The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-11-18
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.


~ over. There has been a large
attendance and those who like carni-
val shows Seemed to have enjoyed the
weeks festivities. but one week of 1t IS
sufficiency.
The Sumter High school football
team will have game here Thanks
giving day with either Carolina Uni
versity scrub team or the team from
the Charleston High school.
The sewerage system is practically
complete. but cannot be turned over
until defect in pipe on the Oak
land avenue line Is repaired. This is an
unimportant defect and will delay the
work only few days. The total cost
OF the system will not exceed $4,000.
AS soon as the sewerage commission
Is ready to turn the completed sys-
tenn over to the city an accurate state
ment OF the cost of the system and a
comparison with what the cost would
have been had the work been done by
contract will be published as a matter
of Information. At this time 1t looks
as II the city had saved considerable
money by having the work under the
direct supervision Of the sewerage
commission.
Dispenser Windham says that he
has noticed already an increase in the
patronage from Clarendon county.
The mail order whiskey houses and
the express company will also be cog
infant that Clarendon has voted out
the dispensary and is nominally pro-
hibition territory.
Eight cent cotton Is a great incen-
tive to oat planting and consequently
the acreage sowed in oats this fall bids
fair to be greater than it has been in
a number Of years. Every farmer, al
most. will assert. that 1t pays to plant
oats and devote more attention to di-
versified farming. when the price Of
cotton is low, but few Of them practice
what they preach except under duress
Now that the sewerage system is an
accomplished fact and the city has it
of its hands-except the money bor-
rowed from the local banks to finance
the interchangeable city fathers can
begin planning for street improve
ments. The streets need improvement
sadly, but 1t will be wise to pay off
the debt incurred for the sewerage
system and get substantial balance
in the city treasury before any extern
sive street work is undertaken. Taxes
are high enough now and property
owners are not eager for any addition
al bond issues nor do they look with
favor upon an increase in the tax levy.
Besides 1t is probable that the dispen-
sary Will he abolished by state wide
prohibition law or be voted out with
in the next year or two, which would
reduce the city's annual income fully
100000.
The cotton warehouse is a great
convenience to the farmers and many
OF them who are holding part Of
their crop for higher prices have cot
ton stored here. The warehouse Is not
yet full. but more than four thousand
bales have been packed away to await
an advance in prices.
There will be no occasion for Sum-
ter people to go away from home for
amusement on Thanksgiving dav
There will be football game, a big
tournament and magnificent display
of fireworks at night.
The season for partridge shooting
opened today and the sportsmen were
out in full force.
Talk OF an electric street railway is
being revived, but more than talk will
be required to create any enthusiasm
over the prospect.
me tIVlC lTtdBue TeallZeO from the
Festival held week before last nearly
S400, after paying all expenses,
which were much greater than antici-
pated.
The farm OF j. j. HARDY and T.. H..
Moses now holds the record for large
potatoes, the fact being demonstrated
by two potatoes weighing Z 1-2 and
I Ia pounds respectively which were
brought to this office Saturday.
Engineer Thomas James, of the
Atlantic Coast Line, who was well
known In railroad circles in this CITY.
committed suicide i'm Petersburg. Va.
saturday at the Stratford Hotel. by
shooting himself through the head
There Is no known reason for the sui
eide. Mr.. James was SO years old and
In ha