The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
vile News.

Vile News
Speaking OF this subject We find an
editorial in the Union Progress on
this same line and Progress quotes
the law as to II On boards. The Herald
and News has h fetofore called at
tenrion to this same question bat 1t
may not be ami>S to quote the law
again. If there is a sign board at any
cross road in this county We have
/ not seen il. There was Il time when
there were some. There are few
mile posts that were put up before the
war but in many cases the roads
have been changed and they are not
correct and in some cases you cannot
tell to what point the distance is.
There is a great deal more interest in
| the county roads now than formerly
and the county that does not keep
up with the procession will be left.
But in this case we only desired to
call attention to the law and to
say that so far as we have been able
to observe it is not enforced or COM
piled with. Here is the quotation from
the Code Of 1902 as published by
Progress:
"Sec. 446. Any person or persons
who shall cut down, burn or deface
any mile post or stone, erected by
the county commissioners or county
supervisor Of any county, he, she, or
they, upon conviction thereof shall
forfeit and pay the sum Of ten dol
lars, to be recovered by indictment or
information before any court Of COM
petent jurisdiction.
"Sec. 447 If any person shall Will
fully demolish, throw down, alter, or
deface any guide-post, every person
so offending shall, upon conviction
thereof before any Magistrate Of the
proper county be fined in sum OF
not exceeding ten dollars and the
cost of suit, or be sentenced to labor
on the public works Of the county for
a term of not more than thirty days,
and the money. when collected. shall
be bv the magistrate collecting the
same, paid over to the county treas
urer.
"Sec. 448. The county board of
commissioners Of any county neglect
ing to cause the public highways IN
their county to be posted and num-
bered and to have pointers erected at
each fork Of said highways declaring
the direction of such highways shall
be liable to pay the sum Of ten dol
lars for each and every said neglect,
to be recovered by Indictment in the
court of General Sessions Of the coun-
tv within which the same occurs, to be
collected and paid to the treasurer Of
such county for the use Of the coun-
tv. Provided, That no county COM
missioner shall be liable to said pen
atty who shall put said pointer at such
times as he shall have his division OF
roads worked. "
The Civil Code Of South Carolina
has also section, bearing upon this
which gives the county commissioner
authority to erect such sign boards
and charge the cost to the county,
and the neglect Of this can be con-
strued by the public to mean that
they are indifferent to the convenience
of the public. The section Is as fol-
lows:
"Sec. 1887. Each road overseer
within his district may erect and
keep up, at the expense Of the county,
at the forks and cross roads post
and guide-board, or finger board, con-
tanning an inscription in legible let
ters, directing the way and distance
to the town or towns, or public place
or places. situated on each road re-
spectively."
ANTEGooD ROADS ARGUMENTS.
Many and absurd are the argu-