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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
OLD NEGRO BUNCOED.
Negroes Get Away with S37 Of John
Mack's Money by Means OF Old
Game.

John Mack, an old negro from
Brogdon, was the victim of two
younger colOred men through an old
confidence game on Wednesday morn
ing by which he was buncoed out OF
S57 Of his hard earned money, all
that he had saved and which he had
been keeping in the bank.
The two negroes began talking tC
Mack on the train from Brogdon to
Sumter Wednesday morning and evil
IDENTIFY were satisfied that he was a
good person on whom to work their
trick. They got off the train with
him and started up town, when one
of them discovered purse contain
ing q hundred dollar bill. AS they
were all friends they decided to di-
vide the money, but Of course no one
had the/ change. They persuaded the
old man to draw his fund Of $37
from the bank in order to aid in the
division. One Of the men went to the
bank with Mack and, when the mon
ey was drawn, asked him to let him
have 1t q minute, when he would re-
dollars. The rest Of the day was
turn with the share Of the hundred
spent by Mack in searching for the
two men and Thursday he was still
looking for them, but with no success
up to o'clock.
The police were aiding in the
search, but it is supposed that the two
men had left town without telling
anyone where they were going.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
ELECTION BILL PASSES SENATE,

Columbia, Feb. 17.-Thc senate
this afternoon passed the bill giving
Sumter county the right to hold an
election on the whiskey question in
May md amended the bill by adding
Kershaw county TO the provisions.
The bill created an interesting discus
sion. Senator Carlisle opposed the in
clusion of Kcrshaw county.
The final vote was - to II. The
bill has gone to the house side.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
MARSHAL is ADVISED.
Attorney General Orders Release of
Ncwbcrry Man.


Charleston, Feb. 16.-There was in
terest here today in the receipt by
United States Marshal j. Duncan
Adams Of telegram from Attorney
General McReynolds announcing that
President Wilson had pardoned Mil
ton y. Carlisle Of Newberry and that
he should be released at once Mar
shal Adams wired the Ncwberry sher-
If to liberate Mr.. Carlisle and advised
Mr.. McRcynOlds to this effect The
eX-banker was serving sentence in
the Newberry Jail. The story Of his
trial, conviction, appeals and COM
mutation from five years to one year
Is familiar generally over the State,
the fortunes of the aged Newbcrry
iinancier having been closely follow
ed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
MILTON CARLISLE PARDONED.
President Wilson Orders Newberry
Bankers Release.

Newberry, Feb. 16-Sheriff Blease
received telegram this morning
from Attorney General McReynolds at
Washington asking him to release
Milton A. Carlisle from Jail, where he
was undergoing a sentence OF one year
commuted from five years. Mr.. Car
Isle was Immediately released and
went to his home in this city. He was
much affected by the executive Glenn
ency, which he was not expecting.
Mr.. Carlisle was convicted in the
United States court in Greenyille some
years ago OF violating the federal
banking laws while president Of the
National bank of Newberry, and was
sentenced by Judge Brawley to five
years in the Atlanta prison. After the
conviction was confirmed on appeal
to the court Of appeals, President
Wilson commuted the sentence to one
year and permitted it 10 be served in
the Newberry Jail instead of the At
:anta federal prison.
Mr. Carlisle entered uDon his SEN
tonce August I, 1913. An appeal was
made for u pardon, the appoal being
based or Mr.. Cari.sle's aGyanced age,
being over ,2 years and in feeble
health. The clemency extended by
the president in this case will meet
with general approval, considering all
the circumstances Of the case.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Daily by Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.

Sumter, FeO. 10.
Good Middling II SIS.
Strict Middling II Ia.
Middling - 3-S.
strict Low Middling II.
Low Middling IL 3-S.
Strict Good Ordinary 10 rs.
Staple cotton 13 to IA.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
Little Girl Cured or nm AWFUL Cold

Two years Hgo our little girl had
an awful cold that settled ON her
lungs" SAYS Mrs. VIM. Galbraith.
Hamhurg. y. Y. we were greatly
"a persistent crOUpy cough that clung
to her despite all our treatment. un-
an I got bottle OF Chamb"rlain's
Cough Remedy. This preparation To-
Ileved that dreadful cough ana cholI %
ing and effected positive cure i'm
the course Of few days time" For
sale by all dealers.--Adyt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
Dissolution OF Partnership.

The firm OF Chandler & Jordan, of
Wedgefield, S. c., has dissolved part
nership by mutual consent; Harold
Chandler will remain in business at
the same stand.-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
4 Good Cough Medicine for Children.

Convincing proof Of the rare cura-
tive properties Of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy came from Mrs. Mary Faw-
oett of Grinnell. Iowa, who says:
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy help
ed my little boy a great deal when
he had whooping cough. 1t ic good
medicine" For sale by all Dealers
Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21

W ING STIsAIN-Single Comb White
Leghorns. From several hundred
breeders. Cock birds same strain
unrelated. Free range, eggs $3.50
per Is; SIS per 100. Pecania POul-
try Farm, Davis Station, S. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
New York Cotton Market.
CHICAGO PRODUCE EXCHANGE
Chronic Consultation Cured.

81 had been troubled with chronic
constipation for two years and tried
all the best physicians in Bristol,
Tenn. and they could do nothing for
me. Two packages of Chambe rlain's
Tablets cured me- writes Thos. E.
Williams, of Middleboro, KY For
sale by all dealers-Advt
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-21
Sick Headache.

This Is usually caused by a disorder
OF the stomach. Take a good dose
of Chamberlaiu's Tablets and tomor-
row YOU will feel all right. For sale
rs all dealers--Advt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14

The Germans are doing great road
building work in Africa, and at no dis
tant date the possessions of that coun-
try in the dark continent will be in
touch with each other by motor routes.
For cleaning floors New York in
ventor has patented an electric ma
chine which applies water to floor
and scrubs it as it is pushed forward
and picks up the soiled water as it is
drawn back.
In the stomach of crocodile which
was shot by Mr.. Wells on the Merguan
estate, Madras. were found python
thirteen feet long, two tobacco pipes,
a number of pieces of whisky bottles
and a pair Of trousers.
Tan Teong IL Chinaman residing in
Malay states. was recently fined EGO.
with the alternative of three weeks
Imprisonment. for selling his adopted
baby girl for flo to buy coffin in
which to bury his wife.
Exports of American pianos have
trebled in the last nine years. Amer
lean monographs are popular in all
parts of the world In Mohammedan
countries monographs are used to re,
peat portions of the Koran.
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Bakers New Record.

More honOrs have been discovered
for j. Franklin Baker, who has made
himself SO extremely obnoxious to
major league pitchers since he moved
from Reading, Pa, to Philadelphia
early in September, 1905 1t develops
that j. Franklin is the only athlete
who has been for three seasons a mem
ber of the Worlds Series Society of
Three Hundred HitterS. The man who
put Trappe, Md. on the baseball map
also is the only player who has an
nually hit harder in the baseball claS-
sic than he has in the regular season.
Chief Meyers of the Giants had a
chance to secure the same honor as
Baker possesses, of being 300 hitter
in three worlds series, until his hand
was damaged prior to the start of the
second game for the championship of
the world. McGraw's Indian batted
300 in the contests with the Athletics
in 1911 and .357 in the games with
the Red Sox in 1912. His percentage
in the one game he played in 1913 was
underneath the charmed figure.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14

Employees around the Chicago Trib-
une building tipped it off that if Joe
Tinker doesn't want to play with
Brooklyn he can earn his three square
meals by cleaning the map of the pres
ent crop of white hopes. A night
watchman who didn't know Tinker
tried to halt his march to the sporting
editors sanctum. Three other EN-
ployees jumped in. In round battle
lasting five minutes Tinker spilled the
quartet about the floor arriving at the
sport department with only slight
bruise on his face.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Journeay New U. of P. Captain.

Louis A. Young, who was reelected
captain of the University of Pennsyl-
vania football team. resigned the cap
taincy and Albert Journeay was elect
ed in his place. Young will be gradu-
ated next June, but expected to return
to the university for a postgraduate
course. On the strength of this ex-
pectation he was again chosen captain.
but he has since found that he will
not be able to return for the extra
year of study. Journeay. the new cap
tain. played right guard on the team
this year. He is twenty-three years
old. and his home is at Leonia, n. ].
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Palestine.
druggists.

The Palestine school closed
Friday. Miss Lottie Metzcar gave
a program in her room and quite
a number of visitors were pres
ent.
The play to be given by the
High School pupils was postpon-
ed to Wednesday night of this
week.
Edwin and Charles Jefferis and
their wives made a trip to Rich
mond. Ind, Wednesday, and T.
J. Wilson and wife visited the
same place Thursday.
Misses Nellie and Opal Turner
of GreenviIle are visiting their
grandmother, Mrs. Anna Woods.
The annual meeting of the
Dunkard church was held at the
church northeast of town.
Do not forget the Township
Sunday school convention to be
held at the Disciple church on
May "a.
Let us all bear in minG that
Decoration Day is near and let
us observe the day fittingly.
May II. FROM PALESTINE.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14

flag officer connected with it. He was
born in Washington in 1854 and is the
nephew Of the late Admiral John A.
Winslow, the famous commander of
the old Kearsarge when that ship sank
the Confederate cruiser Alabama of
the French coast He is a graduate
of Annapolis of the class Of 1875 and
will arrive at the retiring age in 1916.
In 1893, in the Spanish war. Admiral,
then lieutenant. Winslow led the lit
tie party that cut the cables off Glen
fuegos, Cuba. in order that the Span
ish forces might have no communica-
ton with Madrid. The cutting of the
cables was done in the face of ter
rife fire from the Spaniards on shore
and by many has been termed the
bravest act of that war. For his serv-
ices on that occasion he was advanced
five numbers in grade. He was at
tached to the White House staff as
naval aid in the second Roosevelt ad-
ministration Mrs. Winslow is daugh-
ter OF the l;ite Henry o. Havemeyer
OF New York city.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14

. Twenty-Five games have been sched-
uled for the Harvard baseball team
for the coming season. Of these two
each will be played with Georgetown,
Holy Cross, Brown. Pennsylvania and
Yale. The Yale games are scheduled
for June 16 and II. the first to be
played at New Haven and the second
at Cambridge, while third game will
be played ut New York on the Goth in
case Of tie. The team will make one
trip south, leaving for West Point on
April 21 and returning to Cambridge
April 26.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
indigestion? Can't Eat? No
Appetite?

A treatment of Electric Bitters
increases your appetite; stopsin-
digestion; you can eat every
thing. A real spring tonic for
liver, kidney and stomach troub-
les. Cleanses your whole sys-
tenn and you feel fine. Electric
Bltters did more for Mr.. T. D.
PEBBLES stomach troubles than
any medicine he ever tried. Get
a bottle today. SOC and 81 90, at
your druggists.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Ec-
Zema.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
WinoIow of the Navy.

In naval circles at Washington the
opinion prevails that Rear Admiral
Cameron McRae Winslow will com
mand the Atlantic fleet on its passage
through the Panama canal when the
great waterway is opened to the
worlds commerce in 1913. Until he
hauled down his flag few weeks ago
Rear Admiral Winslow was second in
command to Rear Admiral Badger,
commander in chief of tie Atlantic
fleet. Early in the year Admiral Bad,
ger is to retire, and gossip has it that
Winslow will succeed him.
Rear Admiral WinSlow is very pop
ular in the navy. lIesis noted rs q
navigator and his service with the At
lantic feet outdates that of any other
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
No. 45.

From labOrer in the construction
gang to head of n great railway sys-
TEN is the story of Alferd H. Smith.
new president Of the New York Cen
trail railroad He is the third in sue
cessiOn of New York Central presi-
dents to rise from the lowest grade to
the highest, All three of these men
come from the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern railroad. First of the
trio was William II. Newman. who
was succeeded by William c. Brown,
who. i'll turn, has retired
When boy of fourteen young Smith
went to work rs messenger in the
Lake Shore Offices at Cleveland. After,
that he worked in the purchasing
agents Office; but, having a liking for.
the mechanical branches of railroad
ing, he resigned his clerkship and took
a job i'll one of the construction gangs I
He worked as labUrer for several
years, becoming general foreman off
construction work. In 1890 Mr.. Smith
was made superintendent of the Kala-i
maZoo division and eleven years latePl
had reached the position of general
superintendent of the Lake Shore. Al
year later he was transferred to thei
New York Central system as general
superintendent and in 1906 was made
vice president and general manager.
Last March Mr.. Smith became seniorI
vice president of the New York Cen
tral lines. He is also president of 7
the Lake Shore and Michigan South e
ern. President, Smith is in his fiftieth
wear
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Eifsnen Baseball Fatalities.

Fifteen deaths constituted the toll in
baseball games during the 1913 season.
The report shows that the greatest
death toll was in Chicago where three
persons were killed by pitched balls.
Twelve Of the victims were killed by
being hit in the head by the ball di-
rect from the hands of the pitcher.
Foul tips were responsible for the
other three deaths. The report points
out that all of the players killed were
unskiIled in the game and that none
was major league players.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Oak Grove.

We are here once again; news
is very scarce, so we lose out
sometimes.
Eliza Michael and wife, Paul
Albright and Miss Olive Bryson
went picnicking over at Bears
mill Sunday and spent the day in
boating and fishing. They re-
port fishing fairly good and the
boating fine.
Mrs. Charley Hamilton, who
has been on the sick list, is bet
ter at this writing.
Corn planting is now the order
of the day.
May II. Boz.
READ OUR...
CLUBBING OFFERS
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
GREENvILLE. OHIO, THURSDAY. MAY "a, 1914

things his way and it is said the
little boy is having things his
way despite the more mature
judgment of papa and mamma.
May IL. XOB
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Rowiro a. corneIl.

The Cornell CREW boathouse was not
closed this far, but will remain open
all winter. The float will be left in
place so that If warm spell comes
during the winter the men viii be able
to practice on the water.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14

Irish MahOn Of Newark, n. j., is one
of the most promising Of the crop of
featherweights. He has met and de-
feated some Of the hest and is in great
demand.
Mahon is hot on the trail of Johnny
Kilbane. 1t is likely that the pair will
he matched in the near future.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Child CROSSE FeverishP
Sick?

A cross, peevish. listless child,
with coated tongue, pale, doesn't
sleep; eats sometimes very little,
then again ravenously; stomach
sour; breath fetid pains in stom-
ach, with diarrhea; grinds teeth
while asleep, and starts up with
terror all suggest Worm Kill
ler = something that expels
worms, and almost every child
has them. Kickapoo Worm Kill
Ter is needed. Get a box today.
Start at once. You won't have
to coax, as Kickapoo Worm Kill
ler is a candy confection. Ex-
pels the worms, the cause of your
child's trouble. 25c at your
druggists.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Getty sburg.

ment alley crossing at l. B. Mil,
ler's furniture store, which adds
very much to the appearance Of
the premises and completes a con.
tinuous sidewalk, adding largely
to the convenience of pedestri-
ans. This was a much needed
improvement and commends the
progress manifest by the work
of doing it.
F. P. Lehman has his bakery
building placed in it's new posi-
tion and the work of fitting it up
for a dwelling almost completed.
Our village is expanding and
what may be next is hard to sur
mise. Mr.. Lehman has begun
the excavation Of the cellar for
the new addition to his business
block.
C. 0. Unger is building a resi-
dence adjoining the garage bull
ding, at the west end of town,
which he has about completed.
improvements are visible eve
rywhere in some way or other.
J. E. Miller, our hotel man, has.
begun the improvement of va.
cant lot recently bought in the.
Stoltz subdivision to our village.
Mothers Day was observed in
our M. E. church yesterday by
some special music, a suitable
sermon by the pastor of the
church and by the mothers wear
ing white carnation flower.
The day, the SECOND Sunday in
May, has now been designated a
national institutionand will claim
a rightful place among the fes-
tivities of the country.
Decoration Day will be the
next thing of Importance to claim
our attention, and it goes with
out saying that our place will du-
ly honor the day. 1t is a day of
a good deal of Importance with
our people.
The Adams Township Sunday
School Association will hold a
field day convention here next
Sunday and much will be done 10
boost the cause Of Sunday schools
among us. Let there be a gen.
eral turnout and help to make
the occasion a success. The diff.
ferent schools will get together
as one in the morning in our
auditorium and much will be at
tempted to show progress in the
work of teaching.
S. E. Garner, wife and chill
dren, of Greenville. were visitors
here yesterday.
H. E. Whitlock and wife of
Piqua and L. S. Gilbert and wife
of Covington were guests of P.
B. Miller yesterday.
Sol Stoltz of this place, Ed
ward Cowan and children, Mar
garet and Richard. Margaret
Stoltz of Cleveland, and Mrs. D.
w. Spidel of Greenville were en-
tertained at Hotel Miller on last
Friday for dinner by Mrs. Carrie
Dorwin.
Mrs. D. Moul of Pleasant Hill
visited here last Friday among
.4;o,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-14
Row the Tariff is Work
ing.

On May A blast furnace No. l
of the La Belle Iron Works of
Steubenville, O., was blown out,
the furnace being closed indefin-
itely. In consequence, several
hundred men have been thrown
out of employment. The reason
given by the management is
'lack of business On May l
the Aetna Standard mill at MAJ
tins Ferry closed down indefin-
itely, throwing idle nearly 1000
men. The mill had not been run
ming full for some time, but the
complete shut down came as a
surprise. To add to the indus
trial depression in this district,
the Riverside mill of the Nation
al Tube Company at Wheeling
drew their fires on the night of
April 30, turning a great num-
ber of men out of work. Lack
of orders is given by the man
agement for the order to close
down.
Dun's Review reports that in |
Cincinnati manufacturers of |
machine tools are complaining |
of continued dull trade. Most |
shops are working only two
thirds time and with reduced
forces" AS to the local iron and
steel trade, Dun's Review says:
"The market appears to have
come as near a point of absolute
stagnation as it is possible to
conceive"
On May l the deficiency in the
U. S. Treasury for the fiscal year
so far was $34, 347, 488, asagainst
a surplus of $8,718,O45 at the
same period last year-a differ
ence TO the bad" of $43, O65. .533.
N N |
During the month of April,
1914, there were only half as ma
ny railroad cars built in the Uni
ted States as there were in Ap.
ril, 1918.
Furnace men north of the Ohio
river, including Virginia, have
Joined a movement to prevent
further cutting of prices, which
had got SO low, through compe-
tition, that production was no
longer profitable.
"A Milwaukee dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says: "The
lake marine season this year gives
indications of being the weakest
and least prosperous in the his
tory of the last 15years. In Mil
waukee alone there are lying idle
20 of the biggest coal and iron
carriers on the lakes, and there
have not even been received or
ders for the fitting out of these
boats. This means that it will
be at least another month before
they are in commission. !"
A deficit of $6,289,644 after
payment OF the regular dividends
on the preferred and common
NJ n : y Il A = /
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compared with the like period a
year previously.

compared WlCn the ike peflOQ a
year previously.
X x K
The Secretary of the Jewish
Agricultural and Industrial Aid
Society of New York reports that
there are in New York ten ap-
plicants for farm labor to one job.
So anxious are steel manufac.
turers for business to keep their
plants running, says the New
York Sun, that bars, plate and
structural shapes are being dis
posed of at not far away from
cost.
X X x
The Iron Trade Review gives
an official announcement by the
National Tube Co. that it will
close down it's Benwood works,
the blast furnace near Wheeling,
one blast furnace at McKeesport,
and another at Lorain, o. Lack
of demand for wrought steel |
pipe" is given as the cause. The |
shut down is indefinite. This ac- |
ton throws $500 steel workers
out of employment,
X x
The new tariff has almost ruin
ed the American gold, silver and
aluminium leaf business. This
used to be quite a fourishing in
1ustry at Hicksville, N. Y, but
The most important factories
nave had to close, as they could
not compete with the imported
eaf and pay living wages to their
Says the Leeds (Eng.) Mercu-
": There has been a phenolne-
lal increase in the Huddersf lid
staple trade with the United
states during the past two months
md the glories of the pre- e-McKin-
ey days of prosperity beforeI
he high tariff wall was raised-I
promise to return at least for a.
ime."