The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-14

There has been practically no boil
weevil damage in the county" states
Mr.. Clark, ''Rnd very few wcevils
have appeared" Mr.. Ulark added
that ne himself had seen only one
real boil ~eevil In Richland and he
covers the county thoroughly in his
Rock Hill July f.--Yesterday was
a real joilification day I'm the Wymojo
community, the management of the
mill providfpg for a barbecue and
picnic for the operatives, one Feature
or which occasion was the distribu-
ton OF special dividend OF Is per
cent of the net earnings Of eaeh en-
ployce, to the operatives. This sum
totaiied more than $4,000. The For
ty-eighth infantry band of Camp
Jackson, was on hand during the
day and furnished lively music.
Charleston, July 9--The will of the
late Irwin H. Dantzler. who died at
his home in the Providence section of
orsngeburg county last week, has
been pr0bat&d and is Of record in the
office Of the. judge of probate. The
will dispose OF an estate Of over 5000
900 and under which the Epworth Or
phanage of the South Carolina Metho-
dist conference, at Columbia Comes in
for about SO, 900 a year as interest on
money held by the Ban,: OF Orange
burg as trustee. This foney will hard
ly be available rntil about year.
Orangcburg, July 9--.The Orange.
burg Chamber Of Commerce Is foster
ing plan to secure $2,OO0.00O bond
issste- I'd construct about 35e miles of
sand-ciay roads In Orangeburg county
so as to- give to every section of coun-
ty a good road and linking up the
towns. A"number of committees have
ieen named and have been mec ing 1T
regular intervals for the pas. week
The prospect is, that by the next ses-
son OF the Legislature u bill will bc
passed providing for the ,issuanre, of
tt'se bonds. 1t is being prgetl that
only those candidates who DECLARE for
TIM bond issre and good system of
rO;.ds In Orangeburg county pc elected
TO- the legislature. Orangeburg county.
is badly in, need Of good roads and the,
lrck ofxhem has caused at least two
sec tions 10 seriously consider anncya-
t,-n to an adjoining county aati secnr-
iEg new. county. Secretary Ma ri,cr-
oLgh is pleased with the WORK done
bS the committee and the outlook.
Best engineers from the state highway
department and government cryinccrs
have already been CONSULTED.
Plans for organizing all the
farming ana trucking interest Of the
Pee Dee into one great marketing as
sociatien, were launched last. night by
the board or directors OF the F,orcnc,
Chamber OF Commerce. A special
| meeting Of the directors were held to
receive, an. outline of the plans for the
proposition from Lloyd Tcney. repre-
senting the North American Fruit en-
change. recognized as one of the
sreatest marketing agencies Of the
world.
Charleston July 9.-Souih Caro-
lima pharmacists have departed from
Charleston we'll pleased with the Attn
annual convention, held i'm this city
and at the isle Of Palms. Represen
tatives OF the North Carolina associa
Hon were In attendance and their
plan for Il Joint convention TO be held
at Charlotte. in 1927, was agreed
to. An AUXILIARY association of sa,es-
men was organized with T.. W. Miller
OF this city as president, y. G. Hodges
Of Greenwood, was advanced TO the Of
fice of president of the state associa-
ton.
- Columbia. july D---The Southern
Express company will appeal the case
Of the company against y. y. Spigener
AZ treasurer Of Richland county to the
United States Supreme Court, ac-