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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Railroads carry postal clerks dead.
head and this free transportation TO
Uncle Sans servants Is figured by the
carriers TO be worth million dollars
year. The roads are subject TO dam.
ages to Injuries received on trains by
the postal clerks
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Storm pipe connections and sand
traps have been installed at the cor
ners Of Main and Canal streets and
Hampton avenue and Main street,
and are now being put in on the
corner Of Main and Liberty streets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Adell. Neb.-W. A. Slocumb, q
wealthy ranchman living near here,
holds the record for paying the high
est price for stolen kisses In Nebras-
ka. Two Of them cost him SITS.
They were stolen from Mrs. p. L.
Ramsey, whose suitor he Ia said to
have been . few years ago.
While on his way to town recently
he noticed Mrs. Ramsey pushing q
carriage In which slept her baby girl.
Stopping mis- automobile, Mr.. Slocumb
walked up to Mrs. Ramsey and plant.
cd kiss sQuarely upon her lips.
How dare you!" was all the WON.
an said. as she ned to her house.
Soon her angry husband. with q war.
rant, was following on horseback the
man In the motor car.
Before Justice Peck. Mr.. Slocumh
was fined SIS and costs. which he
paid. Then he walked over to Mrs.
Ramsey and said:
THAT kiss was worth all that paid
for II. and I am going to have anoth.
er." He carried out his word
How much is the fne?" asked Mr.
Slocumb, as he escorted Mrs. Ramsey
who appeared as II she was going To
faint, to chair.
"One hundred dollars, and not q
cent less" thundered the justice. The
fine was paid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Classification o. DIamonas.
1he diamond called . brilliant has
- facets. A rose diamond 10 faceted
MY o. the top; u has nat bottom.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
n King Who Left Home

set the world to talking, but Paul
Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y, says he
always keeps at home the King of
all Iaxatives-Dr. Kings New Life
Pills-and that they're a blessing to
all mis- family. Cure constipation,
headache, indigestion, dyspepsia. Only
Csc at Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

particular. Il. Is. ruI, =. this Gown
IS the cont actor of this building
Messrs. -. Fl. Newman, one Of the
leading grocers Of the town. and
King and Gardner, one Of the most
popular irug firms, will install a
large electric light plant within the
next few weeks. They will supply
fights to large number of the busi-
ness houses and fan power, also. This
will be great improvement and one
long desired and the promoters
should NAL e success of the under
taking. Electric lights for the
streets viii no doubt follow within
short tin e as the town authorities
have always had trouble in securing
good street lights, although they have
tried a number of patented lights
and expended a goodly sum If mon
ey for the same. The present lights
are giving very good satisfaction.
however.
Mrs. Rosa Shannon and Miss Mil
dred Mile. of jefferson, who have.
been visiting Miss Elma Mayes. re-
turned home this morning.
Mrs. Eli2abe w. Mayes and sons
Will leave tomorrow morning for
Fork Shoals, Greenville county, to
visit Mr.. I'D Mrs. W. u. Nesbit.
Miss Carrie Mayes, who been at
home on 6 visit, left this morning
for Whitley lie, N. c.. to resume her
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

eStensi~e Oee OF Potash.
Potash enters into the making OF
glass. soap. bleaches. dyes. photo
graphic chemicals. medicine. explo-
sives. fertilizer and Is used In gold
mining and many other Industrial pro.
essses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
Hay Fever, Asthma and Summer
Colds

Must be relieved quickly and Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound will
do it. E. NJ. Stewart, 1894 Wolfram
ST., Chicago, writes: at have been
greatly troubled during the hot sum-
mer months with hay fever and find
that by using Foley's Honey and Tar
compound 1 get great relief" Many
others who suffer similarly will be
glad to benefit by Mr.. Stewards ex-
perience. Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
AolSteln Gown In Demand

The Holstein COWS are now In great.
er demand In dairy localities than any
other breed and they have been In.
creasing In value for the past few
years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

3 idsa In Paper Manufacture.
L. II proposed to manufacture pa.
pr from pulped blue-gum timber
Tsets have been carried out at Eng.
iish paper mills and are said 70 give
. product equal to that made from
African esparto grass
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

When . native Mexican girl falls in
ove with young man. sne sings
songs to him-and In due time they
Are married It's very much the same
way In the United States. II the young
lady is q singer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Issstsisal Culinary Utensils.
Electrical culinary utensils are gen.
saily odorless. being made ON the
vacuum principle. by which the VI.
pors are retained inside the recep-
tscle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Refuge In Philosophy.
What misfortune In your pleasures
has sent you to philosophy for relief
>-Franklin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

IL you are feeling downhearted, tell
your sad story to a fat man and get
him to crying about IT, II the tears
rolling down his vast expanse of cheek
fail to make you laugh. you know
where the river is.--Atchison Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
Suptath for MIX Vessela

MIX pans and pals are all the bet.
ter for a good sunbath In sweet,
airy place. after having been washed,
scalded and dried.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

garsy Advles to Children.
Honor thy father and thy mother"
seands written among the three Laws
g most revsrsd righteousness.
ehyius. 500 b. G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
Tramps Get 22 Yearn

Pottsville. Pa.-Tramps by the score
scampered out OF Schuylkill county
when II was learned that Judge
BrunT N'd sent two of their num-
ber To i,!. for twenty-five years each.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
WANTS TO MOVE PLATFORM
us AHairs i'm and Around
Maycsville.
NaI'iOlis
Special to The Daily Item.


Mayesville, July 31.-There is
some agit .tion now as TO the loca-
tion OF tn. cotton weigher's platform
FOR the al preaching season. w. S.
Chandler, who was reelected to the;
position al d has held the same with
general satisfaction for several sea-
sons has heretofore rented a lot
from j. w. Cooper and has his plat
form loca ed on a very convenient
spot, but he Mayes Hardware Com
pany wisht s to extend its store about
thlrty teet and this extension will
somewhat block the weigher's plat
form. Ag lin, some Of the buyers
want the cotton weighed at the depot
platform :or their convenience and
have been agitating this move for
the past Sc ason or two. Mr.. Chandler
is willing to move his platform to suit
all parties concerned and if the mat
ter can be arranged satisfactorily
with the railway authorities, the
weighing will probably be done at the
depot as the case in many towns.
Crops ale beginning to look ratfl-
er wilted as the result Of the Jry
spell and lotion has lost appreciably
in the last week while the corn crop
Is almC"t a failure in some sections
Of the cOul'y. If there is no consid-
cradle rainfall within the next day
or two, there is no telling the dam
age to the cotton crop. 1t has been
many years since it has had the wilt
ed appearance it bears now. The
fruit and garden crops are :ufferin ,
greatly anil most garden truck Is he.
yond redemption as it is.
The han dsome Mayes bui,d..ig on
the corner Of Main and Lafayette
Streets is about ready for occupancy
and the Eank Of Mayesville has al
ready moved its safe into the vault.
This bank will have one of tho most
convenient and handsome banking
houses in the State considering that
it Is one tf the younger and smaller
banks. The store rooms in this build
ing have been rented and will be oc-
cupied wit thin the next two weeks by
merchants carrying a complete and
up-to-date stock of goods.
AS alres dy mentioned last week.
work has been delayed on the new
hotel building being erected by w. n.
McElveen IN account of delay in get
ting lumber. However, this building
has been progressing satisfactorily,
tEd vii - C-- "e the most COM
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

use for street Rubbish.
CITY authorities OF Amsterdam. are
now considering the conversion Of the
eeseet rubbish 90 a mass into combus-
me briquets for beating boilers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
Osteen Publishing Co.
Sash & Doors.
McKiever, J. w.
Shoes.


Bultman Bros.
The. object Of this association is for
thorough cooperation among the
merchants Of the city. BY this CO.
operation. the merchants expect to
be able to eliminate useless and fraud
uIert advertising. They have agreed
that no member shall advertise
through any medium, or in any
form. except in the newspapers per-
sonal letters. circulars and billboards,
without the endorsement Of the Ad-
visOry Board" Hereafter no adver-
tising will be done through special
mediums as special publications,
which return little or nothing to the
merchants and are in fact pure
donations, and not legitimate adver-
tising.
The secretary was instructed to
proceed at once with the organiza
ton OF a Credit Bureau. With this
Bureau will be filed statements from
each merchant, showing the paying
qualities of each individual customer
for the entire trade territory. This
information will be at the command Of
each and every member Of the Re-
tail Association. Each merchant d.
sres to make a good showing of
every individual customer in this re-
port. 1t is hoped, therefore. that all
as rapidly as possible.
The Retail Association will fur
counts through it's Credit Manager.
The Association will affiliate with
the credit departments of other
Chambers OF Commerce in this and
other states. By this system, credits
and claims can be secured and col
lacted in practically every large city
in the country:
The merchants will later organize a
, bargain day for Sumter. other mat
tcrs such as streets sidewalks, win
dow decorating, advertising and or
dinanccs relating t., their interest,
Will be discussed flOm time to time
at the various meet tings Of the asso-
citation.
At this meeting committee was
appointed to wait on the city coun-
ell and request that they order that
the police keep the sidewalks open
! for traffic at all times. The side
walks are constantly crowded with
| loungers who obstruCt traffic and
: trade and whom the police, IL Is re-
quosted, will order to stand out along
the curb or to move on. This Is n
condition that would not be tolerated
+ in any city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Counting nibblins. a woman eats
suss about a. much a. a man.-Atchi-
~ Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

The Odd Change.
Ihe value OF the farms In Kansas
y c-sy ".7ss. .ess. .ooo a. The sixtv.
one oent0 was for new wronch and
quart % gasoline --Kansas Indus
trialist
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
SAVES Guild AND COLLAPSES

Brakeman on = 2ip four Engine P}los
Gverts peatc Of L,ttie
Gtri
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

Pieoty OF Chances.
u never 10 necessary TO hunt for
leos or to travel far II one Ia looking
~ chance to do q soou deed.--Chi-
coGo Record-Hsrxld.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

A big picnic was held at Pocalla
Thursday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02
STOLEN KISSES ARE COSTLY

Wealthy Ranehran PAID st15 for !
Pair o. Them eut Declares They
Wsre worta Price.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

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Job Printers.
Douglas Island news., 1911-05-03
The NOrthIand The latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed, Information fOr. Everybody,

Business is dull at Fairbanks.
 The Nome Industrial Worker is now issued daily.
 The town of Tanana is petitioning for a court house.
 Seward will vote on the incorporation question on May 2Oth.
 The Nugget says that Nomeite is building flying machine.
 Juneau couuclmen want to take the public school out of politics.
 The members of the new town coun- cil at Cinema are all democrats. Cordova citizens are leading a united effort to get the coal lands opened.
 The Globe hotel at Cinema was en, tirely destroyed by fire last month.
 A stock exchange has been organized at Valdez with twenty charter mem- bers.
 On April 14th old Mount Wrangell began belching forth sheet of flame 2,0OO feet high.
 The ice went out of the river last Fri day at Thirtymile, near the mouth of the HOOtalincua river The Fairbanks Citizen says that at least two dredges will be started on their way into that camp this summer.
 Capt. Gambourg Andreseu, of the U. s. marine corps at Sitka, has received orders for bis transfer to some other station.
 H. c. Latham takes charge of the cus- toms office at Skagway, relieving Geo. Woodruff, who goes to Eagle for the summer.
 Haines is to have Copper Day" to celebrate the first shipment of ore from the famous Rainy Hollow mines. They are getting common.
 Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the north pole, will visit Seattle in Septem Der. He has been invited to take trip to Southeastern Alaska.
 The new ore tariff of the Copper River and Northwestern railroad is based not so much on the length of the haul as the value of the ore.
 The Wrangell paper, the Sentinel, has new editor, Harold F. Dawes. This week Harold announces that there are two things the town needs-a laundry and a base ball club.
 In the trial of the N. c. manager, of Panama, on the charge of selling liquor for consumption off the premises through the medium of retail liquor license, it developed that of the resi- dents living in that vicinity, but seven were eligible for jury duty in that case. Of the others, all were either prejQdiced or in the liquor business.
Douglas Island news., 1911-05-03

Losing his nerve at the last moment Ole Rasmussen, rather than be vscci, hated before coming to Alaska, jumped three stories from window in the health inspectors building at Seattle.
 The Ketchikan Bar Association gave dinner to Judge Lyons at the Sted man hotel on Sunday evening at , o'clock. Covers were laid for sixteen persons. Short speeches were the or der and several were made compliment ing bis honor for his democracy and fair treatment of all who approach him. -Ketchikan Miner.
 Sourdough Mike Engels, big hearted Mike, who has been freightiug almost since the first discovery of gold on Little Mlnook creek, in the Fairbanks district, at the very beginning of the Rampant camp, has passed away, haV ing been taken with cramps while on the trail. He died at the Overland road house on Eureka creek near Hot Springs.
 The Lake Bay cannery has installed automatic machines for making sani- tary cans. They can make about sev. enty thousand cans per day, which brings the total for thirty days up to two million. While this is not the only cannery using sanitary cans it is be- Iieved to be the only oue in Southeast. ern Alaska that will make it's own sanitary cans, and a great saving in labor is expected.-WrangelI Sentinel.
 Dr. Joseph H. Komig, for years past superintendent in charge Of govern ment education for the Southwestern division of Alaska, has rendered his resignation and has accepted the posi- ton of United States commissioner for the Bristol bay region, in connection with which he will engage in the prac- tice of his profession. pr. Romig ex poets to depart for bis new field of labors at an early date, but his family will remain here to take advantage of the school faeilities.-Seward Gateway.
 1t will prove interesting to learn just where Clifford Pinchot, eX-chief forest CT, stands on the Alaska coal land question. In a speech recently deliv. cred at Buffalo, N. r, he thus expressed himself on the matter; "When great natural resources are legitimately needed, then they should be used, and this goyernmentis responsible, both by the passage of unwise laws aud the re- fusal to make good ones, for tying up great resources of coal in Alaska. There is every reason why the coal in Mantanaska and the Katalla fields, in Che latter of which the Cunningham claims are located, should be made available for the people of Alaska and of the whole Pacific Coast under sys- tenn at once fair to the public and the coal operators"
 The existence of oil in the Kstalla district hae been known for at least 15 years. Indians noticed the seepage and little lakes of the blackish fluid along the coast for 9 miles to the east of the Copper river delta. Many of the visible locations were staked out by traders and miners in 1886 and 1897. The first claim was taken by Thomas White, and another of the early locators was ''French Pete,' known to fame as the discover of the Treadwell mine on Douglas Island.
Douglas Island news., 1911-05-03

According to the latest telegraphic advices, Skagway and other Alaskan towns are going to have the gospel preached to them by one Billy East man, who we are told is converted convict.
 According to the report of the fire chief, the cost of maintenance of the Fairbanks fire department for the year ended April 2, 1911, was S28,426.l2 The losses by fire during the year amounted to s445l5
 Rev. Charles T. Russell, a crank re- vivalist, announces his intention of founding a "progressive" religious col ony in Southwestern Alaska, probably in the SuSitna valley around the settle ment of Knik.
 Ships carrying wireless will be asked to send messages to shore during May and June while 100 miles distant. The request is made to make sure that the vessels are properly equipped before the new law goes into effect July l.
 Alaska, New Mexico and South Caro lima are the only places in the country where marriage licenses are not neces. sary to wed. Marriages between whites and Chinese are void in California, Arizona, Mississippi, Oregon aud Utah.
 Accompanied by his wife. LA, Kicker, manager of the Los Angeles branch of Outdoor Life, sporting and outdoor magazine of Denver, Colorado, this summer will undertake trip in 24 foot gasoline launch from Puget sound to Nome, via the inside route.
 Rex Beach in his famous, or infamous, rigmarole in the Saturday Evening Post places the population of Alaska at 37,0OO. People who live nearer Alaska than Rex would never venture so def, mite computation. But then they lack the gall of Rex.-Skagway Alas kan.
 Two miners working on the Bonanza group on the second beach at Nome recently uncoyered whole walrus firmly imbedded in the gravel at depth of eighteen feet. The two tusks are exceptionally good specimens and are easily worth what it has cost the men to sink their shaft.
 "Squawman" Gordon, Nome street cleaner, has forwarded to Scotland papers which he believes will establish his claim to the title of marquis and to broad estates. Gordon is married to an Eskimo woman, by whom he has several children living. Gordon is the family name of the marquis of Huntly.
 The Lakeview roadhouse, located at Mile Six, on the Alaska Northern rail road, caught fire April 1lth from de. fective aue and was burned to the ground. The building and contents were total loss. The Lakeview was one of the largest and best equipped roadhouses on the Kenai peninsula.
 pr. F. B. Whiting, the we'll known physician and surgeon, who has been with the Heney contracting forces from the days of the White Pass & Yukon, has been retained by the Katalla Com pany, now that his work with the con- struction forces is about at an end and will have charge of the hospital work from Iekel to the Bonanza.--Chitina Leader
Douglas Island news., 1911-05-03

The United States Smelling, Refining and Mining Company has signed e bond for the purchase of the Mt ~Anr drew mine for which they will pay the sum of $2,5O0,O00. The authority is conclusive that the deal has been made. and according to it's terms the new pro- prietors take possession the first of July, at which time they are 10 make the first payment of one million dollars The Mt. Andrew mine is one of the big properties of the Ketchikan district and during the course of it's existence has shipped about 100000 tons Of higk grade copper ore. The recent sinking of shafts and some tunneling has dis closed large ore bodies which guaran- teed it's stability to the extent that big smelting concerns wanted it. 1t is un- derstood that the work will be conr tinued under the direction of Mir. Lich- tenstadler until July, when the United States people will begin working it on 8 large scale, thus adding largely tc the population and industrial activity of Ketchikan-Cordova Alaskan.
 The two creeks, Flat aRd Otter, in the Iditarod district, would alone clean uP five million dollars from the winter dumps this spring is the prediction Of Samuel J. Newman, a travelling man for the Schwabacher Company, who re. turned from Iditarod city yesterday says the Seattle P..I. of April g. Hap py, Chicken and Willow creeks, which have not been mined so extensively, are expected to add another million 10 this total. Provisions are very high, but there is no scarcity except in butter and bacon. One pan taken from Otter creek ou claim owned by Capt. Worth brought S4. Mir. Newman says that there is intense rivalry between Flat city and Iditarod city, which are but seven miles apart by the winter trail but are thirty. one miles distant on the river route MT. Newman made the round trip from Seattle to Iditarod ip exactly 100 days, leaving here on Janu- ary Is. Extremely heavy snows were experienced on the trail and the entire district suffered during the winter from the seRerest snow storms in years.
 The excitement caused by the failure of the Fairbanks bank has not yet sub sided, judging by the following, taken from the Yukon Valley News: "It looks as though Barnette was afraid to leave Fairbanks in the daytime and took F private rig as far as Byler's where he and his wife will catch the stage for the outside. Under the advice of the re- ceivers, he is to go to Seattle and dis pose of the Gold Bar stock, which is in the hands of the Dexter Horton bank people, There were rumors circulating around town that the creek depositors were agitating some action of a physical nature against Captain Barnette, in the way of hanging, drawing and quarter ing him, decapitating the district att torney and crucifying the mem bers of the grand jury. In Fairbanks one of the women depositors has visited pub lie places seeking encouragement for her plan of procedure, which was for the women depositors to proceed to the apartments of Mrs. Rarnette and horse whip her and beat her up until the cap tain would "come through" It is the opinion of mahy that the captain gIiN lose no time in strengthening 9p Ma. tars2s rapidly as possible.f
Douglas Island news., 1911-05-03

According to the latest telegraphic advices, Skagway and other Alaskan towns are going to have the gospel preached to them by one Billy East man, who we are told is a converted convict.