Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-09-19

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ness and he was glad to have
such good neighbors. So there
didn't seem to be much chance
to get road hands there.
The fact Of it is the Cameron
Road Law is a good law. Gov
eminent experts say it is and ex'
perts ought to know. 1t will
raise lots of money for the roads
provided it is pushed vigorously
and no exceptions. Mr.. Cam
eron is going to amend his law
in various ways-let us hope for
the better-but the people are a.
fraid it will hit them worse. II
is unfortunate that this law be-
came operative during war times
when the people are taxed for a
living by exorbitantly high
prices, taxed for Liberty Bonds,
taxed for w. S. Stamps, taxed
for Red Cross work, taxed for
"Y" work, taxed with the loss
of their sons to go to distant bat
tlefields, already taxed high for
regular county taxes brought a.
bout by road bond law they
didn't want and which did them
very little good, and taxed for
every movement they make, ex-
cept for the air they breathe and
that is not cornered yet, thanks
to the Almighty. and now comes
a road law which increases the
age limit for road working, puts
a minimum tax of $3.50 on teams
generally and an additional $40
tax on teams engaged in hauling;
also a $40 tax on automobiles
when automobile owners already
are taxed so high not only with
state and county licenses and SER
vice license and ad UuloreDo tax,
and indirect war tax thru in
creased prices for repairs and re-
pair work until they are perplex-
ed to get thru with the bills, along
comes Mr.. Cameroa's law and
calmly yanks out another $40 for
each automobile in the county,
and all for the roads and vet the
Government says road work
should not be pushed vigorously
during the war for various reas-
ons. Some think that Mr.. Cam
eron's law ought to besuspended,
if not in perpetWo at leest in
belzo, but the first amendm ent
to he made, so we understand, is
to get the one-horse wagon into
the tax schedule, and thereby |
hangs a tale. . /
A little over half way between
here and Jasper lives an interest
ing family. The man of the house
is in poor health, and the woman
has to get out and
hustle for the bread while he
hustles for the water. They are
the proud owners of a big family !
and two one-horse teams, and
Judging from the way that WON.
an works hauling wood for the
people of Jasper, blowing, etc.,
t would be an act of charity to !
ct them roam unmolested oyer
he rugged highways Of Marion. !
This wear, so opinion has been
handed down they will escape
AVIATION. The man is too old,
and one-horse wagon is not
mentioned in the act. If the law
s amended next year to include
/ one.horse team as +. subject to
'oad tax, wonder if it will include
he one horse buggy and the one
horse pillow. They are all of the
me horse variety, belonging to Il
,ne-horse man, who is beginning
% think he is sort of one-horse
when the tax-gatherer
gets after him.
There are lots more things to
ell about the new road law, and
,ne-half the story has not been
old. There is the man who has
1 team but who himself has been
transported to France to fight the
Germans. His team is liable for
he tax at So. Is per pay, and his
father who will drive and who is