The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-30
call, Road
Reply To- sfr Tiilaials Article.
ana tile Sen ttiilasnt Of the
People Involved


Eof being confined TO my bed with
TIE fue5 to attend the meeting OF
lffne Permanent Road Conn,ission
On ,,n q thursday having been appoint-
I|ed on a commit tee to<represen ntsIIy
people at this meeting ask you
to publish bis article setting ferthl h
the facts: and orr Wishes IN regard
TO the paving of q road lag in our sec c
ton 5.53s.s
have read an article IN your pa :.
per under date OF 9Th inst. signed
|E@:iby5 Mr. II. Tindal IN which he
Iceritieisest he meeting at Poealla
tand tries to lnis1ead the public in
regard to facts. am going to
comment on his article and give
you the, facts as they exist
| PineWood was not represented
sat*:the Pocalla meeting. this mis-
take III the article was due to Mr..
fR i. Monaghan, who presented
{ the article for Indication, having
mot been inf fornaed as to sections
Represented. The meeting would be
iIealfed "a Bethel Providence, Posz
EcaIla gat herlng and those are the
ones mostly concerned. -
As eEerYbody knows there are
fonly two sections by nalne. Bethel
land Providence school DISTRICTS or
Earl and Priyateer voting pre-
teincts. i live in the heart Of the
iPEoVldence district in behalf of
which 3 am writing
Tindal states that his pre-
fposed railroad route is designed
Ito. help those or serving those that
live, along the Manning road which
passes throlgf our district. + wish
| to state this is not true. and not
the sent in. my section. If it
was true why didn't Mr Findal
1eonsult us aud have us join him
In the petition. Did he No., we
Eknew not thing OF his plans until it
iwas published ip the papers where
! he had presented them to the coms
mission What did we do 2 We
got petiions signed by. a grea.
many citizens Of our section TO
tshow onr @disapp and Mr.. J..
T. Brogdon presented it at the
next meeting, which. it seems had
tho weight as the commission voted
in favor of Mr. Tindal. So we re-
solved TO continue TO fight his prop
losifion, which seems to be a one
man proposition. So: we. notified
1.-THE Bethel people and they
unanimously joined us at Pocalla,
and we are in the fight to a finish.
In order for, the patrons Of the
Manning road to- use Mr.. Tindalss
route, II would mean the addition
OF from l-2 to 4 10 miles, more
mileage; to reach Sumter Which,
would not be practical. this mile
age depending on where you lived.
You would have to straylA over this
mileage going west while Sumter
lies north. II y
AS have stated. I live in
Provide district, on eastern side
l:ef railroad and consider from a
ipracrical point 4 am more familiar
with said district than any other
person in regard to roads, homes.
land properly own Ars. Thy Be
cause took the census in this dis
ltrict two years ago and in doing
$50 I had to visit every house and
travel every road. -: Ss.is Il.
So 1 contend from my own OBJ
Eservation that the proposed TiE-
daI road would not render as any
service.
Mr.. Tindal owns all land on our
side OF railroad from the J.
Jones place to Pocalla, except for
| a short distance from Pocalla,
which. is owned by Mr. M. II. Beck.
Hodge estate. Mr. Isaac Strauss and
Mr. Seabrook Now hesstates he
has had the property owners to do-
nate the necessary. land for q new
road. II contradict this statement,
as you see the land owners. are
few, as I stated at Pocalla. abeut
five. know Mr. Beck and Mr..
fSrauss have, not and will not sign
Esuch papers as. they oppose the
plan; also do not believe the
Hodge estate would consent to
same.
s.. realize Mr.. Tindal is unfortu-
nate to own so much land and not
have q paved road by his door. But
| it is his fault. He owns land on
public roadssand had The privilege