The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-18
THE ROAD
TO SHILOH
Shiloh Folks Looking to the
Chamber of Commerce and
the. Business Men of Sum-
ter For Their Support
in Behalf of More
:: Mileage of Hard
Roads
Editor Daily Item:

Will .ll1duh IyOG IL YOU VIII pe
kind enough to publish the follow
ing in The Item and the Watchman
and Southron. We wish to say
that we've been reading what Mr..
Smith, from near the Florence
county line, has had to say through
your columns, also read report OF
the permanent road commissioners
meeting where Mr.. Smith and 9TH
ers of his section were present to
inquire into the hard surface road
building program. We understand
from their report that they do not.
countenance the resolutions adopt
ed by themselves and large num-
Der of the professional and busi-
ness men and others of the city Of
Sumter at the Chamber OF Com
merce in Sumter when the Rafting
Creek and Shiloh people were con-
sidering annexing themselves to
other counties purely from a stand
point of avoiding the payment of
heavy taxes to build roads around
the city of Sumter, believing it
most likely that on account of:
their being in the extreme outside
sections Of the county that they
would have to bear heavy bur-:
den Of taxation without getting any
benefit therefrom. They were in-.
vited to come to Sumter and were
promised that the hard surface
roads would be built not only into.
their sections, but through them
and that the money from the sale:
Of the bonds and otherwise with
few exceptions) would be prorated
on the several roads outlined on
the building program according to
the mileage of each road. Now /
understand all the satisfaction that
the delegation from Shiloh got;
from the commissioners at their
last meeting was that the resolu-
tions adopted at the Chamber Of
Commerce. had been voted down
at a subsequent meeting but they
would assure the people Of Shiloh
a fair deal We don't believe they
dealt fair with the people of Shi-
loh or Rafting Creek section when
they considered the question of
abolishing their former resolutions
Cor if they want to style it, the
lpeoples' resolutions, the city and the
county with the commissioners
thrown in) without notifying the
people Of these sections and let
tins them have look-in, neither do
we believe they will be giving them
anything like falr deal If when
the money derived from the sale
of the bonds is converted into hard
roads unless they get considerable
more mileage than the other roads
on the program. If the commis-
sioners lived in either OF these sec
tions and especially in lower Shi-
lloh, they wouldn't think so either.
Now, Mr.. Editor, we've heard and
read quite a bit and especially just
previous to the election, on the bond
issue about how anxious the bust
ness people Of Sumter were to
have good roads built to the Shiloh
section, going as far as to say that
the road into this section should
be and they felt sure would be,
one of the first roads hard surfaced
and that it would be hard surfac-
ed as far as Shiloh as a, drawing
card for the trade from the people
Of Turbeville and olanta, and we
take this means Of inviting them
to lend us their influence and sup
port in behalf of getting a, real fair
deal in the matter of distribution Of
the hard surfaced roads of the
county, and our idea is that the
people of Shiloh township will
not be given a fair deal unless at
least a mile and more Of the hard
surfaced -oad be built in said
township. What think ye?
1t is planned to have a mass
meeting Of the people of this sec
ton at Shiloh school auditorium
on Tuesday night, November 21st