The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-12-29
Chamber OF Commerce Notes.

has again been requested by farmers
who are tobacco growers on a large
scale. and growers of cotton and 9TH
er farm produce who want to come to
Sumter to sell their tobacco and
cotton, and to do their trading, to try
to get the road from or near the Nc
Bride Black River crossing to Pud-
ding Swamp and Turbeville in Clar-
endon and the Southeastern portions
of this country Strengthened, shorten
ed, and improved.
On September 20, 1914, Messrs D.
E. Turbeville, J. P Buddin and D. L.
Green, of Turbeville and Sardinia sec
tions of Clarendon county, presented
request from citizens of that por-
ton OF Clarendon to the directors Of
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce,
and from citizens of lower Shiloh,
Trinity, Concord and Salem sections
of Sumter county to get the county
commissioners to build new and
short cut road from a point near Nc
Brides Cross Roads on the new Shi-
loh road about one and a-half miles
from Back River Crossing in a south
easterly direction to or near the plan
tation of Mr.. John Buddin and c. e.
McElveen on the line between Sumter
and Clarendon counties.
A few weeks later q delegation of,
Clarendon and Sumter county farm
ers, and Sumter business men re-
quested Supervisor Pitts and the then
board of commissioners to build this
short cut highway. The commission
ers had just finished building the
Trinity and. Shiloh short cut roads
and said they would have to get out
of that part of the county for awhile
and work the roads in other sections,
but would later do this work.
Now comes a request again from
the same sections of Sumter and
Clarendon counties for the Chamber
of Commerce to appoint a delegation
of Sumter business men to cooperate
with the farmers of the sections
above mentioned on January 1st, to
request the present supervisor anu
board of commissioners to ibuild
practically the same highway begin
ming at McBrides Cross Roads to the
county line intersecting or near the
Pudding Swamp Or Lynchburg road
at or near the Buddfn plantation or
E. c. McElveen plantation.
Mr.. S. n. Frescola, United States
highway drainage engineer has re-
Gently surveyed and mapped out this
proposed new highway. The rights of
way are offered, free to the county.
| This new road will shorten the route
3 from Pudding Swamp tobacco grow
ing sections materially to Sumter and
Will avoid a roundabout way Of poor
and wet roads for several miles.
1t will open up one Of the richest
cotton. tobacco, and corn growing
sections and the increased tax values
will pay for the road in very short
time, and otherwise add to the gener-
al wealth of the county.
The road surveyed is one of the
cheapest in cost of construction and
maintenance in the county, and an
expert drainage and highway engineer
selected the route, with the view of
economy in construction and up-keep.
For several summers tobacco grow
ers have said that those in Claren
don county near Turbeville, Sardinia
and the Pudding Swamp sections, and
of the Shiloh and Salem sections of
Sumter county, wanted to sell their
tobacco in Sumter, but the highways
In this county leading from those sec
tions are so sandy in dry weather.
and so muddy in wet weather that
they prefer to carry their tobacco to
Olanta and Timmonsville to hauling
it to Sumter. The county commits
sioners were asked last February by |
farmers Of Sumter county, and bus
ines men of Sumter to do something /
with the county highways leading
from Trinity, Shiloh, Salem and Con-
cord sections to Sumter in time for
the tobacco marketing season of
1917. Mr.. E. w. Dabbs, the spokes-
man was informed that the county
had ordered large gasoline propelled
motor truck for road building purpos-
es and as soon as this road builder
was received these roads complained
OF would be improved permanently.
AS this question has been previous
ly passed upon by the Chamber of
Commerce, and this proposed new
highway already endorsed. as we'll as