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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-17

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's A"' " r. osseen'
M ana Mrs. A. A. Strauss. of
Asye"'he wers IA the city Thursday.
i kr H. M. Arnan. Of Heriots. wins In
she city on business Thursday.
Dir. Barnam Mayes. of Mayes,,ille.
was In town Thursday.
Mrs. ,. HI. Guthrie and Miss Clara
Guthrie who have been visiting in
Grcenville. have returned to the city.
sxrs g. w. Rvan NJ oreuvsn,,~ q
visiting her daughter. Mrs. 9. r.
SNEAK.
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sco''' Oh ereenvi'e' Is Whiting
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IT cnaries Hyt'snoers' OF the stan
- ~ S'ns' faosp''a'' New fork' Is IN
80 wy 'o' = ~" oAs' stay
~ Jennie owen " on q profes-
s'onsi visit at Bishopviile.
s' T. = keels mas returned from
visit TO 6eorsesown-
80 A'o'ss vwep' OF oranseours'
sP'"s Fr'oay IN the city with tne
o"en 90 narv'n street
Miss Dorothy Owen has returned
% the city from visit to friends and
Relatives at Auiiins, 8. c.
Rev. j. p. Marion aud Mr. ]. L. Nc
Cilum left or. Monday for Birming-
ham. Ala. to attend the meeting OF
LAymsn which assembled there on
Tuesday. At least two thousand del
egates are ,epscted to attend the
meeting. OF whom majority will be
laymsn- .--.~.
Mr.. ]. G. Lanham. OF summerton.
was In the city Saturday.
( Mr.. J. q. Foster. of Easley. Is in
sne city on business. Mr.. Foster made
ns home In Sumter for several years
"e "@ many ir'enos mere who are
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. . "oo'e mars OK ADoevilis'
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strsnesr IN snr,,.r .ra "a.
tfri<nds were p,...ad a. hav. s,,.,
here again Mr. Mar, !. =, ~ ,.v.
arm Of Moore a Mar. ana ur. NJ
smith. Is making a name for himself
IN the legislature. We trust he will,
make his next visit In our midst not
quite so brief. Both of these rising
~'''''eSs were mucn pleased with our
Wy anu espec'ai'y our court mousse
Miss Jennie Walsh has returned ia
s"' o'S i'o" very PHEASANT Trip 70
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Miss Laura Gillespie Is visiting
90 e"oe'
"r' ~ IL "ann'ns' mas gone North
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MT w. ~ Bowman mas gone to
Asheviiie 10 spend some time.
MT n. III. Allen 's spending while
" the CITY
Dr. and Mrs. q. werber. OF Wash
mston' who have been visiting Mrs
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-17

William c. stiles. Admr.--Notice.
~ w. Dabbs. STANDARDIZATION
and Creditors Notice. So
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-17

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-17
NOTICE.

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The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
MRS. NETCHfR OF CHICAGO
 CARRIES HEAsl INSURANCE
owner of a Big Department store Pays Premiums on Policies
 Aggreaatine si,ooo,oo0.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-- Mrs. Charles Netcher, owner of the Boston Store, now is believed to be the most heavily insured woman in the world. ihe head of the big department store has just taken out an additional $500. 900, which makes the grand total of all her poii- eies si ,000.000. As far as is known his Is the most life insurance ever carried by any woman except the late Mrs. Leland Stanford. whose line of insurance was a like amount.
 The additional s300,0U0 of Mrs. Netcher was placed by william B. Car lie, Chicago manager of the Mutual Life Of New York. Having already in sured Mrs Netcher In his company for it's individual limit on risk on q woman he was authorized to handle the additional for the Equitable Life and this company has taken the en- Ire amount
 Mrs. Netcher said that she was talk ing out the additional insurance to pro tect her large business interests. She Is following in the footsteps Of her late husband in taking out heavy life insurance. When he dscided to build his Madison street building in
 Afr. Netcher took out policies aggre- gating s500.000 so that the extensive plans might not be intertered with. He died in June of the same year.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
HE EXPECTS ASSASSINATION
Mayor Roy Woods of Wellston, Mo-, in Daily Peril--Doubles Insur-
 ance and Makes Will.

St Louis. Oct. 2S-Walking abroad in a turbulent city rent by warning fac tons. conscious of being marked man. Roy Woods, mayor of Wellston, suburb, expects any moment the death blow of the assassin.
 With the knowledge that his life has been threatened. borne in upon him by a previous attempt upon 1t, Mayor Woods calmly pursues his way. He has doubled his life insurance and made his will. and in the will he has provided that In the event of his death By assassination, portion of his es- tate sha.. be devoted to the pursuit, arrest and conviction of his slayers and he named the men whom he de- sired to prosecute them. The ninth clause of Woods will reads:
 Tn the event I do not die a natural death and my death is caused directly or indirectly by an assassin, or any nerson or persons whatsoever. here by direct that my wife collect my
 etna accident policy of 5000 and from the same offer reward of s2.000 for the arrest of the party or parties guilty directly or indirectly of my ieath. and to engage and oifffef to pay from the balance of said policy ex- Gov Joseph w Folk. sl.000; Senator Ruell L. Matthews, $500; Judge Rob ert L. Shackelford of Clayton. $500; Julius NoIte. $500. and William Sacks $500 for the conviction of the guilty parties; and further direct that ex
 low Folk direct the prosecution of the parties.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY
 TO GENERAL 0. 0. HOWARD
vs.sran Commander stricken With Heart Disease At His Home n
 Burlington, Vt.

Burlington. Vt, Oct. 2S.-0liver Q. Howard. last of the Union command CTS of the Civil war. died at his home in this city. Heart disease was the cause of his death. He was 7s years old.
 Last week Gen. Howard was in On tario delivering his lecture on "Abra- ham Lincoln His fast public appear ance was at London. Ontario, Sunday night. Monday he returned to his home in Burlington and apparently ID his usual good health. While sitting in chair at his home he was attacked by heart disease and was dead when a nhysician reached the house. Gen. Howard was born in Leeds, Me. No yeniber &, 1880.
 Gen. Howard was known in the Civil war as s'the Christian Of the Yankee army" Besides being an efficient commanding officer, who had the friendship and confidence of Lin coin. Sherman. Grant and Sheridan, Howard was known far and wide as the religious general, the officer who' although a warrior, was still consist ent Christian. The instances are rare where the spirit of Christianity and that of war have been exemplitied in one and the same soldier. Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Col Gardiner and Gen. Havelock of the British 'lrmy and famous in it's Indian campaj ms were instances
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
MIR. TAFT STOPS AT vICKSBuRG
Delivered Address to Immense Thrcng and Visited the Historic
 Battlefield.

Vicksburg, Miss, Oct. 29.-Seldom has President Taft received so en- thusiastic welcome as that accorded him when he arrived at Vicksburg this afternoon. All the inhabitants Of the city, seemingly, and thousands from the surrounding country were at the river side when the Deep Water way convention fleet came steaming down the river. The president and party and nearly everyone else came ashore and after the formal welcom- ing addresses were escorted to the historical battle-ground. where, In the presence of many veterans of both the northern and southern armies. Mir Taft delivered one of his happiest speeches.
 Returning to the city, President Taft was entertained at dinner. His schedule provided for stop here of seven hours, so he has an opportunity to get some rest before starting at ten o'clock tonight on his way to Natchez, where he will arrive at seven tomorrow morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04

Mrs. Louie Hite, 42s Outlen St, Danville, Ill., writes, October lst. 'Foley's Kidney Pills started me on the road to health. I was treated by four doctors and took other kidney remedies, but grew worse, and was unable to do my housework, and the doctor told me could only live from two to six months. l am now so much better that do all of my own work. and | shall be very glad to tell any one afflicted with kidney or bladder trouble the good results I received from taking Foley's Kidney Pills 7 Commence today and be we'll. Do not risk having Bright's disease or diabetes. Sold by Jackson Drug X Furniture Go.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
HE COURTS INVESTIGATION '
speaker Cannon Wants Congress to Take Up Charges Regarding
 That Tammsny Deal.

Washington, Oct. 27.-speaker Can. non has sent word .o Washington that II the proposal Is not made from another source he will sponser a reso. lu'lon the first day congress meets in December calling for an investiea,lon oi the charges of his collusion win aammany Hall, made by Representa-. uVe Parsons of New York. Probably 'ne resolution will call for the ap. comment of special committee to conduct the tinquiry.
 MT. Parsons charged that the Speak CT. acting through the upstate New York Republican congressman. made : deal whereby the upstate Republican machine guaranteed to kill certain iegisias'on in Albany affecting election registrations in return for the votes of , aiilnany congressman in support ol the house rules.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
ORIGIN OF WORD "wAcoN''
Comes iron, Some Aryan Root as poss "WagsInas and "Way," Mean
 ing a Path.

In the first book of riddles ever written was the conundrum: Why Is a toll gate like 3 dead dogs tail2 Be cause It stops a wagin."
 Atrocious as appears the pun that tries to iuggIe with wagon and "wag- ging.' 1t is really better than the writ CT of the atrocity and the casual reader ever knew. tor wagon" and 'wagging" are identical and are chil- dren of long line Of honored ances- try.
 It is the motion that makes them alike. and this idea of motion dates far back to the days when the Aryan languages. now reaching from the east 'oast of India to the west coast of the United States. were one tongue In the beginning of it's formation
 The root from which they grew is "wagh." and one meaning of It is the same as our "wag." as 1t signifies go ing from side to side, 10 move. to car ry. to pass over and turning from one point 10 another
 ihis fUOt uSS RI tue tOuuudboH Ul our world way whether we use fl as road. or path, or distance. or di- rection. II is what we move over, or the direction we move, or the distance we move. Even If we want our own way" IL Is the manner In which we see fit to move. In our wagon 1t is the thing that moves and in the dog s tail the sort of motion.
 All similar words come to our Eng. lIsh more directly through the Teuton- lc base vega" which means both a way and 10 wag. When the root went into the sanscrit the w" got the ~v'' sound. so our East Indian brothers say yah" for carry and call road vehicle and horse all 'vaha" In the Latin 1t became via" which We use for way, and through which we get OUT "viaduct" and vehicle" In all of the words fin all of the va. rious languages into which ''wagh' has gone there is always the idea of the thing that moves. the path over which t moves or the manner of it's motion. New York Herald.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
BANKER PAID FOR IMMUNITY
< Sensational Statement Made During Trial In Federal Court
 at PIttsbure.

F.lttsbnrg. Pa. Oct. 29.-The United StAtes district attorney forwarded a etssplete report to the department of iss%siee concerning the sensational stc ement made in the federal court b5 counsel for Barney Grossman. on ts for national bank irregularities, \ ho declared his client had been pfanted immunity from prosecution on nt cf $50,0o0 by representatives of tire ,>s;;..sss ,s;..ssssissss. ssissss.soller of the currency.
 ssman. who was former mer
 ant of Maynesburg, Pa was being tried on charge of aiding and abet fag ex-Cashier ] R. F. Rinefart. of th6 Farmers and Dr0vers National Ihk cf Waynesburg. to defraud the Institution. The alieged claim against GFcssnan Is for s23o000
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
hUST SHOW I EM
NO HELP FROM NATioNi GOV EMINENT UNTIL MISS JRi
 RIVER IS NAvlcAT
OPPOSED BY PRESlDl TAFT
rsvors First improving VI .sippl On Lakes to Gulf Plan 6etc Money s Appropriated for Rivel Emptwinp lnte Mississippi.

Memphis, Tenn. Oct )--0n the wAy om Hickman, Kys Memphis fla waterways delegat from Kan eAs City held a meesiR the steam CT Gray Eagle and discnsrod, among osher things, tho attitude of President Talt toward the improvement of the Nfssonri river. as inc delegates have interpreted 1t from the speeches the President has made since his down river trip began.
 The president has declared in each of his species that he was in favor of tho improve eai. first of the Missls- aippl river a ot the lakes to the gulf plan before any money was appro- pfiate1 for ans Of the rivers emplylng into fhe Mississippi.
 ne of the Kansas City delegates have sathnred from this that the presi' aen1 was opposed to the appropriation cf aus special money to the Missouri river ..s crescent condition; and this, together with the attitude Of the St. Louia and Illinois delegates to the New Orleans convention, which IS plainly for the elimination of tae Ms kouri from the waterways plans. had brought home to the Kansas City dele gates the realization. stronger than ever. that. if the Missouri river is to
 any help at all. it must first help itsell Before the people of Kansas City can expect any government aid they must navigate the river as the Misssslppi Is being nayigated.
 Leon Smith, ex-president of the Commercial club. in speech declared that he was in accord with MT. Tafl's sentiment He said
 Fhe Missouri river is down on the map as an unnavigable stream. We know that 1t can be navigated. but the country does not know that, and be- fore we can expect help for that river VIC must show the country that we can navigate it. If the Missouri river has no merit as d nayigable stream, We can't expect any part of the great appropriation that Is 10 be made for in. land waterways. It is absolutely im- peratige that we navigate that river and get at 1t right away or We will be left out of the whole inland water. way scheme. This question is the biggest one that has ever presented It. self to Kansas City and when we got back home we must all line up with Waiter $. Desscsk>sy Desscsk>sy and get that s 1 900 900 quickly
 After the speeches on the Gray 1.I. ton, accompanied by the visiting gov ernors and congressman, went to the upper deck of the steamer and march cd around and around with band al their head while George w. Curtis trained on them his moving picture machine This film will be developed and will he shown later in Convention hall together with other pictures which will be taken on this trip.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
PROTECTED BY LAW
SUGAR TRUST MEN ESCAPE BY OPERATION OF STATUTE
 OF LIMITATIONS
DECISION A FAR-REACHING ONE
Government Attorneys Believe That t Iudoe HoIt's Opinion is vPhe'e Serious Setback Will Be Given con spracy Prosecutions

New York, Oct. 2S.-Gustav Y. his- sel and Thomas B. Harmed, who were among those indicted along with the American Sugar Refining company Tor criminal conspiracy under the federal antitrust laws, will escape under the provisions of the statute of limitations, according to an opinion handed down by Justice Holt of the United States circuit court.
 The opinion is far-reaching one. according to the government attor- neys. and if upheld is likely to prove q serious setback to the government Tn many cases brought under the law prohibiting conspiracy in restraint oi trade.
 The indictments were brought in connection with the closing Of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining com. pany's independent plant in 1903. Kis- sel and Harmed pleaded that the plant was closed down and the entire trans action for which they were indicted was completed before January 4. 1905 Therefore. they said, the indictment filed more than five years later was barred under the statute of limita- tions, which sets limit of three years for prosecution of crimes not capi- tal." Judge Holt upheld them in this contention.
 The government attarneys, on the other hand. pleaded that the crime charged against Kissel and Harmed was continuing offense.' and that as long as the conspiracy continued and the plant of the Pennsylvania company remained closed through the action of the American Sugar Refining company, the three-year period of the statute of limitations should not begin to run.
 Justice Holt says that the demurrer by the government attorneys to the pleas of Kissel and Hearned is over ruled "and judgment dismissing the in dlctment as to said defendants may be entered"
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
M 'MAH0N TELLS ALL
WYANDoTTE COUNTY FARMER coNFEssEs TO MURDER
 OF RELATIVES.
CRIME PLANNED BEFOREHAND
James McMahon Told the Officers Full Details of the Staying of His Two Sisters and His Brother-in-Law-- Taken to Lansing.

Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 22-James McMahon has confessed to the killing of MT. and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen and Rosie McMahon. his two sisters, who were found murdered on their farm on the Reidy Road October 20.
 After the confession. in which James said that he was alone in the murder, James. Patrick and Lamb were taken to the state prison at Lan- sing in motor cars by sheriff Albert Becker and his deputies.
 At the penitentiary James McMahon in discussing the killing said Rosa McMahon tainted when he shot Mrs. Van Royen and that he had fired six shots into the prostrate form of his unconscious younger sister He shot Mrs. Van Royen three times.
 To Sheriff Albert Becker and Henry T. zimmer, formerly chief of police of Kansas city Kan, and MT. Taggart, McMahon told his story.
 He Tells of the Murder.
 "I killed Van Royen first. he said About an hour afterward I went to the house and shot the two girls. l shot Maggie first She was sitting on the bed and Rosa was sitting on a chair near the bed. l reloaded twice. Pat had nothing to do with it. He is perfectly innocent. 1 had been plan ming it for three months. Two weeks ago I bought the pistol at Schmelzers. had box of cartridges with me. l don't know why l done it. Pat and l never were friendly: he had nothing to do with 1t. l shot Van Royen just east of the creek and dragged his body across the creek, but I didn't cover his body with leaves"
 Conscience Prompted Confession.
 It was conscience that caused the final confession of McMahon. That same unrest caused Jim to go to the house the day after the murder and then tell of the discovery of the bodies. It was that uneaslness that led to the showing of the hiding place of the weapon with which the Van Royens were killed, and 1t was that unrest too which caused McMahon to go to the sheriffs office yesterday aft ternoon to "learn if there was any thing new" The sheriff answered by placing him under arrest
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
LAND DRAWING PROFITS
 REAPED BY THE RAILROADS
Louis W. Hill, President of 1res- Northern Railway Says Governments
 Conducts Gigantic swlnd'e.

Billings, Mont, Oct 29.--Louis w. Hnl. president of the Great Northern Railway, and son of James J. hili' accused the United States government of conducting gigantic swindle ln the opening for settlement of certaih western lands. in speech at the Dry Farming congress. MT. Hill admitted that the railroads had profited millions of dollars by the governments "swindle" and that a large share oI this money had come into the coners of the Hill roads. But it IS money that we would sooner give back to the people if we knew where they were' MT. Hill added
 T believe 1t is of great interest 10 the western country to bring before you the ways of the department which is handling these land openings Mr. Hill said "The Flathead Indian Reser- vation was opened with the Occur D'Alene and one other and 1t is esti- mated that s00.000 persons went out there They paid for railroad fare not less than $12.000,00 They were in- dueed to go out there, understanding that they could get homesteads have met lots of them who had given up good positions in the east to go out there. Take the Flathead reserva- ton. At least 10000 persons filed there Ont of that lot how many drew blanks? Only l,s0O farms could be drawn. The thing is entirely impracti- cable and on the order of swindle to take the peoples money away and give it to the railroads. We do not want that kind of money"
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
MORE HEAVY RAINS IN MEXICO
cIoudburst Causes Widespread Dam. age in the State of Tabasco
 Some Fatalities.

Mexico City, Oct 2S.--An estimated loss of 5.000,000 of pesos, including crops of corn, beans and other grain, fruit and fine hard woods, two lives known to be lost and many others 1t is feared sacrificed in the floods. hun dreds of homes in country and town washed away and thousands of head of cattle drowned. are the known re. suits of the disasterous cloudburst and storm that broke over the state of Tabasco, following on 21 days of In. cessant rain all over this region. Rivers are out of their banks, towns are inundated. thousands are home. less and no relief is yet in sight.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
HOUSE WRECKED BY ACETYLENr
Mrs. Frank Totten May Die of Injuries Caused by Explosion at South
 6eattie, Kan.

Beattie, Kan, Oct. 27.--The new home of Frank Totten in South Beat. tie was wrecked last night by an ex- ploston of acetylene gas. and Mrs. Totten was dangerously injured. The house was equipped with an acetylene generator to furnish gas for lighting. Mrs. Totten detected the odor of gas about II o'clock last night and. going into the kitchen, lighted match. The resulting explosion tore one side out of ihe house and Mrs. Totten was found a few minutes later lying in the yard cut and bleeding. Her injuries may prove fatal. None of the other members of the family was injured.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
Nioht Riders in West vlroin,a.

Huntington. W. Va. Oct. 2S.-The first outbreak of night riders in the southwestern section of West Virginia for more than year past occurred in the eastern part of Cabell county when the large tobacco barn of Eyertt Blake, containing his entire crop of several thousand pounds of tobacco
 was destroyed completely by fire
 Blake had refused to pool his tobacco
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
vIralnla City sInkina.

Reno, New, Oct. 29.--That the old mining camp of Virginia City is sink Ing into the deep canyon on the side of which 1t Is located, and that it al- ready has slipped down hill II feet within the last few years, was the startling announcement made by Prof. George J. Young. head of the mining and geological department of the Uni gersity of Nevada.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
Two Kansas Newspapers Quit.

Wellington. Kan, Oct 2s.--The Daily Mail and the Sumner County Star. the latter weekly, both of which were operated by A. A. Rich ards in years past. will go out of busi- ness this week. the Mail being ab- sorbed by the Daily Journal and the Star by the Weekly Monitor. This leaves two dailies and three weeklies in Wellington. Recently the Mail has been edited by Carl H. Young and Keith Cox
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
EnaIIssh Train Into Stream.

London, Oct. 29.-The heavy rains that have flooded Sussex resulted in the sweeping away of the bridge near Roberts, Sussex, and the wrecking of freight train. The train plunged in. to the swollen stream and was com. pletely covered, the engineer being drowned. Heavy damage has been done throughout the whole district.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
Card.

This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your money II Fcley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your. cough or cold. It stops the cough, heals the lungs and prevents serious results from a cold, prevents pneumonia and consumption. Con talns no opiates. The genuine is in yellow package. Refuse substitutes Sold by Jackson Drug X Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-04
No Case On Record

There is no case on record of A cough or cold resulting in pneumonia or consumption after Foley's Honey ana Tar has been taken, as it will stop your cough and break up your cold quickly. Refuse any but the genuine foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow package. Contains no opiates and is sa,e re and sure. Sold by Jackson Drug x Furniture Co. 'e