The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-05-27
Court conyenes in Lee county ear
in June.

Court conyenes in Lee county early
in June.
The ice factories are rushed with
| orders for ice for immediate delivery.
The Summer School for Sumter
County will begin on Monday June l,
conducted by Mr. S. 81. Edmunds.
Glenn Springs Ginger Ale contains
the Mineral Ingredients of Glenn
Springs Mineral Water.
A convention of horses viii be held
soon to adopt $ kicking" resolutions
against automobiles.
Flower baskets of many sizes and
artistic shapes for sale at a.. G..
Osteen & Co.'S book store.
There has been change in the leav-
ing time Of train No. 73 on the North
western r. b., from 8 p m., to $50
p. M.
A new schedule on the Atlantic
Coast Line went into effect Sunday.
The changes will be found in the time
table published in another column.
The Second Regiment Band turned
out Friday afternoon with fifteen
members and the concert on the square
| was enjoyed by large crowd.
Round trip tickets over the Southern
Ry. to Columbia, on account Of the
Sanitary Conference. will be sold for
$2.25, May 9th and 2Sth, good to re-
turn until June End.
| The cotton receipts of Sumter this
season have already exceeded by more
| than a thousand bales the total num-
ber of bales ginned in the county dur
ing the cotton ginning season.
! The Camden School Board which
has an issue of school bonds to float in
4 the near future has written to the
\ Sumter board to find out about the
means used to float the recent issue Of
the Sumter district.
Mr.. Z. B. Smith, an Aide in the
United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey pitched his tent on the Sumter
Military Academy Campus last week,
being here for the purpose of taking
magnetic observations.
The last few days have been hot
enough for every one. The weather
Observers thermometer registered the
following maximum temperatures
Thursday. So; Friday, So; Saturday,
100; Sunday, 104; Monday 100.
The Rocky Bluff Lumber Co., sue
ceeded last week in getting fine How
| ing artesian well at depth of 120 feet.
The well flows about thirty gallons a
minutes from a two inch pipe and rises
several feet above the surface. There
| is only trace of iron in the water
and no indication of sulphur, and it is
clear, sparkling and pleasant to the
taste.
The Sumter County Summer School
for teachers will open on Monday,
June LIST. 1t will be conducted by Mr..
Is. II. Edmunds, assisted by Mr.. D..
L. Rambo and will be in session one
month. The County Board of Educa-
tion will pay teachers who attend,
81. so each to assist them in paying
their expenses.
Glenn Springs Mineral Water is ma
lures specific remedy for Liver trou-
bles.
| The COW which was stolen on the
18th instant from Mrs. McElveen, OF
Shiloh and was traced to Columbia,
passed through the city Friday, on the
way back to Shiloh The thief had sold
| the COW and the purchaser refusing to
give her up and it was necessary to
| take out claim and delivery papers
before Magistrate to recover her for
Mrs. McElveen The thief has been
arrested and is in Jail in Columbia.
He says his name is Willie Yump-
ton.
| Engineer Hammond had an arm
| broken On Monday night Of
last week at Gibson, n. G.
The accident happened just as he
was getting off his enigne at the end
of the run. When he stepped out Of
the cab his foot slipped on the step
and he fell to the ground, doubling
his arm under him, breaking it be-
tween she elbow and wrist.