The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-11
ALREADY ROASTING OVER ANDERSON.

The delegation from this county. and the citizens
OF Anderson and OF the county at large, would do
well in considering the matter of bonds for road
work + the county, the effect that its failure OF
passage would have the county at large and the
distinct advantage 1t would give Greenviiie County
over Anderson. Greenvile County is not at all
slow to recognize this, and is already commenting
on the powerful leverage this would give business
interests of Greenville County. This sentiment is
voiced in the following editorial appearing in yes
terday's Greenville News:
The paved highways which Greenville
County will have within two years, will make
this the undiBputed leader among the coun-
ties of the Piedmont section. Where good
roads are, there will be good school atten-
dcace. more sociability prosperity.
People from other sections of the country
who are In search of home Will look for
that community which has good highways.
People who live in such community will
have little cause to wish to live elsewhere.
Greenville County has the national advan-
tage We shall have the other kind OF advan-
tages before long.
The average man OF this county would be
surprised to know what extensive comment
the action of the delegation has caused
throughout the State. Men in all communi-
ties talk OF the good roads move, and SO far
this paper has heard there is little but
da. Greenville city will become a hub of
trade when the roads built. Gieenville
County, and other counties of this section,
l. will have a reader market for their wares.
The prosperity will reach all classes The
million dollars which will be invested will
bring in annual dividends which far more
than Justify the expenditure.
We apprehend that the great stumbling block In
the way of our delegations acting this matter
lis not submitting 1t to vote OF the people. This
Is rather strong departure from accepted Gus
TOMS and is likely to subject the Greenville dele
CATION to severe censure, and would also subject
the Anderson delegation to equally severe criti-
cism. Desperate diseases demand desperate RENE
dies. The roads in Anderson County need to be
made durable and lasting To defer this action
and probably to lose it, will mean that there shall
be delays and continued losses. 1t is, therefore
IL ever such be the case, proper that immediate
action be taken. AS the Greenville News again
says:
Should the bond issue have been left to
vote of the people? 1t would have been de-
feated in all probability, IL it had been left
to the voters. And having once been re-
ferred to the public. 1t would have been more
or less binding upon subsequent delegations
to take similar action. In the meantime,
Greenyillc County would have continued to
founder in the mud for some fve or ten
years to Gomez wasting money each. year for
temporary road work
To have played the game OF politics In its
accepted form. the delegation should have
ordered reference vote on the bond issue.
But the delegation has risen above playing
the game, and has acted with initiative. The
voters ara saap0sesi 10 cleo! men w!io have
sense enough to know what to do These
men are not to be tied hand and foot, and
robbed of all initiative. This road matter
was an emergency question. The county is
vastly damaged by the condition of the roRds.
The same condition might recur again next
winter. All know that something should
have been done. Yet had the bond issue been
left to vote. should probably have
quailed beforeit But now that the delegation
has taken the. step. this paper believes the
nSttnrtty OF people are glad OF the action
a The ROADS are essential. We all know that.
50 why delay? The dolegaton's action was
"nervy." but the men who represent this coun-
ty We're acting in accordance with the best
principles of community development There
was no chance to go wrong along this line.
Good roads have never failed to bring pros
sperity, never failed to augment the value of
property, to save time stock and vehicles. It
is a truism to say that good roads are val
liable. Everybody knows that. The delega-
tion knew it and SO knew 1t was acting In
eaccordaac with accepted aud proved truths
ae OF what is hest for community when the
million dollar highway system was decit
upon.
| Circumstances must often govern the ac-
ton OF delegation. circumstances must
determine whether or not an election should
be held to ill some Office. or to decide upon
| bond issue. A delegation which is giided
by, circumstances will commit actions which
are sometimes triae Inconsistent upon the
surface. but so iong as our representatives
.erl. Eith .hs s!sh: end &.
that end. most of Us are reasonably we'll saf-
| isied. In this road question. the end vii.
Justify the means and Il ire the end after ell