The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-07-31

MCCutchen ana Lun MaTA1S. were
sent to the chain gang Friday
They were convicted in the magis-
trate's court of larceny.
It is thought thatssthe negro killed at
Forreston yesterday was the convict
who escaped from the chain gang
about ten days ago. This negro was
serving three year sentence and was
desperate character.
bad complexion generally resul's from
nacrive liver snd bowels In ell such cases,
DeWitt's Early Risers produce gratifying re-
suits is Eughson i Co.
The examination of applicants for
the Winthrop College scholarships
was held Friday at the Graded School
building. There were quite number
of applicants. AS the papers will be
sent to the college for examination it
will be week or longer before the
names of the successful applicants can
be announced.
The following young ladies COM
Roberta Williamson, Providence;
Decca Singleton, Wedgefeld: Eliza
beth Frierson, Stateburg: Mamie Cole,
Cora Cole, Lvnchburg: Sadie FLUID,
Annie Reese, Lee Moore, Stateburg.
The auction sale of lots in the
Hughson subdivision on North Church
Street was concluded Thursday after
noon, much larger crowd being pres
ent than at the morning sale. The lots
sold very we'll and the price per acre
of land realized shows that Sumter
real estate has high value. Mr.. D.
NJ. Blanding won the free lot.
The sale of the Schwerin lots on the
corner of Liberty and Harvin Streets
was held Friday morning, but after a
few of the lots had been knocked down
the sale was discontinued by Mr..
Schwerin and all sales declared off.
The lots were not bringing the value
placed on them by the owner and he
did not care to let the property go at
the prices offered for the lots.
Don't forget the band concert and
trolley parade. Ice cream and cake
for all. Two prizes for the best troll
leys in the parade. Don't miss. An
entirely new and pleasing evening as
sured to all. Thursday evening,
Aug. l.
The sale of lots, by auction. in the
Hughson subdivision on Church
street, near the water works was COM
menced Thursday morning but owing
to the intense heat the crowd was small
and after six or eight lots had been
sold the auction was discontinued IN
til 5. 30 that afternoon. The highest
price paid for lot was s76 and the
lowest was S36. The lots sold meas
ures 5Ox15O feet and 50x175 feet.
Have you heard of the trolley para6e
and band concert? Well, Thursday
night is the time and the Graded
School Square is the place. A brand
new concert by the band. Plenty of
ice cream and cake. a most enjoy
able evening promised to all. Contrib
utions thankfully received by Ed Jen-
kins, one of the Overall Kids, and
Arthur Wilder, the lone fisherman.
Keep this in mind Price of tickets
for this entire show at 10c. plate.
= The Sumter ball players did little
more than get even with Dalzell Mon
day afternoon. The game started at
o'clock. with a large crowd pres
eat and at the end of the game Sumter
had IA scores and Dalzell s. The game
was interesting and at times exciting,
but save for the work of the Sumter
battery-Cuttino and Wilder-was net
especially noteworthy. Cuttino as
pitcher is hard to beat. He struck out
the DalZell batterS in one, two three
order with the greatest ease. In the
six innings that he pitched he struck
out thirteen of the eighteen men who
were p ut out Noise pitched three
innings and the Dallzell sluggers did
not find him as hard proposition to
go up against as Cuttino. Dalzell will
have to come again and have another
try at Sumter and if they win the
next game crow over the Sumter team
again.
There is not much probability now
of the establishment of another tele-
phcne exchange in this city and the ac-
tion of City Council last Wednesday
night in revoking the exclusive fran
chise of the Sumter Telephone Co., can
accomplish no good On the other hand
this action may be taken, if SO desir-
ed, as relieving the Sumter Telephone
Co., of the promise to make certain
much needed improvements in the svs-
tenn and the patrons of that company
will be helpless. 1t is to be presumed.
however. that the Sumter Telephone
Co.. will in time improve the system
for if they do not competing ex-
change will certainly be established.
1t will be good business to give Sum
ter the best possible telephone system
and the best service and to reduce the
prices, for unless competition is an
ticipated and kept out by excellence
of service and moderate rates these
things will be forced upon the Sumter
Telephone Co., by a competing system
in the near future. One first class
and we'll managed system is much better
and more convenient than two or more
systems and no one desires two tele-
phone exchanges Just for the sake of
having them. What the public wants
is good service and if they can get
that the Sumter Telephone Co.. can
and will have, by common consent, the
exclusive control of the field for an in