Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-08-01
For the ADVERTISER.
A New Law Proposed by Which
the State, Not the Counties, is
to Build all the Bridges,
Work the Roads, etc,
Greenwood County
Will Not Be.

" Ill SOG Dc.
Mr.. EDITOR: In your issue c
the 25th inst, a communicate
= signed "Less Taxes" complains
and justly too, that Greenwood
working to slice off a portion o
the grand old county of Edgefel,
to form a new county. While W
would dislike to see old Edgefelt
dismembered yet it is not Chris
tianity nor brotherly love 10 deny
others privileges and convenience
that we would demand were We
placed in similar circumstances
nor can there be much love or sym.
pathy evinced by taking that
which will be the smallest expense
and leaving the burden on the bal
ance of the old county.
But there is a solution of the
problem, and one that should at
once be demanded of the prospect
i've lawmakers, and one too that
the State could not find any posi-
BILE objection. It is this, in a nut
shell, that the State build and keep
in repair all bridges, ferries, and
public highways. It should be
done through the supervisor as
now, but the burden should be
borne by the State and not by the
several counties as now. Why?
1st. Bridges, ferries, and public
highways are not for the private
use of the counties that build
them, but are free to all.
End. Many of the counties are
so gutted with streams that are
impossible without bridges; and
to build and keep in repair for the
public, requires heavier taxation
than the more favored section.
3rd. To have the State bear the
expense of building and repairing
would simply equalize taxation
and would carry, out one of the
Alliance demands, Equal rightsl,
o all and special priiyileg t.. /,
lone. 81
DUR counties are stI soe 9ar HI.
nd to remove the only plausible
obstruction, that of bridges, ferries. h
tc., would cause the State in few |
ears to have thrice the number of '
ounties that she now has, and in :
be end would make taxation light ,
r, build up more and better
,hools and churches, lessen the f
Expense of criminals by melting {
ut justice more swiftly. There I
re many other reasons why the !:
'unties should be smaller if taxa q
on was levied by the State for the n
lrposes named, but this article is p
ot intended to enumerate them o:
!, but to get it before the think =, ~
6 people of the county and State. W
be objection to the formation of e
w counties would then Danish
ze gossamer before a gentle u IL
eeze. Any section that wanted A. A.
new county of not less than pr
nited area of, say 400 square er
lies, and not reducing any other tn
unity below the minimum would OF
d no objections and feel no en- Nv w
rrassment to go to the Legisla- co
re to have it set apart to them, l3
ovided they would tax them
YES to erect their public build IN
ys, courthouse, jail, etc. 1e, S
Edgefeld is one of the largest ag,
mites of the State, and many of
citizens are so far from the lo1
urt House that in order to trans
any business will require two va, va,
three days to make the trip and of
urn. Jurors are forced to serve de.
State and county from the re- to
tie corners at an actual expense WI "
themselves, besides the loss of oHi M
le from their business at home. ros
Vow, in conclusion, I will ask
prospective lawmakers to give Col
Sc suggestions their earnest !ne ~!
sideration and discuss the issue ~, M
the stump before the people,
| when the lawis enacted we can
ke out of Edgefeld four coun-
cornering each cn the pump
he Edgefeld park, and name
m respectively Butler, Tillman, 7
bert, and Zimmerman, and d.
ze of Edgefeld town grand oo1
city. ol,,
WYATT H. SEIGLER. ~
old Spring, S. c., July 26. is
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