The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 14, 1919, Image 7
?4 the PoszoAcc as Sonst?*, 8.
\ O.M Seeoad Claaa Matter.
PERSONAL.
Mr. T. D. Goodale, of Camden. has
recently moved to Sumter and accept
ed a position as engraver with Mr. J.
B. Folsom.
Mrs. W. L. Heaner, of Orangeburg,
/ is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hal P.
Scott.
Miss Julia E. Gruber. of Savannah,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. M. Fol
eom, and after attending the com
mencement exercses of Sumter Ili.nh
School, at which time her two nieces
Misses Lillie and Loulie graduate, she
will return to Columbia and join them
there on their way to Asheville
where they will spend the summer.
Miss Claudia Fr?ser left this morn
ing for Fayetteville. N. C, on a visit
to Mrs. J A. McMurry.
Dr. Jno A. Brunson leaves tonight
for Atlanta, Ga., for several weeks'
vacation.
Mrs. F. C. Manning, who has been
visiting her father. Col R. M. Cooper,
of Wisacky. returned to her home in
Newark, N. J., yesterday.
Mrs. O. H. Folley and children
have returned from Birmingham.
Ala., after a stay of several weeks.
Mrs Philip Schlamp, of Henderson,
Ky., is visiting the family of Dr. H.
M. Stuckey.
Mr. L. J. Myers, of Hagood. was
in ? town on business yesterday.
Mrs. H. A. Trueman, of Lincoln.
Nebraska, .is the guest of herjsister.
Mrs. Reid Ard. at her home on East
Liberty St. Mrs. Trueman is accom
panied by her youngest son, Eldredge..
Misses Irene and Helen Plowden
and Messrs. David Plowden and Clar
endon Croskey. of Clarendon county, i
are in the city attending the closing
exercises di the city schools?
Miss Cossie Plowden, of Wilson, S.
C, is visiting in the city.
A telegram was received this morn- j
ing from Lieut. Orin F. Crow, of the ;
318th Field Artillery, saying he land
ed at Newport News yesterday.
Mrs. E. W. Vogel and children left
this morning for Hendersonviile, N.
C, where t?ey will spend the summer.
Mr E. B. Rhodus. of Greeleyville,
spent today here on business.
Second Lieut. James C Hood, who
has been with the American Army in
France for nearly a year has received
his commission as First Lieutenant.
Improvements at Pocalla.
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WiTV the coming of real summer j
weati..*r the season at Pocalla has.
opened in full blast and the crowds j
4that visit this pleasure resort every;
afternoon and evening are already j
as great as at the height of the sea
son last year. Those who visit Po
calla find that during the winter Mr.
Beck took advantage of the opportun
ity when he was not^ crowded and
busy taking cape of his patrons to
make many improvements that add
to the attractiveness of the place.
"The lake-has been deepened by
the erecton of a concrete wall entirely
encircling it. so that danger of the ;
darn breaking again has been almost j
, entirely eliminated. Concrete retain
ing walls have also been erected
around the terraces that overlook the
lake and new walks have been laid
out. The number of bath houses has;
been more than doubled, with a row j
of private bath houses on the north [
side of the lake which have been rent- j
ed to the holders of season tickets.
The greatest of all the improve- j
ments has been the installation of an j
electric lighting plant of three htm- j
dred lights capacity. The plant is suf- j
ficient to brilliantly illuminate the |
dance hall and the picnic grounds on j
the brow of the hill and to give ample
lights for the lake and all the bath j
houses, so that bathing at night will
be as safe and delightful as in the
afternoon. In the dance hall a large
and fine electric piano has been
place and dancers can have the J
latest music at all hours of the day, j
and until a reasonable hour at night, j
No dancing will, however, be allowed !
on Sunday. J
Year by year Mr. Reek has develop
ed the natural beauties and? attrac
tions until it is now one of ihe most
delightful places of healthful recrea
tion in this section of the State, but !
as much as he has done his plans
have not been completed, for he has
many other improvements in view that
he will makr as soon as it is practi
cable to do so. In the mean time the
people of Sumter have the opportun
ity of spending many hours at a pleas
ure resort at their own doors that has
advantages over majority of places
Th*-y have been accustomed to '*go
away in the Summer" to visit. Sum
ter people can take their summer va
cation at home and have a better time
at less expense then when they go to
the mountains or seashore.
Public Health Exhibit at Y. M. C. A.
A large card exhibit for High School
boys and young men is on display at
the Y. M. C. A. for the boys and
young men of Sumter.
This is ;j health exhibit gotten up
by the United States public health
service, and is being shown to every
high school in every state through the
State Board of Health and the Y. M.
C. A.
Mr, R. L. Alexander, who is the di
rector of the health campaign for the
State of South Carolina is here today.
Owing to the fact that the com
mencement exercises are on at the
High Schoool, the exhibit will be
shown at the Y. M. C. A. for the next
few days.
Thi< is an interesting exhibit, with
pictures direct from life. Rvery young
man i>> promised a treat, which he
receives, when he views this exhibit.
It is known as the "Keeping Fit"
campaign for High School boys.
Mr. Alexander says that the exhibit
has gained the highest praise and ap
proval from educators and teachers
as well as pupils wherever shown.
There will be a summer stock com
pany at the Opera House next week.
The Pickert Sisters Stock Company
will be here starting Monday, June
16th.
Y. M. C. A. XOTES.
Special Swimming Glasses at tbe-Y. M.
G. A. for Men and Hoys. ,
There is no excuse for any man or
j boy nor knowing how to swim. On
j Wednesday and Friday mornings at
! 10.30 there will be special lessons giv
en boys 9 years and older who cannot
j already swim, free of charge. Any
j boy who is interested will call at the
j Y. M. C A. and ask for a free swim
I ming card.
Any man not knowing how to swim
i can secure special instructions and
help free of charge and can have pri
vate instruction by seeing T. C. Mc
i Knight or just phone him at the Y.
M. C. A.
i The best summer tonic is a good
j shower and a swim in our clean swim
I ming pool. For pleasure and benefit
i come around and try it.
Somctliing About Dr. Wright.
The Sumter Daily Item:
I have been asked to say something
regarding Dr. Frank Hall Wright wiio
on Sunday, June l?, will begin u se
ries of evangelistic meetings in the
Presbyterian Church of our city. It
gives me real pleasure to comply with
this request About fourteen years
ago this coming September I became
pastor of the\Baptist church of Win
chester, Ky. While there Dr. Wright
conducted a series of meetings in the
Presbtyerian church of that city. The
meetings lasted for three weeks. j
There were two services held each j
day. One of these in the afternoon'
and the other in the evening. As j
well as I can remember Dr. Wright
is a man of medium height. At the J
time 1 knew him his hair and mus
tache were black, lie wore glasses j
He is a half Indian. Somebody twit-i
ted him once about having to use j
glasses and also having some trouble]
with his teeth. He replied: That is I
the white bloood in me. That how- j
ever regarding Dr. Wright in which}
we are now most interested is as a
man and,preacher. He is a fine Chris
tian gentleman. He is a/good preach
er, lie is not at all sensational. He
relies upon the word of God and the
Holy Spirit for the effectiveness of his
message. In the early part of the j
meeting he directs his messages large
ly, almost entirely to Christians,
church members. If you hear him
and you are at all in doubt as to your
spiritual condition you are likely to
be made to feel very uncomfortable.
After precchin.n for some time along
the line indicated above he presents
the wonderful plan of salvation with
simplicity, clearness and force. One
r>f the chief charms about Dr. Wright i
both as a man and evangelist, is his
wonderfully sweet voice. I have
heard few sweeter tenor voices than
he has. Every time 1 heard him he
concluded each- sermon with an ap
propritae soiig. Although it has been ?
t long time since 1 saw and heard j
him some of the songs he sang with j
such marvelous sweetness and won- j
cierful effectiveness linger with me
still. I remember a meeting for men
yne Sunday afternoono. He sang aj
song called "My Mother's Hands.'"
There were few dry eyes in thai j
:-hurch that afternoon. There are j
other songs which I heard him sing [
that 1 could mention, but I think 1
have said enu^h. No Christian in
Sumter, either for his own sake or
the interest he has in the salvation
of the unsaved, can afford to miss
hearing him. Dr. Wright is a deeply
spiritual man. He practices what he J
preaches. Behind his message is a
man yielded to God. If the Chris-j
tian people of Sumter. regardless of j
denomination, will get this man and
his meeting on their hearts; if they
will hold him up by their prayers,
the entire community shall be blest.
I hope that the pastor of the Pres-j
byterian church will feel free to call!
on me and my people for any service j
we mav be able to render.
W. E. Thayer.
High School Commencement
The closing exercises of the Sumter
High School opened Tuesday in
the auditorium of the Girls High
School with an interesting program.
The attendance was. as usual, so great
that the seating capacity of the build- j
ing was overtaxed and many who 1
desired to attend could not gain ad- j
niittance. The features of the pro
gram in which there was most inter
est were the competitive drill by the
three best drilled members of the
High School battalion and tin- d.e
elaimers' contest.
The contestants for the Levi medal
for the manual of arms were; Har
old DeLorme. Henry Edmunds and
Archie Phelps. The medal was award
ed to Harold DeLoraie.
The Garland, the C. 11. Wilson
medal for athletics, was awarded to
Clifford Crawford.
The O'Donnell medal , for penman
ship was awarded to Miss Douise
Troublefield
The program of the evening was as
follows: (
overture?The Golden Sceptre.
Invocation.
Competitive Dirll.
Awarding the Mitchell Levi Med
I a! for Manual of Arms.
Orchestra?The American Patrol.
Awarding the Garland; tin- C. H.
VYi'sou Medal for Athletics. j
Awarding the O'Donnell Medal for'
j Pa Imer Penmanship.
Declamations:
j Leslie Schwartz- President Wilson's
Comments Cpon the Armistice.
Holier: Edmunds Why We Foughi
Germany: Secretary Lane.
Orchestra- Angel's Serenade.
Archibald Phelps?When the Tide
of the World War Turned: OUv
j Kahn .
Oolcldugh Dick?England Vn
sheathes The Sword: Asquith.
Orchestra?U. S. Field Artillery
March.
Henry Edmunds?And Peace Came:
!>r 11. X. Snyder.
Eugene Lewis?France Fnited in
I the Cause of Right: Paul Deschaul
j Orchestra- The Beautiful Ohio
j Leslie Denniston?President \V,:
; son's 1 lost on Speech.
! (The las! named declaimer is : M
in the contest for the Rhame declar
er's medal, as he was awarded medal
by school as representative at Clin
ton and Columbia).
Announcements.
The Star Spangled Banner: Or
I ohestra and whole audience. ('!'!.?
whole audience will please remain
standing until rhe last note of our
national anthem is sung).
High School Commencement.
i The closing exercises of the -Sumter
j High Schools were held in the audi
torium of Girls High School IVednes
I day and the graduating class of
oftrty eight, twenty-four ?, girls and
i twenty-four hoys, received diplomas.
! The awards of medals wert- an-,
!nounced as follows:
j Declaimers' Medal?Archie Phelps.
I Spelling-?I.ila May Xewxnan.
j D. A. K.?Azilee Mellette.
j U. 1). c.?Katharyn Keardon.
j For Manliness?Robert L. Edmunds.
i Jr.
j Special Achievement?Claude Smith
! The older of exercises was as fol
| lows: %
i i avocation.
j L'nfold Ye Portals? Song by Class.
! Awaiding the I. C. Strauss Prize,
I for Spelling.
I Medals for D. A. R. and U. D. C.
Medal for Maniiness.
Mooonlight Boat Ride?Song.
Words of Welcome?Miss Margar- !
et Beaumont.
Piano Solo?Wedding Day?Greig? j
i Miss Eleanor Wallace,
r Women After the War?Miss Adria j
j Du Rant.
j Ilumoresque?Miss Lillie Folsom. j
i The Thirtieth Division?Miss Doro- j
j thy Schilling;- !
I God that Madest Earth and Heaven j
I?Miss Blanche Spann. j
j Doughboys?Miss May Blanding.
A Son of the Desert Am I?Song by j
i Class. !
The Young Old Man of France?
Miss Katie Reardon.
Anchored?Song by Class. j
As it Will Be?Miss Annie Laurie j
Booth.
Class Poem?.Miss Eva Chandler.
Words of Parting?Miss Azilee Mel-)
lette.
Lovely June?Song by Class.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Medals for Declamation.
The National Anthem by Whole)
Audience. ?
Class of 1919.
Margaret Cathrine Beaumont,
Annie Laurie Booth,
May Blanding. I
Marie A. Brogdon.
Coline Thelma Campbell. j
Fva Chandler. - j
Theodosia Virginia Deal,
Sarah Adria DuRant.
Irma Urselle Felder,
Lillie Cert rude Folsom,
Loulie Mood Folsom.
Carrie Kathleen Harper,
Marion Rosalind Jackson,
Vermele Jennings,
Ruth D. Lyon. i
Azilee Mellette. j,
Eugenia Miller, i
Lilla Mae Newman, j
Katharyn Reardon. !
Ethel Revill. j
Fannie Ida Rembert.
Dorothy Schilling. I
Blanche Richbourg Spann,
Eleanor Craven Wallace,
Edward S. Booth. Jr.. j
Douglas C. ChevTie. . j
George Lloyd Cothran,
Clifford It. Crawford.
Calhoun Dove Cunningham.
Charles Leslie Denniston. ;
Alexander ?'ololough Dick,
James Doby Dinkins.
Samuel Henry Edmunds, Jr.,
Robert Leland Edmunds. Jr.,
Donald Fr?ser Kirven.
Furman Jenkins Knight.
Henry Eugene Lewis.
James Wesley Lewis,
Eugene H. Moses, Jr.,
Archibald Phelps, j
James Rafileld. j
Wade Riley Reynolds.
Leslie Kenneth Schwartz.
John Whitworth Shaw, Jr.,
Henry Wiley Sholar, Jr.,
Walter Claude Smith.
Robert Jennings Till.
Alexander Dick Tisdale. i
Cotton Blooms.
Tile first cution blooms of the sea- \
son were reported Friday. The ;
first was brought to the Item Office
by Victor Baula from his farm on the;
Bishopvile road. He said he found ;
it yesterday afternoon. The second '
came in about noon from the farm}
of Messrs. George 1.. Ricker and T. K.;
Mclntosh. !
Notice.
Subscriptions to Salvation Army
Home Service Fund are now due and
payable. Please forward checks tc
Mr. W. 1. Whitehead. Treasurer, at
once.
The general interest in what will .
be the immediate outcome of the ef-j
forts of the committee appointed to j
consider me situation and devise aJ
plan to erect sufficient house to ac
commodate the people who are now
here and are without homes and those
who want to come as ,soon as they
can secure houses is great.' Long time
residents who own their own homes
and'are comfortably fixed cannot real
ize the feelings ol those who are!
crowded into a few rooms or nr. j
boarding, or who. if they have aj
hous<-. are daily expecting to have the!
house sold over their heads or the}
rent jumped to an exorbitant tlgure.
Sumter musi have more houses or thej
growth and business prosperity of the!
town will receive a back-set. What i.-;,
needed is a house building campaign!
for the public benefit, not a specula^
Live real estate development for large]
profits, if a plan eaa be formulated
and t>u; into operation by means oi i
which an adequate number or houses
can be erected for rent ;it a reason
aide rental, based on cost, or for sale)
on easy terms, by which the occupant j
may apply the v\'.\ to tin- purchase'
price. Every man v. ho . an !.<? indue
? ?d to buy a home on easy terms is.!
more than apt to become a permanent
resident, who will be interested in the
welfare of the town. What we want
is a large and contented population
of home owners, not a transient and
dissatisfi? d lot of renters.
The damage by hail in the Mechan
iesville section of Lee county was not
as serious as reported.
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uted, average 24.2? mile* per gallon.
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Boll Weevil in
Bamberg County
Rain is Need?Crop Conditions
Generally Fair?Fields Practi
cally Clear of Grass.
Columbia. June 12.? R. FL Sullivan
local meterologist of the laiitvd
States weather bureau, has issued the
following summary of crop and
Weather conditions tor the week
ending Juih- 10.
"Hot weather during the major -por
tion of the week has been favorable
for rapid growth, and fields are prac
tically clear or" grass, except in sec
t;o:!.s of the miildle and southern
coastal plain, where heavy rains ana!
wei soil lins prevented cultivation.
"Cotton, corn, truck and gardens in
other sections of the State are be
ginning tu need rain.
''The wheat. Oat and rye harvests
are progressing, and the oat harvest
is approaching completion in the
more southern sections. Stray squares
have appeared in early cotton, and the
crop, as a whole, is in good condition,
though in a!l stages of advancement,
with some complaint locally of un
satisfactory Kenninai ion and of lice
in some sections: chopping continues
in the central and northern counties: ?
the boll weevil has appeal J in east-'
em Bamberg county.
"Corn is growing rapidly and has:
healthy color, though still small inj
many fields. Tobacco is in good con-,
dition generally.
? Sweet potato transplanting con-'
tinues. Cucumbers arc beins" shipped
in about average quantities, and vege- :
tables an-4 plentiful, bur white potato,
digging results are not up to ex-;
pectations."
Another Cotton Bloom.
Mr. YV. J. Stafford who h:is held j
the record for several years for pro-j
ducing the first cotton bloom of the ?
season brought in his first bloom to-;
day. but as there were two blooms'
brought in yesterday, lie drops to I
rhird place this year. 1
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I The National Bank of South Carolina
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Capital.-.$200,000.00
Surplps and Profits_u. 207,000.00
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