The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-02
THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA.
Current Events in the Palmetto
State LaconieaIIy Recorded.

1t is rumored that railroad is to
be built from Hartsville to Chester
field, touching the S. a. L. at MID
dendorf.
The tobacco season for selling at
Darlington opens July 5.
Postmaster G. E. Carmen has
taken charge of the Aiken postoffice
and has as his assistants, Messrs.
Leon Coward, Tom Hutson and Mer-
ritt Jordan.
On June % the family Of ?. j.
Eisenman, of Aiken, we're poisoned by
eating blackberry pie made from cul-
tivated berries. 1t is supposed that
paris green had been sprinkled over
the blackberry plants to kill insects,
and some Of the poison became ab-
sorbed by the fruit. Prompt medical
attention saved the lives of the people.
About mile from Aiken a nergo
man named Clarke and negro woman
named Richardson were living in a
two-room cabin. Clarke says that
during the night he heard the report
Of a gun in the room adjoining the
one he was sleeping in, and when he
went in he found the woman dead on
the floor and on fire; that some one
had shot fer with a shotgun loaded
with buckshot, and then poured tur-
pentine over her and set her on fire.
Within few more weeks Of IA
vorable weather Darlington county
will harvest the largest tobacco crop
since the industry was started in that
county.
The Oconee County Commission
ers have closed a contract with the
American Road Machine Company, for
one rock crlsher, two water tanks,
two dump carts, two wheel scrapes
and two mule scrapes. This mschin-
cry, together with the two engines,
two road machines and two plows
bought three weeks ago, gives Oconee
county a complete and up-to-date
road-making outfit.
The barn and stables OF ". F.
Stackley, of Florence were burned Sat
urday night.
The rurnor is current in Columbia
that President Roosevelt will appoint
Mai. Micah jenkins collector of inter
nal revenue to succeed George r Koes-
ter.
The Florence. water works system
has been completed and the pumps
were started Monday. The tank has
been filed and water turned into the
mains.
Semi-annual dividends to ,.le amount
of $50. 600 were declared by the New
berry Cotton Mills and the National,
Commercial and Savings Banks on
July 1st.
The smallpox epidemic in Chester
and York counties has been stamp
ed out after several months work
by State Sanitary Inspector, DR.. 2.
B. Bacot.
The Texas fever is prevalent among
the cattle all over Chester county.
Mr.. Jimmie Reid, of Lewisville, lost
two COWS last week. There are several
COWS sick with the disease about
Rossville.-Chester Lantern.
At last Anderson is to have union
passenger depot in fact as we'll as in
name The G. & ". G.. passenger
trains will arrive and depart from the
new depot in the Blue Ridge yard,
commencing July lst.-Anderson Mail.
Extensive changes in the railroad
world took place July Isl The Plant
System passed into the Yands of the
Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern
Railway took possession Of the South
Carolina & Georgia Extension (old
8 C's).
4 charter has been issued to the
Independent Refining company Of
Charleston, capitalized, at $50, 900.
Morris Israel is president, Robt. Dar-
gan is vice president and general man
ager. Isaac S. Cohen treasurer and I.
Moultrie Mordecai solicitor.
The Supreme Court of South Caroli-
ma held, in the recent case Of Bran
denberg VS.. Zeigler. that the owner of
land on which surface water has coll
lected in a pond has no right by cut
ting the natural rim of the basin to
drain the water upon nelghbor's
property to his injury.
Charters have been issued to the
Bedford Telephone Co., Of Yorkville,
capital $1,000, the Blacksburg Tele-
phone Co., of Blacksourg. capital
S., 600, and the Lancaster Telephone
Co.. of Lancaster, capital S., ".
B. Moore is president Of all of these
concerns.
The corpse of Lundy Edwards, an
Augusta negro, was found Monday
near Hamburg, S. e. \ pistol wound
was found in his neck. Hamburg
is resorted to on Sunday by Augusta
negro gamblers, and the supposition
is that Edwards was killed in a
gambling row.
With the first of July comes Spartan
burg's semi-annual dividend paying
season when nearly quarter of a mil
lion dollars is paid out to the fortu-
nate owners of stock in our prosperous
Industrial, financial and commercial
institutions, large part of which goes
into circulation right here at home
making collections easier and trade IN
all lines brisker.-Sparsanburg Jour
nal.
The Secretary of State has issued
commission to the Carolina Tramway