Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-01-24
WELLS EXPLAINS.
Supervisor Wells Explains "
"Don Carlos" Puts III
Blame on Him For Not
Working Roads.

Mr.. Editor: As there seem lh
be few parties in Plum BraiFy s
that are prone to think the blaIa
rests in the way they have b. IS
treated by the supervisor, is VII
they voted almost solidly to ami
to Greenwood, l am prompted rs
write this in order to etSthe pe6s
know that it is not so. s
AS soon as Mr.. Moultrie W.
elected, he went over in that Fo9s
try with the gang force and work3Is
those roads good, and graded th
streets in Plum Branch, so the ma
or wrote me, and wanted to knos
if ] could do likewise. While M
Moultrie was over there with tE
gang, they were circulating a pet
tion around for the people to sigl
asking the Governor to appoint |:
commission for an election to go III
Greenwood, but that petition wal
turned down by the Governor upoI
the grounds that the proposed Hey
ward county commissioners haS
been appointed prior to their paperl
and just as soon as Hayward coun
ty was thrown out, Plum Branti
ran in with her papers and had all
election ordered last summer, an
right then and there the die wa
cast that Mr.. Don Carlos is tryinl
to throw at me. III ~ H
A party of men went over therai
to try to turn the current from the
way it was bent on going, but they
were met with no encouragement.
They were told by the citizens that
their business was going to Green
wood and they thought it was to
their interest to follow up their bus
mess, which ! think is a good policy
to pursue and it isno ones business
but theirs. And they further in
sisted that they had good railroad
facilities to, Greenwood, that they
could 60 upon the morning train
and attend to all their business and
re,u n on the evening train, y hs,s s9 = =
and be an expense thefe'
horses and 5shemseivess
Now / wish to say to the people
over there that it was my intention
to work their roads, until the rain
set in on us, then | saw we would be
obliged to cut out some section OF
the county in order to get in by
Christmas. So I thought as Plum
Branch made the trade it would be
right for her to pay the boot. l
could not see where it would be
right to make Rehoboth or White
Town suffer by leaving them out
and work Plum Branch because they
were no party to the project.
Mr.. Don Carlos says some infu-
ential men tried to persuade me to go
over there. So they did, and the
question l put to them was, What
is going to become of the rest of
the county, while l was watching
the seceders and holding them
DOWN." Secession is dangerous
thing to go into, and it is up to
Plum Branch to pay the cost as no
other portion of the county had any,
thing to do with the matter.
I am sorry 1t was so we could not
work over there. 1t is the home OF
my forefathcrs and 1 have quite
number of relatives at Plum Branch
now, and it is not my desire to fail
to do my duty toward them or any
one else.
We have worked about 1,5oo
during the last year in the ordinary
manner, and with the exception OF
a few miles we widened and made
good road beds. The man Don
Carlos referred to about building
good roads is the first one to start
to drawing them in SO as to get
around faster, and he told me before
he did it that he had made a mistake
and expected to ask Mr.. Sawyer to
change them along as his time
would allow in going around in or
der to make as much time as posi-
BILE. Now, with all candor, ask
yourselves how much cotton is in
the fields now, and how many peas
rotted in the field, how many oats
did you SOW on account of the bad
weather. / insist that you judge
yourselves, but when you judge
your fellowman do it with charity
just the same as being generous te
a fallen foe where safety permits.
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