The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 27, 1919, Image 4
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THURSDAY MARCH 27. 1919.
OUR NEW ROAD LAW'
We publish in this issue the Act
passed by the recent Session of the
Legislature, entitled "An Act to provide
a system of Government for
Williamsburg County."
Carefully reading this .act we notice
that it is practically a verbatim
copy of the old law, except for the
several last sections which are entirely
new.
One of these sections provide that
any Township in the County may
vote upon itself a special road tax,
another section provides for a license
fee upon all vehicles in the
County, which fee is to be collected
by the Clerk of Court when he issues
the license tags which are to be
numbered and on which is to be the
name of the County. The -fees are as
follows: $1.00 for one-horse vehicles;
$2.00 for two-horse vehicles and
$5.00 for log wagons. These fees are
to be collected annually, the Clerk
of Court retaining 10 cents per license
as compensation- for issuing
same. Any person operating a vehicle
without said license will be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined
from five % to twenty dollars, or
imprisoned not more than thirty
days for each offense.
Another section provides that convict
labor shall not be used upon the
public roads or works of the County*
except in conjunction with the convict
labor of some other county or
counties. If convicts are not used
they are to be sent to the State pencontnncnc
jjro niorr
v.**- aciuiai > ii tuvii fvnw%.* v than
thirty days, if less to be kepi
in County jail.
Under the old law funds collected
> for road purposes could be used either
upon bridges or roads as necessity
warranted. The new. law separates
the funds into two accounts,
"Bridges", and "Roads". The Bridge
Account is to be credited with the
funds collected from the railroads
to be used only upon the bridges of
the county, but dividing any unexpended
balance at the end of the
year propotionately among the
townships.
The old law provided that fund*
should be spent as nearly as practicable
in the townships from which
they are collected, while the new law
provides that funds must be spent
only in the townships from which
they are collected.
The old law left it with the County
Commissioners to employ the road
engineer in sych manner as they
deemed proper and to fix his salary.
The new law provides that the engineer
be appointed upon recommendation
of the State Highway com
mission, provides that he mush be a
graduate of a well recognized school
of instructio in civil engineering
with two years experienced road
building, and must not be a citizen
of Williamsburg County. He is to
receive a salary of not more than
$250.00 and an allowance of $300.00
for expenses.
The new law raises the salary of
the County Commissioner $250.00
and raises the Commissioners from
three to four dollars per day. Both
the old and new law allows 10 cents
per milage in additional to the commissioners
salary.
These differences, together with ar.
additional two mills provided in the
supply bill tax for roads make up
the changes from the old to the new
law, and we sincerely hope- that improvement
will soon be noted upon
our public roads. The law takes effect
July 1, 1919.
We understand that there is now
in the treasury quite a nice road
fund unexpended, they say because
of lack of labor, and when this fund
is increased by the big sums to be
collected under the new law it would 1
seem that there should be no further
complaint in Williamsburg concernin
g roads and bridges.
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FEDERAL FINDS FOR ROADS
As will be seen in another column
of this newspaper Williamsburg's
apportionment of federal money for
road building amounts to *78,588,21.
I'nder the conditions of the federal
law this money becomes available as
soon as a like amount has been appropriated
by this county. The vital
question with us is: "Are we going
to cover this gift by the fedora!
? ? *vill e-natc
government,, wnm-uj > * ..... .
a fund of *1 ">7.170.48 for roads in
Wii'amsburu" County ?"
We understand that the county
j v. ill not i?e required ti cover the fui!
I amour.* in order to got a portion of
j the money, hut may get us much
i thereof, dollar for dollar, as wecov-j
i t v. ith count}- money. And a half a ,
loaf is hotter than no bread at all.
.
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.M'smun
Xesmith March 23.-?You have noi
heard from us in some time, but we
are still on the map.
Mrs. V. D. Harper, anil little
daughter, Louise, of Hemingway,
spent the week end with relatives
here.
Misses Ida Mae Letzlei, Ethel
Loyht. Lois Xesmith, Messrs. Riggsbee.
Brown. McLean, and McCullough
attended sendees at Rose Hill
Sunday morning.
Miss Lois Xesmith, who has- been
teaching at Choppee, is at home with
her parents, she having finished a '
very successful year. j
Misses Lottie Mae and Bessie j
Fairey spent the week end with j
friends and relatives in Floydale. j
j Rev. Thames, of Columbia has ac- :
ceptcd the Xesmith and Rose Hill !
call, and is expected to move in this J
week. We feel proud to be able to {
.- cure the service of >uch an able j
j minister. j
j The young people are now busy
I practicing a piav entitled "Home
' *' ? l'.l ...:n k.. wM'An tlinllth nC
J I it'S , wnicil w.i; UI- ...... -I
April. A cas* of characters and a I
synopsis of the plav will appear in j
I next issue. X. j
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| IVASTOR TO RECEIVE CALL j
! Liberty Presbyterians Want Rev. H. j
A. Know, Georgetown j
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Georgetown. Match 25.?The Rev. !
H. A. Knox, pastor of the First (
Presbyterian church of this city, has j
received a unanimous call to become j
pastor of the congregation at Liberty,
S. C. Mr. Knox came to Georgetown
about three years ago from
Dunellen, Fla., and during his pastorate
here he has done a splendid
work. Among some of the important
things done was the paying off of all
indebtedness on the church building.
He is popular with all denominations
and enjoys the confidence and highfnororrl
tho ontire citv and
community. Mr. Knox, while having j
the call under serious consideration
has given out no definite information
a- to whether or not he will accept.
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A charter ha- been granted the
Security Service Building and Loan
Association of Andrews, with a capital
stock of ? 150,000. The corporators
are W. H. Andrews, H. S. Clardy,
Louis Ballenberger. A. H. Josey,
and J. C. Levv.
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' Good Progress Being Made
Washington, March 26.?A message
to the White House today from
the American peace delegation at
Paris said greater progress toward
peace was being made than "appeared
on the surface."
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asleep all nigh', toeing about and
f waking at every little sound, you
can stay in bed twenty-four hours
i and still need slj;ep.
I Sleeping soundly is a matter of
getting perfectly relaxed. The slightest
noise keeps the nerves alert.
What you need for deep, sound
sleep all night is a perfectly quiet bed
and a spring that invites complete
relaxation.
That is why people sleep so much
better in the Simmons Metal Bed
and Slumber King Spring.
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'. Cashier. BOYLE SINGLETON. Bookkeeper.
? Cashier. MRS. J. C. KELLY. Bookkeeper.
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o/iW\ and Adjusting Agency
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We Cao GET the Money.
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