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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-15

Alr. r. +. Ives. a former citizen of
this place, but now resident of Flor
ence, spent the weekend visiting rel
atiVcs in the city. Mr.. Ives returned
to Florence this morning accompan-
ed by his wife, who has been visit
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-15

There are still a few cutters ex-
tending from the roofs of buildings
which have not been connected with
the sub-surface drains.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-15

The members of Post G.. r. l.. \.
are contemplating having their AT
nual biz spring fish fry at som corly
date.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-15

The most encouraging sign of the
election OF Judge Jones as Governor
h the fact that some POLITICAL work
ers. who never fail 20 line up with the
losing sioe. are coming out strong for
Biesse. These fellows climb into the
band wagon after II has been driven
under the shed.
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We are beginning to have hope
that Col Willie Jones will make good
his oft-repeated threat to retire from
the state Chairmanship. As one OF
our astute up-country contemporaries
remarked sometime ago. Col. Jones
will give up the chairmanship to the
nan who has the strength to take It
fron him. And II now looks as II the
coalitions are opportune for his re-
,ircment
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-15

me factional fights In Charleston
ana Georgetown counties. which will
bo taken before the State convention
fur settlement. will create discord and
friction. IL appears that the rumpus
IN Charleston Is only remotely con-
acted with state politics. the fight be-
Ing for control Of the local machine,
while In Georgetown the contest Is
primarily a skirmish in the Blease-
zones contest. IL Is difficult to ar
sive at the merits Of contest In
ring politics. especially In Charleston.
aud any opinion Is q mere guess. but
u appears that the Grace-Logan-Sink-
SOLDER and more expert In ring-rule
tactics than the Martin Barnwell
crowd and won some tactical advan-
tage In the two ring convention. In
Georgetown the fight was made to
sverthrow the Andrews-Sawyer-Fr Fra
scr-Doar clique and the opposition
outnumbered and defeated the hither-
b. invincible ring. whose representa-
lives In and out Of the legislature have
been zealous partisans of Gov. Blease
and grateful benehciaries of his fa-
vors. The Andrews faction bolted this
county convention after they found
they could not control II and thereby
forfeited any claim on regularity that
hoy may have had consequently the
delegates elected by the bolting con-
vention will have weak case before
The State convention.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

had paid little attention to the types
of soldiers found In these countries,
and when the first orders arrived they
did not even have pictures of these
soldiers, to say nothing of models of
them. The manufacturers at once
sent man out to secure photographs
from life, and from these have been
made types of the invincible troops
which astonished the world In their
fight against Turkey. and for the next
year thousands Of American children
Will re-enact the battles of the Balkan
war. These soldier men are made Of
tin, lead or wood. Thousands of them
are manufactured near the Troedel
market In Nuremberg, where a large
amount Of machinery is used in their
manufacture. The machines are in
genious contrivances which are easily
manipulated, and in many of the fac
tories they are operated by girls. The
little tin men are cut out of big sheets
OF metal and then turned over to the
girls who color them up according to
the clothing worn by the nations they
are supposed to represent. The lead
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

form or the eyes will not fit. The
eye cutter rarely makes mistake,
and 1t is astonishing how rapidly he
works. The waste material from the
socket cutting is gathered up and re-
heated, and moulded again. Nothing
Is allowed to go to waste. The next
stage is the painting Of the heads.
and this Is usually dono by girls who
make some pretense to being artists.
The cheeks are given the natural rosy
tint, the mouth Is touched with the
lip color and the eyebrows are paint
ed either dark or light to match the
color of the eyes to be used. Setting
the eyes is an easy task unless they
are to open and shut, In which case
some skill In necessary In balancing
the small weight hung to the bow
Joining the two eyes at the back.
When the doll Is upright the weight
does not move the eyes, but when
doliie Is laid upon her back the
weight maintaining it's own position
moves around and brings down the
upper part which Is colored to resem-
bic the eyelid, ball and socket. The
wig Is the finish of the dolls head
and the browning glory of its beauty.
The hair used for the cheap dolls is
usually goat hair, and for tho better
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15
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easy task, and 1t Is remarkable what
perfect figures the students of this
school are able to turn out. Moulds
are made from the models, and from
these leaden patterns the heads. arms
and legs are turned out--a special
machine being used for stamping the
hands. The factories. especially the
kneading room, are hot and filled with
steam and for this reason the big,
brawny Germans who knead the
mixture wear as few clothes as pos
sible while at work. The makeup
of composition dolls Is composed of
old rags and paper with large
amount of gum tragacanth. The mix
lure is kneaded to a paste and heated.
In a nearby room the moulds are set
up in rows and here the women work
ers fill the moulds one after an
other In rapid succession After they
cool a man by a peculiar twist of
his hands separates the lead patterns
and pulls out the dolls head, leg or
arm as the case may be. The pol
Usher then trims off the rough edges
and carries the heads to the socket
cutter where holes are made for the
eyes. This work is done by skilled
workmen who use long, sharp knives.
The sockets must be absolutely uni
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

burg are of every conceivable size
and kind but the principal products
are metal and mechanical toys-lead
and tin soldiers. flying machines,
swimming and diving toys, beasts that
walk and birds that fly. musical toys,
magic lanterns. celluloid toys, rattles,
building blocks. puzzles, etc. Each
Christmas season there is some spe-
eial fad in these playthlngs-a run,
so to speak, on a certain article. This
year the demand is for soldiers. 1t
seems curious, but 1t is nevertheless
true, that the events of the day shape
the playthings Of our children. Nine
out Of every ten boys until they are
twelve years of age at least want to
be soldiers. and the desire Is much
greater II there is war In progress
in some part of the world. The Bal
kan war has caused an increased de-
mand for play soldiers, and the or
ders from America are fairly swamp
ing the German toy makers. Soldiers
representing the armies of Bulgaria,
Servia. Greece and Montenegro are
asked for. Heretofore the toy makers
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

continues several minutes rowing In
perfect unison. Animals and birds
that can make a noise are always
popular, and some really excellent
specimens are being offered. These.
too, are German products and genu-
Inc art is shown in their making.
These are usually the work OF the
smaller factories. The frames are
either OF wood or wire or composition.
the latter being preferable as the
shape Of the animal is more perfect.
Covering the body with the skins OF
various kinds Is almost as difficult as
making furs. for the seams must not
show. The covers for the different
animals are cut by girls but fastening
them on the animal Is done by men.
There is lot Of trimming UP and pol
ishfng rough edges putting in feel
ers" or "smellers' In animals such as
lions and tigers, etc.
Carved wooden toys are the prod
ucts of the Tyrol. and there the
workers carve out wooden animals
with astonishing rapidity. The work
Ia hereditary, and an American who
rec Gently visited this part of the world
tells the story of an old woman whose
skill was confined to six animals
cats. dogs, goats, wolves, sheep and
elephants. She had carved these six
animals all her life and had no idea
how to do ANYTHING else. She made
them In two sizes and turned out per-
haps one thousand every year. She
had no model or drawing of any kind,
but from force Of habit she cut them
exact. She declared that she had
learned the art from her mother and
that her mother had learned 1t in like
manner from her grandmother, and
that she expected her daughter to pass
the art of cutting these six animals
down to future generations. Many
of the old women toy makers load
their goods In baskets and walk many
miles to market They are pathetic
pictures Of Industry as they tramp
along the roads with their heavy
burdens.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

automatic angels which tapped their
wings were known IS far back as
1900. A silver acrobat performing on
a horizontal bar of gold was one Of
the toys which amused King Louis
XVI In the sixteenth century Bor
nardino Raldi. a mathematician. made
great strides in perfecting a meehan-
eal appliance to be placed inside of
large dolls. 1t was crude. clumsy
affair. mitch too heavy for child to
use as a toy, but from this has
evolved the walking doll
Balls, tops and marbles seem to
have been used since the world be-
gan and many Of the games played
with these articles and supposed to
be new fads are older than our ma
ton. In the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries top-spinning was a
common amusement In Japan. Toy
soldiers, doll houses and musical tops
OF all sorts have been used for CEN
turtles and many Of them have inter
esting histories. 1t is not the pnr-
pose, however. Of the writer to 90
into these details. but to give the
reader some facts regarding the
unique toys which Santa Claus will
distribute in America this year. and
to tell something of the wonderful
toyland across the water.
Germany is the home Of the toy,
for more than thirty thousand of
her citizens are engaged in the man
ufacture Of playthinss for children.
Nuremburg, the quaint old city in
the Kingdom of Bavaria. has main
tanned its place as the centre of the
trade. One toy factory. said to be
the largest of its kind in the world,
employs fifteen hundred persons.
Many of the smaller factories make
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

grade real hair is imported from
China. Hair dressing is q special
branch of tho industry and tho wig
makers watch the hairdressing fash
Ion plates for new Ideas with as much
eagerness as the most Fashionable
city coiffeur does to give her human
patrons something new. The same
hair Is used for blonde dolls except
that the color Is extracted by GER
tain process--another secret Of these
German doll makers. The bodies are
stuffed With sawdust. cork. excelsior.
cows hair or wool. depending on the
quality of the doll. The arms and
legs are sewed In place by girls and
the greatest care must be used to have
them In exactly the proper angle.
Making eyes for Miss Dollie' is a
dreary work for the coloring used
must not be exposed to the sunlight
until the eye Is completed The ma
jority of the eye makers do their work
in cellars, They are most seeretiNe
as 10 their methods and visitors
rarely, II ever, penetrate these un-
foreground workshops. Few violet
eyed dolls are on sale owing to the
fact that the violet eye Is the most
difficult to make.
Wax dolls are old fashioned, the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15
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Ne on a1IeHI2 0LI

faces painted from living models, are
tho character dolle'@one modelled
and painted from living models of the
nations they represent. The dress
makers have found 1t no easy mat
ter TO elothe the character dolls cor
reetiy, for in many lands the national
costumes are a thing OF the past, hax-
ing been superseded by the styles
from Paris. and the museum. Of Co.'S
tunes OF different countries had to be
examined before the exact style of
dress could be made. This year when
the little girl aWakens OH Christmas
morning she Is likely to find a little
Swiss peasant or a German nurse or
a French lady of fashion in her stock
ing. The educational value of such
dolls Is inestimable for they impress
upon the mind of the child the salient
characteristics both In feature and
dress OF the children of foreign lands
The indestructible rag baby Is
wholly American and Is manufac-
tnred in several large cities. A few
of these have been exported, but they
have not proved very popular with
the European child. Russia has sew
eral large doll-making factories, but
her exports are small, and ireland
produces special kind of unbreak-
able doll which Is rarely seen In
America. although it is rather pretty
and VIII stand hard wear.
Altogether the history of this pop
ular toy is interesting but just who
invented the doll or who played with
the first one or what its form was will,
perhaps. never be known. There is
even some discussion as to how the
word doll originated. According to
well known English writer the word
was first found in an English die
tionary in 1900 However. The origin
of The word. or even of The doll itself,
makes little difference to the children
Of the present generation. Genie how
1t may. Il Is here to stay and form
never-ending JOY to I'll little Ameri-
can girl. So, here's to Miss Dol
lie.--may she Increase in beauty al
the years roll on. and may her shadow
never grow less,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15


soiaiers are mounted ana VIII hlaiu
up peter than the others owing TO
their weight. Tho wooden ones are
also turned out by machinery and are
In quality the most inferior OF the lot.
The general interest IN aerona,ties
10. aaa ~ r,a -
-
.oss ~ 'iiias' any
GUS types ol hyins machines nave
oeen placed on the market. These
are the products of the Nuremburg
factories and the majority Of them are
worked on the principle of a clock
that ia thew are womb I'M xv,tb a nov
and will r,p for o;,,an ,onnth ~
tirne A hin1ana s,,snendad ~ s+r,,, :,
win Nv around IN c,rcla ~ sa,,araI
,nin,tss dtrig,hla tai1oar r.aas "a
fa11s &C n t,,u.n ~, tI,a IT'D ,,,tua
tba ro,on,ona is s.taohaa -. -
,,,i+,, 100 ha5i ~. ~ 80 80
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

a specially of some certain kind of
q toy-for instance there are fifty
two factories where wooden and horn
toys arc turned out, and twenty fac
tories which are devoted exclusively
to the manufacture of religious toys
such as miniature affairs, churches for
Christmas tree gardens. etc. Hun
dreds Of small factories for general
toy making are in operation. Many
playthings. too are the products of
the house industry" that is. they
arc made in the homes of the peas
ants only the members of the family
participating. This class of work,
however, is not as common in the
towns as 1T IS in the nearby mountain
districts. Once a week wagons are
sent through the forests TO collect the
toys that have been made each week.
The villagers of the Err produce some
Well made unique articles. A few
playthings are turned out by the peas
ants of the Thurlngian forests as
we'll, but the people here devote the
greater part of their time to doll man.
ufacture. The toys made In Nurem-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15


composition doll having taken its
place from the fact that It is unite
az nrettv md much ,,,nra 5,,r, t,ia
rr,a no tarit3. 80 .,,t3l,.a., ,,,...5,.s.,,
. -. as
sa'.'o iousiie WIN 1ile1e uoiis
as eheif ilioIhers 90 with 1hem. con-
sequently the doll must have her
face washed, and here the wax face
has proved a failure for a new head
is penerall, needed after tha little
girl gives her way don hair sncb
as her mother Yiyes her. Children
love TO initiate their elders and are
fond of the TOYS which will stand this
Treatment
In The forests ar Thurtnyia dall
making Is a home industry as many
~ tho naae,,,ts .aet4.,, ,,,a,,, j., ~,
cottages Thasa aa11s !, oa,,,sa
- ,arfaa, ~ 80 "a
~ ~. ~ Iaraa f.e.a,tas ~, -,
ara ,,o4.,,,a a,a ,,ta,s.s ..n,f.lrs. W.
Ii,,a' r3,,.in9,s - q IfIri.,h
nietnreso,,a Tvre1faY faun Tho resi1
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

H.
- only amuses but instructs US In
our days of tnfantile freedom from
care and responsibility. It is not
unnatural that the child, whose mind
and ideas are far removed from the
hard realities of life, should fasten
Its attention and interest on that class
of objects which are only limitations
Of the actual but which in some de-
gree reflect and express what has real
existence. No one of mature years
who watches the child playing with
his toys can doubt the reality of the
world in which the toy and the child
are temporarily living. nor doubt from
the absorbing interest and serious
manner of the child that there is
something in that world created by
the toy which appeals to the child ma
ture. The two are linked indissolubly
to each other and will always make
the toy industry successful business
enterprise and an interesting study OF
child life as reflected and expressed
In the realms Of toydoln.
In all ages of the worlds history
children have loved toys History re-
cords the fact that figures Of animals
such as horses. goats and dogs, were
found among the toys made of pot
terry years before the Christian era.
Even the mechanical toy is not a new
invention, for in ancient Greece,
where moving statuary astonished or
amused both rich and poor, there was
scarcely an Athenian house which did
not possess a mechanical toy Of some
sort. Moving figures of saints were
used in churches centuries ago. and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

n Oils - limitations of human
beings, have been the piaythlng
Of the child since the world be-
gan. and from present indiea-
lions 1t seems as If they will eontinus
to be the queens Of toydom as long a.
there is a child left In the world
Away back as far as legend or history
can go the little girl and her doh have
been together. Indeed recorded his
tory docs not go back 10 the time
when there were no dolls, ard 1t Is
the belief Of many persons that the
mother impulse is so strong in the fe-
male child that she must find some
object on which to lavish her love.
and it Is quite natural that this OBJ
ject should be counterpart Of the
family about her. Centuries ago 1t
was the custom when burying the
dead to place beside them in the grave
the inanimate things they had loved
In life. Il was supposed that these
things would amuse the dead In the
spirit world as they had done in this
world, and as an evidence that the
child in those days loved the doll Is
the fact that In nearly every sarcoph-
agns which has been opened dating
back to the time of Moses queer lit
tie figures of human beings have
been found with the dead children
oftentimes clasped in the arms of the
little Egyptian mummies.
With the march of civilization and
progress of art and science the doll
became more and more lifelike un-
til today 1t Is an almost perfect coun-
terpart of the human being. and
thousands OF dollars are spent each
year to bring 1t nearer to perfection.
Millions OF dolls are manufactured
annually. and as one looks over the
displays in the toy stores about Christ
mas time one begins to ask Where
do all these dolls come from. who
makes them and what is the process
OF manufactured Like tho greater
part of the toys used they are made
I'm Germany away up in the Thurin-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15

.oYS. though inanimate. have a
II real existence In the child
n world an existence which not
ny1lN o,t.ncsc hYt irStr,,,fey ,,v IN
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-15
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h Oils - limitations of human !,
beings have been the plaything
Of the child since the world be-
y gan. ard from present indina-
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
SUGAR TRIAL DEFENCE
TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Government Suddenly Calls One
Of Defendants. Counsel for SegaI
in Loan Transaction.
URGED CLIENT AGAINST IT
Says re Was Overruled by Kis-
sells influence and Describes
Methods Of John Z. Parsons
His AcquitGal Ordered.

Thoma- y. Harmed, q Philadelphia LAWYER
ana counsel for Adolph S,sal in mis- loan
udnsa~ ~tion With tine American sugar Re-
fnuC company, Mas unexpectedly made
a witness Cor tho government yesterday Al
tine ,iqI of his co-dcfendanls-Join T.. par
sons. tn" aged lawyer, Washington B..
Thomas. pr5sidcu, of the American sugar
Refining Company. Arthur Bonner. its
treasurer. and George II. Frazier. one Of
its directors
There was not the least indication that
Henry \ Wisc. tinted states Attorney.
had contemplated any such move. aud
vhon he called Mr.. Harmed to tho witness
stand ON behalf f the government h" took
his opponents completely by surprise. ere
gtlnC apparent CONSERVATION among tn"
defence. Lc1vitt J. Hunt, counsel for Mr..
harmed. Delaney NicoIl. Richard V. Lin
,iahury and the other lawyers FOR the de-
fence we're on their feet In an instant pro-
testing against such a stop. Mr.. Hunt de-
clarcd that his client could not be called
because he refused to accept immunity or
raye the indictment quash"d instead Of re-
,oiying verdict from IN" jury before
which he vas on trial.
This objection Mr. Wise tried 70 meet ny
saving that the Indictment against Mr..
Harmed could he entered as nOlle pressed,
but Mr.. NiColl protested that for three
wears Mr.. Harmed had been held hetor"
tho public as conspirator and that a
ouashin- Of the indictment would leave a
stain upon his name.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
SHOT AND TORTURED GRACE
Dving Man Makes Ante Mortem
Statement, Accusing Wife.

Atlanta. March n-EuGene Il. Grace
who. physicians say. cannot live more ,l.. than
.,,.,r.,.- fo,,r hours, made an an'e-morlem
-, tonight accusing his wife Of
.,..i.o him Doctors said the lower half
~ hcd, already is dead, caused by the
VI .,,n, ~, of the spinal cord by the bullet al
Soged 70 have been fired by Mrs. Grace as
''' rho ne ante-mortem statement was made to
..,ar,,e,.s and members Of the Grace fam
a. a.,d ,,.as not made public. II is known
49, - CIV" ,bat he told in detail his story
ne wife shot him; that she re-
U'stnoG with him several hours after he
was was shot. and that he begged for physl- phys;
clans and then for water but got neither ,el
Mrs Grace received the news OF her nus
hands condition in her CELL "here she Is
sun held without bail