The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-08-15
AS TO THE ROADS.
Hey Denver is Somewhat RiIed
verthe Condition offhe RoadsN
I'm Santuc Township. -

Hey Denver is Somewhat RiIed
Over the Condition offhe ROadsZ
I'm Santuc Township.
II have a thick hull nut to be
cracked. The county campaign is
soon to be open and what are the
candidates for Supervisor and county
commissioners going to promise as to
the working of the roads. We have
been promised good roads for several
years and they are yet afar off. 1
would like for them to 60 over the
roads around here. Crops planted
to the vehicle tracks, water corroga.
ting them when it rains out of the
rows and big frog ponds in the road
and the bottoms grown up in bushes
and weeds as if it was an uncivilized
country. No need to make the plea
there is not enough money--we have
none too much money-but if it was
used judiciously it would 90 farther.
But overseers are allowed to do any
kind of botch work and get what pay
they ask. without the officers ever
seeing it. Some only work for the
money it seems and the authorities
ought to see the work before they
squander the peoples money on such.
l believe the roads can be worked
better with the money we have. The
roads in our section is a reproach to
the community, the county govern
ment laws and to the county. 1t is
possible to get men who want the job
of road overseeing for the money
there is in the job, and like nigger
do as little for that money as possible,
and get full pay for it.. What does
the officers know about the road?
Do they think everybody is strictly
honest and scrupulous? And there
are men who you would call sub
stantisl citizen, an honor to his
country, a great credit, one who has
the interest Of his county at heart,
yet will allow you only room for q
wagon path, not road, mqtilate them
in various ways, stop up side bitches,
if there are any, bank brush, logs,
rocks, ETC., over the tracks, turn
water in the road, and they know
that if those roads are worked it takes
more money, and perhaps they would
be the ones who would kick at the
legislature about high taxes and per-
haps dodge taxation by a low valua-
ton of property and keeping build
ings entirely off the tax books, when
poor man with only few houses
must put all on, and the poor man
tramps through mud across the bot
toms instead of having aplace fixed
to walk on.
Now there is notice to overseers
in the papers to work the roads, open
up all side bitches. et,., cut brush
that have grown over road. Phoo!
suppose we have no side bitches, but
people are plowing where they ought
to be. Suppose they are not used to
cutting bushes. Let us get the edi-
tor to blur that notice SO we can t
read it, for if it is like those hereto
fore it 10 paying for an advertisement
that means nothing, but show.off:
Why do not more try to get a job as
road boss, it must be soft place and
tolerably fat; anyway it is hung on
to with q persistence, and many OF
those men are going to work for a
continuation of this kind of manage.
ment, mark my words and see if they
don't. They don't want to lose their
jobs, and soms Will probably have
mules, wagons, etc. OF their own on
the road that is not needed, but doing
only enough To say they were there
90 they can get pay for them.
would not ask anyone to take my
wordsfor it but for the condition O
our wagon paths ] ask you to com,
down and take drive over them. /
they. can't speak, they are simply
| dumb. so r1!n &'Et :
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