The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 14, 1911, Image 8
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Mall yeaar letteta ao that thoy will
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aaj when intended for Wednessay'a
paper and not later than Thursday
for Saturday's Imu^. Thla, et course,
applies only to regular sorrespond
eaea. la com ol items of unusual
MVi ralus. Nnd In Immediately by
an all. telephone or telegraph. Such
? ?ws gjggggl are acceptable up to the
hoar of going to press. Wednesday's
paper to printed Tueaday sRernoon
ead Saturday's paper Friday after
WEDGKFlKIiD.
Wedgefield, Jan. 10.?The new year
brought with It a good many changes
hi our vintage. Mr. H. C. Strange,
who has made thla his home for years
has moved with his family near
May ?av I lie.
Mr. R. 8. Whllden and daughter,
Miss Laura, of Sumter. who has re
aantly bought property here are wel?
comed among us.
Mr. 8am Welnhurg la putting the
material on the ground for a resi?
dence on the property recently pur?
chased from Mrs. Cleo Troutman.
Thore who hr.ve paid taxes are
complaining of here being auch an in?
crease over 1909 taxes. A tax of six?
teen mills In radical tlmea would have
caused lots of protests, etc., but now
the taxpayer pays?thinks, wonders a
little and aoon forgets. If we ever get
the court houae paid for then maybe
taxes will be reduced without having
to fall back on the aale of whiskey
for revnue again.
It la pleasing to note the county pa?
pers st least are advocating the Tor?
rens ayatem of land registration.
There la no doubt such a bill will
meet with strong opposition, but
grantinr a majority of the law mak?
ers are lawyers, who would be affect?
ed financially, this Is no reason why
"If they are the representatives of
the people," they should not help to
enact a law that would benefit the
people st lsrge.
Mrs. A. A. Singleton and family
who have spent the past few years In
Caarleaton. have returned and are oc?
cupy. >g their residence here.
Mr. and Mra. J. J. Whdden of
Basnter. apent Sunday with relative*
here.
Miss Cora Keels, after a pleasant
visit to her atater. Mra. F. e. Thomas,
has returned to Charleston.
ROCKY BLUFF.
Rocky Bluff. Jan. 11. ? Mr-. W. F.
Bargeld snd tittle daughter <pent
Saturday snd Sunday with relatives
g* shunter.
Mr U l li. M Leod and family spent
Baadsy with Mr. O. P. Joeey.
Mr. and Mr*. W i;ro?n spent Sun?
day wltti Mr. Krown's fath. i.
Mr. J J. Muttleld and family apent
Sunday with Mr, W F. Baker.
Mr. J. E. M.I..,.,I spent Monday In
Columbia.
Mrs. Mary Davla spent Tuesday
with her niece. Mra J. L. McLeod.
Mra. Willie M. Leod and little sons.
Cecil snd Frank, spent Tuesday with
Mrs. W. I Baker.
Miss i: ? Bs)ejM re iptaod hat
school Mondav. aft. r a two weeks'
tsfltdsy. Her sc holars were all glad
to have her buck, for she has W9M the
love snd respect of them all.
The places left vacant by M-ssis.
Bdens i laaos have been ?
by Messrs. Pope and Turner.
Or. last Friday night then was in
old time dance given at the home v>f
Mr. 8. Watts which was enjoyed by
SJMRe a number of people from this
as4ghborb<>od, l>alsel! USJWSgO, St.
Chsrles and Concord.
Some of th .se who were selling
whlekev at this place hist summ- i
have given that up (as the cltl/.-ii
of thla place are law-abiding and do
not buy from them) and bars ooav
menced stealing. Severn! ha\.? |,,st
chickens and an old "blind tiger'' Is
believed to be the thief.
4 fin? mule belonging to Mr. P.. li.
who Uvea a Vtllt above here, was
stolen laat night and had not beet
found yet. He la quite a bald tin. f
to ateal a mule tin s. ,|., \ \S h, T. f h i .
are so many ways by which a thief
can be caught.
Kgyp'. Jan. 11.?Another >ear h.\ +
come and IV10 Is numbered with tie
years gone by. Many fnees that are
Bare nv>w will be gone bOfOTf, tin-. I .it
to out. Let nor resolutions be to do
better than we have ever done In the
paat.
Our farmer* are b? giunlnu to pre?
pare for h ro w .-rop. More fertili?
ser Will be a- .1 m this >eett..n than
heretofore.
Mlas l>?t Napier has returned to
her school and remmo <l work, much
to the delight <?f her pupil*. Th.
SO boo I Is geMIng along well, and
every bony s'ema pleased with the
stork
Kev. K. E. Sharpe spent Saturday
In Egypt.
Miss Irene Weldon spent several
da\s last we. k in Hishopville.
Miss Mildr. il Huggins has returned
home after spending the holid i,
I it ii tri. ml I in l'aw ill*-.
M.ssr>. Charles Peebles and Wi\
liam Hugglns spent l'rida\ and Bat?
urday In Sumetr.
Misses Helle MeCutchen and lYtirl
Raptor of Smtihviii?>, spent Baturnay
and Sunduy with relatives in Egypt.
Mr. Harry MeLeod visited relatives
and friends here Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. C. I?. Chewnlng has moved
from IdahopvJUe Lack to his farm
mar lure.
Mr. Emmett Chewnlng and family
of Leesvllle have moved back in our
section.
Mr. Lawrence White spent Sunday
at Hemhert.
Mrs. J. W Gibson, of Biehopville,
spent several days of last week with
her father, Mr. J. W. Weldon of this
place.
Mr. J. R. MeLeod spent Saturday In
Camden.
SMITH VILI.E.
Smithvllle. Jan. 11.?The farmers
are rushing with their work prepar?
ing the land for the plow and few of
them have hauled fertilizer and are
making preparations for an early gar?
den. Now Is the time to begin if one
has an abundance of vegetables, early
and late.
Mrs. Chalie Shiver of Beuf&h, is
visiting her father, Mr. H. H. Evans,
Sr., at Falrvlew.
Messrs. J. W. Robertson and W. N.
Dunlap have gone to Bishopville U>
4ay.
Mr. T. C. Robertson went to Cam?
den Monday.
Dr. T. D. Foxworth and family
spent Sunday afternoon at Hillwood.
Rev. B. M. Robertson and family
have returned home after spending a
few days with Mr. Robertson's moth?
er.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hatfleld have
moved back to their old home. Their
many friends are glad to welcome
them back again.
The Messrs. Branham's and their
families are moving to Meadow Brook.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kirkley, of
Monck's Corner, have moved to
Smithvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hatfleld have
moved to Borden.
Mrs. Joe Rogers Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. D. J. Robertson.
Some people won't war-scare worth
a cent.
Secretary Dickinson's foolish idea
is that maybe I'ncle Sam can't come
back.?Indianapolis Star.
Chairman Tawney believes in
throwing up Intrenchments around
the I'nlted States Treasury.
After a careful and darin? SXplor?
atloa of his own mind, "Doc" Cook
comes to the conclusion that he hasn't
got any.
(ttiano estimated t<> !??? worth more
that) $150,000,000, deposited through
the centuries upon 17 islands off the
C.unpeche coast of IfSXti o, is to I o
exploited by a Company of California
i eplteJIsta,
A coarh ad of bablSI from N? w
York was shipped down to Texas the
other day to ht <tared for by the good
people there ami placed in farm
homes, Judd Mortlmsr Lewis is <i
tertnlned to Baak? Texas the most
populous section of the country.
Thirty thousand words of mSI
and not a word about the matohloss
and marvslous, the unending and un?
dying loyalty of Supreme Deacon
Hemphlll to poor Old Doc Cook. Why
not make him a ri ar-admiral or
something!
According to Russian law no mi n
or woman who has attained til" sge
of II aan contract a legal marriage.
N<> ether oonntry nowadays Imposes
such a restriction. In ancient Rome,
hOWOYOTi legislation or< this point was
SYSB moit stringent, tin- maximum
Sgs for men l.eing It) and for women
50.
Doetor to sick municipalities is the
i M-r given to Mrs. Carolins Bartlett
Crane, ths first municipal SSpsrt of
Am. ric.i. it is an unusual, an nmax
ing title f??r a woman. When you
.old t.. this modern, sflkdsnt nlnlstt r,
model linns, u. epsr, wife of a con?
tented husband, you have a combina?
tion of virtues hard t<? heat in oni
w OSAS n.
sir Herbert Blsley, speaking <?? the
antes of Rasters i:. agal at a meeting
of tip- Royui Anthropological insti?
tute, Mild an old syst, in ol rsllglOUS
Worship prevailed smoni the caste
srho s/ers professional burglars, They
mads a space in ths ground and a
man then CUl his arm ami prayed to
BSJi of the safth god- that there
miL,'ht he a dark night ami that he
might succeed in obtaining: great
bOOty and escape enpttffe,
TICK KT SNVR INKS TO REMAIN.
N<> Truth i? Statement; That Ticket
Collectors Will Be Removed from
Southern Passenger Trains Says!
Comptroller*
j
Washington, I>. C. Jan. 11. Upon
being coked today ai to the truth ot
the published reports that the South?
ern Railway company has determin?
ed to dispense alth ticket collector!
On iis passenger trains, Mr. A. H.
Plant, comptroller <.f the company,
said:
"This report is entirely without
foundation. Tho management of the
company has not even had under con?
sideration any change of policy with
regard to the employment of ticket
Collectors, On the other hand, the
results that have been obtained are
such as fully to warrant the cont'nu
atlon of the system."
In the manner of disposing of their
eggs may species of frog exhibit re- ;
markable peculiarities. One of the i
most curious, perhaps, Is that recently
described by W. E. Agar in the "Pro?
ceedings of the Zoological Society." A
tree frog, native of Paraguay, makes
its nest in a bush overhanging a pond. 1
The lower ends of a number of leaves
are drawn together and fixed In that
position by a number of empty egg
capsules. The eggs are also covered
with a shield of empty capsules tu
protect them from the sun and air.
When the eggs are hatched the plug
at the bottom appears to fall out, and
the tadpoles tunable into the water.
No sense in trying to draw molasses
from a jug in this kind cf weather.
Anyway, Thomas Nelson Page can
stand off and safely call ft statue
names. The statue can's hit back.?
Pittsburg Sun.
After a Brooklyn editor has linger?
ed at the banquet table until 1 o'clock
In the morning he cannot be expected
to tell A. Jackson from T. Jefferson.
Rhode Island has a farm on which
are located all her State Institutions,
including the State prison. State
workhouses and Providence jail. The
workhouse prisoners have done much
In reclaiming and cultivating land, re?
moving stones, improving the stream
and building walls.
Miss M. A. Smeeton, of the Toronto
general hospital, and Miss M. S.
Bundle, of St. Bartholomey's Hospital,
London, have just won the Isabel
Hampton Bobb scholarship at Teach?
ers' College. TJvlngston scholarships
were won by Miss Kane Umezawa, of
St. Maragret's Schoool, Tokio, and
Miss Dorothy Eaton, of Chihuahua,
Mexico. The fellowships and scholar?
ships in Teachers' College now num
her 62.
The thought of chocking one's watch
at sea by signals from the wireless
Station on the Eiffel Tower, even
though several thousand miles fron,
the latter, ;s interesting to the lay-'
man. but also has a decided practica]
value to the navigator. The reason
for this is that In determining the
position of the vessel by means of a
sextant the observer must ho sure of
the exact time at which he measures
the elevation of the sun (or of certain
stars) above the horizon, otherwise
his deductions will be incorrect. Thus
In latitude 55 an error of one minute
in the chronometer will moke a dif?
ference of a Quarter of a degree, or
about 10 miles, in the calculated lon?
gitude. The error increases steadily as
we approach the equator and may
make an appreciable difference In the
ship's course, or even be a source of
danger when nearing Islands or reefs.
For this reason the time signals from
the ELTel Tower are not only sent out
exactly at midnight (for a period of
one-tenth of a second), but are repeat?
ed at two-minute intervals for the
benefit of vessels which may not have
caught the midnight signal.
Birmingham is getting so big It
doesn't have to brag.
Maybv Col. George Bailey has been
eatin' cactus fodder, too. He is so
chockfull of the milk of human kind?
ness.
Charlottesville sells more gum
drops nowadays than it used to twenty
years ago, when they were still the
elite thing to call on your girl with.
Story-telling Is the profession of
Mrs. George Everett Partridge, of
Worchester, Mass. She devotes her
entire time to this occupation, and is
said to be gaining unusual success at
it. She tells stories In the Worchester
public schools and in the meetings of
playgrounds associations.
The North Adams (Mass.) mayor
ality contest, to be decided next
month, will be a race of six-footers.
Charles L. Frink, Republican; Earl
D. Getman, Democrat and Dr. Wal?
lace E. Brown, defeated for the Re?
publican nomination, who proposes to
run as an independent, range from
six feet one inch to six feet three In?
ches in height.
For many years it has been the cus?
tom of Capt. Cyrus Chase, of West
Harwich, Mass., as soon as e snow
storm is over to harness his horss in
a snow plough and clear pathij around
the homes of widows, women whose
husbands are away from home and
old men who are too feeble to clear
their own paths. Incidentally, he
clears the sidewalks as he goes from
house to house. As usual, after the
last Storm, Capt. Chase was out at
daylight going his rounds.
The luavest are the tendercst?
The loving are the daring.
?Bayard Taylor.
Nobody gave a toast to the "Empty
Chair" at the Roosevelt New Haven
banquet.?Omaha Bee.
Indianapolis learns that Senator
Beveridge is going to devote himself
to law and literature. Both are
money-makers in Indiana.
Tests in Bngiand to determine the
danger of coal dust explosion.- in
mini's by < leetric Hashes show that
'dry coal dust in bulk is a non-con?
ductor, but when mixed into a past*
with water it will cause a short cir?
cuiting Hash between electrodes.
Every country in Europe but
France and Spain is expected to in?
crease its sugar beet production dur?
ing the season of 1910-1*1. the total
estimated output being more than
50,000,000 tons, as against about 40,
000,000 torn? last season.
Miss Chittenden, of Lansing, Mich.,
argued at the banquet of the Mich?
igan Horticultural Society that work?
ing women in the cities should begin
a "back-to-the-land movement."
There are opportiunties in farming
lor women, she believes, and thinks
that conditions of living could be
made more comfortable for many
toilers if they would go to the farms.
Miss Winnie Benschbach, whose
father Willi;.m Benschbach, of Prince?
ton, 111., is one of the wealthiest
men in Central Illinois, and Miss
Kathryn Smith, daughter of W. I.
Smith, also a wealthy resident of
Princeton, have taken up claims in
Montana, and next April will leave
their homes to go to the wilderness,
16 miles from Boundup, Mont.
William Kuhe, the veteran pianist,
who claims the distinction of being
the oldest musician in the world, is
87, having been born at Prague of
German parents in 1823. Throughout
his long career Mr. Kuhs has given
concerts In association with all the
greatest artists of the last half cen?
tury, and he Introduced Pattl, Trebelli
and Christine Nilsson to the concert
platform In England. ,
"The higher you are the safer you
are in cross-country flying," says Mr.
Drexel, who never feels comfortable
flying across country In England at
a height of under 800 feet. When Mr.
McArdle flew homeward from Bourne?
mouth he lost his way in the air
through oil flying from his motor in?
to his face and forming a film over
his eyes without his being aware of
the fact at the time. He imagined
himself to be in a dense mist until he
bathed his face in hot water, and so
cleared his eyes.
Secretary Dickinson seems to have
acquired a panic while abroad.?Co?
lumbia State.
Bet you don't remember whether
or not the soldiers ever caught the
old Indian ehief, Crazy Snake.
Dr. C 'ok confesses that he knows
the North Pole only by reputation and
that they ' have n? vor met personal?
ly."
Nevertheless, Santa Claus managed
to get in more work on this the short
est day of the year than many a mor?
tal does on the very longest.
To obi;>in water power from
streams without interfering with na?
vigation by the erection of dams, a
Californian has invented a barge cir
rying a wheel driven by water pass?
ing through a tlume in the craft.
In seven months the cut of logs in
the Vancouver sawmill district scaled
346,574,000 feet. About 70,000 miles
of logs, and in seven months, and in
one district! Anybody who has a lot
of time can figure how many matches
could be got out of those logs.
Signs of civilization in New York: j
"Thirty-eight persons are impatiently
waiting for children to be assigned
them for adoption," and coincidently
come mournful croakings from the
stork.
Seldom has the cheer of Christmas
been damped by the death of so many
brave firemen as has been the record
of late in all parts of the country, and
true and substantial sympathy is the
greatest gift that Santa Claus can
bring their families.
The Swiss federal council will in?
vite the nations of the world to a con?
ference with a view to changing
the calendar so as to have every hour
begin on the same day of the wee<\
with provision for the extra day eve?
ry year and two extra days every
leap year.
It is no extravagence to say that
Sir Ernest Cassel, the great friend of
the late King and one of the world's
most powerful financiers, is today
the happiest man in England. The
physicians who have been attending
his only child, Mrs. Willifred .Ashley,
have reported that at last there is a
chance of her complete recovery.
Judged by the masculine standard
that a man is as old as he feels, Wil?
liam Clark, a Columbus, Ohio, Court
House attache, is ? ve*-y young man.
Every day, as a third set of teeth
which he is growing come nearer be?
ing nutcracking realities, Clark grows
younger. He is only 89. The teeth
promise to become terrors to tough
pieces of beefstake.
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