The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-22
NO REST AHEAD FOR COM,iITTEE
War Savings Committee Has Gigantic.
Task Before It's Busy Laying
Foundation.
Add to Big Buyers:

Add to Big Buyers:
Leland w. Myers :. :. :. 800. 90
{. j. Jackson >. E. :. 10000
w. S. Thompson :. :. 10000
Elizabeth "A. Moses :. :. 1000
Mr.. Myers name was accidentally
ommitted from the Hagood list print
ed some days ago.
Everybody knows those two solid
farmers of the IGoratio neighborhood,
MIR. Jackson and Mr. Thompson. Ev-
erybody knows that their patriotisnl
is ilst as good us their farming, and
so when they put more of their mon
ey where they have already put some
before. that is in the public treasury,
everybody can say, why, that is just
as 1 expected"
Now. little Miss Moses Having
lived all of her few years among SOL
diers, is it anything but natural that
her little accumulation should go to
help these men in their hour of need?
The fighting men must fight; every
body else must help them. The rule
is very simple.
How about more Limit Club men,
bers? Six for Sumter county is
mighty few,nd mhahm m m IN nm
mighty few, and one of these fight
ing man in camp too. thousand
dollars worth OF stamps do not cost
anything like a thousand dollars. Buy
this month; next month they will be
higher.
The War Savings Committee will
meet this afternoon to work on the
Wednesday meeting at the Court
House when state Organizer Sparks
will instruct the workers. The work
ers and all who will volunteer for
work will meet at IL in the morning
AT in the afternoon Mr.. Sparks will
address the public at the court house.
The building should be filled to ca
pacity each time Sumter county
people have not taken War Savings
very seriously so far, and it is time for
them to turn around and to get busy.
Mr.. z. G. Bowman has been put in
charge of the work of organizing the
colored people Of Sumter county for
the War Savings quota pledge. He
will need plenty Of help. All leaders
among our colored people are asked
20 confer with him without waiting
for an invitation.
Mr.. E. II. Rhame, ST., has been an
pointed director for religious organ
izations. He VIII organize churches
and Sunday schools. and asks that
ministers and superintendents confer
with him without waiting for an in.
vitation.
Mr.. Benz. +. Hodges and Mr.. Ray
mon Schwartz have been added to the
War Savings Committee. Mr.. Hodges
Is director of publicity. Help him in
his work to keep War Savings before
the public.
The War Savings Committee vans
meetings at every school house, every
church, every picnic, every cross
roads, everything throughout the
county. Shoot the dates into them
Help in every way you can.l
Here is the postOffices records for
the week ending May 11th as sent on.
from the directors office:
Dalzell, Mayesville and Providence.
no report; Brogdon, $3.50; Clare
mont. $3.50; Hagood. $780, Horatio.
$S.75; Oswego. $85.25; Rembert, $36:
Shiloh, s6.25; Sumter s2,766.5O; Tin
dal. $3.50; Wedgefeld, $9.25.
The sales on the street Saturday
we're good. Chestnut No. 25 was the
society in charge, and the sales
amounted to $4,000. Misses Reba
Spann and Irma Fielder who were in
charge of one of the tables stayed
on the job all day, and by closing time
in the afternoon this pair Of young
patriots had taken in $500.
Saving Says:
When you clip the coupons from
government bonds ask the bank for
War Savings stamps for them, and
so lend government money back to
the government.
If the bank you take your coupons
to has not stamps on hand let the
act be known. Some Of the banks