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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-30

wisacky. Sept. 2s.--Farmers are
vsry busy now gathering hay and cot
soa. They are having lovely weather
fos L. They are blue over the low
ysecs Of cotton, and judging from ap-
psarances. the cotton crop will soon
~ harvested. a. some fields have
about finished opening. Very few
srssn boils are left. Short crops and
bew prices seem to be the portion Of
ths farmers this fall.
n 10 very dry indeed. and rain In
sysatly needed. =
The health Of the Community Is very
oood at present.
1grs- Eva Smith. of BishopvilIe. was
- our midst this week.
Nissss Margaret Scott. Pearl Du-
Dsss and Fannie Green will leave
- the isth for Charleston to attend
- Confederate Home.
1is Idle DesChamps left few
4nys since for Columbia to resume her
uendSss at the Female College.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-30
Local Cotton Market.

The receipts for the past week were
heavy. being estimated to have been
between $500 and 5000 bales. The
price has been steady around 8 cents,
the range being 9@9 is. The price
today Is SC.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-30
LIEUT.. GOV McLEOD's POSITION

Statement I'm the News and Courier
sThat He Voted Against the Repeal
OF the Lien law Was Incorrect.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-11
(By Otto wettstein, President.)


Mr. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentlemen:
l trust the logic, force and originality of
my argument may compensate you for its
prosalc delivery.
Permit me, first to present a few SEN
timents which will be admirable in lieu of
a text and indicate the aims and mission
of the Materialist Association.
Dr. Paul Carus:-"New truths appear at
first sight always appalling They come to
destroy the errors which we have accus-
toned ourselves to cherish as truths. Thus
the truth naturally appears as destructive.
But look at the truth closer, and you will
find that it is after all better and greater
and nobler than the most beautiful fiction
woven of errors"
Emerson:-"The new church will be
founded on moral science. Poets, artists,
musicians, philosophers, will be its teachers
The noblest literature of the world will
be it's bible. Love and labor IFS sacraments
and instead of worshipping one saviour,
we will gladly build an altar in the heart
of every one who has suffered for human
ity."
Mangasarian: -''Science is the real Saw
ior becase 1t helps us to know ourselves
and our world BY its help Humanity,
dust begrimed and darkened shall become
radiant Under it's benign reign race and
religious castles and class prejudices shall
vanish. To world torn and bleeding with
religious wrangles, and worn to the bone
by barren speculations about gods. ghosts
and the Hereafter" Science brings the
olive branch of peace. knowledge, trans
la. ed into love, reverence, justice. beauty,
shall surely change the worlds night into
day."
DR. Bowles: knowledge or an
acquaintance with the different departments
of nature, organic and inorganic. is CON-
plete and perfect antidote for every form of
superstition"
Grant Allen:-"It is our duty to make
ourselves acquainted with the universe
around us, to know what is known of sun,
moon, planets. stars and nebular. It is
our duty to search and probe into all things,
taking nothing for granted. accepting moth
ing on authority. testing all we are told
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-11
BLUE GRASS BLADE
The AK to the Root
or A God Impossible in Nature
BLUE GRASS BLADE

wv 4AA4 fOSSA Wv 49, Wv
by teacher or preacher, by priest or sa-
want"
Haeckle:-''The older view of idealistic
dualism (God and nature) is breaking up
with all it's mystic dogmas, but upon the
vast field of ruins. majestic and brilliant,
the new sun of our realistic monism Una
terialism or natureism), which reveals to
us the wonderful temple of nature, in all
its beauty. In the sincere cult of the true,
The good and the beautiful which is the
heart of our new monstic religion we find
ample compensation for this anthropistic
ideals of God, free will and Immortality.
which we have lost"
John Wesley:-(The father of Method
ISM After all that has been so plausibly
written concerning the innate idea of God;
after all that has been said of its being
common to all men, in all ages and nations,
it does not appear that man has naturally
any more idea of God than any of the
beasts of the field; he has no knowledge
of God at all. Whatever change may after
ward be wrought by his own reflection ne
is by nature, a mere atheist"
James A. Greenhill:-Our late old and
faithful comrade, skilled artisan. Astrono-
mer and regular and enthusiastic at endant
of our freethought conven ions). THE
scientist must be free from guess work. He
cares not for belief, personal preferences
or sentiment. He wants knowledge. He
asks you to investigate and If you doubt
him you do not have to go to hell. And II
you did go, he wouldn't know where to
find you"
Buckles History of Civilization" THE
duty of a philosopher is clear. His path
lies raight before him. He must take
every pains to ascertain the truth, and
having arrived at conclusion. he, instead
of shrinking from it because 1t is unpalat-
able or because 1t seems dangerous, should
on that very account, cling the closer to
it; should uphold 1t in bad repute more
zealously than he would have done in good
repute; should noise 1t abroad far and wide,
utterly regardless what opinions he shocks,
of what interests he imperils; should on
its behalf court hospitality and persecution
being well assured that II 1t is not true
it will die but that If 1t is true 1t must
produce ultimate benefit. albeit unsuted for
practical adoption by the age or country
in which 1t is first propounded."
Huxley:-"The church no longer affords
room for self-respecting scholars, and the
next few years will see an exodus of them
IT, IL.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-11

Rev. R. Heber Newton:-"Reason must
be the rock-bed of our faith"
Rev. Dr. Thomas:-"We must permit not
Conforming to the admonitions of all
these great and good men many of them
devout Christians. will now endeavor to
show you why any religion that conflicts
with the we'll established facts of nature
should be rejected.
In lieu of a thousand antagonistic reli-
gions, all alike based on my and miracle,
we present to you a philosophy of truths
and facts that will eventually unite in one
great harmonious and fraternal family the
human race 1t will be as invulnerable as
mathematics and yet so simple that a child
can understand it. 1t will be based on
every fact of nature, on all the empirical
sciences, comprising the greatest science
of all sciences, Materialsm. With Tyndall
it finds in matter (chemism) the promise
and potencies of all life. He said:
The notion of an atom manufacturer
and artifcer of SOULS raises the doubt
whether those who entertain it were ever
really penetrated by the solemnity of the
problem for which they offer such solu
tion."
And with Shelley it finds correct moral
law in right living:
when Reasons voice.
Loud as the voice of Nature shall have
walked
The Nations, and mankind perceive that
vice
Is discord, war and misery; that virtue
Is peace and happiness and harmony
when mans maturer nature shall disdain
The play things of its childhood; Kingly
glare
Shall lose its power to dazzle: its authority
Shall silently pass by: the gorgeous throne
Shall stand unnoticed in the regal hall
Fast falling to decay; willis falsehood's
trade
Shall be as improbable as that of truth is
now"
Astronomy Proves There are no Gods.
unwittingly produced the grand factor Of
civilization destined not only to reveal to
the world the superlatve glory of infinite
nature but also to Danish eventually all
the gods, devils and lesser spooks from the
universe. Theories over which the world
has been divided to bitterness and blood
shed shall vanish. and facts and truths,
conceded by all nations and races alike,
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-11

Brilliant Array Of Facts and Authorities
Against the God Idea Given in an
Address Before MateriaIist As
ISOLATION Convention, at Canal
Dever, Ohio, Sept. z,
1908.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06

friends Of the advocates OF votes foi
women
The movements OF no other woman
the royal family are followed more
closely by the public than those OF
Or. Augsburg She is 4 familiar fig
ure In almost every part Of the Ger
empire. her mass q short. curly
hair. and close-htting reform CART
making her an easy mark for the GU
rious.
II is Dr.. Augspurgs tongue which
has landed her so often behind prison
bars She is a fearless speaker. anc
in a country like Germany her opin
ions on the equality Of the sexes
are regarded as little short Of revolu
tionary.
Her latest %soiOurn in prison was the
consequence Of a few remarks or
the Hamburg police. after Witnessing
an attempt to quelI a street lot.
She was a born orator and pOliti
clan. She has that greatest OF al
gifts for speaking. personal magnet
ism.
This German woman is a lawyer
She is practically the mother Of the
women's movement in Germany. In
1902 she founded the Woman's Suf
frage league. OF which she is nov
president.
The career OF Or. Augsburg is an ex
ample OF the triumph Of a strong
minded over the conventions
that hedge about the sex in Germany
Practically her whole life has been a
preparatory school for the unique po
siriou which she nov holds. She
was raised in a family Of i~urists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
Fire Sale Bargains.

A new kind Of bargain iend has
been developed By conditions and the
restlessness Of the feminine heart. \
table piled high with treasures accu-
INFLATED BY n OF these indefatigabls
rummagers vas on exhibition 10 her
most intimate friends recently.
They are all FIRE sale bargains e
she said Not store sales. oh. bless
you. no. These things have never seen
the inside Of a store since the tay they
we're bought I got them from fami-
les thar have been burned out. For
the last six months I have been study
ins the reports OF fires and haunting
he scenes OF the most destructive
ones, on the lookout for bargains thar
the distracted victims were about 10
throw away on the supposition that
they were hopelessly damaged. In the
confusion that prevails after a fire neo-
pie are very glad to realize a little
money on apparently worthless goods
50 oy exercising proper Judgment l
have picked up for next to nothing
orte-a-orae, furs and clothing OF excel
lent quality that can easily be 70
stored TO a disable state"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
The Cold Morrino Bath.

The cold morning bath is recon-
mended for those who can stand the
cold bath. though countless many
cannot. To prepare for IT one should
nrst sponge the body with cold water
and step into a few inches Of water
drawn from a warm water pipe. II
will not be warm or cold early in the
morning. Splash the water over the
body and wash hastily. letting the
tub MI gradually. II the salt bath is
used. do not throw the salt towel in
the laundry. Let IL collect the salt.
In beauty lighthouses each individual
has a salt towel that Is used countless
times. because It gets thoroughly sat
urated and is more beneficial. A cold
bath should not las longer than five
minutes.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
One Of b
Essentials

of the happy bones Of to-day IS a vast
fund Of information as to the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
Well Informed Of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only. but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, m Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and CON-
mended by the well-Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative IS the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine. manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only. and for sale by all leading druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
1T SEEMED INcuRAeLE
Body Raw with eczena-oischarsed
from Hospitals as Hopeless-cuti-
curs Remedies Cured Him.

From the & OF three months until
fifteen years Old. my son Owens life
was made intolerable by eczema in its
worst form. In spite Of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part OF his body was quite raw.
He used TO tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep and the agony he went
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced n
OF the worst cases ever admitted.
From each he was discharged as in
durable. We kept trying remedy
after remedy. but had gotten almost
past hoping for a cure. Six months
ago We purchased a set OF Cuticura
Remedies The result was truly mar.
Vicious and to-day he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge. Camblewell Green
England. Jan. IL. 1907"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
WAS roo MUCH FOR PAPA.
Childish Questions Were Becoming
Entirely Too Personal

There is a member of the faculty OF
George Washington university. who.
to use the words OF a colleague. is
as rotund physically as he is profound
metaphysically." says the Philadel
phia Ledger.
One day the professor Glanced 70
come upon hts children. OF which he
a 4 number. all OF whom we're. TO
his establishment. engaged in ar earn
sst discussion OF the meaning OF the
word absolute"
Dad queried n Of the young
sters. car a man be absolutely good"
NO"
Dad put in another youngster.
can a a be absolutely BAD
NO"
Papa. ventured the third child. Q
girl. can a man be absolutely fat"
Whereupon the father fed IN
~continently.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
THE STORY.

CHE had gone, That was evident.
y Hosea sat in the desoIate home
anger struggling with the feelings OF
sorrow and regret over the conduct
Of the wayward wife.
Conner was with her lovers. She
had chosen them in preference TO him
and the three children which had come
TO bless the few brief happy years that
had marked their early welded life
How tenderly he had pleaded with
her. How patiently he had strfven
20 urn her paths from sin. She was
willful and headstrong She resent
ID his interference and refused TO
listen 10 his words Of warning and az
last he had realized that 20 shelter
her in his home longer was only TO
MAKE the pathway Of sin easv II
she was going 70 violate the VOWS Of
wifehood and motherhood he could no
longer give her the protection OF his
name and his home under which 10
cloak her sin. II she would not turn
from ner sin he knew only too we'll
that she must he cast adrfft and left
to drink 10 the bitter dregs the cup Of
pleasure which she had chosen for
herself.
But the day before he had pleaded
with her. and then he had sought 10
stir her heart with the pleadings OF her
children. but all Il no avail. She
seemed fairly intoxicated with the fas-
ciuafiouS Of the CAV life int whg,L
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
WONDERED WHY
Found the Answer Was Coffee

Many pale. sickly persons wonder
for years why they have to suffer so.
and eventually discover that the drug
-caffeine-in coffee Is the main cause
Of the trouble.
Il was always very fond OF coffee
and drank it every day. 1 v had
much flesh and often wondered why
was always so pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago NY health
completely broke down aad | was con-
lined to my bed. My stomach was
in such condition that I could hardly
take sufficient nourishment to sustain
life.
During this time I was drinking
coffee. didn't think I could do with
out 1t.
After awhile / came to the con-
ciusion that coffee was hurting me.
and decided TO give IL up and try
Postum didn't like the taste Of IL
at first. but when it was made right
boiled until dark and rich-I soon
became very fond Of il.
In n week l began to feel better
+, could eat more and sleep better. NV
nick headaches were less frequent. and
within five months l looked and felt
IKE a new being. headache spells en-
.irely gone.
My health continued to improve
and today am well and strong, weigh
l4s lbs. attribute my present health
10 the hfe-giving qualities of Postum"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich Read, The Road to Wen.
viIle," in pkgs.
Ever read the above fetter7 A new
appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
esrterders Do Net Drink.

Chicago has a novel organization IN
the Bartenders and Saloonkeepers'
Total Abstinence society, which is now
said to have 1000 members. Nanv
saloon keepers in the windy CITY n Is
reported. are bound by an agreement
not 10 employ men who drink. While
New York grog sellers have no such
society and no such agreement, so far
as the public has eve heard. all the
better class Of drinking places strict.
ly enforce rules against employees
drinking while on duty. and there are
scores of bsrtenders in this city who
never drink a drop Of the liquids they
dispense.-New York Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
Critical Eve for aahiea.

The fve-year-old daughter Of Q
Brooklyn man has had such a large
experience OF dolls that she feels her
self to be something OF a connoisseur
In children.
Recently there came a real live b.
by into the house.
When it was put into her arms the
f~ve-year-old surveyed ii with a crid-
cal eye.
Isn't IL a nice baby" asked the
nurse.
Yes. it's nice" answered the young.
s'er. hesitatingly. Its nice, but its
heads loose."-Lippincott's
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
Training of Royal Children.

Most of the royal children of Eu-
rope are brought up much more simply
than American children OF the
Weather classes because they have
none Of the party engagements and
school affiliations that take up so
much of the time of American chill
dren. The Russian children are
brought up according to the English
customs. living much OF the time in
the open air. and are said 10 be a
strong. jolly lot OF youngsters, the
small boy who is the crown prince
imperial being an especially pre-
cocious youngster.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
SERNoNETTE

n THIS stery GO ire rcrsorsi
life 81 tire Sroer-t -eses ~-
rave q portrayal 81 srst s 5gt
tso co--e, ;s-esy-tH- esrVp..
ins o. tre home through ire sie-
lsto1 CO TIE sacred marriage
VOWS - o-e c. eotn % tnese
~no rss- entered rte re union
~nch ncne ct GEO snegie rave
made. ard en- netting sgt
cestr shegie rave severed
u 5 = csse ~ner- vanity ara
eve c. pleasure we're permit
ted % 50 Dominate TIE Hfe as 10
OBSCURE everything else
rev -ucn e. cc-escc In
happiness ard rev many as
ruptes ro-es car DC traced 70
these causes Vsrity-seiflese
ara seit-ssita;ior make ere AZ
easy victim 90 tire ertice-er.s
e. SIR Love CO pleasure IS ira,
cccr through which tire soui nav
i-s PASSED. finds Z but toe easy
20 east 81 all restraint arc Ut
terry give 70 tire life 20 tire ease
srsttcsti5n e. tire resn.
There IS nc more beautiful CT
sacred relationship ~ life tran
trst 81 Husband r wife. ard
there s nc cars Or reiiis1
tragedy tran thst CT violated
marriage vows and Disrupted
homes
But tire esrsrtec home vas
better tran sin condone- ard
covered ur. Love was Iona-suf-
ferns. and ~e catch the yesrn-
ing ard neart-throh Of the rrorh-
ct b the second verse when
7e cries 70 MS children 70
plead with their mother tina,
sn= turn from her evil ways.
But r ~cUlc not listen.
She must drink 70 the full az
her sin ard be brought low be-
fore he could lift her up. She
must &c abandoned 10 her own
"iiiful way. And that is lust
tire Nay God deals with Us. He
sees our hearts set upon the
evil course. He PLEADS with US
and besets our way with hin-
drances, but when he sees we
will not listen nor heed his cry.
then T., IS that ne gives US 10 TO
cur ~ way. Hosea was rerci-
full in his severity. and SO is God
as ne permits the ~illful nesrt
to drink to the bitter dress the
cup of sin.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06

The ship doctor &c an ErEish Tia.
s ro--asd rhe teatrVa,ch steward an
i-ishman t~a- a man had died II
s-a'sroou o. The usual instructions
20 bury the body We're given some
foa-s later -te doctor rsssel ln-o
the and found Thar the body Eas
sill there Tie called rho Irishman s
attention 20 the matter and The latter
replied
thought % said room - rat
70 that room and noticed van ~ Thin
IN a bunk Are So deadr saL No
says he. bu- Iu pretty rear dead 50
! buried him The Wasp
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06

The directors of the Great Northern.
Great Central and Great Eastern Rail.
way companies of England have de
cided to seek parliamentary powers
with a view to entering into a working
agreement based upon the arrange.
ments recently approved by the share.
holders of the Great Central and Great
Northern companies. The three com.
panies have already made arrange
ments for cooperation in connection
with the movement Of their traffic
which will tend toward in
working. The existing capital outlaws
OF the three companies amount TO a
total Of e161. 900, 900. and this large
sum OF money has been expended
chiefly upon the construction of abou,
2.4l2 miles Of railways. Including the
sums expended upon hotels. harbors
wharves and other miscellaneous nur
poses, the average cost a mile of road
works out at the very large figure n,
about $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
OLE MIS- NOON wt-n THEM.
No chssce Of the Vi.itos BEING
Homcsick in the S.t.-.

Nine. Fairfax was won, 70 stand OF
d. porch Of her old Virginia home
and rejoice on moonlight nights In the
beauty. says the Youthe Companion
There's nv moou she would saw
IS i- rose FROM behind the eastern
Hills Look. Dahlia see how bearti
90 d, Is. and her tiay colored maii.
Sho was ever at hand with shawl or
'3n for her beloved mistress would
inswer. enthusiastically Your mooa
airiy 90 look pow ui handsome
.e-u.-h-.
when Mine Fairfax joa-ueved 70
DO citf tn VISIT he- son. uahiia loos
NIX ol, ~ tte window with wondering
yes on tho frs, evening of her life
away from home exclaimed ia a voice
y mingled as,onishmert and relief
Wen { dec,1r 20 goodness IL OILS
Mis- Moon ain done come along 70
Washington viz me an ole mis- We
sant Boz home ick nohow VIII ole Mis-
Moon shining ON us
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06

So successful were the trips which
ne youths attending various schools
n the interior Of Germany made TO
hamburg and other ports during the
asst few years under the auspices of
he German Navy league that the i'm
'erial authorities have decided 10 fos-
er interes In the German colonies by
imilar means. To that end students
Intending commercial schools are 10
1sit the German colonies, and a start
vii be made with the Cologne Com
nercial high school, which will send q
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06
LEADING GERMAN suFeRAcIsr.
Or. Anita Augsburg Has Served Many
Prison Terms for Her Cause.

Berlin-Fraulein DR.. Anita Aug
spurg. leader Of the German claim
ants Of votes for women in Germany,
has served 20 terms in prison for her
insistence in behalf OF her cause. and
probably holds the record.
The Anita. as her followers call
her. recently attracted attention again
BY her reputation Of the social demo-
Gratis in the name OF the suf-
frage movement. The socialists have
long been looked upon As the especial
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-08-06

number Of its students on a tour
through German East Africa during
the coming autumn. The o will last
two months and will 1T in with the
autumn vacation.
Herr Dernburg. the secretary for the
colonies. is furthering the enterprise
In every way. and it is being supported
warmly also by the imperial colonial
ONCE. which has placed a government
steamer at the disposal of the stu
dents so that they will be able to make
a trip along the coast line Of that part
Of Africa