The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-03

his head. But he took the position
that the bond issue was dangerous for
the county.
Mr.. Blease referred to the railroad
bonds for the construction Of the rail
road from Spartanburg, via Union,
Nevberry and Edgefeld to Augusta.
Good men had urged the voting of
those bonds, and yet where that rail-
road was to be free negroes are plow-
ing cotton and corn, and the town
ships are paying the taxes to retire
the bonds, No. S, 3 mills, and No. l,
2 mills.
Once bonds were issued nobody
could stop the payment on them.
A few years afterwards there arose
voice from Sighs, that Of the Rev.
}. A. Sigh, for the building Of the
c., n. and L. The railroad was built
with the aid of bonds voted by the
townships, and while the road was to-
day making money and putting large
dividends into the pockets Of its own
:. ers, the townships were still paving
taxes and were getting not a cent Of
its profits.
Mr.. Blease then took up the act un-
der which the election would be held,
saying if he had been in the senate it
would not have passed. He said that
nobody was fighting the commission.
Jno. NJ. Kinard was a good man. Jac-
ob S. Wheeler was a good man. J.
E. Norwood was the best fnancier
who ever lived in Newberry county,
and when ]. E. Norwood came to vote
his vote would read no. Geo. B. Crom-
er was a good man. q. F. Wright was
a good man. J. L. Keitt was good
man, and when he came to vote he
would vote no. Geo. W. Summer, Jno.
N. Suber, Joe B. Derrick and I. NJ.
Smith were good men. He was not
fighting the commission, bufthe COM
position of the commission. If the tax
was to be voted every township should
have been represented. Why should
one bank be given a majority votes
Why should one township be given a
majority vote9
All we're agreed on good roads, but
the 100000 would be spent and the
county would not be in much better
condition han it was today, except
for a few miles outside of Newberry.
They would commence at Newberry
and build out, and possibly when the
farmers got within a few miles of
Newberry they could prize their wag-
ons up and 60 on.
The act was for forty years. None
Of the commission would be living
then. Who would float the bonded
Indebtedness when it became due?
Children yet unborn, and the people
couldn't tell who they would be.
There were people in Newberry today,
he said, fighting Clemson on account
Of its life board who we're advocating
this bond issue with life board to
:c.n6le 100000 for forty years. Who
aaJ chosen the board? Not the peo-
ole. but a few men gathered together
at Newberry, and the people must let
this commission handle it or not have
it. When the meeting was called eV-
ery township ought to have been rep
resented and every township ought to
have been represented on the commls-
sion. Had Kinard, Norwood. Cromer,
Wright. Summer, Suber, and Smith
ever Travelled the roads in No. lO?
How did they know the needs OF NO.
10?
It had been said by the advocates
Of the measure that the COMMISSION
could not spend the money except on
the roads. If anybody would convince
him Of that he would write an article
in favor of the bond issue. The clerk
received as compensation sucn sum as
might be fixed, not to exceed $9o0'
from the funds provided for Ill the
act. The compensation Of the mem,
bers was s. per day, not to exceee
TWENTY-FIVE days per year. and mile
ace. to be paid from the funds OF the
commission. The chairman, IN adol-
lion to his per diem and mileage, re-
ceived $500 annually for forty years.
to come out of the funds provided tor
in the act. Who was to be chairman?
He had asked the commissioners IN
the newspapers if they would refuse
to serve in order that one man from
each township might be placed on the
commission. None had answered, be-
cause at least six of them wanted to