The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-16
4 LEGACY OF pOSTER1Ty

4 LEGACY OF pOSTERITy
Money spent for the permanent i'm
proVement OF the public highways f..
an investment that will pny larear
ul'iuchnS than any money that the
p"nilc could possibly spend. A tny
ioT me permanent Improvement of
~" PEh!ic roads differs from other
'aA IN that The other tax is levied for
current expenses and has to be levied
i'o'h year I'D year and is gone. The
lax paid Tor permanent road work
an investment that will pay diyi-
dellds every year and larger dividends
than money put in bank stock or cot
ION mill stock. or in any other enter.
prise.
Every county in South Carolina
wa: :teS enough money every ten years
10 buiid permanent roads in the coun-
y ana AT the end Of the ten year
pcfiod the roads arc no better titan
they were ten years before. In this
day the county that does not build
roads Is going TO fall behind in the
constructive advancement Of the age.
no levy sufficient tax in one year to
puild roads would be burlensome.
The only sensible plan is to issue
cohds ana build the roads and thus
spread the payment Of the bonds over
! NUMBER or years and the burden
ialis lightly on all. There are those
who will put up the plea that they do
not want to saddle debt on their
children.
There is no better or greater legacy
you could leave your children than n
debt for money honestly and propcr,v
spent and invested in the permanent
building of good roads and if Won
leave them the roads they will rise IN
ana bless your name and the wisdom
you displayed.
There Is not a man in any county
i'll this State who today would not
willingly pay Il tax for roads if n
former generation had left him the
roads.
l believe ii YOU demonstrate, that is
as far as human agency can demon
stratc. that IL the money is put up
the roads will be built. every man in
every county In South Carolina would
vote to issue bonds for permanent
road work
II has always been a strange thing
TO me that. as rnle, the people. who
pay the least and receive the greatest
benefit are always the ones who on
pose tax Of this kind. l recall once
q public meeting to consider the uues-
ton OF voting tax for school i'm
provement In q certain district. The
presiding Officer who had no children
TO educate and who was the largest
tax payer asked the privilege of cast
Ing the first ballot for the tax. The
man who most vigorously opposed the
tax had six children to educate and
his tax would have been forty cents.
ESQ 1t is with roads, unfortunately.
So 1t Is with roads, unfortunately.
who pay the greatest amount Of tho
tax and receive the least direct bene-
fit always favor such improvements,
while the fellow who pays PRACTICAL
iy no tax and uses the roads every
day is loudest in HIS opposition. It
Is passing strange. The thing to do
Is to show him 1t Is to his interest
and get his vote right. II Is to his
interest TO build roads.
l remember once where u township
proposed to vote bonds for roads and
some Of the citizens opposed It on the
selfish ground that they did not pro-
pose to- build good roads fer the peo-
PIC of another township to drive over.
1t is the selfish element to be rid of.
From selfish standpoint, therefore,.
l argue that 1t Is good to invest money
in permanent road work,
ANY man in Anderson County. for
instance. would be willing to pay four
dollars a year for good road from
his home to town. Thh average farm
er will not have to pay oyer that
amount II the bonds are tssued. Then
why oppose It. From a selfish stand
point 1t will pay You. From a patrio-
tic standpoint it will pay you tenfold:
l hope You may get your bond is
ste through in Anderson County and
that your county may remain in the
forefront of progress. ITO defeat the
proposed measure would put you back
ten years. s{,
e. H. AULL.
Newherrv. March 12. Is
THE TAX THE AVERAGE. ANDER.
son COUNTY FARMER PAYS
TO BAD ROADS
II any farmer will take .. few min