The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-04
Progress Meeting
at Pinewood
People Of That Section Getting
Ready to Diversity Crops

Fulton and Calvary townships in
the recently annexed ninety-five
square miles Of Clarendon county
TO Sumter county started some
thing really worth while al the
Pythian Hall in tho progressive
little city Of Pincwood last Wednes-
day when fifty Of the most repre-
sentative farmers. many Of whom
are bankers and merchants as vel!
as simon pure farmers who really
make most Of their money farming
on their farms and spending their
money in PinewOod and in Sumter,
attended meeting and formed
committee on organization for di-
versifying field crops, organizing a
local cooperative marketing asso-
citation. a truckers association and
organizing for production and mar
kcting of butter fat. hogs, beef
cattle. putting UP a sweet potato
curinf and storage house, and
otherwise getting ready to meet
boil wecvil conditions.
Secretary l.. ]. Reardon was Sc
lccted as chairman OF the meeting
and introduced the speakers after
inviting the people Of that section
10 use the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce, and its Sumter County
Committee Of Progress. the Young
Mems Business League OF Sumter
ard every facility Of these three
organizations in promoting the fu-
ture prosperity Of that section
which Sumter county is justly
proud Of having secured by annex
alton.
Major a. c. Phelps. Chairman Of
the Committee of Progress, Mr.. H.
~ Shaver. superintendent Of the
Sumter Canning Factory just or
sanized, County Agent J. Frank
Williams. and DR.. c. .Schmolke,
dairE specialist and expert on CO.
operative marketing were the visit
ing speakers. while Mayor y. L..
Broughton. Mr.. r. S. DesChamps,
7. g. Minis, o. d. Harvin, D. r.
/ I.ide and other local speakers were
heard from enthusiastically en-
dorsing everything said and done
by the meeting. AS result Of the
deliberations it was unanimously
decided to appoint & steering COM
nlittee of six to put into operation
at a subsequent meeting the plans
OF organization, and County Agent
Williams was requested to secure
specialists from Clemson College on
! cooperative marketing. on sweet
potato. truck, and livestock pro-
duction and 7. 4rketing to attend
the next meeting and show the
/ farmers what to do to get things
going.
This committee is composed Of
] Mr.. D. L. Broushton, chairman and
Messrs. W. R. keels, ". R. Davis,
! r. S. DesChamps, T. B. Minis and
| O. D. Harvin.
a number OF tobacco growers
signed up as members OF the Tri-
State Tobacco Growers Coopera-
tive Association, and agreed to get
others to sign up.
II every township in Sumter
county Id be induced to do what
Calvary and Fulton townships are
doing. Sumter county would mucn
sooner pull out Of the hard times
conditions. would get busy doing
something besides .moping. and
another twelve months would show
a Lig difference in financial and
other conditions. Pulling together,
cooperation. frequent meetings, eX-
change Of ideas and hard work and
elimination Of personal malice. and
+, fellowship among all will turn the
trick. The Sumter Chamber of
Commerce is ready with its al
ready formed committees and with
the Young Mems Business League
of Sumter and the Committee OF
Progress to go at any time to any
part of Sumter county to do any
thing to help organize any COM
r.unity or township, and Clemson
College and Winthrop College are
ready TO furnish expert advisers on
many topics of production, conSer-
vation and marketing.
Tie leaders in different sections
Of the county ought to get up
I meetings simila.' TO the PineWood
meeting without delay. The Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce will adver-
tise these meetings and send out
the notices and otherwise help to
get up big township or community
meetings ard will furnish speakers
! from Sumter and get experts from
Clemson and Winthrop College to
attend the meetings.