The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-22
Secretary Reardon Tells About
the Success Of Last Fair and
Forecasts the Coming
Event
REASONS WHY 1T SHOULD
BE A BIG OCCASION
Farmers. Business Men and Wo-
men Of Town and Country
Should All Heartily Co-ope
rate s.

AshAt september When the Doll Vice.
VA was found In sumter county the
sumter Chamber of Commerce got to-
Gether number OF business men to
meet the directors OF the Sumter
county Fair association at once
Ne,nra william Berg. M. Goldberg
and L. J. Marsch were appointed a
coplmlttee 20 interview Sumter's bus
iIFepe men about cooperating for the
htgYest county fair Sumter ever held.
I TIE 1919 fair was thts- greatest sue
cesg w county fair history in point OF
attendance. interest, exhibits from the
farm. homes, manufa cturlng, mer-
cuntile. and other allied interests, and
In bringing together thousands Of
beople OF every line OF business to
work together, IL was an educational
.saccepe The committee OF the Cham
DQc of Commerce easily raised one
Thousand dollars To help the fair as
pocintion put on the famous Royal
scotch Highlanders band and the
wonderful Deienieads sisters In their
aerial 'acrobatic and sculptural posing
nerformances. the business men deco
rated alx blocks OF Main and Liberty
ptrseth. and there were numerous
Beautiful decorations or store fronts
norides TO help advertise the county
tair. Thousands OF visitors were here
fas several days Much money was
necessarily spent In Sumter. III,
Clemson college and the United
Htates department Of agriculture and
Winthrop College were requested to
pfnd c1perts and prominent govern
ment cfIicials here to talk boil weeyil
nphtinG and to put on boii weevil ex-
'hfbItnl etc AL OF which were done
and we'll done et that. -
l1cElnnaA sinte. 'enl y. vaIAnra'ao.tIon
uk nela crops, pure bred livestoc.S..
bltutine Of grain OF all kinds. increas-
to4 whpat and sweet potato. corn. vel
vcA heans. peahut scseages. extra pro-
dtction OF poultry, ETC.. followed but
we're not "a great as should have been,
htcause nearly every farmer said II
Will make one more big cotton crop at
Forty cents a pound in 1920. and they
did ~. as far the big cotton crop, but
they are not getting forty cents
pound Just now though they might
net that much for big portion of the
rood grades OF the 1920 cotton crop
% they market IL slowly. and In bus
iness style. and II they stand by and
With the American Cotton association
ne every farmer and every other busi-
ness man should stand by this ascocia-
ton. ~. #f
Now the boil weevii Is In Sumter
cpunty. Is here IN such quantities that
every man can se-e what to expect in
1S3- mot a d0ubting Thomas can be
fVhnd. The sumter County Fair as-
ISOLATION, and the Chamber of COM
merce. and the farm and home dem
onatration departments are working
hard TO get the quickest possible CO.
operation between the farmers, the
bankers. merchants. real estate deal
ers. farm and city land and property
owners. TO prepare for the 1921 nifty to
possibly seventy-five per cent weevil
loss OF cotton. all owing TO weather
conditions. and TO gee reduction OF
cotton acreage, more wheat, corn,
oats. velvet beans, peanuts, hogs,
poultry, sweet potatoes. and general
diversihcation OF farm products to
nght the boil weevil from now on.
throughout the United States, and
particularly In boil weevii territory,
the county. state. and community fairs
are being used To educate the people
along the line OF cooperative endeavor
and bettering their conditions. Fairs
are no longer experimental PROPOSE
tions anywhere. County fairs pay the
cities and towns In which they are
held, usually the county seats, a big
percentage OF interest or profit on the
money invested to help bring thou
sands OF visitors to the county seat TO
see the county fair.
Besides the thousands of regular
customers I'm tho home county who at =
tend the fair, there are hundreds OF
fair visitors from other counties and
from other states who have To spend
much money In the fair. towns and
cities.
Some merchants. In certain lines,
complain that they do not do much
business during fair week. they say
the visitors are ont for good time
and not To buy the necessities OF life
such as clothing. shoes, groceries and
that fair visitors do not carry home
with them tons OF fertilizer, horses,
mules and agricultural machinery, au-
tomobiles. etc. But money spent for
fcod. lodging. etc, Is put into circula.
ton and In redistributed eventually
among business esta blishments OF
every kind. However. the merchants
who get busy for count fair
week business generally land the busi.
nrSs
l'u; best OF all as far as the Sum
t'r county 1870 fair Is concerned. we
need all or most OF the farmers To get
together as often and as early as pos
sible to show each other what the
other fellow is doing to fight the boil
vgeeyA To exhibit vzhat nrograaafx,s