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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04

Providence, R. l., Nov. 3.-At mid
night the returns indicate the reeIec-
tion of Gov. Garvin (Dem.) by a
greatly reduced plurality. The vote
is very close, however, and the result
will probably be in doubt until the
last district is heard from. The Re-
publican State central committee
claimed that later returns would over
come Garvin's lead at midnight over
Col. Colt, Republican.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04
Beckham Wins in Kentucky.

Louisville, Nov. 3.-The reelection
of Gov. John G.. W. Beckham, the
Democratic candidate, over Col.
Morris B. Belknap, the Republican,
by a majority of fully $4,000 seems
assured. The Republicans concede
the election of Gov. Beckham.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04

|)LLllS ARE DANGEROUS
And especially so if you delay in
getting to Our store when you desire
anything we offer in special way.
October was our banner month i'm
Dress Goods and Tailor=Made Suit
selling. We intend to make Novem=
Der another record=breaking month
for moving
Blankets, Cloaks and Win
ter Underwear.
OF these three Seasonable Specials
we have a wide range in quality,
style and prices, and if your prefer
ence is for the newest and best, then
come with your mind made up to
deal with us and enjoy that satisfied
feeling YOU are sure to experience.
Blankets from 75c. to $40 per pair.
Cloaks from Csc. to $40 each.
Underwear for everybody, from
10c. to $l.50 per garment.
The Sumter Dry Goods Go.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04
No Lack of
BLANKETS :!

We have just learned that competitor acci-
dentally succeeded in getting
25 Pairs of 'Tar Heel" Blankets,
And adding this to our purchase Of
One Hundred Pairs
And the numerous standard brands carried by
other leading merchants, there is no reason
why the people of Sumter and vicinity should y
not be
Well Blanketed For the Winter
Our price for the "Tar Heel" is
THE LOWEST
We nave ever sold them at and if there is any
inducement being offered in the 25 pairs above
referred to, we would advise OUR friends to buy
them, as they are a good purchase at anything
under OUR price.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04

Tom Johnson, Of Ohio is no longer q
Presidential possibility. he has been
overwhelmed and knocked out by
Hanna and his machine. The defeat
that he has sustained is one of the
most disastrous that has befallen any
aubernatoriaa candidate I'M Ohio for
many years. and. as his political for
times were staked IN the result, he is
now a back ,number insofar as Presl-
Dental aspirations are concerned, but
IN Ohio he viii continue to be thorn
ID the flesh to the Republicans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04

The movement to obtain an appro-
priatien for a public building IN this
cisy is now well under way and there
ara good reasons to believe that the
effort will be crowned with success.
Sumter, BY reason of its postal busl :
ness, commercial Importance and grow
ing population, is entitled to receive a
public cbuilding and Congressman Lever
has entered the fight TO secure the
appropriation enthusiastically and with
the determination to win if it is posi-
bic to do so, and having the assistance
sof the other members of the South
Carolina delegation in the House and
Of Senators Tillman and Latimer he is
ma position tt make telling fight
All that he asks of Sumter is strong
array Of facts in support Of the con-
tention that we are entitled to the
appropriation and the active co-opera-
lion Of the business men OF the town
When-he calls upon them for assistance.
All that he asks has been pledged and
the committees to be appointed by
Chairman Dick will not only collect
the desired statistics but viii put the
facts IN shape to be used most effect.
@iyely
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-11-04

-.
Tamnany is os eougain in full con-
rol Of Greater New York. the defeat
sof the Fusionists or so-called honest
government party being 50 full and
complete as to leave no room to doubt
that the people Of New YORK believe
that the fusion party is no better, if
not worse than Tammally. Il reports
ane Is be credited it is merely a choice
of rascals where the Tammany and
the Republican-Fnsion are concern
ed, and New York being normally q
Democratic stronghold the people have
returned to Tammany after dis
hearsening experience in following the
republicans disguised as honest-gov-
ezament Eusionists.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Bella N. chamberlain.

Mrs. Hannah j., widow of the late
Bella N. Chamberlain died at her home
on Green street Friday night aged 70
years, 4 days. She had been suffering
from Bright's disease for four years
and for the past five weeks was serious
ly i'll, the disease attacking the nerves
and producing uremic coma.
Funeral services were held at the
house Monday afternoon at 2 :3Oo'clock,
Rev. George b. Lawson officiating. He
read passages from the old Bible be-
longing to Mrs. Chamberlain and which
she had three times read through the
past winter and made a few appropriate
remarks and a prayer. Burial was in
Prospect Hill cemetery, L. w. Hawley,
Henry Wellman, l. o. P. Smith and
S. W. Edgett acting as bearers. The
attendance was very large, Mrs. Gales
class from the Baptist Bible school of
which Mrs. Chamberlain was a mem
Der, being present in a body. Those
present from out of town were Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel q. White and Mrs. Hiram
Longley and son Henry Of Peterboro,
N. H.
Mrs. Chamberlain's maiden nam
was Hannah Jane Cram and she was
born in Waldo, Me-, April 20, 1924.
Her parents belonged In Peterboro, N.
H., but her father was engaged in the
lumber business in Maine and lived
there temporarily, returning to Peter
boro when she was 10 years old. When
"a years Of age she went to Newport,
N. H., to live with a cousin where she
met and was married to Bella N. Cham
berlain, a native of that town. He was
a hat manufacturer there and later
a store in Peterboro coming to
Brattleboro in April, 1854, to form a
partnership with Henry and Amos
Pond in the furnishing business. Since
that time, Mrs. Chamberlain has lived
in Brattleboro. She has been closely
identified with the Baptist church here
Of which she had for 30 or 40 years
been a member and was a regular at
tendant and prominent in the ladies'
aid and missionary societies. The
was organized in 1910 but its
first settled pastor was the Rev. j. G.
under whose pastorate and all
hose succeeding him, Mrs. Chamber
ain had attended church. She was a
woman of frank and friendly nature,
5%ireless in all good works and in the
performance of duty. She was the
of four children, three OF
whom died young. She leaves n son,
Herbert Chamberlain, with whom she
ived, and a sister, Mrs. John p. Lis
,om of West Brattleboro. Her hus-
,and, for many years in the furnishing
business here, died in 1887.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Miss Maude Carleton leaves tomorrow for
three weeks stay In Boston.
Miss Florence Barber has taken a position
with DeWeese Dewitt as ~stenographer.
Editor F. L. Houghton will leave Sunday fol
| Milwaukee, to attend the McGough sale of Hol
stems.
Arthur Monroe of Wesleyan university was II
town yesterday on his way to Dartmouth college
where he will play ball tomorrow.
Charles f.. Glidden will leave Monday fol
Cleveland and Warren, o., where he viii spend
a week visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Ellen Cole, widow of Larkin G.. Cole, OF
West Brattleboro, is very seriously Ill and her
recovery is not expected. She Is over 20 years
of age.
Ernest Waterman will enter the Vermont Say
ings bank to-day for a month during the veriii'
cation Of the depositors' books as required by
law every five years.
Major and Mrs. 4. W. Childs and daughter,
Miss Ruth Childs, returned last evening from a
three months trip in the South, including Jack
son Springs, n. c., Batesville and Columbia, 5.
c., and Florida.
NJ. IL. Nayin of the Medina Gold Mining CO..
is at the Brooks House and will spend some time
in town. HI reports that shares have again ad-
yanced 81 and local stockholders have today re-
ceived monthly dividends.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
The new telephone catalogue is out

The new telephone catalogue is out
today.
Mrs. Charles Barrett of West Brat
tleboro, an elderly lady, died early this
morning.
james G. Bagg of this town has
this week been elected captain Of the
Wesleyan university track team.
An evidence that business is boom
ing locally is shown by the fact that
more out of town commercial men are
visiting Brattleboro nowadays than
ever before.
AT a meeting of the Y. M. G. A..
base ball team yesterday George G.
Wilson was elected manager and Pat
rick Ferriter captain. W.. A. Gilbert
was elected a member of the general
committee.
Mrs. Susan II. Little of Merrimac,
Mass, mother Of Mrs. G. +. GRAHAM,
has purchased the David A. Young
residence on Chaplin street. 1t is I'M
derstood that the price paid was
about $1,000.
"A fire started in a chimney of the
house occupied by D.. A. Wilder at 2
Linden street about 1870 this norm
ing. A still alarm was sent in and the
fire subdued by the aid of hand extin-
guishers. The damage was slight.
I'm the Tolls will be presented
by the Grange dramatic club at Grange
hall next week Thursday and Satur-
day evenings, under the personal di-
%rection of f. V. Evans and j. NJ.
Strock, late of the Bennett-M oulton Co.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
The New Magazine Rifle.
The M eddler.

The characteristics of the new maya
zine rife which the U. s. army is to
adopt are that it weighs 934 pounds,
two pounds less than the Krag-Jorgen-
sen, now used it has greater accuracy
and the barrel is "a inches instead of 30
inches long, as in the case of the Krag.
The magazine carries five cartridges
and with a single movement of the
hand can be fully charged from a clip
similar to that used with the Mauser
rifles. The muzzle velocity is 23OO
feet per second, while that Of the Krag
is only 1000 feet per second. The new
arm will be equipped with a rod bayo-
net ten inches in length. In a year
the army will be equipped with the
new arm.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
CHURCH SERVICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. E. Q. S. Os-
good, pastor. Service every Sunday al
10 80. Sunday school at IL 40. Theme
for next Sunday 1.-THE Message from
Soul to Soul" All are welcome.
Christian Science services in Market
block Sunday at 10 AS a. IN. Subject,
adam and Fallen Man" Sunday
school at IL m. Testimonial meeting
Wednesday at 1880 p. m. Reading
room open Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday from 2 to 8 p. m. All are well
come.
At the Adventist Christian church
prayer meeting 10. As a. m. Sunday
school, noon. Preaching at 2.30 and Z
by Elder VIM. A. Birch of Worcester,
Mass. Loyal Workers meeting at 6
Thursday evening, prayer meeting
7.30. All are cordially invited to all
the services.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
THE MEDBnER.
"E the coat tits put IL on"

Behold, the annual miracle! Look
about. Life is everywhere-buds are
bursting, leaves are spreading, hill
sides tinting. Nature has unlocked
the frost tomb. Everything is moving.
That is, everything but the Village
Improvement society. Let us hope
that along with all else on earth II
may also be resurrected. 1t is needed,
it has duties to perform.
y X
Brattleboro people who planted their
gardens luxuriously this spring through
the largess of government and the kind
" thought of their local representative,
were the prey of suspicion and appre-
hension early this week when it was
reported on unquestionable authority
that this same representative had just
bought seeds for his garden at a village
store. They are unable to decide
whether Col. Haskins was the victim
of his own generosity or whether -?
Several anxious local gardeners are said
to have been digging surreptitiously
since then among their carefully laid
rows to see if any sprouts were in sight!
''The boss is coming! 70 was whis-
pered from lip to lip at the local rail
road yard Tuesday morning. News had
come over the grapevine that the di-
r%ectors, in their private car, were on
the way. The effect was immediate.
Everybody got a move on right
straight off. There wasn't a moment
to spare, for no man could tell when
the parade would pull in. So the gang
was on the X. V. (big jump as the
French put it.
Il
Such scraping and raking and dig
cling about as followed The order was
to skin the view in that vicinity, and
do it quick. Every whistle from the
north carried its note of warning and
there was no time to lose. Hurry up,
wake up, clean up, the cry!
y
By night all was spick and span, even
the rails had been busted, and all was
ready for the reception of the guests.
Still they tarried.. But at 10 p. n. the
special drew in, engine 100 with the
parlor car Mansfield. There was no
ovation; the populace had gone to bed.
The rig was side-tracked and there was
scarcely a glimmer. A gentleman from
Virginia filled the ice water tank and
retired in the darkness. That was the
only sign of life. At Z a. m. the spec
ial pulled out, south bound. And now
the men say they had all their scare
for nothing.
The Meddler.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
E BRArTLEBoRo.

Miss Ida Robb Is absent from school
this week on account Of illness.
Mr.. Roberts, the blacksmith, Is Sc
riously i'll. 1t is an unusual case OF
the enlargement of the spleen.
The dime sociable by the young peo.
pie at Mrs. Helen Miller's Thursday
was a very successful and pleasant af-
fair.
L. W. Knapp moves May ! from the
VanDoorn tenement to Il. II. Daven-
ports house recently vacated by Mr..
Pr~efountaine.
Mrs. Abbie Smell Burnell lectured
at the Congregational church Sunday
evening to a large audience. She i'm
p%ersonated a high caste Hindu woman
and her talk was very interesting.
Mrs. Ernest Convey has been quite
sick this week with neuralgia. Mr..
Rice is suffering from a bad attack OF
heart trouble. Mrs. Sargent is gain
ing.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

gladly swell their worldly possessions
by 100 acres of magnificent timber
land running from 4 to 7 million of
stately fir, or o. white and sugar pine
and Port Arthur Pedao? By availing
themselves of the "stone and timber
act' they may possess this at a nom
inal sum of 49,! 20 per acre and return
to their Dakota homes many thous-
and dollars richer.
Those who have not taken home
steads and desire better chances to
make money and have a more salu-
brious climate in tie picturesque
fruit raising and agricultural dis
trict of Oregon may take both a
homestead and a timber claim, and
make a home in sunny Oregon.
! You want information as to way Of
proceedure-you want reference as
to the. integrity and knowledge of
your locators. les Boy & Sherman
have men constantly cruising under
their personal supervision in the best
belts of vacant timber that the coast
affords, and from their personal
knowledge and explorations are in q
position to speak authoritively on
timber and cruising.
For information write w. B, Sher.
man Grants Pass. Or, Office room 10,
Masonic Temple.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

Employers who hire men to take
the places of others who are out on a
strike, must tell the men they employ
that they are taking the places of
strikers, or be liable for damages if
any of the men are injured, according
to a decision of the Colorado court of
appeals. The particular Importance
of this decision lies in the recogni.
tion given to a strike as introducing
a state of war which exposes all with
in the range of its operations to pecu-
liar danger to life and limb. A
strike, the court says in effect, is no
longer to be presumed a peaceful
agency, but n Of force, for whose
consequences the state is not to be
held responsible. Hence the old
custom prevailing among nations is
revived Of compelling the parties to
the war, or at least one of them, to
make public proclamation of the fact,
that people may be- warned and gov
ern themselves accordingly. If any,
body is then hurt, he can have only
himself to blame.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

George Briggs, of Fargo, has been
granted a patent Oh a machine, which
may make harvesting work much
cheaper. He has invented a bundle
loader to be used in shock threshing.
With the attachment on bundle
wagons it is said the entire shocks can
be loaded upon the wagon with one
motion of the "loader." AS a large
force of men are usually required for
this purpose, the new invention will
cheaper the work and assist in the
solution of the labor problem.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

To Col. Ralph Wheelock, of the
Minneapolis Tribune and All Others
Whom It May Concern: The COW
which stood on the track of the Farm
ers railroad and caused The engine
and cars to be ditched, was seriously
injured-yea, fatally injured. While
minute details as to respiration and
Precipitation are unobtainable, 1t is
understood that she died in great
agony-and in a hurry. This much
the engineer, who is somewhat reti-
cent, reluctantly admits.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

The conference held last week be-
tween the officials of the trainmen's
%oranization and General Manager
Ward of the Great Northern resulted
in an absolute disagreement upon the
question of double heading. The
trainmen demand double pay for
working or these double header
trains. The railroad officials claim
that double headers are not used ex-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

The will of Amherst Fl. Wilder, of
st. Paul, which left a fortune to the
poor, has been supplemented by the will
of his widow which hands over a be-
quest estimated at four million for
the worthy poor.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

One lobbyist, the chief of police at
the state capital, and four or five
state senators indicted; one boodler
a fugitive from justice, the lieutenant
governor hidden from the arm of the
law and like pitiable refugee from
his own conscience wandering distrac-
tedly about the country; and sixteen
Q Legislators a prominent politi.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

An experiment has been made at
st. Paul that may revolutionize the
iron industry. It is a successful
method of smelling Titanic ore, here
tofore considered refractory, and the
result is a pig iron that is finer than
steel.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

The secretary of the state press as
ISOLATION is taking a vote of the men,
bers to decide whether the summer
meeting will be held at Devils Lake
or Valley City. Better come back to
the Lake boys: Well try a little
harder than ever to give you a good
time.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

clan and big railroad lawyer impli-
Gated in bribery charges-this is the
result so far of the dragnet investi-
cation of the Cole county, Missouri,
grand jury.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

Just now homes are being conduc-
ted to suit the girl who is writing
her commencement essay. In one
home in town the family have taken
sleeping rooms on the first floor, in
order to let the graduate be untram-
meled in walking from room to room
on the second floor while she Thinks,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA TIM
Der LANDS.

Through the great absence of tim
Der lands in Dakota, a high %apprecia-
ton of such lands has been taught all
Dakotans. The fertile aires Of the
state have been rapidly homesteaded
and who among the we'll to do farm
ers, professional or business men Of
the prosperous state but that would
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01
$332. &C TO CALIFORNIA
ARIZONA,

Via Chicago Great..Western rail
way. Tickets on sale daily from
April 1st to June 18TH. For further
particulars apply to any Chicago
Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer,
q. T. A., Chicago, Ill. June Is
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

P%itssburg Pa. is to have a great
university that will rival all of the
big colleges. For its endowment An
drew Carnegie and twenty other
Pittsburg m%illionaires will donate
millions.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

Prof. Dewar is certainly a victim
of adverse circumstances. He visited
Bartlett recently and a local CORE.
spondent sent the Grand Forks Herald
a personal mention of the visit, and
followed it with a paragraph which
would lead the reader to believe that
the professor"had been drunk. It was
plainly libellous, and Mr.. Dewa1
placed the matter in the hands Of his
attorneys to prosecute tho publishers.
Tuesdays Herald in trying to retrac'
calls the professor Dewart. To wrong
fully accuse an abstemious man of be
ing drunk is bad enough, but to b.
called a D-ewart is adding insult to in
jury. Nothing but a few drops o
editorial blood will suffice to wip
out this stain.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01
BLAMEs CONGRESSMAN MAR.
SHALL.

Sheldon Progress: With Congress
man Marshall at Cakes and Ed Smith
at Devils Lake one would think that
Smith might get credit for thinking
out his own editorials, but because
Smith used to live in the same town
with the congressman the Bathgate
Pink Paper blames Mr.. Marshall for
what is said by the Devils Lake Free
Press.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

cepting the mountainous district in
and claim they are neces-
sary to assist trains over the noun
tain ranges. The road was willing
to grant the concessions in wages ask
ed by the men but refused to be die
tated to in the matter of double-h head
ing. There does not seem to be suf6-
+cient cause for a strike and public
sentiment will unquestionably uphold
the road in the stand it has taken.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01
it should be not more difficult to grow

it should be not more difficult to grow
trees than to grow corn.
The principal eason so few trees
have been planted in the state is on
account of the time required for their
development, and thus many farmers
have deferred planting trees over a
period long enough to have produced
fine forests:
A work fraught with so much of
beauty and value should be attended
to this spring. Farmers, do not de-
fer planting trees. Attend to it at
once. Nothing will pay better, even
though you must wait several years fol
your reward.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-05-01

The best strings for any instrument
only 5 cents each at Huesgen's.