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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-06
NOTICE.

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHoLD-
~. ERS of The Grange Real Estate
Investment Company, is hereby called
10 be held at the Office of the Co.
operative Grange Store, io the town of
Bishopville, Sumter County, South Carolina,
at TWO o'clock, p. 10. 90 the sixth day of No.
vembe., A. d., 1857, to consider >and deter
mine whether the said Company will make a
mortgage to Mrs. Leonora M Cousar TO Sc
cure the payment of one Thousand dollprs, in
two instsllments of Eve hundrei dole .cb,
payable respectively on October lst, l. and
October lst 1899, with interest at light per cent
per annum from October lst, 1897, payable
annually until the debt be paid the property
to be so mortgaged is tract of one and
a-half acres in Bishopvile, adjoining lands
of Mrs Matte Law, s.rs. W f. Crosawel,
the Methodist Church lot, and situate on the
corner Of Main and Church Streets.
Bg order Of the Board of Directors.
J. ". ENGLISH,
President of said Company.
Atiest-W. A. JAMES, Jr., Secretary.
Bishopville. S. C, Oct 6, 1897. st
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There Are Others.

The Charlotte Observer is a very
levelheaded newspaper. 1t keeps it's
eyes open 1t is working all the time
for the development Of it's enterprising
city. Generally, it commends every
thing that the business people of
Charlotte do but it is not 80 blind to
the interests Of the community that
it refuses to see faults when they ap-
appear. Several days ago it made
the following timely observations
"There are times when plain speech
is necessity. There is deep seat
ed conviction among Mecklenburg
farmers chat cotton is not bringing it's
worth on the Charlotte market, and it
is being hauled elsewhere, to the
hurt - the business inter.
ests of this city. More is being
paid for cotton in neighboring towns
than it is commanding here, and IL is
no sufficient answer to say that these
are exceptional cases. where a mer.
chapt takes bale ofcotton on debt
allowing it to figure above the market
price. If the Charlotte cotton. buyers
are actually-as we believe they
claim-paying as high prices as are
being paid in the towns near by, or
if there is any season why they are
not and cannot, it would be we'll for
them to upite in card over their
own names, saying that they are, or
explaining why they are not +"
Is not the situation in Charleston
somewhat similar to that in Charlotte?
Would not great deal more cotton
come to this market ifthe prices paid
here were the same as in Savannah
or Wilmington /? What is the matter? !?
Has the method of grading anything
to do with it? Does anybody get
rebates from anybody? Do all the
buyers and shippers stand on the
same footing ? Why should cotton
bought in Columbia be sent to Savan-
nah through Charleston Probably
the Cotton Exchange might find it
profitable for this port to make
thorough inquiry into the subject.
All that we know is that more cotton
should come to Charleston News
and Courier.
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Gov. E;ierbe IL right 10 cleslug orlgi-
nal package ageOcies 10 dry toWus, but
be should be consistent aud 60 step
further and Gloss the dispeusaries that
were established in dry towns during
the administrations of his predecessors.
Competition between various cotton
markets is becoming very sharp, and it
is being felt by much larger and NOR e
important markets than this city. The
article from the Neus and Courier is
recommended to the consideration of the
cotton buyers and merchants of this
~sisy. They will observe that there are
other places getting it in the neck.
VIVA: does S. G May6eld want With
the Governship, If be makes four hun
dred bales of cotton and corn, molasses,
potatoes and pease until be cannot con-
sumo them and has twenty thousand
pounds of home made bacon io his
smoke house? A man that has all
these good and desirable things and is
first class lawyer besides, is better off
than q Governor.
The statement of Col R. W. Simp.
son in reference to the sanitary condi-
tion of Clemson College is the best
advertisement the college could re-
ceive. 1t is timely, and supplies the
exact information that has been de-
manded. The policy of keeping the
public in ignorance of the true con-
dition of public institutions is al
together wrong and results, eventual
y, to the serious damage of the in.
stitutions Col. Simpsons letter will
DE more influential in restoring con-
fdence in Clemson than would a
hundred denials of previous unsani-
tary conditions. What parents, who
would send their sons to Clemson,
want to know is not the past condi-
tions, but the present state of affairs
and what precautions are being taken
to prevent epidemics Of fever in fu-
ture
The price of cotton continues to
go down, and there seems to be no
prospect of better prices until the
bulk of the crop has been harvested,
but Alfred B. Sbepperson, the cotton
statistjcian, advises all consumers OF
cotton to buy freely until a full sup
ply is secured, for be predicts that
the price will advance decidedly as
soon as it is manifest that there is not
an excessively large crop to be sold.
Cotton is very cheap, in fact it is
cheaper than it ever was in COM
psrison with other staple articles OF
commerce, and this may be an op.
portane time for holding i. for better
prices
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Sale.
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Daniel Kirby, Plqintig, against Frances M.
anderson. Frank Mccoy, Cornelia 4
Lemon, John David Lemon, Defendants.
DY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in
ID the above stated case, and dated June
IL. 1895, will sell at public auction in front
of the Court House in the City of Sumter, in
said State, on Monday, November lst, 1897,
being Salesday, between the hours of Ii
o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock in the
afternoon, the following premises to wit
Ali that certain tract or parcel of land,
lying and being ia Sumter County. Lynch.
burg township, situated on the public road
leading from Lynchburg 10 BishopvilIe, and
known as tie W. R. Psrnell place, and
bounded as follows, viz North by lands of
J W. Bradford, and on the East and North
and West by lands Off w. Bradford.
Terms Cash. Purchaser TO pay for peces-
sary papers.
VIII. INGRAM,
Master of Sumter County.
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From the Daily Item, Oct. /.
JUSTICE. ON THE PRICE
OF COTTON.
Further Discussion of the Cotton
Situation.

Nr. Editor: 1t appears that the equib in
the 1teC of 29th, signed Justice caused
some excitement among the cotton buyers of
Sumter. They az once said that some preio-
diced person wrote the piece. Far from it
being prompted by prejudice. yom we'll said
tnst the Hrifes bad the welfare of Sumter at
J heart as Duch as aay man in it. Il will not
take second place TO coy man in tie love that
cherish towards Snmter's welfare and PROS
pefity, eod 10 writing the article touching
the price Of cotton in Sumter aud Camden,
did not hare the remotest idea of injuriog
Snmter, nor do now think il will hurt Sue
ter but on the cootrsry, am satisfied il
will do good. /, has placed the mooted cues
ton in its true light. / Inadvertently brought
out the fact which is admitted by yourself
and Sumter cottoo boyers, that there is at
lest IS points 10 favor of Camden. Now,
why should this be so? The only way tha,
can account for II is, that there is not
enough Of competition among the cotton buy
ers at Sumter.
Now, the way received ny Information,
and drew ny couclosioss, is this: On the
eve0ing Of the 28th instant was in the Ha-
good neighborbood, on onsi1ess. One of my
lieuers, who had just returned from Candies
after selling a baie Of cotton, showed me bis
receipt, weight, aod price be got for his cot
ton. 1t was $50 10 plain, cold hand Not
satisfied with this asked several others who
passed ny after selling in Camden, and every
one said $50. Then on my way home to
Sumter asked, suppose, a dozen, whom
met going ous from Sumter (some white men
among sbem) wba, they got for their Gotten,
and every ooe said $50. think ooe man
said 5 65 Now, Mr.. Editor, did not have
good grounds for arriving at the conclusion
es stated 10 the ariicle7 There is an admit
ted difference in the Two markets, and the
only way TO coslect it is to bring out the
facts and let the ball hit the mao that stauds
ic the way
have ooshing to regret. Mr.. Editor, aud
resract nothing, for confidently believe ,cat
was not misioformed, and bringing out the
facts, it will ultimately do good sy putting
the Sumter cotton boyets more on their guard
/ have myself on several occasions paid Eve
points more than the ,Darket price, 10 order
70 encourage farmers to bring their cotton
and trade to Sumter
GEO. ". REARDON.
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The discussion of the price OF cotton which
has been 10 progress for several aays,is bring
ing out the facts in a very gratifying mao
DER. One of the export buyers of this city tel
egraphed to Camden Saturday orning to as
certain the prices paid Friday. in reply be
was Informed that the price yesterday was
SIS. 10 .bls city that day 5s5 was the
highest price paid number of bales were
sold for S 8o@5 IS aud the average price for
all grades during the dav was 5.7T@5 78.
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~ RDNRsDAY, ocT. g. 1857.
FACTS AND JUSTICE"

In last weeks issue there appear
ed communication in reference to
the price Of cotton in Sumter and
Camden on Tuesday. The article,
which was signed 81 ustice," was
written by Mr.. George " Reardon,
Of this city, aud rot by soa,e preju.
diced outsider. as has been insinu-
ated. The authorship of the com
mnnication is the best guarantee that
there was 40 intention TO injuse or
wiifully misrepresent this city as q
cotton market, for Mr.. Reardon is a
large property owner and his own
welfare and prosperity depends upon
the welfare of Sumter So much for
the animas of the communication.
In reference to the other aspects of
the Justice" I" article we cannot say
much in4defence. Mr. Reardon was
misinfo.med, and evidently did not
take the trouble to investigate before
asserting that cotton was sold in
Sumter on Tuesday for $50 and in
Camden for $50 He is doubtless
correct in stating that cotton good
cotton was sold for 500 in Camden
on Tuesday; no one has questioned or
win question the correctness of this
statement, but the assertion that
Sumter cotton buyers snd merchants
paid only $50 for cotton that day is
emphaticalIy contradicted, and the
facts, easily TO be ascertained by In
spectiDg the cotton books of the
buyers Of this city, sustain the con-
tradictiOn The facts in rebuttal OF
the assertion of Justice are that
the ruling price paid in this city for
niddliDg cotton on Tuesday was
5.85, and the average price for all
grades was abont 5 II to $50. II
any cotton at all was bought for $50
it was Of the poorest quality, and did
not come up TO the grades regularly
quoted. The bottom price for regu-
lar grades Of cotton on Tuesday was
5.75- fifteen points above the price
said BY Mr. Reardon to have been
paid here.
The fact that Camden cotton buy
ere hare paid higher, prices than
those Of this city cannot be disputed.
but the difference has never been
SO great as asserted by Mr. Reardon.
and il is TO be regretted that a state.
ment, based upoI q misapprehens:on,
should have been published ; and we
are satisfied that no one could regre,
it more snsn Mr Reardon.
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The Jewish Day Of Atonement
Observed Here.

With the setting of the Gun yesterday all
lsraeiites of the city began the observance of
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Cay Of atoreueut
Until ibis evening at sunset an uop.eken
fast will be observed.
hnnor- 10 the Blood, boiIe, pimplss, ecro-
fnl asores, are promptly ersdicated by
Hoods Sarsap.rilA. the One True Blood
PurlEer, rerye tonic and health builder.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy to oper-
ate Cure indigestion, biliousness. 25c
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THE PRICE OF COTTON.

Editor item We have among our custom.
ers very respectable colored man, Adam
Ricboourg, who lives on Dr.. W " ADDER
sons place near Claremoot ADAM was 10
,owr to-day and paid us some money from
ahe proceeds Of the seed of two bales. of cot
ton sold in Camden on Tuesday at 81 This is
toe day on which 'Just1ce" says cot;on sold
in Camden at S 80. Yours truly,
O'DoSNELL l. Co
Sumter, Oct. lst.
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Mr. George W Reardou has q com
muoicasion 10 to-day's issue in which
he makes some explanation of bis jus.
sioe" Communication, and continues the
discussion of the price paid for cotton
here aud elsewhere. The statements
made By Mr.. Readon are neither new
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The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist
Church wills meet at the residence of Mrs. g..
q. Graham at 4.30 this afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-06

Remember we are Headquarters fer Toys
and Xmas goods. +. g. Scaffe Sept. 20
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A full line of Cfcckery, Glassware, and
faocy goods, at T. C Scatfe's. Sept. %
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
Insects In the Garden.


There are two general divisions Of in
sects that attack yegetation-the chewer
and the sucker. The chewer is the one
that eats up the leaves (as the potato
bug and the caterpillars) and can easily
be destroyed by poison. The sucker
class embraces such as the green and
black fly, squash bug and scale. They
destroy the vitality Of the plants at
tackled by the use of long beak. which
they push into the tissue, and through
this absorbing the sap. American Gar
dening says: This class of insects can
not be reached with poison. Kerosene
emulsion is generally used to destroy
them. For the green worm on cabbage
or caulifower, use slug shot; for green
fly use tobacco dust, or it may be
checked by spraying with hot water in
which tablespoonful of common salt
to two gallons of water is dissolved. 1t
is difficult to kill the squash bug by
spraying, but when the bugs are quite
young, before the hard shell is formed,
they may be destroyed by the use of the
kerosene emulsion. Go over the young
vines often and hand pick all old bugs
that can be found, also the clusters of
eggs that may be Matching on the leaves.
This is the surest remedy. For the
striped ladybug, dust fresh air slaked
lime. AS a preventive Of the pnien mag
got while the plants are from three to
six inches high dust with fresh lime,
SCOT or any similar material, thus max
ing the bed too disagreeable for the
onion fly to lay its eggs, and it will
then seek pastures new.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30

ARRANGEMENT OF TRACK AND CARRIER.
dollars in the value of the crop, says
Prairie Farmer, also authority for the
following:
The weather conditions should be
studied carefully at haying time. The
mowers should be in tiptop condition,
and then the supply Of implements and
tools should be gauged by the amount
of work to be done.
If the stack is to be done in the field,
two sweep rakes and a good stacker
should be employed. If the hay is to be
hauled in, good loader will do the
work of loading easier and quicker than
three or four men. The arrangements
for unloading and stacking and moving
away should be simple, yet complete
enough to keep the field force working.
In short, do little planning, and it will
be surprising how easily the work may
be done and how cheerfully all hands
will join in pushing it along.
Hay cock covers are especially valua-
BILE in case of sudden storms coming up
while the hay is in the shock. No good
farmer can afford to be without sup
ply of these covers.
The use of the tedder affords great
advantage in curing heavy clover or al
falfa hay. Without it the hay cannot be
made to cure evenly, but by stirring
with the tedder all heavy punches are
torn apart and turned up to the sun.
The same is true of the lower part of the
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
Maintaining Soil Fertility.

One of the most important points in
maintaining soil fertility is to keep the
soil in condition to absorb and retain
water. American Cultivator explains:
The effect Of continued cultivation is to
expose the surface soil to the depth of
the furrow to light. air and rains.
These wash away the lighter particles
Of soil, which are always the remains
Of decomposed vegetable matter. When
this is out Of the soil, its mineral ele-
ments soon become compacted, SO that
even ploWing only breaks them into
elods. If the subsoil also be heavy, that
should be su bsoiled at least once in four
or FIVE years. This subsoiling is partic-
plarlF important as q preparation for
clever seeding. When we began under
draining, more than 40 years ago, the
notable fact at first was the extra heavy
clover growth just over the line of the
drain. Yet without doubt for several
feet each side of the drain the water
was drawn off as thoroughly as where
the drain ran. Afterward we learned
that subsoiling after draining extended
this beneficial effect to the clover over
the whole surface, between the drains
as well as over them.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
Husband and Wife.


In his Campaigning With Grant. -
in The Century, General Horace Porter
cells Of General Halleck's s fear of trou-
BILE from the enforcing of the draft and
bis desire that Grant should send troops
to the northern cities. General Porter
says: On the evening Of Aug. II General
Grant was sitting in front of his quar-
ters with several staff officers about
him when the telegraph operator came
over from his tent and handed him q
dispatch. He opened it. and as he pro-
ceeded with the reading his face became
suffused with smiles After he had fin
ished it he broke into a hearty laugh.
We were curious to know what could
produce 90 much merrimept in the gen.
eral in the midst of the trying circum-
stances which surrounded him. He cast
his eyes over the dispatch again and
then remarked: 1.-THE president has
more nerve than any of his advisers.
This is what he says after reading my
reply to Halleck's dispatch. He then
read aloud to- us the following: w.
II have seen your dispatch expressing your
unwillingness to break your hold where you
are. Neither am ! willing. Hold on with a
bulldog grip and chew and choke as much as
possible. "a. LINCOLN"
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
A HAIRPIN.

Mr.. Robert Perkins entered his pri-
vate Office with disagreeable frown,
He tossed his hat at the nearest hook
and dropped himself into his swivel
chair. Then he lifted his knee in the
air, clasped his hands about it and
gnawed at his mustache. Ordinarily
Mr.. Robert Perkins was good looking
example of manhood. He wasn't at all
attractive at the present moment, how
ever That's what the fair haired girl
at the typewriter in the outer Office
thought She could see him when she
raised her eyes above her copy, and she
wondered what disturbed him so.
The fact is, he was very much dis
gruntled man. He had cause to be.
Somebody was spying upon his move
ments. Somebody was even prying into
his private affairs and stealing informa-
tion that was of great value to him.
Mr.. Robert Perkins was real estate
operator, a man of big deals, whose
name, in spite of his two and thirty
years, was already power in the street
Up to within few weeks he had been
singularly successful, but now some-
body seemed to be blocking all his i'm
portant moves. Only the day before he
had prepared in sketchy way the plat
of an extensive tract he had meant to
secure. and now he had just discovered
that the price had been jumped on him
to an extent that meant an outlay of
$1,000 more than ne had counted on.
He knew that.his breast was the only
guardian Of this proposed deal-his
breast and his desk, for in the latter
was locked the precious plat.
Mr.. Perkins pulled out his desk key
and thrust it into the keyhole. At least
he attempted to do SO, but something
jnterfered, something which stubborn
" resisted the most violent effort. He
drew out the key and brought forth his
knife. A few minutes of energetic pry-
ing and twisting dislodged the obstacle.
It was hairpin,
A twisted hairpin Of bronzed wire.
Mr.. Perkins instinctively turned in his
chair and looked toward the fair haired
girl at the typewriter. She was bend
ing over her work and did not see him.
Mr., Perkins knew that the fair haired
girl used hairpins of bronzed wire.
Somebody had tried to pick his desk
lock with a hairpin, the same some
body who had been making mischief
tor him right along. Gould it be that
innocept looking young womans She
handled his letters; she was to some
extent familiar with his private bust
ness:
Mr.. Perkins opened his desk with a
bang. Then he struck sharply on a call
bell that stood at his elbow. A boy ap-
peared in the doorway.
'sGeorge," said Mr.. Perkins, "shut
the door.
When the lads back was turned, he
looked at the hairpin again and sighed.
Then be thrust it carefully into his vest
pocket. When the boy approached him,
- Nee srxipg intently At the plat
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
A WEE BIT SANG.

When my hert is wac, an I'm like tae greet
An a. seems bitter that aimee was sweet,
An life's road hard tae my weary feet,
Ijuist sing wee bit sang.
Nae laverock for the warld tae hear.
Nae lintie tender. nae mavis clear.
I can juist gle cheep, but when days are
drear,
There's Joy in wee bit sang.
For, singin, my tears forget tae ia,
An the deid an the changed an the far ava
Come back, an the roads mo- hard at a.
Sic help is wee bit sang.
When poortith comes an the cupboard s bare,
Whaur there used tae be a. thing an tae spare,
| talk my crust, an it's dainty fare
When munche6tae wee bit sang.
When the fowizs in Draws frae the nearby toun,
Scorn my holden gray On my muclkle shoon,
care nae mair than the man l. the moon.
juist sing wee bit sang.
Aye, sing when I'm happy, sing when I'm
sad.
may my ain cheer when there's name tae be
had.
Life can never be a'thegither bad
While it leaves me wee bit sang
-Torquil Macleod in Boston Transcript
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

eems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
ings of All Denominations.
Not one Of our public men has es-
saped the tongue Of well meaning cal
umny-Rev. DR.. Rurrell, Collegiate
Church, New York,
Evils of City Life.
There Is no invention of hell for the
destruction Of, human souls which does
not find place in our city life. Rev.
A. s. Gumbart, Baptist, Boston.
Manhood and Credulity.
Manhood demands that one shall
stand on ones own feet and believe by
his own brain, without credulity.-
Rev. William Lloyd, Congregationalist,
New York.
Don't Worry.
The. person whose spiritual sense is
aroused has no need to worry about
material things, no matter hoW poor ha
may be-ReF. Henry Lubbock, Episco=
pal, New York.
Children Of To-day.
The children Of the present day,
many Of them, instead of honoring and
obeying their parents, compel the par
ents to honor and obey them. Rev.
Lucius Cuthbert, Baptist, Charleston.
aUntil the Harness Broke
A woman telling of runaway said.
.Ipst ny tzust e ths LcEd until the
u
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30

HAVING MACHINERY.

1t Saves Time and Labor and Insures
Good Hay.
It is misdirected economy to under
take the hay harvest with only half
enough help or half enough machinery
to do the work quickly and easily. The
value Of the hay crop depends upon har-
vesting it at the right time and in the
right way. The dispatch with which
the work is done places the grade upon
the hay, and delay of a few hours at
a critical time will mean loss of many
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-06-30
METHODIST EPISCOPAL,
On Park Avenue.

Pastor, Rev. F. l.. Jewett- Sunday services
at 1000 A. N. ard 7.15 p. NJ. League service
7.15 p. NJ. Sunday school at 2.30 P. M; Superin-
tendent, 8. L. Bowen. A general Bible Glass
In charge of Elphra Sooy, to which all visitors
are invited to take part. Class meeting Tues
day evening, Elias Campbell leader and IL 80
A. NJ, Sundays Somers l.. Bowen leader Prsyer
meetings on Thursday evening.