The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-18
MORE BOND OPPOSITION

answered most OF his queTios The
delegation fixed the rate OF interest
the bonds should bear and the rate OF
interest on the deposits. and we pre-
sumo they were governed in this by
the prevailing rules and rates in
force throughout the country. In so
far as the mismanagement of the
funds by the commission, that may
be possible. but with nine good bust
ss men. all strictly honest, this
oanger is reduced to minimum. But
this Is one OF the provisions of the
law, which might be amended by a
| succeeding Legislature. The Intelli-
gencor has never said it was unwill-
ing for the commission 10 lie voted
for by the people, and IL this is a
stumbling block in MIR. Casey's way.
IT might be that the commissioners
would be willing to 0bligate them
selves to resign from the commission
! and allow their successors to be elect
! ed. We have said that the commission
| selected were all good men and would
perform their duties faithfully and
| honestly. OF course after the bonds
are voted and issued it would not be
right to cancel them. and they would
have to run the full length of time.
| The lntelligencer would be willing
to have the roads begin at the outer
edge of the county and be built liz
where it is. it would doubtless be we'll
to have the roads begin near the
edge of the county, or in the vicinity
of the quarries, or where the rock is
plentiful. The first roads worked
should have consideration as to the
greatest number of persons who
would travel them. We would like,
personally for one OF them to go by
the home of our Septus correspond
ent, and we venture the assertion that
he would not trade it back for all the
tax money he would pay on it for a
century instead OF for the bond
period.
We think the time for the election
! entirely too soon, and had we been
consulted on this matter we would
have suggested having II several
weeks later, say about the latter part
of May. so the farmers and all the
people could have had time to study
it and to have investigated for them
selves what good roads have done for
other parts of the country.
In answer to another question, we
j., would say that If the banker was In
earnest in telling the farmer what
you say he told him. he was wrong
) and did the farmer an injustice. But
this sounds to us as IL this was in
tended as Joke, and If the farmer
we're fooled by it, we are convinced
that more time should have been al.
, lowed for education before the vote
, is taken. This seems to contradict
the statement made by our cores
pondent when he says: I'VE are Iiv'
ing in an enlightened age"
/ We wish to paraphrase the follow.
ing statement by Mr.. Casey so that II
, shall read as follows: "Laborers o
, Anderson County. 1t matters not what
your work may be, go to the polls OF
the 30th day of March and by your
: vote show to the world that withou
; compulsion and without the knowl
| edge and consent of your child, yol
| Will not doom him or her TO pay ,
mud tax that will perhaps be a bur
, den to 1t through the greater part o
, it's life. for IL by your vote you pu
> this debt on It. then you are unfaith
5 fu! and recreant to You. duty to tina
t cLiid as regards Its future welfare
and you are to be pitied either 70
yoar unfaithfulhess or for your infer
, nal Ignorance"