The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-03-19

| our sinking fund commission are
doing, loaning the money at nome,
on Union county dirt, for which thy
are to be commended). Which is the
| best? Which is the cheapest in
the long run? Which will pay every
tax payer in Union county best?
10 spend the 100000 in the next
three years, and get something that
we can all use, and enjoy, and whicn
we have 30 to 40 years to pay back,
or go on spending like we have been
and spend 100000 in 6 or years
and have what you have had ali this
! winter for roads, and nothing else u
show for it, just multiply $4,000 by
or and see what you get and
that is about your figures for 1911.
Now, L don't enjoy the idea of
paying taxes any more than any
good citizen who opposes the good
roads for this reason, but l hay, long
since found out that anything worth
having has to be paid for, ] have
also found out that they have TO
pay taxes anyhow, whether you get
| anything for it or not, so | am in
| favor OF at least trying to get some
! thing In the way of good roads 20.
our taxes, rather than keep on paying
| taxes and getting nothing; and | will
compare taxes that pay directly and
Indirectly with any citizen ot :his
county, whom so far as | have seen
or heard Of opposing the gooi roads
bond issue.
Now there are just one or two
more points and l will quit, 10 man
need vote against the good roads
DprAi,Sp Of 81
| the old macadan road we are not
preparing TO build macadam roads.
and we have guarded against the
mistake that was made in Duiidin,e
that road. Everybody seemed 10
think that because that road was
! built out of rock that YOU had moth
ing to do but to build it ana leave
1t alone, we propose to build good
roads this time, to build them so
they can be kept up, and .th = to
keep them up, and if this had been
done with the macadam road it would
be as good today as the day it was
! finished. You would not build Il fine
house and then let it rot down for
the need of new roof, because YOU
| spent lot of money in building the
house, would you? Well that is what
you did with your macadam road,
and because a mistake was made
one time, should man quit and
never try any more? Not a farmer
In Union county but has made ae.om-
plete failure at some time on some
kind of crop, but he is a mighty
sorry farmer if he just quit trying
ever to raise that crop because he
made one failure, or one mistake.
If he is worth his salt he made that
failure of an object lesson to do bet
ter by next time, and never got
caught the same way twice. So, |
am satisfied will this good roads COM
mission profit by any mistake in the
macadam proposition and We will get
all the better roads for any mistake
that was made in failing to keen up.
that road after we spent so much
to build it.
There may be and doubtless will pe
some business men, corporation
owners and citizens, living in the
cities and towns who Will vote
against the bond issue; so far, I have
not heard of one; ! can see how some
of these might vote against the good
roads since they get less benefit than
our friends living in the county, but
since they all seem to be willing, for
the sake of progress, prosperity and
the general welfare of the county and
all the people, to vote the bonds,
fail to see how any man living in
the county can vote against it, for
this reason If no other, taking out
Buifalo Mills, Lockhart Mills, and
Neal Shoals, and assuming for the
sake OF argument that Monarch and
Ottaray are in the corporate limits
l think 1t will be conceded that 50
per cent of the taxable property Of
the county Is in the corporate limits
OF the cities and towns. IF then the
cities, towns, corporations and bust
ness concerns Of the county are will
ing to pay 80 per cent of the taxes
10 furnish good roads to the county
and the county will be called on 10
pay 10 per cent, while the county
has all the good roads and the cities
ana towns only have such indirect
benefits as come from making all
the county more prosperous hN the
addition of good roads, how can any
citizen Of the county who needs and
uses the roads consistently objects to
them?
hoadS are like shoes, they cost
money, but you can't get along with
out them, you have to have them
sooner or later. If some man would
come along and tell you to buy you
supply of shoes now and he would
pay 80 cents every time you paid
10 cents until you got supply and
paid for them, you would hardly re-
fuse the offer.
Well that is about the proposition
up to the people of Union county
now, If you want good roads, ano
you have got to have roads of some