The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-14

FREDERICKSBURG, VA, THURSDAY MARCH a. 1907
GOOD ROADS FOR SPOTSYLVaNIA


To The Free Lance.
Following the line oi the proposition
that We iirst started out with, read thes.
words from Poor Richard: III you de-
what you should tot, you must hear
what you would not" aud these, BE
thorough # u does take hlte longer.
Weighty questions ask for deliberate
answers. A tax payer should know
what he pays for eacf Object separately
~ well hs the total amount. Just tax
bill is an honest debt We owe for the pro.
lection of llie and property. When Alex
ander Hamilton IN the iirst YEAR Oi the
administration of George Washington
was the patron of the first tariti law,
when no money at home or credit
abroad stared the American people IN the
face, then it was that Washington by
pledging his private estate aud the honor
OF man held back the disturbed people
from STRIFE among themselves Until The
tax placed on ali import goods uf ten
per cent, and no iayor- iOr any class oi
goods and equal justice 10 ali men.
Washington leaning IN inll confidence ON
Hamilton saw the war expenses paid,
the treasury dill with money the credit
grow abroad aud the prosperity aud
happiness OF the people at home. For
sixty years we moved forward with an
honorable and dignifed citizenship.
Every man il An author aud his Ife is his
book, and should be dedicated TO an
honorable possibility. Man may doubt
words, but no man will doubt n true
and noble life. Now il takes two to
make a bargain; this has been conceded
ever since men learned 10 ex hange prop
erty. IL il the essence OF traffic and the
foundation Ot commerce. What j. the
price? What will II cost? knOwledge
and truth stare W ia the face at every
turn, aud the man who does not absorb
them does not Use his possibility. Be
cause one does not know a thing is no
reason that IL does not exist or SOMEONE
else does not know. the Old saw that
"a little learning is IL dangerous thing
does not mean that u man must 20 to
the grave yard without will. or biz
name signed with Jonn Smith (his y
mark }, and Bible teaching is. do not
hide ones light under q bushel lndl
yiduals learn by words applied on the
side OF the head, by reading the words
written by other men In books; they
recognize wisdom even in plain clothes,
they do not require it TO he dressed in
the language OF Hugo, Clay, Webster,
Twain, Dooley or Shakespeare. A girl
who is a cOnnoisseur can pick IA prince
from dozen pairs OF walking oyeralls
possibly. All a really wise man pre-
tends to do is to take the truth where
ever he finds il and uses it for the service
he needs; he cannot even give credit
always to the sOu.ce from which he
takes a thought. Man may find knowl
edge even aud know some things aud
still not go near the path OF wisdom. An
idea exists that one may buy wis
dom from one supposed to be Il spec
ialist, but II Is possible even at that to
get something like ready to wear
suit; it may not ht the purchaser.
No man or set Of men have or can get
a corner on wisdom. All men Of all ages
have the ages to draw from. Coniucius,
the great Chinese philosopher, only did
this. You go after knowledge, but Wis
dom comes TO you. The deeds OF Others
beckon Us on and their mistakes warn
us of the dangers they met. lt rs posi-
BILE that men will not accept the truth
because it does not agree with thier pre-
conceived ideas; therefore, the man with
only tsllow dip needs wonderful cour-
age TO succeed in getting his light before
such men, We do not need socialism.
We do need equal opportunity, equal
education, equal employment; nothing
else will keep US the position our nation
holds in the eyes of the world. As we
said, we do not think we are ready for
bond issue yet. We are just az anxious
for good roads, and the best, as the most
ardent man who is putting forth effort
In this direction and do not think that
our people will be satisfied with less
than the best. What we want now is
an early beginning under the plan offered
the supervisors last Monday, March
4th). This plan will take care OF three
hundred miles OF the 400, and will pre-
pare the road bed for the surfacing when
we get the bond issue, aud in the mean
time all of the money that can be spared
from the county general fund may be
used for surfaciDg the road bed in the
worst places. We have written each
member OF the board OF supervisors
personally asking that they each and
severalIy ask any question pertaining to
our road problem which may need an
inquiry.
Yours for good roads,
Thos. II. Harris.
March 18th, 1907.