The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-10
TIE. COURT HOUSE FENCE.
RECOMMENDATION OF GRAND JU-
RY SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT.
Questionable Advantage Of Using the
Court House Yard as a Hitching
Place-Plea for a Monument.
Written for last week. }

Editor County Record
at the request of County Com
missioner S J Sipgletary l will en-
deavor to raise my wee voice as to
the court house enclosure, but if |
regulate my tones in proportion to
the number of square inches l
would be entitled to were the court
house square divided up among the
taxpayers of the county "dlvll a
bit" would it reach the moon.
Mr. Singletary is correct when he
saws that the people, i. e., the tax
payers, own the court house, the
surrounding square and the public
funds of the county and that they
should have Il lively interest in the
management and the judicions ex-
penditure of the latter. Yes, the
humblest taxpayer, living in the
most remote corner of the county,
has an equal right with the county
supervisor or even county COM
missioner himself to the court house
ward. He has the same right to
hitch. feed or Craze his stock that
citizens IF Kingstree have to con-
vert it into pasture for mich
COWS. But have we not enjoyed this
feiicitous state of affairs long
enough, ard is it not time to make
change:
For the past two years at least We
have been edited with the dainty
spectacle of the wandering Gypsy,
with his one-eyed, skinned up plugs
running in happy abandon over the
yard; the bow-legged "nigger" with
his one-horned OK, hltched to the
front wheels of some old buggy, as
it browzes around on the feed from
Il taxpayers buggy; the African
squaw, with her cypress scole smoke
and her great tub 'of spoiled fish,
squatted in the most comfortable
nook of the yard-all these and
more We have seen, and they seem to
have not only an equal right, but,
withal, a special privilege, and have
taken their half right out of the
middle. They seem to vie with one
another in conducting to the glad
someness of a popular occasion and
have contributed largely to the
comfort and convenience not only of
the taxpayer, but likewise to that
of the judge and the jury by the
puffs of smoke, together with the
great whiffs of savory aroma from
these same fish constantly borne III
through open window on the wings
of the morning zephyrs, causing the
Judge to smack his mouth and the
jury to agree to disagree with all
despatch in order to make their
escape. ~
! Now. in all seriousness, won Id 1t
not be better for us all yea
cheaper for the Taxpayer who lives
25 or 80 miles away-whilc visiting
the county seat to put our stock
safely under shelter (where they
should be) even though it may cost
10 cents? And let Us at once
abolish this eyesore and nuisance,
Clear off the yard, bcautify the
ground and place an abundance
of comfortable seats conveniently
arranged, ,,where taxpayers who drive
in from rs or 80 miles off tired and
and thirsty may rest comfortably
and not be annoyed with the horrid
stencil and innumerable flies conse-
quent upon the congregatlpg OF SO
much stock in one small space. Yes.
he can leisurely stroll around
over the healthful ground dis
cussing the topics of the day
while admirlng the beautiful and
, substantial iron fence, toge ther With
the handsome nor ument (Which will
follow erected to the honor and in
memory Of our glorious Wade