The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-02


spend the summer vacation.
Next WEDNESDAY is Senatorial cam
paign day at Sumter.
A snake was killed Monday night IN
the lobby of the postofhce. Where
it came from is mystery.
There will be meeting of Delgar
Reel Squad lat 6.15 p. M, today
Wednesday. All members are request
ed to be present.
The street tax delinauents are being
rounded up by Officer Smith who has
been detailed for this duty, and tax
dodgers are being made TO pay up or
work out the tax on the streets.
The regular weekly concert On the
Graded School square will be given
this week by the Second Regiment
Band on Wednesday instead of Friday
afternoon.
There is one thing that Lee county
can boast Of and that is it has as fine
roads as any county in the State, says
the Bishopyilie .Vindicator.
The longest day of the year has
passed and each successive one is a
little shorter than the preceding.
The nights get what the days lose.
There are forty-eight different spe-
cies of the house fly, and each one Of
them uses the polished pate of the
bald headed man for skating rink.
The storm on Thursday night did no
serious damage in the country sur
rounding this city, and no reports of
storm damage have come In from other
parts OF the county.
Camden was represented at the tour
nament in great force. Besides the large
crowd who came in Wednesday evening,
the Northwestern train on Thursday
brought go excursionists.
The great success Of the Game Cock
Firemen' S GoRrnament has inspired the
Florence people to begin an agitation
to have one in that place in Septem
ber.
The two reel squads received s1s6. so
each as net profit from the grand
stands. The two squads shared the
expense of erecting the stands and the
profit on the enterprise is a welcome
addition to their reserve funds.
Telephone franchises in this city are
in demand-the Bell people have been
working for one tooth and toe-nail for
two months or more, and on Saturday
an application for q franchise was fled
in behalf of Chicago concern.
The County Board of Control viii
consider the establishment Of beer
in this city on July 7Jh.
The board wants to ascertain the senti-
ment of the community on this matter
before taking action on the applica-
tion for the privilege.
Crops throughout this county are
suffering for rain. Early corn has been
considerably damaged and few more
days Of such extremely hot weather
accompanied by dry winds will blight
the once encouraging outlook for a
fine yield of corn.
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Co. has nine men in the
city who are only waiting on the City
Council to ratify the ordinance grant
ing the franchise to begin the work
preliminary to the establishment Of
the local exchange.
Mcdonald Furman, Privateer, writ
ing to the Charleston News and Cou-
.rier, says: a young man OF this
township who attended the campaign
in Sumter remarked that self-praise
was half scandal, and some of the can
didates' speeches were whole scandal. !"
Mr.. W. Y. Fair. of Newberry, has
been in the city several days this week,
for the purpose Of getting the work
started on raising the macadam pave
ment on Main street, between Liberty
and Republican. It is proposed to
raise the pavement by the addition of
four inches Of new macadam.