The Watchman and Southron from Sumter, South Carolina • Page 3

For Soldiers Secretary Reardon of the ber of Commerce Gives Outline of Program mm 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 D. Jennings will issue his proclamation that April 28th is a general holiday, and the board of county commissioners will request that the entire country districts and smaller towns join with the county seat, Sumter, -m a general suspension of all business for that day, and come to for the biggest celebration ever held in South Carolina. For weeks the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce under whose direction the big event will be pulled off, and which started the ball to rolling to appropriately honor the veterans of the great war for civil- izatlon and decency, has had commit- tees Working on the program. Every bank president in the county of Sumter 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 biggest'event this section of the State, has ever witnessed.

The people of 'Sumter county have been invited, all the white people of the entire county of Sumter, to join in a county wide democratic picnic dininer of the basket variety at which' the soldiers and sailors of every 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, schcol trustees, directors of the Sum- ter County Chamber of Commerce, 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 confidently expected.

An outline of the 'big patriotic and it might be said spectacular program has been handed out, part as indicated below! To begin with Sumter county wish-, es first of all to return thanks to Cod for the great victory of the allies, and for the return of most of our Sumter county boys, and also to do honor as! well to the memory of those' heroes who made the supreme sacrifice by giving up their noble lives for manityv So that the home-coming welcome and celebration will really I open up at 4 o'clock Sunday after- noon, April 27th with a county-wide thanksgiving service on the school I sqr.rire in which all the people of this "county, other county are invited to. participate." There will be a splendid songj seryige; under direction of a War Community Service song spe-r J- Young, ofColum-j' bla and Mr. W. E. Moore, of ter.

The names of those who died in of their cdttntry from this County will be read at this ser-. vice. There will be appropriate ad- dresses selected speakers. The white ministers of Sumter of! every religious faith, constitute the committee in charge of this with Mr. H.

A. Moses, representing Congregation Sinai. The thanksgiving service will bej held as an open air event at the! school square, but in the event of bad weather Trinity Methodist church will be used. On Monday. April 28th, the jollifi-1 cation following the return of thanks to Ood, the day before, will start off bright and early with bands playing, the streets and business houses beau- fifuHy decorated, and a general air of 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-! and for the other events; of the Starting'in at 10.20 when the pa-i rade will be formed, "in de mornin' isfe bright light," it will be a carnival of pleasure until the wee! shiaflPhours of the next day, new time) and old time or not counting, as the occasion arises foi explanations 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 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" 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 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 honored 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 dinner ever consumed at one; time in any county in South Carolina. It Is estimated that perhaps 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 along and to "fetch" a basket of good things to eat. Tables and oth'-r service will he provided by tlie various sub-committees.

Of course the soldiers and sailors of the war and those who ore visiting us as veterans from other places, will be the special -guests of the delicious; Beginning at 3.30 and until 6.30 in the afternoon there will be a demoiistration of one of the terrible engines of death that broke down the I morale of the soldiers of the central and sent the Kaiser hunting" 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 opJ crated and manned by experienced pure" war tank fighters. The government has loaned this war tank jfor the Sumter celebration at great and trouble. Bike every othjer 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 with picked teams, and the soldiers land sailors committee managing this event will give free tickets to every soldier, in any event.

During the day, and until late at night, perhaps the most wonderful land interesting, motion picture in the 'world, "The Price of Pence" will shown, absolutely free to all in the Sumter Academy of Music. This picture is a true description of the horrible and bloody events of the European war taken during actual 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 lookafter the appropriate decorating of the streets and buildings, and electrical 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 furnishing the music. The returned and returning soldiers and sailors are manifesting commendable interest in the big two days events in their honor, and for their pleasure. There will be a meeting of all soldiers and sailors at home at Chamber of Commerce, at 11 o'clock, Saturday, April 26th to arrange 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 Sumter in honoring those of their county who honored themselves and their i country, county, and nation by heroic services and by the greatest of sacrifices, even unto death in many cases. The Sumter War Camp Community Service, at Sumter Chamber Commerce, is rapidly registering all returned 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 desired. 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, every section, and every home. Meet in Columbia Firemen Approve Law Amended To Include Charleston Columbia, April conference of South Carolina firemen held here today decided to hold the next tournament in 1920 at Bishopville should that town want it. The firemen, the majority of whom were chiefs of departments, approved the law, signed by Governor Cooper Wednesday, providing for a two platoon system in cities between 10,000 and 55,000 inhabitants so amended as to Charleston, and urged an adequate system of building inspection to prevent tire loss. The South Carolina Firemen's Association under which the conference was held today consists of fortyseven departments with about 2,000 members, the officers of the association being: Louis Behrens, of Charleston, 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 homecoming 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 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 great vessel came the sound of rend-1 steel and wood. Paris. April 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 citizens leave the country, and that! a Mussulman empire be founded a caliph at Cairo. I Parade of Soldiers And Sailors Discharged Sumter County Men! Organize For Welcome Cele- brat ion i A meeting of the ex-soldiers and of the United States army andj navy at the Chamber of Commerce! i Saturday was called to or-; ider by Chairman Eli Parker and the; 'following resolution was adopted: That Capt. Robert T. Brown, Lieut.

i Edward E. Wright and Iaeut. Ed. i Bradford be designated as officers in command of the Army Detachment land Lieut. Hal Deal in command, ofj the Naval Detachment to participate I in the parade and other entertain- I ment to be given by the people of Sumter county, to their returning soldiers and sailors.

It is requested by the officers charge that all soldiers and sailors assemble in uniform at 9.30 April 2Sth on the corner of Wash- ington and Dingle Sts. It is very urgently requested that all and navy men respond to this call as this is to be Sumter county's welcome to her men. Information may be obtained from any of the following committee: Eli Parker, Dalzell. E. I.

Reardon. 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 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 before German scholarship and German science can be rehabilitated in the eyes of university men of Prance.

England and America. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University says in reply to a reeeuprotest made by German professort against "the oetrageous action" of the French high command in ordering German educators to leave th? University of Strasburg within twenty-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 faculty of the University of Leipsig, addressed to the universities of Switzerland, Holland. Denmark, Norway and Sweden, together with a letter from the University of Heidelberg and Heidelberg Academy, stating that these, institutions joined in their objections to the treatment accorded their fellow savants.

The neutral nations were requested to forward the German protest to scholars in allied countries. Reminding the protesters that is an established principle in England 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- pathy can be expected, the people of the allied nations want to know what measures of protest, if any. the rector and senate of the University of recorded against "the inhu man treatment of the scholars of the University of Louvain and against the wanton and barbarous destruction of the liberty of that university." Dr.

Cutler "thirty-one atrocious offenses" committed by German armies and German agents during the war. indisputably proved by international commissions, such as enslavement of women, putting to death hostages, starvation of civilians, pillage, wanton devastation. poisoninsH of wells, bombardment of hospitals, sinking of hospital ships and destruction of religious, charitable, educational and historic buildings and monuments. WEAK, WEARY WOMEN i I Learn the Cause of Daily Woes ano Them, i When the back aches and throbs. When housework is torture.

When night brings no rest no? sleep, When urinary disorders set in. Women's lot is a weary one. Doan's Kidney I Ills are for kidneys. Have proved their worth in ter. This is one Sumter woman's mony: Mrs.

E. B. Elam, "Jlt? W. liberty 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 times. My nerves were all unstrung and I would jump from the fright. My acted very la.rly and 1 knew they were in bad shape. Finally, I heard about 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 Doan's Kidney same that 1 Mrs. Elam had. Foster-Mil burn Buffalo, N. (51) 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 reason that so many of the soldiers have given incorrect addresses of I those they desired to receive these allotments.

For instance, one was! given It. F. IX No. 1. Sumter.

S. when we find it should have been Balzell, S. another R. F. D.

No. 3, Sumter when Rembert was intended; while still another gives Clarendon county, Sumter, S. us the home address of his mother. Kindly publish the following list with a request that every public speaker, including the ministers, of course, cut this article out for ref- erence. read it aoud, and try in every way to aid in finding the rightful owners of these thousands of dollars.

I By so doing you will aid the government, the local postoffice, the lied Cross Home Service Section, and the direct beneficiaries of the Yours very truly, Mamie J. Chandler, Secretary, Red Cross Home Service Section, Geo. W. Dick. Postmaster, 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. Lovinia.

Davis, Bell. Evans, Raymond Britten. Felder. Augusta Murray. Felder.

Edward N. Frierson, Anna. Fletcher, Agnes. Gardner, Eva. Gamble, Mrs.

Fannie BGreen, Mrs. Silby. Cassie. Henrietta. Coins, Larry.

George, Tim. Hardy, Lucile. Henry, Mrs. Blanch. Henderson.

Anna. Mr. Willie. Holmes. Mrs.

Susan. James, Laura. Jefferson, Mattie McLean. JOyner, Fanuie. Junior, Burnnie.

James, Lottie. King, Julian K. Rosejee. Lincoln. Liza Rebecca.

McKay, HandMcCoy, 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. NWilson. Frank To Refurnish Mansion Bid of Parker Gardner of Charlotte.

Accepted Columbia, April 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 of Charlotte, N. C-, on competitive bidding. committee instructed Mrs. Cooper, 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 York and Representative 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. per cent or more of whose employes or members subscribe to the Victory Liberty Loan.

These honor emblems are well made flags, who appropriate legend and device. They may be awarded at any time after the opening of the. campaign as soon the conditions stated are Declamation Contest Declaimers Selected at the Contest Held Yesterday Afternoon 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 unusually 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 upon which was placed simply a number, nothing else, to indicate the speaker. As soon as a speaker finished his declamation each of the judges recorded his marks opposite the number, grading as follows: Interpretation ami General Impression.

4 0 per cent. Voice: Modulation; Enunciation; Pronunciation. per cent. Gesture: Ease; Grace; Naturalness, 30 per cent. Total, 100 per cent.

At the end of the contest each judge submitted to the whole committee his total average for each individual speaker. These total averages were then added and divided by the number of judges. The one receiving the highest number had an average of 85 1-2 per cent; the one receiving the lowest mark of the seven 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 compared with the names it was found that the following had been selected: To represent the school at Columbia and at Denniston. To contest for the Rhame Declaimers' Medal at commencement (these are given alphabetically): Col.oui;h Dick.

Henry Edmunds. Robert Edmunds. Eugene Lewis, Archie Pindps. Leslie Schwartz. Fighting in Vienna Bolshevist Sympathizers Attempt to Storm House of Parliament Vienna.

Thursday. April sympathizers this morning attempted to storm the Austrian parliament building but were soon dispersed 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 German agent, allowed on the transport Patricia to look out for German property, attempted to set fire to the ves- sei last night as it was nearing Boston. with more than 2.000 American sailors, according to Major Frank W. Cavanaugh, of the l02d field of the officers on board. Quite a number of Sumter people went to Bishopville today to attend the automobile races, and a large number of the young folks will go up this afternoon for the dance tonight.

D. A. R. Elections Delaware Woman Made Historian General Washington, April 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 continental congress. Mrs.

Edmund P. Moody of Delaware was elected historian general of the national society, without opposition. The successful candidates for offices of vice president general were announced as follows: Mrs. Isaac L. Patterson, Oregon; Mrs.

John P. Hume, Wisconsin;" Mrs. L. Smith, Texas; Mrs. Frank W.

i Bahnsen, Illinois; Mrs. H. Wait, Michigan; Miss Louise H. Cohum, Maine, and Mrs; William D. Sherrerd, New Jersey.

The voting for officers and a visit to Mount Vernon where wreathes were placed upon the tomb of Washiington made up the entire day's gram. At a. general meetinjr tonight addresses were given by Dr. William F. Slocum.

president emeritus of Colorado College, and by Orrin C. Les(ter, associate director of the savings of the treasury department, The spirit and leadership of- woj men, declared Dr. Slocum in. his address, is to be one of the vital factors I in accomplishing the constructive work that awaits a league oi' nations. The daughters were urged to cooperate 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 victory in' the war. "The sale of war savings on stamps is not the chief objective of the 1919 thrift and war savings campaign," said Mr. Lester, who asserted it was desired so to carry to every i person in the United States the "simple 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 Washington. April of American cotton to Bohemia, and posstbiy to Finland and Poland, may begin in the near future. This wajj indicated today in a cablegram received 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 exportation were being made. "Arrangements are being made," Mr. Baruch cabled, "the result of which, I think, will be the getting, of 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 considered of the utmost COLORED SOLDIERS' FUXD. Previously acknowledged D. J. Chandler Clo.

5.00 jCrosswell Co. 5.0.0 i Mr. Eugene Hogan. 5.00 Sumter Coca-Cola Bottling Works. 10 cases Coca-Cola, Mr.

and Mrs. D. 6.00 Sumter Lighting 1,000 lbs. ice. I Sumter Motor Co 5.00 E.

R. Rembert. 2.60 Sumter Vulcanizing 2.00 I Shelley Son. 2.00 Bultrnan Shoe 2.00 'Columbia Tailoring 2.00 Columbia Tailoring 2.00 B. .1.

Barnett 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 15.00 Dr.

I. D. Davis 2.00' $265:40 H. A. Woodard.

Treas. The National Bank el South Carolina of Sumter $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits. 207.000.00 Tlic amount or surplus set aside for the protection of Depositors establishes this institution, as he strongest, bank in this section of this State. YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED c. 0.

ROWLAND, President 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 acquaintance and friendship with a dependable financial institution and as there is no more opportune time than the present so many of "Our Boys" are returning 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.