The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-15
SOCIAL WORK
Z CONFERENCE
Annual Meeting of State Social
Workers

A number Of the most desirable as
we'll as splendidly educated and cul-
tured ladies and gentlemen, visitors
to Sumter, recognized leaders through
out South Carolina in educational,
church, Sunday school, Y. NJ. C. A.,
war and welfare work, Red Cross,
and other social and important prob
lens will be in Sumter next week at
tending the South Carolina Conference
Of Social Work, and Sumter's reputa-
ton for hospitality as we'll as Sum-
ter,s reputation as a good place to
hold conventions are at stake.
Unless the people Of Sumter, and
the people who are in position to en-
tertain will open. their homes to these
visitors. to a. certain extent the
crowded conditionst of hotels next
week. Sumter is going to suffer In its
reputation for hospitality.
If Sumter doesn't wish to be con-
vention city why then the Chamber
Of Commerce will Immediately quit
putting forth any further efforts TO
|secure conventions and meetings of all
kinds for Sumter.
The richer and more fortunate cit
izens with large homes and spare
rooms are the biggest property own
erS and derive more financial beneft
from the advertising Sumter receives
and from the money spens by con-
|vention visitors than any other class
of citizens perhaps, in the long run.
If Sumter wishes to be convention
city then Sumter's well-to-do citizens
holm
out occasionally when conventions of
men and women who pay their way
land pay for what they get meet in
Sumter, because there are occasion
ally times, and next week is one OF
these times when hotel accommoda-
tions will be taxed perhaps beyond the
ability Of the hotels to accommodate
visitors for sleeping quarters. The
eating accommodations can be hand
led at restaurants and in hotel dlaInS
rooms, and i'm other ways. Visitors
naturally expected during their visits
to cities with county fairs and con-
ventions that they will have to eat
where they can get things to eat, and
be glad to get it. But visitors OF all
kinds expect to sleep somewhere IN
any event.
sThe Chamber Of Commerce has al
ready been forced to write Or tete-
graph at least twenty ladies and gen
tlemen that we are sorry we car not
reserve rooms for them at our hoteis
or guarantee you any sleeping quar-
ters. in other words the Chamber or
Comerce could not guarantee
single member of the South Carolina
Confercice Of Social Work that he
or She will have a ,.,esa. but all In
ouiries had to be answered that we
will dc the very best we possibly can
for you." That means of course. that
many who wanted to come Will re-
main away, naturally. and no one can
blame them, especially ladies who can
not, like men, pu; up with any kind OF
communications. Our local hotels
" .uld not reserve single room in
advance for any one because the man
aeement doesn't kow how many
guests these hotels will have next
week.
If Sumter is to be a convention
county fair, or other big week city
Sumter must build another hotel to
accommodate the crowds, build moro
large houses to run first class board
ling houses in. or abandon convention
city ideas altogether. or in some way
fix to guarantee visitors that Sumter
tcan furnish sleeping quarters without
visitors having to walk all over town.
like hundreds have to do now. beg
eing somebody to take them i'll off the
streets until the very next train gong
/ to the visitors homes leaves Sumter
Be regular American-join the
Dad rrosc