Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
EDITORIAL INkLINGS.
Value of q Good Road.


1t is well known that the value of land is, to
some extent, dependent upon its accessibility to
market. Land situated close to a good road, is
always worth more than the. same quality of land
cut off from it by bad road but few persons are
aware how much this difference of location does
affect the price of land. We find good illustra-
tion of the value of good road in raising the price
of land, in the Country Gentleman A subscriber
to that Journal writing from Baltimore County,
Nd, says that a turnpike, six miles in length, is
now being constructed in his neigborhood. At
one end of the road, is tract of land containing
one thousand acres, which has been for sale for
several years without finding purchaser; because
the road leading to it was so bad that no one would
buy it, although the quality of the land is very
good. The owner has now advanced its price $25
per acre, which makes his tract worth $4,000
more than it was before the turnpike was COM
menced-a sum moro than sufficient to have built
the road. And from the experience of other sec
tions of the country, the rule holds good that q
good road will more than pay for the money spent
on it, by the additional value it gives to the land
it passes through. On the other hand, bad
road is very expensive luxury, both on account Of
its depreciating lands and the additional cost which
it throws upon those who are obliged to haul their
crops to market.oVer it. The wagons used upon
such a road are frequent visitors to the black
smiths shop, the loads small, and the extra time
consumed in hauling the crops would probably suf'
fec to put it in good order.
The U. s. Marshal for South Carolina.
Some time ago paragraph appeared in the
Charleston Ne,es to the effect that petition was
in circulation in that city, asking for the removal
of. P. NJ. EppiDg, as United States Marshal fol-
South Carolina. A few days after the appearance
of the paragraph alluded to above, Washington
telegram was published in the papers announcing
that the President had nominated DR.. Thomas Sim
for the position The Nesos Identifies DR.. Sim,
after the following fashion, and informs us who
lis:
'Dr Sim is understood to be a Northern gen.
tleman of some ability, who located IN South Caro-
lima after the war and engaged in planting. Du.
ring the war he was Surgeon in the United States
Army. and we have heard is the one who enjoyed
the distinguished honor of removing the leg of Ma:
or-G General Sckles, after that officer was wounded
at the battle of Gettysburg. Following the for.
tunes of General Sickles to South Carolina he was
for time, in one of the bureaus connected with the
Post after which he turned his attention to the
more charming pursuit Of agriculture. ~
The following paragraph, however, from the
Washington Star, indicates that the Ne1os may be
barking up the wrong tree, for one time, at
least: .
"Among the nominations sent in to the Senate
on Friday was that of w. Gilmore Simms, the
Southern novelist to be United States Marshal fol
the Districtof South Carolina. Oppositionismade
to the nomination upon the ground that MIR, Simms
took On active part in the rebellion, and tits doubt
ful if he win be Confirmed. -, ; ,,i -. -,.,,