The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18

county road problem2 After years
and years of inactivity the whole
country at last is aroused to the fact
that good roads, at all seasons of the
year, are the greatest blessings that
can be given any community in the
way of pnbIic improvements. Every
community that has secured good
roads, leading to its chief town,
county seat or commercial center,
no matter how great has been the
cost, has found the increase in land
values and the higher stimulus
given TO business to far outweigh
all arguments about economy and
high taxes. Thousands of dollars
are wasted-thrown away every
year in Mason county in feeble at.
tempts at road repairing, OF in other
words in scraping lot of clay to
the center of the road, in the sum-
mer, in order to provide the "raw
material for "hub scrapfng" mud
hole the following winter. IF
these roads were properly graded,
drained and macadamized once they
could be kept in repair for very
small sum annually. Let us close
our eyes and imagine good roads
leading from every part of the
county to Point Pleasant. 1t is not
possible in the space at our disposal
to enumcrate the manifold advant-
ages that would result. Such i'm
provements would cost a lot of
money, it is true, but the tax payers
could well afford it. The work
could be commenced and carried
forward each year. Why not i'm
prove two miles of the main roads
leading from the county seat tho
first year, and two miles each sue
cecding year until good road pene-
trated every section of Mason coun-
ty? Could there be an objection to
this plan? 1t would certainly bene-
fit the entire county and could not
be opposed on the ground of being
for any favored community.
/ The Z o'clock train this morning
over the Ohio River railroad will
carry the remains of Vim. Kennedy
to their final resting place, at Nor
rowtown, near Cincinnati. Mr..
Kennedy is tho man who died so
suddenly of heart disease at his
home, on South Chapline street, a
few days ago.
We find the above in the Wheel
ing Register of Sunday. Mr.. Ken
nedy was at one time a conductor
on the Ohio River Railroad, and
resided in this place for long time.
He was known among his ucquaint-
ances as cred" Kennedy.
Special drive this week in boys
clothing, which are being offered so
per cent. lower than they have ever
been sold in this place. Call at
Louis Klein's, the New Clothier,
opposite the REGISTER Office.
Sheriff Gardner, accompanied by
Jailcr Borgess. and Hamp. Smith,
took the negro lunatic, recently
found wandering around in this
town, to Spottsylvania county, last
Friday, where they will turn him
over to the authorities of that
county.
We direct attention 10 the adyer-
tisement of G. A. Smith & Bros,
Gallipolis. Our readers will find
on visiting that they have fine
display of dress goods. Carpets
with them is speciality. 1t is
splendid firm to deal with.
Possibly the oldest person now
living in the State, if not in the
United States, is in the person of
Aunt Eunice Conrad, of Cedarville,
Gilmer county, w. Va, her maiden
name being Mace. She was born
in that part of the old State, now
Pendleton county, this State, Au-
gust 4, 1776, making her age 116
years, 8 months and II days.
The place to get first class photos
is at ]. w. Ish's studio, Point Plas-
ant, W. Va, the leading photogra-
pher of the Ohio and Kanawha VAL
leys. Commercial work speciality,
and got up on short notice.
Lower Presbyterian Church:
Revd. w. E. 1. d'Argent, will Cd. VI
preach morning and evening, the
morning sermon being particularly
addressed to the brethren of Point
Pleasant Lodge No. SO. L. o. o. F.
who will attend the service.
All kinds OF negligee shirts at
Louis Klein's, away below what you
have been paying for them hereto