The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 18, 1911, Image 8
ANCIENT ARITHMETIC.
??bin? SoHoolboy? Had tc Solve
Thlrty-e4s CeMucice Ass.
There la a raj of vindictive i^omfirt
for the modern schoolboy In tbe fact
that for over 8.000 year* bis schoolboy
progenitors hare been worried by Just
such probietns in arUhmetlc ss annoy
him most.
Among the amJuwotogicsl dhxovertcs
made In Egypt Is s pepyru? roll. In
excellent condition, dating from shout
1T0O a C. This roll, which had a
long heading beginning. "Directions
bow to sttstn the knowledge of all
dark things," proves beyond doubt mat
the Egyptians of that Urne had a
thorough k on w ledge of the elements
Of arithmetic.
Numerous examples show that their
principal operations with units and
fractions were made by means of ad?
dition and multiplication. Subtrac?
tion and division wars not known la
their present form, but correct results
wers obtained nevertheless.
Equation* are also found in tbe papy?
rus. Here Is one that beings the Egyp?
tian schoolboy homo to us:
Ten sjasauias of barley are to be 63
vidsd among ten persons in euch man
aar that each subsequent person shall
receive one eighth leas then tbe one
More him.
Aaofter example given k* There are
seven men; each one has seven cats;
sack eat has eaten seven tnlcet each ,
ley; each grain of barley would hare
yielded seven mas a ores of barley.
Bow much barley has been lost?
Tbe papyrus also contains the calcu?
lation of the area of a circle, attempts
to square tbe circle and Anally calcula?
tions of the cubic inessurements of
pyrsmids.?New York Tribune.
EHUVEMED THE SCENE.
?at ttmm lAfWSwSM DM Mu* H?i?
Leander aswetw
tannmerabls are the tales of actors
la difficulties. Here Is one related of
Christian Brandet, the dramatist, who
la ale youth hasinsjod bo a strolling
rasapas/ which played peaces of an
extremely primitive kind.
On one occeseou the play was enti?
tled "TPrro and Leander." tbe dialogue
being left pretty much to tbe discre?
tion of the players. It bad been
ag'ssd. however, that Hero was to be
coy and not confess her love for Lean?
der fill he had again and again ex?
pressed bis readiness to be hanged,
earned and drswned In her behalf.
Bat the lady was soft hearted, besides
Being exceedingly fond of Brandes,
aar could she listen nnmoved to the
?ret passionate pleadings of toe youth,
erbe explained that he had swum
across the Hellespont to see her. "My
esaar Leander.*' ehe exclaimed. "I can?
es* rastet yon. Accept my band and
say heart."
Leander knew not whet to say. All
ass prepared phrases were useless, i
Tbe manager came to hie alu wtib a I
lend whisper addressed to Hero, "In >
the fiend's name Improvise a few
words and retirer
The poor girl, turning to tbe aodl
ence. repeated her lesson, **Tn the
flood's name, 1 Improvise a few words
aad retire," and then tripped off the
stags, greatly reilered.?I^ondon Graph
A Rooeist Joke,
Bossinl promised s piece In the
epers orchestra to s trombonist and
then forgot about It, says the Musical
Courier At one of hia dinner parties
tbe butler announced the visit of this
as me protege. Rossini hastened to wel?
come him snd. relieving him of his in
atrument, disappeared a few moments,
as return with hia friend. Handing the
last rum en t to the trombonist with a re?
nne? t to let the company hear him,
Basel ol prepared to listen. Trombone
to Ups, the musician rose?diamay, no
sound, cheeks bulging, eyes distended,
la vain the unhappy man makes super
Batman efforts to produce harmonious
sounds. At last! Oh, effort supreme!
With s sound like a hoarse goose
cackle there shoots from the trombone
a sasss of sticky macsrouL "No harm,
say friend." ssld Rossini; -you have
proved yourself a strong mualclan."
And the neat day the coveted position
wss offered to the trom joulat?Boston
Transcript
Sunlight and Qerma.
Here le an tnatroctlre experiment
asade recently on the effects of sun
light Some germs of the terrible dis?
ease, anthrax, wers sown on two
pistes of gelatin, and while one piste
was kspt in the dark the other was
placed In the sunught The germs
grew, and at the end of ten minutes
there were 860 colonies or groups in
tbe sunshine plate snd 400 colonies to
tbe dark piste
One hour later he result wss: In
the sunshine plate, none; In the dark
plats. 2.520 No d'sense germ thrives
In sunlight
Modesty.
Modesty Is one of the sweetest snd
snout desirable qualities one can pos?
sess, snd yet too much modesty bin
eVsrs advancement When thla quality
as overdeveloped It antagonises aggres
etrsuess, without which oo greet suc?
cess csn be sttatned.
Najtem
Wife?A tree, you know, gets new
clothes every year?hat, parasol. | ery
thing. Husband?Tee, dsrling?snd
aaskss them nil tt?dt
What 8K? Might Catoh.
?he?They ssy there are Kerma In
Bisses. What do you suppose a girl
could cut n that way? Ue?A bus
Baud.?Kxrhanga
Resist thy Inclinations In the beg*"
ning.?Thomas a Kempts.
Try sn ad. In the Dally IUim, and
watch results.
RIDING A CAMEL
A Strenuous Task That Promote* e
Leve ef Walking.
lading a camel la by no means an
easy or enjoyable method of locomo?
tion, according to the description given
by Mr. kL J. Band?n in his hook.
"Slnal In Spring:"
-It asked 'How do yon ride a camel T
I reply Invent as many attitudes as
yon can and employ them all In turn;
adjust and readjust the rugs and rush
Ions on which you sit; ride straight;
ride crooked; ride with stirrups made
of rora; ride without them; hitch first
your right knee round the front pom
meU then yonr left knee; stretch your
self wide legged over the saddlebag*
regardless of the firearms, dates
crockery, etc.. which they contain un?
til nature commands you to make a
less obtuse angle; ride side saddle, If
yon can persuade your Bedouin that It
Is possible to do so without prejudice
to the camel. Bids how yon will and
when yon will, but above all?walk.
Not only Is the sheik himself glad?
at yonr suggestion, but not otherwise?
to mount for awhile, bot it is a lesson
In graceful riding to watch him
perched up there, heaven knows bow.
in totn* oriental way you hare never
dreamed of, and it is a lesson in courte?
sy to mark how at every tarn of the
road ha offers to forego his pipe of
peace?chibouk?and post of comfort
and descend to the sand, leaving you
to tnenmbar his beast of burden/*
LUGGAGE IN ENGLAND.
Nene ef ft Goes Astray Isoseee the
People Are All Vary Honest.
Oertain strangers within our gates
hare been wondering at our dealing
with passengers' raggage?how much
better the system of other countries,
where you gat a receipt and when
the bag goes astray the official assures
you it is impossible because there Is
the receipt So yon go to bed and get
up and dress In your bit of paper.
Our method Is Insular and on the
face of It chaotic. We throw our lug
gaga to tha mercy of some unknown
porter. At tha end of the journey we
find a sort of lucky tub of portable
property piled on the platform, and
wa plunge about and pick out what
wa want Too know the scene?u
hundred people who have only to say
That's mine/* to a strange porter in
order to gat It
Thus badly stated the system looks
like chaos and tha invitation to a
general scramble for other men's
goods, in practica ft works out well,
for every one, from porter to passen?
ger, is on his honor, and?this is the
point?luggage in England is aafer
than in any other civilised country.?
Westminster Gasette,
The Steamboat.
Fulton himself said one day: "Nei?
ther at. Deeblancs oor 1 Invented the
steamboat If that glory belongs to
any one It is to the author of tha ex?
periments at Lyons?of the experi?
ments made in 1783 on the Saooe."
Tha one Fulton had in mind and to
whom ha thus generously rendered the
"glory" was toe Marquis da Jouffray.
born In 1751. fourteen years before the
year of Fulton's birth. Jouffray's
claim to be regarded as tha inventor
of the steamboat stands thus: His ves?
sel, built in 1788, notwithstanding its
faulty construction, embodied all the
elements essential to success. In It he
anticipated Watts' invention of a
steam engine having a constant and
unremitting action. Lack of funds
waa the only thing that stood In the
way of his gattng all the honors thst
came later to Robert Fulton,?New
York American.
The Laugh on Edison.
There are many stories of Edtson.
One of bis early childhood Is recorded
on the authority of his only sister
When he was about six years old he
found out that a goose belonging to
the family was sitting. Later he enw
the surprising result in a number of
goslings. One dsy he was missing. He
was sought everywhere, but no one
could find him until at length his
father discovered him in the bam
curled up In a nest he had made and
filled with goose eggs and hen eggs.
He was sitting on the eggs and trying
to batch them!?London Tatler.
Synonmys.
The French Canadian always has
trouble with the aspirate "th.H At a
debating club in tha province of Que?
bec members were required to draw
a alip from a hat and debate upon the
subject they received. A young coun
trymsn arose.
"1 hare drew the word 'bat' 1 must
told you dere Is two. tree different kind
of bat Dere Is de hnt wot you play
the baseball wit, de bat wot fly In de
air at night and also de bat where 1
you take de swim."?Success Maga
ilue.
After the H one y moon.
"Anyhow. Jsck. you cannot aay thnt
1 ran after you ut the time of our
marriage."
"You never spoke a truer word. Mu?
rin, but neither does the mousetrap
run after the mouse, yet it catches
it all the same,"
8hom.
"Miss Elln, was your bacaar a suc?
cess?"
"Olortousl All the men hud to walk
homel"?M?ggendorf er Blatter.
Hit Last Rsaidsnoe,
Lawyer (to witness)?Now, then, Mr.
Mur,)hy, Rive us your last issjhjtni ?
Murphy-Faith, nor, Ol dunno, but It'll
be the einliefy, O'm think! n'!
Behavior Is a mirror in Whlck every
one displays Ms Image.? C.nwho.
Mi t D, MeLauchlln, of Bishop
villa, was in the i Ity loday,
New Season Suits, Dresses and Coats.
The true value triumphs of Nineteen Eleven and Twelve. Each little nicety
of making was attended to. The fit will be as fine as though made
for you, and the basic fabric, the trimming materials, were chosen
with the same painstaking thought you would bestow on them
yourself?that is exactly what makes all these garments the
Best Suit Values in Sumter.
TODAY'S EXPRESS BROUGHT US A LARGE SHIPMENT NEW SUITS.
* f* Handsome Tailored Suit*.
In Plain Materials and Mixtures,
from $35.00 down to $15.00.
Strictly Plain Tailored Suit*.
In al! Materials from $25.00 down tu
$8.*8.
Several Stunning Models.
In Finest Materials, both Plain and
Mixtures, $55.00 down to $32.50.
Velvet Suit**?New Models.
In Black, Brown, Navy and Green,
at $:50.00.
Mlatea Suit**?About 200 of Them.
At $8.9$, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00
up.
Children's Suits and extra size
?uits.
NO LARGER LINE IN THE STATE TO PICK FROM.
A busy place, this suit store. Come and see how easy it is for us to sell coat suits. We should like everybody in Sumter
County to view our stocks of apparel before she makes her purchases. We are sure it will result to mutual benefit.
SCHWARTZ BROTHERS.
WOKK1M. FX)H TIIE SOUTH.
Secretary Snell Returns From Meet?
ings at Memphis and Louisville.
Secretary Snell of the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce returned
Sunday evening from Louisville
where where he has been attending
the meetings of the American Asso?
ciation of Commercial Executive?.
i
These meetings were held on Thurs?
day, Friday and Saturday. On Mon?
day of the same week The All-South
Conference was held at Memphis
and on Tuesday and Wednesday the
Southern Commercial Secretaries,
held there meeting at Memphis.
Secretary Snell stated that those
meetings wetre represented %>y thz
Secretaries and commercial officials
from all parts of the country and
from Canada. At the All-South Con?
ference railroad officials were pres?
ent representing nearly every rail?
road system In the South. It was
decided at this meeting to bend ev?
ery effort to induce the great tourist
travel that is now going to the Pa?
cific Coast to travel by way of the
South. To this end the various com?
mercial bodies in conjunction with
the railroads will publish millions of
circulars and pampleta for distribut?
ion in the North, which will de?
scribe the points of Interest in tho
south and its opportunities for in?
vestment. Liberal stop over privi
ledgea are provided f??r, also hom**
seokers rates.
The Southern Secretaries at their
meeting discussed every phase of
town building. Little time was de?
voted to pleasure, several meetings
going into the early hours of the
morning. Questions of such Im?
portune,, as: Factory location and
bonus. Retail Work and retail as?
sociations, conventions and their
Value to a City, relation of country
and city and Improvement <>f the
same, the value of Improved streets
and til.- beautlfylni of cities, were I
discussed,
The BoUth should be proud of its
representatives ;it the LOUlSVlllS
meet, I >n practically every Impor?
tant question presented they acted
as h unit <>ut of fifteen directors
elected, the South secured live and
Mecretary Tresvant, of New Orleans
was elected Hrsl Vice-President, The
next con 'entlon will be held at
Washington, i?. C.
Mr Rnell was particularly impress?
ed with t ?e value of conventions to
any oltj Horns of tin- best Known
experts <?>? convention in the coun
ti\ Were present :it Louisville and
gave their experience* <>ne small
'ilv, PO!*! Huron, Mich, secured 47
conventions last year .which brought
over one-quarter of million dollars
tu tint town. i n addition to th ?
publicity for tie- town, it resulted In
the iei urlng of Investment and new
settlers, it a is especially emphasis?
ed that no town or elty could af?
ford to Invite conventions until It
had 'be proper facilities to entertain
Ihn same, The expense of securing
Is Mn;iii and the outlay f<?r entertain*
men! Ii also very mall, Charleston
has now fallen in line and is prepar
Ing to go after conventions. Sumter
can do nothing in this line until she
Is In a position to entertain her guests
properly, and she is the laughing
stock of the state and the butt of
i
every joke because of her miserable
1 hotel facilities. Mr. Snell stated that
something must be done and that
I immediately, if Sumter desired to
. remedy this situation.
New York City was represented
! by Secretary Mead of the Merchants
I Association, and he was especially
interested in the. proposed Industrial
Trip of Sumter next spring. He
stated that his directors had discuss?
ed this trip and that the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce would re?
ceive a very cordial invitation to
visit that city and that her represen?
tatives would be royally entertained.
Hb? organization is planning to show
the Sumter business men over the
city and take them over some uf
the largest retail, wholesale and
manufacturing establishments in
New York.
Value of Early Trarnirvg.
Train up a child in the way he
should go. and even when be is ok!
be will not depart trom rt?Proverbs
Of Solomon. xxit:6.
Complete.
Judeoo?"What is your wife's plan
for a country home?' Hudson?
-Fourteen closets and a pergola ?
Harper's Bazar.
Not Even Thrre!
Gabriel? "Wssn't h?? spirit satis?
fied with her mansion?" St Peter?
"No; she said she certain lj expected
enough eloaata " ? Harper's Bazar.
The Canine Howlofogy.
There is nothing so very remark?
able In the Atlantic City dog that can
tell time Every dog on earth can
tell time. That la, they can tell break?
fast time, dinner time and supper
time, and know to a minute when It Is
time to start their nightly howl.
Those Girts.
"What a charming dress, tuj dear!
Such a lovely shade of pink. You al?
ways show such perfect taste " (Mer?
ciful heavens? That dress must have
been made for a wagon cover. And
why in the native of sense she wears
pink when It makes her look like a
chunk of mud I can not Imagine.)
No Time Wasted.
I Olaf Larson, working in a millinery
J warehouse, backed Into an elevator
' shaft and fell down five stories with a
i load of boxes Horror stricken, the
j othei employes, rushed down thu
! stairs, only to find him picking htm
?elf unharmed out of the rubbish.
"Ess de boss mad?" he whispered
cautiously. "Tai' em Ay had to coma
down for nails anyway."?Success
Magazine
A Cetsstropne.
A cat was being chased along tha
roof of u New York building. It lost
Its lad unco and fell on a boy who was
standing on a balcony on the second
floor. The startled boy foil in his
turn, landing on a baby carriage, for?
tunately empty, which another boy
was whetting In the street Tho first
boy dislocated Ms urist; the cnt saj
killed.
NEGRO KILLED AT LYNCHBURG
Leo Davis, Colored, Shot to Death,
Several Being Held for His Mur?
der.
Lynchburg, Oct. 16.?At a hot
supper in a negro settlement about
two miles out this place, on last
Friday night, a place noted for whis?
key drinking, gambling and danc?
ing, a row started, resulting in the
death of Lee Davis, colored, from a
gun shot wound, penetrating the
heart. Death must havj been in
stantanuous judgi::*, Hum the ter?
rible wound.
Magistrate Brown promptly issued
a warrant for the arrest of the sup?
posed guilty parties, and on Saturday
morning, Ben Burgess, Saide Bur
gess and Poe McDowell, all colored,
were in the custody of the officers
of the law. The Coroner of Lee,
county and Sheriff Muldrow came
down near noon, and after an inquest,
which was conducted late in the
evening, the sheriff left with the
above named parties, and with Jim
Lowry, who was adjudged guilty of
drinking and gambling, for Bishop
vllie, .where they were placed in jail
to await trial at the next term of
the court of general sessions. After
a careful investigation- the jury was
satisfied that Ben Burgess commit?
ted the deed and that the other
three were accomplices.
The murdered man, Lee Davis,
was a hard working man. More ar
restS may be made. These so-called
hot suppers are really a nuisance and
breeders of trouble among the color?
ed people.
Seasonable Thought.
Very frequently tbe ( erson who
never cb*K?ges his ideas ha> oooe tc
abaoge
A Neglected Education.
"I don't understand Buffkins
"Why not?" "Every time 1 tell one
of my stories he says. 'Bass the hem
lock'N _
Obviously.
There would << be so many fool?
ish old uven ts ooi so many old men
had Darrels oi money
Greatly Needed.
It seems 10 \* High time for the
legal doctors to 'It-rover some strln
gent cure for oi memory oo the
witne.? stand
"A? Durr b a<, a Fvsh."
"As dumb ah ;?. lien" Is a saying that
doe* not apply ?o munj ppeclei of sea
wuiei denissns 1 be sardine, before
it lin.y- its i..*< breath, raises a feeble
*que?tk like the squeak Of a mouse. In
some h?b the vocal organi are sonor?
ous and well developed. Harper's
Weakly.
Envelopes for Pecking.
Rnvelopo* used In packing .small ar?
ticles will l*> found letter than boxes
as they take up lees room. Stout, col
lapHiblo envelopes, which may to
bought where office supplies ?iro sold,
will be found satisfactory Qloves,
handkerchiefs. nock arrangements
etc, may l>e kept nicely |n such on
VOlOPOS.
ACCUSED OF ATTACKING GIRL.
J. K. Jones, White Married Man,
Under Arrest at Ricky Mount on
Serious Charge.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 16.?J. K.
Jones, a white married man, is un?
der arrest in Rocky Mount, charged
with attacking a f3-year-old girl
she was returning home from school
this afternoon. The jail is guarded
to prevent possible violence to
Jones.
The scene of the attack was re?
mote from any dwelling, but the
girl s cries attracted the attention of
two men who were driving nearby
and they went to her assistance. At
their approach the girl's assailant
tied. Jones was captured by a gang
of section hands and a few minutes
later the child positively identified
him as her assailant. He stoutly
maintains his innocence.
Flannetto Underwear.
In gowns and petticoats for ladies
and children at Schwartz's.
Three Celebrations.
A young couple were married the
other day at Draguignan, France, on
the same day that the girl's parenta
celebrated their silver and the bride?
groom's pareuts their golden wedding.
Tax No!tice.
&4MJ ^uuili) iiti.Sulci U tflUMi to
L..<J CuLl t uuuiJC uuiiiA.Wg toit* MS
Of/Oil lot' Liie COiiCCivli ot uXib W mi
out peuulty Crom me i*tu uav m
1 \J 1 1.
1 De l9*3t is loiioWs-.
Slate.o u- i Jini?
Cuunty.o 4&4MS
Col SI ItUtlOIUI i ?>cllOOi. . . o Juiiid
Total.a o--t Mm?
foil i'ax,
Capiiatiou Uog tax, 3U.
Also special school as follows ?
bChOOl District No. 1, - mm*.
?C llool District No. I, 2 mule,
bctiool District No. z nulls.
school District No. 4, ~i mills,
tichool District No. t>, 1 mill.
School District No. 11, z min?.
bchool District No. i*. 3 nulls.
ttCllOOl Disirici No. 13, 3 mills.
School District No. 14, 3 nulls.
school District N\?. io, t mills.
School District No. II. 4 mills,
School District No. 1>. 0 1-4 mills.
School Datrict No. 10, 3 mills.
A penalty of I per cent will be ad
deu tor the month of January, Ills,
additional l per cent for the month
of February, If 12; additional 3 por
cent tor the 16 days of March, lai..
The tax books ? lose on the 13th
day of .March, If 12, and no taxes wm
be received after that date.
a Commutation road tax of |2.vu
win be received from October 16 tu
to i?.mber 31, lilt,
B, C. WALLACR,
County Tn aaun i
Bumter, s. c., Oct i. ifii,
lt? 4-tau t03?li>12.