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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
COLUMBUS WIDOW SUES
ON HUSBANDS POLICIES

COLUMBUS. Oct. ia suit that has
attracted wide attention In the CITY
Of Mrs Nell Jones against the Empire
Life Insurance Company, in which her
late husband carried policies amounting
to 5000.
When her husband, Roland u. Jones,
died several months ago, the insurance
company refused to pay the amount OF
the policy because of the circumstances
under which he died. His widow then
brought suit for the amount OF the poll.
cies and also for attorneys fees and
won both.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
FIGHT FOR CLOSED TOWN
is WARM IN WAYCR0SS

WAYCROSS, Oct. 11.-Regardless
of what the municipal wrangle devel-
OPS this year, 1t is now certain that
the fight for a closed town on Sun
Gays is going to prove one of the
warmest the city has ever known
The start has been made by several
arrests, but as jury trials will be nee
essary nothing will be done until the
December term.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
AUGUSTA CHAMBER ASKS
$4,000 FUNDS YEARLY

AUGUSTA, Oct. ia contract has
been closed with the Wilson McKeand
Company to come to Augusta early in
1914 and raise $4,000 per year for
three years for the Chamber of Corn
MERGE The chamber will be entirely
reorganized.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
POETRY AND ,coRsETs FOUND
snaolaI Cable TO The American.

PARIS, Oct. IL Among the prop
erty lost last wet k In the streets of
Paris and unclaiu led by owners were
Ave long prose mi tnuscripts and four
long manuscripts lin verse. There are
also AZ corsets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
The Honor System.

Changes Of the most unexpected
character are always being made, anl
the world stands willing and waiting
for new movements by most every
body. Recently one Of the leading ed
ucational institutions in the South has
been stirred considerably by the ru-
NOR Of the abolition of the honor
system, which has been in vogue there
for quite a while. For many months
the country has been clamoring for
the honor system for the peniten-
tiaries and convict camp, and the pa
role is now common occurrence.
TO the uninitiated it seems more
than passing strange that the highly
educated college youth can not be
trusted to do equally as much, or
more for honor's sake than the man
who has gone down. They say that
it is easy to keep going until you fail
in honor, and after that the dark, so
to speak. In educational institutions
there is no doubt but that one OF the
great fundamental and underlying
principles should be honor. Honor is
one of the greatest words in language
of any kind, and from it springs the
innumerable high ideals that affect
the very life Of our people. Around
that word the sOngsters of time carol
music that blends with eternity and
the harbngers Of home are garbed in
it's radiant white. In it's rhythm is
found the essence Of notion and if it
is once abolished, all else falls to a
lower standard, for it means placing
one in position to do what he may, as
long as he can get away, as it were.
Reforms and progress and all the
kindred things that beset the folk of
today are distracting to many. 1t is
strange that people who clamor for
the honor system and it's extension to
the uttermost ends of earth should
want to have it abolished right where
the highest principles of life find their
inception. 1t is going just little too
far in one direction or another, and
there are but few people who can not
arrive at the conclusion as to which
Is the right way to solve the problems
in both nstanC"s.-Au ugusta Chronicle
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
WOULD BAR CONVICTS
Georgia Governor Would Exclu,lc
Those ParOled on Condition That
They Leave South Carolina.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 26.-Gov. Brown
VIII bar from Georgia the convicts
freed by Gov Blease of South Caro-
lima If it is possible for him to do
So
The Georgia executive, who is
known for his stand against the too
free use Of the pardoning power to-
day severely criticised the action Of
Gov. Blease in freeing convicts on
condition that they go to some other
State. BY this course Gov Blease pro-
tects his own State but at the same
time menaces the peace and the well
fare Of other communities, the Geor-
gia executive said.
II don't know declared Gov.
Brown, whether anything can be done
but it is my opinion that nothing
can be done so long as any of the
convicts who may move to this State
conduct themselves in an honorable
and upright manner and maintain a
standard of good citizenship.
THE action taken by Gov. Blease,
! think, is to say the least one Of
great impropriety."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
La FOllette's Cat Tale.
New York Times.

New York Times.
Senator La Toilette, apropos of the
campaign contribut ions Investigation
said to a Washington correspondent:
1T used to be that the party bribed
the voter. Now, it seems, the voter
bribes the party-and not With a IS
bill or so, but with quarter millions.
Il suppose that vicissitudes like
that of the Nola Chucky cat no longer
happen to electioneers.
IAN electioneer. you know, visited
Nola Chucky man to get his vote.
The man himself was out, but his
wife said:
~ can't promise you nothing
about Jonathan, sir. He's independ.
ent. He'll vote as seems best to him.
SELF
THE electioneer, after being as
agreeable as possible, rose to 20. But
first he patted a wretched. NANCY
kitten on the woman's lap.
"'Pm very fond Of CATS he said. I
shouldn't mind giving you IS for that
one.'
THE woman jumped at the offer.
She locked the IS in a drawer, she
put the cat in basket, and, as she
ushered the man out with his pur-
chase on his arm, she said:
l1l do the best can for you
"h9 that vote, sir. AS told You be-
fore; Jonathan won't be Influenced by
anybody. The gentleman that's elec-
tioneering for your opponent spent q
full our here with me uselessly yes
terday, and by, the way. he bought
the brother Of that kitten Of yours
for $1O.'"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
SOUTHERN TRADE OPENING.
President Finley Of Southern Railway
Sees In Panama Canal Great On.
pOrtunity for South.

Washington, Dec. 26.-President
Finley of the Southern Railway Com
pany and the Mobile & Ohio Railroa 1
Company, referring today to the or
ganization at Atlanta, on the 11th in
stant OF the Southern Panama Can
al Conference, with a permanent or
ganization to work for the develop
ment Of trade between the Southeast
ern States and the markets that will
be brought into closer relations with
the South Atlantic and Gulf ports by
the opening Of the Panama Canal,
said:
1T Is the hope of those who par
ticipated in the formation Of this or
ganization that it may prove to be an
efficient agency for Corporation with
manufacturers and merchants
througout the Southeastern States and
with all of the South Atlantic and
Gulf ports for the building up Of a
large \and profitable business with the
Latin American countries.
The people of those countries pro-
duce large quantities Of commodities
consumed in the United States and
are consta ntly buying increased quan-
titles Of commodities that can be sue
cessfully be produced in the South
eastern States.
"As illustrating the fact that this
traffic can successfully be moved
through Southern ports, may men,
tion that there are now regular steam
ship sailings from the port Of Mobile
to Montevedio and Buenos Ayres and
that these We essels carry full cargoes
on each trip. At present these ves-
sells carry return cargoes from South
America to the North Atlantic ports,
but efforts are being made to deevlop
the handling Of return cargoes through
Mobile. 1t is expected that this SER
vice will be expanded to cover the
principal Pacific Coast ports Of Gen.
tral and South America as soon as the
Panama Canal has been completed.
''The possibilities Tor the develop
ment Of trade with the Latin-Ameri-
can countries are SO great as to open
opportunities to other Southern ports
as well as to Mobile, and it is the
purpose Of the Southern Panama
Canal Conference and the railways I
have the honor to represent to be
helpful as far as practicable in the
building up Of this business"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
ANOTHER HUNTING ACCIDENT.
Well Known Columblan Accidental, i,
Killed Friday.

Columbia. Dec. 2s.-An n accidental
gunshot wound self-inlicted caused
the death of George Wilmot Davis
yesterday afternoon about $50
o'clock. The accident occurred about
two miles east Of the city at the end
OF the Shandon Annex car line, where
Mr.. Davis, who was returning from a
hunting trip, was waiting for n car
The details Of the accident were un-
obtainable, because there were no
eye-witnesses, but an investigation
made by those who heard the shot
and arrived few minutes later show
ed that Mr.. Davis had laid his gun
aside and was playing with his two
hunting dogs. lie evidently picked
ur his gun with the muzzle pointed
toward him and one barrel was dis
charged the en- tire load entering his
side.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
DIX. EFHEREDGE AT LEESVTLLE
Possible Settlement Of Bank Affairs
on Saturday.

Lexington, Dec 26.-Much inter.
es' centres IN the meeting Of the di-
rect"rs and stockholders os the Peo-
pies Bank, Of Leesville, to be held
on saturday of this week. The Peo-
pies Bank closed it's doors on the
Zth OF November, after its president
Dr, r. j. Etheredge, had absented
himself from the town for several
days. DIR. Etheredge owed the insti.
tuition something like $4,000. il ia
stated, having violated the State hank
ing laws in loaning to himself more
than Is allowed by the statute For
the loans he had secured DR.. Ether
edge deposited with the bank a great
deal OF paper, much Of which is said
to be totally worthless.
1t is generally believed now that Dr
Etheredge is at his home in Leesvill..
Where he remains secluded from The
public, and where he has been making
an honest effort to secure funds to
square f'-nself with the bank and to
clear his other outside indebtedness
he has been addressing letters to his
friends in different sections of the
state, dating them at Leesville, but
having them posted on the train. It is
peheVed that, if the other indebtedness
or the president-which is said to
reach up into the thousands, far in
excess of his obligations to the Peo-
pies Bank-can be amicably adjusted
SO that no criminal proceedings will
be instituted against DR.. Etheredge.
his relatives and friends will make
good every dollar that is owing the
bank. That is they will offer a COM
promise, the understanding being,
however, that the bank will release
DR.. Etheredge from further liability
and agree that no action will be
brought in the Criminal Courts.
In the event that the stockholders
and directors at the joint meeting
Saturday refuse to accept a compro-
mise. the next step will likely be to
place the affairs Of the bank in the
hands Of a receiver, and this step will
be taken at once.
1t is an established fact that the
depositors will be paid off in full, there
being sufficient collateral held by the
bank to raise funds enough for this
purpose, besides the stockholders, un-
der the law, are liable to the depos-
itors. Whether the directors end
stockholders will be willing to suh-,it
to loss themselves. If any there be,
and relieve DR.. Etheredge, remains to
be seen. 5
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01

Dingles Mill is progressing nicely at
present Thee was some delay for
a while on account of lack of mater
ial, but with the arrival of the mater
ial the work has been pushed and the
new bridge WI probably be COM
pleted some time next week. The
new bridge will be great improve
ment over the old wooden one, which
formerly spanned the stream at this
point.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
Best Cough MCtliCinc for Children,

Il am very glad to say II few words
In praise Of Chambcrlain's Cough
Remedy" writes Mrs. Lida Dewey,
Milwaukee, Wis. II have used II for
years both for my children ana myself
and IL never fails to relieve and cure
q cough or cold. No family with
children should bc without it as it
gives almost immediate relief ia
cases of Group" Chambcrlains Cough
Remedy " pleasant and safe to take,
which il Of great importance when Il
medicine must be given to young chill
drcn. For sale by all dealcrs.--Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
\ Hero ~ Il Lighthouse.

For years J. :. DOnahuc. So. HaveR
Mich, rINli war captain. as Il ..4LE,rrt =
nous" Keeper, aVertCd aWful Wrecks
but queer fact is. he migha have
h''n wreck himself, if Electric Bit
t"rs had not prevented. They cured
me of kidney troubl" and chills," he
writes. after ! had taken other So
called cures for years, without bene-
fit and they ais" improved my sight.
Now ,at seventy, I am feeling fine"
For dyspepsia, INDIGESTION. all stOm-
a"h, liver and kidney troubles. they're
without equal. Try them. Only soc
at Sih"rts Drug StOrc.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
OUT on $4,000 BOND.
Justice Fraser Grants Bail to Negro
Charged with Killing.

Bishopvillc, Dec. 27.-Kahn Slater,
colorcd, who shot Willie MCFerson,
also colored, near Lamar last Friday,
and who died at the Sumter Hospital
Sunday, was released from Jail here
last night His attorney, the Hon. B.
Frank Kelley, appeared before AssO-
ciat" Justice II, Il. Fraser in Sumter
yesterday and sc"nrcd Slater's release
on $4,000 bond.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01

There Is more Ctarrh in this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurab BILE.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced 1t a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies. and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment. pronounced 1t incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
r. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohi.. is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollards for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials.
Address: f.. J. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo. o. Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01

Stake the direct road" to health
and strength by using Foley Kidney
Pills for backache, rheumatism, weak.
sore kidneys and bladder irregulari-
ties. Each ingredient is chosen for
its positive healing and curative quail
tiles Foley kidney Pills are the best
medicine YOU can buy for kidney and
bladder troubles. Mrs. J. NJ. Findlcy.
Lyons, Ca, says: Il took Foley
Kidney fllls and they entirely cured
me Sihert'S Drug Store.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
Babies In SI'artanburg.

France Is alarmed AZ the race sui
eide Of that country. This county is
sound on that question. The par
ents living In the county were inter-
viewed last week and reported "a
children. n.---Spartanburg Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01

Princeton, y. j., Dec. 26.-Propped
up IN bed, President-elect Woodrow
Wilson sat for two hours today talk
ing about currency reform with Rep
resentative Glass, of Virginia, chair
man of the House subcommittee on
banking and currency reform, and DR..
II. P. Willis, Of New York, financial
writer.
The conference concerned gener-
alities," said Mr.. Glass afterwards.
1.-The Governor has some positive
views about currency reform and dis
cusses them more decisively and more
clearly than any one have ever met"
Mr.. Glass said he was not at liberty
to disclose what was discussed in the
conference. That's what we talked
about" he said as he exhibited a hand
full of five dollar gold pieces. He
remarked, however, that none Of the
bills supposed to be before his COM
mittee in Congress were authentic and
that the committee had not yet draft
ed any measure. He added that pub
lie hearings would begin January Z.
The Governor had almost recover
ed tonight from his attack Of la grippe
but in accordance with the physicians
| orders he remained in bed and saw no
one but Messrs, Glass and Willis He
will leave at 1870 o'clock tomorrow
for Staunton, Va. his birthplace, there
to celebrate with the townsfolk his
56th. birthday on Saturday. The
train will reach Washington at 3.15 P.
M. and will be there for fifteen min
utes, while the two special cars car
rying the Governor and a party Of Vir-
ginians living in New York, who will
accompany him, will be switched from
he Pennsylvania Railroad to the Ches-
apeak and Ohio. 1t will be the first
time, however, that the President-elect
will have stopped in the National Cap
ital since election.
A coincidence Of the Journey is that
Richard II. Taylor, one of the secret
service men detailed with the Govern
or since election also halls from Staun-
ton, from which place as boy he ran
away to sea and won a medal Of hon
or from Congress for safely navigating
an American war yeSsel and saving it
from destruction in hurricane off
the Samoan Islands in 1889.
Mrs. Wilson will go with the Presi-
dent-elect. She said tonight that
while his health had improved, she
had thought it a bit risky for him to
make the trip to Staunton or account
of the cold weather
DR.. ]. NJ. Carnochan, the family
physician, saw the Governor a few
minutes early in the day, but did not
think another visit necessary until
early tomorrow. 1t is unlikely that
the Governor will make any more au-
tomobile trips to and from Trenton in
the cold weather, though his indis-
position is believed to he as much the
result of the quick change from the
warm Bermuda climate to frigid lati-
tudes as to exposure.
His digestion has not been of the
best, either, since his return, and, cou-
pied with the effect of his long hours
at the State House, it was feared at
| first that he was on the road to a Sc
we're breakdown.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
James s. Faynum of Charleston.
when in New York recently had his
$1,000 automobile stolen.
Escaped After Fifteen Years.

wv. =. BrOyles made a successful
escape after fifteen years Of suffering
from kidney and bladder troubles.
Foley Kidney Pills released him and
will do just the same for others. He
says: They cured Il most severe
backach" with painful bladder irreg-
ularities. and they do all You claim
lOr them. Refuse substitutes
SlbcrtS Drug StOre-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
Hints fM' IIOusckccDers.

Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound always on hand, and you can
quickly head on cold by it's prompt
use. IL contains no opiatcs. heals and
soothes the inflamcd air passages,
stops the cough. and rnay save a big
doctors bii. III the yellow pack
age. Sibert's Drug Storc.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
- s'-7 u - 1ak1l
TILLMAN CHILDREN
= Err.
Ssxr
Will Remain Over New Yes
ator's Home. "a

EdSefield, Dec. 26.--In cCNHfE E
with the recent temporary =
the Supreme Court, the lit.SS g
Douschka Pickens Tillman a 3
Starke Tillman. were carried 80 ID
ton this morning to remain with tiIeir
father, at the home of Senator Till
man, from now until after New Years
Day.
T.. i. Tillman, Jr., accompanied by
his brother and attorney, Henry G.
Tilman, Esq, came to EdgefieId this
morning, in a buggy and the children
were delivered to them at The store Of
Penn & Holstein, and Immediately the
entire party departed for the Trenton
home
Mrs. Dugas, mother of the little girls
and former wife of B. r. Tillman, Jr.,,
was not present when the children
were given over to their father, they
having been brought in from her home
by friend. After New Years Day
they will be sent back to their mother.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
TROY PHYSICIAN is KILLED.
DIR. Charles Kennedy Run Over by
Charleston and Western Train.

Troy, Dee. 27.-Dr. Charles Ken
nedy was killed near here last night
at o'clock by a Charleston & West
ern Carolina passenger train while
crossing the track near his home.
He was AZ years Of age and was we'll
known throughout this section of the
State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
Negro Is Shot.

Easlcy, Dec. 27.-As q result Of a
trivial quarrel Glenn Hunt, negro
farmer of this vicinity, is lying in a
prccarious condition, having received
rifle wound at the hands Of another
negro by the name Of Blake
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
Sl.OO Per Plate

was paid at "a banquet to Henry Clay,
in New Orleans in 1872. Mighty
costly for those with stomach trouble
or indir"sti"n. Today people every
wh"r" us" nr. Kings New Life Pills
for these troubles rs we'll as liver, kid
n"y and bowel disorders. Easy, safe,
sure. only 25c at Sibcrt's Drug store.
-AdVt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
Chronic Constitution Cured.

Five years ago / had the worst
case Of chronic constipation | ever
knew Of and Chamberlain's Tablets
cured me- writes S. f. Fish, Brook
lyn, Mich. For sale by all dealers
-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
(hnmhCrlain'S COUGH Remedy.

This Remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds 1t j. pleasant tu
take. 1t contains n" plum or other
narcotic. |, always cures. For sale
by all dcalCrS.-Auvt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
WILSON ON CURRENCY REFORM
GOVERNOR PROPPED UPIN RED
DURING CONFERENCE.

Patient Almost Recoy.
cred from La Grippc-Saw Only
Two Visitors Yesterday-Resting
Preparatory to Starting on Trip to
Staunton this Morning to Receive
HonOrs Accorded by City Of His
Nativity-ElabOrate Plans for "Wil.
son Day. Celebration.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01

- q DcscadansA Great Mass
- 8vsdeace % be Reviswed and
pec1ec lnssructioaa of Court In.
sca>s 1eagthy Dclibesaaion be-
- verdicts Rcsarnea - Trial
- beea In Progrcss Abo1t Four
0eoehs = Closing Argumeat for
oovsraassae aAd Courts Charsc.