The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23
Chamber Of
~ Commerce Notes
Secretary Reardon Writes
About the Cotton Mill
Proposition

Regarding the movement to get
cotton mia for Sumter for which
postponed meeting Will be held in
a few days, this other meeting or
dered 10y a number Of Sumter bus
mess and professional men at a
conference held at the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce last Friday
evening, Secretary Reardon gave
out the following statement today:
A number of Sumter citizens met
! last Friday and after discussing
this matter gave the proposition
| Of attempting to get a cotton mill
for Sumter thorough consideration
and Endorsement, the method of,
be pursued being, left open for
consideration at subsequent meet
ling. the date of which will be an
nouneed very, soon.
Perhaps it will not be anaiss for
me. to say that quite a number OF
Sumter citizens have assured me
that they would have been at least
Fridays meeting but were pre-
vented from attending for various
reasons, but told me not to let
| their absence or the -non-aftend-
.ance of numerous other Sumter.
men he construed as Indifference
to or opposition to cotton mill
| that a gentleman of this city said
Ethat other parties had in view the
building of cotton mill in Sumter
land that they construed the calling
of a meeting by me for, this par-
pose or for the purpose OF taking
steps to get joint action between
i.sunter and outside capital, as '1a
butt in. after they had started or,
thought Of getting started, I am not
quite sure which. I just want to
say. that I never heard Of any effort
on the part<of any man or men. TO
do anything towards. securing a
cotton mill for Sumter. If I had
heard of this I certainly would not
have called the meeting for last
Friday. In the meantime If there
lis any such movement on foot and
1.-The gentlemen VINO are the leaders:
will just come out and say so. am
quite certain that those who have
met about this matter, and also
ithose who have. encouraged me to
keep up the attempt Will withdraw
in favor of those who started tirst
and that all of us will give them
our hearty cooperation. In the
present economic situation con-
| fronting Sumter and Sumter ecun-
lty, which, however, is not by any
means hopeless, or impossible spf
lsolution satisfactorily if approached
! in the proper way and solved By
/ cooperation. there are plenty OF
things to be done by every man
and woman in Sumter and in the
doing OF. the many things necessary
to be done to reestablish normal
conditions of prosperity in Sumter
and Sumter county, each and every
one of US can find a very vide field.
! OF usefulness. working individually
and collectively and there will be.
glory enough to go. around II we.
| Just try to do the things we are
going to have to do. Personally {
ihave been trained to either lead or
j to, follow in team work, and I am
just as good at pushing as arp at
pulling:
In civil life and its cooperative
activities SO necessary just nov, a
man who has never learned to fol-
low well Will never make a good
lead horse in "a pulling team. just
las in military activities In war
times, che who has not first learned
| to obey IS not fit TO command
| Wheel horses are just about as nee
essary as lead horses in Sumter
right now and for some time to
come. TX
! Put me down as '4pusner" and
a. high private in the rear ranks.
| but put me down to.do sonnet hing
in any old place in which ! am
needed just so long as men are
!needed in Sumter, and I will dc. my
little very best. 49,
a good pusher is very valuable
institution right now when you
take an automobile ride on Sumter
county roads.
i A man can. inherit dollars but
not sense.
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