The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-26

cuA1mER or 0osnGERCE NOTES
Neeo q ounees secuEing BRIDGE
A0on eantee u stressed.
sumter for : numbsr Of years va.
ssprsparsa 70 bsd for the transien,
tesris( travel by automobile. bscaus.
~ che hack Of decent hotel accommo.
1a4>sns
Hut now that this city has ample
an1 ersditabls hotel facilities there ID
~ reason Why sumter shouid not
cenpsts with other South Carolina
and Georgia citiss and towns for au-
teuoblls tourists.
osmter has - nns winter climate a
40 South cArefna city a. town, and
~ Sumter water n known far and
uies fos ~ absolute purity and whole
sSpenen We have a. many attrac-
ueas - any othsr South caroiina CITY
o. town Of equal siss and population.
Hat unsostanassly for <his city.
eantsr. nks Manning. osangsburg,
Hdrsncs ana othsr s1stsrn CArolins
and Pee Dee esction communities, u
isesatsd % far a. ii,tsrstats and inter-
county automobile travel 10 concerned
- having no crossing over the santse
ana wassrss rivers ana their miIss. OF
swamp. 81 80.
- order TO set to AuEustS. Atlanta,
cndklaueon. or 70 florida winter re-
- snA back again. northern auto
ne4als tessinss which hkS bssens 60
eeo1ing1y popular OF late years. 3
Ha4s evsr rstnd .tssst tsuts by wsy va;
q chsssw. csmdsn. ana around by
ce'asnbia. more than one hundred
miles our OF tho way
No distance from Sumter 10 Char
ss>ton for instance. by the proposed
,o1fytrcut highway and bridge over the
= ~ betwssn Clarendon and Or
onesburs counties. by automobile
>zatsl. 10 approximately ninety miles.
~ az miles shorter than the shortest
ana most direct sNilrcaA route.
1Nevsrthsisss e - ascousary In or
esr % rsaoh Augusta. which would
- more than one hundred miles
elo3er from washington by way OF
ee6tss, OF % reach Charleston. au-
eoneoeliete must 80 around one hum
GY an1 thirty miles out Of their way
- teoeh charisston and Florida re-
- sorsst and quickest way 70 do
aucy with this Objectionable bar to
gosatsr being made one OF the chief
eeebpins places for northern tourist
travel. by automobile. u for concert.
"a plan OF action between Sumter,
S1orsnce. Clarendon. Orangsburs, ana
Charleston counties In An effort to
have the pfopossd state highway
commission bin adopted during the
prepsnt legislature % conform to the
fs4srai hisaway ban now pending In
eoasFsss to supply federal ala for
sssts highways.
sumter must first line up In solid
formation. working with the Sumter
chambsr Of Commerce. and the COM
msrcial organizations OF Florence. Or
anesburg. Columbia and Charleston.
and with the other forces behind the
susie highway commission bill.
10 will be no hardship on any Sum
ter automobilist or other Sumter bus.
insss or professional man to take one
day of next Tuesday to help
swell the crowd that will move on CO.
iumbia to- show the legislature that
South Carolina believes there should
DO q state highway commission. and
some one at the head OF the State
highways a. there are heads of the
agricultural. legal. insurance. health
financial. and other public activities In
this state.
Local automobilists and local bus.
insss men are interested in the
shortening Of automobile routes and
intercommunication between countiel
IN South Carolina. II we are goini
20 do anything we should all work to.
ssther nrst. In Sumter. and then sum,
tsr'shouid Join forces with other pro
sressivs counties and communities fol
that which We seek and need. Tn,
Sumter Chamber Of Commerce shouit
be backed up next Tuesday by the big
gen delegation ever sent from Sum