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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

A book reception will be given by
the Civic League Library Committee
on Thursday afternoon. June from
q 20 o'clock. Everybody Is invited
a. come and bring book! The COM
mittee will be on hand to solicit
members for the library.
The membership dues will be 81
Per year for adults or so cents a
quarter. Children so cents year.
The majority of the books will be
the latest. up-to-date literature. Ev-
crybody Is urged to be on hand and
Join. Don't forget the date. Thursday
June ard. at the Nurses room on
Main str,et.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

There was a reference held in Ma.
ming last Monday before Joseph Z
Rhame, Esq, as Referee, in the cas-;
Tindal against Sublett, for an &C
counting. which resulted in an agree
ment on the part Of Mr.. Sublett 4
pay a rental for the property @
$1,000 year from the death of Mr.
Tindal. This ends one Of the bigget
land suits ever held in Clarendon
Manning Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02
The Belvedere And Pickwick Consoli.
dated

Ihe Beivedere And Pickwick COnsoli.
dated.
Messrs. Powell and Caudle of The
Belvedere and Mrs. Matthews of the
Pickwick Hotel have consolidated the
two above hotels and will conduct
the two houses under one manage
ment. Messrs. Powell and Caudle
opened the Belvedere q few weeks
ago and their patronage since that
time has been very fiattering and
they could not begin to accommodate
their customers. Mrs. Matthews has
conducted her house for the past
year very successfully and the Pick
wick is always full. Mrs Matthews
will be the efficient housekeepr and
1t Is safe to say that their new un-
dertaking will prosper under such ex.
perienced management.
The Pickwick will change it's name
to the Belvedere. and the old Belve-
dere will be used as an apartment
house.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

'sems ~ Interest Gatherd In and
Around the City.


iected a. architects for the new high
school building at Little Mountain. 8.
c.. by the trustees Of tha. district.
The Sumter Ice. Light and Power
Co. will make extensive improve
ments In the plant In the near future.
The growing demands TO-. light and
power from regular patrons of the
company and the renewal of the
contract with the city for q larger
number Of street lights calls for an
enlargement Of the power plant and
the new machinery will he installed
at an early date.
The grounds around the passenger
station have been nicely cleaned up
and the grass moved under the dir
ection OF the Civic League.
1t IL now up to the court house Of
ficials to have the grounds around
that building cleaned up. The grass
Is sadly In need Of moving.
II dog census viii keep the dogs
on the streets by all means have the
census taken at once.
Messrs. E. J. & ". X. r,unne have
been selected architects TO prepare
plans for an $4,000 Methodist church
to be erected at Elloree. 8. c.
Cherokee County was one Of the
nrst to vote out the dispensary under
the provisions Of the Brio, law, and
despite the assertion so often made
that prohibition has prove,, absolute
ly satisfactory. there IL movement
afeot to vote back the aispensary in
August and petition for the election
Is being circulated in that County.
Sumter County will havs no sum-
mer school for teachers this year.
State Superintendent Of Education
swearinsen having ruled that the
County Board Of Education Is with
out authority Of law to hold the
school and pay the expen,es of the
same out Of the contingent fund of
the board, as has been customary for
several years.
The story Of near-graft In connec.
tion with the purchase Of LIQUOR for
the dispensary In a certain county In
this State which was publis aed In the
Itc fau dox,~ o-o
stirred up muss and Dispe nsary Au-
ditor West has been busy making an
investigation for several days. The re-
suit OF the investigation has not been
made public but further revelations
are predicted. While Auditor West IS
investigating he should look into the
manner In which liquor samples are
analyzed and tested. There Is a story
current. for the truthfulness of which
the writer does not vouch. that q cer-
tain county board submitted to
chemist for analysis three separate
simples of liquor taken from the
same original package. and received
from the said chemist three separate
reports. with accompanying analyses.
all different. From reading Of the
chemists reports one would have
thought he had tested and aLalyzed
three very different sorts OF. whi-key,
when In fact. he was really testing
three samples from the same bottle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

The annual commencement Of the
Lincoln Graded school was held in
the Opera House Friday night with a
large audience present. Supt Ed
mrnds presented the diplomas to the
members of the graduating class
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02
Wireless From MIR. O'DonneI

Mr.. d. w. Cuttino, has received the
Following message which was sen. by
wireless from mid-Atlantic:
:. 3. Carpathia via S. S. Frederick
Wilhelm, via Halifax, May 80.
D. w. Cuttino,
Sumter, 8. c..
Nineteen hundred miles out. De-
lightful trip. pleasant company. re-
CARDS to all.
Neill O'Donnell.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

A friends faults should be known
but not Observation-Disclosures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

Virtue that has never betn put to
the test Is q poor asset.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

The remembrance Of past labor &
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
PRICE OF ELECTRICITY AT
PASADENA AGAIN REDUCED

PASADENA. Dec. j.--Following the
reduction made by the municipal light
ing plant in rates for electricity in this
city, the Edison Electric company, the
only competitor of the city, has an
nounced a still further reduction in the
price charged large consumers.
1t was only last week that the mu-
nicipal lighting plant signed contracts
with the Hotel Raymond and the Ho-
tel Maryland to furnish electricity. At
the time the city announced a gem
eral slash i'm rates. This cut has been
met by the Edison company by a still
deeper cut, affecting amounts of cleo
tricity from 1000 to 2O00 kiloWatts and
for 1000 kiloWatts and over In the first
instance the old Edison rate was "A
cents and the new city rate cents.
The new Edison rate is 33I cents. In
the second case the old Edison rate
was 4 cents and the new city rate s
cents. The new Edison rate is PA
cents.
Pasadena is probably the only city
in the country enjoying such low rates.
4 number of inquiries have been he
cefved from towns and cities where
electric light rates run as high as 10
to - cents asking for information In
some cases they assert that action will
be taken to seek lower rates, stating
that if it is profitable to sell electricity
in Pasadena Cor ; cents, price of 10
or IL cents is eXorbitant.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
HARBORS CONGRESS
SOON TO CONVENE
SESSION WEDNESDAY LIKELY
TO MAKE EPOCH
President Taft, Cabinet Members and
Five Governors Will Attend Inn
portant Meeting at WASH
inoton, D. c.
IAssoclnted Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-The presi-
dent, members of his cabinet, COVER
nors of five states, members of con-
gress and other prominent men in ma
tional life will attend the national riv-
ers and harbors congress, which will
begin a three days session here We'd
ncsday.
The congress is expected to make
an epoch. 1t is said this Will be the
first time the delegates have met with
out the pork barrel sentiment.
President Taft is expected to make
the first address to the congress, which
will be called to order by its presi-
dent, Joseph l.. Ransdell. Count Won
Bcrnstorff, German ambassador to the
United States, will tell of the develop
mcnt of inland waterways in Germany.
That with the appointment of com b.
mittees and examination OF creden-
ttals viii complete the first days bus
mess.
ON the following two days there Will
be addresses by Governors Hadley of
Missouri Weeks of Connecticut, Har-
mon Of Ohio. Eberhardt of Minnesota
and Burke of North Dakota. Sccre-
tary of Commerce and Labor NaSel and
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of
corporations, will speak.
The congress meets this year with
three convictions-that no waterways
uroieot should be entered on until its
uracticability is proved by engineers;
that such projects now under way
should be speedily finished and that
bonds should be issued for the work
lust as was done for the Panama canal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
SACRAMENTO CHINESE
TRACKED HOME AND KILLED
Frightened Companion, Instead Of Re-
porting, Spends Night Besides
Body Burning Punk

SACRAMENTO cal, Dec. "a
Mghbindar war between the Hcc fam
lily and the ON Yicks claimed anoln"r
victim here last night in the person OF
An Young. "a cook and/a member of
the on YIcks, whose body was found
this morning riddled with bullets IN
the basement of a house in the chi
rcsc quarter at 414 l. street.
The shooting took place at 10 o'clock
last night, but was not reported To
the police until late this morning
The victim was tracked To his lodg-
mgs i'm the basement and shot from
behind as he reached the last step and
started to enter the door.
Fong Hoy, a roommate of the vic
tim. aWoke to hear tho sound of five
shots and the thud Of the victims body
as it fell To the floor
Hoy was too frightened to make any
outcry aud he remained all night i'm
the cellar burning punk beside the
body Of All Young. The police have
no clcW.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
BABY BOY LOCKED IN ROOM
WITH CORPSES OF PARENTS

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 5.-For twelve
hours throughout the coolest night
here this season little Earl Campbell,
> years old, was locked in an apart
mcnt in Kansas City, Kas., alone with
the corpses of his father and mother,
both slain with the weapon found in
the dead mans hand.
The Child's plight was discovered to-
day by neighbors who had been dis
turbed all night by his crying and
finally investigated. Forcing the door.
they discovered that Joseph Campbell,
81 years old, had shot and killed his
wife Saturday night when neighbors
were q . !, theater.
The couple had quarreled frequently.
The position of the bodies showed un-
mistakaDIy it was a case of murder
and suicide. Their one child. Earl
was the only witness, and stains on
his dress and hands indicated he had
tried to arouse his murdered mother.
When found today he had nearly per-
ished from cold.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
JUNTA STIRRED
BY WAR CLOUD
CENTRAL AMERICAN AGENTS
ARE AROUSED
KNoX'S LETTER is SUBJECT OF
CONTROVERSY
Diplomats of Southern Republics Meet
at Washington and Discuss Plans
for Future of Nicaraguan
Territory
Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Central
American junta, composed of diplomats
and patriots from the five turbulent
little republics on the neck of land be-
tween Yucatan and South America, is
one of the latest acquisitions of the
capital of the United states.
While it has been meeting regularly
ever since Secretary Knox sent nis
famous letter to President Zelaya of
Nicaragua telling him to be good, ii
has managed to shrOud itself in mNs-
terry. The iunta is working steadily on
plans that have to do with the future
of the little states washed by the
Caribbean sea.
1t is unofficial but vociferous. It's
sessions are held i'm the cafe II lead
ing hotel much frequcntcd by South
and Central American diplomats and
the policies of the Central American
states are threshed out daily ana
nightly.
The junta is the clearing house cor
all information that leaks unofficially
from revolution-torn Nicaragua, and
the diplcmats have framed up - half
dozen new alignments Of the five re-
publics. each with a view to the equit-
able distribution of the balance of
power
Among the members of the junta Wh1
daily gather at the app 'ntCd place
larC FREDERICK Mejia, minister from sal
vador; j. B. CalVo, minister from
Costa Rica; Luis Toledo Herrarte min
lister from Guatemala; Luis --azo Ar
riago, minister from Honduras, and
Luis +. Corea, former minister from
Nicaragua. In addition to this dis
ltnguished group there are Luis Adder
son, former minister of foreign rela
tions of Costa Rica; Senior Don Luis
Felipe Carlo, minister from Ecuador;
DR.. Salvador Castrillo, special agent
here for the Nicaragua insurgents;
Anidal Cruz, minister from Chile. and
a score of attaches from the various
Latin American legations.
Debates are carried on in Spanish
once in a while some eXcitable MEM
Der of the party will raise his voice
accompanying his high pitched Ian
guage, with fiery gesticulations and
thumps upon tables. Then it is that
the elder statesmen" of the junta take
charge of affairs.
"H-i-s-t, hist" they say in unison.
1T is not that this is a market place.
Secretary KnoX's letter to Zelaya has
been read and reread by the diplomats
until practically every member of the
junta has committed it to memory.
Around the few guarded expressions
of the letter the debate in the junta
has ragged. each member entertaining
a different view of the state depart
ments intentions.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
STEAMER is CAST
ASHORE IN STORM
LUMBER VESSEL DRIVEN UP
ON STRAND
Crew of Excelsior Escapes Without
Injury, and Ship May Be Saved
by the Revenue Cutter
Mccullough

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 5.-The
lumber steamer Excelsior was driven
ashore at Moss Landing, eight miles
south Of this city, during the storm
last night All the crew escaped with
out injury, ana the position Of the
vessel is not believed To be dangerous
The steamer was loading lumber and
could not make headWay against the
storm, which arose SO suddenly that
there was no chance to get clear Of the
coast before it broke. The revenue
cutter Mccullough has gone to aid the
Excelsior.
Several other minor accidents are re-
Ported, The pilot boat Pathfinder, the
only member of the pilot fleet at sea
during the storm, entered the harbor
today with forecastle and cabin
flooded ana Captain Miller and two
OF his men suffering from minor in
juries.
The vessel was swept repeatedly by
the seas ana tossed by the gale. The
main boom was carried away. and in
repairing the damage the men We're
slightly injured.
Tho French bark Grande Duchesse
Olga arrived off the lghtship during
tire storm ard was forced to anchor.
With both anchors out the shin rode
out the blow without damage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
oHNBoAT PRINCETON SAILS
FOR NIcARAGUAN CAPITAL

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5.--The gun
boat Princeton sailed for Corinto, Mic
aragua, this afternoon after having
loaded coal and ammunition off Cali
fornia City. 1t is under orders to make
all possible speed and join the Nicks-
burg, now in CorintO harbor.
Sailing was delayed because of the
late arrival of the gunboat from Brem-
erton navy yard, Washington, heavy
weather having been encountered all
the way down the coast.
In order TO hasten the taking on Of
supplies. the Princeton was ordered to
the coaling station at California city
instead of going up the bay to Mare
island, and the stores were put aboard
from lighters.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
LONG BEACH NEWS NOTES

LONG BEACH, Dec. "a space 40
by 80 feet i'm size is being partitioned
off from the amusement room at Hotel
Virginia for the art gallery which is
to lie established there in the i'm
mediate future by Mr. Kanst of Los
Angeles. 4 large number of beautiful
and valuable pictures will be hung.
Mrs r. Herbert Jackson Of this city
Will be curator and manager of the
exhibit
Mrs. sarah Rix 65 years old who
came here with her husband four weeks
ago from their home near Denver,
Colo, died today. The body will be
taken to Denver Tuesday for burial
Mrs RiX was a native Of England
The Palos Vcrdes lodge of Masons
has elected new Ulcers as follows:
John Hewitt, Worshipful master. Il. f..
Archer, senior warden; Frederick
Baker, junior warden; A. c. Malone,
treasurer; f. s. Blair, secretary; W.
H. Wallace, trustee.
The officers elected for the ensuing
term by the Long Beach Masonic
lodge. No. 327, follows: l.. F. John
son, worshipful master; James d.
Graham, senior warden; f. b. Fritz,
junior warden: w. 5. Stevens, treas
urer: H. IL. Williams, secretary; Clark
IL. Shaw trustee.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
CORONER TO INQUIRE INTO
DEATH OF N. w. BURRlS

LONG BEACH, Dec. "a coroner's
inquest will be held at O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon at the Pierce Mottcll un-
dertaking rooms to inquire into the
death OF Nathan W. Burris. who was
killed last night north of Willows sta
tion by a Pacific Electric car
Burris, who lived at 1858 East First
street, had returned from Los An
gelos lie found letter asking him
to visit Vista Del Mar on mission
concerning some land. While walking
from Vista Del Mar to Willows he
was struck ana killed instantly. He
was thrown against fence along one
side of the right-of-Way and badly
mutilatcd.
His aged mother. Mrs. H. c. Burris,
received telegram today from her
other son stating he was starting from
Duluth, Mimi, to come to Long Beach.
Funeral arrangements will be made af-
ter his arrival here.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
FAVORS CHANGE
FOR DIPLOMATS
TAFT lND0RSES PLANS OF
SECRETARY KNOX
LEGATION SECRETARIES TO BE
PROMOTED
President Sanctions Scheme to lma
prove Personnel and Efficiency
Of En1hassies-Applicants
to Be Examined
ASSOCIATED rrcssl


WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-To improve
the personnel and efficiency of the Dip
Ionatic service and to encourage secre-
taries of legations to qualify Tor pro-
motion to the rank of ministers, Presi-
dent Taft has approved plan sug-
gested by Secretary Knox, and he pub
lished it tonight as an executive order
The new project provides for board
of examiners to pass upon all appH-
cants for appointment OF secretaries
and provides the standard 10 be MAIN
tanned Secretary Knox in letter
submitting his plan TO the president t.
points out the remarkable growth OF
the political and commercial relations
of the United States with foreign ma
tions and the increasing dhtlculty Oh
the problems to be dealt with.
Records Of efficiency Of all the under
secretaries will be preserved in the
state department and appointment
from outside the service to secretary
ships will be made only to the class OF
third secretary of embassy, or, in case
of higher vacancies, of second secre-
tary of legation; or Of secretary OF
legation at posts which have assigned
to them only one secretary.
Vacancies in the list Of secretaries
of the higher classes in the future will
be filled by promotion from lower
grades. and efficiency and ability
demonstrated in the service viii be the
tests of Advancement.
To Grade Offices
All the secretaryships in the future
will be graded according to the i'm
portance or difficulty or other aspects
of the work done at each mission, ana
these classiications will be made
known to the service SO that every
man may know just where he STANDS.
The examining board, TO consist OF
the secretary of state, the solicitor for
the department of state. the chief of the
diplomatic bureau and the chief eX-
aminer Of the civil service commission
will determine the fitness of candidates
designated by the president for exam
nations.
The examinations will be held at
WASHINGTON and will be both oral and
written knowledge of these subjects
will determine the fitness Of the cam
didate: international law, diplomatic
usage. at least one modern language
other than English, either French,
German or Spanish, the natural, com
mercial and industrial resources Of the
United States: American history. gov
ernmcut and institutions, and the
modern history of Europe, Latin-Amer-
lea and the far east.
In the oral examination candidates
must demonstrate alertucss, general
contemporary Information, natural fit
ness for the service. address, command
of English and general education. A
physical examination will be supple
mental.
Candidates must be between q and
so years of age. From the successful
candidates appointment lists will be
supplied and from this will be chosen
appOntees.
The department win aim 10 anpor-
tion representation fairly among states
and territories.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
SHRINERS TO
MAKE GIFTS TO POOR

Bring your fez, your wife, your
sweetheart and friends" is the way the
invitation of the Mystic Shrine reads
bidding all to attend the big charity
ball to be held Friday night in Shrine
auditorium. The proceeds of the ball
will be used for spreading Christmas
cheer in the homes of the sorrowins
and destitute.
AS a prelude to the bail the Kris
Kringlc ballet" will entertain the
guests for half an hour. Just what
the ballet is is known only to some Of
the favored few in the sacred precincts
of the Christmas charity committee.
1t is guaranteed to he delightful and
crtrancing and sure to meet the APP
proVal of all
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06

q ECRETARY MEYER has at last
- brought about a reorganization
~ of the work of the navy depart
ment, which he thinks viii do away
with much of the friction between the
staff and line officers. Hereafter the
men who fight" the ships will have
much more to do with the general di-
rcction of the affairs of the navy. In
order to provide the secretary with
competent advice upon the technical
and military matters which must come
before him for ultimate decision he
has appointed four personal aids, each
of whom is a line officer of extended
experience. Each is to have advisory
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
RUSSIA'S CLAIM CAUSES
CHINA TO FILE PROTEST

PEKING, Dec. 5.--The Chinese GOV
erument has sent a circular note to the
powers protesting Russia's claim to
the right of administration over the
Mmchuriau railway zone.
The protest deals lengthily with the
Russian Communiquc, which was sent
to the powers OH October 8, and which
was formally handed TO the Chinese
| foreign board a month later by M.
Kokovsoh,( Russian minister Of
finance
The communique had to do with
Russian intentions regarding railway
zones in Manchuria, and the protest
declares that it is a violation of the
Portsmouth treaty as we'll as the Har-
bin agreement Of May, 1909.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
METHODIST BISHOP DIES
AS RESULT OF OPERATION

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Bishop Daniel
Ayers Goodsen of the Methodist Epis-
copal church died today following an
operation for a carbunclc. DIR. Good
sell was born at NeWhursh, y. Y. in
1870 and entered the ministry in 1853
From 1850 to 1888 he was literary edi-
tor of the Chistiau Advocate. In 1883
he WIS nlectal hishnn.