Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A? . PACK EIGHT “Whoopee! as he happed into bed. “I don’t feel that way,” aaid Billie, whose head was half way vnder cov- ers. “What’s the matter?” asked Bobbie. “I feel like crying: one minute and I don’t fed like crying the next. What Ida you call that?” I “I should^say you were filled wnth shouted Bobbie Bunny, j’'emorse,” replied Bobbie/ “I have had a funny feeling near my heart 6ver since are painted Mis- ter Jay Bird’s head yellow and all the birds attacked him. ff that is remorse, until Mister Sunshiny Man came peep ing over the hill The Bunnies were up bright and I mean the way I f^X then I got re- early. Billie still had his feelinr of morse.” Billy lay very Still after this. | remowe and before they went d^wpito “I had forgotten all about it,” said I breakfast, Billie said: Bobbie, rfter a UtUe' white. ] p, “You have a good fprgettery,”, sigh-j Mister Jay Bird.” ed Billie. And then they both dropped t “It takes little time to do an injury, off to sleep and were not awakened I but it takes ii long time to undo the , ^ — damage,” said Bobble. “But I’m will ing to help your rem'orse, only let’s not do anything like that again.” l_ln.a little iwhile they were hopping down the path. Soon they saw Mister Jay Bird high up in a true'and as they came nearer *they heardi “You thought you had me, didn’t you? Well, some little girls found me on their way home and they washed my bead and here I ami” “I’m awfully glad yoh are not diad,*' * said BilUe to the Jay. '‘So am I,” replied the bird, *for now I can play some more on^" you.” “Better be careful 1” suggested B<J>- bie. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE •> 'Hard Surfaced Roads Soft Surfaced Roads * w L'. i ¥ ' ’ ’I"/ ■■ ■ ■ FACTS in a nutshell South Carolina’s present hard surfaced highway system is a patchwork crary quilt affair with great gaps of undepend able roadways between^ that prevent through traffic at certain seasons and dis courage through traffic at all seasons. Charles M. Schwab, Chairman of the Beth lehem Steel Corporation, has said; “No progressive business organization would hesitate tw bond itself to capacity if it were guaranteed a retnrti similar to the savings realized from the constniction of permanent highways through the State.” It has been aptly said that when people ‘^‘come to see they remain to work.” And so it is that enormous tourist travel that will be diverted through and into South Carolina will^have an opportunity to ob serve our wonderful resources. Thus both I labor and capital will be attracted to South Carolina that now know nothing of our state. A Plan for the Immediate Constniction of a U nif ied—C onnected System of Dependable Highways Most of the strife and conflict, most of the prejudices and undesirable things of life are born of ignorance. Nothing will do more to banish ignorance, increase co operation, entourage the spirit of charity and pnify the people of South Carolina than a system of highways providing easy transportation; banishing distance and isolation and enabling the whole peo ple of South Carolina to enjoy fellowship with their neighbors. Using the known variations in the cost of operating motor vehicles over the vari ous types of roads, the annual ^ving to automobile owners and users in South Carolina w'onld exceed twenty-five mil lion dollars each year provided such r unified sj'stem as shown on the above map was constnicted. Tha days of dirt roads are pasti The great volume of motor travel that would ordinarily come will soon avoid the state unless pavW roads, particularly on maih highways, are provided. Igrienltaral development will be given ■ great imperas through ^quicker, safer and, TDore eeonr^ical transportation of pro- Joets to Ih^ markets that the prcsciM highways will hot allow. To assure herself of that future to vvhich shd is entitled, South Carolina MUST adopt a pian for a unified system of connected highways. A system that does not take into consideration county lines nor any other limitation. Such a system is shown on the above map —a system that connects all county seats. by hard surfaced roads and permits unin terrupted through traffic to all centers of population. ' ' It Is proved that this program can be car ried to completion in four years and with out the necessity of any increase in prop-' erty tax, gasoline tax, license plate fees or ' tax of any kind’.' The certificates of indebtedness which will be issued to fiBance the’construction pro gram will be retired by 1953 through reve nues collected solely from motorists and without any greater tax than they are now paying, viz: Motor vehicle license fees and gasoline tax now in force. | It is an indisputable fact that it costs the' average motorist $125 more each year to; operate his car over'dirt roads than ovei^ paved roads: It is equally a fact that the average motorist pays in gas, license and property about $47,30 annually. Thus the unified system of connected de pendable type roads will pay the average automobile owner a profit of $77.40 annual- ly for each car he operates. All of which is conclusive proof that every car owner and property owner in Soutn Carolina needs to lend his active support to the South Carolina legislature now in session and considering the immediate adoption 6f such a plan. South Carolina Motor Clpb, Inc. “A member's club not for profit, juktifies the ^pport of every car owner" Eugene B. Smith, President areenviUe.aC.^" J. B. ^oddey, Treasom Columbia, 8. d ( f