The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-09-25
sou1n CAROLINA NEw..
Items of Interest," Condensed and Par.
ssraphcd for Quick Reading.

from his captors.
Capt II. II. Beard. for 30 years
manager OF the Western Union Teie-
graph Office In Yorkville. has had his
salary increased to 800 per month.
Three ceiored men. drivers of ex-
press wagons In Charleston. have
been arrested on the charge OF rob-
bling packages containing trading
stamps.
The waste house Of the woods,de
MN In oreenvilie was destroyed by
IRE. The building was Insured.
The citisens of Aiken held a mass
meeting and discussed the question of
prohibitionNn Aiken county.
Y A farmer In Manning Is paying 81
per hundred pounds to get his cotton
picked.
John Jenkins, coiored. of Florence.
was bitten on the leg by q rattlesnake.
( He died several hours later.
ID. b. shannshan and Corrie r. Pue.
both. white. are being tried in colum
bia on the charge Of living In adul-
terry.
The merchants of Charleston have
decided to put on fail festival No.
vember 10 to %.
= n Columbia negro stole pair of
shoes from ono pawn shop and pawn
Cd the shoes e. another pawn shop.
o-eenville business men have un-
dsrtakeh to r,ise S1Qp. 900 for the
proposed railrDad from Knoxville. via
wsynesvi,le to Grenville.
~. Fred vvannamaker, OF Wash.
inston. bat formerly of orangeburg,
viii fetusn 10 Oranseburg to take
EDITORIAL charge Of the Patriot.
Tue grand jury Of Anderson county
is invcstisatins the escape OF Allan
Emerson. II r. possible that there
may be some developments.
A Esn was arrested In Gfeenvilie.
charged with stealing suit case
from w. Gackiil He said ,h,s name
vas rsy'c sad he lived in aaffney.
Eight telephone girls in the ex-
chsase A. columbl walked out of
the ONCE because J. L. oliver of
Charleston. rpfused to recognize their
union.
While driving across the Southern
road In Tors county. tho wagon in
which Edwin walker was riding, was
struck by train and Mr.. Walker
was thrown uut and painfully wound
81. s'atbf tIj
}. r. Aihrand. who recently died
In Aiken. loit property valued at ST.
coo TO St Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Of which he was member.
AZ . result OF dispute between the
CITY Council of Marion and the water
company that supplies the town with
water for IRE and domestic purposes.
the water supply has been cut on and
the nre hydrants soidered up. A live
iy night In the courts Is In prospect.
The libel suit OF w. r. Gillian
against Allan Nicholson. editor and
publisher Of the Progress. Union. 8.
C.. resulted In mistrial. The ac-
ton arose out OF an article publish
de In the Progress connecting the
defendant with. the alleged murder of
Nose Hughes.
7. q. Williams. the Newberry coun-
ty dispensai-y constable. and ]. c..
Dcminick had fight In Newberry on
wednesday. Dominick hit williams
with a stick and williams drew a pis-
tol and fred at him once and then
struck him with his fist.
The Spsrtanburg Journal says:
Persons who have seen money lately
report thar the new $40 bills are very
attractive, We do not know, and
hearsay Is no evidence.--Union Times.
Chas. Watson. colored.. OF Ealoree,
was shot by Constable Griffin and
watson's wife was shot by Constable
Dantzier. The negroes attacked the
officers.
The Increase I'm the sales In the
Charleston dispensaries has been 1853
per cent I'm one month.
Rev. Miles c. Compton. OF Laurens.
died on Sunday night after an allness
of several weeks. He was Baptist
minister.
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cided that the Western Union Tele-
graph Com pany has violated Its char
ter In sending paid messages by mail
The standard oil Company practi-
cally fixed Its own price In buying oil
from INDEPENDENTS for export. &C