Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-06-24
is TOO GREAT A SACRIFICE
Editor News :

Editor News:
You ask for expressions regarding
the pike bond bill We are opposed Il
the bond bill. When l say 1--WE"
mean fully seven -tenths of the voter
of Kimball. Some, who have not reaC
the bill, oppose it on the single grount
of high taxes; others, who have reaC
the bill, oppose it on the ground o.
high taxes and too many commission
ers; while still others, who have also
read the bill. oppose it solely on the
ground of too many commissioners, es
pecially Of the doctor and lawyer quail
ity, who know little or nothing about
building pixies, but are experts al
their own professions. Some argue il
this way: If you want a tooth ex'
tracted, go to dentist; if you want
your pocket book pulled, employ q
lawyer, but if you want to build a
pike, hire men to supeIintend and
oversee the building who know how to
WELD pick and shovel. plow and scrs-
per. and who have a little practical
knowledge of road building, and men,
too, who would not have to make such
great personal sacrifice as to side
track ten dollar day business to ac-
cept three dollar per day commits
siouership.
Some say that it is shame to ask
men of such large cailber to accept
such worthless jobs. jobs that only
carry with them a hire of three
"plunks" per day It is like they say.
preacher being called from rich.
green, pasture, where he can easily
pick three thousand per year, to run
down pasture. infested with foxtail.
where it would take close nibbling to
pick five hundred. 1t takes patriot
to hear the call and make the sacrifi-
ce, but, "bless your soul, honey
Marion county has them, and they are
not all preachers, either. Some say
the large calibered commissioners will
work at their profession during bust
ness hours, and then they and their
families will hop into their auto, blow
the horn, turn on the steam and start
for an inspection tour of the pike.
and in that way take needed recrea-
tion. and add a few more "bones' to
their bank account Sure. Why not
manage toe business that way 1t
simply proves to me that they know
how to "kill two birds with one
rock" But why ask, shouldn't they
look after their own business during
business hours, then take their fami-
lies out for a cool joy ride, and at the
same time inspect the work done on
the pike that their one e-dollar-and fifty
cents the day hired man has been
watching over during work hours, and
while doing so, sniff the cool, fresh
air into their Office heated lungs. A
great personal sacrifice. eh
As stated before, have read the
boad bill. The phraseology seems to
be all light, but If it isn't, as am
"short" on rhetoriic, don't care to
hunt the flaws There is, however, II
am any judge, a bad, ,wif not serious
blunder made in the construction OF
the bill. Yes, I have read the bill
carefully three times and l failed to
find among the Board of Commission
ers the names of Esq. W. 81. Wilson,
the supposed daddy of the bill and his
political scotcher. If their names are
written there" it must be done with
invisible ink l am afraid that 1t is
not done at all, so am strictly "a
gin" the bill 1t is not with me alto
gether a question of high taxes and
bondage for our children for three
hundred years, but it is also ques.
tion of the judicious expenditure OF
the 800, 900 pike fund. There are
some mighty good men on the B. of
G men who will have to make, 30 l
am told, great petsonal sacrifice to &C
cept the position-what pity, 1t Is
almost enough to make one weep to
think Of it. But while this is true,
none of the men. If am any judge,
who make up the present board are as
full of the get up and move qualities
as are Esq. Wilson and his scotcher.
With these gentlemen on the board,
one to plan apd the other to execute,
things in my opinion, would hum, and
the pike would not be a year in build
ing I believe in quick, snappy work.
and in not "makipg too many bits OF
a cherry" So you see am opposed
to the bond bill, as it now stands, and
until two commissioners Of ordinary
qualities resign, and the balance of
the board appoint in their stead and
place ESQ. W. 81. Wilson and his scot
cher. Now. they might possibly turn
down the job, the salary of three bones
per day, and an assistant furnished to
do the work, being SO Insignificant as
to hardly be wroth considering, but l
don't think they would. l believe
they would look at it in the right
way, that is, that old Marion needs
them, and then feel sure, they would
prove to be as patriotic as the large
caliber commissioners who we're legis-
lated into their jobs against their
wishes, and who, after thinking over
the matter, concluded to accept at a
great personal sacrifice, in order. of
course, to uplift their county. am
truly glad that we have such self-sac-
rificing. patriotic men; men who have
ever stood ready to accept menial
county jobs sat great personal sac
rifice Their love for the coun y
God bless them-is, it seems to me. al
most as great as is the love of God for
the world. Selah.
Respectfully,
d T. THACH.
Kimball, Tenn June ga, 1915.
P 8. Not another word "outen"
me till the. bond.bill is changed.