The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-11
THE wAroHhAN. AND sourHRoN. MARCH Il, 1908


Eggs are becoming plentiful and
the price Is fiuctuating between Is
and 20 cents.
Candidates for county Offices arc
beginning to do about. They are
more numerous and active than mu-
nicipal candidates. Candidates for
coroner are especially pier tiful.
The receipts Of cotton were larger
Saturday than usual at this season
and mora was sold than for sometime.
The price paid for good cotton was
II IA.
The Bartlette Street Raptist
church has purchased the Carson
property on the southeast corner Of
North Washington and West Calhoun
streets and will remove the church
to that location.
The Magnolia Street Church has
recently purchased from Mr.. Edward
w. McCsilum that fine piece of prop.
erty, No. 237 Church street. It has
q frontage on Church street of 1S5
feet and will be amply large for the
new church ard parsonage.
beginning Monday. March Esd.
Rev. W. T. Sloan, Of Greenvillc, s. c.,
will conduct meeting lasting ono
week in the Presbyterian church. The
meeting will be preceded by a week
OF prayer. beginning Monday. March
18th. during which services will be
held every evening.
Secretary H. A. Moses, of the city
Democratic executive committee will
be at his Office (Sumter Banking and
Mercantile Coz on Saturday evening
as well as Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday for the purpose Of enrolling
qualified electors who desire, to Join
the Democratic club and vote IN the
municipal primary.
Cotton buyers report that they are
hnding q good dsal Of weather DAM
aged cotton among the cotton placed
On tho market now. Cotton that Is
Tsxposed 10 the weather throughout
the winter and absorbs moisture be-
gins to rot ss soon al warm weather
sets in. and the owners pay dearly for
their negligence. NM
Tho enrolment OF voters for the
municipal primary II proceeding sat.
isfact,rily and there are already more
than $50 names on the list. The cit
isens are beginning to realize the fact
th&t, they will not be permitted to
vote In the primary unless they per.
sokaiiy apply 70 the secretary. for en-
rollment. and - few Of them wisa
to forfeit their right ia, participate in
the sslseticn Of city oficials they are,
Fastening to comply with the, rules
OF the Organization. "a
Mr.. Z. N. Gibbons. Safaas Sasfaassaut snx,.
aesr in ch@rgeAes the e>sskerays yys-
TEN! r. now at toyA~o4sahe .lsvsls for
The Green Swami ar Western session
ef the system. and work will begin al
soon asl the Turkey Creek section IL
completed, which will he within thirty
days. Work on the Green Swamp
scsptic tank has been started. II will
DO located at the western extremity
Of Oakland avenue. just beyond the
negro cemetery.
Sumter seems to be q, veritabls
Mecca for pan handlers and street beg
gars. Scarcely a day passcs without
one or more beggars, apparently
n:aimed. taking stands on the streets
and importuning the passers-by. They
reap q harvest Of pennies, nickles and
dimes. and the sum total of their
days gleanings will amount in every
instance to more than an ablebodied
man can earn by a full day CT hard
honest labor. Charity, in its place,
Is tho noblest Of human attributes.
and 1t should not be abused. Many Of
these street teggars are objects OF
charity. bat they should nct
be permitted to roam around
the country as they do. They
come from some somewhere and
their place IS IN the almshouse - the
place from whence they come. AS 1t
Is they are nuisance and shaul.l not
bS permitted to beg on the streets.
Furthermore many Of these bcggafs
arc fakirs and arc not one-half as
bad of as they pretend to be.