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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

William T. Foster, OF Bowdoin Col.
lego, has accepted the presidency of
Reed Institute, n college to be built at
Portland, Ore, from fund given by
Mrs. Amanda Reed, and now amount
Ing to sS,0OO,OO0. Professor Foster,
who was born in Boston, in 1879, is
one of the youngest college prcsl.
dents in the country.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Don't pay penny plecs Tor en-.
selopes wnen: you cal, get 500 printed
with return notice and your name soF
only $50 at thlu ofles-aboat . ics q
cent. i.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Lady Carlisle is an English woman
who was an expert farmer, having sew.
eral thousand acres under cultivation
at Castle Howard. She is quite an
orator and sometimes breaches ser.
mons and sometimes talks to the PEG.
pie on her place on temperance and
other subjects.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Nyillette Kershaw and Charles Wal
dron have been doing successful
business with 1.-THE Commanding Of
aeer. In Denver.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

DR.. William Alanson Borden has &C.
ceptcd the offer of the Gaekwar Of
Baroda to take charge of the project
Of establishing chain of new librar.
les In Baroda, India, and OF translat.
ing literary masterpieces Of the West.
crn world into the Indian tongue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Mary Mannerlng is contemplating a
revival OF HAs You Like It."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Frances Cartwright, an English
actress. has arrived in New York to
Join Joseph Weber's company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19
os ISL : oFFTHE STAGE.

George Parsons will be leading man
for Elsie Janis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

1t was announced recently that the
youngest person to take masters de.
gree at the University of Michigan,
and, possibly at any university in the
United States, is Miss Dorothca Jones,
of Harrisburg, Pa. She was II years
old when she recently passed cxami.
nations for the degree Of master OF
arts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Margaret Bourne. who made hit
III Seven Days. has been re,cngaged
for that production.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

Miss Theodore Josephine Franken.
sen. the blind student of Chicago Uni.
versity, was elected to the Phi Beta
Kappa Society this year, received at
the convocation the degree of Phi. B.,
and was awarded the scholarship in
the graduate school besides winning
honors in Latin and Greek.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

q Maude Adams has gone abroad and
will rest near Dublin until October.
She will stop In London OH her way
40 Ireland to confer with J. NJ. Barrie
qn?a new play which he is to write for
her.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

2. I. Keith has issued an order
barring the pictures of the Jcffrics.
johnson fight from any Of his thea,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19
NO NEED TO WORRY.

Aunt Elsie had promised Eleanor,
who was just five. something nice il
she would meet her at the store at a
certain hour.
well, auntie, If I'm not there you'll
know where am" said little Eleanor
why, where will you be, dear?"
,"oh, I'll be coming" replied Elsie,
sweetly.-The Delineator for August.
a.nicns VS.. Sold Media, Flour.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19
Subscribe for the west vlrglnlan.

Let : lIltle "wantad- WORN Tor you you.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-19

~i.nlons rns Sold Medal Flour:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
Dishonest Scales.

II was discovered not long ago that
there is a factory in this country
manufacturing dishonest scales exclu-
sively. In New York the other day
an official of the Bureau of Weights
aad Measures called a number OF the
representatives of wholesale meat
companies together. He brought out
On CthCial scale and several packages
OF hovh, bacon and beef. He pro-
Ce'ded 20 weigh them. a nam mari
ed thirteen and quarter pounds ac-
tuelly weighed something over e,eren
pounds. \ side Of bacon mo ,!xed five
and quarter pounds was found TO
a-tdally Weigh four pouh;s AMI tcn
'pnC,s. other weights were found
90 b, faulty, but always in favor Of
the dealer, never in favor Of the cou-
sumci
S'hc price of meats Is abnorlnaly
htgr a; the hest. Many families have
bsSu :orced u cschew a mea. diet al
n 9s' entirely. which may ne a good
,h-'s in the summer time although
10 g. u.~c or less of a hardship in the
winter. u secms therefore. that the
consumer should get what ne pays
tcF. -iic leading OF beef with wood
80 'rr,olcr, and skewcr5 IS pll risi.t
'u, frey should not bc weighed III
wrh tho meat. Peop'' who ,~n: &.
buy wood 90 not to go t. q butcher tC
get .r Aside from the work OF the
different municipalities In examining
all scales and seeing that they ar,
accurate IL wotId apparently be ,
wise thing for tn housekeeper to YER
ify coolers weights and thus assur,
himself 90 a square dcal-News an,
Courier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

AT 4.3O the meeting broke up and
as there were indications of rain in
the north, Brother Jones let his car
out, and we reeled off mile after mile
on the better parts of the road at a
20 mile an hour clip.
Crops are like they are in this
section, somo good, some medium
and the greater part very poor. All
have had to battle with grass-some
abandoned. Corn is more promising
than cotton-some very fine; and in
dications for big crop if seasons are
moderately good from now on. Lots
OF nitrate of soda is being used to
try to bring out the cotton crop and
Keep it from being total failure.
E. w. ID.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
$500 MORE a YEAR FARMING:
HOW TO GET 1T.
BY the Improvement of the Rural
Schools.
(By TAFT Butler.)

A great change has come over the
opinions of men regarding the neces :
sity for mind training and knowledge
for the man on the farm, but there
are yet too many-many more than
is best for the progress of the coun-
try-who still regard with more or
less contempt the accurate and spe-
cific facts developed by the scientists.
The spirit which is exhibited in a
contempt for scientific knowledge in
agriculture is Indifferent to education
IN all things. The greatest hindrance
to more rapid development of the
South today is lack of knowledge Of
economic and industrial subjects, and
tho greatest obstacle to obtaining this
necessary knowledge is an all too
common Indifference to education
generally.
To state that the great need of
Southern agriculture today is educa-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

| not only shows them unfit to serve az
a means Of creating higher ideals IN
those children who come from unsan-
itary and uncomfortable homes, but
1t shows an indifference and disre-
| spect for those things for which the
school should always stand. 80
we Must Strive for Better Home
Life.
1t l.: doubtful if better crops and
a better agriculture will come excant
as result OF desire for a better
home life. Man is largely a selfish
animal and until he has a desire for
more and greater home comforts ba
VIII not strive effectively for better
crops.
The common rural school is the
present hope of the South and in in
, creasing its efficiency and adding to
; the length Of the school term We are
building up the greatest power for
uplifting the masses and making our
land truly prosperous. 1t is true that
better schools, good roads, comfort
able, sanitary homes and all the 9TH
er thlngs which go to make up a
happy and prosperous rural life can
never be procured and maintained
until the average earnings of the men
doing the work on the farms are in
creased, but strong desire for these
things and the knowledge of how TO
obtain them must originate in the ru
raj school. 1t is true that no profound
knowledge Of agriculture will ever ne
taught in the common rural school
but an Introduction to this know,edge
ana the awakening Of a desire for il
must start in the home or in the RI
raj school. 1t will not he given
IN a large number of homes be-
cause too many parents do not them
selves possess it, and in such cases
the rural school is the only hope.
when we so re-arrange and recon
struct our rural school textbooks so
! as to give the pupils little better in
sight into their daily work and the
value of a better home life, we shall
have taken the first step.
This first step, like near all other
first steps, seems hard for the school
teachers to take; but after = few
more years of talk" we shall act
anC when the child in the rural
school is shown a few new and in
tcIes!ing facts about the things he
has been familiar with all his life his
Interest will be aroused Nothing will
more quickly attract the attention Cf
CHILD or more firmly holl IT than
to be shown that there are interest
ing facts, which he had never heard
OF, connected with the very things by
which he has been surrounded all his
liteJ When our school books are bas-
ed on the subjects surrounding and
entering into the life of the rural
child, instead Of on commerce and 9TH
er things familiar only to the city
people, then we shall have made at
least one rational step towards the
Improvement Of our rural schools.
Will any one tell us why arithme-
tic, for instance, cannot be taught as
well with problem requiring the pu-
Pill to ascertain the number of pounds
OF nitrogen in a.ton of fertilizer which
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
~ Farmers Union News,
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
County,
Conducted by E. w. Dabbs. Pr
Union Of Sumter

Wacbman
m-weeky publication would
Of that end
officers
Bulletins
successes or failures
will
be all
be Dabbs
S. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

Mr.. ]. E. Jervey returned Tuesdsy
rom an extended visit to Messrs.
Bates, Hammer and Dwight, of Rich
land county. and states that these
gentlemen and many others have the
finest crops he has seen in years. Mr..
Bates, he says. has an acre of corn
that looks good for 200 bushels Mr.
Jervey highly praises the Richland
hospitality, also.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
FOR CONGRESS.

hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the Democratic nomination
Tor Congress from the Seventh Con-
gressional District of South Carolina
and pledge myself to abide by the
rules and regulations Of the Demo-
cratic primary.
A. F. LEVER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

ti"n. is no unkind or unjust criticism,
but a statement Of plain facts. And
II the truth must be told, not alone
agricultural education, but also gem
era' education, mind training of the
masses who cultivate the soil. That
We have made good progress in the
does not remove the necessity for do
i.'g much more in the next decade.
SO long as the public rural school
term Is only four or five months, In. =.
stead of at least eight or nine, 1t is
not worth while to look further for
TIE greatest need of the South as re-
CARDS her future development. We
rereat that the greatest need OF
Southern agriculture is education, and
by this we do not mean education in
the science and practice of agricul-
ture alone. but that education which
creates a desire for knowledge for the
purpose Of using it in living a better
lite-that education which trains the
mind to think and creates higher
ideals and desires.
The Shameful Neglect of Our School
Houses.
| am inclined to place much i'm
portance on some things which teach
er5 and school patrons seem, in many
cases, to consider of little moment. A
child reared in a home devoid Of COM
forts and where cleanliness and mod
ern sanitation have little eXempJii-
cation must receive the desire and
ambition for better things from some
other source, and even the knOwieIga
OF the existence Of better conditions.
as we'll as how to obtain them, must
come from outside influences. Where
is the place outside the home best
ftycd for showing the value Of these
letter things to the child? Naturally
the school and the school house may
he looked to as the starting point for
a
knowledge of a brighter, celaner anu
better life.
We are no wise inclined to quarrel
with any one about the school houses
o. the South. They are not what we
would like, and in some cases better
might be reasonably expected Lut
better school houses are being pro
Vided probably as fast as we can ar
ford. A much more important mat
ter it seems to me Is the manner in
which the school houses we already
have are kept. Even an old building.
however, plain or rough it may ne.
may be kept clean and comfortable
at small expense. In going over the
country during the vacation time Of
the schools, attending farmers insti-
tutes we have been shocked by the
condition in which the school houses
are left at the close of the school
YEAR In many cases the filth and lit-
ter present indicate plainly that they
were not tidy or celan in recent years.
and broken windows and open doors
show a carelessness about their con-
diticn in keeping with the filth with
which they abound. All are not of
this type, but they are shockingly and
disgracefully common.
This condition Of the school houses
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
JANE WILLIAMS DEAD.

NEGRO Murdcrcss Dead Before Pcti-
tiou for Pardon Could De Acted
Cp.
Jane Williams, a negro woman who
was convicted in 1904 on the charge
o. murder and sentenced TO the PEN
itentiary for life, recently died in
the penitentiary while a petition for
her pardon was pending before the
board OF pardons. on Wednesday
Gov. Ansel endorsed on the petition
Petitioner died since this petition
was filed."
Jane Williams was convicted of
the murder OF John Richardson. a
negro boy. whose throat she cut in
a row at her home near Stateburg.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
Public Notice.

by mutual agreement, DIS. Hayns-
worth q DuRant have dissolved
partnership. DR.. Haynsworth now
has his office over Mrs. Atkinson,s
Millinery store. His phone number
Is oS6. DR.. DuRant will remain over
the Sumter Dry Goods store, with his
phone number 21O.
5-24-I-1 m. Wat
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
THE SENATE.

L beg to announce to the voters of
Sumter County that am a candidate
for the State Senate, subject to the
rules governing the Primary election.
A. K. SANDERS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
Candidates Cards.


announcements of candidates will
pe printed in this column until the
close of the campaign for SIS. No
cards accepted on credit.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
Cbt 6aatfbnlan allh Soutbrorl.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1910.

The sumter watchman was found
ID In 1850 and the True southron In
1sss. The watchman and southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence CT both OF the old papers,
and Is msnifestly the best advertising g
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
FOR MAGISTRATE.

L hereby announce myself a can
didate for Magistrate for the Third
District, Sumer County, subject to
the rules Of the Democratic primary.
HORACE HARDY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

am Candidate for the House of
Representatives, subject to the rules
of the Democratic Primary.
r. B. BELSER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

While all newspaper men will re-
joice that Col. Z. j. Watson. once an
active and successful newspaper
worker. and still a prolific copy pro-
euCer, has been rendered an inpor-
tant position by the Federal govern
ment at a lucrative salary. they hate
TO hear him talk like a one horse
preacher who accidentally gets a call
to big church. Why don't ne come
right out and say that as 1t is a big
ger and better job. with a salary pro-
portionate thereto. he will accept with
thanks. and do his best to hold II
down and keep in line for something
better.
Judge Memminger's construction of
the section OF the Carey -Cothran law
declaring IL unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to receive, ac-
cept. store or keep in possession any
Intoxicating liquors. is undoubtedly
correct But IL the attempt should
re made TO enforce the law TO the
iettei the State would be turned up
side d wn within thirty days. If
every man who received liquor from
the express Office were arrested and
prosecuted. and IL every man who
has liquor In his house OF in his lock-
or at his club were convicted and
sent TO the chaingang. a complete
system of good roads could be con-
structed throughout South Carolina
before the first frost. But the law is
on the statute book, and unless 1t is
ignored In the future. as 1t has been
In the past. there Is trouble In store
for lots OF people. Just suppose some
jealous and fearless sheriff, who has
no respect for public opinion. should
start a crusade against the storage Of
liquor. and should have search war
rants issued against every man
whom he suspects of having liquor in
his pantry or sideboard and then
proceed To make cases against each
and every one In whose possession he
found liquor. what would happen?
Under Judge Memminger's construc-
ZION OF the law the jury would be
forced to declare each and every one
guilty of violation of the Carey Goth
ran law. 1t may be fool law. but
IL Is the law. nevertheless, and the
Judge and jury have no option but
to enforce 1t according to the letter.
In the meanwhile those who keep a
little for personal use. had better
keep IL well hidden. for IL they don't
watch out John Doe will get them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

The problem of draining Turkey
Creek is still worrying the city and
county officials.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

contains 4 per cent Of nitrogen, as
with the sort Of preblem used which,
Tor instsnce. requires the pupil to end
the interest on $4,000 at, 4 per cent
Tor one year?-Progressive Farmer. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

The improvements on South Sum-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-03
MACHINE
PICKED BERRIES
Use of Automatic Device in Har-
vesting Cranberries is Grow
ing in New Jersey.

Cranberry picking machines are
more generally in use in Burlington
county, N. J., now than ever before.
From the principal cranberry growing
districts come reports that satisfac-
tory results are being obtained with
these scooping devices that make
short work of the harvesting Some
Of the operators can make the ma
chimes pick the loose berries off the
ground and are able to gather the
crops without the slightest injury to
the berries This proficiency, how
ever, comes only after years of exper
ence.
The machines are slipped under
the berries and by an upward or tip
ping motion, called rocking, are
drawn away from the vines and the
berries roll back into scoops in per-
feet condition.
The taking Of berries with machine
is not a new idea, it being a matter
Of record that our forefathers scoop
ed their wild cranberries with ma
chimes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-03

Rev Baggs preached at the church
last Friday, Saturday and Sunday
evenings
H. w Shipway purchased one of
Matthias horses and w. R. Peterson
the other one.
Andrew Blackburn of Westfield
visited in the Flats last week.
o. Matthews is still improving his
place by building shed and chicken.
house.
Edmund Mann started for the north
last Tuesday to be ready for deer
hunting season.
c. F. Bradley was a business visit
or to Grand Rapids last Monday.
Claire Sutherland of Monroe has
been working for NJ. S. Hickman the
past week.
D. G. Hickman took A. Mathia to
Necedah last Friday to the train.
The people of Adams county have
begun to feel rich now as the grad
ing of the n W. Railroad is done,
and their big works they are building
at Friendship will help the county
great deal. The electric road north
and south thru the county is a sure
thing, so when the r. R. Company's
get these all bunlt, Adams county
land wont be selling for $40 per acre
any more, but will probably be up
close to $50 per acre instead. SC
those who want land here, cheap bet
ter come soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-03

departed for Chicago where he will
seek employment. VIII Lipke now
has charge of the farm.
Robt. Leu has treated his barn to
a coat Of paint which will add quite
an improvement to his buildings.
Mrs. H. o. Ostrander and daugh-
ter Jessie departed Monday fore hi
cage where they viii make their fu-
ture home.
Mr.. and Mrs Emil Keip had their
baby baptized last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan keenan, were in
Grand Rapids last Saturday to do
some shopping.
The Lutheran church is being treat
ed to a coat of paint which 1T badly
needed. VIII and George BeiseneU
of Marshfield are doing tn epainting.
A. P. Bean reports that one of his
Guernsey COWS produced three calVe,
two heiffers and one bull all health
and doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Keip of your
city attended church here Sunday.
Ernest Geyler has traded his farm
for some property in Grand Rapids
owned by Tim DAILY.
The Republican Rally lost Sunday
evening was quite we'll attended. The
candidates for county office were all
present. Chas. Briere the candidate
for Dist. Atty took hte stand and
was heard on the political issues of
the day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-11-03

forenoon, when their son Hollis was
loading a gun intending to start rab-
bit hunting AS he was going thru
the door the gun in some way dis
charged, the ball stricking his mother
in the head. She has been uncon-
scious up to the present writing. She
was taken to the Marshfield hOspi-
tai in the evening. The doctors triet
to remove the bullet but failed. Their
is but little hopes for her recovery.
Geo. Theobald attended the world s
series at Chicago where he witnessed
his favorite team "The Cubs go dow
to defeat.
Miss Stella Markee returned from
Grand Rapids where she has been
visiting for two weeks.
Fred and August Jones received
the sad intelligence that their mother
died at Wrightstown, Wis. They
both left to attend the funeral.
Ed. Meagher visited with relatives
at Amherst last Sunday.
Ed. Kennedy exhibited some large
potatoes here last week. Ed. says
some were as large as La FolIette's
majority.
Mrs. Mary Heald of Westboro, Wis
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. John
Kennedy,
Miss Anna Graham Of Fond du Lac
is visiting with her schoolmates.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf, Satur-
day, Oct. 22nd, a baby girl Mother
and baby are doing nicely.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John zwaschka has been seriously
i'll the past week.
Miss Helen Krings made a trip to
Marshfield Tuesday.