The Russellville Democrat., 1878-08-22
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 pie of Pope Couaty who lived here . dozen years ago they have wcighty and significant import. Then, as now, Pope County i've have ns good as none now) had no Q Court house, and there was some talk of q removal of the County Seat. We'll, certain interested parties prevailed on the County Court to make an ap- propriation to build new Court house. But sir, they never asked the then broken up people of Pope County if they were willing to sub init to such a tax. It was put through in hot haste without asking Ianybody's consent, ard the first thing the people of Pope Coun- ty knew they had debt saddled npon them of $l9,999.99, and that's what our caption means. If ever that appropriation was submitted to a vote of the people we never heard of it. We'll does the writer rcmem- Der hearing the party who put in the only bid made for building the house, of his agency in the matter, that he ibid $l9, ,999.99, the only bid made, and that we would now have q Court Ihouse, AND IT WOULD BUILD UP l DOVER. 8 sfa as8d sad saui1
 We mildly suggested that it would nave looked better to consult the people first, and that it would be a long time before they could pay such 1 q sum. "It don't make any differ enee,' said our friend, "the Court house is q going to be built, and it's q going to build up Dover" Now, MT. Editr, we have not the least ob- jection in the world to Dover or any other town being built np lcgiti- natcly, i. e., on it's own hook, but 1 not if the people have to be taxed to l the tune of $l9,999.99 to do it as a FIRST OUTLAY, for, sir, that Court house cost the good people of Pope 1 County first and last about $3O,OOO, land what have we got to show for it9 1 An old crazy structure that never was safe, with the western wall of the upper story blown in and the other walls so damaged that it can not be repaircd-it will have to be rebuilt if anything IS done to it.
 | Let us get down to bottom facts. 1st. We have no Court house. 2nd. 1 Dover is too far out of the way for the convenience of majority of the people, besides, it won't go anary red2 to aid Tn repairing the old Court : house. 3d. Neither will Atkins give anything to have it moved there, if she will just let her sec Russcllvillc's 8 $250O, and go. us one better, then 1 we'll raise her a dot or two. 4th. RusscIlville wants the County Seat and is willing to build, free of ex- 1 pensc to the county, q good substan- tiai Court house, If the people will vote the County Seat here. r1a at
 If any taxpayer doubts this just let him go to the Clerks office at ! Dover and look at the bond on file there for $25OO with the names of nine good and responsible men as Pope County has, and be convinced.
 It is now said if the County Seat is removed from Dover we will have all the private property to pay for there. That's all nonsense, there's not a word of law for it, besides MT. Editor, were you ' living in town that was not likely to amount to much in your day, and it was the county scat, wouldn't you favor instead of opposing its re- moval if you could get pay for your property? seems to mo you would if you wished to get away from a town that was retrograding. unless you were 2 fossilized old fogy.~
 We don't want any more SIS, ,999. 99 appropriations (which lacks just u cent of S20,000) made, to be issued m scrip, taken out of the country, and sold for fifty cents on the dollar, and then have our county sued i'll the U. $. Courts and we, the people, have to foot the bill in greenbacks and have nothing to show for it. but an old dilapidated, damaged struc- ture not worth the brick that went in it. N"7 i"t Russellville is more easily acces- sibl, to q larger portion of the peo- pie of the county than my other point in It; it's live, growing town, it's people are full of energy, life, and vim, and arc public spirited, they mean business and no sHENAN- AeIN in this matter. They arc will ing if the people vote them the coun. ty seat to build the county q good substantial house, and give the ground. And if the county will help them $l ,O00 or $l 300 (which is less than the old court house can be re- pailcd for) they will build the coun. ty far better house than it ever had. 1s nL
 Now taxpayers, think of this mat ter and don't let any one scare you ! out of voting for Russcllville, if you do we are sure you will regret it. Just tell them you have twenty-five hundred reasons for voting for Rus sellyille, Tn the shape of t2500, guar anteed by such men as "honest big Bob Wilson," Jake Shinn, Dock liar key, the ever iovial, lively and busl- ness-like Geo. Howell, and five others just as good, that we don't