The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-03-27

not sell it is I,r plcaSes.
We are @IaT that DR.. Settler is dis
russin% the road bill, the supply bill
and the merits and ,lcmcrit$ Of a sv.S.
tenn of county supervisor AID county
commissioners for managing the coul.-
ty affairs. There can be no possibI
objection TO II full and free express
sion of opinion and proper discussion
will probably lead to good results.
We desire tn correct. however. an
impression which DR.. SETTLER seems ia
nave in regard [" the expense incur
red IN putting the chain Gang ON per
manrnt ruad work. The expense ui
the maintenance of the chain ynnm on
permanent road work will probably
be less than il was under The old SIS
tenn which carried tir chain gam"
from owe ~|rrtj"u Of tn" c,un'y IT, an
other.
According 10 information %rccriv-
2d from the county supervisor the
maintenance Of the chain "an" for
zoos w;lS abnu, $1,000. and if any one
can show amy results i'm the pcrman-
cmt Improvement Of the public ruahA
OF this county for this expenditure We
shall h. lad 10 have aim It" 81.
nr. Settler j. mistaken in his con
cln>j"n that the ruttin@ of the chaiu
gan" OF the county ON permanent
road work lyvirS Il tax of - 900 on
the taxpayers. The $1,000 referred +,
by him which WAS authorized 10 b,
Borrowed has been in the supply bill
for several years and is simply Il tenn.
pnrarN loan in order tina, the county
may hr able t" pay cash for current
expenses until the taxes of this Nral
are collected. II is NO additional *.
pcnSc ut all. The county has moi
sufficient funds on hand ut the be
ginnin" of In, year to run the affair,
of the county ON Il cash basis and
the + 1000 is simply borrowed TO pay
current expenses until the taxes bcyir
~ SolhS III III tHt ial. III olnc
words the county is behind and ha,
not sufficient money on hand without
borrowing to pay cash rs II goes.
There is no extra levy or extra IN.
pense incurred by putting the chair
gang on permanent work. In fact
as stated. we do think the mainten,
anca Of the chain gang on permanent
work would be less.
We do not fully agree with Dr.
Settler that the change from county
supervisor to county commissioners
would be beneficial. We are inclin-
ed to think. however. that the salary
of the supervisor ought to be in,
creased and if we had Il sub-commis.
sioner for each township whose only
duty would he to look after the
working and maintenance Of the
public roads in his township that
some good results might come from
such Il system in the bcttcrmcnt OF
II public roads. but in managing
the finances of the conntv. it seems
to us that il would be more business
like TO have II official rtsnonsiblt
and paid sufficient salary to give
his whole time to ii than 10 divide it
up among three or five commissioners
none Of whom would be paid sulli.
cicnt salary to give his time to tn,
work.
We arc satisfied that conditions
have somewhat changed in the last
few years and We do not believe w:
will ever nave a system Of good roads
III this county unit! the people max,
up their minds TO pay for them an(
the only way to pay for them is by
a tax.
The plan Of "warnin% OUT hand
and trying 10 work roads in that wa,
has passed. We believe if we rouli
get some good roads in any part 0
the county so that the people coult
see what benefit they are that Their,