Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-08
GOOD ROADS RESOLUTIONS.

GOOD ROADS RESOLUTIONS.
What Exchanges Have to Say About
tho Recent Convention.
Mr.. Rufe M. Carroll Of Bullock's
Creek, made hard fight against any
proposition to levy tax In this coun-
ty for road purposes. He was hope
lessly in the minority and left the con-
vention. Mr.. Carroll Is good citizen.
but is one of the largest land owners
in the county. That perhaps is where
the shoe pinches.-Rock Hill Herald.
The proposition Of the York conven-
ton to sell the state farms and require
all able bodied convicts to work the
roads may be taken as instructions by
the York delegation, as the resolution
Of Mr.. Ardrey and adopted by the con-
ment in this county. Mr.. Ardrey's
statement that half million bales Of
cotton Is annually produced on convict
farms in competition with men who
are forced to be farmers, ought to
show the urgency Of the adoption Of
the recommendation. II the people of
the state could be made to understand
how hurtful to the states best interests
is the policy Of growing cotton with
convict labor the system would go with
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Rock Hill Herald.
The people Of York county are on
the right line to secure good roads, not
only for their own county but for
every county In the state. At con-
yention recently held in Yorkville, res
olutions were adopted recommending
legislative action In various particu-
lars looking to the securing Of better
highways. Among the resolutions was
one asking the legislature to have the
constitution so amended as to allow
townships or counties to tax them
selves to build good roads. A bill to
that effect was introduced at the last
session, but was voted down. II every
county will follow York's example the
law makers can be forced at the next
session to adopt such law. II the
people desire to tax themselves to build
good roads they should have the right
to do so.-Anderson Intelligencer.
We publish in this issue the resolu-
tions Of the good roads convention held
In York county few days ago. The
position taken In these resolutions Is
along the same line we have been talk
ing for sometime. A township COM.
missioner in each county to look after
the maintenance Of roads and the
abolition Of your sub supervisors; q
Communication tax Of two dollars, and
property tax of two mills. Then keep,
your changing on permanent work
and select road In each section OF
the county leading from the court
house. have your engineer lay It out
and relocate 1t and have 1t built per-
manently and according to some sys-
tenn. We do not agree with the resolu-
tions Of the York meeting which pro-
poses to let the tax from each town.
ship be expended only in that town.
ship, but a county tax to be used as
may do the most good to the roads Of
the entire county. We do favor selling
the state farms and putting the con-
victs on the public roads.-Newberry
Herald and News.
The people Of York county seem to
be more alive to the necessity and val
ue of good roads than the people OF
any other county In the state. At a
convention recently held, resolutions
were adopted recommending legislative
action in various particulars looking to
the securing Of better highways.
Among the resolutions was one asking
the legislature to have the constitution
80 amended as to allow townships or
counties to tax themselves to build
good roads. There is no question that
we talk more about than good
roads and there Is none about which
we do less. II we are to have good
roads the counties or townships must
build them. for with the states present
revenue it cannot enter upon the work,
even II 1t were desirable that 1t should
do so. We do not believe 1t will be
necessary to amend the constitution In
| order to allow a township to vote on
the question Of bonds for road pur-
poses. A bill Of that character was In
troduced at the last session and we
heard no objection to 1t on constitu-
tional grounds. If 1t is necessary to
amend the constitution it should be
done, so that the people who desire to
do so shall be permitted to tax them
selves to build good roads. 1t Is
matter the taxpayers ought to be able
to settle among themselves and II they
want to vote the money nobody else
ought to object. Those who opposed
the bill in the last legislature were, as
a rule, those who paid the least taxes
and who would have to pay a little
more If their townships had decided to
issue bonds, but that short sighted
class was large enough to defeat bill
which would have been worth more to
the state than any other introduced at
the last session. We are glad that the
people Of York have taken up this sub
ject and 1t is to be hoped that their ex-
ample will be followed throughout the
state, so that we can do something
about this most important matter-Co-
lumbia Record.
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