The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-22
To "voa PopSli," K.q.
OFFICE COUNTY CoaNissro,

4 II
| .s&R Union.Co., March 10Th l876.S n 49,
MY DEAnsyox mus. really szcusskr
not replying to your.sfavor of March the mt
an earlier day; but indeed your "scRethi1 1in-
terestifg, Instructive ands amusiaf2 yAfs.ss
weak, silly and thin" shAt we could pplS Stsk a..
an idle moment to pass in our dernurv'lr q. '5-'S'
| NeN,ky OK, dear, yon must surely hayeeome
~ oddsie,,er dk "JdniusP and i'm a pps Siitcas
moment you have imagined yourself the Swift
badlymistaken, Yox. Unlike old Dean, you
are neitHer smart, brilliant, sarcastic. nor. last
out NOT least, are You oit witty. You are Just.
simply disapp9inted:y yoa want something and
the Populi wohPt appreciates you are evil, and
therefore to you "all things arc evil" Your
nature gives you conception oSthe maxim,
Ito the pure all things are puse SO you have
become sour and bilious; your liver must be
wrong, dear Vox-dare say you don't rest wslls
at night Allow us to suggest that you take Sim
mons Liver Regulators; get Mrs vox topIepare
you some light diet go early To bed, and risc
when well rested, (s the way the sHEn. givc'it a
Don't travel on the bad roads; get you n divan
chair and be carried around like nP:p," IN
hand, and perhaps you may live odt more than
half your days. .s-.....
We have been good deal puzzssd, vox, dcur.
to decide whether you wrote your "T11kt Red
advertisement because you 'tlioughtsit smart
or for the want ofcommon sense" nnd'the more
we studythe problem, the more has it become
hiuoen away IN smc.corper; = so in your next
faySr please give us sne infcnstionsNts -
'hinsns tlese wa anything shsft :a6oot Ike
article, for there is not hswh ole sAolur1h
single practical common scseoAd esti6n, OF
idea for remedying the evil you wolili complain
o,' ihen, again, the sentences, are correct, in
the main the photography is good enough, ands
don't show want of sense ;syet why. forSkhe life
| Of us we can't tell, yox, dear, (for we are your
friends nil you persta in trying to make a
Johrebehnd of yourself?
Let'us see If we can spossby swritc few
tences whilst we have before us your ..rare
piece of folly ~
In.Ianuary various bad places were reported
OH Roads and invariably the question was asked,
''can any thing be done whilst eycrything was
in such mre?' And we found, in aimo%
every case, nothing practical couldbe donennt;I
the weather settled and those concerned were
Informed that as the roads wcrc dry
enough weSwould have the bad places Worked,
and as soon thereafter as practical have the
usual Spring working done. The law provides
thaf ihe Gov My ConmisSiopers shall commission,
from the citizensliable for Public Highway du-
ty, sub-commssoners, who shall have charge of
their respective sections of'thc highways, and
work and keep in good repair the same, when
ordered 80 to do by the Board, not exceeding
SIX days in one year. Now ,SEhcn it comes to
tho knowledge Of the Board That roads need rc-
pairs, is it impractical t6 issue an order through
tho medium of the TINES or would it be better
ito ride round and give each Sub personal no
| tice? Would he do the workany better?, Thiss
.simple business advertisement" has piverr sat. .
isfacton for the past three years-so far rs sat-
isfaction can be worked out of the present road
law-exccpt in sections where Vox or some Of
his Popul live whose greatest soicitude seems
to bc to try all they can to thwart every plain
ana simple effort of the Board 10 do their duty
with as little expense to the County as possible.
Again and again, have we read your favor
dear Vox, in hopes of finding single practical
suggestion single horn on which to hnng our
troubles. but nothing but sPollgo 81 the
Board and SANDER for the Grand Jury.
Why didn't you call round ut the Office and
council with us? You might possibly have made
a suggestion. We are told that in the councils
OF many thcre may be some good The Board
would have been obliged to you for any pracli-
cal idea and then We would have had ample
time to prepare for that ''irst Monday on the
stand" Why not as you appear so round sf !.
appearing in front, have addressed q communi
cation to observation-disclosures. eXhortinc thcuS
TO obey the orders-instead of trying to make
them have contempt for the same-of the
Board, turn out with n will, and put the ronas
in good repair for the benefit of ALL But this
is not you. Unlike the good Samaritan, you
prefer to pass over on the ether sidc "clearinc
your skirts, gloating in your vile imaginuti,n n
Of "by the first Monday in March," seeing II @
"Iion. Board'' down, and all the Grand Jurv
born your brobdingnngng;s efrusion! Why not
discuss the many deficiencies of the present road
law-those only liable for road duty from 1S to
h, which In many sections does not give n sufr-
cicnt force to put and keep in good repair their
roads in six days during the year-the fact that
the tools on the roads are not liable for duly
neither are any stock or wagons. We have
known of several ub-Conimissloners attemptinp
to work roads with only hoes, and been told
those owning stock would not send them on the
road and It's matter of record that this Beard
has had to pay for an OK cart to haul few pine
brush to stop gully, and for wagon to haul
poles to make bridge over ditch not more
than two feet wide
Discuss these matters with n view to have the
evils remc1icd make some honest effort for the
true benefit of your county. But this my dear
Nox, don't seem to be your nature. 1t is much
more to your vtiated taste and liking to get be-
hind tree and throw dirt And then how
cruel to be dragging your "flth and slime over
our little nice game--'sort of clearing of skirts"
And Furthermore, how could you i! oh how
nttl a l.