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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
INQUIRY INTO BEAR FORCES.
Scnuatc Passes Senator Smiths ReS.
olutiOn for Investigation of Sellers
OF Cotton.

washington, May 27.-The senate
today passed, without objection, tho
resolution of Senator Smith OF South
Carolina calling on the secretary of
commerce to ascertain and report to
congress names of those who sold
by the socalled PattCH pool in 1910.
The secretary was requested to ascer-
tain at what price the cotton was
sold and whether the sellers owned
the cotton at the time of sale. The
resolution also asks for the price of
spot cotton in the markets at the
time of making these contracts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
NOT CAUGHT IN MORNING.
Dogs Were Still Trailing Him When
Allendaie Chief Of Police Left the

Allendale. May 27.-J. B. Harter,
chief OF police. returned this after
noon from the scene OF the man hunt
an screven county, Georgia, where he
reports The hunt led by Sheriff Nor
rts OF Barnwell and Sheriff Lightsey
OF Hampton Is still I'm progress. Chief
Harter says the report I'm the evening
papers Ia the effect that Austin had
been killed was given as "A joke by one
of the posse returning by way of Au-
susta.
According To Chief IIarter, the dogs
were still trailing the negro at o
O'Clock this morning at "A point about
two miles from the bay where he has
been hiding for tn past several days.
the trail leading i'm the direction of
Hudson ferry on the Savannah river.
Several times the posse thought they
were on the eve of the fusitive's cap
ture To- find themselves foiied by this
veritable wizard OF the Jungle
Monday morning "a number OF men
were placed on picket along the route
that Austin would likely take and
the negro. as expected. did make his
appearance I'm full view Of Sheriff
Morris. j. l.. Caritun. his deputy. and
others. But for one man losing his
head and screaming, warning the
fugitive back into the bushes. Austin
would have undoubtedly fallen
Austin has visited at night three
negro houses and the home Of one
white man, IA Mr.. Jarrel n former en-
pl"ytr, during the last Jew days Mr..
Jarrel stated tina, ne asked for food
hbout midnigh. Friday night Ht
gave the GOOD and the ncgo ate it
sitting On his doorstep.
Austin told him In rambling. in
coherent manner OF gang fight" ne
had In South Carolina. The negro
stated that they were after him tn
put him In jail; that they had mo- i'm
tcntion Of killing him. but they
wanted to Kill those who were I'm Jail
lie had things about Quilted down. he
said. and ne wanted a lawyer.
He asIed for some rutions ON Icav-
ing. pir. farrell gave the fod Hav.
ing no weapon ON which hc could rely
the negro made mo- threat, leaving his
he was In the negro's power. olthough
gun In the yard
Saturday night Austin appeared at
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
NEGRO DIED ON BOAT.
Austin Succunibs to Wounds on
Steamer


Ridgeland, May 2S.-Only the body
OF Richard Henry Austin has been
brought to South Carolina. The negro
who killed three men and is said to
have committed other outrages diG
not set foot on South Carolina soil
after being wounded i'm the Georgia
swamp by a posse that had been on
his trail for weeks.
Officers with the wounded negro i'm
charge left Savannah on the steam
boat Attaquin this afternoon. The
negro died on the, Attaquin about 4
o'clock. just .before the -vesseh-reached
Bluffton.
On the landing Of the boat the off,
GERS secured an automobile and left
Bluffton i'm the machine, taking the
negro's body with them They are
pressing on Ridgeland, where they
are expected to spend the night. The
destination Of the party is Allendale.
The course OF the officers in taking
the body with them in the car excites
curiosity. but IL is supposed that their
purpose is to move quickly and
under guard. i'm an effort, to prevent
violence along the route.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31

Many thousand dollars worth of
COW hides are shipped out ot Sumter
annually To be converted into leather
by tannerics i'm other Sttacs. while the
shoe factory brings i'm carload after
carload of leather from the tanncr!cs.
Tn" logic Uf this situation is the cs-
tabllshmcnt OF a tanucry in sumter
tn work mp the raw hides into leather
Tor use in the local shoe factory. \
harness. factory would also work wen
In conjunction with tanncry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
STORM IN DARLINGTON,
Electric Display Accompanied by Rain
and Hail.

Darlington, May 27.-Darlington
was visited today by a very severe
electric storm, accompanied with heavy
rain and hail that lasted for nearly
TWO hours. y barn at the home Of
George H. Edwards of the local bar
was struck by lightning and was
burned with the contents. including
two horses.
Darlington has seen for several years,
and the rain fcll in torrents. There
was ais" high wind, but this caused
no damage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
CYCLONE HIT HONEA PATH.
STORM SWEPT THROUGH up
COUNTRY DOING CONSIDER
ABLE DAMAGE.
No Lives Lost, but u Number of Per-
sons Were Injured--Sevcral Towns
Visited by Wind and Rain-Storm's
Fury ShOrtlived.

Honea Path, May 27.-At $50 this
afterHoon this town was visited by a
cyclone which did quite a good deal
of damage. 1t seemed to form in the
edge of the town and to move in
southeasterly direction, and there is
scarcely house in it's path as its
swept through the town which is LETT
without damage. No lives were lost
and no person is yet reported as Sc
riously injured, though there were
several minor injuries and many very
narrow escapes. One horse was kill
ed outright and several Others %ere
injured by charged wires and railroad
tracks which were charged from con-
tact with the G.. S. & A. power.wire
All of the churches We're consid-
erably damaged. OF these the Baptist
church is most seriously damaged, a
heavy chimney having been blown
down and crushed through the roof
into the Sunday school room. The
Presbyterian church suffered cOnsid-
cradle damage to its roof. The Meth
odist church and school building had
windows blown in.
The only dwelling seriously dam.
aged was that of j. c. Latimer which
had chimney blown off and blown
through the piazza roof. Both Of the
depots were partially unroOfed.
The store of the Latimer Clothing
company had one side blown out and
the roof seriously damaged. The city
market, owned by T. j. Clatworthy,
had plate glass window blown in
and the roof seriously damaged. The
windows Of several other stores were
blown in. Storage houses of T.. r.
Finley, filled with furniture, u. J..
Cox, X. M. Shirley and c. T.. Harper
were all wrecked. Most of the roofs
Of the stores are more or less dam
aged. The oil mill and the fIBhea
Path Lumber company plant are both
considerably damaged.
Euggies standing in the streets, out
houses and trees were crushed by the
fdry Of the winds.
The beautiful groves of the Presby-
terian and Methodist churches suffer-
- the loss Of Is trees.
Wreckage was carried over the
Baptist church and parsonage of Il
restaurant in the business part Of the
town and crushed through tree in
80 feet Of the parsonage.
The fury of the storm lasted but a
few seconds and as il passed from,
the town its funnel shape of whirling
white cloud could be seen in the dis
tance for some minutes. After pass
ing the town it arose from the ground
and no serious damage has been re-
ported from the country. This storm
calls vividly to mind another cyclone
which passed through here several
years ago, killing outright three
school boys and injuring several
others very seriously besides doing
much damage to property
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
WIND AND RAIN.
severe Atmospheric Disturbance at
Florence.

Florence, May 27.-Ths city and
section were visited by Il severe wind
ana rain storm about > O'Clock this
"I'"Iho"h. For few moments be
lore tn" rain began to descend the
'uSt was binding and penetrated
"u'ldIngS IN great quantities.
Several heavy showers have fallen
"urlnE tn" afternoon and farmers and
""'N'rS' as well aS gardeners are re
J"icing for rain has ben badly needed
now for days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31

Arthur TrUtty, a negro who stole
a bicycle her" Monday afternoon. was
brought back 10 town TUESDAY by
Deputy Sheriff Epperson from
Gr""l"yNill" where he was arrested
Monday night 10y a rural policeman.
Tr"ttN states that he only borrowed
IN" wheel and expected to return it
later. TrottN whose alias is Simons. is
wanted in nunbarton. : G., for oh
tanning goods hy falls" pntctcsr and
breaking labor contract.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31

three negro houses. asking for food
which he got. lie also asked for
shells, So the negroes say. These
visits were promptly reported by the
negroes Since this occurrence all
houses have been guarded in cxpccta-
ton of another visit
Chief iIarter and other members Of
th" posse who have come home for a
rest Thought that the chances are
good t"r capturing Austin iu short
time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31

Marquette, Mich, May 27.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt, q picture of ruddy
vigOr, and perfect health, turned q
square jaw in the direction Of twelve
farmers, teamsters, miners and woods
men in court today and gave his char
acter for sObriety as mot total alb.
stainer," but never intoxicated in his
life. His testimony and that of 9TH
ers cOrroborated such a description OF
abstemiousness.
If the sturdy looking man who spent
seven years in performing the duties
of the President of the United States,
saw anything curious in his position
Of explaining to the twelve toilers that
he was not really drunkard, as
charged in an alleged libelous edito~
rial by the defendant, George A. New
EFT, his countenance did not bertay it,
nor did his manner
When Mr.. Pound, his counsel, after
a brief outline of the plaintiffs case
, to the jury, called Col. Roosevelt to
stand, the latter, who had been incon-
spicuous among number of pros
pective witnesses and visitors, stepped
oriskly forward
Now, tell the jury instructed the
lawyer, and the client proceeded to
tell them as directed.
AT public dinners I sometimes
drink glass of champagne, perhaps
two; on an average, 1 may say, one
glass Of champagne a month"
The witness snapped his words ont
in his peculiar, distinct choppy en-
unication and added, after a momen-
tary pause, with emphasis, land l do
that in public
At this Judge Richard c, Flanni-
z gan, presiding over the courtysrebuk-
ed an outburst of laughter.
There was a fine bed of mint at
the White House." continued the wit
ness who was left pretty much to tell
'''' o"H SIoiS' IneH MS eyes SparKleu
and he said:
Il may have drunk half a dozen
mint juleps in year" A light sup
ply Of wine and liquor was taken on
the African expedition and of this n
bottle of brandy was taken along for
Col. Roosevelt. The physician of the
outfit measured it out to him from
time TO time for chills or other rea-
sons.
Il touched nothing else in tho
eleven months continued the witness,
ana the doctor, apparently out of Il
whim. at the end of the trip meas
ured what was left and found that |
mad consumed just seven ounces"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
FIVE POSTMASTERS CONFIRMED.
Those at Charleston, GcOrmctovn
kingstrcc. Spartanbur.. Holly Hill

Washington. May 27.-Thc Senate
has confirmed the nomination of Jo-
seph Nj. Poulnot, as postmaster at
Charleston rs we'll as those of :. NJ.
Ward. at Georgetown; Louis Stacklcv.
at knEstree; Pierre H. f'iEe, at Spar
tanhurg, and julius +. Way, at Holly
Hill
President Wilson nominated Pearle
II. Padgeu To hc postmaster at Sa-
luda :. c., which became a Prcsidrn-
tial oilicc only little over month
ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31

The five hundred feet of hose rc-
placed by the Eureka Hose COMPANY
ON saturday have already come and
ar" now ON hand in the fire depart
meht house. In addition to this
amount II hundred feet of hose pur-
chased by the members of the de
rartm"nt for racing purposes have al
So come.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
work Begun on Florence PIow Fac
tory

Florence, May 27.--Work was be-
gun To-Day on the construction of the
new buildings for the Universal Plow
factory near tn" Coast Lines trains
fer station i'm east Florence. and will
toe rushed with all possible despatch.
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never BEEN DRUNK, SAYS 7. R.
NOT TOTAL ABSTAINER EITHER.
ROOSEVELT TELLS JURY.

Former President on St.s:eptN
TIL in Trial nyx,uiN' Hgainst
Micbi".% . ,cIlS Extent OF
III ~once i'm Strong Drink
Oth~r Witnesses Declare His Pepu-
tation for SObriety Excellent,
Among them Former White House
Physician.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31

R"pairs ere now under way ON
North Main street, proving of much
benefit to the street.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14
Especial CorrsaponSsuss e. tas Hsrald

4
Chattanooga. Tenn. Aug. IA
Some of the experiences OF the Union
armies in Chattanooga in 1853 have
been graphically depicted by Daniel
Wait Howe. az indiana, In his book
entitled "Cvil War Times" issued In
1909 from the presses of Bowen Mer-
rill company OF indianapolis. His
chapter on the battles of Chickamau-
"a and Missionary ridge are especial
~ interesting. at this time In view OF
the coming encampment Ia Chatta-
nooga Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. In reference to the siege OF
Chattanooga. after the battle OF
Chickamauga. Colonel Howe tells OF
the dlreful need Of food by the IN
ion army. re says that food became
80 scarce In the city that men would
aather up grains OF corn left by tn"
horses and eat them. While the Un-
ion army was thus being reduced 10
starvation, he declares that President
Jefferson Davis came to Chattanooga
to confer with General Bragg and
that he looked down on the starving
men from Pulpit rock on Lookout
mountain and predicted their speedy
surrender. Ten thousand army horses
died IN Chattanooga and between here
and bridgeport. Ala. according 20
Colonel Howe. 81 starvation. General
Grants official reports verify this
statement II was during this stress
that Gen. George II. Thomas, In reply
To a nsNasage from General Grant urg-
ing him 90 hold Chattanooga at all
hazards, said that 1--WE will hold the
town until we starve."
Colonel Howe says: "Evidently the
lCOnfederates expected that the Union
army would seen be compelled 20
evacurte on clear night the hand
at Bragg's headquarters on Missionary
ridge could be distinctly heard In our
camp. He had no army tune 30 me-
lodious ms Dixie, when when waited
Through the still night air from Ris-
sOnary ridge Il seemed 20 have n
weird sound. creating In me a strange
iorebOding" After the battle of dis.
sionary ridge a band played Yankee
Doodle" from the very point where
Colonel Howe had heard the strains
OF "Dixie" waited on the breeze.
OF Lookout mountain and Chlcka-
manga. Colonel Howe says that the
former presents 20 the visitor zone Of
the most magnificent Views In Ameri-
lea" and that the latter was one OF
the greatest battles fought IN the his.
tory az tho world. lie witnessed the az
sault 81 Lookout mountain by Gen
erai Hooker from the valley, ana pro.
nounces Il the most spectacular view
his eyes ever rested upon. However
next morning he got different view
land 10 him the grandest he ever saw
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14

the Mesllla valley Fruit Growers ns-
ISOLATION. Three cars u melons have
gone out from here and two more are
nearly ready TO 20. The output SHOULD
be- about twenty cars according "a
Secretary Link " the water shortage
does not become zoo pronounced. ~
Il does the Yield may be- less by az
least third. But 10 80 back 20 the
Mesllln Valley Fruit association, that
Young thriving organisation that has
constantly shipped alt kinds of veg
etabIee. whatever Of fruit that sur
vived the frost. and now cantaioupea
by the carloads. only organised IN late
spring yet planning now 20 ship spin
ach by the carload next January.
February and March Celery and
much else will be started this year
with a View 20 shipping. Since the
leading spirit In this company. Prof.
Hookiand. IL also At the head Of the
promotion work for the Meeilln VAL
ley Canning company, u 4 hoped to-
matOes viii be an available crop next
year.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14
UTE PARK CowMAN
PURCHASES 500 HEAD

Cimarron. n. NJ. Aug 13.--One Of
the largest purchases Of cattle was
made last week by Geo. l.. Croker OF
Ute Park. near Las Vegas. when he
purchased nearly 500 head Of cattle.
and also some calves, which were
trailed 10 the Moreno valley. where
they will be fattened on the range
preparatory TO being shipped to the
eastern market next October.
Mr. Croker has now about 1900
head of cattle ia the Moreno vnlley,
and the greater number of these VIII
be shipped 20 the market next fail
The cattle purchased are mostly young
stock and were sold 10 Mr. Croker
owing To- the shortage ~ feed on the
range.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14

Roswell. n. NJ, Aug. fs.--The Roa-
we'll district OF thA pecOa valley IA now
IN the very midst OF the busiest can
tniOupe ahippinR season IN ita history.
~ the warm nights have been ripen-
lng the melons fast and the market
In the middle west and east II hold
ina np satisfactorily,
six cars left inht night aud this
morning on the local for Clovis ana
viii catch the California "0reen
Fruit" express to the markets.
Yesterday a car was also loadee
ont from the South Springs station.
This In the first car out from there.
but now cars will be leaving every
day. and by the latter part o. the
week Il u expected that trainloads
will be going from Roswell 20 Clovis
to catch the "Green Fruit train each
day
Tho growers expect tc set a275 TO
81 from the first curiOafR shipped
through their distributing agents, the
John Nix A. Co.
The growers are having great trou-
BILE getting eE 3uKh teams 20 haul the
melons "a the loading stations Ben
Ames yesterday had ten loads hauled
from his perrendo tract. The kos-
well Gas and Electric company help
"a some by lending their auto runa-
bout and with a trailer hauled $500
pounds In one load.
Fort Sumner melons nre now be-
ginning 10 come in. too. The John
Nix a. Co. are also distributing these
melons and arrange n 80 that the
not hurt each other In the markets
The markets In the far east are
expected 20 take n rise soon. as the
Maryland section has had two storms
that will hurt that crop.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14
THRILLING CIVIL WAR INCIDENT TO
BE LIVED AGAIN AT CHATTANOOG


the American flag waving from the
point OF the mountain Union troops
cheered u 90 the echo from the valley
below.
The affair at snodgrass Hin. dur
Ing the closing hours OF the battle of
Chickamaugn, was To Colonel Howe
the most sublime testimonial 20 Am
erIcan valor ever written In carnage
and blood. The Union troops never
fought harder and the Confederates
never charged with greater courage
and valor. He admits defeat of the
Union army on the field Of Chicka-
manga. but submits that their de-
feat on that field was fully wiped out
az Missionary ridge, we months later
In connection with the Missionary
ridge engagement. Colonel Howe
makes statement we'll worth repeat
ing lie says that the Union forces
actually ran from Orchard Knob TO
the crest Of Missionary ridge without
stopping for breath. a feat that now
seems impossible. n Is nearly mile
and half from orchard Knob to
the top % Missionary ridge, but In
less than thirty minutes after the or
der was given at orchard Knob for
the Union advance, many Union
troops had scaled the ridge. In thir-
ty-flve minutes the top 81 the ridge
for almost two miles had been taken
from the Confederates
Colonel Howe's account Of the
storming Of the ridge. the relief u
brought to the Union army and the
Joyous meeting Of the "boys In blue
after the battle. clothes these battle
fields with great deal more import
ance than they have received from
the masses ~ the American people
Like every other great writer ON these
themes. Colonel Howe says that the
Chattanooga battlefleids, where $4,000
Americans were killed and wounded.
ought To be better understood. And,
like many other writer's, he SAYS that
the battle of Missionary ridge broke
the backbone OF the Confederacy.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14

every gem that stars the map came
from the imperial Russian mines IN
the Trails
This map was designed with the
personal approval OF the Emperor OF
Russia, by the famous Russian en-
gineer, De Mostovinko. who superin-
tended rs reproduction and completion.
- was put together al the imperial
factory az Ekaterinburg. a process
that occupied a period Of eight
months So pleased was the caar
with De Mostovinko's achievement
that he presented him with a dccora-
tion in honor thereof
In this ieweled map % France the
sea Is represented by a pale ana
precious marble. and portions Of for
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-14
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
Of Mrs. ChappsIl, Of Five FEARS
Standing, Relieved BY Cardui.

M. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah NJ. Chap
pell OF this town, says: 81 suffered for
live years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles. and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
! tried most every kind OF medicine,
but none did me any good.
read one day about Cardui, the wo-
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had not taken hut about SIX bottles until
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eign countries necessarily included.
spain, are IN dark gray onyx. The
whole of France h Ahown entirely in
polished Jasper and each province or
department has been cut from stone
Of d different color. although the
whole blends without the slightest NJ
front 90 ;he artistic eye
Almost every mine In European
and Asiatic Russia was ransncked for
tho necessary material. some Of the
gems being found only In mines app
prOprlnted by the emperor ana never
Acquiring In commerce az on. The Jas
per employed Ia some 81 the most
beautifully veined that ever has been
found, while the polishing IL 8 marvel