The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-02-26
Hon. L. L. Wagnon Gives
Views on This Impor-
fanf Question.
Says it Will Enhance the Value
of Union County Farms and
Put the Farmerin Closer Touch
With His Market, School, Doc
for and Church---ShoWs Why
ii Will Reduce Taxes.

Editor mes:-Since you have in
vited frank discussion of the mo-
mentous of Union county's selling
100000 worth of bonds for
the purpose of constructing perma-
nent good roats in the county, both
from those who favor and those who
oppose the proposition, 1 would like
to state a few reasons why | feel
that I could not be loyal to Union
county and her best interests with
out voting for the bonds and lending
my influence to that end.
In the first place feel that l am
in duty bound to support the bond
issue because it is one of the most
progressive steps Union county has
contemplated within my memory
Progressive states, progressive coun-
ties, progressive cities are in the
eyes of all the people today, who
are likely to invest capital, come to
be citizens or make homes, and fresh
from touch with every part of this
State, wish to say that the fact
that Union county has this matter
under consideration has created
more favorable comment about our
county and done more to make
good impression on evry part OF
South Carolina, as to our enterprise
and progressiveness than anything
that has happened in the State re-
Gently. Union county was paid the
compliment of having it's bond issue
bill copied almost word for word, ex-
cept as to the personel of the COM
mission, by one or two counties, one
Of which proposed $75O.00O, instead
of 100000 as we do, and the only
reason Unions proposed bond issue
of 100000 has not won for us a
larger and more favorable commer,.
by the State and county at large, is
the fact that two counties, Richland
and Greenville have gone us one bet
ter by measures providing for more
than a million dollars each and with
out submitting it to their people.
Second. If there ever was time
in the history of our people when
we need new life and new blood in
the arteries of business, on the farm.
in the bank, in every class, kind and
condition of activity by which our
people earn living, it is now, and
if there is anything on earth that
will put heart and energy and the
chance to be busy among our people;
more than 100000 of outside capi-
tai deposited share and share alike,
in every bank in Union county on
the basis of capital and surplus, |
cannot imagine what it would do.
No man, who thinks, minds bor-
rowing money if he can make enough
by borrowing to pay back what he
has borrowed and have a nice profit
left over.
A bond issue for good roads means
no more nor less than the use of
county, which can be borrowed for
a very low rate of interest, five per
cent. or less-in which we have ali
the time needed to pay it back, with
the assurance that we profit not only
by the use of cheap money, out we
profit by having over 100000 spent
at home, spent by people we know
and can trust and every dollar Of it
spent for our people and among our
people.
Not only that, but few of the
profits that might be overlooked is
the fact that the day you begin to
build these roads in Union county.
every farm in Union county becomes
more valuable. every town in the
county has better future, every
man who lives in the county is put
in closer touch with his neiphbors
with his school. with his church. with
his doctor and with his markets.
The day you finish these good roads
every man in Union county will have
come to see that thew really have
not cost n dollar for the reason that
they have paid for themselves and
big profit besides.
Again there is not man in Union
county who has had to make trim
Of five or ten miles. or to null
load to and from any town in the
county,, for any reasonable distance
during the last sixty davs but what
hoe raid more in loss of time wear
and tear to harness and vehicles and
strain to horse or mule bv one trim
than his proDortionate part of the
cost per year for good roads would
be-
Third. IF I voted against the per
manent road bonds, I not only feel
that | would be voting against the
hest interests of all our neonle in
the county proper. but | feel that 7
would be voting to keen men who
ICED work, from getting that work
If we can give men work when they