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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16

problems must lie the sordid problem
of his daily food. He had uncovered
a crevice In the bed rock at the end Of
his trench the day before, and now he
scraped a pailful of the soggy gravel
it contained and carried 1t back to the
cabin.
With a sigh he took off his damp coat
and threw a log on the fire. He alb
stractedly watched it kindle, then filled
and lit his pipe and turned to the book
shelf. He ran his hand absently along
the. row. Where had been that wide.
dim expanse Of library walls that how
cred like a mirage beyond his visual
sight? He chose a volume he had been
reading and turned the pages.
All at once his hand clinched. He
gave a choked cry. He was staring at
a cancelled bank draft bearing his own
name-a draft across whose face was
written In the cramped hand resem
bling the signature a word that seemed
etched in livid characters of shame
Forgery
"Pay to Hugh Stires-the sum of
$4,000" He read the phrase In a
hoarse, husky monotone, every vein
beating fiercely, his body hot with the
heat Of a forge. There it was, a hid
ecu chapter of it, the damnable truth
from which he had shrunk!
Did the town know? He snatched at
the draft and read the date. More than
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16
Chapter "a

He bell was tapping in
the steeple of the little
Catholic church on the
edge of the town., and
the mellow tone came
clearly up the slope Of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16

est and principal,
to the bank to
my account"
For a moment
she stood trans
fixed. The talk
she had mechan-
ically heard leap
ed into signifi-
canoe, and her
mind ran back to
the hour when
she had left the
draft at the cab
in. She caught
the old mans
handand knelt by
his chair, laugh
ing and crying
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16

early return to
the house in the
aspens. ID
Stires had point
ed out the distant
Knob as a spot
in W b | b b Q
would choose TO
be buried, and the
wish had been
observed. II e r
sorrow for his
death had been
deepened by the
thought that the
end had come too
suddenly for Da-
vid Stires to have
reinstated his son.
This sorrow had
on
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16
An Inference.

An Inference.
81 have lost my best friend" sighed
the poet.
"Cheer up. I will loan you my rhym-
Ing dictionary"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16
Chapter az

was falling keen
and cool, for frost was
in the air, touching the
fall foliage on the hills
to crimson and amber
and etching delicate
boar tracery on the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16

spidery framework OF the long black
railroad bridge that hung above ".the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-16
Fl

Harry made his way
down the mountain in
the blank and heavy
dark, correcting his
path by the lightning,
he had faced squarely
the question that in that
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1909-04-08

8erfedter Gntras. =
,Tlein Srduleiu, 6urf i'd Di.lleiht Bet
Sbr.r SO4aeit aIs 9rdutisum iunsi-
rsn9"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
GOLD AND TIN IN CAROLINAS.
Yellow Metal Found In Small Paving
Qualities in Several Counties.

In the number of it's mineral spe-
cies North Carolina is said to excel
any other State in the Union, and
minerals in great number and varie-
ty have been found in South Caro-
lima. The gold, tin, and other min
eral deposits of large area in the
central part of the Carolinas form
the subject Of a report by l.. C. Gra-
ton, published by the United States
geological survey as bulletin 293.
In discussing the tin deposits of
this area, Mr.. Grafton sketches briefly
the general geology. gives a short
history of tin mining in the Carolinas,
and describes the occurrence and
character of the ore. The tin min
eral is cassiterite, or tin dioxide,
which is found in pegmatite, a gran
itic rock that occurs in dikes in belt
extending northeastward from Cher
okee county across Cleveland and
Baston counties to Lincoln county.
The report includes description of
the tin mines and of the methods of
mining and extraction.
When the early Spanish explor,rs
came to America the Indians showed
them rich nuggets and ornaments Of
geld which came from the southern
Appalachian region. At the close Of
the eighteenth century gold was dis
covered in South Carolina and thirty
years later it was found in North
Carolina. In the year 1929 gold to
the value of $4,000 was mined in
South Carolina and from that time
until the civil war gold mining WAS
carried on In the Carolinas with prot
it. The total gold production of the
region has probably been about SO.
600 900.
The gold deposits of the Carolnas
are of many types, all of which are
described by Mr.. Grafton. The dis
tribution Of the gold, the genesis Of
the deposits, and the mining devel-
opments are fully discussed.
Deposits Of ores Of iron, "copper"
lead, monazite, corundum, and other
minerals occurring in this region are
described in the report.
The bulletin contains also a de-
scription of the gold deposits at
Dahlonega, Ga, by Waldemar Lind
gren, including a sketch Of the gen
eral genology Of the region and de.
scription Of the veins and mines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
BOOST, DON'T KNOCK.
Trade Has Been Good But Prohibl-
tion Has Hurt the Conin Business.

Aroue HAS Been GOO0 But PrOilibi-
tion Has Hurt the Conin Business.
Mr Editor:
Don't you think the intimation in
your paper OF Friday. that there was
any possible reason for former shop
pers Of Sumter to now do their shop
ping In. Columbia was a mild knock
on Sumter?
The Brothers Company. doing q
retail furniture business. has had
cash sales since Nov, 18th of f,fy per
cent more than last year during the
same time. The credit sales, which are
confined mostly to the city. have been
equally as good or better than last
year during the same time.
or course II pays to advertise In
The Daily Item. which probably is
the reason the express company has
done 30 much better business recent
ly. The increased sales at the stores
we have figured was due to the pros
perity OF the country. high prices of
cotton etc. Probably several dollars
have come In that would have gone
to buy booze.
The Brothers Company doing a
manufacturing business making cof-
nns and caskets has not done so we'll,
though at this time of tho year 1t
was never good. but 1t might be that
IL has lost some sales on account of
the people not getting 80 much booze
to drink. 1t has been my personal OBJ
servation that prohibition Is a blow
to the coffin business. Don't knock
Sumter.
Il. L. witherspoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
LET YOUR BOY BE AN INDIAN.
Outdoor Life and Excitement Alone
Can Quiet His Million Nerves.

OF all the delights of boys heart,
camping 10 the dearest and most nat
ural. This desire to camp out" Is
sure to be real inborn longing of
every normal boy between the ages
OF ten and fifteen years. says The Dc.
lineator for January. This is the
savage stage in the development Of
the boy: when he would rather be
a wild Indian or a cave-dweller than
the greatest statesman on this earth.
Looking out Of my window on
Christmas morning, upon hearing an
especially loud tumult, beheld a
sight that should inspire any one to
become interested In boy life. Across
the street, among the tall weeds of
q vacant lot. there moved q terrify-
Ing band OF wild Indians" now
stealthily stalking the unsuspecting
"paleface." which In this case was
stray cat; now emitting a blood
curdling war-whoop as the band
made fierce dash upon its victim.
One small urchin had received a
cheap imitation Indian suit for a
Christmas present, and with the gay
colored head-dress denoting his pres
ent authority as "big chief" he had
Immediately collected motley band
OF admiring followers. He would not
have changed places with any other
person on earth except to become
the real Indian himself. What an
opportunity was here offered for the
working out OF home-d directed activi
ty:
This growing boy is brimming owe:
with exuberant life. as 1t shown b,
his constant action. If he is awake
and still. he is Ill. for he has mil.
lion nerves and muscles to keep him
quiet. With him variety Is not sim.
ply the spice OF life; it is his daily
bread. Thus it is that rough games
aud outdoor life appeal to the boy
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
No Justice "a 1t.

The dispensa,s has been closed
Just six weeks, for it was closed
here zen days before the legal
ciosing as there was nothing to
SELL
The Board has been ready to settle
all outstanding claims and could
have paid over to the County and
Town the snug little sum of $4,000
or more several weeks ago, but by
order of dispensary Auditor West
their hands are tied in that matter.
1t is now being talked in Columbia,
that the winding up commission
through their counsel and the .Attor-
ney General are thinking of attach
ing this money in the hands of the
County Boards to cover over charges
that they have brought out against
certain houses in winding up the
old State dlspensary.
Even if they have the legal right
To do so, If such step be taken it
VIII be the greatest piece of high
handed injustice and down right i'm
position that we have ever heard
Of
The County Board Independent of
any State authority. contracted liquor
debts in good faith to the houses
they dealt with and they are legal
ly and morally bound to pay these
debts. They have the money ready
and would have had them. all paid
If 1t had not been for the interfer-
ence Of Auditor West.
Perhaps they want to get another
loop hole to prolong the winding up
Of that old Rotten Thing" and give
those high price lawyers another
chance for legal grab.
If We understand it right, already
$4,000 has been set aside to pay
those Atlanta lawyers, and $4,000
has been set aside to Mr.. Stevenson
to pay himself and the others con-
nected with him, and by the time
they bring up and decide the matter
a4 20 tho legal status of the Winding
"r 'omuission attaching the funds
D" 'hc hands Of the County Boards
ih'ro Non Oe much left to go to the
toWN. county or liquor houses
Thc people are hearty sick and
diss astcd with any such proceedings
and The s'or.r the Commission
winds up The old Dispensary with the
old dispersary lruds. the better they
will plea the paople.-Bishopville
Vindicator
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29

the deep ruts worn by chariot wheaiS
In the days of Marcus Aurelius.
Other highways were discover
outside the city walls, bordered with
little shops, with work rooms and
workmen's lodgings in the rear as
well as the shopkeepers' own abode
Here the country people could make
purchases at once without enteriDg
the city. Soldiers from the August y
Ihird Legion used to congreeato
mere. These suburban districts were
oustling with activity.
Among mediocre dwellings rose
certain larger, more luxurious
houses with paved vestibules at the
front and porticos around the outside
huge square basins occupied the M d
0;c OF these buildings. and the rooms
opened upon atriums paved with
marble mosaics.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29

were given over to the proclamation
Of the Hindus and their disgusting
worship. Everybody recognized that
Buddhism was dying out in Ceylon
just as it had already died out in
India.
Colonel Alcott resolved to reform
Buddhism. Enough of his Christian
training and occidental heritage re-
mained with him to convince him
that faith, If 1t have not works, is
dead" He established a Buddhist
college. in which boys and young men
were to be Instructed in the ordinary
branches Of learning and in the pure
precepts Of their fathers ancient
faith. Soon after came Mrs. Carrie
Higgins. also an American. who es-
tablished similar college for girls.
The yellow robed monks rubbed
their eyes in wonder, and then they.
too, caught some of the inspiration
Of the western blood in an eastern
religion.
In this same Garden Of Eden the
American laborers in the Christian
vineyard are also hard at work. The
American mission in the north of the
island Is taking outcast boys and
girls, educating them. giving them
English names and setting them out
on the road to prosperity.
In Colombo there Is an old Dutch
Presbyterian church, the congrega-
ton dating back from 1643. The
present church building was erected
In 1749 and Is the largest and hand
soonest building in the city. It con.
tains the tombs of Dutch governors
generals and admirals--a mighty
host. Its people are all "burghers,' >
descendants of the old Dutch colo.
nists. Whether the footprint on the
peak Is that Of Adam or Buddha o,
Vishnu only the pilgrims care. Blu,
there is no doubt that today Ameri-
can influence is the most potter IN
the confused religions of this stand.
Springfield Union
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
Fame, Wealth and GlOry-What Are
They Worth?

Then. overnight, it seemed. ca-
tastrophe sprang at her from the
unseen. 1t had come to other prima
donnas. this inevitable terror but to
her it had seemed so many years
away that she had no need even to
think of it. Her day was done The
critics chanted it in varying phrases
caustlc, eulogistic; the public refused
longer to come to hear her. She felt
as a queen whose armies and SUBJ
Jects had turned from her. Pride
had grown so big with her that only
fout such as this would have con-
vinced her that the voice was fin
ishe6.
A tour of the outlying towns that
knew her only by name, that last
stand of the ended prima donna, was
undertaken. A second was ventur-
ed, to close prematurely in disaster,
and all was over
Then she had free time, at last.
Time, too, in which to foot up the
reckoning. Home she had none: she
had never had time to make one.
Children she had none. A husband
on whose arm she could lean was
not hers; she had unmade him into
what he was. Her mothers vigilant
love remained only a memory; her
kith and kin, at first resentful, had
grown to look with a certain pride
on her zenith. The cause for this
casual interest was now removed; /;
new names took the place of hers in
the cast lists; society found new
idols to invite to it's functions; old
friends that these new ones had sup
planted were vanished out of her
life.-Success Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
Many Believe That the Island of Cev.
lon Was the Home on ADJ q.

Millions and millions 0. the devout
Christians Of the orient and all the
followers Of the Prophet Mohamned
believe that the Isalnd Of Ceylon is
the Garden OF Eden, in which the
human race first came to conscious
ness. Connecting Ceylon with india
and the mainland of Asia, is a. low
lying chain of islands and sand banks
known as Adams Bridge. In tho
southern part of the island is a beau
tiful mountain which has been known
Tor centuries as Adams Peak.
A railroad built like the Florida
Keys road to Key West will soon run
across Adams Bridge to connect
Eden with Asia. and the angels with
the flaming swords who stand guard
at the gate will be made to do signal
tower service for a government rail-
way. The high slopes Of Adams
Peak are devoted to growing tea for
the afternoon delectation of some
daughter of Eve, who has long ag,
forgot the garden. the serpent and
the exile. But despite all these mod
ern improvements and DEVELOPMENTS
Ceylon Is still Garden of Eden, al
though 1t Is much confused as to who
is the master Of the garden.
Near rhe top Of Adams Peak there
Is depression in the stone which re-
sembles footprint--the track left by
a giant in the form of a man. Good
Moslems and the vast majority Of
oriental Christians firmly believe that
IL Is the footprint Of Father Adam
when he turned to leave his paradise.
Good Buddhists believe that It is the
imprint OF the bare foot Of Gautama
Buddha. who brought the enlighten-
ment OF his wisdom to Ceylon. De-
vout Hindoos believe that the\ foot
print Is that of one Of the thousand
and eight manifestations OF the sec
ond In the Brahminical trinity.
So pilgrims Of every religion make
their way TO Adams Peak to pray for
the salvation Of mankind at the spot
where many OF them believe the first
sin came into the world.
Twenty-Five years ago Buddhism
was moribund in Ceylon. Hardly a
monk could be found. the temples
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
When q Kind Act Returned Home.
A Cleveland paper tells of a tramc
who came to the back door of a resi-
dQncp and hoppad for ohooc Tb :,

dence and begged for shoes. The
mistress of the house gave him q
good pair, and said to him: There
put these on and e you want 70 show
your gre ua, just naPpeD q, Vtl..a.
here .- ming after snow
stor,, ana rlean off our sidewalk"
Some time after, the lady was
awakened early one morning by some
one scraping the sidewalk in front of
the house. Looking out, she found
that there had been quite a heavy
fall of snow, and there she beheld the
tramp to whom she had given the
shoes. clearing away the snow from
the sidewalk with an old broken
shovel, When he caught sight of his
benefactress at the window he raised
his tattered hat to her. and, his self
imposed task finished. went away
without saying a word or even ask
ing for anything to eat Three times
the same. thing happened during the
winter, but the man never asked for
compensation or food, repeats Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine
A New York woman once invited a
ragged, dirty beggar into her house,
and after he had had a comfortable
meal and some clean clothing she
sent him away with words of encour-
agement telling him that he was
made for something better than
tramping; that it was a shame for
man of his apparent intelligence and
good health to be getting a living in
such disgraceful way.
This lady became embarrassed
financially and was in sore need of
money. She asked friend where
she could borrow five hundred dol
lars, but he coL!d not accommodate
her, nor did he know OF any one who
could. Next day, to her great aston
ishment, man. total stranger, as
she thought, DIT her house and
told her that ne mad head she wa:
- >]SN~ AOA AAioiiCyp dlu lildl lie udu
come to lend her the amount She
needed. With growing surprise She
asked how it was a that a complete
stranger, whom she had never seen,
was willing to trust her The man
then explained that ne was tho tramp
whom. a year before, she had taken
to her home and treated like broth
err; that her kindness on that Occa-
sion had been the turning point in
his career, had made a man Of him
again; that he had prOspered beyond
his deserts, and that ever since he
had gotten on his feet he had been
wishing for an opportunity to show
his appreciation of what she had
done for him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
Conducted by Dabbs President Farmers Union OF Sumter
Conducted by e. w. Dabbs. Presid,

having double service Nv
semweekly publication
The first to be
Practical will be nv
aim to give the Union
om and members
Also publish
mnt Bulletins
successes or failures
will be appreciated
Of
EDITOR
All sent to T. w Dabb
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29

New York. Dec. 24.-The board of
governors OF the Explorers club met
today In executive session and. stand
Ing In silence. voted with bowed heads
that DIR. Frederick Cook be dropped
from the rolls of the club ,r frauds
practiced on Its members and on the
public.
Coming hard upon the heels of the
crushing verdict lately rendered by
the University Of Copenhagen. the
action OF the Explorers club today
10 the result OF Independent investi-
yation which In no way touch upon
the polar controversy and the weigh.
',f its disapproval thus becomes cum
ialative.
Preliminary TO Its vote of expulsion
the board met to pass upon the re-
port Of is committee. which has been
investigating the validity of Dr.
Cooks assertion that no reached the
summit OF Mount Mckinley. This
committee In concluding an exhaus-
i've report recommended that "Dr.
'cook'a claim that he ascended the
summit OF Mount Mckinley in 1905
b rejected by the Explorers club
~ unworthy OF credence."
The committees recommendatio
was based on its nnding that .Dr.
Cook had repeatedly made state
nsnts that have not been In accord
With the facts. and that he had en-
sorsd into agreement which he has
failed to keep and that the misstate-
ments and broken agreements deal
not only with the matters appertain-
Ing to diocovery. but to ordinary nm
ancial transactions. 10 that no ore
dsnee can be given to statements
made by him.
Among the seven signatures ap-
pended to the arraisnment are those
Of Casper Whitney and Anthony FL
ala. polar explorer Of note, both
pessonai friends Of DR.. Cook. The
committee Is further explicit. In its
statement that II undertook Its in
vestigation after first apprising DIR.
Cook Of its purpose. which he appro-
we'd IN person, and that II has dire
g&rded crdreIy the testimony of Ed
~sN B-eiiil. DIR. Cooks guide. and of
fredr'cA Print his packer. although
such tos' 'nony v'as before them. be.
c~use II Wished no cloud of partizan
contention. cr question of financial
interest to din the integrity of It's
verdict.
The committee as a whole srate,
That DIR. Cooks ao..rnt of the s.eeo,
Is not only such rs 10 be unconvincins
to the experienced mountaineer but
that under analysis IL becomes in
credible. and concludes:
THAT he broke his agreement with
his fellow club members to supp,y
his original notes and data upon
which his book was based"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
AN AFRICAN POMPEu.
A Buried Roman City Excavated In
Algeria.

IAASCTlds
(By Rene Fage, Translated in Bos-
ton Transcript from ILLUSTRATION.
Dead for many centuries, its site
forgotten and its name preserved
only in certain ancient writings. Tim
CAD has shaken off the mantle of
sand that entirely covered it and
come forth once more into the AL
gerian sunshine. To M. Albert Bal
lu, director of the Service des Monu-
ments HistOriQues, we owe the ex-
cavation of this ancient Thamugadi,
the important Roman city founded
by Trapan at the entrance to the
defiles of the Aures. In less than 20
years Timgad has been exhumed,
and now remains to unearth the su-
burbs that stretched away toward
Tebessa, Mascula and Lambese.
The last campaign of digging un-
covered the extension of the Trium-
phai avenue along ar extent OF near
ly 700 feet, and that of the Decu-
rnanlIS -r1.sssIu.~~ Tsvv Lial%a D1onuinenS
tai arch was reached that resembles
the beautiful gate ~ Lambese. The
huted Corinthian columns, the cor
nices. the frieze and the entire en-
tablature lay scattered about on the
ground. An inscription informs us
that the arch dates from III A. d.
The slabs of the pavement still show
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
wrsxlsoAy. pecsnssa 20. 1909.

The Sumter watchman was found
- In 1850 and the True southron in
aeee. The watchman and southron
uow has the combined circulation and
influence Of 'both OF the old papers.
and 10 msnifsstly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-29
An ImpOrtant Condition

Five-year-oid Fora had been lis
tening very attentively to the older
ones talking. when one turned to her
and askd. well. Fora. what are
you going to do when you are
grown?" After drawing a long breath
she answered. I'm going to teach
school IL there are any kids left."-
The Delineator.