The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-20
A Plea for Good Roads.

Coop IiOrE, s. e., June 10.
MIR. EDITOR: Will you kindly grant
lis a small space i'll the columns of your
paper, iii which to present to the Hon
Orable Board of County Supervisors
OF Anderson County the condition Of
ship, with the hope that they may see
tit to have some needed improvements
made on them.
We have refrained UP to the present
from making complaints with the hope
that our roads would be worked ont,
but rs very little work of any conse-
qucnce has been done, and as our roads,
! rs whole, are in n bad state of i'm,
provemcnt, and seem likely to remain
so, it is our conscientious right us tax
paying citizens to inquire why our
roads have not been thoroughly over
hauled and put in first class condition.
The middle of juno has passed and
July almost upon us; our taxes have
been collected, some paying S1,00,
delinquent tax payers paying $3.50;
and not withstanding all this not
single road has been worked over with
q scrapc, and as to convict labor, we
can scarcely expect that, as they are
utilized in the Piedmont and Pelzer
section, or some other portion of upper
| Anderson County. Now, such things
ought not 80 % be, and it is the duty of
the County Supervisor to see that we
| get good roads, and as we have elected
| him to that office, and as he promised
to give lis octter roads. VIC certainly
look to him and not to any one else to
give us what we ask
1t seems as though other portions Of
Anderson County have been more
highly favored, especially those living
OH the main thor0ughfarcs leading in
to Anderson, for n radius of about or
4 miles ont, therefore We cannot un-
dcrstand why it is that we cannot get
our roads put i'll the same good condi
tiOn.
Our taxes, as We have said, have al-
ready been collected, and yet i'll the
place Of the good roads that we ought
to get for it, VIC have only Il mere pre-
tcntiOn ut roads, i'll some places not
much better than an ordinary Indian
trail
True, our Township Supervisor has
had few deep holes filled up, but as
to any work OF any consequence having
been done, ncne has been. Now we
ask the County Supervisor to look into
this matter and see that our roads are
put in first-class fix. Last summer
and year before our roads were only
run over i'll August or September and
busted, and if such is what we are to
get this summer, we wOnld be glad tu
have the scrapc kept out, as such roads
arc worse than no roads at all.
Now, il wc have road law in An
dcrsOn County requiring all public
highways to be worked out and put in
good fix and rs we have paid our taxes
to the same and as the time has come
and passed when they should have been
worked out and rs they are needing it,,
then it is our right to demand that
they be worked or know the reason
why they are not, and to know what
has become of our money.
A prominent gentleman of Anderson
spent two days in the Corner recently
and travelled over all the roads and he
expressed surprise at -onr bad roads,
and said they were disgrace to An
derson County.
We hope that our Supervisor will sec
his way clear to send hands into our
Township and have our roads worked
out as wo are tired, yes, worn out and
disgusted, with what we have. Also
we would be pleased to see some places
widened, as there is scarcely room fol
two buggies to pass. The law gives 80
feet.
Hoping to get better roads ut very
early date, and wishing the same to
the rest of the County and thanking
you, Mr.. Editor,
We are, very respectfully,
j. NJ. STACKS,
AJRERT s Hn.-:I.