The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-29

monr..was burned lesfer1ays smorn'ng aoont
O'Clock. The FIRE extend-d TO a building
containing car Lord Of cotton seed, ~Alrn
WAS also burned The particulars corcerning
tire Ere are not obtainable at this time. The
loss is said TO amount TO 1000, with only
partial insurance.
The merchants will he leaving for The
North within few weeks to buy spring a:d
SIMMER goods. a ine spring trade Is an'ic-
ipateG.
There was larger quantity of cotton in
town Yesterday than for some days. The best
cotton sold FOR 1924.
The plant of the Sumter Ice Mfg Co, is
undergoing a thorough overhanllng. which
will materially increase the OUTPUT of ice for
the next season.
The epidemic Of measles is not confined TO
the towns, but is even more prevalent 10 the
country districts than 10 the towns. From
all sections of the State the report comes that
measles and mumps are holding high carHl-
val, and in some sections chicken pox hss
heen added to the woes Of the Inhabitants
thereof.
G. ". Gosney & Co., will manufacture
tobacco hogsheads for the shipment Of tobac-
co from this market They have made hogs
heads on small scale during the past season.
but will Increase their outpnt for the next
season so that they can nset all demands.
Why can't our Opera House managers get
Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, one Of the great
cavalry leaders Of The Confederate war to de-
liver his famous lecture on The war, accom-
panied by stereoscoptcan Illustrations? lie
is an elegant speaker, and his lecture will
detail many facts about the War that were
never published Gen. Rosser was in the
,hickest OF the fight He will lecture in Co
lumbia on the Both instant.
Manager Brogdon has returned from trip
through the Puddin Swamp section, where
all of the farmers are hard at work preparing
their land for planting. He learned while
10 that section that the increase in The to-
bacco acreage will be as great as it was last
year over the year preceding. The acreage
in 1895 was three times what 1t was in 1894,
al the loves! estimate This year tee tobacco
c:op will be not less than three times as large
AS in '95, and perhaps four times. AS the
Puddin Swa,np tobacco is the finest produced
iu South Cssolina, The outlook for this mar
ket is 7eVy bright inCeeo
Farmers ell admit that great deal depends
upon The o1alty Of the fertilizers they use 10
making Il crop Fertilizers must be Of the
beat grade aud up 10 the standard or they are
dear at any price O'Donnei & Co., are sell
ing standard fertilizers that are manufactured
with reference to he needs Of special crops
and are guaranteed 10 be up TO the standard.
The brands that they advertise in this paper
are we'll known and hare been proven TO be
as good as any madeby tests extending over
period of years In addition 10 fertilizers
O'Donnel / Co. havea full stock of plan'a-
tioa supplies thar they are selling at the very
lowest prices. Those who have need OF sup
plies should get prices from this hrm before
making arrangements for The year.
The Navassa Guano Co., is one of the old
standard fertilizer cempa nies whose goods
are too we'll known ir this sectit q to need
recommendation. The tobacco fertilizer
made oy the Navassa company is specially
ADAPTED 10 the needs of tobacco aRd those
who intend growing tobacco should get the
best. See advertisement in this paper.
Invitations to the dance which is to be
given by the young men of Sumter. comp!l'
meosary to their Orangeburg friends, will be
issued Monday. This affair will be one OF
The most successful social events Of the sea-
son, if the enthusiasm displayed by the
young men in charge Of arrangements goes
for anything The guests will arrive from
Orangeburg at 6 O5 p. NJ. and will be enter
taiued at the Hotel Nixon, returning to their
home "After the Ball is over" on the morn
ing train. The date has been changed FROM
February 5th to February 18th.
Several days ago a man walked into cne OF
the city drag stores, and taking from bis
pocket what appeared 10 be &c or some
other liver pill, requested the apothecarY to
examine it and tell him what it was. The
pill was cut in half and found to be com
mon COW pea coated WITH sugar. The ole
fellows face turned a little green when be
discovered that be had been paying hi:
money to ouack for cow peas, while ht
thought be was buying a liver medicine thai
was guaranteed to cure all ills; and # the
ouack doctor ever goes TO the bone OF this
old fellow again: there may be murder.
J. Ryt.enberg 4 Sons advertise their spe.
cial prize offers for the best yield per acre Of
cotton and corn aud the best 900 pounds o.
tobacco made by using fertilizers sold by
them. They handle only the best fertilizer:
market will permit These prize offers afford
a great opportunity to the farmers of Sumter
and Clarendon counties and they should con-
suit J. Ryt.enberg & Sons before planting
their crops
The people are thinking about the oici
pal campaign and suggestions VA and
Aldermen continue to be made evt Ay OF
two, either in curb stone mass meetings or ir
the public prints. If oue-half of those sug-
eested become active candidates, the cam.
paign will be lively and the contest close
What the people want is city council com.
posed of business men aud taxpayers who
will run the city government on bushes:
basis and keep the expenditures within the
income. They want council that will
count the cost of maintaining the various de.
partments of the city government and ap-
propriate fixed amount to each department,
and, unless some extraordinary occasion
arises, refuse TO increase the appropriation
during the year. The people desire such a
council because they are averse to any
further increase in the floating Indebtedness
of the city md the consequent increase IN the
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