The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-08-12
(At the request of the writer of the
following article we allow him the
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N. D.N." TALKS With JORNSONVILLE.

lsonville, Rome and Lambert
very much outspoken against
ae formation of Rutledge county.
Believing that these friends have
trawn conclusions rather hastily,
and that more mature cousldera-
|tion would help to point out to them
errors not now apparent, we make
bold to give them a heart-to-heart
ltalk, believing that in a multitude
of council there is safety
Friends, to begin with, you want
to know in what way and manner
will the formation of Rutledge coun-
ty benefit you-you as a people-you
as a section of the county. We are
frank to answer you, in some re-
spects much, in others but little. In
school improvement you could
expect very little beyond what you
have and what you obtain by your
own local efforts. In roads improve
ment you have much to gain and
nothing to lose. Upon this one point
hinges your progress. your develop
ment and your finances, more than
any other.
A good road shortens distances,
saves wear and tear on vehicles,
beast and man. No State, county or
community is at its best until her
roads are fully developed. Williams
burg is roads poor-that is plain to
every one. 1t is a case of forty acres
to the mule, an obsolete and back
date method of farming. Divide
the farm and work two mules where
only one worked before. Moral, vote
for Rutledge.
The county seat is really a small
matter, but in this you could expect
no great amount of benefits only in
BITTER roads and a few miles saved
in distance, both sufficient to make
you vote for Rutledge.
We calculate that taxes would be
! about the same as last year without
the increased expense of Williams
hurg this year which amounts to
i,222.74.
Your farm property will advance
value and in short while you will
able to sell at much higher prices.
Young men, how can you afford to
7ote against Rutledge?:
But we hear you say, "We want
a county seat down here. That is
Why we intend voting against Rut.
ledge. We need it mole than Lake
City" Friends, You are right, you
want 1t and you need it. Lake City
knows that only too well. We wish
that it were possible for you to have
it, but the conditions are such that
you cannot get it. Everything says
"impossible!v' mot only impossible
ffor you but if you defeat Rutledge
sshe whole territory will remain Will
| liamsburg for this generation and
! perhaps several more. In fact, we
believe Lake City will eventually De
| the county seat for Williamsburg in
cassQf defeat of Rutledge. You
~ impossible, crazy mani"
|ten!
(Any voter who will take down a
Lp of Williamsburg and follow MS
br few moments and is not con-
Sinced that this assertion is not only
possible but very probable should
vote against Rutledge. We want
the other fellows vote, not yours.
Listen! Rosemary, thriving
littie town at the juncture of the
Coast Company's R r with the
! IGeorgetown & Western R R, has
sixty new dwellings going up today.
Only yesterday friend said, "Those
Yanees are making parks out OF
the ponds" What does it mean?-
The hand of progress filled with
Northern capital placed upon a
Sonthern pond for DEVELOPMENT.