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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
pIseaa STRUCK BY sTORa.
part Of Union Tornado Passes Over the
Hill Country.

gEPisgah. May ga part of the
Union tornado touched this place yes
terday afternoon. Considerable dam
age was done by the blowing down OF
trees on the crops, twisting the oats
and corn about.
The crops look dne-the best IN
years. Old folks say that all years
S ending with 2 are sooJ crop years.
while those ending with are bad
years. There is more truth than
poetry in the saying.
& good deal Of dysentery is about
also mumps. With these exceptions,
the health of this section is very good
It IS hoped that Sumter viii get the
Female College OF Columbia. 70
have such an institution in your
midst viii not only be a benefit TO
vou. but greater one to the patrons
OF the college IN the lower part OF
the State. 80
People who have not visited the
Charleston Exposition have missed a
great deal, from an educational stand
0oint. let alone seeing the old relics
Of former days. Liberty bell and the
Washington sword are amply woTSn
the trip there to see them. The
State of Oregon has the finest DIS
DIay. It would be amusing to see our
sagnin people tackle the big log IN
the exhibit. North Carolina has the
finest exhibit, of grains, which are
Ferv artisticalsy shown. This States
exhibit is very creditable, indeed.
The display by the United States
government is fine. 1t is an educat at2on
fight to see 1t. You can inspect II
for DAYS with interest The improve
ulent in FIRE ovens, from before she
$ revolution to the present time, SHOWS
the wonderful inventive genius OF our
country. The lighting up OF she
building at night is as pretty sight
as one Wishses to see. On the Who!e,
the Exposition does great credit to the
men who got it up and sustained IT,
as well as to the State at large.
hear of no candidates here IN this
section Cav must be quite lone
some In Lee County" !" as he is not q
candidate. I understand that some
candidates who made profuse promises
in the past will be asked about them
they come out again. A candidate
who has such a poor opinion of peo-
BE as to think they can be fooled by
sweet promises should remain at home.
Public Office is public and business
trust and carries with it no high
starched ways.
z see the State Democratic ConVen-
ton has agreed 20 have what | sug-
gested-t0o campaign days. Now let
the candidates make clean-cut fight
On PRINCIPLES, and not on men with
the exception of Johnnie, !" and
the campaign will be one of education,
which will be beneficial to all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
se,s .Fe7,. .n Case OF Fire.

AS q house is never attacked by ii:e
at the top and bottom at once If there
IS a safe and ready exit at both tap
ana bottom very little danger to life is
TO lie feared. 1t is important that I'll
exits should he 50 l:uo1sn Us 10 be eils!.
IL found by day OF night By every il
mate Of the house If the clothes ycu
have on catch fire. blanket. ru- or
soae such woolen article should be
cafcGly and tightly wrapped around
von .i:r is thus excluded. and the ire
goes out.
\ small fire in a room can often be
;u4 out IN the same way in preference
to pou.ias water on it. In case OF fire
keep all doors shut as far as possible.
Ifa room is full of smoke. keep low or
cl4syvl. Because smoke aud hot air both
rise, leaving the floor comparatively
eio&r
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
A summer without Nights.

To the summer visitor in Sweden
there is nothing more striking than the
almost total absence Of night At Stock
holm, the Swedish capital, the sun goes
down a few minutes before 10 o'clock
and rises again four hours later during
a greater part Of the month Of June.
But the four hours the sun lies hidden
in the frozen north are not hours of
darkness. The refraction Of his rays as
he passes around the north pole makes
midnight as light as cloudy midday
and enables one to read the finest print
without artificial light at any time dur
ing the might
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
The Names of Two Cities.

On the principle Of 'In Rome do as
the Romans do' think it q safe rule
to pronounce the name Of place as
the residents Of that place do, says a
writer. Hence we should speak Of st.
Louis as though it were written "St.
Lewis" rot ''St. Louee." All good Mis-
sourians say "St. Lewis It is little
difficult to put down in black and
white the local pronunciation Of New
Orleans. but it is something like this,
New Awl-yins." with the strong &C.
cent on the "Awl."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
S Sale.

BY VIRTUE OF Decree Of the
Coura of Common Pleas for tie
County of Sumter in the State
CT South Carolina, in the case of
Andrena Moses against Robert J.
Melton, Levy j. Melton. Emma
James, Jeannctte Melton, Felicia Mel
ton, Virginia Melton. Manson Melton,
John Melton. Frank Melton, Levy
Melton. Jr, Cora Lee Melton, Halle
Q. Melton, Marion c. Melton, Ona
Belle Melton, Robert J. Melton, Jr.,
and Marion Noise, I will sell at PUB
lie auction to the highest bidder at
the Court House in the City of Sum
ter, in said County and State OIL sales
day in June, 1902, being the second
day of said month, during the usual
hours of sale, the following described
real estate, to wit:
.'All that piece, parcel or tract of
land with three buildings thereon,
situate and being in Swimming Pens
Township, in the County OF Sumter,|
State aforesaid, containg sixty-sevenI
and one half acres, more or less; and
bounded on the northeast b. lands.
now or formerly of the estate of j.
". Rembert on the southeast by lands
now or formerly of Alex Favor: south
west by road leading to Sumter, S. c.,
and northwest by lands of Martin: the
said tract of land being fully repre-
sented by plat thereof, made by j..
". Nichols, D. S., Jan. 9th, 1874, and
recorded in the Office of the Register
of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter!
County in Book Y. at page 514.
Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
H. FRANK WILSON,
Master for Sumter County.
Nav - 1000
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TIC srccessfcl Orc.

The man who sees IL life the oppor-
tunity 10 express himself in the largest
terms. who after ascertaining what
faculties he has determines to develop
them to the highest possible efficiency,
who is capable Of seeing the sweetness
and 10Y that lie all about him. who, be-
ing proud. does not allow his BODY or
mind to be defled. ne is the one who
obtains the big rewards, the big sue
cesses.-Oppenheim. Mental Growth
and Control"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
c,-a. In the curricuium.

The custom of encouraging our chill
dren to perfect themselves in card
games is by no means Of modern
growth. There must have been Il sub
stratum of truth in the following jest
ing paragraph. which is clipped from
The Tines of Nov. .. 1897: at some of
our first boarding schools the fair pu-
pills are NOW. taught to play whist and
casino. Amongst their winning ways
this may not be the least agreeable TO
papa and mamma. 1t is calculated that
= clever child. by its cards and its nov
els. may pay for its own education. =
London Chronicle.
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Taking II Coozss .

The ship Of an admira! who was the
Duke of Wellingtons near connection
was wrecked. He was placed in com.
uaand OF a second ship. which was also
lost, and he himself was drowned. Lord
Charles communicated tie disaster to
his father. who merely exclaimed. with
Spartan coldness and brevity. That's
the second ship he has lost"
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snra-isinc Statements.

One account Of an accident to q royal
motor car near Arriccia announces that
fortunately {; number of pheasants
were working close by. and with their
help the motor car was rishted." This
surprising statement is only the re-
verse of the traditional printers error
by which Lord y. was stated to have
gone out with Il party of dends to shoot
peasants. ."-London GloEe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
Notifyin~ the God.

One Of the odd things the visitor to
Burma will notice is the large number
of bells about the pagodas. These bells
are usually hung on sacred pests few
feet above the ground.
They are sweet toned. as all Burmese
bells are, but they are not furnished
with tongues. The worshiper who
comes to pray before the pagoda
strikes ore Of these bells with wood,
en- mailet. This is 70 attract the atten-
ton OF the god.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
What q Widow Is.

twas Sunday school class, and the
teacher believed in asking questions to
see how clearly the scholars under
stood their lessons. The widow Of Ham
was the subject. and the teacher
thought she would be quickly answer
ed when she asked. What is Wld-
ow:" There was a silence until she
nodded to the small boy at her left and
said. You know what q widow IS.
dou't YOU" for she knew the boys
mother WAS cne.
~Yes'.n.' he answered: Its a lady
what takes in washing
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cneor.urate Error.

What do you mean by this, sir~
demanded the angry advertiser.
whats the matterW inquired the
publisher of the BangtowD Bugle.
This advertisement Of our delicious
earned meats from the best Chicago
houses you've made it read horses
philadelphia Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
A Gobo's Idea.

..I think this nomadic life is healthy
life. think if some of you professors.
students. ETC.. would live more Of no.
madic life and feel the enjoyment Of
the fresh air more and take more good
wholesome outdoor exercise and live
more OF a rough and tumble life you
would enjoy better health and live lon-
er.o-Independent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
Queer Adornment.

Arab maidens before they enter the
harem and take the veil are indeed Gu
riously adorned. Their faces and bod
les are stained a bright yellow with
turneric. On this groundwork they
paint black lines over their eyes with
antimony. The fashionable hue for
noses is red. and spots Of green adorn
the cheeks. The general effect Of this
makeup is comical in the extreme.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
An Appropriate Text.

A preacher in an eastern city was a
little fellow. so little that q box had
to be hastily brought from the cellar
for him to stand on. The services pro-
ceeded safely until the sermon, when
ne mounted the box and announced MS
text. "A little while ye shall see NE,
and little while and ye shall not see
me-" At this point the box broke, and
the prophecy was verified amid the
smothered laughter Of the congrega.
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
Two Sides.

you'd make a pretty good clerk
said the employer sarcastically, 'if you
only had little more common sense"
"InGeedw replied the clerk. But did
it ever occur to you that If / had lit
tie more common sense l wouldn't be
q clerk at all?'-Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
A Ros.on Girl.

Granser-You would hardly call Miss
Pole a very warm hearted person?
Farmer-Warm hearted? On the con-
trary, she is awfully cold. If she should
shed tear. you may be sure it would
be a hailstone.-Boston Transcript
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
Light. For Az rs Weight.

81 thought all tie toasts tonight were
to be of :, light and amusing nature?
They are
Put you have Binks down fer 8
topic that is decidedly heavy and Sc
rious"
'.Of course If there is anything fun
nier than Birks trying TO tackle 4 great
principle that be doesn't fully under
stand. don't know what it is."-Chica.
90 Post
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Able to Acswer.

Uncle-What are you crying for,
George?
GeorgieATeacher caned me because
was the only one-boo-hoo-abie to
answer a question today.
Uncle Gndignantly)-This is scandal
GUS. my poor boy. What was the ques-
ton?
George between sobs)-Who put the
bent pin in the teachers chair?-Tit-
Bits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
Ostrich Plo,0es.

All the black and white plumes come
from the male ostrich. the gray from
the female The feathers are not pluck.
ed out. rs YOU might imagine. but are
Clipped off with sharp knife. leaving
the end of the quill in the flesh. where
il remains for two or three months. un-
til i, dies" when it is pulled out with
fOrceDS
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wra w,v IF Was.

Mrs. Grump-I understand you had
some trouble with Mrs. Kick. where
you last worked?
Hired Girl-Oi didn't hav' no throuble
wid her, mum. Shure it wor her thol
had tn throuble wid ne.-chio State
Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
uis Lucrative business.

WANTED For lucrative business,
partner who must be 4 practical lock-
smith." This advertisement appeared
in Budapest paper recently. The ad-
vertiser is now in Jail. the police hav.
ing discovered that the lucrative busi-
ness referred 10 WAS burglary.
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rnneirh5orIy.

"Here is department store ad7er'
tising that it will put initials on um-
brellas free Of charge"
s"That is what call an act destTuc-
tive of all reighborly feeling. Think
how you would feel going around with
an umbrella with somebody else's name
Oh itv'-Washington Times.
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Balancing.

The famous equilbrist was balancing
four billiard balls or a cue. much to
the amazement OF the vaudeville audi
ence.
..Hunph!" growled 4 young man with
ink on his fingers. ''Pll bet be can't BAL
ance set Of books. s."-Exchange.
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Beloved to Be gnnocent.

BERLIN, May as.-Albert zeithen, who
though now believed to be innocent,
was convicted of murder and has al
ready served 1G years under sentence OF
life imprisonment, has had another me-
ton for new trial denied bv the coIlrS-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28
An uncuarded Word.

This new meter seems rather small"
doubtfully remarked the householder.
"Oh, it will fill the BILL" was the un.
guarded response Of the gas company
employee-Philadelphia Record.
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stem Toward II.

Darling, may consider myself your
accepted lover?"
"Well-er-er- hardly that! But for
the present you may consider yourself
my prevailing fad."-Stray Stories.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28

Even the highest personages in Tur
key are not exempt from suspicion
Their movements are watched ard rs-
ported to the palace by an army o'
spies who swarm in every quarter.
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PilueG.

whats the matter with grandfa-
tber?"
"He's insulted. You see, he's nearly
ninety. and he happened to hear you
remark that the good die young."-Chi-
cago Post.
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A Mean Insinuation.

seDo the birds come and pick up the
breadcrumbs from your hotel lawn"
'They used to before my wife began
to make her own bread."-Judge.
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A Mean Nan.

ssHe is the most inconsiderate man. l
understand"
"How?"
Gle refuses to give his wife any
grounds on which to get a divorce with
alimony."-Chicago Post.
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Srnrt ts,:I;,.

You aevrr s;;w tny a;IndS us dirty as
yours" s;.;, !. i:,o.b,r to her little girl.
NO. i.nt -rl:l.ll#G:i!ci did WAS the
.en.y S:u:l!r lr.o...
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SWeeninG.

'T was just telling my daughter"
said Mrs. Nexdore. "that it's shame
Of her to play the piano on Sunday"
e.Huhr' exclaimed Mrs. Pepprey.
seWhy SUNDAY especiaIly?'
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The written proposal.

scribbles-l wrote story once that
came near winning a fifty thousand
dollar prize.
Dribbles-What sidetracked you?
Scribhles-The girls father.-Chicagc
News.
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You weep on q gravestone, it is the
threshold Of eternity that you are wet
ting with your tears.-De Maistre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28

Orchards in France are valued at
s4OO an acre, vineyards at $240 and
pasture at $50.
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Took One Chance.

ssDoes he ever gamble"
ssWeI. he married. Chicago Post
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-11-08
A TALE OF TWINS.
Could Not Be Tsld Apart and Their
Wives Were Twins.

Here is a story about twins. It
may be true or it may not, but if il
IS not, it ought to be. The Wichita
(Kan.) Eagle is responsible for it.
The twins were John and Wilbur
Sites, and they lived in Wichitafo
many years, it is asserted. In 1879
John and Wilbur were married to
Alice and Carrie Worth, in Clay
county, Missouri, aAd these brides
were twins. Furthermore, an older
brother Of the Sites twins married
an elder sister Of the Worth twins.
Both John and Wilbur yer well
known, and respected citizens OF
Wichita, and for years it had been no.
ticed by their friends that they
thought alike on every subject. Of
ten, as a test, they we're questioned
separately, and each gave the same
reply, different, perhaps, only a lit
tie in their forms Of expression.
Their business partner had been
with them 80 years. He knew them
apart, but he could not tell how he
knew. 81 have" he said, "made the
most minute examination Of their
faces and forms, Of their arms, and
expression Of their voices, and their
laughter; of their habits, and man
ners, and for the life Of me | can't
tell how / know them separately. We
who have known them for a quarter
t of a century have noticed that they
cut their tobacco in exactly the same
form; that they walked exactly alike
: and that they thought precisel.
a alike" Once, when John broke
5 limb, Wilbur Immediately suffered
n corresponding pains in the sam
y limb. They had never been know
a to disagree OF any matter. The
J. lived together in the same house 10
30 years. They never separated
they could help it. One died SUD
denly in a hospital, and at the me
: ment when he expired his brothe.
though far away, threw up his hanC
= and cried, John Is dead" The la
I ter incident furnished the o%ccasic
Of the narrative.
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a. EneIl.h AnLhor Wrule:

..No shade, no shine. no fruit, 20
flowers, no eayes-Novemberln Many
Americans would add no freedom nom
calarrh, which is so aggravated during
this month that it becomes constantly
troublesome. There is abundant proof
that catarrh is a constitutional disease
Il is related to scrofula and consnmp-
ton, being one of the wasting diseases
Hoods SarsaparllIa has shown thai
what is capable Of Graduating %scrofula'
completely cures catarrh and taken IL
time prevents consumption. We cannot
see how any sufferer a put off taking
this medicine, IN view of the widely
published record Of its radical and per
manent cures. 1t is undoubtedly Amer
ica's greatest medicine for America
greatest dissase-catarrh.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-11-08
BURNING SLATE.
A Tirs That Is Astonishing the PsOpis
Of Kentucky.

A very curious and unusual phe-
can be seen by passengers
on the Lexington & Eastern rail-
road. near Argyle, in Powell county,
as they pass that point, says the Lex
ington (Ky.) Herald. There was
wreck on the road some time sinee'
in which a freight a was demOl-
ished so that it was impossible to re-
pair it, and the emily things Of value
sbout. it we're the irons. 1t was SET
ON Are and burned. From that FIRE
slate which had been taken from q
nearby cut and used TO make a fiji
caught fire and has burned steadily
since then, spreading day by day. 1t
does not burn with any fame, but
with a slow, steady glow, giving out
a heavy odor which seems to be q
mixture of the odors of coal oil and
sulphur.
il burns apparently with as much
rapidity and as steadily under the
ground as it does on top OF the
ground. To keep it from reaching
the railroad track and burning up
the ties Mr.. W. A. Mcdowell, the
engineer Of the road, had a ditch
several feet deep dug along the track.
This ditch was FIRST filed with water
and then filled with earth which did
not contain any slate, SO thatit would
) stop the progress Of the fire when
it was reached. A similar ditch will
S be dag at the base Of the hill from
t which the slate was taken to keep the
fire from extending to it.
The railroad runs through thai
d hill. and it is feared that if it caught
IS fire and burned, as has the slat'
along the track, the heat would be s.
is great that the trains could not pas
n through the cut. 1t is SO unusua
Is for slate to burn that the fact tina
a this slate has burned has attracts
a good deal Of attention. Some tim
q ago one of the camel coal mines i
Ill Morgan county caught fire, and
re was a long and serious task to get
r. extinguished, but ii was not ger
Is orally knowathA any slate had slh
en- Gent combustible matter to bur
ell steadily underground for days, ar
the FIRE constantly spread.
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Best Imminent on Earth.

/. NJ. McHany, Greenvllle, Tex,
writes, Nov. I'd, 1900: 81 had rheuma-
tism last winter, was down in bed Fix
weeks; tried everything, but got no
relief till a friend gave me a part OF "
bottle Of Billiards. Snow Liniment.
used it. and two more bottles, II cured
me and [ haven't felt any rheumatism
since. | can recommend Snow Lam
ment to be the best llniment on a |
for rheumatism For rheumatic
sciatic or neuralgia pains, rub IN Bal
lard's Snow Imminent, you will no
suffer long, but will be graIihed with
speedy aud effective cure. zoe, %
and sI.00 at Crenshaw's & Young's'
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-11-08
A singular cOmpetItiOn.

A singular contest has just taken
place near Birmingham. Stones
we're placed a yard apart for 100
yards, and a LEGAL butcher had un-
dertaken to pick each one up sepa-
rately and return it to a basket at the
end Of the line. The time allowed
to accomplish this performance was
55 minutes, and the butcher sue
ceeded in finishing in 4S minutes.
The task is not SO simple as 1t first
appears, for when in the seventies h'
was running something like 15C
yards for each stone, which was in
creased to 200 at the finish. In thi
way he covered a considerable dis
tance-it is estimated between fv
and Six miles.
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An Aute-Nuptial Reception.

Mrs Augusta Chambers rendered
an ante. nuptial reception to the
Davies.Lesueu bridal party at her
home on Franklin street Monday
night. Quite a number of guests
partook OF her hospitality, and al
pronounce the function as being
perfect in all its appointments
Among the guests from a distance
were Bishop Tuttle, Rev. J. X. Dunn
Capt. A. A. Lesueur, DR.. j, q
Chambers, Mr.. Kent Chambers ant
possibly otbers.