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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05
Last Hope Vanished.

When leading physicians said that W.
NJ. Smithsrt, of Pekin, Ia, had incurable
consumption, his last hope vanished; but
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumps-
ion, Coughs and Colds: kept him out of his
grave. He says: "This great specific com
pletely cured me and saved my life.
Since then, | have used it for over 10
years, and consider it marvellous throat
and lung cure" Strictly scientific cure
for Coughs, Sore Throats or Colds; sure
preventive of Pneumonia. Guaranteed,
SOC and 81 bottles at j. F. W. DeLorme's
drug store. Trial bottle free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

A false alarm Of fire called out the
hose wagons last night about 8
O'Clock. The alarm was caused by a
fire in the yard o. Won ohsen & shi-
rar's blacksmith shop, where some of
the hands were at work. Those who
saw the flames from Main or Liberty
street were convinced that a serious
fire was under way in the vicinity Of
Graham's stables and they Immediate
ly concluded that repetition Of the
Epperson stable fire was inevitable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

Make the breath as sweet as rose by
curing Indigestion. and Sour Stomach
with Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. A pleasant,
palatable, reconstructive tissue-buildlng
degestant. E. L. Babcock, Amherst, Mimi,
says: have taken great many rem edies
for indigestion but have found nothing 10
equal Kodol Dys epsia Crre' Kodol
digests what you e., cures Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach, Belching,
Heartburn and all Stomach Troubles.
Great care istsed in the preparation of
Eodol-the greatest digestant that has
ever been discovered. Sold by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

Late Monday afternoon Frans
Teicherwas sent down town by
his sister to buy some bananas.
After ne had made the purchase
and was on his way nome he
was met by Mr.. Wesley Brad
ford, who playiully pretended as
if he was going to take the fruit.
About this time young Robert
Carr came up and he suggested
that Mr.. Bradford should hold
Teicher, while he relieved him
of the bundle. This was done. AS
Mr.. Bradford was only amusing
himself he released Teicher as
soon as Carr had gotten a few
yards away, and then Teichner
triedto overtake the boy with
the bag of bananas. Teichner
soon caught up with Carr, and
the latter seeing that it was use
less to run further, dropped the
the bag of bananas. Teicher
approached within striking dis
tance of him he stabbed him in
the back with pocket knife. The
wound was very painful one,
and it was found necessary to
take four stitches in it.
Young Teicher passer a very
good night and today is resting
easily. His wound is not consid-
cred a dangerous one. No arrest
as vet has been made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends1 fatally, but
by choosing the right medicine, E. II.
Wolfe, of Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated death.
He says: ssTwo years ago had Kidney
Trouble, which caused me great pain, suf-
fering and anxiety, but took Electric Bit
ters, which effected complete cure. I
have also found them of great benefit in
general debility and nerve trouble, and
kept them constantly on hand, since, as l
find they have no equal" j. F. W.
DeLorme, druggist, guarantees them at
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT.
Sumter Bar Association Adopts Reso-
buttons Petitioning Chief Justice to
Order a Special Term.

At 8 meeting of the Bar Association,
of Sumter, held on Friday afternoon
the following preamble and resolution
was adopted:
"Whereas, the Hon. j. G. Klugh,
now holding the courts OF the Third
Circuit will convene the Court OF
General Sessions at Sumter on April
oath, prox, but has expressed doubt
whether, under the act approved
Feb. 18th last, fixing the terms of
Court, etc., he has the power to con-
tinue to preside in this circuit after
April 30th prox. Therefore be it,
Resolved, That the Bar of Sumter
hereby request the Chief Justice to
appoint special term of Court of
Commons Pleas to convene at Sum-
ter, Monday, May lst, 1905, ii in the
opinion of the Chief Justice. Judge
Klugh is without power to continue
the regular term on and after May 1st.
In the event that the Chief Jnstice
takes the view that Judge Kugh his
power expires on April 30tb, end that
it will be practicable for Judge
Klugh to preside at the said special
term hereinbefore requested, then that
the Chief Justice be requested to order
the said special term for the second
Monday in May to be presided over
by some other of the circuit Judges of
the State.
Resolved further, that Mark Rey-
nolds, ESQ.,, the Secretary of the Bar
Association of Sumter be requested
to bear this petition to the Chief Jus.
tice at the earliest possible day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05
"A Daredevil Ride

Often ends in sad accident. To heal acci.
dental injuries, use Bucklenss Arnica
Slave. A deep wound III my foot, from
an accident" writes Theodore Schuel, of
Columbus, O.. caused me great pain.
Physicians were helpless, but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve quickly healed It," Soothes
and heals burns like magic 25c at j. F..
w. DeLorme, druggist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05
EyanseIistic Meeting in Jane.

The Church of Christ is preparing
for an eyangelistic meeting to be held
at the tabernacle, which will begin
about the first of Jure, under the
direction of o. P. Spiegle, of Birming.
ham Ala.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05
G6s Mattlnlall all0 goutgfon.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL $, 1905.
Eatered al the Post Office at Sumter IS
as Second Class Nstter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Wantea Orphan Girl.
". McGrew-Dog Lost.
Dr. r. 81. Newton. - Your Eyes.
The Bank Of Sumter. Statement.
Sumter Clothing Co.-Spring Suits.
C Richardson. Strayed.
The Sumter Savings Bank-State-
ment
Tie Sumter Dry Goods Co. Spring
Opening.
Good Clothes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

Mr.. A. j. Moses has purchased the
7. C. scafe house and lot on Sumter
street. Thiss lot joins the Hotel Jack
son lot and by its purchase Mr.. Moses
now owns a lot extending through
from Main to Sumter street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

Dolphus Dunham, negro farm
hand on the employ of Mr.. Hermon
Myers, while riding mule from the
field to the lot Monday afternoon
was thrown against stump, striking
on his head, and quite seriously in
jured. 1t is thouht. that his skull
was fractured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

It has been decided to improve
Church street by putting down clay
and sand roadway as soon as the work
on Washington street is completed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

Mark Reynolds, Esq, Secretary
of the Samter Bar Association ap-
peared before Chief Justice Pope at
Chambers Monday and presented the
petition of the Bar that special
term of the Court of Common Pleas
be ordered to be held in this county
Immediately subsequent to the, ad
journment of the regular term, which
will expire by statutory limitation on
April Both, Judge Klugh who will
then preside at the regular term being
without jurisdiction to hold court
in the 3rd Circuit after April 30tlI.
Judge Pope after hearing the petit
.tion and the statement of Mr.. Rey-
nolds issued an order directing that
a special term of the Court OF Com
mon Pleas be held in this county on
Monday May 9Th and continuing for
three weeks, if so much time be nec-
essary. Judge r. O. Purdy was ap-
pointed 70 preside.
The Court of General Sessions will
convene Monday. April "a and con-
tinue in session one week. There is
quite heavy criminal docket and it
is feared that. one week will hardly
suffice to dispose of all the cases. The
cases that are not reached Will 60 over
to the summer term.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

WANTED-A respectable orphan
girl. A good home for the right
party. Address Box l, st. Charles.
April 5-1t*
DOG LOST-Male Setter Puppy,
whitesand black spotted, months old,
strayed from my house about two
weeks ago; answers to name joe
Return to me and be rewarded O.
w. McGrew. April 5-1t*. =
STRAYED-From my residence,
pair of Horses, one mare and one
horse, both blaze face and reached:
liberal reward for any information.
r. @. Richardson, Jr.. Pinewoo1,
S. G. april 4 st.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

Messrs. W. w. McKagen and E. I.
Reardon have commenced the canvass
for signatures to the petition to- city
Council to order an election to deter
mine upon the issue Of bonds to pur-
chase the water works system. They
are finding no difficulty in securing
the signatures Of the freeholders and
have already secured almost the rea
quired majority. There seems to be
no question but that the election will
be ordered. The property owners of
Sumter have at last come to a full
realization Of the fact that the future
prosperity Of the city is dependent up
on the development and extension Of
the water system under municipal
ownership and controls
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-05

President J. M. Knight of the Cham
Der of Commerce in compliance with
the resolutions adopted by the meet
ing last night requesting him to ap-
point a COMMITTEES Of three to obtain
the signatures Of free holders to pc
tition to council to order an election
on the question of issuing bonds to
purchase the water works system has
appointed the following gentlemen:
L. D.. Jennings, w. W. McKagen, p.
I. Reardon.
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North Star ahd Dipper.

The polestar is really the most i'm portant of the stars in our sky; it marks the north at all times; it alone is fixed in the heavens; all the other stars seem to swing around it once in twenty-four hours. But the polestar or Polaris is not very bright one, and It would be hard to identify, but fer the help of the so-called pointers in the Big Dipper" or Great Bear" The outer rim of the Dipper points nearly to Polaris, at distance equal to three times the space that separates the two stars of the Dippers outer side. Various Indians call the pole star the Home Star" and 'The Star That Never Moves," and the Dipper they call the Broken Back" The Great Bear is also to be remembered as the Pointers for another reason. 1t is the hour hand of the woodman's' clock. It goes around the north star in about twenty-four hours, the re. verse way of the hands of a watch: that is, it goes the same way as the sun, and for the same reason-that it is the earth that is going and leaving them behind.-Country Life in Amer. lea.
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Rushmcn Dwell in Nests.

Several travellers who have return ad from the heart of Africa and the Australasian continent tell wonderful stories of nest-building people who iu' habit the wilds of those countries.
 The bushmen of Australia are, per haps, the lowest order of men known. They are so primitive that they do not know enough to build even the sim plest form of hut for shelter. The nearest they can approach 10 it is to gather a lot of twigs and grass and. taking them into q thicllet or jungle, build nest for a home.
 The nest is usually built large enough for the family, and if the lat ter is very numerous then the nests are of large size. Sometimes the foli- age above will form natural cover- ing, but there is never any attempt at constructing q protection from storms.
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English Houses Too Cold.

W. D. Howells, who has been stay ing at the English resort Folkestone, writes of the interesting life there in Harpers Magazine.
 He has some things to say of the comparative costs and comforts of liv ing in England and America:
 Most of the houses on and near the leas are larger than the wont of Amer ican houses and the arrangement much more agreeable and sensible than that of our average houses. The hallway opens from a handsome vestibule and the stairs ascend from the rear of the hall and turn squarely, as they mount, halfway up.
 But let not the intending exile sup pose that their rents are low. With the rates and taxes, which the tenant always pays in England, the rents are fully up to those in towns of core spending size with us.
 Provisions are even higher than in our subordinate cities, especially to the westward, and I doubt if people live as cheaply in Folkstone as, say, in Springfield, Mass, or in Buffalo.
 For the same money. though, they can live more handsomely, for domes- tic service in England is cheap and abundant and well ordered.
 "Yet, on the other hand, they cannot i've so comfortably nor, taking the prevalence of rheumatism into account, so wholesomely.
 "There are no furnaces in these very personable houses; steam heat is un- dreamed of and the grates, which are in every room and are not of ignoble size, scarce suffice to keep the mercury above the early eos of the thermome- ters degrees.
 "If you would have warm hands and feet you must go out of doors and walk them warm.
 Ut is not a bad plan, and if you can happen on a little sunshine out of doors it is far better than to sit covering over the grate, which has enough to do in keeping itself worm."
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SCAl.L OPS ARE REVIVED.
Charming Fashion of Days of Empress
 Eugenie Again in Vogue.

Charming Fashion of Days of Empress
 Eugenie Again in Vogue.
 Of the multitude of charming things which the present revival of fashions has given us, nothing is more fetch ing than the scallop, which is so grace fully decorative that one can only won- der at its long absence from the sar. torlal field.
 The scallop was in high favor with the Empress Eugenie, and consequent ly the second empire gowns are very liberally bescalloped
 The peerless Eugenie rarely made a mistake in matters of dress, and her judgment was unerring. She was the arbiter of fashion for many years, and, save for the ugly crinoline, the modes of that period were exquisitely grace ful and beautiful, and the numerous things which we are now borrowing from the second empire are invariably attractive when adapted to our present. day ideas.
 This season we are being treated to wealth of scallops, for the French have taken fancy to them, and thus we are favored.
 Many of the new gowns have no other form of decoration than scallops bound with the same material. One may perhaps suppose that this is most economical arrangement, but scallops are only for the long purse, unless they are made at home, for it requires a deal of time to bind each scallop carefully, and as the binding down is done by hand, it is long task, and in large dressmaking estab- lshments this sort of thing means big bills, but on expensive gowns hounces are scalloped till the whole is as fluffy as with leaves.
 Scallops are bound with a contrast ing material in color many times, and thus a great variety may be obtained if one delights in scallops sufficiently to have several gowns trimmed with them in ones wardrobe at one time.- Boston Globe.
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LugSed the Load.

A bright looking girl of 20 or so, evi' dently not in this country more than a year or two, rode up from the Polk Street Depot in Dearborn street horse car with a newly landed immi- grant, who, from facial resemblance, seemed to be her brother. The girl lugged the youths big valise into the car and bent under it again when they got off at Adams street and disappear ed in the direction of the Union De. pot her companion lolling along at ease by her side quite empty handed.
 She's so glad to meet him." re- marked the conducttr, "that the girl has forgotten that in this country it isn't stylish for the women to lug the heavy burdens. I'll bet, though, that when they next walk out that young man will be the beast of burden."- Chicago Inter Ocean.
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kiwi the Oldest of Birds.

In New Zealand is found the kiwi, a strange bird of the ostrich family. Ostriches have two toes, but the ex- tinct moas had three toes, so also have the existing emus, cassowaries and rheas or South American ostriches.
 The kiwi, however differs from the other struthious birds in having four toes. Further, the kiwi cannot be said to be quite ostrichlike, for in size it is not larger than an ordinary barnyarG fowl. It has small head, with a large and muscular neck and a long, slender bill with the distinguishing feature that the nostrils are placed close to it's tip. The legs are short, but the mus cles on the thighs are well developed and the feet are strong and powerful and provided with sharp claws.
 The kiwi is bird devoid of any ex- ternal trace of wings, and there is no trace of tail visible while it is cover ed with long, narrow, hairlike feathers, and on the fore part of the head and sides of the face are struggling hair like feelers
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Japan's Sacred Mountains.

Travellers in Japan are astonished to find the grandest shrines throughout the land situated on the tops of high, precipitous mountains. This is because every mountain in that country is dedicated to some deity who is be- lieved to be it's guardian. These tenn pie grounds are covered with the old est and largest forest trees and to the eyes of the people below the effect of the clouds which hover around the peak has originated the belief that the gods hold the power over the clouds to give or withhold rain.
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Wheeled saucers for Plants.

For the woman who keeps house plants there are a growing number of convenences. For large and heavy plants fiber saucer or tray on wheels will be found of special advantage. Not only do these hold the pot high 'enougb from the floor to keep the moisture from inj.ring the carpet, re- quiring no other stand for that pur- pose, but they facilitate the moving of even the heaviest plant with no injury to the plant, carpet, or the mover.-s New York Globe.
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Shl 5u in Spayu.

There are about ten millions of mi. gratory sheep in Spain which each year travel as much as two hundred miles from the plains to the noun taiis. They are known as transhu- nantes, and their march, resting places and behay for are governed by special regulations, dating from the fourteenth century. At certain times TO one may travel the same route as the sheep, which have the right to graze on all open and common land on the way. For this purpose road ninety yards wide must be left on all inclosed and private property. The shepherds lead their hocks, which follow after and around. The focks are accompanied by provision mules, and by large dogs to guard against wolves. The merino sheep travel forty miles to the noun tains, and the total time spent on the migration there aud hack is fourteen weeks.
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The Adage Held Good.

Judge Cox of the United States Cir cult Court, while delivering lecture at Columbia University, told of a young lawyer who came before the Supreme Court to argue case in which he was also defendant. Ad- dressing the court, he referred to the old French adage declaring that he who argues his own case has fool for client. After the case had been heard he left for his home ill St. Louis, asking friend to notify him by wire when the decision was handed down This was the pithy dispatch he re- ceived: "Old French adage affirmed" /" New York Tribune.
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WillOWware Industry.

In ten years Maryland has jumped from fifth to third place in the willow ware industry of the United States, ranking now next to New York and Pennsylvania. Baltimore is one of the three willow-ware centers which only have shown any actual growth in the business. In Maryland the center of the willow district lies in Howard County. In the neighborhood of Elk riege alone the output of willow ex- leeds $5,OOO per annum, while Anne Arundel County contributes $2.5OO.
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Never Satisfied,

A boy and girl got two pieces of cake, a large and small piece. The boy, who was to divide it, took the large piece and gave the girl the small piece. The little girl said: "If I were serving the cake, I would give you the large piece and keep the smal! piece myself"
 And keep what yourself?" replied the boy.
 "And keep the little piece myself" said the girl.
 "Well, what are you kicking about" replied the boy; "ain't you got it?"
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QUEER COUP OF GAMBLERS.
Shooting of Roach in New York Sug-
 gests Interesting Reflections.

Shooting of Roach in New York Sug.
 gests Interesting Reflections.
 That gambler who has been shot and mortally wounded by another gambler should doggedly refuse to identify and accuse his assailant, and that the assailant, on bis part, wheE brought to the bedside of his dying victim, should refuse to take his han0 these things seem to ordinary men and women almost incredible But ordinary men and women must bear in mind the fact that gamblers are not of their kind; that they have alto gether different ideas of conduct; that their emotions and passions are diff ferent and their conceptions of honor something quite out of the ordinary.
 Of these two gamblers it might without any risk whatever be assum- ed that all their lives it has been their highest desire to feel themselves to be and to be generally looked upon as "dead-game sports" The obllga. tion not to "peach," which notorious ly inheres in the quality Of dead gameness," was recognized as binding by the gambler who in peril of imme- diate dissolution would not identify and accuse the man who was known by the police and the bystanders to have shot him.
 He was able to take care of him. self, he said; that is, he asked no favors of the law, not even the post humors favor of doing his murdered to death in the electric chair. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of tough youngsters in this city now rip ening for lives of crime whose highest ambition it is to be considered dead game sports. None of the honors and rewards of life commonly prized by men and women would be held by these youngsters in any such esteem.
 The murderer's refusal to take the proffered hand of his victim is readily accounted for ou grounds of tempera ment and moral organization. The man who shot Roche seems to be a wholly immoral being, a man with the low nervous organization of the brute and with only the rudiments of the higher faculties.
 There are many such men walking the streets of New York, or of any other of the worlds great cities, men to whom the forgiveness of an enemy even upon the enemy's deathbed would seem a weakness. Equally with his victim this gambler would be incap- able of invoking the aid of the law to redress a private grievance.
 Professional gambling breeds men of this type.-New York Times.
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The New York Subway Feeling.

"The originality of some of your expressions is very, very interesting" said John Morley, the English states man, in speaking of his observation, during a recent visit to the United States, says Harper's Weekly. AS I was standing at one of the entrances to your subway in New York a man passed me who apparently had gone through the demoralizing experience of being part of a jostling, energetic crowd. His companion asked him, Well, how do you feel now, after going through the tunnelT
 "'I feel as the porker must feel answered the man, pushing few dents out of his hat, who has just been forced through sausage skin.
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Nothing Left.

q have had lots of friends who were guilty of mutilating books they had borrowed from me, but my latest ex perience was the most novel of all."
 "What was it?"
 "I lent Mrs. Blanks my dictionary a few days ago and yesterday she re- turned it without a wordw-New Or leans Times -Democyat.
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The SeIf.Satisfied Egotist.

Howes-Whateve the question may be, Shedd always has the right of it.
 Barnes-Yes, in his own opinion.
 Howes-Well, isn't that sufficient? Other folks opinions are nothicg to him.-Boston Transcript.