The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-25

make new start in politics. For
man who has made such q notorious
failure as n politician his cagerness to
yet back into the game Is inexplicable
He would be wiser to- accept one of
the lecture engagements offered him
at fifty thousand dollars a year and
earn sufficient money to pay off some
OF the debts that he confesses owing
various persons.
state Insurance Commissioner Nc
Master strongly advocates and ad-
vises the organization OF local mutual
firc insurance companies as a means
OF saving money. He cites the long
and successful records OF several such
organizations in Charleston to support
bis contention that the people of
South Carolina are not absolutely de-
pendent upon the foreign stock fire
insurance companies for fire protec-
tion and that they need not continue
paying the high rates exacted. He
has the figures TO prove that the mu-
tual companies have saved the people
OF Charleston an average of fifty per
cent of the premiums exacted by the
stock companies. and he argues that
what has been accomplished i'm one
place continuously for period of fifty
years is not impossible of attainment
in other towns and cities i'm this State.
AT first glance II seems that his rea-
soning Is correct and the experiment
is worth a trial i'm every town of any
size In the State. We would not ad-
vocate the abandonment OF all the
insurance with the old established
stock companies. but II would be feas-
ible to organize local insurance com
panies to carry a certain percentage
OF the Insurance that is now placed
with the stock comIanie a the pre-
vailing high rates. All the insurance
that is placed with the local com
panies would bc = saving OF n third
or half OF the rate now paid and I'm
time the local mutual companies
would grow and gain strength To car
~ larger share of the local risks.
There will he no Sumter county ex-
hibit at the state Fair this year. ncith-
cr the Chamber of Commerce nor the
Farmers Union having made a con-
ccrted effort early i'm the season to
collect and prepare an exhibit that
would he truly representative of the
resources Of the county. When IL be &.
gan to be talked IL was too late to
and wisely. that II would be better
To have no exhibit than poor one. n
note should be made of this now, and
plans should bc made early next year
to prepare an exhibit that will show
the balance OF the State that Sumter
county is i'm the forefront of the state.
This is "A matter i'm which the Cham
ber Of Commerce and the Farmers
Union can and should cooperate for
the advertisement of the county. The
only exhibit. save those made by in
dividuals. will he the large and excel
lent exhibit Of the Girls Tomato club
which has been prepared under the
direction Of Miss Mary Lennon. Ru-
raj school supervisor and Director %
Girls clubs or sumter county. Every
sumter county man and woman VIII
attends the state Fair next week
should make IL a point to visit the
booth OF the Sumter County Girls To-
nato Club--thcy will he both proud
Of the work done by the Tomato Club
girls and surprised at its variety and
extent For the first year they have
done exceedingly well and next ye1r
Oh. II nd hot tl..f