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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-30
CHRISTMAS QUIET AT MAYES-
WILLIE
Students at Home from VariouS Col
ieges for the Holidays-Personal
News.

Mayesvllle, Dec. 26.-Christmas
passed off rather quietly here. Busi-
ness was only fs irly good with the
merchants, although better than
many anticipated owing to the dull
ness of the fall season. Probably the
bad weather had dampening effect
on things in general, too. Quite q
number of visitors are in town and
tie college students are all at home
and the week will, no doubt, be lively
in a social way.
The Civic League will give an en-
tertainment in the school audirorium
tomorrow night, the main feature be-
ing "A Liliputian Wedding" This
beautiful spectacle will prove a draw
ing card, no doubt, if the weather is
favorable. After the entertainment.
the ladies of the league will serve an
oyster supper in the Pythian hall.
Miss Clara Womble of Sanford. N.
c., is visiting Miss Edna Mayes and
her sister, Miss Margaret womble is
visiting her brother, Mayor n. D.
Womble, being a guest at the An
derson Hotel.
Miss BERTHE Gregg Of Florence is
visiting Mrs. NJ. C. Mayes.
Miss Fannie Mayes of Sumter
spent Christmas at her home here.
Miss Annie Mazursky of Barnwen
is on visit to her sister, Mrs. T. I.
Kahn.
Capt and Mrs. H. A. Wells of Flor
ence, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. c. Mayes during Christmas.
Mr.. w. B. Chandler and family of
Columbia are visiting his mother,
Mrs r. A. Chandler, Sr. - -
Miss Tillie Morris of Sunni was
the guest Of Mrs. T. L. Kahn o.
Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Thomas. OF
Springfield, Ca, are visiting Mr and
Mrs. c. d. Cooper.
The following college studeuts re
at home for the holidays: Misses
Nettie and Sadie Mayes, Conege for
Women, Columbia; Miss Louis Grsf-
fin, Winthrop; Capt. ]. NJ wcrkman.
Clemson; H. D. Corbett, Davioson.
Dr. f. ~. Davis spent CT hristmas
a his home in Florence Count
Miss Efne Simmons of SumInergiue
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. z. C.
Spencer.
Mr.. Allison Thomas of Atkins
spent Christmas with his sister. Mrs
{ -oa- :.
Mrs Henry Weinberg and G
are or TiSit to relatives IN 6 .orr
town.
Shapiro and Edeistein
of Earnwell, Paul Barber of Bates
burg, Mr.. and Mrs L. Strauss and
Joseph Morris Of Sumter, visited Mr..
and Mrs. 7. L. Kahn on Christmas
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. I. Burgess of New
Zion are on O. visit to their daughter,
Mrs. T. B. Fort.
Mr.. Isaac Blodman has gone to
Charleston to spend the holidays.
Mr.. I. Munnerson of New York is
spending a few weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. Denemark.
iMr. Forrest White - Marion as |
in town for Christmas visiting
friends.
Prof. o y. Hamrick OF shelby. =.
c.. who is principal Of the VAUDEVILLE, |
n. C., sch ooI spent ,ast Friday in !
town.
Prof. H. II. Halt-@e ser Of the
Mayesville school hiss gone 20 his
home at Chaplin FOR tn holidays
Mrs. Leila Mayes OF Sumter spent
Tuesday Wit her sister-in-'aw, Miss
Emma Meyes
Miss Catherine Miller of augusta
is visiting her an,. MR.. ". w. Gar
dner.
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Mixing Paint.

Is there anything more interesting
in life than mixing PANT. putting in
black to darken it. yellow to tighten II.
vermilion 10 make IL bright. and green
70 see what happens ?-Atlantic
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fsumter Waterman was found
80 and the True Southron in
Y watchman and Southron
combined circulation and
both of the old papers.
kFtly the best ADVERTISING
inter
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FOR SAIIE-Dixie Wilt resistant cot
ton seed, made this year on land
that blighted last year 1900 pounds
OF seed cotton to the acre. Address
+. B. Colclough, Oswego, S. c.
12-6-tf
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WANTED-A young man with small
family TO take charge of 4-horse
farm near Sumter. None but hard
worker need apply. Telephone
175, G. III. DuRant.
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pICKnlG A
DRESfNT
R pLATT
bYDOUGLASr1ALLOCH

HEN Harry Platt and
that girl friend of the
Greens q forget her
name) were married,
1t was one of those
my-goodness gracious
just-think-Of-that af.
fo ixc 1I,ifh l.
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New York Cotton Market.
New York, Dec. 2S.

Spots, y.35-15 off.
Sales, 5000.
Opened steady.
Closed steady.
Port receipts today, 65,965 VS.. A.
324 last year.
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A,W}fsBaidase X
f1&}{llae!Gop,,43n2 y :, Il
AU&elsxN l.z NscSab%c

HE club looked just the
very thing Gerald Man.
nersley was craving for
"a sense of home.
A few lines read &C.
cidentally In an out-of.
date newspaper had
made him restless with
longing for the old
scenes. And so he had
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Send us your job work.
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DOM OF tne OLD papers.
stly the best advertisiug
inter
a humorist as well as
PAT delightful skit.
st "a Willie Jones.
Tho IS ). Bryan. of
ninoie get-rich-quick
him 20 a niche In the
To ask these eminent
hrnish convincing rea-
Eington and Young. the
tiers who got caught,
pardoned was a stroke
mt only hamorist could
ted. 1t was the merriest
merry Christmas tide and
,stly indebted to Gov.
many appreciative chuck
loubt. however. that the
|hnanciers were made merry
est for the joke was at their
and dry grins were more be-
10 them tnan care free hi
outlook for practical. progress
r constructive legislation at the
|aching session Of the general
hhv Il not propitious. There is
hIef Justice to be elected. an As
ate Justice. a circuit Judge or
70. besides tho usual run OF minor
nces 10 Do filled. There will be
sseh scramble among the ONCE
ssekers and ,osroliing bypoliticiens
that there vim be little time left for
Cot Roosevelt n opposed to the
arbitration treaties and sntssonistic
20 tho unusual peace movement. Nat
esaiif ne rs averse tn peace. prosper
a. sbd happiness for ALI mankind.
since this condition OF affairs leaves
20 field for the activities of an am
oisious sdveuterer who can get on
only by strifs. turmoil and the dis
organization OF society. Nothing
I ~s~fd SUIT Roosevelt better than to
be President st d time Of Internal
rssrchy or serious foreign war that
would AFFORD an excuse for military
dtctstorship.
The farmer who has hay or oats to
ssl next spring and summer need
Act worry about the price of cotton.
10 Sumter county ~ 20 be organiz-
- ," the interest Of the cotton acre |
ase curtailment movement Il Is time
Tat something was done 20 start the
ha'i rolling.
Uncle Jasper Taibert Is saying
something again and 80 Is John T.
Duncan. II Is wei, for them to make
noise every now and tsen lest the
people forget that they say they are
candidates for office
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LIVERPOOL MARKET.

Receipts, $4,000.
American, all.
Sales. 1000.
American, $500.
Spots, 5.01-2 up.
Opened steady.
Closed steady.
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Uncle Jasper Talbert Is saying
something again and 80 Is John T.
Duncan. II Is wei, for them to make
noise every now and tsen lest the
people forget that they say they are
candidates for once.
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10 Sumter county IL 20 be organlz-
- IN the interest Of the cotton acre
ase curtaiiment movement Il Is time
Tat something was done 60 start the
ha'i rolling.
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The farmer who has hay or oats to
|ssl next spring and summer need
)ct worry about the price of cotton.
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idea. that Is. of course, except Mr..
Platt, whom. of course. l didn't con.
cult So got up subscription paper
The evening world., 1911-03-10
BRIDGE POLICEMAN
FAILED TO REPORT
SUICIDE Of NIECE
Death of Miss Lehman by Gas
Yesterday Investigated by
Coroner To-Day.

Brooklyn Police Headquarters re-
ceived a delayed report to-day Of the
suicide yesterday afternoon OF Miss
Mary A. Lenihan. at the home Of her
parents. No. 16l Garfield place.
Miss Lehman. who was twenty-three
years old, was found dead at 4 o'clnc
yesterday afternoon b. her uncle. Po-
iiceman John Mcmahon. Of the Brook
Ign Bridge squad. Mcmahon had been
at the fiat I'm the morning, and ne had
his lunch there at noon. Returning at
4 o'clock, he smelled gas. and. with the
assistance Of nelghbors, forced the
door of the fat. His niece was dead
On the floor In a room adjoining the
parlor.
DIR. John Byrne OF No. 245 sixth ave.
nue. was summoned. and last evening
he notified the Coroner's Once. This
morning a Coroners' physician invest.
gated, making his report to the police,
Mcmahon made No report OF the case,
Neighoors said to-day that the youns
woman had left a note for her mothe'
explaining her act. This was denied
to-day by all OF the young woman.
relatives.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
"a FAMILIES ROUTED
BY TENEMENT BLAZE,
Amateur Firr.'en Thought 1t Was
Out When Explosion Gave
Fresh Start.

Thirty-four families piled out of the
six story. double decked tenement at
No. 1881 Third avenu, the Bronx, to-
day, when Mrs, Mary Newman, VINO
ran a small dry goods store on the
ground floor screamed "Fire!" Mrs.
Newman had discovered a blaze IN a
pile OF papers and boxes under "a coun-
ter.
Frank Kahn, owner OF n butcher shop
adjoining, hurried In with his clerk.
They thought they had the flames beat
en- out when there came an explosion
that blow the front windows OF the dry
goods shop into scrap glass and Allied
the whole interior with fire.
by the time the engines arrived the
Flames had reached an airshaft at the
rear and were climbing toward the top
OF the tenement. Deputy Chief Ahearn
ana all the men n apparatus that
two alarms would bring fought the fir,
| from the front, rear ana roof. but be-
| fore they got the best of It, the dry
| goods store, the butcher shop. tho
| plumbing establishment OF Abraham
Reison. next door, and the two lowei
floors of the building had been badly
damaged. Water caused a loss TO IN,
| upper floors also.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
WALL STREET.

This mornings early stock market
contained the inertia that has been In
evidence all this week. Business was
restricted to the smallest proportions.
About the only market feature was
the lrmness In Steel. The United
states Steel Corporations report OF I'M
flied orders for February. to be pub
iished later In the day, Is expected to
show a decided Improvement over the
previous months business.
Missouri Pacific reported a net gain
Of slOl .652 for the month OF January.
Top prices were maintained In the
subsequent dealings. whIch continued
light.
Very little change occurred in the
afternoon. Trading was slack until the
end. when n quick rally in C~anadi'n
Pacific sent that Issue up for over a
one-point gain al the close.
The Steel Corporations untitled ton
mage report for February showed an
increase OF 2Sg. GA t~ons-about the same
increase hat Wall street expected. Ne.
vording to Judge Gary. new orders dur
Ing February averaged about i0,175 tons
a day.
Total sales OF stocks for tho day
amounted to l6l, 200 shares. the smalles'
turnover for any session this year.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
DOCTOR IN $4,000 SUIT
FOR Undressing SPLEEN"
Leblanc Removed 1t From Dead
Man and Wife Brings
Biz Action.

DIR. Timothy u. Lehane's discovery OF
"a very interesting case OF spleen"
which caused him to dissect the body OF
Frank Hassard. who was thrown from
a funeral coach he was driving n
killed. has got him into a suit for
Sj,0oo damages brought by Mrs. Mary
Hassard, the dead nan mother.
DIR. Leblanc was a Coroner's physi-
clan and performed an autos sy on the
body after IIasSlrd's death at the Har-
lem Hospital in April. 1907. Without
consulting Mrs. IIassard or any Of the
relatives Of the cad driver. Or. Leblanc
removed the heart and spleen and took
them to his office. where he preserved
them In alcohol.
When Mrs. Hassard learned OF this
she complained to Coroner hamburger,
and started suit. hut the lower court
dismissed her case. She appealed. and
the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court held to-day that the law gives
her a cause OF action TO recover dam
ages. The casc viii now 30 to q jury
The evening world., 1911-03-10
SEES MURPHY, THEN GAYNOR
Gov. DiN's secretary Discusses
senatorship with 10th

John a. Mason. Gov. Dix's private sec
rotary, called on Mayor Gaynor at the
city Hall this afternoon. Inasmuch as
tho Mayor seldom comes to the city
Hall on Friday, IL was assumed that Mr..
Mason called by appointment. III ap-
peared at about the time the Mayor ar
rived, but they talked only a few min
utes.
Previous TO his visit to the Mayor. Mr..
Mason had a long conversation with
Charles F. Murphy. He admitted that
he had mentioned the Senatorial dead
lock TO both Mr.. Murphy and the Mayor.
Did you bring any message from
Gov. Dix on the Senatorial situation?'
Mr.. Mason was asked.
No. lie replied. but the Governor
knew I was coming / got here late
last night from Albany. An the Mayor
and / did was to express the mutual
hope that the situation would be cleared
In a short time"
Mr.. Mason returned to Albany on the
! Second Empire State Express this after
noon.
The evening world., 1911-03-10

day sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for
twenty years by Judge Mulqueen in
General Sessions.
Malfetti, although Ndicted for murder
in the first degree, vas convicted OF
m~anslaughter. Because of the fact that
Malfetti had served time in the Elmira
Reformatory for a prior ofrenso Judge
Mulqueen imposed the maximum sem
tence fixed by law for the crime.
The evening world., 1911-03-10

ell near the furnace. which had been
up the winter moisture.
The house. WHICH is on Catherln,
street. was formerly owned by the late
=. Dexter bradford. but was purchased
by David II. king jr.. who converted
the old building into a large Colonia,
building. 1t was later purchased by MIR.
Coogan. h has occupied It several
years. The house was insured for s6o,
900 and the furniture FOR s.5.0 900.
The evening world., 1911-03-10

WASHINGTON. March 10.-Walter L.
Fisher. who succeeds Secretary Bal
llnger as head Of the Department OF the
Interior on Monday, when he will take
the oath Of office. spent the morning
with the Secretary learning the details
OF his new office. First Assistant Sec
rotary Pierce. Assistant Secretary
Thompson and Chief Clerk Ticker
called during the day to pay their re-
spects TO Mr.. Fisher.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
COOGAN HOUSE BURNED.
Summer Residence Of New NorLc,
AT Newport BADLY Damaged.

Special 10 The Fleming Worldl
NEWPORT. March m-Whitcnall, the
handsome summer residence OF James
}. Coogan OF New York. was badly dam
aged by fire early to-day, the loss being
estimated at $4,000 on the house and
81, 900 on The furniture. The fire start
The evening world., 1911-03-10
Only Four Were Missing.

Battalion chief Dougherty. who lives
across the street, sent in "A still alarm
Tor Truck Company No. 10 II Engine
Company No. 80. two ambulances from
me Presbyterian Hospital. and the re-
serves from all the adjoining police sta
tons were rushed 10 the spot, A roll
call Of the w~orkingmen accounted for all
but The four whose bodies were removed
from tbs debris this morning.
Coroner H~oltzhauser, besides ordering
the arrest OF the foreman and superin-
tendent In charge. had two bags of the
concrete sem to the East Eighty-eighth
street station for expert analysis, IN
order to determine whether It had been
mixed In proper proportion.
The scene OF the collapse Is directly
opposite the home Of Henry Philips, aud
adio.ns that OF Bradley Martin ir Tn,
structure is being erected for the Cap.
tai Realty and Construction Company
and IL 10 be one Of the most elaborate
apartment houses IN this city. Tn,
contractors are l'aetrOwski a. Knopl
~ No. AIS East Slnety-nrst street ant
n supervising Inspector on the building
old Police Capt. Martens after the az
cident hat he had warned them no
TO remove the crlb-7ork so soon,
The evening world., 1911-03-10
TWENTY YEARS FOR SLAYER.
Youths bad Record Causes Judge
to Impose Limit of Law.

of No. s36 East Thirty-second street,
who shot and killed John zocarro in a
uuarrel over a game of pool in an East
side billiard room Nov. Q last. was to-
The evening world., 1911-03-10

"The Mystery Of the Burnt Barn" Is
another Of the Red Triangle series of
complete Detective stories In book form
Icing given every week with the Sunday
World. This 10 q thrilling story of q
~perplexing mystery and its eventual
solution by the great london Detective.
Get 1t free with next Sundays World.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
ChiII tn FOr,ify Ports.

SANTIAGO, Chili March l0-The Cow
eminent has decided 10 fortify the
northern ports and VIII make a begin
mig at africa, a seaport in the province
u Taena.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
Had Escaped at Messina.

W. were together In Messina when
the earth rocked and the waters ieaped
out OF their bed and the houses fell
rounded htn. And we escaped only
for this!'
Al , o'clock the wreckers ur~arthed
three more bodies. Carlo rushed for
ward.
My brother, Ny brother" he
shrieked. as he threw himself across
the mangled remains OF Carlo. the
youngest born.
The others were Vincent Navakow-
ski of No. 32s East One Hundred and
seventeenth street. and Nicholas Semi
maria OF No, 3le East One Hundred and
seventh street. a bridegroom OF two
months ago.
When the twenty-five foot square sec
tion OF concrete gave way on the eighth
door yesterday afternoon Atty men who
had been at work In various parts Of the
structure had just quit. Fifteen laborers
remained behind to earn a little extra
money and were at work on the second
i,oor when the concrete came ctashing
down from above, tearing away all OF
TIE concrete noorings on It's way.
Eleven OF the workmcn had barely
lime enough Ia jump out Of harms way,
The four others were directly In the
path OF the toas OF concrete and were
carried TO the cellar. The steel work
was all that was left standing when Ia,
heavy dust cloud had been brushed
away.
The evening world., 1911-03-10

To.day's higbsi. lowest aud last price, ~ s,ocls
Aiiui ut ttss ta.-taaH y NHAt. 1ltl WI .thfNltA :
'tnal figures Neiv ~ f,alVsi
The evening world., 1911-03-10
LAUNDRY TERROR
SHOT AT BOY BUT
GIRL SCARED HIM
Couldn't Use Front Door So
Got Gun to Clean Elevator
Runner Out.
HAD BOTTLED COURAGE
Then Ran in Terror To Police
for Protection From Tele-
phone Operators.
HAD BOTTLED COURAGE

Mr.. Alfred Dickinson. the cullud
gem'man who runs tie elevator In the
apartment house at No. So West one
Hundred and Twcnty-second street, near
Riverside Drive. vas anronted this az.
ternoon by the appearance of Michael
\. Siissman OF No. 107 East one Hun
dred and Sixth street, delivery hoy for
a laundry. in tho main hall Of the house
with n number of bundles in his arms.
Ain yo' 'shame1 of yo'sclf." said Mr..
Dickinson. Don yo' know common de-
l%ivercrs OF obstacles amt allowed in
This hall. G'wan down in the basement
whore yo' belong and send 'eui up the
dumbwalter, like 20 outer do
Mr.. SusSmsn replied that he was re-
quired to make collections on his deliv-
cries and that lie wasn't taking any
chances with n ~dumbwaiter. Everybody
who has had experience with the youne
persons who work as delivery boys in
New York knows that; they usually
want to follow the maid INTO the apart.
ment and grab the money before il 1.
counted out. but Mr.. Dickinson wa
not moved by the argument. Mr.. Suss.
man, like most laundry boys, gave way
TO language.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
Afraid Of the Girl.

Miss Pearson ran out OF her slcove
with her eyes blazing and shook nor
fist AZ the laundry hoy.
You ought to be ashamed Of your
self she cried. Get out of here or
I'll put you out myself"
MIR. sussman turned and fed. He did
not stop running until he reached the
West one Hundred and Twenty-nfttf
street police station. Breathlcss and
swayins he staggered to the desk in
front Of Lieut.. McNulty and gaspej:
Arrest me. quick" he painted. i've
Just croaked a smoke. Don't let that
woman get
lie was promptly grabbed by two de-
t~ectives and hurried back to the apart
nent house. shricking n resisting all
the way. Then he was taken back TO
the station and locked up.
The evening world., 1911-03-10
In Defenes Of the Lady.

There's a white lady in yonder and
shouldn'; use no such language" exSost-
ulated Mr.. Dickinson, pointing at tho
desk where Miss Elizabeth Pearson was
attending the Telephone switchboard.
Mr.. Sussmnn. still using the laundry
boy dialect. spoke contemptuously OF
the quality OF n white woman who
earned wages I'm an apartment house
where he was not allowed to go upstairs
to get his money. Mr.. Dickinson closed
MS mouth with a large black fist and
booted him GU, Of tho front door.
Mr.. Sussman told the driver of his
wagon he was excused for the after
noon. There was no time for more
deliveries when the dignity of the pro-
fession was at stake. Then he went
The evening world., 1911-03-10
Firemen Search All Night in
Debris Of Fallen Concrete
Flooring of New Structure.
TWO ARRESTS MADE.
Superintendent and Foreman
Released in $4,000 Bail on
Charge of Negligence.

rha hot,,. NJ f,vr ,,,en vnro romo,,d
-. 80. - ,o,.. ,ho ,o,s ~,
.
wv """" SUI "''
al'ernoon NJ Nos' - ~ anu =" r"S'
hishty-seVenth street. "here an eau
crate apartment house IL under con-
struction. In the immediate vicinity Of
the homes Of Henry phipps and Bradley
Martin ,r. nm FYf,h ave,u. Sup,. John
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-13
To Noters on the Fence.

\. T. Howard treasurer of the Port
land Stove Foundry of this city when
interviewed by a representative al
the Express Advertiser regarding the
issues If the campaign for the re
tention of tho prohihtory amendment
said. First and last | am strongly
in favor of prohibition, and anything
that | can do or say which may pos
sbly help the cause I am very glad to
do | firmly believe that the amend
ment to the prohibitory law should
certainly be retained in the Statutes
of our State It's repeal would ultt=
mately mean the adoption Jf some
form of license and this l feel would
be a sad calamity for our city from
practically every viewpoint / have
often noted The condition of the cities
of the state of Connecticut ana other
states where license prevails and have
compared them with our own city of
Portland have seen in these Ii
censed cities. conditions most pitiable.
| shudder to think of their introduc-
ton into cur midst. | do not believe
that any of the deep thinking men of
this city, or throughout the State. who
have carefully considered the pro-
position of licensing the saloon and
thought of the countless evils which
undoubtedly would accompany such q
change, will favor such move. and
feel confident that if all the voters OF
the State who believe in prohibition
and who desire the retention of the