The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-02
"Reseryes.n
EDITOR THE INTELLIGENCE

In military parlance reserves" are
select body of troops held back In
the rear Of an army drawn UP for bat
tie; reserved to sustain other lines
OF battle as occasion may require; a
body OF troops kept for an exigency.
Your coupling" follows:
He (the city attorney will GER
tainly have to call for the reserves
commanded by Col. John v. Stribling
and then some" tE.
To the people or the city OF Ander-
son. or elsewhere concerned, would
say:
While l have said mich about tho
franchise matter / have in no way had
aught to do with the city attorney In
his franchise report. I have had alb
solutely no communication or. conver.
sation with him ON the subject other
than to compliment him on his re-
port ana to commend him for pucsing
q spark arre5ter on tha Southern
Public. Utilities Company .'smoke
stack" But am pleased to realize.
after long years OF patient struggling
single handed in defei.ss os con,tnar.
rights of the people-the only course
LETT open to ME for defense or my
water power possessioas-the time OF
exposure or certain Robbers or law
has arrived. And beg to assure you,
tho people. IL you be tho reserves"
that whatever I can do to save the
living OF this country, and the chill
dren yet to be born to 1t, from having
TO resort to arms In defense of consti.
tuttonal government as against con-
trolling influences of capitalism-as
the MexicRns have had to do may
be counted on to DO. at all times.
everything In my nrwee "ana then
some" in interest Of the great mnas nf
the people as against such law mob
bers as 1 have done in all the long
struggle through past years without
rear or favor or reward other than my
own rights as o citizen and the safety
and soundness OF the institutions OF
this republic as the best possible I'M
heritance to hand down to posterity.
What brought on this trouble?
Answer: A bunch" of horse trad
ers.' or horse power traders if you
please. sent thoir lawyer lobbyists 10
influence the legislatures Of two or
more States to grant them such spe-
ctal privileges as to enable them TO
SO traffic In horses or horse power,
as to put them In position to acquire
control over the field OF supply and
demand. Hence the Savannah river
ferries trouble-now acting Oh q boom-
erang on our misrepresentation in
Washington. =
The, whole trouble has been brought
on by setting aside certain constitu-
tfon3l provisions and unrepeaIed
statute laws meant for the governing
OF water power Development ON uayi.
gable rivers; whereby the "horse
traders" have been permitted to carry
on their parrDse OF water power ana
franchise monopoly Being 90 permit
ted they proceeded to get. In position
70 command the field OF supply and de-
mand and "farrn-out', the horses DOW
er--so uniawfully obtained--to. prs-
vate and 'cofpoylsts and municipal use.
And In 80 farming out the uniawfully
acquired horses to the city OF Ander-
son they have doubtless emhnldened
by their initial lawless stride) been
led on TO violate other ls.ss OF the
States than those welded by che smooth
clevefness OF their lawyer lobbyists
when laying the foundation for tho
very purpose or "power and authorf.
ty" 70 monopoiise the Yafer power
resources Nand franehiso sbusiness OF
the country. Hence the blot ON Geor-
ginis page--ihe Tssiulah rails steal
of which shall further sesak 20 the
people OF Anderson and to oficiai
Georgia =
AS = result OF these many acts Of
llawlessnessmobbin che constitution
and statute laws oe two or more
States -all owners nf horse power
Other than the specially privileged
fbunrAn are deharred ) ana the peo-
lple q Anderson have been thus