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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-29


are never brought to trial. being ex-
onerated on one fimsy pretext or
another by the jury Of inquest, and
convictions do not average one out Of
ZEN OF those brought to trial, yet Gov.
8lease sees fit to abuse the power that
ne Possesses by turning loose on the
state at one time fifty-six man killers.
whom not even the tender hearted
petit Jurors could be persuaded to ac-
luit. IL Is safe TO assert that the
nan-killer who does not get by a
petit jury is guilty beyond the shadow
Of a reasonable doubt, and richly de-
serves all the punishment he may re-
ceive. hence IL Is almost inexplicable
that any man, save one who has no
respect for law and no consideration
for the rights OF the law-abiding peo-
pie Of the State. would set free a
horde Of criminals. 1t must be said,
however. that Gov. Blease is aided and
abetted by those who prepare par
don petitions and the hundreds who
sign them. He is always able to hide
behind petitions and throw the bur-
den OF responsibility for the most out
rageous pardons upon the attorneys
who represent the criminals and the
people who sign the petitions
Mayor Grace, Of Charleston. Is
camping on the trail Of Congressman
Whaiey and Is now in Washington
with trunk full OF affidavits to prove
the truth OF his charge that whaley
procured his election through the cor
rupt use OF money. Mr.. Grace is a
persistent and relentless enemy and
may eventually succeed in making
good his charges. but II he wins a
victory he viii accomplish no good
for Charleston or the First district,
for he is working to destroy a political
enemy and not to purify the corrupt
politics OF Charleston. 1t Is generally
admitted that all the candidates In the
First district used money In the cleo
tion and that IL whaiey Is guilty all
the others are equally culpable. and
they lost and he won only because he
had more money to spend and a more
efficient machine than his opponents.
Mr.. Grace falls to have the sympathy
and support Of the public In his fight
on Mr.. whaley for the reason that the
belief Is widespread that nothing
would have been heard OF the vile and
ioathsome corruption politically OF
Charleston had Mr.. Grace's friend
defeated Mr. whaley.
The Mobiles OF the Mystic Shrine will
find the Oasis at Sumter a pleasant
place OF sojourn. The welcome OF
sincere hospitality awaits them.
The death OF President w. W. Fin
ley. OF the Southern Railway. In the
Va hAC onu NJ tut titlt Wntu Ills
many years OF constructive labor for
the development of the South was be-
shining to bear fruit abundantiy. Is to
be deplored by all who love the South
He was a man with vision and the
position he occupied enable. him to
sot In motion forces and agencies that
were rapidly transforming his dreams
OF Industrial greatness and agricul-
tural supremacy for this section into
realities. We have the belief that the
foundations OF his constructive work
have been 30 well laid that II will
60 forward under the direction of his
associates and SUCCESSORS to a COM
plete fruition OF his hopes.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-03-26
No Use for Meal Mill

The alfalfa mill at Mulvane. kan
sas, Is being dismantled. Shoup
C Throckmorton having purchased
the mill building and will use it as
a hay warehouse. The engine and
hay grinding machinery will be dis
posed of at an auction sale. The
death bnell of this mill was sound
ed quite while ago when a milk
condensary was established in Null
vane. After that there was no raw
alfalfa hay left for grinding pur-
poses, as the condensary led to the
use of all available hay for feed
ing.-Milling News.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-03-26
APRIL

lie never bdAo - hSAas
On Tuesday night he took a hoe
upon the local train.
And wneu it clatleIea 10 and tio
He held 1t in The main.
II got away from him at last
And when it out child,
He meekly listened to a blast,
4nal wasn't very mild.
On Wednesday night he took u
spade.
And albeit they trowned
Upon that article OF trade.
He calmly stood his ground.
He put 1t in corner near.
And when it whirled ABOUT
And hit neIghbor on the ear.
He heard his neignbor out.
On THURSDAY night he took Dox
OI young tomato plants.
Aud what with sundry whispered
knocks,
He never raised his glance.
he put them firmly in their place,
And when they took a ding
And hit young man in the face.
He never said thing.
On Friday night he took a lot
OF well assorted seed.
Enough to plant his garden plot
Against the summers need.
he placed it firmly in the rack.
And when 1t came united
And ratified down q merchants back
He never once replied.
On Saturday he shed his vest
Aud worked his soil with vim,
And when the train went by the
Looked out and envied him.
Good boy" exclaimed his neighbor
folk. '
your gardens looking WELL"
And then he for the first time
spoke.
You people 90 to hell"
April gets its name from Venus.
that having been her maiden name
before she was married. She was
originally the goddess Of garden
ing. but doubt arose u there are
81 hiany people making garden as
tlere are making love at this sea
son of the year. and she was &C.
cordingly made the goddess OF both
A statue Of Venus found on the
Island of Milo and now in the
Louvre at Paris u the most eel.
ebrated piece Of sculpture in the
world. Both arms are missing, but
whether she wore them off gar.
dening or embracing her young mai
in the gardening season can only be
guessed.
At any rate. one stands aghast,
Before that imperfection.
And idly wonders what she last
Embraced in her affection.
Or whether man. for PHYS sake
Responding to his sagas.
Or possibly the garden rake
Which titled her rutabagas.
The origin of All-Fools' Day
which comes on the first of April
is hidden in obscurity. Whether
there were always fools. or the!
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-03-26
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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-23

down her pencil and the memoran-
dunn and looked at the other wonder
ingly. "A football" she reiterated.
Then he doesn't realize?"
NO, poor little fellow. Would you
give it to him, Miss Gough?"
What would the mother Think"
the head nurse asked, and then Nurse
Blair ceased all pretense and dabbed
her handkerchief against her eyes
openly.
Let's ask DR.. Keith" she answered,
and that solved the difficulty for the
time being.
Johnny Ward was eight years old
and had been in the hospital for
nearly five weeks, ever since he was
knocked down by the bakers wagon
while playing upon the street almost
in front of the hospital entrance. He
was quite helpless below the waist,
and would always be so, said DR.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-23
4llas
Something He Wouldn't Break.

Willie is boy who is very much
blessed with aunts and uncles. These
use every opportunity to give him
presents. Last Christmas he received
SO many toys that his parents, instead
of giving him toys, told him he could
carry out one Of his cherished plans.
Actually" said his papa, you have
more things now than you can break
in year.
"Oh. no, papa" said Willie with an
injured air; there's one present l
won't break"
well, Willie, I'm glad there's one.
Which is it?-the cast-iron train from
Uncle Jack?"
"Oh, mol" cried = Willie II can
manage to break that mean l
won't break your promise to buy me
a season ticket for the baseball
matches"
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-23

Keith, after the operation, Flless-
well, miracles had happened and such
cases had got we'll befora So he said
nothing to the pretty young mother
who came day after day, wistful and
patient and always hopeful. OF late
she had begun to suspect that her
only boy, her stay that was to be in
her later widowhood, would neve-
leave the building save in a wheeled
chair. But she kept her fears to her.
self, and nobody had had the heart
to tell her.
And Johnny wanted football for
his Christmas present!
WELL" said DR.. Keith gruffly, "why
shouldn't he have one II he wants it?
Isn't there enough money to buy a
football? Why. I'll buy him one my
self. What sort should he have
What are they made Of? It's long
time since l was boy myself" he
added, in self-excuse.
why, they're made of pigskin,
aren't they, doctor?" answered the
nurse. But you don't understand.
How can we let him have a football
and let his mother see him with it,
and him lying there SO helpless? It
would be inhuman, DOCTOR"
Hum! I'll take the matter under
consideration" the doctor answered.
But a few minutes later he was ask
ing the head inferno, Where would
you go to buy football?" He put
down the address in his memoran-
dunn book, and the inferno looked at
him in wonder. for football and DR..
Keith seemed somehow unassociable.
well. here's the football, nurse,
he said that evening, coming into the
ward. It was Christmas eve. ALI
the children we're supposed to be
asleep. Here and there an eye
drowsily Enclosed to see II Santa
Claus had really come, but sleep was
stronger than expectation, and Nurse
Blair would see to it that no gifts
went to the sleepless Dr. Keith held
out the paper-wrapped globe. The
clerk had blown 1t up for him. and,
not thinking Of having 1t debated
again. he had carried II thus for halt
dozen blocks. III you think 1t best
for him not to have II, give 1t to
someone else. Give him . Teddy
bear" he said.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-23
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman,

w bats, six Teddy
bears, three balloons
six boxes of lead sol
diers," the head nurse
counted. "And a foot
ball. Who wants the
football?'
Johnny Ward" an
swered Nurse Blair,
hSlf crying and half
laughing. isn't it
pitiful, Miss Cough p
NDrSa Gouph cat
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-23

HE nursery rang
with the childish
voices.
"Hark, the herald
angels s j.
ing"
at h at 8 too
high. Wait a min
ute!"
"Hark, the her.
aid"
That's better.
Now, Seraphina!
Now, Thad!"
"Hark, the herald
angels sling,
Glory to the new
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-23

Tho Great Meaning.

Lift up your eyes to the great mean
ing of the day. and dare to think Of
your humanity as something 20 divine
ly precious that 1t In worthy of being
an Offering to God. Count 1t 90 priv
ilege to make your Offering a. com
plete az possible, keeping nothing
back. and then 30 out to the pleas
ures and duties OF your life, having
been truly born anew into his divin-
ity, a. he was borus into our human-
ity on Christmas day.-Phillips Brooks.
q. ..
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24
Daddy 'sBedtir1le
q. Some Geese
OlOI v That Were
Not Silly.

Ow, then silly ostIed him her
III be reach daddy.
How silly" daddy asked
II
lived in Germany where the people
had brought from the time gosn and fond Of IT.
Every Sunday the old When longer
until she cacklng
church bells taking his bill
the church When he reached
the people going inside would lead the old lady her
o
o
II old ladys
he Safcl home again
n a
a pleasant
trees.
called
him will cohif
will back fetch will while
then will trouble
THE king smiled take OF all
the his kingdom he old
began onkns to his fellows and marching and SO
that
king his
king he the king told them of what failure he %
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24
WASHINGTON IS
LONDON VISITOR
Descendant Of First President to
Buy Ancestral Home

London, sept. 2i.--Georgc Washing
ton, of Nashville. Tenn. lineal de-.
srcndant Of one Of President Washing
toms brothers is visiting SulgraVo
Manor, the ancestral home of the
Washington family.
An option has been secured on the
manor which will he purchased by
the British committee for the celebri-
ton of Il Hundred Years Of Peace, as
a lasting memorial of the occasion. It
is said that $4,000 is needed TO com
flete the purchase of the property and
while Joseph O. Butler. of Youngs
town ohio. was here to unveil the
Ohio panel of the Pilgrims monument
at southampton, he offered To raise
$4,000 of the amount on his return
To America.
The British committee hopes to raise
the full amount i'm England and thus
make the presentation of the ancient
Washington home IL the American
people one Of the graceful acts of the
celebration.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24

mediate sequel OF home rule IL is high
time for wlseacres in America to stop
pooh pooling the Ulster win fight
and Ulster viii be right" business az
an bluff The Ulstemen may be
wrong about this question. but any
body who fancics they are mere
hloVhards knows very little OF the
breed.
The Ulster plan OF campaign seems
to include the setting up Of a provis-
onsl government for the province as
90 count"rnoye TO a home rule paria-
mont 80 Dublin. and there is great
recruiting and drilling OF volunteer
force tsaid 10 number l00.oO0) as the
physical hacking Of that government
is il an unionist politics. Sir I'D.
ward Carson game 10 hun she govern
meut2 Lord larchurn thinks not for
he wants "a parIcy on tho situation.
Lord NorthcIne mot much of e poll
1iciau. hut 20 great publisher says i'm
IN interview
Home rude is matter of immense
ntcres, TO American newspapers be-
cause of the great interest in the Irish
question 10 the United states. That the
north Of ireland is arming and drilling
and chat tho government does not
dare take action in what is already
practically "a state Of rebellion are
facts that seem TO Doe entirely hidden
from the American public"
Tho arminc ana drilling are pro.
rccdiug night and day, and it would
seem that an outbreak might be ex-
pssred ms moment.
The Irish are first class fighting men.
whether Protestant or Catholic.
whether OF Dublin or Belfast amua-
ton With the enactment and the
consequent necessity Of enforcement
Of home rule the Irish question will
take on q new aspect that may be a
very serious one for England, who
would hardly relish the job Of coercing
Irishmen in revolt, not against the old
Tie with England. but against the cut
tns o.. that tic.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24
MILK FED CALF.

-. l.. White. formerly in the meat
busineSs at Rapid River aud now
farming az Oslcr. has long been en-
Uc@vGring To cnnvicc his nCighbors
that the way To bring mp calves as well
as human babies is To furnish them
rood as nature provided it, According
~, ne did not wcan calf but per-
mitted ii access Ia the COW until it was
six months of age. He butchered il
and took i To Rapid River 1t dressed
at I'll pounds and brought twelve
cents 4 pound in witness whereof Mr.
White exhibited n check for S37.3s.
The calf was not of any high bred
strain. either, and the owner believes
that he will he able To do nearly as
well with other calves. AS there is no
creamery in the region, Mr.. White be-
lieves this affords an excellent way
Of diSposing Of the milk while the
tabor of milking is eliminated
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24
NAMED TO LEAD
ULSTER FORCES
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Geo. Richardson to
Head 10000 Men

London. Sept, 24--lt is understood
that the terms of the new provisional
government Of Ulster viii Dee made
public next week in Belfast and that
phase OF the home rule struggle viii
Ice reached when the government in
| England will begin Co bo hrought more
than ever face 10 face with the danger
and difficulties Of the situation.
As il is. every day there is less in
clinatinn to talk of Belfast bluff and
wooden cannon in those sections Of the
home rule movement whore such
things have been prevalent Whether
the UniouiSt council have at their dis
posal 10000 trained men or not. IL is
quite certain that Sir Edward Carson's
tour j. revealing the fact that from
one end Of Northeastern Ulster 10 the
other great contingents containing
many former soldiers carefully drilled
by former officers of regular forces
are ready To receive the arms the pro-
visional government has announced il
can at any moment issue to them.
Those who have seen the parades
Of these men declare that the new
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24

Northeastern Ulster. The Review NJ
cambridge took place on the bridge
which crosses the main street OF the
tovn Stsndlns on tIs Sir. Edward
watched the march pass him 81 tn
Ranbrids' resiment Of 200 mrn cat
90 a population of G.00a people,
la his speech afterwards Sir Edward
again drew attention 10 the fact that
the time for words had worn itself ont
whilst Mr. Smith declared that IL any
body supposed that the coercion of
Ulster conld he brought about without
,ivil war hc must Dee simply insane.
IL was after This that captain CRAIG
introduced Sir George Richardson 10
the volunteers when the new COM
mandcr- chief spoke for the first
time To- his troops imprrssing upon
them that the very essentials Of eff
cheney were discipline. drul and
knowledge Of their rifles and how TO
use them
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24
Pre- D|CTION OF
QUEEN RECALLED
Balkan Events Bring History of
1879 to Mind

Berlin. Sept 24.-Recont events in
the Balkans have brought To mind the
wise prophecy Of queen. nearly go
years ago. which prevented uncle and
nephew from being arraycd against
each other in the war just closed by
the treaty of bucharest
In 1879, the Bulgarians, having fl
nally thrown off the Turkish yoke. sct
out To- choose Il ruler Among IA" can
didatcs for the bulgarian throne was
Prince WaIdcmar of Denmark then
but y years old. The choice finally
fell upon Prince Alexander Of Battcn-
berg
Alexander abdiCated seven years
later and the Bulgarian government
began negotiations with the Danish
royal family To secure Waldemar as
king. The negotiations came To naught
through the energetic opposition Of the
queen Of Denmark "The nationality
and the interests of the Greeks and
the Bulgarians," she said. are 50 dia-
metrically opposed that lasting un-
dcrstandmg between them is mpossi-
bic. Hence, it could happen that the
two brothers, one from Athens (Kine
George. eldest brother of Waldcmar)
and one from Sofia would be compelled
To become enemies ana to wage war
upon each other 1t is for us to pre-
vent this terrible possibility with all
the means at our command. our son
i'm Athens shares our view"
The Bulgarians, nevertheless, elect
81 Waldcmar king. lie refused the
election and 10 months later Ferdinand
Of SnXc-CQburg- Gotha was elected
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-24
MILLION BIBLES
TO new CHINA
Five Times That Number Will Be
Required Before Ian. !

Now York. Sept. 2i.--That the chi
nes" people no longer spurn the spir-
itual TEACHINGS OF occidental mission
aries is shown by the fact that the
China agency Of the American Bible
society disposed Of nearly 100000
copies of the Scriptures during the
first six months of this year. The lat
est report of the society issued a few
days ago from it's headquarters i'm
New York city shows the supply aid
rot equal the demand and that the
output in China for the second half
of 1913 will Ice at least another L.
600. 600
This will be "a total of 1000 600 cop
ios Of the Scriptures from one agency
Tor on" year and constitutes record
Ia Ear Eastern evangelical endeaVors.
When it is known that the British and
Foreign Bible society is likely To dis
tribute almost as many copies as will
The American Bible society. and that
the Scottish Bible society expects to
dispose OF fully 100000 during the
tweNemonth, it becomes patent that
al lcaSt j.00o,C00 complete copies or
portions of tie bibles will find their
way into the hands of at least 40
o00. goo Chinese i'm the year 1913.
All OF China Within Ten Years
This is not too liberal estimate Of
eight persons 10 each Chinese family.
which Includes the rcycred parents as
we'll as the children of typical chi
ncsc household. thus, at the same
rate an OF China's i00OO0,O00 people
within ten years win bo brought in
touch with the Christian gospel.
Ii seems that the time is soon to
come when tho Ten commandments
and the sermon on the Mount will
rank with tn" moral pr'ceptS of Con-
fucius and the Maxims of Mencius in
the restless thought of New China.