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EnbroiderieS.

What are left of those 2-fnch Cambria
Embroideries clean cut designs;
that We're genuine bargains at sc.
a yard. Now..................-.
Lot of Smiths Cambria Embroideries.
medium width; 25c and Soc. quail
;+v Now ner ward I7c
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Ladies' Handkerchiefs.

so dozen Ladies' Hemstitched Initial
Handkerchiefs: good quality: dainty size;
handsomely worked initials: all sizes.
Smith would have sold them at
12Ec. Our price is less than half....5c
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A special lot for each-the big boys-the
small boys-and the kindergartens
Boys Golf and Cornell Caps. in plaid
and check effects-yery like the suitings
of this season. Worth Is cents,
Children's Cloth Tam O'Shanters in
Red, Blue and Brown; most popular of
the Tam styles. Worth sc,
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Millinery.

Crush Roses, natural as life. in
bunch Worth 49c., for........-.iSc .iSc
Clover, in assorted colors, large
bunches; worth 5Sc., .15c.
Black and Colored Wings; worth
Sc, for .................. 2ec
Lot Of Ladies Sailor Hats. in Navy
Blue, White and Black. pinea pple braid; :;
very latest shape; worth CSC,
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Sml N soc Madras and Perca!e Negli-
gee Shirts; good patterns, but only
sizes Is 1-2 and Il Observation-Disclosures. :.
Smiths soc. and CSC. Madras Negligee
Shirts, with cuffs to match; broken
sizes sc
Smiths great SOC. Unlaundered White
Shirts, made of superior quality muslin
and fine linen bosoms; REINFORCED
back and front: continuous stays: all
sizes, but small quantities OF
each .25c.
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delicate flower design. gold edged; thin
and light Regular price $S9s.
Special I........--............. 9S
The evening times., 1898-09-14
Children'S School Shoes.
Boys School Hats.

Corduroy Pants &c.,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
Demand Indemnity of Spain.

With all Difference to the inner
wisdom of our diplomats. in both
Washington and Madrid, we venture
the assertion that there is no time
like the present for our Department
of State to press to immediate set
Element the indemnity claims against
Spain for damage to citizens of the
United States in Cuba. It is our
traditional policy not to worry q ma
ton in financial distress with bills of
this character. That is why we pa
tiently accept postponement Of claims
against Turkey. But Spain asserts
that autonomy in Cuba is success.
that the island is virtually pacifed
and that her troops are merely doing
police duty against bandits. Of
course, this assertion is known to be
nonsense, for the insurgents have re-
pulsed every excursion of the Span.
iards. have driven their troops out of
nearly all the territory of the island,
cooped them up in fortified garrisons
and whipped them within sight of
Havana itself But the Spanish Gov.
ernment formally declares that its
sovereignty over Cuba is established.
With sovereignty goes responsibility.
Logically, then, Spain should pay
the costs of its failure to maintain
order in it's province. There are
many of these claims, but the one
most prominent in the public mind is
that of the widow Of Ruiz, who was
murdered in Spanish Jail, where he
was imprisoned in admitted violation
of treaty rights. Spain has just sent
Blanco on vain mission of bribery,
armed with $500, 900 to corrupt Gu
ban patriots If Spain can afford to
try to spend money in that lavish
fashion, she can afford to pay her
bills to the United States She has
barred herself from leniency by her
pretense that she is not embarrassed
by war in Cuba. Press the claims,
the Ruiz claim and all of them. to
speedy settlement. That will be a
diplomatic method 10 compel the
Spanish Government TO admit that it
lies when it AYERS that it controls
Cuba to day N. Y. Mail and Ex-
press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
shiloh Letter. ]: 9

fss thoughts ron can pns in your COLI
nnrs. g vs IKE to be in the roll Of your
saevs gatbesers.
Although We are whers ve sca,cely ever
hear the whistle Of The locomotive We are
20. entirely out OF the bouods Of hearing and
seeiDg few things. One thing is c.rtain,
re have not failed TO bear Of sm.lipo1, and
iit:bss had iss eject. koow the scare has
psesen,ed great many from visiting your
scity, bnt i think all fear is fact subsiding.
yadging from The amount Of fertilizer tha.
i bong earsed this We, would sag that if
tbe seasops are sni,abie we will have plenty
of e cotton later on.
Health is fair now
Planters wen advanced with their csops.
e are glad TO say tia. shs free echools of
ON ,ounship viii be aole to run longer this
year they have in . loag time. Ok
Sailob,s G., Feb. I, 1898.
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Cotton Crop Of '96- -'97.
Its Distribution by states--sea
Island Cotton--Acreage
and Prices.

Wasaiogtop, Feb. "A circular
issued BY Ssas:ssiciau Hyde of the ser;-
cultural department., gives considerable
Information concerning the cotton crop
Of lS9697, its value, TIE amount Dur
Chased By mills and the acrage plaoted.
1t shows that the total cotton crop of
1896 81 amoan.sd ~ commercial bales
to 8.532,7o5, ueae up by the fo,-
lowing States:
Alabama, s33 7se: Arkansas, COS.
643; Florida, 48,730; Georgia, l.
299, $40; lodiso Territory. 87,702:
Kansas, 6l: K-ntacky, 414; Loais-
lana, 567,25l; Mississippi, 1901
600; Missouri, 24,l19; North Caroli-
na, ,7e5; Oklahoma, 35,25l:
South Carolina. 936. .46s; Tennessee.
236,78l; Texas. 2.122, ,7O1;. Utah.
1913; Virginia, 1859.
Stated taas The large and increasing
amount of raw cotton taken direc.Iy
from the curreos crop By mills
rom 'ae cotton growing Sts:es is more
than ever an important factor 10 esti-
mating the annual production. Ten
years ogo only about 6 per cent, of a
crop of $780, 600 bales was used by
those States, while during the year
1862 they used more than IL DER
cent OF q crop of over $500, 600
bales. The number of mills in opers.
sion during sbe year was 4O2, tie num-
Der Of spiOdles 1874. 327, and the
number of bales bough. 981 1871.
The investigation Of the production
OF Sea Island cotton shows that the
srop OF 1896 81 vas the larees: on rec
ord. the States Of Georgia, Florida aud
South Carolina and Texas having pro.
duced l04, 1863 bales. The next larg-
est op vas thet of the preceding year.
estimated at about $4,000 bales. The
production of Georgia was 64,66S
bales; tbas of Florida 26,431 bales:
South Carolina 1u,769; Texas. $500.
The total value of the upland crop
was $2S5. $40 606, which gave an
average price Of 6 IS ceats per pound
OF that sold. aod tho total value Of the
Sea leland crop S6.00O.95S, an aver.
age price of l6 So cents per poupd
The total acreage during 1861
vas 23.273,2 200. the number of bales
raised 8 532,795, 40 average of 81
bales per acre.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
Blgamist Arrested.

a. Shelton, Who has been selling sewisg
mscai6es and bicycles in the Bishopvile
peighboshood for several months, was arrest
ed.on Saturday and carried before Magistrate
J.H. Scarborough, charged With bigamy. A
preliminary examination was held and on The
evidence produced be was bornd over for
trial 1T the next term Of court. In default OF
bond be was brought 70 this city and turned
over 70 Sheriff Pierson and is now in iail.
Shelton had wife in Georgis before he
established himself in B.shspyilie, bur this
slight ercumbrance made no differeoce 10 him,
and be soon succeeded 10 inducing girl,
between fourteen and sixteen years old, to
marry bim- The girl whom be 80 grossly
deceived was named Tsrner, and is said to
bear an excellent reputation in the common.
ity in which she lived. Nothing is kuown
Of the sutscsdenss Of Shelton, the bi2amiss.
bus there is said to be clear case agsins,
him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
Blanco's Failure Weyler's
Legacy.

Blauco, when be left Havana last
week to take the 6eld," carried With
him 100000 with which to corrupt the
patriotism of Cuban generals The
only result of bis excursion into bri-
berry is that be is forced 70 hand over
the bulk Of this fucd to his lieutoaaot,
Paudo. to enable him to buy supplies,
and to transport his defeated aud dis
hearseued troops 10 the Canto Valley
out Of reach of the assaults Of tho vic.
torious insurgents Now B'aoco is
about to return to Havana. by ooe
route or another, north or south but
it is noteworthy that be is to make at
least part of bis retreat to bis capital
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

Ssatie ,s furnished to this journal by
NJ. Hyde, the sEatistician of the
Depa1.-ens Of Agriculture, present one
particular feature Of interest regarding
the yield and value Of the cereal crops
for the year 1897 as compared With the
preceding year. This is saas with a
decreased total production, as compared
With 1896. the cereal crops Of 1897
brought higher value than than those
Of 1896. The same is true as regards
the crops 10 in detail, except in the case
of wheat aud rye, whose yield fer 1897
showed larger quantities than for the
year before. Corn led ell the other 10
both quantity add value With yield of
1902, ,967 ,933 bushels. This repre-
sented falling of of over $4,000,
600 bushels as compared with the year
preceding, brt higher prices increased
the value By little over $40, 900, 600.
Wheat, the next crop in importance,
shswed yield of $50. .149,16S bushels
in 1897. With value Of S42S, ,547,12l.
agsip OF over l02 400 600 bushels aod
Of nearly $l1S,ooo.0oO in value as
compared With 1898. Oats, the third
in importance of the great cereals,
yielded crop of 698. .767. .809 bushels,
valued at $l47 .974.719, a decrease of
over 8,500.000 bushels. but an in
crease of nearly SIS. 100000 10 value
as compared with the year preceding
The three drops mentioned, together
With the smaller crops of barley. rye
and buckwbeas 70. 1897, we're valued
a. sl.12l. .295.766. an increase Of
over $149, 100000 as compared With
1896. though tbe yield showed de-
crease of over 286, 100000 bushels =
Bradstroets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
Getting Down to Work at
Last.
A Large Number Of Bills We're
Disposed Of Yesterday-The
Adjournment Issue Raised.


Columbia. Feb The bouse start
ed iu early with its work this morning
and BY agreeing to consider only sucb
bills as would provoke 10 discussion
succeeded io doing aboc; as much work
as it accomplished since .he session
began. A big pile of bills, mes. OF
them local and unimpostans in ctarao-
ter, we're disposed Of before the usual
hour for recess. Amopg them wss the
measure providing for the enclosing OF
the Confederate monument. the bill TO
include 10 Greenwood county certain
portions Of the counties of Abbeville
and EdgeGeld. the bill 90 prohibit the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

destruction of nests of certain birds.
the resolution looking to tbe establish
ment Of refcrmasory for youthful prls
oners, the bill seapportioning Dorcbss-
ter and Colietoo oaa;ies, giving the
former one representative and the lat
ter three, cod great mauy other bills
There were 10 features Of t5e day e
session. M Wiokler acted most ac-
cep:abiy as speaker duriag the day
Mr.. Bacot rose to a question Of per-
sonal privilege aDd disavowed any 10
tenticn to imprgn the motives Of any
member in the reasona be bad spread
upou the journal for Withdrawing his
impartial history bill
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

By eea Shoald be march By land. the
bothersone Cabans might make hin
walk Spanish That tis arrival 10
Havaoa, repuIsed ia bribery aad &C.
feated in aros, is likely to be he Gig
pal for another outbreak Of violeoce by
the cnraged Spsuiards, is Indicated By
the explosion OF a bomo in ,bs, city
yesterday.
The la;es: e,lfitary success Of tie
Spanish troops. officially reported By
Spanish authority is the capture Of six
women and eight children ic Santa
Clara province Tae report does not
say how many troops we're employed to
achieve this brilliant exploit but there
muss have bson many, sjace il required
three Spanish columns to murder Aran.
gureo aud lis sweetheart. four Crbao
soldiers aud q boy. But while these
deeds of daring mag not be altogether
satisfying to Spanish vaIor, the beart Of
Weyler may gloa: over the continued
success Of his plao OF makicg war by
starvation of uon-com bataots. 10 far
Madrid that hater Of humanity may
read With Keen enjoymen. the official
figures of the mortality in the city of
Santa Clara, which year ago contained
II 900 inhabitants. during 1897
January. 78 dead ; February. ia;
March, 1888; April. 524; May. $50 !;
June, 531; July, 655; August. 645 !;
September, $50; October, 884 (; No
vember, 1.037 December, 1,01l.
This mortality Of SO per cent. OBJ
tains among the paci6cos all over Cuba.
The dead speak With silent but awful
eloqueoce Of Che imperative necessity
of the restoration Of peace-N Y.
Mail aud Express
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5 - : -
PISGAH HAPPENINGS.

Your correspondence vision aad bearing
are limited at present, tothe d;ss.nce of ria,
SHOT. SO be cant hesr or see, what people
have to say. The close confinement is caus.
ed by trying 20 End tho pot of money at ihe
ecd Of the rainbow IN raising &c. cotton, and
right here, havs the most astounding news
that bas ever shocked the civilized world.
Here Il is the South !, going to, present toe
world with 2,0SO, 600 oales Of cotton this
yess. flee grans Lei as hope the uaspufsc-
tssers will weave il iu1c cloth and present il
10 sha poor. such gigautic philanthropy
vas ever seen before, and it is to be hoped
viii never be seen sgain. The parchsse OF
gaAao goes On. and IS only limited by the
inability Of the maunfacturers to supply it.
Tho oas crop. got the black face from the
cold ~eathef, aud looks ike fellow who
had receiyed bis checks from oas Of the
feminine ,Render
Tnesday Eight. d.ss inst. q thermometer
whose degrees are limited to 100 was hung in
The opsn air. and rext morning registered
as 20 above 5.ro. This is the coldes, spell We
g hsye bed for years, and has broughs forth q
good crop Of colds The tony fellow, who
would NOT have q thread in his suis except
the uasurai. warp aud woof, went freezing
sIoaF, but the othar fellow, Who had tie
patches on was comfortable. without WORRY
ipg vhas people would say or think.
Farm work is progressing rspidly and
soon the earn VIII be hustled in. News here
has gons into winter qnarsers. Every now
I and then though, fellow feels fer the time
being that be can buy out Greater New
FORK Happy man than oihsrs tap each
other fssIe with Yarisus things, but JON
s have Al that IN Sumter.
Tho Pissah public scbool house is about
I he worst 10 the county perfect hull. Ths
teachers and scholars Sit and almoss freeze 10
trying 10 learn li.sls. II The trustees banda
are sisd BY iau, 80 they csn's nse the publie
roneJ TO make comfortable house, then tho
3 i4w makers Who enacted law, orght to dig
5ssin The Kennebec min, thickly clad, when
Sshe thermoneter IS 4to below o. School
houses and churches should be rery plessast
places
II. E. ] Scapell, Who carries the mail on
the ssar ronts from Piseah 10 Hagood, 8. Co..
g % doubt the champion mail carrier in the
Stats. he walked 20 miles = day, three times
50 week last year, and never missed day.
Who can beat il
eamiliug face Of the noted ex-widow.r
sf snishville elbows how happy he is.
Nth his far yoaag bride. Another, is on
I The war path 70 conqoor or be corquored.
snd still another, who is as impeaesrable to
female charms ss 3 rock How coon We
forget The blessing Of the past. scarcely re-
n.absriDg that shsy brighten as they take
s,hsr fight.
Piseah. s. G., Feb 8.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
Took q Severe Cold after the Big
Fire.

After the big Sre in Cripple Cresk, took a
very severe cold and tried many remedies
without help; the cold only becoming more
settled. After using three small bottles OF
Cbamherlains's Cough Remedy, both the cold
and cough Jeff noe. and in this high altitude
it takes meritorions cough remedy to do
aay Cooke. B. HENDERSON, Editor Daily
Advertiser, Cripple Creek, Colo. Sold by a.
J. China.
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Boston. Feb. Six fremeD, in.
eluding dissrics chief, captain and 3
Eensenapt. we're killed at a ire here
this mornioe. which burned os. the To-
terror Of 5-story building oo Merri
mac street occupied BY G.. W. Bent &
Co., manufacturers of beds. bedding.
etc.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

Gov. Elle7be has been iovited to at
tcod reception to be given on the
evening of the 10th by President and
Mrs. Mckinley.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09
LAMB cEoFs.


veal chops, mutton chops, sirloin.
porteraouse or any kind of beef
steaks, or roast cut from our luscious.
tender aud juicy stock of prime
meats, fresh aud tempting. you viii!
always find at this market, and yea
will always find US prompt and OBJ
ligipg in serving and delivering your
orders.
Manufacturer and shipper of Sau.
sage, orders by mail or wire promptly
attended to.
E. HOGAN,
Telephone No. 26.
TuoMEy BLOCK.
Oct IS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

A 6fty barrel roller -four mill will
be bui!s in Spartanburg.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-02-09

St. Valentines Day is near at hand. A
large stock of Valentines at q. G. os,een 4
Cos Book Store.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-01-29
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.



In executive session the senate on the
18th further discussed the Hawaiian treaty.
The nomination of Charles Page Bryan, of
Illinois, as minister to Brazil and E. II.
Conger, of Iowa, now minister to Brazil.
as minister to China, and Mark S. Brewer,
of Michigan, to be civil service commits
sioner, were received from the president.
lin the house the urgent deficiency bin
was passed and the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill was reported.
The nomination of Acknowledgement Nc
Kenna TO be a justice of the supreme court
was reported favorably to the senate on
the 18th, as was also the pension appropria-
tion bill, and the Hawaiian treaty was fur
ther discussed in executive session. In
the house Mr.. Bland (Mo) introduced a
free coinage bill which makes gold and
silver the standard, and declares all rules
discriminating against the legal tender OF
such coinage unlawful. The agricultural
appropriation bill was reported with an
amendment providing for the inspection of
horse meat for export purposes in the same
way that the meat of cattle and other ami
mails is now inspected.
BY general consent the senate on the 14th
postponed consideration of the Hawaiian
treaty until next Monday Senator Hoar
offered a Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution extending
the term OF office of the president and senu-
tors to April 30 1901. and making that day
instead of March the commencement and
termination of official terms in future.
Nineteen pension bills were passed. An
adverse report was made upon H. w.
Corbett's claim to seat in the senate from
Oregon. The Lacey bill extending the
homestead law to Alaska and granting
rights of way to railroads was favorably
reported in the house and the agricultural
appropriation bill was passed.
The senate was not in session on the 18th.
lin the house two hours were spent in
general debate on the army appropriation
bill, and the remainder of the day was
given to eulogizing the life and public serv-
ices of the late Seth W. Mllliken, of Maine,
who served for IA years in the lower branch
| Of congress-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-01-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Indiana League of Republican
clubs will hold its annual convention in
Lafayette February 12.
Congressman Andrew j. Hunter has
been chosen the Illinois member of the
democratic congressional committee.
Marcus A. Hanna was reelected 10
represent Ohio in the United States
senate for seven years and two months.
Mrs. Morette, aged 107 years, died at
the county house AT jackson, Mich.
Ex-Congressman II. A. Sprccher, of
Portage, Wis, died suddenly in Phoenix,
A. T.
A new party was born in the confer
ence in St. Louis of the populists and
named the peoples party. 1t has sew
cred all connection with the national
popu.ist committee.
Benjamin Butterworth. commissioner
of patents, an eX-congressman and u
war veteran, died at Thomasville, Ca,
where he had gone for his health, aged
80 years. His home was in Cincinnati.
Gen. Christopher Colon Auger, U. S.
A., retired, died of old age at his home
in Washington.
Mrs. james l.. Flood, wife of the mil,
lionaire mine owner, died in San Fran
cisco. aged "a years.
Logan Carlisle, son of John G. Carlisle
and his chief clerk when the latter was
secretary of the treasury, died sudden.
ly at the home of his parents in New
York, aged 3S years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-01-29
MINOR NEWS ITEMS,

Marble slab manufacturers of the
United States have formed combine.
A beet sugar syndicate has secured
10000 acres near Chico, CAL, and will
erect three factories.
David Macferron, who has been treas
urer of Allegheny county, Pa, for over
40 years, talks of resigning.
Among the natives of Mexico there
are, according to Lumholtz. about 15o.-
000 survivors of the Aztec race. o
An antiquated case in a ST. Louis court
was dismissed because everybody that
was ever connected with it is dead.
The senior partner of Bass. the boss
brewing concern. is alleged to have
made an income of $1,75O.OO0 last year.
Rev. w. a. Spencer. corresponding
secretary of the Methodist Episcopal
board of missions. has Travelled 60O,0nO
miles in the last ~ years.
Customs officers seized 420 quart bot
ties of whisky on the steamer Ci'y of
Seattle just before she sailed from Port
Townsend, Wash, for Alaska.
The executive committee of :he
League OF American Municipalities mas
decided to hold the next convention in
Detroit, August to inclusive.
Fred Hills, mining engineer at COL
orado Springs, has patented machine
by which he claims he can treat gold ore
running one dollar to the ton at a
profit.
Charles Marsh, who was arrested in
Kansas City on charge of swindling.
turns out 10 be Boston Charley" one of
the cleverest confidence men in the
country.
One of the new counterfeit 500 sill
yer certificates has been handed in at
the New York subtreasury. having oeen
handled by three tellers before its spu-
robustness was detected.
The TWO wings of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians in the United States have
fixed upon Trenton, y. j.. June OF. as
the place and time for the holding of the
national convention of the reunited or
ganizatious.
The new Oceanic. now being built in
England for the White Star lire. will
be 70+ feet in extreme length (13 feet
longer than the Great EASTERN and her
tonnage will exceed 1900 tons.
]. Hoge Tyler. the new governor of
Virginia, is a farmer and the first of
that calling to fill the gubernatorial
chair of his state in 40 years. Hitherto
the office has been practically monopo-
Iized by lawyers.