The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-04-20
SUMTER AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIA-
TION.
Permanent Organization of AssOcia-
ton Completed With the Election
OF MIR. i. &. Strauss as President.

The Sumter Automobile Association
which formed preliminary organ
izatiOn several weeks ago completed
the organization at a meeting held
this morning in the office of Mr.. L.
ID. Jennings and the campaign to in
crease the membership and start the
work for good roads will be actively
and systematically prosecuted from
this time onward. DR.. E. S. Booth,
who was elected president of the pre-
iiminary organization asked to be re-
lieved of the presidency and, upon his
positive refusal to serve in that ca
pacity, his request was acceded to.
DIR. Booth nominated Mr.. /. C. Strauss
for president and he was unanimous.
ly elected. Mr.. Ctrauss was sent for
and informed that he had been chos.
en- to direct the work Of the Sumter
Automobile Association and, in thai
capacity lead the campaign for good
roads I'm Sumter county in coopera.
ton with similar work that is beins
undertaken throughout the State. Mr..
Strauss demurred to undertaking 6
task that means great deal of hard
work for the next several years, but
finally acceded to the wishes of tn.
association, and will so into it with
the determination to make the asso
citation force in the good roads cam
paign. The other officers of the tenn
porary organization were elected
Vice Presidents: S. X. Rowland, j. H
Myers; Secretary and Treasurer, H. A
Moses. a committee consisting of tn,
President and Messrs. l.. d. Jenning
and e. S. Booth were empowered tt
select an executive committee of te,
members and to do anything else tha
may be necessary to promote the in
terests of the association. A full meet
ing of the association will be helt
within few days, at the call of thu
and plans will be made fo,
the thorough canvass of the count.
TO increase the membership. It is de
sired to enlist the active support
every automobile owner in the coun
ty and also to obtain the co-operatio,
OF every friend of good roads.
Under the administration of Mr.
Strauss the Sumter County Automo
bile Association will be live, bust
ness-like, working organization, will
a definite object in view and it will
work Systematically to arouse inter
est in road Improvement to the enc
that South Carolina may at an earl:
day have u system of first class road
connecting all the important town.
and all sections Of the State.
GOOD roads mean better 'transpor
tation and more economical trans
portation, by means of which the saw
ing in money and time will more thar
pay for a complete syssem of road
in every county in the State within
ten years. This is the object of thu
State and National Automo obile Asso
Citations and it is to carry or
this campaign locally that is tn
primary object of the County Asso
ciation. Every owner of an automo
bile and Of every other description O
vehicle will be benefited by goo6
roads and every property owner, eve,
II he owns no vehicle but lives in
town on the rents from farm land,
that other men work, will be bene
fited by the work that the association
has undertaken; therefore the mem
bership should he large and the sup
port 1T receives should be generous