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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
Statistics on Manure Values


From recent carefully prepared
statistics taken from United States
government bulletins On this subject,
we find that there are in the whole
country, in round numbers, 16.0o0,.
900 horses. 53.ooo.o00 cattle,
As 100000 hogs, and 5000. 000
sheep. It lie further shown that if all
these animals were kept in stalls or
pens throughout one year, the
value of manure produced by
each horse would be $27 each head
of cattle SIS; each hog s12, and
each sheep 81. The total value OF
fertilizers thus produced by the diff
ferens classes would be, for horses
100000; cattle $l,O07,o00..
600; hogs 100000, and sheep
$50, 900, GOO: making grand total
Of s$2,07l 100000. or about ten
times the value of the present cotton
crop. These estimates were calcu-
lated upon the values usually placed
upon phosphoric acid, potash and
nitrogen found in commercial ferti-
lizers, in their relative proportion, as
they exist ir manures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
LANCAsHIRE's COTTON
TRADE In 1893.

Writing about the Lancashire cotton
trade for the year just closed, the Pail
Mall Gazette says ''In brief. the
salient features of the Lancashire cotton
trade during the year 1898 are los.
priced American cotton, averaging
little about Sd. in futures, extensive
supplies-two enormous corps being
assured, one. of i.25O, ,000 bales, and
the cur.en. yield Iikely to be 1000.
000--a profitable spinning trade 10
Oldarn and South Lancasbise (Ameri-
can yaros), a poor manufacturing
margin where bought yaros are used, q
better manufacturing situation where
o1n yarn is spus, and a most unsatis-
factory trade for spinpers in Bolton Of
Egyptian cotton. Oldham aud vicinity
has had the best years trade since
1890 Ali the companies excepting
tao have declared DOT unsatisfactory
profits Many adverse balances have
been wiped out. aud several private
firms have been pu. ou their legs.
Things are so promising that several
new aaills are being erected 10 Roch.
dale, OLDHAM aud Stockport, " TIE
Journal quosed ssys that the Board of
Trade returns will show EogIand's
largest exports of cotton gooda 10 point
Of yardage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
Gen. Eagan Before the Court
Martial.

Washington, Jan. Is The feature
of The proceedings before the Eagsn
courtmartial to day wes the testimo-
ny, dramatic, in many parts in Its
quiet intensity. of Commissary Cen
era! Eagan himself
Not more than fifteen or twenty
people outside of the court and a
dozen or so newspaper correspond.
ents were admitted to the trial rooms.
Several witnesses preceded the chief
igue in the trial. Gen Eagan listen.
ed intently to the testimony of these
witnesses, and occasionally held
brief whispered conferences with his
counsel. He was dressed in full uni
foru, without sword. His forid face,
white hair and mustsche and soldier
y bearing recalled to many the late
Gen Sheridan, to whom he bears a
distinct resemblance His call to the
stand this morning was something of
surprise, as it had been thought if
be testified at all it would be later.
When his name was called he rose
and, standing before the witness
chair, raised his right hand. took the
oath administered by the judge ad-
vocate, and at first related his army
career. AS he proceeded in his test
imony it became apparent that the
line of defence would be justification
and extreme provocation. finally
bringing on serious nervous condi
tion which rendered the witness unit
for business, aud made him to de-
gree irresponsible for his acts The
presidents order of immunity, it
was also evident. would be relied on
as applicable to Gen. Eagan's testi
mony before the war commission,
and that. therefore, the courtmartial
had no proper jurisdiction of the
case. when Gen Eagan began the
story of Gen. Miles aspersions on
him be raised his voice somewhat and
spoke with great earne stness, though
with perfect enunciation In speak
ing Of the criticisms of the newspa
pers which, be said had been called
forth by Gen. Miles testimony. his
manner was intensely dramatic and
impressive. His eyes filed with
tears aud his voice .rembled, and the
impression he left with many was
decidedly favorable. After the court
adjourned several members shook his
hand aud in friendly way asked
after his health.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

In New York there are not only
great number of church buildings.
but there are many very rich ones.
Trinity church. Episcopal, is assessed
at S5,000.000 St Patrick's Roman
Catholic Cathedral is assessed ss
S3,5O0,000 St Paul's Chapel. ST.
5000; St John the Divine
81 100000 The most valuable
Presbyterian church is the Fifth
avenue of which the late DR. Hall
was pastor This is valued at $780,
900 Three other Presbyterian
churches are valued at s550,00o and
S420.0o0 Other costly places of
worship in New York are the Col
legiate Dutch church. 100000 /:
Temple Emanuel, $3.50. 900 Broad
way Tabernacle, 100000 I; Grace
Episcopal, 100000; St Georges.
100000; S, Bartholomew's. $780,
900. ETC. Church property exempt
from taxation s63,9s6.ooo In all
there is property exempt in the great
city sggregating 500, 100000. Tax.
es are enormously high in the city
now.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
WILL IT BE RATIFIED {?
Day Named for Voting on the
Treaty Accepted.

" ashington, Jan 25 The senate
consumed forty-fve minutes in exc
cutive session to-day in arriving at a
decision to vote on the peace treaty
As soon as the doors were closed and
the public excluded Senator Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, took the floor and announc-
ed that be was authorized by the
committee to accept the proposition
made in executive session by Senator
German yesterday to vote on the
treaty within ten days he, there
fore, asked for unanimous consent
that the vote should be taken at 8
O'Clock on Monday, February s, say
ing that exactly ten legislative days
would intervene between this time
and that. He intimated that if there
were any objections to this date he
would ike to hear them. but none
were heard, and the hour and the day
were unanimously agreed to The
remainder Of the forty Eve minutes
were spent in an exchange of ques
tions and answers, which are usually
heard in efforts to fix time for q
vote and in making sure that all un
derstand the fact. There was also an
agreement that the Senate should go
into executive session each day be
tween this time and February 6 for
the discussion of the treaty Au-
thority was also given for making the
announcement of the agreement pub.
lie
The opposing Senators made no
objection to the date, neither sug-
gestipg an earlier or later one.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

The soldier correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer. writing from Ha-
vaua, says: ''Tbe Cubaus are greatly
interested in play at one OF the
theatres here It has nc pics but is
simply q patriotic Demonstration. 10
the first act Weyler, clad 10 scarlet,
storms socus upon the stage, aourishiag
a big dagger. aud t'ampliug and etsb-
bing the miserable, defeDseless recon
centrados, huddled together in esarvlog
groups. At last ali are goOe, and
Cuba stands before bin. woman
clad 10 white, defenseleas, baviog lost
all save purity, As the s!asghserer is
aboas to end her, 'America' suddenly
appears wrapped from head TO foot 10
Old Glory. The slaugbserer falls back, {,
and instantly nearly every hat 10 the
boase is flung on the stage, while
'viyss' and 'bravos' drown sll other
sounds. As soon as some quiet hes
been restored. stage supers collect the
hats ADD distribute them 10 the audi
ence With surprising ease. Both Cuba
and America are types Of beautiful
women. Cuba is brunette, aud
'America' e blonde.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
Sherman on Expansion.

New York, Jan. 25.-The Even
ing World to day prints an interview
with John Sherman, in which the
latter forcibiy expresses himself
against expansion. The ex-secretary
is quoted ss saying in part
"i am decidedly opposed to the
invasion of the Philippines The
idea of our country forcing its way
into these islands and forcing its
government upon the 100000 or
5000, 600 population Of those islands
is nonssrous 1t is subversiye of the
basic principle of our government.
that the jost powers of government
are derived from the consent of the
governed. and it is IN violation of the
traditions of our country''
ssThen if you were in the senate
you would not vote to rasify the
treaty of Paris as it stands ?"
s.lf ! were in the senste would
net vote 20 ratify the sresty as it
stands. I would vote to withdraw
from the islands as soon as possible.
The papers say that 1000 soldiers
have inst been sent to Manila. Why
ara they sent ? Are We going to war
sgsinss struggling republic ? They
have seen fighting for many years
against Spain. and have practically
driven Spain out. Are we 70 take
the place of Spain in tyranuiziug
over these struggling people ?''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

1t is stated by the Southern Farm
Magazine, Of Baltimore, and we be-
lieye the statement is correct. that
one hundred million dollars are spent
annually for food staffs by the South
that are produced inside of its own
borders, and all of which could easily
be grown at home Let US think for
moment what this means Suppose
we raise ten million bales of cotton
and that it is worth. at 5 cents per
pound, $250,000.000; we see at
once that two-ifths of the whole
amount is spent for food, every dollar
of which mighs and should be kept
at home.
The useful beetle known ss novius
cardinals, aud employed in Califor-
MIA to eat up the "white or fateG
SCALE" insects of the orange groves.
has been exported to Portugal for the,
same purpose. The beetles were
packed in moss with q quantity Of
scale insects to eat, and sent by mail
to Lisbon. Only a few reached their
destination alive, but they are pro-
life and 10 few months thousands
were avsilable for work on the scale
insects which infest the orange groves
of the Tagus.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

Speaking of speeches in the assem-
bly, reminds US that the boys were
not slow to take advantage of 8 good
opportunity to display their oratorical
powers yesterday in the flag debate.
The subject was one admitting of the
display Of the grand passion and it
was displayed, by q number of very
eloquent men. Mr.. Wilson's speech
in opening the debate was generally
regarded as one OF the MOST effective
that has been delivered in the assem-.
bly, for years Columbia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
Ez-Attorney General
Garland Stricken Down.
Addressing Federal Supreme
Court When Stroke Came.

Washington, Jan. 26 Former
Attorney General Augustus b Gar
land was stricken with apoplexy while
addressing the United States supreme
court at IL Is O'Clock this afternoon
and died within ten minutes The
occurrence came with startling aud
tragic uoexpeceeduess, changing the
usual calm aud dignity of the court
into temporary confusion, while the
dying man was carried from the cham.
ber in futile effort to alleviate his con
di.lon.
When the court convened at noon Mr..
Garland resumed au argument in the
case of Towson vs.. Moore, which had
begun yesterday. There was a full
bench. With the exception of Justices
Brewer and White Mr.. Garland spoke
calmly and with nc evidence of agiss-
tion or effort. He bad read from q law
volume and bad followed with the SEN
.ence: This, your honors, is our COO
tension."
As the last word was uttered Mr..
Garland was seen to raise his hand and
then gasp. He tostered and fell side.
wise, striking ageipss a chair and
overturuiog it as he fell heavily to the
floor. A succession of loud. deep
gasps came from him as he lay on the
floor. His associate in the case, Mr..
Franklin Maekey. was at once by bis
side and with the aid of other counsel
apd officials. the head Of the dying man
was raised, his shoes removed aud a
glass of water given him A deathly
psllor had overspread his face, aud this
gave soon place to deep purple. which
foretold the gravity OF the attack. BE
vas carried from the chsmber across TO
the room of Chief Clerk McKenny,
and there placed on sofa Senator
Gallioger. who is physician, was near
at haud. A single glance told him
that the attack would be fatal. Within
ten minutes from The time of the stroke
Mr. Garland breatbed his last
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

Another resolution was prepared
yesterday looking to the election OF
another representative from Sumter
county to succeed Mr Keeis, the
gentleman from Lee county who was
unseated The resolution reads as
follows
Whereas the county Of Sumter is
entitled to five members in the house
of representatives. aud, whereas. at
the general election for the year 1898
the said county chose only four mem
bers for said house and there is now
vacant seat therein be it
Resolved, That the speaker of this
house issue a writ of election for
Sumter county for the purpose of
filing said vacancy The State,
Jan. ~.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
DR.. Moseley Goes to Cuba.

Florence, Jan. 25.-The Rev. DR..
Il. r. Moselsy, pastor Of the First
Baptist Church of this city, will leave
here to.msrrow night for Miami, Fla,
where be will embark for Santiago.
Cuba. Il will be remembered that Mr..
Mose!ey has recently been offered the
position of general missionary to the
Eastern provinces OF Caba by the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society, of
New York. Mr MoseIy has beeH
granted Two months leave CT absence
by bis church here, which time be
will spend 10 Cuba organizing the
mission work for the home board
As soon as this ia doue he will return
to Florence IT,. however. he decides
to accept the place offered him by the
board he will not resign his charge
here after his return until the eud of
this year. Daring his absence the
Rev. Will B. Oliver. of North Caro-.
lina. will 6iil Dr. Moseley's polpis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
AUGUSTA STRIKE ENDS.

Augusta. Ga +, Jan. 26 The strike
in the cotton mills of the Augusts
district which began Nov 81, will
end tomorrow and the strikers will
return to work at the reduced scale
after nine weeks of idleness Some
small concessions are made by the
mills in the matter of house rent and
fuel, but the details of the agreement
are not given out to night About
1900 hands were involved in the
strike.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

A story comes from Madrid that I've
Spanish officers have been rewarded for
valiant aud successful services as spies
iD the country during The var. The
spies may have done good work but the
mistake that Spain made 10 the matter
was that they were not detailed to learn
the weakness of their Own patton before
the war rather than the strength of their
foes after it was too lste.-Louisville
Courier. Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

The newest gun 10 the Uoised States
army is balloou gun, made especially
30 bring down balloons. it is mounted
so that it can be fred at any poiut from
zenith TO horizon, and has range Of
mile and a quarter. This is pew
feature 10 warfare. as heretofore there
was DO way Of reaching those engaged
10 spying out tie ley Of armies 1t is
claimed by army officers to be the thing
most needed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
In statu Quo at Manila.

Washington, Jan 2e -Ged osis ca.
bled the war department to-day from
Manila as follows:
Manila Jan 26.-The transpor. Zsa-
lsndis left yesterday for Sac Francisco
with 224 officers and enlisted men.
The soldiers on the ZsaIandia are
said, at tie var Departments. to be eon-
valesceDts. The dispatch. like the last
received from Gen Otis was regarded
as satisfactory because he made no men,
eion Of ary change 10 the eonditions as
Mapila, such as be would be sure TO 60
had there been any insurgeos outbreak.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
IT'S WAR TO
TIE KNIFE.
FIispinos Recruiting Every
Avallable MAZE.

Mspiia. jan 20 Wis Heng Kong
Jan. The Independencia to-day
isspsd : supplement containing q dis
psssh. purrosing to come from Msiolos,
she seat Of che rebel government. L
CONNECTS rpca the appointments of tae
eommiissioa, and says s.The Filipioos
naturally saspess this is = aew attempt
70 hunbug Bosh Dewey and Spencer
Pras. promised as iDcependeoce If the
Filipino repabIie wsa stable. The
Mlipinos are disalusionsd. I believe
>shs commission is rnss to gain time
an they have sscumulased Formidable
forces, when america. abusing her
strength. viii begin war TO rasify her
sevsreignty z
The Indspendeneia then alleges that
al she commissioners are parsisans of
coioaial expaasion, and incidentally as
serss that he archbishop also favors
sansxssisn ssish the sole object Of
gaming the synpsshies Of tbe 1inoing
side .
The Fiiipinos Of eaioocsn and
GsglsBgin, nistaking saiuses exchang-
ed between British aud German war
ships on January 18, moved 5000
men to The front 10 order Of battle,
coverisg the adjacent country, bns they
did nos ssscksd che Amerisan lines.
Ropoess from the interior indicate
that Aguinaldo,s authority is now gen
orally recognized. Every available
male. is beIag recruited aud arms deposs
ara being established at San Bernandino,
Onion. Trinidad and other large towns
The surrounding country is being levied
90 for supplies. and the Filipino sroops
are living on the Eat Of the land, while
the Da,ive villagers are compelled to
subsist on rise
There is some friction between the
Filipino civil and military authorities.
but they are united GA the question of
independence
e is estimated that there are fully 8,
o06 Fiiipinos under arms. and it is said
there are seariy so Maxim guus at Ma
Iolos, some Of them baving been recent
II acquired
The Flipiso military authorities are
eob4inced, they say. that the Americans
will be unable TO work effectively ou:-
side Of Manila 10 che event of hostilisies,
hence they leei confident Of the futore.
Many of the Filipioo officers eom-
.plsia of discourseous treatment upon
the part of the Americas at Manils.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

The Oceanic. the largest steamer
afoas, vas successfully launched ct
Belfast. She is owned by the White
Star Line aud is 704 feet loog aud
weighs II ,000 tons Her coal bunkers
will hold enough coal for her to circun-
navigate the world without recoaliog
She is built upen di9ereD. lines from
the "Gfeas Eastern and will be used
for freight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01
SUMTER. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY !. 1893.

Third-The right of the delega
tion from Kershew to seats in the
house in accordance with the reasons
as set forth in the preamble and reso'
tuition
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-24
Hero Funston's wife.

"How does it seem to be the wife of a
heroP" was asked of Mrs. Funston.
'To tell the TRUTH" said she, Erred and
don't realize the Importance of it at all
1t doesn't seem real TO us. Every once in
while say:
"Why, Fred, you're general" and he
answers:
swell, II am, what Of it?'
eyes, am proud of my husband
achievements-it would be untrue to deny
it. But | love him for himself aside from
any distinction that he has gained. Why,
would love him just the same il he were
only a corporal.
81 have seen wounded soldiers brought
into the hospitals on stretchers, and /
have visited the hospitals, and the things ]
saw there l can never forget.
81 wish l could have gone oftener, the
poor fellows were so grateful when a wom-
an came to talk to them 1t seemed to
make them less homesick in their illness.
But the drain upon sympathies was always
so great that l could not continue my Wis
its without breaking down myself.
"My most exciting experiences came
when an engagement was in progress. In
Manila we were in telegraphic communica
ton with those at the front. 1 woul1 stay
at the operators elbow for hours at a
time, shuddering with dread, Mortified,
when the news was flushed that meant
sorrow and mourning In Kansas and else
where-the news of some poor fellows
death on the battlefield. One could moi
bear up many more months under so ter.
rible strain as that was"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-24
wonderfuI Cave in South Dakota.

The Black Hills of South Dakota, de-
scribed as the richest 100 square miles on
the face of the earth, possess, in addition
to their mineral wealth, one of the greatest
wonders of the world. This is Wind Cave
in Custer county, II miles north of the
City of Hot Springs in the southern por-
ton of the Black Hills. This cave is in
an immense bed of limestone, bewilder-
ing labyrinth of boxwork, stalactite, sta
lagmite, pop corn, geodes and frostwork of
glis.ening whiteness so delicate that at the
slightest touch it crumbles in pieces. 1t
forms a fitting playground for the little
people with whom the superstition of the
Indians peopled the Black Hills in the days
when they were afraid of the sombre
mountains, before the pale face came and
the iron horse followed after, and the
spirits of the hills were driven out. Prof.
Horrill of the Smithsonian Institution says
the formation of the cave is unknown.
Other biologists incline to the opinion that
1t is an extinct geyser, perhaps a former
outlet for the warm mineral waters which
now come 10 the surface at Hot Springs
and its vicinity. Some of the formations
show the evidence of having been produced
by water, a warm mineral water; and
some, notably the frostwork, are so delicate
that they could not owe their existence to
the action of water, but must have been
formed by gas or vapor which concealed
as 1t struck the limestone.
The cave is formed of assures or crevices
paralleling one another at distances OF
from so to 800 feet apart These assures
range in height from 80 to 100 feet. They
are all connected by side passages scarcely
large enough, originally, to permit an ordi-
nary-sized man to get through. 1t has
been necessary to widen and deepen these
connecting passages in order to make the
cave accessible to tourists. There are eight
tiers or layers of these assures, the lowest
being 500 feet below the entrance. The
chambers have all been found in the ifs
sures, and range in size from IL feet square
"a a little more than three acres. A re-
cent survey of the cave disclosed the fact
that IL covers an area of two miles square
II ia understood that the total length of its
passage is not less than $50 miles.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-24
nohhsrv ., sa1,oas ItIvsr.

An unknown man entered the home OF
Henry Stearns unnoticed az SSH'pns Hlsea,
Tuesday, and returned WIN a ounu,e S =,
overcoats on his arm. AS ne esnelseu
Srom the house he met James SLearns
nominS in and asked him If he didn't want
~ INV something. James expressed him
sslS 10 the effect that he did not and the
thief AID. The theft of the overcoats was
NO, discovered until Wednesday morning,
and then Constable Walker went In search
of the thief, but no trace OF him was
found.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-11-24

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