The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-05-19
OUR sUMMERTON LETTER.
Farmers Selling Future COttOn-A
Narrow Escape From Burning
Weddings AnnOunce(l-A New II. F..
ID. ROute-PersOnals, Etc.

does II happen that the 18th of May
arrives without there having teen
heard many complaints Of the ''not
weather." and very rarely indeed does
that infallible and omniscient instru-
ment, the weather bureau, find 1t
necessary to send out frost warnings
to our section OF the country as late
az the 11th of May. Be that as 1t
may, az yet no serious consequences
OF the late spring are apparent; nor
do our farmers seem in any way ex-
ercised about the crop outlook. Still.
some Of our more cautious planters
are upholding the good principle un-
dorlying the old maxim of making
hay while the sun Shines" by placing
some of their next years cotton crop
at the present high prices. Several
hundred bales have been sold for fall
delivery; and 1t Is to be expected that
q great many more will appreciate
tie fact that ten cent cotton is not a
1t would seem that the possible
damage wrought In the gardens and
on the farms by the unreasonable
cool weather will be more than equal
lied by the probable delay Of malaria
germs. Without being able to quote
any statistics In the matter. we are of
the opinion that there has been con-
siderably less malaria in this section
during these first spring months. The
drainage effected by the town a few
years ago has no doubt been the
means Of decreasing the fever cases
each spring; and 1t was only a few
days since that some OF the members
Of the Board of Health were advoca,
ing further improvements Of this ma
ture. as we'll as thorough cleaning
out and scraplng of the main ditch
through Scotch Branch.
On last Thursday morning Mrs
walter Mathis narrowly escaped what
might have been very serious acct
dent. In standing with her back quite
near an open fire, her skirts caught on
IRE and the whole back portion OF
her dress was burning before Mrs.
Ounce Mathis, who was the first to
discover the fact. could come to her
assistance. Mrs. Mathis very thought
fdliy undertook to tear the burning
dress Off, and In SO doing prevented
any serious injury to either one: bat
both were somewhat burned, Mrs
Ounce Mathis being disabled for two
or three days with blistered hands.
on the first OF next month q third
rural route from this place will 60
INTO enect. Our postmaster Mr.. f.
lison Capers. has been working to this
end for some time past, and we con.
Sfatulate him upon the materializa-
tion of his plan. This route while it
VIII not comprise very much new ter
ritory will aid greatly in adjusting the
Two present routes. Rural Route No.
o. from this office will extend east
about half way from here to Man
Ming. Applicants for mail carrier on
this new route were examined i'm Man
ming about ten days ago but as yet
the results are not known The fol-
lowing young men took this examna-
ton: Mr.. Lawrence Chewing. Rob
ert ;. Dinsle. Henry II. Richbourg and
Jack II. Nelson.
Two weddings OF interest To sum
merton and the surrounding neigh
borhood will take place on the End
and goth of next month. The first.
that Of Mr.. Olin B. Coskrey to Miss
Moselle Furse. Of Appleton. S. c..
comes off on June end; the other,
that Of Miss Annie Wilson, former