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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
Clemson College News.

Clemson College, April 1.-THE
ways and means committee Of the
House of Representatives is expect
ed to visit Clemson on April "a, the
Board of Visitors on May 2; and
the Finance Committee Of the Senate
on May IS.
President W. NJ. Riggs delivered
the commencement address to the
Monaghan Y. NJ. c. A, night school
for textile workers, at Greenville, on
April 10.
Lieut-GovernOr Smith delivered a
fine address before the Y. NJ. c. A. on
last Sunday evening.
Messrs. f. NJ. Carey, z. p. Nc
Crary, and ]. b Watson, members of
the legislature, visited Clemson on
April 18th and 14th as guests Of
President Riggs.
The Y. NJ. G. a. gave a delightful
reception on last Friday evening to
the Bible class leaders and the mem
b"rs of the two classes having the
best attendance. The Daughters of
the American Revolution served re-
freshments.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
LEST WE FORGET.
A Critic Reminds Us How Our Peopls
Havo Bucked Proaress.

We of this big republic complacent-
ly affirm the glory Of our national
achievements and are not without
temptation to acclaim them as proof
Of superior craft and judgment
But herein do we forget that we are
on record as having cast our vote
against every move that has contrib.
uted TO the present century's develop
ment.
We raised our voices in contcmptu-
Gus protest against the first projected
railways. Had the locomotive waited
Its signal from the people it would not
yet have started.
When the electric telegraph was
shown to us we brushed it aside as q
toy and laughed its inventor to scorn
when he offered to sell us his rights
for few thousand dollars.
We put into Jail as an impostor the
first man who brought anthracite coal
to market. We broke to pieces Howe's
sewing machine rs an invention calcu-
lated to ruin the working classes, and
we did the same thing to the harvester
and the binder. We Scorned the type
writer as plaything
We gathered together In mass meet
ings Of Indignation at the first pro-
posal to install electric trolley lines,
and when DR.. Bell told us he had in
vented an instrument by means of
which we might talk to one another
across the town we responded with
accustomed ridicule, and only the reck-
less among us contributed 1t its be-
ing.-Atlantic Monthly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
He Won the Trick

"Oh, George. DEAR" she whispered
when he slipped the engagement ring
on her tapering finger, how sweet Of
you to remember just the sort Of stone
I preferred None Of the others was
ever so thoughtful"
George was staggered but for a mo-
ment. Then he came back with: "Not
ut all, dear. You Overrate me. This
Is the one I've always used"
She was Inconsistent enough to cry
about Il.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

The first real encyclopedia was
Pliny's Natural History" This work
was an extensive one. numbering some
thirty-seven volumes and dealing with
all the then known facts Of the world.
Pliny. who died A. d. 70. collected the
data for his work in his leisure inter.
walls while engaged in public affairs.
The Natural History" was for its time
IN amazing production. treated Of some
10000 facts and was Of very high au-
thor1ty throughout the entire middle
ages. Fortythree editions Of the work
were printed before the year 1886. and
no scholars library was considered
complete without it.-New York Amer
ican
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
OPEN AIR EXERCISE.
Always Factor In the Building Up of
Man.


An athlete Is like an aeronaut-safe
enough while going. but In danger the
moment he stops. especially If he stops
suddenly.
If the first great danger Of athletics
Tor the professional or business man,
the brain worker and man Of sedensary
habits generally is not getting enough
OF them the Fecond is like unto it
stopping them too soon. No little of
the bad after effects so frequently
ascribed to athletics in college and
school life is really due to their sud-
den discontinuance after graduation.
The building of man is never fn-
fshed until he Is dead. His life Is all
In one piece. and what is good for him
at one stage of his existence is, muta-
It's mutandis, good for him in all.
While mans mere stature and gross
weight and even horsepower" may
have attained their maximum by
twenty-five or twenty-three. the efi-
cheney Of both his mind and body for
his particular life work ought to and
uhuCi AHoot CiICuulSlduceS QOeS go on
steadily increasing until he is fifty.
ffty-five and even sixty years of age
And the same health giving agency
exercise In the open air-which has
been the very life secret of his struc-
tural growth and development is equal
ly indispensable to his further flnc-
tional development and growth In eff
cheney. We not merely limit our
growth, but actually shorten our lives,
by taking it for granted that we have
reached our limit at a certain age or
stage and may therefore drop the
means of further progressively in the
open air. When we stop playing we
stop growing.-Dr. Woods Hutchinson
in Outing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
ich Diem or Eich Dyn.

Which is accurate as the motto Of
the Prince Of WalcS-ICh Dien or Eich
Dyn? The one is German and the 9th
er Welsh. The one means Il serve.'
the other "Bchold the man. or BE
hold your man"
"Ich picn" was the motto Of John,
king of Bohemia. whom the Black
Prince slew at Crecy. "Eich Dyn' are
the words supposed to have been used
by Edward |. when presenting his in
FAINT son to thu Welsh assembly at
CarnarYOn
Welsh tradition has adhered natural
ly to the Welsh form. The other has
been more popularity accepted. Lon
don Ladv's Pictorial.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
Adam and Eve.

q, hope this expulsion Of ours is not
going to injure our social position"
said Eve ruefully
II guess not" replied Adam. "They
can't stop us from being one of the
very first families. whatever they do"
81 don't find our names here in the
Social Register said Eve, looking
the volume over.
Look under 'Dilatory Domiciles,' my
love-" said Adam as he went out and
named the jackass after himself
Harper's Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE.
j. III. McFadden of Rock Hill Died
SUDDENLY.

Rock Hill. April 16.-J. H. McFad-
den, local secretary of the FraternaI
Union of America, was fou I'D dead in
his office early this morning by his
son. Mr.. McFadden does the collec-
ting from the members Of the Fra
ternal Union and usually on Satur-
day nights is Kept rather late at his
office. Last night not returning to
his home his son set out early this
morning to locate him and found
him dead in the office.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
AFFECTING RURAL CARRIERS.
Won't Have to Wear Uniforms
May Appeal to Congressman.

Washington, April 14.-Rural mail
carriers will not be required to wear
uniforms hereafter, and they will
have the right to communicate to
members of Congress any complaint
or petition they desire to make,
privilege now denied them.
Another bill introduced today pro-
vides $40 a year extra to each car
rier to reimburse him for the ex-
pense of his horse and wagon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
TRAIN PLUNGES INTO CROWD
hllis 1hrce and Wounds Several of
Waiting Passengers i'm Elizabeth
Station.

Elizabeth, y. j., April 16-Al east
bound express on the New Jersey Cen
tral plunged into a crowd about to
board standing local train here to-
night, killing three persons an in
Juring severl others.
The bgGagemaster, who was killed.
is said to have lost his life while try
ing to save one of the victims.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
Hair Monstrositics,

French thcatcr managers in tho
eighteenth century had worse evils
IMAM picture hats TO contend against.
Marie Antoincttc, who was short. even
according TO French standards. set the
FASHION Of high cOiffureS and ultra
1aShlonable women pridcd themselves
on measuring four fcct from their
chlnS TO the tops of their heads These
structures took about six hours -
erect. the hairdrcsScr mounting Il lnd
der In the process. Some coirrurcs
were almost as broad rs they were
long. with wings sticking ont about
eight 'nchcS on each side Of the head.
lor the "fri2atc" CoilUrp the hair was
rlpplcd In Il huge pile to represent
the waves Of an angry sea ana sur
mounted hy fully r.@2Cd ship As "a
consequence OF these moa>tyo~i,i,s.
diSturbaUycS I'm thcatrrS occurred al.
most daily uutil an ordinance was Is
sued against the admission of women
with high coifrurcs 10 the floor of the
house.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
The Rioht Flavor.

The oxen had belonged to an old sen
captain. and their new owner was un
able to back the animals round in
narrow street despite all efforts with
voice and OK goad
The old captain appeared on the
scene. Hard aground. are YEP he
called. Then. seizlng the OK goad, he
raised the old boat steerer's cry.
"Starn all" The huge hulks slowly
backed AT the familiar call. Lar
board all" The beasts swayed side
ways. turned to the right. and the
thing was done Success Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
a Pithy Sermon.

Here is the pithiest sermon ever
preached: sour ingress into life Is
naked and bare, our progress through
life Is trouble and care, our egress out
of 1t we know not where: but, doing
well here, we shall do well there. l
could not tell more by preaching 8
Vearn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
CUTTING HIS PANTS.
\ Funny Mans Criticism of tho Sar.
torial Artists Efforts.

torial Artists Efforts.
When a tailor puts you on the meas
uring box, with man guarding the
door so that you can't get away and
another making a book on the game.
he reels of something like this rs he
goes about you with his measuring
tape: "13-2-11--16-S-E
Gee. you're beginning to get front.
ain't you?-01a-17-side and two hips,
ADMINISTRATION you come in to-
morrow or Friday 219-0- House or
fiat. did you sayl-2S-Custom Of
the house to have deposit on all or
ders-16-What was that last, Jimmie.
did 1 say7 Oh, mako IL % I'm the mid
dle-What did you say your name
was, misterr'
Now, nobody can make any combi-
nation Of the foregoing figures which
will spell anything like a decent pair
Of pants. But the tailor cares nothing
whatever about the figures which he
calls out to Jimmie and indeed makes
no reference to them In his later op-
erations. He knows the pants won't
ht, anyhow, 80 what's the use? IL
you watch him you will discover that
he usually takes up some other mans
measurements when he undertakes
the laying out Of that particular gar
ment on which he puts your name.
Having selected from the mass Of
papers on his desk a set Of figures
which suits him. he goes behind his
counter, yawns, looks in the glass,
smooths down his hair, hunts for the
place where he left his cigar and at
last picks up thing which looks like
board rule, with a curve In the cor.
ner like a hockey stick. II you are
not watching him he will probably
cut your pants by Sar and will not
bother to use this implement, but II
you insist upon inspection he'll make
q pretense Of scientific use of this in
strument, whose real nature or pur-
pose no human being knows or ever
VIII know.
What the tailor Is thinking Of az he
begins to make chalk marks In a piece
OF blue paper, using this rule as a
straight edge, Is the 10y ride" he is
going to have with Marie in his new
auto that evening. 1t makes no diff
ference to him whether the chalk slips
or not, nor Is 1t important how far
along this or that angle he allows the
straight or curved line to run. He
knows they are not going to fit, any
how, so why should he bother about It
overmuch? The only hope you can
possibly have meantime Is the one
raised In your bosom when the tailor
from behind the counter, looks up.and
says: Jimmie, why In the world
didn't you mark the name on this
gents pants? oh, well, never mind"
The tailor goes on making several
cute little pictures ON the blue paper
by aid Of this curved thing. which has
numbers scattered along Il here and
there. he draws In several isoscles
triangles, converging at more or less
the same point; but, not liking the
looks Of these, he rubs out some of the
lines and tries over again. Then he
forgets which ones he rubbed out. 1t
makes no difference anyhow. At last
he stands of, critically gazes upon the
pattern which he has been casting.
makes hit or miss crosswise dab
with the chalk-which determines,
wholly by chance, how long your pants
are going to be-and smiles to himself.
-Everybody's Magazine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
lond and Short

whats all this trouble about the
long and shore haul demanded the
secretary Of the woman's club.
ITS this way" explained the treas
urcr. 'SOmc drcSSmakcrs say train
ought To be six feet in length. Others
say three feet IS enough Wnshing
ton Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
Locality.

Where were you born 2" asked the
judge of election.
"Ilave l got t answer that ques-
tion|' inquired the man who wished
TO vote
Yes; that's the law"
We'll, SIR, | was born in tn steer
age. If ye've got { ow."-ChiCago
Tribune.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

lie is indeed n honey who makes
two hives of bees where only one.
grew before.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

1t takes man sitting in a 25-
cent scat to tell a $4,000 pitcher how
10 play the game. Washington Post 4
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Gov. RlraSe has been pctitioncd to
hold mp the commission of \. .. Dib-
||e. recently elected judge Of Pro-
bate of Oraugohurg county.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
he Genius.

Tho principal difference between a
genius ana fool Is that the genius is
able to get pepp.' to tako up his IDEAS
aud make fortunes ont Of them. chi.
cago ECcDrd-'Icraid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

The Democrats in Congress propose
uj@ free list for the farmers. Most
of thcm will agree that ii is time
they ver" getting somothing free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Success l. not in nm endeavor TO Dc
1 great thing. but in repeated cndcav
IN 10 dn greater things Henry r
'uue
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

J.. y. Fouettp. "a White man VIII,
claims New orleans. attempted tc
commi; suicide i'm Charleston sun
day hy drinking two ounces OF laud-
aum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Kindness I'm MS t. tho honey n
blunts the s''1g of unkmducss n
other -TaudOr.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

''ncvOleucc Is not station.
'ripatctlc. 1t goes about
\evins.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Getting Canadian reciprocity Is
just like picking up money.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
-her Definition.

..'- Say. pa. WGNt is = co
\ c0QuCttC, my son. is u
~ moro admiration than
Exchange.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19
G F1teful Message.

'idn't telegraph you not to
mother with you? Wifey
help IL, Frank. She insisted
after Shc'd read your tclc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

Earle Rochester, white, or Oconcc,
who was serving life sentence for
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-19

"inS I'm folly ana ends IL
PythRRoras
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14

strict in its requirements about such
apparatus. Yet there are pending $50
refusals Of property owners to obey
orders to erect IRE escapes.
II a property owner does not choose
to comply at once with the official
orders for the safety Of those occupy
ing his buildings the process OF en-
forcing obedience appears to be In
Out OF the $50 cases The
Tribune published only a few in which
property owners Of prominence were
involved. In the first one on the list
the order to put q fire escape upon
brewery was served in 1904. and the
fire escape Is not there yet! Doubtless
there were many orders, much fnspec-
ton and correspondence which are not
made public, but finally the case was
sent to the corporation counsel for
prosecution In 1907. How long prose-
cution takes is not disclosed. but It is
not completed yet. Other cases on The
Tribune list date back to 1908 and 1909
and have been In the hands OF the cor
pora ton counsel for nearly two years.
And many cases he has had for more
than year. Plainly when a new law
is passed some method for Its quick
enforcement must be found. since citi-
Gems OF prominence in the community.
credited with public spirit,
are revealed as obstinately resisting
the orders Of the authorities regarding
the safety of occupants Of their build
iugS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14
A PRESENT AND CRYING NEED.

The playground movement should
be made a permanent feature Of our
educational system. The playground
is as much a necessity for the proper
and complete development Of the
child
Every child should have access to a
vision Of skilled instructor who
knows the needs of the child and the
secret Of his happiness. There is not
any undertaking in this world more
commendable than the reclamation OF
the child. Every happy boy or girl is
a ray Of sunshine in a home and every
little one taken out of the gutter and
shown the way to healthful anruse-
ment and useful occupation means one
more man or woman who will be a
credit to country and to city. The chill
dren must be saved. No cost is tos
great. We need more Fairgrounds
and more teachers.
1t is idle to say we can't afford it.
We afford other things of a public ma
ture twice as expensive and half as
important A city without Fairgrounds
will within the next two decades be
as out of date as city without street
lights.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14

line where rage and resentment
mingled with horror The assassination
Of the president removed the one man
who might have stood between the
canEuished and the vac victfs and
turned the fortunes Of that section over
to tho revengeful and predatory. The
south came back into the union in
chains behind a conquerors chariot be-
cause the dramatism of assassination
appealed irresistably to weak mind.
The South repudaated the assassina-
tion and the assassin. But it was years
before Grady might tell in the north the
chords of brotherhood. 1t required a
war where the grandsons of civil war
veterans north and south mingled their
blood under the one flag in the cause
of the one nation to complete the
union Of the sections.
Forty-six years from the day of
Lincoln's assassination a southerner is
secretary OF war; two confederate SOL
diers sit on the supreme bench; the
confederate has passed with the con-
federacy The race whom Lincoln
is represented in high Of
ficial place and counts among its rep
one of the best known and
most trusted educators of his time. And
all within the span of forty-six years.
What other nation ever made history
at this pace
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14
4 MIRACLE A DAY,

Rene Simon yesterday in the war
play at San Antonio routed the men
of an artillery battery away from their
guns by dropping explosive bombs fill
ed with chalk from an aeropiane.
Circling over the guns which were
firing blanks at the airship he dropped
nine chalk bombs, each of which struck
a gun. The air was filled with pow
dered chalk to such a degree that the
cannoneers strangling and coughing
were driven away from the guns.
To be sure the artillery were firing
blanks. No one knows where Simon
would be today had the guns been
shotted, but the marvel and a-stonigh-
ment of it all is that a man should sail
like bird above hostile guns like a
storm cloud above a meadow loosing
death and destruction as the cloud
looses the lightning. Had Simons
bombs been charged with high ex-
plosives nine guns and nine gun crews
would have vanished at their impact.
Ignatius Donneliey's vivid magma
ton saw a fleet Of anarchist airships
dropping black rain Of death upon a
helpless city; but when Donnelly
wrote Caesars Column" a few years
ago no heavier than air machine had
lifted into the skies and no real hope
existed that man would ever learn to
fly AND but yesterday ="'!:!: mimic
bombs in mimic war Simon justified
DonneHy as the submarine long ago
Jules Verne.
In an age when miracles are issued
daily like newspapers death adds an
other pang There Is SO much to see.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14
Middle AGE.


I am the same today as yesterday,
And yet 1 seem not to myself the
same;
Nor can tell wherein the change. or IL
It merits from me either praise OF
blame.
But yesterday I scanned the morning
skies
For peaks, rose capped, for me to
shortly climb
And now today feel no urgent spur.
I loiter on the very edge of time.
And all my thoughts are for the even
tide,
I search not heavens above. but
depths below;
Not rose crowned in the swiftly fading
light,
But purple are the distant peaks
know.
No far horizons now doth lure my soul,
No call to work, spurs on like bugle
blast:
Today I am content to sit and dream,
Not future deeds, but Of the time
worn past.
Frank Fair. in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14
THE LODGES

n MASONIC M0Tlce0s
N11Hall in New Masonic TemDaA
~Nvisitors always weacons.
MARSI1Ad1L LODGE. 10. ~ =. =
y. A.. stated communication April - N
3. M. NJ FL.
r ". Chamhsrtain. w. y.
John w. wells. 0ecretatE
aIGNDT CHAPTER No. %. r. 4. u.
stated convoeation Monday. April ~
Z: 80 p. M. in the new temple.
Fred wallace. q. ?.
I. g. Millard, SECRETARY. IA
KING SOLOMON Council. No. -. -
Stated assembly Monday. April u. ~
b. m. If, Il Is
!. T. Forbes, Recorder.
A. D. Meeker. TIN.
ST. AI1DBMAR ColC1GAN1DNRY NO
30. X. 4. Staked conctavs Tuesday
evening April 10, 1t 1880 sharp. VISIT.
Ing Sir Knights welcome.
Fred wallace, Rsoorder.
!. T. Forbes. e. G. "a
CENTRAL C1APTDR No. ~. @. - =
e.-Regular meeting "wednesday ev0aa-
ing. May II. at =. N.
Edna G. Fularton. w. y.
Lillian Norton. Secretary.