The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-28

sSecr rae-e .he5s Sss ness1e-s to-
sod Mrs uastS informed IKE writerss
thigh At any rate al know; there
something wrong VIII the roS.as
~bether II Is the systems fault or
s-ke snperisor,Sfa fault or where the
blame lies IS beyond the writer's
Judgment to decide and any oce who
Is. fully mentally or Otherwise aofe1to
solve the problem would confer ?
blessing on the general puh;ic=f f he
tai remedy for the poor sick worn out
roads. One thing sure is that IL IS a
.e-y hard mater TO get good trsti
Class set of men TO work The rosidS rs
such can get employment Ct better
wages ard on more steady time. so
The road boss has 20 cerslfy 10 the
!zind OF help he can pick up or course
they are as good as can be gotten and
he best Of the kind and lets him
our. very good plan would be to
cssmDeI those who work. 70 testify that
they ccnscientiousfy had done ac.1or-5
est days WORK and that would relieve
the road boss of being censIiIad to-
certifying TO an inferior class OF road
workers AID Of course any goo5 nor.
est worker IN this Christian land wocISa
not object TO that The -t:'eT Is rot
CONSUMING dUy. Ss4S- &IGI ASsAA-
business is the general topic OF coz
ix.z-satfon 1t presar he Will say soT:1e-
thing occasionally and let it hit whcrc
or where IL viii.
ft.s pretty hard proposition tS
| 20 against. for the road S.perr.so: 10
! h:tre. TO certify tG1ac mai vas ale
BODIED and had done his days WORK.
cordinsly when IN place Of trying &c
| ..,.i,d IN 4 day : work reetifv caGht 10
! - az and had
/ 81 tie three score and zen 2nd then
several more years on that, or some
pGs, who was hardly abb. 20 larry his
u.ofner bucket of water Now. who
rs TO blame? Still The writer don {
! know. and may he its none of his bFst-
ness, If not let some one say so. There
| is no doubr but that the road bosses
are doing the best they can under tns
circumstances but the circumstances
/ ing is no old mans or boys work On
cath or of oath
The street car boomS and the IL r
5ooms are all right. but when yet
| can't get over the county roads to the
r. r and street cars then what2 SIP
pose the country people stay at horce
six months and postpone business II
general and entirely. the r. R ana
street car lines would be glad to 1o1E
in and help make the road and city
people would crowd over each othe-
TO join them. If the good roads sys-
TEN is the thing. advocate ii or any
thing else that VIII have tendency
70 .,clp the cause or bring about gooG
country roads. Everybody knows the
condition of the roads. SO it's no use
70 parley about the condition. bus
somebody who knows what Is bess
hurry up and name the remedy
Deputy Sheriff Jarvis Parker was
here Friday last. thinking ne woc:G
catch lot OF tax payers and his as
appointment was so great that the dIt-
ference in his countenance on his *
+; rival and departure could be eas;iE
| DISTINGUISHED, the only reason tee
writer could assign for the few II at
| tendance at the road sale was tna1
1 the roads were so bad they could noc
get here. We do not know what the
disappointed officer thought. but his
I Hooks showed there was no little aEa4f
on his mind. County Commiss'oner
Buckley Fleming was here but 1Se
writer failed for the first time TO get
a conversation with him about county
roads. He wanted to talk about tee
nice green grass and the prospects
for good crops We don't blame bin
LONE STAR
| See Fred W. Kahii,s ad- Suits So