The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-04-08


Anderson, NJ D., F. NJ. Dwight, NJ. D., j.
Temple Frierson and S. Piuckuey.
The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round
trip tickets to Bennettsville April 4th to~l2th,
limited to l7th, for $3.25 on account OF re-
vival meeting oy Dr.. Caradine.
The Sumter Ice Mfg Co. gave away
six or eight thousand pounds o: ice which
was taken from the tanks yesterday.
The roof of the water tank at the A. c.
L. depot caught afre Monday, BY some
means, and watery couAagration was
averted only By the exertioos of Mr.. Eugene
Hood.
Mr. Hemby Smith has charge of the Mon
aghan Hose Go reel wagon and will drive.
The remodeiling OF the reel house is still in
progress, but sufficient headway bas teen
made TO enable it to be seen that the Mona
CHAN boys will have very comfortable and
convenient quarters.
The street hands are working 90 Liberty
Stree, and have Succeeded in making Il Ge
cided improvement in so,oe places.
subscription list to the capital stock of
company to build a knitting mill in this city
has been opened few bears canvass Sc
cured more than one hundred shares. The
gentlemen who are circulating the list are
greatly encouraged by the success they have
met with and are confident that they WILL
secure the entire amount of subscriptions
needed to build and equip the mill.
There is large and handsome display of
crushed fruit at China's drug store that all
lovers of soda water should stop few mo-
80 80 lya1 IN
large glass jars, which are hermetically
sealed, and the natufa' favor is preserved
perfectly There is scarcely known variety
of fruit missing from the assortment at
China's, and there are many good things in
store there for the weary, thisty mortal
during the coming summer. One of the
season is Roman Punch, and thisi is displayed
by means of Brownie Bicycle in the show
window The prize for the winRer in the
race is bottle of Roman Punch.
The Board Of School Commissioners met
in regular session Friday afternoon for the
purpose of trausactiug regular and special
.siuess. The only matter of public Interest
was the adoption Of resolution fixing the
annual spring holiday on the week begin ming
April 10th. The Graded Schools will not
close until June 18th.
The Confederate veterans met in the Court
House at II O'Clock to-day for the purpose Of
electing two members Of the Pension Board.
The meeting was organized ny the election of
Col Thos v Walsh, President, and MIR.
D. G Durant, Secretary. An election for
two members CT tae County Pension Board
was held by ballot Dr. R. Y. Mcleod snd
Capt P. P. Gaillard were elected. There
was a much larger attendance of old veterans
than was anticipated, as the ranks are grow
ing thinner each year and many are becoming
feeble. The ballot showed that there were
one hundred and seventy-sx veterans present
and voting
Camp Dick Anderson me, subsequent to
the adjournment Of veterans meeting and
authorized the Commandant TO appoint dele
gates to the reunion to be held 10 Charles
ton during the latter part Of this month. a
meeting will be held in May to elect delegates
to the reunion in Richmond.
The Ducker l. Bultman Co. have an
entirely new corps Of clerks to-day, none
of whom have ever had experience in serv-
ing behind the counter. But they are
Kings Daughters, and do whatever work for
charity that thar hands 6nG to DO, and
they usually do we'll whatever they
undertake. The young ladies woo acted
as clerks to-day are: Misses BERTHE
and Fannie China, Kate DeLorme, Lucie
Graham, Clemmi Foller, Rosa Fuller, Will
helmina Butuan, ou Mitchell, Annie Gail
ard, Antonia Gibson, Bessie Jervey, Ger
lrude Jennings, Julia Power, Blanche Pate,
Pauline Sanders, Daisy Nash, Gordon Weeks,
Laura Walsh, Lille 3elgar, Helen Brown,
Pauline Gaillard and Mrs. Dan Dove.
The contract e.. building the new tobacco
warehouse and three large prize houses was
on Thursday awarded to J. W Mckiever.
The work is TO be completed under forfeit on
or before July 18th. The warehouse is to be
100 x 200 feet with truss roof. The floor
space for tobacco will be $50 80, unbroken
by posts or other obstacle. On one side there
will be 20 foo; driveway for wagons, and
in one end the offices and rooms for the ac
commodation Of the patrons of the ware
house will be located. The warehouse will
be we'll lighted aud ventilated, and it is con-
idently believed that it will be the largest,
most convenient and best IN the State. The
prize houses will he 80 60 feet, two and q
half stories high. Ii there is a demand,
other prize houses will be erected in time for
this years crop.
TIE Board of Supervisors of Registration
opened the books Monday morning AID COM
meaced the registry of the voters. AS usual
the crowd of negroes around the door of the
office waiting for an opportunity to register
outnumbered the whites There was, how
ever, a smaller crowd than was crstomerly
seen at the Registration Office in former
years. The provisions of the new constitu-
ton ard of the new law, which was drawn
in conformity with the constitution, have
made it impossible for great many to ob-
tain registration certificates, they not pos
sessiug the necessary qualifications. The
negro vote will undoubtedly be considerably