The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-13

The Japs are making fair progress
10 killing Of the surplus population Of
the Celestial Kingdom. but they will
have to do much greater execution if
they have any idea of exterm;natlug the
race.
The city of Florence has been ex-
tremely unfortunate within the past
year or two. In that time she has had
more than her share of fires. The fire
last night is heavy blow to the city,
but we have no doubt but that the
plucky Fcreutines will 60 to work at
once TO rebuild the electric light plant
and ice factory. Florence has our
sympathy at this time.
Mr.. w. Y. L. Marshall, who is the
moving spirit for the erection Of to-
bacco warehouse in this city. stated a
few days ago that he was satisfied that
one thousand acres of tobacco will be
planted 10 the county this year. His
estimate is based upon the reports sept
to him by parties who vii! plant or are
thinking Of planting tobacco.
If starch factory is built in Sum-
ter County. it will probably not be built
in the City of Sumter, since no one
seems to be sufficiently interested 10 the
matter to do anything. A large
property owner in the county has, how
ever, made a proposition to MIR.
Renmers aud bis associates. of New
York, which will cause them to chow
their hands
The people as rule have so far
takec very little interest 10 the Consti-
tutioual Convention. From time to
time the writer has talked with great
many people about the Convention and
majority seem to think that there is
plenty of time. That is a mistake.
There is scarcely time for the work
that ought to be done, unless We mean
to make an abject surrender to the
ring.
The committee sent north from Co.
lumbia has returned after visiting the
mill districts of Massachusetts, Con-
necticut, Vermont and New York.
The committee reports that the result
Of the visit was very satisfactory, but
that until a detailed report has been
submitted to the city courcil that uotb-
ing will be given out for publication:
Women are as good citizens as men.
they pay as mrch taxes on the property
they owp as the men. they are as TO-
telligent, on an average as men, and
With proper opportunities vii! excel the
men in all the arts and wiles Of politics.
Let them vote. by all means. if they
want to; let them 60 on the stump and
abuse each other, and the men too, if
they want to, after the modern method
of politics; let them hold caucuses and
concoct schemes to get Office let them
have all the rights Of citizenship and
make them pay poll tax too.
There is practical. philosopher on
the staff of the ScuannaA Neus His
view of the effects of the book Trilby
on the public morals is the most prac-
tical and reasonable that we have seen
lie says: There may be some ques-
tion as to Trilby's morality, out there
can be 20 doubt that her foot is all
right. Aud vast amount more Of
good than of harm will result from
society women, or any other womeu-
aud men. too-seeking to be like Trilby
10 the matter of feet. If women are
going into putting their feet on exbl-
bitiou, great majority of them must
first put those members ioto training.
in order to make them presentable for
it will hardly be questioned that per-
feet foot is au exception. Nor is that
the fault Of nature. When the average
humau being arrives into the world,
the feet are all that they should be-
But straigb.way their abuse begins,
aud by the time maturity is reached it
is too often the case that the foot is but