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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20
Marriage License Record,

A license to marry has been issued
to Philip j. Ward and Miss M. Nc
Leod of Pinewood. Licenses to col
ored couples were: James Mellett,
Sumter. and Abbie Murray. Dalzell;
Johnnie Johnson and Rosa Cooper,
Mayesville.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20

Children take Billiards. Horehound
Syrup willingly because it tastes nice.
There isn't a better remedy anywhere
for children's coughs. ~hoarseness ard
bronchitis. It's a good medicine and
easy to take. Price Csc. SOC and $500
per bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug
Store.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20

Sickly children need Whites Cream
Vermifuge. 1t not only destroys
worms. II there be any. but II acts az
a strengthening tonic in the stomach
and bowels. Price csc per bottle.
Sold by Sibcrt's Drug Store.-AdVt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20

D~eep-seated coughs that resist or
binary remedies require both exter-
nal and internal treatment. II you
buy a dollar bottle of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup you get the two reme-
dies You need for the price of one.
There is a Herrick's Red Pepper Por-
OILS Plaster for the chest. free with
each bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug
StOro-Advf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20
WORDS OF GOOD WILL.
M~nnstcrbcrg's Last Message Ono of
Peace.

New York. Dec. 1.-THE last pub
lie message Of Prof. M~unsterberg who
died suddenly today in his class room
In Cambridge, Mass. contains a
'ision Of peace and good will and
In It the writer indicated that he be-
heved mch q peace was nea The
message m sent TO . weekly maya
zine hersSaaA made public today upon
receipt Of the news Of his death.
After the war. the message says,
mo trace will remain: those who hated
most hotly will forget most quick
~. Men will look one another in the
face with astonishment: the spell will
be broken. They simply will not be-
lieve that they could misjudge ami
maAtrsat their friends so grossly. The
subtle power Of our mind TO forget
NM become maukind's blessings. az
ssxpSeeees stearsd W shan
pe69Scatt = tie harsis
msthod 81 enforcing Il but by the
hundred times better metht u maxi
ing IL natural. And Il can become
natural because all the scorn of today
Will fall OF like the scab Of a healing
wound. Unless all psychological owl
dences deceive us. after this war ends
peace will really be lasting-and I
feel sure tho end Of the war il near.
the world Christmas tree will be glis-
tening tomorrow. the fragrance Of
Its candles already pervades the
world"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20

Wheezing in the lungs indicates
that phlegm is ~obstructing the air
passages. Billiards. Horehound Syr-
up loosens the Sphlegm 30 that
1t can be coughed up and elected.
Price s6c, soc and s1.oo per, bottle.
Sold by Sibert's Drug StOre.-Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20

II has been reported by the Flo.-
Ida Station that steers getting Il
pounds Of velvet beans In the pod
per 1000 pounds Of live weight.
together with corn and cotton seed
huils, made a high average gain of
2.s pounds daily for "a days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-20
FIRE DAMAGES HOME.
w. S. Mannfng Suffers Loss by Flames
at Spartanburg.

Ss 0OssOG 4<uco W I0luc9
at Spartahburg.
Spartanburg. Oct. 1.-THE home
OF w. s. Manning. brother of Gov. Il.
I. Manning. on east Main street In
this city. caught fire yesterday morn
Ing and suffered damages to the
amount Of about $500. The fire was
confined to n room Of the second
story. Part of the loss was caused by
smoke and water. The origin of the
fire Is unknown. but 1t Is supposed
that a spark dropped from the top of
tho chimney where 1t had bcen car
RED from the lower fire place and set
Ere t" tho rubbish In the upper fire
place.
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Notice.

All persons are forbidden from
hunting on my "Pineland" plantation
near Remini, S. c. These lands are
posted. w. s. MANNING.
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6$oiS, ca4ksrsd 4 az churcS
heFs fosa thAnksgivtng prayer meet.
irs last night, which was led oy Mr..
Robert Ards.
Mr.. Editor. II does seem strange
thar 20 few feel how thankful they
ought to be to Almighty God that
they wait for the president OF the
United states and the governor 10 set
aside q day upon which we should
meet and. return thanks to the Giver
Of all things for His raarcies to us.
And then how few. oh. how few. will
turn out and show just by their ac-
lions that they are thankful. Oh. sup
pose God was a. careless as we are.
hut remember. kind reader. that
God has said: because I have called
and 20 have refused. I have stretched
out my arm and no man regard 1t.
Behold. ! laugh at your calamity and
mock when your fear cometh like the
whiriwind." God has sent his warn
Ing BY vars storms. floods and fires
In divers places, but they have donc
M but little damage. Yet how 10th
We are TO return thanks to such a
kind Heavenly Father. i trust I am
thankful for all Of Gods blessings.
sight. speech and hearing. smelling.
food. raiment and on so many other
uncomfortable blessings. But tho
greatest Is love. for what would this
world be without God and God Is
love. So let us get close to God. Love
him and thank him for all Of his love
TO m and learn to save our fellow
man. even IL we have to hate his
ways. says the old sinner,
Hard Times"
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'Hasa 1imcsr Speaks frs.m Dark Cor.

Dark Corner. Dec. 16.-Once again
! claim space In the watchman and
southron for q few dots. although
there 10 nothing Of an exciting nature
TO relate. Everybody seems to be at
peace with each other. No sickness.
dsaths. births or marriages to re-
port. Farmers are hnishins up plant
~ their tan crop Of small grain.
~ , IN. Grimm lott : nns COW yen.
~ IN ~ 1Aa
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
Sumptuary Laws

Ocala Banner: In its early his
tory the democratic party put itself
on record as opposed to all forms Of
sumptuary legislation, and in later
years those members who opposed
prohibition and yet sought political
recognition, took refuge under this
ancient plank.
In later years the democratic par
ty has reversed itself on this propo-
sition and has put itself on record
by passing laws even regulating the
quantity of stimulants the individual
shall drink during a given period.
This is the case in Georgia and Vir-
ginia.
Baron Montequie, the great French
statesman, lays it down as rule that
sumptuary laws would be ruinous for
a monarchy, but are quite necessary
for a democracy.
We observe with some degree Of
surprise that Governor-elect Sidney
J. Cats, in his letter to the people of
Florida, says that he would have
them know that his policy will be
broad and that no sumptuary laws
will find place in his administration.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
Gave His Great Help

Miami Herald: Not much was
heard of William J. Bryan during the
election which closed so successfully
for the democratic party, last week.
But it is now being disclosed that
Mr.. Bryan has done yeoman service
for the party, appearing in many
states on behalf of the ticket and do
ing his full share in carrying the
election.
And his efforts had a very much
different effect than did another very
prominent Colonel who took the stump
for the republicans. In every state.
but one, where Mr.. Bryan appeared
on the platform the people returned
democratic majorities or pluralities
end it cannot be doubted that appear
ing in the sections which have stood
behind him for nearly two decades. he
was able to keep thousands soldly in
line for the democracy.
Mr.. Bryan showed his unswerving
loyalty to the party and deserves the
commendation of all men who are
pleased at the results of the election.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
Commissioner of Agriculture Here

Hon. W. A. McRae, Commissioned
of Agriculture, was a distinguished
visitor in Palatka yesterday. broupb1
here to get in touch with the dcIaq9tpsl
to the great Farmers convention,
During the afternoon Commissioned
McRae called at the board of tradel
rooms where Misses Harris and SipI
prell were engaged in a canning dem-I
onstration. He also called on mum.
Der of prominent Palatkans. Mr.. Md
Rae says the thing for Palatka to dol
is to organize a Putnam County,
Board of Trade, an ORGANIZATION
where the business men Of the citvl
can meet with the farmers of thel
county and the problems of the latter
can be discussed, and help afforded
"My office stands ready to hclo thel
farmers of Florida at all times" said
the Commissioner, and that is what
| am here for today. With coun-
ty board of trade l could place myI
official 0. X. on any plan adopted for|
uniform grades of hog and cattle that
a representative organization stood
back Of"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

$26,515. lf0' valued al
$50. -''oo value S49J
exposure 70. 4'' died d
Hogs 16,167, value s12S 5,o
shows big increase as con,, ,Y4o. Thi
the last report, which pves p4Iea tb witt
number of hogs as only 5000 1"e tota
Hogs slaughtered 5,1S4, vnIno O. !,
Goats IT'S, value 81 500
TouItry 94,194, value $5O,5o2
60 fapkeys' eur ducks, etc, 2,OO9, v,I,
Eggs eoo,65S dozen, varo e,,,
Milk cows S14, value S25.2oo
Milk sold and used, a272SIVo o.,
Butter, sold and used 7O,O25 rorra.
Beeswax 1921 pounds. ' bounds
Honey, 643 stands of boas n;
4n,45O pounds. 9''iIls
Manufacturing Statistics
That Putnam county ranI.s ,..n
a manufacturing center is ovidomoaaI %e,, al
by the following figures: " ''0ence'
Total number of manrf, o4,,.
establishments of all kinds lOQ m my
resenting a capital of 81 ,9G1 50O 'ep
Average number of wage aorn.
employed in these industries . ga ,er'
Total amount of wages naid :.
these employees, 81 ,14O,O84. y
Average number of males cmn,o,,
ed 2,5l5, with total amount Of wogs, r'Ds,
S1,O72,54O. VI wages
Average number of women prn,o,
ed 155, with total paid in wages Slyy sS?y
544. N' 9V'''
Greatest number of empIovoa .,
any one time during wear 900 -
Least number employed 2,O2I ''''
Cost of production in marufoc+o,|
les S2,327,935. Value of wor; 81 81
4O2, 800. "''N ~
Naval stores-Turpentinc 2OnoOo
gallons, valued at $4,000 Po,;u ,cGu
$4,000 barrels, valued at S57, 200
The other figures shown by tbn Nv
cellent report of Enumcrator a.
Nazarie. are of minor conrconorco
but in the aggregate the totals mn
high. and speak well for the General
development of the county along ali
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
THE SEASON OF
THANKSGIVING.

Again do we approach the harvest
season, The frost is on the pumpkin
and the persimmon. The principle
work of the year is done. The sum-
mer crops have in the main been boun-
teful. and the citrus fruit growers are
now sending to market one OF the
most bounteful yields in the history
of the State and at prices which give
promise of continuing good.
Everywhere in this broad land there
is peace and prosperity and happl-
ness. Men are leading their normal
lives. and the womenfolk, whose hap
piress is bound up with theirs, like
wise are leading normal lives.
It might have been different. A
little slip at Washington, little CIV
ing way to anger or emotion, and
The countryside would present
different story. Many Of the broad,
fat acres in this country would be un-
tiled. On others, the crops would
be rotting in the fields, unless the old
men and the crippled, and the women
and the children, made effort to har-
yesf them. No sounds Of rifle shots
and no boom of cannon would be
heard on the man-deserted lands, but
+be war feeling would be there just
the same.
For the young men, the young,
strong, Industrious men, who are the
pride and the hope of the farming and
fruit growing counties of the State,
would be far away. Maybe IN the
deserts of sun-sticken Mexico. May
be in the sodden bitches Of Flanders,
or the trenches of France. Some OF
them would be rotting where they fell,
pierced by an enemy bullet Some OF
them would have faces torn out OF all
resemblance to those of human be-
ings. Some would be armless and
legless. and some would be suffering
the eternal night of the blind.
And everywhere in this land there
would be gray haired men silently
mourning for their sons, and wives
weeping for their husbands, and little
boys and girls pitifully inquiring why
daddy did not come home.
So you see war isn't such glorious
thing when you imagine it brought
home to you. It's terrible thing; a
blasting thing; an accursed thing.
Thanks to the level-headed man in
the White House we have had peace
in all this broad land, when by lit
tie giving way to emotion, or false
code of honor, we might have had war
with all its dire consequences.
For these and other blessings let
us then next Thursday forget not the
proclamation of our honored Chris
tian Governor to offer praise and
thanksgiving to THE Giver of all good
who giveth the earth its increase and |
guides the destinies of nations
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
Not Good Enough For Him

Tampa Tribune: A minister in
Oregon has resigned his citizenship
because he could not bear to "see a
man returned to power after an ad-
ministration and policy such as we
have seen during the past four years"
This Oregon minister is poor los
er, and as we know the real Amerl-
can is not Il poor loser, we feel that
he never has been an American at
heS.rt.
How should this resignation be re-
ceived? We feel it should be receiV
eG as your resignation would be re-
ceived by any organization with which
Iou are connected.
America is Il free country. It's
chief glory is that its people wiling
ly abide by the will of the majority,
thus providing the fullest measure Of
freedom.
We feel, therefore, that any mar
who does not think the ideals Of the
J eoIle Of America good enough for
him, and their wish not worth OBEY
lag, should seek place where his
individual wish can be made his law.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
COUNTY
AND ITS PRODUCTS

The report of Mr.. J. de Nazarie,
enumerator for Putnam county, gives
some interesting information. The Of
fetal report has been forwarded to
Tallahassee by Mr.. de Nazare.
From this report we Gull the follow
ing statistics relative to agriculture,
horticulture, livestock, poultry, ETC.,
for the year:
Sea Island cotton, 995 acres.
Corn 9,4S1 acres, with yield of
BAG, 1863 bushels.
Oats 54 acres, with yield of $50
bushels.
Sweet potatoes 996 acres, 196,67O
bushels.
Rice 1870 acres, 2,490 bushels.
Sugar cane 1S1 acres, TAO barrels
syrup.
Field peas, 1924 acres, 2O,43O bush
els.
Natal grass 1854 acres, 26,O23 tons
of hay.
Chufus PIP acres, yield 5,OOS bush
els.
Peanuts 1863 acres, giving 3,165
bushels.
Velvet beans 1896 acres, 1882
bushels. The increase in acreage on
this article is most marked The
last census gave only SO acres as de-
voted to velvet bean culture.
Velvet bean hay 372 acres, 1896
tons.
Rye % acres 220 bushels.
Cassava 16 acres, 107 bushels.
Irish potatoes 1858 acres, with
yield of 81 $50 bushels. This is a
great decrease over the last report,
which showed the yield at about 300
900 bushels. The poor showing this
wear is the result of the late cold of
last winter and spring. and cannot be
REGARDED as anything like normal.
Watermelons 140 acres, 80 carloads.
This is also a decrease over the last
report-due to the unfavorable sea-
son.
Beans 10 acres, 1854 crates.
Orange trees bearing 276,604, with
crop of 399.396 boxes.
Orange trees not bearing, 23.153.
Orange trees in nurseries. $1,000
Grapefruit trees. bearing 1922 with
croo of $4,000 crates.
Grapefruit trees, not bearing, 1.275.
Strawberries Is acres, giving $500
quarts.
Pecans bearing, S97 trees.
Pecans. not bearinr $1,000 trees.
Pears bearing. 1916 trees.
Peaches bearing, 1894 trees, yield
in~ 4.1S9 bushels.
Pe9ches not hearing. 4,31O trees.
Grapes. 154.354 pounds.
Live Stock Statistics.
The live stock statistics are decid-
edlv interesting showing thot this is
one of the most profitable industries
of the county.
The report for the period ending
July I, 1916, shows the following fig
ures:
Horses 1904, valued at S226775.
Mules 800, valued at S216.005.
Stock cattle. native breeds. 1883. |
with value of S29S,O7O.
Thoroughbred cattle - Hernfords. !
Fevons. etc.-194, valued at SIS .4S5.
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THE ELECTION OF 1916. !
VIM. Jennings Bryan. i
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The election of 1916 has passed in
to historv-the nation has set the seal
of its commendation upon the admin
istrdtiOn of President Wilson. He not
enlv has a majority in the electoral
college but. what is even more signi-
ficant, he has a popular plurality of
some four hundred thousand. 4 con-
-t;tu+ionalitv victory, that is, a mere
ma;ority in the electoral college with
out a popular plurality would have
been very satisfactory. A President
couId not mt much heart into his
work if he KNEW that pIuraE+v Of
the voters favored the election of an
other man.
The victory is more than y aartv
4,innnh-it is hiob1v croditqhIe +o the
country, and especially to that part
Of the country which is rcsnor ,ibIo
for tho rosn1+
The record endorsed was Of uonar-
aI1nInd evco11onca- cornIo+e th9t If
left little TO he hoped for dnrinr the
rnv+ four vaars in +ho wov of Iamp-
dbl IoUislotfon. Gratitude for ravors
doro is not noa,,Iv 50 active for,o in
noIitirs ~ ovnac+o+ion and in This
.oso ovroo+,+ion had hean moro than
roaIi7od
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

politics. Heretofore, New York has
entered the conventions of both par-
ties arrogantly offering no choice but
surrender to its dictation or defeat
and. it must be admitted New York
has usually been on the winning side.
But this time the people broke away
and left New York "high and dly. =
or rather, high and WET, for it was
the DRY states that furnished most
Of the electoral votes. TWENTY
THREE DRY STATES AND SFV-
ENTEEN OF THEM CAST THEIR
VOTES FOR WILSON AND MAR
SHALL. Here is the list: VIRGINIA.
North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi. Tennessee.
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona. Wash.
ington, Idaho, Montana, North Dako-
ia, Colorado. Kansas and Nebraska.
Oregon and West Virginia came np9,,
doing so. and in addition to these tha
President secured the votes of fam
more in which the amendment viii
soon be submitted. In Utah and Now.
Mexico both parties have declared IL,
favor of submission; in Texas a dem
ocratic primary has declared for snL-
mission, and Florida's democracy is
committed to submission.
The party is now free to take NJ,
the fight against the saloon-it mus
do so unless it is willing to EXCHANGE
the support of those who saved i
from defeat for the support of those
who in the wear of our Lord 191G
house. ''' 's '''eI
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

There are already a number of
prospective candidates for governor
four years hence-W. A. McRae,
Hayes Lewis, J. B. Hodges, George
Mathews and Redmond B. Gautier,
with possibly a few others.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria,
died at o'clock Tuesday night at
Schoenbrunn castle. He ascended the
throne December I'd, 1S4S, at the age
of 19, and has reigned continuously
since. Louis XIV of France was
nominally king for Y years, though
he actually occupied the throne but
little more than a half century, and
Queen Victoria reigned GA years, but
in recorded history there has been no
reign equal in period to Francis Jo-
seph. The Archduke Charles Fran
els, a grand nephew, will succeed to
the Austrian throne. The new empe-
ror was born August 18th, 1887. He
has been in command of the Austrian
armies on the front since the out
break of the war.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Gov. Park Trammell will appoint
his private secretary, Hon. R. A. Gray,
to be State Auditor, in place of Hon.
Ernest Amos, who has been elected
Comptroller, and whose term as Au-
dtor does not expire for some two
voorc
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Gov.-Elect Cats spent a day or
two at Tallahassee last week, when
some State employees made unsuccess-
full efforts to see him. Learning that
Mrs. Cats was in the city, Mrs.
Trammell invited her to the COVER
nor's mansion, which on January 1st
she is to occupy as the "frst lady of
Florida"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

jefferson county has only recently
voted bonds to the amount of $4,000
to perfect the "Old Spanish Trail"
through that county from east to
west. This will bring the old trail
through the city of Monticello, where
it will connect with the Dixie High
WaV
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Harry Floyd orator, philosopher
and former legislator, has moved
from Apalachicola to Tampa, in which
latter city he will continue the prac-
tice of law.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24
Libel Laws Defined

Lakeland Telegram: Talking about
libel laws, the law should allow a
newspaper to tell the plain truth, and
it should severely punish the scalawag
who prints plain lies. That's a SIM
pie basis for all legislation of this
kind, and on it could be built laws
entirely satisfactory to every honora-
bic newspaper man.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Judge William C. Hook Of the Unit
ed States District Court at Kansas
City has held the Adamson Eight
Hour Law to be unconstitutional. In
other words he has put the hooks in
II "
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Bishop Alpheus Wilson, senior bish-
op of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, died at his home in Baltimore
last Tuesday, aged 81 years.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

The amendment to the State con-
stitution which permits the exemption
of widows property from taxation up
to $500, has been carried by large
majority. The amendments provid-
ing for Legislative reapportionment,
and for "the grandfather clause" to
suffrage, were defeated by large ma
iorities.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

lated fishing will be allowed, but the
number of permits issued the first
season will be purely experimental,
since the capacity of the streams is
not known.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

His Whiskers, Mr.. Hughes, has f.
nally sent telegram of congratula-
tion to President Wilson.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

Williams Jennings Bryan has open
ed campaign to "dry" Chicago.
Something of a job.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-11-24

of its duties as hostess, on this i'm
portant occasion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
ATLANTA WILL BALLOT
IN THE CITY WEDNESDAY

ATLANTA, Aug. 22.-Today closes
one of the shortest yet sharpest munich
pal campaigns Atlanta has had. Thurs
day the vote will be polled for Asa G.
Gambler or Jesse w. Armistead for
mayor to succeed Jim" Woodward.
The Gambler campaign has been
marked for the support given it by men
OF large influence in the city, almost
solidly, while Armistead and his sup
rorters have gone dogggedly against
whatever odds that may have pre-
sented. The Gambler headquarters to-
Cay claim there isn't the slightest doubt
about the result of the count when the
voting is all over. Armistead has is
sued a statement in which he declares
he will carry seven wards and be ell
ected. To the outsider it looks that the
election will be closer one than either
faction admits