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W(>11RIK1> BY ZK LAY A. Rsmor off HI* Victory Cause* Doubt By Official*?lie May GWo Marine a Ficht. Washington, Dec. t.?Unofficial re? ports announcing that the Zelayan forces have been victorious at Bama have been received here and fore? shadow serloue consequences, as Ze laya's success woul6 doubtless mean sharp resistance to the United States brae-Jackets and marines when th v land on Nlcaraguau soil. Although the United States Is ready to take any aetloa deemed necessary egalnst Ze? laya, It aas been hoped that the Es ttrada forces would make the task easy by cent!sued successes. Rams Is now recognised as a cru? cial point tn the struggle for supre? macy between Zelaya and General Estrada. If Zelaya defeats the revo? lutionary forces hers, it will mean that he again takes the upper hand, and this means trouble for the insur? gents and all who side with them. It Is hoped at the 8tate department that the rumors of Zelaya's success at Rama are not well founded. In the meantime the Navy department's rlan of concentrating forces on both Mraraguan coasts Is being carried out With regularity. Official reports to the State depart? ment today Indicated that the Nlca hsgjaauan fight In being extended Into I W?rau and that Manuel Bollla la Bnlng a revolution to overthrow ftldent Davtln. of Honduras, wh > I Kid to be a partisan of Zelaya. ?r lcr to check the effectiveness of W% revolution Honduras has been ^^laeod under martial law. By this means It Is hoped to check the spreading sentiment In favor of Da vlla. That the trouble In Honduraj may e?mr-kate the situation Is admttte i here. Honduras has been long sus? pected of being friendly to Zelaya Held In restraint by the Washington Peace Conference of 1907. Hondu? ras has not beon able to defend Ze? laya openly, but It is feared Dav.la may take more drastic measures, de? clare himself openly In favor of sV isya and thereby precipitate trouble with his enemies in his own country and with the rulers of the other Cen? tral American republics. Word reached the Navy depart? ment today that the Albany and Yorktown had reached Acapulco, Mexico, en route to Cortnto. Pending their arrival the Vlcksburg will cot - tlnue to "hold the fort" at Corlno. remaining there watching develo it men ts. The Good-Will Habit, e have ell met the habitual be Itttler, says Orison Swett Manien n Success Magazine, who never s?es i.ny good In anything which does not Immediately concern himself, ad? vance his Interests, the man who Is always flinging out his sarcasms, sticking a knife into other people's backs, making light of others' mo? tives, finding faults and defects In their characters and Implying that they are not what they pretended to be. it is positively painful to the small soul to bear a competitor compli? mented or spoken well of. He al? ways tries to minimise the virtue and quality of the prase of another by a malicious "If or "but," or endeavors In some way to throw doubt upon the character of the person praised. The habit of belittling is a confes? sion of weakness, of Inferiority, of a small, Jealous, envtous nature; a con? fession that one's life is not well pois? ed, well balanced. The large, mag? nanimous soul has no room for Jeal? ousy, for the belittling spirit. It mag? nifies the good and minimises the bad. A sprit of generosity and kindness Is an Indication of greatness of soul. Jealousy, snvy. a disposition to !<eep from others the credit which beings te them, are marks of a small na? ture, a pinched mentality. A kindly spirit always accompanies largeness of nature, breadth of character. The man who belittles a competitor, who maintains a mean silence whe:i he should praise, only exhibits tc the world his own narrowness and iting Inees) ef soul. A man with a really larae nature Is generous, charitable, even to his enemy. The bellttler does not realise that st disparaging others, la discounting the achievements of competitoie, he te oagssing the limitations of hie own eeut. the emallnem of hie gesture, and -hot only that, but all the time saahtmg the person he Is talking to ?etat lees ef him. We little (marine ?hat whoa w? draw a picture erf oth? ers we draw see of ourselvt?, a email, saeea goal eeee oely smalt shea* taiegn la another, a really gjraat eaters eeet eery the good q?al? lstes ef ethers. TAefoeluaaiolr. men of great ability who haeo been distinguishes for brll ?snat mtetleetual gtrto. often ?annual mnrsses and tenacity ef purpose, men who have really dene big thlag*. hare erssjmmttr eeee Ineeaety fealeue aai eejvtemi mf oaf ere, eeeeemny these m fee name profeeeiee or best sees Many ssasjiee aad ootoro oat. I am sorry to say, some clergymen? auffer from professional jealousy. They are pained by hearing others In their profession praised. This Jeal? ousy is perhaps more characteristic of professional people generally than of business people. I know a clergyman who would be very popular and successful if he were only large enough to see the good In his brother clergymen, but he is not. He is always emphasizing their faults and weaknesses, especial? ly those of men who are gaining in popularity. If any one praises an other clergyman, "Yes," he will eay, "he Is a pretty good man, but he is not always absolutely accurate, re? liable, in his statements"; or, "He is very free in his use of other preach? ers' sermons; he is a great borrower of ideas"; or he will make some oth? er nasty, belittling remark. ?The peculiar properties of Cham? berlain's Cough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of Influenza, and when it was taken in time we have not heard of a sin? gle case of pneumonia. Sold by W. W. Sibert. The Jews. "If the Jews of America were all gathered together In a community where there was no other creed or people they could not live by their own efforts 4 8 hours." This declaration was made by Sam? uel Alschuler, a Jewish scholar, In an address to the Kadimah, a Jewish so? ciety of research. "In such a community," he declar? ed, "there would be representatives of every profession and none of trades. There would be a Jewish doctor for every Jewish patient. There would be many Jewish law? yers, civil engineers, more Jewish merchants than customers, and many Jewish pawn-brokers, but where would you find the man to drive the nails to build the homes and till the soil? You could not find them, be? cause the Jewish parents object to their children soiling their hands. "There should be less of this spirit among the Jews. There should be more Jewish farmers." Send us your Job work. Living Omnibuses. Oliver Wendell Holmes compared a man to a living omnibus in which he carries all his ancestors. Most of us are copies of those who have gone before us. We take up into our lives their traits and characteristics. We are hampered by their faults, helped by their virtues. Our progress is ac? celerated or handicapped by what we have received from our ancestors.?? Success Magazine. Flattery is the food of fools. Swift $500.22 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY! ??????^?HHa?m? ?????? ???^???m^^?^^^^m?_ Great Voting Contest for Readers of : : : : : THE WATCMAN AND SOUTHRON AND THE DAILY ITEM A $400 Piano and Two Gold Watches Costing $50 Each are the Prizes. Contest Opens Monday, Nov. 29th and Closes February 28th. Do You Want the Piano ? It is yours if you comply with the Easy Conditions and Make the proper Effort. Conditions and Prizes. The $400 Piano, the grand prize of this contest, will be given to the sub? scriber or a nominee of a subscriber of the Watchman and Southron or Sum ter Daily Item receiving the greatest number of votes in this contest. No matter where you live you are eligible to enter this contest. One S50 Gold Watch, cither Gentle? man's or Lady's size, as the winner may select, will be awarded to the per? son, not a resident of the City of Sum ter, receiving the next largest number of votes. One $50 Gold Watch, either Gentle? man's or Lady's size, will be awarded to the person resident of the City of Sumter, receiving the next largest number of votes. The contest for the Grand Prize, the $400 Piano, is open to all readers of The Watchman and Southron or The Sumter Daily Item. It can be won by a resident of Sumter, Lee or Clarendon County, or some other County. One Gold Watch as a special second prize to be contested for by non-residents of the City of Sumter, while the other is a special second prize to be contest ed for by residents of this city. This Magnificent Cote Piano, wbich we will give away, Is 4 ft. 9 in. higtO o ft. long and weighs, boxed, retdy for shipment, over 800;ibs. The finest materials and most experienced workman have produced In the[Cote an in-^ strument excellent in tone, power, durability and appearance.' .Tbis piano' 3 Is installed in the best homes, conservatories and music halls in the land ; IsWoll known and widely recommended hy the leading musicians and teachers. It is positively guaranteed for ten years by the Manufacturers.^ Nominations. Each and every person entering the contest must be nominated on one of the Nomination Blanks published in both the Watchman and Southron and the] Daily Item. The nomination counts as 1000 votes, but only one nomination will be credited to a per? son. In each issue of the Watchman and Southron and the Daily Item will be published a ballot which is good for the number of votes specified on the ballot. How to Obtain Votes. Every new subscriber paying in ad? vance, will be credited for each dollar paid, 200 votes. 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