Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3, 1910. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed in UtO and ths True Southron In IM? Ths Watchman and Southron Dow has ths combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and Is manifestly the best advertising sasdlun. tn Sumter. If Fr?ser Lyon and Barney Evans keep on bandying epithets a knock? down and drag out fight Is inevitable. Grown men cannot continue the ?you're another" stylo of combat in deflntely see It Is none of our business we know, snd meddlers usually get Into trouble, but we can't help wondering what The Columbia State will do In the event that Featherstone and Bleass ars pitted against each other In the second primary. ? ? ? Mr. Blesse Is reported to have de? clared at Florence that either he or a prohibitionist would be the next Governor of South Carolina. Who Is he batting on. Featherstone, Richards or Hyatt | ? ? ? All the brown paste-board boxes you see going out of town In buggies snd wsgons do not contain boose? most of them are tilled with fruit jars. ? ? ? Unless ths stories that come from Texas concerning the wholesale butchery of unarmed negroes are grossly exaggerated, there Is urgent need in that State for a wholesale haaglag of white men. Such ruffians are a far worse than the meanest negro criminal that was ever lynch? ed. ? ? a The promptness with which the Y. M. C. A. building fund Is paid in will be the real test of Sumter's inter? est In the T M. C. A. If the sub? scribers pay up as promptly as they subscribed. Sumter will indeed make a record to be proud of. "Drugs Is Drugs." The writer took a doctor's prescrip? tion to the drug store to have it fill? ed. In some way this piece of paper became torn In half, so that when the patron handed the druggist the first piece, that public servant at ouce measured out the ammonia salt It called for snd placed ths smal'. vlal before his customer. "How much?" asked the patron. 'Ten cents." "Oh. beg pardon!" said the pur? chaser, at this Juncture finding the remainder of the prescription in his pookot. "This piece says to add enough water to the other to make four ounces." "Very well," rejoined the apothe? cary, dumping ths contents of the small vlal Into a four-ounce bottle and adding the required water. "There you are. sir, 40 cents mors, please." "Whaf 10 cents for ammonia and 40 rents for the water?" "Exactly. The doctor's name writ? ten after the water makes It a pre? scription, and ws put ip no prescrip? tions under 50 onts. 1?Judge's Lib? rae ry \ Clsvk on tho la-t Miter. As successor to the State Commis? sion of Gas and Electricity and the State Inspector of Gas Meters the New York Public Service Commission has achieved fundamental reforms tn the Held of gas and electricity win h < ?in only be referred to In pas? sing No gas or electrical meter may now be Installed until tested and seal ? I i 'iT' i t b> th?- , i.mmissiun |g former days the State Inspector would have, say, a half-dozen meters tested out of a lot of three or four hundred and If found correct he would a< - ommodlatlngly approve as core> I the entire number. This was like testing a half-dozen eggs on a farm and then guaranteeing the freshness of all the egg? In the coun? ty In which the farm was located. Last y*ar alone the commission test? ed 357.793 gas meters, of which 4. 0S8 a-re tested on the complaint of the consumers, and of this number 1,4 43 *ere found to be fast. When a meter is fast bey.nd the slight devi? ation ill.-wed by law the company must pay the expense of the test, while f It 1? dow the consumer must bear the expense. At the instance of tb ' "(omission the companies an? nually return thousands of dollars to umers who have been overcharg? ed thrmish the exactions of fast meters. ? Revlewof Reviews. Prof Goodwin Is still In Jail, the bond not yet having been furnished. \1 ?? -I i . 'a i i sail pjnjf hut nothing was sold, no land having been levied upon by tho sheriff. The Sumter Light Infantry arrived In the city Monday afternoon from ? hi kamauga Bark, and though some b i? tired from their recent rnan Pnl all report having a pleasant snd enjoyable trip. A Series That Moved an Observ? er to Turn Critic. SOME GEMS HE PRESERVED. The Lawyers Didn't Seem to Ses the Ridiculous Phase of the Inquiry, but It Loomed Large to the Man With an Idea That tho Law Is Solemn. A man who spent several days in ? courtroom listening to the examination of Tenlremen was struck with the re? flection that some shining legal minds would not be unduly dimmed by the Infusion of a few of the principles of logic. The time taken up by attorneys Id drawing tu? conclusion that a juror who lives at a given address makes his home there and then referring the conclusion to the juror for confirma? tion has not been computed, but any one mathematically inclined may fig? ure it out by multiplying the following examples by any handy largo round number: "What Is your occupation ?* "1 am a switchman." "On a railroad?" The obvious answer which the ju? ror's awe of his surroundings prevents him from making would be, of course, "No, in an ice cream parlor." "Judge." said a juror, "I would like to be excused from service. When summoned I was making arrange? ments for my brother-in-law's fu? neral." "la your brother-in-law dead?" In? quired the court It developed that he was. "Now, Mr. Juror," came another question, "what is your age?" "Forty-four." "Forty-four yeara old 7" I That Is exactly what the juror meant The lawyer guessed right the very first time. Here la another flash that came to one of the attorneys. "Where do you live?" he asked. "At 4416 Blank street" "You reside there, do you?* Ones in awhile there is a funny an? swer which Isn't to be wondered at considering the power of suggestion. "Are you married?"^ "Tea." "Any family V i ?* "Two." But the balance Ii well on tho law yers/ side. Witness this: The ques? tioner had asked if a juror was relat? ed in any way to any of the princi? pals or witnesses In the case. "I am a brother-in-law of Mr. Blank, one of the witnesses," was the reply. "You married his sister, then?" He had "Let me ask you now, Mr. Juror, have you formed my opinion about the guilt or innocence of this defend antr *I have." "Is it a fixed opinion or Is it one that could be changed by evidence?" "It could be changed if the evidence were strong enough." "Then you would not call it a defi? nite opinion?" "No." "It is a vague opinion, then?" ?Yes." "Now, Mr. Juror, follow me closely, if you please. You say your opinion la a vague one and not definitely fixed. Now, then, if that is the case and you went into that jury box and listened to the evidence adduced from that wit? ness stand and heard the law expound? ed by i he Judjre from that bench, would it not be possible for you to lay aside that opinion and concur In a ver? dict warranted by the evidence and the instructions of the court?" "Yes." The attorney, having received the same answer to his long question as to his short one. is perfectly satisfied and throws a triumphant look at his colleague, which says, "1 knew 1 could get it out of him if 1 kept at him long enough.'' Ilere Is another astonishing deduc? tion: A juror took the stand dressed In a blue uniform with brass buttons. Around his belt was strapped a money changer. The examining attorney look? ed at him long and searchlngly and then said in a tone which admitted of no trifling: "You are a street car conductor?" It was the same attorney who forced this confession from another Juror: "What is your occupation?" "I'm a bookkeeper for Blank & Co." "You keep books in the office?" Unmasked, the bookkeeper broke dowu aud made a clean breast of it. "Now, ?fr. Juror, be good enough to state how old you are." "Fifty-six years." "How long have you resided in this ?t?te?" "Fifteen yeara." "Then you were not born here?" The trapped man admitted the truth. Here is another: "Were you born in Missouri?" "No, sir." "Oh, I see. Then you moved here from some other state." And then in a "come-come-don't-delay-the-court" tone of voice, "Where did you come from?" "Chicago." "Chicago, III.?"?Kansas City Times. Unhappy Man! "Yes, my old friend, I have been the Victim of misfortune in all my loveaf fairs. My first sweetheart died, the second Jilted me, and the third became ?iy wife!" Tears nro often the telescope through wblf h men see fur Into hcuveu. 1#S1 her. Tilt's ?nllt m;iy be but a mask, but it may refuse to wear off. IFarmers' Union News | ?AND? M Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers S (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, President Farmers' Union of Sumter JJ County.) r/ The Watchman and Southron having decided to double its service by semi-weekly publication, would Improve that service by special features. The first to be Inaugurated is this Department for the Farmers' Union and Practical Fanners which I have been requested to conduct. It will be my aim to give the Union news and official calls of the Union. To that end officers, and members of the Union are requested to use these columns. Also to publish such clli dngs from the agricultural papers and Govern? ment Bulletins as I think will be of practical benefit to our readers. Ori? ginal articles by any of 04 r readers telling of their successes or failures will be appreciated and | jblished. Trusting this Department will be of mutual benefit to all concerned, THE EDITOR. All communications for tl Is Department should be sent to E. W. Dabbs. Mayesville. S. C. NOTICE. The Sumter County Farmers' Un? ion will meet at the Fort place, in Concord, on Friday, August 5th. E. W. Dabbs, Pres. Hugh Witherspoon, Sec. NOTICE. Mr. Ira Williams, of the United States Farm Demonstration Work, will hold an institute at Shiloh on Friday, the 19th of August. This ar? rangement was made after consulta? tion with representatives of Shiloh, who regretted the small attendance at the Clemson extension meeting on the 26th of July, by reason of crop conditions. We trust to have a good attendance on the 19th. E. W. Dabbs, Pres. Hugh Witherspoon, Sec. Some Random Thoughts. The meeting of the State Union last week was the best that I ever at? tended. There were no long discus? sions on constitutional or other ques? tions that would likely divide our people, but every effort seemed to be to discuss measures that would unify and cement the bonds of friendships. It is a pity more of the membership do not attend these meetings. A great deal of interest was shown by the many questions asked about our brokerage business. Owing to inquiries, I wired Bro. Brogdon to go and tako Bro. Parrott. The former could not get off on such short no? tice, but Parrott's talk of a few min? utes lengthened Into a i If hour un? der the fire of questions, and that too when trespassing on time assigned to National President Barrett. Our brother from Colleton came to Sum? ter the next day to see for himself. President Barrett's "heart to heart" talk was unique. There is probably but one Chas. Barrett, and it would be hard to find another man who could give an audience more to think of in the same length of time. The address of Bro. Shuford of North Carolina was greatly enjoyed by all who heard it. He and Pres. Barrett drew some true pictures of the farmers as they are and as they appear to the outside; and then by contrast what they might be, if they could overcome petty jealousies and sectionalism. The meeting of the National Union in Charlotte. N. C, in September should be attended by quite a num? ber of our membership. I think more interest would be taken In the Union if more of us attended these larger meetings. E. W. D. GLANDERS. Clcinson Extension Work?Article XVII. If your horse or mule has glanders, or If any of your animals are sick or dying with what appears to be a con? tagious disease, it is your privilege and duty to notify the veterinarian at Clemson College who wdll visit your place without expense to you. Glanders Is caused by a specific germ (Bacillum Mallei) and affects horses, asses and mules. The goat, oat and dog sometimes contract the disease from living In stables with glander animals. Pigs may contract tho disease by inoculation. Cattle and chickens are immune. The dis? ease attacks the mucous membrane of tho nose and extends to the wind pips and lungs. When the lympth atlo glands of the surface of the body ars affected, tho disease Is known as farcy, The diease Is transmitted to other animals, including man, by In? oculation through wounds or mucous membranes. There are other ways in which animals may be affected such as common drinking troughs, feed boxes, mangers, htlch racks, harness and any equipment used around an Infected stable, j Symptoms: Glanders may occur In the acute or chronic form, or may attack the surface of the/oody in the form of farcy. The acute form of glanders begins with a chill, high fever, the mucous membrane of the nose is at first hot and dry, and soon there is a watery discharge, which later becomes bloody. Nodules and ulcers form on the mucous membrane of the nose and discharge pus. These changes in the nose may take place in two or three days. The patients become very weak and rapidly lose flesh. The first symptoms of chronic glanders are not easily recognized owing to the absence of distinct sym? ptoms in the first stages of the dis? ease. First you will notice a watery discharge from one or both nos? trils, which later becomes sticky and of a yellowish green colored pus with blood coming from ulcers on tho inside of the nose. When glanders affect the skin, it is called farcy. One of the main symptoms may be the sweling of the joint with engorgement of tb*N limb and nodules may form along the line of the lymphatics. These nodules vary In slzo from a pea to a hen's egg and have a tendency to soften and discharge pus, after which they heal rapidly. Other nodules may form following the same course as the previous ones. Prevention: All glandered animals should be im? mediately destroyed, and not allowed to come in contact with healthy nai mals through stables, common drink? ing troughs, harness or any other stable equipment. All suspicious ani? mals should be Isolated until examin? ed by a competent veterinarian. In? fected buildings should be thorough? ly disinfected with a five per cent, carbolic acid solution or a one to five hundred corrosive subilmatlc so? lution. Then all wood work should be white washed. In doubtful cases of glanders, the mallein test is given. This test should only be given by a qualified veterin? arian and until it is determined whether a suspicious case is or Is not glanders, the animal should be I kept apart from all other aminals. j Remember that the disease is oc? casionally transmitted to the human and Is incurable in man or beast. R. O. FEELEY, Clemson ColVege. The sections of the garbage ordi? nance, regulating the size of the re ceptales to be, used for depositing garbarge on the streets for removal by the street carts, seems to have been entirely lost sight of by a ma? jority of people. The ordinance pro? vides that garbage receptacles shall be of a size permitting of easy and convenient handling by the drivers of the scavenger cart, that large box? es or barrels that cannot be lifted by the driver will not be permitted. This regulation has been generally disregarded, but an effort will be made to enforce It henceforth. Fifteen dead chickens with their feet tied together, were found Thurs? day at the Lincoln school house. This is the second lot of chickens found there recently. This appears to be a queer sort of chicken thief who abandons the fruit of his noctur? nal labors. The sidewalks on South Sumter street ha . e tho distinction of being tho narrowest In town. A full grown man, Clerk of Court Parrott, for in? stance, will have to take to the mid? dle of the road when he walks on that street. J. A. Lucas, a prominent farmer of Lexington county was bitten by a large rattlesnake Saturday while cleaning out a spring at Bethel church. He Is not expected to recov? er. Is the w;iter way the best way? Of course it Is; at least, that Is what the s<>;ii> m;?ker says. Harrison Klnton was shot to death In 1 lorry county Friday night by Thad Davis. Both negroes. The Methods That Are Used In the Schools of Germany. CLASS ROOMS AS OFFICES. The Pupils Are Divided Into Firms That Carry on an Imaginary Trade With Each Other?The Course From Office Boy to Director. No one will deny the fact that Ger? mans are among the keenest business men In the world. And undoubtedly one of the secrets of their success lies In the fact that in German schools boys are taught the practical details of business. The writer recently re? turned from Hamburg after a year's course of educution. and an outline of the system of training boys in business may be interesting On my first day's attendance I was handed a time table on which appear? ed, set out in formidable array, such subjects as commercial correspond? ence, laws of bills of exchange, cur? rency, political economy and commer? cial law, none of wbicb at the time sonveyed much to me and raised seri? ous doubts in my mind as to whether 1 should be able to understand and ap? preciate what appeared to be most abstruse subjects. At 9 a. m. sharp on the following day the course began, prefaced by a cou? ple of hours' hard study, for the Ger? mans are gluttons to work and think nothing of a twelve hour day. The first course was called "business train? ing." We worked in two spacious rooms furnished as offices, each room representing a different business house. These two firms carried on an ImagV nary trade with each other, and the routine adhered to was modeled exact? ly on the lines of a first class business establishment. Each firm b?d a director, and these two were the tuost eminent students in the academy. They had subject to their management and control a com? plete staff of correspondents, short? hand writers, typists, bookkeepers, etc. The whole was supervised by a mas? ter, to whom reference was made in case of dispute or difficulty. On making my appearance I was In? formed that my services were in re? quest as an office boy. I was some? what taken hack, not to say a little hum! Hat cel. by the lowly position as? signed to me. and I gave the master to "understand that I considered I was qualified to occupy a much better post than that which he had chosen for me. I He did not seem in the least perturbed by my remarks, but said: "You have already made a mistake?a mistake of diplomacy. One of the great maxims of business as taught here is to do what you are told, to do it at once and do it well With that he handed me a pile of envelopes and a long ill I and told me to set to worl sddr< ssing them. I did so, but nof slth a rery good grac e, the ' ig round from time to time to inspect my work. For two solid hours I plodded on until 11 a. m., when the course came to an end. Then I took the opportunity of going up to the master again and ask? ing him If he did not really think I had been wasting my time in what I had been doing. "Not in the least" said he. "In everything, no matter how simple or how difficult, there is always a good deal to learn. If you have paid atten? tion while you were working you will have learned something about the ge? ography of the German empire, for each address contains the name of some Important town and province in which It Is situated and the name of some firm celebrated for some particu? lar class of goods." This gave me food for reflection. As a matter of fact, I had not paid the least attention to what I had been writing; consequently 1 had failed to derive the benefit which It was the master's Intention I should obtain from what seemed to me at 4Jie outset a most senseless task. On the following day 1 resolved to follow out the mas? ter's Instructions to the letter, and I was surprised to find how Interesting the work became. I continued addressing envelopes for two hours a day for a whole week, and the next week I received promotion. In this way 1 went through the whole routine, from office boy to director, and the experience which I obtained in the various capacities has proved Invaluable to me in business. As director I had to sign checks, dic? tate letters, enter into agreements with the other firm with reference to the sale and purchase of goods, keep an eye on the money market, work out ar? bitrage calculations, draw up and in? dorse bills of exchange and bills of lading, make out periodical statements of affairs, allow or dispute amounts placed to the debit of the firm on ac? count of general average losses and generally supervise everything. While we were thus drilled In practi? cal work the theoretical side of busi? ness was not neglected. Lectures were given at fixed hours, bookkeeping and mercantile law. Thus we enjoyed the lnestlmabl advantage of acquiring the theory and practice of business at the same time.?Detroit Free Press. In Bad. "I'll never offer any more friendly advice." "Wouldn't ho listen to you?" "He listened to me carefully and then struck me for $2. Of course 1 had to cough up."?Detroit Free Press. Troubles comparatively seldom come to us; It is we who go to them.?Sir John Lubbock. it is little use* to lok for slot ma? ch.not blind-folded. CONDITION OF COTTON 14.9. MONTHLY REPORT ISSUED BY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. Figure* Based on Advices From 1, 825 Special Correspondents of Av? erage Date July 25? Decline of t. 9 Points from Last Month, Di?e Principally to Excessive Rainfall in Some Sections. New York. August 1.?The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulle? tin will say tomorrow: Advices from 1,825 special corres? pondent of average date of July 25, make percentage condition 74.9, against 81.8 a month ago, a decline j of 6.9 points. This compares with I 73.1 per cent in 1909, with 83.6 per cent., in 1908, with 75.5 per cent. In 1907, and 81.7 in 1906. According to the reports of this paper, the ten year average is 78.6 per cent. With the exception of Texas and Oklahoma, the cause of deterioration in all States has been almost ex? clusively due to excessive r%nfall. Georgia and Mississippi were heavy sufferers, the loss in condition amounting to 12.7 points and 14 points respectively. North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana and Arkan? sas ranged lower in their losses, as shown in the table of States, Texas and Oklahoma made relatively small declines, being 1.6 and 2.6 points re? spectively. INSUFFICIENT PASSENGER AC COMMDATIONS. The Atlantic Coast Line Should Have More Passenger Cars on GreenviMe Train.. Now that the summer season is on in full blast, when many are leaving daily for the different mountain and seaside resorts, causing a great In? crease in traffic, it is to be expected that the Coast Line would naturally add a sufficient number of coaches to its regular trains, especially to the train going towards Greenville, to accommodate the crowds. This is not the case, however, for as yet no extra cars have been added to the Greenville train, which car? ries, during the summer months, fey far the largest number of passengers away from this city, as well as from many other points through which it passes. Occasionally, as was the case on Monday morning, the train arrives in this city with the two passenger pacta I io in ?: a "standing roum only" pish could not - t?uih rully displayed, one or two c:;t3 are added. rhia morning when the train null ed into the station here there were, au usual, only the two passenger cars attached to It. Several pasengers who were to leave on this train, see? ing that the one car for white people was already packed, stood outside expecting that another car would he put on. Suddenly the train pulled out, I without the car being added, how? ever, and left one lady passenger be? hind. A gentleman on the train saw her, however, and had the train stopped so that she was able to get on, after walking some distance up the track, and she very likely had to stand op until she reached Columbia. NEGRESS BADLY HURT. Negro Woman Hit In Eye By Un? known Man. A negro girl, who dresses in men's clothes, and is known by the name of "Haryy," was hit in the eye Satur? day, and seriously hurt, by an unknown negro man. The negress, who was hit, is the same girl who was put on the chain gang until it was found out that she was a woman, despite her men's clothes. She claims to be of Spanish Indian descent, and claims Oklahoma as her home. It is said that she is well educated, and can sing beauti? fully, and she has been singing at night, according to reports, at the ne? gro dance hall over the old Delgar fire house. From what can be gathered, the woman was selling fish near the rail? road, and got Into an altercation with a purchaser, when she received the lick. It was not known that she had been hurt until she came on up town to the restaurant and dance hall, where she had been singing. A crowd of negroes gathered around, and she dfcj appeared very soon afterwards and it has not as yet been found where she went. The police are investigating the matter. Two coaches were addod to the Charleston train. here, Monday in order to accomodate the large crowds going to the mountain re? sorts. Joe Davis, a negro restaurant keep? er was shot and fatally wounded at Beaufort Saturday night by Robert Kobcrson in a row over 75 cents