Which way is that town? And how do you spell it?
By Bobby Bryant, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net
We never noticed it, either.
WBTW-TV reported last week that the S.C. Department of Transportation made … sort of an error … several years ago.
A road sign at the intersection of South Governor Williams Highway and Lamar Highway in Darlington County tells drivers the way to Bennettsville in Marlboro County.
But, WBTW pointed out – with the video to prove it – the highway department didn’t spell it Bennettsville.
They spelled it BENNETSVILLE, with one T. The sign does, however, spell FLORENCE, SUMTER and CHERAW correctly, so that counts for something.
DOT told WBTW that the goof goes back to 2013, when that sign was put up.
“In reviewing the records, our local staff misspelled Bennettsville on the requisition for the sign,” a DOT official told the TV station.
Nobody ever noticed, apparently. DOT intends to fix the mistake.
But it doesn’t end there!
WPDE-TV found a second sign in the Pee Dee doing Bennettsville wrong.
This one is in Dillon County, at S.C. 9 at I-95. On this sign, DOT made the same mistake it did in Darlington County: Bennettsville is again missing the second T.
DOT, your summer work is cut out for you.