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start any project without talk. For
the benefit of those who are not in
formed on the activities of the San
tee Crossing Co. and the public gen
orally, as secretary Of The Santee
Crossing Co. will e:,dcavor to give
you few facts showing what pro-
gress we are making towards the
raising of the funds to meet Federal
Aid.
We have appointed good many
solicitors in Orangeburg County al
ready and the writer had great en-
colragcment from these men on last
Friday when he was over in that Sec
ton in the interest of the crossing.
We have begun in some places in
Clarendon to raise funis and as soon
as our campaign is launched l hope
to give the press the names of each
collector in each town and the people
will know who is in charge in their
respective districts.
We delayed our plans somewhat on
account of the Victory Loan Cam
paign, and for the benefit of those
who are getting impatient I will
state that if they wish to contribute
to mail their checks to The Santee
Crossing Co., at Summcrton, S. c.,
and I will see that they get an Off
cal receipt for it.
The writer has talked with the in
huential men of Sumter and Lee
Counties and he has their support and
they will begin their campaign in the
next two weeks. I have also talked
to men from Charleston who promise
to give their time and money to help
work the merchants of that city in
the interest of the crossing
This crossing is not solely a County
affair as it is going to be of State
wide benefit to the people and it
takes "Talk" to start and project.
In Orangeburg County we find at
Eutawville and Vance and Holly Hill
they are trying to form new county
under the name of Eutaw County. At
Elloree we find them undecided as to
OF this agitation. This of course takes
some talk to overcome the political
talk that is naturally being used at
this time. Our collectors in this dis
tcict however are going ahead and
getting subscriptions and Offering
their services to the company to help
the project out.
l had citizen of Clarendon to give
me $500.00 last week on the pro-
ject. Who is going to match him
1t is simply up to us as citizens now
to either put up or shut up when we
are approached on the subject be-
cause we all realize the need of the
crossing and aside from that fact we
all should have pride enough in our
county to at least boost it to compile
ton, and if there should be one per-
son in the County who wishes to
knock the project l herewith offer to
him my personal services to help him
to move out until we get the crossing
completed.
We have also started a campaign
among the colorcd citizens near
enough to the crossing project on
both sides of the river to give us
from one to five days work free to-
wards the opening the Right Of Way
for the road. This is being done in
the form of Pledge Cards. This will
help in more ways than one as it will
give us available labor at all times.
Those Of your readers who think
the matter is "All Talk" will see from
the above that we have not been idle
and while we have lots more to do,
we will ask them to remember two
old adages which read as follows.
Rome was not built in a day" and
ut takes money to build railroads" ."
Thanking you for your co-opcra-
ton, | am,
Yours very truly,
Santoo Frnrei,<- ~