The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-14

advertisement directed especially to
holiday shoppers. Read it and con-
slider the suggestions it contains.
At meeting of the Sumter Gene
terry Association held Wednesday after
noon, Mr.. j. S. Kennedy was engaged
to take charge OF the cemetery in
place of Mr. r. S. Freeman resigned.
Owing to conflict of dates between
the meeting of the City Council and
the meeting to organize Chamber of
Commerce this evening, the
meeting for organization of the Cham
Der of Commerce has been postponed
until Thursday night, Dec. Is, at s
O'Clock at the County Court House.
The telephone line was completed
to Summerton Thursday and COM
munication was esta blished. The line
is a part of the Sumter Telephone
Company's system and will be great
convenience to the patrons of that
company as we'll as to the people Of
Summerton.
If the cotton that has been held is
dumped on the market between now
and January 1st the price will certain
ly go still lower. and it is said that
some of those who were holding for
fifteen cents when the price was ten
are becoming panicky, and are hunt
ing buyers at any price.
The City Council is having put in
the City Clerks Office long needed
and very substantial and convenient
steel filing case for documents. This
is well, as far as it goes. but what is
more needed is a fire proof safe or
vault for the safe keeping of valua-
bic papers and records. Should the
City Hall burn some night every re-
cord and book Of the city would be
destroyed unless there should be op-
portunity to remove them.
At the meeting of Game Cock
Lodge, K. of P. Monday night, con-
tribution of $40 was voted to the fund
to be raised by the Sunday SCHOOLS
for the poor of tie city. Game Cock
Lodge contributes this amount an
nually to the Christmas fund for the
poor and the other lodges have been
accustomed to make similar contri-
buttons.
A report was circulated on the
streets this morning that W. T..
Grooms, Superintendent of the Lee
County chain gang, committed suicide
last night. The report aroused con-
siderable interest, as Mr.. Grooms
was former Sumter county man and
for several years guard on the coun
ty chain gang. A telephone message
to Bishopville brought the reply that
Mr.. Grooms was alive and we'll and at
the present time has no intention OF
shutting off this mortal coil.
It is not safe to leave bicycles on
the piazza. as the wheel thieves are
very bold. Thursday night wheel
was stolen from a J. Harby's trout
piazza while the family we're sitting
in the front room. The thief was seen
in the act of taking the wheel and was
pursued, but made his escape on
the wheel.
Mr. j. H. Scarborough, returned
Saturday night from Savannah, Ca,
where he went last Thursday to attend
meeting of the Southern Lumber
mans Association, which met for the
purpose of conterring with representa-.
tives of the leading lumber dealers OF
Baltimore and Philadelphia. New
York, Boston and other lumber dis
tributing certers in reference to the
adoption of a new classification to
take the place of the. Classification
that has been in force since 1883. The
old classification was adopted, when
only long leaf yellow pine was cut
and shipped by Sotbern mills and it
does not apply to present conditions
since all mills are now cutting long
leaf, rosemerry and short straw pine;
The old classification was so rigid
that few: mills can accept orders on
that basis. The new classification wa
discussed and a number of mills in
the vicinity of Savannah we're visited
for the purpose Of giving the Northern
lumber dealers an insight into the
real conditions of the Southern mill
pusinesss.. It is thought that the ne "
classification will be mutually 5eneh-
cial to the mill men and lumber deal
ers and will place the busir ess on q
more satisfactory basis. Messrs. j. Fl.
Scarborough, of this city, D.: Z.
McKeithan, of Lumber and William
Godfrey, of Cheraw represented the
South Carolina Association at the
Savannah meeting.