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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

Orangeburg county has over $4,000
worth of liquor left on hand. but
there Is sufficient cash In bank to
pay all debts OF the county dispen-
sary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

What about the oat crop for next
year? Has high prices for cotton
and the hope of high prices next
year had the usual effect on the oat
acreage?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

What has become Of the license
tax on dogs? How many of the dogs
that are to be seen on the streets
wear tax tag?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

The work on the posto flee building
IL going on day by day but the appar-
ent progress IL not great.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

Jas. B. Whitehurst, a lumbermau
was killed at Sellers by Morris s.
Blum, merchant, on Tuesday night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

Will the stores close next Thurs
day7
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
Nominations.

Each and every person entering the
contest must be nominated on one of
the Nomination Blanks published in
both the Watchman and Southron and
the Daily Item. The nomination
counts as 1000 votes, but only one
nomination will be credited to a per-
son.
In each issue of the Watchman and
Southron and the Daily Item will be
published ballot which is good for
the number of votes specified on the
ballot.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
How to Obtain Votes.

Every new subscriber paying in ad-
vance, will be credited for each dollar
paid, 200 votes. Every old subscriber
paying up back dues will be credited
for each dollar paid 100 votes, and on
each dollar paid in advance 200 votes.
No votes will be given on payments of
less than SIoo. Every person or firm
that brings or sends an order for ad-
vertising or printing and pays for same
in advance will be entitled to 100 votes
for each dollar paid. For money paid
on accounts so votes will be allowed
for each dollar paid, if money is
brought or sent to this office. No
votes will be given for money paid
collector.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

a kick in time may also save nine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20

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but will
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-11-20
Conditions and Prizes.

The S4oo Piano, the grand prize of
this contest, will be given to the SUBJ
| scriber or nominee of a subscriber of
the Watchman and Southron or Sum-
ter Daily Item receiving the greatest
| number of votes in this contest. No
matter where you live you are eligible
| to enter this contest.
One $50 Gold Watch, either Gentle
mans or Lady's size, as the winner
may select. will be awarded to the per.
son. not a resident of the City of Sum-
ter, receiving the next largest number
| of votes.
One $50 Gold Watch, either Gentle
mans or Lady's size, will be awarded
to the person resident of the City of
Sumter. receiving the next largest
number of votes.
The contest for the Grand Prize, the
$500 Piano, is open to all readers of
The Watchman and Southron or The
Sumter Daily Item. 1t can be won by
a resident of Sumter, Lee or Clarendon
County, or some other County. One
Gold Watch as special second prize
to be contested for by non.residents
of the City of Sumter, while the other
is special second prize to be contest
ed for by residents of this city.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
De1rcnte ronch in Ala.kn.

While life in far-off Alaska may be uncouth in parts, it has its refnements. In Valdez there lived a man named Jake" who kept boarding house for dogs. When the prospectors returned from their sled trips they would place their teams in his charge until ready to start out again. AS he fed his guests on garbage gathered by hOuse-to- house canvass he was known by every one as "Slop Jake"
 Once upon time he fell i'll and the newspaper wished to chronicle the fact No one, however, knew "Jake's" other name and it didn't seem worth while to waste the time of the editorial staff on so insignificant a detail So the pews was printed thus:
 Our well-known fellow citizen, Jake, is confined to his house with severe cold. it is hoped he will De out soon"
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Mathematical Genius.

Prof. Max Dessoir of Berlin Uni versity, recently introduced to his class in psychology pr. Buckle. He told the students that the doctor was a genius at figures, but was not to be looked upon as in the same class with lightning calculators" who give pub lie exhibitions, because Dr. Buckle appeared before the students only to demonstrate what well-directed appli- cation could accomplish. He began by asking that 1C0 figures be placed in row. making one great s.im. Then he studied the line for about five minutes, and in that time memorized the con" bination so perfectly that he wrote the figures, from first to last and from last to first rapidly and without an error. Difficult problems in cube anG square root, interest and compound in terest were solved in an incredibly short time. always correctly and with out the aid of paper or pencil. After an exhibition which caused wonder the students applauded vigorously, and the mathema tical genius, as further proof of his remarkable memory, re peated backward the 100 figures which had been given to him when his dis course began.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Ita,y,s New Labor Law.

Under the law promulgated this year by Italy persons of either sex under 12 years of age cannot engage in building operations, outside work of any kind. in mines or tunnels nor in industrial establishments.
 Persons from 12 to 15 cannot be eln- ployed in any labor more than II hours a day, while females of any age are limited to 12 hours.
 In addition the labor of women and children must be interrupted daily by one or several hours of repose.
 Appliances are also insisted upon in the way of proper safeguards in eat ing rooms, dcrmitories. lavatories, toi- let rooms, etc, and night work is for bidden for all females and all males under 15 years.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Mrs. Rooseve1t,. Newest Gow..

Mrs. Roosevelt wore a gown at an official levee in Washington the other night which was the most elaborate she ever has donned for a White House affair, not even excepting such occasions as her daughters debut and her step-daughte~'s wedding. It was of copper-coloreGi satin of the twiued variety, and so heavy that it looked like velvet. The bodice showed a re turn to the Bo-Peep style, which has been predicted all winter. The panier effect was incrusted in gold embroid cry. and a deep hem of the same was outlined on the skirt. The bodice was trimmed in insets of gold embroidery back and front, and the yoke was soft, yellow lace studded in gold beads. The sleeves were long and tight and had rows of gold beads outlined against them as if to stimulate tucks. With this Mrs. Roosevelt wore a chaplet of gold leaves in her hair and a chain of dull gold about her throat. The whole creation was the work of an artist, and in the entire seven years of her stay in the White House the Presidents wife never has appeared in any other costume so well adapted to her fragile appearance.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OIL?

Did you ever stop and think what a great commercial agent is represented in the word "OIL"? And yet how little most of us really know about it.
 The origin of oil in the earth-Its oc- currence in various portions of the glObe-The production of oil-The dis tribution and marketing of oil-Refin- ing and refinery products-Oil legis- lation-Reports on oil companies and oil stocks-Oil is the study of the age, superceding coal in the navy and dis placing large coal contracts in every commercial line.
 For all this information and more address The Oil Industry, 520 Citizens National Bank Building, Los Angeles, Cal
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Nutshell Tactics.

The stock argument against votes for women that they could not bear arms in event of war-is not unanswerable.
 History is explicit concerning wom- ems efficiency as private soldiers, and at least one good regimental officer should be credited to the weaker sex. On the authority of Anatole France. Joan of Are once declared her prin- ciples of lead, rship:
 q say, in among them, and go in"
 The soldiers of France followed, of course. Could male regular or volun- teer better that?
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
The "whiteY Rhinoceros.

If President Roosevelt expects to bag a really white rhinoceros in Afri- ca he is likely to be disappointed, for there is no such thing, although there is a creature called by this name, says a writer The animal is of a yellow ish gray, not much lighter than some of its relatives that are not honored with the name of 'white''
 It is supposed that the hunters who first saw the creature viewed it against a very dark background and in bright sunlight. Apart from its color, however, the "white" rhinoccros has some distinctive characteristics. It is taller than others of its kind, and has a larger and squarer snout. It is more decidedly herbivorous- One of its two horns is sometimes dwarfed or wanting. which gave rise, as early as 1S4S, to the fiction of an African one horned species of rhinoceros. Besides all this, the skin is closely covered with small tubercles.
 The animal, like all African big game. has been rapidly disappearing, and by 1890 it had vanished from eastern Africa, except for small re serve in Zululand. It is difficult to approach. as its scent is keen and its gait rapid. :5z.sSki,
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
PPM PE ES

'I tried all kinds of blood remedies which failed to do me any good, but have found the right thing at last. My face was full of pinples and black-heads. After taking Cascarets they all left. l am continuing the use of them and recom- mending them to my friends. feel fine when I rise in the morning. Hope to have chance to recommend Cascarets. y" Fred C. Written, 76 Elm St., Newark, N J,
 Pleasant. Palatable, Potent. Taste Good
 Do Good Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe-
 lOc 25c, soc. Never sold in bulk The genu-
 inc tablet stamped C C. Guaranteed to
 cure or your money back S<<
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
MALTHoID ROOFING

The easiest roofing to lay-furnished with everything complete for apply ing. No repair bills-or big labor bills If you use MALTHOID-made by the largest makers of smooth surfaced ready roofings in the world. Every roll guaranteed-let us send you our FREE book that tells the truth on Malthoid-all dealers know Malthoid Roofng-you can tell 1t if you have our samples-they are free to you-write for them today to the Factory Representative
 E. G. JUDAH,
 516-519 Security Bldg, Los Angeles
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
A CURE FOR FITS. The Treatment Is to Accomplish What Science Has Been struggling to At tain for Centuries.

The intense interest that has been man. ifested throughout the country by the lished daily by epilepticide, still continues. It is really surprising the vast number of people who have already been cured of fits and nervousness. In order that every cine, large trial bottles, valuable litera- ture, History of Epilepsy and testimon- ials, will be sent by mail absolutely free to all who write to the pr. May Labora- tory, 54S Pearl Street, New York City.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
EVERY WOMAN WILL BE INTER-
 ECTEn

There has recently been discovered an aromatic. pleasant herb cure for woman's ills. called Mother Gray's AUSTRALIAN LEAF. It is the only certain regulator. Cures female weaknesses and Backache Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail. 50 cents. sam pie FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co. Le Roy. N. |.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
ritled Ladie. fin Jail.

Over in England those womeh who desire the privilege of voting are will ing to suffer for their convictions. The ter of Lord Lytton, and a number of other ladies of wealth and fashion were sent to jail because they disturb ed the public peace and would not give security not to repeat the of fense. In jail they are garbed in the uncouth, prison-made garments and their food is the plainest prison fare.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

The fact that no death from hydro phobia has been recorded in England since 1902 is cited as an illustration of the preventive treatment of disease.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Her ConstftntinnnI Rtrht.

Gladys-So you've sent Herbert about his business, have you?
 Maybelle- but I have since used the-er-recall on him.-Chicago Trib- une-
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

A cold on the lungs doesn't usually amount to much, but it invariably pre- cedes pneumonia and consumption. Hamlin's Wizard Oil applied to the chest at once will break up cold in a night
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

l. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

Smokers find Lewis Single Binder 5c cigar better quality than most. 10c cigars.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

MEN LEARN BARBER TRADE. Short time required; graduates earn S1 to $50 week. Moler Barber College, Lo! Angeles.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

WATcHMAKER AND JEWELER.
 Main Springs, 75c; Watches cleaned, $1. Work guaranteed. Mail orders solicited. J. R. Frier. Room 16, 4521s s. Broadway.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14
SALT LAKE CITY.

may be- there Is no longer any doubt
that it has come, and that neither capt
tai moi. people need longer avoid Salt
Lake City and Utah for fear of MOI
mon influence.
The change which has been wrought
is so marked that the traveller of to-
day would recognize little of the Salt
Lake City7with which he was familiar
10 years ago.
Formerly the lines of demarkation in
the business of the city between Nor
mon and Gentle. were very tightly
drawn. It was carried to such an ex-
tent that the Mormon stores wer6 pat.
ronized solely by Mornons while the
Gentle stores We're patronized solely by
the Gentiles.
Today 1t would be very difficult foi,
theeyisitor to tell whether he was in a
Mormon store or Gentle store So.
far as appearances go Gentle and saint
do their trading just as they do in any
other city. namely. buy Where they
can buy the cheapest.
" Doubtless sentiment would cause
many. Mormcns sim to favor their own
tradespeople where things werc about
equal. but clannishness Is becoming
less and less of a factor In the bust
ness life of Salt Lake City.
IT can safely be said that both tht.
Mormons and tho non Morinons are
pleased with this changed condition.
The Mormons certainly are. for they.
are siircwd. sharp business people, iiils-
ing In their Church organization one
of the best business organize tons any
where on earth
This business organization realizes
through Its heads that What Is good for
Salt Lake City is good for the worldly
PORTION of Zion. And the worldly por-
ton CT Zion is a tremendously large
proportion of the worldly interests Of
salt Lake City and of Utah.
And soit5ts that in studying the prob
lem Of this city and OF the state as 1t is
affected by Mcrinonism. one cannot help
being struck with the evident desire on
the part of both Morrnons and gentiIesa
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

otherSt han the, American flag on INDIE
pendence Day was treason.
From Toronto, Canada, comes another
flag story. There some American tour '
lists bought and trailed from their car
rfage the Union Jack in the mud,
driving by the Parliament house, SO
that their itliocy might be seen and
known of all men. Their conduct was
an Insult to the city they visited, and
ain affront to the self-respecting Amer
leans in Toronto. In reading about
such deeds Of brutal ignorance one IS
led to wonder what would become of
thelcountry if men of that cahbcr were
in control of governments.
OF an entirely different nature is the
flag story that comes from Pittsburg
There8a flag was made 100 by so feet
or. according to another report, $50 by
90 feet 1t was the largest nag ever
made The stripes, it is said. we're SIX
feet wide, and the stars five feet from
tip to tip. Three hundred women
seWed upon 1t, The material was
bought by subscription, and the women
who did the sewing have organized
themselves into chapter of the order
Of Betsey Ross, The Tug alone weighed
twelve hundred pounds.
The story goes on to say that9i was
with extreme difficulty Is was spread
to the brccze. d patriot having to climb
a cable two hundred feet above the
crowd, and when IL was waving iii the
the breeze it tore off the roofing from
tho court house and precipitated sever
al thousand pounds OF roofing and ma
sonfy in the street below The next
day city employees had to take u down
in tattcrs, .3 + 4.
1t is foolish not to suit the flag to
the pole, or erect q pole TO suit the flag
when one of extraordinary size is de-
sired But the Pittshurg patriotism
was of8the3right kind. while that of the
others was not patriotism but pure
There should be no more
OF that brand.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

The following letter is from the Chs
gcago Evening Post of recent date;
salt Lake city, July Especial Cor
respondences of the Evening Post, 1.-The
old Salt Lake City. the cityfwhich Brig
ham Young founded, ruled with an iron
hand and loved because he believed
that it was ever to be the stronghold
of the Church of the living God, has
passed never to return. In it's stead
mas come a modern city,a young giant
among tho business centers of the
great West,
1t may not be due altogether to the
passing of Mormonism as the sole afbi-
ter of things temporal as we'll as spirit
5,lal, but it is nevertheless fact that
Salt Lake city is rapidly becoming
one of the NEST modern and progress
sive cities of the west.
The fear of Mormonism, or, more
properly speaking. perhaps the general
conviction that the influence and spirit
of Mormonism We're such as We're
bound to retard progress. has passed
or Is rapidly disappearing
Although the Mprmons have eyer
strenuously maintained that they We're
for everything that would benefit the
city and community gcnerallS,it is
true that their ideas Of what would
bring this about were frequently run
ming counter to those of the Gentiles
This Was bound to be the case because
the Church looks at temporal things
through the spiritual eye.
Although it is undoubtedly true that
the Mormon Church ardently desires
the welfare of Salt Lake City and of
the State of Utah, it is equally true
that progress in It's real western Sig
nitiearice did not strike Salt Lake City
until the people at large had become
convinced that the Mormon Church did
not have quite SO firm n grasp on the
affairs of state as it did in days of its
early leaders.
Whatever the cause for the change
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14
FLAG STORIES.
$3.50 81

u .|g
e Some of the flag stories now eircul#t-
shN Fourth of July celebration are re-
5llecEons on the intelligence of American
citizens, One Is 10 the effect that a
silly patriot insisted on a foreign caps
tain hauling down the Nag Of his coun-.
try on the Fourth, though he had raised
~ as a mark of respect to this country.
AT Jersey City a similar episode hap
pened. When the foreigner refused to
take his nag down, the patriot proceed
sied, hpodlum style, to shoot away the
I. sSth'talyards He was fined Twenty-Five
dollars by an ,lnfeeling justice of the
peace. His legal knowledge may be
9'auged from his buster about an ap-
i peal, when he asserted that to ay any
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14
SALOONS AND PROHIBITION.

The Sacramento Bee is not |; prollbt-
l gtion pa pei. ftdoes not believe in pro-
Inhibition. Only q few days ago the Bee
tried to prove that prohibition is a fail
|ure in Maine. because the reports show
that there arc 344 persons who pay in
formal revenue taxes as retail liquor
dealers and 4S0 as retail dealers in malt
liquors, besides the wholesale dealers
the Maine law absolutely prohibits the!
sale ofSintoXicants. II even makes 1t a
crime to give away drinks or have Ii
quor in ones house. Yet in practice,
the Bee says. no well-to-do person or
prominent citizen"$is ever prosecuted
for violating this provision OF the law.
And drinking clubs of such citizens are
said to abound, without molestation, all
though the supreme court of the state
has declared such clubs unlawful.
E The Bee does not believe In pfohibi-i
ton. It believes that spying, perjury.
Hypocrisy, systematic and general law :
breaking, and secret consumption Of
poisonous alcoholic compounds sold as
whisky are features of the Maine sys-
tenn and that.the same state Of affairs
exists In Georgia and other prohibit
Stion states.
But, for all that, our California con-
temporary, in an editorial Of July s.,
declares that the fragrant violations Of
the law by the saloon and the un-.
Willingness Of the authorities to do their
duty are driving the citizens to pro-
shibition. The Bee says:
s'The saloons have practically de-.
stlared they Will not accept even the
5efiascutated ordinance provided for the
regulation of the liquor traffic. They
have in essence stated that they want
no regulation and they will have none II
they can help it. 55
son top of that came the expose in,
the Bee yesterday OF a number Of
roadside inns in the vicinity of this
city. which have been openly, flag
rantly. notoriously and defiantly SELF.
ing liquor to young boys and young
girls.
A "Ail these things are provoking the
righteous Indignation of too-long-
suffering people The saloons have
too long dominated Sacramento. Too
long have they told its citizens what
they must do and what they must not
{do-rot only in reference to the liquor
traffic but even with civic affairs and
political nominations. S35
s ..,roo long have John Barleycori1 and
King Gambrinus ruled as despots Of
the civic, political, and mercantile af-
fairs Of this community, too long has
their czardom retarded the growth of
this city.
1T should no longer be, it must no
longer be, it shall no longer be, thai
the regulation of the saloon traffic
shall depend only upon what the sa-
looms want. They must be regulated
even against themselves.
And IL they are not regulated, and
regulated properly and efficiently and
drasticalIy--if King Alcohol still have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

Mr.. Bryan has appealed to President
Taft to let the people have. a chance
to vote on an amendment providing for
the election of United States senators
by direct vote. If his petition is de-
MED he cannot take an appeal to the
supreme court
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

At three score and ten Edward Pay
son Weston finds himself five days be-
hind in his great walk across the con-
itinent. How few men can say they
are but i've days behind in their great
walk through life.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

Bishop Lawrence Of Massachusetts
tells everybody to 'be good to the re-
porters,'' IN other words, follow the
golden rule, for reporters, il SO mind.
ed, can make it most uncomfortable
for those who are not good to them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

In the Thaw hearing for release it is
not probable that any 10000 word ques-
lions will be asked. Such questions re-.
call the old saying that any fool can
ask a question that tie wisest man
cannot answer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

To some 1t will seem as though Jikiri.
and his band fought and died as patri-.
OTIS and not as outlaws. How the turn
of an event determines its character.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-14

The people ofaKansas have. gone back
to salt-raising bread. Perhaps they
hope thereby to become the salt Of the.
earth.