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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
FIRST SESSION OF ASSEMBLY
Americas Premier Legislative Body
Met at jamestown, Vap in
July, 1913.

The first representative legislative
assembly ever held in America
convened at jamestown, Va, in
July, 1919, a year before the Pill
grim landed at Plymouth and a dec
ade before the Massachusetts Bay
colony was begun. 1t consisted of
the governor, Sir George Yeardley,
his council, two burgesses elected by
each of the IL Incorporated planta-
tons. The assembly sat in the chan
eel of the little church, where five
years before Pocahontas had been
married to John Rolfe. John Irvine,
the clerk of the assembly. says in his
report:
THE most convenient place we
coulde finde to slit in was the Quire
OF the Church, where Sir George
Yeardley, the Governour, being sett
down In his accustomed place, those
of the Counsel of Estate safe nexte
him ON both handles, excepte onely
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Car Pushed Him Into River.

Gustave Reinberg, a manufacturer.
will now buy a new motor car, but it
will be a self-starter. He had one
which cost $4,000 and seemed to be a
reliable and docile car until the other
day. Mr.. Reinberg believes now that
it had long nursed a secret grudge
against him. While he was cranking
it on a West Shore ferry boat, /. start
ed up, pushed him into the river and
jumped in after him. They picked Mr..
Reinberg off an ice cake, but the car
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Useful instrument.

Samuel and Jake, two negroes, ar.
ranged a hunting trip. and were to
meet the next morning at Jake's home,
whence they were to start. Meanwhile,
Samuel, passing a show window, had
become hypnotized by a pedometer,
which he finally purchased. He was on
time in the morning, and the strange
apparatus at once caught Jake's eye.
"Whut dat?" he asked. pointing to it.
Dat" said Samuel, with a superior
air, lam a speedometer." "Yeh?
Whut's 1t fer?" why, dat tell yuh
how fer yuh walk in a mile"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Bows Game of Marbles.

A number of minstrels who were
touring the country on the so much
a week and cakes" plan arrived at a
small town and were put up at
a boarding house. Shortly thereafter
they all co~ngregated in the largest
room and two sets of crap dice were
produced. The landlady heard the
rise and fall of voices and the sound
of the rolling bones and went upstairs
to investigate. She stood in the door
way for a minute, unnoticed, and then
broke in with this bit of scorn: "A
fine lot of men you are to be playing
a kids game of marbles!"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

something. Think I'll stop to see Doc
tor Blank on my way up town"
The sun was shining and the day
was clear and cold, yet this mantle
doctors friend-saw only disease in
the crisp air and bright skies.
How many people, like him, are al
ways seeing sickness ahead and pre-
pairing for It'll They expect it, antici-
pate it, and consequently have 1t. 1t
is only a block or two to a physician;
a drug store is on every corner, and
the temptation to send for the physi-
clan or to get drugs at the slightest
symptom of illness tends to make
them more and more dependent on
outside helps and less able to control
their physical discords.
One of the most unfortunate things
that has come to us through what we
call higher civilization" is the killing
OF faith in our power of disease resist
ance. During the frontier days there
were little villages and hamlets which
physicians rarely entered, and here
the people we're strong and healthy
and Independent. They developed
great powers of disease resistance.
There is no doubt that the doctor
habit in many families has a great deal
to do with the developing of unfortu-
nate physical conditions in the child.
Many mothers are always calling the
doctor whenever there is the least
sign of disturbance in the children.
The result is that the child grows up
with this disease picture, doctor pic
ture, medicine picture in its mind, and
it influences it's whole life.
The time will come when a child
and any kind of medicine will be con-
sidered a very incongruous combina-
ton. Were children properly reared
in the love thought, in the truth
thought, in the harmony thought; were
they trained to right thinking, a doc
tor or medicine would be rarely needed.
One of the tendencies of i'll health
is to make one morbid. People who
are constantly thinking about their
ailments often develop a morbid pas
sion for sympathy. They want to tell
everybody of their aches and pains, to
describe their symptoms.
Have you ever known a woman who
has acquired the doctor habit, a wom-
an who loves nothing in the world
quite as we'll as an opportunity to tell
the doctor of her ailments? She has
poured them out to unwelcome ears, to
forced listeners, till she longs for some
one who can really appreciate it all,
who sympathizes with her in her
troubles, so she sends for the doctor or
goes to see him.
This becomes almost a mania with
some ONE who have few outside
activities to divert them. Their minds
naturally revert to themselves, and
they become saturated with the poi
soned thought.
Confidence is a powerful factor in
health. We should thoroughly be-
lieve in our ability to keep ourselves
well by healthful, harmonious, happy
thinking. So long as we doubt our
ability to maintain health, so long as
we picture to ourselves disease and
physical weakness, it is impossible to
attain to a strong, normal physical
condition.
The time will come when we will
no more allow discordant thoughts in
u mind than we would scatter thistle
seeds over our gardens. Knowing well
that thinking is building, our thinking
will be reflected in our bodies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

the Secretary, then appointed Speaker.
who safe right before him. John
Irvine, clerke of the General Assem-
bly,, being placed nexte Speaker, and
Thomas Pierse, the Sergeant, stand
ing at the barre, to be ready for any
service the Assembly should require
But forasmuch as mems affairs doe lit
tie prosper where Gods service is neg
lected, all the Burgesses took their
places in the Quire till a prayer was
said by Mr., Buckle, the minister. that
1t would please God to guide and
sanctify all our proceedings to his
owne glory and the goode of this Plan
tation."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
"NUN" SLAVES; GERMAN SPY
Taken Into English Home, "she" Is
Liked by elrls-Pays Death
Penalty.

San Francisco.-The fate of a Ger
man spy disguised as a Belgian nun
in England was told succinctly in a
letter received In San Francisco by
Miss Alice Robinson from her cousin.
Miss Ada Grant of Boston. Lincoln.
shire county, England.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
The letter said in part:

Did l tell you that we had taken in
a Belgian u as a companion, though
we were taken in as well? One night
we heard a noise in her room, and,
going up quietly. we peeked through
the transom. and what we saw l shall
never forget. There was the sister
in a German uniform, shaving.
MY sister phoned for the police, and
after a struggle the man was arrested.
A little later a shot was heard that
announced the last of him. Our feel.
ing are better imagined than described.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Mosquitoes Near Pole.

The presence of mosquitoes In myri-
ads within the bare, uninhabitated
arctic circle is surely in some degree
a mystery. The mosquito is a blood
sucker, but in these universal plains
he is for the most part and Of strict
necessity a vegetarian. A few birds
excepted land the birds are furnished
with impervious feathers) there is no
local life whatever. The Lapp in sum-
mer drives his reindeer to the sea.
and no native crosses the field If he
can help It Yet in this region.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

What does MCMXIv' spell?" asked
the man who was looking at the cal.
endar.
Il dunno" replied the man who
was looking into space. New dance,
! suppose. Some variation OF the
Maxine"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
In Spirit Land.

spook of Lear-were you really In
sane. Hamlet?
Spook OF Hamlet-I never could as
certain, Lear. old man; ! never faced
a Jury Of alienists.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
CONFIDENCE A POWERFUL FAC.
TOR IN HEALTH.

What fine winter we are having"
says the healthy man. Very bad,
very bad!" replies the chronic invalid.
This is the weather that brings pneu-
monia and other diseases. l feel now
. If ! were about to be laid up with
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

To provide her son with warm UNI
derclothing, the fi~fty-year-old mother
of a young Austrian soldier tramped in
the rain for three days from her home
in Hungary to field headquarters.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

seemingly the most unsuitable for
its effective working" the mosquito
fourishes. "a primeval and enduring
curse. inexplicably developed to its
utmost"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Has Portralt paInted

Berlin.-The German crown prince,
instead of being dead or badly wound
ed, has had his portrait painted in oils
at the front.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Proof Of II

Dogs can't reason"
Cant they? You Just let my bull
pup get a good grip on a subject, and
he'll hold his own"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Wrong FIsurIno.

It IL a telling commentary on a
man when he begins to figure his
money In liquid measurs.-Philadel
phia Inquirer. -
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
TOP OF HOUSE
WRECKED DON'T
KNOW IT BELOW
Pont-a -MouSSon Doctor and Wife
Have Shell Surprise in
Morning.
SOLDIERS GO ON A STRIKE
Stick In Trenches and Refused to
Charge Until Artillery Cleared the
Way-VaIor of Troops of South
ern France Questioned.
BY A. r. DECKER.

Correspondent of the Chicago News.)
Pont-a-Mousson, France.-The doc
tor and his wife inhabit a three-story
house on the side of the Place du Roi
farthest from the Germans. Because
of the open square in front, there is
nothing to intervene between them
and the German shells, to make them
explode before reaching the residence
of the doctor. So, to escape the bonn
bardments, the doctor and his wife
eat, sleep and live in the kitchen,
which is on the corner of the house
farthest back and farthest down.
Listens to "Music" of the Shells.
One evening, as was his custom, the
doctor, having finished dinner, was
consulting the memoranda of his calls
for the day and for the days work to
come. He heard the usual whistling
and exploding of shells and left his
notes long enough to throw open the
window, the better to hear the "mu.
sic" 1t was cold, blowing and rain
ing.
"Tiens!" said the doctor; what a
night for the boys in the trenches"
YES" his wife replied. How sorry
l feel for them"
assesses. Bang!
That one went to Marin's, l think"
Lucky we are safe here"
S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s. Boom!
"Not Far From Here, That One"
Another one, and not far from here,
either! Are the Prussians going to
lombard us forever? Why don't they
fire on the batteries? They only
waste their ammunition!"
The bombardment eventually
stopped, and the couple vent to bed
to dream of screaming shells and
sugar at double price. In the morning
the doctor started on his round of
calls, and his wife climbed the stairs.
to open the windows and let in the
chance sunshine, which comes only oc-
casionally and stays only a short time
in this wet country. Imagine her sur
prise to find that a shell had exploded
in the house and had made ma{chwood
of the furniture and woodwork of the
top story. A Kansas whirlwind is the
only rival of a shell turned loose in a
house. The doctors house was a mix.
ture of plaster, rugs, beams, stones.
planks and tiles.
/, The marvel is hat the wind and rain
had prevented the doctor and his wife
from knowing when their home was
hit.
War No Longer a Circus.
When the war first came to Pont.s.
Mousson it was like the arrival of q
circus. The sleepy little town was for
once awakened from it's lethargy and
furnished with a big excitement. The
soldiers filed the street, crowdine the
shops and flirting with the girls, h
were smitten with the brass buttons.
Gradually this has all changed. Food
began to rise in price. Many articles
became totally lacking. There was no
work, winter came IN, and military
discipline drew the lines closer ana
closer until now one is virtually a pris-
oner. And the Germans are still here
bombarding US nearly every day and
constantly threatening a new invasion.
Slowly the somber cloud Of death
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

Nine. M~archerez, with four othe!
noble women, remained in Scissors
when it was b~ombarded, and aided the
army doctors in their work under shell
fire. She saved the city from destruc-
ton by boldly assuming the office of
mayor, organizing a system of requisi-
ton for the German army and COM
polling the German authorities to &C
cept a reasonable tribute and respect
the needs OF the civil population.
When the English drove the Germans
out of scissors Nine, Marcherez con-
tinued to administer the duties of
mayor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

has not been recovered. Mr.. Reinberg
is of the opinion that it ran abou. as
far as Albany on the river bottom.
And he had the best opportunity to
notice which way and how briskly it
was moving. New York Letter to the
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

for we had really got to like the sis
ter"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

is no more than a square bristly patch
under the nose.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
FIGHT COTTON INSECTS.
lM'OliTED STAPLE MUST BE
EUMIGATED.
precautions Taken To Prevent En-
trance of Pink boil Worn and Other
MCnaCcS.

washington, Sept. 15.-An import
ant announcement was made by the
department of agriculture tonight
when it was stated that after Feb
ruary all imports Of raw cotton must
be fumiSatcd at the port of entry
before 1T can be released by the GUS
toms officials.
The purpose Of this is to make GER
tain that the pink boil worm found in
Egyptian and other imported cotton
and other destructive cotton insects
found abroad shall not be introduced
into American cotton fields. The
danger from the pink boil worm is es-
pccially great as this insect may in
fest seed left accidentally in the bale
through faulty ginning. If this seed
should become mixed with seed used
for planting, or be planted accidentally
near growing cotton the pink boil
worm might get foot hold and cause
the great damage in this country that
1t does in foreign cotton fields.
Fumigation is required after a thor
ough study and after hearings on the
subject by the department which es-
tablish clearly that hydrocyanic acid
gas properly used will kill al insects
in the bale without damaging the cot
ton. The department has worked out
a method whereby whole bales can be
fumigated in a vacuum tank quickly
and without danger to the operators.
The requirement of fumigation will
be In addition to the previous regula-
ton still in force which requires that
all mills using foreign cotton screen
their buildings completely and burn
all seed found in the foreign bales.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
SUMTER COUNTY VOTES DRY.
LIQUOR ELEMENT VOTED DOWN
MORE THAN THREE TO
ONE.
One Precinct I'm County to BE Heard
From, While Others All Return Ma
joritics for Prohibition Except State
burg-VOtc I'm County Was 6i7 to
22i with Manchester not Yet known

With the returns I'm from every
precinct In the county save Manches-
ter, the vote seems to have been near
ly three to one I'm favor of prohibition,
as predicted by the members Of the
prohibition party before the elction
on yesterday. The total vote accord
Ing to the unofficial returns as re-
ceived at the Item office show 224
for the sale OF whiskey and CAT
against the sale of intoxicating liquors,
or continuation OF the present dis
pensary system I'm the State. State
burg 10y majority of two was the only
precinct in the county to give ma
jority In favor of the legal sale Of IL
quor.
The returns received last night
and today were as follows:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
MORE MflIeANs KILLED,
TWO SHOT WHILE SPYING On
AMERICAN TROOPS.
soldiers Digging Trenches Opposite
Mexicans ON Whom They Have
Guns Trained-Iicady To Go To- Any
Disturbance.

Brownsville Sept, 15.--In addition
to two Mexicans killed last night.
three more were killed this morning on
the border by Texas rangers. Two
dressed In khaki were shot to death
last night while spying on United
States troops. six hundred soldiers
are disgins trenches along the Rio
Grande opposite the Mexican trenches.
North OF this city the batteries have
moved closer to the border and are
trained on the Mexican works across
the limo Hght machine guns are en-
trained ready to be rushed wherever
danger threatens. Three Mexican
troop Trains arrived at Matamoros this
morning. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
CHARGES BIG FRAUD.
GRAND JURY INDICTS NEW OR.
LEANS MEN.
Misuse OF the Mails Alleged in OBJ
tanning Immense Sums of Bogus
Bills of Lading

New Orleans, Sept. 13.--Albcrt Lc-
more and E. S. Carriere indicted here
today by the federal grand jury on
20 counts each, charging use of the
mails TO defraud by means of an al
legged false bills Of lading scheme of
immense proportions, appeared be-
Browne late today and gave bonds of
$4,000 each for their appearance in
court. They will be arraigned be-
fore Federal Judge Foster tomorrow.
Lemore and Carriere were two Of
the principals in A. Lemore & Co., a
stavc exporting concern, with head
quarters here, that failed in Febru-
airy l, 1914, with losses to banks and
firms in this and foreign countries,
which the trustees in bankruptcy to-
day estimated would reach about S.
100000. This is said to have been
one of the largest failures ever re-
corded in the South. The firm has
agents and branches in several Amer
lean cities and in many of the leading
cities Of Europe
The indictments were based on
charges that LemOre and Carriere
obtained an immense sum of money
by negotiating drafts on bills of lad
ing issued on fictitious cargoes of
slaves. The drafts were cashed
through banks in New York, Liver
pool, London, Hamburg, Antwerp,
Paris Amsterdam and other cities.
The attorney for Lemore and Car
riere said tonight his clients would
appear in court tomorrow and plead
not guilty. He said they contended
the bills Of lading were genuine and
that they denied there was any fraud
in their transactions.
According to- the trustees in bank
yuptcy the concern practically was
insolvent from it's inception, but the
issuance Of drafts on alleged fraudu-
lent bills of lading did not begin un-
til 1909, when. it was declared, the
firm was found by examination of
its books to be about 100000 in
debt, ~.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
Miss Kate HinsOn Is Hostess.

On Monday evening Miss Kate Hin
son entertained q number Of her
friends at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Hinson, Jr., on
kendrick street. Several interesting
games were played and were enjoy
ed much by all present. Delicious ice
cream, cake, and mints were served.
The guests present were: Misses Ma
rie and Minnie Sheriff, Arual Lobby,
Hattie Halford, Pearl King, Ehie
Rose, Felicia Heckel, Lucille Hinson,
Ruth Hussey, HATTIE Hinson. Lizzie
Pringle, Mrs. Laura Lebby, Mrs. Tom
Hussey and little nephew. Mrs. f. j.
Davis, aud ljttle daughter; Messrs. AL
bert B. McGilvray and Edward Him
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
Will Contest I'm Rifle Shoot.

Co. l.. National Guard of South
Carolina. will have five men to repre-
sent 1t In the contest to decide who
will be members Of the South Carolina
State Rifle team which will go to
Jacksonville. Fla. to participate in
the national shoot.
Capt. p. M. Brown. Lieut.. II. Il.
Brown, Sgt, Jack Owen, Sgt. Allen r..
Richardson and Pvs. Jewel ". Norris
are five Of seventy-five picked out Of
tho State because of high scores made
ia an earlier rifle practice at the rifle
range at StyX. near Columbia. ..,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18

ties until the State department has
determined what shall be. the attitude
of the government toward acts ap-
parcntly in violation of neutrality.
lntimatiOn has come that more
aggressive policy may be adopted as
a result Of the revelation Of the
activities of DIR. Constantin T. Dumba.
the Austro-EIungarian ambassador.
and the knowledge that an American.
James f. j. Archibald. had been used
as n messenger to Austria. ,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
FIRE INTO BORDER TOWN.


Laredo. Sept 3iA--Fifty shots were
fired into the town of Simon last night
from across the border. Troops were
sent thare to restore confidence. Three
MeSicahs. arrested on the way to
Harlengsr, attempted escape and were
shot. :,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
zAfATA HORDEs RAvAGE.


Mexico City. Sept. 15.-Zapata's reb-
81 horaes are committing terrible out
RACES. pillaging. burning and murder
ing I'm the State OF Morelos. Thous-
ands N that district are starving to
death. the soldiers having seized all
food supplies. Zapata has executed
1gnacip Torreos. n son-ln-law of the
late Porfirio Diaz.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
WON'T ACT JUST NOW.
Department of Justice Waits Develop
mcntS.

washington, Sept. 14.-It has be-
come known on high authority to-
night that the department of justice
Will not begin proceedings against any
agents OF belligercnt governments al
legged to have been involved in strike
plans and other Objectionable activi-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
KEEP OUT OF MEXICO.
Americans Warned Not to Cross the
Boundary.

Washington. Sept 1.-THE State
department today announced that
owing to disturbed conditions on the
Texas border the warning is repeated
to Americans to stay on this side of
tho International boundary at this
time"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18

Cutlery,
Guns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18
The Library Report.

The report Of the librarian of the
Sumter, Library shows that between
iJunel and September 18th, 215O
books were lent out, between August
aniI September 1. 1,0Si books were
borrowed The report further shows
35S incmbere ior the pbrarv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-09-18

ucruse 60 marry has been issued
to Deipoch Waugh and Addlo Rich
ards. Sumter. ........