The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-11-20

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The ground rock, or gravel, to be
used as top layer in macadamizing
Main Street, has been put down for a
few feet and makes fine crossing.
With the whole street covered with
this, we shall certainly have an up-to-
date road for vehicles.
..The Palace of Life one of the
shows to be at Charleston, has applied
to the Secretary of State for a char
ter. The company proposes to to run
a variety of amusements, such as a
vaudeville, theatre, a mystic maze and
other alluring attractions. This is
something new, for side shows to want
charter.
The Coast. Line is preparing to have
all it's employees attired in new
uniforms by the time the exposition
opens. Several other Improvements
in the service will be made, it is said.
The Coast Line will handle large per
centage Of the crowds to the exposi-
ton.
Nearly every merchant and business
man in Sumter has signed the petition
to. close his place of business on
Thanksgiving day. Therefore the day
viii be- observed as a general holiday
in the city, as it should be. Nothing
will be lost by closing one day, and
business is not especially rushing this
fall anyway.
The Colored State Fair which was
to have opened at Columbia Monday
was failure. The general manager
says the failure was caused by the rail
roads not granting special rates. It
seems the railway authorities did not
have sufficient time in which to ar
range for rates.
The, Sumter Light Infantry is
preparing to give prize drill on Dec.
19. There will be three prizes, ali of
good amounts. Tie company is also
arranging to go to Charleston during
the Exposition. The Second. Regi-
ment: Band will furnish music on the
occasion of the prize drill.
And now CHERRY tree scheme
has been inaugurated and many peo-
pie will be going into it head and
heels. Everybody will be rich some
day if these great money making
schemes continue. (?A It would be well
if some people would stop and think
before going into some Of these allur-
ing offers which are being sprung on
US daily. The CHERRY tree man."
must want to turn the country into
one big orchard.
The Sumter Pharmacy has supplied
long felt want in Sumter. DR..
Copes. the popular manager, has
fitted up an artistically arranged coun-
ter, where hot drinks, are served, such
as chocolate, coffee, clam bouillon and
other appetizing drinks. This new
business will be generally patronized
during the bad winter weather.
Everyone who expresses an opinion
on the work of macadamizing Main
Street speaks favorably of it so far.
The work is progressing nicely and
Mr.. jackson, who has charge of the
work, seems to be doing all he can to
give US good job. They are putting
down plenty of rock and the street will
be almost as high as the pavements.
Someone suggested the other day that
there was need of new curtain for
the Opera House. They were certainly
correct. The present one has served
it's time from all appearances. 1t is
faded and worn, the corners and ends
being torn and ragged. The design is
not very good one, either. It is
hoped the management will buy new
one before the season is over
The local telephone company is
erecting line of large and lofty poles
in the city. The wires will now be
out of reach of all distractions and
there should be fewer accidents from
trees falling on them. 1t is said each
pole cost about s12 when it is put in
position. It takes about twenty men
to erect a pole. There will be 110 of
these poles erected in the city.
Among the exhibits coming in for
the Exposition are a number of speci-
mems of the ramie plant. These were
sent in from the plantation of Mr.. j.
S. Moore, near Cane Savannah. where
the plant now grows Wild This is
the plant from which the famous
Indian shawls are made. In 1872, or
about that year, the government had
plant brought to this country and
planted, and various attempts were
made to construct machine to use
in separating the fibres of the plant,
but no machine has yet been invented
and the cultivation of the plant was
of no consequence. In India. the
natives separate the ibres by hand.
1t is pity that SO valuable a plant
cannot be cultivated to a purpose In
this county where it appears to thrive.
The specimens on exhibition are
about five feet in length.