The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-03-30

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The fire department. was called out
Monday afternoon by a fire at the
residence of Mr.. W. j. Hall on East
Oakland avenue. The hose wagons
had an exciting race down Main
Street and reached the fire so quickly
that it was extinguished promptly be-
fore any serious damage was done.
The loss was fully covered by insur
ance.
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Santee Baptist Associa-
tion was held at the First Baptist
Church at noon yesterday.
The dispensary was closed yesterday
on account of the primary and many
visitors who we're in the city were dis
appointed and thIrtsy, not being inter
ested in our municipal affairs.
The April magazines now on sale at
Osteen's Book Store-Munsey, Nc
Clure, Leslie, Century, Harper, Scrib
ner, Home Journal, Woman's Compan-
ion, Everybody's, Harper's Bazaar.
The spring term of court will con-
yene here on Monday, May 9th. Judge
Purdy will preside, this being his first
court in his home county since his ele
vation to the bench.
The municipal primary comes but
once every two years, but it is good
thing for the livery men, and they,
at least, would doubtless be glad to
have it come more frequently. Car
riages, surreys and buggies in large
numbers we're kept busy from the
opening of the polls and hundreds of
voters enjoyed pleasant drives behind
high stepping pairs.
The Elks returned from Charleston
Friday morning. They made night of
it instituting the Charleston Lodge,
| and sleep was not on the programme
of entertainment provided by the
Charleston Elks. They had a most
enjoyable time in Charleston and they
hope the Charleston Elks enjoyed the
event as much as they did.
Since January 1st twenty prisoners
have been sent to the county chain
| gang sixteen of whom we're city Of
Sumter prisoners, sentenced after
trial in the Mayors Court. If it we're
not for the prisoners sent to the chain
gang by the Mayors Court. Super
visor Scales force of road builders
would make slim showing at times
| City prisoners, who could be worked
on the streets under the direction of
the Street Commissioner, but are sent
to the county chain gang, perform
thousands Of days work annunlly Oh
the county roads.
The high price of cotton and the
prospect that the price will remain
high until the new crop is on the mar
ket is having the expected effect.
From all sections of the county it is
reported that extraordinary efforts are
being made to make big crop. There
will be some increase in acreae, but it is
not upon enlarged cotton acreage that
the best farmers are depending for Il
bigger cotton crop. They are plant
ing their best lard in cotton and they
are preparing the land more thor
oughly and will fertilize more heavily
than they have for years.
Mr.. A. r. Blakeley the travelling
representative of portrait esta blish-
ment, who broke out with smallpox
in this city, after being exposed to
the disease in Georgia, has fully re-
covered and left the city Monday morn
ing. He was kept under rig
id quarantine all of the time
after the disease made it's ap-
pearance and no other cases
have developed. His personal effects
such as were exposed to the disease
have been thoroughly disinfected and
some destroyed by fre. The entire
house where he was confined has been
we'll disinfected and there is no dan
ger from the patient nor the house.
Several hundred people were vacci-
mated by the health officer. None of
tho other inmates of the house con-
tracted the disease as they were
fortunately not only we'll vaccinated
several years ago, and again seventeen
days ago, but they were not exposed
to Mr.. Blakely, who was under med
! ical treatment AID confined to his
room before the case was pronounced
smallpox His card in todays issue
expressing his sincere appreciation of
the kind treatment accorded him in
this city during his sickness, shows
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