The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-25

Dapse - printed Tuesday afternoon
asA saturdays paper Friday AFTER
nssa.
0Q1HvuLE.
smlthville. Dec. 21s-we are hav-
ing winter In earnest now. that In II
u takes rain. sleet and a little snow
70 make H. This 10 the season when
people move from one place to anoth-
~. Mrs. Il. y. McManus has moved to
the Munneriyn place. Mr.. c. H.
Hatfield has moved from Borden to
nis own farm near here. Mr.. John
Bsrnsld has moved from Egypt to
his own farm near Pisgah.
Rev. and Mrs. J. II. strickland
1savs for their new home at Elloree
today We wish for them happy
and prosperous new year.
He leavs . garden of nice veget-
ables for his successor I wonder II
no too h herbiverous a. well az car
nivsfous
christmas 10 almost here. The
une Of Joy and pleasure for child
ron a. well - grown ups Christmas
lost its charm for me when realised
dld Santa was myth. question
ths wisdom of teaching children to
believe In him.
Mr.. w. II. shirer has about finish-
e his new room and built new
chimney.
NJ c. H. Hatfield has added a
new room TO his dwelling.
Mr. and Mns Charlie Payne, of
0sorsia. are sbsndihs the winter
With Mr. and Mn. W. 8. Smith.
ndam rumor says that We are to
- minus IN =. d. ere long.
n NsN W1aACKY. f
wisacky. Dec. s1.--After . long
season Of beautiful weather, we are
|. now having Just the reverse. Yester-
day and today have been very dis
agreeable; raining. cold and some
= nay today. The rain was sadly
: nssdsd % bring up the oats, and to
nssp those that were up from dying,
- well as for health and comfort.
The wisacky Farmers Union held
An all day meeting at It's usual place
q meeting last Wednesday. There
was an excellent attendance and
much interest manifested In the mat
fers psrtajnins to the good Of the or
der. The old oficers seem to give
such sasisfsctson that very little
change was made in the organlxa-
tien. There ,vas an abundance Of
eood things TO eat. and on the whole,
. sood, and trust, profitable
meeting. F.5 .ft
Christmas 10 here again and from
al appearances our people are pre-
parins for and making preparations
Sor good time. Hope each one may
seaiize all for which they hope. All
OF our young people who are away
VIII be here for the holidays And
their return win bring Joy and hap
piness to many loving hearts, to
whom this 10 their chief joy.
Our faithful little teacher 10 work.
ing very hard to give pleasure to the
Asar little folks and when she at.
stmpts anything she generally sue
eseds. She Is certainly a conscien-
0ous teacher. and IL advancing the
: shildren rapidly.
/. We have a hustling little town and
/, everything moves lively. Our prin-
cipal merchant sold 500 bales of cot
ton last week at one sale. at fair
prices, venture there is more cot
ton shipped from this point than any
osher place Of Its size in the State,
and most Of IL is bought here.
The Methodist folks are delighted
20 have Rev. J. 8. Beasley return to
them as their pastor for another
pear. He II very much beloved by
them all. as well as the members OF
the other denominations.
Mr.. w. b. Mcleod who has been
quite sick for some time, is some
better. but still confined to bed.
Mrs Edgar DesChamps is on an
extended visit to her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. 8. b. Crome. OF Georgia
she will not return until after the
holidays. Edgar would get lonesom,