The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04
THE ROAD LAW.
More Sound Sense than We Have
Soon Elsewhere on this Subject.

Nlnety-Slx, s. c., Sept. 30. 1898.
You have such a fine display Of advertise.
for a little space for a rambling letter. 1 be-
gin by making n suggestion or two TO our
good board o t County Commissioners.
You know it Is part Of our nature TO sug'
Perhaps that is why it is written, "For pre-
cept must be upon precept, precept upon pre-
cept. line upon line. line upon line, here Ut,
and there a1e doing their 70 Sof so @e
and especially in that determination to not
60 beyond the appropriation made for them.
1t panied me very much last year 70 sup
port an appropriation to meet past inde6t,
ness. hope none of the future boards VIII
ever exceed their appropriation. believe
the law ought TO forbid II, unl less some ca lam
ity forces It and then II should only be done
by the Unanimous consent OF the county DELE
/ believe the present road law is the best
that we can get, and If properly en- forced oy
our Commissioners We will have as good
roads rs possible TO have In a hilly country.
think the board should adopt some spec
ial plan for working our roads and require
each overseer, the county over, to do his work
according to these requirements. For in.
stance, II after due consideration and careful
observation they think to ditch both sides OF
the road given width and to raise the road
In ahe middle so the water can flow from the
centre TO either side drain is the best, then
let each Commisslonerin his section OF the
county require the overseer 10 work that way
NShAS'
We will never have good roads so long as
every overseer works according TO his plans:
So many never think the matter over at oil
before starting the work.
Another suggestion Is, instead of laying
poles across the roads in fiat miry places on
creeks and elsewhere, that they Invariably
have rocks hauled sufficiently and the WORK
done permanently. that will last for genera
tions to come. This would be economy.
Thousands OF dollars would be saved to the
county in a few years. This pole work costs
considerably and soon they are washed up
We have q considerable amount OF this pole
work around here. II almost snakes mans
hat off bis head TO drive over 1t much less the
top of his buggy, and they are forever out OF
repair.
[ might add here that before expensive or
permanent work Is done let the Commission
ers see that the roads be placed where they
tainly remain for all time. Many or our roads
need some minor changes which ought to be
looked after, Some places made straight,
other placesimade to 80 round nils TOO steep
for a team TO pull good load up.
No doubt some will think l have written
too lengthy on this subject, but such is not
the case. When we consider the con Ienlence
of good roads and the thousands OF dollars
our people would save In wear and breakage In
vehicles 1t would be hard to say too much on
the sui ject. If I had not already said
enough on roads l would give a lew i"ets 10
prove that our road law is good one. but /
must desist. .
The next thing Of which wish
to speak is 10 urge our people, especially In
this community, where crops are so very
short. TO gather all the pea vines and hay pos
sble in order that the grain crop may be
made to 60 AS far In next year as possible.
have never seen such a hay crop before. l
don't believe there is a farm Of any Size In
this country that has not grass and vines
enough on 1t to furnish rough feed sufficient +
~ for all the stock On II, and 1t Is az much the
duty to gather II as any other crop raised on
the farm.
I believe that little money Invest
ed In gathering this crop will bring better
return than either the cotton or graip. Sure
ly our people will seize the opportunity.
All our people should raise some meat no
matter what his avocation in life may be.
Every family should have one or more good
milch cows.
AsI am getting lengthy, to sum 1t all up
mean this, let us all live as nearly as possible
on what we make at home and soon the great
Banks and money Kings OF Wall street or
the East will be unable to touch us with their
oppressive hands. This lovely Sunny South
which is afflicted to greater extent perhaps
by wild speculation than other section OF the
u. s. is awake TO her interests and soon she
will shake of that oppression. We must
keep our eyes open to wise legislation, and
send men only TO represent Us both natlona
and State who are known true and tried
friends. But we will never feel that ease and
liberty at home until we as whole people
practice lives of economy and work ourselves
entirely out OF debt. Henry J. kinard.