The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-10

Stateburg.
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Why will you buy bitter nauseating tonics
when Groves TaSteIeSS Chill Tonic is as
pleasant as Lemon Syrup. Your druggist is
authorized to refund the money in every case
where it fails to cure. Price, SO cents.
An extension until the 18th instant hes
teen granted delinquent city tax payers.
Those who do not settle before the extension
atty aod executions will be issued agairst
them 1t is good chance to make money
by paying up before the 18th.
Monday uight sbout 10 O'Clock there was g.
great tin pan and bugle serenadc 10 the vic;-
ity of the factory. Ttere was enough noise
made for full.feSged campaign meeting or
fourth of July celebration. Isquiries next
morniug ELECTED the reformation toat Il newly
married couple had arrived and the friends
of the groom were welcoming the happy
couple.
4 few months ago, M Byron Every, Of
Woodstock, Mich was badly afflicted with
rheumatism III right leg was swollen the
full length, causing him grea: suffering he
was ADVISED to try Cbam5erlaiu;s Pain
Balm The fret bottle of it helped him con-
siderably and the second bottle effected a cure
TIE 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by Dr.
A. J. China.
Louis Matthews, white, was before the
Mayor yesterday morning, charged with disor-
derly conduct aud carrying concealed weapons
He wasfoupd guilty and sentenced to pay a
Goe of $40 or work the streets for 20 days.
He raised disturbance at the factory last
night, defied any one to arrest him and was
posing as a bad man generally. Policeman
Weeks was sent fo7 and when be arrived
Matthews was promptly jerked up and run
in to the lock up.
The production of tDamon and Pythias"
by local amateur talent has not been abaD-
doned, although nothiug has recently been
said about it. The various members CT the
cast are hard ut work and the public perform
ance will not be had until the play can be
givec as it should be. The costumes have
been ordered an9 The drama will be staged as
handsomely and correctly as j, is when pro-
duced b. professionals.
The Stateburg road between the city limits
and Shot Pouch branch is being improved in
substantial manner by the chain gang.
The road has been ditched, graded and a
sufficient quantity of clay put on it to give q
heavy sand bed The chain gang has within
the past year accomplished a great deal of
work and the extent of the Improvement
wrought on the roads wherever the gaug has
spent any time is more apparent as time pass
es. The chain gang is far ahead Of the pen
iteu,iary Is a means of disposing Of the con-
victs, for the chain gang does not come ioto
competition with free labor in any way, ADD
IL ! hoso of
present and future benefit to the public at
large With careful and Intelligent admins
tration of the chain gang and the pursuance
of systematic plan 10 the Improvement Of
the roads Of the county it is but "a question Of
time when the roads of the county will te
excellent when compared with what they
now are 10 many sections
THURSDAY when the chewing gum slot ma
chine at The post Office was opened 20 remove
the accumulated pennies, liberal prop ortiou
of the contents was made up. not of pennies,
but of pieces of lead that had been hammered
out to the exact size and thickness Of one
cent coin The en,erprising gum chewing
youth, who established an individual mint
for the coinsge of imitation lead psuuies that
would deceive the slot machine, is undoubted-
ly foxy fellow and has be:'t himself supplied
with gum at slight expenditure of time and
labor He has had the additional Satisfaction
of knowing that be has cheated a machine
ou, of sundry copper cec.s He is bright
youth, and will make his mark 10 the world,
if be continues as be has begin. All he has
to 60 is TO keep everlastipgly at it, and by
gradually eniarging and extending his opsr-
ations, his success will be assured and be will
have his name known far beyond The small
circle that now admires him for his smartness
and enterprise. His mark will be made, and
he will be successful counterfeiter, swim
dler, and rascal generally He will have
to be very smart, very foxy indeed, to keep
clear of Sing Sing, place where the govern
nent entertains those enterprising citizens
who establish individual niu,s for the pur-
pose of Increasing the circulating medium.
The boys who have made a practice of feed
ing the slot machine on lead pennies, tobacco
tags, and other substitutes for the real article
bearing The profile Of the noble red man 90 it.,
!;Sa sS1 tsi,ef give themselves q9e talk, filled
With good al vice, aad ,heu hunt some other
amusement.
The sio, macbiueNis charged with being a
swindler of the worst sort and that the boys
who have beea putting a tooacco tags in
lieu of pennies were jns. lrying to get even
With The game The nach:ne> never refuses
to take a penny or anything OF SHs shape CT
penny, bu, does very often fail ~ denver
the gum. Between the small COY S1c the
slot machine the game eesms 10 be stau& on.
have given Ckau.b berlain's Cough ReN1
edy g fair Test and consider i; one OF the very
best remedies for ctou? that | have ever
found one DOSE has always i.een sufficient,