Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-03-01
BERRYS.

The ice on the Shenandoah is shout IA
inches thick
From financial point OF view the troll
ley road now seems TO realize that the
Ashby Gap route is the best. Ii will be
an easy matter TO amend the charter and
have plain sailing, as the road would
run through one of the most fertile and
productive sections in the world. 4
modern hotel would be built at Ashbv
Gap. The scenery from Big Poplar is
enchanting and would make one Of the
most popular summer resorts. The
mountain water is not only beautiful
and sparkling. but its medicinal qualities
are noted. on clear dav YOU can see
Winchester, and with tower the eve
could view the Washing .on monument.
l see that the farmers in Shenandoah
county are hauling the rocks off their
fields 10 the County Rock Crusher. and
the Board Of Supervisors pay them for
hauling the crushed rock and spreading
them on the roads. In a short time
Shenandoah will have roads over which
a span of horses can draw more produce
than a siX-hOrse team can now. IN.
derstand that many Of the Clarke county
farmers have offered to give stone fences
and feld rock to improve the roads. l
suppose the Board of Supervisors will
furnish the crusher. But there seems TO
be some hitch, as it were, in the law.
The legislators are always enacting laws.
but il would seem they never put in a
repeating clause for the old laws. Is
this state of affairs brought about by
sending lawyers 10 represent the people?
Is il done so as 10 encourage litigation :
OR IS it because they do not know any
better: II it is either of the above, We
had better keep them at home, and send
/ IN their. places mechanics, merchants or
/ farmers. Laws should be so made that
3 man OF fair sense could interpret them
/ The constitutional convention was com
/ posed mostly OF the legal fraternity
What did they do, with the exception OF
DISTINGUISHING the negro? Did they re-
duce court expenses: In one respect
they did away with the county court
Did they increase the Jurisdiction Of
justices TO any marked degree CoulC
they not have abolished the grand iur,
system: All things brought before tina
body are one-sided. Would il not hay,
been less expensive and more convenien
10 have three men appointed TO hea
both sides of a case and decide whethe
the party should lee held for the circui
courtg Would that not be better plsn
How many cases are there in which in
diCtmentS have been found in which tn
facts failed to sustain the indictmen
when the case came 10 trialy We shoul
economic in State affairs as much a
possible, don't you Think But we shout
not neglect the Improvement of on
County. Its roads and needs should b
remembered. Better roads are tru
economy. | do not believe in speeds
legislation. y general law, which
good for one county, should be good fo
another. The multiple list Of schoC
books works 10 great disadvantage i
this county. This is expensive TO ever
person who buys school books. Their
are yet few people who prefer privat
; schools. They have perfect right I
r their belief, but let us make our FIRE
: school system perfect system; make
better than private institutions, and "
G will have better and more prosperol
1 country Let merit win.
= Pro Bono PUBLICo.