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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-23
THE OFFER IN
DETAIL

Daily Item; The watcl,man and
soutron and Merchants Contest morning
April
votes over and above
the regular scale Will be
Ing this time This Is positively the largest
that Will be opportunity OF
securing votes at this rapid will positively
of the PERIOD April 30, at o'clock In evening
Probably the touring the other
lost during this period.
taught the manage
OF this of won or
host while the First Bonus 3
This oner OF ndivid-
"a by candidate
Here Is the the bonus Every
uon turned I'm by s.rt slim"
either before after
" slips are kept filed under the
Is making active the FIRST Bonus
Period all the slips recording subscriptions out
for each SIS in subscriptions
The balance above multples be
bonus oner following period:
To illustrate: Suppose urne,
$50 In subscriptions April sO "a" will be given
certificate for 10000 Immediately slip will be
showing she has credit of a in suscn
uons to be applied On the Second
III the record shows that subscriptions
she VIII be given certificate slip will be
made a ~, tho
Bonus.
1t not necessary subscriptions in even
amounts oi sio Contestants may turn them
ana uey VIII all be counted at the close
of course the regular issued as usual The 15O
600 bonus certificates will be voting credit
regularly received
There votes ,hov ru, ho
mch hess than the remark.
able opportunity for winning votes The
on'csan's who awake to realization
o great 'oegetng time OF the contest
time to make oneself getting automobile with no cash
o"'A' VIII oe The ones who the
Judges canvass the final OF contest.
ihe lew subscriptions that I'm WILL
OF course matter what other voes tbey
may have been turned I'm o
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-23

YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF THE
MERCHANTS WHO GIVE VOTES
WITH ALL CASH PURCHASES
ON ANOTHER PAGE.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-23
lhe Contestants and How
They Stand
District Number One.

h@ dstrct includes all territory within incorporate
OF tne City OF Sumter
win opportunity Of winning grand prizes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-04-23
The First Bonus Period Closes at P. NJ Wednesday
April 30th 1913.
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15
No Danger from That Source.

Mr.. d. J. Sullivan. who is appear.
ing in the role of Jimmy links in
Baby Mine" this season, tells i,
story which is worth repeating.
Sandy Mcpherson, a friend Of his,
had been a widOwer two years. and
becoming tired of bachelor life told
o friend he had met his fate for the
second time in pretty lass by thu
name of Bunty Campbell. of whom
his first wife was jealous.
Sure mon," said his friend, "lIos
yc no forget what Mary told We be-
fore she passed away"
And what do mean, mon?" said
Sandy.
Dye remember she said If yO,,
married Bunty. she'd dig her way
out of the grave and scratch the
lassie's eyes out?"
whist. mon. How no fear. hav,
FER upside down"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15
A LITTLE NONSENSE
80 Y AND THIN
Have You Got Yours?

TO Whom 1t May Concern: We
have been informed by the treasury
department that the per capita
wealth of the United States is
$34.72. According to these official
figures we should have $34.72 in ou'
garments We have made a careful
frisk and herewith give notice that
some gink has in his possession the
sum OF S34.72. which is our prop
crty. We would advise careful
cOunt-up, and any person discover
ing the sum of $69.44 will know
that he has our share and his own
We will gladly give the ~ cents il
the finder will kick in with the $3l
No questions ked.--Luke McI.ukc
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15
THE BORE MUST CO."

The editor OF the Tampa Times IL
in trouble and because il is that
acute form of trouble peculiar to
1.-The sanctum which has no sancity
and which only newspaper people
who have to grind out the matter
for a daily publication can properly
appreciate, we tender him our heart
felt sympathy and give place to his
lamentation. Yes. the bore must
go"-but not until he gets good and
ready, for the number of the bored
rho have the courage to tell him SO
in plain English is surprisingly few.
Says the Times:
IF it were not that it would con-
fict with another rule that we have
followed for years, and in other bust.
ness beside newspaper work, never to
carry the shop into the home, we
would follow the practice of our re-
spected contemporary of the Ocala
Palmer and carry our exchanges
home and read hem and do our writ.
ing there. But it's hard to teach an
Cid dog new tricks.
I'VE are thinking. however, of
adopting new system in the sane
tum--that has no sanctity and en-
Guiding and refusing admission to all
tOres, especially those who paw over
our exchanges that We have arranged
Systematically for our work, and in.
sist upon discussing the tariff and
lynching and hobble skirts when w
gre in the midst of hammering on,
upon our typewriter one Of thos'
profound editorials for which on
many thousands Of anxious reader.
are waiting in suspense.
"Yes, the bore is one of the obsO
lete institutions of past day in
journalism that should have bee,
tanished with the Washington pres.
and hand composition. The bore
must 60"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

keeping mothers and their babies out
of factories and women and children
cut of competition with men in the
various industries.
Claiming only to be a human in
stitution. we realize that we may
orr the same as any other institution
And we would ask that criticism be
melted out to the organization with
the same degree of cOmmiseratioc
that is meted out to Others The go
ing wrong of trades uniOnist
should bring down upon the Organi-
cation no greater condemnation thar
would the wrOng-dOing of a member
OF pastor of a church upon his par
ticular religion. We have evidence
OF church people, of doctors, of law
yers, and of other business and pro
fessional people being condemned b.
the courts the past year but we have
not heard it charged that the par
ticular business. profession or calling
to which they belonged was wrong
And now. brother workers. in con-
clusion, let me further urge you, as
trade unionists to get busy--to pu'
your shoulder to the wheel to pull
the wayward brother out of the bog
and when you have done that
when you have performed the best
that is in you. you have performed a
duty that will get it's reward here
and in the great hereafter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

The hardest rap yet taken a, the
"Swan song of Senator Bailey, o.
Texas, comes from the Pensacola
Journal. That paper dismisses Bal
ley's fierce attack on the initiative
and referendum and eloquen, plea
for representative government" as a
mere shrewd bid for legal business
from the Interests" by a gentleman
Who is about to resume the practic.
Of law as a private citizen and would
be happy to start out with buncr
of millionaire clients. Bailey i.
a curious compound of great ant
small qualities and it is hard to TAX.
lis measure, but it is PRACTICAL,
sure that he will always take excel
lent care of the personal interests o
Joseph Weldon Bailey and that non,
Of his fine sentiments or sonoroul
periods will ever divert his eagl,
vision from the main chance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15
Federation Of LABOR IS
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Continued from Page H.

the ermine clOistered surroundings
of the judiciary of the of the ma
ton. Rulings of the court sagainst
the constructors. builders. mOulders
of the nation have been changed
from unjuts tyranny to deserved
consideration. and the expressions
Of men high up in the political cOnn
els of the nation have indicated a
fast ripening sentiment in favor Of
the producers of all wealth, This
was particularly noticeable in the
political skies during the battle Of
ballots that ragged with such fury
at the November election, the am
runition used being mined in the
store house of trade unionism.
The incoming national admins
tration WILL feel. be most favor
able to all measures looking to the
good of the masses of the people. AS
in the nation. so in our own fair
State. Our chief executive is in SYM
pathy with all that makes for the
welfare OF his struggling fellOwmen,
and expressions from those who will
81; at the State capital to frame
laws give evidence of a progressive
ness that will prompt them to act
for the general good of all
So. from whatever standpoint W,
view the outlook for the ensuing
year. the rainbow of promise of in
creased blessings appears i'm the fir.
ma nent of trade unionism. And VIII,
shouldn't this he SO? Why shouldn'
organized labor receive every aid
every encouragement? Does not it.
far-reaching influences for good lea,
all movements for the material, SO
| clal. political-if not spirituality
lift of mankind? Was not trad
unionism the prime mover in adj
vancing educational training anon
the masses to the end that the pub
lie school system should be estat
. lished?
| born of democratic thought an
/ action, has organized labor not in
3 srired political reforms. includin
n the primary Is not the initiation
g and referendum an offspring of il
d efforts? Has not the child. the moth
n er. the home. profited by the trade
s union movement for better condi
d tons? Has not unionism inspire
g hope, aroused aspirations, bred low
OF country, of home and of heave,
! in the hearts of its members? Il
y fine, does not the organization of tn
G masses along trade-union lines lea
6 to advanced thought and the lessen
e ing of selfishness, intolerance an
prejudice? Surely it does, and yo
can say that the standard of tn
r trade-union movement is based upo
: justice, and the battles that will b
: waged with this standard will con
I, tinue until social and economic jus
~ ice will be recognized throughou
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

The dispatches from the London
peace conference indicate that the
effort to end the Balkan war has
failed and that hOstili,ies Will be re
sumed. The allies are right in all
their contentious. They are entitled
to Adriahople as a strategic point,
practically won and needed to hold
the Turk in check hereafter, and the
Greeks should be pu, in legal pos
session of all their islands. pcopled
as they are by Greeks and TO which
the Turk has no claim in good con-
e fence or equity. The unteachable
Turk in Europe in this age of the
world Is an obstacle to civilization
and now is a fine opportunity to get
rid of him. Doubtless there arc
r:any good people among the loya
subjects of the sultan. for. happily
10 race nor nation has a monopoly o
kind hearts. but the Turkish govern
ment itself is rotten. cruel and in
capable and it has no moral RICH
tc dominate any territory or peopl
ia Christian Europe. Bulgarian
shells bursting over the Mosque o
St. Sophie would be Christian mis-
sionaries of an unusual kind, bu
such arguments are sometimes need
cd to convince after all others hav,
failed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

'er of the Sheppard-Kenyan bill
uron which vote will be taken in
the Senate at Washington Feb. 10
The purpose of the bill is to nrevent
the shipment of intoxicating liquor
~ interstate traffic into territory
where the liquor traffic is illegal. II
that bill becomes law Jacksonville
Liquor dealers can ship no more wet
goods into Georgia.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

lack Johnson was trying 10 steal
ont of the country and make his way
10 Canada. but the minions of the
law laid violent hands on him and
took him back to Chicago. where he
is under indictment for a felony. II
might have been good policy to let
him 20 il he had given satisfactory
bond never to return. He Is a ma
tional nuisance and the country Is
sick of him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

That Presbyterian Bible class over
in Miami taught by Mr. Bryan Oush;
to, and doubtless will, become such Z
regular Sunday feature that the ap-
preciative citizens OF that city VIII
cease to complain of the rigid en-
forcement of the sunday blue laws
Mr. BRYAN is said to be especially I'M
prcssive and convincing in his treat
ment of the deep and solemn prob
lens of religion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

THE subject for discussion in
that Marion county criminal assault
case having been disposed of today by
the sheriff of that county in accord
ancc with the sentence of the court
and the mandate OF the governor.
there is nothing left before thu
house for debate and we mi"hl as
we'll adjourn sine die that contro-
versy as to what constitutes legal
dpcorum in such cases.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15
Too Good to Lose.

Jack--Now that your engage
ment is broken, are you going to
make Blanche send back your let.
ters?
Harry You bet | am. | worked
hard thinking out those letters; they
are worth using again"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

The Prohibitionists and the liquor
dealers In this country will now min
imize most other mundane affairs un-
I'll they know the worst or the best,
a. their sympathies run, In the mat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

Some OF those dispatches coming
out of Green Cove Springs lately
arouse suspicious of certain meas
ure of inveracity at that end of the
wire.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-15

With Henry WattersOn and
Thomas A. Edison on the West Coast :,
we see no reason why the presence
Of William Jennings Bryan on the
last Coast should disturb the equi-
librium of the peninsula or shift the
center of gravity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Dog in Yellowstone
By Wilson's Order
President Listens to Girls Appeal te
Take Pet Into National
Park.

PARSONS, KANS.. Sept. ga
Kansas girl and her pet dog. with the
assistance of President Wilson, have
broken down the strict rule against
dogs being permitted in Yellowstone
National Park Miss Ethel Provost.
of Parsons. received an announce
ment from the Department of the In
terror that her request to take her
cog, Fanny, into the park had been
granted.
The girl recently wrote to Presi-
dent Wilson: MY father is soon to
take the management Of a hotel in
Yellowstone National Park. We have
been informed that no dogs are al
lowed In the park confines. MIR. Pres
ident. you don't know how sorry
am to hear this. ! am Is years old
and our old dog Fanny is the same
age. We have never been separated
and ] can not bear the thought of
leaving her behind. She is very old
for a dog and would not be able 10
harm any of the park animals
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Farmer Pays $50
For U. S. Lighthouse
Rural Visitor to Chicago Strikes
Bargain With Stranger Who
Needed Money Badly.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-Franklyn P
Foster, a farmer of Kankakee, learned
that he is not alive to all the tricks
of the bunko man. Foster came 10
Chicago to see the sights. He met
an engaging fellow.
Fosters new friend confi1ed that
he owned the lighthouse in Chicago
Harbor off Randolph street, and that
he received so cents for every vessel
that passed there. He said his wife
was sick in California and that ne
needed money to reach her bedside.
Foster bargained for short time
and gave SIS. Then he rented a mo-
torboat and went out to take posses
sion.
"T've bought this thing" he told the
keeper, and l guess III take charge
now"
You may have bought this place
and from the way you talk | suspect
you did" returned the keeper but
Uncle Sam still owns it and 1 guess
I'll remain in charge"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
EASTER ISLAND
IS MYSTERY Of
PACIFIC OCEAN
Believed To Be Remnant of Sub.
merged COntinent-PeopIe
Developed Writing,

san FRANCISCO, Sept 20
Easter Island the riddle Of the Pa
cihc. Situated 1000 miles from the
nearest continent rock-bound and
stormswept, this small desolate island.
group. has earned the title Of The
Mystery of the Pacific"
This sphinx OF the oceans and
its nearly extinct inhabitants have
proven battling problem 10 scientists
an I explorers Of modern times. 1t is
said by some TO be the remains Of
a submerged continent and declared
by others only to have been inhab-
tied by an advanced race of natives
The Easter Islanders were the only
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Graft and lnefFiciency Of the Party
System is Lifted From the
Town'c Citizens.
20SSES ARE WIPED OUT
Some Successful Moves Made
Since Redemption of Munich
paIity From Old Parties.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 2O-One %
the features Of the redemption OF
Wisconsin that has not attracted great
attention is the rescue of Milwaukee
from partisan politics. Long before
the Socialists broke in here as ad-
ministrators of the city, by the cleo
ion Of 1910, party lines really had
ceased to exist.
Party tickets appeared in the vari-
Gus municipal elections, but they we're
put UP by the men who had no poi!-
tics other than desire to control tia
city for special purposes and who
worked the political parties as man
ikins.
1t was the same old game and the
same old rule by the special interests,
disreputable elements and politicians
who gave the city inefficient, as well
as dishonest administration. Herr
things got 80 bad that city officials
were indicted and bundled off to pris-
on and the administration of Mayor
Rose became notorious. Here the
say the real supporters of Rose were
always the tory" Republicans, in
stead of the Democrats. It was p
great illustration Of the fact that par
isan lines are worked in municipl Il
affairs purely as a fetish
Things went along this way until
three years ago Milwaukee was fnrCoi
over TO the Socialist Marty to escape
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

railroad wreck, perfectly quiet cool
and seemingly disinteTested until the
thing was over, and then helpful and
ConsIderate.
~ woman is constituted to be sym
pathetic and useful in case of need,
while a man, as a rule, really doesn't
have that finer senSihility He would
be able to direct and command. but
when il comes 10 the real test of the
finer things necessary, he hasn't had
the training that gives a woman her
power. His life is worked out in a
different environment His dealing
with the coarser things Of life, with
business matters. dulls his sympa
thies and units him for the things
Which.a woman approaches with a 50
much finer sentiment
Woman Capable of Suffering.
Minority Leader Mann said:
when il comes to physical suffer
ing, a woman is much drawer than a
man. She will endure pain that will
make man whimper like n baby.
But when it comes to actual physical
danger. such as a disaster on water
or OF land, | am inclined to think
that man is the drawer of the two
And yet it is something about
which / might change my mind if !
had given Il more thought. 1t seems
to me now that because a man is
more accustomed to physical danger
because he takes more risks with his
body from boyhood up, and because
Of necessity he goes to the front in
everything where physical courage is
required. that the effect would be to
give him better command when fac
ing death anywhere but on the sick
bed"
Speaker Champ Clark disposed Of
r." subject in his usual epigrammatic
manner.
some are braye-lille men: and
some are no'-iibe men," ne said.
Life Saver Noncommittal.
And Superintendent kimball of the
Life Saving Service. a man who has
worked his way TO the Top by INDUS
try and judgment went the Speaker
even one better in declining TO be
pinned down to the subject
Really You know" he said-and
apuareLllv through his mind went
visions of the p.rdiCament he would
be in if he said the wrong thing on
such a delicate matteT-'I can't give
an opinion without looking up the rec
Ords"
Put surely" it was argued your
long experience must have given you
an impression at least. Of the phys
iCal courage 81 ,yomen."
MIR. Kimball had a happy thought
Say for me" he observed. happily.
that I find, as a rule. men and wom-
en- both are generally brave"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
BUILDER
Of RAILWAYS Has
PROVED WI5DOM
With Pair of Mules, Kansas Man
Graded -Four Miles, Then In
tetested the Santa Fe.

JETMORE. KANS.. Sept 20.-After
four years OF hard WORT, on railroad
projected b. himself and for which
he obtained the right-of- way by pur-
chase flom farmers, Rudolph Myers
The other day led gang of Santa Fe
railway laborers TO the roadbed and
set them to work on 54-mile cutoff
from this city to Garden City
With no assistance except that of a
pair of mules, Myers had graded four
miles of the road during The time he
has been here. When he first dis
closed 10 residents that he planned a
line to Garden City, and admitted that
he had no backing, he was looked
upon as unsound mentally, but de-
spite the unfavorable criticism he
dogsedly pursued his work and now
the town realizes the wisdom of his
plans
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

natives of the Pacific islands who had
developed the art of writing. Their
Inscriptions are on wooden tablets
and bear a remarkable resemblance to
ancient Babylonian. These hero
glyphics have never been decipher-
cd
This mysterious people was a race
Of idol worsh.pers and had mastered
to some degree the art of sculpture
and masonry.
On the island, which is about so
square miles in extent. are immense
platforms facing the sea, formed Of
large stones fitted together. some Of
which weigh five tons. and in places
the sea side of the walls are 30 feet
high and over 200 feet long. on these
platforms stand colossal figures cary
ed out of lava from an extinct crater
eight miles away
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Women Declared the BraveSt
~'* *.% %.+
Mems Courage Held Lacking
*'* *.*
Life-Sayer Dodges the Issue
HOW AUTHORITIES VIEW
WOMEN FOR COURAGE

81 have never seen a woman who,
in time of danger, wasn't Drawer
than man while the danger last
MISUNDERSTANDING MAR
TIN 2. MADDEN, OF ILLINOIS.
"Whsn it comes to physical suf-
fering. a woman is much drawer
thar man. She will endure pain
that will make a man whimper like
baby."-MINORITY LEADER
MARIN.
Some are brave-like men; and
some are not-li<e nnen.'-S9 EAk-
ER CHAMP CLARK.
- find, as rule, men and wom-
en- both are generally brave
SUPERINTENDENT KiM5ALL,
OF THE LIFE SAVING SERV-
ICE.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Meat Club Solves
Problem Of Farmers
Rural Housekeepers Band Together
To Keep All Supplied With
Fresh Beef.

ALEXANDRIA. MINI, Sept. 20
\ novel farmers club has been dis
covered in the town Of Moe, in this
county This organization is known
AS a meat club and while it has
no formal constitution and bylaws,
there is tacit agreement among its
members which is complied with i'm
plicitly.
The purpose of the club is to sup
ply its members with fresh meat, es-
pecially in the summer months. when
securing good meat is one of the Sc
rious problems Of rural life. The club
has only ten members, though it has
been in operation over twenty years
The club has a fixed price for the
front and hind quarter cuts, that of
the former at present being cents,
while the hind quarter cuts are fig
ured at 10 cents. The member at
whose house the cutting takes place
keeps most Of the soup bones.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Uncle Sam Hunts
For Two Good Cooks
Government Chefs Must Be Also
Able 10 Cock Beans in a Way to
Please Minnesota Indians.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20-UncIe
Sam wants q yooh-two cooks, in
fact. He has put his ad in the paper
Cor two competent cooks TO proceed
immediately to White Earth. which is
IL Minnesota. and they must he able
20 cook beans for the Minnesota IN
dams
civil service examinations for these
important posts will be held October
8. The advance bulletins issued by
the Government do NOT specify
whether or not complete knowledge
of rroteids carbohydrates and other
StT9us" articles said 90 in1gbit our
npUrls. ment is necessary. Neither &c
they REQUIRE an intimate knowledge
Of GiefegirS.