The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-12-25

The South Carolina College students will
be home Monday morning to spend the
holidays.
There was cuttiog scrape Sunday ct q
negro church in the Herio's Gross Roads
neiehborbood The particulars were not oo-
tainable this morning. Several parties were
wounded in the fracss, but zone were fatally
injured.
Bishop Capers was in the city Monday aud
a conference was held by him with representa-
tives from the Stateburg, St. Marks and
Sumter Episcopal Churches 1t was advised
hy the conference that Stateburg and St.
Mak's unite ia securing minister, aud that
Sumter and Bradford Springs unite for the
same purpose Bradford Springs was not
represented at the conference. The action OF
the conference is not 6uel, but advisory.
The wife Ct Mr.. D. Robinson, prominent
with rheumatism for FIVE mooths. In speak
ing of it, Mr.. Robinson says: chamberlain s
Pain Balm is the only thing that gave her
any rest from pain. For tbe relief of pain
it cannot be beat" Many very bad cases OF
rheumatism have beeu cures by it. For sale
at so cents per bottle by Dr.. a. ]. China.
Miss Maud Solomons was run over Wednes-
day last by a wild horse and painfully injured.
She was riding a wheel on Sumter street at
the tine of the accident, which was caused
by al unbroken horse becoming uumansgea-
bic and dashing down he sidewalk. The
horse belonged to one Of the sale stables and
vas being driven by one Of the stablenen,
who made every effort to avoid ujaring Miss
Solomous, but the horse was entirely beyond
his control. Miss Solomons received no seri-
Gus Injury and will be able to be out within
few days.
Mr. W. ". D. Chandler vas stricken with
paralysis Sunday about nooo, aud has been
in a 2recarious condition since then. Al
present his physicians are unable TO say what
the outcome of the attack will be, but they
hope that he will rally and ultimately re.
cover The sympathy of the community is
with the family in the afaiction that fell so
unexp xpectedly upon them.
The perennial talk of building another rail
road from Sumter mas been started again.
This time it is not the plan to build road
to Chicago or Cincinnati or to some other far
of point, but simply to boild short road to
connect with the South Carolina aud Geor-
gia Railway, thus giving a connection that
will be Independent, of the Atlantic Coast
Line The talk may: on this occasion, as on
numerous occasions in the past, amonnt TO
nothing, but it shows that the people here are
restive under the bottled up coalition they
now endure 1t would be more to the pur-
pose to talk abou. building a road from this
place to Camden, for the distance is only
about twice as great as 10 the nearest point
on the S. G. 4 G. Railway, the road would
traverse country that would originate a
considerable volume of new business, the
timbered reso urces of the section of country
between Sumter and Camden are valuable
and extensive, anG at Camden connection
can be made with two independent railroad
systems, the S. c. l. G.. and the Ohio River
4 Charleston Railway These two railway
systems will afford connections with the
North, South, East aad West and will make
this section secure in the possession of COM
peting freight rates. The road to Camden
must Of necessity be built some day, and
the earlier that day the better it will be for
Sumter and this section of South Carolina.
Health officer Reardon makes the following g
report of births and deaths for week ending
Friday, December Goth Births-l white
male, and white female; / colored male, and
| colored female. DEATH white male, age
43 years; ! coored female, age 90 years.