The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, October 27, 1921, Image 1
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Watch Label on Your Papei
and Don't Let Subscriptioi
Expire.
ESTABLISHED 1804
\aOftV JOHN SPARKS
MET HIS DEATH.
Trainer in Wests' Shows Says Lion's
Claws are Non-Poisonous if
Kept Clenn.
"No, the lion's claw is not poisonous
if kept clean," remarked Capt.
Turf, trainer in Wests' shows at the
Fair grounds last week, to a Herald
representative. As he talked the train]
put his hand through the bars and
gently stroked the paw of a huge
king of the jungle that slept in its
steel-bound cage as innocently as a
kitten. "The average person has an
. idea." continued Capt. Turf "that a
liin's claws, carry a certain deadly
poison and that a small scratch is as
fatal as the bite of a rattle-snake.
This is mistake. The lion's claw itself
is not poisonous. It contains no more
poison than a man's finger nail, but it
is the filth their claws pick up that
causes infection and results in bloodpoisoning.
There are numerous cases
on record where men have died in a
few hours after receiving a scratch
from a lion's claw. If cages were disinfected
every day there would be no
danger of contracting blood-poisoning
from a lion's scratch, but there is a
lot of work connected with a big
circus tnat moves every day and these
details cannot be attended to. I was
with the elder John Sparks, whose
show w^s here laBt week, when he
was clawed on the hand by a big lion
and died in three days. No better
?an ever lived than John Sparks,
is men loved him like a father because
he was a father to every man
in the circus, from the stake boy up
to the highest salaried man in the
outfit. He did not sit back in his private
car and read reports. He was
everywhere, looking after the smallest
details, and you never knew when
to expect him. The day he was wounded
I had charge of a bunch of lions.
It was one of those off days with the
lions when they appeared to be particularly
vicious. They have those days
just like human beings. It was feeding
time and the lions were hungry.
A door catch on the cage was loose
and Mr. Sparks reached up to examine
it. and as he raised his hand the
lion reached out bis paw and struck
his hand, tearing the fleBh for several
inches. T don't think the lion meant
to hurt iiirn. I have always had an
idea that he meant to play with the
boss. We always keep a bottle of iodine
handy and Mr. Sparks got the
bottle and soaked,the wound. He
bandaged his hand and went on about
his business. The next day he was
' taken ill. We sent for a physician and
the physician pronounced it a case
of blood-poisoning. We put him on a
snecial train and rushed him over to
Cincinnati, but despite the efforts of
skilled physicians he died on the third
day. It Just happened that at this particular
time the lion's claws were infected
with filth he had pcked up in
his cage and the poison got into the
blood before it could be counteracted
with the iodine treatment. The claw
of any caged animal is poisonous,
the same as the finger nail. The best
way to disinfect their claws is to let
them walk in sand. It is not a disease
peculiar to the lion family. I have
been bitten and clawed by lions, but
as luck would have it here was not
filth enough on their claws at the
time to set up blood-poisoning. A
few weeks ago," continued Capt.
Tivrf, exhibiting a bad looking scar
op the outside of his hand, "a monkey
II. V hnH hDAn plvlntr trouhlo hit mA
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through the hand. I used the Iodine
treatment and the hand pot well, but
believe me, I was uneasy for several
days. A monkey's bite is poisonous
and they are dangerous animals with
their teeth." "Where is the monkey
that did the biting?" enquired The
Herald man. A broad smile overspread
Capt. Turf's face. "He is gone
where all bad monkeys go. I killed
him on the spot."
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AUTOMOBILES COLLIDE
With a crash that could be heard
for a mile two Fords came together
at a point near Zack Butler's on the
Dillon-Lake View road Friday night
&/id were badly damaged. In one of
the cars was LaRoque Carmichael
who was returning to his home from
the Fair and in the other was Sank
Moody and a young man by the name
,ur Bass, Dotn or tne uermuda 3ec'llon.
A young lady whose name could
not be learned was In the party.
It is said that the car driven by
young Moody was coming toward Dillon
at a lively gait without lights.
Mr. Carmlchael said that he saw the
car coming and stopped his car. If
both cars had been running at full
tilt there would have been loss of
life.
Both CArs are complete wrecks. Mr.
Carmlchael received a cut on the chin.
The young folks in other car, it is
said, did not tarry lon~ at the scene
of the wreck, but caught a passing
buggy and came on toward Dillon,
/"leaving their car in the road. It is not
* known whether or not they were
L V ajured in any way.
Robbers entered S. G. Rogers'
w tailoring establishment Friday night
and stole clothing valued at several
hundred dollars. Some of the clothing
was found in a lot in the rear or store,
the presumption being that the robbers
had taken more than they could
carry. 9everal Dillon residents who
had clothes in the store were among
the losers.
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THE DILIiOX HERALD
A LAND OF Mll.lv AND HONEY.
"The word 'starvation* has no place
in the south's vocabulary," remarked
Col. It. L. Carmichael, chief of
the War Finance Department, to a
Herald man the other day. Col. Carmichael
has been on a visit to his
1 mother Mrs. Annie Carmichael at
Fork and came up to Dillon to spend
the day at the county Fair. "The
people of this section don't know how
fortunate they are," continued Col.
Carmichael. "The lands around here
will produce in abundance and any
man can mak* with little effort much
more than he can consume. We know,
ot course, that the American is a
much superior man to the Chinaman |
?so much superior that there is no!
room for comparison?and I draw a'
parallel between the two races mere-!
ly for the purpose of illustrating the|
point I have in mind- I spent severali
jyears in China and had an opportun-1
ily to study at close range the China
man and his methods of living. There
are four hundred million people in1
China and the country is denselyI
populated. There are no trees and the
most of the land is rocky and barren.!
A thousand < r more Chinamen live'
or rather ex.ft on a tract of land1
not much larger than a good size Dil-j
Ion county plantation. A man who has'
as much as an acre of this land to
cultivate is considered lucky. They
have a few sheep or goats and grow
a little rice. How do they manage |
to exist, you ask? Why they do not1
eat much?not one-fourth as much as
the average Dillon county family.
And then too they are a long-lived
people and there is not very much disease
among them. They are hard-,
workers and seem to have plenty of
energy. We could live and be healthy
on one-fourth of what we consume.)
We have food in abundance and of i
course we eat too much. Their clotheB1
are not cniilir TVn? -? 1
VWMV./. ywuici I
known as the coolies, wear only one,
garment?a thick, heavily padded
jacket Bewn together in sections like!
a quilt. The upper classes wear silk.I
but silk is cheap over there. Their!
houses are built out of bamboo. Thej
head or tassel of the bamboo is a
tough fibrous stuff which they use for!
roofing and fencing. Necessity being!
the mother of invention, they are'
naturally a very ingenious people and!
utilize every thing the earth pro-'
duces."
Asked how their moral and religious
standards compared with America's,
Col. Carmichael said: "They have a
double moral standard, but they are
intensely religious. Human life Is
cheap. A fellow officer at the post ?
an army surgeon?had a Chinese
servant. The boy asked to be released
for a few days. The officer saw there
was something wrong with him.
Questioning brought out that the boy
was having trouble with a wife who
lived in a distant city.. In a few days
the boy returned. The officer asked
him if he had straightened out his
family affairs. 'Yes,' replied the boy
in a matter-of-fact way, 'I was fined
i $40 for killine th*> man hilt
] eminent paid me $80 for killing the1
, woman ana so I am $40 ahead!' j
"It can be said to China's credit;
that she deals out swift and summary
justice. One day I was a passenger
on a railroad train and saw
a small body of men In the edge of
a swamp engaged in what impressed
me on first sight as being rather a
strange proceeding. I asked what " the
trouble was and was told that officers
had just captured a gang of bandits
and were executing them on the,
spot. No, the people of this country,
and particularly the people of this
section, have no occasioin to worry.
They do not know how well off they
are in this world's goods. We are
living like lords as compared to many
of the other nations of the world." I
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Minturn.
Mrs. L. F. Smoot and baby of Darlington
are visiting Mrs. W. W. Evans.
Mrs. H. C. Hamer of near Clio
spent the week end here with her
father who has been sick for the past
week.
Tommy McSwain a student of
Davidson College spent a few days
last week at his home.
Miss Minnie Usher who has been ill
foi several weeks is now under treatment
at one of the Fayettevllle Hospitals.
Mrs. W. W. Evans and Miss Kate
Evans spent Monday at Red Springs.
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SWEET POTATO CONTEST. ?
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The Herald offers a year's sub
scriptlon fttee to the person bring- *
ing In the largest sweet potato be- *
tween now and November 1st and
six month's subscription to the *
person bringing in the second lar- *
gest potato. There is no other ob
ligation on the part of the contes
tants. The potatoes will be weigh- *
Off by a disinterested party the
day they are brought in, and in *
the issne following November 1st *
the names of the winners will be
announced. TMllon county makes 4
some big potatoes and the idea of *
the contest fs to bdng them out
of hiding so that others may
know what our county is doing.
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A thief went up to Pat and said.
1 "Your money, or your life." Pat replied,
"Take mo life; I'm saving me
money for me old age."
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, DILLON SOUTH CAROLINA, T1
EXTENSION SERVICE.
Council oi Farm Women to Undertake
Community Market.
On October Sth in the ladies' rest
room at the court house the Council
of Farm Wonn ti had its fall meeting.
One purpose of tills meeting was to
decide whether or not the council
would undertake a community market
in Dillon. At the Sprint; meeting
of stiid council a marketing
tec was appointed. After a report
from this committee and a talk on
"marketing" by Mrs. Francos V.
Kline, State Agent, in marketing, a
discussion followed. It was finally do-!
cided that the council would undertake
a market provided a building J
could be secured.
The Marketing Committee now reports
that the people of Dillon have
contributed funds sufficient to erect;
a suitable building for the market.
The Council of Farm Women appreciate
very much this act of the Dillon,
people.
The council is planning to put on'
a campaign for production through-!
out the county before opening the
market on the 1st Saturday in March.
Some of the products expected to sell
best are fresh vegetables and fruits,
poultry, eggs, butter and pork. There
is no reason to believe such products
will not find a ready sale provided
they come up to' standard, and we
must stress standardization.
What are some things we can be
doing now to be ready for the market
when it opens? Begin now with your
fall garden. There is no month in
the year when something shouldn't
be growing in the garden. You
can secure a garden calendar from
the County Home Demonstration
Agent. This calendar will tell you the.
vegetables to be planted each month
of the year. Culling the flock means]
greater egg production. See that you.
get some chickens hatched this fall i
so as to have early fryers for sale. i
In running such a market there'
will be some expense as paper bags
a secretary etc. So to meet these ex-i
penses a small percent of the sales?1
5 percent?will be deducted. There
being no rent or freight bills, people
can afford to sell their produc'.s a
little below the prices at a store.
The Farm Women's Council asks
the hearty cooperation of every com*
munity in Dillon County.
Pretty Home Wedding.
A wedding of unusual interest took
place on Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Marietta Georgia Bethea
when her daughter, Sarah, became
the bride of Mr. E. Roy Ed*wards.
The reception rooms were thrown
together for the occasion and were
simply but beautifully decorated. An
immense bank of ferns, with soft yellow
tapers intermingled, furnished a
lovely background for the room
where the ceremony was performed.
Promptly at half-past three, Mrs.
Jack Watson took her place at the
piano and played the accompaniment
for Misses Eula and Beulah Ilraddy
tJ sing "I Live And Love Thee" and
"At Dawning" after which the notes
of the wedding march were uounded.
Kirs! In enter were the hrirte's ".ic.
ters, Misses Mary and Hettie Bethea.
who wer# the maids of honor and
only attendants, save little Mary Muller,
niece of the bride, who followed
them carrying the ring: in the heart
of a rose on a silver tray. The bride
and groom entered together and the
ceremony which made them man and
wife was performed by Rev. Watson
B. Duncan, D. D., pastor of the bride,
In the presence of a limited number
of relatives and intimate friends. Immediately
following the ceremony, the
i happy couple receive^ the congratulajtions
and good wishes of those prt sient,
and while the guests were parj
taking of a delightful salad course
' with coffee, they slipped away and
started on their honey-moon.
, The bride was beautifully attired
! in a dress of brown crepe and honeydew
trimmings, with accessories to
match. Her bouquet was a shower of
bride's roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Mary Bethea was lovely in a
! dress of brown crepe with honeydew
trimmings and Miss Hettie Bethea
was equally so in one of henna with
bronze trimmings. Each of the maids
carried an arm full of handsome orchid
chrysanthemums. Little Mary
Muller was fairy-like in a costume of
pure white.
The bride is a young lady of charmjir.g
personality and many accomplishments,
being a graduate of Wesleyan
College. She has a large number of
friends who are glad that her marriage
will not take her away from
their midst. The groom, who is a
rising young business man of this
place, has lived here Just n few years
hut during this time has made a
large number of friends who are rejoicing
with him in his good fortune
oif having won so charming a young
woman for his companion.
Orphanage Work Day.
Saturday 29th will be Orphanage
work day for Connie Maxwell Orphanage
among our Baptist people
over the State, and the Sunday school
or the Dillon First Baptist church
will observe the day. and bring ofSunday
morning to Sunday
school. All our Baptist people are
rred tc have a part in this worthy
cause.
W. V. JONES, Supt.
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XVRSDAY M()llXI\(i, OCTOHEK UT,
DILLON CLOSES SECOND FAJIl.|
Everylxxly Has Words of I'raise for
the Many Fine Exluhits.
The second annual Dillon County!
Fair closed in a blaze of glory last
Friday evening. The Fair was a success
from every point of view and
many were the words ol praise heard
oil every hand for the snores of pn-t
ty exhibits that were so attractively
arranged by willing and artistic
hands. The ladies of tie count) con
ii iurncu in no little nmusur* to tl
success of the Fail-, and not only tli*
management. but ewrvbody who saw
the exhibits are deeply appreciative
of the assistance they rend* red.
The community exhibits were fine '
and while it does not look well to
piv<\ special praise to any individual'
exhibit, because they all were pood,
yet the farm products exhibits of;
Mr. Jno. A. Mcitac of Minturn and,
Mr. W. K. Allen of Latta were parti-,
cularly fine. They showed what could!
be done in Dillon county, and visi-j
tors to the Fair who have been con
tcmplating the advent of the boll woe-i
vil with some feelings of apprehen-1
sion were considerably cheered and
encouraged by what they saw In
these two booths.
A feature of the Fair that attracted
no small amount'of attention was
the cattle and hog department, while,
the display in the chicken depart-]
ment was concede^ to be one of the:
best ever seen at a county fair. Out 1
of county visitors were profuse in
their praises of the showing made in]
hnth Hflnaplmontc
The Carnival folk (and they know'
good fairs when they see them because
they have had an opportunity
to see fairs all over the country),
said it was one of the best fairs they
had ever seen. The word got out
among the Carnival folk, so one member
of the Carnival company told a
Herald man, that it was a corking
good fair, and every member of the
Carnival went out to see it?something
out of the ordinary, remarked
the Herald's informant, because fairs
are every-week occasions with the
company.
There were horses here from both
Carolinas and Virginia and the races
were exceptionally fine. The largest
crowd turned out on Friday, school
day, wfien the Tair grounds were
packed until late in the afternoon.
The Fair has outgrown its present
quarters and the directors are of the
opinion^hat more buildings will have
I to be erected before the next Fair is
| held.
The following premiums were
' awarded:
Community Booths.
Latta 1st; NUnturn 2nd; HamerKentyre?3rd:
T.ittle Rock 4th.
Live St<?ok an,j Hops.
C. P. Hayes?1st on Poland China
boar; A. H. Webster?2nd on Poland
|China boar; P. K. Crosby?1st on
Poland China sow; 1st on pips under
6 months; 1st on pips under 12
months. *
I J. F. Bethea?1st on Pnror boar;
T. \W Bethea?2nd on Duroc sow
and pips. T. B. Thompson?1st on
Duroc sow and pips; T. L. Manning?
1st on Duroc sow and 2nd on Duroe
sow and pigs; C. K Culbreth?1st
on junio'T sow; J. h. Carter?1st on
yearling Duroc sow; C. McLaurjn ?
1st onjpen of barrows; L. C. Braddy
,?1st on single barrow. 1st on Berkshire
sow and 2nd on pen of barrows.
C. McLaurin?1st on Hampshire
junior sow pip, 1st on ape Hampshire
sow an^ 2nd on ape Hampshire sow.
P. L. Bethea?1st on Hampshire
boar; W. H. Webster?1st on junior
Hampshire boar; T. B. Thompson?
2nd on age Duroc sow.
Farm Display.
Best individual farm display?W.
! E. Allen 1st, J. A. McRae 2nd.
Best 10 ears corn, white ? C.
McLaurin lBt, B. P. Hayes 2nd.
Best 10 ears corn, yellow?Walter
Bripman 1st, G. L. Carmichael 2nd.
Best prolific corn?G. L. Carmich
' ael.
Best sheaf of oats?S. W. Epps 1st,
S. W. Epps '2nd.
Best 1-2 bushel oats?Howard Be;thea
1st, S. W. Epps 2nd.
, Best 1-2 bushel rye?J. E. Norton
2nd, S. W. Epps 1st.
i Best peek peas?J. E. Norton 1st,
i J. E. Norton 2nd.
i Best collection of peas?W. Gaddy.
Best collection, peck velvet beans?
)W. H. Stanton 1st, A. V.Bethea 2nd.
i Best peck Pimento Pepper?Walk!er
Floyd.
Best 1-2 bushel sweet potatoes ?
; J. F. Tindal 1st, Levi Jackson 2nd.
Best pumpkin?M. H. Hyatt 1st.
Best head collard?Mrs. L. C.
; Braddy 1st.
Best 1-2 bushel Irish potatoes ?
Mrs. C. L, Wheeler 1st, Walker Floyd
, 2nd.
Best bu peanuts?Mrs. C. L.
Wheeler 1st.
Best pk onions?Mrs. L. C. Braddy
1st.
Best 1 pk tomatoes?Mrs. C. L.
| Wheeler.
| Best individual display grapes ?
' W. Gaddy 1st.
Best quart pecans?A. V. Bethea
1st. Mrs. D. A. McCallum 2nd.
Best 12 stalks Sorpum?Howard
Bethea 1st.
Best 6 stalks ribbon cane?P. K.
Crosby 1st, S. W. Epps 2nd.
Best quart Sorpum Syrup? Mrs.
L. C. Braddy 1st.
Best display tobacco, not less than
1 lb?L. L. Stephens 1st, D. S. Hicks
ralih |
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l-'Allt WKKK It.K'KS.
Ftdluwinp art' he results of the
races held at tie Kail grounds last!
w? ek:
IT T > t 1st Idol llurpen, owned 1
by Mtl.autin; 2nd. Hal Boy. own< (
by s. K. Ear up.
2.2't l^t \t; Adeline, owned
by J. II. (libsnt . 2n 1 Boy ('.entry, (
owned by Hubert I.ester.
2.11 1- . .Sella llrooke, own |
by K. < . and John Bopers; 2nd.'
S . 1, . .. I .. .
.?i<i t >-.vi?u i?\ Mwtssm !in
oi i;n shorn. N. C.
2 :i" Tint? i<t. lvtcr Baron, own ,
eu by K. '1 KiPott; 2nd. San Gab-' (
liol, owtud by J. C. Davis.
Free for all Pari-?1st. J. L. Jr. (
owned by R. Jl. Pluxico. of York; 2nd. ,
Dan Spencer, owned by L. 1'. Christ- 1
n.an ?l
2.18 Pace-?1st. Don Silvia, owned ,
by Swisshelm of Greensboro, N*. C.; .
2nd. Barney Edwards, owned by J. '
Smith.
2.12 Trot?1st. Linara Watts, (
owned by K. B. Pluxico. of York; j
2nd. Northern Charm, owned by C. (
Swisshelm. of Greensboro. X. C.
2.20 Trot?1st. Peacherino, owned |
by Henry Wiygins; 2nd. Virginia C. ]
Forbes, owned by \V. N. Reynolds, J
ot Winston-Salem, N. C. ..
2.15 Trot?1st. Idol Burgen, own- j ]
t-u uy \j. Mci<aunn; :na. nni Hoy, 11
ownvd by S. E. Earing. ,
A feature of the race Friday was
the paced mile by Grace Direct with j
a record of 2.9 Vi. The time wag
2.0CV4, which broke the South Caro- .
lina record.
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Fork.
Mrs. S. A. Owens spent last week
in Dillon with her daughter. Mrs.
Maxcy Adams.
Miss Annie Weatherly spent the
week end at her home at Minturn.
Mrs. Ruby Fort Carmiehael spent
a few days last week at Dillon with
.Misses Eutha and Mildred Carmich,
ael.
| Miss Thelma Rogers has returned
xo Columbia College after spending
some time at home,
j Misses Sadie Plnyer, Mollie Williams
and Messrs. Hubert Welch and
Ben Bethea spent the week end at
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Impooini; on the Doctor*.
"The public has no idea how often a
physician is placed in on awkward position,"
remarked a prominent physician
the other night to a Herald man.
I "For instance." continued the physician,
"if a person gets hurt out
'there on the street every physician in
itown will be called by this or that
i person. If it is not a very serious or
! aggravated case one physician would
'be sufficient. Then when the bill is
'rendered the person who was injured
and received this prompt attention
feels that he should not pay more
than one physician, and so then you
are. And then again in oases of aecijdent
the physician uses bandages
jand medicines which cost him money,
and the chances are, unless it is a
reliable person, he will not get one
cent for his services or his supplies.
!Not long long since a father brought
me a little child who had a broken
arm. The father demanded the best .
of service. When 1 had dressed the:
child's arm the man turned to ntej
and said: "1 haven't got the money!
new, but I'll pay you Saturday." If
he had told me in the beginr.ini: thati
he did not have the inonev I would
in;??- imiuKui more ui mni, ou; ne
'did not mention the pay until the'
child's arm was dresrod. 1 would have!
dressed the child's arm anyway, even!
! if I had known that I would not K'*t
' a penny for it. hut too often the pub j
ilk* takes advantage of the physician
l in this way. It is one of those prob-1
jlems of the profession and we do not
know how to overcome it. Not onlv
; does the physician at times f ive his
j services free, but it rosls him actual
I money in the way of supplies."
Ihtcwbvterv in Session.
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Pee Dee Presbytery convened at
; the Dillon Presbyterian church
: Tuesday and remained in s.-sslon
ithroughout Wednesday, every hurch
in this district being represented. Onei
{of the principal duties of Presbytery
| is to look into the finances of the
ivarious churches and missionnr\ organizations
under their control, and
the financial condition was found to
! be very satisfactory. Yesterday the
(ladies of the Presbyterian church
j gave the delegates a luncheon nt the
! church building which was greatly
jenjoyed.
Mr. B. A. Bedenbaugh came up
from Charleston Sunday and spent the
day with Mrs. Bedenbaugh who is
tvislting Mrs. D. M. Michaux. Mr. Bejdenbaugh
says he is well pleased with
I his new home but it is a great pleasur
to gel back to Dillon every now
and then and shake hands with old
friends.
2nd.
Best sunflower?L. A. Manning 1st
Best (juart strained honey?Walker
Floyd 1st
Best exhibit hanging comb? Walkeer
Floyd 1st.
Best short staple bale of cotton ?
A. A. Campbell 1st. J. W. Williamson
2nd.
Best long staple bale of cotton ?
F. C. Small 1st, James Hamer 2nd.
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Fnuiiiccr Johnson I'lvsentv His Side
of the Controversy.
Tin- iItlit' i i.?il'un Herald:
I>r. Stat khoi;.'<> lias publirhfd both
n To ii> r.ild a. <i in the Stale artili't
on tl Pet Dee Bridge affair in?orr?-ot
i?. !-. even In his
iicIuj . 'I. . th* r? v ill !>? no
l?ridn?- ' !' . Dn at Mars
Liliili Ferry.
Ho sa\ ill., a n trael wuh made
< >mii m. i iuu ui a oriuge b.
iiu ( ii'mvf the A. C L On that
lutstion th" wiuer i. uninformed except
by hearsay. Marion and Florence
officials on the Brid^i Commission
say that no contract was made Dr.
Stackhouse probably knows better
For, 1 am informed, that he was rep-esented
at ti.?* meetin;:, when this
illefjed contract was made by his
on as iiis proxy.
He says that a heavy re(| line
irawn from this proposed site to
Dillon on the blue print made his
friends at Marion seek to avoid being
>ide tracked in highway matters. The
bridge that will bt built at Mars
Bluff Ferry will give the same opportunity
for this direct road to Dillon
in(j will save S-10 of a mile between
Dillon and Florence over that possit>l?
where the Highway Commission
?cnt?'nded the bridge should be built_
Marion runs the same risk of being
side tracked with the bridge at
Mars Bluff Ferry as if the bridge
were built where Dr. Stackhouse has
always wanted it: Near his own
plantation.
Dr. Stackhouse knows that before
the Oct. 15th meeting that all figures
for crossing the Pee Dee were
for a high water roa^ and that the
Highway Commission and Florence
and Marion counties calculated thai
at Mars Bluff Ferry it would be possible
at about $280,000. He now say*
however that the great divergence is
cost is due to the fact that Marioji
and Florence counties have always
compared cost of a highwater road
by the State Highway Commission te
a low water structure by themselves.
He entirely fails to say that the
Government Engineer at the October
meeting said of all solutions for
crossing the Pee Dee that a low water
road with a highwater bridge, of
course, was the best possible solu
tion and that it had been eliminated
pimply because federal aid could trot
be had on such a structure. This i*
exactly the solution that Marion and
Florence counties had arrived at
some months ago, thereby saving
$130,000 as comparer to a hlchwater
structure at Mars Bluff Ferry and
about $400,000 at any pXioe suggested
by the Stale Highway Commission
or the Federal Aid Bureau. This designed
low water road will interrupt
traffic about one day each year, probably
leR9 and instead of boinp a fewinches.
only, hipher than the present
road it will be about 5 feet hipher.
There is no objection to the crossing
at Cheraw, and it too is below ertreme
hiphwater
This road will be built by Florence
and Marion counties and vriH
cost them just about the same
amount as if they had pone into the
other proposition, a.id they will owr.
the bridpe and road. Tolls wjll pay
its nuiintainence, upkeep, interest an*
! tire the cost. No additional ta*
burden will be placed on the people
of either county as the bridge wifl
be paid for by those who use it. The
expenditures by the Federal Aid >
Government. Dillon county. Berkeley
and Charleston counties will be saved
and only those from those counties
who cross the bridge will participate
in the cost thereof
Dr. Stackhouse seems to have entirely
forgotten that Florence and
I Marion counties alone are burdened
with maintainence of this construction
and that once begun they alone
are irrevocably committeed to the
completion, regardless of cost. ft
seems to make no difference to "Dr.
Stackhouse if the first cost would
run about $600,000 or .f the main
tninence would be a per annum eoid
of J10.000. Of course Dillon county
[was to pay ? 2 5.000 no more, no less,
and he can affor^ to b? as indifferent
to cost
Dr. Stackhouse has interrupted
promising plans to cross the Pee Dee
before and always on the ground!
that it must be crossed above the A. C.
L K. R. had he been sincere it "bit
efforts to secure a crossing of the
Pee Dee. either at this latter or at
former times, if would not now be
necessary for Florence and Marion
counties to undertake it alone.
Dr. Stackhouse's closing remarks
are just as insincere as the other
parts of his publication. He does noft
fear at all that we have lost our opportunity
to secure a bridge r.croas
the Pee Dee. what he really fears is
that we will have a bridge at "Mars
Bluff Ferry and more remote from
his special Interests and that, therefote.
he has lost his opportunity to
secure a bridge at great unnecessary
expense to the public, in close proximity
to his plantation. He knows A
that the bridge as and where plan- \
ned is easily in the financial reach
of Florence and Marion counties,
that It will give all legitimate bene- c
fits sought or desired an<j that It will
bo in all respects stable and depend- ?
able. J
Yours very truly,
J. M. JOHNSON.
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