The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-12

| The delegation from this county. and the citizen!
or Anderson and Of the county AT large. would dt
well III considering The matter OF bonds for rGat
work In the county the effect that its failure O
passage would have the county at large und thu
distinct advantage il would give Grecnville Count,
| over Anderson. Grecnyillc County is not at al
slow to recognize this and is already commenting
IN the powerful Leverage this would give busnc 81
interests of Grecnviil" county. This sentiment i:
voiced in the following editorial appearing in yes
terduys Grecnvlc News:
The paved highways which Grcenvie
County will have within two years. will make
this the undispucd leader among the coun-
ties of the Piedmont section. Where good
roads arc, there will bc good school stten-
dance. more sociabiI,y. more prosperity.
People from other sections OF the country
who IN search Of home. will look for
that community which has good highways.
People VINO live In suci Il community will
have little cause to wish to live elsewhere.
Gr2envillc County has the national adyan-
tage We shall have the other kind OF advan-
tagcs 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 c0nmuni-
ties talk OF the good roads move, and SD far
as this paper has heard, there is little but
cOmmendation for the good roads propagan-
da. Greenvie city will become hub OF
trade when the roads built. Greenyillc
County. and other counties Of this section,
will have reader market for their
Tho 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 apprehcnd that the great stumbling block In
the way of delegations acting on this matter
Il it tO 81 Ote Of no
Is rather strong departure from accepted GUS
toms and Is likely to subject the Greenviile dele
cation to severe censurc and would also sutjec!
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 1t. Will mean that there shall
be delays and continued losses. 1t is. therefore
II ever such be the case proper that immediate
action he 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. II 1t had been left
to the voters. And having once been re-
fcrred to the public. It would have been more
or less binding upon subsequent delegations
to- take similar action In the meantime.
Grecnyillo County would have continued to
founder in the mud for some five or ten
years to come; wasting money each year for
temporary road work.
To have played the game os politics In its
accepted form. the delegation should havo
ordered a reference vote on the bond issue.
But the delegation has risen above playing
the game. und has acted with initiative. The
votcro are supposed to elect men who have
sense enough to know what to do. These
men are not to I've 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 roads.
The sano condition might rccur again next
winter. All know that something should
have been Cone. Yet had the bond issue been
left to a vote. we should probably have
quailed before It. But now that the delegation
has taken the step. this paper believes the
majority of people are glad OF the action.
The roads are essential. We all know :hat.
So why delay? The dclegation's action was
"nervy,' but the men who represent this coun-
ty were acting in accordance with. the hest
principles OF community development. There
was no chance to 20 wrong along this line.
|. Good roads have never failed to bring pros-
perity. never failed to augment the value of
property. to save time, stock and vehicles. It
Is truism 10 say that good roads are val
liable. Everybody knows that. The deega-
ti0n knew 1t. and SO knew It was acting in
accordance with accepted and proved truths
OF what Is best for q community when the
million dollar highway system was decided
upon.
Circumstances must often govern the ac-
tton Of a delegation. circumstances must
determine whether or not election should
be held to fill some Office or to decide upon
hond Issue. delegation which Is guided
by circumstances will commit actions which
are sometimes a tl'ae inconsistent upon the
.surfate G. but SO long representatives
work With the right end in view and achieve
that end. most OF us reasonably we'll sat
isfed. In this road question. the end will