The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 25, 1909, Image 2
MEftT WAVE RECEDES.
COOLING RREKXES TAKE place
OF SCORCHING BLASTS.
Derided Drop In Tempera rare In
Sontfjwoat sgorcnry Went Above
IM Degrees In Many Towns In
Mlwissalppl, liOulMLana end Texas.
New Orleans, La.. Aug. 19.?The
bot wave, which has held the Mouth
west In Its grasp for the past four
days, has apparently been broken.
Tonight those sections which have
sweltered snder the torrid heat In
many places unprecedented In Its
Intensity, were visited by colling
breese*. In some parts of Louisiana
and Mlaslsssippl the wind assumed
almost the proportion of a gale, In
many instances accompanied by elec?
trical storms.
Today the heat wave was central
over Mississippi and a portion of
Louisiana. There was a decided drop
la temperature In Texas and Arkan?
sas. In numerous towns In Mississip?
pi snd some In Louisiana, the mer?
cury uMsred above 100 degrees. Baton
Rouge. La., reported a maximum
temperature of lit degree*. The ther?
mometer reached 10S degrees at
Hattlrsbucg. Miss.
Both man and beast have gone be?
fore the torrid onslaught and vege?
tation ta many sections havs wither?
ed under the scorching syn and hot
blasts.
Only one death was reported In
New Orleans today, as a result of
the heat. William Schlllenkamp.
There were a number of prostrations.
KTjOOO Or foreign capital
Into the United States to Es?
cape Exaction* at Home.
New York Press.
Among bankers and others who
handle and pay close attention to in?
vestment, both here and abroad.
thoru Is common agreement that
?rmous sums of French and Eng
capital are being transferred to
this country for permanent employ?
ment here. There are various rea?
sons fsr this shift of capital. The
productive fields of the United States
ate as naturally rich, with large re?
turns easily and quickly earned, that
capital discontented with its profits
or security In other places seeks the
better chance, for capital out of em?
ployment or engaged in unsatisfac?
tory employment hunts for work just
M the wage-earner hunts for work.
Again the foreign manufacturer
who eaanot get a share of our domes?
tic i market, ths greatest and richest
la the world, because our tariff sys?
tem pr,serves It for Industries es?
tablished here, will often move all or
part of his plant to the United States
so aa to be able to operate within the
Waas of our custom duties. This
While permitting the foreigner to
the benefits of oar home market on
terms with American producers,
the productive forces of the
country, swells the wage payments
which are spent here, stimulates the
geaeral purchasing power and adds
to the national wealth. A case In
point Is the very recent one of a
French automobile concern arrang?
ing to set ap a plant and to operate
It la one of our cities of the middle
Thin capital colonizing so to speak,
has been going ot^ for years as s
matter of fact process in seeking ben?
rather than fleeing from in.tu
Recently, however, a highly slg
it Impetus has been given to
tats previously normal flow of for?
den Investment Into the United
Statt-? Capita! from abroad Is com?
ing here In a volume that increases
with a?tonUhtrig force because It is
actually being driven out of Eng?
end France by excessive taxa
for Dealing With the Fly
Nuisance.
Keep the flies away from the sick.
?U'iv those III with contagious
dsnsnse*. Kill every fly that stray*
Into th ? sick room. His body is cov
w< th germs.
Do i? ?? allow decaying material of
ty sott to accumulate on or near
your im t'titisee.
ATI i.?(i?.e which tends in any way
ta form nt.itlon. such as bedding.
l?M>er waste and vegetable
Itmf should b<* disposed of or cov
t?tt?? time or kerosene oil.
8ere<? .<ll food.
Keep .?tl receptacles for garbage
rfub?/ covered and the cans clean?
ed or f?? . * i - - 1 with oil or lime.
Keer nil stable manure in vault or
pit. screened or sprinkled with llrne.
oil or ethos cheap preparation.
Oo^e? goad after a meal; burn or
bury ail table refuse.
Screen ill food exposed for sale.
Here' n all windows and BOOTS,
especially the kitchen and dining
room.
l>on'l forget, |f you see flies. th?ii
breedirn place I* in nearby tilth. It
may b ? ??? htnd the door, under the
table gl kj the CHsptdor.
If tbeeg I? no dirt and filth there
Will ho n* tiles.
THE REVOLUTION A BLUNDER?
McClure Declares That America Can
Absorb British Empire.
rd. ?. McClure, of New York, In a
blic address ?eAtNiday said the Brit?
ish empire is In momentary danger
of destruction at hands of Germany
and ready, merely for the asking to
accept the dominance of the United
States and set the empire's real seat
of authority transferred to Wash?
ington.
When the orators In the national
convention of revolutionary France
declared that British power had been
destroyed. Marlbeau asked where,
when and in what latitude. Fifty
years later Ledru Rollln, who became
vice president of one of the French
republics, wrote a book on "The De?
cline of England." Since then Eng?
land has not declined any territory.
Increasing her possessions In both
Asia and Africa.
McClure called the parting of
the United States from England In
1771 a disastrous mistake, and read a
statement from Lord Rosebury In
which that statesman predicts that if
England and her American colonies
had not separated at the time of the
revolution the seat of government of
the British empire would already
have been transferred from the Brit?
ish isles to what Is now the United
States, and those islands would sim?
ply have been the sacred historic
shrine of the great world empire of
the English speaking people.
"When a business man makes a
mistake," Mr. McClure continued, "he
does whatever he can to remedy it
and eliminate its effect. We made a
disastrous mistake in parting from
England at the time of the revolution,
and ahoufd, as nearly as possible, re?
turn to the conditions that would
have existed If we had not made It.
The United States should secure dom?
inance In the British empire, and
this in the present condition of
that realm can be had merely for
the asking
"The present situation of England
and Germany la that of two farmers
living side by side, one of whom Is
a first rate prise fighter, has trained
his people to be prize fighters, and
says to his neighbor, who has been
peaceably engaged In cultivating his
estate, *l want some of your property
and I'm going to have it.' The pos?
sible destruction of the British em?
pire which this means, is the most
terrible problem before us today."
King's Mountain.
South Carolina Is a State that can
boast of many historic Incidents,
among the number being the battle
of King's Mountain, which was
fought on October 7, 1780, between
the British troops and Tories under
Col. Patrick Ferguson and the
American patriots under Generals
Lacy, Williams and Sevler. The bat?
tle ground Is located in York county
and all citizens of York county are
Indeed proud of It. On October 7th,
of this year, the monument that Is
being erected by the government, for
which $40,000 waa appropriated, will
be unveiled and great Interest is be?
ing manifested all over the nation on
account of the accaslon.
In this battle there were troops
from North Carolina. Virginia, Geor?
gia. Tennessee and South Carolina,
and It Is said that all af these States
will be represented on the occasion of
the dedication of the monument.
Two other monuments have been
erected on this historic spot, the first
one being but three feet in height, an
ordinary granite slab. In 1880 a
monument was erected by South Car?
olinians, the necessary funds being
raised by public subscriptions and
now the government 13 building a
monument that should have been
built many years ago.?Rock Hill
Herald.
?There Is more Catarrh In this sec?
tion of the country than all other dis?
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur?
able. For a great many years doc?
tors pronounced it a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by con?
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced It incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. It Is taken internally In
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
It acts directly on the blood and mu?
cous surfaces of the system. They of?
fer one hundred dollars for any case
It falls to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. J CHUNKY & CO., To?
ledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Fumlly Pills for const!
patlon.
8-4?lm.
Too Bad.
The soft crab Wiped bis briny eyes;
Ills heart was sad ami sore.
He'd been an orphan ever since
The summer just before.
* People with chronic bronchitis,
asthma and lung trouble, will find
great relief and comfort in V 'ley's
Honey and Tar, and cun avoid suffer?
ing by commencing to take It at once.
W. W. Slbert.
IE i P?<N fid F Rt?.
PAIITY THAT HAZED LIEUT. SUT
TON'S BROTHER DISMISSED.
President Taft Directs Summary
Punislinient for Seven Cadets for
Beating "Plcbe" Who Refused to
Take Fright at ??Ghost"?Victim
Is Brother of Annapolis Man Whose
Death Has Just Been Investigated.
West Point, N. Y., Aug. 19.?For
being Involved in the hazing of Ro?
lando Sutton, a brother of Lieut.
James N. Sutton, Jr., United States
marine corps, whose death at An?
napolis two years ago has just been
investigated, seven West Point ca?
dets were dismissed today by direc?
tion of President Taft.
The cadets ordered to be dismissed
are: John H. Booker, Jr., of West
Point, Ga? first-class; Richard W.
Hocker, Kansas City, Mo., third
class; Earle Dunmore, Utlca, N. Y.,
third-class; Chauncey C. Devore,
Wheeling, W. Va., third-class; Gor?
don Lefevere, Richmond, Va., third
class; Albert E. Crane, Hawarden,
la., third-class; Jacob S. Fortner.
Dothan, Ala., third-class.
The Results.
"Speaking about speeches," said
the man on the rear platform of the
car, "but I want to tell you that It
will be a long time before anyone
beats the speech La Follette got off
in the Senate. It was surely a crack
erjack."
"It was on the tariff I believe?"
queried one of the others.
"Yea, on the tariff."
"And he roasted New England?"
"He did that. Yes. sir. peeled the
hide right off'n her."
"His speech lasted three days, if I
remember right?"
"Yes."
"And they had a special night ses?
sion to help him wind up?"
"Yes."
"And he had dishes of billk and
tea on his desk to sustain him when
he i grew faint?"
"It was so stated. Oh, it was a
great speech."
"But after three days he finally got
through with it?"
?Certainly."
"And?and what happened? Did
he carry any particular point? Did
he change any issue?"
"Why, no, not that I know of," re?
plied the man who had started the
discussion.
"Then, what was the use of his
three-day speech?"
"Urn! Well, I think it helped out
the June rainfall!"
Joe Kerr.
The Thaw Case and the Insanity Plca.
The decision that Harry K. Thaw
is Insane, and must go back to the
asylum for the insane and remain
there, cannot but lessen the disposi?
tion of violent men to look to this
plea of Insanity for immunity in the
commission of certain crimes. The
asylum has been for too many mur?
derers a short cut to liberty. "Brain?
storm" and temporary insanity" have
been overworked, especially when
there was large wealth to draw upon
for the hire of lawyers and allenl3ts.
The Jury in Thaw's case accepted as
correct the defense made in his be?
half during his trial, that -he was
Insane. It is not logical or right
that he should "blow hot and cold
with the same mouth"?plead Insani?
ty as a means of escaping punish?
ment, and set up sanity as a means
of escaping the asylum. Evidence
clear enough to free the prisoner
from responsibility for his actions
ought certainly to be clear enough to
keep him from fresh opportunities
for mwrder. It Is no doubt possible
for a man1 to become insane and af?
terward recover sanity. But the ben?
efit of this possibility was precluded
for Thaw, in Justice Mills' opinion,
by conclusive evidence that Thaw's
delusions had become fixed in his
mind prior to the time of his marri?
age and that he still cherishes de?
lusions in regard to Stanford White's
conduct. Before the murder, at the
time of the murder and now, after
the murder, his mind, in the opinion
of Justice Mills, exhibits a perversion
which makes it dangerous to allow
him to go at large.?Baltimore Sun.
Easy Answer.
A teacher in a small Oregon
school was giving a lesson on the
Circulation Of the blood: Trying to
make it clearer he said: "Now, chil?
dren, if 1 stood on my head the blood,
as you know, would run into it, and I
should turn red In the face."
"Yes. sir." said they.
"Now, Arthur,'' continued the
teacher, addressing a small boy,
"What I want to know is this: How
is it thai while I am standing up?
right In this ordinary position the
blood doesn't run into my feet and
turn them red?''
"Why, sir." answered Arthur, "be?
cause your feet ain't empty."?Bun
shine Bulletin.
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The Girls I Almost Kissed.
From the fish I have almost caught?
Lobster or sucker or skate?
To the witty things I've thought
Just half a wink too late;
From the riches I've almost had
To the trains I've barely missed,
There is never a memory so sad
As the girls that I almost kissed.
There was Alice, who said me nay,
And Anna, who spurned me cold,
And the merry, the madcap Mae,
Who cried I was bad and bold.
Their bright eyes haunt my dreams
la a dim, delicious mist,
And a glint of pearl and ivory
gleams
Through the lips that I almost kiss?
ed.
There was Rose of the soulful sigh
And June of the wistful face,
Allegra of luring eye
And the courtly poise of Grace.
Lo, out of my giddy past,
Though I squirm and struggle and
twist,
The sweet ghosts find me out at
last?
The girls that I almost kissed.
Though I'm fat, smooth doomed and
old,
And none would kiss me now,
My loves come back to fold
New wrinkles in my brow,
And each has a suit to lay
On my breach of promise list,
For the girls that I almost kissed one
day
Next day I always kissed!
?Chester Firkins In Puck.
Distinctive.
This one happened before the pres?
ent wave of cold weather had swept
over Kentucky. There was an open
air celebration being pulled off near
Lexington, and a reporter from Cin?
cinnati wanted to find a certain
prominent citizen whom he did not
know by sight. He appealed to a
red nosed man with a large badge on
his bosom and scruff on his tongue.
"You'll find him somewhere
around here In the crowd," responded
the badger, quite ready to help all
he could. "I saw him not 15 minutes
ago."
"But I don't know him. How can
I distinguish him?"
"He's a big, tall man."
"All Kentuckians are tall. Isn't
there something about him that's dif?
ferent from the others?"
"Lemme see," said the badger, rub?
bing bis chin and thinking. "Well,
he's sober."?New York Herald.
Overworked Snakes.
The new and very stringent pro?
hibitory law which rocs into effect in
Kansas has revived an old story on
the subject. A stranger went into a
Kansas drug store and asked for
some whiskey.
"But I'm sick," persisted the stran?
ger.
"That won't help any," replied the
druggist. "It don't make any differ?
ence. I can't sell you any whiskey
for being sick."
"Well what can you sell it to me
for?" asked the stranger.
"I can't sell you any whiskey," said
the druggist.
A report has been in circulation
that the Schwartz Brothers of Sum
ter are contemplating opening a
branch dry goods and millinery store
in Manning. We hope it is true, as
Manning gladly welcomes good mer?
chants. The more and the better the
merchants, the more trade Is attract?
ed here.? Manning Times.
?No matter how long you have suf?
fered, Foley's Kidney Remedy will
help you. Mrs. S. L. Bowen, of
Wayne, w. Va? writes; "l was a suf?
ferer from kidney disease, so that at
times I could not .uet OUt Of bed. and
when 1 did I could not stand
straight, l took Foley's Kidney Rem?
edy. One dollar bottle and part of
the second cured me entirely." it
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STATE'S FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Comptroller General Issue** Compre?
hensive Statement.
Columbia, Aug. 19.?According to
a statement issued today by Comp?
troller General Jones, the total cash
held by the counties of the State
amounts to $1,086,324.79. The total
cash held by the State Treasurer
amounts to $408,914.59. The report is
to June 30. The total cash in the
offices of the county treasurers was
$22,835.62. The total cash belonging
to the counties deposited in banks
amounted to $1,063.489.17. The gen?
eral fund of the State amounted to
$267,798.10. Special funds, $141,
116.49. The total funds held by the
State and all of the counties amount?
ed to $1.495,239.38.
DRING
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trouble and the one we always can
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One More Chance.
One day the office boy went to the
editor of the Soaring Eagle and said:
"There's a tramp at the door and
he says he has had nothing to eat for
six days."
"Fetch him in," said the editor. "If
we can find out how he does it we can
run this paper for another week."?
Illustrated Bits.
New Kind of Setter.
Little Oscar aged five, had a dog
which was almost always to be found
behind the stove in the kitchen. Os?
car once visited at a house wber?
there were two fine dogs. The mas?
ter of the house told him that they
were Irish setters. The little fellow,
who was very fond of his pet. ans?
wered quickly, "Mine is a kitchen
setter."?The Delineator.
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"Why won't you go on the pic?
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"Aw, I'm too tired. Let's soak B
ft?w sandwiches In lemonade and eat
?, m on the kitchen floor."?Kansas
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