The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-17

In there is a single voter
in this section who favors the
good roads bond issue. we have
failed thus far to- meet him
and we try to make it point to
ask everyone We meet if they, are
In favor OF the bonds. In conversa-
ton with prominent farmer of the
Roberts section in Anderson last
Wednesday. we asked him IL the peo-
pie In his section were in favor of
the bonds. and he stated that to his
knowledge. there was only one man
in his section that was in favor OF
them. Another from the Whitefield
section said the same thing.
w. l.. Casey claims that the Five
Fork section is opposed to them.
Are these communities not among
the most progressive in Anderson
county and does not some of the
county's best citizens live in these
sections. Have they not brains.
enough TO know what is best for
them? Do they have to s!t idly by
and. let a few who. are under the
control. of corporations dictate to
them what they must do, aud IL
| they do not be dubbed as nom
progressive. and OF poor Judgment.
Are the tax payers of Anderson
| county not already paying taxes to
support several Offices that Is not
worth whoop TO them? We can
| name several, and, one in particular
that is of no more benefit to the
| people Of the county than the chief
OF some African jungle tribe. Like
the turtle, the taxpayer has already
| got too many leeches sucking their
| living from. them. 1t is not a question
as to Whether or not good roada
would he a bad or a good thing for
the county. but a, question as to
1 whether or not the county is able
to try a three quarter million dollar
experiment. Just little comparison,
| please. as to who bears the burden
of the taxes, THIS is true and the
| parties are alive today to bear wit
ness to the facts. A. is a man lying
| on rented land. He made his return
at $4,000, including everything he
owned. The assessors raised his as
sessment TO $4,000. He pay 2 poll
and road tax, The tax was 1e mills.
making his taxes s3.14 B, Is q man
| who owns $50 acres OF land. Tour
head OF horses. two cows and three
dwellings with necessary outbuild-
| ings. beside house furnishings that
could not be replaced for $1,000. His
taxes, everything included. was q
little over $2S. 90. Now where did
the burden fall
| II has been said that good roads
would increase The value OF land
from $40 to $40 per acre. II thnt
be the case we think that q large
part OF the money for the rood work
should be raised by an abutting
property tax, thereby making it
heaviest On those whp receive tho
greatest benefit 1t does seem
| strange that with the bond issue
there Ia created enough Offices to
take a nice sum from & the total
jamount, The taxpayers shauld have
been given to tsnderstand In no un-
certain gay that the bondt were TO
be used soF road work aud not go
10 pay fsncy salaries to road ems
i ssineefs extra cdiuliis aiOners.
| hc4r6s and other graftofs, as was
the case IN 1,enneasec The writer
has never In thirty-5ik years seen
/; the reads as BAD as they have beer
i the past winter. and Il may be sgiaf
/ they Viii not Ne as bad again ia the
ssnext thirty ssix, aud 81 fhe and az
] that tlnle many OF iis Will not be
"a 80 ~.