The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 30, 1904, Image 6
mm \mm m LOST.
Vtnderfblly demoralizing Efects
tf CottonGambling.
"Sell! Ife, you; wouldn't sell any
snore than I did," said the stranger
at the Buford. 441 was thousands
ahead and I got delirious, or may be
I was just a plain fool. I didn't
know very much about speculating,
had played poker, and had the same
experience that every man bas who
is net a professional. * I bad won as
much aa several hundred dollars in
a night, andr the ?next day I had gone
ont and spent my winnings recklessly
and foolishly.: ? few nights later I
lost as much or a good deal more than
I had won. In other words, I threw
away what I won and put my nose to
the grindstone to pay what I lost;
and this did not take into account the
tax on nerves and" health.
4'But I had never speculated until
last fall. Everybody was talking cot?
ton.and as I happened ta have a good
deal of extra money' at ?beF tim? I
bought about $700 worth of contracts.
And- cotton went ap. I was interest?
ed over tbd-?rsfc -winning. " I soon be?
came absorbed. I paid no attention
ta my . family, I thought only about
cotton. ' I got $5^000 -ahead. I held
on. My profits rose to $8,000, and I
began to make plans for the future.
X used to figure with a pencil what
I would buy. Soon I was $10,000
ahead. I was in an intensely emo?
tional, excitable state and could hard?
ly sleep. The market. That was all
thought about.
"My profits went up to $15,000.
kept all my winnings :in-took nothing
oat-kept pyramiding. Some of my
cooler friends came to me and begged
me to close ont my -contracts, but
was wild.
"I got $18,000 ahead. That was more
- money it occurred to me than I could
lose. ?s I look back upon it now
know I was insane* I was so certain
that I was coming out winner that
wade positiva plans as to what I should
buy and how I should invest the money.
My profits kept climbing. Past $20*,
tHX) they went, and I began to lose flesh
i;nd go unshaven.
. '''The more I won the greedier I
became. When I began I would have
i?wom that when I got $5,000 abend
li would stop, but at the $25,000 profit
mark I was a furious bull, screaming
?hat cotton must go to 20 cents. And
one day I was $29,000 ahead of the
??ame. Mind yon, that was my
money. All I had to do was to call
on my broker for a settlement. And
ih&t was all the money I really need
'isd. I get a good salary and have an
moonomicai sensible family. That
4129,000. meant a collegiate education
for my boys and girls, comfort for my
wife, and comparative .luxury for all
-of us. I knew that- I now look back
with \utter amazement upon my feel?
ings at that time. My family knew
what I was doing, and they begged
me to close out and be content with
my small fortune. To all auch advice
I turned a deaf ear. I' was a sort of
maniac. It seemed such an easy way
Ho make money. The bulls must con?
tinue to win, I thought I was to be
rich-rich ! My pulse was too quick
-and there was fever in my head, but
I waa ecstatic .
\4'Then the slump came. You re?
member it-remember how it came to
min the joys of Christmas. The
market broke ano4 soon I was stagger?
ing around like an imbecile. I was. in
a new game-and I didn't know, what
to do. I didn't know how to protect
'myself; I had no adequate means to
protect myself as to margins. I just
stood and gaped in terror at the mar?
ket and became completely demoraliz?
ed. I lost my nerve, and when the
market had reached" a point where I
-was only $300 to the good I crawled'
in like a whipped cur to my broker
and closed forever with the cotton
market.
*' And I don't get ever that experi?
ence. I try to think that I came out
$300 to the good and I was fortunate
at that, but it's no use. Day and
sight I . am thinking of that lost
wealth. I don't get as much pleasure
out of simple things -as I used to do.
That gambling experience will hurt
me till I die. It is a terrible thing to
jday with unseen money, my friends."-i
-Charlotte Observer.
A Sright Boy.
Jndge E. H. Gary, the chairman of
.the executive committee of the steel
combine, used to live in the Illinois
town of Wheaton.
"One day in Wheaton," Judge Gary
said recently, "I took dinner with a
-clergyman and his family.
Tbe clergyman had an eight-jear
old son called Joe, and Joe was a very
bright boy.
** 'Look here, Joe,' I said during
the course of the dinner, 'I have a
question to ask you about yonr fath?
er/
*iJoe looked gravely at me.
M 4 All right. I'll answer your ques?
tion,' he said.
4 "Well, sala I, 'I want to know if
your father doesn't preach the same
sermon twice sometimes. '
44 'Yes, I think he does,' said Joe,
'but the second time he always hollers
in different places from what he did
-4be first time.' "
^Letter to Horace Harby,
Samter, S. C.
Dear Sir: When you can bay paint
for less than Devoe; don't save your
money.
Kr. Aaron Higgins, Plainfield, N J
always used 15 gallons of paint for his
house ; Devoe took ll.
Mr. ;Ezra Rathmell, Williamsport,
Pa, always used ll ; Devoe took*6.
Mr. Burt Young, Girard, Pa, al?
ways used a gallon for certain rooms ;
took half as much JJevoe.
Mr. Nathaniel Barber, Canton, X.
T, bought 12 Devoe ; used less thaa 6.
You can always buy paint for less
than Devoe; don't; save your money.
The wearing counts the same way
mid doubles the difference.
The cost of painting is by the gal?
len. Weak paint costs most; most
gallons.
Yours truly
17 FW Devoe & Co
P. S.-L. B. Durant sells our paint.
Florence, March 28.- The Evening
Herald,, owned and edited by Hon. J.
W. Ragsdale, was sold this morning to
fi. B?. Ayer, editor of the Florence
Times. Mr. Ayer will consolilate the
two papers.
SEKATQR BOSTON CONVICTED.
Charge Against Kansas Senator is
Accepting Money* For Repre?
senting Client Before
Post Office Depart?
ment.
St Louis, March 28.-Joseph Ralph
Burton, senior United States senator
from Kansas, was convicted by a jury
in the United States district court to?
day of having accepted compensation
"to protect the interests of the Rialto
Grain and Securities compnay. of St.
Louis before the postoffice department.
The jury deliberated 41 hours. ?
motion for a new trial was immediate?
ly filed by the counsel for the senator.
Judge Adams thereupon ordered that
Senator Burton appear in court either
in. presan or by proxy from day to day
until the court has heard the argu?
ments for a new trial.
KILLING NEGROES !H ARKANSAS.
m '.-rr, IM -bi
Two Added Saturday to the List
at St. Charles.
-
Little Bock, Ark, March 27.-A
special to the Gazette from DeWitt
says : Two more negroes have been
killed in the clash between whites
and blacks at St. Ch ar.'es, 15 miles
from here tn Arkansas county. ?
This brings the total of dead negroes
up to 13, all of whom being killed
within the last week.
The last two negroes killed were
the Griffin1 brothers, Henry and
Walker, who were the cause of the
trouble. The negroes were reported
to have escaped, but it is known that
they are dead and it"is beliveed that
they were killed yesterday. -
Owing to the remoteness of St.
Chales and to the fact that news of
the result of the riot is not given Out
freely, it is difficult to obtain details,
but there is no doubt of the authenti?
city of the death of the Griffins.'
In the St Charles neighborhood the
negroes largely outnumber the whites
and trouble has been brewing for a
long time and it is said the negroes
for the last two years hive been get?
ting insolent and belligerent. It is
now belived that the leaders of the
unruly element have been killed and
that further trouble will be averted.
municipal Ownership in Orange
burg.
We*have receivd the fifth annual re?
port of the Secertary of the Commis?
sioners of Public Works of the City of
Orangeburg for the year endiDg De?
cember 31, 1963. The receipts during
the year aggregated $7,050.65 and the
disbursements were $5,179.09. The
City of Orangebunr owns and oper?
ates its own system of water works
and electric lights. The annual sup?
ply of water is about 17,000,000 gal?
lons, of which the public consumes
?about 3,000,000 gallons, leaving about
14,000,000 gallons from which the city
should receive rental. The earnings
of this department during the last
year aggregated $2,000, but, according
to the quantity of water consmed,
should have been $3,500. $he Com?
misioners report that they have paid
for about 4 gallons out of every 7 gal?
lons pumped, and they attribute the
enormous waste of water to "extreme
carelessness, if not wantonness."
On the first pf January, 1903, there
wer ! 1,210 sixt?en-candle power incan- j
descent lights ia service In Orange
burg, paid for, and at the end of the
year 1,496 incandescent lights paid
for. Ai the close of the year there
were 49 electric meters in service, and
237 water service connections. The
service rendered hy the water works
and the electric light plant-consisting
of 54 arc lights, 72 incandescent
lights, 105 fire hydrants, 5- public
troughs, and 60 days' sprinkling of the
streets-was valued at $6,655. The
plant at the close of the year was in
good condition, and was operated
throughout the year with only one
serious accident, and to the satisfac?
tion of the people. The city now has
? sinking fund of $4,500 and its in?
debtedness on account of its water and
light supply will be paid for ont of
the service.
One of the best evidences of the
growth and prosperity of the towns in
this State is that many of them are
now lighted with electric lights and
have a full and good supply of water.
There was nothing like this dreamed
of iu South Carolina twenty-five
years ago. We do not think that the
water and iignhting plants in Or?nge
burg establish the principle of muni?
cipal ownership of public utilities,
but they do prove that such utilities
can be f-uocessfully managed by sound
business methods.-News & Courier.
The Floods in Michigan.
Detroit, Mich., March 23.-en?
couraging reports from Lansing, Bat?
tle Creek, Flint Kalamazoo and other
towns - where flood damages have been
estimated up in the thousands cf dol?
lars, show that tonight the danger and
distress are largely centralized in"the
Saginaw Valley and around Grand
Rapids, in the valley of the Grand
river, and at Grand Rapids, too, a
marked improvement is noted tonight.
At Saginaw, however, feeders of the
Saginaw river are bringing down tor?
rents of water, the escape of which
into Saginaw Bay is blocked by ic?
gorges at and below Bay City.
At Grand Rapids it is estimated
that 14,000 people are in distress and
at Saginaw a large portion of the bus?
iness section of the city is flooded.
On the Shiawasseo River today,
near Chesaning, twenty-five families
were rescued from their homes on a
sugar beet farm just in the nick of
time, before their bouses were almost
entirely submerged. Gilbert Bertram,
a foreman for the sugar compauy, lost
bis life trying to save some of the
property. He was in the water five
hours and died from exposure.
The new cloth bound, beautifully
illustrated novels-the regular $1.50
editions-at 75 cents are a surprise to
book-buyers. They are going, and the
opportunity to duplicate them may
never be presented again.
H. G. Osfceen & Co.
HOBSON TACTICS NO 600D.
Japanese Again Fail to Block Port
Arthur Harbor by Sinking
Ships.
Makaroff Reports that Jap Fleet Declined
Invitation to Fght Sailed Away
When He Went out to Give Battle.
St. Petersburg, March *27.-Under
cover of darkness this morning Ad?
miral Togo made another desperate at?
tempt to bottle np the Russian fleet
in Port Arthur, but he failed again,
and when after daylight Vice Ad?
miral Makaroff steamed out to give
battle the Japanese commander re?
fused the challenge and sailed away.
The Japanese practically repeated
the tactics of Feb; 24 by sending in
four fireships, preceded by a torpedo
boat flotilla, with the exception that
the firehips this time .were armed
with Hotchkiss guns, for the purpose
of keeping off the Russian torpedo
boat destroyers.
The enemy's attempt was discovered
by means of the shore r searchlights
and a heavy fire was opened from the
.batteries and from two gunboats
which were guarding the entrance to
the harbor.
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Silni was outside on scouting duty
and to the dash and nerve of her com?
mander. Lieut. Krinizki, is chiefly
due the complete defeat of the plans
of the Japanese. He at once made
straight for the on-coming ships un?
der a hail of fire from the Hotchkiss
guns and torpedoed the leading ship,
which sheered off, followed by the
others, th iee of them being piled up
on the Golden Hill and one under the
lighthouse. The Silni then engaged
the entire six torpedo boats of the
enemy, coming out from a terrific
fight with seven killed and her com?
mander and 12 of her complemeut
wounded, but on the Japanese side,
onlv one boat's crew was saved. In
addition, according to unofficial re?
ports, it is believed that the Japanese
lost two torpedo boats.
The Japanese cruisers which sup?
ported the attack exchanged shot with
the batteries and then drew off, after
which Vice Admiral Makaroff took
a steam launch and examined the fire
ships. An hour later the Japanese
torpedo flotilla followed by Vice Ad?
miral Togo's fleet came up from a
southerly direction. Just at daybreak
Vice Admiral Makaroff with his fleet
sailed ont to engage the enemy, but
after the ships and batteries had fired
a few long-distance shots, Vice Ad?
miral Togo decided to decline the is?
sue and disappeared to the southward.
The news of the repulse of Vice Ad?
miral Togo's second attempt to block
Port Arthur created much rejoicing
in the Russian capital and among all
classes the gallantry of the Silni and
her commander are the subject of high
praise ; but above all the moral effect
of Admiral Makaroff's willingness
to engage the enemy, showing that
he considered himself strong enough
to fight, produced a splendid impres?
sion.
In high official circles this new ef?
fort to bottle up the Russian fleet is
looked upon as meaning only one
thing, namely, that the Japauese, as
stated by the Associated Press on
March 24, are preparing for a heavy
landing of troops in the gulf of Liao
Tung either at New Chw?ng or on
the ' west coast of the Manchurian
neutral zone, to effect which in safe?
ty the immobility of Vico Admiral
Makaroff's flset is absolutely essential
while the transports are being convoy?
ed around the southern end of the
peninsula. If the attempt had sue*
oeeded it would have required several
days at least to blow ,up the steamers
and clear away the wreckage, during
which time .the Japanese would be
asured of non-interference iu the cai
rying out of their purpoes. The fail?
ure of the Japanese this morning may
seriously hamper their plans.as the
ice in the Liao river is going out and*
when the river is free from ice its
mouth can be easily mined.
The conviction continues to grow
here that the Japanese-have concluded
that it would be inadvisable to make
a direct frontal attack on Manchuria
from Corea against the whole Russian
army, and that it will be necessary
to land a flanking column in the gulf
of Liao Tung to divide the attention
of the Russians and if possible to
seize the railroad and cut off Port
rthur. The ground above New
liwang is perfectly familiar to the
Japanese, who occupied ife?for a year
during the Chi na-Japanese war.
Some experts even go so far as to
express the belief that Vice Admiral
Togo was covering the", movement of
transports into the gulf of Liao Tung
this morning and . that therefore he
was compelled to exercise great cau?
tion and to decline the Russian offer
of au engagement. Auother view of
the Japanese admiral's purpose,
which was less entertained, is that
he believes that Dombardments from
Pigeon bay would be disastrous to the
Russian fleet if it were compelled to
remain in the harbor, he having
ascertained from observation that tbe
Russian ships always pass out durang
the high angle bombardment and that
a big shell dropped on a battleship
could easily pierce the deck and ex?
ploding, might completely destroy it.
WAR NEWS VIA LONDON.
London, March 29 -Up to last night
no official communication had reached
the foreign offices confirming the de?
claration pf martial law at New
Ch wang, and officials are inclined to
the opinion that this indicated that
the Russian government bas not yet
sanctioned Viceroy Alexieff's action.
The. declaration of martial law is
somewhat anxiously discussed by the
London morning newspapers, among
which the question has arisen as to
whether Russia is desirous of drag?
ging China into the conflict.
The Morning Post considers that
Russia's action "is calculated to re?
lieve Japan of some embarrassment by
removing some of the difficulties
Japan would have experienced in deal?
ing with New Ch wang in the event of
it becoming necessary to attack the
Russian forces at that point.''
No further news has been received
here regarding the Port Arthur engage?
ment with the exception that The
Daily Telegraph'3 Yin Kow corres?
pondent says the Japanese bombard?
ment badly damaged the forward bar?
bette of the Russian battleship Czare?
vitch. The correspondent adds:
"According to a rumor, 35 Japanese
transports, escorted by four cruisers.
approached New Oh wang Saturday and
then departed southward. It is stated
that Viceroy Alexieff will return to
Europe in a few days."
The Morning Post's New Chwang
correspondent learns that the Japanese
will not land an expedition in the
Liao river valley before April 20, as
their transports are still engaged in
conveying troops to Corea.
The correspondent at Shan Hai
Kwan of The Daily Mail assert? that
the Chinese have received official
authority to turn over to the Japanese
the plant of the Shan Hai Kwan rail?
way.
The Standard's Tien Tsin corres?
pondent says that in compliance with
Viceroy Alexieff's demand, the Tartar
general of Feng Tien has withdrawn
his' troops to a distance of 60 miles
from Mukden. He adds that the Rus?
sians are now left in complete control
of the revenue and other departments.
The Wei Hai Wei correspondent of
The Times says:
"A Chinese junk which has arrived
here reports having seen on the morn-,
ing of March 28 ll seaworthy Russian
vessels manoeuvring in the vicinity
of a Japanese fleet which was also
manoeuvring. No sound of firing was
heard.
St. Petersburg, March 28.-M.
Tokoff, a war office official, who last
week was arrested and later confessed
having sold government secrets regard?
ing pian of war to M. Kurino, the
Japanese minister, was hanged Satur?
day at the fortress of St. Peter and St.
Paul.
Nieu-Chwang, March 28.-The Rus?
sian authorities have notified consuls,
on a report, from Admiral Alexieff,
that a state of siege exists as to this
place. This makes trading by neutrals
practically impossible.
JAPANESE SHIP CAPTURED.
Paris, March 29.-The St. Peters?
burg correspondent of The Petit Pari?
sien says it is reported that the Vladi
vostock squadron under the command
of Capt. Reitzenstein has returned to
port with several, prizes, including a
Japanese warship.
Sully Sues Recalcitrant Partners. ?
New York. March 26.-Daniel J.
Sully, the cotton speculator who fail?
ed, said today that, acting on the
advice of a friend, be had obtained
personal counsel to whom the prosecu?
tion of a suit against Edwin Hawley
could not be in any sense distasteful.
John R. DosPassos is the attorney
selected^ by Mr. Sully. Edwin Haw?
ley is president of the Iowa Central
and Minneapolis and St Louis rail?
roads, and is one of the capitalists
whose, names have been mentioned
recently as the backers of the Sully
bull campaign. Mr. Sully gave ont a
formal statement setting forth his
reasons for employing personal coun?
sel. Mr. -Hawley also gave out a
statement in which he declared that
no relations existed between himself
and Mr. Sully's firm other than those
of cnstomer and broker.
THE DANDELION.
So More Successful Plant and Non?
More Wonderful.
Perhaps none of our plants is more
common or more familiar than the
dandelion, and certainly none is? more
wonderful. First of all it is not a na?
tive, but was introduced from Europe,
whence have come many of our worst
weeds, fitted by centuries of struggle in
cultivated fields to overcome the na?
tive j^lauts of a continent where culti?
vation had previously been practically
unknown rtnd where itatives had had
no opportunity, of adapting themselves
to the conditions of civilized agricul?
ture.
One of the dandelion's strongest
points is the ability to obtain nourish?
ment under strong competition and in
unfavorable situation's.' A deep, strong,
perennial taproot draws all available
nourishment and moisture from sur?
face and subsoil, stores nourishment
during the winter and enables the
plant to start far and away ahead of
most of its competitors. This same tap?
root is exceedingly bitter, which very
likely protects it from destruction by
moies and other animals. At least I
do not remember having seen a root
that had been disturbed by animals of
any kind.
But only, a small portion of its food
comes from the soil. Air and sunshine
are just as necessary, for the air is
food and the sunshine is digestion for
our vegetable neighbors. Note the
shape of the leaves. Narrow at the
base and widening at thc outer end.
they form a dense rosette that not only
gets for the dandelion all the air and
sunshine coming its way, but smothers
all but the most sturdy competitors.
Here lies the secret of the dandelion's
presence in lawns and walks and open
waste places. In lawns the grass is
kept low so that it cannot overtop and
shade the dandelion, while its own
leaves lie so low and close that they
are little hurt by the mower and can
smother the grass underneath. - Har?
per's Magazine.
Ancient Child Ourlai.
There was an order lu the Church of
England up to the year 1552 that if n
child di<Hl within a month of baptism
he should be buried in his chrisom lu
lieu of a shroud. The chrisom was n
white baptismal robe with which in
mediae val times a child when chris?
tened was enveloped. A sixteenth-cen?
tury brass, m Chesham Bois church in
Buckinghai e?hirp% represents Benedict
Lee. chrisom child. in his chrisom cloth.
The inscription underneath the figure
stands thm*.
Of Rogr. i.ee. gent "ma. here lyeth the
son. Benedict Lee. crysom whos soule ihu
pdo
-Westminster Gazette.
An Expensive Error.
The commuter started up from his
seat, twisted about, frowned and sat
down again as the train moved.
"Anything the matter?" asked the
chap who had got on at the last sta?
tion.
"Yes." replied the commuter gloom?
ily- "yes, there is. For the second time
this week the conductor bas punched
my meal instead of my nJlroa? ticket.
I must get glasses for him or for my?
self .'"-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A ROYAL BOOK BUYER.
Thc Purchase- ot Diderot'? LJbrar>
by Catherine II. of Ra?sia.
Km press Catherine II. of Russia was
a great re;.d..r arni a lover of books.
One of her ?TV?ees to letters in Russia
was the purchase of the libraries of
Voltaire and Diderot. She was a warm
friend ?ucl admirer of tliese French
philosophers, and their work interested
her because she was eager to fearn new
theories of politics and government
Voltaire's library of about 7.000 vol?
umes is now a part of the Russian im?
perial library in" the Hermitage palace,
and In the hall devoted to if is Hou
don's statue of Voltaire.
The story of Catherine's purchase of
Diderot's library is interesting. It is
creditable to her tact and her generos
! ity. . Diderot named ?15.000 as thc
price of his library. Catherine II. of
! fered him ?10.000 and named as a con?
dition of the bargain that her purchase
should remain with Diderot until his
death. Thus Diderot, without leaving
Paris, became Catherine's librarian in
his own library. As her librarian he
was given a yearly salary of ?1,000.
One year this salary was not paid.
Then Catherine wrote to her librarian
that she could not have him or her li?
brary suffer through the negligence of
a treasurer's clerk and that she should
send him the sum that she had set
aside for the care and increase of her
library for fifty years. At the end of
that period she would make new ar?
rangements. A check for ?25,000 ac?
companied this letter.
The Literary Chap In Finance.
"I know a literary chap, good writer
and all that, but with absolutely no
business sense, who suddenly decided
the thing for him to do was to start a
bank account," said the secretary of a
financial institution. "He came in to
see me about it. I asked him how
much he had. and he said he had saved
$59. I told him? we rarely started ac?
counts on such small deposits, but
would make an exception in his case
to encourage thrift and school him in
business.
"Ile went through the preliminaries
nervously, signed the signature card,
put his money in and got a nice new
bank book. By that time he was all
flustered. They gave him a check book,
and he decided he would have to have
some money for present use. The re?
ceiving teller introduced him to the
paying teller, and he inquired the
procedure of checking out money. The
paying teller explained at length. Then
my literary friend went over to the
desk and wrote a check for his entire
$59. got the money and went out."
Comparative Age? ot Auimalf.
Q.-What is the age of a field mouse:
A.-A year. And the age of a hedge?
hog is three times that of a mouse,
and the life of a dog is three times
that of a hedgehog, and the life of a
horse is three times that of a dog, and
the life of a man is three times that of
a horse, and the life of a goose is three
times that of a man, and the life of a
swan is three times that of a goose,
and the life of a swallow is three
times that cf a swan, and the life of
an eagle is three times that of a swal?
low, ,and the life of a serpent is three
times that of an eagle, and the life of
a raven is three times that of a ser?
pent, and the life of a hart is three
times that of a raven, and an oak
groweth 500 years and fadeth 500
years.-Philadelphia North American.
Sept. 13. 1S03.
Dos and Cat.
The effect of a dog on a cat's tail is
well worth study. When a cat encoun?
ters a strange dog the tail immediately
assumes an upright position, the back
becomes highly arched, and the fur
stands out straight all over the body.
This* sudden change dismays the dog.
who brings himself to a halt, aud the
two regard each other steadfastly.
Rut if the dog should turn his gaze
away for a fraction of a second there is
a swish and a bound, and the cat has
disappeared over a fence or up a tree.
Stimulated by the presence of a dog.
cats have been known to climb to sud;
heights that they were unable to de?
scend the way they went up.
Transparent Salt.
Some remarkable salt formations
are found extending for thirty miles
along the Virginia river in Nevada.
The salt forms mountains of crystal
and is so pure and clear that fine print'
can be read through a foot of it. This
region was evidently once occupied by
a great salt lake, as close by are some
wonderful wells, one of which, seven?
ty-five feet in diameter, contains wa?
ter so intensely saline that a person
bathing there will float iike a cork.
Bl i spins' Blander.
"Bliggins is very unfortunate in his
love affairs." . -
"Yes," said the girl with yellow hair.
"You see. Mr. Bliggins makes the great
mistake of trying to converse intelli?
gently, when he ought to be simply
holding hands and looking as if he
were stupefied with joy."-Exchange.
Hin Value ns a Witness.
"As I understand it. you want me to
go on the stand and swear to the truth j
of your contention." ;
"Heavens and earth, no! I want y/w j
to swear against me. Why. there arc j
five members of the jury who know ;
your reputation well."-Chicago Tost, j
His Compliment.
Katherine-My nose turns up so j
dreadfully!
('holly-Then it shows very poor
taste in backing away from such a j
pretty mouth.-Indianapolis Sentinel, j
AM (."xual.
.How intu-li do you expect to spend ;
for your wife's birthday present?"
"About half ns much as I shall.**
.I'uige._
.v .bility of character manifests itself
" -tholes when it is not provided
!nrg? doors.-. Wilkins.
THE WESTERN FLOODS.
Loss in Indiana Alone is Many
Millions.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 28.
Northern and central Indiana have
probably seen the worst of the flood
and are now repairing the damage.
Cities and towns at the headwaters
of the Wabash and the White rivers
have only slime and mod left by the
receding flood to contend with, bat
southwestern Indiana has yet to see
the worst. The crest ot the flood will
reach the Ohio river in two days.
The damage in Madison county will
reach $2,225,000 and northern In?
diana has suffered a loss of $1,000,000.
In Indianapolis 1,200 families were
driven from their homes. Today In?
dianapolis has been almost without
traction and water service. It is ex?
pected that the waterworks wil resume
tomorrow.
Eight lives have been lest in the
Indiana flood in two days and the
total property loss in Indiana has been
$8,000,000.
Bridges and trestles have been
swept away^ by the dozens. Others
have been damaged. Railroad sched?
ules are still unstable.
Hazleton tonight is isolated. Con?
ditions are bad at Petersburg, the
White and the Patoka rivers being
widely overflowed. Farms are flood?
ed, bridges and fences are gone and
much stock has been drowned.
William J. Bryan on War.
New Haven, Conn., March 27.
William J.Bryan delivered an address
this afternoon before the Peo rile's
Church, in the Hyperion Theatre, on
"The Prince of Peace."
Mr. Bryan eventually took up the
question of wai and inveighed against
the present war between Japan and
Kassia, saying that he hoped there
would be a general demand made to
find out the cause of that warfare.
Knowing the exact cause the world
would then he enabled to form a
judgment as to which side has justice
in its contentions. He deprecated the
prevalence in this country of training
boys and young men in the arts of
warfare. The only warfare that man
ought to wage, said he, is the warfare
against evil in all its forms.
"Society is in danger," continued
Mr. Bryan, "because of the terrible
coniflct that threatens between toe
rich and the poor. Shall we say that
the outcome will be a warfare between
class and class, to end only in the rule
of that class which can take the upper
band and rule because it has the
strength? How muchL better to recog?
nize that all are brothers. Recogni?
tion of that doctrine will not rob life
o* bravery, it will not make us
cowards, for it takes a brave man to
live righteously before men in tbe
strenuous world of today; it requires
a brave man to stand up against error
in his own political party and t? main?
tain a righteous principle." #
Tillman Chooses a Cadet.
Columbia, March 28.-Senator Till?
man has notified Superintendent of
Education Martin that he will appoint
Mr. Gibbes Lykes as a cadet to West
Point, and that the alternates will be
George C. Bowen and W. H. Price in
order named. Mr. Robert Stephenson
Simons, of Charleston, really won
the first place in? the competitive ex?
amination, but for good reasons to
himself he signed his papers "Robert
Stephenson" and did not sign them
with his proper name, "Simons." He
did not, it appears, care "fer the
newspaper notoriety" in connection
with the publication of his full name
and simply signed his papers and
applications as "Robert Stephenson."
When the announcement, was made
that he had won the appointment and
that he was really R. S. Simons there
came trouble, and it is claimed that
the war depratment holds that a full
name has to be given in making such
applications. At all events, Senator
Tillman has declined to recognize the
claims of Mr. Simons and has given
the appointment to Mr. Lykes.
Mr. Simons has at least the satisfac?
tion that he won on his merits ai;d
that this was a case in which a geed
name counted for much.
Little Pock, Ark., March 2$.- On
the face of unofficial returns Gov.
Jefferson Davis has carried enough
counties to give him 222 delegates in
the State convention, that being the
number necessray to secure the nomi?
nation. Judge Carroll D. Wocd car?
ried the counties that give 162 votes
in the convention, leaving 62 delegates
not yet certain.
"DEMOCRATIC REORGANIZATION.
In accordance with the recent action
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, the presidents of the vari?
ous Democratic Clubs of Sumter
County are hereby ordered to call to
gether their respective clubs on Sat?
urday, April-23rd next, for the par?
p?se of reorganizing the clubs for tbe
ensuing election, after which they
shall proceed :
To elect one member of the County
Executirve Comimttoe : to elect del?
egates to the County Convention this
day called to meet in the Court House
in Sumter, S. C.. on Monday, May
2nd, next, said representation to be
one delegate for each 25 members
or majority fraction thereof: the re?
presentation to be on the basis of the
elub roll of the first last preceding
primary election held in the connry.
Provided however, that the clubs
within the city of Sumter may meer
on Friday, April 22nd, for the abo\e
named purpose.
A County Convention is hereby
called to meet in the Court House in
Sumter S. C., on Monday, May 2nd,
1904, at M o'clock, a. m., for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
State Democratic Convention to be
held in Columbia, S. C.. at 12 o'clock,
noon, on Wednesday May 18tb 1904..
for the purpose of electing a County
Chairman, a member of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
and for such other business as may
properly come before said Conven?
tion.
JOHN M. KNIGHT,
County Chairman.
H. L. B. WELLS,
Secretary
Sumter, S. C., March 30, 1904.