The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-01-21
TO DEVELOP WILLIAMSBURG.
Distinguished Visitor Sees vast
Possibilities before Her.

Gu very iulSiSSIihS eAiio
tive address to the citizens and busi-
ness men of Kingstree Wednesday
morning on the subject of agricul-
tural and industrial pursuits in this
section.
MIR Maull has been engaged in
managing advertising campaigns for
the past twenty-five years, a great
er portion of which work has been
in connection with railroad activi-
ties, and he has accumulated vast
fund of information as a result of
travels, which have covered a con-
siderable portion of the world. q
His visit to Kingstree was made
upon an invitation extended by Mr.
Thomas McCutchen, president of
the Kingstree Board of Trade. the
object being to inaugurate COM
prehensive and effective campaign
looking towards the more thorough
development of this particular Sec
ton of the State.
Mr. Maull, in the course of his re-
marks, stated that the conditions
incident to the profitable application
of agricultural pursuits in this To-
cality were equal to. if not superior
to. those of any other section of the
country. We have, he states, soil
that will will grow any kind of farm
produce to be found in America,
with the great advantage of grow.
ing season of at least ten months.
1t is his conviction that careful and
intelligent industry will lengthen
the growing season to even twelve
months in each year. Why, then,
he asks. do we not take seize upon
this great natural advantage, and
develop our section by diversifica-
ton, intensive farming, and more
intelligent effort?
MIR Maull stressed the point that
every farmer should produce upon
his farm everything that is required
for the table. He stated that no
section could hope to acquire inde-
pendence so long as they lived out
of tin can" And, he said, neither
can a community hope to become
independent so long as they violate
one of the fundamental principles of
economics as we have heretofore
done, which is, total reliance upon
one crop for our livelihood. Those
who insist upon this method of
farming will be the first to suffer
during period of economic stress,
and will be the last to recover their
normal balance.
Mr. Maull referred to many Sec
ton of the United States that had
come under his observation, and
told his hearers what had been &C.
complished in these places. In Cali.
fornia, higher state of cultivation
has been reached than in any other
part of the known world, and these
results have been wrought, not by
superior quality of soil or other
natural resources, but by hard work,
and intelligent and comprehensive
effort.
Upon the conclusion of hisremarks
Mr. Maull explained that the A G L
r R Co intended getting out book
let to be used in inducing some of
the farmers of the northern sections
of the country to come 10 this State.
Ten representative town will be Sc.
lected by the company as centers
about which the advantages of the
farm lands will be set forth. and
Kingstree has been given an oppor'
tunity to become one of the ten
The booklet will consist Of about 81
pages, and will cost $l1O0. The
company will subscribe 5000 toward
this fund, and the sections repre-
sented will subscribe the balance
Mr. Maull explained that Kingstrse
as a town would not figure in the
advertising, as this scheme was in
tended to develop the country dis