Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-09-29
Enthusiastic Meeting Beard of Trad .

4 largely attended and enthr siasti,
! meeting of the Board of Trade was
held in the Club Rooms on last Fri
day night. Mr.. T. S. Evans, the new
| ly elected persident, presided ant
opened the meeting with a talk in
which he thanked the Board for the
confidence placed in him by Eonoring
him with the leadership Of the or
ganization at s.!ch an important time
lie pointed out the amDalt md i'm
portance of the work facing the Board
the coming year and begged the CO.
operation of all members.
Mr.. VIM. Godfrey spoke of what
Cheraw had accomplished in the past
few years. He cher brought before
the meeting the all interesting topic
of the fight on the Boil Weevil. He
suggested that a committee be sent
to the Districts which have been af-
fectCd ty the Boil Wtevil for several
years and ascertain what those peo-
pie are doing to meet Boil Weevil con-
ditions.
Mr. J. c Terrell then put the mo-
tion that a committee be appointed 10
go into the Boil Weevil District and
find out what the people are planting
and what else they are doing to meet
the N Inace. The motiJn was carried.
The president then called for sug-
gestions from others as to what new
crop might be planted.
Mr.. Z. w. Duvall spoke of hay, say
ing that the freight rates O. shipped
hay brought the price up to point
where the local farmer could make
money sell; ;lG h%v 4: the prizes as.
ed for shipped hay.
Mr.. Wm Godfrey said green corn
was Grated and shipped in some 10
calities by farmers and seemed to be
profitable.
Mr.. L. NJ. Evans told of Mungo Bros.
at pageland handling only home
grown corn the past year and thought
if the grain dealers here would do the
same it would help.
Mr.. ]. c. Terrell told of his exper-
ience with sweet potatoes, and said he
thought o farmer could net $4,000
per acre out of the sweet potato crop
with the same amount of fertilizer
as is used on an acre of cotton.
Mr.. D. S. Matheson thinks if corn
is put in marketable condition the
farmer would have no trouble
marketing it. He also spoke
of sweet potatoes being planted and
sold to a good advantage and that he
understood if it was done extensively
that a potato curing plant would be
necessary but that this was not eX-
pensive. He suggested that one could
be put in Cheraw for around $15OOOO.
He said green corn had been handled
successfully in south Georgia and
Florida.
Mr.. G. w. Duvall said that this CON-
munty could plant and make good
crops of alr:ost everything that grew
nd that the best solution of the prob
!ems facing the farmer was for the
Board to get a high class man who
understood marketing Of all kinds OF
)r2du2c and put him II charge Of a
private corporation to be organized
" individuals for the purpose of buy
'ng and selling for profit. This cor
1oration would put the produce into
marketable shape and find a market
or it and be in position to pay the
farmer cash for anything brought to-
his market. 1t was moved and car
ried that a committee be appointed to
look into the marketing of produce
rom all angles and to consider the
feasibility of getting a man who could
carry on buying and selling of pro-
luce business. This committee to re-
port their findings to the next meet
ing of the Board of Trade.
Mr.. J. c. Terrell then told the Board
that this vicinity needed more regis
tered COWS for dairy purposes. Mr..
A. G.. Meiklejohn said cattle would
solve the question of marketing to a
large extent He said in Wisconsin
YOU could hardly buy ton Of home
raised hay and they we're shipping
feed stuff into that state at all times.
Mr.. L. A. Meiklejohn, Mr.. Hal Du-
vail and Mr.. Herbert Wannamaker
we're appointed members of the men,