The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 08, 1897, Image 4
I^':,.'..v3$e. Sumter Watchman was founded
y tii 1850 and the T?v& Southron in iS??.
?i^&e Watchman and Southron sow has
the combined circulation and influence
both ol the old papers, and is mani
the best advertising medium in
The Orangeburg Times and Dem?
ocrat is clearly of the opinion that
^j&r J Billy Stokes bas lost his grip
i on ?at county.
editorial correspondence in the
i ville News under the date of
31st is the clumsiest bit of
>icg we have ever seen- Editor
Bali should baye come down
cleverly.
^The thousand and more Piedmont
scattered broadcast over
sr Comity did little for Irby
thirty>five votes, if everything
credited to Lar ry Gantt's editorial
fulminations.
- There is now no further need of
the versatile and accomplished Col.
??T: Larry Gantt in South Carolina.
I^He should collect a few testimonials
l^&o? Col. J. L. M. Irby and others
'kwbo are familiar with bis peculiar
abilities, and seek some other field.
-^The women in some of the North?
ern States are taking the Klondike
5ver. Hundreds of them are wild
to the new Eldorado, but it is
Sf gold they would go in seach of,
husbands.
If the gold standard causes wheat
sell at one dollar a bnshel why
not cotton sell at ten cents per
? That should be an easy one
;the gold bugs to answer-to their
satisfaction. .
Will Irby use his barlow knife on
ian? A great combat it would
-pitchfork end a one-blade barlow
e. \ ::< -
The removal of the Charleston ?
metropolitan police is the next thing
order. While in the business of
t>tm Qpv. EHerbe should restore
rale to Charleston.
? COUCB mill in Sooth Carolina
ftbat pays 69 per cent in dividends
^dnring the first four yeaTs of ita ex?
istence is better than a Klondike in
Alaska. ,
; A nigh license ey aten will have to
<s3*Be. Prohibition ia impossible, the
<5apeasary system bas had the fife
kcocked ou: of it. ?nd the people will
not very long submit to free liquor by
the original package route.
Tbe cotton crop in Sumter County is
1,;;ii?ftOjrt? very much shorter that any one
: expected five weeks ago, and it will be
a? gathered and harvested early io the
Reason. Heavy rains, succeeded by hot
weather, knocked oct the finest crop
; gffoapect the COOCTJ baa had in years.
f^he reporta of tbe CDumiercial agen
cies ail iodieato a fall trade of immense
raagpitade, and the wholesalers are ja
: bilan (over the great prosperity that has
*.t last, apparently, come to them.
Prosperity'is a good thing, aid the
country cannot have too u?oeb
of it, (bat a prosperity that torces lUe
farmers of a great section of the eoun- j
try, like the South, to pay much more
for everything they buy to eat and wear,
while reomcg no more for ?heir pro- ?
duets, is no? the sort of prosperity rb at
, does good
The Gafircey silt is one of the most
ancessful cotton factories io tbe state.
It was established io 1893 acd has paid
?ts stockholders 69 per oeot. io divi?
dends doricg itu first foor years. The
j capital stick* bsa been increased from
$160,000 to ?700.00J, sod to day the
mi'.ls operates 51,116 spindles aod 1,
700 Draper loom?. There ia evidently
money io a well eqaipprd aod well
managed cotton mill aod it is high time
'". thai Sumter had ooe. With a big mill
paying ont a large amount of money io
wages there would be leas oomplaiot of
bard times an i dull trade during tbe
seamer months. Unless the city it to
remain at a standstill, factories must be
built that will render tbe town not en?
tirely dependent apon the farming io
terests of the enanty for support.
4 English papers are giving great
prominence to the news from tbe dis?
tricts of India where an uprising of
the natives against British authority
is in progress, bot very little is being
said of tbe districts where millions
are perishing from famine. The re?
ports that reach the outside world
?through independent channels reveal
a condition horrible and appalling be?
yond comprehension.
Tbe SaTannah riflemen are showii
the New Jersey folks how so mai
Yanks happened to get killed b
tween '61 aud '85.
William J. Bryarj epitomizes t;
prosperity wave very aptly when ]
says that when the protections
claim credit for dollar wheat th<
must also assume responsibility f
the famine io India and crop failur
elsewhere.
The failure of the Edwards heirs
recover from Trinity Church sixt
acres in the heart of New York Cii
sho aid be a warning to the thousanc
of credulous people io all parts ?
the country who imagine themseiv*
heirs to millions. The Edwards hs
apparently a good case but they loi
it and all they had expended in lit
gation. These vast, pre-revolutioi
ary estates are good things to h
alone.
It is asserted that the annex?t io
of Hawaii would confer America
citizenship upon all of the inhab
tants of the islands Nine-te nth s <
the populatiou is made up of a mor
grel mixture of Chinese, Japanese
Malays, Hawaiians, Portugese an
other undesirable people. The Be
publicans who are pushing the annej
atiou scheme so vigorously must no
be satisfied with the mongrel fellow
citizens they now rub political nose
with
S^.V.-vf: ... .'.-:v
We believe the municipal authori
ties of each and every town in th<
State will rigidly enforce the lav
against the illicit sale of liquor, ant
that the police will be given stric
and explicit instructions to eearcl
out, apprehend and bring to trial al
sellers of liquor other than dispen
sere, and the original package deal
ere, who are under /the special pro
tection of the United States Court
and therefore cannot be molested
Blind tigers can be stamped out bj
the police, aud it should be done.
We have contended all along that
the constabulary was unnecessary
and accomplished little if any good,
that the police of the towns could do
more effective service than the con?
stables, and we hone to see this con?
tention proven true by tangible re?
sults
Gov. Eilerbe has disbanded the
dispensary constabulary and the sup?
pression of the illicit sale of liquor
will be left to the police of the cities
and towns of the State. Thus the
common sense of those who have op?
posed the "constabulary from the first
ls made manifest After several
years of trial, during which in the
neighborhood of two hundred thou?
sand dollars have been expended, a
half dozen men killed without rea
sonable excuse, and innumerable out?
rages perpetrated by the insolent and
irresponsible constables, the system
is abandoned. These constables have
done more to render the dispensary
odious to the people at large and to
excite hatred toward it than any
other one thing They committed
outrage after outrage, unprovoked
and inexcusable, caused bloodshed
and committed a6 red "banded mur?
ders as recorded in the annals of the
State, and have gone unwhipped of
justice for all of their misdeeds. The
Slate is happily delivered from an
incubus of the worst description, and
for this deliverance thanks are due
Gov. Ellerbe. This single act en?
titles him to rank above either of his
immediate predecessors, who chose
to make their rule as rigorous, op
prese i ve and unjust as possible They
endeavored to govern by coercion
and to make the weight of authority
bear as heavily as the laws gave them
power to make it upon ali who enter?
tained opinions different from theirs
Gov. Eilerbe prefers to have the sev?
eral communities to govern them
selves, and to leave to the local au?
thorities the enforcement of proper
police measures against violators of
'the dispensary law. He has acted
wisely, and we are satisfied that the
people of the State will show them?
selves worthy of the confidence he
reposes in them.
THE DAILY ITEM ENLARGED'
On last Tb o ?sd ay the Daily Item
appeared, enlarged to six columns to
the page, and a proportionate increase
io length.
The following is the editorial an?
nouncement that was made of tbe I
obange :
The Daily Item appears to-day ?D j
an enlarged form, an improvement that ;
has been contemplated for a long time,
and decided upon several months ago.
The enlargement is made in order that
a greater amount and a greater variety
of reading matter may be given. Dor* j
?og tbe three years of the existence of j
The Daily Item it has beea our en- j
deavor to give the people of Sumter '
the very best paper that their patron?
age warranted, and at times, HS is no
secret, the patronage not only has not i
warranted the publication of a better j
paper than The Item bas been, but has !
been insufficient to support any paper i
at all. Bot that time has passed, j
The Item lived through it and we now
believe that the time b?s come for
a large and better paper. It will be
more expensive to publish a paper of
this size than it was to issue it in it's
old form, more work will be necessary
in every department and to maintain it
an increased income is necessary. Of a
larger patroaage we have received sub?
stantial assurance, but we have room for
all.
We want more advertisements and more
subscribers, and we expect the support
of everybody io Sumter. The Item has
never been a suppliant for favor, but
has given full value for every dollar it
has received, besides all that it
had done for the pub'ic good without
r?mun?ration or expectation of reward.
GOOD EOADS, GOOD COUNTEY.
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The d?termination to build macadam?
ized roads io Richland county bas
taken practical shape and work wiil be
commenced within a week. Tbe coun?
ty commissioners have purchased a road
machine and . a rock crasher, and the
work will be prosecuted systematically.
Tbe expense of the work will be paid
out of the general road fund and the
progress in road building wi?l necessa?
rily be slow on account of the limited
amount available each year. Bat tbe
work once inaugurated and a few miles
of really first class road brought into
use, the people will not be slow in
making the comparison between a good
road and the many bad ones they are
using, and" the building of good" reads
will be pushed onward with an ever in?
creasing., momentum until all public
highways will be converted into Mac?
adamized turnpikes Richland County
will be repaid ten fold for every dollar
expended io grading and Macadamiz?
ing tbe highways, and it would be j
worth miQre to the State than ten or ten J
hundred cottoo factories were it possible j
to convert all of the publie roads io
every county into wei! graded, well
drained. Macadamized roods Until
one bas spent sometime io a country
where good roads are the rule and not
tbe exception, if nor- wholly unknown,
as io this State, it is impossible to con?
ceive how inestimably valuable they
are. The expense of baoliog is re?
duced to a minimum, and the time
saved, fbe greater amouot of work a
team is oapable of performing with less
strain and tbe greatly decreased wear
and tear bo vehicles aod harness are
oot imagioed by those accustomed to
tbe sort of roads to be found ito Sooth
Carolina Good roads must come io
time to keep pace with the improvement
aod progress the country u making,
and now that public sentiment is be?
coming eoitghreoed and is erystaliziog
in favor cf systematic road improve
ment, we hope and believe that tbe time
when this great aod permanent im?
provement will be coosumated is not
very far distant. A start has been
made in several counties already and
tbe leaven is working. The example
of Richland County will be influential
for good, (specially after the work bas
been carried forward sufficiently for io's
beneficial effects to be seen by the mem?
bers of tbe Legislature and others who
visit the capital city from time to time
We are glad indeed th?t road building
bas been undertaken in Richland
County for no more accessible or better
place could have been selected for an
object leeson in road building. It
will he seeb by more people from every
oounty in the State than if anywhere
else, and the good influence will be
oiorc widely aod more rapidly diffused
throughout the State
WEATHER AM) CROPS.
The Condition of the State's
Farming Interests.
The following weather and crop
report for the week past has been
issued by Director Bauer of the local
observatory :
TEMPERATURE
The temperature conditions during
the past week were slightly above
the normal, but the departures were
small on any day. The normal mean i
temperature for the State will decline ?
during ^ihe present month at the rate j
of 2 degrees a week, caused, chiefly,
by cooler nights The mean tempe?
rature for the week was 79, and the
normal is about 76 The highest re?
ported was 100 on the 29th of Aug.
at Beaufort, and the lowest 59 on the
30th of August at Cheraw. At a few j
stations the maximum temperatures ?
reached to ot above 90 on sevei
days, and the minimum temperatur
randed generally between sixty ai
seventy.
The rainfall for the week was ge
erally light and confined to scatter?
showers over various portions of tl
State during the first part of tl
week, the latter portion being wit
out rain, except a light shower on tl
coast. Rain is needed over tl
greater portion of the State.
Twenty-oue peaces reported mea
ureraents of less than 1 inch, ten
from 1 to 2 inches, and one mo
than two inches, the later beir
Kingstree with 2 48. The approx
mate normal for the week :s 1 30, ar
the mean of all measurements 0.6
The greater portion of the State n
ceived no rain or merely light ar
insufficient amounts
Hail accompanied the rains of th
20th over much of Berkeley, Co
letou Charleston, Hampton and Bea
fort counties, doing considerable ir
jury to cotton and rice. On Augu;
30th hail fell at Blackville, Greer
ville, Hope Station and Liberty ; o
the 31st at Camden.
There occurred few high windi
but they did no material or wid<
spread injury.
The sunshine was generally in ex
cess of normal and averaged 82 pei
cent of the possible, but clondines
increased over the eastern portions o
the State during the latter portior
of the week
GENERALREMARKS
The week under review gave favor
able weather for harvesting maturing
crops, especially making hay am
picking cotton, but was too dry ove
the greater portion of the State fo
growing crops and iall plowing
of which but little has be*i
done. Worms of various kinds hav<
ceased to do any damage except ti
corn in Beaufort
CROPS
Ir is the unanimous opinion of a ]
correspondente ?hat the cotton crop wi',
be much ?maller tban tbe condition ol
tbe plant daring Ju y sod the first twc
weeks of. August promised. The lot?
ru condition is greatest over tbe central
and eastern counties wbere the August
squares and ycucg boils nearly all
dropped off, and wbere the plant is, for
tbe most part, apparently dyiog, with
no appearance of a top crop, and wbere
rust was most prevalent There is,
however, less shedding and mst this
week than last. Over rbe western
counties, the injury to the crop was not
so marked aod many fields continue to
bloom aod put on irait to a limited ex?
tent, especially oo late oottoo. Cotton
is openiog rapidly aod picking is gene?
ral, with labor enough available, gene?
rally, to keep cotton picked ont as it
op ?os, except io places wbere laborers
are scarce, aod tbe Hot is liable to
damage from storms should any ocoor.
A. heavy raio io Union coco ty dam?
aged opeo oottoo materially. The Sep?
tember picking will be large and io
places include about balf the crop on
the stalks. Sea Island cottoo con?
tinues to look very promising with com
paratively little shedding during the
last weet.
Corn-is maturing rapidly and late
corn is turning out better than antici?
pated. As yet no corn bas been
housed. Fodder puiliog is about finish?
ed except from very late coro. Tbe
weather favored coring and boosing
the fodder in the very be&t condition.
Catting pea-vine hay made favorable
progress and the crop is a heavy one
generally, although in places the leaves
are falling off excessively. Catting
grass for hay is also well under way
aod large yields are roported, ot good
quality and oicely cured.
The rice harvest is being pushed and
much of the carly orop is cot aod
stacked. Some report rice ripening
irregularly with macy unfilled beads,
bot OD the whole the rice approximates
a fall average. First new milled rice
received at Charleston on September
2nd from the Georgetown district.
Where sweet potatoes have beeo dug,
the yield is large, and generally this
crop looks very promising, with some
exceptions.
Grapes are about over, but scopper
nongs are ripening fast and are plen?
tiful
In the trucking districts the fall
vegetables are growing nicely, and
plowicg bas begun for the winter pl&Dt* j
ings.
Sorghum grinding and boiling sap is I
still underway wkb some good yields and .
some poor ooes reported. Sugar oaue is ;
maturiog rapidly
Much rye is being sown in Chester
for winter pasture.
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Base ball seeds at the Book Store.-H. G.
J)sT.een & Co.
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pleasure in cycling depends on your wise choice. In choosing the
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purchasers-70.000 of them in J896-should convince you that
Crescent quality has no superior.
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Mere
WE ARE DOING A LARGE
usines
Exclusive from our Retail Business, and can compete with
the prices offered by any large house in or out of the State.
Our prices are lower because we have no Traveling
Salesmen, which is a big expense, and at the same time we
save you your FREIGHT MONEY.
OF
WHOLESALE GROCERIES
AND CANNED GOODS
we have a large supply, and you caa always replenish your
stock.
TIIN" WAEE.
1 qt. Tin Buckets, 40 cents per dozen
2 qt. Tin Buckets. 60 cents per dozen
3 qt Tin Buckets. ... 75 cents per dozen
4 qt Tin Buckets, - - 90 cents per dozen
6 qt Tin Backets, - - ?1 20 per dozen
OTHER TINWARE IN JPROPORTJOX.
IN SHOES WE LEAD,
Many who have compared our line with those of other cities,
say that ours is cheaper and better. The same applies to
Clothing, Hats,
Shirts, Handkerchiefs,
Dry G-oods and Notions
We have an immense assortment of Fancy Jewelry, Pins and
Notions, exactly what is wanned in small stores.
Pay us a visit before buying and you will be convinced.
Yours for business,
J. Ryttenberg & Sons.
SHEPHERD SUPPLY CO
232 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C.
STATE AGENTS FOR SALE OF
Wholesale
Stoves,
Tinwares,
House
furnishing
Goods,
Oii
Heaters.
Tin Pitt-,
Sheet Iron.
Tinner?
Supplies.
Galvanised
Gutter
ace
Pipe.
Over 200 different styles of Cookiua and Heating Stover. Also Oil Cookers a?d Heaters.
We want the leading marchant in every town in the* State to sell our lines of
Stoves We ruaraotee full protection in bis territory to each agent we appoint
If not sold in your town seud direct tu us for cuts and prices.
Oct 27,
Machinery.
SEE THE LAXEST
DEERING BALL BEARING MOWING MACHINE
Buy none but the Deering ; it is the
best up-to-date Mower.
MACHINERY OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
H. M. Bloom.
Sumter, S, C,