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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

Of the firm Of Wheeler & Stern. is in
the city.
Mr.. Charley Yates is spending some
time in the city.
Miss Mary Cooper. Of Wisacky, is
In the city with relatives.
Mr.. Nj. Clarence Crowson, who, with
his family. have been visiting his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. CrOwson,
has returned home. leaving his fam
lily to spend some time.
Miss Alice Hill stopped in the city
for a short while Wednesday even q.
ing on her way to her home at Wi
sacky. after a two months stay in
Brunswick. Jacksonville and Column
bia.
Miss Susie Dick left for Darlington
Wednesday evening to visit Miss Helen
Woods at that place.
@"A' iCu ANiSSiS Wcll W tOIl
Thursday morning to visit relatives.
Misses Irene and Abbie Bryan left
Thursday morning for a short visit to
Chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barlow Walsh, Jr.,
arrived in the city Wednesday even
ing and were rendered an informal re-
ception at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs Barlow Walsh. Sr. The bride
has visited in this city a number of
times and has many friends here who
are glad to see her again. After a
short stay here. Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh
leave for st. Louis. where they will
make their future home.
Miss Marguerite Law. Of st. Charles,
Is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Sudie Pratt, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Nj. III. Dickey,
has returned to her home in North
Carolina.
Mrs. Martha Brinkley left Thursday
morning for Waynesville. n. c.. to
spend the rest of the summer.
Miss Annie Moran has returned
home from visit to friends in Ma
con. Ga.
Mrs. VIM. Moran and children have
rot tntv
points.
Mrs. w. H. Epperson is at home
after spending several weeks at
TindaE
Misses Eta Cuttino. Julia and
Rosa Rumph have returned to the
city after a weeks stay In Washing
ton.
Miss Boucher DeLorme left Thurs
day morning for visit to Columbia
and other places.
Mrs. p. A. Boswell and daughter,
Lucille. are spending the week at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Hill and Blanding street.
Miss Fannie King returned to her
home at Eastover Thursday morning
after very pleasant visit, to Mrs.
Ralph Hill on Blanding street.
Miss Gussie Hood has returned to
the city after two months stay In the
me untains.
Hiss Mitchell. Of Savannah. Ca, is
the guest Of Mrs. c. S. Curtis on Sum-
ter street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
For Supervisor.

hereby announce myself a can.
didate for reelection to the off,c. az
Supervisor Of Sumter County. subject
TO the rules Of the Democratic pri-
mary. p. NJ PITTS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
FOR MAGISTRATE

The friends Of Mr.. j. A. Hodge
hereby nominate him for Magistrate
at Privateer, subject to the action OF
the primary. His friends think he
Is entitled to the place on account Of
MS past record, and hope all good
thinking men will look at II the sams
way. VOTERS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
For Congress.

| hereby announce myself as a cam
dldate for the nomination for Com
CresS from the Seventh Congressinn-
.al District of South Carolina. SUBJ
iect % the Jules of the Democratic
primary. AZ. LIVER
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

hereby announce myself a can
didate for reelection to the Office OF
Solicitor Of the Third judicial Circuit
subject to the rules OF the Democratic
Primary. PHILIP Fl STOyr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
For United States Senate

hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the United States Senate
subject To the rules Of the Democratic
party. Your support and influence
Will he appreciated. y. y. DIAL.
laurens. s c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

London. Aug 5.-The latest society
fad is t. have "beer and bacon
dances. The form Of invitation is as
follows: DO come and dance. Beer
and Bacon at five"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

Or = - hwieht IS hereby uuanl.
IhouSly Eoi..ii...eu. as a candidate for
the House Of Representatives, subject
to the rules governing the Primary.
We bespeak for him the suffrage AZ
his fellow countrymen.
The Wedgefield Democratic c5uh
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

capt. Geo. c. Warren Is hereby
announced as a candidate for the Of
nee OF Sheriff Of Sumter county. sub
]ect to the rules Of the Democratic
primary VOTERS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

1 hereby announce myself a candi-
date for Clerk Of Court Of Sumter
county. subject to the action of ths
Democratic primary.
JOHN r. SUMTER
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
FOR AUDITOR.

hereby nnounce myself as a can
didate for reelection to the Office OF
County Auditor, subject to the rules
OF the Democratic primary.
r. z. WILDER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

The name OF H. L. SCARBOROUGH IN
presented as a candidate for Clerk Of
Court for Sumter County in the com.
Ing Democratic primary election.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
For House OF Representatives.

hereby announce that 1 am a
candidate for reelection to the House
OF Representatives, subject to the ac-
ton Of the Democratic Primary.
GEO. w. DICK.
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For Solicitor.

announce myself a candidate for
the office Of Solicitor for the Third
JUDICIAL Circuit. subject to the rules
Of the Democratic Primary.
THOS. H. TATUM.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
For Coroner.

hereaby announce that I am q
candidate for the Office OF Coroner OF
Sumter County. subject to the action
OF the Democratic primary.
D. w. OWENS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

The city force is still employed i'm
laying storm sewer pipe on Hampton
avenue The old line is being taken
up and cleaned and the pipes replaced
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
For Clerk OF Court.

hereby announce myself a canH-
date for reelection to the office Of
Cierk OF Court for Sumter County.
subject to the rules Of the Demo.
cratic party. Ii PARROTr
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

am candidate for reelection to
the House Of Representatives subject
to the rules OF the Democratic Prf.
mary. r. b. BEISER.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

hereby offer myself as a candidate
Tor the Office Of Sheriff OF Sumter
county. subject to the rules OF the
Democratic party.
J. X. BRADFORD.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

1 hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the House Of Representatives
from Sumter County. pledging myself
10 abide oy the result % .he Betrc-
cratic Sr'marv. r, . EPPs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

Any person who has lived in the
oeate two years and living in the
county sixty days preceding the gen.
eral election may have his name nut
on the club roll of the precinct in
which he resides.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
New York Cotton Market.

New York. Aug. 22.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

Wednesday in Random Thoughts
the type had $22O3.OO 1t should h,
50, 20@. 10000. Two million two hun
dred ana three thousand and odd
dollars.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
Tests Confirm Danger Of Common Stable Flies

G URGEON JOHN F. ANDERSON
~ and Past Assistant Surgeon Wade
H. Frost Of the United States public
health service have completed exper-
iments which confirm the contention
OF DR.. Milton J. Roseneau of the Har-
ward Medical school, that infantile
paralysis is communicated by the
stable fly.
At the International Congress OF
Hygiene and Demography here re-
Gently DR.. Rosenau described his ex-
periments. He infected several mon
keys with infantile paralysis, and ex-
posed them daily from the time of in
oculat1on till death to the bites Of sew
eral hundred stable flies.
Twelve other monkeys were then
exposed to the bites of these flies. At
the time that DR.. Rosenau made his
announcement six of the twelve had
developed symptoms characteristic of
infantile paralysis. OF the six, two
died, three were paralyzed and one
recovered. In the cord of one Of the
monkeys were found the characteris-
tic lesion of infantile paralysis. The
cord of the other dead monkey showed
changes less characteristic of the dis
ease. At the time of the announce
ment sufficient interval had not
elapsed to determine the result of the
attempt to transmit the infection of
other monkeys by incubation with
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
ODD MURDER VERDICT STANDS
Why Missourian is Ordered to Serv,
Life In Prison as Wife
Slayer.

Jefferson City. Mo.-Unusual cir
cumstances surrounded the case of A
J. Bass of Greene county, Missouri
farmer, who was convicted on the
charge Of numbering his wife and sen
fenced to life imprisonment, which
verdict was affirmed by the supreme
court here. After Bass house burned
in January, 1911, the body of his wife
was found in the ruins. A coroner's
jury decided that the woman met
death in the fire. Later her body
was exhumed and an autopsy revealed
that she had been shot through the
heart and several shot were extracted
from her body. Bass was then ar
rested.
At the trial the defense contended
that Mrs. Bass had been struck by
shot from shotgun shells in the house
which were exploded by the fire
Neighbors who were attracted by the
fire testified that they heard numer
GUS explosions in the building while
1t was burning Much expert testi
mony was introduced to show that
loose shells when heated slowly will
explode. ... +
Judge Ferris, who prepared the
opinion of the supreme court, found
that the case vas tried properly in
the lower court, that the jury was
the best judge4of all the circum
stances and that the verdict must
stand. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
Capital Society Girls Abandon Sports for Art

4 GROUP of Washington society
IA girls have forsaken outdoor sports
for the fine arts. In previous years
most of the members of the smart set
could be found almost any morning
taking a beauty ride in the parks
or on the speedway.
Three mornings each week the
daughters of cabinet ministers, SOL
diers and diplomats may be found
leaning over easels, with brushes,
studying oil painting under the
tutelage of E. C. Messer head of the
art school of the Corcoran art gal
lery.
The embryo artists do not seem to
get any special attention from their
professor just because they happen
to be daughters of notables.
When Professor Messer was asked
what progress the members Of his
class were making he replied that
they were all showing some talent,
although he did not seem to realize
that there was anything unusual in
the late additions to his class role
Miss Nagel, the daughter Of a
cabinet ofic'er?" he asked. 'Why, it
never occurred to me to ask who her
father is. Girls are just girls when
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
Fair Sex Drinks More Than Men in the Capita

listing laws 1t was impossible to secure
the conviction of those who sold liquor
to minors.
Insanity seizes upon the bachelor
with greater ease. than upon the bene-
dict, despite the worry the latter is
supposed to undergo, according to
the report of the government hos
pital for the insane, just submitted to
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher. An.
other fact brought out by the report
is that out Of nearly 5000 patients in
the institution only three are being
treated for insanity brought on by
the use of alcohol This is contrary
to the generally accepted theory,
which contributes to alcoholism
large proportion of the unfortu-
mates.
A significant feature of the report
lies in the statement that there are
far greater proportion OF foreign in
sane patients than American, and thta
of the foreigners the majority are
Germans. That insanity, in a large
measure, is hereditary, is evidenced
by the statement that the asylum sci
entists have discovered one family in
West Virginia whose pedigree has
been traced back through CTS individ-
uals, of whom 81 were mentally defec-
tive.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07

Governor Blease, of South Carolina
in his very foolish talks before the
Governors Conference in Virginia, has
brought out the fact that all the white
people do not agree with him in his
unfair, inhuman theory Of lynching
black men. Many Of the women in
the audience showed their disap-
proval of his rabid utterances by alb
ruptly leaving the hall And, Gov
ernor John F. Saforth, of Colorado,
expressed our sentiments pretty fair
ly when he said:
"One mob can do more injury to So
ciety," he said, than twenty murder
ers, because lynching permeates the
entire community and produces an
archy. The influence of mob rule is
most reprehensible. When laws are
made it should be the duty of a gov
ernor to enforce them, whether he ap-
proves them or not When the law
prescribes hanging for an offense, and
if man is found guilty, he should be
hanged, whether white or black, and
there is no excuse for mob law. l
conceive it to be our duty as gov
errors to declare for law and order"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
SATURDAY, DECEMBER I, 1912.

According to reports of experiments
conducted by Prof. Reichert, of the
University of Pennsylvania, with hui
man blood, he has made some wonder
full discoveries. The professor says
he has been able to learn from a drop
Of blood whether it is the blood of a
white person or a black one, from a
male or a female, and, approximately,
the age of the subject from which the
specimen has been taken If this is
fact there are a lot of people in this
country who would not care to have
their blood tested by the professor for
fear that the presence of Negro blood
would be detected. 1t would be a
good thing for conductors to use down
in Jim crow car land so that they will
be able to positively determine wheth-
err some passengers are white or
black. 1t has not been very long
since a dark-skinned JeWess, who was
compelled by the employees of a
Southern railroad to ride in a i'm
crow car, recovered $4,000 damages
on account of that damphool law.
And we know of numerous cases
where light-skinned Americans
have not been allowed to ride in the
Jim crow cars because they were pre-
sumed to be pure" Caucasians. We
don't believe that Prof. Reichert
could have definitely decided in these
cases, either.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
Odd CaIlngs Are Found in Uncle Sans Census

Another man seems to be in class
by himself. in Kansas City he bot
ties the smoke Of hickory logs. He
says that when it is let loose in an
alright compartment where meat
has been hung it will produce the
same results as though the meat had
been cured in an old-fashioned smoke
house.
There is a man out Seattle way
whose business it is to secure the
mustaches from walrus killed in Be.
ring Strait. These stout bristles arc
plucked from the nose of the walrus
by Indians, tied into small bundles
and sold by the Seattle citizen (who
made $1,000 by this traffic in 1919 to-
agents on the Pacific coast. The
agents ship them to China, where
they are in demand as toothpicks~
In an aged bull walrus the bristles
are about a foot long and nearly as
thick as lead pencil They are
tough, and when made into picks can
be pushed between the teeth without
injury to the enamel.
Then there are also the whittier
and the pouncer in a hat factory; a
dock walloper is kind of longshore
man; a vibrator works in clock fac
tory; longer works in connection
with oysters; teaser works in q
glass factory.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
MAY SOLVE MYSTERY
English Expedition Soon to Start
For Easter island.
Theory Of Lost Continent Which Ia
Believed to Have Joined Asia
With America-Trace of
Giants Found.

Victoria, B. CAS- result of a re.
port made by the officers of H. M, S.
Algerine regarding the visit the gun
boat (now overhauling at Esquimalt)
made not long ago to Easter Island, a
ESQ ton auxiliary schooner has been
launched at Whitestable, England, to
carry party of scientists who will
investigate reports of remains found
OF lost race Of giants.
The vessel has been christened the
Mana-Polynesian, for good luck, and
the party, headed by w. S. Routledge,
M. A., will proceed in her to the south
sea island as soon as she is placed in
commission. The island is the most
eastern of the Polynesians, being
about 1000 miles from the coast of
South America.
Immense platforms formed of stone
lifted together with cement are found
TO have been erected on the island fac
ing the sea. Some of the stones weigh
nVe tons, and in places these mysteri-
GUS sea walls are thirty feet high and
200 feet long.
On the land side OF these platforms
there are broad terraces, also of
stone, bearing the pedestals on which
stood huge figures carved out of lava
from an extinct crater eight miles
away. Most of these images have
been thrown down, but there are 555
OF them in the forty-five square miles
OF the island. The figures extend
down to the hips, and the faces rep
resent receding forehead, a broad,
adzel1ke nose, thin lips and a powerful
chin.
One of the smaller statues of Eas-
| ter island-eight feet highs now in
the British Museum, having been
brought back by H. M. S. Topaze,
which visited the island in 1868. 9th
er British warships have also visited
the island, the last being Fl. NJ. S.
Algerine, which went from Esqui-
malt last year.
No metal is found ON Easter Island,
and the only ancient tool found is a
stone chisel, with which it would have
been impossible to execute such co.
lossal work. To drag the statues
from, the crater workshop over hill
and dale to the platform must have
required far larger population than
this island, with very scanty supplies
of fresh water, could support. Some
OF the platforms weigh ESQ tons and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07


perhaps rs feet deep and As or sc
feet in circumference. This hole is
used as a patio, or courtyard. Numer.
Gus caves dug in the walls serve as
living rooms, chambers and store
houses.
One enters these dwellings by
means OF passageway tunneled
through earth or rock.
Walking through the passage into
the circular courtyard, open to the
sky, one sees large caves cut into the
sides, that serve as grain storehouses
There are also caves here for goats
sheep and donkeys. A square trough
of masonry pipes the rain water into
a large cistern in the center of the
courtyard. It rains rarely. but when
it rains, 1t pours, and every drop OF
water is carefully preserved-so care
fully that horses and animals are wa
tered only once every "a hours, and
then not all they want.
Sheik Ferdjani asks us to enter. The
courtyard is full of children. Pushing
open door of palm tree boards, we
enter the sheik's cave. It was white
washed. , To the left is wooden
chest and gun, one of many. Back
of the gun is a shelf cut out Of the
rock, and an oil lamp standing on it
the shape dating back to Greek and
Roman days.
The wives of the sheik live In a
cave similar to this, and so do their
sons, and their wives and children
The question Of rent is not of great
Importance. following out another
cave is not a very difficult task.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
CAR CRASHES into GARAGE
Motorman Fatally Hurt - Grocer.
Skull Is Fractured When Coach
Falls to Take Curve.

Omaha, Neb.-A westbound Farnam
street car ran into a garage at 10th
and Farnam streets, fatally injuring
the motorman, William Triver, and
seriously injuring five or six others
Michael WEIGH, wholesale grocery
man, received fractured skull from
falling brick.
Motorman Triver says the control
Ter failed to work and that he was
unable to shut off the current. The
car failed to, take the curve, crashing
instead into the garage The front end
of the building was caved in and sew
eral automobiles were smashed.
The car carried twenty passengers,
many of whom had attended the opera
and we're in evening Dress Two WON
en- were removed from the car in a
faint, but were revived
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07

w ASH1NGTON.-Of a man
" doesn't do as we'll at his own oc-
cupation as he ought to-thinks he
nas made misfit and believes he can
better himself Here are a few sug-
sestions for anyone thus dissatisfied
from the thirteenth United States CEN
sus:
There Is snake merchant who has
q ranch out in Texas and has for
more than seven years made bust
ness OF handling snakes. In one year
ne sold over 100000 rattlers and
olacksnakes, getting from a quarter
to two dollars each.
Formerly all the parts of a shoe
were made by shoemaker; today
this industry employs judges, fakirs,
blowers, sluggers, busters-out, cripple
chasers and ncake-makers-all en-
gagged one way or another in the
making of shoes or parts of them. 8.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
CAVE JEWELLERS OF TUNIs
High Cost Of Living Not Vital Cues
ton for roeIodytes--Many
Other Advantages

Matmata. Tunis.--Warln in winter
ana cool in summer; inexpensive to
oulld and inexpensive to keep in re-
palr-such are some Of the recommen
cations OF the cave-dwellings of south
ern Tunls. The troglodytes who live
In them today are descendants of the
men who liNed.in similar caves when
the country was part Of the Roman
empire. A writer in the National Geo.
graphic Magazine describes entertain.
1ngly his visit to, the region where
they abound.
imagine arriving at a town of 5000
people and not seeing a single house;
only a picturesque mosque built since
the French occupation. There are
10000 people in the district, of which
this town of Matmata is the chief city.
All of them are troglodytes.
There is, first of all, a great hole
dug In the earth : the average hole is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07
MAN y swlMs RIVER TWICE
Supposedly Homesick Swan Berquisf
In Queer Acts at St. Cloud,
Minnesota.

St. Cloud, Minn.-Supposedly suffer
Ing from an attack Of inconsistencies
which for time mentally unbalanced
him, Swan Berquist. twenty-fOur years
jumped into the Mississippi river here
recently. swan against strong cur
rent to an island in midstream, turn
ed around and swan back again and
then ran down the river bank three
miles before he could be captured by
an equestrian ..
When taken to the police station,
where he was given an alcohol rub,
Berquist seemed rational. Berquist
came to the United States. six. months
ago and worked awhile in Boston.
reaching here Tuesday. He will be
examined as to his sanity. ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07

WOMEN, especially young girls, are
" rapidly becoming more and more
addicted to intoxicating liquor in the
national capital, while the men are
rapidly growing more abstemious, &C
cording to Albert E. Shoemaker, at
torney for the Anti-Saloon league of
the District of Columbia. His accusa-
sation has aroused women generally
here, and 1t is a subject of agitated
discussion.
Mr.. Shoemaker made his charge be-
fore the Women's Christian Temper
ance union, attributing the increasing
thirst among women to the heavy CON-
petition among proprietors of hand
somely furnished cafes and their will
ingness to take a chance" in per-
hitting women and young girls to
drink.
He also declared that under the ex-