The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-16
MRS. LEE MAIN WRITES

Dear Sir II Is wonderful hOw
people argue against good roads The
thiHgs they say against iilen. but
more wonderful tnat they argue
against them at all. What has good
roads ever donc against these pcO-
pie? Have they tried thcm! Have
they ever scem any landowner 20
| bankrupt because a stretch or gouh
road lay by tie mans property?
What do people gain by "otinG and
pounding down IL good measure that
is for the hetterncnt Of IL county:
What will people gain bv voting
down these good roads? They will
save their little bit of money maybe
a dollar or two--or lessor Il little
more; they will have il to go bank
rupt with ut the end of the year
that is. they will be worth not Il dime
ut the end Of the year that they would
not have made without the little bond
tax. They would be just Il, we'll off
without il. ind their spirits will be-
so backward that the forward move
mcnt of tho holy Ghost will take no
part with thom. Tile time is ConIin;;
to vote for the bonds and by this
season mex. year according to- the
work or likeness of the road each
|. Sepuratr cil!:en "r voter can say: i
voted Or t1.3 road, or--I am the
BENEDICT arnold who voted against
it,.
There ia nniilinE whatever against
| the roads. all the people like them;
here Hrr mon who would parade IN
and down Il good road tn :;i0w the
| crcnscS mt tie knee. the correct fold
Of the cuff on tho trou ;cT.;. tho CLINT
| Of patent leather. thr class of luycn-
| dar gloves and newest cane-bu, they
| cannot spare that FL. cents In their
| inside pocket" 1t is Il matter OF
parting wil4 Il few dollars and cents.
| Were the hropic for the brief mo-
| nient Of time between now and the
10th of March 10 take their eyes off
| this paltry. tratcy little amount and
| rest them on the good roads that are
| to begin when they say so and shall
continue rs long az they live and for
| generations after. they would not
think Of opposing the roads. Posi-
lively It will Do seen that the pco-
pie arc not pushing against good
reads. they are preaching the old
time poverty: "ferglt it," The poor
we have always with us. Poverty
will be our heritage as long as God
| loves the poor, but We mist not live
low rs swine who wallow in the mud,
We must live as those whose father
| owns the cattle Gil Il thousand hills.
| and who knows we are heirs to :,
| heritage moi made itli hands. That
is the secret OF It all. taking our eyes
| off the beauty OF our souls for the
moment and burying them to the
ground
There ia supposed reasons in all
| that people say about hard times ana
| how VIC ought to save a little money.
and by being careful how they Gun
tide over hard times; but at the end
| of The year will they have saved that
little road money? There men who
say. ~ wont pay out life Insurance.;
| | will save the money anu have every
dollar of 1t and NOT he keeping III,
life insurance companies. DO they
save It: Ask the orphan children o.
| such Il father; they 20 through
| every dollar Of 1t that the life insur-
ance would have saved for them, Of
| ten with uneX. tcdly large interest.
If every man who thinks he will vote
against the bond issue were to save
his small appOrtioncd bond tax to
the end OF Il yeur, how much would
the whole community be the better
for his saving 1t? How much richer
would tho community bc. because the
| other man had from so cents to per-
haps $3.00 in his pocket? How
much richer is the man? He must
| spend 1t or he will never get every
thing out Of it till his children get 1t
| out OF 1t after he Ia dead. and by
| them they Will be walking the streets
| of tho New Jcru-sa-lem on good roads
| that their father did not help In Civ
ing them.
Suppose that he does spend his 30
cents on 81 00.-that he just had to
! have pair OF gloves or shoes, or
| bottle OF beef iron and wine for his
stomach's sakc--wherc will the
value Of his savings be in very lit
tie while? Meanwhile. the road Is
| gone too. Must he be specially thank
full for this when he says grace ut
cable? The Ep:scopalean will say.
Good Lord deliver u.s.
People will not save their money,
and 1t Is as easy killing the road ms
It Is to kill an infant and when the
crime Is committed 1t Is too late to
weep. They may puddle and muddlc
II along Tor ten or mere years, and
while they may not care about that,
their children will never write them
down 40 the wisest men who ever
lived. ,,<.
The arguments people bring up are
very PLAUSIBLE for action on non is
sue OF bonds; but when second Wow
ts taken 1t will be seen that no plan
OF individual dollar or dime saving
comes up to the prosperity out.
growth. bristling and bursting OF new
buds and leaves on the old tree like
the scattering wide OF $4,000 upon