The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-02-17

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weather during the uext thirty six hours
The Health Officer reports births and deaths
for past two weeks, ending Friday Feb. 18th,
as follows: Birtbs-2 white males, ] white
female, aod colored male Deaths-l white
female % years old, white male 9 years old;
colored female 40 years old, colored male
IS years old.
The Methodist church was filled to overflow
ing Sunday olght With TIE congregation that
gathered to >sr Mrs Monroe lecture oa
ftWbat the Laay are Doing" She spoke al
most entirely from her owa observations
of and investigation into the work that is
being done in Europe and large cities of this
county for the relief and evangelization of
the destitu:e, ignorant and criminal poor.
The lecture $ mastery effort aod pro-
duced deeper impression upon the audience
than any lecture ever delivered here.> Mrs.
Monroe is fluent and thoroughly interest.
log speaker, but the subject matter of the
lecture, the striking facts respecting the de-
plorable condition Of the hundreds Of thou
sands CT sordid poor 10 the great centers Of
population we're 30 overshadowing in i'm
portance the, the delivery was Of but second
ary importance. The congregation was more
than interested and would gladly have an
other opportunity q hearing Mrs. Monroe.
few months ago, NJ Byron Every, OF
Woodstock, Mich, was badly afflicted with
rheumatism q right leg was swollen the
full length, causiog him gLea: suffering he
vas advised to try Cbameerlaiu's Pain
Balm The 6rsl bottle of it helped him con-
siderably and the second bottle effected cure.
The rs and so cen, sizes are for sale by Dr.
A. J. China.
Some Of the taxpayers who live in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the A. G. l.. depot sent
for the Health Officer Friday morning and
proceeded 10 haul that officer over the Goals
about the disgraceful and unhealihy condi-
ton of the streets aud sidewalks 10 that
ueghborhood The sidewalks on Main and
Dipgle streets are flooded with water, and
impassable to pedestrians Mud is also plen-
tifol On Wednesday before the yards of
some of the residences were flooded with wa
ter from the street, and Mr. Chas. S. Curtis
had to leave his blacksmith shop, which was
flooded three inches in water Health Officer
Reardon cleared his skirts by saying that it
was his duty TO investigate alters of that
kind and make recommendation for the
remedy of the same to the committee on
streets aud bitches of City Council, which he
has done more than once about that particn-
lar portion of town. 1t is now the duty Of
the City Council to properly drain the steets
The Health Officer, however, has special re-
port ready for the Board of Health about
this and other portions of the city, which toe
boord will refer to City Council The po:-
ton of the city near the A G. l.. depot
needs attention and has needed it for aum-
Der Of years. The Health Officer will recon-
meod proper drsinage on Main and Dingle
streets, and brick crossing from the old
Curtis House corner to the A. c L. pas
senger depot. 1t is to be hoped that bis
recommendation will not he in vain
Sergeant David q Welsh of Company E,
FIRST Regiment of S. c artillery during the
late war; VAS in town day or two since,
and has entrusted the custody Of this flag
which was preseoted to him just after the
surrender by the officers Of his Regiment
"For CONSPICUOUS Bravery, ITO Mr.. T. E.
Richardson to take down to Charleston and
turn it over to the city authorities for safe
keeping alongside Of The Six Regimental
Flag" and "Beauregsrd's Sword "
Sergeant Welsh is now sixty three years Of
age, and as fnll of vim and FIRE as he was
when the battle Of BentcnviIle took place In
March, 1865. BE lives near Sandy Grove
P. O., 10 Clarendon County, and has raised
three cons and eleven daughters.
The feg in question is Confederate flag
of 1864, type).