The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-05-09
SECRE1 1hR|fS N CONVENTION.
MEETING OF COMMERCIAL MEN
WELL ATTENDED, AND MUCH
INTEREST BEING
SHOWN.
Addresses by II. I. Manning and j. j.
Frctwell This Afternoon and Gem
cral Discussion Of ScvetAl Topics
Secretaries to b. Guests q Meeting
and Smoker Tonight. sS

and Smoker Tonight.
The quarterly son okGthss South
Carolina Conn Al secresaSSess AS
sociation was , d to order Here at
II o'clock t : morning with fifteen
or more ser les in attendance, adj
of them d :. interested in the work
before t. 5 and anxious to find out
new me : of carrying on the work
of boo % . their respective cities and
of p' = their State in the forefront
of = able public opinion.
President Albert s. Johnstone Of
Greenville took the chair and Secre-
tary H. n. Clark Of Columbia was in
his place, having recovered from his
recent illness.
President d. D. Noise of the Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce delivered the
address of Welcome, which was re-
sponded to by President Johnstone Of
the Secretaries Association.
Mr.. Charles Kim mich, traffic man.
ager of the Charleston Chamber Of
Commerce, was unable to be here.
but will arrive tonight to speak on the
object and Purposes of the State
Freight Association"
A. v. Smell, Managing Secretary Of
the Charleston Chamber of Commerce,
made a talk on plan for the organ
! ization of q State Chamber Of Com.
merce.
Our Need for Trust Companies in
Order to Develop South Carolina" was
the subject of a speech by the Hon.
r. I. Manning Of Sumter. Both of
these talks were highly interesting
and instructive and were much ap-
preciated by the secretaries in at
tendance upon the meeting. E,, -
AT the afternoon session Mr.. j. =.
Fretwell, secretary OF the Anderson
Chamber Of Commerce, addressed
the meeting on the subject of How
to Obtain a System Of State Roads in
Two Years. This was an exceed
ingly interesting number Of the pro-
gram and a matter Of Statewide inter-
"st and one in which the secretaries
were deeply concerned, as could be
seen from the close and attentive
hearing given Mr.. Fretwell during his
talk
Those present Wei, disappointed at
the inability of VIZ President Por-
ter A. Whaley to De present who was
scheduled to speak on THE Ethics Of
Our Profession"
/ During the afternc1l the final fea-
ture on the programtwas round table
discussion led by A. T. Smell of Char
lesion in which the following subjects
were discussed: "vNksburg Conven-
ton of the Southern Commercial Sec
retaries;'' ''Three-da. Institute Of the
Quiet Mountain or Seaside Resort"
South Carolina Commercial Secre-
taries for the July Meeting at Some
South Carolina and San Francisco in
1915"
The visitors were the guests of the
Sumter Business Mems Club during
the day.
1t the meeting there were fifteen
in attendance upon the meeting, rep
resenting every part of the State. The
, in
Kennedy. Union; B. A. Bedcnbaugh.
Dillon; E. p. Tatun, McCOll; d. L.
Tillman. Cheraw; j. w. Hamel, Ker-
shaw; Col. E. II. Aull, Newberry;
Luther Ellison, Florence; A. V. Smell.
Charleston; A. S Johnstone, Green
Vile; p. II. Halt wanger, Lexington;
p. w. Johnson, Mare ]. ]. Fretwell,
Director Anderson Chamber of Com
mercc; O. A. Matthews, President Of
the Bennettsville Chamber Of Com
merce; B. M. Lee, u. p. McFadden
and II. Brice Waters, Rock Hill. Be-
sides these Secretary E. /. Reardon.
President Davis l.. Noise, Director
->ell " Doiileii, y. W. McNeiNef, H. l.
Manning, City Manager Robertson
and others connected with the Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce were present
at the sessions.
Tonight the secretaries will be the
guests of the Chamber Of Commerce
ut its annual meeting and smoker,
which will be held in the Eagles hall
on West Liberty street at o'clock.