Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-10-01
Another Effort To Explain Facts in
Regard to the Bond Issue.

And the reason as claimed by
some people of this community
for asking for the bond issue they
that they have been taxed
as all other parts of Lafayette
County for all public improve
ments done in the county and
they themselves have got no inn
prOvemcnts. Now to admit that
their claim is true when they say
that Lafayette County justly owes
them 4 road now if that be true
that the county owes this people
a road let them ask the county to
build il and not demand the pay
ment Of the entire county's debt
at the hands of Just a few people
in Yocona bottom. This demand
looks to me just like one hundred
men might owe me one dollar
each and because L was not able
to ovcrpower the hundred men |
would just catch ten of them and
demand of them ten dollars each,
at the same time let the other
ninety 20 free. Now men, | want
to say here that the claim by this
absolutely unjust if there is any
thing due this people it is in a
county capacity and it is absolute.
ly unjust. TO form a division line
in this district and demand the
payment of the entire county's
debt at the hands of just a few
people and at the same time this
people upon whom this demand
is made has suffered the same bur
den of taxes as the people of La
fayette Springs. Men. | say this
is unjust. Oh. yes, they claim
that we art to build two roads
Well what of that, if they do
build two roads, 1t just means for
the south half of this proposed
district to build their own road,
and then come and bear the larg-
est part of the expense of build
ing the road in the north side OF
the district. Why do 1 say this
proposed district contains a little
because it is the truth. Now this
than two hundred thousand
dollars worth of property but di-
vide it East and West and the
half of the proposed dis
.riet only contains about sixty
dollars worth of prop
'rty So. you see the two road prof.
Just means for the people
# the sUuth half of this district
n bear the entire expense of theil
svn road and also to pay the
part of the expense of
Dad in the north side of district.
take the liberty right here to
ny that there is not "a man in
be- south part of the district that
I'll stand for any such, neither
: there many that live in the
Iorth side Of the district that will
.and for such injustice. / know
his people here, | know that the
most of them is fair. just and hon
est. L fed sure that with a fair
understanding the entire district
would not pole ten votes in favor
OF such injustice to their fellow
nnan While it is true that the
majority OF this people has signed
I petition for the bond issue since
the election Notwithstanding. we
sair!y voted the bond issue down
now why did the people sign this
second petition for the bond issue
because 1t was misrepreSented TO
them. How was it misrepresented
IN the first placef They told the
people that it was a different peti
ton to the first. Now the second
petition had a map attached to
= and q line which represented
Yoeeora River. but the people
vas told that this line represent
ed the center of the proposed dis
triet, so they told the people on
the north of this line that the
people in the south part was GO
ing to have a road and that they
were going to be taxed to build
that road and this petition was
only asking the Board TO give US
/ road also, but when they got
pCth of the line with the same
petition, the people there say they
:talmed that the north side al
-eady had the road and that that
,cntion was only asking the
Board to grant two roads that
me south might have a road also.
Vow by this misrepresentation. de
'elved many SO the name of many
'ood men appear on their petition
nut the most of them have signed
1 petition against the bond issue
and also against a formation Of a
special district because of the
saet some people at Lafayette
Springs claim that Lafayette coun
y Is greatly in debt to them and
the formation of a special dis
trIet Is only the attempt to force
a Few people to pay the claim
made against the entire county. l
take the liberty to say with a fair
understanding that there is not
one man out of ten that will stane
for such injustice neither do | be-
lleve that the Board of Supervis-
ors will call an election under the
circumstances.
Jnso a few words in the con-
neetion with the complaint made
against the road contractors. .Jno.
and George Weleh. 1t is claimed
by some that they are getting a.
bout $500 a year and / suppose
1t is SO, the most of that is paid
cash and the balance is paid quar-