The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-23
Do H For SDuth Caro- lima
County Committee of the South
Carolina Development Board
Met Friday and Toek I'M
portant Action

Sumter County has thrown its hat
into the ring, Gguratively speaking,
and is now working up its muscle for
the big punch, known as the member
ship campaign drive Of theISouth Car
.olina Development Board Of next
week. Agroup OF representative citi
zens of the, county met yesterday
afternoon in the chamber Of Com
merce rooms and under the able
leadership Of the county chairman
Frank Williams, laid out such plans
as will assure the success of the De-
velopment Board SO far as Sumter is
concerned. Sumter can always be
counted upon when it comes to u1l-
dertakinG her share in any project
thatastands Tor do IT FOR SOUTH
CAROLINA And more than ever
it is true of Sumter under the pe-
culiar conditions which have made
necessary such a State organization as
the Development Board.
Realizing that there are but one or
two more crops at the most before
the boil weevil will make serious in
roads into the prosperity of the COM
munfty, Sumter citizens gladly well
come this. united effort of developing
q nation wide market for our products
other than and including cotton. It is
appreciated by all that if such an or
ganization can do for our products
what the Sunkist Products Sales
Agency has done for the: products Of
California, not one single Sumter citi
zen.wonld want to be left out.
At present we can grow sweet po-
tatoes till -theysfairly obscure the sun
for number. But what is the use?
when we can find no market for them
to make the growing Of them pay? ?
Buff the Development Board can
do what it says it will, and estab-
1ish national market for us and also
organize sales agency to handle. this
and other Similar products then sure
ly will we rise up and call her bless
ed. For such action will assuredly
guarantee Sumter's prosperity.
And yet this matter of garketing
crops on a nationwide basis as is
thine Sunkist Products, is but one Of
Is equally important items which
the Board will undertake for the
sta abilization of the wealth, health and
continGed prosperity of our State.
The following men were appoint
ed to act for the citizens Of Sumter
county in the coming drive. Please
be prepared to receive these .rnen
with every consideration. They are
working for you. They receive no
profit but such as will accrue to all
citizens If you fail to support this
Board and it does not so over as it,
should. what will happen to the pros
perity of each of us, when cotton
fails to give US paying crop. So
let us getssunder while the time is
ripe and we have the means to es-
t;.blish our forces as they have done
in other states.
County Campaign COMMITTEE
Chairman J. Frank Williams, L. D:
Jennings; I.5C. Strauss, D. D. Noise
and r. 3. BeIser.
The following two teams have been
chosen to cover the city of Sumter
itself. Each division is Instructed to
fill its ranks to the desired number
and each has pledged itself. to-beat the
other one or two. In wards one and
other at least two to one:
In wards one and two, Chairman
r. b. ,5Belser and assistant c. G. Row
land. In wards three and four, Chair
man Nv. j Crowson, and assistant r.
A Bradham.
In the outlying districts the fol-
lowing men have been chosen to rep
resent their respective townships and
is still question Of considerable in
terest as to which will bring back the
largest per capita membership, and
another question that has arisen is
whether Sumter city can beat the
outlying districts, three. to one as
they claim they will. We caution.
them to wait and see.
Wedgefield:-W. L. Parker, w. II.
Ramsey. E. E.. Aycock. Sumter F. F.
D. J. +R. Meyers. u. Frank Williams,
G. L. Mabrey. Hagood; &C. J. lack.
son r M 1 {IiItfefYra nd IF wv Myers