The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 19, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1015.
MR. HANEY'S OPPOSI'liO.N
Mr. R. G. Haney, in thi i weel
Times, opposes the $200,000 bond
sue for the building of good roa<
We cheerfully publish his letter, a
must say that he has conservative
stated his case and we believe in
i runjv. net* uiscudddiuu ui uhj Jiirttu
We throw open the columns of tr
paper to the fullest discussion of .
public questions, irrespective
whether we believe in the princif
advocated or not.
As to Mr. Haney's contribution, ^
have this to say:
1. He is entirely correct in the p
sition he takes as to the poor resu!
btained in the past for the mon
spent on the roads. He is correct
fro the poor roads obtained in t
construction of the macadam roi
He is correct in the assumption th
frequently the mud has been wor
after than before working. He
correct in the statement that 1
have spent more and more on t
roads and without getting adequu
returns. In reply to these fact3, 1
beg to submit that it is no reason i
i'ving up because of the past failur
Past failures call for a change
method, not a surrender. And t
bond issue is a radical, compli
kange. The commission appoint
for the carrying out of the plan a
aot office holders, they have no j
litical debts to pay, they are go
business men and, if the issue carrii
will serve without pay. The wh<
plan is outlined in the bill. The pt
pie know just what to expect. <'?
tainly past failures should not ma
0 give up in despair.
We will, for Mr. Haney's henel
publish next week the amount of i
debtedness of Union county. His i?
ter came too late for us to get t
Igures for this week.
The question of increased taxes
vaised by Mr. Haney. We have st
ted before and state again: the i
orease in taxes will be 20 cents
ach hundred of the assessment v;
UMV1UII |iUV UI I JUUI IJ. X IIC4V
if your assessment is $500 you w
pay $1 a year more taxes than y
ow pay, if the bond issue go
through. If we are not willing
fay that, why, the thing to do is
vote against it, and that's all the
is to that.
Mr. Haney says if owners of aut
mobiles and motorcycles want gc
roads, let them build them. We ha
already pointed out that they w
pay more than three fourths of t
kax. Hut if Mr. Haney had seen t
4 mules hitched to a wagon th
pulled into Union one day last we
with two bales of cotton on the wa
he would see that the farm*
eed roads worse than do the mot<
cycle and automobile owners. O
mule could have done what the fo
did, and in less time. There wc
three mules working an entire d
an a tribute to mud. It costs abc
BO cents a day to feed a mule, tin
was $1.50 wasted, to say nothing
Ike farmer's lost time. We beg
say that in our humble opinion, t
farmer needs good roads more th
aay other man in Union county,
is paying the highest price to t
tad trust of any living man.
As to unborn generations?If
work and save for a life time a
leave my child the entire net eai
ings of all my effort, I don't see ar
Iking wrong with leaving my ch
some of my problems. I must <
and go where mud will not be
froblem. If I leave the good roa<
1 seed not be troubled about leavi
wme of the tax that produced the
S Besides, my child will probably have
? a much larger need for the roads
IY than I, and should, for that reason,
i pay the greater part. Certainly
? when I leave all to the child, the
^ child should not grieve over having
to pay some.
~ Bdt Mr. Haney and I are exactly
together, after all: He says,"I would
in, not mind a little extra tax if wo could
have the good roads." That's just :he
_ way we all feel. And if you will examine
the bill passed by the legisla00
ture you will see that we have been
BO .safeguarded in every possible way.
25 1 heartily believe we will get our
? money's worth and that's why I am
favoring the bond issue.
00 But it is free discussion. Our col00
umns are open to one and all.
or ??ss
OPPOSES BOND ISSUE
R. G. Haney Reviews Past Road History
and is From Missouri On
8" Question Now Before People
ig
Union, S. O., It. F. D. No. 4.
id * Feb. 17, 1915.
q. Mr. Editor:?As you say your col/
umns are always open to anyone
c who desires to express their views
on anything. So will ask you for
rs> a little space to express myself on
the $200,000 road bonds.
4 First, I am a farmer, and if anyone
in the world needs good roads
l0_ it is the farmer. But we will never
have good roads no matter what is
done to them, as long as it rains 2
?~ or " months during the winter, and
*{S they re traveled.
I'll go back to my first working of
? the road as a 16-year old boy. AU
persons living in certain sections or
boundaries along the roads, appointed
an overseeer and a warner. The
warner called out all the male inhabitants
along the road from 10 to
ls" 50 years. These had to furnish
^s* their own tools (the county did not
nd furnish tools then). The first work4y
ing was done the first of the year,
a so the roads would be in good fix by
L>1* March Court. The law required from
. * 3 to 6 days work from each male
1,s of road age. Of course, about 3
a'l days was the average, not many
of worked 6 days. Most of the work
,le was done when it was too wet to
work on the farm. The next work
was done during the "laying by season,"
so this was the last work done.
But the roads then were never in the
fix that they have been for the past
Its 3 of "4 years. They were worked
ey that way for several years,
as The next thing was the voting on
tax. Then money began
, to be squandered on road working
1 ' Not that I am accusing any of our
ia^ coYYimiss'ldners or supervisors of
se being dishonest. Things went on this
is way for a While and that was not
we enough money to squander and a
$2 road tax was passed, bringing in
the 18-year old boy who was not aJlte
lowed to vote. Another case of
wc "Taxatipn, . .without representation."
'or This lasted for about 2 years and
es was repealed as to the 18-year old
o1 boy, because people kicked too muen.
^ After taxation came into effect, from
1 the $1 tax ,on up, overseers were
appointed' by commissioners. These
ed overseers hired hands?the greater
ire majority of these boys, who spent
jo the- -greater part of their time sit
0(j ting down resting, instead of working.
These were paid about 60 or
eSr 65 fc'dnts p&r day, when really, they
5''- were not worth 25 cents a day.
jo- About the time "taxation" came
>1*. in thp ehninfrnnfr law alcn oarno intn
ke effect. The chalngang forces worked
with moles, scraper, etc., at an expense
of about $25 a day (this is just
a rough guess, for I do not know the
n" exact figures). During this time the
it- width for the roads was cut down to
he 20 feet. On hills four gullies were
made instead of two.
is The next money squandered to m>
knowledge was on the macadamizing
a" of a road. About $10,000 was spent
n" for machinery for this purpose. In 2
ou years' time, with the help of ^he
al- county chaingang for 18 months, just
IMPOR
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I take this method of annoui
o- BURG," the REGISTERED PE
?<l ing to Mr. Allan Nicholson of
vc from Monday, March 1st to Junt
il! owners of mares, who want thei
he as pleasure, to call and breed thei
By crossing native mares with
him the very best I'ercheron blood,
more than your mare, be of a stylisl
ig- hoofs so many people dislike, and th
;rs still make an excellent harness animal
ir. This I know, as I have seen manv su<
nt As you doubtless know, I ha
ui handling horses, so I know a real
re it may interest you especially wh
ay this young Percheron Stallion,
>ut merits and qualities, and becausi
iat igree showing the best Perchero
of reasons the Service fee and te;
to very moderate.
h,: I have absolutely no financ
an what I will make from the small
ing and caring for mares broug
he special attention to such as are
that more and better horses be rj
1 that this can be done by this Stal
n(l will breed your mares to him t
]y~_ STOP AT MY ST API
ild .
A. B. BR
Z BRICK. STABLE
' i
about 4 miles of road was constructed <
at a cost of about $100,000 (this is (
another rough estimate of cost.
Would be glad for some who knows '
to inform me). The machinery is <
torn up and scattered all along the
road, from Forest to Union, and am
told that this road is about impass- 1
able. ,
The next great expense to the
county in road building was the
traction engine and scrapes, which <
cost about $3,800. This, if properly ,
used might prove beneficial, that is
with competent workman, who will
attend to their work, and not those
who will jump off their scrapes and
run 100 yards or more into orchards
along the roads, in summer, eating
fruit instead of noticeing their work.
The cost of running this is about
$25 per day, besides tearing up $25
dollars worth of bridges per day,
thus giving the road jobbers extra
work of repairing bridges. All of
this time there has been regular road
:-u i ?Hi ? ? 1--1? i?-* J
juuueis guinea, nuies, unu^es,
etc. It is the commissioners duty to
see that these are fixed and to pay
what the work is worth; not for some
one to fix them and make out his owi.
claim for what ever he wants and
pet it; the commissioners never seeing
the work. We have had some
commissioners who, I doubt averaped
poinp over the roads once a year,
and perhaps some of them have never
seen a few of the roads in the county
in their lives. If they were to meet
some one who told them there was
a bad place in the road, they would
say. "y?u po fix it, make out your
claim, and we will pay you for it."
Would be glad for some one who
knows, to state the indebtedness of
Union county. Doubt if it could be
enumerated.
Now is the time for the people's
eyes to be opened, not wait till next
fall, when they po to pay their taxes,
then curse out the law makers, etc.,
on account of hiph taxes. This matter
is left with the people to decicvs,
whether or not the $200,000 bonds
will be issued.
If the automobile and motorcycle
owners want such pood roads, let
them build them. They are able to
pay taxes for pood roads.
Have found this to be true, the
more money and tools the county has
the more mud we have in the roads,
for the more you stir clay, the stickier
it is. If you want plenty of mud,
just vote for the $200,000 bonds.
I don't believe in votinp taxes on
unborn people, and this is what you
do when you vote for the 40-year
bonds.
I would not mind the little extra
tax, if I knew we would have pood
roads; but it seems the more work
is done, the worse the roads are.
As to the chainpanp, their work
looks pood at the time it is done, but
how bad it looks when it sets in raini'np!
Most of the roads worked by
the chainpanp are the worst roads
in the county.
I am not tryinp to blame any of
the county officers, for I consider each
of them my friend. Just want them
to keep their eyes open.
If any one can prove to me that
I am wronp in opposinp this bond
issue, why I am open to conviction;
but I will have to be shown, as I am
from Missouri alonp this line anyway.
R. G. Haney.
Dr. Maddox Read Paper Before TriState
Medical Society.
On Wednesday and Thursday the
17th annual Convention of the TriStato
Medical Society of the Carolinas
and Virginia was held in Charleston.
The sessions took place in
the Charleston Hotel, the official
headquarters of the Society, of which
Dr. Edward C. Register, of Charlotte
is the president. Leading practitioners
of the three states were in Charleston
for the Convention and several
distinguished guests read addresses.
Dr. Theodore Maddox, one of the
leading physicians of our city read a
paper before this distinguished assembly
entitled: "Tuberculosis Hip
Joint; Report of Case."
The widow of the henpecked man
can look as sad as any.
TANT!
icincr to the Dublic that "SWATZ
IRCHERON STALLION belongthis
city, will stand for service
i 1st at my stable, and I invite all
r mare to be a real profit as well
ir mare to this fine young stallion.
this I'ercheron Stallion which has in
you will get a horse that will weigh
t, blocky type, without the very large
at while able to do heavier work will
for driving to your buggy or carriage.
:h horses from I'ercheron sires.
tve had many years experience in
good one when I see it, therefore
?en I tell you I recommend highly
both because of his individual
e of his inherited worth, his pedn
blood in the world. For these
rms fixed bv Mr. Nicholson are
ial interest in this horse, except
I and reasonable charge for feedht
to be bred to him, and giving
sick and lame, but I am anxious
*ised in this section, and knowing
llion, I hope you and your friends
his season.
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Bitten By Mad Dog.
Gaffney, Feb. 16.?The family
Officer C. M. Painter of the pol
force and the two children of 1
White, Who lives in the same nei|
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FURNITURE
Phone 187
SANDERS BROS.
FANCY GROCERS
Phone 237
MILHOUS DRUG CO.
"THE REXALL STORE''
Phone 76
JACOB COHEN
CLOTHING AND GENTS SHOES
Phone 18
McLURE MERC. CO.
Phone 114
EDISONIA THEATRE
Phone 184
some days ago, and the peculiar actions
of the animal led Mr. Painter
to believe that it was afflicted with
lice rabies. The dof? was killed and its
Mr. head was sent to Columbia to Dr. F.
ph- A. Coward, who announced that the
log animal had hydrophobia. Six of the
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Painter children were bitten, one
grandchild and two of the Whites,
making in all nine personsT A doctor
is treating the affected persons daily
with the Pasteur treatment, which he
receives every day by mail from Dr..
Coward.