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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
Christmas Holiday Rates,
VIA
Southern Railway

The Southern Railway will sell
excursion tickets between. all
points east of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers, for one and one-third first
class standard one-way fares, for
the round trip minimum rate fifty
cents). Tickets on sale Decem-
Der, %. 24, Is, 81 and January I,
1905, with final limit for the return,
January 4, 1905.
For teachers and students of
schools and colleges, one and one
third first class one-way fares, for
the round trip (minirnum rate IF.
ty cents) between all points east
ofthe Mississippi and south of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers and
points in the Central Passenger
Association. Tickets on sale De-
cember 1874, inclusive, with final
limit anuary s, 1905.
For further information regarding rates.
train service. etc. consult ticket agents
Division Passenger Agent.z
Ocbo
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
Graded schooi Notes.

Ia the Washington Street School first
.of December>fS9 there were in actual
attendance 279 pupils. The reports of
ethe superintendent up to the 4th OF
November of this year. not counting
the pupils enrolled during the month
.of Noyember. show in the primary and
grammar schools alone (grades Id
an enrolment of 524; in actual at
tendance ,5e4. In the High School
sgrades 8-l0l an enrolment OF 80: in
actual attendance, 7S. This shows a
total enrolment in both schools of
6e4 up TO the 4tt of November, 1904,
as against less than 800 in 1895.
In ADDITION to the regular meetings
OF teachers Mr Edmunds offered to
the teachers of the Washington Street
Schools the choice of two of three sub
iects: Latin. FreEch and English.
Latin and French were selected and
these classes meet IN the afternoon Ct
Wednesday and Thursday of each
week. The regular teachers meeetipg
is held on Monday afternoon of every
other week. aaes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
AN INTERESTING MAN.
Foun.ed the Town Of ThomasyiIIe, N. C.

Mr.. L. L. Thomas, of Townsville,
n. c., the father Of County Commis-
sioper F. E. Thomas, of Wedgefeld, is
making his annuel winter visit to our
county, and IS in his usual good
health. Notwithstanding his extreme
age He will complete his S6th year
cn the 18th of this month.
The following notice of him is from
a recent issue Of the Salisbury, n. c.,
Sun:
The sun received pleasant call
this morning from Mr.. L. L. Thomas,
of Thcmasville.
Mr.. Thomas built the first house in
the town of Thomasville and named
the place in bonor-of his father, Mr.
John W. Thomas. He claims to be
the Oldest Mason in North Carolina,
having joined this fraternity in 1916.
Mr.. Thomas now carries the watch
which Kept the time for the running
of the first trains over the North Caro-
lima Railroad He is an old Confede-
rate soldier and was at the Yadkin
river bridge with Bradley T. Johnston
when the surrender was made.
Mr.. Thomas is 96 years old, but his
looks do not indicate that age. He is
an interesting talker. This is his first
trip to Salisbury since the surrender. I"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
Meetiaa Of the ladies' Whist Club.

~
Tuesday, Nov. %, the Ladies Whist
Club was entertained by Mrs. Ansley
d. Harby. The four tables were de-
signed to represent four nations,
France, Germany, America and Ja-
pan. The score cards were hand paint
ed national flags of the respective
countries.
Mrs. Agnes Begin won beautiful
lace collar, which was given as the
first prize; the consolation prize, a
japanese bon bon dish, was given to
Mrs. -. j. Vim, Jr.
Among those who attended were !:
Mesdames S. @. Baker, F. n. Spann.
agnes Begin. Robert Shelor, S. 81.
Edmunds, D. j. Winn, Jr., Perry
Moses, Jr., Ell. G. Osteen, q. M.
Ssuckey, Misses Maud Selomons.
Edna Pou, Rosie Price, Moneta
sOstseu, Virginia Hardy and Gussie
Hardy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07

There is DO city in the State, and
fer that matter. eff its size in the
United Ststes which can boast Of as
complete aod as grand a success as
was the Sumter Carnival last week.
1t was week of supreme pleasure
aud the thousands of visitors came
away amszed at the tremendous under
tasing and its wonderful accomplish
ment. Sumter exhibited wha' sane
business cooduct can sroduce; her
peopie went icto the poiect with a
pull-sceether spirit, and It is that
spirit which is fsst making the city of
Sumter one of the foremost in the
State. aud wb;rb makes her an invit
ing field for varied industries, and
other morev-maklug institutions. and
by the thrift of der cis'zers. and the
wide-awske aud broad minded busi-
ness methods the future of that city is
assnred. To the committees which
had the Carnival in CT arge too much
praise canuot he given: thev fashioned
a grand projse+ watched It's every 6e
eaif. and have every ,easo, TO feel that
thev are a, titled 70 the we'll done"
from evcr1 body. Wn sincerely con-
eratulate the city of Sumter for heing
able to eutertsin manv people, the
committees for the MAGNIFICENT con-
duct Of al undertaking Of such magri-
tude, aud South Carolina for having
within her borders city with such
enterprise. Manning Times.
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4 walsf Party
Complimentary u ssas rosie Price. OF
Edy o..


"Wednesday pv.a,ay Miss Virginia
Hardy eIesantiy eite-:aiued al whist.
In honor OF Miss Rosie Price, Of Ma
rion, at her be- e, No 2z2 Church
street..
The guests 2ete assembled and the
game commsDced as o'clock, and
was PLAYED uutil 10 o'clock, at which
hour delightful refreshments were
served, and then playing was again
resumed.
The score cards were particularly
novel and attractive; being pen
sketches of Puritan maiden, attlred
IN the familiar costume; the number
OF games won was Indicated ny
punches on the apren.
Miss Alice Moses won the prize, q
very handsome silyer-baek hat brush.
! a hand painted picture frame. the
consoltion prize, was received by Mr..
j. Ell. Levy, Jr.s
Those present were: Mesdames Da-
Wis D. Noise, Ansley D. Hardy, Misses
Rosie Price, Edna. Pou, Rosie Moses,
Minnie Moses, Alice Moses, Marie
Noise, Theo Lopez, Adele Moses,
Gussie Hardy, Mesrs H:aymond She
lor, Julian LeEgY Clifton Noise,
Graham Noses, AnsIey Hardy, Walter
e. Harris, Davis ID. Moises Alex. Nd.
Broughsou, 81. HARDY, Jr., and Geo.
ID. Ley.
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THE conwAY-suMTER RAILROAD.
Construction at the Conway End Going
Forward and the Entire Plan to Build
to Marion and Sumter Will be
Carried Out.
From the Daily Item, Dec. 3

TIE Daily Item has received au
thoritative information that the pro-
jectedrailroad from Conway to this
city is certainty, that it has passed
the problematical stage and nothing
now remains but to build the read and
start Che cars to running.
In conversation with a gentleman
this morning, who had an interview
with Hon. r. 3. Scarborough of Con-
way within the past ten days, the pos
tive statement was made that the
railroad would be built and that there
would be no long and vexatious de-
lays about it. Mr. Scarborough, who
is closely identified with the capital
lists who are promoting and financing
the railroad, stated that Messrs. Bnr-
roughs & Collins have undertaken to
build the first ten miles of the road
from Conway to Cool Spring, where
it will branch, one line going to
Marion and the other coming to Sum-
ter. They have made all arrange
ments to carry out their undertaking
and are now actively at work. For
the construction Of the remainder of
the road the capital will be supplied
by ouside capitalists of practically un-
limied resources, who have agreed to
finance the undertaking after the first
ten miles have been completed.
This is news of the first Importance
to Sumter, inasmrch as it will open
up large and naturally very rich, but
undeyeloped territory, from which
we are now shut out, territory that
offers the greatest opportunities for the
development of wholesale and retail
trade. Beyond and above this, how
ever, the new railroad will give Sum-
ter another outlet to the ocean, for
the road from Conway is being ex-
tended to Southport via Little River.
Southport is forging to the front as a
port Of entry and when the Sumter
and Conway line is completed South
port will at once advance to the rank
of distributing center.
With the Sumter and Northern to
McBee, which will give the shortest
and most direct line to Norfolk, via
the Seaboard Air Line. and the Sum
ter and Conway, giving an outlet at
Southport, this city should, within
few years, become the chief interior
distributing center of interior South
Carolina. If our busiuess men will
but rise to the opportunity and sieze
the ADVANTAGES that the railroad faclli-
ties will afford, Sumter should be
big town within the next decade.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Mr.. Robert W. Terry Shoots Himself
Through the Right Lung.
From the Daily Item, Dec. /.

From the Daily Item, Dec l.
8 startling and we'll nigh successful
effort to commit suicide vas made on
the piazza of the Mood Osteen In6r-
mary about 10 O'Clock Wednesday
night by Mr.. Robert W. Terry, a
young man we'll known in this city.
He spent last week in the city and
remained after the close of the Fes-
tiyal. 1t is said that he had been
drinking steadily for several days, and
at the hotel where he was stopping
his condition was observed by several
of his friends.
Last night he went to the
In6rmary, and, while talking to
one of the nurses with whom be was
acquainted, who went to the door
when be rang the bell, he drew a pis-
tol and shot himself through the right
lung. The shooting was witnessed by
one or more persons who were passing
or happened to be On their piazzas at
the time.
Nh. Terry was given prompt atten-
tion by Dr.. Mood, and this morning
ne was resting easily and it is thought
that he will recover, although at first
there seemed to be no hope.
There was no cause for the rash act,
and the only explanation offered is
that be was temporarily insane from
the effects of liquor.
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THE SUMTER AND NORTHERN r. r..
The Preliminary Survey Actively Under
Way.
From the Daily Item Dec. l.

From the Daily Item. Dec. l.
The preliminary survey OF the pro-
posed Sumter & Northern Railroad is
progressing as rapidly as possible to
be consistent with careful and accn-
rate work. The survey is being made
by Capt. Thomas, of Atlanta, Ga, a
civil engineer of many years expert
ence in railroad work, and Mr.. W. L. Lee,
of this city, who is thoroughly famil-
lar with the country through which
the road will run. The report that they
will file when the preliminary survey
has been completed will carry weight
not only with the local promoters, but
with the railroad capitalists whose
financial aid it will be necessary to
invoke when the construction of the
road is actually commenced. The
line has been run for a
distance of about three miles from
this, city and each day the surveying
party makes q substantial advance in
the direction of Bishopville. it is
thought that the road will pass
through Mechanicsville and Mann
vile, but the exact location of the
line cannot be known until the final
survey shall have been made, for that
is a matter tnat the contour Of the
country will determine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
A CHILD POISONED.
Little Girl Finds Bottle of Carbolic Acid
and Drinks 1t.

The four-year- old daughter of Mr..
c. D. Lide got hold of a bottle con-
tanning carbolic acid Thursday and
drank a part of the contents. She be-
gan violently i'll at once and at
tracted the attention of her mother,
who summoned a physician immedi-
ately She received prompt attention,
and while she is still quite sick, it, is
believed and hoped that she will ulti-
mately recover.
Mr.. Lide had recently renovd to his
present residence and it is supposed
that the child found the bottless con-
tanning the acid in the yard where it
had been left by the previous occu-
pants of the house. The bottle was
found after the little girl had drank a
portion of it's contents and an exami
nation showed that the bottle contain
ed carbolic acid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
THE DuRANT HARDWARE CO.
An Old and Prosperous establishment TO
be e,lncorporated January lst.

s With the beginning Of the new year
the hardware business of L. B. Dufant
will be reorganized as the Durant
Hardware Co., with the following
officers: President L. B. Durant; Vice
President and General Manager. R.
4. Wilder: Secretary and Treasurer,
Perry NJ. Parrott.
The business will be continued at
the same stand, and the same sound
business policy, conservative yet pro-
gressive. that has resulted in the
continuous growth of the business
throughout its existence of more than
twenty years, will mark its future.
Messrs. Wilder and Parrott, who will
be associated with Mr. Durant in the
management of the company, are young
men Of business experience, energetic
and possessed of the qualities to make
any enterprise with which they are
connected a success.
The Durant hardware business was
established little more than twenty
years ago by Messrs. r. W. and Z. B.
Durant and was conducted under the
name Of r. W. Durant & Son until
the retirement of the senior member
of the firm about six years ago. At
the time it was established it was one
of the few exclusive hardware concerns
in this section of the State and was
viewed as risk by some people who
still held to the theory that the only
business that could succeed hereabouts
was general store carrying stock
of everything from silks to hardware.
The Messrs. Durant, showever, sue
ceeded from the first and in few
year had built up a business that
drew trade from several surrounding
counties. The success Of the past is
guarantee of the future, and the
young blood now to be infused in the
business should make things move
faster and lengthen the strides along
the road of prosperity and success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
AN EARLY MORNING FIRE.
Several Frame Buildings On East Liberty
Street Destroyed.

a FIRE of considerable size occurred
early Thursday morning beginning at
O'Clock. 1t seems to have originated
in one of the old frame buildings east
of the building recently occupied by
the Freeman, and swept eastward to
the house of Delgar Reel Squad. The
buildings that were consumed were
principally little shacks, which have
disignred Liberty street for number
of years, and the city has lost no or
nament by their destruction. Since
all the property is we'll Insured, it is
hoped that creditable buildings will
take the place of those that we're
burned
The fremen,a as usual, worked quick
~ and intelligently as we'll as jealous
ly and by so doing confined the flames
to small area and prevented the de-
struction of a great deal of valuable
property, for it is almost certain that
had the fire been permitted to get
across the alley to the west of the
building lately occupied by the Free
man Office the entire block of stores,
facing on Main street and abutting
on the rear on the frame buildings
west of the alley, would have been
endangered.
Mr.. Geo. W. Reardon. whose pro-
perty lies west Of the alley and which
was in the greatest danger of destruc-
tion for an hour or more, Thursday
sent a check for $40 to each of the
hose companies in token of his appre-
citation of their work to save his pro-
perty.
Mr. W. r. Delgar who ran a re-
staurant during the Festival in the
building in which the fire is said to
have originated lost lot Of chairs,
tables and other fixtures, but as he
had the contents of the building in
sured his loss will not be great.
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in the maaIstrate's Court.

The case of the State VS.. Charlie
Davis, charged with the larceny of a
pocket book containing s., a pistol Of
the value OF SO and with the further
crime of breach of trust, was heard
before Magistrate q. Hardy, Jr., at 4
O'Clock or No7. 18th. The defendant,
having entered a plea Of guilty" to
both charges, was sentenced by the
court to pay q fle of $50 or to serve at
hard labor on the county chain gang.
for q period of thirty days for each
offence. The defendant, in> default
OF the payment of the fne, was COM
mitted to the chain gang to serve
sixty days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
THE PAYMENT OF TAXES.
County Treasurer Has Taken In More
This Near Than Last, But the City
Treasurer Hurst Reports Less
Receipts.
From. the Daily Item, Dec. 2.

The prosperous condition is reflected
to some extent in the tax receipts OF
the County Treasurer, the total
amount received to date being conside-
rably larger than the total to the same
date last year.
The following comparative statement
was obtained from County Treasurer
Lee this morning:
Receipts from October Is to Decem-
Der lst. 1903, s7,851.3 80.
Receipts from Octobe, Is to Decem-
ber lst 1904, s9,411.7S.
Difference in favor of 1904, ST.
56O.4S.
While there is DO rush to gay State
and county taxes, Nh. Lee states that
the taxpayers are coming in steadily
and dischareing their obligations.
The outlook at present is that there
will be fewer delinquents than for
many years.
At the City Treasurer's Office a diff
fereut condition exists. and there is DO
explanation, for it, as the town has
shared in the general prosperity of the
county and money seems to be as
plentiful as last year.
The amount received up to Decembe,
1st. 1903, by City Treasurer Hurst was
81, ,260.O5: while the amount received
by him to the same date this year was
only 81, 1885, 08, leaving deficit as
compared with last year, of 81, 1868. 81.
Mr. Hurst says that within the past
few days be has been busy issuing
receipts and be hopes that tie end OF
the month will show that the deficit
has more than been made good.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS.
Scotch Mechanics at The Sumter Tele-
phone Manufacturing Co.

State commissioner of immigration,
E. j. Watson, has prevailed upon Mr..
F. c. Manning, the manager of the
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co., to give
employment to Eve young Scotchmen,
from the northern part of Scotland,
in the shops of the factory. The
young men are, Messrs. Donald Cor
don, Robert Burns, John McKinnie,
Campbell McGregor, and John Mar
shall. They are mechanics, machin-
lists ard engineers, and Mr.. Manning
is very favorably impressed with
them.
Two brothers, Messrs. James Wright
and Edward Allen have gone to Alec.
In, where they will very likely be
employed by Mr.. Alderman.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS.
An Enterprise That has Been Planned
for the Future.

The organization CT the Sumter
Foundry and Machine Works, COM
mission for which was obtained about
three weeks ago from the Secretary
of State, is progressing satisfactorily.
All of the stock vas subscribed as
soon as ths commission was obtained,
IN fact, the matter of capital was all
arranged in advance, and there have
been numerous applications for stock
in excess of the amount authorized
Messrs. Geo. D. Shore, G. G. Row.
land and others of this city are inter
ested in the enterprise, but the major
ity of the stock has been taken by
men not now citizens of Sumter, but
who expect to make their home here
in the near future. The first install
ment on the capital stock has been
paid in and the company will be or
ganized next week, probably, OK just
as soon as it is convenient for the out
of-town stockholders to come to the
city for that purpose. The erection of
the buildings for the foundry and ma
chine shops will be commenced within
the next sixty days and it is the pur-
pose of the men interested IN the en-
terprise to have the shops completed
and ready for business about March
or April.
These shops will do not only gen.
eral foundry and repair business, but
will from the first carry on line of
manufacturing-probab making
wood working machinery-and the
manufacturing department will be
steadily enlarged as the business is de-
veloped. The promoters of this enter
prise are looking to the future, and
their plans contemplate the develop
ment of big concern that will en-
ploy large force OF skilled workmen
and will do a great deal to increase
the prestige of Sumter as a manu-
featuring center.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
The Key that Unlocks the
Door to Long Living.

The men of eighty FIVE and ninety years
of age. are not the rotund we'll fed, but
thin, spare men who live on slender
ciet. Be as careful as he will, however,
a man past middle age, will occasionally
eat too much or of some article of food
not suited to his constitution, and will
need a dose of Cnamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets to cleanse and invigorate
his stomach anG :egulate his liver and
bowels When this is done there ia no rea-
ION why the average man should not live
to old age. For sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
A Pleasant Pill.

No Pill is as pleasant and positive as
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are so mild and effective
that children, delicate ladies and weak
people enjoy their cleansing effect while
strong people say they are the best liver
pills sold. Sold by o. B. Davis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
a Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or hundred other
accidents, are every day occurrences. 1t
behooves everybody to have reliable
Sslve handy and there's none as good as
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts, Sores,
Eczema and Piles, disappear quickly under
its soothing effect. 25c, at j. F. W. Delorme
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
An Emergency Medicine.

For sprains bruises. burns, scalds and
simiIsc Injuries, there is nothing so good as
Chsnberlain's Pain Balm. It soothes the
wound aud not only gives instant relief
from pain, but causes the parts to heal in
about one third she time required by usual
treatment. Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07

Picksns, Dec. 1.-The little 49,
months-old daughter of Charlie Hob
SON. who lives two miles from Pick
ems, was burned to death this morn
ing. The father vas badly burned in
attempting to rescue the child. The
family were out early picking cotton
and the child's clothing caught from
q FIRE that had been built in the field.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07
\ Costly Mistake.

Blunders are sometimes very expensive.
Occasionally life itself ia the price of a
mistake. but you'll never be wrong if you
take Dr.. Kings New Life Pills for
Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or
Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet
thorough. 25.. atJ. +. W. Del ru e's prug
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07

foreign mission board. addressed the
Convention. ". E. Entzmineer,
missionary to Brazil, told of MS ex-
periences. Several people spoke of
the hope that their sons and daugh-
ters would 20 as missionaries to
foreign fields and one young lady
offered herself.
r.
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DeLORl1ES
PHARMACY, ,
% South Main st.

Open from 7 a. m. to 10 p.
m. 5; Sunday, 9 a. m to | p. m.
Having consolidated my two
stores, will be pleased to see
all my customers at the above
stand, where I am better pre-
pared than ever to serve them.
Your prescriptions will be
called for and delivered.
Phone As.
Full line of Drugs, Garden
Seed and Cigars.
Your patronage solicited.
Call bell for night work.