The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-02-17
PAVE KINGSTp~~ STREETS.

greatly interested in the subject Of
building good, permanent streets. At
last they are awake to realization of
the waste of time and money spent
year after year in a fruitleSS effort to
maintain decent streets out of the old
dirt throughfares that have figured as
an expensive item against the towns
finances for past decades. They have
grown tired and apparently disgusted
with the old system Of paying out
large sums of money year after year
for street improvement and uplieep
and in the end during the wet sea-
sons, be forced to travel through mud
frequently axle-deep over bumps and
high places that would make Rocky
mountain goat shake his head. In
fact these conditions ere little better
in dry seasons, for then there is the
germ-laden dust that cannot be gotten
away from by pedestrians and is at
times almost stiffling.
1t is highly gratifying to The Re-
cord that there is a possibility of get
ting away from these old, moss cover
ed conditions and turning our efforts
and our money to system of street
building that will not only be source
of pleasure when completed, to every
citizen, but will serve as a invaluable
legacy to posterity.
The day of the OK cart has passed,
and there is no excuse or reason that
we can deem plausible in this day of
improved locomotion for having to
spend a store house of time and pa
tience in wabbling over our streets
that are worse than the average log
wagon road.
With a recently passed constitu-
tional amendment it is now possible
for the town of Kingstree to issue
bonds on its taxable property for mon
ey with which to build streets, side
walks and otherwise add to the capa-
city and efficiency of its public uti-
lities as may be deemed wise and nee
cessary by these in authority. Thou
sands of dollars are being spent each
year on our dirt streets without any
permanent improvement, consequent
ly these annual expenditures have
been little less than an absolute waste.
Now, once our streets are properly
graded, paved and drained this waste
will cease. But in the meantime we
must borrow money to do the work,
then the sums we have been accustom-
ed to pay out each year after year
will go into a sinking fund for the
purpose of paying off interest and
principal on amount borrowed.
Through the medium of a bond is
sue we believe, is the only way we
can ever hope to have enough money
on hand to undertake tbs impol tant
work. We trust that the citizens of
Kingstree will realize its importance
if they have not already done so.
Think of what nice, paved streets will
mean to each and every one of US, in
dividually; what it will mean to
Kingstree as town ii the estimation
of visitors and the thousands Of peo-
pie who will pass through our little
town as a result of the construction
of the Santee bridge, which is now an
assured fact, ard when an opportu-
nifty is presented, as we believe it soon
will be, to vote on the question of
bond issue to make it reality let ev-
cry man and woman vote eyes"
There could be no more propitious
time than right now to push this
project and start acual work on it.
revive the domant pulse and put new
life in the community. The bulk of
the money paid out as the work pro-
sressed would come back to our mer-
chants and business men. There
would be employment a plenty for the
idle labor in the community.
Material is probably cheaper now
than it will be later on, labor is plen-
tiful and not exhorbitant in price as
was the case a year ago.
In short, lets all say with perfect
accord: "Bond the town and pave
the streets"
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