The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-06
THE PUBLIC ROADS.

requires the Superintendent OF the
Highways to appoint the Overseers in
his Highway District, and to assign them
hands. The Oyerseers are required 10
have the hands.warned to work the roads,
giving them twelve hours notice Of the
time and place Of working, and the kind
of tool each shall bring.
All our citizens should be interested in
the public roads of the County. If the
law il compiled with as it should be-
great improvement will be made in the
roads, but we are sorry to notice that too
frequently the law 10 eyaded. While n
great many Oveizeers Try to do their duty
faithfully, others arc satisfied to call out
their hands and 10 throw up little fresh
dirt into The middle of the road in places,
and seems to try to see how coon they can
march their hands with their tools on
their shoulders from one end Of their
section to the other, unless tho SupeFin.
tendent of the Highways desjgnates the
number of days 10 be worked, and then
to SEQ now little cal be done in that
time. We have noticed instances Of this
kind In The past, but hopo that we have
no Overseers now but faithful ones.
Superintendent of tho Highways should
SEQ to It that the roads in their Districts
are properly worked. Where NIL Super.
;utendents, Ovorseers and hands do not
faithfully discharge their road duty, the
Burden falls unequally upon the citizens.
One Oyereeer may do five days work on
dissection of the road, and another Over.
seer not sc conscientious may only do
one or two days work on his section,
although needing work Just as badly.
SOFT ia important that Superintendent
oi irs Highways shoe.ld ioois closely
after this matter.
The road law imposes penalties for it's
violation, yet It is very seldom that one
lis punished for lis violation. A strict
enforcement of the law by the County
Commissioners and Superintendents Of
Highways will do more to improve our
public roads than anthing that can be
done at this time. It is too often The
case that County Commissioners fail to
enforce the. law because they nro afraid
that they would lose somo votes at the
uext election. As general rule the law
wonid be enforced more strictly if the
Office Of County Commissioner was an
appointive one and not an elective. one.
But Anderson County will not suffer in
this respect from our present Board of
County Commissi sioners, for they are all
fearless men in d'scharging what they
deem 70 be q duty. They have had an
abstract of the road law published and
sent to each Superintendent Of Highways
in the County, and several copies for
general distribution, 10 order that tho
people might be more generally informed
as to what is required. So those neglect
ing their duties In this respect may
anticipate, as for as the County Com.
missiyners can do SO, to see the law en-.
forced.
We think the road law of this State
Is deficient in some respects and ahould
be amended, but we think only by the
enforcement Of the law as it stands now,
can the roads be improved until better
systs.n Is devised.
Tho road law requires thnt all roads
shall BIO twenty feet wide, except those
leading 20 Charleston, Georgetown,
icssec!.:S4;=,bia, Hamburg or Cheraw. which
arc to be thirty feet wide. In great
inany. places in the County the roads are
not ten feet wide, caused by the farmers
,ploughisg into the roads, This matter
has been presented by the Grand Jury of
the County, aud should have the atten-
.tioh it deserves. !. In working the roads,
The Oversears should work them the
width theyswers laid of, no matter If It
destroya sss!:S corn aud cotton Of some
private Individual, for he had no right
to cultivate the public roads; aud If
necessary TO prevent such trespasses on
tho public roads, lot the Commissioners
prosecute aon,e of. the treseassers for
obstrupiing the public, Highways.
Free tuition In the South Carolina
College has become one Of the great
political questions o! the day. The
criticisms ON the Board Of Trustees of
tho College for making tuition free, has
become 20 grsas THAT Judge McIyer, Of
tho Supreme Bench, who Is also ca efcio
% member of tho Board of Trustees of
the College, has thought IL proper to
write Two sfticl les for The Ne.ps and Cbu.
siiss iii sdefsnie of ihe action Of the Board.
The fTst of thess articles no confines to
tho Constitutional queation. See 10 Of.
Art. 10 OF The gonsl slitntiUn reads as fol.
lows m tie Public sshools,9 Colleges
and UniysIaitie Of this stnte, supported
:in whole Of In part BY the public funds,
shall bs free and open 10 nll the children
and youths Of the State. without regard
To race or rcolos z II IS "a;
Jadgs tfcIses eentends that fse.Y lin
tsias cosinsctien, sticans without charge.
Col. . Edwards, oF darlington, and
others have MIsi Ieil on tho Same subject
and rontena ID That ises An this Section
l insana d frea 81 access. will not ass
Temp il lissnss thc Coass ;igaal snes
aiols now but must niess Tint 70 con-