The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-20
NEWS FROM SUNfoIERTON.
FARMERS Begin Work for 1917-IEs-
tablishing New Mills Oh Santee ut
st. Paul-St. Paul Oil Mill Ginncry
Burned-OfIicers of w. o. w.

| thingS TO work now, and in q short
while You will hear nothing in the
f1elds but fussing at mules and late
In the afternoons the old time coon
songs, and the things we set out to
accomplish in the year just passed
away, and did not, call for a new start
now
1 Mr.. T. H. Gentry, one Of our best
farmers, says he is just now learning
how to farm and make reasonably
good crops, and not buy so much fer
tilizer, that where he had oats, pea
vine and hay last year he will plan:
cotton this year, also plant cotton
where he had corn last ye r, and corn
where he had cotton last year, and
by this method you will have a pep
crop OH your land every two years,
and this no doubt is good idea, ana
no doubt the average farmer Will
profit by rotating his land this way.
The people who have bought tina
timber up and down the Santee swamp
are moving down here now, and the
mills will be in operation in q. few
weeks. There are already some three
| or four families moved to our city and
We are very glad to have them with
US. These mills coming here will give
to have ten or twelve mills, AMI q
| planning mill at st. Paul, and then
hauling from the mills will be don /.
With wagons and teams and the pay
office will be at this place. No doubt
this will give the merchants here a
good trade through what is us,,af!y
! termed the dull season.
- A party Of our town sports went
down to Santee one afternoon last
week to shoot some ducks, and it is
understood that these ducks have
been shot SO much recently that when
they come to the ponds for the night
before they hit the water they fly
| over the ponds several times very
| high, entirely out of gun shot. And
Mack Plowden who was a member Of
this party the other afternoon no
doubt had been told about how the
ducks played around, and when this
party reached the pond they were all
placed on their stands by Fred Ian
ham who Is an expert along this line,
and later in the evening when the
crowd was fixing to leave Mack was
Eseen coming down tree. No doubt
/ Ed.tad been mp there to get close
enough to make certain of a duck,
but they just did not come that after
noon. Maybe they saw Mack in the
top Of this tree. Come now, Mr..
Plowden, give them a chance the
next time
| The st. Paul Oil Mill ginnery was
destroyed by fire last Sunday morning
about o'clock. 1t seems that a bale
Of cotton had caught fire some time
during the day Saturday, and while it
| was thought it had been put out no
doubt spark was left some where
in the building and later in the night
began burning, and it being at such
a late hour in the night when it was
discovered the fire had gained too
much headway to eXtinguish and all
that could be done was to save the
nearby building.
This was an eight gin outfit and
valued at something like six thousand
dollars, with only two thousand dol
'ars insurance, which makes it quite
a loss to the company.
Messrs. G. Nj. Davis, Joe Davis. T.
r. Dingle, and others are down on
Capers Island this week on hunt
We hope they will have the best of
luck, but they hardly ever make a
clean sweep; another fellow can go
along after them and find something
to shoot.
AT the regular meeting of White
Oak Camp number 100, w. 0. W., last
Monday night the following officers
were elected to serve the ensuing
year: H. II. Meddlin, c. c.; j. r.
Richbourg, Clerk; l.. T. Fischer,
year: II. II. Meddlin, c. c.; J. F.
Eadon, Escort; J. r. Davis, Physician.
Managers, jeff N. Davis, E. O. Rowe,
and w. J. Goodwin; Waterman, w. =.
l COZ - in, hi 10
| condition, has n splendid membership,
| and bright prospect in the future
| Meeting held OH Wednesday night be-
After the meeting Monday night an
! oyster supper was enjoyed ut the
home of Mr.. Medlin.
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