The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-21

tne Naf0eSt. IHe farmer WHO * now
holding his cotton and having to pay
| 4 high rate Of interest is naturally
crippled, but even with that. the
farmer is probably more fortunate
than great many OF us in other
walks of life for he has food and
other necessities with which TO sustain
life even though he has no ready cash.
The merchants. real estate dealers.
and in fact every business and individ-
ual has been forced to take his loss
because OF falling market and it is
! therefore my opinion THAI il Will be
necessary before any readjustment can
be counted on and any substantial
Improvement reached that the farm
ers as we'll as the other business men
take their loss marking it Oft and fl
sure to make it back in the future.
do not believe there is any better
place i'm the world to live than in
South Carolina and l do not believe
there is any better city TO live in than
Sumter and When hear a man say
that South Carolina is a poor state or
section or that Sumter is "a poor town
| | think of the salesman who was neT-
er satisfied with the territoy assigned
| to him, but was always wanting to
| change on account of I. temporary
boom in some other place and after
making the move from one territory
TO another several times trying to fol-
low the boom he finally returned to
his homo town feeling that he could
get substantial business by peSging
along in the same territory Than he
could get b. making moves on account
of temporary: conditions that might
exist elsewhere.
In conclusion | hope that Sumter
county will follow Greenville'S eX
ample and Will send its citizens out
from time to time with a view Of get
ting in closer touch with the people
of the state and with what is being
done in other counties Of the state. /
believe that after the people in sum-
ter county have Travelled over other
sections they Will be glad to return to
Sumter county to live for the balance
Of their lives and will feel that we
have the best location there is on the
face of the globe.
We hope that the Sumter Stenlmery
will bring TO Sumter business from the
surrounding counties which will be
beneficial TO US and that it Will en-
courage the planting of more tobac-
co in this county. / am now, with
others looking into the practicabilitv
of building and installing machinery
for the curing Of sweet potatoes to be
shipped TO northern markets and from
the information we have been able to
gather so far it loks like practical
proposition and one that would bring
to the farmers Of Sumter county and
Of South Carolina very fire oppof-
tunity for making money out OF
crop that is easy TO raise and which
can be raised in enormous quantities
and I hope to be able with my associ-
ates to give the people Of Sumter
county more definite information IN
a short time relative to these plans
We cannot turn back. and as was
told by one Of the speakers last even
ing about the men watching heavy
rain which had come UP and walking
out. on the porch one said to the other
do YOU think it will clear up and
the other replied 1T always has
That is my attitude and feeling in
the matter. These depressions have
come on the people periodically and
the cause Of the present depression
cannot be entirely taken off the
shoulders Of the people. There may
be other causes. but il the money
that was made during good times had
been conservatively handled. we would
have been able 70 pass over the pres
ent condition without very little in
convenience While. as L have said
before. it is dear lesson. it will be
worth more to our people in dollars
and cents than can be estimated ana
when this depression has passed and
business again resumes its normal
course. | do not believe. regardless Of
how prosperous the people might pc
come. that they will squander their
earnings again with this lesson IN
mind,
Let us all from this time on speak
the good news that conditions are
inprovir g. let US talk with optimism
TO all with whom we come in contact.
let us put our shoulders to the wheel
and work diligently, not for few
hours 4 day, but continuously. ana
very soon, the wheels Of progress Will
again turn and we will begin TO feel
the JOY Of success through our own
efforts and be q better people for
having so lived.
Pessimism does no one any good, it
not only incapacitates the man him
self but it incapacitates everyone with
whom he comes in contact. Lets push
aside the dark clouds and very soon
| the sun will shine through upon all
of us.
f. W. NOISE
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