The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 15, 1915, Image 4
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OUTKRN PllULSlllNU COMPANY.
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Contracts for throe months, or
r>ogvr will ?e nuide at reduced rate?.
AW cctnmunh atlotis whlcn sub
e?r\* piUato liu*ree?i will t>e charged
for as <dvertlaems; oj.
Ob'.tu*rt*s not trH>ui?? of ruepect
^111 r?a charged for.
The Suruor Watchman vu touTid
ad la lil^ aod the True Southron In
IM?. Tha Watchman aud Southron
Bow has ch# oou blued circulation an 1
tadvinnca of hath of the oh! pap,ri
i-nd 1? aunt feet !y the b*?t sdvsrtislng
?n?*iuin la Sumter.
picurr on nxmai\t v.
Thcro In really no e\i use for any
man or woman of average in
llgcnce remaining W? Illiterate as to
unable to read and write. A little
application for only a few hours a
week over period of a few months
will enable any person to acquire the
ability to read t nd write. This small
measure of education equips the il?
literate person to remove himself or
verself from the ranks of the ignorant
and places his teet firmly upon the
highway of knowledge. Having once
acquired the ability to read one has
the key to all knowledge, and it hi
then but a question of desire. Industry
and persist-r; ??? is to bow far one v. .11
travel this road to higher and better
tlnngs. There are far too many
adults in Sumter county who can
neither read n-T write, but taking tht
generally accepted view of their con?
dition, they are not to blamj for the
handicap under which they labor,
atnea practically all of them were de?
nied the privilege of attending school
during chlldhoot. Still many of them,
if not all, could have made an op?
portunity to learn to read and write
after arriving at years of discretion,
if they had had an impelling desiro to
Improve their condition. The average
man, however, exists In a state of
Inertia and it la seldom that one ex?
erts himself to bring about a revolu?
tionary change )n his mode of living
and thinking. There usually has to
some form of Impi ise fr? tn with?
out to en * >urag him 1? eieti him-:
snlf und ??> reise bis dorm nt fnc
uPtss and*powevi? In a new nn<< unac?
customed manner. 1t ha? btfjgj due,
in a great measure, to the total ab
aenoe of this encouragement that the
Illiterate of Sumter county have re?
mained Illiterate in the midst of a
citizenship that r ppre..dates the value
of an education. The average man
does not go far ? nough In his appre?
ciation of education?ho usually stops
short with his own family, gives no
thought to the o hers who live in ig
norance and never extends a helping
hand to lift them up. Neither 1 :ive
the school authorities made any pro?
vision for the ad ills who stand In
need of Instruction. Once a child
passed the school , go without obtain?
ing the rudiments of an education
through attendance upon the schools
provided by the State and county, he
haa been abandoned to a life of Ig?
norance. Recently, however, there
has been a quickening of the public
conscience, and tlv people who enjoy
the blessings and advantages of on
{'lalltelld H-h ? ! ;
enueatlon are beco ming possessed ?1
a realizing sens* t ?' their responsible
Ity. It is in ob. dl Mt to this feeling
of responsibility thM the County Hoard
of Education has undertaken to in?
augurate a camta rn against illiter?
acy and to give \ io encouragement
that will induce ihc illiterate adults to
seek to improve the condition and
a'.cq provide the opportunity for them
to obtsln an education. The wont
will be started In this city at the Y.
HL C. A. early In January, and the a>
operatlon and active assistance of '.he
school trustees throughout the counts
are sought to establish schools for
adulta In convenient localities in ev?
ery section of Sumter county. If the
plan can be carried out the percent*;.; ?
of Illiteracy In this coun'y should he
materially reduced within the n*xt
few months. It nin be made n sue
ness. however, only by the cooper i
tlon of all the people wb ? b? lieve that
Ignorance in a drag on the progress
and prosp? f?g of our State. If t *e
educated people who aro willing I
make sacribcM to semi their own chil?
dren to school will get in behind the
movement, und do th-dr part it cm
Ik- made a success.
< impalgn on ('utile Tick.
The campel.n a..iin<f tie* cjJtle
tb k In orangehurg county will be
waged n igoroiisly during tbo coming
yeur. Agt nM %4 the I >epai tmc nt of
Agrlculiure have been nt work in
< o/ungehurg county for some time and
expect If ftnai t?us territory from the
quurantlne during ll?l?i. The tl(d? work
no * being carried on In the South Is
vory Important, and fur-reaehlng re
l milt-i have alreidv been ucomplish
krd
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETUfCJ.
Women of Trinity Church Ha\e Dono
EJYcctivo Work During Year?Ufll>
CStS Wrrlfd foe Coining Your.
Tin- Women*! Missionary Society of
Trinity Method 1st church met in th!
peetor*! study Monday afternoon
with si\teen member! and two viel?
tors present.
The subject for the afternoon was
!doleecenee in tlie religious life.
Mrs. Sidney Stubbe read an article
On the ndeJOCOCnt girl and Mrs. E. w.
Yo?H 1 on the adolescent buy.
This being the last meeting of the
: ear. a.i election of oflicers was held,
v? suiting as follows:
Pre ddent, Mrs. I* I. Parrott.
nret Vice President. Mrs. W. A,
Drown.
Supt Special St n ice, Mr! Lamb.
Bnpt of Supplies, Mrs. John Green.
?Opt, of Publicity. Mrs. E. W. Vogel.
Treasurer, Miss Hattie Phillips.
Recording Secret!!jr. Mrs. J. a.
Parrish.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss Kate
Du Kant.
Agent for "Voice," Miss Sally
l brown*
The president summed up the
rear*! work, saying she believed this
had been the most successful year in
tho history of the society. She asked
for the Cooperation of each member
fee greater erorh for the coming year.
Much has been accomplished both
i"??r Home and Foreign Missions. More
hng been done for Home Missions than
!Ver before. Four families receive
help regularly, besides these, we have
furnished wood, clothing, milk, eggs,
etc. to others who havo been sick and
in need.
A number of sentence prayers were
offered, after which the meeting ad?
journed.
THE RADICAL ROAD.
Another Protest Against the Actlot?
of County Hoard.
Kditor Sumter Item:
For the information of the citizens
of Sumter and those wh > signed the
petition for the Radical Road to con?
tinue open we wish to state: First,
that qntti a length of the road in
question is within the city limits and
has been kept up at the city's ex?
pense, and cannot be sold or closed
without the city fathers* approval and j
signature. Secondly, that if the'
1 ft ml Hold is closed thai the city
and ?ounty will hot onl. il lo the ,
oiponee of bonding a road bed, but
will hart to expend at least five aim
dred UuUei's additional to build a]
concrete bridge over the Turkey creek j
canal crossing tho Graham Poulc
? 1. I think this canal bridge will
f..11 within tho city limits. Now are
the taxpayers of the city and county
willing to stand (for the convenience
of two people) this additional expense
when we consider the fact that our
la nee iMWt been for the present year
and have yet to be increased for city
ng. I-rf't our ? ity fathers go and
Mantlne their interest in the proposed
c hanges and see if they are willing
to stand for it and have closed one
of the prettiest roads leading into
Sumter.
Respectfully,
Mrs. a. J. Reardon.
A Meritorious Promotion.
At the Annual Conference of the
Methodist church, which convened In
Trinity church, Charleston, last week,
r.cv. (i. w Mwtrii was promoUu to
the Presiding Eldership of the Char?
leston District, which carries with it
the highest honors of the conference.
It carries .Iso a very weighty respon
sibillty and plenty of hard work as
the dlstrlel estendi from Charleston
to Savannah, but W! feel contldent
tiiat Mr. Bdwnrdg will be eyual to the
log gad list to the full measure
of responsibility. He preaches Ii'm
! ist sermon hero BOSt Sunday and
n he and his mo.-t estimable fam
sill pack tip the following wee*
.and move to their new Held.
UOV, 0, P, Watson, one of the best
men In the conference and a fine
pn ichor, has boon eonl here. Confer*
SnOS couhi not have sent a better
man.
\\r win move here r.<^t week with
hi! family. ?Leader and Vindicator.
Wlaecky Newa Notes.
Wlaacky? Dee, I,?The farmers have
shout Bnlohed gathering the crops,
tin- OOttOS crop being very short.
From appearance! there swii be
shout as much small grain pit ntod as
last year* We are basin'-; line weath
? i" for putting them in.
The usual amount of moving for
January has begun already. White
I and colored both stem anxious to get
in Ha ir new quarter! before Xmas,
Mr. C, M. Smith of Summerton has
b i'ii up for i few days,
Mrs, Ii. i?. Btackhouse, after i very
pleasant vfcrtt to relative! here and et
Bummerton, has returned to her home
in Marlon,
Marriage License Record,
Licenses to marry wa re leaned to
negroes as follows, Noah Sumter
land Martha Phillips of Wedgeflctd.
DR. BIIVNSON COMING HERE.
HI, Matthews Pastor Accepts Cull to
Urnen Baptist t liurcli.
Dr. John A. Brunson, for six years
pastor of the Baptist church at St.
Matthews, has reconsidered his form?
er announcement and decided to ac?
cept the call to Qrace Baptist church
?l this city, a call which he at first
refused. The members of Grace
church and others, who heard Dr.
Bmnson when he was conducting o
meeting here some weeks ago, as
Well as those who knew him pre?
vious to that time, are extremely
gratified to have this distinguished
Baptist divine come here as one of
the pastors of Sumter. Dr. Brunsen
is an eloquent and powerful speaker
and has the reputation of being one
of the ^ longest Baptist preachers In
the State. He will come here on Jan?
uary 1 to take up Iiis work as pas- |
tor of Grace church. .
In a dispatch to the News and
Courier, the st. Matthews correspond?
ent of that paper says:
"Dr. John A. Brunson, pastor of the.
Baptist church here, who some weeks
ago, declined a call to the First Bap?
tist church of Sumter, lias reconsi?- I
ered his former decision and has de?
cided to accept the call. The recon?
sideration of his tirst decision came
after a second and more urgent appeal
on the part of the Sumter people, and
it was only after having fully gone
over the entire call with his conscience
that Dr. Brunson decided to accept.
At prayer meeting at his chiirch last
night Dr. Brunson tendered in a for?
mal way his resignation to take ef?
fect on the last day of this month.
After being assured that further ef?
fort to retain him would not avail hi j
resignation was regretfully accepted.
Dr. Brunson has been the pastor of
the church here for s x years and is j
a popular favorite with all denomlna- j
tions.
How to Use Bed Cross Seals.
Bed Cross Seals should, in accord?
ance with Order No. 5,020 of the
postofRce department, "be affixed to
the reverse side of domestic mail mat?
ter" and not on the address side of
any letters or packages that are go?
ing through the mail. They may be
placed anywhere on matter going by
express. As many seals may be used
on the l ack of a letter or package as
may be desired, Care should be c~
erotsed In sending merchandise
through the malls not to place seals
over the strings with which the pack?
age is tied, since this closes the pack?
age against inspection and subjects it
to first (lass postage rates. Users of
Bed Cross Seals are cautioned against
indiscriminate use on foreign mail.
K"d Cross Seals in normal times may
be used on the reverse side of mail
matter sent to Austria, Germany,
Great Britain and most of the British
ionlft in iniii;! Hi A?
Guatemala, U.UffUay and Portugal re?
fuse to admit mall bearing nonpostage i
stamps, Certain European countries
will return to the sender any mail
beating Bed Cross Seals on the ad-j
dress side. Mall addressed to any of i
the belligerent countrlc In Europe j
should not bear Bed Cr Seals on 1
the address side. Bed Cross Seals j
my be Used On the face of checks,!
bills, on legal documents and on any
lommercial paper. The Christmas
Seals are not good for postage. They
Will not carry any mail matter, but
any kind of mail matter will carry
them.
Canning Club Exhibit,
The exhibit of the girls' and boj
clubs last Thursday and Friday at?
tract* <l great Interest throughout the
county. The exhibits were hue and
only shows what we may expect from
them next fall when tin- first county
fair will be held. All honor to .Miss
Oracle Dell Jane s and Mr. S. N. Welsh
for getting the girls and boys so In
lensely Interested in ibis work. We
are looking for greater tilings next
fall and we assure them upon the word
of the presldenl of the Fair Associa?
tion, that the fair building will be
ready for them. Leader and Vindica?
tor.
Winthrop Not Represented.
Winthrop college i.; nol represented
? ?Ii llenrj Ford's peace ship, Oscar II,
which sailed for Kuropc Baturday for
Ithe purpose of Irylnp lo bring the con
S tib i in Europe to a close. Miss Louise
IMcCown, who was named by the rUcU]
ty to represent the college for som<
reason did not go,?Yorkvlllo Knqulr
er.
THE RADICAL ROAD.
Mr. Ii. L. Tisdalc Protests Ygulnst Ac?
tio? of County Commissioners in
Closing Radical Road.
Editor Daily Item:
Kindly give me space in your col?
umns for a few remarks concerning
the action of the County Board of
Commissioners in regard to their
action in closing a part of the Radical
Road.
The hoard In the first instance or?
dered it closed on the petition of two
interested citizens, neither of whom
or any member of the board taking
the trouble to obtain my wishes or
approach mo in any way on the mat?
ter, yet they knew I and my brother
were constant users of the road.
I at once, with a numerously sign?
ed petition, had them to rescind their
action until they could get the law
from their attorney, who, they say,
told them that they could not close a
road unless the road had become
useless. If this is law the board has
to abide by it. ft is possible (but 1
hope not) that the board saw fit to
take the word of two men against my?
self and the numerous sig' jrs of tho
petition, as to whether the road had
become useless or not. As I under?
stand it the Board of County Com?
missioners have to take the evidence,
read the law and without any discrim?
ination as to the parties concerned, act
accordingly.
That they have overstepped the
right the law gives them in this case
I am certain; and by this carelessness,
weakness, or whatever you may term
it, they are making me pay out mon?
ey It protect my rights; rights which
they, when they take the oath of of?
fice, are sworn to protect. Whether
they have, according to law and evi?
dence, protected myself and the
signers of that petition (all user.3 o?*
the road), I leave for them to say. I
say according to their own statement,
published in your paper '(Item) or
December 8, they have not.
Respectfully,
H. L. Tisdale.
Sumter, Dec. 9.
UNION BIBLE CLASS.
First Meeting to Be Held on January
2ml-?W. W. Rowland First Presi?
dent.
At a meeting of the committee from
the 1 ii , classes of the city
on Sunday tfternoo ? union Bible
clues v.r:s formed U known as t!;?*'
i de Class Pedei it . W. W. Rov
lend, president of Wesley-MoLeod
F'ible class of Trinit> Methodist church
was elected president and the presi?
dents of the Bible classes of the oth
t churches were chosen an vice presi?
dents. Mr. S. F. Stoudomlro was
Chosen secretary of the association.
Mr. Rowland will serve as president
For three months, when he will be
succeeded by the vice presidents in j
turn, each succeeding the other.
The first meeting will be held at
Trinity Church on January 2nd at 3.30
O'clock and Judge T. B. Fraser has
been asked to make the address. At
this meeting and subsequent meetings
the next placo of meeting*will be an?
nounced. Tho decision as to the place
und time is left with the executive
committee. Much interest has been
Shown in the organization of this
union Bible class, which la not con
lined to the members of the Bible
classes in the various churches, but is
open t? any young or old man In the
0i|as lllbo mill ??! 1 H l i
city who will attend, all being cor?
dially invited.
TO IMPROVE TRAIN SERVICE.
Railroad Commission Mot'CS to Re?
store Local Service on Southern.
Columbia, Dec. lb?The railroad
commission today took up the mat?
ter of restoring the local service on
the Southern railway between Char?
leston and Columbia.
The members of the commission be?
lieve that it Is now time to? restore the
Carolina Special as a through train.
?"?' - .'- "' .'H'l1 '*y-?g - J
Tax Return Notice
I will attend in person or by deputy
at the followir g named places, and on
the dates mentioned, for the purpose
of receiving tax returns, on all per?
sonal propel ty, polls, roads, and dogs:
Tindal, T uesday, January 4. '
Privateer, Wednesday, January 5.
Lev! Siding, Thursday. January 6
Wedge/field j Friday, January 7.
Ciaren tont, Monday, January 10.
Hagofid, Tuesday, January 11.
Kernt>ert, Wednesday, January 12.
Dalaell, Thursday. January 13.
BroRdon, Friday, January 14.
MaC/esville, Monday. January 17.
?SV/Cgo, Tuesday, January 18.
Pleasant Qrove, Wednesday, Januv
ary lib
Shlloh, Thursday, January 20.
Norwood's Cross Roads. Friday,
January 31.
My office will be open for tin* pur
po o of receiving Utx returns from
January 1st. 1916 to February 20th,
I u i o, Inclusive.
R, E. WILD ICR,
County Auditor
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MEN?
or a woman among women by
starting an account at our Sav?
ings Department and deposit
weekly.
^ When you can truthfuliy say
"I am saving a little each week"
your success is assured.
1$ 4 per cent interest allowed.
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The National Bank of
Sumter,
ESTABLISHED 1889
"SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS"
1905 1915
The National Bank of South
Carolina.
RESOURCES $825,000.00
Largest B&nfr in Eastern Soy'h Carolina
See our last report. Your neighbor s bank. Way
not yours. It pays to patronize.
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