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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23
OPEN HOUSE IN ALABAMA
How a Typical Fine Old Sou,barn
Family Lived and Changed With
The Passing Years.

Judge Greers father, Colonel
Greer, emigrated from Virginia and
settled with his slaves on new lands
IN Alabama. Greer House-white
and spacious and open-fronted q
pupllc road along which passed the
westward tide Of travel. But the
traveller did not pass-he stopped in
and rested a week or two. Few were
brisk enough to escape the Colonel's
watchful eye. And once inside his
gate, the wayfarer found it harder
yet to leave.
When the weekly stagecoach came
rattling along, two negro boys wait
ed for it at the top of the hill
one with a bucket Of ice water
the other with with a pitcher of SAN
gareee. Added to this was an invita-
ton from the Colonel for the strang-
ers to rest beneath his roof. At meal
times Isom, the butler, went down
to the big gate and blew the dinner
horn, a broadcast invitation to the
wide, wide world
Why should not the Colonel invite
all within hearing to partake of his
dinner? He had more than he could
eat; there were no hotels for the
strangers; travellers must get very.
very hungry-and thirsty. The un-
derlying spirit was not new; it was the
same simple spirit which graced Sir
Roger de Coverly. But the manifes-
tation was different, a manifestation
that suited the country.
Colonel Greer felt deeply his oblt.
cation to those who honored him by
making his house their temporary
home. Did they not bring him poll
tical news, tell good stories, and keep
him informed as to the current
events Of three States? All they got
In return was a few fried chickens,
home-cured ham, corn-bread. fruits.
melons, cigars, wines, and--the Col
onel admitted that his toddies were
fairly good, for he made them him
self.
Everybody laughed and prospered
on Deerfield Plantation. Sleek horses
drew the carriages; COWS waddled to
the milking; shiny mules marched
before the plows; fat negroes grinned
with dazzling teeth at fatter chickens
that tempted the frying-pan.
When the Colonel returned from a
Journey, every human being on the
plantation gathered around him be-
fore he could shake off the dust-and
he had a present for everyone. His
pockets bulged with gew-gaws and
trinkets, pocket-knives, band-combs,
tobacco, and sardines.
Somehow the droughts managed to
skip Deerfield, and destructive storms
went around it. Bad years didn't
hurt the Colonel, and he made the
good ones an excuse for helping his
nelghbors. He wrote freely-not for
profit, but for accommodations the
pack OF various promisory notes
drawn by his acquaintances. His rich
acres gave value to the autographs.
when pay day came, he had TO sell
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23
SHOT IN LEG.
Bicycle Thief Wounded i'm Effort tn
Escape.
From The Daily Item, July 20.


Several weeks ago Mr.. Bunyan
Hatchel had his bicycle stolen from
him, and about a week before this
Mr' III. l.. Tisdale, who had been re-
pairing the wheel, noticed that it had
a fiat tire on the back wheel and the
seat spring broken; so that when q
negro, Alva Tindal came to Mr.. Tis-
dale's shop, yesterday, to purchase
a tire and seat spring, explaining
that he watred them for a wheel. the
description of which suited that of
Mr.. Hatchels, Mr.. Tisdale was, nat
urally, suspicious.
He reported the matter at once TO
Mr.. Hatchel, who swore out a war
rant FOR the negro, Alva Tindal, and
Messrs. Tisdale and Burkett were
deputized to make a search for the
wheel, and arrest Tindal
They, accordingly, went to Mr.. M.
n. Beck's place. where the negro was
reported to be living, and after
searching several houses, they found
the wheel in one of them, at which
Tindal boarded.
They left the bicycle where it was,
and came back to the city. where
they searched for and found Tindal.
He explained to them that he had
not stolen the wheel, and said that
he would carry them to another ne
gro' West Cummings, from whom he
had bought the wheel
He then carried them to a house
on Anderson street, where he said
Cummings lived.
Mr.. Burkett remained outside with
the prisoner (TindaD and sent Mr..
Tisdale into the house for Cummings.
Mr.. Tisdale knocked at the door,
negro man answering the knock.
and when Mr.. Tisdale asked him his
name, he replied that it was West
Cummings.
Mr.. Tisdale then told Cummings
that he had a warrant for his (Cum-
mingsD arrest, for stealing a wheel.
Cummings admitted stealing the
wheel, and selling it to Tindal, and
when Mr.. Tisdale told him that he
would have to come with him. (Tis-
dale), the negro tried to slam the
door; but Mr.. Tisdale got in between
the door. and so the negro said he
would come peacefully.
They started out Of the house, Mr..
Tisdale holding to the negro, and
when they got to the top step, the
negro jerked loose, knocked Mr.. Tis-
dale down, and started to run.
Mr.. Tisdale called to Cummings to
halt, and when he die not, shot four
or five times on the ground behind
the negro, with a pistol
When Cummings still refused TO
halt Mr. Tisdalo shot him in the calf
of~his left leg. the negro falling and
saying that he was dying.
Mr.. 'risdale, meanwhile, had run
to the negro, and had him carried to
Moods Infirmary, where the wound
was found not to be serious, the doc
tor stating that Cummings would be
able to go to Jail in a day or two.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23
MOUNT TABOR'S PARAB0LIC VISION.
Matthew 17,1.s; 14-2o.-July "a.

"Thi' I pleased: hear We him.
y concluding last study he took Peter
James and John disciples high
- mountain There them that say
white like the light Then the vision Elijah appeared
build rhrv nernaces one for him one for Mos. t @ t % Th % ts e
top Of hr One Of the ~ anu % one & ro @ Ion tne
Ap"n shows that the three disciples
wax IN this occasion that they heard
qued rds Apostles fright
and @ % M @ %U 01 s but O r. His Ssn had vanished
. had n into glory they perceived that
Jesus charged them that they
a Of what he had
O % @ @ w~S n & % our s ss Of s % @ ago. % s b. Ss some stand
his Kudm These presence
his Kingdom yet come to
pass = 'T""sS p DIT IT. Is Is surely nigh even at the doc.
coming Kingdom In his Epise he saws We
when we made no @
the and coming of Lord majesty
Yet helpful as was at the
particularly our Lords second coming and RuS
the % s % more re sure S word Of prophecy Ia evidence
dark place until the day dawn"unn
Before transnguraon symbo,.ed our
p and be not ON OCCASIONS @ u n Sa4sssS hs S
appear that by nature many OF us have s
imperfecon realization of our unworhes Of p % own own
are LIKELY to grasp us and torture This
cast out fear from sym
not a little True blessings any except
a 'e he re. mot
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provision
rss.nns perfection and eternal nfe and
self OF this great privilege die the
While Jesus and
there was whose
might
the expeng
demon
epaepuc Indeed all higher criticism
obsion evil spirits
that
merely insanity epilepsy
10 or whether a
OF theology and Doctors medicine
cast nim out or
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NOT OUT to
Apostles that their
near to God living lives OF efden fasting to
OF the
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spiritual powers and Lord
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23
Wedgefield Juniors Win.

Hagood, July 1s.-In a very slow
game of ball here yesterday after
noon, Hagood was defeated by
Wedgefield to the tune of IL to IL.
David Lenoir for Hagood pitched star
oall. st Pierre Lenoir also caught q
nne game, getting everything that
came within his reach. The two
teams will meet again soon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23

Ills plantation and move to Mississip-
pl. That is one reason why Judge
Greer, his son, studied law and set
out to make living in town-Harris
Dickson in the August Everybody's
Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23

The board OF visitors Of Clemson
College. In their report 10 the trustees
express themselves as well pleased
with conditions there.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23

q. Bernard Shaw says he can't see
anything great about Roosevelt G..
Bernard apparently is suffering from
the same eye complaint that ia troub.
ling Chancellor Day.-Springfield
Union.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23

Blessed is the man who, having
nothing to say. abstains from giving
us wordy evidence of the fact
George Eliot.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23

Baptists from all parts Of the State
are gathering in Greenville for the
summer assembly, which will last
week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23
IUG|z 7 y l. - lJfGfmO0
r. BUILDERS TO MEET.
7 = II 7
Master Builders Association In Ses-
sion In Columbia.

o.t i u sion ip Columbia.
Columbia, July ,20.-Secretary f.
r., Howard, today called a meeting
OF the Master Builders Association of
South Carolina, to he held tomorrow
afternoon In the Columbia Chamber
OF Commerce. The organization in
cludes contractors, sub-cOntractors
and materia men. j. J. Keller, Of
Rock Hill. rs president of the Asso-
CiatiOn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-23

IL is luxury To learn; but the lux.
ury Of learning is not TO be compared
with the luxury OF teaching.
ID. Hitchcock 1"'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
NEW ANIMALS FOR AMERICA.

1t is indeed strange that the people
of the United States, with their great
spirit of progress, have been content
to live mostly on the three food ami
mails that were introduced by the early
settlers from Europe says the Captain
Fritz Duquesne. in Success Maya
zine" The early pioneers brought the
cattle. sheep and swine which were
their staple meats because they knew
no others. They brought what Europe
had. Since then the goat has been
added and the reindeer was introduc-
ed in Alaska because no other ami
NAL so useful would live there. The
reindeer experiment was very success
full and has proven of great value
to Alaska. The Introduction COM
menced in 1891 with sixteen head. A
year later one hundred and seventy
were brought in, and varying num-
bers until 1902. In all, one thousand
two hundred and eighty reindeer were
imported and these have increased
to a herd of twenty-five thousand.
Here is an animal living in habitat
differing from the present food ami
mails, eating different provender and
not conflicting in any way with the
domestic animals Such examples
support the contention of the New
Food Supply society; what can be
done in Alaska can be done practically
all over the country. The ostrich is
another proof that the Introduction OF
foreign animals is practical and prof
liable. When that bird was brought
to America, the man who imported II
was looked upon as an impractical
dreamer Today, ostrich raising foi
| feathers is one of CALIFORNIA; import
ant industries. Florida also raises
a large number and one of the
| southern railroad lines, in its adver'
| tisements for settlers, speaks in glow
! ing terms of ostrich growing on the
desert upholding the successful os'
trich farmers on the australian ario
lands as examples of what can be
done in the southwest. The Mongol'
ian pheasant, the sambur deer, the
camel and every domestic animal In
the country is proof that there VII
| be no difficulty in breeding non-in'
| digenous animals here. 1t Is only
a matter Of knowing what animal Is
suited to and will thrive in a partic-
ular territory, what it's value as food
| will he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
NO ESCAPE.

81 am afraid" he said. "your faith
er would never give his consent to
our marriage"
"Oh, 1 am quite sure he would be
willing to listen to reason" she re-
piled.
"Your mother never has seemed to
like me very we'll"
II can't understand why you should
think that Mamma has always said
she thought were a very nice fellow.
Il fear you would not like my fam
lily"
Il think your father and mother
are as nice as they can be-"
You know l couldn't support you
in the style to which you have been
accustomed"
II shouldn't mind that in the least.
Luxury has ceased to have charms
for me-"
"It would probably be impossible
for me even to afford to keep a cook"
"I have always thought that It
would be so lovely to have a cozy lit
tie home, where might do the cook
ing myself"
"Oh, we'll; darn it, let's get married
then."-Chicago Record Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
GENERAL UNREST.

There is always some Insurgency
II. every party, but the existing unrest
designated by that name in the party
Of Lincoln and Grant and Mckinley
is more widespread and insistent than
has been noted in a generation, That
insurgency" means something diff
ferent I'm Ohio from what it means in
Kansas: that the brand OF insurgency
is California is unlike that in Maine.
does not help the situation. And in
surgency is not merely a manifesto
tion Of dissatisfaction by the "outs'
who want 70 oust the "ins." 1t is more
or less a sign of dissatisfaction am
ong the people themselves. There
seems to be something wrong. but the
political doctors are at variance as to
whether the disorder is functional or
organic. and in consequence they don't
know Just what kind OF treatment
should be administered. That the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
CONSERVING THE TREES.

Major General Wood to whom Presi-
dent Taft referred the suggestion of
having federal troops patrol the ma
tional forests of the northwest during
the dry months. may be right when
he says the plan is impracticable, but
there are those who would like to be
shown. There are many who believe
with the Western Pine Manufacture
ers' association, promulgators of the
be beneficial to the troops, and would
az least be an improvement over in
action in army posts.
1t ought not to entail any great
amount Of additional expense, The
soldiers are already drawing pay and
since it is agreed that practically all
Of the destructive fires are the result
Of carelessness or could have been
prevented if discovered in their incipi-
ency, it is difficult to see why much
good could not be accomplished by
a systematic patrol in which the SOL
diers could be used to advantage. A
repetition of such wasteful destruc-
ton of timber as the northwest has
witnessed during the past few weeks
must not be permitted. Fire fighting
has not been successful and therefore
the hope of saving the remaining for
ests would appear to lie in preven-
ton. Forest fires after once gaining
headway must be left to virtually burn
themselves out with the consequent
great loss of human life as well as
timber. Efficient fire prevention
methods, therefore, easily take rank
as the first and most important of all
conservation plans.
Decisive steps should be taken and
taken at once. Whether the army
can be used to advantage in the work
Is a matter which General Wood
seems to have temporarily settled in
the negative. patrol of some sort
however, would seem to be impera-
tive, whether It is under the super
vision Of the federal government, the
several states or private organiza'
tions. The various forestry conserva-
ton organizations have done much in
the way Of educating the public to the
necessity Of care with camp fires, etc.
but II has been demonstrated that
this is not enough and that the pa
troll in some form is the only effec-
tive solution Of the problem.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
RETURN TO HELL-FER-S SARTAIN

| had been to Hell-fer-Sartain. and
/ had heard preaching there. II /
went back now the way l had come.
should save six long weary miles. /
was tired. as was Old Faithful but |
had not been to the mouth of He'll
fer-Sartain and 1 had not seen the
church there, and while my curiosity
was satisfied, my conscience wasn't.
and so from sheer stubbornness l
saddled Old Faithful and rode on
down Hell-fer-Sartain through an av-
enue of cucumber trees. Never had
l seed so many cucumber trees in my
life as were on that one rocky road.
and had they only been starred with
their great creamy blossoms they
would have been compensation for
the whole toilsome trip. Dlsappoint-
ment awaited me at the mouth of the
creek. The church there was closed,
and above its doors was not the pic
turesque title of the stream, but some
fernlike name that was easily trace
able to some shocked feminine taste
from the outer world.
Half a mile on l got a dinner of
cold beans and cold cornbread and
Joined by a twenty-year-old school,
teacher on a big black mule, turned
my face toward Jackson. This young
school-teacher was making money in
his native mountains in order to study
law outside; he had gone to school in
the Bluegrass and he knew my books.
Just then he was electioneering for
his brother, who was running for a
county office and he shouted his slo-
gan to some natives praying baseball
up the creek, to the porches OF the
houses We passed, and when we met a
voter in the road he stopped, while l
rode discreetly on. and he never failed
to overtake me with wink of sue
cess. I'd like to wager that the BROTH
er won. Hell-fer-Sarrain creek had
once deserved its name, he said, for
there had been heap Of devilment"
done up there. There had been sew
raj fights in the school-house where I
had heard preaching, but everything
had quieted down there as it was
qtieting down all through the noun
tains except over toward jackson. Yes
the good old times were gone!-From
"On the Road to Hell-fer- -Sartain," by
John Fox, jr., in the September
Scribner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
A USEFUL DEMOCRAT.
(Weston Leader.)

A strong and active minority in
congress is useful; very likely the re-
publicans will think so themselves
whenever the democrats command
majority. A strong and active men,
Der of the minority is eminently USE
full and is very often able to ac-
complish more for his immediate con-
stituents than majority member 1t
Is only in measures that call for party
division that his inruence is nil.
What is true of congress is true of
the Oregon legislature. OF late years
this body has been too consistently
and overwhelmingly republican 1t
mas lacked the balance wheel of a
strong and fearless minority. able to
criticize and make its criticism felt
4 republican is not untrue 10 his citi-
zenship when he votes for an occa-
sional democrat to send to the Ore
gon legislature. Rather, he is doing
his state a service.
This reminds us that Umatilla
county has never been more ably rep
resented than by the democrats it has
sent TO the state senate They had to
be brainy, active, stalwart men. else
they could not have been elected in
republican county. They COM
manded respect at Salem. Their skirts
free from factional intrigues among
the majority 10 control the organiza-
ton. they were given good committee
assignments; and when they spoke on
the floor of the senate their words
We're received with attention that
knowledge and ability command.
Pre-eminent among these useful
democrats is DR.. c. }. Smith. He is a
man of broad and tolerant vision and
a comprehensive grasp of public
questions. He has freely given much
of his time TO the public. and has ever
been keenly alive to its interests. He
has been a special student along edu-
cational lines, and recognized the
value of a state institution in his own
county, which his republican col
league for private reasons abandoned
and opposed after promising his as
sistance.
Unlike some men we could name,
DR.. Smith has been in politics neither
for personal profit nor power. He
has never sought to reward his
friends and punish his enemies"
which was the moving principle OF
masterful politician in this county,
now retired. He was never a schem-
er, never false, never corrupt. He re-
garded himself as the publics servant
not the servant of some self-seeking
clique or personal following. DR..
Smith is an intelligent altruist, who
glories in the belief that mankind is
growing better and who wants to
help it along.
1t is unlikely that DR.. Smith cares
to be state senator again He is
singularly free from egotism and
pride of station. Moreover, he is a
busy. and successful man whose time
is valuable; and the senatorship
could add not an inch to his social
stature but would cause him financial
loss. He is the kind of man that
the country needs in the upper house
however. and the toga should be
thrust upon him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
SHEATH THE HAT PIN.

In this era of fashion freaks. when
Chantecler hats, unajamas and hob
BILE skirts are inflicted upon slavish
humanity by the style potentates, the
following suggestion from a san
Francisco editor is timely. Its adop-
tion would earn the perpetual graft
tcde of suffering man and would un-
doubtedly serve TO silence the relent-
less critics of fashions absurdities who
would see in this new wrinkle the first
safe and sane style in decade:
Again the hatpin Surprised by
the sight of fourteen-inch hatpin
one of our magistrates-he is a bache-
lcr-advised its owner to stick a cork
upon the point. so that her neighbors
on the street cars would merely get
a bump in the eye instead of losing
their sight. To which the owner re-
piled that she would gladly do so
should corked hatpins become FASH
Here is a real opportunity for the
makers of style to do humanity a SER
vice. Why not invent a scabbard for
the hatpin? II the sword does not
disdain one. why should the humber
weapon?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29

grazed along the foothills of the west
ern mountains, two hardy prospectors
fell in with bull bison that seemed
to have been separated from his kind
and run amuck. One of the prospec-
tors took to the branches of a tree
and the other dived into a cave. The
buffalo beloved at the entrance to
the cavern and then turned toward
the tree. Out came the man from the
cage and the buffa>o took after him
again. The man made another dive
for the hole. After this had been re-
peated several times, the man in the
tree called to his comrade. who was
trembling at the mouth of the cav
ern:
Stay in the cave. you idiot"
'Yon don't know nothing about this
hole" bawled the other. There's a
bear in it!"-Everybody's Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29
SECTIONAL FEELING CROPS OUT

The bigness of Texas is evident from
cursory examination Of the map
But its effect upon r1e people Of that
state is not generally known. It is
about six hundred miles from Browns
vile, at the bottom of the map. to
Dallas. which is several hundred miles
from the top of the map. Hence the
following conversation in Brownsville
recently between two Of the old-time
residents:
Where you been lately Bob?
amt seen much Of you"
Been on a trip north"
"Where'd you go?"
Went to Dallas"
Have a good timer"
Nav; I never did like them damn
Yankees. anyway.-Everybod Mag
azine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29

Two hundred native born Chinese
voted in the twenty-fourth California
senatorial district this year. They are
said to have held the balance of pow
er in that district Commenting on
this fact the San Francisco Star says
this is noting in comparison with the
Japs. 1t declares that next to whites
there are more Japanese babies being
born in California than any other race
and says that when the males get to
voting they will "skin the Chinks" as
politicians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-29

Rev. j. Whitcomb Brougher, d. D..
formerly pastor of the White Temple
ir Portland and now successor to
Robert Burdette in Temple Baptist
church, Los Angeles. told "a fashion,
able audience" in San Jose. recently
that Those girls who persist in wear
ing short skirts and low-necked dress
es ought to emigrate to the land of
the Hottentot where they would need
to wear only sunshine and cocoanut
OIL"