The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-26

The iarg- amount of money paid out for
tobacco last week had al appreciaole euect
on the cash trade of majority of the stores.
The work on the chapel at St. Joseph's
Academy Is being pushed to completion
rapidly by Contractor McKiever who has
charge Of the work
A man ut the tobacco sale last week
said that no one need expect good prices, as
| there were TOO many women "trsmplnR
around with high heel shoes chawiRg up the
tobacco"
Constable Nunuamaker has seized one
package of whiskey consigned to S. 7. Joye
Mayesyille, and one package marked Wm.
johnson, Summerton.
Ar.E.J Dunne, who built the Mayesvllle
tobacco warehouse. has been employed 10
bnild two large prize houses for the same
company.
Street Commissioners Tribble has had the
grass on Monumental Square moved, which
is reminder to school children that but
few weeks more holiday are left to them.
Freight receipts continue large at the A.
G. l.. depot, az the merchants are receiving
heavy stock OF goods for the fall and winter
trade
Health Officer Reardon reports births and
deaths for the past two weeks, ending Aug.
2lst. az follows: Blrths-l colored female
| ,>paihs-l white male; 3 colored males, 4
colored females.
The laws ers held meeting Friday morning
to consider what improvements can De made
on the Court House. The matter was IN
formally discussed without action being
taken beyord the appointment ot commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. r. u Lee, +. Y.
| Hayrswo aud u. VI. Young to draw up
suggestions to the Couoty Board of Commls-
siooers. This committee meet that alter
| noon.
The dispensary was closed Thursday,
Friday aud Saturday oa account OF
the supply of request books having be!
exhausted. A new supply had been ordered
from headquarters 10 Columbia, bat did not
arrive 10 time TO permit the dispenser to con.
| Time business 90 usual The loss OF the
rade wil. not affect the business to any
extent, and the people who would have
bought liquor are just that much better OF
6nancially, if not otherwise, 10 consequence.
The Liverpool and New York cotton mai
ktt quotations will be giveo every day IN
III. Item THIS alone is worth three or four
times the subscription price of the paper to
all who are Interested in Luying or selling
cotton The reports will give opening a"u
closing quotations and the condition OF the
market
Manager A. Brodgou, Of the Sumter To-
| bacco Warehouse made one Of the quickest
sales on record Wednesday afternoon. There
were $40 piles OF tobacco on the aoor and
the sale was concluded within one hour and
twenty minutes The crowd was not go
| large as in the morning and there was less
confusion and crowdiog to interfere with
the buyers, aod this contributed toward ex-
psditing the sale.
At the meeting of the City Council on
Wednesday night resolution was adopted
that the water main on Main Street be ex-
tended to the Cotton Oil Mill and Supt.
Bloom, of the Water Co was requested to ex-
ten] the main at once Uoder the rules Of
the Board of Realth no bitches or trenches
are permitted TO be dug prior to October lst,
aud Health Officer Reardon has notified Supt
Bloom not to extend the water main. ,Uoless
! the Board of Health grants special permit
he water main cannot be extended until Oc-
,oher lst, which will result 10 great iocon-
yenience 70 the Cotton Oil Mill.
The South Carolina and Georgia Railway
is showing disinclination to extend to the
seed buyers of the Sumter Cotton Oil Mill
the same facilities and accommodations that
have been and are now given buyers for other
mills. This is done to crowd them out of the
country along the line of that road, as all
the seed bought for the Sumter mill on that
road will be shipped to this place via the
Camden Junction and the S. c. & G road
will have hut a short haul. The manager OF
the Sumter Oil Mill has laid the case before
sthe Railroad Commission, and if possible that
road will be forced TO treat the Sumter Oil
Mill az other mills are treated.