The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-13
THE SHILOH
ROAD QUESTION
Secretary Reardon Explains
Why Committee Did Not
Appear Before Gem
mission

MISSION
Mr.. w w Green in behalf OF
himself and other citizens Of Shi-
/ loh township has written Secre-
tary Z. I. Reardon requesting the
statement published in The Daily
Item that the committee of Shiloh
citizens appointed at the mass
meeting in Shiloh school auditor
hum on November 10th to appear
/ before the Permanent Road Com
| mission, at its meeting last Thurs
iday, did not meet the commission !;
because the Shiloh committee ex
pected Mr.. Reardon to notify this
committee when the Permanent
Road Commission wouiG meet Mr..
Rearden was not aware that this
| was expected of him because Mr..
| l., NJ. Truluck of Shiloh is a mem
Der of the Permanent Road Com
| mission and it was expected that
he would inform this COMMITTEES Of &
the date of the December meeting
of the commission. Besides Chair
man L. ID. jennings of the Perma-
nent Road Commission said at the
Shiloh meeting that the commission
would meet on the first Thursday .
in December ~.
| The Shiloh citizens have also re-
quested The Daily Item to say that
Shiloh has not given up the eff
fort to have a hard surfaced road
constructed well into Shiloh ter
ritory and that this committee VIII
meet the Permanent Road Com
mission at its next meeting. -
The Shiloh citizens have also re-
auested the aid OF the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce and al of
Ithe business men and women OF s
lSumter. the county seat in getting
Iup big mass meeting at Sumter
the latter part OF December, and
also the assistance of the citizens
OF Rafting Creek township in at
tending this meeting for the pur-s
pose of asking the Sumter counly
Legislative delegation to carry out
the provisions Of the resolutions
adopted at the Shiloh meeting on
| November Goth. and the guarantee
itof the former Sumter county leg
/ isIative delegation nade at a meet
/ ing in Sumter on May 25th, 1920
Ito the effect that the Permanent.
Road Commission would build ten
roads of main highway system
leading to the county lines on thes
Item roads. And that if the bonds
iCoted together with state and fed
iseral aid are not sufficient that the
delegation will authorize the, com-.
mission TO sell ditionaf bonds SUI
tfcient to carry out this program of
i road building. ss
The Shiloh citizens emphasize
the Importance of the business es
/ tablishments of Sumter joining
forces with the Rafting Creek and
lthe Shiloh citizens in the approach
ling meeting to help put over this
plan OF giving the extreme western
land eastern sections of Sumter
county their share of the hard sur
faced highway system They ara.
fcalling on sumter's business nrsss
and women to rally to the aid Of
ttShiIoh and Rafting Creek town
ships. e S &
1 Mr.. Reardon has agreed to call.
this meeting just as soon as he can
fcolnmunicate further with Shiloh
and Rafting Creek citizens. The iat-
8 ter OF whom have also requested
the Sumter Chamber OF Commences
to aid in bringing about this pre-
tgram of highway construciton, With
the cooperation of Sumter's bust
mess men and women and Of Sum
! ter's several business leagues and
:; clubs also. ssss
1t looks as though the more hard
!surfaced highways are built the
more the citizens and taxpayers
desire these kind of h:ghways,
and it seems that the Taxpayers
4 believe that the best ro1ds obtain
liable in the quickest possible time
especially of the kind that the Per-
manent Road Commission have
Ealready put down. the better It VIII
pe H LIE lIS1t against the Doll
weevil. diyersihcation of crops,
lda1ying. marketing and general
!. revolution of agriculture and aIlieds
business interests.
Things are looking up. the farm
ers are forcing the issue for an
the hard surfaced highways that
Sumter county can possibly secure
lin the quickest possible time That
looks well. it is optimistic, con-
Estructive. determined effort to keep
Sumter county moving forward IN
the procession OF progress, not
moving backwards When the
farmers are yelling for thirty thou-s
sand dollars per mile highways
and willing to help pay for, them.
it looks like Sumter county has
J. future that means something de-
spite the old boil weeviI
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