The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-08-11
CHAMPIONS OF THE CARO-.
IINAS.
That is What the sumter Firemen
Now Are. Two Flrsts and
Third Prize Taken by
De!gar No. 3.

4 majority Of tie iremen who vent 20 the
Fayette7iie tournament returned home Friday
morning and the Others followed that
aiah,. They are ieiig5:ed ST the Gue
record ;5e representatives of the Sumter fire
deparfc.ent ,nsGe .nd they are rlu:niag :hec.-
selves that Sumter COW holds toe chan"los-
ship Of he $50 Carospas IL the Hose Wagon
cIsss. The memters of Monaghan Fiose Co
are naturally Disappointed that their lea5o
did not take one c. ;be prizes, but they are
cAlls as possible aod hope for better luck next
tine
The Sumter 6remen we've never bs''er
treated cor have they ever -rj9yed a trip
more than tie few days spent in Fsyei,svi;e
Thay we3t 10 haze good tine and to win
the prizes snd they were decidedly successful
all bands that Sumter had the finest teams
on the ground and the Sumter Sremen were
as ex pert apd we'll d:sciplioed 10 their duties
as aoy the people bad ever seen. TIE
Fayetteville tournament was great occasion
fo, the Sumter 6remso, and to-day Somsef
is better known TO the frer,en of North Car
oiioA, at least, that ever before TIE racing
teams of Monaghan aad Delgar squads are
fac advertisements fer the Game Coca City,
and they ueYer fail to create sensation
wherever they go.
The prizes captured oy Delear Reel squad
are as follows:
First prize, S2s, for handsomsst appear
ance il parade
Flrs' prize, $50, il hose wagon ccotes:,
time 393
Tbro prize. $50. in reel race
10 the Interstate hose wsgon contest Ire
second prize WIS won pr n Wilmington ,eaa
in Sc seconds, Newnern third. sIoasgaan
made tn race 10 IS seconds, tn. vas beaten
for bird mooey Monaghan made hne
run, tn, missed j; on :he corrections.
Tne Florence team Won tne 6rs, prize in the
reel ccntes., time 32} Durham second. tine
not given 10 telegram De!gaT ,a.d, tie,e
522
De!gar ran Thursday af:eroooa at,er a
heavy rain ard the track vas very sic~ TIE
two teams naaklpg better tine than De!gar
:as Friday marning, and, with faster track,
oalY cs:;ered their time o. o; second
The people of Fayetteville we're especially
xind sc the Sumter frenen, and much If the
piessu:e Of tne trip was due 20 their a,ten-
,icns C5iet JcNe;;l. o; The FAyet:eville
Ere i-par,nen., made til. IDS o- every one CT
the Sumter c:awl BY MS kind eSs AID fir
treatment, ard they wiil DOT forget hin seoa.
Locking ~ j; t-onl a Sumisr poiD, OF riew
he FAyettevi!ie tcuregrneDt yaa great SUE
cess. and t5e Slnlsr crow? ere si,c5ing al
ready for other :oeruamens arc mnIe DS zas
Il ne ;uture. Tae crowoing sch'evsmen; of
:he tr;o w.s establishing accord In The Eo>e
wagon COS les: for The two S::!es-,:o such time
hv.. e7er Seea r1ade ~ North Carolina before
spd il is stated CT good authority irst the
record wiil stand against any .;re made il
South Caroiins
The last of >be 6semen returned from
Fayetteville Friday aight. z reported .; wire
Friday. Tie frs, prize IN tie rand reel con-
test was won by Florence, aut thar tie on
a dry track @as only ore-fonr:h OF a secood
cet;er han toe time Of De!gar squad 90
wet and muddy track sbe evening before.
The ,,ne was very poor, aud Florence has
notnioy TO brsy on In ,he North Carolina
State reel race Fayetteville Won fret prize 10
81 seconds, just one aod hslf seconds Get
tar time than Florence made in the inter-
state contest over the game course and under
the saue condition. The Delga1s are very
we'll satisfied with the trip as they establish
ed u interstate record for hose wagons, won
two 6rs,s and a third prize and brought
bone Sl05 iu priz:s. 3nd they stand ready
at all times TO run aoy team 10 the State q
hose wagon .ace or hose reel race for any
reasonable purse that NAV be offered.