The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-01-04
sity last year.
The Wright residence in Johnston
was burned Tuesday afternoon. The
loss was estimated at $5, 500.

was burned Tuesday afternooN. liie
tloss was estimated at S5,509.
According 30 the statistics of the ma
tionai biard OF underwriters in the
! mater Of FIRE losses, Charleston stands
fourt among cities Of. SO, ZOO popula-
ton: seventh among the cities Of the
tsouth and twenty-eighth in the cities
Iof the United States. having paid FIRE
departments. Chief Marjenhof attrib-
iutesthe small fire. loss Of 81 cents per
fcapita to the pronptness with which
alarms are turned in and responded
TO and of course the good work of the
department.
The sumter Machinery company
WAS chartered Thursday; capitalization
eoa; officers: w. B. Burns, presi-
dent; George D. Shore, secretary, and
n II. sidden treasurer and general
manager.
The coroner's jury in the investiga-
Istion OF the killing of Belle Morris on
washington street, Columbia. Monday.
rendered verdict Thursday plac-
ING the responsibility OF her death on
Louis Pinckney, who has been in jail
since Tuesday morning, having sur
renaered himself to the police but de-
aying any responsibility for the Wo-.
mans death.
Railroad Commissioner Wharton
has received letter from the Hon.
Benjamin F. Chadburn, chairman OF
the railroad commission Of Maine
asking for information about South
|Garolina, its climate and resources.
Mr. Chadburn is not aptto come down
here and go in the railroad commits IS
SION business butsCol Wharton thinks
his desire TO know something about
this state is evidence OF the interest
thatis now being taken in South Car
DINA all over the country. s.
The members Of the railroad COM
mission in Columbia are preparing
the annual report. Mr.. CIV Garris
retires from the commission Saturday.
and his successor, Col Jno. H. Earle.
VIII take the oath Of Office next Mon
day. Major Earle is now in the city
Mr.. Jno. II. Wharton will be the next
Iehairman Of the commission, he being
the member who has served longest
| col. wharton term viii expire De-
cenber 3Ist, COS, and like all his
predecessors, ne IS a candidate for re-
election.
|sS DR.. w. r. Richardson, recently ed
itor Of The Christian Advocate. and
family VIII leave Spartanburg for Pu-
laski Tenn, next week. AS pastor
and editor he has lived there seven
wears. The Advocate will perhaps be
under the management OF the Rev. w.
Rogers, the balance OF the year,
with such assistance as he may pc
able to secure The prsent indications
are that it viii be turned over to Mr.
|Nettles at the end Of the year, ana
that it win, after the Methodist fash
ion, itine9ate again.
| Governor Eeyward has pardoned
Andrew washington, a negro, serving
a sentence on the changing in Aiken
Lcounty, for nanslaughter. The rar-
don was granted for the faithful sc:-
vices Of the convict.
The cornerstone Of the new Pres
byterian church OF Florence was l:t,7
with appropriate celemoni,;s Thurs
day afternoon. The Rev. Nett. ::
Clark, the pastoss preside, lie lev.
H. N. Bearlley OF cartersville, Of
eered prayer. and the address was
made by the Rev: Bunyan HcLeol, OF
Bennettsvi,ie, an eloquent and force
full speaker.
| a freight bureau will be established
lin Greenville on January I'D. A.
Henning, now in the Southern rail-
ways freight Office in Columbia, will
have charge ef the work. The mer-
chants and business men generally ap-
prove of the plan.
The publishing committee of the
Southern Christian Advocate met in
Spartanburg Thursday and accepted
! the resignation OF Or. w. r. Rich
ardson as editor. The Rev. G. H. Wad-
dell was elected editor, and the Rev.
w. A. Rogers assistant editor Of the
Advocate.
! Mr.. w. Thurmond Of Edgeheld,
representing clients who are suing the
Southern Railway company for dam
iages aggregat:ng $4,000, has brought
into the supreme court an interesting
motion. It is to get the courts decision
on the question Of jurisdiction over
cases against foreign corporations
when the amount involved is over
$4,000. A few years ago in a case
brought by Mr.. R. II. Welsh, of New
berry, the supreme court held that
on joint tort the court has iurisdic-
tion-that is to say, if an employe OF
the company be sued also then dam
ages may be demanded CT the foreign
| corporation and the employe con-
1 jointly in the State courts. Mr.. Thur-
mond will contend that it is not nee