davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
FARMERS UNION MEETING.
State Executive Committee Holds
Session I'm Columbia.

Columbia. April 2.-The executive
committee of the State Farmers
Union met today and received the re-
ports of the deputy organizers and
discussed the question Of marketing
as being the live issue of the day. The
committee was gratified to hear of
so much interest in the subject and
especially at the interest shown by
the colleges, before whom the State
president has presented this matter.
Another conference will be held
shortly. in Charleston. to perfect plans
upon which they have been working
for several months.
At the next meeting on July 2 the
executive committee will prepare the
programme for the State Union meet
ing, to be held in Charleston on the
fourth Wednesday in July. Every ef-
fort will be made to have a full meet
ing and the committee hopes to have
every county represented.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
OFFICERS FOR MAYESVILLE.
Very Light Vote POIled-N. ID. Wom-
bic, Mayor, to Build Large Store i'm
Town.

Mayesville, April 2.-The town
election passed off very quietly yes
terday, only light vote being polled
the regular nominees of the conven-
tlon being elected. One or two scat
tering votes We're cast The new coun-
Gil will be sworn into Office as soon as
the books of the old council are
checked up and turned over by the
committee. The following compose
the new council: Mayor, n. ID. Wom-
pie' Wardens, NJ. c. Mayes, b. c.
Chandler, II. c. Bland and F.. G..
Spencer. The new board of health Is
as follows: DR.. G. +. King, chairman;
j. X. Mayes, r. j. Mayes, Jr., c. ".
Sprott and F.. j. Bass. Mayor Womble
is now commencing his fifth term and
B. {. Chandler his second. M. c..
Mayes has served several times be-
fore on the council, while II. C. Bland
| and E. G.. Spencer are new men in
| that capacity.
The farmers are hoping that win
ter is at last over and that the rain
fall will not be so great from now
on. Plowing has been started again
in most places since the warm wealth
er and clear days have been in evil
dence. The planters will have to
work rather steady for the whole sec
tion is far behind in it's work. How
ever the planters here are no worse
off than elsewhere and are not at all
discouraged. Fertilizers are still be-
ing hauled in moderate quantities.
Robert A. Chandler is preparing to
build large, modern store on the
site of his present wooden building
| on West Main street. This will be
one of the big improvements in town
during the spring and summer, and
will add greatly to that section Of
town. Work will commence by May
1. and the materials are being placed
on the ground now. Other building
operations are expected soon.
MesSrs. w. p. and d. L. Jones. OF
Jenson, Fla, were in town on Mon
day, visiting their brother, Mr.. j. G..
Jones'
Mr.. NJ. A. Strauss, of Sumter, spen:
Monday in town on business.
Mrs. Adrian Miller and daughter.
Of Augusta, who have been visiting
DR.. and Mrs. w. w. Gardener. re-
turned home on Monday evening.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
WILSON AND LAFOLETTE WIN
Defeat Rivals in Wisconsin Prefer.
cnce Primary.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 2.-Wood-
row Wilson defeated Champ Clark on
the Democratic ticket, and Senator
LaFollette defeated President Taft on
the Republican ticket, in this State
Presidential preference primary to-
day, according to incomplete returns
received here today.
Col. Roosevelt's name did not figure
to any extent in the Presidential pref
erence primary, as his supporters did
not have his name printed on the
ballots. Although Roosevelts' name
was written on the ballots by some
voters returns from majority of
counties show no considerable vote
for him. No Presidential candidate
other than those printed on the bal
lots received any support.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYEES.
Western Union Telegraph Company
Announces Plan to Benefit Old EN-
plOyes.

a pension plan for the 900 en-
ployes Of the Western Union Tele-
graph and Cable Company has been
put into effect by the company and
hereafter employees who have been in
the service from 20 to 40 years will
be given pensions amounting to from
$50 to 800 per month.
President Theodore y. Vail gave
out the details of the plan and de-
clared that a pension committee,
which was appointed some time ago,
has been compiling statistics and
analyzing existing pension plans,
and though the present system does
not go as far as he wishes TO see it
go later, he feels that it will be a be-
ginning and that it will materially as
sist in caring for the employees who
have been with the company a long
time and who become disqualified
through incapacity or disability.
The plan will be to pay the en-
ployes Of from 20 to 25 years SER
vice l per cent of the average salary
obtained for the 10 preceding years
multiplied by the number Of years Of
service, those Of from 25 to S55 years
1s per cent addition for each ad-
ditional year; from 35 to 40 years
service. 2 per cent additional for each
additional year; after 40 years Of SER
vice, so per cent of their average SAL
airy for the 10 preceding years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
REED TO BE ELECTROCUTED.
Speedy Trial Given Prisoner I'm An.
dcrsOn Court.

Anderson. April 1.-Convicted of
attempting to criminally assault the
wife Of prominent farmer Of Dean
Station, this county. on February 26
last, William Reed, colored. was to-
day sentenced to- die i'm the cleo
trio chair at the State Penitentiary in
Columbia on the 18th day OF July
next.
special term of court was con-
vened here today for the purpose of
giving Reed a speedy trial. He APP
peared in the court room without a
lawyer and Judge Prince appointed
three prominent members of the local
bar to defend him. The indictment
was handed To the grand jury and a
true bill was returned within a few
minutes The jury was selected with
out much delay and the case was en-
tered upon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED.
OALBRAITH II. RODGERS LOSES
LIFE IN AEROPLANE ACCI-
DENT.
Hero of Splendid Flight Across
American Continent I'm Flying Ma
chine.

Long Beach. Cal. April 3.-Cal-
oraith p. Rodgers. the first man to
cross the American continent In an
aeroplane. was killed here almost in
stantly late today. when his biplane.
In which he had been soaring over
the ocean. fell from a height of 200
feet and buried him in the wreck. His
neck was broken and his body badly
mashed by the engine OF his machine.
He lived but few moments.
For a week Rodgers has been max
ting daily flights here and had taken
ap with him many passengers. both
men and women. Today he started up
from hts usual place and scared out
over the ocean. crossing. the pier and
then turned and dipped close to a
roller coaster on n beach amusement
park. Hearing a flock OF gulls dis
-porting themselves among great
shosl o. sardines. just over the break
ers. Rodgers again turned and dived
into them. scattering the sea fowls In
all directions.
Highly elated with the outcome Of
his dive. isodgers then few farther
out TO sea. all the time gradually ris-
Inc until he had reached a height Of
about 200 feet. Making a short turn,
ne started at full speed for the pier,
Then suddenly dipped his planes and
mis- machine made a frightful de-
scent.
Hundreds Of persons on the pier
saw Rodgers relax his hold on the
levers. and then. seemingly realizing
That ne was In danger. make stren-
uons efforts to pull the nose Of his
rnac"in. into a level position.
Failing In this he managed to turn
his craft further in shore, and an
instant later the craft crashed into
the edge OF the surf. not 500 feet
from the spot where on December
10. last. he had finished his ocean,
to-ocean flight
Ernst Scott and Jas. Goodwin. life
,Euards. were first to reach Rodgers.
They said Rodgers head was hang
Ing over one wing Of the machine.
the heavy engine was on his back
and his feet were drawn up nearly
doroie over his shoulders.
Dodgers was lifted from the wreck
and hurried to the bath house hos
pitai He died on the way. His neck.
tawbone and back had been broken.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
Jumped From Train.

Bishopville, April 9. Collins
Brown, colored, was killed by the
Atlantic Coast Line train at Luck
now Sunday afternoon, in attempting
10 jump off the train while it was
running at the rate Of several miles
an hour. Brown was drinking and
boarded the train for Bishopville and
when it was some distance from the
station he jumped off and his head
struck cross tie. killing him in
stantly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

The engineers of the South Caro-
lima Western Railway have surveyed
three preliminary Lines for the route
OF the road out of the city from the
terminal on East Hampton and Green
street. but another line will probably
have to be surveyed before the route
going south is finally located. No in
formation is obtainable as to the al
innate destination Of the projected
road to the south, and for the pres
ent the engineers are merely locat-
ing the two miles south of the city
for which the rights of way are guar
anteed by this city and county. On
the Bishopville-Sumter line five miles
have been graded and work is pro-
crossing rapidly. On the HartsvilIe-
Bishopville section the track has been
laid from Hartsville to Lydia and
track laying to Lynches River will he
completed in the near future. A large
force Of hands are at work on the
trestle and bridge across the river TO
complete this gap by the time the
track layers reach the river. Only a
short time will elapse before the
trains are running into BishopvilIe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
AN APRIL FOOLS HIKE.
Boys OF Porter Military Academy
Take Day on from School.

Boys OF Porter Military Academy
Take Day on from School.
About 75 boys OF the Porter Mill
tary academy escaped from the bar
racks this morning and took long
hike across the Ashley river bridge
into the country. 1t was a beautiful
spring morning and the boys seemed
to be unable to resist the call. espe-
cially on April l and they took the
consequences and skipped for the day.
The faculty Of the institution turned
the joke on the fugitives, by giving
holiday to the cadets who did not
break barracks. The faculty is yet to
pass upon the matter but ii is thought
that the institution will deal leniently
with the boys.-Charleston Post, April
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
ROOT SEES "YELLOW PERIL.
Wants TO Know About Japs Buying
Land on Mexican Coast.

Washington. April 2.-The Senate
today adopted resolution, presented
by Senator Lodge, requesting the
President, If not incompatible with
public interest. to furnish the senate
all information bearing on reported
Japanese activity at Magdelena Bay,
lower California. The resolution, on
which there was no debate. had refer
ence to reported purchase of lands by
the Japanese Government, or a Jap
anese company. on Mexican soil.
Senator Lodge called the attention
Of the senate to the possibility of
some greater Eastern power taking
possession Of a harbor on the west
coast of Mexico. to establish a
naval station and a place Of arms.
He said he was "using no imagina-
tion" and that 1t was not very long
since an Indirect movement was be-
gun. and lit is apparently still on
foot to obtain possession Of Mageda-
lena Bay for foreign Power"
IL may fairly suppose that such a
case might arise. If 1t did. we should
Immediately intervene. We should
declare that this was violation Of
the Monroe Doctrine" he said.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

1t has been learned that there are
now quite a number of split log drags
in use at various places in the coun-
ty, the drags having been built by
direction Of the supervisor and sent
out to those persons who had asked
for them and were willing to use them
on the roads.
There are now twelve in use in this
way in the county. two on the Man
ming road, two on the Mayesyille
road, one in the Salem section, one on
the DaAsell road, one on the Charles
ton-Camden road, one on the Cam
den road one in the Owens Mill
road. Those who are using the drags
are: Messrs. w. II. Brown, J. II.
Christmas, H. d. Tindal, w. G.. Wells,
A. j. Jones, j. l.. Brogdon, III. l..
Scarborough, F.. III. Parker, r. J..
Mayes, Jr.. w. S. Chandler, f. NJ. Nc
Elveen and NJ. II. Beck.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
WATCH BISHOPVILLE GROW
Chamber of Commerce. for Bisbon-
vilic-BishOpyiIIc il About TO Law
Aside its Swaddling Clothes.

ASIDE its Swaddling Clothes
There is about to be born in the
town Of Bishopville a progressive
movement marking the time when
the town Of Bishopville realizes that
1t has outgrown its infant clothes and
that new garments must be provided
for the needs of the growing child.
apparel in keeping with the fancies of
the times.
Bishopville few years ago little
more than a "cross roads store" town.
with a handful Of citizens. now since
the establishment of the new coun-
ty. boasts itself the capital Of the
cream of the farming section of the
state, whose population is numbered
not by scores but by hundreds and
thousands, with churches and schools.
/ electric lights and water works. teIe-
phone and telegraph and soon TO en-
JOY the facilities Of transportation and
and travel, the best that two great
rival lines of great railroads can sup
ply.
A memory Of what she used TO be.
a realization Of what she really is. and
audable ambition for what she 49,.
pres herself to be: a city Of wealth.
culture, refinement. clean streets
clean men, clean morals, stimulated
with laudable ambition 20 better
themselves, encouraged by the inesti-
mable assets Of marvelously produc-
tive agricultural lands, have seen the
Immediate necessity of better organ
ization to properly advertise the mer-
its of their town and county. To this
end call is made to the citizens of
Bishopville and the country people. to
meet together at the court house.
night Of the. 9Th of April, effect an
organization of board Of trade or
chamber of commerce.
Gentlemen, this movement is
sign of life. an indication Of prog-
ress, be there and take some one with
you.
Whitefield w. Watson, Cashier.
Merchants and Planters Bank of
Bishopville.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

Clerk Of Court Parrott, City Clerk
Hurst and Mr.. Louis Bryan went to
Columbia Wednesday to testify in
the case Of Mimms VS.. the Atlantic
Coast Line. This is a suit to recov ar
damages for the death Of j. j. Mimms
who was injured in the Atlantic Coast
Line yard last year while in the SER
vice Of the railroad.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
Secures Commission.

The Secretary Of State has granted
charter to the Real Estate Hold
ing company of Sumter with q capital
stock OF $4,000. The officers are
r. b. Belser, president. and d. r.
McCallum. secretary and treasurer.
A general real estate business will
be cOnducted.-The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
Boys Easter Suits.

This is where we excel. We never
forget the little fellows. Get your
boys fitted up with us and make them
happy. Prices $500 to $3.50. ODon-
nell and Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
NOTICE.

The registered Jack. Blarney, Jr.,
will stand the season at Booth-Harby
Live Stock Company's stables. He is
sixteen hands high. black, weighs
eleven hundred pounds. Liberal
Germs allowed. Sumter Jack Asso-
ciatlon.
WAS 1e 4.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
Easter White Goods.

The strongest line we have ever Of
fered. The patterns are good and the
prices are right. Don't fail to see our
wide welts in piques. O'Donnell
and Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

See our line of silk goods at 90
cents the pair they look mighty good
To everybody who has seen them
O'Donnell and Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

If Old Sol keeps up at the pace he
Is going now the summer resorts will
soon be getting their usual share of
summer spending money"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

An excellent assortment OF styles
and prices to suit everybody. $3.50
down. O'Donnell and Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

An excellent assortment Of pat
terms oil display at 25 and so cents.
ODonneil and Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06

The Y. NJ. G. a. is proving that It
nils n long felt want In Sumter and II
is already the most popular gathering
place Tor boys and young men the
town has ever had.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
Local Market.
Basis middling. 1890.


A splendid showing at 25 and so
cents O'Donneli and Co.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-05
PRODUCE MARKET.

Butter-Receipts, 1877 tubs; cream
cry, 29c; price to retail dealers, 2915 c:
prints, 3o1kc; extra frsts. csc; frsts.
&c; seconds, 26c: dairies. extra, 27c;
flrsts, 25c; seconds. 23c; No. / ladies,
Fac; packing stock, 2sc.
Eggs-Receipts, 1906 cases: miscei-
laneous lots. cases included, 2oK q 21c;
cases returned, 1914 q zoe; ordinary
firsts. 21c; frsts. must be 20 per cent
fresh. 22c; No. 1 dirties, 2ec: checks,
1Sc.
Potatoes Receipts. 142 cars; Wis
consin, s1os@1ls: Michigan. s1.12@
liz Minnesota. s1.12@L14.
Sweet potatoes-Ili,nois per brl
$500 a 500.
veal-5o to so ID weights. 7@sc: SO
to 95, 81 99hc; so to 100 lbs, 100
IL &c; 100 to 100, 12c.
Dressed beef-Ribs, No. 1. 2ohc; No.
loins. FAC; No. / round, 10c; No. !
chuck. $40; No. / plate. 65xc
Live poultry-Turkeys per lib, 14c;
chickens. fowls, 14c; ROSTERS, 10c;
springs. 141sc; geese, &c; ducks, 15c.
Beans - Pea beans. hand picked
choice. sass; prime, SEAS: red kidney
fancy, $3.50; white kidney, $500; brown
Swedish, long. $500: round. s225.
Green Observation-Disclosures per
box, 5000 700; beets, so per sack;
cabbage. per brl, $4,000 800; carrots, "a
a soc per sack; cucumbers. doz, $1,000
LOO; caulifiower. s1.25Q 2.75 per box;
celery. $1,000 100; horseradish. 35 q soc
per doz stalks; lettuce, head. per bril-
$500 $500; leaf, csc per case: nush-
rooms. 15G Csc per lb; onions, $1,000
$50 per 100 lbs; parsley, sSO061O0
per brl: peppers, crate, $3.25 1850; rad
ishes, 200 soc per doz; spinach, $1,000
1000 per brl; pieplant, bunch, 25 a coo
string beans. s2.00@4.00 per hamper
tomatoes. 5000 400 per crate; turnips
s1.oo per tub; watercress, 800 sc pei
doz.-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-05
SCOUT MOVEMENT
GAINS IN HARBOR
Communicated

The Boy Scout movement which
started a year ago in Indiana Harbor
is progressing rapidly. There are
about fifty Boy Scouts in the Harbor.
Most OF them being tenderfeet. there
being about twenty second class scouts
and about ten of them are ready to
fake their first-ciass scout examina-
ton. These Scouts have a drum and
bugie corps and about twenty-five of
them are uniformed. The boys are un-
der the supervision of Mr.. C. C. Hand
and Rev Day, who is the outdoor scout
master. Jack tombstone is assistant
scoutmaster. The boys have made
many hikes and have been in Chicago
on parade before Sir Baden Powell.
The Indiana Harbor Boy Scout council
Is made up of several business men, but
the boys want the backing of more
business men. because then they can
progress more rapidly. The boys have
their headquarters at Stinson Osmer's
real estate office in the Barker build
ing, and their meeting place at the
Washington school gymnasium. There
Is one troop of six patrols and another
troop is being organized. Many people
say down with the Boy Scouts. but the
Twin Cities and Hammond say down
with the street ganin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-05

suing the hunters to renewed activity.
John Poise1 and Henry Miller, or
Rensselaer,, section men. were going 70
their work on handcar and saw
large gray wolf in the fence along the
railway right-ofway. The wolf had
caught one Of it's hind legs in the wire.
The wolf was killed with a track
wrench and the scalp sent to the coun-
ty auditor. Richard Peterson. son Of
the foreman OF the big Otis ranch, OH
the Monon, near Fair Oaks. while out
hunting for ducks killed large
prairie wolf. Peterson brought the
hide to town, and after the auditor.
punched several holes in it's ears 20
prevent the payment of the $40 bounty
more than once sold the hide for SO tc
a Rensselaer, fur dealer, netting $13 on
the transaction.
RACE PREJUDICE CAUSES FIGHT.
Dislike for negroes and a real or
fancied insult caused Charles Cannon.
Of Indianapolis. 35 years old, who said
he roomed at 1915 West Nineteenth
street to start fight on the rear plat
form of an inbound Northwestern
avenue car at Senate avenue and North
street yesterday with Herman Mitch
EN-, "a years old, colored, who gave
his address as S37 Superior street.
Cannon told the police that Mitchem
blew tobacco smoke in his face. Ac-
cording to witnesses Cannon was the
agressor. and walked up to Mitchen.
calling him names and kicking him
Both men were arrested by Bicyclemen
Trick and Fletcher and Sergt Boylan
and locked UP in the City Prison.
, charged with assault and battery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-05
SOON START
INDIANA
CAMP A|GN

Washington, March 5.-The Indiana
pre-convention campaign In the interest
of President Taft will be opened with
meetings In two Indiana cities during
the next week, and the fight will be
pushed vigorously from that time on.
The formal opening of the campaign
will be at Evansville next Saturday
night, and at indianapolis next Monday
night, according to an arrangement
made here yesterday and approved by
the president. Charles Nagel, secretary
Of commerce and labor, will sound the
Taft keynote In Indiana. -
He spent a considerable part of to-
day canceling engagements and shift
ing his other work so as to be able to
speak in Evansville Saturday night and
spend the following two days in Indi-
ana. closing his tour with a Tomlinson
hall speech at Indianapolis next Mon
day night under the auspices of the
newly-formed Taft organization of Ma
rion county. The Evansville speech
will probably be delivered in Evans
hall. the largest meeting place in that
city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-05
another
IS KILLED
BY FLYER

Joseph Yuhas, an employee OF the
American Sheet and Tin Plate compa-
nys Gary mills, was struck by a Penn
sylvania west bound flyer, No. %. near
Tolleston yesterday afternoon and was
instantly killed.
Yuhas was on his way to his work
and was crossing the Seventeenth and
Adams street crossing when he met his
death A tin plate employment check
led to his identity. Yuhas was about
Sc years old and lived in South Adams
street. His remains were taken to Fin
erty's morgue
]. SinneH and George Kinsel. the en-
gineer and conductor on the train, will
appear at the inquest