The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-28
WHY SCHEDULES WE'RE CHANG
49, ED.
y. ,. Cantcy OF Summerton Thinks
Passenger Service Step Forward.


called 10 your editorial in re North
western schedule i'm today's issue Of
your paper.
1 note that you say that the pres
ent passenger service on the NORTH
western railroad Is Injurious to the
business interests OF Sumter goes
without question" In the same is
sne OF your paper Is an article from
Tindal. this county. I'm which the
writer says that The change of the
schedule on the Northwestern rail-
cad makes II very convenient for
parties living I'm this section to spend
the day I'm Sumter and return home
In the afternoon" thus showing very
conclusively that whatever the town
OF Sumter may lose on the Camden
end. the town OF Sumter makes a
very material gain In the matter Of
trade with the people Of Clarendon
county.
In your article. you further say.
that 'if now the individuals will take
up this matter by letter, Immediately
a. n limited In the letter of the COM
mission. II Is certain that the COM
mission will grant the request" by
which I presume you to mean. that
the. commission will take of the said
passenger train.
In connection with your article. /
desire to call your attention 70 several
facts. to wit: fR
g f1) In addition to the Northwest
ern railroad. the town Of Sumter has
facilities offered by the Atlantic Coast
Line. the Southern railroad, and pros
pectiveiy the Seaboard; IL the town Of
summerton had either Of these rail-
roads. the people of this section
would at. least be satisfied with their
railroad facilities.
(2) II is unduestionably true that
throughout the section Of Clarendon
County traversed by the Northwestern
railroad. you Will And equally as
good. II not better lands for agricul-
tursl purposes. shan can be found in
any section Of South Carolina. and
this section IL absolutely dependent
vpon the facilities. freight and pas
ssnger. offered by the said North
western railroad company. N
CD II has bt'sn only a few years
since this section Of Clarendon
county had no railroad facilities at
an Sand naturally when the log train
of Col. Wilson came through this Sec
ttsu. ali the psopie were delighted
and graiuitously gave Col. Wilson
rights OF way; later the Northwestern
rnilroad company was incorporated.
and the people tf this section were
1zwnished mixed freight and pas
s<nger railroad facilities. and for the
time being. the people were content
with the mixed railroad facilities as
aforesaid: later came the free rural
mail routes and the people demand
q the daily papers which now go
into every nook and hamlet OF the
county: later came the hookworm
treatment and II was discovered that
very nearly every citizen OF this
county suffefed OF hookworm. and
the hookwcrm discovery I'm this conn
~ was wade by kind of inductive
process or diagnosis. the positive
evidence being that the people were
centcnt with the mixed facilities Of
rsrea by the Northwestern railroad.
<O Finally. permit me to say. I
An satisfied tho railroad commission
% South Carolina will never order
pshs aforesaid passenger schedule taxi
-, OF. for tho sirapio reason. this Is
q country cf. for and by tho people,
and the people CT this section do.
msnd a passenger schedule. and will
snforco their demands through the
essrts. II tho railroad commission Of
ths State cndeavors to side-track tho
z.ssc: this does not mean. that the
people OF Summerton are satisfied
with tho present schedule. for they
nrc not. but wo are not going back
ward 10 the mixed service; we desire
shs passenger train on tho Northwest
ern Co return Co Summorton at night.
fn erdor to give this section. includ-
ing q radius of OF six miles. an out
let To Manning. Columbia. Charleston.
and other points. and sooner or later
ws viii by proper methods get what
we need and demand.
We OF this section have no nght as
against the President of tho North
western Railroad Company. but what
we need I'm this section OF this cou1-