Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-02-22

satisfied with either end, but when
you try to hoodoo or hoodwink me
or the tax payers of this county by
your erroneous articles, then / must
let you and your plan Of free turn
pixies fall to the ground, You say
you love your city $12 foliage on
1000 bushels of wheat, better than
any other point at the same price; /
have no doubt you do, aud you ought
to; yes, even better than your own
soul. Self interest will make man
love anything. Ilove my county seat
and city too, but love the financial
condition of my country, pocketbook
and little ones around me better, and
if don't see things as you do then |
am an old fogy. Yes, / am proud of
my county seat and city. | would be
the last man that would pluck a lau-
rel from the city or any living soul
in it. want TO see her go onward
and upward until she reaches the top
round of the ladder j. says every
one in the city is for free turnpikes
and this is why the fiscal court should
issue bonds and buy the pixies now
built. The city was for free turn
pixies few years ago when the hot
battle was fought over them, and the
people all over the county said "no."
And then the old fogies you speak of
came to the from. and upset the ar
rangement. And so did the city a
few years ago get up scheme to
build railroad to get competition or
cheap rates to the city at big ex-
pense to the tax payers of the county,
but the same old fogies spoken of by
j. steps in just in time to throw off
of their shoulders a 100000 debt
that the unborn child would have
never seen paid, and the city was not
satisfied with this, so she hops into
the ring by herself and fought for
what she thought was liberty; but no,
she finds herself now in precarious
condition and nothing will save her
but system of free turnpikes. So
j. you see it wont do to follow a city
too far. They, as well as an individ-
uals make some very grave mistakes
and that is why the old fogies have
to watch them and keep them in line.
Cities and county seats bankrupt
more counties than ANYTHING else by
misleading or deceiving the country
Cities or county seats all over the
country more or less are striving to
bnild up the towns at the expense of
the country. Some of the advocates
of system of free turnpikes in Hop
kinsville argue that if we had free
turnpikes all of the business of the
county would sooner or later concen.
trate in the city. God forbid this
should ever take place; when we
break plow we don't want to hav.
to go Is miles to get new one; anc
if we want 80 cents worth of sugar o.
coffee we don't want to ride Is miles
for it. Should we get sick we don't
want to go 20 miles for a little med
icine. want our city to go onward
and also our country towns There
is room for us all. The city is losing
nothing, you cant stop her but she
can stop us, if we permit her to lead
us on in the wrong direction. No, j.,
you had better let well enough alone
and own your pixies 80 you can drive
your fine thoroughbreds to the city
where you can go TO the exchange
and buy a hundred hhds. of tobacco
day at commission of So per hid.
and put your 500 in your pocket,
and then drive back over your own
pike to the toll gate, b. re transfer
your nickel from one pocket to the
other, and when you get home you
will still have your $500. Your either
has lost its sound and you will never
pass through The zodiac until you lay
aside your wildcat schemes.
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