The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-09-11

The mosquitoes have evidently returned
from their summer trip to the seashore.
Mr. A. B. Stucky lost barn OF tobacco by
fire Friday night on his place near Providence.
The fire was Of accidental origin. The barn
was insured, but the loss will be considerably
above the amount Of insurance.
Mr. A. B. Stuckey finds that the tobacco
barn buroed last week will be a total loss. az
the insurance policy covering it had expired
FIVE days before the Ere. The loas will
amount to $3.50 to Sl75.
The streets were more crowded Saturday
than for several months, and the fall trademay
be said to have fairly begun.
If General Manager Kenly, Railroad Com
missioner Thomas or Mayor Pierson, or the
three combined can rid the Coast Line depot
of the gang of loafers that congregate there
at train time the people of Sumter and the
travelling public will be deeply grateful. A
train shed and enclosure around the depot
would accomplish the desired end.
The sales of tobacco at the Warehouse for
the past two days have been small, owing to
the condition of the weather.
There is nothing to prevent anyone concoct-
ing mixture and calling it ''sarsaparilla,"
and lhere is nothing to prevent anyone spend
ing good money testing the stuff but prr.
dent people. who wish to be sure Of their
remedy, take only Ayers Sarsaparilla, and so
get cured.
The duties of clerk of the city Board of
Health have been combIoed with those Of
Health Officer, and Mr. E. I. Reardon will fill
both positions.
A aagman on the moraing freight went to
sleep by the side of the track Saturday MORN
ing and was knocked down the embankment
and injured hut not seriously. He was taken 20
Mayesville, where his family lives, on the
$40 passenger train.
TIE number of bales of cotton brought t
here for sale increases each day. There is 10
inclination on the part Of the farmers 70
hold back their cotton aud it is being mark
eted as rapidly as gathered.
The August and September installments ON
the stock of the Sumter Manufacturing Corn
panv are due, and Mr. Wm. Graham is DOW
collecting from stockholders. He says that
the payments are being made promptly aud
that within few mouths active steps will he
! taken to build the factory.
That handsome clock placed in the Post
office for advertising purposes is deluson
aud a snare The time it keeps is correct
twice only within each twenty-four hours !;
that is when time comes around to where the
bands are located with & persistent 6xedness.
A number of Sumter's merchants paid good
rouod sums for space 10 and around this clock,
and they are receiving little benefit from their
investment Yet many of the identical mer-
chants who paid out this money to passing
drummer for some Chicago concern do not
advertise in the town papers. Still they say
that Sumter could not get along without
papers the town must have papers, but
! papers cannot live without support. The
most experienc business men are on record
! that newspaper advertising is the best and
cheapest. is seen by vastly greater cumher
of people than any other character of adver-
tising, aud consequently pays better.
The loss the farmers 10 come sections of
Sumter County have sustained from bog
cholera this year is hard 10 estimate, but if
the Information at hand is correct the total
will be several thousand dollars. A fortune
awaits the man who discovers certain rem
edy for this disease.
Sumter County will make very credita-
BILE contribution to the exhibit in the Caro-
lima Room of the Woman's Department at
the Atlanta Exposition.
The Court House continues 20 be an eye
sore to a majority of the people who live in
Sumter or come here 90 business. The ap-
pearance of the Court House is bad enough,
but that is not a circumstance when COM
pared with the insecurity Of the valuable
records stored 10 the several Offices The
building can be replaced should it be de-.
stroyed by FIRE, and the insurance money
would assist materially in doing this. but the
records could not be replaced. A wise busi-
uess policy demands that the Court House be
repaired and FIRE proof deposit vaults pro.
vided foc the security and safe keeping of the
public records.
The few cases Of malarial fever developed
in Sumter this summer are said TO be 7races-
BILE to the non-use of hydrant water. Sur
who persist in using it must expect 10 suffer
the consequences and have fever.
Tobacco .chewers and cigarette 6ends will
ne in high clover wnen the war between the
cigarette trust aud the plug tobacco organi-
cation gets we'll under way. The trust pro-
poses TO give away chewing tobacco with
packages of cigarettes, and the plug manu-
facturers will distribute free cigarettes with
plug tobacco.
There were quite number of tobacco plant
ers in town last week from Williamsburg
county. Some of them live within few
miles Of Kingstree, but Sumter is their best
market and the tide of tobacco from Williams
burg is drifting towards Sumter. The
tobacco sold Thursday was generally of excel
lent qualty-seyeral piles being very iine.
The tobacco buyers are commenting on the
little interest the merchants have displayed in
the Warehouse and the men who come here
from distance to sell their crops since the
opening day. They say that in most places
merchants have representatives at the ware
houses 10 talk with the sellers and solicit
trade They say also that great deal larger
proportion of the money paid for tobacco
could be kept here if the merchants would
have proper amount Of judicious drumming
done Perhaps it would be good idea for
the business men to form the acquain tance Of
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