Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-08-01
CORRESPONDENCE
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
VIII Not Be.

MIR. EDITOR: In your issue O.
the 25th inst, a communication
= signed "Less Taxes" complains
and justly too, that Greenwood if
working to slice off a portion o1
: the grand old county of EdgeGeld
to form a new county. While we
would dislike to see old Edgefeld
dismembered yet it is not Chris
tianity nor brotherly love 10 deny
others privileges and conveniences
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 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 possi-
BILE objection. 1t 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?
LIST. 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 Quilted 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 6
would simply equalize taxation
and would carry out one Of, the 4
Alliance demands, Equal rights 3
@ all and special privilege to 10
none: sss,s,s !: 3
0urc co1nties Te aiI. q TOO soo ag !:
Ind to remove the only plausible 4
destruction, that of bridges, ferries, +
tc., would cause the State in few p
ears to have thrice the number of "
ounties that she now has, and in a q,
he end would make taxation light " "
r, build up more and better
chools and churches, lessen the fc
Expense of criminals ioy melting c
ut justice more swiftly. There Il,
re many other reasons why the d D.
ounties should be smaller if taxa al al
on was levied by the State for the NJ
urposes named, but this article is pl
OF intended to enumerate them OF
j, but to get it before the think ~ ~
g people of the county and State. wi
be objection to the formation of go
ew counties would then Danish
ke gossamer before a gentle IN
'eeze. Any section that wanted A. A.,
new county of not less than a Or,
nited area of, say 400 square erl
lies, and not reducing any other tn
unity below the minimum would OF
ID no objections and feel no en- W., .
rrassment to go to the Legisla- co,
re to have it set apart to them, l3t
divided they would tax them {
yes to erect their public build IL IN
ys, courthouse, jail, etc. 1so M
Edgefeld is one of the largest age
mites of the State, and many of ]
citizens are so far from the low
urt House that in order to trans l
any business will require two ven n
three days to make the trip and of
urn. Jurors are forced to serve del
State and county from the re- to
tie corners at an actual expense " WY Mm
themselves, besides the loss of o4,
le from their business at home. roa
Now, in conclusion, will ask 7
: prospective lawmakers to give con
Sc suggestions their earnest ; !ne
and discuss the issue tho
the stump before the people,
when the lawis enacted we can
Ike out of Edgefeld four coun-
cornering each on the pump
he Edgefeld park, and name
m respectively Butler, Tillman, T,
bert, and Zimmerman, and Pof
le of Edgefeld town grand oo,l
city. ol,,l
WYATT H. SEIGLER. 11+L
old Spring, S. c., July 26. is G.
18th
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