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THE GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN j$$e of Rafting Creek Endorse $2,500,000 Bond Issue for' Permanent Highways Ratting: Creek township was splen- { ly represented last night at the| ting: at Rembert School in the in- j of the $2,500,000 bond issue, i ny laides honoring the occasion by fedr presence, and at the conclusion ; ?the speaking program the bond is-' j was unanimously endorsed by a ing vote. fDr. M. S. Kirk, of Hagood. prcsid and introduced the talkers, all of om made short but convincing Iks. showing why , Sumter county Should vote $2,500,000 for a main | ^highway system of permanent^, hard j surfaced, concrete bridged, well' drained roads. Mr. Henry J. McDaurin, Jr., chair- J n of the Sumter County Board of issioners in an '"open confession id failure' on the part of the present ?hoard and its predecessors to "do something with nothing" showed con -elusively that money is simply thrown away trying to construct even a sem blance of permanent highways or to . even maintain. approximately 700 vjniles of highways with 712 bridges when this county has no material worth while to construct or maintain ;roads. He showed that notwithstand ing this county has had a lot of money jand/ had employed the best of engi neering ability, with an abundance of fthe latest improved road building machinery and had also utilized the .experience of other counties and :her States, and the expert advice of * United States and the South Oaro State Highway Commissions, that his board had reluctantly, but he be lieved, wisely abandoned all efforts to construct highways that would stand for even a reasonable time, and that his board has adopted the only fcO?cy consistent with the unbusiness like and, time and' money-losing sys tem of dirt highways that wash away after heavy rains, and the commis sioners can only hope to keep these ?and-clay and dirt roads in passable condition by shifting the road forces and chain gang from place to place ?s rapidly a* possible to patch up holes in the roads. Sumter county, he says has no na tural road building material for econ omical permanent highway construc tion, and his board believing that it .;*s#6uld be cheaper in thft long run to ^construct hard surfaced, well drained, concrete - bridged and properly graded highways had requested the Sumter county legislative delega .tidn to afford the taxpayers an oppor tunity to decide for themselves the ?question of . issuing $2.500,000 in per manent road bonds with which to . bt&ld a main highway system of ap proximately 121 miles as a starter for better, highways, which ? will save thousands of dollars, in maintenance and give the people something for their taaq money. . Mr. L. D. Jennings pointed out in ^'convincing manner, with proof from the county auditor's books, from the county treasurer's accounts of ex penditures, and from other official : sources that the actual increase in taxes will not exceed one-third of th^ present taxes by issuing of $2.500.000 in highway bonds. He also convin cingly proved that the time, money, dncts, wear and tear on automobiles ducts, wear and ear on automobiles and other vehicles, saving in gaso line, and other economies of a perm anent highway system of roads will save more than two and a half mil 3ioh dollars in less time than it re ?juire^ to retire these bonds, and at jthe same time increase the value of farm lands and give the people liv ing today an opportunity, as well as their children and grandchildren to ride over smooth and money-saving roads. Mr. Jennings showed from the county auditor's books also that the citizens of the City of Sumter actual ly pay forty-four per cent of the to tal taxes of Sumter county levied for j general county purposes (not includ ing special school tax. levies by each ' school district>-^and that the rail roads pay fifteen to sixteen per cent jof the total taxes of the county, also, aggregating sixty per cent of the $2. 500.?06 bond issue to be paid by the City of Sumter and the railroads and only forty per cent of the bond issue to be paid by the rest of the entire county of Sumter. A splendid opportunity for the farming sections to obtain good roads a* little expense. He pointed out in several ways indisputable evidence of the fact that in the long run, taking into consideration the hundreds of -thousands of dollars annually ex pended in automobile repairs and un necessary quick wearing out of tires alone, that is in automobile trouble expenses, saved11 and other economies which will result from a permanent .highway system that the peole of Sumter county will actually pay noth ing for their hard surfaced roads in jth^ long run, and that while $2,500. (000 loomed up as a big thing to many voters for which to build hard sur faced roads, th^t it will be many times more than paid for by a business like, economical maintenance and money-saving main highway system. Other speakers who convincingly but in short metre style advocated the $2,500,000 bond issue were Messrs. J. R. Britton, John H. Clif ton. E. I. Reardcn. C. J. Jackson and JE. E. Rembert. Dr. M. S. Kirk, tho ?chairman, was called on but said he would confine his talk to a mere statement of unqualified endorsement of the proposed bond issue. Those, if any, opposed to bond issue or who had anything better to offer were giv en the privilege of the floor and re quested to point out any possible de jf>cif*^Btt the proposed main highway bond issue plan, but inas every man and woman pres voted. by a rising vote, in th propositions, there was spond to the invitation to hing that had been said kers advocating the bond HUNDREDS HOME LESS AND HUNGRY People In Storm Swept Sections Are Suffering Great Privations Birmingham. April 23.?Hundreds are homeless in the storm-swept sec tions of Alabama and Mississippi. They have only a few day's food sup ply and many are without sufficient clothing, it is reported by J. T. Brock man, after a survey of the stricken district. SUMTER WINS i IN ATHLETICS I _ I First Honors In State High School Meet j Columbia. April 24?The annual South Carolina High School track j meet at the university yesterday proved to be one of the best held here recently. Two records were broken and others were dangerously approached and all events closely contested. Sumter High School won the meet with a total of 21 points. William Thomas Poole. of Greenville, was a close second with 17 points, as sisted by one of his team mates made a toal o 1 Tor the Piedmont city, with the individual cup going to its chief performer. New State high school records were i set in! the pole vault by Poole with I ten feet nine inches, one inch better j than the previous record and De ? Lorme of Sumter bettered his own ? t'me of last year in the half mile run. j making the distance in two minutes, i 13 3-5 seconds. The result of the contest was never 'definitely decided until the last ten I feet of the last race, the quarter mile, j At the start of this event Sumter was j ahead with IS points. Easley second jwith 13 and Greenville thrid with 12. ! This left a possibility for--either. ? of the three teams to carry off the i honors. Poole and Payne, both of (Greenville, rounded the final curve 1 neck and neck, the fonner gradually ? pulling "ahead by a few yards. Payne made the fatal mistake of looking back and DeLorme of Sumter, pale.as a sheet, puffing like a locomotive, and digging for all he was worth, gradu ally ground by and reached the finish line in second place bv a scant foot, and saving the meet for his team. Had Payne held his position his team I would have totalled 20 points to Sum jter's 19. Poole, the Greenville lad who car i ried off the individual cup. with a to tal of 17 points, showed a remarkable [ stickability and a wonderful amount I of the "real stuff in his craw." With j another such running mate his team J would have had an easy time. The j events which he entered were among the hardest in the track business in cluding the 220. -HO, pole vault, broad jump and 100-yard dash, in all of which he took places, and set a new record in the vault with ten feet nine inches. Carter, of Westminister, tied with Cobb. of Easley, and Chandler, of Sumter, for.second place in individual j scoring, with ten points each. Ben I nett, of Clio, and DeLorme, of Sum ;ter. get third place, with eight all. j Watts..'the little man from the biggest I sc,hool. represented, won the five I points for the Porter Military acad ! ?my. I During the morning there warf threats of rain but the clouds brought only a few small April showers and the afternoon was ideal for athletics, j After the contest the spectators-and j participants adjourned to the chapel I where a talk was delivered by Prof, i E. Marion Rucker on "Why not come j to Carolina?" The address was elo ! queqt as is usual with this speaker, I though brief and to the point, i The winning team was cheered and ' requested to rise by the varsity cheer I leader, A. J. Reck, and the winner of jthe individual cup was ;ilsi> given full j publicity. The medals were delivered to the winners of events by Prof. J. ( Bruce Coleman and the cups to suc i cessful athletes and speakers by Dr. W. y. Currell. who stated that the win-' ning debate was the best high school debate he had heard anywhere at any time. A rousing "pep" meeting was j indulged in by the student body under j the able leadership of "Charlie" Beck, cheer leader. Following are the events with win ners and their records: loo yard dash. Chandler. Sumter. tfirst; Hagood. Easley, second; Poole. Greenville, third. Time 10/8 seconds. 220 yard dash. Chandler, Sumter, first; Pooie. Greenville, second; Watts ! Porter, third. Time 24.fi. j 4 40 yard run, Poole, Greenville. I first; DeLorme. Sumter second; Payne Greenville,'third. Time ."."i.2 seconds. Half mile run. DeLorme, Sumter. .first; Meeks, Anderson, second; Kin ard, Winthrop, third. Time 2 min utes 13.fi seconds. Running high jump. Carter, Vv'est j minster, first; Bennett <'!io. second; Gambrell, Wallahalla, third. Height 5 j feet 4 inches. ? j Running broad jump. Bennett Clio, first: Poole. Greenville, second: Cobb, j Easley. third. Distance 20 feet. 7 inches. Pole vault. Poole. Greenville, first: Cobb, Easley. second; Waits. Porter, third. Height, 10 feet.'j inches. shot put. Cobb. Easley. lirst: G. Smith. Liberty, second; Briee, Chester, third. Distance. ::i? reet. Discus throw. Brice, Chester, lirst: Watts. Porter, second; G. Smith. Lib erty third. Distance, izc feet l inch. 120 yard low hurdles. Carter. West minister, first; Eraser. Sumter. second f'ohb. Easley. third. Time 17.2 sec onds. CROSS CONTINENT AIR SEWICE Washington, April i'4?' Wilson today signed the ppS' propriation bill carrying a for air-mail service from ? to San Francisco. ?esident rice, ap irovjsion fw York REFERENDUM IN COURT Supreme Court to Pass On Rati-j fication of Suff rage Amend ment Washington, April 22?The Su preme Court has begun consideration J of the question of whether or not the j Federal Constitutional amendments! must be submitted to the voters for j ratification in States having retVren- j dum provisions. The case involved the action of Ohio's ratification of I women suffrange. SCHOOL FOR CHAPLAINS War Department Will Provide Training for Army Preachers Washington. April 2?.?A. school for! army chaplains will be opened at j Camp Grant. 111., the War Department i announced today. The first class of fifteen begins May ] r>th. CAILLAUX GETS LIGHT SENTENCE Former Premier of France WTho Was Accused of Treason . Escapes With One Month Pari?, April 23?Former Premier Caillaux, who was charged with trea son, has been sentenced to throe years Iimprisonement. The time allowed for f<the period that h<> has already been Lin prison reduces the remainder of his sentence to one month. EN ROUTE TO THE POLE Captain Ammundsen Has Arriv ed in Bearing Sea on Northerly Trip* I Nome, Alaska. April 23?6apt. Ron Iaid .Amundsen, the discoverer of the j South Pole, has arrived at Anndir, I Phoring Sea, en route to the North Pole. STATE HIGH ! WAY COMMISSION j Columbia. April 23?The South! ? Carolina Highway Commission, creat I ed by the recent legislature, is looking j for a chief engineer and also for an , eoaecutive secretary. At a meeting to I be held', on May 11th, the commission j will select these two officers. A com mittee, of which It. Goodwyn Rhett, I of Charleston, is chairman, is nnmed to select the secretary and engineer. The first meeting of the new com mission was held in Columbia Thurs day afternoon. R. Cloodwyn Rhett was elected chairman. Capt Pennell, who has been chief engineer of the old commission, tendered his resig nation and asked to be relieved May 1. j He is entering business in Columbia, hp. H. Murray, who has been eonstruc | tion -engineer, was asked to act as chief engineer until Capt. Pennell's ! successor is named, j It is understood that several prom inent South Carolinaians are seeking the office of secretary of the commis sion and the commission will probably have several applications to consider. The new commission is composed Of W. S. Rentz. Vamville; R. E. Lig en. Anderson; C. O. Hearon, Spartan burg: M. G. Walker, Rock Hill; ?Frank Manning. Jr., Clio: A. P. Lang ley. Columbia, and R. G. Rhett. of ! Charleston. STATE TAX COxMMIFSION Columbia, April 23?The legislative i commission, authorized to study the j taxation system of the State, with a 1 view to introducing legislation neroj I year looking to increasing the State's revenue, both by new forms of rev enue and by getting property on the tax books which is now escaping tax ation, at its first meeting in the State library in Columbia Wednesday com pleted its organization. Senator J. If. Marion, of Chester, was elected chair man, and Representative Lide, of Ma rion, was chosen secretary. The com mission also heard several member^ of the tax commission with regard to the tax machinery of the State. It is possible that the committee will introduce legislation next year look ing to new forms of taxation, such as an inheritance tax. or other sources of State revenue. The aim of the commission is to bring aboui all the possible aid Jn equalizing taxation throughout the State. The commission is composed of i Representatives Perry, of Orangoburg. I Lide, of .Marion; Buckingham, of Aik en. and J. B. Atkinson, of Spartan burg, and Senators Marion, of Chest er:. Christeiisen. of Beaufort, and Laney, of chesterfield. iBAR ASSOCIA TION ELECTION Columbia. April 2 1 ? W. 1 >. .Melton, of Columbia, was elected president <>f the South Carolina Bar Association today: R. Dozier Lec. of Sumter, was elected vice president: C. S. Montieth, of Columbia, was elected secretary; Alfred Wallace. .Ir.. of Columbia, was elected treasurer. Douglas Mc Kay and J, W. Thomas, of Columbia, an?! I). I). Moise. of Sumter. compose the executive committee. .1. II. Brown, of Spartanburg: W. C. Miller, of Charleston; A. II. Dagnall. of Anderson, are three of the vice presidents chosen. More than a score of new members were received into the Association. A PLAN TO ji SAVE FORESTS'] Adoption of French Conservation System Recommended by Chief Forester Washing. ... April 23?Chief For-! ester Greeley warns the country of the ! seriousness of the timber situation! and advocates the adoption of the;! French conservation system. j < POPULAR ELECTION fj FOR GERMANY I > National Assembly Passes Billig For Election of President [' By People U Berlin, April 23?The national as - ' sembly has passed a bill providing j that the president shall be elected by the people. NO CHANGE ? IN POLICY Sending of Warships to Mexican j Ports Does Not Mean Action I Washington, April 24?While Am-1 j orican cruisers are on route to rebel - J menaced ports of Mexico today there was lacking any indication of an al tered course of the United States, as government officials are watching the ! situation with \ apparent equanimity, j lit is unofficialfv- declared that any! I move by the United States is improb j able, unless made necessary by the | j menace to American lives. PREMIERS REACH AN AGREEMENT France and Great Britain Decide What to Do Re&arding Germany San Remo. April 24?A complete ! agreement with respect to the atti tude the Allies shall adopt towards j Germany in connection with carrying out the peace treaty has been reach j ed by Premiers Lloyd George and Mil | lerand, it is stated. DEMOCRATS REJECT SENATOR REED Missouri Refuses to Send Pro German as Delegate to San Francisco Convention i I Joplin, Mo.. April 23.?The Miss i ouri Democratic State convention, \af i tor an all night, session rejected Uriit ! ed States Senator Reed as a district I delegates to the SanFrahcisco con j ventipn. The convention was mark : ed by wrangling and filibustering. j BEER BILL PASSED I The New York Senate Makes Legal the Sale of Light Beer Albany, April 24.?The New York ? Senate has pased a bill to legalize the I two manufacture and sale of two I three Quarters per cent, beer and the I bill has-been sent to the Assembly j for concurrence. The bill legalize 'four per cent, heer and tweive per I cent wine, failed of passage. SAVED STRAND ED YACHT Beaufort. X. C. April 24,?Twenty men on the yacht Elfay, which grounded at Ocrocoke inlet during the night, were taken off by life savers. Three men refused to leave the vessel which is believed to be safe. SUPREME AL LIED COUNCIL Sanremo, April 24.?Memebrs of the supreme allied council held no official session this morning, wishing to dis cuss the German in question and view before taking up the matter of ficially. ^LANDING WON RECLAIMERS MEDAL lepresentative of Sumter High School Carries off First Honors in State Contest Columbia, April .23.?Sumter and Union High Schools emerged victori ous in the annual State High School oratorical and girls' expression con .ests held at the University of South Carolina last night. Activities of the nany events now going on at the uni versity centered on the girls' contest md the boys' declamation events last night and hundreds-of friends werd m hand to hear the youthful orators. Miss Evelyn Bozeman, of Union, speaking on "Bobby Shaftor," was awarded first place in the girls' ex pression contest Miss Elizabeth Scruggs, of Rock Hill, speaking oh "The Fleet Goes By/' won second and Miss Sarah Louise Collins, of Chester, speaking on "The United States of Europe.*' won third place. while Miss Margaret Sweeney, of Spartan burg received honorable mention. Miss Sweeney spoke on "Helen Tham re/' First place winner receives a gold medal given by the James L. sTapp Company in addition to having ithe honor of winning the State con test. Second place winner gets a gold imedal. given by the Bon Marche, while third place gets the medal giv en by Mrs. Louise F. Mayes, of Green ville.' James Elanding of the Sumter High School won first place in the annual oratorical contest held at the same time the girls were staging their ex pression contest. Mr. Blanding spoke on "Patriot and Traitor." Fred Fow ler, of Wallahalia was awarded sec ond, with his speech on "Liberty or Death." Everett Taylor, of Gaffney, won third place on "The Mission of America." while Fleming Carlisle Smith, of Mull ins, received honorable mention with "Eternity of Law." Firsl place winner receives the gold medal given by the R. L. Bryan Company; second place.the Bank of Columbia | medal and third place the Hastoc j medal. In addition to the individ?a j medal the Sumter School wins th< | Wiesepape trophy cup to be retainer j one year and if thrice consecutive!} to become the permanent property o; the school. Get Ilmiorable Mention. Judges for the boys' contest were W. H. Jones. Dr. W. S.. Currell, th< Rev. A. W. Black wood. J. B. Wingar< and J. Fr?ser Lyon. Other boys ir the contest besides the winners were W. J. Haile, of Union; Clarence Moon of Spartanburg; Neville Bennett, o Clio; George Wittkowsky, of Camden Frank Meeks; of Anderson; Jack Da vis. of Clinton. Honorable mentiot from the preliminaries of the after noon were: Jack Tierney.. of Green jV'Ile; Thomas Lide, of Bennettsville i Hartwell Hurt, of Cheraw: Willian j .Gordon, cf Rock Hill, and Franl i McMillan, of Westminister. Musi was furnished by the university Qtiar j tette. composed of R. E. Harper, H ' I". Daniels, G. A. Johnson and J. 1: Belk. The judges of the girls' contes were: Miss Frieda New. Mrs. W. "fl Ball, C. B. ?lKott, the Rev. Hugh F Murchis?n and Thomas H. Peeple: .Girls in the contest other than th winners were Betty Haile, Camder Grace McBrayer. Greenville: Margar( Edens, Bennettsville; Jane Law, Wir throp Training school. Honorabl mention from the afternoon prelimir aries were Margaret Watts, Cheraw Miriam Welborn, Liberty; Xanc Meng. Laurens and Dolly McFaddei ! Kingstree. W. D. Roberts presided. ? The events last night were far abov j previous contests and attracted a larg 'crowd from the city and from the uni I versity student body. DIRECTOR HINES I HAS RESIGNEI I i - j Washington. April 24?Walker I Jj-Iines, director general of railroadi j has' resigned, effective May 15th. Pre sident Wilson has accepted the resig nation. i ARMENIA DECLAR ED INDEPENDENT Washington, April 24?Armenia ha been recognized as an independent re public by the United States. Simila action has been decided upon by th< allied conference at San Remo. MEMORIAL BUILDING DRIVE South Carolina Has Been Or ganized for Campaign and All Counties Will Raise Quotas Columbia, April 21.?Encouraging reports from various parts of -the State relative to the drive for. the completion of the *400,000 for a me morial building are being received at the headquarters of the commission here. The renewed campaign com menced last Monday and will termin ate April 30, a twelve-day period. The State has been organized, after considerable effort, and practically all counties give assurance of reaching their quotas. . Encouraging reports have been re ceived from Charleston, Greenville, Spartan burg and other large counties and a deal of interest is being mani fested in other and smaller political ! subdivisions. ! The example of Columbia is raising I its quota of $60,000 in sixty minutes j has stimulated interest in every part of South Caroiina. j Ex-Governor Richard., L Manning, ! vice j chairman of the commission and j chairman of the campaign committee, ! who has been in Columbia for^.the j past several days directing th$ cam | paign and who has visited practically ! every part of South Carolina during the past two months in the interest of the project, is exceedingly encouraged over the outlook, j "I see no reason why the 'drive' j should not succeed," he stated.-- *T j find that the people of the State, now j that they understand the purpose of i the memorial, its commemoration of ' the deeds and achievements of those 'i South Ca.rolinians-who participated in ,? the World War. are more enthusiastic '. over the project. I fiave visited many i j parts of the State recently, and I be J i Ueve that a genuine response vKlli be EI made to the call for the completion of 11 the $400.000 to be contributed by the ; I people of the State, to supplement the^ l; $100.000 appropriated by the General jj Assembly. 11 The objects of the memorial b?ild *| ing are explained by the following ex* 1! cer'pt of the act of the Legislature au :! thorizing the building: f| "That said memorial building shall , preserve in marble or bronze or other i imperishable form the names bf -all : j South Carolinians, whether soldiers, ? j sailors, nurses, or other worker* on i! the cause of victory, who have 11 offered their lives as the supreme sac rifice in the winning of the war; and said building shall be the repository o$ books, manuscripts and Other rec ords of the history of'the war arid ifci purposes and achievements, and "of the part borne in said war by the State of South Carolina, and by her sons and daughters, whether in or ganizations or as individuals, arid whether in battle or in other work and service; and especially shall there be preserved in said memorial build ing writings commerative of the mili tary and naval exploits and brave and patriotic deeds of South Carolinians "who have shared the dangers and glories of the great war on land arid sea and in the air; and said buildings I. shall contain alcoves or sections for. s. separate memorial to the men and e women of the several counties in the l; I State/? -1 B ATTLE LINE IN S0N0R4 r; i i ^'jCarranza and Sonora Troops Preparing to Join Battle e j Agua Priet, Sonora, April 23.?The t_! vanguard of the Carranza troops^ i which are expected to atack Sonora, j have reached Ojitos, while 7,000 addi {tional troops have left Buena Vista ! for the north. Th*? grouping of - th$ j Sonora troops to meet the attack con y l tinues. > I BATTLE AT TAMPICO _ Washington, April 24?Mexican re . j volutionary forees are battling with I Mexican regulars for possession of the j Tampico oil fields, according to un' I official dispatches. 1 FRENCH TRAITOR J IS SET FREE -| Park, April 24.?Joseph Caillauxj r ! former premier who was convincted of c j correspondence with the enemy, has j been set free. R Lumber Flooring Coiling, Siding, Casing:, Mouldings. Framing Lumber, Rod Cedar Shingles. Pino and Cypress Shingles. Brick, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Sewer Pipe, Stove Flue, Building Material Metal and Composition SMngles,Terra Cotta Thimbles Doors. Sash and Blinds, Mortar Colors and Stains Porch Columns and Ballasters, Water Proofing Mineral, Reaver Hoard, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Aslietos and Composition Roofing. Locks, Hinges, Nails, Crates, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers. Door Hangers, Carpcntor's Tools, Paint Brushes. Paints and Oils. Inside Decorations. CaJsoniines and Cold Water Paints, Hardware Paints, Oils WIRE FENCING. IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA