The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-24
THEY ARE NEEDED.
SOUTH CARoLINANsBEFoRE THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Delegations from Columbia, Orange
burg and Sumter Present Claims
OF Their Towns.
of Their Towns.
! The Washington CORRESPONDENT of

The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says Colum-
bia, Orangeburg and Sumter, through
their representatives, had hearing
Thursday before subcommittee on
buildings and grounds with refer
ence to securing Federal appropria-
tions for public buildings in those
places. These delegations were COM
posed of the following: From Sum-
ter. r. /. Naming, Marion Noise, Geo.
D. Shore, E. =. Reardon, DR.. j. A
Mood and w. H. Seal; from Column
bia, B. F. Taylor, Geo. D. Huggins'
Willie Jones, DR.. Cain, F. H. Hyatt,
Micah Jenkins and T. B. Stackhouse;
from Orangeburg Mayor j. W. h.
Dukes, R. H. Jennings, !. w. Bow
man and A.. D. Webster. These gen
tlemen were met upon arrival at
Washington by Representative Lev
er and showed every possible atten-
ton.
At 1880 o'clock the hearing be-
gan. While the arguments put forth
by the different speakers were IN
the main the same, they differed IN
a few particulars. Messrs, Mannlng'
Noise and Shore, who spoke IN DE-
half of Sumter, called attention 10
the fact that their town was the pest
in the State, which statement was at
once challenged by Columbia ana
Orangepurg They said all they want
ed was for the members OF the com
mittee who had this matter in mana
TO go there and they would see snat
their town was entitled to better posi-
Office quarters than it now ENJOY
ed.
For Orangeburg Messrs. bowman
and Webster called attention 10 the
rapid growth of their town. ana sa,o
that from a hamlet with practlcally
no business to speak OF re" gears
aeo It had grown in the last Ten
wears to a place of such. Importance
that the Government should De
ashamed of its present pestoiilce
Dn;lding. Every phase OF Orange,
burp.s commercial life Wa: toucneo
nnon Postmaster Webster concluo-
ed his remarks by stating that at 'ne
nrasent time Orangeburg was Trans
acting its postal business in Dulio-
ING 21 by 54 feet, and that the coni,
-nercial interests of the town anu
the people demanded better iaci''
ties. s u
For Columbia there appeared d: r.
roylor Postmaster Huggns anu MO
ior Micah jenkins. They toio a'
soma length the story of Colum MA S
r;se from the ashes of war ano ne'
commercial Importance Of the pres
Ut time F. H. Hyatt told the COM
,,,ittee that Columbia was ike Tue W
little boy w.,o had outgro"h ms m
nants. he ought to have ne" p1i 80,
- - he couldn't have new par MS
Va " ones ought to me patched. Ihat'
~ ~ said was the condition in CoiuM-
bia with respect to the poSsotA'0
Tha members of the committee
,,,od numbers of questions ana seem
ed interested in the ln1orlha,lon AZ
s;ren 81 them. 1t is probable that MI. MI.
lever will have a deiegatlon VS. Vs. -
Sontb carolina some time durlns
49, present session of Congress "
.aSs eas look at the places wanting :
Tadera, 1aa aid, and he will endeaVor 10
convince them that Columbia ouenl en
~ t have s5oo,oOo with which TO EN- ~,
large Ia her present building a sun. or.
&c sso y 900 for enlarging here; ana W ~.
svgeburg sDg,I 100000 with which 70 .
build one there