The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-11-23
Fall Festival Notes.

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ness the parade at the corner of Main
and Liberty streets, s;s at at +wian which place
| The Honorbles Richard I. Manning
! Altauont Moses, John Il. Clifton, T.
B. Fraser and fifth gentleman to be
selected by the above named gentle
men will constitute the committee
for the trade display. The prizes will
be as follows: first prize, $40, second
prize, S25, and third prize, S15. Second
prize will be for the float that most
appropriately represents the business
of the merchant, and the other two
| for the most elaborate floats.
[ The route for the display will be
the same as tnat selected for the floral
parade.
| An immense crowd of Columbia peo-
| ple are coming to Sumter on Thanks
giving Day to attend the automobile
| races and the foot bali game. Both
the Atlantic Coast Line and the
Southern Railway are considering the
| running of special trains from Colum-
bia Thursday to accommodate the Fall
Festival crowds.
MI. D. J. Chandler, Chairman of
the committee on decorations. an
nounces the appointment of the follow
ing committee of judges: Mrs. j. A.
Mood, Mrs. D. j. Vim, Jr., Miss
Annie Graham, Rev. Fl. q. Coving
ton and Mr.. l. G. Strauss.
President r. F. Haynsworth of the
Fall Festival Committee has delegated
to Maj. Fl. Frank Wilson the duty of
crowning the Queen of the Festival.
It cannot be repeated too often that
the people OF Sumter should open their
homes to Festival visitors and make
evory possible effort to provide board
AID lodging for the thousands who
accept the city's invitation to spend
few days within our gates.
Mr.. G. E. Haynsworth, chairman Of
the foot ball committee. has arranged
to erect wire fence around the foot
ball field at the old base ball park.
The entire gate receipts will be turned
over to the South Carolina College
team, whose manager has given the
Washington and Lee team a guarantee
of $3.50 to play here. The foot ball
game will be the only feature Of the
Festival for which an admission fee
will be charged, and the Festival COM
mittee will not benefit from the gate
receipts, but has, on the contrary,
made an appropriation OF $500 to
supplement-. the amount that may be
realized on the game.
Messfs Mills & Gibbs, of New York,
nave made an unsolicited donation,
through their Sumter representatives,
of The Sumter Dry Goods Company. of
a ten dollar fur muf and two five dol
lar lace collars forStbe Fall Ees tival,
to be used as prizes. The Sumter
Dry Goods Company has turned over
the fprs and one lace collar to the
committee to be presented to the
Qpeen OF the Festival. The other col
lar will be presented to the lady in
the Floral Parade who shall be declsr-
ed to be the best driver. i
Tie Atlantic Coast Line has an
nounced that a special train will he
run from Columbia to Sumter on
Thursday. Thanksgiving Day. on ac-
count of the Sumter Fall Festival. the
railroad officials having ascertalned
that such large crowd will come over
from Columbia to witness the automo-
bile races and foot ball game that the
regular train would not be able to ac-
commodate them all. the special
train will run on the following sched-
uie: Leave Columbia 9 q. No., arrive
Sumter 1915 a.. N. F.; returning leave
Sumter 6 p. NJ and arrive Columbia
7.15 p. NJ.
Gov. Hayward and his staff will
spend Thanksgiving Day in Sumter
He will review the military parade
and witness the the Carolina Wash
ington and Lee foot bail game. Upon
his arrival in the city, be will be vel
coined by the following committee
which was appointed by the officers of
the Fall Festival: Hon. Altamont
Mosss. Chairman. Col. J. NJ. Knight,
Hon. r. I. Manning. Maj. r. Frank
Wilson, Mr.. J. L. Alnut:. DR.. j.
A. Mood, Mavor Geo. ". Dick and
President r. T. Haynsworth.
Bv resolution of the Central Com
~ ttee, it was unanimously decided to
invite the members Of the Ladies
Auxiliary Committee and all city,
county and State officials 10 be on the
-r&..- at the Academy of Music. On
the occasion of the crownin2 Of the
F,s: va Queen. Maj. ii. Frank Will
son. Sumter's gifted orator, will
make tire coronation address. Imme-
diately following the ceremony the
Festiva. sBall will be held iu the
Armory Hall. and the Queen will
lead the german.
Tuere is a movement on foot among
the alumni of South Carolina College
and Washington and Lee. who reside
in this section of the State, to give
the tive visiting foot ball teams an
elegant banquet from 10 until l2
O'Clock at the Hotel Sumter on the
night of Thursday, the 24th. This
will be a grand way for the boys to
break training.
Norfolk. Va, Nov. j.. 5.-Frederich
G. Kingsley, aged IS years, veteran
inmate of the Hampton National Sol
diers' home was found guilty of man
slaughter in the United States court
today. Kigsley was indicted for the
murder of Capt. \. G. Paul, also al
innate of the home. The prisoner