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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-10
MORE talk Of WAR.
NOW CONSIDERING POSSIBILITY
OF MEXICAN INTERVIEW.
TION.
authorities Apparently Expect to
Augment Regular Army in Case OF
Trouble to Southwark.

Washington, April SIS the United
states to intervene in Mexico and will
United States troops be sent there to
queil the present uprising? These
are questions that the war DEPART
ment Is seriously considering. and
thougn nothing of definite kind has
Yet come from Secretary Stimson re-
garding the matter, those who are
on the inside take the position that
u may not be long until the regular
army Of the United States is lareplv
augmented by the National Guard.
this step being taken, it is explained,
to plant some 10000 or 10000 troops
along the Mexican border.
A significant step in this direction
Is found in the fact that Represen-
tative Pepper of Iowa, has just intro
duced bill which practically makes
the National Guard part Of the reg
ular army
This bill makes certain amend
ments to former acts so that any mil
itary organization in the various
States participating in federal appro-
priations at the present time shall be
considered as a voluntary army for
the use Of the United States in the
Judgment Of the president. the neces-
stiles Of the service are greater than
can be performed by the regular
army, and a greater force is au-
thorized by congress, and may be
used either within or without the ter
ritory of the United States for the
unexpired term for which they are
enlisted, unless sooner relieved by or
der Of the president.
1t Is provided that when called into
the service Of the United States, they
shall be taken into the service as or
ganized at the time the call is made,
namely. by regiments. brigades, di-
Visions or independent or separate or
ganizations. as the quota or each
State. or major fraction thereof, may
require, including all regimental, bril-
gade, division and staff officers au-
thorized by law, and regulations for
the corresponding units Of the regu-
lar army. 1t is provided also that
when called into the service Of the
United States and while serving as
a volunteer army, officers and enlist
ed men shall receive the same pay
and allowances as officers and enlisted
men Of like grade and length Of SER
vice in the regular army, and in de-
termining the amount Of pay of all
officers and enlisted men, length Of
service in the organized militia shall
be considered the same as If this SER
vice had been in the regular army.
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Vol. XXXIV. No. l3.
FLOOD DID MUCH DAMAGE.
THIRTY PEOPLE DROWNED IN
RUUSH OF WATERS.
hundreds OF Persons Are Still Mem
aced by the Tremendous Tide I'm
Three States.

Ihirty thousand persons homeless;
e'ooo square miles Of country inundat-
cd; 80 persons drowned, and a f,nan-
cial loss estimated at $1,000 600 CON.
stitute the result Of >-week,
Hood in the Mississippi These
figures were arrived ; nisht by
government ensine' $ officials of
State levee boarS ed IN hat-
Ting with the = of the Missis-
sippi from poi & llinois TO threat
ened places g .ssippi and Arkan-
sas. -
lohoT persons still are men,
aced by tremendous tide % ,,.
river at hts in lower Mississippi
northwest Tennessee and Arkansas.
They are marooned in house tops. in
trees and on anchored RATS directlv
IN the sweep Of the river. Rescuinr
squads at many points have been COM
pei'ed to take negroes from danger.
Gus ground because they insisted up-
on remaining to guard property.
The most dangerous point in the
mood situation today was the levee at
Golden Lake, Ark. At o'clock to-
night the Golden Lake levee held and
as 1t continued to battle the swirl Of
the mood, danger in the southern part
OF the valley increased. AS long as
the flood remains in the leyees north
the strain on the southern embank-
ments increases.
Hourly the danger works south-
ward. In the upper reaches of the
Ohio and Mississippi tonight the river
practically is at a standstin. The
flood crest now is exerted on the
dykes from the Missouri line south
ward
There has been suffering among
thousands Of refugees gathered in the
highlands Of the flooded district.
However. officials of the State and
federal government are working to
ward those persons nsarsoned in the
Inundated territory. Scores of hoats
manned by rescue parties are hurry
ing to relieve the prisoners.
State and levee boards in the dis
tricts south Of Memphis have been Ia
boring all day TO top the threatened
1RVQQG
think their embankments will hold.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-10
REDUCTION OF COTTON ACRE.
AGE.
Reports from Seven states Show
from Is tc - Per Gent Curtail.
ment

Columbia, April i.-Commissioners
Of agriculture Of seven OF the princi-
pal cotton States making reports 10 z.
j. Watson, president CT the Southern
Cotton Congress, placed the estimate
of reduction Of acreage at from Is TO
25 per cent. This reduction, in the
opinion OF Mr.. Watson, has been
brought about by the working OF
the Rock Hill plan" and the wet
season. The Information was fur
nished as a result Of a letter sent
out a week ago by Mr.. Watson 10 all
cotton States. Replies were received
from Georgia, Alabama. North Caro-
lima, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Ten
neseee. A similar condition he saws
exists in South Carolina.
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ONE WOULD RECOGNIZE RHANE
Another Cheraw Banker Would not
nor Blease's AppOintee.

Cheraw, April 5.-The News and
Courier correspondent interviewed the
bank officials Of Cheraw ON the Cover
nor's bank muddle. and asked .parti-
cularly as to what they would do if
either Mr.. Rhame or the Governors
appOintee should come to examine
their books and papers. One of the
cashiers said emphatically that il Mr..
Rhame should come he would have
ready access to the banks papers, as
the lawful and accredited bank eX-
aminer of the state. and that the
Governors friend" would under no
circumstances be admitted. The
president Of another bank said that
II either one came. he would be po-
litely invited to seat and given a
cigar. but that further than that
there would be nothing doing.
1t was stated that the law specifies
and privides that the bank examiner
must be the nominee Of the State
Bankers Association, and that only
such an one can he commissioned by
the Governor and act as the iGvrui
examiner. 1t was also stated that Mr..
Rhame had practically every bark in
the state behind him in his fight, and
that he was an efficient, conscientious
and mains @ 4 q linn nGninl
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FIRST LIEUTENANT FIRED
Dismissed from Philippine Scouts
For Alleged Cruelty to Men.

rOr AileSed cruelty To Men.
Washington, April 5.--First Lieut..
Ora l.. Houser, Philippine Scouts, has
been dismissed from the service un-
der the recommendation of Court
martial, which was today approved
by President Taft Charges filed
against the officer alleged drunken
ness, tying members of his command
to stakes without food and water;
tying one man TO a tree on the edge
of stream, SO that the soldier was
compelled to stand with one foot in
water and a number Of others, in
cluding one that he struck, kicked
and struck with the handle Of a whip
some Of his fellow scouts.
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Water Washes away l.EVEE.
FLOOD REGARDED As MORE Sc
RIOUs NOW THAN WERE
TOFORE-HICHER STAGE
COMING.
Asny Towns Damaged and Others la
Scrsos Danger--Crest to Pass
Memphis within Week.

htanphis. Tenn. April 5.--With
one main ievee gone. water tapping
the crest of the embankments at half
'ioxen places. and several breaks
believed to DO only the question Of
hours. Maj. Clark 8. Smith. United
states engineer directing the esht
against the waters encroachment. de-
scrised the Mississippi river food sit
ustion tonight as grave. The Reel
foot lack levee. west of Hickman. KY.
was the first Of the main embank-
ments TO 60. IL collapsed late this
afternoon. and tonight the food wa
tiers are sweeping over a wide area.
Golden Lake. so miles north of
Memphis. and the levee on the Ar
Kansas side. eight miles below this
city. are regarded as In imminent
danger. At both points sand bags
have bcen piled on the surface Of the
fsvetments to q height Of one and
one-half feet. and tonight the water
is washing over. At Mound City. Ark.
>Srd NJ Holy Bush also the ievees
fhSeaten to cave.
Aodoc and Blue Point on the White
river are other danger points. Caruth-
ersville. NO.. sent an appeal tonight
for more sacks.
The break near Hickman will re-
iieve the situation south OF that place
only slightly as the water will make
In way back into the Mississippi
through obion river. which taps Reel.
foot lake. the Immediate reservoir for
the overflow at Its southern terminus.
Beyond that IS feet will be exceed
ed at Memphis. no attempt is being
-ow 60 estimate the volume Of water
to come. For $50 miles. which makes
up the central valley. the water Is
fSom two to ten feet above flood
re&nge. and as far south as vicksburg
Matches. Misa. effect Of the high
Wstet h being fslt. At Memphis to-
night the stage was AS feet. q rise
OF four-tenths In IL hours. 1t Is
thought that the crest oft the rise will
pass this point In less than week.
A dispatch was received at the Of
nee Of Tennessee ievee board tonight
from United states Senator Clark of
Arkansas. stating that the war de-
psrtment had been instructed to de-
vote $4,000 OF an emergency fund
toward aiding In the fight Letween
Cape Girardeau. Mo-. and the mouth
OF the White river. Army supplies
and tents are also to be sent to the
ala OF the focd sufferers. Pitifui cases
OF desSitution have been relieved In
various parts Of the wide stretches OF
country embraced In the central Sec
ton OF the valley. Hickman. KY.
houses about $500 refugees. partly In
tents; and these include some 1000
or moro emp Dyes Of factories living
In the hundred OF more houses food
ed In Hickman last Monday. Column
bus. KY. New Madrid. Mo-. Dorena.
Mo-. these are the towns seriously az.
fected by the invading waters. Thous-
ands of township people have sought
higher ground. Hundreds Of head OF
live stock have perishsd while many
times the number we're taken TO
posnts Of safety before the rise.
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Less COttOn-MOrc Corn.
Spartanbburg Journal.

SpHTIdHDDuTE JOurnaI
Newberry is shipping seed corn to
Oklahoma. That is small matter.
What is the trouble in Newberry is
that they will have to import many
carloads Of corn from the West to
supply the home demand.
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SUMTER. S. Co. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 1910
MAY &c MRS. GREEVER'S BODY
WASHINGTON POIJCE ROaT
FINDS REMAINS IN RIVER
Authorities are Convinced that COrpse
Is That of Wife of Columbia Mini.
ster.


Mrs. n. Roberta Greever, wife of Rev.
w. II. Greever Of Columbia, was
found by the District of Columbia po-
lice boat Vigilant floating in the wat
ers Of the Potomac river, near Mount
Vernon last night.
The point where the body was
found is off Fort Hunt, about 20 miles
from this city. Capt. Jansen COM
mands the tug which runs between
Indian Head and Washington navy
yard. AS he was coming up the river
last evening about o'clock, he saw
a human body. face down. floating in
the water. He reported to the police
when he reached Washington.
He said that he was unable to say
whether the body was that of a man
or woman.
The Vigilant left Washington this
morning and went down the river as
far as Glymont, just above Indain
Head, In search Of the body,
Inquiry made Of the district au-
thorities tonight brought out this in
formation. also the fact that the body
was recovered this afternoon and
from the clothing in which the body
was clad. and ring on one of the fin
gers. there seems to be absolutely no
doubt that 1t Is Mrs. Greever. Mrs
Greever's husband is now en- route to
this city from Columbia. Until ne
reaches here it can not be positively
stated that the body is that Of his
authorities. however. there appears
to be absolutely no doubt that the
mystery Of Mrs. Greever's disappear
ance has at last been solved.
Early this evening the body was
taken to the Virginia shore and the
nearest coroner was notified. He lives
about ten miles distant and it was
some time before he could be reached.
Until his arrival the body could not
be removed to the District of Colum-
bia by It's authorities.
Some time tonight the Vigilant will
bring the corpse here and it will be
taken to the morgue to await identi-
fcation by Mr.. Greever, who will ar
rive early tomorrow morning.
There seems to be no doubt, what
ever that he will quickly declare It
to be that of Mrs. Greever.
The disappearance Of Mrs. Greever
from one Of the busiest Of Washing
tons street February II, while stroll
ling along looking in shop windows.
has until the present time. remained
unso'ved. Police authorities Of every
city in the country. harbor masters
and railroad officials and detectives
have been on the constant lookout for
her. but without result. Her dis
appearance was due to Ill health and
extreme nervousness. from which she
had suffered for some time.
Rev. w. II. Greever, editor of The
Lutheran Visitor, left Columbia for
Washington at $40 p. m. yesterday.
His plans, If the body is found to be
that Of Mrs. Greever are not known.
Mrs. Greever was "A years old. She
was the daughter Of the late Rev. G..
A. Bruegel, a Lutheran clergyman.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Greever
leaves three clhldren. Walton H..
Greever, Jr., aged 8. Miriam Greever,
aged 6. and Virginia Greever, aged g..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-10

Mr.. Charley Winburn. a son OF Mr..
7. j. Winburn. came from New York
last week on ten days visit to rela-
tives I'm the city. after which he ex-
poets to join his brother In Los Ange-
les. Cal. In the law firm Of winburn
aud Winburn.
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Where Human and Dogs are Like

Gre. nville News.
We do not believe that dogs have
any intelligence, for if they did
some Ok them would not follow some
men around.
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Marriage License Record.

John Palmer and Henrietta Gayle
of wedgeneid secured a marriage IL
cense SATURDAY, from the county clerk
OF court.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18
Power Behind Throne.


II Is safe to assume that even the
Democrats who so bitterly fought the
so called Duboisites four years ago
are now ready and willing to believe
there IL Mormon question in Idaho.
1t IL evident that the Mormon people
can vote as a unit. but when 1t comes
to political judgment they are infan-
tile.
II they could see ahead and wished
to prevent a centralized fight against
them in the future they would divide
up their vote. as Is done in other Sec
tons OF the state. For years past the
Recorder has pointed out that Nor
monism 10 q menace to the American
institution. when the politics II idaho
can be controlled by one man In an ad-
joining state.
Some weeks ago Joseph Smith pub
iished . long statement in the I'm
provemeit Era, the official organ of
the church, to the effect that he was
in favor Of President Taft In this cleo
ton. The conference me- soon after,
and some Of the Democratic Mormons
objected to President Smith thus at
tempting to influence the Mormon yot-
ers. In reply the majority OF the
bishops ana counseloru OF the church
stated that the common people were
not capable of deciding how they
should vote. but should receive instruc-
tons from God, revealed through their
prophets how they should cast their
ballot
The Recorder is not opposed to the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18
BAD COLD? YOUR
HEAD STUFFED?
One Dose Of Pape's Cold
Compound Gives Relief
from Colds and Grippe
NO Quinine Used.

You will distinctly feel your cold
breaking and all the Grippe symptoms
leaving after taking the very first dose.
1t is a positive fact that Pape's Cold
Compound. taken every two hours. UNI
til three consecutive doses are taken.
will end the Grippe and break up the
most severe cold, either in the head.
chest, back, stomach or limbs.
It promptly relieves the most mis-.
cradle headache. dullness. head and
nose stuffed up, feverishness. sneezing.
sore throat. running o. the nose. mu-
cous catarrhal discharges. soreness
stiffness and RHEUMATIC twinges.
Get q 25-cent package OF "Pape's
Cold Compound" from your druggist
and take It with the knowledge that II
will positively and promptly cure your
cold and end all the grippe misery;
without any assistance or bad after
effects ana that It contains no Quinine
don't accept something else said to
be just a. good. Tastes nice-acts
gently.-Adv.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18
Relief Il Your Dosr
for Rheumatism
Sciaica and Neuritis

II your feet and hands hsve swollea until
,ain and embarrassment make ron .misersbls-.
K yeuf. joints have stiaensd up and your nss-
longer endure it-genuine selief y u ysur
door 4 you viii liSeae - reasa
Nuriso--a powder free ifrom eDtsees md
for the uric scid which has caused n your
agony.
We take pleasuA m vsuching for Nuries
record Of success which will BE shown 30 %
sNilavit form. It vim positively nd (uie3ay
relieve rheumasism. seistiea snd neu11tlD lzke
sway al the aehes and inAssaatieas w1r
son h Ills city WIG fss fria4 MsfieS-sad
there sfe @sny-vm Nesetey = - oe!a.
For se:s by Chas. l. Joy q Co. I
stores, and all other leading drug
gists. Adv.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18

worshiper OF the golden calf that the
rest of the boarders : used to joke
about the twenty dollar panama and
the forty-five dollar raincoat, etc.
And yet noticed that, though we
were somewhat more subtle about It,
we were also prone to insinuate SIM
liar references to our possessions into
the conversation.
A young man from New York mar
ried girl whose home was in Ber-
muda. and on all the wedding presents
which were sent there he had to pay
duty. So every time the subject of
customs came UP he would tell his ex-
periences and enumerate the gifts.
There was silver service that
must have cost at least five hundred"
he would say. 'and set Of hand
painted china that was worth between
three and four hundred etc, etc.
We used to wonder how the values he
gave us compared with those he
quoted to the customs inspector.
Now this man pretended to be down
on the tariff. He should have been
grateful to 1t. Just think Of the
chances it gave him to blow about
those gifts
How prosperous Mr. A. looks"
heard one woman say to another.
does he make great deal of money!"
"No. he doesn't" said the other
woman but he manages to look as II
he did. That's the next best thing,
isn't it?"
To future students Of the Golden
Age / recommend this motto of the
age as the best key to 1t.
ITO have money or to appear to
have it is the whole duty of man."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18

3-Al HEN future students or history
look back to the present epoch.
IU wonder II they won't call It
the Golden Age.
No, don't mean at all in
the sense Of the old-time Golden Ages.
Not the Golden Age Of achievement or
happiness, but the age Of gold worship.
The age when anyone Is considered
queer II he doesn't think success
and wealth are synonymous.
The age when the best society" is
generally accepted as meaning the
people with the best bank accounts.
irrespective Of whether they have any
breeding, morals or intelligence.
Above all things the age when no
conversation between average people
lasts more than five minutes without
one party or the other bringing In
some reference to his possessions. or
his friends possessions. or the posses
ions he used to have or hopes to have.
At house where once took my
breakfasts one woman used to regular
ly regale the breakfasters with re-
marks like these:
well I'm going to take my hus-
bands twenty dollar panama up to
town to be re-blocked."
what do YOU think, my husbands
forty five dollar rain-coat has worn
through In two places. and he has
only had 1t a year,"
Does anyone know Of a good place
to have rings reset? / am so afraid
of the jewelers. substituting inferior
stones. You know /. have to be care
full on account Of my twenty-f five hun
bred dollar emerald"
This woman was such a fragrant
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18
PRESS COMMENT
Needs a Dose Of Castor OIL.
paris Post.)


Because the Boise Evening Capital
News made a miserable failure in Its
effort to wreck the Republican party
Misquote candidates failed to get all
the votes the Capital News repeatedly
said they were going to get, the
bloomin' Mormons are to blame and
should be disfranchised.
Now, really, that's too bad. AS a
mild remedy for bad case of the
belly ache we would suggest that the
editor of the News take dose of cas-
tor oil, and work off this chronic case
Of biliousness before the hillary func-
ton causes information of the vermi-
form appendix and develops into bad
case of appendicitis.
AS stated by Ex-Governor Gooding
a few days ago, "the Mormon people
never fly off on a tangent. They are
never carried off their feet by radi-
calism. There was never any Populist,
Socialist or Bull Moose votes in Nor
mon precincts, and there is not Cen
tile precinct in the state but what has
made larger change in its political
complexion than the Mormon pre-
cincts" And that Is only half OF it.
The Mormon people have demonstrated
their ability to conduct themselves as
honorable American citizens. and
while they have differed on political
questions. as all American citizens
have done, they have always regarded
the constitution OF the United States
as a sacred document, and will always
be found defending It.
The editor of the Post has been a
member Of the Mormon church for the
past SO years and we have yet the first
time for any church dignitary, or any
other member of the Mormon faith to
tell us how to vote. and the same can
be said Of every member of the church
II the truth is told This dope dished
up by cheap newspapers and by indi-
viduals who claim TO know" the work :
ings Of what they choose to cali the
elmer circle" Is all rot and is dis
gushing to those who know the facts
and is an insult to all Mormon vot
ers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18

II Governor elect John M. Hnines is
carrying chip. on his shoulder looking
for trouble with Progressives he is
very liable to find it knocked off, ac-
cording to H. Harland, master of
the State Grange, a Roosevelt elector
at the recent election, who appears to
be in about as good lighting trim as
the man hont:-ed with the election Of
governor, who has, in what is de:
clared to be far from diplomatic
manner, shown his disdain of Progress
sives in his first authorized statement
since election.
In an interview given at Spokane
and published in the Spokesman Re-
view, Mr.. Harland directs his fire on
Governor elect Haines' interview in
which the latter said:
I'VE Republicans of Idaho will no
longer recognize the so-cailed Progress
sives as belonging to or being even an
adjunct to our party. The balance of
the country may do as 1t pleases, but
in Idaho we propose to continue the
Repn blican party in all its purity and
fight our battles along the same lines
as In the past.
'In my campaign never varied from
requesting the voters TO stand by the
regular nominees f. m Taft to the con-
stable of each district. and that was
the way / voted What is tie matter
with this country? 1t looks as If pros
perity is not agreeable and hard times
are wanted"
Replying to this stal,ment Mr.. Har-
land issued the one quoted above and
it is taken as fair indication of the
attitude of Progressives in face of the
one assumed by the governor elect, IL
trouble is wanted along partisan lines
C,1bsc~ibo for tho ('apital NawS