The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-11
Negroes Start High
:. .,.,.& ~ School Fund
Labor Day Celebration Turned
|, into Educational Meeting

Labor day was ffttingly and intel
llsently celebrated by the local car
| penters' union 2l96, colored. At IL
! M. the parade. was FORMED at Dimes
hall on Manning avenue, and proceed
ed up Manning avenue through Main
to Liberty to, I. Council to Lincoln
school grouds where the meeting was
called to order by the president, r.
M. An dTewss the veteran carpenter
and, Joiner.
After a selection by the embryo
Jazz band" the president delivered
very timely address, full of whole
some advice to an. audience composed
of members OF the union and other
male friends who had come to assist
in the celebration. g..
Among other things he emphasized
the Importance or being a producer
and an active participant in the great
national program of thrift and TAX
ing a prominent place~in the economic
adjustment Of the nation. He also
'warfed them against living up to
every penny and sometimes beyond
their means simply because they find
themselves blessed with high wages.
. Other local speakers who had been
INVITED. also urged further that the
men see to it I'M future that they give
IAN honest days toil for the compen-
'sation expected or demanded. The
general needs of the cofored people
jof Sumter were discussed at length
and some remedies suggested by
Which these needs might be- met
~ cH<,
meeting and it was passed along very
enthusiast stically. "":. ~.
THE crowded conditions of our city
school came In for it's just share OF
confederation. The great struggle of
the masses TO obtain an education and
the heroic sacrifices ON the part Of
the teachers received highest com
inendation.
The idea rof se(f help grew larger
and larger with each utterance by the
speakers Finally it was decided to
ALLOW this idea to take tangible form
and in q very short while one hun
dred dollars in cash lay on the table
as a starter for 10 building fund for
a high school. ~. <
F. 1t is reasonable to conclude that
this most comm merldable act Of citizen
ship will be augmented by every
church, lodge or local society in the
oify and county of Sumter. The la
borers have wretght Nnobly and we'll.
They have started a fire of patriotism
and zeal 4 which shall never be
punched by the lit can not be dome
OF the pessinlst. The following per-
HOns contributed: .. =. "a
r.. M. Andrews, w. b. DeLorme,
James Davis Jerlkinson d. Davis, P.
T. Ballard, Chas. DeLaine, w. w.
RAMSEY, Powell Wallace. A. Reese,
b. j. Brock, Alonzo Taylor, Isham
Brown, VIM Gadsden, Finn McDon-
aid. Jno. Muldroiw, Solomon White,
John Wilson, Christian Harris, w. ].
Robinson, j. w. Thomas. Henry Pc
ters. Jno Haynsworth, Elmore De-
Eorfne, jeff A, Davis, A. B. Bradley,
Alien Singleton, G. A.. lawson c. 8.
Harper, =. W.. Washington, J.. r.
Clark NJ. Sans. JOS d. .-. Spears,
stephen Anderson, Jne. Mitchell, Ton, !
Crosson, J. H. Gary, Henry DeLeon.
Henry Wilson. MI. LThompson, j. E. /
Spann, S. l.. Gass, Isadore Lewis.
Sanders Frazier, Jno. Duffie, Ben
Bracey, Nose Fuller, Isiah Pringle,
Bynum Moore, Jack Clark, Dan
Coulter, Prince Holman. jeff Nelson,
N. ID. L. Davenport, Willis Jackson
A. q. Spears Sr., A. M. Giles, Nathan
Rose. Isaac Young. Jeff Robinson,
jeff Burgess, Lewis Wilder, Willie
Nelson, Harry Smith, j., j. Slater,
Dukes McFadden, Essic Kennedy,
Ben Bracey, Sam Ladson, c. Sad
dfer J.. T. Williams, Dawson Brails-
ford, Fl. ]. Davis, Paul Jenkins,