Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-08
BOARD OF TRADE
MONTHLY REPORT.
Keeps Up Work of Adver-
Using Sumter.
Eyes of Entire State Cen
tered on Progress
Of County.

! @At btiN AlloIiGiAlg HlCCJlHS VI IlPS
Board of Trade last night the secre-
tary submitted the following:
To the Board of Trade:
| Gentlemen:
During the month under review the
Board of Trade has continued its work
of advertising Americus and Sumter
county. The committee appointed at
the last monthly meeting met the COM
mittee Of the City Council and arrang-
ed plan for the entertainment of the
editors of the weekly papers of Geor-
sta meeting here on July IL and 10
The, City Council has appropriated
$3.50 toward the expense of the enter
tainment and the County Commissions
ers have been requested to appropri-
ate a like amount A circular letter
has been sent out by your secretary
to every member of the Press Associ-
alton, together with a copy of the
Board of Trade pamphlet. Replies are
beginning to come in and from the in
terest manifested and the reports re-
ceived by the President of the Associ-
alton it is evident that there will be
large attendance at the Americus
meeting. A little later on another in
vitation will be issued by the Board Of
Trade.
AS a result of the advertising done
by the Board of Trade requests are
being received daily for copies of the
pamphlet from various sections. Each
of the real estate dealers in the city
has been supplied with a quantity for
use in advertising the city and county.
The pamphlet appears to have COM
mended itself to the public and it is
hoped that it will be of material as
sistance in bringing Amercus and
Sumter county to the attention Of
those likely to be interested in what
they have to offer to new comers.
Due to the Board of Trade.
An application was made to the
Secretary of Agriculture for one
thousand copies of the recently com
pleted soil map, when it is published,
to be used in awakening the intere st
of farmers elsewhere in this county.
This soil map is the fruit of the ef-
forts of this Board of Trade and the
credit should be given to this organ
ization. Only a half dozen or so
counties in Georgia have succeeded in
securing such maps. That Sumter is
one of them is due to the fact that it
has an aggressive trade organization.
One of the features of the cores,
pondence of the month was a request
from the Worlds Work, one of the
leading monthly publications of the
country, requesting full information
as to Americus. "to be used by it in
answering inquiries from it's readers
as to ''cities and sections of opportun-
ity." The information was sent in
full together with all available data
that would be of service to it.
Attention Centered on Sumter.
During the month Americus and
Sumter county have enjoyed consider
able very desirable advertising in the
state papers. There is no questioning
the fact that the eyes of the state are
directed more toward Sumter than at
any time in it's history and that outside
of Georgia interest has also been
awakened in this county as a result
of the advertising it has received from
various agencies. Letters received by
your secretary for information gener-
ally state that the parties have heard
considerable about Sumter and wisH
for further information. AS a further
illustration of the extent of the desire
it can be stated that conductors on
the railroads entering here are fre-
quently requested by passengers TO
let them know when they get into
Sumter county. Fortunately for Sum-
ter the difference in the appearance of
the country here and in other counties
about it is so marked that a most
creditable impression is made upon the
minds of travellers when informed that
they are passing through Sumter. The
county itself, as one man said, is ita
own best advertisement to those who
see it.
While it is well to continue the
work for new industries for Americus
tie impression is driven home upon
any one studying local conditions that
at the present time probably the best
results for Americas will be obtained
by devoting our energies mainly to the
development of the country round
about the city. Undoubtedly there
/ has set in strong trend in this di-
rection. 1t is probably best for us to
work with the current, to concentrate
our energies toward bringing desira
Bile white farmers into Sumter, assur-
ing the growth of the city in this man
ner The rapid filling up of the coun-
| try for miles around the city with high
grade white farmers would mean a