The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-23

leges 25c.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve should be
promptly applied to cuts, burns and scalds.
It soothes and quickly heals the injured
part There are worthless counterfeits,
be sure to get DeWitt's.J. S. Hughson
& Co.
The students of the Sumter Military
Academy will present the war drama.
'sDown In Dixie sometime next
month, at the Opera House. The
characters will be well selected to suit
the various parts and the play will be
given with all of it's dramatic and
historical settings. The proceeds will
be for the benefit of the chemical and
physical laboratories.
The game between the two football
teams at the Graded School, which
was to have been played on Thanks
giving Day, has been called off. 1t
was impossible to obtain good material
and the teams have been disbanded.
It is hoped that the Sumter Military
Academy will put good team on the
field and give lovers of the sport some
interesting games.
When you cannot sleep for coughing, it
is hardly necessary that anyone should tell
you that you need a few doses of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to allay the irri-
tation of the throat, and make sleep pos
sible. It is good. Try it. For sale by
DR.. A. j. China.
Rev. II. e. Grossman is attending
the meeting of the South Carolina
Synod of the Lutheran Church, at
Leesville, $. G. He will report
most prosperous year in the Sumter
and Orangelourg Churches. Finances
are in an unusually good condition,
debts are all paid to date and money
in the treasury. Sunday Schools are
we'll organized and supplied with all
necessary literature. Ladies societies
are doing good work. Spirituality
good.
Paul Porteous, the fourteen yearofd
son of Mr.. G. B. Porteous, of New
Brighton, Pa, was accidentally shot
and seriously wounded last week by
boy of his o1sn age. while they were out
hunting. The shootingewas done with
a % calibre rife, the ball entering the
left side at about the first rib and
lodged in the muscles of the back.
Mr.. G. B. Porteous, the boys father
was for number of years resident
of this city.
ssIwish to truthfully state to you and the
readers of these few lines that your Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is without question, the
best and only cure for dyspepsia that
have ever come in contact with and I have
used many other preparations. John
Beam, West ldiddlesex, Pa" No prepara-
ton equals KodoI Dyspepsia Cure as it
contains all the natural digestaDts. It will
digest all kinds of food and can't help but
do you good. S. Hughson & Co.
This evening, at eight O'Clock,
Organ Recital, at the First Methodist
Church, conducted by Mr.. E. E.
Woodham, OF Savannah, Ga, one Of
the leading organists of the South.
Mr.. Banks, a prominent tenor soloist,
will assist Mr.. Woodham, and Everett
Stothart, the boy soprano. who has
made reputation for himself by his
wonderful rendition Of The Holy
City"
An alarm of fire was rung in Thurs
day afternoon at 5 O'Clock. A house
next to the Nixon House, owned by
Mrs. Villeneuve was on fire. The hose
companies responded quickly and very
soon the fire was extinguished. No
damage of any consequence was done
to the building. The fire was on the
roof in the rear of the house. The
hose wagons had a spirited race down
Main Street.
sFor three days and nights suffered
agony untold from an attack of cholera
morbus brought on by eating cucumbers.'
says NJ. E. Lowther, clerk of the district
court, Centerville, Iowa. I thought I
should surely die, and tried dozen differ
ent medicines, but all to no purpose. l
sent for bottle of Chamberlain's Colic.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and three
doses relieved me entirely" This remedy
is for sale by DIR. A. j. China.
The chill in the air in the morning
and evening suggest the coming of
the biting cold of winter when an
overcoat will be a necessity. Even
now a light overcoat is comfortable
at times. Chandler, the Clothier, has
large stock of overcoats of all
weights and will supply all who need
them.
The Sumter Graded Schools are not
affected by the opinion of the assistant
Attorney General on the incidental fee
question. The matter was taken into
the courts eight years ago when the
fee was first imposed and a decision,
confirming the action OF the School
Board in requiring the payment of the
incidental fee was rendered. The AS
sistant Attorney General in explicit
terms states that his opinion does not
apply to schools that are collecting the
fees under authority granted by special
act of the Legislature or under a
decision of the courts. The fees will
be collected from scholars attending
the Graded Schools as heretofore and
those who may be led to believe by
I i l.