The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1919-12-03

san from various sections. but
bSins either sto the daseonfort OF 2 2
~ ~ sSf os q e
SIS assgnsss M @ s o & sns hour & the q Msoaxd $ grad
aaliy dwIna ssins away until at the: end
around IS O'Clock, there were nos
sslsFe shasn d SIS M or eight present. s. e s.
far As an preston Of opiafllii ali iiogn, 2,
ssss the people ssere seoncerned the
meeting asd not amount to agrssaet
dear excSps to show tn at the $ s dsllss ds
shought eomnon was the desire Fser sos
better rsa ds. Near the close ct the q
raeeting Mr. F.. Hamp Hendrix
senspted SO get the sentiment oSSthe Eth,
nseeting by offering a motion to en- e, j.
siorse the plan proposed by Senator
Rsdgeil. Dr Latcfoas E. Drehers oer
& jected on the ground of the snallnees
of the crowd and the matter was nSf
p,ished a committee from ssRAe
Farmers Union headed by Ir. Elisha
Frick endorsed in part the Ridgeh
plan. Mr. Frick believed that our
roads colfla :1be kept up after The
manner en,ployed by the rai'roaas'fof
the county. He believed the eon-
nlissioners should be selected bStffhas
I legislative delegation rather than e
Grand Surg. Messrs. shealy z ana
Amick of tfe, same committee added
their approval. tg,lft' tigSlat
~ Mr.. f. Ifam2 Hendrix favored the
Ridgen plan He thought the roads
ashosald be worked by contract I Any
tax for road purposes would strike
him heariiys but :he1was willing to;fssaSs
1 snr s,ooss7 roads ssf$fi
In reply. to a$question by Mr.. R!J1.s5
I Keisler as TO why the autonob bileffan.s
4 collected IN the county could notsg5
kepS here. Cox Brooks Wingard read
the law creating the state :highway
department and i'm posing the licenss.
Dr.. L. E. Dreher explained why HE
could not attend meetings all over the
county. Attnes pay Of 5000 and hav-
ingso stay, m ~ 9ce,atisSia go days he
coy1d not afford to neglect his pri-
vate business TO run over the county
I. at the back and call of everybody who
wanted to hold q meeting. For this
reason he had insisted on having a
meeting at the court house on sales
+ day, 50 that all interested could have
an opportunity to come. Dr.. Dreher
said the delegation had been critieR-
ed for putting on the IS road tax,
which he vigorously, defended. This
tax. he said. would catch all VINO had
no propartytpn which to pay. They
aaght to be, willing TO pay something
for the privilege Of Citizenship: Be-
sides the S5 NOW would not purchase
4 as much ,aboG,.for' the roads as,'the
former tax..of 50, so that relatively it
was lover. Everybody wants good
roads. It will, take money to get
them. Ea atsanted to know what the
people -wanded and he would try TO
give it to fhen;,4> -: -',. IT,:
Chalmers 'Wessinger believed, that
it was necessary to have an expert en-
gineer ard thought Lexington an4gat
40 well to confer with Lancaster
county and adopt the system, IN Sep-
Grafton thea.ies. Which had given good
results. -
col. J. Brooks SWIngard seliesssd
that the next Legislature would enaet
8 measure making :th es state the srssf
for the trunk lines. He favored the
ieyaRng Of q tax Of about > t-s mills
( ID as, iise an amsant elerssf to the fed
50 alsot1net,t. :" which would give
- sSna,4 tsrc and ID half millions for a
sssta xsse,an.s n.ss.Ff1;s werld give The
county naodeyyii exclusively for the
roads leadiug to the remote district.
Under present conditions 1t Will take
iOnS Zi1It6 10 SSt tiC Ace'S''' "-~'
edid not ss;s1or a large bond ISSUE
1 concentrating an enormous amount or
one time in the hands of few men.
50 far as tss taxis concerned automo-
sbiIe owne-s are paying it now in up
keep. Col Wingard expressed him
< zelfras opposed to some features OF
the bill proposed by Governor Cooper.
4 synopsis s&of: which was. recently
printed nxttis paper: Z. -. :: :. =
Dr Dreher opposed a, >stateWfde
systena..s lexington county had only
abqts SO mises. of road, which would
be ernabraeed IN such a system, while
I'VE would saare to pay a considerable
81 tax for .ais purpose. What he want
Led was a system which would reach
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