The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-26
for the city of Abbeville. We have

distances, as we'll as the hauling of
freight for short hauls will in a few
years be in the hands of the motor
cars and motor trucks. This high
way will be n of the principal
routes to the mountains in the sum-
mer, and it will mean a great deal
for the city of Abbeville to have it
pass through here, and it will mean
a great deal to the people living
along the highway to have it pass
through their farms.
There is constant agitation on
the question of building roads.
Last summer in this county we had
some agitation on the question of
building roads by a great bond is
sue. We opposed the bond issue
because among other reasons, we
were unwilling for the people to be
taxed for an experiment. But
there are men in Abbeville and Alb
beville County who are able to pay
for an experiment, without a single
dollar of taxation.
Before we bond the people of
the county to build roads, would it
not be a good idea for the men
able to do so, to build this twenty
five miles of road, and let the peo-
pie see what it will do for the Sec
ton through which it passes, what
it costs to build it and to keep it
up, and how we'll it stands the strain
of travel?
1t was stated last summer that
these sand clay or top soil roads
might be built for $4,000 per mile.
The people in Abbeville and along
the route of this proposed highway
may easily raise that money, and
build this road. The road may be
built during the summer, when labor
is idle and when the farmers may
be able to furnish the teams to do
the necessary hauling. 1t matters
little in our judgment whether we
are on the map or not just now. If
we build a road which connects
with the Mccormick road, and if
brother Middleton builds the bridge
across the Savannah river and con-
meets us with the roads in Georgia
we will be able to make a map of
our own. Tourists will take the
best route, the shortest, and they
will not be long in finding out which
is.
The principal thing to do then is
to determine whether we will make
the effort. The money may be
Serving on the Board of
Tax Assessors for the past week,
we have learned why some Of last
summers campaign orators were so
free in their talk about high taxes,
and not being afraid to pay high
taxes. We found much Of their
property on the tax books at ten
and twenty per cent of it's real val
ne, while some others were pay
ing at a higher assessment. We do
not favor taxes at all for an ex-
pertinent. The men with money
pay for that
Some Of these men who spoke
80 we'll" last summer will come to
the scratch. One Of them has Rid
that he will give one thousand dol
lars If twenty other men will give
the same amount. BE will give
one thousand dollars provided fifty
thousand dollars can be raised we
believe. We are willing to depend
on him to do that. Others will do
as we'll. The money can be raised.
Farmers may contribute 80 much
money, and pay for as much az pos
sible Of it in labor and. otherwise.
Let a beginning be made.
We think it would be well for
the mayor Of the city and the su-
pervisor of the county to call a
meeting in the Court House for
next Saturday morning to discuss
the matter. We can then see what
can be done towards raising the
money. Let the people from Due
West and Donalds, and along the