The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-03-20
When the Principle Of the Golden Rule
Will Dominate and the Community
Spirit Will Be Uppermost In the Minds
and Hearts Of Breckenridge People
Such Will Be the Concrete Results
Of Good Roads. We Are Going
Forward Together"

God told Cain when he slew Abel.
that he was "his brothers. keeper, aod
there even at that remote date began
the brotherhood principle between fell
lowmen.
Through the ages this principle has
been lost sight OF intermittently because
of mems averacious selfshness but 1t
always survives, and comes again even
as It did two thousand years ago In
Christ's golden rule, of "Do unto others
as you would have them to do unto you,
and later it has come to us in the mo.
dern form of nifty CO. operation
for community welfare, Within the
past few years as never before, commu-
nifty cooperation has become a recog-
niz ed principle of conduct. for instance
it is the recognized right of all govern
ments to prevent profiteering at the ex-
pense of the public in any great emer
gency.
Also a man is not granted today, the
right to heel himself, and then draw in
his hole after him and say Ito hell with
the rest of them," but he must live or
die, sink or swim eight along with the
rest of us and by the exercise OF our vot-
ing franchise, we see to it that he does
come across with his share of money
for public improvements. He has made
his money among us, and in most In
stances it has come out of our hides,
and is part ours. lust as any public
trust is part ours. So we go to the polls
and vote that the man who has made
his money among US shall help to Inn
prove our community. by paying taxes
for that purpose.
We rlust Co operate
This principle will apply also to the
we'll fixed farmers who have gotten in
to their hands well improved farms and
are able to live on them quite comfort
ably, not caring to add anything to the
value of the farms or to make any more
money than they are making at present;
and they too virtually say to the poor
farmer and the tenant "help yourself
the best you can" am comfortable.
But mol We say to him again, you
made that money among us and off of
us, so come clean, old man! Cooperate!
We live or die, sink or swim, together.
Our community must go forward to-
gether."
So we go to the polls and vote that
this man shall come out Of his comfort.
able hole and help in the progress OF
the common welfare. by paying taxes to
help make public improvements.
This is what we are going to say when
we go TO the polls on April Goth, to vote
on the question of whether or not we
shall have some more money to put in
to good roads. We are glad to say that
such men as described above are in the
minority.
Thank Heaven, most of the real men
of affairs of our county are progressive
and follow the golden rule, and are
heart and soul for the road tax, and in
tend to work for it and vote for 1t, but
the other class of moss backs is the
class that holds back progress in any
community, and there are several of
them here.
But we live in country and In an
age when by our vote we can say to
such crusted individuals. ''stand up, old
, man, and do your Bit" Our farms need
better roads to deliver their products to
market The past winter was a horri-
bic example Of the effects of bad roads
on farmers.
What Other Counties are Doing
Up yonder in Jefferson and Fayette
counties, the farmers are FARMING
this very moment. Their tobacco was
delivered last winter. when they could
not hit tap on their tarm. Now they
are FARMING while we are still de.
livering our tobacco, because all last
winter we were simply cut off on ac-
count of road conditions.