The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-11
THE SHILOH ROAD
Citizens of Shiloh Section Of
County Explain Their Views
of the Situation
Editor Sumter Daily Item:

! In the published minutes of the
meeting OF the Permanent Road
Commission held November End,
signed by Mr.. J. J. Brennan, sec
retary Of this commission, the fol-
lowing appears regarding the re-
quest of the delegation from Shiloh
township about promises made to
us on May 25th, 1920, when we
cial election to vote out a part of
Shiloh township into Florence
county. that there would be hard
surfaced road built to Hudson's
bridge or that the road funds
would be prorated in proportion
to the length Of the roads.
Commissioner Truluck wanted
TO know something definite about
Mr.. Smiths remarks in regard to
agreement Of the Board referred to
at a mass meeting, inasmuch as the
Board has no record of it. Mr.. E.
I. Reardon. secretary of the Sum,
tracts from minutes of a mass
meeting held at Chamber of Com
,nerce, Nay 25th. 1920. but it de-
veloped that this mass meeting
was not meeting Of the Sumter
County Permanent Road Commits
sion, but a called mass meeting of
the citizens of Sumter county held
in the interest OF good roads,
Now, Mr.. Editor, we have been
to Sumter, sought and have been
shown the minutes Of the meeting
of May S25th, 1920, by Mr.. E. L.
Reardon. and also published re-
port Of this May 25th, 1920 meet
ing written by. you for The Daily
Item, and comparing the minutes
and the resolutions adopted in this
joint meeting of May 25th, 1920,
we find that your report and MFR.
Reardon's record fully agree all
the way through. The minutes
show that every member of the
Sumter Permanent Roads Conlmis-
sion was present, including Messrs.
l. NJ Truluck Of Shiloh, and Mr..
E. E. Rembert, of Rafting Creek
townships who were at that meet
ing nominated and subsequently
added to the commission.
Every member OF the Sumter
County Legislative delegation was
present. The minutes and the Daily
Item report show that the follow
ing resolutions introduced by Mr..
L. D. Jennings, chairman Of the
Permanent Road Commission, with
the amendments introduced by Mr..
i. C. Strauss and Mr.. B. F. Myers
were adopted by a majority vote,
the Permanent. Road Commission
members being present and par
ticipating in the deliberations Of
this meeting called by DR.. E. S.
Booth, president Of the Sumter
County Chamber Of Commerce to
harmonic the differences between
the dissatisfied portions of Rafting
Creek and Shiloh townships, Mr.. I.
c.. Strauss first introducing set
of resolutions to the effect that the
Sumter Chamber Of Commerce was
peculiarly obligated to settle, if
possible, these differences between
these two sections and the county
at large.
Sunnter's mercantile esta ablish-
ments and tobacco warehouses have
long sought the trade and to-
bacco OF Shiloh township. Sumter
gets lot of our tobacco and trade,
but a majority of our dollars and
tobacco go to Lynchburg, Olanta.
Timmonsville and Florence be-
cause we are-so far from Sumter
and the roads are terrible most of
the time between here and Sum-
ter.
1t seems that Sumter's merchants
and tobacco warehouse owners
would stand back Of Shiloh in this
request for a hard surfaced road
at least as far this way as hard
surfaced roads are constructed to-
wards Renberts. and Stateburg and
Pinewood sections. Sumter can get
many hundreds of. thousands of
dollars trade; that now go to Ciar-
endon, Lee and Florence counties
if hard surfaced highway was
built at least to Shiloh if no fur
ther. Then we would have at
least twenty-five miles Of hard
surfaced highway to induce us to
haul our tobacco to Sumter and to
do all Of our trading in our own
county seat instead of havings to
go into other counties on account
OF the miserable roads our own
county provides to Sumter. the
county seat.
Shiloh, Turbeville, New Zion,
Sardinia. Trinity. Pleasant Grove.
and other eastern Sumter county
and Clarendon county. and western
Florence county sections are the
Live at home" tobacco producing
sections.
If Sumter wants this tobacco and
this business let Sumter's business
concerns interest themseNe in see-
ing that there is a hard surfaced
highway built into the middle of
this territory that .an be reached
by travelling only a few miles each
way to get to this hard road. This
is being done and will be done for
the Rembert. Pinewood, Stateburg
sections, far away but not as far
away from Sumter as we are in
Shiloh township near Lynche's Riv-
er. Read the resolution following