The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-26

The campaign in the interest Of a
countrywide system Of good roads
viii be concluded with a meeting in
this city on Thursday Of this week,
and il is hoped the attendance viii
be large and that all section:, Of he
county will be represented. 1t is not
the wish Of the committee of the
Chamber Of Commerce. under whose
direction the good roads meetings
nave been held, that only those who
favor good roads throughout the
county and who advocate the good
roads bond issue will attend the
meeting. ON the contrary, it is tie
earnest desire of all who believe that
now is the time for the people of
sumter county to get together and
build u system of roads that VII ex-
tend from end TO end and side to
side of the county and give every
cltizen the benefit of the best public
roads that it is possible TO construct
with the material available. that tie
the meeting and hear the reasons
mat the advocates Of the bond is
sue have to offer in support of their
assertion that the plan proposed is
the best and most economical that
can be devised for securing gooa
roads in the shortest possible time.
The good roads advocates are firmiy
convinced that they have a good casa
and that if those who are opposed to
the bond issue will but give a careful
and unprejudiced consideration to
the facts and arguments in favor of
the bond issue plan they will be
convinced that it is the best cheapest
and only feasible plan by which SUM-
ter county can obtain good roads for
all sections Of the county. There
fore a special invitation is extended
to the opponents of the bond issue
to attend the meeting Thursday.
I
States good roads bureau, will give
an Illustrated lecture on good roads
and good building at the Lyric the
atre at 10 a. m. The manager of the
Lyric has given the use of the thea
tre free of charge and all who are
interested are invited to hear Mr..
Iioyts lecture. The pictures that he
will show will be worth seeing. apart
from the very interesting lecture that
he will deliver.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Hoyt's
talk at the Lyric, Mr.. E. ]. Watson,
State commissioner of agriculture,
will deliver an address on good roads
in the court house. He will go into
subject thoroughly and will endeavor
to prove that Sumter county will de-
rive greater benefit from the invest
ment of $15O,OOO in good roads than
from any other investment that could
be made. He will prove that a coun-
ty-wide system is the best system,
that every land owner, every farmer.
and every other man, whatever his
occupation, will be directly and i'm.
medately benefited by the building
OF good roads. He will show that
the tax that will be levied to pay the
interest and principal Of the bond
issue will not be a burden, but will
be an investment that will pay the
county hundred-fold greater re.
turns than any other investment that
the county has ever made. He will
show that by voting this bond issue
and leading the movement for coun-
ty-wide systems of good roads. Sum
tN will attain at one stride the posi-
ton Of leadership in the march Of
progress in South Carolina.
Every citizen who believes in prog
ress should attend the meeting.
Every citizen who believes in i'm,
proNement and development should
let nothing stand in the way Of turn
ing out and voting for the bond is
sue next Tuesday. Remember that
only qualified electors can vote in
this election and when you go to the
polls carry your registration certifi-
cate and tax receipts. so that YOU VIII
be prepared to show that YOU are
qualified, if the managers should ask
for proof and demand the produc-
tion Of registration certificates and
tax receipt
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