The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-05

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s., AT Providence school in Privateer
township last night the hard sur
faced. concrete brdiged, permanent
and weIl-drained main Iighway sys-
te,,, fo,. ss;ua1ter county. and The
900 aao;0o bond issue were uani-
1ne n onsly approved by a rising vote OK!
;thsrty-eight of the most rsplesenta
tive2taxnayers and voters of the Prov
,.;de,,ce school district. The FIRST vote
.y.s on tl,e. question of approyaE Of
the hard surfaced highway as against
.4f,,s ,,,1resert san sasn11d -clay or dirt road
; M the second vote was on the ape
proval of the So, 500, 880. 90 bond
issue. Not a man spoke against eth
;er, proposition ard not one man
voted against them. AT the close Of
the meeting unanimous vote OF
thanks was extended to Messrs L..s
ID. Jennings, r. B. Belser c.
Strauss, and E. l. Reardon for TAX
ing the time and trouble t0 attend
s3Eot y,unefins, and, explain the pfan OF
n1irn,nosed procedure In the iIding sof
the I21 miles of the main ghWay
system and IN the manner that the
hnnds5 If voted. viii be expended
Mr. Il D. Tindal. presided and intro
duced the speakers, and Mr. 81.
Reardon served as secretary of the
meeting. Messrs. Jennings Be1Ser;
and Strauss made very interesting
and instructive talks going into iri-S
ute detail OF the proposed plan to-
give Sumter. county main highway
system and pointed out conYinesngly
how hundreds Of thousands of dollars
VIII be annually saved to the citizens
OF Sumter county BY an investment
Of 32,5oo, 600. 90 in hard-snrfaceeA
highways. i
Mr. H..D Tindal was very candid in
his statement that the meeting had
been called by local voters IS Tor 4he pur-.:
pose of having distinct und derstan,d-
ing of lust what Provide school
district and Priyateer township had.
to expect from the proceeds sc the
two and a half million doliarssif the;
bonds are authorized on May III tn
He and his fellow citizens did not feel
that their section had been getting
a square deal heret ofore IN road CON-
struction and road maitenance, and
they had heard things about the pro
posed main highway system and the
proposed expenditure Of the 81. .sgS;009
to be derived from the sale of9bonds
which didn't listen well TO, the lax
payers Of that section. For instance
they had heard that only about %
miles of hard surfaced ag hsgh1RayYS Y
would be constructed aud that only
about four main highways coutd pos.
sibIy be built and that the na1n road
through their section leading from
Sumter to: the Clarendon county line
known as the Sumter 20 PaWilles
road, stood a poor chance of being
made apart of The main highway sys-
tenn. All that he and ID has g fslloW-clfEa- 6 ga
Zens of that section of PrIavteer town
ship wanted was assurances Of 81
square deal u 81
UnIeSs positive assurances or a.;
square deal and their section being
guaranteed their pro rata share Of the
mileage of the main highway system
in the through county to county
trunk line roads, ten or more IN nuns
her, they had intended voting practtc-s
ally unanimously against the bond is-s
sue, although unanimously in favor Of
hard surfaced highways equitably dis
tributed. = g
After Chairman L. D. Jennings, Of
the Sumter Permanent Road Commis-
sion guaranteed that the commission
would give the Sumter to PaviIle
branch its pro rata share of, raiiesges
and money, ME-. 4Tindall,. Mr.. (, S. p. !
Richardson's and Mr.. Julius Cooper
said Mr.. Jennings guarantee was suf
ficient as they had absolute coaff
dence in his word and promise: and in
that of the entire. road commission.
On motion of Messrs. Cooper and
Richardson. the vote of approval above