The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-23

singing there is SAID 10 oe Tue OeSt 10 tn* CT J
Ii nas spiri, and life in il.
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TIE Methodist Church is msking arrange
ments TO have their building ligh:ed by cleo
tricity.
A side walk h as been built on the South
side of Harv,n Street from Liberty Street to
Dr. Bossard s.
CITY Council is DOW very hard pressed for
money, and executions will be issued against
all delinqueu, taxpayers rs soon as the time
Of the notice expires.
There are great many negroes loaEng
around TIE city cow doing nothing, hunting
employment ard finding none. Times must
be very hard with them. How they lise is q
mystery.
There are said to be number of cases
for selling whiskey without special q. S.
tax awaiting the Sctlon Of the Deputy U. 5.
Marshall upon mis- return. None are reported
for Sumter City.
We have neec requested TO State thar the
announcement that there woald be an eStrS
Ccn,muoica,ion O; Claremout Lodge, NJ "a,
A.F.M ". uext Thursday night, was . mi :
take There will re 10 Comn,"nc,t:o:. On
thai date.
Julins Wilson, coloced, sboct se7en years
old, accidentally s.ruci; The n-vtar-oid
son of Sar.in Butler Il, the head with ,nr
sharp uart Of hoe. i!uu':ay afternoon, IN
fleeing >. severe anl ,ain:ul wound The
injured hoy WAS Knocked sen&eltSs fer some
time The two boys we're playing with the
hce whe.. ii accidentally ie:i upon the heed
Of Martin Buffers Soa.
Messrs. J. \. Schwerin, H. II. Sanders,
DR.. E. Alva, .solomons, Dan } Mckever. +.
T. Carr, J. Diggs Wilder, L. &. LcGrand
and E4rnes: Bni;man started 10 Nedgebe'd
ut 2 80 yesterday afternoon, on their wheels.
M4ssrs Sanders and Wilder turned rack a. ii
looked 50 mach Ike rain, but the others went
on aod returned about 5 80 y. 10.
A considerable number of negroes in Sum
ter are be;:g evicted fer non-!ayment fre"t.
In most cases the landlerds nave been very
ipdugent with them, hut ihe negroes ae,us
without employment caonot p, :ent. The
condition for them is bart. Ooe negro ex-
pressed it during the recent Severs cold
weather by saying they were freezing aud
starviog. A good many Of them will be com
PEELED to get away from here
Sum,er's futsre Us regard railroads seem TO
be agitaiing the minds of Sumter people
since The order of the United States Court for
the sale of the c. S. e. n R. R. Every Que,
Of course, knows that The Atlantic Coast
Line will be the owner of the G. S. & n, snd
tba, Sumter Will not have competing line.
Furthermore il is feared that the railroad
shops will be removed, and that new 10 ONO
lives engineers, fre,u-u .cd train hands ~'ll
be pat on by tie A T. Line, and that would
th:ow lots of men out of employment II
aGatioo TO lb:s il is feared that lne heai-
quarters of,Ae s & n, will ne moved 10
Wilmington, N c. and ali of toe officers
aud clerks will b- thrown out Of work.
These fears, however, may be grounc!esS
and The A c. l. may conclude no: only 10
keep the c. s. h N. shops here, but 10 make
them larger Sumter mas great many
citizens in the c. s 4 n. R. r. Offices. iu
tie shops anG on the road that she would re-
gre, 70 lose and there is scarcely person IN
Sumter that would nor be delighted TO know
,ha, al of the c. S. 4 N. officers, clerks and
employees are 20 be retained and allowed 10
make their homes in Sumter.
CITY Couuc! Eeid a special meeting Monday
morning As complaint was made abcat an
noysnce of travellers n, depots, by hotel por-
ters, an ordinances was ordered drafted, the
substance of which will he that II shall De
unlawiu iul for any person or persons represent
ing any bo.e, or toarding house, or any
lne of business, or representing himself or
themselves in .ny ine Of business to soilclt
patronage OF any passengers at any of he de-
pots. The penalty upon conviction for
violation Of said ordinance will be S. or 20
0uvs.
Council also ordered the laying of brick
crossing on Liberty Street from Postottice TO
j Ryttenberg & Sons sidewalk. Mr. Harry
Ryr,eDberg furnished the brick tor this
crossing free Of charge. Council also ordered
the ayiog Of brick crossing on Li5er'y
Street, sou,sw here in the neighootbocd OF ST,
Joseph's Academy, snd ordered the Hayor 10
purchase Two cxr loads Of suitable clay to De
used On Liberty Street, between Harvin
Street and II. Moran store ut G. 5. & \. de-
pot.
Mr.. T. E. Rembert, who has been nomna-
ted fer A l6erman, was interviewed and asked
if he had made up his mind 10 be caodl-
date. 10 reply he said that he had never
been candidate for the of;ce. and while he
SluCSlSI} dppiCCthttO ttc hOuOi "oN >Ou'i
derce OF his friends, who urged him to be a
candidate, still he would have to respectfully
decline He said nany citizens had bees to
him and requested him TO allow his nanle to
be used MS candidate, bu; while he would
be willing to serve this city ia any capacity
that was necessary, consistent with his hu>i-
ness, interest and citizenship, still he lid not
care for the position aud his nameis nov with
drawn. Mr.. Rembert would have made q
fne alderman. aud his many friends regret
that he W i'll no, be candidate, but believe
tina, he is acting fer what he thinks best
The decinatoD of Mr. Z. &. Rembert to be
a candidate for alderman leaves the race be.
ween Messrs Herman Schwern and J F.
Laughrey. Thele are eight days, however,
between now and the election on January %,
and there might oe another candidate or two
put in the field, but so far no other c4ndi-
dates have been announced. The CITY oi
Sumter is assured of good alderman in
either of the above mentioned gentlemen, and
the contest viii be friendly.
Entertainments.
Tie Kings Daughters viii give a Quaker
Tea al the old Jervey rIouse on Friday eve