Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-18
JAKE COOK ON THE ROAD LAW
All EYE.07ENER FOR Our REPRESENTA-
TIVES AND THE PEOPLE GENERALLY.
Says A PLENTY FOR NED TODD
Government Ownership-Hopes Our Repro
sentatlves Have Got Courage-Nogroes.


sentatlyes Have Got Courage-Nogroes.
FORT MADISON, January 18.-EDIroRs
COURIER: Wo notice in your issue of
January 11th communication from Re-
treat, signed by "Nod Todd" in which
ho says "the biggest grumbling you
hear now is about that road law" IIo
| seems to think that Mr.. Yornor has failod
to satisfy tho pooplo, and | suppose he
has, for it is an impossibility for any
man to satisfy tho poople. God failed to
satisfy thom whom there was only two
on tho oarth. Now, wo cannot reasona-
| lily expect Mr.. Vornor to satisfy throo
Thousand, especially when wo consider
that thoy have had thousands of years
III which to got worse since that first OK
permont.
Your correspondent from Rotroat fur
thor says: s'iax tho property, for IL is
nothing but right and just for tho prop.
erty to work tho roads" Now wo arc
Obliged to diffcr with him on this point.
Ihoro ID largo majority of tho colorod
population in our country whose whole
property consists of little old scrub
mulo or horse, and an old buggy or
wagon, two hound pups and throo-dol-
lar shotgun. They return those mules
and horses on tho tax books at five to
iittoon dollars each, and when thcir total
taxes arc summed up it amounts to
nothing. Now those people do more I'M
necessary travelling on tho public roads
than any other people in tho country,
and cut tho roads up worse than any
other people. Thoy will travel from five
TO twonty milos to a funeral, or a pro-
tractod meeting. Somo Of them arc
mover satisfied until they got seated on a
cushion and a whip in their hand with
which to beat somo poor old horse that
mas not had enough to cat. Now, when
wo tax tho property to keep up public
roads, those people arc not in it at all.
we also have class of young white mon
IN our county who havo no property,
ana somo of thom will spend their last
dollar for tho hire Of horse and buggy
TO "splurgc,' as thcy call it, and while
thcy arc splrrging thoy arc tearing up
tho public roads. When they get in a
mouth, and Derby hat on ono side of
their little pig hoad, then the roads arc
not half wido enough to suit them. Thcy
think tho property is not taxed high
enough.
Now we have another class, the honest
Old gray haired citizens, who have worked
hard and lived hard all their lives to Law
up enough to purchase a homo to occupy
IN their old days. They have worked
the public roads until they havo passed
tho ago OF fifty years. Now that home
which they paid for with hard labor and
economy has been taxed, by our gov
cl ment, for number Of years to
educate lot Of little gourd-hcadcd. flat
n0scd, hammer-heclcd negro children,
and in thirty minutes after this old citi-
zen has paid this school tax, the father,
whose children this old citizen educated
on his OWN money, would not cut him a
fire of wood whom I've was not able to cut
it himself.
Now your correspondent from Retreat
would have higher or special tax
placed on this old citizens property to
build and keep up public roads and
bridges just for the pleasure If this un
grateful generation of vpcrs, simply
because thoy have no property and don t
want any. This is what he calls "iust
and rig:::sfH' but we have another name
for it. We call it robbing the honest,
Woodworking citizen to place premium
on trltlingncss. God koows tho taxes on
property are too high now, and arc get
ting higher every year. We remember q
few years ago the Tilman party was
clamoring for government ownership of
railroads. Now, if the taxes on prop
crty get any higher, we had better ask
for government ownership of real esta to
and personal property. Let the govern
mcnt take it and pay the taxes and tho
Insurance and the people pay the rents,
would probably not be so hard on us.
We believe majority of the people in
our vicinity want the now road law abol-
ished entirely OIL account of it's being too
expensive, and re-establish the old law
just as it. was before, until wo get out of
debt. The roads were in rs good condi
ton before this now law was enacted as
they arc now, and they did not cost lalf
as much. We think wC elected tho best
mon VIC had in tho county to make laws
for us. But it is not expected of them
that they will mako no mistakes. If
they wilfully do wrong wo will rcmcm-
Der them in their next race, and if we
arc not guilty Of a like sin, We will cast
the first stone.
We hopo they will kill the dispcnsarv
law too dead to skin. We hone they
will also kill the new road law, and then
abolish all tho unnecessary Offices and
fight all the unnecessary approximation
bills to the last ditch, then borrow a
brcastplatc from tho dspcnsary mob
and fight again. j. a. Cook.
HaYing a Great Run on ChamberIain's
Cough Remedy.
Manager Martin, of the picrson drug
store, informs us that he is having Il great
run on Chambcrlan's Cough itomedy.
lie sells five bottles Of that medicine 10
one of any other kind, and it givos great
satisfaction. In these days Of la grippe
there is nothing like Chamberlain $
Cough Remedy to stop the cough, heal
up the sore throat and lungs and give
relief within a rcrJ short time. Tho
sales arc growing, and all who try it arc
pleased with its prompt action.-South
Chicago Daily Calumet For sale by j.
w. Bell, Walhalla; W. j. L,nncy, Son
cca; II. Is. Zimmerman, Westminster.