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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14

pany to the guest OF the evening. who
was apparently Snaggles himself.
The other thing that puzzled him was
the unconcealed anxiety and impa-
thence of nearly everybody in the
place with concern to the hour and
minute Of the night, They seemed
to be constantly consulting their
watches, and giving vent to incoher-
ent mutterings and rumblings Of dis
satisfaction that Snaggles could not
understand.
He had scarcely become warm in
the chair when the young man who
had played the part of chauffeur
came over to him and with a vain
pretence at goodfellowship touched
him lightly on the shoulder.
Bath, old boy?" he said. How
would you like a BATH"
Before he could make a reply. the
former chauffeur, with the assistance
Of n Of his younger and vigorous
friends, took Snaggles by the arm and
led him up a gorgeous stair, and into
a shining marble bathroom, c%uriously
heavy with h scent of strangely per-
fumed Dap n other mysterious
materials Of luxury, and hung with a
wonderful variety of towels and
brushes, the like Of which had never
before been seen by the human eye.
At his elbow, meanwhile, had follow
ed the kindly faced gentleman and his
younger companion, who remained in
h bathroom while the two young
gentlemen, with the skill of profess
sional rubbers, rapidly stripped the
hobo, showered him, scraped him and
scrubbed him with soap and rough
masses of fibre, sprayed him, dipped
him in the refreshing waters of the
pool that shimmered in the corner
and rubbed him down with invigorat-
ing coarse towels. And then, as If to
complete the work of their hands,
they escorted him naked to a pleas
ant apartment nearby, shaved him
clean, perfumed him, gave him soft
and feecy garments, white shirt and
stiff high collar, patent leather shoes,
and a full outfit of evening clothes
f.om the tie to the flower at the but
tonhole. When this was done the
former chauffeur jovially nudged him
In the breast.
"Coursey. old boy, you're a new
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14
CHURCH LIGHTED BY WIND
Novel Method Employed to illuminate
Sacred Edifice Near eirmino-
ham, England.

Probably one of the most novel
methods Of providing lighting for a
church is hat employed at the old
Cosely church, situated a few miles
cut from Birmingham, England.
About 900 feet from the church is
the mouth of a disused coal mine
around which are huge piles OF tail
ings. Upon one of these a steel tower
60 feet high is erected and a windmill
18 feet in diameter installed. At the
base Of the tower in a small house Is
an electric generator which Is run by
the mill. The current thus generated
feeds ~ lamps in the church. two IN
the chapel, two in the vestry; operates
a motor for pumping the pipe organ,
and also lights 80 lamps in the rectory
is a part of this unique lighting plant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14

To begin With. Snaggles was not
particularly IMPRESSED with the face
of the SPOKESMAN, or with his pecul-
lar n Of address. And Snaggles.
to end with, ws wonderfully embold-
ened and beftldled with wine. He
looked severeli at the spokesman, in
to whose face, without special intent,
he blew a cl0d of smoke from the
cigar. He staed impudently into the
faces of the Srcle, unable to inter
pref the eagea questioning OF their
eyes, but seemingly alive to the fact
that in one WY or another, for one
reason or another, he, to them, was an
important facpr in h game they
were playing, whatever the game may
have been. HI began to feel that he
had the Advantage of them; hat he
was their master in a way; and that
he, not they, Vas the party to make
the terms. What did he say? This Is
what he saida
Don't | getlany money at all?"
1t was certainly astonishing how
they were all consulting their watches
astonishing In the highest degree.
But astonishment was intensified be-
yond all human power of expression
when the former chauffeur suddenly
seized Snaggles by the collar and
elbow, rushed him out Of the room,
out through the long hall to the rear,
out through the back yard, and
through the gate of h back yard,
and dumped him In a ditch that had
been left by some workmen in tho
alley.
For a few moments Snaggles lay on
his back and looked up at a bright
star that was shining serenely o
him. He lay on his back because his
mind was as yet unconnected with the
actual things around him. There was
a star up there, and a ditch here be-
low on the earth; but his mind itself
was still saturated with dangerous
fumes Of luxury, and persisted for a
while in dwelling in the midst of the
things from which it had been so
suddenly and violently torn. But the
wholly incomprehensible nature OF the
proceeding, to say nothing OF his
quick contact with the cool air. and
with the cooler bottom of the ditch,
soon recalled him to the red realities
of existence. To his rapidly clarity
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14

ing perception it was beginning to ap-
pear that he had been idly dreaming
somewhere in a box car and had been
suddenly jolted awake. NJ yet he
was forced to dismiss this foolish i'm
preston as he became conscious Of
the high stiff collar that circled his
throat, and of the soft texture of the
doe-skin habiliments that clothed lin.
He scrambled out of the ditch and
stood glazing at the lights in the
ashlar palace, his head nodding with
the tremendous mental effort he was
making to square himself with the
curious facts within that ashlar pal
ace and the astounding facts without.
While in this attitude he was yet
again amazed by the temperance of
his late assailant, who flung open the
gate and approached him.
Sorry, old boy! Deuced sorry!"
and he laughed in a dismal, hollow
fashion, like a man il a forlorn hope.
And yet, in spite Of all that, he cor
daily shook hands with Snaggles, SO
that his words and actions gave the
lie to his laugh. MADE a mistake,
don't you know. Didn't mean to do it,
at all, don't you know. Come back.
old boy! They are waiting for you"
And Snaggles now observed that
the two men who had accompanied
his capricious ~manhandler, and form
ed In escort for the return trip to
the house, were his for-ler friends,
the guards. They worried him, those
guards. Why were they watching him
so closely and sticking to him SO
faithfully? And what was the mean
ing of this extraordinary craZy-quilt
of fact Of which he himself was the
principal bit of insanity? Snaggles,
in short, was beginning to get his
bearings. 1t as true that while &C
customed to all sorts of strange ad-
ventures, n to quick changes of
many kinds in the ups and downs of
his profession. he had been dazzled
and diverted a little by the unusual
setting of the stage in the present
performance. But his recent dip into
the cool air had brought him to his
senses. 1t was manifest that this was
not a merry jest, rugged up for the
amusement of the ladies' n gentle
men in that big house on the boule-
ward. Not a jest by my means And
he now proposed to himself that he
would go through with 1t to the end,
and turn it to his advantage If he
could. The opportunity presently
came, or apparently aHe when he
had been reseated in his comfortable
chair and the status quo ante re-
stored, with the guards remounted in
their old positions and everybody
with watch in hand as before.
Again the spokesman came forward,
and again the company formed a semi
circle abou the chair. eager in face
and attitude.
Delaney, we are sorry that our
young friend here was SO hotheaded
and precipitous in rushing you out
and throwing o into the ditch in
that impromptu fashion. Sorry in
deed, old man. Really sorry, don't
you know. BY the way, / believe it
was your remark about the money
that irritated hin, a little, but he's
sorry for it now, and we hope that
you will see your way clear to for
getting It. Disagreeable thing. hap
pen to us all, once in a while, old
man; to all OF us. I say Delaney,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14

man now, and we'd like to have the
honor Of entertaining you at supper
He was led by the four lei down
the stairway and into a softly illumin-
ated dining room, where a table deco
rated with roses and wax tapers, and
equipped for the service of a single
eater, was waiting. Here, after the
administration of bland insidious
cocktails, they. fed him with five or
six courses Of daintily cooked food,
each one of which, reinforced by Its
appropriate wine, stimulated his ap-
petite for the n that was to follow.
Rare German %clarets, generous nut
favored sherries, port as old as the
Braganzas and as thick as the blood
of an OK and subtle champagne from
the right place in France, mingled
their pirits with those of the invig-
Grating food until Snaggles's face
glowed with the life that was bound
ing through his blood vessels. And
then they led him back to the great
salon Of the palace and rendered him
an open box Of cigars.
The physical outward TRANSFORMED
ton of Snaggles was not more mira
culous than that which had TRANSFERRED
within him. Already he had begun to
feel that this was the normal, natural
condition of his mind and body, and
that these were the surroundings to
which he had been accustomed from
his birth. True, he was a trifle con-
strained when he thought of convers-
ing at his ease, a constraint that was
by no means relieved by the increas-
ing anxiety Of his e found friends,
on whose faces vas written a rvo
and irritable Impotence that grew
with the passing Of he hours. Snag-
giles could not help being struck again
with the close watch that was main
tanned over him by his two mysterious
guards, and the curious consultation
Of their watches by the company In
general, the members of which seem
ed to be arguing among themselves
in low and angry voices, out OF which
would emerge occasionally some
strange remark about an absent one.
Hang the old fool" said n OF
them in a tone of disgust. Why
couldn't he act like a gentleman in
stead of putting us to all this internal
bother?"
But the argument, whatever 1t was,
was apparently ended, for his hosts
suddenly surrounded him, one of them
seeming to act as the spokesman for
the others.
Delaney" said this gentleman,
with a poorly repressed look Of dis
gust, as if he did not like to do it, but
had to, you are a lucky a Your
days of hobo life are over. You have
fallen into a soft berth, Delaney, and
you can make up your mind for easy
living the rest of your mortal days.
You're going to live in Easy street,
| Delaney, with a valet to wait OF you,
and all the good grub and booze you
can eat and drink thrown in. Wen
give you everything you ask for, De-
lancey-everytning. You can have
feather beds in winter, if you want
'em, and electric fans, or refrigerated
| rooms, if you want EN-, in the sum
mer. All you'll have to do is live,
you know, Delancey-live and let peo-
| pie wait on you. What do you say to
thatI"
What did he say to that?
It was a question.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14
BURGLAR sefriended Him.


A burglar was arrested for robbing
a house UP the state some time since,
and the next morning the victim 8
ed wildly into the magistrates Office.
AS soon as he could get his breath to
working again he told the official that
he had come to see about the pris-
oner.
GLAD you came down." was the at
fable response of the magistrate, Il
suppose you want to appear against
him"
We'll, guess mott" exclaimed the
victim with a glad smile. Il want to
kiss him on the brow and give him
$40. Among other things that he stole
from the house was a package Of love
letters that ] wrote to my wife before
we were married"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14
Would Try Another.

There was going to be a picnic that
morning, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The little boy prayed before
he retired at night that it might be
a fine day. And when he looked out
of the window at the peep OF dawn, 1t
was raining.
= In the evening the little boy
wouldn't say his prayers. Mamma
he asked. as he was going to bed,
where do they sell idols? want to
get one to worship"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14
Room for Doubt.

ct used to be that when we met .
man who could wash and nerd Bis
own clothes and who could wash diah.
es and cook we took him to be a san
or"
"And now?"
Nov we don't know whether ho
Is a sailor or the husband OF . sufra
gette."-Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14
Extravaqant.

Ada-Cholly Saphedde was in e
brown study the other day, and ! Of
fered him a penny for his thoughts.
Edith-You spendthrift! You never
did know the value of money!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-14

I The devil is proud of the nan who
is mean to his wife.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17

City Supervisor Of Registration F.
ID. Knight asks that all persons who
desire to register for the special bond
election to be held on June 1st bear
in mind that applicants for certiii-
Gates are required to exhibit to him
their county registration certificate
and poll tax receipr. Under the law
he cannot issue certificates of registra-
registration certificate and tax re-
celpts. The rule will be strictly en-
forced. and Mr.. Knight requests that
applicants for certificates come pre-
pared to exhibit the required dur,-
mentS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17
should BE Investigated.

The question In the Summerton
section at this time is. are there any
incendiaries lurking around in the
community. II there are how are
they to be overtaken and delat with +?
The community has suffered from
two fires within one week. each the
barns OF prominent. farmers, men
who farm on quite a scale. and en-
ploy a considerable number OF bands.
ON Saturday night a week ago the barn
belonging 10 Mr.. Louis Il. Fischer was
destroyed. together with its con-
tents. consisting Of feedsturs and
tarming implements. The loss Is
estimated at about s1.7OO. but for
tunateiy Mr.. Fischer had insurance
amounting TO $1,000.
Then on last Thursday morning the
Dbarn of Mr.. Thomas Gentry. on what
was formerly known as the Sub
let place. went up In smoke. and he
carried no insurance. The loss f.
hard 20 estimate. aH Mr.. Gentry had
much foodstuffs. farming Implements.
And number' OF other things in the
Larn. We are tolc- that ne thinks
$500 may cover his loss.
Those who we ha 20 talked with do
not seem To have ay doubt but that
thesi fires were set TIE barn of Mr..
Fische~ being insured may cause the
4 Insurance commissioner L. have an
kinvestiga misunderstanding Tines.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17
BONDSMEN NOT RELIEVED.
Young Hogan's Bond May be Es-
treated Regardless of PrOr.

COlumbi, May 9.-Notwithstanding
the fact that Governor Blease has pa
rolled Eugene Hogan. Jr.. the young
man from Sumter. who was convicted
Of assault and battery and sentenced
to five years. later leaving the State,
the bondsmen will most probably,
have to pay the amount Of Hogan's
bond, which is 1000. The matter
came up in the Supreme Court today,
the appeal from a Circuit Judges or
der being dismissed.
Judge Ernest Gary had ordered Ho-
gan to appear with his bondsmen at
one term OF Court, the same at which
the order was issued. Later in the
same term he issued another order
requiring Hogan's bondsmen TO appear
at the next term. No order estreating
the bond has ever been issued. The
effect OF the Supreme Courts order
dismissing the appeal Is TO send the
order back TO the Circuit Court for
such an order.
Counsel for Hogan's bondsmen made
the point that Hogan has recently
been paroled. The Court stated that
this made no difference in the consid-
Grafton of the estreating of bond
Hogan's bondsmen are his father,
Eugenc Hogan, Sr.. and his Uncle, w.
Il. Boyle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17
Mrs. Percival Smith Entertains.

ON Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Perci-
val Smith entertained with bridge
whist in compliment to Mrs. Charles
Boyle and Miss Pringle, Of Charles
ton. After several hands were play-
ed it was found that Mrs. John Sum
ter had made the highest score and
the prize, a lovely silver picture
frame, was given her. The consol-
alton, dainty perfume bottle. went
TO Mrs. X. c. Richardson. After the
game, the guests were invited to the
dining room. Here, from a beauti-
full table, decorated with yellow
roses softly lighted by candles in old
time silver candle sticks, a tempting
salad and punch course was served.
Mrs. Smiths guests were:
Mrs. Boyle, Miss Pringle, Mrs. John
Sumter, Mrs. George Shore. Miss
Rees, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. King
man, Mrs. Edmunds, Mrs. Siddau
Mrs. Jenkins.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17
WON'T TALK OF JUDGESHIP.
United States Marshal From South
Carolina Declines to Tell Results of
Conference.

Washington, May III. b. Adams.
United States marshal for South Caro-
lima, was in Washington today and
while here he would not discuss the
federal judgeship matter. 1t is un-
derstood that he went over the stu
alton with some Of the high officials
here. The senate will not meet
again until Monday, but it is likely
that either on that day or soon after
President Taft will send the name of
Judge Brawleys successor in for a
confirmation. The contest has been
very keen here for several weeks and
the president will doubtless be glad
to get the matter off his hands.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17

Ihere is an aggregation Of men
hailing from Charleston giving exhi-
bitions through the county of how
baseball should not be played, and.
too, these men are~getting meal tick
cts for their work. Just think of it.
the aroused city-by-the-sea stands
for their club refusing to come out
of the cellar. We will bet dollars to
doughnuts if the ball team can be
converted into bill posters, and put in
charge Of McKeand he will have
more done for Charleston by send
ing the bunch out to cover bill boards
than they'are doing Notwithstanding
Times.
Has Manning forgotten the time
when she had team of professional
ball players?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17

The following cases were heard in
the Police Court Tuesday.
n Ulysses Parker was charged with
anon-payment OF hack license, and
falling to appear for trial he was
trisd in his absence and sentenced To
pay fine OF $3.50. $500 of which was
TO go to the clerk for his license and
s2.5o for not paying at the proper
Uime. DIT to serve 1s days on the coun-
ty gang.
William Thomas was tried for fail
Ing % so for a passenger when he
had made an engagement to do so.
He plead not guilty but was found
guilty and sentenced to pay a fine OF
S2.5O.
- Lucille Aud plead not guilty to the
charge Of assault aud battery. but was
found guilty and was sentenced "a
pay fine OF $40 or TO serve 20 days
She paid the fine.
n. r. Baker was tried for non
upayment Of his mercantile license
lie was made to pay his license with
out any additional penalty.
Wash Usher was tried for public
drunkenness. He pleady guilty and
was given a fine of $500 which he
paid at once.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17
CALENDAR ATTRACTS ATTEN-
TION.
Mr. Barlow Walsh Receives Letter
From Union Soldier Commenting
on Confederate Calendar.

The Confederate calendar issued
10y the Bank of Sumter is attracting
mediate vicinity Of Sumter, as i5
shown by the TACT that Mr.. Barlow
Walsh, cashier of the bank Thursday
morning received Z letter from
Union soldier living at Buffalo, n.
y, thanking him for one and asking
for more, If he has tn em.
The letter recalls Incidents happen
ing at the close of the war and is as
follows:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17

Judges Announce seven High school
Boys to Speak ut Commencement.

When the judges announced their
decision Tuesday afternoon of their
selection Of, the-not six but seven
high school boys who were to de-
claim at commencement there was a
sigh OF relief from everyone of the
5twenty-six contestants and the boys
had a glorious time for the next hour
celebrating freedom from the final pre-
commencement worry and doubt as to
who should be the winners.
The boys who are to speak at COM
mencement are: n. X. Bradford. Jr..
fHarry c. Brearley. Harold McFadden.
Earle Rowland, Raymond Schwartz.
Willie Brooks Stuckey. and Alfred
Scarborough. These were chosen by
the judges after all OF the members
OF the tenth grade who desired To do
so had made their declamations and
IL was hard job for the judges TO
decide which six should be chosen. in
fact so hard was 1t to decided and SO
close was the score made by the con-
tes;anis that seven instead Of six boys
we're announced to speak at colu-
riencement.
q The judges were: Messrs. II. l..
Wright. chairman, j. r. Ligon. G.. L..
Kicker. III. c. Haynsworth, Horace
Hardy. III. A. Moses. Geo. ID. Levy.
These gentlemen had to do the de-
Gliding and they were at the school
\ house from o'clock until night
tnearing the declamations and making
= their decisions.
Az Of the ecla,nati )ns were good
and the ISvs showed excellent train
ing nd knowledge OF the art of
elocution in the delivery OF their
speeches. There are thirty-one boys
n the class and only a few Of these
fell out when Prof Edmunds, who
has been giving them the. necessary
training in the delivery of their
declamations told them that those OF
them who desired TO do so could stor
practice and withdraw from the con-
Sst IL they wished to do so. They
lad first learned and practised their
speeches.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17
DAVIDSON DISTRIBUTES HONORS
South CarOlinaian Will be Editor of
Annual.


Davidson, n. Co.. May 9.-Tuesday
night DR.. Henry Lemis Smith, at the
request of the students, delivered an
illustrated lecture on "The Life and
Death of a World" This was one
Of the most interesting lectures ever
delivered at Davidson.
The rising senior class has elected
q South Carolinian, r. L. Schenk of
Canldtn, editor-in-chics of the 1912
"Quips and Crank" Cobb was elect
ed manager, and j. Nj. Smith Gas
ley), assistant manager.
At a meeting of the Athletic asso-
citation, officers fere elected and let
ters awarded. The officers are: T.
S. Currie, president; E. II. Graham
vice president; Boyd treasurer.
The track "D's" were awarded to
Williams, Nigels, Bod, williford
Kerr, Cashion, Fuller, Watson, John
son and DuBose. Williford was cleo
ted manager, and Kerr captain.
Baseball "D's" fell to the follow.
ing: Tabor, Klutz (three stars)
Moore managers letter., McCants
Whitener, Booe, (star), Bailey (star)
Graham (star), Mattison (star), Bos.
we'll (star). McCants was elected
manager and Mcqueen assistant man.
ager.
The scrub team as follows were
given I'D. C.'s": Howell, Hendrix
White, Barry, Boswell, Richardson
Wolfe, Sler, Duffie and Dunn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17

The plans of certain Charleston
baseball FANS to organize an jnde-
pendent or outlaw" baseball league,
composed of Charleston, Georgetown.
Florence, Sumter and Orangeburg
and one other town not selected. Per-
haps Manning is ready to try another
round with the national sport and
will jump at the chance to make the
sixth III the new outlaw leagua. Il il
hazardous to risk a guess at wha: the
Sumter baseball fans will do when op-
portunity offers. but the propositi On
is respe ctfully referred, withou;
prejudice to Messrs. Phil Booth, Wm.
Bultman, Ansley Hardy, Jim Bland
ing, Claude Hurst, George Kicker, J.
II. Levy and the balance of the twenty
baseball veterans, who still remembar y
the scars of the last baseball cam
paign.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-17

Quite a large number Of the young
people of this city went out to the
dance at Providence pavilion Thursday
night and all Of them report having
had a most delightful time. The trip
was taken i'm automobiles and was a
very pleasant ones for all who went.
The music was good, the floor was in
excellent shape and the dancing was
fine except for the fact that the crowd
WAS almost too large to be handled