The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-24

Cotton Picking Well Under Way
Death of Young Man-Marriage-
Personal News--Comments ON
Whiskcy situation.

Dark Corner. Sept. 16.-As Il Is
raining win try to scratch a line
Tor the watchman and southron.
Cotton picking has heen the order
now for several days. as II has been
30 dry and everything fine for those
that had the staple to gather.
Mr.. Joe Z. Johnson picked eos last
Saturday and his twelve year old
daughter picked 40 and his ten-year-
old daughter picked 1O5. which /
consider pretty good for those chill
dren. The oldest (Bertha) is the
same girl that won the prize for the
fastest runner at the Field Day ex-
ercises In Sumter last spring.
Tho cotton crop will be rather short
In this corner and should the wealth
or continue good. 1t will all soon be
gathered. Peas will also be short,
also potatoes on account OF contin-
ued dry weather. What cane / hrve
seen looks well. Peanuts seem to be
fine.
w. J. Ardis planted q fraction over
half acre o., poor sandy land In pea
nuts this year from which he has
picked % bushels OF nuts and saved
. about 1000 pounds of good pinder
vine hay. lie used 200 pounds OF
s. fertilizer In the drill before bed
ding.
Mr.. Dal Avin. second son of Mr..
Mack s. Avin. died last Friday even
Ing. aged "a years. The interment
was at Bethel church Saturday even-
Ing.
Mr.. Pharoh III. Avin and Miss
Made Mcleod were married a few
days ago. Miss Maude Is the third
daughter Of lir. Jim Mcleod.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Kolb. formerly
OF this corner. but now Of Charles
ton. visited relatives here last Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs Joe Bartiette OF Alcolu, visit
ed her daughter. Mrs. John II. Ards,
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Broadway OF Jackson
viils. Fla. spent three days last week
at the sycamores with Mr.. and Mrs.
T.. d. osteen.
Mrs Cleo Smoak of Columbia spent
the week before last at the syca-
mores.
Well. Mr.. Editor. i see the dispen-
saryites lost out before the State
board Of canvassers. 1 am. and have
been for no dispensary. but / don't
know whether to rejoice or not at
the result From what hear whis-
key must be sold (and plenty of IT'D In
Sumter. I see where Mayor Jen-
nings had Ave ID. DIS before him on
Monday. the sth inst. and from
hcrcabouts hear a white man and
negro was drunk and fighting on the
road coming from prohibition Sumter
on Saturday the 9Th. And again
hear that same day two white men
went to Sumter and when one got
home he run his son. a child of 8 or
10 years. OF from home: and before
the ether one got home he went to
slep In a cotton patch.
Now where did they get the whis-
key7 In Sumter. OF course, but
from whom? Now. II is said that one
OF those men belongs to one of the
clubs I'm Sumter. Now. did ne get the |
booze for the others OF did they all
meet one OF those blind animals GO
Ing loose. There is something sure
wrong. IL it's blind tiger or club
boozs that is being drunk. Sure lots
OF folks get 1t. Well. might DR..
Herbert ask the question els the
young man safer" / say. mo. and
never will be while whiskey can be
procured so easily In Sumter, from
what 1 hear. I don't know anything
what Is going ON I'm Sumter as I have
not been there since the 29th of
April last. But I'm some sources, IL
whiskey is and will be sold. II makes
little difference how II is sold. dis
pensary. club or blind tiger. as far
as the drinking and getting drunk
goes. one man party OF men
should not have any more right than
others have says
'Hard Times"