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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-15
Amazing Statistics.

Wagner and Sufan, the German
statisticans. estimated in the year 1891
the population of the world at 1880
million persons. More than one-half
OF this estimated number was based
upon the results of actual censuses,
and the remainder was carefully esti-
mated. We shall probbaly not be far
away from the truth IL we say that
there are now Tin A. d. 1s11). 1900
million persons on the earth.
~ In Ammo Domini ! a man had
then desired to be hailed in a later
century Universal Benefactor Of the
World. he could have achieved his de-
sire by then investing the equivalent
Of modern American Cent at s per
centum compound interest per an
mum. the interest to accumulate year
by year for the benefit OF future gen.
erations.
A the end OF the first century of in
vestment--namely. in A. d. 1O0--the
original Cent would have grown to
l dollar 81 cents. At the end Of l.
$40 years after Ammo Domini l..
namely. at tho end OF the year 1910
the original Cent would have
grown to the stupendOus val
ue OF s2ss.1so. 900. 900, 900. 900, ooo.-
600. 900. 900. 900. 900. 900. N2s.61S fol-
lowed by 81 O's)
This accumulation resulting in A.
d. 1910 from the original investment
or one cent In Ammo Domini ia SO
vast that no brain can realize what is
the meaning OF the enormous guam
tity of dollars just stated. We are
wholly unable to realize the stupen-
dous golden growth OF this original
Cent unless We press into our service
various aids TO imaginative concep-
tion, such as those / have dreamed
and here illustrated.
Imagine the earth transformed into
huge fiat slab one mile thick, float
ing in space. Let every man, woman.
and child now living in the world
approximately 1900 million persons
continuously discharge a quickfiring
gun loaded with American Gold Eagles
in place Of bullets for one thousand
years. Each gun fires into space one
thousand Gold Eagles per minute
which drop over the edges of the
earth.
The result is that at the end Of Ont
thousand years continuous discharge
OF Gold Eagles from 1900 millions
Of quickiiring guns at the rate of one
thousand Gold Eagles per minute
from each gun, only an infnitcsimal
fraction OF the money would have
thus been got rid Of The amount to
he thus drawn upon being the $29,-
els followed by thirty-four O's, this
amount being the accumulated resul,
Of One Cent invested in Ammo Domin
l at 8 per centum compound interest
until the end Of the year 1910.
All this firing away Of Gold Easlei
would have to continue for more than
$1,000, 600. o 90. 900. 900 years in place
OF for merely one thousand years. In
order to exhaust the money acoumu'
lated In A. ID. 1910.
This incredible result is no freak
ot fancy lut a solid fact.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-15
What He Would %.

A young lady visiting her relationl
on a farm went out In the yard tc
watch her young cousin play with
. chicken. Watching him for some
time she asked him: willie. IL that
chicken were TO lay an egg what
would you do with it," He looked ur
surprised. then said: "Oh. I'd sell Il
to Q museum. That chickon's q roost
avo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-15

Ysle's oldest alumnus is 3G. AZ
he retains all his faculties. he can T,
member when Yale won n boat rcea
against Harvard.-New York Evening
Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-15

Mexican refugees of prominence
continue to take refuge under the Stsra
and Stripes. thus testifying TO the AZ
cellent flavor Of. our grape.juics dis.
omacy.-Chicago News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-15

The Money bill Is undergoing lot
of small change. City Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

reply thanking them for there veews and
assuring them that sed veews have been
carefully stored away on ise for future ref
ference, where they remain till they begin
to smell so bad they air thrown in the garb-
age. The Pressidint himself newer sees
all these friendly or otherwise communica-
sons but the feler who rites them thinks
all the time that he has maid such hit
that his lettur was an exseptsion and the
minnit aftur he has reed a reply with the
White House printed on the Corner of the
envelope begins to see things pick up and
an improvement in the way the Guvermint
is being run.
The Secretery is the Guy that has to
tend to all theese little matturs
Mistur Joseph Tummuty is Pressidint
Wilsun's Secretery. Mistur Tummulty is
a fine exampul of what pore yung man
can do-if given an opportunity. He is
an exampul not only as being Secretery
but also in menny uther lines. Mr.. Tum-
multy is quite yung man, and has only
been married few yeers, but he has dun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

will look well on the administrator
then he goes in the Secretery's offise and
rubs that offisial IS soar spot
with peese of sand paper. II he wants to
tell the administrator Just what kind of
a Jack ass he thinks it is-he first tries it
on the Secretery If he wants to awd the
administrator and convey his compli-
mints and undying confidence togethur
with a modest request for sum fat job, he
tries it on the Pressidnt-so ennv way Won
take it the Secretery gets it cumming and
going.
The Secretery is kind of Dashboard
that gets the full benefit of all the mud.
bricks, profanity and uther forrain mat
tur that is hurled at the devoted he'd of the
administrator. There air in this country.
dispite of reports to the contrary. a large
number of pin-heded idiots who find time
to sit themselves down and take there pens
in hand and rite the Pressidint Mise long
lettur telling him in full details how to run
the Administration. They usually get a,
Mise long lettur of about sevven words in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

well. If he can maintain his present rec
ord as being Secretery and Fathur, the
ehanse air favurabull for there being an ex-
try supply of Tumultys which can be avail
abull for Secretaries for all the future Pres
sidints Of the United States Mistur Tum-
multy makes a speshalty of being Secretery
to Pressidint Wilsun and at the same time
of boosting the Census returns for the Dis
trict of Columbia. New York boasts that
it contains moor Irish than Dublin, and
moor than emmy uther city in the United
States, but if Tummulty is given fare
chanse Washington promises to give New
York run for the championships
Mistur Tummulty has also exploded the
fallycy that all Irish air polsemen Being
Demmycrats and cornerring the vissibull
supply of police material in the United
States has been the sole functsion Of the
American Irish, according to the Commiclz
papers, but 10 is a standing reffntaison of
emmy such base callumny He is a denny
crat all rite and moor than that heiis a pol
lytisian frum headquarters. He knows the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
On Being Secretary
to the President

trade and the way he can hand out yards Of
conversation to an offise seeker and make
him believe that the administration is red
dy to take PrusscS Assid or ruff on rats,
If sed offise seekers hobbies bob in his
loyalty and send sed offise seeker away
feeling bully, but with huthing perticuler
to leen on eXsept a strong line of talk that
is about as cleer and comprehensive as the
address of a gurl graduate or a lecture on
the "drift of the times" by Professor of
Polytical Econnomx, is site.
1t has newer been my pleasure to asso-
state intimately with Presidents and there
Secretaries befour. Therefour, | can't
make emmy speshial comparison between
10 Tummulty and his predessessurs; [
knew Mistur Hilles, and Pressidint Taft,
but as did not support the adminnistra-
sion, they newer maid emmy perticuler fuss
ovver me when | dropped in at the White
House. Had been willing to have surren-
| could have becum very friendly with
Hilles-but prize my convietsions-what-
ever they air, too highly to surrender
them meerly for a mess of White House
Pottageland as pottage was about all [
saw in site, and not much of that, held
onto my CONVERSIONS during the Rain of
the Taft administration [ still have a
first class set of perfectly unused convict
sions, which | would like to exchange for
good fat offise under the new administers
sion, and what | have been doing for the
past fore or five munths is to get a good
chanse to display sed CONVERSIONS in there
most attractive form TO 10 Tummulty
Being Secretery to the Pressidint is a
hard job and it is few of those who have
tryed it, who have succeeded in riding the
administration rite strait through to its
finish. The usual proceedings air, that
when emmy thing goes rong, they fire the
Secretery and put all the blame on him and
call it a 'closed incident" Sevverel prom
minent poytisians who have formerly been
PRESIDENTS Secretaries have latlr PLAYED
the star parts as 'elosed insidents" much
to there permanent disgust We ant rite
sure, but we air willing to bet a week s
wages that 10 Tummuty will side-step this
closed insident proposition and in the clos
ing days of Pressidint Wlsun's pressint
administration will still be on the lob, vim
dicating the Demmycratic party and tick
ling vissitirs plum to deetb by sending them
away happy though jobless.
They do say also that 10 looks on New
Jersey as his speshial care and that sum
day he's liabull to brake loose up in the
State of Muskeeturs and Trusts and inner
sent by-standers and start sumthing which
will accrew much to the interest of sed 10.
Emmy how, we do say that as Secretery TO
the Pressldint, Jo is the rite anser and he
IS absolutely q. Is. Yours trooly,
BILL VINES
Washington, ID. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
NJ |
I'S:9'

- dint of the United States, or the
s=S High MuclSity Muck of the Strike
Breakers trying to settle little walk-out
of the q Won't Works" Gums under the
he'd of .'Soft +" when compared with being
Secretery to the Pressidint. Being Secre-
tery to the Pressidint of the United States
is about as pleasant job as spending va
casion in Bessiner, or donning a leether
suit and taking Star part in a foot-bawl
game between Harvered and Yale-playing
the roll Of the foot -bawl
AsIong as evvery thing is running along
smoothly the Seoretery is Aces Up. But the
minnit the administrator begins to have
tire tfubbles, or the Inspiratur won't in
spirate and the Gassoleen won't gas-then
the Secretery becums the Goat and every
boldly who happens along kicks him furm-
ly but effectively in the pants, and he is in
dire cailammity.
The Pressidint is the Guy that gets all
the Encomnums and uther Bric- brack
handed ovver to him by doating and en-
thusiastick populase If a Senator becums
dispIeesed with the Administration, does
he say emmy thing rude, or submit emmy
sneering obsurvasions to the Pressidintg
He does not. Not an obsurve. On the Con
trarry he will smile pleasantly at the Pressi-
dint and remark that its hotterenhel IN
Washington theese days, and then go out
and bite the Secretery. III "a rankerus eltl-
zen becums peeved at sum polycy OF the
Administration Is and wants to give vent
to his crouch, he does not go rite strait to
the Pressidint and looking him squarely III
the eve and tell him in plain and fansy
turns Just what kind of a fat-hed he be-
leeves him to be. and that if he keeps up his
present course the Demmycratic party IS
about dew for anuther twenty yeers oil
sveewine with alarm and Deplorring" as
would be the proper way-not bit OF 1t
there seems to be a, site prejjudlse on the
part Of sum folks against taking the Pressl-
dint entirely into there confidence when
they believe that he is about to shove the
Country on the verge of ruin Sumhow or
uther don believe that they ought to do
that way We have but one country, and
while good menny PRESIDENTS have
showed it rite to the brink of ruin sevverel
times 50 menny times that the novelty is
kinder worn off still at the same time ev-
very boldly admits that its no joke to have
ones country showed to the brink Of ruin
by emmy old Pressidint that Gums along, jest
becawse he happens to be good shower.
But emmy how, insteed of going to see the
Pressidint about it, sed rantakerus citizen
prefuls to tell the Pressidint--if he does see
him 7-that he's looking well, and that he
hopes that the new style Of low-cut tariff
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
FORMER LEADERS
PLAN TO AID
old Eli

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 11.-Cap-
tain elect Nelson Talbot of the Yale
football eleven has invited about a
dozen former Yale football captains
and prominent players to meet him
here next Saturday evening TO discuss
the season of 1914.
The list comprises practically the
alumni who formed the coaching STAFF
of Captain Henry Ketcham the last
fall. Captain Talbot said that he
wished to talk over general matters,
but that nothing will be discussed of
specific nature and that the coach
Ing staff will not be announced after
the meeting.
Yale's policy for next season will be
shaped as result OF the meeting. A
session such as is planned will. 1t is
thought. point out the mistakes of the
season and make 1t possible to elimi-
nate them next fall.
Yale football officials fully expect
that Howard Jones will return next
fall as head field coach. Although he
has signed no formal contract, he has
an understanding that he can remain
three years to establish a permanent
situation. When he left here at the
end of the season he fully intended to
return. and his name is expected to
head the list of coaches whom Cap
tain Talbot will announce in about
two weeks
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
Sacred Heart Lads
Are Awarded Blocks
For Athletic Work

Block emblems of Sacred Heart col
lege were yesterday presented to sue
cessful athletes by the board of ath-
letic control, including f. M. Glade.
K. A. Welch. w. II. Crowe1l and ]. j.
Connolly. The following were awarded
the blocks for successful competition
during last year:
San Francisco intercollegiate basket ball
championship Barry, John Lucey. John
Connolly, Harold oNeill John A. Dennis, Eu-
gene A Welch
San Francisco subleague baseball champions
John r. Connolly. Todd Murray, Harry
o'NeilI. Ed Ranke, j. Emmett Gerrity, Tom
Kelly. J. +. 0DonnelI Thomas Price Clyde
WEIGH Paul O'Shaughnessy and Francis Rob
inson.
Dave Gavigan was the recipient of
a block for his success in the A. A. L.
cross country run, in which he fin-
ished second.
Glass numerals were awarded as
follows
Dan Collins IA. Harold Burke '16, Dave
Gavigan IA. Matt Breen '16. George Creary
IS, Bill Delaney IA. Paul O'Shaughnessy IA
John Qufnnen 10. Richard German 16, Harold
O'Neil '16, Thomas Price 'I6. John Connolly
'l6 Al Cummins '16. Charles Gallagher 'l6.
The relay team of the 100 pound
class were awarded circle blocks
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
ARMY NAVY BOYS
AF TER HONORS
ON COURTS

The annual basket ball champion
ships of the army and navy have at
tracted IL of the best teams from the
various posts around the bay. The
teams have been divided into two di-
visions in order that the series can
be played of as quickly as possible.
The winners of the two divisions
will later come together in the final
game for the championship title. Sec
retary r. f. Wilson of the Preside
Y. M. c. A., who has charge of the
tournament, has announced that the
first games will be played Saturday
The teams entered as as follows:
DIVISION A
sixty sixth company, G. A.. C.-McCrea
Barnes, Green. Logan, Stuart Childers, Mere
ditn. Mess HobbFo6. Lannnin.
Company l.. Sixth infantry-Rshn. Howard,
Hall, Cameron, Steiner. Cornwell. jackson,
Flanders. Green, Sullivan.
Platt, Carpenter, Gapinski. Harris, Krob. Rob.
inson. Hargraves, Stoufer.
Company z, Sixteenth infantry -Hiltrop.
MacMulien, Patrick, Smith, Chisholm, Saym-
koweak. Paris, Robertson. Lembke
Company X. Sixteenth infantry Steen.
Chase, vansteenhursh Ganney. Langlag, Plog-
:. Company II, Sixth infantry-Rausch, Beck,
Tomechko, Rankin, Woide. Hutchinson, Jones
Birkicht. Murray. Howard.
Company G, Sixteenth infantry-Willis Per.
sonett. Barnes. Markes. Mau Hoover, beavers
Thirty second company. c. A. Crow.
Reever. Worth, Trash, Edick. Hunter, Hall,
Hogan, Stine, Wylie.
One Hundred and sixty first company, C. A.
C---Gilbert Mckeown, Smith. Gutterman,
Caldwell, Coiem. Hogan, Mitchell, Nlemtschk
Stroke.
DIVISION r
Company B. Sixth infantry--Story. Sheehan,
Harmatys, Cummins OVERLY, Sterratt, zebar,
Sixty-Grst company, G. A. C.--McMinn. Man.
son. Kimball. Clayton, Huebner. Hopkins,
Nichols. Wsshtoak. Mckinney. Tpps.
Company r, Sixteenth infantry-ButterfeId
Hauswfrth, Harrfes, Durham. King, Mawk,
Durham.
Company G, Sixth infantry-Trumbel, Mul.
len, Cairns. Norton, Lndelof, Barde. Cravens.
Houch. Geldmacher Evals
Company d. Sixteenth infantry Sanford
Schelter. Bigaouette, Fredertcks, McEveny,
Smith. Reed. Fisher. Angel. wielsma
Compan @, Sixteenth infantry-Koch. At
wood, Mechling. sican, Springer, Warner War.
wick. Wunderlich, Richtmeyer.
Company L. Sixteenth infantry-Eversole
Gibson. Gillmore. Hiatt Locker, Milligsn.
Company r. sixth infanfry-Goodman. Gott
Heb, Wadsworth, Kajtanika, Hazzell Young
Rohrrvfk
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
Champion KiIbane
Draws Color Line

Champion Johnny Kilbane has
drawn the color line definitely and
6nallv. That's the significance of
his refusal to meet either OF a pair
of opponents that were suggested to
him for the six round bout that he
has agreed to fight December 10 In
Philadelphia. Both boys are colored-
At the time he turned them down
as opponents 1t was given out that
Manager Jimmie Dunn sent word
back to Phfladelphia that one Of the
lads was overweight and that the
other didn't have sufficient reputa-
tion to be stacked up against
Johnny. But those were not John
ny's reasons; the color line 10 the
real answer.
eNither lad would have furnished
Kilbane with any particular test of
mettle. SO he Is not drawing the
color line as many batt1ers have done
to furnish bhemselves with an ex-
cuse to prevent meeting dangerous
rival. KiIbane Is drawing the line
because he announces he is opposed
30 boxing matches between the races.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
Griffith Is Peeved
AT Walter Johnson

Clark Grif1th does not approve of
his pitchers doing any work in the
winter, such as playing in exhibition
games. The Washington manager
also states that theg reat pitcher
used poor judgment when he went at
full speed against the New York
Giants. Here is what Grif11th has to
say on the subject:
II am very much surpriser to hear
that johnson has been pitching at top
speed in games in the west since the
season closed" said Grinath. 1T
seems to me that he should appre-
ciate the effort made last season to
keep from overworking him. He has
q wonderful arm. no doubt, but there
Is a limit to everything, and by
pitching these games he is not treat
Ing himself or the club as he should.
Il know from experience that ii
does pitcher no good TO work after
the season is over. II shortens his
career, and / shall have an under
standing with my pitchers In the fu-
ture on this question"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
HANDICAP LISTS
Of GOLFERS IN
DEMAND

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Notice is be-
Ing served on the 357 golf clubs which
are members of the United States
Golf association to send in at once
their handicap lists. Because of the
large number of plays 1T has been de-
cided to list only those allowed five
strokes based on par figures instead
of six as heretofore.
The United States Golf association
will not be responsible for names OF
players omitted from the national
handicap list unless representations
are received on or before December
20, and in the event of such an omis-
sion the golfer will not be eligible to
compete In the national amateur
championship, according to the no.
tice signed by Robert G. Watson, the
president.
The annual meeting of the associa-
ton will be held in this city on Janu-
ary 8.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
MEETS KYNE I'M Los ANGELES

i grabbed suitcase, threw things bought
evening the Lark bound for Los Angeles The after
Vernon giving Welsh the fight of his lifetime;
there few things that would like before the
actual battle
My brother and myself landed in Los Angeles We
me
round matches
looked good in strange
away Office
We stalled around for while looking for McCare could
Everybody talking about Wolgas
illness and they seemed to take for granted that Mccary would
But he
with the
introduced McCarey, and
bechers talk McCarey
$1,000 told had
and become big card and promised him
him in the future if he for felt
m showing
But not TO M at stag
eered $1,000 just what me-
but that much than in the Of
getting in the four round
The next inaln1en Of the life Of the lightweight cham,
pion mill appear in Saturdays Call.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
ATHLETIC g q
81 81 CHATTER

Archie Cloud, former president OF
the Academic league. thinks that the
muchly discussed blue blanks" in
the league have run themselves to
death. Good boy, Archie. The trouble
is, the average members of the AGA
demic league have grown up on the
blue blanks" and have gotten the
that they can not see any other way
to overcome scholastic troubles. The
blue blank has been a hindance to
school athletics for the last few years
and has done more to get the sub
leagues and its members into trouble
than any other form OF the league $
policy.
Duke Kahanamoku is a popular lad
these days. Australia wants him next
month and February for a series OF
contests. It is not likely that he will
go to Australia for some time, as he
is scheduled to compete In the Mid
Pacific carnival sports at Honolulu
during the week of February Is to
21. II the Olympic club decides to
invite the Illinois athletic club cham
pions out here, Duke will undoubted-
ly be- asked to come here and com :
pete. 1t is hardly likely that these
events. however. will be pulled of be-
fore March.
What is the reason for the various
Y. NJ. c. A. swimmers, basket ball
players. ETC.. forsaking this institu-
tion and joining the Olympic club?
There must be reason.
An athlete is his own boss. IL he
wishes m frrnrfar from one club to
another that Is his business. and not
even the whole membership of an or
ganization can prevent him, but the
organization he Is leaving can put all
sorts of obstacles In his way to pre-
vent him from competing for his new
love for a limited period.
X
Here is a Marathon runner with a
Marathon name-Nick Gianakopulous.
He Is a member of the Yonkers, New
York, Athletic club, and expects
at Athens next year. Looks as though
his name is too much of handicap.
x
The genuine original Marathon
course will be used at the games az
Athens next year. The course Is from
the little town of Marathon into
Athens, a. distance of 2s miles 3S7
yards.
X
The question has been asked. What
does football fit young man for? !?
Can any of our readers give us a
hunch? The nearest we know 1T fits
him for is the hospital.
X r. X
This lad Robinson. who made SEN
sation last year as a sprinter with
the Mercerburg academy team. will
not compete in any indoor meets in
the east this season. He has decided
to rest up until spring to regain his
strength from his recent Illness.
X
Such a game would go a long way
toward definitely settling the suprem-
acy of the east and the west. Har-
ward is the eastern champion and
Chicago the western. 1t would also
give Walter Camp an opportunity to
make few more comparisons.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-11
RITCHIE GETS A FEW
LESSONS IN BOXING
FROM ARTFUL PACKEY
This the ninth of the series Of the life and battles of
Lightweight Champion Willie Rchc. pritten exclusively for
The Call
By WILLIE RITcHIE

Pcey Mcfarland landed in San right after beat Jack
Bron He had heard something about and he for
his sparrng partner He heard had coming
'front.' figured would help him
in his training all fighters that
partners generally
tickled this chance with Paey
who by the then getting ready for Tommy Murphy He
Miet's
showed put gloves stepped
speedy
will take hat off Mcfarland for being wonderful boxer
did
would take side and tell few things But knew
Of
the world day Two make lot of difference especially
the fighting
put up some good fights Packey and He would
loose and would
he he hada few
scaled 136 pound sight
reduce something
the time