The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 25, 1911, Image 9
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stornier and Adjoining Counties.
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tor Saturday's Issue. This, of course,
applies only to regular correspond?
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hour of going to preas. Wednesday's
paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon
and Saturday's paper Friday after
PISOAll.
Flagah. Feb. 20.?Considerable
progress has been made in farm pre?
paration for another crop { On some
places the land has been broken wry
deep. If this proves a success In the
extremes of wet or dry, other farm, i s
will follow the plan. Deep plowing
on ilght lands has been a failur. in
wet years, for the land leaches badly.
About the usual staple crops will
be planted with possibly a slight In?
crease In fertilisers. Potatoes to bed
out will be an object in this section.
Nearly every one has lost all they had
by rotting. I never saw or heard af
as many rotten potatoes in my Ufa
Wiole banks rotted with no apparent
cause, more than usual. If the Ag?
ricultural e'eoartment at Washing?
ton will try and solve the problem
of keeping sound potatoes, it will be
a mine of wealth to the country. It
ta very easy to raise them but hard to
keep twem.
P?mch and pium P ees are blooming,
which shows that spring Is near. We
have a good d' al of sickness of various
kinds, and the Doctors are kept qult^
busy It strikes me that It would be
a good plan to pay them to keep you
well 11.stead getting you well when
sick.
Th? marriage license law has met
with the approval of the people as
far as I lave learned. If there |g uny
Ihirt* U. ?.?*? ly d ?ne In Bouth Carollaa
It Is getting married. There are no
safe guards around this most im?
portant act of a person's life. rHogeS
rush UNO it with no thought as to the
gdasss of thing:, n wake up |
When It Is keg late, in this fast age
When tho little k'l. ?ond.br UstaV
aelves gr^wn people to do as th?y
please In such things, there should
be a restriction In this m . ut
least
Mr. Taft is right. The PsusanU
Canal should be strongly fortified by
heavy gun*. We will spend in build
tng It near half bU ion of dollars ami
to leave such a eootty and Immense
work uiipi a ted at th, mercy, proh
ably In th, future of such a low down
treache-ous | &t? >n as Japan would I?,.
folly i ) b ? d. and to say the b ast
would ?how ' ?.f common sense.
Japan's c..w t.IIv ,ct in starting tha
war with Russia stamps her as a na?
tion not to h?j trusted. \,, I,rave man
or nation will attack another un?
awares. Kampf? waited for the
"Yankee'' picket to load his gun and
get ready before tiring eg htm. show?
ing what bravery is.
With this ? uigr.ss the !: ,.,,(.I,
will lose some al th? ablCOl gtOg of
their party. Kurrows of Mich
Beverldg. of Indiana will retire. They
will he missed by th- ir party. Al
dri. b of m load and Rale of
Maii.e, whip- able saea will not be
mlseec1. for th i I ,!!y AMrb h I
Who has (boo- rnor b.ntu to their
party than a llltl?. art the prirn?
Source of the KepublUan d< i< at last
November in fragt tag the InJquttoui
tariff law. The South is again in th.-,
aaddle at Washington ami by |
careful acts will stay so*
Abuse him as fegggi do. there is no j
.Question that I'.alb \ of TtXat o\.r
shnd.rws any man the RepUblteOM
have In the l'nlted Stall 1 it . They ;
hate t<> admit It. but It Is no nil the j
s?mc. The Oengjfosedoggd record
shows that. i.. ret It ore of th? hard
rut working, and most Useful man In
the House. Certainly m?.re than any
Other Representative fr >,n this Stab
This Im the man. tin- would-be diet ,t...
of gtjgflt ? ir.dlna politic*. The Colum?
bia Stat? . tried to down l ist summer, j
and It* Influent r u as about as mueb
frit as the weight of a gnat .ut an
ox's horn. LtVOf |g up IfJ date. f.? 11
tutd Just to all. Ills trh nds havt
nothing to complain of bis otasgri
hmal lire.
t*i? gtaay fit. rids or Mr. k. m.
F.vans, N\. will i p!. Ktfd It) heir
that he is in bis n?>ni hearth. On the
Mnd ln*f. he will be M years old. Wt
all hop*- b m rix return! of
the day.
IH N R I m I i i
Reeky itiuff. Fob. -.: Those a ho!
still have aosji to km art making
good line of this e,.|,| u. ,u,, r> whb h i
Is fhir for hog killing, bol bad on
gardens and the fruit lyotl Ifcal have j
already bloom* d. Quite a number of
I I
nil hogs will' killed around here
I. si - r.lay.
Mr. J. J. Haiti.-Iii narrowly escap? d
I.. iiiK badly hurt (or killed) last Sim
d.tv uton his hOfSt became frighten
?4 at an automobile several miles &S?
low h.'iv oa a dam across Uocky BlufI
swamp. Mut luckily he escaped ab
though his Dtjggy \ tl bgdly broken.
Mr. Willie McLSOd and family spent
Sunday at Mr. Q, P. Josey's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. POfli ? id SOU,
James, spent Sunday with Mr. W. It.
Wells and family.
Mrs. Bllla Mony.ham spent a few
days of las? WMk with relativ? s at
Osw ego.
M *s Illnn^Ue Kdens spent Satur
d.?\ .nid Sunda\ at ! felXSll with h* r
parents.
Mrs. J. J. Hatfuld is able to be up
again.
The health of the community Ifl
fine.
MAX.
Max. Feb. II.?Mrs. RebeCCS Tin
luck, mother of S. W. and W. P.. a.ei
M. F.. Truluck. is suffering from In*
juries sustained by a recent fall.
Mrs. M. F. Truluck aiul sisi.T, Mis.
Junlus Finkly, visit..! relatives in
Plorids recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Gentry from North
Carolina are with their daughter, Mn
NVwtoa Benton, Who has been uritl?
cally ill.
The bazar Riven last Friday night
l v the Ladbv Aid Society of Olanta
for the benefit of the Baptist church
at that place was a success. A nuiu
r of fancy articles were contributed
f.?r the bazar by the ladies at
Schwartz's through Miss Annie Ivy.
IhSSS gifts being greatly appreciated.
Mr. and Mrs. Tl. C. Tru ink have
moved to th" latter*! home a few miloi
belOW TiVnehbnrg and Mr. and Mrs.
Truluck are living at the P. C, Tru?
luck plac .
Miss I^ella Purgess and Mr. Thom?
son Keels were married last Sunday
afternoon.
Quite recently Miss Sallie ToK.
who has been attending school, dopet.'
with Mr. Swlnton Weaver. They were
married by Hev. /. M. Weaver of
Wtlllamsburg that ;fternoon.
Mrs. A. J. Goodman, who is spend?
ing a couple of weeks in Florida,
writes that she Is enjoying fish, fruit
and (lowers.
Oats arc looking well, Farmers
generally do hot show lack of energy
and enterprise. Repairs, additions
and saw buildings are In ev'dcnee on
? v. ry hand.
Mr. John BpJM rson. deputy for
siu riiT Bppsfsoa, left for Gourdtni
and Lanes this morning to recover
'several stolen wheels which have
basj located at those places by him.
Port Worth, Texas, refussd tu put
up $1,000 in order to get Colonel
1 Theodore llonsovolt to stay there for
! half an hour. F u t Worth, it must
( be admitted, has some sound and
, wholesome Ideas about spending her
mom v Anderson Mall,
_
S. gator Mluldln of Greenville says
"the man who cannot Stand the crlti
cism of the newspapers ought to st:iv
out of politics." That Is true, in n
way. lint the newspapers carry tin :
criticisms entirely too far. if the
newspapt i s were more careful in tin !r
c riticisms there would be more i\
sped for the newspapers, and th> y
would have more influence.?And? i
son Mail.
I_
In the northern seas there exists an
extremely small Jellyfish, termed Lissia
KoHIikeri, which is so transparent
that a sing! ? Individual can scarcely
be seen In clear water, and so small
that a ' wine glass of water can t on
tain three thousand of them." v. i
this jellyfish occur in such numbers
..fr the coast of Greenland thai the
sea is at times tinged brown by its
presence.
Thirty years ago the telephone
list of New York was print* d on a
small card and contained tin- name)
of III BUbat rib. rs. The new city di?
rectory has ||f pages and instead of
the small card is a book about a loot
I muare and weighing two and a hulf
pounds The . Uy edition alone, if
piled one boos on anotht r, would
mans a lower mors than six mil..
! high.
Another gaud but misguided woinan
has undertaken a campaign f?.r lh<
abolition of "Motle r Goose/' "Alice In
Wonderland,' ami fairy stories of all
> kinds, sin- declares thai Ihess st?rte?
are lies ami ought not to be toleral
>? In h? r opinion Mother Goose
i woi mi t ban a a Itch, and as f. i
i ? \\ Carroll?well, this "Mis. Grad
I grind" of Boston would base him
I bang. .1 on the biglo st hill. Ab. but
, it would be i sad old v oi Id If all tie
j men and women In it .v.r.- Qrad
Igrinds, it ail the dear delightful tales
i that have to <io w i , fairies and imps
ami slves slid hamadryads were tu
! i .? dsatro) ed? The a orld li sad
j enough as If is. hut 't would be In
flnltCl) satbb r and tlr urler If chil?
dien did not believe in Fairy Fine
Bar nnd mothers and fathers .b.i not
I Sid a llegla nee to t be Dfl nn of
[dreams, Rochsster Post Express.
LIBERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
HOUSE PASSES SUPPLY MEAS?
URES CARRYING TOTAL OP
1185,000.000
By one Day's Work Lower Branch
Clean Away Much of its Preselng
Labor?
Waahlngton, F< b, ?The house
(.i repreientallvei is rapidly clearing
Ita calendar to that responilblllty for
what now apprara to be an Inevitable
extra aeerlon can not be charged to
the lower branch of congr ss. Today
three big appropriation bills, carry?
ing In the aggregate $136,000,000,
were paaaed. Of these the naval act
tarried $116,400,000 the fortifica?
tions bill $6,800,000 and the diplo?
matic and consular Mil about $4,100,
000.
The house now has only three more
supply bills tu pars?the sundry civil,
the general deficiency and the mili?
tary academy. The latter probably
will not occupy more than a few
hours. Bo the chances are that the
hens,, will be marking time when
March 4 arrives.
The naval bill, having been ap?
proved In committee of the whale
last night, was quickly disposed of
today, a motion to recommit and
cut down the building programme!
from tWO battleships to one was lost.
The fortifications bill provides for
the coast defenses of tin- United
Itatei and the insular possessions but
does not Include the Item foi the
fortification Of the Panama canal,
which will be reported with the other
canal appropriations In the sundry
civil bill.
The diplomatic and consular bill
occasion* d some discussion ar.d Rep?
resentative Harrison of New York
BUOeeeded In striking out a number of
its provisions ,?n points of order.
These had to do with participation in
various international conference!.
settling u Vexed Problem?
( Prom Popular Magazine.)
"Charlies" Landli who is famoui
throughout Indiana as a wit and
Story-teller, thinks he has read the
most original Shakespearean criticism
ever written.
According to him, it appeared in a
paper published In Rising Sun, Ind.,
and it ana called forth by the pro?
duction there id* "Hamlet," by a
wandering company, in Rising Sun
Shakespeare was a novelty, and the
litth theatre, the only one in town,
was crowded to the doofi foe the j?? r
formanoe.
Tin- next morning the daily chroni
oler of the happenings Iq the village
printed this:
"Shakespeare's immortal tragedy,
'Hamlet,1 was produced here lasi
night. It was a great society event.
The leading men of town and their
wives and daughters were out In *h<
best clothes they could afford. Bel
dorn has siu h a distinguished as
ii ml lag! been gotten together in this
part Of the country.
"There has long been a dispute as
to whether Bhak ispeare or Lord La
con wr<>:c the plays of Bhakespeare.
That knotty problem can now be solv?
ed. Let the graves of both men bei
opened, 'Hamlet' was written by the
one who turned over last night."
When the United states bought
Alaska about fifty years ago for seven
millions of dollars, and a facetious
editor referred to its great distance
and to its Russian origin, proposed
to call U "Damlongwayoff," n?>
one imagined how incalculably j
rich in gold and iron and fisheries
and ooal, to say nothing ot vegetable
productions, that t ountry would be?
come. Tin re are people but little
past middle age who can recollect
that that par! of the country when
Kansas. Colorado, Oklahoma and oth?
er proaperoui states are situated, ana
supposed to be a d i<n utterly unfit
for agriculture. A greet part of Texaa]
wa! at thai time regarded as a sterile
waste, but it is now covered with
Cltlee, towns and villages. Within ?
generation. Canada has doubled her
population ami multiple <1 many times
her wealth, and yel the rich foreatu
Labrador and splendid regions
a'..on Hudson Hay are almost un?
touched, It Is nol Improbable that
the younger generation In America
will, during the nexi hilt' century,
witness such financial and Industrial
>.,v.er In the north? r.n half of the
-i. rn II ni pb? i ? ns the world has
never befort known.
? ; ? nklng ? f the marriage license
Inw, an Interpreter of it Buys lhal by
;i> provisions "a marriage ;.? n?>l made
illegal without the issuance of a li?
cense." Now, cutting out the two nega?
tives, it logically follows thai "a mar?
riage Is made Illegal with the Issuance
of a ||ei use." ah oi which, of course,
helps hi throw more llghl on the mar?
riage license discussion. Charleston
Post, .
Coming attraction al the moving
picture shows "The Light at .Inure/.."
everybody on the move.-?Louisville
Times.
PREPARATIONS FOR BANQUET.
Entertainment Committee to Meet In
Mayor Jennings' Office Tomorrow
Evening fit six.
Preparation! for the Chamber "f
Commerce banquet are going on at s
. lively rate and tomorrow afternoon at
six o'clock the flrit meeting of the en?
tertainment committee will b< held
in til- Mayor's office Tor tin- purpose
of deciding upon the preliminery steps
In getting things In shape for the
I banquet to come off on schedule
I time and w ith everybody there ready
I to pull together for Bumter.
The entertainment committee con
, sists of the following gentlemen, who
an- urged to attend the meeting to?
morrow evening as it will be then
dt cided where th banquet will be
held, about the Issue of Invitations
and other matters of importance:
Messrs. O. A. Lemmon, H. A. Moses,
I.. I. Parrott, W. B. Boyle, Geo. I>.
Shore, Geo. i>. Levy, F. Levi, 1. C.
Staruss, Oeo. W. Dick, J. H. Levy, H,
g. Osteen, C. M. Hurst, J. fC Brad?
ford.
MINISTERS OF ft RACE LEAVE
HOME.
Thirteen Young Ladies Graduate
From Roper Hospital Training
School for Nurses
Charleston, Feb. 22.?The annual
commencement ex< rcls< ? of the Paper
Hospital Training S load for Nurses
was held at Columbus hall wht n 13
young ladies received their diplomas
and badges of graduation, attesting
the completion of the course and their
competence to minister to the ill an
Injured. The exercises w*ere largely
attended and an Interesting pro?
gramme was observed.
After a selection by MetS's orches?
tra. Rev. Louis G, Wood, rector of
St. Puke's church, made the opening
prayer and l>r. Lane Mullally, the
chairman of the board of commission?
ers, delivered an address, welcoming
the audience, announcing the names
of the graduates and speaking words
of commendation of the excellent in?
stitution.
Rev. I >r. How ard L .Tom s, pastor
et tbe Citadel Square Baptist church,
then delivered the annual address.
The presentation of the diplomas and '
badges followed, with brief and ap?
propriate r< marks by Pr. T. Grange
Simons. The following nurs? s re?
ceived their diplomas and badges:
Misses Helms A. Balk, Marie H.
Doscher, Mary Ellen Evans, Virginia
Mason Qlbbes, Sarah Hopkins Haile,
Mathilde K?ster, Mary Ellen McTeer,
Kitty Bums OwlngS, Jessie Karene
Rogers, Lena Henrietta Strubs. Lols
Marguerite Todd, Louise Wightam
Williams and Elisabeth Gertrud"
Wright Mr. Wood then closed tin
exercises with his benediction.
Commission Go**eminent.
Wherever it has been tried tin
commission form of city government
has proved to be a great Improve?
ment over the aldermanic form. Here
j are some notable examples:
Galveston has wiped out a debt of
j $20u,UUU. taken up | 162,000 of bonded
I Indebtedness, and built a sea wall at
I a cost td* $1,000,000. The grade ol the
city has been raised five feet; the
I city hall has been rebuilt. Water?
works costing a million dollars have
been developed, paving worth $183,
lot has bei n laid, i ew rock anil shell
roads costing $181,000 have been
built, ami $245,000 has been put into
drainage. Galveston's tax has not
I ecu increast d.
lies Moim s kepi expenditures with?
in income ft r tbe first time in her
history in the year following the
adoption ol tin- commission plan.
The city saved $225,000 in the lirst
\car under the commission system.
Tin- sum of $357,000 was spent on
improvement, a new city hall was.
built, ami ail island in tin- I \ h Molnes
river v. as purchased. There is u
surplus in the city treasury ol Des
Molnes. 1 >t * Molnes has reduced
.he tax rate.
Haverhill, Mass., was deeply, al?
most Hopelessly, in debt undi r the
aldermanic system of municipal gov?
ernment, The cltj government
corrupt, in 1898 there was ~o deficit of
$18,000, Following tbe adoption of
ill commission plun $01,000 of old
bills were caneel'ed in one year. Tin
sum of $133,000 of bond Indebtedness
Aas taken up. TodU) llawriiill en?
joys good, efficient governmeni
There is a surplus of over $30,000 in
tii 11 a\ erb dl city treat ury.
Leaven worth, Kan., was practically
bankrupt in 1907. The streets were
. ,iod by private subscription. Dur
i ig the nr.-1 year under commission
governmeni expenses were reduced
twent) live per cent. in eighteen
months afti r Its .>?'.?<[ tit n more miles
of pa> ? in. nl had b? u laid than in
tm riuarti t c ntur) before. At th
same Lime $130,ooo worth ol bonds
have bee taken up, Loav? iworth's
mayor i y? "the people are no well
. at Isfled i biiI Iney would never re?
turn to tbe old a d? rm inlc system."
The work of laying thi concrete
pavemcnl on Church street is pro?
grossing nicely,
M r PROFIT OP $121 PER COW.
Voting Farmer Telia How De Made
Record With Dairy Herd.
Clemson College, Feb. II.?One cf
the Interesting short papers read at
the recent meeting of the South ' ?? -
Una Live Stock association In Colum?
bia was by Ifr. Hornau Harri? nr.,
af Pendleton, on "How 1 Mad< My
Herd Pay.' Mr. Harris, who is hard?
ly more than a boy, has the r> i ord
dairy herd in the Stau-, and what he
has to say should be of great in?
terest to the many people who are
beginning to pay some attention to
dairying as a business, either sei).ir?
ately or in conjunction with general
farming. Following Is the papi r:
"Mr. President, and Gentlemen of
the Live BtOCk Association- A few
days ago ] received notice from
ycur secretary that i was expect* d
at this meeting t?. tell you how I
mam ged to get from our herd of J< r
seys a net profit or $124 per cow for
the year 1909. 1 shall not attempt
o make you an address, as this is
entirely out of my line; for the past
fifteen years of my life has been
spent in the cow barn, and those of
you who keep a herd know full well
that when it is cared for properly,
the care-taker has no time for speech
making.
"But l shall endeavor in just as few
words as possible to present the facts
to you just as they are. At the end
Of the year 1H08 1 knew that we had
a good herd of Jerseys, and I decided
that I wanted to know just what
each cow was doing separately, so l
began under the directions of Mr.
Welch, of the dairy division of the de?
partment of agriculture to keep a
complete milk record.
"At the beginning of January 1
began with 14 cows, and during the
year I added three more. At no time
did the herd contain more than 17
or less than 1 t. The highest testing
cow tested G.ii per cent, and the low
' st ").2 per cent, with an average for
the herd of r>.S per cent. During the
months of January, February, March,
April and May these cows received
each a ration consisting of corn
stover 8 to 10 pounds, cotton seed
meal .'! \-2 to 4 1-2 pounds, rice meal
2 1-L' pounds, boiled cotton seed 3
pen mis. They were kept entirely on
this ration during this period, except
that occasionally corn-end-cob meal
"Prom the first of June I began to
pasture and feed soil crops, such ns
sorghum and corn, with cotton seed
meal alone, and i continued this until
frost, when I la gan again to feed the
same ration as fer the first five
months. I had no ensilage, and for
the latter months I used as bulk food
corn stover and hay, using for my
{rain ration cotton seed ni< al and
boiled cotton seed, wbl h gave splen?
did results.
"Now the above are th" tact? In
regard to the feed; but of course oth?
er details come in for their share 'n
the obtaining of the profits, and I
shall mention these. In the 'rst
place, i had a herd of high, test ng
cows. The lowest number of p n.nds
of milk from any cow during any
month was a little under r>"d> pounds
and the highest a little over 1 00
pounds.
"In the second place, these cows
w? re all fed and milked by my broth?
er and myself, and always had my
personal supervision. And in the
third and most important place, the
milk was carefully and skilfully han?
dled. When the milk went to the
dairy, it waa handled by my sister,
who 1 can say played a arge part
in getting these cowa to keep up their
record.
"We were enjoying a splendid
cream trade and g< tti.ig a good price,
ranging front $1,16 t ? $1.35 per gal?
lon. I do not think of anything m >re
to be said about the matter, except
that the t- its are reliable, having fe n
nude by Mr. Welch; and that 1 have
a complete and accurate r? cord i f
each cow. which speaks for Itself."
What Mr. Harris has done BUr.Vy
can be done by anybody elae * th,
c pially good cowa to start with
and equally careful management
I ding, handling of milk, and dlsposl
ti a of products; and his example
ould be followed by hundreds who
can make mo.iej In the dairy bust
lies*; for there Is a great demand In
th.s state for dairy pr< ducts, as la
shown by the facl that thousands of
dol ars are annually spent for for?
eign products. And withal, the dairy
lord is the greatest of soil en*
rlchers for our worn-out lands.
Rfforttj are bed,/, made In i: u land
Itrltish and foreign vessels sailing
from Urlttsh ports should be equipped
h wireless telegraph apparatus ca?
ll bp < f transmitting to a ills tan?? ..f
j 100 in 1' s, A bill to this effect now
i ? a.- tin House of Commons |u< -
j v ib ,; a p' nalty ,.| $5,000 In i ttse of
I failui ? to obey the la
Tomatoes are selling at a quarter
apiece In Washington. The canned
ones don't taste so bad. after all.?De
trlol Free Press,
EXPERIMENTAL TOBACCO 1\KM
Government Decide*! Tlsnueoiisvtlle
Desirable Location?Bcghss Boss*,
Washington. lYb. 22.?Ii? presen
tativs Bllerbe, assisted bf Reprsssntn
live L' v< r, who is a member of the
agricultural committee, has been
working recently to have an expert*
mc.it farm established at Timmons
ville. Today they recetvi d a letter
from the chief of bureau of plant
Industry. Inf ?rming them that his
work would begin at once.
The chief of the bureau says: "We
have had in mind the extension of
th< ie investigation! into the older to
I a??<?<> section! of the State, and after
looking Into the matter, it appears \
that Timmonsvills would afford a de
strable location for this purpose. We
hope to be ebl<. therefore, to begin
some work with tobacco at Timmons
vllle and will proceed ,r? make neces?
sary arrangements for beginning op?
erations I may add that the work
with tobacco, whh h is conducted on ?
rather broad lines, will Include ex?
periments in crop rotation, with spe?
cial reference to the relation of the
other staple crops of the section to
the yield and quality of the tobacco."
Timmonsvills being in the heart of^j
the great tobacco belt of South Caro?
lina, it is thought this experimental
work will .be of great benefit to this
entire section.
Judge Brand Brands Pistol Toting.
Then ' a.- amusing as well as a
s.'rious side to the anti-pistol toting
crusade being waged by Judge Charles
11. Brand, of th.- Western circuit of
j the Bupei lor Court.
Last weejE Judge Brand held court
.Jacks n < c tinly, anal Hon. J. N. "
Holder, in the Jackson Herald, de?
scribes an incident on the amusing
side as follows:
'"When the case of the State vs.
Zeke Strickland was being called,
there was almost a sensation created
in the court room. When Zeke's
name was called out he was stated in
tin gallery. The sheriff said, "Come
down here, Zeke.*" The negro arose,
turned his back to the court, reached
in his right hand hip pocket, pulled
out some thing, and gave it to a negro
w oman m a ted near him. Judge C. ^
H. Brand's viligant eye witnessed the
nduct of the defendant, whereupon
?aid to Sheriff Collier, 'Please go
into the gallery and search that wo?
man on the front seat over to the left.
When that negro man's name was
called, be pulled sonn thing out of m
is hip pocket, and gave it to that wo?
man, i believe it is a pistol if it is,
1 direct you to arrest her, and bring
In r before me." The sheriff went to
the gallery, and took from the wo?
man, not a pistol, but a shiny and
empty half pint bottle. When the |g
uro to.?k the bottle from his pock-^
et. Judge Brand could not sec what
it was, for the negro concealed it well
as hs slipped it to the woman, but it
was the negro's conduct that caused
the judge to suspect It was a pistol.
"This Incident shows that Judge C. ^
H. Brand is one of the most vigilant.
Officials in the State, and it Is a fur?
ther proof of ihe extraordinary efforts
h ? is making to stop pistol-toting in
tin Western circuit. In his determi?
nation to give severe punishment to
the pistol carrier, he is, no doubt,
protecting the lives of many human
beings, W< re it not for Judge Brand's
war on pistols, in all probability, there
would be many more murder cases on
the docket of our courts than will be
found there today. For his earnest
t (forts to suppress pistol-toting^ snd
thereby protect human life, Judge
Brand Is being commended, not only
by the law abiding people of the
Western Circuit, but the Whole coun?
try Is applauding him for his judicial
conduct,
"By practically a unanimous voto
of all the people assembled in the
court row on the first day of court,
Judge Brand WSS heartily indorsed
for his d 'termlned purpose and un?
relenting efforts to suppress carrying
pistols In th ? Western circuit.?Aug?
usta Chronicle
Woman Lives Jekyll ami Hyde Life,
Chicago,,?in Mrs. Minnie leleb, of
Milwaukee, the police believe they
have discovered a Jekyll and Hyde
woman. eminently respectable s
her home in Milwaukee, she Is said
to be i professional thief when sh
reaches Chicago, she is under arrest
with her daughter at the Harrison
street police station annex. Mrs. Isleb
formerly was the wife of s wealth}
railro id m in, but for two years, i
er divorce, has supported her chtl
navo ma n
nUllonalr ?
. r, Ihn? In
his hand,
install 'es -
I b? > :j ? to have women detectives
m China. We inter this is due to the
Im lb f n at. no matter bow crop-head?
ed tin- non ,.f Chins may becOHM
tb<' women will never loss theii
"cue."' <Columbia State.