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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
Ina The Magistrates Court.

Magistrate Wells heard one case
In his court Thursday. Charles Taylor
and Frank Lewis being up for shoot
ing a dog belonging to f. l.. Stewart.
The testimony all went to prove
that Charles Taylor was the guilty
party. he having shot the puppy with
a shot gun. On this testimony Davis
was acquitted and Taylor was SEN
teneed 10 pay a fine Of $40 or to
serve twe1ty days on the county
chain gang.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
ACT QUICKLY.
Delay Has Been Dangerous In Sumter.

Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in the times of danger.
Backache is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
cure all distressing, dangerous kid
ney ills.
Plenty Of evidence to prove this.
Mrs. Charles Browning, 101 E. Ca
nal ST., Sumter, S. c., says:
For some time my kidneys were
disordered and the secretion from
these organs became unnatural. I
also suffered from dull, nagging back
aches and had distressing pains
through my loins. My head ached
constantly, 1 could not rest we'll and
IN the morning 1 felt tired and lam
guid. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills
procured at Chinas Drug Store. I
have been free from backache, am
able to rest we'll and the kidney Sec
retions are regular in passage. The
headaches have ceased and 1 feel bet
ter In every way. 1 give Doan's Kid
ney Pills the credit for this improve
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. No. 20.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
SUICIDE IN HARTSVILLE.
Maurice Mcdonald Ends Life With
Strychnine.

Maurice Mcdonald. a clerk In
the Bank of Hartsville. committed
suicide Wednesday by taking a does
OF strychnine in the Hotel Marguerite.
where he locked himself In a room
before taking the fatal dose.
There Is no charge of a shortage
In his accounts, though the young
man Is alleged to have killed himself
on account Of dissipation. which he
accounted for by saying that he had
more work than he could do.
After taking the poison Mcdonald
called for physician, who arrived a
Few minutes before he expired.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
SHOOTS ONLY son.
Troy Banks Loses His Leg as Result
OF Wound Inflicted by His Faith
or.

Leesville. Nov. 16.-In an effort to
protect his mother from a brutal at
tack made on her by his father,
young Troy Banks, living two miles
from Leesville, was shot and Sc
riously wounded last night.
Lee Banks. the husband and faith
er, has been the terror of the COM
munity for the past five years and
frequently beat his wife and drove
her from their home TO spend the
night at any place she could obtain
shelter. Young Banks, who is now
bright lad of II years. last night
attempted TO help his mother but Lee
Banks, in a drunken rage, took a
gun and drove his son off. Running
at full speed he was shot in the left
leg and fell some distance from the
house. Physicians who were sum-
moned found the bones so shattered
that amputaton was necessary.
After the operation was over Banks
assaulted DIR. Riser. a young physi-
clan from Leesville, who had charge
OF the case. An alteration ensued
in which Dr. Riser received some
Slight bruises. Banks was arrested
and carried TO Lexington this morn
ing. Troy Banks is a manly lad and
has been working hard in. order to
secure an education.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
II. EUGENE WILDER.

Having made a set of books for
three successive years. made the set
Elements with the Comptroller Gem
eral' and performed other duties of
the Auditors office, as Assistant Au-
ditor, and being acquainted with
much Of the property and many Of
the citizens Of the county, an
nounce myself candidate for the
Office of Auditor of Sumter County
in the ensuing Democratic primary.
r. s. STUCKEY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
Notice of Death.

Mrs, Naomi Phillips, widow of Mr..
Hyram Phillips, formerly we'll
known contractor of this city, died
in Atlanta at the residence of her
daughter. Mrs. T.. II. Watson, $50
Ormond street. She is survived by
six children. Mrs. S. G. Davis, of
Springfield. s. c., Mrs. G. M. Ed
wards. OF Tyler. Tex. Mrs. f. l..
Wingate. of Mayesville. S. c.. and
l.. w. and e. NJ. Phillips. If Atlanta,
Ga. The funeral was held from the
residence Thursday at 1890 a. m,
Nov. 10th. 1910. interment being in
Westview cemetery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
A Card.

on account OF the necessity of hov-
Ing a second primary to determine
who shall be Auditor OF Sumter
County. 1 beg TO announce to my
friends and the voters OF Sumter
County. that / am still In the race.
I also wish To thank my many
friends for their liberal support In
the first primary and hope that thoy
will continue same I'm the second.
II. EUGENE WILDER.
Ito 22-w-2t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
In the Police Court.

There were only two cases In the
Recorders court Thursday. and the
fines paid into the city treasury were
correspondingly small.
Walter Riley. for riding a bicycle
on Harvin street sidewalk. paid a
fine Of 81.
Phillip Richberg. for not paying
street taxes al the proper time and
refusing TO do three days work on
the streets, paid the tax Of $3.50
and an additional fine of the same
amount for delinquency.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
Entered M tho Postonice at Sumter, s.
O., as Second Glass Matter.
PERSONAL

The Misses McCreary of Clinton.
Miss Harvie Hull. OF Savannah, Miss
Pattie Gage. OF Chester. and Messrs.
Earl Kaminer. OF Columbia. Will
liam James. OF Chester. and A. G..
Ellison. OF Blshopville are attending
a house party at the residence of
Mr.. r. M. Cooper at wisacky.
Mr.. George Tindai. of Pinewood.
was in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. s. w. Gillespie. OF Claremont.
spent the day In town.
Mr.. A. A. Breariey. OF ST. Charles.
was In the city Tuesday.
Mr.. +. L. Kahn. Of Mayesville.
was in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. L. ID. Jennings went to Cam
den Tuesday.
Mrs. Lehman. OF Brunswick. Ca,
Is visiting her sister. Mrs. A. ID.
Hardy.
Miss Virginia Hardy has returned
from New York.
Mrs. s. c. McKeown left wednes-
day morning for a Wit to relatives in
Chester.
Mr.. II. M, Cooper OF wisacky pass
ed through the city Wednesday OH
his way to Columbia.
Mrs. Jake welnburg. of Manning,
Is In the city visiting her brother,
Mr.. Perry Moses. Jr.
Mr.. Abe Ryttenburg and Mr.. and
Mrs. 1. c. Strauss have returned
from Savannah where they have
been on visit for several days.
The Hon. f. NJ. Thompson. of CO.
lumPia. was In the city to attend
court one day this week
The Hon. l.. w. McLemore, OF
Florence. OF the law firm of Wilcox
& Wilcox. was in the city wednes-
day attending court.
Mr.. A. t. Toon. of Bishopville. fire
adjustor OF the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad. was in town Monday to at
tend court
Miss Holly Brown went to Bishop
willie Wednesday.
Mr.. y. G.. osteen went to Columbia
"Wednesday on business.
Mr.. C. A. Ellerbe. OF Rembert. was
I'm town Wednesday.
Mr.. w. ID. Carson. Of Dalzell was
I'm the city Thursday.
Mr.. j. +. Rhame. Jr.. of Bishop
Vile. vas In the city to attend court
Thursday.
Mrs. j. ]. Watson and children, OF
Columbia are on a visit to- Mrs. B.
X. DeLOrme.
DR. ]. c.. spann went to Spring
Hil Thursday.
DIR. c. c. Brown has gone to Horny
county To- attend the waccamaw
Baptist association. He will return
In time for the regular weekly prayer
meeting on Friday evening.
Miss Gussie Rafield has gone 10
Sardinia to visit trends there for
week.
DIT. w. w. Daniel. OF Columbia,
spent Wednesday night in town. re-
turned TO Columbia Thursday.
Mr.. II. NJ. Cooper was In town
Thursday.
II. +. Kelly. Esq. of Bishopville.
was IN town Thursday TO attend
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
In The Police Court.

There were few offenders 10 he
tried In the Recorders Court We'd
nesday by Mayor pro tenn Wright.
acting Recorder. those on the docket
being up for the usual ofrcnse Of rid
ing bicycles on forbidden sidewalks.
The offende y were: Ike Wilder
Horace Muller and r. y. Brown.
each OF whom contributed 800 to-
wards the city's expenses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

The commissioners of election met
tuesday and tabulated the returns of
the election. In the Federal boxes
Lever received 629 votes. less than
one-third the number he received in
the primary election, and r. H..
Richardson, the republican candi-
date. received 10 votes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

*There is little danger from a cold
Or from an attack of the grip except
when followed by pneumonia, and
this never happens when Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is used. This
remedy has won its great reputation
and extensive sale by it's remarkable
cures of colds and grip and can be
relied upon with implicit confidence.
For sale by all dealers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

81 am pleased to recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the
best thing 1 know of and safest reme-
dy for coughs, colds and bronchial
trouble" writes Mrs. L. B. Arnold Of
Denver. Colo. We have used it re-
peatedly and it has never failed to
give relief" For sale by all deal
erS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

'Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets do not sicken or grippe, and
may be taken with perfect safety by
the most delicate woman or the
youngest child. The old and feeble
will also find them a most suitable
remedy for aiding and strengthening
their weakened digestion and for
regulating the bowels. For sale by
all dealers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

The county taxpayers are some
what slow about coming in with their
taxes this year, although this week
has been a busy one for the county
Treasurer. The payment of taxes is
far behind what it was this time last
year, possibly because of the late
cotton season.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

What's the matter with Missouri
shes all right" exclaims the Globe
Democrat. which. considering that
Champ Clark still resides at Bowling
Green. Is very temperate way OF
putting it.--Omaha Bee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

WANTED-Young men and ladies to
take three months practical course.
We give written guarantee to Sc
cure good positions for each grad
uate. Write for catalogue. Char
lotte Telegraphy School, Charlotte,
n. c..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19
Candidates Cards.


l hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office Of County
Auditor. subject to the rules of the
democratic party. AS / have had
three years of experience in this Of
flee under the direction Of my late
rather. | feel that l am fully COM
potent to discharge the duties Of said
Office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

We are not surprised that Mrs.
Potter Palmer has given up her
residence I'm the British metropolis.
London must be dull indeed after
Chicago!-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

'For pains in the side or chest
dampen piece Of flannel with Cham
berlain's Liniment and bind il on
over the seat of pain. There is moth
ing better. For sale by all dealers.
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Service at Bradford Springs.

Service will he held at st. Philips
church, Bradford Springs. Sunday
morning. November 2Oth. by Rev. VI.
III. Covington.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

*'I do not believe there is any
other medicine So good for whooping
cough as Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dY'" writes Mrs. Francis Turpin,
Junction City, Ore. This remedy is
also unsurpassed for colds and
Group. For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

The work of claying Harvin street
Is progressing rapidly, already it las
been clayed from Liberty to Ken
drick street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-19

If hero mean sincere man. why
may not every one OF us be n hero?
Carlyle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
4 Second Burbank.

Charlie Price was an inmate of
the Minnesota State Prison at Still
water, where he. was sent for kill
ing tramp. He had been a wan
derer over the face of the earth and
used to tell story Of having been
shipwrecked on an island in the
South Sea, where he maintained
himself on tropical fruit. He told
SO many yarns that his associates
nicknamed him Sinbad the Sailor.
The Warden gave him charge of
the vegetable garden and the con-
servatory. In some way he OBJ
tanned some grape fruit seeds
which he grated on to young lem
on twig. He tended the product
carefully, fertilizing it with soap
suds. The product that resulted
was lemon that weighed three
pounds. It attracted the notice of
horticulturists and they interested
themselves in his case and have
now secured his pardon. He has
been in prison for 10 years and
now he is to be given charge of
nursery and allowed to carry on his
/
experiments in the hope that he
may rival Burbank, the California
zard.-Peoria Evening Star.
Comment on the above is I'M
necessary. Sinbad, no doubt,
would be highly pleased to have
the facts conform to the above.
It simply demonstrates the unreli-
ability of news-rather alleged news
that floats around. When you
see it in The Mirror it's SO. The
above is only one out of a million
similar notices floating around re-
lgarding Sinbad.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
Jigsaw Philosophy.


| am hard ut work writing a
beautiful ballad entitled, Spread
The Tacks Carefully, As Baby Is
Creeping.
When you hear woman speak
ing of her husband and she calls
him Mr. Williams, she is unassum-
ing and respects him. When you
hear her speak of him as John,
she loves him, but when she says
''my husband" with emphasis on
the "my," we'll you can guess the
rest.
Glad to hear that managers Of
Eastern vaudeville houses have
made the performers cut out the
motherlnIaw jokes. 1t is time the
poor, downtrodden motherlnlaw
was getting a square deal. The man.
ayers have been getting letters
congratulat,ng them from men
who love their wives mothers. I
congratulate the managers. My
motherinlaw loaned wife and me
IS. 90 when we were married.
The best advice that I know to
give to some men who drink is to
tell them to stick to it. They will
look at you seriously then. They
have had all the other talks from
the w. G. T. U. "down." just
tell them if you think much Of
them, "Pals, as long as [ have a
dollar and you want booze, you let
me know. [ don't want to see you
around drunk for years. I want
to see you get laid away nicely"
Coming here on the car I was
on last month, were two students.
The car stopped and one student
asked the other if he knew why the
Professor went away. eyes," he
said, II think the object of his Wis
it to the Metropolis, is to institute
individual and minute searches
among the Encyclopedias for his
torical data bearing upon physio-
logical phenomena-subsequently
eliminating the more profound dis
sertations, consequent upon the
mature deliberations of the func.
tons of the ablest sages ofantiquity
and will return to his sequestrial
rural residence where he will re-
duce the information thus elicited
to series of metaphysical deduc-
tions.' What do you know about
that? And me handcuffed, too.
F. G. McC.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
THE MESSENGER QUEEN.

I've never dinel with Emperors,
Nor Presidents nor Kings.
I know naught of diplomacy,
Affairs of State, or things.
I never yet was guilty found
Of causing smiles of Queens;
Nor do their company 1 desire,
Untruthful as it seems.
But once when I was facing
A blizzard in the North,
The old saying came to me,
SIN storm take any port"
I ran into an Igloo,
Twas built 'longside the trail,
For to rest from mushing
Away from storm and gale.
There I met the blacklist squaw
That | have ever seen,
Eating her dried salmon and
Seal oil, not very clean.
She was not so very pretty,
Nor what you call belle,
But in the Seal Oil Circle
She surely cut a swell.
Dressed in the latest fashion,
Not in fimsy gown
OF satin, silk or muslin
She bid me welcome home.
Her feet, I dared to look at them)
Were artfully encased
In deerskin, called Messinker boots,
The make was found, not traced.
Notlike New York g Four Hundred,
A thousand gowns or none,
Her boomers. hood and parkee,
Were all made into one.
[ must say [ was ern barrassed,
Accepting her invite.
To take a seat on Mother Earth
OF frozen fsh-a bite.
She talked to me of All-a-pah,
Twas up to seventy6ve;
She said she utterly despised
The white man mode Of life.
While munching oil and frozen fish,
Oflight I saw sheen
I hurriedly then babe farewell
To the dark Messinker Queen.
IF. Fl. G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
BY AviSO.

8 umble.
The Man with the Key is a reg
ular Lord steIfield these days.
Nickel Willie in The Mirror Of
flee is not nickelplated. He "tends
to biznuz and don't say nuthin, and
don't do nuthin' 'cept tend to biz
nuz" He says he wants to get into
the onelundred percent class. He
is headed that way ''shore huff.
Ackermony, the red, round and
rosy private secretary to House
Steward Anderson, will soon be
eligible to receive one of those
famous "diploomers" the State
Board of Control hands out to the
faithful and industrious members
of the Circle of the Chosen Few.
King Menelik said recently:
swell, sub, l am beginning to en-.
Joy life, sub. I have lost the way
to count, sub, and Inow understand
! what Angelglucose writes about.
1t was all black blur to me once
upon time, sub, yessuh. l am
learning more now than [ ever did
before, sub, yessuh!"
Young Mr.. Mcclellan says
The Mirror made him famous at
one fell swoop. He says further
more that Mr.. Munson's candy
business ought to prosper immense
ly with such a powerful booster
back of him as the family journal.
The Mirror is a booster club by it.
self. 1t aims to have a good word
for everyone and knocks for none.
The knockers may knock until the
Internal Regions are garnished
with North Pole icicles and the
good words will sally forth in it's
columns just the same.
Sometime ago The Mirror re-
ferred editorially to the great poet
ic ability of Anglicus. His poems
have been accepted and paid for
by many highclass publications.
including the Century, st. Louis
Mirror, The Fra, The Bellman and
other magazines. 1t is matter Of
congratulation to both prison and
prisoner. There is great future
ahead for this talented versifier
Iand no doubt he will accomplish
greater things later in the literary
line. May he prosper in that d.
rection far beyond his most SAN
guine expectations.
Not long ago Hugo observed:
"Since [ bin interviewed. in de
family chournal I am no longer
} troobled nit de headache. 1t has
left me all at vonce, yet, yah! Dat
King Menelik says my philosophy
} is all right, but too much headache
goes nit it [ will not say | vas
not correctly quvoted In de paper,
but | moost say [ feel very much
better now because [ believe der
dear Kaiser can lick de British,
vet. yah! I vas much Worried, but
| hear Anglicus is selling so much
poetry in dis country ne will not
want to go back to England, nus
suree. Dat drives away de head
aches und de blues, yet, yahp'
! Mr.. Kilograms is very proud OF
his Ingersoll ticker. He said re-
, Gently: "You see I've been trou.
bled with insomnia and I told the
Warden could sleep all right il
he would allow me to buy and car.
ry an Ingersoll chronometer, which
he did. Every night | put it un'
| der my pillow and fall into the
r arms Of Morpheus listening to its
8 ticktacks, but wurra, hurroo, dc
f you know my carrying that niger
y soil has caused a bad complain,
r from which [ suffered to become
{ contagious? Well, it has. Quite
a a few highsteopers have rubbed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
SIDE LIGHTS ~ :: zz:::

Supt. w llliamS SOOu MOI uiliS
sounds like the zeal article.
Prof. Webb remarks: 'My hum
BILE name always looks well to
me in print, sah, unless it is in the
police count column.
'Mistah ArkansaW is the popu-
lar waiter because he feeds the
celebrities In the Delmonico an
mex" said Davy the other day.
A special airless says Warden
Wolfer's health is improving In
the orange belt of Florida. Health
is the principal thing in this life.
Sinbad is writing some personal
"reminiscences for The Mirror. The
old salt has an inexhaustable fund
of stuff Stored away in his think
tank.
Billy Pinkerton, jr., says he was
not aware Of the fact that he is a
joy radiator. Billy .distributes the
paper mail = and radiates JOY
"muchly."
deputy Warden Backland has
,o ca oftan tO off ClaI
documents of late he is beginning
to sling bankers sig," says a
neighbor up the avenoo.
Butch, ir., said: 81 am dead
solier until the patrol comes along
and carries me out. But | am not
the only dead soljer. There are
others and he looked far away.
Private Secretary Ball says Tai
lor Nelson department intends to
keep up with the procession on all
matters of scientific interest Sin
and about the several apartments
of the temple"
The Crackerjack of the Clubber-
wocks and Kelly are lying low
these days. They both live in the
same block and on the same street,
but do not belong to the same
secret society.
The engineer in s will have to
enter the Hall of Fame along with
Oliver Twist, Lord Roscoe and the
rest. Therefore the Secretary will
enter his name upon the Scroll OF
Honor as the Zumbro Chief.
How do you like Young Steady
thinks and things? He is prod
uct of the day school in The Mir
ror Office. A printing Office affords
en- apt pupil a liberal education in
itself if the aforesaid apt pupil will
take hold.
Officer Harvey says cranks who
can appreciate good literature are
few and far between, b.t he says
he has some literary connoisseurs
in his bailiwick. eff the library
books don't suit them they send
them back he said
"When Assistant Deputy Ward
en- Sullivan claps his eagle
eve on the Iaddiebucks in the
morning. said a neighber, ''they
step higher and liveller, youbetch'
you'll" Yes, especially when they
are headed toward the eats.
Monte says: sore h'eyes and
a poor constitooshun are worse
than having one lung, Monsieur
oui! But wen [ get back to za'
dear CANADIAN will have re ont
good constitooshun again and NJ
sore h'eyes, oui, Monsieur!'
Davy says: "The Jock of Ok
ford is a smart Teller all right.
am thinking of engaging him TO
my private secretary. He stick
stories on to me [ Lever heard o
before. The first thing [ know
about 'em | read 'em in print 0
the ladies in the front Office direc
a4lontinn To them That's
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
A DIALOGUE.

SAID PATRICK:
Kathleen, me darn', if you only knew
How deep is the love that Tn feeling for you,
You would never refuse me, coldly reject
The offerings bring you nor treat with neglect
heart that is breaking with passion that's true,
And a soul that is bowed in its worship of YOU"
SAID KATHLEEN:
"Now Patrick, your pleadings are stale,
Nine others have heard the same tale.
The heart you declare to be breaking,
And the love you're SO ardentiy making
Is little too tough
And a trfe too rough
So the dust from your brogans be shaking
d M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-03
WHEN I AM DEAD.
>~eseee>~

When am Dead if men can say
HE helpel the world upon it's way,
With all faults Of word and deed,
Mankind did have some little need
Of what he gave" then in my grave
No greater honor shall [ crave.
If they can say-if they but can
"He did his best; he played the man;
His ways were straight; his soul was clean;
His falings not unkind nor mean;
He loved his fellowman and tried
To help them," I'll be satisfied.
But when I'm gone, if even one
Can weep because my life is done
And feel the world is something bare
Because am no longer there
Call me a knave, my life mis- spent
No matter, shall be content.
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