The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-12-13

them credit for that much. by what
species OF mctamorphosis have the
people of llopkinsville become such
pbilanthropists?. Proposing to
build pixies free npon the money Of
those who make use of them, and
that too when they do hot want them.
When the people from tho rural dis
tricts 20 TO your town to trade, you
appear more like the horse-lcech than
pbianilropi.ts, and this sudden eb-
ullilion of fellow feeling strikes us NJ
too sudden 10 bc real and lasting. II
the people of llopkinsville want those
of the country to come to town to
trade with them, they should furnish
the facilities, or II they are not viii
ling 10 do that, they should leave to
those who pay the piper TO say
whether they shall dance or not. l
know that your people are very much
exercised about their city in view of
the proposed railroad that is TO run
through the south end OF the county,
and nm convinced that should II be
built, IIopkinsyillc would suffer by
Il. But is the matter TO be rcmedied
by killing the goose that laid the gol-
den egg3 DO you think that we viii
ignore l;le railroad that lies among
us and that we will be forced 20 carry
our produce TO y our market whether
we will ornot?. A pike was never
the treasure that town people have
endcavored to make country people
believe II was. During the greater
portion OF the time that We deliver
tobacco to market, VIC would prefer
dirt roads, and the whole OF the time
when delivering wheat, and when
we wish TO take trip for pleasure,
~ Ii matter of course we'll take the
Train. II may be, however, that II Is
tho disposition of your people TO
cliasiise us for exulting over and Civ.
ing our money to bring tho railroad.
In any event think they will have
only their labor tor their pains. They
may Impose . tax upon us Which will
cause some Inconvenience, but its re-
suits will he nugatory so lar as their
town is concerned. When the lcgis.
lalurc makes the enact nient, you will
see Phil Bell, and tho other party |
managers, pop their whips over the
ignorant blacks in the south end OF
the county, and tell them ii They do
not vote Ter II they will all die slaves
There is no question rs TO what the
result will be. The tax will be voted
Of course. But that you should turn
against us is the uukindesl part of il.
o. all the papers that come to this Of
flee yours has the largest number Of
subscribers, and II its circulation is
as large in other precincts where the
vote rs 10 be taken, y0u will do us
great damage. The fact of the nor h
end Of the county being left out OF
the district to be taxed, convinces us
that is u party movement. They are
republicans and are solidly and I'M
compromi>ingly opposed TO turn
pixies under any and all circumstan-
ccs. Our information IL, TINT no cili-
zen from South Christian has asked
Tor such n measure, aud II II be true.
then ask in the name Of Justice and
fair dealing why should these pixies
be buiitI Your correspondent is
and silva, has been IN tavUr OF free
turnpikcs built by taxation, and he lie
willing to pay on cents on every hum
dred dollars worth of the little prop
ety he owns, but rs the tax mus,
come almost entirely from those who
do not want them, and voted By
those who were recently cnIranchised
aud who do not own property nor
properly appreciate the use of the
ballot, he cannot 10 otherwise than
oppose il. ! have written this to re-
feet the views OF the citizens here
about, MS they have been expressed
to me, and hope you will find space
for il. ID.