The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 19, 1919, Image 5
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PERSONAL.
T. H. Tatum, Esq., of Bishopville,
was in the city Friday on business.
Hon. A. K. Sanders, of Columbia,
was--a -wsitor. in the city Friday.
Mr*." Ar C." Howard, gas engineer for
the local , gas company, spent two
days in "the city this week figuring on
additional equipment to improve the
service of the company.
Mr.^F. B. Burgess of Manning was
itf*Town today on business. '
. Mb. E. M, Wilson of Columbia spent
the- day in town. ?
Mr. LeRoy Colclough has returned
to the city- after ah absence of several
months and is again, with the D. J.
Chandler Clothing Company.
^Judge-vT.. B. Fr?ser delivered an
address before the Railroad Y. M. C.
Av~nf Florence Sunday. ._
.Ms. T. H. Clarke is spending two
weelcs;. ip. Xew; Yxrk' in the interest
of-ettte, Sumter. Dry Goods. Co. He was
accompanied by Miss Esther Clarke
wfe&Cia "visiting friends in New York
Mrs? Q. T. Dotson, of Tippecanoe
Cl^O. . is . visiting Mrs. J. G. Craw
ford'on. Bartlette street.
vMt; and Mrs. C. N. Douglas, of
Darlington, were the gruests for the
week--end of Mrs. W. C. Wolfe on S.
Sumter St.- -
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; The hold that Dr. H. N. Snyder has
on .the Sumter public and his drawing
power as a platform speaker was nev
ermore forcibly illustrated than yes
terday afternoon when he spoke to an
audience that completely filled the
Ib^en. 3ioor of the Opera House at
the same hour that, several thousand
peopled were gathered at the avia
tion landing field on Mr. C. T. Ma
son's: place to witness the departure
?frthe squadron of airplanes on their
rettfrn'-trip >to Columbia. To those
w3fo *i?ore at the Opera House it
se^m&d that nearly everybody in the
ctty?wfco would be interested in the
a'ddres cn the relationship that should
obtain between father and son was
present, while those at the aviation
field imagined that the whole popu
alfion; was interested in airplanes to
tne' exclusion of all other matters.
Dr:' Snvder had a large and an appre
ciative f'Udlence and, as usual, he de
livered a message that entertained
and instructed and gave each of his
hearers something to" carry away with
hffn as tOOd for thought and medi
tation: - - <
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*A.iis<pistdrofr of four scout airplanes 1
fr^^lCa'mp" Jacfeson, under the com
meSSd^o? Major Peal:, Hew over Sun- '
d^^i??rntng to spend 'the day. Three
& tifffr"*planes made-a quick- flight, 1
the leading plane arriving at the 1
land|ng field at Mr!- C. T. Mason's 3
^mi^S^Hd^d^ "s?n?rbs ~ in twenty-one ?
niitttn^^fr?m the- -trme it left the 3
campv^-Twb other planes arrived in a '
few miht?tes later and landed success
ful^ T^re" fourth machine lost its1
w?Sy somewhere near the river, turning
south and* after several hours' flight,
' djiririg which it had a sight of the j
o^ean. *it' turned about and landed at
CSmnerVin~prangeburg county. From
tftat place a quick flight was made to
tWff'-cfty','' arriving between two and
tXree o'clock. In landing on Mason
field " the machine struck ?* soft spot
and turned completely over, but the
two aviators escaped without a
afcrktch. The only damage to the
ntachfne was broken propeller. The
thVee uninjured planes left on the re
turn flight to Camp Jackson about
^o'clock.-the machines rising one af
ter the other at intervals of a few
mtnuies. On their arrival in the
the city before proceeding to the
morning the" three planes circled over
the; city and their coming being
thus advertised, a big crowd quickly
gathered at the field. In the after
noon there was a crowd of at least
X&p thousand people to witness the
departure; of the airplanes. All of
tKe" machines were of the scout type
USed. fcr _training purposes, equipped
with Hispano-Suiza engines of ISO
hT p. and Dixie magnetos, and each
carries two men.
The machine that was damaged in
landing'Sunday was left on the field
under guard during the night and
when new parts were received this
morning was repaired for the return
flight to Columbia. During the morn
ing two of the airplanes returned
fr^om the camp to Mason field. This
ff^Td'will .be a regular landing place
fCtr the airplanes from Camp aackson
aftd the aviators will make regular
and frequent flights to this city,
therefore in future our people will
bexprnp so accustomed to the air
planes, that the sound of one circling
o$er'the city will, probably not be the
cause of so much interest and excite
ment.
Notice.
A serbs of meetings will com
mence at the Salem Baptist church
Tuesday night, continuing ea"h night
throughout the week. There will be
no day services. Prof. John Landrura
will preside at the piano. The pub
he & cordially invited to attend these
j?e'rvices. and the Christian commun
ity is especially urged to join with us
in an earnest effort for a great reviv
al. Pray for us and participate with ;
ns. Services will begin at 7.-10.
E. W. Reynolds. Pastor.
Bees For Sale.
I have several colonies of bees that
I will sell for $8.50 per colony. They
are in Doretail Hives in good condi
tion. This is a good time to move
them, and it will'be to the advantage
of those who raise fruit, to have the
bees in time to work on the blossom-?,
as a' better crop of fruit is secured
when the bloom is fertilized by the
bees.
X. G. OSTEEX.
220 \v. Hahmpton Ave.
/The National Bank of South Caro
lina has purchased and installed a
new" burglar proof safe that weighs
nearly ten tons. It is the largest
safe ever brought to Sumter.
SANITARY CAMPAIGN.
County Health Survey and Rural
Nurse? Fund Paid in to Suniter
Chamber of Commerce.
Previously published from
white citizens.$1,020.35
County Board of Education. 250.00
Colored citizens. 410.70
New collections from col
ored citizens by R. W. West
berry from four churches, as
follows:
Queen's Chapel, Rev. S. A.
Robinson, pastor.... 5.00
High Hills Baptist church.
Rev. Jones, pastor. 5.00
Harkless Gaines. 1.00
Amy Boldeh. 1.00
Plummer Kendrick. 1.00
T. J. Brooks.. .. 1. 1.00
Ruben Bolden... 1.00
Ruben Curtis:. .-. 1.00
Rev. William Jones. 1.00
Thomas Capers. 1.00
Warren Bolden. . 1.00
James Dinkins... 1.00
Robert Ballard.? 1.00
Bethel Baptist church. Rev.
J. P. Garrick, pastor:
N. J. Nethaniel. 1.00
Rev. J. P. Garrick. 1.00
S. B. Bracey. 1.00
B. Burns. 1.00
L. Dwyer.. '.. 1.00
Edward Washington.. .. .. 3.00
D. W. Walters.. 1.00
Xathan Amos.? .. .. 1.00
Henry Burroughs. . .. 1.00
James Andrews. .. 1.00
Jim Wilson. 1.00
Charley McBride. 1.00
Edward Rose. 1.00
Charley Kennedy... 1.00
Willia Blair. 1.00
"Mulberry Baptist church.
Rev. I. W. Williams, pas
tor:
Phillip Ford. 1.00
Edward Spann.. ,. .50
Warren Davis. 1.00
John Fullard. 1.00
Robert Stewart. 1.00
Lawson Kibbler. 1.00
Rebecca James. 1.0?
Cyrus Scott. 1.00
Martha Gordon. 1.00
Charles Peebles. 1.00
E. J. Nelson. 1.00
$4 5.50
Total from all sources, paid
into Chamber of Com
merce.$1,732.55
The colored citizens of the rural
districts have taken a keen interest in
the rural health survey and rural
visiting nurse, and numbers of
aealth meetings have been held after
jervices at colored churches to raise
noney for these two purposes.- Sum
:er city colored citizens have ?been.;
leaders- in going out to the country
:o make talks and to raise fu xls, and
nany Sumter city colored men and
vomen have subscribed. There is
practically no interest among the
vhite rural citizens, (with a compara
Ively few exceptions in a few com- <
minifies.) and as far as is known,
mthing is being done, among the
vhite rural citizens to raise any mon- .
?y for either the health survey or
;he rural visiting nurse, at present.
>r for weeks past. Just why the
vhite rural citizens are so disinterest
id, and in a number of instances
>pposing this educational campaign
:o Increase interest in civic improve
ment, and in conservation of health
md life is a mystery to the leaders of
these two movements. ! .
One dollar per person among the
white citizens of each rural com
munity would "easily raise the balance
of the necessary three thousand and
three hundred dollars, but there
does not seem to be any one among
the white rural citizens who is in the
least bit interested in doing anything
for thi=? educational campaign which
is being- put on' exclusively for the
rural districts.
Most of the money so far sent in
from white rural citizens has been
in $50. $25. $10 and $5 individual
subscriptions from a few of the pub
lic spirited men and women of se\'
eral communities, showing that the
majority of the white rural citizens
are not interested at all nor are they
contributing. The Sumter Civic
League ladies and a number of the
city and country ladies of the Wo
man's Council of Defense, and of the
men's Council of Defense have worked
hard to stir up rural interest but ap
parently in vain, in all but a few
communities. More than one hun
dred white male citizens, averaging
ten to each township, members of
the Sumter County Council of De
fense, and more than two hundred
and fifty white rural ladies have been
written to, each of them at least
twice, and many of them three times,
ladies :n every community and every
township and every school district,
requesting them to cooperate and to
organize and try to raise money. Only
a few have ever replied, or attempted
to do anything so far as is known in
Sumter.
So it '-annot be said that there is
any lack of leadership in the city of
Sumter. or that the rural white peo
ple have not had the matter brought
to their attention and explained to
them fally in this way besides hun
dreds of columns of publicity about
the health survey in the past few
months and the rural nurse funds,
and hundreds of speeches made' by
the Civic League, and rural ladies,
home demonstration agents. State!
board of health doctors, and Cham-]
ber of Commerce committees and j
officers throughout the rural sections
of this county.
Reception for Teachers.
On Friday afternoon at the home
of .Mrs. Oo. D. Shore, the teachers
of the Sunster city schools were de
lightfully and informally entertained
by Mrs. Shore and her sister. Miss
Jennie Doar. Assisting these were
a few special friends, Mrs. S. H. Ed
munds. Mrs. Rees, Mrs. Percy Smith.
Mrs. Benj. Hodges. Mrs. Herbert
Haynsworth and Mrs. F. A. McLeorl.
The parlors were beautifully dec
orated with spring flowers, while the
tiny red paper hearts everywhere on
curtains and draperies were sugges
tive of the day?St. Valentines.
In the dining room a delicious s\v"et
course was served, after which the
guests enjoyed a musical program
Riven by Mrs. Riley and Miss Naylor.
Safety and Service
National Bank of South Caroiina
I Increases Equipment to Care
For Growing Busi
ness.
.The fact that the National Bank of
South Carolina, cf this city, found it
necessary to add to its safety deposit
facilities by putting- in another and,
the latest improved burglar and fire-'
proof Mosler Corless safe which
weighs about twenty thousand
pounds, shows that Sumter's banking
businesses steadily on the increase,
i A special and large concrete foun
dation had to be put down to hold
this modern and most unique piece of
scientific mechanism and steel struc
ture which has been added princi
pally far the purpose of holding safe
ly against burglars or fire, the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of Lib
erty Loan bonds. War Savings stamps,
and other high class securities of this
fast growing bank and its hundreds
of customers.
The National Bank of South Caro
lina is'the largest holder of Liberty
Loan bonds in this section of South
Carolina, owning in the name and ti
tle of this' bank $60,000 worth of these,
bonds, besides carrying for its 'us
tomers something like $200,000 worth
of the same kind of bonds.
This bank also has loaned heavily
to the government through carrying
about $40,000 worth of Certificates of
Indebtedness of the federal treasury.
About $300,000 is being carried for
the farmer customers of this popular
financial institution in the shape of
loans on cotton and cotton seed.
The unprecedented growth of this
bank in a few years, from a small
beginning to the largest bank in East
Carolina, and the continued increase
of its customers, deposits, and Ic< ins,
shows that Sumter, as a banking
center is something to be very p oud
of.
The National Bank of South Caro
lina occupies one of the largest
handsomest, and most substantial
buildings in the South, and has the
pleasure of occupying its own he met
and owi s other very valuable real
estate and improved realty nex: to
the bank itself. It has the largest
force of men and women employed
of any bank in Eastern Carolina.
Sumter's seven banking institutions
make Sumter the best place for
financial accommodations and for
selling or borrowing on cotton, and
other iarm products in this Slate.
Safety and conservativism, coupled
up with business-like but courteous
and prompt service make the Nal on
al Bank of South Carolina and its six
sister Sumter banks the ideal corners
for finance, commerce, and agricul
ture. The bank's slogan is "Service
with Courtesy."
BENSON- NE WLANDS.
Columbia Trained Nurse Marries Sol
dier From Ohio.
Miss Martha Benson of Sumter,
who h'a>'becn practicing her profes
sion of trained nursing in Columbia
for the last year, making her home at
the nurses' registry on Rich-and
street, was married yesterday after
noon to Private Stephen Xewland of
the military police. Camp Jack?on.
The ceremony was performed .at f
o'clock at the 'parsonage 'of the Main
Street Methodist Church by the cas
tor, the Rev. R. S. Truesdale. in the
presence of a very few intimate fri-nds
of the bride. An informal dinner.,
followed at the nurses' registry, after
which the young couple left for a
short wedding trip.
The bride, who received her train
ing in Sumter, has- been most cor
dially received both personally and
professionally In Columbia. She was
for a' few months in' Red Cross ser
vice at Camp Jackson.
Mr. Newland hopes - to receive his
discharge from the army within the
next few weeks and he will then
leave with his bride for his home in
Dayton - and will' resume his automo
bile truck business.?The State, Feb.
16.
Fire Saturday Night.
Fire was "'discovered about 11.30
Saturday" night in the store of the
Carolina Grocery Company. Sv uth
Main Street, and'the fire department
was called out. After a hard fight the
flames were sotten under control and
the lire was confined to the build ins.
The storeroom was considerably dam
aged and the loss on the stock of
goods and office fixtures was quite
neavy. The fire originated in the
office and practically all the office
furniture was a total loss. The origin
of the fire has not been determined.
The ios-5 is largely covered by insur
ance.
Special Notice.
We are pleased to announce the
arrival of liutterick's special a-cent
who will take subscriptions to :hat
indispensable fashion magazine "The
Delineator." She will be in our pat
tern department during the coming
week, are! subscriptions will be tak
en at a special offer during her stay
in the city. See her promptly if you
desire this saving. The Sumter Dry
Goods <'o.?Advt.
Secretary Reardon is still receiving
applications for tobacco seed. His
records show that more than 6,000
acres of tobacco will be planted in
Sumter county this year if the farm
ers plant as much as they have plan
ned.
Cotton Market
LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
{Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 2.".
Strict Middling 2 1 1-2.
Middling' 24.
Strict Low Middling 22.
NKu YORK COTTON MARK TOT.
Yes'td'ys
Open High Low Close Close
Men . . 23.00 23.80 22.91 23.7o 22.99
German Cannon As
Liberty Loan Trophies
If a resolution.now before Congress
is adopted, two hundred and fifty
captured German cannon wjjil be dis
tributed as permanent prizes to cities,
making the best showing in the Vic
tory Liberty Loan campaign.
A request has been made by Secre
tary of the Treasury Glass that Con
gress, make this distribution possible,
and liberty Loan worker are hoping
to get it through to give the cam
paign an added impetus.
CITY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT.
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Eleven Hundred Ninety-one White ;
Pupils.
The reports of the superintendent
just 'submitted show that in the
white schools of the city, there are in
the primary and elementary schools
4 51 boys and 4 46 girls; in the High
schools,' there are 151 boys and 14 3
girls; making a total in the white
schools of the. city of 602 boys and
5S9 girls; a grand total of 1,191 pu
pils.
The first monthly report issued by
the present superintendent in 1895
showed a' total enrollment of the j
white school of 282 pupils. There
are today 12 more pupils in the High
school than there were in the whole
schob] at that time and 909 more pu
pils in the white schools! In the
graduating class of this "year there are
23 boys and 24 girls.
COLUMBIA HIGH WINS.
Sumter Loses Good Basketball Game.
In a last and interesting game of
basketabll here Friday night, the un
defeated Columbia. High school 5 de
feated the Sumter boys, 33 to 24.
The game was exciting throughout,
both teams playing*"jam-up ball. Sum
ter. had the advantage over the visi
tors the first half but the capital city j
boys came back with a rush during!
the last half and forged ahead with
a comfortable margin. For Columbia
Langley, Watkins and Monteith were j
the stars. Henry also played a J
splendid defensive game for the visi- j
tors. For Sumter Pitts was the ^ut- )
standing star, being ably assisted by
Denniston. Sholar, at guard, played j
cne of the finest defensive games ev-1
er witnessed on the local floor, keep
ing the Columbia star, Scott, to one
lone goal. The game was cleanly play
ed and very few fouls were called.
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Death.
Mr. W. A. Cooper, of Greenwood, j
formerly of this county, a son of the
late Mr. Frank P. Cooper, died in
Ashcvillei N. C. Friday night. He
was buried at Brick church Sunday
at 9.30.
Pretty Draperies!
The Sumter Dry Goods Co.. have J
just placed on display a most attrac- ,
tive line of novelty draperies. The]
ladies are invited to see the new" pat-j
terns in Terry- ',e'rothr*Dundee- "crash', j"
Rochelle cretonne, Belfast linenette, j
silkoliries. etc.??6*vf. """
Ambassador to France
Seattle Man to Succeed Wm.
Graves. Sharpe.
On Board the U. S. H. George:
Washington, Feb. 15.?k(By.Wireless
to the Associated . Press).??President
Wilson has nominated Hugh C. Wal
lace, . of Seattle, ambassador to
France, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of William Graves
Sharp. . . ......
ThJ" was the first official act of the
pre: <mt on his homeward journey.
The president also dispatched tele
grams arranging for brief cere-, i
monies in connection with the speech
which he expects to make at Boston
on February 24. - .....
President Wilson spent : the day
resting from the strenuous exertions
which marked his last few days in
Paris.
The steamer is heading for the
souther.! route in fair weather. The J
escorting French warships signalled i
farewell soon after leaving Brest, I
and the United States dreadnaught
New Mexico and several destroyers
will be the escort of the George
Washington until the Azores are
reached. At the Azores the. ship will
be met by numerous American de
stroyers and convoyed home.
Despite the hard work which he
will engage in during his brief stay in
the United States, the president is al
ready planning to begin his return
journey to France immediately after
the adjournment of congress.
It is expected .he will select a suc
cessor to Thomas W. Gregory in the
attorney generalship of the T nited
States, before the ship reaches home
waters.
United Front in Peace
Frenchman's Comment on the
League ol Nations.
Paris. Feb. 15.?"The fundamental
point of the covenant which President
Wilson submitted to the conference
yesterday." writes Jean Herbette, po
litical editor of The Temps, "is that
the nations which united in the fight
for the right will remain as united
tq maintain peace as they were to
win the war. Before the peace pre
liminaries and before the bond form
ed by the fraternity of arms has,dis
appeared, a new bond appears.
"For this great boon most of the
credit is due to President Wilson,
whose departure France salutes to
day and whose return she awaits.
President Wilson is not only the sow
er of generous ideals, but he has been
a skilifui tactician. ' Sometimes pa
tient, spmetimes pressing, he is al
ways tenacious. He "was hot willing
to return to Washington without car
rying with him the plan of the cove
nant. We congratulate him and we
congratulate ourselves.
" ' i-1?-?Z?L?* .-tv,.
Something Every Lady Admires."
Pretty draperies for home decora
tions appeal to the cultivated taste
of every -lady, and the-r Sumter Dry
Goods "CO.-are showing "a beautiful
line which they invite every home
keeper to-call and see.?Advt: 1
Jarred His Whole Body
This Sumter? S. C. Man's Nerves
Were So Bad That Every Step
Jarred His Whole Body. Had
to Wear Rubber-Heels. Dreco
Came to His Aid.
"My nerves became so unstrung,
that every time my foot touched the
ground I could feel-ar jar go - through:,
my whole body?it got so bad that-I
had to wear rubber heels to make my
walking easy," declared Mr. J. H.
Gardner of 21S W. Libety St., Sum
ter, S. C.
"Some time ago my stomach went
back on me. I had terrible pains and'
gas; was constipated; my liver
wouldn't act. and I'd frequently suf- j
fer from dizzy spells; my kidneys,
began to trouble me and : then> my
nerves went all to pieces.
"I began the Dreco treatment and
before I had. finished one bottle I*
wa. iike a different person. The pains
and i;as left m.*; bowels acted regular
ev-.ry day; the dizzy spells stopped
and my nerves eaimed down. I now
sjeep line, and my appetite is huge.
To say that { am pleased with Dreco
does not begin to express my feel
ings."
Dreco acts on the stomach, liver,
kidneys,, bowels and the blood and
assists those organs in performing
their duties, as nature intended.?that
is why Dreco is so successful.
All go>?d drug stores now sell Dreco
and it is highly recommended in Sum
tcr by Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt.
Germany Must Disarm
Allies Persist in Demand for
Complete Demobilization.
Basel, Feb. 15.?The German for
eign Secretary von Brockdorf Rrant
zau in discussing Germany's foreign
policy ir. the national assembly at
Weimar yesterday declared that there
is a persistent aliied effort to make
Germany demobilize all her military
forces.
lilBERTY BONDS?Bought and sold.
If you have bonds that you can
not pay for or have to sell, see us.
Will pay cash for them or sell
them for you. Guthrie & Company.
Office over DeLorme's Drug Store.
WE SELL?Fertilizer and fertilizer
materials of all kinds. Write us for
prices. We can save you money.
Southern Brokerage Co., Sumter;
S. c._
BEESWAX WANT JOD?A n y quantity
large cr small Am paying best
cash price. See me if you have..
any. N. G. Osteen._,
FOR SALE?F. O. B. cars. Camp
Jackson, stable manure; very littl?
straw. Car load lots only. Chemi'
cai _and Fer^hzer ya tue rated very
high by Clemson * college. A. A.
Strauss. Sumter. S. C.
For the father or for the son, we can always furnish the cor
rect wearing apparel.
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The new Suits for Spring are coming in rapidly, the new
style Hats and low-quarter Shoes are already here.
We are prepared now better than ever before to fill your
wants. Buy where you get the best and remember the largest
stock in Eastern Carolina to select from.
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