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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-05-10
DIED

At the Poor Farm, Carson. New. Nav
D. 1879 ANDREW Shean, a native of Ire
land, aged IS years.
Funeral at the Poor Farm to-day We'd
neSday) at > p. III.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-05-10

Madam La Vera, a c~lairvoyant is
mere and will give sittings for a few
days only. Hours from 8 a. N. to 9
p. m.s Price Sl.O0 AT the Briggs House
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-05-10

Eastern advertising Agent 230-234 Tenn
pie Court building, New York City, +.
Kat, agent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-05-10

A. G Pratt came owe from Carson
wednesday and Went to the new mill
where he assisted in placing the pump
IN position. He returned to town the
next day, and reports everything
about the mine and mill working
nicely
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

The Samser Nascnmsaa was founded
S. 1850 aud the Tsus Southroa in 1866.
The Waschnsaa aad Sosshron now has
sEs conabioeas circulation and influence
of both Of the OLD papers, and is mani
ssessly the best advertising medium in
Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

As Mr. Douthlt refuses to get out
ST the Dispensary. people VINO do not
ike is guzzle one Z liquor will have
sc OUT drinking as means of self
nrotection. Under Mr.. Douthit's ad-
u,inistration labels have become a
deIusion and snare to entrap the
unuary
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
The Lowry Press.

The Lowry press has beea before the
public fo! some ,ime and DO email effort
has been made to bring 1t into general
nae. Ooe was Used here for while,
bu. i, did oct give satisfaction and was
put aside
No matter what the merits of this
press may be. we would De glad to see
it fail it everywhere, as long as the
methods to Introduce IL are pursued.
Where YOU are not allowed to own aud
use thing, bat mus, pay royalty on
the use Of il, then it is better TO let
that thing alone. Paying royalties ca
the use Of q coiton press is another
shrevd. cold, calculating scheme tc
GRIND the farmer, aad We hope thai toe
farmers and those vho arc Interested 10
the welfare os the farmers will ne0er
consent to pat!oaize any company Sho
Il axe or handle machine wbloa Is
worth so much to them in royalties Or
rentals that they cannot afford to sell ii
| and allow those who use it to own it
Greenwood Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
Must Beer Dispensers Go )?
Question Whether They Can
be Dismissed by the State
Board.

Columbia, S c., Oct 9 Beer dis
pensers are elected by the country
boards the same ar ordinary dispen-
sera. The law contemp!ates that
county dispensers be removed by the
county board and not by the State
board and it may be that the State
board is altogether without authority
to remove them County dispensers,
beer or otherwise, are elected for a
year and it may be that they are not
to be removed except for cause.
The Richland county board has
been instructed to fire two dispen-
sers here and the county board today
asks the attorney general:
"Our county board recognizes it as
their duty to discharge all unfit per-
sons from the dispensary service in
this county and to obey all orders of
the State board Of control, and would
ask if complaints against these dispen.
sers should not be put before our
board with specific charges ana if
we can without stated cause carry
cut these instructions with lmpunity,
and if SO, should We continue these
bonded men in Office nntil suitable
men are duly qualified to take charge,
or close the places until their sue
cessors are properly qualified 2"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
WILL BE HOT STUFF.
Mr. QUITS Will Make sensa
tiouaI Revelations.

Mr.. D. A 6. Oazss was asked BY a
reporter today whether he had any
statement for the public he wished
published. He said that he vas pre-
pairing one and that it would be long,
but until be gave it to the press be
declined ,ntimatiug even what its coo-
tents vii. be. Mr.. Ouz:s promises
some not stnG, served up from data
and a memory which has stored up
many things. Possibly another seosa'
sion-is in ssore.-Columbia Record,
O,s 9.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
The Short Cotton Crop.

We, are in receipt of the subjolned
letter which was accompanied Dy
copies of several thousand kilograms
from banks, merchants, farmers and
cotton buyers in every cotton pro
ducing county in the south The
statements made in the letter are
based upon the most accurate infor-
nation that could be obtained, and
after reading the letter and kilograms
we are more fully conviced than ever
before that the cotton crop is very
short and that Nellps estimate was
nothing more than trick to depress
the price of cotton in the interest OF
the speculators:
New OrS, OCt 4, loSS.
Editor Sumter Daily Item !: We
enclose you herewith reprints of teie-
grams recently received by US in
response TO inquiries made from
parties whose signatures are append
ed, as to the condition of the cotton
crop
It is our earnest conviction that a
strenuous and improper effort has
been this season made by clique of
bear operators in New Orleans, to
mislead the world in regard to the
cotton crop, and thus put the South
ern cotton producer at disadvan-
tage. The facts, however, are be-
ginning to assert themselves. The
information We submit comes from :
class of men who are presumably
better informed and more worthy of
confidence than any single individual
may be, however great his preset
ence, to say nothing of his specuia-
tive interest in lower prices, aud we
believe that the interests Of your
constituency, especially of the cot
ton trade at large will be we'll served
by giving all possible publicity to
this information. We send it to you
in the hope that you may 6ud oppor-
tunity, perhaps, to reprint portion
Of it in your paper.
Yours very truly,
Price, Mccormick & Go.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
FOR THE STATE FAIR.

The executive COMMITTEES of the
Columbia fair association met Satur-
day night. The finance committee
made a report which was satisfactory
considering the short tine the mem.
bers have been working The at
fractions designed will require con
siderable sum, and all business men
are expected TO be liberal in their
subscriptions
The committee was n,et by some
gentlemen vino said they proposed to
negotiate with Paine for an exhib!-
ton Of fireworks. 1t is understood
that these negotiations are satisfac
.orily progressing. The committee
decided to arrange all of its attrac
tions 90 as not to interfere with the
pyrotechpic exhibition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
Sure Harbinger Of War.

There's oae sign OF war that never
fails. When tie great American mule
gets in motiou ;ae fighting is bound TO
oeeio. As long as be is allowed to
roam the broad prairie 10 uobrleiec
freedom there is hope fer peaoe, ous The
n,oneat be is lariated. ADD put ln'o
harness ne know that the iocara:'e
deoas of saogujoary strife are to be le:
loose. The pevs that Eoelacd has
closed her New Orleans cp:icns and
that thousands of mules are going
aboard the transports at the Crescent
City dissipates the last hope that Oom
Paul and Johuuy Bali will be able to
smooth the wrinkled front Ct their
controversy --Baltimore Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

The railroads nave grown into
tremendous dimensions The capi-
stock is $1l,0oO,ooo.0Oo The
dividends aggregated 100000,
or S % per cent, on the stock that
paid. But two-thirds of the roads
made no dividends There were
500, 100000 of passengers carried in
1898. Of these 22l were killed and
$4,000 injured The men employed
were $4,000. Of these 1858 were
killed and $4,000 injured, more than
in any battle in Europe 10 half
century perhaps. One man in every
447 was ki'ied-heavy loss. One
in every % was injured-terri6c.
Cannot something oe done tc prevent
such great casualties ? The roads
paid S500,oOo,ooo in salaries-an
average of s570 year, or some sll
a week
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
The State of South Carolina
COUNTY OF SUMTER.


BIZ T. Y. Welsh, Esq, Probate Judge.
yX7HEREAS, GEORGE NJ. STUcKEY,
w maee suit to me to grant him Letters OF
Administration Of the Estate OF and effects of
Miss Matte II Stuckey, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and Singular the kindred and creditors Of
the said MISS MATTE NJ. STUCKEY,
late of said County and state, deceased
that they be and appear before me in
the Court of Probate, to be held at Sum-
ter C. H., ou October 'Sto, 1899, next, after
publication thereof, ct l | O'Clock in the fore
noon, TO show cause if any they have, why
the said Admin.strat on should not be grant.
ed
Given under my hand this 4th day of Oc'o.
Der, A. D. 1899
THOS Y WALSH,
Judge Of Probate.
Oct 4-2t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

Sold by H2ghson-L Lyon Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
Claren0lt LODGE No. 64, 4. +. N

TINE REGULAR MONTHLY CoMMU
VACATION of Claremont Lodge, No
"a, A. F. ~. will be held on Thursday
Evening, October u. at y D. N. Brethren
will take due notice and govern themseive;
accordingly
Attest-P. C. Moses Sec.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

Thele IS undoubtedly more or less
polisica mixed up with the D:spen-
sary scandal. bat deal more of corl
ruption and rascality. The great
moral institution has always been a
corrupt mixture of politics, mean
slianor and official rascality.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

To the matter Of the appsreat shcrt-
aoa 10 the ofise Of the Couo'y Supe1'n>
,eadest of Education great obscur'ty
exis;s and the recommendation ,aas an
ex,ers be employed is wisely made
The discrepancy sas discovered BY
Suns Rembort as socn as DC took
eha,ee Of the ofice aud checked ever
the books He called the atseot'on OF
b;s nredscessor, Mr.. w. j DuRant, to
the matter al oece, aud was informed
bv tin that ,he discrepancy existed
wben ne vent into ofice Sups. Rem
be.s reported toe matter to the State
Sroe.:n,endent Of Eiucation and when
the committee Of tie grand jury COM
men,ea the examination Of the books
oe h;s ofice ,heir attention vas also
directed to the matter.
A thorough examination OF the ooohS
is necessary aud it should be made at
once by an expert.
The report concerning the naifeas'
anee in Office Of Magistrate Barrett
speaks for itself. and as it is a matter
that will 90 into the courts. comments
are not ia order at this stage Of the
proceedings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
We have been asked wby cotton doe

We have been asked @by cotton does
DOT bring as good price 10 Camden as
it does io Kershaw, Sumter and Bishop
vile. A comparison With toe Sumter
quotations, shows this market to be
fully sqasl to thu: place. We do 0os
koow che price heiog paid fo' it 10 the
other places, but We can see 30 reason
why Camden cannot pay as good prices
as either of the places named Cam
deu's cottou buyers are all good men.
apd we hope for the good Of the com
muuisy, that they will do all they can
to help Camden to hold her reputation
az the best cotton market 10 middle
Carolina Before accepting these state,
ments, fair comparison Of prices is
necessarv.-Colunbla Messenger.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14
TRUTH AND A TRAMP.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: II had
a curious interview with an educated
tramp Thanksgiving morning." said one
of the tenants of the Hennen building.
He walked in and struck me for a dime.
and seeing that he was a chap of unusu
al intelligence l concluded to be generous
and at the same time get a little diver
sion out of him: I will give you a dol
lar to be thankful on 1 said. If you
will tell me frankly what you propose to
do with it. All right he replied, L
will &c first and get something to eat,
for, honestly, I'm hungry. l know a
place where / can get the biggest kline of
a Thanksgiving dinner. breakfast and
supper, all in one. for 20 cents. Then I
will go to a lodging house down on the
river front and give up Is cents for a bed.
That will leave me IS cents, on which l
will proceed to get boiling, %rip-roaring
drunk. When l arrive at the right stage
and my system requires rest 1 will go to
the lodging house and take possession of
the apartment which I have engaged in
Internationally evading the unsympa-
thetic minions of the law. If l am lucky,
l will have enough left over for a bracer
tomorrow morning. The fellows flow
cry style amused me greatly and after
giving him the dollar l asked whether
it didn't pay to tell the truth in begging.
~ Iucei iOch CdIle lutO HIS lace. lne
truth! he exclaimed, with an earnestness
that startled me. NO 1t only pay to
tell people that they want to hear. l
didn't tell you the truth just now-ol
anywhere near the truth. I saw you
wanted me to own up that 1 was an old
soak and I tried to give you a run for
your money. I'll tell you something thai
may interest YOU he went on. 'Wher
! strike an old chap like you who thinks
he's Il bit foxy, l generally begin with a
hard-luck story about a starving wife
and II small children crying for bread
The old boy is certain to interrupt and
tell me I'm Il blamed fraud and want the
money for rum. I let him badger me
! awhile n then I break down and con.
fess that he had me sized up exactl,
| right. which usually .lckles his vanity t.
; such an extent hat he goes into hi.
pocket for the coin. But. the TRUTH
excuse me, you make me Taught Witt
that he Sauntered out. leaving me con
siderably cheapened in my own estima
ton. I have been landed repeatedly OF
exactly the game he described"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14
COST OF LIVING AT NOME.

One of the oldest and most interesting
examples of mining camp journalism
that has come out of the wild west tor
many a day is the Nome Gold Digger. Il
weekly printed at the new town of Nome,
on the Alaskan sea coast. only "A short
distance east of Boring strait, says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat. 1t is the
most remote and isolated mining camp
in North America, and by this time is
no doubt ice-bonnd and shut off COM
pletely from the outer world until late
next spring. The paper was received the
other day by a resident of New Orleans
from a relative at the Nome diggings.
1t is the first issue. and as it was printed
on Oct. 25. it was probably in the last
batch of mail to get out. The Gold
Digger is not much larger thar ar ordin-
airy theatrical programme, and has only
four pages, but it's subscription rates are
$24 a year or so cents a copy. Some of
the articles and advertisements throw an,
interesting light on the cost of living in
far-away Alaska. Here. for instance,
are a few prices from the bill of fare
of the principal restaurant: Tenderloin
! steak. SO: eindeer steak, 81; ptramigan.
doughnuts, 50 cents; corn beef hash, 81;
oyster stew, $3.50; hot cakes and syrup.
Is cents; club sausage, $3.50; fried ham.
81; salmon, 81; sardines, per box. 81:
three eggs, 81: pies, each 50 cents; loaf
bread, e cents; toasted cheese, 81. Two
story seven-room dwellings are adver-
tised for rent at 5000 a month; wagons
and teams for hauling may be had for
$40 an hour: a shave costs 81; a hair cut
f, $1.56; and a bath 81. A laundry offers to
wash flannel shirts at 80 cents each, col
ored linen at IS cents, and white boiled
! shirts" at 81. Cigars and drinks cost
so cents each: lumber is $3.50 a thousand
shingles $3.50 a bunch. and wood for fue'
$35 to $50 a cord. Labor is well paid, the
~longshoremen getting 81 an hour and
carpenters 81. 80. The little i:
remarkably well printed. and is the neat
est and most attractive journal that ha.
yet been issued in the Alaska gold fields
The mines at Nome are mostly placers
right on the sea coast. Last season the!
| yielded over $4,000 900.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14
How John Howard Established
Credit.
HE WAS MAKING MONEY
Bought Goods on the Credit of Others
Was Captured Yes
terday.

John Howard who has been working a
clever swindling scheme on the Hennessy
Mercantile company. was captured yes
teiday afternoon by City Detective Muir
ply. 81 .
HoWalu's plan was to secure the name
of some miner employed by the Ana
cOnda represent himself as the
miner and on the credit thus established
purchase clothing. which he promptly
put in pledge in some pawn shop.
Detective Murphy caught Howard in a
Park street pawn shop yesterday after
noon. Howard was trying to put a new
O%vercoat in pawn. When the detective
asked him how he became possessed of
the coat. he informed the officer that
that was none of his business. He was
put under arrest. and further investiga-
purchased the coat at Hennessy's. repre-
senting himself to be John Cody. q miner,
in the employ of the npa He has
also bought goods at various other times
which We're charged to some Anaconda
miner.
John Hannifan. a boy. was arrested last
night on complaint of the Hennessy COM
puny. He is said to lave attempted to
work Towards scheme. giving his name
as Thomas Ryan,, who has an account at
the store. When the clerk requested the
boy for his signature. in order to npa
it With the Ryan signature, he got out
OF the store as quickly as possible.
& Gents studs $500 TO $780,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14

& Boston to $35 and Utah Con. &c. $2e dur.
ing the early hours of trading, but mhhy
of them recovered before the close.
The closing quotations this afternOon'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14
CHRISTMAS DOLLS

Mrs. Niedenhofen SO w. Park. can give
you a bargain in certain lines of dolls OF
which she intends to entirely close GU,
odds and ends in china and bric-a -brac
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14
MEMORIAL CEREMONY.

The memorial services of the Improved
Order of Red Men on the occasion of the
one hundredth anniversary of the death
of George Washington will be held at the
wigwam of Shoshone Tribe. No. l. over
the Finlen-Medin Drug CO.. store, on Fri
day evening. Dec. Is. Rev. r.. O. TllDufn
will deliver the address. There VIII be
appropriate music. The pubic is COR
daily invited.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14

to the premises. but their claim is adj
verse to that of plaintiff and is without
any right whatever. :
The plaintiff company asks the court
to adjudge it the owner of the property
and restrain and enjoin defendants from
treSpa SSinU upon or in it.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14

The Butte Consolidated Mining COM
pany began suit to-day against the Butte
& Boston, Boston & Montana companies.
G.. NJ. Hyams and two unnamed persons
to quiet title to the Mascot placer claim.
which the plaintiff says it owns. In
the complaint it states that a few days
ago the defendants. without right or title.
took possession of the property m be-
gan to work it and have continued the
encroachment; that they. SO plaintiff is
informed and believes, claim some right
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-14
THE COPPER MINING SHARES
ANOTHER SLUMP RECORDED TO
DAY AND PRICES ARE MUCH
LOWER.

In the copper mining share situation,
the shaking out" process is still in pro-
srress and another fail was taken ont of
spectators to-day. Boston & Montana
GronDeu to $50. Anaconda to $31. Butte
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-22
PERSONAL MENTION.


T. ". HosS VAS over from Lewiston
VT '0'iii'77'
MIS-. +. r. thompson of Lynn. Mass.
vas IN the city. Tuesday
\. 7. Bassett of Norway. was among
the City's callers. Tuesday
,Tr. %oab uosaito, If paIgro 4.
Mills vas in tho CITY Tuesday
r.,., 4 ,u- u-,-.,,..,. IL.
$780, r,,.f,,o,,. aam ,r,,osda,.
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W. ;, 9 u-,,,.., 49,. r,..,a,
IN H. y III ili,."
q i'-' ''oo'i' ioi q" VI ISL III 7''''
Miss Woart who has been suffering
ll ON serious Illness IS cohFaIeScell.
Walter Foley made a snort business
trip to Brunswick. Tuesday afternoon.
NJ. ". Turner Of Denver. Colorado.
gave The city business call. Tuesday.
carl Ward has returned to this city
,f.4I. = several DAYS visit in Portland.
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iii. ,,.... u, ,l,. .it,. ,,7 I,,,sir.ss ruas
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-22
NO NEW CASES.
Scarlet Fever Held in Check-The VILLAGE
District Schools Closed

The directors Of the Village District
schools decided, Tuesday. that it seem
cd t. he the sentiment of the public to
have the schools closed 50 this action
was taken by them in the schools under
their control. Already the Webster
and the Laurel Hill schools have been
closed. and there remained the Smith,
the Nash and the Grove Street schools.
The children We're allowed to assem-
bic in the morning ana the roll call was
made as usual. but the children We're
dismissed in very short time The
schools viii be closed this week and
next. by that time it is hoped all the
eases Of scarlet fever that there is any
chance Of developing may be found and
that the danger would be removed.
So far rs the contagion developed.
Tuesday, the result was very Satisfac-
Tory to the board of health and to every
citizen. for no new cases We're reported
tr Health officer Davies. The other
eases that exist We're getting along
very w"ll.
DR.. Davies says that ii will be much
harder in the future to fight the dis
ease or to detect it. The closing of the
schools causes losing track of the
chlliren ana no one can tell whether
they are i'll or well unless it
is reported by the parents. The ma
iDrity Of the cases existing have not
been reported but have been detected
through the efforts Of the health Officer
and Principal Pettingill. The latter
searched for the scholars to see if they
We're i'll or well when absent. and the
former visited them in case they We're
found to be i'll. The disease. as a rule.
exists in families who do not call in a
doctor unless the case looks extremely
serious to them and thus they would
have existed until today in case they
had not been 50 found. tits probable that
other cases are existing among the poor
people today. that are not known to
the medical men and the board Of
health. Through this source is the
greatest danger. 50 it is believed.
No cases of the disease have appear
ed on the East side of the river. The
Cony High school has not been inter
rupted. as there are none of the schol-
ars or families in which the disease eX-
lists. Furthermore physicians say that
the disease is not so readily contracted
by older children or grown-up people
The little people are the ones most like
IN to take it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-22
AvUSE M EMS.
frankie Carpenters Second Performances

The second successful evening VA.
scored. Tuesday evening. by frankie
Carpenter and her company. The play
was "Muess Landing" ana it proved w
be ore in which some very clever Wort,
was done. "a was one in which comedy
prevailed and there were laughs from the
beginning to the end. Miss Carpenter,
MIR. Grady and Dan Burke were all tx
ceedingly pleasing. introducing new an!
excellent speCialtics. The duet Hello.
ny Miss Carpenter ANA the boy baritone ;
singing Was something remarkably sweet.
Tho great audience also had the plea
urc of hearing the orchestra in in its
Illustrated descriptive piece, and to SEE
the moving pictures in the Devils Castle
The same bill will be produced at this
afternoons matinee. while this evening
performance win be Bob"