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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
The WOOdpecker.

We have been noticing a lot of
corn in Front OF our home. The
woodpeckers invaded it. There were
several of them and they were very
busy. They have sharp eyes and
seem to be Able to tell where the
worm is In the corn. They rip up
the end. secure the worm and leave.
They were Followed immediaseiy by
jaybfrds. They seemed to attack the
ears opened by the woodpecsers and
they picked off one-third Of the corn
from some of them. The English
sp$rrows got busy also, but they will
eat the conn only when i'm tine milk
state. Our opinion is that wood
peckers do not eat corn. We ex-
anained g. lfot last fall and the .shuck
YVES opened up enough to vet the
wofrm in the corn. Ii any FARMERS
have Actually caught woodneckers
destroying corn they viii pleaHe re-
port. We consider them friends Of
the GARNER, and we would IKE to
hawe a Thousand on our farm.--Ex.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
TILLMAN LINES UP WITH DRYs.
Wants Dispensaries Voted Out of Six
Wet COunties-Blames tie News
and Courier and the State.

Greenville, Aug. 19.-Senator B. r.
T'illman addressed large gathering
of farmers at Fountain Inn today and
spoke on general topics, discussing
the negro question in its relation to
the Republican party and compulsory
education. In his speech he COM
mented upon the results of the re-
cent dispensary elections in the coun-
ties of the State.
In speaking of dispensary elections,
Mr. Tillman said that he was glad the
State was going dry and hoped that
the remaining six counties which are
wet will go dry shortly.
He mentioned the News and Cou-
rier and the State, saying that they
had educated the people to such a
point that they were ready to vote
the dispensary out of the counties.
He remarked on the attitude of
President Taft toward the South, and
S~aN s'<s AoAS iPOSc WoS W Sc
duce enough white men to make up
respectable Republican party in
the South and bring in the negroes
rs a balance Of power. To mobilize
the negroes In South Carolina, he
said. 1t was only necessary to slough
Off enough white men and register as
many negroes as possible. Any step
toward increasing the number of ne
groes who could read and write, was,
in his Judgment, the height of folly.
This brought him to the subjec. of
compulsory education, and he stated
that he was opposed to compulsory
education for the reason that the
negroes would be educated along
with the whites. since the Fifteenth
Amendment would not allow discrlm-
ination against the negroes. The
whites would pay the taxes for ne
groes' education. Mr.. Tillman was
applauded many times during his
speech. N5
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
Shopping I'm Sassafras.

Mrs. Maude Darrell Hoffman, a pi-
Oneer of country week work, was
praising in Hartford the country va
catien.
"A country vacation is better than
q seashore one" she said. "You see
things so much quainter. And the
further into the country you go. the
auainter becomes the things you see.
II once spent August in a village
called the Head of Sassafras, VIII
lage down in Maryland The post
office there was the general store. The
morning after my arrival I went to
the general store for my mail.
"a little girl preceded me with an
egg in her hand.
Gimme an eggs worth of tea,
please. i heard her say to the post
MASTER and may says We
might weigh out an eggs worth of
sugar. too. for the black hens a
cluckin. and I'll be up again in a
minute .'"-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
.AER0PLANE ALMOST COLL|DED
AMERICAN AVIATOR'S QUICK.
NESS ALONE AVERTED AC-
CIDENT.
Sklll and Clear-Headednes of Glenn
III. Curtiss Adds Dramatic Feature
to Aeroplane Trial Flights at Sum
down.

Rheims. Aug. 19.-The American
aviator, Glenn H. Curtiss. at sun
down today. added dramatic fea-
ture to the trial flights of the aero
plane entered for the contests for
aviation week by skillfully guiding
his machine above another aeroplane
and averting a collision i'm the air
that seemed imminent.
The feat was accomplished when,
for the first time i'm history three
heavier-than-air crafts were manoeuy-
ering at the same time All were fiy-
ing rapidly when suddenly Curtiss
saw M. DumanseI, in an Antoinette
aeroplane, approaching at right an
giles and on the same level with him.
AS quick as a fash Curtiss realized
the danger, and elevating his planes,
his machine instantly shot upward
and scared safely over the French
man. The thousands of spectators
who lined the aerodome watched the
manoeuvre with bated breath, but
when they saw it successfully and
brilliantly carried out they applauded
the American wildly. The third ma
chine in the air at this time was that
of M. Tissandier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

The secretary of the inland water
ways commission says that Mr.. John
ID. Rockefeller charges less for a.
gallon Of kerosene after il has pass
er through varied processes, than n
spring water concern does for a GAL
Ion of mineral water that is merely
bottled The Boston Globe thinks
that Notwithstanding this fact, that
comparatively few people addicted to
the spring water habit will take To
drinking oil.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
The Curse Of Divorces.

At Salt Lake last Sunday Arch
bishop Glennon of st. Louis spoke
at the dedication of the cathedral of
ST. Mary Maedalene. On the subject
of divorces he sand:
''We are going through a crisis.
We have accomplished commercial
prosperity. We are a world power.
but what boots it If we are strong
and powerful abroad, if we are weak
and degenerate lat home. How long
Will it stand, this republic OF ours, if
the home begins to falE When the
home falls the republic falls, the
last support of liberty and progress
falls
"Our homes are overshadowed by;
divorce. With every divorce at;
least one home is broken. Those
who have been victims in this sad
process are exiles.
IF We would maintain the stand
ard of Christianity We must main-
tain its sweetest blossom. rfie
Christian home. We nusr check
this invasion Of the home, whether
it is caused by the desire for liberty
or by decree of the courts. The
home is sanctuary that is not to-
be torn. down by the designs OF
men,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
c., C. & o. CHARTER TROUBLE.
Attorney Generals Opinion Awaited
by Secretary of State.

Columbia. Aug. 1s.-In the opin-
ion Of Secretary of State McCown the
Carolina. Clinchfield and Ohio people
will get their charter under the new
act without trouble in due time. He
merely wanted to be on the safe side
In having the Attorney General pass
upon it.
The Attorney General has not yet
given him an opinion, though he said
to Attorney Lyles that it was his
guess without reading the citations
that the act was unconstitutional.
Mr.. Lyon was expected back here
this morning, and his opinion was
looked for today, but he did not
arrive.
If he decides against issuing the
charter the roads attorneys will
apply for mandamus to compel the
Secretary of State to issue the char
ter. This will bring the act before
the Supreme Court at once.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
GIRLS SPANKED THE PREACHER,
just ~ y Joke, But They Laid it on
Pretty Heavy.

just ~ u Joke, But They Laid it on
Pretty Heavy.
The Rev. Howard w, Benedict, a
popular young preacher of East
Norwalk. was In bed and in pain last
evening. says South Norwalk dis
patch to the New York World, when
he should have been conducting the
Union Congregational and Methodist
tent meeting in Westport, and all be-
cause some young women friends
spanked him toe hard Saturday night
In celebration OF his birthday. The
Rev. Mr.. Howard il able to get up
and be out this afternoon, but 1t will
be some days before he eats his
meals elsewhere than from the man
telpiece.
1t was no gentle birthday taps that
were administered to Mr.. Benedict.
They were good. sound cracks from
barrel slaves. Many of the young
women admirers Of the young divine
wished to remember him with slip.
pers and other similar "homeyr' gifts
upon his birthday. but all in vain.
for Mr. Benedict resisted all insinua-
tions and questions which pertained
to the date OF his birth.
BY q ruse and the town records the
desired Information was finally ob-
tained. but by this time the neal of
the young women took ON 4 little
rancor. They accordingly aHtaine 1
barrel staves from the L'Hommedieu
grocery and waited in the shade OF a
tree for Mr. Benedict to pass.
The young minister had too much
respect for the sex to use fOrre to
bring about a suspension OF the birth
day remembrance, and he was too
dignified TO run, so he took 1t fur the
most part where his mother Applied
1t In childhood days. but the effect
was more pronounced and lasting.
Witch hazel. arnica and other
pain killers we're applied in the hope
that he might get to that meeting
Sunday. brt all in vain. He was doo
sore to pray. preach or sit down.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
Where He Was Afraid.

Little Tommy and his mother, re-
turning home in the dark, passed a
large tree recently blown over. AS
they went by he grasped her hand
with all his strength and backed
around against her skirt, facing the
tree. why, Tommy" she said, "are
you afraid?" We'll" gasped Tom
my, my front jacket amt, but my
back jacket is.''-The Delineator-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
AIKEN LEPER WINS SUIT.
Supreme Court Decides Case I'm Fa-
vOr of Miss Mary KirkwOOd.

Columbia, Aug. 18.-Miss Mary
Kirkwood, who contracted anesthetic
leprosy. working as a missionary in
Brazil, while living in Aiken last De-
cember, was ordered to the pest
house, where smallpox negroes were
kept. She had the health board en-
joined.
Today the State Supreme Court de-
cided the case in her favor. OH the
ground that In The first place such a
form of isolation in her case, she be-
ing woman of culture and refine
ment and aged and blind was too
harsh, and for the further reason
that her form of leprosy was not so
dangerous as to warrant such ex-
treme measures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
LAW Az TO SALE OF ALCOHOL.


Lc&toluSuxt. -
An important law enacted at the
recent session OF the legislature was
that regulating the sale OF alcohol by
druggists Section 4 Of the act pro-
vides that mo sale OF pure alcohol.
for medicinal purposes. shall be made
by any retail druggist. except upon
the prescription Of a regular practic-
ing physician OF this State. who. be-
fore writing such prescriptions. shall
make an actual examination OF the
person for whom the prescription IS
ISSUED
A regular form OF prescription is
laid down In the act. and II Is re-
quired that II shall be substantially
as follows:
II. - a regular licensed and
practicing physician under the laws
CT this State. do certify that 1 hav.
examined -. patient In my
charge. and i do hereby prescribe for
the use Dr SAID patient - - alcohol,
and further certify that the use of
such alcohol is. In my judgment, alb
solutely necessary to alleviate or cure
the illness or disease from which said
patient is now suffering and that
am not interested in the drug store
TO which this prescription Is directed.
nor In the profits on the drugs herein
prescribed"
The a,t is very wide In its scope
and binds both the druggist and the
physician In a manner that Is practi-
cally prohibitory to the sale of alco-
hol In the retail drug stores of the
state. b'it one that has not been
strictly adhered to In every instance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
Mary BrOckman, cOlOred.

Mary BrOckman, colored. fired
three pistol balls into her husband,
at Reidville Saturday night. The
wounded man is expected to die.
Byrd Brockman, her husband, was
whipping his wife and the pistol
dropped out of his pocket. The wo-
man picked up the weapon and open
ed fire shooting three times. All three
shots took effect, one ball passed
through the intestines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
COL. FElTHERsToNE ELiTED.
SAYS DRY COUNTIES MUST EN-
FORCE PROHIBITION.
The Organizs tion Candidate for Gov
ernor on State Wide Platform Gives
Out an Interview That Serves to-
Keep Him Before the Public.

Laurens. Aug. 19.-When seen this
morning regarding the liquor election
In the State, the Hon. c. G. Feather
stone. who will be a candidate next
year on the Statewide Prohibition
platform. I'm expressing his gratihca-
ton at tho results. said that while
there should be great rejoicing
among the Prohibitionists. they
should not forget that but o small
part of the fight has been won.
I'VE have the form now." said he,
what We want Is the substance. l
want to urge our friends in tho dry
counties to organize for the enforce
nent Of the law. In my Judgment
there ID where we must now concen-
trate our energies.
The substance. not the form. II
what we want. In our rejoicing over
our recent victories we are liable to
forget that In reality only q small
part Of the night has been won. We
must see to II that the law IL enforc-
ed. and to 10 this we must continue
to build up an anti-whiskey senti-
ment. In addition to this. 7 would
suggest the organisation Of law and
order leagues; under the auspices of
each league appoint committees In
each section OF the counties charged
with the duty of assisting the officers
In the sL-ercement Of law. want
TO emphasize the fact that we cannot
wholly rely upon the regularly con-
stttuted authorities for the enforce
mont. and In some instances they are
net In sympathy with US, and even IL
they were, they alone cannot sue
eesd.
I'm my Judgment the great fault in
reference % the enforcement Of law
10 In our individual failure to give
active assistance to the officers Of the
law.
what the next General Assembly
viii do cannot say. buttI believe It
viii pas a Statewide prohibition
Law. II VIII not do 20 let the few re-
maining w,t counties destroy the eff
feet TO large extent. OF prohibition IN
the surrounding dry counties. Take
Richland. tor Instance: She Is COM
pletety surrounded by dry territory:
70 u wise to allow her to sch to the
counties that have said they do aot
want u sead to their people? And
tho same argument applies TO the
other dispmsary counties. The logic
of the situstion is that in self-defence
~rs win have to force the dispensary
ccsnttes u yieid to policy which Is
dssfrsd by 80 great majority of the
p%seple- 1'hirty-six counties are op-
posed % sale: Is II right that they
should yield to the remaining six?
.-swhen the General Assembly pass
&C. Statewide bill. however. 1t
should 60 slow. act with caution and
I give us such law as will enable US
70 secure It's enforcement, especially
In those sections where ioral senti-
neat IL against II. Under a State
vide law We cannot rely upon the
local auth critics In all sections to en-
force the law.
Again I say" continued Mr.. Feath-
erstons. I'VE must concentrate our
ensryies toward the enforcement of
the ,zw; that is where the battle of
tine future must be fought To carry
on this nsht successfully we must or
sanise and keep organized. We now
have the form, let US have the SUBJ
stanre.~
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25
TAKE NOTICE.

"All persons are recommended to-
take Foley's Kidney Remedy for
oackache, rheumatism, and kidney
ana bladder trouble. 1t will quickly
correct urinary irregularities which,
II neglected, may develop into a Sc
rlous illness. 1t will restore health
and strength. Do not neglect signs OF
Kidney or bladder irouble and risk
Eright's disease or diabetes. w. w
Sibert.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

The Government tests at Washing
ton of samples of the chain to be
used on the gear of the Panama Ca
nal locks withstood tensile tests of
$4,000 pounds to the square inch
before the metal parted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

stake Kodol at the times when
you feel what you have eaten is not di-
gesting. KOdol digests what you eat
so you can eat sufficiently of any
good. wholesome food. If you will just
let Kodol digest 1t. Sold by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

President Taft, according to the
news reports, is busy with his pen.
May it be hoped that it is big enough
to hold few tariff hogs?-New York
American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

Under the new tariff law stockings
that formerly sold for 19 cents will
sell for 26, according to a New York
dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

4 commission was issued to the
Marion Cotton Oil company of Ma
rion. Capital $4,000.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-25

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-02
MAURETANIA's CABINS FULL.
Liner Sails with Huge Complement for
This Time of Year.

Although this is the season when few
persons go abroad. the Cunard liner Mau-
retania sailed for Liverpool yesterday with
her cabins filled 10 capacity. Her passen-
ger complement included many prominent
persons OF tins city.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt, the former wife
OF Alfred G.. Vanderbilt. who was a pas
senger. said she was on her way 10 Lon
Gon, where she would spend the winter.
She denied a report that she contemplated
leasing a house I'm Berlin. Mrs Wander
bilt asked IL Mrs. Pankhurst was a pas
senger on the Msuretania. and when told
that the suffragette leader was sailing on
the Teutonic. she observed that Mrs. Pank-
hurst was "a very earnest woman" Mrs
Vanderbilt said she had not espoused the
cause Of the suffragists. and that there was
little chance OF her joining the organiza-
tion.
John s. Phipps and his family. accom-
panied by Henry c. Phipps. jr., were pas
sengers on the Msuretania. They were &C
cOmpanied by twenty servants, and will
remain abroad for the winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-02
STOLYPIN SILENT.
No Reply TO appeal in ReUOlu-
tiOnists' Behalf.

II was announced yesterday by friends
OF the Russian revolutiOnists. Nicholas
TchaykOvsky and Catharine Breshkovsky
that a cable message IN their behalf ad-
dressed 70 the Russian Prime Minister.
NJ. Stoiypin. had no. been answered. The
message was sent on November - after
word had come from Russia that the two
Ievolutlonists were 10 be tried in secret
Nicholas Tschaykovsky was arrested in
1897 on his return 10 Russia after having
been eNiled. The sum o. $1,000 was raised
IN England and America as bail. upon
which he was released. Catharine Bresh-
kovsky, who was arrested about the same
tire. has never been released She had
formerly served a twenty-three year
sentence in Siberia as political prisoner.
The unanswered cable message reads:
New York. Nov =. 1905.
To His EXcellency NJ Stoiypin.
Sir: IL n TumOred that Nicholas Tchay-
kONskg and Catharine BreshkOVsky are 10
he tried together IN secret. Permit Us 10
say that We are relying upon your excel
lrnCEs assurance that they viii have a fair
trial, and We assume that such trial win
necessarily be open and public. IN accord
aHce with the time hOnOred priuciules ~
Justice IN all nations.
The message. which was Endorsed ~ Ave
hundred citizens OF New York, Chicago.
Boston and Philadelphia. bore the sigma
lures OF Bishop David II. Greer. Seth Low.
F. A. Busse. Mayor Of Chicago: Francis
Lynde Stetson, eX-Justice Morgan ]
OBrien. Henry Clews and George Foster
Peabody.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-02
NEW CHARTER NEED
Speaker Wdds1cOrth Regards
.ActiOn as important.

Assemblyman James W. Wordsworth. jr-.
Speaker OF the Assembly. who was at the
City Hall yesterday. said the framing OF a
new charter for this city was the most inn
porsant question for the Legislature this
winter
The charter now being made" said Mr..
Wadsworth. directly affects the interests
of half the people OF thefstate. 4.5oo.Ooo OF
them. who are trying hard to work out the
most difficult problem that ever confronted
city. i certainly hope that the next Legis-
lature will give this city good charter"
Speaking of direct nominations and the
statement from State chairman Woodruff,
Mr. Wadsworth said:
II have always been opposed to any legis-
lation that would deprive the people of rep
resentative conventions and l always VIII
be. Apparently the Governor has not modi-
fed his views on direct nominations. In
his summer speeches at the county fairs he
spoke of the nominating committees as
good thing. such committees practically TO
take the place of the convention. In my
estimation. such a committee would be
legalized Oligarchy. | favor anything and
everything that will throw safeguards
around the primaries. They should be le-
galized."
Those holding confidential relations with
members of the joint legislative committee
now holding hearings on the charter are
confident that the report TO the Legislature
will recommend the consolidation o: the
Board of Water supply. the Aqueduct Com
mission and the Department of Water Sup
ply, Gas and Electricity In a bipartisan
commission.
Another question which is engaging the
attention of the committee Is the large
number of complaints from citizens about
the presence of pushcarts and the annoy
ance TO people generally from pushcart
traffic. There are at present $500 OF these
carts, licensed at 81 year. A violation is
punished by a fine of s. Many letters re-
ceived by the committee say that this fine
is too small and that the license fee should
be large enough that irresponsible men
cannot engage in the business and violate
the ordinances governing the trade. 1t has
been suggested that the license fee be made
50 year and a violation OF the ordinance
a misdemeanOr. punishable in the first in
stance by a fine OF not less than SO
a recommendation aimed at the correc-
ton OF some of the alleged abuses que to
the hotel taxicab stands viii be made by
the committee in its report to the Legis-
nature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-02
ON THE CITY BANKS TRAIL.
Its Taxes in Arrears, Says Daniel
Moynihan. of Metz's STAFF

President Frank a. Eandeflip Of the Ma
uonal City Bank had better watch out
OF the bosey man OF the Controllers office
will catch him. The National CITY Eanl -
the biggest hank in this country. but for
all that II can't scare one Daniel Movni-
han. ia charge q the tax arrears bureau
IN the Finance Department Mr.. Moyni-
han has figured IL out that the bank il
in arrears TO the extent Of sIls Ol-not for
getting the one cent-and he has clappeI
the National City Bank into the list az
corporations 10 be sold Out-yes sold on,
10 the highest bidder-On Wednesday ~
next week
The arrears items against the big hank
stare with all the fixed :erocity OF glass
eyes al the behOlder when the PAGE a.
reached. The record says that the hank
owes a special franchise tax for the wear
1860 Of ST -. and then there are EIGHT
smaller arrears items under the caution
of Real Estate Of Corporations totallinc
SO s.. the aggregate being az given.
Il suspect that by hustling the directors
together IN special meeting and by dig
g.ng down good and hard the bank can
pay these arrears items all right" said
Mr. Moynihan last night. IF the bank
people don't see ~ 10 pay-oh. well. I
guess that building in Wall street is good
enough security for the arrears. The city
isn't worrying"