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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Joseph L. Bristow, who unearthed
the frauds in the postofice department
leading to the suspension of Mr. Tyner,
is an expert in such matters. 1t was
Mr.. Bristow who went to Cuba to re-
port on the postal frauds there and he
IS usually chosen when there is any
unpleasant investigation to be done.
The excuse for giving him the assign
ment is the fact that. he has under him
a division of inspection which prac-
tica,ly amounts to a secret service.
The real reason for his selection is
that the President considers him alb
solutely honest. No social, political
or other considerations have any
weight with him, official influence and
opposition count fer naught. MI. Bris,
tow is Kansas politician and
editor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Turn over new leaf at the same. time
as old Dame Nature.
Start an account with the Sumter Sav-
ings Bank after all the things are purchas-
ed for the spring outfit.
Easter would be good time to begin.
It marks change from winter to spring.
Let it also mark one from extravaganza to
economy.
Ooe dollar will secure a bank book.
Many other dollars will soon follow and
the addition of per cent. interest will
soon make the savings something worth
while.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Furman University has been ruled
out of the State Intercollegiate
Athletic Association on account of
charges of professionalism against
four members Of the team.
Magnolia Camp. W. Of W, of Spar
tanburg has added brass band to the
other attractions of the Camp.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
Land Surveying

Twill give prompt attention to all calls
for surveying, plating, terracing hill sides,
draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages
Titles, Prcbatine. &c.
BANKS b. BOYKIN, D. S.,
Oct 19-o Catchall, S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

A big lot of new paper novels re
ceived today by II. G. Osteen & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Call, see and buy our crepe paper.
Osteen & CO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Capital stock paid il, $4,000 90
Undivided surplus, $1,000 90
Individual liability of stockhold-
ers in excess of their stock, $4,000 90
Transacts a general banking business:
also has Saving Bank Department. De-
posts of 81 and upward received. Inter
est allowed at the rate of per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annually.
W. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.
MARION NOISE, W. F. RHAME,
Vice. President. Cashier.
Jan. 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

The report of the committee on fire
tests of cotton bales, Edward W.
Thomas, of Charlotte, n. c., and
VIM. E. Hartshorne, of Lawrence, was
also read.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
Ancient Time.

The early Egyptians divided the
day and night each into twelve hours,
a custom adopted by the Jews or the
Greeks probably from the Babyloni.
ans. The day is said to have first
been divided into hours from B. C. 293,
when sun dial was erected in the
temple Of Quirinus at Rome. Previous
to the invention of water clocks, B. c..
l5S, the time was called at Rome by
public criers. In early England one
expedient of measuring time was by
wax candles, three inches burning an
hour The first perfect mechanical
clock was not made until about A. D..
1850. Day began at sunrise among
most of the northern nations, at sun
set among the Athenians and Jews, at
midnight among the Romans, as with
us.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
johnson Before Boswell.

1t must not be forgotten that the
picture Of Johnson that Boswell gives
us Is picture of Johnson in his de.
Ginning years, his character formed,
his work for the most part done. The
Johnson whom we all know In the
famous biography, the Great Cham
of literature, the founder of the
famous club, the revered philosopher
whose grotesque antics moved his
friends to alternate awe and laugh
ter, the tender-hearted and rough.
hammered man who bullied the strong
and bowed humbly to the weak, was
the product of long life amid an
environment unknown to Boswell ex-
cept by report, and of an heredity
which, had he known, he could not
have appreciated.-T. M. PARROT, in
Booklovers Magazine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29

I Mildred Ayres drew away from the
frantic clasp and the tragic eyes up.
turned to hers. She almost wished
that she had given Juan her answer
at once.
She had decided in her heart that II
should be yes" but with a womans
perversity. she had wished to defer
surrender And now
"He was mine always before you
came Never, even when he went
away to lchool, did he care for an.
other woman--only me. And now. IL
you will go away. he Will forget-and
come back to me-.
That night Mildred Ayres reasoned
with herself.
THE girl is right. do not love him
as she does. And I can live without
him. | love him for what he can give
me-surcease from anxiety, RESPONSE
bility and drudgery. She loves him
for his own splendid self. l might tire
of him, or tire him. She never would.
And So"
Then she wrote a curt little note,
which belied the tears she had to wipe
away lest they blot the words.
The next evening, with that curt
note crushed in his burning palm, Juan
sylvia rode back from San Francisco to
Baden.
Disappointment, wounded pride and
fiery temper gave the black horse a
hard run, and 1t took only an hour to
reach Bonita's garden, where, In the
twilight, she gathered violets.
On an east-bound express, woman
looked backward toward the setting
sun and murmured:
81 wonder II the girl was right!
Will he go back?"
For how could she know that In the
violet garden tremulous lips were pray.
ing for her, Ave after Ave, and the
midnight of those dusky eyes was
once more shot with golden lights?-
Lenora Bechler in Boston Globe
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
MAYOR scHMiTz's APT REPLY,
How City's Chief Executive Got Rid
Of Bore


Of Bore.
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco
tells of an untiring politician who de-
manded position. To escape him
and kindred men the mayor HE'D him.
self to the suburbs. And In the sub.
urbs the applicant halted the mayor.
The politician placed his cane behind
him and rested on 1t as a seat Better
opportunity had never been presented
for arguing his just claim. His fidget.
ing caused the cane to move slightly.
Yes, sir" said the Office seeker II
am entitled to a position in the city's
service and am looking for an open
ing"
rs there any kind of work to which
you are adapted?" asked the mayor.
The man took courage from the
question and said that any kind of an
opening would suit.
BY this time the mans unsteadiness
had brought the cane, which was bear.
ing his weight, precariously near q
knot hole. The mayor thought. In
expectancy the applicant shifted his
position. The next instant he was
endeavoring to follow his cane through
a hole in the board walk.
There" said the mayor, every
much relieved, lis an opening for you
Try and fill it; IL you don't succeed
see the board of public works. Dos
ton Post.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29

Juan Sylvia leaned from his saddle
and gazed into the lovely face lifted
to his own.
why weren't you at the corrals TO
day, Bonita? | watched all day ano
not one sight of your beautiful race
rewarded me-"
mo, senior, was busy In the gar
den. You must remember that this Is
violet time, and the time is short, so
they must be watered and gathered
each day. But thought of you
yes-often, and the violets whispered
of you"
Then, with swift blush, she
dropped her eyes shyly, and-saw her
shabby shoes and coarse skirt.
When she looked up again, Juan
was shutting his lips firmly. He had
started to speak. but now, sitting
erect, he gathered up the RATA which
hung from his saddle and remarked
cheerily:
We'll, the father must surely let
you come tomorrow We are to have
great time at the corrals, for We
have 500 new cayuses and a newspa'
per reporter will be there to write up
and take cut pictures. Maybe you
would like to see how she does it?"
"She?" questioned Bonita breath
lessly. is she pretty?"
mo, believe not" answered Juan
carelessly. AT least-well, you can
see her for yourself tomorrow.
Then swinging the sombrero from
his handsome head he put the spurs
to his horse and was soon out of
sight.
Bonita stood with tightly clasped
hands, watching the fog as it rolled up
from the sea to swallow the strong,
erect figure on the galloping horse.
yes, | will go tomorrow, II only to
see this girl. Something tells me-
but no. you must love me. You must
you have loved me always. know
1t, | know It," she sobbed passionately.
And Juan sylvia?
He, too, was murmuring to himself,
or was it to the image of 1.-THE. gray
clad figure whose crown OF golden
brown hair was half hidden by trim
sailor hat.
Are you beautiful?" he was ask
ing. mo. not beautiful as Bonita AL.
yarez is. She is lovely, a dark-eyed
queen, but as untutored as the violets
she grows. While you-you make me
think of those other days, of the life
that might be mine. If it were not for
my old father. Why did he give me
that taste of civilization. only &c
snatch me back to this?"
And yet in his heart, he knew that
only the sight OF Mildred Ayres, spe
cial reporter on the New York Blazer
had caused the old restlessness to re
assert itself.
The next morning the corrals pre-
sented an animated scene, and Mis-!
Ayres, with her camera. was on han,
early.
The foreman who received he
spoke English, but poorly, so, afte
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29

struggling shoulders and plying eyes.
she took her embittered way back to
the little garden. where she could pour
her grief into the ears of her violets
And while Bonita suffered and grew
pale and lost the golden light in her
midnight eyes, the intimacy between
Juan and Miss Ayres grew. There
came a day when. as they walked
toward the tiny depot where she was
to take the train for San Francisco.
she said to Juan:
II think this will be my last trip to
Baden, Mr.. sylvia, for day after to-
morrow | start East. How much you
have done to make my stay pleasant
and how much your excellent stories
have helped to advance my position
] on my paper. cannot explain to you,
| but. believe me. l am most grateful.
Upon these impersonal, convention.
al words broke the voice of Juan.
You shall not go! love you and
you must stay herewith me. In my
glorious West, where you shall never
write for money again, but only the
most beautiful things, as you feel
them"
Then came a torrent of half English
half-Spanish love phrases that fairly
stunned the New York girl. What
should she say? 1t all sounded SO
peaceful. so inviting. to one who had
fought her way for several years.
The train came and went, and she
still stood, gazing out to the sea-
nv hn
sun were battling for supremacy. AT
last she sighed and turned back to
the man.
Tomorrow | will tell you. Come
to my hotel in San Francisco, and you
shall have your answer And now
that | have missed my train, while we
wait for another, let us see one OF
those beautiful violet gardens OF
which have heard so much. No; we
will not talk of-love but of violets.
And so it happened that the un
thinking Juan led her to the home OF
Bonita Alvarez, whose violets were
the talk of Baden and beyond.
But when he saw Bonita's face, he
remembered, and cursed himself fos
a fool, that he had brought this other
woman to her whom. in an idle mo
ment he dreamed of loving. So he ex
cused himself on the plea of wishing
to see Alvarez, and left the two girls
alone.
OF Bonita Mildred Ayres knew
nothing She plunged into the intrica
cies Of violet culture and was amazed
to feel suddenly a burning hant
clasped on her wrist.
mo. you shall not write. You shall
listen Why have you done this to m'
; you who have so much and so lit
tie? He loved me first-yes, he would
have loved me always, but for you
And 1t is not you he loves, but you
fine ways, and your costly clothes, anC
the life you live that once was his
| Why-why could you not go back 4
that life-and leave my Juan for me
J You could live without him-coul,
forget him-but Ill will die"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
LoUBET A STRONG MAN.
London Spectator Praises the Presi.
dent Of France

dent Of France.
The London Spectator has this to
say Of M. Loubet: THE French presi.
dent Is, We fancy, essentially a grave
and respectable lawyer. with remin.
lscence Of the farmstead from which
he sprang still visible in his char.
acter; without genius, but man OF
acumen and of sterling worth He has
done nothing great, but under him no
one expects disorder, and il he has
not picked out first-rate administrators
as ministers he has chosen men ca.
pable Of the most solid work. The
French see their innermost preference
embodied in the president, and even
when IT rains epigrams in Paris they
pay him every reverence, crowd to
hear his plain and direct, though brief,
speeches and strive in every village
he passes to display some evidence
of good will"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
Prayer.

Pray for my soul, More things are
wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams OF. Wherefore
let thy voice
Rise Ike a fountain for me night and
day.
For what are men better than sheep or
goats
That nourish blind life within the BRAIN
II, knowing God, they lift not hands OF
prayer
Both Cor themselves and those who call
them friend?
For so the whole round earth is every
way
Bound by gold chains about the feet Of
God. -Tennyson.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29

For tickeS tU or from all points East. West.
North or South. call on
W. ". wooDsIDn.
Agent
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
At the Baden Corral

"Juan's father is the richest ranch
ero, yes-and Juan he sent East to
college. Now he is back, and the
father is old and i'll, and Juan Is mas.
ter. And the senorita shall talk with
the master If she will"
All that day Juan walked at Miss
Ayers side. Late in the afternoon
Bonita left her violet garden long
enough to make hurried trip to the
corrals, but she stopped only few
moments. Juan had forgotten her com.
ing. He was on the other side Of the
big corral, talking with Miss Ayres.
And so, leaving the cowboys behind
with their significant glances, their
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
MUST LEARN TO TALK CHINESE
Hard Task Has Been Set New York
Detectives,


Detectives.
New York detectives who have
been raiding what they thought were
Chinese fan-tan games have been con.
fronted with proof that they were real.
ly interrupting Oriental religious wor-
ship. Now their chief wants a couple
Of them to learn Chinese to avoid
Illuminating mistakes in the future. As
most Of the detectives are Celts they
do not take kindly to the notion and
the language of the flowery kingdom
is VIGOROUSLY hard to learn. One white
man who had conducted a Chinese
,theater in Mott street for ten years
has a vocabulary of only 122 words,
confined exclusively to expressions
synonymous with money. While the
detectives are wondering what to do
fan-tan or joss worship or some mys.
dterious game, spiritual or material, Is
flourishing in Chinatown.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29

field recently celebrated his sixty-first
birthday anniversary, and is in the
full tide of vigorous manhood of
mind and body, He is a native Of De.
troit, and has spent his entire career
In that city.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
Quite an Error,

"Now, by gosh" said the rural post
master, "the reporter that put this
In the paper didn't know his business.
He says the sheriff collared 81 Hard.
acre"
Isn't that what happenet?" drawIeA
the citizen on the herring keg.
Nav! Why, 81 Hardacre nsvsv
we're a collar in his liie."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29

trying in vain to secure the informa.
ton she desired, she asked:
Where Is the young man | talked
with yesterday-the one with black
hair and eyes? He rode a black horse"
The foreman shrugged his Shout.
der. After all she was woman.
Juan sylvan"
II believe that was his name. Can
you spare him?"
1T is for him to say. He owns It
ALL"
Then, noting the smile in Miss
Ayres face, he added:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
PRESIDENT TO uNvElL SHAFT
Fine Soldiers Monument Has Been
Erected at Pontiac, III.

ETecteu AZ TOHtIdc, TIT.
The unwilling and dedication by
President Roosevelt Of the monument
Just completed at Pontiac, ILL.,, in men,
DRY Of the soldiers and sailors Of Liv-
ingstoh county, promises to be the
most notable event in the history OF
that district. The monument was vot-
ed by the supervisors last fall and
commentaries the soldiers from Liv.
ingston county who participated in the
war of the rebellion. The corner stone
was laid in November and the dedi.
cation date has been set for June 3,
when President Roosevelt will stop
while touring Illinois. An elaborate
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
DETROIT MAN CHOSEN UMPIRE

Gen. Dutfeid Selected In Venezuelan.
German Dispute.
Gen, Henry Martin Dufield, who has
been appointed an umpire in the dis.
pute between Venezuela and Germany,
Is a widely known lawyer OF Detroit,
Mich, who had quite distinguished
career in the late war with Spain, in
which he served as brigadier gen
eral Of volunteers, and for gallantry
in which he was brevetted major gen
ural at Aguadores in Cuba. Gen. Duf
, 1903-10-29
Trip From walcott to Saratoga.
vlciouSness

The social given laat Friday
evening under the auspices of the
Presbyterian Sunday School, was
an entire uccess socially, and
somethining over 81 was Melted.
The social was called d trip from
Walcott to Saratoga, and the party
gathered at the residence of {. Nj.
Wilcox which var labelled Wal
colt. and where the start was made.
AT this point breakfast was served,
consisting of hot cakes and coffee.
From Walcott the party stopped
at Pass Creek, which was the resi-
dence of A. w Eager, where, as
the stage was late, only II short
stop was made. The half way
house was at Judge Rowen's, where
the party were served with lemon
ade. From there the party went
to the residence of Chas. Kienzle,
which was Saratoga.
The main preparations for EN-
pertaining the guests had been
made at this point. Refresh
ments were served at the Cafe
de Coyote after which, games,
music and II visit 10 Sleepy Hol-
low and Spooks den, Pedagogue's
Retreat, and LII. ID. Roost, ended
the evenings program and the
guests departed.
The program was something
new and everyone enjoyed the
evening very much.
, 1903-10-29

Going After People Don't Pay.

Going After People Don't Pay.
There is really nothing in going af.
ter people, says William Allen White
in IA recent editorial. The man or
womau who devotes himself or her
self to getting some ones scalp gem
orally claws the thin air. You cant
get another mans scalp. He can
lose ii by his fo~olishness, but that Is
the only way he can part with it.
Every year in this town somebody
has TO learn this lesson. The expert
ence of others teaches nothing. But
every year an outfit starts out to do
up some one and 1t the end of the
year old Mr.. Someone is doing bust
ness at the old stand and the outfit
hasn't as many cattle as it ought to
have nor AS fat hogs, nor rs much
money in the bank. All of which
seems to prove that it pays TO lend "A
hand, not a hammeI. There is no
thing in hate that eve gets on the
bank book except in red ink. There
Is nothing in getting even, except
sleepless nights for the fellow who
tries il. Kindness pays more than
viciousness.
, 1903-10-29
budget
Recommends Reforestation

Down east exchanges have been
filed with heart rendering accounts
of recent destruction of life and pro-
perty. the past two weeks, by food.
We of the west are sorry, but are
comforted by the thought that when
that country shall settle up II littl,-
with attendant tree planting to
which copper-cent professors with
long official han les So frequently
call our attention conditions may
change with them. Meanwhile. us
affording Il possible solution Of the
problem based on well known ndvo-
cacy of the conservation of ilooi
waters wherever found, ! would -ug
gest hat some active steps he taken
at one for the thorough rriore station
of Greater New York and other semi
arid wastes. II might help IL little.
, 1903-10-29
One Result.

My brethren said the preacher,
Il feel inclined to say
A word or SO concerning
A most immoral play.
This wicked, awful drama
Each night attracts II crowd,
If | had but the say so
l. should not he allowed.
The costumes are too dreadful
For any II to see;
The songs and speeches, also,
Are full of deviltry.
The theater where this is
At Black and Blunkthum streets
But half his hearers ran on,
To telephone for seats.
Chicago Tribune.
, 1903-10-29
Seventh anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. I'll. Green eel
ebrated the seventh anniversary OF
their wedding, on the evening of
Oct. 2lst, at their residence.
The invited guests were Mr., and
Mrs. A. j. Doggett. Mr.. and Mrs
G. f. Holck, Mr.. and Mrs, G. h.
Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. q. Ster-
rett. Mr.. and Mrs j. =. Stanley,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Clutf, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W, Scott. Mrs. II. A.
Dyer, Mrs. T.. p. Andrews, Mrs.
Nuzum. Mrs. Deegan. Miss Brown,
Mr.. K. w. Dyer and Mr.. p. A.
kock.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Green were the
recipients of many nee remem-
brances by their guests. Refresh
ments we're served during the eve
ming and all enjoyed very pleas
ant time.
, 1903-10-29
Brownlee Rankin.

1t is reported that Miss Lizzie
Rankin, of Rawlius. and JOHN
Bro"nlee. of Riverside, were mar
ried recently in RawIins. Mrs.
Brownlee Is Il sister of j. q.
Rankin, of Rawlins. Mr.. Brown
lee is II prosperous ranchman. who
lives on Cherokee creek. above En-.
campment.
, 1903-10-29

The people of Wyoming will be
PANIED to learn that Mrs. W. A.
Richards, the wife of former gov
ernor and the present Commissioner
Of the General Land Office, died
in Washington, at II o'clock p. m.
Tuesday night. She eve recov'
ered from her recent illness and
gradually grew more feeble day af-
ter day. She was a most excellent
woman and a fitting help meet for her
husband in all things.
, 1903-10-29

ELECTRIC roads are solving the
problem of cheap transportation all
over the East. At first all electric lines
we're confined to the cities. Gradual
" they were extended to the sub
urbs then to nearby towns and vii
lagos. But Of late years this suburb
AN traffic has become so remunera-
tive that the companies have gradu-
ally extended their lines to take III
nearby-towns and villages, and at the
present time nearly all of the large
cities are now connected with each
other by means Of trolley lines. So
serious has become this competition
between the steam and the electric
roads that in many places the steam
roads have been compelled To pull
oil their local passenger trains alto
gether and are nov running only
through trains. The same state of
affairs prevails in California, where
the entire southern part OF the state
is being honeycombed with electric
lines. Since this method of travel is
50 popular why would it not succeed
here in the mountains, where we have
an abundance of water and ideal
sites for reservoirs and power sites,
Think this matter over.
, 1903-10-29
THURSDAY. OCTOBER %, 1901.

A DENVER paper facetiously places
its report of the court martial, now
going on in that town, in its sporting
columns.
, 1903-10-29
PRESS CLIPPINGS.


tkemmercr Camera >
We are a Military Nation.
If any one doubts that we are be
coming "A great military nrtion, let
him read the accounts OF those ter
rible battles now raging at Fort Ril-
ey.
Greater Than He That Taketh a City
Dowie at his first great meeting in
New York became p%etulant and IN
cry, forgetting that 'he that is slow
TO anger is better than the mighty
and he that ruleth his spirit than he
that taketh a city" And he hasn't
taken the city as yet.