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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-28
WHITE ISSUES FIRST
CHAPTER OF TRAVEL 6
Dr.. c. Harris Hands Out Alleged New One About
Trip From Washington to Chicago in Com
pany With ATT

just by way Of enabling as 20 pull
off a scoop, Dr.. @. Harris White, a
travelling companion upon whom we
shall swarm while we are wandering
thither. contributes the appended, in
spired by the goodness of his heart ard
written by his own sterlized mitt. We
have asked the man upstairs 10 do %
many nice things with Il as the ma
Chinery will permit.
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RUMORS FLY THICK
ABOUT BILL BURNS
Has Signed With Outlaws, Willing to Play With the
Nationals Holding Out for More Pay,
Among Best Guesses.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. IS (NOon).-
Manager Cantillon has not yet arrived,
and is not expected until tomorrow.
No more players showed up today.
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CHICAGO, H., Feb. 2S.-Has Bill
BINS already signed with the Pacific
Coast Outlaw League?
Rumor here is very strong that the
pitcher has already accepted the prop
ositiou Of a three-year contract FOR
5000 a year with the whole $4,000 de
posted in bank in his name in advance.
Burns, it is stated, did not so 10 his
home IN Texas, but remained I'm San
Francisco. where he had conference
with Cv Moring. the Stockton promoter,
who is behind the outlaws
Another bit % gossip is that Burns
denies he ever made the statements ne
would not play on q team with GaLIey
and that one or the other would have
TO leave washington. IN conversation
with a close friend who reached Chica-
go today. Burns said baseball vas a
business, and while he did not like Can
ley personally, and did not care to be
around him, he would not let that IN
terfere with his career on the diamond
or the shaping "f his future policies
The whole trouble with Delehanuy,
Burns. Johnson, and Milan is about
money. They nave no kick coming on
CantiIOu. DeIehanty positively refuses
TO give the outlaws an answer Of any
kind until he had chance To talk DC
over with the Washington manager. The
sentiment OF the other bold-outs is the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-28
FIRST ERROR or SEASON
By G. Harris White, D -. s
Copyright, 1909. All berths reserved

cagU Jake Atz and I had berths in the
same sleeper his being seven and min
six 7 turned i'm about = 30, leaving him
ir the smoker finishing c-gar. Not
having ridden IN sleepe- since the sea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-28
Johnson Elicits Sympathy.

Walter johnson is getting an especial
" large share Of sympathy from bali
players and newspaper men in Chicago
ia. his demand for an increase. The
fans here do not know how much john
son wants, but they think ne ought To
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bounds of reason. They say he Il prob
ably the most desirable pitcher in the
country today to have under contract,
tor despite his splendid work in the
past. he has not vet reached his ZENITH
while the famous stars whose names
are better known. because of their con
nectiOns with winning teaTls. are either
a their very best just sIUw or ready to
b"gin the slide toward the minors
Washingtonians found Il marc 10 be
Iicve that CaaullOu, COmiSkey- ana Ban
Johnson could become 50 Chummy as to
20 hunting together at Cant'l Ions place.
near Hickman, Ky. but they were real
~ there in a bunch and there was no
ulistakinS OF a hunter for d deer. with
q resulting Iamcntable JraEed-r Of the
woods. How this could happen after
all the harsh words Ccmiskey and Can
tuiIIop have been saying about Johnson,
and his hot rejoinders, is mystery
Somebody has evidently done the great
est piece or salve smeaTing III the
worlds history, and the Philadelphia
peace society, which got its name in the
papers by roasting the Tony BiddIe-
O'Brien fight CD could get a little more
cheap nOtoriety by giving q medal TO
the man who brought about at least the
sembIance Of peace In the American
League.
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on for Kansas City.

The team is TO leave here on the Chi
cago and Alton for Kansas City. after
which Il will pursue a devious and un-
certain route to Galveston. This is what
Tom Hughes says, and he appears to be
the only human being in Chicago that
oven knew the start was to be made
CautillOn could not have covered his
tracks more carefully If he had been ar
ranging p dynamite plot When You
20 into a place and ask for infOTma-
ton they promptly want TO know what
YOU know. which is nothing, and then
1T S on you
Ran Johnson, by- the way, IS IN the
South somewhere hunting, and Will be
gone a week, hence it is impossible 10
get any further expression from him on
the matter OF allowing Delehanty TO
play IN Cleveland this year
Johnson was wrong IN lnfiiCtinS that
unusual penalty not only because Of
the injury 70 Delehanty. but because of
the injustice and complications for other
clubs
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DIR FISK ELGIN

Expert treatment Of private diseases. acute
and chronic. both sexes all consultations con
ndeutiaI. medicine furnished prices moder-
ate. hours. 81 o-S. l-S3 - ave Phone II 1873
1aT-tf
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Joun Taylor is the latest advocate
OF The OsIer theory. old age as a rea-
son Tor dispOsinE of "Cy' Young SOUNDS
M a lame excuse .'Cy's" value 10 a
ciI1b on Grounds of sentiment is an as
set that improves with age BY the
way. how old Is John u
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
Why He Wasn't Consul.

Jim Todd, as he was known in
owen county, died the other day, and
his passing removed a man who was
regarded over the country as one of
the greatest raconteurs ever produced
in Kentucky, home of story tellers.
One Of Mr.. Todd's acquaintance said
yesterday that a story often told by
him was on relating to a character
at Owenton who had been accustom-
ed to performing chores about the
house for the Todds.
One day during hog killing time
Mrs. Todd suggested that they get
this old fellow to do some work in
the garden and that IA return for II
she would give him two hog jowls.
Ordinarily this tempting offer would
have aroused the greatest eagerness
on the part Of the prospective possess
sor Of the jowls, but this time things
had changed. The town odd Job
man, who had "fit," bled and died, as
he expressed it, for his country, had
drawn pension as result of his
patriotic endeavors as a member of
the home guard during the Civil
war.
Consequently Mr.. Todd found the
hero Of days gone by sitting in the
sunniest place in front of the general
store on Main street, cents worth of
chawin' terbaccer comfortably repos-
ing in his check. He delivered the
message, and then was somewhat
amazed to receive this reply, deliver
ed after judicious quantity Of to-
hacco juice had projected into space:
Tell Mrs. Todd, Jimmie, that I'm
much 'bleeged, much bleeged, but
I'm eatin' further back on the hog
now"
Mr.. Todd delivered the message
and never forgot it,
Another story told of him was that
during the first Mckinley administra-
ton he was offered foreign consul
ate, being a warm personal friend of
both President Mckinley and Mar
Gus A. Hanna. He declined ii at
once, however, explaining in his
characteristically native way that
''he didn't know anybody over there"
Louisville Courier-J Journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

BY virtue OF Decree Of the Court
~ Common Pleas for Sumter County.
1n the State Of south Carolina. In the
case OF A. p. Moses against Annie
Bradley and Ella Bradley. will sell
~ public auction to the highest bid
DER. af the Court House. In the City
81 Sumter In the County and State
aforesaid, on sale day In June. 1909,
being the seventh day OF said month,
during the usual hours OF sale. the
following described Real Estate. to
cit:
''All that lot OF land In the City and
County OF Sumter. State aforesaid.
bounded North and South by lands of
Marion Noise: East by Right OF Way
OF the w. c. Il A. Railroad. and meas
uring sixty feet thereon: West by
Kicker Street. and measuring sixty
feet thereon. the same being lot No.
on the lot OF land recently pur-
chased by Marion Noise from DIR. ].
G.. spann."
Terms OF sale: Cash. purchaser 70
pay for papers.
II. FRANK WILSON.
Master
5-15-4t-1t-a-w.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
A Grating Magistrate.

The Richland County grand jury
in it's presentment preferred charges
against Magistrate ]. D. Easterling
the charge being malfeasance in Of
fee. The grand jury's presentment
as to Mr.. Easterling, who has the
mill district, is as follows:
"We present Magistrate ]. r. Eas-
terling and his constable. ]. D. Duna-
way, for malfeasance in Office and
ask that the solicitor be instructed II
draw bill Of indictment against
them for the following reasons:
"On or about May Is, one w. F.
Wilder was arrested and committed
to the Jail upon the charge of cir
culating obscene literature The
prosecutor agreed with the magis-
trate to settle the case for Sc. On
May II. the magistrate collected $2S
from the prisoner, giving Sc to the
prosecutor and using the balance OF
S22. We attach receipt of Magistrate
Easterling for $2S, none Of which has
been returned to the County. The
following are the witnesses in this
case: ". F. Wilder and Dolly Pitts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
MASTERS SALE.

BY virtue Of Decre.s of the Court
of Common Pleas for Sumter County
1n the state OF South Carolina, In the
oase Of J. B. Adger against B. r. Du-
rant and J. J. whilden. I will sell at
public auction. to the highest bidder,
at the Court House In the City OF
Dumter In the County and State afore-
0ld. on sale day In June, 1909. being
enc seventh day Of said month, dur
1Ng the usual hours OF sale. the fol-
sewing described Real Estate. to wit:
"An that lot Of land In the City and
County Of Sumter. and State afors-
onid. represented as lot No. 80 on q
Plat made by w. Lorine Lee and II.
y. Mcclellan. Civil Engineers. dated
january 11th. 1905. recorded In the
cmce Of the G. G. G. p. for Sumter
County. In Book ". ". ". page 7se.
hid lot No. 80 being bounded az fol-
bvs: North by lot No. 81 on said
plat; East By lots Nos. as and 81 OF
aid plat; South by lot No. 33 Of said
plat and West by Salem Avenue. The
Dot hereby mortgaged IL the same this
Donveyed to me by the mortgages.
9nd this mortgage 10 given for part OF
1he purchase money"
Terms Of sale: Cash. purchaser TO
iDoy for papers.
H. FRANK WILSON.
G-1B-4t-1t-a-w.
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who, last February, was convicted OF
numbering his wife in July, 1908,
and who was sentenced to life impris-
onment in the state penitentiary, will
not be heard at the present spring
term of the Supreme Court, the DAYS
devoted to appeals from the eth ju-
dicial circuit, having now passed
without reference being made to his
case. This means that the appeal
cannot be heard before next Decem-
Der, and in alt probability a decision
will not be hapded down until Jan
uary or February.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
The Home of True Americans.

In his long sail up the Mississippi
river TO Natchez, in his extended stay
In the heart Of the South, Capt. John
9. Fremont, commander Of the bat.
tieship Mississippi. was not once fired
nron, although the American flag
floated Sover the batt!eship all the
Confederates. and Captain Fremont
didn't find any treason lurking along
the levees or in the bushes. This
should bring relief to Representa-
tive Hollingsworth, Of Ohio, who had
an idea that the picture of Jefferson
Davis would stir up the insurgents all
along the river In fact, Captain
Fremont says that the thing in the
South that has impressed him most is
the "love of the Southern people for
the central government and their un-
sectional patriotism
The better people from other Sec
tions know the South, the more they
realize that it is the most thoroughly
American section Of the country
They preserve proudly the memory
Of their sons who fought for the Con-
federacy, they have no apologies to
make, and a great many still believe
that what the men in gray fought for
was right, but they are devoted to
their country, and nowhere the
American flag flies will it find more
valiant and ready defenders than in
the heart of the South-Baltimore
Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Herr Hager. rich influential Ber-
lin banker, frequently had watches
picked from his pocket. At first he
bad recourse to all kinds Of safety
chains; then one morning he took nc
precaution whatever and quietly al.
lowed himself to be robbed. At night
on returning from his business, he
took UP the evening paper; he uttered
had exploded in mans hands. The
victims hands were shattered and the
left eye destroyed. The crafty banker
mite, which exploded in the operation
Of winding.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
Alderman Frank Downing, of

alderman Frank Downing, of New
York. was talking about widely
praised ordinance TO make 1T crime
for chauffeurs to take out their mas
ters' motor cars without leave, says
The Philadelphia Record. $50 many
accidents have accompanied these
stolen rides" said Alderman Downing,
that the chauffeur has come to be
regarded majority Of chauffeurs are
all right. but there is among them q
small minority, a small working mi
nority which we must trust as q Ho-
boken grocer treats his trade. This
grocer is a cash grocer only. If YOU
ask him for credit he says: mo sir;
no, stree. 1 wouldn't even trust my
own feelings
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
MASTERS SALE.

By virtue OF a Decree OF th.. Court
OF Common Pleas for Sumter County.
In the state Of south Carolina, In the
case OF J. III. winburn against Mary
Ann fsaacs and Carrie Solomans. I
viii sell at public auction. TO the high
est bidder. at the Court House In the
City OF Sumter In the County and
state aforesaid. on sale day In June,
1909. being the seventh day OF said
month. during the usual hours of sale,
the following described Real Estate,
90 wit:
"All that lot or parcel OF land. sit
nate I'm the County OF Sumter. In the
State OF South Carolina. fronting on
the Right OF Way ffteen feet wide
and running nearly North and South
md measuring on said Right OF Way
eighty-three feet. being bounded on
the North by lands OF the Estate OF
Mrs. :. r. McIlwaine. and lot sold Ell
len Cantey, measuring on that line
one hundred and twenty feet: on the
East by the said Right OF Way above
mentioned; on the south by lands OF
Mrs. =. j. Vaughn, and road leadine
from the City OF Sumter TO Mrs. s. j
Vaughn's. and measuring on the line
% Mrs. s. J.. vaughn's land one hun
dred and four feet: and on the West
by the road leading from the City oi
sumter 10 Mrs. -. j. Vaughn's land
measuring on sale road. one hundred
and fifteen feet"
Terms OF sale: Cash, purchaser tc
pay for papers.
III. FRANK WILSON.
E-15-lt- 1t-a-w
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Uncle Xash's Dream.

Uncle Wash, an aged colored MAJ
who Is given TO seeing visions, was
recently regaling n group OF brethren
and sisters In the church with a
dream or heaven that he had had the
night before. AS he was graphically
describing it's gold-paved streets, it's
gates OF pearl and the hosts of white
robed, fair-haired angels playing up
on Jeweled harps. an old woman in
terrupted with the query: "See any
niggahs dah?" Huh" he snorted in
dignantly. does you 'spose I went
round TO de kitchen ?"--Argonaut.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

~ virtue Of Q Decree OF the Court
- Common Pleas for Sumter County,
- the state Of South Carolina, In the
Dase Of c. ~. Stubbs. Treasurer.
ooninst Joseph wilder, I will sell at
Dablic auction. to the highest bidder.
= the Court House In the City OF
Uomter. In the County and State
aforesaid. Tn sale day In June. 1909.
oo,ug the seventh day Of said month.
during the usual hours Of sale. the
1c1Iowing described Real Estate. to
mn:
IAN that lot or parcel of land. Sit
!. Vote and being In the southern part
~ The City or Sumter. IN said County
;cad state, meeaurjne on Main Street
<nSenfy-fye feet. aud measuring or
- b>fk linc slxtSl-two feet. be both
Gensurements " little more or less
and measuring on the southern line
And Northern line two hundred anti
xa1fty-seven ana one-half feet each,
md bounded as follows: North by
1ands Of waites and perhaps by land
% others: East by Main Street: South
~ lands. now or formerly Of Mrs. Ell
ooa J. Walsh. and West by other part
- (foaid lot Of the Mortgage from
uhich this 10 taken. and being the lot
'1hjs day conveyed to me by the said
Anna II. Singleton. and this mortgage
- given TO secure the balance Of the
purchase Of the same"
Terms Of sale: Cash, purchaser to
~ for papers. g.
u. H. FRANK WILSON.
Master
S-1S-4t-tt-a-w.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Man. sandy" exclaimed a scotch
man to his friend. as ne stepped
ashore at the wharf of New York.
Il IN slaid to Sc yo, sa,e across. Ha
~ had fine passa?e?"
"oo. ay. capitol" replied sandy.
I'VE hae got ever safely enough; the
ca.y accident I hea,s o. was t!,e the
snip had broken her record."-spare
Moments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
RAILROAD WITHOUT TIES.
Inventor Believes He Has Solved
Problem.
From The Tiffin, (Ohio) Times.

FROM The Tiffin, (OhiO) Times.
Murray A. Temple, Of this city, a
railroader of many years experience,
has invented and had patented a
device designed to do away with
wooden ties in railroad construction
The Temple device is called a con-
tinTous "railbase and cross tie,"
which. II adopted, will tring about a
rev olution in railroad building, and
will also be an answer to the nles.
ii IN which the ra',roa builders have
Keen asking f'r -, last 10 yeas:
What will take the place of
wooden ties when the forests are
gomez"
So concerned have the railroads
been about the rapid deforestation in
America that one huge system. the
Pennsylvania, has planted miles of
trees along its right Of way.
Temple Is not the only inventor
who has tried to find a substitute for
the wooden tie, but he claims for his
device that 1t has practicallity and
simplicity whicn other 1cvices lack
The only thing that can be said in de-
defense Of the wooden tie is that a
superior substitute has not been
found. The wooden tie rots quickly,
GLOWING the ends of the rails to sag
down, bringing about condition which
tTackmen call "low joints and high
centres" Rotten ties must be re-
placed, necessitating releveling Of
the roadbed and a regauging of the
rails. With the increasing scarcity of
lumber, the price Of ties has clir.bcd
until now tie costs 80 cents or
theres bouts.
Fishplates break under the strain
vf trains pounding over rotten ties.
ami spikes come loose. making a
spreading Of rails dangerous posi-
b!.ity. Even IL wrecks do not Occur.
the effect of lumpy roal6e,; is ruin.
ous :" rolling stock.
In the Temple device the rails lie
on a continuous plate of steel 20 inches
wide. The plates, with the rails upon
them, are connected at intervals, by
IL" bars which keep The track al
ways in gauge. Rail spreading. Tenn
plc says, is impossible. Plates, rails
and IL" bars are laid directly on the
roadbed, Of gravel or crushed stone,
preferably the latter. The crushed
stone roadbed Is generally regarded
with favor by trackmen because it Is
less subject to washouts.
Low Joints and high centres" grc
avoided in the Temple device by plac-
ing the joining ends of the continu-
Gus plates in the center of the rails and
the joining end Of the rails in the
centre Of the plates. Allowance is
made for the expansion and contrac-
ton OF the rails so that there can be
no shrinking or buckling up of tracks
where the Temple device is used.
Down the centre of the tracks. be-
tween the plates. is a raised path of
tramped crushed stone which is de-
signed to keep the track from slip
ping sideways. A number o. old
trackmen who have seen Temples
plans have pronounced them prac-
ticai.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Mrs. Wilhelmina Bschoff, who
died the other day at Tamaqua, Pa,
had owned and managed an under
taking business for more than thirty
five years, and is said to have con-
Quoted more than 5000 funerals.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

IL 10 one of the gratifying signs Of
the times that Mothers Day" has
come to mean something else than the
samiiy wash day.-Kansas City Jour
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

The citizens of Newberry voted in
favor of issuing bonds in the sum of
$4,000 for the purpose of extending
the waterworks plant and sewerage
system.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05
ArguInentativc

a tramp. meeting with a response
that there was nothing for him to do.
persuasively answered: "If you only
knew how little work would occupy
me.'-Judge
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, has re-
versed nature. He has shed his Re-
publican bones and blood, but still
wears the old hide.-Charleston News
and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

An unknown negro was killed at
Hamer. $. c., by Charlie Geer ne
gro.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-05

Let not the shoemaker go beyond
his last.--Latin.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-03-05
Asceptic Dental Floss. Suwan-
nee Drug Co.

Asceptic Dental Floss. Suwan-
nee Drug Co.
Miss Mary Lizzie Veazey, beautiful
and charming young lady of McRae,
Ga, is spending the week at Suwannee
Springs with Mrs. NJ. Pauline Adams.
Mrs. Adams will return with her next
Friday to WaycrOss, Douglas, Fitzger-
old, Della, Abbeville, HawkihSville,
McRae and other points in Georgia,
perhaps will be away all the spring and
summer. The ladies spent Thursday
in the city, and were at the Suwannee.
Hon. A. P. Jordan, the distinguished
editor of the Punta GOrda Herald, who
is now the State pure food Inspector,
was a visitor to Live Oak last Friday
in the discharge of his official duties,
and while here gave the Democrat
much appreciated call. Mr.. Jordan is
delightful man to meet, and is as
good talker as he is a writer-which
is very high praise, He has caught
on to his neY duties and likes the Job,
and the State could have no more up
right official in its service.
A gentleman who had just returned
from a business trip to a number of the
best cities in Florida and South GeOr-
gia, was heard to remark Monday, that
from a business standpoint Live Oak
had all other cities of anything ike her
size beat block, and that there was
more life and a better feeling among
the business men than in any of the
cities he has visited" Live Oak has
forgotten all about the panic, has taken
on new life and her growth and bust
ness is now on a better and more sub
Stantial foundation than ever before.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-03-05
OF Interest to Teachers.

StetsOn University offers free tuition,
free room rent and reduced rate for
boarding to teachers and prospective
teachers who wish to take the review
course in the normal department during
the spring term, beginning March 81,
and continuing nine weeks. All the
railroads of Florida have consented to
grant special reduced rate of railroad
fares. Tickets on sale March q, 30
and 81, 1909. Good for return till June
l, 1909. A neat little bulletin giving
full information concerning course Of
fered, ETC., can be had by addressing
a card to A. L. L. SUHRIE.
Director Of Normal School, DeLand,
Florida.