The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 03, 1916, Image 4
D. Bull, who for tlio
JBnt tat to year* has filled the position
efteeatstaat reeeer of St. John'? Pariah
B? lata <*ty and more recently rector
Church la St Steph?
ana" Christ's
Blatt aaa the mission ti
aa as o eat id the flatter
it rector of the
Charlestor,
win he sail nie tin with the
Weep. Mr. Ball bee had
for earns time
to one of the Oieenvllls
hat oonoluded to fa te Chat
ha la well known ami
Ob Sunday aus. at
lenJon service at BL
$mm\% at the morning service at1
anarch, Mara Bluff and In
St St. John's again ha of.
I areeihed. later btddln?
aeiwwetl as has host of) Mends la
whess beet
so wtth Mm into ale now fleht
Caesas,
June 1.?The closing exer
ttaag at the Shlloh school were nnlah
m Jew) abjtnrday. May IT, wtth a ate
of prtase wore awarded
?ttendaeefs. elee for schol
eeaat rmrvthg evw for beet
are. the foiUowing.
prtae. Ray Green, second prtss,
May Player: third prise. Wll
Johnson. and fourth prise.
' Miss Lyaa
^ ~je erinnere wert attB Miss Min
' Bb> May Green and Bay Gteen.
^The deelalmcra eeetteat waa vary
la^ wanting. This an del waa won by
hfMs Myrtle Lee flayer. wluMo Johnnie
MwBirsaa wag a efeee etwond. The
jeweee were Mr. Alleen Ttuluck. Mr.
letsv Flayer asm Mr. Horn.
.1 leaner wan served In the grove at
1'4'eloeft. All present had plenty to
IB* ieet thins on the programme
ejati a fame of baseball between Tur
BBtttJe east Olanta.
Iwa Dee District United Daugh
earn of the Confederacy offers a
at Wissen ? i College
SltS and tattsen good for a
dneea ooarse itor the
atett ISle-lT.
11ns la to be awarded ay n enne of
the Winthrop entrance and com
eettttve examination at the county
eee rt bouse July T to a descendant
at* a Confederate veteran In tlie fob
oss sues: Chesterfield. Dar
DtUon. Florence. Georgetown.
Marian, Marlboro. Sumter and
are no application blanks.
Te apply, applicant writes a person
hi letter, stating her ags (must be
IS years or more), gives an account
of her Confederate ancestry and for?
mer schooling (must be prepared to
enter freshman class), show her In
ebtlt'v to pay for a collage course, and
sands a latter of endorsement from s
president of a chapter U. D. C. sll
this to bs in the hands of Miss Ar
mtde Moses, chairman of education,
Sumter. 8. C. before the date for the
examination.
gives FARWWKM; SKRMON.
Alcolu, May I?.--The Rev. H. K.
Williams, for three years pastor of
the Clarendon Baptist church here,
preached his farewell sermon here
yesterday and will leave tomorrow
morning for Bssley. Picken? county,
where ha has accepted the panto rate
of the First Baptist church. At the
wiornlns service the Rev. and Mra
Wtlltams ware presented with a beau?
tiful cheat of silver from the congre
S*tlon as a token of tbtir apprecia?
tion of the faithful service they ren?
dered during their stay here. They
SO from bora with the prayers and
beat wishes of this church.
Dr. R. W. Lide, of Darllnston. has
aasepted the call to this church and
will fill the pulpit hare on next Sun
ATTENTION SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
WlUrtwtod Sunday School Campaign
for Sumter County.
The whirlwind campaign beginning
Sunday, Juno 4th, should receive the
attention of every person in Sumter
County wha is Interested in Sunday
School work. Six meetinga in three
daya la Intended to reach every Sun?
day School in the County and if every
Sunday School In Sumter County le
not represented at one of the six
meetinga we are going to hold the
meetinga over again and again until
every Sunday School ie represented
at the District Convention.
The order of District Convention
are as folio we:
Providence Church, near Provi?
dence Springs, all day 8unday June
4th.
Wedgefleld Baptist Church 8 P. M.
8unday, June 4th.
Graham Baptist Church, all day
Monday, June 6th.
Preabyteiian Church at Sumter,
Monday night, June Ith. 8 P. M.
Shlloh Church, all day Tuesday,
June ?th.
Presbyterian Church at Mayeeville.
Tueeflajr night 8 P. M.
The) seagram at each meeting will
ha practical^ the same, with euch
changes as are required to meet the
condition* of eaoh meeting; but as
far aa possible the following program
will be adherred to.
Devotional services by the pastor
of the Church.
Duty of the Church to the Sunday
School, and the School to the Church.
Dr. R & Trueedale.
Measuring the Sunday School on
the District Chart By R. D. Webb,
Secretary State Convention.
The Organised Claas at Work, Prof*,
a H. Edmunds. *
The Teen Age. H. L. Blrchardi
Primtry and Cradle Roll Classes.
Miss Mamie Chandler and Miss Agnen
Ravenel, Elementary Superintendent
and sflfcMl 'Secretary of State Sunday
Sehe* Affectation.
Wiest iah* School haa Done. Mrs.
H. W. Beall.
Soul Winning in the Sunday School.
Dr. Jno. A. Brunson.
Statistical reports and business.
Adjournment
Chas. Ia Cuttino,
President County Convention.
CVop SltaaUoei Improved.
Drencrdng rains have feilen during
lie week over the northwestern coun?
ties, and moderate showers only have
occurred ov*r lv r'.. .tal plain, where
much more 4111 needed to ef?
fectually hruuc the revelling drought
C?n the whole, the general crop situa?
tion haa Improved materially, and
corn, truck, gardens and pasturee are
becoming vigorous. Cotton Is coming
to a good stand nearly everywhere,
and some planters have begun chop?
ping. The oat harvest continues, and
wheat reaping will begin aeon. To?
bacco la backward, but Improving.
Sweet potatoes are being transplant
ad.
A Backward Glance.
IeVfa*) News and Courier's black
wareT gtanoee of fifty years ago the
Issue of June 1, 1888, has the follow?
ing, which Is reproduced by that pa?
per today:
"Use Seuntcr News."
"Yesterday wo received the first
number of a newspaper beariug the
above title, published at Sumter, S.
C, by H. I* Darr. The sheet ie a neat
specimen of Mr. Darr*s long experi?
ence in the typographical art, and we
have no doubt that it will be edited
with ability, as the proprietor has
been many years connected with the
editorial management of the Sumter
Watchman, and other papers In this
State. ? ?
This paper afterwards became The
True Southron, which afterwards in
in 1881 united with the Sumter
Watchman which became the Watch?
man and Southron, under which name
the paper is published now.
Mr. W. H. Shelley this morning
received a telegram Informing him
of the death last night of hie broth?
er. Charles W. Shelley, at his. home
at Fair Bluff, N. C. Mr. Shelley was
a prominent farmer of that place. Mr.
W. H. Shelley leaves this afternoon
for Fair Bluff to attend the funeral
> services.
Paxvllle, May 31.?Archie, the five
year old son of Mrs. Mary Rldgill,
died Monday night. The fnueral ser?
vices were held yesterday afternoon
at 6 o'clock at the Paxvllle ceme?
tery, conducted by the Rev. M. J. Ky
ser.
flat short course institute for the
? Club girls of Sumter county
will he held about tbe middle of June
iinsas> the direction of Miss Mary
l>mmon. An effort will be made to
?mtertain ?11 of the girls for the four
lays they will be in the city, and
t hose who have spare rooms will be
helping a most worthy cause if they
will entertain one or more of the girls
I during the Institute.
WHEN CANDIDATES WILL SPEAK
STATE CAMPAIGN OPEN:* IN
SPARTANBURG JUNE 20 AND
CLOSES IN WINNS
BORO.
Columbia. May 29.?The county-to
county canvass of the candidates in
the Democratic party will open at
Spartanburg on Tuesday, June 20, and
wind up at Winnsboro on Saturday,
August 26. The itinerary was given
out here today by a sub-committee of
the State Democratic executive com?
mittee. The last day for filing (ledges
with the State chairman, John Gary
Evans, and paying the assessments to
the treasurer, Wllie Jones, at Colum?
bia, will be noon, on June 19.
The campaign opens at Sparta nburi;
on the 20th, goes to Greenville the
next day, and then to Pickens, Wal?
halla, and closes the first week at An- !
derson, on Saturday, 24th. The party
will tour the western and upper sec?
tion of the Piedmont, then Western.
Carolina, swing through the Pee Dec
and the low country, and wind up in
the right edge of the Piedmont sec?
tion. The first primary will be on
August 29, three days after the coun?
ty-to-county canvass closes. The
campaign party will speak at each of
the 45 county scats in the State.
The sub-committee of the executive
committee announced the following
assessments on candidates to enter
the Democratic primary for 1910: Can?
didates for congress, 1200; for gov?
ernor $100; for railroad commission?
er, $76; and for all other State offi?
cials. Including solicitors, $50.
The schedule of the State campaign
meeting for South Carolina:
Spartanburg, Tuesday, June 20.
Greenville, Wednesday, June 21.
Plckens, Thursday, June 22.
Walhalla, Friday, June 23.
Anderson, Saturday, June 24.
Greenwood, Tuesday, June 27.
Abbeville, Wednesday, June 28.
McCormlck, Thursday, Juno 29.
Lau r ens, Friday, June 30.
Newberry, Saturday, July 1.
Columbia, Tuesday, July 4.
Lexington, Wednesday, July 5.
Saluda, Thursday, July 6.
Edgefleld, Friday, July 7.
Alken, Saturday, July 8.
Bernwell, Tuesday, July 18.
Hampton, Wednesday, July 111,
BeaufOrt, Thursday, July 20.
r Ridgeland, Friday, July 21.
Walterboro, Saturday, July 22.
Charleston, Tuesday, July 25
ti\ George, Wednesday, July iC.
Bamberg, Thurnday. July 27.
Orangeburs, Friday, July 28.
St. Matthews, Saturday, July 29.
Sumter, Tuesday, August 1.
Manning, Wednesday, August t.
' Moncks Corner, Thursday, Aug. 3.
Georgetown, Friday, August I.
Kingstree, Saturday, August 5.
Florence, Tuesday, August 8.
Marion, Wednesday, August 9.
Conway,, Thursday, August 10.
Dillon, Friday, August 11.
Darling* mi, Saturday, August 12.
Blshopvllle, Tuesday, August 15.
Bennettsvllle, Wednesday, Aug. 16
Chesterfield, Thursday, August 17.
Camden, Friday, August 18.
Lancaster, Saturday, August 19.
Union, Tuesday, August 22.
Gaffney Wednesday, August 23.
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NOTICE
Sumter County Summer School for
Taechers.
Session begins June 12th, and lasts
for four weeks. The school will be
in charge of Mr. L. C. Molse and Miss
Linnie McLaurin, and will be held in
one of graded school buildings in
Sumter.
The course of study will include the
following subjects: Algebra, Arith?
metic, English and Writing.
No tuition will be charged. All
teachers, who desire to Improve their
scholarship, and whose certificates'
need to be renewed, should attend.
For further information, write to
or see the county superintendent of
education.
J. H. HAYNSWORTH,
County Superintendent of Education.
NOTICE.
In accordance with the rules of the
Democratic party, notice is hereby
given that the Books of Enrollment
for voting in the primary elections for
the present year, will be opened by
the Secretary of each club, or by the
enrollment committee, at such places
as the several clubs have heretofore
been accustomed to vote, on Tuesday
June 6th, 1916, and will remain open
for the purpose of enrollment until
the last Tuesday in July.
JOHN H. CLIFTON.
Chairman Democratic Clubs of Sum?
ter County.
Sumter, S. C, May 31, 1916.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by Ernest Field, Cot?
ton Buyer.
Good Middling 12 7-8.
Strict Middling 12 6-8.
Middling 12 3-8.
STBct Low Middling 11 7-8.
Low Middling 11 3-8.
HEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yeat'dye
Open High Low Close Glos?
Jan. jv .12.97 13,07 12.89 . 89 13.00
MchV .13.10 .27 .05 .05 .13
July, .12.59 .80 .56 .59 .66
Oct .18.T8 .94 .66 .69 .81
Dec* . .12.93 1 3.09 12.83 #3 ' .86 |
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May, Jone, September and Oc?
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NOTICE.
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Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
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II The Bailey-Lebby Company
II Machinery, Mill and
Plumbing Supplies.
Automobile Supplies and Accessories
j G. & J. Tires and Tubes VEEDOL Oils and Grease
CHABLESTOIT, S. C I
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I "How Much Money !
Must I Have?
You can start an account at the People's Bank
j with any reasonable sum. In the experience of
jj the officers of this Bank they have seen many
jj very small accounts grow into thousands of dol
j lars. Beginning with a small account here?add?
ing to it from time to time you can build-up a
! large account.
May we have your account this week ?
THE PEOPLES BANK.
LOOKING OVER
OUR BOOKS
We find the people using a check?
ing account to excellent advan?
tage include
Corporations Farmers,
Firms, Merchants,
Lawyers, Doctors,
Dentists, Teachers
and Salaried Peopl
of many occupations, xiave you
a checking account ? If not we
invite it.
The National Bank of
Sumter,
ESTABLISHED 1889
"SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS"
The National Bank ol
South Carolina
The Bank with the Big Clock
Correct Time and Correct Methods
None more anxious to please, or
better prepared to serve.
Leaders: Capital Surplus and
Volume. Your account we want.
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Pres. Acting Cash'r.
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EVERY DAY
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have not already succeeded in hand- ;:
ling yours, come in and let us talk it }
over. We might make it to your }
interest.
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SUMTER. S. C.
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
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