The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-09

DR.. l. A. McKagen has removed his drug
store to one of Ricker's new stores next north
Of the new City Hall.
A friend writing from near Mayesville,
Nav 9Th. SAYS: stGood rains Row will do
oats and corn lots Of good. Ga, crop good
Corn very backward. Cotton up aod being
chopped.
Benz. NcInues, Jr ". R. C.. v. s., Veteri-
nary Surgeon, Charleston, s. c., will visit
Sumter, Monday, May 2lst; Florence, Tues.
day, May 2znd, Mccall b Co.'S. stable;
Darlington, Wednesday, 23rd, Mccullough 4
Cooley's stable.
q. s. Commissioner Norris says that ten
u. S. liquor&licenses have been issned during
the past week, and about sixteen more appli-
/ cations have been made. Six Of the licenses
issued were to parties in Sumter and one ut
Mayesyille.
Coroner Commander held an inquest on the
| 3otb over a child at Hagood. which was killed
OF the pay train on the South Carolina rail-
road. The name of the child was Commo'
| dict of accidental killing.
Some of the accoutrements of the Sumter
Light Iofantry are in the hands of persons
unknown to the members of The company.
Ali such persons are requested by the COM
pany to deliver the accoutrements to Sergeant
John T. Green Jr at once,
A party consisting OF Messrs. A.. B. and 7.
S. Stuckey, l.. /. Parrott, A.. c. Durant,
Lucius and Joe Durant and J. D. Wilder, and
also a cook, went fishing in Wateree Swamp
last week. They did not bring back any 6sh,
but say they had plenty to eat. A good fish
story.
Belitzer 4 Spann's horse Runaway With their
furniture van last Friday aud created consid-
cradle excitement on Main Street. The horse
was frightened by a fash Of lightning, and
ran from Belitzer & Spann's store to Schwerin
l. Co.'S store, where it ran against the corner,
breaking one shaft. The horse was bruised
but not seriously injured.
EGeorge Washington Murray, who repre-
sen,s the It'll District ir Congress, has
invented 8 cotton chopping machine and has
sold the right to a manufacturing syndicate
at Waco, Texas, making big money on it.
he has three patents aod gets SIS, 900 for each
one, and $500 royalty Oh each machine
manufactured for the mex II years. The
machine has been tested and has proven a
success.
Since the merchants have begun closing
their places of business at 6 O'Clock, thereby
| giving their clerks rest and recreation, there
has been set on foot a movement to close the
postof6ce at 7 o'clock each evening. There
are no h~arder-worked, more polite or CON-
petent officials to be found anywhere than in
the Sumter postof6ce, and our citizens should
not object to the closing of the mails at Z in
stead of 8, in order TO give the P. O. clerks
an hour more each evening.
The difficulty concerning the right of way
of the Manchester 4 Augusta R. R., between
this city and Green Swamp has at last been
settled after more than four years. The mat
ter was compromised aud the track will be
moved about fifteen feet, thus Strengthening
out a curve. Fifteen feet SEEM like a small
matter, but when it makes a curve necessary
in what will soon be the main lire of an m
portaut system like the Atlantic Coast Line,
it makes a difference j.. N. Dicks, who had
a claim to the right of way, received about
$500 as q consideration to wave his claim.