The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-19
AS TO MR.. KENNEDY'S CON-
SISTENCY.

In the article appearing in The
News of last week, signed by R.
A. Kennedy, and purported to
have been written by him, where
in the article states: Already
some one has been busy circulat-
ing the report throughout my
district with a view of prejudic-
ing the minds of the voters
against me-" To whom this
clause refers the writer is una
BILE to say definitely, but taking
the clause in its simplest con-
struction we can only infer that
it means to refer to some of Mr..
Kennedy's opponents. While
we do not know just what kind
of report is being circulated that
| is false, we are inclined to think
him imaginary in his scare of
having the minds of the voters
prejudiced against him and did
not see any reason for making
an accusation against any voter
or voters along this line.
Now the writer of Mr.. Kenne-
dy's article says for Mr.. Kenne~
| dy: Il am against all forms of
bond issues and all forms of tax
alton where all is going out and
nothing coming in" He seems
to have changed his tactics or
views to suit the present occa-
sion to what we think would be
political trap to catch the
wearied, and at the same time
invites investigation.
Before the article appeared in
The News of last week, we had
taken the pains to investigate
the very matter to which Mr..
Kennedy refers, and found that
he did at one time sign a petit
ton for a bond issue with others
just as he stated-a copy of
which lies before us as we write
this certified to by the Chan
Gerry Clerk. One would infer
from the article above mentioned
in The News of last week, that
this was as far as he went with
this bond issue business and that
probably he would not have
signed this petition at all if it
had not been for others, leaving
also the inference that he had no
personal views in the matter and
only signed because others
signed. The truth is, taking the
certified petitions as we find
them on file in the Chancery
Clerks office as our guide, that a
petition was circulated asking
the Board of Supervisors to grant
Supervisors District No. 5 to
come under Chapter ITO, House
Bill No. $50 of the Laws of 1914,
and that this Board issue and sell
bonds of said Supervisors Dis
trict to the amount of $4,000 for
the purpose of constructing and
maintaining public roads in said
District, as provided in Chapter
176. Mr.. Kennedy, as he states,
did sign this petition with 121
other petitioners in the said Dis
trict. Now what did the present
Board of Supervisors do about
this matter? Having a petition
signed by 20 per cent. of the
voters of the District, as men
toned in the petition, they left it
to a vote Of the people of District
No. 5, and in an election on this
petition by the people it was
lost. On this petition appears
the signature of R. A. Kennedy.
When this petition was lost.
what happened? Immediately
following the election on the
above mentioned petition other
petitions were circulated asking
that the territory comprising the
voting precincts Of Dobson, Cato
and Clear Creek constitute road
district and that the Board of
Supervisors issue bonds ip the
sum of $35, 900 to mature not
later than 20 years from date of
their issuance and to bear inter-
est not exceeding 6 per cent. per
annum. interest payable semi
annually and payable in annual
installmennts after 10 years. No
where in this petition does any
clause or part of petition recite
what shall be done with money
accruing from the sale of bonds
as prayed for in the petition.
But again, according to a GER
titled copy of this petition, as on
file in the Chancery Clerks office
in Rankin county, appears the
signature of R. A. Kennedy,
which makes two times Mr.. Ken
,oC1y ciorynd O Yotiti0n for fhn