The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 06, 1922, Page FIVE, Image 5
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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 ?? ?
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Condensed statemen
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The Commeri
at the
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Loans and Investme
Overdrafts secured ?
liberty Bonds (unpk
Cash on hand and in
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Capital Stock
. Surplus and Profits..
! Dividend No. 49 due
Bills Payable
Deposits
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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
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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;
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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
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m right"
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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
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