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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
A Stubborn Cough is Wearing and
Risky

Letting stubborn cough hang
on in the spring is risky. Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound heals raw
inflamed surfaces i'm rne throat and
bronchial tubes-makes sore, weak
spots sound and whOle--stOps stub
born. tearing coughs. Refuse sub
stitutes. Siberts Drug StOre.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
Unequaled for a Rad Cold.

Ask anyone who has tried it and he
Will tell you that Chamberlain 8
cough Remedy has never been equal
ed. Miss Clara Oster, House Springs,
MO, when speaking Of this remedy,
said: Il feel sure that Chamberlain 8
Cough Remedy Is the best on the
market to cure cough or a bad cold
on the lungs. l am only too pleased
TO say few words in It's praise" For
sale by all dealers.--Adyt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
Dull Fecling-SwOOlcn Hands and
tcCt-IDllc tn X iduCy TrOublc

Your kidneys need help when your
hands and feet thickcn, swell up and
you feel dull and sluggish. Take FO-
ley Kidney Pills. They are tonic.
stimulating and strengthening and re-
store your kidneys to healthy normal
action. Try them. Sibcrts Drug
StOre.-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

NE racing squad Of the fre de-
pessmsnt has been practising hard
svesy evening late and is rapidly
gue0ns into trim for the State tourna-
msnt 1t rlorsnce. where they hope to
nAks . good showing this year. The
hapd resl ana wagon squads are both
= work. and indications are that they
viM make somebody hustle for tl,s
- nsesy.s n
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
lzee. ,owei Movement Regular.

Nce' 'OWVI 1OVcmeht RcguIaf.
ID. Kings New Life Pills keep
{ tLinach. livei and kidneys in healthy
Condition. Ind .Aie body Of poisons
and waste. Improve your complex
ion by flushing the liver and Kidneys
II got more relief from one box of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills than any
medicine ever tried" says c. E.
Hatfield. If Chicago Ill. 25c at your
druggist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
ASSASSINATTONS IN MEXICO.
uncOnfirmcd Reports of Killing O
Former Cabinet Members.

FL Paso, May 25.-An unconfirmed
report is in circulation today that
Gen. RascOn and Frederick Gamboa
were assassnated in Mexico City Sun
day. RascOn. was war minister in
the MadcrO cabinet, while Gamboa
was foreign minister in the Huerta
cabinet.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
RICHTER is DROWNED.
Charleston Man Falls From Wharf
at YOngc's Island.

Charleston, May 24.-News reached
here today Of the drowning of Louis
4. Richter last night at Yongc's Is
land, where he fell off a wharf. His
body was found this afternoon. lie
was a shipping clerk for the Atlantic
Coast Line and left here yesterday
afternoon to LOAD vegetables.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

- xl1nsy a1d BLADDER Troublo-
1sSyboAy s:eisAcd. =;
si s'spt; spa :ss are sss'ns .n.ss TS
uyge others 70 take them also.
49, xel1y. NcIntosh. Ala. Gays: ~
I0rmmend them 60 all who suffer
ht1ooy troubles and backache,
- toet are nne." Best thing you
eahe for bAcksche, weak back
- Seeumafian. Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
PLOT AT VERA CRUZ.
Federals Attempt to Smugglc Arms
to Mcxicans I'm City.

Vera Cruz, May 25.-An attempt to
smuggle arms and ammunition to the
Mexicans in Vera Cruz was frustrat-
ed today. when two milkmen were
searched. Their milk cans contained
cartridges. Americans are cOnvinc4
cd that 81 plot has been formed by
Mexicans i'm tho city to attack the
American troops at the same time the
fcdcrals move against Vera Cruz
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

A kxCellent Cough Medicine.
yee soothing and healing properties
- Chamoerlain's Cough Remedy
u0Reo tt especially valuable for
eoyBhs and colds. IL II pleasant and
- to take and contains no mar
Foe sale by all dealers.--
Az Nv <n.t,,la. 49, y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

Miss Helena Weinberg OF Wedge
field will graduate from Winthrop
college at the approaching com
mencement.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

Early cotton, that came up to
stand before the drouth set in, is
looking surprisingly we'll in spite Of
the hot and dry weather.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
N'BEE LOOKS GOOD.
Farming Lands Arc Examined by
Visitors From Afar.

Visitors From Afar.
McBee, May 23.-Representative
Of q number Of American families of
the Canal zone, in charge Of ]. A.
Pride. industrial agent for the Sea-
board Air line railroad, spent yes
terday in McBee looking at land.
These men have been travelling all
over the South looking for suitable
farm lands. They were attracted by
the fine opportunities offered at Nc
Be for intensive and diversified farm
ing, especially truck, fruit and grape
growing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
Most Children's Diseases Start with
q Cold.

sRestlessness, feverishness. an in
famed throat and spasmodic cough,
may be whooping cough is starting in.
Give Foley's Honey and Tar promptly.
1t helps the children so very much,
and Mrs. Ships. Raymondsville, Mo-,
says: II got fine results from it and
1t Is a great medicine for whooping
cough" Sibert's Drug Store.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
Equal Tax Assessments,
Editor The Daily Item.

"N~OH TIC
Inc lcle in the issue of May
zoth hea I'd Board Reduces AS
sessments does injustice to the
county g d of Equalization unless
some OF tn facts and reasons on
"hich the L rd based it's action are
given. Had } ur reporter been pres
ent l feel sure that he would not have
ihade some OF the statements in the
article.
The following statement from the
Auditor was before the board:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

Edwin Horton Witherspoon of this
city graduates from the Furman Fit
ting School this week.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
Feel Dull and Sluggish. Start Your
Liver to Working.

ut beats all how quickly Foley Ca
thartic Tablets iven your liver, over
come constipation-make you feel
lively and active again. j. L. Nc
Knight, Ft. Worth, Texas, says:
my disagreeable symptoms were en-
tirely removed by the thorough
cleansing Foley Cathartic Tablets gave
me-" They're wonder. Sibert's
Drug Store.-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27

Inc above is a statement of the de-
crease and increase of the total as
sessed values Of the land in the re-
spective townships as compared with
the total assessments for 1913. being
practically same as 1910 assessments
and OF the average assessed value per
acre in the respective townships.
Il. e. Wilder, Auditor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-27
tlKE IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS.
MUuRzA's DELEGATEs EVIDENT.
III SEEKING TO END CON.
~ FERENCE.

nv Demand That Presillcnt Wilson
Forcs Constitutionslists to Give up
Fruits Of Their Military Victories
- rrsssen 70 Disrupt Mediation
C1nserenco Unless Their Demands
ase 0rNnsed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
PRESIDENT OF HAITI
FLEES TO WARSH|PS.

PORT Az PRINCE, Haiti. Jan. 2s.
The president of Haiti. Michel Ores
te, fled from the capital and took
refuge aboard the German cruiser
Vineta. He was accompanied by his
wife.
Fighting began In the city yester-
day. An hour later the president left
the palace under escort and was con-
veyed i'm launch to the warship ly-
ing in the harbOr. Almost immedi-
ateIy detachments of bluejac ckets were
landed from the United States armor-
ed cruiser Montana and the Vineta
Firing continued throughout the
afternoon and 1t was evident that the
revolutionary movement. which be-
gan In the north an1 spread to some
of the southern towns. has gained suf-
ficient strength in the capital to
threaten not only the power. but the
life of President Oreste.
The new congress, which met in ex-
traordinary session, failed to take ad-
equate measures to check the revolu-
tion. 1t had been conceded for long
time, however, the position of the
executive was weak. Opposed to
him were Senator DavfImar Theodore
In command of the rebel troops al
Cape Haiten. and General Bellard
both of whom have strong follow
ing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
INDIGESTION, GAS OR
SICK, SOUR STOMACH
Time lt!-"Pape's Diapcpsin' Makes
Your Upset, BlOated Stomach
Feel Fine in Minutes.

REALLY does" put bad stomachs in
order-"really does" overcome indt
gestion. dyspepsia. gas, heartburn
and sourness in five minutes-that--
just that--makes Pape's Diapepsin
the largest selling stomach regulator
in the world. II what you eat fer
ments into stubborn Jumps, you belch
gas and eructate sour, undigested
food and acid; head is dizzy and
aches: breath foul; tongue coated;
your insides filled with bile and indi.
gestible waste. remember the mo-
ment "Pape's Diapepsin' comes in
contact with the stomach all such
distress vanishes. It's truly astonish-
ing-almost marvellous, and the JOY
Is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent cae Of Pape's Di-
apepsin will give you hundred dol
lars worth of satisfaction or your
druggist hands you your money back.
It's worth its weight In gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. 1t belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
in case of a sick, sour, upset stom.
ach during the day or at night. It's
the quickest. surest and most harm
less stomach doctor In the world.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
BURGLARS ENTER
AERM|STON STORES
BETWEEN $50 AND $40 is TAKEN
FROM ONE PLACE DUR
ING THE NIGHT.
Number of Unemployed and Hang
ers-On Who Have Been Attracted
to HermistOn by the Work on the
Umatilla Project.
Especial correspondence.


HERMISTON, ore. Jan. 2S.-The
stores of F. G. Mckenzie, hardware
and implement dealer and Ghent &
Cross. groceries and general mercb-
andise merchants were burglarlzed
sometime during the night.
The glass door of Client & Cross
was broken and entrance was made
through II into the store where be-
tween $50 and $40 dollars in silver
was taken from the safe.
Entrance to McKenzies was made
In like manner through the back
door. first breaking the glass and
then knocking the bars down which
were locked across the door
McKenzie's safe was opened but
nothing was missing but some razors.
Since work began on the west ex-
tension Of the Umatilla project this
section has been over-run by the un-
employed. many hanging on the out
skirts of the town at night. 1t is
doubtless some Of these transient men
who have caused the merchants of
the town their trouble here of late.
McKenzie's store was burglarized in
the fall, the suspected burglars being
on trial today.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely came
down on the local this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
PANIC SIGNALS DISAPPEARING
philadelphia Telegraph.)

lcit6faPh.|
Evidence accumulates that indus
trial conditions are rapidly improv-
ing in this and other states. One
item of evidence is found in a report
from Pittsburg that following the
placing Of orders for $4,000 tons of
steel in that district some $4,000 men
who have been unemployed for sew
eral weeks will be engaged at steady
work before the end of the present
week
1t is the confident prediction OF
reliable observers that the advent OF
spring will find business and indus
trial conditions in the United States
we'll established upon scale unexcei-
led since the depression of 1907
They are already moving swiftly to-
ward that point. The new tariff law
is no longer a mystery to business
men. sources of credit know what tt
expect under the provisions of the
new currency law and the Washington
administration faces another session
ol tbHSltSS any PioSiohi W
economic legislation at which bust
ness is likely to take fright
The nations only real danger OF
panic has been found in the talk OF
panic INDUCED in by timid an6
thoughtless persons That talk has
ceased. There are no clouds on the
business horizon except the fleec,
ones of assured prosperity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
COMB SAGE TEA IN
HAIR. TO DARKEN IT
IT'S GR.ANDMOTHER'S RECIPE TO
KEEP HER LOCKS DARK,
GLOSSY, THICK.

The old time mixture of Sage Tea
and sulphur for darkening gray,
streaked and faded hair Is grandmoth-
er's treatment. and folks are again
using it to keep their hair good
even color. which is quite sensible.
as we are living in an age when a
youthful appearance is of the great
est advantage.
Nowadays. though. we don't have
the troublesome task Of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product called "wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" for about so
cents bottle. 1t is very popular be-
cause nobody can discover 1t has been
applied. Simply moisten your comb
or soft brush with 1t and draw this
through your hair. taking one small
strand at time: by morning the
gray hair disappears. but what de-
lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and sulphur Is that, besides beauti-
fully darkening the hair after few
applications. 1t also produces that
soft lustre and appearance of abund-
ance which Is so attractive: besides,
prevents dandruff, itching scalp and
falling hair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
OTHER PEOPLES WAYS.

Many stories are told concerning
the Swiss presidents unassuming sta
tus. Edmund d'Auvergne, visiting
noticed the word Bundesprasident'
(president of the confederation in
scribed over an fnconspicuous door,
just as one might see the word
Cashier or District Registrar An
important English railway conductor
once knocked at this door and was
answered by man in shirt sleeves,
whom he took to be a clerk. 1t was
the president himself" In the time
of Sir Horace Rumbolj the story was
that diplomist, calling at the presi-
dents private abode. was admitted
by lady with tucked up sleeves and
soapy arms. She was the wife of the
president straight from the wash
tub.
A census of smokers taken the 9TH
er day among the boys attending nine
elementary schools in suburb of
Amsterdam, Holland. reveals that
among the year olds they number
10 per cent; among those of I years
16 per cent; and 80 per cent among
those of s.: while in the sixth school
ing year, at which the average age is
| 12. the percentage has risen TO 43. As
it falls rapidly after the limit of
compulsory attendance. the only use
of tobacco would not appear to he an
incentive to learning. 1t is the cigar
not the cigarette. which these Dutch
youngsters delight in.
Twenty years ago clean shaver
| Frenchman was pretty sure to be
set down by his compatriots as either
a priest or an actor. Nowadays
smooth faces are favored by the
| younger generation of Frenchmen
| partly as a result of the growing cult
! of athletics. 1t appears. however
from a portrait published in lie Jour
nal that not single member of the
| new cabinet is clean shaven and foul
! out of the twelve wear a full beard
and muStache.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
CONCERNING ALsACE-LORRAINE.

In regard to oAlsace-Lorraine, which
many. Bismarck once said: THE
French Lorrainers are not half so bad
as they are painted. Those who are
good haters can also be good lovers.
The very first night / slept I'm France
during the war-and I remember. by
the way, that / had tame but very
tough rabbit for supper--my host
said to me. 1T IL all the same who
takes us, Russians or Prussians. but
we prefer those to whom we should
have to pay fewest taxes. / replied
that he would have to pay less to US
than to France. though how long this
would last could not say" Individ-
ual taxation is now heavier in France
than in Germany.
At another of his "beer evenings
Bismarck asked group of Alsatlan
deputies how they liked Germany.
"Your highness,' replied one of them.
I'VE have made it a marriage of rea-
son, and sometimes that is the best
kind of wedlock" yes rejoined
the chancellor with laugh. love and
mutual respect between a couple often
come from their living together. Let
us drink to that. Prosit" When the
chancellor was made prince-on the
day the first imperial German parlia-
ment met--the old kaiser insisted on
his quarterng Alsace-Lorraine in his
coat of arms.
In the readjustment of boundaries
after the Franco Prussian war the lit
tie village of La Schlucht was divided
between the two nations. There
France and Germany meet in the
middle of the street. and as the boun-
Diary line follows slanting course il
is possible for a French and a Ger
man soldier to pose for joint pho
tograph. each remaining within his
own territory. From the number ant
variety of postcards adorned Will
photographs of this nature on sale ir
the village it is evident that the mer
of the two armies are ready enough
to fraternize when stationed close to
bether.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28

Marie and Mary Mcfarland, long
a mystery of the stage have just cast
doubt on the value of scientific in
strument. which was expected to ac-
complish wonders in the detection of
crime. The acoustigraph. remark
able invention Of Luigi Peruggi, an
Italian scientist to catch the shades
Of the human voice and thereby keep
a record of criminals. superior even
to the thumb print, did not record a
difference in their voices, IL there Is
one.
These young women, the daughters
of Austin Mcfarland, an official of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad,
made the test in Los Angeles. They
look alike. and of course dress alike.
Both have coloratura soprano voices
so much alike that vaudeville audi
ences can't distinguish them. 1t is
impossible for the audience to tell
when one stops and the other begins
singing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
The Changing Age

Girls and boys from "a to 70 years
OF age undergo physical changes
which tax their strength to the utmost
and the strain is always apparent from
pale cheeks, colorless lips, and tired
oodies-sometimes eruptions of the skin
and the utter lack of the ambition and
animation with which their younger
years were filed.
Budding into womanhood and man.
hood with the duties Of school or business.
Demands concentrated nourishm e nj
which 10 readily convertible into red blood
corpuscles, energy and strength, and the
very best thing for this changing age 10
The medical nutriment in Scott's Emul-
non-1 possesses the rare blood making
properties Of cod liver oil In q predi-
gestsd form; hypophosphites for the
nervous system, with the healing, sooth-
ing qualities Of pure glycerine.
Its nourishing force promotes assimila.
don, yields direct returns In abundaut.
rsd blood, fills hollow cheeks, tones the
nerves, makes all good food do good.
and does It In natural easy manner.
The sustaining nourishment In Scott's Q
Imuldou 10 % helpful to this changing
~ that II should never be neglected.
tuy druggist has II.
ota Scott Z BOVINE. Baeonasid. N.L
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
DRINK MORE WATER
IF KIDNEYS BOTHER
EAT LESS MEAT AND TAKE SALTS
FOR BACkACHE OR BLAD-
DER TROUBLE.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache. and feel like Jumps
of lead. The urine becomes
cloudy: the bladder is irritated. and
you may be Obliged to seek relief two
or three times during the night. When
the kidneys clog you must help
them flush off the body's urinous
waste or you'll be a real sick person
shortly. At first you feel a dull mis-
cry in the kidney region. you suffer
Eess, stomach gets sour. tongue coat
ed and you feel rheumatic twinges
when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, dring lots of water:
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts: take a table,
spoon in a glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your
nous salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activ-
it, also to neutralize the acids in urine
so it no longer is source of irrita
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia- water drink which everyone
should take now and then TO keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts IN
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while It is only trouble.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
BAKER IS BADLY SHAKEN UP.
Many Buildings and Residences Dam
aged by Record Wind.

BAKER, Ore, Jan. 2S.-The hard
est wind ever recorded in Baker play
ed havoc with windows. fences. lum-
her, sins, chimneys, awnings tele-
phone and telegraph wires, poles,
trees and several roofs.
Reports from the country nearby
are that haystacks were blown to bits
fences and telephone and telegraph
poles blown down.
About half the roof of the Blue
Mountain Ironworks and part of the
brick gable front were wrecked.
Lumber in the Shockley Lumber Yard
adjoining was scattered to and fro
and the wind took one piece of lum-
long and carried it through a window
of the iron works into the center Of
the pattern room.
Nine Western Union poles were
blown down and service was crippled.
Seventy-five telephones in Baker
are out of commission and electric
light wires also suffered.
The cornice was blown from the
courthouse, big plate glass windows
were smashed by the dozen, several
residences were unroofed, porches
were torn from residences and in four
cases brick chimneys crashed through
roofs. The Standard Oil warehouse
was wrecked, the city barns demolish-
ed, five cathedral glass windows de-
molished and trees were uprotted right
and left One residence in South Ba-
ker was turned around and blown in
to the next lot.
One freak was that scores of bulb
lenses In big electric sign were un-
screwed from their sockets by the
wind and scattered around over a roof.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
OUCH! LAME BACK
RUB PAINS AWAY
Rub Backachc and Lumbago Right
Out With Small Trial Bottle OF
Old st. Jacobs Oil.

Kidneys cause backache? No,
They have no nerves, therefore can
can not cause pain. Listen, Your
backache is caused by lumbago. sci
atica or a strain. and the quickest
relief is soothing, penetrating "St.
Jacobs Oil" Rub it right on the ache
or tender spot. and instantly the pain.
soreness, stiffness and lameness dis
appears. Don't stay crippled. Get
a small trial bottle of est. Jacobs Oir'
from your druggist and timber up A
moment after it is applied you'll won
der what became of the backache. sell
atica or lumbago pain. st Jacobs
Oil'' is harmless and doesn't burn the
skin.
It's the only application to rub on
a weak, lame or painful back, or for
lumbago. sciatica, neuralgia, rheu-
matism, sprains or strain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
''California Syrup Of Figs Can't
Harm Tender stomach. Liver and
BOwels-Children Love 1t.

Look back to your childhood days.
Remember the ''physic" that mother
artics. How you hated them, how
you fought against taking them
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physics simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is we'll
founded. Their tender little "insides'
are injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing give ''Califor-
mia Syrup of Figs" Its action is pos
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-28
MOTHERS! IT'S CRUEL TO FORCE OIL
OR CALOMEL INTO A SICK CHILD

tive, but gentle. Millions OF mothers
keep this harmless fruit laxative"
handy; they know children love to
the liver and bowels and sweeten the
stomach, and that teaspoonful given
today saves sick child tomorrow. 1t
should be the first remedy given as 1t
always does good, never any harm.
Ask your druggist for so cent bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs"
which has full directions for babies.
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly on each bottle. Beware
of counterfeits sold here. See that it
is made by California Fig Syrup
Company Refuse any other kind
with contempt. -