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J. l iuav, uauuai^ v/, COMBINED RESOURCES TO RAISE REVENUE Under Plans Announced by Govern or After Consultation With Highway Department The Stare. Without increasing the presen property tax one cent the state o South Carolina may spend approxi mately $34,000,000 on a six yea road improvement program tha would result in a state system o 4,000 miles of improved roads, 60( miles of which would be hard sur faced, according: to a plan announcec yesterday by Governor Cooper ful lowing a consultation with the stat< highway department. Governor Cooper gave out th< plan himself and is very much ir hopes that the general assembly wil seriously consider the six year ta: .program. Under the plan announc ed-by the governor the state coult complete a system of improvec highways, hard surfaced and sane clay, top soil and gravel, tha would be a credit to the state. Undei the proposed program each count} would not only retain its own mon ey but get back more than it putj in for the construction and maintenance of its state highways anc bridges. Briefly the new program contem plates six methods of getting, the $34,000,000 as follows: federal aic for six years to be $6,600,000; ar increase in the automobile license fees so as to bring: in $1,300,00 z year or $7,800,000 in six years; ap^ proximately $6,200,000 from the two mill property tax now effective approximately $3,400,000 from s gasoline tax imposed for six years at one cent a gallon; a state bond is sue of $10,000,000. Large Sum for Roads Under the program 2,000 miles oi soft surfaced roads would be constructed to cost around $10,000,000 including minor bridges and culverts; 400 miles of hard surfacec roads,, including grading, mino: bridges and culverts, etc., to cost around $10,000,000; all the state highway bridges not yet provided foi would be built at approximately $5,ETAA AAA. moinfp. UUV,VW, piunuc i;uiuvi&iiu nance fund of about $5,500,000 foi the six year -period; provide around $1,200,000 to maintain the state highway department for six years and interest and sinking- funds oi $1,800,000 for the 'bonds. In this $34,000,000 program the amounts to be received out of the $20,000,000 road construction fund alone would be as follows for the following five counties: Charleston. $1,180,000; Greenville, $1,140,000; Kichland and ijpartanourg, 000 each; Anderson, $920,000. Some of the major bridge projects provided for under the proposed program include four over the Great Pee Dee, four over Lynch's river two over the Santee, one over the Wateree, one over the Catawba, one over the Congaree, two over the Broad, two over the FUcolet, t-v4c over the Tyger, two over the Enoree six over the Saluda, four over the Edisto, one over the Ashepoo, one over the Combahee and two over the Savannah. "During the next few years South Carolina will be confronted with ar unemployment situation, incident tc the necessity of reestablishing oui ?? 1 n. J agriculture,'' saia governor cuopei in announcing the six year proposed program. "It is important that employment be found for our surplus labor during this period, because while we shall have reorganized ou: agriculture, we -will have a shortage instead of a surplus of labor. Unless something is done to give the unemployed labor during the transition period tnere will be an inevitable emigration," the governoi declared. ''South Carolina needs to con tinue the building- of public high ways of a permanent character. Af ter consulting with the state high way department, the following i: ?ubmitted: as a tentative program in the hope that all of our people especially members of the genera assembly, will give the subject seri ous consideration ana arrive ai < wise conclusion." The proposed program was an nounced as follows: Proposed Program Without increasing: the presen property tax one cent the state o South Carolina may spend approxi mately $34,000,000. and complex within six years a system of improv ed state highways comprising abou 4,000 miles, more than 600 miles o which would be hard surfaced, am the rest surfaced with sand-clay, to] soil or gravel; and under this plai each county will not only retain it own money; but get back more thai it puts in for the construction an< maintenance of its state highway and bridges. The money can he raised as fol : lows: i i 1. Federal aid from the natioi 'government at present rate of abc - $1,100,000 per year for six yea j $0,600,000. 2. The automobile license receip J If the licence fee is increased 'correspond with the average in 1 t United States, which, for examp t' would change the fee for a Ford < - from SO per year to $8 per year, a r for a Cadillac from $16 per yt t to $23 per year, this source woi f yield on an average approximat* \ :>1 OA A AAA ( J ^l,OUU,UUU llt'l .ycai, Ui a. wi 01 J - six years of $7,800,000. i i 3. The two mill property tax n> - effective would yield an average 3 slightly more than $1,000,000 i year or about $0,200,000 for the : i years. i! 4. A tax of 1 cent per gallon 1 motor vehicle fuel could be impos < without appreciable burden a -! would yield an average of betwe i $500,000 and $600,000 per year, 1 sav $3,400,000 for the six year t 1 riod. t' A state bond issue of only $1 r 000,000 would bring the total fu r up to $34,000,000, and this iss - could be so arranged that a part ; the revenues above suggested woi - take care of it during and after t I six year period. i This $34,000,000 fund would . sufficient to carry out the followi > described program of road improN I ment: , i 1 . Construct 2,000 miles of sc , surfaced roads, including1 min bridges and culverts, -$5,000 p mile, $10,000,000. 2. Construct 400 miles of ha surfaced roads, including gradi and the minor bridges and ^culver $25,000 per mile, $10,000,000. 1 3. Construct all of the importa bridges on the state highway s? term not already .provided for at . cost of about $5,500,000. 4. Provide annually a sufficie amount to maintain all state roa ' previously constructed varying frc ' $400,000 per year at present about $l,o00,000 per year when t state system is complete, or abo ' $5,500,000 for the six years. ' i 5. Maintain the state highway c partment at a cost of about $20! 000 per year, or $1,200,000 for t six years. 6. Provide interest and sinki | fund of $1,800,000 for bonds. ] ] terest and sinking: fund, after t ! six year period, could be provid from the same revenues with a su stantial balance for matching ?u : sequent federal aid and continui the aonsjrucuon 01 nara sur^ac roads. Miles in Present System The state highway system as present planned contains a'bout 1 . 500 miles of read, of which mc than 1.600 miles will be complet | or provided for by the end of 192 including: more than 200 miles hard surface. The 2,400 miles pi [ vided in the above program wou therefore complete the system a: enrible the addition of some 500 600 miles to the present layout. T 400 miles addition of hard surfaci ' "would also take care of practica; all parts of state roads where t the traffic is too heavy for the sc surface and where the counties ha not already made arrangements f 1 hard surfacing. The expenditure of the $20,00 000 proposed for road construct! can be equitably distributed amo ^ the counties according to any r sonable schedule ^nd can then co plete the highway system as abo etotof! Tf tho Hictrihiitinn we ^ placed, for example, one-third land ax*ea, one-third on assessed v; uation and one-third on motor ve' cle license receipts for 1921, county would receive less than abo $180,000. and in each case t county's .proportion would be su cient to complete the state roa within the limits, due regard bei had for the type of surfacing whi the present traffic would warrai As examples of how a distriibuti of this kind would work out. cc sider a few of the counties at rs ' dom: j Orangeburg- county would recei about $740,000 and as 180 miles ^ road on the state system, of whi about 75 miles will be construct or provided for at the end of t present year. The remaining 1 miles could be graded and surfac with sand-clay at a cost not exce* j. in.<r $525,000, which would leave f least $215,000 for constructing s< eral miles of reeded hard surfaci: a Besides, much needed bridge acr the Santee river /"between Orinj t burg and Clarendon counties coi f be provided from the bridge fund, j Would Aid Counties 3 Chesterfield county would rece i albout $380,000 and has 93 miles s the state highway system, of wh i a'hnnt 9R miles have alreadv be i constructed or provided for. s construct the remaining- 70 mi with sand-clay or gravel surfaci - would cost some $350,000, \vh I ; would leave a margin of $30,000 for tj nal'constructing additional mileage that J )ut[niight be added to the state system, j rs,, Chesterfield county has no roads at' (present requiring a hard surface. ,c >ts. | Greenville county would receive:to about $1,140,000 and as a total of c -he 131 miles on the state system, all * >le,;except about ten miles of which has1 "ar already been improved. At least f nd $1,000,000 is needed in this county j I iar immediately, however, for hard sur-jl Jld facing those roads on which traffic is|t sly too heavy for the existing top soil j I for surfacing. i J 13 ! V> 1 n ? > ,J r.niuiti' njrrvnlrl rocnivo 'C j -LClL-IlldliU V-UUill^ 4. x v- v. ^ a ? ow about $1,100,000 and has 70 miles ;* o? on the state highway system which 1 >er is practically ail provided for under, a six the $2,000,000 bond issue for pave-;* " Iments already available in that coun- 1 on i ty. The state fund could therefore , r ;ed be applied to the construction of | ^ nd roads to be added to the system or: t en in retiring a part of the county: 5 or j bonds. )e-J In like manner every county in the;I state would receive a sufficient fund a 0,-'to take care of the immediate needs a i 4nd so far as the state highway system j t ue is concerned, and due to the federal,I of aid, each would receive more than,* ild f it contributed. It is true that the|?: he,needs would increase during the six;1' [year period on account of the traf-!a be fic multiplying on some of the roads.. i* Unflinr VionrJ infropeorl traffic* . n IJ?? KS l L I UL V/UiV. i ii uliU invx wmww v% re- would mean increased revenue from b both the motor vehicle license and fi )ft motor fuel taxes, which in turn'e :or would enable a greater mileage of n ?er hard surfacing to be constructed. ,13 i Some of the advantages of this rd plan are: ja ng! 1. It would enable all of the counts ts, ties to share equitably in the bene- c fife fn rofpivpH from federal aid. 11 I- I nt An equitable distribution ;by conn- a ?s- ties of this fund is not possible un- 11 a der the revised federal statutes. { 2. It would ena'ble the federal a nt aid projects, to 'be limited in numds ber and thus greatly reduce the ad- a un ministrative cost of handling these to projects. The government formali-1 he ties are just the same for a $1,000 d ut project as for one costing $500,000. S Would Overcome Barriers le- 3. The bridges provided for in T [),- this plan would overcome the great ^ he barrier which cur rivers now const:- 11 jtute. Such bridges would ;be of,s: n?r state wide significance and the cost Cl ;n_ of their construction is not properly j hc * chargeable to any county, and sel- a e(j dom to any group of counties. This ^ fact has been responsible for South a Carolina's slow progress in con- v structing necessary bridges. j^1 e(j 4. This plan would in the future. , obviate the necessity for most of a j the county bond issues for roads, d The total of bond issues for road u ^ improvement already authorized by: the counties of the state amounts to ,r<: some $23,000,000, but most of these GQ ^ issues were for improvements that G ' ' would simply be supplemented and made complete by the present plan, si ?" In ccme cases, no doubt, counties tl would find it desirable to provide b n(* for additional road improvement tl 01 which would require bond issues, si but they would certainly lose no u advantage on account of the state c: work. * i AQ 5. This plan provides for contin- B ' uousness after the six year period. Ii e Any plan that is not continuous will is or necessarily be disappointing ibecause o the needs of traffic will continue to a '0~ develop and no present plan could be a on sufficient to provide 'before a given p n2 date for needs that will develop d !a" after that date.- At the ex- a m" piration of the six year period South p ve Carolina would still have about p 'r'2 83,000,000 per year to spend for j< on road construct;on, in addition to a al" maintenance fund sufficient to take tl ^i" care of the constructed roads. tl no 6. The state highway department e is az. present supervising- roaci con- w struction in conjunction with the va- b rious counties to the amount of about v. ds $4,000,000 per year, so that the pro- a n? posed plan -would be little more than o a normal increase in its activities, a This means that the department tl on would have a chance to expand its t >ri" engineering forces gradually without h in. < i /* i i . i ? 111 tne necessity or sending outsiae tne ij state for trained road engineers, and " ive at the same time would be able to f of handle the work with reasonable ef- d ch ficiency. jt , 7. The adoption of a more or less n he fixed program covering a period of s 05 years would make for efficiency and :ed economy. The present procedure of n ?d- planning as we go. with no knowledge b at as to what the appropriations of sue- h ev- ceeding years will provide for. not i ^g- only brings about waste on account t oss of incomplete studies, but is also ii ?e- wasteful on account of the fact that lid it is impossible to coordinate the or- t A ^ it n v\ /J r* n*- v r\ L' c* r\ ? ^ 't r] nr? a UL"I di:u u i i ua;5 ui iuau ciiiu VJ construction among the counties, so a ;ve as to employ the state's sources of v on material supplies to the best advan- i \rh tage. j" en i ? To! Don't forget the basketball game F les between Newberry college and Pacif- r ng ic Mills Saturday night at 8 o'clock in "v ich the college gym. jr \ CALL TO ACTION TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A suggestion to the chamber of onimerce and the business men of dewberry county, for you are the salt if the county and it is now up to you o save the day. First, quit advising the poor old armer and prive him a rest, for he is )roducin.s: all the time and can't sell lis products, and it is now up to you o take care of him. He has done his >art, so now let him alone and do ours. There is a ffreat crop in your ounty that is now ripe and ready for he market and has been growing for he last 00 or 70 years, and is worth ;bout <i? much money as all the coton that fias been grown in the same ength of time. So now put it on the narket and get your money for it, or the county and the people need he money.. And you can have it if ou will. It's here for you. Now you want to knew what it is. t is your timber?pine, poplar, gum, nd other timber that grows so bundantly on your land. And it is hat which we are paying high prices or, the very stuff that is made out of his timber. We are only using a mall per cent of this great crop and t is growing ten times as fast as we re using it. The truth ot the matter it's in the way of the farmer, and lakes a good harbor for the dreaded oil weevil. It is growing on many ne fields that should be growing othr crops, such as corn, oats, peas, ay, and almost anything that grows i the South. Now with this big crop on hand nd ready to gather, get busy and oranize a company and put up the ash to back it. Have this timber cut ;ito wood. Buy it from the owner nd crush it into pulp, and then roll i ; into paper, and sell the paper on ; le market. It will give your people j 11 jobs who want to work, and your ; own will grow beyond your dreams,! nd the people throughout the coun-' y will be benefitted. Now this is a new year. Start toay. You have been idle long enough.! ave yourselves and others and don't ilk a'bout the 'boll weevil any longer, '/^rlotr r>f snlvat.inn. Don't iO l/ll VX WMA T ? ? e down and out. But go to work and sc the cheap labor that is here, and ave the colored people all over the ountry from crime and want. You should do this at once, and put man in the field to buy and contact for this wood. There are thousnds of cords rotting on the ground , here people have been sawmilling j Dr the last three or four years. It will cause roads to 'be repaired nd built all over the county, and o many other good things. So put p or shut up. D. P. Queen. MUST CUT DOWN Ireenviile Index-Journal. The stare newspaper yesterday Dunded a fine and timely note to all le enterprising heads of institutions, ureaus, commissions and what not :iat there must be no demands pre- i silted to the general assembly in Jan" \ m J; ; ? ' ary tor money ior Duuumgs ui mreased appropriations. All along the line, from Caesar's tead to Hilton's Head, from North ilet to Sand Bar Ferry the demand ; for relief from the present burden f taxes on the part of those who are cutally bearing the burden. There re those who are not bearing any art in this burden and it makes no ifference to them what the general ssem'bly does in the way of appronations 'but they may have a surrise for them when that body ad)urns next February. Observations and experience around ne state house during the sessions of ie general assem'bly show that the arly and the persistent bird gets the *orm of appropriation. And the troule now is that all of these heads! "ill admit that times are hard nd ail that "BUT this little item f mine will not make any difference" nd they will keep trying to slip it hrough. It is rather bad too to have o admit that these persistent birds ave experienced and influential members who aid them in The business of putting it over," trusting to the conusion and hurly-burly of the last ays to make the forward pass or tick play that they have been planing for from the first days of the ession. Members of the general assembly :iust watch out for these persistent lirds and the trick plays. Have a ieart of stee! on the : ubject of buildng and larger appropriations but at he same time exercise common sense n the matter of economy. The late Capt. W. Z. McGhee used o observe that the idea of economy f a certain class was to save matches, .nother way of putting: the old proerb of saving at the spigot and wastng at the bung or that other old saw, 'Penny wise and pound foolish." When a house catches on fire some leople rush in and gathering up a nattress with great care will run out vith it. put it down carefully only to ush hack and dash a bowl and pitcher fl ?? ? t Condensed statemen ! I i j The Commeri at the I I Loans and Investme Overdrafts secured ? liberty Bonds (unpk Cash on hand and in ! Capital Stock . Surplus and Profits.. ! Dividend No. 49 due Bills Payable Deposits | ' I I i We wish our eusto: New Year. It gives i cellent statement of < a prosperous one, an bring even greater pr The clouds of inactiv: to a very marked chf of endeavor during t ; JNO. M. KINARD, . J. Y. Mel HUN1 16 The Bank ( or a mirror out of a second story [ window. Tf ?c ormv fn iiirvm nn somp minor ! official and cut his small salary and! allow some other big item of expense; to run along unnoticed and uncheck-! cd. Economize but exercise business sense and judgment in doing so. Reduce the tax levy but do not fail to put some of the burden on the 'backs of those not now bearing any part of lt#, ' _ | CAMPAIGN TO BE WAGED FOR COOPERATIVE MARKETING j Columbia, Jan. 2.?Backed by the i endorsements of the executive council ovwl orr?-rMtilf lTTol rrvniTYl it.f PC r.f i'fin 1,11 Cillll agl^iUiVUiUt VV?*?***?v?vw Scutn Carolina bankers association.j and four of the district groups of the I association, and by leading farmers and 'business men in every county, a 1 very active campaign for signatures j to the cotton cooperative marketing ! contract will be launched in January | in practically every cotton growing; county in the state. The campaign ; will continue until contracts repre-j senting 400,000 'bales are signed up. j The organization committee has until ; May 1 in which to sign the necessary : number but hopes to be able to get! the number long before that date. ? ~ ** - * 1 A- _ l? xl Harry la. Aanuner, president 01 j South Carolina Cotton Growers Co-; operative association, said Saturday that Col. Clarence Ousley of Texas, formerly assistant secretary of affriculture, Dr Bradford Knapp of Arkansas and Clarence Poe of North Carolina would probably speak in the state some time in January or February and other well known authorities on cooperative marketing of cotton I will also be invited to speak to the j people of the state. Reports from Texts, Mr. Kaminer j said, tell of the continued satisfaction | of farmers of that state with results ! being obtained through the Texas as-; sociation which is handling this year's i crop in that state. : Girl Scouts | A meeting; of the Girl Scouts will j be held at the Now berry hotel Saturday, January 7th, at 2:30 o'clock. ; Kate Bullock, Sec. | 1 ! i I Meeting of the Bachelor Maids j The Bachelor Maids will meet cm 'Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 4 o'clock, at the! ; home of Misses Lila and Julia Sum-! mer. Blanche Davidson, Pres. .Teressa Maybin, Sec. ) Statement: t from report to State Ban!* Condition of ;ial Bank of Newbi close of business olst Dec. RESOURCES: nts ind unsecured jdged) banks LIABILITIES: January 1,1922 mers and friends a prospei is pleasure to call attention )ur bank showing that the p d we confidently expect tl ? ? I _ ospenty to our customers an ity are rapidly passing, and inge for general improveme he good year 1922. President. ?ALL, Vice Pres. and Cash: FLOYD BRADLEY, Asst. \ HUNT & HUNTER, Atty ~ m ommercial Newberry, S. C. that always treats yc ? The condit The Bank of at {he close cf business D RESOURC Loans & Discounts Building & Fixtures Bonds (in hand Total LIABILIT Capital Stock Surplus & Profits Dividend unpaid Deposits Money borrowed Total DR. GEO. Y. HUNTER, Preside DR. JACOB S. WHEELER, J. F. BROWNE, Cash j. a. cour Mwnnrii rifc rmiT~i ~in> 1 ??i i i im rm?rwrrmi?im, icti iiiw Make s of a bi; 4 crop. I Feiiiiiz, HANDLED JUllllllU UIU3. Johnson-McCrackin Co. M. L. Spearman ; Examiner of the errv, S. C. 1921. | $ 825,681.60 a n 73Z.U b .... 140,950.00 ...... 232,057.98 ?1,199,421.64 j $ 50,000.00 112,-337.56 3,000.00 50,000.00 HO/1 AO/I AO VO ^.UO^t.UO $1,199,421.6'! rous and happy to the above exast year has been he New Year to d friends at large, we look forward :nt along all lines ier. J Cashier. - 'M 1$ m right" ! ? ion of Prosperity 1 lecember 31,1921 J ES $308,667.84 4,000.00 47,675.00 26,035.85 | $386,378.69 IES $ 25,000.00 <. 20,759.32 1,000.00 339,618.87 None .*..$386,378.69 tnt. Vice Pre3. tier,. I ?JTS, Asst. Cashier. I sure .'4 Jse 1 ? 'i?*rr?>?' m ** ' I &Y I Newberry, S. C. Newberry, S. C. Newberry, S. C.