The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-06

Norfolk, Va, Jan 30.-The.e DOW
appears to De bu; little doubt tbet Capt
We. MeBee, former general superip-
sende1s Of Sea5oard Air Line, viii sue
seed Mr 81 JobD IS vice pres!deat aod
general nsoager OF tbe sssiem SiOce
aIr S. Johns. references, Capt floBse
has performed she duties Of bis position
as we'll as fulfilling his own as general
superintendent.
New. York, Jsa 3o-T5e Southern
Railway company has secured coos7o!
Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad com
psDy. TIE terms were bFief5 outliped
in s,stemsnt given ont tonight By W.
Butler Duncan, chairman Of the board
Of directors of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad company.
The Atlanta Journal calls attention
TO the fact that Wm. j Bryan with his
Commoner is DOT the original Common
er, ss there was Commoner published
io 1864 10 CiDciDpa,i There is also a
Commoner Published DOW iD Texas
sowD, very nice little paper TOO. which
has been published for soms time
Star
Both my mother aud | can see nov
as we look back that she was too
aoxious that we should always do right
10 every small detail she tried TOO
bard to shield us FROM ibe consequences
of our own ignorance aud persissency
1t would have been better. | think, i:
she had given us little more liberty
even to make mistakes, aud let the
pain or huDilistioD. which would be
sure to follow. be our best seecher
toward doing better next ne-Heleu
Wasterson Moody in the February
Ladies' Home Jourosl
It was asserted some time ago by a
ciiizeps' committee that St Louis was
she wickedest city 10 the couosry. but
the States attorney for Chicago does
nos propose to have his town
eclipsed.b by ST Louis, aud declares shat
bis city surpasses ''alI other cities in
The world IN crime. Star.
The Kansas trouble should oot be
eounfouuded with the Creek Nations
uprising -Atlaosa Jourosl
No, there is not to be auy war
with Venezuela The Scorpion is
not to blow Caracas aud the asphalt
deposit aud several other things into
she air with her little guns She is
merely s,eamipg around burning 3
little coal, and meanwhile exercising
q sort of restraining influence upon
the impesuous Venezuelans to keep
them from hurting themselves And
as for Uncle Sam bullying his little
neighbor-pooh Nobody ever
thought of it Savannah Morning
News
The supreme court of Georgia aas
recently rendered very important
decision in en- insurance case that
will interest all fire insurance policy
holders The plaintiffs house had
been insured for $4,000 The defend
art company proposed TO adjust the
claim for three fourth of that amount,
basing it upon the three quarters
clause in their charter Whereupon
She plaintiff entered suit for the fall
amount named in the policy and the
eupreme court has just decided that
she company must pay shat amount
Tie court holds that the right to
insure to three quarters value is one
gh;Dg and to pay only three quarters
value is another thing and that the
limit of liability in this case vas
made by the company and net by the
State. and that if the company he'd
iusured only to the extent authorized
By iss charter it could not be made
liable for any more In other words,
the meaning of the decision is that