The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-14
a movement of such vital moment to the
RAISING MONEY.

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Mr., Moore u.oCuSseu me various ways |
III raIsug mona Tor roe,u worn, pay .us |
;,JleulIun to uiilS now DuiUre IN eou.n {
+ carolina L.SLsla.ure- Ons OF these dis
p,ovIues Tor me STATE aid p.ati, a.,u pro-
poses AN annuai app. Up. ls,.ivn OF siov,o"o |
anu the o.ncr s.u.noiiAes lhe various
cot1n11es to ie.5 OF one miu an
nu.,lly Tor ruau pti. poses TO De expended
IN a Systematic uianner. RE atso ao.o-
cared Iue issuance of bonds for ROAD
nurp,,ses he SPOKE OF the hiitus of roads !
winch could De b..ilt IN SCUM carolina at
.1Ii,.il cost, ana advocated these difL ruAds
Tor genelai use. MOI MA, LII bvdSS
auareps was MAINLY devoted to the ad
when could be expected from the general
government and TO the les.s.a,lou and
work " h.ct. ought to be inauSurated ami
carried On BY luls state. IN MS address
Mr. Dodge stated that he believed IL
), ou.d be right and Drvp-r Tor The general
govern TO make approprldti"hS A"l
road work, as 1t does Tor the rivers anu
maj bors citing the fact taat recent
a,,urupr lat lon ,.;lu been Inaue by TIE gov
eminent for road building in Porto Rico
and that in the PnAli.,pi.-es money was
being spent for that pu. pose Quou-
/ Cover nor Taft upon the connGc.loh De
tween road bui,tiing and the clViiZr.tioh
and advancement of the Pnilipp4ne Is
E4nds He believed that any approprla-
ion made by the general government, IL
the time s.-oud come when such a pan
wound pc generally favored, should be dis
rctbuted among the States, to be uSed
| in connection with money appropriated
| nv them. In his address, Mr.. rays dis
| cussed the relation between ROAD I'M
| prove1nent ard the development of the
| southern States. He pointed out the ao-
! vantaSes the South had for immigration
| In the large and uncuitlEaIed and now
| ~ no G.. ~
| address was one of the most Interesting
| so far delivered at any OF the Southern
| Good Roads Conventions. He is native
| Of South Carolina, and is very 1arnlilar
! with the road work in all this section ana
| wlan the different kind of road material
! TO be found in theSouth. He discussed
| South Carolina roads, and many OF MS
| views gave pictures OF the improved roa s.I
| of r. edmond, Darlington and other coun-
| ties He advocated immediate legislation
| for the MOI general use OF convict labor,
! which he pointed out was now costing III
| South Carolina only about Is cents per
aay, and in North Carolina "a cents a
| dav, Mr. Holmes, in discussing different
| methods for raising mon ~ for road WORK.
| strongly advocated the issuance of bonds,
| and suggest ed that it would f@ better for
| the State to underwrite the bonds of the
| county so that the bonds could be sold
10 a better advantage than they are
! now by individual counties.
South Carolina has done something in
| the way of building improved highways.
| Four counties are now we'll supplied with
| good roads. These are Riclsland, OF winch
| Columbia, the State Capital, is the coun-
| nv seat. Darlington, Anderson and Green
| wood There are some good roads also
| in Spantanburg county, which run
| through the splendid farming districts OF
| that county. Richland county has nearly
! 2pO miles of improved highway. These
/ are clay and sand roads built under the
| supervision of Mr.. F. II. Hyatt and Road
| Ovarseer Owens, a very practical and
! efficient road builder They are of g7oi
| width. and give the county nearly ali ti-s
| advantages OF a nnacada-n system.
! Oyerseer Owens has found that nv a
| judicious mixture of the SAND anu clay
| of his section he can make q road that
| keeps dry and in good shape at all times,
even during tie wettest seasons. 1hese
/ roads have contributed much TO the de
veloprlent of Richland county.
| Richland has been able to build tese
/ roads at a cost of from two to three hun
| bred dollars per mile, and most OF them
| hav. been constructed by the county
! chain gang. Greenwood county IS
| small county, which was created ABOUT
five years ago. Under the act creating IL
| ,rovision was made for highway improve
! mont an annual tax of one mill being
| levied for road purposes. The result Is
| that to-day nearly every road IN nse
! conn+y ,s in an improved State These
! are all gravel roads. Greenwood has a
large amount of most fertile farm iana
| suited for diversified crops. cotton. corn.
wheat. oats and other grain. and all vege-
/. tables and root crops. Considerable fruit
| 6 also raised there. AS high as 80 push
| ,Is of wheat per acre was produced there
| ,ast ,ear without tie use of any fertilizer
/ an what is known as cotton land. me
c-n,tv seat of Greenwood is a c2tt0n mil
own. and there are other cotton mills