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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
W0mAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ANDERSON
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Miss Mabel Thompson, Supcrintend-
ent OF institution, Receives Fearful
Injuries In Kerosene Lamp Explo.
sion and Dies Soon Afterwards
Miss MOffett, Nurse, and Hospital
Orderly also Severely Burned, but
VIII RecOvcr-Details of Distress
ing Affair.

Anderson. Aug. AS the result Of
an explosion at the Anderson County
Hospital this afternoon, Miss Mabel
Carpenter Thompson, the superin-
tendent Of the institution, is dead
MISS Josie Moffett, a trained nurse
of L West, is badly burned and
Charles Barnes, the hospitals negro
orderly, who held the kerosene lamp
when it exploded, is suffering with an
ugly cash in the head and painful
burns on the arms, hands and face.
Miss Moffett and the negro orderly
are painfully injured and are con-
fined 10 their beds, but are expected
10 be back at their work within the
next week or ten days. Miss Moffetts
injuries are on her hand and arms.
The explosion occurred when the
orderly was pointing out to a plumber
defect in the primer Kerosene
lamp, that is used to heat the steril-
izing machine. The negro pumped air
INV VIC lamp, W SloW where IL was
leaking. Some screw about the lamp
must have been loose, for the ex-
plosion followed. hurting the top of
the lamp toward Miss Thompson. who
was looking on. Practically all Of
the Kerosene was thrown on Miss
Thompson, and in a seconds time
she was one mass Of flames. Her face.
head, arm and chest were saturated
with oil and before assistance could
reach her, she was burned horribly.
She very probably swallowed some of
the gas and the flames.
Miss Moffett was attracted from
the adjoining room and she had pres
ence OF mind enough to gather up
the carpet off the floor and throw it
around Miss Thompson who was
thrown to the floor and rolled over
and over.
The chemical fire extinguishers
were brought into use and in a few
moments the blaze was extinguished.
In the fight against the fire, Miss Mof-
fett received her wounds. The negro
orderly received his wounds when the
explosion occurred, n flying part OF
the lamp hitting him on the head,
and the flames leaping to his face.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
GREEK ARRESTED FOR THEFT
'"ris "azcS, Proprietor of the Star
Restaurant, i'm Trouble with Other
Greeks

Chris Gazes, the proprietor of the
star Restaurant, had James Talantis.
another Greek, arrested Saturday af.
'erhoon on the charge Of grand lar
ceny. The case came up in the Re-
corders' court this morning and re-
suited in the dismissal of the cboroa
and a repremand for Gazes.
1t seems that Taltantis had made
an CHER to Chris to buy out his res
'aurant' but there was some differ
ence about the price and the bargain
was not put through. Talantis went
ahead and leased the place now oc-
cupled by Chris, for a length Of time
after his present lease expired. This
made Chris angry. The other par
ties had left their grips in Gazes'
restaurant and shortly after the
ie1t chris had a warrant sworn out
charging them with stealing a pocket
book from his coat which was bane-
ing in his restaurant. Their grips
were searched and the pocket book
was found. The three Greeks denied
having taken the money and pocket
book and as Chris had stated very
conclusively where the pocket book
was to be found. it was through that
he had tried to get the other Greeks
IN trouble, after they had secured the
lease over his.
The Recorder dismissed the charge
and warned Gazes that he would he
apt TO get himself in serious trouble
II he tried such a thing again.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
Women and Money.

The household economic depart
ment of the University Of Wisconsin
has issued a bulletin which will create
universal astonishment, and nowhere
more than in the dry goods stores.
This bulletin recites that $lO,0OO,-
100000 a year are spent in general
shopping. nine-tenths of IT by women.
and the greater part Of these know
nothing Of the value OF money.
The University OF Wisconsin has
long been famous for it's enterprise in
meeting the practical needs of the
people. 1t will teach Greek to per-
sons who wish to know Greek, but
IL will also teach butter making to
the far greater number Of persons
who wish to know how to make gilt
edged butter. Hence it's department
of house economics, which more near
ly concerns the community than
astronomy, geology and the higher
MATHEMATICS. If this department
will devote itself to teaching dress
making. millinery and cooking. it
will add greatly to tn. happiness of
the State Of Wisconsin and the state
Of matrimony. These are things that
most women have to know, but ma
ture does not endow them with skill
In these arts and they must learn
them.
But when it comes to shopping and
the |alue Of money. the department
Of household economies. i'm Madison
Is intruding upon the realm OF nature
Women are born shoppers. The vast
difference between 81 and s2.9S is
. part of their Inheritance: they need
no benevolent university to teach i,
TO them. Women have been hunting
bargains ever since fig leaves went ont
OF style and costumes had To be
bought instead of picked Off the trees
DO not the dry goods dealers know
That women are by nature gifted as
shoppers, and do not their published
announcements appeal especially tc
the instinct Of woman for getting the
best that there is at the lowest Ios-
SIhlc price? Can the University of
Wisconsin teach bargain hunting? Do
The women of senator LaTollcttc',
state need any instruction in the
gentle art of shopping? 30 mere
man can get anything like MS much
FOR $1.9N as his wife can. If the uni
vcrsity would only undertake 10 teach
men how To spend money judiciously
it would be something well worth
while Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
Marriage i'm Court House,

Monday afternoon Sam Dudley
and Julia Mitchell, colored, of TindaI
applied TO the clerk of court for q
marriage license and as soon as same
was duly filled out and turned over
to the parties concerned they express
ed desire to be tied together right
away. Mr.. Junius Parrott, the good
natured deputy of Clerk of Court l..
|. Parrot, being a notary public, Of
fered his services in performing the
ceremony which was to make them
one, the offer being gratefully ac-
cepted. The marriage ceremony was
quickly gone through with and the
Knot joining the two fast tied. The
groom saluted his bride and the hap-
py couple were ready to make their
return journey to Tindal, their future
home.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
JOKER IN COTTON BILL.
CONGRESS MAN PROUTY CII,>,S
TO HAZE DISCOVERED TT
says 1ariif Revision Increases Duties
on GoOd Made by Mills of the
South.

Washington, Aug. big gobs Of
JOY are To- be seen on the faces of
Republican congressman because they
claim to lave found the Joker" in
the cotton pill.
Represen :ative Prouty Of Iowa
wants the credit for this discovery.
which he exposed, he says, in speech
on the fioo.' a day or so ago.
The gist Of the charge made bv
Prouty was that the bill was DO
framed a: to increase duties on a
large proportion of the lower priced
cotton goods. He further charged
that the bulk of these goods are made
IN Souther. cotton mills. He charged
Representa- i've Underwood and the
house Den ocrats with making up
cotton bill which struck at the North
ern cotton Mills and gave a large part
of the Sou hern mills increased pro-
lection.
Until NJ. Prouty called attention
to this ma ter it had almost entirely
escaped II attention of the house.
At the ii ne the charges Of the Iowa
member w re not controverted either
by Mr.. Un ierwood or any one else
Since then senator's have been scan
ming the house cotton bill and some
g va %
that there are increases in the meas
ure subst lntially as charged by
Prouty. The result is that when the
bill comes before the senate the rates
on lower grades of cotton goods are
going to b. scrutinized with extreme
care.
Since he brought the matter to the
attention OF the house, Mr.. Prouty has
been lookin into the question farther.
He has co ne to the conclusion that
large par of the mills Of the South
are engaged chiefly in producing the
goods on which duties would be rails
ed.
He charg IS that the Southern Dem
| ocrats in the house are trying to work
scheme nat will actually increase
Southern p 'otection and lower pro-
lection to Northern products. In 9TH
er words, lie charges that sectional
| ism is cropping out in the revision Of
the tariff.
II there serious attempt made
to put BIZ through the senate, with
increased duties on lower grades of
cotton goods, it will be met with bit
| ter opposition. In fact, such an at
tempt may defeat the passage Of any
cotton bill. If it should develop on
the full thr eshing out Of this matter
that Southe n Democrats are trying
to shape tal if duties in their own in
terest, anC are giving attention to
protecting The South at the expense
OF the North, the Republicans will
proceed to make campaign issue of
it. They Will charge the South with
trying to d. just what New England
criticised 70 doing, that is, for trying
to heap hie 1 tariffs on goods pro-
duced in tn air part Of the country.
regardless o whether the rest Of the
country is h Irt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
Roads rs Tests of Civilization.

Rome's imperial sway depended
not little on the celebrity with which
troops could be moved over highways
that threaded the domain and CEN
tered in the city on the Tiber. Much
of the charm and recurrent appeal Of
England and France, to the tourist
from without their borders. is due TO
roads that invite pedestrian or ve-
| hicular movement even in remotest
sections. No sooner had American
authority been set up in Porto Rico
and the Philippines than. for military
and economic reasons combined,
roads were projected, along which
soldiers could march and products
Of the fertile soil find their way to
the ports. while imports. in turn,
could be distributed inland. The
new South OF the United States DEM
onstrates most effectually its passing
from the old era of the plantation and
| isolated country estate to the new
| era of manufacturing the year round.
No sections OF the United States are
more successfully exemplifying the
combined urban and rural delights Of
existence than eastern Massachusetts
| and northern New Jersey, where
road building has been carried To- its
American perfection.
The movement for good roads in
the United States is swelling in vol
| ume, and area every year. More
than $4,000 miles of trans-continen-
tai. Interstate and trunk lines are
projected. for which. in most cases,
public appropriations are expected.
These schemes are as ambitious in
their scope as the territory TO be
traversed Is wide. and in some cases
the hopes cherished are most vision
airy. Thus Tia Juana in Mexico Is TO
J indulge In fantasy. But there are les
ser projects. In territory richer i'm re-
sources and more densely populated,
that are likely to be carried through
by joint action of states and in some
cases by federal aid. Coincidently
there will be going on the steady, less
ambitious effort Of developing state
and local road systems. such, for in
stance. as Los Angeles is now working
out In southern California.
The military motive for good road
expansion Is less emphasized in the
United States than in some countries
hut IL counts here as elsewhere.
Sound irtruction i'm up-.o-date pro-
duction Of farm crops includes en-
phasis on highways along which they
can be moved TO markets. Conse-
Quently road Improvement is entailed
by the rising standard Of farming.
Ana or course. mighty factor i'm
bringing In the model highway is the
automobile. a town that increases its
mum or of vehicles electrically or
gasoline propelled is prcdcstincd to
a corresponding rise i'm taxes for now
ana better roads.-Christian Science
Monitor
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
Monthly report of the City Nurse

For the month Of July 1911.
Mrs. \. 5. Jones Nurse.
Patients. 81.
tuberculosis patients, r.
Total No. visits, 1G5.
visits to Tuberculosis patients. q.
Sent 30 hospitals. ..
Died. ..
Dismissed. II.
remaining under treatment. Il.
Remarks; We have two ubcrculo-
sis patients Cwomen I'm need Of cloth
ing VIII be very glad 10 ret few
gowns sheets and pillow cases. can
phone f32 or .6S ami I viii bo glad
to send for anything YOU may have
TO give us for these women.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
seemed To Give Him a New Stomach

i suffered intensely after eating
ANA no medicine or treatment ! tried
seemed to do any good" wrltes If.
NJ. Nounkpetcrs, Editor Of The sun
Lake View, ohio. "The first few
doses Of Chamberlaln's stomach and
Liver Tablets gave me surprising re-
lief and the second bottle seemed to
give me new stomach and perfectly
good health For sale by all dealers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12

Buy it n W. Now Is the time to
buy bottl Of Chamberlain's Cloic,
Cholera an Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t
is almost &c tain to be needed before
the summer is over. This remedy has
no superior For sale by all deal
ers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12

cuts and bruises may be healed I'm
about one-third the time required bv
me usual treatment by applying
Chamherlain's Liniment 1t is an an
us"ptlc and causes such injuries 10
heai without maturatlon. This lini-
m"nt also relieves soreness OF the
muscles and rheumatic pains. For
sale hy all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
it"rhrrt Booth 40 Ni~is :. 4.

Columbia, Aue. o. Herbert Bootr
of London. Youngest son Of General
William Booth the Venerable head of
me salvation Army viii make a tour
oi South Carolina during the fan, ac-
cordine to letter received recently
by the State Department of Agricul-
'or". Tie Will deliver several lectures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12

An ordinary case Of diarrhoea can.
as rule he cured 10y a single dose
OF Chamherlain's Collie, Cholera and
plarrhoea Remedy. This remedy has
n" superior for bowel complaints. For
sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12

well kn >wn Dos Momes woman
after suffering miserahly for two
days from 1owel complaint. was
cured 10y on dose OF ChamberIain's
Collie, Cholerl and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12

sumter wants bond issue for good
roads and then again it doesn't. Good
roads bonds are signboards to pros
perity, rs n rule-Charleston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
Retail Merchants Association.

Credit Bureau will then commence
and it is requested that each member
be prepared to send out the first no.
tees on August 21st and return a
complete list Of the standing Of
customers by September first. 1t is
absolutely necessary, in order to make
this bureau a success, that each men,
Der comply promptly with all re-
quests for information.
The following members have been
appointed by the President as mem
hers Of the Advisory Board: H. l..
Tisdale, II. G. PARROT, E. S. Booth.
j. f.. King, A. j. Stubs, j. c. Hear
on, T II. Clarke, w. c. Wise, j. A.
Mcknight, r. K. Wilder C. E. Nc
Cormack, w. c. Boyle. Furman d.
Knight, ]. w. McKeiver, VIM. Built
man and II. M. Bradley.
The following is a complete list Of
of the members Of the Association.
Should there be any retailers who are
not on the list and who should desire
to join the association, they should
notify the Secretary at once. Any
member of the Chamber Of Commerce
is eligible to membership:
Bakers
New York Bakery
Bicycles
Hill. Ralph.
Reynolds, w. s.
Tisdale II. l..
Books and stationery
Knight Bros.
ParrOtt's Book Store.
Buggies, Carriages, Wagons and Har-
ness
Booth-Harby Live Stock Co.
Epperson, Geo. F..
Cigars and Tobacco
King, ]. f.
Clothing and Mems Furnishings-
Chandler, Joseph NJ.
Chandler. d. j. Clothing Co.
Stubbs Bros.
Sumter Clothing Co.
Druggists
DeLOrme's Pharmacy.
Hearon's Pharmacy.
Dry Goods and Notions
Sumter Dry Goods Co.
Schwartz Bros.
Shaw and McCallum Mer. Co.
Electrical Contractor and Supplies
T.. NJ. Bradley and Co.
Furniture
Craig Furniture Co.
Mercer j. r.
Vogel, F.. w.
Witherspoon Bros.
Grocers, General Merchandise
Cuttino and Mcknight.
Quicker and Bultman
Levy and Moses,
O'Donnell and Co.
Phelps, V. II.
Strauss. \. \. and Co.
Hardware
Burns Hardware Co.
puRant Hardware Co.
Sumter Hardware Co.
Jewellers
Folsom, +. W.
Mccormack Jcwclry Co.
Thompson. w. A.
NJ,
The evening world., 1911-12-21

want 'em quick" answered the man.
I'm Frederick Rogers. wire chief OF the
New York and Now Jersey Telephone
Company. and somebody Ia stealing wire
ut T'ompklns and Myrtle avenues"
Ruiz dropped the receiver and ran to
Tompkins and Myrtle In time
TO catch n nan dragging thirt"-se"en
feet OF cable. which had been cut from
the back fences OF houses.
The prisoner said he was John ..iss
OF No. Coz Humboldt street. lie was
charged with grand larceny. The tele-
The evening world., 1911-12-21

we pH haze a great least Whcn Santa brings as all that cake and
candy INT " e no last night In our dreams. on, 10 rs Iopcly sreet Christ
mas candy" sUd hfHe Bessie. "And. mamma. wherc DO you think me
found ~"
" a M urc ! cannot guess" answered her mamma.
ISL! Don't tel any one, only Sue and I knop this Santa Claus gets
all us cakes ard candy up at the North Polc. ~ grOws there. All the
IttcIcs m peppermint sticks md all around N the rocks arr lots of frosted
cakes and IoIlypops, At first We did not sc Santa.
"Sue tie a peppermint stick and ! had a BIO frosted rake all to myself
Iwhcn all OF a sudden ~ sU that the North Pole uds failing vcr. So Sue
|pceped ~ a big iceberg and there uds Santa Claus wth a big are. chop
ping doWn the peppermint stick north pole o take to all the good Mtle
children IN thccty
NE did not see ~, though, because tee hid from him and then then he
drove of to the city ,c hhched on back of the sled and mere zoe are"
The evening world., 1911-12-21
"Y0U GET OFF THE WIRE"
TAKES A Thief IN ACT.
Policeman Gets Message Intended
for Headquarters and Makes
4 Quick Arrest.

This telephone serv!ce IL bad" shout
ed Policeman Rux. Of tho East Eighty
eighth street station. Manhattan. using
a telephone at No. Ss Myrtle avenue
Brooklyn. yesterday afternoon.
You get on tho WIRE" al angry mans
voice sounded into Rux's ear.
Oct OF yourself" returned Rus, y"
can't help the wires being crossed"
II want Police Headquarters and
The evening world., 1911-12-21
AMERICAN MAN
IS TO BLAME FOR
IDLE, Vain WOMEN
Mrs. Mary Heaton Worse Says
His Vanity Does Much in
Fixing the Type.
IN AGE OF THE LOBSTER.
Moment Men Have Higher
Ideals We Shall Find a Diff
ferent Type Of Woman.
IN AGE OF THE LOBSTER.
M0v0ueviie MOOers Marshall.

Arc you an American oma
Then be consoici. You are merely a
sinner; the more cova,dly, n more
sobtlc. character N, nm in.tie,tar Of
.-,r. IN ,,s,,,, ~ go, va, r.y
- -. -. - ,,. ..,.
~ w W." 80
pV''er'e' eN''aV's"ht ana spo'''' 10"
may ne mn utter 'ai'ure as a nom"
maker and a mother. But. pax vobls-
cum, Mary Hea'on Worse. a well known
womsn writer. has pronounced your nb-
solution. Irs all the fnul, OF Ia. Ameri-
can mnn,
The evening world., 1911-12-21

phone company has offered q reward
Of go for the detection Of wire thieves.
who have been Gripping the service for
months. Tho policeman will claim the
reward. n is glad he happened to be
on q crossed wire.
The evening world., 1911-12-21
University non Years Old.

MANILA. Dec. 2i.-The tercentenary
celebration OF the founding OF the Uni
versi,y OF SantO Tomas has ended.
Many civil and military officials par
~ticlpated In tho i've days festivities.
The evening world., 1911-12-21
oW A rRENcHMAN REGARDS
AMERICAN hUSnANps.

The American man Is a meek.
oAeile and indulgent husband from n
Grefound, lack of interest In domestic
Ne. His life IL elsewhere than In his
Nome. lie Is proud of his women's
loeka. proud OF their minds and proud
o. their s%xtravasAnce. which are assets
% his vanity and hs wi power As n
Woney-geiicr-snd lie pays them as
such as he can to let him alone,
"'Your young men are Interested IN
young girls, your men are not Interest
~ In womcn Look how brilliant are
yeur xirla. They walk like princesscs.
sufe ~ the homage which they get.
What bee ,mes OF al these brilliant
Features when they marry Your mar
vled women throughout the country are
~!xck-iustre ami restless. Marriage makes
= woman Important, with US; with you
~ girls Importance ceases when she II
no longer a girl.
"'Why should I criticize hers" adds
the foreign analyst. "'Shc ~ as her
mo make her l might criticize your
men for cailln. into being this s,ranro
woman. who has non OF the things In
her life that make u wonan's life worth
Lying. Women IN this country live "a
please their men, as do women In other
countries
"And that this Is In n large measure
trus no thinking person can doubt
Mrs.. vorBc c~orfoboratcs.
The evening world., 1911-12-21
PAYS FOR THE KIND or HOME
he WANTS.

"For the most part. the man who
pays for his home has, 10 a certain ex-
tent. the kline Of homo that he wants.
Very often Il happens that. as years
beg!n 10 press on him. his liking TOR
tho amusefaonts and shows ana merry
mAkings begins To wane. and he would
~ glad fog quiet. But II is he who
he's fed this desire for Amusement In
his wife: II Ia he who brought II Into
hing and shared H.
e.'Thls city-ored American woman, id'e
and vain, und the women who Initiated
her In the smaller towns We're a man
made product. She WAS developed by
the young men about her. she was tho
type OF woman with whom II battered
his vanity TO lie seen. lie loved tho
way she looked. she was "a peach Her
olib tai made him laugh. and didn't
offend his mentality, The American
Woman OF this extreme type In as much
the product OF the conditions which sur
round her-an the conditions which
surround her ARE the men whom she
must please-as is the German house
wife who4e highest duties lie In tue
words of tho German Kais,rin. 'kirche,
Kinder. kuechc.' Therefore, the Amer
tcsn woman is not TO blame.
PLACES ALL THE BLAME ON THE
MAN.
"xst 10 place the blame OF the
l~syslopmsnt OF ;L,s alarming type
where II belongs, and that IL on
che man who courts this woman
ana mArrtss hor, n prefers to
uvs-or he vouldn't do it-in an
apartment hotel; who would rather
spsuA money In lobster palaces
taan on . nursery; who. II he must
choose between homo And " motor
car. chooses the latter
h men WAC Prefer space and
nowers 10 motor cars ana theatres get
them. n when their pgefe, ence Hes
Ia one direction and they don't get
what they want. II Is not n very real
preference.
"There are thousands OF American
men," continues the writer. WHO ATE
.aerely Indifferent to their women. they
are proud OF them. but supremacy unln-
isresied, and ask Of their wives only "a
rc lot alone, Taolr buslnesn is their life
IL 10 thcir lie si.er they We're married
just as 1! was before, They are playing
etre,nandous game n Ia this country
The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-06-15
Another Scalp Scalped

Cottonwood came down Sunday
afternoon by autos and met defeat
on the local grounds by score of
Z to 8. The game was a listless
one from start to finish neither side
apparently having the necessary
ambition to play spirited game,
caused somewhat by the absence
of a crowd. Frahm at short distin-
guished himself by being caught
asleep at the switch a couple OF
times. Arens pitched the same
steady game he always does and
allowed but few scattering hits.
Two double plays were made by
the Philippines. Attendance 40.
P. j. Gallagher did the debating
behind the pitcher and received no
kicks by the visitors, which is 60
ing some.