The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-13
STATE GOOD ROADS
Convention Net in Columbia Last
Tuesday Week.
THE ATTENDANCE WAS GOOD.

Adopted, officers Reelected
land Other Business
Disposed Or.
The annual convention Of the South
Carolina Good Roads Association met
In Columbia on Tuesday Of last week
and was.7in session two days. The
convention was opened with an i'm
prcssiye prayer by Rcv. j. F.Bcaslcy.
An address Of welcome was made by
Hon. Francis II. Weston and Governor
Hayward then spoke for few minutes
In on enthusiastic manner upon the
purposes Of the convention and the
subject with which it was dealing.
Governor Hayward believes that tile
success Of the movement can be ac-
complished through taxation and by
the bond system. lie assured the
members that he would heartily rem
der them any aid in his power,
Mr.lF. IL. Hyatt, the president of
the association, then addressed the
meeting chiefly upon the Brownlow
bill recently introduced in Congress
providing for a national appropriation
for tho good roads movement.
The roll was called by State Gcolo-
gist Earle Sloan, the secretary, and
about.40 members responded.
The minutes Of the meeting held at
Grcenylllc on Dec. 8 last were read
and the former officers were then re-
clectedAby acclamarion. They are T..
II. Hyatt, president; Earle Sloan of
Charleston secretary, and B. L. Talley
of Anderson, treasurer.
a committee of five was appointed
for the purpose OF drawing up suitable
resolutions and memorials to be sub
mitted to the legislature. The mem
berS sof the committee were j. NJ.
Major, Greenwood; G. d. Smith,
Greenville; e. Mel. Williamson, Oar
lingtOn; S. II. Owens, Richland: w.
p. Cantwell, Charleston, and the
president, ex-oilicio, chairman.
The convention then took recess
until3T:30 O'clock when the resolutions
prepared by the committee were sub
mitted and discussed. The resolutions
as adopted read as follows:
Whereas the development Of the re-
sources and industries and the ad-
vancement Of the highest civilization
Of this State largely depend upon the
facilities for intercourse and transpor-
tation, and
Whereas the constantly increasing
service Imposed upon the highways
renders them extremely difficult or
travel phg Improvement Of these high
ways ecttmes an imperative necessity
3;,rsW aiclr lribhe 4prascnt statutory pro-
vislOslss arc lamGntably inadeQuate,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the honorable legls-
lature now in session be earnestly me-
morialized to enact such legislation as
will relieve the oppressive burdens of
almost impossible travel to the martS
of trade, to the school houses and to
the churches. That this honorable
body be- petitioncd accordingly to
grant the following prayers, to wit:
]. That the respective counties be
authorized to issue county bonds for
the betterment OF their public high
ways and bridges, provided the md jor-
ity OF such qualified electors rs are
freeholders may SO decide in an cleo
tion to be called by the county COM
miSSioners.
:. That the respective boards of
county commissioners of this State be
authorized to institute Il tax levy for
the improvement Of their respective
roads and bridges.
3. That the honorable legislature
will enjoin upon our representatives in
congress the Importance OF according
their earnest support to the measure
now pending before that body which
provides for national cooperation in
the Improvement Of the public high
ways the same being essential to the
ready transmission Of the United
States mails.
+. That the honorable senate be
urged to enact the measure approved
by the honorable house which provides
that all convicts under sentence to
penal scryitudc for Il period OF 10 years
or less shall serve on the chaingangs
OF the respective counties in which
they have been convicted.
5. Resolved, That the chairman
shall appoint Il committee, or which
he shall be cX-otllcio chairman, to ten
der copy of these resolutions to the
appropriate committees of the senate
and house and to urge that they grant
the relief herein prayed.
The second section n { first Indicate |
that each township might be taxed at
the discretion OF Il majority of its free
holders but this was thought inadyis.
able and that section was SO altered
as to force the richer townships to
help the poorer ones in case Ct a tax
levy.
The following resolutions we're
unanimously adoptcd:
Resolved, That the most earnest cx-
preston of grateful appreciation be
extended to his cxccllcncy, Governor
DC. llcyward, for his warm sympa-
thies and very active cooperation with
the Good Roads Association OF South
Carolina, and that we thank him for
his able address on the subject of
Good Roads"
The president announced that the
county supervisors would then be
heard from in alphabetical order, rs
to the progress Of the good roads
movement in their respective counties.
Each gentlcman's talk was brief but
OF great interest to the members OF
the convention. The subjects chiefly