The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-27
CHAMBEI, OF COMMERCE. NOTES
Organizing Committee Of Farmers to
Visit Boil Wceyil Section.

On Saturday, July 7th, the Sumter |
County Committee Of Public Safety, !
one hundred strong, and the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce are going to
begin the big permanent drive in the
battle against the inevitable approach
of the cotton boil wevil in Sumter
county within the next two years.
The committee is now preparing"
as all well trained armies must, in
order to win battles. The secretary
has written each of the ten township
commtte chairman to Immediately in
crease his committee membership to
len and to have all committee MEM
bcrs at the melting on July 7th.
Acting under instructions from the
general committee issued last Satur-
Gay, Mr.. j. Frank Williams, local
farm demonstrator, assisted by Secre-
tary f.. |. Reardon will start to see
how many farmers from each of the
ten townships will go on the tour OF
the Sumter county cotton boil Weevil
commission in August to the infected
Doll WeeVil sections Of Georgia and
Alabama, and possibly of Louisiana
also, and defray their prorata share of
the expenses travelling by automobile,
four to the car. Ten farmers have al
ready voluntarily booked accommoda-
tiOns for this tour. The committee
also wants some bankers, merchants,
farm land owners, real estate dealers
lawyers, doctors. and other profess
sions represented on this tour as all
are interested.
On the return of the boil weevil
commission Sumter county will be or.
ganized by townships, communities,
and neighbOrhoods with regular local
organizations all over this county to
get ready for diversification of field
crops, raising hogs, beef and dairy
cattle, establishing cream routes, and
planting Of plenty of grain, velvet
pcdNo' pcdHutS, |ctcI, clONer, ana
other food and feedstuffs for man and
beast.
Meetings will be held in practically
every school house, white and colored,
in Sumter county to hear the farmers
who visit the boil weevil infected sec
tons tell of what they have actually
seen and heard.
1t is thought that the farmers of
Sumter county will be more impress
ed with what they hear from the
lips of their fellow farmers of their
own sections of the county, who visit
the boil wevil territory, than from
what they read in the newspapers,
and from government agents and bull
letins
On July 7th, it is intended to have
one or more speeches from men of
national reputation on the subject of
Closer cooperation on the part of the
business men of our towns and cities
with the farmers around them"
One gratifying feature Of the Com
mlttee OF Public Safety work is the
TACT that of the one hundred men on
this committee ninety-five are farmers
from the rural districts, and five are
sumter business men, the president of
OF the Sumter Chamber of Commerce
Mr.. a. G. Phelps, and Managing Sec
retary T.. 1. Reardon, of the same Or
ganization being chairman and secre-
tary respectively of the Sumter Coun
ty Committe of Public Safety, and
MIR. G. A. Lennon, president of the
City National Bank of Sumter serving
as treasurer of the committee.
The Sumter County Public Safety
Committe is what might be termed a
Systematically organized body OF in
telligent and successful farmers of
Sumter county, with the machinery
and officers and the employees of the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce. and
the farm demonstration agent. ]
Frank Williams and home demonstra-
ton agents, Misses Lennon and Jones.
cooperating.
Those who desire to go on the boil
weevil tour will please notify Mr.. J.
Frank Williams, r. F. d. No. 3, Sum-
ter, or the Sumter Chamber of Com
merce.
CALL END OF MONTH";