The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-09
COUNTY
BOARD
MEETING
Proposal F or 7 W o
Farm Demonstra-
ton Agents Submit
ted. B GA rd Ex-
presses Approval Of
Plan

presses Approval OF
Plan
At the regular monthly meeting
of. the board of county commits
sioners held December 6th,- post
poned from December 5th on ac-
count of a death in the family OF
one of the members of the board
all members were present.
Mrs. S. o. Plowden, district home
demonstration agent. appeared and
spoke relative to the importance
of the home demonstration work
In the county, stating among other
things that this work sought to
accomplish for the women what
the farm demonstration work was
doing for the men, and that each
Of these works reacted on the other
and should proceed pari passu.
The board received her statement
as information to be used in de-
aermining the recommendation to
the delegation relative to this
work.
Mr.. NJ. H. Beck appeared and
stated that there was a big canal in
his held which ran out to the road,
which he was enxious to get filed,
but which could not be done with
out the use OF machinery, and ask
ed that he be allowed to rent the
machinery and men from the coun-
ty to do this work. After consid-
Grafton later the board decided that
it had not the right to rent the
county machinery, nor could the
county spare the time from its own
work to do this.
A committee from the Rotary
Club and from the Young Mems
Business League appeared before
the board in favor of employing an
extra farm demonstration for the
next few years in the county. Mr..
I. C. Strauss, representing the Ro-
tary Club. spoke at length advo-
eating this. He stated that the Re-
.tary club in this crisis thought It
was the duty of the board to sup
ply as many farm demonstration
agents as the: county could absorb,
with view to teaching the average
farmer to cope with the boil
.weeyil situation, and to. learn to
grow other revenue crops success.
fully. They thought that the coun-
.ty should have four full time farm,
demonstration agents, but if they
could not have four, at least two.
Mr.. r. B.sBelser also spoke by re-
quest Of the Rotary Club. recon-
mending the appointment Of two
full time farm demonstration agents
in the county for the next two
years. This was also favored by
Dr.. E. S. Booth. Mr.sW. A. Bryan,
Mr.. P. G. Bowman and Mr.. S. L.
Roddey speaking for the Young
Mems Business League.
Mr.. Geo. D. Levy appeared be-
fore the board IN behalf of the
reinstatement OF the appropriation
to John Mclaughlin. After con-
=sideration later. the board decided
to allow Mclaughlin to go to the
Almshouse.
Acting Postmaster Heidtman and
Major Bradford appeared repre-
senting the post-office department
relative TO the condition Of some OF
the rural routes. Major Bradford
stated that they had recently in
spected the routes in the county IN
accordance with the requirements
of the department, and found two
Of these especially in very bad con-
dition, these being on routes Nos.
/ and 4. He stated that the govern
naent did not ask any special priv:
leges, but that it did require that
rural routes be kept passable. The
county engineer stated that one OF
these routes was now being work
led and that the other has ALREADY
been lined up for work in the near
future. They also asked as to the
standard widths Of the hard sur
facer roads now being laid, saying
that the department was having
some disputes with its patrons as
to the location Of their mai boxes
They we're edvised that there were
Ino standard widths forthese roads
but that in the opinion OF the
board these boxes should be placed
Just off the dirt shoulders parallel
| ing the hard surfacins.
Mr.. d. A. Hatfield appeared agar
before the board. asking for the
reinstatement of his appropriation
for aid. A letter. was read from
DR.. Kirk stating that be was ac-
quairted with the Hatfield case
and that he was in his opinion. un.
able to work, and needed assistance
After consideration later the boarc
decided that Mr.. and Mrs. Hatfiele
could go to the aims house If they
cared
Mrs. Louisa Wells appeared be
fore the board making application
/ for aid. and presented a letter from
! the president of the Assoclatet
] Charities as to her condition. AT
tier fully considering the case thu
/ board did not feel warranted il
making the appropriation.
The minutes of the meeting o
/ November 9TH were read and ap
proved.
Report was made on the c. e