The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-22
Sca,boro, S. C, Jnly II, 1895.

Births and deaths reported to Office of
Health Officer Reardou for past week, eudine
July l7tb, 1896. are Birtbs-W Whi,e-0te
male. two females Colored-Oee male
-Colored-Females, one SO years old !,
one year and seven months old, aud one
years old. White-ooe male three months
cid.
The Sumter Tobacco Warehouse will re-
open and the Plar ter's Tobacco Warehouse
will open for the season with big break on
August 10Th Buyers are coming from far
and near aud it is the purpose cfall interested
to make it the biggest ''break" to be held in
the state this season.
Rev j. VI. Daniel is containing with iu-
creased vigor the crusade against blind
tigers, gambling bells and kindred evils that
be inaugurated at the union meeting held ia
the Baptist Church ou the night of the first
Sunday of this month A, the regular
prayer meeting on Wednesday he took up
the subject again and handled it with gloves
off and announced his determination 10 con-
tinue tie fight until some decided result was
accomplished.
Jim Wakefield was given a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Wells yesterd =
on the charge of assault and battery with in
tent to kill He WAS committed for trial at
the uext term Of court. The assault, which
was committed on the 18th instant, was on
the person of Hampton Carr. Wakefield shot
At Carr, but did him no bodily ojury; bull
let hole was plugged il. Carr's Suudav trous
ers, however, and bis escape from serious in
jury was narrow.
The Item is an advertising medium that
pays large returns for every cent invested.
This is the testimony of every man who has
ever made use of its columns. When all of
the business men of the city realize that ad-
vertising pays aud that i. pays best when put
in Tile Item. then will it be possible 10 make
the improvements in the paper and 10 The news
service that are needed The Item could be
made much better paper, but to do 80 would
require the expenditure of considerable more
money, and it is DOW better paper than
Sumter is willing TO pay for.
The side track TO the site of the cotton seed
oil mill has been completed and Contractor
McKiever began work on the ginnery Wsdnes-
day. The building for the ginnery will be
20152 feet, two stories high. Three gins will
he operated from the start and others added
az needed. All of the latest improved ma
chinery for equippiog ginuery has been
purchased and it will be ii model OF ts kind.
a seed horse 50x 100 feet will be erected.
The building for the OIL mill De 40x8O and
the power house 26x52 The two buildings
last mentioned will be tuit of brick, while
the others will be substantial frame buildings
Tae sisters of St. Joseph's Academy have
decided to erec, new chapel. The building
will face on Liberty Street and the dimen-
sious will be e2x30 feet. The chapel will be
a peat frame structure and the interior will
be finished in yellow pine and bard oil. The
contract has been awarded Mr.. J. W.
McKeiver, who will begin work IN short
time The Sisters have contemplated the
erection Of chapel for Il number of years,
as the present chapel is too small to accom-
modate the congregation that usually attends
the service The Sisters are to be congratu-
lated that they have succeeded in this under
taking and that within short time the
completed chapel will stand monument 10
| their labors