The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-02-19

about a miles of road was constructed
at cost of about 100000 (this is
another rough estimate Of cost.
Would be glad for some who knows
to inform me). The machinery is
torn up and scattered all along the
road, from Forest to Union, and am
told that this road is about impass-
able.
The next great expense to the
county in road building was the
traction engine and scrapes, which
cost about $4,000. This, if properly
used might prove beneficial, that is
with competent workman, who will
attend to their work, and not those
who will jump off their scrapes and
run 100 yards or more into orchards
along the roads, in summer, eating
fruit instead of noticing their work.
The cost of running this is about
$25 per day, besides tearing up $25
dollars worth of bridges per day,
thus giving the road jobbers extra
work of repairing bridges. All of
this time there has been regular road
jobbers fixing gullies, holes, bridges,
etc. 1t is the commissioners duty to
what the work is worth; not for some
one to fix them and make out his owr.
claim for what ever he wants and
get it; the commissioners never see
ing the work. We have had some
commissioners who, doubt averaged
going over the roads once a year,
and perhaps some of them have never
seen few of the roads in the county
in their lives. If they were to meet
some one who told them there was
bad place in the road, they would
say, "you go fix it, make out your
claim, and we will pay you for it,"
Would be glad for some one who
knows, to state the Indebtedness of
Union county. Doubt if it could be
enumerated.
Now is the time for the peoples
eyes to be opened, not wait till next
fall, when they go to pay their taxes,
then curse out the law makers, ETC.,
on account of high taxes. This mat
ter is left with the people to decic-,,
whether or not the 100000 bonds
will be issued.
If the automobile and motorcycle
owners want such good roads, let
them build them. They are able to
pay taxes for good roads.
Have found this to be true, the
more money and tools the county has
the more mud we have in the roads,
for the more you stir clay, the stick
ier it is. If you want plenty of mud.
just vote for the 100000 bonds.
| don't believe in voting taxes on
unborn people, and this is what you
do when you vote for the 4O-year
bonds.
I would not mind the little extra
tax, If l knew we would have good
roads; but it seems the more work
is done, the worse the roads are.
AS to the chaingang, their work
looks good at the time it is done, but
how bad it looks when it sets in rain
ing! Most of the roads worked by
the chaingang are the worst roads
in the county.
I am not trying to blame any of
the county officers, for consider each
OF them my friend. Just want them
to keep their eyes open.
: If any one can prove to me that
/ am wrong in opposing this bond
iSSue, WHY all OpeIl 10 COIlVlCClOn,
but I will have to be shown, as I am
from Missouri along this line anyway.
R. G. Haney.
DR.. Maddox Read Paper Before Tri-
State Medical Society.
On Wednesday and Thursday the
18th annual Convention of the Tri-
State Medical Society of the Carroll
mas and Virginia was held in Char
lesion. The sessions took place in
the Charleston Hotel, the official
headquarters of the Society, OF which
DR.. Edward C. Register, of Charlotte
is the president. Leading practition-
ers of the three states were in Char
lesion for the Convention and several
distinguished guests read addresses.
DR.. Theodore Maddox, one of the
leading physicians of our city read
paper before this distinguished as
sembly entitled: Tuberculosis Hip
Joint; Report of Case"