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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
Coming Marriages.

Cards have been issued announcing the
approaching wedding 90 Oct 10th, OF the
Rev. ". C Kirkland to Miss Lalla Capers,
daughter Of Dr. ard Mrs. a. J. Stokes, OF
Charleston Sir Kirkland is one of the fore
most young ministers of the South Carolina
Confsrence and has many friends 10 Coum-
bla on account of bis pastora'e at Wssblpg-
ton Street Church, who will congratulate
him On his prospective marriage to 80 tair
and accomplished young wornan.-State,
26th
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03

Flora, the two year old daughter, of Mr..
and Mrs. F. c. Hyneo, died Saturday after.
noon, Sept. %, after protracted illoess
The interment was made 10 the Sumter ceme-
terry, Sunday afternoon, Dr.. j. A. Clifton
conducting the funeral services.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03

The potato crop is said to be, practically,
failure this year.
The Camden mill of the Atlantic Cotton
Oil Co. was put into operation next week.
This is the season wheu mothers are alarm
ed oo accouot Of Group II ia quickly cured
by Ooe Minute Cough Care, which children
Ike to take Hugbson & Co.
Mscadam should certainly be pat down
g, the intersection of Nam and Liberty
streets This shor, break in the macadem
mars the whole street
The County of Sumter has given nearly
ave hundred dollars for the Texas storm suf-
:erers. The larger part has been given
:hrouga the Daily Item, but other contriou-
lions have been sent 10 Cberleston sod Co.
Ipnbia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03

Mr.. Jos. A. Warren, of this city, and Miss
Margaret E. Brown, Of Charleston, will DE
married Monday afternoon, October 9Th, at
4 80 %. The ceremony will BE performed
at the residence of Mr. J Beatty, 476 Meeting
Street, Charleston, S c. No cards.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
We .As'e Holding
the Prices Dozen.

The rumored advance in goods, to any material
ton and not fact-Goods are very che
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
NEW AnvERrIsEMENTs.

Wanted-Reliable Farmer
O'Donuell Co.-F.!! Announcement.
Estate of " Ills S. Ricnardson-Cisation.
Schwartz Bros.-A Word of the Opening.
The Bank of Sum,er-QassterlyS Statement.
Estate of Mrs Margaret c. Wactor-Final
Discharge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03

Mr. Epbrain Ardis, of Privateer Township,
died last Wednesday. He was unmarried and
was very amiable man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-03
Beating Columbia.

A party from Columbia came to Sumter
Monday, after wire correspondence With Mr.
W. B Boyle, and bought from him two
horses, at saving of $50, as acknowledged
after making purchaees
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14

Session Sales-Ten Waialua, paid
I'D, S11O; Waialua, assessable, $50;
10 Waialua, assessable, $3.50; 8 Ha-
waiian Sugar, 1920.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
New bin at the orpheum tonight.

When cold and damp after exposure
to the elements, use promptly the
famous old Jesse Moore Whiskey.
Loveioy & Co., distributors for the
Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
FOR SALE CHEAP!
ON EASY TERMS.
BUILDING LOTS!

property bounded
the McCuy
through the the
prWnsss
locality property
ne Rapid or by
better negAborhoOd in Honolulu
For tsrms etc. apply to F. wUNDENBERG
A. o P.O
LIGHTFooT, the adjoining premises
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

sorption and amalgamation, as they
apply to commerce and trade, grad
ually merged their interests with those
OF leading American houses, and their
worldwide reputation for business
honesty and sagacity has won for them
fast business friendships which all the
d~emagogues on earth could not break
OF make. Steamship lines and brOk-
erage and banking are largely in Chin
csc hands, and the stated clearing
houses of San Francisco passes upon
such a volume of Chinese commercial
paper as to surprise those who do not
keep pace with the wonderful progress
Of this people. Having such great in
terests in financial circles, the Chinese
merchant needs a daily adviser and
counselor, just as his Caucasian neigh
Dor does, and so the great innovation
of the nineteenth century follows-a
Chinese daily newspaper in San Fran
cisco. The new paper is called Chung
Sal Vat Pc, which means Oriental and
Occidental Daily News. II is a four
page, six-column sheet, and is the only
Chinese daily in the world outside the
Celestial empire. The promoter and
editor of the paper is Rev. Ng Poon
Chew, pastor of the Presbyterian Chin
csc church, and his staff of writer's
embraces some eminent Americans.
The common enemy OF civilization
among Chinese is superstition. The
existing weekly papers pander to this
weakness in the common horde and
thus perpetuate hatreds and racial
p%reiudices which often find utterance
in the bludgeon or pistol of the high
binder. To wipe out this cause of
trouble will be one task Of the Ching
Sal Vat Pc, and all the Christlanized
energies and learning @. its reverend
promoter will be turned into this
needy channel. News and comment
will be up to date and a faithful tran
script of what the Associated Press
furnishes for morning readers. It may
surprise many to learn that Cinnamon
follow great national subjects closely,
The recent Jeffries-Sharkey fight was
as eagerly watched from a Chinese bull
letin board as from those of the lead
ing American dailies. and as many dol
lars changed hands on the result
among Chinese sports.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

the awful ordeal. but Porter. aiwayi
delicate In health, quickly began 10 80
the effects of the climate. He bcclmt
il and was removed to the hospital
Mason begged TO be allowed to 90 VIII
his friend and the request was .an.-c
Porter was unable % i.s.st the t.lp.cc
fever. and in a few days was dead
Mason cared for Porter az ;c-derly G.,
q mother would for q &c thli a
he held the fevcr-sir.2S n hsnl OF his
comrade friend he made o VOW that IN
life his only motive would be the re-
demption of Porter's money lost IN
speculation and the re-estab.ishmen,
Of his previously good business
character.
Upon his return from Cuba alnos,
the first Que to meet him at Montaua
Point was his father. An anectin 3
scene followed. during which Mr.. Ma
son implored his boy to return home
and the past would all be forgotten and
forgiven. The soldiers answer a
when / have made things right
with the mother Of the dearest frlead
l had on earth / will come to you.
father, but until then 1 must work as
I never worked before"
For the past few months Mason has
been living in New York city engaged
in the mad whirl Of speculation. He
spends his time among the bucket
shops and pool-rooms of the Wall
street district, and he is now the rec
ognized plunger among the world O..
strong spectators who WOO chance TO.
a livelihood.
At times his play at the races IS
phenomenal; his luck seems to be a.
ways in range; his play at the brokers
s%tockboards is considered remarkable.
His entrance at any Of the smaller
brokers' offices is generally the signal
for the crowd to gather near and watch
his moves.
On three separate occasions his win
nings lately have reached over $4,000
a day, but in his eagerness to master
fortunes at one bold stroke he has
each time forfeited the greater part.
During all this time Alva Porter has
written many letters. She urges hin
to abandon his self-imposed task anc
marry her. She waits for him to say
the word, and yet he refuses till hC
has accomplished his purpose of secur'
ing $4,000
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02


More men are under sentence of
death IN Pennsylvania than at any
prior period In its history, and the
probability is that 1900 will be the ban
ner year for executions in the nine
teenth century. So far Gov. Stone has
in his possession documents indicating
the conviction of fourteen nurderers.
the date of whose execution he is re-
quired to name. To these must be
added the names of Michael Baronsky,
Andrew Coress, Anthony Machulas,
Joseph Sachinsky, Peter Stenkewicz,
Andrew Stenkewicz and John Stem
kewicz, of Schuylkill county, who
were found guilty of the
der Of Joseph Rutkowski. This
is the greatest number of men
ever found guilty IN this state
for the murder of a single person, and
probably the largest in the United
States. If they are made to pay the
extreme penalty of the law they will
constitute the greatest number ever
executed in the state at one time for
the same offense. The nearest to this
was a former trial in SchuylkiI coun
ty, when Eve men were found guilty
and executed for the murder of Po-
llceman Yost of Tamaqua In 1877.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

lion with which to repay the sum that
his friend Horace L. Porter lost in
speculation on his advice in San Fran
cisco two years ago. Porter is
dead, but he left a pretty sister,
Miss Alva Porter, to whom Ma
son has been engaged for five
years. He says he doesn't wish to
marry the girl so long as the debt of
honor is unpaid. but at the same time
he feels that it is unfair to keep a girl
of her age tied up with a matrimonial
contract the fulfllment of which is un-
certain. So Mason has set to himself
the task of securing the money within
the next six months. Arthur Mason
is the son Of Elias Mason, the head of
a large shipping business on the great
lakes. The elder Mason would gladly
have his son join him in business, but
the young man has determined that,
alone and unaided, he will make his
own fortune. Mason's ambition and
romance are the result of a five years
career rs intefesting as any young
man had after leaving college. While
Mason was at Princeton he met Hor-
ace L.. Porter. a quiet, mild-mannered
youth of a rather retiring disposition.
Porter was of the sort that is suscep-
tible to a man of strong personality,
so a strong attraction sprang up be-
tween the young men, which strength
ened as time wore on.
Shortly after leaving college Mason
came to Chicago and began to specu-
late. Like many another man who has
tried the same game, he lost, and lost
again and again. His father refused
to give him an additional allowance.
At the very time of Mason's fnan-
cial distress he received an invitation
from his former college chum, Horace
l.. Porter, to visit him at his home in
Nevada. The invitation came as a
piece of good oltune to Mason, who
jumped at this temporary abatement
of his troubles. 1t was there that
Mason met Alva Porter and won her
heart and the promise Of her hand.
Too poor to marry. Mason went to San
Francisco and began operating in
stocks, and was soon Joined by his
friend Horace Porter. who brought
plenty of cash 20 do business with. AS
an evidence " his sincerity in his
friendship, Porter suggested to his
friend that they 90 into some bushes!
together. Porter had the capital, and
he was sure Mason had the brains
The offer was accepted and under Ma
sons guidance Porter began speculat-
ing on the stock exchange.
In less than a ear Porter's inheri-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

The Duchess Dues, who has in
dignantly r%epudiated the statement
that she is backing the Boer recruit
ing movement in this country, with
which her name has been associated, is
one of the wealthiest aristocrats OF
France and n Of the noblest. She is
the owner Of the famous vineyard and
champagne plant Of Cliquot. which she
inherited from her maternal grand
mother. She maintains several inn
mense establishments, the most inn
portant of which Is that in the old
ultra-fashionable quarter of the Fau-
bourg St. German. Her great hunt
ing estate, with it's chateau, at Bon
nelles, neal the forest OF Rambouillet,
is one of the most magnificent proper
ties Of It's kind in France. The duchess
Is a daughter of the family of Roche
houart-M ortemart. She wal married
at 10 to the Due Dues, one OF the most
celebrated statesmen OF his time.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

There IL q Tie Hotween rhem and our
Country'a Early ssttiera.

Their Ia q Tie Hotueen Them and our
Country's EARLY Settlers.
Reminded necessarily of their kim
ship with the English, Americans are
not often asked to remember their kim
ship with the Beers. And yet the tie
Is a close one. The Boer IS a trans
planted Dutchman. and the influence
Of Holland In shaping the destiny Of
this country Is ranked by historians as
second only to hat Of Great Britain.
In contemplating the T%ransvaal war
it is well not TO forget what the Dutch
did for America. The Pilgrim Faith
ers, having been driven out Of England.
found a refuge In Holland, until they
sailed for the New World. Holland
was in that age the cradle Of religious
liberty. Il was one Of the worlds
great states. and it's people had won
greater freedom than those Of England.
During their s%ojourn there the refu-
gees learned to admire and love many
Dutch institutions, and they carried
these feelings with them across
the Atlantic. In the very founda-
ton Of the American commonwealth
there was a stratum Of the elements
that are present in the fighting
Beers. Hendrix Hudson, when he
sailed his boat, the Half Moon, through
the Narrows, in 1909, was, though Eng
lish himself, in the service Of the Dutch
East India company To Holland,
therefore, belongs the honor Of the dis
covery of the Hudson river and what
is now the port of New York. Eng
land claimed all the territory on the
Atlantic coast from the bay Of Fundy
to Florida, but did not oppose the
colonization of the territory discovered
by Hudson. Hudson named the region
New Netherland and established trad
ing posts on Manhattan island and at
what is now Albany. The first Dutch
~colonists arrived in 1923 and settled on
Manhattan island, which they named
New Amsterdam. Holland claimed all
the territory from the Delaware to the
Connecticut. To stimulate colonial
ton the Dutch West India company
| offered a tract 10 miles along one bank
Of any river or eight miles along both
banks to anybody who would transport
fifty colonists from the old country.
Among these brave pioneers were the
f%orefathers Of many who now look
upon themselves as the aristocracy of
New York. In just this way did the
Dutch colonize South Africa and found
the nation that is now fighting desper-
ately for its freedom. So that there is
cousinship of race between many in
the Four Hundred and the stern farm
ers who obey Dom Paul. But inter
marriage on this side has modified the
original type, whereas the Beers in
their Jealous isolation have preserved
the pure, strong, rugged race.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02
MAYoR OF BOSTON,.

The victory in Boston, which makes
Thomas N. Hart mayor, was a sur
prise. Boston is nominally Demo-
cratic, the party's nominee for gov
ernor at the last election having car
ried the city by 5000. The candidate
for mayor was Gen. Patrick A. Col
Inns, the distinguished lawyer and in
innate friend of Grover Cleveland, who
was consul general to London during
the latter's last administration. This
was deemed a strong nomination and
so poor was the outlook for Repub-
lican success that the men who run
the machinery Of the G. o. p. gave the
nomination to Thomas N. Hart. whom
they disliked because of his independ-
enee during previous incumbency Of
the position. They thought Hart
would be beaten, but Hart stands we'll
with the taxpayers and this fact, to-
gether with a split in the Democratic
ranks, gave him a majority of nearly
1000. The disaifection among the
Democrats was due to the defeat Of
John R. Murphy, by Gen. Collins, in
the nominating convention, and Muir
phys friends retaliated. It was al
legged against Gen. Collins that he was
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

The Disagreement of scenery with
nideous advertisements is a great evil
in this country, but is by no means
peculiar to it. In England it has
reached such magnitude that a large
society has been formed, with a
periodical publication as its organ, to
combat it and to resist it's further ex-
tension. The society is reported al
ready to have done much good, espe-
cially by so ~arousing public sentiment
as to make It evident that advertisers
guilty Of the offence will lose rather
than gain patronage thereby. There
is shrewd sense in that plan OF cam
paign, commendable for application
elsewhere. Advertisements are dis
played solely for the sake Of gain, and
II 1t be known that those which have
a character revolving to good taste will
ropel patronage and cause loss instead
of gain, offensive methods Of display
will speedily be abandoned. The
remedy Of this evil, as Of many others.
lies within reach Of the public.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02
GEN. DEL. PILAR.

One by one the supporters of Aguin-
aldo are falling from him, some by sur
rendering to Il troops, some by cap
ture and some by death. One of those
of whose services the Filipino leader
has recently been deprived was Gen.
Gregorio Del Pillar, commander OF
Aguinaldo's bodyguard. Gen. Del Pillar
fell in battle with the American forces
-Thirty-third infantry-at Cervantes
recently. The engagement lasted -four
hours, during which 20 Filipiros were
killed or wounded.
Gen. Del Pillar was M of the Iced
ers of the revolution against Spain and
was one of Aguinaldo's ablest support
ers in the present resistance to Amer
lean authority. Prof. Schurman met
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

Man Arrested IN Washington who HAS n
Mania for Cutting Clothes.

Man Arrested IN Washington who Has n
Mania for Cutting Clothes.
The medical fraternity OF washing
ton has % puzzling problem before It in
the behavior Of Max Krebs, q young
German who has confessed that he Is
the Jack the Cutter who has been
destroying wOmen's dresses in New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore, Wash
ington and other cities during the last
two years. His confession was made to
DR.. ~Shellhausen, q scientist of this city,
who has given much attention to tho
psychology Of criminals, and he re-
CARDS Krebs as n remarkable type Of
that class of human beings known as
"degenerates." From n medical stand
point his mind is diseased from a po-
lice standpoint he is a mischieyOus
criminal; but so far as can be learned
from his confession and from q
thorough inquiry into his record krebs
has never been guilty Of any Ouense
but the destruction Of clothing. He de
clares that he suffers from an irresisu-
Bile tendency to injure and destroy fine
dresses and other garments and has
gratified this unnatural perversity -FOUR
OF five times every day for months. He
has carried q sharp knife in his pocket,
and has done his work I'M street cars,
crowded retail stores, In the lobbies OF
theaters while the audiences were leav-
ing and at other places where we'll
dressed women are to be found crowd
ed together. With his knife In his hand
he says he would pass through such
crowds and slash clOaks and dresses on
either side as often as he could do SO
without detection. 1t was usually nee
essary for him to destroy three or four
before his unnatural passion was sat
isied, her he would feel n dizziness,
followed by a violent headache on ev-
cry occasion.
The doctors believe that Krebs is tell
ing the truth and that he is afflicted
with a destructive mania which should
send him to an insane asylum rather
than a prison. He has done a great
Zeal of mischief I'm this city rs well rs
in the other cites named. Every day
for months before his arrest complaints
were made to the police, and 1t was
noticed that no cutting was done in 9th
er cities while such complaints were
made in Washington. 1t was therefore
concluded that the work was being
done by one man who went from place
to place, and since the arrest Of Krebs
there have been no cases reported.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02
THE KING DE REACHES.
The American Breed Is the Fieroest
and Most Aggressive.

The American Breed Is the Fieroest
and Most Aggressive.
OF all the sturdy cochroach family
the so-called American roach is cham
pion. He is fercer, more aggressive,
and by far o~utmeasures all other varie-
ties. He came here originally from the
West Indies, but, like many other for
eigners. has become so much an insti-
tuition of the country that he is known
the world over as the American roach.
He travels abroad a great deal, booking
his passage In packages of merchan-
disc and in the %crevices Of well-Oiled
American machinery destined for for
eign ports. so that for years he has
been setting up colonies of his in
the sugar r~edneries, machine shops and
vessels Of other nations. He has grown
to enormous proportions, measuring in
many instances as much as three
inches long, while his outstretched
wings are spread a full six inches
apart. These are the fellows that dis
turb you at night and make such a
noise that they have come to be known
as drummers. They wear a yellowish
coat with brown spots. While the
mean for destroying the roach are not
numerous, they are at least sufficient II
persistently applied to keep the in
crease in check. Old wet clothes will
attrao. them during the night and IN
the morning IL is a simple trick to kin
them with boiling water. A winged
trap has been tried abroad with sue
cess. In this manner, by actual count,
+. 1895 c~ockroaches were caught in four
months IN a house to which neither
bakery nor kitchen was attached.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

The Department Of Agriculture work
on poisonous plants continues to be
sne OF the most popular lines OF in
Vestigation thus far undertaken by the
division of botany of the agricultural
department. The plan Of systematical-
ly investigating actual cases Of poison
ing. begun in 1896. has been continued.
The fatalities during the last year, in
cluded over 1000 head Of farm ami
mails sza &C least p persons. The
whole number OF fatalities due to
poisonous plants is without doubt con-
siderably greater than is shown by the
department figures. Even these, how
ever. compared with the statistics in
Blyth's Text Book on Polsons, show
that during the pas. year the death
rate OF human beings in the United
States from poisonous plants is twice
as great as the average death rate in
England from the same cause. This
90 unq"uestionably due to a lack of
popular knowledge about poisonous
plants. The bulletin on this subject
has had a wide circulation, and It is
hoped that the subject will be taken
ug and studied in all It's bearings.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

The supreme court of the United
States has decided the case of the Al
d. stone Pipe Company against the
combination Of pipe manufacturers
called the Associated Pipe Works
TIE manufacturers in this combina-
ton controlled the supply Of gas, water
aad w pipes in a considerable num-
hr Of states. and appOrtioned the ter
ri.ory among themselves. When con-
tracts were to be awarded, the com
psny to which the territory affected
had been assigned would notify the
other companies of its bid, and they
would put in higher bids. The con-
tract would go to the lowest bidder.
which would divide a part of it's profits
With the others. The supreme court
decided that this practice was a re-
straint upon interstate commerce, and
therefore illegal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-02

The Chinaman has worked his way
into a prominent place I'm the life Of
the Pacific coast and is no longer re-
garded with the intolerance which
marked the days Of Dennis Kearney.
The Intervening years since the man
Bearney waved a hangman's moose be-
fore a savagely-delighted army Of mall
contents and preached the doctrine Of
Chinese ~extirpation, and the present
day may be called the period Of recon-
struction OF the outraged law, and
great has been the Transformation. In
Difference to popular will. lawfully ex-
pressed, national legislation has shut
on Chinese immigration in a large
measure. and time has shown the wis
dom Of the act. But the 100, 900 Chin
csc then and now within the state Of
California have, by the laws Of abb