Year: 1878



 endeavored from time to time to put the question before the taxpayers of the county in as fair and correct1 manner as possible, and as this is the last opportunity we will have to advert to the question again prior to- the election next Monday we desire to again ask the calm and dispas- sionatc consideration of our readers to few thoughts upon the subject. All we want in this matter is to get the question fairly understood by the voters of the county, andto have them let their better judgment gov ern in the premises. The proposi- tion is one of more importance to our taxpayers than many unthink- ing men may imagine. Have the taxpayers generally considered the financial bearing winch this question has upon our county? Have they considered the consequences of vot ing for the County Seat to remain where it is? The plain, incontro- yertible facts of this matter are about as follows: The county now has no Court house. The old house at Dover is no better than none. In order to make it safe and servicea- ble, and put it beyond the liability to be further injured by the next storm of wind it will be necessary to rebuild the entire walls anew from the foundation up. They are, warp ed, cracked and out of plumb. Whatever expense will be entnled to rebuild that old house must be borne by the taxpayers of the coun- ty. It is thus plain to be seen that the decision to retain Dover as the county Seat will unayoidably and most certainly bring tax upon the people. This point no man can con- trovert. Are the people in a condi- tion to have additional taxes impos- ed upon them when such taxes can be avoided? We think not, and therefore we oppose it. But can this tax be ayoided2 We say it can. How? By taking advantage of the offer made by the town of Russell vile. That town has offered to do nate q building site and Twenty Five Hundred Dollars in greenbacks to build a Court house if the County Seat is moved to that place. Twep- ty-Five Hundred Dollars in cash will build and finish up a first class frame Court house of fully as large dimen- sions as the one at Dover. A good frame house will last many years longer than the old house at Dover has lasted. The report which has been circulated by interruptions persons that the bond given by the citizens of Russellvllle will be paid in county scrip IS as foolish and senseless as it is false and contempt ible. That bond is as good as the gold and will be paid Tn United States Currency, and any attempt to make it appear differently is an attempt to make out some of the best, most responsible and most pub lic-spirited citizens of the county a set of swindlers. Will any reason able man say that it is better to re- tam the Court house at Dover un- der these circumstances? Again: if the Court house is. now located at Dover and an appropriation made to rebuild it, the sum thus spent will be almost dead loss to the county, for every man who will open his eyes and look can see Shat the Southern part of the county is gaining new population very rapidly and it will not be five years until the vote South of Dover will be so strong that it will be demanded for the County Seat to be located on the railroad. If the move fails now there will be another effort in less than five years which will not fail and it is utter nonsense to be spending money and extorting taxes out oi' the people to keep up the Court house at Dover.

 We have asserted, and we still assert, that more people will be ac- commodated by having the Court house at Russellville than at any other point in the county. This is another reason why we advocate the removal.

 Another reason is because the seat of justice ought to be on the railroad and telegraph, so that if emergency should require it our Innn,,t,ys otIsoia1c ,n,,, ho m nacv and