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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
Mourning Color.

When people who write for fashion
publication" says q Vienna lstts,.
have nothing moro to say abyut
oueer'shaped hats. sro.esque skirts
and other equally important matters.
they tell us that black 10 going out and
white 10 TO be the mourning oolor-,f
white may DO 30 termed. This fashion
news Item may be looked for several
times year. but black. sombrs black,
stiii maintains its place. The band on
the sleeve has done much TO save
money TO- those who still wish to wear
q badge OF mourning. but tho sleeve
band will never be white The greater
display Of mourning is made with sta
tionery, the size of the cards and the
depth OF the black borders indicating
what? There will bo real mourning
among the stationers when one may
announce the death Of a beloved ono
or tell OF his good qualities on paper
which Ia pure white"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
ORIGINATED IN A JOKE
EXPLANATION OF HORACE GREE.
LEY's ADVICE, "Go WEST"
According to Statement Of Kansas City
Man, "salted" Mines Gave tho
Great Editor the Inspiration
for WelI.known Words,

According to Isom G. Stephens, who
runs little corner grocery store in
Kansas City, the famous advice of
Horace Greeley to "Go West" was
founded on a fake bit OF persuasion in
the form of "salted" gold mine near
Denver, Colo.
In the Spring OF 1860 Mr.. Stephens
was In Denver-then a mere frontier
village whose chief enterprise was
gambling-at the time when Horace
Greeley made the town visit. Steph.
ems was one Of party of six who
wasted considerable effort trying to
get real gold out of the Identical To-
cality where the early day promoters
produced extravagant wealth before
Mr.. Greeley's eyes. The ruse worked
admirably. 1t was good for several col.
umns OF the 60 west, young man"
stuff right off the New York editors
trenchant pen.
Mr.. Stephens. by the way, has a re-
markable record as pioneer. In four
different states he pioneered" years
IN advance OF the railway-Michigan
Kansas, Colorado and North Dakota.
Mr.. Stephens was born In a log house
In the woods Of Michigan In 1881.
II got the gold fever early in 1860"
Mr. Stephens said. my brother-in-la
had been in Denver the year previous
and had struck 1t rich in placer min.
Ing. We learned Of excursion rates
OF $40 from Atchison to Denver, which
were cheap in comparison with the
regular rates Of 500 one way.
When We got to Denver the gold
fever was running high. Horace Gree
ley, editor Of the New York Tribune.
and a member Of his staff were in
Denver. They sent back beautifully
worded stories of the grandeur of the
west. and the possibilities of getting
rich. My father had been a subscr,o
er to the New York Tribune ever since
he built our log house In the Michi
gan clearing In 1928.
our party got tip on the mines
that Greeley had written about and we
went up near Boulder and tried our
luck. The six Of us showed a gross re-
turn OF $1.27 worth of gold for the
weeks work. Discouraged and halt
starved, We trailed back to Denver
Shortly after that we learned that
the gold mines had been 'salted' for
the purpose Of arousing Mr.. Greeleys
enthusiasm.
"Mr. Greeley went back to New York
that spring. II was the season to put
ozone into the lungs OF city man
and make him think there was no
place like the boundless west. He
left staff writer in Denver that sum.
mer. followed the trail back to the
states the same summer. A drought
had seized the land. Everything was
parched and brown. It was a desolate-
looking landscape. After got back to
Michigan l read the rosy accounts OF
the western country In the New York
Tribune, but they didn't look good to
me."-Kansas City Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
COLORED CHARITABLE SOCIETY
Negroes Form Organization TO Take
Care of Destitute of Their Color.

recently a charitable organization
has been formed among the colored
people of Sumter for the purpose of
taking care among themselves Of the
destitute of their own color. The or
ganlzation is known as the Colored
Woman's Federation and has already
done much good among the colored
people and is steadily gaining
strength and growing to such an ex-
tent that charitable work can be
done by it on a broader scale.
AS an instance of the work done by
the association may be cited a case
occurring at the Sumter passenger
station Wednesday. A negro coming
In from Marion, where he had been
employed at a saw mill, was taken
suddenly sick and being without funds
was in a deplorable condition. A
purse Of three dollars was raised
among the colored people at the sta
ton the man was sent TO the
Sumte Hospital to be cared for. He
VIII remain at the hospital as
charge of the charitable organization
until he recovers, the organization
having heard of him through DR..
Maxwell Other such cases constant
ly coming up are taken care of in the
same way by the colored charitable
organization.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07

TO ascertain the temperature q
lava a. II is emitted from q volcano
has bafiisd many scientists. The
Roman academy has Just published
the results Of the Investigations made
By 0iovsni Piatania during the srup.
tion OF Etna last year.
The eruption began September 10
and the scientist was unable to ap-
proach the mountain for ten days,
when one crater was still In action.
He camped az near a. he could to
this crater. close to . stream OF lava
flowing about q yard Q second.
Using the new telescope pyro-
meter" he GOT temperatures for the
surface Of the lava fow Of all the
way from 1.o<o 70 1.l3o degrees.
a second series of observations,
taken st a distance Of q dozen feet,
gave figures N high a. 1.500 degrees.
The estimates are that the incan.
descent lava. a. Il comes directly
from the crater. has a temperature
not less than 1900 degrees.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07

"A work Of Rembrandt ("Woman
Plucking a Fowl") recently sold in
Paris for &05.000. appears to hold the
record price for that artists work. The
same picture was sold In Amsterdam
IN 1884 Ut was probably painted about
l640O for $40. In 1S45 In London Il
brought about $1.625. and in 1884 was
sold In Paris. to the family which has
now resold 1t. for about $4,000. The
previous record price for Rembrandt
was that paid for the Girl Holding a
Medal" In the Hoe collection. sold
here last year for $70,O00.-New York
Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
ELECTION AT PINEWOOD.
T.. u. Geddings Chosen As Interdant
OF Town.

Pinewood, Dec. 4.-The town cleo
ton passed off quietly last Tuesday
with a new set of wardens elected. A.
Z. Lide, Howard Scott, E. c. Geddings
and L. y. Barwick F.. p. Geddings
was elected intendant, which now is
salaried office at 500 per year.
1t is possible that this is the only
town in the State that pays a salary
to its intendant. 1t has a population
of only 424
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
DANGER IN RAW FOODS
WHY UNc0OkED NUTR,MENr
MAY BE MENACE TO HEALTH.
saood Physical Reasons for Taking Az
Precautions Are Easily Set Forth
Proper knowledge Of Facts
Nest Essential Thina.

In older civilizations, where the coil
has been exhausted and needs con-
slant manuring, cooked fruit and vege-
tables rather than raw are much more
the rule than with uK. In densely peO-
pied China. where night soil is used
to fertilize the land. the eating of
raw vegetables Is said to be very rare.
Ii Is easy to see why such foods, un-
cooked, may be very dangerous. AL
though such methods are not follow ed
to any great extent in the United
States. raw fruits and vegetables may
be a menace to health
A Russian authority. Prof Metchni-
koff. because Of the possible presence
OF disease In the body, strongly ad-
yises against the eating Of any raw
food whatever, even II It has been
washed In boiled water. Although
this view may be considered extreme
for American conditions. 1t shows
what care must be taken in the pur-
chase and the cleansing OF food that
Is to be consumed raw.
Kitchen methods In many of their
Details fail to meet the requirements
OF sanitary science. The cook IL not
trained In bacteriology; she does not
know what cleanliness means from
the laboratory point of view. The old
fashioned hatred of dirt for it's own
loathsome sake IL the best substitute
for this knowledge, but It is not
enough.
For instance. boiling has long been
known to kill whatever was the cause
Of spelling" of food. However, most
housekeepers did not boil out" the
milk pans; they simply scalded them
"Scalding" is an indefinite term; II
boiling hot water Is used, and enough
Of II. scalding would doubtless be ef-
fective. but too often when the facts
In the case are not thoroughly under
stood. such process Is carelessiy car
ried out and the desired end is not ac-
complished.
When In such cases the milk spoils
quickly 1t is often attributed to the
weather or to bad luck. The house
keeper who understands the cause of
spelling. and who knows that the
microscopic plants responsible for it
may be destroyed by q sufficient de-
gree OF heat applied for the proper
time. Is more likely to be successful
than one who works by rule Of thumb.
Here. as in 80 many other house
held problems. knowledge is essen
tial. How Is tho ignorant cook to
know that what turks unseen in crack
or seam may bring to naught all her
precautions? The homely old dictum,
that the only way to conquer dirt is
by externally keeping at 1t" Is as
true as ever 1t was. but we have come
to realize the insidiousness and omni.
presence of the enemy to health.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
WARY OLD BLACKSNAKE
GAVE NATURALIST A MERRY
TIME BEFORE ITS CAPTURE.
Every Device, From Flight TO Open
Defiance Resorted To Finally
Shaken From Tree Top Il
Continues Resistance,

A naturalist in Virginia encountered
desirable specimen of blacksnake
which he wanted for his collection. As
usual In such cases the snake saw him
nrst. 1t lay perfectly quiet, trusting to
escape observation.
Directly In front OF the naturalist
lay wide open space. The naturalist
knew that he could easily overtake
the blacksnake before it could reach
the bushes opposite. The blacksnake.
TOO, seemed to be cognizant of this
fact, inasmuch as the man had not
taken half dozen steps In it's direc-
ton before it changed it's tactics and.
some ten feet away. turned and
charged its hunter.
The man spread his legs and stoop-
Cd to catch the snake. But the black.
snake displayed such agility that be-
lore the hunter could determine lust
where 10 grasp 1t the snake was ten
feet away.
IL was evident that the blacksnake
expected the mar to fee, as no doubt
II had seen other men flee under such
circumstances. The snake was some
seven feet in length and although
quite harmless looked formidable
enough to frighten the average man.
AS Its hunter did not flee the snake
turned about and again charged. This
time 1t swerved from its course when
1t saw that the man wa, standing his
ground. This deviation In the snakes
rush got 1T into some bushes. Here II
coiled after the manner OF a rattle
snake.
1t elevated It's tail and vibrated It
with great rapidity and, striking the
ieaves and twigs, managed to produce
buzzing sound not unlike the warn.
Ing of q rattler. At the same time II
drew back its head as II ready to
strike.
The man continued to advance; so
the snake once more changed its tao
TICS. 1t began to doge In and out of
the bush. The maneuvering continu-
ed Tor perhaps ten minutes. Then the
man. seeing a good opportunity, rush.
ed forward to secure his prize.
The blacksnake mounted through
the bushes to their tops and went
from the tops to the lower branches
OF a small birch. 1t continued to
mount upward and made its way to
the swaying tip, some Is feet in the
air, performing the feat as quickly as
squirrel could have done 1t.
From this elevated position the
blacksnake surveyed the man in tri-
umph. But its exultation was short
lived, for vigorous shake of the tres
brought It down. and as It fell upon
the soft bed Of leaves at the hunters
feet the man threw himself upon the
serpent and succeeded in catching It.
Even then the blacksnake did net
lose it's head. but by an unexpected
movement managed to fasten one Of
Its teeth In a finger, inflicting deep
scratches.
The naturalist kept this snake fer
nearly two months 1t proved to be
the most intractable OF blacksnakes.
Whenever the naturalist took It in
his hands 1t would exhibit much In
genuity In its attempts to escape.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
Explained.

i am sorry 10 see you here again" I"
said the Judge.
You're not half as sorry ms | am,
Judge" said the prisoner.
Bad company, my man, as told
you before, is sure to bring you back"
said the Judge.
Yes, Judge" said the prisoner. "But
| can't help myself l tried TO avoid
this vulgnr COP, but he just regularly
thrust hisself upon me. Harpcr'3
Weekly
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
Fire Saturday.

Saturday evening about o'clock
fire broke out in a box car on the At
lantic Coast Line freight yard, but
was cXtineuished by the fire DEPART
ment before considerable damage was
done. The car contained a months
rations for the section gang, some of
which was damaged by the fire, but
most Of which was saved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
A Truthful GtH.

II am very sorry. Captain Snobb,
that circumstances over which /
have no control compel me to say
no."
May ask what the circumstances
are?"
Yours. s."-Iippincotts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
SENT BY WHOSE HANDY
: WINGED MESSENGER SAVED
LIVES OF sAILoRA
bird Practically Forced Captain to A.
ter Course Of HE vessel and Thus
Gnsct the Rescue OF Drown
Ing Men.

The following story was published
ey q sea captain In "Aftonbladet" of
Stockholm recently. There are many
people stifi living In Arendal who re-
member the occurrence which is here
described.
One darA night several years ago q
sailing vessel from Arendal. Norway,
was crossing the north Atlantic. on
ats way from America to England.
There was q strong east wind. against
which the ship was tacking. AS it
drew toward eight bells In the even
ang. the captain was walking back and
forth on the bridge. trying to make up
his mind whether to put about or to
continue on the sumo course for an
other watch or two.
AZ he walked he suddenly received
. blow or his chest. which. he discov.
cred. had been dealt by a sea bird.
Then his winged assaiiant quickly dis.
appeared 10 leeward.
"A few moments later the captain
was t,s; giving tho command To turn
Che weasel when he again received q
blow In the chest from the same mes
sssnger. Then the bird disappeared az
before In q southwesteriy direction.
After thiS had been repeated several
more times. the bird. after each blow.
hjing on toward the southwest. the
captain. who thought there must be
something supernatural IN the matter,
decided To follow the bird. Instead OF
turning back. he caused the boats
course to be sent toward the south
west This was no sooner done than
the bird settled down on the ships
railing beside the captain.
The boat now sailed at great pace
before tho strong wind. But although
q sharp watch was kept AFT as we'll as
forward. half the night passed and
nothing unusual was discovered.
The crew began to Joke about the
"old mans" maneuver. and the cap
tain himself doubted the wisdom of
continuing to sail out Of his course,
losing distance which q great deal OF
tacking would be required 70 regain.
At 2 O'Clock IN the morning he was
on tho Point Of giving the order to
turn again. when the lookout on the
foreyard sung out that ne saw q glow
as Of hre ahead.
All the waning interest woke again!
Soon the vessel found itself ap.
preaching Q burning ship. and It lay
to a. close as was practicable.
A boat was lowered and found many
men floating about on hencoops. pieces
OF wreckage and other floating articles
from the burning ship. They were
weak and exhausted, having chosen
slow death In the ocean to being
burned alive or sufSocated by the
IRE.
When the sufferers had been cared
Tor to the best OF the rescuing vessels
ability and the vessels bow had been
turned again toward England the sail.
.ors found that the bird was still on
board. Nor did It leave the boat
again. Iiut one day. after the vessel
had reached the English channel, one
OF those who had been saved from the
burning ship kicked the bird to death
In revenge for q bite from its bill.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
his Busineea.

Il was in place yesterday that en-
ployed a bouncer with the most ap-
propriate name In the business. II
was Vine"
How is that so appropriated"
Because his principal occupation 10
to throw out lot of suckers"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07

Mrs. Rachael Homphiu Minshan
has been appointed postmistress at
Abbevilo. The senate last spring re-
fused TO confirm the appointment of
John r. Talbort Jr, Who was nomi-
mated 10 succeed Mrs Ninshau.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
Indications.

IL think rooms reflect the PERSONAL
lty OF their inhabitants"
Then take It, the lady who uses
this room Is OF a very Worrying dispo-
sition."
What makes you think that?'
Because il has SO much fret woTh.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
Education In China

One OF the first official acts OF the
new Chinese government was to Is.
sue an order for the resumption OF
educational work on a modern and uni
form basis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
She Knew.

Jack-When asked Ethel II she
would be mine she fell ON my breast
and sohbed ike a child. but finally she
put her arms around my neck and
Maud-Oh. yes. / know all about
that: rehearsed II with her
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-07
Record Elevator Trim

An electric elevator In a New York
office building that travels to height {
or bs6 feet on each trip Is believed to
hold the worlds record
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-09-05
'earch for Two. Escaped convicts.

Search for Two. Escaped Convicts.
Officials from the North Dakota
State Penitentiary have been scour-
ing the country hereabouts during
the past week in an attempt to re-
capture two convicts which are still
at large. four of them having es-
capped from the prison last week af-
ter a game of base ball. Two Of the
men were recaptured in the neigh
borhood of Mckenzie and two are
still at large. Saturday man on
horseback stopped at the Fat Ken
ney place. vest of Linton while the
owner was away. helped himself to
something to eat. took along few
articles which he thought he needed,
mounted horse and rode away. Mr..
kenney came to town the same day
and reported the occurrence. The
prison authorities were notified and
soon couple of auto loads of them
were IN pursuit Sheriff shier. DR..
Hogue and Vim. Jones joined in the
hunt from here. 1t is understood
that later it was definitely ascer-
taincd that the man being sought
was not one Of the escaped convicts,
although he was wanted for horse
stealing.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-09-05
CHANGED OWNERS.
List OF Emmons County Real Estate
Transferred Since the Records
Last Published Report.

Receivers Certificates.
United States to Henry NJ. Han
son. lots and ) Of 6-136-76.
United States to Frank Meier,
or Of 26-l32-76.
United States to Alfred I. Elwess,
n hf OF n or, S or of n e or and n
e or Of e or of 26-l33-775
United States to Neil Mitchell, W
hf of sw or of | and hf Of Sc or
of 2-l34-79.
United States to Heinrich OIL
hauser, hf of $ W or and W or Of
5 " or of 2o-l3333- IS.
United States to Mabel F. Nor
ton, n or of 26-l34-15.
United States to Otto Martins hf
of n e or and lots and , Of 6--136-75.
United States to Michael Foyer
eisen. lots l, ? and 3 and e or Of n
He or of 6-l3i-7117.
United States to Johannes Braun,
$ hf Of n e or and W hf of e or Of
l4-l3U-1s.
Patents.
United States to Joseph Willem,
hf of n W or and e hf of sw or Of
55l-loo9-7777.
United States to Nils Larvick.
hf of e or and hf of W or of 34-
134-17.
United States to Baldasar Mattern,
/ If OF n OK and n hf of W or Of
34-l3l-76.
United States to Clarence Fetter-
ley. $ W or of 2-l29-T9.
United States to William A. Tay-
lor. $ e or of NV or. S W or Of n e
Or and hf of n or Of 2O-136-7s.
United States to Edgar o. Nickel,
n hf Of n W or, W or of n W or and
n W or of S W or of 32-l3333-75.
United States to Kasper Fest, e
hf of or and e hf of or Of
l4-l3l-76.
| United States to Theodore Mep-
pen, { hf of W or and n hf ofse or
Of y 1873.
United States to William E.
Beard, n W or of l4-l56-7S.
:. United States to David w. Free
man, n hf of $ or of 2l-l3O-77.
{. United States to Faustin Vetter,
W or of 5 e or and hf Of $ W or OF
10 and n e or of n W or of 22-l3O.74.
/ United States to Christian j.
Christensen, n e or Of 2O-l3333-76.
United States to Albert NJ. Bent
ler,s or of n W or of % and $ or of
n e ar and e hf of S eqr Of 3O-l3O-7S.
| United States to Martin Dockter, 8
e or of u W or and lots l, ? and of
ls-l3322-7l.
United States to Christina Linder-
mann, e or of l2-l3l-79.
United States to Arthur Phillips,
W hi of 5 W or. or of sw or and
lots 4 and I of 2s-136-7S.
United States to Charles w.
Ahern, n or of 30 1875.
United States to Friedrich Hoff
n hf of n W or and W or of or
of 1912 IS.
Cnited States to Martin Hicks, n
hf of n or and e or of ne or of
1-l35-7s.
Quit-Claim Deeds.
Charley kuehl to Waldemar Wenz-
laff. 5 or of 4-l333-76. sl.OO.
Christian Beck to C. E. Brooks.
part of $ hf of n e or of 6.l33-77.
/ i acre. sl.0O.
| Warranty Deeds.
John Lamar and wife to Nellie
Donovan, lot IL and hf of lot Ia,
block s, Braddock. 100000.