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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1922
"TOO CLEAN FOR POLITICS"
"He's better off, for he was too
clean for politics." To Congressman
Stoll's friends, and especially his
county folk, was his defeat in the
recent campaign a distinct disappointment,
and the above quotation repeated
frequently in reference thereto,
correctly expresses the opinion of
those who have liveti nearest to him
and who know him best.
But is it not a sad state of affairs
when men with strength of character
who do not stop to ordinary tactics
of the present-day common place plane
of political life, prelering to depend
upon merit, experience and fitness,
rather than win by tricks and trades,
or through smothe and cunning practices,
are lost to the sen-ice of the
country solely by some quick or qrestionable
shuffle of the cards?
Can it be possibly true that many
people prefer to be humbugged, and
rather accept the shady side of political
practices than to demand clean,
clearcut statemanship?
Citizens Inspect Santee Bridge.
While making the political campaign
for nomination to the state
senate, Hon. S. A. Graham in speaknf
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ing any person desiring to go, his
services in showing them the construction
of the bridge and ap
proaches.
i Taking advantage of Mr. Graham's
generous offer about thirty of us,
; citizens from different parts of the
j county, assembled on the north bluff
of the Santee swamp Friday morning,
. September 15, and started out through
the great swamp with Mr. Graham
as our pilot.
'1 he first impressive vision to greet
our eyes on approaching the swamp
was the clear streak of open roadway
five miles long, extending from
the bluff on the Williamsburg suie
to the bluff on the Berkeley side, the
only obstruction to the view being
the drawer span of the bridge resting
upon its pier in the Santee river,
anil which seemed to reach from one
1 side of the clearing to the other.
On entering the swamp we first
came to the fill or dam being constructed
by Mr. P. 0. Arrowsmith.
i He has about 550 feet of fill built
: and is now constructing 800 feet tresling
around the place left for the
| concrete bridge,and by the time this
| article is published he will have com1
pleted the trestling and will be haulI
ing dirt for the second section of the
1 fill. One does not realize the immensity
of the work until one walks
I out on the high fill about 30 feet
wide and looks down upon the earth
1 about thirty feet below. After view
'ing the work earned on Dy Mr. Arrowsmith,
off we started through the
opening crawling over fallen trees,
walking logs over creeks, sloughs,
jumping mudholes and bogs. Right
here, I shall state that while our party
was composed only of the sterner
sex, they varied as to ages and sizes
ranging from 12 to 70 years of age
j and from 75 to 250 pounds averdupois,
and when a brother of the heavier
'weight tackled a slimy log across a
| stream or a bog there was often
| a scene that brought laughter from
j the rest of us at the expense of the
actor. We soon reached the San tee
river, where the bridge is being built.
At this place the river is about 125
yards wide. The bridge across the
I river will rest on five large concrete
piers, three of which are already
i complete ana reaay ior me superJ
structure. The two piers on the Wil.
liamsburg side of the river are not
: yet built, but the contractors were
busy pumping mud and water out of
| one of them preparatory to pouring
in cement. Our party were very j
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much interested in the machinery
used for pumping. The engine and
j pump were one piece of machinery
jsuspended over the pier by a cable
I from a skidder and could be raised
or lowered at will in order to pump
the water from any part of the pier.
The camp used by the people conj
structing the bridge is built at the
edge of the river, on piling sufficiently
high to be above high water. This
building rudely constructed is two
| stories high and is well screened.
Mr. Pennell, who is general manager
of the construction of bridges,
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liver in small boats. He and Mr.
Roberts, engineer for the state highway
department, went with our party
over on the Berkeley county side
of the river, and were exceedingly.
j courteous and generous in their effort
to show us things of interest.
For about one-half mile again we
crawled over fallen trees, walked
| logs, jumped mudholes, etc., until
we came to the fill on the Berkeley
jside. There we waited for a half an
hour or more for a dirt train. At
i last it came, the engine pushing
'ahead of it seven cars of dirt. Here
| we had the pleasure of seing the cars
unloaded. It reminded the writer of
the old two wheel dump cart?all;
you had to do was to pull out the
pin and it dumped itself. In less.
time than it takes to write it the!
cars were unloaded, and the party
crawled aboard ready for the rest of
| the trip through the Santee swamp.
Wo snnn ramp to a nlace where
they were contracting a long trestle,
the railway track of course, having
been built around the places left for
trestling. Not a piece of wood is in
the trestle. It is all concrete built
upon concrete piling. The flooring
and railing also being of concrete.
All concrete structures however, are'
reinforced with iron rods throughout.
At the end of our journey we came
to the great excavations where they
are getting the dirt for the fill, and
| are making concrete pillars for tresi
ties. After viewing the work at the
I other end of the great roadway across
| the Santee swamp our party caught
the next loaded train back to the
end of its track, and made our way
afoot the rest of the way except for
crossing the river in boats.
It was about 4 o'clock p. m., when
we arrived back at the bluff on this
ctromn TTom u*r> trpro
tired and hungry. But the best feature
of the whole day was still before
us. On the hill awaiting us was
a splendid feast consisting of pine
bark stew, barbecue and good old ,
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that go with such a sumptious spread.
The party will ever be grateful to
Hon. S. A. Graham, Mr. P. 0. Arrowsmith,
Mr. Pennell and Mr. Roberts
in their efforts to make this an
enjoyable occasion for our party of
thirty.
In conclusion the writer would like
to urge that everybody should see
this greatest piece of construction
now going on in the South. Its entire
cost will be less than $900,000
of which amount Williamsburg county
will have to pay not more than
$65,000. We should be proud of the
fact that we shall reap such a great
benefit for such a small cost to us.
W. H. WELCH.
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Card of Thanks.
To the voters ana citizens of the Hebron
Magisterial:
I take this method of thanking the
good people of the Hebron Magisterial
District for the vote given me
in the primary election on the 12th
of this month.
I bear no ill will or malice against
any one who did not vote for me.
I ask the assistance and cooperation
of every citizen in my district
in helping me to discharge the duties
of this office.
'Again thanking you for your support,
I am,
W. H. Baker.
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