The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-03-31

seer7 No! The hands2 No! The fault
is with the systematic law. Then tne
law should he repealed and new law
enacted that will provide for the
working Of the roads by taxation and
not by labor after the fashion of an
old time Io"'-roling. Then oversccrs
could be employed who would max"
road bwilding IL study; aud then we
wouldn't have to wait for wet spell
to come alon" in order to "et-the mud
holes filled up with more mud.
We will never have any roads un-
der the present law. IT is clumsy,
oldfaShioned, and impotcnt. 1t has
been tried decade after decade and
The best that can be said Of it today
is that it is failurc---a failure com
plcte and final. a waste Of money, 4
waste Of time, but roads. cruel
sacrifice Of horses and mules and the
tearing up Of vehicles are some Of
the fruits of this law. Then why tol-
crate it any longer7
The only sensible and only feasible
way of improving the condition of
our roa.t> is {, levy per capita and
property tax and let ont The roads
by sections or by districts to conirac-
tors: but before this can be done it
must be enacted into law.
NV fellow carriers. nave reach
ed tie object cr this call to YOU. 1t
is to ask you To join in a crusade for
mcnt Of lax which vii! provide for
t9lc levy of per capita and a pro-
pcrty tax. How can this be done YOU
Sav' Well, this year is known in the
realm of polite; - campaign year
and :ig' now is The '::Eo 10 set on
| foot Il good ROADS rnmpaign. We
mus! get toacthcr en- on next holiday
The 30th of May and organize and de-
mand that our plan Of road working
be made political issue. We will ac-
ccpt no halfheartcd promises from
candidates for the Legislature but will
require Of them il written pledge tha;
this law Will Ic passed: nd the can
dilaiGs for supervisor anh for sub
supervisor will be pledged to STRIFE.
and impartial administration Of this;
| la".
We vii nave no Slrtn. Lut we will
j know our friends. We will vote for
those who favor and advocate ROAD
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against those who oppose ii. When
asked by our patrons or any one else
for our opinion with regard to the
position of any candidate on the road
question we shall feel free to ex-
press il. We can do this without in
curing the displcasurc of the p. G..
Department.
There are twenty-five Of us in New
berry county and we penetrate into
the hooks and corners Of every neigh
borhnod and rub shoulders with every
crossroads stor1-keepcr in the coun.
ty and out Of all these there is Il
reasonable hope that we can interest
enough Of them in our good roads
plan to send it down to the next leg
islaturc in safe and friendly hands.
Now in closing let me ask you if
you couldn't give more prompt and
efficient service To the department and
10 your patrons with greater comfort
to yourself and the poor, dumb but
faithful animal that yon are sacrifice
ing if you had BETTER roads. If so
come to the court house on the 30th
Of May. Watcher YOU arc 4 member
of the carriers association or not.
come any way. This is a meeting of
carriers in the interest Of better
roads; there will therefore be no poll
tical gas bags invited to be present
to bare you with long speeches. We
don't need anybody to tell us about
the roads and the road law; we know
all that we want to know about them
and Il hi" sight more. Now don't stay
away and say that whatever The 9TH
ars do will be alright with You. If
most Of us should snow such indiffnr-
cncc tr"rc will be nothin" lone. Come
come if you don't have word to
say: your presence will sanction the
movement, your absence will imply
J opposition to it.
Yours for better roads,
r. e. Wicker.