The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-05-10
THE NEW ICE FACTORY.
Citizens of Sumter Show Their Deter
mination to Throw Off the Yoke
of the Ice Trust.

The mass meeting called for the
purpose Of devising ways and means
to emancipate this city from the ex-
actions of the ice monopoly was held
in the Court House at $50 O'Clock
Monday evening with a large and re-
preventative attendance of business
men.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. A. B. Stuckey and on his mo-
ton Mr.. H. G.. osteen was elected
chairman. Mr.. S. H. Edmunds was
elected secretary.
Mr.. osteen upon assuming the chair
stated that as he understood it the peo-
pie were assembled in mass meeting
because they were determined to find
means to obtain ice, a necessity OF
life, at a reasonable price. knowing
from experience and from reliable in
formation that ice can be probably
manufactured and retailed at twenty,
five cents a hundred pounds, they feel
that il. is an imposition to be held, up
by a trust sand forced to pay sixty
cents a hundred.
Mr.. "A. B. Stuckey was requested to
state the object of the meeting fully
and to give such facts as he had at
hand for the information of the
meeting.
He said that while he was heartily
in sympathy with the movement to
obtain cheaper ice he had no claim
to leadership, but that practically all
the facts he had were obtained from
Mr.. H. r. Edens, who as a result Of
the agitation for the establishment Of
a Consumers Ice factory had opened
correspondence with the York Man
ufacturing Co., well known makers OF
ice making machinery. Letters from
the company were read giving prices
of SO and is ton plants. Mr..
Stuckey also read the outline of agree
ment TO be signed by all subscribers to
the capital stock Of the proposed
Consumers Ice Co.
Rev. C. c. Brown offered resolu-
ton to the effect that committee Of
five be named to solicit subscriptions
to the proposed Consumers Ice Com
pany at $40 share, to devise and
carry out a plan. for the purchase and
erection. of the plant, to employ a
manager and laborers and to make
such contracts with citizens as will
tend to make the factory success.
A substitute offered by Mr.. Alta
mont Moses was adopted. This pro-
.yided that committee Of five be ap-
pointed by the chairman to solicit sub
scriptions to the capital stock, take
steps to organize the company and to
report back to another meeting.
Mr.. E. I. Reardon suggested that
the stock be SIS a share so that men
Of small means who are in hearty
sympathy with the enterprise may be
able to take stock.
Mr.. r. I. Manning also favored the
proposition to make the shares IS
each, saying that it was a popular
movement to secure necessity at a
reasonable price and the shares should
be as generally distributed as
possible.
A resolution offered by MT. Neill
O'Donnell, that the shares be fixed at
IS each and that the plant to be
erected should not be Of less capacity
than Is tons Of ice day, was
adopted.
A resolution offered by DR.. c. p.
osteen that no stock should be trans
ferred except by the consent and ap-
proval Of the board Of directors was
adopted
The chairman then appointed the
following committee as provided by
the resolution: A. B. Stuckey, II. T.
Edens, Barlow Walsh, J. A. Schwerin,
and W. B. Boyle. Messrs. Neill o'Don-
nell, Ferd Levi, and C. C. Brown ask
ing to be excused, though expressing
hearty sympathy with the enterprise.
The committee Immediately called
for subscriptions to the stock of the
proposed corporation and 270 shares
were subscribed for on the spot.
many of the subscribers expressing a
willingness to double their subscrip-
tons If necessary.
The committee began active can
yass for additional subscriptions this
morning and there will be no let up
until all the money needed is secured.
pro,nnt action is one of the most