The Washington herald., 1909-06-17
Concerning Seney.

It shan not be said that throughout this
broad land there is none too poor 10 do
Seney. Ga, reverence. We know some
thing about Seney, and although it's town
council has solemnly and emphatIcally de-
clared that no automobile-picturesqu
ly designated engines OF destruction'-
shall enter its corporate limits. never
theless we insist that much injustice has
been done Seney, and the various reports
scattered abroad concerning It ought 10
be. and shall be. righted.
We love Georgia; We admit it not only
unblushingly, but with conscious pride.
Everything Georgian interests US. and
most things Georgian please US. We love
Georgia because Of Little Joe" Brown.
and in spite OF Hoke Smith; and between
these two extreme points OF view we
crowd a maximum Of active admiration
and high regard. Hence Seney. being a
part Of Georgia. no matter how inflnitesl-
mally inconspicuous. Is not lightly 70 be
nlsrepresented within the sphere OF our
influence.
Besides. seney Is small. and ought not
70 be forced to fight its battles alone.
At present its physical assets are one
store and three residences. There was a
time when seney had I'VE stores and
seven residences; and IN those days Il
spread proudly II not magnihcently over
part Of two counties-Polk and Floyd.
But one fine day Seney forgot itself and
disregarded its raising" to the extent
that It voted itself dry" and when the
moisture had all been squeezed out, and
it was quite as arid as things IN this
world ever get 10 be, Seney was found
TO have shrunk up worse than an all
wool shirt after its first trip 70 the
laundry: and that is the Seney OF to-day,
and it is all in Polk County.
We deny and repel the published state
ment that seney will not, in any eireuu-
stances. permit an automobile 10 tray
erse one OF It's streets" This slander
might have some foundation in fact II
Seney had any streets. but as II has not.
the indictment falls to the ground for
want Of sufficient evidence 10 sustain the
fundamental allegations set up therein.
Moreover. while Seneyites are strenuous
and sticklers for their rights as free-born
Americans. they are Just. and they be-
lieve IN a square deal They know that
the average automobilist has no possible
means Of knowing when he is in seney
and when he Is somewhere else-that IS
to say. he can never feel quite sure he
Is not somewhere else. there not being
anything IN particular that would seem 10
difrerentisUe the material aspect Of Seney
from the attaching 100 square miles or
so Of unincorporated Georgia territory.
We, therefore feel safe in saying that
the town marshal-who Is also the police
court judge. the mayor. the sexton. and
the keeper OF the pound-would arrest no
one without first extending him an invita-
ton to get out OF harms way. and. in all
probability, conducting him 10 the from
tier; albeit after that, OF course the
guilty party would travel Seneyward
again at his peril and on his own re-
sponsibIlity entirely.
We mention these things IN respect OF
Seney because we regret TO have no
ticed a disposition 70 paint that interest
ing municipality bIaeker than it really
is. What there is OF Seney IS not ali bad:
1t has its faults. mayhap but II has its
virtues, too.