The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-08
COUNTY FAIR NOTES
amous Scotch Band Engaged
For Week

Lovers OF high class concert music
throughout Sumter and adjoiniiS
Counties will be delighted 10 learn
that Sumter is to have veritable
n.usic festival during the three last
Gays of our county fair. November
18th. goth and 21st.
The. famous Royal Scotch Highland
ers Band. sometimes called The
Kilties Band is coming with their
asoul-stirring music that awakens the
echoes of our nature and makes the
blood tlngle delightfully."- in our veins.
for three days to play as free open
4ssir concert attraction, five hours each
day under a special high priced ar
rangement between the sumter Coun-
S1y Fair ssociation and the business
men Of Sumter, whereby the Talr AS
sociation pays one thousand dollars
towards the fifteen hundred dollars
il requires, five hundred dollars
eay.to secure this exceptional musical
aggregation of twenty-five musicians.
every member Of this band an artist.
and the business men of Sumter pay
tng the balance and for elaborate
street decorations TO make l'alr
Week "a genuine gala week in fact,
$ About two thousand dollars have
been appropriated by the fair author
s tiles especially for numerous high
3sclass free attractions during the 1919
. caanty fair. The business men Of
Sumter have entered into the far
spirit with a. vim. and Sumter is going
$50 be from. November 18th TO Novem-
.7sber 22nd live wire town with plenty
sIof fun. frolic, and the highest class.
:ssartistic music that money and enthus7
ssiasm- can secure. -
- Main, and Liberty streets will be
pcofuse,y decorated for one week pre-
sseed.ng socr far and during fair week
.ssusldere a contract closed by wire TO-
day from Chamber Of Commerce for
sIr.. Nj. GOLDBERG, chairman of the
business ia ems coeamittee on mer-
Chants and other business enterprises
: participating in the 1919 fair.
&: Mr.. j. Frank Williams a farmer
director Of the Fair Association. and
Who lives ten miles in the country,
voluntarily contributed fifty dollars to
help the Sumter business men raise
their part of the necessary money.
Mr.. Williams was determined that
Sumter count should not miss this
splendid opportunity to hear this IA
nous musical aggregation which was
secured under exceptionally fortunate
circumstances Secretary Reardon
lost two nights sleep fearing the di-
rectors would not agree TO pay so
mach for this band and soloists. But
- ey-ry. 1>,c ftoh fi,-S-f
dose Mr.. Williams prescribed
The entire Royal Scotch Highland
Eand will be attractively attired in
their native costume, in flaring col
ors, wearing the Gordon pfaids.
The world renowned and celebrat-
ed Scotch terror, Bobby Brollier, and
other splendid soloists, Will sing, not
only the popula, songs Of the day.
fsbuf also a number Of the old and
beautiful Scotch ballads during the.
f*e. .hesr.. daily program. all absolute
! ly free 10 those who attend our 1919
fair
Sumter is exceedingly fortunate in
securing this hand Of instrumental
and soloist artists only by chance as
!: Miss Nellie Smith. the advance bust
ress n,anger having booked the ia
I NOUS Roy D. Smith Ferris wheel and
5 ladder experts. OF women and girls
& for q free attraction for our 1919
fair. happened to be passing through
Sumter last Saturday evening, and
>iphoned the manser of publicity and
: information, E. r. Realdon, that she
-fhad three open dates for the week Of
November 18th He Immediately
closed contract and the directors
Of the Fair Association later unani-
) n1ously ratified the engagement and
!. endeavored to induce Miss smith TO
s:sn up for the first day of the far.
!. November 18th. also, but she couldn,
slo this unless the Augusta. Georgia
State Fair will agree to give up thl1
s band for one day to Sumter, which
( is not likely.
s Wednesday, November 18th, being
s County School Day. tho second day
scf our fair. the directors Of the Fair
3 Association, and the business men o.
Sumter are particularly anxious to
have the children Of the county hea:
this famous aggregation OF nuslcai
artists. and to witness the other spec
!. tacular and daring aeerial free attrac-
tons.
Z Miss Smith SAID that if Augusta
viii agree to release this bard for
/ one day. Ncyember 18TH the lass
|; day of a weeks engagement in that
city, she would sign up for Sumter.
but she had no IDEA that Augusta will
!. do this.