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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29

result The gih On the highway was
neither Mrs. Ransom nor her sister.
We have made a confoundsd mistake
and NrS. Ransom"
Don't say it. I'm going back to
the room whore that woman Hes sleep
Ing. cannot yet believe that my
heart 10 rot shut up within its walls.
I'm going to watch for her eyes to
open. fhctr expression viii tell me
what yS1t to know;-the look one
gives before full reeliEatioa comes
and ghS soul 10 bare without any
thought Ct sgAbtsrfuge.'
'vesy well. I should probably do
0s saaAs II I wsee you. Only your in
siGht msy b affected by prejudice.
You vii excuse me II I 3ofn you In
thts vsech. The experiment 10 Of too
important q character for fts results
TO depend upon the correct seeing Of
ono pair Of eyes,"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29

"You had better tell me now, and
% explicitly ~ possible, just what Is
In your mind. Il will prevent ell mis-.
understanding between us, % well aa
any in1udicious move On my part"
MY. Ransom hesitated. leaning hard
on the table: then. with . sudden
burst, he exclaimed:
1T sounds like folly. and you may
think that my troubles have driven me
mad. But l have q feeling here-a
feeling without any reason or proof
to back it-that the woman now sleep-
ing OF her exhaustion In Anitra's room
Is the woman courted and married.
Georgian Hasen. now Georgian Ran
som, my wife,"
Good! ! have made no mistake.
That IL my thought, too" responded
the lawyer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29

The University Of South Carolina
was opened Thursday morning. Talks
upon subjects relating to student life
were made by men who for years
nave been more or less intimately
connected with the university and
have the welfare of the old institution
at heart. There was an unusually
large attendance and the prospects for
the coming year are brighter than
ever before on account Of the changes
and improvements made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29
CTo Be Continued.)
A WET SPOT.

Bristol. Va. Sept. 22.-The corpo-
ration court today granted licenses to
IL firms and individuals to do a lio-
uor business here. beginning October
L, and on this account there was paid
into the city treasury $4,000. Fur
ther applications will be considered
tomorrow. Bristol has been dry two
years. 1t will be the only town be-
tween Roanoke, Va, and New Orleans
where saloon will exist after Octo-
ber 1.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

The next regular teachers examin-
alton will be held at the Court House
on Friday, Oct 1, beginning at 9
O'Clock a. m.
S. d. CAIN,
County Supt Education.
9-1S-2530; w. 22-25-2e.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29
SeCOnd=Han
Pianos
Taken in Exchange for
Our Product.

We have on hand several
secondhand pianos. taken i'm
exchange, which have been
thoroughly overhauled, tuned
and refinished, which may be
bought at a low price. These.
In many cases. are serviceable
instruments. Drop in and look
at the lot, IL you don't care to
buy a new one. You may find
just what you want.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-29
CHAPTER XIV.
Anitra.

FEW minutes later they were
discussing this amazing pos.
sibility.
"I have M rAason for thiu
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
THE BAN ON CIGARETTES.
Business Considerations Reasons for
Laws Passed In the West.
m the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The States of Iowa, Michigan, Mime
sofa. Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin. In
diana and Illinois have recently forbidden
the manufacture or sale, or both, of CT
garettes. The reason involved in this
western prohibition of cigarette smoking
for this is what Is aimed at-spring
from physiological and business consider
ations So far as the Times has ascer-
tanned, moral reasons and preachments
did not weigh As in the case of railways
which require total abstinence from in
toxicants Of their employees, the western
business men noted that the boys and
young men in their employ who were ad-
dicted to the smoking Of cigarettes were
inefficient. Their nervous energies were
thought to be continually running loose,
and could not be concentrated upon their
rapid weak, and irregular hearts of those
whose fingers were stained from too
much nicotine. Then, we are told the
habit began to be universally discarded.
In the east, II cigarette smoking were
considered very harmful. We should be
satisfied with the result. If considera-
lions Of health and of business oppor-
tunity were effective in quelling habit
not regarded as immoral, law against
Il would be deemed superiuous. In fact,
such a law might be opposed, on the
ground that 1t would make what was an
open vice secret and more vicious. But
our western brethren have long made a
fetch of the statutes, which they have
enacted into huge volumes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
PAYMASTER SHOT
DEAD BY ROBBER

Bluehelds, w. Va, August 21-shot from
ambush by an unknown assassin, whose
motive undoubtedly was robbery. w. H.
Oakley, paymaster of the Franklin Con-
struction company of Rock, w. Va, died
today as his assaiant took from him $1,000
in cash which Oakley was preparing to
pay the company's employees.
The murderer fled to the mountains,
closely pursued by a posse of 80 men
determined upon summary vengeance
At a late hour tonight word reached
here that the fugitive had been captured
and lynched, but this report lacks con-
f1rmation.
The shooting occurred within 500 feet of
the express office at Rock Several per-
sons saw Oakley fall. but before they
could reach lis side the slayer had left
his place of ooncealment by the roadside,
had robbed his victim and had made good
his escape
Those who saw the crime said it was
most cold-blooded and the community
Is greatly wrought up over the murder.
Chief Newkirk and Deputy Sheriff Car
ter left Bluehelds this afternoon with
bloodhounds TO assist in the chase.
II is said that the unknown man who
did the shooting was recognized by the
witnesses as a supposed tramp who had
been lettering in the vicinity of Rock
for several days.
Oakley was a young man and was to
have been married during the early
autumn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
GREAT TEMPLES OF ICE.
Have Endured for Ages-Dlscoveries
of a Recent Expedition.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Changeess Arctic temples of ice amid
the Icy deserts of Greenland were found
by the survivors of the i'll fated Erich
sen expedition to the North Pole. A crys-
tai palace of superhuman architecture
vaster than a dozen cathedrals and Egyp-
tian temples, resplendent with jewels and
endless decorations of ice, is described.
Created by nature in a forbidding will
derness it frightened and awed the ex-
plorers. The dreams of poets and the
fancies of epic bards were surpassed by
this vision of colossal loneliness, which
the painter Achton Fries, a member of
the expedition, endeavored to carry away
for the benefit of the jewellers in civili-
zation.
More than a mile in length. the lofty
nave of this temple was pierced at inter-
walls with windows through which the
cleaning sun rays sparkled on columns
and cubes and immense clusters OF stat
actites like pendent jewels. Through the
center of the ice palace flowed stream
of water whose occasional ripple and
splashng fall broke the majestic silence.
Far north 1t is possible that Ice pal
aces and temples should endure without
change longer than human structure OF
stone I've carcasses of prehistoric mon
sters have remained inviolate in Arctic
tombs for thousands of years. while gran
lite pyramids have worn away and Baby
lonian civilization has been buried deep
in the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
HARTMAN WILL
AVOID THE CROWD

New York. August s1-charles e. Teage-
thoff, confidential secretary to E. H.
Hartman. outlined today the plans made
for Mr.. Harriman's reception on his
homecoming to this port.
''Mr. Hartman is one of the most DEM
ocratic men 1 know" said Mr.. Teagethoff,
"and he has no desire to evade the public.
1t will be his desire to land as any private
citizen might.
"One of the big tugs of the southern
fleet will meet the Kaiser Wilhelm II in
the lower harbor and take Mr.. Hartman,
without demonstration, to the Erie rail-
road, where, unless his plans are changed,
he will meet reporters and they can judge
of his condition for themselves. The
talk of his being met at sea by private
yacht and hurried to his home at Arden
under such close guard as surrounds only
a czar is bosh.
How long Mr.. Hartman will remain
at Arden probably not he knows. 1t may
be for a week, month or longer. He
must depend upon his health. Mr.. Harri-
man is very far from being a sick man.
Our advices from him Is that he is great
ly improved and with reasonable care
there can be no doubt that he has many
years of usefulness Of activity ahead OF
him. His going to Arden Is not because
he Is Ill., but because he wishes to COM
plete his oure"
Asked as to the possibility of Mr. farri-
mans transacting his business for tn fu-
ture at Arden and having the board
meetings of the Union and Southern Pa
cihc directors, which are scheduled for
Tuesday, here there. Mr.. Teagethoff says:
"They have managed to get along pretty
well without him on other occasions"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
KIDNAPPED CHILD
is RECOVERED

Kansas City, August 21.-(Special)
After eluding the police of two states
for half a day, j. N. Gentry and Mrs.
James G. Barclay, who kidnapped little
Marion Bleal1ly, the st. Louis Worlds
Fair incubator baby at Topeka at 10
o'clock this morning, were captured by
Kansas City detectives at 1880 to-
night as they were about to enter the
city on a Burlington train. The ar
rest was made while the train was on
the Hannibal bridge. Mrs. Barclay Is
known as the foster mother of the
child. Gentry and Mrs. Barclay were
taken to the police station, where, I'M
der the new law, they are being de-
MED the privilege Of consulting with
an attorney until "a hours have
elapsed. Since the kidnapping this
morning Gentry and Mrs. Barclay have,
through the means of a buggy, motor
car and the train, been making frantic
efforts to get beyond the jurisdiction
of the Kansas courts. This they sue
ceeded in doing, only to be arrested
as they passed the state line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
ERMELOfl COCKTAIL.
A Delicious Summer Drink for the
Heat-Oppressed Thirsty

Cincinnati The benefactor of the hui
man race has recalled and introduced
the watermelon cocktails of years ago in
the south to Cincinnati The barkeeper
takes enough of the core of luscious
melon to fit loosely in tall glass. pours
rum over it, adds a dash of lemon juice
and a quantity of crushed ice, and there
you are.
the watermelon cocktail Is enticing ana
entertaining. a Joy to the eve, palate and
stomach Beauty, appetite, Fellowship
and good feeling follow the watermelon
cocktail fest" 1t is a good cool drink
for summer time, and is making a MT IN
Cincinnati.
Long years ago, when the aristocracy
of the southland was in full bloom the
watermelon cocktail held high carnival
on the plantation. A big watermelon that
had been in the springhouse over night
was taken out under the shade OF the
old oak tree, waferllke sandwiches and
plates of delicious salad were placed
around on rustic table, rustic chairs
were provided. and negroes in white
aprons stood by ready to serve
Into cups of generous reception were
placed chunks of the ripe melon, with
sprigs of mint on the top. little lemon
Juice and a candied cherry. To this was
added a little native wine. smothered
with the old Bourbon our fathers used
to know. Then followed tales of war
and adventure until the low descending
sun called the visitors to their horses and
home.
IT is the remembrance of Eye Olden
Times' that Is revived in the watermelon
cocktail now in our midst
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
CANNED-MEAT GERM FOUND,
Like Salamander 1t Can Survive Heat
or Ordinary Sterilization.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
In the course Of an investigation of
army rations conducted by a British war
office committee a curious fact has come
to light-a fact which may absolve the
tinned-meat makers from one of the
worst charges ever brought against
them; that OF knowingly packing putrid
material in their cans
It was found that cans Of meat packed
IN the ordinary way (subiected to the
usual precanning sterilization by heat
might keep in good condition for months
or even years in a cool place. but when
taken into a mot climate would certainly
become "blown" and putrid. Manifestly
this could not be due to a rusting through
of the can, for If 1t were the same hole
which let the air in would allow the
gases of decay to escape, and no blow
ing" would result.
The meteorological studies suggested
by the discovery resulted in the finding
of a bacllus-to which apparently no
specific name has yet been given-which
may not be destroyed by the usual ster-
ilization, may remain dormant for long
periods II the can Is kept in cool place,
and then suddenly develops and putri-
fies the meat when the tropics are
reached. 1t Is not a specific disease
germ, its sole ability being the power to
cause decay in meat.
In other words, meat In which this I'M
usually tough microbe happens to be
may receive the regulation cooking and
cleansing treatment, be carefully and
properly canned. keep for years. and then
suddenly Ego bad" when taken into the
field for use in tropical or semi-tropical
climate As a result of this discovery
the committee recommends that canned
meats be sterilized for one hour at a
temperature of 24s degrees Fahrenheit.
This treatment apparently may be de-
pended upon to cook the life all out Of
the new salamander-liks germ and to rem
der the can safe In any climate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
CANNOT ACCEPT
A COM MISSION

Atlanta, August 21.-(Special.)-G.
N. Saussy of Sylvester, Ga, who was
recently appointed a colonel on Gov
ernor Browns staff, has returned his
commission partially filled out. Oppo-
site the word Occupation he wrote:
Confederate soldier on parole, ex-
cepting to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments"
Adjutant General Scott wrote back
that he would have to sign the docu-
ment in due form-that he would have
to accept the constitution of the Unit
ed States in full or not at all.
Saturday Governor Brown received
a courteous letter from Mr.. Saussy
stating he was sorry he could not ac
cept the communication. He said he
had never taken the oath of allegiance
TO the United States and never IN
tended to.
Mr.. Saussy is one of the most ardent
Confederates in the south. He is
thoroughly unreconstructed and always
wears a gray uniform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
TIMBER BURNED
IN FOREST FIRES

Winnipeg, Man, August 21.-Sweep-
ing everything in its path and carry
ing destruction to millions of feet of
standing timber and it is feared, death
in some quarters to people marooned
in small settlements, a fierce forest
fie tonight is moving onward in south
ern Kootenay. Late this afternoon
fire struck the town Of Hatton and
reduced it to ashes. The inhabitants
were taken away in safety. Wild ami
mails are numerous and in terror rush
past fleeing people ahead of the fire.
If rain does not come the Kootenay
forests will be swept away by the fire,
which will be as severe as that which
swept Fernie a year ago, although
no towns of as large proportions are
in it's path Indications tonight are
that in continuing its present direc-
ton the conflagration will sweep
across the boundary into Washington.
A dispatch from Nelso, B. c., says
that fires are burning in the vicinity Of
Salmon, Castlegar, bennington, Far
ron and Kootenay Landing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
The Christmas Number.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The magazine editor wiped the perspi-
ration from his heated brow.
Have You gone carefully over the ar
ticle on Christmas in Many Lands?' he
asked his assistant
ct have" feebly replied the assistant
as he tied lump of ice to the nape OF
his neck
and that sleighing song OF Clarence
Algernon slushmaker's; has the proof
been revised to make Jingle rhyme with
jingle?"
Yes sir"
"And the article about Yuletide Super
stitions?'
81 know II by heart
Then send word to the foreman that
the Christmas number is ready to 20
to press, and tell the ice man to leave a
double supply tomorrow. I'm going to
the ball game
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
An Honest Dentist.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Arkansas has one honest dentist, as a
ST. Louis life insurance company learned
recently. A client of the company in Lit
tie Rock died few weeks after taking a
$4,000 policy.
The company paid the claim. and got
the widows permission to use . facsimile
of The check as an advertisement. The
check was reproduced and on the back
was a letter from the widow, thanking
the company for a prompt settlement of
her claim.
All Arkansas policyholders were sent
copies of the check and the letter, and
one of them fell into the hands of Hot
Springs dentist. A few days later the in
suranoe company received this letter
from the tooth extractor
Dear Sir: By mistake you sent me
check for $4,000 belonging to Mrs. Blank
of Little Rock, This Is to Inform you
that l promptly forwarded 1T to her by
registered letter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
PATRICK IN NEW
FIGHT FOR LIFE

New York, August 21.-(Special.) -Albert
T. Patrick, who is serving life term In
Sing Sing for the murder Of William
Marsh Rice, has started another legal
battle to regain his freedom. He has
filed with the clerk of the court of ap-
peals notice of an appeal from the de-
cision rendered by the Justices of the
appellate division, who dismissed the writ
of habeas corpus he argued in Brooklyn
last spring.
The final battle for liberty will begin
some time in October. The notice of ap-
peal has been prepared by Patrick In
his cell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
SPIRITUAL MEDIUM
MRS. GEO. WALLACE
Cor. 22nd St. and 4th Ave. Bell 1904

Mediums stand with heavenly doors aa so the spirits
of our socaed dead can and fro and give
that will benefit us while in earth fe It seems indeed as
knowledge must come from that spirit world wcn we
would all know vet longing cannot She looks far away
the dim spiritual fuurehe great the dark
chasm which the human body from the fitting soul
and that which is told The separated are brought to-
gether foes made friends lost property the
+ brushed awav from business ventures The hand is so
ded that failures are avered the earths surface is
ored it's laid bare to her spiritually percepve
mind and while gives dates facts and figures her
visitor sits the revelations she makes deep
of the occult powers spiritually developed her
hoon to the average person No who has called
Mrs Wallace can doubt her. she is known far and
lady of rare ability See Mrs Wallace as to your future
welfare and happiness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
SHERIFF PLANS TO
STOP GAMBLING

Columbus, Ca, August 21-(SpeciaD
Sheriff Daniel of Russell county, Ala
bama, made sensational raid on the
near beer saloon of J. w. Bishop in
Girard, Ala, tonight. Eleven men, all
residing in Columbus, were arrested
for gambling In the excitement fol
lowing the raid Bishop was shot in
the leg while trying to escape. He
and the sheriff exchanged several
shots Sheriff Daniel says he proposes
to break up the gambling and blind
tigers in Girard and will camp on the
scene until he does so. He says he
will sleep on a cot in the street in
front of the suspected places if neces-
sary to make good his promise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
Japanese Editors Sentenced.

Honolulu, August 21.-Ten months
Imprisonment and a fine of $500 each
was the sentence imposed today by
Judge j. t. Debolt on President Ma
kin of the Japanese Higher Wage as
sociation; Editor Sega Of the Nippu
Jill, the Japanese newspaper support
ing the strike of the Japanese planta-
ton laborers, and Negoro and Tasheka,
assistant editors on that paper. The
four Japanese were found guilty
August IS of criminal conspiracy in
connection with the strike. The limit
under the law is a years imprison-
ment and $500 fine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22
Blackburn Tired of His Job.

Louisville, August 21.-The Times
publishes a special dispatch today from
Washington, d. c., declaring that Gov.
J. G. 8. Blackburn, of the isthmian
canal zone, has rendered his resigna-
ton to President Taft The dispatch
says that the famous Kentucky ex-
senator has written Mr.. Taft that he
is weary of his exile and pining for
the blue grass meadows about his
home near Versailles, Woodford
county.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
ThirtY-.wo Applicants,

Thirty-tWo applicants appeared be-
fore Postm aster Leaphart on Satur-
day and stood the examination for
rural route carriers. There were only
two new routes-Lexington No. 6, and
Pelion No. 2. There were twelve a.
plicants for the Lexington route, and
eight for the Pelion route. The 9TH
ers stood the examination in order t.
get on the eligible list. Those wlo
took the examination we're:
Lexington No. 6-Rice B. Harman,
Manly P. George, Tally R. Keisler,
Joseph M. Caughman, Geo. H. Hook,
Jas. W. Harman, Geo. B. Lee, E. ST.
las Hallman, Van M. Wingard, Dan
iel I. Wingard, Andrew F. Corley,
Samuel P. Corley.
Pelion No. Jacob II. Laird, Os-
car L. Hutto, Oscar D. Hutto, Alex
ander M. Hutto, Wilbur M. Yonce,
Dallas Cupstid, Boyd F. Berry, Dray-
ton E. Clark.
Steadman-Geo. E. Rish, Ammon
Gunter, James V. Gunter.
Chapin-Walter P. Betchman, Ju-
Illus L. Eaigle, Willie A. Ballentine.
Gilt ect-Jacob A. L .ng, Rufus L..
Craps, Adam M. Smith, Elsie S. Crout.
Swansea Jefferson G. Sharpe.
Batesburg-Joseph w. Etheredge.
The two new routes are scheduled
=" ~ in Onarati"ns an pr t.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-03-03
IMPORTANT ACTS
BY LEGISLATURE.
Few General Bills But They Were
of Interest.

Below we take from The State Of
Monday brief summary of the bills
passed by the legislature. The State
says; yE,, o,ouo, ooao,,,h,7 nn;oh hoo
just closed in some respects presented
some remarkable features. There was
little general legislation, although al
unusually large number of local acts
were passed. The senate and house
were in session Al days, which was a
week longer than usual and there was
a flibuster that broke all previous rec
ords over the prohibition bill in the
house and another on the same meas
ure in the senate.
''The general assembly passed a
compromise prohibition measure which
will hardly change existing conditions,
although few of the counties may
vote out the dispensaries. There is
no doubt but that at the next session
another effort will be made to pass
the Statewide bill.
"The general assembly passed Mr..
K. P. Smiths bill requiring corpora
tions to make public to the stockhold-
ers the exact financial condition. It
also passed Senator Mauldin's bill for
biding any corporation from declaring
dividends not actually earned.
1T repealed the lien law after a
very hard fight in the senate.
''It killed the railroad rate law,
which would have made the legal
passenger rate in the State 21a cents
per mile.
''It increased considerably the ap-
preparations for the common schools
and passed some important amend
ments to the present high school law.
cit passed the Brice 1T, making 10
hours the leg al day in textile establish
menus. This act does not apply in
cases Of lost time.
cit changed and enlarged Commis-
sioner Watson's department, eliminat-
ng the immigration feature and GREAT