The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-08-03
For the Times.
Argument for the Fence Law.
BHowN's STORE, July 2Ot

| p'o"N ) oTORE, July 2Oth 1871 .
MIR EDITOR For some time have been CON-
| temlhating an article for the TINES, upon the,
proposed change in fence system and rs VIC.
arc haVlng a hne rain, and in just the right time,
am nj leisare and will make the effort. ALL
radical changes meet with more or less .apposi-.
.ion' ana TO overcome this, which is considerable
IN portions OF the County, give you my views,
whlcn think arc sound, based as they are upon.
simple and even handed justice TO all 1t is
! hardly worth while to go into statistical analy-
SIS OF The cost OF fencing our crops it is enOugh
TO say that 1t takes 700 panels of fencing to eaola
hhcai mile, the first cost of which will be, in,
| round numbers, Los. Upon this it is easy to-
see 'hat TO enclose one section it will cost $420.
NOW hnd the square miles in the County and
double for cross fences, and see if half million
uoiihrs VIII cover the cost of fences in Union
county alone The fencing of our crops rs ev-
cry one knows who has it to do, costs in five years
ihe value of the land to prove which bring
forth the fact thai, to have cleared, fenced and
cabin and buildings erected upon twenty
hVe acres OF land, (thc land owner furnishing Tia
lih'ber, tenant will demand the whole of the
hrst three crops-by far the most valuable the
lahd VIII cvcrproducc, ucc,-unmanurcd-and worth
The price of the land. The garden, out houses
and dwelling, and much of the fencing will need
repairing the fourth year, when you receive it,
ana from thence forward the expense increases
yearly. when we take into consideration the
increasing demand for timber, caused by our
ny, oas''S Hiics OF rail- wny, the demand for
building purposes, carriages, wagons, agricultu-
raj implements and mechanics tools, il is well
to consider and sec if not a set of Vandals,
"othS ana Huns, III respect of timber waste, cs-
Pccaiiy as we waste ii without one single sound
practical reason for it and the generations comM
ing on VIII say. if we continue this system thai
Their forefathers were simply set of consum~
mate asses-and they will say justly.
lheh, throwing aside the unjust and uncalled
ior losses entnilcd upon railroad companies, in
the wrccking Of engines and cars by cattle upon
their properiy-and strange to say, the cost Of
.ne cattle, too-wc have in the trcspass Of cat
te on the right Of way upon our roads one of
'hc greatest and most frequent causes of the loss
oi human life known 10 civilization rendering
rai'rond travel ten times more dangerous, and
re'ardinS schedule time TO the anRoyancc and
loss OF time-which is moncy--to the public
by allowing cattle to run at large at least one
'eh'n OF the crops are destroyed yearly, causing
me killing OF onc-tcnlh of the stock annually,
mn" M ohe-tenth more to bc spent in law suits-
ih'n Icuds spring up among ncighbors which
arc handed down from father to son in many
Instances causing bloOdshcd and even the ami
hllati"n Of whole families hy violence
Starving cattle break into fields of corn cot
Ton "r wheat they are abused or killed the
owner 'ays u YOU, build up your fences the =
other replies bn'll yours, arsl there's the rub Z
Io! there IS not ~ day five consecutive rods of