Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-04-25
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what he believed would be best
for the tax payers II Baa. one.
He failed to prove Li- argument
IN every point be- tried 10 Ea.-.
lie said himself tina. he miea e
wrong n his position. IL he had
changed his statement Just d
little and stated ,hai BE- v
wrong 10 his argument De would
have hit the mai exactly On doe
head" II seems as be u..ed to
take a shot at several other
counties and states that have
adopted those %oppre-siv. ta1 lev
les, what did he -h,w YOU in re-
gard t. those other counties? lie
just showed you where th- tx
payers were pay'rc - large
amount of money. hut le ciu'ni
show you what kinds ot roads
they have. AS he Gi. rot tell
you how the ROADS were IN C,.
ahoma, Union and pontotcc
counties, | will Their roads
are in a much worse condition
than ouIs. have ,te proof on
what | have said. Coahoma
county ten years ago Went under
the contract system. also a
$780, 0u bond issue for The pur-
pose o. maintaining lis public
highways.
Voters, have a statement that
| desire to show to you all aud
that is that the roads IN Coahoma
county are in such a bad condi-
ton that the people have b box
their wagon wheels in before
they ar run them on the roads
ut all, on account Of the mud aud
water and 1t requires I'VE large
mules to pull a wagon with one
barrel OF -four and one more
small package and two men 1--WE
miles % a country hone. Mn
friend, MIR Nunnally said thar
tour large mules could rot pull
an empty wagon over the roads
He says they have no roads but
have t. pay the money Just the
same Ter the purpos of trying o.
have them. But yet they claim
that Uncle sam" Is up behind
them with his civ:l ,arneer-.
and 1t appears u me that -Cucie
sam IS up behind Us IN too
many measures already for tie
good that he Is doing. Mr.. Nun
naily Is a citizen Of oxford also a
farmer. Now gentlemen I would
be GLAD Il a number OF you would
talk - him cOucerninv the ruac-
in CoahOma county a. he la,
just returned from th.t county
within the last few days. Mr..
Nunnally i a man % high ability
and his word Is iudisputable. ani
If you will talk with him he wlIi
tell you absolute IS what he taoW-
about those roads. Now Voter.
there are three counties tia. /
have referred yng 10.
The Giifereree in Mr.. Bishop
and my Argument is TIM; he
shows you all that il = better for
the people to pay Gus large sums
Of money for the purpose Of main
tanning public highways aad l
absolutely think an argument
like that il a grand mistake. a.
the bond issue has proved a COM
plete fsilura IA s, many GiIcren:
counties.
Now Votes. do yen al r.
member while my friend Mr..
Bishop wash the campaign wi at
he sad -cu4ssruil- the bono
issue? His statement wts u.ls:
III the people 81 beat ore favor
ed the bOnd issue Cor the mIiot-
ity) that he would and If they did
not that he would not. that he
would stand with the majority.
but he says now that Il every
voter In beat one votes against
the bond issue that ne Is going 80
vote for il; be- he did not say
that while Ire was in the cam
paign, he safe he would b. With
the majority 81 the people first.
last and all time. He shows YOU
il this bond issue goes into Ell ct.
that under the law the Board viii
appoint three road commissioners
whIeh each one viii receive a
compensation OF SjO.C0 annually
(total Si50.0U) and for fifty years
it will amount to S7.JG0.OO that
the tax payers Will have 10 pay
in addition 10 the Communication
tax and bond issue, aud the Lord
only knows how much more viii
be added to that. some OF our
gentlemen that live in beat one
that are fighting for the bond
issue so earnestly. their farms
are notin beat one and by this
being true it would not effect
them at all If the bond issue was
TO come into effect. / wonder
what kind a condition the road IS
that leads by my friend Bishops
farm that is located in.beat three?
have been informed mat it is
almost impossible. | wonder il
Supervisor Bishop drew the
money from the county ter the
purpose of maintaining the road
that leads by his farm? II he
did, knowing a. much about
maintaining roads IS he claims
he knows in his article. be cer-
tainly has gotten almost a marble
road leading by his farm, al
though | have been told that it
is almost impossible.
Me friend, NJ. p. Bishop spoke