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V0L 05 K1NGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919. NO. 3
>NEW ROAD LAW
FOR THIS COUNTY
EMPLOYMENT OF ROAD ENGINEER
AND ASSESSMENT
OF VEHICLES
In giving our readers a copy 0/
the new, or slightly altered road
law as it applies to Williamsburg
County, we have omitted the first
four Section, which are nothing more
than a preface and relates to organization
and duties of individuals. No
changes are contained in the omitted
sections over those of previous
years.
Section 5. That the said Board of
County Commissioners shal^ have
general jurisdiction over all public
kighways, roads, bridges, and ferries,
and over paupers, and in all
> matters relating to taxe? and disc.mont;
nf nublic funds for-coun
ty purposes, and in any other case
that may be necessary for the internal
improvement and local concerns
of public interest; with full power
and authority to devise plans, enter
contracts or agreements for the
building and maintenance of public
roads and bridges, employ civil engineers
as hereinafter provided, appoint
overseers, and organize such
working foix*es as may to them appear
necessary for the practical construction
and preservation of the
road- and bridges of the county.
They may, at their discretion, appoint
a Township Supervisor for any
township in which they think it necessary.
Section 6. That before entering
upon their duties as provided for under
this Act, the County Commissioners
shall each execute a bond
for the use of the county tor me
faithful performance of their duties
? w- it^the sum of one thousand dollars.
Said Bond to be approved in the
same manner as now provided for
the bonds of County Auditors.
Section 7. That as soon as pracIr
tical and within thirty days after
having received their commissions
the Board of County Commissioners
shall meet in the office of the County
Supervisor and shall elect one of
their number Secretary to the Board,
whose additional duty it shall be to
keep a complete and accurate record
of the proceedings of each meeting
of the Board, and shall file a copy
of same with the County Supervisor
for the permanent files of his office:
Provided, That all other clerical maU
ters pertaining to the duties of the
Board of County commissioners
shall be performed by the County
Supervisor.
Section 8. That it shall be the
duty of the Board of County Commissioners
to hold monthly meetings
upon such day, or date, as may be
designated by them, and upon such
other dates as may appear necessary
to said Board in the discharge of
their duties.
Section 9. That the salary of the
County Supervisor shall be twelve
^ hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Each of the other members of the
Board of County Commissioners
shall be paid a salary of four dollars
per diem and mileage, ten cents per
mile one way, for each day served:
Provided, That such paid service
shall not exceed twenty-four days
per annum.
Section 10. That it shall be the
duty of the Board of County Commissioners,
upon the recommendation
of the State Highway Commission
or Engineer, to employ a suitable
and capable person, who shall be
designated as Road Engineer, and
whose qualifications shall be that
he is a graduate of a well recognized
school of instruction in civil engineering,
and that he shall have had
at least two years of practical experience
in road building. He shall not
be a resident of the county at the
time he is first employed; Provided,
That the Board of County Commissioners
in their discretion may re
fuse to employ a person recommended
by the State Highway Commis
sion or Engineer. The salary of the
^ Engineer shall not exceed
twraty-five hundred dollars per annum,
and he shall be allowed three
hundred dollars per annum for traveling
and other expenses necessary
to the performance of his duties.
The term of office, or contract, of
persons so employed shall expire at
the discretion of the Board of County
Commissioners, except that thirty
day's notice.shall be given before
the expiration of the tenure of office.
It shall be the duty of the Road Engineer
to personally supervise tkc
construction work of road and bridge j
building in the county, under such:
rjles and regulations as may be pre,
scribed by the Board of County Com- j,
! missioners. He .-hall bo subject at all
times to the advise and direction of
the said Board. Said Road Engineer j
shall be chosen or selected by such
I procedure or in such manner as the,
Board of County Commissioners
may, in their judgement, elect: Provided,
That nothing herein shall conflict
with the requirements stated.
Section 11. That it shall bo the ,
duty of the Road Engineer to report
' to the Board of County Commission- ,
ers any and all violations of the road .
laws which may come under his observation,
make recommendations or
I ofTer suggestions for the improve- ,
I i?o?le vPOllisitionS
j IllVlil UI lilC i vuucy *?iv??v ^.j
; for material, implements and supplies
needed for county purposes,
jand to perform all other requireI
ments prescribed for him by the
Board of County Commissioners.
Section 12. That all moneys col- ,
| k-cted by the Clerk of Court for li- 1
j censes of all kinds shall go into the' j
general road fund of said county. '
| .Section 13. That the road tax le- ,
, vied in each township of the county ]
.shall bejueed Jp^thq maintenance .of,
j roads in the township only from ,
which it is derived: Provided; That
I the tax derived from railroads, telephones
and telegraph companies (
: shall go into a general bridge fund
'and to be used for such purpose: |
! Pfovided, That any unexpended bal- .
j ance of the bridge fund shall be
I equally divided among the townships ,
of the count}'. ,
Section 1-1. That all able-bodied 1
1 male persons from the age of twen- ,
ty-one to sixty years, both inclusive,
in the county of Williamsburg shall
be required annually to pay two dol'
lars commutation or road tax, ex- ,
, cept such persons who by statute, ]
are now exempt from poll tax: Provided,
That taxes so derived shall be
used only in the township from i
which they came. ,
Section 15. That all persons who
are liable to road duty, as% fixed by
, Section 14 of this Act, in lieu of
peiforming or causing to be per- (
formed, labor upon the public highl ,
ways of said county shall be requir- 1
ed to pay the County Treasurer of 1
said county at the same time other ,
taxes are paid, an annual commuta.
tion or road tax of two dollars per ,
head, which shall bo expended upon
the public roads of the township '
from which collected. Said tax to be
collected as poll tax is now collected,
and any failure to pay said road tax
1 -1?1' oonnr ortr? t Vif* of
snan yt* <x uiiduuiuc?uvi, %..w ?
fender, upon conviction, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than
| five dollars, and not more than fifty
dollars, or imprisonment for not
more than thirty days.
Section 16. That it shall be law- (
ful for the Board of County Commissioners
to accept from individuals.
firms, or corporations, gifts in
money, material or labor: Provided,
That such is given or donated un:
conditionally and for the sole pur-,
! pose of supplementing public funds
when said public finds are in sufficient
to complete or provide necesi
sary or desired repair or improve- ,
I ments of any section or bridge of
iany public road in the county: Pro'
vided, however, That such gifts or
donations can be used only upon sec- ,
tion or bridge or road for which they
were given or donated, and it shall
!be the duty of the County Sropervii
sor to keep an accurate account of
: all such receipjs and disbursements.
Section 17. That the Supervisor
shall cause to be published monthly
in some county paper or papers an
I itemized statement of all disburse-!
ments for the current month, said j
statement to be published in Such
manner as to show quantity or!
amounts or article bought and the
price paid therefor.
Section 18. That each township 1
in the county may for the purpose ,
of further development of roads vote
upon itself a special tax to be so
used, tax to be placed with the funds
of the township^rom which collected:
Provided. Tliat such election, or
elections, shall be held as prescribed
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Section 19. That for the further
improvement of the highways of '
Williamsburg county there shall be
collected an annual license ie* by .
the Gerk of Court from the owner
for the operation of any vehicle upon
the roads of said county, except
such vehicles as are already licensed
by the State of South Carolina, the
fees to be charged as follows: $1.00
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1*03 one-horse vehicles; $2.00 for twohorse
vehicles, except that $5.00 be
charged for iojr wagons or log carts.
(1) Provided. That the license fee?
for the year 1919 shall be one-hail
of the amount herein stipulated, due
and payable on or before July 15
1919. It shall be the duty of the
Clerk of Court to provide license
tag.- showing the number of license,
the year issued and the name of the
county to be fastened by the ownei
of the vehicles to the rear axle in
such a mariner that the number can
he plainly seen from the rear. The
cost of said license tags and license
blanks to he paid out of the funds
derived therefrom. The Clerk of
Court shall retain as compensation
for his'services out of .-aid license
fee. a fee o: ten cents for each license
issued, the rest to be turned
into the County Treasurer, which fee
shall go to the funds of the township
from which collected.
The Clerk of Court shall keep a
record of all licenses issued showing
the number, the name of purchaser
the fee paid, and the date issued.
Tbe owner of any vehicle shall within
ten days after purchase of same
wear the license tag as above provided;
said tag to be nontransfera.
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Die rroviaea, mat uitrpurcua^cA
may have until the fifteenth day o 1
January of each year ia which to
procure such license. Any person,
persons, firms or corporations operating
or causing to be operated any
vehicle upon the roads of Williamsburg
county (except as above provided)
without having first procured
a license therefor shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be fined not less
than five, nor more than twenty
dollars, or imprisoned not more
than thirty days at the discretion ol
the Court for each offense.
Section 20. That Convict laboi
after the passage of this Act shall
not be used upon the public roads 01
works of Williamsburg county. (3)
Except in conjunction or combination
with the convict labor of another
county or counties. In the event
Willinmshurp countv does not ODer
ate a convict force in conjunction
with that of another county or counties,
convicts having sentences of
over thirty days shall be turned ovei
to the State Penitentiary: Provided,
That those having 30 day sentence?
or less than 30 davs and a sentence
yet to serve shall be placed in the
rounty jail.
Section 21. That this Act shall
become operative July 1, 1919.
Williamsburg County Supply Bill
Section 1. That a tax is hereby
levied upon ail the taxable property
in the county of Williamsburg foi
county purposes for the fiscal veai
commencing January 1, 1919, foi
ine amount ana ior me purposes
hereinafter state*!, respectively, that
is to say: for all county purposes
eight and one-half (8*2) mills, to be
expended as follows, if so much be
necessary:
Section 2. (.A* Roads and Bridges
For roads and bridges, four (4)
mills.
(B) Salaries:
Four and one-half (41,*) mills, tc
be expended a- follows, if so much
be necessary:
Clerk _of Cour: :> 450 0C
.Sheriff l buu uu
Deputy Sheriff 480 0C
Treasurer 830 00
Auditor 830 00
Clerk of Auditor 900 0C
Supt. of Education 1 800 0C
Attorney 100 00
Physician : 160 OCl
Coroner 250 00
Janitor for Courthouse 300 0C
Supervisor 1 250 0C
Five County Commissioners
at $200 each 1 000 0C
County .School Examiners. 45 0C
Judge of Probate_ 350 0C
Constables 1 353. 00
Magistrates 1 900 00
Board of Eqaalixatioti 700 00
Board of Registration 150 00
Jail expenses, including
dieting of prisoners 700 00
Jurors and witnesses 2.000 00
County Home. Poorhouse
and Poor 3 000 0tJ
Post mortem?, inquests
and lunacy 600 00
Public building, including
water, fuel, light and
insurance 1 000 00
Printing, postage and stationery
1 500 0(0
Painting roc' of Courthouse
500 00
Miscellaneous contingent 1 <X)0 00
Vita! Statistics 500 00
Tomato Club 1 405 00
Interest on current loans, in
anticipation of taxes 1 000 00
Maintenance of bed at State
Tuberculosis Sanatorium 500 00
Total 28 140 00
Section 3. That this Act shall
take effect immediately upon its approval
by the Governor.
R. A. Cooper, Governor.
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: TELLS OF MURDER
OF ROMANOFFS
,' FRENCH GENERAL NARRATES
THE REVOLTING
f CIRCUMSTANCES
' San Francisco, March 24.?Confimation
of the execution of the for1
mer Emperor of Russia and his wife
1 and daughters, under particularly
revolting conditions by Bolshevik
' troops was given here today by Gen.
Robert C. Paris, one of the first
French officers to dp assigned 10 me
1 Czecho-Slovak army in Russia; Gen.
Paris is on his way home to make an
official report of the occurrence to
' i the French Government. He arrived
here yesterday from Vladivostok.
Nicolas and his family were shot
in the basement of their house at
1 Ekaterinburg, Siberia. The women
of the once royal family were , sub-1
'; jected to indignities and mistreat|
ment in the presence of the former
j Czar before the executions took
! place. Gen. Paris said.
The house is now the headquarters
i of Gen. Gaida, a Czecho- Slovak com.
i ?
_, mander. Describing the scene atteqd:
ing the execution of the Romanoff
' family. Gen. Paris said:
1' "Early one morning the Czar was
taken from an upstairs room and
stood against the wall in the basement
of the house. There he was
shot, after which the Czarina was
i '
shot and then her daughters and
' other members of the household. I
1' "A few days following the murder i
' the bodies were taken under cover of
-i
night by automobile into near-by
' | village, where they were cut into
small pieces and burned separately.
The charred remains were found by
officers of the force opposed to the
' Bolsheviki. Pieces of the burned
clothing also were found. Proof that
the garments were those of the
Romandoffs, was given by the fact
' that the diamonds which the Czarina
" i and her daughters wore in their
waists were picked up.
1 "The room in which the murder
| was committed is now sealed. The
plaster, on the walls shows where the
rifle bullets penetrated. The bullets
' were removed with bayonet points.
' Blood stains have been washed from
f J the floor. Under the flooring, however,
little pools of blood were found.
In several places in the death room
' blood seeped through the cracks in
the floor
"Everyone in Russia is now thoroughly
convinced that the entire Romanoff
household was wiped out by
' j the Bolshevists. The official reports
"; sent to France were conclusive.
"The Czar and his family are
? dead. That is positive."
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; FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ROADS
' ; Williamsburg County's Apportionment
Is $78,588.24
Columbia, March 24.?Williamsburg
County's apportionment of
, Federal money for building roads
amounts to $78,588.24. Under pres'!
ent conditions, this money will be1
come available when Williamsburg
(! County covers it dollar for dollar.
, i When this is done, the county will
) have for road building the sum of
[$157,176.48, which it can use on proi
! jects approved by the secretary of
> the United States Department 01
) Agriculture.
i With its apportionment of Federital
funds plus the funds which it
i must provide before the Federal
) money Ls available, Williamsburg
I County can build about 7.1 miles of
concrete road or about 44.9 miles of
I top-soil or sand-clay road. These figI
ures on mileage are based on the
I assumption that grading, culverts,
i etc., will cost $2,000 per mile; topi
soil or sand-clay surfacing will costi
I $1,500 per mile; and concrete sur-|
i facing will cost $20,000 per mile, i
These estimates are based on averl
ages and will not hold good for all
I cases. Therefore, the figures on mileage
stated above are approxima-,
I tions only and are given for purpos- j
es of comparison.
I The above named types of roadsj
are used because they are typical.
It is not meant that Federal Aid j
will be given to building only these ;
!types or that only these three types J
are recommended.
Williamsburg County's apportionment
of Federal funds for road
building does not include the funds
i' from this source which can be had
ilfn** hriHtrp building. The State High
I way Commission now has at its disi
i posal for building bridges enough
money to build practically all the
11 important bridges needed in the!
State. This-money will be available
) when the county or counties served j
I by the bridges cover it dollar for dollar
and the secretary of the Depart- j
jment of .Agriculture approves the'
I project. * i
REV. HERNDON
| LEAVES GEORGIA
: HIGHLY APPRECIATED PASTOR
! LEAVES OLD PASTORATE
FOR KINGSTREE
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Wo take the following from the
| L.a Orange (Ga.) Daily Reporter:
i "Approached concerning his farei
well sermon as pastor of the First
I Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning at cloven o'clock. Rev. J. G.
Hcrndon made the following statement
which will be of deep interest
to the entire citizenship of LaGrange:
"For -eighteen and one half years
I have preached and worked with i
the LaGrangc Presbyterian church:
and the people of our city and Troup
county. During these years, through ;
which much kindness has been shown I
me, deep attachments have been?
formed that it is hard to sever. A'
hearty and unanimous call came to j
me to accept the pastorage of the:
Williamsburg church at Kingstree,!
S. C., the county seat of Williamsburg
county. The appeal there was
so strong that it seemed to be a lead- i
ing of Providence. The officers here
protested against my going, but the!
statement that I made to the church i
left nothing to be done but to accede'
to my request that they concur with i
me in a request to the Presbytery of1
Atlanta for a dissolution of the pas
jtoral relation. Accordingly my last
| sermon as pastor of the LaGrange
! church will be preached on next Sun- j
j day, the 2nd of March. Of course I;
! expect then to meet the full mem- j
jbership of the church and as many
j of my other friends as can unite i
with us in the worship of the eleven I
o'clock hour."
Expressive of the true sentiment;
of the citizenship of LaGrange as a :
whole, as well as of the Presbyterian J
people with whom Mr. Hemdon has]
j been identified in such long, faithflil1
sen-ice, is the announcement of dismissal
on the part of the Presbytery,
which is as follows:
"The Presbytery reluctantly and
regretfully dissolves the pastoral rel
lation between Rev. J. G. Hemdon, t
and the LaGrange church, and does
so only in response to his earnest
request, that he may follow what he
i believes to be the divine guidance
to another field of .labor.
"In taking tjiis step, the Presbytery
would express its sympathy with
the congregation which parts with
an esteemed and beloved pastor, and
would place on record its own deep
sense of loss. For eighteen years he
, has been a valued member of this,
; Presbvtery. Ten of these years he
has served the Synod as its efficient
Stated Clerk, and was recently electfed
to the same office in the Presbytery.
He has been active and effi-,
cient as a Presbyterian, wise and considerate
in counsel, courteous and
obliging in hi? intercourse with his;
i brethren.
"The Presbytery recalls with gratitude
the many years of loving fellowship
with this dear brother; and,
| realizing that his affable presence j
and delightful spirit will be keenly
| missed among us, cordially and affec,
tionately commends him to the
, brethren of Harmony Presbytery, as-'
| suring him that our best wishes,;
warmest devotion and earnest prayj
ere will follow him wherever in Cod's!
. providence he is called to go.
\f \i?r' cum nc
B. M. SHIVE,
"The above action was unanimousj
ly taken by a rising vote by the
I Presbytery of Atlanta of the Pres- j
| byterian church in the United States
lin the Central church of Atlanta.,
January 28, 1919."
I
The Rev. Herndon is expected to |
arrive in Kingstree tomorrow, (Fri-|!
day) and to occupy the pulpit of the 1
Presbyterian church Sunday.
The Record extends Mr. Herndon,(
a hearty welcome to Kingstree as a
citizen and neighbor. We have no
doubt, but that his sen-ices in 1
Kingstree will- prove as valuable and j
as yvorthv as they have at La Grange j
and there will be no lack of appre-,
ciation of the same by his new par- [
ishioners and citizens in genefal. We'
feel that a long and keenly felt break 11
in our religious circle is about to be j <
repaired.?(Ed Record.)
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Men and women who are opposed j i
to labor unions should stefcr clear of j ]
love in a cottage.
ALLEN DENOUNCES
COTTON REDUCTION
%
KANSAS GOVERNOR REFUSES
TO ATTEND COTTON
CONFERENCE
Topeka. Ivan., March 24.?The cot
ton growers of the South, in their
effort to limit the acreage of cotton
to maintain high prices, are "trading
upon the misery of the world,"
Governor Henry J. Allen charged today
in a letter refusing an invitation
from the South Carolina Cotton
Association to attend a conference
at which representatives of the campaign
to reduce cotton acreage will
be received. The letter was addressed
to J. S. Wannamaker. Columbia,
S. C., chairman of the association.
Basing his conclusions on govern?
ment crop reports, Governor Allen
estimated that cotton growers are
making as much money with cotton
at thirty-five cents a pound as Kansas
farmers are making from their
wheat.
"Kansas farmers are doing everything
in their power to increase the
wheat yield so that everyone may
have bread, but it seems . that the
cotton growers are trying at the
same time to prevent the same people
from having clothes," he declare
ed. /
"That any group of men, while the
M'nrlH tc afill o>r9nnlina> witVi tViP trA
mendous problems arising from
shortage of staple commodities,
should begin a deliberate organization
to retard production is unspeakable,"
he continued.
"It would be just as bad for the
wheat fanners of Kansas, the corn ,
farmers of Iowa, the hog raisers of
Illinois, or the live stock producers
of Texas to deliberately combine to
create a shortage in foodstuffs that
the famine of the world would pay
them toll, as for the cotton interests
of the South to combine for that
purpose.
"For these reasons and becausey
utterly lack sympathy with the purpose
of the meeting, I will not be
able to accept the invitation," he
concluded.
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Replying to Governor Allen's
i m r> r* 1 m _ l _ _
cnarge, Mr. i. r. ruimore, 01 v^aaes,
wired the following message: t
"Cades, S. C. March 25, 1919.
"Hon. Henry J. Allen, Governor,
"Topeka, Kan. ^
"Referring to your refusal to attend
a conference of the South Carolint
Cotton Association and your
estimate that cotton growers were
making as much money with cotton
at thirty-five cents a pound as Kansas
farmers were making from
wheat. If you can use' thirty-five
bales at this figure wire shipping
instructions at once.
T. P. Fulmore."
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Ex-Governor and Mrs. R. I Manovo
nnu' An ihoii* WO XT tf\ FrtlrtPP
having sailed from New York several
days ago.'
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A number of army camps are to
be abandoned by the War Department,
including buildings, railroad
tracks, sewage systems . and other
facilities. Such camps are to be sold
to the highest bidders, and April 15,
has been fixed as the date for receiving
bids. ,
o
Morning newspapers in London
unanimously charge the Paris peace
conference with responsibility for
Hungary's embracing Bolshevism
and the general dissatisfaction *ver
the delay of peace. The manner
in which it has incurred responsibility
is variously explained.
o The
Soldier Welcome Committee
of Columbia, in preparation for the
welcome home of the Thirtieth Division
and all other soldiers, is making
an appeal to the people of South
Carolina for home-made cakes, boiled
hams, eggs, fudge, smokes and
such other things as may be sent
Booths are to be erected from which
these favors will be given the boys.
Con/1 nil r>unnliar? fit a Da/1 PnAco
an supplies iv tuc ivcu vivoo
Headquarters, 1409 Gervais St., Columbia.
FLOUR AND RICE
We have just unloaded a car of
the finest plain and self-rising flour
jn the market. Prices have advanced
since we bought this lot, but we are
selling it at the old price. If you
*ant good flour or rice at a special
price come and see us. PEOPL'S
MERCANTILE COMPANY.
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