The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-01-15

traffic until the wreck and ruin Of
$50 200 worth Of stock is cleared away.
large :proport ion Of the. stock IS
damaged very little, fatal and: as
seNeYthing: is to- be sold at fire sale
prices theresWiH be great bargains for
the careful IandS discrimri natiye5 buyer !
The annual banquet Of Hollywood
Camp, ~. Of will be giYen satt
tie Hotel Il Sumter tfhis, Wednesday,
evening. BE camp will meet in the
Masonic Temple at the usual hour.:8
O'clock, and The officers elect VIII be
Installed. The nrstaldati Jon will. Be
open to the public and all Woodmen
and the guests of the Camp are re3
squested to- attend the. install llation.
From the Masonic Temple Camp
will proceed to the Hotel Sumter and
the BANQUET vii Sbe served Immediate
IL. The camp has more than a hun
dred members and full attendance is
expected.
The Cadet Hospital at the Military
Academy presents a very cosy, tasteful
and comfortable appearance. The
rooms have been thoroughly renovated,
cleaned and painted, new cots, chairs,
tables and other equi ipn1ents have been
put in, the walls are ornamented with
beautiful pictures and the floors are
covered with carpet and warm rugs
The white flag with red cross hangs
from the tall staff at the door and al
together the hospital presents very
attractive: appearance. Great credit
is due Lieut.. A: w w. Sans and his as
sistants; Benz. %. Edwards and M.
SP. Harris, for the comfortable, pleas
ant quarters now ready for the cadets.
Considerable interest is being man
ifested in the ablshment Of rural
mail routes IN the country surround
ing this city and energetic efforts are
being made to secure; two additional
routes. There is room for a least
three, perhaps four, routes In addition
tosthe one now In operation, without
any conflict betWeen.tbe several routes.
and 1t is5to be hoped that the residents
of the country 80 the west and south
west Of the clty1wilI take up the mat
ter. IF the required petition is gotten
up and forwarded to Congressman
Lever he will use every means within
his power to secure the early estab7
slishment of the routes.
Joel t.. Smith. the Montecello..
Fla, man, has gone the way that all
get rich quick concerns must lnevita-
bly, go. He has failed and his bust
nesssis inthe hands Of a receiver. He
states in a circular sent out a few days
ago that he made an assignment on
January 4th and that all Of his prop
serty real and personal, excepting only
his household furniture, money in
bank, etc, had been placed in the
hands ola receiver for the benefit of
his creditors. Some Of the Smith
agents in this section we're fairly we'll
paid for the work they did for him,
and Notwithstanding that two or more
months salary remain unpaid they
will lose nothing and the damage they
sustain consists of disappointedgexpec-
tations. Other agents who got into
the game at the eleventh. hour were
victimized and are ont good money.
Mr.. Smith says, however, that he
Will yet keep faith with ta1lzof his rep
resentatiEes even: thnogh: he has to
sacrifice everything for which he has
worked for twelve years.
Post Office Inspecto Schwanenberger
is in:Jhe city for the purpose Of arrang-
ing.carriers, routes forsthe free mail de-
livery system. but the map Of the city
which he was promised on the: 7th In
slant. is not yet ready and there is
consid derable uncertainty as to the prob
able date of its completion. The sur
vey the.city by MessTs John r.
Haynsworth and III. D. Noise was
completed several weeks ago and Mr..
Noise. who is to make the map COM
menced work on it, but up to this
time, it is stated has made but little
progress. Under the contract with
City Councilsthe map was to be COM
pleted and delivered within thirty
working days from the date Of signing
the contract This time limit expires
on the 14th instant and it is hoped
that the map will be ready Delay
now, while not fatal to the plans for
the adjustment of the system in
Sumter, will defer the ablishment
! Of the system several months or per
haps a year. The Post Office Depart
ment has taken up the matter and is
ready to proceed Immediately to put
the system into operation The In
Spector has been sent here to take up
the matter, and if he is not furnished
the map within reasonable time, be
will be sent elsewhere and it may be
months before he can return to Sum