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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-05-28

Darlington seems to be in the path
of destructive tornadoes. Several
times within recent years that town
has suffered from serious storms,
causing the loss of several lives and
the destruction of great deal of prop
erty. Just about year ago a severe
storm passed near the town of Darling
ton blowing down several houses and
eausino loss Of life.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

So much has been said of the
negro. in the South that | could
not possibly allow my opportun-
ity of securing valuable informa-
ton on thisapoint to pass by. l
agree with Gov. Jeff Davis, OF
Arkansas, 2 in his action of shipp-
ing a negro North to allow him to
taste of the hospitality of the
North towards members of his
race. The negro in the South
fares a thousand times better
than does the negro in the North.
He has his own churches, hotels,
and stores. He is not turned
away from his hotel with the ex-
PLANTATION call rooms are occupl-
ed" az he is in the North. If the
people of this part of the country
would go South and study this
question, their crics for the OPP
pressed negro of the South would
turn to that of the North. Charles
P, Lucas in Cambridge, Mass
Herald.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
False Gems In British Crown.

London, June 1.-Two jewel
experts, who have examined the
regalia used at the coronation of
England's sovereign, have made
the astounding discovery that
nearly one-hali of the gems in
the regalia are spurious. Many
large stones have been replaced
by limitations.
The discovery confirms state
ments made in various memoirs
that Queen Victoria's two inn
mediate predecessors, William ~
and George w, resorted to the
expedient of selling or pawning
the crown jewels when they found
themselves in financial difficult.
les.
King Edward refuses to be
crowned with paste jewels, and
has ordered that the imitation
stones in the regalia be replaced
by real gems. ,.u. nauu.- -
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
THE NEWSPAPERS.

Following is what an exchange
has to say about newspapers and
their influence:
1t is frequently asserted that
the newspapers have no influence
with the masses in shaping pubic
issues. Nothing is further from
the truth. the press is more in
fuential today than at any time
in the history of the world, and
there are more newspaper read
ers than ever before. But the
truth may as we'll be admitted;
not all the people are newspaper
readers. There is an ignorant
element in every community. and
it is more easily influenced by
prejudice than by reason. This
element is made up of shiftless
class who are antagonistic to
anyone in better circumstances
than themselves. 1t is hard to
reach these people, but the polih-
cal demagogue can do it more
readily than anyone else. This
is frequently accomplished and
then the skeptical in the moro in
telligent classes raise the cry that
the newspapers have lost their
influence. An honest, fearless
journal will always have a strong
influence with the masses, and it
may be said with every assurance
of verifcation that the future will
give the press a much larger
sphere. Ignorance must event.
ually give way to the more en-
lightened methods of up-to- date
journalism and the time will come
when the great masses will be
inveterate newspaper readers.
Then it will be more difficult to
fool the people, OF any consider
able per cent of them, and politi-
cal conditions will be greatly i'm
proved.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
saves Two From Death.

"Ou little daughter had an an
most fatal attack of whoopnS cough
and bronchitis" writes Mrs. w. *.
Havmand, of Armonk, N. Y. "but,
when al other remedies failed, we
saved her life with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Our niece, who had
Consumption in an advanced stage,
also used this wonderful medicine
and to-day SHE Is perfectly well"
Desperate throat and lung diseases
yield to DR.. Kings New Discovery
IA TO no other medicine on earth.
Infallible for Coughs and Colds. sue
and Sl.00 bottles guaranteed by
Snow. L rial bottles free.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

The Arkansas Gazette has been
sold, and a couple of Tennessee
capitalists now own a controlling
interest in the plant. The new
management will take control
July 1, and promises to make the
Gazette modern paper in every
respect. The Gazette seems to
have been afflicted with ennui for
several years past, and a bright
morning paper will be welcome l
in Little Rock and, in fact, all
over Arkansas.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

down sooner or later, and that is
that no one cares a straw about
our woes. The man who laughs
is the man who has friends by the
score, whose society is eagerly
sought and who is always well
come; but the woman who weeps
very soon learns that she must
weep alone. This sad old earth
has need OF our mirth.-Dallas
News.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
Dp. ANDREW HUNTER.

DR.. Andrew Hunter, known as
the patriarch of Arkansas meth
odism, died at Little Rock last
week. DR.. Hunter had been in
the ministry sc years, and was
in his seth year. He was one OF
the grandest men in the state.
DR.. Hunter had a short political
career, of which the Arkansas
Democrat says:
In that dark period Immediate
ly following the close of the war,
known as the reconstruction era,
when the people of the south
were everywhere seeking their
ablest, purest and best men to
guide and direct them. DR.. Hun
ter was by spontaneous call in
duced to suspend temporarily his
ministerial labors and enter the
field of politics. He was in 1865
chosen state senator for Dallas
and Bradley counties, and was
elected president of the senate
when that body met. In 1857 he
was elected, together with John
r. Jones of Phillips county, to
the United States senate, but re-
fused to take the iron clad oath
exacted OF southern men seeking
seats in that body, and never
went to Washington.
In 1872 the Democracy of Ar
kansas, in casting about for a
Moses to lead them out of the
wilderness of reconstruction en-
tanglements, abuses and oppress-
ions, instinctively turned to this
grand old man" as the most
proper person. After much per-
suasion he partially consented to
enter the field for governor
against Baxter. About this time
he opened camp-meeting down
in Bradley county, and became
so enthused with his work that hi
conceived a sudden Discrimination
to reenter politics. He accord
ingly sent word to the politicians
at the state capital that he could
not make the race. Since that
DR.. Hunter confined his labors 10
the I. ord's vineyard.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

In the senate the other day Mr..
Berry of Arkansas said he de.
plored the fact that the president,
on Memorial day, had seen prop
er to make a "bitter partisan
speech. The president, he said
had gone back forty years to re-
kindle the fires of sectionalism,
and had referred to the acts of
the infuriated mob to justify, he
supp csed, the awful order OF
Gen. Smith in the Philippines.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

Geo. E. Chamberlain, demo
crat, was elected governor of
Oregon last week by a majority
of 1000. The entire republican
state ticket, with the exception of
governor, had a majority of 49,
900. -
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

Everybody knows that Gov
Davis declared if the supreme
court did not guash the Arkansas
Brick and manufacturing con-
tract, he would pardon "every
id one of the convicts." It's
up to the governor to keep his
word.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

The town of Mammoth Spring
will have achantanqua from June
% to 80, and such famous orators
and statesmen as William j. Bry-
an, Gov. Bob Taylor, Fitzhugh
Lee and others will be prominent
attractions.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

That paragraph from the Mt.
Home Bulletin deserves to be re-
printed: "Notoriety is just as
gratifying to the delnagogue as
fame is to a statesman"
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

The Green Forest Tribune says
nearly every boy in that town
spins top, and adds that they
should be spinning a hoe.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

The Spring River News COR
rectly says: "There is money
in our rich soil, but no great
amount will ever be dug up by an
INDECENT man"
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

If the newspapers of Independ-
euce county have any remarks
to make about the political situta-
ticn down there, now is an oppor-
tune time to let 'em come.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

The meat trust doesn't effect
your Uncle Grover Cleveland.
He fishes-and splits on the bait.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

England's treasury looks quite
different from what it did when
she attacked the South Africans.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
EVENING SHADE. ARKANSAS.

@REEMENTS OF LEASE. ACKNOWLEDGE
kents, afidavits to aceounts, Dispositions and
renewal Of mortgages taken. Abstracts OF
4 1furnished. Bills of sale, bonds for title,
u Of trust-personalty and realty--deeds,
kclalm, husbands, unmarried persons, wiies
4, warranty +, with REIMBURSEMENT OF dover;
& contracts, meEtgages-real estate, chattl
erOp--and powers of attorney, written and
on reasonable terms.
IMPLICATIONS fer homestcads and prescriptions
Td0natons prepared and pLtants procured.
plcations for redemption OF lands from
and petitions to refund taxes enormously
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
Directory.
RELIGIOUS.

RELIGIOUS. ,
: at tho Methodist church >ecoha anu
5avs In each month Rev, d. D.
.stor. Everybody invited.
school every sunday morning AZ ~
~ wathsdist church. Everybody 10
.ome U. C. SHAVER,
Foihe superintendent.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
How To Cvre The Blues.

family who does not suffer occas-
ionally from that "loathed melan-
choly" called the blues? If such
a person exists he is as rare as
the great aux, and ne never
never, eats late supper or looks a
thought too often on the cup that
cheers.
From whatever causes the blue
devils take possession of US,
whether from arrangements of
the liver or nervous system, or
from simple ennui, the cure for
them is the same, unless, indeed,
they are bred by organic disease
which has taken vital hold OF the
system.
And this cure-an absorbing
interest of occupation. People
who ride their hobbies in season
very rarely have the blues. En-
thusiastic collectors are also apt
to be aggressively cheerful, If
you suffer from depression OF
spirits, then, take the advice of
authorities on the subject and
look about for an interest in life.
Ursula Gesterfield in one OF her
books handles the blue devils
without gloves. She frankly in.
forms the victims that what
is the matter with them is not that
they are too fine for earth's coars-
er uses, and that their delicate
natures suffer from contact with
the rude, boisterous world, but
that they are abnormally selfish,
too absorbed in their own sensa-
tons to heed the fact that they
are enveloping themselves in an
atmosphere of gloom which must
necessarily depress all about
them. Her prescription is to
smile, smile, smile in season and
out of season; smile whether you
feel like it or not, and gradually
the mental state will adopt itself
to the bodily expression.
A charming young woman was
heard to say the other day, | am
too much in love ever to have the
blues. Too much in love? echoed
her astonished auditors, surprised
at this frank revelation. Yes,
she replied provokingly, too
much in love with myself as a
mirrow, don't you see, put on
earth to reflect all the joy and
gladness of the universe; and so
l can not think of letting myself
become obscured and dimmed by
such ugly clouds as the blues.
All, never; l am too vain.
Charles Newcomb, that coiner
Of epigrams, says: "There is no
stimulant that is more speedy
and thorough in its action than
the thrill of joy and gladness. 1t
is a natural tonic, and the entire
system responds to its exhilera-
tions. Anything that arouses
confidence in life, with a larger
sense of its use and beauty, in
creases human energy and pre-
pares the best conditions of sue
cess in all undertakings. We are
never left in life with an entirely
empty cupboard. There is al
ways some little portion of fat to
eat and sweet to drink, if we will
only go our way and look about
us and not allow the leanness of
our grief to absorb our thoughts
or tears to blind our eyes and fill
every cup with bitterness"
There is very old story about
the famous clown, Grimaldi, who
once called in a physician to see
if he could offer any alienation
for the depression from which he
suffered. Go and see Grimaldi,
advised the physician. l am Girl
maldi, replied the melancholy
jacques in the iuiter's oarb.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
John Bull is at peace again.

Thu sturdy Beers gave John
Bull a race for his money.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
OFFICIAL.


Imam First District-P. d. MeCuilocn
NJ arianna, Lee County.
Second Dist-D. l.. King.
18th Judicial Dist-ohn McOAep'
Bhade.
tty. 10th Dist-P. H. CrensSs"'
b. .u ~
neutrality-suspicious. inisn b
N. Smtth.
81, Hill.
Jasper HHtchison.
nj. A. HsrrelL
Ere. l.. Die erson.
4 mtners-J. A. atkins In southern
ID, :. Raglan IN Northern.
THE COURTS,
|Ceurt, N. Dist-First Monday IN an =.
|duly. In s. Dist-Second MONDAY III
\ and August. - ANVIL
|Court-3d Monday In January April
Court. S. Dist-2nI Monday in March,
stember and December.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13
Gra:yHaH;

81 have used Ayers Hair Vigor
for over thirty years. Ii has kept
my scalp free from dandruR and
has prevented my hair from turn
ing gray Mrs. F. A. Soule,
Billings, Mont.
Sharp County record., 1902-06-13

There is this peculiar
thing about Ayers Hair
Vigor it is a hair food,
not a dye. Your hair does
not suddenly turn black,
look dead and lifeless.
Butgradually old color
comes back, the rich,
dark color 1t used to have.
The hair stops falling, too.
$500 q bottle. All druggists.
II your druggist cannot supply you.
send us one dollar and we win express
you bottle. BE sure and give the name
Of your nearest express Office. Address,
J.C.AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
4 Problem Novel.

ETOc-em novel .s .rG
"The Loom OF Life" by Charles Fred
eric Goss. is a book which is A most re-
markabIe mixture OF things good and
bad. with the latter prcdominating. Ar
tisucally. 80 is about as bad as it can be.
and it has only two good poluts-ouc.
chat .he interest OF the reader is held
somehow. ~ his disgust 90 the methods
does not become too great. and the other
chat there is a really dramatic notion
in the middle Of the book. though it is
uauI-d and beaten piteously by the un-
sklIu hands Of the writer
The heroine is a young girl brought up
in the mountains Of Tennessee By a half
crazed father with q hobby for classical
antiquity. she abso-bs the old Greek
legends. and even the religion or the
ancient athenians. with implicit fIith.
ana as she happens to be beautiful. OF
course. the result IS somewhat bewiI-
ter.ng 90 the Young man who appears
on the scene I'm due time. AS he has no
principles and she does not know what
principles are. the result is unfortunate.
That is the first Ealf of the sts=y. eS-
eepJ for the Introduction OK an uncanny
and unwh0lesome Esypti2u woman with
@ EnalE of hyunoisu.
Tn the latter half Of the tale the girl
c0nceive= the idea of appearing before
her recreauj lover. like a ghost. at every
critical time OF his uIe and thus wreck
ing him mentally and physically. This IS
really a dramatic notion. but it is man
aged about as badly as it can be. and the
conscientious effort of the author 20 re-
form the heroine by making her truly
good and uuseldsh ruins what Us LETT Of
the effect lf she had pursued her
scheme of revenge 90 the bitter end. the
story uiELt not have been realistic. UuL
DC would have been effective iu a crude
and sensational way. AS ir is. 10 is q
hotch-Doteh OF unreal and unwh0iesOno
trash. Indianapolis. The Bowen -1ler-iIl
D0UuEug-I
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Cowboy Life.

''WolfvlIlc Nights" by Alfred Henry
Lewis. is a volume in the series which
began .ith "Wo fyiUe Nights" and in
the same style and on the same subject.
The cowboy tells the tales ln his peculiar
lurc. Mr. Lewis has iu this book taken
upon l.msCf the duty of explaining this
freJ-tir5uD~ariug product Of the West.
and Judging from some Of the books OF
which cowboys have been the heroes.
there was need for explanation. He says.
1T would take 200 600 words 90 zen Tn
half fashion the story of the cowboy.
Ills religion OF fataHsm. his courage. his
rides az FUN swing iu midnight darkness
10 head ana turn and hold herd stgm-
pcded, when a slip ON the storm-solEed
grass by his unshod pony or a misplaced
prairie dog hole means a tumble. and
;umble means that Si50.p worth of cat
tie. with hoofz like choppiug knives. win
run over him and make him look and fee.
and become as dead as a Cancelled postage
stamp, ais troubles his Joys, his sober
Etss in camp, has drunkenness in town.
and has feuds and occasional gun plays
are not 90 be disposed of iu preface.
ION Ge range the cowboy is quiet just
and peaccable. There are neither Wcmen
nor cards nor rum about the COW camps
Tbs ranches and the boys themselves
banish tn. two latter. and The first won't
come. Women. cards and whisky the
three war causes Of the West. arc con-
fined 90 the towns. Those occasions when
cattle are shipped and the beef herds, per
consequence, driven TO the shipping point
become the only times when the cowboy
sees the town. Tn such hours he blooms
and lives fully up TO his opportunity. lie
has travelled perhaps 200 miles and has
been twenty days ca the u8iL for cattle
may DE only driven about ten miles q
day he has been up day aad uisht and
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
A Romance Of Dartmcor.

The River" Eden Philpotts' lates,
novel. is as fun Of the scent of earth
and the breath OF moorland winds
as his former romances. and that is say
ing much, The scene is laid on the banks
OF the River Dart. and the river plays a
not unimportant Tart in the develop
ment Of the plot Indeed. the heroine.
"a Dartmoor lass. might well be taken
as sort Of pcrsouihcaion Of the Dart.
SILENT beautiful. hali inard'tlate- OF IT.
resistibic power. get the plaything Of
The forces of nature. Hannah Bradridgo
is woman OF Tho English ""orIa"a5'
with an the passion. beauty, and tasci-
nation OF her kind. unreGned bv over
much intellect rr rrreeIane. yst fb.
.'''' ".7 '' '''''" Va '''1- anu
this is in no sense a problem novel. OK
CeTt as &c involves the eternal struggle
between rfght and wrong which is m the
bot+o-1 or r-oer that fe rrzz1foo f, br-
-. -.... ,-,,-, t.l-
The Washington times., 1902-12-06

A new edition Of the "IUg0ldsby Leg
ends" beloved OF our fathers. has APP
pcarcd with numerous illustrations by
Herbert Cole Thomas I0s5idsby has
lonr been known 10 tho public under his
real name of Richard Harris Barham
but the legends and the poems which
FIRST appeared as from the pen Of In
goldsby are no less delightful iu their
old World and Grub street flavor They
belong so the England Of Dickens and
ThacEeray of Tom Hood and Tom
Moore and an the other genial. happy
ro-lucky. poorly paid. richly gifted Bo-
hemian crowd Of "a day before Bohemia
had been given IT'S name. They are rich
In their humor as the historic dishes Of
England are rich iu che fragrance and
spices OF byglua centuries They might
have come from that Old oak chest .
which they were supposed. by a perfect
ly transparent myth. 10 have been de-
posted. There has been a good deal of
revival and rsfl-b.ah.ng cf the customs
and feelings of the lf,ios during the last
FIVE or ten years. but this is the real
thing. preserved in ripe old Victorian
English.
Tn spite Of the repeated illusions of
Allan Quatormaln and other modern hc-
roos Of fcycE VINO deayly loved the
Legends" there are many people Of to-
day who have never read them. To
those who are yet unacquaintcd with the
The Washington times., 1902-12-06

Danny is a Eew story by Alfred OlIi-
want. whose one good dog story "Bob.
Son OF Battle" made him q reputation
which this book VIII De likely TO tnjure.
The central character i'm the tale, ~Dau-
n.y." is "a siIver-sray dog. she pet Of
Missile" the chud-wile OF Scotch
Iai-d. who appears as O. ver.,abIs ogre
The story misht have been rather o
pretty one il the people concerned had
not made indisputable and imbecile fools
of themselves over the dog. who appears
to have had an the sense that there was
in Tho house. as well as pretty much his
own way on an occasions. We are warn
cd repeatedly. in low and awful tones,
that the dos has "bIo0dieI" and must
die. but an the same he doesn't die. .n
spite Of his crimes i'm killing fowls Of
high and low degree. And that is really
an there Is 90 the book though there Is
as much blood in it as there is in SAN
culinary gospel hymn. lNew York.
Doubleday. Page d co..
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
OTHER LITERATURE OF THE WEEK.

shineI iise The lupius-suiucd through
maids tears. as dry guicEer'n dew,
shined. But what O. gliucr, To
tell a wOuan's sad an happy tears be
TO tell her life. Tears in secret
Tears alongside OF graves.
o Tears that soQthc an float q weary
body 90 sleep. Tears that burn
like Ere an wash a poor. f0un5rrcl saNl
naked an shiyering 20 the fo0tstool OF
the Lord
Among the most charming passages iu
the book are The descriptions Of The
river. among which is found this eT-
quisile bit Of word-paintilg:
Under elemental silence an animate
life was suspended, the uurlauded air
slumbeTcd unfrertcd by any breath. far
away infant Dart alone made q uurmur-
ing and cried 90 her sister. Their springs
were a mirror for heaven. because.
where these lesser waters Weakened.
starlight moved upon the face o. them
and wound "a tcudril OF pure silver into
their treMorOus beginning And thus
The secrets Of the everlasting universe
mingled with each newborn fountain as
the river leapt TO her destiny from the
heart Of that uplifted land
There is no English writer with "a
kecEer, more subtle sympathy with an
phases Of nature than SIR. Philpotts.
and this qga.ty of his work was never
better shown than in this romance OF
Dartm0Or. lNcw York. Frederick 8.
Stokes Company
The Washington times., 1902-12-06

appearances and even against his rca-
son. or the minor characters. Guido
dEste. her fance is admirably drawn.
though rather overshadowed by his
friends massive strength; the Countess
FortiEUerra is a delightful comedy
sketch. and there is a skilful character
study OF Guido's virago aunt and her
protcge. the medium. In short. Mr.
Crawford has not gone over any old
ground iu this novel. and the reader
profits by an Of tho years in which he
has absorbed italian local color and the
atmosphora of Italian society. and by
the thorough and painstakiHg work o..
his earlier novels, which have resulted
7 in his peculiarly finished style Now
and then a painter OF large eanyasca
! takes DO into his hca. 80 do picture
with only two OF three figures in 10. and
/ the result is usually charming. That Is
what Mr. Crawford has done here. tNeH
York. The Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
History for Children.

The story ct Joan of Arr-' ly Kate
Z. Carpenter. is q ltue book intended to
present in o. form suitable for childish
readers tie pathetic. poetic history Of
Jhe Maid OF Orleans II is Illustrated
with reproductions of famous paintings
for the most part though there are TWO
or three pictures CT the children and che
"Auut Kate Who is represented as tell
ing the story The pictures are really
w0rtE the price of the book alone. for
they include practically all Che MASTER
pieces o. ar, which have been painted
with Joan of Arc as their subject. The
story is told in q simple and interesting
way. after the manner Of those old-ume
Juvenile books in which the children ask
leading questions, and the mother. aunt
CT uncle imparts the Information. 30 is
very good way 10 teach history. JBos-
ton: Lee & ShcpardJ