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fiiett Plan for $25,000,000 Bond Issue ^ for Building Good Reads in South Carolina In response to many requests we publish below the Rhett plan for & bond Issue of $25,000,000 for good roads in South Carolina, the interest on the twnds to be paid by a special automobile tax and a sinking fund for their retirement in twenty years to be created in the same way. This is the plan that has been endorsed by the good roads convention, the South Carolina State Automobile Association, the Columbia, Greenville, Rock Hill and Charleston Chambers of Commerce and many other organizations over the State. It is to be submitted to the General Assembly at the approaching session in the form of a bill. The plan follows in fuld as endorsed by the good roads convention: Your Committee on Plans begs to submit certain facts which should be * J 1 1 1 1 f * ? + mown ana uautreuxiu ALJ? yiwjsuoaao til o ytvovuvvu. There is at present no State Highway System in South Carolina. The State Highway Commission, created in February, 1917, is composed of flvi members, of whom three are senior professors of engineering at colleges, and the other two are appointed by the Governor. It is limited in its powers and duties to investigation and advice. At least four-fifths of the amount It colleots from licenses is turned over to the counties. Under the present Act, it is not possible to establish & system of State Highways, and youx committee's recommendations contemplate such amendments to this Act as, in its judgment, would be necessary, both to establish and maintain in good condition and repair at least fifteen hundred miles of well-surfaced highways, connecting every county seat in the state. To do this would require a very large sum of money?possibly twenty, er even twenty-five million dollars?and without the credit of the State behind it, this would be impracticable. Under the Constitution, this credit may not be extended "unless two-thirds of the qualified electors of this State, voting en the question at a general State election, be in favor of it." Until November, 18110, there will be no opportunity for submitting this question to such a vote However, there is much to he done In the establishment of a System ef State Highways before surfacing them and it will be found that a year and m half will not be too long a time to lay out such a system and acquire title to the roads. In the meantime, however, your committee has proposed plana . which would enable such counties, aa may desire to have their highways completed within their limits, to do so. It is clear at the outset that two-thirds of the qualified voters voting ob the question would never favor any large issue of State Bonds, to be retired general taxation. It must be made clear that the general public are tc . pay no part of this tax. It is a public improvement which so particularly t>enefits the motor vehicle owner that he can well afford to pay it all, and he should so unmistakably express himself. There are now over 55,000 auto mobiles registered in this State, and they have paid in licenses during the year, in round numbers, $290,000. The increase of automobiles in the Stat* for the past two years has been, from 19,000 in 1916, to 37,000 in 1917, to (5,000 in 1918. The increase in the United States from January 1, 1916, tc January 1, 1918, was over 100 per cent. Iqwa already has one car to every Six persons. To retire $25,000,000 of 4% per cent bonds serially in twenty years would require about $1,800,000 per year. An average license of $20.00 per oar on 100,000 cars would yield $2,000,000 with; 150,000 cars it would take $12.50 pel ear. The present average license is $5.25 per car. If every owner of a car would figure his saving in gasoline, repair bills, end in wear and tear, provided there were 1,500 miles of well-surfaced high; v ways, kept in good order, in the State, it would be found that this wiE . amount to between $100.00 and $200.00 per annum. He, therefore, is asking (he State to permit him to invest from $10.00 to $15.00 per annum, say, to gave from $100.00 to $200.00, a total saving to the automobilises of the State of over $10,000,000 per annum, in money. It would be hard to compute the ; ?aving in time. With this prelude, your committee begs to report its recommendations as follows: jgajv*" A-\ ' s 1. The State Highway Commission should be givefi the power to acquire j ; rightsof-way and lands, by purchase or condemnation, for the purpose ol -establishing a State Highway System connecting all the county seats; tc r . construct and surface the highways in such a system so as to take care ol the traffic which may be developed upon them, and to keep such highways in * proper condition and repair. 2. The State Highway Commission should be seven in number, and should be composed of one from each Congressional District, with the three senior professors of engineering, provided in the present Act, as advisory ' members. It should select its own chairman, and have full power to emploj Its own engineer, and fix his compensation, and also the compensation o| ' all its employees. \ 3. There should be two or more issues of State of South Carolina High way Bonds, aggregating a sufficient amount to connect every county seat with a well-surfaced highway, each issue to be retired serially, or by amortization, , vithin the life of the road upon which the proceeds are expended. 4. There should be levied by the Legislature an annual license tax upoa r motor vehicles?all of which should go to the State Highway Commission? , sufficient to enable the Commission to keep the highways in the System ii proper condition and repair; to pay interest on all outstanding State Highway ' Bonds,'and to retire same in accordance with their terms. The counties of the State should be authorized by the Legislature r to issue County Highway Bonds, and construct such parts of this highwaj . iii- >? .-i? i? i j. n i_ - system THOU uivir ootuotj tu> uieur pwpre may lamy. 6. There should be levied for the next two years a one-mill tax, to b distributed to the counties proportionately, for road purposes; provided that |n the event any oounty should desire to turn this fund over to the State Highway Commission for expendiure on a highway in the State System within the limits of its county, the Commission should be required to add i . like amount from its license fees for the same purpose. ? > 7. The present motor vehicle license tax should be at once raised to b SO cents per horsepower for automobiles and motorcycles, and $1.00 per horse ~ power for motor trucks, with $5.00 for trailers and $35.00 for dealers, unless there is an opportunity of securing Federal aid, in which event this should be . increased to such an amount as will supply the portion which this State ? must furnish in order to obtain the full portion to which it would be entitled 8. Any moneys which a county may turn over to the Highway Commie . skm, to be expended on a State highway, should be refunded such county out of the proceeds of any State Highway Bonds, which may be issued, without interest 9. Wherever any highway which is now improved, or may hereafter bt improved, shall be taken into the State Highway System, so much of the sur facing improvements as may be available in the said System, shall be j v ' appraised, and the value thereof paid to the county out of the proceeds oi any State Highway Bonds that may he issued. Your committee believes that under such a plan a System of State High? ways can be begun and be prepared for construction by the time the State Bonds referred to in Paragraph 3 may be submitted to the people, in Noveia> . . her. 1920. (Adopted by and recommended for enactment into law at a convention the South Carolina Automobile Association, December 11, 1918.) ?v.1 < . y < * / . ? Not? the Tremendous Growth of the South Carolina Automobile Association in One Year. Columbia.?A year ago the South Carolina State Aul omobile Association . w*? unknown. Today it has several thousand members and new -clubs are being formed weekly in every section of the State. The association has launched during the fast few weeks a movement for .'.'$25.000 000 bond issue for a State-wide system of good roads that bids fair t J culm.nate successfully, ff* it does the good roads system will stand as a pasting monument to the automobile association. Much of the credit for the wonderful work done in the organization ol (he association must be given to C. W. Cofie'd, the tiiolcss secretary and treasurer. "When he came to the State a year ago he found the organization . |>ractically defunct. He took hold of it with ?. * -u rrul has accomplished wonders. The State headquarters of the association are located in the Imperial Hotel at Greenville. There 'Mr. Cofield has compiled a li.it of every automox<ia n-nrnttr in StAte nf South Carolina. He is also comolling through the 1TAAV V ?? **V* ? ? ? ?? _ _ different local clubs a minute description of every car in the State. This Will be of benefit in recovering stolen cars. The auto association furnishes each member with a copy of the Blue ok, membership in the local, State and American Automobile Associations, eiifclem for his car, a subscription to iho American Motor, a national roads magazine, a surety feature and the protection of the Southern i-.trwriterg Detective Bureau in recovering stolen cars. I COW GETS DRUNK. > Officers Capture "Tipsy" Animal, but Miss Moonsliiners. ' Columbus, Feb. 8.?An intoxicated cow, running away with a 150gallon still, was captured by Deputy Revenue Collector English, of Atlan| ta, and S. J. Causey, of this city, about twelve miles north of here this afternoon. Investigation showed that the cow had found the top > off and the still full of "sour mash." I Having no conscientious scruples about violating the "bone-dry" law, she had the time of her life. Her , head went in the still opening easy enough, but would not come out. , The rest of the still outfit was , captured by the officers near when , the cow was found, but the owners > had disappeared. * i?> i How Many Lumps. Gently the girl leaned toward him " with an arch expression of inquiry, ' reports the New York Mail. "How many lumps?" she asked. "Forty," J he said. And she wrote down his , coal order for the present winter.? ! New York Mail. I ______________?? Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the J cause. There is only one MBromo Quinine." j E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. \ NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. i For the convenience of those living in different sections of the counJ ty, the Auditor or his deputy willSje > i at the following places on the days >|and dates mentioned for the purpose ; of taking returns of personal properMty. All persons owning real estate .'are requested to make out a return ^also, in order that the Auditor mayknow how to enter same on his book *, the coming year: B j Denmark?Thursday and Friday, January 23 and 24, 1919. > Ehrhardt?Friday, January 31, 1919. . Olar?Thursday, February 6, 1919. L Govan?Friday, February 7, 1919. 1 Lees?Thursday, February 13, ' 1919. Farrell's Store?Friday, February 14, 1919. '| St. John's?Tuesday, February 18, * 1010 1 A o m fill 19 m I Ultf, 11 U LU XV U. XU. Ull x . ux. Kearse's?Tuesday, February 18, ' 1919. from 2 to 4 p. m. ? Snow storms cancel any date, but > a date will be provided later. I Make out a list of the property you own and bring it with you. xAdso find out the name of the township and rname and number of the school dis| trict in which your property is siti uated. By doing this you will avoid P mistakes and make :t easier for yourself and the Auditor. Come yourself, for by sending someone else to " make out your return mistakes arc 1 liable to occur. | In sending in your returns by mail, I be sure and write them in ink, and t swear to them before a notary public. r All male persons between the ages of 21 and 60 (except Confederate r veterans and sailors who are exempt f at 50) are liable to a poll tax of $1. | All able-bodied persons betweeh . the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to the commutation road tax of twe ($2.00) dollars, except those living in an incorporated town. The time' for making returns is from January 1, 1919, to February 20, 1919. After the 20th day of February the 50 per cent penalty will be added to all returns not made. Meet the Auditor promptly on the Idays and dates mentioned above. W. D. ROWELL, Auditor Bamberg County. | TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1918, until the fc 15th day of March, 1919, inclusive. I From the first day of January, > 1919, until the 31st day of January, . 1919, a penalty of one per cent, will . be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1919, a * penalty of two per cent, will be added 1 to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st . day of March, 1919, until the 15th , day of March, 1919, a penalty of 7 f ner cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes SV* mills For county purposes 6% mills > Constitutional schocl tax.?.3 mills ! 18 mills SPECIAL SCHOOL' LEVIES. ' Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills ? Hampton, No. 3 2 mills > Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills , Fish Pond, No. 5 2 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills t Olar, No. 3 9 mills Salem, No. 9 4 mills j St, John's, No. 10 2 mills Govan, No. 11 8 mills ( Binnaker's, No. 12 3 mills ' Lemon Swamp, No. 13 4 mills , Bamberg, No. 14 11 mills i Oakland, No. 15 8 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 8 mills Colston, No. 18 4 millClear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Oak Grove, No. 20 4 mills Denmark, No. 21 6% mills Ehrhardt, No. 22 13 mill: Lees, No. 23 4 mills Heyward, No. 24 ? mills All persons between the ages ol fnontv-nnp and sixtv years of age ' except Confederate veterans and sail1 ors, who are exempt at 50 years ol 1 a?e. are liable to a poll tax of one . dollar. Capitation dog tax, 5 0 cents, i All person* who were 21 years ol aae on or before the 1st day of Jan"arv, 1918, are liable to a poll tax 1 of one dollar, and all who have no1 I made returns to the auditor are requested to do so on or before the ( 1st day of .January, 1919. I will receive the commutation ! road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from L the 1 5th day of October, 1918, until L the 1st day of March, 1919. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. *H* YY tt * * 1^1 iff 1 UlUL/iJU TRI Ii tt . tt ><|> Henry Ford puts his na.i VT hind them. It is said Henry : : more tractors of different mi T J j his farm than any man livii 1 V Y points made stronger and tt He put the Ford engineers to TT ft . 1 THE Rl *y A Jttk _. M ff Fordson l rac YY : ft 1 YY : STARTS ON GASOLliNE. ' f f SPEED 1,000 BEVOL 1 Y Y ? ? | TWENTY-TWO HOBSE PC Y Y EN AT DRAW BAR. YY YY 1 Y Y Pulls two large Olivers 1 ; ff specially made for Fordson.. ;: I 1 ?< > Extension rims for loamj 1 Y1" i A |< ? Belt pully attachment, $J ! 4 4 ; YY Henry Ford had planned J. A market in 1918. But the cry i 4 J VV "Food to win the war and be S <* ?? 1 i,A the shipment of thousands of , yy ' VV last year enabling them to p] ; V i cargo space. : < 4 i ; V | Bamberg county has beei : % V First checks received get Fo: ; *i > i ? week. t n , v y ; 4 f ' W ir nr A IIT V If J.iL&W.l *i Y Denmar] < y , *Y 1 1 YY A 4 A A^A (jf* A^A A^A A^A A^A A*^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A*f| A^| iy T|T TAT TAr^>||y TVT VAT VAT tat ly ly ly TAV TAT T^T TAT TAT J* ft ft ft ft i\J B ; u i if f T ii i H j X, va me and life experience be- ?>V Ford personally has bought ' % Y lg. He wanted the strong A ie weak points eliminated. VY . work- 4f Jg ESULT Si tor $9^.00 |jj| BUNS ON KEROSENE. Jx Jf UTIONS PER MINUTE. . R : ^ivlS I WEB AT BELT. ELEV- ^ i'urn Plows or Oliver Discs ?% M Plows extra. fv ' land, $40.00 extra. c || "I 59.00 extra. YY TX v i to put this Fordson on the VV ft of France and England for > iat the submarines" caused 1 1 Fordsons to these countries lant more wheat and save xT yy it " " ? v? _ JJLJL 1 aiiotea Oiuy seven so iax. " * > rdsons. Expected in this " * ^ T YY YY ** YY | L c r :ll *** yy YY tt i tt ChHhHhHKh4h^V ' ' ;;3r? ' -. -' V'V2?d