The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-29
A JOURNEY TO
TIE MOUNTAINS

a JUG RNE1 IL
TIE MOUNTAIN
Mr. Babbs Describes a
Trip From Sumter to Tryon
ITryon, April 2s Tuesday st
%. m. we left hoTne for a trip II
our mountain home TO start fhs
garden and see how zthe gineyare
and orchard work is being done
Having a cat to Columbia. we cam,
that. way and expected to react
s Columbia by dark Beginning al
Snmter we found the road freshly
dragged to Providence. and o:
course heavy. Before reaching
Rembert ne ran into the ahnua
road renewal Of the chain gang. Al
the right angle turn one mile from
Rem bert the cars skidded into the
side ditch. There, learned some
thing worth while to motorists. we
secured help and "a shovel TO re-
move the soft mud from. the fron'
of the wheels then from the field
threw top sod q, foot or TWO wide
and two inches deep in front OF the
wheels. Result; Car pulled out
; on its own power with just a push
Io start, where a team OF mules
could not have moved it without
the top soil.
query sfhy can not the Sumter
road aa1horafies use top soil on all
such paaces2 Unta we reached the
county Hne ne rloved in low or in
fernaediiate trying TO plumb the cen
ter Of the read ito keep from skid
ding into one or the other OF the
side difches j isI before reaching
the Remtert school house there Is
a stretch Of very dangerous road.
( s big ditch on each side. with q
rounded slippery surface when the
least wet TWO cars can not pass
without dangersaf one or both go
ing into the ditch. Between REM
bert and Miss lKeeIs' We met a car.
by going very slow and being on
Z 49,, !, nc, mo no oed to
s,sss s1..s : :. -, sts. : +ha ntbar car
skiaded into the Side ditch.
Afr 3 Rembert told us how.
rs avoid the awful place by former
Commissioner : oung,s place, by de-
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reached Ia chalpin I'VE expected TO be