The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 06, 1899, Image 7
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
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'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.'
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Consolidated Aug. % ISSI.
SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899.
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(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.
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sent free. AtiJnss,
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[ 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.