The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 18, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 18. 1920J
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TELL US WHERE YOU STAND. !
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Now that thev county campaign is
J'l on, it is advisable that the people find
out where the candidates stand * on
the question of roads, especially,
where the^andidatee for the legislature
stand. I
V A bond issue of four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars has been voted
in this county for the improvement
of roads of the county. We believe
the Act provides that the average
cost cf these roads must not exceed
five thousand dollars per mile, which1
. would guarantee the building of
ninety miles of roads.
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But it has been found oui that the
roads cannot be built for this
amount. It will take, with present"
. high priced labor and materials, perhaps
eight or ten thousand dollars
per miler' Therefore, instead of
building ninety miles of roads, we
are going to build about sixty miles
of roads. When the peopie were_ voting
for the bonds they were led to
believe, and the Act so provides, that
certain roads were tb^ be improved,
and that work was to begin on &11
these roads at practically uie same
time. But to do so would De a farce,
because only about one fourtn of the
designated roads can be improved,
and either we must select one road
in four, or we must improve each
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road only one-fourth of the way.
What have the candidates to say
about this?
We have saiti for the same money
twice as much mileage could be
constructed two years from now as
can be constructed now. That is
something to think about. The roads
mou all ho cnrvowoH ami tfio cvctem
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x of roads may be mapped out, but is it
not wise to wait until our dollars will
do a dollar's worth of work before'
we begin the road building? A dollar
now will get only about two hours
work, but when times have returned
to "normalcy"' it is going to tike
four, and maybe six, hours work to
. pay that same dollar back. Nobody
need fcol himself about that. And
the time when this will be ine case is
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not long off. Perhaps the candidates'
for tile lc~:slr.&ui,e Will tel. un w'ietrt'
er or riot they are willing to vote for
a bill susoendihg road operations un-,
til a dollar, will do a dollar's
wort'i of wcrfc, or whether they
are "in favor of going in."
Perhaps they ? would be willing
to leave this matter to the people
again and allow the peopie to say
wheth ;r c: not we snouiu proceed af.1
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lev tr.2 roaus nave Deen surveyeu auu
the cost of building estim;.?e>*.
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And the people about Lowndesville
have raised another question. They
seem to have voted fcr the bond is
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sue on the understanding that in
some way the country rca<?s, as opposed
to the roads leading from one
? 'own to another, would be improved,
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but the expected improvements have
not come. They now are of the opinion,
so we are informed, that the bond
money should be spent in gracing and
improving these country rc^cs before
any work is done on the main
lines (if we may call them such.)
That is another question upon which
we would like to hear frcm the candidates.
If we may ijnprovc with the
bond money only sixty or seventy
miles of roads just which" roads is it
planned will be improved?
And while asking the candidates
that question may we nut ask the
people of Abbeville County whether
they would have voted for the bon 1
issue had they been advised that oniy
sixty or seventh miles of roads would
be improved? This paper advocated
long ago that the pedpie nnu out
what they were doing before putting
their heads into the halter. We told
the people that the first' tning which
should be done was to secure an engineer
to survey the roacs anc make
an estimate cn the cost, and then
they would be able to vc^e intelligently
on the question 'or a bond issue.
This was manifestly the business
way to go ' about the matter, but
some people were in favor of bonds
because Greenwood and Anderson
wer^, voting bonds, a good reason for
some people to commu suicide, because
occasionally some other people
are foolish enough to take their own
lfves.
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But by far the worst suggestion
we have yet., heard about the bond
issue *is a proposal going the rounds
that the next legislature will pass an
Act allowing' the Road Commissioners
to sell these bonds for much less
than par. In other words it now
proposed tha^ a dollar's worth of
bonds, which will not secure more
than thirty-five cents ^orth of work,
is to be sold for ninety cents, and
that for this ninety ct?nis Abbeville
County will pay interest on a dollar
all these years and then pay back a
dollar. We do not believe mat Abbeville
County should sell its dollars
for-less than a. dollar each. Abbeville
Coumty is not bankrupt, neither is
its credit impaired, ^e are able to
pay a hundred cents on the dollar,
and any proposal to sell our dollars
for ninety cents, or anything less
than one hundred cents, does not apnnol
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a dollar for every dollars worth of
bpnds issued and the dollars with
which we shall pay back those, now
borrowed through the bond issue will
be harder to get than the dollars we
propose to borrow.
Another thing to be considered is
that everytime we' "shave"' our
bonds, we build that ^nuch less road
mileage. If we sell the bonds for instance
at ninety-two (92) we are
selling them at a discount of eight
per cent. We will, therefore, get
^ight per cent, less roads, and instead
of ouiiaing sixty ur seventy
reads we will t?e building
eight per cent, less than this mileage,
but we will be still paying, when pay
day comes, a hundred per cent. Instead
of ninety-two.
These are serious cons:Gerations
for the people of AbbevIiI6 Cotonty
and the candidates for the legislature
and fci* shperimor' should talk out
In the meeting.
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And while Jt is ^11 going on, may
we not warn-the people again that
they have voted a great none issue
for building good roads which is
arcing to result in th^ grading and
building of one or two roads across
the county, which will oener.L, perTURES
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haps, a small percentage or the people
of Abbeville County, while the
great majority, for the next twenty
years, are going to pay taxe^to retire
the bonds and pay interest without
themselves receiving any benefit
f;om the outlay.
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There was a time, (ana there will
! be other such times hereafter) when
' the bonds of the City of Abbeville
; bearing five per cent, were ?old abdVe
par. The County of Abbeville is a
i much larger political suo-division
> than the City of Abbeville. The bonds
now proposed to be sold provide for
I j interest at five and one-half per
'J cent. If these bonds cannot oe sold
lj at par at this rate of interest, does
I jit not strike the average man that
there is a reason for it? The banks
;jrfre all hard pressed for ihoney now.
[j Cotton mills here and tnere are snuti
ting down, cotton is going down eve.j
ry day, and the outlook is yoz promisij
ing. We are in a period of transition
;'from one extreme to, we hope, a
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> riuppy iiiiuuic giuuuu. x v/u vu?iiv>
.ja manufacturer to go into a Duilding
enterprise today. He wili teil you
; tljat to do so would be to build a highi
ly expensive enterprise wiych two
years from today, in his judgment,
would not be worth one half its cost.
. With things in this condition, and
with the state of uncertainty about
us, would it not be wise to "stop,
I look and listen?" \
BIRTH NOTICE
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A new young lady arrived early
Augvfst 18 at, the home of Dr. and
Mrs. J. H. Austin, where she will
spend a while. *Dr. and Mrs. Austin,
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nee Eliza Mabry, are the recipients
of many congratulations today.
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PICNIC AT COLD SPRINGS
There will be a basket picnic at
Cold Spring school house, Tuesday,
Aug. 24th. All are invitea, especially
, the candidates.
BRAKEMAN DROWNED WHEN
.HE FELL FROM ENGINE
Charleston, Aug. ,-18.?Falling
, from the cab of an engine as it was
, passing over the Edisto river* bridge,
, H. B. Elarbee of Savannah, former,
ly of Charleston, was drowned yes
terday morning at 6 o'clock.
According to Engineer Mahoney,
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in the cab of the engine and as the
engineer turned h$ noticed Elai-bet j
was missing. Thinking something,
was amiss, he looked beneath into
the river and saw Elarbee floating
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on his back about sixty feet away, j
How he happened to fal| into the j
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ped, and was about to dive into the j
waters beneath in an effort to rescue
his comrade,.when realizing that t
in his overheated condition, being in
close contact with the boiler, that
in sa doing cramps would immedi-!
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no assistance. The next instant the
body had disappeared, and although.
Mahoney remained on the scene for |
an hour, it did not again appear on
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IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT
?THERE'S THE PIG!
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 12.?Three:
and a half months ago a hay stack j
fell over on the farm of Charles
Fisher, near Basil. burying " two
cows and a pig. The cows were
liberated, but Fisher did not miss
the pig. When clearing away the
stack today the pig, still alive, was*
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weighed 40 pounds, against 140 P
when it disappeared. It was able to j
walk and eat, but was blindedx by
the lightt's striking it.
~THE CONFEDERATE COLLEGE
6^. Broad St., Charleston, S. C.
A Boarding and Day . School fo j
Girls. Begins its session Septembe j
28, 1920, Historic institution situat
ed. in a healthy (location. Advantag6\
of City life, with large College yard
for outdoor sports.
A Well Planned Course of studie
in homelike.atmosphere. A Busines
Course open to seniors, and elective
courses to juniors and seniors. Two'
Domestic Science Courses, giving
practical and^theoretic knowledge o
Cooking. A well equipped Library.
For. eatilog and further informa j
tion apply to the College 6-28 13wk?
Twelve million^ children in Europe
lost one or both parents during the
late war according. to compilations
made by the American Red Cross.
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2ral days in Columbia.
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