The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-07


to- come forward and since that da>
Festival great event in the life OF
, the t"wn. He was elected secretary
If the Festival Association. Mr.. r.
F. Haynswortt,, the president of the
Association; Maj. H. Frank Wilson,
the vice president, and Mr.. Hubert
G. Osteen, the treasurer. as we'll as
the scores nf cOmsuitteem includ-
ing many Of the prominent business
men, have all worked faishfulIv-for
when Sumter calls the Game Cocks
answer-but believe that what is
said here Of Mr.. Reardon is what all
the people of Sumter would gladly
say with one voice.
A GOOD ROADS ARGUMENT.
The Festival, in way-marks an
epoch-in inaugprating motor car
racing in South Carolina. In this it
may mean an impetus to the good
road cause. Without disparaging
the eloqueLce of our United States
Senator LatImer, fancy that these
races Of yesterday will yield more in
results than we can hope from one Of
his good roads speeches. The as
sembling of forty or fifty of these
machines yesterday told the great
crowds here that automobiles have
come to stay" that they will here
after, along with the bicycle and the
telephone and other inventions Of re-
cent years, have part, and an in
huence in the daily life of the peo-
pie. Good roads are necessaries to
'auto;nohiling. Automobiles at pres
ent are luxuries. 1t is the spirit Of
suct enterprise rs is illustrate here
in Sumter to srruggla for the luxor
les of life. and this Sumter spirit is
spreading all over this rich State.
LUxURIEs ARE NECESSITIES TO
SUMTER.
Already the Sumter people have
built twenty. five or thirty miles Of
clay and sand hard roads leading out
of the city. aud they are extending
them steadily in all directions. \
countrvman, brought up in the red
clay Mills of the Piedmont, was taken
over the city yesterday in an auto
mobile by Mayor Dick. At
times the speed Of the l5-horse power
machine was forty.fve miles the
hour. Mayor Dicks friend, after
alighting from the machine and
carefully examining himself to be
sure hat none Of his limbs had been
scattered in various PARTS Of the
suburbs Of Sumter, admitted that
automobiles were indeed flying
machines and declared that he would
vote for any road tax suggested
hereafter in his township.
THE BANQUET.
, The banquet to the foot ball teams
Of Washington and Lee and South
Carolina College at the Hotel Sum-
ter last night, rendered by the alum
nj of the two institutions, deserves
more than the brief notice it has re-
ceived. The Washington and Lee
team was unable to remain over for
it, and notable feature Of the in
formal speeches was regret for their
absence and praise for their fine
bearing while in Sumter. Mr.. Mar
ion Noise was especially happy in
his references to Virginia and South
Carolina. and his son, Mr.. DeLeon
Noise. and Major Loring Lee, the
two latter Washington and Lee
alumni, responded gracefully when
called upon. Governor Hayward
was an avowed Washington and
Lee "rooter," and lost no friends
in Carolina by his loyalty to his own
college.
Mayor Geo. w. Dicks little
sp-+ci, presenting the cane to the
Governor. was an uncomnonly hap
py effni,. even for George Dick
whom, by the way. one Of the young
pr speakers alluded to as the May
or Of South Carolina" and brought
down the house. It's great thing
for a town to have q mayor who is a
credit to it in public as we'll as in
private, and such is the Game Cock
Mayor. Mayors are selected with
care in Sumter.
The following from the mayors
presentation speech must have
gratified the Governor to the fullest:
I'VE love you, Governor. We
have all watched Your career since
taking your seat in the Guberna.o-
rial chair with the keenest interest.
and in your many trials have sympa-
thized no little. We fully realize
that there are matters, especially
those touching executive clemency,
that at times weigh heavy upon you,
but knowing your faith in our One
All Wise Guider, and believing tnat
your actions in all such affairs are
the results of your direct appeals to
His throne OF grace and mercy. we
may rest assured that our country's
cause is safe in your hands.
ALLOW me in behalf OF my people.
the citizens of Sumter, to present
this cane, mounted as it is in pure
gold. the emblem Of that high stan
dard of morality and character with
which God has blessed you. Re
ceive it asa token Of their love. their
friendship. their genuine affection"
THE RACES.
The races this afternoon drew a
crowd Of 1000 people to Oakland
Avenue. A beautiful. straight
stretch of half mile of the avenue
was used as course. While most of
the horses were from local sta bles