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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
NEWSPAPER MEN IN JAIL.
SENT TO PRISON FOR CONTEMPT
OF IDAHO COURT.
Publisher, Managing Editor and
StockhOldcr of Capital News Pun
ished.

Boise. Idaho, Jan. 2.-R. S. Sheri-
News: c. o. Broxton. managing editor,
and a. X. CruZen, a local capitalist,
convicted today for contempt Of the
Idaho supreme court for criticising
the courts decision barring Progress
sive candidates for presidential elect
ors from the Idaho ballot, occupy a
cell In the county Jail. where they
will serve a ten day sentence each.
Each was also sentenced to pay a
fine of $500.
Although Cruzen made affidavit
that ne was In no way connected with
the paper, the sworn statement of the
publisher made in connection with
the federal law showed his ownership
of stock and bonds Of the company
When the court asked Broxton If he
knew of any reason why sentence
should not be pronounced he replied:
"None that this court will consider"
The newspaper men were placed in
the same cell occupied by Meyer, Hay
wood and Petibone during their trials
for alleged conspiracy in the assassi-
nation of former Gov. Steunenberg.
In the answer filed two weeks ago
by Sheridan and Broxton, representing
The Capital News Publishing com
pany. they admitted responsibility for
publication of alleged contemptuous
articles in The Capital News, and in
explanation said the articles were
published in the belief of their priv
ilege to do under the right Of free
speech. They claimed there was no
intention to impede the administra-
ton Of justice and this could not have
been accomplished for the reason that
the decision already had been rem
dered by the court.
The majority opinion of the court,
written by Justice Sullivan and con-
CURED in by Chief Justice Stewart,
was read. 1t upheld the inherent
right of courts to punish for con-
tempt.
Justice Ailshe dissented on nearly
every point. He held that the case
was not pending at the time of the
publication of the article in ques-
ton.
The three defendants were taken to
jail
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
Original Amen Corner.

The origin OF the name Amen cor
ner" Is interesting and throws a
pleasant light on English Catholicity
OF the days before the apostasy OF
Henry VIII. Each year on the feast
Of Corpus Christi the faithful went In
procession to st. Paul's cathedral.
Mastering in Cheapside. the process.
sion moved toward the cathedral the
clergy chanting the Our Father" as
they passed along the street still
called Paternoster row, reaching the
Amen" as they turned the corner
known for years as Amen corner
Ave Maria.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04

DR.. +. M. Zemp, of Camden, who
has purchased the China Drug Store
business, has been in the city for sew
eral days attending to the transfer.
DR.. Zemp has been in the drug bust
ness in Camden for a number of
years and there has one Of the most
up-to-date drug stores in the State.
The China Drug store will be contin-
ued under the name Of Zemp's Phar-
macy and will be under the manage
ment Of DR.. Zemp, son of DR..
+. NJ. Zemp, who is a licensed phar-
macist of experience.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
BURIAL OF MARTIUS SMITH.
Remains OF Young Man Laid tn Rest
in ~. George Cemetery.

St George, Jan. In the presence
of a large cOncoUrse Of sorrowing-
relatives and friends the funeral ser
vices over the remains Of Martius
Smith were held at the residence Of
mis- grandmother, Mrs NJ II. Moorer.
early this afternoon. The Rev. J.
w. Atrial, pastor Of the St. George
Methodist Church, conducted the SER
vice
The remains of the young man
reached St. George this morning about
1l.3O o'clock, accompanied by Senator
and Mrs Smith, and a number of reIa-
ttves and close friends of the family.
Young Mr.. Smith accidentally shot
himself little more than week ago
while engaged IL bunting birds with
his father on the latters plantation.
near Lynchburg While his condition
was regarded as critical from the first.
there was considerable evidence of
improvement a few days following
the injury, and for a time the at
tending physicians were of the opin-
ion that there was a slight chance of
recovery.
Young Mr.. Smith, who was 19 years
of age, was the only son Of United
States Senator E. d. Smith. He was
a bright young man with a promising
future. His mother, who died a num-
ber of years ago, was a member of a
prominent ST. George family, being a
daughter of Mrs. NJ H. Moorer. A con-
siderable portion of the boyhood days
Of young Mr.. Smith were spent in ST.
George, and the news Of his untimely
end was a matter of poignant grief,
not only in st. George, but in differ
ent sections of the State, where he
was known and admired
Following the services at the resi-
dence, the remains were laid to rest
in the cemetery here, and a large
number of beautiful floral offerings
attested the esteem in which the
young man was held
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
SCHEDULES
Southern Railway-Prcmicr Carrier
Of The South.

y. B.-Schedule figures published
as information only and are not guar
antoed Effective September 18th.
1912.
Departure from Sumter: Except
sunday;
80. 14O-G.3O \. NJ. for Columbia,
Charleston and way stations.
no. 1i2-3.5O Il. NJ. for Columbia
Charleston and way stations.
Arrival: Except SundayD:
so. 1iI-I0.I5 \. NJ. from Char
lesion, Columbia ana way stations.
80. 1i3-5.35 j. NJ. from Charles
ton, Columbia ana way stations.
w. II. Caffcy, -. =. \.
Charleston.
w. T.. McGcc, \. G. Z. \.
Columbia, s G.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
\ Card.
To the Public:

To the Public;
Having sold our drug business to
Dr r. NJ zemp. of Camden. who will
continue the business 80 the same
stand. under the name OF Icmp's
Pharmacy. we hcspeak FOR the new
firm continuance of the patronage
that We have heretofore received. We
also wish 10 extend To- the pcopl, ot
sumter and adjacent counties our
thanks FOR the patronage extended US
for many years.
CI1NA'S DRUG STORE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04

New Years day commenced very
cloudy, but cleared up and closed
with as beautiful weather overhead as
that the day was an index of what
the year will be, although everybody
would be willing to dispense with
the clouds at the commencement Of
the year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
Death of Mrs. Sue Turner.

Mrs. sue $. Turner, wife Of L. w.
Turner. died at her homo i'm Rich
mOnd, Tuesday evening, December
Gath, 1912. The body was brought to
sumter on Wednesday ana laid to
'cst In the Bethel cemetery near
Privatccr
Before her marriage, she wa VI ISIS
Sue Jackson ur this county. She
leaves husband and several chill
dren. Mrs. Turner was g. years old
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
True Culture,

Culture is knowledge gained no,
for its own sake, but for the sake OF
the refining of the mind and the
sweetening of the world. To know
by head rote and not by heart rote
all the rules of politeness would never
make nan polite. knowledge is for
loving use. Literature and Life"
by Rev. l.. Maclean Watt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
PARCELS POST INAUGURATED
Postmaster General Sends First Pack
age.

Washington, Jan. l, 1913.-As the
CLOCKS licked off the first second of
1913, Postmaster General Hitchcock
inaugurated a connection with the
new era in the American postal ser
vice by depOsiting in the Washing
ton postoffice the first package to
be entrusted to the domestic parcels
post service. The strokes of the last
hour of 1912 We're dying away when
the postmaster general stepped up TO
the window under the newly painted
inscription Parcels Post Packages
and handed in the official first pack:
age" At the same moment the par
cells post service was opened for bus
iness in every postoffice in the United
States open at that hour.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's
package contained a silver loving cup
enclosed in stout box The pack
age was addressed to Z. M. Morgan.
postmaster of the city of New York
and after it has made it's journey to
New York it will be sent back TO
Washington to be engraved and pre-
served in the national mesuem to
commemorate the Inauguration of
the parcc'9 post service.
The postmaster general paid for
q cents worth of stamps affixed to
the package, which weighed about
two pounds. OF this II cents was for
regular postage and 10 cents for in
surance," or registration.
In the regular course of the mails
the package would be placed on
board train leaving Washington
at 2.45 a. m.
Elaborate preparations had been
made by the postoffice department for
the inauguration Of the new service
throughout the country. The post
master set aside $4,000 from the
S75O,OOO appropriated by congress for
the parcels post to be used in equip
ping the offices in the larger cities for
handling the great amount Of matter
expected to be sent by the new ser
vice This sum was divided pro rata
among the big offices and the various
postmasters were allowed to use their
own discretion in the expenditure of
che funds for additional clerks and
for delivery service Automobile de-
livery trucks were provided in sev-
eral cities
Mr.. Hitchcock has ordered from
the postmaster in charge of the of
hces reports on the workings of the
parcels post to u" submitted January
Is. ON these reports will be based
a comprehensive plan for handling
the new service and the estimates for
appropriations to conduct the service
during the next fiscal year Several
rostmasters already have reported
that large department stores ana mail
order houses in the biz cities have ;
Signihed their intention of using the
parcels post for local delivery to
replace local express companies and
package service. A
con- tho ,Ntrur or ,h.~ cnaracteF OF
business viii depend e. n groaf de-s.
gree the size uf ;hc force and equip
mont necessary t. handle the addi-
tional business 90 bc done by the post
office departments
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
Preliminary Grain Show.

The preliminary corn and grain
show for the State of South Carolina
to select the best for the National
show will be held in Columbia on the
Sth and 9th Of this month. All corn
should be sent to the State Corn
Show by express not later than the
eth of this month.
j. Frank Williams.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
Death.

News has been received i'm the city
wood. Fla. of Mr.. w. A. Mills, a
brother OF Mr.. w w. Mills OF this
city. Mr.. Mills died Thursday. jan
uary 2. aged IS years. lie was inter
ested In the Mills Lumber Company
OF this city and was ce-prcsidcnt Of
the Britton Lumber Company Of
Lake Ina.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
Japanese Advancement

An ancient japanese proverb had II.
Never trust a woman, even II she
has borne you seven children" The
Japanese are discarding this proverb.
owing to western influence
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04

There is "a great deal of moving
among the Colorcd folks just now. as
usual at this season of the year. Tho
farmers report the moving bee To-
Ice even more general this year than
heretofore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04
some Random Thoughts.

The year 1919 opens with many
FARMERS barely even after a years Ia
bors and risks for which they got NO
return. and many more with serious
losses. Hope springs eternal In the
human breast" and farming produces
q larger crop OF hope at this season
than at any other. 1t Is we'll now to
look back over the past to see what
were the causes that prevented the
full fruition OF the hope OF last Jan
uary.
FIRST and frequent was the under
taking OF too much "BoreinG with too
large an auger''-over cropping. Sec
ond. extravagance: buying things We
did not need, OF more expensive things
than we needed because "the best is
always cheapest" Forgetting that
nothing is cheap that we really do not
need.
We may say what we please about
seasons. but the two causes above
have more to do with our failures
than seasons 1 have seen men who
do not over-crop make good crops.
and do well I'm the most adverse sea-
sons Sometimes IL Is said OF them
they got a rain that missed me-" or
they did not get a rain that I did"
But the rain or drought was not the
real reason. The real reason was
that ne recognized his limitations and
only planted as much as he could pre-
pare thoroughly. fertiiize literally.
and cultivate rapidly.
Then IL ne was a Judicious man in
his purchases. he made money be-
cause he was able To sell TO advantage.
Put the over-cropped farmer and ex-
travagance together and there Is loss
rine times out OF ten. 1t was a
timely warning the banker sounded
which mentioned last week. and we
Union can do much to help the cause
of economy and better farming. I
know Bro. Williams. President OF the
County Union. Is In full sympathy
with such n propaganda, and will do
all I'm his power to make such discus
sions profitable and pleasant.
The County Union will meet on
Friday. January 10th. when the an
nual election OF officers will take
place and delegates will be elected TO
the state meeting. which will be in
the assembly hall OF the lie Conte Col
lege on the University campus. at 3
y. m. January 16th.
Florence County Union will meet in
Florence President Kirby has ex-
tended an invitation TO all the to-
bacco growing unions In the State to
send delegates TO conference that
day TO try to effect an organization
TO control the acreage and marketing
OF tobacco. This is In line with the
action OF Virginia and North Caro-
lima tobacco growers. The bright
tobacco section being so small COM
pared with the cotton acreage II
ought not be so difficult to organize
them.
Sir Horace Plunkett. the great or
ganizer OF rural Ireland. Is at the Bat
tie Creek sanitarium n Michigan. He
writes that Il possible he will be at
the National Corn Exposition, Jan
uary 30th. Farmers Union day. 20
tell the farmers OF the Southern States
how ne organized Ireland. and what
IL has done 20 rejuvenate that poverty
stricken land.
Wishing all the readers OF the
watchfnan * southron a happy and
prosperous year. f.. w. ID.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04

FIRST and frequent was the under
taking OF too much "BoreinG with too
large an auger'-over cropping. Sec
ond. extravaganza: buying things We
did not need, or more expensive things
than we needed because "the best is
always cheapest" Forgetting that
nothing is cheap that we really do not
need.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-04

The County Union will meet on
Friday. January 10Th. when the an
nual election OF officers will take
place and delegates will be elected TO
the state meeting. which will be in
the assembly hall of the lie Conte Col
lege on the University campus. at 3
y. m. January 16th.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-23
II Years Ago Today
From The Herald This Date $500

L F Smith and family went to
| Cloudcroft this morning.
Miss Pearl Beatty, a prominent So
ciety woman of Austin, will visit
! friends in this city this week.
Mrs. Bendy wife of captain of police
Bendy, returned this morning from a
visit to her former home in Eastland,
Texas.
Harry Fleming and bride. nee Miss
Mary Thompson, Of Dallas, arrived
this morning and will leave for the
City of Mexico
NJ. C. McGlennon, Mrs. Mo1lie Good
win and DR.. c. F. Norton were pas
sengers to ClOudcroft this morning
over the Z. P. & n. E.
Joe Shackelford, the little son Of
E L ShackelfOrd, had a dangerous fall
this afternoon from the upper story Of
a new building and was painfully in
jured.
The city clerk has been busy ad-
dressing postal cards to those whose
property valuations were raised by the
board Of equalization The council
will meet as a board of appeals Oc-
tober 9.
The park was thronged with peo-
pie last night to hear the excellent
program rendered by the McGinty
band. which was accorded several en-
son will probably be given Friday
night
The directors of the International
Light and Power company met last
evening at the office OF Leigh Clark
and thoroughly discussed the light
given to the extent of the plant which
is to be erected and bids examined.
Nine firms submitted bids.
Before the city council last even
from Park W. Pitman asking the right
along Florence street for wooden
trough for conducting water from the
refrigerator to Athletic park to water
the grounds. Alderman Burton was
Der
The wave of prosperity is being felt
perceptibly in all trades and branches
OF business in this city. The Ioaning
demand for money has increased and
merchants and business men generally
recognize in this condition substan-
ual promise of permanence. At pres
ent the smelter is treating over 500
tons OF ore per day, and every ore
bin Is filled and every available one
occupied.
The advent of the Sheldon block as
a hotel has caused a big advance in
realty values in its immediate neigh
oornood, and extensive improvements
are oelng contemplated by all the ad-
Jacent property owners, which will
greatIy improve the appearance Of the
niue plaza The contract has been let
and work will commence Immediately
on the Tays & Address block, front
ing the little plaza
Since the deal was closed between
Mr.. Sheldon's Representatives, and
John w Fisher. of the Pierson, to
convert the Sheldon block into a hotel,
MI Parfitt has prepared a description
OF the new buildingg, which will be
known as Hotel sheldon" If the al
teratlons are carried out according to
the plans as mapped out, Ell Paso will
et OF as fine hotel as can be
found anywhere in the west The
main entrance of the hotel will front |
on Mills street, opposite the plaza.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-23
September
By Walt Mason

September, calm September, with
smiling skies of bluel l really don
remember a smoother month than you.
You help us in forgetting the summers
care and fretting. the sweltering and
sweatipg-you make US good as new!
There Is a relaxation from every yoke
We wear; there Is a compensation for
every grief we bear; and you're the
prlncely payment for heat that soaked
our raiment, for times when every day
meant a new excuse to swear. Septem-
Der, sweet September, you usher Au-
tumn in; the billiards of December
tull soon viii rave like sin; but we
have been so roasted, so baked and
broiled and toasted. that we can face
the boosted tempests with a grin. II
any man should ever complain of cold,
by heck the people ought to sever his
head-piece from his neck; ah, since last
summers straining. let's hear no more
complaining when Boreas is reigning,
when Winter is on deck September,
mild September YOU hint of many Joys;
the fireside and the ember the laughing
girls and BOYS: and mother with her
knitting. and dad seTenelv sitting, with
skillful fingers fitting the heads on
babys Copyright, 1913, by George
Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-23
The Crouch
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good Old Siwash-"

THE crouch is the only other biped
besides the human being who
wears clothes and pays taxes.
The crouch looks like a man and there
is a closed season on him all the year
round which accounts for his numbers.
In fact he was originally designed as a
man. but through a mistake his bile was
put in his brain instead of his liver, thus
spelling him for ordinary conversational
purposes
The crouch has a disposition half way
between that of hyena and a case of
la grippe. Il he were pounded up and
assayed he would not yield one ounce
of good nature per carload. He has a
built-in frown and the only times he
smiles is when his little son stubs his
toe and hurts himself just as the crouch
said he would if he didn't stop being
happy and bothering him.
The crouch doesn't believe in
thing and cannot be persuaded to do any
thing to 90 away and remain
hence. He is usually either mad or just
about to succeed in discovering a reason
to be mad. Put one crouch in a hall
full OF happy cheering men and in half
an hour he can spread so much ill-nature
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-23

that the police will have to turn off the
festivities.
The crouch does not contribute to
anything but the general gloom. He
does not approve of anything and he de-
clines to be Modified by anything. He
has only one redeeming feature. That
is love for himself.
The crouch is generally as good to
himself as if he were his own grand
mother. He is kind and forbearing
with his own faults and while all the
world is saying harsh things about him
he nobly refrains. The crouch would
be entirely satisfied with himself if that
did not involve being satisfied with a
work of Nature.
There is no way to get rid of crouch
except to move the town away from him.
They are generally long lived because
vinegar is a great preservative. How
ever, the longer the crouch has to live
with himself the more terribly he is
punished which proves that we should
not murmur OF Tepine over the ways OF
Providence. If there were no grouches
all funerals which take place would be
a dead loss to the eommunity.-COpy-
righted by George Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-23

"a
October first in Ell Paso," says
Il Percy McGhee, assistant su-
perintendent of the city waterworks.
The figures on the books of the past
year showing the amounts of water
used each month prove this and there
Is no doubt that the number of baths
taken by FL PaSOanS is less from OctO-
Der until May than it is from May until
October No, 1 would not say that the
Saturday night consumption of water is
any greater than on other nights, but
the figures drop an even 100000 gal
Ions a day after September. OF course,
the water used in sprinkling, irrigating
and other domestic purposes is less
after that date and that makes diff
ference, but the figures insist that
there is an open and closed season for
bathing in Ell Paso, which is observed
more or less closely. In summer there
is an average daily consumption of wa
ter which equals 100000 gallons This
drops an even 100000 gallons in win
ter, and we are watching the records
closely to ascertain exactly what per-
centage of this reduction is caused by
the cutting out of the morning tubs"
An FL PaSO man was entertained by
John d. Rockefeller at his suburban
home in Cleveland this summer He is
W. E. Dudley, who attended the ma
tional meeting of the deaf and dumb,
which was held in Cleveland. By a
series of written questions and answers
Mr.. Dudley had the following to say
of the meeting: 7 did not go to the
church where Mr.. Rockefeller delivered
his address to the members of the as
ISOLATION, but I was at the grounds of
his estate and saw him there. The
meeting was August 20 to p, and
there were 500 there at different times,
although there are but 800 regular
members of the association. The
Rockefeller estate includes $50 acres
OF beautiful rolling ground and is
kept in perfect shape by the army of
caretakers who are always at work
We went through his grounds, saw his
gardens and were made to feel at
home there. 1t was a great meeting
for US and I surely enjoyed it"
= \
California hasn't anything on Ell
Paso when it comes to raising fine
roses" declared park commissioner r.
A Harris this morning. 4 am cutting
between $50 and 500 roses a day from
the bushes at the Ell Paso nursery and
they have a fragrance that is not sur
passed anywhere. and they look just
as pretty as anything ever grown in
California FL Pasoans are fast PROV
ing that they can grow almost any
thing here"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-23

finger and left the room. Until she
had gone he did not seem to realize
and spirit as strong as his own. He
went Immediately to a telephone and
called up a detective agency to ask
them to watch over his wife and see
that she wanted for nothing. Then.
picking up the wedding ring, he read
the inscription: Robert and Virginia,
with eternal love-"
Go be cOntinued.)