The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 30, 1916, Image 2
POLICE FORCE REM KMBFJl F. U.
Christmas was not allowed to pass
by a number of the friends of the
Semter police force without their be
stov. log He.me gift to remind them that
they were remembered at this glad
season of the year.
As usual the city supplied each of
the force with a turkey for his
Chrtstmaa dinner, a gift that always
comes in handy and Is much appreci?
ated. Dr. R. 8. Truesdato of Trinity
church seat the Police department a
kindly letter of greeting which was
mufh appteelated. 8am Lee. the
Chinese le*indrymsn, sent the force a
package of tea front the oriental
kingdom and other Chinese products,
Mr. W B. Upaher contributed a
crate of oranges, which were heartily
?njoyeu Quit* a number of mer?
chants and eltisene made gifts of
cigars, ameng them being Recorder
R War fry, Phillips and Company. Mr.
It. Dealer' :>e. Mitchell's Drug Store,
afr an* Mm A A. Strauss, Mr. I. C.
Strauss. J. P. Maurer, L E. White.
Mtberl's Drug Store, Oeo. D.^Levy and
Om. H. Hi rat. These gifts aided tho
for*e tn remaining on duty while
everybody else was taking a holiday
In erdsr to Insure the public safety
and the property of citizens from
molestation
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Deedi of Boye* Ramsey.
The body of Royce Ramsey, who
was killed Sunday afternoon by a
train In Florida, arrived In Sumte;
this morning at 9:30 O'clock and
was taken from the station to the
CUfn's burring ground at Privateer,
where the funeral services were held
and the body Interned.
Mr. Ramsey was a native of this
county and lived In Sumter until a
few years aco, when he moved to
Bamberg co inty, where he has been
fanning during the summer. In tho
winter be had for a numbor of years
been working tn Florida and he was
engaged In work there when the acci?
dent occurred which ended his life.
Ho details of the accident have been
veoehred hern.
The deceaued is survived by his
mother, Mrs Wallace Ramsey, who
lives on Corbett street, one brother,
Malt Ramsey, and three sisters, Mrs.
Robert Mellstte. Summerton; Mr*.
Corey house, MOrth Carolina, and Miss
heroics Warn any.
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only a few days' Illness, castir-g gloom
over the ent re neighborhood. Mrs.
Wlieoo was only 39 years of age, the
wife of the senior deacon It. Salem,
Black River church? She was devot?
ed to her ctvirch, and was a kind
neighbor, alw.iys ready to lend a help?
ing hand, especially when there was
sickness or trouble. She was a fine
housekeeper whose hospitality was
unstinted?turly a helpmate to hor
husband. Shu leaves an Inf&nt son, |
rive months o'd. a daughter, 13 years
of age. husband and a large circle of
brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces aud
friends,
The funeral services were conduct?
ed by the pi.stor, the Rev. W. H.
Workman, assisted by tho Rev. M *.
Drier of the Mayesvlllo church
eotu> ft. Wilson Deed.
gjsjgsBjreni Tggji UsnrM?
WAoi sfcsd yesterdtiy. after
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SI M il 1H MEN SHOT AT.
1'arty in mi Urogdon Sprinkled With
Shot at Georgetown.
Georgetown, Dec. 26.?While they
were en route to Mrs. Esther La
Brucc's place for a day's shooting.
Messrs. Jake Urogdon. D. It. White
and 8. M. Bryan, of Sumter, had a
peculiar experience. Some party or
parties fired a shotgun at their auto?
mobile, sprinkling tho backs of the
occupants with shot. Fortunately no
one was seriously hurt. Messrs. Brog
don, White and Hryan left for George?
town early today for tho hunt. When
about three miles out of town on the
shell road, they passed a wagon driv?
en by a colored man. In the wagon,
the hunters state, were two youn?;
white men. They had not gone far
down the road when their aut~?mo?
oile was fired upon. They stopped
the machine and turned around. As
they approached the wagon, they
claim the young men got out and ran
Into tho woods. The hunters went
half a mile up the road and tried to
secure the services of the chain gang
dogs, but as there was but ono guard
on outy he could not leave with the
hounds. Failing in this attempt the
r. cn returned to Georgetown and to
nVht are making further efforts to
locate the guilty party or parties.
News Notes from Bcmbert.
Rembert. Dec. 26.?Rev. James
F.ussel of Chester, will preach at
Eethesda Sunday, December 31st, at
11:30 a* m. Let every one come
o it and hear a good sermon.
Christmas is here with its good
cheer. Four dlnlngs is the Imit to?
day: At S. W. Alien s, W. R. Thomp?
son's, W. H. Freeman's and T. R.
Moody's. Do you think I can stand
It? I can't attend 'cm all, but if I
was four good men I'd have a time.
Mr. E. B. "Watson ran down to
Wedgefleld yesterday, Sunday, to visit
his brother.
Miss Emma Allen of Columbia, Mr.
L. E. Strother and family of Chester,
Mr. Archie Shaw and wife of Syra?
cuse arc visiting relatives and friends
in our community.
Miss Edna Davis of Charleston is
with us again.
Small grain crops, wheat and oats,
with increase in acreage are looking
well.
The health of our community is
sph?ndUd^_><^'^^^^
?~~TTm"8ethe^^ and
the day school of Statebarg united in
appropriate exercises with a Christ?
mas tree loaded with presents at the
church Friday night, December 22.
Mr. Charles Dunlap and family and
Mr*. Willie Dunlap have moved to
your city.
Licenses have been Issued to the
following eouplos: Rawley Barkley
and Miss Jessie McLeod. Tlndal; J.
A. Edens and Miss Pansy McClam,
Lynchburg; John Wallace and Miss
Dora Ard, Sumter. Colored couples
to secure licenses were: Junior
Dwyer and Morlah Wright, Wedge
field; Jno. R. Cantey, Tlndal, and
Viola Jackson, Sumter; Henry Taylor
and Daisy Rouse, Mayesville; Warren
Moore and Ada Frlerson, Dalzcll.
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1. I'M RF. It MILL III'II MOD SUNDAY.
Booth-Parker Saw Mill Near Romini
Destroyed by l ire?Loss Intimated
at $1,000.
The Booth-Parker saw mill near
Remini was destroyed by lire early
Sunday morning, causing a loss esti?
mated at about $1,000 without any
insurance to cover. The entire mill,
which was the larger one owned by
the company, was lost. The saw mill
was on the Manning "Plneland Place"
near Bernini. A small amount of
lumber was burned with the mill, not
sufficient to cause any great loss.
The mill wae owned by Messrs. J.
P. Booth, H. E. and T. H. Parker of
this city.
One Charity Different From Another
Charity.
(Dr. C. C. Brown.)
To be left motherless is a great
misfortune, but not the sorest that
can befall a child. To have a mother
who is a cast-a-way?whose name the
child cannot bear?of whom the
ehlld must be ashamed in the after
years?this is misfortune heaped up?
on misfortune.
Something over a half mile from
my home, out in the Columbia sub?
urbs, is the Rescue orphanage, whose
representative in the State is our
brother, Rev. Carlil* Courtenay. The
trustees and managers, all good and
kindly men, live here In Columbia,
and Mr. W\illiam Devant, the active
superintendent, lives in a house at
the entrance to the grounds.
My first visit, some months ago,
wa? made in obedience to an invita?
tion to preach to the children. Since
then, upon the least provocation, my
car turns its head in that direction,
and I find myself loving to go there.
When a visitor comes in, and I need
entertainment for him, I take him to
ride*?out to the Rescue orphanage.
I wartt everybody to know the place'
to nee It. When I go there the chil?
dren gather about me?maybe be?
cause now and then I give some of
them a ride?and seem to want me
to talk to them. There are now a
hundred and twelve of them from nil
sections of the State, of all sizes and
uges up to fourteen or fifteen years.
In the front porch, which is prop-1
erly screened, there are six or eight
little beds with high sides, and in
each Is a chatterlnr ehlld, rolling
frmn~r*TaT"fo slHU, * oT nmBII\3rto~th<
railing In the effort to stand up. A
few of them I know by name?
George and Moss and Sumter and
Ljo and Ruby and Jappe. Their sur?
names I have never heard. In fact
they are supposed to have no sur?
names. Their mothers in some cases
aro harlots or drunkards or human
wrecks of some kind, whose names
would be but a curse to them. In
one bed I uncovered the head of a*
tiny baby, only a day or two old, that
had been picked up at the union sta?
tion. Out in front of the main build?
ing the yard was alive with boys and
girls All around is the farm, the
gard?n, the chicken yards?in all of
which the little ones are being
taught to work, so as to bring In
some revenue to the institution and
to make themselves of some worth.
Msvny of those little ones must
hear the burden of a curse for which 1
they are not responsible. The in?
iquities of father and mother fell
upon them. To the grave, whether!
It be near or far, they must earry a
secret which they themselves cannot
explain about father and mother. Tf
they had not been gathered into this
home thoy would soon have taken
their places in that dull line which
marches on to fill up the ranks of
thieves and prostitutes. A thought?
ful and helpful charity has thrown
an Institution across their pathway,
in which they find shelter from im?
pending evils.
To one side is the last building
erected, a combined school and chap?
el, and here it is that faithful women
are seeking to make good the ab?
sence of mother. Now and then
some loving soul, whose home Is
childless, is allowed to adopt one of
the little fellows, according to cer?
tain prescribed legal forms?to
make the adopted one a child, but
not a Nervant. In this way the
number of inmates is kept down to
the capacity of the institution. I
have seen a childless mother stand
there among the little ones, and look
on and wonder?and weep. And
>ure It is enough to movo any heart
that Is not callous beyond all feeling
j?to stand there nnd gaze upon thetn
and hear their prattle, and think how
little they know of the fearful handi?
cap with which they begin life. One
comes away assured that there is no
superior charity anywhere: that this
is the supremest?n whole flock of
little ones, not only to he made Into
nomethlng by kindly teaching, but
first to be unmade and, In many
cases, to be taui'ht nway from all
that they have ever learned. To
make real man out of one of tho
boys; to give strength to his life an 1
uprightness to his character; to dig
out and uproot nil the evils of his
! antecedent history; to blot out
'mother and father from his life?to
do aH this would be worth a king's
ransom, and yet this is the task set
b ;fore the institution.
To maintain the "home;" to fur?
nish food and clothing:; to pay the
teichers; to enlarge the scope of
the work?this is the task of Mr.
d urtenay, who is one of my neigh?
bors. I am not allowed to see a
great deal of him. He is away from
his home a large part of his time, go- !
ing to the churches of every creed
and faith and telling the story of
want and woe. Some pastors in the
State, not knowing the facts, or not
caring, or not willing to aid an in?
stitution not fostered by some spe?
cific religious denomination, aro very
chary about allowing Mr. Courtenay
to speak in their pulpits. He has to
write letters ahead, and get permis?
sion to speak where he can. He al?
ways gets help where he can get a
hearing. If the pastors only knew
the facts; if they could look just
once down into the eyes of the little
children, Mr. Courtenay would re?
ceive a welcome everywhere; and If
the masses of the people knew the
facts, no mail would come to Colum?
bia without bringing some sort of
help for the Rescue home, \
Boxes of clothing and shoes, and
even toys, or tools and pieces of
cloth, of anything that children could
use, would all be acceptable. The
mere opening of a box, with the chil?
dren striding around, would give
sprightly variety to life's dull rou?
tine of work and school, with occas?
ional play about the yard. But
money to buy food is the chief est |
need these days. The cost of main?
tenance is about nine hundred dol?
lars monthly. The board of man?
agers is composed of some of our best
citizens, and they give time and
thought and money to the orphan?
age. If friends were to arise every?
where, whose charity would respond
to the sorest calls for help, the in?
stitution could go on in tho accom?
plishment of a still larger task. It
has about reached the limit of its
^ability to provide accommodation for
inmates, and halt must be called un?
til additional room is arranged.
In the midst of our abundance our |
hearts ought to be moved to help j
these meek-eyed little souls who :
have nothing, and less than nothing.
I wish I knew how to writ? a word
that would serve as a key to thou?
sands of human hearts in South
Carolina.
_^Jg^lfcJ^fir^^addres8ed to Rev. Carlile
Courtenay, Columbia, will reach him
with its gift, and the consciousness
of having made the gift will bring
rest and satisfaction to tho heart of
the giver. i
Columbia, S. C.
Johnson-Flowers.
On Sunday evening just at cand'e
light, at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. H.
Li. Johnson, of Turbcville, their onlv
daughter, Miss Clara Orilla, became
the wife of Mr. Thomas Evans Flow
ors of this city. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev, Dukes of the
Pine Grove Methodist church of
Turbeville in the presence of a num?
ber of relatives and friends. On
Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Flowers mo?
tored from Turbeville to Sumter,
which will bo their home.
Among those present at the wed?
ding were Mrs. A. O. Johnson, St.
George; Mr. and Mrs. Bill McBride,
Lynchl'Urg; Miss Bertha Turbeville,
Mullins; Miss Pearl Turbcville, Rock
Hill; Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Buddin,
Timmonsvllle; Mr. Danie Reynolds.
Pinewood; Messrs. Ray Curtis. Rob?
bie Barwitk, Ernest, Hampton and
Miss Viola McDeod of Paxville; Mis;
Aletha Dennis and Clarissa Dennis,
Columbia; Ferdinand and Albertus
Stone of Paxville.
Many good wishes follow the bride
and groom to their new home.
Death of a Child.
Pinewood, Dec. 27.?Roy, the four
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Stack, died Saturday night at
o'clock after an illness of a few days.
Marriage.
Miss Jessie McDeod and Mr. Raw
ley Barkley of Tindal were married
Wednesday afternoon in his office by
Clerk of Court H. D. Scarborough.
The ceremony was performed In the
presence of a few relatives of the
contracting parties.
Addition to Christmas Fund.
The following additions have been
rereivod to Christmas poor fund:
Previously acknowledged.. ..$701.50
Mitchell's Drug Store.
Miss Elizabeth White. 1.06
T. E. White.50
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Geo H. Hurst.
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To The Planters
of Sumter County
We want you to call upon us before you
buy your Fertilizers this season.
We can and will save you money.
Fertilizer materials are higher propor?
tionately than mixed goods.
It will pay you to talk it over with us be?
fore you bu?.
Respectfully,
HARBY & CO., Inc.,
SUMIER. S. C.
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You Need Money for Next Christmas.
Hnw i? S An Easy Way to Get it
nere is | A Sufe Wgy tQ Haye ^
Join Our Christmas Savings Club which
starts December 18, 1916.
In Class 5, pay 5c the first week, 10c the 2nd week, 15c the 3d
week and so on for 50 weeks, and wo will give you a check
or a hank book with credit therein two weeks before Christ?
mas for $63.75, plus 4 per cent, interest per annum.
Or in Class 2, pay 2c the llret week, 4c the 2nd week, 6c the 3d
week, and so on for 50 weeks, and we will give you a check
or a bank book with cro?t therein two weeks before Christ?
mas for $25.50,'plus 4 per cent, interest per annum.
Or in Class 1, pay lc the 1st week, 2c the 2nd week, 3c the 3rd
week, and so on for 50 weeks, and two weeks before Christ?
mas we will give you a check or a bank book with credit
therein for $12.75, plus 4 per cent interest per annum.
You may join Class 50 and ]?ay 50c each week for 50 weeks,
making a total of $25.00, plus 4 per cent, interest per annum.
You may Join Class 100 and pay $1.00 each week for 50 weeks,
making a total of $50.00, plus 4 per cent, interest per annum.
You may join Class 200 and pay $2.00 each week for 50 weeks,
making a total of $ 100.0(', plus 4 per cent, interest per an?
num.
Payments Must be Made Every Week,
or May be Made in Advance.
Can you think of an easier way to provide money for Christmas?
.loin yourself?C.et everyone ii the family to join, tihow this to
your friends and get them to johl.
The National Bank of
Sumter,
3UMTER, S. C.
"Where Your Savings Grow."
THE OLD RELIABLE
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\ \ Extends greetings to its numerous friends and
jj patrons, and wishes their ^very blessing
\\ ihe New Year Can Bring.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
The National Bank ol
South Carolina
$1,071,31)7.25 LEADERS
Our steady growth tolls the story
?New accounts each day?The Largest
bank in this section ot the State.
Safety Itnt. Preparedness all the
time. Vour patronage we want.
C. G. ROWLAND
H. L. MeOYY
Caviar