The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-07-13
the Hagood section and he found

the Hagood section and he. found
some good work 'one in this ter
ritory. He stated thar the osWego
road was in very bad condition
and he thought this road should
be worked. The board realized
the bad condition OF this rcad. The
engineer state dthat ii would take
about 60 days Of the main gang s
time to thoroughly work this road
and put it i'll good shape. In
view Of the impending promise OF
the board to move the gang into
the Privateer section to baiad the
new Privateer road The board did
not feel warranted in working
this road out its full length, but
authorized that the same be work
ed from city limits 10 Rocky Bluff
swamp. Commissioner Oliver stat
ed that the telephone poles were
on the right of way Oh tbs road
and that the road was very mar
row. He recommended mat the
road be widened and that the
telephone poles be removed from
the right of way. The board au-
thorized the clerk to write the
telephone company to remove
their poles from the road.
At the request Of permanent
road commission a resolution was
passed adopting the present seal
in use as the official seal Of the
board
In view of the recent loss of two
mIlles, the board considered the
.uratter of placing =. INSURANCE on
the, Ia auies.> b utl4 4coAe}uaea aoS,, Q
dc so, as under the exist III ggsT ates
it thought that the county could
better afford to carry it's own in
surance
A letter was received from City
Council recommending that Mr..
Henry G. Hill be reelected cotton
weigher for Sumter, for the COM
ing two years term. Mr.. Hill was
reelected to this position.
Applications were received from
&c. E. Rembert, R. j. MaSas. Sr..
and II. V. 8oyce. accompanied by
petitions for the position OF cotton
weig CHER at Mayesville for the
coming two years term. Mr. r. J..
Maves, ST., was elected TO this po-
sitiOn.
Commissioner Oliver reported
that after investigation ne had
authorized payment of S1o TO the
Daniels family for the months OF
Nav and June and recommended
that this appropriation be contin-
ued monthly. same to be disbursed
through the home: department OF
the Red Cross. il they would un-
dertake 10 handle same.
Application was received from
Annie Moore for aid and she was
granted Sc per month.
The board directed thar pay
ments for moving of court house
lawn be discontinued and that
this work be done by the janitor
of the court house under his pres
ent salary.
The clerk called attention OF
board to the fact that $500 was
carried by the supply act for re,
pairs to the aims house and asked
the board if it wished to take any
action at this time. Messrs. ROW
land. Britton and Oliver were ap-
pointed committee to look over
the property.
Commissioner Rowlant! called
attention to the numerous cars
that were being parked on the
court house lawn. He thought that
This practice should be discontin-
ued and that the paths leading
across the grounds should be re-
planted and trespass prevented:
He was advised that the b "rd
made considerable efforts in tnis
direction formerly without posi-
tive results. The chairman was
asked TO consult with the county
attorney with view to seeing if
measures could not be taken to
stop this trespassing The bad
condition OF the seats in the court
house auditorium was discussed.
The clerk stated that he had got
ten prices on the cost of putting
these seats in condition and that
same came to about Sc00. Mr..
Rowland thought that the present
seats would never be altogether