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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

Ii is reported IN Aberdeen that the
NJ. & st. j.. will establish general offices
in the HAITI block IN that city, from
which the contraction of the Water
town extension to Aberdeen and Leola
will be looked after. This seems to
indicate that the Aberdeen route has
been finally adopted, although no
official annoutcement has yet been
made to that effect.
A movement was started in Aber-
deem Tuesday to organize a base ball
club for that city. If organized, 1t will
become a member of a league which
will consist of six or eight Of the more
important towns. The Aberdeen team
will be owned by a stock company, the
capital stock of which will be $1,000. A
number of prominent Aberdeen bust
ness men are behind the scheme and it
is expected that results will follow.
A. Il. Chamberlain, of the Bide-a-wee
stock farm, and f. w. Or.mayer held a
joint sale Of registered Poland China
hogs at Howard last week. Thirty
were sold at an average of S23 each.
The price ranged from $40 to $50 All
All but two sales were TO resident
farmers. The demonstrated success of
that section Of the state as a corn
county and the high price of hogs have
given hog raising an impetus in Miner
county.
A brick building known asBenevolent
hall and valued atsl5,0 900 was destroyed
by fire at Sturgis Monday. Several
firemen narrowly escaped death. The
insurance on the building was $1,000.
The ID. G.. Clothing company had about
$50, 900 stock, which was greatly
damaged by water. A bowling alley
in the basement, valued $4,000 and
partially insured, was destroyed. The
cause Of the fire is not known. The
building was owned by the Masons,
Odd Fellows and United Workmen.
Harry Osborn, for years a prominent
resident of Scotland, Bon Homme
county, who some weeks ago made a
homestead entry in the region west Of
the Missouri river in western South
Dakota has adopted a novel method of
travelling to the land and at the same
time providing himself with a claim
shanty. He built a comfortable house
on wheels, and in this he and his wife
are journeying to their homestead
horses furnishing the motive power.
When they reach their land the house
will be placed on the ground to serve as
their home.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

Dora La Pine, charged with having
shot and killed her husband, Joseph La
Pine was convicted by a jury of man
Slaughter in the first degree, at Madi-
son. A motion for "A new trial will be
made. and, if denied, an appeal may be
taken to the supreme court.
Al a special election last week to
vote on the proposition of thu issue of
bonds amounting to SIS 600 for the con-
struction of a modern sewerage system
plant at Aberdeen, the bond measure
was carried. The vote stood $50 for and
1913 against the proposition.
A building known as benevolent hall
in Sturgis was destroyed by fire Sunday
The fire in some portions of the build
ing was hard to be reached by the hose,
aud several firemen had narrow escapes
from death in the flames. The block
was two stories and valued at $4,000;
insurance $1,000.
II. l.. Hubbard, who was charged
with the killing of G.. w. Cakebread,
and sent to the penitentiaty for fifteen
years, and who recently was granted a
new trial by the supreme court, has
Keen released from Jail on bonds of
5000. Hubbard's second trial will
occur during the term Of circuit court
for Beadle county, which V on
March 10.
A Swiss watch claimed to be los years
old, is owned by William Stricken, the
jeweler, at Miller. Ii is hand made,
keeps accurate time. Its works are the
thickness of a dollar, aud it has eight
diamond jewels. Several valuable
offers have been refused for it. The
present owner came in possession of it
by buying it of a party whb had been
in Jail aud had parted from the relic
with great reluctance.
w. NJ. Olson aud Il. Fl. Dessher, who
were arrested seven days ago by Deputy
Sheriff Thackery, for running q blind
pig at Hudson, and who were sent to
Jail because of failure to put up bonds,
were taken, at their own request, before
Judge Jones last Friday afternoon. and
after a fatherly talk from the judge he
gave them twenty days each in the
county Jail. They protested that they
had no idea that they were violating
the law, and as they had heretofore
borne a very good reputation, the judge
let them off very easily. When they
are released it is very possible that
''hop tea" will not be among the arti-
cles for sale in their restaurant in
Hudson.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

The first of the colored colony which
Will establish itself is Sully county has
arrived and has gone into the western
part of that county zeal Fairbank.
This colony was worked up by b. p.
Blair, an old resident of that section,
and will come from Iowa points. The
settlers he was looking for were men
with capital to purchase their homes
and begin farming operations, aud he
says the colony will be prosperous from
the start.
Work on the North Western extern
sion of 1855 miles from Pierre to Rapid
City will be pushed for operation by
January /, 1907 This winter a tenn
porary bridge was built across the Mis-
sour for handling material, rails have
been laid to-the big cut west of Pierre,
and terminals have been built at Rapid
City. Direct connection with theBlack
Hills will be afforded the Twin Cities
by this extension shortening the time
at least twelve hours.
+. b. Rowe, the manager of the Great
Western Telegraph company, which is
backed principally by Fort Pierre peo-
pie, has begun the work of building his
line west from Fort Pierre to Rapid
City, following the proposed line of the
Northwestern road. The same company
is building a line from C~hamberlain,
following the proposed line of the Mil
waukee road, and has a line in oper-
alton from Prehso to Fort Pierre, and
Will build other cross lines between the
two main lines.
q. j. Bach, commissioner of schools
and public lands of South Dakota, has
been in the Hills with Secretary OF
State Wipf for several days. A sale OF
school lands located just north of RAPID
City was held in that town and 3Gs
acres Of land sold for about $4,000.
This land was bought by number of
business men of hat city at prices
ranging from $50 to sl16 an acre. This
wal an unusually high price, and was
due to sharp bidding by Omaha, Min
neapolis and Chicago parties. Mr.. Bach
and Mr.. WHIP were also in Hot Springs
looking over the quarries there with a
view to determining what stone should
be used in the building Of the state
capitol at Pierre. 1t IL now more than
probable that the gray and white sand
stone which from the Burke
quarry viii be employed. The gov
ernment building in Rapid City Is being
built from this stone, large amounts ~
which have also been shipped 70 omaiia
and other eastern points.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04

Mr.. J. K. Osborne, Of Duluth, the
Southern representative of the Clyde
Iron Works, of Duluth and Minneapo-
lis, manufacturers Of steam logging
machinery, has decided to make Sum-
ter his headquarters Mr.. Osborne is
an amateur athlete with a national
and international reputation. He
holds a score or more medals won in
various amateur contests. Among the
number are the Canadian champion
ship oarsmans' gold medal and the in
ternational medal. He was a member
Of the Canadian crew sent to England
to contest in the Henly regatta for the
Sour-oared championship Of the world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
THE WIDOWS PLANT.
The Chief Mourner at Mayor Dicks
Political Funeral Comments on the
Sad Event.
From The Daily Item March %.
MIR Editor. NV Dear Sir:

From The Daily Item March %.
Mr. Editor, My Dear Sir:
Phase be kind enough to publish
the enclosed death notice gratuitously,
as his salary of 75c per day with no
"perquisites of the office') has been
SO suddenly cut off that settlement for
. same would necessarily be on the "de-
ferred payment plan.
The friends, reiatives and acquaint-
ances Of the late Mayor Dick will be
grieved to know that he came to an
untimely end yesterday, March 27,
1906, suspended in mid air upon one
Of the largest "Polls" ever erected in
this city. The deceased had been suf-
fering for some time with what ap-
peared to be an ordinary Boyle and
his surgeons led him to believe that
when the knife should be applied on
the 9th the wound would heal rapid
ly. They had not proceeded far with
the operation, however, when it was
decided, without much consultation,
that this disease was Of what is known
as the "Boylus-genus,' with ramifca-
tons innumerable and that death
from same was inevitable At various
hours during the day his friends came
to read the bulletins, going away with
sad expressions. but about u o'clock
mighty shock Of some description
struck that poll the jar from which
the deceased never gained conscious
ness, and precisely at Z p. m. all was
over and his body was taken to his
secluded little wigwam on "The Alley"
The last sad rites will be given him
april II, at s p. M, city hall. The
public cordially invited to attend.
De mortuis nil nisi bonum.
The citizens decided yesterday that
each active pail bearer must occupy
one Booth and wear Hood"
There must be no profanity Or
."Schweing" at the meeting-a resolu-
ton passed by the people yesterday
forbids that absolutely,
The refreshments prescribed for the
chief mourners at the wake. (Walter
Stubbs and Dave Dick) can be Of va
ried kinds, but must be''All-nuts' and
strange to say will be fed to them
"Witherspoon," not of the ordinary
type, but of the $500 per meeting
kind.
If any kind sister attends these OBJ
sequies the pall-bearers will not be re-
sponsible if the little Chaps Hug-er"
as he is in a semi-comatose condition
suffering from shock The opera
ton was a perfect success, however.
Yours in crepe,
..His Widow
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
The April DeIineator.

To the woman Of fashion the April
for it contains an array Of attractive
garments that will enable her to select
and develop in her own home every
thing necessary for any occasion.
Apart from matters Of style, there are
two stories by we'll known writer's:
s'The Flight of jim Charles" by AL
bert Bigelow Paine, and ''The Stolen
Sneech." by Joseph A. Altsheler. In
the latter, love ano politics are equally
blended, and the hero not only wins
the passage of the school bill for
which he is fighting, but the girl who
spurs him on A new series that is
sure to please many is Famous
American Songs" and in this number
of the magazine the author, Gustav
Kobbe, tells Of that song Of the home
sick, "Old Folks at Home" An Amer
lean lady's Housekeeping experiences
in Morocco-the Land Of the Brigands
will prove interesting reading, but
it is doubtful if many will care to
transport themselves and their fami-
lies to that lawless country. "Portia, .
the NOBLE heroine Of Shakespeare's
Merchant of Venice is the subject
of a clever sketch by Dorothy Donnel-
ly, based on her own impersonation
of the character. To the many good
things usually provided for the chill
dren, two exceptionally bright stories
have been added and for the busy wo-
man in the home everything pertain
ing to the inner working Of the house
hold is touched on in the various de-
partments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Producing Wool.

Thessfarmers of this county are pey-
ing considerable attention to sbeel
raising. One farmer recently sold in
the city some ten or fifteen bales of
wool from his own farm, which netted
him as much handsome profit than if
it had been cotton. He declares that
the wool was nearly all clear profit,
for it cost him mucn less expense aud
trouble than to raise cotton SPARTAN
burg correspondent News and Courier.
And others throughout the State
would be engaged in this same profit
able occupation if it we're not for The
fact that they have the wool Cotton
so pulled over tneir eyes. 1t makes
them blind to all other possible d. vel
opments. animal or vegetable Wins
boro News and Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Reuion Dates are Changed.

Columbia, March 29-At meeting
Of the central committee on arrange.
ments for the coming reunion of Coz
federate veterans yesterday It vas de-
cided to change the date for holding
the gathering. The dates were first
fixed for the fourth week in May but
it was afterwards discovered that the
meeting Of the grand lodge of The
knights of Pythias would be held in
Sumter at that time and the reuni"n
will therefore be held on May Is. II
and l8.
The committee is arranging for a
place for the veterans at the speaking
and other exercises. The theatre can
not be obtained at that time as it will
be undergoing repairs and the tall of
the house of representatives will be oc-
cupied by the Democrative executive
committee so that it will be necessary
for canvass covering to be erected on
ths State house grounds where the
speaking Will probably take place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04

Now that ghost stories are again to
the fore. one from Just century ago
NAV find place. says the London
Chronicle. In this case the ghost was
officially taken inro account by town
meeting. Under the date of March g.,
1906. the Annual Register tells how a
butcher of Stretford, in Lancashire, bad
disappeared during recent food, and
how rumors spread that al apparition
had been seen near certain local pocl
of water. Some gave it the form of an
uncanny dog, others that of an equally
mysterious man who uttered blood
curdling yells; and it was told that,
even hen nothing was seen, cattle re-
fused to drink at the pond, and horses
tr-mhled as they passed it. At last a
town meeting decided to rump the
pool dry 1t was Gone. and there, sure
enough was the butcher.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
COUNCIL MEETING.

A regular meeting of city council
was held Wednesday night with the
following members present:
Mayor Geo. W. Dick; Aldermen Bar
nett, Finn, Haynsworth, Rowland
Stubbs and Wilder.
Absent Hood and Hurst
Minutes of March 2Sth were rea6
and confirmed.
Further time was granted to the
police committee to report in refer
ence to numbering Wells and Grie1
streets. Time was allowed the com
nittee of public works for final report
on matters referred to them.
Mr. Haynsworth, chairman OF the
committee OF public works, stated that
County Superintendent Scale is now
ready to bring the chain gang into the
city and do work due to the city. Coun-
ell directed that Mr.. Scale be request
ed to put his force to work on West
Liberty street.
The mayor reported that he had a
letter from Col. Thomas Wilson, presi-
dent of the Northwestern Railroad Co..
dated 18th inst, in which he promised
to have a crossing built over the track
recently laid, leading from w. c. &
A. railroad so that Mary street may be
open to vehicles. This will, however,
be. only temporary as there is still a
considerable amount OF grading to be
done at that point in the near future
The mayor further stated that the
crossing has been built, and Mary
street is now open to the public.
s A letter was received from Mr.. Wm.
Rultman acceding tosthe request OF the
city for three feet Of his premises for
the purpose Of widening East Calhoun
street on condition that the city will
have his house moved back from the
sidewalk as will be necessary, and Of
fering to pay $50 towards the expense
Of removal. The committee Of public
works was authorized to pay fifty DOL
lars towards removal Of the house, il
Mr.. Bultnan will accept the offer.
Application was received from Mr..
W. A. Clyde for position on the po-
lice force, but action thereon was de-
ferred.
Council then adjourned
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Petit Jury.
His Widow

For secord week of April term:
Julian D. Bradford. G. ". Smith,
q. NJ. Sanders, W. Fl. Pate, H. S.
Tisdale, R. M. Warren, J. NJ. N. Will
der, 8. S. Kolb, j. D. White. q. a.
Ho5t.. W. L. Jackson, G. E. Stubhs,
Jr., E. 3. Hodge. J. S. Weldon, ".
M. DeLorme. Reid Aro, j. NJ. Tis-
dale, Jr, j. " Dennis, Edward R.
Sanders, Peter r. Mayes, G. G. Beck,
R. E. Dursnt, Louis Lyons. L. L.
Hunter, W. N. White, j. A. Bcykln,
J. M. Kolh, n. A. Nesbitt, Edgar
Skinner. R. j. Davis, T. S. McLen-
don, W. O. Bradford, W. L. Sanders,
W. S. Bovkin. W. R. Phillips and j.
G.. DawkinS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Mrs. Mary S. Whitaker.

To the Editor of The News and Cou-
rier: Since none of your correspondents
who remember her furnished correct
data relating to Mrs Mary Scrin-
eeour Whitaker. I beg to give the
facts. She was the daughter of Sam
uel Furman, D. D.. and his wife,
Eliza ScrimReour, and was born near
Coosawhatcbie. Beaufort County, in
1915. She went to Scotland in her
eirlhood, where her mother inherited
the estate of Thorphall, Polnout, in
the county of Sterling. While there
she married John Miller, brother of
Sir William Miller, of Manderston, a
member of Parliament, Rho died in
1857 at great age John Miller was
appointed attorney general to the
British West Indies. and died there in
1887 of yellow fever. Her widowhood
was spent at ner fathers house, on the
high HILLS Of Santee, aud with her
uncle, the late G. M. Furman, of
Charleston. In that city she met he:
second bus band, David K. Whitaker,
q man well known in ante-bellum lit
erary circles, and at that time con-
nected with De BOWS Review. Mrs.
Whitaker was the granddaughter of
Richard Furman, for thirty-eight
years pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Charleston. The lpte Dr..
John Il. Furman, OF Sumter, was her
brother Dying at 90 she had sur
viv d nine brothers and sters. of
whom she was the oldest
Kate Furman.
Sumter, S. c., March 18, 1906.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Ran in Burning Track.

Green Pond, March 27-One of the
most serious wrecks that has occurred
for scme time on the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, was caused early Mon
Gay morning by woods" fire burn
ing the bridge and about three hun
dred feet Of track between Green Pond
and Yemassee, The FIRE burned the
track on curve and the fast freigbt
ran into it, going about thirty miles
an hour. The e. glue was demolished
and ten freight cars we1e wrecked.
The engineer, Mr.. Robert Dennipg,
was SERIOUSLY injured and is not ex-
pectei to live ana the colored fireman
was slightly injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04

never heard Mathis say anything to
Gaylord before he shot him.
DR.. A. c. Baskin sworn: held
post mortem examination on the body
of John Gaylord, personally unknown
to me, I find one gunshot wound, in
my opinion causing death. Entrance
indicates that about a .32 or .3S cali
bre entered Ia inches below, and a
half inch to the right of cartilage in
pit Of stomach, passing back to the
left and slightly up through the liver.
(signed.) A. c. Baskin, M. D.
The verdict rendered by the jury
was that John Gaylord came to his
death from a pistol shot in the hands
of Grover Mathis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
DEAD COME TO LIFE.
Fourteen Miners Who Were Entombed
March 10 Found Alive and Rescued
By Searching Party.
Lens, France, March ao.-The four

Lens, France, March 30.-The four
teen miners who were entombed
in the Courier coal mines at the time
of the great fire disaster there on
March 10 were taken from the mines
alive this morning by a searching par
ty which was exploring the mines.
The men had lived for twenty da. S,
deprived Of light and almost shut off
from air. With one exception all were
we'll, but they could not have lived
much longer. The searchers heard
knockings and quickly began digging
in the direction Of the noise, and they
soon came upon the men.
When cut off by the explosion the
men took refuge in the stable used for
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
The Richest Man in the World.

@The richest man in the world can
not have his kidneys replaced nor live
without them, SO it is important not
to neglect these organs. If Foleys
Kidney Cure is taken at the first
sign of danger, the symptoms will dis
appear and your health will be restoc-
ed, as it strengthens and builds up
these organs as nothing else will. Os-
car Bowman, Lebanon, KY, writes:
II have used Foley's Kidney Cure and
take great pleasure in stating it cured
me permanently of kidney disease
which certainly would have cost me
my life" Durant's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Sumter, S. c., M
Rheumatism Makes the Life Miserable

"A happy home is the most valuable
possession that is within the reach of
mankind, but you cannot enjoy its
rheumatism. You throw aside bust
ness cares when you enter your home
and you can be relieved from those
rheumatic pains also by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One apph-
cation will give you relief and its con-
tinued use for short time will bring
about a permanent cure. For sale by
all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
The Original.

-*Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity Of .Foley's Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered
for the genuine. These worthless i'm
itations have similar sounding names.
Beware Of them. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar is in yellow package.
Ask for it and refuse any substitute. Il
is the best remedy for coughs and
colds. Durant's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
S100 Reward. S10O.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all it's stages,
and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to ae medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh bein, a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials
ADDRESS J. J. CHENEY, Toledo, O.
For sale oy all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hats Family Pills for Consti-
cation. 31S-1m
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
A Loss to Camden.

Camden, Maren 27.-Mr. John T.
Nettles, a well-known and substantial
citizen of Camden, who retired from
the mercantile business several years
ago on account of i'll health, died at his
home here last night sf.er long ill
ness. Ee was sixtytwo years Of age,
and leaves a wife and two grown chill
dren, Mr. John Net,les, Jr., Of Cam
den, and Mrs. J. T. Lindsay, of Ches-
ter. He was member of DeKalb
Lodge, Knights OF Honor, and con-
sistent member of the Baptist Church.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04

*If you ever bought box Of witch
hazel salve that failed to give satisfac.
ton the chances are il did not have
the name "E. C. Dewitt s. Co." print
ed on the wrapper and pressed in the
box. The original DeWitt's Witch Ha-
zel Salve never fails to give satisfac-
ton for burns. sores, boils. letter.
cracked hands, etc. For blind. bleed
ing. itching and protruding piles it af-
fords almost immediate relief. 1t
stops the pain. Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-04
Led Ills Class.

DR.. Charles Rytteuberg, third son Of
the late Harry Ryttep berg. of this
city. was graduated last week f1om the
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York City, at the head of class
of ninety. lie bas received an ap-
pointmept as a member of the house
staff OF Mt. Sinai Hospital Dr.. Ryt-
tenterg is a graduate of the Sumter
Graded Schools and of the South Car
olina College.