Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-08-22
WONDERFUL DREAM.


money scarce, everybody poverty
stricken, that there was bond .
issue for good roads in Beat No | F.
OF course there had never been
any1survey made Of the roads,
nor had the roads ever been 10 f
Gated, neither did We know what
kind Of roads we were 10 Get.
whether they were 60 be lust com
mon old dit, gravel. stone or
macadam. Neither did we know
the cost or in the reighb1rhoo9
~ what they would cost per faile. .
We had already spent nearly
$4,000 and very l.tJle improve
ment IN the condition Of the roads.
IL / have not acute business
Judgment enough to spend SlO,-
VoJ Judiciousiy, then is not /. bad
pohcy To give me S2.CJ0.00O to
spend? What DO you thini, about
il? ! was just thinking it would
be very had policy to send my
boy. age 10 years. 10 market to
buy year s supply when he does
not know how To- buy q dozen
lemons intell.gently. Now ny
homes, judgment is that if We
spend that 100000 IN Just pill
ling up sand beis and levee5 Of
dirt, knowing the kind II rains
and Hoods We have In thi. csun-
try tina, we will make very sci ri
Gus mistake. IL seems 10 rie that
all people Of intelligence, when
they 50 70 build q house. always
decide tie kind 81 house he
wants 90 build. whether brick,
/ frame or concerts, the style. mum
/ Ter Of rooms, whe.Se, Il shall De-
two Or ten stories high and above
al! "Gguras as close 30 what il
would cos, as possible. Then
/ make arrangements abou. the
money % hulid II. Gl We acr
This way in voting frr the road
business K looks u me like W.
/ just g.. Ce=p eratr and wan.cIand
mus, spend 100000 for s1rie-
thing or vote the Oo.CJ0on our
selves and this would r.ye rs
7 good roads. T. looks like q verv
very Indefinite pr position 70 M.
In o;asr WORDS they just wrote
Ioat q blank note 20 bee E.isi out
later for any amount Up 70 S227.-
600 and We just run over one
another o. get To- sign 1t. Now
this l. just exactly li.:eiti is and
the very thing We cid do. OF
. course the note was not p.eser.-
cd % you in person, out when vou
voted ti1r tie Issuance az bonds
/ you signed the note allrirht and
thesa IS another thing about this
matter, there is absolutely none
ioi ycur property exempt from this
note or debt. Il I rad sore ~
+ you Of - one side would tell
F. Eou ial; you forced me to eign
t5is Tote against my viii, but a
majority q Us signed the note any
way auI l am going 10 make nv
arrangements T. pay ray part Of
Tie noe. All alWays With the
majority, hgt thin. we made a
III tax this tune. Heee not.
bat tbs matter is settled and row
We have taa bond issue and we
aust pat our brains to work to
Know he best and most juQicious
va u spending il. O.Eurse !
an - .ac behind the mJArn wav
t3l cs32g business shat I should
&C; rat M Lip" into this mater
at a.. So far as taatis concern
Ell oae hall dozen eggs will nav
my part q tie taxes per aanum.
out need the egg so bad to eat,
don { went To setto get too hun
cry on account Of this bond issue.
We are all just about alike, all
fools together, why Il [ were 10
tell Yea that the noon is \ bic
+ piece G. chunk OF cheese aad thar
noon shine smells ike cheese
there would be d biz crowd OUT
lonlSat smelling moon shine.
The trouble with the nest Of rs
IS THAI we allow some one else 10
! do our thinking ana We Do so liz
tie ourselves. There is another
thing that I desire 20 call YOUR
/ special attention and that is / pre-
Ter being on the outside Of all this
ousia less where I can ''cuss'' the
other fellow for not doing what |
thinS IS right. Do you kaow it IS
very hard 10 please me and the
lotaer folio" TOO? So about the
best way for the fellow that has
control Of this business is to please
himself, that is if the protoDlasm
+ OF his Drain cells is not ENTIRELY
dried up and the nucleus LODGED
On one side OF the brain cells.
Now IN conclusion will say that
as tAe home made scripture saws
about this bond issue and GOOD
roads, blessed is he that expects
Attie, Tor lie shall not be disap-
pointed"
/ had rather have one acre of
good land that will make tw5
oales Of cotton than have twenty
acres that will make the same
amount. So it seems to me that
on the same hypothesis of reason
ing had rather have one mile OF
good road than 20 miles of bad
road. We want to spend this
money so it will benefit the most /
people. We know that we can
not build gravel, nor macadam
roads over the entire Beat with /
amount Of money we have, be- /
cause they tell me- tba4 o;.bo