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CHAM HICK OF COMMKHCK NOTKS Proponed Vgrhultural ami Industrial The article that appeared In yea tarday'a Item and the Watchman and Southron In regard to the organisa? tion of an Agricultural and Indus? trial Pair la worthy of the careful oomoderation of e* ery resident of this county. There can n??t he the slight? est doubt that thH county. thia State and the entire South can not diversify Its crops too soon. Thia is aa acknowledged fact There can he no dispute on thl? question. Article nfter article has >een written upon the cotton question and every Ima tflnahle remedy hits been suggested. "Hold y??ur ottot* say a one. "Bor ro? money and hold" Is the remedy of another. "Plant less acreaam" says rwmw another. I'nqueet onably we jpe sick and need a remedy. We are blessed with many doctors and many different teen "dies. When a man finds himself In a hole, hs bends every effort to get himself out In the least possible time. This effort Is most likely the greatest effort of his life. Diversification Is a big word and sctuai diversification Iii a great big task for a people who fur centuries have been raising al n oat one crop. It can not be ac SVisnpllsh'Kl In one year or two or half a dosen years. It will take time and hard strenuous efforts. But it would be foolish to say thst because this Is the fact that we can go nothing but talk It Is decidedly cheep. We must act now and this action Is going to cost effort and ?Mrvr. ft then you are convinced that any proposal Ts\an effort in the light direction and It la going to cost you something to sld 1n\4he work, are you Juat going to tslk or^yare you go? ing to dig and keep digging until you are out of the hole? * \ Education is all right ao far\as It goes but there muat be an Incen? tive. Little has ever been done with? out it. We need today two things to start the diversification of crtlps. Kxperlence and a market. To ac? complish the first we must establish a fair association and every man \ in this county who can possibly do Uo should subscribe to the stock of thl association. The sum required need not be large. A working capital of gig tSO will be sufficient to start on. Th? stock can be divided Into 125 shares and payable In five install sswmts. It is not necessary to build any expensive buildings or to buy any land at first. What we need right now li a working organisation. Remember that the fair Is but the smallest part of the work of the as? sociation. In fact it re but the ox mihitIon of what has been accom? plished by the county during each year. Immediately upon organiza quallfled secretary should be The organisation should IT IS HERE NOW AT China's Drug Store, No. 6 North Main Street. - Sumter, S. C. $5.00 WORTH FOR $1.00. A Pair of Gold Filled, 5 Year Guaranteed Spectacles or Eye Glasses, Reading or Distance, as you may choose, for $1.00. REMEMBER! 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Organize girls' tomato clubs and boys' corn clubs. Hold meetinga and individually and col? lectively encourage a spirit of friend? ly rivalry for the purpose of compet? ing for the prizes offered by the Fair Association. Hy this means the work is going on the entire year and the prizes are large enough to make it worth while. vThe fair itself is then but the cul? mination of this work. It will be the exhalation of the products that have I -en raised, the cost of raising them ?? rvj the profits from the same. It ega be made an educational Instltu Heel for the county not only at the fa;r itaelf hut throughout the coun? ty I during the entire year. Every garden patch can be made into an experimental station. Every farm can thus he encouraged to raise live stock and poultry. The raising of fruit for which large parts of the county are epaeclally adaptable can be encouraged. The same la true of course for the stable farm products JUST TO MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP OF OUR COAT SUITS We Will Offer Them at the Following Prices For One Week Commencing Saturday, 2nd Imft. $35.00 at $26.50 25.00 at_19.00 20.00 at 15.00 J5.00 at_12.00 12.50 at 9.50 10.00 at 8.50 Shaw 6 McCollum Mercantile Co. of corn and cotton and vegetables. Such an effort must necessarily tako the entire time of one man for the year. It will demand not only his time for the above work but for the actual anangement of the fair itself. Securing special features, machinery exhibits and general programme. The fair can be made to pay without a doubt in addition to the benefits that will accrue by the general work. Orangeburg this y/ear with a paid in capital of $7,501, cleared over $4, 000. The effort te worth while and steps should be taken at once to or? ganize such an association. The Chamber of Commerce stands ready to aid in every possible way. The farmers of the county are vitally in? terested and their co-operation is ab? solutely necessary. The rural rela? tions committee jf the Chamber of Commerce of whjch Mr. L. I. Parrott is chairman and of which a num ber of farmers are members, will meet in a few days to take up this question. Along with this movement to en? courage diversification must neces? sarily follow the proper marketing of these now crops. Dr. Baker a: the Chamber of Commerce meeting pointed out the fact that there is al? ready a market in Sumter for a large part of this produce. At the same time the Chamber of Commerce is endeavoring to establish a canning factory and to secure other factories that will aid in using the produce cf the farm. More live stock must be raised in the county. With an In? crease in tin- production of these crops will follow buyers and proper facilities, such as elevators. to care for same. What other sections have done in the past. Snimter can and will do. 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