The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-03-24
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!

to the amount of 100000. Of this
sum S160,O0O is to be used for i'm
proving streets and sidewalks; S25,-
900 will be used for increasing and
extending the towns water supply
and $4,000 for the extension of sew
erage. Three propositions, each a
necessary essential if the town is ever
to amount to anything. That is tn
say, keep pace with the times and
in good repute at the hands Of strang-
ers who come so frequently to mingle
with US, either on business OF on
pleasure.
These are three separate and is
tinct propositions that we are called
upon to support or oppose. In view
OF past experiences it would be poo
policy to repudiate either proposition
To cite the experiences we refer to:
first is the discreditable condition u
our streets, upon which thousands OF
dollars are annually spent without any
improvement of a permanent nature;
second is the experience of an mad
equate supply of water. There are
times in Kingstree, OF have been W.
are told, when it would be :lugatory,
futile to attempt to fight a firSt-clasS
fire with the available supply. To
guard against such condition as far
as possible, heretofore the supply had
to be conserved by being cut out OF
homes during periods of the twenty
four hour day. The third proposition
relates to sewerage, sanitation, health
big, important subjects-a matte
which more directly involves the pros
perity of the town than either of the
others, and we are only asked to vote
a $4,000 bond issue to save the situ-
alton. Who of us would have the towr
again besmirched with filth. flies and
fever. Recent years have brought
about marked change in the sanl-
tary condition of Kingstree we find
from a casual survey of the files Of
The County Record. We have made
some progress in forward direction.
Certainly we do not want to retro
CRATE at this stage of advancement.
Rather would we go further forward
along the line of progress by ridding
the town of every vestage of filth anc
uncleanliness.
We should extend our sewerage and
water systems so that it will be pos
sible and practible to do away with
every surface closet within the COR
porate limits. There are too many
open closets and cess pools in the
town, some of them within few
yards of the kitchen door. To permit
a continuance of this condition would
be a gross violation of the sanitary
rules and give US low rate in the
scale of civilization in the eyes of
the outside world.
For the mere sake of a few dollars
to be paid out over period of years,
what property owner. man OF woman
who expects to make kingStree his
or her permanent home Il :: has the
best interests of the community at
heart, will oppose these propositions
at the ballot boxes next Tuesday?
The week of the election will be
known as "Children's Week" and a
campaign is to be waged in their be-
half. The object of the campaign IS
said to be that of saving the babies
of South Carolina. To this end the
first step necessary is to provide san
itary environment. We have the op-
portunity to do this Tuesday. VIII
we say by our votes extend the
water and sewerage systems; do away
with the open toilets and disease
breeding elements within our limits
and thus give our children, our babies
a better chance an uncontaminateo
atmosphere, or will we lay down the
bars to filth, flies and fever? When
YOU cast your vote bear in mind that
the sewer and water propositions are
paralell essentialities, that the eXten-
sion of either is useless withou: the
other. Vote for both! Then vote for
Street bonds. 1t will be an invest
ment worth more to posterity than
to those Of US who may reap and en-
joy the immediate benefits, besides
the payments will extend over period
of years and be made in such a man
ner that the burden will scarcely DC
felt. These questions are up to the
voters of kingstree. What are you
going to do?