The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-14
MRS. LEE AGAIN WRITES

people argue against good road5-the
things they say aaainet them! but
more wonderful mat they argue
against them at all. What has good
roads ever done against these peo-
pie? Have they tried them? Have
they ever seen any landowner go
bankrupt because,a a stretch of good
road S lay by the mans property?
What do people gain by voting and
pounding down a good measure that
Is for the hetterlnent of county2
What will people gain by voting
down these good roads? They will
save their little bit OF money-maybe
dollar or two-or Lessor little
more; J; they will have 1t to go bank
rupt with at the end Of the year
that is. they will be worth not q dime
at the end OF the year that they would
not have made without the little bond
tax. They would be just as we'll oil
without II, and their spirits will be
SO backward that the forward move
iment of the Holy Ghost will take no
part with them. The time Is coming
70 vote for the bonds aud by this
season next year according to the
work cor idJeness of the road each
separate citizen or voter can say: II
voted for this road, or-I am the
Benedict Arnold who voted against
it,.
There Is nothing whatever against
the roads, all the people like them;
there are men who would parade up
and down O good road tc show the
creases at the knee. the correct fold
Of the cuff on the trousers, the, CLINT
Of patent leather, the class OF layen-
dar gloves and newest cane-but they
cannot spare that "15 cents In their
inside pocket !" II Is u matter OF
parting with few dollars and cents.
Were the people for the brief mo-
msnt of time between now and the
39th OF March to take their eyes OF
this paltry, trSfilcy; little amount and
rest them on the good roads that are
to begin when they say SO aud shall
continue as long as they live and for
generations after, they would not
think OF opposing the roads Posi-
lively 1t Will be seen that the peo-
pie are not pushing against good
roads, they are preceding the old
ltin,e nnvassv. tsfarriA st The nanr.
we have always with us. Poverty
will be our heritage as long as God
loves the poor, but we must Eot live
low as swine who wallow In the mud,
we must live as those whose father
owns the cattle on thousand hills,
and who knows we are heirs to a
heritage not made with hands. That
is the secret OF 1t all, taking our eyes
or the, beauty OF our souls for the
moment and burying them to, the
ground. 5i
I. There Is supposed reasons in all
that people say about hard times and
how we ought to save q little money,
and by being careful how they can
tide over hard times: but at the end
OF the year will they have saved that
little roa5 money? There men who
say, ~ won't pay OUT life insurance;
win save. the money and have every
dollar OF 1t ana not be keeping ND
life insuranct companies. DO they
save il? Ask the orphan children OF
such a father; they 20 through
every dollar or It thDz the life insur-
apce would have saved for tiienT, Of
ten with; unexpectedly large interest.
If every man who THINKS he, viii vote
against the bond issue wefe to save
his small apportioned bond tax TO
the end OF a year, how much would
the whole community be the better
for his saving it? How much richer.
would the community be, because the
haps $500 in his poeketY How
much richer is the man? He must
spend Ii or he win mover get every-
thing out Of ii tn his children get ii
out of It after he is dead al, and ! sfv y
them they sYill be Walking The streets
OF the New Teru-sa7 lam on good roads.
that their rather did not helm In ely.
ing them. =
Suppose that he does sDend his 40
cents on So 100, that he, frst slad 10
have pair OF gloves or sl1oes, or 4
bottle or beet iron and wine for s,s