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In the atmosphere that 10 the breath
II would either kill me In a short time
or drive me out through the window.
couldn't stand II. Any woman who Il
determined TO get on In her chosen pro-
fession must have fresh air In her lungs
and clear idea In her head. Flattery
Is only so much poison poured into her
ears. She becomes drugged with II and
before she wakes up to the fact that her
silly friends are not worth taking serl-
ously she has helped them to mako .
fool Of her.
Her views were as bracing ~ tho
breeze that came In through the open
windows. Position In one thing. common
sense another-and Miss Barrymore has
both. Both . pianist and \ piano mover
could listen to her with pont But
was thinking mostly OF the actress
whose head is hkely to be larger than
her ability. Miss barrymore saw that
was getting her on dangerous ground.
but she stepped out with:
The young actress. especially. 10
pretty sure to be spoiled II she hasn't a
sense OF humor. Her only safety lies In
sealing throuyh ths commitment. with
which she e loaded simply because she
has happened to appear to good advan-
tage In a role, Some one gives her a
supper, some one else gives her n din
ner and she goes home In n blaze Of
glory that she fondly imagine. In 10
lllumine her whole life. What shs should
do is IN turn out tho lirht. and si, down
and think hMrd. 10 shs dosa ,h,. .hs 4,
hound To he n v,isor yirl in thu morn,nx
and ,dtch ,nto work uLs th. ra., ~ On.
world Tha vounv ac,rss. 4. a o,,.p
.no,,sa hv thu .ucca.. ,n., .om.. % h.,
In . rivh, cor ,h. ..,.,,,. ,h., .,..
round h.- ara onlv too ra.dv % a.. ~,
.,ar Tr,., -, % a. ,h. .s-,,-,.
ms. 4. ro.n.r. a., u.rns.., 80,
.rrIy.d ar -, 80, -. u-
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'" 'o'"e"oa' 'aAes up the carpet
80 vas '"e ,aea tna' e~usht as u
'o'' "e'o'' "'e tao'e' AH"os' al IN
"o''e"' ,"e Ae'or "no IN
s'"seN '",e'eS,ea n''hse' ooooea w a
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mas time. That will give me only n'e
OF six weeks the rest OF this year
Are you going to call ON the Royal
Geographical Society when you go to
Londong' was asked.
"The Royal Geographical society
hasn't taken up my case" he answered
thoughtfuly. and he blew out more
smoke. They are very careful In those
matters. They gave Peary some kind
OF a medal. but they didn't say on II
tha. he discovered the North Pole.
Oh, no! 1t said on It. l think. that he
was an explorer. Well. he is
"The Royal Geographical Society isn't
The evening world., 1913-11-01

"Hesitate-and you're not lost by any
means" Is the slogan OF those who are
enjoying the latest terpsichorean crea-
tion. the "Hesitation Waltz" In THIS
case to hesitate Is to win. The new
dance has no terrors whatever for those
to whom the turkey trot ana tango
meant nothing bur embarrassment. II
goes like this:
He dips. she glides and she tries to do
a back somersault.
Tho idea OF the waltz originated from
the staircase Waltz' In the count OF
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like our National Geographical Society.
doctor?"
MY goodness. no." cried the doctor.
almost choking with smoke.
What do you mean. National
Geographer. doctor?"
There isn't any!" cried the doctor.
and he laughed till his eyes were full
OF tears and smoke. Two dollars, !
guess" he gasped. "Oh. no. hs. ha,
ha!"
Have you anything else on Pearyr'
was asked.
"Have l? Well. should say I have
| have charges against him and ! give
time. date and place. Just come over
to Brooklyn and listen to them. l DO
no; see how Congress can help taking
up my charges and making a thorough
investigation in a matter OF such M.
| tional Importance That Is my Aim.
| and I am going to keep after II until
a bill Is introduced which will clear
| the whole matter up and prove who
the real dlscoverer OF the Pole TO-"
After the slides have been shown
and the land and neighborhood Of the
| Pole described. the aurora boreai!s
shown. the curtain will rise again and
display n scene OF the top OF the earth.
! In the great field OF moving Ice the
North Pole will he sticking up. Just
where 1t was discovered by DR.. Cook.
At tho to- " the North Pole will hang
| Admiral Peary's goat.
The evening world., 1913-11-01
BH Charles DarntOn.

kk HEY'RE nsurOtic idiots
~ In 20 many words
Miss Ethel Barry more.
sensible - nails and
elearsyed - . soddess-to get up
ffem earth!-branded the bores who
talk % much Of art" and know 50
ltttls Of artists. In "Tante." as you
nv know. she 10 . genius" with
nearly oil the other people OF the
~ 1t her feet.
Nothing could be more unlike
Ne" she said Of her role. II can't
s>aad people who are forever dealing
- aA&tsry."
re Agreed that you're not TO take
~ e6 this personally. To begin with.
th8U was nothing premediated In the
rsaask that has won liz way TO the top
g tAas column. II came quite naturally
setsr We had entered the funeral cai
Sousmonly known As an elevator and
tYo more or less sorrowlng relatives
bod stolen away under the shelterins
Dasms Of the hotel like so many sons
Of The thirsty desert. Miss Barrymore
WaD left high and dry to thresh out ths
suhdsct known to the curious outside
wsssd as artistic temperament" Call l,
crantal Initiation II you are particular. OF
''sWened head" u you aren't.
Il could say no .nd OF things II
weren't afraid they would sound per,
sunal." nodded Miss Barrymore. AZ sh.
IpoW Oft her gloves and squared hersel
acgooo the table. You know what otheI
aoeBo0oes would say-that I was takinl
Q 0noeraor tone, and all that sort o
thAnG. when AZ matter OF fact woulC
ea1v b telling the truth"
= was a. good as said. When an In
ta1MOent woman who knows her worl,
0o0 the little way station Of Nowher
- thAt destination recognized as Sue
oAnA. you may De pretty sure there
unge TO follow. And the chief valu
g Oha4 che says lies In the fact tina
- has no illusions. Experience ha
nn0ht her better.
- for myself" Miss Barrymor
aA1eA ''rm glad to say that nothin
asu11 - more foreign to me than "a
~ I'm playing In 'Tanie. But pleas
Aouft mistake my meaning. II isn't tls
l1nft appreciate the wonderful chal
NSeog q Madame okraska. for. afte
ali. ~ eoss rise above all heg surround
~ end che 10 true TO herself In III
ssl WAAs mean v that ] couldn't hv
The evening world., 1913-11-01
Fashion o. KS the VeLUet WaistcOat.

lair In the Rltx last n.ght--a black one
with white stripes and a black velvet
collar. Its presence was heard mstAn.
taneously.
velvet. These. as can be seen at q
glance. lack nerve. But Q silk vest went
10 dinner last evening with It's owner a.
the Vanderbilt that scorned everything
IN the room. II was q bright yellow.
But fashion has put Its 0. X. on the
velvet waistcoat. black. spotted ~
sty1psA.
The evening world., 1913-11-01

In the last act Of the play.
In a way" she laughed. II am At
last realizing my early ambition TO be-
come a pianiste. In q small way. was
a pianiste at fourteen. 1 hoped TO grow
up to be . big one. The funny thing
about It now u that friends who drop
In to see me after q performance toll
me how charminsly l played Tschai.
kowsky or Grieg. whom the truth is
play nothing In particular-just make !,
up a. ! 20 along"
How did you happen to give up your
ambition to become q pianistef" asked.
Il had to make . living" she said.
A sense of humorf Not q word!
The evening world., 1913-11-01

Tho question before the board. Mr..
New Yorker, at this moment Is. Have
YOU neat and nifty velvet waistcoat
to travel with your evening suit
de luxe? II you haven't your batting
average rs a arcss.r IS not up IN the
iour hundreds
The velvet NJ. sIcoat THIS season 10
essentially de iigueur ana little bit
more. They come In blacks with fancy
spots; not a few OF them have white
pearl buttons. One emerged from IL
The evening world., 1913-11-01

I I. - I +
T mil, .,., ,, ,, ..,, ,,
succ..s +. ur p.arv ~ .o,,'aa,.nss
7 exam,r. hin,
"I u,, s,o,, - ..,, ,,. ao,,o ,.,or,,
n cloud =, oi~,r.,,. .o,,. ..,h., n.
tool. mo s,,nniIos ,,.n.h,, ,,,r. a..
IN s,.rvs wI,, shou, ~. c.mhr. a,
the man hv nanv Incident, which oc.
CURED In tho ,,n1 n, ,ca Than w,,,
tax. him IN wash,ny,on
.,I, h,,. -,,. .
ont m. cloud n, .moL. ona ,h. sno,or.s
voice continued. "t wi,, ,ako nm ,he
steam roller process there. The work
Of the National GeoyraphicaI so,Ietv
This society, because OF Its name, has
been taken seriously. Ha, ha,-puff-
that's-pufr-a great Joke, Tho National
-ha, ha!-puff-the biggest ioke in tho
country. It's no more national than a
nat onal brewery.
"You can onIv ,o,r tho .N.,,or,, c.o-
rraphical Socletv NV nu,tIny M ,vo
dollars q year An, /, do.sr,, ,,ah. an,,
difference whether vou.ra a co,,ay. MO,
fessor or n stree, swaensr I, is,:,
p.ocran nhical .n,Io,v =, ,.o,, ,.u
nav vour two n,unks a vssr vo,, o..ss
IN be n peo,r,nh.r VIII ,h.,,, 49,
soc,s,v ,ba, mai. W. p.,r. ,sa A.,
coversr n, IN. Nor,h Dol.
..,,,
u 80" 0ury io'
,..s, .,s,, e N' .s"'"s
- 10 ''ueu '"o"-
p, ~ e us', ''u4oh
1 ' ~"o" ""o was
,,,,,,,a VIC "' '"e o""e'
" ""'"' '"e p'eSe"'
'" "'e
Dr. COOK roled out a volume OF smoke
ana became reminiscent.
YES" he resumed, ''he appointed
three OF his and Peary's friends as 4
committee Of experts. They had never
seen Q piece OF Arctic ice. They prompt
ly said that Peary had reached the Pole.
They didn't even look at my material.
Them" sad the doctor. clearing away
clouds OF smoke, this same weak -kneed
trio went before Congress and admitted
that they had no proof that Peary
reac ched the Pole.
"Congress gave Mr.. Peary kind of
| an old age pension and a medal. II NAV
not be generally known, but the bill
which WAS passed through Congress had
stricken from 1t the words: 'Discoverer
Q. the North Pole Yes. yes.
THE Danes-pun-never said that l
didn't reach the Pole. But they gave
The evening world., 1913-11-01

object Of which the above Il . faithful
portrait. taking Its ease on his desk
Pepperman. who was secretary to vii.
liam II. Taft when the latter was Gov
ernor-General OF the Philippines, Just
let's his visitors guess. lie knows, how
ever. that the duck" as ne calls IL. 10
OF surpassing lineage. 1t is an Irish
potato from hts farm At Bethel, Conn,
The evening world., 1913-11-01

Fixing Up" Makes Act
ing q False Profession
for a Man, but If He's
the Right Sort This
Neeessary EUil Doesn't
Hurt Him of
Humor and Big Ideals
Main Safeguard
Asainst "Swe lie d
Head"
The evening world., 1913-11-01

''Ha! ri Shos0," He Says,
"That Peary Puff
Stole Our Supplies and
Left Us to Starve, and
PuH-PN Say Things in
Such a Way That I Can
Be Put in Jail if They
Are Not True."
The evening world., 1913-11-01

''Say. what Ia it?'
did II fly in from Cedar Grove. ". j..
or did you shoot Il at Bethel. Conn.,"
gosl!ng?"
These are only a few Of the questions
hurled at w. Leon Pepperman. assistan,
to 7. l., Shonts o. the lnterborough. by
callers at his office. who see the strange
The evening world., 1913-11-01

He's Going Into Vaude-
Uille-Paff--And While
He Takes the audience
to the Pole and Back K in
Half an Hour He'll
PuH-SIa,, Peary Every
Minute!
The evening world., 1913-11-01

HEY'HE nour0ttc i0lOts.
In % many words
Miss Ethel Barrymore
sensible q nails and
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04
WHITE MAN KILLED NEGRO.
This is Charge on Which Walter
Sticks of TradcsviIle Section is Held
by COrOner's Jury.

Lancaster Oct. 1.-Walter Stecks,
white man of the Tradesville Sec
tion, is in Jail here, being held for
the killing of Robert Davis, a negro,
whose dead body was found lying on
Stecks' piazza. The corOner's jury
decided that Stecks had done the kill
ing.
Sheriff Hunter received phone
message yesterday from the Trades
vile section Of the county that Davis
was found dead upon Stecks' piazza.
The sheriff fastened to the scene
and found conditions as stated over
the phone. The negro was lying
dead upon the piazza with two bullet
holes through his head. Evidently
the negro was killed while lying Gown,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Mayesville, Oct. 1.-At the nomina
ting convention of the citizens last
night to select a new town council to
take the place of the present council
resigned, the following were nomi-
mated: For mayor, J. NJ. Thomas; for
wardens, G. T.. Mayes, Il. A. Chandler,
+. Nj. Tiller and y. ID. Womble Mr.
Thomas represents Alex Sprunt &
Sons, the cotton brokers; has lived
here for several years, coming from
Manning, and has always taken a live
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

it is decided, as is indicated by the
holes in the sill under his head where
the shots are embedded
A thorough investigation was i'm.
mediately begun. A coroners jury
was empanelled and an inquest was
held over the negro, the verdict be-
ing that the dead man, Robert Davis
came to his death by reason of gun
shot wounds at the hands of one Wal
ter Stecks, the man upon whose porch
the negro was found. Stecks was ar
rested by Sheriff Hunter and brought
back to Lancaster, where he is now
in Jail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Washington, Oct 1.-After examin-
ing witnesses brought to support the
charge that Representative Richard
;. Whaley Of the First South Carolina
district had spent large sums unlaw-
fully to obtain his nomination, the
house elections committee late today
decided to adjourn until December.
1t was said this meant that the COM
mittee would make no further in
curry and take no action on the
charges filed originally with Speaker
Clark by Mayor John p. Grace of
Charleston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

interest lu .a"u affairs. c. L. Mayes
is CASH 'i ne Bank Of Mayesville
and has served on council before. r.
A. Chandler is one of the largest
merchants and planters in this section
p. NJ. Tiller is bookkeeper Of ]. f.
Bland and has been a resident here
for number of years, coming from
near Bethune. n. d. Womble is agent
Tor the Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
has served six terms as mayor prior
to the present council and has always
peen identified with the upbuilding of
the town.
The election will be held on next
Monday, October 6, although last
nights convention really settles the
matter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

seemed to impress the committee
Summing the whole days proceed
ings up, it is narrowed down to the
fact that $4,000 is the amount said
to have been eXp0"ded in the ninth
Charleston city ward for Whaley and
HuShes-about $4,000 by Whaley and
the remainder by Hughes.
Mr.. Whaley was today a guest of
Speaker Clark at an elegant luncheon
served in the capitol.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04
GRACE WITNESSES TESTIFY.
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO POST.
PONE ACTION ON CHARGES
FILED AGAINST CON.
GRESSMAN VIVA.
LEY.

Witnesses Tell OF Money Being Pass
eel Around by Whaley in Second
Primary, but Testimony is Mostly
Icarsay-PrObablc that Committee
Will Make no Inquiry or Investiga-
ton of Charges Preferred by Grace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

The quarterly statement of the
Farmers Bank & Trust company,
which is published today is interest
ing reading for the stockholders,
showing, as it does, deposits exceed
ing half million.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

Gambling In cotton futures can
now go merrily on for all congress
cares about IL. both the Clark and
Smith-Lever amendments TO the tar
IN bill having been dropped. There
was more sense I'm dropping this sec
tion OF the bill than there was rea-
son I'm tagging 1t on to the tariff bill
I'm the lrst instance. IL there IN ne
cessity for legislation To regulate
speculation i'm cotton futures. and the
weight of evidence Is in support Of
this contention, then IL should be
taken up and considered separately. 1t
IN a matter OF too great Importance
To be made a mere appendage To the
tarifr bill And when u.e cotton fu-
ture legislation comes up for action
the whole matter Of speculation in
agricultural products should he in
cluded la the consideration. There Is
as much reason for regulation Of
speculation I'm wheat. oats corn and
meat as there IL for dealing with cot
ton In this manner.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

The plan OF the county board of
comm ssioners to sell the old Jail
and lot and erect new jail in a more
suitable locality should meet with
the approval OF the taxpayers of the
county. for the reason that the old
lot can be sold for considerably more
than n lot elsewhere will cost. 1t
should also have the endorsement Of
the people OF the city. because 1t will
mean the clearing out of a congested
negro tenement district and opening
up a desirable section for residences.
IL will be a good thing for all con-
cerned since the removal OF the Jail
will increase the value OF all the
property In that vicinity and will en-
able the county To build n larger. a
more convenient and a strictly sani-
tary jail ut less net cost to the
codnty than IL the new Jail. that is
an absolute necessity, should be erect
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

The preliminary hearing of the
Grace-Whaley case by the house
elections committee brought out no
new facts In the First district elec-
tiop scandal. The testimony intro
duced by Mr.. Grace In support of his
charges against Mr.. Whaley estab-
iished more clearly than ever that
n great deal OF money was spent by
the congressional candidate. but that
Mr.. Whaley was rot the only sin
ner. The other candidates spent
much money and they differ from Mr..
Whaley only In that they did not win.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-04

The Panama Canal is the worlds
greatest engineering achievement
but 10 Is not sufficiently massive to
withstand the destroying power of a
great earthquake shock. The earth
quake that shook Colon and Pana-
ma last night may not have damaged
the dam and lock at Gatun. but 1t
was severe enough to alarm the in
habitants OF the Canal Zone and
arouse apprehension for the safety OF
the canal locks. The destruction OF
the locks or even their serious in
jury by an earthquake would be a
tremendous calamity that would have
worldwide effects. Such catas-
trophe would. however. be a vindica-
tion OF the position OF Senator Nor
gan. OF Alabama. who vigorously op-
posed the Panama route on account
OF the danger from earthquakes as
well as on other grounds. He main
tained the Nicaragua route was the
more practicable and the less costly
OF the two and also less liable to de-
struction by earthquakes. Senator
Morgan. however. was only a South
ern senator who had given a life time
TO the study OF the problem Of
trans-isthmian canal, and knew
more about IL than any other man
living and his opinion was brushed
aside as of no worth when he came
In conflict with the scheme Of Will
liam Nelson Cromwell and others
who were interested in selling the
French Panama canal to the Ameri-
can people for forty million dollars.
Cromwell and his associates had the
aid Of Roosevelt and the Republican
ndmlnistrauon and the deal was
pulled of. The canal has been built
at q cost II many millions more than
the estimate ana 1T is to be hoped
that IL will escape destruction by
earthquakes. at least until another
canal can be opened through Mica
ragua.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-01-02
Divorced by Candle.

II the marriage yoke rests uncom'
fortabiy upon Burmese couple, a di.
vorce may be quickly and inexpensive.
ly obtained. with a bit of excitement
thrown In gratis. Husband and wife
agreeing that life apart would present
greater charms. the wife goes out and
purchases two small candles. made es.
pecially for such occasions. These can.
dies are exactly the same size. but
each has some distinguishing mark.
one being intended to represent the
man, the other the woman. At exact.
" the same moment the candles are
lighted. and the unhappy couple anx.
iously watches them burn. When ono
candle goes out the divorce 10 com.
plete. but with one c0nditiou-the
owner Of the candle which has gone
out must at once leave the house with
nothing but the clothes worn at the
moment. The other party remains In
possession Of the house and all therein.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-01-02
TESTING HIS STRONG WILL
cenesItsd Club Man Caught In. AZ.
tempt 70 Prove Superiority % He
Mental Powers,

At one Of the clubs the other day
two members were arguing about will
power. The conceited man. who was
in the habit Of boring all present with
his pointless tales, said that bis will
was stronger than his friends.
you are wrong there" said the
quiet man. "and I will prove II in this
way. You 90 and stand In that cor.
ner. and I will will you to come out
Of II. You will against me, and bet
you that will have you from that cor.
ner before ! have commanded you Q
second time"
The smart one took the bet. and put
himself in the corner. The quiet man
said. In q commanding voics:-
Come out Of that corner!"
The other grinned and shook his
head. The quiet man sat down and
looked at him steadily. Five minutes
passed. and then the man Of will said,
with q sneer:--
Hadn't you better give It up? I
don't feel any influence at all, and I
cant stand here all the evening""
"There is no hurry" said the quiet
man, land I have very comfortable
seat. There is no time limit except
that you are to come out before I ask
you twice. and as I don't intend to
ask you again until this day week, I
think you will feel the influence be-
fore then"
The smart one came out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-01-02
Rellcs Of Past Grace,

Nothing 10 too queer to happen In
home corner Of New York. says the
press Of that city. The other day .
business women took q room at what
appeared to be an ordinary. small.
quiet family hotel on West Forty.
fourth street. The morning after her
arrival she notived q little old man cit.
ting in the long hall which ran by the
double parlors. Another man came
downstairs and the little old chap
jumped up and Joined him. and togeth.
or they went into the back parlor.
6trolling down the hall. she happen.
Cd to glance through the open door Of
the back parlor. There she saw tho
two men on their knees at . couch.
ferventiy praying aloud. The business
woman passed her hand across her
brow. "Have I got emf" she mur.
INJURED. "or have I got into the foolish
house?"
Later she discovered that the hotel
had In former years been q "home"
connected with q church. and that al.
though It long since passed under sec.
ular management some Of the old.time
brethren still haunt It.