The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
Chamber OF Commerce rot..


Chamber OF Commerce Notes
THE Sumter Chamber ~ co,s
merce' sumter, 8. c., and the United
states Department of Agriculture co.
operating" is the wording which will
hereafter be used by the Sumter
commercial organization on ali 0, ,ts
letter letter heads. where correspondence re-
lating to cooperative work that IS he.
ing conducted by the Sumter cham.
Der Of Commerce and the t1n,ted
states department OF agriculture
Clemson College. winthrop College
and the Sumter County Home and
Farm Demonstration agents.
Special permits have been issued @
from the department Of coperative ex.
tension work and home economies of
the United States department Of ak.
riculture and OF Clemson college by Dr.
w. w. Long. director OF extension. for
the use OF this stamp by the Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce. DR.. Long
will issue Instructions to Mr.. J.
Frank Williams. local county agent
and Misses Mary Lennon and Minnie
Jones' home demonstration agents for
Sumter county, to use this stamp on
their official correspondence, where
the demonstration DEPARTMENTS and
the Chamber OF Commerce are co.
operating in any agriculturai or do
mestfc science line of endeavor.
This concession has been granted
because of the unusual spirit of CO.
operation between the Sumter Cham.
Der Of Commerce and the various de-
partments Of the federal department
of agriculture, and with the Sumter
county home and farm demsonstra-
ton agents. The Sumter Chamber of
Commerce mails out many thousands
Of bulletins and circular letters an
nually to the farmers, girls canning.
domestic science, womeh's home dem
onstration and boys pig and corn
clubs of this county. on many subjects
of improved methods OF agriculture,
poultry. livestock. and CONSERVATION Of
home grown or raised products, boil
weevil, diversifcation, etc.
This is a complimentary recognition
Of the spirit of cooperation which the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce has ex-
hibited in the fight for the upbuilding
of the agricultural districts, and in
assisting in every possible way In
making the rural homes more effl-
cient, economical, and beautiful, also
in trying to assist in making the ru-
raj schools more efficient, and de-
veloping the usefulness of the boys
pig and corn clubs. girls canning and
tomato, and the women's home dem
onstration clubs of this county. and
other agricultural work of the Sum-
ter commercial organization.
This stamp will serve to show all
persons to whom letters and bulletins
are addressed from the Chamber OF
Commerce, that the federal govern
ment, Clemson College and Winthrop
College recognize the Sumter Cham
ber of Commerce as cooperative Or
ganization with the agricultural de-
partment and the agricultural and in.
dustrial colleges of South Carolina.
Why do not the house-keepers OF
Sumter get together and organize a
home keepers marketing association
such as have been organized in CO.
lumbia, and other South Carolina
cities and towns? e..
At the next meeting Of the direc-
tors of the Sumter Chamber OF Conn.,
merce the reopening of the Sumter
Curb Market is scheduled for the spe-
cial order OF the meeting. f
The Sumter Curb Market as long as
it lasted, proved to be very valuable
enterprise for both producers and
consumers. But the farmers were
not organized and failed to bring in
with any degree of regularity or with
any regulation of prices the necessary
produce to warrant housekeepers I'm
going to the curb market on every
curb market day.