The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-01
Chamber OF Commerce Notes

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The Chamber Of Commerce has
been requested to fiEd out what
It can get for % to 80 dozen eggs,
fresh eggs. delivered at Sumter
between February 27th and March
3rd. 1922. The inqnily comes from
31r. Walter D. Epperson, Of Pine
wood.
This inquiry sounds good That
is what is wanted. More eggs, more
| chickens, more butter fat. more
hogs. more vegetables, more can
ned goods, more sweet potatoes,
more of every kind Of food stnffs
and feed stuffs also, ready 10 be
sold in quantities for shipping out
Of Sumter county to bring in out
side cash instead of sending out
the Sumter county money for things
that can be produced at home.
, Every dozen home purchased eggs
and every dollars worth Of Sumter
county produced food and feed
stuffs purchased from home pro-
ldueers means that many more
Sumter county dollars spending the
summer at home with u.s. We
need our money at home with us,
especially htose of us who have TO
stay at home because We can't af-
! ford to go Off 1o the mountains,
seashore. or 10 tour Europe. One
reason many of us stay at home is
because we love home cooking and
We can't get it at summer resorts.
But we can go to Pocalla
Springs and the Rex Theatre that
many more times if we have little
Sumter county made change to
spend. We can also give more for
our churches and for the Red
Cross, and we can help TO get some
man or woman job if we keep
Sumter county money circulating
around within this county. :.
We can make our rural schools
better, and we will have that much
more money to help pay for that
l25mile hard surfaced main high
!
that system in our little old FordS'
oftener; even with gasoline four
cents q gallon higher, because that
is about what. the Oil companies
/ will increase the price of gasoline
to when the TWO cents salon TAX
! goes on. Our farmers will pay as
much of that. increase in taxes as
anybody else. :. and which. r7ill
amount to much more than the
taxes we are now paying. OF that
thousands OF us are not paying. But
keeping Sumter county money in
Sumter county will be more. neces-
sary than ever in order to be able
TO send thousands Of dollars out
of Sumter county to help the poor
stockholders Of the oil companies.
Two automobiles day will be
needed all day from 8 a. m. to {
p. na., on Wednesday, March 1st,
and Friday, March 3rd. and for the
afternoon Of March 2nd to carry
i speakers and committees on the
whirlwind dairy cow on every
farm campaign Of seven meetings
in this county.
Any public spirited automobile
owners ho feel like helping 10
put over the top" in successful
manner this very important move
nent to start prosperity from being
lust around the corner and get
ting Miss Prosperity to moving SO
that she can be seen all over the
county, are invited, in fact are
Erather urged to call up the Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce. phone 200
| and tell the glad news.
Every ear owner is interested in
the creamery business either di-
rectly or indirectly because there
is nothing that Will do more to
beat the boil weeyil to it, than
+; the we'll fed, well cared for milk
COW. \. number Of Sumter and
Sumter county merchants. bankers,
farmers. and other business men
are giving OF their time and much
of their money TO help establish a
big and prosperous creamery IN
Sumter and TO help to induce hun
dreds of farmers 10 put in thon-
sands Of dairy COWS to produce ana
sell butter fat 20 this creamery TO
keep thousands Of dollars of sam
tier county money. living at nome,
working at home. and boarding at
the same place we live at. There
are dozens Of car owners who can
we'll afford TO devote a day and
some gasoline and oil to help this
effort succeed.
One car has already been ten
dered. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture is doing its fun
share by having Mr.. =. w.
Schmoike. dairy specialist located
in Sumter county for several weeks
30 help the farmers out. and the
international Harvester Company,
of America, is sending several rep
resentatives. among them Mr.. Ever
! eft Russo. another dairy and INK
! COW specialist 10 help out in THIS
weeks campaign. Surely there are
four or five public spirited men
who will run their cars for one
! day. to do something 10 start the
movement in Sumter county Tor
OF farm products
| and 10 help create permanent,
and convenient local market Tor
dairy products 10 help our own
] farmers and customers 10 gel out
Of the financial depression.