The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-15

Ths gfreen ahould be spriukled oftenes
s then once atisy doring . protracted drorsh'
sach ss ss have bad for several vesks.
Tbs usaerg that Street Commissioned Tribblt
has pot on rhs s.reets from the 6fe d5 dranil
form olses olive moisture IN sea Of dusty
sdsst
Iaritstiona have besn sent out By th.
1iumnf Association OF tbs Graded School, tc
the Annual Reception which will be gsyeu
% the eyenitg Of june 18th.
.Ths svimsnirg pool Is not % popular THU
seasoa as 1t s,as last. Il is . 6oe place for .
swim, and .hsre is e0osiant overflow of pure
krsesian saier from il.
A very Gne crop Of oaGs has been harvested
by the farmers Of this county. Il 10 said TO be
the largest and best crop produced in Sumtes
fof great many years.
The Sunday School Of the Magnolia Street.
Methods, Church had ihesr annual picnic q,
Pocossiizo Iast Fridey. Quite good crowd
Hss present. and all report having lpent de.
lightful time
Mr Leonard Strofher, superintendent Of aT.
n. u. Graham's farm. got his right snoulder
broken Wednesday af,ernoon by hofse tia,
be Has riding alliog sith him. He wss
deing very we'll yesterdAy afternoon.
Aliof the physiciaos ia this city and the
Health Officer sre keeping : sharp lockout Tor
new cases OF smallpox. None have brsn dis-
covered 10 nearly three weeks aSd the last
patieos has beea discharged from the pes,
house Il 10 time for Asnuing, Camdeo and
osher p:aess to remove the quarsntioe agaioss
Sumter, especially since the disease hss
hfoksr oat 10 some Of the places thAs have
quarsnsiasd against this city.
There Is no smallpox 10 Sumter now, the
epidemic that was feared has beea checked
snd the dsease stamped out. These are facts
shat thos9 who have been talking TO much
asont smallpox in Sumter should remember.
Don't forget 70 MENTION the facts when talk
ioa or writing TO those whom yoe waroed 70
keep awsy from the town while there Was
SMALLPOX here. Il 10 just 60 important TO tell
GOOD news ss bad, snd igs not treating your
,oSn right not to tell the fscis when they
are 70 iu credit sffer having spread
bad news nroadeest over the couotrJ There
10 no sn,ailpox in Sumter, and shere has eeen
no nes case within 0ore than two weeks. All
patients have recovered snd have beeo dis
charged from the peat house.
There are stiE sosss people who are fearful
Of coming 10 Sumter on account Of snsllpox,
bot they belong to minority that is daily
decreasing 10 Sumbers. Tho writer 10 in.
formed that 10 some Of our neiRhooriog
towns the assertion 10 seriously made that
smsllpox 10 epidemic 10 this city aud foe soy-
onsfo como here 10 TO roo serioas risk.
Il 10 about time for such reports to stop, and
the ssopIe who circulate them must do 90
melieiously, for the fsct that there has not
been case Of smallpox in Ghts place or any
where uear it within more thaa three weeks,
tbs. the last patient was dismissed from the
nest bouse more than ten days ago, aud tha,
the camp o! detention was abandoned
more than Two weeks ago Cor lack
Of oecupsuts, has been published in every
dsily paper 10 the State aod should have
come to the knowledge Of all iotelligeni peo-
ple. In 90 far as srpaitpox is cooceroed
Snm,r. 10 to day the safest place in the State,
for the vaccination hss been most thorough
and com. !ete AID the disease, though it had
gained foothold before discovered BY the
pb /, sic,acs, has beea 80 successfully managed
oy Tie physicians, the Board OF Health aud
ibe CITY CouociI that ii has tten effec'cslly
stamped ont Sumter is oetter ct, 10 80 far
as safety from contsRico is couceroed, than
ie there had noe teeo a sinRie case 10 the city.
We baye bad it, ntd rid tie city OF X by the
adoption of energetic and scientific methods
Of treatment and pfsyentioo.