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STATE AID FOR ROADS. Mr. Cosgrove Would Provide for .. sistance from the State in the Building of Highways. One of the most important matters presented to the legislature at this session is the subject of State aid to good roads. Col. James Cosgrove., chairman of the Charleston house de legation, is the author of several bills along this line, and in an in:erview explained his ideas as follows: "My good roads legislation con sists of two bills and a joint resolu tion. The bills are, frist, .to create a highway commission consisting of a commissioner to be appointed by the governor, and the professors of civil engineering in Clemson college, Uni versity of South Carolina and South Carolina Military Academy. This commission to have authority and su pervision over the main travelled roads. Upon application of the pro per county authorities an engineer will be sent to them, who will advise as to the cost, location or relocation of the roads and prepare plans, sur veys and maps and estimates of cost.1 This engineer to be paid by the coun ty at a rate of compensation not to exceed $1,200 perannum. The work may be given out by cont.raet or done by the chain gang as the county may determine. How Funds Will be Expended. "The second bill provides that the county make application to the highe way commission for State aid, and upon the showing that ithe county has deposited 50 per qent of the estimated cost with the county treasurer, the highway commission will pay to the county treasurer the remaining 50 per cent. The work will then be done un der the direct pervision of the highway commis ner or -his assist ant, and the county treasurer will pay this fund out upon the voucher of the highway commission and the pro per county anthorities. T:his bill car ries with it a direct approprition of $250,000, so that State aid may be gin at once. The Bond Issue. "The joint resolution provides for a referendum to the people at the gen eral election of 1910 of a proposed is sue of $2,500,000 in bonds.1to pay the State's 50 per cent in aid of good ~roads. The $500,000 to be used in 1909-10 to be paid back to the State freasuer from the proceeb of this, bond issue, and $250,000 is to be ex pended annually for eight~ years from 1910. "There are now twenty-tw~o States Eiding in the building of good roads, beginning with New York, with a $50,000,000 bond. issue for this sole purpose, and ending with Virginia with $250,000 annual appropriation, so thiat what is good for othar States ought .to be good for South Caro GOOD ROADS CONVENTION. Successful Meeting of South Carolina Association on Tuesday-Very Large Attendance. Columbia State, 20th. That South -Carolina is taking a real live and active interest in good r,oads work was shown yesterday by thie attendance of nearly 100 dele gates to the annual meeting of the South Carolina Good Roads associa tion. Those who came wanted to tell what they knew of good road building and wanted to hear what others knew abomt it. They wanted to know the cost per mile of every kind of road from macadam and sand and clay to vitrified briek and bitulithie. They learned and instructed and resolved ihat they would go back to their homes and build more roads. Good roads is no longer an issue for candi dates to talk about and favor. It is simply a matter of construction. That1 was the point made by one of the delegates yesterday. Every section of the State was rep resented, from Spartanburg to Beau-' fort. and the gathering of so many with the diversified soil and condi tions made the meeting a most profi table one. It was brought out that in some sections the famous clay sand mixture of Richland county was good enough and in other sec tions that such mixture was impossi ble. The progressiveness of some of the counties in good road work would be astonishing to some who have niot kept up with the work. For instanice, in Spartanburg there is a proposition' to issue bonds for $500,000 for the 1,700 miles of roads rin that county and as Mr. Paul V. Moore expressed it. Spantanburg is going to "do something." The meeting was called to order in the morning in the city council chamber by President F. H. Hyatt. Secretary -Black was present and en ~rolled the names of the delegates. Addresses of welcome were made by Gov. Ansel and Mayor Reamer and then Commissioner Watson made an interesting address on "The Rela 4o of Good Roads to Agricultural ed statistics 1o simw the vaie f -,I roads in llaUlin prodlos fl'ol! 11W farm to the ciy and demonstrated that it cost almost as much to haul cotton to the city as to siip it to Liv erpool from New York. Mr Hyatt then made one of his com mon sense .:alk. on roads and how to get them. It required hard work and lots of patience to show the people the value of zood roads but once de ,=onstrated everybody worke('d for them. The people of the State zhould realize that while federal aid for road building was a good thing it was a long way off and the way to get good roads was to go after them with in dividual effort. Mr. S. H. Owens, the county sup ervisor of Richland. was called on to explain the sand-elay roads and demonstrated their value in the lower pi.rt of the State. Supervisor Morris of Barnwell also talked along the same line. Expert Eldridge. One of the most instructive address es of the meeting was given by Mr. Eldridge of the office of public roads of Washington. Mr. Eldridge is an expert on roads and. knows thorough ly the advantage and disadvantages of ,the materials used and his lecture was most instruetive. He was asked many questions by the delegates and ,his ideas on material met with unan imous approval. He had inspected the roads of Richland county and al so the machinery for building these roads and .ommended both very high ly. He praised particularly the meth od for handling the crushed rock and pronounced the brick produced at the Hyatt brick yard of the highest qual ity. In the evening Mr. Eldridze, wu a stereopticon machine. showed about 100 pictures of the various roads of the world. These roads included those of ancient Italy and the gradual development of roads in Europe and this country and it is worth noting that there were several pictures of South Carolina and Richland county roads, two of these very near the city. The pictures showed all stages of the road and Mr. Eldrige gave a running comment on them asthey were flash ed on the wall. As mentioned above, the Spartan burg delegation took active part in the proceedings. Mr. Moore explain ed the issue of bonds for the work there. Mr. Moore is the president of the Spartanbiurg Good Roads league and the secretary is Prof. Tilling hast of Converse college. Supervisor Miles was also .here as was practically every township commissioner. The convention indorsed the pas sage of an ac,t providing for~ a State highway commission and engineer by a vote of 22 to 5, over half of the delegates not being present. The president is authorized to bring the matter before the general assembly in ofiial form and urge the passage of some law. Mr. Etheridge presented a law on the subjet that 'has been adopted by several States but it was decided to leave these details with the general assembly, although copies of several acts along this line will be furnished. Election of Of!icers. ~Mr. F. H. Hyatt was reelected president and Mr. Fingal C. Black reelected secretary, all of the county supervisors being on the ereecutive committee. Both Messrs. Hyatt and Black have worked hard for ithe suc ess of the meeting and feel gratified at the result of their efforts. SICIDE PACT MADE BY HUSBAND AND WIFE Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Carskadon Die Together in South Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 18.--Having evidently carried out a prearranged plan to die together, Schuyler C. Car skadon and his wife were today found in their bedroom in South Norfolk. An examination showed they had been dead for hours and that the deed was probably done some time during Sunday. Both Mr. and Mrs. Carskadon had been shot through the back of the head, the bullets e.rashing through their brains. A revolver was found on the floor at the side of the bed in which the couple lay. The theory of the police, and it is borne ouit by The physical faects, is that the couple agreed to die together; that the hus band shot his wife by prearrangement and then turned ,the pistol on himself. The man 's hand was !hanging over the bed and the pistol used was on the floor less than a foot away. Mr. Carskadon was foreman of the Walworth - Neville Manufacturing plant and came here fronm South Bend. Ind.. his former homn:e. His wife is sail to have cone gin:2y from New York eity. G. G. SALE, Lawyer, officee old court house formerly superintendent of .White Salet * Wednesday Morning 1 January 6th 1 HERE IS MERCHANDISE WORTHY OF YOUR I ATTENTION eV, White Lawn Waists ? * White. Muslin Underwear : White Shirtings * 1 Case Bleached Muslin . White Waistings We want you to see this show ing. Come as early as you can to make choice. Yours truly, C. & G. S. MOWER CO. T HIS BANK WANTS YOUR BUSINESS. We confess it. On the other Ihand, we know we are justi-~ fiedin asking your patronage. We' offer you every facility found in a modern institution. Open an account With THiE EXCHANGE BANK ,0N JANUARY 1ST. We Pa1 4 Per Cent. |Iteres in * Our Sayings Department. JD.DAVENPORT, E. R. H IPP, President. .V. Prdsident. M. L. SPEARMAN, Cashier. YOUR BANKiNG! THE NEWBERRY SAVINGS DANK. Capital $50,000 - - Surplus $30,000 No Matter How Small, tot Matter How Large, The Newberry Savings Bank ill give it careful attention. This message appies to the men and the women alike, AS. McINTOSH. J. E. NORWOOD, Pre.iden Cashier. STATEM ENT. The Commercial Bank of Newberry, S. C., con densed from report to State Bank Examiner Novem ber 27, 1908. RESOURCES. Loans......................... ... ..... $26S,751 87 Furniture and fixtures...................... 3,116 93 Overdrafts ................................... 12,645 6o Cash and due from banks...................... ioi,iSi 65 $385,696 o5 LIABILITIES. Capital stock............................... . $5o,ooo 00 Profits less expenses taxes paid. . .... ........ 54,677 53 Dividends unpaid. ...........................1,277 00 Cashier's Checks.............................. 255 00 Re-discounts ........... .................... 15,000 00 Deposits Individual ..................... $261,000.03 Banks......... .......... 3,486.49-$264,486-52 $385,696 05 The Commercial Bank, NEWBERRY,S. C. JNO. M. KINARD, 0. B. MAYER, J. Y. McFALL, President. Vice-President. Cashier. SPECIAL NOTICE! ON AND AFTER January 1st L.M.Player& Co. WILL BE HEADQUARTERS -:- FOR -: FISH and OYSTERS, -:- ALSO -: FRESH MEATS. Orders Taken. QuiCk Delivery. We have bought out the late Jas. F. Todd's Fish business and will keep Fresh Fish and Oysters in season. Will be pleased to fill 'Phone orders.; No. 261. L. M. PLAYER & CO. ,WE STOP'THE LEAKS 'PHONE 271 Jones & Gleason CONTRACTORS FOR PLUMBING, TINNING and GUTTERING STEAM and HOT HATER HEATING REPAIR WORK A SPEGIALTY UNDER CROTWELL HOTEL 1218 College St. NEWBERRY. S. C