The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-09

The residence of Mr. C. N. Hurst, Jr., on
Washington street is being pushed 10 COM
pletiou and will be ready for occupancy IN a
short time.
Pea vine bar in abundance has been har-
vested from the fields surrounding this city,
and il is all of the fnest quality. The season
has been perfect and the yield very large.
The heavy business ,ha, the Coast Line is
now handling at this point, has necessitaied
An increase in the force al the depot and on
the yards Mr. Jordan Branch has been made
assistant ya7dmas,er, and Engineer George
Brothers has charge Of the shifting engine
during the dav. Engineer Johnson shifts at
night. Work goes on without intermission
day and night, and still the cotton accuuu-
lates.
A number Of citizens of this city aud county
hold policies in The Valley Mutual Life In
surance Co., cf Stanton, Va !, which made
an assignmen, on September 26,h- Loss is
serious to several of the policy holders, as
,hey are advanced in age and will be unable
to obtain insurance now. They have been
carrying their policies for a number Of years
aad have paid large amounts of money in
premiums. Az the company was operated on
the mutual plan, the policy bolders cannot
recover anything
The case of DesChamps VS.. the German
American Insurance Co., of New York, was
tried Saturday. The jury returned verdict
ofS2, O38 for DesChamps. George NJ Trenholm,
ESQ.,, attorney for the insurance company,
made motion to have the verdict set aside,
but Judge Watts promptly overruled The mo-
%;4 otoR bof n 10
for setting aside the verdict.
A trip from one end of Main Street to the
other in any sort Of vehicle, reminds one
forcibly of the rather profane description a
humorist once gave cf Western railroad
he said that he felt ss if be were gong from
hell to nowhere. through a swamp. When a
person has jolted and bumped over
the various brick bats, wooden draine.
raised street crossings, mud holes,
holes without mud, and other devices for
jolti3g buggy that iofes. every foot of Main
street, be is 10 "A frame of mind to think of all
the profane descriptions of highways be has
ever read or heard related.
The crowd in town Saturday and the busy
clerks IN all the stores, reminded ooe fcrcibly
OF the days before cotton went down below
the cost OF production. cotton ls not an ahso-
lute king as of yore, but it is still power iD
this land. A fair price for cotton means
prosperity and large business, and general
feeling Of bopefulness.
The residence of Mr Moses Green, on the
corner of Church and Republican streets has
been completed Mr. E. j. Dunne, who su-
perrin tended the work has good reason to be
nrond nf II fn- II ix y finished piece of srchi.
lecture: inside and outside. The interior
is especially handsome, the wood work being
curly pine 6oished with hard oil TO show the
grain of the wood in all its varied beauty
that is a continued dclight;o the eye.
Confusion as 10 the chooice of blood-puri-
Ser is unnecessary. There is but one hes:
Sarssparilla, and that is Ayers. This i'm
portant fact was recognized at the Worlds s
Fair. Chicago, 1893, being the only blood-pu-
ri6er admitted to be placed on exhibition.