The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-08-04
ROADS MEETING IN No. 10.
uOod Roads Campaign Reaches jolly Street.
Meeting Attended by About Two
Hundred.
+. II. Aull.
President.

jolly Street, August l.-Jolly Street
is noted for good barbecue dinners and
also good place to draw 4 crowd. The
good roads meeting held here on Thurs
day was the occasion for her to uphold
her reputation in both respects. and
right we'll did she do so.
The meeting was attended by about
two hundred persons, about halt Of
them being ladies.
The Rev. j. A. Sigh acted - chair
man. Before intro luceing the first
speaker Rev. Mr. Sigh stated that the
impression had gotten out that in his
speech at Per. ! lIalfacrr's he had ad-
vocated special levy of five mills for
road purposes. This was mistake.
He had only said that he himself was
willing to pay five mills. He did not
think five u,ills would be to- much, vet
he was not advocating Il 5-mill tax at
the start.
Hon. Jno. +. Banks, the hlSt speaker,
was then introduced. Mr.. Banks made
short address, but it w?s plain and
practical end to the point tie declared
himself in favor of &c "a roads, tavol ing
a small property tax, whatever amount
would be sufficient to put the roads in
good condition. Wanted govci nmcnt
aid, but feared it was a long way Off.
DR.. O. b. Mayer w;s next Introduced.
DR.. Mayer rcfcrr 4 to the bills now
pending in ConGics providing help for
the States which will help themselves.
tie believed the State Legislature ought
to enact a law allowing the people to
vote tax for road improvement the
amount to be declared by tie PEOPLE
Or. Mayer spoke of the cost Of building
roads | approve of Mr. Aull's bill
for a good roads commissioners, nc said.
Let the commissioner select the roads
| and work upon which will do the most
good to the most people. Then let them
survey the roads and get estimates.
believe we ought to know just what it
will cost to build roads and then put
| the money in the hands of men who are
| able to build them and let them use it
properly.
The next speaker was the Hon. T.. II.
Aull. Mr.. Aull referred to the import
ancc of the good roads subject, and, he
SAID, 1t means most for the lLral dis
trlcts. | favor property tax because
it is Just. The public road out yondcr
is Just rs much public property rs the
comt house. Mr.. Aull favored Il 2-milI
property tax and a Communication tax Of
SEQ. lie also favored putting the
chain gang on permanent work. The
present system Of working the chain
gang keeps it moving too much Settle
them at one place and if the gang ans
down hire enough convicts from the
renitrntiary to make the gangpay. Mr..
Aull favored government aid, but if we
wait on that we will never have roads,
he said. We must help ourselves
first.
The Hon. Cole. l.. BlcGsc was the
first speaker after dinner. Mr.. Blcase
took three distinct positions. He
opposed the issue of bonds. Put
your communication tax back to $780,
AS to property tax, if you
decide to vote a property tax, my adj
vice to you is not to vote over two mills.
! don't believe we may expect anything
from the govcl nmcnt for the mex. ten
or fifteen years. You must depend upon
what you can do yourselves. Your pres.
ent road law is farce.
The ncXt speaker was DR.. c. II.
Wychc. DR.. Wychc favored a small
property tax and Il communication tax be-
tween 81 and 81, the enact amount to be
fixed by the Commissioner IS occasion
demanded.
Col w. a. Hill was called upon and !
made short, practical address favor
lnE small property tax. Col. Hill is :
a practical road worker and his address
received close attention.
The barbecue dinner was given by =,
MIR. George Richardson. |
The day passed off very pleasantly,
indeed