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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
COURTESY IN THE HOME.
It Is Essential to Happiness Ia the
Family Circle.

There is 10 place where there is
greater ueed of true. refined everyday
courtesy or whore it Will be more
greatly appreciated than in the home
circle Yet in low many households do
we see an entire lack CT it.
The husband comes in tired AMI sur
~. hurries down his meal. gives the
cat kick and departs without one
kind word CT gracious act to any one.
The children are noisy and quarrel
some. The mother. tired and nervous.
has only sharp. recrininating words
for her husband, the children and the
servant The whole atmosphere ap-
pears surcharged with the very quint-
essence Of disturbing and dishearten-
ing elements.
Let visitor come in to make a
neighborly call, however. and how
quickly everything is changed. Both
husband and wife welcome him with
the sweetest of smiles and courtesy.
When the visitor departs, he is bowed
out with the most charming grace and
in silver tones invited to call again.
This is eminently right anG proper.
but why should not the same consid-
Grafton prevail among those who are
bound to each other by ties of family
relationship-''our own. whom we love
best" Why should not the wife, the
child, the servant, whom you meet ev-
cry day in the most intimate relations
why should they not, 1 ask, be
vouchsafed some courtesy as we'll as
the guest who calls for brief hour?
Charity begins at home" we are
told, and I think courtesy should too.
No one, be he man or woman, can
stand weeks and years Of continual
fault finding or habitual discourtesy.
You bow to your next door neighbor
when you meet her in the street and
give her kind or cordial word. Why
not be respectful to members Of your
own family? Try it. You will find
you will be happier for it. Your home
will become an ideal one, and every
one will be Influenced to good by the
light which Will radiate from it.-Pitts-
burg Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
:s,skin Us a Gardener.


rDal az i,liSkin was of flowers, eSpe-
ci:lIy wi:d ones, he had his own ideas
as 10 wh;:. Il garden ought to be, ard
in Lis practical gardening was quite q
!aadScapiSt. He liked making paths
and ccntriving pretty hooks. When he
first came to Brentwood he would have
his coppice cut 10 more. It spindled
up 70 great tall steps. slender and SIN
uea>. promising 40 timber, and past
the age for all commercial use or time
hcrored woat. .Neighbors shook their
heads. but they did not know the
pictures of Rotticelli, and Ruskin had
made his ceppice into an early Italian
altar piece Then he had his espalier
Of apples and little gooseberry patch
and Il few standard fruit trees and
some Strawberries mixed with flow
ers. In one corner there were beehiyes
in the old fashioned pent house trailed
over with creepers. Here and there
were little humrnocks. each with it's
special interest of fern or dower.-Good
Words.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

The railroad commission has receiv-
ed number OF complaints from the
people of Ferguson, town in Berke-
ley County, stating that the Atlantic
Coast Line had refused to put depot
agent at that place, and consequently
the people have to haul freight to an
other station, about ten miles. Fer
guson is the end of branch line OF
the Charleston, Sumter and Northern,
and the railroad claims that the
place is too unhealthy for an agent to
live. The commission will look into
the matter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
Jacksonville, Fla, Nav 16.-In t


Jacksonville. Fla, May 16.-In the
recent primary two tickets for dele
gates to the national Democratic con.
vention were in the race One was
put out by. the Hearst clubs aud the
other was in the interest of no parti-
cular candidate. Returns show that
three Of the Hearst men were elected
and six others The tenth delegate
will probably lave to be chosen in the
second primary. No, fight was made
on Hearst from any of the campaign
headquarters back of the several State
and senatorial candidates. The six
anti-Hearst delegates are uninstructed
but all have expressed themselves as
in favor of the nomination of Judge
Parker
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
A Jnsssaab1e Evasion.

One time when Sir Walter Scott was
asked If he wrote the Waverley novels
the authorship Of which was great
secret. he said, "No. am not the au-
thor, and il l were | should say the
same" Mr.. Gladstone thought this a
1ustifiable evasion.
Sydney Smith once said Of some OF
his anonynaus efforts. Il have always
denied 1t: but. finding that l deny it IN
vain. have thought 1t might be as well
to include the letters in this collection" ;"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

The Funeral Directors Association
OF the State of South Carolina, will
meet in Sumter next month. A COM
mittee of local undertakers and coffin
manufacturers and other citizens met
Wednesday morning to formulate plans
TO entertain the association, which
is composed of a representative body
of gentlemen from all over the State.
A committee was appointed to meet
City Council that evening to solicit
an appropriation and to solicit private
subscription for entertainment.
Messrs. r. F. Haynsworth, ". e.
Chandler and Z. L. Witherspoon
COMPOSE the committee on subscrip-
tion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
The Hoopoo Bird.

The hoopoo is essentially bird Of
the desert. A pretty tradition regard
ing the crest upon this birds head
tells that the crest was gift from
King Solomon in gratitude for shelter
from the midday sun provided by q
fight Of hoopoos. The first decoration
was q crown Of gold, but as this
brought unwelcome attentions from
fowlels the monarch changed the
crown to crest Of feathers.
The characteristic note Of the hoo
poo Is produced as follows: The bird
swallows as much air rs possible and
then taps its beak upon the ground
The escaping air produces the lao"
hoo-hou' which has earned for ttv
bird its popular .lame.-London Mai!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
The Extremity of Bliss.

The Parson-Dis am mos positively
de mos 'streelnly juiciest CHECKING ]
cher put in NAH mouth, Br'er jackson.
Er'cr .Jackson-Yrs sab. nahson: dat
.!,'t,ki;l% WIZ raised an hrung up on
..,ni,l;ars. sah leSi:a.s Mpekly
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18
U. D. C. MEETING.

An important meeting of Dick An
derson Chapter, U. D. g., will be
held at the residence Of Mrs. Alta
mont Moses at 6 O'Clock, Thursday
Afternoon. All members are request
eud TO be present as arrangements for
the distribution of Crosses of Honor
are to be made. Agnes Begin,
N Secretary
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A ProyiLanf Man.

Knicker-Did Suburbs leave his fam
lily well provided for?
Bocker-Yes, indeed. IIe had cooks
engaged for two months ahead.-Har-
per'S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

The examination OF applicants for
positions in the rural free mail deliy
cry service will be held On the 2lst
instant. There are two positions TO
be filed on June 1st and that there
are somewhere in the neighborhood
of twenty applicants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

Here we have the problem and the re-
suit. We know that we cannot say
two from one' So we borrow one and
say two from eleven,' and we get the
result nine We pay back promptly.
for instead Of saying two from two
leaves nothing, we say three from
twelve leaves nine But by what au-
thority do We say this? When did we
discover that this method would give
US correct mathematical results? That's
what l would like to know. Here we
have one of the problems which the
doctrine Of evolution may deal>with. /
suppose some old fellow in the long
ago found that it was necessary to de-
wise method of meeting this math-
ematical emergency, so be hit upon
the idea Of borrowing from one row Of
figures and paying back to the next.
and so met and conquered very seri-
Gus difficulty. The idea originated with
some one. and to that some one we owe
something. Mathematics would be a
meaningless science without this con-
venient plan, Just as other t. ings would
be useless but for the clever inventions
of men who have gone before. There is
the thing. for instance, which stands
for nothing, the naught, that round
symbol 0. 1t has history. We know
how they calculated before it came into
existence. But will not tell you about
it now. was speaking about the bor-
rowing habit in mathematics, and that
is enough to think about at one tine
DO YOU know how and when it origi3
mated ?"-New Orleans Times Democrat.
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The BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Nearly $4,000 Contributed TO
Louisville Seminary.

Nashville, Tenn. May l4.-The
second days session of the 49th con-
vention Of Southern Baptists was made
memorable by contributions aggregat-
ing S52, 991 to the endowment fund of
the theological seminary at Louisville.
There were several gifts Of S., 600 each,
one coming from Boston man, and
one from an Atlanta woman, Mrs.
". A. Wigs.
There had been anticipation of a
riple in the convention when the COM
mittee on work among the negroes
made it's report but it was received
and adopted in an harmonious manner.
This committee, Of which Dr.. A. c..
Davidson of Birmingham, Ala, is
chairman, considered the Virginia
memorial, asking for appointment of
commission to study the uplifting
of the negro in all its phases. After
a session of five hours the committee
arrived at an agreement satisfactory
to all interested. It provides for the
appointment of a representative from
each State to confer with the home
mission board with regard to plans
for carrying on the work.
The committee on nominations for
place of holding the next convention
held a session today and it is under
stood that Fort Worth, Tex, was
favored by majority. Kansas City
and st. Louis have been spoken of in
this connection.
At the night session Kansas City,
Mo-, was selected as the next meeting
place. The nominating committee
reported in favor of Fort Worth, Tex,
but the sentiment of the convention
was overwhelmingly the other way.
Before a vote was taken Fort Worth
was withdrawn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

Buy yonr Binder Twine from ". B.
BOYLE. 0-ll 81
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

My Twine is here. See me before
you buy. W. B. Boyle. 5.1l-3t
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Nashville, Tenn, May 15.-No busi-
ness was transacted by the SouJhern
Baptist convention here today. The
various pulpits of the city were occu-
pied at morning and evening services
by visiting ministers and large con-
gregations greeted them.
In the afternoon a rally at the taber-
nacle in the interest of Sunday school
and evangelistic work was attended
by 5000 persons. Tomorrow night
the convention will complete it's work.
During the day reports of the COM
mittee on work of the foreign mission
boards was heard. This work during
the last year has been larger than
ever before in the boards history, the
fund devoted to it aproximating $3.50,
coo.
Committees on the work of the Sun
day school board, on nominations and
on finances will also report. In ad-
dition final conclusions will be arrived
at as to the home mission boards
work
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CREDIT DUE TO SOMEBODY.
Where Did We Get the Right 60
E.,rroJv In 3,atheE:Htics:

Where did we get the right tc bor-
row in mathematics" asked 4 man
who takes IN interest in curious things.
we always pay back-a thing We
sometimes fail to 20 in other relation
ships in life-but where did we get the
right to borrow in the first instance:
Take 4 simple illustration in subtrac
ton: The teac,.er will tell the pupil 10
subtract 4 3322 from G,421 We put tie
problem down after this fashion:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-18

Buy your Binder Twine from W. B.
Boyle. 5-1l-3t
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NOTES AND cOMMENT. ;l)iII il
by VIZ. y. So

Hon. Joel e. Brunson and family
moved to Manning last week. Sum-
ter regrets 30 lose them. Messrs. c..
e. Rose and s. E. Fraser have NOV
ed into his residence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-23
Which?

Which shall it be? Which shall it be
| looked at Charlie and Charles looked
at me.
Says Charles: ITS a cinch! It's easy
as sin!
Just watch! The Old War-horse will
simply rOmp in!'
Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
/ looked at Bob and Bob looked at me.
Says Bob: There will be but one bal
lot-and then
The Convention will shout for your
Uncle Bob Glenn!"
Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at Wilfred and he looked at
me.
Saws w. D.: Il believe in promotion.
don't you?
I'll be the top-notcher when the voting
is through
Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at Davy and he looked at me.
THE Governor will live cross the Blue
Ridge" says the,
"And all hell can't beat him. Beg par
don! That's Me-"
N. UJEKYSE.
Raleigh, n c., June %, 1904.
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won by small majority. He was re-
elected in 1898, 1900, and 1902, and
every time by constantly increasing
majority
Mr.. Kitchin is the ranking member
of the Naval Committee in the House,
and is recognized as one of the best
posted men on that committee. He
has scored several important signal
victories in his righteous fight for gov
ernment-built war vessels, and his
speeches have won for him a high
place among the orators in the House.
During the last Congress he secured
an appropriation for a public building
in Durham and to enlarge the public
building in Greensboro. He has Sc
cured many rural deliveries, secured
monuments for Guilford Battle
Ground, and in every way shown him
self a useful and able member of Con-
gress.
Nobody who attended the State con-
vention of 1902 will ever forget his
matchless speech in support of the
report of the platform committee. No
greater speech,-certainly none more
effective-has ever been heard in a
State Convention. 1t marked him as
a man of the highest gifts as an orator,
as well as man devoted to Demo-
cratic principles and having the cour-
age of his convictions. He stands true
TO his convictions. If there is a sub
sidy up in the House, he hits it be-
tween the eyes, even if a portion of
il is to come to his district. His hos
tility to trusts is not confined to
trusts in other mems districts.
The Fifth District honors itself in
giving a unanimous endorsement to
Mr.. Kitchin, and the voters will hon
or themselves by re-electing him in
November.
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Worth a hOuqht
THIS STATEMENT WILL INTEREST
SCORES OF RALEIGH READERS.


The facts given below arc worth
perusal by all who are anxious about
their physical condition or are SINH
Iarly situated to this resident OF Raj
eigh. 1t is a local occurrence and can
be thoroughly Investigated.
A. Brown, horse dealer, lis e. Davie
street, residing at 1913 Davie street
saws: 81 used Doan's Kidney Pills and
found them to be an A l kidney RENE
dy My back was hurting me and
had been hurting me for long time
The secretionS from the kidneys were
all out of keller, very dark colored
and full of sediment. l read about
Doans Kidney Pills in our newspa-
pers and procured a box at Bobbitt-
Wynne's Drug Company store.
had no faith in them at first. but af-
ter using them l certainly had, for
they proved to be the best remedy for
the back and kidneys that [ know of.
The kidney secretions cleared up and
my back has not ached since | used
them
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo.
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no substitute.
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HON. EDWARD w. POU.

Hon. Edward Wkliam Pou, who
was yesterday unanimously reHomi~
mated for Congress by the Demo
cratic Convention from the Fourth
District, was born in Tuskeegee, Ala
bama, September 9th 1863. He was
eduated at the University of North
Carolina, finishing with honors,
and receiving the Essayist' S
medal. After leaving college he
read law and at the age of
twenty-one years was admitted to the
bar. He early gained a large anu
commanding practice which he has
since retained and increased. He was
early interested in public questions
and began to study civics and poll
teal economy. In 1888 he was chosen
pacity made his first reputation on
the hustings. His campaign of the
district made a fine impression and
laid the foundation for his later
power and popularity. In 1890 he
was elected Solicitor of the Fourth
District and reelected in 1894 anu
1898, resigning that position upon his
election to Congress in 1900. He was
reelected in 1902 and will be re-
elected this year.
Mr.. Pou has taken a high stand in
Congress. OF commanding appear
ance, persuasive and eloquent in argu-
ment, studious and industrious, genia!
and popular in his intercourse with
his fellows, Mr.. Pou has won a posi-
ton in the House of which his district
is proud. In the last campaign the
National Congressional Committee
circulated many thousand copies Of
his able and vigorous arraignment of
the trusts. In the present Congress
he has made two important speeches.
He does not speak often, and only
when he has prepared himself. There
fore his speeches do him credit. BY
reason of his diligence, he has added
sixteen mail delivery routes in his
district and now there are more
routes, we believe, in the Fourth than
in any other district. Nj. Pou is a
member of the important Committee
on the District of Columbia, one Oh
the most sought after committee
assignments.
Mr.. Pou enjoys to a rare degree the
confidence and esteem of his constitu-
ents. He is easily one Of the aolest
public men in North Carolina and
has before him "A long career of pub
lie usefulness.
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HON. WILLIAM w. KITCHIN.

The oldest member of the North
Carolina delegation in Congress, in
point of service, is Hon. William Wal
ton Kitchin. who was unanimously
re-nominated for q fifth term by the
Congressional convention in Green's
boro yesterday. Mr.. kitchln is the
oldest son of the late Hon. W. ii.
Kitchin. who represented the Second
District in Congress. and is a brother
of Hon. Claude Kitchin, who now rep
resents that district The father of
these able young North Carolina lead
ers was one of the finest campaigners
the State has produced, and the sons
have inherited their speaking talent.
He was born near Scotland Neck Oc-
tcber 9th. 1866.
Mr.. Kitcfin graduated with honor
at Wake Forest, read law, and located
at Roxboro. and has always command
ed large practice. He was nomi-
mated for Congress in 1896 when the
prospect of a Democratic victory in
that district was very slim. 1t was
then represented by Hon. Thomas Set
tie, the ablest political Republican
stump speaker in the State. joint
campaign was arranged. Some Demo-
Gratis, who did not know the stuff of
which Mr.. Kitchin was made, doubted
the wisdom of a joint debate with the
foremost Republican in the State. At
ter the first meeting, everybody knew
that Mr.. Kitchin was able to cope with
any political opponent. The campaign
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several County Conventions Eacn
county shall be entitled to elect one
delegate and one alternate for every
one hundred and fifty Democratic
votes and one delegate for fraction
over seventy-fve Democratic votes
cast therein at the last preceding
gubernatorial election; and none but
delegates or alternates so elected
shall be entitled to seats in said Con-
vention: Provided, that every county
shall have at least one vote in said
Convention.
General Rules.
1. At all conventions the delegates
shall be selected as near as may be
from the friends and supporters of
the candidates voted for.
2. Such delegateS-or alternates of
absent delegates-as may be present
at any Democratic Convention shall
be allowed to cast the whole vote to
which their precinct or county may
be entitled.
3. In all conventions provided for
by this system, after a vote is cast
there shall. be no change in such vote
until the final result of the baIlot
shall be announced by the chairman
of said convention.
4. All Democratic Executive Com
mittees shall have the power to fill
any vacancies occurring in their re-
sDectiVe bodies.
5. The cbairmen of the different
County Conventions shall certify the
list of delegates and alternates of the
different District and State Conven-
tons. and a certified list<of said dele
gates and alternates to the secretary
of the State Central Committee.
6. 1t shall be the duty of the Coun-
ty Committee and it's chairman to
furnish such information and make
such reports to the chairman OF the
State Committee as he may desire.
At meeting of the Executive Com
mittee held on March II, 1904, the
following rule was adopted:
"In all conventions d nomination
may be made by any majority, even
though it be a fraction of a vote.
Il. Nj. SIMMONS.
Chairman State Democratic EXecu-
tive Committee.
ALEX. j. FIELD.
Secretary.
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A Congressman Uses Pe-ru-na In His
Family.

chilly.
Hon. Thos. J. Henderson, Member of
Congress from Illinois, and Lieutenant
in the Union Army for eight years,
writes from the Lemon building, Wash
ington, d. c., as follows:
"Peruna has been uSed in my fan7i-
Ly with the very best results and 4
take pleasure in recommending your
valuable remedy 10 my friends as a
tonic and an effective cure for catarrL. +"
---TI0S. j. Henderson.
Catarrh assumes different phases in
different seasons of the year. In the
early summer systemic catarrh is most
prevalent. That tired, all Worn out feel
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-23

Raleigh is justly proud of its volun-
teer fire department and the valiant
service rendered Tuesday night in the
face of the most violent electric storm
that has visited this city within d
wear. is another evidence of the fidel~
ity to duty of these men who protect
the property of this city. Few cities
in this country the size of Raleigh
have such efficient firemen and no city
has a volunteer department superior
to the one of which Raleigh justly
boasts.
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ing in nine cases out of ten is due to q
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