The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-13


South Carolina.
Mr.. Larkin Jennings. who Was thrown
from b horse about ten days ago and severely
isjured has made rapid recovery and is DOW
almost entirely we'll.
The County Executive Committee has been
called to me.r on Saturday by Capt D. E..
Keels, County Chairman.
There will be dinner given on the 6rst
Monday in March for the benefit of the Sisters
of Mercy
II is not probable thst the exercises Of the
Graded School will be resumed until Mon
day #, however, it is decided TO resume
this week, due notice will he given.
An automatic drainer has been ordered 10
Drain The cellar of the Graded School. It
vii be pnt In on trial before the bargain is
closed with the manufacturer.
An extra Communication of Caremont
Lodge No. 81, A. F. ~, will be held on
Thursday night for comforting the Entered
Apprentice degree. Lodge will he called on
at 80 O'clock.
The fremen are very fortunate in not bav-
ing been called out during the last few
uIkueS LOU a USO VSSGtAC0 'nVJ "OuIu u~s Z
beeo subject to great exposure and suffering.
All who hare not made their taS returns
ahould do so before the Goth instant, unless
they desire to have penalty Of Fifty per cent.
added.
Attention is directed to the advertisement
Of Karanaueh & Ammons. Contractors and
Builders Messrs. n c. Kavanaugh and W.
o. Amnons are we'll known to the public and
,hev deserve liberal patronage.
There is cooking main on tapis between
Sumter aud Manning Already there are
some. ten or twelve Zoe cocks in coops in
town aud the young sports are on the look
on; for more.
!. Game Cock Lodge No L K. of P, Of
Sumter. S: C., conferred the third degree
of knight, on Mr.. Ell Reardon Monday night,
and Emmett is COW full aedged Knight Of
Pythias and knows good thing when be
sees II.
There is corner in wood and one-horse
loads are. DOW selling at one dollar each
Instead of hftyf cents. All of the wood
hanlers have not taken advantage Of the
necessity Of those who need wood, and are
selling al the regular prices.
HApse breakers attempted to enter the resi-
dence Of Mr.. W. F. Rhame on Sunday night,
bat failed. They attempted to force the
kitchen window, bat evidently found it too
strong for the tools they had, and desisted.
Eggs are being brought to town in abun-
dance, and the prices are dropping in co.,
sequence. For time it seemed as if the hens
had gone on a strike, but the strike is pow
off and omeletts are in ordef
Capt. D. E. Keels, Chairman of the Couu-
ty Executive Committee, is preparing to issue
call for q meeting in accordance with the
recommendations Of the lrby Committee. The
call for the meeting will be issued at once.
The plumbers are having g pic mic this
winter For the third time a hard freeze has
come down upon the town and the water
pipes have broken 10 all directions. As soon
as the ,haw sets in the plumbers will be
rushed with work.
Manager Schwerin sia.es that be has ap-
piled 10 the police to keep drunken men out
Of the Opera House, and tha, he has all aloag
done his utmost TO protect his audience from
annoyance by rowdy and disorderly charac-
ters.
1t has been too cold for our local Chief
Justice, H. L. B. Wells, ESQ, to have aoy
cases before hin, and in consequence, the
public is deprived of the edifying pleasure
of reading tha, Primus Black. or some other
dishonest son of Afric's sunny land, was
before His Honor for purloining pig that
otherwise might have won one of the Neus
and Courier's prizes.
The cold wave struck Sumter with full
force last Thursday night. Before clock
iu the afternoon the temperature had
fallen below the freezing poiot and by dark
the ground vas as crisp as pie crust under
foot and the wind was as cold and piercing
as if flied with splinters blown of the north
pole.
At 10 o'clock the mercury had fallen 10 l2
degrees above zero, W ith the wind blow 6
briskly from the northwest. At IL O'Clock
the mercury stood at 10 degrees above zero.
and the temperature still grew colder Friday
morning at Z o'clock several thermometers
registered degrees above zero, while others
went even lower. Al 8 o'clock the tempera-
ture bad moderated slightly, aud the ther-
mometer registered 10 degrees above zero.
Several of the large panes of glass in the
show windows of the stores we're cracked by
the severe cold last week. The heat within
the stores caused a great deal Of moisture 10
condense on the glasses. which freezing
caused the glasses to crack Nearly every
window in town was covered with thick
coating af frost and it is remarkable that
more damage was not dooe.
The oa, crop has been severely injured by
the freeze during the last three days, aud II is
feared that in some localities the entire crop
~, haon killed There is no 0uestiou about
the crop being cut off, and even the fall oats
will have very thin stand. great deal Of
the oat crop was planted 10 bottom land.
which was flooded by the heavy rains prior
TO the freeze, and wherever this was the case,
Rthe7e is little possibility that the oats will
Survive.