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LAST COTTON CROP A RECORD BREAKER. Hester Figures it at 11,274, . 840 Bales-lacrease in Southern Spindles. New Orleans. Sept. 1 -The totals bf Secretary Hester's annual report of the cotton crop of the United States were promulgated today. They show receipts of cotton at all United States ports for the year, 8.579,426 bales, against 8,769,360 last year ; overland to northern mills, - 1,345,623, against 1,237,813 ; south ern consumption taken direct from interior of the cotton belt, 1,353,791, against 1.192,821, making the crop of the United States for 1898 ;99 jamonat to 11,274,840 bales, against 11,199,994 last year, and 8,757,694 the year before. ( Toe mills of the south have nsed 157,558 bales more than during 1897 ?98, against a consumption by the north of 2,190,000 The crop of the different stales is given as follows in thousands of bales : North Carolina, etc, 583 ; South Carolina, 1,012 ; Georgia, 1,536 ; Alabama, 1,159 ; Florida, 70; Mis sissippi, 1,522 i Louisana, 590 ; Ar kansas, 8E4 ; Tennessee. 414 ; Tex as. 3,555. Total crop, bales 11.275. North Carolina above includes Kentucky and Virginia ; Tennessee includes Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Utah ; Texas includes Indian Territory. Mr Hester's fall report, which will be issoed tomorrow, will contain interesting facts in relation to the enormous increase in the spindles of southern mills. Postal Money Orders. New Form Will be Intro duced Early Next Month. The poatoffice department has adopt ed a new for a of domestic moue j order, wbieh will bs introduced generally, cr as soco as supplies of the old form become exhausted, at varions pcsicfiioes throughout the country 'after Septem ber 4. The sew form is somewhat smaller tuan tire order now in use. Its . d pensions aro about those " of the ordinary back draft. It) has two adjuncts-the advice, or notification to be sent by the issuing to the paying . master, which is a reproduction of the order through the ose of carbonized paper (ros manifold process), and a receipt for tbe amount to be furnished by the issuing postmaster to the " remit ter. Oa the back of the order a separate space bas bees provided for the stamps of banks through which it may be passed for.collection. IQ the adoption cf the new form of order tba interests and preferences of patrons of the system no less than economy of administration have been considered It is expected tt a about Janoary 1 next the fee charged for orders will be materially reduced. HermoBiio, Mex , Aug 31 -A company of volunteers went from here this morning to Fitaya, to join Col. Pienado s command and arrest the Yaquis who had destroyed the telegraph lines to Potam Tbe troops met a band of about 80 Yaqui's, and a short fight occurred in which one soldier was killed and the Mexicans rooted Potam and Torin, Gen Torres' headquarters, have been en tirely cot off from telegraphic com muoicatioo with the outside world for the last five days The Yaquis burned aboot a mile of telegraph poles and carried the wire away. millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of ODO concern in tbe land who are not afraid to be g nerons to the needy and suffer ing. The proprietors of Dr. Kicg's New Dis covery for Consomption, Coughs and Colds, bav h given away over ten million trial bottles of this greet medicine ; and bar the satisfac faction of knowing ii has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron hi tis, Hoarseness aod all diseases of tbe Throat, Chest and lungs are surely cared by it, Call on J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist, and gei a trial bottle free. Regular size 50c and $1. Every bottle guaranteed, or price refunded. 3 .'Anent" bread tires, we are inform ed that the Clemson College authorities are making experiments with broad tires oo sandy roads, something which has oot beeo dooe before. The tests of the broad tire on the red clay around Clemson have proved the effectiveness of the broad tire as a road preserver and a means of lessening the weight on teams, allowing the hauling of a large; load. It is now to be determined whether the usa of the broad tire in sand will decrease the puli necessary to haoi a given weight. It is an interest ing poiot and we hope Prof Conner will give us his conclusions.-The State. CUBAN RELIEF cures ("olio, 'ajlpv Neuralgia and Toothache in y five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price. 25c. Sold by Hughson-Ligon Co. ! Wm. Strait Arrested For Using Poison. Accused of Attempting to Remove His Mother-in Law. Special to The tate. Rock Hill, Aug. 3i.-William Strait a young: farmer who lives in the Black Jacks, about seven miles i south of this city, was arrested Tues day on the charge of attempting to poison his mother-in law, Mrs Mollie Kidd The alleged attempt was made several days ago, but the mat ter was hushed up until the an esl mas made. Strait was given a preliminary bearing before Magistrate L?e Saus ders at McConneilviile and was com mitted to jail at Yorkville The war rant was issued at the instance of Mr Bob Conrad and otber farmers of Bethesda township To Honor Dewey. A Carolina Battalion May Go to New York. It Esy be that South Carolina will be represented in New York wheo Admiral Dewey arrives and when the whole country iii welcome him Adjutant; General Floyd said that be was making as effort to bave a portion, at least, of the militia of the State represented, and he expressed the belief that be could secure a battalion to gc. He has been corresponding wi;h tbe different military officers and from the tenor of thejr letters be thicks it probable that he cao secure a sufficient number of companies to go aa to give South Carolina an important part io the ceremonies. So far far only one com pany has decided positively to go, aod that is from Greenville, u ode r com traed of Captain Blythe. This company has had the trip under consideration for some time and it will probably go whether other militia companies do so or cot. General Floyd believes the cost will be so little that oompaDies cao go if the business arrangement of members will permit Railroad fares for the round trip have not been announced, but they will certainly be cheap, it is understood thtt the City of New Yo;k is to entertain all militiamen who go and this will make the cost of the trip practically within the reach of many ccmpaoie3 io the State General Floyd will go anyway, bot he would like to have accompanying bim a fall force of the militia ot his State -Columbia Record, Sept. 1 Pittsburg, Sept 1 -A boiler explo sion at the Repablic iron works on South Twenty-Fourth Street tbortly before- ayiigbt today killed five tuen and seriously injured seven others. The resignation of John P. Altgeld from the National Democratic ways and means committee has been ac cepted. John R McLean, of Ohio, has been made chairman of that com mittee. The Idiocy ol Some Ideas. "Once in the joyous springtime," casually remarked the man with the ingrowing chin, ::I threw a rug on the grass plot beneath my window. Days flew by as days will, and I picked it up again to find that the healthy green of luxuriant growth had given way to the sickly yellow of death and decay. Just so it is, my boy, when the brain is cov ered over with the rug of old fashioned ideas. From infancy I was taught by my preceptors to give useful presents, not silly gewgaws that would last but the moment. Thus was the rug thrown over the green of my gray matter, so that today I haven't got sense enough left to follow the plot of a farce com edy." "What in the name of - began the astonished listener. "Simply this, my boy; I gave my best giri nothing but useful presents, and of course she's gone and married another fellow. Pleasant to think that my use ful presents have given them a start in housekeeping, isn't it?"-Kansas City Independent How Dumas Amused Himself. An interesting anecdote of the elder Dumas, illustrating the author's peren nial flow of fine spirits, has been told. A gentleman, calling on the creator of "Monte Cristo," had been ushered into a room adjoining the host's studio, the servant telling him to go in, as M. Du mas was alone. At that moment (says the narrator) I heard a loud burst of laughter from the inner apartment, so I said: "I would sooner wait until monsieur's visitors are gone." "Monsieur has no visitors; he is working," remarked the servant, with a smile. "Monsieur Dumas very often laughs like this while at his work." It was true enough; the novelist was alone, or rather in company with one of his characters, at whose sallies he was simply roaring. Ia Hi * Eyes. Sometimes a deaf mau gives an an- j swer which makes a wonderfully close 1 hit, although he has totally misunder Stood the question. "is your son's bride a pretty girl?'' | asked au old lady of a penurious and : very deaf old gentleman whose son had recently married the daughter of a prosperous grocer. ".vo," said the old nan calmly, "she isn't, but sue will be when her father dies." Dirt For the Dirty Ones. "In several of the provincial towns," writes Mr. Ransome, "one finds hotels said to be conducted on the foreign principle and certain Japanese hotels have a foreign side. The European ac commodation in such places is, as a rule, terrible. The rooms are dirty, the beds are rickety, the bedclothes are apparently seldom washed and the ta bles and chairs are seldom capable of standing on more than two legs at a time. "When I first went to Japan I could not understand how, on the foreign side of the Japanese hotels, the accom modations could be so inferior, when the Japanese portion was kept scrupu lously clean. One would naturally think that a people whose houses were so spotless would revolt at having a portion of their premises in a filthy condition. "But, as explained to me by the land lord of one of these hybrid establish ments: 'Foreigners are dirty by nature. They go about their houses in their boots, and consequently they cannot wish to have their rooms kept in prop er condition/ "-Literature. The Barber Was All Rigrht. "After being shaved in a Chicago ho tel barber shop," said the man from South Bend, "I walked out and down the street and entered another shop and took a chair. The barber lathered and scraped me without a word, and 15 minutes later I submitted myself to a third. He lathered and rubbed as if I had not been shaved for a month, and just as he took up the razor I asked: "'Didn't you notice that I had been shaved twice already this morning?' - " 'Yes, sir,' he replied. " 'But you are going to shave me again?' v " 'No. sir. I supposed you came in here to get the skin taken off and part with soiLe of your cheek!' "-Pittsburg Dispatch. Vaccinated the Rifles. Orders that were issued by the Ger man West Afr ^ n officials that all firearms in the hands of natives should be stamped and registered aroused much discontent. Lieutenant Eggers, in Damaraland, however, got along with no trouble. He had inoculated cattle for the rinderpest three years be fore, as the Damaras saw, with good results. He therefore announced that he W3s ready to vaccinate their rifles so as to insure their shooting straight and doing no hurt to their owners and the Damaras crowded to him to get their guns stamped. His Share. Judge-Was the stolen article gold or only gilt? Prisoner-It was silver, sor. The guilt was all me own, yer anner! Jewelers' Weekly. Canada has a forest area estimated at 1,250,000 square miles, or S0O,000,O00 acres, the largest forest area, so fa' as the woods of commerce are concer: 2d, of any country of the world. Its fo 2St production is $S3,C00,0p0 annually. Atlantic Coast Line MM Company M Carola. fellt ^"-*^* Ililli * r*T^? ?:' ? CON L ESK 3D SCBED LS. Ic affect November 2'Cxb, 1898. SOUTHBOUND. o735 No blt Lv Dar osrton, S C2 ir Lv Elliott, 8 io air Ar Sumter, S 25 ac Lv Somier, '4 23 air Ar Creston, 5 17 ia Lv Crestgn, 5 45 ac Ar Pregcalia, 9 15 air Ar Oracgebcrg, 5 40 ero Ar Denmark, 6 12 am NORTHBOUND. No. 32 No. 5G}. Lv Decmark, 4 17 pm Lv Oraugeburg, 4 &0 pm Lv PregoaUa, 10 00 am Ar Cre toc, 3 50 pm Lv Creston, . 5 13 pm Ar Sumter, 6 03 pm Lv Samtor, 6 40 pm Ar Elliott, 7 20 pm Ar Darliogtou,_ 8 05 pm JDaiiy except Sunday. Trains 82 and 35 carry tbroogb Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping car3 between New York and Macon via Augusta. T. M EMERSON, H. M.EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Art J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. MME BRED STALLION Modoc5 Will Stand the Season in Sumter -AT - Boyle's Stables. Chestnut Stallion, foaled Maj 1392;.; bred by" Maj. Campbell Brown, Ewell Stock Farm. Tennessee. "MODOC," sired by McEv/een, 2.18J; Grs. dam Lady Rndawa ; rTrr =ti rc*J in Vol 12, American Stud Beck. Be ia one of tbeSneei bred etalliood ia ilse Msfo; hred for fize ! s?vie, beauty nn.i speed. Hs ii of kind and j Kentle d'Sposi 1 ion. eure fo*l getter. (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42 (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42 - _ j feat business conducts* for MODERATE FEES. f I SOVP. OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. S. PATEN r o^-iczj <and weeaasecure pan ntia ess t:a;c thia .bosci |i;_::d nj J.-i, drawing or photo., vrlt i dc-crip tion. We advise, ii patentable cr r. t, free vii charge. Or.r iee not due till patent secured. S A PAMPHLET, "How to Obtain Parents," with? cost o tarns in thc U. S. and urci a countries? sent free. AtiJnss, C.A.SNOW&CO.| OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. % [ THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. j City and County Depositary j-~~~~ Capital stock paid io, . . $75,000 00 Undivided snrplos, . . . 16,000 00 ; Individual liability of s'o-jkholdsrs i ir. excess of their s'.cck, . 75.000 00 Transacts s general banking bueioess; aiso has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of Si arid upward received Interest alloted aj ; iterate of 4 ier cent, fer annum, payable io;;} i-anr.ual! v. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, Fresident. ; MAUI N MOISE, W. F. RHAME, Vice-Pr sident. Cashier. Jan 31.