The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1905-02-17

we nave IN our lLLle booklet you
can and you can't you may and you
shah't." The portrait OF these ben
efactors should be taken, face TO the
wall. and hung In the National Gal
lery Of Distinguished Patriots.
No good citizen should want laws
passed that would take from a man
what Of rights belongs, but we do
insist that our County Court should
be put on an equality with other
political divisions Of our government
and corporations to do business up
on business principles.
We have known men along the line
OF a proposed county road to antici-
pate its location and proceed to take
advantage OF the weakness of our
laws and foretell the condemnation
of right Of way, throwing the Coun-
y Court under the iron heel Of these
lustful beings. forcing his neighbors
and taxpayers to pay unjust and
exorbltant prices Tor said right of
way. and in many instances defeat
ing the Just demands Of the county
and oOmmunity-conyincing our So
cial institutions that the law is him
drance instead Of protection, AMI
showing the average legislator 10 be
just about as competent TO frame
laws as would be a boiler-maker TO
conduct a lace shop. The man that
thus takes advantage OF his neigh
Dor as a community, will take ad-
vantage Of his neighbor individually.
He is not to be trusted as a neigh
Dor or citizen, and IL placed In pub
lie would be found taking bribe aud
guilty OF malfeasance. A man as
mean as this--and we have several
OF them tool can more clearly de-
scribe in the following verse, unless
ii be true that the power OF Ian
guage Rometimes fails: a
He who takes a bribe will strip the
dead,
win rob the orphan Of his crust Of
bread;
So lost to justice, equity and right,
That man will steal the aged wild
ow's mite"
We notice your local correspon-
dents are in measure supporting the
good roads movement, and one
''Thanatopsis' asks the question
whether or not Lawrence county
would ever have any hard roads"
Viewing the matter from our pres
ent view point the problem is a
hard one. We fully realize, too,
what is said about prophets, but as
to what is said we care not, and 10
this question We say yes. There
are those living now who will live
70 see metal nOads in Lawrence coun-
ty and Eastern Kentucky counties
We do not know who the Talford or
MacAdam will be, but he will have
an existence. We are not as old as
5ume OF our Biblical characters, but
several years ago we were told there
never would be railroad up Sandy,
and as to locking and damning the
Scndy that was an insane idea. About
the same time the writer was coming
down the river in company with Col.
Merrill. an U. S. Engineer, who said
would live to see slack water in
the Sandy and probably a railroad
on each side of the river. | thought
gee whiB,' will be old before
die. What the Col. prophesied is
now reality with some prospect Of
yet another railroad.
Notice here the tide Of progress
Not many years since much OF the
commerce Of the Sandy valley (flouI
and coffeel was transported in can.
ces- Ask uncle George Mcclure II
this is not true, When the stranger
or commercial man entered the gates
of Louisa they did it by horseback
or by hack. conducted by Wade Mum
cey or the good natured James o.
Roark. compare Louisa Of today, with
her two National Banks. fine court
house. water works, gas-lighted
lstreets. hotels with first-class accomo
dations. wholesale establishments
with her many other progressive busi
ness institutions, to Louisa of the
sixties. You, Mr.. Editor, can remem
Der when Huntington, now the seconC
city Of West Virginia. was not on the
map. Not many years since com.
mmicatlon between Catlettsburg anC
Ashland was had by steamboat ol
horseback. A little later came I'm
Gle Tom Russell twho used to dig Goa
at old Peach orchard) with his hacl
end horn, at dollar for the rount
trip. We have men now living il
our community who visited st. Louil
when 1t was only a little larger thar
Louisa now is. Study the fact OF
the past from Tits and you can max,
q safe basis as o the fuuure.
See the changes in these few years
which Is only the heglpring as h
the future. Eastern Kentucky Is OF
tho bills for vast Improvements
Great improvements bring grea
wealth, Great wealth creates grea
demands. GOOD ROADS.
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