The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-28
CEIDNC
I'm PDvEWOOD
1ckisens Gather to Dis
I Annexation Proposal
\ ER SPEAKERS
k ARE ON THE JOB
kpnhsnts Of Clarendon Sup
peIytsrs Answe ed. May Have
Big Picnic

II
Bi9 Picnic
QHs hundred rnd seventy Ave
U41)4 voters OF pinewood school dis
~ ME about forty five colored citi-
- attended the meeting at Pine
'WQo4 yog1erday which was held In
- large auditorium OF the magnifi-
$40 mtck school building OF that
\ uecU essive district.
olr Walter ID. Eppers0n presided.
- Introduced the nine speakers and
1qevd NJ time keeper on each talker
< Q43t4G each to time when the time
n q had expired. W
't ~ .. 81 Booth. president OF the
\ U1m1er County Chamber OF Commerce
1o |Ao. first spcaker and he extend
\ . q cordial invitation to the section
V01o1 u discussing annexation to
11m(er county, and told how the bus
U>m men Of Sumter would receive
- lev citizens Of Sumter county with
49, cpen arms u they voted into our
I Il - xstAry Z. I. Reardon followed
80 flred the first shot I'm the scrap
. ~14h theu commenced I'm which both
4 lD1o4 hammered each other for all
RI - we're worth. but I'm parliament
t 4and strictly courteous style. Cap
3(nn G. r.. Sprott, Captain w. G.. Dav-
h "a {Aptain n. ]. Alderman. and Hon
% Charlton Durunt represented
\ fon1ou county OF the "Oid Guard"
0(0e the section seeking connection
~ 0Umter County. Messrs. r.. b.
D1rs -. u. Noise. and l.. ID. Jeu-
3 held mp the nag with the crow
<I1@ uNmecock for Sumtor county.
>vb line Of arguments was about
I. " oArno ~ on previous occasions at
1(good. New Zion and Turbevilie,
uiree sections Of which are talk
A3out voting into Sumter county.
~Qvor st yeeterday's meeting May
4 Ia 3d',ntngs wss able 70 present facts
vnNN allied the Arguments OF tho
eInden speakers that II rcquifes
~ Thousand dollars to bu,ld q mile
q Maid surfaced road. and he show
81 .tenero such roads sixteen feet In
4o0l1 ars being constructed at cost
e. lpl>ween twsnty-eight and thirty
D4eNAsud dollars Per mile.
4 n 3t1p Clarendou county speakers
1(ohde1 that Sumter county could
- iIoll hard surfaced road bonds,
. oooi6xv build moro than forty miles
~ hard surfaced roads with three
00fttn dollars: tried 10 create the i'm
Uto,hn that the city OF Sumter was
5ocf 'rring the voters OF Sumter coun.
1DtANd arc trying 20 use Clarendon
tn4cAyers 60 pay for q few miles of
. unf4 surfaced highways through tho
nEnna Of = few Sumter men, III
,><Ibs manner In which Messrs. Bel
nE Motive and jennings knocked out
\ oDosS Misrepresentation brought fre..
01ep: and prolonged applause and
joRS xrom the Pinewood voters. The
ounahsr speaksrs hammered the Clar-
s04op county roads and the manner
- which clarendon county has neg
pog<ed Pinewood. handled county
fank and showed that four hundred
o1e',Aand dollars OF Clarendon's sand
Cl3 tfoad bonds will be money thrown
~ q end that only. about eight miles
of3Gu1 clay roads could he built and
uet P1newo0d will never zee an inch
s - tk>ose roads. The Clarendon
oooadeers tried TO show that Pinewood
vptM never set = hard surfaced road
I ffom Sumter county. ~ 1s'.
1uhging from the reception of the
trtoAsepfs Of the Sumter speakers,
U3t = the very liberal applause com.
Do<4d with the rather cold reception
- ms spoeches OF the Clarendon ora.
tppsk hooked NJ though an overwhelm-
~; majority Of THOSE present favor
ouiNKtng to Sumter county.
~ aumber Of Clarendon county cit
onoo questionsd the Clarendon speak
efrs rather closely about the neglect
~ Fnewood section. about what had
o1ouino ef thousands OF dollars OF
veAlels taxes collected and which no
e4e SEEMS able TO inteiligently account
w. ana With other somewhat en-.
WrHsssing questions which the Clar.
>Saecn orators couldn't satisfactorily
At6wsr.
The survey has been completed.
nsaps made and sent with other nee
eeeqsy papers TO Governor Cooper
With . request TO order the speeial
sSsction to settle the question. There
- some opposition TO voting into
sumter county. very slight opposition
some OF the annexationists contend
some OF the Pinewood citizens fuv.
erfEw annexation suggested that there
b held q big basket picnic and gala
day ~ Pincwood similar to the annex
etion meeting and picnic at Turbe-
vnle on July 7th. IL seems that Pine
wood wants to have big time too.
Thsre cit'xsns suggested that the Pine
wool people put on this picnic din
ret. and that the citizens OF Sumter
coiac and bring their entire families
With them to meet and become ac-
euaiated with Pinewood citizens and
their families