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W. R. RICHEY, THE 'o the People of 1a1rens County: The editor of tills paper has kindly consented to allow me space for a few avords In reference to an election :vlich win be held on March 27th, 1917 for the purpose of deciding whether or 2Mot laurens County is to issue $300, 000.00 in bonds for the purpose of ,prililanent road improvements. In 1916 the Greenville County dele gation authorized the Greenville Coln Ity Board of Coumissioners to Issue bonds in the sui of $95i0,00.00; saId bonds to be sold an(l the proceeds ised In the biliding of permanent roads for Greenville Conunty. In 1917, the Spartanburg delegation to the Gener al Assenbly authorized the County 3l1ard of Conitnissioners for Spartan bu County, to isie bonds in ihe sum of $1 ,l00,000.i, the proceeds to be usel for lriilanenit road iliprOve 2nenlt. In IlP17 .\lcCorniek County del gathn authioized the County lloard of (lnilisisoneirs to issue bonds in the ne ighboroo]i of alout $: .000.00 for ipIlanenti road improV ement. 'lle OcoIIe Coulny dce'gatioln in 1917 au th1 f:ized its ('olility ' missioners to .i'ssue biolids in tle still of abotut $300, 000if.10 for)I 1er1 l i1ent r~oad itmprove Ini!ts. You will note that tile delega thmn 11r1In theO Vatinties nuihorizedi Ih Cotint.y loard t Comni in "oners to il:(, the ond:; without suibmlitting thle quo. tion to tIw voters of their coull l1 is. '1te battirens ('ounty ( i lgation adil rseveral ther counlty delegations in 1917, left the question of issuing hol( for prima neint r)adll improve Ietlls entl'irely to lh:, <1iu liliesl eleclors of tielr counties. "> the <iuestion as lo whether or not lanuniis County Phall have periallent. roads will be lett entirely to the qualified ele(ors oi .\larch 27, 1917. It has -.:;aid that $:;m1l,o.00 woul not luil1d ein ough roads to bene it ;t ma.jority of the peollle generally t I h and onl this av tion i ; hi k a 1 :in I I Ill inl a. ptistiion to nfow j'- uhat a.$::10.0it.:0 bond isuVo if :-nu nt rib li improte-l n~e iswil e si hepro)perty 4wer )f L:lesCounty, and just hlow\ . ar I want; to iv that lltlen (' nll ty : ihe .r1al t I op p tIn to a PII . Cn ueltiwewadb -tionj of thi cont. Te ukra .la'in to th1- o ~ frk h e 1 i V I \\.' - lie out I of11 low . e h ve the imm t t l 'ln 'ounti. an oss nil il othr d irections. WT he od; fro l1aurens to Futai lln l'in ony eighteen lies ini lengs th (nd thei rod ro lure ns to I:rinon ('1 is aoud Iixten mIl eri li e(ngt . The roa from aiurens to W"ia Ihnal is aoly eeteen miles I ig I lnt. Thie roadI from hanurens to JWi er too is;aloo i teven 11ile.s in nt il Ii Ild 1)2(1 OaIrfiol fIlurens t.0 iro 'Iii lI i : abioit fifte (n i miles i 1eineh. ah lii It'lad fromi laulrenls to Enrt .; ah-tI t welve miles ill lntgfth. borofu:t h '.I is a bou ~i lt tn ItSl in leng1 th, taWkin7 atn aggregat of l1s ittiles. .\.; ilbtvi Atled we uis' the samet road tl of the( Cit of sialren pioints. llTherefore, Ititle wouldi lie a saving ini that re.:pe't, (onlserva.tiv':. spieakhIng-, of about1 eighitienil r twelty mifles. Th tetefor, we twilt have comi from1 thle ('oilnlty seat, 1and i venturl e to isay thatI. if' these bond(s are lisuedl peo.. 'ple living~Il inhe miostI. reitlnote sections of the 'ounft~y would niot have to tr1avel oyer sIx mIles, at. the outsIde, belore reachIng ai permanenft road leadIng ini to the City of liaurens. Of course It JR. ON -BOND ISSUE will be impossible to make permanent .11 of the roads in Laurens County with $300,000.00, but you must remember that with 200 miles of permanent roads the chain gang and county road departnent will have more time and more money to spend on the roads not made permanent. It will take some money and some work to keel) up these permanent roads, but it has been fig ured out that the biggest part of the chain gang will be able to spend all of its time and most of the money which is now appropriated for roads on what you imight call the less im portant roads of the county and they will be made as good or even better in a short time than the best of our pres ent roads. The next question that presents it self is, what will $300,000.00 cost the property owners of Laurens County. We have ilgured it all out and as a result we conclude, that in thirty-five years an additional levy of 2 1-4 mills will retire the bonds. A 2 1-1 addition al levy will amount to $2.23 per $1, 000.00 or in other words if a mian has properly returned for taxation at $1,000.00 his additional taxes will be $2.25. If he returns property at $500.00 his additional taxes will be $1.12. If lie returns property at $100.00 his ad ditional taxes will be about 22c and so on. So you see that the cost of these bonds to tile average man is nleg Iigible, taking Into consideration the vast beneti t derived fromli perinalelit roads. Good road statistics show that a man living twenty miles from a place that he makes an average of one trIp a month to. and traveling over had roads, can save .i weati and tear of his stock, vehicle and time, going and coming over good roads, five times as much as the additional levy thait thIes' bollds will cost him, basi.ed on11 iropierty assessed at $1.000.00. iThe lext qtuestion and I think the tluo.At iliplortalit Iuestionl of thie whole prolositionl is, will 11ho tulone'y deihved froI the Sale of these bolds lihe ex 1wended .itnivion:,1y? The law auithoriz jtig this lelction r11 lov.ides that foil I ili!b'way 4'nnisllils4 il r shall he ap imt h:- tle Governor onl rec4' om 'la i.1 1:'06 i o of thiey lio. do ntwith the CountyII SuperIvi.,or who '4h;11ll ha the. chnirm~lan of theo boar,1 inl decidlina_ on) wha roads.;shall11be im p1Oved '11md inl ( xjimnlilig the IollyIt\ ,'ii tI m 1 t1he l e of that e h(ofids. Th' irn Counlity delgation had a .in 1;n ('ol1:1nhi:, atid w\.( deeld ud tIt 'A i choong t hese (ommission1 .ve 'XWould e tfour lin-nI from dif n . ' '. a i i mt :ho w op i 11 I w bond i . 4' there, h v .dno be .4n on)erted : ni ale ill inI to sp nd morefl nIne .1 alona this. l sin i :141 I n sai fied4 that the ;:)44d Ir'-! of L.auren!4 County will be tihe the prlOpiltionl out, and1( that t hey wvill road (Is f Iound1 to be' iadeqlae to1I(' 4 Ivole 11o0e hon ds in the futurel'4. Is the. Statement of This Laurens~ l1..kn~ehe i4 oft'en kidnety ache: nov0 ills. IDon't. dela Y--use( Doianl'sh Kiney P ill. Alr-- .l. .1. P'lluss, 11:4 lull ivan41 St. ar4' I ((I I ('n 114 enu l wbi for 44 reli'v, b-lek arol((other'F'l ;y'''ans of! kid roubleI ~s. I ad'vise anIIYonef whoisi1 ill. ''Ii'" na K lha l iy Ollsa ir)~ tol i IVres wh1(never i Ihav ~e had1 ny1 .1 Ii 4n If khinel comp4.h' lt and I -'f I- to 11(1 relif;." I r 4 - -i , 441 a1 ' ll dealers. I'11 111 im-1l l. 'ak for' a kh'sI oins ren Itdy geti y AIs .Pl'is v u .\lrniI ll.. er ibn Co..~n ol( ri~s berhali, '1ne-h Hemoedy a1'14(1 eay. "Dur ling the 'cast fifteen year i's hIas l.een miy skIter's favorite m~edhicin4 for colds oni the lunesL~. I mylself havn taken it a numbher of tImes whaen sur' for ing wit ha cold and it alw~ays ic * OL. POINT lieti, e e ** e t o e .. S S e *e ee Cold Point, March 12.-Miss Nina Duncan, after an extended visit to her brother, Mr. H. C. Duncan, of Mount ville, has returned home. Mrs. Emma Leak has recently pur chased a nice horse and buggy. Mr. Guy A. Moore visited the city Sunday. Miss Agnes Wheeler, of Stomps Springs, is visiting at Cold Point. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Duncan and lit tle Rachel visited Mrs. IOuncan's fa ther, 'Mr. Joe C. Weeks, of Laurens Sunday. lr. Guy 10. Moore, of this commun ity, has a sick child. Mlr. Mack Nelson had the misfortune of breaking his leg while playing at school this week. We are glad to say lie is resting very well. A crowd of young people from Watts .i\i visited Cold Point Saturday even Ing. Dr. J. L. Fennell, of Waterloo, Is seen most every (lay in our commun-. ty. "Uncle luek" Pasley has returned to ('old Point. 'Mr. .1ohni .lonies is visiting his sis Ier, Mrs. Walter 1Ientdrix, of this com munity. The farmers of this community have their gino hauled and have some hard work before them, preparing for plant ing. * *.. SS 5 5 * WTT MTiL NEW&, * * * * * * * * * * * * * , a * Watts .\ill, .larch 12.--On last Tues day little James Roland, son of Mtr. and Irs. Will Ilazel. was so badly buned that It (ied on Wednesday fol powing. On Thursday tle renains were carried to Warrior Creek church for intermnctt. Rev. .1. A. Brock con dtteied the fitieral service. There was an old-day singing held ltere ott Siuiday and was miuch en .ioyed by all ltrseit. Quite a large crowd attenided. Among some of tile excel li~tinge rS prCseit were tihe fol 1,W in: r\l. \\. M. .\lthaftey and sis 11.! .\ks: l'flik, \aha1.ffey. .All:'! SaIllie larper from niar \\'illiamlistont, .\r. lool (Chasti'en. of (ren lwoo, and .1t . I 1;1(St\\a1r. of UIil Ion1. Qu1ite a1 num11 Froi To WE <' _ Key.. gr. Mtillth4 and Rev. Mrb Broclc both Qlled .hpir regular ap pointments on Sunday night. The Laurens township singing con vention will convene with Holmes St. church at Laures mill on second Sun (lay In April. The public is cordially invited to attend. All churches of dif ferent denominations are urged to send delegates of two or more good singers. Mrs. J. W. Hellams and children, of Laurens mill, and Mr. and Mrs. I. I. Thompson, of the city, all were visit ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.'R. H. Donaldson on Sunday. Miss Octavia McQuown of Clinton is visiting her father, Mr. E. Y. Mc Quown of this place. ,* * *c * * * * *-* * * * * * * * ('ROSS HILL NEWS. * * Cross 11111, March 12.-Miss Lilly Mac Rudd will continue the nillinery business left by the death of her sis ler, Miss Lyda Rudd, some time ago. She has Just returned from the mar kets where a spendid line of the lat est patterna of hats was selected and will be ready now soon to open up the spring cason of millinery trade. She will have as her assistant. Miss Bessie I11 who has had experience In this line of merchandise. R1ev. t. G. Lee, pastor of the n 1itist church will attend this week the B3ap tist lAiymenl's convention in Atlanta. In his absence his place in the Water loo school will be filled by Miss Lillie Cubertson. Rev. W. 1). Ratchford, pastor of the Presbyterian church, attended the Presbyterian Conference in Columbia last week. Rev. W. S. lutchison, a student in the Presbyterian Theological Semi nary in Columbia, preached at Liberty Springs on the first Sunday morning. The evening service was postIo1ed because of the continued heavy rains. Mirs. C. 1). Nance and two daughters. Misses Vivian and I-lise, spent the week end a week ago with friends in Clinton. Mr. It \. Wharlon. after spending ten days ihome witi his family, re Iurned last Monday to the hospital at Chester wher e h will coitinuIe the n the Little Tot the Gray-Haire9 ARE NOW RE. FOR We have just con that came in dur'i with machines t( them over. ie<h Is fmlreoving and' hoIes '0o. Spent tllb week-end with Mrs. Avant'% Rermaneut. recovery. sister, .Mr.. S, H. Goggans. Mrs. Dona 'mith hab also found it Mr. W. S. Atchison bought a new necessary to return 'toi the Baptist Ford car Saturday. *ho purchgso hospital in Columbia for further out- was made from the Scurry Agency gical treatment. She went to Colum- here which has sold a number of cars bia last 'week. sinco opening up last fall. 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