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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

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thousands OF people can be seen out
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Bossard. He went on to tell how he
had gone out walking with his
friend. Mr.. Harper, on that Christ
mas afternoon. and how they stop
ped at Johnson's store on Manning
avenue to get some cigarettes. They
saw Eddie Bossard at this place and
Eddie called him to one side and
tried to engage him in conversation
about the difficulty between Abram
and himself and he had refused 10
talk about it, saying that it was his
difficulty with Abram and Eddie had
nothing to do with it. Eddie re-
sponded that he (Bateman) need not
expect Abram to take back anything
that he had said. They started out
Of the store when Eddie said In an
insulting sort Of way that He didn't
give damn il they Che and Harper)
were brothers" To this Harper re-
piled that they were not brothers,
but they were good friends. They
tHeH lelt tHe store ana went on 70
the station where he mailed some
letters They then started for home
when he saw "Uncle" Wesley Bos-
sard talking to Eddie Bossard. He
went over and started TO explain to
him the difficulty with Abram that
morning. He was doing this when
Harper walked up and told Eddie
he must take back what he had said
to him about not giving a damn
II they were brothers" Eddie re-
piled he had said nothing to take
back, and Harper told him he had
to take it back. Upon this Eddie
had reached in the foot Of the bug
gy and grabbed his whip or some
similar instrument and struck Har-
per with it. Harper fell to his knees
and as he was getting up he fired
twice. They had then gone UP Oak
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Four man-eeting lions wsrs recently
captured At 0walior. In India, by
anssas Of ny-papss. which. getting on
70 The faces Of the animala, made
them IN easy prey.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

rhs sumter wstcnmsn was found
- ~ 1850 and the True southron In
tsea The wstohmsn and southron
eOw has the &C mbined circuiation and
s.nwsscs CT both OF the old papers.
I'D - manifestly tine best advertising
osSsfum In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

him a the time, SO far as he knew.
He then told how he had been talk
ing to his son Eddie when Bateman
and Harper came up. Eddie was
leaning on the dashboard OF the
buggy and Bateman came over next
TO him CWvsiey) and Harper stood
next to Eddie. Harper told Eddie
to take back what he said to Mr..
Bateman and Eddie replied that he
had said nothing to take back. Har-
per repeated his demand and cursed
Eddie twice. Eddie had repeated his
statement that he did not know any
thing to take back, and Harper shot
him twice. He had wrested the pis-
tol from Harper's hand and then
gone to the assistance Of Eddie, who
had fallen on the ground. Bateman
and Harper had turned and gone off
between the hacks.
Upon the cross examination Wes-
ley Bossard stated that Eddie Bos-
look much alike and that Eddie was
a shade lighter than Abram. He did
not see how anyone could mistake
the one for the other. He also stat
ed that Bateman knew both Of his
boys, and that he knew Abram quite
we'll.
None of the States witnesses could
testify with certainty that Bateman
or Harper We're intoxicated at the
time Of the shooting.
After this testimony the State
rested it's case and the defense put
number of witnesses on the stand
to testify to the good character Of
r. NJ. Bateman. the defendant. The
witnesses who testified to Bateman's
good character and that he was a
good, peaceable citizen were Senator
Louis Appelt of Manning, L. 1. Par
rott, Of Sumter, o. c. Scarborough
Of Summerton, Ben Fl. Harvin, Mag
nus Richbourg OF Davis Station,
Sheriff Gamble Of Clarendon county,
H. G. McKagen, d. w. Owens, w.
Stubbs and G. A. Brown. Several Of
these witnesses also testified that the
Bossards were rowdy negroes.
G. A. Brawn testified to a conver.
sation with Wesley Bossard concern
ing the pistol used in the killing,
which Bossard claimed that he had
never held with Brown
Geo. d. Levy was put on the stand
to testify to the fact that he had seen
Harper the day after the shooting
and that at the time Harper had a
scar several inches long on the side
OF his face just over his cheek bone.
He said that it appeared as If he
had been struck by a stick or some
similar instrument.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
Origin Of sevsn.pay Week.

Over $500 years ago the Egyptian
astronomers adopted the present
week OF seven days. wholly dlsasso
ctated from the lunar and solar cycles.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
The unwritten law covers a

0e>Sfum In sumter.
The unwritten law covers a multi
tude Of crimes. II the unwritten
law. so-called--which Is nothing bet
ter than an excuse for crirainal dis
regard Of the real LAWS an accept
able defence In our courts for the
killing Of blameless third party
who. happens to cross the rath Of a
man lying In. wait for his enemy,
then law Is made a mockery. The
verdict In the Dunlap case stretches
the unwritten law beyond the limit
OF reason and causes one to wonder
how next the laws will be manipu-
lated and distorted to protect those
guilty Of deeds Of violence. IL they
are able to .ouy the uervices Of astute
and glib talking lawyers to confuse
the issue snd make the jury believe
that the killing Of man Is not a
crime II n happens to be some other
than the one the killer intended to
slay.
Suppose, for sake of argument, a.
burglar decided to crack th,s safe In
q certain bank. but becoming con-
fused In the darkness Of night. un-
dor cover of which he was proceed |
Ing to put into execution his un-
lawful enterprise. should lose his |
way and enter another bank on |
which he had no designs: Would he
be guilty Of crime X ne cracked
the safe Of the bank he had stumbled
into by accident? Would IL be |
burglary or merely an sxcusabis
s'istake which The hank. whose sac
was cracked and money sbstracted. |
should pass over without hard feel |
ings. IL the burglar happens TO XIII !
che bank waschman in eTect;ng an |
sntrsnee. that also would bo an err |
ror. mistake or an accident, not
crime. for was not the burglar
without malice or eSfi intent against !
this particular bank and its special
Waterman? This Is q, ridiculous al
u sounds the premises are unsound
and the conclusion silly. but Il u not
more ridiculous nor more nonsensi-
cal and unsound than come argu-
ments heard and some conclusions
arrived at In our learned courts of
law.
~ 49,
IL is to be regretted that the Main
street paving connot be continued to
Oakland avenue. an proposed by the
property owners Of that section. The
city cannot contract any additional
debts Of this character 1T this time.
the city attorney having rendered an
opinion to this effect.
Josh Ashley proved Tuesday thrt
he had the sherins Of Anderson aud |
Greenville counties terrified. They
He'd before him like deer from the
hounds. Instead OF keeping their
prisoner safe In their jaiis as II was
their plain duty To- do. The biggest
Sheriff In tn" world" as the people
- Anderson have the habit Of call
ing their High Sheriff. did not mea-
sure up To his duty or the oppor-
tunity when he failed to- hold The
tort In his own jail and keep safely
the prisoner committed TO his charge.
What was needed In Anderson
nnd Greenvllle was sheriff who vas
not afraid to defy the redoubtable
Josh Ashley and discharge his tuli
duty under the law. not a bigger and |
faster automobile than Josh Ashley'.. |
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III habits gather by snseen degr-es
a. brooks make rivers. rivers run 10
seas.-Dryden
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Pvsakhed Wednesday and saturday.
BY
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SUMTER. q. g.
Terms:
$3.50 per annum-4n advance.
PUBLISHING CO MPAMY

$50 per annum-4n advaaos.

A0veruDUncu0:
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RWy subsequent inssrtica.. :. so
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ket thelE Table manners. Some men
would have used knife had they been
situated as The Pennsylvania prisoner
as.-New York World
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

SEED OATS-For sale. 1000 bushels
nome raised, genuine Appler seed
oats G. p. Osteen Co., Sumter.
>. {. 10-7-tf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
. Culture VIII OUT.

young man confined In a Pennsyi
Nania jail proved his refinement BY
using q spoon 10 pick his cell lock and
escape. Well-bred persons never for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
CHAPTER TX

Shortly before midnight the tri-
weekly train from Constantine 10 Al.
siers pulled up over an hour late a.
the town of ElGuerrah. II took UP q
single passenger, discharged none. and
presently Numbered on westWards'
rocking and Earring over road-oec
certainly no better than 1t should have
been. Such. at least. was the passen'
gers criticism. as. grooming In an
ticipation OF the long night of discoln.
fort ahead of him. he disposed himself
and his belongings about the cushions
Of the first-class compartment Whlce
he occupied in solitary grandeur
o'Rourke had no intention OF leav.
ing anything undone that might tene
to mitigate the terrors OF the journey
Five days had elapsed since that
morning in the oasis. In the interval
he had again dared the danger or the
desert. returning to Biskra alone by a
srouts more direct than that which hao
brought him up with the flying col
FMmn D,scharging the guide with .
grauitv larger than his ebpsrS means
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
(To Be Continued.l
Rainy Day Hint.

To mend an umbrella that tears
loose from the rib at the point, when
you are on the street and needle and
thread are not available. close the
umbrella and bringing the cloth in po'
sition. insert q small hairpin in the
hole of the rib, and wind securely
around cloth. This first aid to the
injured is so efficient you will be
tempted to leave it permanently
National Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
Merely Moral Effect.

Some O. desc reformers," said un.
Gle Raspberry, makes ME think ol
'Rastus Pinkley's dog. I says to lm'
'Rastus,' l says, is dat dog good ION
rats?' An he says, No; he's mighty
bad foh rats Does he ketch EN- an
kill emf No, says 'Rastus; ne
don't ketch 'em, ner he don't kill EN-.
But If they comes foolin' around MN
ue'll mighty near skeer EN- 10
death. "-Washington Star.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
CHAPTER K.

1t was high noon when O'Rourke
drove up before the Palace OF the
Governor-General Weary. dusty and
trayel-stained as he was. he hesitateo
no instant about sending in his name
and requesting an interview with the
representative Of Frances sovereign
power
disappointment awaited him at the
very outset; Disappointment in the
shape of word that his excellency was
away. But the name OF O'Rourke vas
one we'll and favorably known in the
province, and secured him an invita-.
ton to ascend to the Governors Office
and state his business-if he cared
20 do SOTO the gubernatorial secre-
tary.
Upon consideration he accepted. and
q little later was seated in a broad.
low, cool room in the old Moorish
palace, the affable secretary q
young, lively and engaging French.
man--solicitously sounding him as to
his Grand
It was obviously the Office OF a man
of great affairs, presenting an eminent
l. busiaess-like look for all it's ORR.
entail setting. To one side. set in the
solid masonry OF the wall. was a mas.
si7e safe with doors aIar, exposing a
cavity we'll stocked with documents.
II occurred to the, adventurer that
such a safe might easily have been
the place Of security selected by the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. for anything he held
in trust. He< built upon It a theory
whilst he listenedTnor lost point
and replied to the secretary.
The latter regretted excessively
that his excellency was absent: his
excellency would undoubtedly be desc
lated when he returned and found hs
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enough thrust hand into one OF the
pigeon-holes. The hand came fortn
empty A frown of bewilderment
cIouded the secretary's face. 1T must
be here" he announced with conVic-
ton. ut was in plain sight and Ia
belled with the name of Monsieur
Charnbret -. = He turned. III
Monsieur le Colonel will but return In
half an hour, | undertake then to
show him the packet itself. ! shall by
then have found it-but assuredly!
"Ye are very courteous, monsieur.
Il will return.
This he did-in two hours. The
packet had not been found; the Sec
rotary, in flutter OF nerves, confessed
that through some culpable negligence
it must have been misplaced. An ex'
tended search was even then IN
progress. 1t would surely come to
light before evening.
Thank We: I shan't be back" re-
turned O'Rourke grimly; and went
away. downcast for the first time
since the inception Of the adventure.
Faith. and to think | would not be-
lieve the truth when they slapped me
face with It, And all the time, belize,
twas in the vicomte's own pocket! .
;" But he had no vocabulary ade'
quate to the task of expressing his
self-contempt.
Disconsolate. conceying that he had
proven himself a blind, egregious fool,
he plodded with heavy steps and a
hanging head back to his hotel: where
the browning stroke OF the day was
presented TO him in the shape OF a
note. by the hand of black Biskri
porter.
Monsieur lie Colonel Terence
O'Rourke. Be hand" he conned the
address Faith. ard what's tbis?'
IF Monsieur lie Colonel O'Rourke
will do Monsieur des Trebes the hon.
or of dining with him, at seven or
seven-thirty this evening, at the Villa
d'Orleans, st. Eugene. an arrangement
satisfactory to both himself and Mon
sieur le Vicomte may be coIsummat'
ed.
"R. s. Y. P.-The bearer waits
A trap? A subterfugc? A trick 10
throw him off the scent whilst the two
6iackguards escaped with their booty?
The adventurer frowned darkly over
it. dubious. Then in q flush OF reck-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
missed Colonel O'Rourke,

had missed Colonel O'Rourke.
He'll be back soon, monsieur"
"Alas, mol" with a shrug. He is
en- route for Paris-possibly arrived
by this moment-on matters of state"
And he Left"
Several days since, monsieur
"You know nothing Of this package,
indorsed with the name of Monsieur
Chambret?"
! To the contrary: the secretary knew
1t very well. lie could place his hand
upon It at any moment-monsieur
would appreciate that he burst not
surrender it without the Governors
authority.
O'Rourke drew long sigh of relief
and was abruptly conscious of fatigue
and desire to get away and rest.
I'm obliged to ye" he said slowly,
rising. "I'll have to wait until the
Governor returns, | presume.
BY the way, are we De any chance &C
quainted with Monsieur lie Ficomte
des Trebes?'
But certainly; the vicomte was a
great friend Of his eycellency's. He
had dined with his eXcellency some
thing over a week since. Just prior to
the latters departure.
And I take it we have seen nothing
of the gentleman since?"
ION the contrary. monsieur: the Vi
comte called here but two Gays ago.
It appeared that he had desired some
trifing information. with which the
secretary had obliged him.
Eye didn't happen to leave him
alone in this room?"
The secretary, plainly much per
picked by this odd catechism, ad
mitted that such had been the case;
the pursuit Of the desired data had
necessitated his absence from the Gov
errors room for matter OF some ter
minutes.
But We say We can put your HAND
on this PACKAGE"
"But certainly, monsieur
Would ye mind making sure It's
safe. 'Twould save me a deal Of
waiting, perhaps"
With alacrity ara smile that de
precated his visitors anxiety over sc
trifl.ng a matter, the secretary rose
went to the safe aud confidently
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lessness. he seized a sneeI OF paps,

lessness, he seized sneeu OF pape;
from nearby desk, scrawled
formal acceptance Of the strange lnvi
tation, and handed 1t to the Biskri boy
"All to gain, naught to lose,' he sim
med up the state of mind which lao
dictated his response; and at SIX
thirty, with brow and eye serene. hs
left the hotel in carriage bound for
the suburb OF ST Eugene-and heaven
knew where besides!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
Plumber Rat.

An old story used to SO around o.
plumber who kept lot of rats in
his shop in trap, and when he mad
call always took one along. The
rat was frightened or forced to take
to the drain, and he burrowed through
to hts liberty in the sewer. OF course,
1t was not necessary to take the pipes
all to pieces, but the big bill came
In, anyhow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-20
Overcoming the Crouch.

overcoming tTTc OF OuCIT.
A grouchy prospect doesn't seem
half so grouchy when you stand right
up to him and state your proposition
In fearless manner.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
GOOD PURSES FOR 4
WINTER RACE NE

NEW YORK. Nov 25.-Winter,
ing just now holds the cente'
the stage. and there Is no
that there will be plenty OF it this
and OF widc variety. All that nov
mains Of racing in the east is the
folk meeting OF the jamestown ~
club. which will continue until the
November.
II Is proposed that there be no
In the circuit. November so is the
for the meeting OF the Juare7 "
club. and an effort will be made 70.
the horses in the east busy with 7
Ing TO open the same date at Colu|
S. G.. II has been announced thst
meeting Will continue until Janus'
and that will take the horsemen
striking distance of the Charleston
ing. which is to begin January 10.
or tho various meetings thus
nouneed. Juarez is really the ola
but 1t Is so far away that the
ventures will prove a strong counLs'
traction to both the horsemen ana
followers OF the sport.
The Charleston Fair and Racing.
citation has announced. liberal
stakes and though II Is the laSl "
the lot 10 begin II is sure 10 mo.s
hold It's own in a race for patrol-'
At this time the prospect FOR Pht
larry busy season OF winter rec'n6
never brighter. There are horses eu
TO go around. and the interest W
snort is lust as great as II ever has
The tracks are far enough apart SO.
competition should cut little. bgurs,.
capt 10 compel the same llpefai
that have been the rule. Esach &C.
enjoy a climate that makes QUIZ
arrIussments delightful all throu6n
winter months, and climate that
bring tho new crop OF two-year.olq'
hand very carly. Altogether raoln.
very healthy child. and growing su''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
Football Scores

At san Francisco-St. Mary's college
(Oakland), 0; Santa Clara college Nug-
by).
At Delaware. o.-weseyan, II; Deni-
son. 0,
At .CincInnau-ciucinnsu university,
8: Wilienberg. o.
At Columbus-Ohio State, o: SYRIA
cuse. 6.
Al, South Beihlehsm. Pa.-Lafayette,
At Washington. Pa-washington and
jefferson, II, VllIanova. &,
Al Miami, O,-Miami, 5; Western Re
serve, 3.
At Chicago-Chicago, S: Wisconsin, o.
Al ST. Louis-Arkansas. 3; Washing
ton, 0.
At. Columbia. Mo,-kansas. 8: Mis-
souri,. 3.
At Lincoln Nebraska. 8: Michigan. s.
Al Iowa cIty-Iowa, 8; Northwest
ern, 0.
At Des Moines-Ames. s. Drake. G.
AT Bloomington, Ind.-Purdue, 10: In
diana, ).
Al Cambridge-Harvard, o: Yale. o.
AZ Boltimore-CarIisle. 25; Hopkins s.
At Champaign. Ill.-Minnesota, II: Illi-
noik. b.
AT Providence. r. brown. 6; Trim
hy. 6.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
IDAHO AND UTAH TO
SETTLE OLD RIVALRY

Tomorrow the University OF Utah foot
ball team Will start on the last week OF
practice for the season OF 1911. The
varsity will play it's final game with the
University of Idaho in Salt Lake next
Thursday Utah played Idaho on Cum
ing. The game was played In foot OF
snow and resulted in a nothing TO noth-
ing score. This has been the only time
that the supporters of two sections of
comparing their relative strength. Since
then the Idaho fans have claimed that
the northwestern teams play better
article OF football than do the teams OF
the Rocky Mountain conference. They
base their claims on these two facts:
First, they contend that since Idaho held
grounds that that Indicated Idaho's su-
periority. Tho other thing upon which q
claim for the northwestern superiority
Is based Is this: in the. same year that
down TO Los Angeles and was defeated
by the st. Vincent college. Soon after
this the Oregon Aggies went down to
southern California and won from the
st. Vincent team by good score.
Since Idaho was considered as good a
team as the Oregon Agges they consid :
cred themselves 10 have the advantage
over Utah on the comparison Of the st.
This, however. is hardly just, as 1t was
plain at the time that II was the hot
weather that won for the California
school rather than Utah's inferiority.
grew strong and ever since then there
has been strong desire to see the two
teams clash again. Although the two
managers have tried TO arrange dates
each year since then they have been
unable TO do so until this year.
The consensus of opinion Is that this
year the teams OF the Rocky Mountain
conference are playing better ball than
those of the Northwestern association,
and furthermore, Idaho has been defeat
the Utah supporters look for an easy
victory. Although there is not single
man on either team that played here
three years ago the rivalry is strong.
Bennion expects to win, but is taking no
chances OF being surprised;
schedule Is over. the team will hold to-
gether the balance of this week In order
to afford the varsity team scrimmage
work.
None of the varsity team was injured
seriously in the Boulder game and since
they will have had almost two weeks In
which 10 rest up when they line up
against the men from Moscow, they
should he In better condition than in
any game they have played so far this
season
Although Utah failed TO win the Rocky
Mountain championship she came so close
to ii that Idaho figures that a victory
over the Morrnons here Thursday would
pionship of this division.
Idaho. although she cannot claim the
northwestern championship since Idaho
has been defeated twice this season.
Utah will have claim TO recognition In
that region. The Idaho team is due here
tomorrow. They have reserved accom-
modations at the MoNum hotel.