The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-16
MUST ACT QUICKLY
TO APPEAL FROM MAJOR HOW
ELLIS ADVERSE REPORT.
Orangeburg Must be Represented by
Delegation and Only Two Days
Left in Which Steps Can be Taken.

Left in Which Steps Can be Taken.
Do the people of Orangeburg
County, merchants, planters, profess
ional men, everybody, want the
Edisto River opened for navigation?
If they do, there remains only few
days before the hearing on the appeal
from Major Howell's adverse report
is to be made before the Board of
Engineers at Washington. July Is,
the hearing is set for, and whether
there are delegations there or not,
the hearing comes off.
A week ago to-day Congressman
Lever addressed large audience of
business men and farmers in the
Court House, and he outlined the
only hope there was for the project.
That was the absolutely essential ne
cessity of convincing the board that
there was commerce that would be
developed upon the line if it was
opened. To do this he urged the
sending Of as large a delegation as
possible to Washington appear with
him before the board.
Representatives from Branchville
were present, and they were also
pledged to secure a delegation. They
have done their part. Six men are
ready to leave for Washington to
push the project with the representas
tives sent by Orangeburg. These six
men are Messrs. L. H. Fairey, W. F.
Trombly, C. F. Smoak, J. W. Black,
]. B. Williams Jr., and W. c. Martin.
In letter from one Of the gentlemen
who are pushing the project at
Branchville to another gentleman in
Orangeburg OCCURS the following
sentence: eve have our people
pretty well aroused over the Edisto
project. We do not propose to let
Orangeburg send a larger delegation
to Washington than we do, hence we
have arranged to send Six" and they
are going to send six.
In the meantime what has Orange
burg been doing towards sendings it's
delegation? Each man who goes will
be required to pay half Of his ex-
penses, and efforts were to be made
to collect enough from the citizens of
the town and country to pay half the
expenses of the delegates. A COM
mittee was appointed at Saturdays
meeting, but up to this time there
has been no provisions made to Sc
cure a representation from Orange
burg at the hearing on Tuesday. 1t
will cost over s100 to have Orange
burg's representation equal to that OF
her sister city of Branchville and
hat 500 is needed Immediately. The
delegates who go are compelled to
leave the city Sunday afternoon in
order to be on hand for the hearing,
and there remains only to-day in
which the question must be decided.
Mr.. w. L. Glover, who has been
always taking a leading part in push
ing the plans for opening the Edisto.
and who has gotten together statis-
tics showing the value of such a
route, when seen yesterday spoke dis
couragingly of the prospects, unless
those who are to be benefited by
opening the route and those upon
whom the committee, of which Mr.
Glover is the head, has been depend
ing. take immediate steps to help de-
frav the expenses Of the delegation
20 Washington. If you are interest
ed in onening the river. if you think
it will do the county and city any
good. if you think the expenditure OF
s745.0OO of the governments money
on the Edisto to open it, and $4,000
yearly to keep it up. is worth going
after, hand contribution to Mr..
Glover to-day. If you are not IN
Orangeburg, mail it to him.
In the meantime Branchville must
be congratulated on the public spirit
edness of it's citizens, and its ready
response to the call for a delegation,
ready to stand for the opening OF the
river