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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24
LETTER FROM DIR. BROWN.
Is Seeing Switzerland and Germany,
And Will Then Go to Paris anu
London.

To the Editor of The Daily Item:
i am prompted. by the experiences
or the day. as well as by the impulses
of my heart, to send my regards to
my steamed and esteemed friends in
Sumter. / am writing at p. m. At
u. m. I returned from a visit to the
Jungfrau. I went up to the Isemeer,
far towards the summit of the jung
| frau, and have been walking half
shoe deep in snow all day The ther-
| mometer hangs around As degrees,
| and an overcoat Is now my most cher
ishsd possession. I had the good for
! tune to arrive at Scheidegg, opposite
to the crest Of the Jungfrau, just in
time to hear and see great avalanche
of snow. It'll was full half mile away
from us. across a deep and angry
looking gorge. but the noise was
alarming. and suggested the fall of
thousand great trees in a forest,
rather than the crumbling down OF
acres of snow. We took our luncheon
upon the mountain. just on the border
of the sea Of ice. The American tour
ist was all around us, and the sound
OF our native tongue gave us a home-
like feeling. But since June 1, the
Alps country has been greatly afflict-
ed with rain and snow There have
been but six days in which 1t neither
rained nor showed. Last year at this
time. Lucerne was entertaining 46, 900
tourists. The paper Of yesterday said
there are now but $1,000 there. We
expect to add few more to the
number on Monday by going there
ourselves.
Pray. let my friends and constit-
uents know that I am making my
journey pleasantly. and have had no
sort Of accident up to date. Three or
four days ago. just as I was coming
away frUn Montreux and the Castle
of Chillon--made famous by Lord By
ron-I had the good fortune to run
up with my fellow-townsman, John
Crosswell. He Is fat and fiourishing,
and told me he had already selected
five places on Lake Leman at which
he would pend his honeymoon. Five
places! His moon must have more
changes than the average moon. May
be John has found new kind.
Next week. we'll take our ride down
the Rhine, said by Germans to be the
most beautiful stream in all the
world. After spending day or two
at Cologne. we'll turn our faces to-
wards Paris. where we hope to spend
two weeks before going to London.
c. c. BROWN.
Interlaken. Switzerland. July 10.
1903.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

e. S. BOOTH,
Pres. Board of Health.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24
DIR. MITCHELL'S ADDRESS.
Deliberate. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
to Reason and Not Sentiment-Re-
ferred to Progress of State i'm Many
Directions.

Thursday night at the First Baptist
church. Rev. DR.. Mitchell, president
of the University of South Carolina.
made straightforward logical ad
His speech was free from exciting
sentiment; and was intended as an
appeal to reason and conscience
rather than to sentiment
In his address Dr. Mitchell referred
to the rapid growth of the State in
material wealth and in educational
and social improvements. He called
attention to the large number Of
high schools now being established.
He said that the foes OF prohibition
were fanatics and men that were in
terested in their own purse.
In comparing the barrOOm and
dispensary. he says that the dispensary
is preferable to the barrOom, be-
cause the barroom gives a chance of
drink to the very poor element Of the
people, which is denied them partial
~ in the dispensary. He says that
the removing of the dispensary helps
the respectable classes.
He made special reference to the
effect Of rink on students. He says
that educators knows its effects bet
ter than most people know them.
DR.. Mitchell says that local option
is the best solution Of the temperance
question at present, because prOhibi-
tion must be reached gradually
through local option He does not
believe i'm dispensaries. He says they
| render torpid the conscience of the
community. 1t renders the com
munity cowardly for the most part
In speaking of courage needed tC
wipe out the dispensary, he said that
| courage is the mother of virtue, and
the test of virtue is responsibility
The responsibility is on the people OF
Sumter. What will be the result OF
the test?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

Cash Epps. white man, was ar
raigned In Magistrate Harbys court
Tuesday on the charge of obtain
Ing money under false pretenses
from Mr.. Will Costin, and was found
guilty and fined $35 or 20 days hard
labor.
Immediately after the trial he was
rearrested on charge preferred by
Mr.. j. r. Mercer. and is now in Jail
awaiting another trial.
1t will be remembered that Epps
borrowed watch a good while ago,
and went to Columbia where he
pawned the watch for money enough
to get married on.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

Mr. Chas. Pinckney handed the
Item card which he received this
morning from Mr.. Neill O'Donne,l.
which states that he Is in Potsdam.
Germany, and has just visited the IA
nous Schloss (Castle) Sans SoucI. 1t
IL interesting to note that the Pinck-
ney place at Stateburg was named
Sans Souci by Mr.. Samuel Bradley.
who visited Germany several years
ago. and was so much impressed by
the famous old castle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24
DR.. BOOTHS REPLY.
DENIES MIR. LIGON'S STATEMENT
IN REGARD TO DETAILED
HEALTH OFFICERS.
Says MIR. ReardOn Was Absent ONLY
20 or Fl Days-Newspaper Contro-
versy Unfortunate.

Editor Daily Item:-In reference
to Mr.. Ligon's letter in Mondays
Item to Mayor Boyle with affidavit
from Chief Of Plice Bradford statine
that he had never been detailed to
look after the duties of Health Of
ficer during the recent absence Of the
regular Health Officer, 1 will state
that 1 do not know exactly what pro-
cedure must be gone through with
before an officer is considered detailed
TO do any extra duty, but I do know
that on Mr.. Reardon's going awav !
requested Of Mr.. Hurst and Mr..
Bradford and later requested Mr..
Ligon over telephone to let the
health department have a Police
Officer to act as Health officer dur
ing Mr.. Reardon's absence. and that
Mr. Bradford and Mr.. H. G. McKagen
did perform these duties until Mr..
Reardon's return to the city, Mr.. Nc
hagen regularly reporting to me ey-
cry few days how he was getting
on. and understood all along that
they had been detailed to do this
work; 1t seems now. however, that
they were discharging this duty with
out any authority whatever.
Mr.. Ligon's statement that Mr..
Reardon's vacation commenced Nav
18th and ended July IL is incorrect.
for Mr.. Reardon was away from the
city only about twenty or twenty-one
days, and his stating that he had ta-
ken two vacations in one year is cor
rect only inasmuch as his last years
vacation may have been taken in
August and this one in June and
July, but as a matter of fact it is on
ly one vacation in each year.
/ think 1t very unfortunate that this
newspaper controversy which can do
no possible good, and must do harm.
should have been brought about by
a resolution passed in City Council by
Mr.. Ligon as Chairman of Police and
Sanitary Committee, which resolution
Mr.. Ligon says was unintentionally
misquoted, but was not corrected the
day after 1t was published. Had it
been corrected there would have beer
no necessity for all OF this contro
versy. For my part I have said about
as much as 1 care to say regarding
this matter, and I assure Mr.. Lyon
and all other parties interested that
so long as l am president of the
Board Of Health I will endeavor to
discharge the duties thereof as I see
them without fear, favor. or dicta-
ton.
Respectfully,
e. S. BOOTH,
Pres BOARD Of HeaItb
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

The Cherokee Indian baseball team
VIII play the town team here on Au-
gust D. afternoon and night. The In
dians will bring with them a power
ful lighting plant to use at night. The
game will be a novel feature in base
ball for Sumter.
All boys wishing TO try for the
town team are requested to report TO
Willie Jones.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

cottage on Pine and Chestnut
streets. occpied by Jake White and
John Rating, colored, and belonging
TO Caroline Lewis. colored, was al
most totally consumed by fire We'd
nesday about 3 o'clock. All of the
household effects were saved. The
exact estimate OF the loss has not
been ascertained. No insurance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

The Item Is i'm receipt of a COM
munication from Lionel Lawrence an
nouncing that he, as Jack Diamond" ="
and his company will play Fred Bry-
tons production of "Forgiven' in
renee appeared here last season In
the character Of THE Devil" FIJI
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

Attention is called to the change OF
managers OF election for Rafting
Creek. Mr.. John II. Watson Is still
one manager. as was published i'm
the last issue. but Messrs. S. B. Hat
held' Jr.. and G. S. Jones, are re-
placed by John w. Young and 3. G..
DuPre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24

"A change has also been made IN the
Bloom Hill managers. F.. M. Coulter.
7. ID. Weeks and w. j. Ards. having
been substituted for j. NJ. Kolb. r. p.
Broadway and II. NJ Barwick.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-07-24


Mr. and Mrs. d. F. Estridge left
Tuesday morning for Richmond. and
Washington. They willsvisit Niagara
Tails before returning.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. McGrsw ief;
Tuesday morning for Peretsburg
Richmond and Washington.
Mrs. ID. t. Meade and childrc, have
gone to wrightsville Beach.
Miss Moneta Osteen returned Mon
day from Greenville and william
ston. s. c.. where she has been visit
Ing
Mrs. I. Brown and daughters, Edna
and Lucille. are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs w. III. Phelps.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". II. Phelps are
Spending the day in Columbia.
Miss Ethel Brunson and little sis
ter. Lucille. left Tuesday for an ex-
tended visit to relatives at Summer
ton. Pinewood and Paxviile.
Mr. Barlow Walsh went to Green
tist Sunday school convention.
Mr.. ID. w. cuteino and family have
gone to Horse Shoe. N. c.
Miss Susie Brown. student nurse. of
Roper Hospital. Charleston. is spend
ing her annual vacation with her pa
rents on Calhoun street.
Miss Jennie Wee Brown. Messrs. e
w. Sweatman and Lem King return
cd Tuesday from a house party at
Brooksdale Farm. Orangeburg. given
by The Misses Holidays of that place.
Mr.. J. r. Powell formerly connect
ed with the Belvedere Hotel has ac-
copied the day clerkship with the Ho-
tel Sumter.
Miss Florence Coleman. of Wateree.
spent Tuesday In the city.
Mr.. J. ~ Hardee. of Eloree, Is In
Sumter.
]. T. McEachan. of Florence, Is on
visit to our town.
Mrs. Geo. r. Epperson and daugh-
tar. Miss Pauline. are spending sorae
In Hendersonviile. N. c.
Mrs. Walter q. !,tubbs has gone to
the rs'c OF Palms 10 spend the sum
met.
hIeSsrs. Julian Bradford and Turn
ef 'white have gone 20 Washington.
Miss Mamie Neal has returned
homo after visit to Miss Rosa Wood
at Camden Crossing. where delight
ful picnic and fish-fry were given In
her honor on Monday.
Mrs. NJ. A. Flowers Is visiting rela-
tivss In washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Iebby, of OF
ter Creek. Fla. are visiting, relatives
In the city.
Mr.. J. ]. Britton. who has been
spending some time at Wrightsville
Beach. returned wednesday.
Mrs r. VI. Moses has gone to Hen
Jacksonville. ". c., to spend the rest
OF the summer.
Mr.. s. w. Colerider. of Fayetteville.
N. c.. has been transferred by Swift
& Co.. OF that city to Sumter. where
he will make his home.
The Misses Sarah. Frances. Martha
anil Rebecca Moore. OF Stateburg. are
visiting their aunt. Mrs. Charles
Pinckney.
Miss Kate Furman has gone to
Caesars Head for months visit.
Miss Emma Schwartz has gone on
n visit to New York City.
Mrs. II. L. Hildebrand. of Hagood
II visiting her sister. Mrs. A. L. Jack
son. at the Hotel Sumter.
Prof John C. Daniel. principal OF
the Manning graded school. was In
the city Thursday
Mrs. ]. R. Daniel. OF Lumber. spent
Thursday In the city
Mr.. A. j. Stubbs left today for
New York and Boston.
Miss Bertha wannamaker left thi.
morning for Orangeburg. to spend 9
few days.
Mrs. Fred Rowe. OF Bennettsville
fs visiting Mrs. DIR. Breeden. on Wash
ington street.
Misses Ollie Delgar and Lizzie Din
kins have gone to waynesville t.
spendsso time.
Mrs. ID. VI. Kelly. OF Augusta, IA
visiting her aunt. Mrs. Il. II. May or
r. Liberty street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
CA STo F IA. Bears ths >Tha Kind You HaYa Always BOugh s's1ss''' ;f &HAzzzSI
OVER 600 MINERS
 ARE STILL ENTOMBED
Especial from United Press

Special from United Press.)
 Cordova, Spain, July 12.-Rescuers have taken thirty dead, twelve dying and forty-five injured from the col lapsed galleries of the Belmez coal mine near here. It is believed that 663 miners are still entombed in the gall leries which were cut off from the sur face by the collapse of the main shaft. The disaster was caused by an explo- sion of fire damp.
 The explosion occurred at a time when the full force of miners was at work in the galleries and practically all of them were penned behind huge walls of coal which slid down from the galleries. Many of the men were caught and crushed under the coal slide The dead and injured that have been recovered were all buried under a huge pile of coal at the mouth of one of the galleries. Rescuers are working with the utmost difficulty in their effort to dig out the entombed miners owing to the shifting of the great mass of coal under which the men are buried. Several rescue par ties have narrowly escaped being caught under the debris.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
FARMERS KILL DEER
 ON THEIR OWN LAND.
Take Advantage of Law Permitting It-Williman- tic Man and Friends Feasting on VenisOn.

'Willimantic, July 12.-Reports receiv- ed from neighboring towns show that the farmers are taking advantage of the law that permits them to shoot, cn their own land, deer that they catch in the act of destroying crops or doing other damage. Howard Tucker of Pleasant View farm, Scotland, had been missing beans and other vege- tables from his garden but he sup posed the thieves were pigeons and loaded his gun to be in readiness TOT them. He was therefore much sur prised upon going out of the house the other morning to see in the garden a 200-pound deer. He fired the gun to scare the animal away and accident ally wounded it, then he killed the deer to put it out of misery. He no occurred and was allowed to keep the venison for his own use, with such gifts as he desired to make to his neighbors and friends, and when he the neck that had been fired by some other farmer or hunter and there was also a hole made by a, rifle shot in one of the ears.
 D. A. Lyman is another farmer who has put an end to the annoyance caused by 8. deer making frequent visits to his garden and helping itself to the choicest products of the farm in the early vegetable line. MT. Ly- mans farm is near Columbia green and it was his beet bed that was suf- fering from the depredations of the deer. Being editor of the 'Williman- tic Journal,' Mr. Lyman is in this city attending to business several days each week and while he is here his brother, D. P. Lyman, looks after the farm. The editor had been unable to catch the deer in the act himself, but he felt pretty certain that the animal would continue his visits to the beet bed, so he arranged with his brother to do the shooting in case the deer should reap pear, obtaining permission from the game warden for his brother to use the gun. It was only a short time after this permission was obtained that B. P. Lyman saw the deer in the garden and getting his gun he quickly dis patched the pretty but troublesome animal. This deer was a young one and this being the case the Lyman families and some of their neighbors were privileged to feast on some es- pecially tender and appetzing veni-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
oAsToE EEA .h. 1Ths Kind You Have Always Bought Signature :; &HzZzzzSI
POINTS OF INTEREST.
''BahY Days"

Baby Days"
 The Germans have always made a great deal of children's birthdays anC no doubt lead the world in things kindergarten teacher F'roebel. was German and they make much of cele- brations of this character. In Ameri- ca the tendency is growing in the ob- servarce of days of this character and we are making post cards. booklets invitation cards and many things that go to assist in celebrating events of this kind At Jackson's Book Shop, 986-9S8 Main street you will find in varied assortment birthday cards. con- gratulary cards invitation forms printed or plain for children celebra- tions. One of the very pleasing and attractive novelties is what is known as the stork card which is used for announcing the arrival at the home of the little one. If you are looking for novelties of this kind don't fail to stop at Jackson's Book Shop. 9S6-98S Main street and look the stock over.
 Nothnagle's Summer Sale.
 Do you know that Nothna gle's great summer sale is now in full swing. big ger and better than ever before? Do you know that hundreds of the best people in town are taking advantage of it, and they are tickfed to death at the remarkable bargains they are get ting? Why ain't you with the rest Read full particulars in the new Nothnag1e advertisement on last page and you'll get some idea of the saving that can be made while this great sale lasts. Remember every article in the store is offered at a very substantial reduction for cash. and many articles in every department go at double reduction, which brings them down to about half their actual value-when you consider that the regular Nothnagle prices are much lower than other stores for the best quality goods. Among the articles that go at a double reduction are a lot of fine and me dium priced dressers. >chiffoniers. iron beds wood beds. brass beds. side boards, buffets. dining tables. rockers, pictures, lace curtains. portieres. cedar chests utility boxes. etc. It won't do you any harm to look. and may do you a heap of good Elevator to all departments. 1869 Main street and 1855 Fairfield avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
Bulgaria Prepared to
 Annex Macedonia
Special from United Press1

2 SS.J
 Sofia, July 12.-To quietly annex Macedonia while Turkey and Greece are involved in the controversy over Crete now appears to be the object of Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Although the facts have not been made known, and every effort is being made to pre- serve secrecy as a means of preventing the interference of the powers, the Bulgarian government is known to have represented strongly to Turkey that CZar Ferdinand cannot much langer endure the ill-treatment which he says is being accorded Bulgarians in Macedonia The hostility which subsided slightly after the granting of the Turkish constitution has renewed in full force.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
(Written Exclusively for The Ney York Times By Edward Payson
 Weston.)

Roseville. Cal, July Tiff any one had told me six months ago that I would undertake to walk over railroad tracks between Chicago and San Fran cisco for 2,577 miles. and practically without attendance or necessary re- treatments for 1,S00 miles of that dis tance. I should have said, T am not such an idiot I am not saying this to excuse this wretched failure. I am simply stating facts.
 ''This has been an effort which should be called one chapter of mis- takes from beginning to end In the first place I should not have relied upon miserable and worthless auto mobile to convey Eiy attendants. and again. should have gone from San Francisco to New York Then the tor nadoes. gales. and drenching rains in variably coming from the West, would have driven me into New York instead of depriving me of the use of the road for fifteen days out of the 100 days all told.
 ''This is the most crushing failure have encountered in my career. When l arrive in San Francisco on WedneS- day forenoon I shall have placed to my credit distance of 3S95 miles. walked between New York and San Francisco. All railway men say I should add at least 200 miles more for crossing and recroSsing the tracks during the 2,577 miles I have followed the railroad. Be that as it may could never exceed over three and a half miles per hour, and it took a far greater effort to walk that distance on tracks than to walk four miles per hour on country road. when one is in sight.
 ''The past week has been excessively trying to ones nerves. walking through snowsheds. averaging two miles per hour, and (cra wiling on path twelve inches wide. bordering on a canon 1000 feet below for at least twenty-five miles. A single false step or rolling stone would have plunged me into the great unknown. This is bad enough in the daytime. though the scenery is grand. but when you retire to sleep it's a nightmare. With all this am in the best of health, but much depressed in spirits.
 T leave here for Sacramento at 5:3O Monday. as the citizens have asked me to come to their city in the day light. I shall probably go fifteen or twenty-five miles beyond that city so as to make a shorter distance for Tuesday and a still shorter distance before entering San Francisco on We'd nesday. Arriving at Oakland. I shall retrace the track three miles, and then walk three miles back to the ferry thus covering the distance. I could not walk over the bay.'-N. Y. Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
MILITARY ACTIVITY
 AGAINST THE INDOORS
(sbecia1 from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 Madrid, July 12.-Although the Moor ish tribesmen who attacked the Span ish troops near Melilla have quieted down, the government is preventing the occupancy ofsadjacent territory by a strong body of troops. Eighteen battalions of infantry with cavalry and artillery are embarking today and an- other brigade is being mobiliZed to be dispatched as early as possible.
 The government officials are making it very plain that the military activ- ity is directed solely against the MoorS, but it is learned on highest authority that the immediate response of the War Department to Governor Mari naux's recent request will carry great weight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12
WESTON LAMENTS HIS MANY MISTAKES Though He Goes Over Only a Few Days of His Sched- ule, He Calls Walk a
 Failure.
Will Finish On Wednesday
Veteran Contends that He Has Walked More Than 2,5OO Miles Over Railroad Tracks.
Weston's Transcontinental Walk, New
 York to San Francisco.

Weston's Transcontinental Walk, New
 York to San Francisco.
 Weston is in his seventy-first year, and his task is to walk across the Uni ted States in 100 days. Sundays ex- cepted.)
 Estimated Distance Revised Schedule.
 4.000 Miles.
 Miles. March Is to 20, New York to Utica, 273 March 22 to 27. Utica to Chafee, ...>250 March 29 to April 3. Chafee to
 Youngstown, 225 April to 10. Youngstown to Toledo. 239 April 12 to IT, Toledo to Chicago, 276 April 19 to "A, Chicago to Lincoln, ITO April 26 to May l., Lincoln to Mex May to 8. Mexico, Mo. to Topeka, 239 May 10 to Is, Topeka to Wakeeney, 25s May F to p. Wakeeney. Kan. to
 Hugo, Col, 219 May "A to 29, Agate, Col. to Nunn. 1s4 May 31 to June 5, Mum, Col. to
 Wyoming, ........... .......... 167 June z to 12. Hanna. Wyo.. to
 Granger. Wyo. -----..-........-- POS June IA to 19. Granger. Wyo.. to Ogden. Utah 149 June 21 to 26. Ogden. Utah. to Car lin. New. Z52 June 2s to July 3, Carlin, Nev., to
 Lovelock, Nev., ..-.............. 194 July o 10. Loveleck. Nev.. to
 Roseville, Cal. ................... 24O Iotal ..................... ...5,IoI
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-12

Fo1ey's Honey and Tar not only stops chronic coughs that weaken the constitution andFdevelop into consump- tion, but heals and strengthens the lungs. It affords comfort and relief in the worst cases of chronic bron- chitis. asthma. hay fever and lung trouble. F. B. Brill local agent. < 1 8 :