The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-03
,rrOM0BUES AND r0ArS.

AUTOMOBILES .AN.' !s''Ai@S.
Mr. Wiuslow in his address touched
for the first time during the campaign
upon the subject Of automobiles and
good roads He spoke Of the automobile
as one OF the greatest factors Ia securing
improved highways AID that IS farmers
are .aS: becoming the owners OF more
automobiles than all other ca!iinsS COM
bined. the improved roads built as re-
suit O: automobile owners influence vas
io- the benefit OF the farmer. He called
attention 70 fact tha: more than fifty per
cent OF all the machines in Orangeburs
county are owned by farmers AS evi.
dence .ha; the prejudice OF The country
people agaic,: the automobile is disap-
bearing. he told OF i farmer in New
berry county VINO for long time car
ried his gun in his buggy and threaten
ed 70 shoe, any driver OF z motor car
who incurred his displeasure. This sane
farmer now OWES and drives "a autorno-
bile and has put his little gun back IL
the corner at home.
Automobile owners. ne said, are will
ing 20 be taxed for good roads. He cited
an Instance in which = bill was intro
duced in the legislature providing for I
tax OF motor cars and that the taxes so
collected should be turned into the gen.
eral fund. This aroused the fight IN the
autoisLs and OF forming into e CLUB they
raised moaev, organized lobby and
proceeded 70 oppose the measure. Some
mem Der who understood conditions pro-
posed that all taxes so collected be spent
on the improvement Of the roads under
the supervision Of an engineer and al
opposition Wis withdrawn and the bill!
was passed He told OF an instance OF =
city in which tourist spent 5000 IN one
day as Z result of improved highways.
BE said .hat 5000 farmers in the Uni
ted States owned 5000 automobiles. ln
Iowa the per centaSe OF farmers owning
machines is fifty per ceu,--about the
same as Orangeburg.
Mr.. Winslow called attention 10 L :aw
ca the statute books authorizing super
visors 10 mark al interSecting roads
with signs but with excep;icrs that could
be counted on the fingers OF one hand
no such signs had been seen in the ID
counties visited on this trip. BE sug-
SeSced :ha, automobile clubs should see
10 the enforcement of this law. On this
subjec. Mr. WinSlow referred teelinSlv
20 the maZeS Of unmarked ROADS in Dor
chester and Colleton counties.
Speaking OF automobiles in the T. f
L. service, he said that the federal gov
errmen, had been making experiments
with machines as vehicles for carriers.
II this is successful this means more frc-
queo: deliveries OF mai! 20 country
homes and further extension OF the
routes Provided, hewever. that the
roads are suitable for this service.
II called upon 70 report upon many OF
the routes over which he had passed
and OF which he had made photographs
Us required, he would necessarily reco-
mmend the abolishmcnt Of the route.
| mother thing that came 10 for an
earnest discussion was the very frequen:
practice o. farmers ploughiUg into the
road Mr.. !yins!ow dep!ored this re-
markab!e and selfish practice and
though: some steps should be taken 20
prevent the outrage.
He devoted due attention 20 the other
subjects he has covered 81 most OF the
meetings The party left for hingssree
las, Wednesday.