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GOOD ROADS PLANS [OR SOUTH CAROLINA Expenditure of $34,000,000 in Six Years. WILL BE PROPOSED Highway System of 4,000 Miles Can Be Had in South Carolina From the present ration of federal aid, an increase in automobile license fees, continuance of the two-mill pro perty tax, levying of a one-cent tax per gallon on motor vehicle fool and the issuance of ten millions of dollars in State bonds, South Caro lina can spend in the next six years $34,000,00 and complete a highway system of 4,000 miles, of which 600 miles can be hard-sur faced, according to the proposed improvement plan to be presented to the General Assembly by the State highway commission. The full plan: "Without increasing tho present property tax one cent the State of South Carolina may spend approx imately $34,000,000 and complete within six years a system of im proved State highway comprising about 4,000 miles, more than 600 miles of which would be hard-sur faced and the rest surfaced with sand-clay, top soil or gravel; and under this plan each county will not only retain its own money, but get back more than it puts in for the construction and maintenance of its State highways and bridges. "The money can be raised as fol lows: "1. Federal aid from the nation al government at present rate of about $1,100,000 per year for six years, $6,600,000. "2. The automobile license re ceipts. If the license fee is in creased to correspond with the DUR are the kind A PR( A few Boas an sonable Bradham ID Mannin GIFTS FOR WOMEN! PRICES W AY DOW N! F. B. Sh ac "TH'IE STORE OF' CO I'1 15131 Mnain RStreet A WICEOLD TALE One of Interest to Our Readers Good news bears repeating, and wherwit is confirmed after a long lapse of time, even if we hesitated to be lieve it at first hearing, we feel se cure in accepting its truth now. The following experience of a Manning woman is confirmed after seven years. Mrs. Joe Wells, S. Boundry Street, Manning, says: "I have been great ly rerieved and benefited by Doan's Kidney Pills. I had kidney annoyan ces and I suffered with (lull backaches. I was also bothered with headaches and dizzy Spells. Doan's Kidney Pills however, soon proved just what I needed for in a short time I was free from those troubles." OVER SEVEN YEARS LATER, Mrs. Wells said: "I can always say that Doan's are without a doubt the best kidney remedy on the market. Any remedy as good as Doan's Kid ney Pills, is worthy of at high recom m endation." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's- Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Wells hwa. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffu.o, N. Y. average in the United States, which, for example, would change the fee for a Ford ear from $6 per year to $8 per year, and fo ra Cadillac from $16 Per year to $23 Per year, this source would yield on an average approximately $1,300,000 per year, or a total for six years of $7,800, 000. "3. The two-mill property tax now effectively would yield an aver age of slightly more than $1,000,000 per year, or about $6,200,000 for the six years. "4. A tax of I cent per gallon on motor vehicle fuel could be im Posed without appreciable burden O C S that make )FIT! d Sows at Rea Prices. uroc Farm g, S.C. After (Christmanis prics pre vailing now so, that you may buyr attract ive gifts foir women and save - practically -half on your hoaliday shopping... Not an item in this immiense stock of ''xclusiive merchandise buit that can now be. boaught -at a sur pirising redluction in price. IHere are thte gifts -women will appjreciate : Coats, Suits, D~resses, Waists, Fuars, Gloves, lHosie'ry. Silk IUnderwear, l'ara 54ola, I and Bags, Corsets, laounging Itobes, Neckwear and Novelties. ft. will pay you to come to Columbia for this sale. telford Co. tTEOUS ATENTIION" COLUTMRIA, . C. and would yield an average of be tween $500,000 and ' $600,000' per year, or say $8,400,000 for the six year period. "5. A State bond issue of only $1,000,000 would bring the total fund up to $4,000,000, and this is sue could be. so arranged that a part of the :revenues above sug gested would take of it during and after the six-year period. "This $34,000,000 fund would be sufficient to carny out the follow ing described program of road im provement: "1. Construct 2,000 miles of soft-, surfaced roads including minor bridges and cuiverts, at $5,000 per mile, $10,000,000. "2. Construct 400 miles of hard surfaced roads, including grading and the minor bridges and culverts, at $25,000 per mile, $10,000,000. "3. Construct all of the impor tant bridges on the State highway system not already provided for at a cost of about .$5,500,000. "4. Provide annually a sufficient amount to maintain all State roads previously constructed varying from $400,000 per year at present to about $1,500,000 per year when the State system is complete, or about $5, 500.000 for the six years. "5. Maintain the State highway department at a cost of about $200, 000 per year, of $1,200,000 for the six years. "6. Provide interest and sinking fund of $1,800,000 for bonds. In terest and sinking fund, after the six-year period could be provided from the same revenues, with a substantial balance for. matchinig subsequent federail aid and continu ing the construction of hard surfaced roads. "The State highway system, as at present planned, contains about 3,500 miles of road, of which more than 1,600 miles will be completed or provided for by the end of .1921, including more than 200 miles of hard surface. The 2,400 miles pro vided in the above program would therefore complete the system and enable the addition of some 500 or 600 miles to the present layout. The 400 miles addif'onal of hard sur facing would also take care of prac tically all parts of State roads where the traffic is too heavy for I the soft surface and where the I counties have not already made ar rangemente for hnrd surfaIng, "The OxIenditure of the $20,000, 000 proposed for road construction can be equitably distributed among the counties according to any rea sonable schedule and at the same time complete the highway system as above stated. If the distribution were based, for example, one-third on land area, one-third on assessed valuation, and one-third on motor vehicle license receipts for 1921, no county would receive less than about $180,000, and in each case the county's proportion would be suf ficient to complete the State roads within its limits, due regard being hand for the type of surfacing which the present traffic would warrant. As examples of how , distribution of this kind would workout, con sider a few of the counties at random: "Orangeburg County would re ceive about $7'10,000 and has 180 miles of road on the State system, of which about seventy-five miles will be constructed or provided for at the end of the present year. The remaining 105 miles could be graded and surfaced with sand-clay at a cost not exceeding $525,000, which Would leave at least $215,000 for constructing several miles of need ed hard surfacing. Besides, a much needed bridge across the Santee river between Orangeburg and Clar- I endonl counties could he provided from the bridge fund. t "Chesterfield County would re erve about $380,000 and has ninety three miles on th(e State' highway rystem, of which about twventy-five nu les have. atlreadyv been constructed or pr'ov ided for. To construct, the remainig seventy nmile's with sand clay or gravel surfacing would coist some~( $350,000, which woul leave a ama ram of $30.000 for' construict ing additional mileage that might he added toi the Statec system. Ches terfieldl county has 'no roads at piresent reqiriniig a h arid surface. "GCreenvi lle county would receive ablout $1 , 140,00)0 and has a total of 1:31 mile's on t he State system, all e'xce(pt abouit ten ileIs of which has alr meadyv been i mplroved . At least $1,.000,100 is nieded in this county inmmediately, however, for harid sur' facing thosne roads n c wh~'iich traffic ,S too heavy for the existinag tcp sol suirfacime. "Rich3land I (ounty woubiI reci'ivye abiout. 1 100,0001 and has seventy nine miles on the St ate highwvay systemu which is practinlly all pro yih'd for undler the $2 400,000 bond i551uq tor' pa vemecnts alIready ava il - able in that county. The State fund coul, therefuire, Ie appliecd to the coniistrucitio~n of roads to be added to the systecm or in reir iing a part of the county bonds. "'in like anner every coiunty in the State' would receive' a suflicient fund to take enre of the iimmedliate needs soi far as the St ate( highway system is concerned, and, due to the' fedleralI aid, e'ach woiul receive moire th ani it cont ributIedl. It is true that thce neceis wo~ul increase duar inlg the six--year periodl cn a'ccount of the traffic multiplying on some off the roads. On the cither hand, imcreased trafle would mean in ereased revenue from both the mo cir vehiclde license and motor fuel taixes, which in turn wvoul enable a greate'r mileage of hard surfac ing to be cnstructed. "Some or the advantages oif this plan are: "1. It wvoulcl enable all of the coun~nt ies to share equitably in the benefits to be received from fed eralI a id. An equitable distribution bcount ies of this fund is not. pos mible under the revised federal statute's. ''2. It would enable the federal aid projects to be limited in num ber ,and thus greatly reduce the admmiistrahI vi' cost of handling. these proijects. Tlhe govern menit formalities are just the same for a $1 ,000 proiject as for. one costing a half million. "3. The 'rihes rioid fo in IndigestionI Many persons, otherwise ' vigorOs and healthy, ae U *ethered -ooaesionally With tdigestion. The effeots of a - disordered sto mach on the system aro dangerous, and E prompt treatment of indiges. tien Is important. "The dnly - medicine II have needed has been something to aid diges ties and clean the liver," writts Mr. Fred Aihby, a McKinney, Tex., farmer. "My medicine is Thedford's I BLACK-DRAUGHT for infigestion and stomashE trouble of any r*A. I bave never found anything thatU stouches the spot, like Ulsok Draught. I take it 5n broken doses after meals. Per a long time I trie4 pills, whiek grip ed and didn't give the 'esd results. Blaok-Draugt Clde mnedteineis easy te take, easy to keep, inexpenaiv." Get a package from your druggis today-Ash for and insist upon TheIo~r'.--the only genuine. Get it today. his plan would overcome the great Parriers which our rivers now con titute. Such bridges would be of 3tate-wide significance and the ost of their construction is not >roperly che.rgeable to any county, Lnd seldom to any group of coun ices. This fact has been responsi >le for South Carolina's slow prog less in constructing necessary ridges. "4. This plan would in the fu ure obviate the necessity for most f the county bond issues for roads. Lhe total of bond issues for road mprovements already authorized by he counties of the State amounts o some $23,000,000 but most of hese issues were for improvements hat would simply be supplemented nid nade complete by the present )lan. In some case, no doubt, ounties would find it desirable to >rovide for additional road im )rovement which would require )ond issues, but they would cer ainly lose no advantage on ac ount of the State work. "5. This plan provides for con inuousness after the six-year pe iod. Any plan that is not con inuous will necessarily be disap ointing because the needs of traf ice will continue to develop and no >resent plan could be sufficient to >rovide before a given date for iceds that will develop after that late. At the expiration of the six rear period South Carolina would till have about $3,000,000 per year o spend for road construction, in ddition to a maintenance fund uflicient to take care of the con truct(l roads. "( The State Hlgihway Depart lent is at present supervising Ioad onstruction in conjunction with he various countries to the amount f $4,000,000 per year, so that the >rolposedl plan would 1)e little more han a normal increase in its activ ties. This means that the (depart nent would have a chance to ex uand its enginleering forces gradl ially without the necessity of ending outside the State for rainedi road engineers, andI at the ame tinre wouuhl be able to hant lIe the wvork .with reasonable ef icie'ney. ''7. The adoption of a more or ('ss fixed program, coverin~g a pe' -iod oif years wvould mnr'ke for ef iciency andl economy. The pres mt procedIure of planning as we o, with no knowledge as to what he appropriations of succeedling 'ears wvill p rovide for, not only >rings about wvaste on account of neomplete studies, but is also vastefCul on accountI of the fact hat it is impossible to coordinmate he order andi progress of road and >ridIge (onst ruct iont amlong the (unties, so ias to employ the GIate's sources of material supplies o the best advantage." ILASTING MOST EI lI ECTlIVE WHl EN SOIL IS WET OR STIFFe In blasting stunmps the nature of the oil is one of the important factors 1i at must be considlere'd in fixing the dze of the charge. The more resis ance the soil offers to the force of he ex plosion the greater will be the (lice exerted against the stum p. [lence, the United States Department >f' Agriculture points out., stumps in (lose, sandy soils must be more 'wavily loaded than those in firm, ltiff soils. It is generally agreed ~hat so-called high-speed explosives ~ive better results in sandy soils ~han do low percentage (dynamites or ;tumnping p)owders. Since water can not be compress. ad, its prIesence in the pores or open spaces in loose soils adds something to the resistanca that is offered to the 3xplosive force andl thus makes the NOTICE Trespassing on my lands in Sammy Swamip Township is strictly forbidden. gll offenders will be dealt wit'n accord mng to law. J. R. EADON. 666 is a prescription for ColdS, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know. explosion some\vhtut more effective. It follows that especially in, sand soils, better results will be 4btalio6 'in blasting stumps when the groA IS .wet than when it is-.dr$'. It sfihoul, be remembered, however, that noist soil in this connection refers to soIl near the charge-2 or 3 feet under ground-and got surface soil. IN TAKING FARM INVENTORY LIST MANY ITEMS AS SUPPLIES On every farm at inventory time there will be found a miscellaneous collection of all kinds of supplies, such as purchased feeds, seed, fertilizer, twine, nails, and lumber. These, to gether with the aiount of manure on hand, are all listeh unter the head ing "Supplies," ace6rding to inven tory methods worked out ay the Unit ed States Department of Agrictilture. Nails, bolts, screws, and the like can well be listed as one item, regardless of varying sizes and kinds giving the approximate. ntiiber of pounds. ere a definite system of carry ing such shop supplies is in use, as is the case on some of the well-organ ized, large farms, the quantities of the different items of this nature are easily counted or weighed and apprais ed accurately. This kind of property, like ma chinery auid tools, has been bought by the farmer and should therefore be appraised at cost, plus any expense incurred in getting it to the farm. For example, if a ton of barn is bought for $44, $1.25 spent for freight on it, and 75 cents worth of man and horse labor needed to haul it from the station to the farm, the appraisal should be made at the rate of $46 a ton. CONSIDER FARM OPERATIONS IN RELATION TO BUSINESS Iasty conclusions should be avoid ed in making use of the results of the year's cost account for improving the organization of the farm, warns the United States Department of Aqp culture. All good farmers know t : sometimes a positive decrease ir pLO fits may ensue if an enterprise be dropped because, taken alone, it has failed to pay. Cows, for instance, may not show a net profit, but if all the cows were sold there might be no other way of using the roughage, I which would become a (lead loss. Lab or devoted night and morning to milking and feeding cows, and charg ed to them, would be entirely lost if the cows were sold and nothing sup plied to fill in the time. Thus an ad ded burden for the maintenance of labor would have to be borne by the SPECIAL I YOUNG J This bank extends to man in this community v come a savings depositor. Only by careful and you hope to acquire the tually branch out in busil No great amount is i count. You can do so on up. You can add to this f in any sum you desire, no -be. The Bank ( ,JOS. SPROTT, -President. Gr C o The f BLUE DI: On hand now. to keep a stock Manning CHANDLER & other enterprises. Tho fact that the hogs. or the corn c'op bring in thp most net money dur ing the siason is no reasof- fo'r as suming, tat all the' activities 6f the farm i the future should be devoted soley -to logs or corn. -l Imay be thtlie keeping of cows is nartly re sponsible for making the hogs, so profitable, or that the growing "of wheat, clover, or other crops in rots.L tion with corn makes the latter crop much more' profitable than it would have been if grown alone. Professional Cards .NO. G. DINKINS Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C. DuRANT & ELLERRE Attorneys at Law MANNING. S. C. IL 0. Purdy. S. Oliver O'Bryau PURDY & O'BRYAN Attorneys and Counselors 'at Law. MANNING, S. C. FRED LESESNH Attorney at Law MANNING. S. C. MONEY TO LOAN On Real Estate-Small and Large Loans. Long Terms. J. W. WIDEMAN MANNING. S. C. H. C. CURTIS, '4 Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C. ~T WEINBERG & STUKES J. A. Weinberg Taylor H. Stukes Attorneys-at-Law MANNING, S. C. nvitation to PEOPLE! every young man or wo special invitation to be systematic saving may funds necessary to even less for yourself. iecessaryt to open an ac any s .n from one dollar Lecount from time to time matter how small it may df Manning. T. M. MOUZON, Cashier. VEN BROS. MARBLE and GRANITE CO. DESIGNERS MANUFACTURERS ERECTORS Dealers in' everything for the .cemetery. he largest .and best equipped mon mtal mills in the Carolinas. Cenwood,_---..--...s. C. amous KIE GEM! Ve will endeavor at all times. Fuel Co. SPROTT, 1rPrm.