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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-22

S1.oO PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
OF sent by mail on receipt Of price.
R00XS Containing Invaluable information OF
rcrS interest to all women, will be sent to
fhEs any address upon application, by
The =BRApFiELpREeuLAT AToRco.. ATLANTA. Ga.
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The DANGER

to which the Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in LIES pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
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Trains between Millard and St. Paul esv.
Millsrd 10 Is N aud As p m, arriving
ST. Paul 10 25 10 and So n. Returning
leave ST. Paul 10 35 N and 10 p n, ano
arrive Millnrd 10 AZ N and 4 20 o 10 Dali
y except Sunday
*Da,ly except Sunday
TH9MAS WILSON
Prpdaen
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Wilson and SlnmGTtDl R. R.

In effec. January 18th, 1896
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Don't hurry. Take time 10 e1amins the
labels and trade marks Of goods you buy,
and you will protect yourself from cheap aud
worthless substitutes.
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HESTER's COTTON STATE
MENT.
Supply on Hand is Away
Short of same Time Last
Year.

New Orleans, Sept, Sept IT.
Secretary Hester's New Orleans cot
ton exchange statement issued to
day, shows that the amount brought
into sight for the week ending this
afternoon is 253,O00 bales against
3I7 900 for the seven days ending
September II, last year
The statement shows receipts at all
UAited States ports since September
l, of 292. 200 bales, against 4lS,370
for the corresponding period last
year.
Foreign exports for the II days
have been 3,l97 against l45, l46.
Including amounts left over in
stocks from the laet crop and the
number of bales brought into sight
thus far for the new crop, the supply
to date is 551,376 against 923 477
for the same period last year.
THE VISIBLE SUPPLY.
The worlds visible supply of cotton
today is ,ll3,688 bales against L.
OF ,823 last week and ,69S.7l4 last
year. Of this the total of American
cotton is 9l2 6S8 against So2,s23
last week and l 422, ,5l4 last year.
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WcCOrnlick's

Rake? There your hay ana CAM
We simplest ano the
still The cutter bar
with will
other
catalogue and list ich be
emmer we p on hand full and repairs Stables
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but that France has somewhat the better
of the argument. because the paper that
first appeared as the Gazette de France on
May 80. 1851. is still published.
But the main interest is in the fact that
the very first enterprise In modern journal
ism was startlingly like the new Jour-
nallsm" which Is affecting and injecting
and doing Satan only knows what with the
proprietles and morals of the present gem
GRAFTON. The main difference is three and
threefourths centuries the methods re-
main In increased virulence. Theophraste
Reuaudot was born in London in 1885. He
went to Paris and studied medicine He
became attached to Louis XIII as physician
and he had great opportunities to see all
sides of life in the capital. He established
the Bureau de la Presse. a kind of in
telligence agency. Then he started week.
" paper-Gazette de Paris-and It was the
sensation Of the country. For 1t Louis XIII
wrote news items; Richelieu-who became
Renaudots patron-contributed paragraphs,
and Cardinal Ma2arin sent accounts Of bat
ties. But even with all these scoops
there was no other paper-Editor Renau-
dot was not satisfied. He wanted extra
features to boom circulation; so to his in
telligence office he added a pawnshop. the
first In Paris And he got Zip public de-
bates in order to make the reports sell the
Gazette. He was full OF schemes, cut he
was too enterprising for the town, and he
was run out with much enthusiasm by the
reople who had been caught m his gift
nntarDrises
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

MISS Annie Whitney. the sculptor, has
gwen 10 acres of land on the Androscoggs
river TO the Appalachian club.
Same Jones, the Georgia evangelist. Is tc
get 5000 and his expenses for his month $
revival work In Boston. according to tie
Boston Transcript.
In q suit recently brought by Henr,
Rochefort against the manager OF LIN
'ut.cnary writer receives $4,000 year as
editor of the paper and has drawn $40 O0d
In dividends on hts shares in the last seven
years
JIM studebaker. the big carriage maker,
saws that when he went overland TO CALI
fcrna IN search OF a fortune he reached
San francisco IN 1852 with hut 30 cents
In his pocket. He then msde the first
Studehaker wagon and his brother. Clem-
ent. irond it.
James Whitcomb Riley said IN Chicago
few DAYS ago that he had quit the lee
ture platform for good and was devot ing
hiniself assiduously to the writing OF poet.
rv. Il am tired OF being managed and
glad to have a chance 10 settle down and
WRITE he said.
The American society IN London will
we recentinn At, the Hotel Cecil. on
VINO is visiting in Europe IN the interests
OF blmetalism. has been invited to attend
Ambassador. Bayard and Mrs. Bayard are
expected to be present.
Magialen college. oxford, has refused
!.
who was student there. Gibhon had "A
very low orn.on of his college and les [
on record 40 Years ago that Hfe there
''stagrafed IN a round of college business
fory politics. personal stories and private
scandal"
The Wayside Inn" at Sudbury. Mass.
made famous by Longfelow. has passed
into tho hands OF Samuel II. Howe or RIOS
ton. II gentleman OF l.sure and means and
an .au1ran tastes, a descendant of the
original owners Of the tavern. He win
convert the bu lding into a permanent me.
mortal of the poet
Tho German actor Mltterwnrzer having
been asked by Vienna paper to give his
views AZ TO the future of the drama wrote
an article In whirh he predicted, illdg5ag
from present tendencies, that the classical
drama would soon disappear from the
stage entirely, to make way for the circus
ana for exhibitions of beautiful women.
DR.. Max Muller. professor OF compare
tive religion at oxford. has been cropping
among the statistics on the subject of sun
eide. and he finds first that there is no
ordnance in the Bible prohibiting suicide
ana that Protestants. who rest their re-
hs!ous Life more on the Scriptures than
Catholics do, are far more prone to self
murder than the followers of Rome.
Don Miguel Ahumada has proved him.
self a model governor of the State OF Chi
huahua Mexico. During his first term of
office without increasing taxation, he
nad on about three-quarters of the public
debt OF the state, amounting to $500 900.
while at the same time more than doub-
Ing the educational facilities for the
Young. securing the establishment Of
large number of new commercial and man
and constructing waterworks which are
uneQualed in the ReDuhlic nf Mexico
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SOME POSTsCWIPTs.

| Tbore ia row s.orod 4, o,h,o, ,,, .,.,-,.ors
I, 100 61o .g" s,u,tu IN 90, e ee
| els OF cats.
Tho Thames -, rrr,ord t ,ao ,,o
Ion, ,r',,n w.. W ~, E t','', ~ s-y nirS
| Ada Ia ia ct,, Ior, 'N'''0 name III N"H-
49, '"-' 'vtln'
! acis ,nr, 9,, 'tI ~. rs ~, n,,'i, w., W.
| co,t-,,,,. Xxx" i s'cit are o""eu III 'nis
| '"ii NY 10 mug,
n rewlN discovered West African butter
| nv spsns "A cocoon which resembles a mask
~,
omen Suiors are enlployeu IN Norway
| 'ontniIk anu bWlahd ana are iounu ia
| De excellent MARINERS.
| Missouri ranks first among the States in
| the prodnct."n or poultry ana second only
10 ONO IN the extern OF 1,s eSg product.
Last years exports of petroleum footed
up to 33l $50, 1876 gallons the largest within
the history OF the port of Philadelphia
1t Is estimated tina; the cost of vessels
now being built at lake shfpyards "a ooso
to 100000. as compared with 5000, go a
year ago.
Ar,np,, tho c,,rso.t.ie. ., tho ro,,, r,,ar<,
CENSUS Is tho dsscovcrv thnt IL" irra,'',t,
capital contains only a triflng fraction
of native parlsiane
ITtndrels of lurrhar,,a,, n, ,totro Ma,
Hamnsllro Vcrnon, yvisconsir anj M,
nee,n arc ratoirin,r c,,e,. ,h. snnwTa L.
werl II ,roaru III, 70 ,l,,t,,, O '''' ''N'
Adler hong loot ror o,.or cc,,, ,,aor. ,ho
Wilkcsh,rr, bes tus. hf..,, fo,,na cnns.,I
craiiv ennved Ia, ,ntcc {n lor,a "a III
b,sh ~ ''''>O III sumo o''' '''-
''''''
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Atchison Globe.

Atchlson Globe.
When good man dies, the man who
takes his place has a mighty hard tt.ae
Of IT,
y woman imagines that other women
treat her cool unless they kiss her every
time they meet.
There is an instance In Atchlson where
me woman goes out and has the time and
the man is true"
man never puts az much solemnlty
INTO his VOW at the marriage altar as into
his oath when assuming office.
a man can make resolution to be strict
~ truthful and stand some show of keep
hs II SO long as he meets no women.
The people who have inventive genius
should try and invent a sugar bowl so
sn'aii mat housekeepers can keep il filed.
When some one tells OF the generous
donations a man makes to church. the
women present murmur. "How good he
IDIOT"
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splendid fertility Of the soil and natural
advantages Of the climate can he utilized.
Men without little money, without some
special fitness for anrtain kinds OF labor,
mere adventurous and people hunting Jobs
should rather remain at their present
homes This section IL already overrun
with such classes and there 10 no little
suffering among them. To the homcseeker
with limited means. TO the experienced far
mer. to the capitalist. no portion Of tho
country offers greater advantagcs--and to
the law abiding citizen no section Affords
more security from molestatiou.
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THE PEOPLE WE WANT.

When we talk about building UP this city
and coast country by inducing immlgra-
ton here It must always be- borne In mind
that reckless hunt for all kinds OF peo-
pie In not in contemplation at all. nor de-
sirable. but that tho agencies designed
to secure new population are expected
to reach homeseekers who are financially
able to make change without public
assistance.
1t would seem from somo OF the re-
marks in the Eastern papers that thew
imagine We OF the South are after the
law breakers, riff-raff and scum o, tho
Northern States. For instance. the Dos
ton Globe remarks:
Plans TO promote immigration to the
softh are well enough in their wav pit
long and strong movement To ert,iI
cate the barbaric lynching-and-bu rnlnt.
Dixiewards ttan all the allurins pros
peotuses that real estate boomers can
devise. N'''
Our Boston contemporary may rest as
sured that We are not hunting people who
might with any degree OF reason an,icinata
being hung or burned In new community.
1t is the law abiding citizen we desire.
not murderers and rape aends. No class
OF residents In the South except tho brutes.
ever suffer from mob violence. and the pos
ton Globe may as well be Informed now
that no special effort will be made to re-
move the danger of the "barbaric lynch
ing-and burning mania" as a special In
ducement to Northern immigrants who
have any basis for believing that they
might become the victims OF that kind OF
Southern disease.
Tho settlers who are wanted in the
South from the Northern and Eastern sec
lions Of the country are those with good
neral eharactsr. certain amount Of intel
ligsnes snd enough money 70 buy or rent
~ ~ take en- q themselves natil me
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-a=- sHas-a-4-s=--aasa4-s.aa
THE TEXAS PAPERS.

Flatonia Is to have q new paper, with r.
S. Menefee at the helm.
The Stephcnville Journal records a de-
plorable state of finances in its section:
The gentle bill collector "hit 'em rocky
sure enough. this list There isn't enough
moGey loose in this whole blamed country
to buy saddle blanket at u cost sale.
Groesbeeck's deep water claims may be
put In the same class with those Of Dallas.
The Groesbeeok Journal remarks:
AS soon as the Brazos Is made navgable
the journal Intends to see that an appropr-
alton is made TO open up tho Navasota as
far as Groesbeeck at least. We actually
need communication with the gulf In order
to be able to catch a few fish In the sum-
mer time.
The Fornoy Messenger doesn't like to do
II. but 1t acknowledges the corn as fol-
lows
While we are not near as smart a. a
great many people. II we only were as
smart as some whilom newspaper writer's
think they are. we would have plenty Of
time left over from plain duties as editor
OF a country paper to edit an encyclopedia
OF general information hut we amt.
The Groesbccck journal notes some good
even In calamity:
The lesson of economy which Limestone
county farmers will be compelled to prac-
iice this year Will not ne without some
good results. Probably nifty thousand dol
lars Is a low estlmitc for ;he sur paid
out for foreign raised corn alone IN this
county since last September. II This I'M
happy fact results in an increased acreage
IN cora, oats. millet. sorghum. kalfir corn,
nay. turnips. peas, ofitles. chufas, etc.
and In the raising OF more hogs, pcuItry.
eggs and other 'ood sG23iies for tome con
the drouth VIII not re entirely
..n1..
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Arrival OF Mr.. ana MH
New York World. ;.

l lNtN VI II W ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius V's
arrived from abroad TnursA
White Star liner Majestic. ~ =
at the pier by members o. I. y y
bllts family. but not one 4
Nils was there to bid thsa
home. ,o,, I'll
Before the liner was abreast p !, = \
Wilson family had gathered ", y, :
and Mrs. Vanderbilt. In ile w MI
r. Wilson. the father; VI 4,
brother, Dick Wilson, anu
T. sufrcrn Taller, ..mNt
Mr.. Vanderbilt appeared req 4 Nh
for some one. His eye res esq., Inn
the tn, waiting members Of Of. Dis y. N, ~
and then il roamed about zoe p. n 4
a certain melancholy =. g. s AZ !
% be in III health. ne .s,r,. \
opoc ~ and moved rapidly i'' y.
cc1t between 4, his I'm an Va. -.
cheerful faces about nl ~ yoy,ss y
I'VE have had a haTa 70, 'y Kid n
but We arrived In soos IN Nn q
since we left in August ~ !, ~
bit and myself have De, ~ pl,s
good health. We naso .a th,t ~
;mnediate future beyonu I'D 4
ing to Mrs. Wilson's J O.
thing more to say ,u,.,ly "a
MI" Mrs. Vanderbilt wa, vas, . 1ay1
dark, tailor-made sn,as viii W
fur boa, and hat Topped ,esG1,, M, ~!
p Iil u She seemed a q ,s., n
and embraced her i''
warmly. ~, mi csrs ~
he and Mrs. Vandeio
their stay abroad.
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THE CITY.

The Post 10 delivered 10 any part OF the
city by carriers at 500 per month: three
months, $500, SIX months. 500; one year.
el2.0G.
Mr.. Theodore Boring has charge or the
City Circulation and Collecting.
Messrs. Theodore BeI1nE and Charles
Lott arc the authorized collectors OF All
city bills both advertising and supscrlp-
tion. and no money should be paid TO any
one other than thosc named. unless special
written authority signed by the business
Manager IS shown. All accounts OF any
size should be paid by check In favor OF
The Houston Printing Company.
No orders for goods" etc, are given by
the management, and none VIII be accept
ed Ia payment of office bills.
Subscribers failing TO receive the paper
regularly Will please notify tho office
promptly. Every subscribers paper Is ex-
peo;ed 10 be delivered not later than $50
n. m.
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The Oldest New journalism.

i"slie 5 weekly.
lhat there is no new thing under the
sun was observed great many years ago
pS ruler who had hundreds Of wives
and who in the repentance Of his old arq
could see no novelty, Those who have
came after him in these numerous cen
'uries nave been more sparing in the ex.
.esses OF ma'rlmony. but their experiences
nave often repeated the words which Solo.
rather curious and Interesting insSS'-> .,
~ appears IN discussion which is gainine
space rsI and teryor in the European nress
a, Ia nsislah papers are asserting shat the
claiin that the first OF what Is known as
modern newspapers was publisbed IN
france is mistake and that the honor be'
, nnnS 10 their country, while the French
papers retort that the Bclgians claim roo =,
much. The conclusion that The unhia ga va
IN Belgium and France in the same e', xa,r
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LEADING EDITORIALS.

From the Atlanta Journal.
WHAT TO DO Georgia is no. tho
,,,,-s only State which is
$50 troubled with the
""ASAS' convict problem
1t has become a very live question IN
Illinois. That State has one OF the best
regulated penitentiaries In the country, but
there is growing popular opposition 10
It's system OF convict labor. Labor organi-
cations are making a fight on 1t because II
places the convicts in competition with Tree
labor and their demands for reform are re-
ceiving much support from the politicians
VINO nave high respect for the iaDor 'ote'
Governor Tanner recommends that con-
victs be employed in the manufacture OF
books for public schools Whereupon
meeting OF printers and others VINO are en-
gagged In the line OF work which the COVER
nor proposes to turn over TO convicts CON
demned his recommendation In very severe
terms.
Any proposition to employ convicts in or
binary lines OF industry would certainly
provoke like protest.
The Chicago Record suggests the true 30
luton OF the convict labor question when IL
advocates that convicts be worked on the
public roads. The Record says:
NC oHiy way prisoners eau pe sinpivyeu
without competing directly with free labor
is to put them to work on public improve
ments that could not be constructed for
years to come but for the utilization upon
them OF labor Of this sort In this way
there may be secured improvements OF III
estimable value for all time that tie public
might not have felt warranted in construct
Ing under other circumstances. There Is
no doubt that good roads would be worth
almost any amount to a community. but 1t
is practically impossible to get taxing bod
les to take from the people the sums neces-
sary for their construction. Making OF
good roads would be In many respects ideal
employment for a portion OF the States
convicts. and the proposition 80 to employ
them has been revived in New York. The
chief objection to the plan, peculiarly
enough. is a sentimental one 1t Is argued
that the popular sense would revolt at the
sight Of convicts under guard at work In
the presence Of the public This objection
has some weight. but 1t should not be made
to appear insuperable."
In Tennessee and some other States the
experiment of convict labor for road con-
struction Is to be tried. and that Is the plan
which is most generally favored In Georgia
as substitute for the present lease sys-
TEN.
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what Mar. wants 10 Know.

Johnsoa County Review.
II 1t be true that the Inhabitants OF Mars
ar, trying TO communicate by signals with
the earth. It is highly probable they are
wanting to know when the era Of prosper
ity promised by the sound money advocates
in the event of MsGlni,Ys election, is
scheduled TO arrive.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

New York Evening Post.
Mice will not intest pantries whore pieces
Of gum camphor are laid about, and Croton
salt used to free ice cream. The camphor
should be used only at night, and all cans
and boxes holding oatahles should he care
fully covered. as otherwise Its pungent.
penetrating smell will affect cereals. crack
ers and other foods
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

NO business man in Houston need fee
desp0rstesns at this time. Everything point,
to new awakening and prospert,
here this year. The Post would not sd,
SO did It not feel that the facts justify tn,
brightest Kind OF an outlook.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

All tho city OF Houston needs Just now
to reap great rewards from the imme-
date future. is perfect harmony among
nil classes OF citizens. General success
and development Will rebound 10 the ben.
eft Of every individual citizen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

m!nfstrHtion is installed before looking for
prosperity. We shan expect TO see all the
wheels r,rrhfng on full time by the last Of
March,
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Constitution.
From the Atlanta
UNHEALTHY
AND
DANGEROUS
SYM PTOMS.

the headlines declared.
Tho Rush OF Money to New York. The
Clty's Banks Now Hold on Deposit More
than Ouo-third OF all tho Money In the
Whole Countrywide Reason Explained.
New York Now the Cheapest Money Market
In tho World"
Tho figures given by the World are very
interesting The total amount Of money
of all kinds in circulation on the LIST OF
October. 1896. as shown by the last report
OF the comptroller OF the currency. was
H,5S2, S02, 2Sa, 1t should be stated that
the phrase I'm circulation" is treasury
euphemism that means nothing except thai
the money is not in the treasury. What
is not stored away in the bowels Of that
ton The phrase does not include the re-
serves of the banks, which are never in err
oulation. nor the money boarded by COR
porations, trust companies, savings insti-
tuttons and individuals. Probably not two
thirds OF the amount labeled by the comp
troller as in circulation was actually pass
ing from hand TO hand.
At tho close of business last SATURDAY.
the sixty-fve banks OF New York City
forming the New York clearing house)
had on deposit $3.50, AIS, 900. The surplus
reserve amounted to s57 1906. 500. When the
World made up It's figures. the deposit In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

The friends have are leal and true;
Indeed, I know they are.
wecded out tho othor. KIND
-Doyoit Journal
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1t Is gratifying TO reflect that in about
four weeks from this date II will be I'm
possible for the McKinlsyites to demand
that the country welt until The nav 3D.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

Captain General Weyler insists that his
conscience IS clear 1t seems that the
American public has made no mistake in
us estimate OF the degree and character
OF conscience possessed by this accom-
pNshcd butcher
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

And now San Antonio has a fragn, bu.
rean Houston Is now she only one of tho
larger cities of Texas that Is without an
expert In rates TO look after its interests
TO see that II has fair treatment.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-07

E1-Queen III is not visiting the United
States for her health. The secret OF her
stay Is at last out-she wants a pension
when the Hawaiian Islands are annexed.
And she VIII get it-anything In the way
OF a pension goes In this country
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specisl stan Com,nissioners.

AT AUS'rIN--I4 A. Petit. office In the
State Capitol Building
AT DALI.AS-James Hays Quarles.
Windsor Hotel.
AT CALVESTON-J. II. Sullivan. office
In the Evening Tribune Building.
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