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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-28
MAYESF1EIlE.

Mayesville, March 2S.--At mass
meeeng Of the citizens held last night
nj the store of Pringle Bros. the fol-
7owing ticket was nominated FOR Of
acers Of the town to be voted on at
-,s,e general election to be held during
a,e first Of April:
1ntendant-W. w. Gardner. {
NardensM. G. Mayes, n. 3. VIII
zs,on Robert chafin, Jack Pringle.
Board OF Health-W. M. Bradley
pa,rsician; W. N. McElveen, T. B.
Fort, j. r. Mayes, ]. F. Bland.
twas recommended to the council
sa,at the salary Of the clerk and treas
urer be raised toSs5o.oO. Much discus
son followed this action as some OF
zhe citizens present wanted the may
On Is receive a salary and the wardens
10 receive remuneration. The mat
ter of recommending to the council ac-
hon in regard to the latter was put to
1he vote and majority voted no sal
ary 10 mayor or wardens.
It is rumored in town today that
some OF the norsinees VIII resign just
after taking Office, if elected. The sal
ary question seems to be the main IS
sue AS the majority of those pres
eat at the meeting voted no salary. it
IS to be seen if the council can use the
finds of the town without or against
HE consent Of the people.
1t seems that there will be no op-
position as there is only one ticket in
fhe field. but heretofore an indepen-
dent ticket has been organized and
generally elected. All particulars in re-
gard to the election will be published
in-yhe Item at later date.
Mr.. Fielder, Professor and Mrs. Hut
10, of Pinewood, who manage the
play presented by Pinewood talent, ar
rred ia town last night The balance
pf the troupe will arrive tonight.
Mr. w. B. Chandler of Dawson Col
lege is at home. Mr.. Chandler con-
hacted very severe illness while at
college and is now convalescing.
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sociatio!

Mr.. G. W. Winsate, of Dalzell.
brought a two-horse wagon load of
fine yam potatoes here Saturday and
found ready sale for them. He pre-
sented specimen fifteen inches in
length and Of substantial diameter to
Mr.. B. G. Gibson.
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COUNTY GORE sP1ADEAGE.
NEWsy IETTERs FROM OUR SPE-
GIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
1senas OF interest From all Parts of
Sumter and Adjoining Counties.
asyaYcE 10 CORRESPONDENTS.

Mail your letters 50 that they VIII
reach this Office not later than Tues
nav morning. When. the letters are
received Wednesday it is almost an
inpossibiiity to have them appear IA
fhe paper issued that day.
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when accepted didn't settle the ques-
ton where to drive. Coming here
though shows your appreciation of
GOOD CATERING.
VIC wager there isn't any who eat at
our restaurant who won't gladly COM
mend it to Others Good service. well
cooked food, and moderate prices
does it.
THE SUMTER RESTAURANT,
Y. +. Brunson, Proprietor.
3-21-6m
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BOYKIN.

Boykin, March 26.-Nothwithstand
ing the rain and disagreebale weather
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SMITHVILLE.

smithyille, March 24.-Mr. c. =
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

Socialism might be both desirable and
practicable. The men who met in
New York last week advocate dividing
up the property Of the world; they
want the government to take away
from those who have and give it to
those who have not. They advocate
a more dangerous doctrine even than
those who ask the government to take
away from the masses and give to the
few. The Socialist is the antithesis Of
the captain of industry who forms
combinations that he may rob the peo-
pie.
1t is we'll in this day Of "isms" in
religion, in politics and economics to
avoid extremes and to profit by the
experience of centuries. This gov
eminent was founded by men whose
chief object was to secure to every
man an equal opportunity to do the
best for himself without aid or him
drance from governmental power. The
philosophy of Jefferson means the sur
vival of tho fittest. That philosophy
will never be popular with the selfish
unfit. But it is natures law. All
the imagintngs Of dreamers and poets
will not be able to do away with it.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

Two American priests recently
visited Shanghai. China, when return
ing from the Philippines. Passing from
the European into the Chinese quarter,
their attention was suddenly drawn to
a cross glittering on the top of build
ing. They entered the court yard,
which led to the Office, and found a
Catholic school in operation with a
Chinese Brother as teacher. The
priests. upon whom many pairs of al
nlond eyes we're focused, blessed
themselves, and the little fellows re-
sponded Immediately by Il similar sign
of Christian unity. AS the priests
turned to go, another teacher ap-
preached them, dressed in Chinese ap-
parel. from the quaint shoes to the
shaven head with its long hanging
queue. He spoke q few words in
English, and one Of the American
priests, making further inquiries, was
quite overcome when this good Chinese
Catholic answered.: My name is
Kenealy, and I come from Cork" He
was an Irish Jesuit, says the Syracuse
Catholic Sun.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

The Gaelic League of London lately
forwarded memorial to the London
County Council asking that it should
allow the teaching Of the Irish
language as an extra subject, and Irish
history as part of the historical course,
in those London schools which are
principally attended by the children Of
Irish parents. says the New York Irish
American. There is very strong feel
ing among the London-1rish in favor
of having Irish taught to their children
in schools towards the support of
which they pay rates. Hebrew is
taught to the Jews in the Whitechapel
schools. and Irish parents consider that
they are entitled to the same treat
ment. When the new members of
Parliament went up to sign the roll
in the House of Commons on Feb. IA,
Mr.. John Murphy inscribed his name
in Irish characters. Sir Courtenay
Ilbert, the Chief Clerk, looked obviously
at the signature, and asked Mr.. Murphy
what it might be. He replied that it
was his name, and the Chief Clerk,
though evidently by no means satisfied
that it was d regular proceeding for
a member to sign his name in other
than English characters. made the best
Of it, and permitted Mr.. Murphy to de-
part in peace.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

The Providence Visitor has the fol.
lowing to say about the English Prot
estants who are raising such a howl
over the Princess .Ena's change of re-
ligion: The English Protestants, and
among them the Bishop Of London,
who are loud in their demands that the
coronation oath be kept on the statute
books are protesting just as loudly
against the change Of religion on the
part of Princess Ena who Is to become
the wife of King Alphonso Of Spain.
So we are to infer that while England
has the right of having no Catholic
on the throne, Spain on the other hand
is guilty Of q crime before heaven and
earth in permitting no Protestant to
be queen. o Consistency!
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS.

1t is popular in many quarters in
dicussing questions in regard to i'm
migration to speak of Italian immi-
grants disparagingly and to laud those
who come to our shores from the
northern countries of Europe. A re-
cent number of Outlook has an in
teresting article on the Italians Of New
York. The writer gives the total num-
four hundred and fifty thousand. yet"
he says, "By visit to the great aims
house on Blackwelrs Island and an
examination of the unpublished record
for 1905, found that during that year
only sixteen Italians had been adj
mitted." He shows that there is no
such thing as an Italian tramp. He
finds that the Italians are honest, saw
ing. Industrious and temperate. 1t is
probable indeed that the Italian i'm.
migrants will compare favorably with
those from other countries. The IL
literate Italian does exactly what the
illiterate from any other country does
upon coming to this country. He takes
to the pick and the shovel and per-
forms the hard labor Of our country.
His children, educated in the public
schools or in the Parocllial schools, go
into business. 1t is probable that
there are more Italians Of the second
generation in this country in business,
in proportion to their numbers, than
of any other foreign nationality. Two
generations ago the Irish immigrants
did the work upon the streets. in the
sewers and upon the railways. The
Italian immigrant today Is doing what
the Irish Immigrant did fifty years
ago. What has become of the children
of the Irish immigrants? The question
is easily answered; they have moved
up in a country blessed with many
opportunities where all are given an
equal chance. The physically and
mentally strong children of hardy i'm
migrants have easily succeeded in sue
cessfully competing with the children
of the native born in the professions,
in the trades and in business. Fifty
years from now the same will be
found true of the Italians; perhaps
even in Il greater degree. The Italian
is especially fitted for business pur-
suits. He is thrifty. Industrious and
economical. There should be an end
to unthinking condemnation Of the
immigrants from sum-, Italy.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
ATTACKS ON REDMOND.

In a recent address delivered before
the Clan-na-G Gael Society in New York
Judge O'Neill Ryan of st. Louis at
tackled John Redmond. the leader Of
the Irish Parliamentary Party for the
attitude that ne and his colleagues
took in the recent election. Judge
Ryan seems to think that the Irish
in England and Scotland should have
supported the Tories In the recent elec-
ton instead Of the Liberals. This po-
sition he supports by saying that II the
Irish had supported the Tories the ball
ance Of power between the two great
parties in England would have rested
with the Nationalist, while as it is
the Liberals have majority over all.
1t will be little hard for the friends
Of Ireland to understand how Irish
voters could consistently vote in favor
Of Tory candidates. The Tories have
always been opposed to granting any
measure Of Home Rule to Ireland while
. large portion Of the Liberal Party
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
SOCIALISM IMPOSSIBLE.

An account Of recent convention of
Socialists in New York contains the
names Of two young millionaires. ]. C.
Phelps Stokes and Joseph Medir Pat
terson. as participants. These young
men are evidently determined to at
tract attention in some way. They
probably fully understand that there
is no danger Of the doctrines which
they advocate prevailing in this coun-
try SO that they are in no immediate
danger of parting with their millions.
They thus have an opportunity Of APP
pearing as utilitarians without cost to
themselves.
The doctrines Of Socialism are as
inimical to the rights of the individual
az are the illegal combinations OF
wealth which rob the individual by
sitting competition. Socialism Is at
tractive to dreamers and idealists but
as u practical program is impossible o!
success. Many Socialfstic commune
ties have been started in the United
States and there Is not one Of them
today in a furnishing condition. Com
munism fails to take in account
ambition which exists in most NOR
tails. The desire to gain, to go for
ward and upward, is the great moving
cause Of the worlds progress. It is
because one man possesses this am
bition in greater degree than his
neighbors that he succeeds in greater
measure. II every mans wants Were
to be provided for out of the common
fund and the earnings of the individ-
ual were to be turned over to that
common fund for the benefit Of all
there would be no incentive for the
exercise Of ambition.
The unsuccessful, the disconnected
those who envy their neighbours goods
will turn to Socialism temporarily.
The very selhshness which causes
them to do 80 will prevent Socialism
from aver becoming q controlling force
IN tho world. II men were perfect,
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
Mother Joseph III.

Aberdeen. s. D.. March 3.-Mother
Mary Joseph. mother superior of the
Presentation Order in the state of
South Dakota, is seriously sick at the
convent in this city. Her condition
yesterday was reported better, but she
is still extremely sick. Mother Joseph
established the order of the Dakotas3
over twenty-five years ago and has
lahored necessarily in its behalf ever
since. Besides number Of hospitals
and academies in other parts OF the
state. the sisterhood controls st. Ls,ke's
hospital. Presentation and the convent
of this city.
At present writing, Tuesday. March
6. Mother Joseph IL very much better
and her physicians report that she will
be around in . little time. &
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

The City Council of Chicago has
passed an ordinance raising the saloon
license fee in that city to one thousand
dollars. The result of the change will
be to make fewer breeding places for
criminals and also to furnish a rev.
enue with which to supply larger
police force to watch criminals. It
ought not to be hard to see the wis
dom Of such legislation. There were
some thirty out of seventy-six alder
man who could not see the point. If
there was only some way of wedding
out the cheap aldermen as there is a
way of wedding out the low saloon.
law and order would be greatly bene-
flied in our la:ge cities.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

A circular letter, recently sent out
by A. W. Latham, Secretary Of the
minnesota State Horticultural Society,
viii be found in this issue of the Irish
STANDARD. To encourage the growing
of apple trees from seed in the North
west. is the aim of the society and
prizes to the amount Of five hundred
dollars have been offered in a contest
which is free and open to all. The OBJ
5ect is a good one and cannot fail to
attract the attention it so fairly de-
serves.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
DULUTH AND IRON RANGE

To our subscribers In Duluth, Supe-
rior, the cities and towns of the Iron
Range and points between Minneapolis
and Duluth we wish to say that our
travelling agent Mr.. S. T.. Shannon, will
visit them within u few days. We
hope all our patrons will be possessed
of sufficient quantity Of the where
with to pay their subscriptions, and
that Mr.. Shannon may be successful in
in the localities visited.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

The name of John Ehnes was strick-
en- from the primary ballot as a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
of mayor Of st. Paul by Judge Orr,
on the ground that Ehnes is insane.
This action OF the Ramsey District
Court will be valuable precedent for
action in the future. Under the pri-
mary system a good many crazy peo-
pie submit their names as candidates.
In fact some crazy people are nominat-
ed and elected.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

THE death of the only Catholic
chaplain Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Rev. John +. Leary reminds
.us says the Pilot, that there are still
living two Catholic chaplains Of the
Civil War, Archbishop Ireland, VIII:
ministered to n regiment from Mime.
sofa, and the Rev. Louis A. Lambert
editor Of The Freemans journal OF
New York, who received his commits.
sion from Gov. Yates, Of Illinois,
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

At the meeting Of the Irish Literary
Society in London. February 18th. on a
paper written by DR.. Desmons Of the
Journal Historical Society on the "Re-
lattons between ireland and the Low
Countries" was read. The interest in
the movement to erect q Celtic Cross
In honor Of the Irish Brigade who
fought and won at Fontenoy, made this
'Snssting specially significant. This
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

Unless the Irish Catholic of New
England cherishes his native idealisms
he will be no more than a pale imitator
of the yankee" says the Republic Of
Boston. Uuless the Irish Catholic girls
Of New England think less of dress and
"splurge' they become mothers of
children that will be sad declension
from the forefathers. If the Catholic
young man is too ardently careful Of
the crease in. his trousers he will be
tossed aside like squeezed out lemon
in the race for honorable standing in
the community.
He must be a practical idealist.
Here is where an imitation or rather
an absorption Of the Puritan method
will be of great value. Your Puritan
thought little Of the gewgaws and toys
Of life. He did not idle away music
filled moments. dreaming of castles in
Spain and cloud-spun Eldorados.
No, he did nothing of the sort. He
built homes-not merely houses, but
homes. He ploughed the fields, threw
bridges over rivers-and then set up
the printing press, SO that the life of
the spirit should not die.
He had the hardest Of hard luck
stories If he had wished to tell it in the
ear Of an impatient world. But he
didn't. He performed the duty which
lay nearest to him, caring little for the
far-away rainbow, but much for the
inch before the saw!
That's the cue for the Irish Catholic
young man Of today. AS it is, he
spends too much time considering ex-
ternal things. Just as his sister is too
intent on dress and on what the neigh
bors say, so he spends all together too
much time in things that are valueless
in the eye Of the spirit. If one-fourth
of the energy that is now. expended by
the Irish-Americans of Boston in sport,
in the amusements and diversions of
the saloon, in factional-or rather. per-
sonal-politics were applied to business
or to technical education, ten years
would see a vast change in the way the
Celt is regarded in New England.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
OVER THE NORTHWEST.

Owatonna, Minn.-The marriage of
Miss Emily Leahy to Patrick Finn, of
Albert Lea, took place Tuesday morn
ing of last week at st. Joseph's Cath
Ollie church, Rev. Father p. ]. HERMAN
officiating. Following the service
dinner was served the guests at the
home of the BRIDES relatives on the
West Side. Mr.. and Mrs. Finn will
make Albert Lea their home.
Grafton, N. D.-Thos. Grace, who for
years has faithfully performed the du-
ties of agent for the Great Northern at
Grafton, has been granted a vacation.
His health has not been the best for
some time and he will start on his
vacation at the Rochester, Mimi, hos
pital, where he hopes to get relief for
stomach trouble. We all hope he will
and that he will return to Grafton in
good health. Mr.. Hugh Mclean will
act as agent at Grafton during Mr..
Grace's absence. Mr.. Grace left Graf
ton Sunday e4ening and will be away
two or three months. says the Record.
Green Isle, Minn.-Michael McDon-
aid, ST., died February Goth. He was
born in County Armagh, Ireland, in
the year 1924. When a young man he
immigrated to this country, landing in
New York in the year 1851. A few
years later he was united in marriage
to Miss Catherine Dempsey, and eight
children were born to them. of whom
seven are living, namely. Mrs. Patrick
Shaughnessy, Of this place; Sister Jo-
hanna, Of Minneapolis; Michael, Owen.
Peter, Mrs. Con Haugh and Matthew,
of this village. He came to Sibley
county about 4e years ago. when it
was but q wilderness, and through his
energy and thrift he succeeded in
building up home for himself and
helped each of his sons to home and
farm Of their own. and saw his daugh-
ters well provided for. Since the death
Of his wife, which occurred a number
Of years ago. he had lived with his
son Peter.
Grand Rapids, Minn.-James Nc
Cormick, who has been i'll for several
months past. died Tuesday morning Of
last week. The deceased was sixty
i've years Of age at the time of his
death. which resulted from stomach
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lowing Thursday morning from the
Catholic church at ten o'clock and the
remains laid to rest in the Catholic
cemetery.
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

Movement is calculated to make the
name Of Ireland better known in
Europe than anything which has hap
pened in modern times. AS. DIR. Des-
mons has well said the memory of
the Irish Brigade emphasizes the ma
tional individuality" of Ireland. The
inscription on the Celtic Cross which
will be- in Irish and the speech at the
unveiling ceremony which will be de-
livered In Irish will still further re-
mind Europe that Ireland is not an
English county"
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

Representative Babcock, the veteran
leader Of the Republican Congressional
campaign committee has refused re-
election. Representatives. Tawney of
Minnesota and Overstreet Of Indiana
have also refused to head the commit
tee. Do the Republican leaders ex-
pect to have trouble in persuading the
people to take the stand pat" medi-
cine next fall?
The Irish standard., 1906-03-10

p ag
substantial self government. Previous
to the recent election friends Of ire
land hoped that the result Of the elec-
ton might leave the Irish Nationalist
In control Of the balance Of power
If this result could have been honestly
brought about it would have been Of
great aid to the Irish cause. This, how
ever, is very much different from
bringing about that result by indirec-
ton on the part Of Irish voters. What
would the English voters think of the
Irish people who are continually de-
handing Home Rule if they should
support in q body on election day
those pledged to vote against Home
Rule? Honesty in politics may be the
exception rather than the rule. No
great reform, however, has ever been
brought about through trickery. Judge
Ryan credits Mr.. Redmond and his
party with being mainly responsible
for putting the Liberals in power. This
certainly is n tribute to the Irish Ma
tionalists and to the efficiency Of the
Parliamentary agitation which Judge
Ryan and his friends in this country
have heretofore denounced as ineffec-
tive.
Mr.. Redmond is entitled to great
praise for the manner in which the
Irish vote was cast at the last elec-
ton. In constituencies where there
was q Labor candidate the Irish voted
In favor of that candidate. In con-
stituencies where the Liberal candi-
date was known to be opposed to Home
Rule and where there was no Labor
candidate the Irish either refrained
from voting at all or voted for the
Tory candidate. This was the only
sane course to pursue. If Mr.. Red
mond had advised his countrymen
otherwise he would deserve severe
criticism. The great majority of Irish
Americans do not agree with Judge
Ryan in his attitude of hostility to-
ward the Parliamentary Party. 1t is
far easier to criticise than it is to
suggest remedies. 1t is easier to tear
down than to build up. The Irish
Parliamentary Party is the only effec-
tive political force in Ireland today
moving for Home Rule. It is John
Redmond and his colleagues who keep
Home Rule in the foreground as an
issue. II it were not for them the Lib
eral leaders would not be even half
heartedly in favor of Home Rule. The
Irish Parliamentary Party has the
united support Of the people of Ireland.
In view Of these facts there ought not
to be any shooting from the rear in
this country. II we are unwilling to
uphold the hands Of the eighty odd
Nationalists who give up their time
without compensation for the purpose
Of advocating their country's cause we
should at least in this country not
give aid to their enemies. Judge Ryan
speaks for a very small portion Of the
Irish-American people when he at
tacks Mr.. Redmond and his party.