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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

(Jeannette Marks in Success Maga-
Zine.)
Men say unfriendly words Of you,
poor brids!
And 1? 1 praise you for your saucy
JOY
On dusty Streets I love you for your
In vines that cling to heated city
walls;
Your noisy congregations on the trees;
Unchurchly' ways Of saying this and
About your brother men; your gai-
eties
in parks near by fountains drip
ping brim.
Men say your manners are not fine.
And, too,
They call you scavengers, they call
you thief
And enemy to other prettier birds.
Perhaps we are one feather, you and
I!
would not hold it any grief to be
Your brother bird upon the city
street.
I love your chatterers! Yet 7 have
heard
The lark in other lands, the thrush
in this.
Dull many a day had been without
your din,
Your wrangles under foot, your
shameless ways
Men say unfriendly words of you. Of
They speak unkindly, too. Yet see
how gay
We are All, we'll, we are one feath-
er, you
And I! We have the city streets for
plunder,
The caves for wonder, and above
there is
The sky!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22
Spare Rib POtpie.

Cut the rib into pieces about four
inches square and cook In water to
cove;. until tender. Pour of the
liquor. cool, and remove all the fat
Cover the bottom Of the pot with a
layer Of the ribs, seasoning with salt.
pepper and little sage. Add a layer
Of thick slices Of potato. seasoned.
then one Of tiny baking-powder bis
cult. Continue until all the meat is
used. having the last layer of the bis
cult. Pour In enough Of hot. strain
ed liquor In which the ribs were
cooked. and water to come nearly to
the Top Of the biscuit. but not to COW
er them. Close tightly and cook
three-quarters Of an hour, before re-
moving the lid. Take up the potato
and meat on q platter, thicken the
gravy with q tablespoonful Of flour
rubbed smooth with a tablespo onful
Of hutter-cook until smooth AMI
pour over the meat-The Delineotor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22
PRICE OF SHOES TO RISE.
High Price OF Leather and Materials
Given as the Cause.

Boston, Mass, Jan. 1.-THE price
Of shoes Is going up. The official an
noun,ement to this effect was made
today by the National Shoe Whole
saler,f Association. The Association
says that the existing high price Of
leather and materials makes the in
crease necessary. but that the new
prices will be so adjusted as Ito per-
NIT the addition to each grade Of
such value as will compensate the
wearsr for increased cost"
The Associations approval of the
repeal Of the duty on hides was unan-
imously voiced.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22
Public Opinion Is the Insurgents
Main RaCk0r

Now. what is this new senate
movement going to do? asks J. G..
Welliver in Success Magazine. Is it
merely temporary ebullition, local
rash which will yield to treatment, a
casual disorder that will be suppress
ed? do not think so. The men
on whom the future of the movement
depends are not enlisted for a skir-
mish. They have started in for a
war. They have resources of public
confidence at their back. Their credit
is going to be good at the bank Of
community opinion, In their various
States. just so long as they keep on
fighting in good faith. It isn't ap-
parent how they can turn back. They
have nothing to gain at Washington,
and everything to lose at home, by
giving up the struggle. And anyhow,
they are not cutters. Not one of
them.
They will gain recruits, and they
will win some victories, in the coming
session. They will require more and
more to be reckoned with. They will
not revolutionize senate procedure
very soon. They probably don't ex.
pect to do that. But they are in the
way Of very early convincing the an.
cient leadership that 1t must take ac-
count Of the public opinion these in
surgents represent; and that will be
revolution in all but form.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

The greatest radium mine. that
near Joachimsthal, twelve miles
northwest Of Carlsbad. has disting-
uished itself by a product of half an
ounce Of radium bromide. and py
showing water that promises to deve!-
op q great radium cure. The mine
once supplied silver, but for halt a
century has been worked by the Aus
trian government for pitch -blende, a
mineral yielding a larger percentage
of uranium, one ovide Of which is
used to tint glass delicate green
ish-yellow. while the black oxide
serves as a pigment in porcelain
painting. Consul w. L. Lowrie re-
ports that 100 men are mining an
nually twenty tons of pitch blende,
equivalent to five tons of uranium
ore; and after the uranium is ex-
tracted the residue of each ten tons
Of pitch blende yields one gram OF
radium bromide. Metallic radium is
never seen, only the bromide and
cloride being known. For extracting
the gram Of bromide, 1000 pounds
Of chemicals and 10000 pounds Of
water are employed, and a thousand
crystalizations and reductions may be
made. each requiring from few
hours to several days The 13 grams
of radium bromide lately sent t.
Vienna have been valued at more
than half a million dollars. In a new
investigation, Director Joseph Step.
of the radium factory, has found that
the radio io-activity of the mine waters
is quite extraordinary. and scores of
tunes greater than that OF most rf
the Carlsbad, Marienbad and Franz
cl sbad springs. The water--.beiievcd
to have important curative powers
Ccn;a'n. radioactive gas, which soon
evap ne tes on exposure.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

In the last half-century the de-
velopment OF the machinery Of war
as everybody knows, has kept pace
with that Of the appliances used In
the arts Of peace. Sir A. Trevor
Dawson notes that progress has been
aided by the metallurgist, who has
developed improved steel making:
the chemist who has produced more
powerful propellants and high ex-
plosives; and the mechanical engi-
neer. who has devised new methods
OF utilizing power and adding to ac-
curacy' and efficiency. In 1854 the
most powerful twelve-inch gun was
muzzle loader. twelve calibers in
length, weighing about 23.5 tons. Its
charge OF powder weighed eighty-fve
pounds, the muzzle velocity Of the
614-pound projectile was 1900 feet
per second, and II could perforate
sixteen inches of wrought iron armor
at the muzzle. or eight inches at the
maximum range of 5000 yards. The
tweive-inch gun of the present Is
breechloader. fifty calibres long. It's
projectile weighs $50 pounds. the
muzzle velocity is 5000 feet per Sc
cond; its perforative power is fifty
two inches of wrought iron at the
muzzle' thirty-seven at 5000 yards,
and 17.5 inches at $4,000 Yards.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22
SENATE DISCUSSES WH|SKEY.
SENATOR'S GRAYDON AND CAR.
Isle IN DEBATE.
Bill Declaring Unlawful Sale of AL
cohOlic Liquors to be Nuisance
Precipitates Preliminary Whiskey
Ffght-Number OF Normal Stu
dents in University to be Increased.

Columbia, Jan. IA preliminary
battle Of words that closely verged
again upon a general discussion of
the whiskey question was the feature
Of the session Of the senate this eve
ming. The principals in this discus.
sion were Senators Graydon and Car
Isle and the matter came up when
the bill providing that, the unlawful
sale, etc., of alcoholic liquors shall
be a common nuisance was reached
on the Calendar. The bill was not
disposed Of, debate being adjourned
until tomorrow on the measure.
Senator Graydon claimed that the
bill is practically a Statewide meas
ure. He said:
What's the use of passing prohibi-
ton bills when prohibition is a fraud
and farce"
He added that all Georgia is now
wide open and there is no pretence of
enforcing the law and thought the
same would be true of this State.
1--WE can't legislate people," said
Senator Graydon, "from drinking liu-
uor. The tighter we make the law
the more drinking there will be. The
Missouri compromise Act of 1900 was
great blow to temperance" Sena-
tor Graydon referred to the raising
up of set Of hypocrites who are pre-
tending to be enforcing the law and
at the same time are drinking mean
blind tiger liquor.
Senator Carlisle warmly defended
the bill which he said was a COM
panion measure to the Injunction bill
discussed In the senate Friday. The
bill which declares the unlawful sale,
barter, storage and keeping in pos
session Of alcoholic liquors a common
nuisance, is, said Senator Carlisle,
merely an enforcement measure. In
functions are needed In certain Sec
tions for the enforcement Of the liq-
uor law. said Mr.. Carlisle. He refer
red to the system in vogue in Char
lesion as to the fining Of blind tigers
and quoted an editorial from The
News and Courier as to the handing
out Of indictments Of certain whiskey
cases, at the same time paying a trib-
ute to the editor Of that paper.
Senator Carlisle said that in time
the same system might prevail in
other of the larger towns of the State
IL laws were not passed for the en-
forcement Of the whiskey statutes.
In the course Of his discussion Of
the bill Senator Carlisle touched
briefly upon the claim Of the Pro-
hibitionists as to the working of pro-
hibition In this and other States. and
said he would later meet the argu-
ments of the Senator from Abbeville.
Senator Clifton objected to the bill
on the ground that in conjuction with
the injunction measure an alleged
dealer in whiskey could be cnjoined
and the injunction follow him about
the State, the property permanently
enjoined and a further violation sub
ject alleged offender to fine or inn
prisonment for contempt and deny
him the right Of trial by jury. Fur
ther debate was postponed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22
How She Was Neglected.

Six-year-old Ruth was very un-
happy because one of her many
wants had been denied. Her papa
was giving her lecture and said,
"You Nav' everything that most little
girls Ia; and don't think there
Is another little girl in town who
has more than YOU" "Oh, yes," said
Ruth, "Alice has," What has she
that you have not?" said papa. "well,
l guess she had ride to her grand
mas funeral.-The Delineator,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

anonymous letter to him that declar-
ed Mr.. Ballinger's system Of files he's
so mixed. confused. befoggled the
clerks. files and records that there Is
now absolutely no one who knows
anything about anything that apper-
tains to the office. requiring over 100
clerks against 10 under the old sys-
tenn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22
Rapid Transit.

In response to a growing demand
In his home, Henry Kitchell Webster,
author Of "The Sky Man." once went
to his fathers house, borrowed the
family highchair and started taking
it home by hand. He had to wait
long for his car, and when it finally
came it's conductor was a humorist
Aren't you pretty big for that
chair?" that official ventured.
Yes" admitted Webster, YEARLY
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

*Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is
a very valuable medicine for throat
and lung troubles, quickly relieves
and cures painful breathing and a
dangerously sounding cough which
indicates congested lungs. Sold by
w. w. Sibert.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

*The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They do the work whenever you re-
quire their aid. These tablets change
weakness into strength, list ssness
into energy, gloominess into Joyous
ness. Their action is so gentle one
don't realize they have taken a pur-
gative. Sold by w. w. Sibert
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-22

The long considered plan Of max
ing coal gas in vertical instead of
horixonal retorts IL being tested on
. large scale at st. Helens, England,
and the results with the new plant
are being compared with those Of a
very complete equipment including
sss horizontal retorts ten feet long.
With the cheap coal used, costing
about $500 per ton. the old method
yielded 10000 cubic feet Of gas per
ton. and the new process gave H.
$50 cubic feet. The new process
yields more tar and ammonia, coke of
higher selling price; and gas free
from naphthalene, while 1t offers
great economy in land and buildings,
In labor, and In wear and tear.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
MOTOR TRUCK SERVES
BEST, WRITES EXPERT
Suitable Designation Needed for
Auto Vehicles Used by Com
merCiaI Firms

with the development of the motor
vehicle in many different forms for
carrying merchandise" writes an au-
thority, "it must be recognized that it
is becoming important to have in gem
eral use some classifying names to
discriminate the vehicle used for haul
ing goods from that used for passen-
gers. The designations that have
sprung into common use are CONNER
cial vehicles and pleasure cars While
one says commercial vehicle how
ever, another says motor truck an
other power wagon, then another
gasoline truck or electric truck and
SO forth.
"Of the first two names, CONNER
cial vehicle and pleasure car it is
agreed that neither is adequate nor
desirable; both are vague and i'll fit
ting. The term pleasure car covers
in way the various species of touring
cars, town cars, toy tonneaus, run
abouts, etc, but as generic name it
is decidedly Objectionable, being too
suggestive of Joy riding and other
frivolities. The expression commercial
vehicle does not afford a sufficient
antithesis to any of the names applied
to the motor cars used for individual
transportation, and besides, the term
is far too loose. 1t applies quite as
properly to a mule drawn dray and a
freight packet as it does to an auto
mobile again, it is too cumbersome.
" Motor truck is concise, euphonious
and descriptive. Under this caption
would come all the varieties of deliv-
cry wagons, vans, lorrys, drays, etc,
the same as there are now touring
cars, limousines, ETC., under the head
of pleasure car The etymology of
the word truck and it's general usage
justifies it's employment in this broad
sense. The expression is now quite
commonly used for the heavier vehicles
and if every one interested began to
employ it as the generic term for all
merchandise carrying vehicles, refer
ring to a Thousand pound truck as
well as to a five ton truck it would
soon be adopted"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
BEATING BULLY GAVE
BILL LANG HIS START
This Australian Expects to Whip
KatChel and Then Go
After Bigger Men

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Up at STRAIT
ford, Conn, which is a little beyond
Bridgeport an7 not far from the haunt
of the soft-shell clam and the wooden
nutmeg, "Bill' Lang is training to
meet Stanley Ketchel in ten-round
bout in New York.
1t is to be held a week from Fri
day. Lang is coming along pretty well.
He has got SO far that he is be-
ginning to like the American climate,
and when he gets in the ring he thinks
that he will be able to make a good
showing against the middleWeight
champion.
I'm not so good as I expect to be
about two or three years from noW,"
says Lang with the utmost simplicity.
"I haven't been at the boxing game
very long, and I've got lot to learn,
as 1 mighty well know, but l seem to
be picking up all the time and I'm
encouraged by what my friends tell
me and by my own little successes to
keep at it. Some have said that per-
haps I shall get on a match again with
Johnson some day. Maybe so. If ever
get smart enough to challenge him
shall not hesitate to do So"
Lang, who was born in Melvin, Aus
tralia, is 27 years of age. He weighs
100 pounds, his height is feet and his
reach, both arms extended, 6 feet 5
inches.
Lang some years back was a pro-
fessional football player. His brother
took him to New South Wales to work
in the opal mines. At this time he
knew nothing of fighting. Being a
husky chap he was picked on by the
miners. After getting into a quarrel
with the bully of the lot, they took him
to the opal cut where he licked the
bully in two rounds.
After this everybody thought he
would make great fighter. He decid-
ed to try the boxing game. His first
match was with Starlight, a 200
pound n-gro fighter, whom he knocked
out in four rounds. After this he had
six small bouts, and while still a
novice met Johnson and stayed for nine
and half rounds, when the bout was
stopped to save Lang.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
BIG TIRES FOR PHOENIX RACE

Inquiries are already being insti-
tuted at the w. d. Newerf Rubber
company as to the ability to furnish
the tires which SO successfully carried
the Buick car of last year to victory in
the Phoenix race and broke the pre-
vious record by more than eleven and
q half hours.
The Buick and Kissel Kar in last
years races were the only two cars
which drove over the sands of the
desert and arrived in Phoenix without
a trouble of any kind to tires, and
these were equipped with Goodyear
oversize tires and the cars carried no
canvas strips, ETC., but simply Debated
the tires down to fifteen pounds pres
sure and made their time. 1t is prob
able that a great majority of the cars
in this years race will be similarly
equipped, based upon what Nick
Nikrent accomplished last year with
the Buick, for it was Nick who went
out and discovered that he could do
this, and to his tires he credits his re-
markable run.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
INVENTOR OFFERS
NEW TRUCK WHEEL
Motor Vehicles May Be Supplied
with More Simple Driv-
ing Apparatus
N0ISELESS RUNNING ASSURED
Hub Does Not Rotate but Turns
About Vertical Line
in Center
NoIsELEss RUNNING ASSURED

A truck wheel which is light in con-
struction, slightly in appearance, and
which permits of the mechanical driV-
ing and steering of both front and
rear wheels, has been perfected by
John McGeorge of the Cleveland En-
gineering company. This remarkable
mechanical device Is the elimination
of twelve years of thought and study
on the part OF the inventor over the
principles involved In the design OF
the wheel.
Most motor vehicles are driven
through the rear wheels and steered
by means of the front ones, though
the advantages of a front wheel drive
have long been recognized-as every
one knows it is easier to pull wagon
than to push it. But the difficulties
attendant on driving and steering the
front wheels mechanically have been
practically insurm ountable, until Mr..
McCeorge solved the problem and gave
to the world wheel which can be
both driven and steered.
Wheels of this sort have been at
tempted (for truck builders have long
recognized their value) and have met
with more or less Indifferent success;
but the majority of them have been
either too clumsy for use. or too light
for the work required of them. The
McGeorge wheel resembles an ordinary
wheel in appearance and yet Is de-
signed to withstand the severest shocks
encountered on the toughest roadways.
DRIVING GEAR IN WHEEL
The wheel Is hollow with stiffening
ribs on the outside which resemble
spokes Within the wheel is contained
the driving gears and mechanism. The
body of the wheel is separate from the
hub and rotates thereon by means OF
a double set of roller bearings. The
hub Is fixed, as regards rotation, but is
free to turn with the wheel, about
vertical axis in a journal formed by the
end of the hollow axle. The hub car
ries within itself an annular horizon
tai ball bearing on which the end OF
the axle rests. The load of the vehicle
is transferred from the axle through
this ball-bearing to the hub, thence
through the roller bearings to the body
of the wheel.
The mower is transmitted from the
cross shaft in the axle by pair of
bevel gears to a vertical shaft carried
by the swivel hub. This vertical shaft
is firmly guided and terminates in
bevel pinion which drives the large
bevel gear ring on the inside of the
hollow wheel near the periphery, where
the turning power is most effectively
applied. This vertical shaft drives
both top and bottom in the heavy
trucks. but at the top only in the high
er ones.
The mechanism in wheel, hub and
axle is fully inclosed. and all of the
gears, bearings and shafts run in oil.
Lateral motion OF the wheel is prevent
ed by the design of the swivel hub and
axle. Solid tires are used secured in
the most approved manner direct to the
periphery of the wheel.
The body OF the wheel and the axles
are made of manganese bronze castings
and the hub of steel. All gears and
shafts are of vanadium steel or chrome
nickel as best fits their respective place
and use.
To insure noiseless running the dou-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
MOTOR GOSSIP

Miss Scott, who drove the Overland
car from New York to San Francisco
and Los Angeles states that she would
not go anywhere without a Twitchell
air gauge, which she considers one of
the most essential things for motor
lists to carry with them.
John w. Swan, formerly Pacific
coast distributor of the Silent North
ern cars, and wl-o has been San Diego
branch manager for Leon T. Shet-
tier for the past year, has accepted a
position with Mr.. Shelter as manager
of his San Francisco branch, which
has been established for the purpose
of taking care of the wholesale trade
in Northern California. Branch head
quarters will be with Max Rosenfeld,
who will be the agent for Apperson
cars for the cities of San Francisco and
Oakland. Mr.. Shelter also states that
he will probably open a retail branch
in Fresno in the near future.
Leon T.. Shelter is having the plans
drawn for his new garage on Pico
street, between Main and Hill streets.
The garage will be but two stories
high at first, but foundations will be
made heavy enough to support a five
story building so as to take care of
the natural increase in trade. MT
Shelter owns the properly on Whlch
he intends to build.
Contrary to the usual custom in
such cases, Leon II. Shelter has been
delivering 1911 Apperson cars for the
past few days without having made a
formal announcement through the pa
ners. He states that there is plenty
of time to stir things up after his back
orders are taken care Of, which will be
in a very few days. AS a matter Of
fact, it does seem rather unfair for a
dealer to advertise strenuously an ad-
vance model car that he is not in posi-
ton to deliver, knowing full well that
there are plenty Of dealers in the city
with 1910 models on their floor.
Henry Hoffman had his car equipped
last week with a complete new set OF
GnodYear oversize tires.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
MEDIC0 ESPOUSES CAUSE
OF AIR-C0OLED ENGINE

DR.. H. M. Voorhees, of this city, who
is an advocate of the air-cooled engine,
owns a-Middleby which he has driven
about 10000 miles, The doctor re-
Gently made the trip to San Diego and
return, covering about 400 miles, in
company with two well known water
cooled cars. The party missed the
direct road and found some hard trav-
cling This was where the "air-cooler"
showed at it's best.
DR.. Voorhees, enjoyed immensely sit
ting beside the road at every "water
hole" watching the other fellows fill
their radiators and cool their engines,
while the Middleby did it's work to
perfection and "never missed a shot,"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
LOCAL FIRM EXPANDING SCOPE

w. d. Newerf of the w. D. Newerf
Rubber company left this morning on
the steamer Beaver bound for San
Francisco, where he will spend a few
days at his branch stores in that city.
Thence he will proceed over the Shasta
route to Portland, and then to Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane, Victoria and Van
couver, B. c., making extensive OBJ
servations of the business prospects in
each Of these places with view of ex-
panding the business of the company
over the cities named on the Pacific
coast. While in the northwest Mr..
Newerf will make a number of side
trips to places of interest on Puget
Sound and on the Columbia river for
recreation and pleasure. Mr.. Newerf
expects to be gone about month.