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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Big Fortune.
New York. June 3.-Duncan B.
Cooper. who. with his son. Robin j..
was convicted of the murder of ex-
Senator +. w. Carmack in Nashville,
In one Of the heirs OF his brother.
Judge William +. Cooper. Judge
Cooper's will was made public yester-
day, when Edmund Cooper, the exc
cutor. applied at the surrogate's Of
fee In this county for ancillary let
ters testamentary. Judge Cooper,
who had lived In this city for several
years. died on May Z. His estate Is
valued at more than $500. 900.
To old negroes who were once
slaves on the Cooper plantation, G
T. Colt. Elbridge Cooper and his wife,
and Booker Cooper. he left annuities
OF 5000 each. The will leaves $685.
600 to the children of Mary Samson,
a sister. The residue goes to five
sisters and three brothers and the
children Of another sister.
Duncan Cooper's share is held In
trus for the benefit of himself and
family for life and to go to his wife
and children upon his death. Provi-
sion is made against the money be-
Ing attached In any way for debts OF
Duncan. The will Is dated July 4
1890.
Judge Cooper had for years before
his death been very generous to-
word the members of his family In
the South. The Civil war swept
away the Cooper fortunes. The thou
sands of acres owned by them pass
ed into other hands and the family
and the hundreds of negroes owned
by them scattered through the South
William F.. Cooper began to practice
law and for many years was chancel.
Tor In Tennessee and later served or
the Supreme Court bench of that
State. He moved to New York In
1890 at the age of 20 years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Messrs. Manning. Shore and Row
land have purchased from Mrs.
Ebaugh. the frame store building on
south Main street. now occupied by
Mrs. L. Atkinson. The consideration Is
said to have been in excess OF 81
500. There Is greater activity in city
real estate than for many months and
considerable property Is changing
hands.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The American Fourth OF July will
be celebrated by Danish-American
citizens Mt an exposition TO be held In
Aanus. Denmark. on July 4. according
TO an announcement made by Henry
l.. Hertz. toastmaster at the third an
nual dinner of the Chicago branch.
Danish-American Association.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Leon Casse. the Official viper killer
IA the forest OF Fountairebleau,
France. Is now resting after an ar
duous season. In which he has killed
nearly Tso snakes. His average Is
500 a year. and no has been bitten
30 often that he has become immune
TO the poison OF the snakes bite.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
Marriage Announcement.

Invitations are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Gertrude Myers.
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. j. j. Ny
ers. of Congaree. to Mr.. ]. Hcrbe C..
Johnson, of Sumter. on the afternoon
OF June 18th at $3.50 o'clock, First
Baptist church.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Inc contractor for the postoffice
building is expected to arrive in the
CITY soon and work on the building
VIII begin at once. Contractor CLAW.
ton is now figuring on the brick for
the building and is said to he getting
everything in readiness to push the
work when start is made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The street hands are at work on
church street digging clay prepara-
Tory TO claying that street between
Hampton and Calhoun. which will
complete the clay sand roadway on
Church from Liberty to Broad
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
MARRIED..

Married at the District Parsonage
b. Rev. w. T. Duncan. on Wednes-
day June 2. Miss Ida Chandler and
Mr.. Walter H. Raffield Their many
friends wish them long and happy
life.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The way to catch the income ta,r
ooasers is to enact a law requiring
each and every taxpayer, poor as wei
as rich, to make an affidavit when he
makes his returns, stating whether OF
not his income from all sources ex.
ceeds $2,50O.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Mr.. Harry Ryttenoerg returned
on Friday from an extended visit
20 relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. c. v. Mayes. cashier of the
Bank OF Mayesviile. was In the city
Friday.
Ars r.. d Lee has returned from u
elk weeks visit to her daughter. Mrs.
9. r. Carter. In Ashland. Va.
Mas Edna Hughson has returned
home after six weeks of recuperation
and sight seeing through Georgia and
Florida E -
NJ and Mrs. A. c. Ducker left on
Friday for Charleston. where Mrs.
Quicker win spend q month on sulll-
vans Island with the family Of Mr..
rinken.
Mr.. Harold Bean. Of Charleston. =.
c.. - v,sising Mr: Noble Dick. on
Caldwsfl 81. t t
Mr.. J. II. Myers has returned from
. two weeks visit to Asheviile. ". c..
ana woo<IrufR. 8. c.
Mr.. Herbert Green is at home from
ths University of South Carolina.
Mr.. George ID. shore. Jr.. has gone
20 McCielianville to visit his grand
father. Dr. g. d. Doar.
Miss Ruth McIAurin returned to
0feenvills Saturday.
Mrs. Burns returned 70 Rocr.horo
N. c.. saturday after n n,es.ant
vi,at 10 her sister. Mr. : w y.cr.
600. 4 NJ fP'ft 1
8 Mr. Gao n n. x.a,s,. =.
Charles+on Saturday on a visit.
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rslday night In this city an the euest
of Mr.. J. p. Marion. ffl. i,
Rov. J. p. Marion want N r,or-
t, euce saturday and preached at the
Pr rsnytcrian coileg Sunday.
Mrs ,. u. Rlcharaaon and N,ss
sodee Richardson wen, to crssnv,ra
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Farm work throughout Sumter and
adjoining counties has been suspend
ed for several days on account of the
excessive rains
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Work on the foundation for the
new Catholic church is progressing
rapidly
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The ice men are the only' working
men in town who are not complain
ing Of the weather.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The Farmers Bank and Trust c.
The Man.
Hotel Jackson Barber Shop--Un-
der New Management.
Sumter Sash. Door and Blind Fac
tory-For Interior Finish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The Farmers Bank and Trust Com
pany has decided to open branch
banks at Pinewood and summerton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Lots OF oats were damaged by the
rains of the past few days.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

A novel method Of concrete construc-
tion has been tried successfully in
structures for the militia at Camp Per-
ry, Ohio. The walls for the building
were made horizontal and then tipped
up to their places. Metal beams for re-
Inducements were laid on the bed, to-
gether with the window frames, orna-
mental caps and sills. etc, and then
the concrete was poured in around them
and tamped down. The wall was made
four inches thick with facing of white
cement and white sand. The work was
allowed to stand 4S hours, after which
the walls were up-ended. Reinforcing
rods passed thru both edges OF the walls
and interlocked with one another at
the corners. Then boards were put
round these corners and cement poured
in to join the hole into a homogeneous
mass. One CT the notable buildings was
the Mess Hall, two stories in hight, and
which was nodded and set in place in
less than three days actual working
time. There are many great advantages
about this method, one of them being
that work can be done better on the
ground level than at the hight of the
wall and at much less expense. More
men can work on the job than can be
effective on a wall. OF course, it was
a great saving in lumber for the moids.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07
TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK GRAFT.

Gov. Campbell has outlined pro-
gram for himself which is full of hard
work, and the execution of which will
be watched with interest. He says that
within theifcoming year he will rid
Texas of every trust, and have the pro-
moters and managers of such trusts in
the penitentiary. He has started in to
fight the trusts on lumber, beef, plumb
ing. kerosene and flour. Perhaps Gov.
Campbell is disposed to be more brash
in his operations as an enemy of the
trusts, from the success with which his
opponents have proved his connection
with one school book trust, whereby he
was in combination with Louisiana
concern to make .he people of Texas
pay much higher price for their
school books than these could be OBJ
Campbell and his crowd worked was to
make a great powwow over the "errors
in history of Northern-printed school
books. If 1t could be found that some-
where Gen. Lees name did not appear
in just as big type as Gen. Grants did
coin was spoken Of more highly than
Jefferson Davis, this could be made a
sufficient pretext for selling a South
ern" spelling book at 40 cents, where
much better one could have been
gotten from the Nortt: for 80 cents. As
there are 1,215.000 youths of school age
in Texas, a scheme that will squeeze 10
cents apiece out of each of them for an
inferior spelling book has millions in
1t" for the crafty politician.
Gov Campbell is a sleek article OF
the stamp of Gov. Haskell, of Okla
homa, and Senator Jefferson Davis, OF
Arkansas; but it does not require much
of vision into the future to see his
finish. His is that quality of sleekness
that speedily gets eound out. and then
the practicer falls with dull, sickenine
thud.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

Statewide prohibition went into ef-
feet in North Carolina Jan. 1, and now
comes the question of its enforcement.
and particularly as to the suppression
of the moonlight distiliers in the rugged
mountain districts Gov. Glenn voices
the public sentiment in North Carolina
in saying that if he were the Governor
he would rigidly enforce the law. even
if he had to put gun in every mans
hands and exhaust the State Treasury
in order to do it. Whether his sue
cessor will measure up to the dictu-n
of the outgoing Chief Executive is a
question, and the revenue officers are
already complaining that the State Off
cials are paying too little attention to
Illicit distilleries, which will at once
take new burst of energy.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

1t begins to look as IL the reform OF
the British House of Lords is something
that may be expected in the near fu-
ture. That august house itself Z, con-
sidering such a reform and the con-
crete proposition which is now present.
ed as starter is that hereafter no
Peer is to sit by virtue of hereditary
right. He must have one of these three
qualifications:
(a) That he has already sat 10 years
in the House of Commons
(b) That he has held Office Of inn
portance in the Empire.
(cl That he has been elected by his
Peers.
The number of Peers in the House
should be limited to $50, with reduc-
Ifion in the number of Bishops. Life
Peers are to be appointed with the
qualifications above given. The Peers
to be elected will only sit during one
Parliament. when they syill have to be
reelected. The London Times rather
approves of this scheme. as do other in
tfluential papers. Other influential pa
pers complain that the reform proposed
is not radical enough. 1T would be the
old thing a little swept and garnished
and purged of some of the cruder fea-
lures" The House of Commons is un-
derstood to be at present opposed to
the proposition for reform.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07


The German officers still continue to
believe that an invasion of England
would be practicable. While the Eng
lish feet is vastly superior to that Of
Germany. yet plenty of occupation would
be found for English ships elsewhere
than in the Channel, and the German
war vessels might hope to control the
crossing OF that narrow strip of water.
Once in England with 100000 men it is
believed that the English would not be
able to expel the army, but it could
dictate peace in London. We simple re-
iterate our firm belief that this is a
chimera, and that the German officers
might well study the remark of the
negro who narrowly escaped drowning
while undergoing immersion. He said
as he came up sputterirg. Somebody's
likely to lose vallerble niger some OF
these days by this here foolin'." The
Germans would be likely to lose a very
valuable army il they attempted to in
wade England.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07
,PossUM AND SWEET ,TATERs.u

Georgia proposes to give President
elect Taft feed that will not have a
spoonful of Indigestion in it. 1t will be
a grand opossuns and sweet potato ban
quet at Atlanta, Jan. Is, and Harry S.
Fisher, who is known as ''The 'Possum
King of Georgia" shouts to an expect
ant world:
"Give us 'possum-loving President
and the White House will ring with
peace and prosperity and joy for years
to come"
This promises to at last introduce
opossum into good society, which has
hitherto looked askance at him on ac-
count of his ratlike tail. His popu-
larity has been largely confined to the
negroes and poor whites of the South,
who will eat anything that has fur
or feathers on 1T. They will even eat
hawks. owls. raccoons and foxes. which
are pretty crank. fodder. There is no
real, physiological reason why an opos-
sum should not be a delicate morsel.
The opossum. tho not as inviting an
animal in life ASIA squirrel, is probably
quite as good eating. After all the squir-
rel is only d modified rat, and is as om-
nivorous as p rat Many ornithologists
think that the squirrel is the worst ene-
my of thes song birds from its raids
upon their GEES and their young. The
opossum is about as large as big cat,
has short legs and piglike snout. the
hair is coarse, yellowish in color. with
n large prehensiIe tail like that of rat.
AS far as We know it lives on berries
and nuts and revels in persimmons.
reaching its finest development at the
time persimmons are at their best.
What 1t lives on between persimmon
times is not well known, but it is sup
posed to kill birds and snakes. Proba-
bly,. like the squirrel and the rat, MOTH
ing that it can catch is aYerse to 1t
when hungry.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

The New York Legislature is to wres-
tie with the tramp problem in a bill
which will be presented to it to appro-
pirate s750.000 for the purchase OF and
establishment of three farm colonies
for tramps and unemployed generally.
One of the unexpected features devel-
oped in connection with this project is
the extent to which the railroads suffer
from tramps. There are mos, of this
class killed on the railroads every year
than there are passengers and train
men. Besides the expense of taking
care of and burying these wanderers.
there are other heavy losses suffered by
the railroads from their depredations.
and one high railroad official INSERTS
that the tramps cost the railroads at
least s25,000.000 a year. The farm
proposition is to provide employment
for every man who claims that he can
not find it in the cities or elsewhere
that he has sought it.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

A new pure food law has been drafted
for the State of Pennsylvania, and there
is much discussion over it. and particu-
Iarly over the uses of benzcate of soda.
This question has been a most disturb
ing one for the Federal Department of
Agriculture, and the Department has
backed and filed for years over it. Il
has tried to prohibit the use OF benzoate.
and thereby incurred the hostility of the
catsup and pie@fiiier manufacturers.
who claim that its use is absolutely nee
essary in their business, and they point
out that benzoic acid is a natural prod
uct occurring most plentifully in cram
berries. The Pennsylvania law will
lesalize the use of benzoate of soda to
the extent of one-tenth ,of one per cent.
The law also provides that a food shall
be deemed misbranded if it is inferior
TO the representations which the seller
makes for 1t. This Is most important
feature. ard has excited much discus
sion.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

DR.. A. E. Shipler, an eminent zoo,o-
gist, announces that the suffragets
have a regular disease, which he terms
,arantism. Women have always suf-
fered from a similar affection, but It
was more often called termagantism.
One of the effective ways used in
treating the affiiction was known in the
old law as the ducking STOOL There
are many of these preserved in the relic
rooms of England, and they consist of
a long stiff pole. with a seat on the end.
The pole swung on pivot, and the viii
lage scold when she became unendur-
able, was put in the seat at the end of
the pole. and then swung out over the
pond. in which she was immersed once
or oftener as the law directed. Unfor-
tunately. the use of the ducking stool
has been allowed to fall into desuetude.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07
THE ENGLIsu ARMY.

The French papers are disposed to
disparage the English army. becausc.
they say. 1t is drawn from the lowest
ranks of society. where the French
army Is more national. since service Is
compulsory upon all ranks in life. Tae
English army. they say. continues to be
a highly aristocratic Institution. whore
the officers are gentlemen and the pri-
Yates mere things. While the British
soldier is a robust. vigorous man, he re-
quires enormous feeding to Keep aim
UP 10 the standard. and he Is not likely
TO go thru the hardships of a campaign
as well as the more neagerIy fed
French or German soldiers. This may
/ satisfy theory. but it is against history.
In the past the British soldier has
shown himself capable OF enduring the
greatest hardships and priyations in
leyery climate anil under all conditions
He has shown himself more enduring
than either the German OF the Frenc.'.
altho the Germans have net had his
trials in tropical and desert countries.
English alarmists support the French
view. however. by pointing out how the
Fliifity ot ITltClS Is ueteTlDrdtlnR on dc-
count of factory life. The stamina OF
the British army has largely been that
of the Welch. Irish and Scotch contin-
gents. ard who preserve the old race
yigor. In England proper the physical
standard, they say. is being constantly
lowered by the habits of the people. and
tho the standard for recruits is not ut
all high onc-third to one-haif of those
who offer themselves for enlistment are
rejected on account OF physical weak
ness.
! The claim of moral superiority of the
French army is well-based. however.
since the annual conscription brings
into the army the highest class of young
men and gives them q personal interest
in the success of their flag Unques-
tioEabIy the more democratic method
of the French in differing their army
is superior to that of the English Only
a small proportion of the men who are
commissioned as officers in she British
army have real taste for their profess
sion, and work as hard as the officers
Of France and Germany to equip them
selves for it. The most of them want
merely to have few years experience
in the army and then go home to some
other pusSuit and hang up their swords
as mementos of younger and more glor-
/ ious days.
The National tribune., 1909-01-07

The officials in the War Department
who are continually tinf9ring with the
uniform, equipments and organization
of the Army are now discovering what
The National Tribune told them from
the first. that the khaki uniform is un-
fitted for operations in forested coun-
try. The khaki color is more conspicu-
Gus against the green than the old
fashioned blue was. as anybody knows
who has noticed brown stump stand
ing out against the green background.
The officials are now considering giving
the uniforms green hue to make them
less conspicuous. The shades that arc
under consideration vary from the pres
ent dirty brown of the khaki to that
of deep green, and experiments will be
made TO determine which is the. mqet
and least conspicuous,
The National tribune., 1909-01-07
NOVI-BAZAR.

The Sanjak of Novi-bazar is in point
of size an Insignificant little bit of ter
ritory, which may become the firebrand
of Europe and precipitate the long-ex-
pected general war. 1t is narrow
stretch if land interposing between Ser
via and Montenegro and leads up from
the Turkish dominions on the south
to the boundaries of the Austro-Hun-
garian Provinces of Bosnia and Herze-
govina 1t was delimited by the Con-
gress of Berlin to keep the Siav States
of Servia and Herzegovina apart and to
cut off Seryia from the sea. At pres
ent Servia is entirely inland and it was
naturally expected that she would form
an alliance or union with the Montene-
gro to get alcess to the Adriatic Sea,
which is her only outlet The union Of
the two little States cannot, of course,
be accomplished as long as they are
separated by a strip of territory. This
matter was so important that Austro-
Hungary was given the right Of garri-
sonins it SO as to make sure that the
two principalities would be definitely
separated. 1t could not be trusted 20
Turkey, whose army and diplomatic
policy are so weak and vacillating.
There is another important feature
which is now becoming of burning con-
sideration. BY retaining the Sanjak of
Novi-bazar Austria may have a high
way straight from her border to the
Egean Sea. This may be made the
route Of a railroad and greatly help to
extend the influence of Austria over
the country and prepare the way for
the absorption of more Turkish terri
tories and the extension of the Austrian
kan Peninsula. Therefore, not only Ser
via and Montenegro, but also Bulgaria
are violently opposed to Austria con-
tinuing to garrison the Sanjak, and the
great powers of Europe, with the excep-
ton of Germany, are supporting their
view of the case. Germany is supposed
TO be favoring Austria and her designs
upon the slav provinces of Turkey.
There are only 1900 people in the San
jak, nearly all of who mare Slavs.
| The total vote OF the Democratic and
Republican Parties was over 100000.
while the total vote of all the parties
outside these two were less than
100000. That is. out of every 15 men,
not quite eight were Republicans, six
and one-half were Democrats, less than
one-half man was a Socialist and less
than one-sixth were Prohibitionists with
the Independents, Populists and Social
ist Labor representing still smaller frae-
tions.