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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22


Mr.. j. IL. Mercer went to CO.
lumbia last Friday for day in the
capital city.
Mr.. Arthur Green, of W.sa"ky. is
cutie sick with typhoid fever.
Miss Mabel Ean6!s lcfs FRIDAY
morning FOR rlat Rock. y. O.. for a
visit to friends tt that place.
Mr.. t. u. Brohun Of wedseneld.
was In tho cas- Fridav.
Mr. Il NJ Cocper of Wlsacky,
wss in the Si,S Friday.
. Mr.. joe Morris, who has been In
MusSogee. oklahoma. for several
months. has returned to the city and
n now at work with the Sumter
Lighting Company.
Mr.. r.. A. Dennis. Of Bishopville
soopped In the city for awhile Satnr-
'iay morning on his way to Colum.
l,sa-
~ Mr.. l.. L. Baker. of Bishopville
isased through the city Friday even
ing on his way home. after an extend
"a trip through the upper section OF
the State.
Mr.. l.. Z. Wood. court stenographer
Tor this district. was called to Cam
den Friday aftcrnc,n to attend cour,
a that place as witness In case
which was then being heard.
Mr.. III. s. Cunningham. editor OF
the Bishopvilie vind.cator. passed
through the city last night on his way
10 wedveacid. returning through the
through the city Friday on his wa,
nome.
ar. =. W. Dabbs returned fro,n
Charleston saturday morning wher.
no went Friday night to attend the
Chamber of Commerce supper. Mr.
Dabbs reports having a most enjoy.
able trip. although ne was kept w
:Lnch OF the night In getting TO and
returning from Charleston.
Secretary A. v. Smell of the Cham.
ber Of Commerce went to Charleston
Friday evening to attend the Cham.
Der OF Commerce smoker at that
place.
Mr.. t. II. Inabinet. the popular
fiagman on the Greenviile- Charles
ton train OF the A. c. L. has returned
from a stay Of several weeks in Ten.
ncsee and Mississippi.
Mr.. w. A. Guerry. the architect
who had charge OF the construction
4 The postofice Was in the city
donday.
Mess ~ =. and Ed.
Providence. wore in the CT ur
lay.
Mr.. Willie Burroughs. of Prvvidenc.
apent Saturday In the city.
Mrs. r.. NJ. Jenkins. Of st
Charles spent Monday In the city
With Mrs. Jenkins were her daugh.
Ger. Miss Eloise Jenkins ard Miss
annie McCown. who were on their
way back to Columbia. where the,
are attending the College for Women
.fter spending the weekend at st
'harics
Mr.. \. l. Jackson. proprietor OF
the dotci sumter. has returned te
ths cay after several days Of las
week at Statesville and Charlotte, ".
C.. where he visited his mother. wn.
is In al health. and sister. Mes
Jackson spent several DAYS at Ha.
good visiting her father while Mr..
Jackson was away
Mr.. Quay Wililford. one OF the star
backs on thc Davidson football team
cGmo over To- the city for n short
visit to his mother. after the David.
son-Carolina game Of Saturday. Mr.
Noble Dick. end at Carolina. wo.
also one OF the Sumter college boys
TO play In the Carolina Davidson
game Saturday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

'oi' SAi-t~Or Will exchange for
country property, neat nve-room
cottage two blocks from passenger
station. Modern conveniences; lot
76x1bS feet. See me for a bargain.
l." j. Leonhirth. witherspoon's
No"ih T"c'"ry. 11-2t-tf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22
Tho Pesaimist.

Tommy-Pop, what is a pessimist?
Tommy's Pop-A pessimist. nv son.
IS man who loves himself for the
enemies he has made. Philadelphia
Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

The supreme court Of appeals in
Virginia, has refused to grant Hem
~ Clay Beattie, Jr., a new trial.
Unless the governor intervenes, he
will die in the electric chair on the
9tth iret
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

The slides of the city schools and
school children and OF the football
team and battalion officers attracted
considerable attention when they
were shown at the Lyric.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

Cotton brought s.25 on the local
market Saturday. The receipts were
light.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

Who keeps one end in view makes
al things wning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22
The Useful Goat.

a goat lives about ten years and
wtll give about a Quart OF milk q dag.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

Mr.. Ben. II. Harvin, was I'm town
Saturday. ,s;JySw
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

Mrs. Edwin Wilson Of St. Charles
was I'm the city MONDAY.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

Mr.. Fraser James, Of Darlington.
wHs IN the citv Eridev.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-22

Life without laughing is a dreary
blank. k.-Thackeray.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
SEEN BY THE EDITORS.

Indianapolis News Woodrow Wilson
says the old hymn, Beautiful Isle of
Somewhere" is too ambiguous to be
practical. Mr.. Rockefeller says II is
good enough" thus showing the optimis-
tic difference between New Jersey and
New York.
Baltimore American: Judging from the
way in which the Turk is shrieking to
the various powers OF Europe for help,
i is to be presumed he is no longer un-
speakable From the response so far,
however, he has no strong reason to con-
graduate himself on being persona grata.
Louisville Courier Journals: Peace Is a
great thing. Long may It endure, and
wide may be its scope. But nobody who
loves dog fight can help specuiating on
how lively a tussle would result II Italy
should invade Turkey and give the sui
tan's land force whaok at the best OF
the kings men.
Wall Street journal: Farmers who un-
derstand seed, soil and fertility are what
we need, that seedtime and harvest may
not fall. In the Agricultural COLLEGES
thousands Of educated young men are
studying 10 make farming a profession.
They may not try TO cultivate as many
acres as the present average, but they
VIII cultivate them so that the earth
shall truly yield her Increase. Not merely
farmers, but educated farmers who will
make farming a profession, is the ooun-
try's need.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
People Talked About

Among the names TO appear on the pas
senger list of the steamship Majestic
which arrived In New York, was Daniel
%. Bidwel OF Hartford, who, after forty
seven days OF constant travel, completed
his second trip around the world west
ward from New York
David Crockett, a confedsrats hero OF
the civil war and cousin OF the famous
Texan OF that name, Is dead at his home
In Columbia, Mo-, aged 76 During the
border warfare In Missouri Crockett was
hanged 70 a tree by union soldiers and
was rescued at the point Of death by his
comrades.
Although Miss Catherine b. Park. who
died az the City Home. Cambridge. Mass.
september T. has been dependent on ehaP-
ity for years, a search OF her home re-
veaied approximately ti1,0Oa In various
parts OF the house-undeF mattresses, IN
books vases and oloeks-Wss found
nearly tLooo In sold and paper currency.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
Taft In Washington STATE

The st. Paul Pioneer-Press, which
has been one Of the foremost anti
Taft, insurgent papers OF the west,
publishes an interesting political
story from It's Spokane correspondent,
touching on the visit Of President
Taft to that state, his reception and
the sentiment toward him. II shows,
the Pioneer-Press says, that Taft is
strong In Washington, a state that
has been afire, and is supposed to be
yet. with anti-Taft sentiment; the
state OF Senator Poindexter, one OF
the leading La Toilette promoters.
This excerpt from the st. Paul pa
per's special correspondence reveals
the light that interests:
In spite OF all this evidence OF oppo-
sition TO the Taft policies there Is
every indication that the president is
much stronger In Washington than IN
any other state dominated by the pro-
gressives. senator Poindexter has an
nounced his personal preferences for
Senator La Toilette as a republican
candidate for the presidency, and yet
one hears remarkably little talk OF the
Wisconsin man among the people out
side OF politicians The majority OF
the business men here told the corre-
spondent that they uhqualifiedly approve
Tafts administration, and the majority
OF the workingmen questioned either
commended the president or said he
ought 10 be given a further trial.
Mr. Tafts speech in this city patiently
created a favorable effect. He spoke at
the fair grounds before an immense
crowd which listened to his arguments on
half dozen important questions with
noticeable inientness. Many people told
the Pioneer-Press representative today
that the presidents statements either had
removed doubts or had produced the con-
viction that he ought to have a further
opportunity to carry out his plans in re-
gard 20 the tariff. world peace, conserva-
tion and administrative economy.
One finds himself hating between
two questions--has President Taft,
by his straightforward methods and
speeches. turned the popular tide
toward himself. OF had the alleged
unfriendliness for him been greatly
overdrawn by his criticsI II Is Just
possible and probable that there has
never been as much anti-Taft scnti-
ment in Washington OF elsewhere as
HIS enemies so persistently tried to
make out
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

means In favor Of the avowed objects Of
the political doctors.
The effect of a national bureau OF
health. under the laws proposed by Sem
ator Robert L. owen OF Oklahoma, which
he has said were introduced because the
American Medical association wanted
them, would be felt through a govern
mental department ,which would be under
the control OF the only school OF healing
that Is now recognized by United States
officials in appointments to some 1000
medical positions. Then, as now, It would
be impossible for any doctor Of other
training to pass the examinations no mat
ter how well he might have succeeded
elsewhere
When the above facts are considered in
connection with the knowledge that the
campaigns for a national health bureau
have been conducted only at tremendous
expense and that there is no public de-
mand for compulsory treatment OF dis
ease, other than is provided for under our
ordinary sanitary and quarantine regula-
tions, we begin 20 see the selfish motive
back of a seemingly innocent proposal.
Every man has a right to the services
OF the medical practitioner OF individual
selection and none should be clothed
with governmental authority to infringe
on this privilege. Some of our eastern
magazines have criticized those who hold
this view. but so far they have failed to
discuss the merits Of the question in
volved. L. B. McCoUN.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
aWhv Travel Makes Travel. y

Under the caption, why travel
makes travel" the Railway Age-Ga,
zette recently contained an interest
ing article, showing how electric troll
ley lines and automobiles, while
rivals OF or competitors with the
steam railroad, are at the same time.
feeders of them. While they carry,
as interurban passengers, many per-
sons who without such means OF
travel would use the steam roads,
they nevertheless operate in the end
to increase the total volume OF traf-
fic. OF course, It requires no deep
thinking 10 find out why this Is SO.
The trolley and the automobile, as
the Age-Gazette points out, bring
the home, the shop and the store
closer together and closer to the
railroad station. "The rural home
OF wealth, formerly remote, is now
hardly. by figure of speech, by auto
mobile, across the street from the
steam railway"
IL might be explained in this con-
nection that not only is the automo-
bile in this way cultlvating passenger
traffic for the railroads, but freight
as we'll. The automobile is pro-
motor Of good roads; good roads are
promoters of larger railroad traffic.
No other factor Of commerce affected
by the advent and the multiplicity Of
automobiles will prove Of greater po-
tenoy In enlarging the freight busi-
ness. The good road certainly is an
Annihilator OF distance; II lessons the
cost as we'll as the effort of initial
transportation, thus bringing the
farm into closer touch with the rail-
road, the producer with the con-
sumer. How does this tend to In
crease freight traffic? Do not the
producers have TO ship their prod
ucts by rail to the ultimate con-
sumer? BY having placed at their
disposal quicker and cheaper trans
portation, they will market more of
their crops and in exchange buy more
OF other goods brought in from afar.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

respect to the parcels post and will
proceed cautiously in introducing Il.
Nor do we quite enter upon this
innovation in the dark. While II is an
innovation, It is scarcely to be re-
garded as an experiment, except in
practice with us, for It has witnessed
most satisfactory and successful re-
suits in European countries and
should turn out equally we'll here.
With an office plant capable OF doing
enormously more business than II is
at present, we need not fear taxing
the resources of our governmental
machinery. and 1t should not take
long for parcels post, not only to be
self-sustaining, but to become a
profit-making part OF the postal sys-
tenn.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
Small sums for Large Things

Postmaster General Hitchcock will
ask congress for an appropriation OF
sI5O.O0o to defray the expenses OF
inaugurating parcels post. That
seems like An insignificant sum for
such purpose after all that has been
said for the parcels post Il ls a
small sum for such a mammoth un-
dertaking, but the apparent disparity
is readily reeoneiled when one ru-
members that the government all
ready possesses the machinery IN its
wonderful postoffice system for or
ganizing and putting into operation
this new scheme, In fact. its mRohin-
cry is so much greater than the de-
mands even now made upon It that II
Will later on be able TO take care Of
still other extensions IN the service
II is not necessary, therefore. to pro-
vide new and independent equipment
before the parcels post experimental
stations can be opened for business
The postmaster general requests
that this appropriation be made in
three parts Of $4,000 each. respee-
lively. for use on the rural routes.
in the cities and on the railroads and
steamboats,. II is to carry on only
the preliminary work. TO prepare the
way. really, for the forthcoming sys-
TEN, which the president and post
master general are thoroughly con-
yineed will promptly commend itself
as a strong and valuable arm to the
Postoffice department. Our govern
ment has proceeded cautiously with
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13

The depths of despair TO which the
democratic bosses have fallen must
be low indeed when they have to
conjure with the name of notorious
political CRATER and professional pam
handler like Van Alstine, II Is not
conceivable that the democrats would
resort to such downright lying -
brazsn mendacity II they had any ue-
cent grounds on which to appeal for
votes for their county candidates.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
TheBctsLdterBorx


nhNu
OMAHA, oct Ito the Editor Of The
Bee Kindly permit me to say a few
words regarding the alleged irregular
voting conditions claimed to exist In the
Third ward.
The Third ward Is nominally republican,
the same made possible by a strong ward
organization. An honest inquiry into this
organization will produce the fact be-
yond all doubt that those who dominate
the same are bonafide respectable men,
whose residence in Omaha dates for many
years back Further investigation will
show that the majority Of these men are
engaged in the various ordinary voca-
tons Of life.
The acquisition Of title 10 property in
the residence districts has been abso-
luteIy restricted on account OF the tenure
Of the same by railroads and other cor
porations, one condition which necessarily
attracted within its boundaries q sort OF
nomadic population 20 tenant the more
or less undesirable dwellings. Especially
Is this true in the lower part OF the
ward
Conditions caused by redlight district
OF thirty years standing in connection
WIN OAlNI HNptElluhNNu tNilht HuuhNHlg
restricted by hasty and rnrally dominated
legislation cannot be suddenly curbed by
a sudden and explosive reform Of few
democratic office seekers and dis
gruntled searcher OF notoriety.
As to Just how these individuals can at
tempt TO expose what they term THE
deplorable conditions Of the Third ward"
Is just a bit perpiexing, coming as they
do from the democratic machine, when
It is an actual fact that the election Of
our present Junior senator was made
possible on one occasion to the house Of
representatives by the votes OF the Third
ward and we might as we'll mention the
very nice vote given the traitorious
shallenberger together with the hand
some majorities for Mayor Jim in all Of
his campaigns; neither can we omit our
present county attorney, who has been
mAgnificently favored on three occasions
And then, what about the democratic
candidates to our last legislature who,
under the guise as being against county
option again carried with them loving
remembranees OF Third ward support
The law-abiding and respectable clti-
Gems of the Third ward are firing of the
attacks made on such thlniy disguised
pretsxts and II they are TO be used las
the goat" by which certain democratic
candidates wish to gain favor and sup
port Of the voters Of other wards II
should cause them to adhere to their
party lines and then they will have no
reason to regret. a. has been their lot
almost every. time they have listened TO
the golden promises Of the democratic
machine. JAY ALBXANDER.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
|EOoklnS Backward
lhiSDay inOmahay
COMPILED FROM BEE PILES :
90
Thirty Yenrs Arn.

Nebraska democrats held q state con-
venuon In the second story OF Masonic
hall this evening with quite a large and
respectable attendance present" ]. stsr~
ling Morton called the convention TO
order. He said they stood for free trade,
honest money and amendment or uncon-
ditional repeal Of the socumb law" For
supreme Judge w. II. Munger OF Fre-
mont was nominated over NJ. A. Harti-
gan J. H. Broadly. Judge J. r. Kinney,
w. H. Platte and ]. c. Crawford.
The committee soliciting subscriptions
for the cyclone victims in Madison and
Stanton counties report having collected
5000.
Mayor Boyd has given Street Commits
sioner Ford a written order 20 oblige
the street railway company to leave
FaFnsm street In It's usual condition after
the track laying Is finished
Bishop Clarkson invites all the ladies
in the city interested in establishing n
childrens hospital TO meet him in the
cathedral Friday at o'clock.
Hanging I'm the withnel house Is a
large leather medal containing the in
scripeon. ITO J. c. Mcbride for eff
cheney for furnishing light at the state
fair" II is we'll deserved tribute to
the generals electric light abilities.
Major Stevenson, deputy United states
marshall has Just returned from a trip
east
Colonel smythe, wife and child, and
Mrs, Lowe returned from the White
mountains,
Prof. Henry w. Meek, 1907 jackson
street. offers to give private instruction
In French, German, Greek and Latin.
Morris Dee, brother OF Jerry Dee, one
OF the old timers, met with a horrible
death by being thrown out Of his buggy
on his head in descending the steep hill
on Twelfth street, near Jones. His skull
was not fractured, nor his neck broken,
but death is supposed to have resulted
from concussion Of the brain.
The Imperial club has reorganized for
the winter season under these officers:
a. Traynor, president; w. A. Saunders,
vice president. j. C. Wilkins, secretary;
G. r. Kelsey. treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
viz The,e n.mocrntie Antio,i

The dust-throwing antics OF our
democratic friends in the present
local campaign are easily accounted
for.
Seldom in the history of Douglas
county politics have the republicans
presented a ticket made up as a whole
OF as good material, with candidates
Of clean record and high standing,
peculiarly fitted for the respective
offices for which each has been nom
mated, while the democratic ticket
is loaded down with as sorry a lot Of
incompetents and nondescripts as
ever wore the party label
Man for man from top TO bottom
down the ticket, the democrats can
have nothing to say why the demo-
cratic nominees should be preferred
on their own merits over their repub-
lican opponents. whose superiority
they have to admit. We will COM
pare and contrast the candidates for
10 different offices on the two tick
cts as we go along, and no fair com
parison, by whomsoever made, will
fail to rate the republican ticket,
taken altogether. far above the demo-
cratic ticket.
Knowing this, the democrats re-
alize that their only possible hope
for a few crumbs OF. comfort from
the impending election lies in their
ability to foment republican dissen-
tion, and by falsehood, misrepresen-
tatlon and trickery to lure republi-
cans into pulling the democratic lever
When they make reckless charges Of
primary election frauds and Illegal
registration, they have no sincerity
back of them. The pretense at sud
den and noisy conversion to the
cause OF reform OF democrats feeding
at the public crib as beneflciarles of
the very support they would now ex-
plot, may fool others, but not them
selves.
The democrats must divert atten-
tlon away from the weaknesses OF
their own candidates, and for that
purpose they will seize upon any
fakod-up side issue, which they think
may serve TO promote that object.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
Near side or Fnr sIdef


OMAHA, Oct. 12.-To the Editor Of The
Bee: note by The Bee that the Ques-
ton is up with Manager Leussler OF the
Street Railway company in regard to
stopping street cars on the near side of
the street"
frequently on returning from out Of
town in transferring north on Sixteenth
street am obliged to ride across that
street and then cross back on foot with
heavy grip or two as best can to my
car.
When riding downtown on Dodge, Far
nam or Harvey cars and transferring
south on Sixteenth, l must walk back
across this street, which Is so full Of
traffic as to require a policeman at each
OF these crossings.
Again, in transferring from north Six
teenth cars TO Farnem or Harvey cars l
am obliged to ride across these streets
and then push my way back through the
heavy traffic, incidentally missing the
car which always pulls out Just as I'VE
almost got IT,"
In Chicago and Milwaukee, at down
town crossings, the cars stop on the
near" side for the signal of the police
man to cross and for passengers to get
off and on; in st. Paul the cars stop on
the near side; In Lincoln, in the down
town district, the cars stop on both sides
at transfer points.
As to people having to walk through
the mud to the car platform where there
are unpaVed streets, IL the new arrange
msnt is made" the Street Railway com.
pany could easily accommodate the pub
lie to the extent OF stopping at the cross
ing at these few places. Let us have a
change at least downtown.
A READER.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-13
Ten Years ago.

The reward OF $4,000 which Mr.. cudahy
Offered for the capture OF Pat Grove
for KIDNAPPING his son, Edward. was with.
drawn on stipulation that Grove come
and give himself up. The stipulation was
made in a note dated Manchester, Ia,
addressed TO Chief Donahue and signed
Uncle of Pat Grove"
Edwin c, Weed was found dead In
room at the State hotel on Douglas
street Some years before he had been
bookkeepr for the Baum Iron works an
had also worked for Riley Bros, but had
Immediately returned from the harvest
fields OF North Dakota and had retired
at a, m.
The retail grocery clerks announce they
viii attempt to have all such stores close
on Sunday and will fight hard to en-.
force the rule.
The body OF boy was found on a
aanahar In the Missouri river near Glb-
son by John Havel, Fred BlaKek and
Antoine Martinek, but Il was not indenti-
fled. The dead boy was ahsut Il years
OF age.
Rev. II. B, Burgess OF Plattsmouth Of
fleiated IN the morning services at Trim,
ity Episcopal cathedral In the ab@enss Of
Dean Campbell Fair.
Rev, w. w. Jones Of South Omaha
was buried. the funeral services bsinR
held at the Presbyterian church In Belle.
vus at II a. IN,