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Marriage at Hagood.
Hagood, Dec. 12.?A wedding of
rare beauty and of great interest
throughout the state, was that of
Miss Susan Singleton Kirk, and
Mr. James Arthur * Haynsworth,
which was solemnized at the
church of the Ascension, Wednes- j
day evening, November 22 at 7 j
o'clock. The church was simply j
but beautifully decorated with j
ferns, palms and white chrysan- j
themums, the seasons own flower. J
White tapers were artistically plac- j
ed among the white and green, j
and with their soft glow, made a
beautiful setting for the cere
mony. \
Just beforethe ceremony a beau
tiful musical program was, render
ed by Miss Pauline Haynsworth of
Sumter, Mrs. Stewart Easterby of
Charleston, and Mrs. C. J. Jackson
of Hagood.
*As the first notes of Lohengrin's
wedding march sounded, tl\e bridal
party entered the church. The
ushers, Messrs. I. L. Sanders, H. j
S: Sanders and L. M. Myers enter- j
ed first, and took their places. Next
came Miss Felecite Gould .of St.
Simons Island,<Ga.. with Mr.*S. K.
Couturier of Charleston*. Then}
Miss Mary Bull of Charleston with
Mr. Erick Pinckney of Hartsville,
Miss Louise, Thomas of Columbia
with Mr. B. L. Haynsworth of
Sumter, Miss Frances Davis of
Augusta with Mr. Dean Isbell of
GreenvjUe, Miss Ida Sanders ofj
Hagood with Mr. Brock of Lan-.
caster." Miss Marion Kirk of Eutaw
ville with Mr. Robert Jennings, Jr.
of Orangeburg. Three maids wore
peach bloom crepe, and three tur
quois blue crepe, each wearing
silver bandeaus, and silver slip
pers and- carrying white chrysan
themums. They were followed by
the maid of honor. Miss Mary
Kirk, gowned in soft white crepe j
With the silver trimmings, carry
ing an armful of Russel roses.
Next came the little Ting bearer,
Elliott Lenoir, with the ring in the
heart of a lily. Little Miss Mary
Lenoir, was flower girl, daintily
dressed in peach bloom crepe, and
carrying a beautiful basket of
flowers.
The bride entered on the arm of
her father, Dr. Marion S. Kirk, by
whom she was given in marriage.
Her stately brunette beauty was
enhanced by her gown of white'
Spanish lace over heavy duchess
aatin* with CoUrt train of lace.
Her veil was real lace and tul'c,
caught with a coronet of orange
blossoms. She carried a bouquet
of bride's roses and valley lilies,
and was met at ?the altar by the
groom, accompanied by his bes:
man, Mr. Perry Brown of Sumter.
The impressive Episcopal marriage
service was read by Mr. W. S.
Stoney. assisted by. Dr. J. P. Ma
rion, pastor of the groom.
A /large and brilliant reception
was held immediately after the
ceremony at Millvale, the home
of the bride's aunts, Misses El
lerbe. The beautiful old home wis
aglow, and the beauty of the
scene was enhanced by reflections
in the many mirrors that grace th ?
walls. Dr. and Mrs. Kirk, and Mr.
and Mrs. Haynsworth received
with the bridal party in the mttsfe
room. The east drawing room was
given over to the display of a large
and handsome array of presents.
- The Sumter orchestra furnished
music during the evening. Re
fresftments were served in the din
ing-room from a beautifully iap
pointed wedding table.
Mrs. Haynsworth is the younger
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. S.
Kirk. She was educated at Con
federate College in Charleston,
and Winthrop College. She has
many friends throughout the state
who will regret that her marriage
will cause her to make her home
in Georgia.
Mr. Haynsworth is the only son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Haynsworth
of Sumter. He is a student- of
Davidson, a world war veteran, be
ing an ensign in the U. S. navy. He
is now manager of the branch of
fice of Cooper & Griffin in Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. Haynsworth left
by automobile for their new home,
after spending a short time at the
reception, arriving in Macon sev
eral days later.
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Honoring Mrs. Dibble.
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(Bishopville Vindicator).
A lovely pre-holiday party was
given by Sirs. A L. Reaves in hon
or of Mrs. Wm. V, Dibble who
leaves this week for her new home
In Sumter, where Mr. Dibble will
be pastor in charge of Trinity
church.
The charming home was gay with
red candles, holly and mistletoe
and everywhere was the charm of
the Christmas seasons.
LTpon entering the guests were
welcomed by the hostess and in
vited to the punch bowl presided
over by Miss Annie Mae McCoy of
Charlotte.
The hostess then presented the
guest of honor. Miss Rebecca
Dennis in a few well spoken words
in behalf of the ladies, of the
Methodist church presented Mrs.
Dibble with a beautiful set of sil
ver ice tea spoons. I
Delightful music was furnished
during the afternoon by Mesdames
J. M. Hearon. Jr., J. P. Quinnerly
and Henry Lucius after which the
guests were invited to partake of
delicious sandwiches and coffee
served by Mesdames Lillian Reaves
J. B. Kelley. J. N. McCartney and
Miss Mabel Stuckey.
Leaving the dining room each
one was asked into the lower hall
where they were asked to write
a wi?h for the one who had made
so many friends during her stay of
three years in Bishopville.
Quite a number of guests enjoyed
he occasion.
Trouble with saying it with flow
is she expects you to stutter.
mm Nisi
Plea for Vocational Schools.
! Editor Daily Item:
We feel like thanking our good
stars for Educational Week, he-!
cause in trying to cooperate with J
the state-wide movement our
teachers invited Dr. J. H. Hayns-* j
; worth to be the orator of the day
with the privilege of bringing
someone with him to help out our
program. And sure he did. He
came and brought with him Prof.
,A. P. Bourland. After a short
program by the school. Dr. .Hayns
worth gave us one of his heart
to-heart, as friend to friend, talks
then gave way to Prof. Bourland.
Mr. Editor, I can not help but
feel the contrast" "between Prof.
Bourland's talk and an article by
Dr. W. W. Long printed some
time ago. Dr. Long's article re
minded me of the story. "How the
wren became king of birds." He
sat comfortably" perched on the old
.farmer's wing while he soared up
and up and up to 40a.cotton. Then
when the old farmer at last could
soar no higher, his great strength
all gone and he had begun his
.helpless descent to bankruptcy, off
jumps said authpr in the fullness
of his strength and shouts, look,
look at the shiftless old farmer,
unable to shift the heavy burdens
of farming from his shoulders, to
some one else. Thus he who but- j
ters his bread with a salary col
lected out of the old farmer "holds
us up to public scorn.
But Prof. Bourland's address was
like oil bn troubled waters. In
his greatness he cut off scorn and
set aside our inferiority. He did
not even mention that our cattle,
have better pedigrees than we
have. Coming at a time when we
are beset by every woe and our
help all "fleeing as a bird to his
mountain he did hot mention our
troubles- Not even did he try to
tell us how to grow cotton in spite
of the boll weevil. But he was
able to show us the value of an
education as practiced by the peo
ple of Europe. Where they live
and prosper, having never seen a
hill of cotton growing. He led us
into different thoughts. It was like
a shower after a long dry spell.
I Especially when just seven years
[ago the whole talk was the fools
Ican't grow anything but cotton.
Now tfcose same fellows have the
papers full of propaganda trying
? if you please to make laws forc
jing us4to plant and cultivate cot
j ton according to their ideas, pro
j fit or no profit.
Now Mr. ^Editor, those few re
! marks are very crude, but the
wholesale condemnation that we
farmers receive i? often uncalled
for and we would appreciate it if
the good and sane thinking people
would refrain from it. We have
our money" invested in our farms*
land if it is possible we are going to
make the investment pay. And
j what we need to that end is a
j ready market at profitable prices
I and we will take x care of the
! production without any law.
In the meantime we hope to see
j our schools prosper. Vocational
: training under the supervision of
competent teachers is best for j
j country people. Because far the j
1 greater per cent of country chil- j
j dren do not, receive college edu- j
: cation and a great part do not get!
j a high school training. So- it!
; seems that if it were possible to
! give our childen some training in j
the vocations they are likely to I
' follow that they would get' more
benefit. ?I hope to see the day,
hope that it is not far distant
I when our children will have this
j training. ? B. T. Kolb. j
I Pinewood, Dec. 12.,
Christmas Fund Meeting.
fhe annual mass meeting of the |
j Sunday schools for the purpose!
j of raising funds to provide Christ -
. mas gifts for the poor children
I of Sumter will be held in'the'
i Presbyterian church at 4 o'clock
1 tomprrow afternoon. A full at-1
j tendance of all Sunday school j
j children, their parents and all
j others in whose hearts there lives |
the Christmas spirit of good will i
and charity toward all, and who
j have sympathy for the little chil
! dren of misfortune, whose hardj
; lot .deprives them of the joys of J
i the holiday season, is earnestly re- ;
j quested.
; No custom that has become part j
;of the traditions and life of thisj
!community is dearer to the people!
[of Sumter than the Christmas |
j distribution of gifts to the chil- j
I dren, and it goes without saying;
j that the contributions to the fund I
! will be this year as generous as.
j usual.
; The program arranged by the
committee is as follows:
Place of meeting: Presbyterian i
church. j
Time: Sunday, Decebmer 17th i
at 4 p. m.
Chairman: Robert T. Brown, j
} Scripture Reading: Rev. J. P. j
Marion.
Address: Rev. Colyer. of Broad j
Street Methodist-church.
Music: By choir of Presbyterian i
church.
Each Sunday school is request- j
ed to name two ladies who will act j
with the eentral committee at this
meeting so that business can be j
expedited.
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Marriage Announcement.
Mrs. Jhodie F. Wheeler, of Flor- I
i ence has sent out announcements;
i of the marriage of her daughter, j
''Novel to Robert David Beau
mont on Tuesday, December 12th
at Florence. S. C.
Washington, Dec. 18??American j
^exports during November totalled
1 $330.000,000, the commerce de
partment announced today, high
i est point of the year. The total
was twelve million greater than in
Octoher and ninety million over
November a year ago.
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Miss Mitt DuRant
Receives Legacy
Also Made Executrix of Will
of Mrs. J. Boyce Lee Under
Which Spartanburg Re
ceives Hospital
Endowment
Spartanburg, Dec. 13.?Under
the provisions of the will of the
late Mrs. Alice M. Lee, filed here
today, the greater part of the in
come from the estate of her hus
band, the late J. Boyce Lee, form
er mayor of Spartanburg and pres
ident of the Bank of Commerce
at the time of his death, will go
to the Spartanburg County Gener
al hospital for the founding of the
"Boyce Lee memorial," to care for
patients who are not financially
able to pay for medical and sur
gical treatment, which they may be
in need of. No appraisal of the
estate has been made
Mrs. Lee, who died in Asheville
last week, directs that Miss Caro
line Mitt Durant, former secre
tary to her husband, be made
exeeutrix with bond. Miss Du
rant is also bequeathed the furni
ture and fixtures in the Lee home
on East Main street, a house and
lot on Lee street, to be held- until
her death, and an income of $150
a month from the income of the
estate. Other bequests include a
house and lot on Lee street to Dr. \
L. J. Blake of this city; to Miss
Juliet Koger, $1,000; Miss Celia
Johnson of Hendersonville, X. C. j
$500; Miss Kate Fanning of North,
S. C, $500. Smaller amounts are
left relatives and friends in the
city and a""codicil of the will di
rects the purchase of lots for two
of her servants.
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Clem son College Letter.
Clemson College, Dec. 13.?Last
Friday Governor and Mrs, Harvey
were the guests of the Clemson
cadets. They were invited by Dr.
Riggs to vifcit Clemson and every
one was delighted at their ac
ceptance -of the invitation.
In chapel Friday morning Gov- j
ernor Hjirvey was introduced to the j
faculty and student body by Dr. j
Riggs. Governor Harvey then I
gave a very interesting talk, in |
which he said he always wanted fo
talk to college men, because the;
state looks to those men for her
leading citizens of the future. J
Later In the day, at the regular:
drill period, Colonel Pearson ar
ranged to have a military parade
in honor of Governor and Mrs.
Harvey. The Governor and his
wife took their 'places as guests of
honor, and a regular parade was
carried out. Governor Harvey
seemed very pleased with the
military showing of the . cadets.
The Tiger quintet will have an
attractive schedule this season j
consisting of 16 games, accord
ing to latest information. The
schedule calls for 10 games on the
campus which will give the corps
a chance to see more than the
usualtnumber of basketball games.
The schedule is as follows:
January 11?Georgia at Clem- j
son
January 13?Georgia Tech at j
Clemson^
January IP?Newberry at New-:
berry.
January 20?Carolina at Clem
son.
January 22?Mercer at Clem
son.
January 23?Furman at Green
ville.
January- 26?P. C. at Clinton.
January 27?*Ga. Tech at Atlan
ta. ? **
January 20?Auburn at Clemson.
January 30?Furman at Clem
son.
February 2 ? Georgetown at
Clemson.
February 9?Xewberry at Clem
son. ' ' t
February 12 ? Charleston at
Clemson.
February 15?Kentucky at Lex
ington.
February 16?Georgetown (Ky)
at Georgetown.
February 17?Center at Dan
ville.
February 21?Davidson at Clem
sou.
February 22?P. C. at Clemson.
February 28, March 1, 2, 3?S.
I. C. meet in Atlanta.
Friday morning the cross coun
try team will entrain for Bir
mingham, Alabama, to take part
in the annual Birmingham S. I.
C. meet? This meet is held every
year by the Birmingham Athletic
Association and. is participated in
by the leading colleges, of the
south. *
The six Tigers to make the trip
will be Capt. Young, Huggins, F.
E. Buck, Killian, Sease ?and Elli
son .
For three successive years the
fleety Tiger team has carried away
first honors in the state meet, th?
last time bringing the beautiful
cup home to keep. The Georgia
Bulldogs were overwhelmingly de-1
feated this fall in Athens, so the;
Tigers are expecting a good show
ing at Birmingham.
On Sunday, December 17th Ray
mond Robins will give a. series ofj
lectures in the college chapel. Mi4.!
Robins is a wonderful speaker and
the college as a whole is very
lucky indeed to have obtained such j
a speaker. ? j
On Tuesday night the Tiger
athletes gathered for their annual
banquet. A grander affair has
never been held here, and the
athletics declare it the most de
licious dinner of their lives. The
college orchestra was present and
was declared to I)?1 the jazziest in
the state.
The dance last Friday night,
given by the ladies of the campus
was by far the gayest of the sea
son. During the intermission a
sylad course was served by the la
dies.
Washington, Dec. IK.?The pres
ident and a group of governors
today discussed the prohibition
enforcement question at the White
House luncheon.
THE TINDAL
PINEWOOD ROAD
Meeting of Residents to Dis
cuss and Make Plans
For New Road
A meeting of ? citizens' of Po
cnlla - Tindal - Pinewood sections
was held at Pocalla Springs
Thursday evening at seven o'clock,
to discus sthe route of the road
through this section.
The object of this meeting was
to form plans by which to get the
Permanent ? Road Commission to
construct the road on the one that
has served the people of this section
for a number of years.
Mr, A. S. Harby and Mr. John
B. Duffie made short talks in which
they gave the people some sugges
tions as to which would be best
method by which to have this road
constructed and , how to get the
Permanent Road Commission*! to
consider same.
Several gentlemen of each sec
tion made short talks and gave
their opinion of the great incon
venience that would be caused the
greater number of families. All of
the gentlemen of the Tindal sec
tion were or" the opinion that if
the road was built as presented in
petition of Mr. H. D. Tindal which
would be parallel with the North
western Railroad, it,would only
help about five families and cause
a great hardship on about fifty
or more white families that have
made this section their homes for
a number of years.
Dr. R. B. Furman, chairman of
the meetirg appointed a delegation
to appear before the Permanent
Road Commission at the next
meeting and show where the hard
ship would be caused and ask that
the present Paxville road be used.
The following weret appointed:
Messrs./M. H. Beck, E. D. Rhodes,
W. G. Pierson, J. A. Cooper, T.
E. Hodge, LeRby Wells, J. N. Grif
fin, B. R. Barkley, Isaac Strauss j
and Hal W. Harby.
The following attended the meet
ing: John B. Duffie, A. S. Harby, j
W. ,G. Pierson, Isaac Strauss, H.
B. Betts, Harry rfodge Ingram
Hodges B. R. Barkley, J. M. N..
Wilder, J. Gt Osteen, T. E. Hodge,
Hal W.. Harby, R. P. Mohaghan,
T. M. Monaghan, E. V. Hodge,
Ernest Ard, J. A. Hodge. E. B.
Cubbage, L Hodge, A. T. Hudson,
J. E. Norton, W. H. Kelly, R. F.
Pritchard, V. K. # McLeod, Joe
Pritchard, E.' J. Hodge, E. D.
Rodgers, LeRoy Wells. G, M. Zeig- i
ler, J. N. Griffin, R. S. McLeod, T.i
W. Geddings. R. W. Ingram, A. M.
Geddings, J. E. Gallaway, Dr. VR. B.
Furman, M. B. Gallaway, Henry
Rodgers, R. L. Jones, H. P. Avin,
Wallace Hodge. Burchell Hudson..
Horace Hodge, C. Pritchard, Neal
Geddings, Sam Ard, R. J. Ged
dings, Geo. Atkinteon, J. A. Coop
er. Rupert Hodge.
KIWANIS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Kiwanis club met Friday at
2:30 p. m. at the Claremont. Ho
tel, at which time officers were
elected as follows:
H. L. Scarborough.v president.
H. L. Shaw, vice president.
A. ~M. Broughton, treasurer.
J. B. Duffie, secretary.
W. I. Whitehead, district trustee.
Board of Directors: J.'J. Bren
nari. M. A. Doughty; G. W. Hutch
eson, H. A. Mose?*, S. O'Quinh, W.
E. Thayer, R. B. Waters.
?All officers with the exception
of directors were re-elected.
Mr. Corning, who-will open soon
in Sumter the Butter Cup Ice
Cream Company, made a short
talk, outlining plans for the new
plant, and at the same time gave
i some valuable information rela
tive to the manufacture and sale
of ice cream. >
J. H. Beeman was chairman of
j this . meeting and introduced Mr.
I Corning to the club.
I After other business matters
j had been attended to, and the re
Isult of the election had been an*
jnounced, the* club adjourned to
meet December 2Sth, which will
! be their Christmas meeting.
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! Sumter High Quintet Downs **Y""
Scrubs.
! The Sumter High school easily
{defeated the "Y" scrubs Friday
i night in a hard fought game, 32 to
I The High school ran up a score
iof 27> to T fft the first half. As
! this was the first game of the sea
son the High school made many
j substitutions in the second half.
The High school showed up well,
J this being the first game of the
season.
Sumter's fighting five won 11
games out of 14 last year, and
j having all letter men back, they
j expect to put out a championship
j team.
iHigh School "Y"
IAverbuck _.F_. ..Booth
j Bryan.F.. Boney
[Wright. .. C. Thorne
I Crawford _. _.G.Hatfield
Wray.G_. Rettenberg
! SuU;titutions: High school,
j Blanding for Crawford, Crawford
j for Averbuck; Green for Craw-.,
! ford, Shaw tor Green, Averbuck
! for Bryan. Crawford for Wray.
"Y" Randal for Thorne, Thorne
for Randal. t
Referee Crawford (Davidson).
Timekeeper. Pitts (Davidson).
Mail your Christmas packages
early so that they may be deliv
ered on or before Christmas day.
At this season the mails are con
gested with holiday packages and
the mail clerks are overburdened
with work.
What will you give your wife?
We M-ggest several spools of silk
thread n> match your silk socks.
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A scu,fIe of coal is a good
Christmas present but very expen
sive.
C<?ne .He the days when mince
pio had a kick.
I THE PAXVILLE
ROAD QUESTION
-;
Mr. H. D. Tindal Discusses the
Pocalla Meeting and the Ad
vantages of the Proposed
j; New Route
Editor Daily Item:
In the issue of Daily Item of the
15th instant appears an account
of a meeting- at Pocalla of what
are denominated in the article as
"Citizens of Pocalla-Tindal-Pine
wood sections," to discuss the route
of the road through that part of
the county. Inasmuch as in the
article much is said about the "Pe
tition of Mr. H. D. Tindal." I feel
called upon to present to your
readers some of the facts of the
situation.
In the first place, it is difficult
to understand why the Pinewood
peoplt are included in the de
nomination of the ; citizens who
met at Pocalla. Going through
the list of names published as hav
ing been present, I find no name
appearing which properly belongs
to the Pinewood section. The par
ties listed are all Sumter-Pocalla
Privateer people; and a little ex
planation* of the geographical sit
uation will make it clear that they
are the only kind of people affect
ed, and that the Pinewood section
is not at all involved, unless some
partisan is-, nursing in his breast
the fond hope of diverting this
road from its natural objective,
Paxville, Summerton. and the new
bridge to Charleston over Santee
at Murray's ferry, notwithstanding
Pinewood is already served by a
hard surfaced road -by way of the
S! A. Harvin place, and notwith
standing that such diversion would
remove this road entirely from
some of the people whom it is
most designed to help, those re
siding on and near the old road to
Manning by way of Providence
church.
Any reader who has traveled
from Sumter past Pocalla for a
little distance will recall that
about a quarter of a mile or so
after passing Pocalla the road
forks. The right hand of the fork
from there on is the part that the j
leaders of tKls meeting desire pav- I
ed. The left hand fork passes |
under the railroad (Northwestern)
to Manning. Of course, those re
siding on that fork would like
that paved. The route proposed
in the so-called "Tindal petition"
is a happy compromise between
the two, a dead straight line
alongside of the railroad track,
over easy ground for engineering
purposes, and clipping off a consid
erable distance to reach the ysame
point arrived at by the old, crook
ed* road, thereby insuring a saving
to the taxpayers of thousands of
dollars, while giving practically j
the same service as, a>nd more
central than,, the other route. This ]
.is true because practically all of;
the property owners on the pres- j
ejit route along there own land on I
the proposed railroad route, and it!
merely involves a different position j
on their same.land, and is nearer!
to serve the people along the old
Manning road under the railroad.
Some of those who live along
that old Manning road, however,;
have been induced to believe that
they should support the conten- j
fion of the gentlemen led by Mr. j
Beck that the right hand fork i
should be paved under the hope
! held out to them that by doing so
the commission might be induced
later on to pave the left hand fork
j (Manning road) also*^ If that could j
be practicably done, our petition
! ers are with them, and have so
stated in our petition; that that
is plainly a chimera. As several!
I of the commission stated when the
'matter was heard, there would not
be a chance to pave both roads in
a hundred years. 'We must be
practical. There is already an
other road being paved to Manning
! (via Alcolu); and it must be ap
parent to the most superficial that
the commission can not pave two
' roads towards the same place and
[leave other .points neglected.
While the gentlemen who met
: at Pocalla were no doubt well
[advised by the legal counsel they
had at hand, I am not aware that
I the gentlemen of the bar who were
present are property owners in "the i
the' affected section. Likewise
[many other names appear in the
! published list who are^ not free
! holders there. Mr. Beck's plan of
[campaign seems .to be to carry the
iday by sheer weight of numbers
jinstead of so much regard to
' property interests or the reason
j and logic of the situation. He will
j have the road by his place regard
l less of where it is put after it pass
[es his place. Then, again, many
j of the gentlemen present live in
I Sumter, and not in the affected ter- |
jritory. For which reason, among
'others, I feel justified in challeng
ing the statement in the account
of their meeting that the proposed
?o?te along the railroad would help
only about five families, and cause
hardship to about fifty or more.
As against five white families con
j ceded by them to be living along
i the railroad route, there is only
I cAie family that actually resides on j
their proposed route, the Wells
family; and the facts about them
are that the majority of the trus
tees of that estate have actually
joined In the so-called "Tindal pe
tition," as against only one of those
trustees on the other side of the
question.
While it is to be regretted thatj
the road cannot be extended right)
into the Bethel neighborhood, thej
best that can be done is to con-1
aider, as the Commission has done
in their decision of the matter, the
practicability of the situation, and
serve as many interests as possible.
The number of Bethel citizens is
small compared with the number
of those along the railroad route
added to those on the old .Manning
road, both of which groups last
referred to can be more nearly
reached by the railroad route. It
was stated at the hearing before
the Commission that they pur
posed to take care of the Bethel
people as well as possible in this
way: there is now a new clayed
road extending from Bethel .to .the
present Paxville road, and that road
will be extended across to the hard
surfaced road along the railroad, an !
extension that is not very long; by
which the Befiel people will be
afforded two routes to Pocalla in
stead of only one at present; aj
clayed route agreeable to draft'
animals, and also the hard sur-j
faced route along the railroad for
motor ve'hUcles.
There is also in aesthetic con-j
sideration: the old bend of the Pax
ville road (the right hand fork)!
leads through a most beautiful [
grove, which a hard surfaced road j
must necessarily destroy, and this'
can be avoided by the use of the'
railroad route. Besides, the rail-;
road route can be constructed
J without any obstruction to traffic, j
j or painful detours. It is a dead i
straight line agreeable to engineers.
( From what some of those pres
ent at the Pocalfe meeting told me,
it appears that not all of those
there understood that the object
of the meeting was to fight the rail
road route, but generally to get a
hard surfaced road in thaf; terri
tory, and that there presence should
not be construed to mean that they
oppose the railroad route.
The Commission has heard this
matter. . There were more repre
sentatives from the Beck side of the
question present at the hearing
than from the railroad route side
of the question; and they were fully
heard. The railroad route peti-j
tion stood on its merits. Its signers
were property owners who agreed
in writing to donate.the necessary
land to the county for the road. \
showing their good faith. I have!
not yet heard that its opponents]
have offered anything which looks j
like their parting with anything.!
The Commission has ruled. I ap
peal to public opinion to let the'
ruling stand.
Respectfully yours,
H. D. TINDAL.
The Mars Bluff Bridge!
Florence to Marion Soon in a'nj
Hour by Automobile
The Marion Star thinks that j
South Carolinians .are not as well
informed as they should be about
the bridge now under construction
on the road fom Florence to Ma
rion at Mars Bluff. Says the Star:
"The building of the bridge and
roadway acrofes Big Pee- Dee, at
Mars Bluff ferry has been . given
very little publicity, and the state
at large is hardly aware of this j
great, piece of construction which
is being done by Florence and Ma
rion counties. Unfortunately, in
determining the location of the
; bridge, a squabble arose between
the state highway department and
the counties interested, and since
that time this costly road and
! bridge is not even mentioned in
f articles bearing upon state high-!
way improvements. Within a fewj
months the Great Pee Dee river, I
which has been a barrier against:
travel into Eastern South Carolina. I
,will no longer stand in the way ofj
easy travel into and out of this!
'section. Heretofore the only route j
{?from central state to the coast hasj
jbeen via Cheraw, which route is:
j located many miles north of the'
I new route via Florence and Ma- ^
rion.
"When the new road and
bridge are open early in 1923 Co
lumbia will be just a few hours
away from Marion and the trip
from Marion to Florence can be
made easily within an hour at
moderate speed. Travelers, seek
ing to go from the central part of j
the state to Marion, Mullins or;
Conway or any of the Atlantic j
beach resorts in this section, will j
soon drive straight from Columbia
to Florence and on to Marion, via
j the paved road from Timmons
ville to Florence and on to Ma
rion, via the new road and bridge.
I At Marion splendid highways
branch north, south and east, I
j throwing travel easily through a!
section which has, for ages, stood j
! as almost impassable. The work!
J is progressing nicely and the en-1
igineers announce that the new road ;
j and bridge will be thrown open
I for travel early next year. ,
"When one realizes that the'
opening of the Mars Bluff bridge;
will mean the end of the long!
grind of sixty miles to Cheraw.!
during the flood season, and the
! end of the four dreadful miles of
bumps and holes and water and
trouble, between Pee Dee station
and the ferry, in the dry season, I
one should feel thankful to the men ;
who determined to put this con- j
struction through regardless of
difficulties. A great piece of work j
is being done by Florence and j
j Marion counties, without state or .
I federal aid, and the public is en
! titled to know about it."
Ma it! age Licenses.
White: Frank W. Thomas of.
Manning and Miss Lois May Fol
som.
Colored: James B. Parker,
Rimini and, Ella L. Simmons, Pine
wood.
Julius Howard and Elizabeth
Williams, Mayesville.
Bossie Jones and Mahala Spann,
Pinewood.
Laval May Leave Furman
Greenville, Dec. 15?Greenville
is interested in the meetings of the
Southern Intercollegiate Confer
ence, wrich is now in session in the'
Piedmont city, but this interest is
mild when compared to that ex
hibited by the announcement that;
the University, of Alabama and;
other institutions have made of
fers to Coach Billy Laval, the Fur-j
man mentor. Coach Laval return
ed a few days ago after consulting |
the officials of the University of
Alabama and admitted that he had j
received an offer to coach there and |
that other offers had been received j
from other schools.
It is strange but when a man
sows his wild oats he raises cain.
NATIONAL '
HIGHWAYS
Rapid Progress in Selecting
Roads For Federal-Aid
System
The selection of the roads to
compose the system of federal-aid
highways which will reach into
practically every county of the
United States is progressing rapid
ly, according to the Bureau of
Public Roads of the United States
department of agriculture. State
and federal engineers have held
numerous conferences during the
past summer in all sections of the
country.
The system is being outlined in
accordance with the requirements
of the federal highway act of last
November, which contemplates a
system of highways to be built
wit hfederal-aid such as no other
nation has ever possessed and
which, once built, will be contin
uously maintained :,in serviceable
condition. Eighteen fee.t will be
the minimum width of roadway
unless conditions justify a lesser
width and such cases must be giv
en special approval. The system
will consist of not more than 7
per cent of the total road mileage
in any one state, not more than j
3-7 of which will be primary or in
terstate highways and the re
mainder secondary or inter-county
highways. The total mileage of,
primary and secondary roads will
be approximately 187,000 miles.
Work has progressed rapidly on
the system' during the past year
and 10,000 miles of road have been
completed in conjunction with
federal-aid. These have been pro
jects of such importance that there
is no doubt as to their being in
cluded in the system as finally out
lined.
The following table gives the
approximate mileage of the pri
mary and secondary system in the
various states. In 13 states the
figures are based on the total mile
age of highways in the state while
the remainder are based on the
maps submitted.
Alabama ..
Arizona _ _
Arkansas __ _.
California
Colorado- -
Connecticut
Delaware -
Florida _ _ _ _
Georgia.
Idaho.. ..
Illinois. __ __
Indiana.- _
Iowa.
Kansas. __
Kentucky ._
Louisiana _. _
Maine.
Maryland _. _
Massachusetts
Michigan.. -
Minnesota. _.
k Mississippi
Missouri_
Montana. _ _ -
Nebraska _
Nevada _ _
New Hampshire
New Jersey. _
New Mexico .
New York. ._
N.. Carolina ..
N. Dakota. ..
Ohio.
Oklahoma _- .
Oregon . -.
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island .
S. Carolina . _
*5. Dakota ...
Tennessee. _ _
Tessas. _ _ . _
Utah.
Vermont?.
Virginia.. . _
Washington- _
W. Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming ..
72'
?3
1696
642
2158
2115
144D
350
. 115
1127
2427
1163
2888
2128
2930
>3216
1370
1200
492
444
553
2250
3091
1416
3345
2000
2408
600
293
513
1390
2150
1840
2061
1690
3381
1177
2700
79
1371
3462
1329
3640
690
444
1600
1273
942
2364
1288
CG
3. >>
Ii
Z o
2262
856
2S79
2432
1920
470
151
833.
3235
1609
3851
2838
4214
3384
1880
1600
834
592
737
3000
4122
1874
4461
2700
3211
920
707
635
1367
2404
2354
2754
2315
4508
1628
3600
86
1854
4615
2748
8015
965
599
2133
1697
768
3152
1946
Totals
71492 98079 1S7406
From the present outlook it is
thought that this program of road
construction will cover a period of
from 15 to 20 years. Many states
will complete their mileage in a
much shorter time as they have |
included in the system a consider
able mileage of improved road.
They will then enlrge the federal
aid system by including addi
tional mileage.
When the system is complete the
total impioved road mileage of the
country will be far greater than
the 187,000 miles included in the
system. How much greater it is
hard to say, but in all of the states
the system has been outlined,
keeping in mind that state roads
independents of federal aid will
connect with it.
Dr. Rice in Oklahoma.
It will be interesting to his
many friends in this section to
learn that Dr. John A. Rice, a re
cent pastor of Trinity Methodist
church, has been transferred
from Okmulgee, Okla., to the
Boston Avenue church at Tulsa.
This is said to he one of the
greatest 'churches of Southern
Methodism. " The Oklahoma Meth
odist reports are that Dr. Rice was
greeted by a great and thoroughly
pleased congregation at his first
apnt1;?ranee in that church, and
also that the hoard of stewards
had fixed his salary at $7,200.
Vladivostok, Dec. IS.?The so
viet government here today or
dered the consuls of France and
ten other countries to leave
Primoria within a week. This is
t^e district immediately around the
Woodrow Wilson
Foundation
The Committee Makes Appeal
For Voluntary Con
tributions 5
Governor Harvey has asked a
committee through whom the
people of Sumter county may have
an opportunity of contributing tb
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
It will be remembered that
some time ago a number of Mr.
Wilson's friends and admirers m*
stituted a movement for the es
tablishment of a million dollar .
foundation to render operative the
idealism of our great president. It
has been customary to wait until
after a great man's death and then
erect to his memory a monument
of marble or of brass. A "monur
ment is cold, dead, static; a founda
tion may prove to be warm, living,
and dynamic. Its force will de
pend upon the# motive power back
of it; in this case the motive power
will be furnished by the expres
sions of citizens through their
contributions.
In this movement South Carolina
is expected to do her part and in
order that South Carolina may dp
her part, Sumter must do hers. The %
quota for Sumter county Is only
$400, and it is sincerely believed I
that there will be a very general
response to this call. The purpose
of' this foundation is not to have:
large gifts from wealthy individ
ual, but many small contributions -
from a great number of Individ- -
uals. This foundation Is supposed
to he the expression of a desire
on the part of Mr. Wilson's fellow
citizens that his Ideals may be* real
ized. The greater number of con
tributors the more universal the
expression will be.
May we not ask that very many
of Mr. Wilson's friends' in Sum
ter county may take advantage
of this opportunity to express
their admiration for the'man and
his ideals? '
Every school in town and country
is Invited and requested to send the
name of every pupil' with a con
tribution of only five cents each
to Mr. 0. L. Yates, First National
Bank, on or before Thursday 21st,
inst. "Committees will canvas for
small contributions (or larger ones)
in arid out of town. Those who
will contribute otherwise will
please mail check to same address
that the entire amount may go
forward to Governor Harvey, at
once. Cur time is exceedingly lim
ited as the program calls for this
amount'with the total one mil
.fi?n dollars to be in hand at Pres
ident Wilson's birthday, December .
28th. ^ ?
Respectfully,
The Committee.
DRIVE TO COMPLETE
FOUNDATION FUND
Special Canvass to be Launched
on Woodrow Wilson's Sixty
sixth Birthday
Washington, Dec. 15?Friends of ?
former President Wilson will cele
brate hte 66th birthday anniversary
December 28th by designating it
Woodrow Wilson day and inaugu
rating another drive to obtain the
balance of the $1,000,000 peace fund '
for the foundation bearing hi*
name.
Public meetings, dinners and
luncheons have been planned fn
every state in the union by state
and city committees of the founda
tion. Prominent speakers will eu
logize Mr. Wilson and explain the
objects of the foundation.
The' Woodrow Wilson foundation
was started as an inspiration to
promote peace by offering substan
tial prizes, similar to the Nobel
peace prize. Of the $1.? 00,000
needed to" cany on the work, about
$800,000 was collected the first
year. Only $200,000 is needed and
the foundation hopes to raise that
amount before the first of the year.'
Between now and January 1 the*
foundation also will complete its
incorporation and the permanent
board cf trustees will take charge JH
early in the new year.
Two negro vagrants were picked
up by the police Friday on suspic
ion that they were connected with
the robbery of W. B. Costin's store
early in the week, but tKey were
not identified by the clerks 'who
were in the store when the hold
up occurred. i
? ? ?
The controversy over the re-lo- .
cation of the route of the'Sumter
Paxviile road between Pocalla and
Jones' Siding, a distance of five ?
to six miles, is growing in inter
est and the permanent highway
commission will have, at its next
meeting a great deal of facts to as
similate. The residents of Priva
teer tow.iship are divided into two
camps on the questions of con
structing an entirely new road be
tween Pocalla and Jones* Siding,
paralleling the Northwestern Rail
road track, and the abandonment
of the original plan to place the
old Sumter-Paxville road from
the city limits to the county line.
There is undoubtedly much to be
said on both sides of the question
and the commission will render a
decision that will, in their opinion,
best serve the interests of the
public at large. The change in
the location is represented to be a
great hardship to' those living con
tigious to it and especially to the
residents of the Bethel neighbor
hood and the section beyond. They
would be deprived of the use of a
paved road, except to the point
where the proposed new road would
diverge from the Paxville road
in the vicinity of Pocalla:
Copenhagen, Dec. 18.?The Dan
ish steamer Lithuania is reported
aground on Bornholm Island in
the Baltic sea. She left New York
December 6th for Danzig and
Li bau.
Rajlcliffe College is teaching wo
men politics and the first lessYui
should be shaking hands.