The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 25, 1917, Image 4
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KINQSTREE. S. C.
W. F. TOLLEY & R.K.WALLACE
Publishers.
THURSDAY. JAN. 25.1917.
Issue Bonds for Better Roads.
There is no more momentous
question before our people today,
nor one that so .'itally affects their
p - J
interest, as the question 01 gooa
roads, and from every section of the
State w.e hear of efforts being put
forth for the betterment of road conditions.
In 1916 Anderson and
Greenville counties bonded their resp<
ctive counties for this purpose.
The people of Spartanburg county
are agitating the question of landing
their county for a large amount for
road construction. Shall our county
follow the progressive movement
or content itself by remaining in the
non-progressive class? Let us seriously
ask ourselves why is it that
we have to spend year after year
from twenty to twent}"-five thousand
dollars on the same roads and still
these roads show nodecided improvement?
Why is it that we can't
build a road that will stand a year's
travel without having to be practically
rebuilt? There is only one
answer so far as we see; that is, we
will have to issue bonds for the*con-J
struction of roads, and a sufficiently
additional amount to employ an
expert road builder to take charge
of the working force. This is a day
of specializing, and the building of
roads, which are to be of a permanent
character, calls for the services
of an expert, a man experienced in
that line of work.
Some years ago Williamsburg
county spent in the thousands of
dollars for a traction engine and
other road working machinery.
What has become of this road work-i
inu namnhernalia? We don't hear
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of it being in use. No, but one
passing along the road east of town |
will notice just before he gets to]
the cemetery, a large traction engine
and other machinery in a vacant
lot, left there to rust and ruin. Is
it not time for us of Williamsburg
county to have passed the experi- (
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~ng money buying machinery and
tools that those in charge of our
road building can't or won't use?
In the past ten years we have
3pent something over two hundred
thousand dollars on our roads. Do
they show it today? No!
On the other hand, farmers from
every section of the county coming
into town complain that the roads are
in an almost impassable condition.
Is it not high time for us to rem- j
* edy this condition, and not go on
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continually in the same old rut,
spending thousands and thousands
of dollars year after year without attaining
any permanent resultsat all?
There is no one thing that will enhance
the value of real estate in the
county more than good roads. The
first thing a prospective settler wants
to know about is the church and
school facilities and what kind of
roads you have. Let us then move
forward in the line of progress;
let'8 bond the county, employ an
expert road builder and build our
roads so that they will stay built.
"Put Up or Shut Up."
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The County Record does not dclieve
in consi^ming time and space
in "hot air," nor does it engage
in the imaginary construction of air
castles. On the other hand it always
has been and will continue to
be its policy to advocate anything
wo holipve to be of benefit to
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the town or county and along this
line we liave no special hobby nor
are we tied to any particular idol.
Just now the question of establish
jug a cannery in Kingstree is l>einj
agitated for, perhaps, the eleventl
time, and interest seems-to have he
come loused to such an extent tha
Tome of our citizens are ready, am
willirwr t<> subscribe to the eanita
"" O stock
of the enterprise.
There is no douht in our mind a
to the benefits to l>e derived from ;
cannery in a community like ours
the very garden spot of the South
where all kinds of vegetables can b
raised in abundance at a normally
small cost. With a cannery in op
eration here during the summer i
would encourage our farmers, anc
especially the boys and girls wh<
live on the farm, to raise vegetable:
and fruit for sale to the cannery anc
in a short time, say the second sea
son, we believe the establishmen'
would be working overtime, anc
would afford a profitable market foi
all kinds of truck.
During the first season of opera
tion we would suggest only the can
ning of peas, string beans, okra
corn and tomatoes, and it might bt
well to add sweet potatoes as a product
for fall canning. Additional
varieties, such as beets, lima beans,
peppers and fruits, could l>e undertaken
later.
But the first and important thinj
to be done is to get the money together
for the establishment of the
| enterprise. Say that we want tc
start with a capital of 82,500, then
we could divide this into fifty or
one hundred shares of either $50.0C
or 82">.00 each, one half the value
of the shares subscribed to he paid
for at once, so that the plant could
be established and gotten into
working order without delay. The
balance, or other half, should be
paid in bv June 1 to provide a working
capital. As the necessary equipment
for a cannery is small, we believe
82,500 would set on foot an
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ing to the citizens of the community
and surrounding country. Let's
try it. Who will take stock in a
canning factory to be established
arid put in operation at Kingstree
this summer?
This is not a'' hot air" matter, but
a case of "put up or shut up," and
in a short while The Itecord is going
to know definitely whether those
who talk "cannery" with a lavish
I tongue are really in earnest, and
willing to go into their pockets and
j planktdown the dollars, or not. Gat
i and "hot air" are not constructive
agencies. Money is!
Only a Plant.
If a real wide-awake, progress iv<
stranger were to happen to come
into Kingstree and sat down to eal
his breakfast by lamplight in a dining
room equipped with electrical
fixtures, his first Question would be,
"What's the matter,haven't you ar
electrical plant?" The inevitable
answer would be, "Yes, we have a
plant with current to sell, but foi
some reason, either real or imaginiary,it
won't give us a chance to buy
it, and we are left in darkness al
7 a. in."
We are told that a certain family
in town had to have early breakfast
a few mornings ago, so that some
visiting guest could get off on train
-SO,which is due here at 7:3U. \\ hile
the family tyid their guest were in
the midst of the early meal the current
was cut off. There was one wax
candle in the house,'and of course a
nocturnal search had to he madelfor
this ante bellum device before the
meal could proceed. It isn't everybody
in Kingstree who would
prefer electric lights in his home,
who cares to breakfast as late as 8
o'clock these mornings, yet we believe
a majority of them would be
glad to have, and willing to pay for,
current up to that hour.
Yes, Kingstree has a plant, one
that doesn't seem inclined to grow.
Colleton county is bonding for
better roads, and the Federal Government
is sending an expert road
engineer there io render valuable
service to her citizens. Williamsburg
might vote a bond issue for the
same purpose to the ultimate profit
and pleasure of her citizens.
The Charleston American has increased
its capital stock from $50,00
to $100,000.
J PRIZES OFFERED
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1 School Improvement Assocla- j
lions of Williamsburg.
1 Teachers in this county who have
1 Improvement associations in their |
1 schools are earnestly requested to
;send me their reports at the end of j
each month, so that I can make a
^ complete report of them. All the lo1
cal associations may obtain report
, blanks,score cards, etc,by writing to J
, me. All the schools competing for
e prizes will please write to me at
once. I trust that every association
' will make an effort to win at least
* one of the prizes offered, a list of
t which follows:
1 1. Twenty-five prizes of forty dol)
lars each to be awarded to individual
schools making the greatest im*
provement during the time between
' January 1,1916, and March 1, 1917.
- Each school competing for this prize
t must file its application along with
I the official prize score card. The
School Improvement score card must
r be signed by a representative of the
local association,by a member of the
- local board of trustees and approved
. by the County Superintendentof Education.
Photographs of new build'
ings are usually helpful to the com;
mittee in determining prize winning
* schools. Incorporated towns with a
1 A A A f a f Ko
1 pupliiauun Ui 1VV, auviuiii^ ww WKV
census of 1910, are not eligible to
compete.
2 One prize of ten dollars to the
local association in each county raising
from outside sources and depos.
iting with the County Treasurer the
. largest amount of money. The forty-five
prizes given in this class are
intended to stimulate local school
1 improvement work in each of the
' forty-five counties.
I 3. One prize of five dollars to each
, local association sending in twelve
reports to the County Organizer for
twelve regular monthly meetings be- |
tween March 1, 1916, and March 1, I
1 1917. These reports must be signed F
by the president of the local School I
, Improvement association and ap- p
proved by the County Organizer. |
4. Five county prizes. Two first I
prizes of twenty-five dollars each ?
and three second prizes of fifteen I
dollars each will be given to tne nve r
counties reporting the largest per- |
centage of active local School Im- I
provement associations in the rural i
! schools of the county. This report )
. must be signed by the County Or- J
I granizer and approved by the Coun- I
, ty Superintendent of Education. f
5. A certificate of award will be |
given to each school district adopt- I
ing compulsory school attendance
through the initiative and co-operar
tion of the local School Improvement
association. It is hoped that the list I
of these districts will constitute a
1 roll of honor of the progressive districts
of the State favoring compull
sory attendance.
All renorts must be sent to the
; County Organizer. For any literature
or applications for prizes, write
Mrs Mattie Williams,
County Organizer,
Greelyville, S C.
; Notice to Teachers.
I Dear Teacher:
A meeting of the teachers of the
county will be held in the court
house at 11:30 a m, Saturday, Feb.
ruary 3, for the purpose of formi
ing plans for our annual field day.
. You are earnestly requested to atl
tend this meeting.
Yours very truly,
J G McCullough.
j Kingstree, S C, January 22.
<' Measles is still prevalent among
the children of both this town and
county.
Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Seed'
for sale, $1.50 per bushel. Highest
i! prices paid for Furs. S S Aron?
son, Lanes, S C. l-18-4t
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j Bethlehem's Bid on Shells
for the United States Nary
To the American Peopk:
| The Secretary of the Navy has awarded
contracts amounting to over $3,000,000
1 to a British bidder for 14 and 16-inch
projectiles for the Navy because of very
' much lower prices offered by the English
! bidders.
i We know nothing of the basis upon which
, the British bids were made, but the pubI
he is entitled to know the facts upon
' which we ourselves bid for this work.
I
Two years ago we took contracts
I to make 4,200 14-inch shells at a
price of $1,515,000. Up to now
not u single shell has been acj
eepted by the Government, although
we have expended, in
wages, materials, etc., en these
orders $522,881, and we have not
received a SINGLE DOLLAR on I
Umk contracts.
Id addition, a hteraJ lalerpsetatioa of
the contract might make as babie tot
paaaltiaa amounting to $671,016.
la the light of our experience, and bar*
Ingno other basis, we bid for 16-inch
abells approximately the same rate per
pound as that which the Nary Department
actually awarded a 14-tnch shell
contract one year ago.
Bethlehem Steel Company \
CBA8. M. SCHWAB. Chairman
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