The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-10-16

will without doubt, soon rebuild ana oe
ready for business at the same old stand
The hot supper season is AT hand and the
gentle brigards of the fair sex are preparing
10 relieve All who fall into the; hands OF
their cash.
The crowd OF oafers still nfest tine vicinity
of the 4 c. L depot Put them to work on
the street
The reports from some of the Ners and
Courier's prize pigs indicate that this county
will have uumher OF verv large hogs for
other counties to beat if the prize goes else
where than TO Sumter County
The ght hawk gaag has terrified some Of
the negroes almost as much as The old-time
patrol Gid.
TIE stream of visitors TO the Alta IN Ey-
position is beginning to flow al very per-
cepthle rate
Street Commissioner Tribe has been at
work on Main Street .or the past few days
and 1t is now IN much better condition.
Court adjourned last Friday morning. and
Judge Watts left on the morning train for his
hone in Laureus.
and putting down II complete sewerage system,
for the city The sewerage system is the htst
and mos needed Improvement, and, with the
Board of Health in favor OF ii, it will he put
dcwn before any great tlme has elapsed.
The oat crop should be larger this season
than ever before, and it will be if talk counts
70: anything. 4 great many farmers are
planning to increase their oat crop TO a con-
siderable extent this season, and they say
that they will plant early.
The Young ladies who ride bicycles have
threatened TO organize and refuse TO pay the
special bicycle license unless the sidewalks
are put in better condition. If they put iEto
execution the threat there will be nothing
left 10 the city save 10 arrest them, and then
they will either have to pay The license or
work on the streets What spectacle !!
Tba, will be the new woman, usurplng the
privileges of the males with vengeance
The case of John A. Garrett and others vs..
J. D. Osteen and others, was beard Tuesday
in the Court Of Common Pleas. The taking
of evidence and the arguments of the a'tor-
neys consumed the greater part OF the day,
and the case was not given to the jury until
considerable time before decision was
reached The verdict was in favor Of the
defense \ notice of appeal was entered BY
the counsel for the other side aud the case
will be carried 10 the Supreme Court.
From reliable reports received there must
be grea, deal o. illicit whiskey selling going
on in various parts Of the county There arc
large qurn tiles Of liquor shipped TO various
points in one 10 FIVE gallon lots, and at those
places the writer is informed that there is a
great deal OF drinking and drunkenness.
This coodition ct affairs Is very GlstaSteful 10
the respectable and law abiding citizens aud
tbey are impatient that some means be takeo
10 stop the !owd yisr, that results from Illicit
whlskey seiiog, where there are no police
regulations, and no police protection.
There is crowd Of young men who go
around at u.gnt and whenever they catch one
of their fellows who does no: belong 10 the
gang. they proceed 10 seize him and lmme1i-
ateiy coaduct an initiation ceremony with
paddles. Soue Of The candidates have cb-
jecled seriously 10 the tc-clale Initiation.
cut muscular resistance does not go with the
gang Of night hawks and the initiation
proceeds in due form IL every case. Those
who OBJECT to becoming members OF the
night hawk gang are rather tlmid about irav-
cling around after dark, aud Ii is said that
many youug men and boys who have hereto
fore been prone to go a-vistlug AL night have
developed sudden medication 10 pursue u
course of reading and sthdy, and are staying
home in the evening. Thus the night hawk
gang is having Il decidedly beneficial effect,
besides hAving lots of fun ia initiating the
untor;unales whom they capture. It's to De
feared, however, taat some tronb!e may re-
suit i. the joke is carried too far. as th-re are
some people VI ho do not relish some kiadS OF
jokes.
Tie passenger train will be put back on
the c. 5. and ~ r. r. on the 18th anG the
people between THIS city and Bearet;svll!e
will once again be In close and quich COM
municalou with tie reuainde o! The Stale
The change Of schedule, in addition to heing
great convenience 10 those who Eave no
other means Of connection with CoAumola
and Charleston and the main line OF Inc 4
C. h., viii! be Of great benefit TO SUMTER MS
there is large and valuable trade that comes
to This city from Darlington and Marlboro
counties when the railroad schedules ale con-
venient But valuable "a IS the regular
passenger train over the 5. 4 N. TO Sumter,
Darlington and BeDnetisviise are ihe places
hatare to be congratulated to the fullest ex-
tent. To these places news Of the change
will he good news, indeed, for ever since the
passenger trains were taken Oft, they have
been bewailng the state of isolation into
hich they had fallen 1t is 10 be hoped that
the regular passenger tram over the e. D ana
n ros.d Will now be made perma1ent. Tor II
is necessary 10 this section OF the State