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The Globe-republican., 1903-05-21
A DAISY
AIR RIFLE FOR
THE BOY.

The lad who desires some fun can get an
air rifle from the Kansas City Journal
rs a present.
The name Of this gun is "I'he Daisy
and It Is well named. This gun Is
thirty inches in length from the end Of
the barrel to the end of the stock.
Here is a gun that the boy can have
fun with
TNis Air Rifle Is the finest rifle on the
market, as it is modelled after the latest
target rifle. 1t has a genuine walnut
stock, and is provided with improved
sights, feature everyone will apprv-
ciate. The barrel and all working
parts are made Of steel, and the metal
parts finely nickle plated. 1t is sim
pie in construction and shoots the
strongest. All parts are interchange
able; shoots B, B. shot by compressed
air, with sufficient force to kill spar
rows, rats, etc., at a considerable dis
lance, The rifle is safe in the hands
of u child. 1t weighs over two pounds.
Our proposition: Any boy who will get
ten new subscriptions for the Kansas
City Weekly journal at % cents each
making total Of $3.50. and will send
us a list of the names together with
the money, we will ship to his address
express charges prepaid, this hand
some air rifle. Send money by post.
office order or draft and advise us Of
the name Of your express office,
Boys, here is your chance to get the fun
of your life. Rustic little and get
this gun as our proposition only holds
good until June |, 1908.
Address all communications to the Kan
sas City Journal, Kansas City, Mo.
Send for sample copies Of the Weekly for
canvassing.
The Globe-republican., 1903-05-21

Z Wherever 1t has been introduced, DR..
Culdwell's Syrup Pepsln lends all other
remedies ID curing constipation, indi-
gestion and sick headache. Two sizes,
Doc and 81, at Pine \ Bond, Palace Drug
Store.
The Globe-republican., 1903-05-21

Be sure you patronlze the Civic In
prOyement Clubs dinner and supper
Tuesday, and help . good catse, the
cleaning up and identifying Of thetown,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1908.

this point. About a mile north of
Boynton the Standard Oil Company's
barge No. SO, oil laden, is hard
aground on the beach. The tug having
her in tow has gone north for another
oil barge into which to pump the cargo.
AS this vessel lies on a sandy bottom
and is practically uninjured, she may
bs saved. About five miles south and
nearly opposite Delray, the British
steamship Inchulva is total wreck.
The Inchulvia had mixed cargo of
about 5, 900 tons. She was from Gal
weston to Liverpool. Nine of the crew
Of this steamer were drowned. When
the vessel commenced to break up the
chief engineer went to his cabin to
save 800 and was not seen again.
Three others were washed overheard.
The other five we're drowned in an
attempt to reach the shore. Just north
of Jupiter is the lumber laden three
masted schooner Harriet I. Thomas,
from Pensacola. Her cargo is being
landed, but the vessel will prove to-
tai loss. The American schooner
Martha T. Thomas, lumber laden,
bound from Apalachicola to Baltimore,
is reported ashore nine miles north of
Jupiter. This may be the Harriet I.
Thomas above referred to, the error
growing out of a similarity of names.
These are the only wrecks of conse-
quence reported on the east coast Of
Florida.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23

Washington, Sept. 16.-Commis.
sioner Richards of the general land
office has dismissed ". E. Murphy Of
Georgia, chef clerk of the office of
the surveyor general for Arizona, on
account of irregularities in the ad-
ministration of that Office. He was
suspended from Office Aug. % and his
dismissal is made to take effect then.
Charlotte, N. c., Sept. 17.-As a
result Of an alleged alteration be-
tween Russell Sheriff., young man
of prominent family and Thomas and
Chal White, we'll known business men
of Concern, N. c., Sheriff. was shot
and killed at his home in Rowan
County early this morning by the two
Whites. 1t is stated that Sheriff. had
been approached by the two Whites,
who asked Sheriff. TO make certain
apologies. This morning they called
on Sheriff. and repeated their request,
and upon his refusal the Whites open
ed fire. mortally wounding Sheriff.,
who died in a few moments. The
Whites surrendered to the authorities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Poenage conMcts Pardoned.

Washington. D. c., Sept. 16.-The
President has granted full and uncon-
ditional pardens to George D. and
Barancas F. Crosby, convicted at
Montgomery, Ala, OF violation OF the
peonage law. These men we're indict-
ed for holding Pike Swanson in con-
dition Of peonage, pleaded guilty on
June so, 1903, and on the same day
we're sentenced to Imprisonment for g
year and day in the United States
penitentiary, at Atlanta, Ga. They
have been Imprisoned ever since and
today we're released on telegraph in
structions from the department OF
justice.
Daring the month of June more
than eighty indictments against q
number of individuals, for violation
of the peonage law were returned by
the grand jury at Montgomery and
several convictions were secured, the
sentences imposed ranging from the
minimum, one year, to the maximum,
Eve years.
The President granted the pardons
in the above cases upon the earnest
recommendation of Judge Jones, who
sentenced the prisoners.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Substitute For Sugar Found.


@ "a Washington, Sept. 1.-THE agricul-
tural department. is inquiring into TIE
statement of Consul General Richard
Guenther that new plant has been
discovered in South America which
promises to supplant the sugar cane
and the sugar beet. Scientifically the
plant is known as the Eupatorium re-
bandium, and it contains a large
amount of saccharine matter and a
high percentage of natural sugar pro-
perties which are easy to extract.
According to Mr. Guenther, lump
the size of a pea will sufficiently
sweeten a cup Of coffee, as the pro-
duct made from the plant is from
twenty to thirty times sweeter than
cane or beet sugar. 1t is said to be
easily cultivated in countries having
climatic conditions similar to those of
the southern portion of the United
States. York Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Child Killed by CareIessness.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 16.-While
firing with a revolver at hog, which
was eating up a brood Of young chick
ems at her home at Gull Point late
yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Louise
Tideman accidentally shot and killed
the little daughter of William Doug
lass, neighbor, the bullet entering
the back of the head of the little girl,
passing through the brain. The two
houses occupied by the families are
distant about fifty yards. In the rear
of the Douglass home the children had
constructed them a play house OF
boards and canvass, and they were
playing in there when the little girl
met death. The bullet passed through
a board, entering the back of the lit
tie girls head. Mrs. Tideman was not
aware of the fact that the children
were in the play house. When the bull
let struck the little girl she fell for
ward. Her playmates, although hear
ing the shots, did not know what had
occurred until their efforts to make her
rise proved fruitless.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Yellow Fever in Mexico.

Laredo, Texas, Sept. 16.-The quar-
antine established against Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico, by the State and
Federal authorities is being most
rigidly maintained, it having been de-
monstrated beyond a doubt that yellow
fever exists there.
Dr. George Tabor, of Austin, chief
State health officer; Dr.. II j. Hamil-
ton, marine hospital surgeon, and sev-
eral other prominent physicians, made
a thorough examination of two fever
cases in Neuvo Laredo today, and posi-
lively pronounced one of them yellow
fever and the other every suspicious, .
with symptoms of yellow fever.
The quarantine authorities have de-
cided that all traffic must cease be-
tween Laredo, Texas, and Mexico
points, and therefore, no more trains
will be allowed to cross the interna-
tional bridge.
There was general exodus today,
nearly five hundred people, principally
women and children leaving for San
Antonio and Corpus Christi.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
DRIsGOLL IND HIS MILLIONS.
Mine Owner Who Spends Only
Thirty Dollars a Month.

Patrick Driscoll owns four OF the
best paying silver and gold mines in
the Chloride valley of Mogave county,
Arizona, and has an income of over
$50, 600 year, yet he spends no more
fort, says The San Francisco Exami-
ner. Many generous gifts, however,
come from the Driscoll bank account
to poor miners and their suffering
families.
Driscoll is supposed to be worth be-
tween 81, 200,0G0 and Sl,G00,o0 His
income from his mines is Sc, 600
month, and he draws about $4,000 a
year dividends on railroad stock in
which he invested in the early days.
He has no relatives as far as he knows.
The old miner had experienced ali
the prospector's poverty and hardships
until he was past middle age, when he
drifted down to the Calico mines, in
San Benardino county, California, in
1881. There he found a mine which
he sold for s15, ,0G0 This gave him his
first capital to deal with in mining
on his own account. From Calico he
went to Arizona, and in two years
located abase ore mine OF silver,
gold and lead in combinations.
The Diana and Antrim mines
became his. He invested his prof
its in the Harqua Hala mines and
doubled his wealth in a few years.
From that time he has been prospect
ing to a degree undreamed of by him.
He has never changed his manner Of
living. He is over go and in fine
health. Every day he may be seen
walking about the little town of King
man or over to Williams, where he
has lumber interests. No one would
believe from his appearance that he
had property. He lives alone in a
cabin, cooks his OWE meals-of flap
jacks, pork, bacon and oatmeal-and
sleeps in bunk Of redwood filed
with straw and covered with blankets.
Among the many stories told Of
Driscoll in the northern part OF the
Territory is one of the time he bet ''a
half'' on an election and lost. When
he was told that he must pay up, he
got penny somewhere in that region,
where coins less than nickel are
never used, and, splitting it in half
with an axe, presented it to the win
ner of the wager in full payment Of
his bet of ga half" The old man
loves to have people marvel. at his
cheap, primitive way of living while
he is so wealthy, and he always re-
lates in the Kingman and Ash Fork
saloons what he hears strangers say tc
him about the erich old Irishmar
who lives in cabin He las q
grain of generosity and is not a niser,
even if he does call himself ole. A
year ago. when miners eyes were
blown cut in blasting operations at
Clifton. Driscoll made quiet inquiries
concerning the man. When he learn
ed that wife and six children were
dependent upon the blinded mans
wages, the old fellow sent a bank
check for So, coo to the family, and the
gift was kept so secret that it did not
become known until several months
later. Several times the bodies Of
Driscoll's poor friends in the mines
have been sent to relatives in the
Eastern States and even to ireland at
his expense.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
The STORM ON the COAST.
Havoc Played With Vessels About
the Delaware Capes.
Wind Reached Velocity of 80 Miles an
Hour and Rain Fell in Torrents.

Delaware Breakwater, Del, Sept.
16.-The Southern storm, which had
been coming up the Atlatic coast for
several days, struck the Delaware
capes early this morning with almost
cyclonic force and as result at least
five lives were lost. The storm lasted
from 8 a. m., to 7 a. N. The wind
reached maximum velocity of eighty
miles an hour and the rain fell in tor
rents. The most serious accident re-
ported was that which wrecked the
schooner Hattie A. Marsh, whose cap
tain, j. B. Mehaffey, and four mem
bers of the crew we're drowned. The
Marsh hailed from New London,
Conn, and was bound from Painters
Point, Maine, for Philadelphia, with
cargo of paving stone. She was
caught in the terrific wind storm out
side the new stone breakwater. The
captain tried to reach the barbor Of
refuge, but before he could do so the
vessel had to anchor and try to ride
the storm. Her anchors, however, did
not hold, and the schooner, with
her dead weight of stone, was dashed
upon the rocks of the harbor refuge.
The steam pilot boat Philadelphia
went to the rescue, but only succeeded
in saving Mate Norman Campbell and
one seaman.
In the old harbor, southwest Of the
maritime reporting station, three
schooners draggd their anchors and
collided. They were the Emily F.
Northam, Adeline Townsend and Sea
Bird. The Sea Bird, which was two
masted vessel, sank, and her crew was
rescued and landed on the point of
Cape Henlopen. The men were cared
for at the life saving station. The
Ncrtham had her jibboom carried
away and her yawl stove. The Town
send lost her head gear and jibboom.
The barges Elmwood, Gilberton and
KaImia, laden with coal from Phila-
delphia for Eastern points, were
sunk in Delaware Bay, westward OF
the Brown Sheal. Their crews we're
rescued by the tug Tamaqua, which
was towing the barges. The tug Spar
tan, which was towing the coal barges,
is reported to have sunk. There are
no tidings Of the Spartan's crew.
It is reported that three coal barges
were sunk in the ocean off the capes
and that their crews are probably lost.
An unknown bark is anchored off
Ocean City, Nd, with distress signals
in her rigging. The pilot boat Phila-
delphia has gone to her assistance.
Considerable money damage was
done to the breakwater. The harbor
of refuge, east end light and the day
mark on the breakwater were carried
away.
The fury of the storm was also felt
at Lewes, near here. Many trees we're
blown down and chimneys damaged.
The smokestack of the city power
house fell and considerably damaged
the building.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Labor Union Outrage on Chinese La.
horsrs in Nevada.

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE Chinese
minister called at the State depart
ment today and laid before Acting
Secretary Adee a dispatch, which he
had received from the Chinese consul
general at San Francisco, detailing an
attack made last night On number Of
Chinese at Tonopah, New. The consul
general reported that the labor union
of that place drove all the Chinese
away and that seven or eight were
severely injured, one. an old man, be-
ing nearly killed. He also reported
that five Chinese are missing and ask
ed for protection.
Acting Secretary Adee wired the
Governor of Nevada, asking for an i'm
mediate investigation, and requesting,
that he afford every protection in his
power to the Chinese residents CT
Tonopah.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
A BOYS Wild Ride for Life.

With family around expecting him to
die. and a son riding for life, IS miles, to
get DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, w. a. Brown,
of Leesville, Ind. endured deaths agonies
from asthma; but this wonderful medicine
gave instant relief and soon cured him.
He writes 81 now sleep soundly every
night" Like marvellous cures of Con
sumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Coughs,
Colds and Grip prove its matchless merit
for all Throat and Lung troubles. Guaran-
teed bottles SOC and 500. Trial bottles
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
New York Torn by the Gale.

New York, Sept. 16.-Greater New
York, and its environs for several
miles in all directions were visited to-
day by the fercest wind and rain
storm known hereabouts in years. To-
day began with rain which increased
as the wind, from the east, grew
stronger, and for two hours about
midday, the combined fury of the ele-
ments wrought damage on land and
water amounting in the aggregate to
many thousands of dollars. The gale
eliminated at noon in a wind velocity
Of ffty-four miles an hour. Apparent
ly solid sheets of water drove across
the city, drenching every unfortunate
caught without shelter, and the
gauges at the weather bureau register
ed 1.30 inches precipitation in two
hours. Then the storm subsided. By
the middle of the afternoon the wind
had dropped to mere breeze and the
sun broke through the clouds.
The gale was especially severe at
sea, causing havoc to the shipping
down the bay, where many vessels
were sunk or wrecked. The worst of
the damage was reported from Staten
Island. The entire feet of the Staten
Island Yacht Club, at anchor, was
either sunk or wrecked. The pilot
boat Hermit was driven ashore and
there was collision between a schoon-
er and a barkentine. The tug boat
James Kaig was wrecked in He'll Gate.
The crew escaped. the hurricane
burst with cyclonic force to the centre
of the city, loosening the 250-f foot spire
of st Bartholomew Protestant Epis-
copal Church in Madison avenue.
The streets of Manhattan Borough
were strewn with broken signs and
other debris. Scores of plate glass
windows along Broadway we're broken.
The vicinity of the "Flat Iron" build
ing, at 23d street, suffered heavily in
this respect. In the ''Flat Iron'' itself
forty windows were smashed. Occu-
pnts of the building said they felt the
huge structure sway in the gale and
many were SO badly scared that they
left the building. An express wagon
was blown over while turning the Flat
Iron corner, and the driver and James
Billings who was crossing the avenue,
we're both seriously hurt. A score of
others were more or less injured in
this neighborhood.
Gustby Wickman, of Queens Bor-
ough, was instantly killed during the
heavy part of the storm by being
struck by broken trolley wire.
Mrs. Hunder Sonntagg, of Carlstadt,
N. J., while crossing a street in that
town, was struck on the hand by live
trolley wire that had been blow down
by the wind. Death occurred instantly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
THE GROWTH OF MEXICO.
What President Diaz Says About
il in His Message.

Mexico City, Sept. 16.-President
Diaz read his semi-annIal message to
Congress at. the opening session Of
that body this evening. After refer
ring 20 Mexico's friendly relations
with all foreign Powers, ne called at
,tenticn to the compulsory arbitration
treaty, which has been signed by
twelve Latin-American nations, the
latest Signatures being Salvador and
Uruguay.
In regard to the present epidemic of
yellow fever at Tampico, the President
says the Government of the State of
Tamaulipas and the local authorities
have efficiently combatted the disease
and have established adequate sanitary
services.
The President gives much space to
education and notes the growth of the
public schools in the Federal district
and territories, and says that profes-
sors have been sent to the United
States to study manual labor as prac-
ticed there.
4 The railways show a growth of 423
kilometres. Postal communications
have been both improved and extend
edl, and duringgssthe past hscal year
there was transmission OF l66, COG, 600
letters, newspapers and packages. Both
the international and foreign money
order business have rotably increased.
The telegraph receipts have increased
by 20 per cent.
The total Federal income for the
past fiscal year amounts to s74, 600, GOO.
The efforts made by the Government
toward bringing about better utter
national understanding as to silver,
have met with hearty and cordial re-
sponse in the United States and Eu-
rope. The national monetary commis-
sion appointed by the department. of
finance to study the varied questions
relating to the huctuation OF silver
will soon render report on the result
Of its labors
The President speaks at length Of
the measures taken by the Govern
ment to prevent the general construc-
ton Of railways in this country, which,
in his opinion, would constitute 9
public danger and menace to the fu-
ture prosperity of the Republic.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Is Indigestion a Disease ?

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etc. The cause is of little consequence
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
A Good Liver.

A bad liver means bad breath, bad
complexion, poor digestion and often
constipation. A good healthy active liver
means fine clear skin, free from pimples
and spots, bright eyes, buoyant spirits, IN
other words good health. Make the Liver
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23

4 dispach from Austin, Texas, re>
ports that the dreadful cotton boil,
weevil will not invade cotton field
where the castor bean is growing. a
farmer living near Merrilltown tried
the experiment on forty-acre field of
cotton, and not boil weevil or any
other insect has appeared on the
plants. He has big yield of cotton.
while his neighbors have had their
crop destroyed by the pest. The dis
covery will be worth $4,000 to him if
it is verified. The State of Texas has
offered a reward of that sum for q
remedy for eradicating the pest
News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Modern Education.

A small girl who has Just begun to
attend school brought home a pump
kin seed and told her mother that the
teacher said that, although the seed
was white, the pumpkin would be
yellow.
"And what will the color of the
vines be?'' asked the mother.
The little girl replied that the
teacher had not taught her that.
"But,'' said the mother, "you
know, dear, for we have pumpkin
vines in our garden
"Of course I do, but we amt ex-
pected to know anything until we are
taught. Youth Companion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
Rvdales Elixir.

The new scientific discovery for diseases
of the throat and lungs, acts upon new
principle differing greatly from the old
style Cough Medicines which are compos-
ed chiefly of wild cherry and tar. which 60
little more than stimulate the lining of the
throat and lungs. Rydales Elixir strikes
at the root of the trouble, it kills the MI
crobes that cause throat and lung diseases.
1t removes the cause and hastens recovery
by helping nature restore the diseased or
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-23
HELD FOR MURDER.
The Thirtesn-year- Old Boy Poison
er of His Stepmother.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 16.-Thirteen.
year-old John II. Dry was today held
for the grand jury without bail on
the charge of numbering his step
mother, Mrs. Olin Simpson Dry, three
weeks ago by administering to her a
dose of str ychnine mixed in salts
which the boy had originally prepared,
according to his own confession, for
the purpose of killing the sister of his
stepmother, Miss Marsula Simpson.
The hearing today brought out a
criticism from States Attorney Til
ton upon the manner Mayor Riddick
had handled the case il the absence OF
Mr.. Tilton from the city.