The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, March 28, 1917, Image 2
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PAGE TWO
THE PRESS AND STANDARD
Wednesday, March 28, 29)7.
The Press and Standard
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twn.
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AID STANDARD.
M U* eMtotle* at Wsl-
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SakKriptlM Rates:
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COMMENTS ON BOND ISSUE ELECTION OF NEXT TUESDAY
vei
THE BOND ISSUE FOR GOOD ROADS
Nc*t Tuesday will decide the question of bond issue or gt^d
roads fir Colleton county. If the bond issue be defeated, it > ill
doubtl^s be many years before any real constructive effort fcr
better roads in Colleton county will be made. No opponent of
the bond issue has pffered any better plan at all for building bet
ter roads. In other words, those who are opposed to the is
suance of bonds for building better roads in Colleton county are
destructive in their methods and not constructive.. We hold that
e^ry citizen should be a constructive forde in his ^community.
He should think and do those things which will build up instead
rf teaj down. There are unfortunately many people in even-
community who will not support those movements which are for
mate* prepared of coot of const.-Wc*-
lag tbe-rood or roads, sad eater in
to a coatract % ivh the State highway
-rommiaaion to tnra over to the
State highway com mi** ion such
road or roods as regards construc
tion sad maintenance, had to far-
I coist
aisb half of the said
traction
and provide >
maintenance.
funds for n«
The Revival Meeting.
“The grest good done to Walter
boro by the revival meeting which
haa^st closed.can .ne\^r be com-their .ectfumunitlss.. They_are Jhe knockers^
and the funny part of it is they never have any plans which are
T •
THK TUT SOU. ROADS OF
CREEXYULE
The top soil roads of Greenville
county, some of them put down a
year ago. have stood up during the
severe months of rpin we have bad
thia winter. This is the testimony
of a delegation of citizens of Lau-
themselve* and are their otvn be ?t
argument. ft-
In conclusion, therefore, allow u*
to say. as to the magnificent new
roads of Greenville county and the
benefits to be derived and enjoy-d
therefrom, in all truth and sincerity,
“the half has not yet be*-n toll.'
Robt. 8. Mebane. t
W. C. MeFadden.
A. M. Gregory,
E. H. Gregory.
,J. C. Shannon,
J. T. McFadden. ‘
Sam'l E. McFadden,
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si
e MEETING NEXT MONDAY -t:
The final meeting for discus-
i sing the bond issue will be
►. held at the court bouse next
► Monday. April 2, aft which time
► it is hoped there will be a larg*- -
► crowd of voters present to hesi
► the addresses on the subject *-
-* to be dellevered by invited *
* speakers. This meeting will be *•
* called to order promptly at -*
* 11 o'clock. *
w KITES OF CHESTER WIND
ISSUE
The following is "taken 1 from an
article written for The Chester News
puted," said a prominent citizen in
speaking of the revival services con
ducted by Rev. John B. Andrews,
revivalist, and f • P. Curry, singer.
Certain it is that the spiritual life of
the community has been stirred as
never before, and hundreds of pe*--
•ons publicly confessed their sin*,
and resolved henceforth to lead
better life. Men why had been
harden** i by years of sib and wronv
doing were convicted of the error o.
their way, and were turned to the
Christian life. Women, who had
been guilty of fostering minor vhVt
In the home, such as card playing,
dancing, etc., were moved to prom
ise publicly to- refrain from even
the appearance of evil. Church
members who had grown cold and
indifferent were aroused to thetr
duty by the stirring calla of the
mlniator during his powerful ser
mons. and renewed their vowa to
live right and do their full Chris
tian duty. Truly It could be said of
tboso who attended the meetings, in
many cases: _*
“Those who came to scoff, re
mained to pray."
Aside from fhe benefit of tha
religious awakening and the conse
quent determination of the hundreds
who became penitent and sought
forgiveness, there was a spirit of co
operation among all the people of
all the churches in town which was
beautiful to behold. There were no
denominational lines, but earnest
effort on the part of all Christian
worker), ’o get Jhe people to start
right living, and dozens of worker*
were developed into strong factors
for the success of the meeting.
Another, feature who h was a con
stant surprise*to 'he people wa* rh*
splendid choir afid singing l.ed fu
Mr. Curry fnany new songs were
fcunjr and t|ie p^ofil^ Tyere-th
selves suiptTjjecf at the rithnes* and
volume of song developed', dt i
thought this will 'as* and ‘hat much
better singing .n all the church
will result.
“But." say,, the critic. 1 do not
believe i n revival*, for ’he pcopl
who are converted never hold mi*
*ev soon forget their vows and go
back into their life of wrong doing.”
Thia is not true, for. while some of
them may, a greater numtrer do not
and the determination towards right
living has a good effect on the char
acter of the penitent person, and tht
chances are that such an one wiM
never fall to as great depths as if
ke had never been touched. Then
revival* reach men who would never
be reached by the methodical and
cold religious atmosphere of the
present day churches. One wouU
not say this if he watched the ».n-
cere do’ermlnation of many a man
to start on the right road.
The Press and Standard
there has not been a greater agency
for good in Wafer boro and the
community at large than this revi
tal meeting, and no better men
could have been chosen to conduct
it than Rev. John B Andrew* and
C. P. Curry. The best wishes of
hundreds follow them in their woik'
FEED OFT YOUR HOGS SIX
WEEKS K WU.IKR
In everv lot of hog-c o n feed tw »
or th’-ee weeks quic'Rlv and aetuall*
eat less than «Vfher>:. If all would
fatten like these, the entire drove
would ne readv for the market six
j-ress •jgw*«y-*!»o-Aavc~i*t*pae$*d-lb-c fy-Bamuei-E-, -Ms.F#d<Sen._of cite*:
'top soil roads of that county within t er in reference to a bond election
_ . ... 'the last week. f 0r 1450,000.00 for Cheate.-. co'in-
better than those they tear down. I hey are not builders. S> ; The past winter has been one Of ly. His remarks are so apfd.cub!**
we find it is this road bond issue. There is no doubt of the fact i un P rw<,€,Dted 'rainfall of the con- to A'oiietop. county that they arc
*
iik sur<
... . . ^ i • i , , itmuous sort, and fpr this reasonJhe
that this is a constructive piece of legislation, and those who| t?at thUs madt . of lhe soft sur £< t
are opposing it have nothing to offer, but continuance of the pre<- ^oad is valuable and interesting at
,, ,, . • • * . this tim?. when so many counties of
ent mud and >lu.''n. Ithe State are face to fboe wah the
We hold that a good business policy would demand that a problem of road con-tructioa.—Spar-
change be made from the present wasteful and inefficient planj •‘ obur * Htra, d*
for read building. Statistics prove that 50 per uent of the coun- <am»d roads in north i a Ho
lies of the United States now have bond issues, and the resulk k***
achieved are simply marvelous. In the face of this fact. Col
leton county cannot do better than to follow their example.
Among other things Mr. McFad
den says:
“But if we ever r expect t» have
good roads in Chester county, we
shall have to pay the price therefor.
Good roads cannot be built by ina—*-
meetingx or resolution**- It is soitv^;
to cost money to enjoy th*iu: if wo
ever expect to have them, we mutt
pay the price. Nothing worth whije
Since there is a great deal of dis- can be had for nothing. Good raids,
\Y e icu«sion io Chester county about the like good houses, good teams ard
. j effect good road s have on the p:rc - good lands cost money. The only
.ire abundantly able to have good roads, and this bond issue meth-I of property and the benefits to be question for the voteis to consider
od is about the only feasible wav we can build them. The old <terlv<J fro « same..we have secured t«. is the game worth the candle?’
, , . , . . j c ,a letter from a party who is famil- Will wc obtain ‘value received?' If
plan does not give enough mopey to even keep up the roads c t j :ar milh roads in Gaston. Meckien- not. we should vote against the bond
the county, much less build permanent roads anywhere. There burg an4 Moore counties. North isssue. if so. then we should vote
Carolina. The party who write* us for and work for it.
about these roads is familiar with i “Good men and true "are opposed
the countieg mentioned for the past to putting a debt 'on our children.*
forty years, so ttaera can be no ques- A cynic once answered this objection
non as to his knowledge of them, jto voting a debt upon his posterity
An outline of his letter is as fol- by asking the question, ‘What has
lows: posterity ever done for us. that we
Moore Coouoty. They place sand should have regard for it?’ It 6c-
on clay roads at a cost of about 1360 - cur* to me that what is good for us
mile. The small cos* is due to the should be good for our children af-
fact that it is not necessary to do , ter us. If good roads help this gen-
/.a>* grading since the country is eration. they will help the suceed-
ractically level. One man in this , Ing one. On the contrary, if they
country keeps up about 35 miles of, will not benefit us, they will be
r oad. The roads
are ab< ut 1050 miles of public roads in the gounty. This bond
issue contemplates building at least 250 miles of the main travel
ed road3 of the county. This will release that many miles frort:
the care of the present road building frcces, and leave them to
work on the remaining 800 miles, many of which have had no
attention for years. Sc it can be seen that this will result in
good roads for fully 85 per cent of the traffic and travel of the
county, besides permitting the present road working forces tj
visit some sections which at present they arg not able to reach
’•oad. Th* loads were built about harmful to our children. The
We cannot believe that the voters of the county will turn if** >car* ago aud are maintained at scheme, as I understand it. contem
f a cost of about 115 per mile annu- plates our paying our share of the
ally. One pair of mule s pull a load c °st of the roads, and our children
of 1266 feet of green lumber. Farm a* they come to manhood will pay
\alues in fhat section have increas-• iheir share of the cost of their con-
on d n average of 106 per cent in struction and upkeep. The roads
"I tried to call upon (the last eight vears. are to be permanent, and I see no
vou. w hile\in Walterboro recently, but your mud stuck) us un : man reason why those who come after u-«
* \ . - 'nought 3«»6 acres of land fixe m
so we lost tor much time.” fan we expect people from outside
this proposed bond issue down at this time. The need is so great.
Only a day or so ago. the editor had a letter from a gentleman
in the upper part of the State, who was making a hurried trip
to this county, and in that letter he said:
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the result of the European war ton
raging, said 'it must be a pear ■
without victory.' So, as to this elec
tjen: Afterthe matter, has be •»
fully discussed arid a fai“>reciTdh ~r"
had, no matter what the result t
same, let uw all acquiesce iu it grai —
fully. Let not the succes^fnl Yr- r
not the losers sulk.’ If the bt>
issue carries, let us all. friends a.: !
opponents, work for its best succe
“While I believe the good ro?<i .
movement will make Chester .i b*--.
ter county to live in, in y ys t >
numerous to mention, yet if t:
movement tails to "in the approve'
of a majority of our citizens. tt>» !i
and county/ it certainly will not
a question of ‘All is lost, save Hoc
or!’—the old county will still i
good enough for tqe. for my ch -
dren and my children’s children a ...
ter me.. Let us. each for himseL.
after careful consideration of ti •
views both for and against the prop
osition ‘be Mife you are right, cotiii^
the cost and go ahead!’ and vote a
he thinks best for the interest, pre-
ent and future, of the county an •,
community which he has a good re\
son to be proud to calf 'Home.’ ’’
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♦ ■a-*******
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# LETTERS FROM
* THE
PEOPLE
from Charlotte for $!•
ne niyJc-s
»cre/$2.-
- ■"> for the farm, tefo:*; good/roads'
♦ *e built./'Th? good toad/staitel
h: way ;»nd b<* had Mi/ Chailes
acres
acre
>:>ratt ^0
-o?(t for *15 per
•v*ar b*, jo a
a* re/and The third yea
rejr for ? !5 pe: /utie'
m. in four >ea/s Dm
• n-lvau aitLvfon ;q> f!
A hicf
The
1
ne
next
$-5 per
sold 5 '
:is gav/
acres
• alia*
the county to tumc to us when our reads are in such mis^rab’t
condition, and can we get to them cn account of the same con
ditions? '
The Press and Siajidard would ^rgc those in every >eetk i
of tb.c c< unty who are ih faWtr »<i better mads to vote fcr th
bond issue and see to it that every voter who thinks lik
does the same. No good road’s advocate could do a better
work than to spend his time getting his indifferent and unin
terested neighbor to -go to the- polls <>n the 3rd of April and
vote for the bond issue. It will tie too late tc work foe
good roads in the county after the 3rd bf April. Regret- alter
that date will be unavailing, if you could have gone out and
gotten someone to vote for the issue.
COLLETON EXPECTS EVERV VOTER TO DO Hi> FI LL *°id ‘n Gastoma for sj. i t *adej
"v “*» fon of fertilizer and returned
\ ‘ V '• / home, a distance of twelve miles, be-
fore midday. Another trip wa;
made in the afternoon with another
»ntiie federal apptopria- 0 f »oo«l and a ton of fertil.zer.
Before the good road wa s built
and use the roads should not con-
. tribute their proportioEate part of
/ iOrtds < vaheir cost of construction and hiafii-
I^nance. The same reasoning ap
plies, it seems to me, to the building
of. public schools and ether pub':
utilities and m.-trumentalities.
'Objection ba* been urged to t!u-
personnel of the commission —They
are ea« h suc>'*-s-ful businessmen n*
the vefy/higheot ‘*p.- () f chr.ract^i
und abriity. It could be easily p >>-
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The Bond Lo*oe.
I notice in The Press and Stanc
ard an article from Mr. P. B. Acl*
erraan, of Cottageville. on the Bon i
Issue, and a reply to it by The Pre.-.
and Standard. I agree with them
both in part. Mr. Ackerman say-*
• hat all of our property will b>-
mortgaged for this money, which \
true. However, Tho Press an
Standard says it will be no more o
a mortgage .than our taxes, and *
agree to that, as we could have n<-
stronger mortgage over our prop
erty than taxation: so they are but.,
righ as far as that goes.
The Press and Standard refers to
th** bonds issue! by every railroad,
cotton factories and every other bU*
enterprise. Now that is all righ:
J for these big corporati9ns ‘ of imlc-
{fry to issue bonds ns, they are sooi
making money by which they ca
P’: • tor the ♦*.> >iblf to nam*' v> pocmI nu u. but . W >av while the pwb
e 366. / do not believe it possible to name lic roa ' is W0U,<I no, P a 5' onp P*‘on
G.xston V 7 *unity- Some ' -..rs . better. They are successful practical ^ or U! ^‘ furthermore. I hav.
goo<i road was bu !t ’from GasttdDa and able farrii-a*. ..pd busi’nes, m-n. i iearnei1 that in ,!ie fount ieft whi«!
a
to I n on' cku’cb.
'ectlopr arranged
t-r in Canon .a
-one left home n
A farmer >ri that
n buy hkr^fertiii;-
He * l^*e Hender-
the moruing w.th
accord of wood ou his wagon, whic.r
Each of them a;* 1 ‘hor est. aul - a*:d J
sufficiently paHiot : to willing’y de-1
vote his tinie and ability to the ya-l
terprise ^itii no other compensation j
in view than the sense of public
duty efficiently aud cohsc.entiuiis!.•
DUTY.
MEETINGS HELD LAST WEEK
using th<
• lions lor the five years and havY this
The following meetings were held
last week, and attended by small
numbers of voteis at each place:
Lodge. Thursday, addiesses were
made at the school to an gudien -e
composed of the school and about
25 voters. Friday art Rice Patch
about 25 voters heard the speakers,
and Saturday, about the same num
ber were present at Hendersonvilie.
8. !.. Reid. W E Willis and W.
W*. Smoak were fhe speakers o-i
he
performed. The rut of the Legisla
ture defines their duties and limits
and prescribes their powers. Should
they exceed their authority, the
courts will quickly stop them by in
junction; and should they fail to
plan approved by the secretarv s of could only make one trip a day and Perform their duties as prescribed
agriculture it must comprise a com- could only haul one-half ton of fer- b >' the act, then bv the equally ap
plete unit system of roads of primev*nizer. The road increased the propriate remedy of mandamus,
importance and not b»- a disconnect- amount of work he could do in a “Doubtless, the commission will
cd systrti) of short local roads. The a day four times.—Chester News. ’ akc some mistakes. No one man
department of agriculture will not;. _ . is infallible. No three men are om-
atlow a general mattering of the GREENY I L1.E ROAD* INSPECTED nisciont. I believe, that 1
funds to all of the counties, but will
only approve projects for those
In order that tbev might be in-
counties that will provide enough formed as to how Greenville county-
funds to construct roads of prime ,p*nt the money from her big bond
importance. It will be useless for iuae. a party of citizens from Ches-
these occasions, and argued strongly ..any county to apply for federal aid ter county, who are facing an elec-
9 # Y%., Y, *«,«**a * i r> i rv v j OR i J ^' * * * . . I _ . . ak I — — . X. a r ^ *
lilt* all
sensible men. they will profit by
their mistakes as they* progress.
While they will make mistakes nec
essarily. they should see to it that
they do not make the same mistak>
twice. That alone is inexcusable
for the bond issue.
FEDERAL
\PPROPRI \TU>N
GtM>D ROADS
EOR fairly
During the past week M. U
Homes of the University of South
Carolina, who is a member of ihe
commission, has prepared a State
ment covering the conditions under
which South Carolina may partici
pate in the funds appropriated by
the federal government for road
building Within the ptesent year
there will be available S215.422.62.
a like amount will be available in
1618; in 1616. 128:,230 46; in
1620. $356.038/6. being a total of
S1.0:;.l 14 60
weeks earlier and t<* save six week’s The following information ha^
feed is an Item that you fnlly un 'been given out also in regard to the
deratand funds: "These funds are available
such purpose
will be available.
on any load or rogd„ unless such tion on a bond issue of I45t» 66o ,n Greenville county we found the
road or roads are important and of went to Greenville county a few' cost of the top-soil ’and the sand-
good length, and preferably dav, ago acd inspected the roads be- v roads approximately the same
■'netting two or moie towns. For ing built. Thi* partv wg« enthu- "'hicbever road waa the cheapest to
a considerable fund siastic over the roads being built ia ronirt r«f« *as built, tbe question of
Greenville county. We regret we r 6l*tive cheapness being the iengin
* As to the character of the con- rannot give their report i a full The <fa e haul of either top-soil or sand
struction the secretary of agncul- following excerps from it will suf- * nd t,a >’ It seemed to me, a non*
has ruled that as long as the fice. however, to show what the-,
type of the proposed road in suited think
to the traffic conditions that no re * We traveled over two of the ma.n
strictions will be placed on tbe ma- no*ds of the county -one North and
terlala of construction
“Funds can not be u*ed through
the
The hog that fatens easily must
t>6 la prime physical tonditiop The
P. A. Thomas Hog Powder Is a con
fer use if the various counties onlr
towns or cities of 2.5oO inha-triunt-
except poitions w here, drouse- arc
more than 200 feet apart
"The government will not pay
more than SlO.OoO per mile exclu
sive of bridges over 20 feet spa**,
but State and county may jjj t 0
thi* without Umit.
th** »<bcr Sou'h Of Greenville—th«
Pimcombe atvJ the Augnsja -o.-i-l-
expert on road building, that
grading, surfacing, shaping drain-1**..
and rolling the new roads cllt | d tor Pre88 aT1U Standard:
more figure tha t i the
far
ditioner for hoga ft keeps their agieed to let the Slate highway
j “Not over 1.0 per cert can be used
when applied (oi the State highway for engineering
rommhaiou aflei the countie* have ‘ in order for a pro>e«q to be
r> ■< p*
i •ive’r
ro
a 1s 7 ;
a rp
w hat
are k.now»i
TOfv-<rij|
d-clav
road?
. the
greater p?/t te
inr
top
soil r
04 d«
Ve fntir.
d th.
» cost of
sand
'ax a
sd top,-«otl
refl.
ds
to he
about
The sjirc The
<O t X
f of
These
* O ' d -
3_y r
* 1.:
66
per
mile
n* n ^
■c> **im $'i
t'* is
the
ave*
age <
on 0?
g-ad-n? a
a 1 t
166
A t’ e
a v e* a
f ** ^0*
; a
omp!
etin
? ff
ap-
, . proved the State highwav «omaii«-
aygletp clean and healthy and enables cnmn:M.iJion !u»ve active charge of sion must have a complete .u vev
tnaper plana and estima*e-». > h.«win;
.clearly the proposed work
fnu'ds aie to iu* expended, and on j “Anv county
food. If* (the condition that the counties put
we took tbe ! least an eqnal amount in mor
road .
them to fatten quickly without faU
Ing a prey to the usual disease? of
hogs. The B. A. Thomas Ho-
Powder Is not stocu
straight „niedi*Dne aim
the ron«ti uction and maintenance
of the road or roads on which thcie
• v. labor or materials, and furtho’ of all federal a'd
to kind
- Funds w'll
.... . _ * - as wojfc pTre'ess*-* \.,
on junction with the equal fund. , ro;u , B jth .
provided b» tb«* counties
agency hecauve it enables you to
feed out votib hop* touch,earlier. V
Wlchmaa * Son. Wxlterboio. S r.
3*d A D. P.*d/» t’, t| ndet/on
♦Hie. * 4 Into.
Hon tO Plevent 4'tviU|>.
When the child is subject to at
tacks of cv«vup. see to it that he eats
a light eveniPy meal, as an overload
ed stomach may bring on an atfr k,
also watch for the fjrst symptom •
hoarseness, and give t'hambeilain’s 1 cover tha* coutruit.
Cough Remedy as soon 4s the child Heroic anv federal funds can be
beeomea hoarse.^ Obtainable cv-j obtained State highway rom».»*ion
*ry w **r*. . j asst map eut* a gsaeral plan f» r
failing to provide
f,, nds to maintain its roads so con
structed wil| cause the .w'thq-4*4.1
piovide funds for the proper main-* - No resfrt. lions
tenancy of these roads. As a gen-'i, ouri< of lilbo ,
eral propositton the federal fund.v x an<v * t |
twConjunction with the equal ft*"^
can only
he spent by contract, .let on com-
’ net it I ve bidding by the State high-
. way cdnRiiifpsloq; .
' State highway commja.xion < un
(let contract for the succeeding year
i before fund* become available to
and
ad
tor:
We can oi~t
rha’ see;Bg is be
took this t*ip
TOad> ruoven.en-
Or he: s of >■> **«
p.*t a f re- *he if'
each and ai|
n-i'st enthus;a>' .
p-opo«.,*ioB ■ ?*•*•*
standpoint. \\>
«rv. it
et ng
Wihft
funds for maintenance -i-os? f
vided or aaaumcd befuie fede
will be given
l ‘"In order that any count*
receive federal aid it nia«t. tl
its proper authorities, no* f* ih^
State highway commission stating
the road or road,* to be improve 1
and request that tbe higbwa* vn
gi ttee’-, ha ve a.I nececaary maps nur-
^Veya aid plans prepared and «tt-
r osv iu*'or.
So*ee of ns
of 'he goo»
>:e we left Some.
I'ppowed tp f*
-ir-J tr.ype. »;r.q
•‘^fereed ''onic
o f;,%or o' *he
* v e * r ros»:ht'>
'll f k #* Fv V || p
f cm jrij ft* rNr
wij* be *fe- del
t*eo»-’» o' f*i-c
'**•* thems«-'v<»
ea* bl«x%s,'nc ; l* ;
'o- »heni«e'v*;
r r*-*®. *-h9t
** we f- » jj,-'
Q’ , b'*vrj<el,*''«
there wt}| y* ~ n
ewestien whatever a#
•ill v#i« Tl
■!
of whKher the road was of top-soil
or <anri-clay construction.
‘ If the movement carries let tho
commission act ever so wisely, they
cannot please everybody. Many men.
many minds.* Many good citizens
and tax payers will not be Imme-
!lately on the new roads. The plan
contemplates building the new roads
iong the principal
Many ta*-payers will have t 0
travel a number of miles
• oe new roads. Some of them w iR
*>*e little, if any direct benefit
the begiBn.ng Tbe
< apt. Way "Agin" Rond 1«
am
has been lots sail
uc.
As there has been lots said- pto
and con .'.bout the bond is:;ue, 1 hav.
tried to weigh if from both start!
points the best i knew how, and tha:
issq.
I am convinced that tjre bond
is not for the best /Interest of the
county, yet we need good roads, and
there are other Methods that could
be reached ap.1 should have been
tried before bonding the county*.
I The bi, J Bavs theI< * "hit** be per
. «..? lf h r I n,ant,nt roa tl 8 built. What will yoi.
to * '“ build them of? Not sand and clay,
o tea. .1 Ti) ar f acl j, as demonsu^ted in
tb6 county already. * oh. say* sonic,
our road buildei-s did not know ho*
greater l tu mix sand and clay
* _ • . . ha ^ f 0 ! expert. whit about
two rears i n t hester before lh * 1 Wa * bu ‘ ,t ' 7rom Wr
dc-cent side-walk Jq/Tront of
t'.od for fhe greatest number h
considered .
It takes an
the one aia
’U'-ia'e
hope • hat be'•«»-<
of election when
al aid
v hether or rot »h*
fer eouet* vrifi
tna*
of *>rd en-o* th'« t
rough
evidence 0' prog-e
lad
'..v -esidence. only gejKng it irvt
?i>cr paving one-half of the c<-t
The g„od nxde ha? vc-t to
I » mp!y do not live o n on<
u'cu«t travgfed ft fl{ rh ^
1 uf'* the streete and side-
Y*. « aLeadY construe ted itr Iron--
1 P^plf-’s bouse? a great dei?
jve ^ be ,-ontept. an , f aiD „. n:
icing my t.me with raiience while
'Paying ny full share of taxe«
*nd vheie rV«!d r w>, S'-
the* will |cv oee-
ve* gate toe matte*- f c
If The* v|
' The. count*
♦ and j
' 1? Spendinr between
*0.060 per year on its
’ >,,r: *e good hag been accou-
]\i . d ■ Ml,fh tonrtiins to be done
u never can be don^iby piecemeal
vw the* afd spasmodic work
oro by an expeK gove: tiuit.
M»ad builder; how long did it !a‘t
Then ihey tell you that it won't h..
the poor mifn; that tiie bi^in.-
ate^ and, the <orpornt iull8 will p..
:i*ost of it. That may be *.
I-l did you nver take the tluir t
r ‘ | :nk that the bu?iness man and 5 V
corporation? in ar.v business tra.T
act ons add* .t |i-''e »** his
2E.! .n 'oag : i f.ie con>u
pay. tl'* b!, ;
A:?.' J ask in ;11 m riausneir. v*:
are 'icy.’ And another very u.
JK.'tMit 'f-ason why th* bond i?*-*.
Saould be killvd and that i» the'a>.
tional crisis that it facing the L'n.‘
ed States. W* tad kopvd that tk«
* H
li %
•ads * r ., k f#r . “Frtsidwat Wilt#*, i. ta—n- 4 1
waatkaj («MMaipd aa Fag* Fiv*.i
havv issued bonds they have a rev
miles of good roads where it is con
\enient lor automobile driving ;:nd
the balance of the roads are/lt.
worse shape than before the bond
w ere issued .
Also. The Press and Standar
thinks that we need information on
the subject of issuing bonds fo. .
-ood toads. Information of >h.
right kind is a good thing at any
time, but there are not many of out
citizens who do not realize what an
indebUes? like this would mean. 1
am glad, too, that I hav,e heard some
of the best intelligent thinking cit
izens of Colleton rounty expres*.
themselves against the 'bond issue
I am glad that we had Mr. Goodwin
to represent us in the Legislature
nd bring the issue before tbe peo
ple where we can vote as we see it.
1 think that every man is well in
formed on thiK matter and realizes
1 what an indebtedness of $500,000
would mean on nothing but public
roads. 1 hope that every voter will
I seriously consider tlxrs matter, and
j if he votes for the bonds dsn’t let
any one hear him grumbling abcu,
►* big increase in his taxes.
H. A. CUMMINGS,
Lodge,' S. C.
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