The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-15
MEETING AT HAGOOD.
Large and Enthusiastic Audience At
tend Community Meeting.

tend Community Meeting.
The people of Hagood are arous-
ed to the necessity of every section OF
the United States contributing it's
share toward winning the war and
the duty of each individual to Loyalty
support the government, They real
ize that each section and each indi-
vidual can best help to make the
world safe for democracy by doing
the duty that lies nearest at hand.
This = was demonstrated by the
earnest and interested crowd that fill
ed the school house Wednesday even
ing when the community meeting
was held under the auspices of the
Council of Defense.
Mr.. c. j. Jackson who has been
one of the most earnest workers Of
the County Committee of Public Safe
ty and Of the Council of Defense
since that body was organized early
in the year, acted as chairman Of the
meeting and explained the purpose
for which the series of meetings arc
being hell throughout the county.
Brief talks were made by Mr.. W.
Frank Williams. Mr.. G. T. Brooks,
Mr.. r. I. Reardon, DR.. 8. II. Ed
munds and Mr.. Harold Langtry.
Mr. Williams explained the neces-
sity of planting more small grain,
especially wheat, and stressed the
Importance Of proper preparation of
the land for seeding small grain. He
did not deal in generalities. but told
how and when to plant. how to treat
wheat and oats to prevent smut and
gave other practical directions that.
II followed will result in larger and
more profitable yields of small grain
In Sumter county. He also discuss
ed Tri-County Cotton Marketing As.
sociation. the proposed Produce Mar
keting Association, and good roads.
In respect to the road situation he
SAID that better roads are the most
greatly needed improvement that
sumter county people could demand.
He took the position that to have
good roads the people must paw for
them and that they should make up
their minds to have better roads at
the earliest possible day, since the
bad roads that we now have are the
most burdensome tax that the people
are paying. He concluded by urging
the people to make good use of the
money that they will receive this fall.
They should pay their debts first of
ALL then save every dollar possible
Tor future needs. He told the peo-
pie that it was their patriotic duty
to invest some Of their saving in
Liberty bonds. that by doing this
they would be helping themselves
financially by making safe and
prohtable investment and would be
aiding the government in a patriotic
and substantial manner.
Mr.. Brooks, the government cotton
grader stationed here to cooperate
with the Tri-County Cotton Mar
keting Association, explained the
nhethods or CHASING cotton and the
advantages the establishm. It of
the cotton association would be to the
TURNER'S both in standardizing
grades and in marketing cotton in
large lots. He was asked q number
OF questions and gave q good deal of
use1ui information relative to the OBJ
)ects of the Federal Bureau of Mar.
kets In placing cotton graders on So
iected markets to assist morket;ro
associations.
Mr. Reardon devoted the greater
part OF his time to a discussion Of
TOBACCO as money crop in the pres
ent condition of the worlds tobacco
markets. He advised all farmers to
plant a limited acreage in toh,ooo
next year.
Dr. Edmunds made ringing pa
triotic speech dealing with the causcs
or the war and the solemn rcsponsi-
Dllity that rests upon America. tho
worlds greatest democracy. to save
the world from the Prussian autoc-
racy. whose ideal is brute force.
The last speaker was Mr.. UoroId
Langtry who also made q talk alonr
patriotic lines