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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
FEB. 7 AND 8-CAR0LlNA DAYS AT
THE EXPOSITION.
Very Reduced Rates via the Southern
Railway.

February 7th and Sth Friday and
Saturday have been selected as Caro-
lima Days at the South Carolina In
ter-State and West Indian Exposi-
tion, Charleston, S. c., and arrange
ments have been made to have a
memorable fete on that occasion.
Special music, etc., in the great
Exposition Auditorium, parades, grand
6redworks, and other numerous fea-
lures will go to make Carolina Days
at the Exposition an enjoyable occa-
sion for all.
See the State exhibits in Palace of
Agriculture.
See the magnificent Palace Of Com
merce; the towering Cotton Place.
See the sunkens gardens in the
Court of Palaces.
"Do" the Midway with its thou
sand and one sights.
See the Liberty Bell.
z Hear the great organ in the Audito-
rum.
Have ride on the miniature rail
way.
Inspect the matchless painting in
the Art Place.
Take a gondola ride on Lake Juan
ita.
In short, take this opportunity of
seeing the greatest Exposition ever
held in the South.
Very reduced rates are now in effect
via the Southern Railway to Charles
ton and return; season tickets (limit-
ed June 3rd); ten-day and seven-day
tickets.
For further information call on or
address any agent of the Southern
Railway, or connecting lines.
W. H. Tayloe, Asst. G. P. A.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
r. ". Hunt, Div. Pass. Agent,
Charleston, S. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05

Swamp, shall constitute st. Charles
Township. So much of that part of
Swimming Pens Township as is to
form part Of Lee County and that
part of Carriers Crossing Township
lying south of Beaver Dam Swamp
shall constitute Mechanicsville Town
ship. So much of Providence and
Rafting Creek Township as it is to
form part of Lee County, and all
that part of Spring Hill Township "
ing west and south Of Beaver Dam
Swamp, shall constitute Spring Hill
Township. So much of Buffalo Town
ship now in Kershaw County, lying
west of Scapeoer Swamp, and all of
that part of Carriers Crossing Town
ship now in Sumter County, lying
north of Beaver Dam Swamp and west
of Scapeoer Swamp, shall constitute
Ionia Township. So much of that
part of DeKalb Township, now in
Kershaw County, as is to form part
of Lee County, lying east of scapever
Swamp and west of Lynch's River
and that part of Bishopville Township
now in Sumter County, lying north of
the public road leading from Stokes
Bridge, on Lynches River, to Harri-
son Hall Mill, shall constitute Turkey
Creek Township. So much of Bishop
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
Saved Him From Torture

There is no more agonizing trouble
than piles. The constant itching and
burning make life intolerable. No posi-
ton is comfortable. The torture is un-
ceasing. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles at once. For skin diseases,
cuts, burns, bruises, all kinds of wounds it
is unequalled. Gerall. st Paul, Ark.
says: From 1865 l suffered with the pro-
truding, bleeding piles and could find
nothing to help me until used DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes com
pletely cured me-" Beware OF counter
feits. Hughson & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05

Provided, That in the apportionment
of said debts of said old counties each
section of the old counties that go to
form the new County of Lee, shall pay
its proportion of the debt of the old
county from which section is taken
and no more.
Sec. 13. The County Treasurers
and County Auditors of the Counties of
Kershaw, Darlington and Sumter,
shall receive such compensation for the
duties herein imposed as shall be
agreed upon between the County Su-
pervisor and County Commissioners of
Lee County and themselves, and if no
agreement can be reached, the said
duties shall be settled by arbitration.
Sec. IA. The Clerks of the Courts,
judges of Probate, Sheriffs, Supervis-
ors and the County Board of Commis-
sioners, the County Superintendent
of Education, Jury Commissioners,
and the Court of Common Pleas and
General Session, and all other county
officials of the Counties of Kershaw,
Darlington and Sumter, as they stood
and were organized prior to the forma-
tion of the County OF Lee, shall have
full jurisdiction and power in and over
the people Of their charges respective
territory within the limits of Lee
County until the officers shall have
been appointed or elected as provided
by law and qualified in and for the
County of Lee, as provided for in this
Act: Provided, The Auditors of Ker-
shaw, Darlington and Snmter Counties
shall make up a set of books and take
tax returns separately for the County
Of Lee, and when the Auditor of the
County of Lee is appointed and quail
fed shall turn over the books so kept
separately to said Auditor of Lee
County; and the Treasurers of the
Counties of lKershaw, Darlington and
Sumter, shall keep the taxes collected
for Lee County separately until the
Treasurer of Lee County is appointed
and qualified, and then turn over to
him all funds collected by them for
Lee County.
Sec. Is. That upon the approval of
this Act the Governor shall appoint
three persons to act as Supervisor of
Registration. Said Supervisor shall
proceed as now required by law, and
in addition thereto shall have access
to the registration books of the Coun-
ties of Kershaw, Darlington and Sum
ter, and shall therefrom copy the
names Of those registered and residing
in Lee County.
Sec. 16. That the Governor shall ap-
point Commissioners of Elections for
Lee County the same as appointments
are now made for other counties.
Sec. IT. That this Act shall be
deemed public Act, shall take effect
Immediately upon its approval, and all
Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent
herewith be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
Mr.. Wheeler Got Rid Of His
Rheumatism.

During the winter Of 1888 I was so
lame in my joints, in fact all over my
body, that I could hardly hobble around,
when bought bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. From the first application 1
began to get well, and was cured and have
worked steadily all the YEAR. Wheeler,
Northwood, N Y.-For sale by DR. A j
China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
MRS. l.. ATKINSON.
THE STANDARD
w arellouseC Go.
nOInMRIA & C
COLUMBIA. s. c

Has a Storage capacity of 10000
Bales of Cotton Stores and insures
Cotton for Is cents per Bale per
month or fractional mouth Lower
rates on 500 Bales end above. Spe
cial rates for six months and season
contracts
All railroads running into Columbia
permit Cotton to be stopped for storage
and reshipped at any time during the sea-
son at the through rate from original start
ing point, with only a trihe charge for
re-handling.
Cotton consigned to Columbia has the
advantage of active competition when sold,
and loans can always be secured on our
Warehouse receipts at minimum rates. No
commission or other charges for selling
cotton. Correspondence solicited.
H. L. ELLIOTT, Manager.
Nov 13
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
Favorite Nearly Everywhere.

Constipation means dullness, depres-
sion, headache, geneally disordered health
DeWitt's Little Early Risers stimulate the
liver. open the bowels and relieve this con-
dition. Safe, speedy and thorough. They
never grippe. Favorite pills. j Hugh
son & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
NOTICE.

HAVING secured Offices upstasir
over DeLorme's Pharmacy, we are
fitting them up temporarily and will
be ready on and after January 1st, to-
resume our practice.
Afford & Afford,
Dentists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
The Lee COUNTY BILL.
The Law to be Passed Providing
for the Establishment of Lee
County.

The following is the text of the bill
introduced in the House of Represen-
tatives providing for the establish
ment of Lee county. The bill was
referred to. the committee on Privi-
leges and Elections, which Commit
tee has made favorble report and rec
ommends its passage:
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18

Some Of the eastern towns are rails
ing a howl because now and then some
manufacturer pulls mp stakes and
moves to healthier chimes, where pro-
duction is cheaper, labor less exacting
because there are fewer walking dele
gates, and profits are larger. This may
depopulste some OF the towns, throw a
few people out of work, and cause the
ITO Let" sign to be hung up in con-
spicuous places, but if IL is to the in
terest Of the man who owns the con-
Germ to move it, he is likely going to
move it just the same II it busts mp a
dozen towns.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
H WATER QUESTION.

The only question for the general
council to decide in regard to obtain
ing better and clearer water in Padu-
cab is whether or not the benefits to
be secured by abrogating the option
clause in the water company's contract
will justify such a step. Sensible peo-
pie are not fooled by chronic COM
plant against corporations, and com
mon sense usually appeals to them.
It makes no difference how valuable
this option the city has every five years
to purchase the water company may
be to the water company, or how
much the water company might want
the city to release it; the question
here is, what value is this option to
the city and the people, and would it
pay them to give it up? 1t is plain
that the people want clear water. All
evidence at our command indicates
that while the water is reasonably
pure, often it is not very pleasant as
a beverage or for other purposes owing
to the mud in it. A filtration plant
is something that would give the peo-
rle clear water. but they cannot or
will not put it in themselves, and the
water company cannot under existing
conditions do it, and could not be
made to If it could. II the option
the city has at the end of eery FIVE
years to buy is worth anything to
the people, then the public should
understand how, and whether it Is
worth enough TO abandon the idea of
ceding it for the purpose of securing a
filtration plant. There is no reason TO
expeo. the water company to pay the
city in money for something that the
city Will be otherwise paid for. There
are other ways in which to express
values besides in so many dollars and
cents, and all sensible people will
readily realize 1t. The question Of pub
lie ownership is not n to be argued
at this time. It has been adequately
threshed out by the populists and
other eranks, and the best arguments
are the public utilities in other places
that are owned and run by cities, and
consequently controlled by politics.
Neither is the question Of building a
plant Of its own one Of moment to the
city at present A city that preferred
to let private capital build n water
works when there was none, would
hardly at this time burden the people
with the enormous cost Of building
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
SHELTON FOUGHT
But the Train Had Crossed the State
Line Into tennessee.
He Is Now In Jail at Union City on
Several Charges.

Will SHELTON, oolored, had a liv ly
time at Fulton Saturday. SHELTON
was arrested here several days age for
being a fugitive wanted in Union City,
Tenn. and ON an old warrant here for
robbery. The man he is supposed 70
have robbed could not be found, aud
as SHELTON proved that he was in Jail
at Hickman at the time, Chief Col
Inns had him released when the Ten
nessee officers did not some after
him, and he was given an hour in
which to shake the dust Of Paducah
from his feet. He did il in even
less time, and was soon in Mayfield,
where the officers were not so kind.
Saturday he was taken from
Msydeld to Fulton, where he
was told he was wanted on an
cid charge. The intention was
really to take him 80 Tennessee,
where he declared he would not go
without a requisition. The marshal
at Fulton was notified and the en-
gineer on the train let into the ar
rangement and when the train reached
Fulton the engineer accidentally"
failed to stop until it had crossed the
state line, and SHELTON found himself
IN Tennessee,
The marshal on the Tennessee side
was ready, hut they had to fight to
get SHELTON off. He chung to the seat
and had to be taken off by sheer force.
He is now in Jail at Union City,
where he is said TO be wanted for
criminal assault. as well as breaking
jaiL.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18

works when we already have
one. The people are always ready to
listen to reason, and II there is any
advantage to the city in having an OPP
on the water plant, ii is up to
some one to produce it, and let the
people judge whether or not 1t would
justify the city in holding onto 1t and
rejecting the opportunity 10 secure
clear water. People and papers that
use the so-called cause Of the people as
a cloak for spiteful war on corpora
tions have no influence on the public
mind, and their opposition to the in
terests Of the people, are too apparent
for them to expect anything else than
to be ignored. The time is ripe to
take some action to improve the water
supply, and common and fair
treatment should and it is believed
will, prevail.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
THE REPAIRS

1t is due the public from some n to
place the con crete sidewalks from
First to Fifth street on Broadway in
repair. For several months the pave
ments have been getting worse, rising
in some places and falling in others.
Few Of the sections have escaped
cracks, while others are crumbling
away. 1t seems doubtful whether
anyone can be held responsible or
not. It certainly seems that no n is
going to repair the sidewalks without
a lawsuit, and If this is the case, the
suit might as we'll be instituted at
once. When those sidewalks were
built, the city forced some Of the
property owners TO tear away much
better ones to make way for the new.
The city received the work, and the
property owners had to pay for it.
When they paid their money, they did
so with the belief and understanding
that the work was Of such character
that it would last five years, or if il
did not the contractor stood ready and
willing for the money he had been
paid, and bound by the bond he gave,
to repair the work as often as necessa-
ry during the time for which il was
guaranteed. Instead of faith being
kept with these property owners, they
find that they have pa id for a bad job
Of work, and can not get it repaired.
Neither the city nor the contractor has
made any move towards it, and it is
inferred from statements made that
neither intends to. The property own
ers should either sue on the oontrac-
tors bond, and attach the balance due
from the city for the brick street work
to secure themselves, OF should sue
the city for the amount fraudulenrly
exacted of them when they were fore
ed to pay for the sidewalks. The prop
erty owners have been treated badly
enough, but the public is being impos'
cd on every day that some Of the side
walks remain in their present unsafe
and unsightly condition.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18

Senator James X. Jones Of Arkan-
sas is said to be one of the men slated
for a place on the Isthmian canal
commission, to be appointed by Pres
ident Roosevelt later. Senator Jones
has been having q rather hard row to
hoe down there among the other Dem
ocrats, and needs q little help from the
Republicans, who are not half IS bad
enemies as his Democratic fellow citi-
q
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
GOOD WORK STARTED
General Secretary Hanna to Make
Important Recommendations.
The Y. NJ. @. A. Gymnasium to be
Placed in First Glass Condition.

The Y. M. @. A. board meets Tues
day night, aud the new secretary, Mr..
Stewart Hanna, has n mum Der OF re-
Communications to make. He thinks a
tar roof should be placed on the gym
nasium, and the latter be equipped
with a spring board, thirty pairs Of
four pound ~dumbbells, thirty-six forty
two inch straight maple wands, n
wall machine, felt mat, basketball
outfit, punching bag and football and
handball apparatus, and an anthro-
pometric apparatus for scientific ply
steal examination.
He thinks there should be FIVE show
or and two tub baths. and q stronger
water pressure. The lockers should
be put in better condition, and better
heating facilities afforded. Twenty
new periodicals should be secured and
blackboard and drawing tables pro-
vided for the educational work.
Mr.. Ben Mathis, VINO will be recon-
mended as physical instructor, is ex-
pected this weeK from Freeport, Ill,
on q visit. Arrangements are to be
made for the following classes in the
gymnasium;
Three during the evening Of eacn
week for the business men three for
young men in elementary work three
each wees for the students; two classes
each week for the working boys two
for the Juniors and two for the inter
mediates. On Saturday night no
Glasses Of any description will be held
and n is 90 DO "open night" for
everybody.
Some changes in the membership
will also be recommended. as follows;
After September rs all members OF the
60 class be charged o. initiation feer
and those OF the 90 ticket a fee Of 80
cents. At the expiration Of their
membership, II they do not renew
within thirty days, the addition will
be charged when application for adj
mission is again made. As 20 the hne
gymnasium work he thinks the mon
should pay annually 81 for privilege
Of entering the classes and the others
so cents.
Secretary Hanna is a hard worker
and appreciates the fact that before
the Y. NJ. @. A. can bo successful here
IL must be put in first class shape and
kept that way. Unless it is the mem
bers will lose interest and gradually
drop out.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
MAY BE BURIED ALIVE.
ELECTRICIAN SAYS ELECTRO
CUTION IS NOT SURE
DEATH.

New York. August Is-F. A. STRAIT
ton vice president of an electric light
company in westohester county, this
state, says that murderers sentenced
to die In the electric chair are fire.
quently not killed by the electric cur
rent and that they would be buried
alive il il were not for the autopsy
which follows the e~lectrocution.
Mr.. Stratton says;
Nearly every week we have line
men shocked by higher voltage cur
rents than are used in the electric
chair at Sing Sing. yet they come
around all right after few days treat
ment. This being the case, is it not
probable that some OF the murderers
who are sentenced to the electric chair
could be resusoitated II they received
prompt medical attention and the
same care that is given to one Of our
linemen when he meets with an acct
dent2
II have often thought that a great
many persons who are supposed to
have been elctrocuted are in reality
buried alive"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
ANDREWS GUILTY.
HE Is CONVICTED AT DETROIT
OF wRECKING A BANK.

Detroit. August ls-Frank O. An
drews, former vice president OF the
City Savings bank, was convicted of
looting that institution Of sl,576 900,
wreoking the bank and sweeping away
the savings Of hundreds Of persons in
moderate or poor circumstances.
When the verdict was announced
Andrews became deadly pale. ITS
a terror, " he gasped. 1T is unjust /
never intended to defraud or cheat
anyone. God knows IL.
The trial had been in progress four
weeks. Only two ballots were taken.
The first stood ten for conviction and
two for acquittal, bat the latter two
soon joined the majority.
Attorney Kirchner, representing
the defendant, Immediately moved for
a stay In pronounoing sentence, an
nouneing that an appeal would be
taken. Recorder Murphy granted a
stay Of 60 days to permit the taking Of
an appeal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
his FIRST SEA TRIP
SHAH OF PERSIA EXHIBITED
GREAT NERVOUSNESS AND
OBJECTED TO FAST
TINE.

London, August ls-Muzaifar-E Ed
Din, shah OF Persia, arrived at Dover
at noon today on board the steamer
Empress from Calais. At the shah's
request the Empress made the trip
over at slow speed. The steamer was
escorted by the British cruisers Gal
asea and %Immorialite and was greeted
by salutes from the batteries at Dover
and an imposing military display
The shah is said TO have exhibited
great u upon e%mbarking on
the Empress at Calais for his first sea
trip But he bore his journey we'll
and when Prince Arthur Of Connaught
boarded the Empress and greeted him
the shah smiled and ~oonversed with
animation through an interpreter
The shah and Prince Arthur walked
together through the cheering crowds
at Dover to the Lord Warden Hotel
where MuzAffar-E Ed Din will spend
the night, coming to London tomor-
row.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
FIVE MILLIONS.
THIS AMOUNT SPENT BY THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL IN
MISSISSIPPI.

II is stated that the Illinois Central
railroad company has spent something
like s.. 900, 900 in the the state of Mis-
sissippi during the past year or two
for the purpose of extending and i'm
proving its service, and that the end
is not yet by any means. The line
has been double tracked from Jackson
south to Brookhaven, a distance Of
about so miles, and the work is going
on, so that it will not be many more
before the entire line is double
tracked to New Orleans. When that
feat shall have been accomplished the
company will begin on the line to the
north of Jackson, and in course Of
time the double tracking will have
been completed through to the city Of
Chicago.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
No CORPSE FOUND.
A TWO POUND CAKE OF ICE ALL
THAT WAS THERE.

Guthrie, o. T., August ls-A grave
near Orlando, a town a short distance
from Guthrie. in which @. S. Morris,
a Madison, Kansas, man, who was re-
ported last week to have been killed,
was opened in the presence Of 500
persons and found to h empty.
Friends Of Morris who believed that
he mad been murdered had requested
the authorities to exhume the body.
kilograms of inquiry have been re-
oeived from Morris wife and from in
suranoe orders in Madison, of which
he was a member.
Morris appeared a week ago in COM
pany with a man who gave his name
as Cox and who represented himself
as a loan agent. On Monday Cox re-
ported that Morris had been killed in q
runaway accident. The man purchas-
ed a lot in a country cemetery nea
Orlando and bought a coffin, which
he buried. with the assistance Of a
colored man. The coffin today con-
tanned q cake Of ice weighing about
two pounds, Evidently it had been
filed with ice when it was buried.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18

A new system has been adopted in
the Tennessee state prison, and after
September 1 the convicts will be grad
ed according to conduct. Those in the
first grade will be allowed to wear
plain clothes, have more freedom IN
the writing Of letters, and be permitted
to see friends. Those in the second
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18

grade will be permitted to wear plain
clothes, but their other privileges will
not be many. Those in the third grade
will be the mean ones, who will have
to constantly wear stripes and be al
lowed no freedom at all. II is believed
that it will prove more successful than
the present methods.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-18
THOUSAND REBELS KILLED.

Pekin, Aug. ls-The yioeroy Of
szechuAn reports that imperial troops
attacked the rebel headquarters at
Inchawan August l2. One thousand
rebels were killed and their leader,
Tong Yu Hung, was captured and ex-
ecuted.