The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-05-02

into county $50 in cash. Mr.. Virgil
Daniel says when he was road boss
under the ordinary with free labor
he worked his section, paid his eX-
penses and turned over 10 county
i $40 in cash. Don't you think that
| beats what we are doing now? Our
taxes were only $3.50 per thousand
then. | wonder what's the matter
with our commissioners, they could
send out dump carts with two men
on each road and fill up the holes and
make some kind of showing. Mr.
Lewis, of Kennesaw, tells me he made
bid for supplies and his bid was
1925 less than any of the bids and
yet the commissioners saw fit to give
| it to some one else. He said he had
copy Of all the bids. Our next
move will be to circulate petitions all
over the county and If you do not
have an opportunity to sign one at
home when you are in Marietta come
to my store and you can sign one.
Let every body take part in this
matter as it is a subject everybody
IS interested in. / wish to state
again that l am not making per-
sonal fight on anyone and have no
feeling in this matter towards any,
one. | am only trying to show to
our people that we have got in the
wrong road and made great mis-
take and now is the time to change
it before it gets any worse. | want
to thank every body for the endorse
ments of my letters mad the congra-
tulations | have received as there are
so many of you | cannot do it person
ally. | would like to have a good
man in every town and about two
in every district to get our petition
signed Write of phone me and |
VII send you one. | asked one of
Randall's report of Use per day for
each convict and the commissioner
report of S2S,250 for four months to
work 20 convicts. He said they did
not go nto the details of these re-
ports, just accepted them as they
were made. He was very much sur
prised when | showed him how much
convict labor was costing the coun-
ty Little Pat Anderson, of S. A.
Anderson, says if the Supt. wants a
barell of flour he will send a four
mule wagon after it. My conten-
tions in all letters have been for good
roads. favor good roads. l think
We ought to have good roads all
over the county and not in a few
favored spots and know we can new
er get all over the county with con-
victs and we can with free labor, and
why not give the laboring man the
money so he can support his family
instead of wasting it on high sal
aired men and convicts as we are
now doing. Mr.. Fred H. McCleskey' S
letter is fine and will be appreciated
by the reading public. He has given
us a letter full of food for thought
and confined himself to the issue
that is under discussion. The roads
and finances of the county. | want
to thank him for this letter. Mr.
Terry, poor fellow, | feel sorry for
him, he makes me think of one of
those suffering fellows that tries to
say something and cant get started.
Tie correspondent from Nesbit s
ought to have his head soaked, there's
something the matter with him and
he doesn't know it. He tried to say
something about me and brought in
Tom Watson and Hoke Smith and
monuments, rural mail delivery and
farming. Somebody ought to wake
him up and let him get in the pro-
cession. We are talking about roads
and the financial condition of the
county and how to give everybody
good roads at less expense and it can
be done if we give the ordinary con
troll and let him hire the work done
We can get three good men for the
amount each convict costs per day
All this talk will not build roads OIL
cut expenses unless we do something
definite.
]. w. Hardeman.