin and three in the
provinces, which together cost him
about C15OOOO per annum.
These statements are made on the
authority of Mr.. Edwin O. Sachs, who,
with a corps Of assistants, has spent
much of the past eight years in col
Letting data. lie classifies the theatres
of Europe into three groups-Court
theatres, national and government the
tres, municipal theatres and subscrip-
tion theatres with or without subsidy.
OF these the private theatre is, or
course, the only one conducted purely
on a business and speculative basis.
OF these, England is essentially the
home, for here there is as yet no form
of subsidy whatever.
Mr.. Sachs has devoted considera bic
principal theatres Of the world, and
these diagrams give an excellent idea
OF the comparative size of the latest
European places of amusement. Within
the National Opera house, Paris.
nOyly Carte's theatre and the Shakes
peare Memorial theatre could be costly
slowed away on the stage and audi
torlum, and there would he ample room
for the Court theatre Sloane square,
I'm the grand staircase, and probably
the Duke of York's into the prncipal
foyer.
The theatre maintaining the largest
permanent stan in Europe Is the
Vienna Opera house, where there are
1855 persons in permanent employ OF
whom 800 are performers. The En-
perOr of Austria gives the two Court
theatres at Vienna about 100000 pei
annum. The French government con-
tributes the same amount to four Paris
theatres.
The most wonderful example of local
subsidizing Of theatres Is probably that
at Worms, i'm South Germany At a
time when this was only town of 23, =
900 Inhabitants, $4,000 per annum was
raised by voluntary contributions, the
district council subscribed $4,000. and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04
La Grippe Successfully Treated.

IT have just recovered from the Sec
ond attack of la grippe this year"
says Mr. James A. Jones, publisher
of the Leader, Mexia, Texas. In the
latter case used Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and I think with considerable
success, only being in bed a little over
two days against two days for the
former attack. The second attack l
am satisfied would have been equally
as bad as the first but for the use of
this remedy as / had to go to bed in
about six hours after being struck
with it, while in thefrst case was able
to attend to business about two daVs
before getting down." For sale by
all druggists. Matthews Bros whole
sale and retail agents. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-04

grippe. During all this time he has
conducted an extensive practice, OF
medicine. Few df any physicians pre-
scribe FOR so many patients. His eXpe-
rience in climatic diseases has been
simply prodigious. Thousands of pa
tients are continually under his direc-
tions, either personally or by corre-
spondenCe. The Doctors fame in treat
ing la grippe is known from the At
lantic to the Pacific The Doctor be-
lieves that ne has never yet lost a case
of la grippe, and les enthusiastic in the
conviction that he never will
The remedy upon which the Doctor
has relied for the cure of Ia grippe for
over forty years is Pe-ru-na. Pc-ru-na
Is a scientific catarrh specific. It
cures catarrh whether acute or chroni'.
Lii grippe is simply acute Catarrh,
which sometimes RACES as an epidemic.
Almost everybody knows that Pe-ru-na
Will cure acute Catarrh. But not many
know that la grippe is simply acute
catarrh. If they did they would use
Pe-fu-na with the same surety of II
cure as in any other case of acute ca
tarrh.
But the people are quick to learn. AL
ready the news is rapidly spreading
that Pe-ru-na is a prompt and unfail-
ing remedy for la grippe. The demand
for Pe-ru-na, North, South, East and
west - ldNlllS TIE ululpSl lICllllleS bl
the drug trade. The present epidemic
Of la grippe will increase this demand
fourfold The resources for the manu-
facture Of Pe-ru-na are not unlimited.
This extraordinary demand may exceed
the possible supply of it.
Every person, especially every fam
lily should provide themselves at once
with a supply of this well-tcsted rem
edy for Ia grippe. Pe-ru-na has been
the regular prescription of DR.. Hartman
for over forty years. 1t has become
the safeguard of thousands of house,
holds. In the midst of this epidemic no
one should fail to take a dose of PERU
ma before each meal to guard against
the possibility of an attack. Those
stricken with the disease should begin
with teaspoonful doses of Pe-ru-na ev-
cry hour, and continue until the acute
symptoms subside, after which two tea
| spoonfuls before meals and between
| meals will be sufficient to continue the
treatment until complete recovery.