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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
Tonight Brings to a Close
the Great Contest
THE LAST VOTES WILL Be COUNTED At 70 O'CLOCK
Still Time to Get in Some Valuable Work During the Even
ing Friends Given a Chance to Come to the
Aid of the Candidaes-Przes Will
be Gladly Received.

The beginning of the end, and what
an end 1t will be! A glorious finish
to the greatest newspaper contest
ever held in this section. The can
didates are working today with
redoubled efforts and from now until
10 o'clock tonight their efforts will
be tripled, quadrupled manifold, in
fact a hundred fold, If you count the
work being done by friends. Just
TO illustrate: This morning a lady
stopped at the Office and paid a
years subscription to the Item. She
said they had already subscribed for
two years in advance, but made it
three straight, to help a candidate
who has a good chance to win. The
Item has been a regular visitor to
this family for years and they like
it so we'll that they say that they
will likely take. it for generations.
Candidates themselves will determine
the winners by their work. 1t is a
working contest because you must
work to get subscriptions. - The
grandest prizes ever offered are the
rewards, yet they are the rewards of
hard work. The hardest workers
will win the piano. parlor. suite, and
gold watches. -.....
Nobody wants to be good loser
unless they find it impossible to be
a good winner. therefore, don't waste
one single moment thinking what
you would do if you should lose but
take every precaution to assure
yourself a place among the winners.
We want every one to come in to-
day with a big bunch Of subscrip-
tions. Those who do will have bet
ter chance Of winning.
All Over Mt 10 O'Clock.
1t will be all over tonight but the
shouting. That can not come until
the last vote is counted and record
ed for then only can a decision be
reached-and without a decision what
Is the use Of shouting? There Is
no telling who will do the shout
ing. The contest manager doesn't
know, neither does any one else
Rumors Of what such and such a
candidate may have in reserve will be
rife today, but they should be treat
ed merely as rumors.
A candidate may know what she
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
DIXIE BRICK POPULAR.
New Style Brick Made by Sumter
Brick Works Take Well With Ar
chitects.

The people Of Sumter will be sur
prised, and at the same time graft
fed, to learn the success the Sumter
Brick Works is making with their
new Dixie" brick. This brick, al
though the same colors and shades
as the Sumter Greys, Is made with a
rough face instead Of a smooth one
The brick are made smooth first and
then the face is cut with a wire to
give a rough surface like a brussels
carpet or piece Of tapestry. This
rough surface absorbs light instead
of rejecting it. thus making sof,
pleasing effect. The original tapestry
brick bring $500 per thousand
but the Dixie is being sold at a
much lower price and Is finding IA
vor everywhere 1t has been shown
Besides this 1t offers a better surface
to mortar and plaster.
Mr.. Ryttenberg has just returned
from, trips to Wilmington, Charles
ton, Columbia. Every architect In
each OF these cities recommended the
Dixie" most highly. some imme-
diately specifying them on jobs In
their office. The reporter saw or
ders for shipment of large quantities
to Charleston. Darlington, Columbia,
Beaufort and Greenville. The two
last being unusually long hauls for
brick with other brick yards so much
nearer.
The Immigration station at Char
lesion, to be erected next month, has
Dixie" brick specified for the front
and sides.
This plant in addition TO Its new
equipment has just purchas-
ed a new locomotive to haul clay In
place Of the present hay burners.
Five years ago 1t was an old plant,
turning out twenty thousand brick a
day. Now 1t is modern plant that
makes forty thousand. and they sell
all they make. AS Sumter consumes
only about one-fourth the output 1t
can be readily seen that Sumter dirt
brings good money back to Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
The Following Is The Standing of The
Contestants To Date:

The County Board Of Commission
ers and some OF the County officials
went to the county home Wednesday
To dine with Mr.. Ben. Mitchell at
that place. For a number of years
1t has been the custom OF Mr.. Mitch
ell. who manages the county home.
to have the county commissioners
and the county officials at his home
for an informal dining and general
good time. and today was the day
selected by him for the dining this
year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
Not Dead Yet.

Little Clara, aged three, was 81
ways asking for dried apples. Her
mother. fearing this diet might lead
to harm. told her Of boy who had
eaten dried apples which swelled In
his stomach and caused his deaf.
Clara was much impressed, but the
temptation was strong and one day.
when sic h"C been az mt for time,
the piping voice camc triumphanty
from the room where the strings OF
apples hung; "Muvver ain't dead
yet"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
DEATH.

AT o'clock yesterday morning,
Malcom. the infant son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Malcom r. Rivers, died, after
short illness. The grief-stricken
parents have the sympathy of the
community in their bereavement.
The funeral was held at their
residence at 10 o'clock this morning
and the remains were inferred at the
cemetery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22

The citizens Of the upper part Of
the Stateburg section are asking that
Immediate steps he taken to improve
the public road from that section to
sumter. They are fully justified In
making this request for IT Is reason
able In the circumstances. The road
from the frlerson place to Acton
and beyond is one Of the sandiest and
heaviest I'm the county and needs i'm o.
pr"vcment badly. All II needs Is
grading and clay to be- transformed
into q sdnd-clay turnpike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
o~Iss 20 Have National PART

Switzerland Is to have a nat,ona,
PARK similar to the Yellowstone Ma.
uonal park On the border OF Italy,
az the foot OF the Pig Quatrevals, Is a
section, including the Chuozs valley,
that Is rich In botanical and geological
wealth. and that has high altitude,
healthful climate and beautiful seen.
eriy Ii Is proposed 10 reserve this
tor park pnrpO.ss and as the region
has legendary ard historic Gysocin.
HonS ot rroGt "G''cna. in'crnst. the
rtopie Eene.a,U ..yCr ;Ia p,&n.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
Appropriate Recreation.

An author, whose work is imagina-
tive. should. for his rest, do something
logical. such as playing patience. An
accountant. on the other hand, whose
mind will run on figures, should not
play patience. He should mold fig.
ures out Of clay or paint or do some
thing artistic
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22

Ihe promoters Of the Columb bia =
Sumter direct highway announce that
as soon as the cost of opening the
road and establishing the ferry shall
have been refunded to those who are
advancing the money the road
and ferry will be turned over to the
county or the State as a public high
way.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
Circulation Of Silver and Gold.
For every ton Of gold In circulation
there are ID tons of silver.
True ODfipIcf

The real optimist is the man who,
seeing his train steaming out OF the
station. just as he arrives, remarks
gently: We'll. anyway. almost
caupht A.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22

William Richard. the seventeen
month old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Parker died on Tuesday at eight
o'clock.
The funeral services were held
from the house. number 26 Wright
street, Wednesday morning at 1890.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
PERSONAL.

Mrs. IA. ID. Ttndal and daughter are
visiting relatives on waccamaw
Island.
Miss Emma Schwartz Is spending
some time In New York.
Miss Carrie Fischer. os Philadel-
phia. Is visiting her sister. Mrs. c. NJ.
-Joye.
Mr.. n. NJ. Aman. of Bishopville,
was In the city on Tuesday for a
short while on his way home from
Columbia.
Mr.. w. A. spann. OF Providence,
was In town Tuesday.
Mrs. Emma f. Parker and son of
'Graniteville. s. c.. are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. Y. spann.
Miss Kate Crumpton, OF Ridgeway,
Is visiting Mrs. Eugene McCallum on
Calhoun street.
Mr.. NJ. III. Plowden. formerly Of
this county. but now OF st. Matthews.
was In the city Tuesday.
Mr.. II. L. Rembert. Of Dalzell.
spent Tuesday In the city.
Mr.. n. III. Jennings. Jr.. has return
ed to his home In Orangeburg after
a visit to relatives In this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy l.. Warren have
returned home after a trip to Green
wood and Glenn Springs.
Dr. G. G. Brown left for Beaufort
on Tuesday for a months stay at
that place.
Mr.. w. G. wactor and Mr.. Ernest
wactor. of Heriot. passed through
the city on Tuesday for q stay at
Glenn Springs. ..-...
Mrs. w. w. Anderson. who has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Mark
Reynolds. returned TO her home at
stateburg on Tuesday, accompanied
by Mr.. Mark Reynolds. Jr.
Miss Aiine Hunter and Miss Irms
Smith are visiting at "Oak View"
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. b. r. Du-
Rant.
Mr.. Atwood Yates Of Jacksonville.
Fla. Is I'm the city visiting his faith
or. Mr.. w. III. Yates.
Mr.. w. A. stuckey. OF Blshopville,
was In the city Wednesday.
Mr.. Harmon ID. Noise and daugh-
ter have gone to sullivan's Island for
= We sks' stay.
Ms Martha Moore. of Stateburg.
- ting her aunt. Mrs. II. s. Mel
sun. on Church street.
Mrs. L. /. Parrott Miss Hassie Par
rott and Master Laurin Parrott have
gone to saluda for a stay Of several
weeks.
Miss Mabel Parrott left wednes-
day for Mt. Clement. Mich. where
she will attend a house party given
by one Of her school friends.
Mr.. Ellis Lowry. Of Selma. Ala. Is
on a visit to his mother on South
Sumter street.
Miss Mary Haynsworth has gone
TO saluda for a stay OF some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. Foley have re-
turned from stay at wrightsville
Beach.
Mrs. w. c. Bull returned to CO.
lumbia Wednesday after visit to
her daughter. Mrs. c. B. Yeadon.
Miss Anna Brown went to Wedge.
field Wednesday to visit Miss Jea-
nette Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Owens have re-
turned from a trip to relatives in
Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. L. johnson, Of
North Carolina are visiting relatives
In the city.
Mr.. Harry Bull. OF stateburg, was
In the city Wednesday.
Miss Ila Meares OF Savannah, Ca,
Is visiting her aunt. Mrs. Reid Ard.
Mrs. Herman Bultman and daugh-
ter. Miss Helena. have returned from
n visit to Mrs. Geo. Bruner in Flor
ence.
Miss Eliza Cooper left on Thurs
day for Saluda where she will stay
several weeks
Miss Mamie Edmunds went to
Consaree Thursday to visit relatives.
Mrs. III. @. Hill left for Saluda on
Thursday.
Miss Jones. trained nurse from
the Sumter Hospital. has gone to
Sullivan's Island for several weeks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-22
Oande!lon ls UnkiIlabIo.

new and unnamed bug has made
It's appearance In Chicago and threat.
ened the liz Of all vegetation. All
but the dandelion. we guess.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
BUSY time
AHEAD FOR TAFT
RETURNS TO WASHINGTON AND
WILL HAVE RECIPROCITY
FIGHT ON HANDS.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-Pres-
ident Taft, returning from his trip
to New York and New England
reached Washington at $50 O'Clock
Saturday.
Beginning today (Monday) the
president will have before him a
busy week in connection with the
Canadian reciprocity bill now before
the senate and which he is so anx-
ious TO see passed unamended. He
will leave the capital again next
Saturday, taking Mrs. Taft and the
Taft children to the summer White
House at Beverly, Mass, where they
will spend the summer.
The president will leave there al
most Immediately for Indiana, where
he will make several visits and
spend the Fourth of July at In
dianapolis.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
VIM. GARDELLA
HAS HIS SKULL
FRACTURED
FALLS THIRTY FEET WHILE AT
WORK IN THE LIBERTY
MILL.

William Gardella was brought in
from the Liberty mine Saturday eve
ming in an unconscious condition,
suffering from fractured skull,
which he sustained from a fall. Mr..
Gardella is an employe of the mill,
and while at work overhead, lost
his balance and fell about thirty
feet. In falling he struck two-by-
four scantling and broke it in two.
1t is claimed that if it hadn't been
for the scantling Mr. Gardella would
have been instantly killed, as his
head struck an iron pipe, but the
scantling slackened the force with
which he would have otherwise
struck.
DR.. Grigsby brought the injured
man to the Miners hospital in one
of the Consolidated autos and re,
ports from there say that he has re-
gained consciousness. and is dolnA
nicely. Mr.. Gardella was married
only a short time ago in Goldfield
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
PIONEER DIES
in SALT LAKE
PIONEER PROSPECTOR AND HO-
TEL MAN JOINS THE SILENT
MAJORITY.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June
John Condron, pioneer, pros
pector and hotel man, died here
Saturday afternoon from cirrhosis
of the liver He came to Salt
Lake City and purchased the Cullen
hotel in 1908.
Mr.. Condron was born at Du-
buque, Iowa, 63 years ago. As a
child he went with his parents tc
California in the early sixties. Grow
ing up he went into business near
San Francisco, but was attracted
10 Southern Idaho by the mineral
discoveries.
After making his pile Mr. Con-
dren moved to Boise, where he
conducted a hotel and saloon fol-
several years. In 1901 he went tc
Spokane. There he conducted a
hotel and cafe for seven years and
became a life member of the Order
of Elks.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
DAWSON CITY IS
IN DIRE TROUBLE
SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT AND
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA ASKS
FOR ASSISTANCE.

WARRINGTON, June 26.-Gov-
ernor Clark of Alaska has appealed
for federal aid to prevent the epi-
demic of smallpox in Dawson City
from spreading south into American
territory.
officers of the public service in
Alaska have been instructed imme-
diately to establish quarantine at
Eagle City and Skagway.
The outbreak is regarded as seri-
Gus at this time of the year, when
prospectors are coming south from
Yukon territory into Alaska at the
rate of 800 a week.
Governor Clark fears that the
Dawson quarantine rs ineffective.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
settlers ARE
THROWN IN The
COUNTY JAIL
SOME NEVADA JUSTICE AS WAS
HANDED OUT BY OUR
TRIBUNAL.

F. H. Wilson and |. G. Gregg
were brought into Tonopah last
Saturday evening and lodged in the
county Jail on contempt of judg-
ment brought against them by
Key Pittman. The case involves
some land that Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Gregg settled on in the Smoky val
1y and over which Key Pittman
and his wife, claimants, have filed
on under the desert land act Key
Pittman obtained an injunction re-
straining them from the ground and
the men continued to live upon
the same. Last Thursday Mr. Pitt
man brings Judge Somers over from
Goldfield in machine, gets the
contempt of judgment against Will
son and Gregg, sends the judge
back the same night and has the
sheriff serve the warrant on the
men and bring them in and lodge
them in Jail here to await a hear
ing. The men are poor and with
out the necessary means to see that
they get square deal, and they
settled on the land in good faith.
The Bonanza will have more to say
in regard to the case tomorrow
The case comes up at 10 o'clock
before Judge Taber.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
TWO VAUDEVILLE
ACTS At BUTLER
THEATRE TONIGHT
PRINTY SISTERS, JUVENILE
TEAM, AND ARTHUR LLOYD,
THE COMEDIAN,

At the Butler theater tonight
their will be an entire change of
pictures and vaudeville. The Prin-
ty Sisters, a very clever juvenile
team, opens a weeks engagement
tonight, appearing in up-to-date
songs and dances This clever
team appeared in this popular place
of amusement some time ago, and
they made big hit and We're very
popular. They come back with a
new repertoire of songs and dances
Another big act opens tonight in
which Arthur Lloyd takes the part
of character comedian, and from
the press notices in cities in which
Mr.. Lloyd has appeared, Tonopah
theater-goers will surely have a
treat. He is a very good singer
and clever monologist.
The pictures for tonight will be
the second part of "Enoch Arden
a splendid Biograph film Hip
Hunt" (scenic) and a
big comedy film, entitled "There
Is a Woman in Town"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
UNION PACIFIC
IN CONTROL OF
THE S. P. ROAD
CIRCUIT COURT OF
United STATES
ENDS CASE

ST LOUIS, June 26.-The gov
ernment's petition to enjoin the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad company was
dismissed Saturday by the United
States circuit court of the Eighth
district Judge Elmer B. Adams
wrote the majority opinion, which
was concurred in by Judge San
born and former Judge, now Su-
preme Justice Vandeyanter. Judge
William C. Hook wrote a dissent
ing opinion.
The decree was entered at Salt
Lake City, where the suit was filed
in February, 1908, and the opinions
were handed down in st. Paul, Salt
Lake City and here.
Judge Adams found that the rail-
road merger, engineered by the late
Edward H. Hartman and his as
sistants in 1901 and subsequently
did not amount to a direct and SUBJ
stantial restraint of trade, inter-
state or international.
He found that the suppression of
competition between the Union Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific was
so infinitesimally small that it was
unimportant. In connection with
this feature of the decision, Judge
Adams cited the recent standard of
the decision in which the rule of
reason was first laid down b. the
United States supreme court.
Judge Hook, in his dissenting
opinion $50 greatly narrows the act
of congress that very little is left
of it when applied to railroad, and
that under the tests which the ma
iority opinion was based on, "the
Union Pacific could probably have
lawfully purchased control of all the
great railroad systems in the United
States.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
CAMPAIGN ON
SOCIAL EVILS
BUSINESS SESSIONS OF THE
BAPTIST ALLIANCE HAVE
COME TO AN END.

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-With
the adoption of resolution Satur-
day for worldwide campaign
against social evils, in which all
denominations viii be asked to
join, the Baptist World Alliance
ended its business sessions.
Yesterday afternoon the Russian,
Swedish, German, English and Can
adian delegates, as we'll as those
from the southern and northern
Baptist conventions, held meetings.
The congress, the second which
the alliance has held, will come to
an end tonight.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26

We have met the enemy aud we
are theirs!" Yesterday about eighty
people, including the ball players,
made the trip to Goldfeld to show
the fans of that city what we would
do to them on their own grounds.
But we didn't do it! The above
score tells the woeful tale and tells
it painfully. The day was eX-
cellent and over five hundred paid
admissions were taken at the gate,
and some say that the big crowd
gave the Tonopah boys the stage
fright and caused them to drop and
kick and do everything with the
ball but what was right.
The special arrived in Goldfeld
a little after 12 o'clock and the
invaders went to the Goldfield hotel
for lunch and then to the ball
grounds, where the game was call
ed by Umpire Callahan, and we
might say here that Mike is a
good fellow and wants to do what
is right, but his decisions on balls
and strikes are simply rotten.
Goldfeld made three runs in the
first inning, three in the fourth, one
in the fifth and one in the eighth.
The one lonely tally made by the
Tonopah team was in the ninth in
ming, when Peck crossed the plate
on a hit by Hunter.
Prout pitched his usual good
game but received most miserable
support from the players behind
him. The Tonopah twirler struck
out ten men and assisted in four
put-Outs, and a number of hits were
credited to the Goldfeders off
Prout that had ought to have been
fielded by the Tonopah boys, but
they all seemed to be in the air
Hopkins. for the southern city
pitched a splendid article of ball
only three scattered hit being made
off his delivery, and in addition, he
struck out eight Tonopah players
His support was excellent, the whole
Goldfield team backing him up with
almost errorless work. Grayson, in
the center garden had five chances
and accepted them ALL and the in.
field took care of everything II
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
ROTHOLTZ BROS. NOW
IN NEW QUARTERS

RothCltz brothers have been busy
since moving day, about the first
of the present month, in arranging
and placing their large line of goods
and are just getting Strengthened
out in good shape.
The store carries one of the larg-
est assortment of high-class cigars,
cigarettes and tobaccos in one de-
partment, and another section of the
capacious room is for candies, and
a nicer and fresher stock is not Il
be found anywhere. The stationer
department is also complete and
anything desired in this line can bt
found.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-26
SMALL CROPS FOR
STATE OF ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD, H., June 26.-t
Regardless of the fact that there
was a heavy rain throughout IL
linois yesterday from Aurora to
Cairo, the harvest, taking the state
as a whole, will be the poorest
this year than for many years, ac-
cording to statement made by
Secretary H. A. Mex cen, of the
state farmers institution.