The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-25
COLUMBIA Wins FIRST,
CHAIR .ESTON MUST BE CONTENT
WITH SECOND PLACE.
Ihc Parade This Morning Made
Splendid Showing Convention
Goes to Columbia Next Year-EIcc-
tiOn of Officers.
From The Daily Item June %.

people having flocked in on all the
many early morning trains. The ter
rife downpour of rain yesterday af-
ternoOn disheartened the anxious
ones, for today is still cloudy, but no
more rain has fallen, and the clouds
have been shelter from the sun.
The parade showed up we'll the
number Of fire laddies who had come
to Sumter with their apparatus, and
was especially noticeable on account
of the number of horse teams from
smaller towns, Bishopville and Harts-
vile making a fine appearances. The
parade was in charge of Chief Mar
shall Bowman, and his assistants, ].
A. Warren, E. w. Ware, E. K. Frie-,
G. w. Smith, all of whom were
mounted on prancing steeds The pa-
rade was headed by Chief of Police
Bradford, and following him were
Chiefs Behrens and Hood driving to-
gether, then the Sumter Band, city
officials in carriages, Fire Chiefs and
other firemen in carriages, Mona
CHAN Hose Wagon numebr Two of
Sumter, Ligon Horse wagon of An
derson, Anderson Reel team, foot,
Bishopville wagon. Palmetto wagon
Of Columbia, Palmetto Reel, foot
Hartsville wagon, Greenwood wagon,
Florence Reel team, foot, Laurens
wagon, Charleston pompier corps on
foot carrying scaling ladders on
their shoulders, Marion Reel team of
Charleston, foot. Newberry wagon,
moro carriages of firemen, Monaghan
wagon, Number One, Sumter, Union
wagon, Georgetown foot reel team,
Orangeburg hook and ladder truck,
the pride of Chief Dibble. Sumter
steamer, Number Three, Darlington
wagon, Number Two, and Darlington
wagon Number One. Although there
was no prize for decorations many of
the wagons were ornamented, and
the crews in each instance, and with
the foot reels, were all in uniforms,
mostly white duck, or running cos
tunes. The course of the parade
lay through various streets of the
city, turning at the monument to
the departed Chief Graham, at South
Main and Oakland. Arriving at the
Windup at the stands at Calhoun
streets and Washington, the races
were pulled off just as fast as those
things can be done. and the six were
all run by thirty. The starter
was II. {. Parrott the judges were
j. "A. Warren, j. F. Reid, G.. c. War
rem, Fl. w. Hood, and Harry Weeks:
the timers were Ernest Bultman, of
Orangeburg, w. A. Thompson and w.
r. Phillips.
The run was one hundred yards to
the hydrant and unreel forty-eight
| feet of hose.
Florence was first to run. and threw
water in 24.4 seconds. Considering
the sickness of the clay track, every
one thought that this was fast time.
but it proved that it was not. An
derson next was flying down the
track, but the man at the butt never
did get it connected with the hv
| drant, and after awhile he quit try
ing. Georgetown the third 60 run
made fast time, registering water in
2S.1 seconds from the pistol shot.
Newberry came next, but the water
was too fast for the nozzle men who
over ran the break in the hose and
had to come back to it, and never
made nozzle connection. The team
of President Behren's, the Marion
team of Charleston, came next. and
it was case of running because they
could not fly, but they nearly did, and
showed water in 21.9. Everyone
knew that this was a winner, and
kept on knowing it till Jeff May sent
the Palmetto's over the track, and
then it seemed that the "Bottry" boys
were eight-tenths of a second too
slow, for the capital city boys took
only 21.1 seconds.
The prizes in these races were
800, $50, and $25.
That ended the morning session,
| though an effort was made to pull off
the grab races Immediately, so as to
| leave the afternoon clear for base
ball; however these races not being
scheduled till three, many Of the men
had left the track, and it was impos-
| sible.
At the time our columns closed
yesterday, the report of the legislative
committee was received, dealing
mostly with the firemens bill The
| committee reported that it would