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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
The March of tho Caravan.

Perhaps the weirdest and most i'm
pressive Of the many unwOnted mem
cries that the traveller carries away
with him from travel in the east Is
the recollection Of the camel caravans
which he has encountered at night
Out Of the black darkness is heard the
distant boom Of heavy bell. Mourn
fully and with perfect regularity Of
iteration 1t sounds. gradually swelling
nearer and louder and perhaps min.
Cling with the tones Of smaller bells
signaling the rear guard Of the same
caravan. The big bell is the insignia
and alarm of the leading camel alone.
But, nearer and louder as the sound
becomes, not another sound and not
visible object appears to accompany
1t. Suddenly and without the slight.
est warning there looms out Of the
darkness, like the apparition of
phantom ship, the form of the captain
of the caravan. His spongy tread
sounds softly on the smooth sand, and
like great string OF linked ghouls the
silent procession stalks by and is swal-
lowed up in the night.-"Persia and
the Persian Question"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
DUCK MILLS TO SLOW DOWN.
Consolidated Company Susncnds
Work Saturdays.

The mills Of the Consolidated Cot
ton Duck Company, of Baltimore,
nave been ordered to shut down on
saturday of each week until further
developments. The reduction of the
weekly output of the mills is said
to have been made necessary on ac-
count Of tn shortage of the cotton
crop.
Mr.. David H. Carroll. yice-nresi-
dent and secretary Of the Consolidat-
ed Cotton Duck Company, of this
city, said yesterday that his comnanv
was not acting in concert with the
companies of New England and the
South but from the same principles,
The demand for cotton goods" he
said, "has fallen off since the latest
rise in prices. The shortage in this
years crop is estimated at 5000. 600
bales, and the spectators in New
York and New Orleans and the far
mers themselves will not let the
prices drop. So we have to cut the
coat to fit the cloth and materially
reduce our output per week. If we
continue the present rate Of produc-
ton it is probable that we would
nave to shut down next summer,
throw our employees out of employ
ment and break up the organization.
SO the company thought it better to
reduce the hours Of running the mills
now, which will enable us to run all
the year and keep our employees at
work at fair wages."-Baltimore
Sun.
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worked IL NH

Just what may happen to a man who
isn't strictly honest was illustrated on
q street car few days ago. A man
handed the conductor q dollar and
asked for a strip Of tickets. He re-
ceived his FIVE tickets, and then the
conductor fumbled around for change
and managed to make q mistake" 4"
He handed the man two half dollars
Instead Of 70 cents. The man put
away the money without saying q
word and in a couple Of minutes work.
ed his way to the front Of the car and
got off. "Say, conductor" said an in
terested observer, did you know you
didn't give that man the right
changer The conductor smiled COM
placently. "That's all right" he said.
IF he'd been honest and returned that
bad half dollar I'd have given him
good quarter for It, I've been trying
to get rid Of that piece Of money for
week. guess he deserved to get
stung."-Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
KNOW 1T WE'LL.
Familiar Features Well Known to
Hundreds of Sumter Citizens.

A FAMILIAR burden in every home,
The burden of bad back"
lame, weak or an aching back
Tells YOU of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you.
Here is Sumter testimony to prove
it:
c. H. James, II Dingle, ST., Sum-
ter, ). c., says: 81 can recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills as L have used
them with great benefit. I had kid
fney trouble for some time The kid
ney secretions were highly colored,
confined sediment and I could not
retain them. L suffered from back
aches and sharp pains in my loins,
could not rest well and in the morn
ing my back was so lame and sore
that 1 could hardly dress myself. If
| Strengthened quickly, sharp, DART
ing pains shot through my back. A
friend finally told me about Doan's
Kidney Pills and 1 procured a box at
China's drug store. They helped me
in every way and 1 have not had any
backache since, the kidney secretions
are clear and L feel better than 1 have
in months. 1 consider Doan's Kid
ney Pills to be an excellent remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. No. 6.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
IL Is 20 .3milA

Il ls TO Smile.
In walking through a train q smile
always relieves the tension Of the mo-
ment, even If 1t is the train Of your
hostess best dinner gown.
A smile Is frequently used to conceal
a vacuum. If 1t is q broad smile.
however, 1t defeats its purpose.
If your newly married friends insist
upon your holding the baby, grab the
infant firmly by the back of the neck
and smile. The parents will remove
the child at once.
If your dinner partner Is talking
over your head. smile He will prob
ably grow uncomfortable immediate
ly and change the subject.
If your rival appears to be cutting
you out with the only girl, smile. This
will rouse her suspicious at once, and
she will devote the rest Of her time
trying to find out who "that girl'' is.
A smile Is a handy thing to have
round, even when it Is as broad as
1t is long. 1t may square long stand
Ing grievance.-Puck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
The Father Pipef;sh.

'The best Of fathers is the pipefish," ("
said an angler. HE matches the little
pipefish. and after they are Matched
he carries them about with him till
they can take care Of themselves.
This fish has under his tail q sac.
In 1t he bears the pipefish spawn.
Thus the spawn hatch In perfect
safety. They are not decimated, like
the other fish spawn lying unprotected
on the bottom Of the sea. by every
hungry passerby. No: they all hatch,
every one Of them.
AS BOon as they hatch the father fish
splits, or nature splits for him, the
sac. and all the little fish drop out into
the sea, but they cling to pcpa. Wher-
ever he goes. like a gray cloud those
thousands Of tiny sons and daughters
surround him. and on the approach Of
danger they pop back again into the
sac just as baby kangaroos pop into
the sac. or marsupial pouch. Of their
mamma.
"The male pipefish Is, In fact the
female kangaroo Of the sea-"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

Irving used to tell with dramatic eff.
feet story about w. G. Wills, the
dramatist. who. among other services,
wrote for him the play Charles T."
When Wills was a boy ten years old
he was taken to see Edmund Kean
play Macbeth. In the murder scene
he was so affected by the realistic
power Of the actor that. seized with
severe attack Of nausea, he hurried
from the box. Ten years later he was
lunching at chop house In Fleet
street when q man entered, sat down
at table near him and ordered
meal. He was a perfect stranger to
Wills, who. after a few minutes pro-
pinquity. was again seized with a ut
OF nausea, from which he had not suf.
fered since as boy he was at the
theater on the occasion mentioned. He
was obliged to leave the room. When
some minutes later he paid his bill the
walter said to him: did you see that
gentleman at the table near you?
That's Edmund Kean."-H. w. Lucy
In Cornhill Magazine.
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His Kindly Act.

In a Sunday school class recently
the teacher sought to impress upon the
small boys the virtue Of kindly and
helpful deeds.
Now" said she. 'let every boy here
try to do some kindness during the
week and next Sunday report what he
did"
Next Sunday arrived. and the teach
er proceeded to listen to stories of good
deeds done. Finally she reached the
smallest boy in the class. His age is
nine.
well. Willie," she said, "have you
done any kindness for any one, any.
thing really helpful. during the week :"
"Yes'm."
"What was it?'
II let another kid copy me 'rithmetic
lesson OF me book in school,"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner

Westminster Abbey's Poets Corner.
Turning from King Henry's chapel,
with its wealth Of fancy's "fairy frost
work." to the poets corner in West
minister abbey. we are attracted by
spell mightier than that of carven
stones in the presence Of those serene
creators Of immortal things" who have
enriched our literature with gifts be-
yond all price. This glorious company
OF paupers," as they have been termed,
says writer in Great Thoughts, have
won q fame In the glow Of which that
Of statesmen and warriors wanes and
perishes. touched to death by diviner
eyes" Drawn together, as It were, by
the spell Of Chaucer. "our first war
bier" what Spenser calls "black OBJ
livion's rust'' has failed to tarnish their
golden record. We move entranced
amid the memorials Of Drayton, Ben
Jonson. Spenser, Shakespeare, Beau
mont, Milton, Gray, Addison and many
more, including the impassioned peas
ant singer, Robert Burns, and the great
Victorians. Robert Browning and Al
fred Tennyson.-London Standard.
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Modest Dan HAYES.

An old playbill Of the Kilkenny
Theater Royal for May IA, 1893. was q
few years ago reprinted in the West.
ern England) Mail, and the following
Is an extract from It:
"The tragedy Of Hamlet originally
written and composed by the celebrat.
ed Dan Hayes Of Limerick and insert
ed In Shakespeare's works."
The playful concludes with the in.
teresting notice that mo person what
soever will be admitted into the boxes
without shoes or stockinga" 1t is
probable that this Irish claimant to
the honor Of the authorship Of "Ham.
let" fs not so we'll known as his as.
founding claim might warrant.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

The brain is the headquarters Of the
nervous system and contains the cen.
tral Offices Of the Anatomical Tele.
phone company.
When the suburban nerve center
says. "Hello. central" the brain either
replies "What numberY' or Busy OF
"Out Of Order," as the case may be.
Sometimes the wires are crossed and
the company fails to declare any divi-
dends, thus placing the entire brain IN
the hands Of q receiver.
From the brain issues the spine,
which ls sometimes useful in matrimo-
ny, although rarely strong enough in
man for practical purposes and con-
stantiy growing weaker the longer he
u married.
On top Of the head the hair grows,
Or IL supposed to. In some cases, how
ever. 1t fails to grow despite the most
painstaking efforts.
In ladies there are two kinds of hair
viz. the imported and domestic. In
gentlemen also two kinds-namely,
permanent and transient. The perma-
nent Is seen In wild men, the transient
In civilized men when young.
At one time all the hairs were care
fully numbered. but the practice has
been discontinued owing to great pres
sure or other matters.-Lippincott'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
STATE PROHIBITION SATISFAC-
TORY,
North Carolina Executive Committee
Of League so Declares at Raleigh.

Raleigh, n. c., Nov. 15.-At a
meeting of the executive committee
OF the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League this evening, Clarence III.
roe declined reelection as chairman
on account of the pressure of other
business, and a committee consisting
of Rev. j. o. Atkinson. Elon CoIlepe
Josephus Daniels and Mr.. Poe were
appointed to nominate his successor
later.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted declaring
that prohibition in North Carolina
has justified the confidence of the
people of the State in it's adoption:
that citizens are anxious only for a
thorough enforcement of the law and
rest from further agitation, that.
therefore, it is the sense OF the exc
cutive committee that the need of
the State is simply to keep intact the
policy Of State prohibition with the
proper enforcement by officials and
that if the rights of municipalities to
regulate the near beer evil is not in
terfered with by adverse decisions of
the courts, no further legislation or
political agitation Of the temperance
question should be necessary, the
policy being simply to hold and en-
force the present State law and retain
for municipalities the right to regu-
late the near beer problem. The COM
mitteemen report advices from all
parts of the State indicating a grati-
flying condition of temperance senti-
ment and a greater success for the
prohibition movement than ever its
friends had anticipated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
GOT HIM CHEAP.



Clevsrly Trioked.
Sir Morel Mackenzie once received q
wire from Antwerp asking him his
charges for certain operation. He
replied $500 and was told to come at
once. When he stepped upon the dock
he was met by three men In mourning.
who Informed him sadly that he had
come too late. the patient had died
But" said the spokesman Of the
party. 1--WE shall pay you your full fee."
And they did. "And now." said the
man, ''since you are here. what do you
say to visiting the city hospital and
giving clinic for the benefit of our
local surgeons? 1t Is not often they
have an opportunity of beneHting by
such science as yours"
Sir Morel said he would gladly com.
ply. He went to the hospital and per.
formed many operations. among which
were two Of a similar nature to that
for which he had been called for.
When he had finished ali thanked him
profusely. On the steamer going home
he met a friend. who had a business
house In Antwerp.
"Pretty scurvy trick they played on
You. Sir Morel."
'what do you meanY' asked the sur
geon.
Told you the patient died before
you arrived. didn't they3"
EYES"
"Lies. You operated on him and .
friend with the same trouble at the
clinic. Got two operations for one
price,"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
WATERPROOF FABRICS.
There Are Several Methods BY Which
They Are Treated.

There Are Several Methods BY Which
They Are Treated.
Fabrics are waterproofed by impreg-
mating them with metallic salts, BY
coating them with oil. grease and wax,
by coating them with india rubber or
by treating them with ammoniacal So
lutions OF copper. The first process II
applied to sailcloth. The canvas Is
impregnated with alum or calcium
acetate and then immersed In q fixing
bath containing soap. which forms in
soluble lime or alumina soap in the
cloth.
The second process is used for rain.
coats, imitation leather, etc. The fab
ric passes between hot rollers and
then over q cylinder Of wax, etc.
In the third process a solution Of
india rubber In carbon disulphide
chloroform or other solvent is applied.
This process is used for mackintoshes
and bathing caps and is applied to
thread
In the fourth process. employed In
the manufacture Of bookbindings and
Willesden canvas. cotton cloth Is run
through q solution Of oxide of copper
IN ammonia. which dissolves the super.
dcial layer and on evaporation leaves
1t In the form Of a uniform coating Of
cellulose. The process Is completed by
passing the cloth between rollers.
There are still other processes, but
these are the most important-Scien.
t1dc American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
Death at Pinewood.

Pinewood, Nov. 16.-Mrs. A. p.
Ragan died Saturday, about IL
o'clock, after several weeks illness.
She was member of the Methodist
church, and lived a quiet home life.
which was devoted almost exclusively
to her husband and children, by
whom she will be very much missed.
Mrs. Ragan is survived by her hus-
bard and the following children: Mrs.
{. c. Chapman, Misses Abbie and
Nora Ragan, and Able, Preston and
Marshall Ragan. The remains of
Mrs. Ragan were inferred at Calvary
church yesterday
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now TARIFF HURTS.
COTrONSEED MEN EXPECT DIS
CRIMINATION AGAINST
AMERICAN OIL.
State Dcpartmtnt Calls Attention to
Antagonlstlc Attitude IN Expecta-
tion That France May Reconsider
Determination.

Washington. Nov 16.-The Ameri.
can cotton oil interests are greatly
perturbed over the prospect that the
French parliament will enact Isglsia-
tIon greatly Increasing the duty ON
cottonseed oil. which Is almost ex-
clusively an American product. The
American Cotton Oil company has
taken the matter up with the state
department. representing that the
French export tariff commission has
already recommended to the pariia-
ment that this action be taken and
that the parliament seems greatly
inclined TO favor this course.
According to information received
hare the plan Of the French govern
ment IL greatly to increase both It's
maximum and minimum rates the
producers In this country would still
be confronted with q practically pro-
hihitive rate. In any event. the duty
would be 30 high as practically to
prevent the competition Of American
ccupnssed oil with peanut and other
similar oils largely produced in the
French colonies.
In view of the representations the
state department has been obliged to
call attention Of the French govern
mont to this discriminatory attitude.
In the expectation that the French
government may reconsider It's pur-
pose. s.
The state department has also been
Obliged to make vigorous representa-
tions to the government of Roumania.
which II is learned proposes to as
sess a double duty on American agri-
cultural machinery coming direct
from the United States.
Just Whit the purpose OF the Rou-
manian government Is In thus dis
eliminating against American ma
ohinery 10 not well understood here.
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Why She Shut Down.

"A charming gentleman about four
years old used to pass my house every
day on his way to kindergarten" said
a lady, ''and in course Of time I made
his acquaintance and gave a penny to
him each morning when we parted.
Eventually his mother requested me
not to give any more money to him.
The next morning did not present
the usual penny. He did not seem to
notice the omission. The succeeding
day when the penny was not given to
him he said nothing. But on the morn
Ing or the third day when the penny
was not forthcoming he sidled up to
me and whispered: What's the mat.
ter? Amt your husband workingr"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
How Men and Women Face Death.

How do men and women face death
when the sentence is pronounced by
the doctor? A medical man tells us
his experience. Tell the man of higher
type and greater intelligence, he says,
that he is facing death and he begins
to fight, demands a consultation, talks
about going to specialists and fights
grimly to the finish. Tell a woman
the same facts, and she lies back to
await her fate. All women are fatal.
lists. On the other hand, tell a man
that he has one chance in q thousand
to recover If he will undergo an opera.
tion, and he will trust to his own
strength and endurance rather than
undergo the knife. The woman will
choose the thousandth chance and sub
NIT to the operation with astounding
alMness.-WOman's Life.
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llanos of Xenexuela.

Venezuela received its musical name
from the early Spanish residents. who
saw a resemblance to Venice in the
sites of the inland cities. The llanos,
or bleak plains, on which the llaneros
live precariOus life, have largely
changed their character since Hum
b0ldt saw them. Then these great
plains OF grass supported innumerable
herds OF cattle, but civil war led to
the destruction Of the beasts to feed
the insurgents. The llanos are now
rapidly becoming potential source of
timber.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
CouIdn't Fool Him.

A Morris River Oysterman attended
q band contest one winter night In
Morris River. The contestants blew
into their great horns as If to burst
their lungs. The drummers banged
their drums with might and main
Cheeks were red and round like ap-
pies. Eyes almost started from their
sockets. The oysterman enjoyed it
oil. But his attention was distracted
by a deaf old gentleman who In the
pianissimo passages put a large silver
ear trumpet to his ear. Whenever he
did this the oysterman sneered. And
at last his honest hatred Of anything
approaching sham overcame the mans
reserve. He elbowed his way to the
deaf old gentleman and said:
Look here; that don't 60 here. Ev-
erybody knows you can't play that
with your ear. Put It away, mister
You can't fool us."-Los Angeles Times
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announcement.

II have a splitting headache" sighs
the beautiful young thing.
"Have you ever tried magnetic heal
mgr asks the obliging young man.
mo. What Is it?"
you rest your head, thus, on my
shoulder, and I pass my arm about
your waist In this manner. Now be
perfectly calm and see If this does not
relieve you"
The position Is maintained for FIVE or
ten minutes, and then the obliging
young man asks:
docs your head ache any moreY'
"Ye-e-es."
swell, I'm sorry I don't seem able to
relieve you"
He is about to remove his arm when
she looks up at him chidingly and
says:
ut seems to me that If you have any
confidence In your method you would
be willing to keep on ."-Chicago
News.
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A B0WLDER BRIDGE.
Probably Placed In Position by an An.
cient Cloudburst.

Probably Placed In Position by an An.
cient Cloudburst.
One Of the most remarkable freaks
Of wind and erosion known in the
west Is to be found in one of the small.
er side canyons Of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river in Arizona.
In a narrow gorge. carved through
centuries of flow of water and wind
driven sand down the little valley.
there lies huge bowlder as big as the
average house moving van seen on o
city street. 1t Is held up solely by
friction on the sides of the gorge and
is entirely free from any solid connec.
ton with the sides Of the sandstone
walls.
From the sandy bed Of the little
gorge to the rock Is fully seventy-five
feet. The Indians who once roamed
over the Grand canyon country have,
Of course, legends to account for the
location Of the big round rock. but as
a matter Of fact 1t is believed to have
rolled of the slope Of a rocky and pre-.
cipitOus mountain about 6ve miles
distant from the canyon and to have
been picked up in the path Of some
cloudburst years ago and rolled to it's
present resting place.
The stone hangs only by a small
projection on each side. but It Is go
solid that 1t forms a convenient foot
bridge across the gorge ovAr which the
pedestrian may take his way.-Kansas
City Journal.
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Uncertainty Of Lion Huntino.

A lion Is fearful animal. Do not
run away with the idea that he is not
dangerous. You may have luck to kill
twenty, but No. Fl will likely get you.
However careful and good a shot you
may be. there is the greatest danger in
tackling a lion. I remember Colonel
II, who had lived in Africa for nine
years and during that time had never
seen lion, and the first lion he saw
he wounded and got badly mauled,
saying to me: Here, man; you have
been here only sixteen months and
have killed five lions. Chuck It, man,
While you are In luck. They are bound
to get you If you 60 on hunting them"
Forest and Stream.
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The waiter In the light lunch cafc
looked expectantly ut tho first of five
men who had Just entered.
Bring mo coffee cake and q CUP of
coffee" ordered the Hrst man.
"I1l take some milk biscuit and a
glass Of milk" said the second.
Tea buns and a cup Of tea, please"
remarked the third.
"A piece OF cocoanut pie and cup of
cocoa" said the fourth.
The waiter passed on to the fifth
man.
Don't say II. don't say itw he plead
cd. II know what you want. You want
q slice Of chocolate cake and a cup of
chocolate"
mo; I do not" protested the fifth
man. II want plate Of ice cream and
q glass OF Ice water."-Judge's Library.