The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-02-12
CATOE COMES BACK
CITIZENS OF COMMUNITY TAKE
TO TRENCHES FOR THEIR
RIGHTS
Patron" Gets Busy With Pen And
Flags Webster Spur Project
Editor Advertiser:

Editor Advertiser:
Please allow me to say few words
IN regard to the Controversy over
flag station an account of which ap-
peared in last weeks issue of your
paper.
When the c. & L. railroad was
built the people began talking about
siding and after thorough discus
sion throughout the section it decid-
ed that Catoe was the place best suited
to benefit the largest number Of peo-
pie The landowners agreed to give
road from the Wamble Hill School
House to the siding, so the Wamblc
Hill Local Union took up the matter
and appointed Mr.. f. w. Rivers to
confer with the railroad managers.
After consulting with the railroad
people Mr.. Rivers reported that we
could have the siding provided we
would build It ourselves. So the I'm
ION, with the co-operatior of the peo-
'ple a or 5 miles north and south of
Catoe, bought the frog, cut and haul
ed the ties and hauled some
of the rails from Cruces
Branch. / want to say right
here that hauling iron rails on a farm
wagon is a mans job, when the rails
had to be loaded from the ground.
The people met with Mr.. Rivers act
ing as foreman of the gang" and
put the siding in. SO it is no mans
siding and no man claims it; it be-
longs to the public and the public has
the use of it.
Now there is siding at Mr.. w. C.
Sellers place, put in by him and used
by himself as he sees fit. No one OBJ
jects to his having it. What we OBJ
ject to is taking public property and
applying it 20 private uses.
Mr.. Sellers said sometime ago n
road walker came along and asked
why he did not have Catoe station
moved to Webster Spur. Then the
road manager said something about it
and advised him to go to Columbia
and see the railroad commissioners
about it. This Mr.. Sellers did. Later
on the commissioners wrote Mr.. Sell
ers stating that on certain date they
would be at his place and to notify
the people of the meeting and es-
pecally those who would oppose NOV
ing the siding. The day before the
meeting was to be held Mr.. Sellers
sent one of his hands to one of his
ncighbors to tell him of this meeting.
There happened to be present a
friend of Catoc, who heard for the
first time of the meeting. This man
went at once to see Mr.. +. w. Rivers
about it, on receipt of this news, laid
| aside his work and went at once to
see Mr.. Sellers. He found that there
was a move on foot to move Catoe
and also found letter from the rail
road commissioners instructing Mr.
| Sellers what to do. Mr.. Sellers admit
ted receiving the letter on Saturday
night and it was now Wednesday af-
ternoon. Mr.. Rivers went out and
spread the news. By the time the
train reached Catoe the next morn
ing there was quite crowd
there that boarded the train
and went to Mr.. Sellers
place. Mr.. Editor here is where the
fun comes in. Mr.. Sellers, when ask
ed by the commissioners if he had
done all he could to let the people
| know of the meeting, said that he
had. When pressed by Mr.. Rivers
| 70 thnrn hn h,I t,1 l,n 4 ,
MY uncle and 81 of my cousins"
| Mr.. Sellers has one uncle and one
cousin in business with him at that
place.
The petition placed before the com
mission gives the distance from Ca
toe to Webster Spur, Mr.. Sellers
place at 'about" half mile from
Webster Spur to Ruby as "about"
three miles, placing Webster about
half way between Chesterfield and
Ruby. AS matter of fact it is two
and one fourth miles from Chester
field to Catoc; one and one half miles
from Catoe to Webster and, there
fore, two and u from Webster
to Ruby. 1t is easy to see that it re-
quireS a good many "abouts" to place
| Webster half way between Chester
I field and Ruby. And the halfway
point is the big argument made in
favor of Webster, while Webster is in
reality no nearer halfway between
Chesterfield and Ruby than is Catoe
In regard to the Flag Station and
the travelling public. Mr.. Sellers says
he has all that he needs; that he
can stop the train any time, day OF
night for himself, family or friends
The tank is only few hundred yards
distant, where Mr.. Sellers enemies