The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-09
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Several officers Of the German arm:
wi! oc detailed 10 nstruct shc Cniiian
army ln tactics.
J b Floyd AID Steve EIkins are
conddatcs for Z. S. Senator from West
Virginia.
Charles Hockstatiee. OF the Uol:ed
States Cic,hing lIoa>e, Of ST. Paul has
skipped with SO, 900.
s number of the states Of :nis Uuinr
have legislatures in session nov. ard
New Mexico has TWO
An OE:o farmer who went 10 town 70
take out en- insurance policy found his
! barn burning when be got back. The
IocQmo.;ve that brought him home set
FIRE 10 it,
Imperial writer's say that the gold
contained in the medals. vessels, chalns,
and other objec:> preserved in the
Vatican would make more gold coins
than the whole of the present European
circulation
We have no desire to disparage
Greeuville, bu' as showing the relative
size aud Importance Of the two places
we mention that while the semi-annual
dividends of banks and factories in
Greeuvllle last July we're SS2,375, in
Spartauburg they footed $40, 900 =
Spartanburg Herald
In the decade from 1880 to 1890
the capital invested in cotton mills in
the Sou h increased from S21 900 600
to S97. 600. 900 The capital now in
vested amounts TO about Sl06,0 900. 600.
6ve-fnd increase in fourteen years
And the bulk of this was in three
States. North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia.
Mrs Amelia jerks Boomer of Coun-
Gil Biuff-, Ia. is dead. She was the
in veutor Of the women's dress reform
costume now popularity known az
"5loomers." She showed her faith in
Der dress reform theories by wearing
"bloomers" fer about seven years; then
she discarded the things and went back
to the same kind of skirts she had worn
before.
Year 1894 will be remembered in the
south as year OF 6ve-ceut Cotton; in
the west as year Of 6fty-cent wheat; in
Florida for the destruction oftbe orange
crop and of orange trees by the cold
Weather; aud throughout the whole
couotry for the adoption Of the
Wilson tariff. 1t was not year of pros
perity. 1t was year in which the peo-
pie hoped for better times and in which
the times steadily grew worse.-Sa-
vannah Neees
Not many years ago there we're sevc-
raj varieties Of grapes, each struggling
to become the favorite of the public
To day the trade is chiefly in the Con-
cord and Delaware varieties. Early in
the COS yellow bananas could not com
pete with the red /; to-day the latter
have been almost driven out Of the
market, though very many still prefer
them. There used to be dozen va
rieties Of pears competing with an al
most equal demand Now the Bartlett
and Seckel rule supreme. Apples and
berries to less degree have undergone
the same process Of natural selection,
and now there are one or two varieties
of early apples that promise to super
sede all the rest.
A York county farmer has solved the
problem "Just let every farmer 10
the South he explained, who could
raise, say $500, buy futures aud then
refuse to plant a furrow. When
settius up time came, the bears
would all be bursted, aud the price of
cotton would be out Of sight The
only trouble With the idea is that, like
others, it cannot be carried out. y
| Spartanburg Herald.
When the "new liberty bell' was
cast in Buffalo for the Columb bian Ex
position there was an overflow of the
metal This has lately been utilized
in novel manner Small bells, each
a perfect miniature duplicate Of the
original, have been cast and sent to
people ali over the world who have in
any way accomplished anything toward
the advancement Of liberty The bells
are about four inches iu diameter at the
mouth, arc of perfect tone, and are
mounted aud engraved The pope,
Dr.. Parkhust, John Philip Sousa, the
city of Norwich, Eoglaud, the Sons of
Londonderry, Ireland, John W Gof,
the parliament Of Belgium and the
Republic of Peru are among the recipl-
ents of the bells.
A New York editor in-ohief gets