The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-12
Good Roads Meeting at .,iounrain Springs,

Mr.. Editor: We had the best meet
ing ut Mountain Springs last Saturday
l ever attended. Every farmer in the
upper edge OF Anderson and the lower
edge OF Pickens County who didn't at
tend missed n rare treat
DIR: j. B. Hunnicutt, editor of the
Southern CultivatOr, made one of the
best speeches ever listened to. taking
for his subjects "good roads, better
farming and better school facilities
Io tio. say 9: d ne ala these subjects ample JUS
conclusion of his speech o vote wos
taken to express thanks to him for
coming to Mountain Springs. Every
body raised their hands and stood up.
The doctor opened the meeting with
prayer. He said at the conclusion of
his speech it was the best behaved and
most attentive audience he ever saw
or had the pleasure Of speaking to-
lie said we ought to have the seats
that we had anywhere in the school
houses for our children to cit on; that
the Bible was G farmers book; that
we ought to mako better crops and
permanent roads to haul them over.
When man gets out on the public
road he is in touch with all the United
States.
U. s. Senator A. G. Latimer made q
good speech On the subject of good
build them. Senator Latimer got us
the money TO get the rural mail routes
in these parts and belIeveif we stick
to him he will get the money to build
good roads. Lots be organized so that
we can step in first il he does get it.
he says one hundred Representatives
are pledged to support the bill in Con-
gress. ne thinks we should support
TINS by o-mill tax on property. He
look vote on the 6-mill tax and about
one-half the audience was willing to
bear this tax, He said the United
States government had appropriated
mll!lone to build good roads in. the
philippines and Porto Rico and thought
II we could pay taxes to build good
roads .n 9 foreign country We might
build them ut home and keep our
money. },
Congressman Wyatt Aiken said he
was the first man to talk about Federal
aid to build good roads. Since 1876 he
had been rOad Oyerseer, had changed
the roads around che hills, and believed
all OF them ought to be changed. On
the east side Of old Abbeyil!e there
was road that leads up and down six
long hills. The G. X g. w. r. r.
graded through this section and did
not equip it. The people are travelling
on this grade now in ten minutes where
1t took them one hour to go when the:
road led up and down the hills. He
advocated Federal aid to improve the
rural mail routes, and, thinks we will
Capt. Geo. w. Sullivan said he did
not know what the chairman means by
what the townships will do to get good
Chairman Captain, are yon willing
Tor inc money williamson pays to GO
to some other part of the County, say.
over about Anderson7n
. Capt. Sullivan-"No, am not. I.
believe in homo rule. want William
ston to have good roads as quickly as
any other part of the County.n D
Hon y. Belton Watson said to eG1-
cato the people that they need quick
to get their produce to market and we
Will have the good roads problem selv-
Supervisor j.. N. Yandivcr said he
was willing to purchase q good roads;
outfit. The Commissioners are only
servants OF the people, and want an
expression from all over the County.
he was IN favor of good roads, and
eald we are paying too much money to-
work the roads and next year we will
pc still doing the same for the same
kind OF work, and it will be go. as long;
as we have the present road sys-s
tenn. he wanted something better
lIhls system is too expensive. Psf
AqdltOr q N. G. BOleman said he
would rather have o permanent, ma
cademized public road through this
j Clerk OF Court John G. 81 Watkins eail
he was in favor Of better road sL ike
the speakers say, at the end the farm
ere have or will have to nav for the