Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-04-19
NEWSPAPER men
PUSHING CAMPAIGN
EDITORS MEET IN COLUMBIA AND
DISCUSS THEIR PART IN
PREPAREDNESS.
COUNTIES ARE ORGANIZING
Several Counties Reported WhirIvvind
canvasses and VIII Urge Growing
Of Food Crops.

Canvasses ana VIII urge Growing
Of Food Crops.
| COlumb mbia. - The press conference
held at Columbia at the instance OF
President William Banks, to consider
cooperation in the food preparedness
campaign, continued for more than two
and one-half hours. The exchange OF
views demonstrated the practicability
of the undertaking and showed how
much real work has already been done
within the last few days in stressing
the importance OF larger food crops
in South Carolina.
David r. Coker. OF Hartsville, state
! chairman of the movement. discussed
it from every angle, first emphasiz-
ing the patriotic and then the eco
! nomic phase. Mr.. Coker made it
! plain to the newspaper men that
more food crops was one of the vital
issues in the war. and that it was
, not fair to the balance of the nation
that South Carolina should be a
: drain. as it had been. upon the re-
serve stock of other sections, and that
/ the more than S100.O0O.O00 that this
state has annually spent for the pur.
chase OF food stuffs that could and
! should be raised in South Carolina
was an economic waste. Mr.. Coker
! showed how prices had been increased
within the last two years on the
! ordinary food stuffs used in South
! Carolina. and why. from a purely
selfish standpoint. these articles
! should be raised here. He said that
! IL this country should have food
! famine the price OF cotton would
! likely go down instead of upward. and
/ tial not to pay three times the pres
| ent value Of food stuffs. il money
/ is to be made out OF the cotton crop.
regardless of the price.
, There were present at the meeting
and cooperating the following: f. H.
Aull. Newberry Herald and News: II.
G. Osneet. Sumter Daily Item; Thos
NJ. Seawell. Winnsboro News and
| Herald; ]. l.. Minis. Edgefield Adver-
tiser; G. f. Moore. Honea Path Chron-
! icle: George r. Rooster. Greenville
! Piedmont: Charles ii. Plat, Mullins
Enterprise: August Kohn. News and
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! State; A. B. Jordan. Dillon Herald !;
! Sam Leaphart. Lexington Dispatch; /;
Allison Lee. Laurens Advertiser; T.
| H. Coker. Jr.. Hartsville Messenger;
w. II. Greever. American Lutheran
! Survey, Columbia; John X. Aull,
| Charleston American; William F. Rob-
! ertson. secretary Greenville Chamber
| OF Commerce; o. X. Williams, Rock
! Hill Record Robert Latham of the
! Charleston News and Courier and 9TH
! ers sent messages saying they were
unavoidably detained but pledging
their full cooperation.
| During the course Of the discus
! sion all angles were viewed and every
one received stimulus towards more
effective work. K
Ira B. Dunlap, prsident of the
South Carolina Bankers Association,
supplemented Mr.. Coker's talk along
practical lines. He told of the 80
meetings held Monday in York coun.
~ alone. at which teams of speakers
stressed the Importance OF raising
food stuffs at home. Mr.. Dunlap
outlined the plan Of organization in
! York county and suggested how these
views could be adopted in other coun.
ties.
H. G. Osteen. OF the Sumter Daily
Item. gave a detailed statement OF
how Sumter county had organized f""
the food production campaign. and
especially how the negro farmers had
been enlisted. Mr.. Osteen has laAen
an active hand in this organization
which is now perhaps the most thor.
oughgoing in the state.
George r. Rooster. of the Greenville
Piedmont. made an interesting talk,
emphasizing the idea OF gardens
among the mill operatives and the
Importance OF domestic science in
the homes.
F. II. Aull, of The Herald and News.
Newberry, and E. II. DeCamp. of The
Gaffney Ledger. were particularly in
terested in the marketing phase. and
made many suggestions along this
line. Messrs. Aull and DeCamp both
claim the distinction Of being the
authors Of the hog and hominy"
propaganda.
Joe Sparks. secretary Of the com.
mission. outlined what work had al
ready been done. what had been plan
ned and how the newspapers could
further the cause. There will be no
lack OF material from headquarters.
he said.
In connection with the talk Of j.
L. Minis. Of the Edgefeld Advertiser.
as to what one newspaper can do in
county towards developing diversi-
fication. it was shown that Alan Mich.
olson. Of The Union Progress. has an
nounced a county contest involving
premiums Of $4,000 for work along
the lines OF the food preparedness
campaign.
W. w. Ball. editor OF The State
suggested the importance Of we'll di.
rected cooperation with the negro
farmers. and OF showing those citi
zens who do not read the newspapers
how much depended upon this state