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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
WRECK ON SOUTHERN.
Eight Persons Injured in Alabama
Cars Were Submerged.

Birmingham, Ala, June Slight
persons were injured, none fatally
this afternoon when combination
freight and passenger train on the
Short Creek division of the Southern
Railway toppled into Black Creek,
near Maxine, Ala. The injured are:
E. V. Lambeth, engineer; G. r. Wood
all, brakeman; H. c.. Collins, brake
man; George Rutledge, fireman, and
four negro passengers.
The train ran up on fill support
ing the approach to the trestle, which
had been softened by the hard rains.
The engine and some of the freight
cars got across, but the fill gave way
under the strain and the passenger
coaches were preciptated into the
creek and entirely submerged. Train
men regard it as remarkable that the
negroes We're able to get out of the
submerged coaches and swim to land.
After crossing the trestle, the en-
CINE was overturned and the men on
the locomotive were injured in jump
ing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

South CarOlina's Anti Cigarette Law
published at request Of South
Carolina w. c. T. W
Criminal Code of 1902:
Sec. 500. 1t shall not be lawful for
eny person or persons, either by him :
self or themselves, to sell, furnish.
give or provide any minor or minors,
under the age of eighteen years with
cigarettes. tobacco. or cigarette pa
per. or any substitute therefor.
Any person or persons violating the
provisions OF the preceding section
either In person, by agent, or in any
other way shall be held or deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon
indictment and conviction therefor
shall be- punished by fine not en-
ceeding one hundred dollars, nor less
than twenty-five dollars, or by i'm
prisonment for term of not more
than one year nor less than two
months or both I'm the discretion OF
the court; one-half of the fine inn
the offense. and the other half to be
paid to the treasurer OF the county
In which such conviction shall be
had.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
READY TO OCCUPY CUBA.
Troops Held i'm Position to Sail-Gov-
ernment Fears Trouble.

Washington, June 2.-Whether or
not anything in the way of a disturb
ance is going on in Cuba, the admin
istration Is in expectancy and is hold
ing the troops in all the Southern
army posts ready to be dispatched to
that republic.
Gen. Arthur Fridge, representing
the State of Mississippi, was here to-
day, asking the war department to-
permit troops of the Seventeenth in
fantry at Fort Mcpherson, Atlanta,
to go to Mississippi to take part in
the summer encampments. The war
department refused, and Gen. Fridge
says the reason given him was that
all the troops in the department Of
the gulf were to be held at their
posts during the next 80 days, ready
to go to Cuba at moments notice.
The only thing that has been ru-
mored here as to the status in Cuba
is that her finances are i'm bad shape
Should the government there become
bankrupt it is believed our govern
ment would intervene.
Another reason assigned here for
the refusal Of the troops to Mississip-
pi. though that is purely specula-
tive, is that the fears of the admin
istration as to the strike situation
along the Georgia Railroad have not
been completely allayed, and the
troops might be needed nearer home.
than Cuba.-The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
DOGS BITE PROVES FATAL

Columbia, June 1.-McGrady, am
aged Confederate Veteran, died today
at the Columbia Hospital as a result
Of g. bite from a dog with the rabies
Mr.. McGrady was bitten on April 2S,
and after taking the so-called Koon
treatment, supposed himself WELL
Last night he attempted to kill him
self by cutting his throat, and as a re-
suit of the wounds inflicted on his
neck he was brought to the hospital
today, where he fingered for a few
hours. He died as a result of an at
tack of rabies. Mr.. McGrady is sur
vived by a wife and daughter and
son. He was a good Confederate SOL
dier and a member of Camp Bookter,
U. .. ".
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
GEORGIA ROAD. STRIKE.
Other Roads Employ Negro Firemen
And Labor Union Has Decrecd
That They Must GO-Win Not Ar
bitrate That Issue.
(From the Atlanta Georgian }

(From the Atlanta Georgian.)
That the strike of railroad firemen
II continued or successfully ended on
the Georgia Railroad, will extend to
other and greater systems in the
South is the freely expressed opinion
OF firemen and other railway union
men. though no official statement of
this nature has been given out by Of
ficials Of the strikers.
1t Is the opinion of those ION the
inside" that the firemen chose the
Georgia Railroad as a beginning of
aggressive operations. believing that
to win on this system would estab.
lish a precedent which would enable
them more easily to force the negro
fremen Off other systems. The Geor.
gia Railroad was looked upon as
comparatively easy to defeat, as Il
stands, In measure. independent of
ether systems, does not handle such
quantity Of Interstate traffic as to
bring federal authority to bear, and
Is believed to be in q position where
strike could easily tie UP it's trains.
That the operations Of trains can he
absolutely stopped, for a time at
least. has been shown within the past
two days.
The Georgia Is by no means the
only road which employs negro fire.
men. The Southern railway, the big
gest system leading out of Atlanta.
uses them in number. and it was
openly stated by fremen gathered
around the Union Station Sunday
that the Southern would be the next
to feel the effects Of the white fire.
mems determination to oust the ne.
gro.
That the proposed conference be-
tween representatives of the road and
the strikers will bring little or no
concessions from the firemen is now
forecast.
1--WE have only one demand--put
tile negro firemen off," say the strik-
ers. I'VE can not arbitrate a thing
like that. There is no halfway
ground"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION

The examination for the award or
vacant Scholarships in winthrop Col
lege and for the admission of new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 2, at o
a. m. Applicants must be not less
than fifteen years Of age. When Schol-
arships are vacant after July 2. they
will be awarded to those making the
highest average at this examination,
provided they meet the conditions
governing the award. Applicants for
Scholarships should write to Presf-
dent Johnson before the examination
for Scholarship examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth 500 and
free tuition. The next session Will
open September Is, 1909. For furth-
er information and catalogue, address
Pres. ID. B. johnson, Rock Hill, S. c.
w. & S. to 1909.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
A COMMON ERROR.


It's a common error
To plaster the aching back.
To rub with liniments rheumatic
joints.
When the trouble comes from the
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kid
ney ills.
And are endorsed by Sumter citi-
gems.
s. c. Brown. IL Canal ST.. Sumter.
=. c.. says: II used Doan's Kidney
Pills and they did me more good than
oil the other remedies I had previous
ly tried. I suffered severely from a
lame back and some days was not
able to work on this account IL hurt
me To stoop or lift. 1 could not rest
we'll and no position I assumed was
comfortable. In the morning upon
arising. my back was so lame that
could hardly get about. The kidney
secretions also contained a dark sedi-
ment and were too frequent I'm pas
sage. inally procured Doans Kid
ney Pills at China's drug store and
they cured me. I have not had a
from my kidneys do not annoy me.
I am In good health at present and
give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster -Milburn Coz Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
states
Remember the name-Doan's--an
take no other. No. IL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Not long ago a young woman
down in these parts was walking
along the street arrayed in a fault
less spring suit that fitted like a.
glove over one of the new hipless
corsets, when she dropped her pock--
etbook. She stood gazing mournfuiIy
at it, wondering how on earth she'd
ever pick it up, when down the street
came a bright young man. Get:
down on your hands and knees and
you can pick it up, Gwendolyn," he,
said as he passed on.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The Wright brothers will make an
ascension on June 40 from the White
House grounds. Hypothetical ques-
tion: IL the date were 1908, who
would have accompanied them p
New York Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
STEEL TRUST FOR "OPEN SHOP"
Wage Reduction Also Announced BY
Sheet and Tinplate Company.

Pittsburg. June 2.-The American
Sheet and Tinplate company has post
ed notices at the company's mills in
the Wheeling and Sharon districts
tO the effect that after June 20 all
the plants will be operated as "open"
shops.
The new wage scale for the hot
mill department, effective July /, is
In the nature of cut from the
present scale. For instance, the rate
for a heater on 81 gauge, which is
taken as the standard. is 20 cents a
ton less than the present pay. Other
changes range from to IL 1-2 per
cent.
1t Is stated that the United States
Steel Corporation is opening a ma
1ority Of the mills as open shops and
is now desirious Of operating all of
them on the same raap. 1t was hint
ed that if the men do not accept The
new proposition the company will
close all the mills affected and de-
pend upon the mills now in operation
as open shops.
|. 1t is expected formal request will
be made Of the American Sheet and
Tinplate company for conference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

killed two of his antagonists, put two
more to flight and disarmed the leader.
lhe latter's mask fell off. 1t was the
young Duke Vincenzo. Crichton drvu.-
PED on his knee and presented his
own sword to his pupil. The duke
took it and thrust it through Crich-
TONS body. He fell on his back dead.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The committee formed to arrange
in Chicago has decided that a statue
will be the most appropriate memoir
ial. The committee will try to raise
100000. 1t is expected that the
statue will be placed in Grant Park
on the lake front.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

X. Lebby Clement. well known
ctizen OF Wadmalaw Island. is being
tried In the federal court at Charles
ton on the charge of peonage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The dam at the Second Mill
(Blanding's Old Mid Is being repair
ed and raised and the pond is to be
converted into a pleasure resort, at
the same time the water power Is
developed and improved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Chief of Police ]. G. Darbv of
Batesburg has been arrested on the
charge of attempted assault, the COM
piainant being woman whom he
was boarding. The officer was re-
leased on bond in the sum of 81 900.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

II. II. Miller, an operative in The
Union Cotton Mill, was shot by a man
named Ward, who surrendered to the
sheriff. Miller may die.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

There was a riot In negro church
I'm Aiken County Sunday. One negro
was stabbed In the back and pistols
were brought into play, but no one
was killed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

If the colored brother is not al
ready convinced that the G. O. p. has
turned its back on him hopelessly,
the increased tariff tax on razors
should furnish the final evidence
Washington Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
CONFEDERATE HOME OPENED.
Institution at Columbia for Homeless
Veterans Now Ready.


ate Home was formally opened this
| afternoon with appropriate exercises.
Addresses were made by Governor
Ansel. Senator F. H. Weston and Col.
ID. Cardwell.
Senator Weston dwelt upon the life
OF Jefferson Davis.
The Confederate Home is Just out
side of Columbia. in the beautiful SUI
burbs. near Hyatt's Park. 1t can De
seen from the Hyatt road and Is with.
I'm easy reach of the car line. The
building IL one story and has a neat
and comfortable appearance. The
I rilding is substantial. and contal M
basement. The house faces south
and has q main corridor running
north and south intersected by a
narrower hall running almost at right
angle to the larger hail The porch
Il large. AMI Is provide with liyl,.s.
altogether having very cosey ar-
pearance. To the left ae one cutters
tre building Is the commandant's Of
fee. and on the right is q room for
the entertainment of visitors. The
second room on tie loft IL an assem-
bly, room. where the veterans may
gcther to talk. write letters. ETC. On
this same corridor IL a large room
foe the storing Of the yetecans' trunks
Each dormitory conta'Ls four single
beds with comfortable furnishings.
The bath roomf ard lavatories are al
neatly arranged. The dining room IL
large. with tab'A, seating eight per-
sons EACH. The kitchen Is we'll equip
ped.
TIE menu Is p's:i AMI wholesome.
and 10 changed daily. -.
The commandant IL Capt. w. d.
Startling. a well known Confederate
veteran. The commission that had
charge of the building Of the Home
has Col. d. Caldwell for its chair
man.
The following IL list Of the veter-
ans who are already in the Home:
J. M. Hugey. Company A. LIST
South Carolina volunteers. Abbeville.
Jas. A. Clark. Company B. 4th
South Carolina cavalry. Rock Hill.
Robert Boyles. Company b. Hamp-
ton Legion. Edgeheld.
J. H. Williamson. Company H. I'd
South Carolina regiment. Kershaw.
J. T. Gaines. Company c. Sd South
Carolina volunteers, infantry. New
berry.
Riley Roland. Company G. 22d reg
iment. South Carolina volunteers. in
fantry. Anderson.
H. J.. Burdette. Company A. 1st
South Carolina cavalry. Abbeville.
DR.. T. p. Edwards. Company F..
11th. South Carolina volunteers. in
fantry. Clarendon.
w. @. Parker. Company G.. Cobb's
Legion. Chester.
Jno. ID. Kelly. Company c. I'd South
Carolina cavalry, Richland.
Nathaniel Wilson, Company d. 18th
South Carolina volunteers. infantry,
Fairfield.
VIM. N. Lupo. Capt. Gregg's bat
terry. Marion.
r. A. Patterson. ED artillery
Georgetown.
w. F. Bethea. Company B. 1st
Florida volunteers. infantry Marion.
Powell Davis. Company C., 18th
South Carolina volunteers. infantry.
Fairfield.
B. A. McAiister. Company c. 4th
south Carolina cavalry. Anderson.
Amos Banks. Company F. 5th
South Carolina cavalry. Lexington.
T. L. Mood, Company A, waites'
artillery. Richland.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

The citizens of Greenville are MAX
ing arrangements for the entertain
ment of the members of the South
Carolina Press Association.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Ajax defying the lightning was a
tame figure compared to Baltimore
defying the railways.--washington
Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Does the Weather Bureau make
good?" asks the Topeka Capital. 1t
does--among other things.--Kansas
City Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09
Open Shop May Cause Trouble.

Open Shop May Cause Trouble.
Wheeling w. Va, June 2.-The
"open shop" order issued yesterday
by the American Sheet and Tinplate
Company, which will take effect
June 80 at all Of its mills In this vi
cinity and Martins Ferry, Ohio,
where nearly 10000 men are employ
ed has caused an ugly situation and
today meetings were called by the
various local unions for Sunday,
June 6.
1t is said that the new scale of
wages given with the "Open shop"
order is reduction Of from to
25 per cent.
What action will be taken by the
men Sunday will not be known until
the vote is counted the first part of
next week. but it is rumored that N
the event of any serious trouble the
company will move their plants to
Gary, Ind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-09

Senator Depew's tariff speech is
what you would call q practical joke
Boston Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03
A PECULIAR KIND OF ELECTRICITY

THERE is kind of electricity that puzzles
scientists, which may be termed natural
electricity; but it has nothing to do with
either lightning the well known cats fur
variety. One set of observations was made on
the human eye with its optic nerve and the fol-
lowing results obtained:
1t was found that when one end of a wire
was placed on the front part of the eye and the
other end on the optic nerve a current of cleo
trlclty passed from one to the other: also that
the size of this current varied with the amount
of light that entered the eye and fell on the
retina. Notice that this is a current of cleo
tricity and not the static kind, as is that of the
lightning and the rubbed fur. This same re-
suit was obtained when one end was placed on
a freshly cut end of any nerve and the other
end on the outside of the nerve
Facts like these have caused many scientists
to regard the body as a complicated producer
of electricity, the nerves, like the insulated
wires to and from our galvanic batteries, serv-
ing to conduct the electricity to and from the
great central nervous organ, the brain.
Several years ago, DR.. Siemens, in lecture
given before the Royal Society, tried to initiate
the eye in this experiment Crystalline selenium
is a better conductor of electricity under the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

clinch proceedin' becomes more strenuous than
before.
As a matter of prophesyin' on inside in
formation, l guess Bunk does beat the
field to the wire, He begins by stayin' to lin
ner and afterward him and Uncle Gordon has
a confidential chat durin' which he shows Pyra-
mid where that combination of golf club stunt
and quiet smile combination has been nettin'
him between forty and sixty day. which
Pyramid agrees, for college lad with no pre-
vious experience, is putting it over good and
strong. Also he hints that along about a year
from now he may have place for an enter
prism young gent like Mr. Wallace, at good
fair salary for two to live on.
Wallace" says l, when l catches him far
enough from Geraldine that evenin' to get in
few words on the side, i've been wonderin'
how you ever came to connect with such freak
pet name as Bunk
Why-er-why," says he, flushin up lit
tie and GRIMM at the same time, the fellows
at college, you know, used to-er-that is"
Maybe l can guess" says l. Short for
Bunko, amt it?'
And Bunk admits that it is.
Well" says l, you'll find plenty of use for
your talents when you get to dom teamwork
with Pyramid Gordon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

influence of light than it is in the dark. Its
conductivity likewise varies for the different
kinds of lght,-red, blue, green, etc. In
Siemens' artificial eye, therefore, the retna was
represented by a thin plate of selenium. and the
source of electricity was an ordinary battery.
On opening the eyelids of this artificial eve
and admitting light from white illuminated
screen, strong DETECTION of the galvanometer
needle was observed. A black screen gave
hardly any DETECTION blue greater, and
red much greater, but still short of that pro-
duced by the reflected white light. The eye
was thus sensitive to light and color, and an
imaginative scientist would not scruple to look
upon the galvanometer as kind of brain, the
wires and battery as the nerves and body of an
artificial organism entirely under his control
While it is that all living animals can
come under this head as actual producers of
electricity, there two animals that can pro-
duce enough electricity at will to do considerable
damage. the torpedo and the electric eel
One other kind of electricity that is a riddle
so far, is that which is produced directly
from heat and called thermal electricity. If
any two dissimiar metals are Joined at both
ends, and one junction heated, a current will
pass. If the same junction is cooled. current
will pass in the opposite direction. One of the
greatest problems of modern physics is to get
a practical way to accomplish this in great
quantities SO it may be applied to engineering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

Toymakers in this country are
making great preparations for launching air
ships to carry the American flag. One manu-
featuring concern is reported to have had orders
tor fifty thousand of the new toys, and probably
half million of them will be made for the
Christmas holidays Santa Claus is expected to
be up to date this year, and the old fashioned
Warsh1ps will appear somewhat antiquated
American designers are already working to
make Improvements on European models. Some
OF these are equipped with small exploding
bombs which drop at regular intervals slow
burning fuse is consumed. Thus they can be
made to sail over pond of water, and as they
circle deadly explosives will be dropped on
warships below. Thus miniature war in the
air will be improved by battle between old
and new types of ships.
For the inventive and ingenious Yankee
youth. the home construction of modern air
ships Will also become rage, and there will be
many of these devices launched in the air this
year. They are not difficult of construction
The monoplane is the easiest to build, and con-
sists of a single plane of light bamboo splints
and paper or bleached muslin, with a tail for
rudder, and revolving propeller wheel driven
either by spring or stout piece of rubber
twisted and released at the proper moment.
Other types of airship are not SO simple;
but there are real models to copy, and the
Wright airshp is the most popular for this
work The dirigible balloon is not obsolete
and many of these will be built at home. The
ordinary toy balloon filled with gas instead of
hot air is used for supporting power. A pro-
peller wheel and rudder then complete the
equipment.
1t is remarkable how many ingenious toy
models of arships have been constructed by
boys in this country. At recent exhibition it
was found that boys of fifteen and sixteen
had built models that would fly for nearly ff-
teen minutes by the use of springs wound up
in advance. These airships were steerable too.
That ls the rudder was marked so that it could
be fixed at certain angle to make a circle of
given size. The ship when launched would not
fly away and get lost; but would sail rapidly in
big circles and then gradually settle down
the spring was exhausted. The toys are not
lost unless strong wind carries them out of
their course or trees wreck them. Even dirigi-
BILE balloons are kept well under control and
stay within the prescribed limits of navigation.