The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-12
The Bicycle Record Beaten.

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The Bicycle Record Beaten.
SrsEses1ElD. Mass, September O.
j. P. Bliss went on Hampden Park
today the fastest milesever made on
bicycle, making the record for the
paced mile, flying atat:I Of | 81 3-S,
and incidentally lowering the three
quarter record to l.23 He was
paced by three tranaem teams. The
record for tie distances were l.53 45
for.s.tthe. mile aud ~ 4 5 for the
three quarters, made at Waltham July
%. by a. G. Tyler.
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EtsJasgs GsP Te~nseOd is
bacF into politics. and wiHbe sent to
the Legislature from Marlboro County,
as be is one of the nominees.
Sixteen Mormon elders held con-
vention last week at Ridgeway, Fair
Geld county. and three hundred whites
and twenty Eve negroes attended is.
And the Christians of Carolina con-
tinue to send missionaries and money
to the uttermost parts Of the earth.
The Secretary Of the Navy has been
having a torpedo boat tested which
seems to lead anything invented in that
line. It can run for SIX hours totally
submerged, making eight knots an
hour, aud on the surface can run
eighteen hours, making sixteen knots
as hour I. is perfectly manageable.
The Columbia Register fears that
with Izlar and Stokes both running iu
the seventh district the Republican
candidate will be elected. We have
very little choice between Republican
and Populist A good Republican
would be preferable to weak Populist
and worn out Office hunter like Stokes.
-Spartanburg Herald.
A Georgia exchange, after care
ful perusal Of the tariff bill, says there
are some people whom you like better
the better You know them. So i. is
with the Senate tariff bill. The better
You get acquainted with its features the
better you will like it. It puts cotton
bagging on the free list and reduces the
tariff on all the neeessaries of life. 1t
will save millions annually to the men
who carry their dinner iu a tin pan.
The Tillnan press in this State is
clamoring about the nigger. But Wat
son is for the nigger and the niger is
for Watson. Watson is for Tillmap
and Tillman is for Watson.
.4Eye of newt and toes Of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog.
Adder's fork and blind worms sting.
lizards leg and owlet's wing,
For charm Of powerful trouble,
Like a hell broth, boil and bubble y
-Laurens Advertiser.
Corn will be corn this fall. That
fact is settled. The crop throughout
the Northwest is dismal failure, and
that section of the country will actually
have to send South for its supply.
Savannah Ca, has been receiving
orders for the shipment Of corn to Liver
pool and other foreign ports. Such a
thing has hardly ever occurred before.
The crop in the Sonth is unusually
large. Let those who have more corn
than they need. hold the surplus for
good prices. They will not be dis
appointed.
In 1880, Robert Y. Hayne, of South
Carolina, said in the halls Of congress
.New England desires protective
tariff for the purpose of checking the
development Of manufactures in the
South and West" Daniel Webster
arose to his feet and Indignantly denied
the accusation. The bitter discussion
which followed brought up the nulli6ca
ton issue, and finally res>-.ed in the
civil war. The South got the worst of
it and protection was established, greatly
to the disadvantage of the South and
West. Last week, Thomas B. Reed,
the acknowledged Republican leader of
today, said in a speech to New Eng
laDders: "Unless the organization of
the present tariff system is retained,
the onnivorous West will manufacture
for the country" Here is a confession
that Hayne was honest and right, and
that Webster and his colleagues were
unpatriotic scoundrels. 1t was also a
confession that the civil war was forced
by the people of the Nor,a not as mat
ter Of principle, but for plunder.-York-
vile Enquirer.