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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
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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,
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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 !
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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.
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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.?..
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"' 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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? ?
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