The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-04
Sumter To Be Made
Dairying Center
Organization to Be Formed
and Forces Modified to De-
velop New Industry

The Sumter Creamery Company
will be pushed for all it is worth
and the dairy COW Will be Il prom
incnt feature Of Sumter countys
renewed prosperity that is quoted
as being just around the corner
waiting for somebody TO invite
Miss Prosperity" to so and have
a drink of pastc.rized milk and a
nice creamery lunch, and to make
Sumter her permannct home free
of taxes and with all special priv
ileGes due her as q lady and a
prominent individual.
At Sumter Chamber Of Com
merce rooms Monday an important
meeting was held composed Of
stockholders of the Sumter Cream
cry company with Mr.. c. Schmolke,
dairy specialist OF the United
States department Of agriculture.
Ny. Neil O'Donnell. president of
the First National Bank; Mr.. J. p.
Booth, president Of the National
Bank of Sumter; Mr.. 4. ID. Jen-
ninGs, president Of the Peoples
Bank of Sumter: Mr.. Riley Brad
ham. president OF the Commercial
Bank and Trust Company: r. Z.
Belser. president Carolina Farm
Products Corporation. of Sumter.
and E. I. Reardon, manager-sccre-
tary of the Sumter Chamber Of
Commerce.
Mr.. 2. NJ. Pitts, president Of the
Sumter Creamery company pre-
sided.
Mr.. Schmoikc is a government
dairy spe, ialist in charge Of fifteen
counties With, permanent head
quarters in Florence.
The Sumter Chamber Of Com
merce has provided Mr.. Schmo!ke
with Office room and put The
equipment Of this organization at
his disposal. while Secreta.y Rear
don Will render Mr.. Schmolkc ev-
cry possible assistance as will Miss
Caro- Truluck. home demonstration
agent, and Mr.. J. Prank Williams,
farm demonstration agent, all Will!
Offices in the Chamber Of Com
merce working together to make
daiiying the biggest feature Of the
fight TO beat the boil weevil to it
il i: takes all SUMMER TO do this
stunt.
The Sumter Creamery Company
with its up-to date sanitary pas
tuerizing and cold storage equip
ment for handling sweet milk,
either raw or pastucrized. butter
making. and skim and butter
milk. and with its convenient
creamery lunch room, IS one OF
-Sumter's brag. enterprises, and it is
in the market for one thousand
pounds Of butter fat daily. as this
enterprise can not get sufficient
milk with which to supply the de-
lnand for butter and other delic-
ious products
The bank presidents at Monday s
meeting showed great interest and
each Of them is siockholdcr in
the Sumter Creamery Company as
are the other bank presidents OF
Sumter The Sumter Chamber OF
Commerce wants 70 know of every
farmer who wants to sell Whole
milk or butter fat. or who con-
templates going into the dairy cow
business. this inquiry takes in all
OF the Pee Dee or Eastern Carolina
counties and coastal counties.
The extension service is willing
to aid and assist the dairy indus
try in every possible way and Mr..
Schmolke, the dairy specialist. is at
present engaged in giving the sum-
ter Creamery expert supervision
and will advise the board Of man.
agement with regard to the COM
plete reorganization Of the business.
Farmers and dairymen needing
Mr. Schmolkes advice ana as
siStance may obtain same free Of
cost. The Chamber Of Commerce
is willing TO put them into touch
with him.