The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
H Congress does not get to work
briskly nothing will be accomplished
before adjournment.
The orange growers of Florida will
not agree with the wiseacres that snow
and cold weather are beneficial to the
crops.
Advice is at a discount in China.
The Emperor's mother bad two of her
dauhgters-in- law given forty lashes for
Offering their advice to the Emperor.
The places that have known the
festive constable will soon know him no
more. Gov. Evans will send then into
the country to chase the rural blind
tigers.
The City Of Sumter will prosper if
all who have money TO spend will spend
it at home whenever possible Pssro-
nize home folks aod quit hunting places
TO expend money beyond the city.
Two opinions that differ. DR.. Park
hurst: II would as soon commission the
devil TO reform hell itself. as Supt.
Byrnes to reform the police depart
mens." Superintendent Byrnes: "Dr.
Park is very nice mas"
Senator Sherman has neat scheme
for increasing his currency. His friend
Senator Quay has introduced bill
providing that the United States
Government parcbase for $7,000,oo0
tract Of land owned by Senator
Sherman, aud erect thereon a house
suitable for the Presidents residence.
George Washington Murray, the
Seventh Districts ex-Congressman,
should 60 on the lecture platform. A
mao that can draw three thousand peo-
pie TO. an emancipation proclamation
celebration meeting should be able to
make money as lecturer-ln the
North. where t., ey pretend to love the
coiored brother so devotedly.
a distillery was recently established
at pring Hill. this county, and is now
ruoning on full time. This is the first
destillery to be operated in Sumter
County within our recollection but it
serves as an apt illustration Of how the
dispensary Law discourages the wbiskey
traffic.
The furor that has been created by
DrManrier's novel ''Trilby" is M
deubted}y due as much to judicious
advertising by the publishers as to the
great merit aod novelty possessed by
the book. We read it when it appear
ed in Harper's Magazine during the
first months Of last year, and was struck
by the novelty ADD originality of the
story. but had DO idea that it would be
responsible for the ''Trilby Waltz or
the ..Trilby Lisp Of the New York
400, or the numerous "Trilby Circles
that have sprung up all over the land.
The last crop is conceded to have
been the cheapest ever produced in this
State; and this was accomplished by
the-spariag use Of commercial ferti
lizers. This years crop will. and
necessarily must be, cheaper still, and
comparatively little fertilizer will be
sold In the irst place, fertilizers are
TOO costly to De used to raise five cent
cotton The prices are cut Of all pro-
portion to the prices obtained for the
articles produced by their aid. The
farmers should hesitate long time be-
fore going into debt for fertilizer when
the outlook is so discouraging. In the
second place, there are few people able
to extend the credit to those who have
been accustomed to use fertilizers
largely.
Some time ago the question Of raising
Strawberries for market was discussed
by one or two parties, and one of the
1..e t.od ownorc IN tho u,cjnitV 0f