The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-14

Those who attended the picnic at Bishop
Vile Thursday had delightful time.
The County Medical ASSOCIATION held their
regular quarterly meeting last Friday at the
Bank of Sumter.
A platform has been built between the
tracks opposite the freight depot 10 facilitate
the transfer of freight.
A horse attached to buggy ran away
down Main street last Friday from Ricker's
Lane 10 Liberty street. The horse was
stopped soon after tnrning into Liberty
street by negro boy, VINO climbed into the
bark OF the buggy and caught the lines. No
damage was done.
The excavations on Washington Street for
the drainage pipes from The Graded School
basement are being made by y force of hands
under Superintendent Trihble. The drains
will here to be sunk TO considerable depth
in order that the bottom Of the basement
may te kept free of water.
Frank Williams, the party who WAS
captured iu the act Of breaking into the
store Of Dennis O'Donnell. has been COM
mitted to Jail By Trial Justice Wells to await
trial for burglary Dick Holdman was com-
mi.ted for assault and battery with intent to
kill, and Successus Burrows for obtaining
goods under false pretenses.
The board of city school commissioners
has elected Miss Lilah Tailey TO position in
the CITY schools TO fill the vacancy caused hy
the resignation of Miss Bonham. Miss
Talley laugh, with great success in the city
schools of Sumter last srssion. This position
she resigned last week 10 accept that referred
to above aud her friends will he glad 10 know
that she is 10 remain at home this winter
The State
Mr.. Chas F Kiugsmore, Of Birmingham,
Ala, arrived in the city last Friday afternoon
and has taken charge of the prescription
department at Chna's drug store. Mr..
Kingsmore has had fourteen gears experience
in the business and is licensed druggist
Mr. Kingsmore will occupy room on the
foor above the store, so MS TO be easily acces-
sible to those who may wish to have prescrip-
tons filled at night.
George Butler, Piuckney Horny, Willie
Harris, Lewis Bowen and James Taylor, all
colored, were brought to this place from
Eastover last Wednesday and committed toj Jail
for safe keeping. They a.e charged with
breaking into box cars aua stealing various
articles of freight.
Sheriff Cathcart, of Richland and one Of
bis deputies came over that night for the
Eastover train robbers and carried them to
Columbia next morning for commitment to
Jail.
Chief Of the Fire Department Bloom called
out the reel squads a 6 30 o clock last Wednes-
day for the purpose of giving them test.
The run was made from the reel houses on
Liberty Street 10 the corner of Harvin Street.
The squads were directed to unreel 500 feet
of hose, make connection and throw stream
of water. By misunderstanding Of the or.
ders Monaghan squad upreeled only 200 feet.
Delgar pulled off the 500 feet and made the
first connection. The run from the reel
houses to Harvin Street was up 10 any race
seen lately.
The tobacco warehouse will be formally
opened for business about the 25th instant.
The goth was selected for the first "hreak, !"
but that being election day, the appointment
has been cancelled The date for the open
ing has not been selected, but will be an
nounced within few days. full corps Of
buyers will be on hand throughout the sea-
SOD, and to make cure tina: sellers receive the
foil value Of their tobacco, the directors Of
the Warehouse Company have instructed
the manager TO buy in all tobacco that ap-
pears TO be going for lees than its market
value The Warehouse Company will take
the risk ofre-selliug the tobacco thus bought.
There will oe no chance for the buyers to
form combination and control the market TO
the de,riment of the sellers. Every man who
has tobacco 10 sell can rest assured that be
will get all his crop is worth if he briggs it
to Sumter. Let everybody keep their eyes on
the Sumter tobacco market.
Coroner Commander was called out Of bed
the other night by negro man who said
that he had found dead white man in the
big ditch near Col. T. V. Walsh's residence.
When Mr. Comma nder made inquiries, the
negro was positive that he had found
corpse, for, said be, ''the man is down in the
bottom Of the ditch, on his face and 10 the
water" Mr. Commander wen Immediately
TO the scene in company with his informant,
but when the place was reached, there wss
no dead man to he found From crowd
of negro woman Standing around OF the
ditch bank it was learned that the man
who had been in the ditch Was very drunk.
He had been raising row in the Deighbor-
hood and negro becoming tired Of it knock
ed him into the ditch, where be lay in an
insensible condition for some time, thus Great
ing the belief that he was dead. While the
man who went for Mr. Commander was ab-
sent woman clir bed down into the ditch
and raised the dead man up, and he revived.
He was then helped ont Of the ditch, and he
went on home The negroes who were pres
ent when the row occurred, were rather
uneasy at first, as the prompt summons to
the Coroner gives evidence. They thought
they had dead man On their hands sure
enough And they might have had had the
ditch not been dry.