The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 28, 1909, Image 5
WEONCSDAY, APRIL 28, 1909.
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XEW ADVKKTIHKMKNT8.
O. W Waddlll? Money to Loan.
R B. Holser?What You Can Buy.
< ? Donnell 4k Co.?Red Raven Ho
gJery.
A. A. Rtrauaa A Co.?Woolard's
Cultivator-Harrow.
Mlas Emmi? Sanders returned to
Yomaaee Friday morning after a visit
to friends In the city.
Misses Sue Duffle and Susie Dick
went to Columbia on a visit Friday
ai or a Inc.
Mr. Charlie Smith went to Colum
gf Mrs. Rosa Strauss, Messrs. Dolph
Manheim and Frank O'Donnell went
to <)re?*irvllle last Friday to attend
the United States court as witnesses
In the forgery case of John Burne
and J. Rogers.
Mlas Hattla Mason returned home
Wedhaaday afternoon, after a vary
|i plaaaant visit to her sister and many
friends of Augusta, Qa.
Mr. I^eon Mason returned home
Wedneeday afternoon after a short but
pleasant visit to Augusta, Oa.
Mrs. Sam B. Mitchell returned to
the elty Thursday after a brief visit
to raaUrvai In Rldgaway.
a Mr Jf. K. DuPre. of Plsgah, spent
Saturday in the city.
Mr. T. R. Engllah, of Richmond.
PERAONAU
Va., Is visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. H.
Scott.
Mr. T. D. DuBose was In the city
Saturday.
Mr. U ^J. Marky spent Sunday in
the city.
Mr. J. R. King spent Sunday In
Mayeavllle with relatives.
Dr. R. L. Hall was In the city Sun?
day.
Mr. Thos. P. Allen, of Charleston,
spent Monday In the city.
Mr. J. H. Qrady Is spending the
week in Columbia on business.
Mr. R. H. Allen was in the city
Sunday.
Mr. L*e%i M. Green, of Columbia,
spent Sunday In tie city with his
parents.
Mrs. R. D. Lee left on Monday
for a visit to her daughter. Mrs. S. R.
Gartt? in Ashland, Va.
Dr. Jessie Clifton, of Orangeburg,
was In the city Monday.
Capt. R. J. Brownfield was In the
city Monday. ,
Mrs. Gertrude Richardson, of
Pinevllle, spent Sunday in the city
with relatives.
Messrs. Marlon Molse and Mark
Reynolds have gone to Columbia to
attend the Supreme Court.
Ice Cream Festival.
There will be an Ice cream festival
at the Singleton School Room Friday
night, the 30th. for the benefit of the
school. Public Invited to attend.
The Sumter High School and the
Orangeburg Collegiate Institute will
play a game at the park next Friday
afternoon.
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Building Material Generally.
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Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as
Usuai.
We still have some Milch Cows on hand.
BOQTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTER, : S. C.
The Polt Star.
Ursa Major and Urea Minor are
known also as the triones and as the
Greater Wain and the Lesser Wain. It
Is curious to note that the larger con?
stellation was given the figure of the
bear by the Arabs and by the Iroquois
red men. The assumed forms are or?
dinarily fanciful, and the Identity of
the names In this instance affords food
for speculation. Ilotner uses both bear
and wain (wagon) in his references to
these stars. It Is evident that the
name bear was a translation from
some original Aryan language, as the
constellation Is called in Sanskrit
rlksha, a word that in different gen?
ders means both a bear and a star. Of
course the polar star In the tail of Ursa
Minor Is the constellation's point of
glory. In this case we may say fairly
that the tail wags the dog, because the
group of stars was once called the
dog's tall, or cynosure. From that we
have our word cynosure, that toward
which all eyes turn, as to the dog'a
tall for sight of the pole atar.?Minne
nnoils Tribune.
How Nora Coaxed the Tips.
A group of women were standing In
the corridor of a summer hotel when
an aged scrubwoman started upstairs
with a pail of water. Just then a
bright face?, buxom Irish chamber?
maid came up.
"This looks purty heavy for the llkt
of ye." she said cheerily to the old
woman. "Better let me help."
She took up the paid and whisked cC
npstalre with It.
-How thoughtful of Norar "Isn't
she kind?" and similar expressions
rose to the Hps of the women. The
proprietor of the hotel and another
man also witnessed the Incident
"Clever girl, that Nora," said the
hotel man to his companion. "She's
always doing something like that when
there are people looking on. She gets
more tips than any two other girls In
the house. She could airord to pay me
for the prtvilegr of working here.
Every summer she makes enough to
spend the winter In Idleness at her old
home in Ireland."?New York Tribune.
Oddities of Color Blindness.
Color blindness, or the Inability to
distinguish certain colors. Is by no
means rare. Incomplete color blindness
is when a person cannot distinguish
one of the fundamental colors, red,
green or violet If a person Is told to
select colors resembling violet he will
If red blind usually select blues as well
as violets. If he Is green blind, he will
relect green or gray, with possibly
some blues and violets of the brightest
shades. Violet blindness Is rare. To a
red blind person the "American flag ap?
pears to have green and white stripes,
while the white stare appear on a vio?
let field. To a green blind person the
stripes have the proper colors, but the
field for the stars Is red violet To a
violet blind person the stripes are nor?
mal, but the stare appear to be set In a
dark brownish gray field. To a person
who la totally color blind the blue of
the flag appears a light yellowish
brown, while the rod stripes seem to
be a darker brown.
An Idol Shattered.
Some one has said that people that
are fond of hero worship should never
make a pilgrimage to see the hero.
Here la an Instance:
An enthusiastic young lady admirer
called on her favorite author. In
speaking of ber visit she said:
"I'm sorry 1 saw him. He didn't
look at all like an author?no long,
wavy hair; no dreamy expression; no
eyes fixed on the stare as if to read
the secrets of the heavens; no musical,
low voice?nothing to suggest the
genius. No, I found him leaning on
the garden gate. In hin shirt sleeves,
swearing at a grocery boy! And his
hair was close cropped, and he looked
as If he hadn't shaved In a week. He
was the most terribly human specimen
I ever saw."?Atlanta Constitution.
The Wickedest Bit of 8ea.
Nine out of ten travelers would tell
Inquirers that the roughest piece of
water Is that cruel stretch In the Eng?
lish channel, and nine out of ten trav?
elers would say what was not true.
As a matter of fact, the wickedest
bit of sea" is not In the Dover strait or
In yachting, for examph, from St Jean
de Lulz up to Paulllac or across the
Mediterranean "race" from Cadiz to
Tangier, nor Is It in rounding Cape
Horn, where there Is what sailors call
a "true" sea. The "wickedest sea" Is
encountered In rounding the Capo of
Good Hope for the eastern ports of
Cape Colony.
What a Scotsman Wears.
A Scottish correspondent, signing
himself "Haggis," writes to us as fol?
lows:
Dear Sir?Please state In your column
Shut a Scotsman wears a kilt, not kilts.
Thus Harry Lander went to amuse the
king clad In a kilt, not In kilts.
We regret to say that we find our?
selves unable to accede to our corre?
spondent's request Kespect for truth
compels us to state that a Scotsman
almost invariably wears neither a kilt
nor kilts, but trousers.-London News.
Quite of Her ^>inion.
"Oh, 1 did so wan. I have a talk
with you! Pm simply mad to go on
the stace!" exclaimed n gushing young
lady to a popular actor.
"Yea, I should think you would be,
my dear youug lady!" remarked the
great hhitrlon.
Consistent.
"Why do you wear a yachting cap,
deah boy? It's your brother that owns
the yacht."
"Very true, old chap. This is me
brother's cap." Cleveland* Plain Dealer.
Quite Light.
Marie-1 think Chollle Is a delightful
dancer. He's so light on his feet! TJ1
Htm When you're better acquainted
wllh Oholllf you'll discover that he's
light at both cuds!?Town and Country.
Walking Stick?.
The sixteenth century Is that in
which the walking stick became not
merely u useful implement, but an ar?
ticle ct fashion, dignity and luxury.
In the seventeenth century it was gold
headed aud made of rare woods. It
was a sign of leadership.
For a long period there was little
variety amoug Bugllsbmen In the ma?
terial used for the majority of walking
sticks. The "oaken towel," as it was
pleasantly termed when an enemy was
to be "rubbed down," shared popular?
ity with the crab tree cudgel, which,
among rural folk especially, was much
valued and classic from the conflict in
"Hudibras." when?
With many a stiff thwack, many a bang.
Hard crab tree on old iron rang.
Classic, too. Is that stout oaken stick
Which sturdy Dr. Johnson, who, like
Knox, "never feared the face of living
man/' provided himself with when he
went to the pit of the little theater In
the Haymarket iu full view of Foote,
who had announced his intention of
,4taklng him off" on the stage, an In?
tention which in view of the stick he
did not carry into effect?Gentleman's
Magazine.
Linked Eyebrows.
It Is popularly believed that If one's
eyebrows meet it indicates deceit
Charles Klugsley indorses this belief,
but Tennyson has other ideas and
poetically speaka of "married brows."
In Turkey meeting eyebrows are
greatly admired, and the women use
artificial meana to bring the brows to
this condition, and if art cannot m
dnce thin eyebrows to grow they make
np by drawing a black line with paste.
It would appear that the Greeks ad?
mired brows which almost met and
the fashionable Inhabitants of Rome
not only approved of them, but re
Borted to pigments to make up the
lack which sometime* existed.
Some proverbs state that the person
whose eyebrows meet will always
have good luck, while others state ex?
actly the reverse. The Chinese say
that ?'people whose eyebrows meet
can never hope to attain to the dig?
nity of a mlnirrtor of state,*' and in
Greece of today the man whose brows
meet is said to be a vampire, while in
Denmark and Germany it is said he
Is a werewolf.?London Standard.
A Rhymed Wedding.
According to the Mexico Ledger,
John Stobie, a Weilston magistrate,
united a negro couple with this cere?
mony:
JTm. wfll you take Bet
Without any regret
To love and to cherish
Till one of you perish
And Is laid under the sod.
60 help you God?
JTm having given the usual affirma?
tive answer. Judge Ptoblc turned to
Bet:
fiet, win you take Jim
And cling to him.
Both out and la.
Through thick and thin.
Holding Mm to your heart,
Till death do you part?
Bet modestly acquiesced, and the
newly married couple were dismissed
with this benediction:
Through life's alternative joy and strife
I now pronounce you man and wife.
Go up life's hill till you get to the love;
And salute your bride, you dusky oevUI
Made Over Prescriptions.
"There la one loss sustained by drug
gists that very few people know
about," said the experienced clerk.
"That is in the prescriptions that nave
to be made over, the same as clerks,
stenographers, writers and artists, no
matter bow painstaking, frequently
hare to do their work over. The most
careful drag clerk in existence is bound
to make mistakes sometimes In meas?
uring and mixing. He may pour in too
much of some kind of liquid or sift
in too much of a certain powder. In
most cases the overdose would not real?
ly affect the value of the medicine, but
the conscientious clerk Isn't going to
take any chances on murdering any?
body, so he throws away the whole
mixture and makes up another pre
sertptton***?New York Globe.
Hi-story In July.
In at leaVt four countries perhaps the
most Important event In their histories
was recorded in July?namely, the es?
tablishment of their independence. In
our own history we have the memora?
ble Fourth of July, while the patriotic
efforts of the liberator Simon Bolivar
for the independence of uesuela
were consummated on July 5. Colombia
ridding herself of the Spanish yoke ou
July 20. Then there Is France, with
her July 14, marking the date when
the suffering French people stormed
the famed and fearsome Bastille. The
Spanish, forces at Santiago, Cuba, ca
pit mated on July 10.
A Famous Year.
It is contended that the year 1800
gave more celebrities and persons ol
genius to the world thau any other
year of the nineteenth century. Among
those who were born In that meraora
ble year were Abraham Lincoln, Edgar
AJlan Poe. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Dar?
win, Lord Houghton, Alfred Tennysou.
Edward Fitzgerald, Professor Blackle.
Mary Cowden Clarke and Felix Men?
delssohn.
An Estimate.
**01d man Tltewad must be worth 0
billion dollars," observes the man with
the Ingrowing mustache.
"Nonaense!" says the man with the
dejected ears. "He hasn't over a hun
tired thousand to his name."
"But I was estimating It at what he
would be worth If a dollar was as bis
as he thinks it Is."--Chicago Post.
A Hum?.n Cunnalow.
Pflkson didn't Impress you favora
bly, then?"
"No; he's Just a bungalow."
"A whatl*
44 A bungalow. He hasn't any foun?
dations-Newark No ws.
'Baking
Powder
Absolutely Pure
The only baking powder
made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar.
BABY BREAKS ITS OWN NECK.
Infant .of Graniteville Parents Meets
Fearful Death.
Chief Henry Howard, of the Aiken
police force.
The merchants who are wise
in,fln . ?? oc . . . 'enough to have their advertisemema
Aiken, April 25.?Information has , " _
i in ihe Twice-a-YY. ek Watchman nnd
reached this city of the harrowng j Southron are getting b|g returns on
death of an infant In Granitville last ! their investment.
night, when the little six months' old |_
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Pierce j Property owners and residents of
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Howard had the misfortune to have the section of the city bounded by
iV< si Liberty street, Oakland ave?
nue. Wright street and Purdy street
are beginning to be anxious to find
out when the water mains are to be
c.-tended 4n that direction and a fevr
fire hydrants put in. ?
its neck broken. Last night in the
early pert of the evening, while Mr.
Howard was in Aiken, Mrs. Howard
placed nhe baby on a bed to sleep.
The bed was an iron one, with per?
pendicular rods at the head and foot.
Mrs. Howard stepped out of the house
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for two or three minutes, and during ; A very handsome new soda fountain
her absence, In some way the little is being installed in China's drug stora
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child got its head between the per- , '^,ffg'^?^*,*MM*M*,MW*!lBg*M'!!l!!g"IM'^^
pendicular tods, and when Mrs. How- jgjj, TO IiOAX_on good Baal
ard returned!to the house she found . mortKape, interest at 8 per
her baby with its body dangling from ; ^ QeQ ^ Waddni? R p jy
the bed, and its head fastened be- i 2 4-2T-tf
tween the rods. it survived a few-?.
minutes after she rescued it from its WA>TE1>?All the cotton planters in
position, but its neck bad been brok?
en in its attempts to free its head
from the bed. Mrs. Howard was al?
most prostrated with grief. Mr. How?
ard arrived a few minutes later from
Aiken. Mr. Howard is a brother of
Bunter County to know that they
can injure their growing crops
against damage by hail in the Car?
olina Hail Insurance Co., Main
Bt G. E. Haynsworth, Agent.
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