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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-19
Mrs NJ P. Cords and son Sam, have re-

,u1ned s:cu ne moun;s'os
Miss B.iie Duncsa, eeusa:e- cf Col. D P.
Duncan, cane t7oa, S.!u;a. i C. yesterday
saa viii eptcr tie SGal:e; Institute.
Y,:s Gsrlie Eope7:o5 ':.a.ater of Nj. ".
Il E. ps-son, Of .cis. .i..s recently taken
posi,iou ca tie 2its s,ass of The Evea'as
Bunes,n OF Pai.sdslra:o She has oeeo IN
Pnilacslph,e for .bs ras: three ,,eaes w!'h
her sister: i;-s Da~es, and hes ;een selag
70 scroo. ua.il The clcsa OF tee last 'e71.
Her appointment resulted from private let
ter written o. her 70 .be ec,c. 10 reply 70 al
article ,hat appeared ie THAI nepe' on lynch
Tags 10 ,ne South, which she criticised as a
Soutaerner nigh, be expected to We shs!l
be glad 10 hear of her success. aad predict
that she will succeed.
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Eggs have not been scarcer 'baa at preseo;
for year o: more.
Several of the me:ch n,s on %ain street are
kickag about The failure to sprinkle 'Ae
streets Monday moroiu2.
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PERSONALS.

NJ. L ". Folsom has gone TO New York.
Miss Augusta Folsom ia visiting 10 CHARLES.
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The North hwestern R Z. is not yet com.
pleteG ,oto Camden and owing TO the scarcity
of labor It is difficult matter TO say when it
will becompeted. /, is true that sut little
work remaios 20 De done, only few thou
ssud feet of grading, but wi,hou, force of
nands ii cannot be done 1t is said that the
work ls practically ct stand still and no
haods cas be secured to continue the work,
owing to the demard for cotton pckers.
The A. C. L. pu, on two extra freight
trains Monday. Ooe rups from Charleston 10
Colunota ou the following schedule: Leave
Charleston at 8 p m arrives Sumter a. N.
The other leaves Floreoce at 10 a. N. arrives
Sumter | 80 p. N. and leaves Sumter for
Fiorence at N. Tbs train trem Charles
too will be great convenience 10 Sumter
people, as it will easble f:e gbt sb,pped from
Charleston in the afternoon 10 be delivered
here al O'Clock tie pe1t morning
The progressive nauons of the world are
the gres. food consuming nat!ocs. Coed
food we'll digested gives strength. If you
caunot dges, all you eat, you need ko3ol
Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests wha, you eat.
You uees not diet yourself. 1t con,alus ell
of the digeserts combioed with ,as best
known tyulcs and recoos.rucnvas. !. will
even digest all classes Of foods 10 Bottle
No cher preparation will do this. It in-
stautly relieves eod quickly cures s!l stomach
troubles Us Hoehsou Co.
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ANTI-IMPERIALIsT LEAGUE.
Il Claims to Have . Good Organiza-
ti0n in Thtrty-eiEht States.

IL Claims to Have GOOD Organtza.
ti0n in Thirty-eiEht States.
CHICAGO. Jan. H.-The Times-Herald
tomorrow will say:
The American Anti-Imperialist League,
which was organized at the anti-imperial-
list conference held here in September.
claims to have an effective organization
In thirty EIGHT states, Oklahoma and the
District of Columbia.
The officers of the league, while uncom-
municative as to methods, admit that It
aims to make itself felt in close congress
sional districts everywhere for the cleo
ton Of congressman this year who will
be against the retention Of the Philip
pines.
Connection with the Bryan cause is de-
MED. Bourke Cockran's recent expression
of friendliness for Bryan is taken to be
significant in this connection, also the
declaration of Andrew Carnegie that he
will not contribute to the Republican
campaign fund this year, but may con-
tribute to the Bryan fund. Both are In
this organization.
The states claimed to be organized are:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado.
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, ILL
nois. Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Minneso-
ia, Mississippi. Missouri, Montana, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina. North Dakota, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Da-
kota. South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
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GR|DIR0N CLUB BANQUET.
ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
AFFAIRS EVER HELD.
Prominent Politicians Of Both Par
ties, Including Bryan and Hanna,
Much Amused by the Clever
skits and nurlesaues Presented.

WASHINGTON, Jan. T-The fifteenth
annual dinner OF the Gridiron Club was
given at the Arlington hotel tonight and,
like its predecessors was the most SUCCESS
full event Of the season. The club Is COM
posed of forty Washington correspondents.
who each give a number of dinners and
make the last Saturday evening In Janu-
airy notable occasion, az It Is the ami
-yersary of the organization. The banquet
hall was handsomely decorated. the CELL
ings and walls covered In laurel, smiax
and maidenhair ferns. while palms and
other tropical plants filled every window
and corner Of the room. Through all this
mass of green were more than a thousand
electric lights of all colors. The tables
were banked with flowers, orchids and
roses predominating. while many vases of
the American beauties adorned the room.
Henry Ldtch1eld West, OF the Washing
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CASE OF SENATOR SCOTT.
SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS Pro-
TESTS AGAINST HIM.
The RemOnstrants Claim That Two
Members of the Legislature Were
Suspended I'm Order to Give the
Republicans Majority for scott.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE senate
committee on privileges and elections met
today TO hear the arguments in the case
of remonstrance against permitting Hon.
Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, to
occupy his seat in the senate. The prin-
cipal objection to Scott urged by profess
tants was based upon the contention that
he received only forty-eight votes, or less
than a majority, and that he secured his
election by causing the suspension of two
members of the legislature. who were att
erwards given seats. thus reducing the
membership from ninety-seven to ninety
five.
The protestants also claimed that by ac-
cepting commissions in the army in 1888
Getzendonner and Pierson respectively
vacated their office as members Of the state
senate. Without their votes Scott would
have had forty-six votes.
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The friends Of Scott contest these points.
urging cause for the suspension of the
two members, and also showing that
Messrs. Getzendonner and Pierson had re-
signed their offices in the army before
casting their votes for Scott for senator.
The first speaker for the protestants was
Judge John Holt, of West Virginia. He
urged that Getzendonner and Pierson were
absolutely prohibited by the West Vir-
ginia constitution from the acceptance of
offices under the Federal government.
They had the choice OF retaining their civil
offices or accepting the positions in the
military service. They had accepted tho
latter positions, and thus ipso facto they
had vacated their state offices.
Mr.. Holt devoted much Of his time to
consideration of the right of the senate OF
the United States to investigate the quail
fioations Of the members of a state senate,
holding that as a matter Of self-preserva-
ton the Federal senate was bound to 60
behind the decisions Of state body.
Frank L. Welles. also of the counsel for
the protestants. presented the reasons
why the committee should take further
evidence in the case. He called attention
to the anomalous fact that while it was
claimed that Scott had been elected by
As votes, majority, the protestants num-
bered forty-nine members of the legisla-
ture.
He commended that the contests for seats
In the West Virginia legislature were the
result Of conspiracy on the part of the
Republican managers to insure the cleo
ton of Scott, and that in some cases the
contests were insisted upon even where
the contestants did not want to enter into
them. Bloodshed was even threatened by
the Republican state officers. Mr.. Welles
urged the committee. in view of these con-
tentions, to take testimony and allow the
protestants to prove these facts. He said
conditions in West Virginia were as bad
as had ever been known in the South in
the days of reconstruction.
Among others, they would like to have
the governor of the state called to testi-
fly as to his threat to call out the militia
to force the recognition OF a rump legisla-
ture.
Ex-senator Faulkner, in presenting the
case of Senator Scott, said that 1t was
admitted that at the beginning of the last
session of the West Virginia legislature
the Republicans controlled 1t upon joint
ballot, the Democrats having majority
in the house and the Republicans in the
senate. Even with the two seats held by
soidier-senators vacated, the Republicans
would still have a majority at that time of
AZ to 46. With reference to the votes of
Senators Getzendonner and Pierson, he
admitted that they had accepted commits
sions in West Virginia regiment in the
Spanish war, but said they had resigned
those commissions prior to the meeting
of the legislature. The state senate had
decided by a vote of 16 to that the men
were entitled to hold their seats, and he
said the state senate was the proper Judge
of their qualifications, and there could
be no appeal to the Federal senate.
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UNITING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
State Superintendent Points Ont the
Law ON the Subject.

State superintendent Points Ont the
Law ON the Subject.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiiigencer
OLYMPIA, Jan. Fin answer to quer-
les from county superintendent In the
matter Of union districts and CONSOLIDATE
ed districts. the office of the state SUPER
intendent issues the following informa-
ton; ~
It is the opinion Of the ofhce-
/. That the words, some convenient
place." as found in section of the code.
refer to place in each district voting.
O. In case Of consolidated districts, the
original districts maintain their organi-
zation until their outstanding obligations
are paid and then lose their organization;
but where a union high school district Is
formed, the original districts remain as
before for the purpose Of maintaining the
first eight years school course, and be-
come distinct district for high school
purposes
s. Districts united to maintain high
school must maintain, in each indivi-
dual district, the primary and grammar
grades at the expense Of the local dis
trict
L. The union high school may be MAIN
tanned separately or It may be maintain
ed in connection with the lower grades in
the building of one Of the districts. The
word union" is applied only to grades
above the eighth, and then only when
districts unite to maintain such grades.
The word graded" refers to all graded
schools, including the high school, when
maintained by a single district.
5. A consolidated district is not the
same as a union school.
s. In case Of consolidation, the original
districts lose their existence and a new
district is formed (See above.)
I. Sections 12-15 refer to any districts,
rural, town or city, which see At to comply
tN41h the terms of the law. For instance,
two country districts may unite to MAIN
tain high school grades In one of the
buildings already built. or in some new
building to be provided Also any town
ing rural districts, and come under the
terms of the law and receive the bene-
fits thereof.
The Office Of the state superintendent
has also delivered an opinion to the eff
feet that high school warrants should
not be issued by the clerk nor signed by
the directors until they have first been
audited and allowed; nor should the war
rants be delivered by the clerk until he
has procured the signatures Of the d.
rectors. THE usual way of doing this is
at a meeting of the directors. After the
claim is audited, the warrant should be
signed as a part of the transaction of
the meeting, and the clerk should then
deliver the same to the party to whom
1t is due. 1t might, however come under
some method of procedure, covered by
some bylaw that the board has ad-
Opted."
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M'KINLEY'S RUNNING MATE.
Friends Of webster Davis Say That
Gcntleman Has an Ambition 20
He Next Vice President.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Jan N.--Webster
Davis. assistant secretary OF the interior
and former mayor Of Kansas City, has an
running mate this fall. according 20 the
Evening Star.
The star says:
Davis closest friends, here in Kansas
City. do not hesitate to express the belief
that he went to South Africa on some mis-
sion other than In search Of health. One
Of Davis warmest admirers tells of a con-
versation he had with the assistant secre-
tary OF the interior In Washington, nearly
year ago.
~ called on Mr.. Davis in regard to a
pension claim. He introduced me to Cor
nelius Bliss. Bliss talked OF the future Of
Davis In politics. After we talked with
Mr.. Bliss we went over to see the president.
mfr. Mckinley declared that Davis was
destined to be a great man In the nation.
The president questioned me closely about
the standing OF Davis in the West and said
that Missouri should be very proud Of him
AFTER we left the White House. Davis
told me he was slated for the nomination
for vice president. He declared that the
president had taken up the subject with
him voluntarily. Mckinley believes that
Davis can carry Missouri for the Republic
can ticket.
HE was sent on his stumping tour Of
Ohio and out West for no other purpose
than to let the people see him The trip
to South Africa is nothing more than a
move on the political checkerboard to bring
Davis into prominence"
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ton Post, the new president, occupied the
head of the table, which was made in the
shape of q gridiron, and around which
were gathered 200 guests and the members
of the club. AS usual the unique features
and daring burlesques together with the
good natured skits aimed at prominent
guests, formed the principal part of the en-
tertainment. These were interspersed with
songs by the Quartette and solos and witty
speeches, all making thoroughly enjoy
able evening.
The menu was an exquisite affair being
a little volume bound in leather, each page
having the name OF member. together
with his vignette set In reduced front
page of the paper he represented. 1t was
designed as souvenir of the fifteenth an
nual dinner.
The initiation Of two members was made
the text for a burlesque on imperialism.
The club Expanded" for the new MEN,
bers raised the president to the rank of EN-
peror and Crowned" him. Reports from
colonial governors and vassal states and
the comforting of titles were rudely inter-
rupted by ''Uncle SAM" who seized the
crown and drove the decorated officials
from the room.
A minstrel show with really new jokes
amused the guests; several songs written
for the occasion were given, a verse being
allotted to Mr.. Bryan, with an allusion to
"16 to l."
Another lamented for Senator Frye, be-
cause as president of the senate he had
to listen to senators instead of enjoying
his fishing sport.
The speeches were especially good, Sem
ator Depew and the Chinese minister being
at their best, while the remarks of Messrs.
Bryan, Frye, German, Chandler, Tillman,
Hanna and Beveridge were OF the usual
high order. The speakers were placed upon
their mettle by the happy introduction of
Mr. West, who presided throughout the
dinner with dignity and ability Among
the guests were the following: Senator
Frye, president of the senate; Hon. VIM.
Jennings Bryan, Hon. Arthur p. German
Mr.. WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister;
Senators Depew. Beveridge, Burrows,
Chandler, Hanna. Jones. Of Arkansas; PEN
rose, Shoup, Tillman, Wolcott and Raw
Inns, Representatives Dalzell, Clark, Cum
mings. DeVries. Bowersock, Hall, Lands,
Mcclellan, Lawrence, Swanson, Tawney,
Underwood and Wheeler, Maj Gen. John
r. Brooke Rear Admiral George w. Mel
ville Rear Admiral Aaron A. Weaver, Col
Theodore A. Bingham, j. Addison Porter
and Gen. B. Cortelyou, secretaries to the
president; Gerard A. Lowther and Lieut.
Col. Arthur Hamilton Lee, British embas-
john, Gen. Marshal Ludington, Col. s. C.
Kellogg, Lieut.. Col. Culver c. Stiffin, Capt
Lansing II. Beach, u. S. A.: ]. d. Yoe-
mans, interstate commerce commission
Frank H. Vanderlip, assistant secretary
of the treasury; Henry S. Pritchett, Louis
A. Pradt and VIM. I. Smith, Of Honolulu.
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Growth of Language.

The principle of growth In language, as
in all else. is variation. And when the
early races felt that variation had been
carried far enough within the limits Of the
vowel language. rich as 1t was in tone and
melody. new direction for growth was
unconsciously sought. 1t was found by
adding semi-vowels to the already ex-
listing vowels-that is, by partially closing
the lips. or bringing the tongue near the
teeth, or palate, or throat, while the VOW
els were being spoken. This would give
words like wawawa or yayaya, and the
like, and so with other vowels. Let me
give a few words which still survive from
this epoch. in Polynesian, which are rich
in pure vowel words: Ali, aho, hau, hihi,
ha. hae, wa, wal. which mean fire, light,
wind. ray, breath, envy, expanse, water
all elements or elemental emotions
Charles johnson, in the Contemporary.
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JULY TRADE OF PHILIPPINES.
Total Value of Imports Was &I.577,-
$50 and Exports $1,1b0,SS1.

WASHINGTON, Jan. H.-The war de-
partment made public the following sum-
mary statement of the commerce Of the
Philippines during the month of July.
1899:
The total value Of merchandise import
ed at all ports I'm the archipelago during
said month amounted to $1,577.53O. of which
amount articles TO the value Of $t92 1872
were imported free OF duty.
Articles of food and animals imported
amounted to $751; .022, or 81 per cent. of the
total; manufactured articles to $47s.23l. or
80 per cent. of the total The total value
of merchandise exported during the month
amounted to s1156, 469 Products of agri-
culture amounted to s1,o19.sS1. or So per
cent of the total.
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THEORIES ABOUT FOOD,
Also . Few Facts ON the sans -.
ject.

SUCe
We hear much nowadays about h~ss,S
FOODS and hygfenic living. about 49, =
same line. 80 -
Restaurants may be found in thu l.,..
cities where no meat, pastry or cofIeS n
served and the food crank ~ in his riorv
and arguments and theories galore sdy..SSs
ed to prove that meat was never infsnssS
for human stomachs, and almost ruafs ~
believe that our sturdy ancestors who ilvsS
four-core years In robust health On No.
peer, s,, mutton ana pork must have bses
Our forefathers had other thinrs - a.
than formulate theories about the 90
they ate. warm welcome was extenjsS
to any kind. from bacon to acorns
A healthy appetite and common sans -.
excellent guides to follow in mattera n
diet, and mixed diet of grains. fryifs ~
meats is undoubtedly the best.
AS compared with grains and vexetahles
meat furnishes the most nutriment IL 3
highly concentrated form and Is direst.6
and assimilated more quickly than versts.
bles and grainn So
DR.. Julius Remmson on this subject sav..
Nervous persons, people dun down 4
health and OF low vitality should eat rua"f
and plenty of 1t. II the digestion Il ~
feeble at first II may be easily corrected -
the regular use OF Stuart's Dyspepsia TN.
let's after each meal. Two OF those excsi.
lent tablits taken after dinner viii dj~c:S
several thousand grains of meat, sses q
other animal food in three hours, ana -
matter how weak the stomach may 81 ~
trouble VIII be experienced II q reetIsy
practice Is made Of using Stuart's Dyspes
STA Tablets. because they supply the perrj.
and dfstaste necessary to perfect diresffon
and every form OF indigestion will b oyer:
come by their use
That large class Of people who cons
under the head of nervous dyspepfjcs
should eat plenty Of meat and insure ~
proper digestion by the daily use o.
safe, harmless digestive medicine IytS
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. composed n
the natural digestive principles, pepsfrs
distaste. fruit acids and salts, which sctus
ally perform the work Of digestion. Cher
cathartic medicines, masquaradink under
the name of dyspepsia cures, are useleSS
for Indigestion. as they have absolutely ~
effect upon the actual digestion Of fcod :.
Dyspepsia in all its many forms q simnlp
a failure Of the stomach to digest food. M
the sensible way to solve the riddle an7
cure the dyspepsia Is to make daily M n
meal time of q preparation like etuarcSs
Dyspepsia Tablets, which Is indoeved -
the medical profession and known to en-.
tain active digestive principles.
All druggists sell Stuart's DyRepela III
lets at SOC. for full treatment
A little booklet on cause and oufU q
stomach trouble mailed free by addfe6163
+. A. STUART CO.,
Marshall, Mich.
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SENATOR HARRELLs TRIAL.


LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan 27.-The trial
OF State Senator A. B. Harrell, charged
by John H. Whallen with securing money
under false pretenses, was begun here to-
day.
Whallen, the first witness. told Of his
meetings with Harrell in this city. Har-
rell, he said. wanted $4,000 to stop the
contest saying he had letters that would
damage Goebel. Whallen said he and Har-
rell agreed that the latter was to get s5,-
600 to stop the contest, but that Harrell
was not to throw his vote in anyway.
Col. Whallen agreed to this, after in
forming Harrell that he was not bribing
him to vote, but simply paying him to
produce valuable evidence.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

The Bank of Deerfeld. Wis, was robbed Of about
$1,000 The vault was blown open with dynamite
The robbers escaped.
The works Of the Electric improvement Company.
San Jose. Cal. have been destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at 100000 insurance $4,000
Charles Msltby who for three years was associated
In business with Abraham Lincoln at Waynesyille
H. is dead, aged IS years. He was born in Yer
mont and during active life occupied many posi-
lions Of public life
Admiral Kautz has received orders from Washing
ton directing that the cruiser Philadelphia remain
at San Diego until further instructions from the
navy department The vessel was daily expected to
leave for Mare Island
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Part of the Brain That Keeps Names

the human brain contains a name CEN
ter" He says that it is the office of this
cell to retain names. A striking case
which would seem to confirm the theory
recently occurred at Cleveland. A brake
man was shot by a conductor, and the
former could not remember the names Of
persons or things. although he could per-
fectly well describe the functions of all
articles exhibited to him. The surgeon
probed for the bullet and found 1t in the
exact spot necessary to affect the remem-
brance of names. according to the Aus
TRANS theory. When the pressure on the
brain had been relieved, the patient re-
membered the names as we'll as he had
done before his injury and told the name
OF his assailant-Scientiic American.
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Antotoxin for Bubonic Plague.

CHICAGO, Jan. GA dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says: Under
the supervision of DIR. Walter Wyman.
the marine hospital laboratory has begun
the manufacture Of u serum as an anti
toxin for bubonlc plague. to be used IL
the plague should reach this country. Tho
work was begun two months ago, and 1t
will be four months before II is COM
pleted. Dr. wyman said tonight that he
thought It better to be on the safe side.
The serum being manufactured is what is
known as the yersin serum, and Is at
present the only remedy known.