The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 12, 1913, Image 3
HO MW WH.
MOH? MALE TF.Ac HKRS VBED
KD, SAYS INSPECTOR.
Women " Indicated During Childs
Pfcm Flv? Hchooi Yeare--.Uen De?
?drable There* f tear.
Whether high schools in South Car?
oling are not "rapidly becoming over
eftt ml Mied la the question rained
and discussed by William H. Hand of
Columbia. State inspector of high
schools, in his seventh annual report,
forthcoming shortly.
Mr. Hand, after noting a steady in
crease In the number and proportion
of high school teachers with college
training." and an "even greater de?
crease in the number and proportion
of teachers with leas than a college
education." goes on to say .
"Over aghtnit these two gratfylng
facts stands out one which compels
thinking people to as* if our high
schools are not rapidly becoming over
effemlnised. For four years the num?
ber of men teachers has remained al?
most stationary, uut with a slight de?
crease. For the same period tho num?
ber of women teachers has inorease Kl
per cant
I realise that it M rash, impolitic
and dangerous to ??/ that the high
schools are In need of more men
teachors of ability. In discussing a
question Use this if is hard to confine
people to orderly reasoning. I*et us
divest the subject of sentimentality
and ourselves of blsrney and patron
?sing gallantry. The whole question of
the relative efficiency of men and wo?
men as teachers Is usually pitched on
the wrong plane and discussed from
the wrong viewpoint
'The discussion is not to try to
prove that men teachers are in any
way superior to women teachers, but
to show that each has a place, a VSSJV
necessary place. The characteristics
of the two sases are distinctly uullke,
but they are harmonious, they are
complementary and supplementary.
Ood wisely made them so. The child .<
existence is due to the existence of tho
two sexes, and his future welfare and
development depend on what can be
supplied by both sexes.
"The well-balanced tralnng of the
ehlld la dependent on the retention of
thai harmony of dual characteristics;
the Joint training given by the father
and the mother makes it a symmetri?
cal tralnng. and tiw absence of the
training of either parent is a distinct
loss to the child. In this Joint parental
training the child at different stages
of his physical, mental and moral
growth Is more dependent upon, more
responsive, to, and more in need of
the peculiar Influence furnished by
the one parent or the other. Be the
Child boy or girl, it needs tho directing
and controlling Influences of both par
enta A manly man is not feminine,
nor is a womanly woman masculle.
The moment either crosses nature's
boundary line, loss of force and sym?
metry is the penalty.
"What IS true in the home Is true In
the schocL In his education he Is en?
titled to the Influences of both sexes
as teachers. For the flrst five years
sf a child's school life the averago
man as its teacher is all but a failure
The woman is mori patient and gentle
and sympathetic, and is In everv way
better Mte4 to furnish what the child
need a
"About the time tho boy enters his
11th year he begins to manifest radi?
cal changes In his disposition, In hbi
taste?, and In his Ideals. He still
needs patience, gentleness and sympa?
thy, but he needs something even more
Important than mere control?he Is
yearning for that unconscious tuition
whloh Is Involved in association with
a manly man.
' The time has come for him to imi
t?te, and to whom thould ho turn with
more confidence than to his teacher.'
Wr.at mother of Judgment would huve
her boy Imitate ttv* most perfect wo
man of her acquaintance, any moro
then she would huve her tflrl Imltutv
the most perfect man of In r acquaint
ance? The silent power of Imitation
must never be lost sight of, and the
boy's craving for the companionship
of a manly man must not be ignored.
Mere control is among the least ol
the adolescent boy's needs. Many a
woman teacher is able to shake 16
years of young America until his teeth
rattle In the language of Dr. Thoma^
Arnold, he noeds a man of common
sense who understnads boya
And, to be perfectly candid, wo ar?
not going to keep the boys through a
four-yeur h^h gehOOl course utile*?
we give them more m+u teachers. The
sentimentalist who insists on all wo?
men teachers for the -olgn school
know* ?own deep In hiw heurt that
he does so because they run be had
for about o.ie-half the salary sn equal?
ly competent m.?n will demand.
Now. 'f the sentimentalist Is sln
e? re. 1st him give the woman high
SjgJsgSJI teacher the name sahtry her
male eoual would get Very recently
! watched a man und a worn ?n teach
lag In the same high school. If i urn
any Judge of mere teaching, the wo?
man was superior to the man. yai hoi
salary Is Just one-hslf the man's aaj
? va what groaud would tUi
school board justify the difference In
salaries?
"I readily admit that a first class
woman teacher la superior to a sec?
ond rate man In any klnu of school,
but that is not the question under dis?
cussion. A pair of mules frequently
pulls out of the mud a tS0-horsepower
automobile, but we do not compare
mules and motor cars on this basis."
K. OF P. DISTORT CONVENTION.
Knights of First District Hold Sue*
cessfnl end Enjoyable Meeting hi
Manning.
The Fifth District Lodge. Knights
of Pythias, convened at Manning, S.
C, on the evening of November 6th
at the call of District Deputy Orand
Chancellor, Bartow Walsh.
The local lodge hall was crowded
with delegates and home members.
Among those present was Oeo. W.
Dick, Grand Chancellor.
Reports wore made from the lodges
represented, showing most of them In
a healthy, prosperous and flourishing
condition.
After the routine business was die- j
posed of the rank of Esquire was
Impressively conferred on Page Rileyj
Ridgeway by the home team, assist?
ed by some cf the visiting brothers.
In response to a call for talks for;
the "Good of the Order," Geo. W. ;
Dick, Grand Chancellor; Bartow j
Walsh, District Deputy; B. Levinson
and others made appropriate remarks
which were received with attention
and pleasure.
Hon. H. E. Oyles of Alken, the
Grand Prelate of the Domain, was
prevented from attending by busi?
ness in the United States court, now
in session at Columbia. Grand Keep?
er of Record* and Seals, C. D. Brown
of Abbeville, was also kept away on
account of other Grand Lodg > duties.
Bartow Walsh wss unanimously re
elected for nomlna.lon as District
Deputy, and Jas. C Bryan was re?
tained sa secretary.
The business of the convention be?
ing disposed of the Fifth District
Lodge closed its session and the visi?
tors were entertained at a most
bountiful and excellent banquet
After the board was cleared the fol?
lowing were called on by Toast Maa?
ter, S. Oliver O'Bryan, and respond?
ed:
Senator Appelt. Words of Welcome
Mr. Dan Turbevllle, Response.
Rev. Mr. Watson, Rev. Mr. McCord. |
Bartow Walsh, Geo. W. Dick and
others.
The hour being late the Home
Knights continued their hospitality by
opening their homes to the visitors. j
Those who were fortunate enough
to have been in attendance at the
District Convention and the guests of
the Manning Lodge left for their
homes with appreciation and hearty
thanks to the Manning Lodge for the
exceedingly pleasant time and for their
genuine Pythian Hospitality.
Jas. C. Bryan. Secy.
MAKES CRIME FEDERAL OF
FENSE.
Carlln Bill Puts Robbery of Cars
Engaged In Inter-State Commerce
Under Federal Law.
Birmingham. Ala., Nov. 6.?The
i Carlln bill, recently passed by con?
gress making the robbery of% freight
cars, baggage cars, and express cars
engaged In Interstate commerce and
the robbery of interstate shipments
from platforms and stations a feder?
al offense, Is a law with teeth in it
and sharp ones at that as was evi?
denced In the federal court here wheu
John L Parker was given a sentence
of six years in the United States pris?
on for /fobbing a shipment of shoes
j consigned to Glason, Miss., from a car
I In the Birmingham yards on May 4th. j
1 Parker was also implicated In robbing
j a shipment of notions consigned to
j Avondale, Ala., from a car in ths Dir?
j mingham yards on the night of July j
? 30th and Otis Williams and Arthur
! Goodeyo who assisted him were given J
? sentences of four years and six months!
land three years und six months re?j
ispectlvely in the United Spites prison. '
! Under the Carlln law, the prosecu-j
1 tton of car and depot thieves is great-j
J ly simplified and the certainty of con.:
victton la much greater as the federal
Statutes do not provide the loopholes
j found in various Stato laws through
j which many criminals whose guilt
wus clearly proved have been enabled
I to escape on tec hnicalities. As thel
? r. yuit of the operation of this law, it
is believed that criminals will recog?
nize the danger or tamper!) with
freight cars and depots and that there 1
will he a gr^at decrease In thefts j
of this character which frequently'
cause serious Inconvenience and b?.s.'
Ig shippers as well as to the railroads.
COURT MUST BE OPEN.
No More Secret Divorce. In the Ms-,
trlct
Washington, Nov 6.?Secret divorca
proceedings have been abolished In
the capital's courts by a revision of j
mles which will provide that all dl-,
rotOS ease*- and proceedings for an?
nulments of marriage shall be heard J
In open eonrt gad that witnesses shall
feSJ siatniutd publicly.
TO CONTROL ANTHRAGNOSE. I
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BULLETIN OF INTEREST TO THE
COTTON PL.V TER8.
Pathologist of Bureau of Plant In?
dustry, Department of Agriculture.!
I>escrlbes Disease that Attacks
Cotton and Suggests Methods for
Us Control.
Means of controlling :otton anthrac
lOft, a disease which has been giving
I great deal of trouble in practically'
every county In South Carolina, are i
described In a bulletin Just Issued by;
the department of agriculture. It is!
Farmers* Bulletin No. 565, entitled
"Cotton Anthracnose and How to Con- j
trol it," by W. W. Gilbert, pathologist
of the bureau of plant industry. The.
bulletin will prove vtluable to all
coton planters who secure it.
Anthracnose, commonly known as
"boll-rot" has been one of the most J
serious enemies to the cotton crop, be?
cause of the fact that little was known
of methods of controlling it. Mr. Gil?
bert describes the disease and tells
how to gain control of it.
"It occurs," says the bulletin, "in
every county in South Carolina and
appears to be on the ircrease." Hence
the planters of this section will be
especially interested.
The disease attucku not only the
boll*, but the seedlings and the stems.
The boll injury is the most apparent
form of the disease. The bolls become
covered with small red spots, which
rapidly grow in size.
The two principal remedial methods
ire crop rotation and seed selection.
Fall ploughing and tho growing of a
winter cover crop have been found to
cause a considerable reduction of the
disease on an infected field.
The bulletin recommends tiie choice
of resistant varieties c f seed where
land has become diseased with an?
thracnose and recounts the results
of tests as follows:
"it is a well-known lact that cotton
varieties differ markedly in their sus?
ceptibility to anthraonose injury,
though no variety is er.tirely Immune.
However, since the factor of seed in?
fection is always to be considered, it
is not safe to judge from a single test
whether marked freedom from an
tracnose in a variety is due to in?
herent disease resistance or merely to
absence of seed infection. Disease
free seed even from a very sus?
ceptible variety planted on non-infect?
ed land would produce a healthy crop
unlese it were Infected from adja?
cent diseased cotton. Different tests
have given varying data as to the sus?
ceptibility and resistance of varieties,
owing to the lack of uniformity in
seed, in soil infection, and in weather
J conditions. The best that can be done
is to choose varieties which have
] shown the greatest disease resistance
combined with other essential quall
I ties and to avoid those most suscep?
tible to disease.
"Several variety tests that have
been carried on agree in placing the
I Cook, Brown, Blue Ribbon umong the
varieties most susceptible to anthrac
! nose Injury. The Columbia, Allen
Long-Staple, Keenan, Hardin, Half
and-Half, and sometimes the Triumph,
have also shown themselves more
j than ordinarily subject to injury from
i the disease. In other tests the Tri
I umph has been fairly free from the
disease. In other tests tho Triumph
has been fairly free from boll-rot. The
same tests have placed the Toole,
Poulnott, King, Dixie, and Dillon
among those most free from anthrac?
nose. Other varieties usually resist?
ant to the disease are the Cleveland,
Russell. Truitt, and Rowden, though
these have been knowi to show con?
siderable boll-rot'*
RONSAL MEN ON NEW LINE.
Engineers Sent to Make Survey from
Andrews to Charleston for South
Carolina Western Road.
Florence, Nov. 6.?The engineering
corps of the South Bonsai railroads
has already Rone down to survey the
extension of the South Carolina West?
ern from Andrews to Charleston. If
the new lino is built with the speed
that the other Bonsai roads wen? built
in this section, it will not be long be?
fore Florence will have two lines to
Charleston.
Tho track laying of the South Car
Una Western extension from Flor?
ence to Ponton Is proceeding rupldlv.
and It will not he long before the
trains will be running through from
McBeo to Georgetown,
The extension from Mellee to Mon?
roe will be next taken up, but this
country Is rugged, though tho line is
not a long one, and trains of the Sea?
board allied roads will be running
through from the coal fields to Char?
leston through Florence.
This extension now being built was
recently chartered hh the Charleston
Northern, it will &i\e Charleston
both a northern and western connec?
tion, branchlg at Posten in this]
county. j
Friendly Montgomery, the a*gro
who was arrested Wednesday for re?
ceiving money by false pretenses, was
Tele*??? Friday on bcrnd.
TROOPS TO STRIKE REGION".
_
National Guard of India ua at Indian -
a polte to Preserve Order Among
Strikers.
Indianapolls, Ind., Nov. 6.?Indl-1
ana's entire National Guard, consist?
ing of more than 2,000 soldiers, to?
night is encamped in different parts
of Indianapolis, ready for duty in con?
nection with strike of employes of
the Indianapolis Traction and Ter?
minal company. Special trains brought
the troops under hurried orders and
they were detrained in the suburbs,
virtually surrounding the town. Great
secrecy was maintained as to the
movement and arrival of the militia
and few citizens knew thai, the troops
had been called out until late today.
The trains bringing the soldiers
were stopped outside of Indianapolis
by officers of the National Guard and
given directions. All companies were
held until it was deemed safe to bring
them into the city. This was done to
prevent any clash with the strikers, j
who, after learing the troops had |
been called out, were on the down
i town streets in large numbers. The
; troops will not begin duty until early
i tomorrow morning.
COUNTY SCHOOL FAIR,
Irr^rovement Association of Claren?
don Stages Event at Manning.
j Manning, Nov. 6.?The School Im-1
provement association of Claren'o
county in cooperation with the cow*
ty board of education, has decided to
j hold a county school fair at Manning
J on Friday, December 12. According to
.the general plan announced, there
j will be a parade of the school chil
j dren at 10.30 o'clock, starting at the:
graded school building, proceeding
down the street to the court house
grounds and returning to tho f iir,
t grounds. Each school in tho coun?
ty is expected to have as many booths
at the fair ground as there are teach?
ers in the school. The exhibit* in
these Bf veral booths will conbi.it of
various articles made, raised or owned
by the school children. These ex
hibts will be examined and judged
according to quality, quantity, variety
and attractiveness by competent men
and women chosen from other parts
of the State.
Each school is expected to erect
and decorate its own booth or booths,
and the boys and girls will be al?
lowed to Hell any of their articles to
defray all or any part of such ex?
pense. The exhibits will include a
great variety of articles, such as ex
! amination papers, compositions,
j maps, drawings and paintings; Bpeci
) mens of fancy work, such as sewinc,
j knitting, crochet and embroidery; all
i kinds of eatables, such as jellies, pre?
serves, pickles, ketchup, meats, brearf,
cakes and pies; articles made in the
manual training departments, such as
axe handles, chicken coops, book saoe-s
! and picture frames and articles raised,
j such as corn, potatoes, tomato-js,
J chickens, pigs, goats, calves, vege
j tables and flowers.
Immediately after the parade, and
while the exhibits are having atten
ion on the fair gfrounds, there will be
a "better babies" contest in the school
building. This contest will consist
of a competitive examination of chil?
dren 3 years old or under, by physi?
cians, and handsome modals nad
prir.es will be awarded to high-scor?
ing babies. Mere beauty will not
j count, but the intrinsic value of the
I baby as a human machine well pro
! portioned and properly nourished, will
be duly considered.
There will be a number of prizes of
I fered for the best exhibits in the
! booth on the fair grounds, including
I a $5 gold piece each for the best ex
, hiblta by a one-teacher school, by a
! two-teacher school, by a three
' teacher school, etc.
i The plann in detail uro not yet com
' plete, but those having the matter In
j hand expect the school fair to be tho
; biggest day that Clarendon county has
iever had.
i
Celebrato 75th Anniversary.
BlShOpVillS Leader and Vindicator.
A meeting of the committee to
prepare a program for the cele
; bration of tho 76th anniversary
: of the organization of the Presby ?
i terlan church here, was held in
\ tho office of the Vindicator last Mon
j day. Mr. Geo. Held, chairman, stat?
ed object and said the first business
was to get the time, hui as theru were
contingencies that may change the
date, tho time will be announced later.
I
Invitations will be extended to the
I Baptist and Methodist churches of the
' town to join in the celebration ant/
, also extend to Ml. Zlon, Hebron and
Ifepsibah churches to attend and
! bring greetinga
Py unanimous consent, Rev. Hugh
K. afurchlson, tho only living ex
pastor of the church, bo Invited to
deliver the historical address and He\.
P. W. Oregg of Rock* Ulli, nephew
Of the late Pev. W. A. Gregg, for 31
years pastor of this church, be invit?
ed to make an address on "Looking
Forward" or the church of the fu?
ture. The committee adjourned sub?
ject to (tall of chairman
CUTTINO ITMjjBT WINS.
GETS COLUMBIA BICYCLE IX TEN
MILE BICYCLE RACK.
Rift- Crowd Gathers on Streets to See
Races und Much Interest is Mani?
fested in Eventr?Cuttino McKnight
Aiso Wins Half Mile Push?Brun
son and Mims Also Winners in Two
Events?Mowers, Burns and Son
tiers Win In Race for Big Boys and
GUmoi'c, Hurst and Thomas in
Races for Small Bora
The annual bicycle races came off
Thursday afternoon as scheduled in
the presence of one of the biggest
Crowds which has ever gathered to
wiiness this annual event in Sumter.
Th'9 races were run off in fine style.
The ten mile race proved the big
event of the occasion and a great deal
of interest and enthusiasm was man
treated in this race. Some of the
racers were liberally applauded each:
tirre as they passed the Judge's stand
and so close were three of the con
tes ants that tho excitement was kept i
up to the very last, when Cuttino!
McKnight forged ahead and came In!
first with a good lead. Bartow Brun- j
sor came in urcond with Walter
Mi ns a close third.
"his was the first race in the con?
tes:. The contestants lined up on
Main street in front of the B;*nk 01
I Sumter for the start. However, be?
fore they started Photographer Win
j burn, who proved to bo the official
photographer of the occasion, took a
j pic iure of the riders. At the word
j from the starter, Mr. H. L. lisdale,
j the riders made a good get-awe.y. For
i the first block they stuck pretty close
[together, but after that the rldng be-'
came too hard for some of the weak?
er ones and the line with the eleven
riders gradually strung out, until to?
wards the last some of the riders had (
j gained one or two laps on others. On j
j the first lap three of the riders were
J ahead, Brunson, Mims and McKnight.
j On the second lap Mims was leading
I with McKnight second and Brunson
I third. These three kept close togeth
| er on each lap, McKnight generally
? second with Mims or Brunson leading
j until the final lap, when Mims had
I forged slightly ahead of the other
? two, who were running neck and neck.
However, when the signal was giv?
en that they were beginning their last
lap, the three commenced their sprint
for first place on their final arrival
! at v.he judge's stand. McKnight, who
had been riding steady and hard,
seemed to have the most strengt a left,
for he made the last lap in flue time,
coming in first by a good hundred
fee., and apparently not neatly so
badly winded as his opponents. Bar?
tow Brunson came in second and Wal?
ter Mims, who seemed tired out by
his exertions to keep in the lead at
the first of the race, was third.
The prizes offered in this race were
j a Columbia bicycle for the first prize,
j pair of ten dollar tires for second
prrce and a five dollar saddle for third
priie.
The entrants in this race were:
| Wa lford, Riles, McKnight, Brunson,
I Gri fin, Mims, Bradwell, Gallagher,
' Fraser, Bernshouse, and Swinson.
j
j The second race was the half mile
i das l for boys between the ages of
1 fourteen and sixteen. This was won
by Ralph Flowers, with Aivin Burns
iuecend and James Sanders third. The
' prizes in this event wore: first, pair
$7.00 tires; second, $3.00 saddle;
third, $2.00 lamp.
Tbe next was the race for en
trarts over sixteen years of age. The
win icrs In this event were: Cuttino
j McKnight, first, a $7.00 pair of tires;
I second, Walter Mims, $3.50 seat; third
j Bar:ow Brunson, a $3.00 lamp.
Tie last race was that for boys un
i der the age of fourteen. There were
! a great many entrants In this race
I and it was extremely close. Everett
j Gilriore came in first and won a $6.00
I pair of tires; Marion Hurst came sec
j ond and won a $3.50 saddle wiOiTIen
{ ry Thomas third who got a $2.00
? lamp.
\ Tie races commenced a few mln
j utes after 4 o'clock and lasted tot
> an I our. The ten mile race was madt
In 34 minutes, the fastest time
ever made in a ten mile race on bicy?
cle in town.
Messrs. A. H. Wilder and E. C. Lord
acted as ji.dges in the events.
Much ?vedit is duo Mr. II. L. Tis
dale the local bicycle dealer, who
managed the races and under whose
j direction they were gotten up. Mr
TlSdale has always taken great inter?
est i l sports of all kinds, especially In
racing and his liberal prizes in the
various events were tho prime causes
of tlie interest in the races.
Another reason of so much interesf
in bicycle racing in Bumter Is the fact
that bicycles are always In such gen?
eral use in the city, where probabl>
more bicycles are used in proportion
to the population than any other town
in America,
Tho police force appeared on i.he
streets Friday resplendent in their
new winter uniforms. Tho caps an?
coats are slightly different from the
former uniforms and are especially
dressy*
MAURIES IN LONDON.
William F. Beckraths, Former Cam
jialgn Manager for President Wll?
Hon, Wed* Mise Dorothy Williams.
London, Nov. 7.?William F. Mo
CombB of New York, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, and
Miss Dorothy Williams, daughter of
CoL and Mrs. John R. Williams of
Washington, were married today. The
ceremony took place in the Kornau
Catholic Chapel of St. Peter and St
Edward, Palace street, Westminster,
and was performed by Father Bernard
Vaughn.
The bride was unattended. Charles
Woodruff Halsey of New York, a class?
mate of Mr. McCombs at Princeton,
ut .i d as best man.
A distinguished congregation gath?
ered in the chapel, including Walter
Mines Page, the United States ambas?
sador, and Mrs. Page; Myron T. Her
rick, United States ambassador to
France, and Mrs. Herrick; the Karl of
Cr.iven, the Countess of Craven, for?
merly Cornelia Bradley Martin of New
York; the Earl of Suffolk, the Coun?
ters of Suffolk, formerly Marguerite
Lyde Leiter; the Earl and Countess
of Derby, Earl Curzon of Kedleston,
Mrs. C. W. Halsey, MaJ. Colin Powys
Campbell and Mrs Campbell, former?
ly Nancy Leiter, Mrs. Richard Town
send and Mrs. Ncwhouse.
A wedding breakfast was given at
the Ritz hotel after the ceremony.
H'COMBS TO ACCEPT POST.
Believed That He Will Now Take
Amasaadorehip Offered Him toy
President.
Wasidngton, Nov. 7.?Persons close
to the White House today said that
William F. McCombs, chairman of
ihe Den.ocratic national committee,
who today wat married in London to
Mis? Dorothy Williams, would accept
j President Wilson's offer of the am*
j bassadorship to France. The post has
been open to Mr. McCombs ever since
the inauguration. He twice has do*
clined it but there a every expectation
now that he will soon send the presi?
dent word of his acceptance,
j In political circles it was generally
believed that Mr. McCombs would be?
come ambassador .o France and re?
sign the chairmanship of tue Demo?
cratic national committee.
Talk of a successor already is be?
ing heard and the name of Joseph P.
Tumulty, secretary to the president,
has been suggested by national com
mitteemen in Washington. Some ot
i those who have suggested Mr. Tumulty
j pointed out that it would be essential
; in the choice of a national chairman
j to have some one who had the per
' sonal confidence of the president.
Mr. Tumulty decLned to talk about
the matter. As the Democratic na?
tional chairman ^usually is not called
upon for extensive servico until the
presidential campaign the acceptance
of the post would rot necessarily in?
volve resigning his present position.
SL'MMKRTON NEWS NOTES.
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Many Attend Fair from Thriving
Town?Special Train to Suxnter for
"LitUe Millionaire''?Lyceum.
Summerton, Nov. >.?Quite a num?
ber from this placa attended the
State Fair in Columbia last week.
Among them were Massrs. J. M. Plow
den, Lucian Brailsfoxd, F. D. Truluck,
, Marion Sanders, B. L. Coskrey, Walter
Coskrey, W. D. Allen, W. T. Briggs
and Dr. L. K. Howie.
A large crowd took advantage of
the special train w^lch was run from
?Summerton to Sumter on Wednesday
i
; evening of last week to see "The Lit
j tie Millionaire." Several automobile
I parties went up on Monday evening
to attend the theatre performance in
Sumter.
?The first number of the Lyceum
1 course, "The Euclid Male Quartette,"
opened at the auditorium on Tuesday
evening before a lurge audience. The
crowd was greatly pleased and called
them back time and ugain for encores.
Rev. W. M. Gordon spent Tuesday
In Sumter on business.
I?irs. J. A. James has returned from
) Raleigh. N. C, where she has been
confined to the hospital for some
'?? time.
j
Mrs. H. A. Richburg spent several
days in Biahopville last week,
Mr. O. C. Scarboraugh, Jr., spent
several days with his parents here
on his way back to Furman from
Charleston, where he was injured in
the football game on Monday.
Little Robert Slngletary.
Bishopville Leader and Vindicator.
The home of Mr. end Mrs. R. H.
Singletary has been taddened almost
1 to desolation by the death of their
only little boy, Robert EL Jr. The
dear little fellow ?ras sick only fifteen
hour with membranous croup when
death relieved him of nis suffering
Friday night. The funeral service was
preached at the Methodist church,
Revs. D. If. McLeod of sumter, M. m
Benson and G. E. Edwards taking
part in the service. His little casket
was then taken to Bethlehem for
uuriali