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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18
EliS Stomach Troubles Over.

Mr.. Dyspeptic, would you not like
to feel that your stomach troubles
were over, that you could eat any kind
of food ycu desired without injury
That may seem so unlikely to you
that You do not even hope for an
ending Of your trouble but permit us
to assure you that it is not altogether
impossible. If others can be cured
permanently, and thousands have
been, why not you? John r. Barker,
of Battle Creek, Mich, is one of them.
He says, Il was troubled with heart
burn. Indigestion, and liver complaint
until ! used Chamberlain Tablets,
then my trouble was over" Sold by
all dt'ilCrS -AdVt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18
LEAVE JAIL TO OVATION.
Office OF Freed Idaho Newspaper Men
Banked with Flowers.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 11.-R. S. Sheri-
dan and C.. o. Broxon, publisher and
editor Of the Capital News, and A. r.
Cruzen were given an ovation when
they walked from Jail today after hav-
ing served ten days sentence for con-
tempt OF court.
When the two former reached the
Office Of their paper. in which was
published the message from Col.
Roosevelt that was held in contempt
by the Idaho Supreme Tribunal, they
found floral offerings sent by promi-
nent persons from all over the coun-
try.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18
The Peoples Bank Election.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Peoples Bank was held
Tuesday and the following directors
and officers were elected:
President, l.. D. Jennings.
Second president, s. w. Stubbs.
Cashier, S. NJ. Mcleod.
Assistant Cashier, \. NJ. Broughton.
Directors, l.. d. Jennings, S. w.
Stubbs, G. =. Osteen, b. c. Wallace,
j. d. White, =. b. Harvin, Moses
Green, J. w. Shaw, w. r. Brogdon,
J. NJ. Brogdon, +. d. knight, w. A.
Brown. c. c. Beck, DR.. f. X. Holman,
r. x. Wilder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18
BOYS PLAN BASEBALL.
High school Boys Elect Officers for
Approaching Season.

AT a recent meeting Of the High
scool boys interested in baseball, Of
ficers were elected for the approaching
season as follows: Captain, William
Bowman; manager, Carroll Simpson.
The boys made arrangements at the
meeting to commence practise at an
early date. Several nearby towns
have been written to by the manager
for games and a schedule will be an
nounced later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18

The weather man did a good deed
Tuesday morning when he prophe-
sled the doubly acceptable gift Of
clear skies and warm winds for the
next few days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-18

court aid the said parties in their il
regal transactions in carrying their
arrangement or agreement into ef-
feet"
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
THE MODERN CITY'S DANGERS.

Liability to great disasters by flood is of the
penalties that modern cities pay for the privilege of
using modern transportation facilities. When the
railroad came, tine town that was set upon hill
moved down into the valley, or new one grew up
there and the old one decayed, because neces
sa for the railroads to be built along the streams,
on the lines of most even gradient So industry and
transportation have their habitats the lowlands,
as concession to the everlasting force of gravity.
Men, it is alleged, might grow or eight feet
tall if it not for the limitation that gravity i'm
poses. Likewise cities mi ght be built out of the way
of floods but for that restriction The typical
modern city consists of two sections industrial
and built on the low grounds in concession to the
needs of industry the other residential and built high
er. But the tendency is always for the industrial
population to gather in the lower places, about the
industries in which they are employed So there
is always great population exposed to such dangers
as have overtaken the stricken Ohio cities.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
THE OHIO FLOODS.

1t seems likely to be several days before adequate
information will be available concerning the extent
of the floods that have brought unprecedented dis
aser to the State of Ohio With railroad and trolley
communication paralyzed and wires down, it is we'll
nign impossible either to get facts, or to rush the
needed relief to the sufferers Not improbably the
aftermath of physical suffering, of pestilence and
posure, dragging through weeks and months will be
quite serious experience as the first shock of
the great disaster.
Without doubt hundreds of lives have been lost;
likely the number into the thousands. The heart
of the disaster lies in the valley whose chief city is
Dayton, and, like the Johnstown horror, is traceable
to the breaking of dam and the loosng of the i'm
pounded waters of vast reservoir whose dam was
weakened by the floods
The question of relief for the sufferers is Of
whether Ohio is able to take care of its own so far
material is concerned, but whether it
find the wherewithal to care for them in time. Aid
in such situations this, must be instant to be of
most Governor Cox has done precisely the right
thing in making appeal for help from the outside
1t is poor and an inconsiderate pride that too often
dictates proud decnation of aid that is anxious
for the opportunity of service. The whole tragic
story of what such situation imposes is told in the
experience of one town that needs coffins by the
hundreds, while there are not fifty in the place
1t isn't question of the towns ability to bury its
dead; but it is very serious matter to get the
coffns when they needed
The nation, the States the cities and towns, the
Red Cross, the benevolences of public and private
character will rise to the demands of the OCCASION
as they always do, and there will be pre-
sented the inspiring spectacle of great American
community rehabilitatng itself with indomitabe
energy and determination.
Such disasters as have marked this spring season
are recognized nowadays as truly national in their
character. The great property loss that section
suffers must IN the end be spread the widest
possible section of the people. The whole economic
scheme is unbalanced by the destruction of vast
property, and the community thousand miles from
the seat of the actual physical disturbance must pay
its part For this reason tine cooperation of the
whole country in helping to repair such tremendous
damages as wrought at time like this is dictated
as we'll by sound economic reason as by the humane
sentiments of all the people.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
PASSING OF A FAMOUS POLICE CHIEF:

What would be thought if man should be select
ed for police chief in America who had been COVER
nor general OF colonial possession and was uni
versiy graduate, trained lawyer and member of
learned societies? Mr.. Taft whom this description
would 6t was made Secretary of War, and, soon af-
rerward, President. Louis Lepine, Frenchman who
also measured up to it, made prefect of the Paris
police, post which he has resigned.
Not only France but Europe will miss Lepine
Monarchs, statesmen and other great personages
knew and trusted him. When they went to Paris
their safety in his hands. He knew plot and
eounterplot royal intrigue and anarchist conspiracy
His keen eyes saw the mysteries of superworld and
the underworld.
He commanded large bodies of troops at times,
using them with the of of stagecraft to
impress the turbulent populace when great strikes
were on The "Apaches" and the motor bandits
found mis- skill too much for them in the end. He
tabshed training school for detectives and inspired
them with his own leadership. repository of count
less Secrets he knew when to speak and when to be
silent
Take him all in all il is not likely that Paris will
soon find his equal. But to the point is the
fact that she will at proceed to try to find one
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
To Prolong Life
The Common "Cold.'

~ Y "a cold' people generally un-
x derstand one Of several COM
l. mon, everyday, mild diseases
affecting either the nasal pas
sages or the throat or the larger bron-
chial tubes, or perhaps all Of these at
the same time. Not one of them is a
severe aff1iction by itself. Usually the
one afflicted suffers the annoyance for
week or two till the disease has run
Its natural course and died its natural
death. But in each of them there is the
lurking danger of far graver trouble to
the sufferer himself as we'll as to those
who chance to come in contact with
him. 1t is for this reason that these
common, trivial diseases must be
guarded against and prevented in order
to raise the general standard of health
and to prolong life.
The ordinary attack of nasal catarrh.
or cold in the head, If frequently re-
peated. will not merely injure the deli
cate mucous membrane of the nose and
destroy the sense of smell, but may. by
direct extension from nose to throat and
from throat through the eustac hian n
tubes into the ears, result In impair
ment of hearing or total deafness or
even death.
Catarrhs and infiamma tions of the
throat and tonsils are dangerous for all
these reasons. as well as for the fact
that such organs are in direct proximity
to the opening that leads into the lungs.
Disease in them may easily find its
way into the organs of breathing, and
SO the dangerous diseases of pneumonia
and tuberculosis may be contracted.
Bronchitis, or cold in the chest" is
especially dangerous. For the delicate
membranes which line the tubes of the
lungs cannot withstand the invasion of
the germs OF disease when in an un-
healthy state. Consumption or pneu-
monia will never attack a person in
sound health with the organs Of breath
ing intact
Moreover these mild conditions named
i'll but also to those that are well. For
every one i'll with catarrh, bronchitis,
and tonsilitis carries about with him
and disseminates wherever he goes the
germs that cause these ailments. Per-
sons with whom he comes in contact
may contract disease from him.
To prevent "A cold is simple Live
as nature demands you to live Eat
plenty of wholesome, nourishing food,
hut do not overeat. Take enough rest
and sleep. Avoid fatigue and staying up
till all hours of the night. Enjoy plenty
Of fresh air both day and night. AS
a direct measure to prevent these mild
afflictions. bathe daily and sponge face.
neck and chest thoroughly with cold
water and keep teeth and mouth whole
some and clean.
These simple, natural measures will
keen YOU well, will minimize general
disease and thus lead to longevity.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

wageearners are generally at steady employment on
an increasing scale of pay.
And this situation, it should be remarked again,
irrational, drastic or even somewhat immoderate,
could bring down the industrial, commercial and f.
rancia structures of the United States.
That things can be they are indicates more
than general confidence that there will be no tariff
smashing that will also smash the country. 1t means
that there has been great deal of exaggeration
about the penalties inflicted upon the public by the
high cost of living If high prices had been and were
prohbitive of buying by the public as politi
cal argument has declared, then the story would be
exactly opposite to the facts given to by trade
reports.
1t is an enormous national consumption that calls
for the business transactions revealed in those re-
ports. 1t is in many respects, unprecedented con-
sumption. And people nationally sinking into pow
erty, nationally undergoing financial hardship, is
never an increasing and ever-increasing consumer
people in that condition is always diminishing CON-
sumer with railway traffic slackenng, mills and fac
tories slowing down machinery, bank clearances sink
ing, and shops here, there and everywhere, putting
up their shutters.
The United States is superlatively, marveously,
public must be having general share in that pros
perty; else the very records made by the producing
industries, the railways and the financial institutions
would not be what they are.
Without the welfare of whole people there can
not be national score of record breaking industry
and business.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
UPROOTING A BAD INDUSTRY.

The government in China has given an
earnest of its real progressveness by taking hold of
the opium traffic with strong hand and vigorous
purpose to destroy it. In time when our own coun-
try is beginning to give to warnings that the drug
habit is getting dangerous hold on hundreds Of
thousands of people, may be better able than
formerly to realize the blight that opium has meant
in China.
The republican leadership has manifested
human sensbilities, economic intelligence and So
cial understanding in many directions. More than
this, it has startled the world by the demonstration
it has given tfat the masses Of people are willing to
20 along with the kind of leadership that has been
trained in the Western school. Nowhere however,
has the enlightened administration Of China
confronted more difficult problem than this of
opium prohibition. Not only is tine pill habit firmly
established among millions of the people, but power
full commercial interests are prepared to fight for
their privilege of debauchins the people-for the
profits thereof.
These interests are both foreign and domestic
1t has been pointed out for example, that a great
foreign debt administered by the powers, might very
soon complicate this opium problem, by making the
opium revenue important to maintenance of the ma
tonal credit. 1t would be fine thing for the United
States to be partner in suzerainty China that
would find necessary interfere with the eradica-
ton of the opium habit. ...
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Here's a Book

1T is quite unnecessary to know any
thing Of either whist or bridge to
readily learn to play a good game Of
auction bridge"
Thus states late publication from
the house Of Harper Brothers, of New
York, called Scientific Auction Bridge
written by E. V. Shepard and indorsed
by the Whist Club of New York The
work is not only for the benefit Of ex-
perienced players. but for the ur-
initiated as well. Many books are prone
to give tiresome illustrations with won
derful series of cards which rarely or
never appear in one hand in 1000 years.
but the Shepard book is founded on
mathematical facts presented in sim
PIE fashion capable Of being grasped
easily. There is nothing involved. moth
ing complicated. in any Of the chapters.
Do you own a boy or a motor boat or
both? Motor Boating for Boys. by
Charles G. Davis, Of the editorial stan
of a prominent motor boat periodical, Is
a delightfully."- clear little volume for
either father or son. The illustrations
in mechanical drawings and cuts will
prove a wonderful help in the under
standing Of the mechanism Of the en-
Sine. Bits of general information con-
cerning water etiquette in general are
also given Harper Brothers. Of New
York. are the publishers.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
MAKING A MODEL WASHINGTON.

The experts in municipal management, who have
been talking to President Wilson about making
model city of Washington, have talked with an in
elligence not often enough discernble in the CONVEX
saton of folks who have dreams of ideal Capital.
There is too much discussion of things outside the
curb line and the lot line, and too little of things
back of the lot line. There is too general impress
sion that shade trees neatly trimmed, and ample
panse of asphalt make model town. They help; but
underlying these things is the question of how they
are come by of what they cost, of whether they
are the main consideration or Incidents
1t has been proposed to make survey an init
mate, detailed, comparative study of the whole Wash
ington municipal organization and administration.
That is the proper first STEP Let it be determined
wherein the present administration is good, and
wherein it is bad wherein it is economic and wherein
wastefu Let efficiency and results and costs be set
up in parallel columns anayzed, and contrasted with
the like factors in the governments Of other cities,
American and foreign
Just such study as this is needed not only FOR
Washington, but for the sake of that national interest
in Washington which aspires make it not only beau
tiful to look upon, but real example of municipal
perfection in organization and management
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
HIGH RECORD BUSINESS.

What the actual figures, if they were obtainable,
might show about overstocks of commodities we can
not say Individual banks, lending to their clients
and keeping themselves informed as to the conditions
of their clients, might know about this industry or
that industry in field in another field Jobbers,
in the same unrelated activities, might also know
about particular individuals or even groups. But no
common and authentic records of such things in tine
mass are in existence.
Nevertheless, when great buyers like railroads,
industrial combinations and wholesale distributors
are buying supplies both freely and largely, in the
face of almost immediate tariff revision and COM
mercial readjustment. it is safe to say that in few
lines the warehouses packed with products that
cannot be moved" or that in the commercial field
the shelves of shops loaded with dead" stocks.
If stocks were not both light, compared with the
demand of the ultimate consumer and moving freely
toward that consumer wholesalers would surely stop
taking from the mills and factories, and the mills and
factories would surely stop producing But all trade
reports show that the productive machinery of the
nation is whirlng to extraordinary extent and that
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

The .ellowing Masonic organizations
will meet saniGht: Lodge-Harmony,
No. II. special % o'clock F. c.: sta.
ted G:30 o'clock) business and social
feature. School of instruction Royal
Arch Chapters-School Of instruction.
Knights Templar-Washington Com
mandery. No. l. Eastern Star chap
ters-Naomi. No. 3. social: BrooklanG.
No. II.
The following 1. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern,
No. I. degree work: Harmony. No. y.
degree work: Federal City. No. 20,
and Friendship. No u. business. En-
campment-Columbia. No. /. grand
visitation.
The following X. Of P. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Mt. Ver>
non, No. 5: Hermione. No. 12; Union.
No. p: Columbia, No. -2S. Pythian
The following Red Mems organizations
will meet tonight: Saltese Tribe, No.
10, White Eagle Council. No. 4.
Amusements.
National-Mrs. Fiske In The High
Road" 2:15 and Sis D. m.
Love Leash" s:l5 D. m
Belasco-.The Typhoon. 2:l5 and Sis
Poirs-Poli Players in The College
Widow 2:15 and Sis p. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville. 2:ls and s:l5
p. m.
Academy-"The white slave" Sis p m.
Casino-vaudeville.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Lyceum-"The Girls From Missouri"
2:l5 and S:15 p. m.
Gayety-Trocadero burlesQuers. 3:1S and
S:U p. m.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Dangerous Place.

- AMMY LOU was visiting Lu-
Nu cindy. The latter lifted boil
v ing pot off the stove and set 1t
In the fireless cooker. covered
1t closely, and pushed 1t under the
table.
What's yuh agoin' t do wild dat pot?'
Use a-goin' to cook dem beans in de
freless cooker.
Nanny rose. a scared, hunted look on
her wrinkled face.
Does yuh mean t tell me yuh a-goin'
T. bile dem beans without fiah?"
Lucindy nodded, Nanny backed to
the door and looked at the girl as at an
apparition. then. with defiance. mingled
with fear. commanded:
PUT on your bonnet. You sure is
hoodooed. You amt goin' L live in no
house where the devil does de cookin'."
Judge
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
CLIFFORD T. MYNDOTT.

T R., when he left office. gathered
up his official speeches and pronounce
ments and had them published in book
form. Others have done the same
Consequently we suggest the pIan to
Willis l.. Moore. a volume of whose
prophecies-to be called. say, Forecasts
and Fo!-de-rol'-would take rank with
the years best fiction. We offer the
Idea freely and gracefully. and shall
not even ask royaltr on the volume.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Not Very.

A SMALL girl of five was walking
~ recently with her mother
n through the Public Garden
in Boston. The Washington
Monument attracted her attention. and
she inquired what it was.
That" replied her mother, is a
statue of George Washington
The little lady regarded 1t critically
for some moments. and then she said:
Washington didn't take a very good
statue, did he, mother? er?"-Everybody >.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
THIS& THAT
THE CONFESSIONS OF A CLERK.
W,fA .eem<t,mes q Lite s<fAe olhe>

4 simple office clerk am I.
And have a thousand glaring faults
labor when the boss is nigh.
And when he's not 1 prance and
waltz.
borrow from the FIRMS cashier
And let him have my little note;
stick pen behind my ear;
wear a shiny office coat.
l act as though I owned the place;
I,spend my kale before I'm paid;
And yet l have one saving grace:
/ NEVER WEAR A GREEN EYE
SHADE.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
We Forgot About That.

G. S. X: You're overlooking some
thing. Not only are the foreign posts
the original big sticks, but Congress will,
be asked to give the envoys room and
board
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Full Many a Time and Oft.

G. S. X: Did you ever pass the post
office in street car and note the Gold
bergian attitude OF the persons irving
to read the p.-o. clock from the car?
CRITIC
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Senator Borah comes out for sim
plicity in embassies, and has the dis
unction Of being the second person to
do so in the past three days. For ad
vance political news
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

II .po" * men,, en-" '''S"' 'N ''' commune waste "'"D'
HON. long wlt thou convince them Nth FRANK
NESS,
Verify pery thou that chatereth of eason unto
a babe, and preacheh "ethics" unto kitten!
For among them shall believe thee!
charge thee think gladden. the heart youth
" singing praises honestly declaring LKEST
For he shall CRAWL within his like frightened ure
crying:
go to, make GAME of me- only flater
me- that she may WORK me?"
shoudst frankly tell him that he abomnaon in
thy sight, he expand Nth PANTY saying:
AHA! She pqued She seekeh to lure on with in
dtferencer"
For unto man. LANGUAGE in the mouth of is but
the which she conceaeh her Thoughts the peH which
coperth "rea meaning'
Lo, should thine husband question thee, saying:
"Darng cdme thou marry me?" and shouldst thou
him truly, saying:
Because thou peet mine ONLY chance" would he believe
thee9
Nay periy! He wou but laugh kiss tender
his home filled NTH psons his panquished rivals
Yet alas if thou shouds seek to fldtter him, saying:
Beoped have KNOWN and been loved BY them yet
out of BUNCH thee he woud chucke derisipe
deug thy guieessnes thinking dazzle him NTH such aiy
tales"
When thy Beloped saith thee Am the FIRST BY whom
thou kssed?" charge him, saying:
May nay Not of acquanances do ALLOW to escape
Behold have kissed them ALL?'
And he shall be satisfied, believing thee not
But if shoud cry "Yea veal Thou art the Fst-andO Only
one!" he n,oud suddenly te filled NTH doubts
Every like unto actress, that must paint
order that natura| in
he eyes of
Verify periy say thee, the world to
any to tell him the HONEST TRUTH!
For this is the last thing which teAeth wonan,
it is the thing e1pecteth from
Behold Dogenes himself did seek to find HONEST
WOMAN for he believed that there was mo such anima Seh
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Some day-not soon. of course but uI-
the Government kiosk in front of the
Munsey building and find out what the
deuce they have In Il.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Logrolling. in the case of a blanke,
tariff. Will be as easy as rolling off a.
but perhaps that's where the phras.
originated
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

ferhaps were unsportsmanlike and
'he thlhss that go with 1t: at any rate
We can't work up a bit of interes, in
whether the New York yachters accsn,
the challenge or tell Sir Thomas to 20
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Should Washington be made the model
city 1t will become our duty to meta
morphose this mellifuous melange into
:hr model column.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

A LITTLE MUSIC, PLEASE.
Olney, Eliot, Mott, McCombs,
All will stick to their various homes:
Not one of the bunch will 20;
They're long on diplomacy, but short
on dough.