The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
TOBACCO MEN
NEED HOMES
Citizens of Sumter Are Asked
To Help Out
MAY LOSE MANY
IMPORTANT BUYERS
Call the Chamber of Commerce
If You Can Spare Rooms or
Give Meals

The largest lumber of buyers ever
assembled on a tobacco market in
South Carolina, representing every i'm
portant tobacco company, domestic
and exporters, manufacturers, arrived
in Sumter between last Saturday and
this morning. The Sumter Chamber
of Commerce finds itself up against
the problem of getting rooms, and also
a place for number of these impor-
tant temporary citizens to eat. Several
OF these buyers say they will not re-
main here unless they can find reason
able Accommodations for sleeping and
for their meals as every. one of them
ARE Salaried men, and several have
their wives with them. They want
rooms IN private houses or regular
them DO. All OF them cannot afford
to paw hotel rates. Every housek Keeper
who has a room to spare should i'm
|mediately telephone the Chamber of
Commerce, phone 200, and those who
can possibly squeeze in a couple
or more table boarders will do this
city and county great service by talk
ing extra bOardHrs. Sumter's hotels
are crow ed nearly all of the time and
every tobacco buyer placed elsewhere
helps to leave a hotel room fJr accom-
mediation of transients in other lines
of business. The tobacco market an
nually puts about seventy-five to one
hundred extra citizens in Sumter for
about two months. They spend q lot
about two months. They spend a
lot Of money in Sumter during this
time for board, clothing, auto
mobiles and repairs, gasoline, tires
lumber and other necessities, and for
pleasure also. Their lady folks spend
much money in Sumter also
The fact that congest al condition
OF affairs regarding rooms and table
board lis not peculiar. to Sumter but
exists everywhere. else,,,- does nat-help
Sumter bit right now. Su,nter mus,
or necessity now solve its own board
! ing house problems or suffc. q loss OF
tobacco buyers who meal much tC
Sumter. The more buyers we have or
this market the keener tie coinpe.i.
ton, the higher the prices for tobacco
! the more money for tobacco growers
with consequently much more IN ,ney
for the farmers to spend viii. Sumter's
! business men and profess; ,nal estab-
lishments, and that much more money
to deposit in Sumter's banks.
The Chamber of Commerce has ar
ranged accommodations for quite a
number of them, but will need more
rooms and more table bo2~i imn,ca-
lately. Help the Sumter .ChanbcL Il
commerce to provide satisfactory Ind
comfortable Accommodations tor these
very desirable ladies and gentlemen
They are with us every Summer, rh ay
| help to build up Sumter and they are
the best of Sumter's boosters, and hey
should be given the best Of &c ,o.nm D
dations possible and made to know
that Sumter wants them 10 continue,
coming here and wants them to STAY
as long as they possibly can. Every
business man in Sumter should get
busy finding out where a room and
table board can be secured and I'M
mediately phone the Chamber of Com
merce. More buyers and warehouse
attaches are looked for tonight and
tomorrow. The China American 10
bacco and Trading Company's officials
will he in tonight or early in the
morning.
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