The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 21, 1918, Image 5
CIRCUS STARS
FROM EVERY
MAY W1RTH Coming with KiBglin^,
Bros.
Every ousrter of the globe has con
tributed its quota to this season's
program of Ringling Brothers' circus.
From the mammoth * spectacle of
knighthood and chivalry. "In Days of
Old,." which opens the program, to
the final hippodrome races, ihere is
little that is not absolutely new and
novel.
There is May Wirth. Australia's
royal rider, and everywhere hailed as
the greatest woman equestrian who
ever lived. M:ss Wirth is assisted by
the famous Wirth family. There is
Lily Lietzel, the world's greatest
aerial gymnast. From Iceland comes
Johannes and his stalwart company
^f wrestlers in exhibitions of *'glima,"
the Norseman's method of self-de
fense. Among* the scores of daring
riding acts none contains more thrills
than that introduced by Tan Mac
Pherson and his band of Scots. The
entire clan pitches camp in the great
main tent and gives exhibitions of tha
most startling nature. Hillary Long,
who skates on his head in mid-air, ap
pears in the^ same number with the
Melnot^es and the Ortons. slaek-wire
marvels* who perform?not r.ear the
ground, but at the very tent top.
Aside from men and women artists
there will be Alf. LoyaTs wonderful
dogs, including "Tooue." a canin<>
who leaps like a man. catches knives
in his mouth while riding a gallop-j
ing horse and said to be the most
wonderful dog in the world. There!
will be troupes of marvelously trained
seals, dogs and cats, rabbits and doves
in a remarkable exhibition of dumb
brute intelligence, bears and monkeys
that skate and play upon musical in
struments, and whole bands of know
ing Shetland ponies especially trained
for the benefit of the youngsters.
These are but a few of the wonders
that will be exhibited when Ringling
Brothers- come here Thursday, Octob
er 3.?Acvt.
Farmers Can Exelia-nge*Soed for Meal
Columbia. Sept. lr.-^ho food ad
ministration has issued the following
bulletin:
Concerning the exchange of seed,
for meal, the following has been
agreed upon by the advisory commit
tee of farmers and crushers:
--5. farmer can exchange meal for
seed and get the amount or meal con
tained in the seed delivered. This is
940 pounds of meal to the ton of
seed. The balance to be paid in mon
ey by the mill. The mills will deliv
er pro rata additional meal as they
may have. _
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We Grind Lenses, examine the
eyes scientifically and fit eye
glasses perfectly. Let us work
for you.
We havo all prescriptions
on file. Broken lenses replac
ed promptly. \ Graduate Opto
metrist and Optician in charge.
W. A. Thompson,
JEWRf.R. & X>PTOMl "TRYST.
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN.
j To Begin With Mass Meeting on Sep
tember 27?Committees Named.
i To the Citizens of Sumter County:
Under directions of the federal
government we are instructed to open
the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign
on Friday, September 27th, and to
J continue same through Saturday, Oc
; tober 19th. The amount to be raised
?j this time is heavily in excess of our
last assessment and while the defi
nite allotment has not yet been made
it is probable that the amount will be
around $700,000.0') for Sumter coun
ty and the duration of the campaign
has been limited to the a,bove period
of time.
It is therefore a mutter of the ut
most importance that we lose no time
and in consequence it has been de
cided to open the campaign here with
a large mass meeting at 11 o'clock
on the morning of the 27th instant, at
the opera house, at which time it is
earnestly requested that every man,
woman and child, white and colored,
in Sumter county, be present and
subscribe to the maximum ability for
these bonds. It would save the loy
al soliciting committees a world of
work if the total , amount could be
raised on the first day of the cam
paign. The allotment must be sub
scribed; there is no way over it, nor
under it, norraround it, and we had
just as well do it cheerfully and
promptly at once instead of delaying
the matter. *
Subscriptions will be received un
der identically the same conditions as
in the preceding campaign for the
Third Liberty loan, viz: the banks
will carry 90 per cent, of the amount
of your subscription at the interest
rate of 6 per cent, per annum until
.April 1st. 1019, upon payment by the
subscriber of the remaining 10 per
cent cash.
It is especially desired that the
farmers of Sumter county subscribe
liberally to these bonds. This is ex
pected by the federal government. .If
you want to buy lands there is no bet
ter collateral for you to put up than
Liberty Loan bonds, so that you can
kill .two birds with one stone. Buy
the bonds and use them as collateral
for the money with which to nego
tiate your real estate purchases.
In the event that any individual is
unable to get to the mass meeting at
the county seat on the 27th instant
you are earnestly requested to com
municate with the chairman or any
member of his committee in your
township or precinct and hand him
your subscription to be announced at
the above meeting.. For the purpose
of expediting this work I have ap
pointed the following committees to
date. Additional, committees will be
appointed in the immediate future.
Publicity Committee?P. G. Bow
man, chairman; Raymond Schwartz,
A. S. Harby, E. L Reardon.
Soliciting Committees.
City of Sumter?H. Harby, chaiJ:
man; L A.. Ryttenburg, vice chair
man and secretary.
Ward 1?R. S. Hood, Captain; D.
R. McCallum, J. J. Brennan, R. L.
McLeod, R. D. Epps. R. J. Bland.
Ward 2?W. A. Bryan, Captain; P.
"Moses, Geo. G. Tweed, F. E. Hinnant.
H. P. Moses, Hi -Lf Tisdale.
Ward 3?S. R. Chandler, Captain;
Julian A. Raffield, J W. Jackson, E.
E. Austin, Raymon Schwartz, F. M.
Moise.
Ward 4?Bartow. Walsh, Captain;
Jos. M. Chandler.'^V. L/ Boyle, R. K.
Wilder, T. D. Forbes, S. K. Rowland.
Oswego SectiOre'-'of Sumter Town-'
ship?E. C. Brown, Chairman; J. W.
McCoy, M. H. Andrews, M. M. Brown,
B. M. Oliver.
Mayesville Township, White Com
mittee?C. E. Mayes, Chairman; Rob
er Muldrow, J. H. Wilson, J. W.
Spencer, Rev. R. L. Grier. M. C.
Mayes, J. F. Bland, L. C. Tisdale.
Colored Committee M. E. Church
?Rev. A. R. Howard, Chairman; Alex
Stuckey, A. T. Wilson/
Colored Committee, Baptist Church
?M. J. Sumter, Chairman; Ernest
Wilson, Eddy McCutchen, S. J. Price.
Rafting Creek Township?C M.
Emanuel, Chairman: R. M. HiUiej
brand,.J. L. Irby, J. A. Reames, Peter
James. Dr. M. S. Kirk, It. E. Atkin
son. P. B. Emanuel.
Middleton Township?Dr. M. L.
Parier, Chairman; J. J. Geddings.
Sam Weinberg, W. T. Brown. E. E.
Aycock, H. M. McLaurin.
Manchester Township?B. T. Kolb
Chairman; L. E. Avin, Robert Christ
mas. F. M. Coulter.
Shiloh Township?W. W. Ounnbig
ham. Chairman; J. C McElveen, W.j
W. Green. I. M. Truluck, T. J. Keels.
S. J. Wilson.
Concord Township?J. P. Brittom
Chairman: Clarence Brunson, J. C.
Brogdon, Joel Davis. J. L. Brogdon.
Stateburg Township.. White Com
mittee?C. J. Jackson. Chairman; W.
FL Freeman. J. Frank Williams, W.
L. Saunders. Geo. Mabry.
Colored Commitee?Rev. R. B
('urry. Chairman; T. B. Wright.
Privateer Township?J. M. Kolb,
Chairman: T. K. Hodge, J. T. Brog
don, H. D. Tindal, FL "H. "Wells, S. A.
Harvin, J. P. Osteen, L. M. Jackson,
s. D: Ca in. C. A. Nettles.
Providence Township?Dr. Bush
McLaughlin. Chairman; S. I\ <lad
lard. M. L. Moore. E. E. Doby, Henry
Renenhaley, J. C. Dunbar, A. C.
Thompson, whit<- Committee.
Colored Committee?Rev. I. W
! i\en. Chairman; Rev. M. J. Jackson.
Seymour Howard.
Note the above committees careful
ly and if you cannot be present in
person at the mass meeting on the
27th instant do not fail to send in
your subscription by some member of
lie- committee. An attractive pro
gramme for the meeting has been ar
ranged, da*- notice of which will ap
pear, in this papei in the next day or
t wo.
H. J. M'LAURTN, JR.,
County Chairman.
Dublin, Aug. 25 (Correspondence)
---The number of unemployed in this
city during the winter months has in
creased during the period of the war,
according i<> a i'i-\?>vt of the National
Relief Fund. Instead of ameliorating
seasonal I.-?T?or conditions in urban dis
tricts the war b.-is accentuated 'them
Jim report .says. In rural district:
there is virtually no unemployment.
I HOW SPECTACI/ES v ARK EE
HEARSED.
Producing Circus Extravaganzas is
Gigantic Task Requiring Whole
Corps of Stage Managers?-Ring
lings Present Big Pantomime.
Keeping track of a cast of more
than a thousand actors and several
hundred horses is far from an easy
task and people frequently ask how
this feat is accomplished by those
who direct Ringling Brothers' gi
gantic production of "In Days of
Old." Like all other things in con
nection with a circus, it is purely a
matter of system.
Let it he supposed that the reader
is attending a rehearsal of the big
pantomime. On an elevated pint
form, placed in front of the stage
stands tho director general surround
! cd by his assistants. These assistants
include the master of th? ballot, the
superintendent of vehicles, director
of foot and mounted guards, master
of the horse, chief electrician, mas
ter and mistress of wardrobe, mas
ter of properties and trappings, the
stage director, ana a number of oth
er lieutenants.
While the director general is per
sonally acquainted with some mem
bers of the gigantic cast, he for the
most part knows the players solely j
by groups and visions. He thinks in j
l>ig numbers. He may say ''Bring on |
the king's guards." And since he
must at all times keep the entire pro- I
duction in mind this, to him, means :
merely a company of plumed and j
beited men mounted on coal black j
chargers. But the master of tho i
mounted guards, who has personally ?
trained this division, knows' every
guard by name; yes and every hors?. I
He has drilled them individually. The j
director general rehearses them sole- j
ly as a single unit in a great ensem- j
ble. "Give us the amber flood lights."'
calls the director. He knows the ef
fect that he wants, but it is the chief
electrician who is alone famil?ar with
every switch and lamp which must be
operated to produce the result re
quired.
"There should be four more sets of
girls in that waltz of flowers," comes
from the director general. Imme
diately there is a consultation be
tween the master of the ballet and i
the mistress of the wardotr, and by |
the time the rehearsal again calls j
for the young ladies who appear in !
this particular portion of the spec- i
tacle, the "four more sets" are there,!
dressed in just the right costumes.
The director general of this sea-I
son's spectacle, which will opert the!
main tent program when the1'circus
exhibits here Thursday, October 3 is
Charles Ringling. ., i. ?
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Colored Teachers* Institute.
Through the kindness of the Coun
ty Board, after a petition from some'
of the teachers led by Rev. W. J.
Gregg. Prof C. A. Lawsori anS'i con- j
ducted an institute of.ten days',-which j
proved very successful. About 30 j
teachers were regular in atteriaance.
An outline of the work is -j?^8?rt^ws. <
all oral work and made very, practi
cal.
The higher branches reviewed by
Principal Lawson were. Algebra, Ad
vanced Arithmetic, Civil Government.
Advanced,-Orammac? -
We took up in a very simple )and
prwactical way:
r Ch'tVd Study?The parent, the teach
er, the child.
Psychology?The intellect, feeling,
will.
Nature Studies?God, earth, plants.
History?Settlement, wars, govern
ment.
Geography?Mathematics, political,
commercial.
Agriculture?The beginning, ad
vancement, results.
Spelling?Diaeriticals, v rules, pro- ,
nunciation.
Reading?Oral, silent, concert, tone,
manner.
Language?How to begin, parts^oi"
speech. sentc nee building.
Number work?How to begin, j
Through fractions.
School Management ? Discipline,]
cooperation, love.
Programme?As to equally divid
ing, neglect of primary work.
Current News?The kind, and
source.
Physiology?The body, organs and
functions.
Hygiene?Care of the body and or- j
gans.
Sanitation?The premises and pub
lie places.
From Oct. 13th 191."3 Winter Work.
We also gave 'a summary of ths
work of the county, both winter and
summer. Space will not allow us to
be elaborate and make special men
tion of aid from lrionds. We can
only, in this, give figures.
Number of school visited." ISO.
Number of visits paid, 2S4.
Enrollment, 7,222.
. Sewing bags, garments and other
articles, J.G'.C!.
Number of schools extending term.
A O
O ?> .
Number of pupils to finish the 3
years' industrial course, G.
Number of teachers to finish the S j
years' course, .'}.
Money raised for winter work ?2.
49r?.40.
Summer Work Crom 1?J6 to 1?18.
Enrollment, G$7.
Visits made. 4 7.
Articles and bags. 1.740.
.Money raised, $1SG,00.
Total garments and articles, sum
mer and winter. 6.442.
Total amount of money raised, $2^-!
<;si.4 0,.'.
Vegetables and fruits canned. 1.
G44 quarts.
We thank- all who have helped to
bring about these results. Not more
ih.tti half of tli<- teachers are work
ing. If we can <l<> this with half at
work, what splendid results we would
have if we could but persuade all to
do their duty?
We pray, and earnestly look for
ward to the time when all will be in
terested in doing their duty whether
the par is little or much.
L. Bragg Anthony. M. D..
Co. Supervisor of Color Schools.
Misses Prances DeLorme, Mary
Ada Booth. Marian Bafllcld and
Dorothy Burns left yesterday morn
ing for Winthrop Co'lege.
FARMER'S SPEC?AL
FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND.
"AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK"
?cd* Gas
eaeaasagasaag
That one feature gives the FULTON a mileage lecord hitherto unheard of in
a ton and a half truck.
Twelve to fourteen miles per gallon! And that's only a conservative
AVERAGE! /
This "triple-heating"1 translates the 3as"t iota of gas energy into useful driving
power. And that means LESS WASTE ? GREATER MILEAGE - LOWER
OPERATING COST.
The Truck for the Former -The Truck for the Merchant.
FULTON gas is first heated at the car
buretor?as is the case in most trucks.
It gets a second heating by being ]ed
through the cylinder-block between the
hot firing cylinders.
Then---already double-healed-?it is sent
into the cylinders through a subdivision
of the "Exhaust-Contact Manifold. "
Thee dealings! Each at an increased
temperature!
And the longer the motor runs the less
gas it uses in proportion.
William Fulton Melhuish, known among
motor truck men the country over, has
built the FULTON to handle the greatest
amount of business in the most economi
cal Trav. ,
The Standard Oil Company, the Texas
Oil Company and other large fleet opera
tors are buying FULTOXS in preference to
other makes alrecdy in iheir service.
We are the largest exclusive manufac
turers of one and a half ton trucks in the
country.
Our entire organization is devoted to
building all that is best in a truck of this .'
particular size. Investigatcthe FULTON
point by point. Chassis price, $1620
f. o. b. Farmingdale.
Although the FULTON has a one luflF5
one half ton capacity, this truck made a
remarkable two week?s run from Sumter
to Or?ngeburg and then up through the
Piedmont section, loaded with a concrete
test block weighing 4260 lbs.?1260 lbs.
over weight of the FULTOX'S capacity.
Send for booklet "Triple-Heated Gas
ANCHOR AUTO & TRUCK CO.,
STATE DISTRIBUTORS
37 WEST LIBERTY STREET SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA
MEETIXG OF COCXTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL.
Discussion as to [laving the State Con
vention Here in ."May.
At a meeting of the officers of the
Sumter County Sunday School Asso
ciation yesterday at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms, the following plans
wore made:
'i. To raise ?i7"? for the State and
county associations.
il. Tu obtain a full report from
every Sunday school in the county.
To have a county convention
Ihe last "i .June.
?I. To have the six districts; have
their district convention as follows:
a. District 1 ? Mr. W. G. Moore,
president, at Sumter on October 1 !.
b. District 11?Air. W. M. Free
man, president, at Horeb on Oct. S.
c. District Hi ? Mr. R. .1. Kolb.
president, at Reid School on Oct. L5.
d. District IV Mr. \V. 10. Mc
McLeod, president, at Mayesville, on
'October D
District V?Mr. W. M. Davis.
I 'resident. on < ?ctober
Distrikt \l -M'. .1. IT. Wilson, pres
ident, on < ?ctobei 1
Mr. Webb, tin- Sfcr e secretary, v..'.s
present and helped a greal deal in
making p'ans for the year.
At a meeting of tin- business men
and several ministers at Chamber of
Ccmmerce of Sumter at <;.l"'. the
question oi' bringing tin- State conven
tion here in M iy was discussed; All
agreed that we wanted tie- conven
tion; inj: thai tb<- housekeepers had
so little liclf now. it was decided to
wait until ihe pastors <?!' the various
churches could find out if the mom
lx rs of the churches were willing to
undertake it.
Tie- Sumter Chamber of i"oi?iavert>?
\\:\y : '?.juested to vrrit?? tbe pastors
of the'S?mter churches requesting
them to have this matter discussed
and voted on by their congregation:
rext Sun.lay. and to report next Mon
day to the secretary ot* the Chamber
of Commerce what the attitude of the
i tembers of the several congregations
is toward the advisability and prac
ticability of the citizens of Sumter
undertaking ;<> entertain this conven
Ixion during the war when sleeping
accommodations are limited, and the
[servant problem is such as to cause
fserious inconvenience in entertain
j mem or visitors.
I Mr. v\vi>i> explained*that the South
Carolina Sunday School convention
delegates do not ask Tor free enter
tainment, but come prepared to pay
their way.
If the thousands of church mem
bers of Sumter feel that they rro in a
position. Or will In* next May to cuter
tain about five or six hundred dele-j
gates, and vole to invite the conven-j
tion to Sumter, then they must make
up their minds to ;;o into the enter-;
lainnient in a whole hearted manner.1
and work for homes for the visitors]
as well as entertaining them in their i
own homes. U will be necessary tor:
tho business men <n* Sumter to as-!
some the responsibility of raising net
less than seven hundred and five dol
lars for expenses of publicity", paying j
ihe expenses of out-of-town speakers.
::n<] other necessary mils. Those who]
desire to entertain delegates free are
at liberty of course, lo do so. but the |
Sotith Carolina Sunday School Con- J
vetu jon adopt, d ??. sein:ions last year!
t>i so thai all visiting delegations j
Should pay their way.
Miss Elizabeth Lesesne lefl this
morning Cor Lyn eh burg. S'a.. where
will attend 'landolph Macon Wo
ruan'.s College ibis winter.
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ROUT IX MACEDONIA.
Serbian and French Troops Pushing;
Bulgarians Day and Night.
London, Sept. 19.?The Bulgarians
in flight in Macedonia are burning
military stores and also villages, ac
cording to a Serbian official state
ment received here.
Allied troops have now advanced
more than twelve miles. In their
progress so far they are unable to
count prisoners and booty. The Bul
garians are defeated completely. The
Serbian troops are pushing them day
and night.
Serbian-French troops have taken
the towns of Topolets, Potsheishta,
Messishta Melynitsa, Vitolishta,
Uasimbey. and also the heights of
K uchkov Kanamem.
Married.
Last night. Sept. IS. at S o'clock at
the Presbyterian Manse. Miss Marene
l-Iinson of Alcolu and Mr. C. B. Splnks,
Jr., of Charleston, were married.
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