The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-26

The streets we're crowded Saturday and
business was quite brisk.
john Belcher wss before the Mayors Court
,as, Thursday for discrderiy conduct and was
s6ued S..
Clerk and Treasurer Harst is receiving
city taxes, bot up 70 this date only few
persons have called on him to write receipts.
The city taxes are higher than they were last
year, but as the unusual expense the city bas
had 10 pay this year made a heavier levy nec-
essa.y there is no just cause for complaint
s Cotton continues to come in 80 rapidly that
,he railroad cannot move it as fast as it ae-
crmulates. The bales are piled up on the depot
platforms and 10 tie yard around the depot
by the hundreds. A. present there are hf-
teen hundred to two thousand bales st the
depot awaiting shipment.
The State Fair will Go bela during the
week beginning November l4ih. The fair
will close on Friday evening, Novemoer 18Th.
TIE Secretary, Col. Thomas ". Holloway, 's
cow at bis offes in Columbia receiving
entries Enfries close 90 Saturday, Octo-
Der 3oth. Prenium lists will be sent On ap-
phcs,ion 30 the Secretary.
The alarm Of FIRE Monday morning at 8
O'Clock was occasioned by the burning Of the
barn and stables of Jack johnson, the dray-
man, iu the lower part Of the city below the
cotton factory. He barely had time to save
bic horses, bai lost all bis forsge scd other
eou,eots Of the barn aod stables. There was
no insurance Cause of the ERE unknown.
The Ere department turned out, but was uu-
able TO render assistance as there was no
water service pear enough TO be utilized.
The troubles in North Carolina, growing
ou, of The race issue and politics, are exciting
an unusual amount Of interest in this city
and the outbreak in Robertson county yesier-
dag is topic of general discussion on the
streets to-day The sitaation in come sec.
lions of North Caroiihs is undoubtedly very
serious and it may be that the people of cone
communities will need outside aid before
many days in order TO preserve order aud
protect life and property.
The arrival of civil engineer to make pre-
l,minary surveys for the Camden extension OF
the Wilson Snmmerton railroad begins to
look Ike business. Il is to be hoped that the
work will be commenced at an early day and
tbs, the road will be complicated during The
next yesr. President Thomss Wilson says
;ha, be means to tnild the road, and as there
is great deal Of timber on the proposed
route which the saw mills in this section
need ,bere is reason to believe ID It something
will be done toward building the rosd at
orce.
The members of Company 81 have received
orders TO repost 10 Columbia on Thursday
snd 60 toto camp. 1t is expected ths. the
Regimen, will remain in camp ten to 6ffeeo
DAYS before being mustered ont Of the service,
as there is q great deal of red tape connect
ed With details of mastering cut. Thera:is a
whisper goirg the rounds that an effort will
be made to retain the regiment in toe service
and have it sen. to Cuba or Porto Rico, and
that the wirss are already being pulled to
that purpose by Influential public men at the
REQUEST of interested parties. 1t will be hard
lines aod bitter disappointment to msJor-
i.y of the privates if tbs scheme 10 retain the
Regiment 10 service shall aucceed at this late
cay after they have received assurance that
they were 10 be mustered out acd have mace
arrs pgements to begin work sgain as private
citizeus.