Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-10-11

SO I hardly know what to do.
believe l will risk an exceedingly
gentle kick however on account Of
the urgency of the case, with q
hope that the Big Contractor will
not take it amiss. l trust he will
remember that all citizens have q
constitutional right to kick a Pub
lie Servant and that the P. S, is in
duty bound to stand it, or at least
a reasonable amount of it. But tc
my kick. There are nine miles OF
that road in the first district, and
all of it is in better fix than ever
saw it before, barring about a quar-
ter of mile Of hills, and two miles
of sand-beds which cannot be work
ed, and which seem to have been
specially created in the interest of
road contractors.
Now Mr.. Editor, no reasonable
man could cut up at this, could he?
I praisesthirty-fve quarters out of
thirty-six of his road, and surely
he will not kick back Ct mean with
his shoes) at a mild criticism of
that one little quarter of. a mile
But it is best to be on the safe side
and so I remind you that it is your
solemn dnty as an editor not to give
me away on demand, but to take
your medicine like a man, should
my article produce unpleasant re-
suits. | will say further that
should you prove unmindful of your
professional obligations and sell me
out, l will try, with the aid of Di-
vine Providence and a hickory stick
to get even with you. You know
l am bigger than you are, and
therefore Proviydnce and the stick
are likely to prevail through my
humble efforts. "a word to the
wise is sufficient. However,
have rambled away from that kick
and now "let us get back TO our
Muttons.
There are three hills on that
otherwise excellent road Ct com
mend this to the Big Contractor
that need grading; the hill rising
from Percy's Greek, the Land
Hill" and the morris Hill" l
am informed that grading hills is
included in these road contracts,
and for fear our Big Contractor has
forgotten it, or thinks the Board of
Supervisors has, which is much the
same thing, l write this communi-
cation, and ask You to jog his
memory. I am compelled to use
that road, Mr.. Editor. l never
raise anything that I can buy on
credit and of course have to haul
"furnishments" from Woodville.
| have also to travel the road in
coming to Woodville to buy these
suppries, and to fix up liens. l
wovld go to Fort Adams because
that road is mostly level, but in
winter it often gifts too thin for wa
CONS, and not quite thin enough
for boats, so I just have to come to
your town.
Now Mr. Editor, won't you
please see that Big Contractor for
me, and ask him to fix those hills
so l can haul at least half load of
grub over them, and SO my poor
old horse will not run such risks of
rubbing his tail off trying to hold
back my buggy while coming down
them? If you will only do this l
will teach all the children in our
neighborhood to rise up and call
you blessed.
Before closing I wish to ask you
one more question. What did the
Board of Supervisors dispense with
our Professional Road Kicker for?
l thought he was doing good ser
vice and am informed that the con-
tractors thought otherwise, which
was point in his favor, On horse
back he looks as big as any of them
and that is another point to his
credit. Were he still the Boss Of
these road men 1 would not now be
taking the fearful risk I am in the
interest of the travelling public.
Yours,
PERCY's CREEK.