The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-03-25

The banks will probably begin clos
ing at 2 O'Clock p. m. on April lst.
Items of local news personal or
otherwise will be gladly received at
all times at this Office. Call up Phone
3e-2.
Before it is decided to PUT in sewer
AGE system it will be well to consider
the cost and source of water supply
for flushing the sewers.
Il there were fewer vagrants in town
there would be fewer theSts committed.
Round up the vagrants and I'LL mp the
chain gang would be good policy to
pursue.
The improvement of the telephone
system is not progressing fast enough
IS encourage a long suffering public TO
hope for better things In tho near
future.
The collection of street taxes is be
ing wound up and the tax dodgers are
on the jump to escape payment or work
on the street. The police are pulling
few of the dodgers every day or so.
: Every yagrans in town should be ar
rested and sent to the chain gang for
as long a time as the law allows. The
police know those "who lead idle and
diso-derly liyes'' and if the Mayor will
but issue the order the vagrants will
be gathered up for trial.
The auxiliary entertainment at the
Armory Hall last Wednesday night was
largely attended and tho no admis-
sion fee was charged and refreshments
were served to all, the proceeds
amounted to nearly $40, the voluntary
contributions of those present.
Mr.. Burnhouse, for several years
book keeper for the Lukens Lumber
Co., has been appointed Superis steno-
ent of the mill here to succeed the
late John F. Laughery. The neces-
sary repairs are being smade on the
saw mill and the mill will be started
at an early day.
Under special dispensation, there
will be Instituted in the Castle Hall
of Game Cock Lodge, K. OF P, on
Wednesday evening March 25, Pine
wood Lodge, K. Of P, of Pinewood,
Clarendon county. The lodge will have
eighteen to twenty charter members,
ali of whom will be initiated Wednes-
day evening.
1.-Two well known sanitary engineers
have submitted bids for making
sewerage survey and estimate of cost
of modern sewerage system for this
city, while the figures Of the bids are
not given out it is reported that both
bids are considerably less than 81, COO
the price named for the same work
when an engineers advice was sought
last year.
A negro who started to work out his
street tax under Street Superintendent
White quit work Wednesday afternoon
and cursed out everything in sight.
He was before the Mayors Court next
day and the sentences were 525 or 20
DAYS for disorderly conduct and cursing
and $40 or ID days for refusing to per-
form street duty.
Moses Williams, alias s'Sugar
Babe, y the negro who was on Thursday
sentenced to the chain gang for 50 days
for refusing to perform street duty and
cursing, was sent out to the gang in
the afternoon. Having done time on
the gang before and having then shown
no disposition to ran away he was not
shackled. Shortly after dark the guard
sent him for bucket of water, and he
seized the opportunity to escape. The
dogs were put on his trail, but al
though they followed the trail all over
the negro quarter south of@the railroad
tracks and up to the oil mill they
could not run him down. It is sup
posed that he boarded an outgoing
feight train and made good his es-
cape.