Smyrna times., 1907-08-28

the United States, they made them all
toll-gate roads, and laid heavy traffic
upon any who came in or went out. 1t
would seem from this, they had for
gotten all about free trade and king
cotton. But nay nay !! citizen, not so
easy. The merchants liked the toll
roads because they we're hindrances to
their people dealing in the United
States; and the aristrocracy liked them
because they helped make them exclu-
sive. Most of these roads are still |
Ievying tariffs on the commerce be-
tween the two countries until this pre-
sent hour.
Lake Of the Past and Lake Of to Day.
Lake of the past and the Lake of to-
day are much the same. A class which
always looks back and never forward
never overtakes anything. Though
lumber is not cheap there is not a
painted barn in the county, and not
half dozen farm houses contain bath
rooms. But they have not let their
intellectual flag trail in the dirt.
Should you ask any old timer if they
still possess their mental superiority,
he will cast upon you a serious look of
pity and contempt, and reply:-"NO
one except some such galoot as you
ever questions it." OF their superior
ity they have had frequent and recent
tests. l. The most forcible test is that
they have been able to make living in
Lake for over thirty years. 2. When
a stranger comes in from across the
mountains, they invariably know he
does not know anything, for he asks
about directions, roads. towns, climate
products, etc., all of which these won
derful people seem to know. Then
they beat him in a boss trade. Only
last summer a learned scientist was
camping in their mountains and wan =
dered so far away from his camp that
he was lost and was compelled to seek
information of them. 3. The great
number of mineral springs and summer
hotels in the county bring here large
: numbers of people with an occasional
nabob from the substantial aristOcracy
4 of the United States. These people dc
. many foolish things but an old timer
= sometimes condescends to sell then
subsistence aud he kindly tells then
4 how good he is for doing it. Now, i
seems to me, there is no escaping this
: trinity of facts and he has proven his
case.
- The aristocracy again proves it
\ genulness by its exclusiveness.
have lived here two years and but tw,
- of them have fractured their rule b.
=. asking me to call. One invitatio
- came from an old bachelor and as oil
bachelors are not credited with goot
IA judgement anywhere, we may excas
9 him. My social qualities are probabl
- small but the oversight is general I
90 all newcomers.
~ Our delightful democracy has on
20 great political boss and one smallt
one. 1t is the lesser one which is ii
greater phenomenon. He was born
old England and has the given nan
of George Washington, and like b
illustrious ancestor he never told a
'e' or never told the truth, 1 forg
- which. He cams here thirty years as
a soldier of fortune and still remain
M IN without one. Much the larger part
the aristocracy adheres with unVar
ing rectitude TO the party of Andre
; Jackson. Of course, the large mai
- ity of them know he is dead and son
of them know the essential spirit of b
~ party is gone; that it left on the wing
- fight of time and what remains of it
- mossgrown and has been placard
80 80 with all kinds of political curealls un
80 it more nearly resembles the grip sa
as of globe trotter, that such conglol
- Grafton of doctrines compelled tn,
- last national candidate to protest Il
he was 'safe and sane" But this
o1 nettled Lake that she failed to endol
"a- w him.
ome The Exclusiyeness of Lakes ArlstOcrac,
any
b of Strange to relate but few of the m
who chants, who are the keystone of t
Ime. aristocracy, democracy, intellect
set monstrosity, are Jacksonians. tt
N in became aristocrats partly from nee
aims sity, partly from natural inclinat
pee and policy. The policy upon wh
they have delighted to deal with
had general public has made none of IL
'ons, millionares. In the little villa
heir where they preside at the counters
and their general stores no thriving c
racy, merce wakes echoes among the stuI
york, houses. They have two publics,
Ilect- aristocracy, to whom they are alw
lights obsequious, the new comers and
'ut a travellers, to whom they always g