The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-06-17

Niu uudl uotS StNSi, eAS ei'ieI
dollars that he proposes to raise from
the county would build creditable
court honse and Jail, and the people
would have ample opportunity to
mourn over violated mpaign
pledges, with no hope of redress. l
do not mean to charge Mr. Wanna
maker with designing such a result,
l am only pointing out a possibility.
Mr. Wanuamaker says that all the
proposals for this large bond issue
came from the country people. If
this be true, why is it that MIR Wan
namaker, city banker, is only to be
found long and loud in advocacy of
the scheme:
l yield to no man in desire to see
the town prosper and succeed in ev-
cry line of progress, but I do stand
for absolute fairness to ali in the
manipulation of this bond issue. |
am anxious to have creditable court
house and jail, but my sense of fair
ness revolts at a proposition to the
country people for a thirty thousand
dollar bond issue, the burden OF
which they are to bear, being placed
upon them by the vote of st Mat
thews. OF course box would have
to be provided for the country vot-
ers, but it could be understood taat
the town electors would refrain from
voting on the proposition, ,and it takes
the widest campaign flight of imag-
ination to conjure up bond sale for
that reason. AMI not objecting to a
bond issue by our country friends,
and would be delighted to have it,
bu, the effort to force the issue upon
the rural sections by the vote of st
Matthews is tyranny, pure and sim.
pie, a direct blow at liberty and a
step toward czardom.
At very critical period in Jewish
history the people, heart-sore and
weary with burdensome taxation, re.
sorted to Rehoboam and said: "Thy
father made our yoke grievous; now
therefore make the grievous service
of thy father and his heavy yoke
which he put upon US light" And
he said, Depart for three days, then
come again" And the old men coun-
seled him, saying "Speak good words
to them and they will serve thee for
ever" But he forsook the counsel of
the old men and consulted with the
young men that were grown up with
him.
So the people came to Rehoboam
the third day, and he answered them
roughly and forsook the counsel of
the old men and said: "My father
chastised you with whips, but l will
chastise you with scorpions" And
Israel saw that the king hearkened
not unto them, and the people said:
ITO your tents, o Israeli"
Then Rehoboam sent Adoram, who
was over the tribute, and all Israel
stoned him with stones that he died
Therefore Rehoboam made haste to
yet him up to his chariot to flee to
Jerusalem.
MIR Wannamaker might ponder
this sad chapter of human history
with great profit. The citizens of the
portions of Orangeburg and Lezing,
ton counties were told that they were
serving hard taskmasters, aad were
given the most solemn promise that
st Matthews would bear all the ex-
pense of the court house and jail land
only faith in these assurances gave
US the county. We trusted the people
then, and they stood by us, now let
the town stand by its campaign
promises, plank down the 5000
and not wait "three or four years" to
do it. If the people see fit to supple
ment that amount with twenty or