Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-12-25
FOR GOOD ROADS.
Convention In Gressllls Adopts Important
Resolutions.

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The Good Roads Convention in Green.
vile adjourned last Thursday night. 1t
is believed the convention win have inn
pcrtant results in bringing about o better
condition of the public highways in the
State. The meeting, which was not as
large as was expected, was o arepresenta-
tive one, many County Supervisors and
others Interested in good roads being
present from different parts of the State.
A permanent organization was effected
with the following officers: +. FL. HYATT.
OF Columbia, President; Earle Sloan, of
Charleston, Secretary; G.. f. Tolly, of
Anderson, Treasurer.
The following resolutions were adoptedl: :
Be it Resolved, That the I,eeislature
of this State be requested to Grant to
each county the privilege to determine
by election the right of such county to
levy tax not to exceed two and a half
mills on the taxable property O, such
county, IL 80 much be required, for the
construction and maintenance of the
public highways. And be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature of
South Carolina be requested TO provide
that such counties as desire to issue
bonds to construct and maintain their
public highways shall be authorized to
issue bonds upon 80 deciding by county
election. And be it
Resolved, That the Secretary be in
strncted to transmit copies of these reso-
lutions to His Excellency the Governor
of South Carolina and to tho Legislature
of this State. Be it
Resolved, That the National Congress
OF the United States be memorialized to
MAKE liberal appropriation for the sup
port of the Office of "Publio Road In
quiries," under the Honorable Secretary
OF Agriculture, for the diffusion of lite
rature and the extension of general in
struotion on public road improvements
| throughout the States.
The Supervisors of the counties of
South Carolina in convention assembled
at Greenville December 10th, 1901, having
unanimously transmitted to the Good
Roads Convention the following memo
rial, to-wit:
"That the honorable members of the
Legislature of South Carolina be earn
| estly urged to provide that on or after
February, 1902, all convicts who shall be,
| or shall have been, sentenced by the
courts of this State to penal servitude
| for period of ten years or less, be SEN
fenced to the chain gang of the respec-
tive counties in which they have been
sentenced, to perform service in the con-
struction and maintenance of the public
highways of such county; therefore be it
Resolved, That by the Good Roads
Convention that this suggestion be in
| corporated as the sense Of this meeting
and that the secretary be instructed to
transmit copies of the above resolution
to His Excellenoy the Governor of South
Carolina and to the Legislature of the
State.
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
convention that the Legislature of South
Carolina should enact such laws as should
encourage the use of broad tires on the
public highways of South Carolina, and
that the secretary be instructed to trans
init copies of this resolution to His Ex-
cellency the Governor of South Carolina
and to the Legislature of this State"
Congressman Latimer was among the
speakers. The Greenville News, in it's
account of the proceedings, says of his
speech:
congressman Latimer. was the next
speaker carried forward. He said that
he was glad to be at the convention and
to see so many interested in good roads.
He said he was in favor of the National
Government supporting the good roads
movement and expending money for the
Improvement of roads as it does for the
improvement of rivers and Iharbors. Il
have always been opposed to issuing
bonds,' said Mr.. Latimer, 'but I believe
it would be we'll for the various counties
to issue bonds for road improvement.
The only way we will secure good roads
Is by our own energy. We mustn't ex-
pect to have them built by the govern
ment; If we do we will be disappointed -