The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-11-30
The Trades Display


Der Of floats and in every other re-
spect. There were twenty three floats
in the parade besides number of
the handsomely decorated vehicles that
participated in the floral parade. The
float of Levi Bros. was burned just as
the parade assembled The Minor
Store hoat bad to be withdrawn as it
could not pass under the electric light
wires and Schwartz Bros, float was
almost demolished by having the top
torn off by coming in contact with
electric light wires.
The first prize was awarded to
O'Donnell & Go, for the handsomest
float, the second prize to Won Ohsen
& Shirer for the most representative
aoat aud the third prize to Schwartz
Bros for the second handsomest float,
despite the accident which deprived it
of the chiefest part of its beauty.
When Levi Bros float caught
afre Mr.. Claude Lesesne, Sydney
White and Ray Ryttenberg we're 90 it
and were burned, Mr.. Lesesne seri-
ously on the hands, Sidney White,
painfully and Ray Ryttenberg slightly.
The following business houses were
represented by floats:
Sumter Iron Works, g miniature
machine shop and foundry, with me-
chanics at work at lathes and FORCES,
drawn by traction engine.
V. q. Phelps, complete grocery
store.
q Moses Green, large transparency on
q float.
Won Olsen & Sbirer, complete black
smita shop with smiths and wheel
wrights at work.
Sumter Electric Light & lee Co.,
display of ice, in which traits, flowers
and game had been frozen The ice
was of various colors and made a
pretty show.
Sumter Bottllng Works, fine display
of soft drinks bottled by this compa-
ny.
Sumter Dry Goods Co.. we'll
equipped dry goods establishment fill
ed with busy clerks and eager shop
perS.
T. c. Cuttino, the plumber, mod
ern bath room.
Southern Cotton Oil Co., represent
ative display of products of this COM
pany and dozen negro employees who
sang negro melodies.
J. D. Craig Furniture Co.,, a hand
somely furnished apartment.
Southern Fruit Co., of Charleston
a large transparency.
Diggs Bros. q we'll stocked general
merchandise store.
D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.. per-
fectly appointed clothing and gents
furnishing establishment,
Sumter Clothing Co., large and
handsome float representing9 their
business.
China's Soda water, pretty repro
duction of perfectly equipped soda
water parlor.
Whilden Furniture Co., a large and
handsomely designed float, represent
ting we'll furnised house.
China's Drrg Store, drug store
in miniature.
Levy & Moses, a Twentieth Cen.
tury fancy grocery.
A. A. Strauss, a cotton wagon on
the way to market.
O'Dounell & Co., a beautiful and
artistic float, decorated in pure
white, the top was supported by
CorintEian columns and on the aoat
was chariot drawn by a flock Of
white doves, driven by fairy that
stood in the chariot.
A. D. Hardy, white horse stand
ing on platform-a capital represen-
tation of a sale stable.
Burns Hardware Co., a large float
ingeniously constructed of tin plates,
tin utensils and other articles from
stock.
E. A. Bultman, the Jeweler, a
handsome and tastefully decorated
float.
Schwartz Bros, white palace
modelled on classic lines. 1t was ex-
tremely handsome and artistic and
worthily represented the Palace Dry
Goods Emporium, but the accident
above referred to deprived it of the
greater part of it's beauty.
Hardy & Co., a float representing
Peruvian guano followed by squad
Of little negroes wearing red guano
sacks.
Peterson s. Sons, undertakers, a
hearse and coffin.
The Minor Store float which was
one of the largest and most elaborate,
did not appear in the parade for the
reason above stated.
Levi Bros float which was burned
just before the parade started was
elaborately decorated to represent
King Cotton Mr.. Claude Lesesne
was King. Messrs. Ray Ryttenberg
and Sidney White were pages. Mr.
Walter Folsom was dressed up as a
negro mauma. NJ. Lesesne was COW
cred with cotton sewed on to his outer
garments. The Hoat which was fes-
tooned with cotton caught fire from
one of the lights and in moment fire
was everywhere and before be realized
it had caught the cotton in which
Mr.. Lesesne was decked and be was
badly burned, though not seriously.