The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-06-20
Between 1880 and 1890 South Caro-

Between 1coU a00 loSU OOutn caro-
lina's capital employed. in cotton manu-.
featuring increased nine times as rapidly
as New Hampshire's,, and her increase
in the number of hands em.
ployed in such manufacturing was
nearly seventeen times as rapid. The
figures since 1890, were they to be OBJ
taiaed would show an even greater per-
centage Of gain for this State o7er New
Hanpsbire. and during The next five
years the difference will be as hundred
to Que.
In the lyuching of jeff Crawford we
see what serious results often follow
apparently triaiug omissions The
supreme court granted the stay of sen-
tence because Judge Watts in fixing the
date for the execution Of the death SEN
tence failed to name the year. Other.
wise the negro would have been hang
ed on June 1st, jus. passed Who will
now say that Judge Watts was indirect,
" responsible for the execution OF this
sentence BY illegal means ?-Yorkville
Yeoman
Sweet potato pl.e.s nay es set out
'is;;s e isss 3 Jaly sd nssfs fs;riy good
crop. especially if the fall is favorable,
Even If full crop of marketable
possssss % slSs ias|i ssssd W sksre aal
snioe 4 IS aossofs b exaasd /. Ia Texss tie
:fasisefs ofsss 50 potssaslips sin the
seoss :Ioss ,sseris5bg byahsseefn aud
sssafy eqsssssly usske good crop 10
this way. Sweet potatoes planted ou.
early 10 May should be Of good eating
size early 10 August. therefore, those
plsoted pa.iayay should n.ke fairly
good tubers by October first. as late
planted .crop1 usually mature in q
shorter time than thoee planted early
Progressive South
The prohibition convention which
met. il Columbis last Thursday was
simply mess and that is all there is to
it. The Tillman,'es were horribly
afraid that Tilmanism, would be
weakened or oversbadowed by prohibi-
ton aud the prohibitiouists we're afraid
that Tilimaaism would capture prohibi-
ton aud SO thiags went. The conven-
tioa ended BY doiag practically nothing
aad the editor of the Reporter is de-
lighted tia. Chesterfield county took no
part in the mongrel arrangement
Prohibition has been set back, many
years by Tillnanism aud the dispeu-
sary, aud, until these two pests are
semixeg ersaisted from South Carolina
politics. the prohibitiouists had better
keep perfectly qaiet.-cheraw Re
porter
HE Pbiladelphia Times sees the
futuse supremacy of the South. aud
comments as follows: with the South
exporting 1000. 900 Of cotton manu-
f.esures md eulargiug its facilities,
especially 70 supply the coarser fabrics.
it begins to look as if New Eogland,s
supremacy vas doomed. Conditions Of
Of tue late depression compelled close
economy aud the Introduction Of labor
saving appliances. Location, cheap
freisbts aud fuel have impaired new
importance The records show that
Southern factories increased their con
sumption last year $4,000 bales, while
Northern spinners fell away to the
extent Of 265, 900. The Southern mill.
with free raw material, has an advao-
taae New England factories never can
gaia. and. whether It be 10 the 6ne or
coarse grades. the Southern product is
rapidly assuming 40 importance and
development tbst threatens seriously the
ul,ra-protection centers Of the North .
The Greenville Mouotaioeer. edited
By Col j. a. Hoyt, Chairman of the
recent Prohibition Convention, says :
The State prohibition convention ended
satisfactorily to large majority Of the
delegates who participated in its deli
berat;ons, and we doubt not that people
who believe in genuine prohibition will
endorse, the. .acsioa. Of their repEesenta-
tires IN refusing tosnake nominations.
Probhiaaiion is kept aloof from fastioDal
politics. and all Hh candidates who
eesbe before the people will beasked to
show their true colors, SO that the voters
can determine for themselves who will
truly represent them in public Office.
The prohibtiouists will hold the balance
Of power iasthe approaching campsigD.il
they wHTnss Gle advantage gdaed by
the position now occupied. Each
county must press forward for itself in
securing proper representation in the
Legislature, and the quicker action is
taken the more surely will this point be
gained. A compact, live. vigorous or
ganization is needed in every township
of the State. and even a few men banded
together can do much towards influence
ing public opinion, which will affect the
,csodida.esin wonderful degree. But
oroanization "a needed az we have con.