The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 07, 1919, Image 5
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PERSONAL.
Mrs. R. C. Gulley. of Brook Haven,
Miss., is visiting Mrs. H. M. Crowson.
Mrs. C. W. Stanstill and Mrs. Eu
gene Stansiil have returned from a
visit at'Bastover.
Mrs. "-W. E. Merritt and daughter,
Pauline, of Wallace. N. C, are visiting
at Mr.J Jake Harvin's, 108 North
Church St.
Mrs.; Bora E. Dennis and daughters,
Misses Earle and Vivian, left last
night for Macon, Ga. Mrs. Dennis
?will visit her daughter, Mrs. J. Frank
Powell and other friends in Macon.
Mrs.- Donald Aald has gone to Ma
rion to visit friends.
Mr. Alston Brown, who has been
attending college at Oxford, Ga, is
at home for the summer.
Mrs. F. E .Mcllwaine has returned
from Spartanburg where she attended
Wofford commencement. Her son,
William E. McHwaine, was a mem
ber of the graduating class.
Mrs. S. H. Edmunds and Mrs. Hen
ry G. Hill have returned from Rock
Hill where they went several days
ago to attend Winthrop commence
ment. )
Misses Sara Edmunds, Minnie De
Lorme and Cornelia Brow er, who were
graduated from Winthrop College this
week have returned home.
Dr. Warren Burgess, who has been
in the overseas medical service for
nearly a year has returned home.
> Lieut. Frank M. Cain, 82nd Divis
ion, has received his discharge and is
at borne again.
Marion Cothran. Hal Clarke and
James Dick have returned home i'rom
Pre^vterina College, Clinton. S. C.
Mr. Joe McClure is at home- hav
ingre ceived his discharge from the .
army. *He served - in France during
the campaign last summer and fall.
Mr. Leland Edmunds has returned
home from Presbyterian College
Clinton, S. C
The Vaccination of Pupils
After a long delay vaccine points ,
from the State Department of Health
have been procured which are pro
nounced to be perfect in every way.
To |his end the pupils who were vac
cinated during the year and whose
vaccination did not take and others
wha may need to be vaccinated will
be vaccinated at the school building
within, .the next week.
As all pupils who enter the school
next -year for the first time will be
required to have vaccination certifi- 1
catesv.it will be a' source of great con- 1
venienceif these little folks are sent <
to the school building on Friday of <
this week at 10 o'clock .There will be 1
about 150 pupils in next year's first ]
grade- and a great deal of time would 1
be ^ saved if these prospective pupils *
would procure their vaceihation cer- 1
tificates now instead of waiting until
the opening of school next fall. ?
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Commencement Notes t
The first night of Commencement (
wfll be next Tuesday the 10th of <
June at 9* P. M.. the second night on }
Wednesday at the same hour. With <
such "a large class to complete the *
prescribed course of the schooJ. the 2
exercises on these two evenings 1
should be unusually attractive. As *
usual the admission fee will be 15 !
cents for each night The money 3
thus raised is employed in buying ?
books and other useful things for ;
?the different school buildings. The J
public is asked to keep these two dates
in mind'and to honor the graduates
by being present on both evenings. 1
Yesterday morning at chapel, Su- '
perintendent Edmunds congratulated
the thirteen boys for the splendid
showing that they had made in the
execution of the manual of arms.
This/drill has been favorably com
mented upon by expert witnesses. It
has -been pronounced one of unusual
excellence. The participants were:
James Blanding. Edward Booth,
Pinckney Bradley, Douglas Cheyne,
Lloyd Cothran, Harold DeLorme, Hen
ry :E"dmunds, Charles Haynsworth,
Donald Kirven, Eugene Lewis, Archie
Phelps, Wiley Sholar, Jack Wright.
Ahamont Moses Scholarship Loan.
This loan this year will be available
to some boy or girl who needs funds
to .further his or her education. In
dications are that the scholarship
fund this year will be only $70. but
that will help as far as it goes.
The loan is made by the directors of
the fund who consider all the appli
cations and award the scholarship
where they think it should go. As
lohg as the borrower is at school
there is no interest on the loan, but.
interest commences after the holder
fnishes and goes to work. It is at
the rate of only four percent, with the
understanding that it is to be panl
back as soon as the borrower can do
so. The payments are left to the
honor of the oorrower.
The directors meet about the first
of July and deride who shall have the
scholarship. Anyone wishing to ap
ply should gret an application blank
from Mr. H. A. Moses at 122 South
Main St.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners was
held Tuesday. There was present large
delegation of citi^-ns of the lower
part of Mayesville township and Shi
loh to urge the proposition that the
proposed highway be built via Mc
'Bride's crossing and Shiloh to Flor
ence instead of by way of Mayesville.
There was a lengthy discussion, in the
course of which there was evidence of
considerable feelinsr. In the end,
however, as the result of the state
.ment of Chairman McLnurin that the
Board had already decided to build a
?good road to Shiloh that the work
was already in progress under the su
pervision of County Engineer McLel
ian. that the work would be continued
until the road was completed, that
under this plan, using county funds
entirely, the Shiloh road would be
completed much earlier than the roads
built in cooperation with the State
Highway Commission and that the
road would be built according, to the j
best specifications, everybody appear-]
ed pleased and satisfied. _x
Negro Memorial \
Building
Governor Names Commission to
Raise Funds
Columbia. June 3.?In accordance
with the terms of a joint resolution
passed by the IS 19 general assem
bly. Governor Cooper yesterday ap
pointed a commission of seven mem
bers to have charge of the erection of
a memorial building, dedicated to
South Carolina negro soldiers, sailors,
marines and civilians who rendered
service during the world war. The
commission consists of six trustees of
the State Agricultural and Mechan
ical College, a negro institution locat
ed at Orangeburg, and Dr. R. S.
Wilkinson, its president. The joint
resolution provides that the memorial
building shall be upon the grounds of
this school. The commission will
have charge of the campaign to raise
funds-to supplement the $100,000
made available by the general assem- i
bly. The personnel of the commis- j
sion is here given: Dr. William R. j
Lowman. Orangeburg; E. D. Hodge.
Alcolu; A. Li. Dukes, Orangeburg; C
E. Sawyer, Aiken; G. B. White. Ches
ter; C. F. Brooks, Laurens, and Dr.
R. S. Wilkinson. Orangeburg. The
following statement was made by Gov.
Cooper in connection with the ap
pointment of the commission:
"The general assembly in providing
$100.000 for a negro memorial had in
mind, I am sure, not only the honq^
in? of those who rendered war serB|
ice, but also the betterment of tlr?
race. This being true, I thought 18
wise to appoint on this commission
trustees of the State negro college!
for these men ?*-p best equipped to
carry out the full purpose of the joint"
resolutions. They can at once erect
a building that will preserve the rec
ords of negroes' services, will do hon
or to these services, and also possess
utilitarian features.
"This commission can, for purposes
oT the campaign to raise money and
for carrying out other phases of the
duties laid down by the joint reso
lution, associate with them various
committees composed of representa
tive negroes of this State."
Overland to Gothem
Letter From Mr. Sol Krasnoff
Enroute to New York
Dear Mr. Osteen:
', I have just reached Baltimore and
find the city all dressed up in memory
of Maryland's heroes. Everything?
except the barrooms, of "course? is
closed up, soldiers and citizens are
parading the streets accompanied by
numerous bands; the buildings are
profusely decorated and the main
:horoughfares are ablaze with white,
red and blue. '
Among the immense throngs there
ire sprinklings of warriors of all de
scriptions, from the robust, muscular
tnd perfect man to the most pitiful
iripples imaginable, and only in gath
erings like this one can conceive some
dea as to the sacrifices and benefits
yf the last war. Some have returned
greatly benefited, others whose lives
ire embittered forever, and there is
lot money enough, nor honor enough
:hat these unfortunates could have
jiven to replace them to a life of a
natural man possessing every faculty,
[t is not the dead nor the living who
ire well that call our most profound
attention, but it is those unfortunate
living, who are forever deprived of
the chance to support themselves
that should be taken care of. South
Carolina as well as Maryland and the
whole people of these United States, it
is hoped will be equal to the task.
I have traveled a little over 500
miles in the first two days, having
good roads all along the line after
leaving Suniter county, a statement it
hurts me to make, but it is true all
the same, but hope that in the near
future I shall not have to say this
again. I had no trouble or mishaps
of any kind to speak of. I was stuck
in the mud for half an hour before J
got to Clarksville. Va., but pulled out
without outside help. Could not get
into Clarksville until 2 o'clock that
night as all the bridges there were
Washed away a day before by a flood
caused from cloud burst I had to
find some one who knew all the field
roads and he piloted me into town by
taking a detour of about 12 miles
through plantation roads and I can
frankly tell you it was some joy ride.
There is one remarkable thing that
I could not understand and am still in
dou'itt about it. and that is. that 1
have met very few cars on the road
after, leaving Darlington. S. C. Right
at home in Sumter. Lee and Claren
don, where I travel often, cars can
be met every five or ten minutes, but
since I reached North Carolina I have
not met one to the hour; and judging
from the numbers of.cars I saw in ev
ry. town and noticing the high hum?
bers of the cars, there are more cars
in North Carolina than South- Caro
lina. The only way I can explain this
is that there are more good roads
here, and tiie cars are traveled on all
roads instead of being forced to use
only a few main roads as they do in
Sumter and other places.
There is one good thing, howeverf,
that I am proud of, while traveling,
and that is. r do not have to explain
where Sumter is. everywhere I go
Sumter is known and I do not have to
refer the people to the map in order
to prove that there is stirb a place
in the United States as I have seen
done by popple from other parts of j
the country.
You should have come along with
me on this trip. 1 know you would
have enjoyed it. ahd then you could
have gathered a great dtai of mater
ial for your readers about many
things they do not know, especially
about the big cost of Jiving. This 1
will tell you in my next lett<-r. it' I am
a hie to write.
Yours, etc.
S. L. Krasnoff.
Baltimore, May 31, 1919. ?
Rural Policeman John Bradley of
Shiloh. who has been critically ill for
the past week, has passed the crisis
and his recovery; is now hoped for,
I What Sumter
Merchants Lose
A Concrete Example of What
The Lack of Houses is Cost
. ing Sumter
The subjoined letter from a penile
man, who came to Sumter recently to
work in one of the local manufactur
j ing plants, presents in the briefest,
strongest and most, convincing form
the argument for the building of
I houses to accommodate the people
who have come and wish to come to
Sumter to work, live and contribute
toward the development of this town.
He shows in the simplest yet most
foricble manner exactly what the mer
chants of Sumter are losing each
month-by the want of a house for a
single family. This man earns his
money in Sumter but each month he
sends away $170 to support his fam
ily in another town. The merchants
are losing this trade monthly and the
man himself is losing money, too, for
?be expense of boarding here and
supporting his family in another place
is greater than it would be if he had
his family with him. He may be
satisfied to. live this way for a time
brcUnot indefinitely?he will ultimate
fdMfek work in a town where he can
4Be- his family with him. He is just
We man, there are scores of others
smiilarly situated, and some of them
jho come here expecting to become
manent residents have already giv-^
p,hope of ever obtaining houses
their'families and have gone else
ere to -seek a home.
Read-this letter and then ask your
elf what you are going to do about
?it:
Editor The Daily Item.
Your editoril in today's Item "Are
You for .Sumter?" certainly deserves
attention. *
A few months ago I came to Sumter
to work and long before I reached
my destination I was informed that
I could not find a house for my fam
ily. Such I found to be true. And
so far my wife and children have not
yet moved to Sumter.
My position pays me about $210 per
month, the greater part of which
would be spent here in Sumter if my
family was living here. As it is I
spend ;about ten dollars per month
for amusement and smokes and thirty
dollars for board, the other one hun
dred and seventy dollars goes home to
my wife and kiddies to be spent in j
"another man's town."
Of course this little amount would!
not average very much divided among
the merchants and business men of
Sumter. but suppose 99 others are note
working away from home. Just^hink
one hundred times $170 each month
added to the amount already in cir
culation in Sumter would be more and
bigger business. Come now, start a
build up your own town movement;
houses and more houses. 1 am, jc
spectfully. XXX
Sergt. Alvin
York Speaks j
Nashville, June 2.?At the annual [
Decoration Day at the Upchurch
burying ground in Wolf river valley. \
Fentress County, Sergt. Alvin C. YorkJ
world war hero, yesterday resumed |
his role of elder in his church, quit- j
ting his place beside his sweetheart i
on a wagon seat to speak to 50-V;t
mountain people gathered on the hill ]
side of the service and the big has-,
ket dinner in York's honor. The re- f
turned soldier said:
"It is with the deepest love toward!
you all that I speak today. Bove foi j
you and all my people thrills my j
heart again when I meet with you.
"It has been two years since we
have met here for this decoration.
While we are spreading flowers on the
graves of the dead, we should remem
ber to throw flowers of kindness in
the paths of those still living and help J
them reach a Christian life.
"I have almost seen in the dark
hours of midnight a vision into the j
pearly gates of Heaven. There are
things that compel men to- think of i
God. It is nard to nc m ] tne dark
hours o?. night ana; see no one near, j
yet hear men dying not far-away and {
hear them pray to God to save them,
who have put off their prayers to
your right and left asking God. be
tween their groans to have mercy
.upon them.
i "It is all right to ask God to have
mercy, but don't put it off until the
end is near. We should lead a Chris
tian Jife so we ca.n look up and say I
'Lord. I'm ready." Christ will ta!<<
you safely through the dark valley j
of death.
"If I were a preacher?and I'm not. j
but just a simple country boy?1 |
would think it one of they, highest of]
honors to be chosen from the mult.i j
plied millions. to do God's work ;
While I have been gone. God has been j
my helper and keeper. Without the
hand of God I know that. I would n^t
be here today. 1 have placedmyself
in the hands of a Man who never lost
and will never lose a battle."
?Pall Mall, Tenn., June 2.?Sergt Al
vin C. York, will not be excommuni
cated -from the Church of Christ and
Christian Union for having practical
ly annihilated a German battalion .-tri'!
otherwise wrought vengeance upon!
the Hun enemy. Nor will he be oth
erwise disciplined by his church. Inj
fact. Pastor Pile says the husky j
sergeant did "right" 'in laying low j
these Hun hordes.
Gaffney. Jura- 3.?On next Thurs
day the bankers of Gaffney will en
tertain Group five of the Houth Caro
liha Bankers' Association with a din
ner at tin1 Hot"! Carroll, the busine .
meeting to be held at the rooms ofj
the Chamber <?t Commerce. It is j
probable thai these gentlemen will be j
taken over some of Cherokee's 'j.>"><'- ;
oads while in Gaffney. in order thai i
they may see what this country has j
in that line.
Brussels. May 1.?The Belgian Co
lonial office has received word of v< -
cent important discoveries by sold
prospectors in the rile district (Bel
gian Congo) belonging to the Belgian
state. , '
j Senator Hough Dead
Well Known Lancaster Man Suc
cumbs to Illness
Lancaster. June 4.?State Senator
YV. C. Hough died at his home here
thi smorning at 9.30 o'clock after an
illness of several months. His health,
in fact, has been had for the pas'!
j several years, though recently he had
shown improvement. Several weeks
ago he went to a hospital in Rock
Hill and returned to his home ten
days ago. Since that time he had been
critically ill.
Mr. Hough was 52 years of age and
is survived by his wife and four'v-hil
dren. He represented Lancaster
county in the general assembly, for
several years and was elected again
last summer. He served during the;
recent session. ? j
Colored Fair Association.
The Sumter Colored Fair Associa-!
tion has been organized with the fol- i
lowing officers:
President?Se> .our Howard.
Vice President?C. A. Lawson.
Treasurer?T. B. Wright.
Secretary?H. A. Woodard.
General Manager?R. W. Westber
ry.
Trustees: Dr. R. S. WilkinS6n. J.
S. Collins. Dr. C. W. Birnic, R. A. Ma
tt on ey.
The association has been incorpor
ated with a capital of $20.000, all of
which has been subscribed and $5.
000 will be paid in to finance the first;
county fair to be held this year, .the j
week following the Sumter Countv I
Fair.
In past years Sumter, through the \
Chamber of Commerce, and by; indi-!
vidual citizens, has spent thousands!
of dollars and untold effort and elo- j
quence for the purpose of startmg
something that would induce' indus- |
trial and manufacturing enterprises!
to locate in this city, to the end that j
the population of the town .mi^ht be
Increased and business condition im
proved. Something has caused Sum- ?
ter to grow in population during the;
past three years in. a most surprising j
m'anner and today it is impossible to j
house the people who are here seek- |
ing homes. If the business men can j
afford to spend money to maintain j
the Chamber of Commerce and other;
money'to promote the growth and de-;
velopment of the town, they should j
spend what is necessary to provide!
housing accommodations for the {
people who have come and want to '
-come here to work and make then- '
homes. If houses are not provided.)
then all that, has been spent in pro-j
motion has been literally.-, thrown j
away. Sumter is just beginning to j
grow and develop as a manufacturing |
center, and if the business men and j
real estate owners possess the vision i
and the courage to take advantage of i
"the opportunity that is at hand the |
development will be great within the ,
next few years.
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The annual dinner for the Confed
erate Veterans was served on the
Court House square by Dick Anderson
^Chapter V. D. C. Tuesday noon.;
Tim attendance was larger .than usual
and the old soldiers did full justice]
to the bountiful repast provided by
the ladies.
.There were not quite . fifty of the
Veterans to sit down to the dinner,
and they were waited upon attentively
by the ladies of the 1*. D. C. Dr. Mc
Laurin presided at the head of the
table, and at th'- end of the dinner:
proposed a resolution of appreciation
for the kindness of the ladies, which j
was adopted by a rising vote.
Mr. D. J. Winn had a copy of the;
list of volunteers in Co. D.. the first j
company organized in Sumter at the j
beginning of the war, which he read. :
Out of 100 names there were only one ]
or two present to respond.
The State Highway engineers have
completed the survey of the Mayes
ville road and are now at work on j
the Camden road. It is -said they;
will, investigate the feasibility of
eliminating the heavy grade 'nt Bai - j
lard Hill by laying out a new road
from Dalzell via Borden, following
practically*-; the same, route as rhej
Northwestern Railroad.
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Paris. June 5.?Brussels advices |
announcing the dates for President j
Wilson's entertainment there was
characterized at the Paris White ?
House today as mere guesses. The
date for the visit has not been fixed.]
it was said, bu1- probably wiU occur;
within the coming week. j
Cotton Market
LOCAL.
P. G. BOWMAN. Cotton Bu/er.
I (Corrected Daily at 12 o'clock Noon).
Good Middling 21 1-2.
Strict Middling 31.
Middling 30.
Strict Low Middling 2S.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
July
Oct.
Dec
Open High Low
30.40 30.60 29.76
29.SO 29:80 28.80
29.15 29..20.-2S.45
Yes'td'y?
Close Close
30.17 30.40
29.15 29.50
28.72 29.11
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j Workr or* 15ed Cross in Bel^nxa^^*
j Brussels, May "*4.?Since th-i armij& .
I tice, the American 5?ed' Gross"C?hi-' %
! mission for Belgium has distributed.* <
jsome 8.000,000 francs for the benefit^
i of various Belgian charitable works;.
j 1.300.000 francs to help Belgian refu3?&*
; gess returning home; 1,000,000 francs
I'for the mutilated soldiers./and civij^ p<
j ians; f,250,000 francs for destitute ?*
'children; 1,200,000? francs for organ
izations combatting tuberculosis;
120,000 francs for 'military hospitals;
1250.000 francs for civilian hospita?s^
land 50,000 fr?nc'S for"building wotfsfc?.<
I en homes for Termonde which w&s.y;
j burned by tbe-:Germans in 1914 ahd/;.:!
where nearly, ,7,000 people are. now '
living in the ruins of their devastated. *
homes. <? ' ~ ? "-;
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