The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-03-04

! Apiece OF pavement Is being put
down In front Of Folsom's jewelry
store. Nerth Main street. by a Mr..
.ce. as sample of what he can do.
The, cost nf she new court house
and TIE actual debt, both bonded and
noatins. Of Sumter county, will be
discussed in the primary this summer.
Some folks think they can make am
issue Of the court house.
The Broadaxe. the new prohibition
organ. Of wich Mr. Joel e. Brunson
is editor and Mr.. E. F. Miller. man
agsr, made Its appearance Wednesday.
Il = to be q militant publication to
battle against the dispensary system
and the liquor trahe generally.
County Treasurer Lse had a busy
day Saturday, a. thore was a rush Of
taxpayers who had put OF to the last
minute the payment Of their dues to
the State and county. He wrote q large
number of receipts and received all
told . little more than $4,000. The
tctal receipts TO date have been about
the shine ass1stAyear. ;''tts y AS,s;, St,
ADDS iicenseaSx ,ordins,Sais Z, " ,i;Is NAV S,s,
DO unconstitutional and unsxebnxFkssss
but there ought to be some Nm. 4et
vtsed to prevent dogs runniHx
large on the streets. Yesterday alt6f-
noon ten dogs were counted within
the space OF half, block, on one
street and threr. others were in sight
from the corner. This is just a lit
tie too much dog.
There seems to be less interest In
the approaching municipal election
than there has been In q similar event
In years. Mayor Boyle. who wilt stand
for reelection. is the only candidate
mentioned In connection with the of.
hce. No candidates have been an
nounced for aldermen and none arc
generally talked Of as probable as
pirants 1t is thought that majority
II the present aldermen will offer for
reelection. but no authoritative state
ment to that effect has been made.
Mrs. T. B. Reynolds, Of N.n tn Main
street, has a hen that must be re-
moteiy related to. IL not descended
from. the ostrich tribe. judging from
the eggs she lays with commendable
regularity The most recent speci-
men Of this hens fruit weighed four
outlces and measures 2 s-4 inches in
length. These be facts, not street
CORNER gossip. for 1t is a matter OF too
serious anoment to be received and
published on hearsay. The egg is
here to testify for itself. ~
IT may be that some citizens Of
sumter do not fully understand that
they will not bs permitted to vote in
the municipal primary unless they
snroll their names with Secretary Il.
A. Moses, Of the city Democratic ex-
ccutive committee. Only those who
personally apply for enrolment will
have their names entered on the club
roll and only those whose names ap.
pear ON the certified club roll, which
will be used as the poll list for the
primary. will be permitted to votc.
This Is sold to be an iron clad ru,..
snd those who neglect to enroll will
nnd it too late to kick up q dust on
the day Of the primary. ;t.F
The case Sf the state Va. the pro-
prietors Of, the DiAie Cato was taken
up before M.as,rate Wells Monday
morning. but II did not come to trial
and q date for the trial had not been
nxed at noon L. d. jennings ma,
be~n engaged Ito prosecute the case
by Mr. James Henry Rice. the aaent
OF the Audubon Society. and:,I. C..
Strauss will appear Tor the defense. The
reason the casc did not come to trial
Monday was that the defendants had
not been formally arrested on O war
rant. that they claimed that they
could not 90 to trial. until a material
witness could be brought from Will
mington. N. c.. and that they de-.
manded q trial by Jury.
+, The Dixie Cafe proprietors were
fined $12.60 for exposing partridges
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