The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-19
MORE BOND OPPOSITION

answered most OF his queries. The
delegation fixed the rate Of interest
the bonds should bear and tie C 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 mIsmanagcmcnt OF the
funds by the commission, that may
be possible. hut with nine good bust
ness men. all strictly honest. this
danger is reduced to minimum. But
this is one of the provisions OF the
law. which might be amended by q
succeeding legislature. The Intelli-
genccr has never said 1t was unwill
ing for the commission TO he voted
for by the people, and If this Is Il
stumbling block In Mr.. Casey's way,
it might be that the commissioners
would be willing to obligate them
selves to resign from the commission
and allow their successors to be elect
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 Intelligencer would be willing
to have the roads begin at the outer
edge of the county and be built in
ward. In fact, with rock. located
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 onc Of them 20 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 it several
, weeks later, say about the latter part
Of May. SO the farmers and all the
people could have had time to study
1t and to have investigated for them
I selves what good roads have done for
other parts of the country.
In answer to another question, we
would say that IL 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 1t, 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 liy-
ing in an enlightened age"
We wish to paraphrase the follow
ing statement by MIR. Casey so that 1t
shall read as follows: "Laborers of
Anderson County. it matters not what
your work may be, go to the polls on
tho 30th day of March and by your
vote show to the world that without
compulsion and without the knowl-
edge and consent of your child, you
will not doom him or her to pay a
mud tax that will perhaps be q bur-
den to it through the greater part of
Its life. for IL by your vote you put
this debt on 1t, then you are unfaith-
full and recreant to yonr duty to that
child as regards its future welfare,
and you are to be pitied either for
your unfaithfuiness or, for your infer
nal ignorance"