The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-30

bright and early Monday morning. 2
Thesales of the Dispensary on Christ
mas Eve were 81, 092. 50, and on the
preceding day more than 81. 300.
The Mayors Court Saturday was
crowded with drunks and disorderlies,
there being a dozen on the mourner's
bench.
Mr.. Eugene Hogan gave a dinner
Tuesday mplimentary to the mem
bers of the police force and other city
employees.
The South Carolina Optical Associa-
tion was chartered on December 22nd:
DR.. M. r. Able is the Secretary and
Treasurer.
There was big crowd in the city
Christmas eve, the streets being as
crowded as on circus days, and the
stores were thronged with shoppers
from early morning.
The D. j. Chandler Co., has been
organized and will succeed to the ousl-
ness of D. j. Chandler on January lst.
D. j Chandler is President and j. &.
Chandler is Vice President and Mana
ager.
Alfred Scarborough, son of Mr.. z.
L. Scarborough was accidentally shot
in the leg with toy rife Christmas
by Craig Hurst: The wound was pain
full but not serious.
One of the big plate glass windows
in the front of the Sumter Dry Goods
Co.'S, store was broken Christmas day
by a torpedo. The person who threw
the torpedo has not been found.
The first annual statement of the
Home Building & Loan Association
has been issued to stockholders The
Association has bad a remarkably
prosperous and successful year and the
stock is gilt edge investment already.
Frank K. Butter, colored. the SUBJ
stitute letter carrier, has secured a
position in the railway mail service,
and has resigned as substitute letter
carrier. This creates vacancy and
his successor will be appoionted as a
ref-ular letter carrier, if the efforts
to ecure another is successful. All Of
those on the eligible list are white.
Charlie Davis, negro boy who
hangs around the Monaghan Hose
Co.'S, house was injured Christmas day
by fragment from a cap stick striking
him in the eye. He overloaded the
stick with caps and when be exploded
it the iron knob on the end Of the
stick was shattered. one of the pieces
Striking him in the eye. At first it was
thought that ne would loose the eye
but after the wound was dressed it was
found that the injury was superficial.
Within few weeks it will become
necessary for the city democratic exec
utive committee to begin making ar
rangements for the reorganization of
the municipal primary. As yet there
are no avowed candidates in the field
but there has been more or less talk
for several months and there is no rea-
son to anticipate any scarcity of candi-
dates. Mayor Stuckey has served two
terms, but it is not known whether he
will or will not be candidate to sue
ceed himself, but leaving him out of
the calculation it is said that there will
be several aspirants for the position if
the proper encouragement is vouch-
safed them.
Postofice Inspector Marles was
week for the purpose of max
ing an investigation of the
necessity for another letter carrier to
make the free delivery service as eff
cient as it should be. Inspector Marles,
while not committing himself, has ex-
pressed himself as being very much
impressed by the evidence of growth,
development and business enterprise
of the city and there is reason to hope
that the report he will make to the
department will be favorable and will
secureEthe appointment of another let
ter carrier TIE visit of In
spector Marles is due entirely
to the efforts of Congressman
Lever, who had personal
interview with the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General and secured from
him the detail of an inspector to visit
this city after the regular application
for another letter carrier had been
positively refused by his subordinates
in the regular routine of business.
Mr. A. R. Flowers accompanied by
Messrs. Tryon, Miller and White went
to Sumter Junction on Saturday morn
ing to spend the day in Wateree Swamp
hunting duck and squirrel. About
O'Clock Mesrs Tryon and Miller be-
came separated from the others who
we're with the two negroes they had
engaged as guides and got lost in a
cane brake When Mr. Flowers realiz-
ed that his friends were lost be sent
the two negroes to search for them
while he and Mr White fred their
guns at intervals The search was con
tinued until niehtfall without success
and Messrs Flowers and White re-
t1rned to the city leaving the negroes
to continue the search Messrs Tryon
and Miller did not realize that they
were lost until / o'clock. and by that
time had wandered SO far away from
the others that they could hear neither
the reports of their guns nor their
shouts They succeeded in making
their way out of the swamp and reach
ed high lard soon after dark and then
made their way to Tiverton where they
secured buggy to drive home. They
reached the city about midnight, none