The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-08-17
Vote for tha 2.isge and You'll
Vote jght.

friends every day. The more the
question is understood the more it
grows in favor. Our people are be-
ginning to understand that the
amount they will be called upon to
contribute toward it's erection is 80
small that they will never miss the
amount and that there will be nobonds
issued to build it, but that instead q
one mill tax will be levied for three
Years to raise the necessary
money with which to do 30. They
are beginning to understand that it
will be q matter of simple economy
a pure business transaction-tor the
county to build this bridge. 1t
should be built at or near Wyse's
ferry. about seven miles north OF
this place. The advantages OF this
bridge, are also twofold. 1t will give
the people between upper or lower
Fork the benefit of another outlet for
the marketing of the products OF the
farms and q means Of coming to the
court house at any time. As q mat
Ter of public policy alone this bridge
should be buiit at once. The econ-
omy in building it is known OF all
men. In time it will save to the
county more than the cost of bull Id
lug it in tolls of witnesses and jurors,
to say nothing as to the costs OF
private Individuals who cross and re-
cross this stream many times year
going to and returning from market.
The toll for 2 horse wagon is 4O,.;
for buggies and 1-horse wagons 25c
each, and foot passengers Sc each.
It needs no argument to convince
he people who have to cross this
river to reach market and attending
to other business thst it would be q
great saving in dollars and cents to
vote the pittance tax Of one mill upon
their property, which would raise a
revenue of say 40c. per annum on S.
of actual taxes, or 81 20 for the three
years, to build this bridge rather
than to pay ferriage, as they have
done for long pumber of years,
while the county has provided the
citizens of other sections with means
to cross streams without paying q
cent of toll. It it is Just and proper
Tor the County Commissioners to tax
the people, who would be greatly
benefited by the bridge to build one
or two or three across the Edisto, or
Copgaree creek, or Hollow creek, or
any other stream in the county,
which we do not contend that it is
not, then according to oil the rules
If logic, OF istice and of equity it
follows that The county should build
this bridge. Especially 30 when q
large proportion of the cost of it's
would be saved to the
county in tolls for ferriage of her
officers while on public duty, and for
i,rors and witLesses. It is not right
for the county to provide for convent
sncies Of the citizens of one section
snd deny the same conveniences to
ihe citizens of other sections whose
necessity is as urgent as those who
have been provided for.
We kae@ that to speak about tax
alton for any purpose whatever is
unpopular. There are men who
would rather pay 81 90 out of their
socket than to be taxed 5 cents for
say public improvement, no matter
how meritorlous that improvement
may be or how much OF necessity
it is. 1t is not 80 much the act OF
giving as ii is the thought Of taxes.
Politicians have lately raised such q
hue and cry about taxes that many
of OUR people have come to believe
that they are already taxed out of
home and property and are upon
the verge of starvation. Such is not
the case, however, and if our people
will look back at the matter fairly
and squarely they will discover that