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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
FRIEDNiANN'S CURE.
n Disgraceful Piece of COmmcrcial-
q. ism.

Last November Friedrich Franz
Friedman read a paper before the
Berlin Medical Society announcing
that he had succeeded in producing a
preparation of tubercle bacilli by
which he claimed to be able to pro-
duce curative effects in all but the
most advanced cases of tuberculosis,
and to immunize children against the
disease. Immediately there appeared
in the newspapers Of this country, and
to less extent in those abroad sem
sational accounts Of this new treat
ment. 1t was lauded as a discovery
that was to Danish tuberculosis from
the word. This was the beginning
OF most remarkable and disgrace
full newspaper exploitation. This has
been kept up until the present time.
AS one looks back one is forced to the
conclusion, says The Journal of the
American Medical Association, that,
from the beginning, it was a pre-
meditated, well-arranged scheme of
free advertising. The press agents
of this obscure bacteriologist CT rtain-
ly have done their work we'll.
Until it was announced that Fried
mann was coming to this country, the
medical profession was generous in
ascribing to newspaper enterprises
the advertising he was receiving; bat
as soon as it was announced that he
was coming for the million dollars Of
fered by a wealthy philanthropist,
many became suspicious. He was a
registered physician in Germany, with
the right to use his remedy there. The
German government fully secures to n
discOvcrer by patent a monopoly of
the financial benefits to be derived
from his discovery. Germany certain
ly has as many sufferers from tuber-
culoSis, in proportion to it's popula-
ton, as has the United States. If
Friedman has a remedy such as he
N'uiiiio, iic tOuI'l nave secured In MS
own country financial returns which
would have made him rich. In spite
of this, he left his own land and came
here; and his actions since he has
been in this country have been such
as to destroy any confidence which
thinking physicians may have had in
the man.
Now it is announced that deal has
been consummated through which he
is to get large sum of money imme-
diatcly. with great prospects for the
future. 1t is safe, therefore, to CON
clude that he has realized the ideal he
had in mind when he landed on our
golden shores. Greeted with Cour-
teous -mindcdness at first, he
seems to have been received with
open arms by shrewd and not too
scrupulous promoters who were
eagerly Watching for a chance to reap
n harvest ia partnership with him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
WIIALEY DECLARED ELECTED.
state Board Of Canyasscrs TabuIatc
Results Of Congressional Election.

Columbia, May S.-The state board
"t canvas,ers met here today for the
purpose of tabulating and declaring
the results Of the election for Congress
IN the LIST Congressional district. The
BOARD met this morning and officially
"e''"red the election Of Congressman
Richard :. Whaley The certificate Of
election was forwarded To Speaker
clark IA provided by law.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14

THE great calamity i'm Omaha was
Quickly Overshadowed by the terribly
disastrous floods i'm Ohio. Great suf-
tering and sickness from colds and
exposure resulted. !. Poole, 22I7
urhla 81, Omaha, writes MY
daughter had very severe cnurI
and cold but Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound knocked 1t out in no time ="
Refuse substitutes. Slbcrt's Drnc
store. -AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
Health q Factor I'm Success.

The largest factor contributing to
a mans success is undoubtedly health.
1t has been observed that a man is
seldom sick when his bowels are regu-
lar-he Is never well when they are
constipated. For constipation you
VIII ma nothing quite so good as
Chamberlain's Tablets. They not only
move the bowels but improve the ap-
petite and strengthen the digestion.
They are for sale by all dealers.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14

"A man living at Auburn. New York
had severe attack of kidney and
bladder trouble. Being working
man, not wanting to lose time, he
cured himself completely by using Fo-
ley Kidney Pills. A year later he
says: 1T is a pleasure to report that
the cure was permanent" His name
is j. A. Farmer. Sibert's Drug Store.
l-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
Real Estate Transfers.

These transfers of real estate have
been recorded:
Elias Washington to w. J. Scale.
3 acres in Providence township, $65.
Hattie E. DuRant to T. S. Joye. lot
on Salem Avenue, $3.50.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
rheumatism Quickly Cured

My sisters husband had an attack
OF rheumatism IL his arm" writes a
well known resi-, mt of Newton, Iowa
y! gave him bottle of Chamberlain's s.
Liniment which he applied to his arm
and on the next morning the rheuma-
tlsm was gone" For chronic muscular
rheumatism you will find nothing bet
ter than Chamberlain's Liniment
Sold by all dealers.-Adyt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14

The demand for Ford Cars cannot
DO supplied as a reading OF ID. G.
Shaw's ad. will convince you.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
Cure for Stomach Disord.rs

Disorders of the stomach may be
avoided by the use of Chamberlain's
i3piets Many very remarkable cures
have been effected by these tablets.
Sold by all dealers.-Advt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14

The City National Bank will occu-
py its new building between June 1st
and 10th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14

No duplicates will be sold at the
sample prices, also no samples will be
sold to dealers IL resell under any
consideration, they must be placed
in homes as an advertisement Of the
manufacturers.
me saving on each piano would
almost educate your daughter in
music. 1t means a saving from 500
TO $3.50 on each instrument
1t is the quick wise buyers that
suit their particular case. Every
piano is marked in plain figures and
child can make as good selection
as the hardest bargain driver.
If you ever expect to buy a piano
now Is your chance.
YOUR CHOICE Is HERE.
Your choice is here now but thew
are sold out usually in a very fcw
days. So call today while we have
1t, don't wait even if you are not
ready To buy, we can arrange il TO
suit your case. We can remain but
few days and We don't want YOU
left out Open every night until
= NJ.
III You want your piano turned cali
at the kimbalI Piano exhibit rooms,
80 w. liberty Street, and have Il tun.
cd by II factory expert.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-14
MoRGLH's MESSAGE TO WILSON
RESOURCES AT HIS DISPOSAL
FOR THE NATIONS GOOD.

Col Geo Harvey Relates I'm Address
nc Dinner OF Trust Companies of
America Last Words He Heard
from Lips OF Patriotic Captain OF
industry-Says Mr.. Morgan was
Glad 10 Testify Before Pujo Com
mittee.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10

n Palladium & Bro. new novelties
dress goods silks. embroid efiee. laces
white goods. ~ Prices tie lowest
Il Pllmbaum & Bio.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10
Service Of the Railways and
Of the Farms.

4 Il.
For every 100 miles of railway mai
track, in 1900, there were 129 miles i
19iO. For every 100 acres Of improve
farm land in 1900 there were 115 acre
in 1910; for every 100 acres devoted t
crops in The former year there wer,
10 in the latter. That is. during til
census decade, the latest period TO
which official statistics are available
the railway plant increased at bve
double the rare Of the agriculture
plant.
For every 100 tom miles in 1900 Their,
were 100 in 1910; for every 100 passen
| gerTmiles there were 202. For every
100 bushels, bales, or pounds Of the tel
principal crops in the former year ther'
Were 1O9 IN the latter. That i, ii!
output Of the raiways increased 1T /
rate over ten times as great as thai
Of the farms
Measured per mile the output of the
railways increased 40 per cent and 81
per cent respectively. Measured per
acre the output of the ten crop aver
aged q decrease OF about one per cent.
That is, the output of the railways
per unit of plant increased by one-half
while the output of the farms per unit
of plant averaged decrease.
The population in the ten years in
creased by ABOUT sixteen million persons
or q per cent. Measured per inhabitant
the ton-miles of the railways increased
40 per cent and the freight revenue
81 per cent, the passenge r-miles 81 per
cent and the passenger revenue 81 per
cent. That is, the work performed by
the railways and the money received by
them increased at very nearly the same
rate. Measured per inha bitant the OUT
put of the ten principal crops ranged
from a decrease of 81 per cent to an
increase of 20 per cent, while the farm
value increased from "a to SO per cent
For example, the relative supply of
corn that was 100 bushels in 1900 was
70 bushels in 1910, the relative farm
value of corn that was 500 in 1900 was
$144 in 1910. That is. while the supply
of corn per inhab,tant fell off 81 per
cent, the value of the supply per inhabi
tantincreased Al per cent. In the same
relation the supply of wheat fell off IA
per cent while its value increased At
per cent, the supply Of cotton fell off
8 per cent while its value increased 80
per cent.
In 1910 one thousand bushels of the
seven principal food crops could pur-
chase over % per cent more of com
modities in general, and SO per cent
more Of transportation than in 1900;
but conversely. the purchasing power
of the receipts from one thousand ton.
miles fell off f3 per cent, and that from
one Thousand passenger-miles fell off
10 per cent.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10

MIR. Harry NJ. Moore has resumed
his position as conductor on the B.
& o.. Railroad after his recent illness
at his old home at Halltown. He
has charge of a train with run from
Brunswick to Hagerstown.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10
Miracles,

are thing Of, the past. and Something
which We cannot perform.
II such thing were possible today. 70
would stay right IL our store and aue-
geat to your mind just what b come b
us for, and Just what TO bug Of "a y
supply your needs. Failing this NE %
the best we can BY trying % tell you
through this, and the other papera ID
the county, just what We have.
But it Is rather diseourn6i1g a have
q man or woman tell IN 81 buying tOlio
article, often at price higher than
ours. and then say Fl Never Thought
to Ask You for Il n
4 This IS what wshnve been trying 1evef
since we have-been here, Just y get
you to ASK US FIRST.
j We try, and We believe We succeed
in.keeping JUST about the best assorted
carefully selected stock that can BE-
found in any Drug Store II this section
Of our state. ~
We can always gil all ordinary de-
mands, and many extra ordinary ones
also;i in fact we Fill all orders If it II
possible for us to do so; and then TO Be
told Il Didn't Think. z
80
Think, think, think, but don't take
it all out in just Thinking; do this
ASK Us, and Ask Us First. = y
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10
Summons OF The South To
The World.
(From 1.-THE South: The Nations
Greatest Asset, in Manufacturers
Record March 81. 1917

(From ''The South: The Nations
Greatest Asset, in Manufacturers
Record, March ~, 1881
The South summons the world toshare
in the making of the wealth that is to
come to it within the next generation.
The call is emphatic. because no other
equal area on the globe offers as great
Opportunities of many kinds for the
productive and remunerative application
to natural resources of the energies OF
mind, muscle and money; no other equal
area has such record az the South Of
a generation of achievements as a
guaranty Of greater attainments in the
future.
Handicapped by conditions beyond it's
control for fifteen or twenty years, in
which the rest of the county made ex-
traordinary progress under the high
pressure Influences of the opening Of
the era of Organization of industry on
Ea great scale. the South, once permit
ted TO resume its farming, mining and
manufacturing activities interrupted by
iwar, has in the past thirty years adyanc-
ed to point beyond that reached by the
whole country in 1880 With one-third
sOf the total area of the United States,
and with population less than two
thirds that of the country in that year.
4 -. q. II i n {.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10

7 ysi1s B & B Values Isss
$500. silk petticoats, 81.
rs
Messaline Petticoats-excep-
tionlly good quality made in the
new narrow styles with putting
at bottom of skirt Navy, Emer-.
aid, Blue and Green changeable.
Red and Green changeable, or
Black, $2.75.
Soft and lustrous Messaline and
Jersey Petticoats Silk Jersey top
Petticoats messaline flounce or
fiat pleating Grey, Wistaria,
Emerald Navy or Black, $2.7s.
tub silk sE1irtwaists
Those new and smart satin
stripe effects one Of those strict
| lyt afford SHIRTS, pleat over shoIsl-
der "a length sleeve Robes
pierre collar, low neck pocket
all sizes Light Blue, Lavender
and Grey. 81 rs.
hand made chemise
Hand made Chemise large EN-.
broiderd design in front. mech
scallopt with dot, armseye seal
lopt tape at neck all sizes 75c,
Hand made fne French Muslin
Chemise dainty design ID from
scaIlopt around and arniholes with
ribbon run thru all sizes. z5c.
BOQdS BULL
!. NORTH eide leI11snFR6 p
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10

Mr., w. G. shipley, who has been
connected with the Clarke Opera
House manag cement for the past year
in Rerryville, has retired from that
position, and has been succeeded by
Mr.. Ernest Starkey. the firm now be-
ing Young r. Starkey. Mr.. .Starkey
was resident of Charles, Town until
recently and for some time was in
structor of the Powhatan band in
Ransom.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10
A Live American.
Ths Blind Boy who Heard His chum
Read About Senators.
lNeW YORK Evening SUM


ANew Hork evening sun,
About S5 years ego little blind boy
uHed tosit Ia humble cottage in the
tiny village of Welthall, Miss, and lis
ten with the especial intentness Of the
blind 70 the reading Of his mother and
sister
A lev months previous an accident
had transformed him from 9 sturdy,
gray-eyed chap to helpless youpgster
doomed TO darkness,
Ihe boy was Thomas Payne Gore, and
now ne is United States Senator from
OklahQ11a and one Of the foremost
mepnhefs ~ that body sssf
k9f several winters after the: loss of
hie Eight the little FELLOW used to make
his way 20 and from school, WhichawAs
,shre g quarters OF . mile away from his
home. He had set his mind resoluteiy
upon an education. His ambition to
see IN the world had become burning
oosesslon with him; he became child
OF introspection and the gravity Of his
thoughts reflected in his sightless face
earned Tor him the soubriquet Of the
Governor
At high school Senator Cores closest
companion was 2 boy named Charles
y. Pittman, who used to read to him..
One day they found an old volume OF
the Congressional Record. The boys
repaired to the stable. where the blind
student would stand for hours while his
friend read to him the speeches Of the
legislators at Washington.
/ Senator Gore can recall the moment
when the ambition to be United
States Senator entered his breast never
to leave tt
On one occasion Gore. a struggling
young lawyer, debated with Senator
Money, whose tongue was thing OF
terror to all Mississippi and who smiled
contemptuously when told that his OPP
ponent in debate was 9 poor blind
schoolboy. The Senator declared that
had it not been for bis antagonists
blindness ne would have held him per-
sonally responsible for his words.
To this Gore promptly replied:
Let him blindfold himself and will
meet him. "
One day, when the fortunes of the
young man were at their lowest. it
seemed as though he had come to
starvation. AT this luncture an old
negro woman paid ~ wflch she owed
MIN. Inat saved the situation. HIS
fortunes began to mend.
He came TO Oklahoma with his father
in 1901, driving 40 miles. Bret Harte
never wrote stranger tale than his
life 10 the new territory. His father
4 +. ,,,,,3s II. !.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10
Communicated.
March, 10, 1918

MdTCIl, 1OS 101O'
Dear Mr.. Editor,
You've heard the old story
about the gentleman who wished to hire
coachmsn; in answer to whose ques-
tions to two aspirants number one said
he could drive SO close to the edge of
precipice that the view from the
carriage window would disclose unob-
structed the. sheer fall of the cliff and
number two answered: 'tSir, if you
please | would keep as far away from
the edge as | could. .
Needless to say, he engaged number
| two and has him yet
The government of the United States
engaged number one and sent him down
| to Arizona.
This mornings news dispatches say
that some of our troopers got so near
the Mexican line THAT having no ewes
in the back Of their heads) they could mt
see it. Some Mexicans. (presumably
thinking they were encroaching) fired
q few shots at them, evidently as q
warning.
Our coachman called up his crowd
and standing off thousand yards, peg
ged away at them They must have
been poor marksmen for they killed
only six of the Mexicans.
incidentally this little item indicates
that Workmanship in the Army is bet.
ter than it is in the Navy. for in the
practice of the army the other day of
the Mexican Coast. they killed only one
Mexican and that with big guns. Also
incidentally the quick and accurate gun
play of the Mexican Rurales in shoot
ling up a bunch of criminals and killing
forty of them recently in Mexico City
should jar our noted and famous dim.
novel cowboy and make him nervous al
to the security of his laurels.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10

NORTH siDR RII4snURd "a
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-10
N. & w. to Erect all New
BRIDGES.

The Shenandoah Valley Division Of
the Norfolk & Western Railway Com
pany has an appropriation of 5000, 900
for new iron bridges with concrete
supports on Its line from Roanoke
TO Hagerstown. II is found necessary
to erect heavier and more massive
stone and IRON work to accommod dale
the heavier trains and giant engines
demanded BY modern railroading and
the great freight carrying business Of
this branch Of the Norfolk and Wes-
term The bridges that will be torn
down are Of IRON Only ten or fif-
teen years ago the Norfolk and Wes-
tern tore out the Old wooden tTestles
to put M these bridges that are nov
discarded This is a year of great
building activity on the part Of the
N. & w New passenger depots are
to 60 up at Charles Town, Shenaa.
doah Junction CONT station with thu
b & o. Boyce and possibly else
where.
-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-29
CAPITAL COMMENT

ing order to meet the government
needs with view to possible increases
in time of war.
This is true also of the manufacture
Of smokeless powder. The govern
ment discovered the process and turn
ed it over to private parties and is
paying 33 to so per cent more than
the cost to the private makers for its
powder. The only question is whether
this is good policy. Mr.. Daniels seems
to be surprised to discover this con-
dition. The remedy is the one which
he suggests-a government plant for
making armor plate, or powder.
The interest shown by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson in Washington's alley
slums has made Summing a fashion
able pursuit these pleasant spring
days. Lovely ladies in clinging silks,
go with their .chauffeurs, as near as
their limousines can get and then go
afoot, escorted by some gallant con.
gresham, and take sniff at the gar.
bage cans in Goat alley and WitSw
Tree court, and then they rush back to
a meeting at the headquarters of the
woman's welfare department of Gle
civic federation and subscribe $40 to
the per cent sanitary tenement
fund.
OF course the real remedy is in the
hands of congress. Since 1878, when
the then commissioner of health re-
ported on these alleys, congress has
steadily neglected to pass the neces-
sary legislation for condemnation, etc,
which would clean up these slums,
and supply other quarters for the
10000 people, white and black, who
dwell in these unsewered and unwa-
tered and insanitary byways. The rea,
son for the neglect by congress may
! be traced to the impossible system
under which the city is governed,
which is government by congressional
committees. The people of the Dis.
trict of Columbia have no votes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-29

by the retailer on a commission the
fixing of the price might be a patent
right. On this phase OF the question
the court did not pass.
The decision obviously is of ire
mendous importance not only to con.
sumers but to manufacturers and to
the government. II means that the
patent law cannot be used as a protec-
ton Of monopoly and of combination
to restrain trade and prices. 1t means
moreover, that consumers will profit
from ability TO buy patented prerara
tons and articles cheaper in future
than in Nhe past
1t is in harmony with equity, be
cause while the right Of the manufac
turer of a patented article to charge
what he pleases must in fairness be
conceded, his control over the article
or the price at which it shall be sold
should cease when he gets his price
for 1t and it passes into the possession
Of another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-29

I've just come back from the little old
town
That I proudly left, one day,
When my cheeks were smooth, with q
youthful down,
And my troubles were far away,
used to think that the people there
Were foolish to be content
To sit in the doors when the days were
fair.
Not knowing what progress meant.
1 used to think of the restful place
AS At for the old alone.
For the weaker ones who had quit the
race
And were willing 10 be unknown:
I found no hope in its peaceful shade.
No chance in its empty streets,
Removed from the arteries of trade
Where the pulse of traffic beats.
I left the little old town behind
To sleep as 1t long had slept.
And l journeyed far in the world to find
Where Merits rewards were kept,
And often 1 dreamed of the days to be
Ger the honors the world was to grant
to me
For having emerged from there.
used 70 think of the ones who stayed
With pity I did not speak;
I thought Of them, with their trousers
frayed,
And never a goal to seek;
I wondered why they had never dared
To venture to wider spheres,
And I often thought of the ills they
shared
AS they wasted tho precious years.
I have just come back from the little
old town
To hurry and hope and strive,
Whore few are cheered and the many
frown,
And only the strong survive;
And however I gain or whatever l lack,
l shall deem that day the best
When finally l may go gladly back
To the little old town to rest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-29
Trcusers Eorhidden.

Strange though it may appear to the
present generation. It seems that trou,
sers when FIST introduced into Eng,
land were regarded as anything but q
mark Of respecta bility. In the original
trust deed. drawn up in 1920. OF Bethel
chapel. Cambridge street. Sheffield
there was a clause containing the fol
lowing prohibition: Under DO circum
stances whatever shall any preacher
be allowed to occupy the pulpit who
wears trousers" II is scarcely neces
sary TO add that knee breeches and
CATERS were then the correct attire
London Opinion.