The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-09


Al tbs last quarterly conference Of Mssuo.
lie Street Church Nsssrs W. p. Smith and
Geo 3 Beaumont were elected delegates aud
Nsssrs. J. 4. Kennedy and d 8 Moore al.
teruates TO the district conference. which cor.
veoSs June 2S iu the Fret Methodist Church
10 THE CITY.
The Graded School bad holiday on Friday
sad the children vent on picuics. There
was . picnic at Providence, the crowd going
out on NJ. Thomas Wilson's new railroad,
aod another at Sloglstou's Spriogs oo the
Southern Railway.
The question hes been ssked frequently OF
lats whsthsr The tobacco warehouse Will be
opss this season. The writer hes been uuable
to answer The question ds6eitsly, for il The
warehouse 10 70 b open The managers have
oos advertised the fact. There 10 no doubt
bot that the warehouse should DO open
A small tenement houss 90 Bastlett Street.
near the A. n e Church, wss burued between
. aed o'clock last Saturday morning. After
toe reel squads haa returned 10 their houses
the upburss portion Of The haass blsssd up
asaio from the emoers aud Q second slarm
We ssat 10 aud the squads were called out
agsio. The bouss wss occupied BY William,
the porter Of the Cash Grocery Store and be
loss svssy,hieg he owned.
Oasear Siuou Was butted and tran p,ed by
Mf. Boyls's boil at the stable Monday
morsiog, sad YES eoes,derably bruised,
though not thought TO be seriously burt
Hs we going for water, aud went through
the bull's spartmeot, iostead OF going
around 20 hs should. The boil had 40 horns
and could NOT gore him, bot battered aud
bruised bin % that be needed medical at,en.
tlop.
Il u intsrsstiog and gratifying to know
that the declaimer's medal at the 8. O. Col.
legs has been won for three years By boys Of
oas Graded School The 6sst sy Mr. Horace
Harry, Jr , OF the elass OF 'ee {; the secoud
by Ne. Oliftoo Moiss. class Of 'ss {; the third
~ Mr.. Ohas Ryttssberg, close Of 81. To
THE list Ws take pleasure in sddioe the nams
Of Ne. Sam Mitchell. Who took the Gre, honor
medal OF the Pharmaceutical department Of
the College OF Medicine at Oharlesteo and
alsQ the name Of nr. W. L Noise. who won
The medal offered fos ofa,oey q Clemson, and
also that offered BY The Ister. Collegiate Ore.
torieal association.
a popular subs.riptioo smountine to more
than one hundred dollars bas been raised for
ths Fourth Rsgimsst Band. The subscrip.
ton list wss taken around BY NJ J. n.
Chandler aod be met With prompt aud lib.
seal response. Every msu approached With
Q lev exceptions, subseribed according 10 bic
mssns, snd 10 we ihs general expression that
'hs Fourth Regiment should bs aided BY the
citix,us Of Sumter. AZ the ssme time The
City Coaneil wss endorsed 10 ito refusal 10
sp proprists city fonds OF the uss Of the band,
- u 10 clear that under the Law Council hes
no Authority, 70 appropriate poolic funds for
this OF similar purposes The liberal sob.
seriptous show that the people Of Sumter
have the utmost hisndliness toward the baud
and that they ere ready and williog to con.
tribute from their private mems toward main.
tanning the band. II 10 more than probable
that.ths hssd will give weekly open sir con.
spPrssiatios Of the libsrslisy Of the public.
The pie nie Of the Bsp,lss Sunday Shool At
Siogls,oa's grove 90 the Sumter 4 watsres
R. B., lass Friday vss attended BY more
than two hundred people. old and
youog, and u wss uost pleasant and cue.
oessful picnic In every respect. The place 10
su ideal ooe for . picnic, picturesque and
pleasant sed easy OF secsss, win many
tsnes. Near st hand 10 the old Singleton
barv;ag grouod where several generations Of
that family lie st rect, and in which that
great Stssesmsa spd Orator, George NeDuf.
6s, 10 buried. A hsudsoms mouumeot msrks
bic rss,ieg piece. This picturesque old bury.
log ground wss visited By macy Of The
picnic party during the day aod to maoy The
eight Of NeDufas's tomb gave The 6rst koowl.
edge that b 70 buried % nssr lhis city. Near
The spsiog slso 10 Sumter Jonetiou where The
0emter 3 Waterss connects With The Oamdso,
Brsoch Of The old South Caroline r. R., aud
just . short distance 10 the lake os which
macy vsst rowing ssd others eshsd to their
hearts content. The dinner vas, Of course,
The feature OF The day to quite number and
the hungsisst Of the crowd Was more thas
satls6sd when the tables were spread and hs
viewed the prospect. There was sui1iciest to
feed ave hundred, II 10 said, and sftsr ell had
been satis6sd there VAS su@eient for another
picnic cpoVd