The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-05-08
|MAYESVILLE
FOR BOND ISSUE
Representative Meeting of Tax
payers Votes For
Good Roads

Wednesday evening" May 5th. In the
interest of the s2.500,000 bond issue
showed that Mayesville is for bonds.
! a very representative number Of vot-
ers attended. When a vote was called
for all but two voted in favor Of the
bond issue.
Rev. R. L. Grier, of Mayesville,
icalled the meeting to order and re-
quested Mr. e. I. Reardon TO preside,
and he did SO and explained the OBJ
| ject Of the Meeting.
The first speaker, Captain G. sG:s
Rowland, president of the National
Bank of South Carolina, Of Sumter,
came out flatfooted for the bond issue
without reservation. He furnished his
hearers with a number of practical,
convincing and detailed reasons why
| the bond issue for the hard surfaced
road system Iwil: pay every taxpayer
in many ways. He dwelt also upon
the social, educational and pleasure
advantages of hard surfaced high
ways.
Mr.. Jennings then requested Canta5r1
Rowland to repeat his speech dt the
Sumter meetings, on the 7th aadsS.s
Captain Rowland is the largest
individual owner of property IN the
/ city of Sumter, and one oe the las:ssst
1 taxpayers. -.
DR.. S. H. Edmunds, superintendent !;
of the city schools of Sumter, inter-.
estingly pointed out wherein hard
surfaced roads will increase inteF
communication between the diffefea1f
sections Of the co1nty-how it Tnu1d:
contribute to the rapid adv:,ncenenss
of the educational system Of The crlTsSs
|ty. He conclude: his adrlrab's9fafss
with proof that :1e best ki:l1 OF Ign
way transportation and the ed.s..titislttg;
al facilities of county is maSnitfs
cent combination any wy Eeef san:
look at the proposition. s;ss:
Rev. J. w. Elkins. of Oswnsoss pslilI.ts
ed out very clearly the scciai aGVsf3J.s5.
tages of permanent hard reaa sy5s y.
TEN, not only from the stants spfiilffa tsE q
| economy in conservation IF :.i:tn 5s::ld:
mule power, automobiles ETC., but sstssi
!. that society will be benefited by msh
reducing the amount Of profanity
when they have less loss OF time, mon-
ey, tires and other troubles. He istoeds
/ for the bond issue and -he proposed
plan of constructing the main ii.ghy
/ way system, j2sss4
Mr.. l.. D. Jennings followed liy 1ss-
ual line Of arguments previously net9..
! lished in these columns. He appears
!, to warm up rather than besoin3; tired
, as the campaign draws 20 4 close. I5e I5
fytIsf
can spend s2,500,000 for .iEafl ss. STE.
faced roads, and that in 4 few Years
; we will save in many ways by el1Hf-
. nation of lost tine, reduction IN re-.
pairs to automobiles, increasing, the
tonnage to be hauled of farm lrod&f
ucts, ETC., cutting Of gast;ilne ILLS
cne-third to fifty per cent more
than the s2,50o,e00 spent FOR the i'm.
proved highways.
He again took issue with the edit
Tor Of the Sumter Herald who vro:e
an editorial in last weeks issue cf thai
paper which contained statements
about the bonded Indebtedness OK
iSumter county which Mr. Jennings
claimed and proved were erroneous
no matter how we'll intentiened sile
editor might have been and doubt.
less was.
Mr.. Jennings anticipated this edit
or's reply to Air. Jennings speeches
by reminding his hearers that the sub
division Of this county-the City OF
iSumter's bonded indebtedness while
approximately $500, 0,000-that the Sum
! ter electric light bonds authorized
of sSo0,oo0, the waterworks bonds OF
SIG, 900, and the sewerage system
bonds of s5O,000, totalling s456, 600,
could not be counted in the city,s con;
stitutional allowance of not exceeding
lis per cent, or in the combined city
and county bonded indebtedness, be
cause the Constitution Of the State.
says electric light, water and sewer
bonds in cities and towns must not
be included in the usual eight per
cent Of the total taxable property re-
turned on the tax books. Taking SUM
ter's city street bonds OF about $780,
coo. school bonds and other bonds or
the city. the bonded Indebtedness rs
less than $4,000. and adding the
county's bonded Indebtedness OF $62.-
1000, the total combined county bond
ed Indebtedness is less than $500, 900,
while the county alone can issue
sSS0,O0O IF bonds and not yet go be-
yond the constitutional allowance
because s11, 900, 900 OF property for
tax purposes are on the county tax
books, and eight per cent of that
can be bonded. But the editor of the
i Sumter Herald says, "The County of
Sumter is now in debt more than four
times its constitutional allowance" KS
Not one Mayesville voter expressed
opposition to the bond issue. but sew
eral asked for information, which af-
ter being given. said plainly that the
information fully satisfied them.
E. T. Reardon.
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