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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01

with anything less than good sani-
tation we must find an extensive an
aemia among the whites, and prac-
tical experience bears out this theory
among the tenant whites of the
South.
1t is not only foolish, but cow
ardiy to attempt to deny the existing
conditions and pay for a false sense
or local pride at the price of the lives
or women and children. Fortunate
~. the better class of thought In tha
South is facing facts and organizing
for an extensive campaign to inn
prove sanitary conditions. And when
the South shall win it's noble f,pht
against diseases the victory will be
great and fully repay the efforts snant
upon it"s
Dr. Stiles, speaking upon child la
Dor in the South, took position
which some of his hearers might
nave judged radical. He said:
1 have never defended child Ia
Dor as an abstract proposition. hut
when l compare child labor and
enid misery upon the soil-polluted
one-horse farm with child labor mn.
der the vastly improved sanitary
conditions in the Southern cotton
mliis' [ am forced to the conclusion
that the latter is Infinitely better
than the former, and if il came n q
cholce between the two for my voun.,
daughter, now 10 years old. NV dntv
would compel me to choose for her
a lie in the spinning room OF the
average cotton mill of the Soutb
which 1 have visited, i'm preference
TO life of toll and misery on the
average insanitary tenant farm 7
have studied.
am unable to join i'm the whole
sale condemnation of the south,s
cotton mills, for 1 recognize in them
the best friends the tenant whites of
the South have"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01
AWAITING TRIAL SUICIDES.
JOE GARRIS. ACCUSED OF MUIR
DER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Hrooding Over His Trouble Pulls
Pistol and Sends Ball Into His
Head After Alighting From a
Buggy.

WATERFORD, Dec. 29.--Joe Garris.
young white man 23 years old who
was out on bond, charged with muir
der, committed suicide at the home
OF his uncle, Joe. T. Garris. near
Williams, in the upper part of the
county.
Ii VIII be recalled that young Gar
ris and two other young white men
were charged with killing Israel
Manigault, a negro, at Colleton Cy-
press company's mill. October 27,
and were to have been tried for<this
killing in November, but the case
was continued by the solicitor. IT
Is possible that he was brooding over
this affair and that his mind became
unsettled.
The shooting occurred about
o'clock at the front gate of ]. II.
Garris. and the report given your
correspondent by Heber Padgett,
who was at Mr.. Garris' home at the
time, throws no light on the cause of
the tragedy. 1t appeass that Mr..
Garris, in company with Geo. Bran
non, had driven from Williams a
short distance away, to go by Mr..
Garris' for the ostensible purpose az
seeing his son, who was a cousin of
young Garris. When they reached
the gate, Mr.. Brannon says. he got
ous on one side and went to hitch
tbe horse, while Mr.. Garris alighted
on the. other. Almost Immediately
he saw Garris pull, as he thought
handkerchief out of his pocket and
carry it to his mouth. Instantly
there was report and young Garris
fell Brannon called to the elder
NE. tiarris to come out, that young
Joe Garris' had killed himself. Mr..
Padgett rushed out to the gate, but
found young Garr;s breathing ~.
last. 1 He went for DR.. Rinsa,r-- -, !,
found that the ball mad entered ,ns
mouth end RANGED upward, ,,eds,,,e
In brain, pfoduclNe almost insta ots
death.
Garris had, evidently placed the
pistol In his mouth and fired.
No reason can be given for this
suicide and no one suspected that
the young man, intended to do in
jury to himself. The only remark
ne made that was calculated 70
arouse suspicion was to hi. sister
just before leaving home. She was
prushing his coat and he said to her,
1T is no use to. brush my coat: I will
not need it after today"
The affair is regretted as the
young man belongs to a large and
mighty respectable family.-Tbe
State.
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MDDe4o weekly Statement.
~ or1eans. Dec. 2s.-Secretary
t)y's weekly cotton statement, is
| Dsosmbsr "a. shows for the "a
az December . decrease under
ysar Of ss2. .ooo..a decrease under
pams period Of year before last
$1,000.
~ the 115 days Of the season that
: elapsed the aggregate IL be-
! the same days Of last year. L.
600; ahead OF the same days year
'rs last s0i.oeo. N
be amount brought into sight
ne the past week has been
III baiss iagainst 617.s74 for the
days last year. 474.s7s year
<rnovement since September I
n? eeceipts in all United States
,oo0.211 against s.O07.2ss last
4>6s.22o year before last.
tePland across the Mississippi.
/, and Potomac rivers to Northern
and Canada 410.52s against
80 last year; interior stocks in
~ Of those held At the close Of
epmmercial year s74.os1 against
let last year: Southern mills
nss $4,000 against ss4.4so last
hess make the total movement
the lbs days of the season from
epber to date s.s4s.7ss against
t.37S last year.
,fslsn exports for the week have
N1tzte7 against s5i,4Os last
making the total thus far for
season s.S4s.sst against 4.s24,-
y year,
= total takngs OF American
North. south and Canada. thus
tr the season have been 1891
sinst 2,27soe5 last year.
3oks az the seaboard and the 20
nz Southern interior centres
Increased during the week 49,
bales against an increase during
corresponding period last season
fsl.
Guiding stocks left over at ports
interior town. from the last crop
the number OF bales brought in
Eht thus far from the new crop.
mpply to date Is 7,1l7,114 galnst
l72z foy the same period last
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01
MARINES HELPED ESTRADA.
ZELAYA SAYS 20 WE'RE KILLED
BY HIS FORCES.
knox Not Competent Judge.-Titular
President Of Nicaragua Questions
Secretary's Right to Pass on His
Acts. Al

Mexico City, Dec. 2s.--"Mr. Knox
Is not my Judge. 1 am answerable
only to my government for my ac-
tions."
In these words Jose Santos Zelaya.
who arrived here this morning from
Salina Cruz. replied to "a query to-
night as to what attitude he would
assume should Secretary Knox seek
to extradite him from this country.
Zelaya refused to discuss the proba-
bility Of such situation but strong
ly intimated that the secretary Of
state would not have the right to re-
quest his presence in the United
States.
II have no feeling against the
American people at large, nor to the
government" he said. Secretary
Knox has been Systematically mis-
informed and public opinion in the
United States has been prepared
against me, but the real facts must
BECOME known in time, and 1t is to
that time that trust my vindica-
ton.
MY relations with the preceding
administration were exceedingly
| friendly. The situation contains
many unfortunate conditions both
for our own people in Central Amer
lea and the Americans. Secretary
Root had the complete confidence of
Central America. and his policies
were drawing the people closer to-
| gether, politically and commercially
am afraid that the attitude of Sec
retary Knox is undoing all that work
throughout Latin America"
Zelaya made the assertion that
American marines engaged in sever
al recent battles in Nicaragua and
that 20 of them were killed. He
said:
do you know that there were 400
Americans fighting with the insur-
eents, at the recent battle Of Rama |
Do you KNOW tnur ut the butrrg 81
Colorado Junction. on. November 1
the bodies of 20 American marines
were picked up on the field by ou,
forces-all dead. and all from the
| American gunboats anchored in the
river to protect American interests !
The official explanation given me
was that these men were deserters."
| Zelaya tonight said he would not
make any attempt to regain powe,
In his country, but might return Il
ne was asked by his government,
when peace was restored.
That zelaya is at liberty tc
return to Nicaragua when he
pleases was the information given
out at the foreign office today
sub-Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Gamboa declared that it was only
tacitly agreed that Zelaya was to re.
main out If Nicaragua. but that sc
far as Mexico was concerned no at.
tempt would be made to control his
movements.
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afternoon. At that time the Palm
er's sailors were on deck singing and
celebrating the holiday in sea FASH
ION, all unknowing Of the fate that
awaited them within a few hours at
the entrance to their home port.
Yesterdays roll of wrecks was in.
creased today The schooner Ada
Is. Damon, the sole support of her
aged master. Capt A. X Brewster OF
york, Me-, vert ashore near Ipswich.
She will probably be a total loss
Her crew managed to reach shore
safely.
In Chelsea, where a tidal wave
broke dyke and flooded the
homes Of 1000 people, a high tide
today opened two new breaks.
Many Of the cellars on higher
ground which had been pumped out
by fire engines were again flooded. 1t
VIII be weeks before the people in the
eight acres which are under water
every high tide will be able to return
to their homes.
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HOOK WORM DISCUSSION.
FEDERAL MEDICAL SPECIALIST
SPEAKS AT BOSTON. s

Claims 1T is an Unnatural Biological
Condition to Have Two Closely AL.
lied Species of Animals Living
Side by Side in Same Area, a Con-
ditiOn Found in SOuth---Is Unable
to Condemn Southern Mill Condi-
tiOns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01

New Yorls Dec. 2S.-With the
news of the probable loss of the big
five masted schooner Davis Palmer
with her crew of IL men, off Boston
harbor and of the wrecking of nine
other vessels along the Massachusetts
coast, the opening chapter of the
toll taken on the sea by the great
storm which swept New England
Saturday night and Sunday was barred
to the world today Cape Cod is
still cut off and, with the restoration
Of communication there, It is feared
that a tale Of marine disasters and
storm damage unequaled in years will
be related
Wreckage borne into Boston har-
Dor today is believed to be the mute
evidence Of the loss Of the schocr-
er Davis Palmer, Newport News fur
Boston, somewhere near the entra nee
to the harbor. A signal box among
the wreckage contained burgee with
the Palmers name as also did a quar-
ter board found nearby The wreck
itself has not been located.
The three masted schooner Nan
tasket was hurled ashore at Scitu-
ate and probably win prove total
wreck. Volunteer life savers with
the breeches buoy rescued her crew
Of ten men. With a cargo of lumber
she was bound for Boston from
North Carolina.
The schooner Belle Halliday is
ashore at Brant Point, Nantucka ct
exposed to the fury of the sea. The
fate OF her crew is unknown, but it
is believed that they have been res
cued. She was from Philadelphia
loaded with railroad iron.
On the rocky shores Of Martina =
Vineyard. two waterlogged schoon-
ers are being swept by every sea.
rney arc Il, = Z. .fx X. Mclean, az l.tt.s
tish vessel bound from Perth Am
boy to Halifax. and the Ston.ngtcn,
Maine. schooner, Maude Seward
Port Reading for Provincetown. The
crews of both have been taken OF.
At Princetown the sloop Bonila
Is aground and in the liats of Fly
mouth harbor are four small schoon-
ers similarly distressed.
Southeastern Massachusetts. Cape
Gods Sandy Peninsula particularly,
and Rhode Island suffered most from
the storm and are still in the most
demoralized condition as far as wire
and transportation service go. Many
places in southeastern Massachu-
setts have not witnessed the arrival
of railroad train for two days.
New Bedford and Fall River hav,.
been cut of from telegraphic COM
munication with the outside world
since Sunday morning.
Eighteen persons in and near New
York perished in the Christmas bliz-
zard or died from accidents caused
by 1t. Six of this number died from
exposure. Others were drowned AMI
several were killed by trains,
Wire communication, which was
badly interrupted during the worst of
the blow, was given fairly good today
except to New England points The
Western Union had a few wires
working to Boston but the Postal
wires to that city were all down.
The storms effects were severely
felt by the poorer classes of the pop
ulation. Blockades on railroads cre-
ated shortage of food supplies and
consequent increase in prices.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01

IL Is evident that Commander
Peary had authority for his swift and
emphatic denunciation of DR.. Cook.
The opinion will prevail, neverthe-
less, that he could have afforded to
wait.-New York Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01

Boston, Mass, Dec. 2S.-The dis
covery today of the wreck of the five
masted schooner Davis Palmer.
which sank with 12 men Sunday
morning at the entrance If Broad
sound, was followed by the report of
another wreck in the outer harbor
This second vistim Of the great storm
which swept New England Saturday
and Sunday was reported by Capt.
Kemp Of the tug Arial, who asserts
that he saw three masts of a schoon-
er projecting above the water near
the shoals known as "the Graves"
Although Capt. Kemp locates the
vessel three miles east Of the wreck
of the Palmer, some marine author
tiles think that he may have been
mistaken in his bearings and that he
saw the Palmer's masts
Seafaring men who believe that
the tug boat captain is not in error
about his bearings are discussing the
possibility of q collision between the
Palmer and the unknown schooner.
Probably the last person to see the
Palmer before she sank was Can't.
Sookamp of the barge JIopatcong
which docked at Lynn today from
Hoboken. TIe reported passing the
Palmer off Cape Cod late Christmas
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SUMTER s, c., SATURDAY. JANUARY ! 1910
SUNDAYS TERRIBLE STORM.
PORTION OF NEW ENGLAND IS
PAI,ALYZED.

Toll OF the Sea Especially Heavy
About Cape COd.-Telegraph> and
Telephone Lines observation-disclosures
Without Trains For Two DAYS
Eighteen Dead In and About New
York.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-01
ICE PACK IN OHIO RIVER.
Stream Freezes and Great Piles OF
Ice Stack Up Against Piers Of
Bridges-Tfe-up Expected.

Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. 2S.-With tons
upon tons Of ice piled high against
the piers, Of bridges spanning the
Ohio River here and at points below
Pittsburg, river traffic has been en-
tirely abandoned and river men are
preparing to cope with one of the
worst Ice packs ever experienced in
the local harbor.
An estimated 100000 bushels of
coal has been diverted from it's usual
river transportation to Southern
points and cars are being asked for
from all railroads by local operators
who realize that 1t may be weeks be-
fore the packet owners can again
take up the work Of transporting
the coal fleets down the Ohio.
At Pittsburg river navigation ceas-
ed Christmas day.,
AT Wheeling, w. Va, river men re-
port danger to craft In that harbor.
precautions have been taken to avoid
loss or property along the water front
where many packets and empty coal
fleets lie tied up.
From Wheeling to New Martins
vile, w. Va, distance of miles
a solid sheet of ice marks the course
of the Ohio river. Weather copdi-
t'ohs at all points do not indicate any
marked change in the weather and il
IS the prediction of river men that the
present severe conditions will prevail
lor at least week if not for weeks.
the 24th The English minister at
Managua offered me conveyance upon
the sloop Shearwater, then at an
chor at Corinto, to any country +
wanted to go, but I preferred TO coma
to Mexico "
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-11

air that Arnold had given to the South
through his band was tune to fight
to and tune to die by. There was a
tilt in the lines, trumpetcall in the
gay little tune that put courage into
men and sent them to fight and die
unprotesting for the land of cotton
Davis has passed on to greater re-
ward than the South ever gave him for
the sacrifice he made in taking lead
ership for which he did not deem him.
self fitted; reward beyond the irons
at Fortress Monroe and the citizenship
denied. The seal of the Confederate
States, brave in its wreaths and letters
of gold and it's "Deo Vindice,o is only
a souvenir of cause that was lost. The
flag that Davis accepted, protesting,
as substitute for the stars and stripes
of the United States, is thing now
only for song and story. A reunited
nation garlands alike the graves OF
thoses who wore the blue and the
gray. A new South of industry and
unprecedented progress has risen on
the ashes of the old. The nation has
gone changing down the bringing
grooves of change" airs coming and
goi,g, to find favor and be forgotten,
but out of all the chaos "Dixie'' has
come unchanged.
NEWTON NARGENBRIGHT.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-11
DEEDS, NOT WORDs,
Staunton People Have Abso-
Lutte Proof Of Deeds at Home.

1t is not words, but deeds thatsprove
true merit.
The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
for Staunton kidney sufferers, have
made their local reputation.
Proof lies in the testimony of Staun-
ton people who have been cured to stay
cured.
William l. Rohr, 1O41 Front street,
Staunton, Va, says: II used Doan's
Kidney Pills, and the results were sat
isfactory. Kidney complaint was
with me for a long time and suffered
from severe pains in my back and
sides. STOPPING or lifting caused sharp
twings to dart through me and [ had
to have assistance in getting out OF
bed. The kidney secretions we're very
irregular in passage, and l had but
little control over them. [ tried sew
eral advertised remedies, but received
no relief until 1 procured Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Thomas Hogshead's drug
store. / continued taking Doan Is
Kidney Pills until / was completely
cured. 1 publicly recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills six years ago,
and to-day l am pleased to state that
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Saved From Awful Peril.

Il never felt SO near my grave, 4"
writes Lewis Chamblin, of Man.
chester, Ohio, r. r. No. 3. s'as when
frightful cough and lung trouble
pulled me down to lis pounds in spite
of many remedies and the best doctors.
And that am alive today is due solely
to DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
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100 pounds and can work hard. 1t also
cured my four children of Group" In
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-11
President Helps Orphans.

Hundreds of orphans have been help
ed by the President of the Industrial
and Orphans Home at Macon. Ga,
who writes: ."Ve have used Electric
Bitters in this Institution for nine
years. 1t has proved most excellent
medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney troubles. We regard it as one of
the best family medicines on earth. "
1t invigorates all vital organs, puri-
fies the blood, aids digestion creates
appetite. To strengthen and build up
pale, thin, weak children or rundown
people it has no equal. Best for female
complaints. Only SOC. at B. f. Hugges
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-11
THE HORSE WON.
A RACE WITH A LOCOMOTIVE WHEN
RAILROADS WERE NEW.

| kAlLhOADS w EN- NEWs
In 1922 the first charter was obtained
for railroad in the United States. 1t
was for line from Philadelphia to a
point on the Susquehanna river, but
was never built. On the announce
ment of the project some one asked one
of the Baltimore newspapers. "What
is a railroad, anyhow" The editor
was forced to reply that he did not
know, but that 'sperhaps some other
correspondent can tell.'
Seven years later on the little wood
en- track along the Lackawanna creek
/ the first locomotive had it's trial. The
experiment was far from successful,
and for number of years afterward
the trains on most of the railroads con-
tinued to be drawn by horses. The
irst locomotive on the Baltimore and
Ohio had sails attrached. So did the
cars. These sails were hoisted when
the wind was in the right direction so
as to help the locomotive.
The rivalry between the railroads
using locomotive and those using
horses was very bitter. In August
1880, an actual trial of speed was held
between a horse and one of the pioneer
Locomotives which did not result in
favor of the locomotive. The race was
on the Baltimore and Ohio, the loco
motive being one built by Peter Coop
er, who also acted as engine driver.
The horse, a gallaut gray, was in the
habit of pulling car on track paral-
lei to that used by the locomotive. At
first the gray had the better OF the
race, but when he was quarter OF q
mile ahead Mr.. Cooper successful in
getting up enough steam to pass the
horse amid terrific applause.
At that moment band slipped from
a pulley, and "though Mr.. Cooper lac
Grated his hands trying to replace it
the engine stopped, the horse passed it
and came in the winter"
AS there were no brakes on the ear
ly trains, they used to stop and to
start with jolts which threw the pas
sengers across the car. The coupling
was with chains, having two or three
feet of slack, which the engine in start
ing took up with series of fierce
jerks. The shock on stopping was
even worse and 'snever failed to send
the passengers flying"
There were no whistles in the old
days. Signals were given by pushing
up the valve on the dome by hand and
letting the steam escape with a loud
kissing noise. On the New Castle and
Frenchtown railroad when the signal
was heard the slaves around the sta
ton would rush to the arriving train,
seize hold of it and pull back with all
their might while the agent stuck
piece of wood through wheel.
- There were SO many collisions and
explosions that some southern rail
roads introduced what they called a
barrier car between the locomotive and
the passenger coaches of the train.
This barrier car consisted of plat
form on wheels upon which were piled
six bales of cotton, and it was claimed
it would safeguard the passengers in
two ways-it would protect them from
the blowing up of the locomotive and
would form soft cushion upon which
the passengers could land in the event
of a collision. There is no record OF
how this experiment worked out
American CultivatOr.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-11
Mr.. Er1csons old House.

Go see it, it's a beauty. 1t stands
out among all its neighbors, because
the coloring is so bright and clear.
Mr.. Ericsson painted with L. d Nj.
Paint and says it cost 1-3 less than ever
before. He bought only II gallons OF
L. & M. Paint and gallons of Linseed
Oil to mix with it. This made q gal
Ions of pure paint, and cost only $l.2O
finest in town. The L. & M. is sold
by:
Sold by G. III. CohIon & Son. Stuarts
Draft: J. B. Roden. Waynesboro:
Augusta Milling & Nero. Company,
Messy Greek va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-02-11
Production OF Coed and other Metal

The Geological Surveys report on
the production of gold, silver, copper,
lead and zinc in 1908 at mines in the
Western States and Territories covers
the production of Alaska, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming. The compilation is
the work of seven authors and COM
prises -314 pages. Comparisons are
made with the production of 1907 by
States, and the statistics include the
production by counties and districts.
Record is made of mining conditions
and new developments at many places.
The pamphlet can be obtained with
out charge by applying to the Director
of the Survey at Washington.