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Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
SENATOR DICK, HUSTLER

IT NEASY lies the back that bears a
senate toga. The United States
~ senate contains many able and
noble men, but it would be rank dis
sembling to pretend that it doesn't
need a combing out. Mitchell is dead
and Burton of Kansas is just out of
the penitentiary, but there are some
Lorimers left, and the people intend to
keep on agitating until they are put
out, which will be through the agency
of the direct primary.
Remembrance of these cases and Of
the Platts who represented the eN-
press companies, the Depews who rep
resented the railroads, the Forakers
who were on guard for the Standard
Oil company impels US to call attention
to the case of Mr.. Dick of Ohio, CO
senator of the erstwhile Foraker and
survivor of the old and passing politi-
cal regime in Ohio.
Mr.. Dick is a member of the senate
committee on postoffices, which has
much to do with postal contracts He
is also. as lately discovered a large
stockhoder in the Universal Pneu-
matte Transmission company, which
has been seeking contracts for supply
ing the department with tubes to shoot
the mails in the cities hither and
yon. Although he is not a professional
humorist there is nevertheless humor
in the explanation volunteered by
William II. Dinspel. the inventor of
the pneumatic tube for which the
company owns the patent. Mr. Dinspel
says:
Senator Dick is a hustler ana a
fine man. He has about 100000
worth of stock, which is selling at
par. but of course he did not pay
that for it. He paid $4,000 cash
for the first stock he got. Then /
got him a lot more, and he is very
enthusiastic about the companys
prospects.
And so Senator Dick is hustler"
Probably And so were Platt and
Depew and Foraker i'm their way. But
as fast as the people are finding out
the hustlers they are inviting them to
do their hustling outside the portals
of congress.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21


OF the 17,546 csons whose names
are in who's Who in America" for
1901, just issued, 1888 gave gen
eral educational data concerning them
selves. 1t appears that S529 of this
latter number, or 5496 per cent, are
college graduates, while 476 are grad
yates of the United States military
and naval academies. Those who at
tended college but were not graduated
were 2O49. Only 209 were educated
privately; 81 were self taught.
Lawyers are 3OS1 of the grand total
in the book; physicians, 1S45; clergy
men, 2035; artists, 625; musicians, 2S3;
persons in technical pursuits, 1124. 1t
is a striking fact that of the. physi-
clans 1926 per cent, just under the
half, are college graduates. In the
ministry the per cent is S1.22; in the
law, 52'2S: among the workers in tech
nicaI professions, 1852; among musi-
clans, 1896; among artists, 8.S8.
Of the 1856 persons listed, 1851
are natives of the United States, 1873
of England, 333 of Germany, 3S1 of
Canada, 172 of ireland, 121 of Scot
land. New York furnished 297O of the
native born; Massachusetts,, 1853;
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
Objections to Polished Rice
(salt Lake Tribune)

(Salt Lake
A recent consular report notes the
prevalence of the "beri- beri" plague in
the Straits Settlements. Physicians
were not able to trace the cause of 1t,
all of the known origins of that fever
being thoroughly traced and found
wanting in this case. Finally some
one suggested that the polished white
rice which was given out and which
the natives called bad rice" might
be the possible cause. Experiments
made on fowls showed that the milled
rice produced "beri- in them, be-
cause the outer cover of the grain is
removed in the process of polishing,
and A also removes the phosphorus, and
it was concluded that the disease can
be prevented by substituting rice in
which the polished process has been re-
duced to a minimum for use in place
Of the polished rice.
Nearly 2OO0 deaths were caused by
this disease in the Straits Settlements
colony last year and thirty to thirty
five deaths monthly in Singapore. Great
hopes are entertained that the less
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

We have at least one congressional
fight in this state that is of national
Importance William Kent will con-
test with William McKinlay for Re
publican nomination in the district
that lies north of San Francisco. Nc
Kinlay is a congressman of the regular
machine type-votes program, includ-
ing the tariff and Cannon, and plays in
with the organization crowd in his dis
trict. Kent Is supported by the Lin
coin Roosevelt league and by the pro-
gressive element in his district par
ticularly those that are devoted to the
Roosevelt doctrine of conservation.
Mr.. Kent is the son of a wealthy and
well known Chicago business man,
long since deceased but still well re-
membered in the Lake City for his en-
terprlse and his public spirit. After
leaving Yale college Kent took charge
of his fathers large property interests
in Chicago and in California, which
latter consisted chiefly of a large ranch
in the northern part of the state At
that time-which was about twenty
years ago--the Chicago city govern
ment was in the hands of as uncon-
scionable a set of scoundfels as ever
looted a treasury or jobbed a franchise.
The council, which was nearly the
whole thing in the city government,
was made up of half a dozen honest
men and two or three score of free
hooters known as Grey Wolves" :"
Kent is one of those people who enjoy
the right end of fight, and if it hap
pens at the same time to be. the hard
end then he is three or four times
happy. So he decided to run for coun-
ell and stand with the honest half
dozen. He was elected-a whaling
good campaigner is Billy Kent-and
Fx.1ww ns1n lNA
sparks fly in the city council. Natur-
ally that was about all he could do
with the microscopic minority back of
him. He emerged alive and with a
settled purpose in life; to make over
the city council of Chicago and make
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
ITS SWAN SONG

TT IS the New York World, one O
the ablest opponents in the coun
u try of legal popular robbery b!
means of the high tariff, that thus
sums up the existing industrial con
ditions under the Aldrich tariff a.
written in the signs of the day;
Reports from Boston state that
many cotton mills are to close down
for the purpose of curtailing pro-
duction. The reduction will affect
the work and the wages of 10000
men.
Is that a sign of prosperity?
A report of the steel industry
says: Business just now is ex-
ceedingly light and it is reported
that number of mills in the Pitts
burg district are about to close
down through lack of orders
Is that sign of prosperity?
One of the richest and best man
aged railways in America, unable
to get money in our own markets,
has had to seek it in Paris, Ber-
lin and Vienna.
Is that a sign of prosperity?
Reports from the middle west are
to the effect that banks and insur-
ance companies are curtailing
loans on land mortgages.
Is that a sign of prosperity?
The government of the United
States has interposed its power to
prevent railways from raising rates
to provide an increase of wages
for its employees.
Is that a sign of prosperity?
The Wholesale Dry Goods asso-
citation has started a campaign
against the tariff on cotton goods
that compels the American con-
sumner to pay 80 per cent more than
Europeans.
Is that a sign of prosperity?
A report from Washington an
nounces that the Republican con-
gressional committee has decided
to stand pat for the Aldrich tariff
and defend it in the campaign.
Is that a sign of prosperity?
prosperity" is the constant sons
of the defenders of fiscal system
that enables one small class to pile uI
swollen fortunes by going into the
pockets of the larger class, but If the
signs are not misleading it is the swar
song of the system. Millions are nc
longer deceived by it, and it requires
a brave champion indeed even tc
breathe about the full dinner pail"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

IIlDune)
polished rice will be used effeetually
to stop the prevalence of the disease.
If so, this will not only be a blessing
to the settlement, but a Vindication
of the native prejudice which seems
to have spread to India, against the
use of the polished grain. A reason
is thereby provided why the natives
do not wish the polished rice, a rea-
son which they themselves could not
possibly have given, but which was
perhaps handed down to them by tra-
dition from forefathers many genera
tions away, whose experience had
taught them the lesson and this lesson
was made a maxim from generation to
generation without the accompanying
reason for its acceptance being
known. 1t is a curious vindication OF
an apparently occult aversion, now
supported by science. But If less pol
ishing of the rice Is obligatory in the
tropics, it might perhaps be better also
even in temperate climes il less polish
ing were had for the rice that we
uses.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

The successful bidder for the han Of
records furnishings should have made
the bid $1,000, ,OOOO1, It looks as if he
could have got away with it just as
easily from the solid three.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

Scotland Yard thanks Hearst news
papers for their great aid in the search
for Crippen," says one of that self
putting chain of journals, If Dr. Grip
pen in his secure retirement is getting
the papers and has a laugh left in his
system he ought to burst a few but
tons over this.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

In one day, it IS reported, Congress
man McKinlay's mail from Washing
ton weighed $500 pounds, all of which
came under a frank and consisted of
documents to bolster up his fences
Some day a solemn committee will be
looking for the cause of the postal
deficit.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENCE intended
for publication must be accompanied by the
name and address Of the writer. The Herald
gives the widest latitude TO correspondents
but assumes no responsibility for their Yiews
stters must not succeed 200 words
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

Speaker Cannon promised a reply to
Senator Bristow's charges against Aid
rich, and this is it.: "Bristow shoots
off his mouth too much"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

Big strike on the Grand Trunk rail-
way is on If it was the Smash Trunk
railway, over which We have all rid
den, we should regard its trouble as
retributive justice.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

DR.. orippen, who is said to have fed
London in skirts, may have got the
idea from the ladylike way the Eng
lish police treated him.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

The Los Angeles physician who was
saved from a shark at Avalon is not
yet out of danger. There are some of
the same genue on land.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

AS we interpret it, Mrs. Harmon's
plant against her aviator husband is
that he is flighty.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

If Charley Curry is a believer in
omens he must reflect on that auto
accident with no pleasure.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

DR. Houghton is going to Mexico on
business trip. Has anyboiy here
seen HealY?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

The more we read about Senator Aid
rich the less our admiration for Cap
tain Kidd becomes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

The S. P didn't dream that it was
giving Hiram Johnson such a good
chance to start something" in this
hot weather.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

Aldrich has become immensely rich
since he entered the senate a compare
lively poor man. Where did he get it?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

If Teddy Roosevelt, jr.,- is hunting
for deer and doves near Santa Bar
bara he is not the chip off the old
block we thought him.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

When the Local boar. OF health says
the railroads s.ovea'y way VI ship
ping milk is a 'character.sua' barrier
to hygieuie conditions jg uses IL Iosg
but apt word.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

And they do say that in spite of a
cheerful exterior Congressman Nc
Lachlan and Mckinlay have occa-
sional attacks Of goyse9csh.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

since the first of the year you can't
vote in August.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

The weather bureau man is politely
informed that Los Angeles is satisfied
witt its record breaking in other lines
ana would request him no, to butt in.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

The most important thing for the
aviators to find now is a way to come
down without dropping into a hospital
or a morgue.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

There is a suspicion IN some quarters
that some Of our visitors from the
hadean east may have brought the alb
normal weather with them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

Hibernians 10000 strong are meeting
in Portland The city offices and police
departments or lot of eastern towns
must be very short handed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

A. G. Spalding. the ex-baseball mag
nate who entered the senatorial race,
is not batting in the 300 class.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

"Pnchot is a kind of tennis suit is
sue" says the San Francisco Chronicle.
Well, he is welding the racket in good
shape, for sure.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

To all those who have recently asked
if it was hot enough for us: Yes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
Merely in Jest
WAITING THEIR TURN

WAITING THEIR TURN
Did you folks down in Bingvllie see Hal
ley's comet this sprins?" asks the visitor
Nope" replies the native. we never
get any Of those big shows until after
they've played year in New York.-Judge
THE NATIONAL GAME
Going TO have a patriotic Fourth in
Plunkvile?"
I'VE are that. We propose to read the
Declaration OF independence, and announce
the various baseball scores between para
graphs kansas city Journal
ONE-SIDED MAN
What part Of a railway train do you
regard as the most dangerous?'' inquired the
nervous man.
''rhe dining car" answered the dyspeptic.
Washington Star.
THE POOR SENATOR
Ever had EN- strew flowers in your path
as you returned home. SENATOR"
Nav. I'm satisfied not to have 'em
strew banana peelings, s,"-Pittsburg Post
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21

On all matters pertaining TO advertising
address Charles r. Gates, advertising man
eger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
B. Il. o. T.. ELECTION.
Sumter Lodge Selects Officers for En-
suing Year.

Tuesday night at a regular meeting
Sumter Lodge, No. S55 B. P. o. Elks
elected officers to serve for the en-
suing Elk year, which runs from
April 1st, 1910 to April 1st, 1911. The
installation of officers will likely take
place on the first meeting night in
April, and it is hoped that District
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, J. Will
liam Malloy, Of Charleston, will be
present to conduct the exercises.
The following officers were chosen:
Exalted Ruer, A. A. Manning; Es-
teemed Leading knight, Geo. d.
Levy; Esteemed Loyal Knight, W. L.
McCutchen; Esteemed Lecturing
Knight, ]. H. Meyers; Secretary, Phil
ip S. Finn; Treasurer, VIM. J. Scale;
Tiler, L. I. Strauss; Trustee for three
years, F. A. Bultman; Representative
to the Grand Lodge, ]. H. Cunning
ham; Alternate, Philip S. Finn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
ktSHING BUSINESS AT SUMTER
Coast Line Has TO Increase its Force
ana Enlarge its Freight Yards.

The Atlantic Coast Line now has
three train dispachers located here.
The offices of Trainmaster c. NJ. Brand
and Roadmaster Geo. +. Bruner have
been moved to the second story of
the passenger station. next to the
room occupied by the train DISPATCH
ers.
1t has been found necessary recent
ly TO add another assistant to the
ticket agent at this depot also. The
Coast Line business in freight and
passenger lines has increased to much
that it is with great difficulty that the
present freight yards can accommo-
date the business without transfer
ing with the making up of trains 1t
is only a question of a short time
when extensive additions to the
freight yard must be made, notwith-
standing the fact that every year miles
of new sidetracks are put in.
More room is also needed to in
crease the size of the yards The
present yards are crossed by five or
six public thoroughfares and the
blocking of these crossings in the city
has caused a lot of inconvenience to
the public and much complaint.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
chiNk'S GREAT WALL.
It Would Be Mighty Task to DupIi-
cate 1t Today.

What man has done. we are told.
man can do. But to erect today
great fortifcation comparable to the
Great wall of China would be heavy
tax on both the resources and the res
olution Of Europe A score or two Of
warships are all very we'll, but the
cost of labor and the will involved in
building fleets can hardly be compared
to those devoted to the building Of
that great barrier about two centuries
before the coming of Christ. when
Rome was struggling with Hannibal.
Two thousand five hundred and fifty
miles. including spurs. arms and loops,
Is the length ascribcd 70 it by DR. w
e. Cell. the only white man. we be-
lieve. who hns Travelled the whole
length Of it, 1t has been said that the
Great wall is the only object of mans
handiWOrk which could be di%cerneu
from the moon. and one ejaculation has
1t that If the material &C the w&ll we're
disposed about the globe at the eGua-
tor there would be wall circle eight
feet high and three fcr5 thick around
the earth.
One can believe that to this day the
name Of the Emperor Chin is cursed
all along the wall b. the posterity OF
the wretchcs who were forced to the
gigantic task of building it, In the
days OF its greatest Importance, when
it WAS still holding back the Tartar
hOrdeS, it is believed to have had on
it's line $4,000 towers. each capable of
holding 100 men. and 1900 watch
towers. Even today there remains 90
GOO towers and 10000 watchtowers,
with some 1000 miles Of wall that
could with moderate repairing be
made into q formidable military work
London News
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
TERRIBLE SNOW STORM.
WENTY-THREE PERISH IN FRO
zen NORTHWEST.
Ayalanches Sweep Down-NIasscs Of
Snow Crash Over Villages Ovcrwhel-
ming Houses and People. Digging
Out Buried Bodies.

Spokane, Wash. Feb. 2S.-Twenty-
three are known To be dead as the re-
suit Of the snowslides yesterday and
today in the mining district of north
ern Idaho. To the is known to have
perished in the sncwslides at Mace
and Burke. Idaho, last night and this
morning are added two more, who died
in a similar district about noon yes
terday when the camp of the Caronate
Mill Mining company at Maullan. Ida
no. was destroyd. Two more were
killed at Dorsey. Idaho. late this after
noon.
The fight against time and cold at
Mace and Burke has been waged
bravely and persistently by the little
army of men who hope to find under
the heaps OF ruins i'm the ravine some
who have escaped death.
The rescurers have dug for many
hours. Every available able-bodied
man has been pressed into service, old
men and boys Joining the rescue
forces. Mace is situated on the creek
bed and the mountains rise high on
either side Of the town.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

The laws of Norway regulating
the relations between servant and
family would have particularly
fitting application here in Washing
ton, where the servant question is
one of the bugbears of all house
keepers. For instance, under the
law of Norway, it is almost unknown
for a dissatisfied or disgruntled ser
want to leave her position without
permission. The reason for this lies
in the fact that in cases where she
does make this move the servant is
liable to arrest, Imprisonment, and
fine. Naturally, therefore, such
cases are rare. But on the other
hand, the servant has the protection
of the law from VI just treatmeuU It
the hands of her employer, for it is
pot allowed for a family to dischar ge
IA II! satisfactory serN" mt Wi-ncuS
official intervention and the approval
Of a magistrate. The wages paid
domestics in Norway are warranted
to make an American housewife
smile, also. Good cooks are paid
from 81 TO 81 per month while house.
maids and Kitchen maids receive even
less than this.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
Installation of Officers.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
FLOOD WARNING ISSUED.
Predict Heavy Rise-PortabIe Prop.
erty should BE Removed ut Once.

Columbia, March 1.-The local
weather bureau Office has issued
warnings for floods in the Congaree
and Wateree valleys in tn next as
hours. Heavy rainfall in the head
waters Of both rlvrs have fallen in
the last "a hours. and IL is still rain
ing. At Spartanburg. where the wa.
tiers drain into the Broad river. the
rainfall up to 2 p. m.. yesterday was
nearly four inches and still raining
heavily. AT Pelzer. on the Saluda
river the rainfall up to p. m. yes
terday was nearly five inches and still
raining. Locally the rainfall was not
30 heavy. but the ground, being thor
oughly saturated from the recent
rains. the run-off will be larger than
ordinarily.
The same conditions as TO saturate1 !
soil and large percentage of run-off
prevails over the entire watershed of
each river. From the present outlook
The Congaree will rise TO over 20 feet
and the Wateree TO about 80 feet.
This will be the highest water expert
dnced on either river since the great
flood OF August, 1908. Mr.. Bauer of
he local weather bureau office advises
he removal Of all portable property
able to damage from the floods from
he swamp lands Of both rivers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
CHANGE AT EMPRESS OFFICE.
Mr.. j. McFaddin Spann Takes Charge
OF Southern Express Office, Sue
ceoding Mr.. G. III. Dorm.

Mr.. j. NJ. Spann, who for a mum.
Der of years was agent for the South
ern Express Company in this city, re-
firing some eight or ten years ago to
engage in other business, Tuesday
once more took charge of the To-
cal agency. succeeding Mr.. c. II. Dorm
who has been agent here for sveral
years past. Mr.. Spann has made his
home In Hendersonville, ". c., for
the past year or longer and his re-
turn to Sumter will be welcomed with
pleasure and qualification by his
very many friends.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

The increasing importance of the
windmill suggests the need of records
for each locality showing the amount
OF wind that can be expected each
year at moderate height 4 con-
sular report calls attention To- a wind
mill-1i feet In diameter and 35 feet
above the ground-that Is i'm opera
tion In a peat bog near Drnrcrmline,
and is doing I'm less than an hour
work that formerly employed four
men an entire day Of ten hours. This
windmill rarely If ever ceases moving
IL Is found safe to say that, at a
height of 30 feet, a breeze Of 10 10
is miles an hour can be depended up
on with reasonable certainty i'm any
part Of Scotland except valleys and
sheltered spots, and the power offered
Is suitable for pumping. saving root
cutting, and various kinds OF farm
work. with electrical transmission
the range Of srvlce can be definitely
extended.