The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-26
Locals IN Brief.

.s4s charges on the county, and o1lv SIX all
told; ioclu,ling two Cnited States prisoners.
The residence of Mr. Moses Green on the
corner of :Repablican and Church Streets Will
he Doth handsome and comfortable when
completed.
lThe oat.. crop in the immediate vicinity Of
+:e.city has proven to be much better than
ss7 one anticipated after the freeze IN the
early spring.
,Mrk:.. H.Gasque, of ST. Charles, brought
A wapon:load Of onions to town last week
ana sold out at good prices in less-than An
! ho"r.
wv illiaca Simon, colored, was committed 70
|, ;ail last week TO serve a twenty day sentence
fer. petty larceny He was sent do~N by
/ TrialJustice Parrott of Bishopvlle.
'Tne, ;ob of removing the weather ~staios
from The: mouanent re-ettering it and paint
! ipghhe iron. fence has been completed 'hr Mr..
ICE MSCoutrie, and he made very nfeeEoo
! of it.
Since nhe CSS. 4 n. track has beeo'2aasen
uvfrom thew. C. & A. function TO the"Cen-
3; trail pcad, there Ars no junction points within
! ths-cny limits at which the trains must stop
10 accosdaoce with the requirements g. the
) law.
The7rwill be a pic mic at S,ateburg 90 the
18th ofJulV>which will be attended by very
! large number of people That it will be Il
success gees,without saying.
These,w;l! he & fish fry at Cane Savsonah
~su Thursday night complimentary to y"ang
lx6es visiting in the city.
Dtzonis giving the Taalmf : Tiger rest
Oh these sco-ching sut. and Snatis
may he is sole to come s
Tom Diaen's genius is bes7iog fruit iS New
York, and bis audiences are lsrger than sheae
of Dr.iTslmaee. He runs church OF bis
oxo- aud belongs to no dcnooai ton.
Che newO.7a,er. .maiu 90 Calhoun Street
Was been cap!eted, and that eection of the
tcitv now bas ample protection from FIRE.
stream os,water can be thro~E as far oue rs
CAP. Johns ,s2e:d' .ressdeoee without da1-
.oulty.
rEse beneficiary scholarship osered by she
y Lac. al IA ssoc;ation Of tue CitAdel is woTth
,rviac for, aut! the boy ~ho wins it Will
achieve a,distiG cton well worth the effort,
for the place is 1pen 70 coupeei1iSa from tae
-ent;re$S,ate.
The bicycle aever. esidenees, go signs Of
! abatement in 4Suu,er. The u&moer CT
: mheeLa.en increases aontionally, and severa!
j. of the recent seaessioas see fheee " nom nc
i one waald hare suspected of a leaning
:, towards,a wheel.
!. Mr..jJJ a iBrogGD1. Of Rocky Mount, n
C. has Geen engaged AS superintendent OF
: tie Sunte- Il obacca ~ srehoGse He as son
:; Of Mr.. VT. Brogsor. rof RsehmoSa, Va,
.:fnsmerly.G this caaeiy, who has been en-
,cased :c aske tobaaCc busioess fe, many
yea.s
&C. M. Hnsst, iJr., .Esc. ,;.aas opened ar office
in toe Johnston hu;lliQc ..u tee rear OF the
office of the Il. c. Phelps Co., Sith nc en-
trance on the Court Hosae Square. His office
is neatly 6t:e1 up aaG Ibis shlugle wild be
I hung suit in thc course e. aa few days.
i Mr. Willie ;Iultman, uTho mzeaged the
/ Sumter Bass B4lLclub 1see-feason, e organfz-
iag a team TO ,Se composed of local players
/ aEd e1paets to -gfTe the bail~ssanks Of Sumtec
soaae good ball. He reqaese' that those who
| hare ,unisooms belonging Go it1e>Sumter Base
Bal! club will return them ,oSsaio at once.
TIE Copoay iBoasi of Contcol,held quar-
/ terly 6Seeting Monday and transacted routine
BUSINESS. A.acounn were axdited aud a
settlement was made with the county and
CITY. The City Of Sutater received $500 .35
as ls share of doe dispenssry peoS ts: and the
! eoonty reeeiaed z Ike amount.
DISPENSE T. w Lee having received
Instructions from the Stale Board q .Contro!
aow opens tie diapessaoy at $50 q. ~, and
| closes at 7 o. 80. This aew regulation will
not tend TO cu,tail the sale of liquors, but 1t
is the gill of the State Board and cou0:y dis
peusers must needs obey.
At the meetiag OF the Eaptist Sgaday
School last Sunday afternoon C:. Jolc S.
Hughson, the uperioteaGenl, awarded PAGES
- thirteen pupils who bad attended evsry
; Scaday since the FIRST of toe year. fsae
books were suitable for San4ay School
prizes and were selected foe the pupils who
Eeceiked them.
The preliminary before Q. s. Commissioner
S. 4. Norris, in the case of Ely q. Holiday
! TG1k IaGes and Frank Riley, was caceladed
Th nssias afternooa. York James gxse bond
stor:his appearance for trial At the next term
| Of the Enited States Court. Ely 4. Holiday
aad Frank Riley we're committed TO jail in
default Of bail: but Holiday succeeded in
giving satisfactory bond Friday morning
and Eas released
E.. T.. Cooper. Esq, has in his possession
copy of plat Sc Sumter as it was in 1874.
There were thea 20iy IL landowners IN the
place aud there were only four streets bear
ing names-Broad. Liberty, Sumter and
Rarvin. The then Broad Street is now known
as Main Street. fbe plat shows that the
town was laid off in squares between Harvin
and Sumter Streets on the east and west, aud
be,weea what is now Dugsa Street and Canal
Street co The south aud north
Capt Allen, Superintendent of the State
Farm, near Hagood, was 10 town Thursday
He took back with him that afternoon the
criminals sentenced at the recent term of
court, and they will serve out heir terms on
the taro. There are Eve conyicts to 20 TO the
farm, as follows: Daniel James, years
James Dwser, year: Moses Taylor, 10
years; Santee Wilson, Jr., S months; Dol
phus Hix, 6 months. Capt. Allen says
that the crops on the State Farm and
in that neighborbood are growing rapid
" now, and are rs hue as he ever saw, con-
sderiug the very backward season with which
farmers have had to contend.
The particulars Of the robbery of the
Mayesviie dispensary prove that the person