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The Washington times., 1911-12-05

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Romeo & Juliet Today, Virginia, 9, F, G
The Washington times., 1911-12-05
LOCAL MENTION.

Ladies Handwork Is a Speciality
AT CONGER'S LAUNDRY, sd & N. Y,
ave. Lingerie, shirt waists. &C, launder-
ed perfectly, at lowest cost. Reliable
and delivery. Tel. West AZ.
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Geo. Washington Under British Flag.
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Times Inquiry Department:
Why does the Pope never leave the Vati
can? Yours, v. f.
In the Vatican the Pope rules su.
preme. but when he leaves 1t, be be.
comes a subject to the King Of Italy
This he refuses to be.
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Times Inquiry Department.:
Kindly let me know through the Inquiry
Column whether the President has the power
to change the date of Thanksgiving. and
| oblige. F. c.
The President always announces the
date of Thanksgiving Day, and has
the power to set any date, but custom
has always made 1t come on the last
Thursday in November.
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Times Inquiry Department:
Are there any Slavs, Russians. Bohemians
Poles. and Austrians In Washington? Kfndly
give me the number Of the strset in which
they reside An early reply will Be appre.
ciated and obiise, Very respectfully, :
nj "
The Washington times., 1911-12-05

TCK was little boy who lived in
\ O. cottage beside a wide river.
His parents were poor, but they
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01

"You may be sure 1t will not come"
said Dom Corria. Indeed. may as
well take this opportunity Of explain
Ing to you and to my other English
friends"-witb the interpolat.I i SEN
tence his glance dwelt quietly on Ho-
xier and Coke-"the exact position To-
caily. You see. Maceio Is a small place
and easily approached from the sea.
A hostile feet could knock II to pieces
IN half an hour, and IL would be q
poor reward for my supporters loyalty
tf my presence subjected them to a
bombardment. I have no strong de-
lenses or heavy guns to defy attack.
and my troops are not more than a
thousand men. all told. Ii Is obvious
that 1 must make for the interior.
There gather strength as advance.
the warships cannot pursue, and 1
can choose NY own positions to meet
the half hearted forces that Dom Mi
guel will collect to oppose me. In
fact. I and every armed man In Ma
cello march up country this afternoon"
Iris by this time was thoroughly
frightened. and Hozier, who read more
In De Sylva's words than was possible
IN her case. was watching the speak
er's calm face with fixity that might
have disconnected many men. Dom
Corris seemed to be unaware of either
the girls distress or Philips white an
ger.
you naturally ask how I propose to
safeguard the companions Of my fight
from Fernando Noronha." he went on.
II answer at once-by taking them
with me. The Senhora Pondillo and
her family will accompany her hus-
band to my quinta at Las Flores. A
special train will take all Of us to the
nearest railway station this afternoon.
Thence my estate is but days march.
You and my other friends from both
ships Will be quite safe and happy
there until order In restored. You must
come. The mems lives, at any rate,
would not be worth an hours purchase
II my opponents forces found them
here. and feel certain that one OF
more cruisers will arrive of Maceio
tonight For you this excursion will
be quite pleasant experience. and
you can absolutely rely on my promise
to send news OF your safety To Eng
land at the very arst opportunity"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
REPLY NOT YET RECEIVED.

Columbia, Feb. 24.--Gov. Blease
has not yet been handed the reply OF
the dispensary commission to his de-
mand by letter for information, con-
corning the agreement under which
Messrs. Anderson. Fielder, Roundtree
and Wilson of Atlanta were engaged
to aid in the winding up Of the State
d!spensary and concerning other mat
ters. However, the substances of the
letter has been agreed on and the
actual drafting Of the communica-
ton in its final form is held up opIy
In order that a statement hourly eX-
pected from Mr.. II. b. Fielder of the
Atlanta law firm may be incorpor-
ated in it. The commission takes the
position that the governor Is entitled
to all the information he has request
ed and 1t will be furnished him, in
spite of the fact that the governor
now has before him for approval an
act to investigate the whole official
course of the commission.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
LABOR LAW TO Be ENFORCED,
BLEASE SAYS THAT HE Is A
FRIEND OF THE FACTORY
PEOPLE.
Will Enforce Factory Inspection Law
with $4,000 Fund for Law Enforce
ment-DOes not Mind Walking
Delegates.

Columbia, Feb. 25.-'It doesn't
follow, because l vetoed the appro-
priatiOn for the salaries Of Watson's
two factory inspectors that L intend
the factory inspection law TO go un-
enforced" said Gov. Blease Saturday.
Il have a fund of $1,000 for law
enforcement and l mean to work for
the enforcement of all the laws. in
Guiding those relating to labor" "Out
of my $4,000 appropriation, 1 propose
to see that the work heretofore done
by Col Watsons factory inspectors is
done by men commissioned by my
self. l shall look also after the en-
forcement Of the regulations relative
to hours Of labor in stores, etc."
Gov. Blease said he had no idea of
replying to structures on his course
10y the Columbia Trades Federation.
Nothing that a walking delegate
may say" he declared, "'can convince
the factory people that / am not their
friend. They know am their friend.
and have always been their friend"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
WESTERN UNION HAS NEW SER
VICE.
Will Send DAY Letters" After March
1-Similar to Might Letters"

From The Daily Item, Feb. 25.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany will on March 1 inaugurate a
day letter service similar to the night
letter system now in vogue.
This announcement was made yes
terday and will greatly effect the tel
egraph business. The night letters
put in effect have proved so success
full the same system on a slightly diff
ferent scale will be put in force the
first Of next month for a day transmits
sion.
5. w. Rumph, manager of the West
ern Union in Sumter, in speaking Of
the service, said today:
With view to increasing the use
fulness Of our service and affording
patrons an opportunity to send by tel
egraph at rates made possible by a
deferred order of transmission long
communications in plain language of
more or less urgency, for which our
night letter service is too slow. it has
been decided to establish a new class
or service known as day letters COM
mencing March l, between all West
ern Union Offices in the United States.
AS soon as the consent of the Cana
dian authorities can be secured the
service will probably be extended to
Great Northwestern and Western
Union offices in Canada and the mari
time provinces. Messages for trans
mission as day letters will be accepted
at any hour for delivery upon receipt
at destination, but they will be sec
ondary to regular day messages in the
order of their transmission and deliv-
cry. The rates will be one and one
half times the night letter rates for so
words, plus on-fifth the initial charge
for each 10 words in excess of so.
Code language will not be accepted
at these rates.
Day letters may be filed by teie-
phone or will be collected on call in
the usual way, and will be handled
the same as ordinary day messages in
all respects, except that, as stated,
they will be subordinated to the lat
ter IN the order of transmission and
delivery. They must be written in
plain English. Code language is not
admissa ble."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01

fainted-not quite, but Oh the verge,
much nearer than such a strong mind
ed young lady would have thought pos
sible an hour earlier.
Maria screamed loudly. Tongue tied
at first, she was badly scared when
Carmela collapsed on her ample bosom.
RestorativeS and endearments follow
ed. Carmela asked to be taken to a
room where she might wash and shake
the dust from her hair and clothes
Maria considered ways and means.
Every room IN the big house was
crowded.
"Who is in my own apartment?' de-
manded Carmela.
Even before the answer was forth
coming she guessed the truth. The
Senhora Ingleza, Of course. Those fine
eyes OF hers flashed dangerously.
tTo Be Continued.)
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young Brazilian lady to pass through
the lines of the Exercito Nacional. as
Barraca had christened his following
In opposition to ne Sylva's army Of
liberation. Lest too many people
should become interested the adyeu-
ture was essayed on the night Of Oct.
z. Early next day the travellers and
their guides reached the rebel out
posts. The young lady, who seemed
to be at home In this wild country, at
once urged her horse into pace Who'll
iy beyond the equestrian powers Of her
staid companions. They protested
vainly. She waved farewell hand.
cantered over several miles of a rough
road and dashed up to the Liberation
ist headquarters about 8 o'clock.
There was no hesitancy about her
movements. She drew rein in approx
ed gaucho style. bringing her mount
to n dead stop from a gallop.
Where is the president?" she asked
breathlessly.
There. senhora," said an orderly,
pointing TO marquee open on every
side, wherein De Sylvia sat In confer
ence with his staff. She entered the
tent and uttered little scream Of de.
light when the president, who was
writing at a big table. happened to
glance at her. De Sylvia rose hastily,
with an amazed look on his usually
Unconditional face. Forthwith the girl
flung herself into his arms.
Father
"Carmelaw
San Benavides. whose ,a-k was
turned, heard the joyous cries Of the
reunited father and daughter They
were locked In each others embrace.
and the eyes Of every man present
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01

Sumter has escaped a smallpox epi-
demic by the enforcement Of gen.
eral vaccination and there is little
danger now Of the spread of the dis
ease, even though a case or two should
be brought into the city from infected
districts. Spartanburg, on the other
hand, is now battling with a serious
epidemic and there are so many cases
of the disease that the effort to quar-
antine each case has been abandoned
Houses in which smallpox occurs will
be placardcd and the people will have
TO look out for themselves. The
Spartanburg newspapers say that the
situation is alarming and thc public
are warned that vaccination is the
only remedy. The compulsory vac
ciuation rule is bcing enforced i'm the
schools, hot ii seems that this pre-
caution has been too long lclavcd
Residents Of sumter who do not be
H">c i'm vaccination and protest
against the enforcement Of the rule
requiring it, should hc thankful that
the board or health has enforced the
law ana prevented an epidemic. There
is no smallpox in Sumter today. and
this is du" entirely 10 the enforcement
Of compulsory vaccination.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
ELECTION or SENATORS.
SUTHERLAND PLAN PASSES IN
SENATE.
Amendment Provides That Congress
Shall Have Power to Supervise
Election Of Senators.

Washington, Feb. 24.--No sooner
had Senator Beveridge concluded his
speech in opposition to Senator Lori
mer at 4:20 o'clock THAI Senator
Hale asked that the unfinished bpsi
ness oe laid before the senate. This
was the resolution providing for a
constitutional amendment for +Ae
election Of United States senators iN
popular vote. This demari met the
approval of the chair and the resolu-
tioh was taken up. Almost before
senator's could have time to realize
what was taking place the vice presi
dent directed the beginning Of roll
call on the amendment offered by
Senator Sutherland eliminating so
much of the amendment as took from
congress the right to supervise sena =
torial elections. This vote resulted in
favor Of the amendment, so to 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01

~ by the Brazilians from their
Spanish speaking neighbors
that for tomorrow" Is per-
haps the most popular. The Span
hrd's manana Ia 30 elastic that 1t COW
ers any period OF time between the
next twenty-four hours and the in
definite future. When. therefore, Dom
Sylvia spoke OF controlling Pernam-
buco before the month of September
was barely half sped he was either too
sanguine or too literal In his transla-
tion OF easy going Portuguese into
vigorous English.
His quinta, or country house. was
situated on the upper watershed Of the
river Moxoto. There he raised his
standard. thlther nocked rebels ga
lore. and In that direction. with due
caution, President Barraca pushed col
umns OF troops by road and rail from
Bahia. from Pernambuco and from
Maceio itself. for Barraca held the
Sea. and the wealthy and enterprising
south was strongly opposed to war.
while Dom Corria trusted to the noun
fnins and drew his partisans from the
less energetic north.
In word. DE sylvia commanded
public sympathy. but small resources:
Barraca was unpopular. but controlled
the navy and part OF the army. Given
such conditions. with the added absur-
dify that the troops on both sides were
most unwilling 10 face long range rife
nre. but would cheerfully hack each
othe, TO mincemeat with knives. and
a tedious. indeterminate campaign Is
the certain outcome.
A few indecis.ve but sanguipary en-
gagements were fought In the neigh
borhood OF Pesqueira. a town I'm the
hills about a hundred miles from the
seaboard. These proved that General
Russo was a valiant fighter, but a poor
tacucian, and that was ALL He was
opposed by n commander OF little cour-
age. but sir rgular skill In strategy. To
restore the balance Dom Corria took
the field In person, and Dom Miguel
Barraca FASTENED from Rio de Janeiro
60 witness the crushing Of his arch en-.
emy.
The position was complicated by the
arrival at Pernambuco OF a German
squadron bearing a telegraphic cartel
nom the emperor. A German ship had
been seized on the high seas Why,
And by whom? And how could any
body daref Then Brazil duivered. for
every South American knows In his
heart that the great navy Of Germany
is being created not so much to de-
stroy England as To dispute the proud
doctrine OF the United States that no
European power shall ever again be
allowed to seize territory on the Amer
lean continent.
so there We're strenuous days and
anxious nights at Las Flores. where
President dc sylvia sought To euulp
and discipline his Icvlcs. aud at Caru-
cru. where President Blrraca called
ON all the gods 20 witness that De
SYRIA was a double dyed traitor
Under such circumstances IL is not
surprising that grand display Of
money and audacity, backed 10y suaUly
distant rOars OF the British lion. should
enable two elderly Britons aud a
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
Mr.. Woods Explains.
Editor Item:

Editor Item:
Please allow the writer space to
correct an error on the part Of one
or your printers which appeared in
the article on the battle OF Dingle's
Mill. This is the statement that South
Carolina lost more men in the great
struggle for Southern independence
than all the New England States put
together. 1t should have read that
South Carolina had more distinguish
ed generals in the struggle than the
whole of New England, which, in
truth did not send t. the front a
single general Of any note. The ar
tc'", or at least part Of it. as
printed could easily h" construed into
a reflection ON the courage Of the sol
diers from New ENGLAND, which was
very far from the iltcutlou of the
writer.
This correction would have been
made sooner but for the writer's alb
scnce from home.
w. D. Woods
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but you took me aback all standin', as
the sayin' is"
II am afraid it is my fault" said
Carmela. II have just arrived here,
and everybody seems to be SO full Of
troubles that l am glad to hear you
singing"
| "Oh, that's just hummin', mum! If
you're fond Of music you ought to ear
Schmidt Captain Schmidt Of the Un-
ser Fritz"
Carmela struck an attitude.
| "Wot, dye know 'im?" asked Watts.
NO, 1t is something-rather impor-
tant ! must go back to my father.
! All, | ought to explain! l am the
Senhora de Sylvia. Dom Corria's daugh-
! ter"
Are you really. mum-missW ex-
claimed Watts, highly interested. "'Ow
In the world did ye manage to come
| up from the coast? Accordin' to oil
! accounts
| Yes. what were you going to sayT'
for the man hesitated. -
| "Well, some Of our chaps will ave it
| that we're runnin' close hauled on d
| Zee shore"
Carmela knit her brows. The Watts
idioms were not those Of her gov
| erness.
1--WE had no great difficulty in pass
ing through Dom BARRACKS lines, If
that Is what you mean," she said. "Mr.
| Verify and Mr.. Bulmer had obtained
4 al re h,rt In,
"Mr.-'oo, did you say, missT de-
manded Watts, whose lower jaw actu-
ally dropped from sheer amazement.
Mr.. Verify, the owner Of the An
dromeda. You are one Of the crew.
suppose?
Pm the chief officer. Watts is my
name. miss. But d'you mean to tell
me that ole David Verify as come ere
to BraZil-to this rotten Sorry,
miss, but you gev' me turn, you did
An Dickey Bulmer-is e ERE too?"
"Yes, or he soon will be here.
| rode on in advance Of the others"
''Wcll-there-if that don't beat cock
fightin'!" cried Watts. "WotIl Coke
say? wy. ell ave a fit. An Miss
Iris! She's to marry ole Dickey. Fan
cy i'm turnin up! There'll be the
deuce an all to pay now wot between
| i'm an Hozier an the dashin' colonel. !"
"Who is Mr.. Hozier" asked the girl
calmly.
"He Is, or was, our second mate. but
since the colonel an e got to logger
heads % took an raised corps Of
scouts. Some of our fellows joined,
but not me. KILN other folks don't
agree with me little Bit"
"And the colOnel-what is his nameY"
broke In Carmela.
"San Benavides. miss. Captain e
was on Fernando Noronha. e took a
mighty quick jump after we KEN
ashore. But AK your pardon for ram
blin' on In this silly way Won't you
go inside?'
The Senhora de Sylvia might have
been seized with mortal illness II judg-
ed solely by the manner In which she
staggered into her fathers house,
threw her arms around the neck Of an
elderly serving woman, whom she pet
rifed by her appearance and almost
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING.
Building Supply Company Office
Burned Down Saturday Loss
About $4,000.

AS result or the largest fire in the
city in the new year the Building Sup
ply Company's office at the foot Of
kendrick and Levi streets was de-
stroyed Saturday causing a total
loss of at least $4,000.
The fire started in the loft Of the
building and was probably caused by
the material stored in that part of the
building catching from the stove pipe
which passed near it. There was a
large fire in the Office stove early this
morning although it had died out at
the time that the fire was discovered.
The fire was discovered by Mr.. J.
A. Schwerin and a few minutes after
the alarm was turned in to the
hose teams. When the wagons reach
ed the scene the fire had broken out
through the roof and one corner Of
the building was a mass Of flames.
Every bit Of the hose was stretched
out to reach the fire and there was
sufficient for only two streams to be
turned on and these two streams
could not check the fire which was
burning with a good draft and had a
good start. The woodwork of the
frame building was dry as tinder
and the building was stocked with
window frames, sashes and house sup
plies which were dry and made a
fire which was next to impossible TO
eXtinguish when they had once
caught.
The work Of the fire boys was fine
and although they did everything DOS
sible to save the building and it's con-
tents their efforts were fruitless.
There was not sufficient water from
the two streams to handle the fire and
they could not stop it. Had the fire
engine been brought into use at the
start or had there been half a dozen
streams Of water instead Of two, in
all probability the fire could have
been stopped although it would have
been hard job; but they were not
and the two streams turned on from
the hose were totally inadequate.
The fire was discovered a few min
utes after 9 o'clock and it was after
lo when 1T was brought under con-
troll AT that time the fire had burn
ed the top story of the building and
all or the big stock Of supplies in the
building. Only the shell Of the first
story was saved and this was so badly
damaged as to be unfit for ANYTHING.
1T was through the hard work Of the
fire fighters that the surrounding
buildings and all Of the lumber which
was stocked around the yard were
saved.
The office fixtures and all Of the
papers from the Office were saved. but
1t was impossible to move the stock
Of goods stored in the back and upper
rooms Of the building.
The loss on the building was esti-
mated at something over $1,000,
while that on stock of goods was
thought to be around $500. While
this was given as the estimated loss
the real loss may have been some
what more. This loss was partly COW
eyed by insurance although the loss
to the company which owned the
property will be considerable, even
with the insurance.
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were drawn to a
pathetic and un-
expected m e ct
ing. For that rea-
son and because
n one We q
thought to him
the pallor that
c h a n & ed tn e
b ron Ze Of his
forehead and
C h e e k 8 into a
particularly un-
healthy looking
tint OF olive green
passed unnoticed.
He managed to
r e c Ov er some
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01

The Sutherland amend ent TO tie
resolution for direct election of sena-
tors, 1t is thought, VII go a long
way toward breaking the support If
the resolution. Many Southern sena-
tors have interpreted the Sutherland
provision as a direct blow at the
South, partaking largely Of the nature
Of the force bills. If as predicted,
this should antagonize the Southern
senator's who provide a very ma
terial portion Of the support of the
direct election campaign, the reso'u-
uoh has but small chance Of passing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-03-01
FIRE RISK INSPECTION.
State Insurance Department VIII BE-
gin Annual Inspection of Buildings
and Premises March 1st.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. l6. 1911.
Chief Fire Department.
Sumter, S. c.
Dear Sir:
AT the request Of Hon. F. H. Nc
Master, Insurance Commissioner. I
will begin the spring inspection Of
all buildings AID premises in the
State March 1st, and will likely be
in your city on or about that date. [
will thank you to advise your people
of this inspection in order that con-
ditions may be able to give a good
report on your city. This is a mat
ter of greatest Importance to your
people from fire waste point Of view.
Hoping to have the hearty cooper
alton Of your department and your
people, I am.