The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-10
Honea Path. s. c., Mar. s. 1915.
Editor Anderson Intelligencer.
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Honea Path, S. c., Mar. s. 1915.
Editor Anderson Intelligencer.
Anderson. s. G..
Dear Sir:-As you have called for
opinions on the proposed bond Issue
Tor better roads. and have been so
KIND as to publish some, ask for a
little space for mine. because / feal
sure that the people of this county
KNOW there Is no man that Is inter
ested In the upbuilding and welfare
OF the county and Its people than I.
when | read the bill passed by our
delegation Tor the chamber of com
merce Of The city of Anderson or
whoever 1t might be} ordering ar,
election on voting n million dollar
pond on Anderson county, March the
cold. 1
1t truly is bad enough to have to
criticise our honorable. law making
body but If they have gone down 10
Columbia ahd hv thar Ay.,s> nc.,~.>-
or through the megSpiione of the
chamber OF commerce made a mut-
ton head of themselves the people OF
the county cannot help Il, and what-
ever could have induced men of good
sound minds to try 70 shoulder such
burden eff on their feilowmen. 7
cant see. but there is something
wrong. for how well do 1 remember
"heh we met in an extra session last
year fcT the purpose of doing some
shins to Tighten the bprden OF our
FOOT people and try to smooth their
paths a little, that 1t was Just such
men as these that mounted the floor
ana squalied their throats raw to
keep the faithful few there from II.
and. did 4. "
And again they cannot saw that
they have been fair about this bv
nlaing behind the screen OF eiy,n..
the people vote on the question.
ror they haven't done It. No free
gratis election Is fair to TIE country
people, for who of the country plow-
man has time to take loose from the
piow and drive fifteen or twenty
miles to get election boxes and carry
on an election and then return they,
ana lose two o. three days work ba-
sizes right in the busy season of tbe
year say that Is not at eli in keen
ing with fairness . Why dIdn.t thev
take that two thousand dollars thew
paid Mr.. Manning. legal adviser mr.,
pay the managers OF this special
election SO that all the boxes could
have been gotte1 out and looked af-
ter in the right manner, hut may be
this Is one of the many ways things
are done. for l feel sure that IL The
country people can get together and
get to vote on this measure IL will
surely come up dead. and while
believe you to be fair man In your
opinions. ask that you do what you
can through your paper to get the
people to all take hand In this cleo
tion and induce the people from the
different parts of the county 10 get
their boxes and have an election that
will be fair to the bill, for ,iniess we
all vote why We won't know whether
or not the issue carried.
Now. Dear Editor. don't keep on
saying. we people who are opposing
this measure are against good roads.
or that we don't want good reads,
you know yert- wAil that while we
have splendid roads. NE would all
like better ones, but bread and meat
is more desirable when times are
like they are now, and you know
very well who the burden OF this
thing Will fall on. White the country
people. do, not pay all the sa2es by any
means. tbut their burdens are not
borne with dollars like yours and
many otherss hut by the sweat OF The
brow, therefore, the country taxpay-
er Is efieeted the most and, that Is
why along with many others arc SO
bitter against this measure, and tiie
authors OF It whoevef they may be.
To think correctly about snis mat
ter IN my opinion It would beSS q
mighty bad thing to undertake when
times were especially good, and 10
10 and leap into a taing lIlte this