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44 << $ < d'W< ? W* i -i I TTI*^ C? p. * t S5 f? y'Hi A ?;< & jtf 3 i iw ^|!C J ? SMITH'S ROAD BILL PRINTEi: Prince Will Be Here to Discus: This Bill With People DELEGATION NOT ALL QUITE -AGREEC Would Abolish Office Oj Tcwn ship Supervisor and Devise New Plan The following hill, introduced I?y Senator Jeremiah Smith, is published n full so that the people may sec "what it is. The delegation is not all agreed <?n tKic Kill r?? ' Mm. tit 11 * i* i riiin' will in the county next Saturday to discuss thi.- hill with the people as published elsewhere in this issue. The bill follows: A Hill To abolish the oflice of township supervisor in the comity of Horry, and to provide a system of county government for said county. P?e it enacted by the General Assembly of the vState of South Carolina : Section 1?That the office of township supervisor, as now exists for the count of K n be. and the same is hereh\ . abolished. Section ~?There shall be in and for the county of Horry a board ot commv^ionor-s to ho knovn as the board of county coruni -sioners, composed ot three menibev~ who shall he P.ppo'i tod bv 'he Governor upon the recommendation of the Legislative delegation o1' said countv, who sbaf1 serve for two years and until their respec*' :o -a'ccessors are anpointed and (|ualify. Section -The said county board of commissioners sha'l. immediately after <|ualifving, meet and organize by electing one of their number as chairman and also elect a clerk who shall be designated as clerk of the county board of commissioners; he shall bold his ofVice at the will and pleasure of said board and receive .such annual salurv as the board of county commissioners may fix. payable >> >op4b 1 v upon the warrants of oni<l l\Anivl ^UIVI UV/Mt \1( Section \?The township road fund shall consist of (a) the sum apportioned by the county hoard of commissioners to each township; (h) the commutation t.ax for said township; (c) any special local tax levied in anv townshin for improvements. Section >- That for tho purpose of working and improving public roads and highways in Horry county, there shall he .appointed liy the Governor a suitable man to he known as county road commissioner, who shall roceive a salarv not to exceed Twentyfour Hundred ($2,400.00) Po": "*; per annum, such appointment to be made upon the recommendation of tho county commissioners herein provided for. together with Legislative deWration, the clerk of court and sheriff of said county. The said county ro.ad commissioner before entering upon the duties of his office shall enter into .-a bond in the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, and shall he subiect to removal at any time in the discretion of the said county commissioners, Legislative, delegation, clerk of court and sheriff, or a majority thereof. The said county road commissioner shall have direct ch.arge of the construction and repair of all roads and bridges in the county, and he shall devote his entire time to this work; he shall have charge of th^ chain gang, all road machinery, and all hired help who are engaged m any of the above mentioned work, subiect to the general direction and :authority of the county board of commissioners. He shall have authority ^ nnH flisrhnt'trp anv emnlove at work for the county at his '1 isolation, provided that the board of county commissioners shaM fix tho compensation of said employe. The said county road commissioner shall appoint* all road overseers and shall provide suitable receipt books in duplicate for the collection of (he commutation tax hereinafter provided. He shall make a monthly report to the board of county commissioners showing all moneys collected and expended by him, and, at the same time, make a full report of the amount of work done during the previous month and the condition of 'the roads and bridges of said county, and at any time requested by the county commissioners shall make a special report. Section (>?All able-bodied male persons from the age of twenty-one and fifty' years, both inclusive, in the county of Horry, shall be required, annually to pay $3.00 commutation, or road tax, except ministers of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, teachers employed in the public schools, and persons permanently disabled in the military service of this state, and persons who served in the bite war between the states, and all persons actually employed in the quarantine service of this state, and all students who may be attending any school or college at the time that the commutation tax herein provided for shall become due; provided, k i * \ ^><K v i < < i \ 4 < <??i t B ^ @ 1ifffl jryff rrt p tir,u9 is'iL If.: b-*4?t>t><>* >>>> &??*,* V >M i tint any person o!;iiminiA* exemption ' from the provisions of 'his act on the u ground ()f physical disability, when v | such di Nihility is not* apparent, shall j he required to procure a certificate of t>'(!i Si i i t > from two regular physicians, j (I'.t vl v. ithin throe months. The ^om- ; mot tion tax of Three (?3.00) Dollars' !ir?> in provided for shall he due and j payable on or before May I of each j year, upon the demand of the said ' county ?'oad commissioner, who shall ; collect said commutation tax in per- ; ) son. or by his duly authorized agent. ! and issue a receipt therefor. Section 7?That all persons liable I to road duty in said county, as fixed ' by Section (5 of thb' act. in lieu of paying" said commutation or road tax, may perform nine (lavs' labor of ten hours each on the highways or roads [ of said county, five days of which shall be performed by or before October 1" in each and every year, and j ' any person who shall elect to perform said work in lieu of paying; said com- < ; mutation or road tax shall be furnished by the overseer of his road | district a certificate setting; forth the | fact that he has worked full time, and j the filing- of said certificate with the I county road commissioner and the re- I ceipt of said county road commissioner shall be in satisfaction of said tax or labor; and any failure to pay said road tax or perform such labor shall be a misdemeanor and the offender. upon conviction, shall be punished by fine of not less than ? 10 and not more than ?2:~>, or imnrisonment for not more than thirty days. Section S?The road overseers shall at all times be under the direction of the county road commissi nor and shall cause the roads or highways to be worked at such time nlace and manner as they may be directed by said road commissioner. Section 0?Tt shall be the dutv of the overseer of each township to swear ' out warrants before a magistrate atrain^t persons who sholl r,->il or refuse to perform road duty after being* summorod thereto. in tv..if i ?r o.iwi ! i w i iu: i uavn ?M III* i? i county commissioners now in office in .1 the said comity shall remain in then* 'present position until the expiration , of their terms, or their successors . j havimv been .appointed and qualified and tlioy shall receive the same comI ! pensatifui for their services as is not >jfixed hv the law for such work: and ' nothing in this act shall bo construed to interfere in any manner with their ' . 'mure in office or with any /act j or enc:a,i>;cmont heretofore entered i nt o. Section 11?All acts or parts of acts inco!i?i ;tont with this act are hereby repealed. Section 12?This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. o EXPRESS OFFICE WILL NOT MOVE Without First Giving Conway .. Business Men a Hearing on Same That the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and American Railway Express Company have under consideration the matter of abolishing the up town office of the express company and handling the express business from the np.ilwny station was unofficially announced some weeks ago. At the time Mayor L. D. Magrath and officials of the Conway Chami.?.. ? i* /i i i. 11 "' i "i * ominurce iouk mtr nuuirr up with railway and express officials and were informed that the proposed action would not he taken until a conference had been held with citizens of Conway. At the January 0 meeting of the Chamber of Commerce attention of the chamber was called to the fact , that apparently this consolidation I would be made immediately. Acting I on this information on January 7 the ' Chamber of Commerce wired the South Carolina railroad commission making a vigorous protest against the proposed consolidation. To this telegram the Chamber of Commerce had the following wire from the South Carolina Railroad Commission: "Your wire seventh. Commission will take no action relative to consolidation of express office in Conway without hearing in the matter." This matter is being handled by the transportation and grievance committees of the Chamber of Commerce, whose chairmen are respectively F. A. Burroughs and A. W. Barrett. WHAT A. E. F. MEANS Sambo?Say, Rastus, did you-all go to France to fight? Rastus?I done did dat thing. Sambo?Well say, niggah, do you-all know what A. E. F. stands for? Rastus?Why you fool niggah, of course aw knows what A. E. F stands for. It done means American Expeditionary Forces. E'vybody knows dat. Sambo?Ft don' mean dat nohow, niggah, no sah! I done thought you lcnowd sumpin. Rastus?Well what do it mean, you wise niggah ? Sambo?Ma! ha! ha! It means After Everybody Failed. i 4 THE HORRY HFRALD, CON W; , < ^ t 4 <, 4 v <4 <, * 4 ? 4 4 51 a ^ ^ B " I = H $ ai 1111 11 ilf/!< : i w Wfc sa ?$ C2 j i I ^ > > .>$ > * >< >044 S >?x>0* ?> > m:i5S AND Til 10 NIOXT WAR | A little more than three years ago | 1110 United States was an active participant in the greatest w.ur in the world's histor.N. It was thought of and proclaimed as a war for the preservation of civilization, a titanic struggle against barbarism. Fivci million young: men donned tht^ army khaki and the navy blue and went, forth to (Vice the terrors of poison gas, of shot and shell, and of submarine sea-wolf and stealthy torpedo that the ideals for which they believed their flag stood should not be iramp'ed under the iron heel of the Prussian. Millions of younger and i il * n And we I ! n i ''' '.C I jjj What is I li not have i f sensible [ But the* E good foi I are in tl merchai th #? lcpfai ML line and us but f< we are s ( Watch I Try us, I I Our cause B cause. W I the best sei have it. \ their best s us now. > retail men squarest d< A 1 i| * ?Y. S 0., JAN. 19, 1922 ""j o > ?>>< &$>*^ ?oo?<s older Dion, and women and children toiled and saved and sacrificed toward the same end?each doing his "bit." Hut there were some who sought to hinder the march of the forces of' "civilization." By word and deed they threw obstacles across and dug ; pitfalls in the road to military sue- { cess. "Traitor" was the word com-1 monly applied to them in those fe-1 vered, heroic days. The wrath of the country was aroused by their activities and Congress passed laws designed to luilt their pernicious words. Hundreds were tried and convicted, and sentenced as violators of the laws of the land. Many who were the most I m i . aw ~?rjrizgygLTZ='iEaBrzzij.irgz=zr cz?am n WE SE 9 & I 1 i^i H flSSb ML JEL sell at wholesal and ne best for them ii ; our money inv * man or eompai *e is a satis factic * both sides in tl le wholesale bu; its of this sect il business. Wc we make it bri ar those we are lerving are the r l Us and Vlr. Retail Merchant! is your cause, and v e are in the business rvice there is to be Vhy stand off any lc w nit usx ir 'Ve will stand the tej :hants of eastern S ial there is to be had r. Co _IiL_ & an Dfbwnn< ;> Eli UUIIWi guilty escaped, probably. Among those who ran afoul of the law was one lOugene V. Debs, one time candidate for the presidency on the Socialist ticket. Debs was found guilty of the charges against him, and w/is sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Tie fought his case through the courts of the land to the limit, but ho lost at every turn in his effort to escape paying the penalty for his anti-war actions. Throe years have passed since then. The other day, the. President, exorcising the authority vested in him by the Constitution, extended clemency LL TO e the goods th< ed for s best for us. ested for nothir ny of men will < >n in making t\ ? II* IV guiiUt KJk DCXili siness, while th ion of the stat< i use our mone} ng dollars not < serving, and tl etail merchants, 1 YouW ! Come to us in tim re will make your > with the money to had. We mean f? >nger while others ai you have never trie it wlipn if pAmAe f/v - - ? .. a? VVflltVO iU | outh Carolina the I on wholesale mercl llins I iil jj y ^ ^ a X I to I)ebs and a hurtle number of others j who wore caught in the same net as the Socialist leader, and they are now free men. The thought that arises in this connection has to do with the "next war." Wiil the "conscientious objector" and I the individual, who forgets his duty I and obligation to the flag, whether through the call of alien blood or the lure of money, be inspired to retain from unpatriotic and disloyal actions by the fact that one of the leaders in such activities in the last war escaped after serving less than onethird of a very lenoent sentence? ? i Columbia Record. 1 _ ^ ^ I We do | !g. No 5 do that. h le thing ng. We e retail 2 are in j in our >nly for [ le ones U ? n ill See J j !i>l e of need. I 1 cause our i ,1 give you i 1 or you to | 1 *e making ji 1 id us, trv I .Ml giving the D I best and 0 fl landise. UI Co. I