The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-25
THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROL lNl.
Current Events 10 the Palmetto
State L.aeonicaIly Recorded.

Columbia has another ice factory
operation.
Barnard B. Evans is farming very
successfully IN Edgefeld County.
is progressing rapidly on the
new dam at Portman Shoals, Ander
son County.
Many farmers throughout the
State are experimenting with velvet.
beans this year.
Nearly all the farmers IN the
Andersen section have conquered
= General Green. z
he Dillon hosiery mills recently
filed an order from q nelghborlng
town for 8, 500 pairs Of socks.
Elko boasts OF q farmer who IN 80
years has never had occasion to buy
corn. He produces all the consumes.
Crops generally are in dpe condi-
ton and the prospects are all favorable
for an abundant harvest all over the.
State.
The annual reunion Of the surviy-
ors of the famous regiment OF Orr.s.
Rifles viii be held at Due West on
ugass z, Is and Il
~ scholarship of the philadelphia
r School has been eWarded to MISS,
HeyWard Taylor, Of sGoiuni pla,
tshrough the College for Women.
ne aafunet lodge Of Odd Fellows.
IL Florence. is IN process Of reorganl-s
zagion, new life being Unused into the'
lodge.
Dudles Haselden, Of dispensary
aud breassplats fame, announces him: M:
sell as eandidate for the legislature
from Marion County.
he proceedings Of the Senate.
were closed last Saturday with eutog1esi
on the late Representative Stokes.
Speeches we're made by Senators Iall-5
man azi 11acE.aurin.
Tae farmers OF Marion Count
are already curing tobacco One farm ne
er cured a barn IN less than 90 days
after transpIanting Tobacco IS un-
auestionably a quick money crop.
ne other nigh thieves broke into
the pos5oHee at Pacolet and blew
open the safe. They secured four doi-1t
lars IN stamps and some registered
mail for their trouble.
Einnsboro is considering the adFis5
ability Of issuing bonds to the amount
of SIG 00o for, installing an electric
light plant. An election on this cues
tiiea will be held July S.
Chester is going to build another
school house, the present one, bnlis
Il 1892 at cost Of ssl2, 600, being m.
sufficient for the accommodation OF the.
children.
Brooks Sigh. who was former
prominent n South Carolina Re,
pn Eblican politics, has been appointed
5o position as a law clerk IN the
rsasnry Department, Washington.
Tire new Methodist Church at
Hedges viii be dedicated on the fourth
Sunday IN June. The sGsdieatory ser. ser
mon viii be preached by Bishop ".
Duncan.
In the present State campaign
there IS for once no declared opposition
TO the dispensary, all the candidates.
for goyernor and other Offices endors-
Ing the system
ne storm OF Monday night, the
18th instant, near BennettsEille, blew.
down the smokehonse. barn and
the kitchen end Of the dwelling house
OF 1AErs King Odom.
Sam Blackwell shot and danger
ousIy wounded Howard Finckney at
the funeral Of Manuel Pinckney. a
brother of the wounded man, at Nc.
Cornick. The row occurred over e
gambling debt. Blackwell escaped.
The Johnston Cotton Seed Oil
SCompany has been incorporated, with
a capital stock of $50, 600, most OF
Which has already been subscribed.
he building is now being built and
the mill viii be ready for fall work.
Aiken Democratic executive
committee is tying to undo one OF the
provisions of the present Democratic
plasforr the exclusion Of the dispen-
Ser and. the county board OF control
from those to be voted for at the pri-.
rnary. This will be done by proyid-
ING a especial box for the purpose.
faculty Of Woford College has
organized under their new president
3. Snylef. They will generally
remain Oh Ehe campus this summer,
except when at summer schools or
visiting friends in the interest of the
college. MI. J. McCouoch, OF
Greenvilie, was elected trustee, in
place Of Major .. r. Duncan.
The irrepressible 6. Walt. Whit
man. of Union, comes forward at the:
last moment with the following an
nouneement: g g have fled my pledge
with the executive committee as cam
oidate for governor, with the state
ment that If elected Twill give Sl,000
to the executive committe expenses.
This is the best can do. !"
Violet Collins, an aged and re-
spected eolored woman of Camden, was
aceidently burned to death at her
home on the 9th inst. After having
been s.iven her breakfast that nom
ing, she was les5 alone awhile. When
her husband and daughter returned
they found her dead and her clothes
s @F,rroeI off of her.