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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22

MOST OF TIE WORLDS CROP
COMES FROM ZANZIBAR.
Yield Varies Greatly, but Another and
Steaey Product Ct the Sultanate
is Corpra, Finding Ready
Market in France.

The Sultanate of Zanzibar, just off
the coast of central Africa, comprises
four islands-Zanzibar, Pemba, Malta
and Lamu. This sultanate produces
perhaps nine-tenths of the cloves of
the world. The climate and soil of
the two islands of Zanzibar and Penn
ba seem peculiarly adapted to the
growing of this important article.
Many of the trees are 90 years old, al
though most Of the Glove plantations
on Zanzibar island date from 1872.
when terrific cyclone swept over it,
doing fearful damage to the trees.
Glove trees begin to bud about JAN
uary or February, and the picking is
done any time after July continuing
for about four months, as the trees
ripen irregularly. When the cloves
have been picked they are exposed on
mats to the sun for six or seven days,
and are then sent to the custom house
where the government extracts an ex.
port duty OF rs per cent.
The crop is very uncertain one, q
heavy yield che year, and compare
lively nothing the next. The bulk Of
the cloves are bought by American.
German and Indian firms, and are sent
to Bombay. Hamburg, London and
New York. Most of the cloves are
used in distilling oil of cloves, which
In turn is employed in the manufac-
ture of drugs, perfumes, confectioner-
les. etc.
Another great product of Zanzibar
Is copra, which is the dried interior Of
the cocoanut. The cocoanut tres grow
throughout the sultanate without cul.
tivation; land is sold by the number
OF cocoahut trees on it. A tree will
yield from 100 to 120 nuts a year: the
crop Is gathered about every four
months. The nuts are split open and
dried In the sun for several days.
when the product is ready for ship.
ment. France consumes most Of the
copra, which is used in the manufac.
ture of soap, oil cakes. etc.
Approached from the ocean the
city OF Zanzibar presents a beautiful
picture; the snow-white Arab houses
are set against background of soft
tropical green; lying close to the
shore ars the hundreds of native
dhows with their quaint sails. while
farther out, In the deep waters. are
the foreign ships. A prominent build
Ing en- the waterfront is the palace
OF the sultan, which suggests a hotel
AT one or the Atlantic watering places,
with Its wide verandas and square Ian.
tern. Back of the palace are the re-
mains OF the old fort erected by the
portuguese. and here and there are
TO be seen the flags of the consulates
or the various powers, conspicuous
among them being the stars and
stripes.
All bin Hamoud, the present sultan
or Zanzibar. is young man. He sue
ceded his father in 1902, when but II
years old, and until his majority the
sultanate was under a regent. The
sultan was educated in England, and
speaks English fluently, as we'll as
French, Arabic and Swahin. He IS
great traveller, and spends much of
his time in Europe; he has a town
palace, and several country places, to
some one Of which he usually retires
during the hot season. The sultanate
Is a British protectorate under the for
eign Office
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
Crafty Thlnq.

Il cannot understand how II Is that
Mrs. Wise always succeeds in getting
the men to come to her afternoon re.
ceptions. while we cen get none but
the ladies at ours" says the woman
with the puzzled eyes:
q think I know" replies the WON.
an with the near blond switch. She
alv ays asks the men 70 step into a
little sort Of a den and help them.
selves to a buffet luncheon there II
they do not care for the tea and
cakes" .t'
And there"
And tSrre she has table covered
with cold apple pie and ham sand.
wiches."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
Their EauIts.

How do you like Mrs. Fondun!"
asks tho caller.
20. I never enjoy being about her.
Che can't talk OF any one except her
husband"
And Mrs. Gablet7"
she's another I can't abide. She
talks OF nobody but her neighbors."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
Couldn't llvs IL Down.

"Bigsby seems 10 wear Il look Of set.
tied gloom"
Yes, poor fellow. he can't help It,
When he was a boy his mother made
him wear FauntlerOy cur ls"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
A. Liberty.

They say Miggles hasn't slept
wink since his wife eioped"
You don't say? Just so down.
heartened and shocked that he can.
not sleep? Poor mani"
1T isn't that He goes out every
night with the boys and whoops
things up"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
Horticultural.

What do you think of my budding
mustache?" asks the young man who
thinks he has ono. with self.con.
scious air.
"Buddins7" gurgles the fair young
thing with tho limpid eyes and the
merry smile. budding? Really. It
looks seedy 10 mo-"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-22
Oresslnu a DuckIlno.

The manager OF one Of the largest
duck farms claims that an expert can
scsld and dress a duckling in ten min.
utes.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-06

enforce ordinance against long
hatpins.
Henry H. Belheld, "a, former
director of Chicago Manual |
Training School, died suddenly at
Ann Arbor, Mich:
Six baseball diamonds to be
laid out in Winnemac Park, Fos- /
ter av. and N. Robey st.
Harry New has asked Chief |
McWeeny to see to it that all per- ]
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-06

Ignatz obolhusky, 8 months,
badly bitten by bulldog owned by
F. Vellack in rear of home 965
Milwaukee ave. Will die.
Just to show there are no hard
feelings, Taft men on Republican
National Committee are going to
give Roosevelt one-third of con-
tested delegates.
But this action, it must be I'M
derstood, is purely gratuitous,
and besides will not affect the re-
suit.
knights of Columbus and their
families to number of 800 to leave
for Washington tonight to attend
unwilling of Columbus statue
there.
II judges of circuit court have
endorsed Judge Pinckney's plea
that another story be added to
Juvenile Court building.
This crowd does not represent
the citizens at large. Chief Jus
tice Olson to jury trying union
newsboys, and referring to audi
ence in court.
Presumably Chief Justice Oh
son gained his information as to 1
what sort of crowd represents the
citizens at large by consorting
with lawyers.
Nevertheless, even in those
cases where the strike sympa-
thizers" or newsboys on trial
pleaded guilty, those wrong-head-
ed iurymen insisted on imposing
the minimum fine of 81.
= lust for the information of the
plain people the Standard Oil
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-06

sons caught scalping tickets to
Republican National Convention
be arrested.
Evidently, New is not aware
that our police force is so busy
carrying out orders of the Over
Mayor Andy Lawrence, that it
has no time to prevent the break
ing of laws. &,
"Talk of Roosevelt boiling is
the purest bosh. Senator JOS
eph M. Dixon, Montana, Roose- !
welt leader, who now is in our !
midst.
It's worse than bosh, Joseph; :
it's a great comfort to the DEM
Gratis. 4
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19
MAY Be
MADE CHAIRMAN
Most Likely Candidate For
Temporary HOnOrs; Dem
Ocratic Clans Gathering.

Baltimore, Nd, June 19.-Democrats
in their precOnventiOn councils gave
pause to follow affairs in the Repub-
lican national convention at Chicago.
With the leaders of all the rival
candidates for the presideI tiaI nomina-
ton here, there were quiet conferences
to prepare plans for capturing the IN
instructed delegates. Former judge
Alton 3. Parker of New York, was
said to be the likely choice for tenn
porary chairman Of the convent on, with
representative ollie James as the next
strongest candidate.
W F. McCOmbs, of New York. cam
palgn leader for governor Wilson. took
charge OF Wilson headquarters today
and announced that senator Gore of
Oklahoma and representative Mitchell
Palmer, Of Pennsylvania would second
the nomination of the New Jersey gov
ernor.
J. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago. came
in this afternoon with a plan to swing
the vice presidency TO an Illinois man.
Senator Bankhead, of Alabama. who is
looking after the interests of Oscar
Underwood, talked things over with
the national committeeman.
Friends of governor Burke. of North
Dakota. say that if the convention is
deadlocl1ed the governor viii be
dark horse candidate for president
but that if the nomination goes east or
south governor Burke Will be a candi-
date Tor the vice presidency.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

SWAMP Is not recommended for
everything; but II Won
ROOT have kidney. liver or
bladder trouble il will
be found Just the remedy you need. AT
drugglsts In fifty cent and dollar
sizes. You may have a sample bottle
OF this wonderful new discovery bv
mail free, also pamphlet telling ali
about it
Address, Dr.. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton. y. Y
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19
ROOSEVELT THREATENS
TO BOLT CONVENTION
Says No Man Is Bound to Import It's Work If 1t In
sists on Seating the Men Frauduently Seated by
the National Commute Ellis Manager Be
Heves Taft Is Whipp ed-Taft Managers
Are Co nfident

Chicago. Ill. June 19.-"Tm a better
warrior than a prophet said Col
Roosevelt, when he was asked his
opinion of the outcome of the conven-
ton Tuesday. That was all he would
Mr. Roosevelt directed mis- own battle
in the convention hall over a telephone
wire. Hidden away in a room in his
hotel, he spent most OF the time with
receiver at his ear, listening to reports
of his heutenants and issuing orders in
person. He was seen only once or twice
during the day, as he hurried through
the corridors. He waved his hand and
smiled at the people who cheered him,
in spite of the high pressure under
which he has been working. He ap-
peared to be as vigorous as the day he
left oyster Bay.
The wire over which Col Roosevelt
gave his directions was especially in
stalle1 Tor the convention and had no
correction with any switchboard.
Sharp Rap at Root.
I regret tc say" said Mr.. Roosevelt,
N an address later, that Mr.. Root Is
the beneficiary and representative only
of the majority of the defunct national
committee. which seated in that con
ventiOn so or 80 delegates who have no
claim whatever in law or in morals to
seats there"
Col. Roosevelt added that the g. cases
which he had personally examined,
about which any honest man could have
no doubt, represented men taken from
my strength and added to the strength
of Mr.. Taft-making a shift of 12S
votes. The two great fragrant cases
which were stOlen-WashingtO and
Texas would alone have reversed the
vote of the convention. On an honest
vote, Mr.. Taft would have been in a
minority of -. His election represents
the taking advantage of successful
fraud, and nothing else"
Refuse to Recognize Party.
Mr.. Roosevelt then took occasion to
reiterate what has been understood as
plain intimatiOn of intention to disre-
gard the action Of the convention if the
contested delegates were not unseated
Serve notice exclaimed Mr.. ROose-
welt. with emphasis. that we will not
treat any action taken by the conven-
ton as binding upon any member of the
convention or Of the Republican party
If the national majority taking the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19
ROOT PRAISES TAFT AND RECITES
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF REPUBLICANS

a party's fitness to govern. its CO.
herence and its formative and control
ing power OF organization.
Without organized parties, having
these equaIties Of conference and 10y
atty. free popular government becomes
a confused conflict between a vast null
titude Of individual opinions, individual
interests, individual attractions and
repulsiOns.
The Party OF Great Men.
The lofty purpose of its great origin
ators has been transmitted by spiritual
succession from generation to genera
ton of party leaders, and it is no idle
rhetoric when We say, as we have so
often said, and are about to say again
TO the American people: We are en-
titled to our beliefs in the sincerity Of
the principles we profess and the 10y
atty Of our candidates to these prin-
ciples, because we are the party of
Lincoln and Sumner and Seward and
Andrew Jackson and Morton and
Grant and Hayes and Garfield and Ar
thur and Harrison and Blaine and Hoar
and Mckinley
we claim that we are entitled to a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19
Mr.. F. l. HULSEY
Has Tested Plant Juice and,
Like Many Other FL
Paso People, Is
Enthusiastic.

Mr.. F. L. Hulsey. is among the many
FL PasO citizens who are now Interested
in PLANT Juice and are making per
sonal tests of its merits. Mr. Hulsey
has convinced himself that it is truly
the greatest specific for stomach and
liver disorders and the best tonic ever
produced He has long suffered with
indigestion and other distressing stOm-
ach ills and also with a complication of
liver troubles. He was attracted by
notices in the paper of the great popu-
larity which PLANT Juice" has gained
in q brief time throughout all Texas
and of the reports of marvellous cures
effected in cities and towns in all parts
of the state. He decided to try it Al
most from the first dose he found re-
lief and with the completion of the bot
tie he felt better than ne had in years
and was free of stomach or liver ills
so far as he could detect He was abs
to eat what he wanted without any Ill
effects:
1T is great 1t has made me feel like
a new man. L viii tell any of the boys
who appear knocked out, about it. 1t
surely is the grandest thing in the
world for stomach and liver trouble,
and every one who suffers with them
should know about it."
When you try PLANT Juice" you viii
get immediate benefits from it. By
benefits we mean that your appetite
Will improve, food will digest better,
you will sleep better; you will lose that
feeling of depression of languor and
perhaps timidity; you will be brighter,
feel more confidence and be more fit
for your days work. If you suffer with
kidney, liver, nerve or stomach ailment /
PLANT Juice" viii do you more good
than any thing you have ever taken;
your ailments will gradually vanish and
you will feel new vigor and life will !
mean infinitely more to you. PLANT |
Juice is purely vegetable. 1t is mild |
and harmless, yet powerful and rapid I
in action. DO not delay trying it. Call !
on our PLANT Juice" demonstration to- |
day at Kelly & POllard's drug store, POI !
y. Oregon; ask questions and witness |
our display.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

action contains as an essential part the
fraudulent delegates to whose votes Mr..
Root is indebted for his selection. In
particular 1 wish to say that I speak
for the great majority of the Roosevelt
delegates when I say that they will de-
cline to recognize as Of any important
force whatever any report of the Gre
dentials committee dependent upon the
votes OF any of the fraudulent delegates
VINO may be put upon the committee or
of any men representing them who are
on the committee
Threatens n Bolt.
Full opportunity will be given the
honestly elected delegates to this con-
Vention to purge the roll of the dele
gates dishonesty placed there by the
action of the national committee, but if
they fail to avail themselves of the Op-
pOrtunity thus afforded, then the action
OF the convention win be binding on no
honest man."
This speech was suppressed by Col.
Eoosevelts managers without his
knowledge When he learned of this
fact, he gave peremptOry orders that it
should be given out for publication
After he had retired for the night his
managers again declined to give out the
text Of the speech, saying they could
not find the copy. A steuoSraphic copy
was secured, however, without their as
Sistance
Dixon Says Taft Is Whipped.
We have them whipped said SEN
ator Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt
campaign, after the convention had
elected senator Root temporary chair
man.
The vote Tuesday afternoon proves
1t It demonstrates beyond a doubt the
lmpossibility of Tafts nomination"
The senator did not appear at all dis
appointed. He rushed around the
Roosevelt headquarters from caucus
room to caucus room, insisting that
events of the next few important days
would tell a different story
1t takes $40 votes to nominate the
senator declared. Mr. Root for tenn
porary chairman got 55S votes In this
vote were included seven votes from IL
linois instructed in the primary for Mr..
Roosevelt and these delegates have al
ready announced their intention to car
~ out their Instructions
Says Taft Is Blocked.
Further analyZing the vote, senator
Dixon claimed for Roosevelt p votes
cast for senator Root by delegates in
structed for Roosevelt. but who did not
feel bound on the Craftsmanship, and he
expressed confidence that the creden-
tials committee would throw out some
of the contested delegates seated by the
national committee.
These - votes deducted from the SOS
votes cast for Mr. Root for temporary
chairman said senator Dixon. leaves
only $50 votes for Mr.. Taft being four
short OF a majority. Besides these in
structed Roosevelt delegates from the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

popular vote of confidence at the COM
! ing election because we have demon
strated that We are the party of at
firmative, constructive policies for the
betterment and progress of our coun-
try in all the fields upon which the
activity anu influence of government
can rightly enter.
We challeige the judgment OF the
American people on the policies OF Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt and Taft.
President Taft in his speech of ac-
ceptance on the -2Sth of July, 1905, paid
Just tribute 10 the great work rem
dered by his predecessor in awak ening
the public conscience, inaugurating re-
forms and saving the country from the
dangers of a plutOcratic government.
He lnstanced the railroad rate law, the
prevention of railroad rates, discrim-
nations, the enforcement of the anti
trust law, the pure rood law, the meat
inspection law, the general supervision
and control of transportation cCm-
Danies and conservation of natural re-
sources, and he proceeded to say:
Quotes Taft's Inaugural Speech.
" The chief function of the next ad-
ministration, in my Judgment. is dis
ment from that which has been per-
formed by president Roosevelt The
chief function of the next administra-
ton is to complete and perfect the ma
chlnery by which these standards may
be maintained, by which the law break
ers may be promptly restrained and
punished, but which shall operate with
sufficient accuracy and dispatch to in
terfere with legitimate business as lit
tie as possible
There spoke the voice of two Re-
publican administrations and the prom
Use of that declaration has been faith
fully observed with painstaking and
aSSiduOus care"
Mr. Root recounted the establishment
OF the tariff commission by d Repub-
Hcan congress 10 investigate and re-
port facts for the guidance of con-
Sress in framing tariff bills and added:
The Democratic party does not want
the facts upon which a just measure
can be framed because they mean that
there shall be no protection for Amer
lean industries.
The American people now have to
pass, not upon the abuses of the tariff,
but on the fundamental question be-
tween the two systems Of tariff max
ing
The Money Question.
The national currency which the
election of Mckinley rescued from dis
aster at the hands of a free silver
Democracy still rests upon the civil
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

Chicago. Ill, June 19.-Senator Elihu
Root on assuming the temporary chair
manship of the Republican convention,
said:
The struggle for leadership in the
Republican party which has so long en-
crossed the attention and excited the
feelings OF its members is about to be
determined by the selection Of candi-
date. Varying Gains Of opinion for
recognition in the political creed Of
the party are about TO be settled BY the
adoption of a platform
The supreme council Of the party
in this great national convention, rep
resenting every state and territory in
due proportion, according to rules long
since established, is about to appeal to
the American people for the continu-
,ance of the power Of the government
which the party has exercised with but
brief interruption for more than half
century
In the performance of this duty by
the convention. and in the acceptance
of its conclusions by Republicans, is
TO be applied the ever recurring test of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

primary states, there are delegates from
at least six other states who voted for
Mr.. Root Tuesday who are openly
avOwed Roosevelt delegates and who
Will vote for his nomination.
These figures take no account Of the
fact that commencing Wednesday morn
ing we are presenting the cases of the
delegates fraudulently seated by the
national committee from California,
Washington, Arizona, Texas, Alabama,
Kentucky, Indiana and other states, ag-
gregating upwards of IS delegates"
Taft Bureau Confident.
The Taft bureau countered on the
Roosevelt men with two statements,
one from director Mckinley and the
other from William Barnes jr Mr.. Nc
Kinley's prOnouncement follows:
President Taft Tuesday demon
strated his absolute control Of the ma
tiOnal Republican convention Mr..
Roosevelt admitted his own lack of
strength by declining to place before
the convention a candidate for tempo
Tary chairman. His mana gers attempted
a coalition with the candidate of sena-
tor La Toilette, but the combination
was repUdiated
The tuT limit Of the Roosevelt
strength was pOlled and Mr.. Roosevelt
still lacks 20 or more votes of the
necessary majority. Every effort Will
be made to debate and delay the con-
slderauon Of all questions in the hope
that opportunity viii be given to make
pledged and instructed delegates.
Their methods viii prove futile in the
future, as they have in the past"
Barnes Sees Victory.
Mr.. Barnes had this to say:
The result of the convention is con-
elusive proof of two things: first, that
this convention is in no sense a RoOse-
Welt convention; and. secondly, that
even the vote that was given for Mr..
McGOvern does not represent by a large
number of votes the Roosevelt strength
in the convention
Mr. Tafts strength in this cOnven-
ton Is not represented by the vote for
senator Root, because. in my judgment,
Tafts vote viii exceed that given on
temporary chairman. Mr.. Taft repre-
sents in this contest the main issue of
constitutional government which sen
atOr Root so ably expeunded in his mas
terly address. No Republican conven-
ton has ever been so near violating the
spirit and meaning of Repu blicanism as
has this, but fortunately the danger is !
now past, and as the next few days sue |
coed one after the other the emptiness ]
of the third term candidacy will become !
Clearly apparent"
DenOunces La Toilette.
Henry +. COchems. the Wisconsin \
delegate, who nominated McGoyern for |
temporary chairman and thereby /
clashed with the La Toilette delegation
from his state. resigned last night as a /
member of the delegation. He issued a /
sharp attack on La Toilette, in which 4
he accused the Wisconsin senator Of I
having pursued a selfish and per-
veVsely narrow policy"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19
WOMAN NOT EXCITED
WHEN SHE VOTED
Felt as If She Were a Mod
ern Joan of Are,
She Declares.

Chicago. Ills. June 19.-California's
Two women delegates. Mrs. Florence c.
Porter, of Los angeles. and Isabella W.
Blaney. of Saratoga. the first of their
sex 10 ever cast a vote in a national
convention, mad little to say last night
regarding their experience. Mrs. Por-
ter was the first of the two to cast a
vote for McGovern for temporary
chairman.
L did not mind it all" said Mrs.
Porter In fact I enjoyed the ex-
perience. 1 was the first woman who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

had ever done anything Of the sort. and
when L got up 1 felt a good deal like
a Joan of Are 1 was making history
Tor the women of America, though in
slightly different way than Joan
made il for France
on said Mrs Blaney. Il just voted;
that's all 1 can't recall how the eX-
perience affected me"