The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-04-10
.GOUN TY BOARD
MEETING HELD
Regular Monthly Session of
County Board of Commits
sioners Held on Tues
day

sioners. Held on Tues
day
The County Board Of Commission
ers met in regular monthly session
Tuesday, April 9Th. with all members
present. The minutes of previous
meeting We're read and confirmed.
John w Thames! appeared before
the board in reference to his. appli-
cation for assistance. He was grant
cd So per month.
sonson made report Of work done on
public roads by the three chain gangs
during the past month. The main
chain gang is now working on the
roads in the southwestern part of tho
county; the secondary gang is still in
the Shiloh section; the emergency
gang, stationed at the Aims House, is
repairing roads and bridges He re-
ported that the cost of feeding chain
gang eonvicts during the month was
sc 1-2 cents per capita per day.
Supt., Thompson recommends the
purchase Of a tank for storage tank
for gasoline so that the county could
makeN purchases by the car load at 4
lower rate than st retail as at present.
Eupt Thompson and the clerk were di-
rected to confer with railroad au-.
thorities in reference to lease Of site
for tank and also to obtain prices on
storage and report at next meeting of
board.
Upon recommendation Of Miss An
tonic Gibson, city nurse, the appro
priation for the support of Mrs. Joe
Wells and children was increased to.
$27 per month, for two months.
Mr.. John f.. McElveen presented
request for assistance of County
Board in opening canal at Reames'
branch on the Black river road, STAT
ing that :a.nd owners and citizens Of
that section would all contribute to-
ward the cost of work
A letter frem Judge -R. O.. Purdy
in reference to the same matter was
also read. Judge Purdy also made in
qtiry whether that portion Of the old
Plowden Mill road between the Mayes-
vile road and the Black river road
would be abandoned. and if not when
necessary repairs would be made. The
matter was referred to Superintend
ent. Of Roads to investigate and re-
port at next meeting.
Mcssrs. f. d. Knight and II. G..
Osteen, representing the newspapers
OF Sumter, were present by request to:
discuss the matter Of publication Of
monthly reports. He repeated the
statement made to the Board at the
December meeting that they would
not continue publication OF the re-
ports at the rate authorized in recent
years, for the reason that the amount
was less than cost and they saw no
reason for doing work for the county
at a loss They stated that they
would publish the rcnorts for sso0t
per .annr111. which was the amount
appropriated for that purpose for
many years until the act was. amend !
ed three or four years ago without
consulting them. They had contin-
ued publishing. reports expecting each
year that the old rate would be re-
stored After notice given. in De-
cember that the publication could not
be continued at the rate provided, and
no. action having been taken to pros
vide adequate compensation for the
service required. they would not re-
cede from the position tahen-thatI /
the reports would not be published !
for less than $500 per annun,. The |
matter was taken under advisementI
for consultation with the county at
torney and the legislative delegation.
Mr.. D. NJ. Reaves. former repre-
sentative Of the Dixie Culvert and;
Metal Co., appeared in reference to!
cancellation of order for carload of
pipe. and requested that the board
the order. which request
was declined by the board.
The Clerk and Superintendent of
Roads were instructed to obtain
prices on culvert pipe that will be
needed and to. report same at next
Of board.
Mr. Robert Mu!dow. of Mayesrilie.
called attention to the bad condition
of the roadway ut Muldrow's cross
ing aud Black RIVER crossing and ask
cd that the necessary repairs be made
Mr. f.. W. Dabbs and others from
the Lower Salem section asked for as
sistance in opening q new road to be
known as the Turbeville Short Cut.
stating that interested citizens of 1ht'
section would contribute $1,000 to-
ward the work. MI DabbS stated
that the new road would be lmpof-
tant i'll developing Sumter as tobac-
co market az it will shorten the dis
tance from Turbeville to Sumter at
least 1-2 miles. Mr.. Jackson. OF
Clarendon county. and MeSSrS. T.. !