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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-05

Commission government is not an
untried experiment. but proved and
tested system that has been found
adapted to the needs of towns and
cities both larger and smaller than
Sumter. 1t Is well To- bear in mind
that the system wherever tried has
accomplished even more in the way
Of good government and economical
government than anticipated. No
town or city that has adopted com
mission government has discarded IL
and returned to the old form.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-05
In the face of the uniformly

In the face Of the uniformly
successful aat satisfactory results
that have followed th, adoption o..
commision government b., hundreds
o. towns arG cities. Nor,.. souL.
East end West % -tolg ..orc
something more substantial than a
supported assertion OF some opponent
OF the system that 1t will not prove
suited TO the needs Of Sumter and
the conditions here.
l The old system Of municipal gov.
ernment has been given many years
OF patient and expensive trial-the
results speak for themselves. Now
let us try the commission plan and
compare results. III the new plan
proves more unsatisfactory the law
provides for return To the old sys-
tenn.
The Richland county jury has de-
clared that Evans. Boykin and Tow
I'll were not guilty OF grating. and
this probably ends the dispensary
graft prosecutions. Henceforth these
distinguished ex-public servants will
be left In peace to enjoy their quick
iy accumulated completeness. strang-
er things sometime happen when a
thrifty individual utilizes his op-
portunities and salary of s4OO q
year.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-23

injured. Three of them were
bruised, he said, and the other,
Mrs. Zimeringblat, was taken to,
the hospital, Slightly injured"
Despite this claim it is known
that the ambulance of B. E. Amt
zen, undertaken, 80 N. Clark
street, carried away one of the
persons.
Nothing could be learned of
the injured persons identity.
Arntzen said he had been in
structed to say nothing of the &C
cident.
eft might have been a woman,
he admitted. 81 have been IN
structed to keep quiet. Call up
Siegel-Cooper's."
A reporter for The Day Book
saw Mr.. Basch.
Have you the names of the
people who were hurt in the ele-
vator fall Saturday afternoon"
was asked.
my Godp exclaimed Basch,
surprised. "There were only four
people hurt. The elevator only
fell a floor. No one was badly in
jured. You're wasting your time
on this little accident"
Have you the names of the
four?"
NO." was the answer. zone
Of the women was taken to the
Michael Reese hospital, I don't
know where the others are"
Michael Reese hospital was
gotten on the phone. A male
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-23

voice. "Cal up DR.. ]. A, COus.
ms"
DR.. Cousins lives at 2247 Ham
ilton court. A woman's voice
there said he could be secured by
calling Private Exchange 5. This
is the private exchange of Siegel,
Cooper.
what is the name of the wom-
an taken to the Michael Reese
hospital from Siegel, Cooper's
Saturday." was asked.
''I don't know" he answered.
"Was it Mrs. Zimeringblat?"
81 believe it was.
"Is she badly hurt?" asked the
reporter.
"No, only slightly injured"
They can't be so slight if she
is still at the hospital" persisted
the reporter.
"I'll let you talk to some one
else" replied the doctor.
Like Arntzen, the doctor
couldn't talk"
Isaac Keim, third vice presi-
dent of the Siegel-Cooper Co.,
was the next man talked to.
"Do you know the names of
any of the persons injured in the
accident Saturday afternoon?"
he was asked.
What accident?' he queried.
'The fall of your freight eIeva-
tor" explained the reporter.
Never heard of it; better call
,,r, eor,oa ono alec - J1,,e ~ 80,
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

tered table II Il requires 70 be o"pioh
often Pastcboard ieu~" files over'o"ing
like the horn of rl'1;.. may some day
b. displaced by wcatacrcd oak files, INT
they are good enough now. Commun'ca-
tion with the outer world being very I'M
portaut element iH Ec- business. hcr sim
pIy furnished Office IS c5Giprcd with a
telephone and a typewriter.
When she sits down at ECr machine to
"pound OUT. letter. she attends to her
co~resyooGenoe i'm an environment such
os can bc r,rHished in no office building
i'm New York. what business man would
not Ike 10 dictate where he could sco the
golden sunshine lying In bars on The floor
and the lcavcs shifting back and forth
AGAINST the blue SIX when he Glanced TO
look ZIP from his correspondence" y" be
sure. he might prefer his steam hea'"h
business Apartment ~ th" days When MISS
I.ath~op's crcs fry 10 pierce In" frosty
traccry on her Office windows in M "i-
fo~t to seo how high IN" snow banks are
ip tbe road and 20 determine whether the
roetr3au win be able 10 Gc' through o. not
IN REPLY TO FAsRlCATIoNs.
81 don't care about hninE written NJ. h"t
u >
tradict some Of tho utterly foolish things
that arc said about me that VIII give
YOU consideration" This was MISS IA
tbron's blunt Response TO request I"r
some information regarding her unusual
method Of making a living The sugGe+-
tion that an iahabit2nt Of small No"
England community might not care to give
"a New York newspaper man "considora-
tion'' was so much Ike lezc majesty iha'
~, was dazcd for a moment. No one would
dare I'm New York to fail 10 give the n'"s-
paper man considerations"
81 am told that your interest in raising
white mice and rat grew out OF The IHr-
chase of pair Of dancing mice when YOU
saw I'm the window Of bird store Pu'
forth the newspaper man at last
"IrIb No. /" she flashed In response
Then she modified it by adding thal II
was only slightly true.
of is true" she continued. 'that me
first fancy coIored mice ever saw III my
ufe were those which ! found In pro
s,oro used TO visit when in Springfeld
for the purpose of seeing the pretty Dirus
IA oninoIs. | was particularly attracted
,ou.ard that pair Of mice, because they
80 enotted black and white. They re-
..t,,dad me- Of an incident I'm my childhood
,,,.r 7 was visiting somewhere with my
ratbcr. | was so small at the time that l
do not remember where 1t was. AS sat
-, tbe chair in the large, dingy room
where I was left for few moments
oon1d not touch the floor with my feet
- became very tired AS ] sat there
n'ai,,rg for him TO come back for me
sou, or thought l did. black and white
90" go run across the corner of the room into
a crack ,.,s bo,,. Tho
- rat was told there was no
such hing, and that must have been
,-[...,no always believed. however
~, al ha1 been such a rat. and here IN
.na h,rd store. was pair Of such AMI
a,s III when told the proprietor OF the
,',o,s store Of my experience and had expressed
SUI -, an them. he offered 10 let me
nv ,ny % tbem for the purpose OF raising others
ear .Sne ,,m tn They were considered rare. as
aa,,z,ns D nice had been imported to this
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
MISS ARsIE LATHRoP AND SOME OF HER PETS.
Copyright Brown BrothersD

likely 10 he seen again. Cats are equally
! fond Of guinea pigs and chickens as game.
] II is almost impossible to keep cats and
/ dogs from making successful raids on the
/ animals. no matter how t,;ase are housed
d Tf ono chooses this kind Of business for
/ livelihood he cannot expect 10 have friend
/ ly nelchbors"
! You keep your animals i'm wooden boxes
/ Don't they ever gnaw out?'
/ Seldom This IS partly because the box
! is tho only homo with which they are ac-
quainted. They do not know much about
the outside world unless there is crack
! I'm the box II there Is one. they try 10 get
out Just 10 see what is beyond their ken
in the great world. I have my boxes made
of one piece material, and even then have
much trouble to get them nailed so that
the corners will be tight"
Are there any other persons In the
United States who raise the animals on the
scale that you dor
so far as ] know, no one else in the
United States raises any such number CT
animals as | do. Many every year make
a beginning at the business. Then disease
attacks their stock. They do not know
what the trouble is, and by the time they
find out most OF their animals are dead.
Then they start again, still unaware OF the
ecessity for thorough disinfection, and
lose their stock second time. Then they
quit in disgust Others. finding the busi-
ness less profitable than they supposed
owing to "A sudden increase In the number
of breeders, give up. So, with the excep-
ton of the stock | produce, the market Is
supplied By irregular producers, who sell
10 dealers ! know a number OF dealers
who have been in the business longer than
| have. but they are not breeders. They
advertise the stock. but depend upon others
when asked TO supply it,"
What do you feed your animals TO keep
them 50 good natured and satisfed?
II have only three acres OF land, and
therefore do not raise the food for any or
my animals except some OF that required
for the guinea pigs. I cut grass for them
I'm summer, and raise several tons OF vege-
tables Last winter it required thirteen
tons of beets and carrots. FIVE hundred cab
bages and about six tons OF hay for the
guinea pigs The mice and rats eat about
two bushels of grain each day. in addi-
ton to crackers and milk. They will take
nearly half a barrel OF crackers molstened
in twenty quarts Of milk al one feeding
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
Queen Rodents Sells Thousands Tiny Animals Yearly Laboratories

business Unaware OF the expense and
thinking the prices were good. they would
try to get my trade. This has often hap
rened. II were raising poultry and could
raise eight thousand chickens. It would
rot affect the market price. Eight other
persons could enter the same business
raising a thousand chickens each, and they
would not Clut the market or lower the
price. But tho demand for laboratory ami
mails Is limited. II enough small breed
ers should go into tho business 70 equal
my supply tho price would go down and
down. until there would be no profit for
any ono.
Ordinarily. CAVES, or guinea Rigs. are
worth n dollar each. but In tho course OF
the last three years 81 many undertook
to raise them that the price feil 10 y
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

country only a short time before. was
much pleased at having an opportunity TO
undertake this TOR him Later I raised
a few white mice for him
THE following year found I'm a chance
copy Of a poultry paper An advertisement
OF a New Jersey man offering white mice
for sale. ] wrote 10 him and found that
he was more anxiors to buy than to sell.
sold some to him, and he gave me some
Of different colors which he had In ex-
change for Others from my stock. ] was
having a desperate time earning living
for my aged mother. whom could not
leave We were Isolated on a small coun-
try place, equipped with poor buildings.
Tho salos Of mice helped the income, and
from dire necessity | pushed the business
for All II was worth. left no stone un-
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

,urned that promised p sale of mice or ~
cavics the breeding of which I had now
undertaken. Thus ! started tho business
Ten years ago"
How many llttcrs year VIII single
,air Of mice have
"One mouse may have Young as often
as once in three or four weeks, but rarely
does. ] nave known Of one mouse raising
GCty-dye young within sixteen months, the
breeding period OF mice. In the same
period another raised only seven. The
average for each female in small, Sc
lcctod stock of mice might be eighteen a
vear. For a large averaGe stock II would
be less. sav ten or twelve. That is when
all the breeding mice are kept until they
die Of old age and are included in the
count as mine are"
About how many mice, rats and guinea
nics do YOU raise and sell in the course
OF year,
"The number varies from year TO year. !
have raised as many as eight thousahd
mice. but never more than six huncred
guinea pigs. ! cannot answer so parucu-
larIy regarding the rats, for ! buy ana sen
"A great many raised elsewhere. nave
handled. including those which ] raised as
many as three thousand In one year
also buy and sell a good many guinea pigs
handling them on a narrow margin III
order 10 hold my laboratory trade The
small breeder cannot hold the laboratory
trade, because the laboratories do not care
10 bother with breeders who cannot as
sure them Of immediate delivery
Would YOU object to saying what the
average selling price is for the different
animals and for what purposes they are
most desired?'
The answer was right 10 the point
Il most assuredy object TO telling YOU
where | sell my stock ard what ! get.
have to earn my living. To publish that
would be to invite hundred TO start In
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

cents and ccE could be sold At that price.
Many breeders had 10 xiii their stock in
order to save themselves from further loss
through the necessity OF providing food
rro result was that most OF Tn" breeders
went out Of business, and there is scare
ity this winter. the laboratories are short
and prices unusually high il is the sfme
way with mice. This is one OK the chiet
drawbacks o! the business.
The question as 10 whether or not the
Rockefeller institute and the experimental
laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor were
among Miss Lathrop's customers wllich
the interviewer had in mind was not
pushed and she continued:
IAN these small animals find their chief
use in laboratories, although there is some
demand for them az pets. Manufacturing
chemists require guinea pigs constantly IN
connection with the production OF anu
toxins The animals are used as subjects
for the testing OF the antitoXins before
these are put upon the market An imper-
feet lot might cause the death OF n num-
ber of children before the cause was dis
covered Guinea pigs are also used in nos
pitaIs i'm the diagnosis OF disease and 10
assist in ascertaining In the case OF GER
tain infectious diseases whether persons
who appear to have been cured from them
really have eliminated the poison from
their systems or not. 1t is very desirable
10 know whether a person who seems 10
have been cured is still capable of passing
the disease on or not Guinea pigs are
very useful animals. owing Ia the fact that
their blood is about the same temperature
and possesses other charscteristics OF the
human blood and to their great susceptl-
biIltv 70 disease Mice and rats are useful
IN the study OF diseases. especially cancer.
for breeding and dietary experiments and
FOR escertaining the properties Of drugs"
"s Il true that the skins OF mice and
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
TYPICAL NEW ENGLAND PLACE.

Cranky is not a railroad centre. In or
Ger 10 reach II one is obliged 10 hire
rig At Holyoke and drive in toward
the east from the Connecticut River for
Tour or five miles. The road IS typical
New England highway. dusty in summer
and buried bv snow I'm winter As spring
approaches the problem Of getting in"
calls for the exercise Of judgment as 10
riss - for the road is mixture Of snow
Patches and mud After drive Of per-
maps four miles. the duration of which is
determined by the season Of the year and
the character Of the weather, one comes
70 a typical white New England farm
house Of the story-and-a-half kind. with
oolldngs in the rear which match tne
mousse In size. The house faces toward the
west and is pleasant 10 look upon In the
iat" afternoon, when the golden rays OF
me setting sun light II mp. No fence di-
Woes the rough. narrow terrace upon
which opens the front door, shaded at
midday by a small vineclad trells. \ So
sable telephone wire enters at the corner
behind a bush.
Nlose beside he road is the familiar rural
oeNNery mail box. The name indicates
mat a. f. G. Lathrop lives here. This is
no allen name. II Is peculiarly a Mas
s"husetts cognomen. II 1t f. a sunny
summer day, one sees behind the house
"hs rows of two-foot boxes open TO the
sunlight. just beyond is a garden patch,
"heh appears 10 be planted chiefly 10
pFis This house and Miss Lathrop are
ire obieetiyes X the visitor is In search
" h'ioFration regardnr the breeding OF
roc ents
q, Queen OF rodents" is practical
'"'h"e" person, OF the spare New England
We That can make Things 60" Efii-
80 one would judge to be a leading
~stohwoH. What others may think Of
meg ooes not seem TO trouble her. Nor
's Tue character OF her occupation dis
.ufo her in tine least She has the scien-
.1le OF exact facts and the essen
s e'A' %. pies the first place In her mind.
81 I'icealility preoedes ornateness in her
.siun.ton Fcri a2s shs may have roll
Wy 9eii some da!. but plain table COW
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

rats are used to some extent I'm making
furs?''
1T is not; nor are their skins cured TO
any extent as leather ] have never sold
any for their skins"
Arc there any special difficulties TO be
overcome in raising rats and mice"
Yes. there are innumerable difficulties
IN raising these animals. One IS their sus-
ceptibity 20 disease. They would be Of
no service 10 laboratories II they were
not receptive to disease germs. They have
considerable catalogue OF ailments of
their own also. with which they seem 10
be seized on the slightest provocation. or,
II sometimes seems, on none at all. wild
mice and rats, wandering around the barns
or bins, may pass on their ills 70 the tame
stock. A cat might leave behind It in
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

''Thc mouse and rat queen Of America
is the way one interested visitor described
Miss Lathrop after seeing the boxes upon
boxes OF mice. rats and guinea pigs in her
yard and observing the familiarity with
which the " hite and pink and spotted ro-
dents climbed over her person. That par
ticular visitor. much to Miss Lathrop's
delight no doubt, for she loves her rats
and mice. was not one Of those women
who. when they see her handling her ami
mails cxclalm with little wmgeEGS
shiver:
How can YOU hsnd!" those craving.
squirming, wriggling creatures that make
ones blood run cold How can you.
woman, live here with thousands Of I--s
and mice All around YOU"
II numbers and success arc qualifications
for the coronation OF queen Of rodents.
then Miss Lathrop is entitled 10 the title
which the enthusiastic visitor bestowed
upon her She has the reputation of being
the leading breeder In the United States
Of white and fancy colored mice. English
and Peruvian cayies. rabbits. rats and
general lne OF pet stock" as her letter
head reads
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03
The Fancy Creatures in Miss Lathrop's Breeding
Plant Escape Sad Fate by Becoming Pets, but
Most of Her Rats, Mice and Guinea Pigs Serve
Humanity Subjects for Experiments

A1sING rats and mice for living
ID is not a usual occupation. Most
IN rersors think they are performing
.o-tbv deed when they take the life
:, rodent Those who rear rats and
-,.e think they arc thus serving the pub
~ At least, Miss Lathrop, Of Granny.
L. does. despite Observation-Disclosures
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

grain box disease Of the liver which
would be passed on 10 the rats and mice
in the feed. one must never forget for
moncnt this susceptibility to disease. The
guard against infection must b" constant.
For instance. when introducing now breed
ing stock one must never handle the cid
after the new without disinfecting tho
hands The new stock may have some dis
ease"
Have YOU over had any trying expert
euces with cats?"
II have had no end Of trouble with the
cats. and more especially the dogs, Of my
nelghbors. My nelghbors and ] are not on
very friendly terms because Of my objec-
t,ons TO furnishing $50 worth of guinea pigs
to amusa their dogs every time the dogs
seek some sport, and because cats that
develop a fondnoss for guinea pigs are not
GATHERING BEETs, THE CHIEF
FOOD FOR GUINEA PIGS.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

cred with white oilcloth serves her pur-
pose now. a frame divided into boxes like
those in country postoGica and resting
on the hack Of the table against tho wall
serves for her pigeonhoes. There are
papers in the painted peach basket which
does duty as a receptacle for waste paper.
hut one wonders As ono looks at the lit
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29
Miles, Long and Short.

Considering the size of Switzerland
one might expect mile to be about
as far as one could throw a ball. but
the hardy mountaineers think 9.153
yards the proper thing. even when. as
1t generally is. 1t is very much up hill.
The Swiss is the longest mile of all.
being followed by the Vienna post
mile of S.296 yards.
The Flemish mile is 6,s6s yards. the
Prussian S.237 yards, and in Denmark
they walk s.244 yards and call it a
stroll of q mile. The Arabs generally
ride good horses and call 2,143 yards
mile. while the Turks are satisfied
with 1926 yards. and the Italians
shorten the distance Of mile to 1.766
yards. just six yards more than the
American has In mind when the agent
waves his hand and blandly remarks
About a mile"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

ments by which We shall hear the
facts this afternoon from his own lips.
All! he is a little before his time.
Perhaps you would kindly step this
way. DIR. Leon Sterndale. We have
been conducting a chemical expert
ment indoors which has left our little
room hardly fit for the reception of
SO distinguished a visitor"
had heard the click Of the garden
gate. and now the majestic figure of
the great African explorer appeared
upon the path. He turned in some
surprise towards the rustic arbor in
which we sat
You sent for me, Mr.. Holmes. l
had your note about an hour ago, and
l have come, though really do not
know why ! should obey your sum
mons"
Perhaps We can clear the point up
before we separate" said Holmes.
Meanwhile. am much obliged to you
for your courteous acquiescence. You
will excuse this informal reception in
the open air. but my friend Watson
and l have nearly finished an addi-
tional chapter to what the papers call
the Cornish horror, and We prefer
clear atmosphere for the present.
Perhaps. since the matters which we
have to discuss will affect you per-
sonally in a very intimate fashion, 1t
is as well that we should talk where
there can be no eavesdropping."
The explorer took a cigar from his
lips and gazed sternly at my compan-
ion.
II am at loss to know, sir" he
said, what you can have to speak
about which affects me personally in
4 very intimate fashion"
THE killing Of Mortimer Tregen-
MIS-" said Holmes.
For a moment wished that ! were
armed. Sterndale's fierce face turned
to dusky red. his eyes glared. and
the knotted. passionate veins started
out in his forehead. while he sprang
forward with clenched hands towards
my companion. Then he stopped. and
with a violent effort he resumed
cold. rigid calmness which was, per-
haps. more suggestive of danger than
his hot-headed outburst.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

him. 1T would be superfiuous to drive
us mad, my dear Watson" said he.
"A candid observer would certainly
declare that We were SO already be-
fore we embarked upon SO wild an
experiment. ! confess that l never
imagined that the effect could be SO
sudden and so severe" He dashed
into the cottage, and, reappearing
with the burning lamp held at full
arms length, he threw 1t among a
bank OF brambles. I'VE must give the
room little time TO clear. take it,
Watson. that you have no longer a
shadow of a doubt as to how these
tragedies were produced?"
None whatever"
But the cause remains as obscure
as before. Come into the arbor here.
and let us discuss il together. That
villainous stuff seems still to linger
round my throat. / think we must ad-
init that all the evidence points to
this man. Mortimer Tregennis, having
been the criminal in the first tragedy,
though he was the victim in the Sec
ond one. We must remember. in the
first place. Jhat there is some story