The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 21, 1921, Image 4
ARMY TRUCKS DAMASK*
HU(? Kngliwr Tells of Road Coiidl
tlons in Richland and Kernhaw,
t Thursday's State
Ariuv trucks en route from Cum;,
.lark-son to ?,;liii|) N.-O., i>?
inis.siiiK "\fi the Twti N'oteh road in
l(ichl*?nd county liuve d<?U<' consider
able damage and in passing on through
Kershaw county 1 1 ik vi' seriously dttM
ag??d 1 1 1 ;i t JiiuUvviiy, ao-oiding to <' II
MoorvfieiU. -lute highwa> engineer.,
I >r,v weather tind army trucks driven
at a high rate of s|>ced have conspired
to nntki* the main tenant work <U f fi
cult, < *st i>i . Moorefleld, says -though
he has a maintenance squad at work
4k>Ui In KcrsUuw a hj i Itichlaud coun
ties.
The matter of highways damaged by
army trucks has been taken up with
the commander or Camp Jackson. Cap
tain Moorefleld says, -and a reply Iron)
the army officer will likely soon be
received.
Thn highway in Itlchland county has
not been nearly so badly damaged as
'has the road iri Kershaw county; The
itlchland county highway was better (
<?n>?trueted rhevaur facing being thicker
than that in KtM>baw. The Kershaw
county highway was not a federal aid
project and the work was Inexpensively
done, according to the state highway
engineer, and the army trucks have
broken through the surfacing, dnmng
big It materially.
When the first big convoy left <'amp
Jackson en rout'*? to .(J amp Eustls some
time ago, there was an understanding
to the effect that damages done to
roads and bridges by the passage of
the heavy vehicles would be repaired.
The convoy left at a low rate of speed,
with weather favorable to the pres
ervation of the highways and prne
tically no danuig&/was dptie. Captain
Moorefiejd vji y k .
The trucks leaving Camp Jackson
now. however, are "legtimate" traffic,
in that they are not of a weight pro
hibited to travel over th?j ronds. There
i.i no agreement with the government
to repair highway damages done b\|
the traffic now passing over it.
Fleets of army (rucks, ranging in
number from -iO to 100 vehicles?" are
passing over the roads at frequent In
tervals. conveying army equipment and
material' from Canrp Jackson to Camp
Hrauu and returning for other loads.
Some of these trucks move at a good
.speed it i-< said. ?Pnd the dry weather
has con t r Mm I ed , ton, in the- damage!
. resulting
< 'aptain Moorefield -.aid a protest
bad been received from Darlington
county on aecount of damage alleged
to have been done the road via So
ciety II iU to Cheraiv. Tho desire was
expressed. Captulu Moorefield said, for
the trucks to U?o one road rather than
use otH* highway until It was badly
damaged nd thivn twitch to some other
route. ?
The damage to (Ik1 Hichlauri eouuty
loud ?utu he quickly repaired with fa
vorable Weather 1 1?** highway engineer
> a y s .
(Mauri X Sap|?, number <?f tin- Kich
land i'ouuiy delegation, uaid yestvrduy
t hat t lit ? highway in Kershaw county
?ih hjt<ll\ dtt inn ti? ? ? I . deep holes having
developed where i ho surfacing lius
been bivken hy the passage of vehlclofl.
He also >aid thai the 'damage oil the
llh'hluuri county ^hlu of the road was
tint so as that ill KershUW.
< ieorge- I I ta I* ? ? i . of the* Itiehlund
county permanent roads commission,
said that. IiC had lu?at'ri that damage
hud lieeu done hut had not actually
gone over tho road recently.
m
(I. L. Mofoley Dead.
<; I,. Mobiey of Heath Springs, died
Sunday after a short illness. Mr.
i Mobiey was a prominent citizen and
for many year* wan a men>l>er of tUO
I county lum r<I of KUjHMTlsors. He is
I survived hy his wife and f/ve children,
Mrs. ,f. R Caskey, It. I\, U. (>. H J and
Truman Mobiey, all of Heath Springs.
Mr. M old cy was about 50 years oh!.
Funeral services wore conducted Mon
day afternoon from the UUiftth Springs
Baptist church, hy Uev. Stem u el Long.
Inter incut wu.*- ii* Saioin cemetery. --
Lancaster Ncw.s.
To Kv- Service Men and Women,
10 very white person, of Kershaw
county, who served in any branch of
the Army, Navy, Marine. Corps, Red
Cross in active service, Nurse Corjw ?r
other arm is urged to furnish by mail
to 11. M. Kennedy, Jr., Camden. S. C?
the name, branch of service, dates ojf
enlistment and discharge, and name
and number of outfit when discharged.
If more convenient, drop by the \VU
I in ins Insurance Agency and write
this information in the book there pro
videri for tho purpose.
If 3* on were in the Service do this
without delay.
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KM feet and extending to a depth of
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I'OK HUNT? Tract .of land UnoAvn :i - ]
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SYRrKK WIlX NOT PKKVKNT
Holding of Reunion in Chattanooga J
Says Publicity Director.
Chattanooga, T|?nn. (K-t. 10. ? The on.
ly thing that Is worrying the officials
of the Confederate reunion committee
now is the possibility of a railroad
strike on the evoulug of October 30,
and even that should not prevent the
attendance of nil people In the Con
federate /.one of the country upon the
reunion. AH of the committee's pre
parations to entortaiu a largo crowd
of people ure about completed, and the
hope is entertained that -fear of a rnii
wuy strike will not deter any who
have made their arrangements to be
in Chattanooga upon the. reunion oc
casion.'; The committee, in the first
instance,, does not 'believe there will be
a strike, !>nt even if there is every
visitor can leave Chattanooga as late
ns October the day after the re
union Closes, and reach their homes
before the strike begins. They can
travel from Chattanooga to tiie Atlan
tic seaboard in L'l hours; from Chatta
nooga t<? central Texas in, 30 hours;
from Chattanooga to the Mexican bol
der in is hours; from Chattanooga toj
St lionis fin hours; from Chatta
nooga to Uiehinoud \'a.. in 23 hours;]
and from Chattanooga to the <s?nter of
confederate territory in less than one
day!
?'(?"iH than one da>.
Six\!\ hours will elapse between the
morning of October L?y and the time
set i or the .railroad strike, aud in
that time u person can rule almost to
Oonvor, Colo., or to Kansas City in a
little more than half the time. It is
easily pos.siblo for 05 per cent of tho
people who attend Confederate re
unions to leave Chattanooga on the
morning of October 29, two days after
the close of the reunion ami reach
their homes before the date of the
railroad strike arrives. Hence it ap
pears positively sure that no visitor to
the reunion Is i it the least danger of
becoming stranded even if the strike
materializes on schedule time.
The railroads hare made public
their reunion tariff sheet, providing
for the purchase of round trip tickets
for the reunion occasion! The price of
tickets from all stations to Chatta
nooga is printed in the tariff in bold
figures so that there can not possibly
be any misunderstanding about either
the cost of tickets or the privilege of
buying round trip passage. As a inof
tcr of fact these printed prices are for
the round trip, clearly so stated in
the tariff sheet. The fares are re
markably low for these ijeunion tick
??ts. The. local agents will doubtless
supply the public with all the informa
tion contained in the tariff sheet, both
as to price of tickets and the route of
travel to and from Chattanooga. They
have been supplied with all this iu
iforiu'ition and it i< now ptiblie pro.
; I'crl y.
?
Some complaint has reached re
union headquarters that loeul agents
were not supplying Information
upon ivque.it about reunion tickets,
This la- k of information is duo to the
fuct that not until Friday of last week
hail the raid way officials vast of the
river completed their tafiff sheets,
and in advance of this very important
work, n<> official information could he
inqmrted t<? the local agents. Those
agents who may have given informa
tion wen- speaking without official
sanction, and in ^omo instances the in
formation they gave the public was in
cornvt.. <>ne of these complaints c4?me
to i.he committee from Mayesville, Ky..
to the effect that the Joeal agent there
had Riven out tin? information that tin
cost of a ticket to Chattanooga would
he $0.50 one way only. The printed
tariff sheet shows the cost of a round
trip ticket from Mayesville, Ky., to
Chattanooga is $0.50. The agent at
Mnyesvillo had doubtless heard that
,? reunion tickot to Chattanooga would
.coat the figure quoted and that it w?,?
a one-way ticket. It Is 310 miles from
MayesvlUe to Chattanooga, or 032 for
j Un- round trip by the nearest route.
| S( i.^r iou <>f another route doubtless ei
1 "In ins t h?? slight discrepancy between
the rate ami the mileage. Other com
plaints havo come from Texas, Ark
auSas and Oklahoma, but the facts are
that not until this week had tho South
western Passenger Association Issued
official orders to their ticket agente
in that territory. Their rate is one
[ cent g, mile west of the river, the
j same that the Southeastern Passenger
I Association has given east of tho
Mississippi. Official knowledge of
the rate i.s now in the hands of ull
raihvay agents in the territory covered
t?y these passenger associations.
Muriel MeCormick, granddaughter
of John I). Rockefeller, is preparing
for the stage. .
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