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r * t / f VOL XXIV. I Kl EXPIRED Is The Reason Why The Bridges Not Built ANOTHER AC? NECESSARY It Will Probably be Interesting to Our Readers to Know Why the CommisHion Have not Started Work on the River Bridges. The public will b3 interested to know the act of Congress which was ? passed list year authorizing the construction of a bridge across Waccatnaw River near Ho wells Mill, expired on August 5th last, as the time limitlixed bv the act was out of that date. This being the case a new act will have to be passed by Congress, and it is stated that Congressman J. K* Ellerbe will proceed to get such an act through at or.ce when Congrefs convenes in November. The Commission has also stated that they were not allow ed j,.o place the bridge at the exact point where they had intended it, but they will be compelled to locale the bridge about 300 feet below the point where they want it. This will put the new bridge between Conway and Howells Mill. This information goes to show that even if the funds were on hand for the construction of the bridge, the work would still have to be delayed until the act can be passed by Congress, but the bridge could not be erected now anyway on account of funds. Senator Spivey at Toddville. In response to the call issued quite a number of people assembled at Toddville on last Thursday. 20th inst to hear the Spivey Good Roads Bill explained by Senator Spivey and Hon L. B. Singleton. Mr J. F. Harper in a few well chosen words stated the object of the meeting and then said that Senator Spivey would have the honor of making the opening address. The Senator explained his bill to ? .1 . 1 1.1 u _ our people saying mat ne wuuiu u? so plain thai even any child could understand. Col Spivey stated that he had given the matter much thought and that the scheme would not increase our taxes one cent, but would give us good roads at once, ^ and he regretted to see peanut politicians lighting a good thing. It was the dream of his life to do something for the roads and he bad de v;sed a scheme whereby each town ship would get its prorata share of the funds, and thought that it deserved the support of our people. Let the result be as it may <4I have , done my dutv" said the Senator. Col Spivey evidently had studied and seemed to have the crowd with him, and in conclusion raked his friend, J, Ovander fore and aft. Mr Harper then introduced the Hon L. 13 Singleton, who made a clear cut practical speech which had a tcl'ing effect on our people. The hooding scheme was a plain practical business proposition and in his V opinion was the correct solution 01 X the good roads question. Singleton rcgretttd the idea that petty politics were going to keep some good people from supporting the bond issue. He showed where the good roads measure would benefit the country people, and said thoy were the ones that should be the most interested in the matter. Singleton's talk changed many votes in favor of the Spivev good roads bill, After Mr Singleton had (inishod speaking Mr Iiarper, who'is very much interested in the success of the good roads measure, took and old time Tillman hand primary to find out how our j ? people stood, and all voted for bonds T except two. ' Forecast. Change of Managers of Election, The following change has made for satisfactory reasons in the managers of Federal Election for Horry county: Knotty Branch ?W G Lewis, D 11 Lewis, M C Johnson. rA V Barrett, i Commissions of ,1 D West. > Federal Election N M Gerrald, ) Horry County, There will bo preaching services in the Kingston Presbyterian church at Conway Sabbath morning October 30th, All arc cordually invittd. Strayed: Oue black and white spotted male hog unmarked has taken up at my place near Green Sea, S. C. Owner can get same by calling and paying charges. J J Hodges, Green Sea. Lost:?One whito, dog with yellow pides, small eyes, left at J W Chestnut's funeral. Belongs to cur dog order. M A Royals. George^ F Alexander, President of the Gapway Lumber Company, was in Conway last Thursday between trains on legal business. o (T)lt* Gratifying Results. The friends of the good roads bond issue are very much gratified and greatly encouraged at the results of the elTorts of tho author of the Act to inform the people regardingits mA*?i fo Q nrl 1 f o fAnai Kil ii.tr q c tir/? 1 1 n o I UIUI 1 vo UUU 1 uo UJ CM o TWKjMM UO its economical attractiveness. At every appointment comes the intelligence that large crowds gathered and the closest attention was given the speaker throughtout his explanation of the measure. Many who were lukewarm or indifferent were awakened to its importance and expressed themselves as being determined not only to vote for it but to work for its adoption also. Requested to Prepare Report. The following are requested to prepare reports for the Wuccamaw Association: H. B. Holmes, A trod Ministers, Orphanage, C. H, Snider. Christian Education, H. T. Harrison . State Missions, S. B. Wilson. Home Missions, C. B Todd. Foreign Missions, J C. Spivey, Periodicals, J. M. Dorman. UUIJUUJ T! ui If, 1 Prince, Note: If any brother appointed cannot prepare the report let him advise me at once. Note: Prom the printed program one may see the hours the reports will perhaps be called for. Let their report be on hand. W J. Langston, Chr. Ex. Com. Colored State Fair Meets in Columbia November 7 to 12th. The Colored State Fair will be held in Columbia this year on the ground of the white Fair Association, and will begin November 7th and continue to the 12th. The same reduced rates granted by the railroads to visit the white fair have been granted to visit the colored fair. The officers of the fair are, Richard Car? oil, Pres. W D Chappelle, Vice- Pres, J PI Gviodwin, Supt, A Robertson, Sec'y, T A Williams, Trcas. FOR SALK?Oyster Shells Lime at $6 00 per ton, sacked, and F O B steamer at river. This is intended mainly for agricultural purposse but will make excellent mortar, also a good white wash when mixed with salt water. B 1E8LAUER, LACI1ICOTTE & Cn , Waverly Mills, S C. For sale. Tract of laud containing 25 3 10 , acres with fair dwelling house and out houses, all cleared and in culti- ; vation but about 1 2 acre, easily drained. Has produced as much as 1 one bale of cotton per acre, and is good laud for corn and truck, and , general crops. This tract is known as the Estate of Sarah D Dusenbury at Socastee. Also a tract of 50 acres at Peach Tree Ferry, unimproved, but fairly well timbered, known as a part of the Estate of the late J Dusenbury For terms apply to J S Duienbury Executor. 4w32. Sale Under Mortgages. Under and by virtue of that certain chattel mortgage, made by N. M. //ayes to ihe Hank of Loris, dated the 5th day of March, A. I). 1910, and recorded in Clerk's ollice in volume 2 and also under and by virtue of that certain other chattel mortgage made by the said N.M. Hayes, to J. C. Bryant Company, dated August 5th, A. I). 1910, and recorded in the Clerk's oillco in volume M at page 71, I have, seized and will sell at public auction at Loris, S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon on the llth day of Govern i ber, A. 1). 1910, all and singular the following described personal property, to wit: All and singular the stock of goods, wares, and merchandise of N. M. Ilayos, now contained and being in that certain store house lately occupied by said N. M. Hayes as his place of business, on Patterson Street on Western side of the A 1 l?nt.ie ( Joast Idllf* Cmnnnnv ........ r....J , In the town of Lor is aforesaid with all additions and accretions made to said stock by ."-aid Hayes, also all and singular all store furniture and fixtures u ed in said business and now in said store; and also one soda fountain therein contained and being. Terms of sale, Cash. J. E Prince, Agent for Mortgagees. Dated Oct22nd, A. I). 1910. II. II. YVoodwaid, Attorney, Sale Under Chattel Mortgage. Under and by virtue of two bills of sale, one made by J. II. Ilarrelson to M. A. Horn, and dated the 5th day of April, 1910, the other made by said J. H. Harrelson to Enterprise Grocery Company, and dated the 8th day of w. 1 1 l\ 111, A * 1 1 1 renruary a. ij. isiu, i nave seized ana will sell at the Court House at Conway S. C., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon on the 8th clay of November, A. I). 1910, all and singular the following described property, to wit: 1 Hay Mare Mule, named Emma, about 10 years old. 1 Durham Hlood Brindled Cow. Terms of sale, Cash. H. N. Sessions, Agent for Mortgagee. Dated Oct 24th, A. D. 1910. 11. H. Woodward, Attorney <?' f pott CONWAY, S. C., THURS] iEIIJIl Bond Issue Means Good Koads tor Horry* 00 YOUR OWN- THINKING. The Illogical Reasoning of Mr Norton for What He Commends in the Marion Act He Condemns in the Horry Act, and Creates) a Bug-a-boo and Proceeds to Demolish It. What does the Horry bond election mean? "Sec. 12. The above bonds shall not bo issued and nothing shall be lone toward their issue until the same have been approved by a raajtrity of the qualified electors of said county * * * If said election shall be declared for the issue of the bonds, then the provisions made in former sections of this Act be carried out." So, you will kindly remember when vou vote, that you not onlv vote for or against the issue of bonds, but you vo'e for or against carrying out the specific provisions of the Spivey Bond Bill. Query: Can any lack of sanity in the provisions of the bill be remedied by amendment if a majority voting "Por Public Highway Improvement Bonds" ratifies the contract for the sale of a two mill tax on Horry ... r ') county lur tuirty yearsi The last legislature passed three Acts authorizing three counties to issue bonds for building and maintaining roads. In the Sumter county Act, the County Commissioners are empowered to issue and sell $50,000 of 20year bonds at not less than five per cent and to pay over the proceeds to the county treasurer for road purposes. They are directed to levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest thereon. The Marion Act. In the Marion County Act, a standing Highway Commission, named in the bill and given the right to contract, sue, and blead, is appointed and authorized to sell in blocks of $5 000 to the amount of $100,000, 20-30 year bonds at 4 12 per cent, to bo issued presumably by the conol?* ?H Arl n n f U/iwi 1 no r\f K o /iAn n - OH in li;u (4U tliUI 1 KJ I UUU VyV/UU WJ though this last is made doubtful by a phrase in section 4. THE PROCEEDS Tne bond fund is deposited in the chartered banks of the county at not less than 3 per cent interest for the average time of deposit and paid out on warrant , of the commission. The commission ( is given the authority to fix the i amount of an annual lcxy "sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds." This tax is collected and paid out oy the County Treasurer and the only voucher necessary, it seems, is the interest receipts of the bond holders or the coupons of the bonds The provisions for a sinking fund appear very hazy and uncertain POWERS OVER ROADS. The < powers of the Commission over roads nfft not, triven di recti v. hut bv neees- 1 sary inference, principally from section 5. "Said commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed * * to use the proceeds of said sale (of bonds) in constructing new public roads or highways or otherwise in permanently building the public roads and highways of Marion county." Such inferred powers can only iuclude those necessary to the proper expenditure of the funds, and will, of course, expire with the funds to be spent. The powers of the Supervisor and County Commissioners over roads in Marion are not all'ected by this definition of the commissioner's powers. Huilding the Road. The method of expenditure is fixed. The commission may employ an engineer, properly qualified, and this engineer must locate the road and furnish a map, and plans, and specifications for the road's building "before any permanent work shall be done thereon." The comJ c f m m not tKon loo IIJIOOIVJII 111 Uou lliuil UU V Uinu 1.1/ I bids on tho plans and specifications furnished it, reserving the right to reject any and all bids. In order to make tins n^ht to reject bids a sub stantial right which will not handicap the work, this proviso is added: ''Nothing hcreiu contained shall prohibit said commission from building any section of the roads with day labor or convict labor," and also provides that the Supervisor shall hold the chaiugang and his road machinery at the service of tho commission. The meaning appears to be that the commission shall advertise in any event for bids on work laid out by its engineer; but, to protect itself against collusion of bidders or too high bids, it is given the right to take the contract itself, or to give it to the Supervisor for his chair.gang aud road machiuery. And then uno road shall b?j paid for in full by said commission until the same shall have been passed upou by the engineer in charge and accepted by the commission " Tu6 authors of the Marion Act appear to have concentrated atten ii if &? Co DAY, OCTOBER 27, 1910. tion upon the vital points in any such bill?a method by which [rood roads may bo guaranteed for the money expended. And they seem to have succeeded fairly well. Marion county nasoniy ouu Mjuaru miles The bond issue gives her about $200 per square m le and the usual road levy (1 3 1 mills in 1010) does not appear to have been inter fered with by the bond Act. The bill attempts to perfect a method of procedure which gives some guarantee that good roads will be obtained. A standard for the road is lixed before the road is begun. The report required of the commission is made annually to the grand jury and I not the Supervisor. It is made a specific duty of the grand jury to! examine the commission's accounts | land work. The Horry Act. In the Spivey Bond Act, attention is concentrated upon issuing and selling the bonds. The details on this point are very much fuller than in the Marion Act, but then are not always explicit. The total issue is of, $100,000, in denominations of $1,000 each bond, at interest of not more than 5 per cent., one-half pay ab'e in twenty years and the other in thirty years. The bonds are issued all of the same date by the County Commissioners and sold by the Highway Commission; but whether sold as needed, as under the Marion Act, or all in a lump, is not specified. The Proceeds. What shall be done with the pro ceeds of the sale before expenditure is not directly referred to in the Act at all Whether the bond fund is deposited in the county treasury, or held in the olTice of the Highway Commission, or deposited in some bank, is not stated. This is peculiar. We have been told by Mr Jeremiah Smith and others that this money will De deposited in some safe bank at 5 per cent, interest. The bill does not so provide directly. The provision upon which Mr Smith evidently bases his statement is: "If, at any time, said Commission shall have any moneys undisposed of or on hand for any purpose, they shall invest the same safely and securely or deposit the same in some reliable bank or bunks at as high a rate of interest as it can obtain . " This provides for moneys in the hands of the Commission. If the proceeds of the sale of bonds do not go into the county treasury, this section may apply. But you will notice that the Commission is not 1 restricted to depositing in some safe bank. It may "invest the same" at as h:gh a rate of interest as it may obtain. "Invest?" You needn't --I- T If ciSK Lilt j 1 UUU 11 rvuuw, ui , n you are good, the Commission will lend you money 011 your mortgage; they have a right to do so. Redemption Fund. The provision for paying interest and creating a sinking fund is the levying of a two mill tax It is very questionable whether this will bo enough. Tf one and three-quarter J million dollars is added to the present assessment of $11,000,000 during the life of the bonds, so as to make au average assessment of $3 750,000 a year, toe'2 mill tax will piy off. But the facts, 1 hat the proceeds of bond sale will hardly more than start off the road work, and that as soon as this fund is expended the regular road tax of 2 or d mills must be levied in addition to the bond tax, will i. 1 ( oenainiy llmju uj uttjj uuwu ments. For it is true that, under the tax system the Legislature has made for us, each individual virtu ally fixes his own assessment; so, if the levy is increased, the tendency is for the assessment to decrease itself. Our assessments have little relation to real values. Our legislature can very easily see to it that the levy will pot be increased merely by seeing to it that the assessment is. So far as we are concerned, either process amounts to the saino thing in increasing taxes paid on the same property. It may be all right to say that the 2 mill tax will pay the bond issue; but it is plainly dishonest, plainly a short and ugly lie, to say that taxes will not bo increased by the bond issue?and necessarily so. The trick of the thing is to toll you what may bo a fact in such a way is to give it all the etToct of a lie. Certainly the bond issue will not make the road tax any the less necessary. The mnnflv for renairini? the roads and bridges, necessarily untouched by the Commission, must come from somewhere, If it is not levied, it mu t , come out of the bond fund, decreas- , in# that more rapidly. When the bond fund is spent, in one, two, three and live years, the regular , road tax must again bo levied and that in addition to the bond tax,, It amounts to the same thing in taxes which ever way the money i comes for repairs. The Commission. The organization of llorry Com mission is wrong in principle, cum bersome in performance, and can only be made partially etlieiont bv the superhuman efforts of extraordinary men under perfect condiContinucd on Last Page. in ip dob Col Quattlebaum Corrects Some Misstatements. KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT The Act Gave the Building Commission No Control Over the Funds and if They Failed to Draw Interest Then Mr Norton and Not the Commission Is Responsible. Mr. Editor:?"It takes to make a quarrel" is a trite but true saying, and while it would seem from tne articles recently written for the county papers by our friend, Mr. J. O. Norton, that he courts and enjoys newspaper controversy, set the cheap notoriety possibly to be obtained thereby has never appealed to mo. 1 have therefore resisted - ??- a!? ? i,m?,I,I? LI1C 1(3II) p Iil\jIUU lU 11 y , in ijuj u u in uii; way, to s ho a the taJlacy of Mr. .Norton 's arguments ai d the utter lack of foundation in fact for many, if not all, of his insinuations, Yet, as he has apparently gone out of his way to attack, indirectly it may be, The Building Commission of the Court House and Jail. I feel it incumbent upon me, as Chairman of the Commission, "to keep the record straight" by a plain statement of the facts: First, lie would seemingly create the irnpia ssion that members of the Commission were appointed, by hocuspoeus, to subserve the political onus and pecuniary interests of tne author of the Act creating the Commission. Now, what are the facts? I quote from the Act, which reads as follows: l,Sec. 2. That a special Commission, consisting of three men of business experience, citizens of tho county of Horry, shall be appointed by tho Governor, upon the recommendation of the Members of tho House and Senate from Horry County, to be known as the Building Commission. 1T have been told by numbers of the Horry delegation in the Legislature at that time, that they agreed that each of them should suggest one suitable person for appointment on the Commission, and unless some objection should be urged by the other two the party so suggested should be recommended to the Governor by the del gatiou. In that way Representative L). A. Spivey named Hon. J. p. Derham, Representative D. L). TIarrelson named Mr. J. C, Spivey, and Senator Geo. J. Holliday named me-and, by way of parenthesis, 1 wish to say that my appointmeut was a surprise to me and without my seeking, which I doubt not was equally true of the other members. Now lot me ask will any fair minded person, in view of those facts, believe for a moment that either member of the Commission was appointed for political purposes or from improper motives? 1 leave it for the good people of the Coup.ty to decide whether or not Mr. Norton's insinuations are justified, or are borne out b}f facts. Secondly, Mr Norton would have the uninformed believe that the Building Commission so manipulated and managed as to give some bank the longest possible use of the Court House and Jail fund without interest, or so as to enure to the personal advantage of the author of the act., while if properly handled by the commission the money would have earned at least $2,000 interest to bo added to tlio bridge fund. Vet, no one knows better than Mr Norton that such is absolutely not the fact, and could not possibly 1 bo so. Having acted as County Treasurer under Treasurer McDormott, he knows full well that under the act the Commission did not have the custody of the fund, but that the money went immediately into the hands of, and under the control of the County Treasurer, just as the tax money does, and that the Coinmission had not the remotest authority to direct the County Treasurer where to keep the money?whether to deposit in one bank or the other bank, keep it in his safe, or carry it around in his pants pocket. If it be true that the money should have been put out a?< interest, so as to have earned at least $2,000 for the county, as alleged by Mr Norton, ? l 1- : ~ ? 4 U dnu LII l IS Wilis IIUU UUI1V, IUCII, IIV/K uii; Buildiug Commission, but the County Treasurer, or Mr Norton himtelf who was at that time running the Treasurer's oflicc, should be charged with the derelict or neglect of duty. Mr Norton also knows that the funds were not even paid out on the order of the Building Commission, but that the Commission only certified to the correctness of the claims, and they were paid by orders on the County Treasurer issued by the County Board of Commissioners, just as other claims against the county are paid. It does really seem to me that it would require a wide stretch of a vor3r vivid imagination of an unduly suspicious mind for anyone except Mr Norton, to have woven the veil of discredit which ho would so(| ? ' jprnann / No 29 unjustly throw around the Commission. But may it not be that he would strike over our shoulders if perchance he mi<*ht aim a blow at another? Does not this solution "account for the milk in the cocanut?" If this be true, is it ri^ht? is it just? is it justifiable? is it brave? is it giving us Ma fair deal?'' I would respectfully submit these plain (pieslions, with such o.hers as may sujf. I 1 .. . . i .. /] -V,... ISCSI liliumsi'l VC>, b'J J'UUI luavtuio, and ask that each of them kindly answer fo. himself. With their verdict I will be satislied. C P. Q jattlebaum. Sale for Foreclosure. Ptrsnant to an order of his Honor, T. S. Sease, Presiding Jndtfe, dated September 28, 1910, in the case of Pirsfc Natiuuul Ihvnk of Conway, PiainHlT, ajrninst. W L. Mishoe, W. P. Mishoe, II. W. Mishoe and George J. Molliday, Defendants, the undersigned will sell before the Court House in Conway, ft. C., on Monday, the 7th day of November, 1910, during le^al hours of sale to the highest bidder for th.o same, the following described tracts of land sit unto in the County of* Horrv, . State of South Carolina, to wit: Tract. No. 1. Situate in (ialivants Ferry Township, containing thirty (80) acres, more or less, bounded on North by lands of Eliza Johnson, I Fast by lands of \Y. B. Johnson, South by lands of Henry L. Johnson and West by lands of I) S. Johnson; conveyed to W. I7 Mishoo t).y M, T. Johnson, by deed dated January 7, 1D07, and recorded in the ollice of li. M. C. for Horry Count}', in Book CCC, at pago 8. Tract No. IT Situate in Galivants Township, containing thirty (80) acres, more or less, bounded North by lands of Elizabeth Johnson, East by lands now or formerly of M. T. Johnson, South and West by lands Henry L. Johnson; conveyed to W. 17. Mishoe by D S. Johnson by deed dated January 7, 11)07, and recorded in ollice of U. M. C for Horry County in Book CCC, page 7. Tract No. 8. Situate in Simpson Crook Township, containing thirtylive (85) acres, more or less, hounded North and West by lands of J. H. Stevens, South and Fast oy lancis of Hardee; conveyed to VVr. L. iVJishoo by .13. S, Stevens by deed dated December 22, 1 DDI. The foregoing three tracts of land being more fully descriocd in the mortgage of YV. L. Mishoo to The Bank of Conway, dated March 2, HHJ8, and r< corded in the otlice of it. M. C. for Horry County in Book of Mortgages No. 22, page 226. ALSO, three other tracts of land situate in tlie State and County aforesaid, to wit* Tract No 1. Situate in Conway Township, containing eighty-eight (88) acres, in ore or less, lying on the South side of Potato Led Ferry Read, about three miles from the town of Conway, commencing at a stake corner on the old G. S. Peaty line near an old tarkiln, thence running S 82 degrees to a stake corner, i.honr?r? N S F I n a stn ke cor ner. t hence 82 W to a stake corner, thauce to \V to the b\gi titling point; conveyed d <o Vvr, L. iYlishoe bv J E. Miller by deed dated Sen' * " 0 recorded in Book EE, pcigo 1G0, Tract No. 2. s I li1 CU ill tJ aO ,iS Township, conta:. in# eign y livo (80) acres, more or h..,^, iytug on the West side of Waecamaw River, bounded on the North by lands of K J Beverly,, on the East by lands formerly owned by John Paul, on South by lands formerly owned by A. M. Dusenbury, and on the West by lands now or formerly owned by the estate of ?1. M. Woodward, conveyed to W. L Mishoo by V. 1). Johnson, Tract To, 3. All of W. L. Mishoe's right, title, interest, estate, share and claim, the same being an equal and undivided one-half interest in, to, and out of that certain tract of land in Simpson Creek Township, known as the Bourne place, containing taro hundred and twenty (220) acres, more or !e-s, hounded as follows: On the North by lands of Asa Gause, East by lands of Sam Vereen, South by lands of U D. Todd, and Wot by lands of Pride Richardson; being tie same trait conveyed t ) W. R Mishoe and W. A. Johnson by V B. Johnson'5 bv deed dated April 6, 11)07, recorded in Book BBB, page 11)4. The last aforesaid throe tracts being more fully described in the mottgago of W. R Mi-hoe t> the Bank of Conway dated the 16 day of January, 11)01). and recorded in the otllce aforesaid in Volume 26, page 84. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser tj pay for till necessary papers. Conway, S. C., O^t >bor 17, UUO. W. Fj Bryan, Clerk of Court C. P, Quatt obantu, Plaint iF's Attorney. Col Watson, State Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, will speak in the court house Monday on (iood Roads. Come out and hear hear him.