The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-01
The ViSiHamt Association


The ViSiHamt AssOciat tiOm.
This Association, about which so
much has been said and written OF late,
was formed in Sumtcrville on the 25th
January last. 1t now numbers. VIC
have been informed, some hundred and
fifty members and is accomplishing
wonders for our village. Before it
went into operations, you Tot only
could not walk the streets at night
without being joStlcd of Of the side
walk by some rough dirty "darkic,"
but you could not find servant ut
homo when one WAS wanted. You
c"uId"t keep an egg, . chicken, vega
table or amy thing OF the kind, and you
couldn't find Il polite Industrious sober
negro in the village but now our ser
wants are at home and always in their
proper places. They begin to look
neat, sober, aud contcn,cd, and BODY
can trust them little beyond their
Fingers end We occasionally, two,
get eggs for breakfast, and chickens
for dinner. So much then for what
1t has done in Sum,crvilc; and we
have heard, even. OF greater wonders
that 1t has done for our Country friends.
In fact, some have Said that their pro.
pcrty has increased in value. at least,
twenty per cent.
Well done, then, as old Vulcan !"
says for the Nigiant Association. Are
there no more who would like to Join
this good measure The books are
still open and every honest fellow can
still have chance. "Nalk up" as
One of The Host +" says "to the
Captains office, sign yonr name, pay
your dollar and stand ready for SER
vice" Bus, to be more in earnest. we
do hope that many more will come
io. ward and unite in this move. All
are deriving advantages from it and it
is but fair and right that all should par
ticira,c in the burdens. We have
heard some say that it is touutry
movement and that the countyy is the
party benefited and therefore the
country ought to carry it out. Now
this is y mistaken notion. The county
is indeed benefited, but the village is
benefited too, and tha. largely. What :?
Is It II" advantage to the village to cn.
JOY all the privileges we have before
enumerated? Is it nothing for us to
regain and maintain 4 name of sobrc
ty and morality? Is it nothing that
the public shall know tl.at this is fit
| place To have their children raised and
misunderstanding it is u desirable place
for men of property to bring their
families and servants to reside! And
is it nothing that we should beget that
confidence in the public mind which
will warrant men of means in sending
their servants here to purchase sup
plies and crafty their wants, and in
ducc them to allow their slaves to
trade with our merchants! We have
heard oi'Scvcral gentlemen ofrcspecta-
b:lity and Of ample means, who before
the formation Of the Association, had
positively refused to allow their ser
wants to come here and had said they
would send hundreds of miles after
their wants before they would send
them here TO he cheated and corrupted,
who we suppose and hope will now
| patroniZc our own town. The meas
nrc as doi"g them and will do some.
thing for the village as well as the
country, and we must rci,cratc our
hope that many more villagers as well
as country men will come up aud lend
4 helping hand. All favors thankfully
received.
Cdd-Fcllosvs Celebration.