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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

ia and Will be fixture in left field. In
game Saturday against Boston Me-
Laurin was at the bat five times. got
two hits, stole one base and made the
only run.
Richardson is also showing up wall.
He was in the box for three innings
Saturday. He struck out one and
yielded two hits.
In the same game Cad Giles, who
was with Sumter in '06, got two hits.
one two hagger and played an err
rorlcss game.
1t will never do for Orangeburg to
drop out Of the State League and the
Sumter fans 60 not believe the CITY on
the Edisto will surrender its fran
chise.
Those who have charge of soliciting
| subscriptions to the baseball fund
went out yesterday and met with
| considerable success in gathering in
the long green. There is still sew
eral hundred dollars needed. and
there will necessarily have to be con-
side rable canvassing done yet before
this sum is realized.-Spartanbu
Herald.
McI.aurin's hitting and fielding was
exceptionally good. The manner in
which the Carolina boy slammed the
spheriod and his fielding stunts, de-
spite the fact that he missed one
chance, were highly commendatory.
It's cinch that the Palmetto State
lad will have regular berth.
Richardson and Schmick certainly
look the goods in the b..x, and thnir
performances yesterday afternoon
were most creditable. They should be
stars in the Sally league this season.
The work Of Cad Coles in center
field and his batting was a feature OF
the game. The local boys. so \,
| seems now, will be a star in the South .
At'antic.-AugustA Herald.
A Raleigh dispatch says:
Newbern succeeds Rocky Mount in
the eastern Carolina baseball league
because Rocky Nc unit declined to lie
.overnci by rules OF the Nat onal as
s"ciation The six team league now
consists of Raleigh. Wilmington.
Goldsboro. Ncwbern and Kingston.
each haN ing already deposited 5000
guarantee fund fci season games.
Frank Shaus former coach
of the Clemst n team. has signed a
contract with Ro anoke, in the Virgin
ia State league. e
Satisfied With Amateurs.
The fans of the city are very en-
| thCsiast:c over the baseball prosp ects
this summer. There Will tie a good
bunch Of n,ateria, t. pick from and
the management hopes to get ,n-
gether team that Will cone up to
any organization in the State. rhs
incicati"ns are that such q team will
oe had. -Florsnce Tines.
Tae appeal f the Rock Hill Base
ball association in the matter OF tn.
ownership of Manager G.. Guy Gunter
has been decided in favor Of Sumter
and the 500 paic under protest b.
Rcck Hill for his release is nov un-
| In-st'onably Sumtcr's proI erty. The
Controversy over Guntsr Is now set
tlcd. Secretary Farrell notified the
sumter association Of his decision by
wire today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
MANAGER FELIX DIN.sLE.
Last Seasons Star Third Sacker Will
Direct tn. Sumter Game Cocks.

MI WIN BuItinan. president Of the
baseball association has announced
that Mr.. Felix R. Dingl. has been en-
gagged t, manage tho Sumter team,
this year. That Mr.. Dingle wouli
manage. the Game Cocks has been
practically assured for some time, hut
1t was not deemed exralient to an
nouncc the fact until all difficulties
had been removed. Manager Dingl..
covered the third sack for Sumter las.
season and led the third basement OF
the State league. He played in 80
games. is credited with % putouts, ~
assists and charged with only errors
His percentage was .953. HIS battin ;,
average was .267. Flo has had tn,
experience that fits him for man.
agel, having made good in the South
Atlantic; for two seasons anu the Vir.
ginia State league for on. season,
leading the shortstops If that league
He belonge.i t. Norfolk last year
and opened \ the season with that
team, but was fc.:ced to return to
South Carolina on account Of the Ill !.
ness Of his mother, ar.l refused to
return - Virginia while she remained j
in critical condition. An arrange
,nent Was mada with Norfolk by
which he, was loaned to the local
team for the season and he made one
Of the most valuable men Sumter had
and contributed materially toward
winning the pennant. Norfolk re-
served him for this season and he
was secured from Norfolk By giving
them Lindsay in exchange. The fans
are all delighted that Dingle will be
with Sumter again and better pleased
that he will manage the team.
Former Manager Guntcr Of the
Sumter team feels that the impression
generally prevalent that he deliber-
ately violated his verbal agreement to
manage Sumter this season, and sign
ed a contract with Rock Hill without
notice to Sumter, IS unjust to him. He
has never denied his verbal agree
ment with Sumter for the season Of
1908, and the fact that he signed M
contract with Rock Hill and did not
wire acceptance Of Rock Hills offer
to Secretary Farrell. shows that he
respected his agree ment with Sumter.
The facts are that Rock Hill made
him an offer Of salary so much
larger than Sumter hal offered that
he felt sure that when he laid the
matter before tie Sumter directors
he wonid be released. He accepted
Rock Hills term. conditionally. ex.
pecting to obtain his release from,
Sumter before closing 4 contract with
Rock Hill and took No steps to vic-
late or repudiatc his Sumter agree.
ment. When Sumter fixed 500 a.
the price for his release he further
showed that he respected his agree
merit by pa!ing the sum demanded
This Is the View Mr.. Guntrr tales Of
tho matter and he desires to be Set
right with the Sumter people. lie
does not wish to leave Sumter feelicg
that they believe that he violated his
verbal contract. and think that he
treated Sumter badly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

The above is combination Of non
sense and misrformation. Tribble
never had any grounds for imagining
that he would be free to sign where
he pleased this year. He was under
contract With Sumter last sea-
son, was paid in full all that was
due him and at the close Of the sea.
sor had notice that Sumter would ex-
erc!sc the right to reserve him for
1908: and, as matter of fact. did
file notice CT reserve for the entir :
team at the proper time. This was
sufficient notice Of Sumter's claim on
Tribbl,, to TIibtle himself, Manager
Stouch and all others. In the circum-
stances Greenviile violated the rules
of organized ball in holding any com.
munication with Tribble or any other
of the men whom Sumter reserved.
BY attempting to hic, them the
Greenville management has laid itself
iial'e to fin. or complaint from Sum-
:tr. II Greenville want I'd Tribble.
Stevens or any other player the pre-
scribed and pre- per course was 10 hav
taken up the matter with the man
agement of the Sumter team. Thus
fer Grecnville has tried to ignore
Sumter's rights in the matter, but
that game will not work. Tribhle nor
Stevens nor Wynne will wear
a GreenIills uniform until Sumter
says so. They will have the option
Of playing With Sumter. with the
team to which Sumter releases them.
or they will not play organized ball
at all this esason.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25
PITCHER TRIBBLE'S HOLD.OUT.
what GreenvlIle Has to Say About
Effort to Sign One of Sumter.s
Players.

"Tribblc, the big Southpaw whom
Manager Stouch had counted upon as
being one Of the star fingers on his
staff this year, but whom Secretary
Farrell says belongs to the Winston
Salem team, may not play this sum-
mer unless he is allowed to join the
does not want To go to Winston-Sa-
lem in the first place and in the sec
ond place he does not think he has
BEEN treated right.
'Tritt'e though: that he woulu be
free to sign where he pleased this
year and Re and Stouch agreed on
terms. Later the announce ement came
that the Sumter team, which Tribble
play cd with last season. had sold the
big twirler to Winston Salem. T,ib-
Bile does not think that they haa a
right to DO this and even granted that
they did thinks that he should have
been consulted in the matter before
nc was sold
Those who know Tribble intimate
ly kelicvc that unltss he is allowed to
sign with the Gree nvillc team he will
be among the miss ing when the time
for reporting rolls around. He would
be much better pleased in this city
His home is only forty miles below
here at Donalds, station on the CO.
lumbia and Greenville road and this
is one reason he wishes to hook up
with the Ircenvnie team.
1.-The case is not ended vet by any
means and there is every reason to
believe that not only Tribble. but also
Wyune. Stephens and others reported
to be the property of the winston
team, will be seen in the Green
vile uniform this summer."-Greer-
vile News, March 19.
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uuu1I Correspondence.
,>wuBx LErTERs FROM OUR sPE.
GAL C0RREsP0NDENTs.
- - lnAxse Fton IN Parts Of
opnew 81 Adjoining Counties.

0UCB 10 CORREsPONDENTs.
Han your isttsrs % that they viii
1osA th,s oGlss not lassr than Tues
0V oorning. when the letters are
suoos1vsd Wednesday II u almost an
0peeslbuiu to have them appear In
- Dap~ issusd that day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

To SOW selfishness is certainly t.
reap sorrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-25

Phil Sitton who is having a trycu
with Atlanta was batted out Of tn.
box in two innings in a game with
New York, but showed up we'll agains
Macon.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
4 TROPICAL HAGUE.
Central american Court of Justices
Erpected to PreUent Revolutions.

With the establishment at Cartago, Costa Rica, Of
the Central American Court CT Justice the desire
and efforts Of President Roosevelt for peace and
order in those republics to be consummated
The court is the outgrowth OF the Central Ameri-
Peace Conference. held at Washington last
fall which called on the suggestions of Pres-
dent Roosevelt and President Diaz of Mexico.
Cartago is The Hague Of Central America" !"
The five members of the Court of Justce-a repre-
sentative from each of the five Central American
republics-are regarded the highest type OF the
Spanish American jurist. Two of them, Dr. Sal
vador Galegos. of Salvador, and DR.. Jose Madriz.
Of Nicaragua. We're delegates to the Washington
conference. DR.. Jose Astua Aguilar. OF Costa Rca.
was chosen as chief magistrate for the
that DR.. Luis Anderson. of Costa Rica. was
elected president of the conference.-the Rica g
absolute dsinterestedness in the instructions
and controversies of her neghbors
Secretary Root said in speech before the Wash
ngton conference. referring to previously made
agreements between the republics:
Tine trial has often been made, and the agree
ments which have been elaborated. signed and rati-
fed seem to have been writer in water"
It was this situation described by the Secretary
of State that brought about the American and Mex
lean intervention. The Court of Justice marks a
great Transformation in the political atmosphere of
Central America. Where heretofore the republics.
or at least of them, used TO settle their dis
putes with gunpowder and machete. the while fos-
erng rebellion in the enemy's territory, they now
stand pledged to submit all their differences to the
arbitration the Carriage court.
The following paragraph in article No. II of the
peace treaty provides for the removal of the pr1n-
cipal cause of the frequent Central American dis
turbances.
Every person. no matter what his nationality.
who within the territory of one Of the contract
ing PARTIES shall initiate foster revolutionary
movements against any of the others shall be i'm
mediately brought to the capital of the republic
where he shall be submitted to trial according to
lavr
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

respect strength and ultimate deliverance from
the abnoru1alties of weakness and vice.
so bought this farm of nearly two thoosaho
acres" and Mr.. Cooley, standing on ridge from
which could be the steeples and skyscrapers OF
the smoking city. swept his arms across the west
ern horizon. Then turning. he swept 1t along the
low, gray hills far away in the east
I'VE paid $40 for the farm he contln-
ued 1T has been divided into four parts and VIII
be cultivated under t'. direction of educated ana
experienced agrcult'rists We have quarry
almost level with the surface OF the land, Where
we are getting all the stone we need. PRISONERS
are taking it out, crushing II and spreading II on
the reads We are to have city cemetery OF five
hundred acres, and prisoners will dig the graves
and for the flowers, shrubbery and lawns
Seventy acres in woods and professional
forester has been hired to trim the trees and to
keep them alive and sound. We shall have or
chards vineyards and great vegetable gardens
and the pale-faced and trembling creatures who
once made brushes will do all the work Preach
ing. Doesn't this beautiful stretch of country and
the uses to which it is to be put beat any sermon
I ever preached In church,"
viii you raise coarse crops on the farm"
I'VE plan supply the Police and Fire depart
ments with hay and grain and the city's hos
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
OPTICAL DISPUTES AND ENFORCE


roads are supported by ornamental columns aii0
gracefully curved standards. which harnoiiA0
with the general design of the structure
Leaking water dripping oil from the beriih
elevated road is Impossible for the roadoed Is
built as a solid floor and moisture or OIL can
seep through 1t. Another result OF this soilo
construction is the minimizing of the noise laoo
by the operation of trains. which is so mucn less
than the rattle or roar of the New York trains
as to instantly attract the attention OF visiting
Americans. The trains roll by with so little noise
that it is scarcely noticeable
There is also under construction. In Beriln d
new form of mono-rail which provides for the
operation Of cars suspended from an overhead
rail. For this purpose pillars are built IN the
centre of the street between tracks of the trolley
cars which use the surface of the roadway, and.
branching out above into either side,
support the single rails upon which the cars are
to be suspended In this type of structure, too
attention has been paid to appearances, and pill
lars and rails have been designed to give pleas
effect
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
CLUMSY ALEUTC CANOEISTS
4Ldskau NatiUes Who Do Not KnOI0
Hosc to Handle Paddle.

Valdez. Alaska July S1-'Did you ever see any
thing so absurd IN your lfe?" The speaker was one
of group of tourists the upper deck OF a
steamer from Seattle He pointing at native
in a skin covered The fellow would give
two or three vigorous strokes with his paddle
one side of the boat. until she was headed way
around. and then two CT three on the other side.
sending her equally OFF her course in the other
direction The merest novice at canoeing knows
that you can hold a straight line by giving the
paddle little twist the end of the stroke
little later the tourists even more
amazing sight In another skin covered canoe
were two Aleuts- They would both paddle
briskly on the side of the boat for a short
time then poth switch over TO the other side
They kept the boat zigzagging if she were sail
ing up a narrow channel against strong head
wind. If each had stuck TO one side. they would
have travelled twice as fast
The second officer of the steamer happened
along lust then. Look here some one asked
him Don't any of these natives know how to
paddle a canoe? What about all these stories you
hear of the skill of such people with the tools
that earn their living?"
Il never saw Aleut yet who knew how to
paddle" said the second officer land I've been
around these for twenty years It's odd,
too because they such daring seamen. They
will go two hundred mileS in these batdarkies, as
they call their canoes, sometimes out OF sight OF
land for hours.
..Wh hat do they do in q seaway storm?
The canoes are decked except for the
round cockpits in which the men sit When going
on long journey hunt fish they wear
garment which they call camoinka- It's kind
of big loose shirt that fits snugiy at the neck and
waist. cotton cloth soaked in hnseed oil TO
make 1t waterproof. When the Aleut gets into the
boat he spreads this shirt outside the combins OF
the cockpit and ties string thong around it.
The craft therefore doesn't ship bit of water"
Suppose it should Cver?'
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
PROOF OF a PRACTICAL IDEA.

No. it isn't Mr.. Cooley replied With energy
It is the successful application of a Thoroughly
practical idea. We have gone far enough to prove
case
The father Of Tom l. Johnson was a zealou. and
notable worker in the Campbellite Sunday schools
Of Kentucky Tom was reared, therefore, in the
atmosphere OF that particular quality OF militant
piety which gets up betines that it may hustle.
When he moved to Indianapolis. a boy with tre-
nendous longings for a fortune he continued to be
q Disciple Coming to Cleveland later abundantly
TO crafty his longings, he brought a letter from
his pastor TO the Rev. Harris r. Cooley who was
seriously preaching to Staid congregation In
little red brick church questionable street
Cooley tall. broad shouldered young man.
with large. kindly blue eyes, blond hair. smils
that was gentle and stimulating a sunbeam.
and strong masculine face. He had been grad
uated from Hiram College, where Garfield used to
teach, and had followed his father into the min
istry Tom Johnson's money grew, but he stuck
10 Harris Cooley and Harris Cooley stuck to him
After Cleveland elected johnson Mayor being
eager 10 obtain the talents and services Of a
10000 man 5000 year (see former cam
paign arguments and torchlight transparcncies)
Cooley. by personal appointment. became director
of municipal charities including the city work
house He had preached in the little brick church
for tvrenty-one years. No formal complaint had
even been made concerning him except in one in
stance
We think" his officers said on that occasion
they grave men and practical 'thaI you are
giving too much your time to tramps-
The city was indulgent toward the new director
and skeptical Beggars would carry away the
treasury Thieves would pick Cooley's pockets.
"A glorious man. certainly, but We need a director
whose heart is like a cobblestone and whose eyes
are like a ferret's.
Now after six years. there are doubters and
critics stern men OF business and political appo-
nents who assert that Cooley thinks more Of the
,,aalefactors than he does Of the malefactored
And Cooley replies. The torture idea Of punish
r1lent has fingered long
Ont there under the trees. after the guard" had
taken himself over grassy bank and out of sight.
said 10 Mr. Cooley: In short, you have brought
into your peculiar work as a public of11cer the
principles you taught while preacherT'
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
TRUSTEES AND sEMI-TRUSTIES.

We have three classes of prisoners-trusties,
whom there is practically no restraint: semi
ties Eve shall get better word by and by to de
scribe then) who are under some degree of
straint, and bad men, with known police records
with charges against them in other cities Pris-
Of the last class locked up. In the future
men with trades will mend the shoes and make
the clothing of those who are employed in the
fields Carpenters, masons biacksmiths and plumb
ers Will work about the buildings and in the shops.
How will you deal with prisoners who need pun
ishment?'
"A trusty will go back into the next class. If
severe discipline is necessary in any instance
shall put the man bread and water and con-
fine him in a large room having walls OF glass
''Glass?" said.
Yes because glass lets in the light When
is thrust into dungeon he broods over his
punishment, and instead of getting better he grows
worse If he is kept in the dark long enough he
will become dangerous as a wild beast or mad
dog In the light. out where the shine
on his head and face ne reflects upon his faults,
perceives his wrongdoings and resolves 10 mend
his ways Some day who is competent
will tell just what wonders in righteousness light
perform
How will the female prisoners be employed?'
In cooking. dishwashing. sewing. mending and
scrubbinE Matrons and guards will see that there
is no association among the sexes. At night the
women will be removed a better place
When comes in rags is he given cloth
irg?"
Certainly; cool clothing IN summer and warm
clothing in winter. If he he's good suit of clothes
of his own, put il away and let him have n
other in which 20 work In the matter of food
workhouse prisoners once fed on coffee bread
and molasses and nothing else. Now give them
less molasses and plenty OF vegetables and good
chopped meat"
What has been the effect of your scheme of hu-
name treatment the prisoners as a whole?'
1T has increased their self-respect has made
them realize 10 greater or less degree their re-
sponsibiity individuals. has shown them that
they being rightfully punished and not perse-
cuted has changed their views toward society and
its laws and has einptied their hearts of resent
ment and bitterness Civilization cannot afford to
be cruel
You have established night schools at the work
house?'
And they are largely attended. Plenty of pris-
oners are competent 10 be teachers Then there is
a brotherhood among who inmates
that will accommodate fortyhve persons. and there
men just of prison may go and stay until they
find employment Members Of the brotherhood pay
all OF the expenses
AS d business undertaking will the Cleveland
farm colony be profitable to the taxpayers?
Not in money. but IL will create more kindly
feeling In the community, and what IS good for
the spirit Is good IN al other respects. am sure
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
PRISONERS TREATED
AS HUMAN BEINGS
GUARDS WITHOUT WEAP-
ONS; NO STRIPES.
Hosc Harris r. Cooley Uses Apptaed
Christianity at the Cleveland
Workhouse-Th Results.
By James b. Morrow.

,~1e,,els,d aus IA group Of lusty fellows.
dressed like free citizens Of the republic who had
rough work 10 do walking in field.
And who are they?" asked Harris X cooley
the good man my side.
Prisoners he said taking short CUT 70 inc
stone quarry
Where is their guard?" 1 inquired
Their foreman has gone ahead. suppose" MI
Cooley answered: IF he hasn't he VIII oe along
presently.
But won't they run away" And put q note
Of surprise into the question.
IF they do" Mr. Cooley said, with q laugh. they
will probably want 10 back again
Prisoners freely walking in field. jestins and
talking among themselves" L declared. ARE in
suit 20 Moses and an outrage all the prece-
dents"
Ride along with me-" Mr.. Cooley continued
land I'll show you plenty Of other outrages.
Down the road. by and by. under the trees we
came to a guard" Mr. Cooley pointed him out
otherwise might have mistaken him for petty
thief or a wife beater.
Here L said, show your billy and your
pistol
Search me-" the man answered with grin.
holding his arms above his head, land you'll find
nothing more dangerous than pocket knife"
looked over nineteen hundred acres OF meadows
and forests. and then turning to Mr.. Cooley,
exclaimed: so this is the Cleveland workhouse!"
No he replied. this is the Cleveland Farm
Colony Over there on the ridge you vii! the
new buildings of the city infir1nary- They are TO
cost Sloooo. Those low, open structures near by
are used temporarily for persons suffering from
tuberculosis A fine hospital, free to ALL is to be
erected in the future. We have several hos
pitals. in fact Then the poor children the city
are TO have an emergency camp for hot weather
with free tents and food On the spot where we
stand. mile away from everything else we shall
build our house OF correction, workhouse and
the prisoners will make our roads, plant our or
chards and cultivate fields. Indeed. this great
farm is 10 become of the most useful and one
Of the most beautiful spots in the world"
II is interesting experiment" I said In the
tone Of man who gazes at two-headed giraffe
and comments thereon