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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18
Receipts.
ST. Louis Cash Grain.

Corn, Al; oats, 6.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18

Following is the program for this
evening and tomorrow:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18

Missionary Movement, Mr.. Roger
Leavitt, Cedar Rapids.
The Brotherhood A Help or Bur.
den to the Church?
The Brotherhood and the Commun-
ity, j. w. Gannaway, Grinnell.
The Brotherhood and Business, j.
III. Shoemaker, Waterloo.
The Brotherhood and the Man, E.
&c. Egan; Burlington
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
JAPS KILLED RARE BIRDS.
Over 100000 Worth OF Feathers
And Wings Seized In Wawaii.

Washington, Feb. 22.-An esti-
mated value Of $112,47O is placed by
Capt. w. V. E. Jacobs, of the revenue
cutter Thetis, on the birds feathers
and wings seized by him in January
on the Hawaiian Island of Laysan
and Lisiansky, where they had been
gathered and stored by Japanese in
vocation OF President Roosevelt 8
proclamation designating the islands
as reserve and breeding ground for
birds of plumage. Twenty-three
Japanese were arrested at the time
and have been turned over to the
United States Marshal at Honolulu
for trial.
From statements made by Captain
Jacobs in report to the Treasury
Department, the depredations had
been In progress since early last
year. A large quantity Of feathers
and wings were shipped away before
he arrived on the scene. In all, the
CAPTAIN thinks, about 100000 birds
were killed by the plumage hunters.
They include the tern, the petrol and
the albatross.
The Japanese produced documents
purporting to give them the privilege
of gathering fertilizer and birds of
plumage, but when the officers from
the vessel landed and showed their
authority the Offenders surrendered
without resistance. Copies of the
Presidents proclamation were posted
on Laysan and Lisiansky and on
other islands within the reserve.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
SENATOR 1|LlMAN BETTER,
PHYSICIANS HOPE FOR HIS RE.
COVERY,
He May Be Able to Return to SOuth
Carolina Within Six Weeks-No
Prospect OF Resuming Seat in Sem
ate This Session.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The con-
tinued improvements in the condition
of Senator Benj r. Tillman of South
Carolina has inspired renewed hope
Of ultimate recovery from his present
serious illness.
In the opinion of his physicians,
the chances are now much in his
favor.
There has been some abatement of
the paralysis and today he regained
the use of his right arm and leg to a
limited extent. The aphasia has
markedly improved and he is now
able to speak. The change for the
better was attributed 20 the senator's
temperate life. strong physique and
his generally good condition. The
favorable developments in his illness
were considered very exceptional; in
fact, his case was looked upon as
one In 10000. He is responding ad-
mirably to the medical treatment and
It Is said the power Of speech may
practically be reestablished.
DR.. J. w. Babcock was SO encour-
aged by the present condition of Mr..
Tillman that he left Washington to-
night for Columbia. s. c. Before
boarding his train he gave the follow
Ing statement to the press.
"Mr. Tillman has not lost any
ground in the last "a hours. On the
contrary, he has gained somewhat in
the use Of the right arm and leg,
which have been completely paral-
yzed heretofore. His power of
speech also is improving. He is talk
Ing nourishment. we'll and his bodily
functions are normal. The senator is
sleeping well and the outlook is very
much more encouraging in every
way"
If the senator's condition continues
to improve, he may be able to leave
for his home In South Carolina in a
month or six weeks. but hardly be-
fore. In all likelihood he will not
be permitted by his physicians to oc-
cupy his seat in congress during the
present session.
DR.. Pickford visited Senator Till
man at 9 o'clock tonight, after which
he issued the following bulletin:
"The progress of Senator Tillman
toward recovery continues He is
resting comfortably.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
MILEAGE BILL FINALLY KILLED,
Senate Rejects Free Conference Com.
~ mitt6 Report.

Columbia, Feb. 19.-The railroad
rate bill was killed in the Senate by
the rejection Of the free conference
report by vote of 13 to 10 tonight,
ending one of the most remarkable
pieces Of legislature work that hs
ever occurred In the General Assem-
bly,. The bill originally provided for
a Q Ia cent rate. and for the taking
up Of mileage on trains. Many
amendments were tagged to the bill
in the Senate. the most important of
which was the Mauldin amendment.
making possible for a contract to be
had between the railroad and a
traveller so that the other form nf
mileage might be used. Then the
Weston amendment made 10 compul-
sorry for the railroads to put on the
interchangeable mileage rs n,w
used. Tne conference report was
killed by the Senats after two days
intermittent discussion. 1t was ag.
.eed to take vote f.c $50 o'clock tc-
night, and one was reached at 10
o'clock with the result that almost
before the General Assembly quits
its work, the milegae bill that has
travelled over such rough road.
was killed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
Terrible Group.

My little boy, who Is four years
old, has suffered, lot with Group.
On several occasions W thought he
was gone.
After trying all the old time
remedies and most Of the new,
came home one nigat at midnight
and my wife said: "The boy has the
Group again-suppoae you get bot
tie of Hyomei." More junk" 1
said. "but we will circulate our mon
ey so they will all get some"
fastened to an all night drug
store. brought 1t home. In FIVE min
utes he was breathing easier, in fif-
teen minutes ne was sound asleep. 1t
broke the Group SO quickly it scared
me.
Anyone wishing to cure the Group
Of child I hope will give Hyomei
a trial.
Wishing you the best of success,
which you surely deserve, remain,
Jos. e. Clark 2O4 9Th ST., S. e.,
Washington. d. c. Oct. z, 1909.
Hyomei IL a remarkably effective
remedy in case Of Group and it should
be IN every home where there is a
croupy child. Full instructions how
to cure Group comes with each ouht.
Complete Hyomei outfit including
inhaler costs 800 at druggists ev-
erywhere and at j. F.. w. DeLorme.
1t Is guaranteed to cure catarrh,
coughs and colds.
I-31-29-W-2-23
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
PROGRESS OF SOIL SURVEY.
Work In Clarendon County Under
taken For Benefit OF Tobacco Grow
ers.

washington, Feb 21.--A soil sur
vey Of Clarendon County South Caro-
lima has been undertaken during the
present winter by the Bureau OF
Soils. U. s. Department Of Agricul-
ture. This soil survey was strongly
requested by the tobacco planters of
this section and was endorsed by the
State Department Of Agriculture. and
several Representatives In Congress.
The production Of bright tobacco
Ia the east-central portion Of South
Carolina has rapidly increased du-
ring the past ten years, and q deter
mination OF the extent Of the, soils
upon which this grade of tobacco can
be produced to the best advantage
has been urged upon the Bureau of
Soils from several localities within
the State. The fins sandy loans of
the seaboard section Of the State are
not only well suited to the production
of the type of tobacco. but also the
production or wiLtei- and early spring
truck crops for shipment to North
ern markets.
Soil surveys have already beeri
made in the vicinity Of Charleston
and Of Conway. South Carolina, as
well as Of Darlington, Lee, Sumter
and a portion of Orangeburg coun-
ties. Extensive soil surveys have
also been made In the western and
west-central portion Of the state. and
the report on the soil survey of
saiuda County. which was made dur
ing the summer Of 1909, will soon
be published and ready for distribut-
ion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

John Mitchell. apropos of the strik-
Ing blousemakers. said at the
Colony Club in New York, says The
Cincinnati Enquirer. "Our oppon-
ents show ludicrous ignorance of
these young lady girls. Our oppon-
ents regards these girls as the young
lady regards the miners excursion.
Once off Atlantic City. as a coal
barge was wrecked. and the storm
washed great quantities Of coal upon
the white sand. Two young ladies
came down from the Marlborough
Bienheim and strolled up and down
the beach. Dear me-" said the
younger one. lifting her white skirts
daintily, where does all this coal
come from?' There was a miners
excursion from Carbondale yesterday,
her companion replied. and I believe
most OF the miners bathed.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
Tho Battle OF The Engines.

During 1910 II is expected that
strenuous efforts will be made to i'm
prove the already great efficiency of
Gas-engines. Although this form of
engine enjoyed triumph In 1909
through the achievements Of the
aeroplanes. yet II Is pointed out that
Its old rival. the steam-engine, at the
same time greatly advanced in fuel
economy. achieving a thermal effic-
Sency of 10 per cent. figure hitherto
associated with gas rather than with
steam -engine tests. II has recently
been discovered that, owing to erron-
eous assumptions. the gas engine has
not been credited with having ap-
preached as close to the theoretic lin
Il OF thermal efficiency attainable by
the prevailing four-stroke cycle as Il
really has approached. Thus 1t has
been shown that q gas-engIne which
by the old standard of efficiency was
supposed to have attained 80 points
out of possible so. has really at
tsined 80 out Of a possible 35. This
leaves 20 little room for improve
ment that experimenters are turning
their attention to radical changes In
the method Of operation which will
AFFORD q larger margin for advance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
NEGROES TRY TO LYNCH NE.
GRO.
Sheriff Saves Man From Mob of his
Own Race.

Spartanburg. Feb. 2O.-The timely
arrest last night Of Walter Foster,
colored, by Sheriff White saved the
former from the hands of infuriated
coloied men at Valley Falls, who
were seeking his life because he had
shot and killed a negro by the name
of Mitchell. The killing followed a
frolic at Valley Falls last night. Much
liquor was in evidence, and Mitchell
was shot down by Foster as the for
mer stepped out Of the house, where
drinking and gambling had been in
progress. Sheriff White was notified
and succeeded in apprehending Fos-
ter just in time to save him from
violence.
From what can be learned of the
shooting there was no provocation.
AS Mitchell stepped out Of the house
a shot was fired by Foster, and
Mitchell fell dead, pierced by a bull
let in his head. Foster fed immed-
lately after the killing but was pur-
sued by colored men who would
probably have used him roughly If
he had fallen into their hands. Sher-
If White succeeded in locating the
slayer and landed him in Jail before
he could be overtaken by the irate
negroes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS WANTED
The Government Pays Railway Mail
Clerks $500 to 81 200, and Other
Employees Up to $2,5O0 Annually.

Uncle Sam will hold spring exami-
nations throughout the country for
Railway Mail Clerks, Custom House
Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers,
Departmental Clerks and other Gov.
erninent Positions. Thousands of ap-
potntments will be made. ANY man
or woman over Is. in City or Coun-
try can get instruction and free in
formation by writing at once to the
Bureau of Instruction, 113 N. Hamlin
Building, Rochester. N. Y.
17-1taw.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF SUMTER.

Court of Common Pleas.
Willie Bultman, Plaintifr
Against
Paden Anthony and Marina Anthony.
Defendants.
COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
complaint Served.)
TO the Defendants Above Named:
You Are Hereby Summoned and
required to answer the Complaint in
this action, Of which a copy is here
with served upon you, and to serve
a copy Of your Answer to the Com
plant on the subscribers at their Of
flee, 120-122 North Main Street, in
the City of Sumter, S. c., within
twenty days after the service hereof.
exclusive Of the day of such service,
and If you fail to answer the Com
plant within the time aforesaid. the
Plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the Complaint.
Dated January 21se, A. D. 1910.
LEE G. NOISE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To the Defendants Above Named.
Take Notice:
That the Summons and Complaint
In this Action were filed i'm the Office
or the Clerk Of said Court on the
2Sth day of January, 1910.
LEE & NOISE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
1-286t-1taw.
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TILLMAN OUT OF DANGER.
Senior Senator Has Passed the Criti-
cal Point of Illness Recovery AL
most Miracle.

Washington, Feb. 22.-There was
rejoicing tonight among the friends
OF Senator Bent. r. Tillman when the
attending physician announced that
his patient was practically out of
danger. The recovery of the Senator
has been almost miraculous, in the
opinion of medical men, and he con-
tinues steadily to improve. At 9
O'Clock tonight DR.. e. F. Pickford
gave out the following bulletin:
THE condition Of Senator Tillman
is all that could be desired. The par
alysis and aphasia are rapidly i'm
proving. The patient is practically
out Of danger"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
A RULE TO LIVE by.

Laugh and the world laughs with
you.
Weep, and you Weep alone.
For sad old earth must borrow its
1t has troubles enough of its own.
sing, and the hills will answer:
Sigh and it's lost on the air
The echoes resound to joyful sound,
But shirk from voicing care.
RejoiceSand men will seek you;
Gr:eve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your
pleasure,
But they do not want your woe,
Ae giad' and your friends are many!
BE sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nee
tared wine,
But alone you must drink tbe gall
Feast, and your halls are crowded:
Fast, and the world goes by.
succeed and give, and it helps YOU to
live.
But no man can help you die.
There Is room in the halls of pleasure
For a large and lordly train.
But one by one we must all file on.
Through the narrow aisle of main.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
THE PRESIDENT A PARTISAN.
Mr.. Taft Shows Himself to be
Republican OF Republicans.

Col. Henry Watterson writes in
The Louisville Courier-Journal: The
President has definitely shown his
hand. The man of straw, seeking to
mislead the voters and succeeding
abundantly, has kicked the platform
of imposture from under him and
taken lis stand f1at-footed upon the
terra firma of practical politics.
That was inevitable. His effort to
pose as tariff reformer was at best
but clumsy. 1t could deceive only
those who wanted to be deceived and
suffice those only who sought a pre-
text for voting the Republican ticket.
1t was never intended to outlast the
election. Hence the self-styled in
dependent who affects to be disap-
pointed in Taft discredits his own in
telligence.
To do the President no more than
justice he cut an awkward figure in
his attempt to dance the tight rope
of political expediency. He was saw
ed from instant and ignominious fail
ure by the famous smile. the pleasant
voice, the sturdy legs, the
fair round belly, with good capon
lined" in short, the whole jocund ex-
terror indicating good fellowship and
invoking confidence.
All the same and all the time he
was and he is Republican. He is a
mail-clad. case-mated dyed-in-the-
wool Republican. He is a Republican
Of the School of New England and of
Pennsylvania, which teaches that
wealth may be erected by legislation
and, having been thus created, that
1t must be fostered and protected by
legislation. He is Republican Of the
kidney Of Aldrich, who does as he
pleases with the public business and
takes what he wants OF the substance
Of the people, and looks to the in
terests to see him through and of the
ilk of Cannon, who whether in the
Speakers chair, or in party caucus,
stands pat and says ditto to Aid
rich.
Pig iron used to be the Supreme
Being of this brand Of very thrifty
and profitable political fanaticism.
Now, it is any old thing that promises
to put up the mony for campaign ex-
penses, from shipsubsidy in the East
to land-piracy in the West, slicked
and sugared by few la-de-das about
the needs and beauty of the Human
ity and the wickedness of Trustism,
left over from Theodore Roosevelt's
fantastic paraphernalia, put on to
hoodwink the hay-seeds and draw the
printing of the Socialists, and gen.
orally to befOg the situation and con-
fuse its issues. The trick, though as
old as time, served it's purpose; it put
the Fat Man in the White House and
sent the Lion Tanner on the way re-
joicing, and whilst everybody sees it
plain enough now, 1t is not so clear
when the people will grow so tired of
being humbugged that they will rise
on their hind legs and kick the stuff
fling out Of show and showmen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
GAVE 'HYPNOTIST,' $4,000
Ihen Mrs. Lindsay, or Bristol, Had
Two Men Arrested.

Bristol, Va, Feb. ga case of
what is believed to have been bvn-
motto influence was revealed here to-
day, when John Fosgate, an elleged
hypnotist and clairvoyant 80 wears
old, and William Lewis called
confederate, were arrested upon
complaint of Mrs. Mamie Lindsay.
widow Of Stuart F. Lindsay, who was
clerk of the United States Court at
Abingdon, Va, for many years.
Mrs. Lindsay, being advised that
Fosgate and his confederate were
about to leave the city, made known
to the police she had mortgaged real
estate in the city for $4,000. which
amount she turned over in cash to
Fosgate, with a gold watch, a dia-
mond ring and other jewelry. Fos-
gate was arrested early today and
Lewis, who left the city in the early
morning, carrying cash and jewels,
was captured at a farmhouse near
Vance, Tenn, six miles south Of the
city.
Policeman Samuel Odell, learning
from the conductor of the early train
by telephoning to Johnson City that
Lewis had left the train at Vance,
hurried there. Covering Lewis with
a revolver, OdelI took his grip and
found in it tin box containing So
900 in currency and $500 in gold
coins Of s, 10 and 20 dollar denomi-
nations. In addition to the money
the box contained two gold watches
and pins and rings with diamonds,
valued at probably $500. Fosgate
advertised as "the most renowned
professor Of hypnotic science in the
country" and his office was daily
crowded with society men and
women.
When taken to the police head
quarters today he frankly admitted
that ne had secured $4,000 from Mrs.
Lindsay, but declared that she gave
it TO him in accordance with a mar
riage contract; that he was to have
been married to her, and that he
would be able to prove as much by
Mrs. Lindsay and her daughters. 1t
was learned today that Mrs. Lindsay
spent ten days in the effort to secure
the money she gave the clairvoyant
and succeeded by mortgaging valu-
able city property without allowing
her relatives to know anything about
the transaction. Mrs. Lindsay is a
daughter of the late Isaac c. Fowler,
who years ago conducted a news
paper in Bristol. The family is one
of the best known and most highly
connected in Southwestern Virginia
Mrs. Lindsay has been so conservative
in the management Of her business
affairs that her neighbors are greatly
surprised that she would have been
made the victim Of such a scheme.
Fosgate claims to have come here
from Los Angeles, but has had Offices
in New York city. .
While this matter was brewing, it is
declared, he was busy with the pre-
paration Of a lecture on church work
which he said he expected to deliver
soon before the Bristol Young Mems
Christian Association.
The case will be investigated by
the Police Court tomorrow, aud Mrs.
Lindsay, who is reticent today, is ex-
pected to tell her story of the affair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26
FOR RHEUMATISM

cure rheumatism to remove it's
cause. Rheumacide removes the
cause and stops the pain quickly.
Rheumacide is put up in liquid and
tablet form, and is sold in 35c and
soc bottles by your druggist. Or on
receipt Of price, Csc (Coin or stamps)
Booklet free. Bobbitt Chemical Co.,
baltimore, ND. No. 3.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

Taking her as she is and on the
average, woman would rather be tri-
umphant than anything else in this
world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

Shocking bribery charges those
made In New York. If Senator Con-
ger may be believed, real money was
welded
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

When 1T comes to the girls, none of
them wants to be kissed without her
permission or to give the permission
in advance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

When a mother doesn't say he
baby is bad because 1t hasn't had its
nap, she says 1t Is because it has Just
walked up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

woman's idea of comfy" lunch
Is little of something to eat and a
large, loose dress to wear.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

According to wrathful member
cannon is Colossus sitting aside of
Congress. The Colossus did not sit
Philadelphia Ledger
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

Sometimes the reason a man likes
to speak at banquet Is because he
daren't at his own table.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

What makes the lapdog's owner
mad is that it prefers a fresh bone to
a blue ribbon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

The world do move. Speaker Can
non has admitted he once had aspir-
atiOns to be a reformer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

Winter in this section Is getting to
be as uncertain as a Taft policy.-Al-
bany Argus.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

1t matters not how long you live
but how well.-Publius Syrus.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

Nothing is stronger than custom
Ovid.