The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-27


Chamber Of Commerce Notes.
Department OF TRANSPORTATION APP
pointments. r.. I. Manning. Director.
Trafic and Freight Rates. This
committee has charge Of securing and
improving freight SERVE and adjust
ment OF rates. The chairman requests
that any member OF the Chamber Of
Commerce who has reason to believe
that any specific rate or classifca-
tion should be adjusted or wherein
Sumter Is being Disseminated against
should at once state In writing his
complaint stating specifically so far
90 possible wherein hs believes such
Discrimination lies. All such COM
plants should be addressed to the
secretsry-J. X Crossweil. Chairman:
w. ID. Boyle. 4. ID. witherspoon. Abe
Ryttenberg. T. +. Hinson, b. l.. Monta-
cue. w. p. Bunch. w. NJ. Graham.
y. c. Manning.
Public Utilities. Has charge Of
securing improvements Of service Of
oil public utilities. including water.
sewer. gas. electric lights etc
,. II. Glenn. Chairman; r. X. Wilder.
Thomas Wilson. J. ID. Lennon. w. b.
Burns J. .. Parrish Z. X. Friar.
Postal Affairs. Telephone and Tele-
graph Improved service and rates
George ID. shore. Chairman; Mark
Reynolds. Scott Rumph. w. Percy
Smith and A. c. Lyon.
Railroad Extension and Passenger
service-H. c. Haynsworth. Chair
man: I. c. Strauss. III. J. McLaurin,
Jr.. Nell oDonnell. ID. ID. Noise.
The Walsh Directory Company are
In the city soliciting subscriptions for
the city directory. They request that
anyone changing occupation. place of
business or residence within past sixty
days should at once notify the Cham
Der Of Commerce ia order that proper
correction may be made I'm the new
directory.
Mr.. Furman Smith. manager of the
Georgia Duck Farm at Atlanta, Ca.
South Kirkwood Station contempiates
locating In Sumter and desires cor
respondence with owners of real es-
tate OF real estate dealers relative to
the purchase OF few acres near Sum-
ter for that purpose. especially IL the
property has any fruit thereon. IL he
can secure satisfactory location will
move his entire duck farm here and
will make II the largest In the state.
The Advisory Board OF the Retail
Association are requested to meet at
the Chamber Of Commerce on Friday
at IL a. m.
The Committee on Railroad Ex-
tension and Passenger Service are re-
auested to meet at the Chamber OF
Commerce on Friday at p. m.
The chairmen OF all other commit
tees are requested to at once arrange
for meetings OF their committees so
that the work thereof may be outlined
and active work begun.
Sumter II forging rapidly To the
front buildings are going up on every
hand. the scaboard is making the
tirt fly. the same Is true OF the hotels
and the gas plant The railroads are
improving their service. The South
ern Express Company plans to build
a new once building and to make
Sumter a division point. The At
isntie Coast Line Ia pushing It's freight
yard improvements. The electric light
plant has doubled Its capacity. The
Sumter Telephone Company Is fittlng
up It's large new factory building
which will be devoted To the manu-
facture Of magnetos exclusively. The
railroads have granted special classi-
ncations TO Sumter for vehicles The
bulletin giving this new tarifr covers
thirty pages. Enquiries regarding
Sumter and the openings offered are
almost double that Of last year. SIR.
G. a. Wood. owner Of the Holland
House In New York City. and the
largest owner of tourist hotels In the
United states. suggests that Sumter
would he a good location for IA large
tourist hotel and expresses the opln-
ION that In many respects II Is moro
favorably located than Augusta. That
IL what others think OF us. This Is
but one example Of the good work