The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 23, 1919, Image 3
I^elcome For Soldiers
Secretary Reardon of the Cham*
ber of Commerce Gives Out
line of Program
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Sumter county will close up shop
and celebrate on Monday, April 2Sth,
the return of the heroes of the world
war to their homes and loved ones.
Mayor L, D. Jennings will issue his
proclamation that April 28th is a gen
eral holiday, and the board of coun
ty commissioners will request that the
? entire country districts and smaller
towns join with the county seat, Sum
ter, -m a general suspension of all j
business for that day, and come to
Sumte* for the biggest celebration j
ever held in South Carolina. j
For weeks the Sumter County j
Chamber of Commerce under whose
direction the big event will be pull
ed off, and which started the ball to
rolling to appropriately honor the
veterans of the great war for civil- j
izatlon and decency, has had commit- ?
tees Working on the program. Every J
bank president in the county of Sum
ter was- designated as a member of!
of the finance committee and they
got busy, and in no time there was
money in hand to pull off the big
gest'event this section of the State,
has ever witnessed.
The people of 'Sumter county have J
been invited, all the white people of j
the entire county of Sumter, to join j
in a county wide democratic picnic j
dininer of the basket variety at which'
the soldiers and sailors of every j
branch of the service, those who
went overseas and those who served
at. homer, all who' wore the uniform
of Uncle Sam will be the guests of
honor. All of the ministers, teachers,
Sunday school superintendents, j
schcol trustees, directors of the Sum- |
ter County Chamber of Commerce, j
members of the former Council ofj
' Defense, and other citizens are re
' quested to spread the news and help
" to get everybody here bright and
early'on April 28th. to spend the day
' and far into the night. Young and
old are cordially invited and confi
dently expected.
' ? An outline of the 'big patriotic and
it might be said spectacular pro
gram has been handed out, part
as indicated below! ?
* To begin with Sumter county wish-,
es first of all to return thanks to Cod j
for the great victory of the allies, and j
for the return of most of our Sumter j
county boys, and also to do honor as!
well to the memory of those' heroes j
who made the supreme sacrifice by
giving up their noble lives for hu-|
manityv So that the home-coming
welcome and celebration will really I
open up at 4 o'clock Sunday after- j
noon, April 27th with a county-wide j
thanksgiving service on the school I
sqr.rire ? in which all the people of j
this "county, .or an^r other county for*
t?af/'mattef are invited to. partici
pate." There will be a splendid songj
seryige; under direction of a War j
?Cartip Community Service song spe-r
cteH&t, Hol&er J- Young, ofColum-j'
bla and Mr. W. E. Moore, of Sum?b
v ter. The names of those who died in
-:~*?epserrieo of their cdttntry from
this County will be read at this ser-.
vice. There will be appropriate ad- j
dresses ^by selected speakers.
The white ministers of Sumter of!
every religious faith, constitute the j
committee in charge of this service.;
with Mr. H. A. Moses, representing j
Congregation Sinai. x j
The thanksgiving service will bej
held as an open air event at the!
school square, but in the event of j
bad weather Trinity Methodist church
will be used.
On Monday. April 28th, the jollifi-1
cation following the return of thanks j
to Ood, the day before, will start off !
bright and early with bands playing, j
the streets and business houses beau- J
fifuHy decorated, and a general air of J
festivity pervading the day. There:
vrttl be the biggest and best military!
land from Camp Jackson loaned by;
the United States army, to furnish1,
music for open air concerts, for thel
military parade, for the grand open;
air dance that evening on Washing-!
ton..Street, and for the other events;
of the d?.y.
Starting'in at 10.20 when the pa-i
rade will be formed, "in de mornin' j
}ry isfe bright light," it will be a steady}
carnival of pleasure until the wee!
shiaflPhours of the next day, new time)
and old time counting* or not count
ing, as the occasion arises foi ex
planations on the part of any one.
The heroes of the war will parade!
with the Sumter Dight Infantry.
gOath. Carolina Reserve Militia. tin-' |
military battalion of the sumter Boys' i
High School, and with practical as- i
surances of a large military company j
from Camp Jackson, a.nd the Campj
Jackson band marching as an honor-!
ary escort to the young veterans whoj
helped to "bust, the Hindenburg line" j
and to all of the gallant boys and!
men, as before stated, who wore thei
uniform of Uncle Sam at home and
abroad, from Sumter county, or any*
soldiers and sailors of the same war
from any other county who are visit-'
ing Sumter and care to participate in!
all the events of the day. and be hon
ored by Sumter county.
Immediately following the parade
there will be at the school square a
number of splendid addresses, with ?
band concert interludes, and at 2 p.
m. there will be the greatest basket :
.pienh* dinner ever consumed at one;
time in any county in South Carolina. :
It Is estimated that perhaps six]
thousand people will eat dinner to- (
gether in good old Southern style, and i
with that delicious, democratizing;
atmosphere of the true democracy',
these heroes whom we are honoring:
helped to preserve, many by shedding
their precious bloe-d. and being maim- ?
ed. and many of whom are now in ,
Their graves. And hundreds, we are;
thankful to say of whom have re- !
turned to be with.us on that glorious
day of thanksgiving and celebration. :
Every family is invited -to come j
along and to "fetch" a basket of good ;
things to eat. Tables and oth'-r ser
vice will he provided by tlie various
sub-committees. Of course the sol
diers and sailors of the war and
those who ore visiting us as veter
ans from other places, will be the
special -guests of the delicious; dip
net* * ' :i
Beginning at 3.30 and until 6.30
in the afternoon there will be a dem
oiistration of one of the terrible en
gines of death that broke down the
I morale of the soldiers of the central
[powers and sent the Kaiser hunting"
j for a place where there wasn't any
' fighting or any American fighters.
This engine of destruction will be a
i tremendous twenty ton war tank op
J crated and manned by experienced
["Simon pure" war tank fighters. The
j government has loaned this war tank
jfor the Sumter celebration at great
.'expense and trouble. Bike every oth
jer feature of the day there will be
; no charge of admission to see this
I war tank being operated. Baseball
fcwBl be a feature of the day's events
j with picked teams, and the soldiers
land sailors committee managing this
j event will give free tickets to every
j soldier, in any event.
> During the day, and until late at
j night, perhaps the most wonderful
land interesting, motion picture in the
'world, "The Price of Pence" will b*
; shown, absolutely free to all in the
Sumter Academy of Music. This pic
ture is a true description of the hor
rible and bloody events of the Euro
pean war taken during actual hostili
ties^ by three selected and officially
designated motion picture artists.
This feature of the day's free events
will be well worth the time and
trouble to visit Sumter during the day
of April 2Sth.
A special committee of ladies and
gentlemen have been appointed to look
after the appropriate decorating of
the streets and buildings, and electri
cal lighting effects for the day and
night.
On Washington street at night the:
grand open air dance will occur. This
also, like other events, will be free
to dancers and spectators alike, the
Camp Jackson military band furnish
ing the music.
The returned and returning soldiers
and sailors are manifesting com
mendable interest in the big two
days events in their honor, and for
their pleasure. There will be a meet
ing of all soldiers and sailors at
home at Chamber of Commerce, at 11
o'clock, Saturday, April 26th to ar
range for the participation on their
part. This is to be a county-wide
event, both days, for the heroes of
Sumter county, participated in by the
people of the entire county of Sum
ter in honoring those of their coun
ty who honored themselves and their i
country, county, and nation by heroic
services and by the greatest of sacri
fices, even unto death in many cases.
The Sumter War Camp Community
Service, at Sumter Chamber .of Com
merce, is rapidly registering all re
turned and returning soldiers and
sailors, and urges those who have
not registered, and their relatives arid
friends to turn in their names. The
names of those who died in service,
either by wounds or disease, at home
and abroad are also earnestly desir-)
ed.
The Chamber of Commerce wiil
gladly furnish any information de
sired. There will be no work done
in Sumter county by "dv. white folks"
on Monday, April the 28th. We will
all be too busy honoring our boys
and any other county's boys who are'
with us as veterans of the world war.
and in celebrating in friendly,
thanksgiving, grateful style.
The whole county is interested, ev
ery section, and every home.
Meet in Columbia
Firemen Approve Law Amended
To Include Charleston
? Columbia, April 17.?The confer
ence of South Carolina firemen held
here today decided to hold the next
tournament in 1920 at Bishopville
should that town want it. The fire
men, the majority of whom were
chiefs of departments, approved the
law, signed by Governor Cooper Wed
nesday, providing for a two platoon
system in cities between 10,000 and
55,000 inhabitants so amended as to
.aclude Charleston, and urged an ade
quate system of building inspection to
prevent tire loss.
The South Carolina Firemen's As
sociation under which the conference
was held today consists of forty
seven departments with about 2,000
members, the officers of the associa
tion being: Louis Behrens, of Char
leston, president; D. H. Huntsinger,
of Spartanburg, and A. Thieme, of
Florence, vice presidents; R. S.
Hood, secretary and W. S. Flowers,
of lioek Hill, treasurer. \
Three Seamen Drowned
Transport's Propeller Slices Otf
Stern of Vessel
New York, April 17.-?The home
coming joy of 1,062 American troops
on the steamer Saxonia was dashed
this afternoon when the soldiers,
clustered, cheering, at the rail, saw
the naval tug Freehold sent to the
bottom of the Hudson river by a
blow from the. Saxonia's propeller, as
she was working to warp the big liner
into her pier.
A muster of the Freehold's crew
tonight showed three men missing.
Rescued members of the crew said
that they saw Barry L?nahan, chie;
machinist's mate, sink after a short
struggle, it was thought possible that
the other two men unaccounted for
had been picked up by small boats
and taken ashore.
The sinking of the tug was one of
the most dramatic, marine accidents
that has ever occurred here. The
cheers which a moment before had
been echoing back and forth from
transport to dock were suddenly
bushed as fron? the stern of the]
great vessel came the sound of rend-1
i::g steel and wood.
Paris. April IS.?Newspapers here
feature reports as to the gravity of
the Egyptian situation and it is said
there is great concern among Brit-j
ish authorities over the nationalist
movement. The despatches state!
that mutinous conditions prevail ;. i !
Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said. The
insurgent leaders demand that all
European officials resign, that English j
citizens leave the country, and that!
a Mussulman empire be founded with]
a caliph at Cairo. I
Parade of Soldiers
And Sailors
Discharged Sumter County Men!
Organize For Welcome Cele- j
brat ion .!
i ? A meeting of the ex-soldiers and j
?sailors of the United States army andj
? navy at the Chamber of Commerce!
i Saturday morning*, was called to or-;
ider by Chairman Eli Parker and the;
'following resolution was adopted: j
j That Capt. Robert T. Brown, Lieut. j
i Edward E. Wright and Iaeut. Ed. i
j Bradford be designated as officers in ;
j command of the Army Detachment j
land Lieut. Hal Deal in command, of
j the Naval Detachment to participate j
I in the parade and other entertain- j
I ment to be given by the people of
; Sumter county, to their returning sol
diers and sailors.
It is requested by the officers in]
charge that all soldiers and sailors
assemble in uniform at 9.30 o'clock.;
April 2Sth on the corner of Wash- j
ington and Dingle Sts.
It is very urgently requested that
all .army and navy men respond to
this call as this is to be Sumter coun
ty's welcome to her men.
Information may be obtained from j
any of the following committee:
Eli Parker, Dalzell.
E. I. Reardon. Jr., Sumter.
Dan Allen, Sumter.
LcRoy Jervey. Sumter.
Alfred Thames, Sumter.
ai. R. McElveen, Mayesville.
R. R. Broadway, Paxville.
Kirk Heriotte, Woodrow
Says Huns Must Repent
Before German Science Can Be
Rehabilitated
Now York. April IS.?Acknowl
edgment of Germany's wrong doing
and contrition by her scholars and
savants for the "thirty-one kinds of
crime" committed by the. Germans
during the war must be indicated be
fore German scholarship and German
science can be rehabilitated in the
eyes of university men of Prance.
England and America. Nicholas Mur
ray Butler, president of Columbia
University says in reply to a reeeu
protest made by German professort
against "the oetrageous action" of
the French high command in order
ing German educators to leave th?
University of Strasburg within twen
ty-four hours.
Dr. Butler's letter was sent to the
rector of the University of Upsala
Sweden, who had transmitted an
open letter of protest from the facul
ty of the University of Leipsig, ad
dressed to the universities of Switzer
land, Holland. Denmark, Norway and
Sweden, together with a letter from
the University of Heidelberg and
Heidelberg Academy, stating that
these, institutions joined in their ob
jections to the treatment accorded
their fellow savants. The neutral na
tions were requested to forward the
German protest to scholars in allied
countries.
Reminding the protesters that "i*.
is an established principle in Eng
land and the United States that any '
one who comes into a court of equity
seeking relief must come with clean
hands," Dr. Butler declared that the
allied peoples have not forgotter.
Germany's "amazing prostitution oi
scholarship and science to national
lust" and that, before public sym- j
pathy can be expected, the people of j
the allied nations want to know what
measures of protest, if any. the rec
tor and senate of the University of
l^eipzig recorded against "the inhu
man treatment of the scholars of
the University of Louvain and
against the wanton and barbarous de
struction of the liberty of that uni
versity."
Dr. Cutler cit?-s "thirty-one atro
cious offenses" committed by German
armies and German agents during the
war. indisputably proved by interna
tional commissions, such as enslave
ment of women, putting to death
hostages, starvation of civilians, pil
lage, wanton devastation. poisoninsH
of wells, bombardment of hospitals,
sinking of hospital ships and destruc
tion of religious, charitable, educa
tional and historic buildings and
monuments.
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN i
I
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Learn the Cause of Daily Woes ano j
??id Them, i
gr**< .? -
When the back aches and throbs.
When housework is torture.
When night brings no rest no?
sleep, >-?fj$
When urinary disorders set in.
Women's lot is a weary one.
Doan's Kidney I Ills are for weai< j
kidneys.
Have proved their worth in S?m- j
ter.
This is one Sumter woman's test:- ]
mony:
Mrs. E. B. Elam, "Jlt? W. liberty j
St. Sumter, savs: "About six years!
afco I had quite a bit of kidney trou-j
ble and I felt pretty bad. Headaches'
I
bohered me so that 1 could hardly ;
stand up and dizzy spells annoyed me;
so, I thought I would fall over many j
times. My nerves were all unstrung :
and I would jump from the least]
fright. My kidney* acted very irregu-.j
la.rly and 1 knew they were in bad ;
shape. Finally, I heard about Doan's!'
Kidney Pills and started taking them. ,
i
I must say, Doan's positively cured ;
me of all kidney trouble and I
haven't been bothered since."
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't;
i
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get :
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that 1
Mrs. Elam had. Foster-Mil burn Co.. h
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. X.?Advt. (51) j
Soldiers Allotments
Many Checks Undelivered by
Reason of Incorrect Address
Mr. Editor:
The ppstoffice department has been
having much trouble in delivering al-1
lotment checks to allottees for the j
reason that so many of the soldiers j
have given incorrect addresses of I
those they desired to receive these j
allotments. For instance, one was!
given It. F. IX No. 1. Sumter. S. C j
when we find it should have been
Balzell, S. C; another R. F. D. No. 3,
Sumter when Rembert was intended; j
while still another gives Clarendon j
county, Sumter, S. C? us the home j
address of his mother.
Kindly publish the following list |
with a request that every public j
speaker, including the ministers, of j
course, cut this article out for ref- j
erence. read it aoud, and try in ev
ery way to aid in finding the rightful
owners of these thousands of dollars. I
By so doing you will aid the govern
ment, the local postoffice, the lied
Cross Home Service Section, and the
direct beneficiaries of the allotments.;
Yours very truly,
Mamie J. Chandler, \
Secretary, Red Cross Home Service j
Section,
Geo. W. Dick.
Postmaster, j
Board. Drusela.
Boyd. Annie.
Bronson, Clara.
Burroughs. Orilla.
Brocks. Mr. Clarence M.
Bragg, Lucy.
Buckman, Mr. Tony.
Capers, Sarah.
Connors, Irene Girard.
Chatham. Caroline.
Cuttino, Ernest.
Davis, Delia. >
Davis, Jajiie.
Davl?, Lovinia.
Davis, Bell.
Evans, Raymond Britten.
Felder. Augusta Murray.
Felder. Edward N.
Frierson, Anna.
Fletcher, Agnes.
Gardner, Eva.
Gamble, Mrs. Fannie B
Green, Mrs. Silby.
G?*een, Cassie.
?Geddings, Henrietta.
Coins, Larry.
George, Tim.
Hardy, Lucile.
Henry, Mrs. Blanch.
Henderson. Anna.
?Haynsworth, Mr. Willie.
Holmes. Mrs. Susan.
James, Laura.
Jefferson, Mattie McLean.
JOyner, Fanuie.
Junior, Burnnie.
James, Lottie.
King, Julian K.
I^ewis, Rosejee.
Lincoln. Liza Rebecca.
McKay, Hand
McCoy, Fannie.
McDonald, Francis El more.
McKnight, Georgia.
McLeod. Annie Brown.
looses. Ellen.
Montgomery, Mrs. Sarah Jane.
Miller, Mary.
Mitchell. Anna.
Montgomery. Mary.
Murray, Minnie.
Nelson. Mrs. Ella !.
Nelson. Mrs. Mary Etta.
Nelson, Emma.
Nelson. Ella J.
Peoples, Chat lie.
Plowden, Robert.
Pitts, Azelie.
Ramsay, Clara.
Stinney. Charles.
Singleton, Mrs. Estelle.
Steadman, Elizabeth.
Stephens. Mrs. Flora.
Smith. Eileen.
Sumpter, Polly.
Smith, Henrietta.
Smith. ISlija James.
Sumter, Mary Tender.
Vaughn, Emma.
Western, Eloise Vaughn.
White, Mrs. Susan Brunson.
White. Alice.
Woods, John.
Wise, Rosa.
Williams. Lillie.
Weston, Eloise Vaughn.
Wallace. Mary.
Weston. Eliza (Guardian).
Wilson. N
Wilson. Frank Rieh^Ason.
To Refurnish Mansion
Bid of Parker Gardner Co., of j
Charlotte. Accepted
Columbia, April 17.?The award )
for the purchase of the large ma-1
jority of the furniture to refurnish i
the governor's mansion, authorized I
by a resolution of the last general as-11
sembly, was made to the Barker)
Gardner Furniture Co.. of Charlotte, j
N. C-, on competitive bidding. The!'
committee instructed Mrs. Cooper, j
wife of Governor Cooper, to pur- ;
chase certain pieces of furniture from;
J. M. Vanmeter. Columbia firm. The;
legislative resolution carried an ap-!
propriation of $5,000.
The legislative committee making !
the award consisted of Senator Kitch-;
en of Fairfield. Senator Baiter of!
Florence, Representative Hart of j
York and Representative Redmond". !j
of Bamberg.
Industrial Honor
Emblemj
Victory Liberty Loan Organiza-:
Uou Will Award Flags
llem-y P. Moses. County Chairman
of the Victory Liberty Loan organ-!
ization. has received from State head- !
quarters, a set of industrial honor:
emblems to be awarded to all lodges,
clubs, business concerns and organi- ;
nations employing twelve or more;
people. 7."? per cent or more of whose j
employes or members subscribe to
the Victory Liberty Loan. These hon
or emblems are well made flags, who j
appropriate legend and device. They j
may be awarded at any time after
the opening of the. campaign as soon .
the conditions stated are fulfilled.'
Declamation Contest
Declaimers Selected at the Con
test Held Yesterday After
noon at the Boys' High
School from 4.30 to 7.30
At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
ten gentlemen of the city who had
consented to serve as judges met at
the Boys' High School to hear the
declamations of the 24 members of
the graduating class. These boys had
been in training for a good many
weeks and, although having learned
to say their declamations they were
given an opportunity to drop out of
the contest if they so desired, there
was not a single absentee. During
their whole High School course the
members of this class have been un
usually regular in their attendance
upon all school activities. Yesterday
afternoon spoke well for this habit of
regularity and also for their good
health. It was very gratifying that
not a single one asked to be excused
and still more gratifying that not a
single one was absent on account of
physical indisposition. The judges
commented very favorably upon the
efforts of these students.
The method used in determining
the selection of these speakers was as
follows:
Each judge was given a paper up
on which was placed simply a num
ber, nothing else, to indicate the
speaker. As soon as a speaker finish
ed his declamation each of the judges
recorded his marks opposite the
number, grading as follows:
Interpretation ami General Impres
sion. 4 0 per cent.
Voice: Modulation; Enunciation;
Pronunciation. :)0 per cent.
Gesture: Ease; Grace; Natural
ness, 30 per cent.
Total, 100 per cent.
At the end of the contest each
judge submitted to the whole com
mittee his total average for each in
dividual speaker. These total aver
ages were then added and divided by
the number of judges. The one re
ceiving the highest number had an
average of 85 1-2 per cent; the one re
ceiving the lowest mark of the sev
en selected made an average of 69
3-2 per cent. These seven numbers
were then declared to be the winners
and when the numbers were com
pared with the names it was found
that the following had been select
ed:
To represent the school at Colum
bia and at Clinton?Leslie Denniston.
To contest for the Rhame Declaim
ers' Medal at commencement (these
?sames are given alphabetically): Col
.oui;h Dick. Henry Edmunds. Robert
Edmunds. Eugene Lewis, Archie
Pindps. Leslie Schwartz.
Fighting in Vienna
Bolshevist Sympathizers At
tempt to Storm House of
Parliament
Vienna. Thursday. April 16.?Bol
.-iheviki sympathizers this morning at
tempted to storm the Austrian parlia
ment building but were soon dispers
ed with a few wounded. The city
generally is quiet. The attempt
caused no special excitement in the
city. This was the first Bolshevik
outbreak here since last November.
Hun Attempts To
Burn Transport
Boston. April 17.?A German
agent, allowed on the transport Pa
tricia to look out for German prop
erty, attempted to set fire to the ves- :
sei last night as it was nearing Bos
ton. with more than 2.000 American
sailors, according to Major Frank W. j
Cavanaugh, of the l02d field artillery,!
on<> of the officers on board.
Quite a number of Sumter people
went to Bishopville today to attend j
the automobile races, and a large
number of the young folks will go up j
this afternoon for the dance tonight. [
D. A. R. Elections
Delaware Woman Made Histor
ian General
; Washington, April 18,?Results of
I the annual election of officers of the
National Society of Daughters of the
American Revolution were announced
at tonight's session of the annual con
tinental congress.
Mrs. Edmund P. Moody of Dela
ware was elected historian general of
the national society, without oppo
sition. The successful candidates for
[the offices of vice president general
[ were announced as follows: Mrs.
j Isaac L. Patterson, Oregon; Mrs.
John P. Hume, Wisconsin;" Mrs. Jas.'
L. Smith, Texas; Mrs. Frank W.
i Bahnsen, Illinois; Mrs. ? .William H.
Wait, Michigan; Miss Louise H. Co
hum, Maine, and Mrs; William D.
Sherrerd, New Jersey.
The voting for officers and a visit
to Mount Vernon where wreathes
j were placed upon the tomb of Wash
iington made up the entire day's pro
| gram. At a. general meetinjr tonight
addresses were given by Dr. William
F. Slocum. president emeritus of Col
orado College, and by Orrin C. Les
(ter, associate director of the savings
{division of the treasury department,
j The spirit and leadership of- wo
j men, declared Dr. Slocum in. his ad
dress, is to be one of the vital factors
I in accomplishing the constructive
j work that awaits a league oi' nations.
The daughters were urged to co
operate in the government's thrift
campaign by Mr. Lester, who pointed
out the necessity for united effort by
all of the people who pepetuate the
things growing out of American vic
tory in' the war.
"The sale of war savings on
stamps is not the chief objective of
the 1919 thrift and war savings cam
paign," said Mr. Lester, who asserted
it was desired so to carry to every
i person in the United States the "sim
ple principles of how to use and how
ro save and how to invest money
more wisely."
Ship Cotton to Bohemia
Baruch Makes Announcement \
of Wide Interest
j Washington. April 17.?Exportation
of American cotton to Bohemia, and
posstbiy to Finland and Poland, may
begin in the near future. This wajj
indicated today in a cablegram re
ceived by Charles J. Brand, chief of
the Bureau of Markets, from Bernard
Baruch. American member of the ih?
ter-Allied economic council, saying
that arrangements for such exporta
tion were being made.
"Arrangements are being made,"
j Mr. Baruch cabled, "the result of
j which, I think, will be the getting, of
j cotton into Bohemia. Am aiding in
Finland and Poland and wherever
possible. No amounts of any size as
yet. The opening up of trade is con
sidered of the utmost importance."- ,.
COLORED SOLDIERS' FUXD. f
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! Previously acknowledged ....$197.00 -
; D. J. Chandler Clo. Co.. .. 5.00 '
jCrosswell & Co. . '? 5.0.0
i Mr. Eugene Hogan. 5.00
j Sumter Coca-Cola Bottling >
! Works. 10 cases Coca-Cola,
j Mr. and Mrs. D. C Shaw.. .. ' 6.00
j Sumter Lighting Co., 1,000
lbs. ice.
I Sumter Motor Co .. .. :. .. 5.00
*Mr. E. R. Rembert. 2.60
j Sumter Vulcanizing Works..- 2.00
I Shelley & Son. 2.00
j Bultrnan Shoe Co.. .. .... 2.00
'Columbia Tailoring Co.. .. 2.00
Columbia Tailoring Co.. .. 2.00
B. .1. Barnett .?^ ,t 2.50
John Clack. : 2.50
Cash. ....... 2.50
Mct'ollum Bros .. .. .-. .. 2.50
Schwartz. 2.50
Stubbs Bros. 2.50
Through American Barber
Shop, by Rhonal Keene.. 15.00
Dr. I. D. Davis . ' 2.00'
$265:40
H. A. Woodard. Treas. ?
The National Bank el South Carolina
of Sumter
Capita!. $200,000.00
Surplus and Profits. 207.000.00
Tlic amount or surplus set aside for
the protection of Depositors estab
lishes this institution, as he strongest,
bank in this section of this State.
YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED
c. 0. ROWLAND,
President
F E. H1NNANT,
Cashier.
NKIIX O'DOXNEIiTj.
President
O. 1,. yates.
Cashier
A VALUABLE ASSET
There is probably no greater asset
to a young man. than his acquaint
ance and friendship with a dependable
financial institution and as there is no
more opportune time than the present
so many of "Our Boys" are return
ing from "Over There ', after having
to cultivate that acquaintance, when
driven the Hun to his knees,
thereby saving the world and winning
honors which they will carry with
them to the grave.
It means much to a young man to
have a checking account on a bank
like this.
If you have not thought about It,
come in and talk it over with us.
Capital and Surplus
$250,000.00
The First National Bank
SUMTER, S. Ci