The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-31

this week. and cotton and corn are
looking fine now. All the farmers
have about Strengthened out their faces
and washed off the blue. and are now
expecting to make a big crop of cot
ton and get 10 cents for it and forty
dollars for their seed. they say.
Last Tuesday morning about s
O'Clock a wagon being drawn by four
large farm mules, was seen passing
through town loaded with an unus-
ual looking apparatus which attract
ed the attention Of the early risers,
and upon an investigation it was found
to be Lydia No. 1, the beautiful and
well-built gasoline launch of Mr. c.
M. Davis. 1t was built by Mr.. 8. w.
Nelson, and Is a real beauty from
every standpoint. 1t cost about eight
hundred dollars, and was being car
ried to Wrights Bluff to be dumped In
to the river. Your correspondent with
a number of other folks followed the
crowd Of the bluff Reaching the bluff
q hard rain began to fall. and at cre
time 1t looked like the crowd would
have to get In the river to keep from
getting wet. But the rain soon passed
over and you never heard a, crowd
OF politicians make any more sugges-
tions as to how thing should be done
than this crowd made as to how "Ly-
dia" should be dumped in the river.
For about four hours almost every
mans suggestion was tried out, and
nothing doing. Finally Joe Davis who
almost lost pair of rubber boots said
he had to leave that place for Char
lesion by the way of Capers Island
on the Lydia No. 1 and he got every
body very busy and by almost an ac-;
cident the launching was made. and
everybody began to say II told you
So"
Then your correspondent and few
others took JOY ride which was just
simply fine. About this time the din
ner signal was heard and the crowd
came out and drank coffee and ate
corn bread not having had time to fish
any but it has always been said that,
anything was good on Santee. and
the bunch there Tuesday will testify
to the facts. After dinner was over.
Messrs. c. M. Davis. s. w. Nelson, j.
E. Davis. F. r.. Dingle. H.. A. Rich
bourg and F. K. Moore. with. Pompey
Lemon. the cook left for Capers Is
land where they are going to spend a
day or 80 and go on to Charleston on
q business trip. leaving Lydia" at
Capers' Island where Messrs. c. M.
and j. e. Davis own about four thou
sand acres Of hunting and fishing
ground.
About the time the crowd was leav-
ing "Anne Elizabeth" Of Columbia.
passed, going from Georgetown to
Columbia, seemed to be heavily loaded
and your correspondent asked the
captain what he was hauling and he
said something good to eat"
The closing exercises OF the Sum-
merton graded school were held last
Friday night. A very able address
was delivered by the Hon. Charlton
DuRant. This has been a very sue
cessful year for the school. 1t is not
known whether or not the teachers
have been elected for the session of
.is16-1917.
The membership Of the Summer
ton Lodge No. los. A. F. M. have
bought park and decided it to a set
of five trustees of which a majority
will always belong to the lodge, the
intendent of the town of Summerton,
and chairman of the board of trustees
Of Summerton graded school. A for
NAL donation Of this park will be
made to the Summerton Amateur Ath-
letic Association on Friday June 9,
at which time 1t is expected that
there Will be a speech by some great
and on which occasion everybody is
expected to bring q basketful of good
things to eat and regular basket
picnic Will really take place.
: This picnic will be given in appre
ciation and honor Of the members of
said lodge for this thoughtful and
magnificent gift, which ought to be
an inspiration to lodges in every lit
tie villa as we'll as larger towns in
providing commodious play grounds
for the young folks Of the county.
During the day there will be
basket ball and baseball, full notice
VIII be given later. The ,mmittee
arranging the basket picnic is COM
posed OF Messrs. Jeff NJ. Davis, ]. T..