The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-10
LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED.
items OF Interest Gathered I'm ana
Around the City.

iHS Atldntic coast Line is having
the grounds around the passenger
station filled in with clay and gravel.
But there is nothing doing in the di-
rection of putting up a shed to con-
meet the depot with the umbrella
shed.
When the administration building
mas been completed and paid for the
city may be in a position to do some
thing toward the improvement of the
Main street paving. The macadam is
In bad condition and growing worse
steadily. Maybe the city hall, which
Is apparently no longer needed, can
be sold and the proceeds applied to
street paving, or used to pay off the
money borrowed from the banks to
complete the sewerage system. The
city hall property can be, at best, no
more than q per cent investment,
while the city Is paying 7 to per
cent discount on borrowed money.
Sumter people who stay at home
this summer will not be destitute of
means Of amusement. despite the
possible lack of bai,eball The out
look now Is that there will be three
places of amusement open throughout
the summer. The Lyric, the Savoy
and the new vaudeville theatre and
the Rolaway Skating Rink.
UP to February 1st City Treasurer
Hurst had written about $50 more tax
receipts than to the same date last
year. The collection Of city taxes
has been larger this year than ever
before and there are fewer delin-
quents on the books.
The strict enforcement of the ordi-
nance requiring all sewer connections
within the fire limits to be made be-
fore May 1st will keep the plumbers
busy for the next three months.
There are still a few business men
in Sumter who claim to believe that
advertising does not pay. They should
ask some of their successful and pros
porous competitors about it.
David Sanders, colored, who escap-
ed from the chaingang about three
years ago, was captured on Monday
by officer Williams, of the police
force. The arrest was made at the
house of Sanders mother, who lives
near the water works pumping sta
ton. 1t has been reported that San
ders died shortly otter his escape and
his capture was somewhat of a sur
PRISE especially to Sanders himself,
who Imagined that having been free
sd long, he was safe from pursuit as
long as he kept In hiding. He has
still about twelve months to serve on
the gang.
The, County chaingang has COM
menced work on South Washington
street and this street will be graded
and clayed from Liberty street to the
intersection Of Dingle. The chain
gang will be working in the city for
several weeks. repaying the labor that
the County owes the city for use o.
city convicts.
1t IS stated that the city lot on East
Liberty street upon which it is pro-
i.osed to build the administration
building (fire department headquar-
rcrs, city offices, city prison, council
chamber, etc., may not be large
enough for the proposed edifice and
il may be necessary to purchase al,
adjacent lot located in the rear Of the
lot UPON which No. 3 hose wagon
house now stands. There is also talb
Of modifying the plans for the build
ing, and instead Of making it
a three story edifice, with the city
prison on the third floor, to put up a
two story building for fire department
headquarters and city Offices and have
separate building in the rear for the
city prison. This may cost consider
able more money, the price of the ad-
ditional lot taken into consideration,
than the first idea, but will be bet
ter than to have the prison on the
third floor. Think what . 1t would
mean to the policemen to have>to lug
drunk prisoners up two fil It's of
stairs!
connections are now being made
with the western division of the sew
erage system, permission having been
given by City Engineer Lee several
days ago for the first connection to be
made.
Mr.. w. ID. Woods who io cunari,,