The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-31
Olaftta Veterans Picnic
Largely Attended ard Enjoy.
able Reunion of Old Soldiers
and Citizens

don attended the Olanta Veterans an
nual' picnic last Saturday. There were
approximately fifteen hundred people
present from Sumter, Clarendon, Or
angeburg; Florence, Lee, Darlington,
Williamsburg and other counties.
hon. Thos. G.. Mcleod, Of Bishop
vile. was the orator Of the day. His
speech was up to the mark in every
respecs; and he upheld his reputation
as speaker from start to finish, and
the large audience showed its sincere
appreciation by frequent applause
Throughout.
There were hundreds Of Sumter
county ladies and gentlemen and
their boys and girls present especially,
from Shiloh township. The outlook
for big yields of cotton, corn, and to-
hacco, and other field crops in Flor
ence, Sumter, Lee counties through
which the Sumter officials passed was
never better in their opinion. One
thing that impressed these gentle
men was the good condition Of the
roads in all three counties, they Iuak-
ing the trip in automobiles via Mayes-
vale and Lynchburg which put them
through parts Of Sumter Lee and
Florence counties ,-N
"A gratifying feature of the occasion
to- the three representatives was the
interest manifested by Shiloh farmers
IN the coming hard surfaced road
from Sumter to Hudson's bridge, via
Shiloh, to the Florence county line
Asnumber of these good Shiloh citi-
zens said that the Sumter tobacco
market and other, business concerns In
Sumter iwill<be benefited by this road
as X wiR> enable Sumter county citi-
zens living from twenty to thirty two
miles from Sumter to haul their farm
products to, Sumter over the hard
surfaecd highway, and to make more
FREQUENT trips to their county seat
with less wear and tear on cars and
a great saving In time. Increase in
the amount Of farm produce to be
hauled, and a considerable decrease
IN the cost Of hauling each load. all
of which mean the saving of many
thousands Of dollars to the farmers
every year when. that hard surfaced
road is completed. They also fig
ure that they will save ;tho,lsands of
dollars in the hauling OF fertilizers
from their railway stations In this
county, and in transporting other nec-
essities from town and city to the
farms. - e8.r, .n.l
s II war. evident and very gratifying
that those good Sumter county citizens
feel a very friendly interest in Sumter
and its business establishments. They
feel that the long distance from Sum-
tep to the extreme limits Of Shiloh
township has in measure put them
somewhat out of touch with the coun
~ seat, Sumter. They said that they
like Sumter. and Sumter business men
ana professional men. and that they
were desirious Of getting into closer
touch with Sumter which they will
do as'sOon as the hard surfaced high
way is built. 1t looks as though g.
good hard surfaced highway to Hud-
sons bridge will bring much more to-
bacco and cotton to Sumter and mean
much more business for Sumter much
OF which now goes to other nearby
trading centers and markets. -
Suhter's business and professional
men should get into closer touch with
the extreme. portions of Shiloh, Tur!
beYille, Sardinia, New Zion, Pleasant
Grove, Trinity, Norwood, Lone Oak.
and Woods Mill sections and cultivate
closer friendships and trade relations.
All those sections are rich agricultural
sections, live at home and very pro-
gresive sections naturally tributary to
Sumter's markets and business CON
Germs ,@g.
One leading Shiloh citizen living
about thirty miles from Sumter safil
that the Hudson's bridge road will be
worth hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars annually to Sumter in increased
npmbers of people visiting Sumter and
coming much oftener than they now
corne-that murh tobacco and other
farm products will come to Sumter
over hard surfaced road that does
not come here now.
When YOU consider the fact, the
very pleasant fact that fifteen hundred
people We're sumptuously fed at the
picnic dinner with innumerable good
things to eat such as fried chicken.
chicken pie, chicken cooked in rice,
country cured ham, biscuits macas
roni pie, sliced tomatoes, sweet and
mixed pickles, preserves of various
Kinds, and so many different kinds of
delicious cakes, pies, tarts, and other
sweet morsels that Mayor Jennings
couldn't eat more than one third OF
the different varieties though he did
his level best. you can imagine what
IL feed there was. and then when you
are told that there was actually and
positive (not hot air. enough left to
feed hundreds you can easily sec that
thot is live-at.homc section in every
respect
me l92o Olanta Veterans picnic
was indeed a huge and pleasant, sue
cess IN every way The hospitality,
cooperative, friendly. and ncighborly