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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25
Bank Deposit Payment.

In the case of Hutchison VS.. The
President aud directors Of the Maphat-
tan Company ct al, decided recently by
the New York Court of Appeals and
reported in the New York Law Jouro-
al, it appeared that the plaintiff on the
4'b day of May Endorsed draft gener.
ally to firm of bankers aud brokers,
With oral Instructions to deposit it with
the defendant bank for collection. The
firm on the sane day iudorsed the draft
generally, aud deposited it with the de-
feudans to their own credit. As the
draft vas payable in Massachusetts the
defendent did not at the time credit it
to the firm mentioned further than 10
make short entry 10 their pass
book and then Immediately forwarded
it to its agent 10 Massachusetts for col
lection. 90 May 5 the draft vas paid
to the defendants agent iu that state.
aud on the same day, shortly after
banking hours. the firm mentioned
made general assignment for the beue-
fit of their creditors. On May 6 the
defendant received the proceeds of the
draft in New York. and the plaintiff
Immediately demanded them of the de-.
fendant on the ground that the firm
were holders of the draft for collection
only, and that the short eotry made
by the bank in their pass book was an
admission that it was received by it for
that purpose The firm 10 question
bad ao account of long standing with
the defendant. and at the time Of the
deposit 10 ques,ioo large balance was
due from them to the defendent on de-
maud notes. There was also an agree
ment between them whereby the bauk
was given lien upon all their securI-
ties aud deposits ,n its possession for
obligations present and future. 1t also
appeared that on the 9th day of May
the defendeut had made further loan
to the firm mentioned. presumably re-
lying upon the draft and its proceeds
part Of its security therefor. 10 an
action by the plaintiff to recover Of toe
bank the proceeds Of the draft, the
court held that the action could uot be
maintained ; that the rights Of the par
ties became fixed on the Ssh day Of
May, when collection of the draft was
completed by payment of the proceeds
thereof to the defendants agent in
Massachusetts. aud that the defendant
hayiog 30 notice at that time of the
plaintiffs claim. i; could hold the pro-
ceeds as against the 6cm meatoned
under its agreement with them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25
Estimate Of the Cotton Crop
of the United States
lS96-l8S7.

New YORK, November is, 1896 =
Messrs Latham, A!exande & Co
have issued the following estimate o:
the cotto. crop:
With the view of securing reliable
information upon which to base al
approximate estimate Of the cotton
crop of the United States for this
cotton year, on November 9Th we
mailed 3 500 letters to select CORES
pondents banks, bankers, cotton
commission merchants, brokers, pro-
prietors of public gins, railroad off
cials and planters, covering every
cotton growing county in the South
ern States, asking their opinion as tc
the probable yield in their respective
localities.
At this date in response to our let
ters we have received 2.240 replies
of average date November 10th, from
which we make the following esti
mate of the cotton crop, for the yea'
1S96-lS97:
Average of 255 letters makes Ala
bama crop. $4,000 bales.
Average of l9l letters makes Ar
kansas crop, 657. 900 bales
Average of 80 letters makes Florida
crop, $4,000 bales.
Average of 357 letters makes Geor
gia crop, 100000 bales
Average of 96 letters makes Louisi
ana crop, $4,000 bales.
Average of 247 letters makes Mis-
sissippi crop, 964, 900 bales.
Average of 22l letters makes
North Carolina crop, 434, 900 bales
Average Of 2l2 letters makes
South Carolina crop, III 900 bales
Average Of IA letters makes Ten
nessee, &c crop. 2S3 900 bales.
Average of 47S letters makes Tex
as, &c crop, 2,25l, 900 bales.
Average of 2 240 letters makes
total crop of the United States
8,O22, 900 bales
The great mass of these letters in
dicates that the crop this year il
from three to FIVE weeks earlier thar
usual that it has been marketed with
great rapidity, on account of strln
gent money and urgent demands o
merchants to make collections pre-
vious to the election, and that pick
ing at this date is nearer completion
than ever before known.
Where any top crop is reported i
has been seriously injured, if no
destroyed by frost, and from a larg'
area of country no top crop is re
ported at all.
The foregoing information is con
6dently submitted to cur friends ant
the cotton trade, as being the mos
reliable that can be obtained at thi
date by earnest effort from response
BILE correspondents living IN the cot
ton growing section.
Very truly,
LATHAM, ALEXANDER & Go.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25
Secretary Jacoway of Dawes
Maoagc{ 9
Lamar, Nov. 21st 1895

Secretary Jaooway of Dawes COM
nilsson left Vinita, l. T.. Thursday
night for Fort Smith, where the COM
mission is 10 conference with the Choc-
taws. The Indians Of all the FIVE
tribes have entered iato joint agree
meut to offer to surrender their tribal
autonmy for $500 per capita, to be
paid by the United States to them i'm
mediately. This amount in the aggre-
gate would reach nearly $4,000, 900
and would make the Indians the rich
est com mauity on the continent. They
also demand the whole amount of their
land and be allotted to them equally, aud
that the title be made inalienable for a
period of 25 years. The full-bloods in
the interior Of the Indian county are
still violently opposed to aoy changes
Whatever 10 the present form Of govern
ment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25
Weyler Returns to Habana.
Left His Troops in Camp---No
Information Obtainable.

HABANA. Nov. 23.-Capsain Gene
raj Weyler arrived here this evening
from che province Of Pluar del Rio
His return has caused much comment.
bu, as yet it is i'm mpossibe to learn the
true reason for his leaving his com
maod and returning to the capital
The military authorities will vouchsafe
no information on the subject
The official reports concerning the
movements of the troops 90 the field
give only accourts of skirmishes with
triding losses on either side No news
of any moment has bseu received from
Pinar del Rio.
By an expulsion Of dynamite pas
seoger train was wrecked to-day pear
Cardeuas, province of MsntaDzas
The engineer and fireman Of the train
ADD two passengers we're hurt. The
six cars composing tie train we're set 90
Gre by the rebels who caused sbe explo.
sion. As is customary, pilot engine
vas running 10 front Of the passenger
train. This was allowed to pass the
poiot where the dynamite was placed,
but little further on rail had been
looseDed and when the pilot engine
struck it, the engine was thrown into
the ditch
Consul fer Luis Soime, a naturallzed
American citizen, who has been arrest
ed some 'ime ago 90 the charge of be-
ing rebei and couspirug against the
Spanish government, has petltioned the
court for the release of his client ou
the ground that there is 90 evidence to
convict The 80 political suspects and
prisoners convicted Of ordinary crimes,
we're sent to the penal settlement on the
Isle Of Pines o-day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25
Churches and Schools.

"And now abideth faith, hope and
charity /; but the greatest of these is
charity" /" That is distinctly Chris
tian sentiment culled from the Book
to which the churches look >for their
creeds and their inspiration. "Chari
ty begins at home'' That is dis
tinctly pagan sentiment, born of hard
common sense and experience. The
Feconciliation of these two senti-
ments. Christian and Pagan, in prac-
tice is easy, and it's results are al
ways beni6cen:. Nevertheless many
thoughtful men find grave difficulty
in accounting for the frequency with
which the churches fail to effect that
reconciliation. Yet church congre-
cations are largely composed af men
who display practical sense in the
conduct Of temporal affairs, and who
seem to be led into illogical or senti-
mental ways of thinking only when
they are asked to handle church mat.
ters in business-like way.
Mayor Strong appealed to the
chrches very recently to remember
that charity begins at home by help
ing the city in the solution of its
public school problem. All that was
asked was that the churches give the
city the use of their temples of wor
ship as school houses for a brief pc
riod. The churches have refused
Now it does seem that there is a
large inconsistency in this refusal.
The church is itself only higher
school house There could be no
dissertation of the shrines of the
Father of Mankind in permitting
children therein to learn to read and
write. ''Suffer little children to
come unto me'' would have been an
admirable solution to accompany the
wide opening of all the temple doors
To have given the city the use of
the church buildings as temporary
schools would have been big and
beautiful charity. Ignorance and
idleness are two of the most potent
factors in the development Of crime,
yet the churches, confronted with an
opportunity to take tens of thousands
of unschooed and unemployed chill
dren off the streets and set before
them the benefits of school discipline,
have refused To be sure, there
would have been considerable
amount of wear and tear, but even if
the city could not have paid for it.,
these churches not already burdened
with debt might easily lave made
their own repairs, and counted the
outlay as given to the poor and,
therefore, lent to the Lord. 1t is
very difficult sometimes to compre-
bend the processes of reasoning
which guide religious bodies. The
converted heather in India. however,
will not outshine the saved children
of New York in that next world !,
where there is neither race ncr
creed.-N Y. Journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25

A uegro boy by tde uame of Abram
Kennedy, 500 Of Charles Kennedy,
colored, was brought to town on Mon
day. charged With killing another negro
boy by the pame of Flemmiug Taylor
Taylor was about fourteen years old.
The sister of the dead boy claims that
there was a quarrel about some locusts.
but it is stated that she was too far
away to hear any words. The boy in
Jail claims that the killing vas acciden-
tal.-Winnsboro News and Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25

"A dispatch to the Central News from
Madrid says thas the Duke of Tstuau, ),
minister of foreign affairs, has cabled
to Senorde LONE, Spanish minister to
the United States, to make an energetic
protest to the American government
against the insult recently offe51 to
the Spanish flag at New Castle,
ware.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25

Killiaos. S. c., has niue-year-old
suicide, Willie Grimsley. who slot
himself because his father whipped
him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-25
Ayers Cherry Pectoral cures Coughs and Colds
$500 REWARD.

we>will pay the above reward for any case
of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Head
ache Indigestion, Constipation or Costiveness
we cannot cnre with Vests Vegetable Liver
pills, when the directions are strictly COM
Piled with. They are purely Vegetable, and
never fail to give atisfasion. Sugar Coated.
Large boxes, 25 cents. Beware Of Of couoter-
feits and limitations The genuine manu-
factured only by The JOHN c WEST CoAPA-
NY Chicseo, III.
For sale in Sumter by ]. F. w. DeLorme.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-06-11
The Twin Comet" Lawn Sprinkler.

The globe or body, of the Sprinkler is
made in two parts, and by means Of the
swiftly revolving arms and intermediate
gears. the upper half is made TO reyolve
Slowly, carrying the hose nozzle, from
which full stream of water is thrown
far out beyond the sprinkle of the arms,
thereby covering much larger space than
any other stationary sprinkler.
With an ordinary pressure of water, ~
pounds or upwards, it will thoroughly
Sprinkle an area so feet in diameter. Y.
nozzle and the tips on end of arms are &C
Unstable and can be set so as to sprink
any desired space, or the nozzle cam }
set perpendicular to send the water up
wards in a straight stream like fountain.
Appropriated disc, or rosette, is packed
in each box and can be attached in place
of the nozzle tip discharglng instead Of a
solid straight stream u very fine mist at
the center of the sprinkle of the revolving
arms.
With the exception of the legs all parts
are Of solid brass, heavily nickeled, max
ing it the most durable, attractive, and eff
ficient sprinkler ever placed on the mar
ket.
Height. II inches. Weight, pounds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-06-11

Mountain View Land Company's ad.
dition to Johnson City, Tennessee, as
sessed to and owned BY G G Simmons.
Lot No IS, in block No II, OF the
job nson City Land and Improvement
Compsny's addition to johnson City,
Tennessee. on Lamont street, assess d
to and owned by @ H Spa ding.
Lots IL, a. Is and l6, in block 81,
OF the Carnegie Land and Improve
ment Company's addition 10 johnson
City, as shown by map Of said addition
in volume IS, page 2, in the registers
Office at Jonesboro, Tennessee, assess
ed to and owned by F E Singiser.
Lots II, IS 10 and 20, in block 90,
of the Carnegie Land and Improve
ment Company's addition to Johnson
City as shown by map of said addition
in volume So, page 2, in the registers
office at Jonesboro, Tennessee, assessed
to and owned by Stratton and Simp.
son.
Lot Al, in block 23, bounded by H le
property and the Southern Railway
Company, said property situated in
johnson City, Tennessee, assessed to
and owned by Frank Seton.
Lots % and "a, in block M SIS. Of
the Carnegie Land and Impr. Ntment
Company's addition to Johnron City,
as shown by map OF said addition on
file in the registers office at Jones :
borO, Tennessee, in volume So, page 2 (,
assessed to and owned by Francis
Taylor.
Lots No 9, 10, II, l., 13 IA and 16,
in block 26, Of the Carnegie Land and
improvement Company's addition to
johnson City, Tennessee, as shown by
map of said addition in volume So,
psge2, in the registers office at Jones'
boro, Tennessee, assessed TO and own
ed by S wilson.
Lots l, 2, 8 and 4, in block GA, in
the Carnegie Land and Improvement
Company's addition to Johnson City.
Tennessee, as per plat recorded in vol
ume SIS, page 2, in tae registers Office
at Jonesboro, Tennessee, assessed to
and owned by s Wilson.
Lots No 35, SO, 81, 38, 80, 40 and Al
in block No in the Wilson's addition
to johnson City, Tennessee, assessed
to and owned by Wilson.
One acre of land in the Wilson's adj
dition to Johnson City, Tennessee,
situated on Unaka avenue and assessed
to and owned by Wilson.
Lots AZ, 43 and "A in the ] s Wilson
addition to Johnson City, Tennessee,
situated on Unaka avenu assessed TO
and owned by J S Wilson.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-06-11
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
How to Cure Yourself While Using 1t.

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From hundreds of testimonials, the originals
of which are on file and open to inspection, the
following is presented:
Clayton, Nevada Co., Ark, Jan, g. 1895
Eureka Chemical & Mfg Co., La Crosse, Wis
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-06-11
Dyspepsia

Isn't pleasant nor Is Il necessary. DR.. Hals's
Household Tea will cure IT, We have great
many testimonials from paople who shy 1t has
absolutely cured them. It is pleasant to take.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-12-23
That High School Hall,

We understand it is the purpose of the
committee to leave the hall in the third
story Of the new high school building un-
finished for the present. Below we give
the opinion of pupil OF the high school
published in the Oracle, and we might add
that there are others of the same way of
thinking who are not pupils:
We have been anticipating the great ben
efts we should derive from the hall in the
third story, for the little entertainments we
have given heretofore have helped us to
the piano, the pictures, etc. And it is with
great regret we learn that the committee
have decided not to finish it at present.
Now the workmen are all there the mate
rial is there and probably the cost would
be anywhere from a fourth to third less
than it would if it was completed at some
future time. 1t need not be furnished at
present, if the cost would be too great. but
we fear if it is not completed now it will be
long time before we shall have it to use.
IL seems TO me that it would be of great
advantage to all TO have the plastering and
woodwork finished at this time.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-12-23

The firm of circuit & Blakley, who for
the past ten years have run the clothing
house known as the Blue Store, dissolved
partnership Tuesday and Mr.. Blakley is
now receiving the congratulations Of his
friends on being sole owner. The senior
member of the firm, Mr.. circuit, for the
past rs years has been on the road for
Miner, Beal s. Co., wholesale ciothiers in
Boston, and has never been actively iden-
titled with the store here. He has bought
a clothing business in Rockland, Mass,
and takes possession January l.
The present proprietor was born in
Shoreham, Vt, in 1864. He is graduate
of the graded school in Vergennes, and
for over five years was employed in the
clothing house of F. X. Haven in that
place. He then moved to Ludlow and for
three years was with L. G. Hammond in
the Ludlow Clothing House.
1t was January %, 1887, that the firm
of circuit & Blakley bought the clothing
business of Robinson g. Carmen, who had
previously bought out Wheeler & Howard.
1t was D. D. Howard of Keene who first
named the store the Blue Store" Dur
ing these ten years Mr.. Blakley has done
the managing, and practically all the hard
work, and by aggressive business methods
and square dealing has built up sfsnhstan-
tial and profitable business.
Mr.. Blakley has always been promi.
nently identified with the various socia
and fraternal orders in town. Heis Grand
Warden of the grand lodge OF Vermont
1. 0. 0. F., member of the X. of P, O.
King Solomon's lodge, F. and A. NJ, and
was one Of the charter members OF the Mt
Kilburn wheel club.
Mr.. Blakley has always been wide
awake advertiser and liberal user Of space
in the columns of the TINES, and readers
who watch the Blue Store ads the coming
year will learn few things to their advan
tage.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-12-23

and associates had committed suicide by
hanging and had been inferred at the pub.
lie expense.
This mans body in its condition of full
health and development was regarded of
unusual value for anatomical purposes.
These two young men, burning with zeal
the night and disinterred this body and
took it to Hanover.
From various causes suspicious were
aroused and search made SO that the
body was found and re-interred.
A statement of facts quite at length and
exhaustive was made by the states attor-
ney, James G. Harvey, ESQ.,, so that the
court was put in possession OF the history
of the young men and their motive for do
ing this act. His statement was eminently
fair.
Mr.. Clifford is a native of Randolph OF
irreproachable character, and such was his
proficiency in his class that he had been
made demonstration of anatomy at Dart
| mouth.
There was no stain upon McDonald's
character. Each had been compelled to
struggle for an education. They had made
sad mistake in their plans.
Under the New Hampshire laws there
are legitimate methods for obtaining dead
bodies OF paupers and criminals for dissec-
ton. Under the statute of Vermont the
court is authorized to imprison in the
state prison not less than five nor more
than 10 years, or to impose a fine of not
less than $1,000 nor more than $4,000, or
both at their discretion.
w. E. johnson and Ex-Gov. Samuel +.
Pingree addressed the court on behalf OF
the respondents, asking that the court ex-
ercise their discretion and impose fine
and not subject these young men to the in
dignity of imprisonment.
full and commanded the sympathy of large
audience. The court in consideration OF
all the facts imposed fine of $4,000 and
costs on Clifford and $1,000 and costs on
Mcdonald, with an alternative sentence to
the house of correction if not paid
Mr.. Clifford has paid his fine and been
released. Mcdonald has not paid his fine
This case was followed by that of Myron
Armstrong of Norwich, who pleaded guilty
to 81 offences Of selling liquor and was
fined 1920 and costs. w. 3. c. Stickne,
appeared for the respondent
The jury are excused until December 29
when other criminal cases will be hearc
and disposed of. Court business will bt
in order until the 24th, when Christmas
vacation will be taken to the 10Th.
Divorces have been granted as follows
Amy E. Banker from Charles E Banker
for intolerable severity and refusal to sup
port; Zada Cox from w. A. Cox, for re
fusal to support; Hiram l.. Dickinson from
Belle A. Dickinson, and Margaret A Proc
tor from Perley Proctor, for desertion; Ell
NJ. Jordan from George c. Jordan, Sara
E Preston from Geo. w. Preston, an,
William Selkirk from Hannah M. Selkirk
for adultery; Julia Wiley from Lucius F
! Wiley, for intolerable severity. Twenty
five cases remain for hearing.