The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-10
NEwsY LETTER BY GUY.
SAINT Charles.

SAINT Charles.
The above is the veteran porter, John
Windbam's style of announcing our lighting
place on arrival of train, and one would
naturally look to jump right into the out
stretched wings of huge cannonized and
aureoled saint, but he don't do it little bit.
But, though possessing no particular para
gon of holiness by the name of Charles, or
any other, we'll venture the assertion that
st Charles will not be exceeded by any other
Hamlet of her own weight and size, within
Sabbath days. journey, for quiet energy and
varied enterprises. st. @ proper might be
envirooed by couple or more or so of Water
bury waech springs, but greater St. Charles
is about miles in diameter, and is con-
geries of suburbs.
The past week was quite dull and We were
able 10 deposit only some or $4,000 in the
bauks Of Sumter Wed rejoice to be more
liberal in our weekly patronage ct your
banks but hops ll.sconslder she stringency
of the times and try to grind along on this
amount more or less, per week, uotil the
business eeason opens, when we'll do our
best to improve on the sum of deposits.
We're compelled to retain little cash for
home consumption. We ventured to reserve
Is cents ourself, and ueighbor has thirteen
q. s. post stamps. Our mercantile business
comprises two stores, Messrs. jenkins d
Mccoy, corner Lafayette Street and Railroad
Avenue, and Mr.. F. W. Andrews on West
Lafayette. Both keep fu.l and varied stocks
of all necessaries and many Injuries; in the
diferenr lines usually found and needed. Ar.
John W. Mccoy is the capable and competent
manager of the FIRST named house, ..snd is ably
assisted by the courteous Mr.. Vim. 3. Bryan,
who is not :erpulent. Mr.. Andrews ia .
comparatively young man whose equanimity
and stability combined with business judg-
uent and tact has aided him much iu forging
towards the front. ar. Walter E. Green is
the suave assistant in this house aRd is ripper
than bis name.
Besides the ordinary trading, cotton seed
buying, &c , this point does considerable
crosstie business amounting to several thou
sand dollars per annum. Later, this becomes
large shipping point for huckleberries and
many bushels of this popular and luscious
production of our woodlands are daily sent
to the voracious NORTH st paying rates to
p;ckers and packers. We have also centin.
uous and uniutermittent egg market, and
besides the quantities shipped, we supply
neighboring villes of greater pretensions.
Reid's Mill, in connection with Jenkins l.
Mccoy, is saving and shipping a superior
grade of pine lumber. Bricks are also sup
piled from this point. There are ginnery
and griss mill, saw mill, wood and smith
shops, butcher stall 10 the money season, aud
also, not by any means least, good school
most efficiently presided over by ths bright
and accomplished Miss Dora Aichaa.
Mr.. R. u. jenkins is the assiduous mana
ger of the farming interests connected with
bis frn. Besides the usual staple and cereal
crops, he has two-thirds of an acre in straw
berries as a starter; also plants pindars,
chufas, rice, cane aDd Other truck, and raises
fpe hogs. he has three phenomenal three
mouths.old pigs, which are very freaks of
sturners. for size and weight compared with
balance of same litter.
The different occupations aud enterprises
furnish employment and profit to quite
nameer of our colored people who are docile
or more or less industrious. We've had
high class railroad crossing accident, sod
we've contributed one-tentb of Sumter Coua-
tvs subscriptions 10 the Veteran Reunion up
to last report.
Now Mr Editor, this is merely resume,
currerte calamo, of some of the points aoont
St. Charles and think it merits being put in
type. There are quite number OF folks
who have never been here, and perhaps their
loss has been our ga:n. We hope so.
Mr. VIM. Harbeck and wife are visiting
at Mr.. D. L. Shaw's. Mrs. Harbeck aud Mrs.
Shaw are sisters, and are daughters of Rev.
Robt. E. Cooper, formerly of our county.
Mr.. Il. and family have just arrived from
Central America. He ID civil engineer and
contractor and has been engaged in large
government contracts in British Honduras,
and is to return shortly to engage in a vast
Eve years job of deepening the harSor to the
port of Balizs. BE is gentleman who has
evidently been in contact with the great big
world, but of much urbanisy of manner, and
is most interesting and edifying conversa'
tonalis,, and his graphic descriptions OF life,
and customs, and laws, and people in the far
of honduras and Balize, causes one to long
TO see something of our mud ball, before our
mortal remains becom. au integral part of the
same. GUV.
P.S. We are not au fsit in the matter of
railroading bpt we do wofully fail to see any