The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-01
Chamber of
Commerce Notes
Sec. Reardon, the Apostle OF
Progress, Writes an Epistle
to the Brethren at
Mayesville

MaTesviile Is an important trad
ing and banking community With
=, many stores and n number Of large
farmers and merchants who arc
amply able to put UP the necessary
money for Il large sweet potato
/ curing and storage house. Maycs-
Vile has the railroad facilities aud
plenty Of cheap land on which to
erect such IN enterprise The OYER
Eead expenses Of operating such q
plant in Mayesvilule would be Il
great deal Jess than in Sumter or
in 4 larger city or town than Sum-
ter.
Mayesville also has sufficient
money TO put up n good sized cam
ring factory and put IN sweet
lpotato curing house in connection
with the canncry as Sumter is do
ing. Aiayesvillc is dependent upon
farming for its commercial exist
encc and MaycSville can do just AS
much for the farmers who keep UP
MayesvilleS stores. banks sales
stables. fertilizer. dealers. school.
churches. railroad facilities and
Other means OF existence us Pine
wood can do to take care, of the
people ot Pincwood. and the mer-
chants, bankers. and farmers of
Pinewood ar" getting ready 10 do
by putting, up II sweet potato cur
ing house, organized Il truckers
association and a cooperative mar
ketinS Association 10 sell the field
and garden products intelligently
and profitably SO that the farmers
whb support Mayesvi!lc can make
4 living producing and selling
something besides cotton.
BY furnishing facilities for cur
ing. storing. grading ami selling
sweet potatoes. by furnishing cam
merry facilities for different kinds Of
truck Mayesville will help TO re-
cetablish prosperity among the
hundreds Of farmers who do their
trading and their banking III Mayes-
Vile. May&villc. like Sumter can
not exist without profitable farm
ing around Mayesvill" and around
Sumter. Pinewood has discovered
these important facts as Sumter
has. Then why is il that no bust
neSS man. no large farmer. who
not only has thousands Of acres Of
land heretofore devoted 10 cotton.
but from now on must be planted
10 other crops and these substitute
for cotton crop intclliSently mar
kctcd. but who can set the money
to do these things why is il that
none of the Well To do and intelli-
gent. successful business rten and
leaders ar. doing any thing to-
ward furnishing the farmers with
some way OF making Il living in
order hat Mayesville can continue
- live rs a prosperous c"mmerciai
town in the future as Mayesvilir
has been in rhr past.
The lack Of pulling together
for Maycsvillc and for tho aGlictl-
lural territory surrounding and
that has supported May"svillc is
tho only obstacle in the way OF
Mayrsvillc being ono IF the big
geS: and most important links III
the chain of new cndcavor that
mus; and Will put Sumter county
beck into the procession Of pros
pcrity and progress. Mayesville
has the Intelligence. money huSi
lc$S rcilmcn. transportation taclll-
ties. rich agricultural background
With thousands OF intelligent and
hard wnrkin;: farmers 10 produc"
hundreds uI thousands OF dollars
annually oi marketable sweet Pc
1atocs. truck. poultry. hogs. butter
tat. ceCa and other farm products
ii only the town "i MoNc&yi!l,' and
its influential moni"d men Viii
II .rt the bail 10 rolling to furnish
Maycs.ille and !t:F falin"r-"uSt"nl-
trS with guarantees oi nH2rkriS ."l
Thousands of dollars Worth ~ sal
able products. The money from
X hi..h will l." spent or banked ~
MaycSVillc.
Mayesville has TO do something