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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-28

.The. Fair Association is building
substantial buildings now. That
Sbew horse barn is a dandy. The
main building is two stories high
and around that in horseshoe shape
are fourteen box stalls, with plank
floors leading out into the main build
ing where horses can be hitched and I'M
hitched. Up stairs is large hay NOW.
The building is certainly credit to
the association and must please the
horse men,,
DR.. W. L. Burnap and wife, Of Eagle
Grove, Ia, arrived in Cooperstown last
Saturday to look over the town with
a view to locating. DR.. Burnap can
yassed the town thoroughly and has
decided to locate here. He has rented
the Office rooms in the State Bank
block formerly occupied by DR.. Kerr.
The Courier believes that there is a
good field for doctor here and If he is
the right kind and successful in his
work he will undoubtedly do well. We
certainly wish him success. DR.. Bur-
nap has practiced successfully at Eagle
Grove, Ia, and can furnish all kinds
Of testimonials as to his standing there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
As Seen BY Mothers.

IL you want to find the real sentl-
rneas with regard to the dispensary," "
said a leading physician of Yorkville
ID she reporter a few Gays ago, you
20 around and talk with the mothers
Of families in the country surround
Sng AS rule they did not haze q
great deal to say while the agitation
was going on. They seemed inclined
10 yield to the argument that the
d;sGaassry was better than the blind
tiaer. But WITHIN the past year many
ncshers have noted liquor effects that
slaey did not see while the business
was confined exclusively to tie tigers.
Iany Of them are having to contend
with drunkenness in their homes and
knowing that, the dispensary is
entirely responsible, their views have
soecoms definite and fixed. If the ques-
tien Of doing away with the dispensary
and restoring old conditions were LETT
70 the mothers of this vicinity do not
think there would be great deal OF
doubt as to the result ''-Yorkvllle
Enquirer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
Wilcox Gets Thirty Years.

Raleigh, N. c., June 10.-James
Wilcox, the murderer of Nellie
Cropsey, Of Elizabeth City, will have
to serve his sentence of thirty years in
the state prison here. He was tried
twice; the first time he was convicted
Of murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hanged.
He was given a new trial by the
supreme court because the spectators
at the trial made demonstration when
Wilcox's lawyer arose to speak. In
the second trial he was tried in a
different county and convicted Of mur-
der in the second degree and sentenced
to serve thirty years in the peniten-
tiary. From this Judgment Wilcox ap-
pealed. This Judgment the supreme
court today affirmed in an opinion
embracing thirty typewriter pages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
the STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA
SUMTER COUNTY.

Court of Common Pleas. !
Robert N. Owen, Alfred Owen, Thomas B.
Owen, William c. Owen, Nancy j. Owen,
John Robert Owen, Eloise Owen, Flor
ence a. Martin, Mary Burnett Maxwell
and Hannah Booth, plaintiffs,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
China's Drug Store.
Masters S Sale.

BY VIRTUE Of Decree of the Court
of Common Pleas for Sumter County. IN
the State of South Carolina, in the case of
Mark Reynolds against Wade capers, I
will sell to the highest bidder at public
auction at the Court House in the City of
Sumter, in SAID County and State, on sale
day in July, 1903. being the sixth day of
of said month. during the usual hours Of
sale, the following described real estate, to
wit
All that parcel or tract of lani, situate,
lying and being in the County Of Sumter,
Providence township, and State of South
Carolina, containing twenty-five acres,
bounded or the north and east by lands of
Mrs. Teresa NJ. Spsnn, south by the neigh
borhood road running between this and
L. S. Carson's land, west by land of George
E. Martin. The SAID tract OF land being
represented on plat made by W. Loring
Lee, surveyor, dated November sth, 1900,
and being the same tract of land conveyed
to Wade Capers by Mrs. Teresa NJ Spann
Terms of sale, cash I; purchaser to pay
for papers.
June 10 Master for Sumter &c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
MEXICAN COTTON BOIL WEEvIL.
Government EntomoIogists Discre-
dit the Report that the Pest
Has Appeared in Mississippi
and Alabama Cotton Fields,
BUT THE MATER WILL BE lNvEsTl-
GATED. 30

Washington, June 7.-Representa-
tive Livingston, of Georgia, has call,
ed the attention ef the agriculture.
department to reports that the Mexi-
can cotton boil weeyil has made Its
appearance in three counties in Mis-
sissippi and in one county in Alabama.
The reports will be investigated by
the department, but the Government
entomologists are confident that they
will be found to be founded on errors.
For some years past the department
has received reports Of the presence OF
the weevii in other States besides
Texas, but in every case it has been
found that some other insect has been
mistaken for the cotton boil weevil.
The officials Of the department are con-
vinced that it is only g question OF a
comparatively few years until the
Weevil overruns the entire cotton
belt, but they do not believe that it
has yet crossed the Mississippi River,
nor do they expect it to do so this
year. It is admitted, however, that
it is possible that few of the insects
have been carried across to Mississippi
and Alabama in cotton that may have
been shipped from Texas into those
States and that new centres Of Infection
may have been started. 8
No reports have yet been received
from the field agents of the depart
ment as to the spread Of the weevil
in Texas this year, but it is expected
that the infected area will be found
considerably larger than last year and
that the weeyiI will be found further
north and further east than ever be-
fore. DR.. i. O. Howard, the chief
entomologist Of the department., is
now in Texas making a personal study
of the situation. When be returns
to Washington about July l it is
probable that he will be able to throw
more light on the rate at which the
pest is spreading and the extent to
which this years crop will be dam
aged.
The experts of the department will
continue the study Of the insect
throughout the present season in Texas
and will make further Investigations
as to the best method for combating
it. They have contracted with the
OWuSIS O1 SSfS1a1 S1o0eo1tOuo IL oAoSA0
ent parts of the infected regions for
the practical sest and illustration OF
methods of combating the weevil.
Under these contracts the agents of the
have the full direction Of
the planating and cultivation of the
crop. The owner. of the plantation
plants his cotton just when the agent
of the department tells him to, no uses
the method prescribed by the depart
ment for planting. and he cultivates
it Just as he is instructed to. The
gurantees him against
loss by agreeing to pay him the differ
ence between his crop and the average
of surrounding plantations if the
methods prescribed are not success
ful.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
Peace in Venezuela.

4. = Willemssai, Island of Curacao, June
Ie.-GEen. Matos and the generals who
supported him in the revolutionary
movements in Venezuela have return
I'D here, The revolution against Presi-
dent Castro is ended.
After the disastrous defeat of the
revolutionary forces at Pedregal Gen.
Masos, the revolutionary leader, was
obliged to flee with his generals, Rie-
ra, Penalosa, Solagnie and Perdomo.
They left Venezuela in small row
boat and landed early today On the
Island of Curacoa. The Government
troops captured nearly all of Matos's
army
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
Winthrop College Scholarship
and Entrance Examinations

TEE EXAMINATIONS for the award
of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission of new stu
dents will be held at the County Court
House on Friday, July 10th, at a. m.
Applicants must not be less than is
years OF age.
When schola' ships are vacated after
July 10Th. they will be awarded to those
making the highest average at this exami-
nation.
The next session will open about Sep
tember Is, 1903.
For further information and cata-
logue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock
Hill, S. G. May 12-July s-1aW
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.

To the defendants above named
You are hereby summoned and required
to answe. the complaint in this action, of
which copy is herewith served upon you,
and to serve copy of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at his
Office in the city of Sumter S. c., within
twenty days after the service hereof upon
you, exclusive Of the day of such service ;
and if you fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesei3 the plaintiffs in
this action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint
Dated, Sumter, S. c., June I, 1903.
And the defendants, Margaret Jane
Dixon, William r. Owen, Alice Parry,
Florence A. Newton and Elizabeth John
son and all and singular any other heirs at
lew of John and Hannah Owen, deceased,
are hereby notified that the complaint in
the above stated action has this second
day of June, 1903, been fled in the Office
of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Sumter County, State of South
Carolina.
MARK REYNOLDS,
June 1O-6W Plaintiffs Attorney.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17

Johnson City, Tenn. June 1l.-Mrs.
Isaac Poore, wife of Washington
County farmer, was criminally assault
ed late yesterday afternoon by Adam
Jackson, Charlotte, N. c.. negro. A
mob pursued and caught him, and had
strung him up when deputy sheriff
and posse arrived. The negro was taken
down in response to appeals of the
posse. He confessed his crime, was
bound to Court and is now in. jail at
Jonesborc. Mrs. Poore may die.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
Paine's Celery
Compound
CURES RHEUMATISM.

Rheumatism, which does its terrible work
in the muscles, joints, and tissues, is caused by
uric acid which gathers in the blood. 10 get
rid of this poisonous acid which produces the
irritations, pains, agonies, inflammations, and
swellings peculiar 10 rheumatism, Paine's
Celery Compound should be used without
delay. No other medicine gives such prompt,
cheering, and happy results. It is the only
medicine that prevents return OF the dreaded
disease. Paine's Celery Compound braces
the nerves, the blood is quickly cleared OF all
irritating poisons, tissue and muscle are built
up, and the digestive organs perfectly toned.
Do not treat with indifference the slightest
rheumatic symptoms; the early use OF Paine's
Celery Compound will save you weeks and
months of suffering. Mr.. S. D. Conway,
St. Louis, Mo-, was permanently cured by
Paine's Celery Compound after repeated fail
ures with other medicines and physicians; ne
says
81 am 81 years of age, and have lived in
St. Louis 27 years, and all this time with the
exception of three years, have served IN the
Engineers Department as Inspector. Last
winter contracted rheumatism and was laid
up. tried all remedies and doctors, but all
failed until struck Paine's Celery Compound,
which has made permanent cure in my case.
have recommended it to many, and they
have used it with the same result.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
FIRST NATIONAL BANA OF
SUMTER,

Total protection to depositors, sl75.ooo oe
Trsnsacts General Banking Business.
Special attenticu given to collections.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
A PAINT SHOP

kept by q practical painter Of
80 years experience, where can
be got Lead and Oil mixed any
color, also Ready Mixed Paints
ard Paints for different use,
such as Floor, Roof, Iron, Var
nishes. Bronze, sandpaper, Put
ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso-
mine, etc. | want some work
painting and upholstering. |
will paint your house, Kalso-
mine or paper the walls cheap,
for while at work | am very
apt to find a Sofa, Rocker, or
sideboard that needs scraping
and vanishing, also upholstered
| have some pretty colors In
Morocoline, Hair Cloth. Mohair
Plush, or | may find a Car
riage or Buggy that l will paint
for ten dollars and give you a
set of harness free, or paint the
buggy for five dollars and no
gift Buggy tops 5000, fitted
on Whee's, steel tires, painted
and put on ready for road,
$1,000 per sett. Shafts, paint
ed and trimmed, $500.
Agent for Councils self-lu-
bricating Axles.
Office in Curtis Houses, No
326 South Main street.
II. B. CURTIS.
Phone l95. I paint signs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
NOTICE.
70 all and Singular the Creditors o
:. 3. Irim1al, Deceased.

You are hereby required to come IN and
prove before me at my Office in the city Of
Sumter, IN the County of Sumter, in the
State of South Carolina, your claims
against the late j. B. Trimnal, on or before
the Goth day of June, 1903, or else be for
ever barred of all right to any funds arls-
ing in the case of j. D. Trimnal vs.. Susan
E. Trimnaa in her own right and as admin
istratrix of the Estate of j. B. Trimnal,
deceased, and others.
II. FRANK WILSON,
Master for Sumter County.
;Jrrne 8. 1908. 2t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT,

Deposits Of 81 and upwards received. In
terest allowed at the rate OF per cent. per
annum, on amounts above SIS and not exceed
ing $500, payable quarterly, on frst days o.
January. April, July and October.
a. j. CHINA,
r. L. EDMUSDs, President.
Cashier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
GUN and LOGKSMITR.

I take pleasure in giving no.
tice to my friends and the pub
lie generally, that, having re-
gained my health, I have re-
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line Of Guns, Locks, Sewing
Machines, &c. Prices reasona-
bic, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. %
West Liberty street. two doors
from Osteen's Book Store.
r. S. BRADWELL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17

Despite the destruction of the Paco-
1et and Clifton properties, the state
1nent that they viii rebuild has caused
many to attempt to buy their stocks
&c bargain. An offer was made IN
Charlotte to buy $50, 600 worth OF Paco-
sIet and Clifton stocks, half and haF,
81 Hfsy cents on the dollar, or $4,000
for The whole.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17

Margaret Jane Dixon, William II. Owen,
Alice Parry, Florence A. Newton, Eliza
beth Johnson (of Great Brittany, Luke
Runner Owen, Warren Watson Owen,
Ola Owen, Alice Gwen and NJ. Carlisle
Owen and all and singular any others
wso are the heirs at law of John Owen
and Hannah Owen, deceased, defend
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-20
he PROVED A CLEAN ALIeI.
And Now the People of BronxviiIc,
N. Y, Are Glad They Didat
Lynch Edward Green.

New York, Nov. 15.-Edward Green,
a Mount Vernon negro, arrested few
days ago, on the charge of having at
tempted to rob and assault young
white woman employed as secretary by
former State Senator |. N. Mills, has
been acquitted.
Green was threatened with lynehing
by the people of Bronxville Wednesday
night after the girl had positively iden-
titled him as her assailant. Now the
citizens are thankful that they waited
until the case was tried.
Mayor Fisk and members of his fam
lily testified that Green was at his house
on a political mission at the hour the
assault occurred
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-20
A .DRUMMER'S TALE.
BY ALEX RICKETTS,.

Say" asked the talkative commer-
cial traveller, as be preferred being
called, did you ever strike a town
that was terrorized by what they de-
ludingly called a Town Improvement
society in the midst of it's annual
spring spasm?"
NO" | replied, yawning YEARLY,
81 don't believe ever have. Why?'
"There wouldn't be any belief about
1t If you had you'd know it-know it
just as sure as you'd know inflamma-
tory rheumatism if you had that, and
say, you put up supplication, or
gross of EN- would be safer, every day
you live that your steps will never be
led into one of EN-, such -blatted
finicky, foolish towns, N an, he adj
vised, with such fervid earnestness
that one of the buttons flew Off his
vest pray that you'll get sent to'the
Philippines, or the penitentiary, or
even the scaffold, but be forever kept
out of such town if you value your
peace of mind above a Dne-cent can
celed postage stamp"
whats the matter with thern?"
asked, smiling superciliously at his
heat.
"Everything, everything that's heart
breaking and nerve-racking and brain
twisting, everything that goes to make
q toad's life under harrow one round
of joyless and futile unrest" he re-
piled, sadly and solemnly.
"You seem to have had some expe-
rience." / suggested, curiously.
81 have. Oh, yes, have he agreed,
emphatically. Il struck one town like
that the other day, and | never expect
to be the same man again. I've had to
use gallons and gallons of hair dye
ever since SOS my customers can recog-
nize me: talk about hair turning white
in a single night, mine turned white
In the daytime. The giddy whirl be-
gan when | sauntered out OF the post
Office and threw a circular I'd received
away in the street. | didn't mean any
harm. had no intention OF dishg-
uring the town beyond repair. 1t was
not deep laid and diabolically ingeni-
Gus plot of mine to ruin the fair fame
for neatness possessed by that COM
munity. simply didn't want that cir
cular. 1t did not seem to be of enough
value to me or to my posterity to war
rant my filing it away in the family
archives. So | disposed of 1t In the
natural, usual way. But | was imme-
diately pounced upon by large and
brawny policeman, whole lot Drawn
Ter around the waist than anywhere
else. and run in before the mayor,
who casually fined me a five-spot for
littering up the streets with waste pa
per. Say. l don't call poor little
innocent four by six circular ofacough
ba,sam much of litter, do you?
well, when I got out of the mayors
office leaned up against tree to kind
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-20
CAME TO UNDERSTANDINGS.
Miners and Operators in Colorado
District Get Together.
and the Miners VIII Probably
soon Resume work.

Louisville. Col, Nov. l5.-The miners
and operators in the Colorado district
reached a satisfactory conclusion al an
early hour Saturday morning, after
being in conference for nine hours. and
in consequence the miners will, be-
yond doubt, resume operation Monday.
The matter will have to be referred TO
the various unions of the district for d
referendum vote, and the vote will be
counted Monday. II is believed that the
agreement will be ratified with prac-
Teal unanimity.
President Struby of the Northern
Coal & Coke Co. acted as chairman of
Tire meeting, and made the following
proposition:
To settle the existing strike in the
northern Ignite field, the operators in
that field offer to resume work on an
eieht-hour basis, with the understand
ing that if the miners lose the present
strike against the principal operators
in the southern Colorado field, or if
said operators shall not accept an
day, the miners will go back
to the hours prevailing before the
strike"
He also announced the wage scale,
which the Northern Coal & Coke Co.
was willing to pay, and was an increase
Of about ten per cent.
After a secret consultation the min
ers made counter proposition, the
principal difference being III the price |
Tor mining the coal in veins of differs
emf thicknesses.
The final result was the acceptance
# the miners proposition by the OPP
practically as presented.
1t is stated that the change vii. ne
an increase in the price of lig
lite coal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-20
DOBB|NS & EWING.
Bell Phonei3o. Citizens Phone 70.

of eaten my breath ana hgure tn1nSS
out little, and I'll be josh-swizzled
if that same cop didn't jump me again
run me back again and | was prompt
| ly fined five more for brushing the
| whitewash off that tree. | offered to
whitewash the whole blasted police
! force, and throw the mayor in himself
| for good measure for the same amount
| but | only got fined five more for con-
tempt of court for my pains. | amt
, exaggerating mite.
You can bet high" he continued
after a long sigh that when l made
my escape after that | didn't take any
more foolish and reckless chances OF
violating any more of their hospitable
ordinances, not me. | just wiped my
shoes clean with my pocket handler
chief, and tiptoed tenderly down the
exact middle of the street, taking all
the pains in the world not to damage
Dr. deface, or even touch any of their
| things except the dirt under my toes,
and that just as lightly as my two hun
Ired avoirdupois would let me. and
holding my breath all the way for fear
I'd be again arrested and run in and
fined some more for not harmonizing
with the landscape, or having some
thing inartistic about my general style
Of architecture. I'm sticking to the
facts.
But somehow, or other, after all
my trouble | must have got kind OF
careless when | saw my hotel almost
IN reach and let my mind wander from
the necessary and prudent precautions
I'd been taking to the charming time
I'd been enjoying, and somehow | must
have got to thinking out loud. Any
way, darned if the next thing | knew
[ wasn't grabbed by that ubiquitous
copper and skated off to his honor, the
mayor. once more and fined ten this
time for swearing out loud in public.
This is straight goods I'm giving you.
well, | refused to move from that
office after this. just sat meek and
humble, and you bet silent, In one cor
ner of it reading over and over again,
SOS not to think of anything else,
text mug up on lne WALT was
The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Giver,- =
until a message I'd sent brought the
trunk. Then l had him load me into
1t, lock the lid down good and fast,
cart it down to the station and ship me
out of town ON the first train that went
anywheres. II l hadn't had sense
enough to think of that, l reckon I'd
be there yet getting run in and paying
fines.
But I'm going back there some day.
Yes. sir, I'm going back to that town
the minute I'm a millionaire. | am.
And I'm going to pile their streets
chin-deep with waste paper, and I'm
going to throw mud all o'er their con-
founded whitewash, and I'm going to
take about thousand pirates along
with me to holler cuss words all av4-
he place, ana do 1t right That's what
I'm going to do, you hear me-" he con-
sluded. with peaceful and happy
smile at the blissful prospect.-N. Y.
timex.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-20
THREE BIG GUNS CONVICTED
The Sensational Naturalization
Fraud Trial at 81. Louis EAds
with a Verdict Of Guilty.

St Louis. Nov. 15.-The jury in the
triple naturalization fraud case. in
which Thomas E. Barrett. former mar
shall OF the court of appeals: John P.
Dolan. chairman Of the democratic
city central committee. and Policeman
Frank Garrett are defendants. re-
turned a verdict of guilty Saturday
afternoon in the United States district
court.
The penalty, which will be assessed
by Judge Adams, is from three TO so
years Imprisonment in the penitenti-
airy for each of the convicted men.
Each may also be fired. the limit be-
ing $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-20
BUSINESS WITH PANAMA..
Germany's Consular Representatives
Have Opened Business ReIa-
lions with Panama.
ing $4,000.

Berlin, Nov. 15.-Germany's consul
lar representatives at Panama have
opened business relations with the new
government which action Germany
subsequently sanctioned.
The German consular officers on the
isthmus have reported to the foreign
Office that the cabinet of Panama is
composed of men worthy of respect
1t is intimated in official circles here
that when the Panama government
makes official notification of the or
ganiation of the new republic, Ger
many will give the usual recognition
without DELAY.