The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-23

ton was thuthfulness and honesty
In Advertising" said Mr.. r. Man
ming this morning In speaking of the
big convention OF Advertising Clubs
4 Of America which he attended at it,
y recent meeting In Boston and from
which ne returned Friday.
Mr.. Manning went on TO say to
repor,er for the Item that he was
very fa,"rably impressed with the
successful manner In which the plans
OF entertainment were carried out
! and In his opinion the convention was
In every way big success. He
thought mat tic convention would
Le Of enormous good to South Caro-
ina ''fcr II will advertise this
Stote IN waS that II has never been
advertised before. and interest In the
. Aurjevelope6 lInds and water pow
er was excited among men who are
capable of aiding us materially in the
development Of our unutilized re-
sources"
Mr.. Manning then went on to out
line what was done at the convention,
saying that with the 1900 delegates
from all parts Of the country pres
ent and % many meetings going on
at the same time. II was a hard mat.
ter for a delegate to decide which
meetings he should attend. But"
said he. "ail OF the convention was
mot taken up In business meetings.
7 FOR there were great many social af-
fairs given for the delegates which
threw these people Of various States
together a great DEAL" All OF the
delegates were interested In getting
Information about other sections os
1.-The country and to impart informa-
tlon about their own States. This was
especially true Of the South o.
which section there was more In
quiry than Of any other section.
The trip to Boston on the Cylde
Line steamer was a delightful one.
The delegates from this State went
I'm a body. twenty-three strong. with
the determination TO work together
for this State and to push II as much
to the front as possible IN obtaining
places for It's members on important
committees. The delegates, when
they arrived at Boston were taken In
. charge by the Pilgrim Publicity Club
who with the good people OF Boston.
ola everything In their power to make
the stay of the delegates a pleasant
one. The program Of entertainment
was well conceived and excellentiy
carried out by them. I'm fact" said
: Mr.. Manning. their hospitality was
equal TO anything I'm the South which
is renowned for Its hospitality"
Every section Of South Carolina
was represented and much credit Is
due TO Mr.. A. w. McKeand. Secre-
tary OF the Chamber of Commerce at
, Charleston. who planned the trip
and who did so much to make the
work Of the South Carolinans ef-
fective. In return the delegates tried
to push Mr.. McKeand forward as
much as possible and succeeded In
getting him a place on the executive
cor mittee.
Jerry Moore was great feature of
the South Carolina deieagtion and.
OF course. received much attention
from the people of other sections.
especially among those where corn
was grown extensively. Pictures OF
, Jerry Moore were given by the New
York Globe. the Boston Globe. and
the Boston American during his stay
In Boston with the story OF his won
derful achievement in corn raising
Mr.. Manning stated hat Jerry was
not much CT a speaker. he being as
modest as he was great I'm the corn
growers world. and was probably the
holder OF the worlds record for
laconicism. To illustrate this point
Mr.. Manning told Of how at one time
when he was called on To make a
speech. telling how he was able 70
raise SO much corn on one acre. the
person To whose lot II fell To- intro
duce Jerry stated that Jerry was bet
ter corn grower than he was speak
or and that II was best TO obtain In.
formation from him by means OF
questions. The first question was
How were you able to- grow SO much
corn on one acre." To which Jerry
at once responded. by hard work
and scientific farming" lie was
then asked where did you get the
Information which enabled you tc
raise so much corn" From Glenn