The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-07
The BOOSTER TRIP.
SECOND TRADE EXCURSION WE'D.
NESDAY, AUGUST 11TH.
Itinerary Of Trip Announced and Ef-
forts Now Being Made to Enlist In
terest of An Buslness Men.

The Retail Dealers Association,
and the Chamber of Commerce. of
Sumter. are very anxious for the
merchants OF the smaller towns of
Sumter sand Clarendon counties and
the farmers also, to participate in the
get together between city and country
booster trip to be run next Wednesday,
August 11th to Tindals. Paxville,
Pinewood, and s. A. Harvin's store.
Secretary Reardon has sent out a
number of invitations to the owners
of automobiles, living in the rural
districts. Not knowing all of them,
however. he has requested the Daily
Item and Watchman and Southron to
extend a general invitation to the peo-
pie OF the rural districts to partici-
pate. All automobiles. from coun-
try and city are requested to assem-
bile at 7.30 o'clock. Wednesday morn
Ing next, at corner Of Main and Lib
erty streets and start out together. 1t
Is CONTEMPLATED that the get together
booster trip will be a widespread in
ter-county affair between Clarendon
and Sumter counties, and that matters
OF importance to all Of the people Of
both counties, city, town. and rural
districts will be discussed at the
booster meetings.
The getting together of the business
men and farmers for discussion of
the quetsions relating to marketing.
diversification, livestock industry, i'm
portance and value of trading with
each other. keeping as much home
money at home as possible. develop
ment of the educational facilities.
good roads. etc.. will do great deal
Of good.
Throughout the United States, and
In the Southern States in particular.
this method OF bringing the people
of the rural districts and the smaller
towns ssd trading centers into direct
contact with the larger financial, COM
mercial, and manufacturing centers Is
largely In vogue.
August. Ga. will in a few days run
an automobile get together trade ex-
cursion through Georgia, North Caro-
lima. Virginia, and the District of CO.
lumbia. The manufacturers, mer-
chants. wholesale and retail, bankers,
real estate men, and other business
mon WHY go along.
Fighting thc mail order and bar
falu house business ana pointing out
no" To dcvoloD the commodities in
which we live and get our living.
showing that II doesn't pay to send
home money off to build up Chicago,
Baltimore, New York. and other dis
tant cities for commercial commodities
that could be purchased just as cheap
and more satisfactorily at homo,
pointing out where it pays for inor-
porated communities, represented by
the consumers and the business men
to buy every possible dollars worth of
foodstuffs from home farmers, and
wherein II pays the farmers to create
bigger demand for farm products at
home by spending money with the
cities and towns In their agricultural
territory In order to create more bus
iness In and employ more people to
consume foodstuffs grown and raised
on the local farms. are among the
features of cooperative kind dwelt
on by the get together booster trips
being put on.
Itinerary of trip:
Leave Sumter at 8 o'clock a. M. ar
rive at Tindals about 3 o'clock a. m.
Leave Tindals about 9.45 o'clock a.
M, arrive at Paxville about 1910
o'clock a. IN.
Leave Paxville about Has o'clock
a. m. arrive Pinewood about 12
o'clock m.
Leave Pinewood about 2 o'clock d.
m., arrive s. A. Harvin's store about
3.45 d. IN.
Leave Harvin's store about 4.3O D.
M. arrive Sumter $50 o'clock d. m.
Automobile owners and citizens con-
templating participating in this ex-
cursion are requested to assemble on
East Liberty street opposite Chamber
OF Commerce. by 7.30 a. m. Every
automobile owner may decorate his
car or not to suit his pleasure. Any
firm, bank or individual may adver-
tise their business as much as they
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