The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-02
Spectacular Pageant
Staged for Fair
Parade For Sumter County
Schools at Fair on Novem-
Der 18th

Sumter and Sumter county are
not dead while somewhat financial
ly embarrassed like the balance OF
the country, they are still very
r~ucn alive and Tapping their
wings and Growing over what a
good place Sumter county is to
live in and what a great thing it is
to be allowed to live in the old
"Gamecock County Of Sumter" We
do not allow every kind of people
| to live here-they must be deslr-
able, progressive, law-abiding, pub
lie spirited and patriotic or they
drift away. The spectacular and
sensational Pageant of Progress
Parade being staged for Sumter
county school day, Friday, Novem-
Der 18th, the fourth day OF the
1921 Sumter county fair will be
no funeral procession-but Will
show what Sumter and Sumter
county have to be proud OF. The
entire county is invited to particl-
pate, to get in the big moving pic
ture film to be taken Of this parade
which film will be exhibited, re-
gardless of expense in practically
every moving picture theatre IN the
United States and in Europe.
Through the courtesy Of DR.. S.
H. Edmunds, city superintendent
of education, the Sumter city
schools have been already entered,
with the Sumter high school mill
tary battalion, in full dress parade;
DIR. J. H. Haynsworth, county su-
perintendent of education has ex-
pressed his cordial approval OF the
rural schools of this county par
ticipating in this parade; every
school is invited. Miss Caro- Tru-
luck has entered the numerous
home demonstration, canning, poul-
try, sewing. cooking and other wo-
mems and girls clubs; the Rex and
Lyric theatres, Mr. White, manag-
er, which will supply the motion
picture camera has announced
that these two theatres will put in
two magnificent commercial floats;
it is a foregone conclusion that City
Manager Samuel O'Quinn, and the
mayor and city council will allow
the entire fire department, police
| force, and other departments Of
the city government to be in the
big parade. Every civic, patriotic,
commercial, fraternal, labor, Off
cial body or organization invited
to take part Every branch of bus
mess in Sumter and Sumter county
is urged to be represented in the
procession of progress. Put in
your commercial floats, if you don't
care to have an elaborately deco
rated float just put in your deliv-
cry wagons and trucks with your
firms name shown in big banners
fill your trucks and your automo-
biles with pretty women and girls:
put the babies in the front part OF
the vehicle; show your boys and
girls; fill up trucks with baled hay
cotton, and other agricultural pro-
ducts, manufactured products
mercantile displays, shop craft
work; just show and advertise your
business, just help to make this a
big procession of progress and
pleasure for your county.
Use any plan you like to adver-
tise your business and to advertise
Sumter and Sumter county's ad-
vantages, resources, progress, IN.
telligence, and Sumter county's fu.
Eture. Several thousand school chill.
dren, and several hundred teachers
and hundreds of club women anG
club girls will lead the procession il
the plans Of the committee pre-.
prevail.
Hundreds of automobiles are
wanted for this procession. Deco
rated or not decorated, just fiji
them up with good looking womer
and pretty girls.
A better baby parade section
Raised in Sumter County" would
be great thing for this pageant Of
progress and pleasure. Every mem
Der of the Sumter Chamber o1
Commerce and every stockholder IL
the Sumter ,unty Fair Associa.
ton will work with other agencie:
to make this a huge success.
Now and from now on is the
accepted time for being optimistic
regardless Of business conditions
you have to live, and you might a:
we'll be as happy as himanly pos.
sible while you are living because
you do not know what you will bt
up against when you are dead. Yol
live but once.
A crouch and a grouchy persor
are no good to any community
Pitch in and help pull. Don't pull
backwards, if you do some Of those
pushing forward might run ovel
and trample you under foot. KeeI
going, and adopt for your motto
Lets Co..
Observance of Armistice Day.