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

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If you are Influenced to make pur-
chase by reading an advertisement in,
this paper, tell the merchant so, it
will please him and benefit the paper.
The Sumter Club will give their
Annual Christmas German, Thursday
evening, December 2eth. Dancing
cordially invited to attend
The sales at the dispensary will
probably pick up considerably during
this cold spell and the salesmen will
have their hands full until after the
holidays.
HT Mcintyre, St Paul, Mimi, who has
been troubled with disordered stomach
says, "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets do me more good than anything /
have ever taken" For sale by DR. j
| China.
The Graded Schools closed Thursday
for the holidays and the children went
home happy and cheerful thinking of
the pleasant rest before them and of
Christmas festivities.
The fire cracker was in evidence last
night and the small boy had his fun
until quite late. This was the beign.
| ming Of Christmas, and from now until
the end of the week the noise Of fire
works will be heard on all sides. Moth
ing so much pleases the young Ameri-
can as noise-making and at this season
of the year he INDUCES in it to a full
extent, so let the fun go on and let
the children have a merry holiday.
Hunter Bell, one of the convicts on
the chain gang. escaped from the Jail
Saturday morning, but was only free
short while. The officers traced him to
the premises of Sue Peters, and AS
sistant Chief Weeks re-arrested him
and took him back to the jail.
The Sumter School of Music had a
| Christmas tree Saturday evening for
the children of the school. It was a
most pleasant entertainment for the
children and was much enjoyed by
them.
The egg market, as usual, at this
season is on the rise. Eggs are very
scarce and can hardly be gotten at
times. The turkey market was said
to have been light some time ago, but
there seem to be a good many turkeys
being offered for sale now.
There is some talk of having game
of football here during the holiday
season between Sumter and Camden.
The two towns could, no doubt, get
up two good teams, and if the players
we're in training the contest would
be hard fought one. Nothing def
mite, though, has been decided upon
as to the matter.
The policemen who have been on
night duty for the past week have be-
come thoroughly hardened and one or
two of them are thinking seriously of
joining the next expedition to the
north pole. They say a few degrees
more or less after the mercury gets
down below the freezing point would
cut no ice with them.
The antique CRATE in the Sherif's
Office reached the limits of its durabil-
ity last Thursday, and, like the old ono
horse shay, fell all to pieces at once.
Sheriff Scarborough and Deputy Gail
lard were kept in cold storage while
a new CRATE was being put in and the
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permit the members to seek other
quarters.
The survivors of the s. c. College
Alumni meeting who have reached
this city report a great and glorious
occasion. There was great outpour-
ing of hospitality, fraternal affection,
eloquence, "reminiscences of auld lang
syne, punch, happiness, fond recollec-
tions and many other things detail
ed list and description of which the
survivor was too much exhausted to
give. The public will be quite safe,
however, in accepting the oft repeated
statement that the old boys of the
alumni and the new issue as we'll
Kept things moving in Charleston and
all had a great and glorious time of
which they will long retain the fond