The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-10-14
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Lee Reed aud his wiic, who live
on Capt j G. Fosters plantation
near Riverside. went TO a prayer
meeting. last Friday night leaving
their ten months old baby in charge
of an old colored wcman.who lived
with them. The baby began crying
shortly after the parents left home
and the OLD woman, who hab'tual!y
used morphine, concluded to give
it little to quiet it She ran her
Gnger down into The morphine bottle
and stuck it iii the child's mouth
In about fifteen minutes the child
went 10 asleep, and it never awoke
from that sleep The Coroner jury
found a verdict tha, the child came
to its death from an overdose of NOR
phine.-Lancasier Ledger~
The South Carolina Holiness Asso.
citation, of which Rev 7 G Ligon is
president, will meet at Leesville, 5
G., next Tuesday.
The Simpson, lille ginnery aud cot
ton seed oil company made start
last week. They have in position
three 70-saw gins, but owing to
lack of power are now running only
one of them A delay has arisen in
the arrival a.. the remainder uf the
needed machinery which was order
ed some months ago, but it is expect
ed that all of it will arrive soon, and
by December the making of cotton
seed. oil is expected to begin The
ginning outfit will be complete in all
its details and will include all the
labor saving appliances 'of the pres
ent day -GreenviIle Mountalueer.
The deficit of Treasurer Kee's, Of
Sumter, is s7,164-far too large
sum to be accounted for on the
theory Of "bad bookkeeping" 1t is
a case of bad morals Keels is a
criminal. We. ask the attention OF
honest "Reformels" to the fact that
Kee.s aud his sc;, were among the
pDioueer '.Reformers" of Sumter
county, fully endorsing Tilman's
charges of corruption in former ad
ministratious and seeking Office i'll
order to set things right The last
we herd of the son he was mp for
forgery, and now the father has en-
bezzled $1,000 Of public money.
Moral: Don'1 trust everybody that
howis for .sReform."- State
Mr.. j. D Roper, formerly of Edge
field, died in Colnmbi "Wednesday
He was found dead in bed.
Leoan Morrow and one Milling
made an attempt ON Tuesday night
TO assassinaie Hon. n w Graydon,
of Abbeville They fred four shots
at him
Mr. A q Davis has been appoint
ed clerk of court to fill out the unex
pired term made vacant By the death
of his father Manning Times.
Hon E. r Lesesne. of Williams
burg was in town last Monday, and
while here he informed US that he
would be an applicant for the posi-
tion of sergeant alarms of the State
Senate Mr. Lesesne has served
several terms in the Legislature and
IS quite popular with the old men,
bers cf the general assembly Man
ming Times.
Miss Lavada HensIey, a more or
less comely looking white woman. is
charged with the heinous offense of
engaging in the retail Of spurious
liquors in the neighborhood of Well
ford The allegation is that she has
been driving good trade in booze,
and owing to the close proximity of
Tucapan mills to her secret rendez
Gus and the mountains az base of
supplies she has grown and pros.
pered in this nefarious calling. Dep
uty Marshal Miller. however, on in.
formation. yesterday brought the lady
down and carried her before Commits
sioner Calvert, who bound her over
for preliminary trial which will be
held in few days She gave bond.
-Spartanburg Herald
Prof Lucius S McSwain, who
will be remembered by our older CIT
liens as the youngest son ofthe late
Rev. w. A. McSwain. died at his
home in Seneca, S. G on Monday
last This will be sad news for his
many friends in this county who
knew and loved him in his young
manhood. Mr.. McSwain was a
teacher by profession, having aban
3oned the law for the schoolroom,
and was a most excellent and success
full teacher, as his many pupils in
Georgia and South Carolina will