Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-03
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55iS stitUtes tho County Board, +, &, 5ss5

\ sttotss mo CoUnty Boa "
n, Messrs. Ed ditors:y AS stated before, that
q would in the near future, reply to Mr..
"a tley's very learned division Of tho
Prather; bridge, question, the "law,D
+ "'lneans' and "polioy" at Issue, 4 now
do; 80: q, N Il 4 4 q II 3 { u. I'D.
Al He asks If the Commissioners of Oco-
noe county have any authority 10 tax tho
people to build a bridge in Habersham
county, Georgia, aad says: "Remember,
no,e," (italics mino) "that the low water
mark on the South Carolina side of Tu.
galoo river 10 tho dividing limo between
the two States named above, hence Tho
boards authority stops at the waters
edge" ,i ,5.,. !, ~
Tho law says-Royised Statutes, Sec
tion il: .. y
"From tho State of Georgia South
Carolina is divided by the Savannah
river from It's entrance into the ocean to
tho confluence of tho Tugaloo and Seneca
riyors, t:le,:, q by tho confluence OF tho
TGgaloo and Chattooga rivers, thence by
lima line aforesaid, in tho thirty-flfth
degreo of North latitude, the limo boing
low water mark at the Southern shore of
tho most Northern stream of said rivers
whore tho middle of tho rivers is broken
by islands, and tho middle thread of tho
stream when tho river flows in ono
stream or volume" ...
''Romember, now," that the middle
thread of tho riyor Is tho limo at Pra-
thor's bridge, and that Mr.. IIaloy does
not know tho law.
"Romombor, now" that Mr.. Haley
does not know whore tho "board's arl-
thority stops"
The ncxt question Mr.. Haley asks is:
caro- tho pooplo able now to bear tho
taxation to rebuild tho bridge, especially
when ho 'remembors' tho county is al-
| roady somo five thousand dollars in dobt,
placed OH us by previous administra-
| ton.
"Rcmembor, now" that tho Prathor's
bridge was built by q contract with
| 1Iaborsham county and with sundry citi-
| IONS of Oconco who put money into it to
tho amount of somo sovon hundred and
fifty dollars, and tho contract with Hab-
orsham county was solomnly and legally
entered into by tho representatives of
each county, and duly signed and wit
messed at tho residence Of Col. Wilborn,
ncar tho bridge, and the parties who
signed tho contract to build tho bridge
and keep it in repair arc still living and
tho Legislature cannot annul or do away
with that contract, nor tho Supreme
Court, nor any othor court (oxcopt il
might DO Judge Haloy's court, Judge
Haley presiding, and Judge Haley plain.
till, &c., can set aside tho contract OK.
cept for cause, and thcro is no cause and
the contract must stand. Habersham
county can go OH and build tho bridge
and sue Oconeo and make us pay oul
part of tho expense and costs.
"Romombcr, now," that this will be
harder to do "with 4-cent cotton" thar
to repair the bridge, and, "remcmb, +,
nOw," also, that this identical Same Mfr
Haley was star of the first magnitude
in tho "provous administration" that Inc
says placed this five thousand dolla,
thcco are plenty of public bridges ant
good fords accessible, and that tho pco
pie arc poor, and do not pay much taxes
near Prathcr's bridge, and that tht
bridge is no use, but does not say VIII,
private citizons, being poor and sparsel,
| oh mt t1,a;, 49,.
own pockets, and pay about ono-half o
the cost of this expensive and useless
bridge. Who're has any other people il
the county dono as much?
The Tugaloo Valley, from Fort Madi
son to Brasstown, has had only on,
change in its roads in twenty years, ant
that to tho valuo of $74. Still he ere
mcmbcrs' "tho amount of money til,
county now has on the upper Tugaloo b,
reason of this samo Prathcr's BRIDGE"
The Tugaloo Valley from Fort Madi
son to Brasstown has mover had a con
vict on its public roads. Tho Tugalc;
Valley from Fort Madison to Brasstow,
has never had tho road machine in it
midst. Still wo arc bcratcd because, for
sooth, wo dare open our mouths and ;.sl
for portion of our rights. He goes OF
to say our people, who have sons a
CIm Ison, four own collcgo), pay toll t.
go to SEQ them, over Ravenels bridge.
Can anyone toll who Mr.. Ialoy' call
his own people, or who ho thinks own
Clemson College? IIo calls it their ow
college. lie evidently does not mean tn
people on tho upper Tugaloo or Chat
tOoga, for all they have been paying take
for its supporta long timo, and also hay
paid taxes to build $500 iron bridg
, at the lower end of the Clemson place
and haze not made as much fuss abou
, it as Mr.. Haley has about repairing one
half Of Prathcr's bridge at cost of so
$3.50.
Friends, when you go to Clemson, g
) by tho iron bridge. It is the best wy
and they don't charge toll.
AS for tho if not ungcntlcmaniy-a
[ least unwarrantod and uncallcd-for pei
sonal fliDgs Mr.. Haley chose to make q
: : me, would say that 1 have been in Oct
nee county as long as Mr.. Haley has, IN
+ pay taxes in IIabcrsham and he doe
: not, and am in need of bridge to til
Scott place as much as Mr.. Haley
graded and macadamizcd road T., Haley
storo. l have had nothing to 10 wit
bankrupting tho county, have alway
. paid my just debts, have helped bull
I two free bridges that Mr., HALEY and Fl,