The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-21
MANY GIFTS FOR POOR PEOPLE,
MRS. TOUNEY LEAVES GIFTS FOR
SCAiTER'S POOR, CHECK PRE-
SENTED BY COL. LEE.
Mass Meeting Poorly Attended but
Biggest Collection Misunderstanding
of Committee Tomorrow at 10 A.
NJ.


to the poor and needy of the icty was
held Sunday afternoon in the Pres
byterian church at D. m. A small
attendance was present, owing to the
rainy weather, but the largest col
lection was made since the origin of
this beautiful custom.
The meeting unanimously elected
Mr.. l.. l. Parrott, in spite Of all pro-
test on his part. to be chairman for
the eighteenth time Of the commit
tee which has the distribution of
the presents in charge, the others
named on the committee with
him being Messrs. j. II. Scarborough,
w. S. Jones. c. l.. Cuttino, and w. B.
Upshur.
The committees appointed from the
Sunday schools of the various
churches were: Christian church,
Mrs. Helms and Mrs Garhart; First
Methodist church, Misses Lola Brown
and Hattie Phillips; Presbyterian
church, Misses Leila Miller and
Mamie Edmunds; Lutheran church,
Miss Lizzie Muller and Mrs. w. G..
Stubbs; Broad Street Methodist
church, Mrs. j. w. Mccoy and Miss
Mary Britton; Washington Street
Baptist church, Mrs. E. c. Hayns-
hru NJ @.
First Baptist church. Mrs M. A..
Flowers and Mrs Gorden. The COM
mittees from the Sabbath schools Of
the Sinai Jewish Synagogue and
the Catholic church were not appoint
ed as there were no persons at the
meeting representing those churches.
and will have to be appointed later.
The donations were about the same
as usual. with the exception of the
check for $240 presented by Col. r.
d. Lee for, the estate OF sNfls. Nfia
Tourney who had left $4,000 to be
put out at interest which every year
at Christmas time was to be given
for the poor Of the city. The other
collections were not so large as usual,
but this was owing to the small at
tendance. the smallest since the begin
ming Of these meetings eighteen years
ago. 1t is worthy Of mention here
that this was the first time in the
eighteen years that this beautiful
custom has been going on that the
weather has interfered with the
meeting in any way and tended to
make the attendance smaller than it
otherwise would have been.
The exercises were opened with
singing. Mr.. II. G. Haynsworth presid-
ing over the meeting and conducting
the order of exercises. After the
singing Of several sacred songs, Mr..
Il. ID. Epps made the address Of the
evening. He spoke in a plain direct
way. He told Of the great JOY which
would be brought to the hearts Of
the poor children when they received
the Christmas gifts sent to them by
the children Of the Sunday schools of
the city and how Santa Clause came
to them and did not go to the Door
children so that they might act as
Santa Clause to the poor children. A
beautiful solo was rendered by Miss
Beaufort Brand during the meeting
which was most appropriate to the
Christmas season and for the occas
ion.
When Mr.. Hurst, as chairman of
the collection committee, asked for
contributions Col. X. ID. Lee rose and,
in "a touching and eloquent eulagy
paid to the memory OF Mrs. Ella
Tourney. told how that worthy lady
left $4,000 which he as the sole ey-
ecutor Of her estate. had put out at
interest and now he would for the
estate Of Mrs. Tourney give the in
terest on that money for the poor OF
the city, the amount Of the check be-
ing $240. Mr.. Hurst thanked Mr.
Lee, stating that Mrs. Tourney had
always been liberal giver during
A"r life and now that she was dead
she had buIlt her own monument in
the hearts of her fellow citizens 10y
leaving this hcnchccnt gift for tho
poor.
The donations when collected
amounted in all 90 $559.33. including
the check from Mrs. Journeys es-
tate. 1t is probable that the amounts
will hc greatly increased over last
year when all Of those who were not
present have contributed what the
bad weather prevented their giving
Sunday. Contributions can bc hand
ed i'm to any Of the members of the
committee who have the contributions
I'm charge and, if there are persons
VINO know OF any poor. needy DprSOuS