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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

amrsd 70 move . given load. over ~
rious surfaces with tres Of different
widths. Many persons will be sur
prised to know in the large majority
OF cases load can be moved With
loss power with vel ,les having vide
tires, rather than narrow ones.
There may be another and easier
way to accomplish the end desired
than the imposing Of a license tax
upon vehicles. That would be to
credit the owner a certain amount
each year on his annual road tax bill.
upon furnishing proof that all his We.
hicles used upon che highways con-
formed to the wide tire requirements.
Suppose the owner has a road tax
OF. say $1,000. and be has two wagons
used upon the highways. Credit him
s4.00 per year upon each wagon for
four years. In this way the tax abat.
ed will more than pay the cost Of
changing the wagon. Thus, his in
terest would be sufficient to induce
the owner to make the change.
Public sentiment would also chanee
rapidly in support Of the wide tire
movement, and In a year or two q
man would be ashamed to be seen on
the street With one Of these road de.
stroytng wagons.
The plan suggested is feasible.
practical and has worked satisfac-
torily where II has been tried There
Is no reason why action should not be
taken along the lines indicated.
Referring to the illustration above.
A wide tire can be placed upon an old
wheel without any filing piece as
shown In the illustration. Just let
tho tire project a hah inch on each
ode Of the fellos. This will greatly
simplify the changing from the mar.
row 70 the wide tire and for many To-
oslrdes will serve the purpose tust
As we'll.
Wide tirss make roads, narrow tires
destroy them. There should be q
thorough cooperation between all OF
the residents Of the several townships
for better roads. Nothing can be done
% quickly and 20 eheapiy that win
be productive OF such good results a.
to discard narrow tires and substitute
WIDE ones In their place.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
BEEF AND EGGS TO BE HIGHER
Trust Said to Be Rushing Food
Products Into Storage.
New York World.

New York World.
The cold storage men are prepar-
ing to reap a great harvest Of profits
from the public next winter. The
biggest winners will be the men in
the Beef Trust They are "combing''
the country for dairy products and
poultry. Not only the West but the
East is racked for "broilers."
Reports Of the leading warehouses
OF the country on August / show an
IL per cent storage Of butter. Re-
ceipts in Chicago. New York and
Boston show q falling of Of 1859.
4So pounds during May, June and
July as compared with last year.
The Federal smashing of the Ell.
gin Butter Trust has saved the con.
sumers millions Of dollars. The
wholesale price for the best quality
Is 70 cents Last year before the
Government hit the trust, the price
was 80 and 81 cents, though the sup-
ply was II per cent larger. On Aug.
ust 4S,5s2,o00 pounds of butter was
In storage in IS houses. II this but.
ter is held for winter consumption
the consumer will pay from to 8
cents a pound more than he is pay.
ing now.
AT the first Of the month there were
IN cold storage in 35 houses 2,s71.-
ooo cases Of eggs, 80 dozen in a case.
This was an excess Of $4,000 cases
over last year. 1t is expected they
will advance Is cents a dozen by
next winter.
Corn-fed cattle sold today for
sS.25 hundredweight at the stock
yards the highest price in two years.
Beef, pork and mutton are usualIv
Kept IN cold storage from 60 to 80
days. 1t is estimated, taking the re-
ceipts, shipments and slaughteriny
as basis, that the packers have now
on ice In Chicago. Omaha Sioux
City, Kansas City, st. Louis and st.
Joseph 2,50o,ooO hogs, fresh and in
process of curing; 5000 beeves and
100000 sheep.
what this food will cost the con-
sumner depends upon the packers
and the demand at the beginning Of
cold weather, when it is put on the
market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

Miss Katie Reardon entertained a
number Of friends Friday afternoon
In celebration Of her tenth birthday.
at her home on s. Harvin street. A
very pleasant afternoon was spent by
the little folks. Refreshments were
served. Those present were:
Lillian, Sarah, and Elizabeth Rose,
Dorothy Schilling, Maggie. Carmel.
and George McKeiver. Jaunita and
Harreld Phillips. Helen Ingram,
Catherine Moss. Theodosia and Ruth
Deal. Gertrude Epperson. Leona
Smith. Lorine Ullalie. and Adell
Kirkland.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

rhe awaiting girl 10 quite an eseab.
hshed feature of American life she
has superseded the oad-fashioned mat.
tnss SRI. but is very mvch more i'm.
passionsd. Her one dream Il that she
may, at some time or another b.
dashed TO death with her beeowr,sd
Idol II you want to find hee when
next yeu attend an aviation 1,settns
IN AmsrAea, do not look for bar On
the lawn or In the grand stand. You
win not even find her In the club
hosAeA Cross over 70 the hanRare-
that 10 the place for the Awaiting xtrl
Beautifully dressed, she will sit for
hour Aftsr hour ON an odd box. oY n
log Of wood, or an upturned buckst.
just near the doorway of the hangar.
You may stare at her, photograph her.
do what you will--she will not move.
The spirit Of martyrdom is as strong
within her Ia IN the Indian fakfr. BY
and By. Letter In the day, It is family
possible that he" may let her creep
on to the machine and 60 for q ride.
That Is Why she 10 waiting, waiting.
waiting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
Watts-McLauchlin.

1t was learned here today that
DR.. Bush MCLAUGHLIN and Miss An
ME Lee Watts were married Thurs
day In Bishopville by the Rev. Jo-
seph w. Davis. Both the bride and
groom are Of Bishopville and are
well known to the people Of that
town. The wedding was In the ma
ture Of surprise to the people Of
the town. who had not expected the
wedding and knew nothing Of It un-
til after IL was over.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
sy HOWARD n. oRosa.

ey HOWARD N. oROse.
The question Of good roads through
out the country Is Of tremendous i'm.
portance, and the people are every.
where clamoring for them. The great
majority seem to be wandering
around In maze Of uncertainty as
to what TO do.
The solution involves manv tactor.
Local conditions are subject 70 wide
variation both 90 to soil, road mate.
rial. amount Of trafao. etc., hence no
rule can be laid down that Will applv
In all cases. The subject must be
given intelligent treatment By a can
abe engineer. familiar with the sur.
roundtngA
Tnere is however one thing that
can b done that will be Of immense
Densdt TO the roads OF all timea
whether earth, stone OF gravel. and
that 10 wider tires upon the WAGONS,
Untold millions Of dollars Of damare
TO highways u done every year By
heavy loads upon narrow tire farm
wagons These are often from one and
q hah inches to one and three. quarters
WIDE. seldom more than two and a
quarter. A two-ton load on q wagon
with one and three-quartsrs inch tres
VIII DO more damage In cutting ND q
road than twice the load upon q three
inch tire. II we could have uniform,
concerted action In any community,
whereby three to three and q ham
!nch tires would b put upon every
arm wagon. It would mean much bet.
Ser Highways than We now have. The
naSTow trss mean deep ruts, and II
me rule 10 . narrow tire upon was.
ooA. The man who goes out upon these
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

The vehicleo that do the most damase
pay the largest tax
Without giving an entire schedule
the following will Illustrate what the
writer has In mind:
That after a given date no vehicle
shau b used upon the highways un-
lees It carries a license.
On two horse fArm wagon with
tire OF ~ inches or loss the annual
license fse to be $3.50 q year.
Over ~ inches and under IN
inohea. $3.50 q year.
Over ~ inches and under . inches
$500 per year.
Three inches or over. 900 Der year.
The money collected 70 Be credited
10 the read district and b used N,
road repair work.
There Is another advantage 70 b.
gained BY this method over snd above
the preservation M the hiRhwav..
that 10. The same wagon is more uee.
fui On The farm or on the fields N,
doing ordinary farm work. The ha,,l
Ing over hay helds and grain le.ds
with narrow tired wagons does oon.
siderable damage. Hauling ou4 ma.
nure. and tn a variety q farm vorh
wide tire wagons are advisabls. Mnnv
farmers ksep wagons with WIDE tires
for this specific purpose. Why not
have all vehicles cary q Wide, sen,
sib1s tire that Will improve conditions
rather than make them worse?
Dynamometer tests have been mace
allowing the amount OF power 70
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
Death Of An Infant.

A special telephone message from
Bishopville Thursday afternoo nto
the Item stated that Marcella, the
three months old daughter Of Mrs.
Jno. w. Griffin, died at that place
Thursday afternoon at 1880, after
an illness OF several weeks.
The body was buried Thursday at
p. m. in the Bishopville cemetery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

Highways with wide ttrs 10 badly
handicapped. Hence, n any good is
to come from tho vide uss movement,
II should b generally adhered to. II
10 q truthful statement that VIDE
trss make roads and narrow tires d.
stroy them.
An equitable basis would be to H.
eenss all vehicles doing business up-
on the public Highways. grading the
ncsnas fse according to tho width Of
The tire, and letting the amount OF
money paid IN b used 70 maintain
the roads. This b tast and no one,
who 10 willing to tote fair can object
70 Il. IN grading the nosnse fec Il
should b In such q manner that II
will b 70 the interest Of tbs owner
to substitute . VIDE tirs for his mar.
row one.
When this 10 suggested, II will b
At once said that II 10 impractical.
and that II cannot b done. II is sur.
pg4sing how many objections can be
found against the doing OF anything
that Q psrson DOES not want TO DO,
TIE writer has witnessed two cam.
paigns whore the question Of narrow
and wfde tires has bsen threshed out
snd every objection made and an
swered.
The nFst wa during The WosaA's
Fair In CHICAGO. In the grounds were
Temporary sosdways, dssisnsd to lost
only during tho fair season These
wsrs made Of gravel Or crushed stone
about three or four inches deep The
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

AS the cotton weighers were verv
ousy saturday. 1t was impossible TO
say how many bales had come in up
10 8 o'clock. but IL was stated that
ss1 oaies came in Friday and more
than that had come in Saturday.
Cotton brought 1880 on the local
market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
A Poser.

The supervisor of a school was try
ing TO prove that children are lacking
in observation.
TO the children he said, Now. chill
dren, tell me a number to put on the
board"
some child said, "Thirty-six." The
supervisor wrote sixty-three.
He asked for another number. and
seventy-six was given. He wrote
siXtyseven.
When a third number was asked a
child who apparently had paid no at
tention called out:
'Theventy- -theven. Cbanya ,,..
you darned Observation-Disclosures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
WIDE TIRES A HELP
s~MENSk BENEFIT IN KEEPING
HIGHWAYS IN GOOD
CONDITION.
CONCERTED ACTION NEEDED

Twe-Ton Load on Wagon With ~
Inch Tires viii DO Moro Damage
IN Cutting Up Road Than Twice
the Load on Three Inch Tire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

'oh SaiAE-Several good milk cows
with yours calves. Goats. sheen.
and BERKSHIRE pigs always on hand.
e. w. Dabhs, Mayesvlle, s. c.
9-6-tf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

Young men think old men are fools:
but old men know young men are
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

Richard Cav was convicted at 90
iumpia Thursday OF attempted rape.
Ihe evidence was crcumstantial.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

SIND us your Job work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20

Send us your Job work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
Thought His Time Had Come

Stage fright of TIE sort that affict.
ed Whit Cunliffe, at one time u
prominent singer in English musts
halls, is not avoidable. Fortunately,
also, it is not common. At place
where he was engaged in Birming.
ham one Of the attractions was lion
show, some of the beasts being real
1y wild and untamed.
Just as l was going on" said Cum
life, in telling the incident, Il hear1
q hurried rush and confused shouting,
and some one slammed an iron gate.
/ heard a voice say, Just in time; hs
was nearly out My music was start
ing, so / had no time to inquire. I
went on the stage.
"In a moment / heard ominous
growls and savage snaris mixed with
much whip-cracking and strenuous
breathing. l am never fond of wild
animal show and felt distinctly nerv-
GUS that night. The cloth behind me
sagged and swayed-and then, to my
horror, suddenly in the wings ! saw
the huge head and front Of lionl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
As the Fan Looks to tho Umpire.

through the middle of the plate. Say,
you ought to have seen him hit it.
He hit it almost into the gulf, clear
over the left field fence, sent hons
run ahead of nm and beat us our,
of the game. was sore. turned to the
umpire and said: That goes to show
what blink blank, blankety blinL.
blank rotten, yellow dog of a homu
umpire can do And just fo> that he
smashed me right in the nose Then
the crowd mobbed me and the police
arrested me-and they kept mo IL
Jail, fined me, and I was lucky to es.
cape going to the turpentine camps"
But what did you do to him?" 7
persisted.
Mech, nothing. lust bit his ear
c."
Nagg1ng umpires often gets to b
fine art. 1t requires an artist to get
away with it. One Of the reasons thas
the crowd always thinks the umniro
is exceeding his authority when he
csases an offending player off tho
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
The PRICE OF
LAND INCREASING
THE "BAcK TO THE LAND" CRY
Is EFFECTIVE.

Travelling through the state of Iowa
the other day, and Iowa is no excep-
ton to the story about to be related,
the writer was shown farm that was
offered three years ago for $3.50 an
acre. That appeared to be high fig
ure for land upon which the owner
depended upon the crops of corn, hogs
and cattle that could be raised upon
it. But it wasn't. A few weeks since
the farm changed hands at 1925 an
acre. Over in Illinois, down in In
diana, up in Wisconsin, across the
line in Minnesota, the same expert
ence was met with. And then atten-
ton is directed to Canada, which has
been the Mecca Of so many hundred
thousand Americans during the past
few years. Not only in Eastern Can
ada has the price of lands increased,
but in Western Canada, during the
past few weeks, farm lands have in
creased from three to five dollars an
acre, with the prospect of similar
advance during the next three months.
The reason for this is very apparent,
and in few words it may be pointed
out that the lands are worth great
deal more than the present prices.
The Northwestern Agriculturist Of
Minneapolis, paper that was one Of
to discover the real merits of the
lands of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, says: "The reciprocity sched-
ule would encourage American farm
ers to move to Canada, where the vir-
gin soil will produce greater crops Of
grain with less labor than can be pro-
duced in our own farms in the North
west. The result will be to enhance
land values in Canada" This paper
is afraid land values in Canada will be
enhanced at the expense of land
values in the United States. In face
of the fact that land values in the
United States are increasing the rea-
soning scarcely holds. The reason for
the advance in value of Canadian
lands is partly accounted from the
fact, admitted by this paper, that Can
ada's virgin soil will produce greater
crops of grain with less labor" But
that is not the only reason. During
the past twelve months 100000 peo-
pie have made Canada their home and
these are mostly of the farming class.
They want farms, and the demand as
well as the wealth of the soil is regu.
iating the price. A study Of the in
crease in the acreage of land put I'M
der crop last year, which can be had
from any Canadian government repre-
sentative, will prove the point, that
the demand is increasing at greater
ratio than even the most sanguine
would have predicted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21

Il was singing a song called q
Would which had lot of short vers
es. AS 1 sang them, my blood run
ming cold, 1 watched the lion.
Turning, was doubly Mortified
see another lion on the other side!
Il was caught like a mouse in E.
trap. l dared not go off the stage; J
dared not show my discontinue to
the audience. There was only one
thing for me to dosing. So l SANG
in desperation, hoping that some one
would take those lions away.
81 wondered how long it would take
those two brutes to make up their
minds to come into the full glare of
the footlights, and had just prepared
to leap into the stalls, regardless of
the consequences, when 1 heard the
hoarse voice Of one or che stage
hands say: Ere, Bill, these two
chaps are too far forward. Give a
and with them, will yer? And COM
ing up between the two lions, they
lifted them bodily. They were d,
pier-machej"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
UMP|RE's GAY LIFE
ARBITRATOR IN "BUSH LEAGUE"
HAS REAL JOYOUS
TIME.
WAYS OF SOUTHERN JUSTICE
Pitcher Reagan's Run-In With the
Umpire Almost Lands Him In
Turpentine Campaigning of UNI
pires Is Fine Art.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON.

Amongst the gayest Of gay lives is
that of the bush league" umpire.
This is tale of the joys of an um-
pire's existence, and of the ways of
southern justice.
There is a pitcher, Reagan, We'll
call him, who now is in another
league. He is a spitball pitcher and a
little tight bundle of nerve and cour-
age, with a temper that fits the Rea-
gan exactly.
A season or so ago he was pitching
for Mobile. A few days ago l met
him, and back somewhere in the dim
recesses of memory was the recoliec-
ton that he had had some trouble
down south.
What was that row you had?" l
asked.
Say" he said, wasn't that the raw
est deal fellow ever got?"
Il don't remember just what it was"
why, do you know, they threw me
into Jail down there, kept me in jail
eight days, fined me $125 and were
going to send me to the turpentine
camps"
His voice quivered with Indignation
What did you do?"
'Me? Nothing at ALL Them south
erners are down on a northern fellow.
If it hadn't been that the old Judge
went away on his vacation and a
young one took his place, Ia have
been sent to the turpentine camp
sure, to work year."
But what did you do?"
Me? Nothin'. Just had a little
run-in with the umpire. Then they
dragged me off the field, tried to mob
me. and threw me into jail
His voice quivered again.
But what did you do? They couldn't
do that for nothing"
Say, you don't know them south
erners. They'll do anything if they
get sore on northerner."
Tell me about it." said, coaxingly.
We'll, it was this way We were
playing Gulfport, and l had them
beaten to 8 in the ninth inning.
There were two out and man on
first base and two strikes on the bat
ter, SO it looked as if the game was
as good as over. That batter couldn't
hit 6B against my spitball, and he
knew it. l broke a spit ball right
through the center of the plate, right
across his belt, the most perfect
strike you ever saw, and that ham of
an umpire called it ball
Il didn't say much to him. I just
told him he was blank blank, blink
ETY. blank robber, and let it go at that.
I'd pitched that fellow four spit balls,
so l pretended I was going to pitch
another. and then shot fast one right
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21

hurts him as much as anyone to lose.
He seldom kicks, but once he made a
kick at Tim Hurst-whereby hangs
this tale.
Patrick Henry was at bat late in the
game, when hit meant lot, and he
was anxious to deliver the safe drive.
He played the pitcher out to the limit,
and with two strikes and three balls
called, he sighted down the groove
ready to spank the ball squarely be-
tween the seams. He saw the ball
shoot five inches away from the cor
ner Of the plate, let it go and started
to trot to first base. Imagine his sur
prise when Hurst said: Strike three,
you're out"
Dougherty was mad all the way
through. He picked up his bat and re-
marked:
Hurst, you're blank blank crook
and thief"
do you think that of me, Patrick
Henry?" asked Hurst, in his suavest
tones.
Eyes, you blink blank blankety
blanked robber, I do" spluttered
Dougherty, wild with rage.
eff l were you, Patrick Henry" re-
marked Hurst, in his softest and silk
lest tones, 81 wouldn't associate with
persons of that character. Git on off
the ball field"
And Dougherty went to the club
house grinning.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
Girl Led Field in Fox Hunt.

Miss Sarah Fisk, % years old, a
daughter of Lewis S. Fisk of Philadel-
phia, and granddaughter of John Dob
son, a wealthy Philadelphia, rode in
the biggest fox hunt ever held in
Brandywine Hundred, this state, and
Delaware county, Pennsylvania.
Miss Fisk led the go hunters through
the day and she took the fences and
other barriers in manner that won
admiration from all.
After being liberated the animal
ran to cover, but the hunters found an
other scent which carried them into
Delaware Wilmington Correspond
ence Philadelphia Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21

uelQ Is CnaL tho payer VINO redaIy
hurts the umpires feeling is the nag
ger, who seldom does anything that
amounts to much, but keeps at It. For
instance, many spectators have criti-
cised Klein for banishing Johnny Ev-
ers of the Cubs often, many times
seemingly without cause. Evers sell
dom even speaks to Klein, yet KLEIN
has put him out of games oftener than
all other umpires combined. The
chief reason is this: Once KLEIN made
bet with Evers. He bet Evers FIVE
dollars that he (Evers) was afraid to
call on the president of the league.
Evers accepted the wager and was
waiting at the office when tho presi.
dent arrived the next morning and
spent couple of hours with him. He
claimed the wager. KLEIN did not pay
promptly, so for weeks every time
KLEIN looked at him, Evers held up
five fingers and looked the other way.
He kept this up until Klein paid.
Then he carried the f1ve-dollar bill
in his uniform and waved it at the
umpire every chance he got Finally
that wore out and Evers began to look
at Tinker every time KLEIN came onto
the field and at the same time he
rubbed his throat with strong down.
ward motions, insinuating that Klem's
heart was coming into his mouth.
And yet they wonder that umpires
get mad
Patrick Henry Dougherty of the
White Sox is such quiet and undem-
onstrative ball player that most of the
fans imagine he is Indifferent as to the
result of games. The fact is that 1t
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
Too Fresh.

will you promise to support my
daughter in the style in which she is
accustomed If I consent to your mar
riage" demanded old Skinfiint, when
Dolby made his formal proposal.
well, I'll promise to be tolerably
close with her, Mr.. Skinfint," said
Dolby, "but you know, I'm a soft.
hearted cuss, and I'm afraid she'll be
able to wheedle a few things out OF
me that you were strong enough to re-
fuse her."-Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
Life All Too Short.

ct is a great honor for a statesman
to have his portrait circulated before
the gaze of posterity on our national
currency" remarked the treasury of.
fetal. YES" replied Senator Sorg-
hum; land yet did you ever know any
body to hold on to dollar bill long
enough to know whose picture is on
it?"-Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-21
A Problem.

a Problem.
There is one thing I wonder about
acute indigestion"
What is that?"
IF it is ever brought on by peopls
being compelled to eat their own
words?"