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VOLUME XXV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925
NUMBER 12
THE WORK OF THE LAURENS
COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Interesting'Account of Various Projects in The
County Cited By J. P. Jacoby Sr., Vice
Chairman of Commission
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.The following facta are offered for
publication as matters of interest to
the people throughout Laurens coun
ty in regard to the work of the Lau
rens County Highway Commission:
The Gray Court to Woodruff bridge
road cost for road construction $21,-
088,27, and for bridge construction
$4,658.58, considerably exceeding the
appropriation for that road.
The Cold Point to Augusta road
near Mt. Olive church, cost for road
construction $17,012.74, and for bridg
es $11,314.48, also considerably ex
ceeding the appropriation.
In both cases the road work fell
within the appropriation but the build
ing of double-track, re-inforeed con
crete bridges raised the cost consider
ably above the appropriation for those
roads.
In the case of the Calhoun high
way the same situation occurred, as
follows: Cost /rom Clinton to Dun
can’s Creek, road construction $37,-
188.95, bridge construction $6,738.96.
■ From Clinton to Ross Young’s
place in the direction of Mountville,
road construction $13,066.98, bridge
construction $11,552.46.
From Ross Young’s place to Mount
ville, road construction $11,256.92,
bridge construction $7,554.28.
Duncan’s Creek to Newberry line,
road construction $8,190.09, making
the total road construction by the
Laurens County Highway Commission
on-^'the Calhoun highway $69,701.94;
bridge construction $25,845.70, or a
grand total expended to this time of
$95,547.64. There yet remains to be
built bridges at Duncan’s Creek, and
a little work remains to be done at
Little River and North Creek. Ap
proximately $10,000.00 additional will
have to be spent on the Calhoun high
way completing bridges, filling in and
top-soiling the approaches.
The above mentioned projects are
all cross-country roads, over very
rough coiigtry, involving in many
cases heavy fills and deep cuts and
involving a total of about 22 or 23
bridges, and large culverts, all but of
which were built double-track, re-in-
forced concrete. Some of these bridg
es are quite large. Little River bridge
has two 50-foot spans and two 40-
foot spans. The remainder of the
Calhoun highway from Mountville to
Puckett’s Ferry on Saluda River Was
taken over by the State Highway De
partment and the entire expense on
that project absorbed by the State
Highway Department, with the excep
tion of the initial engineering ex
pense, done by the State Highway De
partment, but paid by the Laurens
County Highway Department, amount
ing to about $1,100.00, and a few
items having to do wish right-of-way
damages to crops or standing tim
ber.
The Puckett’s Ferry bridge project
has also been taken over by the State
‘Highway Department, but the Lau
rens County Highway Commission has
paid a portion bf the cost, which is
returnable at some time during the
year 1925, unless legislation reduces
the State Highway Department’s in
come and forces the postponment of
repayment.
The Laurens County Highway Com
mission has paid out on federal aid
projsct 233, Puckett’s Ferry bridge,
$9,364.70 of construction expense and
$861.63 of engineering expense of the
State Highway Department. This
was done under the original agree
ment whereby Laurens county was to
pay one-fourth of the cost. The Lau
rens County Commission has also paid
$7,500.00 towards the cost of the Ora-
Watts Mill road, which sum was re-
appropriated by the General Assem
bly for the Watts-Mill Yarborough
road.
The other roads built by the Lau
rens County Highway Commission
have cost as follows:
From Waterloo to the Calhoun high
way connection near Puckett’s Ferry
bridge $8,961.71; from Cold Point to
Waterloo $11,672.95; from Musgrove
bridge to Clinton $21,069.52.
Other expenses have been as fol
lows: Freight not classified by roads
$998.61. Office expense, truck main
tenance, commissioner’s expense, en
gineer’s expense and general over
head of the office of the engineer,
$8,610.56. Actual engineering $6,-
666.50.
This makes a total on all of the
above projects as follows: For road
construction $182,096.57; bridge con
struction $51,183.46; engineering done
by Laurtens County Highway engineer
and also by State Highway Depart
ment $10,016.06. Additional to this
thd Commission has now invested
$24,552.88 in the following form:
Equipment not distributed.... $4,086.64
Case’s gang equipment
Gilliam’s gang equipment .
Hall’s gang equipment .... .
Watson’s equipment .... ..
1.147.56
2,231.06
338.71
2,308.16
Dillard’s equipment 2,299.87
Ward’s equipment .... 2,958.31
Feed and supplies on hand.... 4,182.57
Revolving fund, cash on hand,
vouchered for convenience in handling
pressing items before vouchers could
be issued therefor, $5,000.00.
Up to the date of March 1st, the
total outlay of the Commission has
been $267,847.97. The resources of
the Commission, out of which this has
been paid, have been as follows:
Sale on bonds ..$246,257.11
Accrued interest on bonds 4,166.67
Interest earned on deposits
with banks .... 4,624.99
Federal aid on Project 233 4,509.58
S. C. Highway Department
payment for building road
through Waterloo 2,000.00
Repaid by S. C. Highway
Dept, on Project 237,
Mountville to Puckett’s
Ferry 16,876.08
Making total resources ....$278,434.43
There is deductible, however, from
this total a loss from the failure of
the Mountville Bank, which will prob
ably be about $3,500.00, and there is
to be added to the above total a sum
returnable by the State Highway De
partment, the sum of $5,726.75. From
this it will appear that the net re
sources^ exclusive of supplies and
equipment, amount now to about $17,-
000.00. .This may not be sufficient to
complete the Musgrove road to Bel
fast.
It is hoped that the county delega
tion will provide additional funds
whereby certain projected roads may
be completed, and other projected
roads taken up. Those which have
been most under consideration are,
first, the Musgrove-Belfast road,
which, may require very little addi
tional funds; the Watts Mill-Yarbor
oughs road, for which there is an ap
propriation of $7,500.00 unused, hut
which could be used by the Commis
sion by approval of the Supervisor.
This sum, however, would not com
plete the road, which would probably
cost $20,000.00 additional. Also the
Cold-Point-Mt Olive road should be
carried on to Ware Shoals. It is pos
sible that the Ware Shoals Manufac
turing Company may offer some in
ducement in the way of assuming a
portion of the cost, in which case that
road certainly should be carried
through to Ware Shoals. It is also
important to build from the Laurens-
Princeton road at Hickory Tavern to
the Greenville line in the direction of
Simpconville, and developing a sec
tion of the county which is now much
neglected. This latter project would
be inexpensive as it is largely ridge
route; also the completion of the Bel
fast road to Vaughnsvill*.
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It would be a pity to junk the pres
ent organization, and a very much
greater pity to waste the equipment
now on hand, and a still greater pity
to lose our superb engineer, Mr. P. F.
Patton, whose remarkable ingenuity
and ability in securing high class
roads at extremely low cost is recog
nized throughout the Piedmont region
of South Carolina. Everything de
pends upon what the county delega
tion will do in the matter.
The Commission is ready to go on
and build roads in any part of the
county where they are most needed if
the funds are supplied. If the coun
ty-wide development is not made pos
sible at this meeting of the legisla
ture it would be desirable to maintain
the present organization until a meet
ing of the legislature affords the
funds to give county-wide good roads
to all sections of the county.
J. F. JACOBS, Vice Chairman,
Laurens County Highway Com.
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WARREN REJECTED
AGAIN BY SENATE
Veto of Forty-Six to Thirty-Nine Cast
On Second Try/ Course of
Coolidge Unknown.
Washington) March 16.—The nomi
nation of Charles B. Warren to be
attorney general, was rejected for a
second time today by the Senate, 46
to 39, as compared to the 40-40 tie a
week ago.
Immediately there arose a ques
tion whether Mr. Warren would accept
a recess appointment which President
Coolidge announced 'last Saturday
would be offered to him in the event
the Senate took such action.
Neither the executive nor Mr.
Warren made any statement. Sec
retary Sanders said Mr. Coolidge
had the situation “under advisement”
and Senator Curtis of Kansas, the
Republican leader, who with Senator
Butler, of Massachusetts, carried
word of the Senate action to the
White House, declared the President
would make known his position to
morrow.
• No official would intimate whether
these indications pointed to a refusal
by Mr. Warren to accept-a recess ap-
submission of a new nomination to
morrow or at some later date.
Meaiiwhile the Senate is held in
special Session. Leaders of the op
position to Mr. Warren declared it
>rohld be so held for some time un
less Mr. Coolidge submitted another
name. Until the Senate adjourns, a
recess appointment can npt be made.
The vote came after four hours
of fiery debate before crowds that
jammed the galleries and extended
in long lines through {he corridors.
Presentation of the case of Mr. War
ren and of the president rested large
ly with Republicans of the judiciary
committee, two of whom made their
maiden Senate speeches in the fight.
Thf leaders of the old guard of other
days remained silent in their places.
Although the only question in
doubt was the size of the majority
by which the nomination would be
rejected, the calling of the roll was
followed,with even a more eager in
tensity than was manifest last Tues
day when it.first was turned down
because of the inability of Vice-presi
dent Dawes to reach the chamber in
time to break the tie.
The vice-president was in the chair
every minute of the session today
and had his first real experience in
attempting to enforce senate rules
frequently from the gallery as quips
and jibes were hurled across the
chamber by senators.
The hosts on both sides had been
marshalled, some coming frpm sick
beds and others having been sum
moned from great distances to cast
their votes in the history-making
struggle between the White House
and the Senate.
This was one of the few times in
recent Senate history that all the
senators present answered when their
names first were called. As the roll
started, Senator Smoot, Republican,
Utah, who collapsed in the Senate
last week, canie in slowly and took
his seat. A minute or two later, Sena
tor LaFollette of Wisconsin, recogniz
ed leader of the insurgents, who had
been called from Florida,' entered the
chamber and took his seat in a front
row directly before Mr. Dawes. ^
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CITATION FOR LETTERS OF AD
MINISTRATION
The State of South Caoetma,
County of Laurens.
By O. G. Thompson, Prohate Judge:
WHEREAS, H. M. Bryson made
suit to me, to grant him Letters 6f
Administration of the Estate and ef
fects of Mrs. Sallie Milam.
THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite
and admonish all and singular the
Kindred and Creditors of the said Mrs.
Sallie Milam, deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Laurens Court
House, Laurens, S. C., on the 20th day
of March, 1926, next, aSter publication
hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not
be granted.
GIVEN under my hand this 5th day
of March, A. D., 1925.
O. G. THOMPSON (Seal)
J. P. L. C.
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pointment, or would say whether Mr
Coolidge had under advisement the against demonstrations, which came
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