Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-12-04

The Cheraw Board of Trade held
its annual meeting for 1913 Tuesday
evening with President l.. A. Meikle-
John in the chair and about thlrty
five members and visitors present.
President Meiklejohn stated to the
meeting that before he went into reg
ular routine of business he wished to
introduce Mr.. o. F. Thornton, of Null
Inns. S. c., a tobacco expert, gen.
tleman who came to us highly recon-
mended and one who knew the TO-
bacco industry from the seed bed 10
the consumer.
MIR. Thornton first called attention
to the different ways in which Null
Inns district had been benefited Dy
the culture of tobacco, touching on
the moral, financial, social and educa-
tional advantages, all of which were
now far superior to what they were
when he first went there, which was
prior to the introduction OF the TO-
bacco industry.
He explained the methods of plant
ing the seed, the putting out OF the
plants, the culture and curing, then
the marketing, explaining that the
crop was ready to be on the market
within sixty days from the setting out
of the plants.
After hearing Mr.. Thornton at
length, Mr.. VIM. Godfrey moved that
the president be authorized to act
with and have the tobacco committee
make the best trade they could with
Mr. Thornton for thirty days to visit
the farmers and see how many acres
he could get pledged for 1914. The
proposition met with the unanimous
approval of the board.
Mr.. G. A. Sheriff. being called on
for a report, spoke of the trip ne had
made to Timmonsville as member
of the committee appointed to go
there, speaking in such fiatterins
terms of conditions found existing
in that section as to lead one to al
most believe he was from Timmons-
Vile. He said the farmers all looked
happy. had elenty of time to talk to
you, had niaGey in the banks and in
their pockets and looked prosperous
in every way, ending by stains he
was going to plant tobacco whether
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or not; however, he appreciated very
muct (and thought he spoke for the
whole community the efforts being
made by the board of trade to get
these conveniences for the farming in
terests.
Mr.. VIM. Godfrey reporting on new
enterprises stated that while the year
had been a dull one, there had been
some good work done which could be
attributed to the efforts of the board
of trade. He spoke of the Brooks
Mill road, the Atee! bridge across
Thompson's Creek, the building of the
oil mill, the completion of the water
and sewer systems, the rebuilding of
the Ferry Lane road.
Mr.. E. w. Duvall, chairman of the
committee on Railroads and Freight
Rates, made very interesting report,
showing that his committee had been
at work and that while it had not ac-
complished what it had hoped to, the
prospects were very bright for action
by the near future by the railroads
that would give Cheraw all that she
was asking for.
The president, stating this was the
time for the election of officers for
the coming year, asked for nomina-
tions for president Mr.. E. w. Du-
vail stated he wished to make a mo-
tion that had never before been made
in the board of trade. which was to
move that the present president be
reelected to serve another term. There
being no other nominations Mr.. Du-