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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03
WANTED TO BE INsULTED.
But ne CouIdn,t Find Anyone Who
Cared to Run the
Chances.

@Whenever I see a regulation rail-
way lunch counter" said a man at
the Texas & Pacific depot, relates the
New Orleans Times-Democrat-"1
mean one of the kind with high stools
and stacks of doughRuts and petrihed
pies under glass shades-I am remind
ed of a queer little incident that oc-
CURED several years ago at Texar-
kama.
ST was on the train coming down
to New Orleans from the northwest,
and we stopped at the place TO get
supper. The depot was provided with
such a lunch counter as L have de-
scribed, and when l took possession
of one of the stools l found myself
next to a typical cowboy, with wide
white sombrero, leather leggins, enor-
NOUS spurs and a pair of big six
shooters hanging low down over his
hips. A livid scar, evidently the re-
suit of a knife wound, ran from b
corner of his eye to the angle of his
law, and his whole appearance was
so sinister and forbidding that 1 edged
instinctively as far away as l could
get. A few minutes later a big, coal
black negro came sauntering in and
deliberately seated himself on n OF
the stools at the other side. The pas
sengers who were eating exchanged
glances of indignation, but he was a
Notwithstanding fellow and NOBODY
cared to invite certain trouble by or
dering him out. Presently the tough
cowboy leaned oyer and tapped me
OF the shoulder.
gGsCayca mo c4Fa nC 0rs he said IN
a hoarse whisper; but viii you please
call me - liar?'
"'What!' exclaimt in amazement.
"T want ter git you to call me a
- liar, if v don't mind he repeat
ed. still in a whisper; heller it right
out so as everybody kin hear!'
".But why should 1 call you that?
asked. beginning to doubt his sanity
"sWeu, I'll tell " he replied, earn,
estly. .as soon as you do I'll rip and
euss some, and then I'll pull out my
gun and take a shot at you
"'Take a shot at me" said L, IL
alarm.
"sYes,' said he, but it's all right
I'll miss you and accidentally hit TIT
Niger. see? Go ahead now and Gu
loose
81 begged hastily to be excused
assured him that I liked the idea, an
didn't doubt his craftsmanship, but
was a little nervous about firearms
and-well, I hardly know what L said
but I gulped down my coffee as quick
" as / could and made n bee line TO
the outer air. Before the train start
ed I encountered the cowboy on tn
platform. He was looking gloomy.
"sYou didn't get a chance to pu
your little scheme into execution"
remarked, i~nquiringly.
"cNo, doggone the lucki' he replied
Il couldn't get a single white ma
TO insult mel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03
HOW TO LOOK RICH.
wonders Worked by n New YORK Pno'
toErapher on Poor Sub
jects.

An ingenious photographer not far
from Madison square has devised a
novel mode of pleasing customers. IL
is expressed by a little sign near the
door. which reads: "It is not neces-
sary to be rich to look rich in one OF
our photographs" says the New York
Post.
And in the studio the visitor finds
the explanation of the sign. In the
dressing-room is a fine collection of
the latest designs in hats, bonnets.
waists, fichus, opera cloaks, ball
dresses, evening robes, stage dla-
monds and paste jewelry. Here the
poorest working girl can transform
herself in five minutes into a vision
of splendor. The goods are of the
best quality and the latest styles
They would look well anywhere, and
in a photograph are indispensable
According to the proprietor, h in
novation finds greatest favor among
foreigners, and after them with those
who have come in from the country
or other cities and towns. Poor i'm
migrants who wish to make their dis
tant relatives happy here secure pho
lOOIdDllS " SChu OAl III "hA NJ
are depicted as society queens or a
bellies of the ballroom. No detail il
left neglected. There is a powder puff
and hare's foot and camel's hair pen
ellis. which in a few seconds vii
change the most sallow complexion
into roses and cream and bring in
visible eyebrows and eyelashes out in
to noble relief.
One young woman who comes from
q western state had herself photo
graphed last week in a dozen stun
ming costumes, and by this time j
probably more chatted about, envie
and admired in her western HON
than she ever was before. The priv
ilege costs nothing, so that the al
nouncement on the wall that tn
poorest may look rich in photograph
is strictly truthful.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03
Sunshine and sugar.

The experiments of the French
grape growers in Algeria have shown
that too much sunshine is u~nfavorable
for the making of good wine. In the
more temperate climate of France
grapes possess a proper proportion of
sugar to acid for winemaking, but the
hot Algerian sunshine inGuces so ac-
tive an assimilation by the vines that
the quantity of acid is reduced and
that of sugar is increased. In conse,
cuence, the winemakers of Algeria are
driven to many devices for improving
the flavor and lasting quality of their
wines.-London Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03
ECKDENT
or THE
Ursuline Sisters

The system of education pursued in this
institution is designed to develop the moral
intellectual and physical powers OF the pU-
nils: to make them refined, accomplished
and useful members of society.
Pupils OF all denominations are equally re-
observation-disclosures withtheir conv1ctlors
being carefully avoided.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03
Like "a Plank.

Tommy-Pop, what was the straw
that broke the camel's back?
Iommy's Pop-The kind they put IN
boarding house mattresses, my
Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
The Census and Our School sys-
tenn.
To the Editor of The State.

To the Editor of The State.
From your "South Carolina Census
Revelations in Saturdays State l
send you the following figures that
may be of interest to those of US who
have been advocating compulsory
education, and especially so since the
State is beginning to see and feel its
own interest in these matters.
In your total of school age for
whites, you give 21s, 323. I find in
the superintendent OF educatlon's re- re-
port for 1899 the number of white
children enrolled to be l23, 39S with an
average attendance of 86, 725. That
would leave 81, 925 white children not
enrolled in any school; consequently
they are not attending any school.
Perhaps the average attendance S6, :
725, would more correctly represent
those who are really deriving much
benefit from the school fund. II that
be at all correct we would be confront
ed with the appalling fact that 49,
59S white children are not attending
school, or, if attending at all, they
can be doing so only at short intervals,
or the average would not be so low as
36, 725.
If we admit that all of those who
are enrolled are attending some school
will not the fact that 90, 925 OF our
white children are not attending any
school be enough to startle US: Then is
it not grave question for us to ask
ourselves, how are these children ever
to be brought into the schools?
The public schools have been IN
operation now for about thirty years.
With voluntary attendance we ind "a, :
925 children with not even their
names upon the school roll and not
likely to be there Then why not try
the involuntary OF compulsory system?
W. A. Brown.
Marion, Sept. II.
We had intended to direct attention
specially to this matter, and are glad
that the same thought has occurred
OF Senator Brown.
The revelation made by the census
of the great number of white children
in South Carolina growing up without
attendance on the public schools is Of
a character demanding thought. OF
course it was known thata great many
children were not receiving the benefit
of the public school fund, largely as
that has been increased in the last few
wears, but it is safe to say that no one
suspected that the number was nearly
so great. Instead of solving the
problem of public education it would
seem from this that we have only be-
gun to do so.
But it would not be accurate to
assume that as many as 81, 923 white
children receive no education whatever
because they have not been enrolled
in the public schools. In all of the
cities and most of the towns of South
Carolina there are private schools for
children and youth, ranging in their
scope from primary to collegiate IN
struction, which are attended by
children whose parents desire for
them closer personal supervision
than is possible in the crowed classes
of the public schools and by thousands
of girls and lads, young women and
young men, who receive academic and
collegiate education without aid from
the State. How large these numbers
may be in the aggregate can only be
guessed, but they are quite consldera-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
MISS BE[ElGUER'S CASE.
She Will Be Admitted to the S.
C. Asylum.

:. It is nearly fortnight since the be-
ginning of the correspondence between
the governor of Georgia and of South
Carolina relative to the disposition
of Miss Concha Belaguer, the unfor-
tunate young woman who has been
confined in the police station in Allan
ia on account of her diseased mental
condition. It has been decided to
bring her to the hospital for the in
sane in this city, not because she is
a citizen of South Carolina, but be-
cause she is in need of care and atten-
ton which the Georgia authorities
will not give her. She has relatives
in Charleston. The governor yester-
day received letter from Mr.. James
G.. Gilliland of that city giving the
information that Miss Belaguer's
brother is auditor of the Charleston
Consolidated Electric company. 1t is
said that the young woman is IN de,
plorable condition physically and
mentally. Mr. Gilliland writes the
governor that she was well educated
and was highly regarded. Governor
McSweeney wired Governor Gambler
that he had instructed the police OF
Atlanta to send the young woman here,
and the following was sent by Cover
nor McSweeney to Chief Ball of At
lanta: "Have Miss Concha Belaguer
sent to Columbia, S. c., under care
ful and prudent guard to be delivered
to DR.. j. W. Babcock, superintendent
State hospital for the insane. Actual
expenses assured. -
1t is not pleasant to give publicity
to such sad case as this, but 1T shows
the deplorable amount Of red tape nee
essary even in such emereencies.-The
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
BILE, and it would not be fair to leave
them ont of the account.

BILE, and it would not be fair to leave
them ont of the account.
There is another and more potential
circumstance that must be taken into
consideration, and it is this; The
school age in South Carolina is from
6 to 81 years. The census states the
entire number of whites and blacks
within the range of these l5 years.
But it by no means follows that there
! are. for instance, $4,000 whites be
tween the ages of and 81 who, even
without taking into account private
schools, academies and colleges, can
be classed as uninstructed. 1t is to
be remembered that the school in
struction of large majority OF the
youth Of this State ceases before the
age of Is is reached, and thus those
who have concluded their school-going
at Is must be considered as having
already received an education-such as
it is How large percentage of those
enumerated as of school age belong to
this class it is impossible to say, but
it is certain that a very great deduction
must be made on their account from
the total of $4,000 white youth indi-
Gated by the census as presumptlvely
illiterate. The scohol term was ex-
tended so as to embrace all minors
over six years in order that those
youths of both sexes who had not re-
ceived the benefits of the schools dur
ing the years usually devoted to study
might be privileged to attend them,
even to the verge of the voting age;
but necessarily those between the
years of 16 and 21 actually in attend
ance must constitute very small
proportion of the whole. Had the
census given US an enumeration OF
those between the ages of 6 and 16 we
would have had a much better basis
for estimating the numbers without
public instruction.
IT is to be hoped that the State
superintendent of education will be
able to furnish some information on
this subject which will tend to show
how large a number of actual chill
dren, white and colored, are receiving
no instruction. This would relieve
the impression made by these census
figures, which on their face are shock
ing. But no matter how large the
deductions from the list of those as
sumed to be growing up in ignorance,
the remainder will certainly be enough
to give fresh stimulus to the cause
of compulsory education. If even
Is, 900 or 20, 900 of the white youth of
! the State cannot be reached by the
present system it will be desirable to
resort to some measure of compulslon
to assure them fair start in the race
of life and to elevate the standard OF
our population. State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
Gen. Funston Has Appendicitis

Manila, Sept,1 Gen. Hughes has
expelled the agents of Smith & Bell
and Warner s. Barnes from the island
of Samar, for rendering aid to the in
surgents in Manila by buying hemp
and other produce, knowing that
the money was going to the insurgents.
Gen. Funston is in the hospital
suffering from appendicitis. He will
probably be operated upon. Aguinal-
do has written to Civil Governor Taft
and Military Governor Chaffee saying
that he regrets, with the rest of the
American nation, the great loss suffer
ed by the people of the United
States in the death of President Nc
Kinlev
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25

He has clear, frank eye, and sym
pathetic manner, which are extremely
engaging, and wins the good will and
friendship of all with whom he comes
in contact.
He has, for instance, completely
fascinated General Weyler, of Cuban
fame, soldier whose relentless cruel
ties in the Antilles won for him
throughout the civilized world the
unenviable nickname of Butcher, :"
and whom nobody believed to be
burdened with any such thing as a
heart.
AS governor general of Madrid he
with the young king, and the latter
in some strange way developed such a
strong liking for the general that the
latter, moved by the manifestations of
good will on the part of his young
Sovereign, has become deeply attach
ed to him, and imbued with mix
ture of fatherly affection and loyal
devotion to the young king OF which
no one believed in the butcher" OF
Cuba to be capable.
The winning over of Weyler is a
fortunate thing for the young king to
have achieved. For, with all his
faults, Weyler is undoubtedly the
most forceful and influential figure in
the Spanish army today, and COM
mands following of both officers and
men which no other military leader
can boast in the peninsula. Indeed,
it is no exaggeration to assert that
Don Alphonso, by winning over Gen
eral Weyler to his cause, has virtually
assured himself of the fidelity of the
army and diminished by hundred
fold the chances Of any military pro-
nunciamento in favor Of dictator
ship of Don Carlos or Of a republic.
One little incident will show how
carefully young Don Alphonso has
been brought up. Under all previous
reigns not merely sovereigns but even
royal princes were accustomed to wear
the uniform of field marshal from
their tenderest age-indeed, from
their fifth year-on all official occa-
sions. The only uniform, however,
that King Alphonso wears is that of
the cadets Of the military school of
San Idalfonso, which is sort of
Spanish counterpart of West Point.
The uniform, while neat and natty, is
exceedingly simple, being of dark
blue, slightly trimmed and faced with
red, and without bit of gold lace
about it. The king wears the uniform,
not of an officer of the corps of cadets,
but merely of one of the rank and file,
and there is no indication of his rank
except the miniature badge of the
Order of the Golden Fleece which just
peeps forth from his collar. 1t is
not only by his mothers desire, but
likewise by his own wish that the
young king restricts himself to this
attire, and be wishes, In his own
words. to be a soldier before becoming
an officer.
OF course no one can admit that d
boy attains the years Of discretion on
his 10Th birthday, or that he has ac-
quired by then sufficient experience tc
qualify him for the rulership of SC
turbulent a country as Spain. Still,
since the Spanish constitution de
mands that kings and queens should
be considered as of age when Is II
must be admitted that no 16-year-old
youth could be more splendidly equip
ped for the kingship than Don
Alphonso XIII, thanks to his estima-
! BILE and sagacious mother, Queen
/ Regent ChriStiana. .e...,j -,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
Vigov Of Nlen
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stored.

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
4 Raging, Roaring Flood

Washed down telegraph line which chas
C Ellis. OF Lisbon Ia. had to repair. Stand
ing waist deep IN icy water" he writes. gave
me terrible coll; ana cough. 1t scew worse
daily Finally the best doctors in Oakland
Se5 Sioux City and Omaha said had con.
sumption and could not live Then l began
using DR. Kings New Discovery and was
wholly cured by SIX bottles" Positively guar
anteed for Coughs, Colds ard all Throa, and
Lung troubles 10y ) w DeLorme. Price SOC
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25

Huntington, Ind, September IL
Joseph a. Wildman, United Breth-
ren minister, was tarred and feathered
by a crowd of one hundred last night
for saying that Mckinley was a
demagogue. ......,,s ...<,,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25
South Carolina at West Point.

The first five cadets in the order of
merit in the fourth class at West Point
for the year ending in June last, ac-
cordins to the official register Just
published were: Chas. r. Pettis, of
Mississippi: Robert p. Howell, of
North Carolina: Robert NJ. Campbell,
of Maryland; Henry II. Robert, of
Mississippi, and Robert c. Richard
son, Jr., of South Carolina. The class
contains 154 members and the distinc-
ton won by the five boys entitle them
to be placed on the army register.
A bad complexion generally resnits rom
naciive liver and bowels 10 Gil such cases.
DeWitts Early Risers sroduce gratifying re-
cults S Hughsou + Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-25

boyssu $780,
2toS8 o $3.50 Sl8
ha O n
qualified supply anybody he can't fit
hevila
to him call
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-29
COURT OF INQUIRY.
Admiral Schley Completes His Testi-
mony In Chief.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2S. When the
Schley court of inquiry resumed its sit
ting at II o'clock today Admiral Schley
took the stand. and after being remind
ed by Admiral Dewey that ne was still
under oath, continued his testimony.
When he left the stand on Friday his
examination in chief had been ain ost
concluded and when he resumed today
1t was with the understanding that after
comparatively few questions had been
asked by Mr.. Raynor he would be
placed IN the hands of Judge Advocate
Lemley and Mr. Hanna for cross exam
ination.
MIR. RaynOr's questions were again
directed toward throwing light upon
the disputed points in the controversy
and most Of them concerned converse.
lions which various witnesses for the
navy department had reported as hav-
ing had with the admiral
Before the adjournment on Friday he
had asked him about the majority of
these conversations and the principal
ones left for today were those which
were reported TO have taken Lace be-
tween Admiral Schley and Admiral
(then caprsin) Evans of the Iowa and
Commander Sharpe of the Vixen. The
Admiral's version of these interviews
differed considerably from that of the
other parties to them. The cross ex-
animation is evidently calculated 60
cover quite extended periods Of time.
The attendance was large today, as it
has been every day since Admiral
Schley went on the stand.
At 1875 a m. Admiral Schley com
pleted his examination in chief and was
cross examined by Judge Advocate Lem.
lev
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-29
THE KINGS AlLMENT.
Something Serious the Matter With
the British Monarch.

New YORK, Oct. 2s.-Commenting
on the report that King Edward is suf.
fering from cancer in the throat, the
London correspondent of The Journal
and Advertiser says that the king has
some ailment which has taken the color
from his usually ruddy cheeks and given
occasional enfeeblement 60 his gait is
undoubted.
The English papers as rule carefully
refrain from making illusions to his all.
ment and rather incline TO speak of his
good state of health, but the fact cannot
be long concealed that something seri.
Gus is che matter with him.
In the clubs, in high society and in
the circles of the city-the main topic
daily is the kings condition. The old
rumors, true or untrue. that the king is
suffering from threatened aneurism of
the aorta, have penetrated every circle.
It is impossible to get at his physicians,
and inquiries addressed Co those sur.
rounding him are met by dismal head.
shaking. The government will soon be
compelled to make some authoritative
statement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-29
4 Girl Burned to Death.

SALISBURY, n. O., Oct. %. The little
3-year, old girl of Mr.. Jesse Wilhelm, a
farmer of Providence township, this
county, played with matches with fatal
results. The child was in a room alone
at the time, its mother having stepped
out for the moment. When she return.
ed the body of her child met her eyes,
horribly burned, with its clothing al
most entirely consumed. a physician
was sent for, on the impulse to ''send
for the doctor" in such situations, but
life was already extinct.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-10-29
Foreign Claims Settled.

LONDON, Oct. 28.-At the resumption
of the sitting OF the South African com.
pensation commission today, Major
General John O. Ardagh, on behalf of
the government, announced that all
claims of foreign countries had been set.
tied AUTOMATICALLY, with the exception
of those of the Netherlands and France,
as follows: The United States, 60, 600;
Austria, $4,000; Germany, e3O,000i
Russia, 81, 100; Italy, GI 200; Spain,
$780, Sweden and Norway, $1,000;
Switzerland, $3.50; Belgium, $500.