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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
REBUuDING A SHATTERED.
PHYslQUE BY NATURE.
Ngoenan os S., Afflicted for 20 Years,
Fsnds Relief Through Nature Rem.
ody.

I've never found one thing In this
world TO stop rheumatic pains like
Suifsrro-soi." writes Mrs. Fannie A.
Brown of 1909 Cotton Ave. Birming-
ham. Ala.
ct suffered overwhelmingly for TWEEN
ty-four years and 10 did not seem that
anything could ever be found to help
me the ieast bit. Remedy after rem
sdy was tried with no results. My son
rot sulferro-sol for me to try and IL
worked wonderfully. TT seemed to 60
all through me IL simply drives out
the pain and keeps II but. 1t made
me eat more heartily than ever and 1t
built up my whole system.
81 never knew n remedy to do It's
work so Thoroughly and IL anyone
suffers with rheumatism these days
IT'S their own fault. sulferro-sol will
drive n out ana keep u too"
sulfsrro-sol e sold and recommend
BY every DiSussist In Sumter and
Dlcinity. Murray Drug Co.. State Dts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

10 a. AGDsor Rarty May be Seriously
injured - Rcsult Of Accident.
r1orencs. Nov. 20.-An automobile
MN . pasty Of young people turned
tpst1o on'a country road near Flor
49, u1sh&Sssvssusly injusins two
9 ~ oeeupaAts ana bruisang the
e>hees me ear was driven by Roy
11ne&bswg . fagman on the Atlantic
CoaA Lns. He was bruised bat not
soeteusiy. Dan Smith. an engineer,
wns very badly hurt. His skull was
fsactursd and Jaw bone broken and
ens y Knocked out Miss Leona
Medley wa injured. but physicians
IN not say how seriously for some
dine. she In In great pain and Ii at
IN inhrmary. Mis- Esther Dune es.
capsd with bruises and a sprained an
HE and Miss Marie Anderson with
orusss. The a was going at q rapid
rate and whom the driver swerved to
enc side TO pass a car In front his
car overturned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

LAthuania TO He independent State.
Parts. Nov. 2O.--Germany Is about
to follow up her declaration of Polish
Independence with a similar an
nouncement REGARDING Lithuania. &C.
cording to dispatches from switzer-
land to the morning newspapers.
Tho dispatches say that the g
State will probably receive Prince
Eitei Frederick. second son Of the
emperor. an It's sovereign. and will
form a State of the German empire
with a similar status to that of Ba-
varia or saxony. As in the case of
Poland. the dispatches add. the first
step In the creation of the new State
will be the formation Of a Lithuanian
army to fight under Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg. 1t Is estimated that
Lithuania could raise '150. 900 men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

SsAa Dewbcrvy supposed TO Have
bsea Stricken and Fallen From
Or. 4,

Spartanburg. Nov. 20.-John Dew
btsrry. q ~ year old white boy, whose
hume was near Cowpens. In this
county. was caught under an automo-
DIE which he was driving Sunday.
ana was killed., DewSerry was sent
~ HE parents for a doctor to attend
= negro woman who was IN on the
snsm whore he lived. While on his
way after the physician II Is sup
poeed that he was stricken by an
eoileptic ~. and losing control OF the
~ was thrown from It and killed.
. . was climbing a steep grade.
u - supposed that Dewbsrry.
vhoA attacked. quit feeding gasoline.
vhsrSupsn the car began to roll back
dewA HIN. When It reached the bot
ten Il turned over catching him UNI
81 H. His body was lying beneath
~ nj end n Of the wheels was
Mag across his stomach when found.
H neck was broken also. When he
~ been gone from the house nearly
I've hours and no word had been
nearA Of his return. mol the physician
paving arrived. . searching party
wsat to look for him and found him
asaA.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
ISSUES PRIZE LISTS.
Poultry Association Has Prepared At
tractiyc Folders for Coming Show.

Attractive prize list pamphlets have
been prepared by the Sumter County
Poultry and Pigeon Association for
their coming show to be held in this
city at the tobacco warehouse on Dec.
G. 2 and s. The pamphlets contain
fun infRrnation' concerning the show.
and the list Of prizes offered is O
large one.
Already a number Of Inquiries have
been received regarding the show
and the prize lists have been sent to
the inqairers to. give them what in
fomationl they sack. These pamph-
let's may be had snpon inquiry at the
Sumter, Clothinsl Co. store or at
Mitchel's Drug. 6tore,
22ie 1Ilmffrso Yseonltrr 1000
citation last yeah; Had : dns 5hoS.
considering the fact that it was the
first ever held In the county Of its
kind. This rear with additional ex-
periencei and the large amount of ad-
vertising which has been given to Sc
cure entries. the show will be larger
and better than last year. The COM
mittees in charge are doing every
thing in their power to see that ev-
erything passes Off smoothly and in
dications are that their efferts will be
crowned with success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

II survey OF insect-eating birds in
the Southeast draw the conclusion
that the birds are much more import
ant to agriculture than is
and that farmers should recognize
the fact and do all In their to
protect their feathered friends. The
bulletin may be secured free of
charge on application to the U. s.
Department of Agriculture as long as
the departments supply lasts.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
ENCE.
Number Of Companies Have Signilied
intention of Being, Present al Co.
lumbia Meeting.

Columbia. Nov. 2O.-It seems like
~ that there will be a large gathering
OF the representatives of the mutua,
hre insurance companies in this
state to attend the conference or
wednesday Afternoon at the Chamber
OF Commerce. November 22nd.
The following companies have al.
ready signifed their intention of send.
ing representatives:
The Hibernian Mutual, Charleston.
The Carolina. Mutual, Charleston.
Tho Farmers Mutual of Fairfield
Tho Farmers Mutual of Chester.
The Farmers Mutual of York.
The Farmers Mutual of Oconee.
The Farmers, Mutual Of Abbeville,
Greenwood.
1t is likely that others Of the Is
domestic mptuals will have represen.
tatiyes here at that time. The pur.
pose of this gathering Is to consider
amendments to the law covering do,
NESTLE mutuals. This has no refer.
n c to. the meeting to be held in Co,
lumbia. on the oath for considering
legislation in respect to the stock fir,
insurance companies which Withdrew
from the State.
On the evening of the 22nd at tn,
Chamber Of Commerce ex-assistan
chief Guerin Of the New York Fir
Department will deliver an address
and 1t Is expected that the represen
tatiyes of the mutual fire insurance
companies will remain over to hea'
this address. y. s.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
EDUCATION BOARD MEETS.


Columbia. Nov. 20.-The State
Board Of Education may make some
recommendation to the general as
ssmbly on the scholarship law fol-
lowing a discussion Of the situation
In q three hours session this after
noon. The board will make out the
apporttonment OF funds to the high
schools as soon as possible. w. y,
Evans. who was n9minated ins the
primary and cheseh at the general
election. was elected superintendent
of education for Abbeville county,
vice the Rev. ]. NJ. Lawson. deceased
T. J. Price was elected superintend.
ent Of education In McCormick. coun.
~, he having been chosen at the gen.
eras eaec<soos sSfGtts,ffN !. IN Alst1
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

The success OF the county fair got
ten up hurriedIy by a few public
spirited and enterprising citizens
with only makeshift grounds and
buildings, will demonstrate the need
Of u real county fair and will show
what Sumter could do If the business
men OF the city and the leading far
mers would put their hearts into the
undertaking and determine to give
sumter county a fair that would be
truly representative of the county.
year. perhaps. Sumter will have
a big fair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

Have you proven the sincerity Of
your. rejoicing over. Wilson's, re-elec-
ton by contributing your mite to-
ward paying the legitimate campaign
expenses? The campaign committee
have debts amounting to $500, 90 that
must be paid. Contributions are be-
ing received at The Daily Item Of
flee and also at Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

The experienced tobacco grower
who knows how to raise and cure
and has made money on that
crop heretofore would be foolish to
abandon tobacco mex year and plant
an all cotton crop. Plant some Of
both and also plenty OF small grain.
corn. ETC., to run the farm. 1t does
not pay TO put all the eggs in one
basket.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

State Director Of BOys' Pig Clubs Estl.
mates Thatd 400 Lads POSSESS $50.
0oo. Woth Of Hogs. I-,s 5sa

Columbia. Nov. 21.-Twelve hun
dred boys. members OF the pig clubs
In ~ counties, now own $4,000 worth
of hogs. according to L. L. Baker of
BishopviIle. director of the pig and
corn clubs for this State. who was
amoug the visitors In Columbia yes
terday.
We are planning to organize
corn and pig clubs in every county
In the State" said Mr.. Baker.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
Mills GIVE MORE WAGES.

Augusta. Ca, Nov. 2o.-The wages
q Loo operatives Of the Aiken.
LANGLEY and Seminole cotton mills
have been Increased 10 per cent. Of.
)ctivs today. The pay roll Tor the
<hrss mills Ii approximately sA25,o 900
annually.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

Misc Caroline Dinkins. an aged
lazy Of near Hagood. died wednes-
day and the funeral was held yester-
day NJ the family burying ground near
Hasoosi. Miss Dlnkins was an aunt
~ Mr.. q. III. T.enoir of Camden. Mr..
"a Mrs Lsnou attended the funeral
ysterday +Camden Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

washington, Nov. 100. d. Bleak
eiey. of franklin. Pa. Representative
elect. made an alrplane flight from
Philadelphia tn Washington today in
his biplane. piloted by Sergt.
Wi"iam c. Ocker. Of the United
Sta, army. Mr.. Bieakeley declared
he was the first man tn come to con-
sress by acceptance" About two
hours was consumed In actual flying
N N stop was made In the SUI
burbs OF Baltimore. The machine left
Philadelphia Mt 1880 o'clock p. m. II
circled Washington monument sever
al times before alighting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
MRS. LEADS


Has Best Chance, According to Pres
ent Returns, OF Winning Diamond
Ring. :,
According to the returns of money
made to the secretary Of the Fair
Association, Mrs. Perry Krasnofr has
a good lead over other competitors
in the contest for the diamond ring.
Tickets to the county fair are being
sold by a number of ladies and gen.
tlemen and the one selling the greatest
number is to be presented with a dia-
mond ring, under the terms of the
contest.
According to the money returned
to Mrs. w. A. Brown, who is i'm
charge of this department of the
Fair, the contest at present stands:
Votes.
Mrs. Perry Krasnoff =. :. l6. 200
Julian Wilder =. :. . :. $4,000
Blanding DuRant -. 10. 900
Miss Mary Ellen Richardson 1900
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

Don't be Sd folish as to cultivate
your memory; It. is your forgettery
that you will need.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25

London. Nov. 22.-There were only
artillery and patrol actions south of
the Ancre last night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
REPORT OF THE CONDITION or

VI First National Bank OF Sumter, 1t Sumter, in the State of South
Carolina, at the Close OF business, Novcnbcr 17h, 1916
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-25
RESOURCES.

nOSOuhChS
!. a Loans and discounts Except those shown o
- ~ - - - -. =. ..$6Os62o41
Total loans :. >. s. :. :" sos52o41
" Verdraf secured. none; unsecured =. 49,. l.7S211
{. U. s. bonds: .E~ .a.. r<
a U. s. bonds deposited to secure circulation <pr
b I. s bonds pledged to secure U 5. deposits tpr
'aluel -. =. :. :. :; ........... .. :. -. 100000
toai y 5 bonds. :. -. 49,. . 100000
1. Bonds. securities ec:
b Bonds other than U. s. bonds pledged to ecur
postal savings deposits. :. ......... 100000 ,
g. Securities other than U. s. bonds mot incaud.
ing atocks) owned unpedged. ....:. $4,000
Total bonds securities etc.. .....:..... $4,000
s. Stocks other than Federal Reserve Bank stock 100000
g. Stock of Federal Reserve Bank CSC per cen. of t
IA valus Of banking house uf uneneumb.rea; 100000 'O''?
b Equity in Banking House -. $50 100000
10. a Net amount due from approved reserve agents
New York. Chicago. and St. LouM!. 49,. .1b1s4s1
+, 2: Nets moun u ron approved reserve agents
in other reserve cities, =. ...... -, E. :. 4s.2ssss s1,sss.57
II. Neta amount due ron banks and bankers Goth
FER than included in 10 or 1s) 49,. 49,. z4ssss
lsrf other checks on banks in the sam city r town
14r b Fractional currency. nickels, N ents.. Ssa,
49, Notes Of other national banks. -. .. :. 49,. $4,000
is larfsl reserve in vau, Z with Federal Re. ''"''
q a.asa ssaa . 49,. - 4's.ll'
due from . I. treasurer. :. !. sssess
go Total. i. ........ =. =. -. :. ..sssslsssa
'G LIABILITIES. -.
49, Capital stock paid in >. =. 90. :. :. :. :. :. .sloo. 10000
Ok us,n ,au;. -. - - 49, ..slooooooo
b Less current expenses. interest and taxes paid s7s72s 49, so17s
%. Circulating notes outstanding. - 90. .. saooAoo
80. Individual deposits subject to check =. 2s4sss4o
SO. Cashiers checks outstanding. ...... s74ss
81. United States deposits .. -. 49,. 4s7s4q
u.s.. Postal savings deposits 49,. -. 2s74aa
Total demand deposits. Items SO. 81, a6. SO. 81. ..A.
Time deposits tpayabe after 80 day. n subject "
o 30 days or more, aohce>: ..@r
49, Other time deposits 4 2u az
Total o time deposit, Items Il. AZ. and q. :.s7.ssess .-"~s
Total. It. ;. :. .. :. $3.50 lsss2
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Sumter, 81.
J. l." Yatea Cashier Oft h above named bank. do soismnly swear
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-08
CHANGES OF THIRTY YEARS
Period Not Much In the Span Of Time
but Much In the Life Of --r .
Man.

He left the little town 30 years ago.
and had not returned tc 1t until the
other day. Then he went back and
spent a week with his friends OF the
barefooted days, and now he does moth
ing else but talk about 1t. He tells
how he met boys whom he went in
swimming with and how they have
changed, and girls whom he played
with in sand piles and the midland
how they have changed.
Thirty years is brief span of time.
It doesn't amount to much in the rec
ords of the world. One can hardly tell
whether tree is 300 years old or only
27O-the 80 years making so little diff
ference. The scientists are uncertain
whether certain strata of the earth's
crust were 100000 years in the max
ing or OOO,OOO-3OO 100000 years be-
ing such a short length of time in the
making of the world. But 80 years
away from your ,boyhood life-3O
years absence from the familiar scenes
of youth-aye, it is an eternity 1t
seems, remarks writer in the Column
bus Dispatch. =
Gray hair has come into the heads
of all-your own included. 1t came so
gradually into your own you have fall
ed to take note CT it. But in the head
of the young man you knew 80 years
ago-jet black then, snowy white now
you wonder how it happened.
The lines about your eyes. land
mouth have crept along so gradually
you dispute the camera when you have
your photograph taken. You do not
believe the CLASSY eye of the thing
has caught you as you are, and the
photographer, if he is wise, eradfcates
the lines and makes you look a few
years younger than you are. You see
the lines about the eyes and the mouth
of the fellow you knew when a boy,
and you comment about them. But 30
years is q short period of time.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-08
Uncertainty of Opinion,

Don't be sure of your Opini6h. 1t is
the verdict of a few facts and yet
there are thousands Of facts that give
no assistance in forming it. If there
were no other proof of the uncertainty
Of opinion, the fact that it c4uses SC
much dispute is sufficiently Truth
causes no dispute. Think of two men
quarreling over two and two make
four, action and recreation ATE equal,
water seeks its own level, or The gold.
en- rule. Men can loye one a3pther on
the platform of trhth, but az soon as
they make n platfofmtof opij ION they
are at swords points. 1t is 70 in re-
ligiOn, politics, !: industry, Z society
There is, no, true. faith in 'sanything
that is not based on love. When we
see men quarreling about rel hon, they
are the devils own agents. They will
never get truth that way. Truth
comes through the heart. The three
things that combine in God DIRE faith,
truth, love, and the greatest;Of these
is love, for without it the other two
are impossible. When 1t makes you
mad to have someone differfMith you.
go off and pray for forgiveness.-Col-
umbus Ohio State Journal. II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-08

telephone circuits to the basement and
there severed the wires with a pair of
scissors purloined for the purpose
from Mile. Celestine's workbag. Then,
watching his chance. he carefully
penned a note, wording it as Legar
had duly instructed him to do. Then
he returned to the neighborhood of the
library door, with his ferretlike alert
ness masked under his customary dm-
mobility of face
1t was not until his restless master
discovered the telephone wires to be
dead. and went storming through the
house to determine the[eason for this
misadventure, that Wrench realized
his chance had come Slipping into
the deserted library on the pretext of
adjusting the rugs, he stopped before
the rosewood table, hesitated a mo-
ment, and then lifted the heavily
chased lid of Golden's cigar case and
dropped the note inside. A moment
later he had left the room, unobserved
and unsupported.
II did not take many minutes of
waiting to confirm the wisdom of
Wrench's movement. For Enoch Gold
en-, striding restlessly back into his
library, sank with sigh Of WEAKNESS
into the armchair beside the rosewood
table. For moment or two he stared
abstractedly and unhappily about him.
Then, with still another sigh. he
reached out and lifted the heavily
chased lid of silver His fingers, in
stead of coming in contact with per-
fecto corseted in gold. rustled against
a sheet Of paper. Automatically he
picked IT up and unfolded it.
Written on that mysterious sheet he
! found the following:
ITO fight me further In this 10 use
less. And unless you open your eyes
to this fact II will soon be worse than
useless. II will be fatal. ! repeat that
! want your half Of that chart. ~ you
want your daughter to live, want her
sent back to you, take that chart 20
the twenty-fourth floor Of the Central
Tower building, within the next hour,
and hand II to the man In the black
ulster who will be waiting there. No
trickery can succeed. And this 10 your
last chance! JULES LEGAR."
Silently the beaten man stared down
at this strange missive. Slowly as he
did so. the last of his once iron will
melted away.
He rose heavily from his chair and
crossed to the vault. From this vault
he took the map, the time-yellowed
square Of MANILA about which so many
Of the sorrows and troubles of all his
life seemed to revolve. Then, calling
for his hat and coat and ordering a
car. he tremblingly made ready for his
midnight visit of capitulation to the
Central Tower building.
While these events were taking
place, however. there was one member
of the Golden household who remained
far from inactive. When David Man.
ley 30 abruptly left . tranquil bunga,
low at Cedarton and 80 stealthily
pushed his way through the shrubbery
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-08
Mr.. SM00TH'S NEAT GETAWAY
Insurance Agent With Keen Eye to
Business Came Near quitting
His Foot in It."

Slipping on an untenanted banana
skin, the homely young woman sat
on the pavement with an unmusical
splash. With efficient presence Of
mind. Eustace Smooth, agent for the
General and Particular Insurance COM
pany, slipped on another peel and sat
down beside her, with two muttered
curses.
Accidents will happen on the best
regulated pavements, won't theyT' he
observed with a snarl. "Oh, well,
luckily l happen to be an insurance
agent, and l can insure you against
slipping on banana Feelings or even on
a cake of ice for the small sum of S14
q week, and the first time You slip af-
ter being insured, one of our autOmO-
biles, with absolutely no advertising
matter on the outside, will take you
home for s7.29, Or. if you prefer, to
any old hospital"
'The ideal" scoffed thesfs enraged
woman, 'it's too much!"
"But think of the risk we rum" pur-
sued Smooth. "Now, other kinds of
insurance, such as insurance against
being bitten by wild beasts, come as
low as $40 MONTH" ~
"Tll take one of them,". she said
promptly. II always was great one
for bargains" And she handed him
her card, which read: mile. Kutie,
Wild Animal Trainer. LiOns,,a Tigers
and Leopards Speciality" I,
Excuse me a moment, 1 gotta see
man." stammered Eustace Smooth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-08
Monks Most Precious Relic.

The relic which the monastery Of the
Greek church Of Vatopethi on Mount
Athos cherishes most tenderly is the
girdle of the Virgin Mary. The monks
give a categorical history Of it from
the presentation by the f-Queen Of
Heaven to the doubling Thomas until
its recovery during the Greek revolu-
ton from European consul, to wnon
the Turks had sold 1t.
If the earlier stages Of the story are
involved in some Obscurity, the last six
or seven hundred years of it are I'M
questionable. The girdle has now been
divided into three parts, one of which
is never allowed to leave yatopethi.
1t occupies a little domed chapel in
the courtyard. The other two parts
often go out on tour, especially when
invited by the faithful; and many are
the miracles reported to have been per-
formed by them.