The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-25

was blown open BY dynamite and was
completely wrecked. The burglars
secured about fifty cents in coppers,
four dollars worth of postage stamps
and three registered letters and a
money order blank book.
The State summer school for
teachers opens at Rock Hill June 20,
with Superintendent j. J. McMahan
in charge. A good attendance IS ex-
pected, though many OF the SouIn
Carolina teachers have gone 90 the
summer school at Knoxville, Tenn.
Jesse Edwards was killed near
Calhoun mills, in Abbeyillle County,
by Manuel Wright, in difficulty
about COW injuring the crop. bosn
are negroes. Wright surrendered. .
The tram road, two miles above
Chesterfield, from the G. & H. Rail
road to Terry Bros. saWmill, a dis
tance of about four miles, is about
completed. An extension is now
being built from Terry Bros. mill to
New mill, about two miles further.
florence expects sell this year be-
tween 5000, 900 and 6, GOO, 600 pounds
of tobacco. Everything now points to
higher prices.
Portions of Florence and Darling
TON counties were visited by severe
hail storms Saturday afternoon, which
did great damage to growing crops.
Is is reported that the tobacco neios
on the plantstions Of Ben Williamson
and j. Howard IN Darlington
were literally ruined.
1t is rumored that Mr. Butler
Kinard, who was burned IN has resi-,
dence in Newberry, was murderd and
the building fired to hide the crime. .
During the services IN colored
church near Pisgah, Florence County,
Sunday night q negro woman named
Katie Simmons dropped dead from
heart disease. She had got religion"
and was happy on the way.
The Manufacturers Record, OF
Baltimore, complies for the past week
a lissrof twenty-fonr enterprises ctlaR-
tered and about to- begin business IN
South Carolina. Among them are
two oil reineries, six oil mills, three
cotton mills, one -four mill, one wood
extract plant at Dunbar to extract
tar, rosin, creosote, etc, from COM
mon pine tree stumps; mercantile,
sewerge, lumber and printing plants
e5nsti ituting the remainder. The to-
tai capital to be invested amounts to
$50, Geo. 1
Bowen, a young unmarried
man, went to Mrs. A. b. Gunter's
house, In West Wateree, IN kershaW
County, the other day, and offered heI
an Insult. Mrs. Gunter resented it
by emptying the contents of shotgun
in his face. A number of shot pene-
trated his head in and about his eyes.
Mrs. G1nter is in Jail, awaiting the
result of Bowen's wounds.
Manager Clark, of the Hyatt Park
theatre, Columbia, has just closed a
contract for one-night lecture at the
park some time in July with Mrs.
Carrie Nation, the famous. saloon
smasher.
There isa movement on foot to
organize a new county Of the northern
portions of GreenVille and Spartan
burg counties. It will include Dark
Corner.
&c. Walt Whitman never fled his
pledge with the executive committee,
and is consequently ruled ont Of the
gubernatorial struggle.
Brushy Greek Baptist Church,
GreenvilIe county. will be dedicated
Sunday, July 20. DR.. ". j. Langs-
ton, OF Greenville, will preach the
sermon. The house cost 81, 800 and
the seating capacity is 800.
There is a man living not many
miles from Camden who has raised a
family of nine boys, the youngest one
now being about grown and as large
as his father, and a doctor has never
been called in to see one of them.
"A young white man was making
a fine stake out of blind tiger beer at
the Greenyille race track, the other
day, until two constables came along
and broke up the game.
The thirty days preceding the
opening of the dispensary at Yorkville
GilS HISS l1uEOSOo7 Uy UAC tSU11s= SotAtASAA
aggregated S2l3: for the thirty days
after the dispensary opened the fines
aggregated $50.
Lexington Dispatch: At the meet
ing of the Dental Association recently
held in Charleston fellowship was
withdrawn from several members for
unethical conduct in advertising their
business. Apparently there is plenty
of work for the fool killer when he
again visits this State.
The coroner of Charleston held an
INQUEST over the body Of Francis
Snape, the negro who was killed in
seIf-defense by A. Calvi, the Italian
fruiterer, and the slayer was COM
pletely exonerated.
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