The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-12-25

way before long.
There was only one defendant before
his Honor Friday. The charge was
drunkenness and carrying concealed
weapons. A fine Of 81 or 25 days on
the chain gang was imposed. The fine
was paid and the pistol forfeited to
the city as usual.
The county chain gang arrived in
the city last Friday. On Monday, the
gang commenced work on the roads
leading from the city. These sandy
roads will be worked with clay and
put in frst-class condition. There
are now twenty-six convicts on the
gang. Two are sick and unable to
work, making twenty-eight in all.
The roads will be worked for one mile
out it is said.
The Southern Educational Associa-
tion will meet in Columbia on the day
after Christmas and continue in ses-
sion for several days. Supt. Baskin is
urging all the teachers of this county
to attend if possible This meeting
will be great opportunity for the
teachers and is so near at home to
those Of this county that they should
all attend.
The crowd at the depot Friday night
and on the incoming trains was IN
usually large. College students,
teachers, and others were returning
home for the holidays and the crowd
was happy one. There is always a
great amount of express and baggage
at this season and the trains are neces-
sarily delayed very much.
The South Carolina Alumni Special
passed through Thursday en- route
from Columbia to Charleston with a
large number Of the Alumni and col
lege officials on board. Twelve or ff-
teen gentlemen joined thesparty here
and as others had already gone to
Charleston Sumter county was well
represented in the gathering Of the
Alumni.
The macadam work on Main street
has been temporarily discontinued on
account of the supply of rock having
been exhausted. The severe weather
has brought about partial shut down
of the quarries in Newberry and until
this trouble is overcome it will be i'm
possible to go forward with the work
here.
b The trains for the past few days
have been very irregular, indeed, and
the passenger depot is filed with a
crowd of impatient people every even
ing. It's pity the new depot could
not have been completed in time for
the holiday rush as the old one cannot
begin to hold the passengers and it is
very inconvenient to have to wait out
side in the cold for an hour or so.
The S. M. A. has large frame, six
by three feet, prepared for exhibition
at Charleston. The frame contains
pictures of Col. Owens, school build
ings, the faculty, the students and sew
eral of the school organizations.
There is, also, a statement of the
curriculum of the school and a list of
the faculty. The collection of pic
lures is decorated with beautiful pen
manship, executed by Prof. G. E.
Chase, of the Commercial Depart
ment. The Photographic work was
done by Mr.. Winburn.
a short cotton crop is followed by an
abundant frewood crop. Last year
wood was very scarce while this year
the wood sellers are numerous and i'm
Fortunate.
The post Office is another busy place
today. The number of small packages
containing presents, which are sent
through the mail each year would be
hard to enumerate and the Sumter
post Office receives its share of them.
The clerks were very much rushed
this morning and the crowds were
around the delivery windows all the
morning.
The annual inspection Friday night
of the S. L. /. was quite satisfactory
to the inspecting officer, Col. Frost.
After the inspection, Col. Frost made
short talk to the men. He expressed
his pleasure at being able to inspect
them and complimented them very
highly on their inspection and fine
military appearance. He said there
would probably be three prizes offered
at Charleston on Military Day, Feb.
%, and he hoped the S. L. I. would
bring back some Of them, if not all.
The S. L. l., as every one knows,
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State and Capt. Doar and his officers
deserve credit for presenting such a
fine military organization.
The two graded school buildings of
| the city were inspected last Friday
by Health Officer Reardon and the
temperature Of the buildings noted.
The Washington Street school building
was found in it's usual clean, we'll ven
tilated, and comfortable condition.
The heating of the entire building was
all that could be desired. The lowest
temperature was 7S, and the highest
SO, giving a mean temperature of 93311a.
It is a hard matter to regulate the
heating of the building during such
cold weather. and the management
deserves credit for the comfortable
condition of the building. The Lin
coin school building was in good
sanitary condition and was reasonably
comfortable. The industrial depart
ment will soon complete some repairs
on the building that will make it as
comfortable as desired The Board OF
Health is particularly solicitous of the
health and comfort of the school chill