The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-12
COUNTY BOARD MEETING.
Board of County Commissioners
Adopt Annual Budget for 1918 ana
Estimate Shows That Ii Will Not BE
Necessary to Increase Levy for
County Purposes.

The County Board of Commission
ers met Tuesday. the regular monthly
meeting having been postponed from
January 1st. Present, Supervisor
White and Commissioners Britton,
Lenoir. McLaurin. Oliver and Mimms.
Mr.. III. ID. Tindal. chairman of a
committee from the County Council
of Defense appeared with the com.
mittee and presented resolutions
adopted by the Council of Defenss
requesting the reconsideration of the
action Of the County Board refusing
to recommend an appropriation of
$1,000 for the continuation of the
Home Demonstration Work in Sumter
county. Mr.. Tindal, Miss Edith Par
rott. State Supervisor of Home DEM
onstration work, and the members OF
the committee from the Council of
Defense and Home Demonstration
clubs Of the county endorsed the
work that has been done in the coun-
ty by the home demonstration agents
and gave facts and figures to prove
that the work has been and is Of the
greatest practical value to the county
and has been worth in dollars and
cents and in many other ways many
times what 1t has cost. Rev. William
Haynsworth presented resolutions
adopted by the Chambe of Commerce
endorsing the Home Demonstration
work and requesting the appropria-
tion needed for it's support during
1918.
AT the afternoon session Miss Par
rott, Miss Lennon and Mr.. Tindal
were recalled and after further dis
cussion the board decided to reAcind
Its former action and to include in
che county budget for 1918 an appro-
priation of $1,000 for the Home
Demonstration work, the condition be-
ing made that the county agents file
with the board each month a report
of the work. This was readily agreed
to by Miss PARROT. who stated that
duplicate Of the report made to Win
throp College and Washington would
be made to the County Board
Rev. William Haynsworth pre-
sented petition from citizens of Pri-
vateer for the construction of a new
road in that township that has long
been needed in that section OF the
county. The request was taken under
and Messrs. White, Brit
ton and McLaurin were appointed a
committee to investigate and report
back to the board.
Mr.. E. w. Dabbs presented a. pe-
tit'on for the construction Of three and
a-half miles of new road in Mayesville
and Shiloh townships to complete O
short route to the lower part Of Shi-
loh township in Sumter county and
to Turbeville in Clarendon county
~ "s'eSu eAAc iedSoHS why the new
road should be built and urged that
1t be built as soon as possible. The
request was referred to a. commit
tee consisting Of Messrs. White. oliver
and Mimms to investigate and report
back to the board.
Messrs. III. A. Moses, f. s. Booth, r.
B. Belser and f. 1. Rear6on made
arguments In favor Of Sumter county
cooperating with the State Highway
Commission in building bridges and
on the Santee river and at
Pinckney's Landing and Lenud's fer
ry to open direct communication with
Charleston and the western part OF
the State.
Messrs. w. l.. Saunders. A. G.
Phelps. j. F.. Williams and DR.. Walter
Cheyne spoke in favor Of the con-
struction of the causeway and es-
tablishment Of a ferry at the old Gar
ner's Ferry crossing on the Wateree to
open direct road to Columbia. The
board deferred action until further in
vestigation has been made and more
information can be obtained. A com
mittee Of the board will go to Co.
lumbia Friday to consult with the
Richland county board in respect to
the Garner's Ferry crossing. Messrs
White. Britton and McLaurin com
pose this committee.
Ii was decided to increase the sal