The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1920, Image 5
3piD?er*d at the Postoffice at Sumter,
S. C, as Second-class Matter.
PERSOX?JU
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\Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Manning left
JMonday afternoon for Columbia,
where they will make their home in j
f?&rre, Mr. Manning having purchased I
?&a:Waring ..residence at -160-1 Pendle- j
ism street, near the University of
Stroth Carolina. The removal of Mr.
Manning and family from Sumter is
sincerely regretted by; their many j
friers. For more than twenty years j
3fe Manning has been ar" resident oS |
.tfea-t?ity, having removed from his
farm in the county on account of the \
better school advantages and during i
all these years he has taken an active j
?nd useful interest in all matters look- j
ing to the betterment of Sumter's j
business, educational and religious in- j
stitutions. His removal from Sumter
5r a-distinct loss to the community,
Said while Sumter extends best wishes
t&L* Jiis- success and happiness in his
Jftir: home, it is hoped that he will
.cone back home at no distant day. j
Mr. John Blandina is at home from
Presbyterian College, Clinton, to spend |
?-/l?ew days. _ ' ? i
? Mr. C. D. Brearley, of St. Charles, j
5s spending a few days in town. Mr.]
Brearley has just completed his first:
yea? at the Columbia Theological;
Seminary.
Mr. Ervin. Montgomery, one of thej
prominent young farmers of the low- i
er part of the county was in town tc- j
(^fey,;: Mr. Montgomery reports that J
CTOps;"are-.not normal on acount of the j
recearcold weather.
' 2fcv. W. J. McKay is ?pending thej
#eek in Qharlotte.
Rev." W. .E. Thayer ha?? returned
JfromWashington, where he attended
the Southern^ Baptist -Conve ion.
-; ."Sir. J. R. Kolb, of Privateer has re
gained from Washington rbere he
jatt ended the Southern Baptist Con
tention. * ' * - |l
Representative Mann has been no-,
fcifted that Skmuai Sanders, 3r., ot
?mnter, has successfully passed the
entrance examination to the >faval
Academy from the Seventh Congress-i
ional district.
Meet Me Tomorrow
At Schwartz's. That big %-price
Bale is to- begin. I'm go?ng'to buy a
dre,ss and a suit and hat. I must have
a coat You know they are going to;
pell: them."all at Half Price.
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. Washington, May 20?Another ser
ies of conferences between tlie'. I>e
jpaxtment of Justice ;<r?d sugar deal
ers began. here today.
Splendid Opportunity
For? 2 oarJJvsalesladies at Schwartz's
Hhey must have experience in onr
class of store. The positions are at
jtxaetive, permanent; and open at once
^^?p^arte a-saleslady.
SCHWARTZ BROS.
lEAFTfNCr CREESE
OBJECTIONS
Statement of Reasons Why
Ra&ittg Creek Township
May Annex to Ker
s h a w
Rembert, S. C., May il, i$&n*
To The Item:?
As a leading exponent of progres
sive thought and correct news, we are
much surprised that you should have
deviated from your usual custom of
getting the true facts, hut instead pub
lished- an article ini your, issue of the
14th j (Item) whieh insofar as it al
ludes? to the progressive people ,bf
Rafting Creek Township is tptally in
correct and theefbre unjust and mis
leading.
1st. We favor good roadsi and are
^willing' to pay for them. We most
heartily favor a bonu issue.
2nd. A majority of our voters sim
ply saw that the present bond issue
to this section meant taxation with
out representation or benefits. We
ask what intelligent people would
stand for this?
4th. We do not want to sever our
affiliation and. long past pleasant as
sociation with Sumter or Sumter count
ry, but if our own treat us so unfair
ly, so unjustly and show us. by tfieir
action, that they neither desire our
presence or our trade, why we will
with many, many regrets accept the
inevitable and move.
5th. We are assured a most hearty
welcome and every assistance.
6th. We are also assured by as
brainy attorneys as there are in South
Carolina that being in Sumter county
when the bond issue was voted will
amount of noting, as they have found
away out All we have to do*is to
leave it.
7th. This is not a question of a
"road before every man's door." This
is practically all of Rafting Creek
Township, and a part of Stateburg. ?
\ 8th. The National Highway lead
ing by Sumter and on to G?mden is
one of the most used highways in the
State. It runs through the center of
Ratting Creek township and should be
carried to- the Kershaw- line. It is the
most prominent highway in Sumter
county.
Sth. Spending a large sum of mon
| ey to build a bridge' at Garner's Ferry
j is an absolute waste of the Peoples'
I hard-earned money. This fine new
I bridge at Camden, with the present
road carried to the Kershaw line will
! answer every purpose, but we" hope
that the first act of our new Road
Booard wiH amplify the old adage: "A
[ bad beginning- will make a good end
j ing.
I 10th. In conclusion we call to the
|attention of every thinking taxpayer
! in the progressive, bot already most
[heavily taxed City of Sumter, (possi
! bly now, according to population, one
jof the most heavily taxed cities in the
United States, muchless South Caro
lina) that it might be interested to al
low an act of injustice to cut,off one
? -f_
of their longest and most remunera
tive townships, thereby increasing!
their own burden of taxation.
Taxpayer, j
ACTO WRECK NEAR WK.4CKY
Aubum Car and Truck in Collision?
Several Persons' Injured
A very bad wreck occurred on the
Bishopville road ner Wisacky Tuesday
night, when a car driven by Mr. Rog
ers Moocf was run into by a truck driv
en by a negro. Neither car was be
ing driven at a high speed, but thej
truck tore into the Auburn and com
pletely wrecked it/ all of the oecu-j
pants being injured more or less.
According to ?witnesses, the truck j
I did not get far enough out of the road j
for the car to.pass, and the car com-j
ing along had to run out into a cot-i
I ton patch and even then could not es
cape the collision. All of the occu-J
j pants of the car were young men. and [
I all were thrown from the car. Mr.
I Mood suffered the most severe injnr- j
! ies and is tow In Bishopville. Mr. Roy j
jColcough also sustained minor injur-j
ies, but nothing serious.
I Mrs. McLeod Entertains <
f ?
One of the iifterestihg social events
of the past Aveek w&s the party given
by Mrs. R. L. McLeod at her home on
Haskell street, Saturday, in honor of
her week-end guests. Miss Bessie
Meares, of Columbia, and Miss Natalie
Norman, one of the June brides.
A salad course and ice tea were j
served. The two guests of honor j
were presented with lovely vanity bags i
The Sumte* High School Annual
By Friday of this week the publish
ers of the Sumter High School Annual
will have to. know the number of an
nuals that will be needed. The An
nual wilf sell for -$2.50. Chariten
Walsh is the business manager of the
Annual. He was at Clinton yesterday
interviewing the publishers^ They
guarantee that-the annuals will be de
livered on the 10th of June. Anyone
who wishes an Annual and has not al
ready given in his name may tele
phone to No. 54 S and have one order
? ed.
S&m Jackson, thye negro, who esr
caped from the Sumter county chain
gang was captured in Columbia TueSr
day. Rural Policeman Boykin has
gone after him and will reiurn this
afternoon.
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Work ort the new park in memory
of those who served in the World Wat
is progressing rapidly. Mrs. DilUon,
the landscape architect, who has -lone
much work of this kind, is in charge
and has promised that enough of the
park will be completed to permit some
form* of opening exercises w ithin a
few weeks. Gravel walks are rapidly
being laid and all of the grass has
been - planted. Several thousand
shrubs and other plants have been set
out and soon we may expect a park
I that will do honor to the boys that
served and to the city of Sumter.
XEW COCA-COLA PLANT OPENED
One or the Most Soft Drink Establish
ments In The South
The Carolina Coca-Cola Bottling
Company has put into operation its
new and up-to-date plant, situated at
the corner of Council and Liberty
streets. This new plant, just com
pleted, the building costing over $30c
<?00. and the new machinery heing of
the most modern type. The location
is an excellent one for the purpose
and the new building, with its attrac
tive appearance, adding much to the
looks of this new business section.
This plant has the largest capacity
of any bottling company in the State
and a tour through the building is
well worth the time spent for the in
formation that can be gained. It is
interesting to go through the plant
and follow the course of a bottle, i
First the dirty bottles are brought in
by trucks and unloaded in the back
part 06 the plant where they are
placed on a sterilizing machine, which
is known as a Miller-Hydro. This:
machine contains a 4 per cent solution
of caustic soda in water. This so!u<i
tion is heated in the machine to a
temperature of 1.35 degrees. Each
bottle passes through this machine on
an endless chain and receives 20-gal
tons of the liquid at a pressure of 31?
pounds, the solution being pumped in
to the bottles by centrifugal pumps.
The bottle comes out of this into cold
prater* to reduce the temperature of
: the bottle. Next the bottle is con
j veyed on an endless chain to the syr
I uping machine. Each bottle receives
j a^miform amoumUof coca-cola syrup.
From this point it goes to a filling
[head and each bottle is filled with a
luniforjn amount of carbonic acid gas
! and water. This machine fills 105
? bottles per minute. The next step is
i the crowning machine which crowns
1105 bottles per minute,
j The full bottles are then conveyed
! to.the rear of the* bottling room, where
jeaeh bottle is inspected over electric
\ lights. From here they go to the
1 stock room on roller conveyors and
are then ready for loading on the
j trucks for delivery. The company op
! erates it* own ice plant to reduce the
Iteraparture of the water in order to
iget a uniform carbonation. .^All of
i* /
j the coca-cola ? syrup is handled in
{ glass-iron jars and is conveyed td
1 the machines through biock tin-pipe.
;This assures a sanitary condition.
iThe company uses five 2%-ton Mack
itrucks and one Reo truck for the de
: livery of their products in Sumter and
; surrounding territory.
; The Carolina Coca-Cola Bottling is
a local corporation with a capilization
of $500.000. It has branch plants in
Bishopville, Camden, Lancaster and
Chester. The general offices are lo
cated ih Sumter., The officers of the
company are: A. T. Heath, president;
J. Ds Bcnham, vice president; M. S.
Poykin. treasurer; Burgess West, ad
vertising manager. W. W. Andrews
is the manager of the local plant.
Washington. May 20?The senate
has vote-1 to insist on its provisions in
the arm:/ reorganization hill. .
TOXS OF SUGAR COME
idly as- distributipfn'caa berace
led. ce~"iti?ns in the s?S?r^
Cargo Reaches Charleston From New I busines. assume a. practically
York City jstatus. The Charleston Shipping
- j.pany brought the cargo here afi?j
Charleston, May 19?Bringing 3v0.fl0| shipment was consigned to the Cart.,
tons of sugar, the steamer Decatur j lina Company. She brought abou?^|b
Bridge arrived today from Xew Yorkj'?oo ton? of other freight, also,
docking at the port terminals, where j ? ? ? ? -
her valuable and,much needed-cargo j Will Tbey Do it This Year!
will be rapidly distributed, a large! Have you asked thi3 question, tdo2
part of the, consignment going to in- j Yes,' The Schwartz Stores piace^M^'
terior points in this State and ad ja- fore you every suit, every dress, e^^y"
cent territory. Chu loston gets a fair) coat, every hat in a sale, starting^io^
share, which will relieve at once a j morrow morning at.% pricfc''?"'C?f*&.
sugar famine of several weeks' dura - [early. Get yours. We want youftov^i
tion. Seldom has a cargo been more j SCHWARTZ BfcOsf'.'W
Welcome than the 6.000,0(10 pounds of!_- '? - '%/r!'?~;
sugar arriving today. In. Charleston j Washington,- May Iff?Adft^d^of'
and over this State generally there has! Yucatan to the revolutionary Mexf^ifc'?(:
been a great scarcity of granulated j government is reported in Stete^.fe^ ^
sugar for many weeks, due to the in
ability of the sugar interests to ship
here either coastwise or by rail, due
to a congestion of freight and .the
longshoremen's strike. Many local
merchants have run out of sugar fre
quently, and when they got a small
supply had to dole it out to their cus
tomers. In the next few days, as rap
p?rtment advices.
Ladies Read It!
The Schwartz Stores go on. re?^rd"
again?with a Half-Price Sale
Suit, every coat, every dress, eve^y^m?,
Pick from their entire stocks: ana
pay just V, -Price.- Read tne>j
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The N?tfoifctf Bank frf
South Carolina
> of Sumter, S: C.
f j
y< Resources %ZM&MQ.
Strong And Pro*remtve
The Most PMln^rakinsr SERYTCE
. with COOROT8T
Give as the Pleasure of Serving YOU
The Bank of the Rank:
and File '
C. G. ROWLAtf D, Pre?denr
EARLE R-OWLAJf Dr Cashier
>??i i> Ii?mifti i i tit 111H11 lit N lifti
O. It. YATES.
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"HELLO DADDY5*
"Don't forget your Kiddie/' Per
mit us to suggest a substantial, way
of remembering "Kiddie.'* ?ap?^
mehee Monday morning, and deposit
one dollar to his credit, and. keep, ti^s
up;every week until he is 21 yijacs of .
age. Wegwill compound it quarterly
at four per cent, and by t?fef?m^j^l'
boy reaches the age of maturjtjy
will have a bank account aufficij^it
to start him in business. . ; . . .
The FirNational Bank
Sumter, s. cL'
6 feefcre voa fAe unrestricted choke from uur entire s
Coats, Dresses, Hats
1-2
PRICE
i'
-A 1
Ii
Yes we mean it!- We feel you are e
What We've Done Before. We'll Do Again. Regardless of what it will
Cost to Replace.
us.
We Want You AH
\ To Share
The Largest Selec
tion in Sumter to
Pick From
Sale Starts Prompt
ly 9 a. hu, To
morrow
SALE WILL RUN FOR 5 DAYS