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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
An Omnibus Senator.

The current session OF the sixtieth
congress will end by June at the lat
est and possibly adjournment will
come early In May. The final session
viii run from December to March 1.
There remain. therefore. between a
hundred and sixty and a hundred and
seventy working days Of the session.
The general assembly OF South. Car
olina Is composed Of II senators and
124 representatives. q total Of 165
members. but. as two Of the represrn-
tatives have been elected judges, the
active and available membership is
really reduced to 16S. or about one
for every working day remaining Of
the sixtieth congress.
Why not. therefore. elect to the
seat left vacant by Senator La,imer
the entire membership Of the general
assembly. one day for each, according
to the roll call Of the joint assembly.
with the odd days remaining over d.
vided equally between the president
OF the senate and the speaker Of the
house? That would give everybody a
chance and would make pic
tureUque variety to tho roll Of the
United States senate. It would also
insure the presence Of at least one
senator from South Carolina on every
day OF the senate's session. And what
a noble army of ex-senators we should
have in South Carolina afterwards.
There are immense possibilities In this
idea which we commend most earn
estly to the general assembly.-Char-
lesion Post
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
BI;.ADSII,EET's REVIEW.
Buying Very Conservative-Rctail
Trade Still Quiet.

New York, Feb, 2S.-Bradstrcct,s
tomorrow viii say: a5
Distritation Of staple goods bysjob-
bers tends to increase as the sprine
buying seasan advances, and the large
numbers Of buyers excursions draw
merchants % the market, nut there
Is coroensus Of opinion that buyinc
Is IN high degree conservative and
that staple goods and what may be
ciassed as necessities comprise the
heavier part Of the business done. Re-
tail trade is very quiet, except where
price reductions on winter weight
goods tempt buyers, and final d,strib-
utive demand unquestionably feels
the reduced purchasing power Of tn .
public at large due to short-t time or
reduction. of earnings in industry.
Wholesale trade Is quiet as a whole
and Gotten fabrics. notably print
cloths and fannclettes have been
sharply cut; stocks of the former ara
reported to be piling up despite re-
duced time worked. lterorts from
other industries ere irregular. The
improvement in ftaished lines Of steel
noted last week has gone and a s!ignt-
ly large capacity Is now ut wcrk, but
crude output seems to be no larger.
Wooler goods tcade reports are not
very cheerful. though the clothing
trade Is reported as being better. but
larger number Of looms ar. still
idle. Business failures in the United
States fer the week ending February
number 254. against 32e last week,
1874 In the like week Of 1897. $50 in
1905. :0e in 1903 AMI 10: IN 1904.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
Coed for EyCryhO,lV.

,@Mr Norman r Coulter a prOmi-
nent archit ect, in the Delbert build
ing. San Frarcisco. says: II fully
endorse al! that has been said of
Electric Bitters as tonic medicine.
1t Is good for everybody. 1t corrects
stomach. liver and kidney disorders IN
Il prnmut and cific,ent "lanner and
builds UP the system" Electric Bit
ters Is the best spring medicine ever
soll over a druggists counter: as a
blood purifier 1t is unequaied. soc.
at Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
NEGRO BOY KILLED.
Caught In q Falling House and Crush.
ed to Death.

Lvnchburg. Feb. 2S.--While, att
tempting to tear down an old shant}
In the edge Of this town, the building
collapsed. and Marion Wilson. col
ored boy Of 1: years, was caught be-
tween the falling timbers and in
stantly killed.. Coroner Brown OF
Bis'sopville was promptly notified,
and drove to this place as quickly as
possible, but after a careful exainina
ton as to the cause, decided that an
inquest was unnecessary. The un
fortunate boy was in the old house
frolicking around on e pair of old I'M.
provised stills and no blame hould be
attached to any one except himself
Preparations for farming, in this
section, are unusually slow in conse-
quence Of the heavy rains, but the
hauling OF fertilizers doesn't slack.n
a bit, Notwithstanding the terrible
condition Of the roads.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
MORLEY INQUEST HE'LL
Further Account of killing Of Ian.
caster Man Monday Night.


caster Man Monday Night.
Lancaster, Feb. $50 far as Is
Known here there are no new .leycl-
opments to-day in the Welsh-Motley
homicide case.
Ferry b. Mobley, the man killed.
was the desperately wounded survivor
of the iragaoy enacted in Ksrshaw
just before Christmas. In which two
young men OF tho town, Tho,na. Cly-
burn and Steve Welsh. both rromi-
nent in business, circles. l:xt their.
lives. ~ Jsf
Moblcy was to have been tried a.
the March term If court for the al
legged murder OF Welsh and his slay-
er. b
East night Grover Welsh. n young.
er brother Of the deceased Welsh, and
Mob!ey were pas s.ngcrs on the South.
era porth-bound train coming t.
Lancaster. Motley. accompanied by
mis- uncle. 2. L., Rt.bertson, Of Oak.
hurst. WAS coming to consult his at
toraey about his approaching trial.
Welsh was accompanied by his uncle.
w. U. Ciyburp. IF Halle Gold Mine,
father 81 the young clyburr killed In
the kcrshaw affair.
Tho sho"t'ng occurred Just as the
tral'. was slowing up at Pleasant Hill.
Several sh,ts were fired. Three bul-
lots struck Bobley In the head, caus-
ing instant death. M,blry's pistol
showed one empt, chamber after tn.
shooting. 1t Is said. I. is ais, stated
that no words were passed between
the pa,ties. Welsh came on to Laa-
caster and voluntarily surrendered
He In now In Jail. M0b]ey WAS sol,
Of w. G. Mobley. IF Lancaster, and
was about 50 years old. He leaves q
widow and Ave children.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
WRECK AT KINGVILLE.
Southern Passenger Train Partly De-
mOlished Last Night-No One Rad
ly Hurt.

SOVtncrn passenger Train Partly De.
mOlished Last Night-No One Rad.
ly Hurt.
Columbia, Feb. 25-Train' No. IT,.
due here at 9.55 p. m. from Kingville
was wrecked at 9.15 tonight
at switch about one hundred
yards north Of tho Congaree Rivor.
The two passenger coaches were de-
rallied, but none Of the passengers
were hurt beyond a bruise or a good
shaking up.
The trainmcn conducted an inves-
tigation and found that the switch
had been tampere.l with The engine
and the mail and express cars passed
over the switch IN safety, bu- th,.
coach for colored passengers, which
followed. left the rails and carried the
ccach for white passengers with II.
The two coaches struck q string ~
nox cars, which were standing ON the
siding. turning two or three of their,
and wrecking the interior, of the ne.
gro coach, which, at the time, was oc.
cup:ed only by one. passenger and the
conductor, neither of whom was hurt.
Tie coach for whites was TUNED mart
iy over, but was not damaged The
track for about hundred feet vas
corn up.
After an hour and a quarter The
passengers were put aboard the ey-
press car and caboose, an1 wer..
oro"sht on to Columbia. reaching
here at 1920. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
Evolution and Transformation

II Is possible that the most telling
effect Of the past ten years campaign
In the cause Of the outdoor improve
ment Is the influence 1t has had in
broadening out school education. The
many lines In which this may be OBJ
served, in giving the subject a few
moments thought. is remarkable.
ArboS day, school gardens. later the
tentative efforts to introduce element
ai agriculture into the rural schools
and lastly the introduction OF the SUBJ
1ect Of landscape gardening as a part
OF the agricultural college course
really owe the credit for their rapid
development to the growth Of public
sentiment In favor of the improve
ment Of our homes and public places,
upon which. the realization has been
forced that to finally succeed in maxi
ing beautiful America education to
that end must begin at the bottom.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
DIsITLLERY IN GRIsT MILL.
Ffnd Made by Revenue OfYicers OF
'Greenville County-An Property
Seized.

Greenville, Feb. 28.-On the night
OF Feb. FL. the revenue officers made
a raid on a grist mill located several
miles from Grcenvilic and found in
the mill distillery. The still was de-
stroyed and the liquor which was
around 1t seized. Today the mill, tho
land On which the mill is located, q
warehouse adjoining the mill and
lot OF machinery used In the mill
were seized. A notice has been pub
lished in local papers by TIE ieputy
collector for the Third district to tho
effect that the seized property Would
DC sold unless bord is put up by the
owners Of the same.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
Shooting at Aiken.

Aiken, Feb 2S.-This morning at
1890 o'clock Mr.. w. F. Dobey, of this
city, a prominent contractor, shot and
wounded Mr.. Herman H. Rankin, a
storekeeper in Park avenue. The
shooting was the result Of a quarrel
which is said to have been precipi-
tated by Rankin's asking Dohey the
payment of an old debt OF $3.50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

II you are In the market for a ri.
ano. Organ or Sewing Machine see or
write me. and will give you more
for your money than any ono else.
Call and see ''The Best"
Beautiful Upright Piano from $50
up.
New Home Sewing Machine rom
$37 up.
Organs from $50 up.
Old pianos. organs and sewing ma.
chimes taken in exchange. New ones
sold on easy terms.
Repairs OF all kinds done. and sup
plies Of all kinds furnished.
Write for prices. Office telephone
No. 1S1. resident telephone No. 1s3.
N. b. RANDLE, Manages.
10 West Liberty Street, Sumter, 6. O.
9-35-1y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
Steel bands or belts. a. q s,,bstitut

Steel bands or belts, az a substitute
for ordinary leather belts or rope
dives, have ben introduced by a fac
tory of Charlottenburg, Germany. Such
belts may be reduced to about one
sixth the size required for leather
belts, they do not stretch. pulleys may
be made narrower. and in some cases
shafts may be smaller. Either ordi-
nary pulleys or pulleys with special
covering to Increase friction may be
used. A belt inches wide and 1-5
inch thick. transmitted 200 to ESQ
horsepower at a belt speed of 5,4O0
per. minute, and tests have shown
that steel belts may run 12,C0t feet
per mi6utc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
Lame shoulder.

*Whether resulting from a sprain
or from rheumatic pains. there Is
nothing so good for a lame shoulder
as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Apply
it freely and rub the parts vigorously
at each application and n quick cure
Is certain. For sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

Ell have found out that there is no
uss To die OF lung trouble as long as
yuu can get DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry" says Mrs. j. r. White. Cf Rush
boro. Pa. 'I would not be alive today
only for that wonderful medicine. IL
tooscns up n cough quicker than any
thing else. and cures lung disease
even after the case is pronounced
hopeless" This most reliable remedy
for coughs and cJlds. 10 grippe. asth-
ma bronchitis and hoarseness II sold
under guarantee at Sfbsrt's Drug
store. soc. and 81. Trial bottle free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04
Tho Lucky Quarter.

els the one YOU pay out for a box Of
DR.. Kings New life Pills They bring
you the health that's more pre- cious
then Jewels. Try them for headache,
bilicusness, constipation and malaria.
II they disappoint you the price will
be chcerfuIly refunded ut Sibert's
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

N recent talk Elmer 8. PATTERSON
Srso' hosed Town poomer
sne ioiowins pertinent remarks
Hns sne mali order trade and
ted sop'os
\ 81" So. n''s'' s olds' mouse mas no ad-
oser 'ne 'o0A' s'ores. fhe
mouse senos OUT . catalogue
N i.l. once on twice a year.
e~i "sr'n.nt may reacn MIN
"a ne 'oosi press. IL costs at
- ep'ecs 20 get out The cata-
1ns local msrcnants scn- out
y q. toF sovsrus'rs Every new cus-
c--' 90" " e~"'osue mouse az ieast
-. 90 '~ n<rcnsnt secures mas
I-sI 'e's nsure a m"i'
n '.'.r - . '@..e lorce o1 c'eias
.-s - 49, e's'
v 80 ~-v 80. - p"'u'o'
Z. " - r
80 =" '"o" M so0os
>ss[ .s.,s~ 80 80 : 90 -
.---- ne can s'vs sou
sy 80. ~. y 49, 49, : s"s ~
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t > 3 - >,-.~''. s....r.. =. y !, /
S,el merehant This b true. One
o, ~ out : htf test Take ten arti-
"a !. ,,,.r' ,..;s ~
X ~ <rdsr heuss and zee, Catalogue
cseh - ne< ran an iiiesal business.
~ fp9 : >oai cne. II thny did not
~ wcPld hys bsep excluded from
uaar 'ohe 49, - every CONNER
d e'ev 81 On ms lockout. :
4, i oraVr rouse receives an
e - prasot nor . baby cab
r woman on : rural route. THIS
n e~euo4. 4nc mail order hoase At
- 'saFns'es thsrs % : baby IN The
SV. 1t nPse havc clothes. II win,
orw - snoshsr yenr more clothes
- neeeed and san more M foiiowtaS
- t. child muse hsve father
e - = ncsesr'and propebly oAhsr chill
!. 49, - ~ family Thsy need
.s9pk1 ers'e1ss and. beape on ruJ
re0>e hvS IN the country and nsed
Snsu9 - osesnAntA Holdins the letter
: - - - n6ht. y b noticed that tho
ops = bondsd and y az coed quail
|'oHR ~ pePpls nnust he well 10 do.
~enAnts may 80 int ths eata-
1900 poDlnese Oct out . circular
ssst - sf>sn. Have the type stsFeo-
VDe9 ~ the plasss and when yeu
~ = eeson or 20 you may set "s't .,
q - . Q neH'nsi price.
~ take caro- OF your custom
svr u ycu so4e money No msr-
mouto turn down = customer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

It's the net PROFITS that count In busi-
iness. II you advertise regularly and
juciciously. you will get moro net pro-
tlts. Dent you think 30:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

where the wage determines the
work the work is never worth It.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

Too many And their consciences ir
ths Conventions OF others.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

1uos % the Disadvantages Of Buying
l Goods BY Mail-By Proper Newspa-
= ~ A<iveetising tho Local Merchant
\ Hay Compare Fsvorably With Big
Ouexlder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

variety Is the spice OF life." and
advertising is the spice Of trade.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05

Company, was called 10 account Dy ING
church In 1889 for "covctous behavior"
which the captain said was due 10 his
rule of business that "if he lost on one
commodity he made up the loss on an
other" The church simply admOnish-
cd him, but the court was more Sc
we're, declaring that being church
member. already wealthy. and The iath-
or Of one child only, he should not 80
strive for money He was fined $1,000.
later reduced 10 $4GO. When the COM
pany was FIST o, paniZed. said The es-
sayist. they proceeded 10 church. as
has since been heir custom, and when
the minister had nnaly ended they
proceeded 10 The serious festival and
consumed a quantity OF beer"
There weer the diyerting portions
Of an essay which contained an account
Of many instances Of generosity and
patriotism on the part of the Ancienl
and HOnOrabes and their first captain
as well.
The constitution Of the chapter was
modified so that the annual election OF
officers shall come al the May meeting
hereafter
Memorial services for departed com
rades were held by the veterans of
the Grand Army Of the Republic
throughout state and nation May 80,
and once again the passing Of the rem
naDt Oi The Unions p"eaervers was
borne IN upon The thousands Of men,
women and children, who participate ed
In The patriotic obseryanCCs.
The day I'm Boston was almost ideal
until afternoon when rain began 10
fall, but then most Of the ODen-air
exercises were over. AZ usual tb'
graves Of all the veterans buried i'm the
different cemeteries were marked with
flags by their living comrades ana
strcwn with Mowers by their friends
and relatives, while al post hcadquar-
ters, hotels and public halls services
were held In memory Of the departed
heroes
Perhaps The most elaborate program
OF all the posts in Boston was that OF
Edward w. Kinsley post ll3. whose
celebration in fremont Temple was
Characterized by President Faunce OF
Brown University, the orator OF the
day. as the most remarkable. inspiring
and beautaiful Memorial day celebrd-
tion he had ever seen.
The Rev. Edward A. Horton, chap
lain Of the post, continued his agita
tion against the placing of the flag at
half-mast on Memorial day. The time
for that, he said, had passed, for the
citizens of the country do not care TO
see the veterans constantly mourning
and bending over graves and thinking
Of th~nast I'VE ran the flag mp. Let
II stay So" he said.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Modernized Wonderland.

A pretty idea for bazaar is mod
ernized Wonderland. All the figures
wander about just as Alice found
them, with Alice herself looking on,
while a motor car keeps rushing in
and out among the figures and
through a mysterious castle. One
has only TO give this motor or the
mock turtle or the fish footman or
other well known characters ten
cents, and Immediately, with extreme
amiability, he goo~ rushing off TO the
castle, and brings back beautiful
large pink and white parcel which,
when IL is opened, reveals precisely
the thing that one has been looking
for. There may be also in the garden
an enormous Humpty Dumpty, who
obligingly smashes himself every
time one gives him ten cents. and dis
closes in his interior box OF choco-
lates.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05

instance, supposedly sentimental
young woman, with long flowing
curls, might warble solo, or recite
a ballad or scrap OF poetry; two men
or two women might engage in dia-
logue concerning farm or town mat
ters or church or domestic doings;
some pretended school children might
speak pieces in a bashful, awkward
style, or sing some OF the school songs
of the period under consideration, or
some OF the musicians in the assembly
might be prepared to render some OF
the glee or choruses of that day, or to
draw melody from the harp, the flute
or the violin.
For further amusement, some OF
the old games, such as Stage Coach, y
Spin the Platter" or Going to Jeru-
salem, might be played by the whole
company, and a spelling match might
furnish one OF the attractions of the
gathering.
IL the refreshments are to be served
on long table, after the fashion OF
New England tea party, they should
consist OF tea, fresh biscuits and but
ter, Clipped beef, baked or boiled
custards in tall cup, pickles, pre-
served ounces or preserved ginger.
fruit cake and several other kinds OF
cake, custard pie and apple pie. II
the refreshments are TO be passed
around among the guests, there may
be a. simple collation., composed OF
doughnTts, crullers, cookies, nuts and
apples, or more elaborate one, COM
prising creamed or fried oysters.
chicken salad, sandwiches, cake and
coffee. The party should break up
with the singing of Aud Lang
Syne. Martha Burr Banks, in the
Ladies' World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Mere Man Has Ucincd.

"Mere man" has a strong advocate
In DIR. Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, who
maintains that he has helped rather
than retarded woman's progress.
"Man has been woman's friend this
last decade. not her enemy" she de-
clares. IF he had wanted TO keep us
from advancing, from emancipation
and a fuller life, he could easily have
done IL, but. on the contrary, many
men worked royalty in our behalf.
We must give man his due. lie
helped us to higher education for one
thing, and when the time comes he
will help us TO secure the vote. Most
men are not antagoni stic, but neutral.
In their attitude 10 woman's progress.
Let them succeed IL they can,' is their
creed, and we can hardly expect
more. Many are working with splen-
did disinterestedness for us. Are not
men our fathers and brothers aud
husbands? And Is II natural for a
man to grudge success to his own
dsughtert'
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
St. Petersburg Grows Cav.

So strong is the spirit OF gayety
this season in st. Petersburg that
there is much talk of reviving that
dream OF sumptuous glory, the
boyard fete OF 1903. declared to be
the most magnificent court spectacle
OF modern times. The boyards were
the old Russian mobiles OF the time OF
Ivan the Terrible, and for the fete OF
1903 costumes and jewels were worn
that were worth millions. A dozen
women spent fortnight in sewing
Jewels on the costume OF the Czarina,
who represented the first wife of
Gar Alexis Michaelovitch. The dress
weighed over sixty pounds, and has
never been worn since.-The Ar
gonaut.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Evolution of Hatpins.

Hatpins grow longer and more fas-
cinating every minute. One Of
French make is a rose-tinted cameo,
oval in shape, set in dull gold and
oxidized silver in an Empire design.
The mushroom shaped japanese hat
pins are pretty, looking something
like small hat with turquoise
crown and a silver brim. One OF the
newest hatpins is decidedly startling.
There is a large, colored, cut stone,
and beneath this n reflector attached
to spiral springs. With every move
ment of the wearers head the re-
flector vibrates, sending forth flashes
OF light, and the effect is quite
dazzling.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Ex-Emprpss Eugenie's Memoirs.

The ex-Empress Eugene is busily
engaged writing her memoirs, the last
page OF which she hopes 20 have
finished this spring, which she hopes
10 spend as usual in the Riviera. The
Empress observes the utmost secrecy
about her work, every word OF which
was written with her own hand, her
script. Her Majesty uses penholder
studded with diamonds with which
the Peace OF Paris was signed. The
memoirs, which are not to he pub
lshed for twenty years after the
death Of the Empress, should prove
interesting reading for the next gen
eratiOn.-London Bystander.