The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-06
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
STARTS CAMPAIGN OF WORK
Recommendations Program Commit
tee Acted Upon and Something
Doing.


The board of directors and ad-
visory board of the chamber of COM
merce met Monday, August 2, to
consider the following report made
by the chamber Of comemrce pro-
gram committee:
"The members of your program
committee, after due consideration,
beg leave to recommend the follow
ing activities for the chamber OF
commerce:
81. Take up the question of i'm
proving the roads of the county, and
especially at this time the road be-
tween Newberry and Whitmire.
"2. Take up with the president OF
the Southern Bell Telephone COM
pany the proposition of getting direct
telephone connection from Newberry
to Whitmire, Little Mountain, Chap
pells, Pomaria and Peak.
"3. Take up with the president
If the Southern Bell Telephone COM
pany the question of putting in addi-
tional toll lines.
81. Establish a farmers produce
exchange.
"5. Take steps to establish an
abattoir, and provide for proper meat
inspection.
'6. Provide a hospital for New
berry. In this connection it is rec
commended that maintenance or en-
dowment fund be raised.
"7. Provide boardi&; house fol
young ladies. /
"S. Establish a wood yard. Either
a joint stock company might be
formed or some individual might be
induced to open a yard. The pres
ent evil of short length cord wood
should be guarded against in the
{ charter or license.
"9. Inaugurate an advertising
scheme for Newberry. A descrip-
tive pamphlet might be prepared to
send out in letters. Men who write
for information concerning Newberry
and who register at the hotels, should
be followed up with literature.
40. Promote the organization of
a home building corporation. If this
can not be done, then try to induce
ten men of Newberry to construct
one house each to help relieve the
rent situation
Each of !, these recommendations
was taken up separately and dis
cussed thoroughly by the board of di.
rectors. All of them were approved
but action on some of them was post
poned because not everything can be
done at once
Number one was adopted as part
of the program and a committee was
appointed to wait upon the state
highway commissioners, and invite
them to make special trip to New
berry to help solve the road prob
lem. The successful work of this
committee is mentioned in another
column.
No. 2 and No. 8 were adopted and
Secretary Maxwell was asked to con.
duet negotiations with the telephone
company.
No. 4 was approved in principle
and the secretary was instructed to
get further information of methods
of operation.
The committee which was ap-
pointed to go to Greenwood to wait
upon the state highway commission
ers was asked to bring back as much
information as possible about the
abattoir, and the hospital at Green
wood. A hospital committee wss
appointed consisting of William S,
Matthews, George B. Cromer, Dr.
John B. Settler, Dr. r. P. Pinney and
Lloyd W. Maxwell.
The need of a wood yard was gen.
| orally admitted. and the secretary
! was asked to advertise in the news,
papers for someone to open a wood
yard in Newberry.
A committee was appointed to re.
port on the advisability of forming a
home building or housing corpora.
ton. This committee consists OF
George W. Summer, T. K. Johnstone
and LoIyd w. Maxwell.