The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-02-17

The City Council failed to meet last
week; there being no ouorum at the
hour for the meeting, only swo alder
men being present.
There are still few packages Of
government seed On hand for distri-
button, and those who have not :ob-
tanned package should call at once
il they desire any. Of these seed.
The Lee county prisoners, two
white men and four negroes, who
have oesn confined in the jail here,
we're transferred to Bishopyille on
Friday, the Lee county Jail having
been completed.
The strike of the section masters and
trackmea Of the Atlantic Coast Line
has not developed any new features.
Those who qnit work last week are
still out and but few men have yet
been secured to take the places OF the
strikers. 1t is stated that on one sec
ticnsin this vicinity only two men are
at wors-a new section master and
one. negro man.
The High School bnilding is COM
pleted and will be turned over to the
school board as soon as it is inspected
and accepted by the architect. Mr..
Wilson has notified the beard that
he or one of his representatives. will
inspect the building one day this
week. The contractors, MessFs De-
Leon & Lopez, have succeeded in COM
pleting the building within the con-
tract time, the agreement being to
turn over the building on February
!
Rev. DR.. McLees, the evangelist Of
the: Synod of South Carolina, preached
in tie Presbyterian church Sunday
at both the morning and evening ser
vices. Large congregations were
present.at both services and the meet
ing, which will continue throughout
the week, began with evidences Of
unusual interest. DIR. McLees' SER
mons Sunday were eloquent and
deeply spiritual presentations OF the
Gospel and made a deep impression
held at and 8 O'Clock p. N. daily.
Mr. E. F. Miller has preferred
charges before the City Board of Ed
ucation that the work on the new
High School building is being i'm
properly done and requesting that an
investigation be made and disinter-
ested Architect be employed to make
a thorough and searching investiga
tion before the building is accepted.
The charges are made and specific de-
fects in the work pointed out in COM
munication fled with the secretary
of the board. Accompanying the
communication of Mr. Miller is re-
quest, signed by a number Of citizens.
that the investigation asked by Mr..
Miller be granted. A meeting Of the
board was called to consider the
charges and to take action thereon.
Congressman Lever has not given
up the fight for an additional carrier
for the mail force in this city, aad the
adverse report Of the agent who made
an inspection Of the city some few
weeks ago has by no means discouraged
him. On Monday he called at the
postofice department and armed with
statistics argued for an additional
carrier. The matter is now Iuder
consideration in the department and
the probability is that the case will be
reopened, and another inspection OF
the city made with a view of increas-
ing ths carrier force. Mr.. Lever finds
the magnificent array of statistics,
prepared for him by the committee to
be Of use in bis efforts to secure
Federal building for the city, of great
value to him. not only in carrying out
the purpose for which they were col
lected, but in demonstrating to the
postoffice officials she fact that Sumter
is one of the liyest towns in South
Carolina, and is destined to be one OF
its largest cities.