The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-08
REPORTS OF POsToFFTCE SALES
POstmasters Have Reported Much
BcttcrN-Salcs are Being Pushed
Negroes are Starting to Buy-Iwo
More Big Buyers.
Add to Big Buyers:


Add to Big Buyers
c.. G. Rowland .... :. 500 90
Charley Johnson through E.
T.. AycOck. -. :. :. :. I2O.OO
Everybody knows who Mr.. Row
, land is. Mr.. Rowland of course is
I concerned in a great mnay enterpris-
es and has need for much working
| capital. He has bought heavily of
government bonds, and probably has
had to borrow to do so. Mr.. Row
land realizes, however, that no man
can keep all his money employed all
the time, that there are bound to be
lapses sometime when it is not in
vested. He has. therefore, placed
this amount where it will accumu-
late interest steadily for five years
and at the same time it will help his
nation.
Do you know Charley johnson? {?
No? Well. he is a colored man at
Wedgefield. He is incapa citated from
fighting himself so he told Col. Av-
cock he wanted his money to fight
and he has loaned it to the govern
ment to guy guns. bullets for the men
in France. Could he do better?
The postmasters are at last report
ing their sales. The report from the
director in Charleston shows the fol-
lowing reports from the Sumter coun-
ty Offices for the week ending April
eth:
Borden, no report; Brogdon, $40;
Claremont, nothing; Dalzell, $3.50;
Hagood, s32.75; Horatio, nothing;
Mayesville. $4,000; Oswego, $3.50;
Providence, no report; Rembert,
$67.76; Shiloh. $500; Sum-
ter. $3,192.50; Tindal nothing; Wedge
field, $500.
Much better than it used to be. All
those no reports and nothings ought
to be changed, though
The negroes are starting to buy
Thrift and War Savings stamps. They
are very late. but the fault is not with
the masses. A committee was ap-
pointed long TIME ago to spread the
gospel Of War Savings among them,
but the committee did not spread. So
far as results testify the committee is
still slumbering peacefully. You
can't keep good thing like War
savings quiet however; individuals all
about are coming to the War Savings
Committee, asking for instructions.
and are proceeding to push the work
by forming War Savings Societies. In
Concord. at HOratio, at DalzelI, at
Oswego. at Stateburg the work has
been going on. DR.. Bragg Anthony
has been taking it to the schools The
work of organization will be pushed
among them, and much cotton chop
ping money in the country. and week.
ly wages in town will go to the
aid OF the government through the
Thrift cards.
The following have been appoint
ed district directors for districts
outside of town: w. r. Wells, E. E.
Aycock, Wedgefield; R. M. Jones, r.
l; j. K. Jennings, r. 4; J. A. Reames,
Rembert; A. c. Thompson, Dalzell; c.
j. Jackson, Horatio; ]. Thomas
Dennis. Shiloh; J. w. Odom, Mayes-
Vile. Many more are needed through
out the county. Here is where ener-
getic men and women can show
their patriotism by volunteering for
service. There should be five hundred
war saving societies throughout the
county. There are not yet fifty.
Saving Sammy says:
If you are really heart and soul
with the soldiers buy War Savings
stamps; you can stampede the Huns
with War Stamps.
Don't think in terms of Thrift
Stamps; think and act in terms Of
War Saving stamps.
METHODISTS FOR CHAPLAINS.