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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
a Machine. That Picks Cotton.

y cotton picking machine has been
patented by John Hervey and Charles
Hervey. his son. of this city.
The principle of the machine is that
of the vacuum or the pneumatic tube.
The cotton bolls are sucked through
the tube and loaded directly into a
wagon. The tube that receives the
cotton reminds one Of nothing 50
much as the tail of a kangaroo.
The tube is piece of large-sized
hose made of a fine grade Of rubber
covered with wire netting. There is d
nozzle on the end of the tube. The
nozzle is lined with a series OF fins or
fingers. The operator holds the noz-
zle within few inches of the cotton
boIls Suction causes the boil to be
drawn into the nozzle, where the
fins catch ana hold it for the fraction
of second until the cotton is gently
pulled away from the boil
The machine is designed to be fas-
tened to platform on the rear end
Of wagon The machine rests on
an iron stand about four feet high. 1t
consists of specially made vacuum
fan. It can be operated by small
gasoline motoreor by hand-power, one
,nan turning a crank and another di-
recting the nozzle.
A number of successful tests have
been made with the machine. Five
acres of cotton were picked near Elk
City Okla, this year by one OF the
machines in competition with fifteen
negroes picking by hand. The
machine picked five acres at cost
of So cents an acre, against s1.eS an
acre for the hand picking.-Kansas
City Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
no CUT coTroN-NoT PICK IT.
Progressive Growers Say it Wiz Be
Harvested Like Wheat.

With a suddenness almost startling
manufacture has taken Southern Ia
Dor away from agriculture. Coase-
,ouently, says the Southern Farm
Magazine, men have been set to
thinking out machines, not SO much
to supplant muscle as to do The work
for which muscle has become less
available.
The progress that has been made
was shown. last month by test OF
i've different cane leaders in Louis
lana in the presence Of a number Of
sugar planters, who were SO we'll sat
isfed With the result that they had
dimculty IN deciding which of at least
three of the machines was preferable.
one of these loaded 3,4oo pounds
of cane in 5 minutes and Sc seconds,
another two tons of cane in 6 minutes
and 5s seconds. and the third, two
tons in minutes and IS seconds One
mule is the power needed 10 operate
the leaders, though one of them IS ar
ranged so that a gasoline engine may
be used.
Al these machines as well as the
new cotton havesters, cling to the
idea of substituting machine for
muscle in the actual picking OF cot
ton. But it is believed that the real So
futon of the problem will not be
reached until the idea of picking cot
ton in the fields at all is given up.
The advanced cotton growers advo-
cate cutting the plants entire and
harvesting them by machinery naucn
as wheat is harvested
the plants viii then, be threshea
and ginned This idea Involves
changes in the methods Of planting
cotton and in the handling OF the
growing plants which may appear
radical at first glance, but which it is
Believed are practicable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
The Law and the Mob.

The Landmark heartily agrees With
the Richmond News Leader that there
was a tremendous difference between
the Salisbury N. c. lynching and the
one which followed it in South Caro-
lima. There was some excuse for one ;
there was nc excuse for the other. But
we part company with the News Lead
er when it goes so far as to advocate
mob violence in preference to legal
trial aud puniS5ments Ii is a danger
GUS thing to trample the law under foot
in any community where the govern
ment is worthy Of respect. This is not
Russia. Mob violence which resents
the twisting and turning of the law to
defeat the ends of Justice is quite an
other proposition from mob violence
which resents the supremacy Of the
law no! matter how justly and we'll it
is enforced. Landmark.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
An Unreliable Stream.

IA stranger who was making his hrst
visit to one Of the popular resorts OF
the interior took stroll on the morn
ing Of his arrival along the bank
of the stream that ran near the hotel.
The first person he encountered was
an elderly resident of the neighbor-
hood, who was sitting on log, busily
occu pied in fishing. He stopped and
entered into conversation with him.
.'Good morning!'' he said.
Morpin', cap'n!' responded the
old man.
"Is the fishing good?''
"Jist toler'ble, like. Sometimes IT'S
kind o. good, an sometimes it amt
wuth shncks.
Catching anything?''
"Yeh. Ketched few carp. Amt
nuthin' else bitin' this mornin'.''
SIS this navigable river?"
is it what?"
"Navigable.
.sNo; this is the Kershaw river"
81 mean is it deep enough fo1
boats??'
s.Sure. Don't you see the skift over
there?''
Yes. but can steamboats, travel NJ
ite''
''Sure -
"Row blg?"
.Mister,'' said the old man, "oncet
or twict year the biggest ships that
ever was built could come cavortln'
right up this river, an the rest o. the
year a long legged chicken could wade
it 'tbout getting his tail feathers
damp. .''-Yonth's Companion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Only few people make GOOD in an
emergency.
An actor seldom retires until he
is played out.
Even the so-called white lies are
more or less tainted.
TIE scorn of egotism is as harmless
as the slurs of ignorance.
Any man possesses the ability to be
as big a fool as he pleases.
But the coat doesn't make the man
not even coat of tar and feathers.
A man never realizes how unpopular
he is until be begins to acquire fame.
An evil doer is one who believes in
doing others before they attempt to dc
him.
OF course, the man who thinks as
highly of himself AS you do Of yourself
is conceited.
Between some men and sponges the
ouly apparent difference is that spong
will take water.
Some women look upon a husband as
money earning convenience rather
thar domestic necessity.
Any girl who has dimple and un-
derstands tie art of working it can
make a dignifed man act like a
monkey.
The world extends the glad hand to
the lucky man. but all it hands the
victim of tough luck is little cold
sympathy.
At the age of twenty-five a girl is
willing to marry a widower with one
child, at thirty she will tolerate two
children and at 5nirty-fve she doesn't
care how many he has.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
Was a Very Sick Boy

Eut cured by Chamberlains Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
When ray boy was two years old he
had a very severe attack of bowel
complaint but by the use of Cham
berlain's Collie Cholera and Diarrheoa
Remedy We brought him out all
right" says Maggie Hickox, Of Mid
land, Mich This remedy can be de-
pended upon in the most severe cases
Even cholera infantum is cured by it.
Follow the plain printed directions
and a cure is certain. For sale by all
druggists
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05

&When two strong men come to
blows, even if they are we'll matched,
il is not a pleasing sight. but if the
man who gets the worst of it will use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, he will
look better and feel better in short
order. Be sure you get DeWitt,s
Good for everything salve is used
for, including piles. Sold by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
would Unwise1y Emigrate.

Going the rounds Of the press OF
Che state is an advertisement of
niece of real estate said to be worth
sa5. 900. offered sat a sacrifice and
on terms, to suit purchaser The
advertisement thus closes: Don't
care to Iire in a State ruled by B. r
eN1lman.' we nave in mind the case
of a gentleman whose fortune was
ehre or four times that Of this adver-
4isenent who remarked about 1890
that if senator Tillman should be
elected governor he would leave the
state. And he did. He did not buy
space in a newspaper nor did he ad-
yerrise MS property for sale. He held
MS property, we believe and we sus-
pect that his lands are now worth at
least twice what they were when ne
changed his residence.
Any real estate owner who has
property for sale at a sacrifice
can as rule dispose Of it without
the expense of advertising. The diff
fculty is that the sacrifice frequently
means &c the seller something very
different from what it means to
shrewd buyers, and. we cannot throw
off the lingering suspicion that the
advertiser who is being SO generally
quoted will think better of his prop
osition and resolve to sweat it out.
Merely for the sake Of the argu-
rneat. let US admit that Tillnan rule
has its discomforts-where will the
gentleman fetch up? Surely he has
no hankering for participation in the
-unseenly Howen-Snith broil in Geor-
gia. In North Carolina he would be
a:eeusted at the fact.onal chickering's
aot only Of the Democrats, but of the
a.epublieans, and he would hear
aocrotic leaders referred to as
.atures Of the railroads.
In Tennessee, boss rule has Lately
suffered severe jolt, but the triumph
of a Republican boss is possible,
though improbable, in that State
From our heart of hearts we advise
our discontented friend to steer his
bark far from the shores Of Pennsyl-
vania, and if he stops in the south, he
had best not anchor off the Florida
coast
On the whole, we fancy that the
man who yearns to move to politi-
cal dominion that is not dominated IS
going to have trouble. Senator Till
man does not interfere seriously with
ones supply Of breakfast food and he
cannot favor our soup. At times he
comes in handy and helps to enter
tain. We honestly believe that were
he not in the United States senate he
would give a great deal more annoy
.ance in South Carolina. A great
many people sleep more soundly on
account of his absence, and if it gives
the majority of sou<h Carolinians
sheer delight that he is exalted, they
cannot prevent Us from smiling at
and enjoying their childhke happi-
ness
We believe that we could stand it
bette 4 the Columbia citizen would
change his mind and take his medi-
zine with US, and we sincerely trust
that the ligaments that bind him to
his land will not be severed.-News
ard Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05

"a bath cleanses the skin and rids
the pores Of refuse. A bath makes
for better fellowship and citizenship
Not only should the outside of the
body be cleansed. but occasional use
of laxative or cathartic opens the
bowels and clears the system of ef-
fete matter. Best for this are De-
Wits Little Early Risers. Pleasant
little pills that DO not grjpe or sicken.
Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05

Dr.. Emile Fischer, who four years
age won the Nobel prize Tor chemistry,
has discovered, he declares, that coal
is edible. He has been making an ex-
tract Of coal and fines that the extract
has the same nutr:tive qualities as are
possessed by beefsteak and eggs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05
$40 Cure q Felon"

saws Sam Kendall, of Phillipsburg.
kan. 1.just coxer it over with Buck
lens Arnica saIve and the salve will
do the rest" Quickest cure for burns,
bells sores, scalds wounds, piles, &C.
zema. salt rheum, chapped hands.
sore feet and sore eyes. Only 25c at
Co.'S D79,r store Guaranteed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-09-05

*Good for cough. removes the cold,
the cause of the cough. That's the
work Of Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar-the original laxative cough
syrup. Contains no opiates. Sold by
all druggists.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07

and take in everything west of the alley between F and G avenues.
 The city attorneys opinion as to the mobility of the registration of voters for the coming city election was read, and revealed the fact that the voters must seek the registra, ton office instead of the office seek. ing the voter.
 The mayor was authorized, upon the ensuing recommendation of the proper council committee. to order additional fire-fghting apparatus. It is under consideration to order a hook and ladder truck and a chemical engine, at a cost of some two or three thousand dollars.
 The city marshal was authorized to secure the proper ballot boxes and furnishings for the coming city cleo. tion
 It was decided. on the suggestion of Alderman Adamson, that the pres, ent city council take action on the sewer bond question. The city at. torney was instructed to draw such an ordinance.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07
BURGLARS AT IT
 IN DOUGLAS
Enter Palace Restaurant and take Till and Stock in
 Trade

Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 5.-(SpeciaD.- =
 The Palace Cafe was robbed last night or this morning. There is not a vestige of pie left in the house, and the rage of the proprietor is 'as boundless as the glory of Texas"
 This morning when NJ. S. Winnie came down to resume the dealing of his gastronomic game at the Palace Cafe he found his front doors already wide open. The combination on the cash drawer had been worked with the meat cleayer borrowed from the kitchen, and the cash register was a partial wreck, and altogether bus ted" The thief only got SIC in cash from both receptacles, the wise pro prietor having placed his bank roll in safer place.
 It is no secret as to how the burg lar got in. Hoof prints on the back screen door are plain, leading up to the transom. Once through the tran som the burglar took the meat cleav- CT and unlocked the cash register and cash drawer, as in the foregoing. He then, we will say, went through all the old clothes in the hoUCe, as they were found this morning piled in the middle of the kitchen floor. Every thing up to this point was within the the bounds of burglar ethics, and had he stopped here folks might still have spoken well of him as burglar; but he transgressed all bounds in his next move. Going to the sideboard the thief found a great store of pies. which the restaurant people had laid in at great pains and expense. They must have been the kind that his mother used to make, for he took them all.
 And that is why MT. Winnie is mad. There is not a pie left. The thief certainly has a face for the American pie that ought to lead to his identi- fication and capture. There is no mistaking that face. A thorough-go- ing sleuthhound detective would want no surer clue to his identity.
 But to resume. After collecting his plurder the intruder picked up the key to the front door, which had been left on a shelf near the cash regis ter, unlocked the front door and made his escape onto Avenue c. He got safely away with all the change and the pies, as the night policemen were
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07
TWO HUNDRED INDIAN SKELETONS
 FOOD FOR INTERESTING STORY

Phoenix, Feb. 5.--No man in Ari- zona is better able to tell the story, with all its wealth of detail, of the manner in which Captain Burns com mand exterminated the 200 Apache Indians whose skeletons were found on Fish creek last Sunday by Jeff Ad- ans and Ivy Crabtree, than Al Sieber. who is now employed at Roosevelt.
 In the early days Sieber was a fa- nous Arizona scout Times almost without number he trailed to punish Inent smell bands of marauding In- dians, whose deeds of murder, rapine and pillage made this territory the scene for many bloody cripes.
 Several in Phoenix have today re- called stories told them by Sieber re garding the trapping of the Indians on Fish Creek, after they had been on an unusually severe raid. and their slaughter without mercy. His story of the provocation giyer by the h. dians justifies the drastic action ta- ken by the soldiers.
 Mike Burns, who guided Captain Burns command to tbe cave in which the Indians were in hiding, knows the whole story, part of which he re- members from boyhood. and the rest from what was told him by Indians
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07
and soldiers.

and soldiers.
 Burns is perhaps the best educated Indian in Arizona today. At Mayer, Yavapai county, he is looked upon as better citizen than a large number of white men.
 Though he can distinctly remember all that took place. Bur4s, like num- Der of others in recent years, has searched for the cave in which lie the bones of his father, mother and part of his ancestors, but has never been able to find it.
 Jeff Adams, while he was in Phoe- nix yesterday, arranged with several people to in the near future pilot them to the cave that more may be learned about the ghastly sepulchre. Among those anxious to make an early trip to the cave is Postmaster McClintock.
 Adams, in speaking of his discov- cry yesterday, stated that only those who see it for themselves can realize the awfulness Of the thing. Since 1872 the skeletons have been lying there unfound. The manner in which some of the bones are scattered indi- cate that wild animals ate their fill. Some of the bones are gnawed as if wolves had feasted on the human flesh.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE.

Get your newspapers for lighting fires and laying under carpets in bun dies of 100 for 25 cents. Review of. fee.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
 IN THE SHELTER CITY
MORE FIRE FIGHTING APPARA rus TO BE BOUGHT BY THE
 CITY.
Ballot Boxes for City Election Are Ordered.-The Fire Limit Ordi- nance Passed.-Sewer Question Up and to be Disposed of.

Douglas. Asiz., Feb. 5.-(SpeciaD =
 The Douglas city council met in regular monthly session last even ing at o'clock. Present: Acting Mayor Dunlap, Aldermen Adamson, Prickett, Stacy.
 The usual monthly presentation of bills was made and referred to the auditing committee.
 The ordinance extending the fire limits was passed under a suspension of the rules. The new limits will ex- tend from Twelfth street to Fifteenth
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07

walking the rounds in some other part of the city He left the front door wide open, but that didn't matter after all the pies were gone.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07

WANTED-Bel boy at Copper Queen
 Hotel. Inquire at office.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-07

Review Want Ads" bring results.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-02
Action of Catalog Houses
Threatens Serious Inroads
On Their Business
OFFER HIGH RATES OF INTEREST
1t Is Expected That Thousands of
People, Who Now Have Deposits in
the Country Banks, Will Draw Their
Money Out and Place 1t With the
Mail Order Houses.
Special to Times-Republican.

Ft Dodge, Aug. 2.-The catalog
circulars in this section of the state
which threaten the banks. as higher
rates of interest are offered for the de-
posts of their patrons than it is pos
sible for them TO secure at the banks
of the country towns. The Fort Dodge
bankers have received notice of this
fact from the bankers of the smaller
towns, who are really becoming alarm
ed. 1t is understood that the Bankers
Association is to be appealed to by the
small bankers, to secure protection
from the inroads of the catalog houses.
The offer made by the catalog houses
is that people having money in the
country banks receive 3 or per cent
interest for the use of their money or
nothing. Country banks generally pay
not over 4 per cent on time certificates
of deposit. The mail order houses are
advertising DO Your Banking With
Us" and they offer to accept any
money sent them, in amounts from SO
to $4,000 send a certificate for 1t, ana
pay per cent interest semi annually
The money may be had on demand
and surrender of the certificate. 1t 5
also provided that the depositor may
buy goods against his bank account
with the company and have the
amount deducted from his deposit.
This offer looks good, providing the
catalog house is responsible, and 1t
is expected that thousands of people,
who now have deposits in the country
banks will draw their money and place
it with the mail order houses. The
catalog house explains that it borrows
thousands of dollars in the east each
year, for which it pays lower rate OF
interest.
One house which is offering to take
the money of the country depositors
sends out financial statement of their
earnings for the past year. and offers
s1O,OOO,O0O of preferred stock, paying
per cent interest, in shares of 500
each, reserving the right to redeem
the stock at any time for 125 per cent
of the par value. The statement OF
earnings shows the amount of money
taken from the country merchants
each year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-02
VIA THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Aug. 4, S & 6, '06
LIMIT AUGUST is, 1906.
Tourist Sleepers
VIA THE
in Both Directions.

On the above dates, the Illinois Cent
raj Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets to Chicago, limited to Aug
ust Is for return, from Omaha, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Onawa, Sioux City. Sioux
Falls, Albert Lea, Cedar Rapids. and
all intermediate points west of the Mis-
sissippi River, at the very low rate of
only $500 for the round trip. Tickets
must be executed by Joint Agent in
Chicago on payment of 25-cent fee,
before they will be good for return.
They will not be good for stop overs,
nor will they be extended under any
circumstances.
Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars will be provided as re-
quired on evening trains which
arrive in Chicago in the morn
ing. Tourist Sleepers will also
be available for return trip.
Railroad and Sleeping Car
tickets may be purchased in
advance.
Apply at once for Sleeping
Car reservations and f'rther
information to
S. r. kRUsE, Agent,
Ackley, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-02
! WAS PILLOW Of DEATH
William Bennett, From Mime
sofa, Lay Down OH Railroad
Track to Sleep
HIS TWO COMPANIONS ESCAPE
they Also Had Gone to Sleep on the
Rock Island Track Near Rockford,
But Were Awakened by Noise of
Approaching Train-Pioneer Farmer
Near Shell Rock Killed.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Rockford, Aug. 2.-The railroad
track rail near here proved pillow
of death to William Bennett, of Litch-
field, Mimi, who was struck by a
Rock Island passenger train yester-
dav. and died a few hours later from
his injuries. The man was hurled sew
eral feet and sustained the fracture
of one arm and internal injuries. He
was brought to Rockford, but passed
away soon after Bennett was AZ years
old and unmarried. His father lives
at Litchfield and the body may be sent
there for burial.
Bennett and two companions were
beating their way from Minnesota ta
point in the southern part of Iowa.
firing of walking, one of the trio sug-
gested they rest awhile. The three
fell asleep with their heads pillowed
upon one of the rails, midway between
Rockford and Nora Junction. Rock Is
land passenger train No. 20 came along
and the noise awakened one He
shouted to the other two and grasped
the nearest one and rolled him from
the rail. Bennett was still drowsy,
and not realizing just what was taking
place, tried to crawl across the other
rail instead of sliding into the right of
way.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-02
PARkERsBuRe POSTMASTER.
Editor e. e. schrack, Of the Eclipse
Succeeds, John Bird.

Special to Times Republican
Parkersburg, Aug. 2.-Postmaster
John Bird, whose term has expired,
will be succeeded here by E. E.
Schrack, editor of the Parkersburg
Eclipse, who has received official no.
tice of his appointment. The change
caused somewhat of a sensation as it
was thought Mr.. Bird was a candidate
for disappointment and his chances for
being named We're believed to be good.
The retiring postmaster has had
charge of the local office for the last
eight and one-half years and gave gen.
eral satisfaction Ills health, however,
has been failing for some time, and
this fact may have had much to do
with the change. Miss Jennie Bird
has acted as assistant postmaster dur
ing the major portion of that period
and has made many friends who will
dislike to have her leave the place.
Mr. Schrack is an old time news
paper man having edited the Eclipse
for years and made it one of the best
weekly papers in this section of the
state. He is man of wide experience
and will doubtless make an excellent
postlnaster