The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-02
sThe Cotton Movement.

! UIOOS W Iueo oiSo 49,
date 6,722, ,6S6, against >, 3,36o,so''
4 6o7, ,430 and 6,277 644- Crop
brought into sight for the week 394,-
523, against 339, 512, 22l, ,665 and
293 ,999 Crop brought into sight 70:
the first 2S days Of December l,e0.,-
21S, against !, $50, ,30S, l,216, ,426 and
l, ,495, ,412.
Comparisons iu these reports are
made up to The corresponding Gate last
year and year before and in 1891, aud
not to the close of the corresponding
week.
Comparisons by weeks you'd take IL
100 days of the season last year, ~
in the year before and 1913 in 1891,
against only 119 days this year.
The famous trotting stallion Phallos
(2133) is dead.
The United States Government has
instructed Minister DENLY to demand
satisfaction from the Chinese Govern
ment for having violated their promise
given in regard to the surrender of the
japanese spies at Shanghai.
Hon. John W. Foster, who has been
invited by the Chinese government to
Join her ENJOYS 10 arranging peace with
Japan, leaves Washington to-day for
Toxic, Japan. He goes via Chicago
and Vancouver. He will return some
time in the spring.
Representative Wilson will 50 into
retirement and will spend his :ime in
writing the political history of tie Con-
gress during his twelve years of public
life.
There is deficit of $4,000 in the
Kentucky treasury, aud the Legislature
may be called together in extra session
to devise means to raise money to pay
the expenses Of the government.
A Carolina man has just married a
New York widow worth three millions.
That is practical way in which to
bring Northern capital to the South.
Florida will have unique exhibit at
the exposition. 1t will consist of
phosphate pyramid 100 feet square and
50 feet high. The Plant Investment
Company, through its land department.,
will make this exhibit for the State.
The exterior will be covered with pe5-
bic phosphate, ard the interior will be
highly finished in natural wood and filled
with the best products Of Florida.
The Washington Post says of Sena-
tor Walsh, of Georgia, that $40 one in
the Senate is half so suave, SO persua-
sive, and so captivating.
Mr.. Stanton's volume-''Songs ofthe
Soils meeting With a phenomenal
sale.
Some of the horses aud mules which
have been brought into this city to satisfy
mortgages, would not satisfy hungry
buzzard. II is evident that their own
ers planted an all-cotton crop -14u-
gusta Chronicle.
The Delavan Hotel at Alabany y.
Y, was burped Sunday night. There
were Que hundred guests 10 the house.
All escaped except two women aud one
man who jumped from the third story.
The smallest living colt ever foaled
in the United States made it appearance
in Hartford City, Ind, in 1889
When , years old it measured nine
inches from the ;nare to the root Of the
tail, vas only tweuty-oae inches high
and weighed :27'l - pounds. it was Of
the Shetland breed.
\ su.art New York Afro-Anaricau,
who evidently reads the funny oa?srS,
got himscl:s iato trouble at cbu@ci fe>
tiya night or two ago by iryiae to
work of some warmed over vi; al the
expense Of a l!usSy beiie's douehnuts
When be called for hammer with
which to crack them, the girl 5 steady
comply went down into his boot ,eg
for razor. and made swipe at the
jugular of the follow who suited de
gals cookIn . 1t is eviden that
northern associations elevate the race
iu spots caly.
An experiment with ball bearings
was recently made in Canada. \
street car. fitted With bali bearings, was
drawn distance of several hundred
feet by men pulling on three strands of
ordinary sewing thread \ carriaee
manufactures put another stlye Of ball
bearings on the axles of a coach ordi-
uarlly pulled by four horses. a
trained dog was hitched to the pole and
he drew the coach around the yard
with little effort The combination Q:
pneumatic :ires aud ball bearings would
evidently relieve much of the strain