The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-07-10

| ''''ioh VI lne FOultn %;
July by the people of Sumter count,
Iuihiled in almost every respect tho
suggestion Of President Wilson that
'0yai Americans Of every community
meet together and observe with AN
propriatc ceremony the anniversary a,
the birth of the American nation
| The people of all sections of the coun
| ~ assembled here and the dav w,s
'ruiy Il patriotic demo monStration by rep
resentatives of the entire county. Tho
number of people taking part i'm tho
celebration was difficult to estimate
but the crowd was well up i'm the
| thousands At q low estimate ther,
were more than II thousand i'm the
| root parade with which the exercises
81 the day began and fodr or five
times that number witnessed the pa
rade from along the line of march
The crowd that assembled on the lawn
IN 'front.' OF the Court House to hear
' "PN"'" ""S tStihidteu 10 hummer
between three and five thousand. Be
sides the assembly at the Court Hous,
there were half as many more on the
streets at the same time.
In addition to the white 'peopl,
there were fully as many negroes here
to participate i'm their celebration
which was held at the Lincoln school
Following parade through the street,
AZ noon. There must have been all
told. white and colored, eight to ten
thousand people on the streets during
the day. half of them at least beine
from the county
The foot parade from the Washine
ton school square to the Court House
was carried out according to pro
gramme. city police, mounted, head
ing the line. followed by "a dctach
D1ent of fifty-odd army officers from
Camp Jackson. The formation was as
follows:
No' L. MOunteu ponce.
No. .. Visiting Officers.
No. S.-Sumter Light Infantry Re.
serves.
No. 4. Confederate Veterans i'm
charge of Marshal III. q. Hill.
No. 3. High school Battalion il.
charge of Marshal G. L. Kicker.
No. 6. Eoy Scouts in charge oi
Marshal f.. III. Wilson.
No. Z. Band in charge of Marshal
O. G. Tweed.
No. 8. Red Cross in charge ol
Marshal Edward Boylc.
No. II, Womcn's Service League
in charge of Marshal Lieut.. Rogers.
No. IL. Camp Fire Girls in chargr|
of Marshal w. &. Eoylc
No. L.. Girls Service League in
charge Of Marshal George Mabry.
No. II. Home Demonstration
Clubs in charac of Marshal NJ. L.
Parler.
No. IL. The graded school chill
drcn. i'm charge of Marshal III. NJ. Nc
Laurin.
No. 1G. War Savings i'm charge OF
Marshal III. i. Moses.
No. IL. Food Administration in
charge of Marshal Il. NJ. Hildebrand.
No. lS. Magnetic Factory in charge
of Marshal DUFFY.
No. ~. Railroad employees in
charge of Marshal f.. II. Pitts.
No. 20. Chamber OF Commerce in
charge of Marshal G. c. Rowland
No. 81. Fraternal Organizations in
charge of Marshal j. w. Jackson.
No. 90. Council of Defense i'm
charge OF Marshal j. IT, Myers.
No %. Loyalty League in charge
of Marshal S. L.. Roddcy.
No. 81 Unorganizcd citizens i'm
charge OF Marshal :. H. Krasnom.
The detachment from the Magnetic
Factory, including a squad of khaki
clad young ladies', carrying army
rides. attracted much attention
The parade disbandod at the Court
House ana promptly at 11.30 the cx-
crcises began. capt. \. G.. Phelps.
| Chairman OF the County Council OF
Defense presiding. The programme
was as follows: