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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
A NEW TYPE OF IMMIGRANT;
A NEW METHOD OF BETTING;
AN OLD FASHIONED COOK
By Alice Phillips Seymour.

history, and the little stick of Drowned
dough that the bakers hand out to their
customers these days in return for a good
nickel looks as if it had taken anti-fat
for a year and entirely overdone the cure.
The good angel Patten in his first-aid-
to-the-farmers move has made a lovely
name for himself among the bread-hun-
cry poor in New York, and though this
name has different sound in all the Ian
guages into which it has been unexpected
ly injected, the general sound of it Is
anathema.
At least. women have a new occupation.
They have taken to bread-making. All
servants nowadays hunting positions in
homes have to make an affidavit that they
are capable of making good bread. This
is the first question, and it may be said
in passing, it is the reef on which many
of them get stranded. So the queen OF
the home circle has for the most part had
TO take off her rings and break a few en-
gagements and get down to kneading
bread herself. She makes her engage
ments with regard to the rising of the
bread. Set at o'clock there is a chance
of four or five hours before it has to be
worked down again. In the afternoon
there may be hurried visit to the shops
before the bread is ready to be worked
down Tor the InlIu TlSlng, OF one may
work down the bread, say at o'clock,
go to some social affair, make hurried
greeting to the hostess and even indulge
in few scrappy remarks, intended for
conversation, over the teacups, but she
must not forget that the bread has to be
baked at 7 o'clock. Strange what little
things can unbinge the machinery of
households. This bread-making business
has added new terrors to the servant
question. Nobody thought mere bakers
strike and the upward trend of wheat
would thin out social circles, but 1t has.
1t is a reversion to first principles. In
the good old days when yeast Called
"rising') was made at home, the bread
was also made there, either by the pre-
siding spirit of the home or under her
supervision. There were baking days
when delicious odors winged from cellar
to garnet, and a treat for the young mem
bers of the family when the sun went
down. A strenuous social life has sort of
crowded these things out of life, If they
can be ever said to have existed in city
life, and now a Wall street plunger has
given households a jar, has sent them
back hundred years or more and made
rift in the social fabric.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
Second Glass Carriages
london Chronicle.

The impending abolition Of the second-class
carriage on the Great Western system is the
more notable because it was that railway
which first attached second-class cars to ex-
press trains. Before that the fast trains we're
reserved solely for first-class passengers. For
long time the second-class carriages were
open throughout. but they were fitted with
seats while he thirds not. But the
seats were only bare wood and fifteen inches
wide. while twelve passengers were locked into
each compartment.
On our metropolitan railways the last Enger-
ing distinction between first And-the other
class is an absurdity; absurdity that does
not exist in any other public vehicle. Beins
a bit of a snob, this daily traveller takes a
first-class ticket. He gains no advantage. Ih
the quiet hours Of the day he would have a.
much and space in the third-class car,
and in the crowded hours the cheaper travel
ers swarm into the fiTst-class compartment.
and the man who has paid extra hangs on q
strap.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
One of Our Pioneers

Dear Miss Thomas: II you will excuse me
for coming back so soon will talk JUST re"
minutes on a subject that has been on my
mind for some time. There has been so much
said to the wives about how TO manage 10 re-
tain the love of their husbands, ana rish'
here I want to say that according TO my
judgment II he is a real man and once loveo
Ills wife with that undying love which true
husband should. then l say the poor creature
won't have to keep counting him the rest OF
Der DAYS, and II they are the right sort OF
lovers in the beginning they VIII go hand IN
hand. sharing each others sorrows, sucn 1s
a happy married life generally brings. And II
that love is not there all the counting she can
do Will be like pouring water on DUCK
back. -, .
case I believe II II were me would trust IL
God, for "all things work together Tor sooo
to them that love him. and there's sure u
be a bright day sometime.
Now a word to Miss Thomas and all the
sorrowing Household friends: You have my
heartfelt sympathy in your bereavement. Jus'
four years ago I drank of the bitter cup, los
ing a dear sister and another one since then
They are just as fresh in my mind as II yes.
terday and while l write my heart is so IuIi
that my eyes overflow; but BLESSED are they
that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
I must not fill our page with gloom bu'
bid all to look ahead for the good things that
are in store for US. The birds seem TO be per-
fectly happy this morning. for they are in a
twftter. There was sweet songster in a tree
right near my room last night that kept up
his music all night. / never knew before that
they sang at all times through the night, but
enjoyed it any way.
Martha I want to thank you for compli.
menting my letter. also all the others, Tor
always appreciate kind or encouraging word.
Here's a welcome TO all the new ones.
could compliment some, but they are too many
to name. In fact, they all good.
Now let me ask you all again to remember
the shut-in friends with substantial efforts.
had a letter from Miss Emily Whitfield moi
long since and 1 wish all could read 1t.
Moses. I hope you have a good wife. II you
haven't you deserve one. You must write
again. But this is getting too lengthy.
Love to all KITTY WELLS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
A Black Hand Trust?

The Blacdhand is not a cohesive com
prehensive society. working with mysterious
signs and passwords. Given a number of
Italians with moEev. and two or three ex-
convicts. YOU have all the elements necessary
for first-rate Blackhand campaign. In
New York city. however, these are so many
groups of these BlackhRnders that they have
como in more or less close contact with each
otker Investigation seems to show that the
leaders at anv rate. of the different groups
are acquainted, and that they work their
schemes N harmony. especially when their
extortion takes the form of commercial swind-
ling. In other words the situation seems ripe
for the creation in the CITY Of one fairly pow
erful organized society A little police laxicy,
coupled with the appearance nf leader of
magnetism and force. would very likely brikg
about the formation Of a Blackhand trust
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
Read This Letter Twice

Dear Householders-Miss Thomas said TO
write about the birds flowers gardens. etc.
% here I am 10 tell YOU about a shut-in's
flower garden I think q is the most beau
tifui garden that I have ever heard OF. Il
Is not one that IL bower OF bloom and
beauty In spring and summer and then when
the chilling winds and frosts OF winter come
- left bare and nowerless- u can be culti-
waited that IL will be a mass OF beauty
both summer and winter. filliH- the whole at
mosphere around with fragrance and happi-
ness
Not onIv the flower cranks'' viii gaze on
this garden with admiration but the flowsr
critics cannot HELM loving and admiring a.
And this beautiful garden Is not an expensive
garden- The ucor can have IL as well as
the rich. and the best way 10 cultivate u Is
70 turn your hack 10 the dark side OF life
ani keep locking on the briEht side while you
carefully diE out every weed OF temper that
springs ND among your flowers
In the CHICAGO Home for Incurables there
was z remarkable uatieut- Both his legs
were cut off above the knees Several fingers
On each hand were absent. the result Of an
accident and even the poor body had not
esczpsd FOR some Of his ribs had been broken
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
When Woman Fails
Quanah ~ Observer.

Women laugh too little Whether thin "a
due to their lack of humor to chiIdhood'h
training in gentle manners may be questioned.
Certain IL is that a hearty laugh in a wonan's
voice is rare music. An audience of women
rustles with amusement, but seldom laughs.
A group of girls giggle, but do not laugh. A.
woman reading the most brilliantly humorous
story seldom gets beyond smile. When Sir
Walter Bes3nt, in his clever skit, The Re-
volt Of Man" pictured the time in the tvven-
tieth century when women should have usurp-i
ed all power-political. ecclesiastical and So
cial-he shrewdly noted that laughter had
died out OF England; that when men revolted
against their feminine tyrants they came hack
TO their own with peals Of laughter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25

Each Of her playmates her mother
mentioned had some terrible fault.
Alice" she said Il will tell you a
story. So she began:
Every man carries two packs. One In
front and one in back.
THE one in front contains the faults
of other people. The one in back contains
our own faults. 1t is always much easier
to look into the front pack and see other
peoples faults.
II would suggest that you look in the
back pack oftener You will find there
just as many as and as serious faults
in your own pack as you do in your play
mates"
Alice tried this and found it was very
true indeed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
NY Key

i have a KEY both strong and stout;
No taller has one Ike IL
Because such keys are never bought,
Ana other locks Il viii not tit
1 keep this KEY with me always.
Through good DAYS ana through III.
Unlocking ufe's intricate ways.
Because this kew Is nv own VIII
AUGUSTA WALL
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25
No Novelty to Him

The Fiance-Dcn't you admire your sisters
engagement ring. Tommy?
Tommy with a yawn)-Aw. I'm used to
seein' her with engagement rings.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25

The bread question has assumed alarm
Ing proportions in New York with the
price of wheat gone sky-high, and the
bakers assistants on strike. Why the
lady or gentleman who presides at the
dough pan or the oven should consider
it worth more wages to make loaf half
the size 1t ought to be than to fashion it
after the old regulation pattern, has not
been answered intelligibly, but the fact
remains they want satisfaction and they
are having lots of trouble getting 1t. The
old pound loaf that sold for nickel be-
fore Patten made his spectacular play
down in Wall street is matter of ancient
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-25

The expression ION high refers not so
mucn to locality as to station. power dignity
as the context clearly indicates. He came to
earth from on high. from the heavenly plane
as the first born among many brethren
(Rom. S29l He came down TO eartn not
merely 10 our world but to our earth condi-
ton to human nature. Still lower He stopped
He humbled Himself even unto death. Nor
was this all He humbled Himself even down
10 The very lowest the most ignominious form
Of death the death Of the cross, and the
tomb as a hlasphemer. as a sinner. Mark
ST Paurs EXPRESSION as to how high He as
cended He saws. Wherefore God also hath
highly exalted him. and given him a name
which is above everv name. that at the name
of Jesus everv knee should bow. Of things in
heaven and things IN earth. and things
der the earth: and that everv tongde should
confess that Jesus Christ is LSrd. to the glory
Of the Father" CPhil 2:s. 10.) This Is tho
thought also of our text. He Is assembled Up
on high Far above all prtncipality, and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
Negro Child Burned.

The ten months old child of Sarah
Jamison. colored, who lives on Grier
street was seriously burned THURSDAY
about IL o'clock while the uoth.
was absent from home. A child five
years old and the baby were alone in
the house and the screams of the baby
attracted the attention of neighbors.
when they reached the house they
founo the baby crawling toward the
door with its clothing in flames. The
flames were smothered immediately.
but the child had already been Sc
riously burned. and while il is still
living its injuries are serious.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
Some Spring Time Musings.

We fill our space this week with
seasonable hints for flowers and two
Easter selections. AS a general rule
farmers do not pay enough attention
to beautifying his home and farm and
that Is one reason so many farmers
sons and daughters leave the farm for
attractions of city or town life. When
a few dollars and some attention to
the aesthetic side Of our nature would
have kept them at home.
Nor do we give enough thought to
the God who giveth the increase.
Consider the lilies of the field" AS
I write q large bunch of wild Easter
lilies that little boy brought to his
teacher Is before me. and truly "Solo-
mon In all his glory was not arrayed
like one OF these Yet they grow in
Sro usion In damp places in our pine
'snas without any care Of man. Sure
" where nature has done so much to
please the eye and our sense of the
beautiful. we might at least give her
chance. and not plant cotton up to
our very door steps.
T. w. d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
The Easter Message.
Z. w. ID.

Something happened nineteen
hundred years ago in the gray light
of the first Easter morning which
transformed and transfigured the
face OF the earth. History began
again. The worlds heart beat with
new and gladder thrill. Henceforth
and forever. beneath the all behold
ing sun. there Is nothing which is
ito good TO be true. 1T has not en-
tered into the heart of man TO con-
reality OF things. But we are afraid
Of imagination. IL Is vain thing,
and must lie yoked to a servile mass
of matter lest 1t soar upward and out
ward. into the blue sky. above the
mountain tops, toward the glorious
sun. and lose itself in the eternal
light and eternal truth of God!
O, brother-man or sister-woman.
are you afraid Of your own prayers /?
re ~ dOu ne iS the fdtncT-boU,
the Motherhood. the God OF the but
tercups and daisies of sunshine and
spring. the God who cares for the
sparrows and clothes the lilies. who
spreads out the heavens as curtain
and calls all the stars by name, who
longs for you as the child OF his heart
| and loves you with an everlasting
love, so that sin and death cannot
separate YOU from the might of his
| affection nor Quench His hope i'm you.
Morning light shames our midnight
fears. And the shame Is that i'm the
darkness you were not sure Of the
, coming dawn You ought to have
known that after midnight comes the
morning; In the blackest night Of the
year you ought to have kept Gods
sunshine In your soul. Angels have
rolled the stone away from the grave
OF your ascending Lord. Clouds turn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
CHARGED WITH AWFUL CRI!
North Augusta Negro Accused OF Ont.
raging His OWE Child.

Aiken. April 6.-Charlie Fisher.
negro, mas been committed -. Jail
without bond, on a charge of crimi-
nal assault. 1t is alleged that he as
saulted child. said to De his daugh-
Ter about or 9 years Of age. Fisher
was committed to Jail by Magis:
hahn' OF North Augusta, near "
place the crime is alleged to
oeen committed. There appear!
De strong case against him, as 4
erai witnesses give direct testim,
Tor the State. 1t is said that I,
|'iie was committed several da
ago. The negro denies any kno,
edge Of the crime.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
LUMBER MEN ASK PROTECTION
South Carolina Manufacturers DO
quest Delegation to Work Against
Removal of Duty.

Washington. April IA delegation
or South Carolina lumbermen arrived
mere to day to urge upon the South
Carolina members of Congress tbsfr
claims to a duty on lumber. They
conferred with Messrs. Ellerbe, Fin
ley, johnson and Lever in Mr.. Eller-
be's room this afternoon and discuss-
ed with them the situation. The lum-
Der men present were ID. w. Alder
man. Of Alcolu. D. w. Andrews and G..
A. Doyle, of the Atlantic Coast Lum-
Der company. Georgetown; ]. w. AL
len and T. w. Boyle, Sumter: ]. w.
Maynard, Cheraw.
They told the South Carolina mem-
bers that to take the 81 tariff duty off
lumber would not lower the price to
the consumer in South Carolina and
would put them practically out of
the Northern market, where the bulk
of their lumber now goes. Only
about or per cent. of the lumber
manufactured in South Carolina, they
said, is sold in South Carolina. Most
OF the lumber used in the State, they
said, Is made at the small mills
which do not do any export business.
The duty. they claimed. would not ef-
feet these small mills one way or the
other.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
Dots From Meeting OF County Union.


The doubling ones as to the Union
should have been at Gordon's Mill
Tuesday. President Harris, Brother
Parrott Of the Union News, represen-
tatives from Clarendon and Lee coun-
ties. Joined with us In making It the
best Union meeting ever held in Sum-
ter county.
The good people of Concord. and
our host. Mr.. w. L. Brunson at whose
residence we met, provided abundant
ly for the comforts of man and beast
To the outsider who wants to know
what the Union is doing to save. dol
lars. I will say one Union has saved
its dosen members between three and
four hundred dollars on this years
purchase Of fertilizers. And other
Unions smaller amounts on various
other items.
The meeting appointed a commit.
tee to look into the matter of market
Ing country produce. We expect be-
fore long to have an exchange where
our stun can he handled for our pro-
testion. and where the housekeepers
of the city will know they are getting
fresh produce at first cost.
Next meeting will be with the Jor-'
dan Union on 1st Friday in May.
e. w. ID.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
Tampa Business Man q Suicide.

Tampa, Fla, April 6.-Harvey l..
Fowler. a prominent young business
man, committed suicide this morn
ing at his home here by shooting
himself through the head with a 3S-
calibre revolver. His mind has been
failing since January, when he gave
up his position with the Tampa Hard
two children, who are now visiting
relatives at CarrebeIle, Fla.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
ONLY TWO TOWNS REPRESENT
Hid.
E'nrlhor EAott Made TO Organize
state League.

I.nct Hhl. April 7.--Chester and
RorN Hiu representatives were ON
haSd might ready 90 organize the
thcg packets and they looked as
though willing toput up a forfeit for
two other towns had any representa-
tives or proxies shown up. Chester
and Rock hin went into executive
seassiou. ana II appears as though
there will he interesting developments
tAfer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10

flower less than in poorer ground. If
neglected, the plants sometimes be-
come weeds because of their self
sowing habits.
Have Some HOllyhOcks.
Everybody knows that a "hardy
perennial is plant that dies down
to the ground every winter like a
peony and comes uE again in the
spring for an indefinite number of
years; and most people know that
there is bewildering assortment Of
them ranging in heighth from two
inches to three or four feet. 1t is
a surprising fact that there are bare
ly dozen first class parennials that
normally grow as high as a man and
are suitable for the back of border
are single hollyhocks. The have by
far the greatest range OF color Of any
tall hardy herbs and are harder and
more permanent than double holly
hooks. They are biennial and bloom
the second year. and SOW themselves
year after year all over the garden.
The Mock Orange Needed on the
Home Ground.
What sort Of home Is it that docs
not have q mock orange or syringa
bush? Lilacs and mock oranges are
the two flowers that do the most to
fill the whole world with fragrance
and make May the most intoxicating
month in the year. If you want the
most fragrant variety of mock orange,
get the old-fashioned kind. A much
foYers an inch and three-quarters
across, and Of a pure white. 1t IS
also a most graceful bush: the old
kind is rather stiff.
The Cheapest and Most Permanent
Way to Get Flowers.
We want shrubs on every home
place in America because they fur
nish more flowers for less money and
care and for longer period of years
than any other plant. True, some
trees have big flowers and lots of
them, but they are higher up in the
air, while a bush is just where you
can see it and smell it. Shrubs are
more permanent than "perennials"
and they are nothing like the bother
ANIMALS are. You plant trees for pos
terity, but shrubs for yourself also.
You get flowers the second year, IL
you pay decent price, and If you
go away for a summer, the place does
not look like an abandoned home.
The plain truth is, that a home with
out shrubbery is all wrong. Shrub
berry is just as necessary to a place
as clothing to a man. Nine time out
of ten the straight line where a build
ing meets the ground should be hid
den by shrubs.--Selections made for
The Progressive Farmer from the
Garden Magazine for April.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
Conducted Union Of Sumter

Conducted by T.. w. Dabbs, Pr


The first be
Practical conduct will be my
aim to give the Union
publish papers
to our readers ORR
and he'd.
Trusting this Department will
All Department be sent to E. W. pabb
Mayesvfle
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
killing at Construction Camp

Spartanburg, April 6.-Eliett Davis.
colored, shot and killed Walter Nc
Cullough. also colored, at J. c. Dunn's
construction camp on the line OF c..
{. & o. railroad, mile from Chero-
kee, this morning. The shooting was
the result Of quarrel over a negro
woman. Davis and the woman es-
capped.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10

Kamenetz, Russia, April 6.-Thir-
teen schooolboys were drowned near
here today as a result of the floods.
They were on a bridge over the Nor
when the structure collapsed and
they were precipitated into the wa
ter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-10
Sbs @aitbnlan ana Souisrpl.


The Sumter watchman was found
- In 1850 and the True southron In
Uss. The watchman and southron
- has the combined circulation and
Unuence q both OF the old papers.
ed 10 maaifestiy the best advertising
0soium In SSmter.