The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-06-10
STATES GOOD PUT
INTO G BIG PROGRAM
SOUTH CAROLINA IS COMO 70
REALIZE ON ENORMOUS
{ NATURAL Assets
DEVELOPMENT BOARDS MEANS
RsIy hss Been In Field Year ahs v
Nsss Dsino Urged 10 Take sn 40
4Ivltiss Unaspshsd BY othsrs

what n this new sAans that calls
NssN Q movement for Tie advance
nsat OF this ststsi Aew u 1t going
sesut such Q task? Isn't svsTysoay
here already tryinI to promote ne
States best intsrsstsf and, Why 90
ve need . general movement along
those linesi
YAese are some Of he Ha>stasas
which have been asked since the
South Carolina DevslopDsnt Board
spensd q new headquarters In Colun'
bia and announced its plans Tor .
Statewide expansion campaign to ~
care an individual membership Of
sens Thousands and an income which
vi equip It to DO the things which
~ past record Of achievements u
urganv 4 to undertake.
Net An Experiment.
In answering the questions about
sas organization. members OF the
STATE campaign committee, OF which
Governor Robert 4 Cooper u chair
nan and former Governor Richard l.
Manning viee-ehsirman, place smpha-
sis on these features:
Ths South Carolina Development
Board X not . brand new orsanisa'
uol; It h not IN experiment in an
satrisd nsld Of work; 1t does not dupit
cate any existing agency; 1t is demo-
cratic In form and fully representa-
I've Of every section and interest in
he State.
TIE board has been operating more
than a year, with . limited number OF
members and . very small income.
Yet It has made . record Of spssihc
accomplishment which many older and
Iarrsf bodies might envy. It has has.
Cd its program on that which develop
nsat boards IN other States. notably
a the far west have created, thus
avoiding their mistakes and Fronting
By their successes. Its government
sad operation have been placed d.
ssetly in the control Of the individual
members, who will also determine its
polieiss. No interest and no section
Of the State will be without full rep
rsssntation.
Ito Field Unooeupied.
In particular, Il is pointed out that
the development board Is not over
tapping any other agency. Since
November, 1918, when the movement
had its actual inception. and spscif1-
eally for more than year past, 1t has
BEEN performing statewide services
and building up program OF definite
activities which were and are awaiting
the attention Of an organization rep
rsseMstive Of the united opinion OF
thousands Of South Carolinians. There
u not today any other body Of citizens
equipped to handle these tasks. There
fore the South Carolina Development
Board speaks Of its expansion cam
Saign, which viii be made from June
n to 3s, a. an effort to greatly
strengthen an existing piece OF ma
sAinsry to do an important work for
~ good Of South Carolina.
The precise dsAniion Of the organ
isstion given at the Columbia head
quarters II:
Il 70 q large number Of citizens
banded together 10 carry to . sue
ssssfui conclusion such activities
a. will bring development to the
agricultural, industrial and ns-
tsral resources Of the State; bet
tsr health conditions and schools;
encourage farm home ownership;
Improve community life In all
phases; encourage upbuiidins Of
the live stock Industry; stimulate
the dlverslheatIon Of farm prod
ucts and % add to the health, hap
pInsss and prosperity Of the State;
the peneral cleaning up and then
the advertising to the world OF
the products and opportunities
South Carolina has TO offer.
The members of the State campaign
committee have considered and dis
spsssd the project from every angle
and sxree that the movement Is one
which when understood by the cid-
ssus, will be adopted as the definite
urosram which Governor Cooper and
others have strongly urged Soush
CsIaliss SHOULD have