The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-30


ming factories and instead Of having
goods shipped In to have enough for
themselves and some to ship out. He
thought that a large canning factory
would be located here in the near fu-
ture and thought 1t would prove a
great help to the community. He
urged the farmers to plant grain and
raise their own pork and beef. He
thought that corn was a money crop
which demanded especial attention at
this time.
Mr.. II. w. Beall later took up the
matter Of making corn a money crop
and showed how this was done in
the west and how it might be done
in the South also.
Committees.
Next came the announcement Of
committees. The heads Of each COM
mittee was announced as follows:
Department Of Industry. w. Nc
Keiver in charge; New Industries, e.
l.. Witherspoon; New Business, d. w.
Cuttino; Manufacturing. F.. c. Man
ming.
Department OF Membership, Enter
tainments, Conventions-D. d. Noise
in charge; Membership, B. Walsh
Entertainment, l.. 1. Parrott; Conven-
tions. Geo. l.. Kicker; Quarters, ]. A.
Mcknight; Expositions, fairs, car
nivals. j. j. Wescoat.
Department Of Transportation-R.
/. Manning in charge; Traffic and
Freight Rates, j. K. Crosswell; Public
Utilities. j. y. Glenn; Postal Affairs,
Geo. ID. Shore; Railroad Extension,
Passenger Service. H, c. Haynsworth
Department OF Publicity and Edu-
cation-G. A. Lennon in charge
Advertising. H. G. Osteen; Press, H.
A. Moses; Industrial Excursions,
Henry Moses; Education, S. H. Ed
munds.
Department Of Commerce-Neill
ODonnell in charge; Wholesale Abe
Ryttenberg; Retail. ]. H. Levy; Fin
ance and Banking, c. G. Rowland; ;
General Business. w. B. Upshur.
Department Of Civic and Public
Affairs-L. d. Jennings in charge;
Health and Sanitation, DIR. H. M.
Stuckey; Parks and Buildings, E. c..
Haynsworth; Fire Protection and
Building Code, r. S. Hood; Legisla-
ture. G. w. Dick.
Department of Rural Relations-R.
b. Belser in charge; Highways, III. ].
McLaurin, Jr.; Home Market, r. F..
Haynsworth; Farm Improvement,
Diversification, III. l.. Scarborough;
County Fair, w. b. Boyle; Immigra-
ton. A. ]. Stubbs.
(Only the heads Of the committees
are named)
MIR. {, Il, Ashburner.
Dr. Baker introduced Mr.. Charles
r. Ashburner OF Lynchburs, Va, .ss
"the man who had made one dollar
do what three dollars had done pre-
viously and do it better" Mr.. Ash
burner is not what one might call all
eloquent speaker, but he impressed the
audience with the fact that he was a
man who knew what he was talking
about when he spoke on the manage
mart OF city affairs. He made
only a brief talk and then offered to
answer any questions which were put
to him in his line. his answers to the
questions asked being clear and in
every way convincing.
Mr.. Ashburner stated that the
Staunton plan was not the best plan
Of city government, but it was a great
deal better than the old one. The
Sumter plan comprehended the two
forms OF commission government in
more busness-like way than any
other plan he had heard OF and he
hoped that the people Of Sumter
would choose the form of government
with the three directors and the city
manager. He said that about fifty
years ago South Carolina had taken
up big proposition that was not
carried through as she had desired.
but he hoped that this proposition Of
her own people would be carried
through successfully. He said that
he had been over Sumter during the
day and that the people here owed
a big debt to the men who had made
her. She was now fine city, bat
how much better city would she
have been had she been run in a more
business-lke way? The members of
yrli Or no of ,nI