The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 20, 1919, Image 3
Officials Continue Investigation
of Speculative Tips
"Washington. I>ec. 1<>.?Department
of justice officials today continued
their investigation of reports of alleg
ed leaks on -Supreme Court decisions
"which -are-being-used-as tips for ?tock
speculation. Minor officials of the de
partment and attlaches of the supreme
court are implicated in the charges,
but Captain- Buxke.-chief of the bu
reau of-investigation of the justice
department declared.- that so- tar no
basis for the charges has been dis
covered.
THE Iff ASS MEETIN
Sale ox JReaovation of Opera
House Discussed
?-?:
A mass meeting was held at the
Opera House Monday night at, 7.30 at
call of City Council. The object of
vthe meeting was to ascertain what j
the general public desired to do with]
the Opera House, which also con- j
tains the various city offices, and a I
store room.
-Not.as large crowd attended asj
was expected, but a-representative!
gathering of Sumter's citizens wer?;
among those who responded to th?r 1
call. i
Mayor Jennigs acted as chairman !
and explained the situation, going into I
detail about the,various debts of the:
city and the burdens on the taxpayers
of the cjty. He also enumerated the
good that had resulted in the laying
:^>f the present-streets and sewer -sys
tems. the profit netted on the water
works system. aucL. .what was to be
hoped from the ^electric lighting plant
recently purchased.
The chairman stated that- he was!
not in favor of selling the present!
bunding and lot at a sacrifice, that!
the lot was worth $1.000 a front foot
and.that the lot was 70 feet wide. Hej
favored spending the $103,000 to putj
the building in first class condition j
that would then have a value of i
about $230,000. instead of less than I
$100,000. its present estimated market {
value...
After the chairman had explained)
the situation and the object . of the i
meeting, stating that little difficulty I
would be encountered in selling the ]
bonds and within 3 or 4 years the new j
building would be paid for, he open- j
ed the meeting for discussion.
Dr. E. S. Booth was the first to!
voice his sentiments against the re- f
modeling of the present building. He i
did not favor selling the building at}
a sacrifice.
Mr. ,1. C. Strauss sawr no reason why I
.Sumter should not go out of the opera I
house business and allow some pri- :
vate concern to build, stating that if i
a 7. per cent investment was avail-J
able Aa nice theatre would soon be i
erected". ' He opposed the. city owning >
thevOpera house, stating that they had j
equally as much right to own and op- J
crate grocery and drug stores.
Judge R. O. Purdy did not favor!
the remodeling of the present build- j
ing or seling it at a sacrifice. "
Councilman. J. P. Booth stated hisj
opinion as being opposed to the meas- !
ure. . He said that the city already}
]&d. enough debts and still had plenty!
streets to pave and the sewer sys- j
t?m to extend. He . also said that j
the .present building could be used un- I
ta private corporation, saw fit to ]
ild. j
Councilman McCallum took practi- j
cally the same position as Mr. Booth, j
hut did not seem quite so much oppos- j
?ed to it as his colleague.
Mr. J. W. McKiever who erected the i
If^esent opera house was in favor of
closing up the building at once, be-;
cause ff the dancer from fire. He j
esrnphasized the fact that only one j
exit was available at pr^ent.
OMr- Abe Ryttenbery stated that he 1
believed a nice, spacious and modern j
o^era house would rent for about $8,- j
080 per annum.
?pr. Booth made a motion, after thej
arguments had subsided, that nothing j
be done within ?0 days, and in the !
meantime give notice that the city of J
Simiter will go out of the opera house |
husiness. provided private capital j
v&B. build. This motion, was carried. ;
This will give the people plenty of !
"lime to both think and act.
A substitute motion that a meeting i
be called after Christmas and that J
nothing be declared done at this j
japeeting was defeated by an over- '
Whelming majority.
The meeting was very orderly' from !
beginning to end. Some good argu- j
fluents were presented on both sides)
of the question. j
Another meeting will probably be
held in three or four months to take
farther action. This is a matter of vi
tal importance to Sumter and a large
gathering should be present.
CONGRESS STANDS
FOR PROHIBITION
_
Committee Refuses to Report
Bill For Repeal
Washington. Dee. 16.?An . unfavor
able report on the bill to repeal the
Wartime prohibition law was ordered
today by the house agriculture com-,
mittee by a vote of sixteen to three.
South Carolina Conquering Typhoid
Fever. '
South Carolina has genuine cause
to be proud of the record made dur
ing the past year in combating the
ravishes of typhoid fever, the ad
vance sheets of the annual report p|
the State Board of Health showing
tbat in Dm the number of typhoid
deaths in the State totalled 4 6? v.hile
in U>1.S>, the number of typhoid 'leaths
was. 29 4. a decrease of I7"i. A better
understanding of the treatment of
typhoid causes by the public generally
and improved methods of treatment
probably account for the smaller
death rate. When it if remembered
that during the first part of 1919
many South Carolina physicians were
'm- the service of their country, the
Showing is all tie- m??re remarkable.
New Jersey loauor XteaJers Pe
tition Supreme Court .
Washington. Dec. 16.?Permission
to institute original proceedings to
have the national prohibition aniend
I ment declared unconstitutional was
; asked,-of the supreme court today by
j the K*tail Liepaor Dealers' Association
of Xew. Jersey.
Supply For, i)istrib^tion Fur
nished By Moore Bros.
Moore Brothers, ? managers and
lessees of the Sunuer Tobacco Ware
house have written that they have
ordered shipped to the Sunuer Chani*
ber of Commerce, for. free distribu
tion to the tobacco growers who sell
their tobacco -on the Sumter market,
an ample supply of the improved va
rieties of Warne and Gooch seed, ?*
The Chamber of Commerce will
distribute this supply, of seed, and will
in addition supply each applicant, for
seed with a copy of U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture bulletin Xo.- -571
on tobacco culture which is a fifteen
page illustrated bulletin of much ;.-aI
ue to farmers. There will also be .-dis
tributed free a -government bulletin
No. 431 on the culture of peanuts
which is a splendid illustrated 37
page bulletin that every farmer who
contemplates .getting ready tor the
boll weevil should have.
The Chamber of Commerce will j
conduct a bulletin service on boll j
weevil preparation consisting of a !
number, of kinds of bullet-ins. one inj
particular dealing with the history of;
the-weevil .and the best methods ofj
combatting same.
Along about January 1st Mr. J. I
Frank Williams, county agent will ar- ;
range this bulletin service in proper;
shape in his office in the Chamber of!
Commerce and the managing secre-1
tary and his office force will distribute !
the bulletins free to all who.will call!
or write for same. United States
Senators Smith and Dial and Con
gressman Mann have made it pos
sible to mail these bulletins out under
*heir official frank envelope ^privil
eges and have supplied the ^Chamber j
of Commerce with an ample. supply j
of frank envelopes It is much better
however to call and select what you
need from the variety of bulletins]
which will be at the public disposal j
as there are other bulletins not here-1
in mentioned, of interest and instruc- !
tiveness. ?
BIG DROP IN
WHEAT ACREAGE
Conditions of Crop Reported at
85.2 Per Cent Normal
, _ . j
Washington, Dec. 15.?A decided {
decrease in the acreage planted forj
winter wheat this fall is shown in?
first estimtaes today by the depart- j
ment of agriculture. The- total of;
38.770.000 acres is 11.719,000 less than |
the record average in-191 S..-K is, how-1
ever, the fourth largest ever planted.
Condition of the crop on December 1 j
was per cent of normal, or four j
points lower than the ten-year aver
age and thirteen points below tha' |
last year.
The Small Hydro-Electric Plant.
The coal strike and its attendant ]
inconveniences and suffering bring i
forcibly to us the advantages which j
cities near hydro-electric develop
ments have over those not so fortu-j
nately situated. In South Carolina j
many of the cities- and towns ,of the |
Piedmont are served by the network j
of wires belonging to the Southern j
Power Company, and a number of
Other places have their own hydro-!
electric power plants. Electric light- ;
ing for towns and houses is sv super- j
ior to any other form of illumination j
that it is practically putting all other j
illuminants in the scrap heap. Small i
gas-electric plants suitable for coun-1
try residences are sold in. great num- i
bers and these plants are deservedly
becoming, more-popular.
.Many, years ag;> numbers of water;
mills were furnishing power for'
grinding com, but with the advent of
the steam.engine these have gradually
been .abandoned. -Now since- the in
vention of the Mazda or tungsten olec- j
trie lamp, and with the improvements!
of the electric generator, many of.?the <
??Id mill sites' could be repaired and!
put to profitable use in furnishing j
electricity not only for the country
homes, but in many cases for the|
smaller towns also. The writer visited |
a mill recently from which enough j
water was, running to waste through j
the flood gates to furnish lights for;
half a dozen .residences* and this.*tith
in three miles of a town using steam'
power. Within a radius .of .ten miles j
of this same town are a number of!
excellent.mill sites which formerly ran]
ginneries, grist mills, and saw mills.)
These altogether would probably fur-.,
nish enough power 6or the*; entire;
town., and yet ai present, some of the j
largest have been abandoned because
the old dirt mill dams hail given way;
? luring the rainy season.
The town of Aberdeen, N. <?.. is;
lighted partly from power generated
at an old mill site near the town and
also from aonther mill site about four
miles away. The generator in one
of these plants is in one ,side of , a
dilapidated flour mill and an old man
keeps the machine oiled and turns the
power on and off. Practically no other
:tttention is given the machine year
in and year out.? S. C. Cnivrsity
Weekly.
Paris. Dec. 16.?-Initial measures
for the relief of Austria.was taken up
? by the supreme -council .-today....after
i' had heard a lengthy discussion of
\ bis nation's difficulties by Dr. Renner,
? the Austrian chancellor. It was de
. elded that as the first steps in reliev
I ing the Austrian- food shortage thirty
I thousand tons of food would be dis
patched from TTiesi to b?* shipped
thence into Austrian territory.
MmM control
tJ?DLY NEEI>ED
i _^_
j McNary's Proposed Measure
t)oes Not Go Far Enough
to Solve Question
i ,
! Washington. Dec. 15.?Complete
jgove/ament control of prices and dis
; tribution of sugar is necessary for
: the protection of consumers from
j profiteers, ? members of congress de
clared today before the house agricul
ture committee. At the same time
< George A. Zabriski. president of
1 sugar equalization board, advised the
! dommittee that continuance of the
j board would ho useless unless it were
j given control over prices and distribu
| tion. These powei's. President Zabriski
i pointed out in a telegram to the com
Imitee. are not included in the pend
! ing JVlcXary bill.
j Opposition - to. the McXary bill,
passed last, week by the senate, leu to
[?an informal agreement among com
! mitt-em en and house leaders to elim
j inate. uvr-n the measure the provision
j repealing the 1'censing power of the
? government as conferred by the food
! control-act
I Chairman Flu ugh en said formal ac
! tion .wopld be taken tomorrow under
I a j>lan calling for. early action by the
house.- Leaders, however, were doubt
i ful whether, the bill, if amended, could
I be, finally.disposed of. by congress b.e
j fore .the holiday recess. .
! Simultaneously with the meeting of
j agriculture committee, the hous* ih
! terstate commerce committee tomor
j row will meet-to- consider a bill pro
I posing an emhargo on all sugar ex
i ports. Advocates of broad govern
ment control as. well as the .purchase
of the Cnhan crop told the committee
that "high prices" wore threatened
'and that the purchase of the Cuban
! crop only would aid profiteers by in
creasing the supply,
j For the first ten months of this
year, almost 1.250,000,000 pounds of
; sugar have been exported from this
country. said Representative Bal
I linger. Republican, of Massachusetts,
citing the equalization board as au
thority for his figures. The only gen
eral opposition to the. bill was voiced
by Representative Martin. - Democrat
of Louisiana, who declared it wasj
?'unnecessary" and blamed the short
age to congressional agitation for
purchase of the Cuban crop and the:
recent longshoremen's strike which!
delayed deliveries.
COAL TRAFFIC
NORMAL AGAIN!
Railroad Administration Deliv
ering: Coal as Billed
- !
"Washington. Dec. 10.?Virtually;
normal conditions in the distribution j
of.epal was restored .by the railroad;
administration today which began do-1
liv.ering all coal as billed, except in a
few emergency cases, where diversion
was necessary.
The Aruusticc Was a Crime.
(Manufacturers Record.)
The truth will out:
:Spcaking at a hanquet of veteran
Officers of the Spanish-American and j
World wars at the Army and Navy
Club in Washington. November
General George Harries, chief of the
Allied Commission in Berlin after the
signing of the armistice, declared that
the armistice was ?'little short of a
crime."
!
I The Pershjng plan. General Harris
I further explained, was to force the
i German army to surrender in the
j field: occupation of seven strategic
I cities by Allied forces; lifting of the
j hlockade; removal of all war mater
ials from Germany, and to impress
I the German people with the fact
! that they had been defeated.
The armistice was a compact with
? death. The German people were ii"t
then and are not now impressed with
the fact that their armies were de
feated. They escaped contact with
invasion. They signed the armistice
with haired in their hearts and with
the lust of vengeance already burn
I ing in their heads. They have made
j no pcaCe. Their retiming armies
have- been converted into emissaries
of revolution or have been enlisted in
the campaign to concpuer by guile the
markets of the allies. They have
j merely changed their methods of at
! tack. Their conversion t<? republi
' can ism was a delusion and a snare,
j They have stopped at an oasis for a.
bretahing space?that is all. Luden
| dorff and Hindenburg strut through
j the streets of Berlin with the yells of
j the Pan-Germanists about them. The
j old Hohenzollern creed is still the only
altar at which millions of the Huns
worship. They want no republic.
They tako for granted the re-estab
ilishment of the Kaiser or his substi
j tute. They thave a new "der tag.'*
i and it is the day when once more a
Hohenzollern chief shall sit in the
seat of his fathers and organize anew
another thrust at civiliaztion.
God gave the. universal enemy intoj
our hands, but we signed away the
triumph. j
i ,? Of ail the, co.losfa.1 blunders record- J
j ed in history the granting "f the ar
I mist-ice was the most colossal. Tn
jstead of observing November 11 as an j
i international holiday of thanksgiving.!
! civilization is more than likely to look!
S back to it arrayed in sackcloth and j
'? ashes.
j Soldiers won the great war and i
diplomats tossed the vicjtory into the!
' waste basket.
It is-charity t,o say that the armis-j
tice was "little short of a crime."
London. Dec. 16.?Thirteen hun
dred British troops in Persia have
been wiped out by hostile population,
a Moscow wireless, received here to
day, claims.
Prussels. Dec. L6.?The Belgian
government will refust absolutely t<?
return to its state of neutrality, ac
cording to the newspaper Independ
ence Beige. The declaration soon to
be made by Premier Delacroix on the
subject will specify the government,
viewpoint, the newspaper adds.
! CONTRIBUTIONS
TO XMAS FUND
Treasurer Broughton of the
Christmas Fund. Makes
Following Report
j Balance on hand. $17.64
; Plate collection. 172.05
Shaw Motor Co. 50.00
j O'Donnell & Co. :!5.oo
jO'Donnell Dry Coud.s Co. ... 10.00
D. J. Chandler Clo. Co. 25.no
? Sunday School. Christian Ch. 10.0u
j Baraca Class, First Baptist.. 35.00
[Philathea Class First Baptist 5.00
: Merced-Wesley Bible Class,
Trinity Church. 100.00
: Dr. VV. E. Thayer. ? 10.00
i Thos. Wilson. 25.00
[Holly Wood Camp, W. u. W. 25.00
j Primary Dept. Trinity .Meth
j odist Sunday school. 10.25
Men's Organized Class. Pres
byterian church. 10.00
j Ij. D. Jennings. 25.00
! Woman's Missionary Society,
Presbtyerian (Church .... 5.00
: McCollum Bros. 50.00
j Sunday School, Broad Street
i .Methodist Church. 5.00
i Sunday School, Salem Bap
i tist. 10.00
j .Misses Teicher. 10.00
LMr. and Mrs. J. D. Joye .... 5.00
i
I Church of Holy Comforter .. 20.50
Arthur Haynsworth . .... 5.00
! Cash.2.00
I Cash. 2.00
i Dr. H. I?. Shaw. 2.00
j Cash. 2.00
|"Cash.I. 1.00
j S. F. Stoudenmire. 1.00
Interest Duliant Fund .. .. 70.00
j Total.$745.41
j More contributions will be added
j from time to time.
SPEED RECORD
BROKEN IN AIR
j French Aviator Flies 226 Miles
in an Hour
i ?_
-
j Paris. Dec. IG.?A burst of speed of
i approximately 226 miles an hour was
! scored by Sadi Leconte, the noted
1 French aviator, in an officially timed
j aeroplane test today.
OFFICIAL HELD
! FOR CONTEMPT
I _
I One Miners' Union Official to Be
Punished
Indianapolis, Dec. 1G.?The charges
! of contempt of court against cighty
: four officials of the United Mine Work
; ers, with one exception, were contin
' ued this morning by Federal Judge
kAjiderson. The exception, is the
charge against President Howat. of
the Kansas District Mine Workers.
who is charged with continued vio
i lation of the court injunction against
furtherance of the strike.
I CREDIT FOR EUROPE
I -:
Bill Authorizing Corporation
Passed By Congress
i Washington. Dec. 1G.?The senate
i today adopted the conference report
? on the Edge bill, authorizing the or
. ganization of a corporation to extend
i credit to Europe to stimulate export
I trade. The bill now goes to the pres
ident. I
Aji Up-to-Date Garage.
.Messrs. J. A. and \l. M. Warren
I have formed :i co-partnership under
j the name of Warren Brothers. The
i two Messrs. Warren for many years
; past have been connected with the
[ Sumter works of the Splitdorf Elec
j trical Company in various capacities.
I This connection is now severed and
? they will d'-vote tlicir entire tune to
: lheir business.
; These gentlemen handle rip- Colum
bia Six car in Sumter and Clarendon
I counties and the Fairbanks-Morse
[line of farm engines, machinery.
; lighting plants and water systems in
I Sumter. T>-o. and Clarendon counties,
j They operate a first class repair de
| partment for automobiles, trucks and
j internal combustion engines. Mr.
i Charles Kavanaugh. an expert auto
: mechanic of many years experience.
! assisted by a corps of competent me
'? chanics will have charge of this do
? partment.
j The shop is located in a portion of
j the old .Magneto factory, the entrance
! being on Telephone street near the
! A. C. L. passenger station, opposite
1 the depot express office,
i The garage is a large, well lighted,
steam heated room ">2x120 feet, pro
j viding amide space for working on
and storing customers' cars. It is
well equipped with all necessary ap
pliances for disassembling and repair
ing cars and trucks. The necessary
appliances are provided for towing
in disabled or wrecked cars. A sys
tem of compressed air is piped so as
to be accessible to all parts of the ga
rage and is used in connection with
special appliances for rapidly and
thoroughly cleaning the grease and
din from engines and chasses.
The machine shop is a separate
room 20x50 feet and is equipped with
milling machine, lathe, drill press and
grinder, all of the highest grade. In
this department can be made axles,
shafts, or any necessary machine
part which cannot be promptly ob
tai-ied.
The warehouse and stock- room is
30x50 feet and here will be stored the
stock of parts, engines. lighting and
iV: - r systems, etc.
This firm will in the near future
have one of the most up-to-date and,
m? dem concerns of its kind in the
State, rt is :i firm composed of hard-!
working Sumler nu n and deserves
'>;? ronasre. I
Turkeys for Christmas are fairly;
abundant on the" local market, but
the price makes them out of reach!
of the ordin?r'/ man. There will bo;
many households without turkey for
"liristni?s dinner.
I REAL ESTATE
i TRANSFERS
Concord Township.
j Doc. 2.?Fannie Prescott to W. E.
i Prescott, 15 1-2 acres, $1,200.
j Dec. 9.?J. M. Brogdon to R. T.
Sharp, 13 acres, $390.
I Dec. 5.?Eddie McCoy to McFaddin
! Edwards, 10 acres, ?1,000.
i
Mayesville Township.
Nov. 1.?Planters Fertilizer and
[Phosphate Co.. to Sophia Muldrow,
; 100 acres, $2,500.
j Dec. 2.?C. M. Hurst to A. S.
Merrimon, et al., 1 lot, $8.71.
Dee. 3.?H. 1.. Thomas to B. C.
! Chandler, 2 lots, $2,500.
j Dee. 4.?B. C Chandler to Mayes
tville Cotton Co., 2 lots, $".,000.
MiddJeton Township,
j Oct. s.?\v. B. Troublefield to A. D.
Troublefield, l let. 1 house, $1.
Dec. 0.? Kichard Singleton to Penn
Sumter Lumber Co., lumber deed,
j $500.
Privateer Township.
; Dec. 1.?Fred Rose tc Phillip Con
j yers, 63 1-2 acres, $6,350.
Dec. S.?G. A. Nettles to George
? Rhame, 57 acres, $6,555.
Providence Township,
i Dee. 4.?Hattie DuBosc to T. J.
j DuBose, J:i." acres, $5.
Dec. 14.?T. J. DuBose to Hattie
; DuBose. 112 7-10 acres, $5.
Dec. 14.?T. J. DuBose, et al., to
i Hattie DuBose, 137 1-2 acres, $20,
.000.
: Dec. 14.?T. J. DuBose to M. R.
[Rivers. 133 acres, $16,000.
Rafting Creek Township,
i Dec. 2.?The Master to R. A. Brad
1 ham. 173 acres. $9.000.
Dec. 1.?T. J. Gillis to Simpson Sax
Iton, 115 acres, $15,000.
Dec. 4.?G. A. Lemmon to Bell
jKendrick, 2S 95-100 acres, $1,447.
j Nov. 12.?W. II. Brown to Jno. R.
[ Morris, 23 1-4 acres, $1.170.
I Doc. 3.?L. S. Vinson to Alfred Mc
i Rae. 75 acres, $2.750.
Stateburg Township,
j Dec. 8.?F. K. Kershaw to E. G.
j Dixon. 20 acres, $1,800.
Dec. 8.?Noah Bencnhaley to W. J.
Benenhaiey, 65 acres, $5.525.
Shiloh Township.
Nov. 20.?Margaret W. Mims to E.
R. Keels, 72 2-10 acres, $7,000.
j Dec. 1.?A. D. DuBose to I. L
i Coleman, 20 acres $4,400.
I Dec. 1.?R. A. Dennis to A. J
j Coleman, 43 acres, $3,347.50.
I Oct. 1.?F. A. McLeod to B. A
[Weils, 103 acres, $5.
I Nov. 8.?The Master to Thos.
(Smith, et al, 75 acres, $2,605.
Dec. 9.?J. A. Mims to S. Lee
Minis,'45 acres, $6,300.
Sumter Townsliip.
Dec. 2.?The Sheriff to A. S. Mcr
rimon, et al. 1 lot, $11.55.
Dec. 2.?The She rift to A. S. Mer
rimon, 1 lot, $15.95.
i Dec. 2.?The Sheriff to A. S. Mer
! rimon, 1 lot, $10.55.
! Nov. 10.?L. B. Stubs to O. B.
iMack, 1 lot, $125.
j Dec. 3.?R. I. Manning to David
! Mitchell, 2 lots, $200.
i Dec. 1.?J. D. Blanding to Z. J.
|.Jackson. 112 3-10 acres, $11,846.50.
Dec. 1.?J. D. Blanding to A. D.
! Harby, 10 acres, $1,275.
j Sept. 25.?R. M. Edens to Lucian
j Howard, 6 95-100 acres, $1,633.25.
Dec. 6.?R. D. Lee to Walter
? frown. 1 lot, $150.
Dec. 5.?Aline 'Allen to F. M.
j Moise, 153 acres. %\ 1.500.
Sumter City.
Nov. 1.?Mary Knight, el al., to A.
; S. liar by. 1 lot, $750.
j Nov. 20.?F. A. Lynam to R. T.
j Brown. 1 lot, 1 house, $6,000.
Oct. 7.?E. M. Spann, et al., to E.
jW. Witherspoon, et al., 1 lot, $750.
1 Nov. 22:?Lucile Epps to J. R.
j Clack, 1 lot. 1 house, $5,550.
I Nov. 29.?J. R. Clack to Sallie Tis
j dale, 1 lot, 1 house, $6,000.
j Dec. 1.?A. D. Harby to O. II.
I Follcy, et al., 23 lots, $4,500.
j Oct. 7.?W. F. Alexander to J. C.
i Brown, 1 lot, 1 house, $7,750.
I Nov. 25.?C. C. Jacobs to J. W.
j Murph, 1 lot, $550.
j Dec. 3.?II. Charles, ct al., to J3.
i W. McCailuro, 1 lot, 1 house, $920.
i Dec. -V?The Master to E. W. Mc
|CaIlum, 1 lot. 1 house. $230.
1 Nov. 26.?D. C. Shaw to A. .T. Tim
! mons, 1 lot, 1 house, $2,500.
" Christmas Fund Committee.
j The following committees from the
j various churches of the city have been
appointed to serve with the central
I committee for the distribution of the
Christmas Poor Fund. All of the
! committees are requested tb? .meet
jar the V. M. C. A. building on Wed
ln osday at ';.::*> p. m. to arrange for
? Ibis distribution.
Catholic Church?
j Grace Baptist?Mrs. D. P. Kelly and
! Miss Lula Haynsworth.
Congregation Sinai?Mrs. G. W.
Kraker and Mrs. Louis Lyon.
Salem Avenue Baptist? Mrs. J. B.
Raffield and Mrs. B. P. Cuttino, Jr.
Lutheran?Mrs. J. D. Shirer and'
Miss Lizzie Mullcr.
Christian?Mrs. Albert Skinner and
Mrs. A. T. Heath.'
Episcopal?Mrs. Bruce Lynam and
Mrs. .J. H. Morse.
Trinity Methodist?Mrs. G. C. Lamb
and Miss Annie Purdy.
First Baptist?Mrs. C. L. Cuttino
and Mrs. D. X. Ligon.
Presbyterian?Mrs. Fred Gregg and
Mrs. H. m. Stuckey.
Broad Street Methodist?Miss An
nie Sanders and Mrs. Roland Mc
Collum.
S. F. Stoudenmire. Secty.
Marriage Licenses.
Carl [nman, Whitevilie. X. C anil
Mamie Davis. Whitevilie. N*. C.
Colored?Marion Gardner. Sumter
and Dilcie Mack, Sumte"
Davicl Jones. Sumter and Viola
Green. Wedgefield.
Mitchell Mayrant. Rcmbert and
Helen Adamson. Horatio.
James Palmer. Horatio and Eliza
11 ickman. Hagood.
Zern Evans. Sumter and Rebecca
Brunson. Sumter.
Colored?Robert James. Bennetts
dlle. and Alice James. Remini; Dun- j
?an Richardson. Sumter. and Lucile j
Burgess, Mayesville: L. A. Crossen,
?tatesburg, and Nora Thompson.
;tateburg.
A Christmas Story.
rMy Dear Reader:
j . I wish you to regard this little
[ Christmas story as a personal letter.
I it happened one cold, crisp Christ
j max Eve five years ago. I was stand
f ing in front of a brilliantly lighted
j toy store in a city not necessary to
j name. Within was arranged in splen
j did masses every type of toy to glad
j den the heart of childhood. Coming
j and going in eager, anxious haste
j were mothers mid fathers clad in sty
j lish, as well as comfortable clothes,
! their faces smiling because they
I knew the joy they were making
'ready for the coming morrow. There
? were als<> little onc.s in that throng
I who in their childish cunning knew
[ full well that many of those self same
toys would hang on their Christmas
Ltrees, placed there by a mysterious
ISanta Claus, and they were glad.
I But all seemed to rail or refuse to
! see a poor, thinly clad mother, whose
! lace showed that she had known"
! brighter and better days. Clinging
j to her hand .was a little girl of six,
I whose only Christmas joy would be
j the view of the toys which tomorrow
I would be the actual possession of
l thousands of happy children. I
I watched her for a few minutes and
! realized that this was only too true.
Presently a man attired in his every
j day working clothes modestly siip
| ped into the mother's hand a 6risp
(live dollar bill-with the request that
j she spend it for the little one's happi
ness. 1 then and there discovered
I that there is no eloquence on? earth
I to.' compare with a tear drop glisten
} ing in a mother's eye, placed there bc
I cause of gratitude.
j Now. my dear friend, as this Christ
i mas Season approaches there are two
j hundred and fifty thousand hungry,
j homeless and helpless orphans, whose
I eyes ,arc filled with tears?not tears
j for Christmas toys. but tears -for
! bread to satisfy the gnawings of
I hunger and to keep their starved and
emaciated bodies from falling by the
I wayside and becoming dry bones to
i mingle with the thousands of others
j who have already fallen. There-is no
(father to-hear their cries because-he
! has been killed by the cruel Turk,
j Neither is there any mother, nor will
j there be, to wipe away their tears*
for they have been scattered into
j the mountains and deserts, in many
cases never to see their loved ones
again. Fifty thousand of these
mothers are unwilling victims in Turik
| ish harems where a brand has been
! burned into their flesh and the threat
I of death placed over their heads
j should they escape. How many of
. these will see their little ones again;r
God only knows.
Now my friend, I call upon you to
assist in bringing Christmas to these
. little ones. I call upon you in the
j name of Him, who made Christmas!
! possible for us all and said "Inas
> much as ye have done it unto one of
? the least of these ye have done it
j unto me." I call upon you whether
! you recognize Him as the Christ-or
j not I call upon you in the name of
J suffering humanity. You may not see
j the tear drop of gratitude come into
I that mother's eye on that Christmas
Eve, but their gratitude to you will
be far greater and you shall not lose
your reward.
Simply fill out your check for what
ever amount* your heart may prompt;
'and forward the same to W. Banks
! Dove. State Chairman, No. 211 Dib
I erty National Pank Building, Colum
! bia, S. C.
j v Yours very truly,
W. Banks Dove,
State Chairman.
The Empty Stocking.
We ask the Christians and friends
of the poor to help us in the prepara
tion of a- Christmas tree for the bene
f fit of the poor little ones of every de
{nomination at Clinton Chapel, the A,
j M. E. Zion church on South Harvin
St.. of which Rev. F. W. Anthony has"
been sent as pastor, on Christmas
night, December 25th. Any articles
of clothing, old or new, or toys, old or
new, candies, fruit or anything that-,
will be contributed will be gratefully
received and put in order to be given,
i to the many poor little ones unknown
? to us. whose stockings will be empty.
{ Let us bring a little of the Christ
child brightness to their little hearts.
We want to at least be able to give^
a bag of candy to every one that
conies. Anything may be sent to 220
South Salem Ave., or let me know
and r will call for it. ?
Yours for a worthy cause,
L. Bragg Anthony, M. D..
P. O. Box 157, Sumter, S. C. '*
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