The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-10-18
A Mares Nest.

A Mares Nest.
The Leesville News has evi6ent'y
found "ms,e's nest and can't can't
count the eggs,' as the old saying
goes. Last week tnat paper said:
eff you don't believe there is Lex
inpton ring, that there is an unseen
hand that rules all things Lexington.
all you have to do is to look at the de-
cision of the county board in the loca-
tioa of the new steel bridge over Sa-
luda river at Still Water when the bill
passed, by the Legislature calls TOR 1t
at OF near Amick's Ferry, when nine
tenths of the people call for it at
Amick's Ferry, when its engineers
surveys cai,, for it at Anick's Ferry.
Lexington Ring! Oh, no."
1t is hard to distinguish whether
The News is SO blinded by prejudice
that it cannot see or whether it is only
displaying its absolute ignorance. We
are inclined to believe that it is both.
As matter of fact, the county board
of commissioners are men Of good
Judgment; they are honest and above
reproach, and when it comes to saving
the money of the taxpayers of Lex
ington county, they know neither
friend nor foe. This they have shown
in the very matter which our contem-
porary Sees ft to call the work of an
unseen hand" II it takes the work
of an s.unseen hand'' to save the reo-
ple-she taxpayers of the county
$1,000 on the building Of single
bridge, we say that the county board
acted wise in taxing the advise OF such
q distinguished parsonage.
To build bridge at Amick's Ferry,
according to the statements of the en-
gineers representing the several bridge
companies, would cost, in round num-
bers, about s., ,oOC n,ore than it would
cost to build the same bridge at Still
Water, q fractioa over mile further
down the river. The engineers did
not only maj this statement to rep
ressntative OIL. this paper, but they
made the difference in the bids sub
nnitted-the very bids upon which the
count, board acted.
II it takes the work of an unseen
hand" to tell the supervisor and coun-
ty commissioners that it ID better to
build bridge whe1s it will benefit
the people Of Lexine ton county most,
when the people of Lexington county
ere paying for its construction, then
we say that the commissioners are to
be congratulated fer employing the
unseen hand.''
uit takes the work OF an "unseen
hand'' or a Lexington Ring to show
the county board that it is wiser and
better to build a bridge where the IT,
ties are given to the property on both
sides Of the nver instead Of building it
where land wonld have to be bought
and paid for cut Of the taxpayers
the county Is to be congratu-
lated for having sneh q body of men
10 handle it's public funds. !
J If it takes an unseen HANOI or q
Lexington Ring'' to place q bridge
across the Saluda where it win be Of
most benefit to the 1.-TWO largest towns
in the county'-Leesville and Bates
ourg-then cur people should count
fortunate in having q
county board who win be ruled and
governed by the Lexington Ring"
Still Water is on u direct line from
Peak, on the road leading across the
county TO Wagner. This road Will
be opened up as soon as practicable. "
<.Wesre at loss 10 know just where
our contemporary gets its ;nfozma-
ton that 1aanine-sanths Of the people
call torftheIbridge Mt Aniek's Ferry"
The Dispatch admits it's ignorance in
this particular. II the matter has
ever been submitted to the people
the master Of where the bridge should
be located-we have never heard OF 1t;
We venture the assertion, however,
snd we do 60 without fear OF success
ful eontradiction-tbat were the ques-
ton subritted to the people of the
entire county with all Of the facts be-
fore them that were presented to the
county board, nine-teaths of the Peo-
pls would say build the bridge at
Still Water.