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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Are You Engaged?

Engaged people should remember,
that. after marriage, many quarrels
can be avoided by keeping their dl-
gest:oas in good condition with Elec-
tric Bitters. S. a Brown, Of Ben
nettsville. s. c.. says: For years my
wife suffered intensely rom dyspep
sia. complicated with torpid liver.
.iltil she lost her strength and vigor.
md became mere wreck Of ne:
former self. Then She ,tied Electric
Bitters, which helped her at once,
and finally made her entirely well.
She is now strong and healthy" All
druggists sell and guarantee them, at
soc. bottle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
THE COTTON WAREHOUSE.
The Company Organized and Officers
Elected.

At meeting of the stockholders OF
the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company
neld Monday evening, the corporation
was formally organized under author
ity of tee commission granted by the
Secretary of State aud the following
directors were elecetd: r. 1. Manning
Neill O'Donnell, W. A. Bowman,
W. D. Gamble, W. T. Brogdon, 3.
D. Barnett, E. c. Haynsworth, G.
4. Lennon and H. J. Hardy.
The officers elected by the board OF
directors are:
President-R. I. Manning.
ice-President and General MANAGE
R. F. HayDsworth.
Secretary and Treasurer-G. a.
Lennon.
The company has purchased toul
acres of land lying between the Allan.
tic Coast Line and Southern Railway
upon which a standard warehouse VIII
capacity of 5000 bales will q
erected at once The location is the
most convenient and desirable for The
purpose that could have oeen obtalne1
in the city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
COUNCIL MEETING.
Sumter Light Infantry Given 5000.
Others Matters OF importance
Disposed OF.

From The Daily Item september Il.
The city council ;.ald regular
meeting at 6 y. IN. yesterday. Present:
Mayor Geo. W. Dick, Aldermen H. D.
Barnett, R. F. Haynsworth, H. ".
Hood, C. G.. Rowland, ". G. Stubbs,
and r. x. Wilder. Absent: Aldermen
P. P. Finn and E. W. Hurst
A license was refused Mr.. W. F.
Costin to operate a device for dispos-
ing of prizes by numbers indicated by
revolving arrow.
Maj. H. F. Wilson, Capt. c. B. Yea
don and Mr.. s. H. Edmunds, repre-
senting the Sumter Light Infantry,
asked for an annual appropriation of
$500 for the use of the company. The
request was granted.
All claims were reported paid, ex-
cept that of Mr.. C. r. Myers of $3.50,
for a horse killed on Church street
by reason of a defect in the road. Mr..
Rowland moved that the city offer to
pay half the amount, and that Mr.. T.
C. Cuttino, the plumber, be calleo
upon to pay the other half.
The clerk was directed to prepare an
ordinance requiring all plumbers to
enter into a bond of $500 to indem-
Nifty the city against any loss that
might be occasioned by their work on
the streets or sidewalks.
Other business of minor importance
was transacted. Council then ad-
journed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Can You Eat?

*J. B. Taylor, prominent mer-
chant Of Chriesman, Tex, says: Il
could not eat because of weak
stomach I lost all strength and ran
down in weight. All that money
could do was done, but all hope of
recovery vanished. Hearing of some
wonderful cures effected by use of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, 1 concluded
to try it. The first bottle benefited
me, and after taking four bottles,
am fully restored to my usual
strength, weight and health" Kouol
Drs;.eI sia Cure digests what YOU
eat and cures. Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Attacked by a Mob

And beaten in q labor riot, until
covered with sores, q Chicago street
car conductor applied Bucslen's Ar
MICA Salve, and was soon sound ana
well. Il use it in my family"
writes G. ]. Welch, of Tekonsha,
Mich, ''and find it perfect" Simply
great for cuts and burns. Only 25c
at all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
state of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County. SIS

Lucas County. SIS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner Of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of Halls
catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney
Sworn to before me and subscribed
IN my presence, this 18th day of De-
cember, 4. D. 1886.
a. w. Gleason,
{SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nany, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constl-
patton. lS-Im
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.
A Majority of the Merchants Have
Signed an Agreement to Close at
Seven O'clock.

From the Daily Item September 13.
We, the undersigned merchants of
Sumter, do hereby agree to close our
places of business at I o'clock p. m.
on and after September 18th. 1905,
and do agree to close promptly at
above hour, Saturdays excepted.
V. H. Phelps.
Levi Bros.
Rewley Hardware Company.
Williams & Patton.
knight Bros.
w. II. Yates.
L. W. Folsom.
Burns Hardware Company.
Bultman Bros.
Ducker & Bultman.
The DuRant Hardware Company.
B. ]. Barnett.
The Cash Grocery Store.
The Sumter Dry Goods Company.
The Sumter Clo.hing Company.
Shaw & McCollum Mercantile Com
pany.
E. A. Bultman.
The D. ]. Chandler Clothing Com
pany.
W. A Thompson.
Levy & Moses.
The Minor Store.
Whilden Furniture Company Gun
less absolutely necessary to the con-
trary.)
The above agreement was circulated
by Mr. V H. Phelps this morning,
and, as will be seen at a glance, a
majority of the business houses OF
the city have readily consented to
close at o'clock. Only a few firms
declined to join in with the popular
movement, and several expressed a
preference for making s o'clock the
hour for closing all the year. Mr..
Phelps called on practically all of the
merchants with the agreement, but
failed to see few of them. but as
there was such unaninaity of opinion
in favor Of closing he felt that those
he failed to see Will also close.
Schwartz Bros. would not sign the
agreement as they had already an
nounced their intention to close at 6
o'clock p. m, which they will carry
out as stated regardless of the hours
that other stores close.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Numerous and Worthless.

Everything is in the name when
it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E.
C. Dewitt & Co., of Chicago, discoy-
c:ed some years ago how to make a
salve from witch hazel that is a spe-
cific for piles. Eor blind bleeding,
itching and protruding piles, eczema,
cuts, burns, bruises and all skin dis
eases DeWitt's Salve has no equal
This has given rise to numerous
worthless counterfeits. Ask for De-
Witt's-the genuine. Sold by all
druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Call for Farmers Meeting.

All members of the Cotton Growers
Association of Sumter county an1
others interested are called TO meet at
the Sumter court house on Saturday,
September. 23rd. at II o'clock in
obedience to request of President z.
D. Smith to devise ways and means
of withholding cotton from the mar
ket and to attend to such other bust
ness as may come before the meeting.
A. B. Stuckey,
President Sumter County Cotton
Growers Association.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Cause of Insomnia.
Growers Association.

indigestion nearly always disturDs
the sleep more or less and is often
the cause of insomnia. Many cases
have been permanently cured by
chamnerlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Woman's Home Companion.

The Womar's home Companion is
fo- every member of the family. For
ou7 bright. earnest, cultured, home
loving American woman e is an ideal
entertainer AID helper n q thousand
congenial ways tut The fathers aud
brothers ard sons join in its perusai by
the freSide. aud the children eagerly
tim 20 the pages that ale written for
them.
The issues for the forthcoming year
will be unique iu conception and exc
cution, rich and varied in contents.
and brilliant with the finest, most elab-
crate and artistic illustrations obtaina-
Die.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Fletcher Pyrd and Palmer cress-

Fletcher Eyrd and Palmer Cress-
well, colo~ed. we're sentenced 20
hang n Greenville November 10 for
the murder of another negro. Rufus
Jackson was sentenced to 80 years
in the penitentiary for attempted as
sault on Mrs Brothers, white lady
living near Grove station
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
Cured of Lame Back After Fifteen
Years of Suffering.

set had been troubled with lame
back for Is years and 1 found COM
plete recovery in the use of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm,'' says John G.
Bisher, Gillian, Ind. This liniment is
also without an equal for -sprains and
bruises. 1t is for sale by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20

Tom Welch was convicted in Rish-
opv:lle Wednesday of attempting to
commit a criminal assault.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
The College Committee.

The following gentlemen hsve been
appointed to appear before the COM
mittee in Columbia on the 2Sth of
September in the interest of the re-
moval of the college now at Clinton
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20

This committee will meet at the
Office of the city clerk on Friday after
noon at 5 o'clock to formulate definite
plans of action.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-20
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12

that sum TO some enc to make a special
trip Tor him. If the farmer wants to
send something away, the general says,
he must take it himself, for no longer
is there a stage to do this work
All of these disadvantages, the gen
eral points out. have created great dis
satisfaction with rural delivery. and
consequently it must result in the de-
crease Of real estate. for Of cause no
farmer wants to live where his mail is
brought to him every day. deprived
him of the privilege Of going to town
for it, and where he must ask the rural
route carrier to do his errands instead
of the old stage driver General Hawk
ms has figured these things all out at
his home in New York
But the political scheme of the Re-
publican party in bribing the people by
taking away their rights, is not the only
objection General Hawkins has to rural
free delivery. There is the enormous
cost, of it. He figures that the a, 566 ru-
raj routes that existed in 1904 cost the
government $12, 921s 700 in salaries, while
the stamps collected on them amounted
to only $2.601, 815. 1t doesn't take Gen
eraI Hawkins very long to do a little
subtracting and prove that this is a
N~c-A AooS u OfCA AcA Lli44l1Ol AOHdIS d
year to the government. It's as clear
as mud to him. OF course the fact that
rural delivery has largely increased the
mail that is carried into the country es-
capes him. The chief business of the
rural carrier is to deliver the mail in
stead of collecting 1t, and it is the mail
delivered that pays for the business.
When figuring the cost and income
General Hawkins also forgets about the
postofhces and stage routes which the
rural delivery system has abolished.
There are several thousand of these,
and the government is saved the cost of
maintaining them, but General Hawk
ms oYerlooks that.
So you Kansas farmers who think
rural free delivery is a good thing are
mistaken. It is part of a nefarious po-
litical plot to get you to stand by the
Republican party; it has taken away
your privileges and decreased the value
Of your farms; and you are making
the government a tremendous expense.
General Hawkins says so, and he has
figured it all out in New York where
they know everything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.I

From the AtcnlSOn GloDe-I
No one ever ate as much mince pie
as it weighs afterward-
The average man has not much use
for the word Charming.
If a man has a good wife she viii
say when he is cranky that he is i'll.
Popularity is like sixteen year-old
beauty: Nice while it lasts, but doesn't
last long.
When you are asked to take a seat
in a room where there is no chair, it
means get out.
Along about noon on Christmas day,
every one is cross who is old enough
to have sense to be.
AS a rule, men don't want anything
for Christmas and they are the only
ones who get what they want.
This is what we are all doing now:
We look at a list in one hand, a little
money in the other, and then sigh.
If a man says he didn't sleep all
night be a friend and don't discover
alarming noises in the night which he
never heard.
If a monthly magazine costs as much
as So a year, the reader ought to be
spared mention OF the yule log, or de-
mand his money back
If man is saying anything he
shouldn't, and his wife gives him a
little punch under the table, he takes
it for an encore, and says 1t again.
The women should remember that
along about the first of January when
the Christmas bills come in. the men
are not going to be soothed as easily
as doll shuts its eyes when put down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
What we really need in politics is
less politics.
It's a poor shoe that can't keep body
and sole together.
To console a widow simply tell her
how well she looks in black.
A pleasant lie is always more well
come than a disagreeable truth.
A mans conscience generally tells
him what sinners his friends are.
In eating soup many a man tips the
plate who forgets to tip the waiter.
Most of US hate to overhear our
faults. We would rather overlook
them.
Mrs. Gotrox-"The Bjoneses can't be
so awfully poor. They have a piano.
Mrs. Newrich="Ye but they have ia
play it by hand"
Mr.. Buggins-''I met Mrs. TalkaIot
today" Mrs. Buggins- What did she
have to say2'' Mr. uggins-''She was
so busy talking she didn't have time to
say anything"
De Tanque-"G uzzler's doctor has
advised him not to drink anything with
his meals" O'Soaque-'' That's tough .
De Tanque-"Oh, I don't know. Guz-
zler has simply stopped eating"
A fool is he who, never any wiser,
Win hoard his copper pennies like a
miser,
While opportunities. with none to
spare,
He squanders like a bloated millions
aIre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12

a moment. I thought was Alone
and you misunderstood.
But her face was radiant.
''I have been misunderstanding you
for months, Robert she said SOFTLY
"but not now. It was all in your eyes.
Have you never thought why was un-
able to find my ideal? I didn't know
my own heart then. but always COM
pared the boys and young men with
you-and they fell short I know now
that I have loved you for years, since I
first went to college; but I have not
fully realized it until within the past
few months. And, Robert, I have been
$3.50 unhappy at your-thoughtful-
ness Of me-"
1T was the only thing I could DO
he groaned. IT was afraid OF myself.
And-and I am so old. Elinor"
Only fifteen years older than am,
she said happily. Il shall unpaclz my
trunks"
Once more he tried to command
himself, to summon the mask to his
faee-but he was too weak He held
out his arms.
Copyright. 1905, by Mcclure. Phil-
lips & Co..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
ne Auto Takes I'd DrinIl.

big white automobile pulled I'D
IN front of a well known Fulton street
cafe last night about 8 O'Clock. The
owner, Coney islander, with a bank
roll gathered during the summer.
jumped out and entered the cafe.
Soon a waiter appeared carrying a
tray on which were thirst quenchers,
and passed them to the two women in
the car. The owner reappeared on
the sidewalk wiping his lips and the
chauffeur went into the wet goods
place. When he returned he was ac-
eompanied by a porter who carried a
long necked bottle. The chauffeur
took the bottle and put the nozzle
into an opening on the side of the car.
eye gods, man, have those devil
cars taken to drink" asked a friend
Of John Barleycorn, in alarm.
YES" replied the chauffeur, 1--WE
have to give this one a wettfng up
every time we stop at one of these
places. It's favorite is gasoline, and
almost all well regulated drink-dis-
pensing places have a bottle of the
fluid ready for immediate use. -
BROOKLYN Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


FFrom the Chicago News.l
A diplomats jawbone is mightier than
his sword
Memory is a Nemesis that is con-
stantlv on our trail
cyclones will never break into the
Unpopular air. class.
beware of him who finds it necessary
to boast of his honesty.
He who marries well marrles neither
his inferior nor superior
a diet of pleasure is apt to result in
:. had case Of moral dyspepsia.
There are men, manly men and gen
tlemen. In which class are you!
Much of the bitterness Of life comes
from swallowing ones own words.
The girl who dislikes the ooor OF to
bacco should never choose a man VINO
chews.
When words fail to express a Fon-
ans contempt for a man he enjoys a
moments peace.
There is nothing better than cheap
phonoRraph for starting undesirable
callers on the homeward path
Between two dangers choose the least.
That is why so many young men enlist
in the army instead of getting mar
ried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Just because the little town of
Glasco occupies a high place in kan
sas athletics, it does not follow that
life is more strenuous there than else
where.
If you can use baseball team in
your business, look over the one at
Oklahoma City. 1t is on the market.
woman always figures that it is
the greatest economy to buy the best,
especially when it comes to clothes.
You will notice that no matter how
much powder and paint a girl uses.
she never manages to cover up a
dimple # it is especially attractive.
General Chaffee says America will
have another war. Still, there isn't
use of your lying awake tonight to
worry about it.
Maybe you think the presidents
message to congress was long: Wait
until congress talks back to the
president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
TaIllng 20 Cllances.

There will be a force of expert ac-
countants here in the morning said
the head of the great corporation, ito
examine our books. 1 wish you would
see that they are afforded every oppor-
tunity to find out just how things
stand"
very well.'' replied the third vice
president. I will be glad to do so. But
what's the matter? Have the directors
suddenly taken it into their heads to
want to know how the business is be-
ing run?
"Oh. no. It's nothing of that kind.
Count Won Bingleschnitz is thinking of
marrying my daughter, and he wishes
to be assured that my financial affairs
are as they have been represented. -
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12
JAYH16 WKER JOTS

A Jewell county farmer is building
a barn so big that people claim it viii
look like a Worlds fair building.
The Manhattan Nationalist is so in
quisitiVe that it wants to know what
kind of health foods Methuselah ate.
1t is reported that the Commercial
club microbe is busy in the towns along
the southern border Of the Seventh dis
triet
Among the poultry exhibited at the
Emporia hen party last week were some
Kilkenny cats. They were birds, all
right.
Some people are born famous others
achieve fame, and still others have
fame thrust upon them by insurance
Investigations.
A Fort Scott pastor preached on
1'The Devils Auction" and a lot of
men who went to church and sat in
the front row were mad because it
wasn't like the show.
lola Record: Major Tom Anderson
ought to watch the coming Semi-Cen-
tennial at Topeka closely and secure
valuable pointers for the Centennial to
be held in Topeka so years later.
Two Stafford county men, after go
ing to law about the ownership of
some hogs and spending all the swine
were worth in costs, were persuaded by
their lawyers to compromise the case
in a novel manner They secured the
services of a third man and the hogs
were loaded into a wagon The three
then took them to a place half a mile
from the farm of either, and after the
Htigants had returned home the third
man turned the animals loose. It had
been agreed that they should belong
to the owner of which ever of the two
farms they should go. The strange
part of this tale is that the lawyers
should have persuaded the men to
compromise instead of keeping up the
Sol,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-12

So 1.-THE birthplace of the turkey is
unknown to man." said an Ornithologist.
1T was thought to be Turkey-the name
shows you that-but there are no Jur-
keys in Turkey
1.-THE French thought this noble ana
tender bird came from India. Hence
they called it-they still call it-dinde.
meaning an Indian fowl But among
Indian Fowls the turkey is not num-
bered.
whenever you speak of turkeys you
should tell the story Of the French cpl
cure who said:
''Ah, what a turkey dinner! We
cked clean a fine bird-a 24pounder'
"A 24-pounder? How many of you
were at the table2'
Just two: the turkey and T. Los
Angeles Times.