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Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20
|. M. GREER MEETS TOTAL LOS
Palace Clothing Co., Buckner Drug
Co. and W. L. Craddock Also
Suffer Loss.
THE FIREnEN RISK THEIR LIVES
MIR. Greer Will Rebuild at Once
Other Buildings Being
Repaired.

Last Wednesday night Mexico
suffered one of the most destruc-
tive fires in the history of the city,
|. NJ. Greer's furniture building
and stock were completely de-
stroyed, and the Palace Clothing
Co. and W. l.. Craddock's book
store on the north and the Buck
ner Drug Co. on the south met
heavy losses also.
The fire started about seven
o'clock in the evening in the base
ment of the Greer buildlng, from
an overheated furnace, it seems.
1t was extinguished, but later the
blazes broke out again IN another
quarter. The fire department was
on hands promptly, but after an
hours stubborn fighting they had
made no headway and soon the
flames, having crawled to the
fourth story, broke thru the roof.
The fire now had its own way and
soon the great front wall cupped
and pitched forward into the
street. If it had not been so hot,
that spectators could not endure
the heat, number of by-standers
would most likely have been
caught and killed. Soon now the
walls on either side fell outward,
thus smashing in the roofs OF the
Buckner Drug building on the
south and the Palace Clothing Co.
on the north. In the meantime
steady streams of water were
poured into the flames to keep
them from spreading across the
alley east, thus endangering the
Mexico Intelligencer plant and
other buildings. The books and
files and mailing galleys of the
lntelligencer were carried across
the street and stored in the Mes
sage office for safer keeping.
1t was a cold night but the fire
fighters battled on. Not until
near midnight was the Fire King
conquered. But several of the
fire department remained on the
grounds the rest of the night, mol
did they cease throwing water til
after the sun had come up next
morning! Flames broke up thru
the debris at different times thru
the day Thursday and in one spo
smoke was still pouring fortl
down to Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Greer's building and stool
were total loss. The building
was valued at $4,000; stock, val
ued at $4,000. He had onl.
$12,500 insurance.
The Palace Clothing Co., NJ. h
Wise, owner, practically lost thei
entire stock, valued at $4,000
insured for $4,000.
The roof of the Buckner Dru
Co. was damaged about 81, Got
covered by insurance,
Mr.. 6reer's furniture store wa
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20
TWO PROGRESS.
I'VE SCHOOLS

The editor of the Message in
company with County Superin-
tendent j. l.. Shobe enjoyed a
drive last Friday afternoon out
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20

He is booster of the rural
schools all right. He was the first
to introduce Agriculture in the
Audrain schools and now he sees
it taught in every school in the
county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20
Bert Was Surprised.

Last Thursday night as Ber
Ingram was enjoying his even
lng's rest in his family circle anC
feeling at peace with all mankinc
he was called to the door to fnu
about 25 of his neighbors at the
door who Immediately bombarded
him with a shower of socks, and
also informed him it was his
birthday. There were socks that
were dreams, some that were re
seams and some so loud that it is
a cinch if Bert ever attempts t.
wear them down town the mar.
shall will arrest him before he
ever reaches the court house.
If Bert was surprised his wife
was evidently not as she appear,
ed at the proper time with roo'
pme refreshments I.. u.....
went all too fast IN olu-lasuione.
games and jokes until at a late
hour we left Bert to regain his
balance and wonder how it all
happened.
One of The Crowd.
c. w. Kindred of Vandalia is
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20

Mr.. 6reer's furniture store was
one of the finest in the State of
Missouri. He is undaunted and
will rebuild at once and soon will
be in on the ground floor again.
Wilbur Bridgford, Parker Mar
shall, Turner Ballew, Ode Viii
lingham and others did valiant
service in assisting the regular
fire department force.
One of the young MEN who is
studying Agriculture in the High
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20
One of The Crowd.

c. w. Kindred of Vandalia is
planning to go to Washington
State in few weeks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20

w, r. Dudley, of Rush Hill, is
afflicted with stomach trouble
and is at a hospital in Minnesota.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-20

Mrs. Henry Haycraft and two
daughters and one son have
moved to Mexico from Laddonia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27

To Preach at Salem Mission Chapel.
Rev. William IIaynsworth will
preach for us in the Salem Mission
Chapel, on Sunday next, September
2Sth, at o'clock p. M. Come and
worship with us.
Benz. p. Cuttino,
superintendent Salem Sunday School.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
IS HIS OWN BUSINESS.
Bryan's Charities No Concern OF
Public.

Washington, Sept. 23.-Secretary
Bryan says he doesn't mind discussing
his source of income but he thinks
II is going a little too far to ask hin,
to make public detailed account of
his private expenditures A speech
by Senator MARITIME defending the
secretary's chautauQua lecturing, in
which the senator said Mr.. Bryan was
supporting mission students in japan,
brought many inquiries today. The
secretary issued this statement:
I'VE are ont educating any boys In
Japan. A Japanese student lived
with us for about five years but Sem
ator Marines remarks probably re-
fer to students whom we have as
sisted in other parts of Asia, but
do not consider ii necessary to dis
cuss the matter. have discussed
the sources of my income, but / am
not yet convinced that the public re-
cures me to discuss each contribu-
,ion which l see fit to make to a
worthy cause.
II may add that answer these
questions with reluctance and with the
feeling that the newspapers repre-
sented by those who ask the ques-
tiOns feel more curiosity than the
general public does in regard to my
private affairs"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27

night at the campmeeting, he had to
take her out Of the tent-he was asked
to do it"
He didn't have to stand. aholdine
her hand"
And as soon as he'd shown her
the way to Brother Gregory's, he came
on back to the tent. / saw him In the
aisle"
And she whistled at me-" cried Miss
Sapphira-"the limb!"
Now. listen, Sapphira, and quit
goading. Abbott says that Miss Bull
Is having lots Of trouble with Fran"
See that. now!"
because Fran won't get her les
sons. being contrary"
Il wish you could have seen her
whistling at me. that night"
Hold on. So this very evening
MISS Bull Is going to send her down
to Abbotts office to be punished. or
dismissed. This very evening he wants
me to be over there while he takes
her in hand"
Abbott is going to punish that
girl!" cried Miss Sapphira; going to
take her In hand? What do you mean
by taking her In hand? She is too
old! Robert, you make me BLUSH"
You amt adjusting. Sapphira,"
her brother assured her. good.natured-
iy, you're suffering from the hot
weather. Yes. he's to punish her at
four o'clock, and I'm to be present. to
stop all this confoun-I mean this un.
lodly gossip"
You'd better wear your spectacles,
hob, so you'll look old and settled.
I'm not always sure Of you, either"
Sapphire, II hadn't Joined the
church, I'd say" He threw up his
hand and clenched his fist as II he
bad caught an oath and meant to hold
IL tight. Then his honest face beamed.
See here, I've got an idea. Suppose
you make 1t q point to be sitting out
here on the veranda at about half.past
tour. OF five. You'll see Fran come
sneaking out of that door like q
whipped kitten. She'll look everlast-
ingly wilted. / don't know whether
Abbott will stun her full of fractions
and geography, or make her stand In
corner--but you'll zee her wilted."
(TO BE CONTlNUED.)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
GIRL BURNS TO DEATH.
Young Ncgress Loses Her Life I'm
EirC ut Camden.

Camden, Sept. 23.--Locked in a
house, while her mother was picking
cotton in field nearby, an 1S-year-
old negro girl was burned to death
this morning at her home, on lower
Market street, near Vaughan's gin
merry.
The girl was halfwittcd and at one
time was an inmate of the insane
asylum. The supposition is that she
set fire to some cotton, which was
piled up in "a corner of the room. Mr..
Garner, who operate sinnery near
by, together with several hands, saw
smoke emitting from the cracks Of the
house. They knocked down the doors
and when George DuBose, q negro,
attempted To rescue the girl she rush :
ed into another room. and I'm a few
minutes was calling for help, but no
one could enter on account Of the
flames and smoke.
The body was taken from the ashes
after the fire department. arrived and
quenched the flames L. was remov
ed and is awaiting the arrival of the
coroner. who will decide whether or
not the holding of an inquest is neccs
sary.
BESIDES the house the girl was in
two other houses nearby were burned
and only by hard work Of the fire.
men, who had To string out hose
from a hydrant two blocks away, was
the ginnery and another house saved.
Two of the houses belonged Ia
richard Halle, negro merchant, ana
the other was Il tenant house ON the
gin property.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
WARNING AGAINST WEEVIl.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SENDS ADVICE TO FARMERS.
Destroy the Stalks is First Direction
and Second is That tho Crops Be
Diversified.
-,yTMI8aNE

Washington, Sept. 24.-The depart
ment of agriculture is sending out
warnings to the farmers in the cot
ton belt, cautioning them against the
spread of the boil weevil. 1t is also
advising them through field agents
how to destroy and prevent the spread
of the insect.
Destroy the cotton stalk early in
october, if possible" advises the de-/
partment. Destroy your stalks even
II your less progressive neighbor does
not, 1t will pay. Clear off and burn
all your rubbish on ditch banks and
other hibernating places for the
weevil. This should be done early in
the fall.
DO not plant cotton after cotton
but plant your cotton on land that
has grown a heavy crop Of cowpeas,
velvet beans, lespedeza or some other
leguminous crop to supply the land
with nitrogen and vegetable matter.
Break the land in the fall or early
winter that is to be planted to cot
ton next year.
Where sufficient teams and tools
are available to plow under and COM
pletely bury the stalks this should by
all means be done Where it is i'm
possible to plow the stalks under they
should be uprooted, raked into wind
rows and allowed 10 dry for a few
days. they should then be burned
ITO prove the value of destroying
the cotton stalks, the department con-
I Quoted experiments in Amite county,
Mississippi, last year and the follow
ing results are shown:
ION III acres where no stalks
were destroyed but where all other
instructions Of the government were
followed, the average yield was GIG
pounds Of seed cotton per acre. On %
acres where the stalks were destroyed
before October 10, and the same cul-
tural methods applied, the average
yield per acre was 1,050 pounds OF
seed cotton, or gain Of 441 pounds
of seed cotton per acre, worth at that
time $17.64, was secured by early fall
| destruction of stalks. If it pays few
men $17.64 per acre to cut their cot
ton stalks before October 10, what
would it mean to a. county If every
stalk in it were cut before OctO-
ber 1922
"On the other farms in the same
county where none of the government
instructions was followed, it took
! from eight to ten acres to make a
bale of cotton"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
WRIT DECLARED VALID.

Troy, y. y, Sept 23.-Supreme
Court Justice Cochrane at a hearing
today on the application for Il writ
of habeas corpus for James G. Gar
rison, held for contempt of the as
scmbly. ruled that the commitmcn,
warrant rs issued by the assembly
was valid. The case was continued
until Saturday when the justice will
hcar further arguments
After the hearing Garrison was
turned to the Albany county pc
tontiary
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
WON'T ACCEPT CONTRACT.
Attorney General llaushes Proposed
Agreement Whereby Former HO-
siery Mill Employees would Make
Furniture for Northern Concern.

Columbia, Sept. 25.-Attorney
General Peoples today refused to ap-
prove the proposed contract admitted
through the chairman Of the peniten-
tiary board, in reference to the en-
ployment of 225 prisoners in the no
siery mill to enter, after November
1st, into the manufacture Of furni-
ture for a Kentucky firm. The con-
tract is deemed by the Attorney Gen.
erals office as one-sided, giving the
State the wrong end of the bargain.
1t is understood the contract gives A.
ID. Martin, of Frankfort, KY, COM
plete control of the output Of the pro-
posed furniture factory. The rates
for labor are higher than heretofore
paid in hosiery mills.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
EAGLES PRESTIGE THREATEN
ED.

will lay an egg a day soon will replace
the eagle as the national bird, accord
ing to officers of the National Poultry
Butter and Eggg Association, that
ended its annual convention here to-
day.
One billion dollars worth of eggs
q year is sold and $4,000 worth
broken in transit, according to w. II.
from Illinois.
Kansas City was chosen for the
1914 place of meeting. Harry Dowie,
of New York, was elected president
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27

Mr.. G. Irving Schneeberger has re-
turned after an absence of three
months in Asheville, Baltimore and
Savannah.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Parler is visiting in the
city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
GUNMEM INFEST CAPITAL,
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE,
By SPEAKER OF TENNESSEE
HOUSE.
However, Despite InfiammatOry
Speeches, First Days Session of
Legislature Sees No BlOOIished.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 23.-Sensa-
tional charges of the bringing of two
suit cases of guns into the office of
the superintendent of the capitol and
of the presence of gunner in the
hall of the house of representatives,
were made on the floor of the house
today by Speaker Stanton. Serious
trouble at one time looked certain
after the speakers charges.
Several inflammatory speeches were
made. At the afternoon session a
motion to investigate the speakers
charges and to bring George c. Rem
fro, superintendent Of the capitol, be-
fore the house was voted down.
Speaker Stanton, after charging
that scurrilOus articles had appeared
in newspapers threatening to unseat
him and that threats and efforts of
intimidation had come to him for
the past several days, he said.
There are two suit cases of guns
now in the office of the superintend-
ent of the capitol sent there by friends
Of Gov Hopper, and even this will
not intimidate or scare me. am
speaker of this house and propose to
remain so to the end. i do not pro-
pose to be intimidated by Gov. Hooper
or his gunmen and their efforts to
force me to make rulings will do them
no good"
Representative McFal land, follow
ing Mr. Stanton, after y.nlling off his
coat to show that he was not armed,
denounced the man who rams down
weapons i'm his pocket and declared
that any man guilty of such a prac-
tice was IA. - - coward"
Representative Lex Stone threw back
his coat to show that he was un-
armed, turned to Mr.. Mcfarland and
said: ANY man who would call a
set of armed men to guard the door
OF the Legislative hall is just as much
a -- coward as the man refer
red to by Mr.. Mcfarland"
why not send the gunner out
and let honest men have a chance 2"
shouted Mr.. Stone. He declared that
If the house was to be cleared all
armed thugs should be included and
rhn 81 I, 1,a
fusionists."
After many speeches some Of them
conciliatory, the house adjourned.
The sOcalled law enforcement bills,
the consideration of which has
brought feeling to q high tension
among members Of the house, proba-
bly, will come up tomorrow. On all
test votes today it was shown that
the fusionists probably have the
necessary votes TO pass the measure.
Senator Fisher of Shelby county, in
a statement tonight said that this
morning he entered the office Of
George c. Renfro, superintendent of
the capitol, and found q dozen men
seated there. Later, he said, he met
Mr.. RenfrO and asked who they were
and was informed they were peniten-
tiary guards. a resolution to have
Senator Fisher brought before the
house was voted down at the after
noon session.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27

Eutawville, Sept. 23.-Sis Mack, a
negro woman of this place, was shot
at Ferguson Saturday night and died
yesterday from the effects of the
wound. Three negroes are held as
suspects. An inquest was held by
Magistrate j. ID. Virgins, but it was
adjourned pending the arrest of two
other suspected negroes who are still
at large.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
TO The BOYS CORN CLUB.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZES OF
FERED TO YOUTHFUL
FARMERS.
County Farm Demonstration Williams
Advises Boys to Gather Their Corn
on October 1St.--ShOuld Plant Win.
ter Cover Crops.

70 the Members of the Sumter Coun~
ty Boys Corn Club:
1t is getting about time for the
members of the Corn Club to break
in their corn. October rhe first was
the day set last year to begin break
ing, and 1 think that cate is early
enough to begin this year.
| want each boy to select his seed
for another year in the field, and to
plant cover crop Of rye, oats, and
vetch, or some kind of clover. About
$500 in prizes are available for the
boys. This will be divided up so as to
about equally emphasize the following:
The greatest yield; the best ten ears
of corn exhibited in Sumter; the best
written account of how the crop was
grown; the best paper on How I Sc
lected my Seed Corn in the Field"
and cover crop Of some kind of Glow
er, rye, oats and vetch.
The merchants of Sumter have al
ways been very liberal in supporting
the Corn Club and the banks offer
substantial prizes to the farmers as
well as to the boys.
The following is a list of the sub
scriptions:
O'Donnell & Co., $40 in gold for the
largest yield; Suit of clothes for the
End largest yield.
Booth Hardy Live Stock Co., one
saddle.
S. M. Pierson, $40 in gold.
Bultman Shoe Store, Cne pair of
Howard and Foster shoes.
Stubbs Bros, one pair Of Regal
shoes.
DuRant Hardware Co., $40 in gold.
w. b. Burns and Son, steel beam
middle burster.
J. Frank Williams, a Duroc Jersey
pig.
Knight Brothers, five yearly SUBJ
scriptions to The Herald.
George +. Epperson, one Hooking
Valley corn shelter to the boy writing
the best history of his crop.
Burns Hardware Co, a one-horse
steel beam Lynchburg plow.
The d. j. Chandler Clothing Co.,
$40 in gold for best ten ears of corn.
Shaw and McCollum, pair Of Ham
ilton-B Brown shoes.
w. A. Thompson, IS watch for sec
Ond best ten ears of corn.
Mccormack Jewelry Co., SIS tie pin
for best written account of How 1
Selected My Seed Corn in the
Field"
The Farmers Bank & Trust Co.,
$50.
The First National Bank, $50.
The president Of the Bank of Sum-
ter, who is very anxious about the
boys growing their corn with smaller
cost in the way of commercial fer
tilizers is working out plan to offer
the boys prizes for putting on winter
cover crop.
The boys will be eligible to $100
Of the $500 in prizes offered by the
City National Bank in it's diversified
ton rotation contest, just the same as
the men.
During the heated campaign on
the dispensary election it seems that
the big Sumter County Fair was rele-
gated to the background. However,
there will be one big day in Sumter
when the City National Bank prizes
and the Bank of Sumter prizes and all
of the Corn Club and Tomato Club
prizes are awarded.
j. Frank williams.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27
Will Enforce Game Law.

Sheriff Bradford has given stI
instructions to his deputies and
raj policemen to arrest and proscc
Those caught will probably suffer
we're consequences.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-27

Messrs X. ID. Epps and j.. w. Me
Iemoro left Tuesday for Char
lesion, where they will be i'm attend
ance upon the Federal court at that
place. From there they will go e.
Aiken. where they also will have lc-
gal business
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-15
RAMBLINGs OF A CHECK.
Something on the Style of the House
That Jack Built.

mat JACK built.
A man down south made a bet with
his wife-which was indiscreet.
The wife won-whlch was foreor-
dained
The man wrote the wife a check for
So in payment of the bet-whlch was
sad
The wife cashed the check at the gro
Gerry. but forgot to indorse it-which
was natural.
The grocer. despite the lack of en-
dorsement, paid it to a packing house
collector-which was careless.
The packing house collector turned it
in-which was all in days work.
The packing house office man discov-
cred the lack of ndorsement-which
was good work.
He handed it back to the driver and
docked the drivers salary-which was
system.
The driver placed the check in his
white duck coat and sent it to the
laundry-which was unwise
The laundry mutilated the check be-
yond recognition-which was to be ex-
pected.
Which is why the driver asked the
cashier to ask the grocer to ask the
mans wife TO ask her husband to write
a duplicate check Which is why the
man feels like he is paying that bet
twice.-Kansas City Star.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-15
DID YOU EVER EAT POI?
Maybe You Wouldn't Care to the Way
They Do It In Hawaii.

Maybe You Wouldn't Care to the Way
They Do It In Hawaii.
Poi is the national dish of the Ha-
waiians, and poi supper is an event
hong TO be remembered by foreigners
admitted TO participation therein. Poi
is made from tarO. big. coarse. dark
skinned vegetable grown under water.
the size and shape of large sweet pO-
tato. The taro is pounded until it be-
comes coarse. moist mass and is
then left to ferment.
When poi is served each guest bathes
and dries the right hand and then pro-
ceeds to dip the index finger of that
hand into the mass. There is quite a
knack In the operation. and it is always
necessary to instruct the novice that
there is absolutely no need to move his
arm. but simply the wrist.
One removes his finger at the same
time that his neighbor does. On the
finger of the skiIful operator there will
be a pear shaped bali of poi. but the
clumsy ones fingers will simply be
thinIy veneered with the substance.
Then, II the stranger ask what was
the matter with his movement. ne will
be told that he held his finger too
straight he must crook it little and
turn his hand not too fast. with a wrist
movement only.-Harper's Weekly.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-15
Woman's Wit,

An emperor of Germany besieged a
city which belonged to one of his rebel
Bous nOblemen. After the siege had
lasted for long time the emperor de-
termined to take 1t by storm and to de-
stroy all it contained by fire and sword
He did not, however. wish to injure
the defenseless women. Therefore he
sent proclamation into the town say
fng that all the women might leave the
place unhurt and carry with them
whatever they held most precious. The
nObIeman's wife instantly decided to
tate her husband. and the other wo-
men followed her example. They soon
ISSUED from the city gate In long pro-
cession. each one with her husband on
her shoulders. The emperor was SC
much struck with the noble conduct OF
the women that he spared all. Even
the city itself was left untouched.