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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
Died from Wound.

Hannibal Gourdin, the negro who
was shot three weeks ago at Hagood
by Isaac L. Sanders, the son Of Mr..
c. w. Sanders Of Hagood. while he
was trying to enter the residence OF
Mr. w. A. Alston, for whom he
worked. died Sunday afternoon at
the Sumter hospital where ne was
brought for treatment Immediately af-
ter the shooting and where he has
been staying ever since.
IL will be remembered that Gourdin
was drunk at the time he was shot
and after Sanders had several times
warned him to keep out of the house.
sanders did not shoot the negro until
ne called him vile name and tried
TO enter despite Sanders warning.
Coroner Flowers called jury to-
gether to view the body OF the negro
atter which he dismissed 1t until We'd
hesday at noon. when the testimony
VIII be taken OF the witnesses who are
all from Hagood. Sanders was not
arrested at the time OF the shooting
az IL was not thought at the time
that the negro was seriously wound
ed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26

1896 to 1900, and began what in his
autobiography, he calls the cotton
movement, in 1891. He finally be-
came field agent and general organizer
FOR the Southern Cotton Association.
mis- territory covering the entire
south and his service lasting from
January, 1905, to June, 1908, when
he began his race for the Senate. He
was chosen at the primaries in Sep
tember, receiving, as he points out
the largest majority ever given to a
candidate for this Office in the State.
That, Of course, is interesting. but
has not so much bearing on the case
as further statement, which reads
"Hecame national figure on account
Of addresses at New Orleans Birming-
nam, Dallas and Shreveport" Clear
as day-now, isn't it? why Senator
Smith desired to let the Senate hear
what he was capable of A thorough
ly justifiable ambition, say l. And he
did so. And mark you, a highly de-
scriptive middle name-that of the
Senator's, DuRant. That's what he
do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
Alilngan-Morgan.

On Thursday afternoon Miss
Gladys u. Milligan was married to
Mr.. Walter j. Morgan at the parson-
age of the First Baptist church. DR..
c. c. Brown performing the Gee
mony.
Tn marriage was very quiet al
fair and there were only a few close
realtives and friends of the bride
and groom present to witness the
performance of the ceremony The
happy young couple left Immediately
after the ceremony on the Atlantic
Coast Line for trip through several
western states
Mr.. Morgan is a we'll known and
popular conductor on the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad. He is from
Florence and is we'll known in rail-
road circles all over the State. Miss
Milligan has been living in the city
for only a short time, having moved
here last winter from Milligan's
station, but has made many friends
here since she has been living in
Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
In the Police Court.

Recorder Lee had several culprits
up in the police court on Monday
on the charge Of gambling, the parties
being all negroes who had been
rounded in by Policeman McKagen
on his rounds about the city Sunday
afternoon.
The first case that was tried was
that against Willie Johnson, other
wise known as Willie Jones. who was
arrested by Policeman McKagen on
the charge Of vagrancy. Johnson
had quite a different tale to tell the
Recorder than that he told Policeman
McKagen after he had been arrested.
He was sentenced to pay a fine of
SIS or to serve 80 days.
Those who were arrested in the
charge Of gambling were:
Alfred Farmer, $40; Blanding Her.
riott. $40: Eugene Parker, IS; Jas.
Mclean, absent; Johnnie Mclean,
absent; Fred James, $40; John Din
kins, $5; Sam Gary. So; Eddie Par
ker, SIS; Ed Poole, absent; Tom
James S5: w. NJ. Young, absent: Cur
tbs Ford, absent; Nose Willis, absent,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
Claude T.. Sanders Dead.

The body Of Claude f. Sanders,
son of Mr.. w. NJ. Sanders of Ha-
good. was brought through the city
saturday on its way from jack
sonville where Mr.. Sanders died. The
interment took place at Catchall.
Mr.. Sanders was raised in this
county near Catchall and was we'll
known In that vicinity up to few
years ago when he moved to Florida
where he entered into business. Up
ID the time of his death Mr.. Sanders
was getting on very nicely in Jack
sonville. He was 29 years old and
unmarried.
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Stomach Trouble Relieved.

ment, who died from exhaustion from
burns at the Sumter Hospital this
morning.
Coroner Flowers did not hold an in.
quest as he had been informed by an
attorney that an inquest was not nee.
essary and that the evidence of q
physician was sufficient. DR.. Baker,
the physician, testified in a written
statement that the negro, Tannie
Comphe" died from exhaustion from
burns. more shan two-thirds of his
hoty being burned.
Il is noI Known where the negro
is ''on NJ whether he had any rela-
tives or not. His body is now in the
possession Of the undertaken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
Dargan-FriersOn.

Miss Georgia Dargan, the daughter
OF Col. and Mrs. j. j. Dargan, of
Stateburg, was married at Marsden,
the home Of the brides parents, to
Mr.. John Frierson. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr.. w.
III. Barnwell.
Miss Dargan and Mr.. Frlerson are
both very well known in Sumter and
have the best wishes of their many
friends here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26

is the son of minister. At college
he won gold medals in debate--mark
that'-science and literature in his
sophomore. junior and senior years.
He served in the Legislature from
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
ANOTHER NEGRO DIES.
Coroner Flowers Kept Busy Holding
Inquests and Investigations.

Coroner Flowers is kept busy these
days holding inquests and investiga-
tons over the bodies OF persons who
.'e under unnatural circumstances.
This morning ne was cau-J 10 the
hospital 10 investigate ,he death of
Tannie Campbell. one of the negroes
Of the Eph Williams Famous Trou-
badour show who was burned at
Hartsville two weeks ago and brought
to the Sumter Hospital here for treat
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26

of bleeding hearts for velvet-shod
feet was pretty hot stuff; and it was
put down as Exhibit B." Spurred by
this evident approval, Mr.. Smith next
showed some prime plain people"
frills. He was at his best by this
time, making the welkin ring so
rapidly it sounded like an alarm clock.
THANK God.' he said, Il am a repre-
sentative direct from the people
from the field. | have no other pro-
resslon' vocation or avocation; and
yet because | am not trained in the
law to split hairs and to dfferentiate
to the shadow Of n shade the Supreme
Court interpretations Of the law, some
hear me indifferAntly." There was a
murmur of protest at this. All were
hearing him with great delight. Con-
tinuing: THE people themselves are
no more competent to understand
these abstrusities than !; and you
have no right to make law that the
rank and file, though they be unedu-
Gated, cannot understand"
Proceeding passionately along these
lines, MIR. Smith came again to what
evidently he considered his strongest
exhibition of what he is capable OF,
FOR he recurred to the original line
OF spell-bnding. Picturing the dismal
conditions that surrounded a young
man and his wife, who were certainly
in poor luck as farmers if they were
only In half as bad case as Mr.. Smith
described, he said: Il have seen the
mother, with the loving mothers
heart, laboring and toiling; willing to
do any drudgery; willing to put her
pody In the stony roal of poverty in
order that the feet Of her darlings
might have smoother road to travel
than mother had walked"
Mr.. Smith also told something
about the tough situation of poor
father whom he had seen with mute
helplessness written on his careworn
face; where was depicted the tragedy
of unjust legislation And he pledg-
ell himself anew to strive to remedy
these conditions-which pledge con-
cluded his part Of the entertainment.
Owing to the press Of other mat
ters, 1t being within 4S hours of ad-
journment, there was no consensus
OF opinion concerning Mr.. Smiths. ex-
hibition 'of what he is capable of
along the lines Of connected thought
and real eloquence; and the subject
was left for future determination.
Still, there was a large inquiry as to
the identity Of Mr.. Smith; and it was
speedily discovered he had every
reason to feel that, after waiting pa
tiently for two years with much burn
ing language within him, he could
hand the Senate something that would
make 1t sit up and take notice
Ellison paRant Smith. ~. all sh:u
kno", Is tho colleague # p. r. 94n-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26

DO you need printing OF any de
scription3 Come to headouarters-
osteen Publishing Co. For nearly
NIFTY years Osteen and good printing
nave meant the same thing in Sum.
ter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26

Light frost was observed in low
places on Monday II was not thought
the frost was sufficient TO seriously
damage cotton. OF which there is n
good deal already up to a stanl.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26

Rev. j. G. Dukes, Pastor OF the UNI
tartan Church of Pinetown, n. c.,
writes:
"My wife has been in very bad state
OF health for several years, and nothing
seemed to do her any good until she
began to use Peruna one month ago.
Since then the color has returned to her
face, and she is gaining in flesh every
day, and believe she is well woman
to-day.
"My little boy, ten years old, was pale
and had but little life. He began to
use Peruna the day his mother began.
To day his face is rosy, and he is out in
the yard running and jumping with the
rest of the children"
Stomach Trouble Relieved.
Mrs. T. j. Ballard, Pryor Creek,
Indian Territory, writes: 81 am happy
to tell you that keep free from my old
stomach trouble; feel no catarrha al
symptoms at all. L am able to do my
work, eat and drink what / want, and
rejoice that found sure cure in your
valuable medicines, which 1 failed to
end in the best of home physicians"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17

On one s. Landseer's early visits to
Scotland TIE great painter stopped at
a village and took a great deal of no
tice of the Dogs, jotting down rapidly
sketches of them on a piece of paper.
Next day on resuming his journey hG
was Mortified to find dogs suspended
from trees in all directions or drown
ing in the rivers, with stones around
their necks. He stopped a weeping
urchin, who was hurrying off with a
pet pup in his arms, and learned to
mis- dismay that he was supposed to be
an excise officer who was taking notes
Of all the dogs he saw in order to prose-
sute the owners for unpaid taxes.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
LOcos Mention

Harry Purdy has gone to out
side points.
0. C. Lapp made a short bust
ness visit this week.
Mrs. r. Greckwell has gone to
the Umatilla to cook.
Jas. Hubbs left last week for a
visit to his old home in Ohio.
! E. H. Farr has returned from
the Re d River Hot Springs very
much improved in health.
Mrs. Harry Shields and son
Julius, left Monday for their
home in Edmonton, Alberta.
w. c. McNutt was in Oro-
grande this week doing some
surveying for Jas. Colgrove.
A. Gustafson has gone to the
Anaconda, where he will assist
in making a test run on some
ore.
Several forest fires arc report
ed in the mountains One east
Of Elk City on Green mountain
being the most destructive.
Mrs. D. w. Chard, formerly of
Elk City, died at Denver, Colo.
on Aug. LIST. Mr.. Chard is at
present living in Salmon City.
A camping party from Grange
vile under the chaperonage of
Mrs. John Jack, consisting OF
the Misses Ada Sweet and Ella
Martin and Messrs. Pearl Wright
and Mark Robinson, passed
through Elk City, Tuesday,
bound for Fish Lake, where they
will camp for the next two
weeks,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shisslel
and Geo. T. Hoyt left Wednes
day morning for the Red River
Hot Springs. They will be gone
about ten days.
Herbert Jeffries, Of Frostbirg
Md, who has been on the sicl
list for the past t9n days is nov
convelsant.
All kinds of laundry work dont
wash days Monday and Thurs
day. Mrs. L. A. Painter.
Old papers for sale at Mining
News office, 10 cents a bundle.
We are headquarters for every
thing good to eat. 0. c. Lap.
Co.
You can get all the news 70
81 a year in the Mining News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
Goodness.

Whatever mitigates the woes or In
creases the happiness of others is q
just criterion of goodness, and what
ever Injuries society at large or any
individual in it is a criterion of in
EQUITY. One should not quarrel with
a dog without a reason sufficient to
vindicate one through all the courts
Of morabty.-Goldsmit
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
His Preference.

Nurse-Come indoors at once, Master
Richard, and be a good boy. You won't
go to heaven If you're so naughty.
Master Richard-I don't want to go to
heaven. l want to go with fatherL
London Sketch.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
His Inference.

Crags-Did you tell Shippers you
thought was man without any bal
ance? Butts-Well, naturally inferred
that if you had balance you would
draw on 1t for the amount you owe me.
philadelphia North American.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
Personal
and
Otherwise
Elk City Reduction Co.
Treasury Stock For
Sale.

The Board of Directors now
offers it's first allotment of treas
ury stock to the public at Is cts.
per share, par value one dollar.
The money. received from the
sale of treasury stock will be
used for the completion of the
plant, and for the purchase of
such machinery as will be nee
esTary.
1t is hoped that all those want
ing to further the interests Of the
camp will subscribe literally to
this first issue of stock.
Make all checks payable to
G. l.. L. BASKET,
Treasurer, Elk City, Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17

Old papers for sale at Mining
News Office, 10 cents a bundle.
Elk City Mining News a year
for So.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
THE HOUSE OF QUALITY.

B. while
nbe o headquarters
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09

grant for fruit and sugar beet growing
! Judge J. L. Sims. of Los Angeles,
admitted he would as sooI live in New
Mexico as anywhere with nine points
out of ten in favor of the sunshine and
silver state
Chances Grow Brighter Out There.
residents of New Mexico are realiz-
ing the possibilities of their state as a
fruit and vegetable growing country.
Trains are loaded in New Mexico these
days instead of all going on to Cali
fornia. Almost any day wagon loads
Of fruit may be seen being hauled
away from the fruit lands at the foot
of the Glorietta mountains and the
Pecos valley. Railroads are planning
extensions and trunk lines to reach
these productive portions of the new
born state. Two roads have made sur
veys up through the territory which we
saw on our trip from Montoya to Las
Vegas. The Santa Fe officials have
issued bonds for the construction
of a line from Dodge City to Colmar,
New Mexico, thence on to F't. sum
ner- This road will pass by or
through Jim Whitmore's ranch and
will furnish a convenient outlet for the
products of the Ortiz tract. The stakes
were plainly traceable up through the
valley, through Ell Poso gap. for the
surveys recently made by the Rock
Island and the Santa Fe on into the
Gallinas river valley.
All Wanted Statehood.
Every wide awake citizen of the new
state is pleased that congress and
the president settled differences over
the statehood bill. With statehood
VIII come rapid progressive strides,
the rapid settlement of conditions ana
control of corporations in the state
means development, means expendi-
ture of money in New Mexico
Land Prices Going Higher.
Land values had advanced even on
the strength of admission to the Union
A relinguished homestead sold about
two weeks ago near the Chestnut
ranch for $4,000. Dry farming land
commands from ten to forty dol
lars an acre. while irrigated farms
near Santa Rosa in the Pecos valley
and in the northern part, range ac-
cording to local accounts from $75
to $3.50 an acre. Jim Whitmore says
the Ortiz tract is for sale with water
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09

crop; he has made a hundred dollars
an acre and has not yet touched the
mature fruit.
No this man will not sell his land for
forty dollars an acre now but few
years ago that same land without
water. without trees, could have been
hon esteaded. A contract was signed
but recently with an alfalfa raiser for
five hundred tons of alfalfa at fifteen
dollars and twenty-five cents a ton for
future delivery. The American Sugar
Manufacturing company offers to
build, equip and operate a beet sugar
factory on the Ortiz tract southeast
from Las Vegas when the land is oc-
cupied and planted to beets.
It has been demonstrated that five
acres of this land properly cultivated
viii support q family of five. not only
in plenty, Jut will earn the initial cost
of the land also in from one to two
wears.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09

cry was in truth great cotton wood
trees and the parsley was Jim Whit
more's orchard at Gallinas Springs and
was the place where we would take
dinner.
For another hour we ran trying to
decrease the distance and enlarge the
orchard and buildings at the Whitmore
ranch.
Stuck in Sand Bar.
No journey is complete without ac-
cidents. so just as we drove up to the
banks of the Gallinas river our car
mired in a bed of sand and there we
remained from one O'Clock until six
that evening, just a mile and a half
from help and ham and eggs. We re
mained all night at the Whitmore
ranch and learned and saw some as
tonishing facts. What looked to be at
a distance of twenty miles. merely
half a dozen fruit trees standing meek
" below the enormous cotton woods
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09
BY RAYMoNp Q. wALEs.

They boast of the finest, fattest cat
tie, the heaviest, wooliest sheep, the
strongest, toughest horses and ponies,
the ripest and most luscious fruits, the
longest, sweetest sugar beets, the pur-
est water and the best climate in the
world, do the folks in New Mexico. and
from the observations just taken by
the writer their claims are not optical
or mental delusions.
Through the kindness of the gentle
men and the powers of their good Off
ces, arrangements were made with the
general passenger agent, J. A. Stewart
and General superintendent ]. B.
Smalley, of the Rock Island to have
the Golden state Limited stop at Mon
toya, New Mexico Thursday morning,
August Is, and discharge three passen-
gers. fact was there were but two pas
sengers and a little bud of boy who
will be a full fiedged life sized passen-
ger some day. Two or three white
men and Mexican or two stared Won
deringly at US and tried to figure our
pull or position. which enabled US to
have the Limited" stop in her mad
fight across the plains and around the
mountains and notice Montoya that
morning
DO you know Rhode Chestnut -
was asked of a young man. Sure
thing; he lives out northwest about
eight miles
rs he in town yet to meet us?" mo,
and he may not come in until evening
He knows the Limited" don't stop at
Montoya. He'll be expecting you on
the eight o'clock train this evening
Half an hour later. after we had
strengthened ourselves with a break
fast of bacon and eggs, corn flakes and
cream. the Chesnutts drove into the
little village. loaded US into their We
hicle and started across the prairie and
plain. arroyo and stream. the beginning /
Of our vacation and sight seeing trip
through New Mexico.
Start on Auto Trip.
Friday morning, bright and early. a |
Cadillac 40" snorted up to the door of
the adobe house on the Chestnut ranch,
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09

knew Some folks say the real pleas
ure Of vacation trip is the contem-
plation of it. but we found realization
is better.
Considerable More Faith and Conf
dencc.
We have a greater faith in that
country. have deeper respect for the
man who drove us over these roads, a
the rate OF forty miles an hour. with
out spilling respectable humanity
along the wayside leaving US proven
der for the coyotes
Just can't help but place confidence
in a man who has done things in the
past. who is actively doing things now.
who holds his head and controls his
nerves when he is stuck in sand up TO
the driving gear of his auto. who
comes through disappointment and
chagrin with a laugh and a joke
Like 20 cultivate the friendship OF a
man who can tumble a prairie dog of
his mound with a left handed shot at
a distance Of one hundred and fifty
yards while the auto spins along at q
thirty mile clip and that evening can
entertain the entire party with agree
able conversation.
Promised to withhold the name OF
this gentleman but possibly he can
not prevent the publishing OF It.
From one point Of view Don a. Noun
Day IS accomplishing about az much
for himself and humanity with his
auto and sugar proposition as Old
Narvaez did with his army and sabre
blades, may be more.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09

hold water sufficient to irriEate thous-
ands of acres of splendid soil but when
inquiry is made as to the possibility OF
purchase the fact is brought out that
this land is owned by people who ap-
preciate the possibilities OF New Mex
ico's future and are waiting for money
and moisture.
People Need Money i'm New Mexico.
enc Of the drawbacks TO New Mex
leo at present from a builders
standpoint is the fact that many come
here without money or live stock and
attempt to farm the land Just as IL
lays. The wise man has money en-
Ough to put water on his land or works
hand in hand with some person or
company that has. All the way across
the country from Montoya until the
Pecos Valley was reached we saw de-
serted little sod shanties and adobe
houses. melted half away and little
patches of ground broken out. with
here and there a slender stubble OF "A
stock of corn or kaffir corn too small
to make a pipe stem. bleaching white
in the sunshine. mute evidence OF a
tragic struggle made by some fellow
with more ambition than mind and
money.
Colonies Overcome Frontier Disad-
vantages.
Large companies are forming now to
build irrigation projects in this cOun-
try whose plans are to furnish neccs-
sary water ar the proper time. Their
colonies are TO be opened at certain
time. all who care 10 live where they
have purchased. moving i'm on the same
day. thus forming community Of
agreeable associates, with cities and
schools and churches.
Jim Whitmore explained that the
Ortiz tract is to be sold on this
plan. The writer visited the town site
situated on the Gallinas river about
three miles north of the Whitmorc
home. Two beautiful bluffs on either
side of the river slope gradually and
gracefully up from the abrupt walls at
the river and are covered with ever
green trees. A spring Eurgles into the
river at this point which viii be a
source of delight to the people who
will make their homes there soon. It is
at this town site the sugar com pany
viii construct their sugar factory if the
majority Of the farmers and purchas-
ers want to engage in raising sugar
beets.
Companies Have Strength for Develop
nent.
Down at Roswell, New Mexico. the
fruit growers have formed companies
trees created fruit marketing ex-
changes. with shipping sheds and sta
tions and in such companies lay the
secret Of success.
Yes we had a pleasant journey. saw
some wonderful country. learned some
thing about New Mexico we never