The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-09-22
GOOD ROADS MEETING,
committee Appointed to Report OIL ReSolu-
tlons-Two-Mill Levy and Bonding
Plans Suggested.


mass meeting of the citizens of the
county was held in the court house on
Saturday morning to discuss the vari-
Gus plans proposed in the recent county
good roads campaign for the perma-
nent Improvement of the highways, in
order that the sentiment of the people
OF the county might be ascertained and
expressed. The attendance was not
large. The meeting took no definite
action, but committee was provided for,
to recommend plan for consideration at
meeting which was called for the 21st
day of October and several suggestions
were submitted which were referred to
this committee.
COL e. H. Aull was made chairman
of the meeting.
A letter was read from the Rev.
j. A. Sigh, who was unable to attend
the meeting, suggesting the follow
ing plan: A two-mill tax on all prop
erty; $500 communication tax to be
paid by all non-property holders sub
ject to road duty; requiring all persons
whose two-mll tax on property does
not amount to $500 TO pay the differ
ence between their property tax and
the $500 communication tax, so that no
one will pay less than $2.Co; the ex-
penditure of this amount by commits
sioners; the hiring of State convicts if
necessary to make the gang pay; allow
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tracts with responsible parties and to
purchase machinery; the employment
of a civil engineer; the property and
communication tax to continue for one
year, the commissioners calling a meet
ing of citizens before the legislature of
1905 to submit an itemized report, and
at which meeting the question of bond
ing the county for further improve
ment shall be discussed, and if favora-
BILE action is taken the question to be
submitted to the people. Mr.. Sigh
suggested that if his plan was adopted
it might be better to empower the COM
missioners to borrow money in order to
begin the work at once.
Tho letter was received as informal
tion and was subsequently referred to
the committee on resolutions and sug-
gestions.
Mr.. II. Y. c. Hunter offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That a committee con-
sisting of one person from each town
shin be appointed by the chairman, to
be known as a committee on resolutions,
to which all resolutions designating or
proposing any plan looking to he i'm
provement OF the public highways shall
pe referred.
"Resolved, further, That this com
mittee after considering all such reso-
lutions, shall report, at meeting to
be called hereafter, on all matters
brought before them, recommending
what they consider the best plan.
''Resoved, further, That this COM
mittee may call to their assistance any
person or persons they may see fit for
the purpose of obtaining information"
TO AL!o A BOND ISSUE.
Mr.. r. II. G.. Hunter offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was referred
to the committee on resolutions and
suggestions provided for in the resolu-
tions above:
"Resolved, That the representatives
in the General Assembly from this
county be urged to work and vote for
the Bill now pending to allow counties
to issue Eonds to build good roads,
The committee to\ IN the rcsolu-
tions and suggestions introduced in the
meeting were referred was instructed
to publish the plan for highway i'm
provement which they may agree upon
at least one week before the next meet
ing. The meeting then adjourned to
meet on the 21st day of October.
COMMITTEE TO PREPARE PLAN.
Mr.. e. H. Aull, the chairman of the
meeting, in accordance with Mr.. Hun
ter's resolutions, has appointed the fol-
lowing committee to consider the vari-
GUS plans suggested and to prepare
report embracing the plan which they
consider best, to be published at least
one week before the date of the next
meeting, the 21st of October: No. l,
o. B. Mayer; No. 2, w. G.. Brown; No.
3, W. u. Hardy; No. 4, Jno. M. Suber;
No. 5, S. M. Duncan; No. 6, p. C.
Smith; No. Z, Henry M. Boozer; No. 8,
W. l. Herbert; No. 8, r. n. G.. Hunter;
No. 10, j. A. Sligh; No. II, e. O. Hentz.
A meeting of the committee is called,
to meet at Newberry on the first Mon
day in October
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the County Good Roads
Association has been called, to be held
in the court house on the 21st day of
October, at the same hour to which the
mass meeting on Saturday adjourned
1t is desired to combine the two meet
ings.
BarlOw'S MinStrclS.
A startling novelty Of the Great Bar
low Minstrels this season, is the Roman