Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Officer U Cheaty larlotte, Jan. 24.?Henry J. Irformer polio# chief at Hunters, near here, is wearing his Sunclothes all this week. And he a reason. r. Irhy says that when the k comes along and leaves a lusty nt daughter in the home of a 60r-old man, it's Ome to throw out r chest* hut when the old bird hes the same man a great-grandighter, the same hight, it's time to put on the Sunday outfit. The other night the etork visited the home of the former police officer and left a girl, and on 'the other sicfe of town left another tiny Miss at the home pf his granddaughter, and now grandp* is waiting until the time he can take his new daughter over to see her grand niece. Charles Porter, Chicago man, shooting at a cat from his window, killed Charles Johnson, 12-year-old boy. Negro Trio Lone Appeal Columbia, Jen. 26.?Paul Francis, Frank Francis, and Abraham Gadsdan, negroes, convicted of murder in June, JP27, in Beaufort, and ten* teneed to die by electrocution, and Ethel Francis, negro, comicted of murder with recommendation to mercy end sentenced to life imprisonment, lost their appeal, in the state supreme pourt today, an opinion being handed down by Eugene S. Bleaae, associate justice, affirming U-f I '-' t'J. the fiction of the lower coyrt. The case grew out of the killing of E. E. Langford, Beaufort county rural policeman. Cairl Scout Meeting Olivia- Huddin, of the White Owls entertained the Girl "Scouts, on Friday night, January 25th. The Owla had charge of the program. Harriet Heard read the Bible, after which the Ix>rd's prayer was repeated. Jean Harris sang a song and 1 .. _n.*. j?8"-wp??MBg,gieeBtBPrwwrf|ww^^ Olivia Buddin accompanied her on i the piano. Kathryn Little read some jokes and aaked some riddles and had us all laughing and jessing. As MrfT^r*?4?~Stm?p cannot attend (1 the meetings on Frrit*^' nights we . 1 have all agreed that it jeh^tter to 1 have theiu Saturday nights when she < can be there. ; i The sheet that we are trying to get ] our mothers to sign is on its way now i and we hope to be able to initiate 1 other patrols into our organisation 1 noon. Katherine Kennedy, scribe. Mrs. H. A. Cunningham of Fair* field cpunty, was more or leas seriously injured when the car she was in with her daughter and son-in-law, turned turtle on the Great Fulls road r few miles out of Chester as they pulled their car to one side of the rond to let another car pass. Mrs. Cunningham was taken to u Chester hospital. ... __ : X ' . .. "" ' ' iwirnifimwwrwir.'.riiii-fn. <- ?? , n,, , wirw.i,,,., ? , . i 11111 I 11111 j| t' I ___ ^ ; ? r Hard Surfaced Roads i?l.?..iiiMiii?iMi.ii?Miini.iiii.m^i?MMa^Mmilm?ifMM?i.w - *? ' ?? ^^ ^frTmnttltllll 1 I IW?l W?M? 1WiH """"'"""Soft Surfaced Roads ? Seal* in Mlt<? '? ' ' T ? t I FACTS I in a nutshell ; ^ 1 South Carolina^ present hard surface, 1 ! highway system is a patchwork oraz> . ? quilt affair with great gaps of undepend able roadways between, that prevem - . . _ 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 to bond itself to capacity if ii were guaranteed a return similar to the savings realized from tjje construction of . permanent higfivreys though thjrState.'' 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 observe our wonderful resources. Thus both labor and capital will be attracted to South Carolina that now know nothing ? of our stpte. Most of the strife and conflict^ most of the prejudices and undesirable tilings of - life are born of ignorance. Nothing will ' _ ?do more to banish ignorance, increase coj x operation, encourage the spirit of charity ? ? - And unify the people of South Carolina than a system of highways providing easy transportation; banishing distance and isolation and enabling the vhole peo - pie of South Carolina to enjoy ,'ellowship with their neighbors. j - Using the' known variations in the cost j of operating motor vehicles over the vari1 ous types of roads, the annual saving to v | automobile owners and users in South I r: Carolina would exceed twenty-five milJ lion dollars each year provided such a unified system as shown on the above map I was constructed. 3 The days of dirt roads are past* The great volume of motor travel that would ordinarily come will sopn avoid the state unless paved stiidt, partionlarly on main I hlgEways, are ptbvic&dA ^ Agricultural development wiH be given a I great impetus through quicker, safer and I mors economical transportation of pre- | i . ducts to the markets that the present I. w highways will not allow; I . -L V "r 1 ?.0 . . . . . 4 t \. : ^4 Plan for ine immediate Construction of a . . U nified?C onnected System of Dependable Highways To assure herself of that future to which she is'entitled, South Carolina MUST adopt a plan 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 uninterrupted through traffic to all centers of 'population. ,~ It is proved that this program can be carried to completion ip four years and without the necessity of any increase in property tax, gasoline tax, license plate fees or tax of any kind. * , * The certificates of indebtedness which will be issued to finance the construction program will be retired by 1953 through reve ^ it - - /M d nues collected solely from motorists anc withou^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 tc 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. r Thus the unified system of connected de pendable type roads will pay the average automobile owner a profit of $77.40 annua4- ~7~ ly for each car he operates. g All of which is conclusive proof that ever; !| car owner and property owner in _ South,- 1 - r Carolina needs to lend his active suppori to the South Carolina legislature now Jn ^ ; - vsession and considering the immediate dj ; . doption of such a plan. j "A member's club not for profit, imtmps the support of every cqr owner " r MtmQ E^B.JMUl. rmhtot J. B. Roddey. Treasurer OK?,ilto,s.c W? 0<du?bto.S.a 0. W. B.t?t.. Ma^.'