The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-04-06
MORE ABOUT suaMERToN.
Thumb Nail Sketches of the Men Who
are aaking The Town Grow.

Summertou, April l3.-W. Il. Shlrer
who has been railway agent at Sum
merton for about 10 years is through
impaired health incapacitated from
duty for 5ime.
W. G. Marks from SpoUes Springs,
N. c., has taken charge for few
weeks.
JOHNNY Reb. Drake OF Darlington is
soiourning at Summerton. He IS
District Deputy of the ". of W. and
he is tobacco buyer and auctioneer
in the season of soothing weed sales,
and for vacation he rushes the bust
ness of the International Harvester
Company, and he always keeps office
parior and dining room In gooo
humor. =,
Summerton has two daily mails by
rail executing Sunday and a rural
route % miles p. d. d. D. Wnlee mas
been postmaster for 5]a years ana IS
always q pleasing and prompt omcial.
The physicians here are hne gentle
men and have extended practice. Iney
are Dr.. Thomas ]. Davis, son OF
Senator Davis and Dr.. W. r. Mood,
SON of the formerly we'll known NJ. +.
clergyman. DR.. George W. Smlh, u.
D.. S., is also building wide practice
in Rental Surgery and is very popular.
=. Capers, Jr., who is well known
in educational circles having been
pedagogue for Is years is managing
partner of the Capers & Co., pharmacy
in Summerton with capital STOCK.
The gentleman was born IN Green,
vile, S. c., and studied and graduated
in pharmacy but owing to impaired
health, retired from the practice ana
took to teaching. He was Superan,,
tendant of Education OF Rlchlano
county for four years, and principal OF
tha Georgetown Summer Normal ana
having established pharmacy at
Summerton he discovered he had
better manage It himself. Mr.. Capers
is a very patriotic SEmmertonlan ana
believes in beautifying it at every
opportunity.
j. e. Tenant the salesman for the
E. A. Tindal Furniture and Under
taking Company has been Notary
Public since 1894 and is member OF
the A. F. and A NJ, and ". OF W.,
and a conservative business man and
pleasant gentleman. For years IN
different capacities he has been with
Mayor T. S. Rogan who is managing
partner Of the Tindal company.
d. IT. Meldaugh failing to secure
LOT on Main street has well stocked
furniture store neraly half mile away
vet his business capacity draws trade.
81. A. Tisdale, hest of the Old Re
IieIle Hotel Summerton is having a
GOOD trade, and he and Mrs. Tisdale
deserve it they conducting real snug
and well supplied hostelry.
Their only son Ernest NJ. Tisdale,
an exceptionally fine young gentleman
who has been railroading 5 years as
disciple of Morse and clerical DUTY,
has been called to the Seaboard Llne,
reporting at Raleigh for duty. Be
sides the hotel MI. Tisdale is cotton
seed buyer for the Southern Oil Com
8pany and handled 40 car loads last
season and officially he IS alderman
and like the other citizens here he be-
lieyes first, last and all the time in
Snmmerton. He was born in Sum
ter county and Mrs. Tisdale vas Miss
Carolina Lesesne, a prominent family
of this region descended from the
Hugenots.
Besides the advantages mentioned
in nv former Summerton letter 1T is
well to add that Dream and other fine
fsh are plentiful in Scott's Lake and
Princes Pond and l would suggest
that hardware store and iun,oer yaro
combination would pay the. investor
James Carswelll.