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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

Cap on one Ear. His Job was to rs
Wer the BuzZar and tax Orders from
any one who could show 23 Cents.
In the Morning he might be acting
as paCk-POny for some Old Lady on
q Shopping Spree and in the After
noon he would be delivering a Ton
of Goal.
and ordered about by Blonde Stenog-
1aphers and joshed by Travelling
statesmen until his Child-Nature was
as hard and finty as that Of the
She-Purser in a swell Tavern who
lately has cashed one that proved to
be Phoney.
In answering the Call Of Duty he
had zone to the Dressing Room and
taken q private Flash at the Maya
zine Beauty before she began to at
tach the Hail or spread the enamel.
He q stood in the private Lair
Of the Sure-Thingers when they were
cooking up some new Method of col
lecting much Income without moving
out of their Chairs.
He had stood by while Husbands.
with the Scotch standing high in the
Gauge, collaborated OF the Lie which
was to pacify little katisha, waiting
in the Tia
Before delivering this Masterpiece
Of Fiction he would have to do 4 little
~Sherlockins and finally locate Katisha
IL one Of those Places where they
serve it in Tea-Cups.
In the Homes of the fich and
Great where he delivered Orchids
and Invitations and perfumed Re
grets he would overnear Candid Eek
pressions which indicated that every
Social Leader was trying to slip
Knockout Drops into somebody
else's Claret Cup.
Around the Haunts Of Business he
would stand on n Foot while the
Boss carefully worded the Message
which was to read like a Contract
while leaving a Loop-Hole about the
size Of The Hudson Tunnel.
One night the Kid was returning
homework with a Comrade in Misery.
AS the Trolley carried them toward
that portion Of the City where Chil-
Cren are still in Vogue, they feli to
talking OF the Future n What II
might have in Store for a Bright BOY
who could keep on the Trot all day
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20
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Free and Be Strong and
Vigorous.

] have In my possession 4
for nervous debility. Jack of vigor. Yeak-
ened manhood, falling memory and lape
back. brought on by excuses, unnatural
drains, OF the foiiies OF youth, that has
cured so many worn and nervous men
right il their own homes without apv sd-
ditional help or medicine that think
every man who wishes to regain his manly
power and %vir'lity, quickly and quietly
should have q copy. 50 I have determined
to send a copy OF the prescription free OF
charge. n a plain. ordinarv sea led en
-selope to any man who VIII write ne for
1t.
This prescription comes from a pbvej-
c'sn who has msde d specia, study OF
men and | am convinced il IS the sureee
acting combination for the cure n de
rent manhood and visor 1at.o-c ever Eut
together.
think ! owe il 10 ny >e!5op Insr 10
send Them a cop! II ccnbdenre 80 tbst
any man anywhere wh0 is weak md DIS
coursged with repeated ~fa'l1-Js lcsv stop
ringing himself with laTnf1. raient
medicines. seer. what ! j-g.c.t lie
cuichest-a~ttuc restorative. .r.4I.3fn-
SPDT- T0TtHI<G rcn.f. ever IL, I'D
and 50 caro himself - home 4uer!s md
quickly. It's; lEoi. na 4 liae - his
Ur. a. r Robinson. 4ht1 lex 5.ulai
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or this sr.5e4d.d :eNira il
nary -rn,r.ai,a free II .!4arct. II
man tiG.tt-s veatc ola7ge so 4t
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20
AIDES FABLES

ON the deck Of a Transatlantic
Skin a certain old Traveller, who
kvcd allegiance to George and Mary,
kclined on his Ceryical Nertebrae,
Eith Il Plaid Shawl around him and
Roasted our Native Land.
He told Il. American in the next
Steamer hair hat he had been I'M
Rllr to get Tea at the usual Hour
Ind out in that place called Minnie
the stupid Waiter never had
heard Of Bloaters for Breakfast.
Furthermore, he had not seen his
Boots again after placing them out
the Door in Chicago.
The Houses We're OVerheatcd and
hbe Railway Carriages We're not like
Those 1t Home and the Reporters
|Wrrr Forward Chaps and Ice should
be added with the Soda, because
ii was not being Done.
lie Was jolly glad to escape from
tn Wrctched HOie and get back to
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

clusion he expressed Pity for those
who never had tasted corn on the
OF
After he had gone up to the Bridge
DECK TO play SWITCHBOARD, the Rep
resentative Of the Tightest little Island
on the Map took out his Notebook
and made the following Entry: "Ev-
cry Beggar living in the States is q
founder and q Braggart."
Ihat evening in the Smoke Room
he began 10 pull his ~faNorite Speciality
OF TagglnS the ianks on a New York
er, who Interrupted him by saving:
Really | know nothing about my own
Country. | spend the Winter in Egypt.
the Spring in London. the summer in
Carlsbad, n The Autumn in Farce"
So the Traveller a~fterward reported
To a Learned Society that the typical
American had become d denatured
Expatriate.
MORAL-No Chance.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

MS own Lodgings, where he could go
nj" cold Storage and have q Joint
81 Mutton and Brussels Sprouts as
often as desired.
The Yankee cringed under the At
'"'E and then fully agreed with the
son Of amphibious Albion. He said
We were q new and crude People who
did not know how to wear Evening
iothes or cat StilltOn Cheese and our
politicians We're corrupt and Muir
frrers went unpublished, while the
Average Citizen was q dySpeptic Skate
alfh"tcd with Moral Strabisnus.
Ihen he retired to his State Room
10 weep over the Situation n the
hrliish Subject said: THE American
Is Z PoltrOon, for he will not defend
Dis own Hearth and Preside"
Cooks Tourist from Emporia,
Kansas, dropped into the Nacan
mar. When the Delegate from The
~i<ookcry. Norwood Scrubs, Isling
/" T., resumed his scorching Arraign-
lnrnt Of The u. s. A., he got an awful
ilSe out Of the Boy from the Corn
H,lt.
The Emroria Man said there were
more Bath Tubs to the Square Mile
'"' III his Burg than you could find
~ NE West End of London n more
,.nPers and BeggarS In n Square
Mlit Of the East End Of London
nan You could find in the whole State
~ Kansas. He said there were fewer
=" "fders in England because good
opportunities were being overlooked.
~ SAID he could Tip any one in
hEiand, except, possibly, the Arch
"tNhop OF Canterbury.
i was his unbiased Opinion that
i"hdon consisted Of a vast Swarm OF
~nttiancholy Members Of the Middle
InU lower Glasses Of the Animal
Nih8oom who ate SpOng Cake with
sVeNs IN It, drank Tea, Smoked Pipes
~Nu rode on Buses, and thought they
We're Living.
Sanding beneath the ripping folds
~ olo Glory the proud Citizen Of the
'iea' Republic declared tha we could
""liop Great Britain at any Game
I'm iolo up to Prize-Fighting and
We cut down on the Food Supplies
:" "nole blamed Runt Of an under
go island would starve to death in
win QuiVering Nostrils. he heaped
am and ~Contumely upon any Race
''"' would call d Pie a Tart. In con
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20
Book Treasures of the Past.

The cost Of materials and copying.
Illuminating and binding books by
hand made them them the treasures
OF rich collectors ana h pride Of
museums, palaces and convent libra
rieS. Immense sums were Invested IN
them. and a rare OF unusually origi-
nal copy became = gem III alu as
We'll as sentiment. Cicero. whose
magnificent library Wds almost as
famous IS It's owners cloqu.n,e, de-
clared that he had seen A parchment
roll containing the entire 'IIad' Of
Homer, which was compressed be
tween the shells Of Il nut. u worn OF
extreme skill and patience. which a
French saNant. Nj. IIuet, has since
demonstrated was within the range
OF possibility. Many such tours de
force are said to have demonstrated
the skill OF ancient copyists and their
OF parchment and yeIlum.
IN the eighth century It was With
great difficulty that a monk OF the
rich Abbey Of Saint Gall, France,
gathered piece by piece sufficient
parchment to begin the transcription
Of a rare work. Later, in 1920, q
monk employed to D a copy OF
the Bible could not find in all Eng
land sufficient parchment for the
purpose. Charles Winslow Hall, In
THE Nobility of the Trades" in the
National Magazine for December.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20
~@D<
HAZARD OF TIT. PIN
Literature. Like Marriage. a Lottery
Cor Ali.

1t Will he elnlercd how. il" his
early days. Or. johnson. on occasion.
walked the streets Of london ali night
because he could not afford 4 bed,
while Goldsmith EneW the necessity
of pawning the clothes oft his, lying
with his head protruding from a Slit
in the mattress inside which he had
thrust his person. Coleridge, eve at
a time when he had attained celebrity
as a scholar, poet, and essay1st, was
in the saddest state Of restitution.
Dryden lived in poverty and distress.
Steele waged q ceaseless war against
bailiffs. Keats slipped out Of life I'M
der the impression his name was writ
in water and OtWay persisted Of
starvation.
Far from genius being a help to the
literary or poetic creator in any ma
terial sense, at least during the early
sta OF his career, 1t is a hlndrance.
Mankind understands I~nediocrity, toll
crates talent. but mistrusts genius.
This reflection enables us to explain
why manufacturers of shilling
s~hockers,' and delineators Of frenzied
erOtlciSm, obtain instant and wide
spread popularity for their produc-
tlons. while a Francis Thompson sells
matches In the streets Of London. and
q John Davidson performs the last
desperate act Of ren~unCiation.
For one man who succeeds in liter
allure, a thousand fail declared Mr..
Crawford.
| Authors who have passed through
what is called the mill could, no
doubt, throw corrObOratiNe evidence
on the statement. even though per
severance, physical endurance, and,
perchance. good fortune may have
combined to pull them through the
purgatory wherein they once groaned
in anguish. and to have in some de-
gree toned down its memory. But
what Of those miserable Wretches Who
never struggle out of il, but founder
| hOpclesSlN to the end?
Literature. like marriage, is some
thing Of a lottery. and its prizes do
not always fall to those most worthy
to receive them. When we hear OF
successful authors who have reached
positions OF competence. and even OF
affuence. we are apt TO overlook the
thousands of hack writer's who's live
are spent in one continued struggle
against privation. All alike, however
the victors and the VanquiShed, the
winners and the failures. might &c
worse than pause awhile TO cogitatt
over q remark Of which Robcr1
Buchanan once delivered himsrl.
when asked what he had to say upoI
the subject Of his profession. 4:
it worth it, were his words.-Loa.
don author
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20

Geese Will not thrive if kept closely
confined. They are great ranger and
must have plenty Of exercise.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-20
The NEW FABLE OF THE u
\ENILE WHO STUDIED MAN.
KIND AND LAID HIS PLANS

once there was 4 Kid who Wore {
inform that fit him too Soon and {
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
SUMTER, S. G., SATURDAY DECEMBER a. 1919
OUTRAGE AND lAWlESSNESS.
TERRIBLE CONDITION OF NEX-
ICO DISCLOSED TO TAFT.
larty OF American Business Men.
Though Spokesman, Urge That
Something BE Done.

Washington, Dec president
Taft listened tonight to some startling
disclosures about conditions in Mexi-
co. Four American men with Mexi-
can interests, two members of the
senate and a congressman, sat in the
cabinet room in the White House Of
fees and heard the story, vouched for
By all, told to the president by one
man who had been in the southern
republic within the last few weeks.
1T was a tale of Outrages on Mexican
women, of murder and hold-ups Of
Americans, Of bandits who seized
Americans and held them for ransom,
OF general lawlessness and disorder
such as seldom has come to the ears
Of the president since trouble began
in Mexico nearly two years ago.
The story came out at a hearing
which the president granted a party
They did not ask Intervention, they
said, after the hearing was over. But
they OiO request the president to see
that Americans were protected and
that life and property be made safe.
After hearing Of an hour and a half
the president promised to take up the
case presented with the departments
concerned.
Senator's William Alden Smith Of
Michigan and Fall Of New Mexico,
who conducted the investigation for
the senate Of the two Mexican revolu-
ticns; Representatives Hamilton Of
Michigan, Prince Ackeney Of Cleve-
land, w. s. Pence of Chicago, H. S.
Stephenson Of Los Angeles and E. X.
Warren Of Three Oaks. Mich, were
present at the hearing.
White House officials had no state
ment to make after the conference,
but it was understood that President
Taft had no intention Of asking con-
Iress for authority to intervene.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
NEGRO SHOT AT McCOLL.
Willie LadsOn of Sumter Shot by
Charlie Bethea OF McCou.

Willie Ladson, colored, of this city,
was shot and mortally wounded by
Charlie Bethea, colored, at McCon
Monday night, when, the former was
warming at Bethea's home.
The body was brought back to sum
ter Tuesday night by John wyndham,
porter on the A. c. l.. train, and
turned over to members of Ladson's
family, who were located here.
1t seems from what has been learn
ed here Of the occurrence that Lad
son had been working at McCon for
some time. Monday afternoon he was
calling at the home Of a colored wo-
man whom he had known formerly.
He was seated before the ire with
her and other members Of her fam
lily when Bethea entered and COM
menced cursing Ladson and his wife.
Bethea then went into an adjoining
room threatening to kill both of them.
The woman ran out of the building
and Ladson was leaving when Bethea
returned and fired a load Of shot
from a shot gun into Ladson's back.
Bethea thought Ladson was dead
and notified the officers that Ladson
had been killed accidentally. These
went TO the house and Bethea went
on for the coroner. In the meantime
Ladson regained consciousness and
told the officers how the shooting oc-
CURED and upon Bethea's retu. n with
the coroner he was arrested
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
WRECKS COTTON FIRM.
Rise From 10 Cents to IL and Over
said to Have Caused Failure Of w.
w. Espey.

That the cotton exporting firm Of
W. w. Espey, maintaining offices at
savannah and Cordele, Ga, and also
in other cities, has failed with liabili-
ties amounting to s250,OOO and assets
OF about s125,OOO is the information
contained in a special dispatch from
Cordeic to the Atlanta Constitution.
The dispatch says in part:
THE failure is the result Of the Sa-
vannah office making enormous do
mestic and export sales for Septem-
ber and October for later delivery.
These sales We're made on a basis OF
little over 10 cents on middling.
The jump in the price to / . cents and
over caused by the excessive damage
to the enormous Texas crop. made it
impossible for the firm to meet their
contracts"
According to the dispatch, E. M.
Espey and Joseph Espey Of Cordele,
Ga, admitted the failure and
gave the estimate of liabilities and
assets. The dispatch also says that
1t is believed that an effort will be
made to get the Espey Cotton COM
pany, Of which Carl Espey, another
brother, is the head, to assume part
OF the obligations to creditors, there
by bringing about a settlement outside
the bankruptcy courts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
WOMAN WILL ADORN BENCH.
Miss Mary Vi. Bartclmc Today Will
bc Inaugur,tcd as ChicagO's First
Feminine Judge.

Chicago, Dec. I1-Miss Mary NJ.
Bartclmc. for lS years public guard
Ian Of Cook county, tomorrow will
be irauguratcd as Chicago's first wo-
man judge. Miss Bartelmc was the
choice of the judges Of tho circuit
court who considered several other
women lawyers for the position. She
Will assist Judkc Pinckney in the
Of her attention to girls who come
under her jurisdiction.
Thousands Of young girls came un-
der her attention as public guardian.
and she is referred to by them as
Mother Bartelme."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

If Mr.. Alderman mas entirely aban-
doned his plan to extend the Alcolu
Railroad to this city the Chamber of
Commerce should undertake to devise
plan to secure a railroad that will
give Sumter a direct route to the
shiloh and Olanta section This is a
prosperous and progressive section
and with proper railroad facilities
would develop rapidly and would cCn-
tribute largely to the commercial
growth of Sumter. Mr.. Alderman is
in a position to develop the railroad
facilities of that section at less cost
than any other person or corporation.
but If he will not bring his road into
Sumter. the business men of this c.m-
munity should build an independent
railroad direct to shiloh and thence
20 olantn shiloh needs a railroad
and Sumter needs the business il
would develop and turn in this dircc-
ton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
SfLOiuL UAi Fun fhhEERS.
UNION TO HAVE REPRESENT.
TION AT CORN SHOW.
Efforts Will be Made TO Attack LARGE
crowd to Hear Addresses on In.
teresdng Topics.

Columbia, Dc. 11.-At a conference
mere yesterday, plans were outlined
for a National Farmers Union day
at the Fifth National Corn exposition
here next month. The matter was
uiscusseu exposition officials by
e. w. = resident Of the South
Carou' . .iers. Union who ;s verv
ny N.Y. ss,sa in the National Corn
- n, and who is anxious to
~ every farmer in South Caro-
s visit the exposition and study the
EDUCATIONAL exhibits.
Mr.. Dabbs left yesterday for Raj
eigh, n. c., where he will attend a
meeting of the North Carolina Farm
ers' Union. While in Raleigh, he will
nave a conference with c. S. Barrett
OF Atlanta, president of the National
Farmers Union, relative to Farmers
Union day at the exposition, and it is
expected that arrangements will then
be perfected for this event.
1t is planned to devote one day OF
the exposition programme to the Ma.
tlonal Farmers Union. Addresses on
topics of special interest to the union
and its members will be made by
speakers selected by union officials,
and special programme will be ar
ranged. This feature will be brought
before the Farmers Union organiza-
tions throughout the country, and
steps will be taken to insure a repre-
sentative attendance from each State
union.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
PLANS TO GUARD CANAL.
Stimson Describes House for Pro.
posed Defense

Washington, Dec. u.--Secretarv
Sumson told the house committee on
military affairs today about the plans
OF the government for fertilization of
Hawaii through works back of Pearl
harbor and about plans for guarding
the Panama canal on land by troops
stationed along it, as well az AT its
two ends. The protecting force would
muster 5000 or 10000 men. He told
OF the plans for enlarging the army
strength in the insular possessions;
said that about 10000 regulars would
be left in the United States proper
and particularly urged the need OF
increasing the field artillery.
Gen. Wood. chief of staff OF the
army, has completed ARRANGEMENTS "a
detail more than 10000 troops for
coast defensie duty around the Pearl
harbor naval station, Oahua, Ha-
waiian Islands
The troops. which soon will take !,
their station there. will include six
regiments of infantry. one regiment
each OF cavalry and artillery and II
companies OF coast artillery. There
are row about 1900 trops on the
Island of Oahua
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
LIQUOR sECRETED IN CAVE.
Sixteen Sacks Partly Filled with Bot
ties Of Whiskcy Found.

Orangoburg. Dec. l0.--The police
made big haul this morning at the
restaurant operated by Enlow In
South Church street when they seiz-
e. 10 sacks ali Of which were parity
tiled with whiskcy. The sacks were
found secretcd i'm u cave which had
Teen excavated beneath the stairway
at this establishment This place
has been watched for sometime past
by the police. Frequent raids have
been made here. but the officers
were never able TO get hold OF more
than two or three bottles OF whiskey
at any one raid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
CANAL QUESTION TO SENATE.
MUST BE DETERMINED BY TIP
PER HOUSE EVENTUALLY.
Taft May Urge That Great Britains
Protest Against Free Passage be
Submitted to Arbitration.

Washington, Dec. 1O-Whether
Great Britain's protest against free
passage Of American ships through
the Panama canal Is to be submitted
to The Hague is to be finally deter
mined by the senate in any event. It
was intimated today that President
Taft, consistent with his attitude
as a principal champion of arbitra-
ton OF disputes between nations,
might recommend such a course
Should he and Secretary Knox
hold the question a purely do :
and internal one and there "
one for arbitration. There m
siderable leaning to sue. view
among senator's
The British governments note was
discussed informally by President
Taft and his cabinet today but it was
said that until further consideration
could be had no action of any kind
would be taken
A suggestion that the question
might be kept from arbitration by
delay until the existing Treaty with
Great Britain expires by limitation
next June was repudiated by a num-
Der Of senators.
Senator Lodge, a prominent mem
ber of the foreign relations commit
tee, declared that "the United States
would not stOop to trickery."
Senator Sutherland declared the
question purely a domestic one and
therefore not subject to arbitration.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
MANESNUiLE NEWS.
w. q. W. Fleet Oniccr>-iIoIIy and
Spanish Moss Shipped to Chicago--
Mr. J"hhp McSwccn Prcachcs-Mr.
Munncrlyn Leaves

Mayesville, Dec. 1O.--At meeting
last night of Oakland Camp No. 277,
w. O. w. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year, many of
the incumbents being reelected:
Consul Commander, + j. Bass; Ad-
visory Lieutenant, II. l., Thomas;
Banker, II. b. Fort; Clerk. ]. c.
Jones; Escort, W. 7. Cooper; Watch
man, j. H. Simpson: Sentry. j. A.
Baker; Physician. DR.. j. II. Mills;
Managers. \. j. Baker, NJ. ID. Boyce
and f.. l.. Wingate. The camp is in
a most healthy condition at present
and the outlook for the new year is
most encouraging
carload Of holly and Spanish
moss has been shipped from here to
Chicago by II. -. Warren of the Sa-
lem section. The cvergreens were all
packed securely in strong crates and
should reach their destination in good
shape for the holiday trade where the
goods will doubtless bring good prices.
This is new industry in this sec
tion and the outcome will be watched
with interest. The only drawback to
making it Il profitable business will
probably be the cost of transporta-
ton.
Mr.. John McSwecn of the Columbia
Theological Seminary preached two
forcible and interesting sermons in
Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Mr..
McSween was heard with much inter-
est as he is we'll known by many per
sons, coming from the neighboring
town of Tmmonsvillc His many
friends predict for him a bright flu
ture In his worthy calling.
Rev. r.. w Munnerlyn. who has
been pastor of the Methodist Church
for the past two years, has been NOV
ed TO Gray Court, and Rev. Mr.. Alta
way will take charge Of the church
mere, probably preaching his first ser
mon next sunday afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

10 there any more reason for dogs
being permitted To run at large than
hogs. goats. or COWS? These last
mentioned domestic animals damage
property. whilo dogs that go mad
damage only human beings and this
fs perhaps the discrimination In ia
vor OF tho absolute freedom for dogs.
IL II along the same line that II is
more dangerous in South Carolina 20
steal or destroy property than il ia
60 Kill "A man.