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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
TIE CONFEDERATE REUNION.
LITTLE ROCK GETS NEXT CON.
FEDERATE REUNION.
Gen. George w of Nempb;S
one OF +" - 'fng Major GEN.
erals ,Sss> Organization.

" N "a, April 27-With Little
- tx, chosen as the reunion
~ or 1911, and New Orleans in
-sed for the honor in 1915, and
With an election of officers, the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton closed its business session to-
night, All that remains now is the
big parade tomorrow and the remain
der Of the week will be devoted to
amusements.
The selection Of Little Rock had
been freely predicted and though the
Arkansas city lacked a majority on
the first ballot it was so far in the
| lead that vote to make the selection
unanimous carried with a roar. The
vote stood: Little Rock, 1,47O; Chat
tanooga, $40; Oklahoma City, II:
| Houston, none. When Texas was
reached, the veterans saw how things
were going and threw their strength
| to Arkansas.
The Endorsement of New Orleans as
| the meeting place for 1915 was con-
tanned in a resolution favorably re-
| ported and adopted. 1t recites that
| New Orleans proposes to hold a PAN
anna canal exposition in 1915, that
the Crescent City had asked the vet
erans to indorse the exposition and
attend it in April, 1915. 1t was re-
solved, therefore, that each reunion
until 1915 take this same action. and
that the reunion Of 1915 follow the
idea and meet in New Orleans.
| The programme for the election of
officers was carried out to the let
ter. Gen. George w. Gordon, of
Memphis, commander of the depart
ment Of Tennessee, was chosen COM
mander-in-chief, succeeding Gen. Gle
ment A. Evans Of Atlanta. Gen,
Evans was elected past commander
ln-chief and Gen. w. L. Cabell, COM
mander of the Trans Mississippi divi-
sion, was also elected past comman-
| OeT-Ul-Cnl6I.
The new commander, Gen. Gordon,
has the di5tincuon of berg one of
the four living Confederates who
were actually major generals before
the war ended. He also has a record
of being captured by the Federal
| forces three times.
Gen. Gordon will be succeeded in
command Of the department of Ten
nessee by Gen. Bennett Young of
Louisville, Ky.
Gen. Gordon will not announce his
staff for several weeks, but it is un-
ccrstood that Gen. VIM. e. Mickle
! VIII remain adjutant general and
chief Of staff to Gen. Gordon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
LEE OFFICIAL RESIGNS.
County superintendent of Education
Will Quit January 1.

Columbia, April 27-McDonald
Davis, superintendent of education
Tor Lee county, has resigned. The
reignation takes effect Jan. 1. 1911,
having been accepted today by Gov
ernOr Ansel
Mr.. Davis states that his reason is
that ne wishes to give the people the
opportunity of electing a candidate
in the next general election, so he
resigns now instead of later on.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
ZOar Democratic Club.

The Zoar Democratic Club met and
re-organized on Saturday, April 23rd,
at 4 o'clock p. m.
The officer elected were:
w. j. Lawrence, president; Sam
Newman, vice president; II. G.. Jones,
secretary; j. j. Britton, Jr., member
of executive committee; delegates to
county convention: A. Nj. London,
Sam Newman. S. j. White and j. j.
BrittOn, Jr.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
Concord Democratic Club.

Concord, April 27.-Concord Dem
"cratic Club met Saturday the 23rd,
INST, and re-organized by electing the
following officers:
President, w. G. s. Seymour; vice
president, j. NJ. Hodge; secretary. J.
H. Newman; executive committee
man. w. l.. Brunson; delegates to
county convention: w. +. White, J..
W. Brunson, B. W. Brogdon, Jr., G..
w. Mahoney.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30

l)r W. w. Ray, of C0ngarec, was
here Wednesday night, returning from
the Cooper-Manning wedding. The
doctor says that he will be in the race
Tor congress against Hon. A. T..
Lever this summer. He expects to
make it warm for somebody. He is
pretty stout, but he still has running
qualities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
THE JOSH ASHLEY TRIAD.
Case VIII Not Go To- Jury Before This
Afternoon Fifteen Witnesses
Heard in Defense Yesterday.

Greenville. April 27.-AIguments
were begun in the case of Joshua w.
Ashley. charged with peonage. at the
afternoon session of federal court.
Joseph A. Mccullough Cor 1efense
and Assistant District Attorney Lath-
| rop for the government. Four more
arguments are TO be made in the
morning and the case will not go to
the jury till afternoon.
Fifteen witnesses for the defense
were examined today. the bulk of the
testimony bearing on the defendants
character.
In announcing the closing of the
governments case against the defen-
dant. District Attorney Cochran said
he might not call any more witness
es though he reserved the right 10 do
so II he should deem II best. 1he
governments evidence in the case has
not differed materially from that ad-
duced at the former trial. when a
mistrial resulted.
The indictment charges Ashley with
statutory peonage on 20 counts. The
is witnesses examined for the gov
\ ernment are: ID. II. Greer, ]. A. AL
lison. VIII Davis. John Davis. II. e.
Davenport, George Johnson. H. II.
Poore. Harrison Gambrell Hugh
Davis, +. p. Robinson, /. w. Daven-
port. J. II. Traynham. J. +. Cason,
Paul Traynham and Frank Daven-
Nport.
The three negroes who are alleged
TO have been held In pe0aage, WUl
and John Davis and George Johnson,
each said he had been forced to work
on the defendants plantation in An
dersOn county, guarded day and night
Hwith shotguns and rifles.
Johnson said ne had worked four
years TO satisfy a debt Of $26. Ash
ley. IL appears. paid the negro's fine
when he was convicted Of selling
whiskey. After working several
months witness swore ne went 10
\ Ashley and asked how they stood,
$@hen he was told that he still owed
s26. He worked six months longer
and was told. according TO his testi-
mony. that his debt was still un-
changed. lie finally worked four
years and six months TO wipe out the
debt. He said he was not badly treat
fcd. as ne was given clothes. shoes and
' money at Christmas each year
John and VIII Davis said they were.
required % work out a debt Of 500
due John McGaha. a nephew Of Ash
ley, who was Killed while at u negro
hot supper whore he had gone with
warrant To- arrest a number Of ne
groes for breaking contract. In other
particulars their testimony was sub
stantiaily the same as that of the ne
gro Johnson. Testimony of other wit
tinOl had To- do for the most part
with the defendants general reruta
!; ton and the manner In vnich The
lntRCes were treated.
There has been much interest In
the trial Of the case in view of the de-
fendants prominence. Ashley is a
member Of the legislature FROM An
derson county, having served num-
!. ber OF terms.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Interesting Session This NIornino,-
welcome Address Delivered by
Judge Purdy-COmmittecs An
nOuncCd.

The Thursday session of the Dis
trlct conference was called to order
at $3.50 by Presiding Elder, Rev. Wad-
dy T. Duncan. The opening devotion
al exercises were conducted by Rev.
A. s. Lesley, Of Heath Spring. Thu
minutes of the first days session W.
read and approved. The roll wa.
called and 16 clerical and 4G lay dele
gates were in attendance. The Cam
den and st. Matthews charges have
full delegations present. The name
OF II. H. Mitchell, alternate, was SUBJ
stituted for VIM. Jenkins as a dele
gate from the Kershaw charge. Fur
ther roll call was dispensed with.
The following committees were an
| nounced
Public Worship-Rev. Waddy r.
| Duncan, Revs. M. w. Hook and J. B.
Wilson, and R. D. Epps and J. w.
Mccoy.
| License to Preach-J. B. Wilson.
F. H. Shuler and J. M. Steadman.
! Orders and Recommendation for
Admission on Trial.. S. Beaslev, P.
A. Murray, and David Hucks.
State of the Church-T. w. Mum
nerly, L. r. Rollings, w. A. Brown
and E. r. Minis
Missions Within the District-H. B.
Browne, B. A. Shuler, Thos. D. Nc
Leod, j. T. L. Slower and D. w
Brown.
| Sunday Schools and the Manner of
Conducting Them-R. f. Sharpe. G.
| w. Birchmore, T. A. Cauthen, III. W.
Scott, T. E. H. Stevenson and r. D,
Epps.
Examination Of Quarterly Confer.
ence Journals. e. Strickland, w
e. Lemon, H. L. Mccoy, j. J. Brough-
ton and N. S. Mcleod.
Epworth Leagues-M. w. Hook. r
H. Shuler, ]. c. Humphreys and S
w. Stubs.
Our Financial Plans and Systems
and Contributions to Church Pur.
poses-J. w. Hamel, Charlton Du-
Rant, Fl. A. Raysor, A. J. Beattie
j. r. Griffin and F. H. Roberts.
Books and Periodicals.. B. Will.
son. l.. A. White, DIR. r. Y. Mcleod
j. w. Mccoy, T. H. Suydan. and
| David Hucks
temperance. M. Steadman, j
N. Wright, Oscar Spires, T. f. Davis
c. w. Chandler and J. w. Inabinet.
| Judge r. o. Purdy extended q most
cordial welcome to the conference
making some very valuable and
timely suggestions to the preacher:
in the course of his remarks. On be-
half of the conference Rev. TT. p
Browne, Of Camden, responded to his
words of welcome.
The presiding elder then began the
call of the charges and Camden
Bethany, Bishopville and ElIorec
charges reported through their pas
tors, the several reports being supple.
mentcd by words from the lay dele.
gates. "he reports indicated 2 gen
orally improved condition along spirit.
ual and material lines. An improve.
mont in financial plans. systematic
orphanaSe work, sobriety and atten.
ton to educational matters were espe-
cially noticeable.
Rev. e. Fl. Kohn, pastor of the
Lutheran church, and DR.. w. w
Daniel. president Of Columbia Col.
loge, were introduc ID to the confer
cnce.
Rev. r. w. Munnerlyn. of Pine
wood, preached at the 1880 service.
If was announced that DR.. w. w
Daniel, Of Columbia College. and Rev
NJ. b. Kelley, of Clemson College
would make addresses at the service
that evening at $50. The conference
| then adjourned until 4 D. m.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
His Occupation.

"IIe had a good business, but he
lost it,"
Did he drink?"
NO; but he was too busy being a
prominent citizen to attend to any
thing else. e."-Louisville-C Courier Jour
nal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30
Motor Gossip.

Il think pedestrians ought to carry
horns"
And be equipped with shock alb
S"rbcrs, ch h"'-LOuisyillc Courier
journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30

The young men of the city are or
ganizing a dance club for the sum-
mer months. Two dances will be
given a month
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30

The stores will begin closing at 6
on next Monday, May 2nd They will
continue at that hour until the fall
months come on.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-30

Now. II Massachusetts, could only
have its Lodge I'm the Wilderness
indianapolis News
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08
Thieves GET AWAY
THE THIEVES THAT iENTEREp
THE ARNETT HOME MADE
COMPLETE ESCAPE.

After running down number of
trails, which apparently seemed TO be
of little consequence the blood hounds
which were used in attempting to
locate the thief or thieves who enter.
ed the home Of eX.Mayor w. Z Arnett
early Tuesday morning, stealing about
$500 worth OF clothing belonging to
hla daughter, Mrs. S'lmu4 Leeper,
We're withdrawn last evening. and It
is believed that the burglars have
made a clear getaway.
The doh, took up a number of
trails yesterday. two of which lead
far out of the city, while the last
trail taken up late last evening took
the hounds to three homes on Pike
street, not great distance from the
Arnett home, two of which were oc.
cupled by negro families, but nothing
was found after a careful search to
prove that they were guilty Of the
theft. FEB
Mr.. Arnett stated today that he
had loaded his old reliable shot gun
with slugs and buck shot and II he
finds any one sprowl!ng about siis
premises he intends to present them
with the contents of the said reliable
shot gun.
This has been the fourth time in
three years that his home has been
entered by. burglars and yaluables
taken and he said he was becoming a
little tired OF 1t. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08
.AEEIlAEITS. .INSuEHGIENI
VOTERS WHO FAi GEp 10 BE REG
lsTERED b D NOT GET
5. TO VOTE.

Dozens OF tax payers called on Jus.
tees Amos and Boydston today with
the hope OF making affidavit to the
fact that theythad; been in the State,
county and city a sufficient length OF
time TO cast their, vote, but who. had
failed to register nstime. which Pc
riod was closed on Monday evening.
October 18th. or course, under the
present system the squires could do
nothing for these, men.
One Of the above named justices
had five persons from the Fifth ward
TO call on him this morning to ascer.
tain If 1t were not possible that some
kind of arrangements could be made
by Which, they could vote as they had
failed to register. All these men, so
!, is said. were tax payers and had re-.
sided in. that part OF the city suffls
,oiently long 10 permit them to cast
their ballot, but Unfortunately. they
were not.registered. 4 " .SiS
The reason that the Justices were
appealed To Is That before the regis.
tfrihg Law became effective an Haffida3
VT c6iild be tnads before a sqGire BY
aitaS ShYerlifitltare was ANY question
about his right to vote, but such;is not
the1casen NOV. : ic0ssii. &a'ii3qJ2
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lEzs5
Jl9,cle a sid ol and TIE Bisquii{o
RI E q l2arker HefN
k adfll1o s. Pigs ETC W
MI1JS TPATED BY PEssT55IIssfo WELL,


EARLY this spring Uncle Ashdod
CIate made sup hisRnind that he was
pretty sure TO die within twenty. or
Thirty years, and he felt that It would
be q shame to die and not leave any.
thing to carry hiB name down to pos
!tefity, and that he ought 10 hustle up
a bit II he wanted 10 enroll. his name
on the banner Of fame. The OILY
thing that troubled him was that there
We're not many things a man cotiid do
In Betzyllfe TO make his name resound
around the world IKE a June bug IN
q bass;drum, but one day, whdn he
vas down at the: creek fishing, the
Idea came to him like a fash. S
He says he was sitting there with a
grasshopper in one hand and the fish
hook in the other, ready to thread the
grasshopper on the hook, when sim.
Iiltaneously at the. same time d bee
alighted on his left ear and a mos
quito on.his right ear He, says that
any ordinary man might never have
got an idea from that, but Uncle Ash:
dod canwiggle his ears to and fro like
= flag in the breeze; and he wiggled
them: He says hesmust have wriggled
them too hard, but he wasn't paying
much attention to his ears just then.
He says that II he had wiggled lis
ears with Just slight wiggle all
would have been well. but he must
have wiggled them mighty strong, for
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08

One day farmer drove into town
with a load OF produce and spent the
rest of the day and part Of the night
with conyivial companions. On his
way home he fell asleep, and his wag,
on came in contact with tree by the
,toadside; startling the horses into a
burst Of Speed. They broke away and
went Gathering downSthe road. The
farmer ;slept on He was thus found
'nexttmornirtg at daylight by strang.
81 on horseback:
3stsHe1io! !. called out the horseman
..Who are YOU afid.what are you doing
1ere2"
The farmer peered up and down the
road in a dozed way. WELL" he said
my name is Rogers and I've lost a
blamed fine span OF horses"
Then he got down from his seat and
inspected the vehicle. "And If | amt
Rogers" he added. 1--WE found q
blamed fine wagon "-Everybody's
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08

.7Unse htlile ljasle sam.
=. n q

4 People who live In the tropics have
10 be thoughtful es to the state Of
their liyers. II Is advisable Ito abstain
from heavy foods. the lighter being
lte3 better. We know these things be-
cause they have been written about IN
fiction, books OF \ travel and medical
reports npahlsd by figures and
citations Of awful examples.
II But what DOES Uncle Sam honestly
care about the lives OF his sons and
daughters in the 5Pl philippines Nothing
at all. for helfs carrying out his yearly
practice of loading a ship with mater.
ial for the Thanksgiving dinner in
the islands. rhirty.seyen hundred tur.
keys, 40 barrels Of cranberries, 500
pounds OF inineeinsat and 200 boxes
ofsreds apples have been packed into
The rafrigerators There is also canned
milk from Washington, pfunes from
Oregon. orange from California, beef
from the Bakotas, pork from Iowa,
mutton from Wyoming, butter from
Minnesota and eggs from Wisconsin.
Enough to founder the ship, or II the
ship escapes to founder the army. All
this we knowNto be very, bad for folks
in the tropics. ! twill strain belts and
cause the guard 10 turn out very, very,
'listlessly. 1t will make eyellds droop
and increase the natural irfation OF
the doctors nc sick call the next morn.
Ing. - III Y Il q a
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it angered the bee and the mosquito,
md at the same moment that the
mosquito angrily bit him on the right
lar the bee arose in It's might and
WAITED its singer into his left ear
Z Up 20 the handle.
1t was Immediately after that--with-
n one-tcnth OF secondhand Uncle
Slshdod saw where great improve.
nept could be made in bees and mos
luiios.
So, as soon as he got home, he set
20 work thinking how to improve the
bee and the mosquito, and the more
ne thought about 1t the surcr he be.
came that life was too short for one
man TO improve both separately and
that the right thing to do would be to
mix the breeds of bees and mos
quitos. lie said that the only OBJ.
iectionable part Of the bee was Its
after.deck and rudder, so to speak,
and that the mean part of the mos.
quito was its fore.dcck and bowsprit,
aau NLot tut "Oiiu iIdu bt'su iOllSlub
for these many centuries was com.
binatlon OF the fore.end of the bee and
the rear-end of the mosquito, thus
forming one sweet and useful insect.
About that time bald.headed man
from Chicago came to Bctzville 10 get
material for History OF the Promi.
nent Citizens OF Ringtail County,"
the cost Of tho book being only ten
dollars. including the insertion Of a
handmade biography OF the purchaser
as one of the MOTT prominent of all,
and S2j additional for steel cngrav.
Ing with firm but gentle look. He
strongly urged Uncle Ashdod 10 fall
for e. saying that Uncle Ashdod had
bunch of the most biographical look.
ins whislters in all Ringtail county.
aud that now was tho time to be steel
engraved. before the price OF steel
went up. nut Uncle Ashdod babe him
wait. He told the man from Chicago
that he wouid gladly uplift Amer.
lean literature by contributing his face
and biography, but that he would not
be ready until about potato.dIgging
Time. The fact was that Uncle Ash,
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T..
had got the wrong ends Of them. Each
bisquito had bees stingcr on its
nose and n mosquitoes bitter on its tail,
and they were ambidextrous, as one
might say. They worked something
like see.saw. A bisqulto could bal.
ance on its legs on tender spot, and
then sec'saw UP and down, and at
each tecter the stinger on one end
would do. It's dire work. By the time
Uncle Ashdod reached the attic door
the whole production OF his bisquito
factory was showing him how it was
done.
Uncle Ashdod was seen passing
through Main street at about 1880
o'clock accompanied by all the bis.
quitos known to be in existence, and
he was on the jump, and at every
jump he let forth YELL but at the
speed at which he was travelling tho
reporter OF the Betzville News could
not tell whether it was yell OF tri.
umph or mere expression of annoy.
ance: It was later learned that he
had no thought at the time Of ex.
pressing his triumph. but was simply
hiking for the swimming hole in the
creek.
Three days later the biegrapher
from Chicago found him there with
only his nose above water while sew.
eral hundred Disputes sat patiently
on a log near by. Occasionally a bis.
quito would fly toward Uncle Ashdod,
who would then duck and swallow a
quart of creek water. The gentleman
from Chicago mentioned the subject
OF the biographical history to Uncle
Ashdod at the time. but he did not
wait for an answer. 1t seems that a
bisquito answered him first. He ran
all the way back to Betzville. and the
history was forced to go to press
without even a mention OF Uncle
Ashdod.
BY the time we have a heavy frost
Uncle ashdod's friends hope the bis.
1uitos will be in a comatosc condition
and Uncle Ashdod can como out Of
the creek.
{copyr:Ei!t. 1900. by w. q. Chapman,
Il 70 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08
To Abandon St. Helena.


st: Helena may soon become n bar
: .ren waste. The island which this
English and Dutch fought for and wa
sthe great port of call for the cap
trade before the, SueZ canal was com
stpleted and which still figures in his
tory and romance as the place OF eY
lie of the great Napoleon, the Britic
government may entirely abandon. :,
port OF st. Helena, was great SHY
ing point. AS many as hundred
vessels were anchored in its bay {
one time. A strong English garrist
i,held the island and 1t was basis o
naval and military strength for tn
English during the French. Spanii
9and Napoleonic wars. The buildIr
srof the Suez cana has Diverted I'll:
great trade that maintained 81
Helena. 1t has ceased to be q
Fstrategical Importance to Grea
dBritian. Efforts to cultivate agricul
stliral products have failed, and onll
the military force maintained by til
British has. given the island an!
STEADY source Of income. With thes
withdrawn It Is Likely TO becom
lsbarren and uninhabited, and thu
will pass from current annals one {
.Sthe great historic spots OF the world
yet St Helena for centuries will con
;tinue to have romantic interest n
the last home and death place of tn,
greatest warrior of all time.-Whcel
ling Inteliigencer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-08
ID Ig5|
kYlH "a q ST Ssh
!. llWorkina lon lthe Solution
~ ~ - I. N

= Working on the Solution 1pis
asNiying machine wonders, it seemI
Will never cease. iSomebedy6is doin
: something unheard s,of every da.
\ Epoch making events in the world I
] aerial navigation are, happening s
thick and fast That we have quit .tr.
,fhg't ID keep track of'them!. ,Ni! s'lsI
saw the altitude record broke
racently but today someone scars
an even greater 5hel ghtG hbo,t, 9TH
Clouds atreaching altitudesowell on t
wards ten thousand feet .,siis4s,
N ip distance record are proving equal
fragile and almost daily the press ,di!
patches tell us that Yesterdays Jon
flight has been sprpassed;s
Every morning brings its hero an
thus 1t will continue until the problei
= Of man 8; mastery over 1.-THE air wi
have been solved.-Raleigh Herald.