The De Soto County news., 1916-10-12

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recent issue Of this paper, "The Com
missioners Are On Trial" You are
on trial, gentlemen, on trial before
the bar Of public opinion, on trial for
your spirit Of fairness and Justice.
not only before the people Of District
No. 4, and contiguous territory. but
before the people Of the county and
the state. Yes, before the people Of
the nation, for your action when re-
ported finally will be heralded tn the
uttermost parts OF this country, and
you, gentlemen, will he known as
those who would stand in the way
Of progress, unless you hear these
petitions. You must not do it: YOU
will both hear ard heed, when you
have fully considered the matter as
you will doubtless do within the next
ten days.
How will this he looked upon
when the facts all come to the sur.
face? How will you gentlemen BE-
looked upon? Let us briefly give a
resume of the facts. The Arcadia
district is now being regarded as
non-progressive In road building.
Many are the jeers and jibes cast at
her in humorous vein, Of course, but
these sting the worst OF all. Only
few days ago the Wauchua Advo-
cate, published i'm Commissioner
Whitchurst's district. where splendid
brick roads have been built by BOND
MONEY, took a shot at Arcadia by
saying, "It's Arcadia that has built
no roads" This came because great
daily had referred to DeSoto county
as non-progressive. and Bro. Goods.
by Just couldn't stand 1t and laid the
whole thing ON Arcadia, and how far
Is he from tho truth?
Only the wcek following the Pun.
Ia Gorda Herald. published in Com
"oissi"nrr whiuCr's district, took
the same position as the Advocate in
reply to another fling Of derision
from the Sarasota sun, and Bro. Jor-
dan in little different language, hut
as deeply CALLING, says in
substance, Its Arcadia that's
tagging" Then Brother Jordan
goes on to show what big things Com
missioner Whitten is doing down
there ON his magnificent bond
money. Again, Commissioner Skip
per's district is well bonded, and has
just completed magnificent brick
highways connecting important
roints in his district. Now, when the
citizens Of Arcadia and citizens u
contiguous territory belonging to
Commissioner Hagan's district, asks
for a bond issue, you say we can't
shave it. "You don't need any roads
IN this section. What you've got are
.ood enough for Arcadig, Limestone
lily. Pine Level, Owens, Fort Ogden
and the like" No, you haven't said
this, gentlemen, at least finally, and
we don't believe you are going to
say it until YOU tell it to us again
when you meet the 18th, by refusing
further consideration, which you will
not do.
SO much for that phase of the
| uuestion. Now. what is the actual
status of the petitions that were ta-
hled? It is true that the bond issue
petition was withdrawn by those hay
ing it in charge, at a meeting held
about month ago, hut this was done
in order that the preliminary survey
and tentative lids petition might
hrvc the right of way \ number OF
| citizens present OH that occasion
who we're opposed to the bond issue
~ctition expressed themselves aS high
~ approving the survey petition
The survey petition was presented in
GOOD faith. the bond petition having
hcen withdrawn IT, equally good faith
in order that some other plan more
unanimously accepted might he
agree g. .. When it became fully
,rovn later that the commissioners
would not grant the survey petition
who then colld deny the right to
lrain renew the bond issue petition
one would have to take very strain
ed notion Of this to draw the conclu-
s,on that this retition does not now
have legal standing befors your non
lrable body. We are not fully inform
ol ms to whether the commissioners
tabled the bond petition because Of
there being doubt as to Its legal
standing. or because Of their hostll-
ity to it. If the board doubts It's le-
gal standing then there Is notnlhe
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