The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-08
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION ORGAN
lied.
A Union of Forces for Good---Week Of
Prayer 10 be Observed.

prayer 10 Dc GDSSFVcu.
a pleasant meeting of all the pas
tors of the city was held at the resi-
dence Of DR.. n. ". Edmunds on
Wednesday afternoon.
1t was resolved that the union meet
ings be regularly held on the first Sun
day evening in each church in success
sion.
A Ministerial Association was or
ganized to meet on the Monday after
the first Sunday in each month at II
m. to consider the mutual interests
of the cause of Christ, in increasing
and stimulating the moral advance.
ment of our community. Rev. DR..
Edmunds was elected president, and
Rev. W. A. Fairey secretary and treas
urer.
The association determined to OBJ
serve the Week of Prayer recommend
ed by the Worlds Alliance from Janu-
ary to 11th, by union meetings each
day in the different churches in sue
cesson at 12 m. Revs. Jones and
Grossman were appointed committee
to arrange the meetings and select
leaders. It is hoped the community
will attend these meetings, which IN
the discussion of subjects and services
of prayer and song will afford an hour
of enjoyment and profit. The pastors
trust these new movements will tend
to an era of closer Christian brother
hood, of peace and good will and
spiritual power for good.
AS is usual at this season of the
year, a great many negroes are going
to Georgia and Florida to work on
the turpentine farms. The agents of
the concerns in Georgia and Florida
have been in this part of the country
for some weeks collecting hands. No
doubt, great many more will go this
year than ever before, owing to the
hard times in this section for the ag-
ricultural classes.
The man with the ball-throwing
amusement scheme is still at his place
of business on Liberty street. You
throw three balls, for which you pay
five cents. at target with bell in a
hole in the centre. If you hit the
bell once you get one cigar, twice two
cigars, and three times fifty cents.
The negroes seem to take an interest
in the game.
The Master sold the following prop
erty Monday: O. II. Moses VS..
Alice G. Gordon ct al. 1907 acres.
Bought by Mrs. O. H. Moses for
ss5. 90. NJ. G.. Ryttenberg VS.. R. F.
Carlos ct al One lot, containg one
acre and ten poles. Bought by Marion
Noise, Attorney, for s94. Il. Marion
Noise VS.. Irby S. La Coste, so acres.
Bought by Maron Noise for 5000.
Mark Reynolds VS.. Mary Brown, lot
containing about y acre. Bought by
Horace Hardy for $50. 90.
Two negroes, Willie Stuttle and
Peter Tindal, Of pugilistic aspirations,
were before the Mayors court Friday.
The bout between the two took place
Thursday afternoon in Tindal's barber
shop on Liberty Street. The evidence
given by the defendants and witnesses
at the trial Friday morning was SO con-
Trajectory that the Mayor could not
get much light on the matter and the
two culprits were fined only 81 or two
days apiece.
Lum Mathis, the incorrigible, was
released from the chain gang on Thurs
dav last after serving thirty day SEN
tence. Saturday night he got drunk,
strayed into the room of Mr.. jim
Wells, and refused to be pursuaded to
leave. Mr.. Wells went for police
and when he returned Lum was peace
fully sleeping in his bed. Lum was
before the Mayor Monday and was sent
back to the chain gang for ten days.
The tolls charged by the Sumter
Telephone Exchange on long distance
messages not apply to any lines in
Sumter county or to any lines owned
by the Sumter Telephone Co., wheth-
er in Sumter or adjacent counties.
There mas been a misapprehension
of the notice published by Manager
Belser. and some of the subscribers
think that tolls will be charged on all
out Of town messages.
A negro woman was run over at the
corner of Main and Liberty Streets Fri
day afternoon by negro man driving
buggy. The woman was not serious
ly hurt but was badly bruised. The
accident was caused by the careless
driving of the man. There was no
one on the street at this point except
the woman and there appears to be no
excuse for the accident. The man.
Essex Dickerson, was arrested by Chief
Bradford for careless driving. He was
found guilty, and sentenced by the
Mavor to nav fine of 50 or serve 4
days on the streets. He paid the fine.
Mr.. R. o. Purdy gave the police
force a dinner Thursday. This has
been Mr. Purdy's custom for years and
this attention at the beginning of each
new year is very much appreciated by
the members Of the force. The faith
ful men on our force receive little
thanks for their services, and when
someone does show them some atten-
tion in return for their services, they
are very appreciative and have a
warm feeling in their hearts for that