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N048 ~~~~NEWBERRY, S. C.. TUESDA.Y. JUTNE-">2. 1r..C9 TIEAWE.$.0AYA PROPOSITION FOR GOOD ROADS. The Act Authorizing An Election on n August 31, With Explantaory 1: Comments. U It To the Voters of Newberry Coun- I tv: Below is the act of the generai 0 msembly - uthorizg:9, an 21acialnt to be held on A:n.vt 31. 19-9, on the h question of issuing bonds for perma- : nent road building. A few brief ex- I planatory statements and comments d are given in parentheses. Each vot- n er is earnestly requested to preserve t this copy of the act and to acquaint himself with all its details. s An Act to Authorize the County of a Newberry -to Issr. Bonds For e pemanent Foad Improve- S ment. 0 "See. 1. Be it enacted by the gen eral assembly of the State of South Carolina, that the question of the is suing and sale of coupon bonds to the amount of $300,000 by the county of d Newberry for permanent road im provement shall be submitted to the P qualified electors of said county at a an election to be held for that pur- a pose on the 31'st day of August, 1909, a at which election only the qualified a electors of said county shall be al- d lowed to vote.. Said election to be e conducted in the same manner as general elections. For the purpose e of this election there shall be piepar ed for the use of the voters two sets 0 of ballots on one. of which shall be I printed or written the words "For the issuing of bonds," and on the t other "Against 6he issuing of s bonds." If a majority of the elec- t tors voting at said election shall vote in favor of the issuing 3f coupon bonds in the amount above specified then said bonds shall be issued and t sold as hereinafter provided. (Every one who is qualified to vote in a general election may vote in this. c That means you must have your regis tration certificate and tax receipt.) "See. 2. That Jno. M. Kinard, i, Jocob S. Wheeler, J. E. Norwood, a Geo. B. Cromer, Z. F. Wright, Jos. L. t Keitt, Geo. W. Summer, Jno. M. Su ber, Joe B. Derrick, I. M. Smith are t hereby enstituted a board of com- t missioners to be known as the per- o manent road.commission for Newber ry county fo,r the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Said comimission shall have the right to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded ~t in all courts in reference to the mat ters embraced within the provisions of this act. In case of a vacancy on said commission by death, resignation * or otherwise the -remaining members ~ shall fill such vacancy by appoint ment. Said commissioners to hold of- c fie until the provisions of this act ~ are completely carried out. The said commissioners shall meet as soon af-t kter the election herein before provid ed as practicable in case said election shall be in favor of the issuing of 1. bonds and organize by electing onet of their members as chairman and t treasurer, and also by the election of I a clerk who shall be bookkeeper for ~ the commission. Said clerk shall I receive as c.ompensation for his ser- C vices such sum as may be fixed by ~ the commission not to exceed $300 an nually. payable from the funds here-s in provided for. The compensation of the members of the said commis sion shall be $3.00 per day for not ex-1 eeeding 25 days in aul; one year, and mileage at 53 eents per mile for each mile actually traveled by the nearest rout&e in attending meetings of the commission, payable from the funds provided in this act; Provided that ~ the chairman and treasurer shall re eive in addition to the per diem al- t lowed the members a salary not to I exceed $300 per annum. payable from t the funds provided in this act. The e commssoers shall give a joint bond I in some surety company in the sum of $50.000 which bond shall be ap-t proved by the judge of tihe eighth ju- e dicial circuit. The clerk shall give c bond in so:ne sarety company in the e sum of two thousand dollars condi- n tioned 'or the faithful performance ~ of his duty. to be approved by thei commission. The premiums on the t bonls of tUe com:uission:r and elerk s shall be paid from the funds derived i fron the speccial tax levy herein niam- s Tese :names speak for themselves. 1 This is a anoint in this bill. Can.; ou trust these men to spend your loney wisely ? They are not only ien of high character but they are ve, active, and intelligent business ien. Study the list carefully. Note bat the commission fills its vacancies. 'his will keep the whole matter out f politics. Let us call this safe uard number one. Do you realize ow important this is? A business ropositon must be run on business nes. The entire commission is un er bond for the largest amount of ioney that can be on hand at any one lie. Safeguard No. two.) "Sec. 3. In case said election re alts in favor of issuing bonds as foresaid, then the commission provid d for in See. 2 of this act shall offer aid bonds for sal.e in blocks of $50, 00, as the same may be needed, to he highest respons4ble bidder, re arving the right to reject any or all ids -, said bonds to * be in such de ominations as said commission may etermine, to bear interest at a rate f not exceeding four and one-half er cent. per annum, payable semi nnual'--. on the first day of January nd the first day of July of each year, nd maturing one-half in thirty years nd one-half in forty years from the ate of issue. Said bonds to be sign d by the chairman and treasurer of e said commission and countersign d by the clerk, provided that the ignature of such officers may be lith graphed or engraved upon the cou ons of said bonds. Said bonds are > be made payable at such places as he commission shall determine. Th, roceeds from the sale of said bonds all be deposited in one or more of ie chartered banks of the county of rewberry, and held subject to the rarrant of the commission named ii bis act, said warrant to be signed by be chairman and treasurer and at ast five other members of ,e com ission and countersigned by the lerk and to be drawn as needed to ay for the permanent work upon the ublic roads of the county of New erry, as the said work is done and pproved by the engineer hereinaf r provided for. The said fund to eceive interest at a rate of not less an four per cent. per annum from e banks for the average time it is n deposit.'" (The county will get the use of the ioney for a lohig term of years at not xceeding 4 1-2 per cent. Note that rell. .The banks must piy at least 4 er cent on every dollar left with bern even for a short while. Only .30,000.00 worth of bonds can be sold t any one time, and that must be pent before the others can be sold. ote this fact, it is safeguard No. 3. ~ach1 ch:2ck must be signed by at least ix me.mbers of the commission and ountersigned by the clerk. Safeguard o. 4. This explains why five mem ers of the commission reside in the own of Newberry..) "See. 4. The said commission here 2 provided for is hereby authorized levy an annua-1 tax of two mills on be dollar on all the taxable property a the county of Newberry to be as essed by the county auditor of New erry county and collected by the onty treasurer as other taxes are ow levied and collected, which said ax shall be paid to the said commis ion upon warrant drawn upon the unty treasurer and signed by the hairmanl and treasurer and at east live of the other members and vthe e&rk. Said funds are to be ept deposited in one or more of the :uaks of the county of Newberry at terest not less than four per cent. er annum whon not otherwise invest d as hereinafter provided.'' (Here youi have a two mill proper. y tax. This is sufficient to pay the terest and principal in 40 years. if b valt>' of the taxable property in reases two mills will pay the debt in 5s time.) ''Sec. 5. From the proceeds of the ax levv above provided for 'sdiid ommission shall pay the interest due ai said bonds and the balance shall onstitute in the hands of said corn iission a sinking fund for the pur se of retiring said bonds at matur :y. The saidl coma ission shall have be righit to invest any or all of said inking fand in real estate security a the said county of Newberry on uch terms as they~ may deem advis ble. interest payable annually. No >an to be made in excess of fifty per said valuation to be fixed by the com mission. "See. 6. Said commission is here by authorized, empowered, and direct ed, upon the sale of the bonds herein provided for, to use the proceeds of said sale in macadamizinng or other wise permanently building the public roads of Newberry county; provided, thqt before any of said money is ex pended upon the permanent improve ment of any road or part thereof such road shall be surveyed, located and otherwise laid out and prepared for permanent improvement as hereinaf ter provided. For the purposes of this act any highway laid out or des ignated by the said commission shall be deemed a public road. (Note that roads must be laid out before they are permanently improv-; ed. This will do away with the hills.) "Sec. 7. Said commission shall em ploy an engineer who shall also be skilled in permanent road construe tion at such salary as may be fixed by said commission, payable monthly from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds herein provided for, and such assistant engineers with like qualifi cations, as they may deem necessary, whose salaries shall be fixed and paid in like manner. It shall be the duty of the engine3r, under the diree tion of the commission, to survey, lo cate and relocate where necessary ev ery section of road before any per manent work shall be done thereon, furnishing complete maps, showing location, grade, together with com plete plans and specifications for the permanent construction of said see tion: Provided; that no grade ,shall exceed ten per cent. For the pur poses of relocating any road when deemed necessary the commission is hereby empowered to acquire by grant, purchase or condemnation all necessary lands; Provided, that where lands are condemned the damages shall be fixed as now; provided by law in like cases.'' (No hap-hazard work here. The engineer must be an expert in this line of business.) "See. 8. Said commission shall, up on the completion of the survey, plans and specifications for the construc tion of any section of road, advertise for bids for the building of said see tion, according to said plans and spe cification, and shall let the same to the lowest responsible bidder, reserv ing the right to reject any or all bids; Provided, that nothing herein con tained shall prohibit said coitmission from building any section of road with day laborers or convict labor.'' (Roads must be built according to detailed plan3 and specifications. This will prevent shoddy or imperfect work.) 'i :.2. 6:' co:n:iss'on shall ex pend in eac~h tow nship an amount which shall be not less than seventy five per cent. of such a sum as shall bear the same ratio to $300,000, tthe ItoH bo:ad issue, as the taxable value of tihe property of said township shall bear to the taxable property Iin de coauty; irovided, that in No. one township a less proportionate amount may be expu~ded.'' (Here we have the rights of each township safeguarded. Every town ship in the county will get more money than arises from the taxes ~of that township, except No. 1. No. 1 will pay more than 1-3 of the taxes and 1-10 of the money will be suffi cient to buoild her roads. In other words. No. 1 will provide more than $100,000 but will need for her roads not exce eding $30.000. This means a gift of at least $70,000 to tile other townships.) "Sec. 10. Said commission shall cause tile work of perm'anent improve ment to be begun in at least three widely s eparated sections of the counlty at or near tile same tinae.' (Note this section well, it speaks for itself.) '"Sec. 11. No road that is permna nlently im proved by said commission shall be less than fourteen feet wide, and not less than seven feet of which shall be of pernuneut construction." (These are minimum figures and it is likelv the commission will never build a road as narrow as that.) "Sec. 12. Na road or section of, road shall be paid for ill full by~ said commssio uutil the same shall have been passed upon by the engineer in charge and accepted by thle comnmis sion." (N chnceo eatn the ontyf here. A road must be built right before it can be paid for.) "See. 13. Before any warrant or warrants can be drawn against the funid arising from the sale of said bonds or derived from the special levy herein provided for an itemized, verified statement shall be presented to and approved by the commission." (This speaks for itself.) "See. 14. The tax levy herein pro vided shall be levied and collected an nually until the maturity of said bonds or until a sufficient fund has been raised to retire said bonds at maturity and to pay all annual inter est due or to become due thereon; and the county treasurer shall be lia ble on his official bond for the taxes collected under the provisions of this act.'' (This provides that the two mill tax will he taken off when sufficient money has been collected to retire bonds.) "See. 15. Said commission is here by required to publish in the county papers -of Newberry county an ite mized statement of the receipts and disbursements under this act and sum mary of the work done.'' (Publicity. Every man can know how each dollar has been spent during the year.) "See. 16. Said commission shall carry forward the permanent work herein provided for as expeditiously as possible and in selecting the starting points and in otherwise de termining the roads to be built shall make such selections as in their judgment shall conserve the best in terests of the greatest number of the people of this county." (The work will be started as soon the the bonds are voted.) Just a word as to what bonds are: In this case they are merely the notes of the county f- borrowed money bearing 4 1-2 per cent interest from their date and becoming due in 30 and 40 years. T.hat is all. The bond plan i the only equitable way to get permarent roads, for they give all the people the beneft of the aoads at once. The pay-as-you-go plan gives some of the people the ben efit of the roads at once while other people must wait long years before the roads in their sections can be; reached. Think this statement over carefully and see if it is not true. i The people of Newberry county on August -31. will choose between pay ing two mills for perma.n3nt roads for all the people, or one mill for patching the roads. This statement is made because the legislature passed an act levying a one mill tax for roads provided the two mill tax for bonds is defeated. The people of the county have tried the patch system from the beginning of its 'history, and as a consequence 'have no roads today.. Don 't throw away any more money. One more statement. Three towns, Ne wherry, Whitmire and Prosperity with the .railway, telegraph, telep hone and 'express companies will payI considerably more than one-half theI tax for good roads. The money will be spent for the direct benefit of the farms. The towns, railways, telie raph and telephone compa nies Rill: be benefited indirectly through the development of the country districts but only in that way. A word to the wise farmer ought to be sufficient. Dr. Phillips Leaves For Chester T.he Rev. D. G. Phillips, formerly of Newberry, who was recently ex tenided a call by the local A. R. P. church and which call he accepted, is expected to arrive in the city the first of next week and will take up his pas torate -at once. The pastoral relations between him and Newberry have been dissolved and it is .probable that a called meeting of the first presbytery will be held shortly to install him as pastor of the church here. Dr. Phil lips is a pleasing speaker and a man of great force. He is universally be loved in Newberry without limit of1 denomination and all of -the people o)f that city regret his leaving. He will be cordially received here not only by, his own church but by every resident of the city. The above was taken from the Chester Lantern of June is. Dr. Phillips and his interesting family are already in Chester. and they indeed arried with them the best wishes of 1 the popnle of this city. ]AR AND AUTO IN FATAL CRASH ji Iji Dne Dead, Three Hurt in Accident ci Near Belton-James H. Cobb, pI Supt. Belton Mills Killed. ir c Sews and Courier. lE Anderson, June 20.-James H. r< Dobb, superintendent of the Belton i ?otton mills, is dead; the Rev. D. D. tI Richardson, pastor of the Second u: Baptist church of Belton and the iluck Mills Baptist church of this Id ity, is in a critical condition in a d iospital here; his wife is slightly in jared, and the Rev. E. A. McDowell, a >f Ninety Six, field agent of the Bap- e 'ist Courier, is seriously hurt, as the esult of a collision between an inter irban car of the Anderson Traction t oompany and an automobile, which u )ecurred at Breazeale's Crossing, nine J miles east of Anderson, shortly before t: noon today. The dead and injured i, were occupants of the automobile. g The accident occurred at the foot a )f a smart grade and as the car was f oasting at the rate of about fifteen t riles an hour. The automobile party b as sighted by those in the charge of i a he car-Conductor C. P. Burriss and It ortorman E. E. Sanders-and the i uLsual signal given, there being plenty f time for the machine to clear the ,rossing well in front of the car. When the front wheels of the auto mobile, however, had cleared the first Ii rail of the track, the engine seemed t, to come to a standstill, and in a few iecond the car struck it. The machine c, was thrown some twenty.feet into the s< ir and smashed to splinters. All of t] -he occupants were also thrown some to listance, and it seems a miracle that ill were not killed outright. : Mr. Cobb 's skull was crushed in 1 several places, his l:eft leg and arm C< were broken and the thigh crushed b nto bits. He was also otherwise p ruised and mangled and lived but sl i few minutes after the crash. Theis Rev. Mr. Richardson's skull was a Iractured and his left leg and arm jt roken, and he is yet unconseious. t] rhe Rev. Mr. McDowell was removed t !rom the scen;e of the accident to the C Belton Hotel, where his injuries were Iressed. He is suffering from a brok m shoulder and arm and, while ser- 1 ously hurt, his condition is not ser ous. He was removed to his home at a STinety Six late this afternoon, ap- p parently .resting well. The injuries t] sustained by Mrs. Richardson were a light, consisting chiefly of a severely a sprained ankle. She is in the hospi-, tal with her husband. When the ae ident occurred the party was en route to Dorchester church, three n iles north of Belton, to attend ai neeting..o At the coroner's inquest at Belton this afternoon the jury, after hearing t the evidence, returned the following je. verdict. exonerating the men in a sharge o'f the car from all>: blame: h 'We find, that the deceased eame to t4 Lis death by being struck by a trolley;t ear in West Belton, on what is known as Breazeale 's Crossing, as the result e. of an a'cident.''" CALHOUN JURY FAILS'fOAGEE t San Francisco, Cal., June 20.-Ter- t. minating in a disagreement of the t] jury wit,h ten men determined on ac uittal and two resolved on convic- n ion, the trial for bribery of Patrick s: Ualhoun, of the United Railroads. F nded at noon today. Five months G md a week had passed since the s: realthiy street rail-road owner, a de- a eedant of Patrick Henry, made his d irst appearance in court to answer to he ebarge of offering a bribe of $4.- li )0) to a s--ervisor to obtain an over-f a .ead trolley for his corporation. r Not until eh juror had pronoune- h eas hopeless the prospect of a ver- c: lit was the order for their discharge n nade by Judge Lawlor, prosecution s 12 (hfee giving assent to the dis- w ~harge. e4 The trial ended quietly. The de- el ~endanit and his attorneys, as well as ir he chief officers of the prosecution. 1b ~efrained from comment on the dis- it reement. p Five ballots w.ere take:l. three n< hortly after t'he jury retired. On the s< ir3t vote the jury stoodl eight for ae- vi jittal and four for conviction. Two tl >f the four joined tihe majority on the ti econd ballot, and one of tihe remain- ai ng two announice'd his dletermination w o remain out a month if necessary. es Afe odering the discharge of the se try Judge Lawlor addressed to the trors some informal remarks, criti sing the laws and.usages that made )ssible the expense of three months the empanelling of a pry. He de ared the courts were utterly help ss to prevent such occurrences and commended that the legislature be ifluenced by the people to change te laws that governed court proced e.I I The attorneys are expected to fix a ate for another trial on the same in ietment tomorrow. "I am ready to try this case again, nd I will go ahead tomorrow if nec ssary,' said Prosecutor Heney. Mr. Calhoun tonight said: "Of course. I am disappointed at ie jury's failure to acquit me of the njust charges against me. The idge was hostile, the assistant dis -ict attorney bribed and the admin ;tration of the law of this State is raced. I propose at the proper time nd in a proper manner to submit :rmal charges against Assistant Dis .iet Attorney Heney for receiving ribes, and against Rudolph Spreckles nd James D. Phelan, for having paid The Press and Clemson. Ou esteemtA local cotemporary, he Herald and News, says: "We notice that Clemson college going to extend an invitation to ie Press association to .meet next ear at the college and that 'the >llege authorities will pay the expen es of'a week's entertainment out of ieir own pockets.' It would he bet ,r, if the Press association is to be Lvited to Clemson, in view of the -iticisms that have been made, andl i order that the members may see )nditions as they are, that the mem Irs should go ther at their own ex anse and not as the guests of the in ;itution they are to write of as they .e it. It is not probable. that the 5sociation will accept an invitation hold an annual meeting there, iough it may be that the association rill accept the invitation to visit lemson during the meeting 1 Green lie next month. Our cotemporary has probably fal n into error. Where did it get the formation that "Clemson college -is >ing to extend an invitation to the ress association to meet next year at ie college'? And that "the college ithorities will pay the expenses of week's entertainment out of their wn pockets''1 As to the first part of the state ent: The college authorities have at extended an invitation. The.facts Sregard to this are, that a member r the press from Oeonee county ask I authority of the board of trustees >extend an invitation to the asso- -, ation to meet at Clemson next year, nd that the authority was granted [in; and it is presumed he will ex mnd tihe invitation when the associa on meets in Greenville in July. othing was said about paying the spenses-<mly a few words of com- -- ton courtesy, and expressing .a wish. iat if the ins itation were accepted le authorities might be notified in, me to put things in proper shape for 2eir entertainment, or something to iat effect. As to the second part of the state- 2 ent, the only. foundation for it is a .mple and courteous invitation to the 'ress association to come over from reenville, when they hold their ses on there in July, and spend a day, nd be the guests of the college at mnner. There is certainly nothing in this iitation that can be construed into a attempt to put the association embers under obligation to the col ~ge authorities and thereby disarm -iticism. We are sure the college has rthi to conceal from t-he Press as >eiation, nor from anyone else. They ould no doubt be glad to have the litors see the plant and examine as osely as they see fit into the work s of the college, and to write free about everything connected with ;but as for invitations there and iying expenses, the authorities have >t issued any except "to visit Clem mn during the meeting in Green Ile next month.'' with .the assurance tat dinner would be provided for tem-a matter of simg courtesy id convenience in a country town, bere hotel accommodations are nec sarily very limited.-Newberry Ob