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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02
CAPT. CAPERS BETTER.
Internal Revenue Commissioners Sit
ting Up Each Day.

Washington, May 28.-Commis-
sioner John G. Capers, who has been
very Ill for several weeks, has so far
recovered that he is now able to sit
up for a short time each day. He
thinks that II nothing prevents he
will be able to go to Cedar Mountain.
Greenville County, for rest in a
month or six weeks. This will be
good news to his friends in South
Carolina, who have made many in
quiries from time to time concerning
his condition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02
SUMTER s. c.. WEDNESDAY JUNE Q 1910
F|REMEN'S STRIKE SETTLED.
TRAFFIC OVER THE GEORGIA
RAILROAD is RESUMED.

Terms Of Settlement Satisfactory to
Both Sides-Men Return to Work
Until Final Adjustment is Had
All Discharged Union Firemen to
BE Reinstated-All Negro Firemen
At Terminal Stations to be Dis
pensed With-Knapp Delivered an
Ultimatum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

Irtsbyterian Minister Calls ON Ken
tuckians 10 Resist Influence OF
"Unnnctified" Funds.

savannah, Ca, May 27.--An after
math ot the Central University fight
before the General Assembly &c The
Southern Presbyterian Church came
today when a resolution was offered
N BY pr. c. W. Grafton. which was at
tsrxnrds referred to special cong
nitts<. which has been intrusted
With the tash OF drawing up a reply
q the Synod OF Kentucky on the
university matter.
After urging "ali our people in
xtntueky TO stir up and maintain
e>ntimSut 20 strong as to detect and
epDsosch every form OF evil which
paay impair the influence Of their
ofeat university the resolution con-
tinuoo:
Thefe II weakness In poverty In
deed, but there ID sometimes danger
q riches. We believe inieed that the
Greater danger q this day lies In the
oveFehsdowins ehdowmsnts that are
uslfr1sndly 90 me Bible. We therefore
MN ou1R schools to resist the charms
~ unsanc.ined wealth and to keep
.<he1neolvcQ free from all alliances
EAlcA V1r11 impair their testimony
N of God ana the faith Of
notono lpeol as-
- dfxopSpt adv4ncsd BY ne
>t1voeo(es of the xsntucly syned's
'sldo % the controversy wosI that the
tepersl Assembly hsd 40 idtlsdi Action
- tlie university case and mat any
Way 4 was too late to Withdraw nom
the position that had been taken. The
sesolutlon follows:
'rsssolvsd. That Il is the opinion Of
this Asoembly that no interior court
has right to take any action that Is
not subject 10 the review or redress
of the higher court.
"That the Assembly further In
s(suets all lower courts to take no ac-
ton that win tend 10 lessen the
ohureh's direct control and owner
ship % all its own educational insti-
tutions."
The rsport Of the foreign missions
comlnitsee was adopted. recommend
ipg Miss Alice Dwyer for mission
work in Mexico. Because of her age
ne committee refused to send her to
any Ola World or Eastern field.
A foreign missions meeting was
held. DIR. r.. c. Reed. Of Columbia. s.
C.. being In the chair. Six mission
aries were heard from-Dr. s. p.
Fulton. Of Japan. and Drs. w. H.
vsnsbie. Maxy smith. James B.
wood. J. n. Wilkinson OF China and
Rev. L c. vess. Of Luebo. Africa. 1t
now seems most probable that to-
morrow win see the adjournment of
|, the Assembly.
Tonight an address was delivered
upon the subject. How Far Has ORR
ginai caivinism Been Modined by
Timer" by Dr. 8. A. King. Of Aus
s:n. Texas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

trust. IF that call shall go unan-
swered, we may at least indulge the
hope that while our oppressors es-
cape here, there will come a time
when they shall be weighed in the
balance of a just God whose judg-
ment will be, thou are weighed in
the balance and art found wanting "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

Oltlmatum.
Atlanta, May 29.--The strike of the
fremen on the Georgia Railroad was
officially declared off at D. M, to-
day. An hour and half later the
first train after the resumption of
service was sent out of Augsuta with
negro fireman in the cab.
The terms Of the settlement we're
not officially given out, but IL was
learned ethat they are, substantially,
as follows:
The men to return to work under
conditions existing at the time the
strike began until final adjustment is
made. ~
All negro firemen at the terminal
stations will be dispensed with.
All discharged Brotherhood fire.
men will be reinstated.
Three other points are yet to be
decided as follows:
First, whether negro firemen shall
be eliminated from the road.
Second, If not eliminated, what per-
centase of negroes there shall be.
Seniority of negro flremen over
white firemen.
These other questions are to be dis
cussed tonight. and II they are not
adjusted they will be settled by arbi-
tration under the Erdman Act.
The exact terms of the settlement
have not been disclosed, but the state
ment is made that the conditions are
emfnently satisfactory to both sides.
The settlement of the strike was an
nounced in statement signed by
Martin A. Knapp. chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
and Charles p. Nelll, United States
labor commissioner. 1t said:
TAN amicable adjustment Of the
difference between the Georgia Rail-
reed apdsits ssnrloyass .who haye
been on strike has been reached on
basis eminently satisfactorily to
10th sides. The strike have been
called off and complete train service
is to be resumed Immediately"
This statement was the result of a
conference between Chairman
Knapp, Commissioners Neill. General
Manager Scott. of the Georgia aRil-
road Vice President Ball. Of the fire.
mems organization. The conference
lasted from IL q. m, until 2 p. M.
and every point Of issue between the
railroad and it's employees was care
fully discussed.
Commissioner Neill said that both
sides made concessions. He added
further that he did not believe COM
plete statement would be made be-
fore next week. 1t is generally un-
derstood that the railroad agrees to
recognize the seniority Of white fire.
men and that the employment Of GER
tain negro firemen who have been
with the road many years will be con-
tinued. After they are retired no
other blacks will be permitted to fire.
Had there not been a settlement of
the strike this afternoon it can be
stated that federal interference was
imminent. 1t is reported that both
sides were notified that some adjust
ment must be reached by o'clock
today OF the federal courts would
take cognizance Of the situation. This
probably would have meant injunc-
tions, which in the present temper OF
the residents of the strike district, al
most certainly meant resistance and
possible violations of the Injunction,
and speedily thereafter the arrival of
United States troops.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

The Supreme Court holds that tele-
graph companies are not liable for
the delay OF messages during a tele-
grapbers' strike. The decision was
made in the case Of Sullivan VS.. the
Western Union that came up in An
derson County.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

Edgeneld. May 2s.-Miraculous
things always attend u cyclone. In
the one that recently visited this
place. cage containing canary
bord belonging to Miss Patterson was
blown two miles. lodged In the plzza
OF friend and was returned the fol-
lowing day. neither bird nor cage re-
ceiving injury.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

Tho annual convention OF the
state Funeral Directors Association
will be held In Charleston June 22-
-.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

Revenue officers destroyed an H.
licit still In Greenville County. Thirty
gallons Of whiskey were seized.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

A mad deg at Florence bit several
people. They have been sent to At
Ianta for treatment at the Pasteur
Institute.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-02

The bad meat In Greenviile that
caused q stir among the health au-
thorities several days ago has been
converted into soap grease.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
THE STATE FAIR.

Because a majority of the members
of the ways and means committee of
the house of representative has de-
cided to report adversely on the bill
providing an appropriation for the
establishment of a state fair, that
does not mean that such legislation
has been killed outright 1t has re-
ceived something of a stunning blow,
to be sure, but there is to be a
minority report from the committee
in favor of the state fair bill and this
will bring the question before the
house for ultimate disposition. It is
unusual for a branch of a legislature
to disagree with an adverse report of
one of its committees. and especially
the ways and means committee This
is true in the latter regard for most
of the mem bers, or their districts,
are interested in one way or another
in various appropriations and they
are reluctant to take any action that
might be offensive to the members
of this committee.
But this state fair proposition is not
an ordinary one. 1t has been said
that there is a good sized majority of
the members of the legislature in IA
vor of the bill. If there is, now is
the time for them to show their true
colors and come out manfully and
fight for a bill that will mean so
much for the development of the
state.
Here is a measure that would be
of inestimable benefit to the great
state of Kansas. 1t would help in
immeasurable ways to make the state
greater. 1t would indeed be the
beginning of the placing of the state
on an equal footing in most i'm
portant regard with the neighboring
states which are agriculturally in
clfned, and which derive so much of
value in the way of honest advertise
ment through the medium of state
expositions.
The most wide-awake of the
farmers and stock breeders of the
state, and this number is a large one
are heartily in favor of the creation
of a state fair. The business men of
the state are with them to a unit on
this proposition. The newspapers, or
at least, various important ones,
representing as they do the public
sentiment of the communities in
which they are published, have gladly
lent their aid to the agitation.
a state fair of state backing is bound
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
AYHAWKER JOTS

To make sure of holding the title of
Potato King" of Allen county, A. L.
Allen, of Horseshoe Bend, has decided
to devote 40 of his acres to potatoes
this season.
An Allen county man who has been
missing for seven years was officially
killed recently by the district court of
that locality when it issued an order
declaring him to be dead.
1t really pays to have a local man
in congress The Post has just received
four packages of excellent vegetable
seeds from our representative in
hington.-LeaVenwor Post.
In Plainville hotel dining room the
names of three different steaks are
printed on the menu. do you have
all three of them?" a travelling man
asked the witress. '"No,'' she replied
what you want and I'll bring you what
we have"
At different times during the past
been proposed. At one time an asso-
citation was formed and a committee in
structed to purchase a site. The COM
mittee could not agree and the matter
was dropped. But this year it will be
different. if the Larned Chronoscope
has it's way.
A German who lives near Great
Bend has been visiting in the old
country and is glad to get back. He
discovered that what he considered
big crop in his boyhood days was real
so found that a common barnyard
fowl sold for about 81. 1t made Kan
sas look mighty good to him.-Wich-
ita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
AN ORDERLY REIMBURSEMENT.

What may be looked upon as an
expert opinion of the significance of
the recent momentous action of the
steel trust in announcing a most ma
terial cut in prices is an editorial in
the current issue of the Iron and
Trade Review, as follows:
'The declaration of an open market
on steel products, decided upon
Thursday afternoon, February IS, has
developed a latent strength in the
situation and disposition towards
conservatism and moderation on the
part of the factors in the trade which
have surprised even the more san
gufne. The finding of a new level for
prices has proceeded in a most digni-
ned manner and the new prices as
discovered prove to be not as low as
would generally have been anticipated.
THAT in the long run large in
crease in tonnage production is certain
as q result of the train of events set
in motion by last Thursdays action
cannot be doubted. 1t is too. early to
expect active booking at present; there
are adjustments to be made, much
easier now than if order books were
full, but still requiring time. In the
long run. a large tonnage must result.
The profits of producers may be re-
duced, but against lower selling prices
there will be economies in production
partly through wage reductions which
are the legitimate consequence not
simply of the conditions now being
established, but of the conditions
brought about more than year ago.
ITO cognate industries the results
of increased tonnage cannot but be IA
vorable. Our exports of machinery and
other manufactures of iron and steel
will be stimulated. In pig iron, which
went through a complete course of IL
quidation and readjustment last fall,
the result will necessarily be good
The spread between the raw material
and the finished product of the blast
furnace industry should necessarily be
increased by the increased tonnage
promised in the whole industry. When
more rolled steel is consumed, more
iron castings are called for, and more
of the metals tin, spelter. lead and
copper so that an increased tonnage
of steel products should lead to great
er activity in other industries which
in their turn should react favorably
upon steel"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
ThaIes First Oil King.

That the John D. Rockefeller of to-
day had counterpart as a monopo-
list in the person of a keen-witted
friend of the Greek philosopher Aris-
totle about 1900 years ago, was the
interesting statement made by John c..
Milburn at a luncheon in the City
Club for Prof. Guglielmo Ferrero,
famous italian historian. Milburn is
one of the attorneys for the Standard
Oil Company. AS if to prove that
rockefeller ought not to be accused
of monopolizing the game of corner
ing, Milburn told how Thales, who liv-
ed about 3S4 B. c., engineered a pret-
ty little corner in oil.
incidentally, either by delicate tact
or by accident, Milburn gave the guest
of honor an opportunity to show his
lawyers argument was to the effect
that all the problems of the present
day are merely old problems present
ing themselves in new guises, and he
went on to tell of researches he had
made on the subject of monopolies.
Thales, he said, once noted that all
the signs were favorable to big
grape crop and promptly bought ap
all the wine presses, so that all the
grape growers would have to come to
him to make their wine.
You mean olives" interposed Prof.
Ferrero quietly. "Thales bought up
all the oil presses"
Milburn gracefully accepted the cor
rection, and the guests, highly amused,
were not slow to see it added point
to his story.
1t had been hoped that Ferrero
would offer comparisons between adj
corruption today and that
which prevailed in ancient Greece and
Rome, but when he rose to speak he
pleaded he had little acquaintance
with the evils existing in the modern
cities, least of all in New York. He
told his audience, however, that the
splendor and extravaganza
of Imperial Rome was not to be COM
pared with that of the present time
New York Press
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.

CFrom the Atchison Globe
Aid is never satisfactory. The best
way is not to need it.
When the sun doesn't shine and you
can't make hay. cut ice.
When a man gets a job as janitor,
his wife usually does the work.
The man who claims to be as good
as anybody, knows he isn't, and is
bluff1ng.
When a man cooks a meal. he al
ways has bacon and eggs; that's all a
man can cook.
1t is said that when a woman has
money the man is never the one who
applies for divorce.
People pour things into their
friends ears as though they had con-
troll of their friends tongues.
Every man thinks that things at
his house get out of order quicker
than anywhere else on earth.
Some men never get gay except
when they eat at a hotel; then they
want to f1irt with the dining room
girls.
If YOU imagine you are firm and
strong-willed, the chances are that
others say you are stubborn and bull
headed.
AT what period in life do warts be-
gin to grow on peoples faces? We
never saw a young woman with wart
on her face.
When a clerk visits Atchison from
fifty miles away he is usually general
manager; if he comes from a thous-
and miles away, he is president of the
concern.
If you are about to do something
which may cause trouble, ask the ad-
vice of man who has tried it. His
advice will be stronger than that of a
moralist, and it will be backed by ex-
perfence.
Automobile owners say they never
run over cur dog; it is always the
pets that get in the way. The pet dogs
think they are entitled to the entire
street, as they are given the run of
the entire house.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
Edltha and the fortune.

Editha and the fortune.
All went we'll till Editha found out
the condition of the will. and, of course
she Immediately thought that Gordon
mad married her for the moneys sake
alone. She was young and foolish
and passionate, and without stopping
to ask her husband question or rea-
son with herself, she gathered up
what was hers and fled.
She thought she would seek out some
little place, make herself a home and
settle down to a life of seclusion and
good deeds.
Her husband had found her by the
merest chance. II have spent three
years of my life looking for you" he
said. when a wreck delayed me
here for a few hours and 1 decided to
go to church had no idea of the con-
sequences. 1t seems as if a kindly fate
must have led me to your very side
Editha. if our long separation has ac-
complished nothing more it must at
least prove to you that love you"
And the future" Mrs. Wrest said,
looking UP into his face with such
a smile as her face had never before
been seen to wear, must prove that
I love you."-(Copyright 1909, by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
THE oUICK AND THE DEaD

caesars dead and turned to clay,
AIexanders drifting dust;
Let US hope King Arthur may
BE at present with the Just;
1ney We're great and they were grand,
GO anne they gained which will not die;
SPiSndloly they wrought and planned,
sun we praise them, you and 1;
b4t Dehold yon hackman passi
he may never win applause
yet he lives. while they, alas!
Are but parts of all that was.
GaIileo is no more:
Ferdlnand and Isabel
On some far celestial shore,
May with sainted Colon dwell:
Never shall their glory fade:
Never can the mighty debt
Which we owe to them be paid
But Jim Jones is living yet
You have never heard of James
He is humble; be it So
sun ne eats and drinks and claims
Joys which dead ones cannot know.
Dante, Shakespeare, Tennyson,
, All nave gone the common way.
Each while living nob1y won
Fame that shall endure for ayei
AT their graves men humbly bow;
Pralse to them we gladly give
An, but do they know it now?
VINO would not prefer to live
AS an Alfred Austin, cen,
Than to be Shakespeare dead?
Luckier than a lifeless queen
Is housewife baking bread
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
The pessimist would look for splin-
ters in a planked steak.
The law demonstrates that there are
more ways of escaping punishment than
of getting it.
Some fellows never get to the top
because they always expect others to
put up for them.
"It is really no pleasure for a man
to do as he pleases," says the Cynical
Bachelor. until he gets married and
can't"
A man cannot serve two masters.
nor can he conscientiously attempt to
run his own automobile and belong to
church.
Those who dance must pay the
piper" quoted the Wise Guy. yes"
assented the Simple Mug. but the fell
low who pays the piper seldom has
anything left for his other creditors"
"An auttymobile just went by re-
marked the oldest inhabitant of Podunk
Corners. How did he know that?'
demanded the stranger. Il thought he
was both blind and deaf" He is
replied the village oracle. but 1 guess
he kin SMELL"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.I

LFrom the New York Press1
The only time girl can't pretend is
when she is seasick.
The more money you could make in
any business the surer somebody else
is to own ii.
beautiful her children are. but how
much more beautiful they are than
anybody else's.
One of the ambitions that the aver
age girl has is to speak to a strange
man just because the thought of it
scares her so she never would.
If man knows what a millionaire
looks like from seeing his pictures in
the newspapers, he Will try to give the
impression they are on intimate terms.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

OF women generally, it may be said
that they never wear shoes which fit
them.
e % 4
Should some men fail to talk about
themselves they never would be heard
Of
Y %
If fortunes followed dreams it would
not be long before everyone was a
millionaire.
Many a man wastes a lot of time
and energy in trying to prove that he
is just as good as some one else.
\
A straight line may be the shortest
way between two points but it is fire.
quently impossible to follow
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-03
HUNOR OF THE Day

Does Mrs; Peck's husband command a
good salary?" He earns a good salary.
she commands it."-Boston Transcript.
Should actresses wed?" asks a Paris
paper. Certainly, but not to excess.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
Green-smith asked me to forget my
Green-He wanted me to listen to him.
Chicago Daily News.
She (on the Atlantic Liner)-Did YOU
observe tine great appetite of that stout
man at dinner? He-Yes; he must be what
view.
what Matthew Arnold calls sweetness and
light. Il don't see that; Sugar and Oil
are the two biggest trusts we support. -
Are there degrees of rank in the serv-
ants hall?" ITO be sure. Maids who have
charge of dogs won't associate with maids
who look after ren."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Your glasses she said. "have made
great gre tIt dierenSe sdS IN IN yonr apPearance
SO intelligent with them on.'-Chicago
Record-Herald.
Dentist Ito Assistant)-I think I heard
a patient in the waiting room. Assistant
turned the key on the inside.-Meggen-
dorfer Blaetter.
Chappy-Wohld you marry woman
who had sued another man for breach of
promise? Sappy-It would depend largely
on how much the jury had awarded her
The Club Fellow.
Boss-When you told that new clerk
that he'd have to hump himself If he eX-
Pected to hold his job, how did he take it?
Department ManagerzHe got his back up
right away.-Chicago Tribune.
What are you crying about?" MY
gypsy fiddler. He beat me with the fiddle
bow" Then you ought to be thankful
he doesn't play a bass viol."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Policeman-I1ere, you! What are you
morning? Belated Pedestrian-The cursed
barber cut my hair too short and 1 don't
care to go home to my wife.-New York
Herald.
did you ever make a serious mistake
swered the drug clerk, a.. as a gloomy look
thirty five. ."-Washington Star.
realism into this forest scene. Can you
get someone to growl SO as to resemble
several chorus men who have not received
their wages for three weeks. I'll call
them.-St. Louis Republic.
I'm always glad" said the good feeder.
when the shad season approaches. It's
the only fish like I wonder why Provi-
dence only gives 1t to us in the spring"
cause that's the only season when 1t has
all its bones. s."-Catholic Standard.
Very Tired.-Collector-Th bill has
been standing for four years. Mr. Hard
why don't you let it rest?