The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 03, 1910, Image 5
?fhr Mlaftbm;? ;mi Southron
Kmered At the Ptmtofllcr et sumttT, 8.
G.. ee Meeeasd Okmm Matter.
ramoNAL
Mise Mattle Boykln ?f l>aliell was
el th* rtty Tuesday.
MIm Bessie Harvln. of Manning,
wee tn the city Tuesday.
Mlae Mary Purdy were to OmtrnM
bin Tuesday.
Mlae Alice Moeca left for Columblu
Tuseday.
It fX fX Brown and Rev. and Mrs.
P. M. Satterwhlte have gone to Lau?
ren* to attend the State Baptist Con?
vention.
Mr. John Boykln. of Dalsell. was
In the city Tuesday.
Mtaa Annie Leo Sparks la at home
from Hartavllle for a visit of several
days.
Mr. J. M. Woodley. of Summerton,
?w?* In the city Wednesday
Mrs. Freneh Ragrft, of Oswego, re?
turned home on Wednesday after
spending a couple of days In the
city.
Mr. Julian Schwarte Is home from
Washington-Lee university which has
closed because of an epidemic of
typhoid among the students.
Mr. Ouy Harbeck, of St. Charles,
mu In the city Wednesday.
Mrs. H. L. Brunson. of Summer
ton, who wms brought to the Sum?
ter hospital sometime ago to be treat?
ed for severe burns which she had
received. Is getting on very nicely and
her complete recovery la expected In
the near future.
Capt. . II. I>lek returned to the
City and Is now- In the Sumter hos?
pital, after a atay In Baltimore of
eevsral weeks, during which time bo
was operated on at the Johns Hop?
kins hospital.
Mrs. L. Abrams. of Philadelphia, la
the-guest of Mr. snd Mrs. J. Idttlet
en Calhoun St.
Mr Adam Smith. of Dalxt.l. was
tat the city Thrsday.
Mr H. W. Scarborough, of Blsh
opYllle. wm* In the city Thursday.
Mr. E. F. Jenkins, of Ptnewood.
was In the city Thursday.
Mrs. Oonsalea. of Now Orleans, la
In the city, stopping at the Jerveg
Mr. D. D. Moles, left Thursday
for Kingstree. to attend court at
that place.
Miss Orace Carson, of Dalsell. and
Mrs. Cobb. who Is on a Visit to her.
were In the city Thursday.
?ggnog will be scarce unless the
hena get busy before Christmas.
The postofflce clerks are studying
th* geography of the lock boxea in
the new postofflce and It la k eplng
them on the Jump.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co..
have a complete stock of bath robes,
with slippers to match, which are
advertised today.
The reduction In price of meats
announced a few weeks ago by the
Chicago packers has not materially
affected the local market and the cost
of living has not declined noticeably.
City Clerk and Treasurer Hurst
was th* busiest man In town Wednes?
day and wrote a large number of
tax receipts for those who wished to
?scape paying the penalty.
Martin Wllcox. an IS-year-old white
t who robbed a jewelry store In
Aoartanburg a short time ago was
convicted and sent M the chaining
for one year. He Is prominently con
nsrtel in Spartan burg.
Richard Williams, a negro, h is
been arrested f,.r the murder of Mr.
J R I<angford of Brunson. Hampton
county, and Mary Harri* . a young
white woman, has been committed to
Jail aa an accessory The woman ad?
mit* that she wms present and saw
Williams strike LangftN gn the bead
with a heavy stl<? Williams has
be*n taken to the penitentiary for
ssfe keeping
Th* city clerk did a big business
In hi* office Wednesday, for there vv. r
many taxpayers who came In at the
last minute and paid up their taatJ
f While the exact amount paid Into the
city treasury could n?Jt be a? ertaln
ed today, as the clerk was too gg sj
working on his books to rind out It
Is estimated that between llO.oon an I
$1 2.000 were paid Into the elty treas?
ury.
A party of hunters pgggad through
the cttv Thursday on their return
after having made }l trip from CftM
den do* n th>- Waterce and Sunt'e
rivers .? f,r .n St St. jdo in in b
leans, but with ? .. . ess. They
said th it the huritl was \. i y poor
for while the dnelu bad come south
they were rod in the v.\amp. there
not being suiTb b n? water for th. rn
and most of tttefl having ge*t* to the
coast where they tOSjfd IM better
feeding grounds
THE FABLEO PHOENIX.
L?g?nd of Hew the Bird Lived and
Died and Livad Again.
The ancient tradition concerning tbe
phoenix baa introduced Into nearly ev?
ery language the bablt of applying that
name to whatever la singular or un?
common among lta kind. According to
ancient writers, the phoenix aas a bird
of great beauty about the size of an
esgle. A shining snd most beautiful
crest sdored Its head. Its plumage con?
tained nearly every tint of the rain?
bow, and Its eyes spurkled like dia?
monds.
Only one of these birds could live
at a time, but its existence covered a
period of 50U or ?100 years. When Its
life drew to a close the bird built for
itself a funeral pile of wood and uro
matte spices, with Its wings fanued the
pile Into a dame and therein consumed
Itself. From its ashes a worm was
produced, out of which another phoe?
nix was formed, buvlng all the vigor of
youth.
The first care of the new phoenix
was to solemnize its parent's oh??cmles.
For that purpose It made a ball of
myrrh, frankincense and other fra?
grant things. At Hellopolls, a city In
lower Egypt, there was a magnificent
temple dedicated to the sun. To this
temple the phoenix would carry tbe fra?
grant ball and burn It on the altar of
tbe sun ss a sacrifice. Tbe priests then
examined tbe register and found that
exactly 500 years or exactly 000 years
had elapsed since that same ceremony
had taken place.
BRETON LASSES.
They Show No Regret In Parting With
Thsir Luxurisnt Trasses.
? correspondent writes from Pon
tivy. Brittany, giving some interesting
facts of a "hair market" there. It Is
stated that In different parts of the
motley crowd there were three or four
different purchasers of this commod?
ity, who travel the country for the
purpose of sttending the fairs and buy?
ing the tresses of tbe peasant girls.
They have particularly fine hair and
frequently in tbe greatest abundance.
There seemed to be no difficulty in
Unding possessors of beautiful heads
of hair perfectly willing to sell.
"We saw several girls sheared, one
after tbe other, like sheep, and as
many more standing ready for tbe
shears wltb their csps In tbelr bands
and their long bair combed out and
banging down to tbelr waists.
"No doubt the reason of the Indif?
ference to their tresses on the part of
the fair Bretounes Is to be found In
the Invariable mode which covers ev?
ery head from childhood upward with
close caps, which entirely prevent any
part of the hair from being seeu and
of course as totally conceuls the want
of it. The money given for tbe balr Is
sbout '20 sous or else a gaudy cotton
haudkerchlef. Tbe purchasers net Im?
mense profits by tbelr trips through
tbe country."?Boston Herald.
Indien Humor.
Old Oeronimo would scarcely be sus?
pected of humor, and yet on one occa?
sion tbe medicine chief gave me a
sample of IL It was bis custom In tbe
later years of bis life to watch for tbe
coming of wblte visitors to Fort Sill
or to Miss a dk is son's mission, near by.
In order that be might sell beaded
csnes to them. From the proceeds he
was accustomed to purchase certain
creature comforts not supplied by tbe
government, but on which be relied
for support In his old age. One day I
was talking to bim about tbem. He
said: "They make me walk straight?
tbe tobacco and tbe mescal. Yes. they
put strength Into me. and 1 lean on
them."
Then to those beady eyes that so
often bad flared with hatred and cru?
elty came a gleam of bumor. He con?
tinued: "I sell these canes, and tbe
wblte man buys tbem?both for one
purpose They help us to walk."?
Southern Workman.
Crushing Romanes.
"it seems to me," said Battersby,
"that we are knocking nearly all the
romance and Imagination out of life
w .im we commercialize marriage, for
that's at..Mit what we are doing. I
like tbe good old way of courting, the
way that was the classy thing when
knlgbts were bold. 1 like the Idea of
galloping across the drawbridge and
snatching up tbe girl of my heart and
potting her on tbe saddle before me
and galloping awuy like mad. Wouldn''
that suit you?"
"No, It wouldn't." replied tbe other
man. "The girl of my heart weighs
200 pounds."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In the Vots Mart.
A member of a certain city Council
had Invested In a ready made suit of
clotbea und forgot to remove the price
tag. A colleague called his attention
to It. and he displayed signs of much
mental disquietude
"Were you afraid people would
know what you paid?" Inquired the
colleague.
"No." was the reply. "1 was afraid
some of these lobbyists would think It
la what I charge " - Washington Star.
Might Work.
"\N!i> d .es a player pick up two
bats before he ir.M-s to the plate'/''
"It lnal.es one bat seem lighter.
Don't you see'.'"
"I see It s a line scheme. I think
I'll try If on the hb ults tit our board
lug hones " llttsborg Post
The Only One Lacking.
"Why \ie you sure there is no
gejrh thing ns :i fourth dimension?"
MHeennse." replied the discouraged
fat sann, "\t there |*d bars it"
Ladles* I lonie Journal.
To fall at all Is |o fail utterly.-?
Lowell
MARLBOROUGH'S NOTE.
A Scrap of Paper Treasured by its*
Great Duke's Hem,
A scrap of paper that carries one
back to the very atmosphere of a
great decisive battle in the world *
history Is among the historical true*'
ures of Blenheim flouse. On the pa
per are a dozeu Hues scribbled in pen?
cil. They were written by the DUKC
of Murlborough nt the close of the
tierce struggle at Blenheim.
The tumult of battle was rolling
westward, where Kreuch and Bnva
rtana were In disorderly retreat, with.
Marlborough's cavalry riding tiercely
In their rear. The slopes of the hill
and the marshy plain were strewn
with 80.0UO killed and wounded.
But Marlborough. with the excite
ment of the great tight yet strong
within him. pulled up his horse on one
of the little rustic bridges across the
Schwaubui h nnd scribbled these doz
en lines to his wife in Londou to tell
her of the great event.
Apparently the duke borrowed the
scrap of paper from some member of
his staff, for on the back of it are the
faded items of a tavern bill. He used
the parapet of the bridge for n writing
desk. Fie had been seventeen hours in
the saddle, most of that time riding in
the very heart of one of the greatest
battles In all history, yet the letters
.are tirm in shape, a curious testimony
to that serenely unshakable tempera?
ment that was Marlborough's most
striking characteristic. ? New York
Herald.
AN INSOLENT FOP.
Baau Brummers Impertinence and a
Brewer's Tart Retort.
Beau Brummel, the famous English
fop, was as notorious for his insolence
as for his One feathers. At the Pa?
vilion, at Brighton, he ordered the foot?
man to empty his snuffbox into the
fire because a bishop had taken a
pinch unasked. A man whom he had
met at dinner offered him a lift in his
carriage to Lady Jersey's ball. "Thank
you exceedingly." said the beau, "but
how are you to go? You would not
like to get up behind, and 1 cannot be
seen in the same carriage with you."
fie made uo secret of his humble birth
and when asked about his parents de?
clared thai "the poor old creatures
bot 11 i their throats years ago eat?
ing peus with a knife."
Ouce at laaai Brummel met his
match. lie was playing hazard at
Brooks', when a well known alderman,
a brewer, was one of the party
"Come. Mashtub," said Brummel, who
was the caster, "what's your betV
"Tweuty-live guineas," was the reply.
"Well, then, have at the mayor's pony,"
said Brummel. who proceeded to cast
and by a run of luck won the stake
twelve times in succession. Pocketing
the money, he thanked the brewer and
promised that In future he would drink
no one's porter but his. "1 wish, sir,"
replied the brewer, "that every othei
blackguard in Londou would tell me
the same."
Rolling Cigars.
It is common to hear men complain
of poorly made cigars, but it is uot
always because a cigar is indifferently
or badly made that the wrapper curls
up and comes off. Much oftener this
comes from the cigar having been
rolled by a maker's left hand and later
smoked from the hand of a right
handed man. All cigarmakers must
use both bands equally well, nnd econ?
omy both in time and material is the
prevailing rule In tobacco factories.
When a piece of tobacco is cut for the
wrapper it If cut on the bias and rolled
from left to right on the filler, and at
the ssme time and by the other hand
the remaining pieces are used, being
necessarily rolled in the opposite way.
For this reason the man who holds a
cigar In his right hand, which always
gives a few twists during the course
of a smoke, rubs the wrapper the
wroug way, and easily enough it be?
comes loosened --Chicago Tribune.
Magna Charta and the Bill of R;ghte.
Historically speaking, there Is a big
difference between the Mngna Charta
and the bill of rights. The first was
obtained by the barons from King
John at Runny mode In June, 1215, the
other by the lords and commons from
the Prince and Princess of Orange in
1<SKS-Nl>.
Magna Chart! will ever remain the
greatest landmark in the constitution
al history of England, but next t?> the
great (harter wrung from John by
the barons must stand the bill id' rights
that IVas so graciously acceded 11? by
Klgfl William. New York American.
The Olfactory Test.
It inuv appear a whimsical theory
that I he Nucvesafnl grocery store can
be detected by ii> odors, nnd yet thCfi
Is th - much truth Im it namely, that
I be i rurerj store w ' id Ii greets the nos
ti lb xx i111 a certain glorlooi combina?
tion of odors of roffee, tea aial spit es
is almost always a paying Investment.
Ideal Untrer,
Secrets of Comfort.
Though sometime! small evils, like
1 invisible insects, inflict pain und a sin?
gle hair may stop a vast machine, yet
the chief secret of comfort lies In not
suffering tritles to vex one and In pru?
dently cultivating an undergrowth of
small pleasures, since, very few great
ones, alas, are let on long leases.
Th* Practical Man.
Our Idea of a practical man Is one
who would rather have a ten cent
cigar given to him than a live center
named for him I ?alias News,
Truth In of no value unless it Ih ex
amplified in conduct.
Nothing 1* dfllcult; It la only wo
who are Indolent.?llaydon
MORE BOOZE THAN EVER.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Quotes Intereetlfuj statistics Bear?
ing on Liquor (Question.
Waahlnyton, D. C, Dee. I.?In
the report of It. B. Cabell, commis?
sioner of Internal Revenue, are to
be found some astounding facts bear?
ing upon the liquor question and the
failure of prohibition to prohibit.
Comlnpr as they do from such an
unprejudiced source they are bound
to have a material effect upon the
thinking people of the country.
That part of Commissioner Cabell's
report which is of such great pub
!S? interest Is to be found on pages 9
and 17 under the head of "Distilled
Spirits" and "Illicit Distilling."
"While the enactment Of State?
wide prohibitory laws in some States
and of local option laws in other
States has greatly reduced the num
wer of distilleries of the smaller
classes, and in some districts has re?
duced the number of rectifiers and
wholesale and retail liquor dealers,
the production and withdrawal for
consumption of distilled spirits has
has greatly increased during the past
fiscal year."
The Commissioner then quotas
statistics showing the tax-paid with?
drawals of spirits distilled from ma?
terial other than fruits for the past
fourteen years.
Some idea of the increase of such
withdrawals may be obtained from |
the following taken from the Com?
missioner's report:
1897. 68,661,038 tax gals.
1902. 103,304,981 tax gals i
1906 . 122,61 7,94. tax gals.
191 0 . 126,384,726 tax gals.
Upon these and the statistics for !
other years the following comment is |
made in the Commissioners's report:
?'From the foregoing it will be oh- 1
served that the withdramals on pay- j
ment of tax from bonded warehouses
during the period from 1897 to 1907
increased approximately 100 per cent
* * * and an Increase for the year
1910 over 1909 of 11,421,1 IS tax gal?
lons."
Under the caption "Illicit Distill?
ing" the Commissioner has this to
say: "All of the agents' force avail?
able for raiding has been used dur?
ing the year detecting illicit distilling,
which practice has increased steadily,
especially in those Statees where
State-wide prohibitory laws have
been enacted. During the fiscal year
1910 there were seized and destroy?
ed 1,911 distilleries, as compared
with 1.743 for the fiscal year 1909.
In raiding these distilleries last year
one officer was killed, three seriously
wounded, and there were a number
of minor casualties,
illicit distilling are
States of Alabama,
and South Carolina."
These four States
mentioned by the Commissioner have
State-wide prohibition enactments.
Most cases of
found in the
Georgia, North
so prominently
Prices Reduced Until Jan. 1st.
Until January ist we offer to the trade at reduced prices :
Stalk Cutters, Buggies,
Harness, Seed Drills,
And One and Two Horse Plows.
Call and see our goods and get our prices before you buy.
The S. M. Pierson Co.
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O'DONNELL 6 CO.
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What About a Cloak
For Your Child
9
We are showing a very large
line of all this season's styles
at prices which will please.
We have a special line of
Junior Coats in that smart, *'
snappy style for the Miss,
from 11 to 15 years.
We fiifd it a pleasure to show
goods.
O'DONNELL ? CO.
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BATH ROBES
one.
Every Man fliat sees our Bath Robes wants
No wonder!
There's no garment a Man can own that
will afford him so much luxurious comfort as a
good, warm bath Robe.
We've a Full Line
the Best Styles!
Cut long and generous. Plain and Fancy pat?
terns. Wide collar, cord edge and handsome
girdle.
$6, $7 to $8.50
SLIPPERS TO MATCH EACH ROBE.
The better tilings ? the ?choice things'-?- jn
Haberdashery are always to be] found at this
store.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co
PHONE 166.
SUMTER. S. C.
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