Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1920-10-29
Community Blights.
(By Sam Jordan.

Z conclude that every community no
matter how 1aroa or how small ba.
its "blipbts" These are mon wba
may seem to mean well but from
some possible motive not oena,aI1y
known. thew null back in the com
muri,y harness. Tbay NAV annear
even to nose q. ssfa-avards and
watch dogs" Of the public wea, vet,
thew ar. puII-5a,ks ,u-r IN. sam.
TIL, church suffers o., their s.r.yr.
The same old school +. GOOD erogg,
Mud road. were rood enough IN hi,
earlier Esvs. and b. think. them g,,t
ENOUGH now He NAV ,,r..a ,,iveg
p!ar. Fl. NAV in.taus,e that the pub-
'lics' officers are NJ. honest enough TO
be trusted To spend the money or
thai ncom1e-,r.s will be emoIovad
to DO the work. All rhi. now bring,
tne to the p5fnt 7 desire TO make about
the proposed aG0000.O 600 bond ISSUE.
| want. If I can in a few short SEN
tences. sum the matter up to max, IT,
clear rs I understand II.
First. We are not voting a1y bonds
qt all. We are simply giving to the
LEGISLATURE the RIGHT to issue bonds.
That body "may" or NAV not L.
sue them lust as seen f+ The Iegis-
ilatura is rot required to issue any
amount Of bonds l. ;s simnlv given
the power. and "may" issue what it
sees fit to issue 50 il does not ex-
caed the $50 100000 II can issue all
or part. and do that as it seems
hest
SUPPOSE the automobile license
fees do not meet the an+icinated nav
Ir,errs cf interest and nr;nrfna1 The
,laoisIa.rre has an ertna rfoh- IN mot
issue bonds ,o any greater extent
than will be met bv these fees. It is
mot pr,noead In fssrc moro than s5-
600 600. in ary one wear. hence j.
could be- noted from time 70 time lust
how far il is safe to %,
l. should be easy for arv man of
ordinary intelligence to see that This
state is suffering from a very severe
case of "blichts" in more wavs than
on the lack Of rood roads
But why the opposftiono That *
a delicate question. do not want to
accuse anv one Of dishonesty in this
or in anv other matter. but YOU know
we have been "honestlv" mistaken a
thousand times in our lives and it
may happen again. However, l am
sometimes led to think that from GER
tain sources it NAV be done with a
wrong v;ew-point. To make this
clear, one writer leads us TO infer
that since he is working for the farm
er. and since he saws most of the
farmers who read his paper are
90 AGAINST the bond issue. he feels It his
dptv to he AGAINST II too. Now real.
= " what can Won think of such an at
of titude? II would apDear that he
nd wants on the popular side right az
wrong. How are YOU on that same is
sue? If il is the popular side YOU are
OF hunting for or the side of the major
do itv. get or the side of the mob. The
mob is in the majority. If il were not
II would not hang the victim. It was
en- this same attitude that caused Col.
lis umbus to die in poverty, and want
and neglect. While he lived he was
on the unpopular side. Copernicus
on who evolved tha present theory of the
eW Solar system. was on the unpopular
side while he lived. We all knew thai
bv the sun goes round the earth every
~ twentv-four hours. We had caught il
Iu in the very act. We had seen it witt
orr own ewes, and our own eyes coulC
M not he fooled. Yet. in after wears
e. we are now ready TO saw that Coper
-" nieus was right and the whole GROVE
~ was wrong. Copernicus was afraid O.
'lX the same men who still want on tn,