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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
LICENSE ORDINANCE ADOPTED.
Council Holds Long Meeting and
Had Much Discussion Over
Adoption OF Ordinance.

City Conncil Thursday night held a
very long and hard session over the
license ordinance for 1912. which af
ter quite a number Of changes had
been made in it, was finally adopted.
There are few changes made from
the ordinance of this year and these
changes are more of arrangement
than Of anything else. One change
made throughout the whole ordi-
nance is the graduation Of it accord
ing to law.
The only other thing discussed by
Council was the sweeping of the
streets at night, and Mr. Booth was
instructed TO get street sweeper
for this purpose.
The ordinance for 1912 is all ar
ranged in classed, the various kinds
of businesses coming under classes
suitable to them alone. The vari-
Gus classes are also arranged ac-
vested in the business and in the
amount Of business done during the
year. The arrangement was so
made that all of the big and small
business people would be treated
alike.
Some Of the things on which dis
cussions were held were in regard to
the license on publishers and job
printers, on cotton buyers and re-
ceivers, on telephone companies and
exchanges and on railroads and a.
number of other occupations. The
Mayor stated that he differed from
the city attorney on a number of
points in the framing of the license
but that he thought on the
whole it was about as good as any
that they could get.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
COURT PROCEEDINGS
Motion for q New Trial i'm Mccoy
Case-I. t. Davis Found Not
Guilty.

There was little done in the court
or general sessions Thursday except
the winding up Of the l. T. Davis
case and the beginning of the r. 81.
Bateman case.
After being out a short time the
jury brought in verdict of not
guilty in the case against 1. T. Davis.
The case was one for disposing Of
crop under lien.
A motion was entered on the min
utes of the court Thursday by Mr..
Jennings for new. trial in the case
against Allen Mccoy. who was con-
victed of murder, with recommends
ton to mercy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
M8ck o. Noble 9frfh

In some parts VI the east women Of
high caste wear huge bracelets, the
object being to prove their noble birth
by making them unable to do work
OF any kind Savage races delight In
all kinds of weird ornament, but Il
must be high price to pay for beauty
to wear two large bracelets attached
TO the eaT-for one cannot call them
e@rrings-and another through the
cartilage ~ the nose. But most fro
auentiy they wear a mass OF hoops
on their arms and fess and are fairly
content With that
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Two Of a Kind.

Convict No. GIL (ex-burglar, leaned
confidentially over to his companion. a
new addition and whispered:
What yer I'm for. sonny?"
Five years. And your"
Same. Pinched n gold cup wot some
one give rs prize In a race an the
thing turned out to be on'y gilt arter
all Whatever larfn' atY'
Convict 900 tex-company promoter,-
He he! I'm the chap who gave the
cupELondon Tit-F3its
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
His Cure.

81 have cured myself by learning 10
chew my food"
What have you cured yourself OFF,
1.-The belief that II remained away
from the office for more than ten min
utes ut lunch time everything would
go to the dickens. ."-Chicago Record
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The Now York Public library Il the
most compasce Institution Of the kind
In the world Besides the usual circu.
htng library and children's library
heRe We: Lecture room and class
room " the lihcary sehooi, exhibition
room, eighty fee9 square. for the dis.
play 0 btbltosTaphtcal treasuresy read
ing rooms for current periodicals, hav.
ing . capectty q 1000 periodicals
technology rooms. IN which $4,000 vol
umes Gre sheavedy ewo rooms for the
science collection. tn witch are shetved
$4,000 volumes seaatfng 10 mathemat.
Eal and natural sc1guce.ss q library fos
the tro o< the blind six study rooma
foe special stu0enfs and investigators
pectn reading rpUms for the consul
tnttoo 0 tho Slavuntc, Jewish and
6mlfzs collections. q reading room fos
economies and sociology, shelving
about 10000 volumes: pubtlc docu
menk room. which contains aoou4 CO..
00 UeumeA etn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
A GLIMPSE Of YOURSELF.
ok q BY Rssdtng . oossspy Lseess
Yoo Wrote Vears Ago

o0k oy VeeoFn9 oosSfp1 Ioeeee
Yoo Wrote reers Ago.
There Is Dothin9 more interesting
than to come ocruss unexpected1y On
intimate and susstpy letter that one
wrote oneself ten or fifteen years ngn
In reading sUch letter one Is booking
at oneself from the outside. The proc.
ess Il good deal ltke looking out OF
the window and seeing oneself 80 past
tn the crowd The strange part of ths
matter Is that IN reading such q docu-
ment one Is gene~ally 6lled with sort
OF pity for the fellow who wrote It
He seems TO have been rather uucer.
tain OF himseff. He groped for hts
facts and his IDEAS Evidently be did
not know much. He was merety IN
imperfect adumbrat1on of the admtra.
be person who Is DOW overlooking hts
correspondence. ehi That Is to first
impression But presently one feeds
differently about Il Those bali baked
opinions may now have hardened into
dogmaa We may now be cocksure
Of what once we only surmfsed But
who Is 80 hopetessly wrong as the
eocksure man7 II the person one
was fifteen years ago could cuutem.
plate Ohtecttrefy the person ono Is
DOW perhaps be would pity the pur.
blind dogmattst more than we pity the
cropping expertmentaitst - New York
Neil.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

Thursday another electric arch
was erected from the Lyric to Burns
Hardware Co. and Friday morn
ing another one was put up from
Levy * Moses to the Hearon Drug
COmpany's store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

We came through With flying Goa.
ors." bOasted the middle aged mau
who had returned fum hts f1rst visit
b Europe. "Abmt the only serious
mistake OF the tr1p vas made By my
wifd She drove the cierk IN a Paris
shop to fndignat1uu aud Despair by In
sdvertentfy askfng n the dress trim.
rItngs she vas looefng at were import.
cd The girl ueariy took her head
on. fmportedr she said Where
from$ "-New F0& Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Capststv We nsvs He'd.

SoRvS0vO W. INV by80s
N e asserted sometimes that IN
United States hns had I've capitals
but the statemenx b not correct. The
United StaoB han had but three cap
nass-New YUsk Philadelphia aud
Washington. In 0e period preceding
the adopt1oo u th constitution nc
ptace was heeaify CONSTRUCTED q capfta,
In o bose and unubct11 sense n b Don
sfote to describe a q capitai any city
which was tho s1at Of government
Taking the sssu1Uw q tie Contfneutn
congress a. estabasstfng a seat Of gov.
anment In rhe Rsvoautin aud the
confederation, the f0fUw4ng cities
may loosely rWuk - capitais. Phila
oesph1a. BaS<fmsA Lnncasten York
Pnnceeou. Anuap6fls, Trenton and
New York. To artdcIee Of confedera.
oon were pasved hV congress In Phit
saeaphia. and thD 6eferal cunveutSOu
charged 70 prepUe q constitution con
vened 0t the Same paAce.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
AZ q Last Resort.

MOther-I saw you kissing my daugh-
ter.
"Yes but only ont Of desperation.
I couldn't think Of anything to say to
her. "--Fliegeude Blatter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

a 0fmpts rw<s< q ths Wris<.
You knoY JoDea WHO was repured
% richs Wen he ded the other day.
and the ouiy thing hs le1e wus an Old
Dutch cfock-
Wei. there's ono good thing about
nAt WON'T be much trouble TO wfni
up hh estate"-0Bcr1 Heart Review.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Marriage License Record.

marriage license was granted
Thursday to Mr.. Elias Wilson Wither-
spoon of Florence, and Miss Caro-
line Elizabeth Winn Of Sumter.
negro couple to secure a Ii
cense Thursday was James Dawson,
Jr., Of Dalzell, and Wilhelmina
Roach of Providence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Best Point Of Attack,

It's no use TO tell pretty girl she
is pretty; she knew that long before
you did The place 10 work 1t I'm with
success is where a girl isn't pretty
New York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
A Bio Joh

THAT IS old Jed Wombat. o1r oldest
tnhabitant."
why doesn't be get his whiskers
trtmmedT
"Well, he does start dicker with
the barber every winter, but they amt
never been able to reach no agreement
yet."-Washington Herald
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Telling Tales.

That" said the professor. "is an
Egyptian queen. She Is at least 5000
years old"
"Myi" exclaimed the girl with large
fluffy hair. "I'll bet she'd be annoyed
IL she knew you were telling it"-Ex-
change
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
6er Own Wofat Worrx.

you say she worries herself un-
necessarily over tr1fling thingsT' said
one Of two women who were speaking
about the ways Of another.
"WOrriesr' was the answer. "Why,
she's more trouble to herself than >
family Of childrenP'-New York Sun
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
In the Police Court.

There was only one case in tha
Police Court Saturday.
j. l. Martin and Franz Toicbar
were charged with fighting. ]. J.
Martin plead guilty and was fined
$500, while Franz Teicher plead not
guilty and was dicharged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Easy.

White-Have you any trouble in
making both ends meet? Green-Not
q bit. The end Of my money and the
end OF the week always come at the
same time-Harper's Bazaar.
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Cavino the Snas~

For whom Is she wearing black,
her late husbandT"
"No. for her next She knows she
looks well I'm it."-Judge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Eoroot Hia aEtrs& AidU

But how does she know that he
doesn't love her?"
''She fainted away the other evening.
and he didn't kiss her before he hol-
lered for help."-Houston Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
All the Detaijs.

Lawyer-Where did he kiss your
She-On the mouth, SIR. Lawyer-Oh.
no! Where were your She-In his
arms.-Variety Life
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

1t Ia wise man who knows his own
business, and II Is wiser man who
thoroughly attends to it.-Wayland.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
BriQht Child.

Il wish was twins. mother. then
half OF me could do lessons. and half
could play london Punch
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Rubbino IL In

Hubbing II IN.
Patient (angrily)-The size OF your
bill makes my blood boil Doctor
Then that will be $40 more for ster.
ilizing your system - Boston Tran
script.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

vicr1m-Say. duru ye. you've pulled
the wrong tooth! DnfiYe-From the
way you hoiiered ChouGht I had hold
Of the right oue but wen call II my
Chtca9o qtftuna
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

"What Is the key to successr'
The ability to make people pay"
PAY for what they getY
NO: pay for wbaf ypu tall them they
are getting"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

Jones tas the launch capsizes}-i-i
wish had been a better man. Brown
with gurgie-I wish I had been q
better swimmer. - Philadelphia Bul
letfn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

There is n difference between being
busy and being industrious.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

What q strange thing IS man and
what a stranger IN wUmanHByrUn
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

Try an ad In the Daily Item, and
watch results.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18
Wealth snd W1sdom,

Wcaftt, smd Wlsdom.
A man VINO Is worth more than 81.
100000 Gun set any commonplace 70
mark accepted as an eydgram--Cht
eago Record Hera1d.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

Mr.. Wilton Barrett, of Conway. is
in the city for few days stay.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-18

Mr.. Hugh Belser, Of Silver. spent
Friday in the city.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
LATER WILL OF JOHN W. GATES
Estate Not Held in Trust for Ten
Years-Mother and Son to Di- :.
vide at Once.

New York.-An announcement that
the will made by John w. Gates in
May, 1910, which was made public on
the day of his funeral Wednesday,
had been revoked by will in March,
1911, was made Monday by attorneys
who drew up the latter will. The doc
ument left all but $1,000,000 in trust
fund for his widow and son. forbidding
the sale of any of the securities for
ten years. So far as the attorneys
statement shows, there is no pro-
vision of this sort in the new will,
which gives the son million dollars
outright, 100000 in trust and the
widow the remainder of the estate,
with the exception of about 100000.
which is divided among relatives and
friends.
The attorneys statement adds that
Mrs. Gates, Gin pursuance OF the
wishes of her husband, has arranged
to turn over to her son part OF q
portion of the estate bequeathed to
her sufficiently large to make their
share approximately equal"
The estate has been unauthorita-
lively estimated at $30,000,0O0.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
Says Time Is Opportune.

NOW Orleans.-J. Med. Price, sec
retary and tariff manager of the Ma
tlonal Lumber Exporters Association.
whose headquarters are in Baltimore.
are now at New Orleans studying con-
oltlons, says the labor troubles af-
1ectlng saw mills that have been
closed down in Louisiana, Texas and
elsewhere came at a good time, be-
cause this is a slack season and mill
owners can well afford to close down.
Mr.. Price says steamship rates out
OF New Orleans to Europe are not fair,
advances of from &c to &c per 100
pounds on all classes of lumber hay
ing been made, while no other port on
the Atlantic Or gulf coast has been
so affected.
Mr.. Price says until the rates are
equalfzed New Orleans will suffer as
an export point, for lumber men are.
he says, trying to arrange to export
their output from Port Arthur and Mo,
bile.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
Convicted of Manslauuhter.

New Orleans-The deliberation Of
the jury in the case of William E.
Kelly, charged with the murder Of
Alphonse Wattigny, in Algiers, on the
morning of the 1st of January last,
was short, and verdict of guilty Of
manslaugter was the result of the
trial of the case. The case had been
called several times previously, but
failed on account of the strenuous ef-
forts of the sisters of Kelly, who, with
a view of seeking an acquittal for
their brother, had spoken to members
OF the jury, which coming to the ears
Of the district attorney, he continued
the case in each instance, and once
had the young ladies summoned before
him.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
Caught in New York.

Observation-Disclosures has reached
Independence through Amite that
John La Rock, formerly the New
York barber" Of this place, who is
wanted in this parish for forgery and
by the Federal authorities for robbing
the postoffice here, has been caught
in New York. Sheriff Saal was in
tending to send an officer after him,
but the authorities there say that he
must answer to the charge Of grand
larceny in New York before he is re.
turned.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
NO. ~.
MAO RUSH At PICTURE SHOW
BOY SHOUTS FIRE, AND MANY
KILLED AND WOUNDED
In Rush for safety-Women and Chill
dren Among the Dead-Fireman
Finds Own Children.

Canonsburg, Pa.-Twenty-six dead
from suffocation; twenty-five serious
ly injured; thirty suffering from
minor hurts.
This is the amount of human toll
exacted by an inexcusable panic at a
moving picture show in the Canons-
burg opera house Saturday night.
The moving picture machine de-
veloped a slight defect. A small boy
shouted fire." at the same time start
ing for the narrow exit.
Bolus Dubrowsiey, foreign miner,
giant in proportions, jumped from
his seat and ran wildly for the same
exit In moment there was fight
ing, struggling mass after him. At
the head of narrow stairway which
led to the street the foreigner tripped.
AS he rolled down the stairs he swept
others from their feet who were wait
ing their turn to enter the theater,
and soon there was an indescribable
pile of humanity at the foot of the
steps, battling like mad.
Dubrowski's wild flight through the
theater and his subsequent stumble
the death jam at the foot of the
stairs. The bodies clogged the door
way. Men walked over them and
fought for positions of safety until
overwhelmed by the weight OF the
mass behind. They, too, were crushed
down to death.
When the doorway had been filled
up still other persons walked over the
bodies of those who had gone down,
and breaking the glass transom over
the door, crawled through and drop
ped into the street
It-,was all ended in few minutes.
Volunteer firemen, several pollcemen
and few level-headed citizens un-
tangled the human mass. The unhurt
and those slightly injured were pulled
from the top of the pile. AS they
gained the street they ran screechlng
away. Next came the more seriously
hurt, and these were sent nome or
taken to nearby houses, while few
were rushed unconscious to hospitals.
Then the rescuers came to the forms
of those who had reached the fatai
stairway first. One after another the
victims, many of them women ana
small children, were carried TO the
sidewalk IAN had Abeen suffocated
Manager Ferguson endeavored to
-prpp ffc-pdn1o. ..--Aaananied by his
wife. he started for the stairs, uu.
seeing there was no escape, he went 10
the stage. Calling loudly to the fright
ened people to follow him, he led the
way to the rear, and fully three hum
dred escabed in this way.
OF the twenty-six dead, thirteen
were children, seven of them pupils
in the public schools. 1t was decided
by the school authorities to postpone
for a week the opening of the schools.
Wilmer Lane, an employe OF the
Canonsburg pottery and a member OF
the volunteer fire company, hastened
| to answer the alarm, and was working
at the pile of bodies at the entrance
when he came upon the lifeless forms
of his two children lying beside nls
unconscious wife. ,5
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
NEWS OF
LOUISIANA
2sazazssD<sssszz;zs 81
BRuNOT BLOCKS A PARDON
Tria! Judge Refuses TO Sign a Peei-
ton for the Release of Doctor
- MckoWen.

Baton Rouge.-There is apparently
little hope right now of a pardon for
Dr.. E. c. Mckowen, the Jackson
physician, who was sentenced to life
in the state penitentiary for the muir
der of E. K. Judson, an inmate of the
state asylum for the insane, although
developments during the last two
days show that a determined effort
is being made to secure pardon for
the Jackson physician, which may
later be successful.
The petition for the application for
pardon is based on the fact that the
prison physicians have declared that
DR.. McKowen has consumption, with
the understanding that if pardoned he
will go to New Mexico or some other
state to live.
The stumbling block in the way OF
the petition is the fact that Judge II.
F. Brunot, of Baton Rouge, who was
the trial Judge, would not consent to
sign the petition for pardon. Judge
Brunot does not think the fact that a
prisoner has tuberculosis and that ne
will move to some other state is SUI
ficient grounds to secure a pardon.
The petition has for some weeks
been widely and quietly circulated IN
East and West Feliciana parishes, In
the first Of which DR.. McKowen hveo'
and in the latter the murder OF Judson
Is alleged to have occurred. A great
many persons in East and West Fe-
liciana parishes signed the petition
some of those who have been known
as "McKowens enemies" being sign
ers.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
New Orleans SUGAR.

New Orleans.-There was practical
ly no change in the local sugar mar
ket Monday Receipts that arrived
from plantations were light and were
all sold. The tone continued strong.
Refined sugars were in good demand
with the advance of Is points. New
York refined sugars were in fair de-
mand and the whole list advanced 10
and points, making total of Is
points. Molasses and syrups were
nominal. Sugar quotations: Yellow,
5 7-l6c; seconds, 3@4kc. Molasses,
open kettle, nominal; centrifugal,
nominal; syrup, new, per gallon, nomi.
nal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
| LOUISIANA News
HaPpe9lDgs
Of fl9terest..
eboots and Kills Wife.

.,.u.ndr;a-S. c. w. Boatwright
IND =. ana killed his wife Sunday night.
srs %ssv were alone when the tragedy oc-
1 aur,,sa me three little children were
/ '.sleep ia the same room, but were
80 1xrhsnsd by the sn0t.
no the ceroner's jury Boatwright
made the statement that he returned
home at II o'clock and that his wife
Mad been asleep and got up to let
lin in the door He asked for supper
md she answered that he had come
home too late to get any supper. He
,elates that he went to his room and
mdressed for bed, got his pistol from
tbe pillow, and went back into the
NOM where his wife was seated on a
,hair. The ball entered the outside
uner of her left eye, causing in
stant death. He claimed that he did
not know the weapon was loaded.
He seemed to be in a stupor when
! hs neighbors gathered there at his
mmmons. 1t was found that he had
uken the empty cartridge out of the
pstol and put the weapon away. He
| hen lifted his wife's dead body to the
|td and covered her up with a sheet,
|ud then went after the neighbors.
DR.. CT. Gremillion, physician who
resides on the same block, was the
|hrst to respond to the call of the man.
|0ther neighbors soon came.
The friends and neighbors of the
couple say that the man had always
|sppeared to be fond of his family and
never failed to kiss them upon leaving
and was not in the habit of staying
uut at night. He came here from
Shreveport, La, in October, 1910, and
Ills wife and children came here Jan
nary last. He was employed as ship
ping clerk in the wholesale liquor es-
of j. e. Adams. He was
aid to be very quiet man.
Boatwright is in the parish Jail to
await an investigation of the case.
Ills children are 6 and years and 2
months old, respectively. 1t is stated
they did not wake up during the en-
IRE night and knew nothing Of their
nother's death. Boatwright is AZ years
I'D and his wife 20.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-02
Farmers to Raise Sugar Cane.

Hammond-A general meeting Of
the farmers of this parish is soon to
be called, at which an effort will be
made to induce them to engage in
the culture of sugar cane on an ex-
tensiye scale 1t has been demon
strated that the soil here is adapted
to that industry, and considerable
cane of the finest quality is raised
here every season. Heretofore it has
been made into syrup, but recently
proposition has been made to the
farmers of the parish by a prominent
sugar planter, to furnish them with
seed and to buy all they will raise
at a remuneratiye figure. 1t is thought
that when the possibilities Of this
crop is demonstrated to them, large
acres of the land that is now lying
idle will be cleared up and devoted
to the cultivation of this staple.