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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
Six His Limit,

10 the man who has q horse to sell
considerable leeway is allowed In the
matter Of setting forth the animals
merits. i've got the very horse you
want said Gideon Lane. the Bushby
livery stable keeper, to one Of the
summer residents.
He has no bad tricks?' queried the
gentleman. Safe for the family?'
"Lauzee, yes," returned Mr.. Lane
heartily. ANY lady can drive him,
and half dozen children could get on
his back and he'd never notice 'em.
Not trick to his name"
"Ah," said the summer resident, "I
don't wish horse without any spirit"
Spirit" echoed Mr.. Lane. "Wen.
you just ought to see him on circus
day, that's all. And I'll tell you con-
hdentially 'twouldn't be we'll for too
many people to get on that horse at
once."-Youth's Companion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
Poor Air and Poor ljvino.

When Jim Bridger, the one time fa.
nous scout Of the plains, grew old he
thought he would like to retire from
the somewhat arduous life of q plains.
man and settle down to the ease Of
1.-THE east" which to him meant Mis-.
souri,. So he used his best endeavor
TO lind competent man to fill his
place and went back to Missouri.
"A year or two passed. and one day
Captain Russell, the commandant Of
the post which Bridger had left, was
surprised to see the old scout heaye
In sight When he came in the can.
tain asked:
"Well, Bridger, what brings you back
here?"
Captain" said Bridger, IT want to
go back to scouting again."
Indeed? Why. thought you had
settled down in the east for the rest Of
your life"
"Well, cap'n, I'll tell you how It is.
| went back to old Missouri, and IL
you'll believe It they've got q railroad
station within ten mile O. the old place
yes. sir. a railroad station! And.
what's more. they've got q ranch now
IN every four mile. tell you what,
cap'n, the air amt pure down there
no more"'
rs that possible? But I thought
you'd like the good things to eat they
have down there. You like good things
to eat. remember"
Good things to eat! Why. cap'n,
didn't have Drilled beaver tail the
whole time I was therev'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
Restaurant AfIIiatjon.

The waiter in the light lunch cafe
looked expectantly at the first Of five
men who had just entered.
Bring me a coffee cake and a cup Of
coffee" ordered the first man.
"I'll take some milk biscuit and a
glass Of milk" said the second.
Tea buns and 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 1t. don't say it," he plead
ed. II know what you want. You want
q slice Of chocolate cake and a cup Of
chocolate"
'No; do not" protested the fifth
man. Il want plate Of ice cream and
a glass Of ice water."-Judge's Library.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
The Jews and Thirteen.

Commenting on the thirteen super
stitiOns in the Oestereichishe Wochen-
schnift. Jacob E. Ehrlich, Jewish
writer. says: '"The number thirteen is
surely not a bad one for U.s. The
holy writ tells Of the thirteen attri-
butes OF the Most High, and we have
thirteen feast days in each year. Our
grHat arch enemy. Haman, was hang
ed on the 18th Of Abas. The thirteenth
birthday OF our sons Is day Of joy
because on that day the child becomes
a member Of the religious community.
The dream Of Joseph was Of thirteen
the sun, the moon and eleven stars
and Jacob had thirteen children"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
STATEBURG.

Stateourg, April 20 O.--SeldOm, IL
| ever. has there been a more beautiful
marriage In stateburg. than was cele-
brated on last Tuesday. when Miss
Julia A. Holmes and Mr.. Francis Bar
ton Harris were united In that holy
bond Of matrimony.
The ceremony was to have been at
the historic old church, but owing to
the indisposition Of her mother, il
was held at BRO ookland," the home
| OF her parents. The rooms were gorge
ousiy decorated with roses Of every
hue; carnations and smilax arranged
by the artistic hands of her sisters,
and II looked indeed. a veritable Gu
pid's bower. where naught but love
and happiness could be found
Promptly at IL O'Clock the strains of
Lohengrin were heard. played by
Miss Emma ]. Barnwell, and from
the west room her two sisters. Misses
Amelia and Annie Holmes, marched
In and took their places at the left of
the pretty footstools. bedecked with
ribbon and lace, where the expectant
bride and groom were to kneel for
the maj blessing. Then Mr.. and
Mrs. Holmes came in. and following
them' the bride upon the arm of the
groom. both calm and collected. Mr..
barnwell. the rector, stood in his i'm
maculate robes, ready to receive
them, and In the presence of a few
friends. the two were made one.
The bride was attired in a lovely
lingerie and lace directoire gown
with veil and orange blossoms. She
carried a boquet Of exquisite white
carnations. ferns and satin ribbon
The groom wore the conventional
wedding suit Of black The short but
beautiful ceremony was soon over
and congratulations were showered
upon them by all present. Delightful
cake and wine was served by fair
hands and Mr. Barnwell gave an ap-
propriate toast to the newly welded
couple, to which every one added
their best wishes. The presents OF
silver. cut glass jewelry and brio "a
brac were many and handsome. The,
were most beautifully displayed In
the reception room among a wealth
Of roses.
AS there was to be a reception tina,
afternoon. the guests all left with q
sweet remembrance OF the beautiful
scene they had just witnessed and
Il fervent hope that their future lives
would never have shadow Of q
care. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris remain
ed for few days with her parents
and left for Thomasville. Ca. where
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Expected Some CUISINE.

A West Philadelphia husband had
just comfortably seated himself for
his after dinner cigar the other even
ing when his good wife arose and took
the parrot from the room. THIS done,
she picked up a couple Of envelopes
and approached the old man, all Of
which occasfOned that gent consider
able surprise.
Mary" said he. what In the world
did you take that parrot out Of the
room forT'
II was afraid that you might set
him bad example," answered wifey.
What do you mean?" demanded the
wondering husband.
II mean," answered wifey, handing
father the envelope, that have just
received my dressmaking and millinery
bills. ."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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DALZELL.

DalxeiI. April 1--we are having
beautiful spring weather and all ma
ture seems TO have put on Its new
spring suit. don't think any sea-
son OF the year will compare with
spring for beauty. The woods and
the fields have new awakening.
The young ladies and and young
men. as well as good many OF the
older ones. were out yesterday in
their new spring suits. all looking
their best and all seemed to be enjoy
ing the beautiful day.
The farmers are now rushing their
work. Some have finished planting
cotton. while others have Just COM
menced. We see some cotton up 10
n stand. Corn Is generally up to q
good stand and Is looking we'll. oats
also are doing well.
The members OF Tirzah church
have been having the church recover
ed and some other repairs done on
the building lately.
There In a part OF the lumber and
bricks on the new Methodist church
lot ~ Dalxell TO commence the build
ING. The building committee hope to
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
Tho Word "CharIatsn."

"Charlatan." says a writer in the
London Chronicle. "is companion to
'quack' In our vocabulary. and Of this
word the origin Is certainly Italian
1t Is 'ciarlatano,' merely chatterer.
and describes the travelling doctor In
his cart who used TO offer in an over
whelming torrent OF talk his pills to
villagers In the market place. He was
a dentist as well as n physician and
wrenched out the tooth In public. The
genus Is not yet entirely extinct"
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Three Sssb,'ths Each Week In Tan-,e

Morocco Is c0untr? If many Sal,
baths. Tie FIRST three dars spe"t |.
.anfier were al Sabbaths. Arrivin
on Thursday night. the next day wa.
Friday. the Nohainmedan SABBATH
which was followed by the Jewis!
Sabbath-the Hebrew element in Tan.
cier Is cons!dcraL,' and strict In rc.
/ Igious obsorvance-and that In turn
by the Christian Sunday. Subsequen!
comparison. however. revealed little
difference between an days Of the
week. On the Moha 'nmedan Sabbath
black Gag is hOisted on the rninarcts
1T the prayer Of dawn. instead Of ihc
white flag that announces the time O.
devotions on other days. 1t remains
up until the middle Of the forenoon.
by which time everybody Is supposed
to have found out what day II is.-
New York Post.
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Max. April 22.--Misses Vivie and
Bessie Brockington, while on their
way to Lake City last Wednesday
driving a gentle horse, was frighten-
ed by the horse dashing off in a run
just as they were entering a bad place
In the road. Fortunately they were
in calling distance Of gentlemen ac-
quaintenances and 1t was found that
broken harness and muddy hats and
cloaks were the worst damages.
Rev. b. X. Truluck's lecture last
Friday night at the close Of Miss An
ME Brockington's school was made
up OF the sublime and ridiculous and
was entertaining and laughable. He
gave illustrations of how to keep
wrinkles at bey; that worry had kill
ed more than the Spanish. American
war; that when other nationalities 3
wanted to go to better place they
came to our beautiful America and
II Americans go to a better place they
60 to heaven.
Several accidents happened around
here recently. A young man walking
In the dark. struck his face against
some projection and was hurt. A
girl mounted a horse intending to
take a ride. The horse went off on
a run and she was thrown OF, sprain-
ing one Of her ankles.
One little boy fell on a snag and
was seriously hurt. Another little boy
fell against a pitchfork which stuck
In his leg and he had to have help be-
fore he could get 1t out. All are do
ing we'll.
John Mac Truluck Is convalescing
from severe spell Of measles.
Mr.. Geo. Graham's children have
measles.
Mr.. J. c. Truluck went to Black
River Tuesday and brought back a
lot Of fine shad and other fish.
The blossoms. greenery. and the
balmy air. brings to mind that every
thing Is lovely and only man is vile.
Cotton is coming up rapidly.
Tobacco 10 set
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sNiITIIvILLE.

smithvilie. April 2o.-Cotton plant
Ing will soon be over. Quite a num-
her planted the larger portion OF
their crop last week. Others planted
their entire crop.
Mrs. 8. f. Robertson spent satur-
day night and Sunday with Mrs. Tom
Caughman.
DIR. Foxworth and family spent
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Robertson.
Mr.. J. w. Weldon passed through
this burg last Friday.
Mr.. B. X. Hatfield was I'm Camden
saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Robertson spen,
Sunday with DIR. and Mrs. Foxworth
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DARK CORNER.

Dark Corner, April 22.-It's warm
and dry here today, rain is greatly
needed as the gardens ere suffering,
vegetables are whitening for the want
of moisture, and then we are needing
rain to moisten the ground, so our
cotton can come up. Some farmers
are done planting cotton while Others
have not started to plant.
Mrs. Banding Ardis was bitten by
their own dog, which was supposed to
have been mad, last Thursday night,
the 18th. The dog was killed by Mr..
Ardis. Mr.. Ardis carried his wife to
DR.. Sally at Pinewood Friday morn
ing who advised him to either send
his wife to the Pasteur Institute or
send for the DR.. Koon treatment
SO he sent for the treatment on Fri
day morning and received it Sunday
morning.
DR.. Birnie of your city, was here
last Thursday night in his automobile
on visit to Geo. w. Mackey, colored.
Mackey died Friday night. He was
hard working, honest negro, so far
as I knew, and one far above the
average in intelligence.
All of our sick are better.
A Presbytery met at Pinewood last
Sunday night. the 18th, and organic
ed the Pinewood Baptist church
with thirty-three members. The
Presbytery consisted of DR.. T. NJ.
Bailey, Of Greenville, chairman; Rev.
VIM. Haynsworth, Of Bethel, Priva-
teer. secretary; Revs. j. N. Tolar, of
Summerton, NJ. j. Kizer, of Pax
Vile, with Deacons w. E. Kolb, H.
H. Wells and w. D. Lyman, of Bethel;
j. j. Broadway and w. L. Tisdale, of
Paxville and Louis Broadway, OF
Homebranch. Rev. J. n. Tolar was
elected pastor, and Brother Silas B.
Kolb, clerk of the church. At the
next meeting election of deacons will
be held. DR.. Bailey said that made
the one hundred and ninety-second
church he had assisted in organizing
in the last twenty-four years in this
State, and that there was one hun
dred and twenty-three thousand white
Baptists in this State. A pretty large
family isn't 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Osteen and
daughter, Miss Eunice. Of the Syca-
mores. and w. j. Ardis. of Elm Hill,
attended the organizing at Pinewood
Sunday night.
w. J. Ardis visited Mr.. L. A. Gra-
ham at Pinewood last Sunday even
ing.
1t was my privilege to hear a fine
sermon by the Rev. Waddy Duncan
of your city, at the Methodist church
in Pinewood, last Sunday evening
at 4 o'clock.
There were fine congregations at the
Methodist church and at the organa-
ton OF the Baptist church in Pine
wood Sunday evening and night.
DR.. Bailey preached at the Baptist
church Sunday night and Calvary
Sunday a. m.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
An Odd Legacy.

Thomas Jefferson. the founder of the
Jefferson family Of actors. was re-
membered curiously In the will Of
Weston. who was himself an esteemed
member OF Garrick's company. wes-
toms will contained this item:
Il have played under the manage
ment of Mr.. Jefferson at Richmond
and received from him every polite
ness. l therefore leave him all my
stock OF prudence. 1t being the only
good quality think he stands I'm neeA
Of"
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wisacky. April 20.--It is late. but
not too late to tell OF the beautiful
Easter service at st. Luke, church.
The church was filled with an intelli-
cent and refined audience. Decorat-
ed In tho most artistic style. wish
evergreen. lilies and other beautifa al
flowers. The whole exercise was con-
Quoted by the Sunday school children,
under the direction Of Miss Lottie
DesChamp. The whole school en-
tered the church In single file. The
boys up one aisle and the girls up the
other aisle. all were dressed In pure
white and singing an appropriate
song. accompanied by the organ. pre-
SIDED over by Miss Anna Belle Du-
Rant. OUR accomplished orsanist.
The music by the choir wits OF the
hsshest order. Our pastor rot being
abIs to attend. Rev. H. II. Murchison
- Bishopville made an excellent ad-
oress which closed the service.
At 7:3o p. m. the Wells Sunday
ocAocl celebrated Easter with a SIM
unr service under the efficient train
~ and direction of Miss Jessie Play
~. one Of our nost charming young
1ndies. and was q grand success.
Last Friday marked the seventh
ooFthday OF Minnie 8. Green and
1ngh DuRant. Jr. Being friends and
nn1ghbors. they, invited all of their
o1efle friends to Join them In a party
- Nr. T. ID. DuRant's home. Quite
= number accepted. each bringing ali
osesptabls present. They wero soor,
esxagsd In childish play and amuse /.
1snts until called to enjoy the re-
8eshments provided for the occasion
~ spacious dining room was hand.
osnely decorated with ferns. ever.
grsens and flowers and darkened and
fs1ly illuminated with candles, lamps
&nd wax tapers. Seven tapers on
each cake were used to express their
'oges.
The cotton crop Is about planted.
Lots OF II up. Oats are doing nicely
and premise well.
We have good stands Of corn. And
the most cI ming weather.
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Odd HIuD0ceA.

Anthony Trollope was heartily laugh
"a at by his acquaintances for causing
Andy Scott to "come whistling up tn.
street with cigar in his mouth" Blu.
what Is n slight error Of this sort ir
comparison with Amelia B. Edwards
description In Hand and Glove" O.
her hero "passing backward and for
ward like IN Overseer on Masss
shusetts cotton plantation"
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Tho pivinq Bell,

The celebrated philosopher Aristotle
speaks Of diving bell which was put
over the head Of the diver, but there
Is no proof Of the use Of the bell In
ancient times. John Jaesnier, who
lived In the early part Of the sixteenth
century, makes the earliest mention
OF the practical use Of the diving bell
In Europe. In all probability the first
real practical use Of the diving bell
was in the attempt at rescuing the
treasures Of the Spanish armada OF
the English coast, 1890 and on.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
HEwsY LETTERS FROM OUR sI,E.
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
NOTICE TO coRREsPoNpE

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT
Mall your letters so that they viii
reach this office not later than Mon
aey when intended for Wednesdays
paper and not later than Thursday
sosr Saturdays Issue. This. Of course.
applies only to regular correspond
sncs. In case of items OF unusual
nsws value. send In Immediately by
Dail. telephone or telegraph. Such
1sws stories are acceptable up to the
hour Of going to press. Wednesdays
paper is printed Tuesday afternoon
ed Saturdays paper Friday after
ueou.
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Southern Spoon Corn Bread.

Pour two cupfuls boiling water over
a cupful cornmeal; cook FIVE minutes,
stirring continually; add a tablespoon
ful butter. two eggs we'll beaten. a cup
full milk, teaspoonful salt; beat thor
oughly. pour into we'll creased bak-
Ing dish and bake thirty-fve minutes
In hot oven. Serve from the dish in
which 1t is baked.-What to Eat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24

Lynchburg. April 20.--Miss Annie
- Miller. who has been In this town
on an extended visit to her byother.
Mr.. John M. Miller. for quite while,
after long illness breathed her last
today about IL m.
Miss Miller. though Of quiet and
extremely modest manner. made
many friends In this place. She was
20 years old. and her home was In
Bennettsville. She will be inferred
tomorrow at her old home.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24
A Source Of Joy.

What seems to be the matter with
Mrs. Brown that she's ailing soT<
why, poor thing. she's got one Of
those newfangled diseases"
"She has? My, how fortunate she
Is. to be sure. Here I've had nothing
more stylish than lumbago, and I'm
three years older than she is."-Detroit
Free Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-24

The average man Is still Jealous O,
Ills helpmeet and partner His ideal
at heart Is stu the farmyard cock.
strutting about with oil his worshipful
hens around him. He Is willing to find
them nice little bits. but they must moi
be able to find them for themselves
London Saturday Review.
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Easy.

Jack-The fortune teller said I would
marry II blond Belle-Did she sa,
now soon? Jack-In six months. Bell
royiy'-l can easily be Il blond by thn.
time. Jac,:.-Sketch
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OVerburdened With Memnru

Your son tells me that he Is going to
take lessons to cultivate his memory"
II hope not" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. HE can remember every fool
tune that was ever whistled."-Wash-
lngton Star.
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Smart Set ENGLISH.

The speech of tine smart man and
woman sufficiently betrays the mod
ern attitude. To speak good English
Is middle class. The modern vocabu-
larry Is very small, and the greater
part Of It is composed OF slang.-Black
aud White.
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Stuck 70 IL.

Her Husband-If man steals, no
matter what 1t Is. he will live to re
greet 1t. His Wife-During our court
snip YOU used to steal kisses from me
Her Husband-Well. you heard what ]
said.
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they expect to reside.

they expect to reside.
Those who were present at the
ceremony We're: Mrs. w. H. Barn
we'll, Miss Emma E. Barnwell, Mrs.
w. r. FLUID, Miss Tillie FLUID, Mr.. and
Mrs. DeSaussure Bull, Mrs. James S.
Pickney and Mrs. A. S. FLUID.
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Any man may make mistake
None hut n fool will stick 10 It. Sec
ond thoughts are best. as the proverl
sayy.--Cicc:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-25
JUVENILE LAW
WORKS POORLY

The fact thar the Legislatur has
passed the Juvenile Court Act which
was framed by Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Whitney, but has still failed TO
provide any funds for the confinement
OF the youngsters who are caught in
the act of committing crimes of more
or less seriousness, has left Judge An
drade and the police in rather a pecu-
liar position Arrests may be made
as they always have been, but when
that has been done the end has nearly
been reached. 1t is contrary to the
law to confine the boys so arrested IN
the police station and no other place
has been provided.
Judge Andrade has done the best
that he could with the matter by or
dering the boys who have been brought
before him to report daily to Mr.. Rider
of the Kakaako Mission, but beyond
this nothing can be done. The ap-
pointment of Judge Lindsay as Juve-
nile Judge has cleared matters up
somewhat, but still there is no place
in which TO keep the youthful offenders
between the time of their arrest and
that of their being brought before
Judge Lindsay 1t is hoped by all con-
cerned that either some immediate ac-
tion will be taken in the matter by
providing funds for the renting of a
building, or by the placing of some
small structure owned by the govern
ment aside for this purpose. Even
then there is no provision made for a
keeper for such a building which will
mean an extra drain on the funds ap-
propriated by the Supervisors for the
use Of the police department
Judge Andrade speaks very highly Of
the assistance which he is being given
by Mr.. Rider, the latter spending HIS
time on the cases which are turned
over to him and receiving no pay what
ever for the work which he does.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-25
GOSPEL OF
FARMING
HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HELP HA-
WAIIANS WORK - NATURE FOh
RESULTS.

Representative Kaleiopu this morn
ing in the House introduced a resolu-
tion, which will have committee con-
sideration, to the effect that the Bu-
reau Of Agriculture and Forestry, as
sisted by a special appropriation OF
five thousand dollars, disseminate
knowledge throughout the country
districts to Hawaiians wherever they
are engaged in farming or otherwise
working nature. such knowledge to be
of practical nature in regard TO pro-
duce, weather, soil, cultivation and all
things pertaining to agricultural sue
cess.
1t is the intent of the resolution that
the Bureau of Agriculture send around
among the islands at least every three
months expert representatives to talk
to the Hawaiians and teach them how
better TO till the soil and make things
grow, also thar all bulletins of the
Bureau of Agriculture be printed in
Hawaiian as well as i'm English and
that Hawaiian copies be circulated
among native Hawaiians
1t has been suggested, since the in
PRODUCTION of the resolution, that while
the measure is exceedingly good. it
might be made of greater benefit ir
the $4,000 were to be given the Fed
eral agricultural experiment station
and that the United States, with this
territorial assistance financially, send
around experts to preach farming to
the native Hawaiians, since th,re is
more likelihood of the Federal experts
being better informed.