The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-10
Chamber of Commerce Notes.

| the Sumter County Chamber Of Com
mercc is proving to be quite popular.
! Many farmers are calling for these
bulletins on tobacco culture and cur
+! ing, peanut culture and harvesting,
boil weev. history and the best meth
DDS to prepare for the weevil condi-
tons, and other valuable agricultural
bulletins al free to those who call
for them.
One of the gratifying features of
the Chamber of Commerce boil Wee
vii preparation propaganda is the
i number Of colored farmers who are
! so much interested and who are call
! ing for agricultural bulletins and seek
ing such information as can be given
! them.
The colored farmers appear to real
ize that tobacco, peanuts, livestock.
grain, velvet beans, and plenty OF
poultry, vegetables. etc. are the crops
and products to produce FROM this
time on in agricultural activities in
! this county.
Any merchant, banker, farmer,
/, lawyer. doctor, or other business man
who thinks that the big to do about
=! the boil weevil is all "hot air. and
unnecessary is mighty poor business
man when it comes to looking out for
his future business interests.
The bankers association, automo-
bile associations, commercial organi-
cations. and other business bodies of
this State, and the Clemson College
experts are not putting up and spend
| ing many thousands Of dollars, hold
ing dozens of boil weevil conferences
in infested counties, and doing other
good preparatory. work for nothing.
/ These business men and experts are
! not fools to waste good time and mon
ey conducting a get-ready for the
boil weevil campaign. 9
Every wideawake Chamber of Com
merce in the South is putting in most
of their time getting ready to Or
ganize or are organizing for the boil
weevil conditions Of the immediate
future. Even in sections where there
are no boil weevils and mighty little
cotton prodced they are helping to
solve the future agricultural and
commercial conditions of the weevil
infested sections which affect every
section of this State and Of the South.
The chambers Of commerce Of Char
lesion. Columbia. Sumter, Manning.
Florence. Darlington SpartanburS.
Greenville. Rock Hill and other South
Carolina places are sure not sleeping
over future weevil contingencies. Some
; of these counties are putting on eX-
ira farm demonstration agents and
home demonstration agents. Others
are arranging for weevil conferences,
and for educational diversifcation
CAM .igns The merchant, banker,
and the farmer and the professional
men are organizing to make their
counties independent of the boil
weevi!. About the fall OF 1921 will
show the wisdom Of their foresighted-
ness in preparing away ahead Of
time Money spent now, time devoted
to organizing for threatened adver-
sity is money and time we'll spent by
Chambers of Commerce and individ-
uals also.
Twenty farmers in Saluda county
had a representative call at the sum
ter Chamber of Commerce last Tues
dayNto secure some tobacco seed. This
representative said that this twenty
farmers. every one of them very we'll
to do, large acreage farmers, and
some of them wealthy planters had
agreed that tobacco is one of the
very best crops they can plant this
year 70 get ready for the boil wecvil.
y letter has been received from
another farmer in Aiken county say
ing that he read IN an Augusta paper
that the Sumter Chamber of Com
merce was furnishing tobacco seed.
! He asked that d supply be sent him II
/ the Chamber of Commerce would
guarantee good prices for tobacco
this coming summer. Hundreds or
progressive live at home" farmers
are securing tobacco seed to produce
cash producing crop for this summer.
Production and marketing of tobac-
go. peanuts. sweet potatoes. and live
stock are featured by the Clemson
College experts as questions for dls-
| cussion during the big boil weevil con-
ference in Sumter next Week, Thurs
! day. January 18th
Tobacco is. being given prominent
| place for holl wec"il preparation by
! United States DepaIt.acnt OF Asricul-
ture experts in nearly all of their
speeches. boil wccvil literature, and
newspaper interviews
If the Sumter county farmers all
produce tobacco this year they will
! have some extra cash to meet 1921
I boil weevil hard time conditions.
There will be a good market for to-
ibaco for years to come. France,
i Germany Turkey. and other European
and .Asiatic and oriental countries
that formerly produced tobacco arc
five years behind in production.
Tobacco in North Carolina is toda..'
! bringing mheard of prices due t."
the greatest world shortage of tobacco
ever experienced.
/ Sumter county farmers will do well
( to get into the tobacco business fo:
big prices this summer.
\ movement is on foot'to organize :.
marketing association or company tn
sell grain. livestock. and other .tr,1
/ products. II Will no, be composed "a:
many stock holders. Just :; lew business