The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-02
Letter From Wedgefeld.
WspeEr1elp, S. c April 80

WBDGEHIELD, Sc April ~, 1894.
The recent rains have made oats come out
very much, but the crop will be very short.
Farmers are, about through planting corn
and some are working 1t.
Stands of corn are very poor as a rule.
Bud worms are unusually bad. Was glad
to hear a farmer say yesterday thai he would
sell between FIVE and seven hundred bushels
of his " raising of corn fhissyear. This,
however, is a very rare exception, for the
meess of sour farmers gre buying now ana
semssshavebeen doing 81 for some umess
hope that this vii: be the last year that
our county shall be so haraFups. 70, ways that
we could remedy ourselves, however ready
wesae to put il on something e!ses
sS4lE,erH Ehfeeneewas vas, Beld siiahe Meth
odist Church last Sunday,
Mr. Joseph CrockardsseFings g, i'll health,
did not Fill his appointment at the Presbyte-
rian Church.
Misses Lilian. and Virginia Singletons who
baqsseensps1dSngx some Hnae ~aithsssasHes
in town, hare returned TO their home In
;Asgh EW
NJ. E. G.. Wheeler, having resigned his
position as Express Agent here, Mr. Jno. R.
Caldwell is attending TO the business of that
Office for the present.
Mr. 81. C. Ellis lost one of his children last
week. It.was taken to Darlings6Efor bdsza.
: Ben zeeas ealMsdN9aaeex 81 Jail yesssr-
dt&SasjISstlM iN bsfSglsSpd larcs1g.
TWSf BE Use & a666fsas follos:
sAs@ES~sdT Cdstin@ aud Iffes1rovss fRm
their yard ol Sunday 70 gda6aS&nrck a6
saw Ben Green sitting on the railroad a short
distance away. When they arrived home
asomSS cEaacb,g tHey3s.found their house bad
been broken open and robbed. Suspicion
resting on Green, a search warrant was
sworn out and some of the stolen goods we're
aSundsi in AS9asonMNhich Green vas travel
ing towards Sumter. He made an open con-
fession and told where other thingsfamoog
them A ail|ka 19seeRa dheskaandhsKAdehasEYa
in his sister Matilda Whites house, and said
further that arrangements had been made for
them to be taken to the house Of Elijah
Bryanta near neighbor-only q few steps-if
it became necessary. But on searching the
house Of Matthias husband, the articles as
described were fouad. Matilda was brought
sdp aud fined Eve ($5) dollars, which was
promptly paid, for being accessory. Ito the
theft} after the act.
Will also stair that a large supply of keys
Of sHaripns kinda and sizes we're found on
GreeaspersonssS9d one which looks very
smaekiikesa1mik6t be the front door key to
:s1nnsasSre, he requested the constable, very
particularly, not to show to any one.
~sYoAE aeMresponde1t shs.dsaSsydW pleasant
Tex Hill, 99azsdng1 aIese Of bis
frisnIE and acquainfahcss, Both Professional
and Otherwise, among them Mr.. s. h. Ed
munds from your city, whom we all know
and think well of. BE looked very we'll and
was i eas spisiss: He i delighted with
Rock mfHigSSeSool. The bu7fdibg is one
tibet would do credit to any city in the
South.
The annual address before the s. C.. Medi.
cal Association was delivered Thursday p.
M, by DR.. Howard A. Kelly, professor of
Gynsecology in4he Johns Hopkins Univer-
sitysA hewasa mastery address, and up to
date in his specially.