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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30
MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES.
Many Items of Interest, Personals and
Local Happenings.

Magnolia, Sept. 29.-Pretty wealth
er, pleasant weather, cotton picking
and harvesting weather, in fact every
thing that the tillers of or gatherers
from the soil could wish, are some of
the many blessings of this season.
Cotton has declined considerably
but, of course, the crop is less ex-
pensive being short 80 to 40 per cent.
Our merchants are making fine col
lections, and our physicians report
their patients doing well.
Quite a number OF our citizens went
to Bishopville on yesterday to Court
as witnesses and jurors, but several
returned last evening reporting no
court, on account of some oversight
on the part of the Clerk of Court.
So all the criminal cases will have to
be carried over to the next regular
term of Court or until special term
be ordered.
Judson Carter (colored), who de-
cided some time ago to donate $50
to the county fund, rather than ac-
cept position rendered him for 80
days in pioneer corps has clandes-
timely disappeared, for fear he might
be re-tendered a position in "pioneer
corps.'' as his conduct is meritorious
in that direction, though his many
admirers (9) here would feel much
safer with Judson where they could
see him all the time.
Messrs. Hawkins & Hawkins will,
in few more days, have their livery
stable completed, and conduct a gen
eral livery business. They have had
some experience in the handling OF
stock, and will, no doubt, succeed
well. One of this firm, Mr.. Graham
Hawkins, was with Mr.. ". B. Boyle
in Sumter, until recently.
Messrs. Griffin & Rhame are putting
large stock of ladies' and mems
shoes and hats in their new store,
which is the handsomest and best ar
ranged store in this town for display
ing goods.
Mr.. Herrington's son, IL years old,
met with a painful accident at At
kins, this morning. The father was
operating moving machine, and the
little fellow came too near the blades,
and had his leg. Just above the ankle,
nearly severed. Dr.. Darby cIeansed
the wound, then sewed it up and
dressed it, and he is now resting
nicely. sis astonishing that parents
will be so careless in handling these
dangerous machines, and learn eau
tion only after mischief is done. So
many accidents are daily happening.
Oar graded school re-opened on
Monday morning with an encouraging
attendance. Prof. Brunson and his
two assistants. Misses Clark and
Farey were at their post Of. duty, and
everybody was glad to welcome them
back. They are drst class teachers in
every respect, and the patrons and
pupils are to be congratulated in get
ting such good, efficient and popular
teachers back.
Some serious disease has appeared
among several Of the mich COWS be-
longing to Messrs. Clrak and Graham
Hawkins, about which we will say
more after watching developments.
Occasional.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

FOR RENT-One storehouse, with
three room dwelling attached, with
necessary out buildings, for five
months. Three and one half miles
from Sumter in the fork of Providence
and Stateburg roads. For terms apply
to r. M. Edens, Sumter, S. G.
July 29-tf.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

WANTED-Purchasers for several
Berkshire Gilts. Can be mated to
thoroughbred Boar, no kin. Not
registered, but no finer stock in the
county. Too good for breeders, to
make pork of them. Prices reasonable.
Apply to Egypt Farm, E. W. Dabbs,
Manager, Goodwill, S. G.
Sent. 9-tf.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

The best solution OF the con-
cealed weapon law is to repeal it
in rs entirety and thus put law abid-
ing citizens on the same footing as the
habitual pistol toter. A few years of
universal pistol toting would go far
toward the determination of the Vi
cious element Many good citizen is
shot down by pistol toting thing,
who presumed upon his known respect
for law,sto provoke difficulty as an ex-
cuse to murder him. There would be
fewer difficulties and fewer murders in
self defence if all men were pre-
sumed to carry pistols, and the courts
would not be so frequently fatigued by
the story Of the dead man having made
threatening motion toward his hip
pocket, which post mortem develop
ments revealed to have been empty.
We heartily favor the early repeal of
the law against concealed weapons for
it is utterly non effective except in
he case Of law-abiding men who are
thus left at the mercy of the fools
and the vicious. Today every bad
character and every fool who has an
ambition to create the impression that
ne is an embryonic Jesse James has
MS gun within reach of his hand
waking and sleeping. And fools are
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

Chief Justice Pope's explanation
shows up ex-Judge Buchanan in a
very bad light, but the only surpris-
ing feature Of the whole affair is that
<Tudges Pope fell into the pitfall. The
ex-Judgess part in the transaction is
not strange.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30


ex-Judgess part in the transaction IS
not strange.
The CRY Of the Macedonians for res
cue from the ferocious Turk has fallen
upon deaf ears, and the so-calaed
Christian powers of Europe have
given the Turks assurance that there
will be no interference with their
butchery Of the men, women and chill
dren Of Macedonia. The money devil
of Europe has cheked the spirit OF
humanity and compassion that would
otherwise arouse Europe 60 succor the
helpless victims of Moslem hate.
That picture agent story that comes
from Lexington county does not sound
altogether improbable. The originator
OF the scheme is clearly smooth
article, but disregardful OF the code
OF professional ethics which members
of the legal fraternity are won't to
prate Of on all occasions.
The organization of the Retail Mer-
channts' Association will have bene-
fetal result, if the proposed regula-
tions are consistently enforced. Nearly
every merchant in the city will be en-
abled to collect lot Of bad accounts
ard recover money long thought to be
lost; It will also serve 80 protect them
against dead beats who Systematically
beas the merchants in rotation. But
there is another phase to the matter
that the merchants have evidently
tailed to take into consideration;
namely the grieyous hardships that
certain class Of citizens will be forced
TO endure. They delight in wearing
fine raimeat and in faring sumptuously
on rich and dainty food, for which
they never pay. save under compul-
ssioa. If they are blacklisted and al
merchants Geclne 10 grant Lnem
credit, shey viii be forced to pay for
all they get and their raiment viii be
less costly. thir Wardrobes less
extensive, their tables will cease to
groan under the weight Of unpaid for
groceries and they viii be forced by
the pinch OF necessity to contract the
habit OF plain living, If not of high
thiinsing All things considered, the.
association is most excelleDt inssitu-
tion, and should succeed, unless the dead
beats can secure an injunction against.
1T On the ground that the enforcement
Of It's rsgulations would be grievous
hardship 10 them, detrimental 70 their
personal appearance and ruinous to
their digessions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

/. If the south alls up with settlers
from she North and West the negro
questipn Will cease to be sectional
psoblaa tcs be settled by Southern peo-
ple-sorEner slave holders and their
descendants. The people of the South
are viking to share the burden with
the people of the North, but we are Of
the opinion that the negro will not
relish the settlement the Northerners
viii insist upon. after personal ex-
perienee with the problem.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

The Russians are too busy killing
Jews TO- bother with the Turks while
they are restoring order in Macedonia
By the slaughter of all the Christian
inhabitants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

Every attempt TO explain the ap-s
poinsrnens of Judge Townsend TO stat
the trial of j. 81 Tllman seryes hut
to render she actions Of Chief Justice
Popessnd of ex-Judge Buehanali more
lnaxplscabse.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-30

II the Southern Railway keeps up its
record fer deadly accidents it vail es
sablish shs Fspasstion OF being good
road for travellers to avoid whenever
possible.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
! Indian superstition.

Considerable excitement has been
caused In British India by: the strange
story Of al incident which recently soc-
Cured in the district Of Pegou. Tho
natives there suddenly became con-
WINGED that . six-months '-old child was
the reincarnation of the late Mr.. Tuck
or, superintendent Of the district. who
was killed by bandits in 1894. and
that moment the unconscious infant
became the most important parsonage
in that part Of the country. It was
taken to several places in which Mr..
Tucker had lived and. according to its
attendants, its conduct showed clearly
that 1t remembered all the Incidents
Of It's former life Finally It was ta-
ken to the place where Mr.. Tucker was
murdered, and the story goes that at
sight Of the fatal spot It trembled Ill
over and almost went into convulsions,
Indeed, its parents say that 1t would
certainly hare died thereS2 they had
not hurried away with it.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
Mark Twain,s Cap ana Bel1s

Mark TWotnss Cap ana Bea1s.
Mark Twain has not yet occupied
the house at Tarrytown which he ,pur-
chased year and a half ago-the one
the astute village tax collector assessed
at three times what he paid for it-but
he runs up from Riverdale occasionally
to look at 1t and see that no local Huck
Finn has-broken out the windows.
There were no cabs at the station
one hot day recently when he arrived.
SO he sessayed to walk up the Main
street hill. The Tarrytown hill is ex-
ceeded In steepness by tho Newburg
hill alone. When half way up he sat
down on stone carriage block to rest.
holding his hat in one hand A street
piano man struck up q tune in his Inn
mediate neighborhood, but the humor-
list sat unmoved.- An elderly lady hap
pened along, conceived him to be the
musicians helper. and dropped q penny
in his hat. Mr.. Twain rose and bowed
solemnly, with stately thank you.''
The lady took backward step. APP
parently vaguely suspicious that she
had made mistake. Don't be
frightened, madam went on Mark.
Its true the man doesn't keep q string
on me, but I'm very well trained very
we'll trained-perfectly safe. rs atur-
day Evening Post, & ~.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
sT.sGM THAT Owes. so,Ts..

asrs's = elBls1s ends peay sDsng
That = tFltGG kou6 l1lssxpet Sed.
An0 you'll ilnd6pon h9sWe1g&11g.
shat e noASles al - red1
- euiveae1Des. = - esS
q Il wealth you're seeking after?
Do not tightly close your palms,
00e with love and happy laughter
Give your brother needing aims
Thsns that gives. gits.''
q 4 fame for which you're longingf
Follow still the Godlike plan,
Help the needs forever, thronging
Round Your struG4ling fellow man-.E
{ eThem that gives, kits.''
I. y knowledge you wsuld fettcr?
within your earnest reach.
But you'll get It quicker, better,
Il another you will teach as
Them that gives. gits." "A
Il It love. earth's dearest treasure,
You would gather for your store?
Give OF love. nor stint the measure.
Twill return to you the more
Them that gives. gits.''
Eleanore s. Inslee. in N. z. Sun.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03

tered the kitchen, but no meal was in
sight. Mrs. Potter was feverishly pc
rusing her Bible. She implored her
husband and her son to think onto
eternity, and to remain near her." They
promised to do both, and said that they
were not going farther away than the
barn. Sil
"Never mind the breakfast, john"
said Mr.. Potter; 1--WE can take q bite
by and by, and the wheat won't take
any harm IL we let 1t go this forenoon.
We must look after your mother. She
is all played out with the hard work
Of the hummer, and that's the reason
she's took up SO strong with that fool
prophets idea. But faint nothin'; her
nerves is jest unstrung. I'll take her
on trip to Niagry, this fall, or my
name amt silas Potter. She don't see
nothing but the humdrum things Of the
country, and that must be wearin'' on
woman. When she gifts over this no.
ton. we mustn't never say anything to
her about It"
But Mrs. Potter could not rest easy
and neglect the breakfast, even IL the
world were to be convulsed at eight
o'clock sharp. The habits Of years Il
punctuality were strong within her.
and the thoughts that the men folks"
were going without their breakfasts
|! were too much for her. Though It was
now half-past seven, q full hour later
than the usual breakfast time, she set
about getting the morning meal. fully
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03

work without the greatest exhaustion.
This ts o very common sight and is al
most alWayss due to pelvic catArrh.
It Is worse than foolish for % many
women to su6ef year after year with Z
disease that can be permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh permanently. It
cures old chronic cases aswell asa slight
attack. the only difference being IN the
length Of time that ie should be taken
to effect: q cure. s. ~. ,5,,
II you do mot derive prompt md salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving .
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis,
ADDRESS Dr.. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Cofdmbus,a
Ohio. 8i{6ssgl; SIS n i9.s.4Y
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
Female Weakness IS Pelvic
Catarrh.g
Away. Half Sick are the Women
Who Have Pelvic CatarIh.

Catarrh Of any organ, Il allowed to
progress. will a6ect the whole body.
Catarrh without nervousness Il very
rare, but pelvic catarrh and nervousness
70 hand In hand. .ss
What Is 30 distressing : sight as 4 poor
half.sick, nervous woman, suffering
from the many almost unbearables ymp-
toms Of pelvic catarrh7 She does not
consider herself i'll enough to 60 to bed,
but she Is far from being able to do her
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03

liss Nuriel Armitaee, aG-Green-
wood Ave. Dotpoit, Mich. District
Organizer Aof the 1leyal FSRDaars Of
Temperance, In recent Letter. says:
Il think that ., woman naturally
1bfl1lks nom naking lhWrfoubles
public, but restored health hasmeant
Ga. much to me that / feel for the
sake of other suffering women It 10
my duty to tell what Peruna has
done Tor me.
Il suffered for nve years with
uterine Irregularities which brought
on hysteria and made me physical
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
wa. 3 Poor sailor.

The humorous writer at the Harvard
class-day exercises told q story which
deserves to be circulated. A young grad
uate who was hunting for position re-
ceived an offer Of place as shipping
clerk from firm to which he had applied
for employment.
y 81 am sorry cannot accept your kind
offer Of the position Of shipping clerk. !"
he wrote, ...but the fact Is that am al
ways i'll when ct sea. -. Youths Com
panion.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
PRINCESS 1rooHLIcHr.


is 49, 81
Once upon . time. many centAries $50.
. woodchopper. returning at 0ask from
bis long days labor. saw. - he passed
through the forest. : soft shining light
on bamboo branch. J II z
Surprised, he hastened toward Il. and
found there . tiny baby girl, surrounded
BY radiance like moonlight
Now, this woodchopper and his wife
wore often sad because they had no lit
tie one Of, their own, and the baby Wa
carried to their humble home, where
you may be sure she had the most loving
attention.
She grew rapidly, and the light that
the woodchopper had seen around her
when he found her IN the forest grew
brighter, until at night the whole cot
tage was filled with It's glow. y
b It ,seven shone through the paper
screens that formed three Of theopposite
wallis Of the lcottagefor all this hap
pened in Japan, where the houses are
made Of bamboo and paper screens.
People called the little girl by the
pretty name Of Princess Moonlight, for.
as they saw the liaht about her increase,
they knew that she must be q moon
child. W .lIss Il 5. "a. ,
The woodchopper and his wife felt
very sad. They knew that It waa not
often, that . moon child came to the
esrth, and that when one did It was
Obliged to go back to Mother Moon when
20 years old. f &. y. sii3s.5a' a.ssS
Years passed, and Princess Moonlight,
now alovely young woman, rat on the
veranda one dark night. shedding . SOFT
light all about her. :,
It happened that that very night the
emperor and his courtiers were return.
ing from ! days sport IN the forest.
Altar OF they saw what seemed like
mQonlight,s and; filled With wonder; they
went to zee what It could be-, for the
moon would not be up for several hours
When the emperor beheld the beautt-
full maiden IN the midst Of the light he
fell Id love with her at once, and begged
her to be his wife. But, alas! though the
princess loved him dearly, she knew that
she never could be his queen, and that Ia
three days she must, leave the earth
forever. s; ~ 81; s,..ls,s,. H.. s
The emperor was filled with grief when
she explained to him that she was .
moon child, and he sent his courtiers
home: but he stayed with the princess.
dreading to leave her for even q single
hour, knowing how soon he must part
from her forever. ~ E..
The last night came all too quickly,
and Mother Moon sent down her moon
beams that were to carry the princess
away. The emperor clasped his arms.
about her, and, though he held her firm-
", the moonbeams drew her away from
him. Up, she foated. her tears falling
back to earth all the way, until she was
folded close to the heart Of Mother Moon.
But from every tear that fell back to
earth wings sprang, and the shining
tears few here and there, looking for
the emperor, and still are they search
ing for him, though he died, an old man,
long ago. And people call those tears
fireflies. is 5..F .
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-12-03
AN ECLIPSE IN CHINA.
There was Great Commotio.
When the Black Spot Appeared
ON the Moon.

In China an eclipse of the moon 10
regarded az an evil augury for the
emperor. intended to warn him to ex-
anime himself and correct his faults.
Hence an eclipse is always looked on
as an affair of state, and the greatest
care is taken to calculate the ulae
when It will happen. NJ. Edmund
Plauchut, in his book, s'China and the
Chinese" describes a scene he Wit
messed when the moon played the rs
tronomers Of Peking mean trick. 4he
imperial astronomers announced that
on February z, at eight o'clock in the
evening, the dragon which wanders to
and fro in the regions Of the air would
endeavor to swallow the moon. The
eclipse was to be total, SO the astrono-
mers had warned the people that the
attack Of the monster would be terri
ble,, and that the moon would very
likely succumb IL the shouts and noise
Of the gongs did not put the dragon to
fight. Long before the appointed time
millions Of Chinese issued from the
towns to the open country. there, nose
in air, to watch the wonderful phe-
nomenon. Those who had been unable
to get gongs had provided Themselves
with saucepans. rattles. pieces Of bam-
boo stems and immense quantities Of
little red frecrackers. But what .
disappointment! At eight o'clock the
gazing multitudes saw the moon rise, q
full. unspotted disc. without q sign Of
anything unusual. At nine she was
still shining pure. Just as all hope
was disappearing tremendous noise
began on every side. for the watchers
saw . black spot advancing slowly.
across the face Of the moon. It is Inn
possible to describe the rage with
which the Chinese beat their pans and
gongs. whirled their rattles and let on
the crackers. The dragon was eyi-
IDENTIFY frightened away by. the row, for
after looking up ct the full moon for
an hour and seeing nothing more Of
the black spot, the crowds, jubilant
over their victory, began to dispense.
It was learned later that the emperor
sent word to the astronomers that the
next time they made such a miscalcu-
lation he would relieve them of their
appointments and send them into ex-
lie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-11
LoNGVIEW PARK ALREADY
THE MECCA OF sIGHTsEERs

Longview park is already growing
beautiful under the Influences of the
warm sun. The gentle April shower
of yesterday and last night did won
ders for the grass and it is now as
luXuriant as it usually is two weeks
later in the season. Even Though
nothing is done to improve the park
nature will make it sufficiently at
tractive to draw many visitors from
the city streets.
c. +. Gazetteer, the commissioner in
charge of that resort, has been notic-
ing the interest the public is taking
in it this spring. He says: "Notwith-
standing the fact that Longview park
is only in its infancy it is astonishing
how people flock there Sundays to
view from its lofty heights the sur
rounding panorama. The tract is
clean and neat, the driveways have
been laid out and with the good wea-
Their that is hoped for will soon be
completed. That is, if the new adj
ministration does as well and better
than the one going out from finan-
cial standpoint. In Il week or 10 days
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-11

which she carried her part in a col
lege play yesterday, it was stated
that she was visiting at Urbana. This
was an error. Miss Woodin has been
attending the state university since
last September.
Manager L. j. Richards, of the Cen
trail Union Telephone company. today
entered into a contract with Kramer
& Co. for the printing of the new di-
rectory for the three cities. 1t will
be ready for distribution by the end
of the month. MIR. Richards says it
will contain about $50 more names
than the old one.
The local council of the Royal Ar
canum last evening held a largely at
tended meeting at Krell q Math hall,
initiating large class of candidates.
w. HI. Robb, who will represent the
local lodge at the grand council to be
held in Bloomington next week, will
endeavor to secure the next meeting
of the grand lodge in this city.
News comes that r. III. Hudson, the
former auditor of the Rock Island &
Peoria who went to Chicago as audi
tor of passenger accounts for the
Rock Island system at the time of
the absorption of the smaller road
and who has since resigned, has left
Eailroading and positionsaS
auditor for Haskell & Sells, certified
public accountants. His headquarters
ARE in Chicago.
The meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants association next Monday ev-
ening will be a very important one.
The committee from the Retail
Clerks union will be on hand for a
final answer to the holiday closing
question and the annual merchants
holiday and excursion will be discuss
ed. A protest will also be considered
against bill introduced before the
state legislature that, if enacted into
law, will vitality affect the merchants
of the state.