The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-20
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES
MOVING Pictures Which Have Been
Taken and Those Which Will Be
Taken.

up with securing the various moving
pictures of the city. A large num-
| Der of splendid scenes were obtain
ed. Some of the pictures planned
for could not be taken because Of
the absence of sunlight and others
were postponed until a later date.
Very fine pictures were taken Of
the cotton at the compress and the
picture was taken at the gin show
ing the cotton wagons loaded with
unginned cotton, cotton going into
| the gin, and the bale coming out and
being loaded. A fine picture was TAX
of the Sumter Brick Works, loading
the clay on the dirt train and on the
way to the works and the train being
hauled up to the crushers and the
finished brick coming out. Views OF
the Lennon, McLaurin and O'Don-
nell residences We're secured 1t was
| impossible to take but a few pic
lures Of residences and those were
| selected by Mr.. Owens for the reason
that they were not only typical but
bcause of their we'll kept lawns and
attractive appearance.
| OF the public buildings, the Court
House was taken and a view of the
| City Hall and Opera House, includ-
ing North Main street, was had from
the top Of the building occupied by
the D. j. Chandler Clothing Com.
pany. A picture Of the Farmers
Bank and Trust Company's build
ing was secured. A number of good
street scenes were obtained on Sat.
urday. One in front Of O'Donnell
and Company where the police broke
up large crowd Of people and
farmers listening to "cotton-hold-
ing" speech of President Dabbs of
| the Farmers Union. Another in
front Of Kings Cigar Store, where
| Senator Smith was caught holding
forth to a large crowd on the "Sins
of Wall Street" A picture was TAX
en- Of the street paving on South
Main Street with every workman on
the move. At the A. c. L. Depot the
Charleston morning train was caught
pulling into the depot and the large
Saturday crowd coming into Sumter
to shop was worked in on the films.
At noon Saturday the moviry pic
| turc machine was stationed in front
Of the Sumter Telephone Factory,
| and the employees were shown COM
ing out Of the factory on their way
to dinner. Another good picture was
that Of the horses and mules belong
ing to Shaw and Drake, which was
| taken in front Of their establishment.
Several pictures were secured at Po-
Gala Springs showing the lake, trees
| covered with moss and the artesian
wells.
Later when our streets are COM
pleted and the schools under full
| headway, Mr.. Owens will return, and
pictures will be taken Of the cotton
| on the streets and the cotton buyers
| and the school children in front Of
the school buildings. At the same
time a cotton picking scene will be
| arranged with as large a number Of
hands as possible. The Anderson
Home at Stateburg and General Sum-
| ter's Grave and Monument will be
! taken at the same time.
After all these pictures have been
| taken they will be sent to Chiago for
development and returned to the To-
cal operator and the Sumter Com
mittee will be asked to select only
| those pictures and parts Of pictures
desired. Many of the pictures taken
Will be carried by the Chicago con-
Germ on their regular circuit free of
cost. This is especially true of the
various cotton pictures and histori-
| cal scenes. The first 200 feet of film
will cost each city about $500 which
will include all costs of showing same
and for space at the big land shows,
operator and lecturer. Each ad-
ditional foot will cost rs cents. The
contract calls for the showing OF
these pictures to at least seven mil
lion people in addition to the land
shows. AT these land shows, iudg-
ing by past attendance there will be
| over one million people.
1t is the purpose of the Committee
to meet this expense by showing
| these pictures of Sumter and South
Carolina at the local Academy of
Music which Mr.. Ryttenberg has
rendered to the committee free OF
charge. In this way will the story