The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-14
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

realize the Importance of immediate
action to secure the extension of the
Seaboard Air Line from Hartsville
TO that town and they are moving in
that direction. They see that IL they
go to sleep now and permit the road
to go elsewhere or to stop at Harts-
Vile, Florence will not obtain a Sea-
board connection at any time in the
near future. Therefore they are do
ing what Sumter ought to have done
several weeks ago. The following ar
ticle which was printed in the Flor
ence Times yesterday. is reproduced
for the purpose OF giving our people
something to think about:
'The Times Is in receipt Of the first
offer TO make TO the Seaboard to con-
tinue its line from Hartsville here
right away. Mr.. S. Goodstein author
lied the Times TO put down $500 for
him this morning to start the ball
rolling. Mr.. Goodstein Is a progress
sive and enterprising merchant who
Is enlarging his business here and
who recognizes the necessity for hav-
Ing a competing road In Florence II
Florence Is TO be able to win more
trade and build up as a city. He as
sures the Times that there are others
who will follow him in the matter of
subscription for this purpose.
ut does not seem that there Is to
be any organized movement in this
matter. The road is now building TO
Hartsville and will be In operation
there by September or October. At
the same time that 1t is being built TO
Hartsville, II might be built right
along to Florence and be opened for
the entire business OF this section by
the time that the fall cotton crop is
ready to move.
with this road here II will be pos
sible for Florence to get better rates
on cotton. and therefore be able to
offer better prices for cotton.
1T Is understood from the last an
nouncement from the inner circles OF
the railroad enterprise that nothing
will be done IN the matter Of the ex-
tension from Hartsville until the
towns down this way show their in
.terest by subscriptions to the capital
OF ta~>coacern. It may NV to Flor
ence or may go 10 11mmo1svilIe, or
down by Sumter. for every effort Is
being made to divert II from it's ORR
ginai plan OF coming to Florence and
thence down to deep water.
"If any interest is felt In the mat
ter and the people propose to do any
thing 10 bring the road here the
Times will cheerfully call a meeting
OF those interested and invite the pro-
jectors of the enterprise to come
down and confer with us.
THE road built TO Florence would
mean a better market for all that
the country people had to sell and
n cheaper market for all that they
had 20 buy. II will mean. also COM
railroad accommodation and 1t will
mean new enterprise in Florence and
more 10 bring In and to ship out and
development of the country all
around us.
1T will mean benefit to every man
that has anything to sell and to every
man that has anything to buy and
that takes US all In. II will mean es-
pecially increased values of property,
increased earning capacity of all in
dustries and general development.
"a gentlemen who was in the city
yesterday from Hartsvile says that
three miles of the Seaboard track
has been laid from McBee towards
Hartsvllle and that the survey has
been completed into that town. He
also stated that he was informed that
Major Coker had given the old base
ball grounds for depot and granted
the use OF his paper mill track which
Is about mile distance from Harts-
willie In the direction the Seaboard
road Is coming.
"As 90 the road coming into Flor
encc he said that ne was told by the
surveyor that they had instructions
ut present to go by Lamar into Tim
mOnsvlle. lie had not yet received
any instructions 10 survey the line
90 Florence"