The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-11


The candidates for county Offices bad
great tms on the 4th atteodiug picnics fish
irys and other gatherings
The Sumter library 10 now open to- i,s
members four tilnes week, Mondays, Tues. |
days, Wednesdays and Fridays from to-.
Go T. @. Scsfe's and see bis stock Of
Superb Steel Ranges at living prices. See
his Advertisement.
Small In size and great in results are Dc.
Wits Little Early Rissrs, the famous little
pills that clsaoss the liver and bowels. They
10 not grippe 8 Hugbson 4 90.
Farmers 10 the city for the past few DAYS
hrs complaining OF the paTchiug of veRets.
ton ey The excessively bot sunshine. Rain
10 needed 10 most places
At the meeting OF the City Council and
Board OF Health few days ago to diseuss
ths Dry Earth Closet System II was decided
10 postpone action uotil the practicability
nnd cost OF sewerage system can be ascer.
tainsd.
A petition bas been circulating for sigma.
Iures during the past few days, asking tho
City Couocil 10 have Q survey Of The city
made BY competent engineer for tho purpose
| az ascertaia,eg the psacsieabiii,y and a,so tho
cost OF sewerage system 10 the city.
The Chinese ask show 10 your iivss2" 10.
stsad Of "how do you dot" for when the
liver 10 active the health 10 good. Dewitrs
Little Early Risers are famous little pills for
The liver and bowels u 8 Hugbson h Co
The alarm Of FIRE about one o'clock Friday
csme from tenant house in rear Of Boyle's
stables, occupied by colored people. Very
| little damage was done Both hose compa.
nies turned out with usual promptness.
The ice people are having big pic n,c jus,
pow. One Of cur retail dealers soli 8 tons
Friday, and the other Two sold about 81
er 4 tons more. The large sale OF one dealer
was caused by the filing up Of several large
refriRera,ors 10 the city
All Who suffer from piles will be glad to
learn that DeWits Witch Hazel Sa!ve will
give them instant and p'rmaueu, relief. Il,
will cure eczems and all ekiu diseases. Be.
ware of coun,ersei's.-J s Hugheon l. Co.
The band festival Friday high, as a decided
success. There was good crowd, aud all
the refreshments we're disposed of, realizing
about $50 All seemed to erjoy the occa
sion.
| 4 tensn! house on the old Wm. S. Mitchell
place, four miles cost Of the city, now owned
by Aessrs. Levi Bros. and occupied BY Dr.
Moore, Was buroed on THURSDAY about
o'clock. The Gre was accidental aud ar.
Moore lost everything be had.
I'VE have sold many different cough rem.
sdies, but none has given better satisfaction
than Chsmberlsio's." says Mr.. Charles
Holsbsusr, druggist, Newark, N. J. ~. is
perfectly safe and can be relied upon 10 all
cases of coughs, colds or boarseuess." For
ssls BY Dr. A. ]. China.
| Mr.. j. Temple Frierson is having lumber
hauled upon one OF bis lots 90 Republ lcau
Street, 10 front of Dr. Hughson'e, prepare.
tory to enIsrRing the house thereon for res
idence Tor himsslf He has added to the lot
by0buyiug from Dr.. Hushson q strip from
the lot on the West Of his own.
The lot oo Warren Street, formerly owned
oy the late A. Brown, aod on which the
residence was burned, 70 being cleared of,
aud excavations made for foundation of q
new residence for Me-. Marion Noise, who bas
owned the lot for some time.
Reports show that over fifteen huodred
lives have been saved through the nee of One
Minn'e Cough Cure. Most OF these we're
csses Of grippe. Group, asthma, whoopioe
cough, bronchitis AID pneumonia. Its early
use prevents cousump,ioo.-J s Hughsop &
Co.
The ice famine that has prevailed 10 90
many OF the towns aud cities of thi, State
durihg ihs past four or FIVE DAYS has no,
affected Sumter seriously although there has
been slight shortage of ice at times during
the past few days, The ice for most of the
towns 10 the eastern section of the State il
supplied oy the factories 10 this city, which
| nave an output, when run at the full capaci.
| ", co 10 % toos day. Ice dealers in
the eerly part of the season make contracts
with toe factories for a regular weekly sun.
ply, aud they usually base their contracts on
me average demand, consequently when an
especially hot spell OF weather occurs the de-
mand Tor ice 10 much greater than tho dealers
pave calculated on, and their supplies are not
equai 10 Toe demand Then they begin call.
| ,ne oo 'ne factories to increase the shipments.
out as tue factories usually have con,r.,a
calling for all the ice tbey can MAKE !, ia
impossible to double up ou the orders as The
dealers expect them to do. Just uow the
| factories IN this city have 10 contend not onIv
Win q greatly Increased demaoo but with
crippled plants, and the result has been An
ice famine. The new plant of the Sumter
Electric Light b Ice Co =, which has ord,uari
ly an output Of % to 80 tons dsy. has heen
unable to mako. during the pact ten DAYS.
more than ~ tons q day, owing 10 a Ieaksos
OF ammonia and il was necessary to send 10
YORK, Pa, for a man to repair the macbin.
| cry and new supply OF ammonia had TO be
ordered. Tne old Ar,ic leo factory, capacity
tons day, which is owned by the Sumter
Electric Light Ice Co was shut down
when the new plant was started, and the
onvep wells from which the water supply
| vas obtained, taken up, and when the new
plant became crippled il WAS impossible
10 start ur the old plant The
Two factories OF the Sumter Ice Mfg. Co. are
all right aud are running at the fullest cana.
c'y' out they are utterly unable to make ic.
isst enough to supply the demand TIE
sumter Electric light and Ice Co. bas b,d