Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-04
COMMENTS OF THE WEST
VA, PRESS.
n6sot Of Bad Roads.
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Correspondents Ksnawha Gazette.
In West Virginia pretence Is every
year made of repairing the roads, but
not half % much work il done as could
be il all who are required to work would
do 10 cheerfully and do the best they
could; and good deal OF work il wasted
because the oyerseers do not know how
to make roads.
The first question asked me when |
am telling Of Che rich soil, fine timber
and abundance OF coal in West Virginia
il, "Do you have good roads there
Said one, "If bought farm five or six
miles from mining town 10 raise vege-
tables and sell milk, could not
make anything II | had six miles of bad
road 10 travel over. Time must he
counted, AZ well AZ wear and tear.
No man except gambler or q specula-
tor can get along without taking especi
al care Of his time. Time would he
money to me-" II il true, and your
population all realize 1t II they stop TO
think little.
Good roads are now the first need in
West Virginia. All other desirable i'm
proyements would follow In the wake
Of good roads.
Rich Goal Fields In Taylor.
Grafton Eagle.
This county is underlaid with i'm
mense fields OF coal, and traversed by
rich veins of iron ore. Millions Of dol
lars can be had for the delving, and II Ii
TO the interest Of the people OF Taylor
comfy to encourage and foster any and
every association, Ike the Taylor County
Coal Company, that il calculated TO de-
yelope the vast wealth that is now lock
ed up, patiently waiting for capital to
turn the key.
Importance Of School Matters.
Richie Democrat.
We incline To the belief that school
matters are Of the most general import
ance, present and prospective, and the
paper that can awaken more general
interest in school matters, and awaken
teachers to adopt better methods
Of teaching, will DO doing great
work for the present and future genera
tons. But OF all men in the world,
the teacher IL tho most difficult to move
out Of old ruts,--the most welded to
routine, and when We consider addition
ally the stitf-necked school officers who
decide OH school duties, and the book
publishers, who each think their own
books the best and strive to force them
into use, the reader will preceiye that to
make a change in the conducting OF
schools generally is very difficult task
indeed.
Ferguson and the Capital Question.
Groenback League,
The loud lament OF the Bourbons OF
Kanaw la about the Capital prospects,
has been taken up elsewhere, and SOW
eral staid and worthy Journals have
deemed it worth while to inquire
whether the defeat Of Ferguson had re-
ally imperiled Charlestons chances,
and whether the Capital question was
likely to Dc reopened? For the benefit
Of those who inquire from sincere de-
sire to know, We beg to say that If the
people Of Kanawha can only keep the
Capital by giving Jim Ferguson and
his gang u life lease on
their positions of honor and trust,
they are ready to surrender the "pcrma-
nent seat at once. II the Capital ques-
ton is not re-opened, and it will not be,
it will be through no fault OF the Fer
puson crew. From the day Of his de-
icat to the present time, they have
omitted no opportunity to encourage
the renewed agitation Of the question.
All the talk there has been about it,
started with them; they want no other
result than to see tho Capital taken
away, and they are doing all they can
to reopen the conflict, in order to vim
dictate at the expense Of the county,
their superior wisdom in trying to send
a man like Ferguson to represent
county like Kanawha