The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-18
WELCOMED AT COLUMBUS.
sumter County, $. c., Business Men
and Planters Dined Here by Local
ROtarians After Long Trlp-CarO.
linas Preparing for the WccviI.

| HHNS ATSINrInS lOf the WccVlI.
columbus, Ga. Enquirer Sun, Aug. II
Fourteen business men, planters
and professional men Of Sumter
county, South Carolina and counties
adjacent thereto, reached Columbus
yesterday evening just before six
o'clock from Montgomery, enroute to
several Georgia points, then to their
homes in South Carolina. The party
was despatched on a trip over tho
States Of Georgia and Alabama, to
the boil weevil areas especially. for
the purpose Of gathering first hand
information on the work of that ami
NAL, lea.in Sumter last Monday
morning, since which time they have
been driving through Georgia in a
southwesterly direction, thence
northwest in Alabama to Selma,
thence to this city, and from here the
tourists go to Macon and back to
Sumter.
Those making the trip are: A. c.
Baskin and A. b. Baskin of Bishop
Vile. S. c.; j. Frank Williams, S. A.
Harvin, IT. s. DuBose, Will Shaw, j.
II. McCOllum, w. NJ. Shaw, G.. p.
Osteen. II. G.. Osteen, and A. G.
Fishburne, of Sumter, S. c.; c. j.
Jackson and r. NJ. Moore, of Horatio,
S. C.
Soon after the arrival Of the Car
olinians they were in the hands of
friends. the Rotarians of Columbus
This brisk body Of business men had
previously authorized that the Sum-
ter boil weevil commission be enter
tanned while here, and later in the
evening the Rotarians, the Carolin-
ians and a few invited guests occu-
pied chairs around a well-laden din
ing table in the Ralston hotel, and
there partook Of an excellent dinner
prepared by Past President Charley
Johnson. The luncheon was the in
spiration for series Of snappy talks
by local citizens as we'll as the v'si-
tors, and among the Columbusites
who spoke words Of welcome to the
Carolinians. and advised them to be
Of good heart "even though the billy
boil weevil is on the way to South
Carolina" were John s. Bleecker, C.
M. Young, President Albert Kunze of
the Chamber Of Commerce, VIM. B.
Beach, Mort L. Dixler, secretary of
the fair association, Judge Abe Cozart
Tin one of his usual humorous after
dinner talks), and George c.. Palmer.
The visitors expressed their pleas
ure at reaching Columbus despite
wind and rain, mud and dust" and
recounted some of their experiences
on the long road trip. Those speak
ing wcr s. A. Harvin, a planter of
Sumter county; j. Frank Williams,
demonstration agent for Sumter
county: DR.. A. c. Baskin, of Lee
county. S. c.. and H. G.. Osteen. OF
the Sumter Daily Item.
From the remarks of the speakcrs
1t was evidenced that the boil wee
vii has been busy in this sction of
the southeast, especially in Alabama.
But their remarks led one to the be-
lief that Sumter county and nu-
merous other South Carolina coun-
ties will not be caught mapping when
the Mexican product begins vending
its way over the fields of the Pal
mctto State. There was an interest
ing discourse as to what the Carol;no
people were doing in the way of pre-
pairing for his Boil Weevilship" and
1t was related that much lands were
being planted to grain crops, to
peanuts to tobacco and pasturage for
the feeding of livestock.
The affair was an informal ono
throughout. the visitors were made n
fel at home. and they were accorded
lots of information about Columb bus
and Muscogee.
It was stated last night that the
Carolinans would very probably he
escorted to Goat Rock this morning
and in the afternoon would leave for
Macon.