The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-07-22
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NOTES

ton to BE "Put Back on tho Man,
!, in Efforts to Enlarge Trade Terri.
tory.
The establishment, or rather the re-
establishment of the Sumter tobacco
market has caused competitive towns
and cities Of Sumter to get busy going
after the tobacco business and other
trade in the trade territory tributary
to Sumter's tobacco market and Sum-
ter's mercantile establishments.
If the Sumter tobacco market is to
be made SUCCESS, from a purely bus
mess point of view, it is going to call
for the hearty cooperation and mani
festation Of interest in it's success by
the business men of Sumter.
Messrs. Pepper and Marion, of Win
ston-Salem, N. c., the lessees and
managers Of the Sumter tobacco
warehouse, are unquestionably due the
cooperation of Sumter's business men.
These gentlemen have given much of
their time and spent hundreds of dol
lars of their money coming to Sum-
ter time and again since the Sumter
tobacco warehouse was first started.
They have spent weeks with several
experienced tobacco warehouse men
travelling through the tobacco growing
territory Of Sumter and adjoining
counties talking up and working for
the Sumter tobacco market. The
shortness Of the tobacco crop, and
the fact that they are probably there
fore going up against ,osing propo-
sitiOn the first season has not deferred
them in the slightest from putting
their very best efforts forward for the
Sumter tobacco market.
Messrs. Pepper and Marion, and Mr..
w. j. Finch, their auctioneer, say
most emphatically that the soils of
Sumter county are among the finest
tobacco growing lands in the South,
and that they believe Sumter is capa-
BILE Of being developed into the lead
ing tobacco market Of South Carolina
with its rich agricultural back ground,
magnificent and unexcelled railway
distributing and trade drawing facili-
ties and schedules. They say that the
farmers visited want to bring their to-
bacco to Sumter, if offered induce
ments and encouragement to do so.
The Offering Of hundreds Of dollars
in tobacco prizes is commendable
and good proposition beyond doubt.
But Timmonsville Is after Sumter's
tobacco business, and after Sumter's
trade. The following newspaper clip
ping shows how the Timmonsvilie
merchants are going after business.
TiTmonsville, July 16.-Forty
boosters for the Timmonsville tobacco
market left this morning in automo-
biles for two days trip through the
tobacco section in reach Of the Tim
monsville market The cars were de-
Grated with banners advertising East
ern Carolina's great tobacco town and
the business men carried souvenirs
advertising their respective business.
Today the boosters went to Olanta,
Newton. Turbeville and all through
the famous Pudding Swamp section
which has for years patrOnized this
market. Tomorrow they will go in
opposite directions. working mostly
in Darlington and Lee counties.
Every business man in Sumter
ought to be at the opening Of the Sum-
ter tobacco warehouse July 23rd.
The secretary Of the Sumter Cham
ber Of Commerce WILL at next Mon
days weekly meeting of the Cham
ber Of Commerce directors endeavor
to interest these directors in arrang-
ing for series Of trade or Sumter
boosting excursions in automobiles
through Sumter and adjoining coun-
ties. and particularly through the to-
bacco growing sections Of this and
adjoining counties.
DR.. j. z. Hearon, and Mr.. w. II.
Burgess are cooperating with the Sec
retary and hope to interest enough
sumter merchants in giving little Of
their valuable time in serving on a
committee to meet with the directors
to talk the matter over and arrange
for the trade boosting excursions. III
Sumter merchants want to increase
their trade territory, increase their
business, and keep what trade they
have, then they should take more in
terest in Chamber of Commerce activi-
ties tending towards a development Of
the agricultural districts from which
they derive their principal trade.
President j. III. Levy, ST., of the
Sumter Retail Dealers Association
will give his assistance towards the
arrangement for these trade eXcur-
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