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Arizona republican., 1902-09-30
TRIAL BOTTLE FREE
new piano, and in paying $50 tov painting the church.
 THE JUNIOR LEAGUE,

new piano, and in paying $50 toward painting the church.
 THE JUNIOR LEAGUE, which is the nursery for the Epworth league. is not the least in importance among the organiza tions in the church. The instruction and management of the Juniors is in charge of Mrs. Arthur Gibbons and Miss Alethia Hamilton. and consists in the study of the com mandments, apostles creed, sermon on the mount, catechism and the ! truths of religion necessary to make them "wise unto salvation"
 Fifteen dollars has been laid on the missionary altar again this year for the support of a boy in India by the name of Deva Punja. besides many little deeds of charity performed at home. THE LADIES AID SOCIETY under the presidency of Mrs Harris has been enabled to meet the demands that have been placed upon it in a financial and social way
 The report of the treasurer will show that $371.20 has been raised and has been disbursed in paying off note and ! interest on parsonage furnishings, and assisting in monthly payments to the music of the church. Strangers and visitors have always found q cordial greeting at their monthly socials.
 THE w. H. M s.
 has held regular monthly meetings in connection with the W. F. M. s. Valu- able Information concerning the needs of our home missionary work has been imparted from time to time by the adoption of systematic reading course. Besides the report of the treas urcr to the regular fund the girls home at Albuquerque was remembered at Thanksgiving time in a substantial way and the home mission work among the Chinese of our city was not for gotten. The Berry mission also re- ceived aid from the members of this society.
 w. r. M &
 Although this society is not q year old it will send a most creditable report to our annual conference. The infor- nation that this organization will diff fuse upon the great missionary prob lem among the members of the church will mean more than dollars and cents Every woman in the church should De a member of this society, if for no other purpose than to find out what this great organization in the church is ac- cornpl!shlng and 10 know the needs oi womanhcod in pagan lands
 REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
 The board of trustees will be able tr report some interest paid on churcl and parsonage notes, insurance on tn, church property carefully looked after
Arizona republican., 1902-09-30
HARDEST THING TO DO.

J. H. Converse, president of the Bald win locomotive works, was interviewed
Arizona republican., 1902-09-30

Justice Holmes of Supreme Court Has
 Reputation as q Humorist
Arizona republican., 1902-09-30

WILL NEW JUDGE STILL JOKE?
Arizona republican., 1902-09-30

and the painting of church and parson- age roof. TABUIATED STATEMENT.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
The Horso Is Useful Even If Dead.

The Horse Is Useful Even IL Dead.
The whale can be put to a sreSt
number of uses when dead, rs can
also the horse, the various parts OF
which are utilized as follows: Hair OF
name and tail for haircloth, studng
mattresses and making bags for crush.
ing seed in oil mills, etc.; hide and skin
tanned for leather for covering tables,
ETC.; tendons used for glue and gelatin;
flesh for food for dogs, poultry and
mau; fat used for lamps, etc.; intes-s
tines used for covering sausages, max.
ing gut strings, etc.; heart and tongue
for food; hoofs for gelatin, prussiate,
fancy snufboxes, etc.; bones for knife
handles, phosphorus, superphosphate
Of lime and manure; blood for manure.
and shoes for reuse or for old iron
Spare Moments, a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Reason ard Instinct.

A certain north country miner was
particularly proud Of clever little
dog he possessed. At times he was apt
to claim little too much for his pet,
and one morning q neighbor was en-
deavoring to point out the difference
between instinct and reason when ap
amusing interruption occurred. {.
A seedy looking tramp turned the
corner, and the dog, without so much
as a word from his master, sprang into
the road and offered battle.
'.There you are" laughed the miner
as the dog snapped and snarled round
the heels of the tramp; "'e don't like
the look of the chap. That's instinct"
Suddenly the tramp turned and kick
cd the dog into an adjacent field.
"There you are" calculated the min
er's friend grinly. ''The chap don't
like the look Of the dog. An that's
reason."-London Tit-Bits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
A Literary K1eptomanfac.

Among French writer's no one car
ried the profession Of the literary brig
and to such an extent as Nine. de Gen
lis. In 1880 her evil ways brought her
into the courts Of law under very dis
creditable circumstances. Bout, the
publisher Of a series Of manuals, en-
gagged her for the sum Of f16 to write
a manuel Encyclopedique de Pen
fance." The manuscript, which had
been paid for. was on the point of be-
ing printed when it was discovered to
be an exact copy Of book Of the same
kind published in 1920 by NJ, Dasscha.
1 do not find it easy to understand the
audacity of a writer who would perpe-
trate fraud of such enormity or the
imbecility which would suppose that
it would rot easily be detected.
Another time she contributed to
Paris newspaper a feuilleton which
turned out TO be a close reproduction
Of a romance printed some twenty
years before. Surely the poor woman
suffered from literary kleptonania.-
Gentleman's Magazine
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Helnfns a scu1ptor.

When Macmonnies, the American
sculptor, was young man working in
Paris, Falguiere, the famous French
sculptor, on one occasion entered his
atelier and found there beautiful
Diana that had been for months ION
the stocks and was approaching a
perfection measurably satisfactory to
the sculptor himself.
Falguiere became so absorbed in the
work before him as to forget that it
was not his own. He began to twist
and pull the dainty limbs Of Diana this
way and that, to punch her in the ribs,
turn her queenly head-for she was
then only In clay, Of course, and sus-
ceptible to 1npressions-until. at last
he had produced the very pose he de-
sired. ''There, my friend; like her
better so,'' he cried and skipped out Of
the studio.
He had. really intended to- do Mac
monnies a favor and had indeed paid
him the greatest compliment Of which
he was capable, but the young seulp-
tor was in distress, for on comparing
the remodeled Diana with photo
graph Of Falguiere's statue of the
same character he found the French
man had unconsciously made prac-
tical replica Of the other. Macmon-
MES did not rest until he had restored
his statue to its original pose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
1HE YOUNG DOCTORS
LOSE THEIR CASE.
The S. C. Medical Colleges Three
Year Course Graduates Must
Stand the Regular Exam
ination.

The State supreme court has handed
down decision of considerable inter
est in the last few days. Itfnally set
ties the issue that has occasioned such
lively fight between three-year- course
graduates of the South Carolina .Medi-
cal College and the State Board of
Medical Examiners.
All will recall when the agitation
was begun in the general assembly
several years ago to exempt the
graduates of the South Carolina
Medical college from examination by
the State board in order to practice
medicine. Finally the act was passed
with an amendment exempting any
graduate of medical college in South
Carolina completing four years
course, from such examination.
It happened that the class that was
sent out by the South Carolina Medical
college that year had only been required
to take three year course in order to
get their diplomas, and the young men
held that the purpose Of the amendment
was simply to require a course ex-
tension over four years, and meant that
the diploma from the college was
sufficient to secure the license.
When the graduates applied to the
State board the board refused to grant
the licenses. Then it was that DR..
Moore of the three-year class deter
mined to test the issue. about which
there seemed to be doubts, in the high
est tribunal of the State. He applied
to the court for a writ of mandamus
to compel the board to grant the
licenses without further examination,
alleging this to be the purpose OF the
act. The matter was fully and ably
argued some tine ago, and the de-
cision bas at last been handed down
dismissing the application. This
means that the young doctors of the
class referred to must now go before
the board and stand the examination
Just as any other applicants to practice
medicine. State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Dr.. Gilbert R. Bracket Dead.

DR.. Gilbert Robbins Bracket, pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian Church,
Charleston, S. c., died at 2 Ashmead
Place on Sunday morning at 2 o'clock.
He bad been In falling health for some
time, yet the news of his death was a
painful shock to his numerous friends
in the city. Mrs. Bracket was with
him when he peacefully breathed his
last. His son, Prof. r. NJ. Brackett,
of Clemson College, and his daughter,
Mrs. A. B. Fitzgerald, of Maryland,
were notified by wire Sunday morn
ing, and they will come here for the
funeral.
Dr.. Bracket was SO years of age.
He had been pastor Of the Second
Presbyterian Church since 1872, and
during that time he did splendid work
for his Master and his flock. DR..
Brackett. the son of Charles and Lucy
Gay Brackett, was born in the city
of Newton, Mass, July 9, 1888.
He entered ssAmherst College in 1853,
but was compelled to leave before his
graduation on account of i'll health.
Removing South in 1859, he entered
the Theological Seminary in Colum-
bia, and was graduated in May, 1862.
He was licensed to preach by Bethel
Presbytery, South Carolina, and was
ordained and installed pastor of Third
Creek Church, Rowan County, North
Carolina, May IA, 1854. He became
pastor of Zion Church, Winnsboro, S..
c., June 5, 1858. DR.. Bracket accept
ed d call to the Second Presbyterian
Church, in Charleston, in May, 1871,
as the successor of the Rev. DR..
Thomas Smyth, who had served the
church with great acceptance, devotion
and distinction for forty years. He
was installed as pastor in June, 1872.
In 1877 Davidson College, North
Carolina, conferred upon Mr.. Bracket
the honorary degree of doctor Of
divinity.-News and Courier, Dec. l.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
The wfld strawberry.

The wild strawberry is very widely
difused over the surface Of the earth
being found in the chill regions OF the
north as well as in the sunny ciimes
of the south. 1t is not a tropical plant,
however, and except on mountain sides
is not found south of latitude 3s de-
grecs north. On the European cont
nent it grows extensively from Lap.
land and the Shetland isles to Italy and
Greece. 1t is also found throughout
western Asia, but is unknown il China
and Japan. 1t has grown abundantiy
on the bleak hills Of Iceland for cen.
tur;es. It is found in America from
Labrador and British Columbia to TIE
pine woods of the southern states alil
on the high. lands of Mexico and the
Andes. The hardy plant. with its tiny
scarlet berry, may be said to sirtile the
earth on the line of the polar circle and
several hundred miles southwark, ex-
cept that it is rot found IN the basin OF
the river Amur, in Siberia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Practice and Preaching.

When the late Bishop Hare was pre-
siding over a Methodist Episcopal
church in New York city, large re-
ception was given in his honor, to
which brother of his, a lawyer, who
closely resembled the bishop, was in
yited.
During the evening a member of the
conference who had never met the
bishops brother approached him and,
shaking him warmly by the hand, said:
"Good evening, Bishop Hare. 1
greatly enjoyed the sermon you gave
us today. It is just what this church
needs"
seYou are mistaken in the person"
said the brother, smiling, as he pointed
to the bishop on the opposite side of
the room, "that is the man who preach
es; I practice"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Dots From Haaood.

Mr.. Editor: That is splendid
report which the Rev. G. G. Brown, in
the Advocate of last week, makes to
the South Carolina conference. This
is Characteristic of the man, but just
now he is felicitating himself on hav-
ing completed one Of the handsomest
churches in the State. If all the re-
ports made at the conference do but
measure up to Browns, Methodism in
South Carolina may congratulate it
self
T hope the school trustees and Coun-
ty Superintendent of Education wilt
give due attention to the recent in
structions of Mr.. McMahan. They
look to the betterment and increased
efficiency of our schools. heartily
agree with him in all he says. What
a pity that he was not reelected. 1t
was not an intelligent vote that de-
feated him, not that I mean to reflect
on the people that cast it. They are
not in position to know the state OF
affairs and his fitness for the place.
If the choice had been left to the
teachers, who are in q position to ap-
preciate the situation, hardly vote
would have been cast against him.
The Molineux case, decided in New
York the other day, has awakened dis.
cussion on the pecuriary redress OF
persons innocently deprived of their
liberty. Without doubt much good
would arise from it, if such a law
were in operation here. Our Iegisia-
tors would do we'll to consider the
matter and make some such provision.
The writer has been abroad lately in
the country and finds that the wells,
that have never failed in water, are
going dry. Can it be for want of rain
or is it due to some other cause?
Have the recent volcanic disturbances
anything to do with it?
The snow came, did you see it! be-
fore we had any frost to speak OF, and
caught many farmers with their pota-
toes in the ground. They were and
are an uneasy set just now. There is
theory abroad among them that the
vines ought to be killed by frost be-
fore the crop is dug. Whether this is
true I know not but it behooves all
concerned to find out and not unneces-
sarily risk the loss OF the crop. How
ever true or untrue the above theory
among those who have dug there
is considerable complaint that their
potatoes are roJting.
Master Johnnie Wingate, the eldest
son of our esteemed neighbor G. ".
Wingate, had his leg broken by the
falling of his horse while out riding
He is doing well under the efficient
care Of DR.. Kirk of Hagood.
Mr.. G.. W. Winate having bought
the Tom Philips place near Providence
will, shortly move to that community.
He is good neighbor, fine citizen,
a useful church member whom we hate
to give up.
While out the other day met a Miss
Greer, a country girl, that has the
finest voice in singing ever listened
at. What a pity it cannot be cul-
tivated.
Full many gem, of purest ray
serene,
The dark nnfathomed caves of ocean
bear.
Full many flower is born to blush
unseen,
And waste its fragrance on the desert
"Hagood.''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
SHE KNEW Josh.

"Now. madam said the counsel
for the defendant to little, wiry,
black-eyed, fdgety woman, who had
been summoned in case, you will
please give your evidence in as few
words as possible. You know the de-
fendant?''
"Know WHO'S
"The defendant-Mr. Joshua Bagg. -
'sJosh Bagg? I do know him, and
I knowed his father before him, and
I don't know nothin' to the credit of
either of 'em, and [ don't think
s'We don't want to know what you
think, madam. Please say yes or
no. to my questions. -
"What questions?"
''Do you know Mr.. Joshua Bagg?'
"Don't know him, though. You
ask Josh Bagg if he knows me. Ask
him if he knows anything about try
ing to cheat pore widder like me out
Of S25. Ask
MADAM II
"Ask him whose orchard he robbed
last and why he did it in the night.
Ask his wife, Betsy Bagg, if she knows
anything about slippin' into neigh
boris field and milkin' three COWS on
the sly. Ask
"Look here, madam
"Ask Josh Bagg about that uncle of
his, that died in prison. Ask him
about lettin' his pore old mother die
in the workhouse. Ask Betsy about
putting 6 big brick into lot of butter
she sold last spring.
Madam, I tell you--''
"See if Josh Bagg knows anything
about feeding ten head of cattle on all
the salt they could eat, and then let
ting them swill down all the water
they could hold, just fore he drive
them into town and sold 'em. See
what he's got to say to that!'
"That has nothing to do with the
case. [ want you To-
"Then there was old Azrael Bagg,
own uncle to josh, got kicked out of
his native town, and Betsy Bagg's
own brother got ketched in & neighbor' s
henhouse at midnight. Ask JOSH
Madam, what do you know about
this case.
81 don't know a livin' thing bout
it, but I'm sure Josh Bagg is guilty,
whatever it is. The fact is I've owed
them Bagges a grudge for the last
fifteen years, and l got myself called
up on purpose to get even with 'em,
and feel I've done it. London Tit
Bits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Napoleon III. end His Cigarettes.

The most obstinate CT cigarette
smokers was the Emperor Napoleon
III. 1t is on error to suppose that he
was ambitious. A fatalist, he fol
lowed a plan which be imagined had
been traced in advance. At Sedan,
when the end came, he calmly lit q
cigarette. Hugo's epic anger against
him had q large element of irritation
at the mans supreme calmness. Hugo
was not cigarette smoker. He never
understood. he could not understand,
him. Zola, who was a cigarette
smoker and who ceased in order that
he might become a great workman,
understood and described Napoleon
III. in "La Debacle'' perfectly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
HOLIDAY FOR WINTHROP GIRLS.
Board Of Trustees Grant Week
Vacation at Christmas.

Columbia, Dec. 2.-The annual
meeting of the board of trustees Of
Winthrop College was held today in
the governors Office and continued
from 10 a. m. till 2 p. m. There were
present at the meeting Gov. MSwee-
ney, Superintendent of Education
JOHN j. McMahan, DR.. E. S. Joynes,
Gen. Willie Jones and Messrs. A. M.
Lee, G A. Woods and ]. E. Breazele.
President D. B. Johnson was present
and presented his annual report which
covered the whole work of the college
for the year aud coontained a number
of suggestions for Improvements on
certain lines. This report was made
the basis of the boards annual report
to the legislature which is not yet
ready for publication, but will be in a
few days, all important. points being
discussed and passed upon.
The resignation of Miss Ethel Nance
as music teacher was presented and ac-
cepted and the board elected Miss Par
nell Jones, of Laurens, graduate OF
Winthrop College, to fill the vacancy.
The question Of giving Christmas
holiday came up for discussion and the
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the president be au-
thorized to internit all college exer-
cises from Tuesday afternoon, Dec. %,
1902, to include Monday, Dec. %, and
to grant furlough during this time to
all pupils whose parents may in writ
ing request the same.
Resolved, That further consideration
of winter vacation be deferred to
next annual meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
A SOLEMN QUESTION.
One OF the Franks Artemus Ward
Played Upon His Brother.

One OF the Franks Artemus Ward
Played Upon His Brother.
In the days when Cyrus Browne and
his brother, Charles Farrar Browne,
better known as 'Artemus Ward, !"
lived in Waterford, 'the little Maine
village that nestled among the hills
and never did anything else but
nestle" Charles delighted to play prac-
teal jokes on Cyrus. Charles came
home one freezing night, says the nar-
rator Of the following prank in the
Boston Herald, at an hour that would
be thought early in metropolis, but
was not so considered in Waterford
The family were sleeping soundly in
the warm comfort Of their beds whea
the future Snowman halted under the
window Of Cyrus, and raised an alarm.
"Cy! Oh, Cy! Come out here, Cys'
After a time Cyrus appeared at the
window. "What do you want?" he
demanded through the crack he had
opened.
81 want you to come DOWN. with
great earnestness. 81 want to ask you
a question, Cy."
"oh, go 'wayv' said Cyrus, his teetl!
chattering in the awful cold. cts
only one Of your jokes"
Really, Cy, it's very important
question: persisted Charles with In
creased earnestness. Its a solemn
thing, and I want you to come down,
Cy; want you BAD
Finally, after grumbling and expos
tulating, Cyrus slipped on some clothes
and came reluctantly downstairs and
out into the arctic cold. "Now what
II the world is it that you want?" be
asked.
Charles came up close, laid his hands
on his brothers shivering shoulders,
and in that voice of plaintive solemnity
which in after years moved so many
people to mirth said:
81 want to ask you, Cy, if you think
slavery is wrong|
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
he Was Only the Master.

George" exclaimed Mrs. Ferguson,
with flashing eyes, "am 1 the mistress
Of this house or am I not?"
'You certainly are," replied Alr. Fer
guson, with alacrity. whats the mat
ter now?"
'I'Ye discharged that impudent hired
girl, and she refuses to leave. want
you to go to the kitchen and bundle her
out, neck and crop!'
"Settle it between yourselves, Laura"
said Mr.. Ferguson weakly. 81 won't
have anything to do with it. I'm only
the master Of the house. e."--Chicago
Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
His Quaint Suggestion.

A Frenchman, who appears to have
been of a thrifty turn of mind, con-
ceived the idea in 1878 that too much
valuable time was being wasted in
cleaning sardines when preparing them
for the market. He found way Of
preparing them without cleaning them,
and on this he took out letters patent.
Apparently he had some slight misgiv-
ing as to whether the public would be
perfectly suited with his invention,
and so in his claim he makes this
parenthetical entry:
Fish put up by this process may be
slightly unpleasant to the customer at
first, but he soon gets used to it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
In Susncnsc.

"so you don't know whether you
want to go to work or not?'
"Well, suh," answered Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley, "I'd like de refusal oh de job
q little while"
'But need somebody right away"
''In dat case III have to let it go by.
I'ze jes' bought policy ticket, an I'll
halter wait till aftrh de drawin' to see
whether Ize gwine to work at all or
not. .''-Washington Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Very Irritating.

"Once in awhile, even now" remark
ed the caller, you hear Of some Eng
lishman who says our Revolutionary
war was the most causeless rebellion
in history Isn't is irritating?
Decidedly so," responded the Boston
young woman. 'If a thing is cause
less, how can it be any more cause
sw-Chicago Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03
Hone Springs Eternal.


The patience of fishermen who really
love the sport is the theme Of many
stories. One is told by man who,
travelling on foot through part of Eng
land, came upon solitary fisherman
who looked as if time and the world
might pass away without disturbing
his content.
"Hs7e you fshed long in this
stream?" asked the traveller.
Eighteen year, was the calm re-
sponse.
"Get many bitesw was the next
question.
The fisherman scarcely turned his
gaze from the rod in his hands.
Give year ago in this very spot l
had fine bite" he answered hope
fJ111v
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-03

Washington, Dec. Recess ap-
pointments to South Carolina post
masterships sent the senate today in
clude J. F. Richardson. postmaster at
Greenville; William L. Harris at
Charleston; G. J. Shannon, Camden,
Geo. D. Shore, Sumter; J. P. Muir
ply, Bamberg; and Frank M. EN-
mauel, Bennettsville In several OF
the above appointments opposition has
heretofore been shown by the senate
to their confirmation. It is too early
as yet to say whether there will be a
revival of this hostility.