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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

Two negro children were burned
TO death In a house in Richland
county Monday night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

barber in the Bronx who halls
from Italy has a sign painted on his
window "Barbitonsorial Parlor."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

Col. G. A. Parkins was fatally in
jured in Greenville Tuesday after
noon by an electric car.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

No, Alonzo, a pile OF filthy incre
isn't necessarily heap Of dirt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

God never shuts one door but he
opens another.--Irish.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

Force without judgment falls by it's
own weight.-Horace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15
~ Tons for one Horse.

horse weighing 1000 pounds
VIII produce about 4. tons OF ma
nure In year. and this manure Is
consequently worth 7 s-5 cents a day.
or about s27 a year. The manure
from tie average COW is worth
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-15

to little over 81 per acre.
Locate the compost heap In an old
shed. or build a shed, with any kind
CT old materia. for roof If the
shed leaks some, all the better.
Spread on the ground in a layer 10
inches thick 10 bushels Of stable
manure. wetting thoroughly. Over
this scatter 100 pounds Of acid phos-
phate or 100 pounds Of high grade
ground phosphate rock. Then follow
with another layer of manure and
phosphate. etc. Continue these alter
nate layers until all the manure Is
used up, or until the pile has become
inconveniently high: then cover the
pile. both top and Sides with inches
or forest mold or good loan taken
from the fence corners. If stable
manure or mold Is not available use
straw, leaves or any waste material.
even weeds. Be sure and wet all
thoroughly. After the heap has stood
from four to six weeks it should be
worked over and we'll mixed. This
Is best done by beginning at one end
and cutting 1t down vertically, throw
Ing the manure in a pile behind. Wet
again and cover again with loan. II
will be ready for use in three or four
weeks.
The above proportions are for use
with cotton. When the compost is
desired for corn the quantity Of phos-
phate can be reduced-use only so
pounds instead Of 100 to each layer.
Thirty bushels. or one two-horse wa
gon load. per acre Of this compost
VIII produce very marked results
When this quantity Is used It is best
applied In the drill just prior to
Planting. II preferred. the rows can
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
TRAIL FALSE ALARM JOKERS
Patrolman Hides in Doorway and
Captures Three Men.

The sending in OF false alarms OF ara
throughout the thickiy populated section q
Williamsburg has been so frequent durira
the past few weeks that the firemen in
that section asked the police to sppreherd
the jokers. Fire Chief LanSdon also mad.
n personal appeal to Police Captain Bouts-
leer, of the Ciymer street station.
The captain detailed Patroirnan East -
watch the box at the corner OF Flushing
and Bedford avenues Shortly at 8 A. m.
while East was secreted in doorway ha
noticed three men acting suspicious!.
around the corner. His vigilance was SOON
rewarded
One OF the men, IL Is said, opened tn.
door of the fire box and pulled the HOOK
and then the three ran into nearby door.
way to await the engines and see the ex.
element Three companies OF engines and
the reserves from two station houses wers
brought to the scene In the mean tins
East kept his eye on the men. and when
the reserves arrived he pounced upon
them. At the Clymer street station they
gave their names as John Smith, Tony
Passernole and Milo Limbarg, and said
they all resided at No. 124 Wailabout street,
They were held in bail for examination by
Magistrate Voorhees,
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
BIG YEAR IN DIAMONDS
Profit of the De Beers Concern
Was E2,69O,726.

Maiden Lane diamond importers were in
formed yesterday Of report submitted TO
the shareholders by the directors of the De
Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd, for the
twelve months ended June 80. 1910, which
was made at a general meeting held on De-
cember 10 in London. The profit for the
year was F. $50 7a6 and dividends were dis
trihuted absorbing fl,sco,eoo.
The diamond corporation controls the De
Beers and Kimberley mines. the Wesselton,
the Bulfontain- and the Dutoitspan mines,
and the report shows the average value OF
diamonds in each load of blue ground taken
from the different mines as well as the aV-
erage value per carat of the rough stones
and the average yield of each load. Ihe
comparisons show that the De Beers ana
Kimberley mines produced the most dia-
monds TO the load Of blue ground, but that
the average value per carat of the gems
taken from the Dutoitspan mine was the
greatest.
Since the close of the financial year the
contract between the company and the
London Diamond Syndicate. which sells the
output of the mines, has been renewed for
five years A working agreement has also
been made between the London Syndicate
and the Premier mine of the Transvaal, the
only large mine outside the combmatlon.
These arrangements place the price OF dia-
monds absolutely under the control of the
monopoly for the next five years
Activity IN the diamond industry in this
country. where more than one-half OF the
worlds output of diamonds is sold, rs re-
fected in the fact that Maiden Lane dealers
have imported diamonds worth about sio' :
ooa. .ns9 and other gems during the year now
closing
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
ROGERS IN ENGLISH TROUSERS
os1tair Causes Warm Discussion IN
ths 6eth Regiment.

TIE symmetry of legs in the 69th Regl-
rnent. Y y Y. G., viii be broken a week
from tomorrow at Albany, when that
i,rdy OF guardsrnen passes in review at the
inauguration of Governor Holm \. DIX
because 3;rcvet Captain H. II. Rogers. Jr-,
wif wear a pair OF trousers, English army
cut. for all the world like those he saw
last summer at the Army and Navy Club
in Lon6on
In marked contrast 10 the wide trousers
worn hv the New York officers of the na-
-ioral guard. the Lcndon style fits so tight
* that Major Hegeman. the six-foot ord
nance officer wanted 10 know the other
evening when Captain Rogers gave the
TROUSERS a trial at brigade headquarters
how the dickens might chap get them
off"
ousrternaster Fisher liked the style
and advocated universal adoption. Major
washburn, the Judge advocate" said il
was far too sporty. Major Abeel, adjutant
general Of the First Brigade got out the
book on regulations and found that il is
silent on the subject of full dress military
trousers. skin tight" wide.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

Mcconnell suddenly bethought himse1 o.
| .r. mother. Why had she not returned
and what il she should not were terrify-
inp thoughts that flashed across MS mIno
To add to his extreme discomfort, the
dainty little child began to grow red In the
face. AS Mcconnell watched 1t IN dIsinay
tbc miniature mouth opened to an aston
ishipr width and loud and prolonged wall
arose from within.
The chauffeur became panicstricken ana
sent a boy up the station platform 10
look for the mother. The boy returned
with the sad news that no such person was
on the platform. Then Mcconnell really
lost his head.
At first he thought of leaving the cnid
with the station master. but then he decideo
to take it to the first patrolman ne met
and started down the street. Soon he Ieii
in with Patrolman OConnell of the OLD
West Goth street station. He breathlessly
explained how the baby had come into his
possession and asked what he should do
The upshot of the matter was that chauf-
fellr. patrolman and baby all went to the
sta ton house. The lieutenant on the desk,
a man more experienced in baby lore, af-
ter examining the child's clothing with a
professional eye brought to light a small
card. 1t read.
s"rhis baby was born by marriage.
Please have her baptized Catholic VIII
call for her when able. The name "Baby
anna Connolly" was signed to the card.
After the infant had been taken to Belle
v,e Hospital Mcconnell and two detectives
went back and tried to find the richly
dressed woman who had left the Christmas
Offering with the chauffeur, but they met
with no success.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
LIFE OF EXCLUDED ALIEN
Man Has Been Travelling from
Here to Panama Since July.

BENJAMIN Rosenbaum. man VINO Is
looked upon as an undesirable alien os 'he
United States and the republic of Panama
arrived here yesterday from the isthmus Oh
the Panama liner Advance. he Is not
wanted by either country, and since July
he has been shunted back and forth from
nation to nation on the steamships OF the
Panama Line Unless the governments
come to some understanding III the matter
Rosenbaum will have to spend his lie al
sea as an excluded alien.
When he arrived in Cristobal In July the
secret service agents of Panama preferred
charges against him and sent him back to
the United States. He was taken to Ellis
Island and deported TO Panama. Panama
sent him back to New York. He was then
detained at Ellis Island pending a hearing
in the courts here. The case did not come
to trial. however, and Rosenbaum was
sent back again to the Isthmus
1t was said yesterday that the only way
to find haven for the human shuttle is
for the Panama Line to go out of business.
The law demands that all undesirable
aliens must be sent back To the port of
origin by the steamship line that brings
them to this port. 1t is thought, however,
that Rosenba um's case will be settled posi-
lively before he is sent away again to
Panama.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
HOSPITAL FUND GROWS FAST
Mayors Letter Brings $500 Check
To-day Is Hospital Sunday.

Frederick D. Greene, general secretary OF
the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Asso-
citation, said yesterday that very encouraS-
ing progress was being made toward col
lectiny the Soea000 required for free hospltai
service.
One check for 500 was received yesterday
from a woman stopping in one OIL the
hotels who had read Mayor Gaynors let
ter calling attention to the great necessity
of nroviding for this work. The hotel men
of the city have Joined in the movement
and have organized an auxiliary, OF whlch
II. H. Thurston is chairman, 10 coiec9
in aid of the movement.
To-day is Hospital Sunday in many
churches of the city, and collections VIII
be taken for the free hospital service. Dr.
Ernest NJ. Stires, rector of ST. Thomas $,
which is one of the largest contributors 10
the cause. said:
1.-The idea of the followers of all creeds
uniting in work of such elementary mercy
as the provision of hospital treatment Tor
the sick and injured who cannot pay is one
of the best possible illustrations of the
spirit of Christmas goodwill.
In ST. Thornass the Christmas offering
usually is devoted to a special church pur-
pose, but we are so impressed with the I'M
portance of this hospital work that we are
going TO postpone the regular collection IN
order to join in it.
1t is well for Christians to remember
that the Good Samaritan not only picked
UP the injured man whom he found by the
wayside, but also paid the bill for his care
and succor. The work Of the Hospital Sat
urday and Sunday Association is the exact
modern equivalent for his action.
while the aid of the churches is an i'm
portant factor in the raising of funds for
the free service of the hospitals" said My.
Greene, lit should be borne in mind that
this is not religious or racial work. Two
thirds of our funds usually tcome from secu-
lar sources. Hospital Sunday is not merely
for churchgoers. The stay-at-hores can
aid the work by sending individual conuI
buttons to the treasurer Of the Hospital
Saturday and Sunday Association, Charles
Ianier No. 80 Cedar street, New York
Cify''
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
MAYORS CLERK STRICKEN
James A. Rierdon Seized with
Attack of Vertigo.

James A. Rierdon, for six years the chief
clerk and bond and warrant clerk in the
Mayors Office was seized with an attack
of vertigo at the City Hall yesterday about
noon He was taken to the Hudson Streea
Hospital, where it was said his condition
was serious He lives at No 152 Leonard
street.
He has had trouble with his eyes for
more than a year and has worried consid-
erably over the thought that he might be
slowly losing his sight Mr. Rierdon also
worried over the. prominence that he zos
i'm the controversy over the 1890 varrsne
for Daniel F. CohaIan that was left in ths
Mayors Office by Mayor Mcclellan when hs
went out of Office. MIR. Mcclellan declarst
afterward that he had asked Mr. Rierdort
to call the attention OF Mayor Gaynor to
the warrant. but Mayor Gaynor declared
that he had never heard of it, Mr. Rier-
don was formerly an Assemblyman from
the I'd District
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
REORGANIZATION PLAN DENIED
Metropolitan s Committee Not Ready
to Furnish Details.

Members of the reorganization committee
of the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
panv said yesterday that the reorganization
plan had not yet been fled with the Public
Service Commission, as reported, and that
it had not yet been signed by the commit
tee This leaves the plan subject to fur
ther modification before it is formally pre-
sented to the commission, which, it is un-
derstood will not be done for two or three
weeks yet.
No confirmation could be obtained in Off
cial quarters that the present draft of the
plan provided for the exchange of 80 per
cent in new first mortgage bonds and 100
per cent in new per cent income bonds,
as reported, for the s12,500OO0 Metropolitan
Street Railway IS, and 25 per cent in new
first mortgage As and IS per cent in new
per cent income bonds for the present
SIS 600 900 refunding As.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
MANY OPPOSE SHEEHAN
See Party Discord in Both His
and Grady's Elevation.
LOOMS HERE FOR SHEPARD
Buffalo Senator Said to Have
Number of Colleagues to
Help in His Fight.

Word came from upstate yesterday tnat
the members of the Legislature there who
are opposed to the candidacy OF Wllilam
+. Sheehan for the United States Senate
are seriously alarmed They had not
thought that Charles F. Murphy. the Tam
many boss, would ever consent to the
elevation of Mr.. Sheehan, but some OF the
signatures to the Buffalo letter urging Mr.
Sheehan to become a candidate have led
them to believe that at least the Sheehan
candidacy has the support Of close friends
of Mr.. Murphy.
Senator-elect Frank B. Loomis of Buf-
falo was in the city yesterday endeavor-
ing to find out how the legislators from
New York and Kings counties were going
to vote About all he found out was that
most of them did not know until their
leaders had spoken.
Mr. Loomis who has already announced
himself as in favor of the election OF Ed
ward NJ Shepard, called at the City Hail
to see Mayor Gaynor. but the latter was
not there. and he talked to Mr.. Adamson-
The Senator-elect from Buffalo believes
that Mayor Gaynor should exercise a
powerful influence in favor Of Mf. Shepard.
Not only is Mr.. Loomis opposed to Mr.
Sheehan as a successor to Senator De-
pew. but he is opposed to placing Senator
Thomas F. Grady at the head of the State
Senate by elevating him to the place OF
president pro tenn. He is said to have with
him on this proposition number OF the
upstate Senators. and it is said that sew
eral of the Senators from New York City
feel as he does 1t is not thought, how
ever, that strong enough combination can
be arranged to defeat Grady
1t is known that the selection Of Senator
Grady as president pro tenn. of the Sen
ate is one OF the things upon which Mr..
Murphy has set his mind. He has indi-
Gated that under no circumstances will he
change his stand On that matter There
are those who think that whatever inn
preston Mr.. Murphy has allowed to spread
around as to his favoring Mr.. Sheehan fo-
the United States Senate has been so that
he may use it in order to insure the cleo
tion of Grady by appearing to give in on
the Sheehan proposition.
Democrats who are anxious for a con-
tinuation of harmony in the organization
and many among the Democratic majority
in the Senate are firm in their conviction
that the elevation of Mr.. Sheehan and of
Mr. Grady is the worst possible move that
could be made.
Naturally the Democrats are anxious to
retain the Legislature, but those who are
opposing the starring of Senator Grady de-
clare that there would not be a ghost of a
show of winning the Assembly another year
If such a mistake should be made, and that
the Senate would beyond question go back
to the Republicans in 1912, no matter how
the state went on the Presidential question.
Just what effect these arguments may have
upon Mr.. Murphy is hard to tell, but his
friends are convinced that he has not the
slightest intention Of deserting Grady.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
OPERATION ON LION CUB FAILS
Hendrick Hudson Doesn't Respond to
'BiI' Snyder's Ministrations.

Hendrick Hudson, the lion cub in the
Central Park menagerie on which ''Bil''
Snyder the head keeper, operated a few
days ago, died yesterday afternoon. 1t is
believed the tumor which was taken from
the animals neck had been permitted to
go too far before the operation This four
teen-mon tbs old cub had at one time prom
ised to be the largest lion in the collection.
When he was six months old he was
seized with a malady that finally made him
freak. The once powerful forelegs were
unable to stand the weight OF the animal
and bowed like a bulldogs. Then his back
became deformed, and finally the tumor
appeared on his neck.
Snyder undertook a job when he entered
the lions cage and performed the operation
which no veterinary consulted would con-
sent to do. The plight of the animal was
such that it would always have been a de-
formed weakling had it survived.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
HEINEMANN GIVES BAIL
Justice Seabury Fixes Surety at
$1,000, Pending Appeal.

Following his granting of certihcd'e -
reasonable doubt to William Heineman.'
convicted OF manslaughter. and his cru
cism of Judge Swami, of the Court Oh uen-
eral Sessions, before whom the man was
tried, Justice Seabury, OF the Supie'i''
Court yesterday admitted Heineniahn -
bail Of s1i,oOO, pending an appeal from Tue
conviction.
Heinemann was convicted for the hiii'Ne
on last New Years night of Robert Dooies =.
The defence was that he had been at'acAeu
by a gang and that he shot in seif-oelehee
Judge Swami sentenced Heinemann "
serve from ten to twenty years IN pIisoii
In granting certificate of reasonable doupt
Justice Seabury said the defendant did not
have a fair trial and that Judge Swami hdu
made statements at the trial that were
preiudicial to Henemann
Isaac Heinemann, q brother of the oe-
fendant, went on the bail bond. giving rs
security property in which he has an equity
of SCI, 900. Heinemanp and his wife were III
court yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
CHAUFFEUR HELD BABY
Yielded to Request of Woman,
Who Then Disappeared.
CARD IN CHILD's CLOTHING
Said Infant Was Born in Wed
lock, and Asked That It Be
Baptized a Catholic.

A chauffeur and baby were waiting In the
street:
| The chauffeur didn't know the babe; 1T WASH
his at all. :.
But sweet young girl had left it and he daren't
let it fall
Extracts from Chauffeurs Book of verse;
Edward Mcconnell was the chauffeur In
question, and he was hurrying to his home,
at No. 19 Abingdon Square, yesterday even
ing. when it happened. Mcconnell had just
stopped at the 23d street station OF the
Ninth avenue elevated road to buy paper,
when q handsome young woman in a heavy
fur overcoat and imposing hat came down
the steps of the station. Seeing young Nc
Connell, she smiled sweetly at him and
asked him if he would mind holding her
baby for a moment while she went back to
the station waiting room to get parcel
she had left there.
What could a handsome looking young
chauffeur do when thus appealed to by
beauty in distress? Well, Mcconnell is no
less vulnerable to such an appeal than the
ma jority of his sex, and he blushingly ex-
tended his two arms and took the baby.
Such sweet child he told the young
mother.
The young woman ran daintily up the
steps of the station. while Mcconnell
smlingly acted as nurse girl for the infant.
He began to admire It's costly clothing, and
was trying to estimate the price of such a
fashionable white silk dress and embroi-
dered siIken underwear as that worn by the
baby.
Mcconnell began to puff up with pardon
able pride, for he now felt sure that the
baby must be the petted child of a mill
icnaire, at least. He wondered just what
kind of wonderful Christmas the little
thing in silks and satins would have in its
Fifth avenue home.
After inspecting the tiny bundle minutely
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
HOLD PHYSICIANS WIFE
Mrs. Walter Mann Charged with
Robbing a Cottage.

Mrs Edna Mann, wife of DIR. Walter
Mann. a surgeon on the steamer Caracas,
cf the Red ID Line. plyinb setween this
cify and South American ports. was ar
r,aigned yesterday before Magistrate Gels
mar. in the Coney Island police court,
charged with grand larceny. Sidney Den
ming also was arraisned on the same
charge They were arrested by Detectives
t.eisler and Reick of the Coney Island
police station, late Friday night
The detectives saw the woman in an un-
occupied cottage on Neptune avenue, and
ran. the bell Without waiting for a -e-
,.,,or7ze ono of thesl went to the back door
i,lst in time TO acccst Mrs. Mann, who was
leaving il d great hurry They led her
back inte the house, which they found IN
great confusion. with furniture piled up
in A haphazard manner
.!ust as Mrs Mann was telling the de-
tectives that she owned the place man
drove mp in d grocery wagon When he
saw the detectives he jumped out and ran
M Neptune avenue. The detectives over
took him and brought him back TO The
house Meanwhile the woman had fled
Tho nrisoner told the detectives that ne
WAS Sidney Dennng- of No 5loo Fifth
avenue. Brooklyn. Then he said that the
woman VINO Had heu AS1N @dif- mann "
that she would probably he found at ms
home. as il was quite likely that she
would inform his folks that he had been
arrested. Detective Geisler went to the
Fifth avenue address and hid- When Mrs
Mann appeared he took her in custody
uenning it is said, confessed to Detec-
tive Reick his completely in the attempt to
rob the Berger cottage of its furnishings.
Fernard Berger. the owner Of the cottage.
could not identify either Of the prisoners
lie told the police that 500 worth of linens
was missing from the cottage. Mrs Mann
told Magistrate Geisnar that her husband
would arrive in port carly this week. The
prisoners we're held in hail for examination
Tomorrow