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?jtt ?ttjnrait at? ?mtljron. "WEDNESDAY, Sfc:PT 26,1900. The Sumter Wate aman was touedee ia 1S50 and the True Southron in 1886. The Watchman and Southron cow has the combined circulation and influence of both of thc old papers; and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sa m ter. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. It is cot necessary for us to send a statement to each individual sub? scriber who is indebted to us for subscription, as the label shows the time to which each one bas paid Examine the label on your paper and if you are in arrears please cali acd settle 3t your earliest cooveniecce. If it is cot convenient to cali in per? son send the money by bank draft, registered letter or post office or ex press money order. ! The amount dee by each one is small, but the aggregate amount due us is large, and this is the reason i that we expect our subscribers to make settlements We have carried some of these subscription accounts over from year to year as an accom? modation to our subscribers, but we cannot do so longer as there is now no excuse for non payment with cot? ton selling for ten cents and over. Sumter, as a cotton market, is a bummer. j Mark Hanna is getting scared and will 6end his mao McKinley out on a speaking tour. The drummers are al! for Bryan, ind they say be is almost sore to be elected. Four years ago they were for McKioIey. McKinley ls ap against a hard pro? position to- respect to China, and he Sods it more difficult to ruo with the bara and hoot win the hounds as a world power than Co successfully cover up embalmed beef scandals and barn? bcozie tbe American people io respect to frauds io Cuba and etealages by his appointees. The wheat growers of South Caro .ina will be fewer in numbers next year if cotton remains at ten cents or thereabouts. The dispensary is tbe determining factor in Sooth Carolina politics, and unless it is overthrown and then uprooted, root and branch, it wiil continue to control elections and decide who shall fill the offices in this S?ate Cotton mills are excellent things to have iu a town, but diversified en? terprises are better. The cotton mills in the upper part cf the State are shutting down sod the bands are thrown out of employment, but the two telephone factories, the coffin \ and furniture factory, the golf stick factory, the cotton oil mili and the yarn mil! are ru iring full time and hands receive iel! wages every pay day. inciter would be glad to have a few big cotton mills, but at the sarsf time we wouid prefer to see the other manufacturing enterprises mul tipiy in number and increase in im portanoe Sedater Ti??toar; ia making speeches in :h Northwest te support of Bryao, sod !t te eucceed? as weii there as he cid i*? this State aod iands Bryan as safely as bc did 3>lcSv;eency, there are mar:y anti dtspeooJtry democrats io this State who w.'.l forgive him for his ua eaHe-.i for :srer?ercr>cc it; the Guberna? torial ugh'. Bjcjirnin i& not the bots elsewhere that bc is ic Sooth Carolina acd i: \i an opeo question whether ho wiii co more coed than narta. Karly in tee year the Charleston and Philadelphia paper? had a good deal to say about eetab?ishiog a steamship Une between the two cities. Nothing was dene, however, and Friday it was aQUoanced that a linc had been estab? lish to Smosah acd that the first freight; and passenger steamer would sail from Philadelphia on October 1st. The establishment of the Philadelphia Charleston lino is now cot at all probable. Savannah business men saw that the proposed line from Philadelphia to the Sooth would be a good thing acd ?bey proceeded to capture ic. The State Fair this year will be the ! best for a decade. More aod larger pre I miums are offered and more effort is j beiog made to increase the number of I exhibits. Thc races will be better, ! more and better horseg have been enter i j ed acd tbe purses to be raced for are more ?han double what they have been j io recent years. With greater attrac ! tiona the crowd will be greater and the ? fair wiil be in all respects more repre I sentative of the whole State than it has J been. The Fair will be heid Oct. 29:h j to Nov. 2d, iooiasive. Tho plans of the State Cotton Grow? ers Association are business like and so clear cut feat they should appeal to the business judgment of every farmer in the State. . President Wilborn bas call? ed a meeting in Columbia oo October 31st and asks that county organizations be formed and delegates be sent to this meeting from every county. We pub? lish today President Wilborn's call and an outline of the plans of the Cotton Growers Association, and we entertain the hope that A sufficient number of the ootton growers of Sumter County will interest themselves io thc matter to organize a county association and send a delegation to the meeting to be heid io Colombia. If there was ever a propitious time for the cotton growers to organize for the purpose of bettering their condition sow is the time. There have been two short cotton crops, the big surplus that has been carried over from year to year aod that has been the iever that the cottee consumers have j used to keep down the price and fo 'e j it down below the cost of production, j has been wiped out aod today, with not sufficient cotton io sight to supply the mills uatil the next crop csu be made, the ootton growers are masters of the situation, if they but take advantage of the opportunity Augusta, Ga., is having a monkey aod parrot time over the municipal election. To read a report of one of the mass meetings now beiog held carries one back to tbe mass meetings aod county conventions io this State ten years ago, wheo tbe favorite argu? ment was to bowl down the opposition. Tbe riotocs striking cottoo pickers of Eastover adopted tbe best possible plan to swell the population of the neighbor? hood grave yards and reduoe the Dum? ber of cotton pickers. At least one half the farmers, white aod colored, of Sumter County could raise enough wheat to supply them with fbur and never feel that the crop was an additional expense while they woald see the saving when they did not have to buy flour A few acres of good j land planted in wheat and well j manured on each farm wouid keep j thousands of dollars at home and at the same time reduce the cotton crop cf the State materially, thus saving money ac i maktog the cottoD crop more valuable. This is the year to plar.t wheat and oats to make up the deficiency io thc corn crop and keep the money now here from going West nest j ; summer to pay for flour and oats. j . --- I The day of cheap horses and mules ! j bas passed. The supply cf good steck | of all classes is not e^ual to the demand j j aad thc horse and mute dealers alt say ! j that there is DO prospect of a cbaoge ! in present conditions for several years i to come ; Westly Crop Bulletin. ! _!_ Coiumbia. 3 C , Sept 25, 1900 i The week ending 8 a. m , Monday. . vSep: 24'h was much cosier than u*uil during the opening days, and hotter than usual during the latter portion. Tbe minimum temperature for the week ! was 47 at Spartaoburg, and thc maxi I mum was 94 at three places A good raio was reported froa lower I L?xiogtoo County on thc 22i, which ' was th* only rainfall reported in the ' entire State. The surface cf the soil is j asaio very dry. a?vrrtheiess thc ground ! H in uor; cooditioo for pbwiog, piant ing truck, sowing oats and turnips, thc i latter being thc third attempt to scour? ; standsg of turnips this season. The continuous lair weatner was extremely favorable for gathering crops, and es ' peciaily so for harvesting ncc, which is \ nearly fioished exc.pt of Juno plantings which will ripen in October. Upiami rico ?9 a failure Some corn is being boused, an-i thv previously estimated yields of less than half an average crop are beiog con? firmed. Cotton is nearly ali open and picking made rapid progress to the extent that from some fields all has been gathered. The bulk of the crop has been picked Yields have not iojproced, although the prospects for a small top crop are j good in a few localities, if nn early fro.-t i does not kill it Sea is ian ii coron im ? proved slight'?, and in Beaufort County wili yield an average crop Blight coo I tinues io thc Cuaricstori districts Peas are poor und but few will be I mide Sweet potatoes, sugar cane aud i pastures are io better condition as a j result of last week'-' raios. A large i crop of See bay is being saved in Oconee and Pickeos Coudie? CORRESPONDENTS' REPORTS. ! Abbeville-Cedar Sprios3 : No I . ... change in crop conditions since last report ; weather favorable for picking cotton ; warru during the daytime, cool av nights ; pea blooms shedding, and last chance foi* that crop is gone. Thomas P Thomson. Barnwell-Blackville : Cotton about cwo-thirds picked ; recent raios bene? ficed the sugar cano, sweet po?a?o and rice crops, and slightly helped peas ; turnip crop a failure -G D C Lange. Clarendon-Clarendon : Fair and warm th?3 woek ; too dry to plaot turnips ; still m need of rain ; very j few peas making ; cotton about two- j ihirdj of a crop ; most of it picked - j J R Grifiu j Colleton-White Hail : Fine weath- | er for harvesting ?Q?, which is nearly ! finished ; June rice wiil not be ripe for ?en days ; hay and pea crops very poor ; not enough rain to germinate turnips ; coro being housed, not a half crop -W E Haskell. Darlington-Darlington : Good week for picking cotton and saving forage ; j no rain ; cotton picking neariy frai-bed, unless top crop matures ; peas bearing fairly well ; rains last wee? improved crops although short yields inevitable -W J Rodgers. Florence-Effingham ; Cotton is yielding about two-thirda an average ? crop ; fine staple ; nearly all picked ; j peas improved aod in places will make j fair yields ; potatoes poor.-A J Kow ard. Oraogeburg-Cameron : Still very dry, causing all top bolls of cotton to open ; the crop is ali open and nearly all picked ; rioe almost a complete failure ; too dry for peas, and few wiil be made.-J W Summers, M I>. Kershaw-Camden : Weather ex? tremely favorable for barvestiog, and advantage bas been taken of it ; pota? toes and peas look well ; no turnips up yet, and now too late for them -B Ammoos Sumter-Stateburg : Potatoes, peas, pastures and gardens were much bene? ficed by last week's rains \ cotton was no doubt helped by the raios and cooler weather, as the plants revived and immature bolls have ceased to dry up and open pr tr--ely ; rain is again much neede - ?/ W Anderson, M D. Jones is Cheerful New York, Sept 19 -Senator James K Jones left for Chicago tbis evening. Before he left he seid : "The situation in che east is very favorable for the election of Mr Bryan. It has improved wonderfully since ? last was tere. The situation in this State is excellent so far as the election of Mr Bryan and the State ticket is coocerned. The situation io tho States of Connecticut and New jersey exceed the expectations I had before this, my last visit, and I am hopeful tbat Mr Bryan will carry these States. ? am sure tbat be wiil carry West Virginia and Maryland and I might say tbat Delaware 03n safely be placed in the demooratio column." j Senator Jones does not expect to ; return to ibis city before eleotion day ! The sub committee will have full ! charge cf the oampaign in the east. ! Aooordiog to information given out j at headquarters, ex Secretary of State i Olney will speak before the Iroquois j club of Chicago soon for Bryan. Judge ? Duone of Chicago and a member of the dub, returned from Europe last Satur? day. On his arrival a Mr. MoNeal telegraphed bim to await bim io this city They met and went to Boston, where an invitation was given Mr Olney and bc accepted. The date was not named. Raw cotton and cotton goods have parted company as to prices this week The rush of buyers to secure stocke has advanced print clothe, ginghams, blenched goods, prints and in fact nearly ail classes o? cottons, while materially reducing stocks in hands of commission men and job? bers Most manufacturers are refus? ing to take orders ahead except "at value," based upon the cost of raw material. Southern yarn spinners aro reported curtailing operations and the English spinners are in an espe eiaily bad situation owing to email supplies and high prices ol raw ma tcrial - i m - ,i.mm - Or* Cady'a Condition Powders ro ju.-t wh;it a horse ticola when in bad eon ditii<n. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge They aro not !i><"l but medicine, and tho best to uso to put a llorac in {Time condition. Price 25 cents }>er package. For sate by Dr A. China. Dec .'50-o THE VALUE OF COTTON ! FIGURES SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF SMALL AND LARGE CROPS Baltimore, Sept 20 -Bankers io the country towns of thc south come io clore contact with their local sgrioui toral, industrial and bu-inrss interests, and arc in a po-ition. therefore, tn judge accurately of those condirircs and to reflect the sentiment of 'heir respective communities Recognizing that fact and believing thar jost at present conditions are most inter.'sriog ?D the south, tbe Manufactured Record recently sent a letter to a hank in every county seat in the south asking for information ss to present faois and aa to the outlook for the fall and winter. In reply maDy letters have been rec?isd. The majority of them, coming from the cotton growing sections, point out thar while tbe crop is shorr, the very high prices row prevailing wiil more than offset roe small crop and give to the farmers greater profits on cotton than for many years. Some of the letters from other - portions of the south are less bopeiai by reason of tbe small corn crop due to the severe drouth In cor* oeotioo with the cotton situation, it j seems probable thar, tbe crop wiii be at ? least 9,000,000 baie*, and possibly j I more, though some able experts antici- j j pate that tbe yield will be considerably j j iess. Even should tbe crop reach ! 9,500,000 bales, the great shortage io I ' the world's supply will probablv maio- ; tain prices at not much below the j present level of about 10c a pound, or, roogbiy speaking, say, ?50 a bale, and if it should fall below this figure prices ought to correspondingly advance On the basis of 9.500,000 bales fb?s would give a valuaci?n of ?475,000,000, which would be hy far the most valua? ble cotton crop raised in this country. That of 1865-66 raided just after the close of the war, wheo cotton was com? manding an average of oear?y ?200 a bale aod when the crop was 2,200.000 bales.yielded $432.00^,000.and rh^next was the crop of 1890 91, of 8.600.000 bales, which was worth ?430,000,000 The average value of the cotton crop of . the six vears from 1893 94 to 1898 99 was $300.000,000. tbe lowest in that period being ?282.000.000 for the crop of 1898 99, whioh was 11,274, 000 bales. Last year's crop of 9,400, 000 bales yielded ?363.000.000 or $81,000.000 more than the preceding crop. On tbe basis of a possible valua? tion of ?475.000.000 for this year's crop, tho difference to tbe south as compared with the orop of 1898 99 wcaid be over ?190.000 000 Takiog last year's crop and this crop together aod the total valuation on tbe basis of an estimate of ?465 000.000 for tbis year's will be ?838,000 000 for tbe two years, agaiost ?602,000,000 for the tw'i proceeding years, showing a difference io favor of tbe cotton plaot ers of the south of ?236,000 000 for the two ?mai! crops agaiost tbe two preceding crops each of which exceeded II 000.000 bales. It is, of course, possible that the yield will not ooly fall below 9.500, 000 bales, but below 9 000;000. but, if this> should be true, the price would probably advance to a point sufficient to make up the difference But with even 9,000.000 bales at tbe present I selling price of ?50 a bale, tbe value would be $450,000,000, which would stili be the most valuable cotton crop which the south ever produced With a probable valuation of ?450-, . 000.000 this year, and possibly a still higher value, tbe south will doubtless be in better fioaooiai shape than for many years. Io 1890-91 a crop of 8,650.00 hales, the average price per pouod cf mid? dling uplands in New York for tbe year being 9 03 cent*, brought ?430. 000. 000, aod from this figure there was 1 a rapid declioc to ?284 000,000 in 1892 93. Tetter, Salt-Khcnm and Keazma. The intense itching and .-marting incident to these diseases, is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointaiont. Many very bad casos have been p-ruanotly cured by it. It is equally efficient for hobing piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped hands, chilblains, fro> bites and chronic sore eyes. 25cts per box. For sale by Dr. A J. China. Dec 30-n ? i ? i.-- ???? i -nullum in--am A Strong Fortification Fortify the body against disease by Tutts Liver Pills, an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious? ness and all kindred troubles. "The Flywheel of Life" i Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills arc j the fly- wheel of life. I shall ever j be grateful for thc accident thai ' hroughtthem to iny notice .1 ice] I as if I had a new lease el Hie. 1. Fai rlcigh, I 'latte Cannon. Cul. Tutt's Liver Pills Estate of John Martin, Deo?'d? \\rK WlLLr.ppty to the Judeeof Probate \y of Sumter County on October 12th, 1900, for a Fir.nl Discharge a? PJiccutors ot aforesaid Estate. .IAMK . 1>. MARTIN. ISA KG M MARTIN, JUf' J At KSON. Sept 12, 190C-4t There is no Uncertainty About the Pop? ularity of this Store. The Palace Orv Goods Emporium We announce for Monday our Opening for Fall 1900* An event eagerly awaited by the ladies : who thoroughly ap? preciate the advantage and importance of ''Correct Styles." The price part toe, deserves a word or two, for we unquestion? ably sell cheaper than any store in this city. WHY? Can it be that it just seems to happen by accident ? Not at all There are reasons for it-Good reasons, powerful reasons, which you will appreciate : Unparalleled Collections o? Silksand Dress Goods. This immense, comprehensive collection was bought from first hands, bought right. From it we announce the strongest values ever offered EVEN BY US. It will give additional prestige to this store, well known for unusual offerings at ali times. Take a Look ai our North Window. Just a few epecimpr.p from our ' Ladies7 Read}- to-Wear Department " Taiior Suits ?5 to $25 R*iny day Skirts ?2 29 to $5-Garments that are well tailored, garments that fit An Obvious Bargain in Ladies' and 3iisses Shoes. $1 25 and $1 49'for the better than ?1 50 and $1.75 kinds We believe this to be the best lot of Shoes ever offered at this price. Tbey will astonish even those who know cur Shoes best They are in Lace and Bunton, Heel and Spring Heel. Kid and Patent Tips They will make new friends for this shoe store. New Lines for the Several Departments just Received :. Ladies' Fur Garments, Collarette?, Yokes and Peilenoes, Ladies' .Maslin vnd Koit Under? wear, Ladies', Misses aoa Children's Fine Shoes, Carpet?, Matriaga and Oil Cloths, Ladies' Cloaks and Capes, Missei Jackers a->d Grerc'neos Child's Reefers and Shore Cloaks, Infant's Long and Short Cloaks Rugs ao? Art Sqaares. NEW IDEAS IN LADIES' NECKWEAR Come to our opening Next Monday, Schwarte Bros. Sumter's Dry Groods Leaders. Do Ton Wear a as good as the Howard Hat HOWARD? ALPINE. HOWARD STYLE. They are the. Best Made for the Money, Our line of Sf rouse & Bros. celebrated "high art5' Clothing is the largest we have ever shown- We have them in all the latest cuts Don't fail to ask to be shown their close fitting Military Cut Coat, it is something new. PRICES KKxHT. Our line of cheap and medium priced Clothing is complete in every detail. An inspection of them will convince you of their superiority over all others. J. RYTTENBERG & SONS.