The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-08-12
STATES GOOD PUT
INTO BIG PROGRAM
eoUTH CAROLINA Is GOING TO
REALIZE ON ENORMOUS
NATURAL ASSETS
DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS MEANS
Body Has Been In Field q Year and 10
Now Being Urged to Take on Ae.
tivities Untouched by Others


itself a movement for the advance
.ment of this State? How 10 1t going
about such a task? Isn't everybody
here already trying to promote the
States best interests! and, Why do
we need a general movement along
those lines?
These are some Of the questions
which have been asked since the
South Carolina Development Board
opened a new headquarters in Colum-
bia and announced its plans for .
statewide expansion campaign to Sc
cure an individual membership Of
some thousands and an income which
will equip It to do the things which
its past record Of achievements 10
urging u to undertake.
Not An Experiment.
In answering the questions about
the organization. members Of the
State campaign committee. OF which
Governor Robert A. Cooper IL chair
man and former Governor Richard L
Manning viee-chairman. place enpha-
sis on these features:
The South Carolina Development
Board is not brand new organisa.
ton; It is not an experiment IN an
untrisd field Of work; It does not duplf
cate any existing agency; It IL demo-
cratic IN form and fully representa-
tive Of every section and interest In
the State.
The board has been operating more
than a year, with q limited number OF
members and q very small income.
Yet it has made . record Of specific
accomplishment which many older and
larger bodies might envy. II has bas.
ed its program on that which develop
ment boards in other States. notably
IN the far west, have created, thus
avoiding their mistakes and pronting
by their successes. Its government
and operation have been placed d.
rectly in the control Of the individual
members, who will also determine Its
policies. No interest and no section
of the State will DO without full rep
resentation.
Its Field Unoccupled.
In particular, It is pointed out that
the development board is not over
tapping any other agency. Since
November, 1913, when the movement
had its actual inception. and specifi-
cally for more than q 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
resentative Of the united opinion OF
thousands OF South Carolinians. There
is not today any other body Of citizens
equipped to handle these tasks. There
fore the South Carolina Development
Board speaks Of its expansion cam
paign, which will be made from June
q to rs, as An effort to greatly
strengthen an existing piece OF ma
ehinsry to do an important work for
the good OF South Carolina.
The precise definition Of the organ
ixation given at tho Columbia head
quarters Is:
Il 10 . large number Of citizens
banded together 70 carry to . suo-
csssful conclusion such activities
a. will bring development to the
AGRICULTURAL, Industrial and ns-
turaI resources Of tho State; bet
ter health conditions and schools;
encourage farm home ownership;
improve community lie In oil
phases; encourage upbulidine Of
the live stock Industry; stimulate
the liberalization Of farm prod.
uets and 10 add TO the health, hap
plness and prosperity Of the State;
the general cleaning up and thon
the advertising to tho world OF
the products and opportunities
South Carolina has to offer.
The members OF the State campaign
committee have considered and dis
cussed the project from every angle
and agree that the movement Is one
which when understood by the citi-
aens, will be adopted as the definite
program which Governor Cooper and
others have strongly urged South
Carolina should hSyc.