The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-12-31

oliuH Wefe uetertnlnod to giVO oil
home enterprises the preference, and
buy nothing outside Of tho State
which could be bought at home, there
would spring up q tide Of industrial
prosperity which would shake the
State Of South Carolina from tho
! mountains to TIE seaboer5; our rev.
enue from taxes would Increase to a
marvellous extent, and every man.
woman and child in the State would
benefit thereby.
Some folks will give rs the old
threadbare, cobbwebbed excuse: {:
"Those jobbers III sleepy old Charles.
ton have no got,up-and get about
thom and, while we would like to
trade with them, we can't" If this
excuse has any foundation in fact
then where do you get your money
fromR Isn't it strange that the
bankors should DO 30 enterprising
while the Wholesale merchants are
to the other e1tremeY
| Can auy reasonable person inspect
the South Carolina Inter State and
West Indian Exposition, the product
OF tho business men Of "Sleepy Old
Charleston" without t least reach
ing the conclusion th,.. the old city
has awakened from her elumber and.
after long and refreshing nap, she
is in for business to a finish. Char
leston has met you half way and it
you love your State az you should it
now behooves you 10 meet her the
othor half.
Let by-gones be by.gones and let
us all get together. The men you
once disagreed with down there have
| either forgotten all about it or are
dead and buried. The younger gen.
GRAFTON has now taken hold and they
have already demonstrated to the
people OF South Carolina that they
are hnstlcrs.
We want to see the whole of the
people Of South Carolina living to-
gother ss one happy family, Let Us
ali meet together as brother to
brother, boar each others burdens
s;hare each others joys, defend each
other and pledge ourselves to aid
each other in every movement look
ing toward the upbuilding of South
Carolina. Let us give moro time to
business and less to politics. Our
business may slip away from US, but
the politician We have with us always.
This, you may say, is good theory,
but it lacks praotlcarility. Very we'll
then let us get down to something
like the practical part.
1t is very generally conceded that
the very best results are always at
tained by a thorough organization.
We have gwen the matter consider
able thought and we believe that an
organization can be effected.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
Let the Governor appoint from
each county in South Carolina five
public spirited business men to meet
at the Charleston Exposition on some
day to be suggested by the Exposi-
ton authorities and effect State or
ganizatlon; call it, if you will, "The
State board of trade" lot the State
board at the meeting provide for the
organization of county boards Of
trade in every county in the State.
Each county board to furnish one
State executive committeeman.
Let the State board establish per.
manent headquarters at some point
in the State. The person in charge
of headquarters can issue at least
weekly prices current based upon re-
ports furnished him by jobbers and
manufacturers of the State, these re-
ports TO be sent every merchant in
the State. All merchants to have
the privilege of using tho manager
Of State headquarters as purchasing
agent without compensation.
/. All complaints or grievances
against any moro ;, manufacturer
or banker in the a.te to be acted
upon and arbitrated by the State ex-
ecutiye committee or a sub commit
tee thereof.
Let every member of the county
and State boards pledge themselves,