The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-19
LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED.

There was very enjoyable oance at
the Club rooms last Wednesday night.
Sumter needs a good road over which
teams can haul full loads from the city
limits to Bossards.
Street tax collections this year ap-
prozimate $500, and there are still a
few delinquents to be run in.
The addition to the Sumter Tele-
phone Mfg. Co.'S. factory will be COM
pleted by early fall.
= The frequent rains recently are caus-
ing uneasiness among farmers, for ex-
cessive rainfall now will seriously In
jure the cotton crop.
Capt. A. z. Vinson is canvassing
Sumter township for signatures to the
petition against the establishment OF
the second dispensary.
The petition against the establish
ment Of the second dispensary is be-
ing quite generally signed and there
is now some doubt about It's establish
ment.
The clay and gravel that is being
removed from Easto Liberty street,
where macadam is to be laid, is being
put down on Harvin street between
Bartlette and Liberty.
Sumter county will never have a COM
plete system Of good roads until we
cease relying upon the chain gang to
do all the work Of construction and
maintenance.
One of Col. D. P. Duncan's daught-
ers was bitten by q rattlesnake at
Saluda, N. c., last week and was
seriously ill for several days, but has
now almost entirely recovered.
Ex-Railroad Commissioner II. r.
Thomas has made a date to appear be-
fore the Railroad Commission to pro-
test against excessive and d1scrimlna-
tive rates on cord wood and stave bolts.
The latest improvement in automo-
bile circles is the substitution Of one
horse and one mule as motive power.
The speed developed is not excessive,
but the power is very reliable.
IF the plans of the School Board
materialize the High School building
will be completed February 1st. 1t is
expected that the contract for the
building will be executed with an
Atlanta firm within few days.
A number of people who took dinner
at the hotel in Camden Thursday were
made i'll by eating ice-cream. Among
the nnmber were two Of Mr. +. ..
Haynsworth's children. They were
quite sick for several hours, but were
better next day.
The chain gang is at work on North
Main street. The gang began work
Monday at Mile branch and will
work toward the Court House. A
clay roadway will be put down and it is
expected to be fully the equal of Broad
street in all respects.
The fall session of the Graded Schools
begins on Monday September 14th. Pu-
pills who desire to be admitted to the
school will be examined by SGperin-
tendent Edmunds at his Office on
Thursday and Friday September 10th
and 18th.
Thomas Dizon's new book, "Tbe One
Woman,'' for sale at Osteen's Book
Store. This new novel is the sensa-
tion Of the hour and is destined to be
more widely read and discussed than
''The Leopard's Spots. -
The municipal election is a longWay
off, but there is already more or less
discussion of probable and prospective
candidates. The sewerage question Is
certain to be an issue in the CAM
paign.
j. Ryttenberg & Sons announce big
display of fall and winter sultings by
the well known tailoring house OF
Kahn-Feinberg Co., Of New York, at
their store on August 25th and 26th.
Those who appreciate fine clothing
and perfect fits should see the display.
The vagrants who cumber this city
could be made to do honest and useful
labor on the public highways It they
we're arrested and sentenced to the
chain gang. Their services are es-
pecially needed just now and Super
visor Scale could make use Of fifty or
more on North Main street.
The line of attractions booked by
Manager Ryttenberg for the approach
ing theatrical season is undoubtedly
the strongest and highest class that has
ever been engaged for the Opera House
anu GuG buS6bI0 SOolS VI SoAAeoA AH1 = V
much to look forward to.
A straight unbroken turnpike-part-
iy macadam and partly sand and clay
from the A. G. L. depot to the
county line near Bossards, will be a
great thing for Sumter and it cannot
be completed too soon.
| DR.. Cooke will take the place of
Prof. Clinkscales in the Sumter Dis
trict Educational campaign and will
fill all the engagements made for him:
Prof. Clinkscales is too unwell to fill
his engagements. DR.. Cooke is one
| of the foremost educators in the State
and will do good work for the cause
of education.
There will be little talk next spring
/ of increasing the tobacco acreage.
| Some farmers are wishing now that
they had less tobacco and more cotton
and corn. The trusts prices for leaf
! tobacco leaves no profit in tobacco
growing for the farmers and many OF
them will quit growing it entirely
until prices improve.
The city and county, and the land