The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-07
A NEW COUNTY
COMMENT
N. w. BROOKER OF
COLUMBIA is IN
TERESTED IN
THE MATTER

HE SAYS IF WE BEAT THE SWANSEA
MOVEMENT WE WILL WIN AND
IT WON'T HURT LEXINGTON
Columbia, S. c. Oct. 3, 1910.
Dear Advocate:
have read your proposition
to cut Lexington and make new
county for Batesburg and Lecsville
and it is interesting to us on this
side, especially your remark about
Huckabaa road and the Piedmont
route. Don't worry yourself about
us. The Congaree and Broad River
slipes will be out and gone before
you can catch your breath again.
The election will now be ordered,
and it is certain that our. people will
come out from the Lexington Ring
yoke to which you refer and rid
themselves under their constitution
al rights of that internal toll bridge
burden, which no people can endure
and live, and which has borne them
down in two generations. l desire
that it be known that / am personal
ly interested in this matter as we'll
as in the people over that side. My
estimate of my cost in toll to cross
the river into the Columbia market
running only eight or ten miles
would be $500. A man truck farm
ing crossing the river every day will
pay almost $3.50 per year to reach
the market. No people could stand
this except Lexington people who
are the most marvellous people in
the world. They would stand it
longer if necessary, but it is not, and
they propose to be free now. If
your design is to defeat us, then we
lock horns right now.
love old Lexington was born
and raised upon her soil. and fought
her battles in the Civil war. Her
people are great; not the handsom-
est in the world; you can always
know a Lexington man when you
see him, broad gagged and honest
as God ever made. Now they see
that the time has come in getting
out Of the old ruts and build up
tfeir country-tired of the ring and
its boss, but brother Advocate am
with you in your movement, your
article has the right ring and if you
push it so as to beat Swansea move
ment you will win. Lexington has
S85 square miles of territory and
can spare you some. Your people
ought to have your seat of govern
ment in your reach and convenient.
1t will not help your town much, too
great an estimate is put upon the
value of court house to a town.
But the time has come for change
in the old way of a world in county
and the county seat out of the peo-
pies reach. have the solution to
your problems. Your article hit me
square, it plumbed me centrally and
made the fur fly.
Swansea wants county seat as
well as your people and they are
going to have it. Batesburg and
Leesville want it jointly and they
are going to have it; old Lexington
may bank on this for certain in the
near future. If we were to stop oul
annex movement it would help you
and Swansea, but too late now we
are gone sure. Now you go or
! with your movement. Let Swansea
get hump on and let the two
movements go on together. Ole
Pompey town. God bless her, be
longs to Columbia and we want tc
spread out and take her in anc
make great city of her; paint hel
houses, white wash her fences anc
macadamize her roads. We want Z
Main street from Brookland to tn,
old city with the trolleys to he
beautiful lakes and mills and t
Red Bank. We will join you in
line from the head of Tarers Creel
to Gilbert and to Amick's Ferrr an(
: take dear old Lexington under ou
u;no The DeoDla for t,yap+y milo