The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-24

Coming Membership Campaign-
Jolly Jmns'' served supper i'm Ex-
ccllent Style-GOv. Manning Unable
to Come.
From The Daily Item, March 10.
A fine address was made by Prol. /
ID. w. Daniel, of Clemson College. /
and much interest was aroused in the |
coming membership campaign at the
annual meeting of the senior mem
bers of the Young Mems Christian
Association and banquet in the gym
nasium Of the association last night
There We're one hundred fifty senior
members of the association present to
hear the speaker and to share in the
good 'eats" which were so charming
ly served by the Jolly Jymns. AL
together the affair was one of the
pleasantest and most successful Of
the kind which has ever been held by
| the association.
The members Of the senior classes
commenced coming in about o'clock
and they continued coming in until
! the whole lower floor was crowded
with them. A meeting of the various
companies for the disposal of the
membership cards for securing re-
newals from old members and mem
berships from those who had never
before been connected with the asso-
citation was held in the directors room
and much interest was shown by the
ready showing a friendly rivalry in
the work which will be actively
launched next week.
While they were waiting, the tempt
ing odors from the gymnasium and
other rooms where the McKagen
stew was being prepared sharpened
tables were soon filed when little
before 8 o'clock it was announced that
the supper was ready. Supt. S. H.
Edmunds, chairman of the board of
directors of the association presided.
and he called on the Rev. Dr. ). H.
Wilson of st. James Lutheran church
to invoke the blessing
After busy period of some twenty
or thirty minutes all of the McKagen
chicken stew had disappeared, attest
ing to the appreciation of the ban
queters for the excellence Of the
viands. Adding to the beauty and
grace Of the occasion was the pres
ence Of the thfrty-fve charming mem
bers Of the Jolly Jymn' association,
who served the diners with the ut
most grace and style. The tables at
which the men were seated were
cleared off and the young ladies
themselves were given an opportunity
to partake Of the banquet supper
while the chairman of the financial
committee made a statement of the
financial condition of the association
and showed it's need for more men,
bers.
Mr.. Edmunds then introduced the
speaker of the evening, Prof. d. w.
Daniel. Of Clemson College Gov. r.
/. Manning. who also was to have
made an address, it was stated had
expected to come until about 9 O'Clock
on Thursday, when unexpected busi-
ness detained him at Columbia, pre-
venting him from being present.
Prof. Daniel expressed his thanks
for the invitation to come to Sumter,
saying that there were two cities
where he was always especially pleas
ed to go, Sumter and Charleston, to
which he had received invitations at
almost the same time. He had the
night before made talk to two hum
dred Irishmen in Charleston, he had
dined in Florence, he had supped in
Darlington and now he was banquet
ing in Sumter. DR.. Daniels voice
showed that he had put it to much
use recently, but he was able with his
usual excellent style TO entertain and
delight his audience for over an hour.
I'm going to have a subject which
will be interesting TO all Of YOU" he
stated, especially to the young la
dies present, for / am going to speak
to you on fOrtune-telling" He then
began a series Of his jokes which left
his audience in n highly pleased and
anticipative mood, if that term may
be used, when he went on to the
more serious part Of his talk. He told
how by chemical analysis the ordinary
human body was worth five dollars
and fifty cents showing how by train
ing such as that given in the Young
Mems Christian Association it was
made to he worth more, moi intrinscal-