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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
IdnCcln on Mob Law.

In Sprinfield, Illinois, Just seventy
one years ago, says the Augusta
Chronicle. Abraham Lincoln deliver
ed an address upon mob law. In this
address he referred to recent cases OF
lynching in the North as well as in
the South, among other acts Of vio-
lence being burning Of a negro in st..
Louis, for shooting a white man.
Mr.. Lincoln's words seem most ap-
propriate and forceful just at this
time. when the town in which. as a
young man he practiced law. and
which is so closely associated with
memories Of "the Great Emancipator,"
was 80 recently the scene OF one of
the worst mob outbreaks that has ever
taken place in this country. In dis
cussing mob violence and its inevitable
effect upon our political institutions
Mr.. Lincoln said:
such are the effects OF mob law.
and such are the scenes becoming
more and more frequent in
this land so lately famed for love OF
law and order. and the stories Of
which have even now grown too IA.
miliar to attract anything more than
an idle remark. But you are perhaps
ready to ask What has this to do
with the perpetuation OF our politi-
cal institutions?' answer it has
much to do with IT," 80 know
the American people are much at
tached In their government, I know
they would suffer much for its sake;
/ know they would endure evils long
and patiently before they would ex-
change 1t for another-yet notwith-
standing all this. II the laws be oon-
tinually despised and disregarded. II
their rights to be secure in their per-
sons and property are held by no bet.
ter tenure than the caprice Of a mob.
the alienation Of their affections
from the government is the natural
consequence, and that sooner or later
1t must come"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
A Wonderful Invention.

London. Aug. 19.-The London Fl.
nancial News records witnessing the
practical operation of a new telegraph
invention that transmits automatically
10000 words an hour in writing. It
Is characterized as Ingenious, simple
and labor saving and that 1t has ev.-
IDENTITY come to stay. although must he
submitted to further severe test be-
fore 1t Is finally accepted for CONNER
cial and other purposes. One test of
100 lines printed matter proved that
the machine could transmit and re-
ceive 1t perfect in every particular in
seven seconds. The instrument can
be affixed to any wire Of the normal
ITO volts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
MAY PROVE FATAL
When Will Sumter People Learn I'm.
pOrtance. Of It?

-
! Backache is only a simple thing at
first:
But when you know tits from the
kidneys:
That serious kidney troubles fol-
low;
That diabetes. Bright's disease
may be the fatal end.
You Will gladly profit by the fol-
lowing experience.
). It's the statement Of Sumter cit
ixen.
Luciens. r Gibson. living at s04 e.
Liberty St.. Sumter, s.. c., says:
NY kidneys had troubled me for two
or three years. The secretions were
90 frequent In action that was fore
ed to arise often at night and there
was q. scalding sensation in passage.
They were also highly colored, and
contained q dark sediment. Ny
back ached almost constantly and oc-
casionally Il became 30 lame that I
could hardly get around. had
heard % much In favor OF Doan's
kidney Pills that concluded to give
them a trial. and procured a box at
China's drug store. They soon erad-
icated the backaehe, banished the
lamenees and cleared the secretions.
Ny back IL now as strong as ever be-
fore In years and I give Doan's Kid
ney Pills the credit"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., , Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no other. ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
spartanburg Crops Have Deterior.sed,

SportAnburg Crops Have DeteriOra4ed.
Capt chas. Petty, of the Carolina
Spartan. says:
Information from farmers OF good
judgment indicate that the cotton crop
has deteriorated since July LIST. The
general report Is that the squares and
boiis are thiniy set and not in propor-
ton to the weed. In the dry section
there is some shedding. In riding to
Pauline last Friday and then back by
different road part Of the way we
saw about IL miles Of crops Much Of
the corn along the road travelled is
very poor. Some fair lots at q dis
tance from the road were observed.
We saw only one lot Of cotton OF any
size that promised 1900 pounds to the
acre. There is much cotton along the
road that will not make more than
200 pounds to the acre."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
THE COCOA TREE.
This Evergreen is Found Everywhere
in The Tropics.

The coca tree is an evergreen and
grows to hight of from fifteen to
twenty-five feet. It's leaves being
bright and smooth, somewhat resem-
bling the foliage Of a rubber plant. It
is very low branching, and the BIOS
SONS are small and pink. The bios
SONS and pods not only spring from
the branches, but often fr' m the trunk
itself. The fruit is a yellowish pod
about the size Of a cucumber and is
filled with seeds, all strung together in
a pulpy, pinkish mass. 1t is from these
seeds or beans, each about the size Of
a chestnut, that the chocolate and CO.
Goa Of commerce are manufactured.
The trees bear from the fourth to the
thirtieth year, and it is not unusual to
see on the same tree buds, flowers and
fruit.
When ripe the pods are gathered
the native women and are allowed
lie on the ground for a day or c
after which they are opened.
pulp containing the beans then
ments for about q week, the astrin&
qualities Of the beans being md
modified and their flavor improved
After being throughly dried
beans are packed in hundred pound
bags for shipment. When received by
the manufacturer they are carefully
picked over for quality, assorted and
roasted. The nibs as the roasted
beans with the shells removed are
called. are then fed into hopper and
old fashioned -four mill. The grinding
ground beween stones similar to an
old fashion -four mill. The grinding
process coupled with the friction Of
the stones, which produce a tempera-
ture Of some 120 degrees, changes
the solid nibs (without the addition Of
anything) into thick. heavy liquid.
This is technically termed chocolate
liquor" and is sold to confectioners.
This same liquor, subjected to hy-
draulic pressure, with the resulting
separation into a clear oil, gives the
coca butter Of commerce. The re-
naming pressate when powdered
forms drinking cocoa. The chocolate
liquor solidofied becomes cooking
chocolate and, with sugar, vanilla and
spices added. it is sold as sweet" or
"eating" chocolate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

MI. Buckner, Vice-President of the
New York Life Insurance Companv
said to an employe, who asked for a
raise In pay, II would feel much more
inclined to double your salary if you
lived on half Of that which you now
have. This is no business OF mine.
but l express this to you as a friend"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
Attention, Asthma Sufferers

'Foley's Honey and Tar will give
immediate relief to asthma sufferers
and has cured many cases that had
refused to yield to other treatment
Foley's Honey and Tar is the best rem
edy for coughs. colds and all throat
and lung trouble. Contains no harm.
tul drugs. Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
For Sore Feet,

~ have found Bucklen's Arnica
Salve to be the proper thing to use
Tor sore feet. as we'll as for healing
burns, cores, cuts and AL manner Of
abrasions." writes Mr.. w. Stone. Of
East Poland. Me. 1t Is the proper
thing. too. for piles. Try it. Sold under
guarantee at Sibert's Drug Store. Csc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26
Granulated Sore Eyes Cured.

'"For 20 years I suffered from a
bad case Of granulated sore eyes"
says Martin Boyd. Of Henrietta. XIV
In February. 1903. a gentleman ask
ed me to try Chamberlain's Salve. ]
Dought one box and used about two-
thirds OF 1t and my eyes have not
given me any trouble SINCE" This
salve Is for sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

DO not go over the head OF your
chief with either inquiries, statements
or complaints. unless called upon to
do 30 by some one In authority over
him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Dr. James X. Glider, Jr., Of New
berry, has gone to Buenos Ayres, Ar.
getine Republic, where he will prac-
tic his profession in dentistry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

anything but satisfactory, there was
nothing to implicate any other per-
sons and that as a foundation of the
new investigation Fitzgerald was the
one to watch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

The Southern Railway officials have
promised to make certain improve
ments on the passenger station at
Rock Hill. and to build a new one as
soon as business conditions will per-
NIT.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

NAN WHO STOLE sf7s,00O AR
RESTED IN CHICAGO.

CsAne Was Committed More Than q
Year Ago and He Was Finally Ap-
prehcuded Through His Efforts 70
Hass nills--Othcrs Said 70 be Inn
U11uase<l IN the AFFAIR.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Eleven national banks in Oklahoma
have surrendered their charters in
order to secure State charters and
thus share the advantages of the
State law for insuring bank deposits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Two barns in Florence county
were struck and destroyed by light
ming in one day. They belonged to
J. d. McCown and Dozier Flynn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

Extensive Improvements are to be
made on the customs house in Char.
lesion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-26

gerald's cage prior to this time. These
losses we're respectively $500, $500
and $500. Fitzgerald laid suspicion
upon a party Of workmen who had
been employed about the subtreasury
the day previous. The money. Fitz-
gerald said. lay In sacks upon his desk
In dark corner Of the cage and
might easily have been reached from
under the grating. He said that at
least dozen men had had access to
the cage.
The private life OF every employe
was Investigated. among them Fitz-
gerald's. His manner Of life was sim
pie. his manner genial and he was
popular among his companions. Joe
T.. Wilkie. chief OF the United States
secret service. took personal charge
OF the case. A widespread and syste-
matte investigation followed. but with
out obtaining sufficient evidence to
warrant an arrest. No reward, how
ever. was offered. Fitzgerald, al
though out OF the service. was not en-
tirely lost sight OF. II was reported
that his actions indicated nervousness
and that he drank more than had
been his custom. When Mr.. Young
entered the case he reviewed all the
evidence that had been Sbtained and
concluded that while the clues leading
In the direction Of Fitzgerald were
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
GoMPERs URGES UNION
MEN TO CAST OFF YOKE
OF PARTY DOMINATION


Chicago, May 4.-Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
OF Labor, addressed 1900 men and wo-
men In a mass meeting yesterday, ex-
horting his hearers to cast of the yoke
OF party domination and to assert
their. political independence. He de-
clared the intention of the labor party
to seek the defeat of any candidate for
public office who is not in sympathy
with the aims of laboring men, not
excepting the aspirant to the .'high-
est Office in the land''
The Sherman antitrust law must be
amended, he declared, and declared
that the supreme court might as well
order the dissolution of labor unions
as to give such a decision as they
dld in the case of the United Hatters
Of America"
Referring to the Wilson bill, he said
that if it was not passed it would be
the fault of the working men.
John Mitchell, former president Of
the United Mine Workers, who pre-
sided, said that If one-sixth Of the
workers voted independently OF party
influences the progressive legislation
which labor demands would be enact
ed. $500
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
OkANOGAN LINE PLATs.
Washington & Great Northern to Push
Construction of New Road.

Conconcully, May 1.-The Washing
ton & Great Northern railway eve
natchee north line) has filed with As
SCISSOR Pflaeging plats of it's rightof.
way from the south line of Okanogan
county to the crossing of the Okanogan
river at the point of rocks on the
south half of the Colville reservation,
opposite Andrew Cellars place.
The lands to which the company
has secured title are Indicated on the
plates for purposes of taxation. Scrut
my of the blue prints reveals the
fact that the proposed line, which will
extend from Wenatchee to Oroville
will practically skirt the Okanogan
river, from the Cellar place to Brews
ter; that grounds have been selected
for depots and side tracks about one
mile north and west of Brewster. The
line follows the Columbia river to Pa
teros, where 1t crosses the MethoW
river at a point just above the new
steel wagon bridge recently complet-
ed; thence the line follows the Cor
umbia river to Wenatchee.
Indications point to speedy con-
struction work on this line.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
IN TACOMA IN TEN Morru.
RaiIroadmen Predict Early con,,..,
Of Milwaukee Line. ''''a

Tacoma, May 4.-Within ten ~
the Chicago, Milwaukee & g. ,'as
railroad will be completed into n .sal
ma. This was the prediction mol. aeo
a prominent railroad man. VIII oy
been keeping in close touch viii aas
progress of the Chicago, Milwaul.' as
st. Paul. To the two piledrivers .
working on the terminals for thu NV
road at the mouth of the puv, ,a'
river three more piledrivers viii u''ap
added in few days and the VOL, oe
be expedited. Engineers Of tho WI
road have been looking into the a ,a'
ter Of foundations for the big r u'a''
houses to be built on the com,a aals
terminal grounds. Contractors ara
ranging to increase their forces u
the waterfront. 70
Word received from the cons.,
ton forces east of the mountaina lug
that the grading and track-lavino :. y
going forward rapidly under favo,. a,e
weather conditions and all the .rs s'e
able men are being worked than aa
be placed on the line. 'aa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
STATE COLLEGE TO SELL
BREWSTER FLAT LANDS

Brewster, April 3O.-Ten thousand
acres of state land belonging to the
state college will be advertised for
sale in the county papers next week.
The land has been cut into tracts aver.
aging about eighty acres to the tract,
and Will be sold to the highest bidder
at the court house at Conconully on
June 6, 1908.
This sale embodies very valuable
tract OF fruit land, and it is the inten.
tlon OF those instrumental in getting
this land put on the market to- irri.
gate it. The water will be brought
from the Methow river by canal
thirty-two miles long, according to the
preliminary survey which was made
last fall.
Inc tract of land to be sold is com
monty known as the Brewster fat
The states right to it was contested
last year and was found to be abso
lutte. 'o
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
BRITISH ARE CONCERNED
OVER TROUBLES IN INDIA

London, May 4.-India is source
of considerable uneasiness to the Brit
ish government ut the present moment
The difficulties with the Mohamads
seemed on the eve of settlement when
on Saturday, according to reports re-
ceived here, a new danger threatened.
An attempt was made by large. At
CHAN force, numbering from $4,000 to
10000, which went across the border
divided into two bodies, to seize the
block house at Khyber pass, near
Landi Ksol The attack was repulsed
with trif1ing casualties among the Brit
ish, but the Afghans remained in front
of Landi Ksol and another body is re-
ported to be moving into the Bazaar
valley by way of Lisote pass.
Gen. Wilcox, who is in command of
the forces recently dispatched to quell
the troubles, has gone to Jamrad, a
few miles west of Pashawar, at the
entrance of Khyber pass and is has
tening forward his troops to meet the
new development.
All frontier kilograms are carefully
CCAOOI GU az OIAl1d T IOA OdlCuLL(t
comes news of the discovery of a plot
to murder Europeans by means of
bombs. The conspiracy appears to be
of an extensive character and many
arrests have been made. The respon-
sibility for the plot is placed on the
natives, number of discriminating
documents having been seized, to-
gether with a supply of bombs and
other explosives.
The discovery of the plot was made
through the arrest and confession of
the author of the bomb outrage at
Almocufferpur, the capital of the prov
ince of the same name in Bengal, in
which two Europeans were killed.
The morning papers, referring to the
news, generally concur that there is
no cause for alarm or for grave anx-
iety if, as is hoped, the Ameer is not
directly responsible for the attitude of
the Afghan border tribes, but they
point out that until the Ameer's atti-
tude is definitely known it behooves
the government to be alert and pre-
pared for eventualities.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
WAR ON NICKEL TRUST
REPORTED in PRospro,

Ottawa, May 2.-Canadian min.
owners and capitalists are consumma.
ing a plan to break the nickel trust
In this connection the most imnort...
movement in the nickel world siuoa
the International Nickel Companv ~
Sudbury, Ont, established the grost
monopoly by which it is enabled ~
regulate the price, and control the out
put of nickel in every land in which
it is produced and marketed, has baon
started by number of prominent O..
nadians.
The owners of the Whistle minos
which lie north of Sudbury and which
already produce enormous quantities
of the metal, are the millionaire Inn.
herman, J. r. Booth, Macfadden and
Chaplin, of Ottawa, and other wealthy
Canadians. These men aim at the g.
tablishment of a central refinery and
shelters of different grades, with elec
trical equipment and process for thu
complete treatment of the nickel in
Canada, from the rough ore state in
which it is mined, until it reaches that
of the high finished product. It is be-
lieved that this can be done at a cost
which will enable them to market the
nickel at very much less price than
the international company charges
and still reap large profit from the
business.
What is aimed at is such a cheap
ening of the price of nickel, as well
cause 1t to be used in combination
with steel for rail making and for ship
building. A nickel-steel rail would,
the experts declare, be far less liable
to fracture than the present steel rail,
and would thus diminish risk of rail-
way accidents; but the price of nickel
is so high, under present conditions
as to prohibit it's use for that purpose
and for shipbuilding. In the latter
case its use is now confined practically
to armor plates for war vessels and
machinery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
HUDSON BAY RAILROAD
Is LATEST PROJECT

Winnipeg, Man., May 1.-THE domln'
ion government will next week subma
to parliament a bill providing for the
construction of railroad to Fols
Churchill on Hudson bay. The prope
sal is to provide money from the sas
OF 100000 acres of dominion crow
lands in the west hitherto set apart -
railway reservation lands.
It is estimated that the process
from these lands, received by Inv
crown. will in few years realize Wv.
100000, or sufficient to pay the cost o
construction to Hudson Bay and np
provements to the harbor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
yesterday to Resion.

Olympia, May 81. H. yesterday
stated definitely yesterday that he
would resign from the state tax com
mission as soon as Gov. A. e. Mead
returns from Washington, d. G.. Eas-
terday says that he has not fully de.
cided to become a candidate for at
torney-general, but that he has the
matter under consideration. It is I'M
derstood that his determination to re-
tire from the tax commission is due
largely to disagreements with the 9th.
er members of the commission ovef
tax matters, particularly the exemp.
ton of moneys and credits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
WORK ON GOVERNMENT
ROAD TO BE RESUMED
Construction on Scenic Highway ee
aims az Snow Leaves.

Construction on Scenic Highway BE-
gins 40 Snow Leaves.
Tacoma, May. 4.-Work on the con-
struction of the government road from
Longmire springs to Paradise valley,
which was stopped late last fall by
the snow, will recommence the middle
of this week, according to the an
nouncement of Government Engineer
Eugene Recksecker yesterday. The
road which is already completed from
the springs to the foot of the Mis-
qually glacier, four miles distant for
scenic effect will probably overtop any
mountain road in the country.
While it is but six miles by the pres
ent Paradise river trail from the
springs to Paradise the government
road will be fourteen miles when nm
ished. It's great length as compared
with the present trail is due to an
effort to hold the grade down to a
maximum of 4 per cent, and also to
permit of the route following the coun-
tour of the hills where the mountain
landscape can be seen to the greatest
advantage. When completed it will be
one of the few roads built where econ
omy of distance is sacrificed to acquire
scenic effect.
Notwithstanding the unusually steep
slopes the road climbs, the per cent.
will be preserved, and in no place will
there be switchbacks except at Van
Trump creek, one mile below the foot
of the Nisqually glacier. The 60-foot
width of the thoroughfare will give
ample room for any amount Of tourist
vehicle travel during the summer sea-
son.
The snow has now left the country
around Longmire springs, but lies at
varying depths on the ground in Para.
disc valley. The snowfall, Mr.. Reck.
seeker says, was heavier the past win.
ter than ordinarily
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots f. OBJ. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.
Grain-Oats, Puget sound, $28@29
per ton; barley, $24@25 per ton;
wheat, chicken feed, $27@2S per ton !;
Eastern Washington oats, $28@29 per
ton; corn, $31 per ton.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
SIG per ton; Puget sound hay, 500
II per ton; wheat hay, $12 per ton; al.
falfa, $10@11 per ton.
Eggs-Select ranch, 1S@19c per doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 14@15c per lib;
turkeys, 17@18c per lb; springs, 25c
per lib.
Live stock-Steers, &c per lb; cows,
&c per ID; wethers, 6 lie per h.;
lambs, 7c per lib: hogs, &c per Id.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
Liquor to BE an Issue.

Tacoma. May Gold water advo-
Gates have commenced their crusade
against liquor by holding meeting.
the object of which is to make the
liquor question the paramount issue
IN this county during the coming
county and state political campaign.
A systematic propaganda has been
begun and meetings will BE addressed
by prominent speakers OF the counfrv
Al legislative candidates win be nlae.
ed on record on the issue.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-09
SENATOR BAILEY WINS
HARD FIGHT IN TEXAS

Dallas, Texas, May 4.-Figures from
the Democratic primary to select dele
gates to the National convention (par-
tial returns) indicate the following:
Ticket headed by United States
Senator Bailey, 99,149.
By Cone Johnson, 8O,593.
This makes the corrected figures OF
the senator's ticket majority show a
total of 1856 votes.
Both sides in naming tickets declar.
ed for William ]. Bryan for president
and pledged the Texas delegation to
the Nebraskan.