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

The Jones men should organize
committees in each ward to see that
the fun Jones vote is pollcd and a hiG
majority piled up for Jones in sumter
The Blease men, while in Il great mi
nority in Sumter are we'll organized
and have been working actively for
weeks. They will bring out their full
vote and will hc much i'm evidence IN
election day. 1t is all Very well To
talk for Jones, but work is also nee
csSarN There is no doubt about
Jones carrying sumter County 10y Il
considerable majority, but what IS
needed is the biggest possible major
ity to help overcome the majority
that Blcaso will receive in other
countless
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Thief EiIches 81 900 i'm Curron,
and Makes Good His Escane.

Toledo, Ohio. Aug. 19-Naarl,,
sI,000, mostly in currency. and tba
rest in checks, was fiiched from the
Office Of the Detroit and Cleveland
Navigation Company's office here to-
day in bold daylight robbery. An
hour later the robber returned sl10
10 the company through third per
son. The robber escaped.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

I'm the five months from May To Oc-
toher. 1911. the French army in Mo-
rocco lost Is per cent Of its forces
Wilmington star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
ANXIOUS FOR
PAY
PAY.

Men at Fort MOultric Have Not Been
Paid by Government Since May
Due Them About Thirty-Five Thou
sand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24
LAD KILLS MANY MOCCASINS.
Boy at Woodruff Stays g. i'm Creek.
snakes Averaging Foot i'm Length.

Woodruff, :. G.. Aug 1S.-On one
of the creeks, which flows through
this town a young boy the other day
killed g. water moccasins.
They averaged each about foot
long except a mother snake which
measured four feet
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

Governor BleaSe is not in much
danger of being counted out" but
it looks like he is going to be beaten
out to a fraZZle.-ROck Hill Herald
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-24

The most moving pictures are not
thrown on the screen. They are
sometimes seen In the brightest sun
light.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-06
A GOOD TOBACCO CROP.

There promises to be good crop
OF tobacco this year in West Virginia.
The crop is almost exclusively Burley.
Two years ago 1000 acres were
planted Market conditions not being
good the acreage fell off last year.
This year it is estimate that about
1900 acres are planted The average
yield is So pounds 10 The acre. The
tobacco grown IN Lincoln and Put
nam counties is among the best in
5he country being especially high in
cigdr stock
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-06

aid Judge Of the juvenile court of Al
legany county, Md, a tuberculosis
hospital is to be established in at
county. The county commissioners
have promised site on the mountain
back Of the county home, and will
aid the project'to the extent of $3,0Uo.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-07-06

Michigan ranks first in the United
States. as far as automobile making
is concerned, fully 50 per cent of the
aouury's motor cars bearing the
Michigan name plate"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
A True Artist.

In the Walnut street buffet oncA
owned by Frank Jones, are several
valuable paintings and works Of art IN
pastel. One Of the paintings, accord
ing to the Kansas City Journal. II that
Of the front page Of q newspaper the
day war was declared with Spain. L
is so cleverly done that in looking st r.
under the proper light one irnagine1 he
sees the paper tackled on . board. A
fly with its transparent wings looks go
II It were about to take flight.
One day during the life OF Mr.. Jones.
a stranger stood gazing ut the painting
for q long time. 1t was done by Van.
Millet, q local artist.
II would like to have a portrait oe.
my mother painted" said the man.
solemnly. Does this artist do thetl
kind of work.
HE certainly does" replied Jones'
well. I guess II would be no use to
try to get . portrait. a. alliI have 10
an old daguerrotype. He couldn't make
q picture from that.
''why. saiy,: advised Jones. iii this
artist needs IL lock Of hair. That
old what -you-call-it would b II
tho way"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
4 BID FOR EQUALITY,

Senator Penrose and Mr.. Archbold
maneuver against Theodore Roosevelt
is not to be attributed primarily to
anger. Such men as the senator and
his coadiutor in the assault on the ex-
president do not permit anger and vim
dictiveness to divert them from the
main chance; and with them the main
Glance Is political power and influence
which can be coined into legislation
such as they desire, which shall act as
a barrier to legislation which would be
to their disadvantage and which can be
used to delay or sidetrack proceedings
inimical to their special interests, No
doubt they are angry and anxious to
discredit Roosevelt, but the big point
Is that there is but one way for the
Penroses and their ilk 10 stay in poll
tics and in power. Dtscrediced as they
are there is no method whereby they
may re-establish themselves in public
is to discredit those opposed TO them.
cultivate the theory that politicians are
ali alike untrustworthy and trust to
public disgust to create an apathy
which will allow them to pu. over their
own candidates.
A common and effective expedient
adopted by criminals Is to Join in the
crowd with cry Of stop thief"
The criminal lawyer whose client has
been caught with the goods on him
does not depend upon evidence. He
attacks the witnesses for the prosecu-
ton. II possible he connects them with
the accused and pleads to the jury that
Clarence Funk's experience is case in
point The rehabilitation of Hines and
Lorimer was to have been accomplished
by showing Funk 10 be outrageously
immoral in his private life. 1t was at
tempt to discredit Mr.. Funk in an
effort to divide the discredit and divert
public attention. Charges in this coua-
try are generally met with recrimina-
ton. Perjury is common. In the moon
shine county the accused lies along the
trail with Winchester in wait for the
witnesses for the prosecution. The
political type Of noonsh.ner takes a
shot at character.
The Barnes and Penroses are in ut
ter discredit. They were caught with
the goods on them and there is only
one way They can not clear them
selves: ergo, they must inplicate all
others. 1t is their only path to equal
tty in public opinion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
Patsnt-law Reform.

[Christian Science Monitor1
At the next session Of congress one
Of the most claimant causes calling for
action will be provision for thorough
revision Of patent-law and patent.
office administration made Imperative
by the recommendation Of . conGrss..
sional committee, which found condj.,
tions justifying rising popular critic
cism Of long standing abuses. Not only
does the theory Of patent monopoly
need square facing and redednition in
the light Of its possible social effects,
under altered industrial conditions, but
also the truetworthiness Of agents EN-.
ployed by the government. to safeguard
the interests Of inventors and tho pub
lie, needs to be insured by restrictions
Of kind that the fathers Of the
present system no doubt could not an-'
ticipate
A way must be found by which in.
ventive genius shall be readily and duly
rewarded and the fruit Of that talent
made accessible to the public on con-.
ditions that will prevent the suppress
sion Of discoveries that now 80 often
takes place. The odds against which!
the individual discoverer and mAnu->
facturer have to contend in meeting
the open or covert antaSonism Of great
aggregations of capital must not bo
increased by any government rules
rather. diminished. A device once,
guaranteed as to its merit should. in
due time. be open to competitive use.
with royalties to inventor or holder OF
q patent, II the latter Will not volun-'
tarily put It on the market. The gov-.
eminent can not foster anything that
makes for restriction OF output or. usA
or that centralizes control Of mechani-
cal genius.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
AN IOWA FARM.


Despite the croakings Of the pessi-
mists that Iowa land has reached the
top notch for price, violence comes to
hand almost daily proving that the
trend is constantly upward and that 1t
will continue to be upward as the
available farm land, Of which there is
not a great deal, is settled up in the
west.
Two hundred dollar an acre farm
land has been the dream Of Iowa farm
ers for a decade. Now that price is
frequently received for a good piece OF
improved farm land without creating
more than passing mention. Occasion
ally an exceptionally good farm brings
more than that price without creating
undue comm ent.
Last week, however, deal was con-
sunated that crests the farm sale
prices of this or adjoining counties for
straight out farm lands. A farm be-
longing to Frank Leonard, consisting
Of 24s.9 acres with A large new bank
barn, fair house and other moderately
good improvements, was sold to jacob
Brehr Of Newhall for 1925 per acre.
The new owner bought the place to
farm and will operate it himself. The
farm Is located mile and quarter
north OF Van Horn and lays we'll.
Small tracts located close in to good
towns or having exceptionally good
i'm provernents, have frequently changed
hands for a consideration equalling or
exceeding the Leonard farm Urice. but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
BUSINESS LAST WEEK

With crop prospects increaS ingly
brilliant, with the principal industries
working to full normal capacity, with
ing, and with business sentiment be-
coming daily more and more confident
and buoyant. the whole situation. both
in fundamental conditions and in vol
ume Of transactions, Is better than 1t
has been for years The problems now
are not those Of depression, but be-
coming those Of prosperity. 1t is no
longer a shortage Of orders. but Of ca
pacity to supply demand, and in some
cases consumers offer premiums for
prompt delivery.
A shortage OF labor, not alone in the
wheat fields, but IN some Of the Indus
tries. Is reported. The railroads are
buying literally Of supplies and are
placing heavy advance orders, but
there is a prospect OF shortage Of cars
to carry the traffic Of the country. An
actual shortage Of money has not been
money to provide for business, to move
thee rops, and TO finance new enter
prise and speculation, is beginning to
make an impression on rates for loans
It is noticeable that merchants are
now disposed to buy more freely for
advance needs. High or unsettled
prices still, however, complicate condi-
tons In some trades. Altho the dry
goods trade IL very active, especially
in the west, south and northwest, yet
there Is considera bic disposition in cot
ton goods to await more stability in
the price of raw cotton. The shoe trade
is retarded by the continued high
prices Of leather and hides. From the
iron and steel industry nothing but the
most favorable reports are forthcom-
ing: plants are working to capacity.
stocks Of pig iron are being reduced,
and the demand by the railroads and
other consumers is large and urgent.
Building operations are active. The
hardware trade IS pointing toward in
creased activity Crop and weather
reports indicate even better conditions
than were disclosed by the latest gov
eminent statements.
Naturally. the statistics Of bank
clearings reflect this general advance
in business activity; the total last
week showed gains of 1870 per cent
over 1911 and Of 1s.2 per cent over 1910.
Railroad gross earnings in the first two
weeks Of August increased - per cent
over last year. In foreign commerce
the feature of the situation is the ex-
pansion in imports. AT New York in
the latest week the imports were s19,-
74s.332. which is nearly two million.
greater than in 1911 and over one mil
Hon more than in 1910. Exports were
1s,731. 5e7 against s14,30s,4s2 in 1911
ana S12 ,1oe,sss in 1910.
Liabilities Of commercial failurts re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26

year each worker produced only 1881
pairs. Measured in shoes. his wage
was but 240 pairs. an actual falling off
Of 80 per cent. The labor cost Of each
pair In 1900 was q cents. In 1909. 80
cents
Very little Of the 70 per cent increase
in the price Of shoes has gone to the
manufacturer or his employe. The
greater part has gone to privileged In
terests such as the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company, whose patent privi-
leges give 1t a strange hold on tho
shoe industry and enable 1t to levy
tribute on wearers of American made
shoes The obvious remdy Is rvoca-
ton Of the privilege.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
Runs 100 Yard. in seveo Seconds.

In the September American Maya
zine, Stewart Edward White writes
most interesting article on Hon hunt
ing. It is based on experiences he re-
Gently had on years hunt in Africa.
during which he saw over seventy
lions. An extract from the article
follows:
ITO the man not temperamentally
qualified. lion shooting is dangerous
enough. The lion, when he takes the
offensive. intends to get his antagonist.
Having made UP his mind to that. he
charges home. generally at great speed.
The realization that it is the mans
life or the beasts's Is disconcerting.
Also the charging lion Is a spectacle
much more inspiring IN reality
than the most vivid imagination can
predict. He looks very large, very de-
termined, and has uttered certain
rumbling, blood-curdling threats as to
what he is going to do about 1t. 1t
suddenly seems most undesirable to
allow that lion to come any closer
shot misses
IAN unwounded lion, charging from
a distance. is said to start rather
as he closes. Personally have never
been charged by an unwounded beast;
but 1 can testify that the wounded
animal comes very fast. Cunninghame
puts the rate at about seven SECONDS
to the hundred yards Certainly l
should say that a man charged from
fifty yards or so would have little
chance for a second shot, provided he
missed the first. A hit seemed, IN my
experience, to check the animal, py
sheer force Of impact, long enongh 70
permit me to throw in another car
fridge. A lioness thus took -FOUR
frontal bullets starting at about sixty
yards An initial miss would probably
have permitted her to close:
Here, as can be seen. IS a great
source Of danger to a Hurried or ner-
vous beginner He does not want tnat
lion to get an inch nearer; he fires at
too long a range; misses. and is killed
or mauled before he can reload. This
happened precisely go TO two young
friends Of Macmillan. They were
armed with double rifles, let them OF
hastily as the beast started at them
from 200 yards. and never got anotner
chance. II they had possessed the ex-
perience to have waited until the hon
had come within fifty yards they
would have had the almost certainty
of four barrels at close range. Tho
have seen a lion missed clean well IN
side those limits.
| From such performances are So
called lion accidents built. During my
| stay in Africa heard of six white meI
being killed by lions, and number o.
others mauled. As far as possible
tried to determine the facts OF each
case. In every instance the trouble
followed either foolishness or loss q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26

when large areas o. farm land reach
the two hundred and QUARTER figure.
q new era has dawned. Intensity OF culr
tivation and good prices for the prod.
ucts are necessary and must naturally
follow If the investment Is to prove
profitable. Economy Of operation. and
utilization Of every foot of the soil
which must be constantly built up, are
essentials.
Iowa farm land 10 just as productive
as land in Europe II 1t is given proper
care and attention. Lafe Young, who
is now touring Europe with his daugh-
ter, in recent article on his trip.
stated that there were more weeds In
one county in Iowa than there 10 in
the entire country Of France. Weeds
mean waste. and for every square rod
OF weeds on farm, there is rod Of
waste.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26

Or is this itself but q dream? You
would like to explore that spot. to see
II the news is really true; but yoI
dare not. lest you wake yourself up in
the midst Of the operation. And as yor
again open your mouth. In sickly.
babyish fashion. the ministerinS angel
in white cap deity inserts an ambro.
sial swabr-icy cold. wet. and grateful
as a drop OF water to a Dives. When
you shut down upon It a. feverishly -
a starving kitten she says: Don't do
that. Don't swallow any. i WIN ma1o
you sick This diverts you.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
SPLIT IN TWO.
IParkersburg Eclipse.1


When man who has supported the
republican ticket all his life can not
conscientiously support either Taft or
Roosevelt and can not bring himself in
to that frame Of mind that he wants
to vote the democratic ticket, what is
the poor fellow to do? Yet this is the
situation in which thousands OF good
republicans find themselves today.
They do not feel like refusing to vote
for some candidate for president, but
they consider the election Of Taft a bad
thing for the country. and Roosevelt's
conduct during the past few months
has Disguised them. so they Will not
vote for him. Wilson does not appeal
to them as the best solution Of our po-
litical Ills and the socialist and pro-
hibition tickets are not to be thought
Of in connection with national politics
What would you do in case Of this
kind?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
coina Under tn. ch,oroform.

In the September American Maya
zine writer wildly reports the SEN
sations ne had at the time he was OPP
Grated on for appendicitis. Following
is his account of the sensations he ex-
perienced as he went under the
anaesthetic:
Don't let them begin cutting too
soon have since learned that this In
junction by the patient was not or
iginal with me- They all say 1t.
MY anaesthetist assures that he
won't.
More silence, and manipulations as
before mentioned.
This is pleasant, being chloroformed
ii only the chloroform would take
effect. Evidently you are hard subject
to put under. You hope that they are
Interpreting the difficulty. Perhaps they
are, for they seem to be working more
persistently. and the wafty doors are
somewhat increased. But all that is ac-
compIished is to make your ears buzz.
interfering with the point Of the funny
story which your anesthetist IS now
telling to the nurses.
"'Sheel feepy.' you warn. Not
chlor' form, tho. Jus tired
"All right responds your anes-
thetist. NO hurry
The little room Is very quiet. With
out, in the corridors, in careless laugh
ter, patter OF busy feet; but within. a
small silence Is gravely watching that
wondrous and merciful transformation
Of a quick and sentient being into q
living corpse.
"'shleep minute. Wait bit. Not
ready
The buzzing IL annoying: It gives a
dizzy sensation. Aside from that. your
eyes and tongue together are delicious
~ heavy, and you simply have got to
take little nap.
"'G.bye. Don't-start. Canfeelyet.'
you will have to depend upon the
other persons In the room to keep the
surgeons away while you are helpless
~ doing. They will. won't they?
Meanwhile, the blackness behind your
closed eyes is curiously scintillant with
fiat sparks; the buzzing Of swarming
bees in your ears Is terrific: and as
you gaze and listen. with sudden sick
ening swoop you have slipped from
the pallet and headlong plunge down.
down. down thru midnight space.
Struggling, paving, fighting for a way.
ASe~e
ian dive, and break the surface. Like
butterflies the white caps and sweet
faces Of nurses fiutter above you. Your
eyes refuse TO focus and wearily you
must close them. What's the matter
what has happened-where are you
and why? why II q mouse7 You SIAM
u,er with thick utterance. appealing
generally.
"'where'm I
"1n your room.
This Is TO be digested a moment.
Then abruptly poignant alarm as
sails. The question quavers weakly
fearfully.
"'But they haven't done It yet?'
-'oh, yes The nurses voice tinkles
seraphic. It's all over with
''Thank God! And you're alive. The
Lady Who Married Youmust be so in
formed at once.
"'what time IL TT
"Tleven o'clock
"Jee-rusalem: Four hours obliterated
wiped OF the. mental NAP. leaving
trace Of not sven Z dream! Imponiblel
: : >
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26

ported for August to date amounted TO
$1o.4s7,ls7. Of which s5,411,ss1 were in
manufacturing. s4,7es,e2s in trading
and s25s.oSa in other commercial lines.
Failures last week numbered 27s in the
ind 81 in Canada compared with "a a
year ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
THE THIRD PARTY CONVENTION.
Nevada Representative.

The progressive state committee mas
issued a call for a state convention in
Des Moines on Sept. 4-the day of Col
onel Roosevelt's visit to that city-and
also for county conventions on the
Saturday preceding, the apportionment
OF delegates being the same as for the
late progressive state convention.
" ithOut the matter being definitely
stated the purpose of the convention
nuhtedly is TO reach conclusions as
to the nomination OF state and local
tickets. Senator kenyon's declaration
in favor of Taft has possibly promoted
in A slight measure the progressive
sentiment for g. third ticket. but we
aPprehend that when the subject shall
have been fully canvassed the cases in
which third nominations shall be found
desirable will be the exceptions and
not the rule. In all the proceedings the
main proposition should be kept dis
tinctly in mind. which IS to elect
Roosevelt and to reassert on behalf Of
the voters composing the republican
party, with such others as may Join
them. the right to determine for them
selves their own choice for party lead
e-ship. 1t will be very easy TO detract
by provoking TOO many contests over
local offices; bat II the next progress
sive state convention shall be made up
Of the same sort Of men as was the
last one, the contests provoked will be
only those for which there is clear ex-
cuse. and not all OF them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-26
stat. Of Affairs in Shoe Making.

The United States census reveals a
very unsatisfactory state Of affairs In
the shoe manufacturing industry. In
1900 the average shoe worker received
a yealy wage Of .s413.27. Each worker
produced 1.545 pairs Of shoes, the COM
mercial value of which was $1.19 per
pair. Measured in shoes the workers
yearly wage was S47 pairs.
In 1909 the average wage was
s4ss54. an apparent increase OF 70
per cent. while the commercial value
of shoes had increased to S2.07 per
pair. an Increase of 70 per cent. That