The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-28

have been sustained by him by reason
iof a .'ducking'' he received in the COM
pany's reservoir, which was being
tried in the court at Lancaster, result
led in a verdict for the plaintiff for
$500.
The State board of dispensary d.
rectors have decided to ask J. E. Nc
Donald of Winnsboro to act as its
attorney in looking into the legality OF
the purchase made by the old state
board.
The State dispensary has $4,000
casa on hand. This is the result Of
the accumulation OF funds since the
dispensary investigation committee
held up the payment OF bills pending
its Investigation.
n the court Of sessions Wednesday
at Florence the case Of George Dar-
gan. charged With the murder Of Les
lie Fed, his step-daughter, ct Eoe-
nezer, was tried. Dargan was found
guilty with recommendation to mercy
State constables and revenue officers
had battle with blind tigers Friday
night in Spartanourg county. They
captured wagon load Of whiskey, but
the men escaped.
Caleb Amerson, a young white man,
was found dead in ditch by the rail-
road track near Lamar Saturday night
He is supposed to have been killed by
an A. C. L. passenger train.
General Carwile, commander of the
South Carolina Confederate Veterans
Association, has accepted the invita-
ton extended by Columbia to hold
the next State reunion Of Veterans in
that city, though as yet the date has
not been fixed.
James T. Williams, Jr., formerly Of
Greenville, has resigned his position
with the Associated Press to &C
cept a position at the head Of the
Washington bureau of the Boston
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Henry M. Wilson, head of the tex
tile department of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College Of Raleigh,
n. c., has resigned his position and
will go to Greenville, April 1, as su-
perintendent Of the F. W. Poe Manu-
featuring Company. Former Superin-
tendent Frank F. Moshler has not an
nounced his plans. The employment
of Prof Wilson strikingly illustrates
the demand for specialization and
broad education.
A representative of the Pintsch
Comprising Gas Company Of New
York is expected in Columbia in a few
days to arrange for the erection Of a
$4,000 plant, announcement of which
was made in The State a few days
ago. The plant will be erected on Rice
street near the corner of Gates and
the company will supply all OF the
passenger trains passing through Co.
lumbia
A Washington correspondent is au-
thority for the statement that Senator
Tillman is engaged in writing a book,
GA Defense Of the Senate which will
be published in the near future.
E. C. Wilson, religious work secre-
tary Of the Washington Young Mems
Christian Association, mas accepted
the general secretaryship of the Dal-
las, Texas, association, and viii leave
Washington about the first Of April to
assume his duties. Mr. Wilson is a
"outh Carolina man formerly OF Co
lumbia and a graduate OF South Caro-
lima College, class Of 1899. Since thai
time he has been engaged in Y. n. C.
A work. He went first to Alabama,
after graduating at Columbia, from
there he went to Charleston, and has
been in Washington since 1908. Mr.. E.
c. Wilson is a brother Of Mr. J. v.
Wilson, anr son Of the late H. H. Will
son of Mayesvills.