The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-26
STRAY SHOTS FROM sErrUs.

we can wag home with, we are just
going TO give our old gun sling and
let drive, don't care whether we hit
| anything or not.
Though he be dead yet doth he
speak" tbut he don't say anything)
respectfully referred 10 one w. w.
Smoak, of Anderson, S. {. Out OF
dozen or more points that we raised
against the bond issue. Mr.. Editor
you very family commented only on
three or four of them and OF the more
important ones you gave that same
mule dodge that you have given from
the start and since the fire Is burnt
out we had as well quit throwing
wafer.
This song OF Anderson County vot-
ing n seven hundred and fifty thous
and dollar bond issue for good roads
and thus keep ahead of the process
sion, may sound good to Uncle Rube,
but we have known men to mortgage
their homes in order to get money
with which 10 keep ahead of the pro-
cession and the first thing they know
the ''darned old thing" was out OF
sight and when 1t pulled up to the sta
tlon they were not able to even hang
on to the tail-end of il and the pity of
1t was that the procession kept going
and wouldn't wait for the fellow. No.
Uncle Rube, don't you mortgage your
home unless you have TO for it's very
easy to get il on and the devil to get
il Off.
Say, Mr.. Editor. you spoke OF the
communication OF Supervisor King
and that last one of ours as being
"rehash of arguments formerly used"
but did you know we c0untry people
are fools about this kind Of hash and
Just watch us take on a doy's bait of
1t next Tuesday.
OF course we know it didn't set we'll
| on your stomach since you took so
much time and space in trying to
puke ii up. Guess we had too many
unions in that hash for you.
Well Uncle Rube. here's right
fresh hne for you, in fact IL it was
| new style in lady's hats we would be
compelled to say, "Just from Paris"
a fellow was heard to tell another,
Uncle Rube TIE other day that the
people of Anderson County wouldn't
stand for q direct taxation for sood
roads. Now wouldn't that make a
dead dog grin? So far as n direct
| taxation is concerned. will some one
please show us the difference in
| direct taxation for good roads and
direct taxation for interest, sinking
| funds and big salaries for self APP
! pointed commissioners? Say, Uncle
| Rube, IL we should start crazy man
| to the asylum with that fellow do you
reckon they would know which one
| to keep when they got down there?
| All taxation is direct. any way you
| have to pay IL "pretty blame" directly
| when it's put on you. And now MIR.
1 Editor you say that what that banker
! told that old farmer was perhaps in
| tended for joke. perhaps so. But
couldn't Uncle Rube have been also
| joking I'm what he had To say about
the road tax being rsised from one
dollar to three In case the bond IL
sue was voted on? You know that
| since e. ID. Smith went and turned
in" and, got Uncle Rube six and seven
cents for his cotton that the old fell
low has Been feeling good and is
| powerful" to Joke of course he
| never was much on lying.
Since you are surprised to know
that the country people are opposed
to n bond issue with which to build
good roads. Mr.. Editor, no doubt you
will be worse surprised to know that
our people up heiS are opposed to
! macadamized roads even IL we had
| every dollar with which to pay for
them cash. or course our people had
q right to know the kind of roads that
were to be built before voting on this
proposition. for should the bond issue
carry, under the bill as provided
ther, the commission could build Just
such roads as 1t saw ft regardless
of the wishes of the people. the bill
gives the power. No sir. other than
the right to vote the debt on their
heads the people have been utterly
ignored all the way through and It's
natural to suppose that they would
rebel at this kind of treatment. We
are not yet ready to vote measure
on our heads that will give the other
fellow all of the beans while we get
nothing but spot licker." Naturally
we have been doing this very thing
all these many years and since we
are going to quit this fooiishness, OF
course We are not going to begin II IN
G neighborhood affair.
And now 1aborers of Anderson
County. it's q welt known fact that
two people can not get bargain of
of the same deel, ore must lose IL The
other gains and since the other fel-
low got up this game. it's up to you
to go to the polls next Tuesday and
with your ballot knock him out of {.
big rake off at your expense. Pain or
shine and regardless OF how busy you
may be, go and do your duty. for rest
assured that The bargain hunter will
be there. Don't forget your registra-
ton certificate and tax receipt.
We know that with some, we are
making ourselves unpopular IN maxi
ing this fight, but we have mover nor
viii we ever go against what we be-
lieVe to - RIGHT for fhf satsa ~ no,,,,.