The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-26

CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE NOTES
Plans Are Being Made For
Annual Booster Trip
The farmers and their wives,
sons and daughters Of Sumter
county, and the business and pro-
fessional men and women and all
of the "live-wire" citizens Of
Sumter. the county seat of the
|Gamecock county Of Sumter are
going to meet together at Rem
bert during the first week in Aug
ust on the occasion Of the 1922
annual booster trip of the business
and professional men and women
Of Sumter to the rural districts.
The date will be announced In a
few days just as soon as the ladies
Of Rembert get through counting
up how many friying-sized chickens
they can rake up for the delicious
dinner they have kindly agreed to
prepare for the boosters and their
friends from all over Sumter coun-
ty.
The Sumter Chamber Of Com
merce received word today from
Messrs. ;. L. ellis, L. S. Vinson,
and E. 2. Rembert Of Rembert
that the good people of that sec
ton, the. ladies especially will be
delighted to entertain the bosters
with splendid picnic dinner and
will join in whole heartedly in well
coming the citizens of Sumter and
in putting on day of. celebration
and good fellowship to bring the
people of our county together for
mutual. discussions and concerted
action to help solve the economic
problems of the times, and having
ione day of genuine pleasure and
trouble forgetting, if any troubles
any one has. The. Sumter Cham
Der of Commerce is going to ask
the Rotary club, the Kiwanis club,
the Young Mems Business League,
the Sumter County Committee of
Progress. the mayor and city
council. the Sumter Post of the T.
P. A., the Sumter American Le-
gion Post, Board of County Com
missioners, the Retail Dealers As
sociation, the Sumter County Coun-
ell of Farm Women, the Home
Demonstration Clubs, County Com
missioners. and all other civic.
business. patriotic. bodies and citi-
zens generally to- participate In
this countrywide demonstration Of
cooperation and friendship, and
work hard to make it great sue,
cess and day Of real pleasure and
value to Sumter county.
The splendid people Of the wes-
tern sections Of Sumter county ex-
pressed desire that the 1922 an
nual .bosoter trip be run to some
place In those sections of our
county, and guaranteed that If
Sumter's business and professional
men and women visited western
Sumter county they will be given a
royal welcome, and incidentally
the ladies of Rembert and vicinity
WIN show that the farmers of that
section know how to live at home
and that the ladies know how to
cook and serve splendid dinner.
Secretary Reardon stated today
that there is a real demand on the
part Of Sumter's business men for
the annual booster trip for 1922
and that after conferring with a
number Of Sumter's business men
and Messrs. ellis, Rembert and
Vinson Of Rembert and a number
Of Rafting Creek Township ladies
and receiving the guarantee from
all sides that this booster trip will
be backed up and that our good
friends of the rural districts are
in for a good time and a royal
welcome for Sumter's boosters. it
had been decided to start the ball
to rolling for the 1922 booster
trip and picnic dinner to. the wes-
tern section of Sumter county
early in August. a good program
of entertainment will be arranged.
Business advertising will be per-
mitted to show Sumter as the best
place to trade and do banking.
If the Rotary and the kiwanis
clubs. Retail Dealers Association,
Sumter Post. T. P. a, the Young
Mems Business League, the mayor
and city council. the Sumter Amer
lean Legion Post, the Committee
of Progress, will cooperate with
the Chamber of Commerce at the
Sumter end Of the line to create
interest in this city in the booster
trip and picnic dinner and induce
hundreds Of Sumter men and wo-
men to go to Rerbert, it will be a
success because the citizens of the
rural districts will do their full
duty.
Sumter pennants for. automobiles
will be in order and should be Sc
cured Immediately. Souvenir ad-
vertising will be in order also.
Sumter wants more business.