The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-02-01
BARBER SHOP CHA
The Busy Mans Forum Where Many
Valuable Suggestions Are Made for
the Good of Sumter.

the Good of Sumter.
The usual Saturday night crowd had
gathered at the barber shop waiting
their turn, when a travelling man who
makes this city about three times
year broke in by saying:
Sumter is the best town in the state.
I make them all. She is always on the
hustle. I was reading in the Daily item
q few days ago that the franchise had
been granted for an electric railway
and power plant, and in the same pa
Ger l read this afternoon that the Ar
1i,our Packing Company has establish
ed branch house here. What town in
the state is growing so fast as Sum
ter?''
None" said tine citizen who be-
lieves in Sumter and I dare say by
the time You visit our town again you
will see many more improvements
venture to say that a stock company
could be raised in eur city at any time.
to promote anything that would tend
to build up Sumter. Our citizens whe
have money also have confidence II
our town, and Will invest in anythi,g
that looks good"
cit seems to me that some one
would establish "a gas plant here. as
| it surely would pay" said the man
who had just "been finished" in the
back chair. 81 would not mind taking
stock in a company for that purpose
myself and am satisfied that in less
| than twelve months operation that
not a block of stock could be bougll-
at par
81 had not thought Of that" said the
good listener who was leaning agai.s
| the door. "l3ut would gas be indenaaEd
with two electric light plants is. the
city? and as soon as the new clectri:
comp pany starts the price Of electricity
v. i'll be much cheaper as the monopoly
I .c.nch' which is now enjoyed viii
Icease.''
| certainly it will pay" replied the
man who had .leen finished. ..::'he
cempany would not rely altogether "a
.he lighting proposition, as the:s could
lget enough consumers for cooking and
heating purposes alone to make it a
paying institution
'That all looks good to me-" said a
well known hustler in the shop. But
you talk about your paying enterprises
Those just mentioned are all right; but
what's the matter with a pants fac
tory-there's the best of all. "A man
could organize q company here & a:.aoEeg
our business men and capitalists IN
less than day for a plant to nan,1fsac-.
ture pants, and it would pay a hands
some dividend at that"
About this time Mr.. T. 85: Bradley,
the publisher Of Sunter's city direc-
tory ..blowed in to get six days
growth of beard! chopped (this being
his first opportunity as he has been
busy and he was asked if Sumter was
growing. In reply he said: Il have
about completed the canvass for my
directory and take my word for 1t,
Sumter is growing and the best evi-
! dence Of that fact is that the vacant
houses in our city are few-in fact
they are at a premium"
| So there you are. Look at the possi-s
bilities. Let's all get hustle and lend
our energies to the Chamber Of Com
merce and help it in every way posi-
| Bile and lets have the gas plant. the
pants factory and many other eIlteI-
prises all Of which Sumter will support
ana above all things never let a doi!ai'
so away from Sumter that can be kept
lin circulation at home. That's goes
5; ng ways toward encouraging people
to invest their lmbney in any town.
THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN.