The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08
Ilaaa alo saatbroll.
DNESDA 4. SEPT 81, 1897
rhe Sstrsser lfGi.:haa1a was founded
90 1850 aud the leasS Soathroa in 1866.
IFatchnsaa and Sossshron COW has
stae combined circulation and Influence
se both d the old papers, and is mani
the best advertising medium in
Orangebu Times aud Dem

SaMfel
NE Orangeburg Times and Dem
ocsat Is clearly Of the opinion that
SDr Billy Stokes has lost his grip
on dat county
he editorial correspondence in the
ffeenvilIe News under the date Of
August S1st IS she clnmsiest bit OF
hedg dging we have ever aeen- Editor
Z Bah should have come down
Snele cseverly
ae thousand and more Piedmont
ghss scattered broadcast ever
SSaluaer County did little for Irby
thuty :6se rotes, # everything
credited to Larry Gantt's editorial
S5alminstions.
here is now no further need OF
{ the versatile and accomplished Col.
Larry Can't in South Carolina:
ae should eolIecs 5 few testimonials
on Col ] Us NJ. Irby and others
are samiIar with his peculiar
$zbiEEes. and seek some other field.
be women il some of the North.
sSesa States are taking The Klondike
ssleser Hundreds Of them are wild
Nfe et Cd the new Eldorado. but it is
gold hey would so 10 seach Of,
hat husbands.
the gold standard cauees wheat
A eell ST one dollar 9 bashel Why
dies not cotton sell al ten cents per
poian That should be an easy one.
or he gold bugs to answer-to their
Gown sstisfaction
# zilI Irby nse his barlow knife on
nan great combat is would
piscb fork md 5 onesbiade barlow.
skpsss
The removal Of the Charleston.
metropolitan police e The next thing
e1dez " hiie 10 sbe basiness Of
eismm GOV. EIlerbe should restore.
home rule % eharle leston.
cotsss mill 10 South Carolina
slhat pays So per cent in dividends
anfiag the FIRST four years Of ice ex-
sssstence Is better shan : Klondike IN
Essase systsn viii have 80.
sohibisiDn IS impossible. the
lSsiIiiapensasy system has had the fife
ksooked %. Of il. and the people will
nos yery long submit 70 free lquoF b5
shs osi giasi package route.
he serson crop ID Sumter County Is
shos very much shorter that any one
sIxpeeted 6se weeks ago. and i, will be.
aE gathered and harvested early 10 the
sssasoa Hsssy rains. succeeded By ho,
sseasher koocked or: the finest crop
& lgrospacs The coan1y has had IN gears.
The repossssof .be commercial agen-s
ssies siI iodiesse . fail trade Of imnebse
magnitude. and the whe!esalers are ja-
biIaps over the grea. prosperity that has
lass, apparensi5 come 70 them.
raaperisys IS ! good thing. ard the
csuntfy eanaot have TOO much
of but : prosperity that forces tie
fasnsrs Of great section Of the conn
J ssry. lie ;he South. 70 pay much more
ffor esery thing they buy TO eat aud wear.
While reoiyicg no more for their pro-.
duets, Is DOT the sort Of prosperity that
does good
The Gsfaey mill Is one of the most
snoessful cotton factories in the state.
Il sas established 70 1893 AID has paid
~
sss stockholders SO per cent. 10 disi-
de.ds during its drss foar years. The
capital ssrck has been increased from
1850 900 30 500. 600. and to day the
mills operates 81 JIG spindles aud l.
700 Draper looms. There is evidently
money 10 we'll eqaipp'd aud we'll
nsnaged cotton mill aod il is high time
that Sumter had one With a big mill
paying ont large amount Of money in
wsges sbere would be less eompls;nt Of