The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-17
EDITORIAL T

Coupleteu III CuWtct OoUoey, y
part of the cotton crop is in the ground.
The many friends of Rev. Coke
Smith in this city. sincerely s%ympathlze
with him in the sad sfniction he has
met with in the death of his eldest son
Japan is not very modest in her de-
mauds on China. but China will be
more fortunate thao the South was, fer
that country will not have to pay pen
sions to the surviving vicsors and all the
relatives of the dead.
The letter received by Hollowell In
Camden was on a par with Col. Oar
CANS Har,>ville letter Some fool or
Joker, and not a sensible mao, was the
writer 10 both cases
Gen. Fnzhugh Lee desires to De the
Democratic nominee for the Vice Presi-
dency. but bis desire will remain un-
grati6ed-
Another suit has been instituted
against the income tax aud the last
vestige of the law that would require
the rich to pay taxes Oh their wealth
will probably be wiped out.
The most CHASTITY 6end CD record is
Durant, the San Francisco Sunday
school teacher, who carried several Of
his young lady scholars to the church
and murdered them.
Adlai Stevenson would be the most
popular man with the Democratic party
that could be placed at the head Of the
ticket, bat it is another thing when his
strength With the country at large is
considered.
Clemson College is unfortunate in
ha.:ng so much trouble in the faculty,
or. i, vas scarcely to be avoided IN or
ganiz;r. An institution Of such maeui-
tnde. When the College has been rid
Of all the worthless and discordapt
members of the faculty it will be better
able to accomplish the great work it
has before it.
Ez-Copgressman James F. lzlar, in a
communication to The News and Cour-
aer, makes an explicit denial of the
charge that he traded of the public doc
uments and seeds allotted him for dis
tribution. The denial should clear
away all doubts, although there we're
few people who credited the charge.
The Columbia Evening News has
discussed at some length the subject Of
the manufacture of a marketable oil from
the pinder, and has made out a strong
case in favor of the somewhat despised
peanut. If there is a demand for pea
nut oil, factories for making it will
soon be as numerous as cotton seed oil
mills.
The truth about Cuba and the Cuban
insurrection may become known some
time. in the future, but at present We
are all very much in the dark. Reports
from Spanish sources say that the gov
eminent troops are killing and scatter
ing the rebels at a terrific rate, while
the insurgents send out the information
tina. the yellow fever. is playing havoc
with the Spaniards. With Yellow
Jack op their side the Cubans should
give the Spauiards a hard fight, and
they have our best wishes for success.
A new cotton gin. the invention of a
Boston mao, is attracting great atten-
ton. and is being exploited by a num-
Der of influential papers. It may be a
good thing aud VIZ would not de-
preciate the value of the invention, but
there is another new gin that is a
good thing-it has been tested aud
proven to do more work and better
work than any gio on the market-and
this gin is the invention Of a South
Carolinian, Capt. j. w. Cooper, of
Mayesville, Sumter County. As yet
the merits Of the gin have DOT been
brought prominently before the public.
but it will be known and appreciated in
time. An invention by a Southern