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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-07

9tsteburg. April 5.--Miss Amelia
4elmss, whc has been In Marion for
sveraI months. Is wishing her par
utss Nr. and Mrs. e, r. Holmes.
1fE Han Ramsey spent Saturday
end Sunday with his parents. Mr.. and
1an 8. II. Ramsey. at ~Needwood."
n Mr.. Marshal wescoat. of Sumter.
epsnt Sunday with friends here.
Hrs- ~. 8. Burgess was the guest OF
onrA Scrsven Moore. At THE Oaks. :"
- Thursday.
Hfr. r. c. Richardson. Jr., spent
1n1nrdsy In Sumter.
1lr. Henry v. Frierson, having
'ossa In business at Great Falls for
- past several months. 10 here on
. visit 70 his mother. Mrs. =. N.
Rlsrson.
New. W. H. Barnwell will hold d.
~1ne services at the Church OF the
usoSy Cross on Good Friday .at II
'Se1ock .. m. and at Clarendon on
uDosesr sunday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-07

11ndaI. April b.-Mr. f. w. Win
- who has been in declining health
- some time. died at his home near
- on Sunday morning.
Miss Lille Richardson spent Sum
~ at home. 8.
NJ. and Mrs. J. J. Broadway. of
oxvslie. spent Thursday in the
hseghborhood. f ! ~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-04-07

M are ready to fill the shoe every member of
Wv the family the baby the grand parent Our show
ing OF Stylish Oxfords for Spring equal to anv ever
sumter We have the goods fit every pocket book and
every loot The Easter complete without dainty
M " oP"g ohoes ret them at this store and you sure
your feet correctly dressed.
We show here only few of the shapes but our
STOCK complete in ne and prepared to handle the
rush of Spring business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
suBscRIPTI0N...s5.oo PER ANNuM

The Bemidji council has let con-
tract to enlarge the waterworks of
that city, but this is due to the rapid
increase in the population and not
because of any act of the legislature.
News and Comment, Duluth News
Tribune.
Lord bless you, brother, we have
already forgotten what the late legis-
lature did, with relations to measures
in which we were interested. Some
of the gentlemen who voted as they
did on certain bills have been busy
explaining the why's and where
fores," and we hope they will be
able to square themselves" with
their constituents. We are really so
busy growing big, over here, that a
little thing like state normal school
wouldn't make much difference,
either way.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Tho Pria and Hi. Cane !, !

In the number Of the Taller for Oct.
8, 17O9, it is observed that "a cane is
part Of the dress of prig'' (this, by
the way, shows the erroneous notion
prevalent that ..priggishness' is a
modern world "and always worn upon.
q button, for fear he should be thought
to have an occasion for 1t or be esteem
ed really and not genteelly cripple"
In the number of Nov. 10 a rural
squire in town is sketched who is the
prototype of one Of the pavement nui-5
sances: Ellis arms naturally swung at
an unreasonable distance from his
sides, which, with the advantage of a
cane that he brandished in great va
riety Of irregular motions, made it un-
safe for any one to walk within sew
eral yards of him.
And under date of Dec. there is an
amusing sketch Of "a lively, fresh col
ored young man" who was among. the
applicants to Isaac Bickerstaff's court
of censorship for license to use "canes,
perspective glasses, snuffboxes, orange
flower waters and the like ornaments
of life" This young man had his cane
hanging on his fifth button and was
IAN Oxford scholar who was just en-
tered at the temple
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Tuwed bv a Halihu&.

About the mouths Of the streams on
which salmon camps are situated the
Indian dogs and children amuse them
selves catching the fish. Some Of the
youngsters are SO small that after they
have succeeded in cornering q fish
the combined efforts Of the party are
often required to dispatch it and carry
1t to camp. have watched dogs run
ming about in rift swapping at the
salmon and apparently having the time
Of their lives.
One Of the most amusing sights that
I saw during my stay In Alaska was
two Indian boys being towed about
the harbor at Kadiak by a huge hall
but they had just hooked. Utterly I'M
able to land the fish, they had fastened
the line to the stern of the boat, and
while they pulled with all their might,
each one at an oar, they rallied each
other for not exerting more strength
and shouted loudly for help. Finally
an Indian put out In boat, and the
fish was landed.-Forest and Stream.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25

Much of the so-called friendship
of today is mere pretense. 1t ex-
lists only in name, and as soon as
it ceases to be advantageous it is
dropped. The friendship that con-
tinues the same in prosperity and
adversely is to be priced, but all
other kinds are worthless. It mat
tiers not how hard a man may
struggle to do right and make a
success of life there is always
some loathsome reptile, some worth
less wretch who is ready to drag
him down, to blight his hopes and
blast his fondest ambitions. The
loss of money and property is not
the greatest loss a man can sustain
in the business world; far better to
lose your money than to lose hope
and ambition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Highest Court Decides Noted
Tennessee Case.
GREW OUT OF LYNCHINd.
Negro Under Sentence Of Death Sc
cured an Appeal by the Fedora
Supreme Court, but Was Prompt,
Strung Up-TribunaI Holds Sheriff
and Deputies as AccompIices o.,
Mob for Not Guarding Prisoners.

Washington, May 25.-The case OF
John F. Shipp, sheriff Of Hamilton
county, Tenn. and nine others charged
with contempt of the supreme court
of the United States in connection
with the lynching of a negro named
Ed Johnson at Chattanooga in 1909
was finally disposed of in an opinion
by Chief Justice Fuller, which direct
ed that an attachment be issued fol
Ship, his deputy, Gibson, and De
PENDANTS Williams, Nolan, Padget,
and May. The information as to Dep
uty Sheriffs Galloway, Justice and
Ward, three of the defendants, was
dismissed.
The charge of contempt against
Sheriff Ship and his co-defendants
was due to the fact that when John
son was lynched he was constructive
ly in the custody Of the court. Only
month before the negro had been
found guilty Of the crime Of rape and
had been sentenced to death. The
supreme court had taken cognizance
of the case by granting an appeal
from a decision of the United States
circuit court denying him a writ OF
habeas corpus, which effected a stay
of proceedings in the conyict,s case
The appeal was allowed March 10 and
that night Johnson was taken out of
the jail at Chattanooga and hanged.
This action was resented by the court
and complaint was made to President
Roosevelt, who ordered an investiga.
ton. That investigation resulted in
the filing by the attorney general in
May, 1905, of an information" in
which Shipp and his nine deputies
and seventeen other persons were
charged with completely In the lynch.
Ing, Ship and some of his subor.
dinates by absenting themselves from
the jail on the night Of the tragedy
and the others by actual participation
in 1t. Each pleaded innocence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Bewildering France.

There are in France two Bordeaux,
the one in the Gironde and tiny place
in the Loiret. There are two lou
louses, the old town in the Haute-
Garonne and Toulouse du Jura, vii.
lage with 600 inhabitants, near Lons-le.
Saunier. There is Tours in Touraine,
Balzac's Tours In the Indre-et-L Loire
and Tours, a village in Savoy, near
Albertville. There are seven st. Cyrs
simple st. Cyrs, that is, and twenty.
four with something tackled on to
them; seven st. Denises and forty.
seven with some addition, fourteen St.
Germans and ia with something
tackled on.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
A Weddinu Superstition.

Veooln9 superstition.
It has been considered unlucky to be
married in May ever since the days Of
Ovid, and those people who have spent
their time in looking up roots and
reasons have given what they considei
to b. the origin Of the superstition as
follows:
In ancient Rome there was held In
May festival called the I.e,nuria, or
feast Of the Lemures, which was a
ceremony in honor Of the speeches Of
departed souls. It became with the
Romans what we should call bad
form" to have matrimonial feasts at
the season Of a solemn ritual being no
doube thought to be an insult to the
dead to marry at such timp. From
this u number of stories grew Of the
revenge made by the outraged ghosts
upon those who dared to disregard
them, and If anything unfortunate hap
pened t., couple who had been mar
ried in May it would, of course, have
been put down to retribution. So the
tradition Vt Ill luck arose, and its In
fuence has lasted ever since, even to
our time.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
He Gave Her 1 Present.

When I was young man Lady Jer.
sey was one of the leaders Of fashion
and her house was the resort OF poll.
tcians and others. With her lived her
daughter, Lady Clementine villiers, a
handsome and clever girl. The custom
had been established that all friends
should give the latter present on her
birthday. and these presents were set
out in an antechamber. Among these
friends was Lord Brougham, then an
old man. He called on birthday, but
had forgotten what the occasion was,
and had brought no present. Seeing a
mass Of presents laid out, he seized one
Of them and took 1t in as his present,
rightly counting that the young lady
would not remember that It was one
that already had been given to her.
And very proud he was Of his pres
ence of mind. But, then, he was an
ex-lord chancellor. ~ London Truth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Many Languages Of Mexico.

During the fiesta Of Christmas or the
week Of All Souls and All Saints, when
the Indians swarm down from tbs
mountains with their holiday warea
for sale, visitors in the City Of Mexico
may notice the strange language that
the vendors use in addressing each
other. Even when they turn to servo
the purchaser their Spanish is neither
Castilian nor Mexican, but is frequent,
" broken by peculiar syllables and
accents. This is merely an illusha-
ton Of the fact that the Indian Ian
guages Of old Mexico have not been
entirely submerged by the conquering
Spanish, and In some of the most re-
mote. districts Of the republic various
and distinct languages handed down
from the pre-C Columbian era are still
spoken In their pristine purity by many
tribe members. Mexican Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
EXPRESS COMPANY UPHELD
May Ship Liquor Into Prohibition Dis.
trict From Other States.

Washington, May 25.-The supreme
court of the United States decided the
case of the Adams Express company
VS.. the commonwealth of Kentucky
involving the right of the express
company to ship liquor into a local
option county. The decision is in
favor of the company. The case in
volved the shipments of whisky from
Indiana and Tennessee to Bonneville,
in Hart county, for which the com.
pany was fined $50 for each offense
by the circuit court of Hart county.
The opinion of the supreme court was
handed down by Justice Brewer and
reversed the verdict of the Hart
county court on the ground that the
transaction was interstate commerce
and therefore not subject to interior.
ence by the Kentucky state authors
ties. "
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
RICH IRON MINES RI PENED
Chinese Government suspends coilsc.
tlon of Royalties.

Chinese Government Suspends coilsc-
tlon Of Royalties.
Annoy, China. May 25. Active de-
velopment OF the Awtow iron mirts,
fifty miles northwest Of Tsuant6iu,
has been renewed. For the last ten
months work was suspended because
exorbitant royalties Of 80 to 80 per
cent were demanded by the govern
ment and because Of q japanese pro-
test against the employment Of other
than Japanese engineers. Both difn-
culties have been removed. British
or American engineers are to be en-
ployed and the payment Of royalties
has been suspended.
According to an English expert the
magnetic iron ore at those mines is
80 per cent pure and is sufficient to
supply the world for four centuries.
The AwtoW district is rich in coal and
limestone and is only fifty miles from
tidewater.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
ECZEMA A GERM DISEASE
Myriads Of Microscopic Animals Infest
the Skin Of the Sufferer.

When the skin of an eczema
sufferer itches and burns in untold
agony, do you know what is going
on within the pores of that skin ?
Myriads of microscopic animals
are gnawlng at the flesh, breaking
down the fine cells and causing
testers, thick scales and that terri
BILE itch. The germs multiply
faster than Nature can throw them
off.
Now, there is only one way to
get rid of these germs-they must
be killed in their lodging places.
Dosing the stomach or trying to
cure the blood will not, of course,
kill the germs, and that is why all
the blood remedies fail in eczema;
that is also why salves which 90
not penetrate can do no perman-
Eent good.
Ordinary oil of wlntergreen
properly compounded in liquid
form will penetrate the pores Of
the skin and kill the eczema germs.
# properly mixed with thymol,
j. -
glycerine and other ingredients
Gas in p. D. D. Prescription) this
wash will build up the tissues of
the skin and promote its healthy
growth, giving Nature a chance,
while killing the germs faster
than they can multiply.
Barker's Drug Store of this city.
carries D. D. D. Prescription, also
ID. D.. D. Soap in stock.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25

This is the way liver K robin, in
his Shevlin Herald, tells of the re-
cent magazine edition which the
Pioneer issued: I'VE acknowledge
receipt of a handsome souvenir
edition of the Bemidji Pioneer
gotten out in a magazine form and
profusely illustrated with half-tone
engravings of all the business houses
of Bemidji and many of the resi-
dences and beauty spots of Bel
trami county. The text aptly DIES.
cribes the illustrations and the work
is bound to be great boom for Be-
midi and Beltrami county,"
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a Bio Swallow.

A detective was testifying in the
case OF woman shdplifter whom be
had arrested in her own house.
And, your honor" said he, "when j
told her the charge she turned hel
back to me and swallowed purse, si1
suits OF silk underwear, silver candle
stick and chafing dish, and'-
Rubbish! Are you crazy?' the mag.
fstrate interrupted.
Excuse me. What I mean to say
your honor" explained the detective,
lis that she swallowed the pawn tick.
ets."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Serious Floods in Oklahoma.

Vinita, Okla, May 25.-One of the
heaviest rainfalls in years has swollen
Grand river and other streams to.
flood stage, causing much damage to
railroad property and farms and par
TALLY submerging the town of Alton.
At Catale portion Of the trestle work
of the st. Louis and San Francisco
railway bridge has been carried away.
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Great Lovers of Water.

The Siamese are more devoted to the
water than any other nation in the
world. They are nearly always bath
ing, generally with their clothes on,
and they never go anywhere by land
If they can possibly go by water. The
streets of Bangkok are like those of
Venice, and the inhabitants say that
their idea of paradise would be town
with canals where there were currents
in both directions, so that they, might
be spared the effort Of rowing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Woman Slain by Youth.

Flint, Mich, May 25.-Arthur Mer-s
rift. ten years old, of this city, while
walking along the river bank with a
rifle saw a white cloth futtering in
some bushes on the opposite side of
the stream and fired at it. Mrs. Liz.
zie Atkinson, bride of a few months,
who was walking with her husband,
received the bullet in her forehead
and died in few minutes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Easy House Movinu.

House moving is an easy task among
the Lakas, a tribe living near the La
gone river, in the French Kongo, AZ
RIGA. This tribe, which is one Of the
most superb examples Of the savage
black race, lives in conical shaped huts
constructed Of plaits Of tough straw.
When change in location is desired,
both the women and the men put their
shoulders to the task and carry the
roofs Of their homes to the new site,
sometimes many miles distant. The
circular walls Of the huts are rebuilt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Tunnel Remains impossible.

Leadville, Colo, May 25.-Those in
charge Of the work at the Tennessee
pass tunnel on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad take very discour.
aging view of the possibilities of ever
being able to move the immense mass
of debris that has accumulated as a
result of the recent cavein There is
large force at work, but practically
no progress is being made, material
running in as fast as it is taken out.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25

A spirit of exceptional develop
ment seems to have seized upon
Bemidji. Improvement is every
where noticeable. Progress is the
watchword. Enterprise and activity
60 hand in hand and are apparent
on all sides.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
The Sorrow of L.

H0 0CTTO" OF
TITS too bad observed the man who
seemed to be thinking aloud.
: Whats too bad?" queried the party
who had overheard the observation.
That our neighbors always know
when we have fried onions for supper,
but never get next when we have
Strawberries and ice cream explained
the noisy thinker. Chicago News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
MILLIONS SALUTE THE FLAG
Empire Day Is Generally Observed
Throughout Great Britain.

London. May 25.-Empire day,
which comes on the anniversary Of
the birth Of the late Queen Victoria,
was more generally observed than
since its Inauguration. The day has
been selected as the occasion upon
which the children of the empire shall
honor the flag and it was celebrated
In every part of Great Britain. 1t is
estimated that 100000 persons sa-
luted the national emblem and in the
United Kingdom alone close to 4,O00,.
600 children took part in the demon
stration. For the first time London
had an organized celebration. Five
thousand uniformed schoolboys
marched through the main streets of
the capital to Hyde park. Here all
the children gathered and saluted the
national flag, as well as the emblem
Of 1ifty-six dominions and colonies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
A Little Rit rhick

YES" said the old salt, give seen
some pretty thick fogs in my time
Why, off the coast Of Newfoundland
the fog was sometimes SO thick that
we used to sit on the rail and lean,
against It! We were sitting one night
as usual, with our backs up against
the fog, when suddenly the fog lifted,
and we all went flop into the water
A bit thick, wasn't it?''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
A Sure Test.

The schoolmaster put to his class the
question: Two jars Of gas, one con-
tanning nitrogen and one carbon di-
oxide, are given. How may the gases
be Disseminated? p
One eager little pupil said: "Get a
man, and let him take a deep breath
OF both. When he gets the carbon d.
oxide he'll die. That's the way to
tell"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Saved the Dishes.

Husband-But why did you dismiss
the cook this morning, when the
Higgses are coming to dinner tonight?
Wife-Because at II a. N. we had only
exactly enough dishes left to set the
table.-Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
A Real. Dilemma.

''say. Nike" queried Flooding Pete,
who was looking at the piece Of a
Sunday school paper that had come
with a handout, "wot does it mean
bout bein' between de devil an de
deep sea 2"
It's de same as bein' told t take
Yer choice between goin' t work an
takin' a bath" explained Meandering
Mike. Chicago News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
IN ST. LOUIS TERMINAL CASE
Appellate Court DeadIocked on Cues
ton Of Legality. ..

ton Of Legality. .. .
st. Paul, May 25-Disagreeing, two
against two, on the governments suit
to dissolve the Terminal Railroad as
ISOLATION of St. Louis, the Judges of
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals have certified the case direct to
the United States supreme court
The suit was brought in November,
1905, Charles Nagel, now secretary Of
commerce and labor, being one of the
special attorneys employed by the
government to prosecute the case.
The complaint alleged that the assoc
citation was consolidation of parallel
and competing railroads and ferry
and bridge companies engaged in in
terstate commerce and acting in vio-
lation Of the federal statutes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
Who Whips?

The clergyman's little son was tell
ing the small son Of parishioner of
the dreadful fights which he and his
sister INDUCED in.
You don't mean to say that minis.
ters' children fght?" replied the horri
fed little layman.
! ooh, yes
! "Who whips?"
"Mamma. EXCHANGE. 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
AFFECTS LONG ROUTES ONLY
Bill to Increase Pay Of Rural Mail
..-.s- Carriers.

Washington, May 25.-An increase
in the rates of pay for rural free de-.
livery mail carriers is provided for in
a bill introduced by Representative
Stevenson of Minnesota. It provides
that after July 1, 1911, letter carriers
Of the rural delivery upon routes ex-
ceeding twenty-four miles in length
shall be paid at the rate of $3.50 per
mile per annum for the first twenty.
four miles and $1S75 per mile per
annum for each additional mile OF
route over twenty-four miles.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-25
MINISTERS ISSUE ULTlMATUM
Will Not otficiate at Weddings Where
LIQUOR Is Served.

Will NOT Omclate AZ Neooln0o Where
Liquor Is Served.
Muskegon, Mich, May 25.-At all
six of the Holland American churches
in this city, where there is q large
population of former Hollanders, the
ministers announced an agreement
not to oficiate at weddings unless a
pledge is made that there will be no
liquor served either during or after
the ceremony. The combined action
of the ministers follows several scan
dals which have grown out Of drink
ing at weddings here.
The ministers further announced
that men affiliated with clubs which
served beer on Sunday will be cut off
from the church.
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Foolish Question.

"Why, my boy, did you fall in that
open coal hole?''
mo; course not. wuz in here, an
they built pavement over me. III.
Illustrated Bits.
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His status.

SIS that ex-New Yorker who likes
London SO well a naturalized English
MANI" .s $500
No, /" answered Miss Cayenne,
"merely denatured American"
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Full of IL.

Mrs Caterby-In short time now
we will do all our heating by alcohol.
Caterby-That's good. All well have
to do will be to connect your Uncle
Jake to the furnace and range.-Life
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He Knew.

"What do you expect to be when You
rome OF age, my little man?' asked
the visitor.
Twenty -one," was the little mans
reply.-Herald and Presbyter.
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By the streets Of "by and by one
arrives at the house Of never Ger.
vantes.