The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-29
THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1922.


We reprint an article today from,
the Charleston Sunday News in which
the Sumt@r cannCry = written up. The
ro aiding is quite Interesting and quite
informing 1t IS to bc hoped that you
will take the trnublc to read the arti-
Gle. What Sumter is d"inC Union can
DO alsJ. The battle in Union is a bit
harder for the reason that Sumter
has had one Year OF boil w1ovil at full
tide. In some respects, Union county
has the advantage over Sumter. TIL,
rich clay soil here givrs us the al.
vantage in some products. Sumtrr
started out to can spinach, beans, t..
matoes and sweet potatoes the frs.
year We plan here to attempt only
tomatoes and sweet potatoes the fir.i
year. lut we are laying the foundatio
to can tomatoes, beans, cabbge. sweet
potatoes and bcctS another year. We
need very little additional capital to
take on the three additional items:
in fact, we could can cabbage this fall
If we made haste to get productiol
With eight thousand dollars in a
bulidlng, lot and machinery, GSand
tWeiNc thousand dollars operating
capital, the way is safe and easy. The
same twelve thousand dollars could he
used to can each cr"p-tomatocs Tic
next lhrec months, then sweet pOtt-
toes, then fall cabh rme, then winter
cabbage, then spring beans, the,
h'e'H. Inc crcIe could then be gone
over again. adding perhaps corn and
peas. III we could but get the people
"' Union county to get the vision, tC
see lhe imperative need and to realize
mat whclher we VII 1t or do not
VIII II, radical ,hange must be
MADE we would hav' easy sailing. L.
stead oil taxing but one share OF stoc@,
many would take ten shares. Sumtnr
tas already shipped 20 carloads of
means. lhcy Will Sh'p as many cars
OF tomatoes. lhey are bringing into
sumter seven TO eight thousand dol
I'rS every week. 1t Is proving OF trc~
mehdouS hclp IN TINS critical time OF
Doll wecVil devastation. Remember,
Union county STANDS THIS year JUS,
"here sumter aid one year ago in the
iha'Ier OF Ihe Doll WeeHL IL. we lace
'hlS year "hat sumter dad last year
possible TOTAL 1aliure III cotton. If
we nave drE July we Will make a
nan crop IL we nave wet July we
VIII MAKE no crop IL IS Such thoughts
as 'neSe that drive us to keep or
PRESSING 'he canning factory. 1t Isl
one o' inc pcSt ways cut. 80! e'"n II
'Ecre were no insects TO destroy the
'o''"h II inc thi"& l." DO. why
Should every grocery store IN the
county Dc IiIled with every concclv-
"o'e P'"oucI imported from a,ar, and
Lou ono ''iihE from 'i'e farms OF 'hc|
county we suggest that You read
'''' "'''i' il""H INC summary News
.li"' we Pu"ii"h el""'hc'r n t""ay:
'''e"' ''''" 'ne'l come ana give uS
your N"oScF'P'l"h TO one snare or ten
S''''eH 'l "I"'"' i''fe hfe men ali
"E,' ''e county Wa" t"".d he'p' ana
''e'p 'i"'r"i'S' we pciieNe Ihc invest
'ne''' - Ha''' th"' !. VIII pay reason
,,"'e u'' ''.v''" o'i tie Investment ahdI
.,'''' WI w 'lI'e SNORT Oh CRIME
y, an ~ feV ''''. proper support
"'''S nav '''''''"''eo our Sahc''eSS
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'I''''iS III ne i'','eS' we cannot
VI, 10 % '"-
p'i"IiNt, So CtdSlCdily urgent, InaJ we
'>i ~ VIZ '''y w h''p up IHS hSHI