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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1919.
HOW PROPOSED
HIGHWAY LAW
WILL HIT AUTOS
MACON i April 12.—The several bills
discussed at the good roads conven
tion at Macon Thursday were drafted
by the special committee appointed by
Governor Dorsey some months ago,
and which have held a number of con
ferences on the subject. The com
mittee is composed of Representative
S. M. Turner, Chairman; C. R. Arnold
and Julian M. Smith. The committee
had the benefit of expert advice from
Prof. C. M. Strahan, of the Universi
ty of Georgia, and W. R. Neel, state
highway engineer.
One bill provides for amending the
state automobile tax law by increas
ing the license tax on passenger cars
and trucks, all of the receipts to be
applied to the state highways. Under
the present system, by the apportion
ment to counties, it is held, the small
sums received by each county are
spent each summer and washed away
each winter, without net result.
If this bill becomes law at this ses
sion, auto owners who have paid their
license fee for 1919 shall pay the in
creased fee for the remainder of the
fiscal year, but shall be credited with
half the fee money already paid. This
is designed to bring the increased li
cense tax money into the treasury in
time for use this year.
A second bill provides for amend
ing the act of 1918 creating the State
Highway Commission. This'proposes
an organizationn of a State Highway
Board, composed of three members
geographically selected and appointed
by the (Governor, a state highway en
gineer appointed by this board, an
engineering and office staff determin
ed by the board but employed and dis
charged by the state highway engineer.
The board members are to serve six
years, and be paid SIO.OO a day for
attendance, besides expenses.] The
engineer is to be the active executive
head. The funds are to be annually
allotted to the twelve congressional'
districts, and the slection of roads
shall be made by the board throtigh
its engineers. At least 70 per cent.
Os the funds must be expended for
durable paving, and the remaining 30 ’
per cent, may be used for grading
and preparing roads for pavement. By I
this, it is intended to spend the state
funds principally on those main high
ways already laid out and in use.
It is proposed to submit to the peo
ple for ratification an amendment to
the State Constitution which will per
mit the issuance of bonds in such
amount as may be deemed necessary
to construct the system of roads. It
is also proposed to submit an amend- I
ment to the constitution which will.
permit a special tax levy, not to exceed 1
two mills, which shall be permitted
to pay interest on highway bonds. But
it will be especially provided that this
levy shall be only for the difference,'
if any, between the receipts from the 1
automobile taxes and the enterest on
the bonds. In fact, it is estimated
that the license fee will more than ]
pay such interest and retire the bonds
through a sinking fund.
The objects at which the committee j
has aimed are the following:
A real system of state roads, of pav- ■
ing equal to brick or concrete, to totall
about 4.800 miles. Every road is to ’
run from county seat to county seat. I
Each county is to have two roads for
■each representative in the legislature, !
except the three-vote counties, which
are given only four roads. Counties ■
may receive such additional roads as
their needs demand under a discre-’
tionary clause.
It is contemplated that these roads 1
will cost about $15,000 to $20,000 a 1
mile, the lower figure in case prices
return to a pre-war basis.
Something like $80,000,000 expendi
ture is ultimately involved, and it is
expected the federal government will
pay half of this.
It is expected that 120 miles a year
will be built at the start and that this
will increase tto 300 miles a year. It
is expected to complete the whole
system in 20 to 25 years.
There is now in Washington about
$8,000,000 of federal funds alloted to
Georgia and awaiting equal funds
from counties or the state.
It is expected, after the amend
ments are passed, to issue bonds and
pay for them through automobile tax
es. It is pointed out that the saving
of one tire a year for a passenger
car will more than pay the cost of
the increased fee, and that commercial
trucks will profit enormously by the
permanent roads. No opposition is
expected from owners of cars or
trucks.
When this work begins, the state
will take over all care of the main
highways in every county. This will
leave the county commissioners free
to spend all the road tax money at
home for building “feeder” roads
which have hitherto been neglected,
because the main highways took all
the county tax money. Ultimately
this will give rural residents a good
road past his farm gate.
The proposed schedule of motor li
cense fees on passenger cars and
trucks follows: Passengfer cars not
exceeding 22 horsepower, sls a year.
Passenger cars of more than 22 horse
power, 80 cents per horsepower. Cars
seating ten or more passengers, SIOO.OO
a year. Trucks: one ton, $20.00; two
ton, $40.00; two and on-half ton, s*o.oo
(three ton, $60.00; three and on-half
ton, $70.00; four ton, $100.00; five ton,
j $200.00; six ton, $500.00; seven ton,
! SI,OOO.
| The motorcycle tax is $5.00 a year.
It is intended to place exceeding
heavy tax on the big trucks which do
so much damage to roads.
The “Class A” system of highways,
giving some idea of the proposed main
state highway system, was submitted
as follow’s:
ROUTE NO.l. —Beginning at a
point on the Georgia-Tennessee line
near Chattanooga, in Walker County,
and passing through Ringgold, Dalton,
Calhoun, Carterville, Marietta, Atlanta,
Jonesboro, Hampton, Griffin, Zumulan,
Thomaston, Butler, Ellaville, Ameri
ca .is, Leesburg, Albany, Camillia, Tham
asville, and from there in a south
westerly direction to the Georgia-
Florida state line, and at a point on
the same, connecting up with the piain
Florida State Highway system.
ROUTE NO. 2.—Beginning at a point
on the Georgia-North Carolina state
line in Rabun County and passing
through Clayton, Clarksville, Cornelia,
Gainesville Jefferson, Athens, Watkins
ville, Greensboro, Sparta, Sanders
ville, Wrightsville, Soperton, Mt. Ver
non, Hazelhurst, Alma, Waycross,
Folkston, and on to the Georgia-Flori
da line at a point connecting up with
the main Jacksonville Highway.
ROUTE NO. 3. —Beginning at a
point on the Georgia-Alabama line
and passing through Tallapoosa, Villa
Rica, Douglasville, Austell, Atlanta,
Stone Mountain, Monroe, Madison,
Greensboro, Crawfordville, Thomson,
and on to Augusta.
ROUTE NO. 5. —Beginning at Colum
bus and passing through Cusseta, Bue
na Vista, Ellaville, Oblethorpe, Monte
zuma, Haw’kinsville, Cochran, Dublin,
Swainsboro, Metter, Statesboro,
Springfield, and on to Savannah.
ROUTE NO. 6. —Beginning at a point
on the Georgia-Florida line and pass
ing through Bainbridge, Cairo, Thom
asville, Quitman, Valdosta, Horners
ville, Waycorss, Blackshear, Bruns
wick, Hinesville,, Clyde, and on to Sa
vannah.
ROUTE NO. 7. —Beginning at Gaines
ville, passing through Lawrenceville,
Stone Mountain, Decatur, Atlanta,
Fairburn, Newman, LaGrange, and on
to West Point.
ROUTE NO. B.—Beginning at More
land, on Route No. 7, and passing
through Greenville, Hamilton, and on
to Columbus.
ROUTE NO. 9.—Beginning at Grif
fin, on Route No. 1, and passing
through Barnesville, Forsyth, Macon,
Jeffersonville and on to Dublin, on ■
Route No. 5.
ROUTE NO. 10.—Beginning at Au- I
gusta, and passing through Waynesr I
boro, Millen, and on to Statesboro. I
1 ROUTE NO. 11.—Beginning 'at a '
point on the Georgia-South Carolina
line and passing through Elberton,
I Danielsville, Athens, Watkinsville,
and on to Monroe.
i ROUTE NO. 12. Beginning at a
point on the Georgia-Alabama line and
passing through Menlo, Summerville, !
Rome, and on to Cartersville, on
Route No. 1.
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Airmen Discover
Approach of Storm
SOUTHER FIELD, April 12.—The '
, value of the air service in connection
! with the U. S. Weather Bureau has
i been clearly demonstrated several
; times from observations sent out from
Souther Field.
i The meteorology expert in co-opera
tion with the flying staff discovered
the approach of the gale that swept
1 over Georgia on the night of April
■ 10 and early morning of April 11. On
I April 8, through the columns of the
, press, attention was called to the
frozen clouds and their low position,
which indicated high, turbulent w’inds,
and April 10 at 10:30 a. m. it was bul-
ter Time HgJ
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STILLS THICK
AS RABBITS IN
, RURAL SECTION
:
In these days of high priced licker,
wildcat stills are found as thick as
rabbits in the rural districst, accord
ing t oSheriff Harvey, who, with Dep
uty Summers, has located three within
the last fe wdays, all inside the homes
of rural negroes.
A few days ago he was out serving
papers when he went to the home of
Ed Harvey, a tenant on W. M. Hum
ber. Jr’s., farm three miles west of
the city when he discovered a wash
pot still ready for operations on the.
kitchen stove. A day ?r two later he
discovered a home still al the cabin of
Funk Speer, a tenant on the farm ik
W M. Humber, Sr., near Flint river.
About the same time a lar i can licker
Gutht was found at the home o.‘
George Lamar, colored, on the farm
or Ernest Statham, near the river.
Speer and Harvey were arrested, but
Lamar, evidently getting word of the
visit of the officers during his absence,
ha.-, not been found.
letined that from the condition of the
currents above the earth discovered by
the flyers, a gale was approaching
from the west not unlike that caus
ing such great damage and loss of life
in Texas.
There are some sixteen stations now
in the United States from which re
ports can be made hourly at any ele
vation desired and if taken every 1,000
feet
approach of unusual high winds and
rain could be given and undoubtedly
provision made for the protection of
life and property.
Lieut. Horace T. Doust, recruiting
officer at Souther Field, is receiving
applications for enlistment for the
American Expeditionary forces and
the air service. Inquiries by mail
or telegraph should be addressed to
“Recruiting Officer at Souther Field.”
Enlistments for air service duty can
be made at any of the regular recruit
ink offices in the country.
Lieut.-Col. F. M. Andrews, flying Fri
day afternoon, found a choppy, un
even current all the way from 100 to
3000 feet elevation.
Discharging enlisted men of consol
] idated force reducing the number to
I sixty-five, is now in progress. About
• sixty men will be discharged. Many
are re-enlisting or entering the ser
vice as civilian employees.
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everywhere
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its approval
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Talcum, Face Pcwder,
Odor, and Creams.
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I
iFire Inspection to
Start Next Tuesday
The fire department wlil start its
regular inspection April 15, Chief Nay
; lor announced Saturday, under an or-
I dinance providing for the inspection of
I premises to safeguard the public and
property against fire, which says :
i “It shall be the duty of the chief of
' the fire department to inspect, or cause
! to be inspected by the fire department
I officers, or members, as often as may
j be necessary, but not less than twice
. a year in the outlying districts and
four times a year in the closer biult
| portions of the city, all buildings,
1 premises and public thoroughfares, for
the purpose of ascertaining and caus
ing to be corrected any condition
liable to cause fire, or any violation
of the provisions or intent of any ordi
nance of the city affecting the fire haz
ards.”
Said Chief Naylor, in this connec
tion:
“There are three kinds of inspec
tors: The fire insurance inspector,
making his inspections, will do so from
the stadnpoint of the hazards whichl
are liable to cause fires and the condi
tion of which will affect the insurance,
rates.
“The safety inspector wiM note
conditions from the standpoint of safe
ty to life and limb,
“But the fire department inspector
must bear three things in mind when
making his nispections. First, the
hazards that may cause fires; second,
the egress for the occupants in case
or fire or panic, and third, the accessi
t-lity of the fire department to all por
tions of the building or premises. In
other words, this inspection should
be the most complete or all. The in
spector must be thorough in his work,
and accurate in reports. Courteous
friendship will keep a man’s business
in better condition than when an in
epocc r tries to bully him into it. We
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Big Dress and Suit Sale Monday
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Twenty-four real nifty Ladies’ Suits and Dresses to be sold Monday at
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In order to create lively selling Monday we have gone through our
large stock of beautiful new Spring Suits and Dresses and selected 12
of our best dresses and 12 of our leading numbers in suits which we
will use as an advertising feature, and will sell everyone of these 24
garments at just HALF the regular price. Come early for best selection.
NEXT SUM IS EASTER-HON ABOUT FOUR NEW OUTFIT?
Wonderful Display of Great Variety of Men and
New Easter Millinery Boy’s Clothing Especially
Prippd for Al F
We have just receiveda large quantity of New Hats,
Shapes and Trimming in all the very latest styles and BUY YOUR SPRING AND EASTER SUIT NOW!
colors, which makes our Millinery Shop the most complete Our Men and Boys’ Clothing Department is one of the leading
department in our Store. departments in our store. Our racks are now Iqaded with new
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NEXT SUNDAY LET US SHOW YOU THE of patterns are here for you to select from in all sizes, at
MANY NEW THINGS WE HAVE. jjj .50, S3O, $35 j
PRE-EASTER SALE ON ALL SPRING Don’t overlook this opportunity to save $5.00 to SIO.OO on
your Spring Suit.
FOOTWEAR FOR MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN r
Eadies’ Brown Kid Lace New Dorothv Dodd MKAW AIW ILLI 011111111
Oxfords and Pumps, all Bronze Lace Oxfords at pANABIA HATS . HATS j
W-50 White and Grev Kid Lace Spring’and *?° X “a ?*er i!ood makes in
Big lot of Dorothv Dodd Oxfords and Pumps at THE STRAWS FOR neW Sp nn § Shapes, all colors
and Red Cross Oxfords $9.00 ± cn 1 “in AA *
and Pumps in Brown, , E , D Q AIW M-UU r A t Aft
Black and Grey at fcrds. Black and Tan. at THE PANAMAS FOR $3.50, $5.00
, $6 0 ° f , «•«> $6.00 AND $7.50 AND $6.50 I
Large assortment or La- Better grade Men’s Dress
™ Oxfords, B,ack and Tan ’ LARGE ASSORTMENT OF MEN AND BOYS’ SHIRTS.
SSOO $8.50 TIES, COLLARS AND UNDERWEAR
Churchwell’s Dept. Store
would appreciate every citizen devot
ing a little of his time to the inspector,
escort him through his place of busi
ness or home, as his only attention is
to fire hazards and acquaintance with
buildings and premises. The time
thus invested might be returned a hun
dred fold by saving life and, perhaps,
the building. Where a regular paid
fire department exists the work of
education should be a part of a fire
man’s regular inspection duty.
“The Americus fire department’s
motto is the Three S’s —Simplicity,
Sincerity, Service.”
COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS.
Americus, Ga., April 10,1919.
Called meeting of the Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues of Sum
ter County, Georgia, assembled to
canvass the returns of an election held
in and for said county of Sumter to de
termine whether an issue of bonds for
and in the name of said county should
be issued, etc.
Present, R. S. Oliver, Acting Chair
man ;.S. E. Statham, J. E. Poole, J. J.
Wilson.
The following report was adopted:
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
We, the undersigned, members of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Sumter County, Georgia,
in conjunction with the managers of
the several election precincts In said
County of Sumter, State of Georgia,
this day assembled, did canvass the
returns of an election held in and for
said County of Sumter, State of Geor
gia, on the 9th day of April, 1919, to
determine whether an issue of bonds
for and in the name of said County of
Sumter in the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand ($500,000.00) Dollars for the
building and construction of perma
nent roads and highways in said coun
ty, do declare the result of said elec
tion as shown by the returns brought
up from the various voting precincts
to be as follows:
For Permanent Road Bonds, 1133.
Against Permanent Road Bonds, 78.
Ballots discarded as being neither
for or against Permanent Road Bonds,
3.
Total number of votes cast, 1211, in
cluding the 3 mentioned.
Total of ballots for Permanent
Road Bonds in excess of those against
Permanent Road Bonds, 1055.
The total number of registered and
qualified voters for said election was
1669.
The votes or ballots in favor of said
■ issue of Permanent Road Bonds being
more than a majority of the registered
voters for said election and being
more than two-thirds majority of those
i voting in said election, we hereby pub
lish and declare that said Permanent
Road Bonds carried, having received
such majority as is required by the
laws and constitution of the State of
Georgia.
This, April 10th, 1919, at the court
house in said county.
R. S. OLIVER,
S. E. STATHAM
J. E. POOLE
J. J. WILSON
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND
(REVENUES OF SUMTER COUN
TY, GEORGIA.
E. L. GAMMAGE,
W. T. M’MATH
27th District.
H. W. BUCHANAN,
New 26th District.
J. T. PRICE,
G. A .PERRY
Old 16th District.
D. H. STUBBS
29th District.
C D. BRINKLEY
17th District.
J. Q. JONES,
15th District.
G. W. ISRAEL, SR.
New 16th District.
J. I. HILLER,
Old 26th District.
J. T. METHVIN,
28th District.
MANAGERS FROM THE SEVERAL
VOTING DISTRICTS OF SUM
TER COUNTY, GEORGIA.
H. D. WATTS, Clerk.
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