The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-10-14

The rule to show cause was served on Ex
Treasurer Keeis Monday night at his nome 10
Lynchbnrg.
Delgar Rec! Squad is considering the ad-
visibility CT entering the reel races to be ned
in Charleston puriDg Gala Week.
The repairs at the electric light power
statioa have not ye, been completed and The
last two nights some Of The lights were not
turned on.
A white man, and two negro boys were
before the mayor Friday morning, the former
for public drunkenness and the two latter for
stealiug rides on the passenger trains They
we're oil 'e, eff lightly
The crowd that will 20 frcm Sumter to the
State Fair this year will be the largest With
in six or eigb. years. If special train lesv-
ing Columbis al, or IL p m could be put
on for one or two nights during the fair great
many who will not attend, would spend
day in Columbia.
The ladies of the Baptist Church are raisss
ING fund to repa;nt the parsonage, and
contemplate haviag barbecue dinners, begin
ning Monday Of cour. week in January We
learn that they have already received gifts of
pigs and turkeys The inference is that
the parsonage wi.l be painted.
The Southern Express Company is faus-
porting free Of charge all articles sent 10 des-
titute people OF Cedar Keys, Fla All of the
Southern Express Agents have been Instruct
ed to receive aud forward contributions to
the storm sufferers at Cedar Keys.
In many towns of this aod other southern
States special collections will he taken up in
A. hoo tho az Of ho dc IF
people in Florida who were made destitute of
the necessaries of life. i, would be we'll for
a collection to he ,akeo in each of the caurch-
es 10 this city for the same purpose.
A committee Of the Board Of Couoty Com
missioners ne, Mr. Edwards, Of the firm of
Edwards l. Wilson, architects, Columbia,
S. c.. and held consultation over the plans
for the repair OF the Court House He has
been employed to prepare plans and speci6-
cat;oss for theTwork in accordance with the
suggestions submitted by the committee from
the Bar.
# there was collusiou between Treasurer
Keels and the auditor, as Comptroller Gener-
al Norton says there must have teen, thea
Mr. Peter Thomas, another fruit of the reform
tree, that, fortunately, did not flourish very
long ic this county, will be in the tolls with
Capt. Keels. The greater part Of the short
age 10 Capt. Keeis' accounts occurred when
Mr.. Peter Thomas was Auditor.
Births AID deaths reported to Health OFF,
cee Rea.doe for past week, ending Oct 9th,
are Births-Wbite-two males; co!ored-
enc male, two femalea. Deatbs-Colored-
males, one days old. one 81 years old fe-
males, one years old, one days old.
Rev. DR.. Pell. President of the South Caro-
llna College for Women, of Columbia,
preached 10 the Presbyterian Church Sun
day morning and lec.rred a: the Y. 81. G. A.
prayer meeting in the afternoon. BE had
large audiences on both occasions, and the
favorable impression made will insure him
a warm welcome aud larger congregations
wheoever he visits the city in future.
The new ice factory subscription list is
growing every day and there now seems to
be no doubt bat the new faetory will be built
aud will be in operation when the busy
eeasop for ice men begins next spring. The
shares are small and great many men who
could not sfford to taxi stock in company
where the shares are held al Sl00 each can
very easily take one o. more shares at the
price fixed for those in the Peoples Ice Com
paoy. Ine proposed enterprise Is oouuu "
be popular one, for it will pay handsome
dividends aud at the same time enable the peo-
pie of Sumter to obtain ice, which is neces-
sity, ct the same low prices that people IN
other places enjoy as the result of Legitimate
competition.
The bird hunters have already cou,menced
shooting partridges, although tie open season
does not commence until Nov. lst. There is
seme talk of institu.ing proceedings against
the hunters, where proof to convict can be
Obtained, but as the violation of the law
is tie rule rather than the exception there is
really very little probability of any one beicg
prosecuted. 1t is matter of regret, hos-
ever, thar il is not possible TO put q stop to
the wholesale slaughter of birds, for at the
present rate there is q prospect Of eztermi-
rating the partridges.