The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-18
TRoUeBlaJI SOUTH CAROLINA.

Current Events ia the Palmetto
State -aeOnieally Recorded.
Greenwood proposes to have a
county fair this fall.
The president has appointed }. T.
Murphy postmaster at Bamberg.
The scheme for permanent ex-
hibition at Charleston has been apan-
doned.
Work viii soon be started on the
construction of the. cotton mill at
Ninety
Forty-6ye graduates received dip
Tomas at the South Carolina College
commencement.
There viii be an election IN the
city Of 0rangehurg to determine the
sewerage question.
G.. Hammer, Of Gadsden, ez-
EibiSed the 6rst cotton bloom OF the
year Il COLUMBIA on Friday, June L.. 4
Prof. r. 4. Maios has been
elected principal OF the Batesburg Col
legia5e institute, with four assistants.
The young men Of Manning are
rnakfng an effort to get up 9 Drass
bard, and SO Far the s1pscrlpGlohs
are Yary encouraging.
The dispensary at MiaWayis IS not q
inanciai success, and there is serious
taIk In The Bamberg County board
ef control OF closing it up.
Fire &C Greenwood early IN the
morning of the Ilsh inst. DESTROYED
property to the valve OF s., 600. Isne
town has no fire department.
1T has been definitely decided that
the state reunion c9 Confederate yeser.
ans VIII be held ths 7th and 9Th OF
August at Greenyille
State Board Of Dispensary
Directors has consented TO the. esIae-
fishing Of third beer dispensary at
sSparsanburg
Governor MeSWeeney has formally
announced that he: viii not be candl-
date Cor reelection as chief magistrate
Of the State.
he total profits OF the FIVE local
dispensaries in Columbia for the
month Of May amounted to 81, e9006,
which goes to the cisy and county.
IT will be reauierd hereafter That
the students Of tie South Carolina
College must make s. per cent. IN
stead Of so per cent. to pass exannina-
ions.
The homing pigeons which Mt.
IS. H. Brsnnecke, Of Chester llber-
a5ed On Sunday, june lst, ist az IN;
the morning, reached Baltimore, dis
sance Of 400 miles, st 40 p. m
Work oa the large new tourist
hotel as Camden, the s Kirkwood, $
has commenced, and will be rapidly
pushed to comple pletion.
James Brown. colored, was way
laid and shot on Lady Island, Beau.
fort County, Saturday night. The
side of his head Was filed with No. 8
shot, bnt none penetrated the, skull.
Adam Huger, a negro, will be
hanged at Menck's Corner on July %.
for the murder Of Charles Gadsden, at
Ferguson, on March I'd. This will be.
be the first execution at Monck's
Corner court house.
Under the heading OF Port
2avaI.NapaI Statior., :, the naval APP
preparation bin as passed by Shs SEN
ate contains the following item Z
Tbe secretary Of the navy is directed
70 Investigate and report TO the next
The sixth annual commencement.
Of Clemson College is oTer and an
other session Of i90l-11902 has passed
into history, without further NANTES
tations Of trouble between the cadet
,corps and the president.
in trottsng race Mt Staellhouse's
driving park, Marion, between 9. =.
Berryss bay mare Cradle and j. W.
RagsdaIe,s brown mare Kitty NltRood
the first named Won.
McAlakin, the Spartanburg boy,
has not been released from the big
Brooklyn baseball team On the con
trary, he is said to be doing me Work:
in the box. McCann was the man
released
The ether day spark from loco
motive on the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railway set FIRE TO cordwoed
Of j. d. Watts, on the outskirts Of
Laurens, and a53 cords we're burned.
The bonds issued By the city of
Greenwood for the purpose of putting
ia q sewerage system have been passed
npon and accepted and the money has
been received. Work Will begin at an
early day.
While playing on the trestle on.
the Seaboard Air Line railway at
Chester, Johnnie Hogg, 13 years old,
became cverbalanced and fell back
wards from the trestle, his head strik-
ING the t;mbers. He died the follow
ing day, from conclusion of the brain.
President Walters has officially in
formed the Charleston City Council
that the Atlantic Coast Line head
quarters will not be removed from
Wilmington at present, and it was
useless for other places to make appli-
cation for them.
Herbert Floyd, colored, who is
wanted in Laurens county as the prin-
eiinal in the murder of John Nance,