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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Cang Haul Across the State
Line.

Co!unhi s. c.. Juoe 5.-The foal
act of the supreme court before
adjournment for the spring term was to
6le au important decision affecting the
dispensaty law.
The dispeusary people, wher accept
iog the decision OF the United States
supreme court that liquor could be
Brought in o the State for personal use
by con- uo0 carrier, always declined TO
aduis tie right OF citizen to briag
into the State or have brought into tie
State by private conveyance liquor for
lis oun use.
There has been 8 number of cases
8hare men bringing 1hiskey ac:oss
the North Carolina liue fer their o"n
use ba7e been arrested acd the liquor
aud teams con6scated.
il was on case Of this character
that test was made.
Charles Hollemau, Charles Nixon
aud Lewis Holleyman lived near
Lamar, Darlington cousty, about forty
miles from Chesterfield court house.
December II, 1896. they left their
home and travelled by private convey
auce to Hightower distillery, in North
Carolina, where shey purchased about
twenty gallons Of whiskey, which was
mt nm in Jugs and kegs and loaded in
their buggies The party then started
home. After crossing the State lire
and when within few miles CT
Chesterfield they were arrested by State
copstables and put 10 Jail, their team
and liquor being cou6scated.
They we're tried and convicted, and
appealed. 1t was 90 this appeal The
case was brought up. Acting under
provision Of the new constitution and
for the second time the supreme court
called the judges eu bance. Jadges
Ernest Gary, Gage and Benet did not
sit. Justice Jones filed dissenting
opinion, couourred in by Justice Pope
aud judges Townsend aud Klugh.
The opinion of the majority of the
court, reversing the lower court, was
given by Justice E. B. Gary, concurred
10 by Chief Justice McIver, and
Judges Aldricb, Watts and Buchanan.
Tie majority, therefore, had but one to
epare.
So now a citizen Of South Carolina
can drive over iuto North Carolina,
cross the bridge at Augusta or send bis
team over with an agent, buy whiskey
for bis OVID use and return With it.
The law protects bin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Slavery Is Not Yet Extinct.

1t is generally supposed that slavery
no longer exists in the United States Of
America, but by those who make close
study of such matters this will be
promptly recognized as very great
mistake In San Francisco alone there
are said to be 500 Chinese women who
are, SO far as they know to the con-
trary, the property of their masters,
In Brooklyn quite recently rather
attractive young woman was sold to
Chinese laundryman for 5000 The re-
markable phase Of the Chinese slavery
which prevails in this country is that
the victims do not seem to realize the
abjectness of their condition and would
very much prefer to remain here as
they are than return to their native
land and its daily grind for food, with
the result of each days efforts constant
ly in doubt Providence Telegram
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
TRAINS GOING NORTB.
#Dsily. tDaily except Sunday

+Dsily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. 50 ruus through to Coumbia via Cen
tral R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 7s aud 80 run via Wileon and
Fsyetteville-Short Line-ard make Gloss
connection for all points North.
Trains on C. l. D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 9 so q n, arrive Darling.
ton 10 Is NJ, Har,sville ,5a N, Cberaw
IL 80 m, Wadesboro 225 n. Leave
Florence daily except Sunday 765 m, az
rive Darlington 20 p 20, Bennettsville II
pm, Gibson 9 As 10. Leave Florence
Sunday only 80 u. arrive Darlington
10 05 %
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 90
20, Beuoettsville 90 70, arrive Darling
too 90 70, leave Darlington so m, s,-
rive Florence is an. Leave Wadeeboro
daily except Sunday co %, Cheraw ! As
u, Har'sville ! co N, Darlington 6 2si
n, arrive Florence 90 p %. Leave Dss-'
Iiagton Sunday oniy SO 60, arrive Flo,-
ence Is NJ ~
j. r KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Geo'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't
7 NJ. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
B-H. EMERSON, Genl Pass. Agent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Pretty Poor Pickings.

The following story must be true,
since it was told by one Of Cleveland s
clever school principals, who claimed to
have witnessed the incident. She was
in the basement of a big department
store when she Observed rural looking
party passing before some cheap prints
of famous paintings. There was mid
die aged man, plain, but evidently with
a thirst for information, who was eek
planning" the pictures to three tired
looking children.
Here's a picture called 'Millet, 30
be was saying as they gazed open
mouthed at 81 'Angelus. % That's
what it says at the bottom. Millet's a
kind of grain. See EN- lookin at the
ground? They ain t plantin, but l guess
they re just pickin up the seed. Mighty
poor farmin there. Come along. .
After all, what does fame amount to-?
Plain Dealer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
You Can Boil Anything.

A successful experiment was made at
Columbia university in boiling away
silver dime. The dime was cut in strips
and laid in the cup Of one of the car
bons of the arc light. The pointed car
bon of the arc was placed above this
and strong current turned on. Under
the intense heat the dime melted, SIM
mered and then boiled like water. In
two minutes it had boiled away into
vapor. Professor Pupin, who conducted
the experiment, declared any substance
on earth, even granite rock, may be
boiled away in similar fashion if only
sufficient heat is brought to bear on it.
he also stated that any gas or liquid
would freeze if it could be submitted to
sufficient cold.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
War on Book Trusts.

Chattanooga, Tenn June G.
Through the urgency of Governor
Mcmillan, the Tennessee Legislature
bas declared war on the school book
trusts, and the prospects are dattering
that about $500, 600 will be saved to
patrons of the schools.
A bill has been passed providing fos
a uniform course of study in the public
schools and commission has bseo
appointed TO select suitable books
Bids for furnishing the books, under
q five year contract, have been sub
mit,ed. It is known from the agents
that the cost to the people will be about
oue-baIf the sum thst has been paid for
years.
The new law is similar to that 10
force 10 Indiana.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Hospitable Humor.

Never since the times Of Dickens and
Mrs Trollope have the smart fellows
who come over here from England to
do America had a walkover. The thing
that battles them now is American hu-
NOR. Mr.. Zangwill, one of the brightest
of the recent visitors, has just got
home, out of breath, and heis bubbling
over with the extraordinary practical
Jokes that he ran up against in this
country. He came over here to lecture,
and he began his course in New York
by lecturing on the drama. The papers
treated it as a joke, insisting that Mr.
Zangwill had wiped the entire theater
from the face of the earth, and the
more serious Mr.. Zangwill became the
more absurdly the papers acted. They
then sent ell kinds of cranks to inter
view him, and some of the public ac-
counts would give even Eli Perkins
cramp. Zangwill just missed the Clover
club of Philadelphia by hairbreadth,
but Chicago worked him, as he says
himself, to the queens taste. Some of
the newspaper men cut there armed
themselves with revolvers at club re-
ception and began shooting at each
other with blank cartridges, and one
night when Mr. Zangwill was inter
rnnted in his lecture committee wait
ed upon him and asked him to assist
them, as they intended to lynch the
man who had interrupted him. "1n
Cincinnati, says Mr.. Zangwill, ga
young man called upon me one night
and told me he was racked and torn
with religious doubts and asked my
guidance. I tried to help him to a
clearer view, and he went away full of
gratitude. Imagine my utter astonish-
ment when the next day I found this
young gentleman posing throughout
published interview as a profound think
er, while I figured feebly as shallow
sophist" All this indicates young
Americas opinion of oversmart foreign
ers and everybody knows that Mr.
Zangwill is unprecedentedly smart
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
HIS THREE WIVES.
They Were All In One Picture, but
Did Not Stay There.

|
Allan Cunningham, in his Olives Of
British Painters, tells story of Cop
lev, the father Of Lord Chancellor Lynd-
hurst which reveals what a portrait
painter endures from the vanity and
eccentricity Of his sFrs.
A certain man had himself, his wife
and seven children painted by Copley
in family piece.
at wants but one thing, - said the
man, on seeing the finished picture,
s'and that is the portrait Of my first
wife-this one is ny second.
..But, replied the artist "ske is
dead. What can Go? She must come
in as an angel. .
"Oh, no; no angels for me. She
must come in as a woman.
The portrait was added, but several
months elapsed before the man again
called at Copley's studio, and when he
did, strange lady held on to his arm.
"I must have another sketch from
your hand, Copley," said be. can ac-
cident befel my second wife; this lady
is my third, and she has come to have
her likeness included in the family pic
ture %
The painter introduced the likeness
of wife No. 3, and the man expressed
himself satisfied with the portraits of
his three spouses. But the lady remon-
strated. Never was such thing heard
of. Her predecessors must go. The
artist painted them out; then the man
disputed the price. Copley sued him,
and his son, the future Lord Lyndhurst,
signalized his call to the bar by gaining
his fathers cause.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Brides and Wet Weather.

A Breton bride rather likes to have a
wet wedding; it is held to signify that
all her tears are now shed and that she
will therefore have a happy married
life. know of no similar belief in the
British isles.
The Era of Simbirsk call the day
before the wedding the weeping day,
and the bride and her girl friends weep
all they can, with the idea, it would
seem, of getting the mourning of life
over so that only joy may remain.
The Badagas of the Neilgherries at
tain the same end by scusing the bride
with water. Some Greek tribes have a
similar belief in the virtue of drench-
ing bringing good fortune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

The Texas health officers have
raised the quarantine against New
Orleans
London, June s The advices re-
ceiyed today from South africa.
emanating from British sources, show
more completely the utter failure Of
the recent conference between Presi-
dent Kruger and the Britieh high
commissioner, Sir Alfred Miner.
The London afternoon papers all re-
fer to the dangerous situation
Charleston, June THE 8rad.eys,
of Boston, are said to have purchased
large tract of phosphate lands on the
Asbepoo aod Edisto rivers, about so
miles from this city. The purchase
includes six thousand acres of land
bearipg high grade rock and is ma
jority Of the uumioed lands left 10 the
State.
The drmmers Of this country as a
general thing bOop-la-ed for the
Republican party 10 the last campaign.
Now about IS. 600 Of them are out OF
jobs, thrown out by the trusts which
the policy Of that party has crested.
A Greeuyille dispatch says that in
the last year Piedmont cotton mill has
earned 100000, Pelzer $2S5. 900,
Clifton $270.000 aod Paoolet $780,
600, total Of nearly Sl,0O0,O ,O00
profits for four mills The earnings OF
the big mills around spartanburg are
said to have ranged from 90 to 35 pes
cent. on the capital stock. The banks
there are coDgested with dividend money.
Small wonder that the Piedmont Sec
ton pecspers when it gets such returcs
from its factories. All our mills are
making money, but if those 10 that
quarter are making more money than
others it is because their managers are
older hands at the business aud fror.
practice more export They pay more
for their cotton and as much to their
helr as the mills 10 the middle country
These latter. with growth in expert
epce, will do as we'll after awhile il
prices continue good.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Britons Unable to Speak English.

It is not generally realized what a
large number of Britons, born and bred
at home, have never succeeded in mas
tering the national language. In Wales,
according to the last census taken, there
are no fewer than sos, people who
cannot speak English, Welsh being their
only language In Scotland there are
43, 73S persons who can speak nothing
but Gaelic. And in Ireland there are
80, 121 who can express themselves only
in the Irish tongue. Of course, these
are mostly old people, and English is
gradually d;slodging the native Ian
guages of Ireland and Wales.
1t is a curious circumstance that
while in Wales fewer people speak both
English and Welsh than Welsh only, in
Scotland nearly FIVE times as many use
both languages as those speaking Gaelic
alone, while in Ireland 90 times as
many speak English and Irish as those
yho speak Irish only.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
.erhe Boot of Dukeronomy.~

A nervous curate the other day an
nounced from the reading desk. 'Here
beginneth the second chapter of the
duke of Deuteronomy. His vicar
looked severely at him, and the young
man blushed, coughed and repeated.
.'The boot of Deuteronomy"
There must have been germs of mis-
pronunciation lurking in the air. for at
a later period in the service the vicar
read out, 81 publish the manns Of bar
riage, etc.
The curate beamed with satisfaction
in spite of the solemnity of the occa-
Words.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
Dreyfus Won't Talk.

For. de France, June Dispatches
from Cayenne say efforts to intervle"
Dreyfus are futile He is now under
guard of Capt. Cacbeuz and four gen
d'ermes. he is apparently 10 good
health, bu, eeems fasigued. Tie Ver-
dict of the court of cessation caueed q
favorable impression here and in Feeuch
Guinea
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
A Lucky Cross.

The Princess of Wales possesses
cross which is supposed to always bring
good luck to its owner. 1t was formerly
the property of the king of Denmark,
having been discovered years ago in the
grave of the beautiful Queen Dasmar.
Besides its superstitious interest, 1t Is
a fine work of art, and was given by
the king to the princess on her mar
rage dav.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

The records OF the bankruptcy courts
show that siace the last baokrupt Law
became operative over S65 900, ZOO CT
liabilities bsve been sponsed out aud
Thousands Of debtors discharged sod
thus enabled to again enter upon tusl.
ness undertakings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
"Man What Knows 1t All" !"

Gov McSweeney has been reading
the county newspapers for % years
and consequently knows more about
the people of South Carolina than any
Governor we have bad in fifty years.
-Abbeville Medium.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

Major Count Esterhazy has put the
finishing touch on his famboyant career
by publicly stating that he would like
to join Aguinaldo and serve in his ar
my Aguinaido is yet to be heard from
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
An IIIustraIIOn

Teacher-John illustrate the differ.
ence between sit and set.
Bright and Patriotic Boy = The
United States is a country on which
the sun never sets and the rest of the
world never sits. Detroit JoMnal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

A custom peculiar to Buddhists is
that of wandering about the country
with hammer and chisel and carving
holy symbols upon rocks by the wayside-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14
France Wants Esterhazy.

Paris, Juoe 8 lie Martin says the
government has taken steps to demand
the eztraditiou of Ester5azy, nov il
Eoglapd. According to the Ecao
Departs, General Zode will replace
ZarlindeI as military governor CT
Paris
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

The term filthy lucre'' originated
in Scotland and referred i'll the first
place to the we'll worn 81 notes of that
country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

The Texas health officers have
raised the quarantine against New
Orleans
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-14

.9The bhoys was fairly void wild de-
loight whin I tould 'em, an, by this an
that, they wint through the jungle like
buck rabbits. About midnight we
come to the shtrame which I had clane.
forgot to minshin to my orfcer. I was
on ahead, wid four bhoys, an I thought
that the lift'nint might want to the
ourize 'Shtrip, bhoysT sez I. 'Sthrip
to the buff an shwim in where glory
waits!' But can't shwim!' sez two
av thin. TO think should live to
hear that from a bhoy wild a board
school edukashin!' sez L Take lump
av thimber, an ne an Conolly here will
ferry you over, you young ladies!'
"We got an ould tree trunk an pushed
off wild the kits an the rifles on ut. The
night was chokin dhark, an just as we
was fairly embarked I heard the lift mint
behind av me calm out There's bit
av nullah here, sorr, sez I, but I
can feel the bottom already So cud.
for was not yard from the bank.
.' Bit av a nullah! Bit av an esh-
tuaryi' sez the lift mint. go on, you
mad Irishman! Shtrip, bhoysl' ! heard
him laugh, an the bhoys begun shtrip-
pin an rollin log into the water to
put their kits on. So me an Conolly
shtruck out through the warm wather
wild our log, an the rest come on behind.
'sThat shtrame was miles woide!
Orth ris On the rear rank log, whispers
we had got into the Thames below
Sheerness by mistake. 'Kape on shwim-
min, you little blayguard, sez I, AN
don't go pokin your dirty jokes at the
Irawadi.' 'Silince, men!' sings out
the lift mint So we shwum on into the
black dhark, wild our chests on the logs,
trustin in the saints an the luck av the
British army.
'Evenshually we hit ground-a bit
av sand-an man. put my heel on
The back av him. He skreeched an ran.
/" Now we've done ut!' sez Lift mint
out, and so I shot him. Besides, it is
not advisable. that the men who once
cet - '--c s',cr-17 eecare Only |. and
The Eddy current., 1899-03-18

icw down the mellow autumn Of life. q
comfort 20 each other. a credit 70 the
married state. a happy pair will row
with you over great Issues; big differ
ences will fnd me ever ready 20 cross
swords with my fair life partner. But
little chickering's and gnat-like irrita-
tions7 MOI I tell you not Never
another onel Az said before. I've had
enough"
And VIII Clarke. gentle-hearted. big.
good-naturod Will Clarke. overybody's
friend. who dearly loved his wife. went
from the room and kept his word. lie
went home 10 his mother
lie was half afraid az what he had
done and almost decided 60 return and
humhly apologize for bullying the
best little woman" hut n conviction
that he was doing what was right for
them both came TO him. and mutter-
Ing something about desperate iils re-
qulrlng desperate remedies" ao held
20 his position.
And Mabel? She was astounded.
but smiled knowingly and said. ~
he waits for me 10 send for him he will
walt forever"
But OH the droarlness OF the next
twonty-four hoursl invoiuntariiy
Mabel listened for the familiar voice
or footstep. but neither was In evil
donoo. After her "frst mad" she care
fully reviewed tho quartet Of years
that had Just passed and her naturally
true judgment and generous nature
asserted themselves and she candidIy
decided that she was and had been IN
the wrong.
VII was sitting with his mother az
tea the next day and the gentle old
lady was chidlng her boy and hoping
that he had not been harsh with Mabel
The maid brought note 10 him and
he read II aloud.
Dearest: The nov and complete
mental adjustment has arrived. The
process, however, has given me an aw-
ful headache. Comet Mabel"
BLESS the glrll I'm n brutew was
wills comment as he rushed from the
table
Foolish. happy children remarked
the old lady. as she poered between the
curtains and followed with n loving
glance the big figure that was hurllng
itself Gown the front doorsteps
The Eddy current., 1899-03-18

There Is a story told Of former
British ambassador 20 America which
goes 20 prove that the lately developed
procliylties of Lieut. Hobson may have
been inherited from English ancestry.
The minister was leaving Washington
ana was attended 10 the door em-
bnssy by large portion OF the house
hold Ills excellency made his adlou
Ia "a fashion decidedly absent minded,
ana on entering his carriage was stlll
ga n brown study when interrupted hy
his ever watchiul and sollcitous con-
sort. who had been there awaiting him.
Ny dear" said this lady. "do you
know what you have just done?"
NO, replied the ambassador. dream
lly. "do you?" why" cried his wife
you kissed the maid servants an
round" 'Dld ~" said the diplomat.
woarily well. ! hope there were some
good looking ones among them"
The Eddy current., 1899-03-18

90 you ever since we were married
but | have not given up and will not
give up old friends though you storm
on forever Men and women that /
have liked In the past like now and
shall like In the future. ! have tried
90 show you the folly of your uain-
territorial selhshncss; I've tried to
prove that you are always FIRST In my
heart and thoughts; I've done not one
thing that you may not investigate
and 20 your satisfaction. and I've
laughed nj. pleaded with and reasoned
over your unjust uusPlcions. foolish
accusations and peeyish. narrow con-
illusions. Now I've done, Not for an
other little minute am ! going 10 put
up with it."
Mabel fairly gasped Was this the
calm, patient VIII that had always put
up with her yagurioB aud moods? She
was about 20 speak when her husband
went on:
You can be the dearest ANA most
companionable little woman IN the
world. You are generous by mature.
klnd-hcartod and loving and loyable
lflNNNf nNA Ail ANfhN quantities are
warsed and distorted when blind loal-
ousy seizos you. and as you are IN the
bilious monsters clutches nine-tontha
OF the time. why, comfort Joy and
congonlallty is blessed trinity that
Is out of sight most OF the time. I
respect your views likes. opinions and
friends. and n we are 10 live together
you must, from now on. respect mine.
/ pack my trunks to-day and go home
10 my mother "a twinkle would
force iis way into the speakers eyes
"and n You ever send for me. do n
only after you have decided that now
ana complete mental adjustment has
taken place in your dear little head. "
'Will Clarke! n you think you can
scare mo. you--"
Il said this Is my day for talking" f"
interrupted WIN.
you've talked for four years" he
went on, "nnd Eve listened. You've
accused ana I've explained. You've sat
in judgment ana I've done a meek
act. feeling sure shat time would flash
your folly before your vision. The
waiting has been wearisomo and 7 tell
you now that life Is too short 10 keep
up the friction. II you conclude 10 re-
adjust, Why, send FOR me. and w win