The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-22

reach the subleaders, and so on down
the line till every child playing around
the doorstep has War Savings Ger
tificate started in it's name.
The committee is hustling.
Here is the record of the Sumter
county postoffices as furnished by the
directors office for week ending May
ith: Borden, no report; BrOgdOn,
$500; ClaremOnt. nothing; Dalzell,
no report; Hagood, no report; Ho-
ratio, $34.25; Mayesville, $3.50; Os-
wego, $1O3.25; Providence, no re-
port; Rembert, $65.5O; Shiloh, no re-
port; Sumter, s2.33O.91; Tindal, s6.25;
Wedgefield, $135.5O.
II
Baker School organized War Saw
ings society Wednesday night with 81
members and a pair of hustling Of
ficers. They are Chandler Beall pres
ident and Donald Mcleod secretary
The Society did very graceful act in
choosing its name, that being the
Chandler Baker War Saving Society.
The Society meets again next We'd
nesday night and has asked that
some of the War Savings Committee
attend. Some of them will certainly
be on hand.
Three more agencies have been
added outside of the city; Dalzell
supply Company and II. l.. Burkett
at Dalzell and a. c. White near
Whites Mill. Country agencies help
Il lot
The big people" have shown their
Willingness to help the government
time and again, and the big people
have just finished showing it in a
most splendie manner week or two
back. The big people" are going to
be called upon once more to repeat
and this time all the little people"
are going to be called on too. The
Limit Buyers are going to be called
on to to buy to the limit; the real
poor man is going to be called on to
buy his Thrift stamp as often as he
possibly can. The War Savings
movement knows neither the "big
people" nor the little people," All
it knows is the whole people, and il
is calling on the whole people o.
sumter county right now.
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The ladies of the War Savings So
~ieties have been doing fine work by
selling stamps on the streets The
results obtained so far have been:
BY Society No. 5...... :. $500
BY Society No. g.. 80. :. :. 70.0(
BY Society No. II :. :. :. 1912!
BY Society No. 81. :. :. 52S.72
Pecause some sales are larger than
others do not think that some of tho
societies have fallen down on the
job. Some days are better than
others; moreover the street buying
is growing. and the early sellers did
pioneer work for those who came af-
ter.
Add to Big Buyers:
n
-. V. Kcels $1,000 90
j. IL. Gillis :. .. E. 10000
Two more men who have climbed
the War Savings ladder. This is the
second time Mr.. Keels has bought Il
round hundred of the stamps; it's get
ing to be a habit with him. Mr.. Gil
lis is right there. too. Watch tn,
Rembert sales grow.
At the Rembert school closing
Wednesday night. Miss Alice Mar
tin Of the War Savings Committee
made little talk. The result was the
two purchases above recorded and
another hundred dollars worth scat
tered among other takers.
Two more War Savings Societies
have been added to the roster. Dixie
War Savings Society has been organ
lied by the young ladies of the Mag
neto works. Mrs. Laura Lebby is
president, and Miss Lorena Dennis is
secretary. The present membership
is 40.
On North Salem Avenue q War
Savings Society has been formed with
80 members and with Mrs. j. A. War
rem president and Mrs. Frank a