The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 28, 1920, Image 8
THK (MRNKK'K FKKKY ItltllM.K
In the Ihmuc of the ( 'olumbbt
\VodiUwda v I- un Mop) of- new* regard
lug Dk* nicotinic 'of tlu' Columbia ' Auli/
motlvc Ti n do AjjffOclfttlon hi wit lob tt
appears that (lie pooph* of Nuuntor 0QUn
is W. iv \CJ\ 1III\||IU? Indeed (? <*>|?*
pleto a h|)Ul#0 m;hI <n? t the
Sautre flVor at liarncr':. <TOKtd?g.
Till# kpttop, after reciting Ibc fact
thai Suiiiit r County had VOtod In favor
of !?<?!?< I ~ in the amount of $J, olio, <MM?,
which, with supplementary
funds fl^ycifttHuy bptw^ $500,000 tlix)
$7r>0,tMM> dorlvoti from tin* I'tilloU S'ates
(iovcrnuiout, automobile and truck tax,
other vehicle luxe* and ro?<j funds
< would undoubtedly give her IlM inih>s
of hard iUrfiM^ed roods, constituting
a mala 'highway sy?U?Q of road* loading
from Ilk* city to the county Hiion l?n
frrs that hot people an* readj to meet
the 'people of Klehhind (Vanity in tlu*
Irtil'dlng of a permanent bridge and up
proavlu's over tlu* Watered* at <1h riivr'H
Ferry and urges the Automotive Trade*
AssMlation to gel huny on t4je proixNb
tion.
There ik' |QiQlit hard headed
newt iiu'.i1 In this city and county who
full to soe whore thin additional outlay
of money will benefit her people to any
appr<vlal?Je extent. lOsjHH'kNy so when
coupled With Che fact that her jKsople
tire now staggering under a tremendous
v burdeu of taxation, which will Ik? iu
"tt'ttatHlus 800II as the work on the hard
surfaced roads 1h commenced;
The I'uIUhI Stales jKOvenimeivt ha.s a
fund avalllble at this time from whltsh
they can dra w $75,000.00 for their part
of the bridge, provided an additional
sum of f>" 5,000.00 ils paid to the fund
from the counties of Richland and Sum
ter. Sumter County's share of thin
would he $;i7,o00.00, which would cover
otnly the bridge proper. On the Sumter
County side there Is nearly four raiflea
of Hwaurj), ami on ithls road there WfW
Ih? three or four bridges to build, some
of them a Length of 00 feet or more.
To build a temporary road through fhls
swamp ciunpjr*.stMl of .^VUdelay with
gravel surface, which It is i'tfllJUU-ted
would be dry ulxmt nine tenths of the
year the cost has been estimated at $L\
?VK).. On the Highland side the swamp Is
approximately a mile wide and (hi1 cost
of building th<' approach to <this bridge
would In* 'nominal, and they woiifld prof
it. in ii< 'J i more by the creatiou of this
l?rid*n> than Sumter Qounty would.
ilbe r<?(l from Sumter to Cam dun is
one of Itie mo?t hettvHy travelled roads
In this county. It Is a through line,
not only to Columbia, but autos ?oiu?
to Hock Illtl, I>anoaster, Ga&tonla, Char
lotte, (Jiveusboro, "11 use tin? road to
(lamdon, leaving Columbia far to the
left. For this reason the iburd roads
commission wtH In all probability jxiy
Hjuvial attention to the building of this
road, as "the most benefit tu the rnewt
people" will probably l?e their slogan.
With <a hard road from Sumter to the
Kershaw County line tihe principle rea
son for tbe iM'Ople of the Hngood section
leaving Sumter (V?unty will doubtless
lie removed. For business reason* the
fieopir of Oamdcn will endeavor to meet
the bard road builders at the county
line with a hard surface road to C-am
den. Columbia is rouohiug out toward
Camden ?is rapidly as itosslhle with
tlhe same work.
Autists do not care so much fop tlhe
length of the read provided It is a
first class road, and with a bridge at
darner's Ferry they would prefer the
extra miles on a good, hard road via
Camden than to?try to negotiate a tefiv
mile stretch of sand and swamp road
that at times is under water, while
heavily loaded trucks would hardly use
this road at all.
The Earner's Ferr\ road <-oiild not
be expected to assist Sumter in any
way financially, except in indirectly
giving Sumter business men and pleas
ure seekers 11 more direct route to the
State capital Northern traffic could
not l>< cxiMfied to j>ass* Sumter and use
IhU rn.nl neither could Sumter mer
chant- c\|ni t !<? . I m w trade from t'he
Miclil I lid ?ide of the river that has
been a<*cust<?in?-i| to ? i i < ?_; to Columbia.
This would not 1>?- the ease with a
bridge across the Watorce at l'ickney's
I .a tiding. for i! would o|? n a direct line
of travel from I'amdci. and the north
1 hi i it ' ?? Souch. and Sumter could r<>;i
-<Mijibl\ e\ jieo! trade from that section.
The board of county commissioners
did not take \ erv kindly to the dar
ner's 1-Vrry propositi"!) and only Mt<*
<*vdcd In souring a majority for the
projoM |?\ the vote . ?f the chairman,
while in the vote by the hard roads com
mission Uhe question was lost.
?Sumter county i?eoj?.e are not taking
up every question and settling it ortly
with the idea "f "progress." l'rogress
iveness and aggressiveness are alright
Ln their legitimate Kplieres but there are
questions whkih arise which cannot be
put dwr simply on the idea of projrn?s
iveness. -iSutnter Herald.
IMcnic
The trailers of the Marvin lllll
school will give a picnic next Friday
June 4th, at U>e old grove, near the
(3oi?t>ty Home. Kvery body is lnvite?l
to come and brLng well filJod baskets
and enjoy ft days outing.
Have you a Htf4e drama ln your fami
ly? See "My Husband's Other Wife"
at tbe Majestic Tuesday.
rwo hundred two hunprep
TWO HUNDRED TWO HUNDRED
TWO HUNDRED TWO HUNPRI
IF YOU ARE NOT PI^OUD OF IT DO YOU KNOW THIS
TOWN YOU WILL BE PROUD OF? THE ANSWER IS JOIN
? r v ?' ^ " . ? '? /" ' V' "
IF YOU ARE pftOUD OF IT THEN YOU CANNOT REFUSE TO JOIN THIS ORGAN,
IZATION WHICH IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL BODY OF REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS
MEN ANY COMMUNITY CAN IlXvE. IT IS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH SUPPORTS
?IN FACT, WORKS WITHOUT CHARGE? FOR THE BETTERMENT AND WELFARE
OF EVERY CITIZEN. IT HAS NO INDIVIDUALISM? IT HAS THE INTEREST OF THE
COMMUNITY AT HEART. IT HAS NO "AXES TO GRIND." IF YOU ARE ONE OF
THOSE "AXE GRINDERS" THE QUICKEST AND SUREST^- WAY TO RID YOURSELF
OF THAT MALADY IS TO , ; \
Join The
Tuesday, June 1st
WILL BE THE DAY THE COMMITTEE WILL SEEK YOUR SUPPORT. Y OU
MUST JOIN.- EVERYONE NEEDS COOPERATION? AND COOPERATION CAN BE GAIN
EI) THROUGH THE CHAMBER QUICKER THAN ANY OTHER WAY.
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THINK! ACT QUICK! HELP YOURSELF BY HELPING THIS ORGANIZATION
WE GUARANTEE THAT IN TWO WEEKS TIME YOU WOULD NOT HAVE STAYED OUT
OP THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE DUES.
Big things can and will be done by this organization
but it must have 200 live and active members.
REMEMBER 200 IS OUR GOAL. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT. IF YOU ARE
NOT IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR YOU WILL BE BRANDED A DEAD ONE IN CAMDEN.
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STATIC iw chiui:ahvT^
Me\ir?it Commonwealth hi WhWh \
tural KlvluH AImiuimI.
.Ohlhnuhua, Mexican haffer ^
U-uUteiK U r th<- tVv<rtu41<m, is desrrlfej
the following hullvtin fi\?n ^
iritflon. I>. 0., hm<lquartvr?i of tiw \
tlonal Oeujimtihie ftooftety;
of Moxlean status aati rfc
t'*t ill nuoureea, OMh?al)U? htt* tn %?
about twice that o( PenuaybiDii b
a poiMifUi'tlon only two* third* rt*t
i?ltt*3>urK. Were hmd*
amt#>? Its elthwu er^rj five lWrso
ml?ht have more than a aqurnv mli*.
"8ueh uMotWlGlltg WOHlU r?ttVt mi,
quintet* of owners fftlwlowty rfcfc.j
a ('rtHittw nritfltt envy the we*^
#oo& cUilhuaUua milieu. iw*t ^
of tfcetw lt? the ULstorW- 8uufct HQhl
7 miles aouitheaat of Chihuahua Q|
discovered in 1700, but not yet exfci?
<*1 from wfcirti have corn* mtlUoiu
dollars worth of hRv?\ Mauy of |
stiver ml|K? posses* on* of 50, flu g
cvt'ii 75 ihm- cent metal, ana there >cu
from one Chihuahua mtno a tclaut bi
get of qj^fly WO tpbonds of a'loKMt pg
silver. . ?'%?
/"Gold, lewd, iron and copper -w I
mined. Fawning u a major iJdL2]
of Chihuahua, ?m,i u ^ k<J^S1
htfed by irrigation project*,
agricultural output has been e?thr??,!
under normal conditions, to be oo^Ij
fourth as valuable as tbo minto* Z '
tte raising to. extensive. But t^J
recent. and potenrtiaMy One of tfe 3
valuable industries of the state uSj
eonnected with the vast tfo**^ ^
and turpentine wero derived from so* ;
Of the mountain .timber.
' " Four- fifths of Chihuahua cooAftl
of undulating table^atods, for tbT3
pnrt thousands of feet above ?e* w.
offerijig extremes of temperatuiv fo* "
the bleak snow^clad peaks in
*o the oppressive heat of alleys b '
midsummer. Rich in resource a, jJ
the state, taken as a whoio. m
broad arid, decent-like area*. ?
"In Chihnatoua grows the agave, *;?
tune's own ahtidobe for **ke
deadly also to the reptMe Whkfc tail*1
Its Juice. the curious Chihuahua dof ~
if UJs pedigree can be verified, Is all
moat 'worth hLs weight in gold, TM
liny, siekfly, rat-sized cton-luce have 3
compared to the sleeve doga of CtoaaJ
A 'butterftydog* of highest degtJ
should weigh least than two pounds.
"At Guanajuato is the * BastOM
Mexico, the Alhondiga de Oranadtt?3
once a grain market, later x prMri
where ttie head of Hidalgo was dfc:
fcflayed on a ?pike for a decade as aj
warning to , other revoWHwtitd
Though IIida?go was executed (tffi
years before his trial was condodiS
incidentally) and hts army dlsperstij
he is known asthe "author of MtUpjjj
(liberty.' He rang Mexico's Itbertykff
on his ohurcrh- at DoJorvs in 1BJ||
sounding the t o<>in of the future fr?
dom and long era* of prosperity, inter-l
rupted by d Isturba noes itf the last M
years.
"Traces of the Apaches, once tk:
'crudest and most treacherous n? la
the world,' are; to be found in (JiN*:'
a a are many cliff dweflln*
Aztec mounds and various other mi*
which have not been studied. Thee#
quest of these Aptfohes was (me of tl*
moat ?li f f icult tasks of tfce white maa'#
effort 'toward peaceful devetoj&Mflt ?f
Mexico.-. The poetically Inclined n?7
conclude that nature, aa well, as tl?
natives, helped make Chihuahua toboa
pit a bio. For many kinds of iflant**'
l?ectally in the deserts, are thorny^
prlcjjfly. EspeclflSly is this true
prolific cactus. More-over, one n*#*
commeuts,' "The' mountain ride* P**
sent the most Angular summits, tenw
'mating in pyramidal points, or resem
bling towers or minarets.'
"Near Santa Rosalia, famous for *
mineral watery reputed to be heifW
for treatment of rheumatism, are xt ita
of the fort taken' by American
which marched through Chib?*hflilt
1848 to Join General Zacbary
Gets Life Sentence
RockviTle, Md., May 25.?
of life Imprisonment In the MtoryU*
I>oivi tenttaxy were given Clarence ^
Grace. Cothron, both formerly of
FUa., in circuit court here today f<*0*
killing last Jtme near here of Bo#*
Jenest, a negro chauffeur. Oothfl*
?ow is serving a lite sentence ifl t*
Maryland penitentiary for killing Jd*
Twelden of Philadelphia, a?so a
chauffeur, jand Mrs. Otbron to ??*
lng a. four year term in the saa?e pd*
on for kidnapping a Baltimore |W
Moral
Two merchants bid for Fortome'i
Vnv the aeAf-eame field of Mbor.
One had the senna to advertise
And boo 11 bought out tote neifM**"
I*>#ton Transcript.
A despatch fpr Deo Molpeq k^T
aays eb*^ M. W. Olair, of BalU??V
ha? been dectcd as the second of ***
negro bishop* of the Metodtot ft1'*0'
l*a* church. - | 'pji- .
We win tmj alt die nUmooy * 'J*-'
* * 41vore* after aeefeg
Other Wife," a heart <MJJ
J!** life sod family Jofftj?|
abown at the Uajevdc Tuesday of**
week.
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