The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-16
Do Il Nov FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA
Plans of South Carolina Deyel-
op1nent Board Outlined to
Citizens
TWO HUNDRED AT
TEND BANQUET
Public Spirited Men Band Them
selves Together TO Work For.
opment of the State.
BY wyatt A. Taylor.

WAS the Keynote of the DO it for,
South Carolina dinner here last even
when the zoo prominent men
from all parts of the State who are
TO lead the expansion campaign OF
the South Carolina Deyelopna ent
Board gathered to take counsel with
each other and put the finishing
touches on their plans.
Gov. Robert A. Cooper in
speaking. on Tile State of South Car
aIina had told why he had accepted
the chairmanshi of the State com
naittee in charge Of the campaign and
had gone somewhat into detail as to
the unauestionaBle demand Of South
garelaaa for a union Of the people On
q program which will develop and
sutilize the vast resources OF the State,
Senator Niels Christensen, the presi-
dent OF the development board, gave
an outline OF the history of the organ
ISation and an insight into its plans
and purposes and its methods of op-
serafion. His talk. was illustrated by
a number OF concrete examples OF
work hat needs to he done for which
there is no existing agency of accom-
elishment.N
Then former Gov. ID. C.. Heyward
told why he had selected the topic Of
LETS do. it, for his talk He had
been Impressed by the slogan OF the
drive, do it for South Carolina.
which he felt was now known to a
great majority of the people OF the
State It was not enough. he said,
TO to say do It; - thelthing now was to
go out and do It. All of the talks met
"a responsive sentiment in the minds
sof The company and the sum Of the
Expressions Of the men who attended
the q Inner was that eve viii dc 1t.
The ainnef was IN many ways one
of the most notable events held an
South Carolina. Every article Of food
placed before the guests was South
sCaroiina product The subjects OF
the spea kers We're South Carolina ard
various phases of its. .develepTae ltsafM
upbuilding. The determination at the
close of the evening was to make.
South Carolina the finest State in the
union and then go out and tell It to
the world.
s. Four essentials compose the ground
work of the movement for the utiii-
sa5ien of the resources of South Caro-
Ina. according to members of the.
state committee which has assumed
the responsibility for the Statewide
expansion campaign of the South
carolina Development Board. These
four are: A program of activities. a
representative and Influential mem
bership, the necessary income, eff
cient management.
The last named OF these we may
regard as assured by the character
and standing of the lien who'd have
accepted the temporary leadership in
the movement 1t was said at the
headquarters IN Columbia. No one
will doubt that before Governor Coop
er: former Governor Manning and
the % other South Carolinians who
compose the state campaign commit.
tee accepted those positions. they
satisfied themselves that the develop
menI board was already and would
remain in competent hands. In each
of the ten districts into which the
state has been divided for the puf-
poses OF the campaign and in each OF
the As counties. other men have
formed district and county commit
tees. eecause they too were certain OF.
the continued efficient management
of the boards affairs
Taking up the other three essentials
1t was pointed out that the. develop
a1ent board has a program of the.
.mest definite character. The items,
composing this are largely those
which have been urged upon it be-
cause Of its accomplishments III the
year Of It's activity.
We have tentatively proposed the
creation of IS commissions it was
said. These have been suggested be
cause they represent undertakings
and No existing means of carving on
in the statewide way which the
people want. In this connection.
emphasis should be SfTen to the, fact
that the functions of the South Caro-
tina Development Board are mainly
educational, Let us think OF the
establishment Of home cash mar
Sket as an illustration.
The Board has already collected
al the information there is on this
subject. 1t has thoroughly digested
the information and evolved a plan
OF organization and adoption which is
exactly suited 10 South Carolina con
ditions- 1t has already created d de-
sire III a nuslber of communities for
the establishment 81 such markets.
and will soon set about the task OF
putting them in operation. The
board cannst of itself set up these
markets: that is. organize and finance
tIl.m But il will show the people Of
a community how TO do it, and viii
advise and foster q market until the
local management is able to carry it
on ucaided.
SO with other projects. The board
cannot lend money on live stock. for
instance. but can encourage the
i've stock industry by creating a de-
naane for live stock loans by banks,
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